Justin’s lightning bolt lances out with a loud *crack BOOM* and the giant near Sophi jerks with a galvanic response
Sophi can smell the bacony aroma of fried giant in the wind
Drawing Honor, Blayze unloads a barrage of bullets at the closest giant, her last shot exceptionally accurate as she telepors an additional bullet into her gun for the extra shot.
Hamar grins and heads to the Mammoth pen, "If I can get that open, it may cause chaos in these camps..."
Hamar starts to run towards the mammoth pen. The snow around the camp is beaten to a firm footing from many giant feet .
The pen is a roug-hewn affair: large trees with their branches lopped off driven into the ground vertically support three horizontal trunks, all lashed together with coarse rope. A crude gate is barred with a simple crossbar that is a large trunk, but has no lock on it
Inside the pen there is some agitation, with six mammoths trumpeting in fear. The loud crack of thunder nearby makes them even more upset. One younger shaggy red-haired male rears and paws the air, his large ivory tusks gleaming in the dawnlight
Hamar Stealth
As the Barbarian reaches the pen, he realizes that he may not be up to the task to lift this gate crossbar as it is Giant sized, frustration mounts as he tries to lift it,
Strength check
GM stuff
Hamar eases the tree trunk off its crosspieces, muscles straining with the weight. He has the presence of mind to drop it as lightly as possible to the side of the gate. As he completes the task he hears a voice muttering in Giantish. The voice is nearing his position
Giantish:
Initiative: Giant trouble - road warrior scene rd5
{all PCs hasted - 6/10 rounds }
Blayze: 21 [riding - bullets]
Giant 2: 21 [pending]
Alessia: 19 [Riding Anky - held action]
Sophi: 15 [Flying]
Rovuk: 15 [riding - arrows miss ]
Hamar: 14 [Full run -mammoth pen]
Justin: 11 [lighning bolt - Giant 2]
Anky: 11 Stats {Hasted 2/10 rds}
Merle: 10 [cast fly on Anky]
Karrin: 10 [flying - atl hik]{Bull's Str1/10 min}{stoneskin1/100min 10/100 HP}
Mel: 9 [flame strike]{Spiritual Weapon 5/10 rd}{Weapons storm 4/10 rounds}
Giant 1: 3 [atk-Karrin]
Golvolda: 0 [casting-Karrin]
Blayze fires off a brace of shots at the nearest giant . The shots strike true, and have their effect.
Seeing the flying dinosaur carnival heading off towards camp, the two giants near Karrin decide to concentrate on her first.
The male giant moves to a flanking position an swings his chain. He seems to be moving preternaturally fast
The female giant screeches at Karrin in Giantish
Giantish:
She then lets out a horrid cackling sound
She also grabs a potion from her belt and quaffs it
Her bleeding slows
Justin, still hanging on for his life, grits his teeth in frustration. And pain. His enhanced armor spell absorbed a lot of the impact, but that rock still felt like he'd been playing catch with a catapult. His ears are ringing, and his mind races. As usual, the best laid plans of the Silver Rose team seem to be falling apart around their ears.
Fortunately, they've had a lot of practice at this exact situation,...
"Grrrrr! Rassinfrassin, Blayze! Hop off! You and Sophi fill those giants full of holes! I want them to look like swiss cheese! Merle! Cast a Fly spell on Alessia! Alessia, help Karrin! You all catch up quick as you can. The rest of us will get to the camp and keep them busy til you get there! And WHERE did Hamar get off too?!?"
Memnon, zipping around like a psychotic amethyst hummingbird, swoops in to face Justin. The Mimir's eye sockets are practically glowing in delight. Apparently with all that the Mimir has seen, a flying dino and assorted would-be adventurers versus flying giants still seems to count as 'exciting'.
"Now what are you doing you Moronic Magus!? Don't you know the FIRST thing about strategy? You NEVER split the party!!" Memnon fusses at Justin while swinging around his head like an oversized Ioun Stone. He manages to sound concerned at least.
Justin snorts. "What we do best buddy. Taking whatever Chaos throws at us and making it ours. You know the old saying? 'When life hands you lemons, You squeeze the lemons back in Life's eye and say IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!?' Something like that anyway,..."
Justin re aims his wand at the giant near Sophie, snarls "SHAZAM!" and sends another lightning bolt arcing through the air with a crack before kicking the dino and urging it forward with a "YEE-HAW!"
"Yeah yeah fine."
Ride check
Merle manages to keep hold of the dino while casting her fly spell on Alessia "Go get em."
Karrin needs to burn another swift fly spell to stay air born
"Not sure what you said, but I'm gonna assume it was something about my mother, so how dare you! My mother was a saint!"
Initiative: Giant trouble - road warrior scene rd6
{all PCs hasted - 7/10 rounds }
Blayze: 21 [Pending]
Giant 2: 21 [rocks]
Alessia: 19 [Riding Anky - now flight capable -1/10 mins]
Sophi: 15 [Flying-pending]
Rovuk: 15 [riding - arrows ]
Hamar: 14 [mammoth pending ]
Justin: 11 [lighning bolt - Giant 2]
Anky: 11 Stats {Hasted 3/10 rds} {flight 1/10 mins}[Flying to camp]
Merle: 10 [cast fly on Alessia]
Karrin: 10 [flying - atk-hit ]{Bull's Str1/10 min}{stoneskin1/100min 10/100 HP}
Mel: 9 [pending]{Spiritual Weapon 6/10 rd}{Weapons storm 5/10 rounds}
Giant 1: 3 [atk-Karrin]
Golvolda: 0 [Pending]
Karrin's blows strike hard into the giantess' side again. she is bleeding profusely, but she swings her greataxe with a feral snarl
The giantess' axe slices into Karrin with a blurring speed
Mel starts chanting as his spiritual weapon attacks the giantess
The glowing weapon strikes the giantess sqaure in the head and just as she was swinging at Karrin, she tumbles out of the sky to land with a huge crash
The giant near Sophi sees Mel on the ground chanting and decides to make his life a bit more miserable. He throws two large rocks at the Cleric
Mel sees them coming and manages to dodge them. He points at the giant
"Naughty!"
Mel clenches his fist and shoots it towrds the giant. A huge glowing fist shoots out towards his flying foe
The fist swipes at the giant twice, landing a solid blow to his jaw
Initiative: Giant trouble - road warrior scene rd6
{all PCs hasted - 7/10 rounds }
Blayze: 21 [Pending]
Giant 2: 21 [rocks-miss]
Alessia: 19 [Riding Anky - now flight capable -1/10 mins]
Sophi: 15 [Flying-pending]
Rovuk: 15 [riding - arrows -hit ]
Hamar: 14 [mammoth pending ]
Justin: 11 [lighning bolt - Giant 2]
Anky: 11 Stats {Hasted 3/10 rds} {flight 1/10 mins}[Flying to camp]
Merle: 10 [cast fly on Alessia]
Karrin: 10 [flying - atk-hit ]{Bull's Str1/10 min}{stoneskin1/100min 10/100 HP}
Mel: 9 [admonishing ray]{Spiritual Weapon 6/10 rd}{Weapons storm 5/10 rounds}
Giant 1: 3 [atk-Karrin -hit]
Golvolda: 0 [DEAD]
Rovuk aims over his shoulder, looking to get in a last few shots before the range gets too long
His arrows sink into the giant fighting Karrin with good effect
The other giant near Karrin whips his chain with blinding speed
He lays into Karrin with the segmented barbed weapon
Justin's wand cracks again with lightning
The giant jerks again at the bolt strikes him
The wizard manages to find a slightly more stable position, somehow wrapping the elbow of his staff-holding arm around one of Ankly's bone protrusions, while one boot braces against another.
He grins as the giant does an impromptu 'electric boogaloo' wreathed in St Elmo's fire from the wand strike.
"Yeah that's right! Leave the magic to the professionals. You'll hurt yourself!"
Hamar pulls the pen open! No time for subtlety now, the Mammoths must get free before the Giant can corral them or get the beam back on their , no pun intended, Giant pen.
He then steps to the side as to not be trampled by the mighty beasts who are, well, even larger than he expected them to be!
The riled mammoths see the gate swing open, and start heading to it. They are led by a massive bull mammoth, the obvious leader of this particular group. Hamar can see his tusks are capped in steel with spikes. he leads his herd through the gate, trumpeting as he thunders through. Hamar can feel the ground tremble under his feet as the enormous shaggy elephants rush by. There's a loud oath then a voice cries out
Giantish
The bull mammoth suddenly halts in his tracks, as if he hits a wall. The rest of the herd mills uncertainly, not sure what to do. The voice shouts out again
Giantish
Hamar is amazed as the bull mammoth turns and chivies the nervous mammoths into a more organized pack and begins to lead them down to the camp. He could have sworn they were in full stampede mode as they came through the gate. He sees a giant, dressed in heavy furs and hide carrying a large axe in one hand and some sort of bauble in the other. The giant holds the bauble out to the bull elephant.
DC 20 perception
Sophie pulls up in front of the sizzling Giant and once more raises Sophie's Choice at it, screeching her fury at the creature's ability to survive.
Hamar - Perception
Hamar growls under his breath, looks like the Barbarian has a specific target for his next attack...
Hamar - Perception 1d20+17
Hamar growls under his breath, looks like the Barbarian has a specific target for his next attack...
Sophie pulls up in front of the sizzling Giant and once more raises Sophie's Choice at it, screeching her fury at the creature's ability to survive.
[dice=Hover DC 15]1d20+1d6+6
[dice= First Shot]1d20+10
[dice=Second Shot]1d20+5
[dice=Damage First Shot]1d8
[dice=Damage Second Shot]1d8
Both shots hit, as the giant is hard to miss. He turns to Sophi and grins
“I fancy a bit of chicken”
Hamar charges at the Giant, targeting the hand which holds the rawhide thong his Rage focused on ensuring that this Giant cannot rally his allies with such might beasts!
Charge Attack with Vorpal Scimitar to Disarm the Giant
Hamar speeds up to the preoccupied giant and his scimitar hooks the large ivory ball out of his hands. Hamar snatches it up and lands at the ready. The Giant yells in surprise, looking down at his empty hand. He grasps his axe tighter and scowls.
Hamar can feel the emotion of the mammoths nearby, an uneasy roiling feeling in his mind. Whatever control the giant had is slipping away, and they ready to start stampeding again.
Hamar - Initiative
The Barbarian grins as he has the advantage over the slower Giant. Instead of attacking, the Barbarian tries to do what the Wizard would do and barks out a command to the these Beasts, "Charge!"
Hamar attempts to command the mammoths as he leaps away up towards the mammoth pen. He doesn’t quite get the hang of things, but he doesn’t need to, the mammoths are already on the brink of stampede, and his mental command seems to be what they want to do anyway. The Alpha bull trumpets and clouts the giant with a spiked tusk. The giant goes down prone and the half-dozen mammoths trample over him on the way towards the camp
Never one to watse a good opportunity, Hamar charges at the Giant to finish him off, one hand on his new item the other gripping his scimitar.
Hamar Attack #1 Vorpal - Damage
Hamar Attack #2 Vorpal - Damage
Hamar Hasted Attack Vorpal - Damage
Hamar runs to the fallen giant and stabs him
Taking careful aim, Blayze takes a single shot, focusing divine justice into the bullet as she sends it on it's way.
Initiative: Giant trouble - road warrior scene rd7
{all PCs hasted - 8/10 rounds }
Blayze: 21 [Pending]
Giant 2: 21 [rocks-Sophi - one hit]
Alessia: 19 [Attacking Giant 2]
Sophi: 15 [Flying-pending]
Rovuk: 15 [riding -held action ]
Hamar: 14 [coup de grace ]
Justin: 11 [pending]
Anky: 11 Stats {Duration 4/10 rds}{Hasted 4/10 rds} {flight 1/10 mins}[Flying to camp]
Merle: 10 [pending]
Karrin: 10 [flying - pending ]{Bull's Str1/10 min}{stoneskin1/100min 40/100 HP}
Mel: 9 [Casting]{Spiritual Weapon 7/10 rd}{Weapons storm 6/10 rounds}
Giant 1: 3 [atk-Karrin -hit]
Golvolda: 0 [DEAD]
The giant near Sophi grabs another two rocks and hurls them at her
She dodges one, but another smashes into her
Alessia releases her hold on Anky and flys back towards the giant near Sophi.
Rovuk judges his distance to great for either side, so he holds his action
Mel begins throwing a circle around him in some sort of powder from a flask and chanting. His spiritual weapon zips over to the giant on Karrin
The giant near Karrin whips his chain in an arc, trying to savage her with it
Taking careful aim, Blayze takes a single shot, focusing divine justice into the bullet as she sends it on it's way.
[dice= Glory +1 distance double barelled pistol/Smiting Shot/+1 range increment vs Giant 2]1d20+15-1
1d8+1+13
The bullet strikes and has a definite effect.
The Anklyosaur riders see the camp looming ahead. There is a large tent made out of patched old skins on the right, and behind that three massive sleighs, partially stacked with logs. There are two giants barring the way. They don't look as doughty as the ones they had been fighting. There are others behind them in camp, but suddenly a stampede of mammoths overruns the camp, causing an uproar. Instead of a hail of rocks, the group gets a reprieve
Rovuk spins to shoot at the new threats
Half find their mark
The giants on the road throw rocks at the oncoming dino
One smashes into Anky's side
ride check
Merle holds on the dino and opens up with magic missiles at the closest giant
magic missiles
"Hey! Watch where your throwing those! I JUST got this Dino buffed the way I like it!" Justin shouts at the giants, shaking a wand-wielding fist at them.
"Forward Anky! Run 'em Over!" Justin encourages his large friend onward.
As the Dino moves closer to the giants, Justin levels his wand at the same one that Merle just turned into a magical pincushion.
"SHAZAM!"
"We've got to get to the Main camp before they get organized! Although, It sounds like they might be otherwise occupied right now?" Justin calls to the others. He uses his wand to gesture at the commotion past the giants they are facing.
Memnon floats up from behind Justin. (Exactly how the crystal skull managed to hide behind such a skinny wizard is anyone's guess.) The pom-poms on his orange hat flutter in the breeze as the mimir easily keeps pace with the flying Anklyosaurus.
"REEEEELY?!?" Memnon drawls so slowly and sarcastically sweet he could be oozing maple syrup.
"What was your first clue oh Captain of the Obvious?"
"Constructive criticism only please, or pipe down. NO one likes a back-seat flyer,..." Justin grumbles.
Karrin turns toward the giant that attacked her:
"That the best you got?" She says, going all cheesy 1980s martial arts film, "Now let me show you something"
Karrin channels shocking grasp through her axe:
As the flying giant winds up his attacks, Karrin swings Ferissirion in a blur and cleaves the giant's right arm clean off. The attack sizzles with crackling energy, and the giant screams as lightning arcs arcoss his body. He falls to the snow below, a smoking corpse
Initiative: Giant trouble - road warrior scene rd7
{all PCs hasted - 8/10 rounds }
Blayze: 21 [Pending]
Giant 2: 21 [rocks-Sophi - one hit]
Alessia: 19 [Attacking Giant 2]
Sophi: 15 [Flying-pending]
Rovuk: 15 [riding -arrows ]
Gate Giant 1: 15 [rock toss]
Hamar: 14 [coup de grace ]
Justin: 11 [lightning]
Anky: 11 Stats {Duration 4/10 rds}{Hasted 4/10 rds} {flight 1/10 mins}[Flying to camp]
Gate Giant 2: 11 [rock toss]
Merle: 10 [magic missile]
Karrin: 10 [flying - atk-kill ]{Bull's Str1/10 min}{stoneskin1/100min 40/100 HP}
Mel: 9 [Casting]{Spiritual Weapon 7/10 rd}{Weapons storm 6/10 rounds}
Giant 1: 3 [DEAD]
Golvolda: 0 [DEAD]
"Forward Anky! Run 'em Over!" Justin encourages his large friend onward.
As the Dino moves closer to the giants, Justin levels his wand at the same one that Merle just turned into a magical pincushion.
"SHAZAM!"
6d6
The bolt arcs through a snowbank, diluting its power somewhat
Stats
Space 5 ft. / 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Melee Glorybringer (+2 keen furyborn bastard sword) +15/+10 melee (1d10+7; 18-20/x2; S; plus energy drain; enhancement bonus increases by 1 each time a single opponent is damaged (max 5))
Melee slam +13 melee (1d4+5; x2; B; plus energy drain)
Melee shield bash +13 melee (1d4+5; x2; B; plus energy drain)
Ranged masterwork composite longbow +10 ranged (1d8+5; x3; P)
Special Attacks Energy Drain [Su] (save DC 18)
Alessia attacks the final giant