Mara looks around then calls out "We did hear there were some amazing things here and this certainly has been amazing so far. Who might you be? You sound quite fancy and important."
Your human tongue cannot pronounce my name…but your journey ends here. Even dessspite you getting to this point, I hope you enjoy the sssweet embrace of your coming death
As the sounds echo, nobody hears anything making a sound. Then out of space and air, an arrow streaks towards Mara for her simple inquiry.
Round 1:
Serpent H: 14
Serpent I: 13
Karita, off to one side, barely can hear what's going on. Covered in both her own blood and that of her familiar, she does still hear Mara's yelp of pain.
Round 1:
**Mara & Zen’Zot: 22/21**
Serpents: 14/13
Uwe/Karita: 10/6
The red scaled serpent folk appears moments after his arrow is released from his bow. As the arrow is embedded into Mara’s thigh, you can see a sly smile creep over his face as his intended prey skewered.
Mara shouts in pain and tries to cover behind the table a little bit while she sends her elementals after the only visible foe. Just as one of them arrives in position, she croaks from deep in her throat and a massive, nasty frog appears right next to the red-scaled serpent folk and tries to chomp him, glowing with energy!
With the sudden appearance of the serpent-creature and its attack upon Mara, Zen quickly releases his shield and fires his new repeating heavy crossbow at the serpent-creature but the bolt hits the intervening table. Zen then calls out to Karita, Karita with me so I can help to protect you." as he cocks the device to prepare for his next shot.
Round 1:
Mara & Zen’Zot: 22/21
Serpents: 14/13
**Uwe/Karita: 10/6**
The attacks levied towards the red scaled serpent both miss their target. The tough hide of the enemy is too much for the frog to chomp through. The red scaled serpent then looks around, and sees he is highly outnumbered. He refused to show any sign of weakness or trepidation in the face of such odds.
The lizard drops its short bow, and draws a scimitar as he takes a slash at the frog.
The other voice just starts to laugh as the lizard gets a deep gash along its head and shoulder area. Moments later she appears, hovering towards the top of the tower, about 40’ up in the air. She points a finger at Karita as she feels her mind and eyes start to cloud over.
The witch moves to rejoin the group, feeling vulnerable to attack but shaking off whatever spell was thrown her way. In return, she calls on her innate magic and aims it at the nearest serpent.
(Caster or melee serpent)
Uwe moves forward calling upon his natural abilities to enhance his blade as he tries to dodge and dive into position to attack the red lizard.
Zen'Zot switches targets with the advent of the flying serpent and tries to shoot her, especially since the other is aptly surrounded.
The red scaled serpent sends an icy glare towards Karita. She can tell that the slumber hex has zero effect on the target.
Uwe attempts to slice the troublesome serpent but fails to leave a scratch past its thick hide. Zen’Zot takes a second shot and misses the flying enemy.
Round 2
**Mara** & Zen’Zot: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13
Uwe/Karita: 10/6
Karita thinks for a moment and she recalls a lot of information about serpentfolk. To the serpentfolk, the pursuit of knowledge and magic is the highest goal. Their legends speak of how humanity rose to power only through the theft of serpent magic, a legend that may form the basis of the hatred toward humanity most serpentfolk harbor. They view themselves as the undisputed masters of magic, be it arcane or divine. Yet despite this, the majority of serpentfolk today are degenerates who have devolved to the point of primeval savagery and have lost much of their magical legacy—more civilized serpentfolk generally regard these degenerates with shame and disdain. They have the innate ability to resist magic (SR 15+), immunity to mind-affecting spells/effects, poison, paralysis.
Serpentfolk are 6 feet tall and weigh 120 pounds. Degenerates are only 5 feet tall but weigh 200 pounds. All serpentfolk are quite long-lived, and generally live to the age of 500.
Mara summons a new monster to try to help with the spellcaster. There is a slight swirl of aether but then it turns invisible. She makes a request.
"Hello Viktor. Please grab that spellcaster and make her life hard."
She then orders the earth elemental to move in while the magma elemental waits for an opening in the crowded area. The frog tries again to chomp.
The aether elemental isn’t able to grab ahold of the tricky caster as she float/sidesteps the aggressive foe. While on the ground the frog barely misses the red scaled serpent. The earth elementals are more than capable of bashing upon their intended target however. The serpent hunter takes a pair of bashed to the chest. It refuses to even show pain as it takes a pair of hacks and a bite at the earth elemental in front of it. If it drops it then takes a slash at the green elemental.
While the hunter starts to whittle away at the mass of enemies around him, the sorcerer glares at Mara with pure annoyance. She floats backwards a bit and then casts a spell. Within seconds, images of herself are flickering around her in concert.
Round 2
Mara & Zen’Zot: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13 (H -22, I -0)
**Uwe/Karita**: 10/6
The hunter's scimitar is not sharp enough to damage the rocky elemental, at least not without striking at a better angle!
(So a 25 to hit and a 20 to hit both miss?? How if you don’t mind me asking lol)
"These are more than just ordinary serpentfolk. They'll resist magic and ignore poison, paralytic effects, and anything targeting their minds." The witch calls out quickly. Then she focuses on the warrior and lets her inner power come forth, cursing him to ill luck. She then laughs at his misfortune....
The hunter destroys one elemental then damages another.
Uwe turns and attacks the creature next to him.
As Uwe tries to cast a spell defensively, he leaves himself open to an attack from the hunter serpent folk. Uwe manages to smack the serpent once, but the serpents tough skin manages to protect against the second strike.
Round 3
**Mara & Zen’Zot**: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13 (H -33, I -0)
Uwe/Karita: 10/6
Mara summons another aether elemental and orders it to also try to grapple the flying caster. The two invisible elementals give it a try...
The earth elemental that can get close enough and the frog keep trying to take down the scaly warrior on the ground.
The aether elemental smacks the what it thinks is the caster, but an illusion *winks* out of existence as it’s struck. The frog than bites the hunter, but isn’t able to grab ahold of the slippery scaled enemy.
Round 3
Mara & **Zen’Zot**: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13 (H -44, I -0)
Uwe/Karita: 10/6
Round 3
Mara & Zen’Zot: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13 (H -44, I -0)
**Uwe/Karita**: 10/6
Zen’Zot is unsure how to proceed allowing the serpent folk to continue their assault. The hunter attacks the frog, and if/when dealt with turns it attention to the most injured earth elemental.
The spell caster then floats backwards, while having a wand pop from its forearm area. It points the wand at Karita and tries to activate it. The spell caster almost slips up but a small globe of force streaks through the air and slams into Karita.
Karita mutters curses under her breath as she is stung by the wand. She then focuses her power on the caster.
The scaled caster is unable to steel her mind against Karita’s hex.
Round 3
Mara & Zen’Zot: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13 (Hunter -44, (misfortune) Caster -0)
**Uwe**/Karita: 10/6
Uwe steps up and slashes twice at the caster.
Using the table for partial cover, Zen'Zot continues to fire upon the flying serpent but keeps a cursory eye on the combat with their other opponent.
Karita points a finger at the warrior of the two and a beam of arcane energy flashes out.
Round 4
**Mara & Zen’Zot**: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 14/13 (Hunter -44, (misfortune) Caster -0)
Uwe/Karita: 10/6
Uwe fails to strike the serpent folk with their blade, as Karita is unable to penetrate their natural resistance to spells.
Trying to use the table not only for partial cover but to maybe steady his aim, Zen'Zot takes another shot at the flying serpent while still staying aware of ground combat taking place and his shot goes wide.
Mara shouts in frustration. "Enough! We need to finish this!" As she speaks, a pulse of energy surges out of her to speed her and her allies to victory!
The invisible aether elementals keep trying to grapple the dodgy caster.
The frog then tries to bite the warrior!
The earth elemental then tries to pummel the (hopefully grappled) warrior into submission!
Round 4
Mara & Zen’Zot: 22/21 (R2)
Serpents: 13 (Caster -0)
**Uwe/Karita**: 10/6
The frog manages to bite the scaly hunter twice, but the hunter refuses to succumb to its injuries. The earth elemental slams the hunter once, very hard. The serpent folk hunter falls down, in a lump on the floor. The remaining flying serpent manages to dodge one of the aether elementals as it tries to grab her. The second aether elemental is able to grab ahold of the slippery caster. The aether tries to wrap its wispy body around the adversary but the caster winks out of existence as another mirror image is popped.
The caster then floats back five feet and levels its wand at Mara once more as a glove of force smacks her in the chest.
Mara groans as she's hit again. "Oh boy... This is not very fun..."
Karita fires a ray up at the spellcaster but the ray of enfeeblement flies wide.
Uwe calls upon his inner power to throw some acide up at the flying creature.
Uwe uses a basic cantrip, acid splash…and actually manages to hit the real serpent caster.
Round 5
**Mara & Zen’Zot**: 22/21
Serpents: 13 (Caster -2)
Uwe/Karita: 10/6
Mara points up at the spellcaster. The frog climbs onto the nearby table and leaps as high as it can, trying to reach her with its incredibly long, sticky tongue! The haste spell helps the frog jump higher than normal (by increasing its land speed).
Mara tries to blast the caster with an acid splash of her own.
The aether elementals keep trying to grapple the caster.
The frog mightily jumps off a table as it’s commanded. The tongue is able to reach just close enough to pop an image of the caster. There is a lone mirror image left.
Round 5
Mara & Zen’Zot**: 22/21
Serpents: 13 (Caster -2)
Uwe/Karita: 10/6