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The final gremlin falls after Hisao caves in its skull with a solid swing of the mace!
Alphonse is pierced and battered, but fights through, and cleaves the wee bugger in twain!
Undaunted by the cloud of blinding talcum, Paddy stabs the gremlin, which squeals like a stuck pig! SQUEEEEEEEHHH!!!!
The gremlin Charmaine moves toward cuts a thin cord, dropping a sack of bricks upon the young holy woman for bludgeoning damage, unless she evades with a successful DC 15 Reflex save!
Heeheehee!!! JENGA!!! As Alphonse moves in, greatsword raised, the gremlin yanks a peg out of a precariously stacked heap of crates and barrels, studded with nails driven through from within, causing them to topple toward the young paladin! Reflex save DC 15 to avoid piercing and bludgeoning damage, Alphonse.... If he survives this gremlin trap, his attack cleaves the gremlin who triggered it from crown to groin, the two halves flopping wetly to the belfry floor!
As Paddy dashes at the gremlin, grim demeanor suddenly changes to startled surprise as the "blighter" suddenly yanks a thin cord connected to the bucket while springing out of the way, spilling an eye-abrading dust of flour mixed with powdered talc in Paddy's square! Reflex save DC 15, or Paddy is blinded for rounds! If he succeeds on his save, his attack on the gremlin strikes.... If not, his blinded condition grants the gremlin a 50% miss chance.... 01-50 misses....
YYEEEOOOOOWWWCH!!! Iommi-Tyr's bolt grazes a gremlin!
He spots one lingering about 10 ft away in a shadowy corner where crates and buckets are stacked.... It makes eye contact, gasps in fear, and looks around for an escape route!
Flanking a withdrawing gremlin with Paddy, Hisao brings the head of the cold iron mace down on its little skull with great speed and force, crushing the wicked little fey!
Paddy dashes after a gremlin, sticking it in the back with the cold iron dagger and causing it to squeal.... YIPE!! As he advances after the little monster, his booted foot snags a tripwire, bringing a bucket of tiny bronze ball bearings down to scatter and roll in a 10-ft-radius spread underfoot.... Paddy must succeed on a DC 12 Reflex save to avoid falling prone! The ball bearings roll into Hisao's square, too.... DC 12 Reflex save to avoid falling prone, Hisao!
Tevaga sees a gremlin yanking a cold iron bolt out of its belly and whimpering.... She thrusts her short sword into its chest, and it drops with a whistling wheeze! SQUEEEEEEHHH!!!
One of the gremlins squeaks in high-pitched French: Plutôt jouez un hymne funèbre de funérailles pour vos amis stupides, musicien! HEEHEEHEEHEE!!! English:
Rather, play a funeral dirge for your stupid friends, musician! HEEHEEHEEHEE!!! The gremlins dart away from their attackers into shadowy corners of the belfry, withdrawing where necessary to avoid AoOs....
Iommi-Tyr sticks a cold iron bolt in the gremlin standing to the gargoyle's left side.... It shrieks in pain, but still stands....
Tevaga strikes a gremlin hard, laying it out flat!
Paddy flanks a gremlin with Hisao, but the little fey dodges his dagger thrust....
Hisao swings the mace, but fails to connect....
Six gremlins also emerge from the shadows, rubbing their little claws together and grinning evilly....
The two gremlins, chittering and chirping like evil birds, hop up the last few stairs to the shadowy belfry, also dimly lit by guttering torches in sconces.... They beckon slyly to the pursuing adventurers before disappearing around the final corner onto the belfry....
Paddy reaches the landing about 140 ft up the stairs, where the two gremlins with any fight left in them stand near a board propped up to hold a barrel with nails driven through it from within attached to a swing rope secured to the underside of higher stairs.... The gremlins kick out the board, releasing the swinging barrel toward Paddy's head! Nail-spiked barrel on a rope trap deals piercing to Paddy the Loon!
The nimble fey dodges Michael's shot....
The bolt narrowly misses the incapacitated gremlin (even if Iommi-Tyr has Precise Shot and doesn't take a -4 to attack for firing at a foe in melee with Hisao)....
Round 5: The two gremlins not adjacent to Hisao flee another 40 ft up the stairs, still tittering madly and gesturing rudely at the ninja and his companions! Hisao may attempt a Perception check vs DC 20 to notice....something....
His double move brings Hisao adjacent to the gremlin that a split-second earlier was pierced by a cold iron arrow from Michael's bow.... The apparently incapacitated gremlin groans and cowers before the ninja!
A gremlin shrieks as Michael's shot takes it in the belly, sinking deeply! The evil fairy staggers about dramatically, wailing a high-pitched squeal!
(In round 4) The sling stones rattle against the shadowy corner that Ap Ossian sees the silhouetted forms of the gremlins lurking in, backlit by torchlight from a torch in a sconce....
The gremlins dodge the shot fired by Iommi-Tyr, and scurry another 40 ft up the stairs with double moves, withdrawing from the square threatened by Paddy and his makeshift cold iron mini spear....
The gremlin dodges Paddy's thrust and sticks it's purplish tongue out at him, while blowing a rude sound....
WHIIIIFFF!! CLANK!! goes the stray shot from Iommi's hand crossbow! TEEHEEHEE!! giggle the gremlins at his wide shot!
Seeing the game is up, the gremlins hastily spring their trap, and the barrel, spiked all over with nails driven through the staves from within, comes bounding out of the shadows into view and toward the two adventurers on the stairs! Vs Hisao .... The agile ninja vaults over the barrel with a handless cartwheel through the air.... Vs Iommi .... The sprightly Norseman also leaps over the barrel.... The barrel crashes apart on the landing a few feet below, exploding into staves and iron bands.... S#++! F%~+! C$~&*~*~%@!
The gremlins titter and squeal with fear or excitement as Hisao-San and Iommi-Tyr draw nearer up the stairs.... On their turn, they all step back from Iommi-Tyr (who has moved adjacent to the lowest and nearest gremlin) and dimension door 60 ft higher, bringing them a total of 120 ft up the spiraling stairs.... One giggles a shrill peal of chirpy laughter.... The others beckon and squeak with rat-like voices: HEEHEEHEEHEE!!! Ici, Monsiuers! Oui, Monsiuers!
Squealing fearfully at the sight of one of their fellows taken down with a cold iron bolt, the gremlins scatter, hurrying further up into the bell tower.... One ducks as an arrow from Michael the Warsong's bow flies near and ricochets off the bell tower wall.... MEEP!
Tevaga's bolt pierces a gremlin through! GAAAAK!! It falls from the stairs and lands with a splat, motionless....
The gremlins retreat further up the stairs, tittering and chittering like rats or monkeys.... Those nearest Hisao use withdraw actions to avoid attacks of opportunity....
The bolt sticks solidly in the gremlin, who squeals in pain, but not as deeply as one might expect (DR 5/****).... YOUCH!!!
YIPE! Iommi-Tyr's bolt grazes one of the creatures!
Seeming to notice that they have been spotted, the owners of the glowing cat-like eyes recede further into the shadows up the stairs, high-pitched tittering giggles echoing evilly in the bell tower.... Initiative
Michael the Warsong spies a few pairs of cat-like eyes reflecting the glow from Charmaine's sword, about 40 ft up the stairs that spiral around the bell tower.... |
