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The ninja sinks his wakizashi into the Deep One, blade inserting beside its dorsal fin, which he notices is accomodated by the scaley mail it wears, and the blood-red tip of his blade appears through the Deep One's chest! The beast screams a bloodcurdling scream and falls dead!
The Deep One, in a blood frenzy at the taste of its own blood leaking from a busted snout into its fang-filled mouth, thrusts its trident furiously at Nacht , rending the Beetle Man's carapace for piercing, and snaps at his face , chomping on empty space where the nimble Nacht's head was a split second earlier!
The wounded Deep One spins to deflect Hisao's backstab with its trident haft.... CLANG!!!
The Deep One snarls and parries Paddy's thrust with its trident! CLANNNG!!!
Alphonse hammers the thing's shark-like snout, releasing a spray of dark blood! It roars in rage and pain! Nacht follows up with another deep hack into the beast's torso! It roars again in agonized fury!
The Deep One hisses and thrusts its trident at Nacht , but the Beetle Man dodges the sharp tines! It bites at Nacht , missing! The Beetle Man's insect-fast reflexes save him from harm!
The beast barely seems to notice Paddy's stab....
Nacht's blade rips a bloody rift in the Deep One's rough gray hide, and it roars in agony!
The monster grunts in pain finally as a substantial blow is dealt by Alphonse's earth breaker!
[dice=Knowledge Nature (for Monstrous Humanoid)]1d20+10 +1d6 Iommi-Tyr knows this beast for what it truly is: the accursed spawn of Dagon himself, piscine demon of the Abyssal depths.... This creature is a Deep One, a human-shark hybrid born of abominable practices among the barbarians of the Pacific Islands and other coastal realms.... Silver weapons can fully harm it....
The ninja's speedy strike doesn't seem to hurt this shark-thing as much as it should....
The shark-like monstrosity jabs at Paddy with its trident.... piercing the young rogue's leather jerkin and drawing blood from three puncture wounds, dealing piercing.... It opens its great maw, filled with a double row of serrated shark teeth, and tries to chomp down on the rogue's sword arm.... and succeeding, dealing bite damage! Paddy must attempt a Fortitude save to resist the taint of Dagon....
Paddy's blade slides into the creature's flesh! It is strangely silent, only sighing at the stab!
A strange coat of glittering mail like fish scales clings to the man-shark's muscled torso, arms, and a pair of vestigial lateral fins below its arms.... In its rough gray claws it clutches a deadly-looking trident!
As the Lusty Fools ponder the significance of what Iommi-Tyr has transcribed from the concave plaster walls of this domed stronghold of the Necromancer, a dark, vaguely anthropomorphic shape appears in the watery doorway, and through the doorway, out of the magically arrested water that now fills the cistern, steps a monstrosity not fully human and not fully shark, but something horribly inbetween! Initiative
The Moray impaled on Yingzen's sword gasps out his final breaths as he collapses in the fetal position.... None of the other Morays can muster genuine regret for their evil deeds and evil natures.... Derrik, MJ, and Yingzen put the captive Morays to the sword with swift, brutal efficiency.... Their screams and curses echo in the spacious chamber....
Lying bastard! You promised us mercy! screams the Moray being dragged by Marcus and MJ to a window overlooking the street some 50 feet below....
This open talk of how best to kill them has the surviving 7 Morays rather fidgety....
Prior to the lightning, Yingzen's blade deals 13 slashing damage to the first Moray, who then drops when Radsworth's lightning rips through him....
We are making room for the earth-spawn of Cthulhu....
The Moray with Excalibur at its throat nods in agreement....
The Morays struck by Radsworth's deadly bolt are all too eager to accept mercy and let their weapons fall to the floor.... They raise their hands in a gesture of surrender and fall on their knees.... The other four, though unharmed to this point, consider the swift carnage these interlopers have made of their leader and monster allies, and the display of magical might by Radsworth and Marcus, and throw down arms as well, bending knees and trembling in fear of The Fierce Ones!
One of the Morays (not one wounded by lightning) attempts a Will save vs DC 21 gift of madness ....and succeeds! It shakes it's head and growls, resisting Marcus' enchantment....
Reflex save vs DC 21 lightning bolt fails! 39 electricity damage! Reflex save vs DC 21 lightning bolt succeeds! 19 electricity damage! Reflex save vs DC 21 lightning bolt fails! 39 electricity damage! Reflex save vs DC 21 lightning bolt fails! 39 electricity damage! The four Morays caught in Radsworth's lightning bolt dance a jerky jig, skeletons illuminated in brief X-Ray....
The eight Morays converge on Derrik, Mikey Jay, Yingzen and Mr Clean, who find themselves back to back in a knot at the forefront of the Fierce Ones, holding the southwest corner.... On Derrik:
Elven curve blades On MJ:
Elven curve blades On Yingzen:
Elven curve blades On Mr Clean:
Elven curve blades
The 8 Morays drop the saws and hammers they are wielding to tear down interior framing near the walls and climb down from the scaffolds, drawing their curve blades and advancing menacingly toward the FOs....
Morays go on initiative 9 (something's wonky with the boards....)
CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles CMB to escape black tentacles Of all 16, only 1 escapes the tentacles' powerful hold!
Will save vs DC 20 command fails.... Will save vs DC 20 command fails.... Will save vs DC 20 command saves.... Will save vs DC 20 command fails.... Will save vs DC 20 command fails.... Will save vs DC 20 command saves....
Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball
The agile Morays of the cult nimbly evade the grasping, writhing tentacles, so far....
The 16 Morays surge around the corner at the east end of the hallway, coming into the Fierce Ones' lines of sight, AR-15s raised.... Double moves bring their front line (2 squares by 8) to about 10 ft from Derrik and Mikey J!
The 16 Morays in the four offices along the east and north sides of the fourth floor take up arms and hustle out into the hallway that makes a square circuit of the fourth floor....
Initiative Hearing the call to arms, the Morays in the offices to the east and north rise to heed the call....
Perception check vs Yingzen's 28 Stealth.... .... Auto-fails.... Perception check vs Yingzen's 28 Stealth.... .... Auto-fails.... Perception check vs Yingzen's 28 Stealth.... .... Auto-fails.... Perception check vs Yingzen's 28 Stealth.... .... Auto-fails....
Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball Reflex save vs DC 14 fireball
The Morays continue their barrage of rifle fire....using Rapid Shot this time! Against Derrik
Against Derrik
Against Derrik
Against Derrik
Against Koran
Against Koran
Against Koran
Against Koran
Against Yingzen
Against Yingzen
Against Yingzen
Against Yingzen
Against Levinson
Against Daisy
The stairwell erupts in thunderous gunfire as the Morays fire their AR15 rifles at the FOs.... At Yingzen: touch
At Koran: touch
At Derrik: touch
At Kepler: touch
At Levinson: touch
At Radsworth: touch At Daisy: touch At MJ: touch
After Yingzen: All 14 Morays retrieve and drink potions of bear's endurance....
Initiative
A moment later, 8 Morays spill out of offices on the west side of the hall and head north, following the hydrodaemon and barghest, Elven curve blades drawn....
Mjolnir fells one of the Morays at 60 ft, and the other at 120 ft....
Only two Morays remain standing, both wounded. Seeing that they have lost the fight, both make complete withdraws, one from Yingzen, the other from Derrik and MJ, and flee southward, toward the causeway leading to Lido Key....
AoO against the tumbling Yingzen (their CMD is greater than 20).... Elven curve blade misses.... Yingzen ends his tumble in a monkey stance, curve blade slicing deep into the Moray's stomach.... It doubles over and gasps in pain, but keeps its feet under it....
Radsworth's bullet takes the badly wounded Moray facing Koran in the neck, finishing it off.... It gurgles and collapses, clutching its blood-spraying throat....
The Morays fight on with desperate fury.... Elven curve blade against Koran ....slashes the big wild rager for 7 damage.... Elven curve blade against Derrik ....crashes down on Derrik's shoulder pauldron without harming the inquisitor-paladin.... Elven curve blade against MJ ....is parried by the swordsman's blade....
Koran's swing smashes into a Moray's side, knocking the wind from its lungs, but it still stands....
Derrik rises as the Morays flanking him are momentarily distracted by their former captives and draws Excalibur down across one's back, releasing a shower of blood! The Moray screams and turns its attention back to Derrik, but succumbs to its wounds, collapsing to the street!
AoO on the young man attempting to grapple.... Elven curve blade slashes the young man across the chest for 12 damage, drawing blood and a scream of pain, but not a fatal wound.... AoO on the elderly woman attempting to grapple.... Elven curve blade slashes the elderly woman across her shoulder, wounding her, but not fatally....
AoO on MJ as he rolls up into a stand.... Elven curve blade is parried by "BJ" with a ring of clashing steel!
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