"I say we give him sight and send him in first."
Gondork abruptily stands up at 10p's decision.
No! Ten-penny, I will not stand for this! You cannot stab these men tied on the ground... they deserve a fair execution!
He spits on the ground.
I will do the job. F*#! shivana. The lord in iron whirls in my very blood! I will grant them the mercy of choosing their death.
"Gondork... GONDORK! You do realize that Giacomo will notice that them losing their heads was not something that happened on the field of battle just now. We'll never hear the end of it.
But I also know it is a necessity for our survival. It is better to do it while they are floored and unconcious, then to first put them on their knees and execute them! The more effort you put in their demise, the less humane this becomes. I'm not proud of the idea that popped in to my head, but at least let us do it without any unnecessary display."
...you check the tracks in the snow outside, the storm still black and swirling overhead, blotting out the stars, a truly black night for elves even, heavy snow falling with numbing speed and survey the area.
Arwyn checked what tracks were still legible in the heavy snowfall. Track plus favored terrain.
Don't worry, I'll make it quick.
*Proceeds*
*Chop chop choppedy chop*
yup, looks like they landed outside, without much force, so they must have had magical help.
While you're out a step past the door, checking where the tracks started to make sure it was just the two of them that came down, the ice statue's dragon head swerves to evaluate you. snorting out a plume of ice crystals as it seems to breathe on you.
Gondork is lounging by the fountain rinsing his head in the lukewarm spring waters, while ten-penny steps out of the teleporter and comes over to wash blood from her weapons and gear.
Nadya and Giacomo are over by Hatches body, saying a short prayer to Erastil
Caladan was over by the door, looking out at the still dark stormy sky and the thick snow falling in the wind, when the statue shifts its feet and cranes it neck to stretch and roar, slivers of ice cracking off some parts, and shaking off the snow menacingly not fifteen feet from Arwyn, turning everyone's head.
[23: Nadya], [18: Ten-Penny], [16: Arwyn], [12: Caladan], [11: Giacomo], [4: Gondork] [0: Ice Dragon]
initiative checks
::correction::
everyone's heads swivel at the ROAR (except gondork and ten-penny. Penny only reacts when she notices everyone else looking in one direction at the gate. )
"Holy crap that thing is alive!" She shouted, firing once at the ice dragon and retreating back inside.
for a possible piercing damage.
Ten-Penny Moves towards the hall to check what the head-turning is about (single move, next to Arwyn), and suddenly sees something a little to big to just walk up to. She pats Gondork in his face a couple of times to let him know something is up, and then tries to pull him along backwards a bit.
EDIT: Dammit! This is my Natural 20?!? I could've thrown a dagger and hit it for Sneak...
Nadya draws her bow as she moves up by Arwyn to take a shot too
(Plink)
Caladan pulls out old man dansby's longbow as he moves back and out of the way, taking a shot.
The dragon flies forward, charging caladan. It gets close enough that giacomo looses his arrow, hitting the dragon for 5dmg.
Its wings clip the entrance, and it misses.
[23: Nadya], [18: Ten-Penny], [16: Arwyn], [12: Caladan], [4: Gondork] [0: Giacomo], [0: Ice Dragon]
Round 2
Rapid shot, precise shot, point blank shot. Attack to the Ice Dragon.
for a possible piercing damage.
for a possible piercing damage.
Ten-Penny opens the door, just to have an escape route in case things go south. She then 5ft steps towards the corridor and tries to intimidate the dragon. (still deaf, still sounds strange)
"Hey Frosty! We just slaughtered at least a dozen men! Twice! You don't stand a chance, so just fly off and get lost or something!"
Gondork goes full defence after getting slapped and dragged by 10p, grunting something about a warrior's honor.
caladan steps up and swings, defensively
the dragon slams caladan twice, pounding him back once
nadya takes a shot and then steps out of the way, plinking aginst the ice ?
[23: Nadya], [18: Ten-Penny], [16: Arwyn], [12: Caladan], [11: Giacomo], [4: Gondork] [0: Ice Dragon]
Ten-Penny takes a deep gulp and decides to help Caladan fend this thing off. She tumbles towards the dragon and lashes out at it (defensively and Combat Expertise).
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Round3
Rapid shot, point blank, precise shot to the ice dragon.
for a possible piercing damage.
for a possible piercing damage.
the dragon swipes at caladan twice, slaming him back once
nadya pulls an alchemist fire, and lobs it at a back square of the dragon.
6fire = 9 dmg.
[23: Nadya], [18: Ten-Penny], [16: Arwyn], [12: Caladan], [11: Giacomo], [4: Gondork] [0: Ice Dragon]
Giacomo sees Caladan getting wailed on pretty heavily, and decides to channel energy, then moves closer to the group.
Ten-Penny sees Caladan take quite a beating. She realizes that the longer this fight lasts, the more likely the dragon will kill them. She throws all caution out the window and starts wailing on it.
for
for
for extra
Caladan brings his cold iron morningstar to rest dead center in the dragon's solar plexis, the entire thing shatters into icecubes. and everyone catches their breath for a second, until they see some ice elementals outside, coming your way. and a flying caster supporting them.
"Uhm, guys? Should I lock and jam all doors? Nod for yes, cause I can't hear you at the moment..."
small ice elementals.
Feeling kinda useless here... Giacomo, any chance I could see something soon? My body is ready.
"Let them get a bit closer first. Don't want to give you your eyes back, only to go blind again five seconds later."
the little ice spitlits rumble along, two of them charging forward at Caladan and Ten-Penny, both missing.
A brown haired, bearded man with a crazed look in his eyes floats foward over the fountain, white fur trimming his blue cloak and blue-black robes, an icicle in his right hand, his left clutching the cloak, the wind fighting him slightly. a small goat trailing along, walking slowly around the fountain.
Nadya's alchemical fire burns among the shattered chunks of ice, whats left of the ice statue. Nadya pulls another alchemist fire, and hurls it at the back row, the blue ice elemental.
"My last. but its worth it. "
[23: Nadya], [18: Ten-Penny], [16: Arwyn], [12: Caladan], [11: Giacomo], [4: Gondork], [0: Elementals], [0: Radosek], [0: Valstoi]
Giacomo digs in his pouch and removes another alchemist fire.
"There's not much I can do, but if anyone needs this, feel free to grab it."
Giacomo then taps Gondork and lends him his eyes.
"Okay, now we're talking. Gondork, go wild."
He then turns to Radosek. Or, at least the general direction of where Giacomo thinks he saw him last.
"Look, I get that you obviously have an issue with us, since we're here to kill you, but YOU BASTARDS KILLED HATCH! He was just a household friend of Nadya's, he's practically an innocent bystander. How would you like it if that stupid goat got hit in the crossfire? You shall pay for this. Not just for what you did to us, not just for what you did to this entire town, but for what you did to Hatch! FOR HATCH!"
Round 4
Arwyn nodded. "Aye Giacomo, FOR HATCH!"
Keeping it simple, Arwyn fired rapid shot, point blank, precise shot to the purple one. (Then Green if purple goes down.)
for a possible piercing damage.
for a possible piercing damage.
Arwyn broke into a cold sweat at this, feeling as she drew and fired that she was midway through her last quiver of regular arrows. She wondered how quickly she could get her pack open to her reserve of cold iron tipped arrows...