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Incandescence rears up on both hind legs and then charges. As Nina sweeps by the purple orc, she slays the wounded warrior with her lance. Her eidolon maintains its momentum before wheeling around, prepared for another pass by the orc slavers.
The pink orc, wielding a falchion, shouts at the cyan orc, "Use yer mancatcher and snare that darned cat!"
Bishop
Erlathan
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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As the summoning spell completes, a fluffy white, silvery wolf snarls into existence about thirty feet from Erlathan. "There we are. Another friendly creature from the planes, here to serve me. And serve me, he shall! Akela, get 'em!"
The celestial wolf bounds forward, charging at the cyan-garbed orc.
Watching Akela gnaw at the orc's ankle, Erlathan laughs happily. "Why get your paws dirty when you can get your temporary-but-incredibly-useful summons to do it for you?"
Yawning, he points his quarterstaff ahead and fires a set of serpent-shaped missiles at cyan.
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The summoned Akela takes a medium-rare bite out of the cyan orc and flips him onto his mancatching keister. Erlathan zaps the prone slaver with a couple of black and white arcane bolts of force. Somehow, the orc remains conscious, unwilling to tap out.
Bishop
Erlathan
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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4 Orcs
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Bishop sneaks up behind the red orc, and then the rogue appears out of thin air, his blade buried in the slaver's neck.
The scouts flee to the cover and concealment of the woods, the last man casting another fearful gaze over his shoulder, not at the orcs but into the dark recesses of the caves beyond...
Bishop
Erlathan
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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4 Orcs
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Hanlin moves up to join Vegazi.
The pink orc swings her falchion at Akela, but she misses the summoned wolf.
The cyan orc tries to regain its feet.
Frothy blood dribbling from his lips, the red orc snarls and chops at Bishop with his blade.
The yellow orc jabs her man catcher at the rogue, but she can't snare the agile man. She yells,
Vegazi decides her allies in the south seem to have the situation well in hand, so she steps between the rocks and looses an arrow at the yellow orc.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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4 Orcs
Korlum & Grache
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"Oh no you don't, stay down!" Nina cries, poking at Cyan with her lance as the orc tries to regain its feet.
Then, she nudges Inky with her knees and calls out, "Okay, now that one! Go go go!", pointing at Pink. Inky obliges, charging towards Pink with as much speed as she can muster - which is quite a bit!
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Nina jabs the tip of her lance into the cyan orc, jerks the weapon free, and commands Inky to charge the pink orc. Her lance strikes deep a second time, but the pink orc refuses to fall.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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4 Orcs
Korlum & Grache
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"Haha!" Lord Braggett cheers as the orc falls to his outstanding martial prowess, and directing Kibble to step over the fallen orc towards the next slaver, he starts whirling his flail around theatrically. "Stop calling for help and face me like a true warrior. Have at you!" He swings for the head as Kibble goes for the knees.
Standard action: Attack Yellow
Kibble:
5' Step
Standard action: Attack Yellow
The first time Kibble is hit in a round, Braggett will use the Mounted Combat feat, and as an immediate action to try and negate any damage. The hit is negated if the Ride check result is greater than the opponent's attack roll.
For the first two adjacent allies (including Braggett) who are targeted for an attack, Kibble will use the Bodyguard feat to use an AoO and boost their AC.
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Lord Braggett and Sir Kibble show the wounded yellow orc a gnome's and wolf's hell's fury. The cavalier bashes in the orc's thick skull as his companion hamstrings the warrior. The orc dies before it hits the ground!
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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3 Orcs
Korlum & Grache
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Akela gnaws again at the orc's foot as he stands back up. "That's the way! Go for the eyes, Akela! Go for the eyes!" The wolf snarls, jumping vertically 6 feet as it tries to scrape the orc's face with its jaws.
The wolf's pounce throws his aim off. "That's okay, my lupine friend. I shall assist you magically! Snakebite, away!"
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As the cyan orc tries to regain its feet, Akela shears of its face with her razor-sharp canines. Then the summoned wolf snarls at the pink orc, snapping its jaws near the warrior's shanks.
Erlathan's staff sends two more magic missiles snaking into the last orc standing, silencing the creature forever.
The scouts huddle together in the woods nearby, anxious and filled with dread.
You hear a pair of deep, alpha-male roars, like two rugby players entering a scrum, from somewhere within the cave complex...
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Korlum & Grache
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Two half-orcs wearing chain shirts, obviously twins and impossibly large, emerge from the entrance to the cave.
"I got dibs on the skinny feller wit the potato peeler, Korlum!"
"Aye, but only if'n I don't smash 'im first, Grache!"
Hearing the twins bludgeoning her friend with their fists, Vegazi races up and stops behind Bishop, loosing an arrow at the half-orc Grache.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Korlum (yellow)
Grache (red)
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Satisfied that the scouts are out of immediate danger what with the peons having been soundly dispatched, Nina looks up as the two half-orc twins take the field.
"Come on Inky, I think we can go around and flank them!"
And move Inky does, circling around the gigantic rock that blocks most of their view of the current fray until the two new challengers are in sight.
"And nowwwwwww, time to grease the squeaky wheels!" the gnome gleefully declares as she conjures a pool of grease under the two half-orcs.
Then, something catches her attention - movement seen out of the corner of her eye. "Hey! There's someone or something else up there! It just went into one of the caves!"
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After the tandem hulk-smash, Bishop withdraws from the front to seek medical attention.
Nina rides around the east side of the rock formation in a one-gnome, one-eidolon envelopment. With a slab of butter on a slice of arcana, she makes the footing treacherous around the half-orc twins.
Korlum keeps his balance, but the wounded Grache slips and falls, cursing, "SON OF A B*$&%!"
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett & Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Korlum (yellow)
Grache (red)
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"Oh, look, the final boss has arrived. And they're using the dual boss trope, no less," Erlathan grumbles. "I suppose I should drop the sarcasm. Poor Bishop here bleeds profusely. Akela, come now, get a little closer and wrestle with these two!"
The wolf charges forth and around the ledge, ending up next to the prone half-orc.
"And for my next trick, I shall command a ball of pure fire to appear from the heavens - no, no, I'm no paladin," he pauses, "To appear from the planes, burning everything in its path!"
A flaming sphere appears just north of the half-orc, and rolls along the ground towards him.
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"Goodness, gracious!" Lord Braggett exclaims as the great balls of fire do their work on the prone orc. Once the shock has passed, the valiant knight points his weapon at the standing half-orc and issues a challenge. "Giant! Prepare to be tenderised by a knight the quarter of your size." He starts whirling the flail over his head as fast as he is able, raises his shield, and laughs excitedly. "Haha, this will be legendary! Kibble... CHARGE!!!"
Swift action: Issue challenge to yellow
Full action: Charge yellow
Kibble:
Full action: Charge yellow
For the first two adjacent allies (including Braggett) who are targeted for an attack, Kibble will use the Bodyguard feat to use an AoO and boost their AC.
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Lord Braggett tosses down a figurative gauntlet, and Sir Kibble digs his paws into the loose soil, and then launches himself and his rider at Korlum. The half-orc throws a punch at the charging cavalier, massive fist connecting with the gnome-on-the-half-shell. Undeterred, Lord Braggett brings his silver flail around and into the Korlum's meaty thigh. Sir Kibble's teeth sever the half-orc's tendo calcaneus. With a satisfying thump, Korlum joins his twin brother on the ground.
Lord Braggett is dumbfounded when the scouts fail to cheer his most impressive skill-at-arms.
You hear one of the scouts mutter, "Where the devil are the devils?" They still cling to their cover and concealment, not yet prepared to celebrate their escape.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Korlum (yellow)
Grache (red)
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Hanlin reaches out his tattooed hand and rests it on Bishop's finally visible forehead, and asks of Iomedae to heal the man's wounds "Warrior Princess, please do get this man back into tip top shape. The Great Dreamer was not so inclined to teach him to do this himself, and I know for sure you wouldn't want to let that opportunity pass!" With a flash of light and the smell of sage and rosemary (mmmm chicken soup...), Bishop's wounds start to heal over.
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Hanlin calls upon his goddess to heal his companion. Just in time, too.
"WONDER TWIN POWER: TOTAL DEFENSE!" Korlum hollers.
"ACTIVATE!" Grache responds. "NETOKKURAI! Where in the hells are ya? Time ta stop playin' Momma's infernal babysitter. Get yer bearded arse down here and lend us boyz a hand! Bring yer lil' pets, too, while yer at it!"
The two half-orcs stand up, dusting off their wounded pride.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Korlum (yellow)
Grache (red)
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Deciding that the scouts must have somehow missed his heroics, Lord Braggett starts laughing even louder in an effort to get their attention. "HAHA! You have met your match, sir! Take ANOTHER!" As Kibble gets to work trying to keep the brothers off their feet, Braggett chivalrously whirls his flail at Korlum while he's down.
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With the half-orc getting to his feet, Akela grabs him in his jaws and bloodies his leg.
"That's the way! You might be my most useful summon yet!" Erlathan happily calls to his companion. "And I promise I don't say that to every summoned monster... Though, I suppose he'd never know anyway..."
Inspired by his master's words, Akela adds in a second bite.
The flaming sphere continues to singe the half-orcs already-charred limbs.
Erlathan points his staff ahead and conjures serpent missiles #31 and #32 of the adventure.
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Through a hailstorm of flail and fang, the twins try to regain their feet. Lord Braggett and Sir Kibble ensure that Korlum will never rise again. Akela tears off a piece of Grache's forearm, and Erlathan rolls his flaming sphere over the half-orc, snuffing out his death rattle. The two magic missiles slam into his corpse.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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A seething devil deftly wielding a vicious, saw-toothed glaive emerges from the dark recesses of the cavern. Below its toothy maw writhes a hideous, twitching beard. "Ah, Vegazi, how sweet of you to seek me out yourself! Your mother, Kelseph, will be pleased, when I return you to her. As long as you're alive, she won't mind if I take some pleasure from torturing your body. Moooaaah-ah-ah-ahhh!"
"Tweedledee and Tweedledumb! Deal with her friends, while I invite some of my colleagues to join us!"
Netokkurai begins an infernal summoning. Then, two small creatures emerge from behind him, two tangles of scaly avian limbs furiously beating their double pair of vulture-like wings, keeping their fiendish, horned skull-heads aloft. As fetid breath rises from their repulsive, fly-covered visages, clawed arms work together to slash the air with vicious-looking spears.
They fly toward their closest target. The yellow one pulls up next to Bishop, opens its hideous maw and coughs its noxious breath. The red one jabs its spear at the rogue.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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"We will not be taken care of so easily!" Lord Braggett declares as he wheels around on the back of Kibble. "If giants can fall so quickly to your expert martial tactics, your pet Gaavs will last no longer. Sir Kibble... Once more unto the breach, my friend, once more. CHAARGE!" Kibble barks happily as he charges across the battlefield, his tongue lolling out the side of his mouth as he bounds towards that gaavs. "Fear not, Sir Bishop, I have your back!" Braggett yells as he fans away the noxious smell with his whirling flail before striking out at the reddish devil.
Full action: Charge Red Gaav
Kibble:
Full action: Charge Red Gaav
The first time Kibble is hit in a round, Braggett will use the Mounted Combat feat, and as an immediate action to try and negate any damage. The hit is negated if the Ride check result is greater than the opponent's attack roll.
For the first two adjacent allies (including Braggett) who are targeted for an attack, Kibble will use the Bodyguard feat to use an AoO and boost their AC.
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Vegazi moves behind and past Bishop, looking for a clear shot at the gaavs. She nocks another arrow and releases it at the red gaav.
Urged on by Lord Braggett, Sir Kibble charges the red gaav, hovering in the air next to Bishop. Braggett slams his flail into the creature, too. But like Vegazi's arrow, the wolf's sharp fangs and the cavalier's flail are blunted by the devil's infernal toughness.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Hearing the sound of additional trouble, Nina and Inky come racing around the huge rocks and spot the new new challengers.
Nina's eyes widen. "Zounds! It's a bearded devil! But we gotta get through his peons first!"
The pair quickly close the distance between themselves and said peons, coming to a screeching halt next to Bishop as Nina tries to skewer Red!
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Erlathan recalls that a barbazu has two special attacks, and he tells his companions.
Incandescence charges toward the gaavs, and Nina spears the red one with her lance. It's one tough little bugger.
"Are you all right, brother?" giggles the yellow devil.
"I'm fine, brother. They're just tickling me!" laughs the red gaav.
Hearing the exchange, the scouts are in a panic. "Those two held Jeb down, while the bearded one tore Jeb limb from limb! Please, you've got to kill them, before they kill all of us!"
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Hanlin nods seriously as Erlathan explains the ins and outs of the bearded devil That is the most heinous fiend I've faced yet!
He quickly turns his attention to the yellow Gaav nearby "Do you know what your brother called yer mama? Let's just say it involved a couple of lemures and some oven mitts..."
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Bishop his legs swaying from whatever foul gases had been breathed his way does his best to stand on his feet. Barely able to hold onto his loaded crossbow he rolls back looking to separate himself from the demon in front of him. Coming to stop he rises to his knees and lets loose the blessed bolt at the injured graav.
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Concentrating on the yellow fiend, Hanlin invokes Iomedae's divine influence. A puzzled look passes over the devil's face, then it curses its sibling. "YOU DARE INSULT OUR MOTHER, BROTHER!? You will suffer for your insolence!"
Bishop's bolt flies past the gaavs and buries itself in the dirt.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Knowing a thing or two about devils based on his previous experiences with them, Erlathan commands his flaming sphere to stay put.
"A little sensitive to insults directed at your mother, are you?" The elf grins. "Is she the sort that would climb over a glass wall to see what's on the other side? Is she?" As the elf taunts the devil, Akela charges one of the lesser devils in hopes of a fiendishly good dinner.
Meanwhile, Erlathan conjures another flaming sphere, only this time, it's a ball of pure electricity. The ball of lightning rolls into its space. "Take that, hipster devil!"
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While Erlathan pulls out a handful of tallow, brimstone, and powdered iron and conjures up a little something special, Akela the summoned wolf snaps at the red gaav, but with a head fake and a twerk, it avoids the bite.
Erlathan's ball of greased lightning appears next to the barbazu, narrowly missing the bearded devil.
Still convinced Tweedledee had insulted their mother, Tweedledumb flies back a few feet and thrusts his spear at his brother, poking him near the base of his tail.
Though physically unhurt, Tweedledee can't believe his brother hit him! "Hey, Bro! Knock it off, we've got mortals to torture!"
The red gaav hacks up some noxious breath on Lord Braggett.
Netokkurai finishes his summons. Six lemures appear, surrounding Vegazi and attack her!
The barbazu issues forth a deep belly laugh at the bouncing ball of electricity. "Mwah-ah-ah! Impressive mageling. My advice? Stick to summoning rabbits out of your hat."
He moves to the edge of the steep escarpment and climbs down. The fall does little to reduce his supreme arrogance. He gets back to his feet, dusting himself off with a maniacal laugh. "Vegazi, I'm not supposed to kill you. Why don't you just surrender? Maybe I won't slay all your new friends."
Vegazi survives the onslaught of infernal attackers, thanks to the protective spell Hanlin had cast on her. She drops her bow and draws her short sword. She strikes at one of the lemures flanking her. Though her blade connects, she doesn't pierce the devil's hide.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Nina and Inky both are taken aback as a horde of lemures suddenly appear right in their faces, though they all seem too intent on attacking Vegazi to bother with them.
"Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa!" the little gnome exclaims, dropping her lance and drawing out her silver mace. "Is it clobberin' time? I guess it's clobberin' time," she declares as she swings at Cyan in front of her.
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Seeing the army of lemure's pop out of no where, Hanlin clenches his teeth as he waits for the pain he's about to receive from Vegazi's link to him. When it doesn't come he breathes a sigh of relief and grits his teeth to fight back. "Ahh, you're mother's play things have arrived Tweedledumb. I'm afraid I'm going to need to send you all back to hell however. Non payment of income tax is a serious offense you know."
He reaches out his tattooed palm and a rolling positive energy washes over everything within 30' of the servant of Iomedae, scorching all evil outsides in its wake.
Hanlin looks pretty disappointed in the attention level of Iomedae on that channel.
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Nina drops her lance and draws her silver mace, swinging it at the cyan lemure, as Inky bites the roiling wave of flesh with wriggling half-formed limbs and a dripping tumorous face.
The red gaav hacks up some noxious breath on Lord Braggett.
Bishop
Erlathan & Akela
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Netokkurai
6 Lemures
Red Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
Yellow Lesser Host Devil (Gaav)
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Nina & Inky
Vegazi
Lord Braggett
Sir Kibble
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Scouts
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Hanlin
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Lord Braggett has smelt far worse smells during his internship mucking out the stables of his hometown, and is far more concerned with the sudden proliferation of devils than of the noxious breath. "Haha! Lady Brightspark, you could not be any more knightly if you tried!" He cheers as Nina clonks one of them real good. "This place is lousy with lemures! Sir Kibble... I'll take care of these halitosis devils, while you follow Lady Brightspark's example and assist Vegazi." He leaps heroically from the saddle, landing beside his trusty steed with a shield raised in one hand and a flail whirling in the other. "Aha! Away Kibble, and as for you..." He says to the reddish gaav, "Take this! Ha!" As the knight starts flailing about, Kibble rushes off to sweep a lemure off its feet.
Free action: Direct Kibble to attack Purple
Move action: Dismount
Standard action: Attack Red
Kibble:
Move action: 30'
Standard action: Attack Purple