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Harwan too tries to get out of the way!

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 08, 2009 - 09:26 PM
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Dirken stays put and laughs like a mad man!

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djaykix wrote:
"The first dragon was slain by he who wears its armor."


Baron Zvenzen turns to Sven, a broad grin on his face:

"You slew a dragon, grandson?! - All alone? - I am so proud!!!
We will hang you shield among my own when we come back to Newgate!"



Then...

The creature appears and begins to lash its bizarre tentacles out...
The Westryn warriors are easy prey...

Unarmed as they are, they are almost instantly killed, or smashed against the stone walls,
where they remain lying motionless.

Maybe they are dead, maybe simply afraid...

Only a few of them, among them the warrior Hrrd had spoken to,
manage to get their weapons back and circle around the monster,
shooting their arrows against it, but not causing any real damage...

djaykix wrote:
"The snakes are back. I knew it was too easy last time I killed them."


As Rizak hinted in the OOC thread, this monstrosity looks nothing like the Hydra you fought,
but more like a giant beholder. ALso, the snake arms are not made of anti-matter,
like the hydra's, but of thick black flesh...



Sheridan wrote:
Tolleen dives for cover and pushes Audi to do so as well.


Tolleen will be able to duck behind a fallen.over table, and Audi rolls over the ground to her side...

"Is this Gorileth's incarnation, Westryn treachery, or an effect of the Well?!"

The Afridhi will empty his bag before Tolleen. "I have nothing that I could use to harm a magic creature! Have you?"

tarlyn wrote:
Karl knows he can't possibly harn the thing but only distract it, so he stays near Dirken, still holding his makeshift weapon.


Karl is outside in the foreroom, playing out his rage on the remaining Westryn...
For sure, he has seen that something has changed,
and maybe even spotted the Beholder, but the monster certainly hasn't noticed him
nor the Elves yet...

gsvenson wrote:
Sven will look to see that nobody is too close to the creature to survive the blast from Dirken's arcane device and then find a safe place to go during the blast...


Behind Sven, the Great Svenny reacts promptly and knocks out both Elven warriors.

"You would only interfere" he says as he takes up their bows and throws one to his grandson.

"Shoot to the eyes! That's really the only thing you can do, unless you want to get within its range!"

RizaktheReallyHorrible wrote:
Hrrd will duck behind the dead dragon carcass and then rush into the fray with his trusty warclub.


Along with Hrrd, Gawaine storms forward, but both are immediately attacked by the giant snakes...

Thank the gods, the beasts are still clumsy, from whatever hibernation
they have been awakened from,
and their huge jaws move slowly enough for both to dodge their otherwise deadly bites...

Taken off guard, Gawaine stumbles and falls over a pile of corpses, out of sight...

Hrrd manages to deliver a blow, pummeling the head of one snake,
but then notices how some of the acid saliva from one of the long teeth
drops on his armor...

And, within seconds melts the dragonscale away...

havard wrote:
Harwan too tries to get out of the way!


Harwan's run is instantly halted, as Gawaine runs into him and throws him down,
crashing against Toska Rusa's throne, and falling over the cadaver that lies there.

Pushing himself away from the dead Afridhi and his soldier colleague,
Gawaine wipes a stream of blood from his face.

"We now either run and blow the building, or we kill whatever that is right now...
You don't know about Afridhi magic, do you?"

wyzman wrote:
"WTF, you got to be kidding me!Dirken will try to react before his friends all rush blindly into melee as usual...


Only a moment after Gawaine and Harwan have fallen out of sight,
Dirken strikes, and the entire throne hall is shaken by the explosion...

Small stones break out of the mosaics on the walls, and the ground seems to tremble under your feet...

Standing in the epicenter of the explosion, it's a wonder that Hrrd isn't
thrown from his feet...

Somehow, however, the bearman manages to stay on foot,
maybe shielded by the Beholder's giant body...

Hrrd is also the first one to see the result of Dirken's brave attack:


The monster's grey skin smokes, and a few locks of hair on his head and on his cheeks are burning from small red sparks...

Then the snakeheads rise again, hissing to those who surround them,
and you are sure:

Even with Dirken's magic grenade, the Beholder could not be harmed.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 09, 2009 - 06:57 PM
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Desdichado wrote:
Baron Zvenzen turns to Sven, a broad grin on his face:

"You slew a dragon, grandson?! - All alone? - I am so proud!!!
We will hang you shield among my own when we come back to Newgate!"

"No, grandfather, it was that beastman who killed the dragons." pointing at Hrrd. "I collected the scales and helped make his armor along with my gauntlets."

Desdichado wrote:
"You would only interfere" he says as he takes up their bows and throws one to his grandson.

"Shoot to the eyes! That's really the only thing you can do, unless you want to get within its range!"

Sven will start shooting arrows at the beholder's eyes.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 09, 2009 - 10:31 PM
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Desdichado wrote:
The Afridhi will empty his bag before Tolleen. "I have nothing that I could use to harm a magic creature! Have you?"


"Not a thing", Tolleen replies with a broad smile wholly inappropriate for the current situation.

After the big 'boom', Tolleen peeks around the corner of the table. Still making out the outline of the floating head, she pulls her head back behind the table and tells Audi simply "not good."

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Desdichado wrote:

havard wrote:
Harwan too tries to get out of the way!


Harwan's run is instantly halted, as Gawaine runs into him and throws him down,
crashing against Toska Rusa's throne, and falling over the cadaver that lies there.

Pushing himself away from the dead Afridhi and his soldier colleague,
Gawaine wipes a stream of blood from his face.

"We now either run and blow the building, or we kill whatever that is right now...
You don't know about Afridhi magic, do you?"


"I don't, but this one might. Help me search these bodies!" *Harwan begins searching the cadaver and the area behind the throne, looking for something that might help the situation*

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 10, 2009 - 01:56 PM
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Erdath calls out to everyone, "don't look into the creatures eyes or it can turn you to stone."

(Rest of post coming later once I get a response from Des, but thought this was important information to offer )

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 11, 2009 - 05:18 PM
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Karl keeps an eye on the elves, then moves to join the others. Turning to Erdath, he says "Well I have no experience with these creatures but how are we supposed to kill it if we can't look at most of it?"

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 11, 2009 - 05:54 PM
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tarlyn wrote:
Karl keeps an eye on the elves, then moves to join the others. Turning to Erdath, he says "Well I have no experience with these creatures but how are we supposed to kill it if we can't look at most of it?"


Erdath shouts back to Karl, "Very carefully." He immediately begins casting once again and suddenly vanishes from sight.

OOC: Des, PM incoming with the rest of my actions.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 12, 2009 - 12:17 PM
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Unbelievable! Such ferocity and nothing to show for it.
Hrrd does the only thing he can think of that might help to battle this creature. He asks for nature to provide him another champion to help defeat this greater evil. He will burn his most powerful spell to summon a group of wily weasels to keep the snake heads busy.

[OOC - Hrrd burns his 3rd level protection from energy spell to cast summon nature's ally III, which should bring a whole lot of animals]

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 12, 2009 - 03:06 PM
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Dirken will try to flank the beast then stab him with his magical dagger.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 12, 2009 - 10:45 PM
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tarlyn wrote:
Karl keeps an eye on the elves, then moves to join the others...


I had expected something else, but ok. Wink

havard wrote:
Harwan begins searching the cadaver and the area behind the throne, looking for something that might help the situation.


Harwan cowers behind the throne, and begins to examine the cadaver...

It looks as if the Afridhi priestess had been... Dried out.
As if all the water from her body had been taken away...

From the distance, Harwan had thought this woman to be old, of venerable age.

Now, he realizes, it might as well have been a very young cleric, drained by some perverse magic...

Under the corpse, HArwan will find a small item... A blood-stained sickle...

gsvenson wrote:
"No, grandfather, it was that beastman who killed the dragons." pointing at Hrrd. "I collected the scales and helped make his armor along with my gauntlets."


Sven's grandafther is already aiming with the bow at the monster and
just grunts in response...

gsvenson wrote:
Sven will start shooting arrows at the beholder's eyes.


Sven manages to fire two arrows, but both are deflected either
by the monster's huge eyelids or by the body of one of the snakes' long bodies...

Behind him, the half-elf registers movement...

The two Westryn warriors his grandafther had disarmed have turned around and begun to flee...

Sheridan wrote:
"Not a thing"


Without any further hesitation, Audi grabs his sword - Erdath's Elven longblade -
and jumps over the table...

"If we all die here, it won't be for nothing!"

RizaktheReallyHorrible wrote:
Unbelievable! Such ferocity and nothing to show for it.
Hrrd does the only thing he can think of that might help to battle this creature. He asks for nature to provide him another champion to help defeat this greater evil. He will burn his most powerful spell to summon a group of wily weasels to keep the snake heads busy.


Then, as unforeseen as Erdath stabbed the beast.
Five - or six , noone can count them in all the turmoil - materialize from the empty air
and plunge on the snakes...

More reflex than actual defense, like half of the weasels are instantly devoured by the snakes,
but still, the beholder sways through the air, liek a child's balloon...

djaykix wrote:
"Very carefully."


...

Meanwhile, the monstrosity takes out almost all of the Westryn warriors...

The snakes' teeth reflect in the fire of the torches as they strike and devour...

Gawaine takes up a broken spear from one of the dead Blackmoorian soldiers
he fought but a minute before, and sends it towards the giant head, but misses, and by far...

Then Erdath appears right under the open throat of the floating abomination,
and, with all the power of his weak elven arms, thrusts Black Flame into the bleeding
stump...

And the flying gorgon shivers...

But then, abruptly, moves aside, pulling the sword out of Erdath's hand...

wyzman wrote:
Dirken will try to flank the beast then stab him with his magical dagger.


Dirken tries to get near, but the snakes almost take him...

If not for Hrrd's spell, the poisonous jaws would have cut him into halves right there...

No way he can get near and use it's dagger against this gargantuan opponent!


A second later, the room is lit by magic fire again:

Shielding little Bobby with his body, Zuki has throws one of his magic balls!

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 12, 2009 - 11:10 PM
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After seeing Erdath's attack and then Zuki throwing the magic ball, Sven will draw Maroon and use the distraction to levitate and move around behind the creature. After the explosion, he will try to close in from the rear and attack the monster with his sword.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 12, 2009 - 11:44 PM
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Placing the golem limb on the ground next to him,Karl begins uttering the words of power to a spell he hasn't tried before. Soon his hand is aflame and he grins evilly. Eyeing the thing he concentrates and attempts to hit it with flame from afar.

Casting Produce Flame and doing a ranged attack with it on the thing from Karl's position.

OOC: Since there's no save with onnly SR I figured it was my best shot.

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Post subject:   PostPosted: Feb 13, 2009 - 01:15 AM
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Erdath reaches into his pocket and pulls out the stone that he received what seems like years ago while still at the Maiden's Rest. He runs forward and jumps for Black Flames sword hilt with one and uses the momentum to pull himself closer to the gorgon and shoves his hand with the stone into the bloody stump as far as he can and releases the lightning contained within the stone.

OOC: Was Erdath able to release the Ghoul Touch on the Gorgon? And if so was there any effect?

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