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Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Fire, Rubble, and Dust
Go Time! Round 22
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
All this killing is making Ondrake the giant hungry. He continues climbing over the edge of the higher tower where the lone guard hits him in the face with his final crossbow bolt. The human is terrified to see the thing slowly pop back out of his thick skin with no damage left behind. It seems that the giant can no longer be hurt by physical weapons. Ondrake grabs the man and tears him in two pieces so he can get a quick and nourishing marrow snack before moving on to his next victim. He spots more men to the north and to the south. Can Ondrake give me a save vs. spells along with your next action, please.
Thamansa starts her spell as Shozbot starts pounding on the door with his maul. Together, they have the door in splinters in no time. The back half of the lower level office looks much nicer than the front. Thick blue carpeting is spread across the floor, resting under an elaborately carved mahogany desk with a huge comfortable padded chair that dominates the center of the room. The walls are lined with antique bookshelves and fancy cabinets with all manner of reading and writing materials scattered about everywhere. 2 smaller desks and a few more chairs make up the rest of the furniture inside. The strangest thing they find is a hole in the ceiling that must lead up to the second floor of this tower, though there is no stairs or ladder to access it. They don't see any sign of the blue wizard inside the room.
Actions!
Battle Map:Horsefly (goblin) -9/8 [3/2/1] (Unconscious/Frozen)
Shozbot (orc) 2/18 4
Kermut (gnoll) 1/16
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [2/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 20/50
Go Time! Round 22
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
All this killing is making Ondrake the giant hungry. He continues climbing over the edge of the higher tower where the lone guard hits him in the face with his final crossbow bolt. The human is terrified to see the thing slowly pop back out of his thick skin with no damage left behind. It seems that the giant can no longer be hurt by physical weapons. Ondrake grabs the man and tears him in two pieces so he can get a quick and nourishing marrow snack before moving on to his next victim. He spots more men to the north and to the south. Can Ondrake give me a save vs. spells along with your next action, please.
Thamansa starts her spell as Shozbot starts pounding on the door with his maul. Together, they have the door in splinters in no time. The back half of the lower level office looks much nicer than the front. Thick blue carpeting is spread across the floor, resting under an elaborately carved mahogany desk with a huge comfortable padded chair that dominates the center of the room. The walls are lined with antique bookshelves and fancy cabinets with all manner of reading and writing materials scattered about everywhere. 2 smaller desks and a few more chairs make up the rest of the furniture inside. The strangest thing they find is a hole in the ceiling that must lead up to the second floor of this tower, though there is no stairs or ladder to access it. They don't see any sign of the blue wizard inside the room.
Actions!
Battle Map:
Shozbot (orc) 2/18 4
Kermut (gnoll) 1/16
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [2/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 20/50
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Ondrake sees more snacks to the south and jumps down to that wall to mutilate more trespassers.
Save vs Spells(13) [1d20] = 18
as needed:
Attack (12) (+3str/+1weapon) [1d20+4] = 1+4 = 5
Damage (+7str/+1weapon) [1d10+8] = 6+8 = 14
Save vs Spells(13) [1d20] = 18
as needed:
Attack (12) (+3str/+1weapon) [1d20+4] = 1+4 = 5
Damage (+7str/+1weapon) [1d10+8] = 6+8 = 14
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
If Thamansa can safely approach Shozbot, she casts spiderclimb on him. In orchish, she soothingly croons, "You'd never let a craven prick like that get away, would you?"
If she sees her rat in this room, she'll call it back to her bag of tricks. If not, she'll hope it is causing some small mischief deep in Xyxax's robes.
If she sees her rat in this room, she'll call it back to her bag of tricks. If not, she'll hope it is causing some small mischief deep in Xyxax's robes.
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Fire, Rubble, and Dust
Go Time! Round 23
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Ondrake jumps below, dropping the 20 feet from the top of the tower to the walkway over the makeshift front gates. He lands a little funny, spraining one ankle in the process. 3 dam 2 more bolts stick into him that he laughs off before swinging his enchanted ogre leg at one of the 2 guards there. The club slips from his bloodstained hands and bounces off the tower wall before dropping into the courtyard down below. The giant feels weird for a moment, as if something magicky just happened to him. But that feeling quickly passes. Both guards freak out when they see the giant up close, each of them running through an open archway leading into the southern tower.
Thamansa dares to take time to cast a spell upon the badly bloodied orc whom she is a little sweet on. He becomes even more enraged after her follow up comments and quickly starts climbing the walls to get through the hole in the ceiling. She can hear soft chanting from above, as if her old friend Xyxax was casting another spell. Then she hears a loud squeak as her fluffy rat comes shooting through the hole from above. It’s lifeless body returns to the ball of fuzz it started as once it hits the floor with a splat.
Actions!
Battle Map:Horsefly (goblin) -9/8 [3/2/1] (Unconscious/Frozen)
Shozbot (orc) 2/18 4
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [2/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
Go Time! Round 23
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Ondrake jumps below, dropping the 20 feet from the top of the tower to the walkway over the makeshift front gates. He lands a little funny, spraining one ankle in the process. 3 dam 2 more bolts stick into him that he laughs off before swinging his enchanted ogre leg at one of the 2 guards there. The club slips from his bloodstained hands and bounces off the tower wall before dropping into the courtyard down below. The giant feels weird for a moment, as if something magicky just happened to him. But that feeling quickly passes. Both guards freak out when they see the giant up close, each of them running through an open archway leading into the southern tower.
Thamansa dares to take time to cast a spell upon the badly bloodied orc whom she is a little sweet on. He becomes even more enraged after her follow up comments and quickly starts climbing the walls to get through the hole in the ceiling. She can hear soft chanting from above, as if her old friend Xyxax was casting another spell. Then she hears a loud squeak as her fluffy rat comes shooting through the hole from above. It’s lifeless body returns to the ball of fuzz it started as once it hits the floor with a splat.
Actions!
Battle Map:
Shozbot (orc) 2/18 4
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [2/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Thamansa nudges the dead rat with her toe. "You musta' done good, to draw the bast'erds ire. Good on you, little ratty." Then, kicking the rat out of the way, she digs into her bag of tricks again. Throwing the fur ball up through the hole in the ceiling, she calls out to it, "Get the filthy human! Help the pretty orc!"
And let's see what she gets:
Bag of Tricks: [1d24] = 12
Ostrich! (AC 7 ; HD 3 ; hp 15 ; Dmg. 1d4 or 2d4 )
And let's see what she gets:
Bag of Tricks: [1d24] = 12
Ostrich! (AC 7 ; HD 3 ; hp 15 ; Dmg. 1d4 or 2d4 )
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Can Ondrake fit through the archway?
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Other than the front gate and the gate that seperates the two courtyards, there are no doors or windows that Ondrake can fit into inside the keep.
You shoulda took the kobold.
You shoulda took the kobold.
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Ondrake curses his lost leg and the loss of more meat running into the tower. He lumbers across the roof of the gate and makes his way up the southern tower to kill whatever is up there.
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Fire, Rubble, and Dust
Go Time! Round 24
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Ondrake doesn't even bother to retrieve his lost magic club, certain that victory will soon be at hand. He moves to the southernmost tower and begins to climb again. 2 guards up there continue to fire down at him as he gets closer to them, but the bolts do nothing to stop the giant. Can I get another Save vs. Spells for Ondrake? (It will take him all of this round to get up there.)
Shozbot disappears through the ceiling hole like a quick climbing monkey. Thamansa reaches into her filthy cloth sack again once she sees her initial rat has been stomped to death. She tosses the next fur ball up through the hole behind the crazed orc, listening as it begins to squawk loudly once it manifests into a large ostrich. Much to her dismay, she doesn't hear any sounds of battle from above or the distinct sound of the mages throat being ripped out by a pointed beak. In fact, other than the squawking and flapping of flightless wings, she doesn't really hear anything at all coming from beyond the hole.
Actions!
Battle Map:Horsefly (goblin) -9/8 [3/2/1] (Unconscious/Frozen)
Shozbot (orc) 2/18 4
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [1/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
Go Time! Round 24
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Ondrake doesn't even bother to retrieve his lost magic club, certain that victory will soon be at hand. He moves to the southernmost tower and begins to climb again. 2 guards up there continue to fire down at him as he gets closer to them, but the bolts do nothing to stop the giant. Can I get another Save vs. Spells for Ondrake? (It will take him all of this round to get up there.)
Shozbot disappears through the ceiling hole like a quick climbing monkey. Thamansa reaches into her filthy cloth sack again once she sees her initial rat has been stomped to death. She tosses the next fur ball up through the hole behind the crazed orc, listening as it begins to squawk loudly once it manifests into a large ostrich. Much to her dismay, she doesn't hear any sounds of battle from above or the distinct sound of the mages throat being ripped out by a pointed beak. In fact, other than the squawking and flapping of flightless wings, she doesn't really hear anything at all coming from beyond the hole.
Actions!
Battle Map:
Shozbot (orc) 2/18 4
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [1/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Thamansa sits down on the hacked up corpse of her brother to have a quick think. She feels like she's making a right hash of this whole situation. She needs to get up where Xyxax is and give him some trouble, but she's out of spells that would get her through the hole or past a wizard-locked door.
It occurs to her that the door up the stairs might not be wizard locked. Probably is, but just because she saw Shozbot hacking away at it, doesn't mean the orc remembered to try the handle first. After all, door latches are a degenerate hu-man invention. And then it occurs to her to strip her brother of his girdle of strength! Ah! How she had coveted it! Now it was rightfully hers!
Just to check, she climbs the stairs and checks the handle. Assuming it doesn't open, she inspects it to see how much damage Shozbot did and whether it is worth her trying to bash it open, with her newly enhanced strength.
If she has no luck with the door, she will return to her brother's corpse and see if he has anything like a grappling hook with which she could try to climb up through the hole.
It occurs to her that the door up the stairs might not be wizard locked. Probably is, but just because she saw Shozbot hacking away at it, doesn't mean the orc remembered to try the handle first. After all, door latches are a degenerate hu-man invention. And then it occurs to her to strip her brother of his girdle of strength! Ah! How she had coveted it! Now it was rightfully hers!
Just to check, she climbs the stairs and checks the handle. Assuming it doesn't open, she inspects it to see how much damage Shozbot did and whether it is worth her trying to bash it open, with her newly enhanced strength.
If she has no luck with the door, she will return to her brother's corpse and see if he has anything like a grappling hook with which she could try to climb up through the hole.
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Halbred +1
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Thanks, Rex!
Thamansa snatches up Othrod's halberd, as well. That's a good pokin' stick!
Thamansa snatches up Othrod's halberd, as well. That's a good pokin' stick!
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Fire, Rubble, and Dust
Go Time! Round 26
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Thamansa sits on the dead carcass of her not so dearly departed brother for a moment before eventually robbing his dead body of his most prized possessions. She hears an anguished cry from Shozbot and a loud squawk from her ostrich coming from the floor above while she straps the huge leather girdle across her own waist. The magical vibrations she receives from the powerful item is nearly orgasmic. Picking up his magic halberd with ease, the witch has never felt this powerful before in her life.
She bounds up the stairs next to find the thick, well constructed wooden door already partially destroyed from the battering strikes of the orcs maul. Through the existing holes, she sees a comfortable looking room beyond, filled with nice furnishings and full bookshelves. All is eerily quiet in there now, and bitter cold for some reason.
Ondrake climbs and growls, finally reaching the top of the next tower with 3 more bolts stuck in his rotting hide onesie. He feels strange again for a moment, as if he was frozen in place for a split second, but that feeling quickly passes. The guards up there don’t even bother trying to engage the inhuman beast in hand to hand combat, preferring instead to run to the hatch and drop below where they know the behemoth can’t get to them.
The top of this tower has a huge fiery brazier burning brightly in the center of its open floor. Large rocks, pots of oil, and barrels of ammunition are spread out around the outside wall crenellations. It appears that these guards may have been preparing for an extended siege upon the vulnerable front gates of the keep, the very gates that Ondrake crashed through a short time earlier. The guards on the lower walls continue firing up at the giant, but their bolts do him absolutely no harm.
Actions!
Battle Map:Horsefly (goblin) -9/8 [3/2/1] (Unconscious/Frozen)
Shozbot (orc) -10/18 (Dead)
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [1/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
Go Time! Round 26
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Thamansa sits on the dead carcass of her not so dearly departed brother for a moment before eventually robbing his dead body of his most prized possessions. She hears an anguished cry from Shozbot and a loud squawk from her ostrich coming from the floor above while she straps the huge leather girdle across her own waist. The magical vibrations she receives from the powerful item is nearly orgasmic. Picking up his magic halberd with ease, the witch has never felt this powerful before in her life.
She bounds up the stairs next to find the thick, well constructed wooden door already partially destroyed from the battering strikes of the orcs maul. Through the existing holes, she sees a comfortable looking room beyond, filled with nice furnishings and full bookshelves. All is eerily quiet in there now, and bitter cold for some reason.
Ondrake climbs and growls, finally reaching the top of the next tower with 3 more bolts stuck in his rotting hide onesie. He feels strange again for a moment, as if he was frozen in place for a split second, but that feeling quickly passes. The guards up there don’t even bother trying to engage the inhuman beast in hand to hand combat, preferring instead to run to the hatch and drop below where they know the behemoth can’t get to them.
The top of this tower has a huge fiery brazier burning brightly in the center of its open floor. Large rocks, pots of oil, and barrels of ammunition are spread out around the outside wall crenellations. It appears that these guards may have been preparing for an extended siege upon the vulnerable front gates of the keep, the very gates that Ondrake crashed through a short time earlier. The guards on the lower walls continue firing up at the giant, but their bolts do him absolutely no harm.
Actions!
Battle Map:
Shozbot (orc) -10/18 (Dead)
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [1/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Ondrake smiles at all the implements of death at his disposal. He'll throw boulders at the prickly trespassers below. He also considers dumping the burning brazier down the hatch - cooked human sounds good right about now...
Boulder Bash (+3str) [1d20+3] = 17+3 = 20 / Brain Busting Damage [2d12+6] = 16+6 = 22
Boulder Bash (+3str) [1d20+3] = 17+3 = 20 / Brain Busting Damage [2d12+6] = 16+6 = 22
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Thamansa pauses at the unnatural cold, but she knows time is of the essence, right now. She needs to get to that damned Xyxax while Shozbot still lives. She busts through the door with her delicious new strength.
If she succeeds, she takes a moment to take in as much information as she can about what else is in the comfortably appointed room before rushing.
If she succeeds, she takes a moment to take in as much information as she can about what else is in the comfortably appointed room before rushing.
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Fire, Rubble, and Dust
Go Time! Round 27
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Ondrake smiles at the cornucopia of opportunity up here in the top of the tower as he picks up the biggest boulder he can find. Moving over to the southern portion of the tower top, he tosses the boulder at the poor bastard that used to be on the south wall. With a loud crash, the man that used to be standing there is now nothing more than a crimson smear across the top of the wall battlements. 3 more guards rush out of the lowest level of the opposite gate tower in the courtyard, but stop suddenly when they see the devastation caused to their comrade on the wall. Not to sound like a broken record here but, can I get a save vs. Spells from Ondrake, please?
Thamansa rips through the wooden fragments as if they were paper, pulling the entire bottom half of the door out with one hand. The room beyond is cold, but not frozen. This floor appears to be cut in half as well, with this side being a comfortable looking library, complete with several full bookshelves and some comfortable tables and chairs scattered around. A wall of iron bars separates this room into two equal halves as well, where even more books and furniture can be seen on the other side of the metal grate. The hole in the ceiling where she threw her ostrich up has another hole directly above it. She can hear the wizard's voice up there, and it sounds like he is casting again. She is horrified to see her huge bird and her favorite orc standing completely frozen in the center of the floor on the other side of the bars. Both of them are covered with snow and ice, as is most of the area around them. They both appear to be quite dead.
A small wooden hatch in the ceiling with a ladder next to it is the only other feature on this side of the room.
Actions!
Battle Map:Horsefly (goblin) -9/8 [3/2/1] (Unconscious/Frozen)
Shozbot (orc) -10/18 (Dead)
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [1/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
Go Time! Round 27
Evening, Partly Cloudy, Warm
Ondrake smiles at the cornucopia of opportunity up here in the top of the tower as he picks up the biggest boulder he can find. Moving over to the southern portion of the tower top, he tosses the boulder at the poor bastard that used to be on the south wall. With a loud crash, the man that used to be standing there is now nothing more than a crimson smear across the top of the wall battlements. 3 more guards rush out of the lowest level of the opposite gate tower in the courtyard, but stop suddenly when they see the devastation caused to their comrade on the wall. Not to sound like a broken record here but, can I get a save vs. Spells from Ondrake, please?
Thamansa rips through the wooden fragments as if they were paper, pulling the entire bottom half of the door out with one hand. The room beyond is cold, but not frozen. This floor appears to be cut in half as well, with this side being a comfortable looking library, complete with several full bookshelves and some comfortable tables and chairs scattered around. A wall of iron bars separates this room into two equal halves as well, where even more books and furniture can be seen on the other side of the metal grate. The hole in the ceiling where she threw her ostrich up has another hole directly above it. She can hear the wizard's voice up there, and it sounds like he is casting again. She is horrified to see her huge bird and her favorite orc standing completely frozen in the center of the floor on the other side of the bars. Both of them are covered with snow and ice, as is most of the area around them. They both appear to be quite dead.
A small wooden hatch in the ceiling with a ladder next to it is the only other feature on this side of the room.
Actions!
Battle Map:
Shozbot (orc) -10/18 (Dead)
Kermut (gnoll) -10/16 (Dead)
Thamansa (bugbear) 10/20 [1/2/0]
Othrod (bugbear) -10/30 (Dead)
Horny Carl (minotaur) -3/40 (Unconscious)
Ondrake (hill giant) 17/50
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Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Ondrake let's the rocks fly again with a laugh, "Here! Catch!"
Boulder Bash (+3str) [1d20+3] = 8+3 = 11 / Brain Busting Damage [2d12+6] = 13+6 = 19
Save vs Spells(13) [1d20] = 11
Boulder Bash (+3str) [1d20+3] = 8+3 = 11 / Brain Busting Damage [2d12+6] = 13+6 = 19
Save vs Spells(13) [1d20] = 11
Re: Keep on Keeping on; The Battle
Thamansa hurtles up the ladder and busts through the trap door. She's going to make Xyxax beg to handed over to that rhee-tory-cal troll.