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Miriam, enraged by the sight in front of her wastes no time and summons the most powerful magics left to her, "HOLD!" Miriam commands as she holds up her hand.
As she does the Orc that just ended Henry simply freezes, trapped in his own unmoving tomb of a body.
The shortsword misses, but Natalia rams Alabaster's black dagger into the orc's back. It nicks the edge of a rib but this does nothing to slow or chip the finely-crafted adamantine as it rips through the orc's lung. The escaping air makes a horrible half-whistling half-bubbling sound as the orc falls over.
As Kurt's roar and Shinys threat managed to turn many of the Orcs, a handful still had the nerve to charge... Charging the massive Dwarf... Kurt manages to twist his body bringing his Greataxe through the first Orc, nearly cutting him in two, but Kurt's mighty swing leaves him open for the two others, whose swings hit home wounded the already roughened Dwarf...
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AoO
Attack(d20+11)[19]
Damage(3d6+7)[18]
vs Attack(d20+7)[20]
Damage(2d4+4)[9]
The remaining Orcs shake the stunning power of Miriam's magics, picking up their weapons and grouping themselves defensively... their fourth is held in place by the furious Cleric.
Shiny winds up and tosses a ball of arcane energy straight through the giant dwarf's legs, bursting behind the combatants.
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Centered behind them so that the two orcs and OW2 get hit but Kurt doesn't. (I don't know how many HD they have, so they might not all have to roll). It's DC 16. Raw Will saves:
O at BR90: (1d20)[6]
O at BT91: (1d20)[17]
OW2: (1d20)[1]
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Thanks to CoffeeIncluded for the avatar of Shiny, from the Toes in the Water campaign (I)(II).
Kurt sees the enemies fall to Shiny's magic, then takes a small step back, forcing the Gnome to move as well. This gives him enough room to take a calculated and vicious swing at the collapsed veteran.
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Coup-de-grace on the OW. Auto-crit! -4/+8 Power attack, +1 from furious counterstrike.
This is gonna be ugly. I'm gonna roll intimidate as well, I think. (1d20+5)[13]
(3d6+16)[29] (3d6+16)[27] (3d6+16)[26]
With an earth shaking roar, Kurt cleaves the orc's body in two on the ground, the huge axe driving the sides apart.
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Avatar courtesy of CoffeeIncluded - of Kurt, from the Toes in the Water campaign.
Natalia hears Kurt's roar and the sound of his axe slashing through flesh and bone before hitting earth all the way in the chamber. She leans forward and grins at the remaining orcs, though there's no happiness or joy behind it at all.
The small gnome emspells the three fighting Orcs and Kurt follows the adult down to the ground with his axe, removing his head....it just rolls a few feet away...
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They are sleeping, you can finish them off at your leisure, or leave them.
With all the orcs around them asleep or dead Mithril tore down the corridor to check on Natalia. Reaching the scene she saw the remains of Henry lying bloody on the floor. The eyes seemed to stare at her accusing her of his murder. Maybe if I had insisted on his heading back to Linwood... he always listened to me
The moment Shiny sees his spell drop the three orc combatants, he turns and starts running down the tunnel, curious about the screams he heard from the others.
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Moving 20 feet towards them on my action. I'll cast Expeditious Retreat next turn.
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Thanks to CoffeeIncluded for the avatar of Shiny, from the Toes in the Water campaign (I)(II).
Though one would expect such an action from Valen or Kurt instead, Natalia takes her dagger and charges at the orc closes to the frozen one, hoping to impale him on her blade, knowing she won't kill him but not really caring.
As Natalia charges in the Orcs are ready for her, both take swings at her as she approaches trying to cut the young human down before she can bring her wicked weapons to bare... both attacks narrowly missing the careless human... but the two attacks were enough to slow the Rogue's attack down, limiting her impact...
Valen follows suit and charge the third Orc after Natalia... and trades blows with the Orc, plunging his blade Deep, to the hilt, through the Orc's chest... Killing the Orc instantly.
Spoiler
Readied Attack vs Natalia
Attack(d20+5)[6]
Damage(2d4+4)[9]
Readied Attack vs Natalia
Attack(d20+5)[13]
Damage(d12+4)[16]Natalia got lucky there.
Readied Attack vs Valen
Attack(d20+5)[22]
Damage(2d4+4)[11]
Valen's Charge
Readied Attack vs Natalia
Attack(d20+11)[30]
Damage(2d6+6)[9]+1
27 Damage, That had to hurt.
Midway through his jog down the tunnel, Shiny stops and casts a spell, whose motions involve kicking his knees up to his hands in quick succession. Then he starts running again, but this time faster than any normal gnome, or even human, could run, his legs a fiendish blur. He arrives at the room next to Mithril, and his eyes widen as he surveys the scene.
Spoiler
Cast Expeditious Retreat (+30 to speed for four minutes) and then used a move action to move 50 feet.
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Thanks to CoffeeIncluded for the avatar of Shiny, from the Toes in the Water campaign (I)(II).
Coldly Mithril walked forward, raising her hand and casting a light into the middle of the fighting orcs and humans. The light expanded hitting everyone and making them glow with a soft light. "Let the truth shine."
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Sorry guys but you won't be able to hide for 4 rounds
BC106 (Will hit all orcs)
Reflex saves (rolling 4 can't tell which orcs are alive)
The Save DC was 15 Half damage if saved.
OW2d (1d20)[18]
OW2a (1d20)[17]
OW2b (1d20)[15]
OW2c (1d20)[10]
The Wizardess, tired and nearly drained of her arcane energies attempted yet another spell, releasing a blast of light that manages to wound the remaining Orcs...
Kurt's axe can be heard in the distance separating another head..
Orcs
The Orcs Barely able to remain fighting attempt one last ditch attack... One manages to deal a vicious wound to the young human, the other misses and collapses from his wounds.
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Tough Saves, Minor Damage to all, Drops B to 0.
Back on the Orcs Initiative.
Will for Held Orc
Will(d20)[4]
Attack vs Natalia
Attack(d20+5)[17]
Damage(2d4+4)[12]
12 Damage to Natalia
Attack va Miriam
Attack(d20+5)[10]
Damage(d12+4)[10]
Natalia hears Mithril's footsteps, followed by her too-cold voice. The warm glow that follows is pleasant to her, but anathema to the orcs. Henry's blood, more of it than she could have thought, is pooling by her feet and seeping into her boots and inhaled with every one of her breaths. She and Miriam had shouted for him and he'd looked at them and his terror started to be replaced with hope before that orc fixed both expressions on his severed head, ghastly pale and too still by her feet. She should have been more forceful in telling him to go with them, she should have persuaded him to not draw off their attention, she promised...
With a wordless howl, Natalia leaps onto the frozen orc, Henry's murderer, her coattails streaming behind her, a raptor diving in for the kill...
Spoiler
5-foot step, then Coup De Grace
Damage: (d6+1)[7](d6+1)[5](2d6)[8]
Damage: (d4+3)[7](d4+3)[4](2d6)[5]
Total: 36 damage
Her blades cut in deep; her dagger rips the orc's throat open while the other slices deep into his stomach and spills his intestines out onto the ground. As the red rage fades from her mind, Natalia finds her front splattered with blood, and even more of the stink hangs in the air. The sound of the orc's last breath escaping through his shredded trachea lodges into Natalia's mind. She's never going to make this battle leave.
Shiny's eyes widen even further as Valen and Miriam fell the remaining orcs, and then the rogue slice another one apart in a raging fury. He opens his mouth to speak, pauses a fraction of a second, and then closes it and spins on his heels, disappearing back down the tunnel like a bolt of lightning.
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Nothing to say here. Great post Coffee!
Shiny does a double move back to Kurt so that he can start healing him with the wand, while the others are back in the room. He would be uncomfortable dealing with Henry's murder.
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Thanks to CoffeeIncluded for the avatar of Shiny, from the Toes in the Water campaign (I)(II).
As the last Orc falls, Miriam, Mithril, Natalia, and Valen stand over the lifeless body of Henry, the young man they few a few short weeks ago that felt like a lifetime. The ground is covered in blood, their resources expended, and their friend dead.
Shiny makes his way back to the Giant dwarf as his massive axe takes the head from the final sleeping Orc. As the Gnome approaches, Kurt begins shrinking back to his normal surly size.
And now the uncanny adventures have to continue on as they prepare to leave the Orc caves....
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New IC thread. See Signature for link. 5,000 bonus xp.
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