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Post by spiral on Jul 28, 2008 9:19:04 GMT -5
Initiative: Crom 1, Dalien 5, Hydra 8, Goran 5+4(wading/deep)=9, Elthar 3+6=9, Shay 9+4=13, Matrox 9+4=13
Crom leaps into the mire brandishing Torden and a Short Sword. In a flurry of vicious blows, three of the Hydra's heads are severed at the neck. The other five heads screech in terror, an unearthly sound. Thick black smoke bellows from the Hydra's remaining head gills as the breast snakes its attention away from the Dwarf and onto the Barbarian.
12-[dice=20]=hit AC 9 - miss
12-[dice=20]=hit AC - crit!
12-[dice=20]=hit AC -7 - hit!
12-[dice=20]=hit AC -2 - hit!
Three of the creature's heads clamp down hard on your arm, neck, and waist. The huge teeth bite deep, threatening to chew your body into pieces. Blood fountains out, spraying Goran and Elthar where they stand ten yards away!
[dice=8]+6 * 2 = (26)
[dice=8]+6 = 11
[dice=8]+6 = 9
Total damage to Crom: 46 points of bite damage.
Goran, your Frost Brand hisses loudly as the Hydra belches fire upon you. The swamp goes up in flames and you feel the heat of the flames pressing on your armour, but your hand is kept cool by your weapon, and the chill spreads.
Plunging it into the mire in an attempt to extinguish the burning mulch that surrounds you, [dice=2], you succeed, and the flames are extinguished (50% extinguish ability). Next, you take your weapon to the beast! Two more heads splash into the mire as your Frost Brand goes to work. Two heads remain!
Elthar, you wade into the mulch and do your best to heal Goran (5 points).
Shay, from your vantage point you see the beast will soon fall to the combined efforts of Goran and Crom. You have a gut feeling stabbing the creature in its back would do little to stop it in its tracks, but the heads seem to be coming off easy enough. You decide not to risk yourself, as the others seem to be doing well enough.
Matrox, a well-aimed Magic Missile finishes another head, exploding it at the base of the neck and severing it completely. It drops into the swamp with a splash like a fallen tree, or at least, one of those Giant Snakes you ran into earlier.
Soon enough, Goran and Crom make short work of the remaining head and the fight is over.
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Post by at on Jul 28, 2008 9:34:41 GMT -5
Pulling several of the creature's teeth from his wounds, Crom inspects his damaged armour. The beast was larger than expected, and faster, and he is pleased that the trip wasn't without interest.
He sits down at the top of the stairs and attends to his injuries, protecting them against the taint of the swamp before the homeward journey. With the hydra dead the others should have little to concern them exploring it's lair for the promised rewards.
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Post by TheUdjat on Jul 28, 2008 10:05:41 GMT -5
Dalien nods, content that the beast has been smote. He heads towards the lair, taking his time a bit--even though he can't see his brother, he knows Shay must surely already be heading towards the lair, and he has the better talent for detecting traps and whatnot. Bow still out, Dalien resolves to watch for any other dangers, letting Shay handle the diving-headfirst-into-treasure part.
Besides, the stuff Shay usually discards is what Dalien wants, anyway. "Let me know if there's trouble," he says, to assure Shay and any others that he's present--otherwise he keeps silent and out of the way.
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Post by Rojito on Jul 28, 2008 10:27:21 GMT -5
Goran almost passes out now that the adrenaline rush is over. but he keeps himself on his feet, and marches to the hydras body. Examineing the teeth and hide for anything worthy of a trophy. Afterwords he follows into the hydras den.
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Post by prime9 on Jul 28, 2008 11:23:56 GMT -5
making a mental note to pray for bigger healing spells next time, Elthar looks apologetically at Crom & Goran's wounds before moving on with the party.
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Post by Wicksy on Jul 28, 2008 13:59:15 GMT -5
Matrox wanders over to the hydra's corpse as the others catch their breath. Pulling his dagger from his belt he goes to work on one of the heads removing a tooth "These may be useful as spell components or potion ingredients"
Pulling a small pouch out of his pack he begins to fill it with teeth garnered from the hydra heads.
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Post by TheZebraShakes™ on Jul 28, 2008 17:28:46 GMT -5
Shay has easily crept past the hydra and his fighting companions, moving quietly down the stairs and into the hydra's lair. He knows that dragons are the ones known for accumulating massive amounts of treasure, but hopefully this hydra thing would have some interesting stuff to look at.
But maybe it didn't need lots of treasure with all of those heads. He goes on to wonder what hydras talked about amongst the heads and if they ever got bored or angry with one another. That would be quite the predicament.
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