Adventures in Esyldien - Campaign Thread

Once again Nemeia fires an arcane fueled bolt at the bullywug leader, but she just can't find a good angle to hit her with the massive orge creature in the way. Despite her best efforts the bolt goes flying off into the distance past its target, this time disappearing somewhere off into the swamp behind them. Cali meanwhile bites at the monster in front of her, hitting the creature from behind with its sharp fangs. The iron defender's sharpened fangs dig into the monster's flesh, but they barely manage to do anything to the creature who seams to easily ignore her attack.

Bullywug Turn:

Of the remaining bullywugs, the one that was previous attacking Sora sees 9 moving up to join the battle. Thinking that the monster should easily handle the human it shifts targets to the approaching elf, this time attacking with both its bite and swinging spear. The other bullywug doesn't seem too keen on biting the metal construct before it. Instead it positions itself to better strike at Cali before it tries to drive its spear into the machine once more as hard as it can.

Multiattack on 9:
Bite Attack: 17 Damage: 4
Spear Attack: 19 Damage: 6

Attack on Cali: 21 Damage: 5

Carrion Ogre Turn:

As for the monstrous ogre, it remains clearly angry and focused on Sora. Slamming its head down onto the human in what looks like a headbutt. However instead of hitting with its head it reaches out with the flailing tentacles that hang from its head. As the tentacles reach out to assault Sora, a gaping multi fanged maw reaches out from under the mass of its head to try to bite the human as well.

Multiattack on Sora:
Tentacle Attack: 22 Damage: 4
Bite Attack: 7 Damage: 6

 Sora is easily able to avoid the mass of writhing tentacles rushing towards her, which she can tell are covered in tiny nasty looking barbs dripping with some kind of nasty concoction that she clearly does not want to experience right now. However the many tentacles still prove sufficient distraction that she's unable to completely escape the fangs that pierce her skin. 

9's turn

9 will push her way past the bullywug, and move towards the leader, extending her hand to grab the leader by the throat as surge of black electricity spring up from it. Inflict wounds, attack : 14 Damage: 23 necrotic 

Bullywug Opportunity Attack: 16 Damage: 2

As 9 runs out and around the ugly monster in the middle of the stone slab, the bullywug next to her takes a swing at her. She makes her way to the bullywug's leader and reaches out to demand payment of the creature's fate. The leader sees 9 approach, one eye going wide in fear as the other seems to be caked with her own blood from Moira's earlier blast. She leaps backwards, almost by shear instinct alone. It's only just barely enough to avoid 9's grasp, but it is still enough. 

Witt's turn

Witt skirts around to the left, happy that he's not attracting much attention from the bullywugs, and attempts to do some damage to the bullywug leader this time:

Attack: 11 Damage: 10

Witt moves around the circular runed slab on the ground trying to reach a better angle on the bullywug leader and fires an arrow trying to finish her off. Unfortunately the aim is slightly off and the arrow fails to find anything as it disappears past some bushes on the other side of the stone floor.

Bullywug Leader's Turn:

With the look of desperation in her eyes, the robed leader strikes the ground at her feet with her staff and chants another spell, her sickly green energy spreads out then wraps around herself, closing her most grievous wounds and healing some of her injuries. Both eyes once again open but still looking hurt she barks orders at the other nearby bullywugs, more frantically this time.

Sora's Turn

'So far things are going well', or at least that's what Sora thought to herself. Her plan of making sure the monster creature doesn't attack anyone else was going splendidly. Of course that meant that the one person the creature WAS attacking was herself, repeatedly. But that was fine as far as she as concerned, the longer she could keep it busy the better chance everyone had of taking out the rest. Besides she was getting some good hits in, maybe with a bit of luck he'll go down easy. ... Probably not.

Sora forced herself to take a moment and catch her breath, no sense running yourself ragged, she just had to focus on doing her job and worry about the rest later. After her deep breath she yelled loudly once more and swung her sword in a powerful blow against the ogre.

Second Wind: 10

Attack: 15 Damage: 9

Sora: How do you want to do this?

Moira's Turn Next

Sora spun around to build momentum for her swing as just as she looked back directly at the creepy orge giant thing she saw an opening literally staring right back at her. At the end of her spin she leapt up in the air then tilted the tip of her sword down before driving her blade forward with all her strength straight into the monster's giant eyeball. Even as she felt it strike a bullseye, or an ogreseye in this case, she kept pushing with  all her might, forcing her sword down deep, through the brain, across its throat, down into its body cavity until it pierced vital organs, by that point she didn't know if she had hit the lungs or the heart, but it didn't much matter.

Once she landed on her feet, she boot one of her boots against the body of the ogre and pushes with that leverage, yanking her sword out violently. If the initial blow hadn't killed it, the giant hole left behind certainly would.

Moira

Seeing Sora suddenly takes down the monster it feels like the entire battle was now in their favor. She continues running counter clockwise around the circle as Rusty pounces on the leader's foot. "Sicigam Enoitaripsni" as the flash of light from her magic bolt fades she calls out "Your monster has fallen. Surrender while you still can."

Attack: 14 Damage: 3 force and 5 necrotic.

The bullywug leader looks up with absolute fear in her eyes as she sees Moira launching another deadly bolt of energy her way. She recalls the pain she felt from the last time that attack struck and she wants nothing to do with it. She leaps to the side and just barely manages to avoid being struck by the blast, the bolt just scraping a hairs breath from her skull. It's clear the battle has taken a lot out of her and she's becoming desperate.

Nemeia's Turn

Nemeia moves a bit closer to get a better view of the fight and steadies her aim at the leader before letting loose the fiery bolt hoping that she'd hit her target and not send the arcane energy off into the distance again. She then shouts to Cali and says, "get the leader!"

Attack: 23 Damage: 11

Attack: 15 Damage: 7

Nemeia: How do you want to do this?

Nemeia's intensely focuses on her crossbow trying to make sure everything is aimed properly. She thinks back on her previous shots and realizes they all went just a little to the right. She quickly adjusts the sights in and lets the bolt launch from the arcane crossbow. The energy rips through the air leaving a trailing fire trail in its wake. The bolt's magical arrowhead buries deep into the bullywug and shatters against the flesh and bone inside of the creature. The bolt burns for a moment then quickly disappears as smoldering fire pours from the wound. 

Cali, already in flight, smashes into the bullywug and begins to aggressively tear at the exposed wounds doing its best to protect Nemeia from any future threats. 

The bullywug leader is torn apart in a deadly storm of fire and fangs before eventually being reduced to a smoldering husk. The remaining bullywugs, already shaken by seeing the monster they once rallied behind being torn to pieces as well, lose all reason and desire for the fight, quickly turning tail and leaping away in a desperate attempt to flee the battle. 

With both the leader and her monster dead, the threat is truly over, and the group finds themselves alone upon this strange stone slab in the middle of the oppressive swampland. 

COMBAT END

Nemeia lets out a sigh of relief as she twists the stock of the crossbow back to its original configuration. She then moves at a quick pace over to Cali having seen her get attacked several times. "You okay girl," she asks with concern. 

Cali makes a whirling noise as gears and actuators within the out shell begin to spool at an increased speed. Cali stretches and the metal plates of her exterior expand to expose the interior workings. Arcane energy runs through out in sparks as pieces are slowly welded back into place and holes are sealed. 

Repair: 10

"That's a neat trick," Nemeia says as though she's never seen it happened before. She looks to the others and says, "Is everyone else okay?"

Moira

Breathing for a moment and looking around for anymore threats Moira finally decides there is no immediate threat. "What the hells was that thing!"  Rusty runs back over to Moira and the two of them begin to inspect the other to make sure they are ok. Looking around and seeing the layout of the slab she pulls out her book and sits down. Turning to a certain page she begins tracing sigils in the air with her wand. 

Ritual casting of Detect Magic.

Sora's armed were hanging limply at her side now, it almost seemed like she would drop her swords at anytime. She was breathing hard after that intense battle with the huge monster which she was still staring at. "It's ugly, that's what it is." Sora said in reply to Moira's question, "More importantly it's also dead." She looked at it critically for a moment before adding, "At least I hope it's dead."

9 looks over the others making sure no one is terribly hurt, and begins to inspect the runes. “What in the **** was this? This is supposed to be a swamp near an idle town, not a site of a cult of some frog people with a mutated giant. And what was that smoky guy about? We may have got ourselves in something.”, she addresses the others, brushing her hands on the stone platform. 

Moira

As her spell finishes the sigils Moira has been drawing in wisps of smoke coalesce and stream into her eyes which take on a smoke like appearance as well. As she notes the different sources of magic she starts moving around the stone circle to see if she can read any of the writing on it or if she can work out what it does.  She also retrieves the bullywug’s staff.