CH 5: Que-Kiri and the Plains

[Jenara]

Drawing her blade Laurana moves Magpie behind, "Tanis!" she shouts, preparing to defend herself.
(Full defense.)

Magpie draws her little knife and looks up at Laurana, "You not let big creature hurt me?" She asks showing her yellow teeth.

Laurana nods, facing the creatures, "You will never take Qualinost!"

[Breila]

As soon as she notices the draconians, Goldmoon lays a hand on the pendant around her neck and starts to pray: "Mishakal, heed me! Protect us against your enemies!"


Goldmoon casts Prayer

[Kafen]

Tas takes his hoopak out and sets a sling stone with a firm hand and eyes the mean dragon men. It's not polite to make jokes about the elves in that fashion. (( 16 To hit roll if required, damage can be rolled by GM if he wants, INIT: 12 )) He steps closer to Magpie in order to protect her.

[Nuke]

Riverwind calmly watches the Draconians approach, withholding his wrath only with great effort. He shoulders his bow and draws his sword and dagger, angling left away from the main group and around the corners of the building. "Split 'em up" is all he says.

He hopes to draw at least two toward him, and see how the rest engage his friends.

(OOC: if #5 & 6 peel off to me, I'll rush and engage)

[Jerrard]

Sturm draws Brightblade and moves close to Laurana, preparing to attack if the creatures get too close.

Init:1d10=10
Attacks: 1d20+6=16, 1d20+6=18 Hit AC-2 & -4
Damage: 1d10+6=11, 1d10+6=15 11 & 15 damage

[HorizonsDream]

Sunstar quickly pulls out the hand axes that Flint gave to her, but she waits for the draconians to get closer before she actually does anything. "Raven-eye, stay with the old man," she says, knowing that her brother doesn't have any weapons upon him at the moment.

[mltillis]

Drawing his sword Caramon moves opposite Sturm to stand next to Tas and Magpie, shouting angrily..."The only thing you'll pump today, is your blood upon the ground!"

attack:1d20 → [7] = (7)

init:1d10 → [5] = (5)

[JadedDM]

Three of the draconians charged forward, right at Laurana and Magpie. But the two were ready for them, and easily parried all of their attacks.

"Ast tasarak sinuralan krynawi!" Raistlin cried, tossing a handful of sand into the air. Two of the draconians in the back suddenly fell over, sound asleep. A third wavered a bit, but shook the effects of the spell off.

Caramon and Flint hurried forward to the girls' defense, and working together managed to hack down one of the offensive creatures. Upon death, however, it suddenly melted as if made of ice on a hot summer's day. The liquid it left behind pooled at their feet, sizzling and eating through their shoes and boots, burning their feet. It was acid!

One of the draconians spotted Raistlin and recognized him as a spellcaster. While the others were distracted, he attacked the red robed wizard. But Raistlin managed to parry the blow with the Staff of Magius. "Brother!" Raistlin called with annoyance that his protector had abandoned him for the elf woman.

Riverwind ran off to the side, and as he had hoped, grabbed the attention of one of the draconians. They both attacked at the same time, and each got in a hit. But Riverwind's was better. He gave the draconian a nasty cut across the chest, while he himself only took a small scratch to the cheek. But suddenly, the barbarian's body went rigid. Unable to move, he fell over as all of his muscles seized up at once.

Another draconian ran up behind Flint and stabbed him from behind, but the dwarf's innate resistance seemed to fight off whatever poison was on the blade. Yet another draconian, spotting an easy target, ran right up to the old man and ran him through, laughing to himself as if this was pretty funny. The old man choked and gasped in surprise, then fell over, unmoving.

Meanwhile, Goldmoon finally finished her prayer. Holding her medallion aloft, it suddenly shimmered. Everyone on the battlefield on both sides could suddenly feel the goddess' presence on the battlefield, filling the heroes with hope and fervor, but the enemies with dread and gloom.

Sturm came to Laurana's aid, cutting down one of her two opponents. It, too, melted into a puddle of acid. Tanis tried firing at a sleeping draconian, but another one got in his way. He managed to hit it with two arrows after it stabbed Flint. "They've broken through the defense!" the half-elf announced. "We need help back here!" he adds, seeing the fallen barbarian and old man, and now both the wizard and cleric are vulnerable.

Finally, Tasslehoff slung a rock off the ground at the draconian attacking Laurana, but it missed. Drat, and that was the only rock he had on him, too.

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Initiative Order
Laurana (1d10): 1
Magpie (1d10): 4
Goldmoon (1d10+6): 14
Tasslehoff (1d10+11): 18
Riverwind (1d10+3): 12
Sturm (1d10+4): 14
Sunstar (1d10): 7
Raven-eye (1d10): 10
Caramon (1d10+5): 10
Tanis (1d10+8): 16
Raistlin (1d10+1): 8
Flint (1d10+7): 10
Kapak 01 (1d10+3): 6
Kapak 02 (1d10+3): 10
Kapak 03 (1d10+3): 6
Kapak 04 (1d10+3): 12
Kapak 05 (1d10+3): 12
Kapak 06 (1d10+3): 9
Kapak 07 (1d10+3): 12
Kapak 08 (1d10+3): 7
Kapak 09 (1d10+3): 8

Round 1!

Laurana goes into full defense (her AC improves by 3).
Magpie goes into full defense (her AC improves by 1).
Kapak 01 attacks Laurana with his short sword (1d20-3): 5, miss.
Kapak 03 attacks Magpie with his short sword (1d20-1): 8, miss.
Sunstar goes into full defense (her AC improves by 2).
Kapak 08 attacks Laurana with his short sword (1d20-3): 5, miss.
Raistlin casts Sleep, centered on the kapaks. HD affected (2d4): 6 HD. Kapak 02 resists (1d100): 83, fail, Kapak 02 falls asleep. Kapak 04 resists (1d100): 15, pass. Kapak 09 resists (1d100): 99, fail. Kapak 09 falls asleep.
Kapak 09 takes a nice nap.
Raven-eye goes into full defense (AC improves by 2).
Caramon moves 35 feet and attacks Kapak 03 (1d20+3): 10, hit for (1d8+5): 9 damage.
Flint moves 30 feet and attacks Kapak 03 (1d20+1): 19, hit for (1d8+3): 10 damage. Kapak 03 melts into a puddle of acid! Caramon, Flint, Magpie, Laurana and Kapak 01 all take (1d8): 5 damage.
Kapak 02 takes a nice nap.
Kapak 06 moves 50 feet and attacks Raistlin with his short sword (1d20): 11, miss.
Riverwind moves 30 feet and then holds his attack.
Kapak 05 moves 30 feet and attacks Riverwind with his short sword (1d20+2): 17, hit for (1d6): 1 damage. Riverwind saves vs. poison (1d20): 1, fail. Riverwind is paralyzed.
Riverwind attacks Kapak 06 (1d20+7): 18, hit for (1d8+3): 4 damage.
Kapak 04 moves 30 feet and then attacks Flint from behind with his short sword (1d20+2-1): 20, hit for (1d6): 6 damage. Flint saves vs. poison (1d20+5): 20, pass.
Kapak 07 moves 40 feet and attacks the old man with his short sword (1d20): 13, hit for (1d6): 6 damage. The old man dies.
Goldmoon casts Prayer, centered on herself. All party members get a +1 to hit/dmg/saves, all enemies get a -1 to hit/dmg/saves.
Sturm moves 25 feet and attacks Kapak 08 with Brightblade (1d20+6): 16, hit for (1d10+7): 12 damage.
Tanis moves 10 feet and fires his long bow at Kapak 04 (1d20+6): 20, hit for (1d8+1): 3 damage.
Tasslehoff chucks a rock at Kapak 01 (1d20+4): 13, miss.
Sturm attacks Kapak 08 with Brightblade (1d20+6): 18, hit for (1d10+7): 16 damage. Kapak 08 melts into a puddle of acid. Sturm, Laurana and Kapak 01 all take (1d8): 1 damage.
Tanis fires his long bow at Kapak 04 (1d20+6): 16, hit for (1d8+1): 5 damage.

(OOC: I think it took me 90 minutes to write up this post, maybe more. Whew...anyway...Actions for Round 2?)

[mltillis]

"Hold on Raist!" Caramon makes an anguished glance over his shoulder to his brother. For a second it looks like the big man will break ranks and rush to the mage's side. Flint's gasp from the back stab yanks Caramon's attention back to his surroundings. He sets a furious set of blows against the creature before turning to the rear.


attack 1d20 → [16] = (16) +3 = 19
damage 1d8 → [7] = (7) +5 = 12

attack 2 1d20 → [9] = (9) +3 = 12
damage 2 1d8 → [4] = (4) +5 = 9

[Nuke]

"zzzzzzz"

[Kafen]

"Well." Tas declares with a mild frown. Then, he steps up and twacks at the bad guy attacking the grumpy mage. True, it is a dragon of sorts. Still, it is trying to harm Raist. (( 16 To Hit, Damage from stick ala GM ))

[Breila]

Goldmoon lets a flame appear on her hand and throws it at draconian No. 7 to distract him, then runs over to distract No. 5 who threatens to chop up Riverwind.

(Casts Produce Flame)
[initiative 4, 1d20+1=5, miss]

[Jenara]

Laurana backs off slowly, still in defense, moving away from the pool of Acid. She didn't expect that, how can you stop creatures that can kill you in death?

(Full defense, moves towards Tas, spinning to face the creature attacking Rastlin, as does magpie)

[Jerrard]

Slicing at the next creature with Brightblade, Sturm attempts to aid Laurana's retreat

Init: 1d10=2
Attacks: 1d20+5=22, 1d20+5=19 Hit AC - 5 and -2
Damage: 1d10+6=13, 1d10+6=7

As he slices a second time, he attempts to move out of the way of the acid.

[HorizonsDream]

Sunstar moves off to the side of draconian, and attacks him with her hand axes.

Init Roll, Hit Rolls (2, 20, 17)
DMG Rolls (4, 9)