Fight round 5 and the aftermath
Subject Fight round 5
OOC: Even I know that the damage was less than burning hands...however, Bel would probably be searching for another type of damage, as the fire was not effective. Some creatures are resistant to one and not the other.
Bel picks up his bow as well, and fires two arrows (if possible) at the creature.
From: Randy
Subject Fight round 5
Ran reels with pain as he accepts the offered potion from the elf. As he opens the flask, he idly wonders if he should trust this new arrival. As another wave of pain nearly overcomes him, he downs the potion figuring that he will die without it so if it isn't going to help, it can't hurt much.
From: Jake
Subject Surin takes his leave
Surin makes his way through the woods quietly, flitting from tree to tree as noiselessly as possible. In the city such silent movement would be second nature, but here in the woods it takes a little more effort. His difficulty is slight--someone watching him would have no idea that he was exerting himself at all in his effort to be as quiet as possible. Throughout the hike he stops periodically, listening to the sounds of the night, and the occasional rustle of leaves and scrabble of claw on bark as the occasional squirrel passes overhead.
Surin will contine on like this, moving silently and keeping his eyes open, until he hears the sound of combat.
From: Derrell
Subject Fight round 5
Fal will continue to use Magic Missile as long as he can. When he can no longer use it, he'll take up his crossbow.
From: Derrell
Subject Fight round 5
At this point, Fal is unsure about firing his crossbow in such chaotic conditions, afraid he might hit one of his friends. He wonders if his time would be better spent looking after Ran or trying to help Alatyr if it's possible.
OOC: Mark, does Fal have his dagger and/ or staff with him? If he has the staff, what could he do with it, besides trying to beat the monster with it? Would it have any effect?
From: Karl
Subject Fight round 5
Salix starts forward as the creature attacks Alatyr, but recoils in horror as the two halves of their valiant companion fall separately to the sides of where he stood. He throws the newly appeared fireball directly at the wolf's face, coldly hissing, "Back to hell! You vile abomination!"
From: Mark
Subject Surin takes his leave
Combat is going to be long over by the time you got there.
Surin was gone for 4-5 hours and this took place only an hour or two after he left.
Sorry he missed out on all the fun. :)
From: Mark
Subject Fal and weapons
As to weapons, Fal would easily have his dagger on him and his staff would have been near where he was sitting. However, Fal has seen that weapons do not seem to do normal damage. Fal would also have to close with the creature, which would provoke an AOO. He saw what the creature did to Alatyr.
Don't feel bad. Nothing Surin could do, except for a critical hit, could hurt the creature either.
From: Kevin
Subject Fight round 5
Harp grins with glee as he feels his sword finally bite into the creature. His happiness is short lived, however, when he sees his friend and fellow follower of Heironious cut in half by the beast. With a scream, he attacks again at the beast, not even noticing the new combatant.
From: Mark
Subject Cai and Bel
Jason and Rob
I am going to make picking up a bow and nocking an arrow to be a move action. This means that you will not be able to do the rapid shot, as that is a full round action. You each will be able to get off 1 arrow in round 5.
From: Karl
Subject Surin
We'll let you clean up Alatyr, though. If ya wanna.
From: Josh
Subject Fight round 5
Kal, seeing the creature kill the human, vows that no one else will be killed by this creature, it will die tonight. He runs forward to attack the beast, once he gets within range he will attack with his rapier.
From: Mark
Subject Fight round 5
Initiatives for the next round are as follows: Bel 23, Harp 17, Fal 16 Cai 13, wolf 13, Ran 13, Creature 13, Salix 12, Kal 10
Bel watches in horror as the creature rips Alatyr apart. As he is backing away he almost stumbles over the bow he had dropped. He quickly picks up the weapon and fires a quick shot at the beast. (AC17, 5+8=13, miss) In his haste he rushes his shot and misses high.
Harp almost goes berserk when he sees Alatyr fall. He attacks with a ferocious swing and connects again. (AC17, 17+12=29, hit) He sees his sword bite into the beasts flesh again. (Damage 4) He sees the creature stumble and start to waver a bit.
Fal, seeing the death of his companion realizes that there is no one between him and the beast and that the beast is looking right at him. He quickly raises his crossbow and fires off a shot that hits the creature dead on. (AC17, 20+6=26, hit, critical threat, critical hit roll, AC17, 10+6=16, miss, no critical hit.) The bolt seems to hit but do no damage. (Damage 0). Seeing this Fal starts to back up even more.
The wolf takes another snap at the beast but misses.
Cai feels herself stumble over her bow and reaches down to pick it up. She sets an arrow to the string and lets fly. (AC17, 8+8=16 misses) She has a hard time keeping her hands steady as she releases and just barely misses.
Ran figures that he will die anyway, decides to trust the strange elf and pops the seal on the potion he was given. He swallows it down. Immediately he feels better. He sees his insides pull back and the flesh seals itself, leaving a bright pink scar. (Heal 11) He is fairly sure he will not die right away.
The creature sees Fal and Salix just ahead of it. It sees a ball of fire in Salix's hand and still feels the burning pain it just felt and charges at the druid. This is just the opening that Harp has been looking for. As the creature springs after the druid, Harp takes a swing at the creatures back. (AOO, moving out of a threatened square, AC17, 18+12=30, hit, Damage 4.) The beast takes a quick swipe at Harp (AC19, 14+14=28, hit) and opens a long ragged wound down one arm. (Damage 13.) It then takes off towards Salix.
Salix throws another ball of flame at the advancing creature. He can see it bleeding from several wounds and limping as it advances. (AC17, 14+5=19, hit, Damage 4) The flame hits the creature in its face and burns there for a bit. The beast flails at the flames trying to put them out but its energy seems to run out and it falls to the forest floor.
Just as the creature falls someone bursts out of the woods from where Ran had been. He charges across the clearing, his rapier glittering in the moonlight. He stops over the body of the fallen beasts and pierces the heart and the head several times.
In the light of the moon and the flickering light of the new ball of flame that has reappeared in Salix's hand, everyone can see the creature change shape.
OODM: Fight is over.
From: Josh
Subject Aftermath
Kal stands over the slain bugbear, wipes his rapier clean, and drops an amulet onto the lycanthrope's chest. He walks over to the body of the slain human, kneels down and says a prayer to Corellon Larethian, kisses the hilt of the rapier, and stands.
He turns to address the party: "I'm truly sorry your friend was murdered by this creature. It was my quest to stop it before it caused any more evil in the world, and I failed. I regret that you and your friend paid the price of my failure."
Kal-Lar's looks at Harp for a moment, the back to the elves, "My name is Kal-Lar, I am a... warrior of my tribe. If your cause is righteous, I offer my assistance as reparation for your loss."
OOC: Hey guys, I'm Josh, and thanks for letting me join you. If anyone wants a gmail account (Labels and their threaded message model makes it alot easier to manage the emails from this game ), send me an email, I'll send you an invite.
From: Kevin
Subject Aftermath
Harp, wincing in pain, limps over to where Alatyr has fallen, kneeling down, knowing that there is little he can do to save the man. The blessing Harp can call down from the Battle Lord will do little to succor the greivous harm Alatyr has suffered. He bows his head, asking that Heironious will greet his valiant companion when they meet. Harp will then arise and go see how he can help the other wounded of their party (sacrafice 3 1st level spells for cure light wounds and all 0 level spells for cure minor wounds). After he has done what he can, he will clean and inspect his blade.
From: Karl
Subject Aftermath
Salix stands, still braced for the creatures attack, disbelieving that it has actually been defeated. After a few seconds he relaxes with a loud "whew" and approaches the creature, waving the flame in his hand up and down the length of it checking it over carefully.
"It is a bugbear," he says, more to himself than anyone. To the group he adds,
"Where there is one there are often others. Was anyone bitten? I mean besides. . . ." he indicates the remains of their fallen friend sadly.
He turns and faces the new stranger, "Was this creature alone or should we prepare ourselves for more of them?" After the elf answers he will ask, "What do you know of the history of this creature? Was he born a lycanthrope or bitten? Was he aware of his affliction?"
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If anyone was bitten, Salix will search the area immediately looking for the beladonna plant. If he can find any, he will administer it to anyone bitten, otherwise he will put it in his pack on the off chance they do encounter another one. (If no one was bitten, he will still keep an eye out for beladonna.)
From: Josh
Subject Aftermath
Kal responds: "The creature was alone. I've been hunting it for some time, I've been following it for some time." Kal pauses for a second to think.. "He was probably bitten. He acted very much like a confused beast, moreso that I imagine someone born with the disease would."
Kal Sheaths his rapier, and reaches into his backpack and pulls out the roots and leaves of a plant wrapped in cloth. Kal says to everyone "This plant is supposed to help prevent catching the were-disease. If you were hurt by the beast, you should be treated with it."
From: Jake
Subject Surin
You'd save that for little old me? Thanks fellas!
From: Rob
Subject Aftermath
Bel looks at what is left of Ayltar, and bows his head in grief. (even if I can't spell his name...:D)
He turns to Salix and asks " What do you know of these creatures?" of Kal.
OOC: As someone who is familiar with magic, would Bel know about these cruses? I would guess so, but I am not sure.
Also, a bugbear isn't a lycanthrope...at least I don't think it is, and they aren't shaped like a huge wolf either. Which is it, a werewolf , a were-bear, or a bugbear...they are three different creatures.
From: Mark
Subject Lycanthropes
OODM: Lycanthropy can be used as a template, just as undead can be used as a template. That means that most humaniod monsters can be lycanthropes. So you can have a werewolf bugbear. Dire creatures can also be the base animal for a lycanthrope. So you can have werewolves and dire werewolves. Bugbears get their names from the fact that they have some resemblence to bears.
Bel has probably heard of people and creatures who have been cursed like this but never met one. At least not knowingly. There are good aligned were creatures, but they tend not to advertise.