Round 4
Subject Round 4
Salix shudders at the unnatural glow, now fading, in the creature's eyes. With one creature remaining and far too many blades poised to strike to entertain the thought this will last much longer, Salix looks for an opening that will allow him to move further into the room. He will look into the are from which the creatures came, in case there is another door, or something else hiding in the far shadows.
From: Kevin
Subject Round 4
Harp feels a shiver as the bird creature hits his leg. It does not amount to much, but the feeling is disconcerting any way. Gods - to be frozen like stone - it is beyond Harp's comprehension. He must finish this now. Taking advantage of their superior numbers, Harp steps slightly to his right and attacks again (5ft step to the right for a flanking bonus from Ran, normal attack).
From: Randy
Subject Round 4
Ranthir, not wanting to let his guard down, continues to work with Harp to flank the final foe.
From: Porter
Subject Round 4
DontBitMeUchdorfsDontBitMeUchdorfsDontBitMeUchdorfsDontBitMeUchdorfsDontBitMeUchdorfs is what keeps going through Mund's mind as, terrified, he steps forward to slay this last monster.
From: Derek
Subject Round 4
Allistair is a little relieved to see that only one of those creatures is still alive, (the other's might still be moving even with thier heads cut off, who knows) and that he was able be of some help in a combat situation. With only one left now, it would be wastefull for Allistair to use any more magic on this combat, so he steps back and waits for the others to slay the last cockatrice.
Mund kind of looks like he's freaking out though, he probably doesn't have a lot of experience fighting magical creatures such as this, and magic in general seems to give him the heebie-jeebies. Well, even if the worst happens, hopefully brother Ragnar or Salix has a blessing from thier respective diety that would allow them to cure such a magical malady.
From: Ashley
Subject Round 4
Surin continues hanging back, ready to attack anything that moves his way. The space in front of him seems pretty well taken care of, from the sounds he hears. None of his friends are screaming in pain, so he figures the sounds of falling flesh must be coming from the enemy. A bit relieved not to have to be involved in the fighting, Surin keeps his ears open. It *would* just be perfect if they all got caught from behind while the proper fighters were all stuck in the next room.
From: Mark
Subject Round 4
Initiative: Kal (24), Harp (24), Surin (24), Salix (21), Birds (19), Allistair (18), Mund (16), Ragnar (8), Ranthir (4)
Kal almost shouts his frustration at his ineffectual attack. He takes a quick step forward al the while calming his emotions. He re-centers himself and attacks again (AC14, 2+10=12, miss). For a second time his rapier skids off the thick hide of the cockatrice and a shiver of fear goes through the elf as the beast turns its head and gives him a baleful stare.
Harp moves another step to his right, trying to keep the beast between him and Ranthir so that it would have to worry about attackers on all sides. His thrust finds it way true (AC14, 13+12=25, hit, damage 11) and he almost cuts off one of the wings.
Surin keeps a sharp eye out on the door that they came through; sure that something will be attacking them from behind.
Salix sees that the fight is getting a bit crowded and decides to see if there is anything else in the room that they should be worried about. Moving along the west wall he moves down to the corner of the room and turns to survey it. As far as he can see the room is empty other than the party and the birds.
The remaining bird looks at Harp with what the 1/2 orc would swear was hatred. Again it head darts out almost faster than Harp can see, but the 1/2 orc has gotten the creatures attack pattern down. Just as the head darts in he swings his shield and the beak crashes into it (AC21, 11+9=20, miss). Harp grins in satisfaction.
Out in the other room Allistair nods in satisfaction that he was able to help, but realizes that with only one creature left that his talents and skills would be wasted on just one of the creatures. He turns and keeps an eye out with Surin.
When the bird turns to attack Harp Mund moves just outside of the birds reach until he is opposite of Ragnar. Then he takes a step in. and takes advantage of the bird's distraction with the 1/2 orc. He swings with his axe again (AC14, 13+14=27, hit, damage 6) and chops off the bird's scaly tail.
Ragnar's sword flashes in the dim light and (AC14, 17+9=26, hit, damage 11) his sword passes through the beast neck and the head falls to the floor. The party stands there looking at the dead bodies and hoping that the magical beast will stay that way.
OODM: Do any RP you want I will write up what they find tomorrow probably.