Round 1 set up and actions
Subject Round 1
The party spends several minutes figuring out a plan. Mund is very excited to hear that Ragnar can enchant his weapon. His enthusiasm dies only a little when he learns that it will only be temporary. He likes the idea of testing himself against this brute and seeing who comes out on top.
After about 15 minutes, the pounding at the door stops. "Let's give it 5 more minutes and then go" Harp says. The party patiently waits until Allistair tells them that 5 minutes have gone by. They review the plan one more time, Mund answering everything with a "Yeah, yeah, I know what I got to do." The party takes its place down the hall and Harp nods to Mund and the barbarian takes off down the hall. He gets to the door and takes a breath and works the latch. He shoves the door open so that it bangs against the north wall of the room. Peering in he sees the beast pounding on the far wall, just like last time.
The thing turns at the sound of the door banging on the wall. "Come on you big ugly brute" Mund yells "come grab some dinner, if you can catch me, you useless son of a ..." The rest of Mund's taunt is drowned out in the deafening yell of the beast as it rushes towards the door. As soon as Mund sees the thing take off, he high tails it towards the rest of the party, smiling as he goes. "Ally, get that fire thing ready, he's movin and I think I pissed him off somethin fierce."
Allistair has been estimating the distances and how fast his brother runs for a while now and he is fairly certain of what he has to do and when to do it. When Mund crosses a point in the hallway that Allistair had mentally marked, the mage chants the spell and a small ball of flame leaps from his hand. Mund sees the little thing pass him, the ball growing slightly in flight. As Mund gets to the others he turns just in time to see how their plan worked. As the barbarian turns Ragnar touches his armor and chants the spell that will lend the barbarian some protection, as if he were one of the faithful (Shield of Faith).
The creatures arms reach through the door just as the fireball detonates. There is a sucking wind from the explosion and then a light buffeting concussion as fire fills the air around the door. The party can hear the creature scream in pain and rage as it pulls it hand and arms back through the door (REF save, DC16, 18+7=25, save, damage 11). Harp shouts "Now." Almost as one the party surges forward and they end up right at the door. When they are in position they look in and see the beast at the other side of the room, holding its hands in the air, small wisps of smoke coming from them. 5 of the party members start their prayers or spells. Harp calls for the battle gods strength to fill him (Bull's Strength) and Kal does the same (Bull's Strength). Ragnar grabs Mund's axe and chants the prayer of blessing on it while Salix calls down Obad Hai's blessing of the bull on Mund (Bull's Strength). Allistair chants the spell of enlargement and touches his brother.
At once Mund starts to grow. He actually has to step through the door way so as not to crush Harp and Ranthir and Ragnar. He is ecstatic. Looking down he figures he is almost 9 feet tall and his axe has gotten bigger as well. Looking across the room Mund shouts "Come on you big ugly thing, lets see how you do against a real fighter." (Starts rage)
Initiative for Round 1: Ranthir (23), Kal (21), Salix (21), Ragnar (20), Surin (19), Mund (19), Allistair (18), Harp (8), Creature (4).
OODM: If you act before Mund you will have to hold action unless you are casting a spell, since you can not get by Mund until he moves. Mund is red and the thing is blue.
I need round 1 actions.
From: Josh
Subject Round 1 actions
From: Kevin
Subject Round 1 actions
OOC: Mark, great job of putting that together. It was pretty much exactly what I (and everyone else, I hope) was hoping for (but in my plan, the creature takes a hell of a lot more damage from the fire ball).
Also, thanks for putting the N arrow on the map. It makes directions for me a lot easier.
From: Porter
Subject round 1 actions
Mund charges straight in and attacks the giant with his axe.
From: Derek
Subject Round 1 actions
Allistair will primarily stay out of the way of everyone that is trying to get into the room, but if he can get line of sight he will shoot of a magic missle.