(004) The Dunjon Door

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coffee wrote:
Dieter will cleave another one.

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eris wrote:

Dieter will cleave another one.

Go, Dieter, go! [img]images/smiley/smiley.png[/img]

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verhaden wrote:
Mads the Fair

"The creature seems to have disappeared." Mads whispers. "If we have another torch available, let's light it up." He pulls his bow string taut and fires blindly into the corridor, aiming for some recess not touched or illuminated by the torch--hoping to score a lucky strike.

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Ulric, Anwyn and Mads stand ready to fire at whatever may emerge from the spider tunnel... but after a moment nothing does.

Mads fires blindly into the gloomy, smoke-fills passage anyway (1d20=6) but his arrow is swallowed by the darkness without any sign that it may have hit anything.


Meanwhile, the furious melee in the intersection seems without end!


(Initiative is rolled; Dieter 1d6=6(+1), Rodrick 1d6=6(-1), Caine 1d6=4(+1), Olaf 1d6=1, Foe 1d6=3)

Galvanised by his success, Dieter presses his advantage, stabbing and thrusting courageously with his bright sword, but despite the confined space (or perhaps because of it? -- and the tangle of crumbling bones underfoot) he cannot land a telling blow on his infernal opponent (1d20=8).

All the while Caine aims and angles behind him with a silvered missile drawn tight upon his bowstring. At last, as Deiter lunges wide one way and his foe evades wide the other, and Caine seizes his chance (1d6=5) and lets fly his deadly arrow (1d20=15) which sinks deeply in the delapidated chest cavity of the living corpse for (1dd=3) 3 hit points of damage. The arrow's razored head protrudes out the monster's back, but even this only seems to antagonise it further! It tears wildly at Dieter as if it might pull itself through the air by its claw-strokes, and by its unholy fury scores a savage slash (1d20=16) which rends Dieter's leather carapace open and causes (1dd=4) 4 hit-points of damage!

All the while Rodrick finds himself pressed further back down the narrow passage as he awkwardly fends of several attacks from his likewise crazed opponent. Olaf back-peddles behind him, seeking an opportunity to loose his missle safely, but none presents (1d6=3). Before he is overwhelmed Rodrick manages to kick his opponent back, and then as it savagely charges back he smashes his firey torch up under its loose hanging jaw (1d20=18) splitting ancient teeth and bones for (1dd=3) 4 hit-points of damage in another shower of sparks and burning tar. The undying horror does not seem to recover its balance, and Rodrick manages to fend of its ferocious couter-attacks (1d20=7).


Rodrick has 6 of 8 hit-points.
Dieter has 3 of 7 hit-points.
Olaf has 2 of 6 hit-points.

The two standing enemy look horribly beaten and busted up -- but they looked that way when they first appeared. The two fallen corpses show no immediate sign of rising again...

Gentlemen?

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danhem wrote:
Ulric waits for the spider to emerge from the archway, ready to release the stone set in his sling; but nothing comes.

Hearing the sound of continued fighting in the hall behind them, and a cry of pain from Dieter, Ulric stands and starts to fall back.

"We must help our comrades. Anwyn and I can cover our withdrawal. Taines, are you well enough to take the rear as well? If the spider does come out we will need your axe. Victor...." Ulric sees the warrior busily searching the dead hobgoblins. "Victor we can search the fallen after we have secured our position. To the intersection!"

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makofan wrote:
Caine decides to have a go at attacking with two daggers

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tombowings wrote:
"Olaf! Dieter! Fall back! I hear the footsteps of our comrades rushing to our aid," Rodrick shouts hopefully as he swings his fiery torch at the oncoming assault.

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coffee wrote:
"If you think so," Dieter says, falling back but keeping his sword pointed at the foe.

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eris wrote:
Olaf stays behind Rodrick, still seeking to shoot his arrow into the abomination fighting the Templar. He is still taking care to not shoot Rodrick in the back.

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TheMyth wrote:
Anwyn seems to ignore her companions as she carefully steps forward to peek into the looming dark of the smoke-filled passage to see if see can spot the spider in the gloom.