Immersive Ink

rleduc wrote:
Guntrum changes course to head for the door.

eris wrote:

tonneau wrote:Observing Josiane is otherwise occupied in fleeing for her life, Gustave takes it upon himself to drag the fallen man back to the door, just as Guntram leaps past him and whips the scepter from the ground.

"Now...", he grunts as, still holding sword and shield, he struggles with Olafs shoulders, "...is most definitely not the time for a nap, my friend."

Olaf, still dead to the world, makes no reply...

...I, on the other hand, fully agree with Gustave! [img]images/smiley/smiley.png[/img]

sulldawga wrote:
Dorgan will grab one of Olaf's arms and help Gustave drag him through the door.

doctorx wrote:
Josiane keeps running, a most-uncharacteristic curse escaping softly from her lips. She concentrates her energies on getting clear of the door.

ehiker133 wrote:
Desmond blows on the whistle for an unusually long time (does this guy need to take a breath??) as he/Mondes run for the doorway, along with the others.

tonneau wrote:
Gustave's brows shoot to new heights as his shield is dashed from his very arm by the fell blade of the foe.

Thank-you Hans! he makes a silent prayer.

As Dorgan appears at his side, he shakes of the remains of the once-beautiful shield and wraps one arm under Olafs shoulder, giving the dwarf access to the other, and makes ready to charge for the door when they both have purchase.

danhem wrote:
Once through the doorway, Ulric stops and turns to face the chamber of fiends.

"Quickly!" he shouts to his comrades.

Ulric begins to search his mind for the words to summon the Comburent Phlogiston once everyone has passed through and just before the door (hopefully) closes. It will be risky, but who is to say the fiends would not simply open the door again themselves?

coffee wrote:
Dieter stands by outside the door. He may not be able to hurt these things, but he'll block any that try to get past him to attack his retreating friends.

He'll also try to get a count of said friends as they go by; we've left enough behind as it is.

waysoftheearth wrote:
It is a mad dash to get through the door ahead of the dreadful foe!

Ulric, Dieter and Desmond are through, and Highbough is prepared to drop the door at a moment's notice. By great fortune for him, the three fiends are each in pursuit of Guntrum, Josiane, and Dorgan and Gustave respectively, and pay the old elf no heed as they swoop by.

Josiane and Guntrum outpace the enemy and are just about to win through to (relative) safety, but alas that Gustave and Dorgan are burdened with Olaf's armoured weight, and woe that a terrible fiend is right behind them slashing at them with its fell blade (1d20=4) but for a mercy the pair somehow manage to avoid harm.

It appears that Josiane and Guntrum will be through at the beginning of next round, and that Gustave, Dorgan (with Olaf) will arrive in the door way at the same time as Guntrum's pursuit, with their own pursuit in tow. There will be an evil logjam.

What now?

doctorx wrote:
As soon as she is clear of immediate pursuit (and isn't blocking the exit for the party members following behind her) Josiane turns and throws her vial of holy water at the horror attacking Gustave, Dorgan and Olaf, hoping to catch Guntrum's pursuer in the sudden explosion of blessed retribution as well.

"Lady, guide my arm..."