From: Doug (gryphon4101_at_comcast.net)
Date: Thu Nov 27 2003 - 04:22:01 GMT
You all prepare yourselves for the onslaught that is about to happen. Astran tries hard to pick up the astral forms of the creatures around them and is able to pick up one at a time, with the ghouls coming up first in his range.
Endok-Tuk, Trystan, and Astran all fire off their ranged shots, forcing the creatures to rush forward in an all out attack. You look in wonderment, however, as the troll known as Endok-Tuk with the skulls in his hair rubs a doll with a nail through its head. He plays with the nail a bit, driving it deep into the doll, and you see one of the cadaver men shriek in pain and grab at its head, a similar result to Astran's flicking of the wrist. You wonder at the connection, and embrace yourselves for the onslaught of creatures that comes towards you.
Siri quickly makes it back onto the laneway, waving that all is safe for Kestrel and Nightwind to stay at the rear.
Illyana, T'sunami, and Astran all attempt to hold the ghouls at bay while Grendahl, Berryblood, Endok-Tuk, Lyra and Trystan take on the Cadaver Men.
Illyana throws herself forward towards the first of the monsters, grinning from ear to ear and yelling insults in a happy voice. "Judging by your smell, your mother was a boggart and your father Wormskull himself!"
Illyana cries as her strikes hit. "Die, you abhorrent creature! Die and stop pestering me!". A few buttons are torn from her shirt as the dirty, stinking hands of the undead try to grab her and fail.
After a few hits that are focused on one of the undead cadaver men is dealt, Berryblood rises up into the air almost 10 feet and then comes crashing down on the same cadaver man that some of you were trying to kill. The blow is quick and fierce, splitting the rotting corpse nearly in twain. It slumps quickly to the ground dead. You feel a sense of gratitude that this large troll is fighting with you and not against you.
Seeing this Lyra is quick to focus her efforts on a different cadaver man and makes her blow count, opening up the creature's shoulder to more rotting flesh and driving it to the ground. Trystan sees an opportunity and quickly fires off an arrow, careful to avoid hitting Lyra in doing so.
Immediately after the arrow had landed, the little/big dwarf jumps up into the air, landing a blow with his great hand-axe into the torso of the undead and squirting it's blood all around.
The rest of the cadaver men seem to be quite aggressive, two going after Endok-Tuk but causing only mere scratches on the large troll's skin. The dwarf takes a larger slice, but his armor takes the brunt of most of the damage. Still, the creature's attack manages to pierce through causing the dwarf a decent size scratch along his side.
One of the cadaver men jumps out at the archer, taking him off guard. The human takes a large blow in the leg and arm, causing a lot of blood to gush out. Trystan screams out in agonizing pain as he hits the ground, struggling hard to get up. You cannot rush to his aid, however, as it would open up other companions to rear attacks from the creatures.
Luckily the creature feels he has struck the human for dead, as he focuses along with two others on Berryblood, apparently hoping that multiple attacks would down the intimidating name-giver. Trystan quickly takes advantage of the moment and gets up, taking cover back by Kestrel and Nightwind, attempting to get whatever clear shots he can while although he is in much pain.
Illyana shouts "May the Passions curse the Horror which gave you such unnatural life and strength!" while seeming to try to sever the head of a ghoul from its body. A particularly violent move of her left arm snaps
the last buttons in her shirt, revealing her black bra underneath. She neither seems to notice nor care, but just looks around for the next opponent, taking a few precious seconds to check on Kestrel. Seeing that she is on her guard alongside Nightwind and Siri, she continues to face the creatures before her taking them on as best she can.
T'sunami is quick to take advantage of the moment, and lands a killing blow on the ghoul that he and the others were concentrating on. Satisfied, the T'skrang begins focusing his attacks on the other ghouls before him.
After having killed the first cadaver man, Grendahl takes his axe to another one of the undead causing the creature's already disfigured insides to be exposed to the bitter air. The creature gets enraged and begins slashing multiple times at the dwarf. The dwarf struggles hard with each blow, deflecting most with his shield. One gets through but only hits his armor.
The battle continues on, some of the creatures being wounded but still standing. The wizard continues to flick his wrist each round, while at the same time picking up more of the creatures' forms in the astral plane. It would take a while before he would be able to see all of the creatures, but it did make things easier to cast his spells.
In the midst of your attacking some of you manage to catch Berryblood rising into the air and this time actually managing to slice the creature completely in half.lengthwise. You are only able to sit in awe for a split second, as you realize you are still in combat. At some point, however, you may just have to talk to him about how the hell he was able to dispatch the creature with a single blow, and what is preventing him from doing it every time.
The battle continues. A ghoul is dispatched by the T'skrang, another by the wizard's flicking of the wrist. The wounded archer manages to fire off a shot perfect enough to finish off one of the attacking cadaver men.
In the midst of battle, one of the ghouls strikes out at Illyana. You see her attempt to roll out of the way, but the creature catches her mid-roll. It seems as though it was only a slight hit, yet enough to force her to lose her balance from dodging. She falls to the ground, grabbing at the small scratch and wincing in pain as she stands up. It does not seem that such a small scratch could cause such pain, but still she holds her side with her sword in hand.
<Moves Please>
<I am thinking I will send the full battle report after the battle is actually complete. I will be sending each of you details on your character's current status (damage, how many creatures you've killed, etc.). Please don't reply to the post until you have your character's personal notes. Normally this would be done on the website, which is almost up and running. As it is, there are 2 ghouls and 6 cadaver men still standing before you. Along the side facing the cadaver men is Grendahl, Berryblood, and Endok-Tuk. Along the side facing the ghouls are T'sunami, Illyana, Lyra, and Astran. In between the walls of the road to the Twists stands Trystan somewhat behind Endok-Tuk and Astran, followed by Kestrel and Nightwind. Siri is pretty much on the laneway. I will try to do a sketch of this to better illustrate the current situation.>
<Happy Thanksgiving!>
<Doug>
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