[ We find Our Heroes lying in ambush! There is the aforementioned dirtpile/bulwark in front of the outpost, and where you came around the corner and first spotted the outpost yesterday is a depression in the ground that may be low enough to hide in. There is also a decent-sized nook in the rock about halfway between said point and the area that the Duergar will, at any second, be coming in from. Where are you all? ] * HKenji is standing just outside the break in the wall, waiting for his first vict^H^H^H^Henemy to step into the gap. * Vall is behind the dirtpile * Ariake is in the air, hovering just under the top of the wall, a bit to the side of the break. * Istvan is, presumably, hiding somewhere where he can jump out at the baddies from behindish after they spot/go after Kenji. * Tia is squatting as low as she can around where Istvan is located. * Patrick is behind the dirtpile as well. Go archers. ^_^ * Seylin is airborne as well, hovering on the opposite side of the break from Ariake. * Tia fights the urge to fidget. * Will is hiding behind Vall :) *whispered* "I hope you have a good combat spell prepared, Will." * Patrick rolls his eyes. "Who cares what he has. We're gonna kick their asses as long as we remain standing." ~_^ * Will whispers back. "I think you're going to like this one." * Tia 's tail lashes about restlessly. [ Around the corner comes the caravan! It's making a lot of noise, and as it comes into view, you can tell that there are about a dozen each of orcs and duergar. ] * Istvan glances back at Tia, and makes a 'calm down' motion. * Vall casts True Strike before we roll init, to make sure his first arrow flies true. * Tia catches Istvan's look, gives him an embarrassed grin, and stops moving. * Patrick has his bow out and three arrows in his hand. Ready to kick ass? Hell yes he is. * Will draws his sword and makes sure he's out of sight. * Tia tries not to giggle. * Tia whispers to Istvan, "Now?" [ The caravan continues moving; they pass the nook Istvan and Tia hide in, not bothering to look their way, and go right up to the rampart. Some Duergar begin barking orders, while a few more head towards the outpost door, and the orcs begin unshouldering their heavily laden backpacks. ] * Istvan shakes his head. * Tia sits still and chews her lip impatiently. * Patrick fidgets and smiles. [ Five Duergar walk right up into the open space in the wall of dirt and through it. Yes, the wall of dirt hiding Kenji, Vall, Pat and Will. ] * HKenji steps out in front of the first through. [ The Duergar blinks. ] [ The Duergar then begins to draw his hammer, cursing under his breath. ] * Tia giggles silently. "Now?" she whispers. * HKenji drops into an iai stance and attacks. * Istvan narrows his eyes, glances at the assembled humanoids and, while simultaneously adding a 'Shh' motion, nods at Tia. [ Kenji cuts into the Duergar, who 'ach!'s in pain! ] [ Go, Vall! ] * Vall pops out from behind the wall and fires an arrow at the leader, at the same time yelling "Orcs, rise up against your enslavers!" in orcish. [ The red Duergar takes a hit and yells! Tia, go! ] * Tia jumps out of the nook as soon as she sees Istvan's nod and charges the nearest Duergar. She swings her axe at him. [ Tia hits the Duergar with her axe, dividing him slopily in half, since her axe is too big to cut him neatly in twain. Gore spatters, and man, does he ever die. ] [ Seylin, go! ] (mmm... chunky salsa. :9 ) ( More like pico de gallo. ) * Patrick scowls. "Vall you dumbass!" * Seylin takes off from behind the wall and flies over to the nearest Duergar, swooping down at him and hacking at him with her halberd. She resists the urge to cry "Death from Above!" But just barely. [ Seylin doth slasheth a Duergar! He 'achs!' in pain, but remains standing! ] [ Go, Ariake! ] ( duergar are gaelic? ) ( All dwarves are. Don't you know anything? ;) ) * Ariake sails gracefully over the wall, and does *not* resist the urge to cry "Death from Above!" She then tilts a hand, and casts Acid Arrow towards the red Duergar. [ Ariake's acid arrow hits the Red Duergar! ...who doesn't seem to mind, as he just sneers and brushes it off his robe with a clawed hand. ] [ Go, Patrick! ] * Patrick flips an arrow into firing position and thunks a shot at the Drugar Kenji hit. "Guess it's the old fashioned way, then." He smirks. [ Twang-thunk, the arrow hits home! The duergar's still standing, tho. ] [ Go, Istvan! ] * Istvan charges the duregar Seylin hit, and swings his war pick underhand as he runs, almost like a golf club, at said duregar's torso. ( FORE! ) [ Istvan slams his flaming pick into the Duergar Seylin hit! Mind if he plays through? ] [ Will, go! ] * Will , still hiding behind Vall, clasps his hand together and prays to Bahumut. *Casts Prayer* [ Surprise round is over! Kenji, go! ] * HKenji steps forward and keeps applying katana to dwarf. [ Kenji cuts down Dwarf! ] [ Vall, Go! ] * Vall fires three more arrows at the red (rapid shot, full attack option) [ Thunk thunk thunk! Ow! But the dwarf still stands. ] [ Tia, GOOOO!!!!! ] * Tia pulls her axe out of the cleaved Duergar, quickly smears some gore off her face, and chops down on the next nearest Duergar. [ Tia cuts deep into the next Duergar, but not deep enough to kill, sadly. From his screaming, tho, it sure doesn't feel good. ] Someone put that poor thing out of our misery. [ The Duergar draw hammers and attack! Several mob Tia to no avail, and two each attack Kenji, Seylin, and Istvan; only Seylin takes a hit, since dice hates Duergar today. ] * Seylin cries out. "Ouch!" She's looking a bit hurt now. * Patrick glares over in Seylin's direction. *Who* hit her? [ The Durzog looks around, then walks calmly over to Istvan and slaps him on the back, producing a large shock. ] * Istvan winces, and spasms briefly. [ Go, Seylin! ] * Seylin takes a deep breath and comes around for another try at the Duergar she went for last time. [ Seylin spins! She looks pretty doing so, but misses the mean ol' Duergar. ] [ The Orcs look very nervous, but go for their axes anyway, drawing them very, very slowly. "Uhm, we'z helps youse, masters," says one of them, and the others all nod, but it's not really that convincing. ] [ Ariake, go! ] * Ariake frowns at the Durzog, and casts Bestow Curse on him. [ Ariake seeks to return the favor, slapping the Durzog on the back of the head! The Durzog makes a face, glowing with the energies of the spell... which disipates before it has an effect. ] [ Go, Patrick! ] * Patrick turns his attention to the ones that Seylin and Tia are fighting. He flips the arrows in his hand one at a time as he unleashes a flight of three arrows in that direction... [ Thunkthunk, thunk! Another one bites the dust! o/` ] [ Go, Istvan! ] * Istvan growls, winds up, and swings for the Durezog, flames on his war pick active because he really did say the command word before his first attack. [ Istvan connects lightly with the Durzog, who scowls. The flames don't seem to bother him. ] [ Go, Will! ] [ Nevermind. Go again, Istvan! ] * Istvan rears back, spins, and swings at the duregar he'n Seylin had been working on. [ Istvan misses. Go, Will! ] * Will mutters underneath his breath, "I'll show you for hurting my friends." He raises his hand and a beam of light races towards the Durzog. *Casts Searing Light* [ Will, sadly, also misses. Go, Kenji! ] * HKenji idly notes that he's only got two duergar for himself. Totally lame. * HKenji happily begins slicing through this puny dwarven plate. [ Kenji cuts deep! But not deep enough to kill. The Duergar are tough buggers. ] [ Go, Vall! ] * Vall targets the one that was damaged earlier by Seylin's first attack, and fires. [ The Duergar takes another arrow, but refuses to die, damn his eyes. ] [ Go, Tia! ] *in orc* "Orcs! Strike back at those that enslaved you!" * Tia attacks the next nearest dwarf. * Patrick smiles. "Dude, they can understand common." (No, they understand Undercommon. o/` ) It helps if they hear it in their own language. [ Tia cleaves a stalagmite, instead, ruining it's chances of ever reaching the cieling. ] [ The Duergar fight back! Tia and Kenji both take hits, but the rest of you are fine. ] [ The Durzog, meanwhile, smiles after lining Istvan, Seylin, and Tia up in front of it, and sends a lightning bolt forth from his fingertips! ] * Istvan is fried again. He's not looking so good. [ Seylin gets out of the way in time, but Tia and Istvan get ZOTed and begin to smell of ozone. ] [ Go, Seylin! ] * Patrick glances at the lightning-person. Target aquired. [ That would be the Durzog. ] * Tia groans and sways a little. * Seylin lets out a shriek of righteous fury and goes for the Durzog, swooping down like... well, an avenging angel. [ Which she is. ] [ Seylin slashes at the Durzog, who gets cut and snarls at her, exposing a mouthful of very sharp teeth. ] * Seylin refuses to be indimidated! Really. [ The Orcs look around... and run. ] *muttered* idiots [ Go, Ariake! 8 Duergar still remain! ] What do you expect? Orcs are usually too stupid to know when to run. [ Seylin hacks into the Durzog! ] [ Ariake! Go! ] * Ariake is still hovering in the air, and draws a Gauss-Thrower. She takes aim at the Durzog, and fires off a shot. [ The steel slug slams into one of the already-dead Duergar, gibbing it! ] Tch. [ Patrick, go! ] [ Show that whippersnapper and her new-fangled device how it's done! ] * Patrick draws three arrows out of his quiever, one of them different from the other two, and fires all three at the Dugzor in rapid succession. [ The Durzog dies! And there was much rejoicing. ] * Seylin cheers. "Yeah, Patrick! Way to go!" ^_^ [ Istvan, go! ] * Ariake punches the air. "Well done!" * Istvan seems like he was just about turn around again and lay into the Durzog when it drops dead. Instead, he goes full attack on the duregar Seylin ahd he have been fighting that JUST WON'T DIE. * Will cheers. "Good Job" * Patrick grins. "Fucker down!" * Tia looks relieved that the lightning-thing has gone down. * Vall nods to Patrick. "Good work." [ Istvan kills the son of a dwarf! ] [ Will, go! ] * Will runs full speed towards the other half of the gang, leaping over a wall in the process. * Istvan mutters. "Fuck I hate this shit..." [ Will reaches the other group! Kenji, go! ] * HKenji grins as another dwarf decides he's worth fighting, and gets so distracted he doesn't bother hitting anybody! [ The dwarf seems impressed. And now it's Vall's turn! ] * Vall takes five steps back, and casts Lesser Sonic Orb at one of the Duergar facing Kenji, firing both sonic orbs at it. [ The orbs make a funny noise and damage the Duergar! ] [ Go, Tia! ] * Tia raises her axe and goes for the next dwarf available! * HKenji scowls. (I always imagined the sound to be akin to the untuned bass guitar dischord that was used in AotC for the seismic charges the Slave I was dropping) [ Tia chops into a fresh Duergar! ] [ The Duergar counterattack! The one Tia just chopped into brings his hammer up into Tia's sternum! Another Duergar attacks Tia but thunks his hammer uselessly against some particularly hard scales. Kenji is attacked by two, one of whome wallops him, and Istvan eludes the two who attack him. ] [ The last Duergar is tired of not getting to attack. ] [ Go, Seylin! ] * Seylin goes after the closest Duergar, which is presumably untouched. [ Go, Ariake! ] * Cheeseball has joined #canyonhome * Ariake aims a shot at the last Duergar, who's third in line to attack Kenji, and fires. [ Arike takes a chunk out of the bullwark! ] [ Patrick, go! ] * HKenji blinks as a hyperfast slug of metal zips past his nose. * Patrick hmmms... And decides to let Kenji have his honor thing and unleash arrowed death upon the baddies Seylin and co. are wasting. [ Patrick kills the Duergar Tia hit! ] * Patrick grins as one arrow flies past. He ment to do that. ~_^ * Cheeseball flashes Patrick a bloody grin. * Cheeseball is now known as Tia * Tia flashes Patrick a bloody grin, rather. [ Istvan, GO! ] * Istvan turns towards the duregar Patrick's second arrow hit, and goes all Full Attacky on him, swinging viciously with his war pick. [ Istvan misses with his first attack, but the second slams down right through the Duergar's helmet, with the blade following the spinal column until the haft of the weapon brings it to a halt against his shoulder. A quick way to go... prolly. ] Wow! ...eww. Nice! * Tia roars approvingly. * Vall smiles, appraising the odds. * Istvan just scowls at the dead duregar. [ Go, Will! ] * Will frowns in concentration as intense healing energy gathers in his hands. The hands flare up brightly as he releases all of the energy into Tia. *casts Cure Critical Wounds* * Tia feels better. "Thanks, Will." * Will smiles, "You’re welcome, Tia." [ Go, Kenji! ] * HKenji is mightily angered that one of his dwarves decided to abandon him, and makes his anger sharply known. [ Kenji cuts down a Duergar! Go, Vall! ] [ Five duergar remain; two near Kenji, three near the cluster of TiaSeylinIstvanWill. ] * Vall moves towards the group of three, and fires at the nearest one. [ Thunk goes the arrow! ] [ Go, Tia! ] * Tia , looking slightly less toasty now, roars again and goes after the dwarf that Vall just hit. [ Tia slices the dwarf! But not enough to kill him, although he probably wishes she had. ] (finish him!) [ The dwarves spring into action! One whallops Will, another smacks Kenji, and the other dwarf near Kenji shoots Vall with a crossbow! ] [ Go, Seylin! ] * Seylin goes after the one that Tia and Vall worked on. [ Seylin lightly chops the duergar! [ [ He's looking ina bad way, tho. ] [ go, Ariake! ] * Ariake casts Magic Missile towards the dwarf that just shot at Vall. [ The dwarf 'achs!' in fury! ] [ Go, PAtrick! ] * Patrick fires again at various Drugar. First target is the one Tia almost-killed. [ Istvan, kill! ] * Tia gives Patrick the thumbs up as the Duergar in front of her drops dead. * Istvan limps over to the nearest duregar and attempts to take out his frustrations on it, shouting something in dwarven as he attacks. [ Istvan turns a Duergar into giblets. ] [ Will, go! ] * Will springs towards Istvan and channels healing energy quickly into Istvan before jumping back. *casts Cure Critical Wounds w/ spring attack* [ Kenji, go! ] * Istvan nods appreciatively to Will. * HKenji waves his sword in the general direction of his pair of dwarves. "So, ready to surrender yet?" [ The duergar look insulted. Vall, go! ] * Vall stands where he is, among the carnage, and fires two arrows... first, targeting the one left where Tia & co are. [ Tia, Go! ] If you surrender now, we *might* let you live. [ The Duergar shout something in Dwarven about fighting to the death and all that. ] Sounds like they want to die. [ Clearly, they are brave and stupid men. ] Do you really mean that? We take these things fairly literally. What a loss. Loss? Heh. * Tia runs at one of the dwarves still standing and slashes at him with her greataxe. [ Tia misses. ] * Tia skids to a stop past the dwarf and stamps her four paws in frustration. They're gonna fight to the death... stupid. [ The Duergar Tia missed smacks her with his hammer! Meanwhile, the one in front of Kenji smacks him. ] [ Seylin, go! ] * HKenji snorts. "Is that the best you can do? It's like I'm being pelted by children." * Tia grunts as she gets bruised. * Seylin swoops around and goes after the poor stupid Duergar that's been hanging on just a bit too long. [ Seylin misses. ;_; ] [ Go, Ariake! ] Aww, nuts! * Ariake swoops down and casts Magic Missile at the dwarf near Tia. [ The dwarf dies! 'Bout time. Two left! ] [ Go, Patrick! ] * Patrick unleashes a flight of three arrows at the Drugar that Kenji is waving his sword at. "He's not listening." ^_^ [ Uh-oh. This could be trouble. ] (esp. if the dwarf dies) [ Pat's secretly switched the live dwarf with a dead dwarf. Let's see what happens! ] [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan charges at the last duregar, though he's only able to make up about half the distance. [ Go, Will! ] * Will sighs. Gathers more healing energy and directs it again on Istvan. *Cure Light* [ Go, Kenji! ] * HKenji happily peels some armor from his other dwarf. [ Go, Vall! ] * Vall fires twice at the last(?) dwarf ( Yest, he's the last one left. ) [ Thunk. Tia, go! ] * Tia joyfully chops at the last enemy left. [ Tia run run runs, getting to her enemy and chopping! And missing, plowing into the wall of dirt. ] * Vall headshakes... Oops. I think I missed. * Tia turns around sheepishly. Yeah, that'd be a miss. ^_^ Its okay, Tia. Maybe a little less enthusiasm next time, Tia. ^_^ [ The last dwarf shoots at Kenji!... and scratches his cheek.] * Tia nods and grins. [ Seylin's turn! ] * HKenji snorts and wipes some blood off his face. * Seylin flies straight at the last dwarf. "Take this!" And she swings! [ Seylin slashes the dwarf! Which doesn't kill him. ] [ Ari! ] Aww, so close! One magic missile ought to do the trick now... * Ariake looks down at the dwarf, and smiles. "You're beginning to bore us." Fireball! * Tia claps at the sight of flames. * Patrick loves flaming death. Never woulda thunk. ~_^ Well, that works, too. [ The Duergar DIES! KABLOOEY! ] [ Combat over! ] * HKenji inhales deeply as the fireball stops just short of his nose. * Seylin lands and flashes Ariake a victory sign. "Done with style!" * Ariake bows. "Thank you. Well done, everyone!" * Patrick poses dramatically in front of the fireball! * Tia cheers and jumps up and down. She is still smeared and splattered all over with random Duergar blood and bits. * Seylin then stumbles a little as the wound she took in this battle and the one she took earlier finally make themselves known. "And ow." * Istvan stops in his tracks, a few steps before he would've run right into the fireball. "... like those better from the outside, definately." Well. That was exceptionally spectacular. * Will cheers. "Good job guys!" * Patrick runs over to Seylin. "You okay there?" ^_^ * HKenji flicks the blood from his blade and resheathes it with one smooth motion. * Tia joins everyone else, grinning widely. Yeah, I'll be fine. A little healing might be nice, but I'll be okay a bit longer. ^_^ * Istvan mutters something in dwarven, and the flames on his pick brighten in intensity, burning off all the gore before they flicker out. * Vall unstrings his bow, and slides it into his quiver. "We should find a place to rest and heal up." * Tia wipes off her axe on a random corpse, though the rest of her is still terribly filthy. Yeah. Resting definately in order here. * Patrick pats Seylin on the back lightly. "Nice job there." He winks. * HKenji shrugs. "If you need it." * Tia yawns and gingerly rubs at a bruise on her rump with a wingtip. * Seylin grins at Patrick. "Thanks! And you were fantastic! Show-off." She pokes him lightly in the ribs. I got hit with a goddamn lightning bolt. Damn right I need it. *rubs neck* I liked the fire, Ari. It was pretty. * Ariake stows her gaussthrower and stretches. * Ariake grins. "Thanks!" * Patrick grins. "Can I help it if I'm good?" ^_^ * HKenji walks over to the goods that the caravan was transporting and begins inspecting it. Yes. * Istvan wanders over to Will. "Thanks for the healing. Was in a bad way out there." * Seylin sticks her tongue out at him. * Vall heads over with Kenji. Rest if you need it, if you don't, then look around for anything of interest. I'm bloody. Can I take a bath? Don't do that too much. Your face might freeze that way. * Ariake heads over to look, too. Maybe if the cleric can conjure up some water to soak you in. * Will grins. "Anytime. Tell me if you need more too." * Seylin giggles. "C'mon, let's go join the others!" [ Session end! ]