Phelan stared in horror at what looked like it could become an utter slaughter... Then he discarded that terror behind a mask and began barking out in his native tongue.

Shortly after his words rang out over the battlefield, he switched to Common, almost casually evading the attack on him as Amare grunted in pain from the hit. "We need to take them down quickly; hopefully they should not be very durable. Amare, anything you can do to assist the retreat, do it; and try to get Jubei better positioned. Be careful with your rift."

The Narayah casually slid around the sword, not letting it get an attack in as he slammed his wand out in the direction of one of the injured Narayah. Inhaling deeply, he repeated the action at one of the others. Both gained that familiar shell of sonic energy that exploded out at nearby weapons.

Then his hands quickly stored the wand in his cape and pulled out his crossbow, quickly loading it and focusing at the Narayah on the battlefield.

Move action: Shift to U13

Standard Action: Thundering Armor
Target: N6
Effect: +1 Power bonus to AC
Secondary Target: AW6
Attack: 18 vs Fort
Hit: 10 (5) Thunder damage and target is pushed back 3 squares (to L13).

Action Point
Standard Action: Thundering Armor
Target: N15
Effect: +1 Power bonus to AC
Secondary Target: AW15
Attack: 14 vs Fort
Hit: 9 (4) Thunder damage and target is pushed back 3 squares (to L21)

Free Action: Fast Hands
Effect: Store wand

Free Action: Deep Pocket Cloak
Effect: Draw Superior Crossbow

CONTINGENCY: Shocking Feedback
Trigger: Injured Narayah in the west hit
Target: Triggering enemy
Attack: 26 vs AC
Hit: 21 (10) electric damage and ally gains Resist 5 all against the attack

Amare reeled slightly from the blow of the sword, but gave a weary nod to Phelan. Carefully he stepped out of range of one of the swords, unfortunately not able to be afar from both, before bringing out his rod.

With one gesture Jubei was galvanised to quickly move to his current destination. With another, a tall pillar of lightning exploded into exist in the mass of Narayah and weapons in the west. The crackles of lightning seemed to ignore the Narayah but instead reach menacingly toward the constructs. At the same time, however, the human left himself open to an attack from the nearby weapon.

 Phelan barked a few more quick words toward the Narayah as the pillar formed.

Move: Shift to U14

Swift: Knack for Success
Target: Jubei
Effect: Target can shift up to two squares as a free action

Standard: Storm Pillar
Target: K15
Effect: Enemies entering a square adjacent to the pillar take 1d6+6 lightning damage. Lasts until end of next turn.
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It took but a moment for Jubei to realize the situation they were in, and that a lot of more or less defenseless Narayah needed his help.

Aided by whatever it was that Amare had done, he managed to deftly avoid and bring himself out of harms way of the animated weapon that had assaulted him. Not that he wouldn't have taken the safety of other's over his own regardless.

Shift from Knack for Success:
From W-X 11-12 to Y-Z 13-14

Move Action:

From Y-Z 13-14 along AA-AB 15-16 to AD-AE 15-16.
Provoking OA from AW20

He raised his weapon skyward, calling upon divine assistance to smite the spell constructs should they dare attack the defenseless.


Minor Action: Call of Challenge
Burst 3
Targets:
AW10, AW8, AW16, AW20, AW11, AW17, AW5
Targets are affected by Divine Sanction until the end of Jubei's next turn.
Taking 3 radiant damage if they do not include Jubei in their attack.


Then he brought his weapon to bear upon the animated spear that attacked the narayah next to him.

Standard Action: Virtous Strike
Target: AW11
Attack: 19 vs AC
Hit: 5 radiant
Jubei gains +2 to saving throws until start of his next turn.
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    Striking back against the sudden onslaught the enchanted weapons reveal an insidious trick.  As the magic which sustains them burns out the weapon shoots wildly in a desperate final attack against its target.
Immediate Reactions:
Immediate Reaction from AW24 which attacks with Final Jab against Cebakaala, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
Immediate Reaction from AW23 which attacks with Final Jab against Amare, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
Immediate Reaction from AW21 which attacks with Final Jab against Jubei, missing.
Immediate Reaction from AW11 which attacks with Final Jab against N11, hitting and dealing 4 damage.

  As Jubei rushed to bring down his holy wrath one of the whirling blades catch his flanks only to be deflected by the stone armour.
Opportunity Actions:
Opportunity attack from AW20 which attacks with Jab against Jubei, missing.

  A few brave narayah combat the murderous weapons with only their claws, some turn and run while some are frozen by fear and yet still others try to slip away.
N1 Cowers.
N2 Fight’s Back.  Attacks AW2 with Claws, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
Immediate Reaction from AW2 which attacks with Final Jab against N2, missing.
N3 Cowers.
N4 Cowers.
N5 Fight’s Back.  Attacks AW5 with Claws, missing.
N6 Fight’s Back.  Attacks AW7 with Claws, hitting and dealing 5 damage.
Immediate Reaction from AW7 which attacks with Final Jab against N7, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
N7 Fight’s Back.  Moves to 13T and attacks AW22 with Claws, hitting and dealing 3 damage.
N8 Keep’s Away.  Total Defense, N8 gains +2 to all defenses until SoNT.
N9 Flee’s.  Runs back to the narayan expedition encampment.
Opportunity attack from AW9 which attacks with Jab against N9, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
Opportunity attack from AW12 which attacks with Jab against N9, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
N9 Barely survives.
N10 Keep’s Away.  Total Defense, N10 gains +2 to all defenses until SoNT.
N11 Recovering.
N12 Fight’s Back.  Attacks AW12 with Claws, missing.
N13 Fight’s Back.  Attacks AW13 with Claws, missing.
N14 Flee’s.  Runs back to the narayan expedition encampment.
Opportunity attack from AW14 which attacks with Jab against N14, missing.
N15 Fight’s Back.  Moves to 18S and attacks with Claws, missing.
N16 Flee’s.  Runs back to the narayan expedition encampment.
N17Flee’s.  Tries to run back to the narayan expedition encampment.
Opportunity attack from AW17 which attacks with Jab against N9, hitting and dealing 4 damage.
Iron Jubei’s Divine Sanction Triggers, dealing 6 radiant damage.  N17 is knocked prone from injuries.
N18 Keep’s Away.  Total Defense, N10 gains +2 to all defenses until SoNT.
N19 Cowers.
N20 Keep’s Away.  Total Defense, N10 gains +2 to all defenses until SoNT.

End of Round 1

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Start of Round 2

    Several of the enchanted blades had been felled in the past few moments though many still remained to continue the assault.

  Willa is finally lowered onto the ground but she is still tethered to the crane by her tight harness.  She will either have to spend some time undoing it or take advantage of her gelatinous form and collapse out from the harness.  Or just remain inside it.

  The crane tower began to give way slowly under the assault of the large, floating hammer which was crashing into it.
AW 1 attacks the crane with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage.

AW 3 attacks N3 with Jab
Triggering Phelan’s Contingency: Shocking Feedback, dealing 10 electrical damage to AW3.
AW 4 attacks N4 with Jab, missing.
AW 5 attacks N5 with Jab, missing.
Iron Jubei’s Divine Sanction Triggers, dealing 6 radiant damage to AW5.
AW 8 attacks N8 with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage.
Iron Jubei’s Divine Sanction Triggers, dealing 6 radiant damage to AW8.
AW 9 retargets to N6 moving to 13O and attack with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage and shifts to 14O.
AW 10 attacks N10 with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage.
Iron Jubei’s Divine Sanction Triggers, dealing 6 radiant damage to AW10.
AW 12 attacks N12 with Jab, missing.
AW 13 attacks N13 with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage and shifting to 16L.
Amare’s Storm Pullar Triggers, dealing 6 lightning damage to AW13.
AW 14 retargets to N11 and attacks N11 with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage and shifting to 16AG.

  A weapon flew into your midst and struck at Drex, spinning around to catch you all unawares only to be light ablaze by divine fire and to fall down to the snow sizzling but lifeless.
AW 16 retargets to Drex and moves to 16V attacking with Jab, hitting and dealing 5 points of damage and shifting to 14V.
Iron Jubei’s Divine Sanction Triggers, dealing 6 radiant damage to AW16.

AW 18 attacks N18 with Jab, misses.
AW 19 attacks N19 with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage.
AW 20 attacks N20 with Jab, misses.
Iron Jubei’s Divine Sanction Triggers, dealing 6 radiant damage to AW20.
AW 22 attacks Phelan with Jab, misses.
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Heeding Phelan's suggestion, Ceba flings himself aside to stand away from immediate danger, sheathing his blades and drawing his shortbow as he did so. Taking quick aim, he loosed two arrows at the animated blades, one arrow cutting through the air to the blade fencing with the unarmed Narayah below him, and the second flashing out towards the blade above.

Move: W13 to R11
Minor: Hunter's Quarry on AW9
Attack: Twin Strike on AW9 (Switching to Bow, Quick Draw)
To Hit: DEX vs AC,  14 using 1d20+6 (Should be 15, forgot the +1 level bonus)
Damage: 9 using 1d6+3 + 1 using 1d8 (Hunter's Quarry) (Total: 5.5)
Attack 2: Twin Strike on AW4
To Hit: DEX vs AC, 16 using 1d20+7
Damage: 7 using 1d6+3 (Total: 3.5)

CONTINGENCY: Disruptive Strike
Trigger: Crane is hit
Target: Triggering enemy
Attack: DEX vs AC, 15 using 1d20+6 (Forgot the +1 again, should be 16)
Hit: 5 (2.5) piercing damage, target receives -5 to attack roll
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Seeing the weapons falling fast, Willa calmed down and decided that perhaps she didn't really need to be anywhere else right now.  Though, the one hitting the crane was scary...  She forced her curse upon it, then studied the contraption to try to determine how resilient it was.

OOC
Minor Action: Curse AW1
Free/Minor Action: Assess the condition of the Crane
17:52, Today: Willa rolled 7 using 1d20+3.  Mechanics - Cranial Dillemma.
Roll includes fate of the void

However, the Narayah's method of construction and the unusual materials they had opted to use left her unsure.  Nodding assertively to herself that big things generally stood up quite well to being banged upon by a small weapon, she turned her attention to helping the Narayah.

OOC
When AW21 died, Willa would have triggered her corrupted rod and spread her curse to every enemy within 5 squares of it.  Then as every other cursed enemy fell she would have done it again, potentially cursing every enemy on the battlefield, but 1) I forgot to post that would be what she was going to do and 2) I have no idea what order the enemies died in, so I don't know how far the curse would have spread.  Thankfully, it doesn't matter for this fight, so I'll just take the +1 Fate of the Void.  It would have been fun for rp to have Willa's influence blanket the battlefield.

Standard Action: Dire Radiance on AW4
To Hit: 19 vs Fortitude
(d20+Cha:4, +expertise:1, +Proficiency:1, +disquiet:2, +Rod of Corruption: 1)
1st Damage: 8 Radiant
(1d6+Cha:1, +enhancement:1)

Should AW1 die Willa will spread her curse to each enemy within 5 squares of it.  It there aren't any, she'll gain fate of the void.  If there are and if they die, she'll repeat this process until her pact stops triggering.
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Seeing the dying Narayah right next to his feet made Jubei pause... if only for a moment. Once more he called upon the assistance of the divine in order to save the furball from death.

Minor Action: Lay on Tail
Target: N11
Heals for Healing Surge value.

Then he was on again another had fallen and was in dire need of assistance.

Move Action
AE-AF 15-16

Standard Action: Enfeebling Strike
Attack: 24 vs AC
Hit: 13 damage
If your target is marked it gets -2 on attack rolls. Drat :V
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Phelan looked around the battlefield, taking in the current situation in a second.  He barked out a further few commands in Narayan, before setting to work. Deft paws quickly stored the crossbow in his cloak and retrieved his wand.

They also retrieved a vial from his bandolier and opened it, releasing a healing vapor over to one of the injured Narayah nearby, as his wand snapped out in the direction of another, protecting it with a barrier of sound that exploded at a nearby weapon.

Free Action: Fast Hands
Effect: Store Superior Crossbow

Free Action: Deep Pocket Cloak
Effect: Draw Master's Wand of Thundering Armor

Swift action: Healing Infusion: Curative Admixture
Target: N19
Effect: Target heals for Surge+3 HP.

Move action: Move to the square to the right of N6

Standard Action: Thundering Armor
Target: N12
Effect: Target gains a +1 power bonus to AC
Secondary target: AW12
Attack: 19 vs Fort
Hit: 12 Thunder damage and target is pushed 1 square North.

Amare looked around cautiously. He focused n his rod and a duplicate of him seemed to shimmer in existence by two of the remaining weapons. It took a threatening pose with its implement, but seemed to be waiting for something.

Swift Action: Shaped Consciousness
Effect: Summon a fragment in T20

Standard: Total Defence
Effect: +2 to all defences
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Drex surges off the attack. Seeing some of their Narayah allies in trouble he moves swiftly around all the fling weapons and tack a position behind on of the blades. Before bringing his axe to bare.

Move action: Drex moves from V15 to V20

Standard action: Overwelming Strike
Target: AW19
Attack: 19 vs AC
Hit: 12 You shift 1 square to W19 and slide the target 1 square into the space you occupied V20.

    Willa was no engineer but the crane was made of bound and latched together wood.  It seemed like it would still hold for a little while against the assault of the magical weapons.
[Willa’s attack no longer has a target so action has been changed to Total Defense.]

  With most of the magical weapons eliminated the remaining narayah fled.  Some helped gather up the wounded or the fallen and rushed back to camp with them.  Only the crane operator still remained hiding in his seat atop the crane.

End of Round 2

Start of Round 3

    Only a single weapon remained.  That one hacked away again at the crane tower only to be struck down by a shot from Cebakaala’s bow.  For that Willa received a boon from her patrons.
AW1attacked the crane with Jab, hitting and dealing 4 points of damage.
Triggering Cebakaala’s Disruptive Strike, negating the attack and dealing 2 damage to AW1.

  The fearful driver of the crane needed some encouragement to leave his seat and descend the ladder, the wood creaked ominously from the stress but it held for the moment.
N1 moved to 8AC.

  With the battle over for the moment it became readily apparent that something else was going on within the chamber.  Dry, strained cracking and creaking echoes within.  The source however was difficult to place as the interior was obscured by a thick cloud of dust.  The standing bodies were completely hidden by it and the dust cloud was spilling out into the cold air suffocating any other scent but its own.

[See Dust Cloud under battlefield effects.]

"Uuh..." Willa squeaked in confusion as the Dust flowed forward.  She wrestled with her harness to get out and called out for the others for direction..  "Mr Phelan, Sir.  Iron Jubei?  Amare? Drex?  Willa come?  Or Willa stay?"
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Seeing how the last weapon fell dead again, and hearing that something was happening at the gate, Jubei did his best to maneuver himself into a good position again.

"Willa, you best come down from there!", he called out.

Standard to Move Action:
Z-AA 13-14

Move Action:
V-W 9-10
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Willa nodded at Iron Jubei, gave one curious look back at the encroaching cloud and fled.  As she passed the Narayah near the stairs she called out: "Go run now!"  Coming to a halt near Amare she cowered and wrapped her cloak around her face, in an attempt to fend off the cloud as much as possible.

Move to bottom of stairs (I assume this to be AA10).
Standard to Move: Move to V15
Gain Shadow Walk.
16:46, Today: Willa rolled 14 using 1d20+7.  Endurance: Brace for Impact!
Includes Fate of the Void

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Ceba switched out his bow for his dual blades and rushed to stand beside Jubei, ready to meet any new threat head-on. Narrowing his eyes, sniffing carefully at the air, and perking up his fluffy ears, he sought any hint of danger.

Move: W13 to U10
Minor action: Quick Draw (switch to dual shortswords)
Action: Perception Check on dust cloud, 17 using 1d20+8.  Perceive all the things.  (can I figure out what's in there?)

Phelan, after having quickly checked the Narayah next to him over, sent them on their way and rushed back to the group, seeing the dust cloud coming.  He yelled at the crane operator in their native tongue as he stood behind Jubei, wand at the ready.

More slowly, Amare joined behind him, puppeting his fragment alongside himself.

PHELAN
Move action: Move to V13

Standard Action: Total Defence

AMARE
Move action: Move to V14

Standard Action: Total Defence

Having had experience with sandstorms in his past travels he makes a makeshift face mask, by wrapping his mantle around his head. Covering most of his face except a slit for his eyes to see through.

Full round action: Making a makeshift face cover for approach dust cloud.

Free action: Drex had to drop is weapon to do this and will have to pick it next turn. 

    The crane operator quickly made his escape even as the dust cloud blew out right on his heels.

End of Round 3

Start of Round 4

    In the growing quiet there was a growing hum and a rhythmic beating of feet as that of soldiers on march.
  Jubei and Cebakaala were the first to see the sources of this noise just as the dust cloud came upon them and their companions.
[All player characters inside the Dust Cloud, please make a DC10 Endurance check or loose 1 Move or Standard Action to a bout of coughing.  This effect will apply at the start of your turn if you are within the Dust Cloud and will persist until the cloud is dispersed.]

  Cebakaala is pummeled soundly by the iron-like fists of the walking dead which had emerged from the cloud beside him.  Jubei managed to easily weave out of the way of his smaller opponent’s blow.
???1 attacks Cebakaala with ??? and hits for 9 damage.
???2 attacks Iron Jubei with ??? and misses.
???3 attacks Cebakaala with ??? and hits for 15 damage.

  These creatures were some of the same corpses that had been arranged in small circles throughout the gatehouse.  Whether all of those dozens of corpses were foes or not was unknown.  At least though these creatures only seemed to be using their fists as weapons.  For now at least.

Ceba let out loud yelp of pain as the creature at his side slammed into him. He instinctively tried his best to breathe as calmly as possible, as if he were hunting his prey, and tried to steady his heartbeat.
Endurance: 17 using 1d20+3
He uttered a battle cry in his native language, and called out to his comrades for aid.

Minor Action: Hunter's Quarry on ??3
Standard Action: Two-Fanged Strike on ??3
Attack: 25 (CRIT!) vs AC
Damage: 14 (Max 6, +8 (WIS, STR, HQ) (7 due to Weakened)
Attack 2: 16 vs AC
Damage: 10 (8+2, WIS mod) (5 due to Weakened)


CONTINGENCY: Nimble Reversal
Trigger: A medium or large opponent attacks me, presumably going to be ??3
Action:  I evade the attack made against me and shift up to three squares in the direction from which I was attacked.

The Artificer held his breath as the dust storm hit. He frowned, staring helplessly into the cloud of sand. A quick glance behind noted Willa and Amare but that was all he could make out. A sudden bark from Ceba got his attention and he narrowed his eyes.

Shaking his head in exasperation, he closed his eyes briefly, concentrating. Mentally he drew out how the battlefield had looked before the storm rolled in.  After a few moments, he blindly reached for a vial, opping it open. The magical essence wafted into the storm, coalescing around Ceba's area and around the Narayah himself, healing some of the worst of the wounds.

Then Phelan backed up to rejoin Willa outside the cloud. "Willa... Straight ahead into the cloud. Two enemies. Maybe between 20 and 30 feet. Aim there. Be careful if you attack an area, Cebakaala is directly to the right of them." Frowning, the Narayah concentrated again, before waving pointing his wand at the cloud, releasing a burst of sonic energy.

Around Ceba, a field of sonic energy rose to protect him, exploding out at one of the attackers.

Endurance: 17

SWIFT ACTION: Healing Infusion: Curative Admixture
Target: Cebakaala
Effect: Target heals for Surge+3 HP. Do not spend a surge.

MOVE ACTION: V13->U14->U15

STANDARD ACTION: Thundering Armor
Target: Cebakaala
Effect: Target gains a +1 Power Bonus to AC
Secondary Target: ??1
Attack: 25 vs Fort
Hit: 6 Thunder damage. Not pushing the target.

Amare backed carefully out of the cloud, having ignored the choking effect of it. He nodded once, seemingly at the air as his fragmentary consciousness moved into the cloud of dust, walking up to Jubei and Ceba. "They haven't moved yet..." Real Amare murmured as he concentrated, holding the rod with both hands as he focused on it.

Suddenly a rift opened up behind Ceba and Jubei, right beside the Fake Amare. The fragmentary consciousness makes a reassuring motion if concerns are raised.

MOVE ACTION: V14->V15
Fragment: W14->W12->V11

STANDARD ACTION: Warp and Rend at U12
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Picking up his axe, Drex braises himself as moves forward into the dust cloud. Making sure he does it swiftly and stealthily as possible.

Move action: Pick up axe.

Move action: From W19 to X14 make a stealth check with movement: 28 Stealth check
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Being tall as he was, it seemed that the kaetyma had an easy enough time dealing with the dust cloud, and while it did obscure his vision, it did not impede his actions.

Endurance check: 18 using 1d20+4

Noticing that Ceba ended on the receiving end of a rather severe assault, he moved to intervene.

Move action: shift to U-V 8-9

Standard Action: Valorous Smite
Target: ??1
Attack Roll: 20 vs AC using 1d20+6
Damage Roll: 8 (oh the pain)
Hit: Each enemy within 3 squares of Jubei is subject to his Divine Sanction
??1, ??2, ??3 and any other obscured enemies within that range

Minor Action: Divine Challenge
Target: ??3
While a target is marked, it takes a –2 penalty to attack
rolls for any attack that doesn’t include you as a target.
Also, it takes 8 radiant damage the first time it makes an attack that doesn’t include you as a target before the start of your next turn.


Setup for Immediate Reaction:
Vigilant Blade's Encounter effect
Trigger: You use this power when an ally adjacent to you (Ceba) is attacked by an enemy adjacent to you.
Effect: You switch places with the ally,
and the target grants combat advantage to you until the
end of your next turn.

Willa panicked upon hearing Ceba call for help, desperate to help her new friend, but unsure about navigating the dust storm.  Then came Phelan's guiding words.  She'd never blind-cast magic before, but she vowed to do her best.

She couldn't see her foe so cursing them was out of the question.  She just had to attack and hope she had understood the directions she'd received.  Between twenty and thirty feet?  Twenty-five then...but her nerves go to her as she was not brave enough to focus all of her arcane energy into the shot that could potentially hit her friend.

She moved backwards, trying to stay ahead of the storm, carefully measuring the distance.


Standard Action: Dire Radiance on ??3 (Targeting square T10)
To Hit: 6 vs Fortitude
(d20+Cha:4, +expertise:1, +Proficiency:1, +disquiet:2, +Rod of Corruption: 1, -5 'invisible')

Move to: T18 to maintain Shadow Walk.

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    Cebakaala’s first attack expertly found its mark though his second almost missed.  Jubei’s blade struck resoundingly despite not having as great an effect upon his undead-looking doola foe as he would have liked.  The dust cloud continued to surge outward blowing over those who who had stood just outside it and beyond.

End of Round 4

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