OOC: Partial update. Anybody else want to act before we resolve the outcome of Jurz's intervention?

The first ape pauses for a moment, looking back and forth between Jurz, Minmorc and Bulldust. The second ape looks like it hasn't noticed Jurz yet. The other three at the base of the pyramid look like they haven't noticed Jurz yet either and are clambering up the pyramid.

Jurz looks nervously at the great apes and keeps waving his hands in that mystic fashion.

The first ape looks like it has decided Minmorc and Bully are a much bigger threat than Jurz is.

(Probably just because of size. ;o)

With a huge grin on his face Minmorc will point down at Jurz and will mime reaching out, snatching him up, taking a bite and patting his stomach in satisfaction.

OOC: Bully, Minmorc IS the final evolution of Orc.
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OOC: which Minmorc?  The scary one or the one with the cigar?

Cruching down and peeking over the ledge, "Un.. maybez we should letz dem fight it out firsts. dey seemz angry." Ducking as one of the apes looks in his general direction.

Where there's one, two ... lots and lots of apes, there may be more !  And as of yet, Dregz doesn't know just how he's to get underground - whether through the temple at the top of the ziggurat, or maybe an opening in its base ... or even a tunnel at the back of a cave at some distance in the dense jungle.

But it might be a good time to find out ...

Leaving the bigguns to the battle, the little goblin priest, flail and Magic Stick in hand, tries to avoid the fighting and make his way into the temple, if he can do so safely and stealthily, in an effort to see if there is any obvious, or less than obvious opening that might lead him and his friends downwards.

All five of the great apes begin to rush toward the intruders at the top of the pyramid. The apes climb the 5-foot steps of the pyramid as though they were no obstacle at all.

Raven loads her crossbow and Riza her shortbow and shoot at the northernmost ape (ape 4) as it angles up the steps on their side of the pyramid. They both hit the ape, leaving it moderately wounded.

The ape (ape 2)  that was on the altar outside the temple lumbers a few feet closer to Minmorc, brushing the giant orc's greatspear aside before Minmorc gets a chance to impale it. The ape slashes at Minmorc with both hands and its claws gouge bloody gashes in his flesh, leaving Minmorc moderately wounded too. Fortunately it didn't manage to bite him as well.

Two other apes (apes 1 and 3) rush towards Bulldust but he has more time to line up his longspear at each of them as they close in and manages to seriously wound both apes. However, they both slash at him with one hand as they close in. Ape 3 manages to hit the bugbear and draws blood, leaving Bully lightly wounded.

Oopses and Arlein watch from the edge of the top step and Dregz sneaks around behind the temple looking for a way inside. Dregz doesn't find any other entrances on the north, west or east sides of the ruined temple or the pyramid itself but he does see the fifth ape clambering up the pyramid from the southeast.

OOC: Main game map updated.
Everyone is at +1 to hit and +1 on saves vs fear from Minmorc's Bless spell for 28 more rounds.

Feeling the claws tear flesh Minmorc rises to his full height and bellows "take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty Ape!" Tiny red eyes blazing with rage Minmorc will thrust Vera down with all his might.
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 She cheers as they hit Ape4 to wound him moderately hoping to dissuade him from coming closer, but it doesn't seem to detour him away.

 She aims her crossbow again at the big Ape4 and tries again to hit it before he climbs up to their location.

OOC: Partial update.

Damn dirty ape 2 is killed by a single mighty blow from giant Minmorc's greatspear.  Raven's crossbow bolt misses ape 4.

 "Awk! Dat wily monkyz! Iz get youz watez n seez!"

 She hops up and down, side to side, and bows low like she was gonna hop on over and kick the snot outta that ape thing! Then tries again to shoot her crossbow at the ape4.

Moffdust glances around fearfully knowing that those long arms could just snatch her up if she tries to make a run for it. She sees Raven's bolt fly wide "Gorillas! And youse mist?!" Her safest place is right here between Bully and Min... let them take the hits! Even better if Bully was bigger.  She stays right where she is, looking small and green next to the post(?) and takes out a wand from her haversack then points it at Bully "Bullzilla!" to make him bigger.
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Bulldust is hopping with excitement almost as much as Raven.  When Moffa makes him bigger he grows to occupy the space between himself and the apes attacking him, using his bulk to shield Moffa but having to step down onto the next lowest level.  "Leave my sister alone!" he reprimands the apes.  He whips the longspear around and jabs at wounded ape 4 but misses, even with the bonus from being on higher ground.    He braces for the apes' counterattack but still keeping the longspear levelled at ape4 in case it moves.  "Did you talk wiv dem Jurzie?  What did dey say?"
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Riza focuses along the same ape again, this time selecting a drow arrow to try and put it to sleep. Yucky brutes


10:37, Today: Riza rolled 4 using 1d4+2.  possible damage ape 4.

10:36, Today: Riza rolled 16 using 1d20+11.  shoot ape 4 drow poison arrow.

OOC: Partial update. Minmorc, Bully, Moffa, Raven and Riza have acted this round so far.

Ape 2 is dead (killed by Minmorc). Ape 4 collapses on the steps when Riza's arrow hits it and looks like it is unconscious. Minmorc and Bully are large size. Apes 1 and 3 are adjacent to Bully and Minmorc so their great spear and long spear cannot be used against those apes while they are so close. Ape 5 is still dashing up the steps toward them.

"I fink dey said dey don't like us" Jurz replies as he pulls out his dagger and heads off down the steps towards Ape 4, intent on making sure that it doesn't recover consciousness.

Seeing ape 4 go down and goblins starting to pile on top, Bulldust swings his longspear around to menace ape 5 while he waits to be pummeled by those closer.

 She squawks and tries to ready another shot but drops her arrow, gets flustered so she has to pick it up again.

Fighting these huge apes out in the open doesn't seem like a really good idea, especially for a little goblin ... so Dregz watches on worriedly, tucking the Magic Stick into his pocket so he can grasp his flail in both hands, in case he is forced to come to anyone's rescue.

One question before I finish this round and move on. The two closest apes (1 & 3) lunge forward to grapple Minmorc and Bulldust. Min and Bully both have spiked gauntlets. Are they going to drop their spears and try to fight off the apes to prevent the grapple, or hold onto their spears one-handed and punch the apes with the other fist, or ignore the grapple and try to skewer ape 5 if the closer apes fail to grapple?

Maximum opportunities to damage apes! Bully will hold spear with left, punch ape3 with right, skewer ape5 with spear if get opportunity, suffering consequences  stoically if all goes pear shaped :-)

Minmorc eagerly awaits consequences, his choice to punch the monkey went pear shaped.

Dregz circles around the upper temple building for a better view, gasping in horror as he sees the apes trying to grab his friends !

Bulldust punched ape3 for 8hp.  "Yer should've listened when Jurzie asked nicely.  Dum human!"   With steely determination he lines up ape 5 with the longspear, using the high ground to his advantage.
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