Carla whispers, "Stay." and a pillar of fire blows up in the face of Gish and his warrior, causing a ring of fire to surround them along with the ring of runes.

Angel answers the Gish, "Funny... I was about to say the same thing. We're getting hurt for a change."

---

Minor: Sustain Stephen
Standard: Pillar of Guardian Flame v Gish, War3. Hit(29)! Hit(32)!
 dmg: 23 and if they leave the zone or attack, they take 5 fire dmg!
Minor: Sustain Cerulean Flames.

Gish HP: 124 - 23 = 101
War3 HP: 72 - 23 = 49

A gith warrior steps back and tries to bind Matt with telekinesis, but the attack fails.

Mittes flies over to Carla and heals her up a bit while Cherub flies past.  The mini Mits takes out the matrix of leadership and holds it over her head.

"Surrender!"

The matrix shoots out beams of searing energy at the enemy, burning them badly!

One of the firebelchers backs to the far corner of the room and spits magma at Cherub!  The attack hits hard!

  Matt steps out from behind women and children older than he is, and swings his hammer to strike one of the nearby warriors, catching the other with the backswing in the process.

  It's no giant explosion, but it's less HP than they had before.  (Pretend this happened before said giant laser explosions)

The team hits back harder as the Firebelcher suddenly finds crossbow bolts and eyebeams fly its way, taking away half of what it had left!

Angel turns and fires two bolts at Gish, saying, "I will gift you a choice should my team win, worthy adversary: Live and be taken prisoner? Or die in battle."

Like the beginning of combat, the bolts rip at his flesh, despite his phasing qualities.

---

Maverick free Basic Ranged v Belcher 1. Hit(27)!
 dmg: 15
Angel free Basic Ranged v Belcher 1. Miss(23)
Carla free Basic Ranged v Belcher 1. Hit(33)!
 dmg: 16
Biting Volley v Gish. CRIT(43)! CRIT(44)!
 dmg: 109 (divided by 2 = 54)
Swiftshot Crossbow v Gish. Haha bipolar miss(27)

Belcher1 HP: 55 - 15 - 16 = 24
Gish HP: 84 - 54 = 30
This message was last edited by the player at 07:38, Tue 08 Nov 2016.

Two firebelchers spew more magma at Cherub, hurting her a bit.

Maverick vanishes from sight. Next thing Gish knows, he has a little boy in his face, stabbing him and just as quickly slinking backward into the crowd of allies! The Gish feels poison saturate even his insubstantial self.

---

Minor: Go invisible
Move: Into position
Standard: Charge as Handspring Assault v Gish. Hit(31)!
 dmg: 31 / 2 = 15
 Secondary attack; Poison. Hit(35)!
  ongoing 10 poison dmg
 Shift 2 away

Gish HP: 30 - 15 = 15

One of the warriors telekinetically immobilizes cherub then flanks her with the gish.  Then the other two attack Matt, but barely do no harm.  Then the gish gasps and staggers from the poison and radiant damage.

"That was... sudden."

Slash!  *Burns*  Stab!  *Burns some more!*  Cherub falls over, and the gish chuckles, barely standing.

"worthy...  indeed."

Carla says, "Rise." and Cherub wakes up, healing.

Carla then raises her hands and throws them downward. An ion beam shoots down from the sky, through the ceiling and burns the enemies to the south!

---

Minor: Sustain Stephen
Minor: Healing Spirit on Cherub. Cherub is at 16 hp.
 14 hp to Angel
Brilliant Beacon v Firebelcher3,War1,War2. Hit(31)!, Hit(32)!, Hit(27)!
 Ongoing 10 radiant dmg (Save ends)
 Effect: Enemies in zone take -2 to attacks, defenses, and saves

Cherub HP: -6 + heal = 16
Angel HP: 52 + 14 = 66
This message was last edited by the player at 06:26, Sat 12 Nov 2016.

  Matt makes up for lost time in lackluster opening turns, by lightly thwacking (so far as you lightly thwack with a warhamer) both of the closest warriors, finally putting one of them past the cinematic point of bloodloss.

  He then follows up with a pair of pent up spite blows to the face of the more healthy warrior, taking nearly a surge value's worth with each swing.

  "Now, I'll be honest. Generally I don't hit that hard."  Must have been displeased at all the violence inflicted on his friends and his friend's relatives.

"Thanks, Carla!"

Cherub blows a kiss to her friends, healing everyone up a little.  Meanwhile Mits crouches, readying her radiant sword with a grin.  Swoosh!  She zips forward, slashing as she goes!  Her back still facing the enemy, two of them suddenly collapse.  She then swings and sends a wheel of spinning energy at the firebelcher in the corner, slicing off its tail!

The firebelcher retaliates with a perfectly aimed projectile of burning magma that slams right into Mittens' face, snapping her head back!  She then slowly rights her head forward, the ball of magma caught in her teeth.  CHOMP!  She breaks it to pieces!

"Nice try!"

Angel fires off a volley of crossbow bolts specifically to blind the enemies to the south. "Those were some nice moves, Mittens. Keep it up!"

---

Blinding Barrage v War1,2,Belch3. Hit(32)! Hit(31)! Hit(39)!
 dmg: 6 and blinded until the end of your next turn.

War 1 HP: 49 - 6 = 43 and blinded
War 2 HP: 28 - 6 = 22 and blinded
Belch3 HP: 55 - 6 = 49 and blinded
This message was last edited by the player at 07:09, Sat 12 Nov 2016.

The blind firebelcher fires and misses.  The other one spews another huge glob of magma onto the heroes!  It then shuffles closer to the fireplace.

Maverick moves to the north, hiding from the enemies to the east and fires from his hiding spot with his crossbow, only to vanish from their sight again. The firebelcher gets seriously wounded!

---

Move: North to stealth from eastern enemies.
Standard: Rogues Recovery v Belcher2. Hit(38)!
 dmg: 39
Stealth because: 42

Belcher 2 HP: 55 - 39 = 16

The gith all miss.

"Blinded?  Seriously?  Ow."

Two of them take damage just for taking their turns.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:26, Sat 12 Nov 2016.

Carla lipsinks a thank-you to Stephen before heading east and planting a battle standard that will doom the fire belchers for hiding near the fire. The room fills with a biting chill! ...that the good guys are not bothered by.

Stephen gives a bow and his forcefield dissipates before he walks to the back to continue keeping watch of the battl.

---

Minor: Sustain Brilliant Beacon.
Move: Into position.
Standard: Plant battle standard.

  Matt continues gong from Zero to Ouch on that particular Gith Warrior by dropping them with a pair shield backhands, though isn't quite able to down the other warrior.

Spin-dash of radiant kitten!  Two enemies drop!  A third then succumbs to Carla's cold!

THUNK! The last firebelcher gets a bolt directly through the eye socket into the brain.

Angel says, "You are the last one, we outnumber you, and we already took out all your allies. Are you sure you don't want to surrender?"

---

Probing Strike v Belcher 3. CRIT(41)!
 dmg: 46

Belcher 3 HP: 32 - 46 = DEAD

Maverick darts out and stabs the guy! "How about extra incentive? You can't even attack now."

The gith finds his body frozen and unable to obey his commands.

---

Stunning Strike v War4. Hit(32)!
 dmg: 32 and stunned
 Secondary attack: Hit(32)!
  ongoing 10 poison (save ends)

War4 HP: 76 - 32 = 44 and STUNNED and poisoned
This message was last edited by the player at 08:00, Sat 12 Nov 2016.

"Why would I insult you with surrender?" the gith asks in surprise, "I salute you.  But I do not surrender."

  Matt is going to take it as a sign of at least TRYING to claw his way out of his jaded ditch by not just shrugging and splattering their brains across the room in response.  "Well, cultural differences and all that.  We generally try to hope people are willing to stop smashing the helpless out of malice or code, when we get the chance.  Because you have been profesional enough to deserve the option."

Carla moves close enough to burst with radiance and quietly says, "Gabriel."

Her eldest sibling arrives and says, "Then I salute you and shall aid you to your afterlife."

He slashes the gith with a spiritual sword!

---

Move: South
Minor: Summon Gabriel.
Standard: Gabe attacks! Hit(32)!
 dmg: 18

War4 HP: 32 - 18 = 14

  Well, he tried.  Now to work towards the Gith not just awkwardly flopping over due to poison.

  He steps up, and brings the hammer down.  All these levels of experience have let Matt know how to explode someone's head, without getting his white scale armor all dirty.