"Can't move right now." Myarra tells Nolan.  "Trying not to get ambushed by one of your abominations of the natural order.  But I do appreciate the offer."

Still watching all around her, she is, however, quite happy that Sister Aliana was close by with the wand.

"Does anyone happen to know the orcish for Come here and die by my sword, you pathetic heaps of lizard crap?  I'd like to send a message once those guys get a bit closer."

Round 11 results----------

After hearing Myarra ask for healing assistance, Sister Aliana waves to Myarra and moves in with a wand. Francis stays with Swiftstrider as the Goliath goes after the new group of Orcs that have just arrived to the S-E. Nolan casts a Dispel Magic and the Wizard becomes visible and loses his magical aid as well. The Cult Wizard runs to get the Orcs coming from the S-W, hoping protection in numbers will help, as Thelonious runs after him to prevent that. Amara runs in to go after the Cultist, but she has some running to do if she wants to catch up. Myarra runs up to get the healing from Aliana as Silver moves next to them wondering if they were going to fight or retreat. There's going to be alot of Orcs around here very quickly and it doesn't appear that Swiftstrider has retreat in his vocabulary....

Name        Initiative   Health  Misc.
Aliana         23        34/34
Spirit Weapon  23        --/--   Duration 4 of 5
Orc 13         20        ??/??
Orc 9          20        ??/??
Orc 4          17        ??/??
Orc 8          16        ??/??
Orc 1          16        ??/??
Orc 3          15        ??/??
Orc 10         15        ??/??
Francis        14        ??/14
Cultist A      14        ??/18
Swiftstrider   14        33/82   Reckless Rage*
Nolan          14        59/59
Elemental      14        ??/09
Orc 2          14        ??/??
Orc 12         14        ??/??
Orc 7          14        ??/??
Orc 5          13        ??/??
Orc 11         13        ??/??
Orc 6          12        ??/??
Thelonious     10        47/47
Amara          10        30/30   See Invisible
Myarra         04        35/65
Silver         04        36/36

* Reckless Rage Round 6 of 10
Count down 2: 2 of 3

Cultist A = Wizard type
Cultist B = Cleric type
Cultist C = Warrior type
Cultist D = Warrior type and leader
Orcs      = Warrior types

Killed in Action:
19 Orcs
1 Human Cult Priest
2 pony sized Green Dragons
Cultist Leader
Cult Priest
Cult Warrior Lt.

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Amara decided that Thelonious, who was much closer and now could see the enemy, was going to be much better at taking the wizard out, so she stopped chasing him. With a motion, however, she did outline him in Faerie Fire so that even if he turned invisible again, he wouldn't gain concealment. She held her quarterstaff ready as she considered the approaching horde.

Watching the approaching horde, Aliana quickly shot her bow at what looked to be one of the priests.

OOC:22:38, Today: Sister Aliana Farwalker rolled 5 using 1d8+1. damage.
22:38, Today: Sister Aliana Farwalker rolled 24 using 1d20+5. bow.  (actually 22 with range modifiers)
I'm not positive of the range, but I think it's over 150 feet, so too far for my Spiritual weapon.

Since the wizard is now visible, and some distance away, Myarra feels she can let her guard down ... just a tiny fraction of inch.  Having had some of her wound healed is also a benefit, but there are still to many holes in both her and her clothing to be comfortable with.

"Thank you, Sister." she says, after waiting for Aliana to make her bow shot at the distant orcs.  "I appreciate the healing, but I'm going to go leech off of Nolan.  He can make his potions in a lazy evening, but I'm sure those wands take a lot more effort."

She pauses to finger one of the larger gaps in the side of her shirt.  "Yet another set of clothes I'm going to have to burn," she says with a sigh, as she turns away and hurries off towards Nolan.  The orcs are fair ways away, but there's no point in just letting them get any closer.

"I'll take a couple of those potions, if you're willing to part with them," she tells the wizard.  "Then we can take the afternoon off to slaughter more orcs.  Lots of fun to be had by all."

Swiftstrider saw the group of Orcs and with re-filled anger, ran into the group of them swinging his axe the whole time!

Francis was hard-pressed trying to keep up with the Goliath, but did his best to protect the big man before he was killed by that large group of Orcs...

Nolan pulls out a potion for Myarra, while watching where everyone was and what enemies were coming to them.

Thelonious knew that running away by himself would spell disaster, so he stayed with the group. Fighting with numbers was definitely better that fighting alone.

Silver moves up to the corner of the building, taking up a covered position to launch bolts at the Orcs. He waits until the orcs are well within range, before opening fire. He still wanted to see where everyone else was going to head.

Move to J-25, Hold action.

Round 12 results----------

For what seems like months passing by, Aliana shot an arrow at any of the Orcs that might look like a priest. She connects with an arrow, but the orcs keeps moving...until it and the rest of its group sees a massive shadow fly overhead. They know it's not a Dragon that they know, so they turn around and high-tail it the other way! Even Francis stops and decides that going after the Orcs might not be the wisest thing to do. The Cult wizard keeps running away towards the group of Orcs to the South-West, who in turn run away from the Green Dragon they see in the sky. Swiftstrider continues to run after the Orcs. Nolan looked around to see where the enemy was going and noted the Gargantuan Green Dragon in the sky. Giving the potion to Myarra when she showed up, Nolan waited to see what was going to happen. Thelonious decided that running after the enemy alone might not be a good thing to do, so he stayed with the group. Amara held her spell that she was going to cast, since it appeared that everyone was running away (she was thinking of doing it as well after seeing the Green Dragon in the sky). Myarra went to Nolan, who gave her a healing potion, and Silver stayed put...just because it seemed the safest thing to do at the moment, especially with the Green Dragon in the sky. The Green Dragon doesn't harm the party, but goes after the fleeing Orcs to the S-E and ruins the side of the fortress wall...

Name        Initiative   Health  Misc.
Aliana         23        34/34
Spirit Weapon  23        --/--   Duration 4 of 5
Francis        14        ??/14
Swiftstrider   14        33/82   Reckless Rage*
Nolan          14        59/59
Elemental      14        ??/09
Thelonious     10        47/47
Amara          10        30/30   See Invisible
Myarra         04        35/65
Silver         04        36/36

* Reckless Rage Round 7 of 10

Cultist A = Wizard type
Cultist B = Cleric type
Cultist C = Warrior type
Cultist D = Warrior type and leader
Orcs      = Warrior types

Killed in Action:
19 Orcs
1 Human Cult Priest
2 pony sized Green Dragons
Cultist Leader
Cult Priest
Cult Warrior Lt.

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Amara had no interest in being poisoned by a dragon, and ran toward the command building, as had been the original plan. They needed to take out the leadership to bring down this group permanently, and that is where they should be found. Not to mention, where the best loot probably was...

Sister Aliana, bow still in hand, moved to follow the others towards the main building.

"We need to keep with Swifty." Myarra tells the others, beginning to run in that direction.  "We don't want him to get overwhelmed by himself."  Still, she keeps glancing upwards at the dragon, not sure which one it might be and not wanting to get caught unawares.  Her skill and magic sword might perform well against youngsters, but she didn't much like her chances of going toe to toe with one that large.

It would be better to continue to the headquarters building and see what was inside, but she couldn't abandon her friend to his combat madness without at least one ally at his back.

Sister Aliana nodded to her darkly pretty friend, and headed after Swiftrunner.

That crazy Goliath is going to be the death of us. Or some of us. Dammit. Silver kept his thoughts mostly to himself, but did curse aloud, as the dragon showed up, and Swiftstrider ran after more orcs. Maybe this was the dragon that had helped them get into the camp? He couldn't really tell them apart very well. All he could do was hope it wouldn't turn on the party once it was done with the orcs. Baby dragons are one thing... Silver took off after Myarra, holding his loaded crossbow in position to snap a shot off if he needed to.

"Wait, stop!" Nolan told the group "You guys go check out the Command building and I'll go get Swiftstrider. I'll pass for a Cultist from a distance, while the rest of you stick out like sore thumbs."

Somewhat unsure of herself, the cleric turned to follow Nolan's advice.  He was a very wise wizard, after all.

She headed for the command center.

Myarra hesitates, slowing her pace, reluctant to abandon her friend.  But Nolan is right that he fits in much better than she can.  So reluctantly, she changes direction and sprints towards the command center instead, still keeping an eye on the dragon above.  That last thing she wants is to be swept up as a later morning meal-on-the-wing.

Silver veered off to follow the Winged Demoness, almost laughing out loud that she so willingly followed the Wizards battle orders.

So, Nolan chases after the Raging Swiftstrider to the South-East while the rest of the crew goes into the Commander's Headquarters to dispatch any cultists that might be around. The VERY large Green Dragon does not harm the group at all as it flies around scaring Orcs in the complex. The group sneaks to the front door that they previously passed by during the fight to the West. Silver, being the sneaky one of the group, stealthily looks into the room and sees a large table with chairs all around and a bunch of paper-work and maps on the walls. Also, there are banners hanging from the wall of the same symbol of the humans who attacked you outside of Daak this past week: The Cult of the Dragon. There is a statue in the South-East corner of the building with various articles of clothing hanging from it. No other doors or entrances to cellars can be seen.

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When they were all allowed into the room, the cleric stared with wide eyed wonder.
Never having ever seen an "evil lair" before, Sister Aliana was positively enchanted.
Looking at everything with the keen eye for detail that had served her so well in her previous job as a librarian, she glanced at Silver.

"Should I pack up all these maps and papers, or would you prefer I leave them be for now?"

"Remember, we're still on alert here and there's an invisible Mage running around telling everyone about us." Francis whispered as he stood near Amara

"And yet this information is as fresh as it gets.  The authorities in Soubar, or Scornubel, if necessary, would find this invaluable for fighting against this cult, Myarra replies, already starting to stack the papers into a more convenient pile.  "Plus, we might be able to scrounge up a nice finder's fee.

Ladies, let's grab what we can, but don't waste time.  Two minutes at most.  Then we need to get moving again.  Thelonious, could you keep an eye on the door?  Francis, would you mind grabbing the maps off the wall?  Aliana, now's the time to snatch and grab.  We'll look it all over later.  See, I told you a little thievery could be fun.

Silver, dear, would you take a look at that statue?  But be careful, it's mostly likely not safe."

Silver arches an eyebrow at being called "dear". He smirks, and quickly goes to check out the statue.

Silver's a little rusty. 18 Search on the statue.