As Yx'razul is about to run forward again back into battle, a curt command from Raznik stops him in his tracks,
"Hold on, Yx'raul." Stopping, begrudgingly, the eidolon looks back at his master questioningly and is obviously quite annoyed.
Felicia, still surrounded by enemies on either side, attempts to roll out of their reach, giving her some time to scramble to her feet. As she tucks in her legs to execute the roll, both festrogs swipe at her exposed back, both connecting with her flesh in a sickening ripping sound as she collapses on the spot in agonizing pain
(D17). The festrogs weren't done with her yet though. Lying prone on her stomach now, both festrogs went in for the kill on the helpless rogue, claws and teeth flashing in the light of the various spells and torches. The first places a clawed foot on the rogues back and digs its jaws into the flesh of her side, tearing greedily and using it's claw to dislodge more meat
(D17) as the second festrog is right behind, using its claw to try and get its own purchase
(D11). Felicia squirms for a moment, gasping in pain as the festrogs begin to feast on the rogue as the life leaves her body...
The remaining festrogs rush in to their new targets having been denied their previously surrounded prey, not happy with the turn of events, a primal intelligence glinting in their eyes as they find new targets and attack. One runs in to take advantage of Renard's newfound bravery placing him on the frontline and sinks its teeth into his leg and yanking back, bringing the oracle, like his allies before him, crashing to the ground with the slobbering beast looming over him
(D9). Two other strike out for Kuldar and Kilgur though the duo both deflect the attacks deftly.
"Hold on lass, I'm comin'!" Kuldar shouts as he deflects the first blow and pushes his way past the festrog to try and get to the unmoving rogue. As he passes, a clawed hand rakes across his back
(D9), stinging but not slowing him down.
"Kilgur, defend Felicia!" The dwarf makes it to one of the feasting festrogs and manages to sink his axe into it and even dodging the spray of pus though it doesn't dissuade it from continuing to feast. Kilgur follows his master's command and charges past the festrogs, who had not yet recovered from trying to reach the dwarf, and rams his tusks into festrog there, pus missing the boar.
As Raznik's spell takes effect on his eidolon, closing some of the wounds it had sustained from the beasts, it bolts off to the front line once again.
"Do these creatures have a weakness?" Raznik calls out to his companions as he contemplates the next action to take against these seemingly superior foes. Yx'razul charges the first target in sight who is still turned after lashing out at Kuldar as he rushed past and slams into it, teeth and claws tearing into flesh and causing large swaths of the pus to come shooting out of the open wounds though miraculously, the eidolon seems to keep most of it out of his mouth and off of his person. The festrog's legs give a bit but it keeps itself righted as it squirms free of the bite, the poison of the eidolon seeming to have almost taken effect.
Temnir meanwhile swears loudly as he watches Felicia get jumped by the two festrogs on the other side of the room, his voice growing a bit panicky,
"Someone do something about those damned things on her!" Taking his own advice, Temnir fires off another magic missile barrage at his same target, scorch marks appearing on the creatures back though like with Kuldar, the festrog seemed content to take the damage in stride with its meal.
"Your fight is with me devils!" Solomon cried out, desperate to get the attention off of Felicia though his words do nothing to deter the beasts.
"Temnir, keep aiding Felicia!" he cries out even as the magic missiles stream past him,
"I'm doing what I can! Get in there and get her!" With no festrog on him currently, Solomon tries a new tactic. Raising his tetsubo in the air overhead, he lets out a ringing prayer that fills the air and lets out a golden halo of light that shot forth from his wrist-bound charm, searing the flesh of the festrogs and momentarily illuminating the darkness. All but one seemed to feel the full force of the holy magic and finally, the two feasting undead, let out an unnatural screeching howl of pain and turned on Solomon, maws covered in the blood of the rogue and eyes spelling death for the paladin if they can get their claws on him.
Renard, having been flung to the ground quickly lets off a holy burst of his own though in an attempt to heal those around him, himself included, in the time that the festrog in front of him was recoiling in pain from the damaging rays from Solomon's attack.
"I can help you up, Felicia, or I can heal you again, your choice!" Hearing no reply, he begins to worry profusely that his ministrations were too late.
(OOC: Well we have our first character death of the game. We will deal with the implications and planning for her after the combat has concluded)
Initiative
20 Felicia
16 Festrogs
11 Kuldar
10 Raznik + Yx'razul + Temnir
9 Solomon
4 Renard
1 Kilgur
Party Status
Yx'razul: Full hp + Sickened - 1 rounds remaining
Felicia: Dead :( [-45 hp this round]
Everyone Else: Full hp
Status Ailments:
Sickened:
- The character takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.
Prone:
- The character is lying on the ground. A prone attacker has a –4 penalty on melee attack rolls and cannot use a ranged weapon (except for a crossbow). A prone defender gains a +4 bonus to Armor Class against ranged attacks, but takes a –4 penalty to AC against melee attacks.
Standing up is a move-equivalent action that provokes an attack of opportunity.
This message was last edited by the GM at 08:41, Thu 12 July 2012.