In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 119):

Thefaun collapses, but Kirpich is able to stop the bleeding.

In reply to Dionysus Dispatha (msg # 120):

Even as Balir draws blood, Snorri finally gets another cut in, but both of the axe weilders are having limited success damaging the beast.

In reply to Snorri Roslovich (msg # 121):

The elemental swi gs the pick, burying it deep, and seems to do more effective damage due to his size and the weapon type.

Aethul's attempt to stab through the heavy scales , while aimed at the vitals, fails to penetrate through the heavy armoring of the beast
The beast , now free from the burning rope, starts to dig!

He again aims between the scales at the vitals... but the creatures movements throw is effort off...


[Private to GM: 13:10, Today: Aethul rolled 14 using 3d6.  Stab to Vitals.  basically just a torso hit ... no real effect
13:11, Today: Aethul rolled 1 using 1d6.  Short sword damage. ]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 123):

"Chunky, rip that pick out and smash it's leg!"

Kirpich drags the Faun away a little, before moving closer to the beast...but not near the head.

Just to indicate intentions, Kirpich is waiting until the creatures head is underground before casting Earth to stone. Intention will be to encase the entire head in stone when the time is right. But he is not saying that...he is evaluating that situation now though.

Balir takes another swing, but mostly he clanks off the scales.

[Private to GM: He hits, and gets a point of damage through.
22:16, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 8 using 2d6+3.  Balir 2d+3 with Earthwarden.
22:12, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 8 using 3d6.  Balir Shield Block 14.
22:12, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 12 using 3d6.  Balir Axe/Mace 18 with Earthwarden - head.]

He again tries to slip his blade between the scales and stab something vital (heart, Lungs, spinal cord, arteries)


[Private to GM:  09:39, Today: Aethul rolled 5 using 3d6.  Stab to Vitals. By 11, less 3 for vitals, if not a crit
09:40, Today: Aethul rolled 4 impaling using 1d6.  Short sword damage.]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 126):

I will take that less as a vials shot than as a chinks in armor hit, allowing you to bypass DR of the large scales to do full impaling damage.

The beast dives forward and into the ground, interring its head and the first pair of legs.

In reply to The Beast of Veroigne (msg # 127):

Fine with me, every little bit helps.

As the creature starts to run, Balir flings his shield with his left hand, screaming "FEDERJUNG!!!" at the top of his lungs, before taking the strongest swing he can muster with both hands.

[Private to GM: All out attack, mighty, targeting a leg.  Let's see if we can stun this thing.  He should hit, and I rolled 2d6+5 after adding the +2 for mighty.  If he gets another point for using both hands, and/or you want me to reroll with a different dice combination, please let me know.

17:01, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 14 using 2d6+5.  Balir 2d+3 with Earthwarden +2 mighty.
17:00, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 11 using 3d6.  Balir Axe/Mace 18 with Earthwarden - all out attack mighty - leg.]

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 129):

Cleaved through to the bone, the beast's foreleg folds under it as it drives downward, leaving it stuck, and unable to dig or retreat! Its head remains buried in the earth.

Given it's lack of progress, he again aims for a chink in the armor scales and stabs again.


[Private to GM:  16:18, Today: Aethul rolled 9 using 3d6.  Stab to Vitals.  by 7 -3 for vitals
16:19, Today: Aethul rolled 4 using 1d6.  short sword damage.
16:19, Today: Aethul rolled 15 using 3d6.  Short sword damage. ]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 131):
Aiming for a chink in the armor is successful- (-10+4=-6), Aethul stabs deeplimy into the beast between its scales.

The beast struggles, trying to interr itself.

Some wounds show signs of closing.

Balir notes the wounds that appear to be healing slowly, but can't let that stop him.  With the leg behind him crippled, he moves to the next one to try and do the same to it.  They might not be able to kill the creature outright, but they could wear it down over time.  Especially if it could not adequately defend himself now.

Unfortunately, with the creature squirming around like it is, he isn't able to hit the next leg squarely.

[Private to GM: He hits, but probably not enough to cripple it.  But he will try again in a round.  :)
13:55, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 9 using 2d6+5.  Balir 2d+3 with Earthwarden +2 mighty.
13:54, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 12 using 3d6.  Balir Axe/Mace 18 with Earthwarden - all out attack mighty - leg.]

He tries to repeat his success,he puts the point between the scales and shoves, figuring it is doing some good.


[Private to GM:    13:43, Today: Aethul rolled 6 using 3d6.  Stab to Vitals. by 10 -3 for vitals
13:43, Today: Aethul rolled 2 impaling using 1d6.  short sword damage.  Guess we hit a bone... ]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 134):

Kirpich moves to the head of the beast and touches the ground, praying for Groms help to solidify the earth around the beasts head...

[Private to GM: Earth to stone, rolled 5 under skill, using about half of his fp to create a massive rock around the creatures head to suffocate it!]
This message was last edited by the player at 20:29, Tue 29 Sept 2020.

In reply to Kirpich Rockson (msg # 135):

The creature continues trying to dig itself away, even as Aethulstabs it between the chinks in its armor (vitals still have DR7) and Balir cleaves into its leg. Snorri cuts into a back leg, but is flung ba kwards as the creature tries to pull its head out of the ground.

With his sword still in the beats, Aethul attempts to cast ...

[Private to GM: He attempts to cast the Create Water spell (2 gallons) at the tip of his sword, which is still in the beast.
11:20, Today: Aethul rolled 9 using 3d6.  Made by 3]

In reply to Aethul (msg # 137):

Kirpich will solidify 4 cubic yards around the creatures head, before withdrawing, exhausted (1 fp)

"Chunky, hit it's front legs hard, to stop it pulling its head out if you can."
This message was last edited by the player at 20:33, Tue 29 Sept 2020.

Balir hits the leg in front of him again, and this time he is confident that he hit it very well.

[Private to GM: Made a bad roll for damage so I re-rolled it.
17:55, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 12 using 2d6+5.  Balir 2d+3 with Earthwarden +2 mighty.
17:54, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 8 using 3d6.  Balir 2d+3 with Earthwarden +2 mighty.
17:54, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 10 using 3d6.  Balir Axe/Mace 18 with Earthwarden - all out attack mighty - leg.]

In reply to Balir Ironhide (msg # 139):

Waterlogged, crippled in a second leg, and its head stuck in a block of concrete, the mammoth creature attempts to pull itself out of the ground.



Btw an actual vitals hit is either -3/+4=+1 with DR7 or -6 to bypass armor,bypassing armor to get vitals is -10-3+4=-9

In reply to The Beast of Veroigne (msg # 140):

Kirpich, exhausted, keeps falling back, exhorting Chunky and the others to continue smashing the creatures legs...

With a second leg flopping uselessly in front of him, Balir steps to the next leg in line, and unleashes another mighty blow.

[Private to GM: Hits, and damages.  Perfectly average for him, unfortunately.
17:53, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 11 using 2d6+5.  Balir 2d+3 with Earthwarden +2 mighty.
17:52, Today: Secret Roll: Balir Ironhide rolled 10 using 3d6.  Balir Axe/Mace 18 with Earthwarden - all out attack mighty - leg.]

My sword seems unable to do any serious damage to this beast, even when I slip past he heavy scales...

In reply to Aethul (msg # 143):

Aethul's attacks have been damaging, due to his precise aim vs scales. Balir
and Snorri  continue to do damage, despite the epic armor of the creature.


The only reason it is still standing, after beeing burnt, waterlogged, chopped, stabbed, and  skewered is because its kind is Hard to Kill.