Zan looked at Weasel and shouted the obvious, "RUN"  As he knew his spell was useless against the ghast and neither was standing toe to toe with it.

Taking off at a sprint, Zan made for the others.  He moved surprisingly quick.
(OOC: if there is anything to knock down to slow down the ghast he'll pull it over to help buy a bit more time)

Not sure what they were facing but a stinky smelling ghast was not his idea of fun.  "Uthecar, Incoming"

Zan will cast his sleep spell upon the rats if the round allows for it

myrrick readies his sword and slashes at whatever comes near him and his friends, hopefully it was only going to be the rats...

"One door at a time from now on." he remarks dryly.

In reply to Myrrick (msg # 246):

"Agreed," Kullonar replies, gripping his morningstar, awaiting the rush of rats or whatever else might be in the room. Then he hears Zan shouting and says, "Our companions need help. We can kill rats later. C'mon!"
Kullonar turns and hurries out into the hall to see what is going on...

The door is slammed shut, then slammed open again within the same breath. With a quickness born of desperation, and fighting down the nausea threatening to overwhelm him, Zan departs the scene. Suddenly alone, Weasel has just enough time to mutter, "Uh, oh," before the ghast attacks.

It is a startling display. The ghast moves with a speed and fury born from hell. Still, the young thief has terror, and not a small amount of good fortune, on his side. The ghast lunges in effort to bite Weasel, but he ducks. The ghast grasps at his opponent with the sharpened talons of a left hand, but he dodges. And finally, the ghast swings a heavy blow with his right hand, but Weasel manages to dive beneath the beast's intent.

As he does so, he pirouettes back around and finds an open spot on the ghast's back that he might tickle with his sword. Alas, fortune has failed him. As he makes to strike that vital area, sweat causes his sword to slip from his grasp and fall uselessly to the floor.

"Shit," he mutters in frustration.

Party's actions puh-leeze.

OCC: I feel like the master of melodrama today, though a hat tip to the young thief for even surviving a round.

Uthecar wheels from the rats at the warning sound of "Uthecar, Incoming." Like a frantic dog chasing after its favorite toy he moves at speed screaming like an enraged maniac towards whatever is attacking the Weasel.  He doesn't stop to consider the situation simply swinging his axe at the vile form.

09:22, Today: Uthecar Hornskin II rolled 19 To hit.
09:22, Today: Uthecar Hornskin II rolled 14 Damage.

Given it is probably cold down here, and Uthecar is using a non-magical battle axe, that would consist of roughly 97.9% iron, with the other 2.1% made up of carbon, does that constitute an iron weapon?  Why do I ask?  I recall ghasts take double damage from iron so 14 would be 21hp damage. *grinning* Always looking for the edge.

See below (after much searching):

Cold iron, mined deep underground, known for its effectiveness against fey creatures, is forged at a lower temperature to preserve its delicate properties.

I am thinking yours was a typically made weapon (though, of course, with consummate, dwarven skill).

Hell no, cold forged, folded 600 times I swear!!!


I suppose it was a long shot

OOC: LOL - I'll never fault you for trying - you'll even win one now and again, as I tend towards rules 'light.'

Myrrick will slash at the ghast with his sword, unsure if it will actually hurt the creature, but it will distract it in the very least.


09:51, Today: Myrrick rolled 5 using 1d20+1.  hit.

Seeing the undead creature, Kullonar grabs the holy symbol around his neck and brandishes it before him.
"BACK! IN THE NAME OF THE CUDGEL, BACK TO THE DARKNESS WHERE YOU BELONG!" roars the priest of St. Cuthbert.


20:56, Today: Kullonar rolled 17 using 1d20.  Turn undead.

With Uthecar charging to deal with the ghast, Zan pulls up seeing what the others had discovered, "RATS".  His only spell close at hand, he squeezed the sand between his fingers and uttered an arcane word.  (Sleep)


08:51, Today: Zan rolled 7 using 1d6+3.  reaction roll.

Having cast Protection from Evil and noting the thing that his priestly training tells him that the Ghast is too great an evil for his training and his warrior's training tells him that there is no space around the thing for him to join that fight, so he focuses on the rats.



10:28, Today: Bruno Rhunthane rolled 13 using 2d5+6.  Damage with Hammer.
10:27, Today: Bruno Rhunthane rolled 20 using 1d20+3.  Attack with Hammer.

Ooh. A critical? Does that double the damage? (I can't recall.)

Uthecar's charge has the desired affect of damaging the ghast, but it is Kullonar who scores the greatest hit when he brandishes the Unforgiving's holy symbol.

"BACK! IN THE NAME OF THE CUDGEL, BACK TO THE DARKNESS WHERE YOU BELONG!"
he shouts, and indeed, the damaged undead flees with great wailing and gnashing of teeth into the room across the way from where Kullonar stands.

As the creature passes by, each party member gets a wack, including Weasel, who has since recovered his weapon.

Bruno scores nicely, and Weasel finishes him off with fine aplomb.

The ghast lies dead, its florid gaze gone dark.

ooc: actions!

After smashing the Ghast with about as mighty a blow as his broad shoulders will permit and knowing that it was well done  Bruno gives the young thief a nod and wink when he finishes the foul creature off, "The Soul Forger blessed me and yours was a good one as well, lad"

"Now, let us finish off those rats before they perk up!"

So saying, he quickly moves to the other doorway and begins bashing the heads of the sleeping giant rats.

Kullonar sighs in relief, wiping the sweat from his forehead, as he prays silently to St. Cuthbert; thanking him for his divine power and grace. Then, the half-orc priest gathers his morning star and follows Bruno to the "rat" room and helps with the bashing of heads.

Bruno enters and finds quite the horde of giant rats still very much active. A swarm of them head first for Bruno, then they split into two groups, the second aiming for Kullonar, Scion of St Cuthbert.

In the pell mell race to protect their nest, three of the critters are thrown by their comrades in the melee - it takes them a couple of seconds to recover, so they are unable to attack. Of the others, only one doughty fellow is able to score a bite on Kullonar for a mere (1) point of damage. The critter squeals with delight on his success. Smelling blood, the rest of the next makes ready to follow suit...

ooc: Party's actions, please.

Lying on top of the nest are several snoring critters...
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Erm... Initiative and then smash a bunch?

I've corrected this, because I realized I gave myself the wrong bonus -- it should've been +1 not +3: Bruno Rhunthane rolled 2 using 1d6+1.  Initative.
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"Gah! I thought most of them had been put to sleep!" Kullonar says, smashing the rat that bit him.

01:16, Today: Kullonar rolled 16,7 using 1d20+1,2d4+1.  Morningstar attack.
01:16, Today: Kullonar rolled 5 using 1d6.  Initiative.

Myrrick will join the melee if there is room.

Uthecar takes a moment to stand in the room that the ghast fled from, using what light was available to check there is nothing else moving.

OOC:  Just for certainty of understanding, the stinky ghast fled from this room and Kullonar, towards the room where the rats are, but was killed as it made its way passed each of the characters who gave it a tap with whatever they had handy, right?

ooc: No the ghast exited the room that Zan & Weasel checked out, missed Weasel during it's attack, was hit by Uthecar outside the door that Zan opened up, then turned by Kullonar, who was standing less than 20' away. It tried to disengage and retreat back into the room, but both Bruno and Myrrick indicated an attack, both hit, and added to Uthecar's damage, did away with the fiendish undead bastard.

ooc2: there is plenty of room for the entire party in the triangular room where the rats reside. It appears to be a storeroom of sorts, hidden like the prior storeroom you most recently visited.

Please roll to hit - I am using the original initiative to keep track.

Bruno was as surprised as anyone else that the rats were not sleeping, but he wades in regardless his hammer smashing anything that tries to attack him rat or otherwise.

OOC:

21:59, Today: Bruno Rhunthane rolled 19 using 1d20+3.  Attack with Hammer.
21:59, Today: Bruno Rhunthane rolled 14 using 2d5+6.  Damage with Hammer.

ooc: To clarify, Sleep spell affects from 4-16 creatures of less than 1 HD.

In reply to The Seer (msg # 267):

OOC: Clarification unnecessary for me as Bruno knows nothing about Magic User spells, nor did he have an idea of how many there were. I just meant to post his general shock that the rats were still there to fight.

ooc: No worries, Bruno. I was clarifying for those who have magic user abilities, for their future reference.

ooc2: Things starting to get interesting now.

:)