Slime Salad

Kalar holds out his holy symbol, focusing divine energy into it. He then wills it forth, summoning up a wyvern zombie into the air to help in fighting off the flying uglies.


Kalar Concentration bonus: +12
Spell level: 4th

Stumpy saw the bug coming. He wasn't sure he'd be able to against the hideous flying devil, but he was going to do something. The flying enemy came right at Stumpy. Stumpy stood firm, but the bug dug it's needle like mouth into him just the same. Stumpy flailed at the bug in vain. The bug was too fast for him. Stumpy knew he could never defeat this monster, but he would die trying.
At least, Stumpy thought he would die trying. Soon after he was bitten, Voulton came rushing in and cleaved the bug in half in one swing. Voulton looked over at Stumpy's wound with brief concern, but never took his mind fully from battle. Voulton looked around for another target.
Kalar began summoning a zombie wyvern. As he did, he finally got a clear look at the flying bugs. They didn't look like the other creatures at all. Kalar recognized these things. They were Kocrachons. Diabolic devil insects known for their extreme love for torture.
Then Kalar's skull watch spell began to shriek. The approaching bugs stopped and looked at the shrieking skull. They began to shriek back at it. Rachelle was so close to the two sources of shrieking that she lost her ability to hear.
Rachelle, now deaf, looked around the corner at the shrieking bugs. She had removed the amulet and could feel the full power of her weapon once again. She knew she would soon need to use it. The large bug like creature looked very nasty. She hoped she was nastier.
Lynda finished off the creature she had hit before. She felt very proud of herself, at first. Then two of the Kocrachons struck at her. She felt the sharp pain as the first one dug into her. The pain caused her to lose focus and she slipped into her ghost-like state. The second bug also stabbed into her, despite her normal immunity to such attacks while in this state. Her wounds from the bites felt terrible, as if very tiny creatures where crawling around in them.
Rob rushed towards the battle. He watched as Kalar battled in the air with one of hideous bugs. The bug seemed to cast a spell, much to Rob and Kalar's surprise. The bug flew in and touched Kalar with keen dexterity. Healing light shot through Kalar. It caused him to lose his spell as well as causing a good deal of damage to his undead body.

Lynda took 15 dmg
Stumpy took 6 dmg
Kalar took 21 dmg

Kalar curses at the pain. As Bill continues flying though, he faces the devilish bug and begins to communicate telepathically with it.


"I am Kalar Kess, servant and agent of the Archduke of the Second, Dispater. By right of conquest, I have claimed this fortress."


After that, he begins to project divine power into the communication.


"By that right and with those credentials, I demand parley to know who you are, who you serve, and by what right you intrude unprovoked."





Spell Used: Suggestion, DC 21 Will save negates.

As Bill needs to maintain a minimum speed, would he provoke an AoO as he continued flying? And if he's continuing flying, does that put Kalar out of reach of an AoO once he casts his spell?

"Damnit! We need to either take up positions in the fort or get out of here!" Voulton looks around for friends, hoping to regroup and stay alive longer. Stumpy is a major consideration. If he's tied up, Voulton will take the time to free him. "Go find Rob! I don't know what these things are, but they probably won't worry about a panicking horse till later. Tell him to think of a plan and make a signal when he does, I'll try to keep 'em off your back."

Voulton will stay true to his word, manuevering to help his other friends but defending against anything that might move towards Stumpy.

I don't know who Voulton can and can't see right now. If he can see Lynda and Rachelle, he'll move towards them and try to direct them towards Stumpy and Rob's perceived location. If Voulton can't see them, he'll head towards Kalar and if he can't see anybody, he'll just escort Stumpy for now, figuring the horse should be able to find his master. Not going out of his way to attack anyone just yet, unless they're directly threatening him or a party member. Regrouping is the #1 priority, and Voulton trusts Kalar to handle himself for the time being.

Voulton brandishes his axe and slowly backs up. "I guess it's like bees.. they seem as afraid of us as we are of them."

EDIT:

"Let's make a break for it. Grab whatever useful stuff we can, get it on the wagon, and we get the hell out of here."

Before they knew it, Rachelle and Voulton had reappeared in a completely different place. There were no bug creatures around. The camp was gone and so was the wagon. Rob rode on top of Stumpy next to them, bent down with a hand on each of their shoulders. He gave a nod towards his cape, to say he teleported them away. Right before he teleported away, Rob swore he saw Lynda at camp. Things were chaotic though, and Lynda was always a bit hard too see. Perhaps he was just wishing he saw her.
Voulton looked down at the chest he grabbed a hold of out of the wagon at the last second. He wasn't sure of all that was in it, but hoped it was important.

Meanwhile, Kalar received another jolt of divine energy from the flying devil that was chasing him. He had looked over towards the others to try to plan an escape, but they had teleported away without him.

Lynda went to gather things along with Voulton and was shocked as she found herself alone in an instant. The bug like creatures rounded the corner and stared down at her. A Large beast, a flying devil, and half a dozen dog sized bugs all readied themselves to pounce on her.


Kalar takes 18 dmg