The gnome is the first to react. Thinking quickly, she moves to the staircase and pulls out the
Oil of Slipperiness from her belt pouch. Raising her hand, she then throws the flask to the ground, smashing it. The black ooze pools near the staircase, leaving a nasty surprise for anyone who attempts to enter this room.
Imani wrote:"Use that web spell on the four by the door!"
"I fear they are too large, but I shall try," the wizard replies, and he begins chanting a spell of magic.
Ulster moves south first, his blade still cackling with power. Although ogres are not draconic, the blade is still fairly potent against any creature. He slashes at the first ogre he comes across, cutting it across the knee for a glancing blow.
"Is this the plan?! Why didn't anyone warn me?!" Malika calls, quickly running for cover before she gets hurt.
Still enthralled with his own spellcasting, Jerrard continues chanting in the language of magic with his rich, Solamnic accent. "
Insolitus dari textus sihir deceptus mereka!" he intones, holding aloft a piece of webbing. At once, thick webbing begins to spread all over the front gate. Two of the ogres manage to get out of the way, but two others are ensnared. However, as ogres are so large and strong, they begin tearing through it fairly quickly. "Alas, as I feared--it won't hold them for very long!" he warns.
Eridan snarls. "Your pitiful magic is of no consequence. Allow me to show you real power--the power of dragons!" Eridan begins chanting in the same spidery language. "
Bentuk api-kendala dalam imbas!" he intones, making the proper gestures. At once, a massive wall of flame springs up around Babushka, Jerrard and Imani, encircling them entirely. Intense heat washes over the three of them, burning them lightly.
Eridan laughs. "Trapped! I will enjoy watching you slowly burn to death! There is no power of this world that can best my--what?!" The aurak's gloating is suddenly cut off when a soft blue mist begins to form around the flames, extinguishing them.
As the fire's roar dies down, Lucas' voice can be heard from behind the party. He stands proudly, head high, and arms raised as he prays. His eyes glow with a soft blue light. "Mishakal, Bringer of Light, I call upon your power to cleanse this room of all evil magic!"
"You dare invoke that name in my presence! Slave, I order to you to stop at once!" Eridan commands, nearly mad with fury.
As the last of the flames vanish, the light fades from the half-elf's eyes, but he does not flinch at the aurak's commands. "Even the power of a dragon is nothing compared to the power of a goddess. I bow to you no longer, Eridan!"
Now free from the fire, Imani moves forward, her twin scimitars at the ready, toward Eridan. As she guessed, the two ogres guarding him move to intercept. She slices at the first one, cutting deeply with both blades. The ogres counter attack, but she deftly dances aside from their large, clumsy blades.
The two remaining ogres who were not ensnared by the webbing move toward Ulster. He is nowhere near as fast or agile as Imani, but his magical plate mail and his trusty shield deflect the oversized swords as easily as if they were daggers.
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Initiative
Imani (1d10+5): 13
Babushka (
1d10+3): 5
Ulster (
1d10+3): 7
Malika (
1d10+3): 10
Jerrard (
1d10+2): 11
Lucas (
1d10+6): 10 (+2 holding)
Ogre 01 (
1d10+10): 20
Ogre 02 (
1d10+10): 16
Ogre 03 (
1d10+10): 14
Ogre 04 (
1d10+10): 19
Ogre 07 (
1d10+10): 18
Ogre 08 (
1d10+10): 15
Eridan (
1d10+4): 11
Round 1!
Babushka moves five feet to the northeast and smashes her
Oil of Slipperiness onto the ground in front of the staircase, then draws her
Longtooth Dagger.
Ulster moves 20 feet south and attacks Ogre 04 with his Dragon Slaying (+2) long sword with great skill (+1) (
1d20+3): 14, bare hit for (
1d12+4): 5 damage.
Malika moves 25 feet around Imani, to the north, to take cover.
Jerrard casts
Web, creating a webbing around Ogres 01, 02, 03 and 04.
----Ogre 01 makes a saving throw vs. spell (
1d20): 16, pass. He is not stuck.
----Ogre 02 makes a saving throw vs. spell (
1d20): 16, pass. He is not stuck.
----Ogre 03 makes a saving throw vs. spell (
1d20): 7, fail. He is stuck.
----Ogre 04 makes a saving throw vs. spell (
1d20): 8, fail. He is stuck.
Eridan casts
Wall of Fire, surrounding Imani, Babushka and Jerrard with a wall of fire that radiates intense heat at them from all sides. All three of them take (
2d4): 5 damage.
Lucas casts
Dispel Magic on the Wall of Fire [13] (
1d20): 19, pass.
The Wall of Fire is dispelled.
Imani moves 5 feet north and then 10 feet east and attacks Ogre 07 with her magical (+3) scimitar with great skill (+1) (1d20+4): 22, hit for (1d8+5): 8 damage. She then attacks with her mundane scimitar with great skill (+1) (1d20+1): 13, hit for (1d8): 3 damage.
Ogre 03 breaks through 2 feet of webbing; has 8 feet remaining.
Ogre 08 moves 10 feet north and attacks Imani with his great sword with excellent strength (+2) (
1d20+2): 10, miss.
Ogre 02 moves 10 feet north and attacks Ulster with his great sword with excellent strength (+2) against his plate mail (-3) (
1d20-1): 15, miss.
Ogre 07 attacks Imani with his great sword with excellent strength (+2) (
1d20+2): 10, miss.
Ogre 04 breaks through 2 feet of webbing, has 8 feet remaining.
Ogre 01 moves 15 feet north, then 5 feet east and attacks Ulster with his great sword with excellent strength (+2) against his plate mail (-3) (
1d20-1): 13, miss.
(OOC: Anyone stepping in the oil has a 95% chance of slipping.)