Round 14
Helhornic Blost changes the sound of his horn to three short bursts, followed by a pause, and then repeats. The Ant Lord’s forces appear to begin a withdrawl towards the west. Night Mane unchains the siege mortar team of captive humans and they careen forward towards the walls of Caston, as if driven by an unseen force. A third member of the bombard mortar crew begins loading multiple rounds into the mortar. His actions appear to be in haste.
Kopps Monn, Arath Chen, Issimo Khon and the seven remaining in the attack force shift to the west, moving in a zigzag pattern. Jet and the Chicken Jousters begin to curve towards the west also.
Luke darts through Caston and scrambles up a stairs to position himself on the defensive wall. He sights the cluster of Chicken Jousters and fires his rifle. The impact of the bullet does a mere 4 points of damage, but the wounded jouster falls off of his mount!
Luke, Rifle, [1d20+2] = 19+2 = 21, [1d12] = 4 dmg.
Kapok pauses and blasts Jet with his Mind Thrust inflicting 13 points of damage!
Mental Test = [1d20] = 19
Kapok, Mind Thrust = [1d20] = 14, [3d6] = 13 dmg.
Nor-jax chucks his last spear at Jet, negating the -1 distance penalty due to Kapok's successful attack. The mutant gorilla cannot connect with his target and the spear sails wide, striking the ground beyond the SoB!
Nor-jax, Spear = [1d20] = 3, [1d8] = 3 dmg.
Frank holds and waits for the Chicken Jousters to come in range of his grenade toss. Their trajectory carries them past and out of range, so Frank lunges forward closing the distance and throwing the scrambler grenade. Frank aims at the lead jouster, but the grenade misses and bounces 13 feet to the right of the target. When it explodes, it catches the rear two jousters in the 10ft. blast radius! All but one of the Chicken Beasts fails the save and they collapse and/or fall into the ground!
Frank, Scrambler Grenade= [1d20] = 11
Grenade Scatter = [1d10] = 3
Grenade Scatter Distance = [2d10] = 13
Chicken Beast, Save vs. Stun = [1d20] = 18
Chicken Beast, Save vs. Stun = [1d20] = 2
Chicken Jouster, Save vs. Stun = [1d20] = 7
Chicken Jouster, Save vs. Stun = [1d20] = 11
Bart clicks and clicks to determine exact range to the Chicken Jousters. He aims and fires a crossbow bolt at the fallen jousters knocked off by Luke. The bolt sails over his head and strikes the defensive wall.
Bart, Crossbow = [1d20+3] = 3+3 = 6, [1d6] = 1 dmg.
Blixx continues his vampiric drain of the bombard crew and takes a shot at Helhornic Blost with his musket. The musket is hard to steady while hovering in the air, and Blixx misses his target completely.
Blixx, Vampiric drain =[2d4] = 4
Blixx, Musket [1d20+1] = 5+1 = 6, [1d12] = 1 dmg.
Right after he fires, a strong mental presence floods his mind. Blixx looks around for the source, but doesn’t see anything from his quick glances in the limit of his night vision (60ft.)
The Ant Lord's forces are in full retreat. Mysaurus leads his group to the northwest beginning a pursuit of the enemy. The wall defenders shift west, firing at the fleeing Ant Lord scum. The wall defenders hit some of the fleeing enemy and they cry out in pain.
The bombard mortar explodes in a brilliant succession of blasts, scuttled by a crewmember.
Jet, the SoB, considers his position and decides that he cannot run the gauntlet through Caston's southern defensive zone. He stops, throws down his weapons, raises his arms and turns around to face Kapok and Nor-jax.
The fallen, wounded Chicken Jouster tries to scramble on his feet but keeps falling down in painful agony. His chicken beast mount runs free in a southwest direction between Mysaurus' group, the fleeing Ant Lord forces and the approaching bombard team captives.
Current Hit Points:
Kapok = 29
Nor-jax = 21
Blixx = 34 (20)
Frank = 63
Bart = 38
Luke = 43
End of Round 14
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