One Short Of A Baker's Dozen
Desperate Times Call For Dog Biscuits
Early Afternoon, Warm Clear
Outside
Like an aboulomanic gopher, Pimlan pokes his soot covered head up above the chimney once again, witnessing all the things happening outside the caves. He sees the last of the zombies moving inside the cave mouth with Stobart and another red robed man interacting nearby as well.
Meinhardt, still up above the madness, sends his magical energy mass floating down below while carrying his burning stick along with it. He chucks another flask at the approaching Priest, missing him and Stobart, as the Unseen Servant lights the puddle of oil on the ground near the fallen Paladin.
When Stobart takes his opportunity to clobber the trusting Priest who turned his back on him, all he hears is his staff hitting metal armor under his blood red robe. Once his spell is finished, Stobart watches in horror as Renna, who just started climbing down the ledge, completely stops moving. As she plummets the 20 feet to the rocky ledge below, she lands next to Crobeus with a thud, neither of them moving again.
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The Priest turns back to Stobart with a perturbed expression.
"And here I thought the two of us were getting along so well." He sighs heavily.
"Since it has become dreadfully obvious to me that your group is unprepared to.....well.......do.....anything to stop us, what do you suppose I must now do to yo....." The Priests warning is suddenly cut short when Gybs javelin rips through his left shoulder, penetrating cloth, steel, and flesh, before exiting halfway through the man's body. This precise shot does not only stop the man mid sentence, it also causes him to stagger forward, momentarily dropping the staff he held in his left hand. With about 30 nearby Skeletons one short climb from being close enough to join the fight, Gyb's miracle shot could not have come at a better time.
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Inside
Bugs moves back into the dark library, trying to convince Arpad that everything is going just fine. She doesn't look so convinced, hesitating at his offer of escorting her from the cave.
"Listen. I finally got these deplorables to trust me, and right now I'm the only thing keeping the captives inside here alive. So unless you already have the necromancers head on a sword, I better stay put down here. And I can tell by the way you are slowly moving towards the chimney, like your little friend who just left....again, I don't think you even believe your own words at the moment."
Inside the cloud of noxious vapors, Daliedhur can do nothing but retch, barely able to send his feline friend away from the threat. Keya doesn't help him, instead rushing from the cloud before he too becomes immobile. The overcome Gnolls inside the danger zone are quickly killed by the remaining Skeletons, who don't seem to have any issues with the green mist. Fortunately, Tammuz is also able to resist the effects, grabbing onto Daliedhur as he too pulls back from the melee, dragging the elf along with him. They cough and spit, unable to do anything else until they can catch their breath again. While the Skeletons advance from the deadly mist, you hear the evil bastard responsible for all this calling from beyond the green haze.
"HEY! Where is everyone going? Don't you want to see the miracles I've performed on your friends?" Keya moves out in front of them, on his way to help the others, but he also needs to take a second to get his bearings after the minor poisoning.
Unaffected by the cloud, Ithrandir and Magdal rush up the steps toward the exit, rounding the corner to witness something they can't quite believe. Their comrade Loyn, or whatever is left of him, seems to be changing right before their very eyes. The Dwarf's body morphs and twists, transforming into something you can't quite explain. Initially he looks like a huge hairy dog or wolf of some kind, but with his stocky dwarven features, he ends up looking more like a stubby mangled bear.
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Suddenly filled with rage as the magical transformation runs its course, somehow healing his wounds completely, Loyn stands on his back legs and swings both clawed paws at the lead Zombie entering the cave, basically ripping the undead threat into three rotting pieces that he quickly discards on the floor of the cave to reach out for the next target. The two Gnoll guards watch this all transpire with bulged eyes, stabbing out at the Zombies as they enter, killing a second wounded monster, leaving 4 more to contend with.
Everyone who has arrived in this area can now make attacks.
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Meinhardt (MU1) AC:10 5/5 Sleep, MM, US:66
Crobeus (P1) AC:3 -3/10 Unconscious
Stobart (C2) AC:5 17/20 CLW/CLW
Gyb the Meager (M2) AC:9 8/11
Bugs Donato G (T3) AC:3 24/24
Pimlan (F1/T1) H-L AC:6 6/9
Renna (MU1/C1) Elf AC:4 3/9 CLW/CLW HELD
Loyn Shortbeard D (F2) AC:5 23/23
Keya Redd H-E (C1/R1) AC:5 10/12 Torch
Magdal (R1) AC:7 11/16
Ithrandir (F1/MU1) AC:5 7/7 Torch
Daliedhur (F1/MU1) AC:3 9/9 (Cinder AC:6 4/4)
Tammuz
2 Gnoll Fighters
