The Gorge of Despair
Round 3
The wind seems to be getting stronger as it whips past you through the gully. It howls in your ears like the wail of a Banshee as the battle rages on in front of you.
You see 4 more of these bird men come into view from a distance as they dive towards you from out of the sky with tremendous agility. The other two bird men begin to fly away with your bald avian guide, they climb at incredible speeds and are truly a wondrous sight to behold while in flight.
Halo calls for the others to join in his circle of protection and slowly walks towards the airy enemy. Trotter follows along as he switches weapons, wishing he himself could fly.
Monky and his new little buddy also follow suit, trying to stay within the Paladins protection while they carry on an extensive conversation with one another. Blodget decides that the bird men are trying to hurt Chewy and wants to do his part to try to stop them before they get away with him. He flings a stone at them with his sling as they depart and swacks one hard right in the ear hole with a perfect shot. The others can't believe what he's done and Monky even scolds him for it as the bird man releases his grip on Chewy and begins to plummet in wide, swirling circles to the ground.
At the same time, Thomas yells
Drop him and surrender now! at the departing marvels, calling on the powers of Joramy, but it has no affect at all on the creatures. However, when Blodgets stone knocks one of them out, Thomas gets his wish after all, as it appears that the remaining Aarakocra isn't strong enough to carry Chewy alone and they both also begin to plummet from the sky screaming in some squawky language.
The 4 incoming bird men arrive with blinding speed and can see their kinfolk falling from the sky as they all race towards them. As they close in, they see Blodget as the obvious biggest threat, and they unleash a barrage of javelins at him, three of them penetrate into him as he cries out like a child in obvious fear and pain.
14 dam
Wyntar stands there with his mouth agape, hoping that his druidic friend knows what he is doing.
Xano is determined to continue the fight with the powerful air elemental. She picks herself up again and magically blinks behind the thing, trying to discern some kind of back that she can stab with her long sword. Her attempt is futile in injuring the thing this time but she does manage to get its attention once again as it quickly spins its huge, fist-like mass around and slams into her a second time, sending her back down to the ground.
13 dam
Morgi leaves the circle of Mira's invisibility and steps towards the elemental with his ring fist extended. He questions the cloud-like mass then orders it to stop and speak with him. The thing quickly scans the immediate area and responds in a stormy voice,
First let me save these bird folk from plummeting to certain death oh ring master, then we can converse. It instantly takes off towards the falling aarakocra with blinding speed.
This whole time Mira can be heard flipping through her spell book at a rapid pace. Suddenly she becomes visible again and casts her spell of illusions just as the elemental heads towards the aarakocra. If the spell was successful or not remains a mystery to the rest of the party as they see nothing else transpire. However, the elemental doesn't get very far away from the party before it stops and stands frozen while the aarakocra get even closer to hitting the ground.
The 4 reinforcement aarakocra do not circle around for another attack but instead seem to be feverishly trying to reach their falling comrades before they hit the ground.
Actions!
Hit points:
Trotter 43/43
Halo 49/49
Xano 17/39
Thomas 46/46
Morgi 34/49
Wyntar 30/40
Monky 24/24
Mira 32/32
Blodget 42/56
