[Game Thread] Clash of Flesh, Wood, and Steel

[danzooy]

you're basically talking to me and Bears npcing of the rest...

enthusiasm dies fast with my friends.

~contemplates the days of armagatron~

[bearclaw2825]

Yeah...Jesse (jstoepker) is too busy with his real life and many girlfriends, both past and present.

Oh, I mean X-Box. None of the other stuff actually exists.

[danzooy]

don't get jesses sisters mixed with his girlfriends...even though they both recieve about the same level of intimacy.

[bearclaw2825]

Ouch!!

[Admin Sedracus]

Originally Posted by danzooy

don't get jesses sisters mixed with his girlfriends...even though they both recieve about the same level of intimacy.

He only touches them when he shakes their hands?

[Conrad Windspear]

ooo.

nice one

[bearclaw2825]

[bearclaw2825]

The captain of the Vanguard, seeing his allies faltering, focuses even more on his attacks and jabs Dag straight through the elbow almost faster than the dwarf can see it coming (9 damage). He then spins, shoves Dag's parry out of the way with his shield (causing sparks to fly as the metal scrapes together) and stabs again in the cleric's neck. The wound begins bleeding profusely, but the carotid artery is still intact (10 damage). Kenichi fails to stabilize and falls closer to death at Terron's hands.

Koric attempts to mask the fire he is about to throw at Grim, but the sneaky ninja catches the motions and quickly stabs Koric in the leg, cutting through the thigh muscles and slicing several major arteries. The elf's leg begins to go numb (8 damage). The fire from the druid's hand blasts into Grim's stomach, nearly doubling him over in pain (8 damage). The hobgoblin counters in anger with his massive sword, but his hatred causes him to lose focus as the blade strikes the railing in front of Koric.

Leibter's fades back into visibility right next to Koric (the space below him on the board) but immediately disappears again to strike a DIFFERENT victim...as Bear withdraws from the captain and Jerod surveys the situation, the ranger's spleen and liver suddenly split wide open, sending bile and dark blood streaming from a gaping hole in his back and over an invisible blade before spilling to the deck. Stars explode across Jerod's vision and he nearly faints into blissful unawareness (14 damage). The pain is the ONLY thing keeping him conscious.

Seeing Kenichi's dire need, Dag retreats from combat with the fierce fencer and calls upon Moradin to bring the mage back from the jaws of death (15 HP healed). Kenichi regains consciousness, mutters a quick thanks to Dag, and pulls himself to his feet. However, the acid continues to chew away at Kenichi's facial features before finally subsiding into a harmless liquid which washes to the ground (4 damage). Meanwhile, the summoned hammer again pummels the captain with deadly efficiency (9 damage). With vengeance in mind, Jezar burns a deep hole in Terron's chest with a scorching ray. The warmage can barely keep his balance, teetering back and forth from the pain, as he feebly manipulates a small drop of water in his hand. He flips a newly created ice knife at Jezar, who simply steps out of the way. The ice shatters radially when it contacts the central mast, but no one is in range of the icy burst.

Jerod, through all the pain and loss of vital blood, sees the opening he needs as Terron's attention is broken from the battle. Pulling the bowstring back just doubles the pain coursing through the man's body, but he ignores it all and hones in on Terron. The arrow silently streaks through the air and plunges directly through Terron's neck, shattering his windpipe and snapping his neck. Terron's last word on this earth is a soft curse against his opponents as the life leaves his body. He falls, arrow still embedded in his neck, over the railing and into the murky depths which would be his grave...(Terron drops to -10 HP and is dead). Unfortunately, the pain is too much as it forces Jerod's second shot to fly high of the captain.

While Dag tends to Kenichi, he is suddenly fixated on the great volume of death and gore and pain all around him and begins to feel an odd feeling, one he hasn't experienced in quite some time...fear. Something inside him tells him he WILL NOT survive, that he should give up and run below deck while he still can. However, his experience and steeled dwarven mind quickly shake away the feeling of despair and return him to the task at hand.

On the other side, Dorn curses loudly as his spell fails to affect Dag.



Neither crew has gained the upper hand yet as fierce fighting still rages all around the combatants of this struggle to the death.

[bearclaw2825]

Post-Round 3 Battle Board:

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[Conrad Windspear]

ignore what I said before

 

PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!! Please! I'll pay you! - you take gil? I what about gp? take it, just DON'T kill me!!!

[bearclaw2825]

[bearclaw2825]

Another few seconds and the deathmatch is all over...but the captain of the faltering crew refuses to go down without a fight, jabbing Dag once again in the arm to draw blood a final time (6 damage). Kenichi, now fully revived, takes his pent-up anger out on the evil cleric, Dornean. The eldritch blast energy slams into the man's breastplate and completely knocks the wind out of him (14 damage). The warlock laughs aloud at his victim, who is now doubled over in pain, trying to catch his breath. Unfortunately, that laugh is the last thing Kenichi utters while in the land of the living.

With revenge and hatred in his eyes, Leibter once again flickers in and out of sight, and a second later Kenichi's head falls to the deck and rolls around while his lifeless body stands upright for a moment before flopping belly first to the deck (Kenichi reduced to -10 HP). Blood gushes forward, spilling all over Koric and Jezar.

Ignoring the gore with everything he has, Koric steps back and summons a lion to take his place in front of Grimtooth. The beast roars and swipes at the hobgoblin. Completely taken by surprise, Grim takes a claw to the face (8 damage) but manages to slide under the other...right into the waiting jaws of the massive cat. Grim's clavicle and shoulder bones shatter as the lion bites down...HARD (6 damage). Grim manages to pull himself free of the lion and slashes into its shank with his sword (10 damage).

Jezar racks up his first kills as he mutters a few incantations and sends fire bursting towards both Grim and Dorn. The hobgoblin tries to duck out of the way, but the flame still catches a piece of his clothing on fire (6 damage). The hobgoblin howls in pain and curses before succumbing to the darkness. He falls forward unconscious at the feet of the lion. Dorn, however, is too busy staring at a butterfly fluttering through the air to notice the fire and heat emanating towards him. The energy catches the cleric full in the face and knocks him flat on his back onto the makeshift bridge. He lies motionless, laboring just to breath.

Jerod limps backward and gulps a health potion, but the rain makes his grip slick and the vial crashes to the deck after he gets about half of it down (2 HP healed).

The crew of the Boardwine's Treasure begins to mop up the rest of the outnumbered Vanguard crew. Cries of pain and screams for mercy drown out the pattering of the steady rain that begins to fall on the two ships. Thinking his crew completely defeated and believing that the ninja has left him for dead, the captain, surrounded by four opponents and a growling lion, throws his rapier to the wooden deck in disgust. "Do what you will, worthless wastes of space."

Grim and Dorn are both alive but unconscious.