[Game Thread] Chapter 1: Purification by Fire

[tilbert]

Realizing the Mohrg is the only real threat Novakhashtai briefly considers her offensive options and comes to the conclusion, that changing the strategy would work best. She lower her head mumbles some hardly understandable mantra Serve Planetiei, Communi! Serve Planetiei, Communi! Serve Planetiei, Communi! and the air close to the Mohrg starts to blurr, as ectoplasm in the shape of an human starts to manifest.

 

manifesting Astral Construct (2nd Level) w/ Trip special ability for 3 PP

[GrandCommander13]

"You can't keep that footwork up forever," Golk says matter-of-factly as he brings the guisarme around for another swing at the mohrg's legs.

[Nizdiz]

Stones rain down on the mohrg, followed by some taunting words from Irthos.

Niroa lunges at the creature with her rapier, shattering bone with the devastating thrust after she also taunts the skeleton.

Nova saps into her psychic abilities and pulls forth a construct from seemingly nowhere.

The mohrg can do nothing but pull itself off the ground, bracing itself for the blows surely to come from all those that surround him. "Yes, the pain. I want to feel the pain. LET ME FEEL IT!" The mohrg shouts earily.

Siege pulls his greatsword from his back and faces the ongoing conflict.

Once again, Gabriel connects with a devastating blow dealt by his morningstar.

Golk attempts to trip the skeleton once again, and succeeds. The mohrg falls with a loud crash to the ground.

Redemption enlarges Gabriel, making the paladin even more of a force to be reckoned with.

"Yesss, make him hurt." The familiar voice from before echoes up the stair case.

OOC Thats AoO for: Gabriel, Golk, Niroa, Nova's summoned construct. If he is not tripped in the AoO, he will strike Gabriel for 9 damage, and be re-tripped on Golks turn.

[Feirnon]

Niroa struck at the falling skeleton in an attempt to quickly dispatch the creature of horror. The voices echoed in her head for a moment when she pondered them. "I hope this ends soon..." she said with some worry at the possible implications of what the voices had said. "I doubt this is the true evil if there is another voice that speaks as if we are doing just what it wants. Maybe you should just use your powers if you have them to remove the creature? Purify it or something..." She was unusually calm compared to before, almost as if she no longer cared for the fight. Her feelings had returned to normal levels again.

OOC AoO from Niroa on tripped skeleton: 20 (without flanking bonus because I forgot it, so 22 with) for 5 damage. Readying an action to attack the skeleton if he's not dead after everyone's swung at it.

[Arcano]

"You want to feel the pain? I'll give you something to feel! For all those who have been slain, you shall fall!" Siege stoops low to the ground as he takes off at a dead sprint towards the large creature, bringing his blade to bear on the skeleton. The air whistles as Siege puts his force behind his blade delivering a stunning blow that was sure to cause plenty of pain for his adversary. After a good charge, Siege misjudges a step and trips over a large piece of rubble, causing him to fall on his face.

[Antebellum]

"If this creature does not fall soon, seek out the entity below. It must be powering it somehow!" Gabriel says in a booming voice due to his enlarged size. "I can hold the Mohrg at bay!" He says as he swings at the creature with the enlarged spiked head of his morningstar.

OOC Rolls Attack of Opportunity = 18 (10 damage) Attack = 15 (15 damage)

[tilbert]

With the Mohrg on the ground Novakhashtai realizes it's just a question time until the undead is destroyed once and for all. Drawing a dagger she whirls around to look after the Is it Jarrod? in the earlier posts you used another color...familiar voice. The construct swings back and its fist hails down at the Mohrg.

ooc rolls Attack: 13 Damage 8 The Construct is arrives to late for an AoO last round...

[GrandCommander13]

As the Mohrg tries to rise from the ground Golk again sweeps its legs out from under it, misses the followup strike but then cuts into the beast while it's lying on the ground. It wants us to make this beast suffer, Golk thinks. This thing it created, it is pleased by watching us try to destroy it. Golk did not know of any decent people or things which behaved like this. "Tainted," he says.

[IrishKatt]

Redemption made his way beyond the Mohrg and swung his war mace, almost certain he missed. He thinks in his head about searching for the other unknown evil below.

[icon]

Irthos pulls another jade stone from his pack and repeats the process of having it burst into flames as more stones rain down upon the skeleton.

 

casting another hail of stones on the skeleton.....

[Nizdiz]

The group pulls all of their effort into one, flawless attack onto the mohrg. Just as all attacks connect, the skeletons explodes.
BooOOOOOOOOoooooooom
The shards of bones hurt as they hit everyone in the area, nicking, cutting and stabbing at the high velocity at which they travel.

As the commotion settles, everybody realizes...they cannot move. They feel their lungs expand with air, air flow through hair. They see clouds rolling in the sky, a bird or two fly swiftly by. They hear foots steps approaching, and, Jarrod crying.

The boy was not affected.

He remains on the ground, latching onto Nova's leg, sobbing. "Not again. Just like my mommy."

Another realization, you cannot speak. No one can comfort the boy, not even with words.

"Yes, feel his pain." Every shard of bone that had embedded itself into your body burns with excruciating pain. "Do you like it?" A fully cloaked medium sized humanoid steps out of the stairwell.

He stands directly in front of the group, still frozen in place.

Those who faced away from him swiveled on the spot so that they could see.

The robed humanoid lowers its hood to reveal the obvious tiger-like qualities of a rakshasa. He scans the group with hatred.

"What do you want? What was your objective here?....... To stop me?...... To save the villagers?....... Well,..... SPEAK UP!" The shards of bone burn once again, this time followed by screams. Everyones voices are back.

OOC 1,800 XP for killing the mohrg. Anyone can speak

[tilbert]

Is this real? Standing few steps apart from the melee Novakhashtai, suffered less than her fellows from the piercing shards of bone. She tries moisten her lips with her tongue, but mouth is dry all over. Gabriel is our leader so he should speak. But is he able to speak for all of us? Novakhashtai's view wanders inevitably to Niora - sharing the ancestry with that feline abomination.

il-Yannah. I'm a Shadow Watcher. mouthing these word, she's sure, she's made her point, but the words sound hollow in her head now.

Finally her view comes to rest on Gabriel and she briefly closes her eyes.

Do not resist, Gabriels. It's me Nova. Sorry, couldn't hold it. Why wasn't the boy affected?

ooc Establish Mindlink between Gabriel and Novakhastai

[Arcano]

Realizing that everyone is able to speak again Siege makes an attempt to bring his blade down on the large feline humanoid, but to no avail. Before he was able to fully comprehend what he was saying, Siege had already made a few smart remarks towards their captor. "Well, its not as it seems. We were following this white rabbit down this hole, you see. We thought we were late for tea time, when the roof caved in on us. Its just a misunderstanding."

[Antebellum]

With the Mohrg about to be destroyed, Gabriel was ready to move down the stairs and finish off the antagonist that had destroyed this keep. Suddenly though, the creature exploded and he was paralyzed. I can think, but nothing else. A Rakshasa! I should have seen the signs! He continues to struggle without making any headway as he is turned slightly so that he is staring directly at the thing. He tries to close his eyes and look away, but he cannot and his eyes start to water.

As the vile creature speaks, a voice enters his head. I do not know! he thinks back in frustration. Perhaps it had to do with fighting its creature. he thinks more calmly. "Of course we came here to stop you! The Flame will always purify and cleanse the evil from this land." He shouts, now able to use his voice at the creatures beset. "You shall not win. You're vile Demon-gods are no match for The Flame!"

OOC If Nova was not able to establish a link, then we'll just pretend that his thoughts stayed in his own head.

[Feirnon]

Niroa held her breath when the skeleton thing erupted in an explosion of bone shards. She was held by something, so naturally she wasn't able to dodge the shards despite her uncanny feline reflexes. She cringed when she felt blood seep down her side, and screamed inwardly when the bones dug into her skin. She felt extremely weakened and on the brink of falling unconscious. Barely was she able to listen to the voice when her mind slipped in and out of the darkness. A tear streamed down her cheek from her agony.

She tried to speak after his question about pain, but she still couldn't move. Painfully, she listened to the strange voice which she hadn't been able to look at yet through her closed eyes. His questions went almost unheard through the haze of pain that had formed in her mind. The bones dug into her again, but she did not cry out in pain; she was too weak to do so. Instead, she barely remembered the person's first question but it was the only one she could grasp at the moment. With a cough, she said in a weakened voice, "The.....the p-pain is good....." She paused to breath a little before finishing her answer, "It tells.....tells me I'm still....alive, but everyone has their....limit."

She opened her eyes and looked at their attacker for the first time with her demonic crimson eye. A gasp of amazement escaped her, for she was both astonished and somewhat intrigued by the feline before her. In a very soft voice, almost in awe, she stammered, "Y-you're....y-you're....." She couldn't finish the sentence, for she had to make sense of what she was thinking. "I must be delusional from the pain. Do I....am I.....no. He's causing me pain, I shouldn't be....but am I?" Her eyes painfully looked the person up and down as if trying to make up her mind about him. Her fatigue and pain were great, but her mind was struggling to fend off what her body was telling her while her eyes wandered with curiosity and interest.

OOC Before you ask, yes she is cause she's lonely and hasn't had tail in a while because of her eye......and already has a plan in mind. Also, this was my half a devil post (number of posts).