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Old Nov 2nd, 2024, 11:40 AM
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Ekaitza listened to Eaggal’s report on what he overheard the chieftains’ and chosens’ conversation in Refuge. He gave a good account of the exchange of words, especially noting their own Chief Gramak’s decision that no clan member of the Stormreach will partake in the venture. Both cousins felt fury at his cowardly decision, quick fury perhaps, without much consideration of why, because neither of them were pleased with any of his most important decisions.

Ekaitza wished to rebuild Skyreach and Clan Chief Gramak denied her requests year after year. She proposed that she pull in and smash passing trader ships against the rocks to salvage for the materials they needed with her gifts of controlling water. She knew that these ships kept a pile of heavy spheres of metal for their cannons and each one would be enough metal to melt down for thousands of nails. He forbade this and told her rebuilding was not possible. She had such a grudge against her chief, she had started to plot against him in her prayers.

What Eaggal said was that the elder Goliath - would be dragonslayer - spoke of storms and clouds and the Frostreaper’s fall. Ekaitza right then knew that she was destined, she felt those words were her call. When Eaggal saw her face, he must have read her mind, “I agree.” It was unacceptable that Stormreach have no heroes. If this mission was successful, it would be the most important and defining event of many generations for all of the Clans.

Eaggal and Ekaitza picked themselves as representatives and then got on with planning how they would intercept the formal group, uninvited and unexpected, at a location called Crystal Waters.



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The goliath heroes kept low as they crested the ridge. Their target was finally in sight after nearly a whole night of following the tracks from the cave mouth. They crept between rocks and dodged into shadows until they were close enough to close the gap to the Frostfangs in a battle rush.

They had arrived none too soon. A broad-shouldered, thick-bearded goliath with intricate, red tribal tattoos signaled with the head of his maul. "Enough! Finish this hunt, and let us return to the others."

Two warriors from each side of the circle broke off at his word, closing in on Eaggal and Ekaitza. Back to back in the center of enemies, the two Stormwardens would be hard-pressed to fight their way out, especially when if one of their opponents fell, another would fill the gap.


OOCAnd we are in combat! I will keep the combat section in spoilers since there will be a lot more information here than there was last time.

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The Frostfang warriors moved to attack their enemies, but they did so slowly, like molten wax dripping from the stump of a blown out candle, their war cries nothing but primal sounds that were stretched so long as to lose all meaning.

Initiative 20Or so they appeared to the Darkseer.

He had watched the future take place before him. He had seen the warriors’ sharp axes and their steel swords glistening in the moonlight, had heard the angry shouts turn into guttural laughter, hungry and triumphant, had smelled the fresh blood staining the snow beneath the trampling boots, and had tasted the salty tears of the ones who waited for their dear ones to return home, sorrow eclipsing the hope in their hearts.

But what he had seen would not come to pass. This was the false future decreed by the dragon, not Ungalu, the weaver of the strands of fate. The truth only passed through his lips and nothing actually happened unless first witnessed by his golden eyes.

Wrapped in a shadow that appeared alive, mimicking his moves and half-hiding him in darkness, Ungalu rushed forward, his nostrils flaring at the smell of burning flesh that only he could detect. Abruptly, he stopped, one hand raised high to reprimand the Frostfangs for their hubris, the other gently sheltering the heartcrystal in the cup of his palm.

"This hunt is indeed finished, but not with your wolf pack feasting upon the flesh of the dragon’s enemies. Look at the sparks dancing around you, leaving their searing mark upon your bodies and realize that your end is nigh. Make your peace with the clans and ask your brothers and sisters for forgiveness, for the blood oaths you have broken and the blood you have sworn to shed in the Frostreaper’s name. The fire will not spare you, but it might cleanse your sins."

Suddenly, the Darkseer’s golden irises were filled with light as flames engulfed the heartcrystal in his hand. His lips formed words that were eaten up by the roaring of the fire as the scarlet tongues arose from the many facets of the pulsing gem of power. The sudden heat lashed out at Ungalu, causing the wrinkled skin of his face to start burning up, but his will proved stronger than the fire’s wild hunger. The elements themselves heeded the arcane words and were directed by strings as powerful as the thickest and heaviest of chains. A fiery star, beautiful and deadly, passed before the goliath scout, striking the earth beside him and fireball, see belowbaptizing the land with light and heat and searing pain.

As the flames danced and the flesh blackened and peeled off, Ungalu turned towards his companions, his smile feral in his triumph.

"Leave none but the leader alive. Mercy will only cost the lives of your clan brothers and sisters. Be as the flame that consumes, thorough and relentless."

As Ungalu’s fingertips brushed over the mighty head of Uthal’s warhammer, chromatic infusion ability, see belowthe metal started glowing red, just as it had done during its creation at the heart of the forge. The Darkseer nodded, pleased.

"Fire and lightning", he said, "the siblings of destruction. May they grant you victory, Crafter."



 
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When the group came upon where the tracks led, it didn't take Galmath long to realize that they would be in for a fight. Several Goliaths from the Frostfang clan had 2 others pinned down and in a serious situation. Normally Galmath wouldn't get into a fight with those he didn't know, but the Frostfangs were the sworn allies of the wyrm. And any friends of the wyrm were certainly his enemies. The other 2 caught in the crossfire? Not his concern at the moment.

He hefted his axe and started quickly through the snow towards combat. He waited for just the right time to make his entrance and presence known, entering a Primal Rage as he got between a Scout and a Warrior, his body transforming, his tail growing thick and long, snapping this way and that. Cracks of thunder raced from him, down the snowy slope, bouncing off the walls of the mountains as he mounted his attack, his axe swinging wildly at the Goliath Warrior, at least one of the attacks cutting cleanly through armor, fur, flesh, blood and bone.

MechanicsAC 14 | HP 78/78 | Status Healthy

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Movement: Start at Q6. Move 40 feet to Q15.
Bonus Action: Enter Primal Rage. Thunderwave activated by entering rage. All creatures adjacent to me (P12, Q17) need to make DC 15 CON check. Take 7 points of damage, half on save, and be pushed 10 feet away.
Action: 3 attacks on Q15, concurrent with and in addition to entering rage.
- Attack 1: potential hit with 17 for 9 points of damage.
- Attack 2: critical hit for 22 points of damage. If both attacks hit take an extra 8 points of thunder damage.
- Attack 3: probable miss with 13 for 11 points of damage. If this attack hits take an extra 2 points of thunder damage.
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Few things have saved as many lives in the Windspire Range as fire. Some stories say the ability to create flame was a gift from Skaadi when goliaths were still new to the world. Other oral histories say an enterprising young goliath stole it from beneath Thalor's hearth. Wherever it came from, fire saved the lives of two Stormwatchers on this day as Ungalu's well-placed fireball erupted amid the Frostfangs, scorching the attackers and clearing the ground of snow in a thirty-foot area.

Immediately after the spell, a stillness blanketed the mountain's edge. No movement except for the steam rising into the night air, no sound but the gentle whistle of the wind and the crackle of a tree branch caught in the blast. Caught off-guard by the sudden magic, both hunter and prey found themselves flat-footed, but the Fangs recovered first.

A lean goliath with a bow and armor signed from the explosion stumbled over to a tree trunk to steady himself, then drew back his bow. He loosed one arrow, then a second in Ungalu's direction, piercing the ancient seer's skin despite the illusion wrapped in his cloak.

The hulking goliath with the war maul followed the scout's lead. "There," He called, ordering two goliath from the circle to prevent the new threat from interrupting the hunt.

Behind him, the rest of the war party closed on Eaggal and Ekaitza, who blocked or dodged all but two of their opponents' strikes despite being outnumbered two-to-one. Eaggal took a hard hit from a heavy club, and an axe grazed Ekaitza, but no hit was hard enough to take them out of the fight.


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Best laid plans are dropped when the battle starts. Eaggal grimaced as these words passed through his head. He and his cousins had discussed many different scenarios as they had left on their trex and a few more as they were being pursued. Once they were surrounded the options were limited. Even then multiple plans had run through his head as he considered his skills and his cousins. Webbing. A thunderous blast. A line of acid. Teleporting.

These all changed as the firewall arrived. Help was on its way. Eaggal with his back to his cousin had only two in front of him. The same for his cousin. Eaggal mind went down to the basics. Need to survive these two. His first thought. A thunderous wave? This was rejected as quickly as it arose. No, they are too strong for that.

A good old fashioned fight? Eaggal nodded his head answering his own question. He gathered thunderous energy and then jabbed out with his fist at the one on his left as he gathered some minor energy for a small shield of magical defense. Finally he set his physical shield waiting for a strike from the one he just hit; sending them back fifteen steps.



ooc Aid +10 max (55>65), +10 Temp. Pre-damage = 12. Temp = 0, HP=63. See spoilerbutton for turn.



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When the group came upon where the tracks led, it didn't take Galmath long to realize that they would be in for a fight. Several Goliaths from the Frostfang clan had 2 others pinned down and in a serious situation. Normally Galmath wouldn't get into a fight with those he didn't know, but the Frostfangs were the sworn allies of the wyrm. And any friends of the wyrm were certainly his enemies. The other 2 caught in the crossfire? Not his concern at the moment.

He hefted his axe and started quickly through the snow towards combat. He waited for just the right time to make his entrance and presence known, entering a Primal Rage as he got between a pair of Goliaths, his body transforming, his tail growing thick and long, snapping this way and that. Cracks of thunder raced from him, down the snowy slope, bouncing off the walls of the mountains as he mounted his attack, his axe swinging wildly, at least one of the attacks cutting cleanly through armor, fur, flesh, blood and bone.

MechanicsAC 14 | HP 78/78 | Status Healthy

Dice Rolls: https://www.rpgcrossing.com/showthre...05#post9933805

Movement: Start at Q6. Move 20 feet to Q10.
Bonus Action: Enter Primal Rage. Thunderwave activated by entering rage. All creatures adjacent to me (Q11, R10) need to make DC 15 CON check. Take 7 points of damage, half on save, and be pushed 10 feet away.
Action: 3 attacks, concurrent with and in addition to entering rage. Attacks will focus on Goliath 2, unless following him would open me up to Attacks of Opportunity. That is, if G2 is pushed away and G1 is not, I will focus on G1. Otherwise, follow G2 and attack that one.
- Attack 1: potential hit with 17 for 9 points of damage.
- Attack 2: critical hit for 22 points of damage. If both attacks hit take an extra 8 points of thunder damage.
- Attack 3: probable miss with 13 for 11 points of damage. If this attack hits take an extra 2 points of thunder damage.

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Two goliaths close in on Ekaitza, one weilding a large club and the other an ax. She readies to rebuke the first one to damage her with a weapon with a cry to her God Thalus for aid and defense. Ekaitza's hair and eyes and fingertips start to sparkle with static electricity as energy begins charging up. She is able to duck the first wild swing of the ax and use her shield to block the bashing of the club, but the second more measured blow of the ax gets through while she is defending herself from a clubbing, wounding her and drawing blood. A big shock of electric energy envelops the axehead when the strike lands and jumps from the axe to shock its weilder. He gets blasted from the shockwave and travels 10 feet North - from the impact in a combination of her Wrath of the Storm rebuke and her Thunderbolt Strike.

Ekaitza had just seen the battle turn, the enemy reposition, and she had just survived their first onslaught. She shouts taunts at the four nearby foes who remained to close around her and her cousin - after the fireball went off and they all one by one realized how their hunt had drastically changed. She and Eaggall quickly prove that they are no easy prey, that they have been underestimated, and the Frostfangs must now know they have just lost their advantage are now at disadvantage. They toyed and taunted for too long. She points that out. The Gods have decreed our destinies sealed. Rather than stalking us like shadows, you have woven threads of our lives together with those you tried to trap, forging an alliance that rises against your petty tyranny. Eaggal is quite used to her rantings. Ekaitza can get worked up on just about any subject. And, right now she's on full adrenlin, so she sounds amused and aggresive and triumphant and crazed all at the same time as she attempts to demoralize the Frostfangs. She's gesturing a spell at the sky with her hand while she yells, she calls forth a storm, a storm that will join the fight on her side, a warrior made of the elements that cannot be harmed and the emblem on her shield of a lightening bolt glows with magic and the sky darkens quickly. Suddenly they are all of them fighting in the shadow of a huge dark grey storm cloud, hanging ominously low overhead. It spins like a vortex and makes a sizzling sound before a lightening bolt and a crack of thunder send a shockwave of light and noise that blinds and deafens everyone for a moment. She has Called Lightening and she sends down a bolt of deadly and destructive lightening just behind and in between the two goliaths coming up at Eaggal from the other side (3 and 4).

Ekaitza is desperate to make a case for joining the dragon huntersby showing off her most destructive power to the "chosen." Why would they want weak allies who get surrounded and need help and need to be saved? She needs to show and prove her strength to these chosen dragon fighters. She wants to prove her worth. She hopes that the spellcaster that threw the fire observed and noted her spell power.

She stays put. Eaggal is so much harder to hit than she is, with his crafty magical defenses, and she wants to concentrate on this spell. He went full defense, she went full offense, yin and yang. She knows it would be smart to get behind him somehow. Maybe it will be possible soon. She puts a hand on Eaggals shoulder to let him know with a gesture, she's ready to heal.

Ekaitza gets ready to rebuke any who decide to attack her again, hoping to hold onto concentration of her powerful lightening spell. Her whole body is now crackling with electricity and rumbling with thunder, matching the energy of the dark cloud just 60 feet overhead.


 



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The enemy scout’s arrows flew through the air and the darkness, whistling behind them words of hurt and pain and blood. Ungalu heard them, but it was not in his power to deny them. This was a future he would have to accept.

A sharp pain in his shoulder made the Darkseer cry out and was quickly followed by another in his thigh. With clenched teeth, Ungalu searched blindly in the darkness, his hands touching wood that was sleek with his own blood. He pulled hard, grimacing as his old, wrinkled flesh was torn asunder to release the missiles, but refusing to succumb to something as insignificant as pain.

"Nothing but the bite of gnats", he murmured, trying to enforce a truth of his own making. If his mind accepted it, his body would too.

"Wood and metal cannot harm a servant of stone, darkness and ice!", he cried out defiantly to the archer, his eyes full of death. "No skill that you and the other willing slaves of the wyrm possess can quench my flame. It will burn hot and bright and rid the earth of your unclean presence!"

The heartcrystal stirred in his hand and as Ungalu looked inside it, he saw a sea of fire, wide and angry and full of the screams of his enemies. The Darkseer smiled and spoke the truth as he witnessed it, making it reality.

A second star was called down from the heavens and when it touched the earth, it burst in flames that were as beautiful and magnificent as the dawn, filling up the night with light, if only for a short time. Ungalu watched the red consume the ugliness and rejoiced.

What did a few flesh wounds matter before such greatness, he mused and ignored the pain as if it had never existed.



 
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While he had been eager to add his voice in support of the plan to aid the beleaguered Goliaths, now that he stood on the field of battle Uthal experienced a hint of doubt. The cold night air and frigid snow cooled his blood, causing the artisan's muscles to contract against the cold. It made his movements sluggish, which was exacerbated by the need to plod through knee-high snow. Initiative: 1Much of Uthal's momentum was lost in those first few steps, as he doubted how effective he would prove against warriors more accustomed to fighting outside.

Then a tiny orb of orange light flew past him, bringing with it a momentary warmth which thawed Uthal's limbs. The orb continued past him, towards the Frostfangs, and detonated in a fiery explosion. Fire which sang to Uthal; to him, the flames were companions whom he'd come to respect over many a year spent by the forges.

He reached out to the flame, the warmth in the air, and felt at home. Closing his eyes, the artisan allowed himself a smile, his memories transporting him back to his most joyful moments, when fire and steel were the tools with which he created his masterpieces. As Uthal focused on the fires, he became one with the flames, Cast Misty Step to appear next to the Leader on P13his body turning into a thousand embers dancing on the wind.

He drifted lazily in the air, carried by currents of heat and icy wind, then suddenly coalesced back into his usual self again. The winds had carried him to the leader of his foes- the first of the Frostfangs from which penance for the worm's sins would be extracted.

He knew Ungalu wanted the warband's leader alive, but Uthal did not yet know whether he could honour the darkseer's wishes. It was not malice which brought him to the enemy chief, nor a lust for revenge, though that spark burned brightly in the artisan's chest. No, it was simply the most expedient way to lay low this band of thieves and murderers. To make their leader an example was to rob them of their resolve. Long had these cowards relied on strong tyrants- the worm above them all. Break their leader, and the others would fall. Ungalu would need to extract his answers from one of the lesser foes.

Not wasting time mincing words, Uthal swung Stormhammer in a wide arc, attempting to Attack 1
To hit: 24
Damage: 13 (6 bludgeoning, 3 lightning, 4 fire)

Attack 2
To hit: 23
Damage: 12 (6 bludgeoning, 3 lightning, 3 fire)
bring down the hammer on his chosen opponent's head once, then again on the backswing. The discharge of power, both Stormhammer's innate magic and Ungalu's enchantment, flared up brightly, sending sparks of electricty and burning embers alike flying, lighting up the dark night. The violent flash surprised even Uthal, who pulled his punch as a result, distracted by the weapon's bright fury.

Finally, the artisan collected himself, and he called out to the two beleaguered Goliaths. 'Hold fast!' he called out. 'The frost-worm's lackeys shall prey on us no longer!'



 


 
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Shadows cast from the light of the moon, and the remnants of flames danced wildly across the mountainside as the two goliath bands slammed into one another. Charging in from the west, Galmath entered his battle rage with an explosion that knocked the two nearest warriors backward. One teetered on the cliff's edge, arms pinwheeling, before catching his balance. He reentered the fray with a roar, crossing melted snow spattered with his companion's blood and landing a thumping hit on the dragonborn with a giant spiked club.

Another detonation of arcane fire erupted just behind the two Frostfang, catching them, the warband's apparent leader, and the lone goliath archer in another blast of heat. "Bring him down!" the bearded goliath roared, gesturing towards Ungalu as the archer fired two more well-placed arrows at the ancient wizard. Any further orders were interrupted as Uthal appeared directly before him from a veil of mist.

The seasoned warrior reacted quickly, slamming his maul twice into the center of Uthal's mass. Any normal goliath would have been sent sailing down the mountain's steep slope, but the massive weapon glanced off the smith's ancient armor. He retaliated with fire and lightning-infused strikes that battered down the Frostfang's defenses.

The circle of goliaths that had surrounded Eaggal and Ekaitza was now broken. Eaggal had punched one of them nearly off the cliffside, Ekaitza had summoned a bolt of lightning that sent two others sprawling, and the final one had dashed away while the pair were distracted to help their leader against the encroaching threat. Dazed, three of the Frostfang charged the two Stormwatchers, surrounding them, and scoring a few glancing blows on the warrior cousins.


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2 notes: @Cappucina, I had your Call Lightning knock back the two goliath because I had already made the changes on the grid and in the HP when you said you didn't want to knock them back. Worked out though, because Goliath 4 had to trigger Eaggal's booming blade to rejoin combat. Cool combo.

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Inspired by the heroes who started burning and smashing their way through the Frostfangs, and pleased that she was able to keep concentrating on her spell, Ekaitza does not hold back. She does all she can to help keep the tide turning and cement a victory against the Frostfangs.

She's encased in crackling energy that sizzles, sparks, and snaps - and when a goliath gets past her defenses and wounds her it arcs off the connection - damaging him with lightening. She screams at the sky, Now! Here! and another bolt of lightening hits exactly where she wills it. It strikes behind and between the two Goliaths on her east flank and send them forward and past her, pushed by the energy of her Thunderbolt Strike! She steps below Eaggal to put two Goliaths on his side and just one on hers. She casts a quick spell and a small tornado, the size of a dust devil forms to the south of her. The tornado picks up ice chunks, dust, pebbles, and rocks and then slams into the archer scout who looks like any little damage might make him crumple and take him out of the fight. Upon impact it almost dissipates, but the discerning observer would see that it is still there and starting to reform. Ekaitza wishes to solve a problem of an archer in good position taking pot shots at her potential allies.

She now takes a breath and thinks it is time to make sure no one is in deep trouble. She checks on Eaggal. She surveys the fight.

 



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While the flames roasted his enemies alive, burning their flesh and making their blood boil, Ungalu found himself swatting at wooden flies with teeth of steel, the beasts eager to part his skin and drink deeply from his veins. Though they were too weak to undo the Darkseer’s great plan, pain and weariness started penetrating even the thick haze of fervor that surrounded him. The missiles reminded him of his own mortality so persistently that he could no longer ignore them.

He had to defend himself.

Wresting away his gaze from the still dancing flames, he surveyed the field of battle. The Frostfangs’ leader was shouting for the Darkseer’s blood, though it was unlikely that anyone would manage to pass through Galmath to reach him. The dragonborn was fighting like a man possessed by the spirits, his greataxe rearranging flesh and painting the snow a bright red. Ungalu nodded, pleased. Yes, this was the vision he had seen, the reason he had chosen the son of the dragon to slay the Frostreaper.

His eyes traveled next to the man whose reach was the longest and his touch the most painful. The cursed archer, fearing no doubt the Darkseer’s retaliation, sought to hide behind a nearby tree. Ungalu frowned. The mighty tree hid him from his sight and would protect him from another ball of fire. Still, the Goliath must have been terrified of the Darkseer’s wrath. Ungalu could imagine the panic in the archer’s eyes and the shaking of his hand as he held the bow. Oh yes, the scout was right to fear him, for fire wasn’t the only element that did his bidding. Darkness did as well.

"You try to hide, man with the wooden arrows, but you cannot escape my all-seeing eyes. I, however, can fool your mortal gaze. Observe, as Umbrus’ dark wings embrace me. It will be the last thing you see before you die screaming."

The heartcrystal shone brightly in the Darkseer’s hand and then both it and its master completely vanished from sight as if they had been nothing but the hallucinations of a damaged mind. The scout gasped in surprise and blinked rapidly, hoping that his eyes would manage to spot some trace of the wizard, but his search was soon interrupted. A fierce tornado about the size of a man came upon him, showering him with stones and snow, broken branches and sharp pieces of ice. The debris cut and bashed the goliath scout and he screamed in pain.

Had the Darkseer’s prophecy come true?



 
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Eaggal eyes blink on reflex as the thunder spell he left on the one frostfang erupted. The other frostfang swung at him bypassing his rising kite shield slashing into him. As the blade sunk in his defensive magical shield rose up absorbing some of the damage. Eaggal reacted quickly, pushed out with his left arm, his Kite shield magic exploded out sending the frostfang back. The frostfang rebounded quickly as he charged back at Eaggal. Eaggal was ready and was able to avoid the next swing.

Eaggal quickly once more used some of his magic to provide a small defensive shield within him. As he did this his cousin had called down some lightning pushing another opponent within his view. Eaggal stepped forward punching at the frostfang that had wounded him and then spun a completed circle as he punched out at the Frostfang his cousin’s lightning had moved.




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