Warhammer Quest: The Sylvan Epic

turgy22

turgy22

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HELLO! There's a giant freaking monster tree attacking us all RIGHT NOW! We don't have time to think and plan. Just attack before we all end up dead.

Throg thinks we're fine with our current position, but he's also fine with a 4th warrior getting close, so long as he isn't the one blocked from escape.
 
TomB

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Oversoul said:
Firebomb incoming already. Spidey announced that earlier. Haven't rolled for it yet. So how are you guys spacing yourselves?
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It seems that spacing ourselves properly will have some bearing on our survivability here, though it doesn't seem like there's a lot of options. I'd suggest the 3 primarily melee characters, Ty, Throg, and Dorgath, will form up and "tank" the thing holding a defensive line, while the ranged fighters will damage from behind and the healers will try to keep the front-line guys alive.

Either that, or we try to find a way to get off this wall so we can make an attempt to surround the thing...;)
 
Oversoul

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
-Carrow blows the Horn of Shielding, protecting the entire party with for one turn.
-Tomas casts Glory! All Warriors gets +1 Attacks this turn.
-Kelgar fails to bless anything.
-As instructed, Jekaena waits to see if anyone needs healing...
-Dorgath throws a Firebomb. It causes an impressive explosion, which the Horrible Forest Shambler somehow resists. This does not bode well.
-Carrow draws some Arrows of Loren. He immediately fires a perfect shot (57/60).
-Carrow lands another killer shot, but the Shambler ignores it.
-Carrow shoots the monster again (54/60).
-Carrow goes invisible for the rest of the turn, just in case.
-Revaethan waits for someone to tag him in.
-Dorgath charges in with his axe, but gets tangled up.
-Dorgath winds up to do some chopping, but the HFS shoves him back.
-Dorgath swings himself around and strikes the HFS with a Great Axe Attack (49/60).
-Dorgath gives the HFS a stiff kick, but the monster is unfazed.
-Dorgath bashes the Shambler with a gauntlet attack (ignored).
-Dorgath punches the Shambler (shrugged off).
-Dorgath hits the monster with one more gauntlet attack (43/60).
-Throg fails to hypnotize anything.
-Throg realizes that he's not really positioned for someone else to get eaten first. Throg becomes afraid of Horrible Forest Shamblers for the rest of combat.
-Throg activates his Chalice of Night and swings his axe. Fear is no match for magical powers. Throg strikes the HFS with his axe, and the monster somehow resists it.
-Throg keeps coming and bites the Shambler. It might eat him, but he appears intent on eating some of it first (38/60).
-Throg uses up another charge on his Chalice. He lands a hit, but the thick bark of the Shambler protects it like armor.
-Throg uses his Chalice again, and this time his axe really sinks into the HFS (36/60).
-Throg depletes the last charge on his Chalice of Night, landing another blow with his axe (35/60).
-Throg kicks nothing in particular.
-Throg attempts to envenomate the HFS. It seems to work (33/60).
-Throg slashes at the monster with his razor claws, but misses because of his fear.
-Seeing Throg's fear, Ty also becomes afraid of the HFS.
-Ty swings his sword, but loses focus in his fear.
-Ty tries his fist spike, but comes up short again.
-Ty swings and misses yet again.
-Ty lands a blow with his fist spike, but it gets lodged in the Shambler's wooden armor.
-Ty continues to narrowly miss attacks as he trembles in fear.
-Ty botches an attack with his fist spike and it turns into more of an awkward forearm strike. The HFS does not appear to notice.
-Ty swings his sword one more time. He fails to connect again.
-Ty completely misses with a knee strike.
-Ty fails another knee strike.
-Throg's Ice Missile misses.
-The HFS grabs at Throg, but the Chaos Warrior deftly evades it.
-The HFS stabs Dorgath with a jagged spear-like branch.
-The Horn of Shielding protects Dorgath.
-The HFS goes for Ty's legs, but its aim is off.
-The HFS forcefully invites Throg to come swing from its branches. The process looks painful (21/29).
-The HFS reaches above everyone's heads and lashes out at Tomas with a vine whip (15/21).
-Jekaena casts Finger of Life, but it fizzles.
-Jekaena gives Throg the Finger (of Life), restoring 4 of his Wounds (25/29).
 
TomB

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Anyone have a spell to make us braver?

Ty will continue to attack, trying to work up some nerve...:rolleyes:
 
S

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All right, this seems to be the time to go "all in". Hopefully I can use all of these:

"Jakaena, keep healing!"

First, Dorgath will throw Flash Powder and hope that affects the Shambler.
Next, Dorgath will use his Axe's double attack ability/power, his Death Rune ability/power, his Lucky Talisman power, and the Grease Escape ability, all in the same round. If I can, I'd like the Death Rune to be used with the Lucky Talisman automatic hit, but if that's too much to hope for, that's okay :)
 
Oversoul

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
turgy22 said:
Can Throg not try to freeze this thing?
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Oops. I had him trying to freeze it after Ty's (attempted) attacks so that all of the Warriors could try to damage it and then it would be frozen and lose all of its own attacks. It missed, but I either forgot to type that line or clipped it out by mistake when I meant to move it from Throg's lines to below Ty's lines.
 
Oversoul

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
-Tomas casts Glory! All Warriors get +1 Attacks this turn.
-Jekaena casts Finger of Life, but it fizzles.
-Jekaena casts Finger of Life, but it fizzles.
-Kelgar fails to bless anything.
-Dorgath throws Flash Powder. All Warriors get +1 Attacks this turn.
-Carrow shoots the HFS, but it doesn't damage the bulky monster.
-Carrow tries again, replicating his previous result. An arrow connects, but can't penetrate the creature's armor-like hide.
-Carrow lands yet another shot. The HFS seems to wince, but isn't really damaged.
-Carrow fires one more shot, but the result is not an improvement on this other hits.
-Revaethan stands ready to assist.
-Dorgath activates his Lucky Talisman. His next attack will automatically hit.
-Dorgath's axe gains double attack this turn.
-Dorgath tears the Shambler asunder with a Great Axe Attack (20/60).
-Let's all take a moment to acknowledge how clearly overpowered dwarves are. Done? OK, moving on...
-Dorgath misses his next attack.
-Dorgath swings and misses.
-Dorgath overbalances.
-Dorgath sways, apparently still reeling from the impact of his one good attack.
-Dorgath whacks the HFS with another Great Axe Attack (13/60).
-Dorgath winds up and lands another Great Axe Attack (9/60).
-Dorgath heaves into the Shambler with another Great Axe Attack, but the monster refuses to acknowledge it.
-Dorgath's kick narrowly misses its mark.
-Dorgath completely botches a gauntlet attack.
-Dorgath stumbles and fails to connect with another gauntlet attack.
-Dorgath lands a gauntlet attack. The HFS pretends nothing happened.
-Throg fails to hypnotize anything.
-Throg hacks into the Shambler. It shrugs off the blow.
-Throg bites another chunk out of the HFS (6/60).
-Throg trips over his own feet.
-Throg almost crashes into Dorgath.
-Throg's fear causes his attack to glance harmlessly off the Shambler.
-Throg falls down.
-Throg leaps back up and lands an impressive kick on the HFS. It looks painful, but the monster ignores it anyway.
-Throg snaps at the HFS with his poison bite. He doesn't connect.
-Throg swings his razor claws around and doesn't hit anything.
-Ty loses his balance and backpeddles, knocking Jekaena over.
-Ty rebounds and plunges his fist spike into the Shambler (3/60).

As he struggles to yank his arm free after stabbing the Shambler, Ty is flipped into the air. He somersaults and comes crashing down into some stout branches along the front of the elemental. The pit fighter throws himself at the hulking monster in a frenetic onslaught. Ty seriously looks like a total maniac. The Shambler desperately casts out vines to defend itself, but Ty hacks right through them and continues to bash, stab, rip, and bludgeon it. Even Throg seems to possibly be a bit disturbed at Ty's psychotic assault. But it works. The Horrible Forest Shambler begins to crumble into fragments. The top half of the monster tumbles off the top of the wall and shatters into a cloud of dust as it impacts the ground below.

As the dust settles, it becomes clear that Nayadra is long-gone. She fled at some point before the battle was over. True to her word, there are numerous battered humanoid skeletal remains resting amid the mass of slime and wilted plant matter that comprise the carcass of the Shambler. The beast really did eat people, and quite a lot of them.
 
TomB

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turgy22 said:
The only thing disturbing him was the ineffectiveness of his attacks. Also, he thinks someone farted.
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It WAS disturbing, how ineffective ALL our attacks were (except Dorgath's, that is)...sheeesh. It'd be cool if I could do that berserker thing on demand...:cool:

I'm going with the HFS being flatulent...yeah, that's it. The HFS must've farted...:rolleyes:

EDIT: Or was that my Whirlwind attack for the adventure? If so, excellent time for it...:)
 
Oversoul

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
Unfortunately, almost everything the Shambler ate is either destroyed or useless. But a search does show the following items intact...

-Blade of Leaping Gold: + 3 Attacks. Worth 1,000 gold.
-Helm of Possession: +1 Toughness. Each turn the wearer may attempt to hypnotize a monster. Roll a D6. On a 6, the target loses 1D6 Attacks for the turn. Worth 1,000 gold.
-Morning Star of Fracasse: +2 Strength for the first round of combat. If this inflicts any Wounds on a target, the target's weapon is destroyed. Worth 1,000 gold.
-Shadow Crown: All attacks to hit the wearer are at -1. The wearer cannot be pinned and has +2 Move. Worth 1,000 gold.
 
Oversoul

Oversoul

The Tentacled One
Also, just distributed gold. Forgot to do that. If anyone is curious, you guys are at...

Throg: 7,161
Dorgath: 3,936
Carrow: 11,078
Kelgar: 13,402
Tyresius: 3,930 (with 2,275 debt)
Tomas: 5,657
Revaethan: 8,688
 
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