Round Two
(this was preceded by round one, followed by round three)
The
monster attacking
Myrtha seems to be weakening, either from the damage it has sustained (it is impaled on her spear) or out of disappointment that she hasn't died already.
Tossing the torch to the ground to follow
Chase's example,
Ember strings her bow, nocks an arrow, and, stepping into the space vacated by
Arya, draws and looses a shaft that whizzes through the air to the right of
Aanbo's head and to the left of
Myrtha's. The arrow squelches into the monster's head, which snaps back.
The hungry creature takes 9 piercing damage, falls to the ground, and does not rise again.
Myrtha takes the opportunity to backpedal, saying
"I’m making space, keep ’em pinned down!" as she wrenches her spear from the chest of the corpse. As the burly warrior-woman enters the feeding chamber, petite
Arya calls upon
Pelor's might, and
Myrtha feels her weariness lift as the divine healing flows into her with the cleric's touch.
Myrtha regains 7 HP.
A
second undead creature scuttles around the corner into the party's view, moving quickly on all fours, then springs up at the dwarven monk to claw at
Aanbo in eerie silence.
Aanbo is prepared, and avoids the slashing hands with ease (it reminds him, absurdly, of all the hours he spent training to dodge the 9-toothed rake at
Earthshaker Abbey).
Behind it, a
third undead humanoid looks with gluttonous eyes at the dwarf and
Morton behind him. It tries to squeeze past its companion, but it can't quite reach far enough to touch flesh.
Locked in furious combat with the
hungry undead,
Aanbo continues to duck and weave, dodging the grasping, raking claws as he attempts to retaliate with his sword, but the nicks and slashes he inflicts on the monster's arms and torso do not do any significant damage.
However, behind him,
Morton keeps his connection with the Abyss open, drawing upon his patron to send another shockwave of heat into the
undead creature's snapping mouth.
Hungry 2 takes 3 force damage!
Moving down the passage,
Lyrel sees the glow of refracted light in the distance, and things moving in front of that light. They don't see her yet, but she can see that there are
three undead monsters trying to go to the light like moths to a flame (trying to eat whoever is generating the light, more likely).
Lyrel creeps up on the undead, puts her thumbs together, and spreads her hands in the darkness, quickly intoning the mystical syllables to evoke flame from the air to wash over the three foul undead abominations. She laughs with delight as they sizzle, and calls out in
Imperial:
"Dungeon Busters, I got your back!"
Hungry 2, Hungry 3, and Hungry 4 take 2 fire damage each!
Aanbo and the others are a bit shocked to see flames washing over the undead monsters out of nowhere, but
Morton takes it in stride and responds:
"It is a might bit safer on this side."
Theran summons the ghost hand and sends it flying at the
undead once more, but this time the monster is ready and dodges it.
Chase pulls, nocks, draws, and looses another arrow. Once again, the ranger's aim is true.
Hungry 2 takes 7 piercing damage!
Her lustrous long black hair swaying as she moves,
Arya smiles apologetically to
Theran as she squeezes in next to him in order to get one of the horrible undead creatures in her sight, as she intones the ancient words:
"Sacred fire, Sacred flame!" Holding the torch aloft in one shapely hand,
Arya calls upon
Pelor and a beam of coruscating light flares in the ceiling of the tunnel and stabs downward at the undead.
"Sacred FIRE! Sacred FLAME!" Once again, the
undead monster evades the attack and is not damaged by the holy light.
23 - Ember (9/9)
17 - Myrtha (17/18)
17 - Hungry 1, Hungry 2 (-12), Hungry 3 (-2), Hungry 4 (-2)
16 - Aanbo (27/27)
16 - Morton (9/9)
15 - Lyrel (9/9)
13 - Theran (18/18)
10 - Chase (14/14)
6 - Arya (10/10)
Upon seeing the undead Morton casts Eldritch Blast at it.
