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Ironsmith wrote: ↑Feb 26, 2024 6:15 pm
[For Whom The Bell Gnolls? ...Englebrook, Apparently]
Blank's shoulders sag a little as he watches Octavia fire off a volley of holy arrows by herself, once again reminded that of those present, he was
easily the least equipped for a straightforward assault. Even the new gnoll girl seemed to have some specialized equipment that would help with this situation. What did he have? A
shield. Not even, like, a +3 Holy Shield of Smiting, just a regular disk of wood and steel.
...Okay, he does have his other forms, but they're even
less impressive. But then again, since he's clearly not going to do much good as a combatant, he might consider an alternative option.
With a howl, Blank charges forward, shifting over into his armored wolf form as he barrels toward the horde of gnolls, attempting to bound over them to get to the gnoll girl amd the shepherd. Getting them out of harm's way is the priority now.
"Get on!"
Rebonack wrote: ↑Feb 27, 2024 3:20 pm
Since Englebrook is waaaay over there we'll just go with-
[For Whom the Bell Gnolls]
Well Blank have you considered how helpful it might be to invest in a +3 Shield of Holiness? That seems like it could be something that's really helpful.
Khannie, for her part, focuses on her illusion magic and causes a double of the Armored Wolf to go running off toward the approaching gnolls right before Blank pauses at the shepherd and Ginger with an offer to mount up. She's hoping the feral gnolls will be too dumb to recognize the trick and attack the snarling beast charging toward them rather than the one that ISN'T being aggressive. Considering how they've been acting so far that feels like a safe bet.
So, we'll begin with Octavia's arrow bombardment. It's definitely the sort of thing that invokes more than a little wonder in the on looker. As shining arrows rain out of the sky over the gnolls running toward the shepherd more than a few are laid low by glowing shafts of lightning. The shepherd forgets his terror for a brief moment, staring in awe.
Which is why it's good that Ginger comes running over and lays into the gnoll that was about to pounce on him. The sword stroke would be ruinous, but likely not quite enough to kill the beast. What does it in is the sudden pop from inside it as the riftstone embedded in the creature bursts into holy fire and consumes the abomination from the inside out.
As the flailing gnoll collapses into consecrated ashes the shepherd is shaken from his reverie by... a talking wolf? You know what, sure. Why not. He climbs onto the Armored Wolf without questioning it.
The conjured wolf double goes running past our heroes and a pair of gnolls bearing javelins surrounding it from both sides and stab it pretty solidly. This, of course, causes the double to explode in a scything blast of shadow magic. The force of the explosion shreds the gnolls, leaving them lacerated and dazed as the world spins around them.
With a good six or so gnolls arrowed to death, their fellows turn from charging toward the adventurers to devour the fallen gnolls instead. Given what happened last time they did this it might be a good idea to stop them.
The beclawed ravenous gnoll, meanwhile, gives a snarl of rage and goes charging toward the clearest threat. Which would be Octavia. And calling it a charge is SERIOUSLY understating what happens. The beast leaps forward and there's a streak of abyssal magic across the battlefield. Within an eye-blink that monster is right up in Octavia's personal space unleashing a flurry of armor rending claw slashes. There's little in the way of grace or technique in the onslaught, just pure animalistic fury.
quillpleasant wrote: ↑Feb 28, 2024 6:04 am
For Whom the Bell Gnolls
As Octavia's barrage strikes down several gnolls, she punches the air in triumph. Sure, it's a high stakes battle to the death, but she can't help but get a little excited when she does something cool. She watches as the wolves, real and illusory go flying across the field. That's also cool! And saving people is just as useful as anything she's doing, which she would be sure to reassure Blank of if she knew he was feeling some kind of way about his shield skills.
But calamity, the gnolls are eating their fallen brethren! That's really not good- that's how you get a gnollk. Better stop them from doing that. Just need to...
Well whatever she was planning on doing it's quickly forgotten as there's suddenly a gnoll attacking her. Since when can they move that fast? This is clearly no ordinary gnoll, but something unique and demonically powerful. Considering her distance, the little angel is completely caught off guard by its sudden appearance.
Octavia's body is made out of a very durable plastic, dense and hard. But it's not as strong as metal, and anything that can shred armor can inflict some serious damage to her. The gnoll's claws leave deep gashes across her torso, and as she raises a hand to protect herself her arm is nearly torn in half.
But luckily, these injuries are very different for a non organic being. She can't feel pain, nor is there any blood, although the force of the onslaught does send her staggering back. If she lets this continue, she'd be ripped in half in a matter of seconds. So it's a good thing she can teleport.
In a flash of light she vanishes, reappearing a good fifteen paces distant. This time she won't be caught unprepared.
-woodcutter's axe fells the wolf- she intones, her glowing bow transforming into a deadly looking double bitted axe. Despite its size, she wields it with ease, spinning the blade around to point at the gnoll. Then she disappears-
-and reappears behind her attacker, scything the weapon at its legs.
[For Whom the Bell Gnolls]
Things get chaotic pretty quickly, and Ginger becomes a little bit lost. She doesn't know these people. She doesn't know what they're capable of! There's a wolf, and soon a second wolf, alongside the holy rain of arrows. It's hard to form a strategy when you don't know what's going on.
Her blade connects with the gnoll before her, and the result is far more effective than she might have expected. The kholo isn't given much time to contemplate on this though, as the wolf arrives yelling to get on, at the same moment as the other gnolls change tactics and turn to the livestock. Ginger hasn't seen what happens if these gnolls eat enough, but she's seen a biter transform and she assumes the result can't be good. At this point the other wolf explodes, which Ginger really wasn't expecting.
Now she eyes Blank warily for a moment, half expecting him to explode to. But he doesn't! Ginger looks between him, the shepherd, and the various battles going on, before coming to a decision made out of pure haste. Those hungry gnolls need to be stopped, but she's not about to pick a fight where she's outnumbered that badly. So it's time to go help out with that nasty clawed gnoll!
"Right. Can you get me to the angel?" She'll join the shepherd in leaping onto Blank's back.
"And then get this man to safety!"
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General Shrimp wrote: ↑Feb 20, 2024 10:53 pm
Overly Adventurous
"Hey, hey, yer stil injured, Missy. Hold yer horses fer one second." Atreyu reaches down and gently lays a hand on Kestrel's bite wound, the initial sting of contact swiftly replaced with a faint tingling feeling as healing magic surges forth, rapidly closing the wound as her flesh knits itself back together. His hand gives off a faint glow as he rests it there, slowly letting the magic do its work.
"Not the time ta be lettin' embarrassment get th' best of ya, Missy." Atreyu chastises lightly before lowering his voice and adding playfully,
"Nothin' I ain't seen before anyways."
Overly Adventurous
Despite her first instinct being to pull back further from the slightly painful touch, Kestrel begins to relax with a sigh as the healing magic does it's work and the wound begins to fade. Her blush firmly stays put though.
"Well, yes, I... I remember, b-but that's not the point!" Even as she protests his teasing there's signs of a shy smile creeping onto her face.