Monday, February 2, 2009

Post 29

BATTLE VS. NIGHTMARE
FINAL (GROUND) ROUND


Azora dodges his way through the melee to reach Admiral Toenail. He begins to frantically explain to the Admiral that the Gnome riding the griffon is in fact a Zhenatrim Skymage spy and his griffon, a Nightmare! "They have a powerful illusion over them!" Azora yells over the firing of muskets. "Gwepp Del Mu Mu!" the Admiral yells back. Azora points again "Enemy!" The Admiral points at the circling griffon and rider "Frund! Friunds!" Azora brings his hands to his face in frustration and begins to look around for an interpreter.

Lazzard re-corks the empty bottle, then looks at it quickly. "Right then" he says to more or less to himself, then launches the bottle in the direction of the sky mage. The bottle flies through the air, tumbling and yawing all the distance. Lazzard looks on with his mouth wide open. The empty bottle strikes the wizard right in the head and shatters, throwing shards of glass everywhere. The gnome who has to mop the poop deck later lets out a loud grumble.

Wympbumbe takes a breath to calm his nerves. "We've defeated the Zhentarim before, we'll do it again." He thinks. Caring little for his own safety Wympbumpe finds a line behind the mage and takes a running leap at him on horseback trying to backstab. Due to huge height disparity Wympbumpe's perfectly placed attacks misses. He tries to grab onto the nightmare's mane but slides off the demon steed and rolls on the ground. Wympbumpe then lays the musket on the ground and and from a crouched position shoots his claw out for the mage in the hope of dismounting him. Startled by they hail of musket fire, he fires the claw wildly and misses. He then starts to reload, Wympbumpe curses in Gnomish hoping he can get a couple of shots off before it's too late.

Dominu charges the Nightmare swinging his mighty axe which crashes and lodges in the side of the beast. "Back to the Nine-Hells with thee, ye evil beast!" Domuni yells after wrestling the axe free. The open wound spills hot black blood onto the deck of the ship. The blood sizzles and smoke trails curl up into the air as the deck is slowly eaten away as if acid was upon it!

Larper pulls his bastard sword out of the deck of the ship where the tip was buried after his missed attack. It is his first battle and he has done nothing to help. He is determined to return home a hero. Years of bottled, frustrated youthful angst well in his heart and he explodes into an angry roar, startling the bustling gnomes... until his voice cracks. He pays no mind to the smirks and recklessly charges the Skymage, screaming bloody murder.

His bastard sword bites it's way home into the leg of the startled Skymage. Larper yanks it out and plunges it straight through the Mage's back. The bloody sword tip protrudes from the mage's chest. Larper twists the sword as the mage futily clutches at the blade. The mage slumps over while the Nightmare itself tries to take off and flee the scene.

(1 Zhentarim SkyMage DEAD *200 XP to everyone* Additional *600 XP to Larper for KILLING BLOW*)

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