Game: Great minds think alike (Part II)

As the beholder's antimagic effect takes place, Ian's glove of storing slowly begins pulsating.

At first, it is almost unnoticable... then it pounds almost like a human heart, until it suddenly spills out all the items stored inside of it.

[OOC: @Ian: Please give a rough overview of what items can be seen. Just the obvious, things that one'd see even without taking a closer look.]

[OOC: @Fidrikon: What way? Running straight through the line or surrounding the beholder?]

[OOC: Running straight there means you'd come close enough to the beholder for it to attack.. so going around is the better option, I guess

So, Ian runs around the beholder and gets behind him. It's Azure's turn, then!]

[OOC: Sorry, my fault. Saath's and Naruk's turn ]

Naruk draws a silvery dagger from a hidden pocket at his arm, and focusses on the three vrocks that are coming closer, and will probably reach the group in the next few seconds.

[OOC: @Finwe: Please make another attack roll to see whether it was really a critical hit!]

[OOC: True, but if I'm correct, we need to check whether Saath actually makes a more serious mistake like dropping his weapon or something. Correct me if I'm wrong here about the critical miss rules, but that's what I remember (don't have my books at hand right now) ]

[OOC: Sorry for late reply, work caught me...

@Finwe: I've always interpreted the critical miss so that the weapon wielder has some kind of accident - nothing dramatic, but possible giving a change to the battle. Of course, for a thrown weapon, such an accident would have to be something different than in close combat

@Azure: Your turn!]

All of a sudden, an entire squad of vrocks appear out of nothing, following and surrounding the original three vrocks. They are obviously trained to battle together, for their movements are often similar or at least well adapted to each other.

After the summoning spell - or whatever it was that called the new vrocks -, a group of over twenty vrocks are closing in on Rex.

[OOC: Yes, that's correct]

[OOC: Blackthornes, your turn!]

The Masked Gnoll throws his mighty fists against the beholder, hitting him time after time. The creature seems shocked at first, surprised that another creature can actually hit it more than once - then the shock turns into pain, all ten eye stalks forcefully turning to the gnoll - just a moment before MG's two fists hit the beholder, one at each side, squashing it like a giant fruit.

Blood, bones, brain and the beholder's bowel spit on the muddy street like the inside of a ripe fruit. The creature's empty husk hovers no more, falling down upon the bloody pulp below.

[OOC: Ian's turn!]

[OOC: Noone reacted to this, so maybe it simply wasn't read by anyone...

- On a side note, I received an e-mail from another player interested in the game. What do you think? Do we have enough space for another player?

I'd like to have your opinions here! Thanks!]

Naruk moves towards the tiny statue that Ophelia has become, carefully takes her up, and stores her in a hidden bag of his armour.

Rex's first arrow goes straight through the heart of another vrock - and makes it disappear. The second arrow has a course leading it perfectly through the vrocks, without hitting a single one of them - despite a few close moments.

Blackthornes arrow also hits another one of the vrocks, and just like before, makes it disappear.

The two groups of vrocks still heading at Rex reach him now, and attack him furiously. Now as they are so close, though, Rex has the impression that not all of them are real... he only feels the presence of maybe two or three entities. Which ones they are, though, is impossible to tell.

The first vrock hits Rex with a claw, grabs him at the shoulder, and pulls him forward to his beak - biting the nabassu into the other shoulder.

[OOC: Damage from first attack: 14, from second (beak) attack: 10.]

The second vrock only pecks at Rex with its beak, hitting him close below his left eye and tearing out parts of his skin.

[OOC: The vrock hits Rex for 9 points of damage.

I think it's MG's turn now..]

[OOC: dread pirate swan? we're waiting for your post ]

[OOC: Finwe's right here, so MG still has a full round to act.]

[OOC: @Azure: Quoting from www.d20srd.org : "If you ever sustain a single attack deals 50 points of damage or more and it doesn’t kill you outright, you must make a DC 15 Fortitude save. If this saving throw fails, you die regardless of your current hit points. If you take 50 points of damage or more from multiple attacks, no one of which dealt 50 or more points of damage itself, the massive damage rule does not apply."

So, no save necessary ]