Herschell, suddenly frightened again, dove forward to try to dodge the potions. Then, thinking better of it, he rolled over and cast stash, hoping to catch a vial mid flight.
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The Front Line
**The explosion of the potion cart upon the beast had killed several of the enemy who had been standing too close to it, it was now a flaming heap that had already set fire to another potion cart. A second explosion went off near the other side of the battle soon after, then more near the mine entrance. The chaos have Nervada time to try and recover.
Olo and Damek found backing away from the battle no more safe than rushing in as a series of explosions went off behind them near the mine mount, staggering them forward and pelting them with shrapnel. Luckily they sustained only minor cuts and lacerations. At least Olo's boomerang picked off a panicking cultist with ease.
Doggett was running back towards the mine to check on the children, Sherwood backing away with him and watching his back with a quartet of fierce lions.
Plaga stood amidst the chaos, unsure of what to do next.**
The Back Line
**Kherren felt where the massive explosion had struck near the west end of the central mass of the enemy. He then felt a second explosion as Alphonsine's hijacked potion cart when careening into another animal cart. The rider, already off because of the second explosion, was utterly out of sorts after the second and took the spear full on to the chest.
Roshem got a good headbutt in and stunned the cultist as a second explosion rocked the battlefield.
And then the third explosion, or rather a volley of smaller ones, from near the mine. **
The Mine
**Antonius beheaded the Hulk cleanly as the second explosion from the backline hit. Then a much louder series of explosions went off behind him and he was thrown forward alongside Alicia and the two kindir students.
Herschel snagged a potion from midair then landed in a heap just as the other potions hit the ground just beyond him, near the mouth of the mine There was a series of explosions. Some spewed flames, other were pure force and put out what flames there were. Vicious insects were summoned and instantly killed by the other potions. Amber suddenly appeared, then was blow apart into shrapnel. In the end a crater remained, smoking with puddles of acid, fire, melted amber and scraps of webbing. The fire that been there before was extinguished.
Within the mine the children cried out, some scared, some having sustained minor injuries caused by shrapnel that got through and shards of stone that had been shaken free from the ceiling by the explosions.**
EVERYWHERE
**The Cultists began regrouping in the sudden chaos. All the casters were head towards/gathering around the animal carts while the regular cultists where do the same around with the potion wagons, several starting to drink potions they were being handed. The riders were forming a defensive line around the remaining wagons. The unconscious Cult Leader had been dragged to safety.**
Bane's Reading Suggestions David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Herschell stayed on the ground, face down, for a few seconds, letting the bug goop and force wash over him before coming to his feet, ears ringing.
Herschell turned off the Plant junk (if he was able) and went to Alicia, helping her up if needed and reclaiming his Rifle. "THANKS FOR HOLDING THIS" he said, not realizing how loudly he was speaking, and then he walked off to a Horse and rider that were still presumably struggling against the Plant Boomerang vines in order to reclaim his other bit of loot during this relatively peaceful phase.
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"I hate these cultists..." Olo said with a touch of malice in his voice. He dazed a couple who were about to drink some potions in hopes of making them spill, then he threw his homing boomerang at the cult leader if he was visible, or the closest caster if he wasn't.
Nervada collects his various weapons along with the new boomstaff, which he slides in between his jacket and back. His injuries are not.. good, but he could probably cover for... hmm...
Nervada - HEY PLAGA! I NOTICED YOU CAN THROW THE POTION WAGONS! CAN YOU DO IT AGAIN? TRIO HAS YOUR BACK. Nervada points to the potion carts nearest the two of them.
**Antoninus was thrown from his feet, sent headlong into the corpse of the hulk. He let go of his axe, which fell to the ground with a thud a few feet away.**
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Roshem braced himself and lay still on the ground, waiting for the dirt and dust kicked up by the explosion to settle so that he could examine his surroundings (which probably began and ended with the dismounted rider on top of him).
NEAR THE SHANTY
**The nearest cultists to Kherren were a few riders, who were on the defense and watching him, and able to avoid his throw. Alphonsine hobbled up next to him, wishing he'd thought to remove his plate armor before leaping from the carriage.
Roshem realized and the stunned cultist were quite alone, the rest of the cultists having groups around carts a bit aways from them and other hired guards being aways off as well. The closest thing to him was potion cart that has burning down. Luckily that one appeared to not contain any explosive mixtures.**
THE FORMER FRONT LINE
**Neither the leader nor any of the casters were visible at the moment, the former having been pulled to safety and the later gathering around the animal wagons in the rear. The dazing caused a cultist to drop his vail.
Plaga turned towards eastern grouping, eyeing which wagon to target.**
NEAR THE CRATER
**Herschell was able to deactivate his mask and found the bound rider and horse in a cleared section of the battlefield, the cultist badly injured in the fall. Alicia game him in, keeping an eye out, he face dirty and lip bleeding.
Antoninus has helps to his feed a few moments after the impact by the two kindir students, who looked looked a bit dazed by the sudden conflagrations.**
THE CULTIST GROUPINGS
**Around the animal carts the casters raised their faces and hands to the sky and began chanting a new, very different chant.
Around the potion carts the cultist that drank from the vials all collapsed to their knees, clutching their throats, their skin going white and churning beneath the surface. The cultists that hadn't drank yet staggered back, dropping their vials, apparently now aware of just what the potionmasters had been handing them.**
IN THE MINE
**Quinn regained consciousness as Doggett and Sherwood rushed in, but was seriously hurt and only vaguely aware of what was going on deeper in.**
Doggett - What happened? Is anyone hurt?
Saleyani - Only cuts and scrapes....but we have a bigger issue.
Doggett - ...why is Mirsch creating a stone cage around Dian. Why is Dian shirtless? Why is Dian covered in tattoos?!
Saleyani - He has....a condition, caused by this cult. Those ward tattoos keep it under control. A falling shard of stone hurt him and interrupted the wards.
Doggett - None of which you ever told me...how dangerous is this condition?
Saleyani - ....We need to move the children deeper into the mine. Quickly.
**Dian tell out an impossibly loud and inhuman sounding scream.**
Bane's Reading Suggestions David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Kherren could not hear the scream, but noticed the cultists gathering around the potioners' carts. He saw a chance to thin the herd a little through intimidation.
Kherren- THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE PART OF! ARE YOU WILLING TO THROW YOURSELVES AWAY!?
Herschell went over to the horses face, and tried to say something soothing to calm it down. Meanwhile, he motioned to Alicia to stab the rider in the face, or something to that effect, by pointing to her, then to the rider, and then making a stabbing gesture.
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**Antoninus gripped one of the students firmly by his shoulder as he retrieved his axe.**
Antoninus - "Thanks."
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Hoping the cultist was still at a daze, Roshem tried to maneuver his way into a neckular strangle. Also, he made note to copyright the new word "neckular".
Nervada looks rather pleased with this development.
Nervada - Honestly, I didn't think you guys were going to just let the enemy power up like this. Man, my team's awesome! Anyway, I think they're about done so let's get those potion carts Plaga!
The half-Garr gets his adrenaline pumping (along with the magic buffs) as he charges towards the potion carts. Oh, the healing he is going to need after this one. Anyway, he specificultly charges towards the cultist closest to the cultist that dropped the potion. Which Nervada has already started mentally refering to as his potion. Or maybe he'll feed it to one of the horses. Who knows!? [25]
**The riders were slowly backing away from effected cultists, who screams became gurgling and indistinct as they collapsed to the ground against, atop and eventually into each other. Their forms were become waxen and amorphous, combining together. Several of the riders bolted at this point.
Hershell's gestures to Alicia went unnoticed as she stared in horror that the spectacle of the melting cultists. Little matter, the cultist had broken his leg beneath the horse and was little threat at this point.
Nervada's charge went unnoticed as all the noncaster cultists that weren't melting where staring in horror at the ones that were. The dazes and stoneshots from Olo and Damek picked a few off easily.
Plaga charged alongside Nervada for one of the potion carts, but said carts were already in motion, withdrawing from the battlefield as soon as whatever devils brew they'd been handing out took effect.
The cultists chants elicited rising howls from inside the remaining animal wagons, which began to shutter and bow out in spots.
From the mine there came the sound of shattering stone, screams to get out of the way and protect the children, and the deafening roar of something demonic. Then the sounds of some huge approaching the mine's mouth.**
Bane's Reading Suggestions David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Olo began moving away from the mine mouth at hearing that sound. He gestured for Damek to follow. If something came out of that mine, he dazed it. OtN- "Uh, bro...we may need to render one of the people we came to protect unconscious...any ideas on how to do that without breaking the oath?"
Herschell located the boomerang on the Horse, and pulled it away, thinking the vines would recede or become easy to break. Then he moved back to the Horses face, cooing at it in as calming a fashion as he could manage.
Epic World! Because seriously! It's the awesome!
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Sing lustily and with good courage.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Roshem, who we'll assume managed to strangle the rider to unconsciousness for the sake the moving things forward, leapt to his feet and made for a frenzied run towards the mine. He had a vow to protect the children, and right now it sounded as if he were failing to uphold the promise.
NtoO - Vigorously protect him in the face until no more protection is needed. Or just ask Doggett!
Nervada isn't about to let his bomb-wagons flee like that! The half-garr sheaths his spear in the nearest rider that isn't paying attention (possibly by chucking it) before drawing his boom staff and firing it at one of the wagon wheels. He looks around for a rideable horse.
Nervada - Horse, horse... heh, it looks like the cultists are about to become some sort of super cultist. I wonder if it will stay liquid-y?
Kherren bolted in the direction of the mine, heedless of the monstrous reforming of the cultists and the heaving beast cages. Something told him whatever was about to happen near the mouth of the mine was going to be dangerous and impressive.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
**The explosion of the potion cart upon the beast had killed several of the enemy who had been standing too close to it, it was now a flaming heap that had already set fire to another potion cart. A second explosion went off near the other side of the battle soon after, then more near the mine entrance. The chaos have Nervada time to try and recover.
Olo and Damek found backing away from the battle no more safe than rushing in as a series of explosions went off behind them near the mine mount, staggering them forward and pelting them with shrapnel. Luckily they sustained only minor cuts and lacerations. At least Olo's boomerang picked off a panicking cultist with ease.
Doggett was running back towards the mine to check on the children, Sherwood backing away with him and watching his back with a quartet of fierce lions.
Plaga stood amidst the chaos, unsure of what to do next.**
The Back Line
**Kherren felt where the massive explosion had struck near the west end of the central mass of the enemy. He then felt a second explosion as Alphonsine's hijacked potion cart when careening into another animal cart. The rider, already off because of the second explosion, was utterly out of sorts after the second and took the spear full on to the chest.
Roshem got a good headbutt in and stunned the cultist as a second explosion rocked the battlefield.
And then the third explosion, or rather a volley of smaller ones, from near the mine. **
The Mine
**Antonius beheaded the Hulk cleanly as the second explosion from the backline hit. Then a much louder series of explosions went off behind him and he was thrown forward alongside Alicia and the two kindir students.
Herschel snagged a potion from midair then landed in a heap just as the other potions hit the ground just beyond him, near the mouth of the mine There was a series of explosions. Some spewed flames, other were pure force and put out what flames there were. Vicious insects were summoned and instantly killed by the other potions. Amber suddenly appeared, then was blow apart into shrapnel. In the end a crater remained, smoking with puddles of acid, fire, melted amber and scraps of webbing. The fire that been there before was extinguished.
Within the mine the children cried out, some scared, some having sustained minor injuries caused by shrapnel that got through and shards of stone that had been shaken free from the ceiling by the explosions.**
EVERYWHERE
**The Cultists began regrouping in the sudden chaos. All the casters were head towards/gathering around the animal carts while the regular cultists where do the same around with the potion wagons, several starting to drink potions they were being handed. The riders were forming a defensive line around the remaining wagons. The unconscious Cult Leader had been dragged to safety.**
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Bane's Reading Suggestions
David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Herschell turned off the Plant junk (if he was able) and went to Alicia, helping her up if needed and reclaiming his Rifle. "THANKS FOR HOLDING THIS" he said, not realizing how loudly he was speaking, and then he walked off to a Horse and rider that were still presumably struggling against the Plant Boomerang vines in order to reclaim his other bit of loot during this relatively peaceful phase.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
Nervada - HEY PLAGA! I NOTICED YOU CAN THROW THE POTION WAGONS! CAN YOU DO IT AGAIN? TRIO HAS YOUR BACK. Nervada points to the potion carts nearest the two of them.
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
**The nearest cultists to Kherren were a few riders, who were on the defense and watching him, and able to avoid his throw. Alphonsine hobbled up next to him, wishing he'd thought to remove his plate armor before leaping from the carriage.
Roshem realized and the stunned cultist were quite alone, the rest of the cultists having groups around carts a bit aways from them and other hired guards being aways off as well. The closest thing to him was potion cart that has burning down. Luckily that one appeared to not contain any explosive mixtures.**
THE FORMER FRONT LINE
**Neither the leader nor any of the casters were visible at the moment, the former having been pulled to safety and the later gathering around the animal wagons in the rear. The dazing caused a cultist to drop his vail.
Plaga turned towards eastern grouping, eyeing which wagon to target.**
NEAR THE CRATER
**Herschell was able to deactivate his mask and found the bound rider and horse in a cleared section of the battlefield, the cultist badly injured in the fall. Alicia game him in, keeping an eye out, he face dirty and lip bleeding.
Antoninus has helps to his feed a few moments after the impact by the two kindir students, who looked looked a bit dazed by the sudden conflagrations.**
THE CULTIST GROUPINGS
**Around the animal carts the casters raised their faces and hands to the sky and began chanting a new, very different chant.
Around the potion carts the cultist that drank from the vials all collapsed to their knees, clutching their throats, their skin going white and churning beneath the surface. The cultists that hadn't drank yet staggered back, dropping their vials, apparently now aware of just what the potionmasters had been handing them.**
IN THE MINE
**Quinn regained consciousness as Doggett and Sherwood rushed in, but was seriously hurt and only vaguely aware of what was going on deeper in.**
Doggett - What happened? Is anyone hurt?
Saleyani - Only cuts and scrapes....but we have a bigger issue.
Doggett - ...why is Mirsch creating a stone cage around Dian. Why is Dian shirtless? Why is Dian covered in tattoos?!
Saleyani - He has....a condition, caused by this cult. Those ward tattoos keep it under control. A falling shard of stone hurt him and interrupted the wards.
Doggett - None of which you ever told me...how dangerous is this condition?
Saleyani - ....We need to move the children deeper into the mine. Quickly.
**Dian tell out an impossibly loud and inhuman sounding scream.**
Under Original Management!
Bane's Reading Suggestions
David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Kherren- THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE PART OF! ARE YOU WILLING TO THROW YOURSELVES AWAY!?
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Antoninus - "Thanks."
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
Nervada - Honestly, I didn't think you guys were going to just let the enemy power up like this. Man, my team's awesome! Anyway, I think they're about done so let's get those potion carts Plaga!
The half-Garr gets his adrenaline pumping (along with the magic buffs) as he charges towards the potion carts. Oh, the healing he is going to need after this one. Anyway, he specificultly charges towards the cultist closest to the cultist that dropped the potion. Which Nervada has already started mentally refering to as his potion. Or maybe he'll feed it to one of the horses. Who knows!? [25]
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya
Hershell's gestures to Alicia went unnoticed as she stared in horror that the spectacle of the melting cultists. Little matter, the cultist had broken his leg beneath the horse and was little threat at this point.
Nervada's charge went unnoticed as all the noncaster cultists that weren't melting where staring in horror at the ones that were. The dazes and stoneshots from Olo and Damek picked a few off easily.
Plaga charged alongside Nervada for one of the potion carts, but said carts were already in motion, withdrawing from the battlefield as soon as whatever devils brew they'd been handing out took effect.
The cultists chants elicited rising howls from inside the remaining animal wagons, which began to shutter and bow out in spots.
From the mine there came the sound of shattering stone, screams to get out of the way and protect the children, and the deafening roar of something demonic. Then the sounds of some huge approaching the mine's mouth.**
Under Original Management!
Bane's Reading Suggestions
David Eddings: The Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium and Tamuli Series. The Redemption of Althalus
Jim Butcher: The Codex Alera Series
Acelin's Characters (since her sig won't work).
"Pbpbbpbpbfft, Pbbpbpbppftt, horsey" He said.
Colt Wyrmbane
Olivar'Romov
Detective Taskmage
Darby, Esteemed Adventurer
Mike, the Situation
Herschell Ratliff, Merchant of Finery
Yaagh, the Pummeler
And don't forget to do your shopping at The Newe Haberdashery, the finest vendor of magic items and oddball services ... Ever!
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Nervada isn't about to let his bomb-wagons flee like that! The half-garr sheaths his spear in the nearest rider that isn't paying attention (possibly by chucking it) before drawing his boom staff and firing it at one of the wagon wheels. He looks around for a rideable horse.
Nervada - Horse, horse... heh, it looks like the cultists are about to become some sort of super cultist. I wonder if it will stay liquid-y?
Nervada - 98% fat free, high in fiber.
Eizen - Collected
Yack - Walking
Miko Wydberg
Tanya