[Taocow PBEM] Chapter VI: Whence The Lizard Man? - Amended Turn

[Troy Imlach]

[Talas]
Talsa turnds to Bongo "Mr. Bongo how far ahead of us
is the Mr. griz?"
[/Talas]
--- Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca at alberni.net> wrote:

> OOC: Start of altered section
> 
> > [Talas]
> > Talas turns toward one of the riders and Calls
> Lightning their horse
> > in the hope of vaporizing the horse.
> > [/Talas]
> 
> [GM]
> Lightning flashes down and the horse explodes in an
> incandescent fireball.
> The rider, stuck to the carpet of adhesion, doesn't
> move but when the
> fireball dissipates his armor is blackened and
> coated with sizzling horse
> guts.
> [/GM]
> 
> OOC: End of altered section
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Alex has never seen a weapon inflict as much
> damage as this one. She
> > decides that it is simply too devastating and
> returns fire back at the
> > weapon, attempting to make a called shot on the
> weapon itself. She is
> > using her JA-12 rifle and firing a three round
> burst.
> > [/Alex]
> 
> [GM]
> The shot is near-perfect, but the rider's energy
> field absorbs it, though it
> now emits a bright violet light that makes looking
> at him difficult for
> those without optics.  The impact, while not
> injuring the rider, his gun or
> the horse, knocks them back, and it appears that the
> rider has to make a
> great effort to stay on.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Rod Black]
> > Rod returns fire with his weapon, aiming down the
> barrel (difficult, but
> > potentially spectacular) with his bracers,
> activating his Armor of Ithan.
> > [Rod Black]
> 
> [GM]
> As with Alex's shot, Rod's bracer attack should have
> hit the gun square on,
> but the energy field is in the way.  It is now,
> however, visibly sputtering,
> and there's a high pitched whine eminating from the
> the vicinity of the
> rider.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Osiris]
> > Seeing his companions get hit by the monster with
> the railgun , Osiris'
> > face turns into a snarl as he extends his hand in
> a shoving jesture
> > towards the leader which should get him stuck on
> the carpet of adhesion.
> > The knight then moves towards the nearest cover
> which still gives him a
> > good view on the OpFor, unslinging his rifle he
> takes careful aim at the
> > head honcho and takes careful shots at his
> railgun.
> > [/Osiris]
> 
> [GM]
> The giant rider is pushed back, but at the last
> possible moment grabs the
> heavy reigns of his horse and keeps himself from
> falling into Rod's
> Carpet of Adhesion.
> 
> Osiris then opens fire, trying to hit the powerful
> gun, but instead hitting
> the energy field.  While not a great shot, an
> audible hiss can be heard and
> then the strong smell of ozone.
> [/GM]
> 
> [Kyle]
> Kyle opens fire, simply aiming for the rider rather
> than for the gun.  The
> rounds cause the energy shield to glow brightly
> again, and then there is a
> loud POP! and the last round can be seen striking
> the rider in the chest.
> [/Kyle]
> 
> > [Arden]
> > It knocked back, wincing at the bruise he'll have
> under his body armor,
> > then he takes his own rifle, takes careful aim,
> and fires at the exposed
> > head of the lead rider. He mutters in elvish, "Let
> my aim be true."
> > [/Arden]
> 
> [GM]
> Arden aims and fires, the shot hitting the man on
> the side of the head,
> tearing away part of the helmet and deeply burning
> the rider's face.  The
> rider screams in agony.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Lady Frost]
> > Lady Frost is suddenly very glad she hadn't
> shifted back to her 'human'
> > form after the incident at Griz's shop.   That
> blast still wouldn't have
> > been lethal, but it would have hurt a lot more. 
> As it was Frost shakes
> > her head a little to clear it as she stood and
> looked towards the man
> > responsible for that shot.
> >
> > "OW!  That hurt you pug-ugly twit!"  She glances
> about her quickly, then
> > reaches out and hefts the largest chunk of rock
> she can quickly reach
> > (even if she has to rip it out of the ground) and
> heaves it at the
> > rider with every intention of crushing the rider
> and horse with it.
> > [/Lady Frost]
> 
> [GM]
> Lady Frost tears a rock out of the ground, at least
> one hundred and fifty
> pounds, and with a might heave tosses it at the man.
>  The rider tries his
> best to dodge without falling off his horse, but
> makes what proves the wrong
> decision and remains mounted as the rock hits him in
> the chest and throws
> him to the ground.  The rock is laying on his arm,
> and on top of the gun,
> with only the now very bent barrel visible.
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Alex follows with a smoke round and declares, "Do
> we stay or run?"
> > [/Alex]
> 
> [GM]
> The air fills with smoke, until the point where the
> would-be attackers
> can't really be seen, but only heard whimpering.  A
> loud, rhaspy groan comes
> from what must be the giant.
> 
> "I think we should run." Phaeton says.  "With that
> mystical carpet of Mr.
> Black's we can't restrain them, and I certainly
> don't want to wait until
> they are free.  What say the rest of you?"
> [/GM]
> 
> [GM]
> "Besides," Lena says as she walks over to Arden,
> "aren't we supposed to be
> after that lizard guy?"
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Arden]
> > Arden looks around at the rest of the group,
> unsure of what he sees. "I go
> > where I might be of use. What say the rest of
> you?" He looks questioningly
> > at the rest of the group, looking for some answer.
> > [/Arden]
> 
> > [Talas]
> > "I agree with Mr. Phaeton, and say we run." Talas
> says.
> > [/Talas]
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Alex replies, "If everybody thinks we should run,
> I agree, although does
> > anyone know where we can get so better
> transportation"
> > [/Alex]
> 
> [GM]
> "I'm afraid I don't know this land well enough to
> answer you." Phaeton
> says.  "The nearest place would be back towards the
> town, and I'm not so
> sure that's a good idea."
> [/GM]
> 
> > [Alex]
> > Just before leaving, Alex fires a smoke grendade
> and a flare grenade at
> > the attackers feet. The smoke to blind them and
> the flare to hopefully
> > confuse any nightvision / IR equipment that they
> might have
> > [/Alex]
> 
> OOC: I'll give everybody a few more days and then
> assume that you're all
> leaving the scene.
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Clausen	mightymartianca at alberni.net
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