Re: Chapter 7: Tower of the Ice Witch
Hengar, Wolfgrim and Thane gang up on one of the black ice statues. They hack, chew and slash at their animated foe, sending chips of ice scattering this way and that. Together, the trio manage to inflict enough damage to take one of the statues down!
Its companion, the other faceless black ice statue, wails on Wolfgrim, kicking the dire wolf in its side then following up with a punch to its ribcage. Both blows hurt, but not enough to take the wolf out of the battle.
Meanwhile, Kira bravely dashes through the ice spike labyrinth, impaling herself on a few shards while closing ranks with the Ice Witch. Arnan does his best to cover her advance, sending two arrows into the crazed woman, but she still manages to keep her concentration on maintaining the icy prison.
Arnan notices that each time his arrows strike the Ice Witch, they seem to chip off a layer of ice that surrounds the woman. His best estimate is the ice serves as some sort of armor for her. In any event, she appears to be taking notice of each attack, marking off her foes to pick off in the future...
Kira leaps over a shard of ice and plunges her rapier into the Ice Witch. She screams out in pain, causing her to lose focus on maintaining her spell. The ice spikes crumble to dust all around the cavern and she utters a curse. She smiles cooly and from her outreached palm sends a storm of five ice darts straight at Kira. All five impact point blank, overcoming the rogue with a spasm of pain as ice pummels her and causes her to slip into unconsciousness!
"How dare you defy Auril's will! Down you will go, townie vermin!" she reproaches.
"Soon, All of Ten Towns will know Auril's embrace. Let winter come with a vengeance. A winter to equal this world's cruel, wicked heart!"
The pale-skinned, mostly naked young woman seems to be in a trance now, oblivious to the wounds that now pepper her flesh, blood running over ice to meet the cold, icy ground.
OOC: Morgrim took 11 points of damage from the statue. Kira took 18 points of damage from the ice dart spell, on top of the 5 she incurred from the ice spikes (total damage = 23)
Kira is Unconscious and must now make Death Saving Throws (i.e., unmodified d20s, 10 or better
The Ice Witch is 20 feet from the adventurers, with exception of Kira, whom is lying at the her feet, unconscious.
Black Ice Statues
AC: 18
HP: 0/33, 20/33 (Morgrim/Thane/Hengar)
Hedrun the Ice Witch
AC: 14
HP: -28/?? [Private to GM: (30/58)
Ice Armor. Whenever Hedrun takes damage, she can apply half to her ice armor. Her ice armor can absorb no more than 29 hit points per day.
Ice Armor: 4/29]
PC AC HP Insp Spell Save Conditions & Notes
Arnan 14 28/28 1 NA AC 16 w/ shield
Hengar 12 8/30 1 NA
Kira 14 -2/21 1 NA Unconscious, Death Saves, Bless (+d4 attack or saves)
Thane 18 31/31 1 NA Bless (+d4 attack or saves)
Dalgura 15 28/28 1 13
Morgrim 15 21/27 1 13 Bless (+d4 attack or saves); Dire Wolf: AC 14, HP: 19/37
PCs are UP!!!