TOP of ROUND 3

The southerly breeze is no longer a breeze, but a steady, sharp wind of 20 mph. Still not strong enough to cause problems, it rapidly becomes obvious that the wind is doubling in speed every several seconds. By the beginning of next round, the wind will likely be strong enough to knock down small children and push full adults around a bit.

Clouds, laden and dark, have begun to blow across the sunlit ceiling, about 250 ft above the ground. Although they do not entirely obscure the sunlight, they promise moist violence to come.

Note: Winds will be 40 mph at the top of round 4; this is sufficient to be blow away Tiny creatures (like bats) (Fort DC 15), to knock down Small creatures (like gnomes) (Fort DC 15), and check/prevent forward movement for Medium creatures (Fort DC 15). It also gives a flat -4 to missile weapons and Listen checks, and is likely to extinguish or spread fires. Also, IF YOU ARE FLYING, treat your size as one smaller!

36 - Xiao Fung (Number47)

Xiao Fung downs a potion and tumbles (an odd sight for a 10 ft human!) to (20,14). There he sprays prismatic beams (60 ft cone, 90 degrees west of south), catching Mr Huffles and polar bears 2, 6 and 8. Polar Bear 6 and 8 both drop as red beams scorch deep into their bodies.

10 dmg to both polar bears 6 and 8.

Fung yells something over the wind, that sounds vaguely obscene, like the wail of a rotting soul in the abyss, and casts another spell with no visible effect. His bat drops to his shoulder and clings against the rising wind, and continues to squeak excitedly.

35 - Xiao Lung (Number47)

Xiao Lung pushes into the wind, moving 10 ft to (25,14), and pulls out a scroll, carefully shielding it against wind and a few rain drops with his body. He speaks words of power, and something happens in the pitch black cloud of smoke just above his head.

Cholestus can be heard yelling and cursing, and his chain is briefly seen, whipping out of the cloud and seeming to hit nothing.

Xiao Lung has already dismissed the ugly little man from his mind, however, as he aims a wand the other way, and a fireball erupts at (6,9)-(13,16). The polar bears roast and die, although polar bear #2 somehow manages to retain its deathgrip on life.

26 dmg to polar bears 2 and 3, and 13 dmg to polar bear 6 (who was unconscious, and is now dead).

Xiao Lung is not yet done! Even as the wand is finishing its deadly effect, Lung flings another fireball with deadly purpose into the same spot. Polar bear 2 still retains the spark of life, and Lung seems somewhat disappointed.

33 - Master (reapersaurus)

Delays to Init 23

30 - Duder (duder)

Delays to Init 8.

29 - Osirdar (Jeremy)

Position unknown.

However, Antony dies, suddenly and horribly, as his face grows ashen and his eyes mist and whiten. He falls to his knees like an old man and, clutching his breast, crumples to the grass.

28 - Hagbard the Chartreuse (DM with a vengence)

Position mostly unknown...

Originating somewhere in the area of Xiao Lung's fireballs, a green ray strikes Xiao Lung, followed by a burst of magic missiles at Xiao Fung, as Hagbard unleashes his rage on his horde's murderer.

Lung, the look of disappointment in his fireballs still etched in his face, is eaten away by the green beam, and his dust blows away in the wind. Only his equipment, now an untidy pile being tugged about by the whipping air, remains.

The magic missiles hit their target as well, and Xiao Fung's face darkens.

Five magic missiles did 19 damage.

27 - Antony Grandell (Cool hand luke)

The wind pulls at his cloak. A rain drop caresses his face. He is dead, cause unknown.

26 - Usasmir (Jeremy)

Position unknown.

23 - Master and Blaster (both) (reapersaurus)

Master yells over the wind, "Blaster! Let's go!" and motions to the north. Then, as Blaster nods, casts a spell upon himself, deactivates the cube, and flies to (8,56). As he arrives, he casts another quick spell on himself.

Blaster, meanwhile, rolls backward (an impressive feat for a tiger!) and arcs into a series of flips meant to dissuade opportunistic enemies. He growls as he does so, as if he might be reluctant to leave his play toys, but then sprints to Master's side, where Master grabs something out of his mouth, and puts an ioun stone around Blaster's head.

Blasters' wounds, inflicted at grievous cost, fade to nothing, and the cube of force rises up around the gnome and tiger once more.

The antimagic is obviously gone.

22 - Izad (Jdragon)

Izad rises up past the bear (who makes an obligatory swipe) and surfaces, visible once more (54,87), on the surface of the lake, where he immediately begins running west to (33,87).

22 - Cholestus the Shredder (Saepiroth)

As Cholestus' turn comes around, the bottom of the smoke cloud covers the hill. It is sixty feet across, but does not cross the prismatic wall. If it did, it would be a circle from roughly (19,11)-(32,25).

Cholestus bursts out of the smoke cloud just above the prismatic wall at (25,21, +30 ft). Glaring around him and not seeing Xiao Fung or anyone else where he thought they'd be, he shoots straight up, up, up to (25,21, +170 ft) where he continues to look around, bellowing over the wind, ""wh... Hey, where'd he go? WHERE DID YOU GO?"

21 - Tairnandon (Jeremy)

Position unknown.

21 - Usasmir (Jeremy)

Position unknown.

However, around this time, Unth Dirn grunts and shifts his weight as if being grabbed, but as near as can be told, succeeds in shoving the attacker off.

20 - Rillos (Sollir Furryfoot)

Position unknown. An arrow strikes Unth Dirn from somewhere to the east.

Although Unth glares, he does not look very bad off.

19 - Mang (duder)

Delays to Init 6

17 - Unth Dirn (Cool hand luke)

Looking mad at the invisible bastards attacking him, but not quite sure where they are yet, Unth whips his ranseur around and CHOP CHOP CHOP, cuts Raster the Elephant to pieces. The elephant disappears, and something twinkles in the grass where it died.

Damage to the elephant was 31, 36, 98.

12 - Raster/Master's Elephant (reapersaurus)

Dead and gone. Maybe.

10 - Mortem Redgrave (Cool hand luke)

Mortem casts a spell with no immediately visible effect, then moves 60 ft to (9,81).

8 - Duder (duder)

Duder's hemisphere of force disappears, and he flings his arms out in a dwarven chanting spell. A tiny bead of red heat flies out into the middle of Mortem and Unth and explodes into a fireball.

Fireball is from (4,75)-(11,82) and does 25 dmg to Unth and Mortem.

7 - Omigawd (duder)

Omigawd, meanwhile, chants to an obscure dwarven sun god and knives, flashing in the sunlight, materialize in a massive blade barrier from (2,72)-(13,83)... at just a bit above ankle height. Both Unth and Mortem evade the blades, dancing wildly, but it is obvious that if they do not immediately move to the edge of the barrier, they'll be cut to pieces.

Note: If you make your save against blade barrier, you take no damage, AS LONG AS you take the shortest route to leaving the barrier. In this case, that means next round they have the choice of leaving the barrier, or taking the damage.

19 - Mang (duder)

Mang then casts a spell, and a second wall of force, this one a cramped 11 ft in radius, springs into existence around the three dwarves, from (13,63)-(17,67).

3 - Mr Buffles (DM with a vengence)

Mr Buffles, bereft of a target, hauls ass for Mrs Stampy's area, moving swiftly to (3,18)-(4,21).

3 - Mr Duffles (DM with a vengence)

Mr Duffles moves to (41,82)-(44,83).

3 - Mr Huffles (DM with a vengence)

Mr Huffles spends the round gnawing on dead Polar Bear #6's skull.

3 - Summoned Polar Bear 2 (DM with a vengence)

Polar Bear #2 continues to snore loudly.

3 - Mr Stampy (DM with a vengence)

The grass simply isn't good enough. It is, in fact, not at all what he remembered, so long ago... those distant twelve seconds ago.

Mr Stampy, furious, looks around and spots who must be causing it! Ah HA!

He charges 80 ft to (22,58)-(29,61). His target appears to be Mang's hemisphere of force.

3 - Mrs Stampy (DM with a vengence)

Mad. Angry. Perturbed. The oversized elephant takes a five foot step east to (16,22)-(23,25) and seems to be considering her next move.

COMMENTARY of the GODS

A stray smile graces Hel's half-hideous face as Antony collapses from an unknown source, but otherwise none of the gods considered this round worthy of comment.

GLORY CUPS

Clockworkjoe: 30 points
   Rnd 1
   Marius survived assault by 4 people
   BONUS: Sif, for absorbing obscene amounts of dmg
   Rnd 2
Cool hand luke: 17 points
   Rnd 1
   Rnd 2
   BONUS: Sif & Nike, for shoving back a charging elephant
   Rnd 3
   Unth killed Raster the elephant
   DIDDLED: Mortem
DM with a vengence: 12 points
   Rnd 1
   Thoramus killed Xiao Hu (kill-thief)
   Rnd 2
   Rnd 3
   Hagbard killed Xiao Lung
duder: -35 points
   Rnd 1
   DIDDLED: Duder, Omigawd, Mang
   Rnd 2
   DIDDLED: Duder, Omigawd, Mang
   Rnd 3
   DIDDLED: Mang
JDragon: -30 points
   Rnd 1
   DIDDLED: Izad
   Rnd 2
   DIDDLED: Izad
   Rnd 3
   DIDDLED: Izad
Jeremy: 6 points
   Rnd 1
   Rnd 2
   Rnd 3
   Osirdar killed Antony
Number47: 128 points
   Rnd 1
   Xiao Fung killed Polar 4, Cuffles, Fluffles
   BONUS: Wee Jas, for precision and clockwork
   Rnd 2
   Xiao Fung killed Emeldra, Thoramus, Polar 1, Gruffles
   Xiao Lung killed Polar 5, 7 and 8
   Rnd 3
   Xiao Fung killed Polar 8
   Xiao Lung killed Polar 3, 6
reapersaurus: 42 points
   Rnd 1
   BONUS: Nike, for a fantastic start
   Rnd 2
   Blaster killed Marius
   Blaster survived assault by 3 people
   Rnd 3
   DIDDLED: Blaster, Master
Saepiroth: -10 points
   Rnd 1
   Rnd 2
   Rnd 3
   DIDDLED: Cholestus
Sollir Furryfoot: -10 points
   Rnd 1
   DIDDLED: Rillos
   Rnd 2
   Rnd 3