The creature charged forward, skittering through the soot and sending small clouds of it into the air,
intent on the dwarf.
[Charge - Bite]
[Charge: ?, ?, ?]
[Primary Attack: 1d20+11+1: 28 vs Khalin’s AC (19)] - hits!
[Damage: 2d8+5: 17] and [Bloodied]
[Khalin’s armour begins Rusting]
As the creature’s fangs bit down and through Khalin’s armour, both of the party heard a most
unusual sound, as the metal pieces on the scale mail creaked and groaned.
When the creature withdrew, Khalin glanced down for a moment, and saw rings of rust extending from the
puncture marks in the metal. Then the pain hit him!
The creature’s feelers shivered along the length of its body and it eyed the dwarf’s mail
with glinting black eyes.
‘Whoa! Don’t let that thing near my armour — Caldring would have a
fit!’ shouted Tradden as he dropped the torch and drew his remaining sheathed blade. It was
exactly the kind of remark which was well intentioned, the young fighter trying to bolster spirits, but
badly executed. Still, it was better than some in the past.
He stepped up, side by side with Khalin.
The creature seemed to be intelligent, and so a show of strength was needed — it would
rue the day it attacked these two surface dwellers!
Shouting a battle cry that echoed around the chamber, Tradden struck out.
[Reaping Strike]
[Primary Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+9: 26] - hits!
[Damage: 1d8+7: 11] and [Marked]
[Tradden’s Frost Longsword begins Rusting]
Tradden felt his sword hit with a crunching blow, but to his horror he heard the same creaking and
popping sound, and the frost blade began the same process as Khalin’s armour.
Khalin thought for a heartbeat about unleashing another caustic yet witty quip, but after glancing at the
wound in his torso he felt the surge of adrenaline through his veins.
[Heroic Effort]
[Tradden gains +3 to damage rolls until Khalin is no longer bloodied]
[Khalin gains +5 temporary hit points]
Raising his shield once more to defend his comrade, the warlord unleashed a blood-curdling roar as he
struck back at the beast’
[Shielded Assault]
[Primary Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+6: 26] - critical hit!
[Damage: 2d10+5: 25] plus [1d6: 2 Flame Bracers critical fire damage] and [Bloodied]
[+2 AC to self and adjacent allies until end of next turn]
The warhammer crashed into the beast’s strange hide with a crunch and yellow and orange flames
danced down Khalin’s arms and covered it. Its feelers twitched wildly and an eerie shriek came
from its mouth.
[Khalin Dungeoneering Check: 1d20+3: 15] - success!
Khalin quickly realised this creature seemed to be something from the tales of the old dwarven
miners — a creature that lived deep in the mountains and consumed metal itself,
rusting it first to help digest it — a “Rust Monster”. With ore and metal
plentiful in mines, the creatures were drawn to the dug shafts to feed. Surely it would be after
whatever contained the greatest degree of metal.
Unfortunately, this would be the armour tightly strapped to Khalin’s body.
Khalin weighed up the situation in an instant, then, as befit his headstrong instincts, hurled his hefty
metal hammer towards and past the beast…
[Action Point]
[Khalin gains a Standard Action]
…in the hope the metal-craving monster would follow it.
The hammer crashed into the table, sending clouds of soot into the air.
The creature seemed hurt and injured by the attacks, but also seemed determined to continue with its lust
for the metal on Khalin’s armour, regardless of the hammer thrown above its head.
[Bite]
[Primary Attack: 1d20+11: 27 vs Khalin’s AC (19+2-1)] - hits!
[Damage: 2d8+5: 14]
[Khalin’s armour continues Rusting]
The blow struck Khalin hard, as the creature tore through his armour, concentric circles of rust
spreading from the punctures.
As the creature attacked it had reared up somewhat, presenting an easy target for Tradden to attack.
[Tradden: Combat Superiority]
[Opportunity Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+9-1: 20] - hits!
[Damage: 1d8+7: 13]
[Tradden’s Frost Longsword continues Rusting]
Tradden’s sword sliced through the creature’s back spilling further blood.
Although Khalin’s inspired attempt to distract the beast had failed, Tradden took heart from his
effort, and the fact that it had left the insecty thing open for another slice to its abdomen.
That done, Tradden looked to follow up with a carefully chosen strike…
[Sure Strike]
[Primary Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+11-2: 12] - misses!
[Marked]
[Tradden’s Frost Longsword continues Rusting]
The creature seemed to have a sixth sense for the blade of steel heading towards it though, and it
flinched at a critical moment, causing the sword to harmlessly bounce off its chitinous hide, the
creaking and cracking of rust attacking steel making Tradden wince.
Mindful of the fact that this “thing” was affecting the very tools of combat that he and
Khalin used, Tradden looked to attack again, inspired by Khalin’s bravura.
[Action Point]
[Tradden gains a Standard Action]
[Tradden uses Khalin’s Bravura Presence]
[Tradden can take extra attack, if hits can attack again]
[Sure Strike]
[Primary Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+11-3: 15] - misses!
[Marked]
[Tradden grants Combat Advantage]
[Tradden’s Frost Longsword continues Rusting]
However, the creature once again seemed to anticipate his move, and the blade slid of its platelike
exterior once more. The young fighter took a moment to hold his blade up in front of his face, just to
check it was actually still there, and the rust hadn’t decimated it completely.
This was foolish, as it left him flatfooted.
As Tradden attacked, Khalin bellowed a string of colourful dwarven expletives. There seemed to be little
left of the dwarf’s armour, and his hammer now lay yards away. It had been an audacious gamble,
but one that reminded Khalin why he wasn’t a betting man.
Perhaps only moments from losing consciousness, and perhaps even his life, the dwarf drew his dagger and
hacked at the face and mandibles of the Rust Monster.
[Melee Basic Attack - Dagger]
[Primary Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+7: 14] - misses!
[Khalin’s dagger begins Rusting]
Khalin cursed once more, his skill with the dagger not matching that of his hammer.
[Inspiring Word]
[Khalin spends a Healing Surge and regains 1d6+7: 9 hit points]
The dwarf’s curses at least drew him some strength.
The rust monster, oblivious to Khalin’s pain opened its jaws wide once more to satiate its appetite
on the dwarf’s armour.
[Bite]
[Primary Attack: 1d20+11: 18 vs Khalin’s AC (19-2)] - hits!
[Damage: 2d8+5: 17] and [Dying]
[Khalin’s armour continues Rusting]
The jaws snapped through Khalin’s armour, spilling scales over the floor, and as the pieces fell
into the soot so did the dwarf.
As the creature pounced onto the spilled metal, Tradden struck as hard as he could.
[Tradden: Combat Superiority]
[Opportunity Attack vs Rust Monster: 1d20+9-3: 25] - hits!
[Damage: 1d8+7+3: 18] and [Dead]
[Tradden’s Frost Longsword continues Rusting]
Tradden’s sword sliced through the back of the creature’s neck, and with a satisfying squelch
parted the head from the body.
Sheathing his swords, Tradden rushed over to his fallen companion, kicking the head of the creature with
his leather boot into the darkness around the edge of the chamber.
‘Oh… cripes!’ he muttered, seeing that his freind was in a bad way. He needed the
attentions of either a priest or an apothecary that was for sure, but right now he needed first aid. The
young fighter rolled up his sleeves, tried to remember all he could about his rudimentary healing
training as well as dwarven anatomy.
[Tradden Heal Check - Stabilise the Dying: 1d20+8: 20] - success!
[Khalin stabilises and goes to 0 hit points]
Tradden quickly stopped the blood flow and bound the nasty wounds on Khalin’s chest as well as he
could. The dwarf was still in bad shape, but at least he was stable for now.
Healing Surges
Healing Surges are applied.
[Khalin spends ? healing surges (? left) to get to ?/? hit points]
[Tradden spends ? healing surges (? left) to get to ?/? hit points]
Encounter Powers
All encounter powers are recharged.
Milestones
No milestones reached.
Experience
Experience awarded.
[Khalin gains ? xp to reach ? xp]
[Tradden gains ? xp to reach ? xp]
Levelling
No one is ready to progress.
