h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*Sarah had a nervous look cross her face for a moment.* "Ok lets stop them before its to late!" She raised her staff and sliced through an orc.* "Hey does anyone here know a earthquake(sp?) spell?"

[Ecg Unagi]: *slightly cross but also just sort of trying to think real hard* "Um, those are for reserve. Basic elementalism holds you have to respect the land and things like that; That's last resort because it tears up the ground. Turf gets all nasty and messy to deal with."

*He thinks a little more before something comes to him*
"I've got an idea. Earth... well, there is a bog... this is marshy, sortof wet... pitch, peat are there too I'd gather if it's a swamp."

*He gathers a handful of the messy stuff. It's a bit foul smelling too*
It squelches in his hand.

"Part of why dead things... dead plants are flammible, aren't they?
}Squelch!{

"It's made of dead plants."
*squelch-squelch*

"and is a bit like mud. Maybe..."
*He shapes it into a squat short figure, without much detail.*
The figure salutes while dripping.
"A pitch golem. Do you see any tar? That stuff works great for making fires too. We can stick the tar on things... I guess."

*He makes some more of them and the runoff drips from their frames.*

*turns and slices through yet another orc*

I know an earthquake spell, if you can call it that which could be effective here. However, to perform it I need a war hammer or something similar neither of which I currently possess.

*shoulder barges another orc out of the way and takes the head off a third*

*Sara fights off another Orc as she listens to both of them* "Well guys...if we could have a small earthquake...just enough to focus on and stop them." *She said motioning to the cicle infront of them.*
"I could work on get you the hammer you need. And Ecg...if you work what your doing as a distraction...I think we might be able to stop them."

*One of the archers that ran out of arrows creeps up and Ecg gets sliced in the arm by a knife as his concentration breaks for a bit*
(Gritting his teeth together) : "I'll try."

*His spell misfires and instead of making another golem the new one breaks into several smaller homunculi. They topple over and onto the orc. He holds his hand over the wound and concentrates on the ground within three feet in front of him a couple times*

More homunculi and two new golems. He was shooting for five but instead he has 3 golems and 6, 8 homunculi.

"Then set them on fire. It's the best I can..."
*winces again but mainly in annoyance*
"Manage."
~Watch out for the ones with knives, they're sneaky.~

Blake rushed for the center, dodging around blows, spells, and attacks, trying to disrupt the summoning.

*just then a large burst of light can be seen on the horizon, it seems to be some signal that the enemy was weighting for as a loud cheer goes round there ranks*

*looks towards the light*

now that can't be good!

*turns to Sarah*

If you could get me the hammer then it would be greatly appreciated, if not then i will have to improvise!

*Sarah looks up at the light then turns to Elexorien*
"Ok...just one second." *She stood and held her staff tight...the blades pull back into it and then the shape changes till it looks like a war hammer.*
"Will this do?" *She asks as she holds it out to him and pulls her dagger from her boot.*

<<>>

*A similar burst of light appears in the centre of the necromancers. It spreads out, and encompasses the enemy forces entirely. It catches the Guild combatants at its very fringes, and, so, when the spell is complete, the group finds itself flung far away from the enemy forces. Nuge stands, and, once his vision clears, he realises that the scenery has changed.

Rather than calling in reinforcements, the necromancers have teleported themselves to Yuric. Our forces have found themselves a fair distance away from the enemy, who are unaware that we have been caught up in the teleportation field.

Yuric is, as Dr Anthea so well put it, filled "with siege engines and dragons and uber powerful drow and.... torturing and stuff. its meant to be all dark and if anyones played neverwinter nights kinda on that vein"

The group are obscured from the view of the patrolling guards by a small patch of burned and straggly trees. The enemy attack force carries on into the citadel, to report on the strength of their enemy's forces*

Tobias: "Is everyone okay?"

*As Sarah stands she shakes stars from her eyes and notes the change in the landscape. Then see that her staff has returned to normale.* 'Well I guess I lost control of the spell in the confusion.' *She thought with a sigh a she placed the dagger back in her boot. She looks up as she hears Tobias*
"Ya Im good...just a few scraps. What about you and the others?"

I, myself, am fine, but you and I are the only ones awake... We had a rough ride. I think that we were on the very fringes of their teleport spell... I'm not a mage, so I wouldn't know what exactly happened...

*Looks at the pile of rubbly, gravelly dirt they are standing on, on which the trees are planted*

Hmm... Do ya think this was the golem? It could well have gotten fried... I've heard of warriors with magical creatures in tow, who stepped into a transport spell, and had the creatures depolarise, and become a heap of dust...

I'm fine....a little, disoriented, maybe, but fine. *Blake says, walking over

See if you can wake the others up. We need to regroup and get a plan of action sorted out.

*Sarah nodded* "All right then." *She went to find the others.*

*wanders over still feeling slightly dazed*

well...that was fun!

well... if you have a very odd idea of fun
but i think there stalling tactic worked
they probably have every man woman and un-holly child-eater in there army armed to the teeth by now

*Sarah looked around.* "Well what shall we do to get back our advantage?"

well i could animate a vast horde of undead zombies and skeletal knights....

I don´t think that would make much of a difference, frankly. They´ll always have a vaster horde, as there are enough necromancers inside those walls to animate every corpse on this planet.

We aren´t even supposed to be here. As far as they know, we´re back in those woods, feeling victorious, and dandering onwards on our way. They don´t expect us here for another fortnight. I, therefore, don´t think they´ll be armed to the teeth yet, and if we get in and attack surgically, we might well be able to capture the control centres of the citadel. We have the benefit of the element of surprise...