Castle Whiterock 12 September 2022: Ghost in the shell

The murderhoboes

Garreth, half-orc swordsman
    Bleu, droning elf wizard
Zaber, suave and debonaire man
    Logan, wolverine
Polly, cute and deadly elf archer
Thrognar, half-orc holy warrior

What they did

We fly over the lake shore and I hear something very quiet and stealthy trying to move up behind Garreth. "Man, Garreth, something is trying to sneak up on you and it's frigging lame."

Polly asks, "Oh, is this the return of Flitwick?"

Garreth spins and focuses on his speed, and Bleu is casts Great Haste on Garreth. Polly moves behind him. I hear a gentle dripping sound, like rainfall, and I put on my ring. 

Garreth spots the oncoming monster, which we can see is some kind of fast, blurry dragon turtle. We move away as it tries and fails to bite Garreth. It swats at Logan and Polly with its flipper foreclaws but misses both. It also tries to hit Logan and Thrognar with its rear flippers but they step back. A lightning bolt comes into being and misses Garreth. Bleu Blinks away from its tail.

It spins in place and tries to hit us again, and we get out of the way. It tries to claw Logan and misses, but it bites and grabs him in its maw. Its other foreflipper swings at Bleu but misses. Its other flippers try to hit Thrognar and Polly but he parries and she retreats, while its tail misses Garreth.

Thrognar channels godly might. Garreth asks his sword, "Alright, Scalemar, gimme the goods on how to party with the dragon turtle?" After a split second, he chops at its head, hitting it before it puts its head back in its shell, but it swats away his sword and makes it turn in his hand. Bleu casts Great Haste on herself and steps. Polly shoots three arrows at the dragon turtle but misses, and it ignores Logan flailing in its bite. I stab it in the eye and step upwards. It starts to strike back at us, but Garreth hits it in the skull twice before it can.

It flails about trying to smash everyone, and we get out of the way, with Bleu Blinking. It pushes Logan into its maw, but he suddenly disappears in a puff of smoke. I cringe, but I know he's alright and going to come back in the bag in a few days, angry at this. The dragon's tail and both back flippers swat at Garreth, but he batters it away, as well as the lightning bolt it shoots at him. It tries to bite and claw Thrognar, but he parries both of them. It tries to swat at Bleu but misses, and misses me when I step away.

It spins again with its spiked shell, and we all get out of the way. It shoots a lightning bolt at Garreth, hitting him, and he yells, "Dragon, you've merely increased my capacity for ale! I do dearly love ale." Then it whirls again, with all of us getting away other than Bleu, who clutches her belly. It tries to bite Garreth but he parries, tries to claw Thrognar but he retreats, misses Polly with its flipper, and Garreth parries its tail. Its flipper claws Bleu, but Thrognar activates the Protector's Run to keep her from hurting. It then shoots a lightning bolt at her, stunning her.

Thrognar hits its skull thrice before it can snap away, while Garreth hits it as well before he lands three more on the shell. He hisses at it, "Foolish dragon, you are doomed!" which stuns it. Polly shoots its skull, and she lands with her third shot. I fly towards Bleu to get her out of the way. Garreth whacks its shell again.

The dragon turtle flails around, missing all of us, then tries to hit Garreth with its back flippers and tail. Its tail instead misses Garreth and hits the water hard. It swats at me and misses, at Thrognar who parries, and bites at Polly and she gets out of the way. It shoots a big blast of water at Garreth, knocking him back. It swats at me again, hitting me and … no, wait, it misses somehow. It swats at both Garreth and Thrognar, who parry, and at me, and I move away. Its tail swats at Polly but misses, and a lightning bolt flies past Garreth. It gets blurrier, but Thrognar hits its shell anyways.