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Zachary froze for a moment as the carrion crawlers approached..running along the floor, walls, and ceiling (sometimes all at the same time). He didn't have much time to consider his options. The beasts were almost on top of them already. There was no time to cast a spell - at least not yet. Zachary took a firm grip on his hammer and took careful aim on one of the monsters. He chose one that was farther away in hopes of lessening effect of the thunderclap on him and the warrior, but he needed it to be close enough so that the other beasts would be affected by. With a silent prayer to Odin, Zachary threw the hammer with all of his might. It slammed into a crawler on the wall, smashing it against the rock and releasing the thunderclap that always accompanied a successful strike when the hammer was thrown. The carrion crawler fell to the cavern floor, almost dead from the impact of the hammer and the stunning boom of thunder that followed. The sheer volume shook the cavern from top to bottom as the thunderous boom reverberated back and forth off the walls, floor and ceiling. This caused the other crawlers to lose their footing and fall to the cavern floor. It also managed to stun 2 of the remaining 3 monsters, but the fourth one managed to shake off the effects and regain it's footing. It still took it a few moments to get its bearings back, and Zachary used this time to cast the spell of telepathy he had been planning to use later to establish a rapport with the warrior.
The two adventurers were now able to "hear and understand" each other's thoughts - at least on a surface level. The spell bypassed the language barrier...somehow, it allowed the two men to understand what the other was thinking, without worrying about the actual word being that were being thought. Zachary did not use this link to try to direct the attacks of the warrior, however. Instead, he was just establishing a way for the warrior to understand what he thinking and to determine what action he was preparing to take. This would be vital for them to coordinate their attacks on the creatures and make sure they were killed quickly.
Zachary didn't have time to retrieve his Hammer of Thunderbolts, so he grabbed one of his normal hammers instead, then charged forward towards the one carrion crawler that had been unaffected by the thunderclap. He shouted a battlecry to Odin and began hammering into the side of the crawler.
OOC>>Morg - according to Larry, these things should be easy enough for the two of us to kill. The first one is Near Death, and will most likely crawl off the other way if it is able to move at all. The next two are stunned for the next 2-3 rounds. I will leave the next move up to you.
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