Chapter 1 Act 3 Tactics

“So, something big huh?” Xander asked Theo as he jumped from the tree line to meet the brothers. The two turned from the bear snake monster thing banging on the barrier and roaring in protest to Xander. “What in the unholy crap is that?” Xander asked as he got a look at the now four headed monster.
“Let’s worry about what it is later. Right now we need to focus on killing it.” Elezar told Xander “Ophelia is on her way?”
“Sent her a messenger arrow, she should be on her way” Xander answered.
“Good. Let’s strategize.” Theo sat down a few feet from the barrier where the bear was now rattling its tail head and pacing back and forth, Xander and Elezar joined him to discuss and wait for Ophelia.

“Okay, everyone got the plan?” Theo asked. Elezar, Ophelia, and Xander each nod in turn. “Good get into position.” With that Xander leapt up into the tree line and notched an arrow. Ophelia and Theo took up the front, with Elezar behind them. Ophelia readied her spear as Theo stood in front of Elezar’s staff with the bear monster dropped in attacked position just beyond the barrier. “On three!” Theo yelled to the others.
“One!” Xander used the tip of his notched arrow to prick his finger and cast snare on it.
“Two!” Ophelia’s spear began to glow with Elezar’s accuracy spell, she was prepared to intercept the bear.
“Three!” Theon ripped the staff from the ground, ending the barrier spell, and threw it behind him towards Elezar. The bear took its opportunity to attack Theon, it burst forward with a lions pounce. Ophelia came underneath and stabbed the bear from below, aimed for where its heart should be. The spear hit its mark, but the hide was thicker than expected. The bear roared in pain, fire in all its eyes, it came down pinning Ophelia. Xander loosed his arrow at the tail head as it came to bite Ophelia. The arrow pierced the tail just below the head, causing it the hiss and turn towards the direction the arrow came from. Ophelia kept her grip on the spear, gradually forcing it deeper, as she tried not to be clawed. Theon drew his sword and slashed at the 3 heads, taking out the left heads right eye. The beast retreated to the center of the clearing, almost taking Ophelia’s spear and her with it only for Theon to help yank it free.
Xander peppered the Monster with arrows to keep it occupied as Theon helped Ophelia up. Elezar had picked up and slammed his staff into the ground, a circle had formed in a ten foot radius around Elezar as runes began to glow in air following his fingers. The plan was a simple one from Elezar’s perspective; the others keep it occupied while he set up a complicated and precise ice spell. Elezar began speaking an old tongue that his mother simply called ‘Ancient’ as he wrote in the air. The language was strange and used sounds almost foreign to humans. As he spoke however, the air temperature inside the circle dropped low enough that Elezar’s whole body was giving off steam and his breath resembled that of smoke billowing out a dragons maw.
Theon had recast Lizards bone. This beast was more dangerous than any of them had previous thought. Ophelia was bleeding from her right arm and her abdomen. She only knew basic survival magic, nothing in her arsenal was meant for combat. So Theon was taking the brunt of the beasts attacks at this point.