[Heat's capable - or had been - of using some small measure of magic, it was never his best role in a hunt, and thus COULD if he had to, usually strike at range. But he doesn't like to, and chooses not to, as the hammer splits open with a tattletale sound of building energy in a way that can't be mistaken as anything other than a long ranged weapon. Instead he lunges straight into the blast, intent on closing the gap between them as quickly as he can.
It's a testament to exactly how tough that crimson and gold monstrosity is that he doesn't pay for it with his immediate death. Energy and that strange webbing of color and light sluice off his hide as Heat staggers in a lurch to one side, still visibly more or less perfectly fine.
He isn't. Appearances are deceptive, when the damage is internal. He manages to right himself with unnerving swiftness and lunges, reaching for both Jayce and his weapon, to slap the hammer aside and strike with sharply curved claws. It's no accident that the side struck is not the one he's employing to actually try to hit the rotting deer-man with, but it could look coincidental.]
..gonna taste the rainbow. if he can catch it
[Heat's capable - or had been - of using some small measure of magic, it was never his best role in a hunt, and thus COULD if he had to, usually strike at range. But he doesn't like to, and chooses not to, as the hammer splits open with a tattletale sound of building energy in a way that can't be mistaken as anything other than a long ranged weapon. Instead he lunges straight into the blast, intent on closing the gap between them as quickly as he can.
It's a testament to exactly how tough that crimson and gold monstrosity is that he doesn't pay for it with his immediate death. Energy and that strange webbing of color and light sluice off his hide as Heat staggers in a lurch to one side, still visibly more or less perfectly fine.
He isn't. Appearances are deceptive, when the damage is internal. He manages to right himself with unnerving swiftness and lunges, reaching for both Jayce and his weapon, to slap the hammer aside and strike with sharply curved claws. It's no accident that the side struck is not the one he's employing to actually try to hit the rotting deer-man with, but it could look coincidental.]