Seven Days to the Grave [DMOOCH]

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R15T23: Vivino tries to draw on his rage, but he is still fatigued and can't quite do it. To give himself courage he lets out a howl, "AWOOOOOOO!"

He then proceeds to shred Jolistina with his sword with wild abandon. He scores a light crit neck cut on her for mod 26, but she is tough enough not to bleed from that. His follow-up completely misses, though.

R15T22.1: She breathes something in Vivino' face, a type of green gas. She stares into Vivino's face with eyes opened extra-wide and a silly-serious expression. Vivino fights as hard as he can, assuming it is a poison effect, but not understanding the nature of the gas he lets out a giggle and stops. Then a snicker, and stops himself again. Jolistina's face opens up into a wide smile and bursts out laughing, and then so does Vivino. Finally, it is too much and Vivino breaks down in completely laughter, his uproarious guffaws heard through most of the level. She then enters the room to the south.

R15T22: Allen, you are still hasted. There are no active enemies that you see in this room. To the west of this room, you hear Vivino laughing hysterically about something. To the east, there is another battle going on. What do you do?

Branwyn on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in belt, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration.
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Iluvar) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15 (in Rolth's room). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Dr. Davaulus: 12. DYING!!!
Adelaide: 11. Switchblade in hand and extended. Bow stowed in quiver. ST vs. Dr. Davaulus. Haste til R19T26. 3 BLEED!!!
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (28:28). Located in G13. Parrying Strike: +4 dodge AC vs. Lucius til R15T6.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160). Harm (90 hp, DC 20) on right hand.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie.

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R15T22: Allen takes a moment to consider his options. The laughter on the one side makes him think that his side is winning there, so he chooses to head towards the east and through the door on that side. He calls on his psionic power to teleport him back to the lower floor and then moves through the doorway into the eastern room. Two enemies fight Lucius, and Allen backs all the way north to the corner to make himself very small to not anger a big beastie there!

R15T21: Branwyn, you have a wakizash and the pipes of the sewers in hand. You would need to put your wakizashi away to play the pipes, but now there are no enemies active in this room. You feel a blanket of holy protection still and your mirror images, but you are also thwarted by being sickened by the awful smells in this room. 20' to the east of you on this level is a door that a cultist earlier in the battle had banged on, but nothing has come of that. All other doors are on the lower, non-catwalk level. Vivino laughs hysterically to the west, and Allen just did a combo teleport-run to the east. What do you do?

Iluvar on deck, Red-Blue in the hole, Lurk delaying ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in belt, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration.
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Iluvar) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15 (in Rolth's room). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Dr. Davaulus: 12. DYING!!!
Adelaide: 11. Switchblade in hand and extended. Bow stowed in quiver. ST vs. Dr. Davaulus. Haste til R19T26. 3 BLEED!!!
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (28:28). Located in G13. Parrying Strike: +4 dodge AC vs. Lucius til R15T6.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160). Harm (90 hp, DC 20) on right hand.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie.

[lostsole31]

R15T21: Branwyn really has to fight the impulse to just drop rats down somewhere and to swarm everything. He coughs some, so moves along the catwalk and using the railing does a brilliant dismount and gymnastics maneuver to land right next to Iluvar. Showing the Pharasmin his several wounds, Branwyn looks at him with pleading eyes.

R15T16: Iluvar, Branwyn does a brilliant acrobatics maneuver to get down to you from above. He seems to be significantly wounded. What do you do?

Lucius on deck, Adelaide in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in belt, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration.
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Iluvar) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15 (in Rolth's room). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Dr. Davaulus: 12. DYING!!!
Adelaide: 11. Switchblade in hand and extended. Bow stowed in quiver. ST vs. Dr. Davaulus. Haste til R19T26. 3 BLEED!!!
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (28:28). Located in G13. Parrying Strike: +4 dodge AC vs. Lucius til R15T6.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160). Harm (90 hp, DC 20) on right hand.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie.

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[lostsole31]

R15T16: Iluvar takes stock of all his allies and enemies to see their general well being or lack there of. "How are we doing my friends? Anyone else need help? Harsk, Telgarana, can you check on Vivino? See what caused his malady."

"Branwyn, may you know Pharasma's healing." He casts a spell, beseeching the Gray Lady that it not yet be the tengu's time, and she answers with 17 healing to him.

Spoiler: Iluvar's Deathwatch Eyes (30' cone)

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Looking SW-ish ... you just put healing on Branwyn so didn't include him, you determine the following ...
Dr. Davaulus and Brown cultist are fragile.
Adelaide, Telgarana, and Harsk are all "fighting off death" ... which just means they have battle wounds ... though you see Adelaide actively bleeding.
Blue cultist is dead.

R15T15: Red-Blue cultist (f) comes out of the southern room in the macabre art gallery, circles around Vivino and goes to the corner and with power drops her scythe on Vivino for 6 mod.

R15T13: Lucius, what do you do? Your breaths are coming short and labored, and your allies may not even know of your predicament.

Adelaide on deck, Enemies in the hole ..

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in belt, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration.
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Iluvar) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Dr. Davaulus: 12. DYING!!!
Adelaide: 11. Switchblade in hand and extended. Bow stowed in quiver. ST vs. Dr. Davaulus. Haste til R19T26. 3 BLEED!!!
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (28:28). Located in G13. Parrying Strike: +4 dodge AC vs. Lucius til R15T6.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160). Harm (90 hp, DC 20) on right hand.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie.

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R15T13: Barely able to hold his ground, with his sword in his hand Lucus begins to speak in a labored tone choking up blood as he goes, "Inheritor, bind my wounds so I can see this through."

Lucius places his hand to his chest as some of his wounds close (18 healing). Still staggering, his body seems to shake slightly to an odd rhythm that only he hears in his head. He looks up and speaks to the creature in Infernal. "Puoi sentirlo? La canzone che sta suonando per noi mi è chiara!"

Spoiler: Infernal Translation

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"Can you hear it? The song that is playing for us is clear to me!"

Once more he strikes furiously at the monster. His first strike hits hard against the side of it, but doesn't cut through its demonic hide; the second attack misses completely; and the third attack is again stopped by the monster's hide.

Iluvar, Dr. Davaulus has a change in his life status .... he is now dead, having bled out.

R15T11: Adelaide, you take 3 bleed. You just sensed that your master (Dr. Davaulus) has died, and this is a horrific psychic blow as you are dedicated to him. You can hate him, but there is an inexplicable pull to the villain for you. You have your switchblade in hand and you have been bleeding a lot. Also, you hear Lucius' Infernal in the eastern room ... and Vivino's laughter to the west. What do you do?

Pink Cultist on deck, Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in belt, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration.
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Iluvar) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Switchblade in hand and extended. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26. 3
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (28:28). Located in G13. Parrying Strike: +4 dodge AC vs. Lucius til R15T6.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160). Harm (90 hp, DC 20) on right hand.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

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R15T11: Adelaide stares down at the doctor for just a little bit too long. She slowly stows her switchblade in her belt. Still breathing heavily, she curses under her breath and begins casting a spell. Shortly after several illusory images appear around Adelaide.

To Illuvar she admits, "I've been better, but I can still fight."

R15T6: Pink cultist isn't about to give up his flanking on the critically wounded paladin and swings with the scythe too eagerly, and Lucius catches it with his sword and beats it back the other way.

R15T5: Allen, you see a horrific creature in this room. In fact, you see several still versions of the one that is animate in tanks, though this current one seems to have come from a fourth shattered tank. The tall creature looks at Allen and Allen hears a voice in his head.

Spoiler: Creature >>> Allen

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"What are you, disgusting worm? You seem human, but I don't think that you are."

It then looks down at Lucius with its strange, horse-skull head and returns the favor in Infernal. "Ancora qui, fastidioso demone? Non sei così perso, da invocare poteri ipocriti e non abbracciare la tua stessa eredità, ah!"

Spoiler: Infernal-to-Taldane

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*"Still here, pesky demonling? Aren't you so lost, to be calling on hypocritical powers and not embracing your own heritage, ha!"*

Its head comes down to bite Lucius powerfully in the leg for 19, a claw rips across Lucius' neck for 16, and Lucius falls!

The monster looks at the cultist and seems to stare at the cultist intently. The cultist screams in terror at some unheard message and manages to duck out of the way of a claw as the creature's longer nail scores the wall behind the man. The creature steups a little on its partial stand.

Everyone, you heard speech (if you understand Infernal, see above translation) from a BIG creature in the room to the east, followed by something loud and metal-but-not-hollow hitting the ground.

End Round 15, Begin Round 16 ...

R16T29: Harsk seems to go through a painful change, and again those teeth grow out, this time just a little bit thicker and stronger before, such that the overslung tusks/canines. The teeth still aren't so large as to seem sized right for a creature with Harsk's head, still a little under, but they seem sharp nonetheless. He looks around wildly, and less carefully than you have seen him look over a room or two thus far (for he is surprisingly cautious). Hearing the noise in the next room, he bolts off, hasted as he is, and manages to just get into that room and go slightly south to bite at something there.

Allen, you see toothy-Harsk come in and then bite into the cultist's back for 8 (+1d2 bleed).

R16T26: Telgarana, what do you do? You don't see any enemies active in this room, but you hear combat in the rooms both to the east and the west. The east is where you heard a loud voice speaking in a harsh, unknown language. And to the west you hear Vivino cackling, but you hear sounds of battle as well.

Enemies on deck/ in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in belt, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration.
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. DYING!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (20:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

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R16T26: Looking up from the fallen bodies of the Doctor and his minions, Telgarana's elven ears pick up the sound of someone in armor falling. "Desna's tears, we're split up all over the place!"

She heads over to that sound over to where Lucius was battling. As she sees his fallen state she continues moving forward, taking out her curing wand in the process. "I hope this works and I hope that it's enough."

The cultist misses her with his scythe. The big creature bites her in her lower left arm, having seen her draw a wand. It does a cruel and painful 11 lethal + 5 NL, but it isn't enough to stop or hold her. She touches the wand to Lucius to heal him of a simple 3.

Not a lot of healing, but enough to bring Lucius back to unconsciousness to find himself prone, with this sword out of his hand on the ground, and not only Telly but also a cutist and Big Guy standing over him.

R16T25.5-25: Two Queen's Physicians exit the southern room over in the western "art gallery." Red attacks with a sword cane while flanking but misses. Blue surrounds Vivino and attacks, hitting against his armor.A third man exits, wearing an apron with a lot of chirurgeon's tools sticking out. He is a hideously ugly man. He stands right over Vivino and casts a spell and shoots a beam of black energy that hits Vivino in his lower left arm. Vivino's laughter only intensifies manically as he suffers 3 negative levels.

R16T23: Vivino, the pain you felt from that black beam that just hit you - despite making no wound - was perhaps the worst pain you've ever felt in your life.

Roll a Will save to overcome the laughing effect. Assuming/ hoping you make it, what do you then do?

Jolistina on deck, Allen in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in hand, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! RS. Hideous laughter til R24T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Bane (humans) active! Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. DYING!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (20:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R16T23: It isn't funny, or it absurdly is. Either way, Moriar doesn't have time to futz with the humorous import of what happened, but to his deadly predicament instead. Surrounded by four people - Jolistina not being one of them - he calls out as loud as he can, "Could use some assistance in here!"

That spellcaster had to go, though. Not the cultist. That guy hurt, but he's a scrub. But the smelly guy reeking of chemicals with the leather apron and creepy tools put the whammy on him that was way worse than any laughing spell. Though at a severe disadvantage on the ground, he swing his sword twice at the creepy man's legs in hopes of hobbling him. His first swing is pushed away by a deflection field, and his second swing hits a force that is several inches in front of the man.

R16T22: Allen, what do you do? You are still hasted with a feeling of compassion protecting you.

Branwyn on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in hand, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. DYING!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (20:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R16T22: Allen responds vocally to the creature's words. "I am as much Human as my comrades are." He then yells out to everyone. "If I fall now, know that it was to save another!!!"

As soon as his sentence ends, Lucius appears in his place, and Allen is now looking face to face with the creature (and over Lucius' greatsword)...for about half a second before he dashes away, hoping his psionic powers will protect him from meeting the same fate Lucius almost met. His psionic powers must be powerful indeed ... because the monster was focused on Telgarana and didn't really have time to respond to the red-haired "human." The cultist was also preoccupied and fails to take the opportunity.

R16T21: Branwyn, what do you do? Wakisashi is in one hand, pipes in the other. You are sickened by the stench in here. Some protective spells still going. No enemies in this room.

Iluvar on deck, Red-Blue cultist in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in hand, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. DYING!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (20:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R16T21: Branwyn actually is at the right spot to have a look at both battle scenes. On one hand, he can just make out something big and terrifying to the east. On the other hand, much more normal people ganging up on a pal to the west. Branwyn puts away his wakizash (his pipes of the sewers) still in hand and heads west with Lurk on his shoulder.

R16T16: Iluvar says, just before heading west out of the room, "I am going to aid Vivino."

Lucius calls out through the open door towards his companions still away, "Come to me."

R16T15: Red-Blue Cultist does a brutal upswing to hamstring Vivino for 12 mod + 2 DEX damage.

R16T13: Lucius, you are still prone, barely conscious, your greatsword lies well out of reach. But for now, from Allen's strange mental powers, you are safe. Your channel vigor is still going (what do you want this round?). What do you do?

Adelaide on deck, Pink cultist in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in hand, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (20:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R16T13: Lucius stands up with holy symbol in hand. "Lady of Valor, please bind the wounds of your foolish follower so he can once more take to this battle."

He gets suffused with a whopping total of 51 healing through both actions, surprising everyone in the room with how good his healing is. Lucius shakes his head and though still wounded, grits his teeth, puts his gauntled fists and says, "I didn't hear no bell!"

R16T11:

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Adelaide is still distracted some by the doctor's dead body and the buzzing still in her mind. She then begins to notice something. There is someone standing right next to Dr. Davaulus' body. He wears the same shoes. As Adelaide begins looking up ... she sees Dr. Davaulus there, staring down at his own body. He looks to you, then to his body, and says, "Well, this is awkward."

There's probably a moment of shock for Adelaide when he says, "If you want to live, grab the key off the lanyard around my neck. If you don't, you and all your friends are doomed."

Adelaide, you still feel the world moving slowly around you, and you have 3 images for protection. What do you do?

Pink Cultist on deck, Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in hand, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 20 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (20:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R16T11: Adelaide pinches herself a little to make sure she's not dreaming and is all but too stunned to take the doctors advice. She kneels down and removes the lanyard from around the doctors neck and puts it around her own. Looking back to the ghostly image, she presses, "How is this supposed to save us?"

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"That key is what operates the elevator mechanism if you need to make a hasty exit."

R16T6: Pink cultist takes 1 bleed. Flanking Telgarana with the big buy, he swings but Telgarana deftly does a volte-like deflection.

R16T5.5: The big, horse-skull-headed monstrosity looms over Telgarana. It bites onto her lower left arm for 12 lethal + 5 NL. One of its claws slams hard against her mithral shirt, but the other claw rakes across her chest for 10 lethal + 5 NL. It then steps southwest, which includes stepping on top of the greatsword.

R16T5: The Gray Maiden calls out, "Is somebody there? Can someone untie me? Hello?"

End Round 16, Begin Round 17 ...

R17T29: Harsk focuses his fury on the cultist, cutting his shin for 13, then his upper left arm for 9. Harsk keeps going, hitting him for another 9, and even trying to bite him but not getting through the armor. Still, the annoying cultist is finally down.

R17T26: Telly, you have a wand of CLW in one hand, and your blade in the other. You still have some protection from evil, are hasted, black blade strike and AP augment running, but your ablative barrier is weak and you aren't feeling that great. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW in hand, not wrist sheath. Blade in hand.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 10 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (-12:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R17T26: Now quite bloodied, Telgarana drops her curing wand. "I'm going to need some back up real soon" she says as she shifts to a more defensive position. Once again she strikes and casts. As multiple images form around her, weaving in and out of themselves, her first strike bounces off of the creature's thick hide. The next attack barely scrapes that hide, and the third attack is a complete miss.

R17T25.5-24: Over where Vivino is, a Queen's Physician successfully fakes out Vivino, and yet he can't get through the man's armor. The other Queen's Physician (Blue), likewise, is having trouble with that armor. Meanwhile, the artisan in the leather apron steps back with a smile, downs a small vial of something, and takes out a knife, taunting Iluvar with a beckoning motion of his knife.

R17T23: Vivino, fatigued, poisoned, enervated, and prone, at least your armor is holding up for you surprisingly well despite being mobbed as you're on the floor. What do you do?

Jolistina on deck, Allen in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW dropped on floor. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. PARRY next attack!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 10 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (-12:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R17T23: Vivino growls at the cultists as he braces himself and stands up, "I have had enough of this floor....take your strikes if you dare!"

Blue's sword cane nicks Vivino's neck for 1 mod. Red's attack falters on the armor, as does Red-Blue's scythe. Vivino then cuts the cultist in her chest for 10.

"Thank you for coming to my aid my new friend," Vivino says towards Iluvar.

R17T22.1: Another door to the south of Vivino and Iluvar, but 15' to the east, opens up. It seems to lead to the same room to the south. Iluvar doesn't see anyone at the doorway that just opened up.

R17T22: Allen, you are still hasted, and now in reach of the Big Guy. What do you do?

Branwyn on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW dropped on floor. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. PARRY next attack!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 10 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi and pipes of the sewers in hand. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. (18:28). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (-12:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R17T22: Allen does not like his current position. With all his mental power, he warps himself to the far side of the monster, and then heads further up to the northern wall to get some more distance between him and that monstrosity. He looks over at Lucius once he makes it to that wall. "If you want, I can warp you back into the fray in place of Telgarana, if you think you are ready for it."

R17T21: Branwyn moves in and near Iluvar but away from the fray and begins playing his pan pipes.

R17T16: Iluvar, well, with Branwyn right behind you playing music, you have a theme song? You still have crane style, protection judgment, sandals of lightest step, heroism, and protection from energy [fire] in use right now. What do you do?

Red-Blue cultist on deck, Lucius in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW dropped on floor. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. PARRY next attack!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 10 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (45:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 1 round.
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. (18:28). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!! RS.
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (-12:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R17T16: Bouncing to the rhythm of the pipes, Iluvar steps in the fray with a cartwheel kick to where Red Queen Physician's suprasternal cavity would be for 15. The physician's plague mask shakes back and forth a few times as he fights off the stunning effect. Meanwhile, Iluvar does a leg sweep to the aproned man, but it seems Iluvar completely misjudged where he was standing. The monk continues momentum almost in a breakdancing spin to then kick up at him, wildly missing again. Refusing to become uncentered with frustration, Iluvar calls on that centeredness to pop back up for a straight punch, but misses completely, again totally misjudging the man's position.

R17T15: Red-blue cultist puts power behind her swing to enjoy the flank, but Vivino deflects the scythe easily.

R17T13: Lucius, what do you do? You feel the protection against evil forces starting to wane. You can squeeze out another round on channel vigor ... what will it be?

Adelaide on deck, Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW dropped on floor. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. PARRY next attack!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 10 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 1 round.
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. (18:28). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (-12:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (67:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R17T13: Lucius cracks his neck side to side and once more places a hand on his chest (17 healing), then looks at the monster and speaks in infernal, *<"Avresti dovuto uccidermi quando ne hai avuto la possibilità."*>

He clenches his gauntleted fist and charges forward as quickly as he can with his limbs so invigorated, passing Harsk and stepping over the cultist. Before hwe gets to the monster, it bites him in the left elbow for 11. Lucius keeps moving forth, though, and then hammerfists the monster's left foot with a gauntlet for 15.

R17T11:

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"Your best chance is to finish the active battles behind you, not the ones ahead of you. Your forces are spread too thin right now," says Dr. Davaulus, keeping pace with Adelaide. "Go to the west to help your friends in Jolistina's art gallery."

Adelaide, your hands are free. You are hasted. What do you do?

Khu'gdoct Plaguebringer on deck, Harsk in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. RS.
Telgarana: 26. Wand of CLW dropped on floor. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. PARRY next attack!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 10 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 1 round.
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. (18:28). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow stowed in quiver. Haste til R19T26.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Pink Cultist (m): 6. (-12:28). BLEED 1d2/ rd!!! DYING!!!
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (52:160).
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (2). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R17T11: "Thanks for the Key, Doctor. Sorry it had to end like this." Adelaide says aloud as she moves to the west, drawing her bow and a single arrow as she does, stopping just outside the door to the adjacent room.

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"Who said anything has ended?" says the doctor. "Twice now I have told you what to do; twice you are doing it."

Adelaide utters a magical phrase and the runes on her bow take a soft blue and white glow, electricity crackles out from the runes and envelopes the limbs of the bow.

Quickly taking in the situation in the room she pulls back on her bowstring, and looses a blue crackling arrow at the bloody aproned man on the eastern edge of the scuffle, but her arrow is knocked aside by a hard magical force field several inches around him.

R17T5.5: The great creature laughs horrifically and then for the benefit of everyone in the room, they hear a voice in their minds.

Spoiler: Allen, Harsk, Lucius, Telgarana

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"Oh, no, holy warrior of the Witless Wench. I spared you so that you could bring more of your friends to me, that I may do ... THIS!"

The big creature sidesteps to the southwest corner. He opens his mouth horse-skulled mouth to a vast and terrifying width, and a sickly, fetid breath belches forth, followed by a dense swarm of bloated, black-winged flies that cover all three of the heroes in the clump, the fallen cultist, the weapon and wand on the ground, and even the northwestern tank where another of his type lies dormant. The flies proceed to shred everything in its path:

• Lucius: hit squarely for 30 + sickened.
• Lucius' Greatsword: Requiem, the adamantine longsword, has been destroyed.
• Telgarana's Curing Wand: Destroyed.
• Cultist: He expired a second before this attack, and now his body and all of his equipment is completely destroyed. He's not even difficult terrain anymore.
• Telgarana: Back a few feet from the first line, and still hopped up on haste, only takes 5 + 5 NL.
• Harsk: Takes 31 + sickened.
• Glass Case: The NW glass case is shredded, but not the body within, which simply plops limply to the ground.

A 20-foot-square of flies now swarms in the area, with those three heroes inside that area.

End Round 17, Begin Round 18 ...

R18T29: "Dammit, man!" Harsk cries to Lucius, a cry that is mixed with a sense that Lucius' time may have come, "Why'd the hell'dja do that?! Your more hurt than I am!"

A slight pause, and to all, "We might win this one fight, but we are battered and our people are every which way. Don't be a hero. Fall back to the others. I'll give us some cover."

He concentrates, and it seems to require a deeper concentration than anything Allen, Telly, or Lucius would require for their psionics, wizardry, or prayers (respectively). Immediately emanating from him and filling much of this room is a deep, nearly impenetrable fog, a fog that even rolls out the western door to cover some of that area as well.

Still operating under haste, he passes Adelaide in the next room.

R18T26: Telgarana, you are weak, and you saw your healing wand get shredded. You only see 5' around you, but unless the monster has some ability to see through the fog, that means it can't see you if you try to leave. You do see Lucius through the fog, and he doesn't look good at all. You still have some haste going. What do you do?

Enemies on deck and in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29.
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 5 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Mage armor. Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
Vivino: 23. FATIGUED til R17T21!!! 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!! PRONE!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 1 round.
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. (18:28). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. Haste til R19T26. RS.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (52:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (3). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R18T26: Taking stock of the rapidly decaying situation and with heartfelt pain at the lost of her curing wand, Telgarana takes the better part of valor and retreats. "We've done all we can for now, we need to retreat and regroup."

Her haste in its last seconds she makes great use of it, exiting the swarm, the fog cloud, the blood vat room, and then closing on the creepy man with apron and chirurgeon's tools.

R18T25.5-25: A queen's physician (blue) steps north to flank Iluvar with the aproned man, but Iluvar blocks that attack. Red, flanking with the cultist, just manages to make it past Vivino's mutagenic hide to stab him in the left temple with his sword cane for 6 mod. It could have been worse, but Vivino's history with experimenting on his body has given him a bonier skull to protect against precise head shots.

R18T24: The aproned man steps away from Iluvar (though not Telly), and ingests something. In doing so, unlike normal things ingested, he does not open an attack from Telly. Instantly there is a change over him physically as he now seems more lean and feral than before. Lending his ugly, scarred face an even more hideous cast.

R18T23: Vivino, you are no longer fatigued! What do you do?

Allen on deck, Branwyn in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29.
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. AS active for parry/ riposte.
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
* Ablative barrier (7 hours or until discharged): First 5 lethal she takes from each attk is NL. DR 5/-- vs. NL attacks. Converts total 5 damage.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Invisible til R26T22.1.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 1 round.
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Red-Blue Cultist (f): 15. (18:28). Magic weapon on scythe. Shield of faith (+2 deflection AC) on self. Divine favor.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. Haste til R19T26. RS.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (52:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (3). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R18T23: Vivino releases a calmly breath and gives a cold smile towards the cultists. "You should have killed me when you had the chance...now prepare to die!"

He cuts to position seven, hacking at the cultist woman's left knee for 19, who falls in a scream of anguish and pain. Though down, Vivino doesn't think she is dead, and isn't going to see her rise again so he gives a low pendulum cut that severs her arm and goes deep into her breastplate and chest. Yup, that did it.

He turns around menacingly on the Queen's Physician blocking the door to the south.

R18T22.1: A voice is heard from right next to Telgarana. "Oooh, I love your lavendar locks! What do you think of my art gallery!"

Telly looks to see nothing there than she feels a ripping pain in her upper right arm as she looks again and there is a small crossbow bolt embedded in her brachial artery for 19 lethal + 5 NL (+ 3 bleed). As Telly's world goes dark, there is a harlequined blonde elf standing right next to her. For all of her rotten luck, her 5 mirror images didn't do any blood good against this bitch's damnable luck.

Everyone else sees Telgarana hold her arm in pain, dropping her black-bladed katana on the ground, followed by Telgarana herself. Meanwhile, Jolistina is on the other side of Telgarana, having come from seemingly nowhere before she fast reloads her hand crossbow and ducks south into the doorway.

R18T22: Back in the room to the far east, Allen, what do you do?

Branwyn on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29.
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (5 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Stealth 23.
Allen: 22. Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Protection from evil til R18T13. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 1 round.
Lurk: 20. Protection from evil til R18T13. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Channel vigor [limbs] til R18T13 (haste effect). SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. Haste til R19T26. RS.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (52:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R18T22: With the cloud blocking his range of view, Allen decides the best thing to do is to leave the room and hope that the others are leaving too. He follows the wall going to the west and then south, aiming to reach the door he came into the room through. Once he's through the door, he continues out to the edge of the cloud so he can see again. Zooming along with the power of the haste, he ends up at the doorway to the northern room that had held a bunch of zombies previously, and is adjacent to a Queen's Physician, wherever the hell that guy came from. Worse, as Allen looks around, not only does he see a room opened to the south .... but there he is ... the man who almost single-handedly wiped out his last group: Rolth Lam, son of the deceased crimelord Gaedran Lam!

R18T21: Branwyn continues to play his panpipes, Lurk sort of swaying back and forth to the tune on her master's shoulder.

R18T16: Iluvar carefully casts a healing spell, then moves to Telgarana to deliver it. Unfortunately, her mirror images foils friend and foe alike. Iluvar dismisses an image, but fails to touch Telgarana.

R18T13: Lucius, your communal protection from evil effect falters on yourself (as well as Allen, Branwyn, & Lurk). Also, your channel vigor likewise ends. To top that off, you are sickened. What do you do?

Adelaide on deck, Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29.
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (4 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Stealth 23.
Allen: 22. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 2 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. Haste til R19T26. RS.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (52:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R18T13: Lucius hears his comrades falling back and calling out the plan but he stands firm. Internally, he agrees falling back and regrouping is the wise move. He heals himself for 23, then holds his ground - hands up, ready to fight - and calls out in Taldane. "Allen, although we only met recently I can tell you have a good heart. There are some battles people can't afford to back out of, should this monster get away and cause more suffering than it would be worst than a thousand of my own deaths. Be it by blade or by fist, I must see this through. Thank you for being my comrade."

Lucius attempts to step out of the swarm towards the monster, and continues speaking to the monster in Infernal: <"Sei stato tremendamente educato, permettendomi di parlare ai miei compagni in questo modo. Allora che ne dici se finiamo questo, qui e ora!">

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"You have been tremendously polite, allowing me to talk to my mates in this way. So how about we finish this, here and now!"

Lucius throws two gauntleted strikes at the creatures lower body. The first strike completely misses, and Khu'gdoc simply steps into the gap for his bulk to hit Lucius for 1 CON damage. That hurt as Lucius takes soft tissue damage from the impact, but continues the monster's politeness as now Lucius is able to line up his second strike to where the thing's kidney might be for 14. Karma's a bitch for good or ill, though, as the flies swarm and bite Lucius for 14 as well.

R18T11: Adelaide, your bow is in hand, and you still have some haste in the tank. What do you do?

Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer on deck, Harsk in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. Haste til R19T26. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29.
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (4 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Protection from evil til R18T13. Haste til R19T26. Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (45:45).
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Stealth 23.
Allen: 22. Haste til R19T26.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 2 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. Haste til R19T26. RS.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (38:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R18T11: Adelaide is beginning to feel concerned, but she promised to help and will try her best while she can. "I can't just leave them..."

She takes another step and draws her bow to fire again while casting a spell of protection on herself. Her first arrow hits shatters through several layers of magical defense to hit his left thigh before the arrow shatters harmlessly. The second arrow misses, and the third arrow bounces off of a magical field a few inches away from him.

Spoiler: Adelaide

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"Now you know why the last group down here was slaughtered. Once Rolth Lam is given time to protect himself with his spells, there is no defeating him. If you die here for your 'friends,' you are really dying for pride. Leave, and come back with people who are mage-killers to avenge the fallen-friends-to-be."

R18T5.5: Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer looks to Lucius, almost "infecting" his mind with his buzzing thought-speech.

Spoiler: Khu'gdoc >>> Lucius

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"That time was to bring terror to your friends. A magical wand and a powerful sword destroyed. The terror of seeing a body flayed to nothingness. They left you behind to die. That is the politeness I grant you, death. But tell me your name, that I may crow of this deed later, for I saw you fighting off death before, and your fight continues."

He now commits himself to putting power into his strikes, confident he can take the paladin, but also to make it harder to heal himself. Lucius' armor stops the bite, but a claw tears across the tiefling's hip for 21, while the other claw grazes Lucius' belly for 15.

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"There you are again, paladin ... almost the end. I see your life force ebbing out of your body."

End Round 18, Begin Round 19 ...

R19T29: Harsk sees the nearly-perfectly-delivered arrow shatter against Rolth Lam. He knows the group is now really on the ropes, and he himself is feeling sickened from the swarm of flies. He calls to Torag to protect his new comrades in arms, but in particular to protect him with the resilience of a rhino, and Harsk's prayer turns his skin a dark, wrinkly gray. He then zooms to Telly's side, but also adjacent to the spellcaster. But before Harsk finished his movement, the spellcaster lashed out at him with a claw that hit Harsk farther away than expected, scoring a hit on his left shoulder for 9.

No sooner does Harsk finish this short burst, than the haste effect frop from Harsk, Allen, and Adelaide (and Telgarana), and Telgarana continues to bleed (3 bleed).

R19T25.5-25: Blue (Queen's Physician) tries to acrobatically step atop the cultist, but the blood coming out of her wounds makes it slick and he doesn't do a great job, and Vivino gives the man a sapping slash to his hip for 30 + fatigued! The QP still takes the position, though, and then attacks Vivino from flank. If he wasn't just fatigued, he would have pushed through Vivino's thick skin, but timing is everything and he can't do it. Red does such a terrible job on his own attack, that he is briefly wide open before recovering.

R19T24: Rolth Lam concentrates, but instead of casting an actual spell, he brings about a magical effect, a gray field surrounding his hand and he tries to touch Iluvar, only to find Iluvar wildly capable in protecting himself from being simply touched. He steps a little more to the center of the room ... and next to Allen! To Allen he says in his cracking, hissing voice, "So good to see you again, I never got your name the first time, and an elan is so rare in these parts."

R19T23: Vivino, remember. You are no longer fatigued. Meanwhile, you are being flanked by two Queen's Physicians, and the creepy spellcaster showed in clawing Harsk that he ... well, has claws for one, but also can reach any hero in this room right now with his creepy, gray-aura'd hand. What do you do?

Jolistina on deck, Allen in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (4 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (15:45). FATIGUED!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45).
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24. Grave touch necromancer ability on his hand.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. 3 STR damage til R19T22.1!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Can't use breath weapon until R19T23. Stealth 23.
Allen: 22.
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 2 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (38:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R19T23: Vivino until now could not see much of the extended fight but it starts sinking in how dire the situation is. So once more he taps into unbridled rage and seeks to even the playing field a bit. "If someone could grab my sword for me I would appreciate not leaving it behind."

"Now as for you lot, I think that we have delayed this long enough don't you..." he says eyeing the cultists near him. Vivino's sword clatters to the floor as claws emerge from his hands along with his jaw extending abnormally.

Not even waiting for the transformation to fully complete, Vivino begins to tear into the cultists. Unfortunately, he should have waited as his first attack sends him wildly off balance, he calls on his acrobatics training to help him, but it is not enough as he falls to the ground. That doesn't stop his rage from still continuing to lash out at Red while flanking with Iluvar; in fact, Red completely doesn't expect it from this very low angle as Vivino bites him in the buttocks for 33. He falls from the shock as Vivino does a breakdancing maneuver to shift to Blue and bites, but that physician is more wary of an attack from a prone opponent and ducks enough that Vivino doesn't bite through the man's hard leather boot.

To add fuel to Vivino's fire, the some of the weakness he had been feeling from Jolistina's spell effect now disappears, making Vivino even stronger (well, less weakened, but this way sounds more exciting)!!! Suddenly, Vivino is now one of the most terrifying combatants on the field. Literally ... on the field ... as he is prone.

R19T22.1: Allen feels a piercing pain in his right shoulder and upper lung as he takes 22 (+3 bleed) + disoriented. He looks due south and in that room he sees a Jolistina Susperio. She does a speed reload of her hand crossbow. "Whoo! I got him for you, baby!"

R19T22: Allen, you take 3 bleed. You were attacked by Jolistina Susperio who annoyed your group with a danse macabre dumb-show of sorts back at Carowyn Manner. But what is really awful is that Rolth Lam is in the midst of the party. Normally, that is a tacticaly sound position, but the way Rolth dismantled your last party with so much death previously, he is fresh and fully loaded with protections, while your new party is barely keeping it together. Worse, Vivino took several minutes to jury-rig operate the elevator, and it would required that again to escape. If there was hope, it is dwindling. What do you do?

Branwyn on deck, Iluvar in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (4 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (15:45). FATIGUED!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45). DYING!!
Rolth Lam: 24. Displacement til R24T24. Grave touch necromancer ability on his hand.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Screaming bolt loaded.
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! Disoriented til R20T22.1 (-2 attack rolls, -4 vs. Jolistina).
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images. SICKENED til R19T21!!!
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 2 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (38:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R19T22: "You...You are going to die here. I promise this." Allen speaks to Rolth, before he steps away from the man and focuses his power to do what he failed to do the last time. In that focus, Rolth attacks with claws on elongated arms, but doesn't get past Allen's psionic armor. Allen continues with his power, and as he concentrates his shadow elongates towards Rolth, and reaches out as if grabbing something, and there is a fizzle of energy. Rolth now looks as he did, but about 1-2' from where he was just seen standing. Rolth snarls at Allen.

R19T21: Branwyn steps away from Rolth to the far NE corner of the room, conntinuing to play his pipes. As he does so, everyone hears a strange commotion over by the lift. it is at once like a thousand soft pebbles combined with a high-pitched susurrus. In addition, Branwyn looks like he's recovered from his sickness from being in the blood vat room, his playing of the pipes shows a heartier lung capacity than before.

R19T16: Iluvar continues to attempt to heal Telgarana, getting rid of another image.

R19T13: Lucius, what do you do?

Adelaide on deck, Khu'gdoc in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (3 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (15:45). FATIGUED!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45). DYING!!
Rolth Lam: 24. Grave touch necromancer ability on his hand.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Screaming bolt loaded.
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! Disoriented til R20T22.1 (-2 attack rolls, -4 vs. Jolistina).
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images.
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 3 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (38:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R19T13: Lucius hanging on between life and death smiles beneath his helm at Khu'gdoc's question. <"Devo scusarmi con te Khu'gdoc, perché quando ho iniziato questa lotta ti ho visto solo come un mostro incomprensibile e non sono riuscito a dare il mio nome e per questo mi dispiace. Sono Lucius Spriteborn Santo Guerriero dell'Erede, figlio di Thadria Vilin Cavaliere Errante dell'Erede, ricorda il mio nome e diffondilo in lungo e in largo nell'abisso! Mi sento come se mi fossero rimasti solo pochi colpi buoni in più, quindi che ne dici di finire questo Khu'gdoc, il mio degno nemico?">

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"I have to apologize to you Khu'gdoc, because when I started this fight I only saw you as an incomprehensible monster and I was unable to give my name and for that I am sorry. I am Lucius Spriteborn Holy Warrior of the Inheritor, son of Thadria Vilin Knight Wanderer of the Inheritor, remember my name and spread it far and wide into the abyss! I feel like I have only a few more good shots left, so how about finishing this Khu'gdoc, my worthy enemy?"

Though sickened, righteousness helps Lucius to punch Khu'gdoc in the left elbow for 12, while his other gauntlet is turned aside by a deflection.

After throwing his two blows he breathes heavily and exclaims, "I do regret not learning exactly what you are Khu'gdoc!"

And with that, it is as if Lucius doesn't even try to dodge the flies but stands proud as they scour him for 17, almost dropping him were it not for the timely use of a hero's defiance spell, and him using his last lay on hands for 32 healing, keeping him on his feet.

R19T11: Meanwhile, completely unaware of what happened to the east, Adelaide has her own problems.

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"Then at least make a fighting transit to the elevator. You hold the secret to their escape should they wish it. They won't wish it unless they have hope they can escape, probably feeling they are trapped here now. You can even hand off the key to someone else."

Adelaide, what do you do?

Khu'gdoc on deck, Harsk in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (3 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (15:45). FATIGUED!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (30:45). DYING!!
Rolth Lam: 24. Grave touch necromancer ability on his hand.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! RS.
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Screaming bolt loaded.
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! Disoriented til R20T22.1 (-2 attack rolls, -4 vs. Jolistina).
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images.
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 3 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (26:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R19T11: Adelaide starts moving west taking the doctor's words in mind. She stops near Harsk, firing off a shot at the physician harassing Vivino. The arrow hits the man in his belly for 10 + 6 electricity, dropping him! She says to Harsk, "I've got the key to the elevator, we can fall back and regroup."

Harsk calls out, "You heard her...!"

R19T5.5: Khu'gdoc answers Lucius thusly, <"Triste sciocco. Ti ho detto cosa sono, perché è nel mio nome... Khu'gdoc Portatore-di-Peste!">

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"Sad fool. I told you what I am, for it is in my name ... Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer!"

And then he follows up that answer with a bite that rips off a portion of Lucius' face at the lips, zygomatic arch, and nose, and drops him for 22. Khu'gdoc doesn't even both finishing him off, but stalks over and past him through the cloud of mist and flies.

End Round 19, Begin Round 20 ...

R20T29: "...your archer has the means outta here. Everyone begin transitioning to a fighting retreat!" Harsk shouts, just before being overtaken by another bout of whatever seems to affect him, making him grow another inch while putting on more muscle mass. That said, he pushes against Telly's body a few times with his axe. Unfortunately, as accursed luck would have it ... he successfully bumps against her, unable to remove any images. He then steps up a little.

R20T26: Telly takes 3 bleed ...

R20T24: Rolth Lam steps away from the seemingly inoffensive healer (Iluvar) towards Allen. "Oh, you're too late. I died months ago. But you are welcome to join me, you little insect," he says while touching Allen's arm. The touch makes Allen shiver, and gives him visions of rot and worms and stench, causing him to be shakened.

R20T23: Vivino, what do you do? You are currently raging, but also prone.

Jolistina on deck, Allen in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (3 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! PRONE!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Screaming bolt loaded.
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! Disoriented til R20T22.1 (-2 attack rolls, -4 vs. Jolistina). SHAKEN til R24T24!!!
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images.
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 3 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!! DYING!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (26:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (-1:45). STABLE!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (-3:45). STABLE!!!
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R20T23: Vivino jumps to his feet, but not before Rolth Lam grazes his left foot through his boot for 4 mod.

Vivino, roll a Fort save vs. a paralysis effect ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (3 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! PRONE!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Screaming bolt loaded.
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! Disoriented til R20T22.1 (-2 attack rolls, -4 vs. Jolistina). SHAKEN til R24T24!!!
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21: (4) images.
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 3 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!! DYING!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (26:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (-1:45). STABLE!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (-3:45). STABLE!!!
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R20T23: ....Vivino is in a "jumping to feet" position when his left foot is grazed, and he instantly seizes and drops in a funny "shape" because he is paralyzed in the position of trying to explode upwards. Vivino is completely unmoving (and prone again). He lays there on the floor, raging in impotent horror.

R20T22.1: Jolistina steps out of the western side of the southern room, moving next to Rolth. She moves to far and too firmly to really be in any kind of sniping shape, but she does so confidently. She points and shoots at the bird-man in the corner playing panpipes. There is an ear-piercing noise when she does so, a screeching sound that becomes the loudest noise in the confines of this underground hall. She misses Branwyn, but takes an image. Meanwhile, there is a terrifying after echo from this shot which, even though missing, rattles the heroes' resolve, especially that of Adelaide & Allen (shaken, but Alllen is already shaken and they don't stack). Jolistina speed reloads her crossbow.

R20T22: Allen suffers 3 bleed, but is no longer from Jolistina's previous disorienting shot. It has begun. What seems like the party's biggest and toughest bruiser (Vivino) is the first to stumble to Rolth's paralyzing claws. Rolth's position - surrounded - would give most villains pause, but with that long arm effect going with paralyzing claws, and as powerful as he is, this is right where he wants to be. Allen, you are scared right now, your teeth practically chattering and your throat making slight whimpering noises. The self-righteous anger and vengeance you want to manifest is quailing being so close to the most dangerous killer you've ever known, and he even has an equally terrifying sidekick. Add to all of this a strange, high-pitched, chittering noise coming from the elevator. What do you do?

Branwyn on deck, Lurk in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (3 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! PRONE!!! PARALYZED til R25T23!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Crossbow loaded (normal).
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! SHAKEN til R24T24!!!
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21.
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 3 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Sandals of the lightest step (air walk) til R19T16.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Heroism for 50 minutes. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!! DYING!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. SHAKEN til R21T22.1.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (26:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (-1:45). STABLE!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (-3:45). STABLE!!!
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.

[lostsole31]

R20T22: "There's a distinct difference between dead and what you are. One day..." He trails off, his forced confidence fading. He turns away from Rolth and vanishes, appearing on the other side of the door before retreating further, now that he knows he's not in a position to win. He gets into the elevator, and there is a strange sound - not only the high-pitched chittering but several types of vibration happening in the elevator cabin at this time ....

R20T21.1-.0: .... further compounded when a swarm of rats pushes through every conceivable gap in the elevator cabin. Allen, already in a state of fear, practically hyperventilates in fear as he is swarmed over and covered .... and then strangely left behind as the rats continue across the room once they finish collecting from getting past the elevator cabin's cracks and crevices. Hearing his friends arrive, Branwyn continues to play his pipes to call them into the room.

R20T16: Iluvar, what do you do?

Lucius (on deck), Adelaide in the hole ...

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Northern trap reset. Eastern doors tripped, poison expended; won't reset until R18T23.
Harsk: 29. Crossbow in hand (loaded), battleaxe as well. SICKENED til R27T5.5!!!
* Obscuring mist til R88T29. Barkskin for 70 min (+3 enhancement to natural AC).
Telgarana: 26. Blade in hand. Mirror images (3 images) til R87T26. 3 BLEED!!! UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Black Blade Strike til R20T26. AP +3 keen til R24T26.
* FUMBLE [BATTERED]: -2 all skill checks and saves for next two hours. Heal DC 20 check removes this condition.
Rolth Lam: 24.
* Shield til R94T24. Long Arm til R85T26.
* Mage armor. DEX mutagen active.
Vivino: 23. RAGING!!! PRONE!!! PARALYZED til R25T23!!!
* POISONED: Weakened, -2 CHA checks. He cannot recover past weakened without heal or restoration. 3 NEGATIVE LEVELS!!!
* Mutagen active for 70 minutes. See invisibility for 69 minutes.
Jolistina Susperio: 22.1. Crossbow loaded (normal).
Allen: 22. 3 BLEED!!! SHAKEN til R24T24!!!
Swarm of Rats: 21.1. (27:27).
Branwyn: 21. Wakizashi sheathed. Mirror image til R80T21.
* Been playing pipes of the sewers for 3 rounds.
Lurk: 20. Sitting on Branwyn's shoulder, DELAYING!!!
Iluvar: 16. Crane style. CMW spell active on his hand.
* Protection judgment active (+2 sacred bonus to AC). Heroism for 50 minutes.
* Status (via Lucius) for 7 hours. Protection from energy [fire] for 50 minutes, absorb 84 fire damage.
Lucius: 13. SICKENED til R28T13!!! DYING!!!
* SMITE declared on Khu'gdoc Plaguagebringer (+2 attk, +7 dmg)!!!
* Currently has status cast on Sindri (not here) and Iluvar.
Adelaide: 11. Bow in hand. SHAKEN til R21T22.1.
* She is dominated by Dr. Davaulus for 10 days. Mirror Image (3 images) til R85T11. Shield til R88T11.
Khu'gdoc Plaguebringer: 5.5. (26:160). Cannot breathe flies again until R27T5.5. RS.
* Swarm of Flies will linger til R20T5.5.
Gray Maiden (Red): 5. (24:24). 19 arrows. Bow and longsword on deck. Tied up. DELAYING!!!
* Arms tied to sides, but shield in hand.
* POISONED: Weakened (CHA track), -2 CHA checks.

OOC
Queen's Physician (Blue): 25.5. (-1:45). STABLE!!!
Queen's Physician (Red): 25. (-3:45). STABLE!!!
Green Cultist (f): 2. (-4:28). STABLE!!!
Brown Cultist (f): 1. (-8:28). STABLE!!!

DEAD
Cultist (4). Gray Maiden (1). Zombie (28). Wolf zombie. Dr. Davaulus.