Seven Days to the Grave [DMOOCH]

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Interrupt: Dane takes a total of 8 fire from standing in fire and burning. Having just brought his hammer down Dane uses the bounce of it hitting the ground to bring it back up to the assassins chin. But the strange mist makes it slightly hard to tell the assassin's position. Though the earthbreaker clips the chin protection, it is only a grazing hit to the armor and not the one wearing it.

R5T11: Vivino, what do you do? Scythe in hand and Linzi is now on the ground under her own power. Runa is several feet from you, on fire.

Blue on deck, Rune in the hole ...

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Runa: 29. BURNING!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-4:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Running hunter's stance.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
RMA (Blue): 9. (7:162). Red shroud active til R6T9 (+1 dodge AC, FH2).
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
* One less alchemist's fire. Used 1 shadow duplicate.
Fires: 0.

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Tesh Zobberdin.

[lostsole31]

R5T11: "Linzi, do you mind watching out for my scythe?" Vivino asks Linzi as he drops his scythe to the ground. "I'm going to try and help Runa put out the fire if I can."

He moves to Runa and dangerously with his own hands tries to put out the fire on her. Vivino takes 5 fire from contacting the flames directly.

R5T9: The assassin steps away from Dane onto the first set of stairs. Dane hears a woman's voice speaking in continuous tongues as part of some strange exhortation from the assassin's newer position.

R5T0: The fire continues to spread along the first floor, and the heroes outside see that the fire has fully taken the second floor. And with that fire, what seeps through seems to accelerate down to the first floor far faster than you'd think. In fact, this fire has moved very quickly to anyone who has ever seen a fire before.

A lot of people are noticed having gathered, and now if one thing will bring Old Korvosa together ... that's fire. Instantly, citizens start mobilizing bucket brigades and the like to try and fight the blaze.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T29: Runa, you take 3 fire from burning. It would take a FRA to attempt to put the fire on you out, and a bonus for stop-drop-roll. You are getting a bonus from Vivino as well. What do you do?

Linzi on deck, Ernak in the hole ....

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Runa: 29. BURNING!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-4:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Running hunter's stance.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
RMA (Blue): 9. (9:162). Red shroud active til R6T9 (+1 dodge AC, FH2).
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
* One less alchemist's fire. Used 1 shadow duplicate.
Fires: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin.

[lostsole31]

R6T29: Runa drops to the ground, rolling back and forth in the dirt as Vivino with his own burnt hands tries to help her. It's a clumsy attempt, and the cobblestone streets do little to help; it would have been better if it were dirt. But, in the end it was Vivino's aid to his teammate that finally puts out the flames.

R6T20: Linzi just drops to her knees and breaks down in tears when she sees the entire building now aflame, sobbing openly.

R6T17: Ernak, what do you do?

Dane on deck, Jacintha in the hole ...

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Runa: 29. PRONE!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Running hunter's stance.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
RMA (Blue): 9. (9:162). Red shroud active til R6T9 (+1 dodge AC, FH2).
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
* One less alchemist's fire. Used 1 shadow duplicate.
Fires: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin.

[lostsole31]

R6T17: Ernak's jaw falls in shock as Jacintha races in ahead of him after Dane. Closing his mouth into a grim resolve, he shoulders his pack and earthbreaker once more and changes plans to instead coordinate the fire response. With a gesture to the gathering volunteers, Ernak says to Linzi, "Don't weep, Linzi: you and I shall guide Dane's saviors."

Using his sonorous voice, Ernak then booms out directions to better coordinate the gathering fire brigade volunteers.

R6T14: Meanwhile, back inside ... Dane, you take 11 fire from the combination of ambient fire and you burning. The enemy stepped away from you towards or down the stairs, but you can hear her voice still chanting something. The combination of dazzling light and difficulty to see, along with the destruction the fire is doing, means that it is now difficult terrain to move in the building (so no 5' free move). What do you do?

Jacintha on deck, Vivino in the hole ...

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Runa: 29. PRONE!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
RMA (Blue): 9. (9:162). Red shroud active til R6T9 (+1 dodge AC, FH2).
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
* One less alchemist's fire. Used 1 shadow duplicate.
Fires: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin.

[lostsole31]

R6T14: Dane will make sure he is in range of the assassin and with a more aimed strike try to crush his foes head like a melon. While she is hard to see, her babbling voice sure is helpful! He walks up to her and lands his earthbreaker right on her head, doing what he had hoped to do ... completely crushing it like a melon as she falls onto the stairs, being kept by falling downwards by Jacintha's presence.

R6T13: Jacintha, you take 4 fire from standing in the flames, but you don't catch fire. The assassin's dead body lies on the stairs above you, and you vaguely think you see Dane triumphantly standing at the top of the stairs. You have psychic and mithral kukri in hand. Combo of light and fire damage makes everywhere difficult terrain now. What do you do?

Vivino on deck, Fires in the hole ...

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Runa: 29. PRONE!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
Fires: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R6T13: Jacintha is both pleased and somewhat chagrined that her presence wound up being unnecessary. She waves to Dane, shouting over the din, "Come on!" before taking off back down the stairs the way she came. Even hasted, she just barely manages to cross the threshold to the doorway downstairs, but as the entire building is now on fire, she is still standing in a fiery square.

R6T11: Vivino, Jacintha appears at the doorway, having moved very quickly to get there, but not quite clear of fire. You don't see any sign of Dane. What do you do?

Fire on deck, Runa in the hole ...

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Runa: 29. PRONE!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
Fires: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R6T11: Vivino moves to join the fire brigade (off map). "Lets make sure that the fire doesn't spread," he says. "I shall help by making sure this one doesn't catch or spread the fire."

R6T0: Something changes in the quality of the fire. Up until this point, the heat emanating from the fire hasn't actually been impressive, all things considered. And it burned with an almost too-red color, not enough orange as you'd expect from a real fire, for those few of you who have seen fire before. But now the fire is "digging in" and becomes the color you'd expect ... some red, but more orange-yellow ... and much hotter. Not unnaturally hotter. Rather, it seemed to spread preternaturally quickly, but at a lower temp. Now, however, it seems to be turning into a "normal" house fire.

This "bloom" causes 10 fire to Dane, and 15 fire to Jacintha (though she still resists catching fire).

At the same time, Ernak and Vivino are now off map as they begin working on the fire brigade.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T29: Runa, you are prone, but no longer burning. What do you do?

Linzi on deck, Dane in the hole ....

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Runa: 29. PRONE!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand. Red is ST'd (+1).
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11. Scythe in hand.
Fires: 0.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R7T29: Runa wheezes as she staggers to her feet, staring at the burning building, a little bit dumbfounded at how badly things have gone out of control. "...****. Everyone make it out?" she asks, stumbling after Vivino to do what she can to help control the blaze.

R7T20: Linzi sees the crossover of the flames, her eyes wide and tearful, and her face haunted.

R7T17: Ernak is coordinating fire efforts.

R7T14: Dane, you take 10 fire from a combination of the hotter ambient flames and burning. Roll a Fort save as things begin to properly burn. What do you do?

Jacintha on deck, Linzi in the hole ...

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Runa: 29. PRONE!!!
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. Red shroud active til R7T23 (+1 dodge AC, FH2). STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand.
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R7T14: Dane will place a hand on his belly. "I'm going to need your help on this one, Lucky Drunk."He fights through the pain of being broiled to successfully cast his spell on himself for 22 healing of both real and nonlethal. He than makes his way down stairs towards the exit, getting to that part of the stairs that is more towards the first floor.

R7T13: Jacintha, you take 7 fire as the fires are now burning hotter BUT you have now caught fire! You are standing on fire and in fire at the doorway to the building. What do you do?

Linzi on deck, Dane in the hole ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand.
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
* MA to stand, SA to wipe eyes free. BLIND til R4T14.
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13. BURNING!
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R7T13: Jacintha really hopes Dane can make it out on his own, because she herself is at her limit. And also burning. She finishes her mad dash to escape the flames, then drops to the ground and rolls in the same motion to try and extinguish the flames, but only just got to dropping, so she needs more time to give to rolling around.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T20: Linzi sees a burning friend at her feet, and with resolve she wipes her tears while still on her knees, takes out her waterskin, and pours its contents over Jacintha, extinguishing the flames.

R8T14: Dane, you take a total of 16 fire from the flames. Roll a Fort save. What do you do?

Jacintha on deck, Linzi in the hole ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand.
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R8T14: Dane coughing as smoke fills the flaming room barrels his way out as fast as he can, but the burning rubble of the fire and blinding light means he only really covers a total of 20' in a double move.

R8T13: Jacintha, what do you do? You are prone, wet, and in pain.

Linzi on deck, Dane in the hole ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. Light crossbow in hand (loaded) and wand of invisibility in hand.
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R8T13: Jacintha stands up, her intended action having been rendered moot by Linzi. After a nod of thanks to the diminutive companion, she looks back towards the flames. "Damn it," she quietly curses to herself as she thinks of something she could have done for Dane. She takes one of the potions of Cure Moderate Wounds out of her bandolier .... getting ready to drink it while psyching herself up to go back into the fire.

End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

R9T20: Linzi delays ...

R9T14: Dane, you take 14 fire. Roll a Fort save vs. smoke inhalation. What do you do?

Jacintha on deck ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. DELAYING...
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand. Haste til R9T13.
Vivino: 11.

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Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R9T14: Dane covers his face and makes a quick sprint towards the exit barreling through anything in his way. "I ain't about to be done in by a little heat!"

He ends up a few feet from the exit ... but still in the building.

R9T13: Jacintha, your haste ends. Meanwhile, you see Dane as he is almost out. What do you do?

Dane on deck ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. DELAYING...
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand.
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

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R9T13: Jacintha's magic may have run out, but she still has the speed granted to her by her boots. Anyway, she moves up to the flames, but doesn't proceed inside, nor does she drink the potion. Instead, she stands ready, watching to see whether Dane can make it out or if he'll fall.

R9T14: Dane, you take 13 fire. Roll a Fort save vs. smoke inhalation. You are almost out. You see Jacintha there. She is holding up what looks like a tiny shotglass. It's probably a quality rye whisky. You are really thirsty. You are really dry. Your nerves are on fire. You really need to do the tier-barrel swap at the brewery before the end of the month. What's a doughnut? You've heard of them. The flames are really pretty. You could probably just lie down in the comforting orange glow of the forge, but Jacintha brought you a drink. That would be a crime against Cayden to forgo a drink. You're really thirsty and dry. What do you do?

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. DELAYING...
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand.
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

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R9T14: Dane - seeing what he perceives as a small shot glass - walks past Jacintha and heads towards Linzi. As he steps up to her he retrieves his cooking pot and plops it on the ground. "Don't cry Linzi, we're going to be just fine."

R9T13: Jacintha, you had actually unwittingly dismissed your psychic kukri to take out the potion, but your mithral kukri is in hand. While you are no longer standing in a burning square, the heat is enough to cause 5 fire. What do you do?

Dane on deck ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. DELAYING...
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand.
Vivino: 11.

DEAD/ OOC
Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

R9T13: Jacintha, it seems, had unwittingly stepped too close to the fire. She corrects this, immediately moving away and following Dane as he moves up to Linzi. "Sorry I couldn't do more for you back there," she says, holding out the potion to Dane.

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T14: Dane, you take 3 fire from burning. What do you do?

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. DELAYING...
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand.
Vivino: 11.

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Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

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R10T14: Dane shakes his head .... while he is still on fire. He says, while gritting his teeth in pain from the active burning, "No worries ... in a situation like that ... it is natural to think of self preservation. I'm just ... glad everyone got out."

He waves a hand over his pot and casts a verbal spell .... barely managing to control his spell through the pain and praying, "OH Lucky Drunk, bless us with the waters to quench this fires thirst."

He has no more time for speech, but the pot fills with water.

R10T13: Linzi comes out of delay, heaves up the pot, and splashes it over Dane to put him out.

Dane and Jacintha want to help, but both are too wounded and tuckered, while Linzi takes the pot to the others and firefighting is underway.

Encounter Ends ...

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Runa: 29.
RMA (Red): 23. (-3:162). One less alchemist's fire. STABLE!!!
* Resist fire; bear's endurance; expeditious retreat.
Linzi: 20. DELAYING...
Ernak: 17. Earthbreaker in hand. Coordinating fire efforts.
* Harrow (Snakebite) active!
Dane: 14. Wielding Drinking Companion. BURNING!!!
Jacintha: 13. Psychic and Mithral kukri in hand.
Vivino: 11.

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Tesh Zobberdin. Red Mantis Assassin (Blue).

[lostsole31]

The group finds themselves on a rickety pier that parallels the waterline on the so-called "Wave St." While there is a pier that cuts north to the address Jacintha believes is where she is supposed to go, next to it there is even more ruinous. What once might have been a small house has been obliterated, collapsed from within by a twenty-foot-diameter sinkhole. Water from the Narrows fills the hole, creating a muddy pit strewn with jagged bits of timber and flotsam. The edges of the hole are slick and patchy with fungus. Immediately south of the sinkhole, the boardwalk has also collapsed, creating a dangerous tangle of timber and crazily tilted pilings.

Oh, and in that big sinkhole are three big, disgusting-looking creatures just wallowing in the water that filled in the hole!

Begin Round One ...

R1T23: Runa, you are astride Diva. What do you?

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Otyugh (Red): 18. (66:66).
Jacintha: 17.
Otyugh (Blue): 17. (66:66).
Ernak: 16.
Vivno: 13.
Dane: 9.
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R1T23: "...Think we ought t'do something about these things or just find a way 'round?" Runa asks, simply standing by for the time being in absence of any overt hostility from the creatures.

R1T18: Hearing someone speaking somewhere, one of the creatures lifts a tentacle that was drooping in the water. That tentacle's bitter end looks like something an ill cross between a Venus flytrap and a flypaper with eyes stuck upon it. There is burbling at the water around it, as if a gaseous release occurred. But this fell creature doesn't otherwise stop its leisurely wallow.

R1T17: Jacintha, what do you do?

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Otyugh (Red): 18. (66:66). DELAYING!!!
Jacintha: 17.
Otyugh (Blue): 17. (66:66).
Ernak: 16.
Vivno: 13.
Dane: 9.
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R1T17: "I'd like to avoid fighting if possible," Jacintha says, calling her psionic kukri to one hand and drawing her physical blade with the other, "We're not at our best right now. But that might not be doable. Let's not make any sudden moves and see if they'll let us pass."

R1T16-15: One of those disgusting creatures makes its way out of the sinkhole while another clambers onto the rickety edge of the pier!

R1T14: Ernak, what do you do?

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri.
Otyugh (Blue): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Red): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14.
Vivno: 13.
Dane: 9.
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R1T14: Ernak's face contorts in disgust. "Otyugh: sewage-eaters. Best leave them be, if they're not harming anyone. Just move nice and slowly before they get any ideas."

Putting his hands out before him in a "easy there" posture, Ernak shuffles north to place himself directly to the east of Jacintha.

R1T13: Vivino, what do you do?

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri.
Otyugh (Blue): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Red): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14.
Vivno: 13.
Dane: 9.
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R1T13: Vivino eyes Ernak warily and says, "Better start saying some of those pretty words or whatever one does to pacify those things. He moves up a little and readies his scythe in a defensive position.

R1T9: Dane, what do you do?

Green on deck, Runa/Diva in the hole ...

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri.
Otyugh (Blue): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Red): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 9.
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R1T9: Hammer in hand Dane whispers to his group, "If were going we better do it now before the beasts come at us."

R1T3: The last of the three otyughs lumbers out and closes on the party, and with a big, wet, clumsy command of Taldane it speaks with that big central maw. "Name Steve. You look tasty. You join our mouth?"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T23: Runa/Diva, what do you do?

Jacintha on deck, otyughs in the hole, Dane with a readied action ...

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri.
Otyugh (Blue): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Red): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 9. READIED action to "move with the party if they leave or attack."
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R2T23: "Ah, uh... Maybe some other time, we've got a prior obligation at the moment," Runa says, a touch confused at being politely asked to get in its mouth.

R2T17: Jacintha, what do you do?

Otyughs on deck and in the hole ...

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri.
Otyugh (Blue): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Red): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 9. READIED action to "move with the party if they leave or attack."
Otyugh (Green): 3. (66:66).

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R2T17: Jacintha, for once, hesitates - a dangerous thing to do, normally. Even so, she shuffles a little bit to the side, bringing her blades up in a defensive stance before adding to the conversation: "Yeah! We're not food!"

R2T16: Red moves along the pier and then up on the mud, getting closer to Jacintha. "We taste you, 'kay? See if you taste foody," as from 10' away it undulates its disgusting body to pop out its hip to bite at Jacintha from 10' away. Jacintha easy dodges the attempt. Frustrated, it bellows, "Hey! Let us taste you!"

R2T15: Blue doesn't even move, but whips a tentacle at Jacintha from a surprising distance. Even with her parrying blades, only her acrobatic skill is enough for her to avoid that wretched limb.

R2T14: Ernak, what do you do?

Vivino on deck, Dane in the hole ....

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Runa+Diva: 23.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri. TD!
Otyugh (Red): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Blue): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 9. READIED action to "move with the party if they leave or attack."
Otyugh (Green, Steve): 3. (66:66).

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R2T14: "You wouldn't like us: we taste too spicy," Ernak says with a shrug to the three otyughs, "Even our smell can sting the eyes."

Ernak then begins to spin a sorrowful tale about how various monsters have tried eating the party before, only to spit them out again once their harsh peppery flavor was discovered brilliantly acting out his monologue. But Ernak discovers a lesson in the matter of line of effect as he can't form a spell inside of a monster (but could have gone over it, which he didn't do). The glitterdust effect goes off as soon as the magic hits the otyugh and erupts in a poofing cloud of goldne particles that cover everything. The monster is quiet angry as it bellows from being blinded. The cloud does cover Jacintha, but at least she isn't blinded by the effect.

R2T13: Vivino, you were evoking Total Defense. What do you do?

Dane on deck, Steve (Green) in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 vs. charm/ fear, +2 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Runa+Diva: 23.
* Foreign Trader Harrow Card (Runa only): +2 INT-based checks.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri. TD!
Otyugh (Red): 16. (66:66). BLINDED by glitterdust (Will DC 17 each round to remove)!!!
Otyugh (Blue): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14. Glitterdust lasts til R9T14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 9. READIED action to "move with the party if they leave or attack."
Otyugh (Green, Steve): 3. (66:66).

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R2T13: "It doesn't seem like they are taking the hints," Vivino comments. "Might be time to discourage them directly."

Vivino tumbles up to green and strikes powerfully down with his scythe for 31, but he takes 3 himself.

R2T12: At nearly the same time, Dane "moves with the party" and was going to move forward 10' as Vivino, but he stops short as he realizes the area of the pier he was heading to has a hole in it that he likely would've gone through.

R2T3: Steve (Green) bites Vivino with his massive maw, the bulk of it striking Vivino in the neck for only 4 mod. One tentacle misses Vivino, and the other bounces off of Dane's armor.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T23: Runa, you are currently mounted on Diva, who is standing on the pier. No weapon is out, and you are feeling as described in the Discord DM. What do you do?

Jacintha on deck, otyughs in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 vs. charm/ fear, +2 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Runa+Diva: 23.
* Foreign Trader Harrow Card (Runa only): +2 INT-based checks.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri. TD!
Otyugh (Red): 16. (66:66). BLINDED by glitterdust (Will DC 17 each round to remove)!!!
Otyugh (Blue): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14. Glitterdust lasts til R9T14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 12.
Laori Vaus: 9.
Otyugh (Green, Steve): 3. (35:66).

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R3T23: "Well... Can't say we didn't try," Runa says, hopping off Diva with alacrity. "Flank 'em, Diva," she adds, pointing at the one in front of Vivino and Dane as she raises her holy symbol to cast a spell, intoning primal words of power to Gozreh. A wash of visible, aquamarine energy washes over all of the current participants, filling the heroes with a sense that they can overcome any obstacle.

R3T22: Diva dips to the south and around to try and stay out of tentacle range for as long as possible before committing to the command given, avoiding a tentacle slap from Steve.

R3T17: Jacintha, you are currently using total defense. What do you do?

Otyughs on deck and in the hole ...

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MIXED: +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks, while each of your foes takes a -1 penalty on such rolls.
* HEROES: +2 vs. charm/ fear, +2 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Runa: 23. Prayer til R10T23.
* Foreign Trader Harrow Card (Runa only): +2 INT-based checks.
Diva: 22.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri. TD!
Otyugh (Red): 16. (66:66). BLINDED by glitterdust (Will DC 17 each round to remove)!!!
Otyugh (Blue): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14. Glitterdust lasts til R9T14.
Vivno: 13. TD!
Dane: 12.
Laori Vaus: 9.
Otyugh (Green, Steve): 3. (35:66). AOO used.

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R3T17: Seeing Diva get into a good flanking position, Jacintha nimbly steps around the pier, looking to get into a flanking position herself. As she moves, she does her best to avoid the enemy's tentacles, dodging and weaving in unpredictable ways. Her first set is a brilliant acrobatic jump down from the pier to the mud. Then, she sort of confuses herself as she was going to go south, but the otyugh is there, causing her to stall out. She thinks to go southwest, but that is blocked as well. It is possible some gold flakes from the glitterdust spell got in her eye and threw her off. No matter, for here is an enemy (two, in fact), and she swings hard overhead at her target. Though the otyugh's hide is almost rock-like in thickness, it is large and clumsy and she manages to cut through for 31 + disoriented. She might not be flanking, but her target is blind!

R3T16: Red manages to clear its eyes and its eyestalk tentacle and attacks Jacintha with bite and tentacles.

R3T15: Blue moves south and attacks Diva .... clearly failing.

R3T14: Ernak, do you continue to inspire courage? What do you do?

Vivino on deck, Dane in the hole ...

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MIXED: +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks, while each of your foes takes a -1 penalty on such rolls.
* HEROES: +2 vs. charm/ fear, +2 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Runa: 23. Prayer til R10T23.
* Foreign Trader Harrow Card (Runa only): +2 INT-based checks.
Diva: 22.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri. RS.
Otyugh (Red): 16. (66:66).
Otyugh (Blue): 15. (66:66).
Ernak: 14. Glitterdust lasts til R9T14. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
Vivno: 13.
Dane: 12.
Laori Vaus: 9.
Otyugh (Green, Steve): 3. (4:66). AOO used. DISORIENTED til R4T17 (-2 AC, -4 vs. Jacintha).

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R3T14: Ernak's saga of the party's bad taste evolves into a tale about how their prickly defenses also make them unappetizing. He regales the party and otyughs alike about how--just last night--big red bugs attempted to devour them, only to be smashed into a pulp.

He then takes a deep breath of relatively clean air and flexes his muscles for the muddy, disgusting journey ahead. Ernak On his way, the now sighted Red swings his tentacle at Ernak. it hits Ernak in the knee for 4 ... definitely an accidental strike than a dedicated one; had Ernak been closer, it might have been an opening for him to instantly grab at the monster. Ernak does a hop down into the mud into a position to better surround the creatures. He finds that the hop down and the mud keeps him out of reach, so he closes as intended, but Blue manages a tentacle smack against him at a great distance that slams against the side of Ernak's neck for 8.

R3T13: Vivino, what do you do?

Dane on deck, Green in the hole ...

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MIXED: +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks, while each of your foes takes a -1 penalty on such rolls.
* HEROES: +2 vs. charm/ fear, +2 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Runa: 23. Prayer til R10T23.
* Foreign Trader Harrow Card (Runa only): +2 INT-based checks.
Diva: 22.
Jacintha: 17. Psionic + mithral kukri. RS.
Otyugh (Red): 16. (66:66). AOO used.
Otyugh (Blue): 15. (66:66). AOO used.
Ernak: 14. Glitterdust lasts til R9T14. INSPIRE COURAGE!!!
* Primal warrior stance: +1 size if helpful for CMB/CMD/resisting special attacks; +2 size for melee weapon damage.
Vivno: 13.
Dane: 12.
Laori Vaus: 9.
Otyugh (Green, Steve): 3. (4:66). AOO used. DISORIENTED til R4T17 (-2 AC, -4 vs. Jacintha).