Seven Days to the Grave [DMOOCH]

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Girrigz: x.

Wererat #3: x. (26:26). Bolts (16:20).

Reinforcement Wererat #1: x. (26:26).

Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): x. (26:26).

Reinforcement Wererat #4: 9.7. (26:26).

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No sooner does the first rank pass the cleft into the chamber when Phi (closest to this side) notices a wererat about 20' to the north with a crossbow trained on him (with partial cover behind a rock exit) and he fires. Phi lightly deflects it with his shield.

R1T33: Zeta, what do you do? The order was to keep formation. All you saw was a bolt skip off of Phi's shield, but you are still in the cleft-tunnel.

Eta is next after her ...

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Zeta: 33.
Eta: 31.
Bur: 30.
Ruor: 26.
Phi: 19.
Wererat: 17.

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R1T33-18.9: Everyone stands at the ready to move forward on Phi's command. "Ready ... forward!"

He moves the phalanx forward to the mid-point of the room, and points to the assailant, and everyone is given the mental acuity to better attack the foe. Phi tosses his mithral shortspear at the shooter, hitting him in the upper left arm for resounding 20! At about the same time, an ear-piercing scream erupts in the chamber, closer to the group. It doesn't hurt anyone, but it's loud.

R1T17: The wererat, though badly wounded, reloads and fires at Phi again (blocked by his shield).

End Round 1, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Zeta, what do you do?

Eta on deck, Bur in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 insight bonus to attack wererat.

Zeta: 24.
Eta: 23.
Bur: 22.
Ruor: 21.
Phi: 20.
Shrieker: 19. Will shriek til end R4T18.9.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Wererat: 17. (6:26). Used 1 bolt.
Rat Swarm: 9.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 4. (26:26).

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R2T24-21: "This disgusting flow is slick!" shouts Zeta over the keening. "I suggest we push north out of it to get us away from the noise, but more importantly I don't want to fall in this stuff."

Eta nods, and both women delay (not ready) for Phi, as does Burçin. Ruor - half-submerged in muck with a strong smell and dealing with the high-pitched noise - waits for a command, but if you stick around in this you might be required to command Ruor to an action or she might back out from sensory overload.

R2T20: Phi marches out of the gunk 15' to make sure the phalanx is clear as each member follows. He yells over the din, "Rats and rogues run in packs, and that's an alarm! More will come! Let them. We are ready, equipped, and trained. Go where the hero lies within you and bring that worthy forth!"

He will then continue to give orders and guidance for his allies in attacking the wererat as everyone is infused with 9 inspiration.

R2T19.9: Burçin moves forward and draws his bow. As he stands by Phi, he draws a broad arrow from his quiver and fires at the wererat, hitting him in the upper right arm for 16 mod and dropping him.

R2T19.7: I assume Zeta and Eta move up, and Ruor does/ is ordered to do the same? The single wererat is down, but it's figured that the noise is going to bring more. Eta happens to note that there is a slight quivering from one of the mushrooms, and she recognizes it as a shrieker ... a type of fungus that puts out this loud sound when it senses movement within 10'. As one can figure, they are often used as living motion sensor alarms.

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HEROES: +1 insight bonus to attack wererat.

Phi: 20.
Burçin: 19.9.
Zeta: 19.7.
Eta: 19.5.
Ruor: 19.3.

Shrieker: 19. Will shriek til end R4T18.9.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Wererat: 17. (-10:26). Used 1 bolt.
Rat Swarm: 9.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 4. (26:26).

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R2T19.7: Zeta moves forward, and then preps herself for danger by casting mage armor. Ruor moves along with her mistress.

R2T19.5: Eta moves forward with her. She doesn't waste her breath trying to compete with the shrieker in telling her fellows about it. She plays her flute and 2 illusory images blend in and out with the real figure, obscuring her exact position.

R2T19: The shrieker keeps shrieking ...

R2T9: Just behind the wererat is a column that splits an exit to the right (you are "facing north" and this exit is on the far north portion of the eastern wall). Pouring through the split are hundreds of rats that come right up to the line and cover all but the wolf. But in covering the party, people get a chance to squash what they can before getting covered and bit. Burçin, with a bow, doesn't get an attack; Eta has no means of attacking, either. Zeta, not wanting to disappoint Phi, manages to do 7 mod. Phi does 6 mod with his silvered falcata. Since they are moving past threatened squares and obviously going to swarm and attack her mistress, Ruor bites as well. To answer a previous question, the sight of the inspiring Phi affects even Zeta's wolf, and with great vigor she tears through rats with her crushing jaws for 13. The rats gnaw and bite all but Ruor: Bur (2), Zeta (4), Eta (6, max, and she loses all of her images), and Phi (2).

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T20: Phi, what do you do?

Bur on deck, Zeta in the hole ...

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Phi: 20.
Burçin: 19.9.
Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Eta: 19.1.

Shrieker: 19. Will shriek til end R4T18.9.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Wererat: 17. (-11:26). Used 1 bolt.
Rat Swarm: 9. (1:27). All but the wolf.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 4. (26:26).

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R3T20: Phi cuts a wide swath through the rats. There was such a burst of destruction, blood, and death in a span of just a few seconds, the swarm disperses in all directions away from these powerful "monsters."

R3T19.9: "Dang!" shouts the wincing archer, "what can we do to stop that irksome noise!"

R3T19.7: Wererat dead or dying ... swarm dispersed ... but it seems that there might be some more danger to expect. Any command for Ruor?

Eta on deck, shrieking shrieker "on deck" ...

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Phi: 20.
Burçin: 19.9.
Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Eta: 19.1.

Shrieker: 19. Will shriek til end R4T18.9.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Wererat: 17. (-11:26). Used 1 bolt.

Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (26:26).
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 4. (26:26).

DEAD: Rat swarm.

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R3T19.7-.5: "I don't know," shouts Zeta as the noise reverberates off of the uneven stone walls. "But we need to be ready."

In Sylvan, the language by which she trained Ruor, she commands her to heel.

R3T19.3-.1: "It's a shrieker," answers Eta. "A mushroom that senses motion and has quivering ventrils to make that high-pitched noise."

She turns towards that rear area, focusing her will. "Athas-Glutthgruh, Shelyn's servant calls on you for your aid!"

Appearing right next to the mushroom patch is a boar as big as a horse, with its back rising to a steep slope. As wicked and terrifying as it is, its coloration is a mixture of silvers, golds, reds, and browns. Eta (in Celestial) directs it to attack the large, quivering mushroom. Athas', a really big boar, loves rooting for mushrooms, and tears the shrieker to pieces (ending the noise) in one fantastic gore. He begins to feed with abandon.

R3T6-4: Three wererats burst forth from the spot where their fallen friend lies, going to the head of the line, hoping to surprise the heroes. The first comes right up to Phi, but stumbled and spun around coming out of the narrow spot and he misses wildly and seems a bit offset. A female wererat goes right up to Burçin and catches him in the upper right arm 10 with her short sword. (Bur managed to note the wererat in time so as not to be surprised .... the noise from the shrieker no longer covered the rats' sound.) The third comes around to Phi's side, but the latter just manages to note him as well. It is a brilliant thrust on the wererat's part, but still not enough to get through the powerful bronze breastplate protecting Phi's belly.

R3T3: Burçin ceases his delay, and in expectation of the entire purpose of this phalanx, draws his silver cutlass in a flash and attacks the female wererat defensively. It is a fine cut across her left upper arm for 17 as she screams from the power of the blade with the accursed metal. "Surprise!" Bur says ironically. "She's evil."

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T20: Phi, it seems that the first opponent made himself dizzy (sickened) from the spin. Bur is now fighting defensively, setting you up (if you do the same) for holding the line. What do you do?

Zeta & Ruor (whom were delaying) on deck, Eta/ Athas' in the hole ...

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Phi: 20.
Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor. DELAYING!
Ruor: 19.5. DELAYING!
Eta: 19.3.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.

Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. SICKENED til end R5T6!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur.
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 4. (26:26).
Burçin: 3. FD!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker.

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R4T20: Phi calls "Hold the Line!" and fights defensively as well with Bur. He defines tactics against the non-sickened opponent. He puts in as much power as he can muster despite this, attempting to cut into that opponent and get the dizzy one on the backswing, and maybe even the third. It is a fine cut against his left upper leg for 21 and he gives out a hideous, bloodcurdling scream of pain. That scream is just enough to throw Phi off that he nearly cut himself. Still, great defense and damage.

R4T19.7: Zeta, you are not adjacent to an enemy since you are behind Bur. What do you do? Commands for Ruor?

Eta on deck, Athas' in the hole (so define any commands for him as well).

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Phi: 20.
Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Eta: 19.3.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.

Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. SICKENED til end R5T6!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur.
Reinforcement Wererat #4: 4. (5:26). Phi's side.
Burçin: 3. FD!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker.

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R4T19.7-.5: Zeta casts throws out some rose petals above and behind the two wererats in front enough to get those two but not Phi or Bur. Both wererats drop with a thud and a snore. Ruor delays.

R4T19.3-.0: Eta commands .... Athas Glug-Glug? ... to attack the last one standing. It easily leaps over the sewage and slams into the hapless man-rodent for 20 mod, tossing it like a rag doll. That one has a massive double-hole in its chest, and it's a good bet that he was killed instantly or will be dead in seconds. Either way, he's DUn.

"Hungeries!" shouts something stupid and loudly from the outside this cavern set. "Feeds me! I smell'n blood. Feeds me!"

Eta, do you do anything now that all (current) opponents are down?

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HEROES: +2 competence AC if FD.

Phi: 20. FD/ PA/ -2 AC from Great Cleave.
Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5. DELAYING!!!
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Eta: 19.

Girrigz Ripperclaws: 18.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Burçin: 3. FD!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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As careful and alert as Phi is, there are some who are just better. A loud snarl and the sharp pain of a powerful bite on his swordarm's shoulder for 20, a nasty bite that makes Phi feel exposed (-4 AC against this attacker as Phi is debilitated).

Begin Round One ...

R1T36: Burçin darts through the crowded portion of the north side of the column bisecting the exit, clear of whatever just bit into his master. He carefully positions himself behind Phi and defensively shoots a broad-head arrow at the new opponent that looks like it should have hit, but there is a blurring effect that throws off the aim.

R1T34: Phi, everything came together for you to have the very best reflexes after that bite you can expect. You see a large, wererat with a silver rapier. He is powerfully built and comes in a few inches beneath you (6-1/2'). He wears an exceptional chain shirt, around which is a long cloth set round and round and round like a big bandage. His teeth and mouth are dripping with your blood. What do you do?

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Burçin: 36.
Phi: 34. -4 AC vs Girrigz til end R1T23.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23.

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Eta: 19.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R1T34: Phi stands tall, taller than the wererat and glowers. "Such power and cunning, far more than your kin. What is your name, villain? I am Fathi Sharif of House al-Din. Know this name that when I send you to Hades, you may tell them to fear my coming."

As if to punctuate his trash-talk, he profiles his right shoulder to the wererat so he may see the wound beginning to knit, visibly shaking the wererat's resolve.

R1T23: Out of anguish at himself for feeling a little put off by the massive man and boasts, "I am Girrigz Ripperclaws, and I declare war on you humans of Korvosa! I killed a mercenary band yesterday ... their bodies sitting next to the otyugh cage. Soon enough, you too will be fed to it!"

Desperation overrules fear and with a lightning fast strike he grazes Fathi in the knee for 9 (min, yes ... graze), but Fathi smacks the sword away with a double-beat of his spear. The wererat uses that beat to go into a spin high to bite low in Fathi's right shin and calf for 5.

[I am going to keep the battle just with these two ... the others really can't get to this because it is too congested at what was designed as a choke point.]

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R1T36: Burçin is going to go for rapid shot ... defensive. His arrow just. barely. misses. (Rolled a natural 20 on the % against 20% miss w/ his blur.) The arrow goes past to smack into a far wall and burst into a smaller bit of tanglefoot goo. His second shot misses from his defensive shooting and Girrigz' armor. "I don't know that defensive is going to work for this, but he's damn fast."

Phi, what do you do?

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Burçin: 36.
Phi: 34. -4 AC vs Girrigz til end R1T23.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23. SHAKEN til end R5T34!!!

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Eta: 19.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R2T34: Phi, continuing to point out any weaknesses to Bur, will drop his spear. He won't draw his mithral falcata again, but this is a boss-battle. Sofia-Korina, for when your opponent deserves the very best. But it's not Fathi's best as the tip barely clacks past Girrigz' armor.

R2T32: Eta leaves the sleeping wererats to Zeta. She goes up behind her husband and casts CLW on him for 8.

R2T23: Despite his successes, the wererat is still wary of the big man. With two brilliant swordstrokes he fails to get past his defenses.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T36: Burçin takes out another odd arrow and shoots it defensively into Girrigz' chest for 7 mod.

Phi/ Eta?

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Burçin: 36. Slow burn arrow will ignite at end of R4T36. FD (+5 total)
Phi: 34.
Eta: 32.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23. SHAKEN til end R5T34!!!

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R3T34: Phi continues to hold the line and directing attacks and cuts into Girrigz' left shoulder for 7 mod, but in doing so, Sofia-Korina hums with a glow as its target is now known. FH2.

R3T32: Eta casts a spell on herself, Fathi, and Bur that increases their ability to better exploit tactical positioning.

R3T23: Girrigz fails attacks.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T36: Bur FD-shoots an armor-piercing arrow through the chain shirt of Girrigz' right upper arm for 9 mod. No sooner does that land, than the odd-shaped arrow he fired last round hisses and then flashes briefly for 4 fire before going out.

R4T34: Phi/ Eta?

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FD: (-4 attack, +3 dodge AC). Hold the Line (+2 comp AC). Coordinated Strike (+1 insight attack/ damage).
Tactical Acumen (+1 insight AC). Fathi (gains +4 morale from Bur). Bur (gains +9 morale from Fathi).

Burçin: 36. Slow burn arrow will ignite at end of R4T36. FD (+5 total)
Phi: 34. Sofia-Korina gives addtl +2 and +2d6 damage.
Eta: 32. Tactical acumen ends R8T32.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23. SHAKEN til end R5T34!!!

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R5T34-2: Phi's sword is stopped by Girrigz' armor. Eta plays. Girrigz now seems to have gotten over his initial fright.
R5T23: A brutal warrior, Girrigz crits Fathi's right knee for 19.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T36: Bur tries to fire a volley but his first draw smacks the bow back at him and he falls prone. He stands up.
R6T34-32: Phi/ Eta?

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FD: (-4 attack, +3 dodge AC). Hold the Line (+2 comp AC). Coordinated Strike (+1 insight attack/ damage). Inspire courage (+1 comp att/ dmg).
Tactical Acumen (+1 insight AC).

Burçin: 36. FD
* +7 attack, +10 damage. +6 AC.
Phi: 34. Sofia-Korina gives addtl +2 and +2d6 damage. Remember FH2. FD
* +2 attack, +5 damage. +10 AC.
Eta: 32. Tactical acumen ends R8T32. Bardic inspire courage +1.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23.

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R6T34-32: At last, Phi deals an excellent blow to Girrigz' left hand for 27 mod! Girrigz screams from his wound most hideously even as Eta heals her hubby of 10.
R6T23: Girrigz misses.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T36: One of two AP arrows hits Girrigz right in the groin for 17 mod.
R7T34-32: Fathi/ Eta?

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FD: (-4 attack, +3 dodge AC). Hold the Line (+2 comp AC). Coordinated Strike (+1 insight attack/ damage). Inspire courage (+1 comp att/ dmg).
Tactical Acumen (+1 insight AC).

Burçin: 36. FD
* +7 attack, +10 damage. +6 AC.
Phi: 34. Sofia-Korina gives addtl +2 and +2d6 damage. Remember FH2. FD
* +2 attack, +5 damage. +10 AC.
Eta: 32. Tactical acumen ends R8T32. Bardic inspire courage +1.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23.

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R7T34-32: Fathi misses.
R7T23: It is a furious back-and-forth of blocks, feints, deflections, and dodges between the two combatants.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T36: Certain places just beg for pain, and an AP arrow rips through Ripperclaws right paw for 13 mod. Girrigz will be dead soon, but his own hatred and sense of racial superiority won't allow him to recognize this.
R8T34-32: Phi/ Eta?

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FD: (-4 attack, +3 dodge AC). Hold the Line (+2 comp AC). Coordinated Strike (+1 insight attack/ damage). Inspire courage (+1 comp att/ dmg).
Tactical Acumen (+1 insight AC).

Burçin: 36. FD
* +7 attack, +10 damage. +6 AC.
Phi: 34. Sofia-Korina gives addtl +2 and +2d6 damage. Remember FH2. FD
* +2 attack, +5 damage. +10 AC.
Eta: 32. Tactical acumen ends R8T32. Bardic inspire courage +1.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23.

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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R8T34-32: Girrigz had put his sword in his left hand after that brutal assault, but Fathi's tactical mind instantly adjusts to the change in battle cadence allows the final critting blow from his signature weapon to cut Girrigz' left hand clean off, the shock killing the wererat leader instantly.

Girrigz Ripperclaws, who shattered so many heroic lives recently, is vanquished.

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FD: (-4 attack, +3 dodge AC). Hold the Line (+2 comp AC). Coordinated Strike (+1 insight attack/ damage). Inspire courage (+1 comp att/ dmg).
Tactical Acumen (+1 insight AC).

Burçin: 36. FD
* +7 attack, +10 damage. +6 AC.
Phi: 34. Sofia-Korina gives addtl +2 and +2d6 damage. Remember FH2. FD
* +2 attack, +5 damage. +10 AC.
Eta: 32. Tactical acumen ends R8T32. Bardic inspire courage +1.
Girrigz Ripperclaws: 23.

Zeta: 19.7. Mage armor.
Ruor: 19.5.
Athas-Gultthrugh: 19.1.
Reinforcement Wererat #1: 6. (26:26). F2F Phi. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!
Reinforcement Wererat #2(Layl): 5. (9:26). F2F Bur. ASLEEP til end R14T19.7!!!

STABLE: Wererat (-11:26). 19 bolts remaining.

DEAD: Rat swarm. Shrieker. Wererat.

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Of course, as bad luck or lack of observance would have it, Alpha gets jumped by the eels from both sides. But before the first one has a chance to bite ...

Phi, you notice this, and you are 10' away. What do you do?

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Phi: 27.
Silt Eel #1: 24.
Alpha: 24. SURPRISED!
Burçin: 21.
Zeta: 17.
Beta: 15.
Silt Eel #2: 12.

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R1T27: Phi swims the 10' while pulling out his magical jambiya in his off-hand. He comes to be right next to Alpha and getting ready for group tactics attacks one of the eels defensively. It is a deep stab that does 16, as you are buoyed by the camaraderie of having Bur there with you.

R1T24: The silt eel actually manages to bite you in the neck for 2.

R1T23: Alpha is surprised!

R1T21: The magical dagger tucked away, Bur swims in next to Phi and holds the line with him. He stabs with the mithral shortspear and finishes off the wounded eel.

R1T17: Zeta isn't fool enough to get involved, but swims up behind the fighting line in case a spell might be needed. (Sorry, P, just moving it along.)

R1T15: Beta, it is 15' for you to get to the one eel remaining. What do you do?

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Phi: 27.
Alpha: 23. SURPRISED!
Burçin: 21.
Zeta: 17.
Beta: 15.
Silt Eel #2: 12. (20:20).

DEAD: Silt eel (1).

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R1T15: Beta slips between the space between himself and the eel - instantly disappearing from his origin and reappearing at his destination - and now swimming next to Alpha and the eel. He summons one of his claws and thrusts it into the eel as best as he can manage. Even with hydraulic resistance diminishing Beta's attack, Beta senses a greatness from Phi, as if the warrior was a great general or king that inspires him, and the oread does 14!

R1T12: Shocked by the attack, the silt eel bites Beta in the right shoulder for 3. Instantly, Beta feels incredible pain shooting through the shoulder and into his torso as he also takes 2 CON.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R2T27: Phi, you are currently FD and holding the line with Bur. What do you do?

Alpha, you will recover from surprise and be on deck; Bur in the hole ...

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Phi: 27. FD/ HL w/ Bur.
Alpha: 23.
Burçin: 21. FD/ HL w/ Phi.
Zeta: 17.
Beta: 15. POISONED til end of R7T12!!!
Silt Eel #2: 12. (6:20).

DEAD: Silt eel (1).

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The first two to see what's coming are Beta (darkvision) and Zeta (low-light vision). It is a woman swimming alongside a shark that is about 11' long. But as these two manage to get their eyesight adjusted, they see that the woman swimming is truly hideous and ugly!

Staying at just that end of the ship in this long hold, the shark moves forward quickly.

R1T13: A shark is seen swimming into range of the light, but it is already on its way as it charges Phi, speeding in and biting the tall man on the side of his abdomen for 13.

R1T10-9: Almost on the far side of the hold, only 40' away, the swimming crone (which Zeta recognizes as a sea hag) casts a spell, and right in front of Burçin appears a different type of shark. Some type of higher-pitched voice comes from the hag(or unseen whatsit) and the shark immediately attacks the young man but he fends it off with his spear.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T32: Phi's bite wound starts to heal a little (FH2). Phi, you are face to muzzle with some type of shark. What do you do?

Burçin on deck, Zeta in the hole ...

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The new shark that was obviously summoned is a bull shark. She summoned it as a standard action, and you only know of summoners being able to summon animals that quickly. The shark that attacked Phi is a blue shark, but one that is not full grown (Medium instead of Large). Since summons spells bring forth mature examples of their race, this is likely some type of animal companion of an undersea druid or hunter.

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts.
Burçin: 27.
Zeta: 24.
Alpha: 23.
Beta: 20. Inertial armor.
Skinshear: 13. Greater magic fang (+1). Charging. Power Attack. Phi.
Summoned Blue Shark: 10. Bur.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals.

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R2T32: Phi begins the first part of the line-chain, but with the shark having charged, feels to put some reel oomph! behind his thrust and does 25.

R2T27: Standing next to his mentor, Burçin fights defensively and now the two are enjoying a type of defensive, cooperative combat effort where the other protects the other. That focus doesn't stop the young man from scoring a lucky shot as he stabs the bull shark right in the middle of its thick nose and disappears with an underwater pop as the space suddenly is empty and the water cavitates as it rushes in to fill the sudden void of the dispelled, summoned creature.

R2T24: Zeta, what do you do?

Alpha on deck, Beta in the hole.

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Alpha wouldn't have known there to be a threat beyond sharks until the last one was killed and disappeared ... a sure sign of a summoned creature. Something else is out there, but without the benefit of Gamma anymore, you don't know what.

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts. FD, PA, Holding the Line.
Burçin: 27. FD, Hold the Line.
Zeta: 24.
Alpha: 23.
Beta: 20. Inertial armor.
Skinshear: 13. (35:60).
* Greater magic fang (+1). Charging. Power Attack. Phi.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals.

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R2T24: Zeta's form gets smaller until she is the size of a Small shark.

R2T23: Alpha meditates to change his active energy type to cold.

R2T20: Beta readies himself to interrupt the movement of anything coming at himself or Alpha.

R2T13: The blue shark continues to snap at Phi.

R2T9.1-.0: The crone swims forward and once she is 40' from Beta, he steps between the worlds of water and the prime to suddenly appear in front of her and stabs her in the left shoulder with his claw for 15, inspired as he is by Phi. Thwarted, she levels her angry, hateful gaze at Beta.

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Beta, roll a Will saving throw vs. a DC 15.

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts. FD, PA, Holding the Line.
Burçin: 27. FD, Hold the Line.
Zeta: 24.
Alpha: 23.
Skinshear: 13. (35:60).
* Greater magic fang (+1). Charging. Power Attack. Phi.
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals.

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Beta feels a sense of being ill at ease, but he manages to shake it off to focus on the task at hand.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T32: Phi, what do you do?

Bur on deck, Zeta in the hole ...

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts. FD, PA, Holding the Line.
Burçin: 27. FD, Hold the Line.
Zeta: 24.
Alpha: 23.
Skinshear: 13. (35:60).
* Greater magic fang (+1). Charging. Power Attack. Phi.
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals.

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R3T32: Phi's wounds continue to mend as he power-thrusts the shark for 21.

R3T27: Burçin holds the line with his spear.

R3T24: Zeta, what do you do?

Alpha on deck, shark in the hole ...

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts. FD, PA, Holding the Line.
Burçin: 27. FD, Hold the Line.
Zeta: 24. Form of a small nurse shark.
Alpha: 23.
Skinshear: 13. (14:60).
* Greater magic fang (+1). Charging. Power Attack. Phi.
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals.

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R3T24: The nurse shark stares more intently and with greater stillness than is natural, directing its gaze at the blue shark. It is unknown if there is any effect or not.

R3T23: Alpha points towards the blue shark, launching a small bolt of cold energy through the water at it, hitting it square mid-body for 17 cold. That stops the shark.

R3T9.1: Beta, what do you do?

Hag on deck, Phi in the hole ...

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts. FD, PA, Holding the Line.
Burçin: 27. FD, Hold the Line.
Zeta: 24. Form of a small nurse shark.
Alpha: 23.
Skinshear: 13. (-4:60). Greater magic fang (+1).
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals.

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R3T9.1: Beta, inspired by the power from the first strike, focuses his aim and launches both his claws into the Hag's side with the utmost precision. Even fighting on the same battlefield with Phi is vastly inspiring, and Beta does 24 with his first strike, and 18 with his second.

R3T9: Hissing, she puts forth her might into a spear thrust into Beta's lower right leg for 22, but her second thrust goes wild.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T32: Phi, what do you do?

Bur on deck, Zeta in the hole ...

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts. FD, PA, Holding the Line.
Burçin: 27. FD, Hold the Line.
Zeta: 24. Form of a small nurse shark.
Alpha: 23.
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals. PA.

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R4T32: Phi does an underwater bounce-walk over to his glowing crystal sword and picks it up.

R4T27: Bur does a FRA-swim to cover 15' ... halfway from the back line to Beta.

R4T24: Nurse Zeta, what do you do?

Alpha on deck, Beta in the hole ...

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts.
Burçin: 27.
Zeta: 24. Form of a small nurse shark.
Alpha: 23.
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor.
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals. PA.

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R4T24: Zeta swims right up next to Beta (he was 30' away).

R4T23: Alpha backs away and watches Beta fight, waiting to see if there was any need to keep fighting.

R4T9.1: Beta on the other hand, pushes his offensive further. Inspired by the power he is currently pushing out, he shifts his combat stance and launches a heavy flurry of strikes into the hag, hoping the fierceness and power he puts out is enough to put her down for good. His first claw tears into her left shoulder for an amazing 45 damage! His other claw rips across her left elbow for 42! The third just grazes off of an unseen ... something ... at the inside of her left lower leg. Somehow, someway, and only barely ... she is conscious.

R4T9: Her form shifts and churns in the maelstrom of blue-black ichor that is her blood and soon she is a blue shark as was her pet, though again only immature in size (Medium). She darts well to the side, taking whatever hit comes. Beta tries to spear down on her from above, failing to hit her and continuing past, stepping forward into the mass of fluids in the water and is blinded by it. Zeta tries to snap at her as well but didn't get enough of a purchase to do any damage.

She covers the point to get right to the hole of the hold heading out into the river, but she spent enough movement trying to get around Beta that she didn't have quite enough to get past.

Alpha, do you do anything? She is now more visible and about 15' away from you.

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts.
Burçin: 27.
Zeta: 24. Form of a small nurse shark.
Alpha: 23. DELAYING!
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor. BLIND til end R7T9!!!
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals. PA.

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R4T8: Seeing a target attempting to escape, Alpha focuses and drops a small explosion of cold energy on top of her form. The tough shark only takes 5 cold.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T32: Phi, what do you do? You are only 20' from the shark (and the opening).

Burçin on deck, Zeta in the hole ...

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Phi: 32. Conceal thoughts.
Burçin: 27.
Zeta: 24. Form of a small nurse shark.
Beta: 9.1. Inertial armor. BLIND til end R7T9!!!
Yvicca: 9. Bull's strength. Barkskin. Speak with Animals. Form of a medium shark.
Alpha: 8.