Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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It is just. not. Maeni's. day. She tumbles and falls to the ground, taking 4, which has the added effect of muddying up her fashionable clothes.

It is at this point that every single one of our sharp-eyed heroes realizes that something is not quite right with those thick vines at the cave mouth. As Maeni gets to her feet, the very large plants come to life!

Round One ...

R1T20: Dorn casts expeditious retreat on himself and takes out his dagger, the quality silver glinting in the afternoon light.

Spoiler: Attunement

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Because it was a masterwork silver dagger, Dorn had used his attunement (see Weapon Attunement) on his dagger on the boat ride here.

R1T19: Maeni, you see two Large creatures made of fibrous plant material. Other than that, you have no idea what these things are, but you have a feeling they are not looking for friendly hugs. What do you do?

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. No preparations.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff.
AV1: 12. (44:44).
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.
AV2: 5. (44:44).

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R1T19: Wiping some mud off of herself and capitalizing on the fact that the plants are only now situating themselves, Maeni rushes past all of her friends to the other side and lets loose with a stream of fire, catching both slow-moving plants fully for 12 fire each.

R1T17: Flair, what do you do? You need to prompt me if you want a Knowledge check.

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. No preparations.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff.
AV1: 12. (32:44).
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.
AV2: 5. (32:44).

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R1T17: Flair tries to identify the strange plant as he punches it for 11.

R1T15: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. No preparations. Knowledge 30 = 13/ 18/ 23/ 28
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff.
AV1: 12. (21:44).
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.
AV2: 5. (32:44).

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R1T15: “Guess we need to do some pruning!”BJ draws his silver dagger and takes a powerful swipe at the plant creature in front of him. Brother Jaume, despite being a proponent of Erastil's power over (usually cultivated) flora, doesn't have any actual knowledge of horticulture. However, as a vintner he can safely say that while this is some sort of gonzo animated vine, at least it isn't an animated grapevine. He is also sure that this vine, though active, does not possess a root-imentary intelligence!

R1T12: AV1 lashes out at Dorn, who in turn jumps over the whipping vine.

R1T6: Jens, what do you do?

AV2 on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. No preparations.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff.
AV1: 12. (21:44).
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.
AV2: 5. (32:44).

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R1T6: Being cornered by a... plant(?) Jens doubts his mental abilities will be of much help. Thus, he gathers energy from the surrounding sand and earth. He forms the surrounding material into a blade and makes his own attempt at gardening. The sand and mud circles about him, and the rocks of the very grotto wall shake. He attacks with a blade temporary formed of hardened sand, but the vine deftly moves out of the way, as it sensed the danger the blade represented.

Meanwhile, the second vine in the back is unable to move anywhere.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ....

R2T20: Dorn cuts a gory wound in the vine with a crit for 9. He then takes out his warhammer.

R2T19: Maeni, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. No preparations.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff.
AV1: 12. (21:44).
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.
AV2: 5. (32:44). DELAYING!!!

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R2T19: Not willing to take too much risks that early, Maeni keeps throwing fire at the plants. The first time she did this, both plants took the full brunt. This time, however, they must've sensed something building to the hurtful flames as before as they both use their surprisingly small profile to minimize damage, each only taking 7 fire.

R2T17: "It's an Assassin Vine!" Flair yells as he tries to distract it, once again lamenting that he never got his crossbow back from Corbin. Even as he searched his mind for a host of information he doesn't normally seek (natural lore, biology, plant identification, etc.), he feels his mind expanding.

R2T15: Brother Jaume, Flair didn't "distract" the plant, but his mentioning that it is an "assassin" vine seems like a very affront to the very type of plants you would otherwise help grow, and it incenses you. What do you do?

AV1 on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Aid Another to attack roll from Flair.
AV1: 12. (14:44).
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.
AV2: 5. (25:44). DELAYING!!!

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R2T15: BJ scowls at the offensive vegetation.“You shall spread your vile tendrils no more!” The big man swipes at the plant again with the dagger buoyed by Flair's intellectual aid. It seems that without what Flair provided, the monk would not have cut into the thick stalk of the vine with his dagger for 11. The vine looks well and truly battered and cut and burned, but is still aggressive.

Spoiler: OOC

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The dagger is not a monk weapon. You cannot conduct a flurry of blows while using a weapon that is not a monk weapon. You may not try to use a non-monk weapon as a "primary" weapon and unarmed attacks as "off-hand attacks." Because the dagger was the first thing in the fluff and the sequence, that is all that happened.

R2T12-11: The assassin vine slaps at Dorn again, hitting him in his left knee for 9 mod. As Dorn buckles from the impact, the vine then wraps about him, holding him. Meanwhile, all of the creepers on the grotto and the small scrub and shoots on the grotto floor seem to come alive! Dorn, Flair, Jens, and Maeni are simply impeded in movement, though the plants are still grasping at them. Brother Jaume, however, is entangled by the vegetation.

Spoiler: Entangled

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Entangled
The character is ensnared. Being entangled impedes movement, but does not entirely prevent it unless the bonds are anchored to an immobile object or tethered by an opposing force. An entangled creature moves at half speed, cannot run or charge, and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and a –4 penalty to Dexterity. An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a concentration check (DC 15 + spell level) or lose the spell.

R2T6: Jens, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Entangled (DC 13)!
AV1: 12. (3:44).
AV2: 11. (25:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R2T6: Jens once more calls on the element of earth trying to actually hit the assassin vine right before him. Once again, the hide is too thick for the nearly-rounded edges of the kinetic blade to properly cut through.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T20: With his warhammer now in hand, Dorn drops his dagger and begins an onslaught. The first strike is wild, his own warhammer getting knocked back into his stomach (luckily, no internal hemorrhaging), but the second strike hits true for a devastating 11 (max), dropping the vine.

R3T19: Maeni, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Entangled (DC 13)!
AV2: 11. (25:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R3T19: Stepping away for the remaining vine just in case, which proves to be much more difficult than she thought it would be, Maeni casts a spell on Dorn to fully heal him. "I hope that's enough for now !"

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First, the grasping vegetation means difficult terrain, meaning no 5' steps, but a move action to move one square for the cost of 2 squares of movement.

R3T17: Flair, there is grasping vegetation all around, making it difficult to move.

Brother Jaume (entangled) on deck, AV2 in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Entangled (DC 13)!
AV2: 11. (25:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R3T17: Flair hangs back; with the beast in a bottleneck like it was, he could only get in the way.

R3T15: With an effort of strength, the dowdy moneric (TM) Clonk (R), attempts to trudge forward but finds that he is rooted to the spot on his first attempt. On the second attempt he finally rips free. Unfortunately, all of his effort was spent getting himself free.

Spoiler: OOC

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Remember I said he was held fast/ entangled by the effect. So, his first move action to try to free himself failed, but he freed himself on a second move action. Unfortunately, it is difficult terrain, so he can't do a 5' move to close, either.

R3T11: With all of the heroes remaining in the field of rampant growth, the various vegetation have been continuously working to hold the heroes fast. Unfortunately, that means for all of his hard work freeing himself, Brother Jaume gets held fast again. And again, everyone else manages to remain light-footed enough to keep from getting stuck like the friar. The assassin vine shuffles forth through the mess, seemingly unaffected. A tendril from the vine powers out to hit the one prey in its trap - Brother Jaume. The friar is hit fully in the chest for a crushing 12, and adding insult to injury, Brother Jaume is now grappled as well.

R3T6: Jens, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Entangled (DC 13)! Grappled!
AV2: 11. (25:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R3T6: Seeing Jaume getting attacked, Jens winces and thinks about healing the man, before remembering that Jaume still stubbornly refuses Jen's aid. Shaking his head, Jens calls out, "If Jaume needs healing someone else will need to provide it since he is not part of the collective."

Jens then focuses on felling the other assassin vine, hoping that he has better luck at a distance than in melee. A tendril slaps alongside Jens' waist for 6 mod, and almost holds him before Jens wriggles out and shoots the thing for 11.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T20: Dorn tries to move acrobatically closer to the vine, but doesn't. Luckily he does this while Jens was distracting it and still manages to close. He swings with his warhammer but it is soo incredibly clumsy what with dodging big vines and little plants grasping at his feet that he is knocked into the ground and gets dirt in his eyes (blinded).

R4T19: Maeni, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume (grappled and entangled) in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger. PRONE!!! BLINDED til R6T20!!!
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Entangled (DC 13)! Grappled!
AV2: 11. (14:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume! AOO used.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R4T19: Hoping the remaining vine is too focused on its grapple, Maeni gets closer to Jaume to prepare to heal him. "Hold fast!"

R4T17: Flair, your intellect has helped you to observe the vegetative floor beneath you to time your best moments to shift stance and weight. Now, you go through another quantum surge in intellect, your mind almost shuddering as it almost drinks in more knowledge in the universe, to the point that you when the second vine came forth - and now that you have had a chance to view that the carbon scoring on it is actually very light, it seems that the first assassin vine probably had a mutation-based weakness that made it susceptible to fire, but the second assassin fire is more typical of its hardy species - being significantly resistant to temperature extremes, and completely unaffected by electricity. Meanwhile, you are still in total defense. What do you do?

Brother Jaume (grappled and entangled) on deck, AV2 in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger. PRONE!!! BLINDED til R6T20!!!
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. Entangled (DC 13)! Grappled!
AV2: 11. (33:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume! AOO used.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R4T17: Flair is of limited help right now; without any sort of ranged weapon, all he can do is offer advice. "This one's resistant to fire and cold and I think electricity, too; if you're gonna hit it with magic, use sonic or acidic spells!"

R4T15: Brother Jaume drops both the dagger and his staff and grasps the vine that has snared him in his meaty fists. He struggles with the vine trying to gain control. He attempts to push forward, lunging against the creepers holding him fast. Unfortunately, he bites his tongue in the fumble, suffering 1 bleed.

R4T11: The assassin vine constricts and grapples Brother Jaume for 21.

In addition, the undergrowth continues to grasp at the other characters. Amazingly, Dorn rolls around quickly despite being prone to keep from being held down. Jens avoids getting entangled, but Flair is held fast by the vegetation. Maeni likewise avoids entanglement.

R4T6: Jens, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger. PRONE!!! BLINDED til R6T20!!!
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD!!! ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grappled! 1 BLEED!!!
AV2: 11. (33:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R4T6: Seeing Dorn's poor state, Jens refrains from attacking and attempts to allay his ally's suffering.

Spoiler: Jens >>> Collective

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"If this works I won't be able to see for a while, so let me know if we all die."

Sure enough, Jens' world goes dark as it feels like his eyes are occluded by dirt and grit.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T20: Dorn stands, and without being struck by the vine. He puts his hand on Brother Jaume to give him 6 healing, which also stops the bleeding. "Damn your fears, man!" he says to the grappled friar. "Let Jens bring you into his collective!"

R5T19: Maeni, what do you do?

Flair (entangled, total defense) on deck, Brother Jaume (entangled, constricted/ grappled) in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD!!! ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grappled!
AV2: 11. (33:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up. BLINDED til R6T20!!!

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R5T19: Moving away while grabbing some butter, and seeing the vine physicallly focused on Brother Jaume, Maeni casts a spell on Flair's clothing after a warning: "That will help you get out of that!"

R5T17: Flair, while you are greased, yet while entangled it is like you feel your joints and muscles stiffen a little more. What do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck, assassin vine in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD!!! ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grappled!
AV2: 11. (33:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up. BLINDED til R6T20!!!

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R5T17-11: Brother Jaume’s body spasms as the vine constricts. “ACK!” chokes out BJ as blood spurts from his mouth, though luckily only the bit he first bled with as Maeni's spell staunched any further loss. He tries to break the vine’s hold on him, but finds the plant to be stronger than he is. HOWEVER, he does enough physical exertion that while he doesn't necessarily break out himself, when the vine goes to squeeze him again, it isn't able to maintain the hold and Brother Jaume is free (but doesn't move anywhere).

R5T6: Jens, you are blinded. Now what?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD!!! ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grappled!
AV2: 11. (33:44). Entangle til R42T11. Grappling Brother Jaume!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up. BLINDED til R6T20!!!

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R5T17: Flair took a deep breath. A more foolish man would have panicked as the vines grabbed him, but he knew better. The vines grabbing him were the local vegetation rather than the assassin vine itself. Furthermore, while they hindered movement, he was sure they would not stop him now that Maeni has helped. He slowly moves towards the rocks and out of the line of fire, though he does have the issue that there is still vegetation there.

R5T15-11: Brother Jaume’s body spasms as the vine constricts. “ACK!” chokes out BJ as blood spurts from his mouth, though luckily due to Maeni's healing no more is forthcoming. He tries to break the vine’s hold on him, bu fails. However, he seems to have shifted things enough so that when the vine tries to continue its hold on the friar, it loses its grip and Brother Jaume is no longer grappled (but still entangled).

R5T6: Jens, you are currently blinded. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. TD!!! ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
AV2: 11. (33:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up. BLINDED til R6T20!!!

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Also, the entangle effect continues to grasp at the heroes' limbs. Brother Jaume is already entangled. Maeni, possessing the worst reflexes in the group, has made several valiant efforts, but it was a matter of time. Maeni is held fast to her location and entangled.

R5T6: Unable to see, Jens attempts to treat his new eye condition. After several seconds, he is successful!

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Make no mistake, if someone suffers an effect because of a fumble or critical condition, it is always okay to ask. Sometimes, as you have dealt with in the past, it requires full-on surgery, which can't be done in-battle, and other times it is a Heal check just for a quick tend-to-wound like now.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T20: Dorn calls on Torag's favor to allow him to double-hammer the vine again. He hits it for 9 on the first swing, but misses the second.

R6T19: Maeni, you ran out of luck, and now you cannot move out of your square and you are entangled. What do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole (entangled) ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer, dagger.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
AV2: 11. (24:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R6T19: Not in a position to move back to heal, Maeni prefers prevention again. "Jaume, it's your turn this time!" And with that, Maeni casts grease on Brother Jaume.

R6T17: Flair, what do you do, oh greasy one (now of two)?

Brother Jaume on deck, assassin vine in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist).
AV2: 11. (24:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R6T17: Flair held back; it would be a few seconds until the energy he expended with his first hit returned, so he waited until it did and an opportunity arose.

R6T15: BJ breaks free with some effort, and then slogs forward to confront the vine, but in doing so the tendril lashes out at him, striking his lower left arm for 13, but that turns out to be too small a place to grab abhold of the friar again with too thick a vine. It is all Brother Jaume can do just to get to the creature, and is mighty bloody in doing so.

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Emphasis and precedence was given to breaking out and closing (and hitting if possible). The "then" statement was if he didn't free himself.

It took a move action to free himself, and since the area is difficult terrain, there is no "5-foot-step." You moved 5', but it cost 10' of movement and opened up an AOO.

R6T11: With someone so close to hurting it and that prey having been tasty previously, the assassin vine attacks Brother Jaume again, slamming a tendril against his chest for 10, knocking Brother Jaume limp. The tendril holds the body of Brother Jaume, and though greasy, it manages to keep ahold of its unmoving and helpless prey.

The grasses and strands of the tidal pool continue to hold Maeni, but catch nobody else (almost Dorn, though).

R6T6: Jens, Brother Jaume is limp in the grasp of the assassin vine. You have no idea of his status beyond that. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist). DYING!!!
AV2: 11. (24:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R6T6: Working quickly, Jens forcefully joins the unconscious form of Brother Jaume into the collective along with everybody else. He then unleashes a torrent of mental power in an attempt to keep Jaume alive, and waking Brother Jaume.

Spoiler: Jens >>> Collective

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"I have Jaume, if you have a method of self healing, use it and I can funnel it all into him. If you don't then Kill the plant."

A copper smell permeates the area, and a viscous red fluid that reseembles blood coats the immediate area around Jens. The smell and sight of blood dissipates within a round, leaving no trace.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T20: Dorn touches his hand to his chest, and the energy Jens redistributes to Brother Jaume to provide him with 4 healing, which is enough so that Brother Jaume's actual physical capacity is brought to a point that he is no longer bleeding out or disabled (something a bulwark of temporary hit points do NOT do, as it is not "healing"). He then calls on Torag for the Dwarffather's favor for more battle focus. He hits the vine for 8 and then lightly for 4.

R7T19: Maeni, you are currently entangled and held in place by various tidal grasses and roots in the grotto. What do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist). GRAPPLED!
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
AV2: 11. (12:44). Entangle til R42T11. GRAPPLED!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R7T19: Lacking other efficient options, Maeni barely manages to concentrate as necessary to cast a spell to send 4 healing to Brother Jaume. She then tries to muscle her way out of the mire, but fails.

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Casting a spell (or using a power, or a SLA/PLA) while entangled requires a concentration check = 15+spell level. I rolled '9' for Maeni, which is a result of 17, which is right on the money, so it was a really challenging effort for Maeni.

R7T17: Flair, you are almost getting a headache as your mind continues to surge. What do you do?

Brother Jaume (now conscious, grappled, entangled, and greased) on deck, assassin vine in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist).
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist). GRAPPLED!
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
AV2: 11. (12:44). Entangle til R42T11. GRAPPLED!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R7T17: Flair reached down to grab a stone from the ground. If he could get a stone, he could channel Gaston's force though it and do some damage. He wrestles a creeper that has a nice-looking rock, studies how the plant moves, and then cleverly wrenches the stone free. Flair now has a good throwing rock in his hand.

R7T15: Brother Jaume, you briefly lost consciousness. You are awake again, but you are also still grappled and entangled (but still greased). What do you do?

Assassin vine on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist). Holding a rock.
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist). GRAPPLED!
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
AV2: 11. (12:44). Entangle til R42T11. GRAPPLED!
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R7T15: “Wise Erastil, heal thy servant so the he may continue to fight for order!” A burst of divine radiance bathes BJ and everyone around (including the assassin vine) in a golden glow of positive energy for 10 healing.

R7T11: Brother Jaume greasily slips out of the vine's grasp despite it trying to get ahold of the friar, though he is still entangled.

Flair is now entangled by the grasping vegetation (despite being greased)!

R7T6: Jens, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Maeni in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist). Holding a rock. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist).
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
AV2: 11. (22:44). Entangle til R42T11.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R7T6:

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"No one's dying anymore? Good. Resume gardening again."

Jens focuses on the elemental earth and blasts it toward the vine as he jumps aside of its counterattack. Sharp flechettes of rock hit the creature for 11.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T20: Dorn continues to call on Torag for His favor. A tendril bats away the first attack, but the second skips off enough to do 4 (min). Dorn then sends 1 healing to Brother Jaume.

R8T19: Maeni, you are entangled by plants. What do you do?

Flair on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist). Holding a rock. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist).
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
AV2: 11. (7:44). Entangle til R42T11. Used AOO.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R8T19: Maeni tries to get out of the tangles to reposition herself. Alas, it takes her two tries to rip out of the tangles with brute strength. But she does. And it may remind others in the group that the pale-skinned .... whatever she is .... is actually stronger than she looks. The difficult terrain keeps her from moving any farther, though.

R8T17: Flair easily slides free of the vines, and throws the stone at the far western edge of the vine that he could see, his clothes glowing as he does so. but the difficulty of the shot and all of the mitigating factors working against him almost tripping due to his own recoil, but his mind keeps him from falling!

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Your INT was used, instead of your CON, on the Fort save vs. fumble effect, and succeeded.

R8T15: Brother Jaume, you are no longer grappled, but you are entangled and have not your lit-staff in hand. You are also greased. What do you do?

Assassin vine on deck, Jens in the hole ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist). INT used for save.
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist).
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
AV2: 11. (7:44). Entangle til R42T11. Used AOO.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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R8T15: Brother Jaume, having dropped his staff and dagger in the clinging ground cover five feet away, opts for a full flurry of jabs and a spinning back kick directed at the overgrown foliage. He entirely wreaks destruction on the thing, and it is now down.

Combat is Over, but the Entangling effect is still in play ...

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Dorn: 20. Expeditious retreat til R41T20. Warhammer; dagger on ground.
Maeni: 19. Mage armor for 3 hours.
Flair: 17. Grease til R35T19 (+10 escape artist). INT used for save.
Brother Jaume: 15. ENTANGLED (DC 13)!!! Grease til R36T19 (+10 escape artist).
* Light on quarterstaff. Vigor til R46T6.
Jens: 6. Earth defense up.

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Surprise Round ...

S19: Jens, amazingly, sensed something amiss just as Brother Jaume stepped in and put the barricade to the side. You see two weird canine creatures and a woman with a spear and a flame in her hand behind them. This is a surprise round, so only a MA or SA, not both. What do you do?

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Maeni: 21.
Jens: 19.
FW1: 19. (24:24).
Brother Jaume: 15. Enlarged.
FW2: 14. (24:24).
Daridela: 12. Bramble Armor active.
* Owl's wisdom til R46T12. Produce flame til R47T12. Magic fang on fungal wolves til R48/49T12.
Dorn: 8.
Flair: 7.

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S19: Reacting quickly, Jens takes note of the dogs that bar the way, but dismisses attacking them as Jaume is usually rather good at receiving and dealing physical punishment. The woman at the back of the beasts then catches Jen's eyes. There were rumors about a witch living here, perhaps it is her?

Either way, Jens locks onto her and lashes out with his power attempting to wrest some control of her body from her. Low, whispering voices fill the area, speaking in what sounds like a long-lost language, as if they were ghosts or apparitions from another age. The woman loses her balance and falls to the ground.

S19: One of the strange-looking canines moves up and then a burst of dust explodes outwards from it in all directions. Dorn seems unaffected.

S15: Brother Jaume, you go back to regular size.

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Okay, first, I need you to tell me which of the four squares becomes the one that Brother Jaume occupies.
Next, I need you to roll me a Fort save.
Then, let me know what you do, as you noticed these things just as you set the barricade against the wall. As always, this is a surprise round, so you get a SA or a MA, not both.

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Maeni: 21.
Jens: 19.
FW1: 19. (24:24). Spores (light green) last til R10T19.
Brother Jaume: 15. Enlarged.
FW2: 14. (24:24).
Daridela: 12. Bramble Armor active. PRONE!!! STAGGERED til R4T19!!!
* Owl's wisdom til R46T12. Produce flame til R47T12. Magic fang on fungal wolves til R48/49T12.
Dorn: 8.
Flair: 7.

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S15: Regular-sized BJ takes a defensive stance and shouts, “We only want to talk!” He then grows large once more, blocking the cave entrance.

S14: The other strange fungal creature moves up and snaps at firbolgian friar.

S12: The woman seems to have trouble drawing breath, the fall having knocked the wind out of her, and can't seem to quite get breath to speak right now. She stands and steps a little offline.

End Surprise Round, Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Maeni, there is a non-visually-obscuring dusty cloud just in front of you. You see two freaky, Medium-sized quadrupeds with roughly canine features, and you have partial LOS to the woman. What do you do?

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Maeni: 21.
Jens: 19.
FW1: 19. (24:24). Spores (light green) last til R10T19.
Brother Jaume: 15. Enlarged. Total Defense.
FW2: 14. (24:24).
Daridela: 12. Bramble Armor active. PRONE!!! STAGGERED til R4T19!!!
* Owl's wisdom til R46T12. Produce flame til R47T12. Magic fang on fungal wolves til R48/49T12.
Dorn: 8.
Flair: 7.