Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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R10T11: Flair's mental state was akin to a man an on a bucking bronco; desperately seeking balance and having a moment where the various forces acting on him reach equilibrium for a second. He suddenly realizes that Vilma is not the enemy, and the overwhelming confusion has him babbling to himself incoherently.

R10T7: Winter stops her monologue and calls out, "Everyone, back away from Flair, and set up to dodge or block any incoming attack. I've seen this before in schizophrenics. He'll come around. He's just processing." She then steps away from Flair and into the hallway and gets ready to block with her claws if she must.

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I.e., total defense.

End Round 10, Begin Round 11 ...

R11T15: Brother Jaume, do you remain large? If not, what square do you end in? What do you do?

Vilma on deck, St. Dorn in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale attack rolls .... EXCEPT Flair.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff, but silver dagger on floor.
Vilma: 14. Light on morningstar. Divine favor til R11T14. Protection from evil til R36T7.
* Shield of faith (+2) til R34T12.
St. Dorn: 12. Light on warhammer. Expeditious retreat til R43T12.
Flair: 11. CONFUSED til R11T17!!! Crossbow in hands, loaded.
Winter: 7. Bless til R39T7.

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R11T15: Brother Jaume drops to normal size. He opens and closes his mouth a few times, apparently directed at Winter. He then readies himself.

R11T14: Vilma, Milani no longer favors you your divine favor drops, but you do FH2.

St. Dorn on deck, Flair in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale attack rolls .... EXCEPT Flair.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff, but silver dagger on floor. READIED to grapple Flair if he attacks in Range of BJ!!!
Vilma: 14. Light on morningstar. Protection from evil til R36T7.
* Shield of faith (+2) til R34T12.
St. Dorn: 12. Light on warhammer. Expeditious retreat til R43T12.
Flair: 11. CONFUSED til R11T17!!! Crossbow in hands, loaded.
Winter: 7. Bless til R39T7.

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R11T14: Vilma just stands ready in a defensive posture to block or ward anything Flair sends her way, but otherwise trying not to seem too aggressive in posture.

R11T12: St. Dorn likewise does the same, but doesn't move back.

R11T11: Flair again tries to get a hold of himself long enough to drop his weapon and get away from his teammates.

After maybe a minute or two of tension, it seems like this episode has ended.

Combat Ends!

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HEROES: +1 morale attack rolls .... EXCEPT Flair.
Brother Jaume: 15. Light on quarterstaff, but silver dagger on floor. READIED to grapple Flair if he attacks in Range of BJ!!!
Vilma: 14. Light on morningstar. Protection from evil til R36T7.
* Shield of faith (+2) til R34T12.
St. Dorn: 12. Light on warhammer. Expeditious retreat til R43T12.
Flair: 11.
Winter: 7. Bless til R39T7.

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Vilma opens the door. This is another bedroom appointed in the same style as the previous .... sans a vat of vinegar and gruesome corpses.

Everyone, it definitely sounds like not-that-stealthy folk hiding in the room.

Begin Round One ...

R1T27: There's the sound of a woman casting from the north side of the door, just inside the room!

R1T23: Winter responds by casting a spell of her own on herself. She then moves to the south of the hallway, by St. Dorn.

R1T21: A man's voice is heard casting a spell from the south side of the door, just inside the room!

R1T21: Brother Jaume, what do you do? The door just opened is adjacent-west of Vilma.

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Blue Cultist (f): 27. Shield of faith til R47T21.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min.
Red Cultist: 21. Shield of faith til R41T21.
Brother Jaume: 20. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Flair: 7.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar.

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R1T21: Brother Jaume delays ...

R1T18: St. Dorn casts a spell, giving a litany against the wages of sloth, at the one enemy he can see (to the north). He then moves past Vilma and into the room. The northern enemy doesn't attack, but the southern does as a rapier can be seen striking out to catch against the saint's studded leather briefly. He then jukes south out of view of Vilma but calls out, "Vilma - or somebody - step in five feet so we can flank the man to the south!"

R1T7: Flair, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, northern enemy in the hole, Brother Jaume delaying...

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Blue Cultist (f): 27. Shield of faith til R47T21.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min.
Red Cultist: 21. Shield of faith til R41T21.
Brother Jaume: 20. Quarterstaff in hand. DELAYING!!!
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Flair: 7.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar.

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R1T7: Flair can't get a good view on anything in the room, so he waits until Vilma moves in so he can get into a better position.

R1T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole, Brother Jaume/ Flair delaying ...

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Blue Cultist (f): 27. Shield of faith til R47T21.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min.
Red Cultist: 21. Shield of faith til R41T21.
Brother Jaume: 20. Quarterstaff in hand. DELAYING!!!
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Flair: 7. DELAYING!!!
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar.

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R2T17: BJ grips his staff and moves south in the hallway until adjacent to the door and Vilma. Grimacing at the prospect of moving through a space flanked by two opponents, the intrepid Moneric moves in, following Dorn’s saintly direction. Blue completely misses him, but Red stabs Brother Jaume in the buttocks as he goes by for 6. Brother Jaume then moves out of that dangerous point and southwest to threaten the man. He then disarms the man with a powerful flick of his staff, knocking the rapier to the ground.

R2T16: Flair growled in frustration as he steps into the doorway to be able to see the porting destinations. "Winter, I'm gonna shuffle us; get ready." He then used the power of Obhai to move them around the room, stepping out of danger range once he arrives.

R2T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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Blue Cultist (f): 27. (44:44). Shield of faith til R47T21.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min.
Red Cultist: 21. (34:44). Shield of faith til R41T21. DISARMED of rapier.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment active (+2 damage).
* IF/THEN: immediate action on the first attack that's flanking me, for Split Second Defense, making it not flanking me.

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R1T6: Now flanked, Vilma keeps hacking at Red, still standing between both cultists to keep them also in a disadvantageous position. Her morningstar punctures and bludgeons Red's inner right elbow for 13 as he gives a yell of pain.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T27: Blue does a terrible fakeout attempt on Vilma and then clearly misses.

R2T23: Winter backs up against the far while taking out her dagger. She begins another stirring dramatic monologue from a Pharasmin passion play.

R2T21: Disarmed of his rapier, Red draws his dagger and thrusts against Vilma's armor, but then steps out of being flanked.

R2T18: St. Dorn fills right into the spot vacated by Red. He concentrates and casts a spell on Brother Jaume ...

R2T17: Brother Jaume, St. Dorn just gave you a guidance. You know he gets annoyed if you hoard it "just in case." What do you do?

Flair on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (44:44). Shield of faith til R47T21.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
Red Cultist: 21. (21:44). Shield of faith til R41T21. DISARMED of rapier. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment active (+2 damage).
* IF/THEN: immediate action on the first attack that's flanking me, for Split Second Defense, making it not flanking me.

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R2T17: Brother Jaume focuses his wrath on the cultist to the South with a flurry of strikes. He punches him in a nerve cluster in the bicep as it meets the elbow for 17. The man is overcome with pain, dropping his dagger, and holding his left hand over where he was struck. That very human reaction stops the monk's second attack cold, even having him pause with a bit of vulnerability longer than necessary before he recovers himself, uses some of his life essence, and his staff strikes against the man's chain shirt.

R2T16: Flair takes a step back and loads his crossbows before firing it again at Blue, but the bolt barely scrapes across her armor.

R2T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (44:44). Shield of faith til R47T21.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
Red Cultist: 21. (4:44). Shield of faith til R41T21. DISARMED of rapier. Dagger in hand.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment active (+2 damage).
* IF/THEN: immediate action on the first attack that's flanking me, for Split Second Defense, making it not flanking me.

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R2T6: Now that Red is away, Vilma turns toward Blue, still attempting to pummel the cultist to the ground. Vilma's morningstar connects solidly with her chest for 20, briefly knocking the wind out of her.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T27: Blue concentrates and casts a spell on herself for 9 healing.

R3T23: Winter maintains her monologue, and taking advantage of Red being loopy right now, she steps up to Brother Jaume and casts a spell on him for 7 healing, though she didn't use a holy symbol for this healing spell.

R3T21: Red is stunned ...

R3T18: St. Dorn swings hard at Red, but Red's erratic, swaying movements while stunned confuses the living saint.

R3T17: Red recovers from being stunned. Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44). Shield of faith til R47T21.
* Used: CLW.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
Red Cultist: 21. (4:44). Shield of faith til R41T21. DISARMED of rapier and dagger.
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment active (+2 damage).

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R3T17: Brother Jaume twirls his quarterstaff around and slams into the Southern cultist. The first attack barely clinks along his chain shirt, but the second is a perfect billiards-type thrust to the cheset for 19 that is accompanied by a loud crack of the man's sternum as he falls.

R3T16: Flair, what do you do? Your crossbow is unloaded.

Vilma on deck, Blue in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44). Shield of faith til R47T21.
* Used: CLW.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment active (+2 damage).

DEAD
Cultist (1).

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R3T16: Flair pauses as he brings all of his analytical powers to bear on Blue. In the hubbub he hadn't been able to get a good look at his foes and if there was going to be an easier way than just smacking them, he'd have to find it himself.

R3T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44). Shield of faith til R47T21.
* Used: CLW.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment active (+2 damage).

DEAD
Cultist (1).

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R3T6: As the other cultist falls, Vilma keeps attempting to take down Blue, but Blue deflects the morningstar as Vilma exhorts the others, "Last one, let's go!"

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T27: "Hastur will strike at you through me!" Blue shrieks while letting loose with a nega-blast. Winter is completely unaffected. Brother Jaume, St. Dorn, & Flair take 3 NE. Vilma takes 6 NE.

R4T23: Winter continues her dramatic oration as she backs up against the outer wall. She casts a spell directed at the cultist. "We don't need to hear any more of your accursed mutterings, you nutter."

R4T18: St. Dorn fishhooks around, jumps up on the bed and then off it to come at the woman from the side of the desk. He swings at her legs, but she jumps over the attack.

R4T17: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44). Shield of faith til R47T21. Affected by fumbletongue til R7T23!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment: Justice active (+1 attack).

DEAD
Cultist (1).

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R4T17: Brother Jaume turns, takes a step North and unleashes a flurry of attacks at the remaining cultist; His face is calm as his fists fly. His first strike is in her babymaker for 13 NL. Her body doubles in on itself as she drops her rapier in pain. That opens up success for Brother Jaume's next fist which nails her right in the boob for 18 NL. Calling on his ki, he tries to finish her off but this time her armor saves her from being dropped outright. For his part, Brother Jaume huffs from the effort of having spent the last of his ki.

R4T16: Flair, what do you do?

Vilma on deck, Blue in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Affected by fumbletongue til R7T23!!! Dropped rapier. STUNNED til R5T17!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. RS.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment: Justice active (+1 attack).

DEAD
Cultist (1).

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R4T16: Flair pauses for a moment. Right this second, there's not a whole lot he can do to help, and the only remaining belligerent is literally backed into a corner. So instead he calmly walks over to the dropped rapier (from Red, because he can't in and reach Blue's which dropped in her square - on the table) and picks it up, his still-empty crossbow in his dominant hand.

R4T6: Vilma, what do you do?

Blue on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Affected by fumbletongue til R7T23!!! Dropped rapier. STUNNED til R5T17!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. RS.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16. Unloaded crossbow and Red's rapier in hand.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment: Justice active (+1 attack).

DEAD
Cultist (1).

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R4T6: Deciding to end it now .... again, Vilma swings her morningstar again toward Blue, but completely misses. Vilma was used to the woman's agile dance-like maneuvers, and her stunned sway throws Vilma off.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T27: Blue is stunned ...

R5T23: Winter continues her dramatic monologue, unable to do much else at this time.

R5T18: St. Dorn suffers from the same issues as Vilma, though he is more savvy. "It seems that she has a field up to deflect those of virtue."

R5T17: Blue recovers from being stunned. Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Flair on deck, Vilma in the hole ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (33:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Affected by fumbletongue til R7T23!!! Dropped rapier.
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. RS.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16. Unloaded crossbow and Red's rapier in hand.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment: Justice active (+1 attack).

DEAD
Cultist (1).

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R5T17: BJ twirls the heavy oaken shaft and launches a flurry of accurate strikes at the cultist. The first strike hits her in her unprotected right hand for 13. As she begins to fall foward, the monk's staff hits her straight across the chest to knock her into the wall for 8. The blow having kept her flopped on the table like a discarded doll.

R5T16: Flair dropped his empty crossbow and idly flicked his thumb across the rapier's edge. "You know", he said, addressing the unconscious woman, "if you just surrender, we could avoid all this unpleasantness."

It appears that his diplomacy worked, for she has surrendered consciousness!

Combat Ends ...

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HEROES: +1 morale charm/ fear, +1 competence weapon attack/ damage.
Winter: 23. Deathwatch for 40 min. Inspire Courage!
St. Dorn: 18. Light on warhammer.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. RS.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 16. Can't use Genie Jaunt til R7T16. Unloaded crossbow and Red's rapier in hand.
Vilma: 6. Light on morningstar. Judgment: Justice active (+1 attack).

DEAD
Cultist (1).
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Affected by fumbletongue til R7T23!!! Dropped rapier.
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).

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As Brother Jaume gets to the area of the basin just outside the sitting room, scores of rats come zipping out of various little holes and cracks and crevices in the walls and baseboards to swarm over Brother Jaume (and his precious cargo), and St. Dorn.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Flair, what do you do? Your loaded crossbow is in hand.

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Vilma for 1 round.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Flair: 21. Loaded crossbow in hand.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 12. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 35 min.
Rat Swarm: 8. (27:27).

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Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).

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R1T21: Flair swears in Infernal as he runs past the rats, though the end of the hall is 10' shorter than expected (20' from original). "It's a swarm! Use bludgeoning weapons and area effects if you can and spread apart as much as possible!" And in spite of his own warning, he fires his crossbow at it, hoping to do some damage despite it going against its harder defenses, but his unfocused shot just hits wall.

R1T17: Brother Jaume, you are currently in moderate encumbrance as you carry the unconscious cultist woman, and there are rats all about. An arm/hand is needed to steady the woman, so you can't use your quarterstaff while you hold her. What do you do?

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Vilma for 1 round.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Flair: 21. Umloaded crossbow in hand.
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 12. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 35 min.
Rat Swarm: 8. (27:27).

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).

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R1T17: Brother Jaume grits his teeth and makes a run for it, getting downstairs (off map and out of initiative).

R1T12: Vilma, what do you do?

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Vilma for 1 round.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Flair: 21. Umloaded crossbow in hand.
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 11. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 35 min.
Rat Swarm: 8. (27:27).

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.

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R1T12: Vilma walks closer to the swarm, before starting the rats' extermination task. She finds that she can't turn the corner because there is a basin there, so has to continue past and into the midst of the rats before dropping her morningstar, but really only killing a single rat on a weapon spike.

R1T11: St. Dorn steps out of the mass of rats and to the doorway to the sitting room and starts smashing with his hammer for 11 to the swarm.

R1T9: Winter uses her rarely-used claws as a changeling to tear into the rats, doing 4.

R1T8: The rats surge forward, but the AOOs attempted against them all fail. They then begin to nibble on all three heroes: Flair (1), Dorn (nothing), Vilma (3). It's creepy, but none of the heroes are freaked out.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: Flair, unloaded crossbow in hand, but not the best weapon as you are in the midst of rats. What do you do?

Vilma on deck, St. Dorn in the hole ....

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Winter for 1 round.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Flair: 21. Unloaded crossbow in hand.
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 11. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 35 min.
Rat Swarm: 8. (12:27).

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.

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R2T21: Flair tries to stomp on the swarming pile of rats before moving south, but ends up just kicking them off his legs. He then bolts to the south.

R2T12: Vilma, what do you do?

St. Dorn on deck, Winter in the hole ...

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Winter for 1 round.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Flair: 21. Unloaded crossbow in hand.
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 11. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 35 min.
Rat Swarm: 8. (12:27).

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.

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R2T12: Still more or less trapped in the middle of the rats, Vilma keeps trying to squish them. Her big, spiky weapons smashes down, squashing enough rats that the remainder scatter!

Combat Ends!

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Winter for 1 round.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Flair: 21. Unloaded crossbow in hand.
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 11. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 35 min.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.

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Vilma, roll a Fort save ...

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Risi Nairgon: 22. Studied Vlima.
* Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
Vilma: 12. Light on morningstar.
St. Dorn: 11. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 9. Deathwatch for 30 min.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 17. Quarterstaff in hand. Carrying cultist woman.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 21. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

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Surprise Round ...

S21: Vilma feels a sharp pain under her right shoulder, in the armpit where her armor is vulnerable, taking 29 + 1 poison + 5 bleed.

Begin Round One ...

R1T22: Vilma, roll a Fort save vs. poison. You take 5 bleed. You can barely stand. Right next to you is a blond woman. You don't know where she came from, and she is holding a dagger with your blood on it, blood that flows freely from the artery in your armpit. What do you do?

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Vilma: 22. Light on morningstar.
Risi Nairgon: 21.
* DEX Mutagen (70 min). Shield (7 min). Invisible (7 min).
St. Dorn: 20. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 13. Deathwatch for 30 min.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 23. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 7. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

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R1T22: Feeling her blood splattering around, Vilma steps aside, closer to her allies, and quickly heals herself (which stops the bleeding), before putting her shield back on her arm. "Some cultist rogue, right there!"

R1T21: "Rogue?! Ha! Know that your death comes at the hands of Risi Nairgon, assassin." She takes a little vial out and sucks down its contents. Her pupils become like that of a feline, she drops her dagger, and steps forward while drawing her rapier. But instead of just stepping into combat range, she moves forward and then hops up onto the basin, looking down and threatening all three of the heroes.

R1T20: St. Dorn tried to concentrate on something, but Risi's aggressive maneuver threw him off. He wasn't actually intoning a spell, but it is clear he was concentrating. "Winter, go tell the others what is happening."

R1T13: Winter says, "Until Vilma healed herself, her life signs were fragile. I have more healing power. You go." She then concentrates and succeeds in her casting, touching Vilma for 6 healing. "I'm sorry it's not more, Vilma. But ... it's been a day."

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T22: Vilma, what do you do?

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Vilma: 22. Light on morningstar; shield readied.
Risi Nairgon: 21.
* DEX Mutagen (70 min). Shield (7 min). Cat's grace (7 min).
St. Dorn: 20. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 13. Deathwatch for 30 min.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 23. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 7. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

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R2T22: Her shield now in place, Vilma swings her not fully cleaned morningstar at the assassin, pushing past a magical protection to graze against her clothes, and what seems like fine mesh link chains underneath. "Call the others! We'll need their help here."

R2T21: The assassin gets a sense of the defense of the armored woman who gathers strength from her friends. She jumps down from the basin, but far less deftly than when she first went up. Vilma sees an opening and swings again, but doing no better than before, but St. Dorn gets in a lucky shot against the woman's belly for 11. Risi lands and splatters some of the gore in the basin right in Vilma's eyes, blinding her!

R2T20: St. Dorn didn't really see what happened to Vilma, and he is footsteps are heard leaving quickly away.

R2T13: Winter casts a spell on Vilma for 5 healing.

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R3T22: Vilma, you're blind! What do you do?

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Vilma: 22. Light on morningstar; shield readied. BLINDED til R3T21!!!
Risi Nairgon: 21.
* DEX Mutagen (70 min). Shield (7 min). Cat's grace (7 min).
St. Dorn: 20. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 13. Deathwatch for 30 min.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 23. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 7. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

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R3T22: With her forearm, the inquisitor wipes her visor clean of the gore, but some of it had actually gotten into her eyes. She desperately attempts to hit the assassin again. She thought she made a great attack, but in her blindness she connects with nothing. It isn't until after her attack that she starts to see again.

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There is no "Hollywood photo op"/ fantasy art rendering BS in my games for people who wear armors that specify wearing a helm. But that's not me going "ha, ha, you can't reach your eyes" ... that's just a notice that if people want to start Hollywooding their armor, especially to the most vulnerable part of your body, you're going to take partial armor penalties.

R3T21: Vilma's eyesight only returns just as the assassin judged it and with some sneaky swordwork fakes out Vilma and stabs her in the joint section, this time under her left underarm to pierce 28 (+5 bleed), dropping Vilma instantly from nerve damage and a punctured lung.

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Vilma: 22. Light on morningstar; shield readied. BLINDED til R3T21!!!
Risi Nairgon: 21.
* DEX Mutagen (70 min). Shield (7 min). Cat's grace (7 min).
St. Dorn: 20. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 13. Deathwatch for 30 min.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Brother Jaume: 23. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Flair: 7. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

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R3T20: St. Dorn speeds into the northern end of the main hall. "Come quick! Assassin! Vilma was already poorly off, and I don't know if she held out or not!"

R3T13: A burst of golden light blasts forth from Winter to give 6 healing to Vilma, but also to the assassin. But at least Vilma is not bleeding or dying now.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T23: Brother Jaume, you had since had time to deposit your unconscious prisoner, and your staff is in your hand. Do you double move upstairs as quickly as possible?

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Brother Jaume: 23. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Risi Nairgon: 21.
* DEX Mutagen (70 min). Shield (7 min). Cat's grace (7 min).
St. Dorn: 20. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 13. Deathwatch for 30 min.
Flair: 7. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

DEAD/ OOC
Blue Cultist (f): 27. (12:44, 31 NL). Shield of faith til R47T21. Dropped rapier. UNCONSCIOUS!!!
* Used: CLW. Channel Negative Energy (1/4).
Vilma: 22. Light on morningstar; shield readied. STABLE!!!

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R4T23: Face frowning in concern, BJ hustles back upstairs, getting to just above the bottom stairs from the kitchen.

R4T21: Risi picks up and puts away her dagger.

R4T20: St. Dorn double moves out, knowing Brother Jaume needs the light, and bypasses Brother Jaume by 10' up the stairs.

R4T13: Winter comes around the corner and passes St. Dorn to look at him and down the stairs at Brother Jaume. "I channeled energy to stop her bleeding, but Vilma's down. I think the assassin started out invisibly. I don't know if she's chasing me or finishing off Vilma."

R4T7: Flair, Kris is down here on prisoner watch, and everyone else has gone back upstairs. What do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck.....

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Brother Jaume: 23. Quarterstaff in hand.
* Silver dagger on floor of sitting room.
Risi Nairgon: 21.
* DEX Mutagen (70 min). Shield (7 min). Cat's grace (7 min).
St. Dorn: 20. Light on warhammer.
Winter: 13. Deathwatch for 30 min.
Flair: 7. Unloaded crossbow in hand.

DEAD/ OOC
Vilma: 22. Light on morningstar; shield readied. STABLE!!!