Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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R4T16: Brother Jaume grasps the brass symbol of his God and loudly prays for divine assistance. With a look of concentration on his face, he looks slightly right of center of the room.

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Okay, shippie, here's how it works. 60-degree cone ("vector") a round. That's it. Not 60-degree field of vision, twirl in place to cover > 60 degrees in a round. If you change your field of view so that you are facing more than 60-degrees in a given round, you won't lose concentration, but you "wash out" your divination sight.

So, this first round, you are facing 060-degrees relative to the north-centered map, to roughly cover the area just south of the current battle containing R2.

Brother Jaume, you already detect magic within the first casting and "vector" (see spoiler). That is all the information you have this round. You will have to continue looking next round along this specific, and limited 60-degree cone to start getting more information on your next turn.
R4T15: Dorn does a full crouching-crawl north to get to the ratling.

R4T14: Jean, R1 disappears from view.
R4T13: Gaye (and Haru and Javert and Jean), R2 disappears from view.
R4T12: Björn, a ratling immediately appears above you as a book sails down at you and hits you in your face for 3 mod. It then backs up out of your view. Jean, you do see R3 now, backed away from the edge of the bookshelf.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T21: Gaye moves south, easily hopping from table to table. She casts a spell at R3, just barely hitting it with a beam of shifting colors, severely sapping it of 5 STR. The little thing can barely move its own body.

R5T20: Haru, what do you do?

Björn on deck, Jean in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! One square north of the far SW corner.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (14:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisible: 1 sq S of Javert.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (1).
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (1).

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R5T20: Noticing the tactics the Ratlings are using, Haru will prepare himself for the inevitable return of the second Ratling, readying another blast of Cold energy to launch into its face when it surfaces.

R5T18: Björn climbs up the ladder to face the beastie, and keeping his footing steady draws his sword ... staring right at the thing.

R5T17: Jean, what do you do?

Javert on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole (currently concentrating with detect magic) ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20. READIED to attack R2 (see #887)!!!
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! One square north of the far SW corner.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (14:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisible: 1 sq S of Javert.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (1).
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (1).

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R5T17: Reaching down, Jean picks up a chair and makes ready to throw it at the next ratling to appear.

R5T16.5: Javert starts moving south on the bookshelf and only gets five feet before he stops and caws loudly but thrashes with his beak wildly, and doesn't even seem to be effectively threatening from his spot.

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"The thing is right in front of me!"

R5T16: Brother Jaume maintains his concentration. Still detecting magic, he can now tell that there is a single magical aura that is faint in his cone. He still can't pinpoint it quiet yet, just that he detects a single faint magical aura in this 60-degree vector. Do you still want him to move, or to wait a few more seconds when he can pinpoint the source?

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I think you might have some confusion on how detect magic works. The spell name there has the link for your convenience.

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20. READIED to attack R2 (see #887)!!!
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn.
Jean: 17. READIED to throw a chair at next ratling to appear ... will miss terribly.
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! One square north of the far SW corner.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (14:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisible: 1 sq S of Javert.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (1).
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (1).

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R5T15: Dorn crawls along the top of the eastern bookshelves, heading north.

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Brother Jaume, as Dorn does so, you instantly register a second magical detection (faint) in your cone, and you figure it must be Dorn (process of elimination/ observation, your spell hasn't actually localized it as such). That still leaves the first, unknown faint aura that you have yet to localize.

ALSO, out of character ... it takes a SA to continue concentrating on a spell (like detect magic). Total defense, assuming that is what you meant by full defense, also takes a SA. You cannot perform a SA in one round, and still ready a SA. So, no readied action since you had already continued concentration on your divination. If you want to ready total defense, you will have to drop concentration and then ready on your next turn.

R5T14-12: R1 suddenly appears, having tried to bite through the bevor of Björn's astral juggernaut armor. It looks like it managed to bite in between chinks of armor, and yet the suit protects the northman once again. A chair sails wildly in that direction, tossed very poorly by Jean. Javert doesn't fare quite as well and takes 2 from R2 as it appears, but R2 gets hit by Haru for 2 cold and it is staggered. R3 disappears from view.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T21: Gaye casts a similiar ray of energy as before at R1 as she did at R3 previously, but this one hits perfectly to instantaneously paralyze it. R1 simply slumps to the ground.

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Unlike a ghoul's paralysis, or the hold person spell, this is a "realistic" paralysis where the body simply cannot support its own strength so it falls in place (not dramatically off the bookshelf, sorry) and lies limp.

R6T18: Björn, a ratling lies paralyzed and helpless on the bookshelf in front of you. What do you do?

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

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn.
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33, 0:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (6 STR) will wear off at end of R9T21. PARAYLZED due to 0 STR!!!
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
Jean: 13.5.
R2: 13. (12:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). STAGGERED on next round.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (1).
Haru: 12.5.
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. Invisibility. 20' south of NW corner.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).

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R6T18: Björn wastes no time in trying to smite the vile creature with a coup de grace to kill it outright.

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Look up "coup de grace" on the d20srd. I think that is probably what you intended, so that is what I had your PC do.

R6T16.5: Javert pecks his opponent for 2.

R6T16: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Jean in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn.
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 2-rds complete.
Dorn: 15.
Jean: 13.5.
R2: 13. (10:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). STAGGERED on next round.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (1).
Haru: 12.5.
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. Invisibility. 20' south of NW corner.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).

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R6T16: Brother Jaume continues to concrete on his spell trying to detect its source.

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I apologize, there are two magical detects, not one. Anyway, you finally localize both magical detections to Haru's belt - two vials of fluid.

Knowing he spent this time with a red herring due to his teammate's magical elixirs, he moves forward to edge Haru out of the cone of his divination until he stands at the corner of the table Haru is standing on, and then faces north to detect that way. He senses no magic in this cone

R6T15: Dorn moves forward another 10' along the top of the bookshelf.

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Botted since I know he is busy, and this action was requested...

R6T13.5: Jean, what do you do?

R2 on deck, Haru in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn.
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 2-rds complete.
Dorn: 15.
Jean: 13.5.
R2: 13. (10:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). STAGGERED on next round.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (1).
Haru: 12.5.
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. Invisibility. 20' south of NW corner.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).

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R6T13.5: Not wanting to hit Javert, Jean will heft another chair and wait for the third ratling to re-appear.

R6T13: R2 turns invisible .... again.

R6T12.5: Haru, what do you do?

R3 on deck (supposedly), Gaye in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn.
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 060, 2-rds complete.
Dorn: 15.
Jean: 13.5. READIED to throw at R3 when it appears. Will miss.
R2: 13. (10:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisibility.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (2).
Haru: 12.5.
R3: 12. (25:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. Invisibility. 20' south of NW corner.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).

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R6T12.5: With no visible foes, Haru will prepare himself to launch a bolt of Icy energy into the first foe to show up.

R6T12-10: R3 pops into view and bites into Björn's nose with a crit for 8 mod + 1 bleed as blood sprays all about his face. No sooner does that happen then a bolt of cold zooms to likewise crit the ratling for 12, staggering the little monster. Likewise, another chair goes sailing over that way, missing.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T21: Gaye takes out a main gauche and tosses it at R3 but the blade goes into the books next to Björn.

R7T18: Björn, you take 1 bleed as the nose is bleeding freely. (This is nothing your DR can help you with.) What do you do?

R7T16.5: Javert tries to shake his head from when he fumbled, but still doesn't threaten any squares. He does move 10' south and stops, cawing loudly.

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"Right in front of me! Right here!"

R7T16: Brother Jaume, Javert is cawing loudly as if it notes something, but nothing is pinging near him. You are currently facing north, but that should be covering anything that is in front of Javert and yet you don't detect anything. Perhaps its the angle of something so small on the bookshelves? What do you do? You currently sense no magical emanations.

R7T15: Dorn, what do you do?

Ratlings on deck and in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn. 1 BLEED!!!
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 000, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R2: 13. (10:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisibility.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (2).
R3: 12. (13:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. STAGGERED!!!
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).
Jean: 11.
Haru: 10.

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R7T18: Björn fights through the pain and swing his sword while he has the chance. And as chance would have it, it is the third critical in a row (for all combatants, not just himself), and enough to cut deep into the ratling to drop it.

R7T16.5: Javert is still trying to regain his wits fully and doesn't threaten any square around him, and still Jean "hears" him mention the thing is in front of him.

R7T16: Brother Jaume, now what?

Dorn on deck, final ratling in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn. 1 BLEED!!!
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 000, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R2: 13. (10:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:15, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisibility.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (2).
R3: 12. (-8:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. STAGGERED!!!
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).
Jean: 11.
Haru: 10.

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R7T16: Noticing Björn's distress, BJ drops his spell and double moves to get to Björn.

R7T15: Dorn continues to crawl north on the bookshelves, and should be flanking the ratling if it is right in front of Javert, but Javert is too distracted by something right now to be an effective flanking partner.

R7T11: Jean, what do you do?

Haru on deck, Gaye in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn. 1 BLEED!!!
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16. Detect magic, facing 000, 1-rd complete.
Dorn: 15.
R2: 13. (10:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:15, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisibility. Now located at far northwestern corner.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (2). Dimension door.
R3: 12. (-8:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. STAGGERED!!!
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).
Jean: 11.
Haru: 10.

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R7T11: Bemoaning his lack of accuracy, Jean jumps down from the table and moves to the middle-eastern ladder and slides it violently over to where Javert and Dorn are.

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Was a move action just to get off the table safely, and another move action. You are at the base of the ladder, not on it.

Haru and Gaye delay ...

R7T18: Björn, who suffers 1 bleed, sheathes his sword and climbs down the ladder.

R7T16.5: Javert still tries to become battle-focused failing, so simply moves south right up to Dorn.

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"He isn't up here anymore!"

R7T16: Brother Jaume will follow Björn and grab his arm. "Hold still ya git, you're bleedin' all over creation!"

BJ prays loudly while grasping Björn and his holy symbol, giving 5 healing.

Dorn looks around, bewildered, since his quarry isn't about.

A tiny voice is heard from all the way on the other side of the room. "I yield! I quit! My leg's busted, my friend's are dead, and you've successfully invaded my home. Do you seek nothing but blood? Please, I can't continue fighting!"

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Gaye: 21. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 18. At level of top of bookshelf on ladder, sword drawn. 1 BLEED!!!
Javert: 16.5.
* Fumbled: Currently threatens no squares til end R8T16.5. A DC 20 Sense Motive (taken as SA) can remove this affliction.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R2: 13. (16:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:15, CON 12:13, half speed). Invisibility. Now located at far northwestern corner.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1). Used: invisibility (2). Dimension door.
R3: 12. (-8:33; 1:6 STR). Ray of enfeeblement (5 STR) will wear off at end of R8T21. STAGGERED!!!
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (2).
Jean: 11.
Haru: 10. DELAYING!!!

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Genny's healing ...

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Genny Two-Tails: 13. (19:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:15, half speed).

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Javert flies in and caws out.

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"Two big rats hiding just under the level of the floor in the fissure."

As Javert wheels about in the far corner of the room, a loud squeaking sound is heard from atop the far bookshelf, followed up by what sounds like actual spellcasting. Two bolts of arcane force zip out at Javert and hit him for 7 force. Two big rats - each the size of a small dog - come up out of the fissure and move forward.

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The loud squeaking was actually a language that quite simply stated, "Sic em, boys!" You aren't really sure what language that was, let alone why you understood it.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Dorn, what do you do?

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Dorn: 21.
Gaye: 19.
Dire Rat #1: 17. (9:9).
Brother Jaume: 15.
Haru: 13.
Jean: 13.
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6.
Dire Rat #2: 6. (9:9).
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 6.
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (5/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)

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R1T21: Dorn calls on Torag to protect his servant's ally. A faintly glowing hammer seems to partly encompass Jean.

R1T19: Gaye delays ...

R1T17: The big rat snaps at Jean, but its large incisors seem deflected by the glowing hammer.

R1T15: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

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Dorn: 21.
Gaye: 19. DELAYING!!!
Dire Rat #1: 17. (9:9).
Brother Jaume: 15.
Haru: 13.
Jean: 13. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6.
Dire Rat #2: 6. (9:9).
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 6.
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (5/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)

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R1T15: Brother Jaume shouts at the creatures "STOP your attack! We mean you no harm but we will defend ourselves violently if necessary." He readies himself to dodge attacks aimed at him.

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This isn't attempting to demoralize, but seems like an attempt to use the Intimidate skill to "Influence an Opponent's Attitude." Since that normally takes a full minute, I apply the same penalty when trying to do it in a round as I do for Diplomacy, which is a -10 penalty to the check. Also, at that rate is a standard action, meaning you don't have a standard action available to ready the total defense action (requires SA). S'okay, this is still a form of learning, and trying something new with your PC.

R1T13: Haru, it is doubtful that the dire rats - for that is what they are - are going to understand Brother Jaume if they go before whatever on top of the far bookshelf seemed to command them in a strange, squeaky language. Still, a friendly did try to verbalize a stop, but you are absolutely sure it fell on deaf ears.

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Sadly, before figuring Brother Jaume's adjusted -8 penalty to Intimidate, he rolled a '1' ... a total of -7. Wow.

What do you do?

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Dorn: 21.
Gaye: 19. DELAYING!!!
Dire Rat #1: 17. (9:9).
Brother Jaume: 15.
Haru: 13.
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6.
Dire Rat #2: 6. (9:9).
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 5. Mage armor.
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (4/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)

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R1T13: While Haru would typically lunge into combat, he stops and waits, waiting to see if they listen and stand down, or otherwise attack. If they make a hostile action however, he will immediately launch a blast of ice into their faces, hoping to take them down before they can strike.

R1T12: Jean, what do you do? Any orders for Javert?

Same question for Björn ...

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Dorn: 21.
Gaye: 19. DELAYING!!!
Dire Rat #1: 17. (9:9).
Brother Jaume: 15.
Haru: 13. READIED: frost blast at first enemy to make a hostile action. This attack is doomed to miss!!!
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6.
Dire Rat #2: 6. (9:9).
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 5. Mage armor.
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (4/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)

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R1T12: Not bothering to speak, Jean tears his scimitar down at the giant rat's head. The caster, Javert! Find him!

Jean's blow lands heavily (DR1 takes 8), indeed, and it looks like the rat has almost had it.

R1T10: Javert lands on top of the edge of the bookshelf, pecking at something that you can't see.

R1T6: Björn holds, pending a target he can get to.

R1T5.5-.0: DR2 tries to nip at Haru, but not before Haru casts a spell right at it. Of course, casting a ranged spell right next to it is its own problem as that itself opens up an AOO from both ROUS'. As it is, both ROUS' miss their AOO, Haru misses his target, and his own target misses its normal attack.

R1T3: Gaye acrobatically moves through the line and past the rats to stand on the other side of DR1. She stabs it with her rapier to put it out of its misery.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: Dorn, what do you do?

Björn delaying, Brother Jaume on deck, Jean in the hole ...

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Dorn: 21.
Brother Jaume: 15.
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5
Dire Rat #2: 5. (9:9).
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. Mage armor.
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (4/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3.

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R2T21: Dorn steps in, deftly passes the big rat, and ends up next to Gaye before turning around and disabling the rat with a single hammer strike. (If he had the seance, he would've dropped the rat!)

R2T15: Brother Jaume next to behind Haru and readies himself to act if needed.

R2T12: Stepping fully into the room, Jean cuts at the remaining, oversized rat ... dropping it.

R2T10: Javert flaps further on top of the shelves, and is not seen quite well as he attacks something smaller than himself atop the shelves.

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"I scored a really weak nip on it!"

R2T6: Björn, you've been delaying. What do you do?

Haru on deck, ??? in the hole ...

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Dorn: 21.
Brother Jaume: 15. READIED to channel energy to heal, if needed!!!
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (83:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (4/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3.

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Björn and Haru delay ...

R2T3: Gaye moves forward. There is a chair to the east. The large object at the eastern wall isn't a "true" bookshelf, or rather is a desk/bookshelf combination. She stands on top of the chair. "It's another ratling, but this one has really long arms!" she calls out.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T21: Dorn, what do you do?

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

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Dorn: 21.
Brother Jaume: 15. READIED to channel energy to heal, if needed!!!
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (83:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (3/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair.

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R3T21: Dorn delays ...

R3T15: Brother Jaume moves up to the doorway, but stays in the hall, alert for danger.

R3T12: Jean, what do you do?

Javert on deck, Björn (delaying) in the hole ...

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Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 15.
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (83:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (3/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair.

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R3T12: Jean steps cautiously farther into the room, eying the ceiling warily while moving to peer over the bookshelf at whatever Javert is fighting. Unfortunately, whatever is on top of the bookshelf-desk is too small to be seen from Jean's elevation/angle.

R3T10: Javert flaps about, continuing to attack ... whatever.

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"I just got it with a talon with as good a hit as I can give, and it barely shows."

R3T5.5: Haru, what do you do?

Björn and Dorn delaying, unknown assailant on deck, Gaye in the hole ...

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Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 15.
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (79:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (3/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair.

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"Jean," Dorn calls, "have your turkey peel off and fly low to force whatever's up there - prolly another ratling - to show himself! Gaye, get down from there."



R3T3: Gaye casts inflict light wounds and reaches to the target. She must've succeeded because the energy is gone when she withdraws her hand.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T15: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

Dorn, Björn, and Haru are delaying, Jean on deck, Javert in the hole ...

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Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 15.
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5. DELAYING!!!
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (77:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (2/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair.

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R4T15: BJ holds his position in hall and delays. "What are you attacking?" he asks the combatants in the room in general.

"Another ratling," responds Gaye. "This one is different though ... really tough. Same size, but long arms for reach."

R4T12: A brief flash of anger blooms in Jean's brain, and he thinks to Javert, "You heard the man - pull back if you can. You can take your revenge for the 'Turkey' comment later."

Jean, do you do anything, or delay?

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Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. DELAYING!!!
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5. DELAYING!!!
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (77:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (2/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair.

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R4T10: Javert acrobatically flies away, and lands on a bookshelf in the NW corner of the room.

R4T4:

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"Uh, the thing just went invisible."

R4T3: Gaye delays ...

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

All PCs are now delaying, except Javert. Jean, do you continue to delay now that the enemy is invisible? Anyone else?

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Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. DELAYING!!!
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2). DELAYING!!!
Javert: 10.
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5. DELAYING!!!
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (77:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (2/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
>> Racial SLAs (CL 6th; concentration +9)
* Constant—detect magic, read magic, speak with animals (rodents only), spider climb, tongues
* 3/day—cause fear (DC 14), dimension door; 2/day remaining - invisibility (self only)
* 1/day—summon swarm (rat swarm only)
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair. DELAYING!!!

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R5T12: Hoping he isn't too late, Jean steps back to the doorway and closes it. "It turned invisible. Be quiet, listen."

Jean notices that while there is no hole in the ceiling, there is the fissure in the floor. It is large enough for one of the dead rats to slip into, let alone a smaller ratling.

Though Björn, Brother Jaume, and Haru were still outside when Jean shut the door (with himself ostensibly still inside), since he didn't try to whisper what he said all three of those outside heard and understood him.

Javert delays ... I assume, so as not to foul up whatever Jean has in mind, that Björn and Haru continue to delay ...

R5T3: Gaye seems ready to cast a spell ...

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T12: Jean, what do you do now? Everyone is being as still and quiet as they reasonably can.

Every ally delaying, unknown assailant on deck ...

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Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 15. DELAYING!!!
Jean: 12. Shield of faith (+2).
Javert: 10. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 6. DELAYING!!!
Haru: 5.5. DELAYING!!!
Ratch Mamby (p 32): 4. (77:84). Mage armor.
* Fighter 3 // Sorcerer 3
* Sorcerer Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +6)
** 1st (2/day)—enlarge person (DC 14), mage armor, magic missile, shocking grasp
** 0 (at will)—disrupt undead, flare (DC 13), mage hand, mending, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
** SLAs used: cause fear (2 remain).
>> Racial SLAs (CL 6th; concentration +9)
* Constant—detect magic, read magic, speak with animals (rodents only), spider climb, tongues
* 3/day—cause fear (DC 14), dimension door; 2/day remaining - invisibility (self only)
* 1/day—summon swarm (rat swarm only)
Gaye: 3. Standing on chair. READIED to cast ray of enfeeblement if Ratch shows himself.

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Brother Jaume carefully opens the closet door. He just manages to back up slghtly as a jar of fluid drops in front of him onto the ground, splashing. The liquid on his leg itches, but he managed to dodge so that it seems that the itching is all it does. A tiny creature on a shelf above Brother Jaume's head looks down at him. Meanwhile, at his feet, another of these things comes from the bottom shelf and manages to bite the monk in his calf (1 NL) and is now attached.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Björn, some hideous little creature is latched onto the cleric's leg. What do you do?

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Björn: 21.
Javert: 19.
PP1: 18. Had dropped the jar.
Haru: 17.
Jean: 14.
Gaye: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8.
Saint Dorn: 7.
PP2: 6.

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R1T21: With a slight giggle, Björn tugs at something in his sleeve and then, seemingly subconsciously, points at the wee beastie attached to Jaume and mutters something under his breath. His minor magic seems to have no effect, though.

R1T19: Javert flaps his wings in readiness.

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"It's a pickled punk - an undead. That's why the northman's daze cantrip failed. The fluid on it can cause a nasty rash, and its death throes can sicken you!"

Javert is delaying.

R1T18: The creature on the shelf picks up another jar with some hideous thing in it and throws it at Brother Jaume. The glass only does 1 NL when it hits him and breaks, but the liquid gets all over the monk. The cleric immediately breaks out in a terrible rash all over, suffering -2 DEX and -2 CHA.

R1T17: Haru, the sound of shattering glass and spellcasting, and an obvious battle underway. What do you do?

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Björn: 21.
Javert: 19. DELAYING!!!
PP1: 18. Had dropped the jar.
Haru: 17.
Jean: 14.
Gaye: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Suffer -2 DEX/ -2 CHA from irritant of pickled punk. Will go away after 24 hours.
Saint Dorn: 7.
PP2: 6.

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R1T17: Haru heads into the room while drawing his nunchaku, being mindful of the trail of fluid on the ground as he goes.

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The creature you see is a pickled punk, a deformed, humanoid fetus raised by necromancers and stored in embalming jars. It is a type of undead (with all that entails), size Tiny. The water in a pickled punk's jar is an extreme irritant, and this same fluid runs through the punk as well.

R1T14: Jean, what do you do? Javert is currently delaying. Because of positioning, other than knowing these things are really small (and what Javert said), you don't see the punks. The name sounds familiar, and you know it is undead, but you don't know anything more about them.

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Björn: 21.
Javert: 19. DELAYING!!!
PP1: 18. Had dropped the jar.
Haru: 17.
Jean: 14.
Gaye: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Suffer -2 DEX/ -2 CHA from irritant of pickled punk. Will go away after 24 hours.
Saint Dorn: 7.
PP2: 6.

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R1T14: "The creatures are already dead; twisted abominations spurned by everything natural. End them." Jean steps into the room with his scimitar drawn, taking a moment to cast his mind back to the strange geometries of music as it whispers out of its sheathe.

R1T13: Javert flies in and lands and pokes a hole in the tiny calf of the punk on Brother Jaume's leg with a crit for 4. If it was a living opponent, that could have been a more grievous wound.

R1T11: "A punk's hide is rubbery-tough!" calls Gaye as she goes into the room. Taking a cue from the library fight, she hops up onto the table deftly as she crosses over. "It turns aside blades, so you want to crush and batter the tissue."

R1T8: Brother Jaume, everything said so far about the punk makes sense, and you know them to be undead. You didn't know about smushing them, though (not that this is an issue for you). You have one of these things attached to your calf right now, and yet it is extremely agile on the back of your leg, totally unhindered by being attached to you. What do you do?

Dorn, you're after B-J ...

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Björn: 21.
PP1: 18. Had dropped the jar.
Haru: 17.
Jean: 14. Lead blades on his scimitar for 2 minutes (R21).
Javert: 13.
Gaye: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Suffer -2 DEX/ -2 CHA from irritant of pickled punk. Will go away after 24 hours.
Saint Dorn: 7.
PP2: 6. (14:18). On BJ's leg.

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R1T8: “Erastil’s hairy ball sack! That foul stuff itches! Takes this you fiends!” roars the enraged cleric/monk. A burst of golden radiance bursts forth from BJ as he clasps the bronze antlered and bow icon that is his cloak clasp. Neither of the punks are able or ready to withstand the glow as they both take 6 PE.

R1T7: Dorn moves forward and squeezes into the section just to the SE of Brother Jaume. He then - yea, verily, verily - smashes the punk in the top of its deformed melon and the entire thing explodes in a shower of its internal fluids mixed with the liquid in which it had been preserved, discorporating into a fleshy sludge.

Brother Jaume vomits everywhere, disgusted by the ordeal (nauseated).

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: Björn, no target in LOS. What do you do?

Pickled Punk on deck, Haru in the hole ...

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Björn: 21.
PP1: 18. (12:18).
Haru: 17.
Jean: 14. Lead blades on his scimitar for 2 minutes (R21).
Javert: 13.
Gaye: 11.
Brother Jaume: 8. Suffer -2 DEX/ -2 CHA from irritant of pickled punk. Will go away after 24 hours. NAUSEATED til beginning of R2T7!!!
Saint Dorn: 7.