Strange Aeons 2: The Thrushmoor Terror [IC]

[lostsole31]

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?

[silphael]

Maeni utters soothing words, trying to help everyone without delving too much into conflict, just in case.

Spoiler: OOC

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Casting Bless.

[lostsole31]

R1T21: Maeni utters soothing words, trying to help everyone without delving too much into conflict, just in case.

R1T20: Jens, what do you do?

FW1 on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole ...

[bcool999]

Jens

Remaining focused on the fire wielding woman, Jens sends his thoughts out over the Collective.

Spoiler: Jens >>> Collective

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I say we kill the dogs, and subdue the woman for questioning. Careful about what you think over the collective, I shall aim to secure her into the collective to aid in having her survive her subdual.

Communication complete, Jens will then once again test himself against the woman's mental defences in an attempt to anchor a psychic tether onto her.

Spoiler: OOC

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Using Unwilling Participant on the woman. DC 16 Will Save or be forced into the collective for at least 24 Hours.

[lostsole31]

R1T20: Remaining focused on the fire wielding woman, Jens sends his thoughts out over the Collective.

Spoiler: Jens >>> Collective

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"I say we kill the dogs, and subdue the woman for questioning. Careful about what you think over the collective, I shall aim to secure her into the collective to aid in having her survive her subdual."

Communication complete, Jens will then once again test himself against the woman's mental defenses in an attempt to anchor a psychic tether onto her. She was completely unprepared for that and is easily snapped into the fold.

R1T19: FW1 snaps at Brother Jaume, but is deflected by a giant hand.

R1T15: Brother Jaume, you go back to regular size. What square do you inhabit? What do you do?

FW2 on deck, fire-wielding woman in the hole ...

[Blackhawk101]

Big Brother Jaume shrinks down to normal size before the muscles under his skin bunch and writhe like maddened snakes and his form grows large again.
He moves with almost the same grace as his smaller self but with all the more raw power. His hands flash out at the dog things, doing their deadly work.

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enlarge, flurry of blows, extra attack +1 ki, power attack. ki strike.
Target Dog #1 unless it drops and then the second.
to hit - (1d20+8)[19]
to dam - (1d10+9)[17]

to hit2 - (1d20+8)[20]
to dam2 - (1d10+9)[14]

to hit3 - (1d20+8)[24]
to dam3 - (1d10+9)[17]

[lostsole31]

R1T15: Big Brother Jaume shrinks down to normal size before the muscles under his skin bunch and writhe like maddened snakes and his form grows large again. He moves with almost the same grace as his smaller self but with all the more raw power. His hands flash out at the dog things, doing their deadly work. The first dog thing falls after two blows, and the second gets hit for 17 (but is still up).

Still, Brother Jaume's now larger mouth and sinus cavities draw in a huge breath of pollen or something that has him coughing.

Brother Jaume, roll a Fort save.....

[Blackhawk101]

“Hack! Cough! Wheez!”

Spoiler: Fort save

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(1d20+8)[10]

[lostsole31]

R1T15 (Cont'd): *Hack! Cough! Wheez!* erupts Brother Jaume as he seems to be in respiratory distress!

R1T14: The remaining bizarre canine likewise lets loose with a cloud of something dusty in the air. Dorn coughs some, but is otherwise able to keep from falling prety to whatever effect is in the air.

R1T12: The woman backs up a little, her body covered in strange bracken and thorns and lets loose a gout of fire at the friar, who takes 8 fire.

R1T8: Dorn continues to clear his throat and yells out, "Everyone out of the cloud if you can!" He casts shield of faith on Brother Jaume, who is surrounded by a light field of force similar to a hammer. He deftly moves well into the room past the creature, though he is still in the cloud.

R1T7: Flair, you don't even know what you are looking at (unless you try to figure it out). What do you do?

Maeni on deck, Jens in the hole ...

[digiman619]

"Don't breathe in the spores!" Flair yells, realizing what was happening a fraction of a second too late. "it will drain your vitality and tire you out! If the spores completely overrun your immune system, you become a fungal beast like they have!" He took a few steps back, gesturing to his teammates to do the same. He did keep himself on guard in case the fungal wolf approached.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Move 20 feet back.
SA: Ready an attack on the off chance it gets within range before my next turn. Not like I had anything else to do with it.

[lostsole31]

R1T7: "Don't breathe in the spores!" Flair yells, realizing what was happening a fraction of a second too late. "It will drain your vitality and tire you out! If the spores completely overrun your immune system, you become a fungal beast like they have!" He took a few steps back, gesturing to his teammates to do the same. He did keep himself on guard in case the fungal wolf approached.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: Maeni, what do you do?

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

[bcool999]

Jens

Seeing the Fire wielding woman hurl flames at his ally and step out of sight, Jens berates her over the collective.

Spoiler: Jens >>> Collective

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"If you surrender peacefully you shall not be harmed, but any harm you cause Will be repaid by you."

He then draws from the woman's lifeforce, redirecting it to heal the friar. He will then retreat ten feet.

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Drain Health on the woman for 12 Damage. Healing going towards the Friar. Will save DC 16 to reduce the damage by half to 6.
Move action move 10 feet in the opposite direction from spores.

[silphael]

Given how scarce her remaining options are, Maeni sends positive energy into the collective.

Spoiler: OOC

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Casting Cure Light Wounds, sending it to the most wounded.

(1d8+3)[11]

[Blackhawk101]

The rotund friar shrinks before enlarging again.Obviously in some distress, BJ hacks, coughs and spins kicks the creature. Twice.

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Fort save
(1d20+6)[25]
Enlarge
full Attack, flurry, PA
to hit - (1d20+6)[20]
to dam - (1d10+9)[12]

to hit2 - (1d20+6)[20]
to dam2 - (1d10+9)[12]

[lostsole31]

R2T21: Given how scarce her remaining options are, Maeni sends positive energy into the collective. It is overkill, as it fully heals the nearly-healed Brother Jaume.

R2T20: Seeing the Fire wielding woman hurl flames at his ally and step out of sight, Jens berates her over the collective.

Spoiler: Jens >>> Collective

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"If you surrender peacefully you shall not be harmed, but any harm you cause Will be repaid by you."

He then finds that the witch's mind is incredibly strong (taking only 6), but Brother Jaume is already healed with overkill by Maeni, and nobody else in the group is wounded. He then draws from the woman's lifeforce, redirecting it to heal the friar. He will then retreat ten feet.

R2T15: The rotund friar shrinks before enlarging again. He holds off the poison from continuing for right this minute, but he is still in danger and will need to save again later. Obviously in some distress, BJ hacks, coughs and spins kicks the creature. Twice. He hits it. Twice. For 12 apiece, disabling it.

R2T14: The fungal wolf snaps at Brother Jaume, but doesn't hit. But being a plant, it does not bleed so it is still disabled, but doesn't drop.

R2T12: The woman doesn't respond to Jens and backs away, sending a gout of flame at Dorn (who just ducks out of the way).

R2T8: Dorn ignores the spores and looks at the woman and calls out to his party, "Evil!" Then he stares at the woman and with greater purpose he levels his warhammer at her and repeats with a growl, "Evil." He then steps forward and attacks her with increased conviction, but it is wild and she ducks out of the way.

R2T7: Flair's mind goes on overdrive yet again, and then...

Spoiler: Flair

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Almost instantaneously, everything in your view shuts out, and the light that your eyes had collected appears as a quickly dimming white dot in the center of what once was your vision ... a white dot surrounded by blackness. The white dot finally disappears. You see nothing.

What do you do?

Maeni on deck, Jens in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Flair spends a second or two stretching his hands out until he finds the stone wall. He leans against it, desperately trying to blink vision back into his eyes. Right now, he wasn't exactly crucial to the fight, but needless to say, this was very distressing. He briefly considered requesting aid from Jens, but he ultimately decided to hold off on that. Until they had dealt with her, all he could do was distract them right now.

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Move next to the stone wall. If he already is next to it, the MA is wasted.
SA: Is it possible to make a Heal check on yourself? If so that's what Flair will do, spending a point of inspiration on it. I'll leave the rolling to you.

[silphael]

Without any target in sight, and without any wounded, Maeni simply asks :

"How long for the spore cloud ?"

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That will be a pass, I don't have anything else to do right now.

[digiman619]

Flair, still trying to figure out what had gone wrong with his eyes, answers "About a minute."

[silphael]

Looking at Flair, Maeni asks, trying to figure out what could be happening :

"Are you okay ?"

[lostsole31]

R2T7: Flair spends a second or two stretching his hands out until he finds the stone wall. He leans against it, desperately trying to blink vision back into his eyes. Right now, he wasn't exactly crucial to the fight, but needless to say, this was very distressing. He briefly considered requesting aid from Jens, but he ultimately decided to hold off on that. Until they had dealt with her, all he could do was distract them right now.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T21: Without any target in sight, and without any wounded, Maeni simply asks, "How long for the spore cloud?"

Flair, still trying to figure out what had gone wrong with his eyes, answers, "About a minute."

Looking at Flair, Maeni asks, trying to figure out what could be happening, "Are you okay?"

R3T20: Jens, what do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck (needs to roll another poison save), fungal wolf in the hole ...

[Blackhawk101]

Brother Jaume shrinks down to normal in front of the fungal wolf creature, wheezing heavily. Sizing up his opponent, he delivers a pair of accurate punches to finish it off. If successful he will move to his staff and pick it up if able.

Spoiler: double tap

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fort - (1d20+6)[15]

FAA, flurry
to hit - (1d20+7)[16]
to dam - (1d8+3)[8]

to hit2 - (1d20+7)[13]
to dam2 - (1d8+3)[8]

[bcool999]

Jens

Seeing Flair’s distress and hearing Meani’s question. Jens will delay to hear Flair’s answer.

[lostsole31]

R3T20: Seeing Flair’s distress and hearing Meani’s question. Jens will delay to hear Flair’s answer.

R3T15: Only through the greatest resolve is Brother Jaume able to fight off the remains of the spores in this body. But he still has to deal with the fact that he is still in the spore cloud.

Brother Jaume, roll a Fort save vs. poison to keep from being re-affected by the poison since you are still standing in the cloud (then I will update your round as you posted)...

[Blackhawk101]

BJ tries to control his breathing to limit the amount of spores he inhales.

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fort save - (1d20+6)[7]

[lostsole31]

R3T15: Brother Jaume shrinks down to normal size, and tries to control his breathing with the smaller air requirement of his normal size to limit the amount of spores he inhales. It doesn't help, and now Brother Jaume is not just weakened, but impaired.

Spoiler: Brother Jaume

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At this point, not only are you fatigued, but you are also rocking a total -6 penalty to all Fort saves and Constitution checks, and you are poisoned anew.

Brother Jaume wheezes heavily. His vantage point shifted, he sizes up his opponent and delivers an accurate punch for 8, enough to drop the wolf, and delivers a second punch for good measure to make sure the fungal wolf is dead.

R3T12: Brother Jaume sees a bit of flame head towards Dorn before it gets deflected away from him at the last second.

R3T8: Dorn calls out, "Brother Jaume, get out of the cloud!" before charging out of sight.

R3T7: Flair, something happens to you sensorily (and remember that somebody is looking for an answer from you...

Spoiler: Flair

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This will be posted in a PM in Discord.

What do you do?

Maeni on deck, Brother Jaume in the hole, Jens delaying ...

[digiman619]

Flair nodded, tilting his head to see that the image seemed to move with him. "I'm getting some sort of vision. I see glowing green words on a pitch black background. It's like I'm in a dark room wearing a pair of goggles with tiny luminous text on them." He then reached out for the text, trying to find some way of interacting with them as he wracks his brain to determine what any of this means.

Spoiler: OOC

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Try to figure out what the heck is going on, rolling knowledges as appropriate. If this is going to be one roll (i.e., not rolling each knowledge, even though only one or two will apply), I will use both Daring Exploit and True Lore, otherwise just roll inspiration.

[bcool999]

Jens

Seeing there is little Jens can do to assist Flair, he will assist Dorn in subduing the woman. Reaching out once more to drain her of vitality.

Spoiler: OOC

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Drain health on woman. 12 HP if she fails the save. 6 hp if she succeeds. If other members of the collective are injured transfer to them. DC 16 Will save.

[lostsole31]

R3T7: Flair nodded, tilting his head to see that the image seemed to move with him. "I'm getting some sort of vision. I see glowing green words on a pitch black background. It's like I'm in a dark room wearing a pair of goggles with tiny luminous text on them." He then reached out for the text, trying to find some way of interacting with them as he wracks his brain to determine what any of this means.

Spoiler: Flair

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He burns a use of Daring Exploit, but gets nothing. His True Lore appears to be unavailable at this time.

R3T6: Seeing there is little Jens can do to assist Flair, he will assist Dorn in subduing the woman. Reaching out once more to drain her of vitality. As expected, her powerful mind is able to minimize the damage. He tries moving the woman's vital energy to himself, Brother Jaume, and Dorn (just in case) ... but nobody actually is suffering any "wounds" in the traditional sense.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T21: Maeni, what do you do?

Brother Jaume on deck (make a Fort save), Grotto witch in the hole ...

[Blackhawk101]

Brother Jaume staggers back to the cave mouth, coughing.

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fort save - (1d20+2)[13]

[silphael]

Before taking a deep breath and rushing through the cloud hoping to reach free air at the other side, Maeni says :

"Does it means anything, Flair ?"

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So going through with double move action up, trying to find a spot that's free air. Keeping my breath to try to avoid suffering from the cloud.