IC: Slums, Sewers and Dark, Dank Dungeons [D&D 3.5] [Eberron]

[Alhallor]

Natrax stumbled around the swarm, trying to get the mass of pigeons away from him, the Young necromancer stumbles backwards, hopefully not falling into any more sewer ickage. After getting out of the swarm he try's to reach for a potion.

Spoiler: OOC

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5 foot step back out of the swarm, move action to draw a potion.

[Starbuck_II]

Cass is surrounded, so to get out of swarm, he 5 ft steps into marbles in 0-9 (hopefully his ranks in balance will save him).
Sigh, I can barely move, get these flying freaks off me

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balance - (1d20+3)[5]

I will lose dex because I didn't put enough in balance, too much stuff not enough skill points lol

[Ripptor]

Fergus ignores the commotion behind him as the Wererat leaves only the large rat behind to guard the doorway. He contemplates chasing her through the curtain for only a moment before deciding to stand fast as the others battle the swarm behind him. He can't abandon them to the animals in a mad quest for blood. Holding the doorway, the dwarf swings his axe at the creature to dissuade it. "Go on rat, git wit yer master and let us be!"

Spoiler: OoC

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Standard Attacking with the Axe, (1d20+5)[18] for (1d10+3)[8]

[Ripptor]

Fergus' axe just barely misses the small rat as it dances in the doorway, jumping to the center as the rest of the party sees it for the first time.



Hissing at the intruders, the rat watches as Cass stumbles out of the swarm and onto the marbles, with a sinister glint in it's eye. As Cass falls backwards into range, the rabid-looking rodent snaps at the back of his leg once more!

Spoiler: Rat

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5' Step to N8 in the open doorway
Attack Cass vs Flat-Footed AC, (1d20+5)[9] for (1d6+1)[5]
Fortitude attacks in Discord

Behind Fergus and Cass, Gomb and Aetgexe flap and harry the pigeons for their own safety. The pair may have touched the hearts of the poor animals, or perhaps the disappearance of the Wererat simply depleted their will to listen. Either way, the swarm makes it's cacophonous way back up above them, flapping off down the sewer ceilings into the darkness beyond where the party has yet to venture.

The sudden silence leaves everyone bathed only in the flickering torchlight of the Wererat's den, back-lighting the Dire Rat while leaving the tavern-owners (and bleeding rat-pet) in the shadows of the sewer and it's gently sloshing sewage just below.

Spoiler: OoC

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The Swarm flees through NO-20, far past where even Fergus' Darkvision can follow. The only current light source is the Torch in the far wall (Added to the map), leaving Gexe and Gomb in full darkness with Natrax just on the edge of the shadows.

Natrax, Cass and Gomb each Bleed for 1 HP, and the Bone-Rat-Pet is either bleeding or stable (unknown).

Cass (if standing) is Balancing, and must pass a Balance DC 15 check or lose their Move action.

New Map:

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Party Initiative!

[Alhallor]

Natrax was happy that the pidgeonswarm was away without too much casualties, he wanted to drink his potion to stop his bleeding on the other hand... Banjo. Damn.

The young man kneels down and slowly drip-feeds the clothed rat, that clearly was important to somebody. Perhaps there really was the Chance to end this without even more violence.

Spoiler: OOC

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5-foot step towards the downed, clothed rat and full-round-action to dripfeed it a Potion of Cure light wounds. (1d8+1)[8]I hope it isn't already dead.

[Metastachydium]

Gomb lets out a relieved sigh as the swarm settles again. Everyone is safe and mostly alive! That's more than what he hoped for. If he could smile, he would now be smiling. On the other hand, he's still bleeding and in a sorry state, which is less than ideal. He pulls a potion from his belt and downs it, slipping the empty vial back into its pouch and looks up to take in the whole scene again. Is everyone alright?

Spoiler: Healing!

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(1d8+1)[2]

[Ripptor]

As Natrax carefully drips the potion over the fallen rat's wound, the flesh knits up around the arrow before pushing it out entirely as it falls to the stone. New blood ceases pouring from the stained clothing, and the small animal's chest continues to rise and fall as it lay unconscious.

Natrax's own wounds continue to bleed, though Gomb's wounds do successfully close in response to his own downed potion.

[Ripptor]

Fergus fumes at the relentless rat, still reaching around him to get at Cass. What does a dwarf have to do to get some attention around here? "Dodge this, then!" With a loud grunt, the dwarf slams shield-first into the snapping rat, sliding through and into the center of the room.

Spoiler: OoC

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Bull Rush, Strength check 22 vs Rat's 17 for a 10' push to N6

Stepping out of the darkness and into the light, Gexe sees Cass on her marbles and waves her hand, collecting all the small metal balls into a could in front of her before they funnel back into the bag they originally came from. That should give Cass a moment to collect himself, as well.. Gexe looks around the disgusting room, perplexed. "Are we sure this is the right place? I'm starting to wonder..."

Spoiler: OoC

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Move 20' to N8, just between Fergus and Cass
Standard Prestidigitation, to Gather selectively all of her marbles back into a pouch in her vest.

[Starbuck_II]

Cass fell last turn. Cass decides he needs more healing and tries to will the wand to work again. First he tries to 5 ft roll out of the marbles then activates it.

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Cass crawls as move action back to O-10 before using UMD with wand.
I'll tumble as crawl to avoid dire rats's AoO?
Tumble - (1d20+4)[8]

UMDCLW - (1d20+6)[19]
Assuming that all works:
CLW - (1d8+1)[8]

[Metastachydium]

Nocking an arrow, Gomb cautiously moves up towards the door to sneek a peek at what lies beyond, giving the unconscious rat as wide a berth as he can. He doesn't quite get why Natrax would squander valuable and limited resources on Banjo when half the party, Natrax included is in such a miserable state, but he figures that Natrax might secretely be part rat (and, on second thought, part carrion crawler, if what transpired at the pool is anything to go by) or something like that and decides he might as well go along with it.

"Are we sure this is the right place? I'm starting to wonder..."

Why not? It makes sense. Ratcatchers just love rats, but I can see why rats and ratpeople things wouldn't feel the same way. Gomb replies, keeping his distance from the door for now. That being said, we should absolutely check around for more of Weston's blood and stuff once we've dealt with not-Banjo. he adds. Just to be sure.

[Ripptor]

Fergus slams the rat out of the doorway, with Gexe following behind and Gomb looking in from the outside. The room reeks of the usual animal husbandry: Straw is scattered across the floor in piles, soaking up blood, waste, and old food. The table containing the blooded training equipment is warped, either by age or by the humidity or the sewers.

The far wall with the burning torch is mostly covered by those empty iron cages seen before, however the party now recognizes in the darkest corner that one of the cages is in fact occupied: A bone-clothed rat scratches fruitlessly against the locked door, feverishly attempting to escape. Whether it would join the fray or simply run through the yellowed old curtain on the wall beside it is anyone's guess.

The Dire Rat seems somehow visibly dismayed as it watches everyone start to file into the dirty, torchlit room. Hissing, it strikes out at Fergus once more before backing up slowly into the wall of cages behind it.

Spoiler: Rat

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Attack Fergus, (1d20+5)[18] for (1d6+1)[6]
Fortitude attacks in Discord
5' Step to O5

R3 has entered view, Caged Rat!

[Metastachydium]

Having assessed the situation, Gomb surges forward muttering a Sorry, Natrax as he moves, slipping into the room and loosing another arrow.

Spoiler: Attack!

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(1d20+6)[12] for (1d6+1)[5] and (1d6)[2] skirmish.

[Alhallor]

After having taken care of Banjo, Natrax downs a healing potion himself, but still spares a nod to Gomb. It's okay.

Banjo is okay. If you call back your big rat we can deal with this, without any more unnecesarry deaths.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move Action to draw another potion and Standard Action to down it and talking is a free action, wheeee.
Healing: (1d8+1)[3]

[Ripptor]

The rat's bite on Fergus tears well into the dwarfs leg before it backs away towards the wall. Gomb enters the room with bow drawn, loosing his arrow into the cage directly behind the cornered rat. The monster hunches down further in anticipation, emitting a low warning growl.

As Natrax calls out from the shadowed hallway, the monster growls once more in warning as it's beady eyes dart from one to another filling up the small room. The caged rat echoes the sentiment, growling and gnashing from it's own corner.

Spoiler: OoC

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Mid-round round-up!

Fergus took 6 Dmg,
Gomb moves to O8 (Per the Combat tracker), misses one arrow
Natrax heals 3, stopping his bleeding, and calls out to the Rat
The Rat does not respond, continues it's warning growl.

Turns Still Up: Cass, Aetgexe, Fergus

Note: Cass healed successfully (and well!) and is unhindered in movement, as the marbles are gone!

[Ripptor]

Fergus barks when the rat takes a bite out of him, much larger than he would have expected... Watching the dirty animal back up against the wall, Fergus moves up towards the center of the room, staring down the rat with his axe held ready. "Down, ya mangy beast!"

Spoiler: OoC

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[B]5' Step to N6
Readying an attack vs. the Rat if it attacks again,
(1d20+5)[7] for (1d10+3)[4]

Aetgexe walks around and behind Fergus, slowly encircling the rat and room while looking around. "I mean, I guess a Wererat might not like a Ratcatcher, if she's taking them as pets? Lets look..." With a wave of her hand, Gexe begins to clean the table of dangerous instruments, sloughing off the dirt and blood before she actually touches anything... Yuck.

Spoiler: OoC

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Move 15' to M5, behind Fergus and ready to start flanking fi this keeps up
Standard Prestidigitation, cleaning the whip, bones and collars to inspect them...
Are they all rat-sized? Human? Mixed?

Keeping an eye out for clues as the the Ratcatchers, in general!

[Starbuck_II]

Cass moves to O-6 help defeat the stubborn rat at O-5 that Fergus stroked at. "Here, taste my steel!"

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attack - (1d20+3)[19] add +2 if this counts as flanking
dam - (1d6+1)[2]

[Ripptor]

Aetgexe's spell cleans the dirt and blood from the items on the table, revealing little new information at a glance: The bones are of (mostly) small size, though the gnaw marks on most of them are more clearly visible. The collars are mostly metallic, but one stands out as bone-white and more carefully crafted with additional spikes. The leather thong of the whip are is loosely on the table, with small metal bits glinting from the leather plaits at the ends.

Cass' artful swing strikes true, landing on the rat's haunch across from Fergus while keeping it's attention. Where the blade should have pierced flesh, the rapier instead bends against the creature's skin, leaving no mark in the monster's fur. The surprise barely has time to register on everyone's face as it's cut short by the sudden scream from across the room.

The orange curtain flares open as the Blonde wererat bursts back out of it, with her retorting warcry, "Savor my sword, human!" Snout snarling, she dashes out to the one that just attacked and taunted the cornered rat with her own brutal downward blow.

Spoiler: Wererat

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Full-Round Charge at Fergus Cass, moving to P6
Short Sword for (1d20+10)[24] for (1d6+3)[4]

Fergus swings wide at the Rat, distracted by the sudden flurry of activity as it ducks below the axe's arc and lunges for the man's currently non-bleeding leg.

Spoiler: Dire Rat

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Rat attacks Fergus once more, (1d20+5)[17] for (1d6+1)[4]
Fort saves rolled privately in Discord (!)

Spoiler: Round Results

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New Map:



Party Initiative!

[Alhallor]

Natrax takes a step forward, Points at the very big rat and shouts at it, in the most commanding words he can muster.

Stop! Down! HSSS!

He then try's to get a good look at the wererat and spews some bile.

If you don't stop this instant you'll see what can happen to your rats yourself!

Spoiler: OOC

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5 foot-step forward, Handle animal to get the Dire Rat to calm down.
Handle Animal: (1d20+3)[13]
And Intimidation against the wererat (try to get her to hit down or to let her stop)
Intimidate: (1d20+8)[23]

[Ripptor]

The fur on the Blonde's nape fluffs up at the repeated threat, her eyes pinning as she locks eyes with the young necromancer. "I demand you leave us be! Yet you kill my boys!" Swinging her weapon around defensively, she cries at the lot of you, but perhaps two of you more particularly, "Vile man-beasts!"

Spoiler: OoC

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The Blonde is visibly scared, fur standing on end as she is both mentally and physically cornered.

She is Shaken, so any spell attacks against her gain +2 this round (noted on the Tracker)



Party Initiative - Cass, Gomb, Aetgexe, Fergus remaining!

[Ripptor]

Aetgexe snaps around as the Wererat barrels back into the room, striking at Cass and parrying threats with threats. Snatching the many-tailed whip off the table, Gexe helps surround the rats with the others, shaking the whip so that it's metal bits jingle off of one another to draw attention. Hopefully the small rats will fear and obey someone holding this thing... "Stay your hand and we'll not harm your rats!" Stabbing at the one between her and Cass, she adds, "Anymore than we have, at least!"

Spoiler: OoC

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Move to grab the Silver Scourge
5' Step to N4, flanking the Dire Rat with Cass
Standard Sneak Attack with Rapier, (1d20+4)[24] for (2d6)[8]

Rapier in one hand, Scourge (many-tailed barbed whip) in the other!
Though Aetgexe isn't proficient with a Scourge, so she'd be at -4 with it...

[Starbuck_II]

Cass carefully steps backward to N-7, "Ow, why does she keep attacking me all the time. Lassie, you are going down

"Lit My Calarv Flaw!" !Cass says as he waves his hands and unleashes his skittle magic, making the blonde wererat taste a rainbow.

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Colorspray - (1d20+8)[13]
I think this is my last 1st level if I counted right.

Should give us a few rounds if success.

[Metastachydium]

Gomb is boiling with anger. This ugly ratperson thing (apparently called Lassie) sent all those birds into their death, almost killed Cass (twice!) and might have just called him (or his friends, which is pretty much the same thing) a "man-beast." He shifts back drawing a silvered arrow from his quiver and fires, chirping furiously at the wererat.

Spoiler: ATTACK!

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(1d20+6)[7] for (1d6+1)[6] and (1d6)[5] skirmish

[Ripptor]

Aetgexe's rapier strikes the rat's fuzzy flank, bending similarly to Cass' own until it suddenly pierces the flesh. The rat screechs in indignation, gaining the Wererat's stricken attention as she stares down the incoming onslaught.

Cass easily ducks backwards underneath a harried swing of the Wererat's shortsword before using the last of his energies to fire off a blinding rainbow of colors, but the woman's fear-pinned eyes stare daggers right through to him, tracking his movements as a hunter and her prey.

Unfortunately, Gomb is similarly hunting with hate, watching only the Wererat as he recalls the lost pigeons of her former flock. Eyes clouded with fury, the small bird jumps backwards at the same moment as Cass, firing off his own attack just as Cass ends up between the two!

Spoiler: Gomb and Cass

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Gomb's natural 1 to fire through Cass creates a moment!

Cass can make a DC 15 Reflex save to avoid taking an arrow in the back, otherwise he takes half (5) Damage

Fergus' Shield blocks the rat's wild snapping at his good leg, waiting for the blinding rainbow to scatter before stepping up and in between Cass and the blasted Wererat. Keeping his Shield up against the woman, he waits until the smaller Rat turns to face Aetgexe before swinging at the creature's now-bloody flank once more!

Spoiler: OoC

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[B]5' Step to O6
Attacking and Flanking the Rat, (1d20+7)[15] for (1d10+3)[6]

Spoiler: Map

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After Cass' save and resulting fun, it's Monster Inititiative!

[Ripptor]

As he stands back up to full height, Cass' right suddenly shoulder sprouts a silver arrow from behind!

Watching the wounded warrior sidestep her sword as he gets away, the blonde woman continues her mad pursuit and rambling. "You lot are Toads, no? You should know rats savor Toads!" As Fergus' waraxe misses her rat, she steps behind him and towards Cass, brutally slashing at the dwarfs back and snapping at the roguish man with the arrowed shoulder. Fergus' back blooms red as her blade strikes through and true into the small man.

Spoiler: OoC

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5' Step to O7
Short Sword on Fergus - (1d20+8)[27] for (1d6+1)[4] plus Critical 2 Damage
Bite on Cass - (1d20+5)[8] for (1d6+3)[7] Damage

The Dire Rat continues to dance back and forth, spinning about around after being stabbed by the faerie, just to be nearly chopped by the dwarf's Waraxe and turn around again. With the Dwarf between the Wererat and itself, the rodent takes it's chance to snap at the armored man ineffectually once more as it holds ground.

Spoiler: OoC

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Bite on Fergus - (1d20+7)[9] for (1d6+1)[2] Damage




Party Initiative!

[Metastachydium]

Gomb is quick to sober up once he sees his arrow hit the already bloodied Cass. Oh man! I shot Cass in the back! he mutters before speaking up loud. Cass! Get out of here! He moves up towards the opposite corner, brushing past the table and drawing a second arrow. And just for you to know, ugly he addresses the wererat I'm a bird and I don't work for the Ebony Toads either! If you meant those toads. just as he draws his bow and releases the string once again.

Spoiler: Attack?

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Move to M5.
Attack wererat with silver arrow: (1d20+6)[26] for (1d6+1)[7] and (1d6)[6] skirmish.

[Metastachydium]

Spoiler: Hell yeah!

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Confirmation: (1d20+6)[25]

[Ripptor]

Gomb's arrow lands as true as in Cass, this time in the Wererat's unarmored chest. Spinning from the force of the blow, the woman crumples in front of the piles of waste in the corner, no longer a mad hunter in the fray. The dire rat squeals, backing off and coming to the woman's side as she bleeds profusely from the silvered arrow in her collarbone.

In a moment, the dark-furred rat begins to change into something else, transforming into a rangy humanoid wrapped in bandages and scars. Chocolate fur becomes brown hair, his skin elongating to where you can now see the scars and recent wounds upon it's body clearly. The man remains in a hybrid state of humanoid rodent, large round ears and crimson eyes pleading to the party.

The bandaged man raises his hands and calls out, "We yield, we yield!" The brown wererat inches closer to the blonde, down on one knee and shuffling slowly. "I beseech you, let us live! I must tend that wound!" The party sees that the man carries bandages among the other sundries on his knotted-rope belt, unsullied by the dried old blood the rest of his outfit bears.

Spoiler: OoC

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5' Step to P6
Change Shape to Hybrid form

Accept surrender, or continue fighting?

If you continue, everyone except Gomb may still take an action.
Otherwise, you may take up to 30 seconds (5 Rounds) of action intermixed!

[Alhallor]

When the rat changes shape, and it seems the way to parlay is open Natrax is relieved at first, but then appalled because of the many (many) wounds on the wererat's body not just from the current battle. What was going on here?

We accept your surrender, and perhaps you also want to look over this one here.

Natrax try's to take Banjo in his arms as gently as possible and lays it besides the unconscious wererat and then takes two steps back to let the other one work. He keeps both in his view and gestures to his comrades to search through the curtain.

Now that you are able to talk we just have some questions. I understand that you attacked us first, we're clearly inside your home and I apologize but we followed a trail of blood. Do you know anything about that?

Spoiler: OOC

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Ripptor would you make a Sense Motive (modifier +0) for Natrax? Natrax would like to know if the yielding is sincere.
Just regular talking for now.

[Metastachydium]

Seeing that his allies apparently prefer not to continue the fight, Gomb emits a displeased chirping noise, but he lowers his bow. Just one more thing before you'd answer or do anything funny-looking. he tells the wounded wererat. Your buddy there? She's a bird-killer and she hurt my friends. If you make her wake up, I'm going to shoot her again. With that, he crosses the room keeping an eye on the wererats and stopping by the yellow curtain, he leans close to the wall and listens for noises from beyond.

Spoiler: Check

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Listen: (1d20+6)[15]

[Starbuck_II]

Cass is beat up and tired, he'll search once he starts the wand healing. He doesn't mind accepting their surrender as long as they cooperate and tell us the info we need. He slowly waves the wand over his back where he got hit with an arrow.

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UMD - (1d20+8)[16] vs DC 20
healing - (1d8+1)[6]