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R4T14: With the pain not subsiding and his friends in trouble, Sprawl takes a moment to massage some of the pressure points on his limbs hoping to re-balance his Ki and end the pain so he can get back in the fight before he moves to provide another target for the beast. It feels better from a standpoint of pain, but still does not wholly subside. He moves up to come at the crab from the opposite side as Sparkles, hoping that his ministrations have an effect, albeit slower than hoped.

R4T11: Selkie shoots again, his arrow bouncing off the crab's chitin.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T22: Tramp, you are grabbed and prone and your trident was released. What do you do?

Red on deck, Sparkles in the hole ...

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Tramp: 22. GRABBED!! PRONE!!!
Red Crab: 21. (8:30). GRABBING Tramp!
Sparkles: 19.
Sprawl: 14. TD. Reach of 0 (can't threaten/ attack) til R5T14 (Heal DC 20 would end condition).
Selkie: 11. Longbow in hand.
Blue Crab: 4. (-3:30). DYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Crab (1).

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R5T22: Tramp grunts getting to her feet and stabbing out at the crab again as hard as she can - her trident clacking against chitin - screaming "DIE!" and calls lightning down on the hated crustacean for 7 electricity.

R5T21: Red crushes Tramp's head again for 9 + disabled.

R5T19: Sparkles, what do you do?

Sprawl on deck, Selkie in the hole ...

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Tramp: 22. GRABBED!! DISABLED!!!
Red Crab: 21. (1:30). GRABBING Tramp!
Sparkles: 19.
Sprawl: 14. TD. Reach of 0 (can't threaten/ attack) til R5T14 (Heal DC 20 would end condition).
Selkie: 11. Longbow in hand.
Blue Crab: 4. (-3:30). DYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Crab (1).

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R5T19: Sparkles eyes go red as the veins on his forehead bulge, he yells at the crab, "I JUST FINISHED HEALING HER!"

He draws his cutlass and in both hand swings it with great force at the crabs arm, severing it for 9 as the crab drops from shock.

Combat Ends! (as Selkie puts the crabs to the sword to be sure)

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Tramp: 22.
Sparkles: 19.
Sprawl: 14. TD. Reach of 0 (can't threaten/ attack) til R5T14 (Heal DC 20 would end condition).
Selkie: 11. Longbow in hand.

DEAD/ OOC
Crab (3).

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Going for speed, Sprawl clears everyone from his runway and begins. His jumping - though not for distance - is perfect. His balance at full intended speed on the top of a slime-caked pole that is limited in surface area, however, is far less good. He lands on the pole but then slides right off with inertia and is carried - in an ungainly Sprawl - into the next pole with a painful 5 damage before dropping into the mire. Oddly, he is only half-submerged, though currently disoriented.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Tramp, what do you do?

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Tramp: 21.
Selkie: 17.
Blue Frog: 16. (22:22).
Red Frog: 14. (22:22).
Sprawl: 6.
Sparkles: 4.

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R1T21: Tramp delays ...

R1T17: "ooh ... Ow!" Selkie says, trying not to laugh, and failing. "Too fast, buddy. Come back in."

R1T16-14: Just then, two shapes appear next to Sprawl in the water. Sprawl gets bitten on the left foot for 6 as something to his right bites him in the head for 4.

R1T6: Sprawl, normally a tumble into the water would have you disoriented, but the strange nature of the mire you are in keeps you from having to spend effort to right yourself. Still, you are half-submerged in a very thick, swampy goop that threatens to pull you under. What do you do?

Tramp delaying ...

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Tramp: 21. DELAYING!!!
Selkie: 17.
Blue Frog: 16. (22:22).
Red Frog: 14. (22:22).
Sprawl: 6.
Sparkles: 4.

DEAD/OOC
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R1T6: Sprawl lets out a yelp as things bite at him. He shifts his stance to better flow with his aquatic environment, showing his sudden signs of agitation and preparedness for combat. What he wasn't prepared for was that his frenetic movement seems to cement him in place at first, and then he only moves 5' southeast with his next exertion. An oversized frog still manages to snap at him as he is pushing slowly away.

R1T4: Sparkles, what do you do? Two large frog-like creatures and Sprawl are partially submerged, but the frogs are having an easier time of things than Sprawl.

Selkie on deck, Enemies in the hole, Tramp delaying ...

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Tramp: 21. DELAYING!!!
Selkie: 17.
Blue Frog: 16. (22:22).
Red Frog: 14. (22:22).
Sprawl: 6.
Sparkles: 4.

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R1T4: Sparkles moves to the edge near Sprawl, drawing his cutlass on the way. He jumps down and swings while developing a frothy rage, but it took him too much to get to this point. He shouts, "Why are you guys always playing with animals?"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T17: Selkie looks at what Sparkles just did. "You idiot! You just jumped into quicksand!!!"

Shaking his head, he moves to the edge of what remains of the pier with bow in hand and shoots at Red, scoring a hole in the frog's calf for 12 + 3 DEX.

R2T16-14: Red turns to the one that shot him and hits Selkie in the head with a tongue, but the half-elf resists being pullled into the mire. Blue bites at Sprawl.

R2T6: Sprawl, what do you do?

Sparkles on deck, Selkie in the hole, Tramp delaying ...

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Tramp: 21. DELAYING!!!
Selkie: 17. Bow in hand.
Blue Frog: 16. (22:22).
Red Frog: 14. (10:22, 10:13 DEX).
Sprawl: 6. Barracuda style.
Sparkles: 4. Cutlass in hand. RAGING (not included)!!!

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R2T6: "A hand would a been more handy." Sprawls quips to Sparkles as he focuses his attention on getting to the edge. "Someone pull us otta here."

Sprawl says that, but his focus on living by his wits saves him, and he not only manages to get to the edge, but crawls out onto the ground and stands, thick mud dripping off of him. He is no longer in barracuda style.

R2T5: Tramp snarls at the frogs, calling on her storm once more. Summoning her trident to her hand, she hurls it at the nearest frog before calling down lightning as well. Her trident strikes Red for 6 + 9 electricity, and as it goes limp, lightning finishes it off and it sinks below the mire.

R2T4: Sparkles, your propensity to act on impulse and anger is probably what led to the poor life choices that saw you get impressed into piratehood in the first place. But now's not the time to worry about that. You are raging, and there is a big old frog that is partially submerged next to you, even as the mire you are in is trying to pull you under. What do you do?

Selkie on deck, Blue in the hole ...

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Selkie: 17. Bow in hand.
Blue Frog: 16. (22:22).
Sprawl: 6.
Tramp: 5.
Sparkles: 4. Cutlass in hand. RAGING (not included)!!!

DEAD/OOC
Giant frog (1).

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R2T4: Sparkles swings wildly at the frog, just barely managing to catch it, but still doing 10. He gives a cry of rage that starts out as "RAAAHH!"but ends with "*GLRK*!" as his focus on being a densely-muscled, thrashing stone-creature has him sink underneath the mire.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T17: Selkie tries to aim for a sweet spot on the frog, and is succesful as his arrow strikes for 11, causing the frog to go limp and go under. "I'm not jumping in there to save him. So it's on him, now."

R3T6: Sprawl, what do you do? The frogs seemed to have been dispatched, but now Sparkles has gotten sucked under the mire.

Tramp on deck, Sparkles in the hole ....

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Selkie: 17. Bow in hand.
Sprawl: 6.
Tramp: 5.
Sparkles: 4. Cutlass in hand. RAGING!!! Breath remaining (28 rds).

DEAD/OOC
Giant frog (2).

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R3T6: "Irori, grant ma strength." Sprawl says as he throws himself to the ground at the waters edge and fishes his hand around for Sparkles, but doesn't feel anything, and moving his arm in the mire is much slower than he thought.

Unknown to Sprawl, some several hundred miles away, his long lost mother suddenly is given the strength to knead dough like she did twenty years ago.

R3T5: Tramp, what do you do?

Sparkles on deck, Selkie in the hole ...

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Selkie: 17. Bow in hand.
Sprawl: 6.
Tramp: 5.
Sparkles: 4. Cutlass in hand. RAGING!!! Breath remaining (28 rds).

DEAD/OOC
Giant frog (2).

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R3T5: Tramp moves to the pier and casts mage hand to try and sift through the water, but she discovers that the cantrip has no effect on liquids and semisolids.

R3T4: Sparkles, do you continue raging? It is dark, and the world is pressing in on your and pulling you down as you hold your breath. What do you do?

Selkie on deck, Sprawl in the hole ...

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Selkie: 17. Bow in hand.
Sprawl: 6.
Tramp: 5.
Sparkles: 4. Cutlass in hand. RAGING!!! Breath remaining (28 rds).

DEAD/OOC
Giant frog (2).

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Sparkles: x. Touch of the sea (3 min.).

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Selkie casts light on his belt, glowing pale blue as normal, and swims quickly behind Sprawl, even as Sparkles is well out of sight. Everyone is submerged just under the surface and holding their breath right now, and spent a full round swimming rather than just a move action, to clear the churning pit and stirges.

There's good and bad about outpacing his fellows ... Sparkles sees danger. Of course, danger sees him as well!

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Sparkles, what do you do? You don't have anything in hand right now.

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Selkie: 23. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 24.
Purple-3: 22. (9:9).
Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). Submerged. Breath: 26.
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (9:9).
Green-1: 18. (9:9).
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. Breath: 18.
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 20.
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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R1T21: Sparkles, seeing the danger, swims towards it with surprising speed for a rock taking his dagger out on his way attempting to drive it into the creatures chest, stopping it instantly from sending out a warning as it drifts in the water, blood eking into the mix.

R1T20.5: There is a piercing cry of some strange language in the water to the south somewhere! It is not a human noise, nor a human language.

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It is a bestial form of Aquan, shouting "Intruder! Intruder at the bottleneck!"

A grindylow appears to Sparkles' SW and misses him with a spear thrust.

R1T17.5: Selkie moves forward, drawing his scimitar, and slashes at a grindylow.

R1T17-10: A grindylow comes into view to flank Sparkles, but the oread deflects the attack. There are now many sounds of shrieks underwater!

R1T9: Tramp, you are currently just under submerged, the last one in the initial chamber - the chimney you jumped into - and you hear unfriendly shrieking echoing in the water as battle has surely been joined. What do you do?

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Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). Submerged. Breath: 24.
Purple-3: 20.5. (9:9).
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (9:9).
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). DYING!!!
Selkie: 23. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 22.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. Breath: 18.
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 20.
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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R1T9: Tramp swims towards the rough-moving surface of the "chimney chamber" and takes brief stock of her surroundings looking for the hostiles,. Only with her particular vision is she able to pick out a flock of tiny several flying creatures flapping some distance above. She lets loose with electricity, but the creatures are too small and fast.

R1T8-7: A couple more grindylows pass into view, one going towards Selkie and another getting up to Sparkles but not yet attacking.

R1T6: Sprawl, there is a faint glow behind and above you that just started, but not enough to illuminate the darkness where you are. Meanwhile, you are not in the area of Selkie's light, but if you move towards it you might catch up. Note, whatever speed you move (normal or accelerated), it will be at half speed because you are in darkness (5' min.). Because you hear strange squeaks and noises, your adrenaline is kicking in, and you may enter Barracuda style if you wish, even if you are not in combat at this time. You are submerged and holding your breath. What do you do?

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Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). Submerged. Breath: 24.
Purple-3: 20.5. (9:9).
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (9:9).
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). DYING!!!
Selkie: 23. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 22.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. On surface. Fulmination active.
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 20.
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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R1T6: Unsure of what is going on, but aware that something is going on, Sprawl adopts a more aggressive posture and makes his way towards Selkie's light. It turns out as he fumbles around in the dark that he just needed to go due south towards the light. He ends up just outside of the indirect light.

R1T5-3: More underwater shrieking noises. Like, a lot!

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24-22: In the chimney room with Tramp, three tiny aerial creatures dive down towards Tramp. One creature attaches to her neck. One attaches to her left shoulder. Still a third attaches to her left lower arm as she treads water. From all three of them, they drain her blood for a total of 3 CON!

R2T21: Sparkles, you are currently submerged and holding your breath, and there are three grindylow adjacent to you (not counting the one you dropped). What do you do?

Grindylow on deck/in the hole ...

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Stirge-2: 24. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's neck (1 CON).
Stirge-8: 23. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (1 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (1 CON).
Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). Submerged. Breath: 24.
Purple-3: 20.5. (9:9).
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (9:9).
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). DYING!!!
Selkie: 23. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 22.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (10:10).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. On surface. Fulmination active. 3 Stirges attached to her!!!
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 18. Barracuda Style.
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2Stirge-2: 23. (10:10).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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R2T21: Sparkles shouts in Aquan angrily, "GURGGLE GURGGLE GURGGLE!".... which has the unfortunate side effect of expelling the remaining air in his lungs. Raging people aren't bright.
Than stabs his dagger towards the aquatic creature, but his fight for breath is already beginning to throw him off as he misses. He didn't focus on swimming and sinks 5' to the bottom (10' deep). But the real danger was the foolish expulsion of his air.

Sparkles, roll a CON check ...

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Stirge-2: 24. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's neck (1 CON).
Stirge-8: 23. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (1 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (1 CON).
Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). Submerged. Breath: 0. CON check required (DC 10).
Purple-3: 20.5. (9:9).
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (9:9).
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). DYING!!!
Selkie: 23. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 22.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (10:10).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. On surface. Fulmination active. 3 Stirges attached to her!!!
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 18. Barracuda Style.
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2Stirge-2: 23. (10:10).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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R2T20.5-18: Selkie comes into view, backpedaling a little, and giving some light to Sprawl.

R2T17-10: With her splashing around violently with all the creatures attached, a fourth now attaches to Tramp's right leg, sucking her blood for 1 CON.

R2T9: Tramp, you have four of these nosquito-like monsters attached to you .... on your neck, left shoulder, lower left arm, and right calf. Meanwhile, your storm energy fills to its maximum. What do you do?

Enemies on deck/ in the hole ...

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Stirge-2: 24. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's neck (1 CON).
Stirge-8: 23. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (1 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (1 CON).
Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). UNCONSCIOUS (Drowning).
Purple-3: 20.5. (9:9).
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 20.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (10:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's right calf (1 CON).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. On surface. Fulmination active. 4 Stirges attached to her!!!
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 18. Barracuda Style.
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2Stirge-2: 23. (10:10).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

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R2T9: Desperate to regain her freedom Tramp calls out - "GUYS I COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP OVER HERE!" - before shifting the energy in her storm and plunging herself into pitch blackness. She calls down the storm upon herself and her assailants, snarling "EAT LIGHTNING!"

She takes a deep breath, ready to dive under once she's released. It's just her luck. Even though these things are unable to moves as well as normal while attached, three of the four make it, and none of them release her.

R2T8-7: More grindylows shrieking, and one or two come into view of Sprawl as Selkie is getting swarmed.

R2T6: Sprawl, with all the noise and lightning, and due to the poor coupling of sound from air to water, you don't really hear Tramp. You are submerged and holding your breath. The faint light behind you past the surface is gone, so all you have is Selkie's light (again). What do you do?

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Stirge-2: 24. (5:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's neck (1 CON).
Stirge-8: 23. (8:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (1 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (8:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (1 CON).
Sparkles: 21. Touch of the sea (3 min.). UNCONSCIOUS (Drowning).
Purple-3: 20.5. (9:9).
Purple-1: 20. (9:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 20.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (8:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's right calf (1 CON).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10).
Green-2: 12. (9:9).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. Fulmination active. 4 Stirges attached to her!!! Submerged. Breath: 12.
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 18. Barracuda Style.
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2. (10:10).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

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Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!

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R2T6: Concerned about his comrades, but only aware of Selkie's immediate peril, Sprawl swims towards him as fast as he can. He only has to swim 5' though and even has time to throw out a warning jab at a grindylow that had come around to swarm Selkie.

R2T5.8-3: Purple-5 closes on Selkie and stabs at him.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T24-22: Even though Tramp submerged, she still suffers blood drain from the monsters at her neck, shoulder, and arm draining her blood (3 CON).

R3T20-18.5: Purple-1 tries to get past Selkie and gets nipped by his scimitar for 4 mod. With Selkie focused on that one, another (Purple-3) moves past and threatens Sprawl with its spear.

R3T18: Selkie tries to take advantage of flank against Purple-4, but has trouble swinging his scimitar underwater.

R3T17-10: Selkie fails an AOO against another grindylow. A grindylow puts Sparkles out of his suffocating misery with a CDG. The critter attached to Tramp's calf sucks blood (1 CON). More of those critters circle the water above Tramp's position.

R3T9: Tramp, you are submerged under the water, and holding your breath. You had changed your storm last round so you no longer have the benefit of that soft light for your low-light vision. You have four critters attached to you, and neither let go on the last blast, nor have they stopped draining you when you fully immersed yourself. The limits of your breath rapidly diminish as they suck your blood as you have barely any lung power to sustain you anymore (4 "units" of breath remaining at current CON). This looks like it may be the end. What do you do?

Monsters on deck/in the hole ....

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Stirge-2: 24. (5:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's neck (2 CON).
Stirge-8: 23. (8:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (2 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (8:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (2 CON).
Purple-1: 20. (5:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Purple-3: 18.5. (9:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 18. AOO used.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (8:10). Charged. Attached to Tramp's right calf (2 CON).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. Fulmination active. 4 Stirges attached to her!!! Submerged. Breath: 4.
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 16. Barracuda Style.
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2. (10:10).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

Green-2: 12. (9:9). DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Sparkles.

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R3T9: Tramp swims back to the surface before barely being overcoming the rough water to magic missile at two of the creatures attached to herself (3 force each). Fearing the end, she mentally prompts Fujin for aid and to make sure he doesn't die with her. Fujin is felt exiting Tramp's skin, and is now felt in the water next to her. Tramp calls down lightning on herself once more in a desperate bid to finally rid herself of the bugs, muttering, "I hate mosquitos."

The lightning actually knocks the bugger off of her neck, though she doesn't see anything so she doesn't know where it goes.

R3T6-4: Two grindylow attack Selkie. One was flanking and its spear slices Selkie along the neck for 5.

R3T6: Sprawl, what do you do?

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Stirge-2: 24. (-1:10). DYING!!!
Stirge-8: 23. (2:10). Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (2 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (2:10). Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (2 CON).
Purple-1: 20. (5:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Purple-3: 18.5. (9:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 18. AOO used.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (2:10). Attached to Tramp's right calf (2 CON).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10).
Green-6: 10. (9:9).
Tramp: 9. Fulmination active. 3 Stirges attached to her!!!
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 16. Barracuda Style.
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2. (10:10).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (9:9).

Green-2: 12. (9:9). DELAYING!!!

DEAD/ OOC
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Sparkles.

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R3T6: As the swarm approaches him, Sprawl centers himself before he lets loose against his adjacent foes with the fury of a barracuda. On his first attack, even though technically he is submerged and the water isn't rough, there is an undercurrent from the sea chimney adjacent to the north that throws off his sidereal balance and batters him against the rock. As he tries to recover for his second attack, the same current's return flow northwards throws him off and leaves him sprawling like his name in the water. Sprawl tries instead to use his ki to center himself, and it sort of works. He doesn't really "attack," so much as he allows the current to work for him as he uses the sloshing underwater to curl himself and hit Purple-3 like a devastating wrecking ball against the stone wall for 24, squashing the guy and killing it outright. Riding the current as he is, he settles 5' down ... which really just has him on the bottom now.

R3T5.8-3: There is frantic splashing near Tramp, and she senses terror and pain from Fujin while more horrible squeaking noises sound from above. Green-2 moves above its fallen and stabs Sprawl in the belly with a spear for 7. Purple-7 passes over Sprawl and the monk lashes out at it for 9 + disabled, but the horrible thing still stabs Sprawl in the arm for 7 before it passes out.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T24-19: Blood is drained from Tramp's shoulder and lower arm, and that is the last thing she remembers in addition to Fujin's cries as he is obviously dealing with these monsters himself. Purple-1 adjusts and pokes Sprawl in the belly for 2. Purple-2 closes and stabs down at Sprawl.

R4T18: Selkie sticks his head up to get a breath .... you've been submerged at the surface, but there's an air pocket in this tunnel ... and then withdraws by diving to the bottom level (where Sprawl is) and then heading northeast. A spear catches him in the lower back for 3, but otherwise he does well.

R4T17-10: Green-4 swims down to Sprawl's depth to stab him in the chest for 3. Green-3 also swims low up to Sprawl, missing. Green-5 swims directly over Sprawl and stabs down. A bird's helpless screams are heard - muted because the cries are just above the water somewhere. Green-6 tries to get past the party and gets bit by Selkie's scimitar for 6 for its trouble, but it still makes it. The lightning to the north seems to have stopped.

R4T8.9: More frantic bird cries as it tries to escape whatever danger it is in. From the sounds it seems like there might have been success, but even underwater you hear a thunk against stone and a splash.

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Fujin couldn't see in the dark chamber when it escaped, didn't even know it was in danger, and went full speed into a wall it didn't know was where only to break its neck and fall into the churning waters.

R4T8-7: Purple-6 gets around and then low to flank Sprawl and misses. Purple-4 is the flanking partner and also misses.

R4T14: Sprawl, you are still wide open but it is your turn now and at the end of your turn you will no longer be flat-footed, so it's okay. What isn't okay is that you don't get a map. There is Selkie's light coming from right next to you (he's right there) to your immediate north, but otherwise the water is filled with grindylows and blood from human, half-elf, and grindylow, making it hard to see. What do you do?

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Stirge-2: 24. (-2:10). DYING!!!
Stirge-8: 23. (2:10). Attached to Tramp's left shoulder (3 CON).
Stirge-6: 22. (2:10). Attached to Tramp's left lower arm (3 CON).
Purple-1: 20. (5:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 28. AOO used.
Green-4: 17. (9:9).
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-3: 15. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (2:10). Attached to Fujin (3 CON).
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10). Attached to Fujin (1 CON).
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10). Attached to Fujin (1 CON).
Green-6: 10. (3:9).
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 14. Barracuda Style. FF until end of his next turn. AOO used.
* Battered: -2 penalty on skill checks and saves for 4 hours!
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10). Attached to Fujin (1 CON).
Stirge-7: 5.2. (10:10).
Green-2: 5.1. (9:9).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (-1:9). DYING!

DEAD/ OOC
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Sparkles. Tramp and Fujin. Purple-3.

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R4T6: Sprawl continues to center himself in this disastrous situation. By Irori's grace and teachings, he will push himself to his limits. He lets out another torrent of attacks on the surrounding monsters. He chops Green-4 in the neck so that grindylow stops moving. Then, he push kicks the arm of Green-3 in the arm into its face to knock that one out as well. He overtaxes himself on the failed third attempt, burning serious life energy to do so. The good news is he is no longer vulnerable.

R4T5.8-3: A variety of attacks from nearby grindylows.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T24-19: Of several more, Purple-2 stabs downwards to light crit Sprawl's chest for 7.

R5T18: Selkie attempts a full withdrawal/ accelerated swim, and suffers a light crit to the belly for 7 for his trouble.

R5T16-7: A grindylow fills right into the area just vacated by Selkie, and Sprawl misses with his AOO. Sprawl gets speared from above in the right shoulder for 3. A grindylow swims over and around and down to the bottom to flank Sprawl (and miss). Sprawl gets stabbed by a flanker in the right upper arm for 3. Other enemies miss.

R5T6: Sprawl, what do you do? You are now completely surrounded by gindylows (or rock you can't get past), blood getting thick in the water.

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Stirge-8: 23. (2:10). Filled with 3 CON.
Stirge-6: 22. (2:10). Filled with 3 CON.
Purple-1: 20. (5:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 26.
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (2:10). Filled with 3 CON.
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10). Filled with 1 CON.
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10). Attached to Fujin (1 CON).
Green-6: 10. (3:9).
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 12. Barracuda Style.
* Battered: -2 penalty on skill checks and saves for 4 hours!
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2. (10:10).
Green-2: 5.1. (9:9).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (-2:9). DYING!

DEAD/ OOC
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Green-4: 17. (9:9, 11 NL). UNCONSCIOUS!!!
Green-3: 15. (9:9, 10 NL). UNCONSCIOUS!!!
Sparkles. Tramp and Fujin. Purple-3.

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R5T6: Sprawl thinks back to to Cut-Throat Grok and brushes the earring she gave him and touches Sandy's holy symbol hanging on his neck. His life wasn't great, but he had some good times. Maybe he can buy Selkie some time. "For Sandy, for Rosie, for Cut-Throat!" He thinks to himself as he lashes out with what might very well be his last three strikes against these beasts.

He drops another grindylow, and nearly does so to another. But sure enough, as the blue light fades from blue, so does his own life essence as spears find their home and finish the brave warrior. He died the best of them .... the most determined, the most ferocious, and having given the best showing.

All is Ended ...

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Stirge-8: 23. (2:10). Filled with 3 CON.
Stirge-6: 22. (2:10). Filled with 3 CON.
Purple-1: 20. (5:9).
Purple-2: 19. (2:9).
Selkie: 18. Light on belt. Submerged. Breath: 26.
Green-8: 16. (9:9).
Green-5: 14. (9:9).
Green-7: 13. (9:9).
Stirge-4: 12.5. (2:10). Filled with 3 CON.
Stirge-5: 12.3. (10:10). Filled with 1 CON.
Stirge-3: 11.(10:10). Attached to Fujin (1 CON).
Green-6: 10. (3:9).
Purple-6: 8. (9:9).
Purple-4: 7. (9:9).
Sprawl: 6. Breath: 12. Barracuda Style.
* Battered: -2 penalty on skill checks and saves for 4 hours!
Stirge-1: 5.8. (10:10).
Stirge-7: 5.2. (10:10).
Green-2: 5.1. (9:9).
Purple-8: 5. (9:9).
Purple-5: 4. (9:9).
Purple-7: 3. (-2:9). DYING!

DEAD/ OOC
Green-1: 18. (-3:9). STABLE!!!
Green-4: 17. (9:9, 11 NL). UNCONSCIOUS!!!
Green-3: 15. (9:9, 10 NL). UNCONSCIOUS!!!
Sparkles. Tramp and Fujin. Purple-3.

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This GM journal for battles is now at an end as the campaign has ended.