Return of the Runelords [GMBB]

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This is a GM tracking sheet for my Return of the Runelords, Book 1: Secrets of Roderic's Cove [IC] (link provided) game.

If you are in that game, or really any of my games, please understand that gazing your eyes here would be willfully cheating by looking here to see GM-only information.

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Beginning Setup ...

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Feiya: 25. Surprised.
Alandra: 22.
Ziggy: 19.
Daji: 16. Surprised.
Bořek: 15.
Ranghen: 11.
Rodrigo: 6.

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Daji gives a yip of surprise, obviously smelling something off!

Surprise Round ...

S14: Something flies out from under the eaves over the porch and with a long nose/ beak/ something attacks Daji but misses.

S13: Daji bites at the flying thing, and viciously nips for 4.

S10: Another flying thing comes out and attacks Feiya and also misses.

End Surprise Round, Begin Round One ..

R1T28: Feiya calls out, "Stirges! Magical, mosquito-like monsters. Be defensive in your tactics that they don't attach to you and suck your blood! Daji, back!"

She moves to the back line and casts a spell on herself, using a cured square of leather hide. A close magical force field appears briefly around her before disappearing.

R1T21: Bořek takes Feiya's advice and attacks carefully and knocks one of the stirges out of the air for 11, but keeps his position to block as many allies from being on the front line if the last stirge comes forward.

R1T19: "I help the fox-puppy, Mama!" cries Ziggy enthusiastically and leaps forward into the air towards the stirge and bites hard, doing the opposite of Feiya's recommendation, but landing on the ground with the bleeding stirge in its mouth.

The stirges are finished off for sure, and tossed into the water.

Combat Ends!

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Feiya: 28. Mage armor
Bořek: 21. DS.
Ziggy: 19.
Rodrigo: 18.
Alandra: 15. Bow (light).
Red Stirge: 14. (6:10).
Daji: 13. RS.
Blue Stirge: 10. (-1:10). DYING!!!
Ranghen: 6.

DEAD/OOC
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The young knight passes by Feiya and Daji to start moving carefully into the room, and Alandra's stare just barely seeing enough of him to help him.

There's a skittering sound heard from within, and Bořek's gauntlets grip his polearm tightly in response to a perceived threat.

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Ziggy instantly is off the chain and goes rushing into the next room. "Big rockamotches!" she calls from the other room, followed by "Ptooey!" and a faint sizzling sound.

R1T20: The shadows around Feiya become slightly lessened as she then moves into the room.

R1T19: Rodrigo moves in and a loud report is heard from his Alkenstar weapon that makes Alandra's teeth rattle. "Got one!" he calls jubilantly. Then less excitedly, "Oh, wait, it's still moving."

R1T11: "She meant cockroaches," Ranghen explains matter-of-factly as she passes Alandra and makes her way in, and the sound of her sickle carving through something resistant and wet is heard.

R1T10: Alandra, what do you do?

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Ziggy: 24.
Feiya: 20. Mage armor (3 hours).
Rodrigo: 19.
Blue Cockroach: 15. (-2:12). DISABLED!!!
Ranghen: 11.
Alandra: 10. Bow (light).
Daji: 9.
Bořek: 8.
Red Cockroach: 5. (1:12).

DEAD/OOC
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R1T10: Alandra readies her bow and after entering a martial stance she moves 5 feet to the North. She fires her bow at a badly wounded kookarook, hitting it for 3.

R1T9: Daji gets really antsy, but otherwise stays put.

R1T8: Bořek swings his guisarme down hard to finally end the crockadoche that Alandra just hit (Red).

R1T5: The other beastie fatigues itself furiously snapping at Ranghen.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Ziggy moves around to the eastern (outer) wall and spits at the overgrown waterbug to do 6 acid + disabled.

R2T20: The doubled, darker, shadowy Feiya shoots a black beam at the hrockafauche, doing 4 disruption as parts of it turn to dust and flake off.

R2T19: Rodrigo circles around the room and does a speed draw-and-cut of the cockroach with his katana, killing it.

Combat Ends!

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Ziggy: 24.
Feiya: 20. Mage armor (3 hours).
Rodrigo: 19. Pistol. Ready the Draw.
Ranghen: 11.
Alandra: 10. Bow (light). Battle mantra (+1 attack).
* She will trigger any Cult trick Psychosomatic Surges if party members or herself take damage.
* She readies her counters Body of Delusion and Inner Sense should she need them.
Daji: 9. TD!
Bořek: 8.

DEAD/OOC
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As soon as they swarm over the occultation, it disappears, and in doing so, shadows form and cling around Feiya.

Begin Round One ...

R1T24: Alandra, you have your bow in hand (emitting light). What do you do?

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Alandra: 24. Bow (light).
Rodrigo: 23. Pistol.
Ranghen: 21.
Daji: 20.
Spider Swarm: 19. (16:16).
Feiya: 18. Mage armor (3 hours).
Ziggy: 15.
Bořek: 10.

DEAD/OOC
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R1T24: “Eeeeek!” screams Alandra in a high pitched shriek. She turns and runs from the room’s western door and then south outside to the extent of her single move, all while frantically jabbering, “Nope. No thank you. Nope…no…nope!”

R1T23: With pistol in hand, Rodrigo hustles outside and onto the porch stairs with Alandra.

R1T21: Ranghen's voice can be heard saying something inside just before there is the sound of glass breaking and the indirect flash of orange-yellow from within! Though a brief flash, that light and flickering of active flames within then builds.

At the realization there is now a raging fire inside, Rodrigo mutters, "Ay, dios mio!"

R1T19: Lots of guttering flame inside now, and that light seems to be advancing, or getting brighter, or something ...

R1T18: More sounds of glass breaking, but this time there is an awful smell that wafts down, and the lights of a fire slowly gutter out.

R1T15: Ziggy comes to the hallway and says, "Spiders gone!"

R1T10: Despite that, calls out, "I've been poisoned!"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: Alandra, what do you do?

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Alandra: 24. Bow (light). Battle mantra (+1 attack). TD!
* She will activate Psychosomatic Surge and False Healing if anyone takes damage. If she needs to make a saving throw, she will use the Inner Sense counter.
Rodrigo: 23. Pistol.
Ranghen: 21.
Daji: 20.
Feiya: 18. Mage armor (3 hours).
Ziggy: 15.
Bořek: 10. POISONED til R3T19 (DC 11, 1 save)!!!
* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

DEAD/OOC
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R2T24: At Bořek’s call, Alandra moves back to him to see if she can help.

R2T23: Rodrigo follows her...

R2T21: Ranghen moves over to give Bořek first aid.

Daji, Feiya, and Ziggy delay ...

R2T10: After some deep breaths, Bořek finally nods gratitude to Ranghen as the poison has run its course.

Combat Ends!

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Alandra: 24. Bow (light). Battle mantra (+1 attack). TD!
* She will activate Psychosomatic Surge and False Healing if anyone takes damage. If she needs to make a saving throw, she will use the Inner Sense counter.
Rodrigo: 23. Pistol.
Ranghen: 21.
Daji: 20. DELAYING!!!
Feiya: 18. Mage armor (3 hours). DELAYING!!!
Ziggy: 15. DELAYING!!!
Bořek: 10. POISONED til R3T19 (DC 11, 1 save)!!!
* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

DEAD/OOC
Spider Swarm.

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Begin Round One ...

R1T25: Feiya scoops up Daji and books it south down the hallway.

R1T18: Ziggy scrambles to the second door leading to the two-door room.

R1T17: Bořek does just the opposite and enters the back hallway with his guisarme.

R1T16: Ranghen follows Ziggy.

R1T12: Rod follows Feiya so she isn't alone, pistol now in hand.

R1T11: Alandra, what do you do?

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Feiya: 25. Mage armor (3 hours).
Daji: 20. Held by Feiya.
Ziggy: 18.
Bořek: 17. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 16.
Rodrigo: 12. Pistol.
Alandra: 11. Bow (light).
Haunt: 10.

DEAD/OOC
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R1T11: Alandra moves East into the room and then south. “Borek, come on!”she shouts as she prepares to close the door once he is inside.

He does so, she shuts the door, and all is quiet.

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Feiya: 25. Mage armor (3 hours).
Daji: 20. Held by Feiya.
Ziggy: 18.
Bořek: 17. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 16.
Rodrigo: 12. Pistol.
Alandra: 11. Bow (light).
Haunt: 10.

DEAD/OOC
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"Yeahhhh," admits Ranghen in her accented drawl, "it's already starting to quiver, so I am guessing it senses our vibrations now."

Begin Round One ....

R1T24: "Daji, stay," Feiya says before she casts a spell on herself, giving her a faint, protective glow. She rushes in and jumps up on top of a side table.

R1T21: Daji steps to the side of the door and is ready to defend himself if attacked.

R1T19: Ranghen wasn't ready for how quickly the garden ooze would slide forth towards her in a smooth, quick motion. Part of its amorphous, floral form stiffens to attack Ranghen with a pseudopod.

R1T18: Alandra, your lit bow is in hand, and you have a partial view of something near Ranghen. What do you do?

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Feiya: 24. Mage armor (3 hours). Shield of faith (3 min. +2 deflection).
Daji: 21. TD!
Garden Ooze: 19. (30:30).
Alandra: 18. Bow (light).
Ziggy: 14.
Rodrigo: 13. Pistol.
Ranghen: 6.
Bořek: 3. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

DEAD/OOC
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R1T18: Alarmed, Alandra advances and looks upon the creature. A host of spectral creatures coalesce around Alandra - giving initial alarm to her allies - when suddenly they all fly forth into the quivering floral mass to make it quiver irregularly for 6 as it suffers terrible pain.

R1T14: Ziggy moves just a few feet north and then belches on the muck, but it seems to have no effect.

R1T13: Rodrigo enters, and in trying to get between Ranghen and Ziggy, the things lashes out at him and misses. He ends up in the northeastern corner. He quick draws his weapons while getting into a stance, including an iaijutsu strike with his sword that does 14.

R1T6: Ranghen doesn't move but draws her sickle and power strikes the garden ooze for 9.

R1T3: Bořek moves behind Alandra, but doesn't advance farther.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T24: A diadem forms on Feiya's brow before flashing, causing the muck to have a fit or seizure of some sort.

R2T21: Daji delays ...

R2T19: The muck quivers erratically, affected by Feiya's strange attack, but then takes 4 lingering pain from Alandra's prior attack. The thing quivers, but now seems to be a strange quiescent mass. Several seconds again, Alandra's continuing damage hits it again and kills it, causing it to lose all surface tension and falling apart in mud, muck, and flowers.

Combat Ends!

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Feiya: 24. Mage armor (3 hours). Shield of faith (3 min. +2 deflection).
Daji: 21. TD!
Garden Ooze: 19. (1:30). AOO used!
Alandra: 18. Bow (light).
* Lingering Touch til R3T18 (1d6+3): Any devastating touch attacks made during the duration of this power linger for an additional round, automatically dealing damage the following round.
Ziggy: 14.
Rodrigo: 13. Pistol.
Ranghen: 6.
Bořek: 3. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

DEAD/OOC
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"No, no!" says Rodrigo more flamboyantly. "Gotta be relaxed, like this...." and he plops down on a leather chair like a king in his castle. When he does so, there is a long, slow, expelling squeak of air as the air trapped between the leather upholstery and the cushion are slowly pushed out. He jumps a little at the squeak, and everyone stops cold as the long, awkward noise finally peters out.

Once the noise is done, and it is obvious that the creepy squeaking was just old, broken down furniture, Rodrigo slowly starts to laugh nervously, embarrassed that he was spooked by so simple and mundane a reason, and the other NPCs - mirroring the nervousness and building to a good laugh.

Does Alandra find herself laughing in what amounts to a form of stress relief?

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Daji: 21.
Feiya: 14. Mage armor (3 hours).
Alandra: 13. Bow (light).
Ziggy: 12.
Bořek: 8. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 7.
Rodrigo: 5.

DEAD/OOC
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The team shares their first stress-bonding over the laughter, meaning that the laughter is probably louder and longer than one would expect more as a form of release than what caused the laughter, but as the group's laughter begins to abate, one laughing voice seems to be particularly sharp-edged and laughing longer and with more force than everyone else and with a malignant overtone that gets everyone else's laughter to stop .... for floating out of the chair and now above Rodrigo is a ghostly, skeletal form accompanied by a fast-growing mini-cyclone of loose debris from the room!

Alandra, roll a Will save!

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Daji: 21.
Feiya: 14. Mage armor (3 hours).
Alandra: 13. Bow (light).
Ziggy: 12.
Bořek: 8. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 7.
Rodrigo: 5.

DEAD/OOC
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A disturbing sight, to be sure, but not enough to make anyone in this group to go running for the hills.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Daji yips in alarm, but waits for a command.

R1T14: "A poltergeist!" calls out Feiya. "Spirit undead- so positive energy or magic attacks only may hurt it. It is bound to this house, so can't move more than 30 yards from the property. Daji, carefully, outside!"

She stares at the creature balefully, seemingly getting a reaction from the poltergeist.

R1T13.5: Daji scampers out of the room.

R1T13: Alandra, what do you do? Your bow (with light) is in hand.

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Feiya: 14. Mage armor (3 hours).
Daji: 13.5. DELAYING!
Alandra: 13. Bow (light).
Ziggy: 12.
Bořek: 8. Guisarme.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 7.
Rodrigo: 5.
Poltergeist: 3. (27:27). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex til R2T14!!!

DEAD/OOC
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R1T13: Alandra is painfully unprepared in encounters with the undead. She withdraws NE and then N so that she is in the hallway just behind Borek. "I am not much use against the undead. I will try to aid you as much as I can."

R1T12: A sound of a caustic hiss from inside and Ziggy scuttles outside and behind Alandra. "I did thomething with my bweath, but vewy wittle," she half-heartedly boasts.

R1T8: Bořek drops his guisarme before stepping inside. "I know not if you are sentient, but trust that I hope Iomedae gives my hands the power to send you to your final end."

R1T7: There is a burst of light from the room.

R1T5: Rodrigo heads out into the hallway, following Alandra's light and then getting behind Alandra (sharing square with Ziggy). He shrugs. "Perhaps I should invest in holy water, si?"

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T14: Feiya begins cackling wildly, which may just be more disturbing than the poltergeist. A faint flash of light.

R2T13: Alandra, what do you do?

Ziggy on deck, Bořek in the hole ...

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Feiya: 14. Mage armor (3 hours).
Alandra: 13. Bow (light).
Ziggy: 12.
Bořek: 8. Guisarme. Lay on Hands loaded on hand.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 7.
Rodrigo: 5.
Poltergeist: 3. (19:27). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex til R3T14!!! DAZED til R3T14!!!

Daji: 13.5. DELAYING!

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R2T13: Alandra moves to the doorway and stares fanatically at the young armored knight. "Get it, Borek!"

R2T12: Ziggy runs back into the room, and takes advantage of the fact that the poltergeist is flying. It breathes at it as it partially dodges and takes 1 acid.

R2T8: Bořek's hand is glowing when Alandra first sees him on her return. He waves his hand through the poltergeist and the light on his hand flashes as it does 5 PE.

R2T7: Ranghen channels energy and does 8 PE.

R2T5: Rodrigo delays ...

R2T3: The poltergeist seems partially insensate.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T14: Feiya continues cackling and shoots a beam of blackness that warps through the poltergeist for 2 disruption.

R3T13: Alandra, what do you do? If you just want to keep staring at the man until the battle is over, let me know.

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Feiya: 14. Mage armor (3 hours).
Alandra: 13. Bow (light). Fanatical Stare on Bo.
Ziggy: 12.
Bořek: 8. Guisarme. Lay on Hands loaded on hand.
* Fantatical stare (+1 attack/ damage, +2 Will).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 7.
Poltergeist: 3. (3:27). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex til R3T14!!! DAZED til R3T14!!!

Daji: 13.5. DELAYING!
Rodrigo: 5. DELAYING ...

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R3T13: Alandra keeps staring at Bořek until the battle is over but she takes a battle stance and defensive posture.

R3T12: Ziggy spits at the poltergeist, doing 1 acid. Ziggy then backs away out of the room.

R3T8: Bořek says a quick prayer under his breath, and reaches out. The positive energy on his hand reaches out and destroys the poltergeist.

Combat Ends!

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Feiya: 14. Mage armor (3 hours).
Alandra: 13. Bow (light). Fanatical Stare on Bo. TD!
Ziggy: 12.
Bořek: 8. Guisarme. Lay on Hands loaded on hand.
* Fantatical stare (+1 attack/ damage, +2 Will).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Ranghen: 7.
Poltergeist: 3. (2:27). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex til R3T14!!! DAZED til R3T14!!!

Daji: 13.5. DELAYING!
Rodrigo: 5. DELAYING ...

DEAD/OOC
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The group gets into something of position (i.e., a mass of bodies in the hallway). Ranghen opens the door and then yells, "Bugs!"

Begin Round One ...

R1T28: Feiya glares into the room.

R1T20: Bořek drops his guisarme and moves into the room while readying his shield. He moves in and takes the worst position possible ... on purpose.

R1T19: Alandra, what do you do?

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Feiya: 28. Mage armor (3 hours).
Bořek: 20. Guisarme dropped. Shield readied.
* Fantatical stare (+1 attack/ damage, +2 Will).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Alandra: 19. Bow (light).
Rodrigo: 18.
Red Exo-Roach: 19. (22:22).
Blue Exo-Roach: 13. (22:22).
Ziggy: 11.
Ranghen: 10.
Green Exo-Roach: 9. (22:22).
Daji: 7.

DEAD/OOC
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R1T19: “Attack!" yells Alandra. Amorphous shadow horrors swirl around her body before streaming toward the only bug she sees, though those shadows disperse against the far wall.

R1T18: Rodrigo rushes in while pulling out gun and sword to strike Red for 9 mod, as it seems the hard shell of the bug resists his blade.

R1T19-13: Red was clinging to the wall and hops down to bite at Rodrigo while Blue, on a desk, bites at Bořek.

R1T11: Ziggy moves in and spits at Red, which in turns moves enough to only take 4 acid. "Mama! They like the smockagoches downstairth, but theze is dead oneth. Smashy attacks!"

R1T10: Ranghen darts in without provoking, and then lets loose with a burst of positive radiance that does 5 PE to Red (resisting), but 12 PE to Blue and 5 PE to Green. Ranghen's white fur seems to have a faint lather on it from the exertion and she says, "I can't do any more of that today. But Ziggy's right... they're exoskeleton cockroaches and crushing weapons work best as the hide turns away blades."

R1T9: Green hops off the wall and bites at Ranghen.

R1T7: Daji delays...

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T28: Feiya seems to be concentrating on something for herself, doing some controlled breathing and even shutting her eyes.

R2T20: Bořek smashes Red and instead of dying like a normal cockroach, it internally combusts and leaves no remains behind but a scorch mark on the floor.

R2T19: Alandra, what do you do?

Rodrigo on deck, Blue in the hole ...

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Feiya: 28. Mage armor (3 hours).
Bořek: 20. Guisarme dropped. Shield readied.
* Fantatical stare (+1 attack/ damage, +2 Will).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Alandra: 19. Bow (light).
Rodrigo: 18.
Blue Exo-Roach: 13. (10:22).
Ziggy: 11.
Ranghen: 10.
Green Exo-Roach: 9. (17:22).
Daji: 7.

DEAD/OOC
Exoskeleton cockroach.

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R2T19: "****!" snarls Alandra knowing her powers will not affect undead. She uses her Fanatical Stare on Bořek as she shifts into a martial stance.

R2T18: Rodrigo acrobatically moves south successfully, and the particular way he does it seems to distract the enemy while heartening his allies. He slashes blue with some type of special maneuver and dusts it.

R2T11: Ziggy spits at the last exo-roach for 4 acid.

R2T10: Ranghen takes out her sickle and slashes the monster for 6 mod.

R2T9: The exo-roach attacks Ziggy, and seems to bite past the scales, but doesn't appear to do any actual damage.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T28: Feiya moves just inside the doorway and points southwards, a line of black energy shooting forth, but missing.

R3T20: Inspired by Rodrigo's bold maneuver, Bořek smiles at him and then dusts the last exoskeleton cockroach with his shield before stowing his shield and picking up his guisarme again.

Combat Ends!

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Feiya: 28. Mage armor (3 hours).
Bořek: 20. Guisarme dropped. Shield readied.
* Fantatical stare (+1 attack/ damage, +2 Will).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. Her carrying capacity is divided by 3. She is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Alandra: 19. Bow (light). Fanatical stare on Bo. Battle Mantra (AC).
Rodrigo: 18.
Ziggy: 11.
Ranghen: 10.
Green Exo-Roach: 9. (7:22).

Daji: 7. DELAYING...

DEAD/OOC
Exoskeleton cockroach (2).

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Surprise Round ...

As soon as the first two (+two) enter the room, there is the sound of a child whimpering and sobbing.

Begin Round One ...

R1T25: Ranghen reaches out and throws the overturned crib to the side, revealing a small creature. It wears the tattered remains of a rabbit costume, its canine skull protruding from the hood-like head of the destroyed outfit. A necklace of lettered, wooden blocks hangs around its neck, and the unsettling creature drags a wheeled wooden duck by a soiled and knotted string.

Ranghen calls out, "It's an attic whisperer, an undead child! Be careful, because its touch and attack can steal your breath or steal your voice!"

R1T24: Feiya stays where she is and stares at the attic whisperer, and smiles. "I ... have ... you...." she says in her creepy dialect. "Daji, away!"

R1T23: Ziggy hops to the side and spits at the undead. It moves very quickly and only takes 2 acid.

R1T22: Daji backs out all the way and looks around carefully.

R1T16: The attic whisperer steps to the southeast. It bites Feiya in the left elbow with notable speed, like a serpent striking, doing 6 + fatigued, having taken some of the breath out of her. It then reaches up and touches her chest, but Feiya rallies and keeps her voice.

R1T15: Bořek bravely heads in past the rest, with the whisperer missing him with its bite. Despite attacking from a back line and the grating tears, the armiger manages to strike the undead with his guisarme for 10.

R1T14: Rodrigo rushes past everyone up to where the crib was and spins around like lightning, drawing his sword in a brilliant twirl to slash two-handed for 11.

R1T10: Alandra, the sobs coming from the creepy undead are unsettling. What do you do?

Ranghen on deck, Feiya in the hole ...

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Ranghen: 25. Got a '24' on the ID.
Feiya: 24. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour!!!
Ziggy: 23.
Daji: 22. TD!
Attic Whisperer: 16. (42:66). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex!
* Aura of sobs active, 10' (-1 penalty on all attack rolls, damage rolls, & Will saves).
Bořek: 15. Guisarme readied.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Rodrigo: 14.
Alandra: 10. Bow (light).

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R1T10: “That is so gross! How do we kill it?” asks a panicked Alandra, never having heard of such a creature before. She prepares in case Feiya gets hurt again.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25: "It's undead!" answers Ranghen. "I don't think it has special defenses, so same thing as any enemy, but as undead it hates positive energy."

She takes out her sickle and slashes the undead for 5 mod. "It's sobbing seems to be sapping a little bit of my attack strength."

R2T24: Feiya begins to laugh hysterically before casting carefully to place a spell upon Ranghen.

R2T23: Ziggy carefully squirrels into the space of the attic whisperer and whips her tail at its leg but misses.

R2T22: Daji delays ...

R2T16: The attic whisperer bites Feiya in the foot and Alandra is ready and energizes the trick that completely ablates the initial damage while granting an additional 2 THP and Feiya keeps her breath. It swings a little clawed hand at the witch but misses.

R2T15: Bořek calls out, "You powers of the Godclaw hear me! Give unto me the means to give peace to this child." With that request, there is the faintest glow on his polearm, though he misses with his attack.

R2T14: Rodrigo steps into the corner, draws an exotic knife, takes brief aim, and throws it. The tanto hits the creature center mass for 12 mod + entangled, as it staples the creature to the eastern wall.

R2T10: Alandra, what do you do?

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Ranghen: 25. Sickle. Guidance til R12T24.
Feiya: 24. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour!!!
Ziggy: 23.
Attic Whisperer: 16. (25:66). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex!
* Aura of sobs active, 10' (-1 penalty on all attack rolls, damage rolls, & Will saves).
Bořek: 15. Guisarme readied. SMITE v. attic whisperer (+4 attack, +3 dmg).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Rodrigo: 14. Pistol & katana.
Alandra: 10. Bow (light).

Daji: 22. Delaying ...

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R2T10: Alandra adopts a martial stance, knocks an arrow, and fires it at the horrible creature, but misses wildly with all of the interference.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T25: Ranghen concentrates on a spell, and with a glowing hand reaches out to touch the attic whisperer, which just barely resists to only take 4 PE, the glow now gone from Ranghen's hand.

R3T24: Feiya continues to laugh at the unfortunate child undead. She points at the thing and as a black beam shoots at it, the attic whisper touches her shin. She gasps but continues her laugh as a black beam lances out to just barely get the whisperer 12 disruption!

R3T23: Ziggy spits at the whisperer and takes 3 acid, and the string leading to the rolling duck gets destroyed.

R3T16: The attic whisperer bites Feiya in the knee with a speedy snap for 7, removing the last of Alandra's protection. Worse, it steals more of her breath and now Feiya is exhausted and falls to the ground asleep, which in turn stops her laughter. It then reaches out to touch Ranghen in the belly ... and she coughs as she fights to keep her voice.

R3T15: Bořek picks up Feiya, and then tries to get out of the room. As he does so, he gets touched in the buttocks, though he doesn't show any signs of any kind of struggle. Once outside, he drops her unceremoniously on the ground.

R3T14: Rodrigo continues his arc and stops at the door to screen Alandra, and then quick draws his wakizashi that cuts across the attic whisperer's small abdomen and spine. There is an internal burning - in much the same was as for the exoskeleton cockroaches - and the entire attic whisper combusts to ash from the inside out before dropping to the ground as a scorch mark.

As soon as that happens, Feiya gasps awake dramatically in the hallway as it seems that her supernatural link was tied to the attic whisperer in some way.

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Ranghen: 25. Sickle. Guidance til R12T24.
Feiya: 24. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour after the exhaustion. EXHAUSTION for 1 hour and ASLEEP for 1 hour!
Ziggy: 23.
Attic Whisperer: 16. (6:66). AFFECTED by Feiya's misfortune hex! AOO used.
* Aura of sobs active, 10' (-1 penalty on all attack rolls, damage rolls, & Will saves).
Bořek: 15. Guisarme readied. SMITE v. attic whisperer (+4 attack, +3 dmg).

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Rodrigo: 14. Pistol & katana.
Alandra: 10. Bow (light).

Daji: 22. Delaying ...

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No sooner does Ranghen and Ziggy move into the room than an exoskeleton giant cockroach crawls out from within the ruins of each bunk bed!

R1T26: With the speed of youth, Ziggy zooms in and around from the north, and spits due south to wet both wacky waterbugs. Red takes 4 acid, but Blue - protected by the bedding - only takes 1 acid. "Dead buggiethz!" she shouts in alarm.

R1T24: Ranghen steps up to help her foster daughter with her sickle, cracking the shell and doing 4 mod.

R1T22: Rodrigo gets into a different combat stance than Alandra has yet seen. He steps right up to Blue and tosses his tanto (the funny dagger he carries) in a stylized way that does 10 mod.

R1T17: Feiya commands Daji to stay and then moves into the room. She shoots a black beam at Blue that misses.

R1T16: Bořek drops his guisarm and moves in while drawing his flail, and then splatter-combusts Blue.

R1T8: Alandra, what do you do?

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Ziggy: 26.
Ranghen: 24. Sickle.
Rodrigo: 22. Malignant punisher stance.
Feiya: 17. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour.
Bořek: 16. Guisarme readied.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Alandra: 8. Bow (light).
Red Exo-Roach: 5. (14:22).
Daji: 3.

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R1T8: Not to play favorites, Alandra gives her fanatical stare to Feiya. Alandra adopts a defensive marshal martial stance.

R1T5: The exo-roach bites Ziggy for 1 mod, though doesn't look like it.

R1T3: Daji delays ...

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ..

R2T26: Ziggy gives just the cutest little growl at the exo-roach's mindless temerity and closes, the exo-roach unable to bite past her scales. She snaps with a bite, and then with a little claw completely opens up the undead until it combusts and turns to ash.

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Ziggy: 26.
Ranghen: 24. Sickle.
Rodrigo: 22. Malignant punisher stance.
Feiya: 17. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour.
Bořek: 16. Guisarme readied.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Alandra: 8. Bow (light).

Daji: 3. DELAYING ...

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Exoskeleton cockroach (2).

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R1T24: "Haunt incoming. Back out if you can't fight it!" says Ranghen, casting a spell on her hand, causing it to emit a warm golden glow.

R1T23: Alandra, what do you do? You didn't notice anything, and there's nothing immediately targetable.

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Ranghen: 24. Sickle. CMW on hand.
Alandra: 23. Bow (light).
Daji: 22.
Rodrigo: 19.
Haunted Seamstress: 17.
Bořek: 16. Guisarme readied.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Feiya: 13. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour.
Ziggy: 12.


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R1T23: Alandra takes a martial stance and backs out of the room, all the while staring at Ranghen.

R1T22: Daji yips in alarm when Alandra moves quickly up the hallway.

R1T19: Rodrigo shrugs and backs out.

R1T17: The items in the room come to life and chaotically fly through the air, slashing at and tangling everyone in the area ... which includes out into the hallway! Flurries of needles fly about like straw caught in a dust devil, while scissors and shears flap dangerously through the area. Strips of cloth wrap around people’s heads, and spools of thread and yarn spread like ever-shifting webs. Creatures in the room and area out to the limits of the hallway to the north get sliced and poked, some of which gets overborne by Alandra's psychosomatic surge: Ziggy takes 5 mod + 3 THP; Feiya takes 7; Rodrigo takes 6 + 2 THP; Bořek and Daji take 5, and gain 3 and 5 THP (respectively); Ranghen takes 4 + entangled + 3 THP; Alandra takes 3.

Ranghen was entangled as cloth, threads, and unraveling balls of yarn swirl around her.

R1T16: Bořek takes out a glass vial and throws it against the wall next to him. The blessed powers of the holy water splashes outward to flash against some of the bits and bobs to do 6 PE. He backs up a few feet.

R1T13: "Daji, clear out!" says Feiya. She reaches her hand to the side where some things swirl around and lets loose with a black beam that disintegrates multiple pieces and impacts the haunt for 10 disruption.

R1T12: Ziggy turns and spits at a sewing machine and whatever is flying in the way. Some of the things float out of way, but Ziggy still does 4 acid.

R1T11: Daji comes out of delay to do as told, getting away out of the area.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R24T24: Ranghen touches the things entangling her and her power discharges with a bright flash and everything drops out of the air ... the haunt destroyed. For good or only for now, none can tell.

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Ranghen: 24. Sickle. CMW on hand.
* Currently given Fantatical stare by Alandra (+1 competence attack/ dmg).
Alandra: 23. Bow (light). Fanatical stare on Ranghen.
Rodrigo: 19. TD!
Bořek: 16. Guisarme readied.

* Weakened: A character weakened by Strength poison suffers a –2 penalty on Strength-based attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. His carrying capacity is divided by 3. He is always considered to be carrying at least a medium load.

Feiya: 13. Mage armor (3 hours). FATIGUED for 1 hour.
Ziggy: 12.
Daji: 22. DELAYING ...

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Haunt.