Branomonrik steps up to the plant and swings his hammer at it, but misses widely.
The hedge let's go of the elf, dropping him. The moment Queslin is free is just the moment Majet waited for, throwing her bomb:
It seems though, as if the fire wouldn't affect the plant.
Vines now free, it lashes out at first Boris and then Big Ern:
Boris goes down instantly, but Big Ern is a bit more resilient, so the plant goes for another grapple with the big man:
Squeezing the vines around the human, thorns pricking his skin, Big Ern goes limp as well. The plant let's loose the lifeless body.
Agerron tries to hack into the plant again, but only scratches at the bark.
Pjotr sees his companion and another big body drop to the floor and is frightened enough, to quickly grab his bag and run out into the woods, away from the thing, screaming.
Bran takes another swing at the plant.
Attack
Damage
Majet drwas her crossbow and takes a shot at the monster
Attack
Damage
Agerron continues the attack.
Attack
Damage
Tpk, anyone?
Again the dwarf widely misses the plant, nearly stumbling on a root while swinging with his hammer.
Majet gets her crossbow out and aims at the trunk, but doesn't get a clear shot in as well.
The hedge 'turns' towards Branomonrik and Agerron next, wrapping the dwarf and human in its vines:
Again it squeezes on his second target, pressing the thorns through the armor:
Once more a man falls to the strong plant.
Majet takes another shot with the crossbow
Attack
Damage
She then moves up in readiness to pull one of the others away next turn.
Bran knows where he is weak, He needs to get back and heal himself and his remaining companion so withdrawls.
"Back away Lass! We canna take it close!
Branomonrik carefully and slowly backs away from the huge hedge, keeping on the defense, while doing so.
Majet's crossbow bolt ricochets of off a branch, but doesn't harm it any further.
With no enemies up close anymore, the plant wraps it's vines around Queslin and Xanda, and drags those two while backing away in the other direction, back into the darkness of the night.
Agerron, Big Ern and Boris are left lying on the ground, bleeding from uncountable tiny wounds.
"Oh no you don't!" Bran yells as he channels once more, trying to get close to the fallen, but outside of the plant
Majet fires again while staying a slight distance away from it (30 ft)
Attack
Damage
Big Ern continues his (dirt) nap.
"Oh no you don't!" Bran yells as he channels once more, trying to get close to the fallen, but outside of the plant
1d6
Channeling his god's might, Branomonrik at least closes the direst wounds of his companions.
Another of Majet's bolts doesn't bite the bark, while the hedge drags it's victims further away.
Majet continues to persue
Bram casts a spell upon himself, invoking his gods favor and follows closer.
Charge
Damage
Follow the vine thing so we dont lose it.
The dwarf strengthens himself with divine magic before charging in on the plant, axe raised high, only to find out that his aim wasn't good enough to really damage the creature.
The hedge again lets go of the corpses it was dragging along, slamming it's vines at Branomonrik:
Another body drops lifeless to the forests floor.
Only Majet is still up, following the hedge deeper into the forest, away from the 'camp', where her companions lie in their own blood, dead or not far away from it.
Majet looks between the green bush and back the way she came. Deciding that descretion is the better part of Valor she begins to fall back to camp. Dragging Branomorik with her (Assuming the shambler lets her) Once back at camp she serches both injured and dead for anything she can use to try and rouse the others.
Once the dwarf lies dead on the ground, the plant grabs the elf and half-elf again and keeps dragging them into the woods.
Searching through the belongings of the dead and injured men, Majet finds enough bandages to at least bind the wounds of the three men left alive.
Boris has three salves in his backpack, but they aren't marked in any way, but luckily Majet knows a thing or two about poisons and such things, and can identify the one salve that has a healing effect.
Heal checks on the 3 men (Believe she gets + 2 from a healing kit)
"Uhhhhhh ..."
About 3 hours after Majet finds herself in the camp again, Pjotr comes back out of the woods. He sheepishly apologies for leaving you and is delighted to find his companion still alive, if barely.
He keeps being awake with Majet, tending to the wounded and keeping the fire alive.
Fort save for disease:
About two hours after dawn, on this cool but sunny morning, Agerron awakes from his slumber. His skin tingles from all the tiny wounds the thorns of the hedge opened. His chest aches from the pressure he experienced when the plant slung it's vines around him and squeezed tight.
Pjotr hands him a bowl with water to drink. "Be careful. Drink slow."
Big Ern: we had your saves for the disease for this day here (link). You are now (with the recovery of the night, doubled due to the salve and all) at -10 to STR. I will roll the effect of the disease later in the (ingame-)day.
About two hours after dawn, on this cool but sunny morning, Agerron awakes from his slumber. His skin tingles from all the tiny wounds the thorns of the hedge opened. His chest aches from the pressure he experienced when the plant slung it's vines around him and squeezed tight.
Pjotr hands him a bowl with water to drink. "Be careful. Drink slow."
Agerron groans, and then frowns. He tries to remember what happened, and then it all hits him at once. After drinking, he looks around to see who is left. When all he sees is Big Ern and Majet, his heart sinks at all those who were lost. The dwarf, the elf, the half-elf ...
He hands the water bowl back to Pjotr. "My thanks. How are the others?"
"They haven't been awake yet. Your big friend is left off worst.
I doubt his illness is getting better... " Pjotr replies.
After yawning he adds: "Majet took care of you most of the night, and I did what I can to help her.
Boris is unconscious but he's not that bad off. I'm sorry I couldn't help your other friends.
That... thing *yawn* dragged Queslin and Xanda away, maybe we could follow that trail..."
The hunter seems worn and not really behind his own idea.
*groan*
"They haven't been awake yet. Your big friend is left off worst.
I doubt his illness is getting better... " Pjotr replies.
After yawning he adds: "Majet took care of you most of the night, and I did what I can to help her.
Boris is unconscious but he's not that bad off. I'm sorry I couldn't help your other friends.
That... thing *yawn* dragged Queslin and Xanda away, maybe we could follow that trail..."
The hunter seems worn and not really behind his own idea.
"Yes, we will track it down, and we will slay it ... but not today. Nor anytime soon. We are in no condition to do this. Once we are able, we must head back to Oleg's."
Once he's had some food, Agerron spends time in meditation to recover his spell energy. He then uses four clw - one on himself, one on Boris, and two on Big Ern. He saves one slot for an emergency.
Using his innate magics, Agerron helps Boris and Big Ern back up to their feet. Boris is really thankfull and offers some of his hunted hides to compensate for Agerron's deed.
Big Ern groans weakly.
"Ungh...I was having the weirdest dream. I was in the Boneyard with Pharasma. I had her bent over a table and I was bangin' the hell out of her when..." The events of last night start to come back to him.
"Leafy Joe. Beardy. Don't tell me that f@&*ing pile of leaves got 'em. Well, s$&+. Come on, I got to get back to Oleg's place before I'm so weak I can't even lift up my dick to take a leak."
He starts mixing a strength mutagen, moving like an old man.
Big Ern groans weakly.
"Ungh...I was having the weirdest dream. I was in the Boneyard with Pharasma. I had her bent over a table and I was bangin' the hell out of her when..." The events of last night start to come back to him.
"Leafy Joe. Beardy. Don't tell me that f&!!ing pile of leaves got 'em. Well, s&~%. Come on, I got to get back to Oleg's place before I'm so weak I can't even lift up my dick to take a leak."
He starts mixing a strength mutagen, moving like an old man.
"Yeah, afraid so. It also got that rude sorceress. Also seems to have gotten Majet's tongue; she's been silent for a while now.
"I agree, we need to get back to Oleg's as soon as possible. While I don't really like moving in our current state, I'm afraid if we stay the thing'll come back. We need to move."
To Boris, he says, "No, keep your hides. If we'd been able to hit the damned thing, the magic wouldn't've been needed."
"Yeah, that was a damn tough one. I hope to never see it again, if it's not dead. Anyone know what it was, actually?" Boris asks, glad to not have lost a major portion of his income, if not his life.
Big Ern loots the possessions of his former comrades (and one random weird lady). He leaves the body where it is (not being a religious man himself). He'll leave a horse for Boris as well.
Tyr continues to help/work around Olegs.