Davosh maintains his hex!
The twigjack reappears, triggering Edward's readied action, which hits home! Incensed, the creature looses another barrage of splinters, catching Edward and Davosh!
Then, as quick as it appeared, it steps back into the forest and vanishes!
Davosh avoids the worst of it, and gets ready to exact his revenge...
Kappi starts climbing up the tree hoping to give Don Piper a nasty surprise on the next round.
Climb
Another arrow at Piper...
<--wtaf??? Can I roll double digits in this battle???
Kappi starts climbing the tree and...
...gets up to the top, managing to peek over a bough at the fey!
Edward readies a shot for the dawn piper twigtack!
Ali launches another shot off into the woods!
Vojtek snarls in frustration and throws his great axe at Don.
Round the Next
for damage.
Vojtek's attack falls far short of Don the Piper!
She turns on Kappi, who has just made his way to the part of the tree where she is; she five foots among the boughs with amazing agility, and activates a spell-like ability! A severe blast of air erupts from her and tries to force Kappi off the edge!
"Let us see where you have run off to you mischievous plant!"
Davosh cackles as he opens his Big Eye wide. Instead of the glowing blue it's transparent! His retina showing clearly.
Cast See Invisibility.
Davosh cakles madly to keep his hex in place, then casts a spell and scans the area!
The twigjack comes out from hiding again, releasing another barrage of splinters, catching Edward and Davosh!
Then, in a trice, it vanishes back into the trees!
Davosh takes the thorns in the face.
"Bastard's just camouflaged!"
Round 3 (I think)
Reflex Save
Str check
Kap easily keeps balance, but can't quite move against the magical wind.
Get'em, I'm keeping Don occupied!
Vojtek is pretty sure the lad is ok. He heavs a sigh that tapers into a grumble, then morphs into a growl before devolving into a low rumbling deep inside his chest.
Vojtek is sure he'll never find the little groot-ling, so he hatches a plan to lure him out. Vojtek hopes his small size and lack of a weapon make him seem relatively harmless and vulnerable.
Vojtek swats at the air ineffectually and makes what he believes are helpless mewling noises which might be associated with an especially weak and unarmed threat.
Readied action- Rage and go bananas on the twig jack off if it gets within 5'. Claws, bite, the works.
Seeing how much strife the Thorn Guy is causing, Ali decides to try to help take him out. She starts a spell, holding the final syllable until the twig shows himself again.
Ready action: target the twigjack w/Acid Arrow when he shows himself.
Kappi manages to hold on against Don's gale-force winds!
Edward, Vojtek, and Ali all ready to assault the troublesome twigjack!
The fey reaches over, her hand alive with electrical energy, and tries to touch the rogue!
Frustrated at his ineffectiveness, Davosh offers a blessing to the party, hoping to end this faster... Then he cackles like a mad man.
Then he cackles like a mad man.
Pretty sure everyone in the party thinks he IS a mad man
Pretty sure everyone in the party thinks he IS a mad man
Davosh calls down a blessing from the ancestors and keeps his hex in place!
The twigjack reappears to stab Edward from hiding, a makeshift spear in its hands!
Readied actions of both Ali and Edward trigger, and are successful! The fey shrieks like the sound of splintering wood!
But it does not jump back into the trees this time, its ability expended!
Request liberal interpretation of readied action, allowing Vojtek to move and go bananas?. (I worded it poorly, curse my metal body)
Round 4
Balancing on the limbs of the tree, Kappi has trouble dodging Don's electric touch. The young lad screams a little in spite of trying not to. He is pretty sure Vojtek could have taken that powerful shock in stoic silence.
Still twitching slightly the skinny teen strikes out with his magic sh sword.
attack
+1 sh sword
Request liberal interpretation of readied action, allowing Vojtek to move and go bananas?. (I worded it poorly, curse my metal body)
Vojtek assumes his ruse was unsuccessful due to his ferocious exaggerated Wartooth. For as long as he could remember, the errant dentition had made him seem to be snarling; the barbarian is not surprised to have failed at seeming harmless and weak.
He spies the little stick creature and abruptly splits into a carnivorous... err... herbivorous grin.
He sprints at the troublesome creature shouting a war cry!
1 attack = 2 Natural attacks,
No?
for
for
The acid arrow continues to bubble and boil on Twiggy's bark.
Thinking that the rest of the group can handle the stick-monster, and hearing Kapi's manly yelp, Ali pulls out her staff and levels it at Don.
Readied action: Magic Missile to interrupt a spell.
1 attack = 2 Natural attacks,
No?
Vojtek's savage greatsword attack shears the twigjack in twain!
Edward spreads the healing around to himself and others!
Ali readies!
Kappi's blade hits the fey, though it doesn't do as much damage as the rogue thought it would!
The dawn piper uses a spell-like ability, triggering Ali's readied action!
The spell seems to affect Don, who tries to concentrate through it!
She succeeds! The fey takes to the sky and moves away from Kappi (provokes from the rogue)!
Quick like a bunny, the Varisian rogue cuts at Don as he tries to fly away.
AoO
Sh sword
Threatning Critical!!! . Bugger...
Extra damage
1 attack = 2 Natural attacks,
No?[dice=However...]1d12
Vojtek's savage greatsword attack shears the twigjack in twain! [/ooc]
1 attack = 2 Natural attacks,
No?[dice=However...]1d12
Vojtek's savage greatsword attack shears the twigjack in twain! [/ooc]
Round 5
Not wanting Don to get away, Kap pulls his cold iron tomahawk and hurls it at Don even as the rogue leaps from the branches trying to get him!
Its hard to tell if Kappi meant to leap or not, but luckily his feather fall ring lets him float gently to the ground.
throwing attack
cold iron tomahawk
Kappi hits with his attack of opportunity, but rushes his tomahawk throw as the fey takes to the air!
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"I grow tired of this struggle! Ancients forget you!" Davosh cackles madly while forming a magic snowball in his hand, he lets fly!
THREAT
Regardless, the snowball strikes square! for and a FORT DC 17 or be staggered next round too.
Ali takes aim with another Cold Iron blanched arrow.
Ali's arrow strikes home, causing Don to shriek in agony. Or attempt to, as Davosh's snowball catches her smack in the face, mouth open and all! She plummets to the earth with a sickening thud as the circlets of dead leaves all cascade to the ground around a rapidly-withering tree!
detect magic:
DC 26 Spellcraft:
Davosh rushes towards the bole and pokes his hand in He puls out a crystal the size of his fist. He widens his Eye at it
His eyes widen. "A boon! This is an air elemental gem. when smashed an elemental wail come and aid us Good news for people who are looking to fight foes until the day we day!"
The witch moves over to the others and pats them all for a job well done, except Vojtek He punches the lad on the shoulder hurting his wrist in the process.
Kappi cheers Ali and Davosh as he floats gently to the ground with his magic ring.
Good eye Davosh. Looks like something you should hold onto.
That could have gone a LOT worse. Well done everyone! And nice Eye, Davosh. She manages to pronounce the capitalization.
She pauses. Sssssoooo...do we just walk into that hut, or should we knock?
After a short interlude of huffing and puffing in exhaustion, Vojtek retrieves his magical yet non-aerodynamic axe.
He misses his longsword. That he doesn't have anymore. Because it broke.
;-)
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After a bit of deep breaths, and a small groan Edward starts picking out the thorns that stuck to him from the Twigjack. Yes Davosh an excellent find. I agree with Ali'yanah that you should keep and put that to good use. We can move along, but first let me say a few prayers to Apsu, and over the dead here. .
Ed stands near the fallen Fey and says a few prayers. He lets his life link heal the rest, and his boots heal him. After a few minutes he is ready to go again.
Ok all set here. Lets get in this hut and find Baba Yaga as the Black Rider demanded. I do have one word of caution. We assume that the fey here were keeping us out, what happens if they were keeping something in? We should prepare for the worst. Davosh, do you have any insight or lore to what exactly this Dancing Hut is? Is it sentient or mechanical?
While Ed says his prayers, the young rogue searches Don's corpse to be sure we don't leave any treasure.
Then he checks the little northern "alcove" area incase the twigjack had a vast horde of wealth.
Perception/Search
Once this is done Kappi is happy to lead the party back to see if the swirling vortex of doom is gone and they can get to the hut.
Knowledge (Arcana) +12
Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +8
Knowledge (Engineering) +7
Knowledge (Engineering) +7
Knowledge (History) +13
Knowledge (Local) +13
Knowledge (Nature) +11
Knowledge (Nobility) +7
Knowledge (The Planes) +11
Knowledge (Religion) +8
"This is it everyone. The winter that has come. The hut that has come. The destiny that has come. Make your ancestors and your bairns proud!"
Davosh pets Liska and holds the crystal in hand.
Ali slings her bow, draws her sword, squares her shoulders, and stands tall(ish). She looks at Davosh and gives a firm nod.