Franti briefly peaks his head into the residence. He hadn't expected any resistance at Anevia's abode, and was in a way relieved that he had yet to hear shrieks of pain, agony, or suffering. The fool's smile fades. "Um, how're you all doing in there?"
Tauni listened for an answer to Franti's query, shooting the jester a grimace that showed her worry. Finding some comfort in his presence, she silently mouthed to him "I'm glad you stayed with us." She shifted her crossbow to one hand so she could absent-mindedly stroke Cobblepaw's head.
Karas waited and watched the reaction from the room. Something didn't feel right but he couldn't put a finger on it. He was going to allow Anevia to go through the door next but if combat started he was ready to pull the lame archer out of danger.
Avelina:
Ellena:
Franti:
Karas:
Tauni:
Anevia:
Wenduag:
With everyone waiting and watching anxiously, Ellena squeezed into the room. A large chest of drawers had been left blocking the door.
After Ellena had forced her way into the room, Anevia looked in and gave out a strangled cry, pulled her head back out and collapsed to the floor sobbing.
Wenduag was the first to respond, moving in to back up Ellena, fearing something evil.
As her odd form left the main room, a spark leaped up next to Anevia and quickly took the form of a small humanoid and attacked her by slamming into her prone form, sparks crackling.
Anevia spasmed as the blows rained down and jerked as the lightning tendrils played over her body.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Vogorg (starts casting spell)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (7 lethal, prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (attacks, hits)
Karas
Anarya
Tauni
Franti
Avelina
Ellena
Karas turned at the surprise of the elemental and stepped around Anevia as his rage took shape before lashing out at the creature.
Karas' first attack missed, but the second swiped claws through the sparking form, leaving a tracery of fine sparks branching like miniature sheet lightning along the wound.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (7 lethal, prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (6 lethal)(attacks, hits)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 6)
Anarya
Tauni
Franti
Avelina
Ellena
Anevia's bruises and burns from the elemental's attack healed completely. She struggled to grasp what was going on.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (6 lethal)(attacks, hits, does 7 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 6)
Anarya (moves, casts spell, cures 7 fpr Anevia)
Tauni
Franti
Avelina
Ellena
Hearing the commotion inside, Tauni slipped inside the door and to one side. Quickly taking in the scene, she raised her crossbow and fired a bolt at the elemental.
To hit
Damage
The little goblin jester darted into the room, following the wizard. Not recognizing the storming figure, he ran towards the table, hopping across a chair as he shot a blunted arrow at the swirling shape.
for , nonlethal.
Tauni's crossbow bolt went through the nimbus of light cast by the sparks of the elemental's crackling form, overshooting due to the need to make sure her shot did not err on the low side and hit the prone Anevia.
Franti's blunt arrow glanced off the outsider's head.
Avelina's spell had little effect, perhaps because the creature comes from a place where thunder is so common.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (7 lethal, 2 NL)(attacks, hits, does 7 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 6)
Anarya (moves, casts spell, cures 7 fpr Anevia)
Tauni (moves, ranged attack, miss)
Franti (moves, ranged attack, hit, 2 NL to elemental)
Avelina (casts, does 1 to elemental)
Ellena
Tauni:
Anevia:
Elena stepped through the door, standing over her fallen companion, and cut her blade loose, swinging Raidance with everything in her.
Power attack
Damage
Ellena tried to reach around the door jam to attack the elemental, but the attack didn't come close.
Anevia, completely caught by surprise and still in shock from something she saw in the other room, managed to draw her short sword but otherwise curled up to try to keep herself safe.
Wenduag ran over to the bed in the other room and yanked down the sheet that covered the body in the bed. A flurry of flies exploded from the corpse on the bed. "The body is a man, not a woman!" she called out, eliciting a sob of relief from Anevia.
The small elemental ignored the much greater threat from Karas and Ellena and again attacked Anevia.
Despite her being attempt to protect herself, the outsider slammed into her. A strand of forked lightning found her metal sword and raced along the blade to shock her again.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (5 lethal)(attacks, hits, does 7 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 4)
Anarya (moves, casts spell, cures 7 for Anevia)
Tauni (moves, ranged attack, miss)
Franti (moves, ranged attack, hit, 0 NL to elemental)
Avelina (Spell, 1 to elemental)
Ellena (attacks, misses)
Round 4
Anevia (6 lethal)(prone, total defense)
Wenduag (moves)
Small Lightning Elemental (5 lethal)(attacks, hits, 6 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)
Anarya
Tauni
Franti
Avelina
Ellena
In a moment of Clarity Karas focused through his rage to draw on the power of the scale. His claws begun to glow with a pure and wholesome white energy.
As the battle raged on, Tauni tried to thread another bolt through her allies and diffuse the elemental.
To hit
Damage
Franti dropped his bow to the floor as his arrow entered the elemental, passing through it without any apparent damage. He hopped over the table, drawing his saps as he approached. "Wanna play that way, huh?" Gripping his leather weapon, the goblin fool lunged forward, flailing at the cloud.
for , nonlethal
for , nonlethal
Elena swung her sword around the door, as she tried to protect the fallen companion.
Power attack
Damage
Second Roll for Ill Omen Spell effect:
Wenduag:
Frog:
As Anarya cast something on the elemental, Tauni's crossbow bolt smacked the wall above it without hitting. Franti scored a direct hit with his sap, the kind that normally knocked out most creatures. Hitting its head seemed to be no more effective than hitting its torso, however. Franti noticed that some of the momentum of his sap seemed to bleed away as the weapon made contact. He got a sense that there was some powerfully evil protection on it that Franti's mundane weapon could not affect.
More spell energy crackled through the stale air in the house as Avelina assailed the sparky outsider with disruptive magic. Anarya's had set the creature on an ill-fated course and as it tried to resist the sonic damage from Avelina's spell, it failed and a vibration surged through its body, causing it to emit a crackle of thunderlike displeasure. Then it vanished, leaving only the strong smell of ozone.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (5 lethal)(attacks, hits, does 7 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 4)
Anarya (moves, casts spell, cures 7 for Anevia)
Tauni (moves, ranged attack, miss)
Franti (moves, ranged attack, hit, 0 NL to elemental)
Avelina (Spell, 1 to elemental)
Ellena (attacks, misses)
Round 4
Anevia (6 lethal)(prone, total defense)
Wenduag (moves)
Small Lightning Elemental (11 lethal, 4 NL, gone)(attacks, hits, 6 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(activates scale)
Anarya (casts spell)
Tauni (ranged attack, miss)
Franti (drops bow, moves, attacks, hits, 4 non-lethal)
Avelina (casts, spell does 6 lethal to elemental)
Ellena
Round 5
Anevia (6 lethal)
Wenduag
Karas (raging)
Anarya
Tauni
Franti
Avelina
Ellena
Ellena moved in front of Anevia. "It's only attacking you. It must be some sort of trap. Get behind me," she called out, ducking down behind her gleaming shield, as she brandished Radiance.
Anevia:
Frog:
Anarya:
Tauni:
Anevia:
As Anevia got back to her feet, bruised and burned, Ellena squeezed out of the bedroom door again and past her into the main room, watching for new enemies. Anevia stepped back into the corner, short sword again in her hand.
Wenduag continued to look through the bedroom, trying to detect any traps or undiscovered threats.
Then, the air shimmered in the spot just vacated by Anevia. In that spot appeared a giant frog. It had shiny red skin, with razor sharp teeth and faintly glowing red eyes, suggesting a fiendish nature. It immediately attempted to bite Anevia. Before it could do so, however, Ellena reeled and drove her longsword into the back of the creature, causing gouts of blood to add another shade of red to the creatures slimy back. She felt a little bit of the extra power she put into her thrust get canceled out just before the blade entered flesh. Anevia tried to stab it with her short sword, but failed to connect.
The creature's jaws bit into Anevia, after which it tried to hold her in its mouth, but Anevia was quick enough that she wriggled free. .
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Small Lightning Elemental (5 lethal)(attacks, hits, does 7 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 4)
Anarya (moves, casts spell, cures 7 for Anevia)
Tauni (moves, ranged attack, miss)
Franti (moves, ranged attack, hit, 0 NL to elemental)
Avelina (Spell, 1 to elemental)
Ellena (attacks, misses)
Round 4
Anevia (6 lethal)(prone, total defense)
Wenduag (moves)
Small Lightning Elemental (11 lethal, 4 NL)(attacks, hits, 6 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(activates scale)
Anarya (casts spell)
Tauni (ranged attack, miss)
Franti (drops bow, moves, attacks, hits, 4 non-lethal)
Avelina (casts, spell does 6 lethal to elemental)
Round 5
Wenduag (Searches)
Ellena (moves, readied action, attacks, hits, does 8 to giant frog)
Anevia (13 lethal)(stands, 5-foot, readied action, attacks, misses)
Giant Frog (6 lethal)(attacks, hits, 7 to Anevia, grapple attempt, fails)
Karas (raging)
Anarya
Tauni
Franti
Avelina
Ellena
Karas watched as the small elemental dissipated and thought they were in the clear until the giant frog appeared. Luckily his features had not shifted back and he clawed at the creature while his hands still glowed with pure white.
Full attack
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"A fiendish frog! And it... was..."
Tauni trailed off, not finishing her thought outloud, but instead she started a spell.
Casting See Invisible, and scanning the room.
Franti rolled his eyes at Tauni's exclamation. It isn't fiendish, it's just red, he thought. Regardless, the goblin swiped his saps at the newly present foe.
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Karas took advantage of his position right next to the frog. His claws flashed and dug deep into the vital organs of the creature. Heartbeats later, the frog faded as quickly as it arrived.
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Tauni gasped when she looked to her left. She seemed shocked by something on the table next to her, when the table is apparently empty. She jerked her dagger from its sheathe and cried out "Help! An unseen foe!" Her outstretched dagger seemed to be warding an enemy atop the table, where her gaze was fixed.
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Franti rolled his eyes at Tauni's first exclamation. It isn't fiendish, it's just red, he thought. Regardless, the goblin swiped his saps at the newly present foe, even more newly disappeared foe, finding only the air. "Unseen!? Where did our froggy friend disappear to, Little Rabbit?"
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"What!?"
Avelina jumped at Tauni's discovery, quickly glancing about the room in a panic, trying to spot this furtive villain. She gasps as a realization comes to her, blushes and holds her arms up to cover her chest, the front of her custom-made outfit still damaged.
"Show yourself, you craven cur! You better not have been peeking at anything while you were invisible! I won't forgive you if you did."
"Point me in its direction, Tauni." Ellena waited for more advice from the mage before taking an action this round.
"On the table!" Her weapon is pointed at the table to her left, in the southeast corner of the room.
Ellena moved next to the table and s flailed her sword at the general, testing it for an enemy.
Radiance Attack
Damage
Anarya:
Avelina:
Ellena:
Franti:
Karas:
Tauni:
Anevia:
Wenduag:
Vogorg:
Tauni:
Anarya:
Avelina:
Ellena:
Franti:
Karas:
Tauni:
Anevia:
Vogorg:
Wenduag:
Ellena:
Karas:
Tauni:
Anevia:
Wenduag set about pushing the dresser that had been impeding movement through the door, giving a mighty push. The dresser slid and she moved into the open door to see how she could help.
As Ellena was asking Tauni to show her where to attack, an arcane word was uttered by someone near the SE corner of the room. A moment later the room filled with a stinking mist.
The mist obscured everything that was further than 5 feet away, even for those with darkvision. What's worse, the stink caused Ellena, Karas, Tauni, and Anevia to be nauseated.
When you move into a square with mist in it, check the spoiler for that square. It will tell you what is in that square (mist or no mist) and what can be seen in the squares around it in terms of whether there is mist in those squares or not, as well as anything that was not there earlier.
Ellena can't see anything, but she remembered Tauni calling out where the invisible creature was hiding. She attempted to slowly make her way to the table where her friend pointed.
Avelina worked her way down the east wall of the house until she found the open door. She stepped out of the house.
There was a spoiler above that was meant for Ellena. It said: Ellena sees a large man, possibly in armor, move past her carrying a spear with a 3 pronged tip, like a trident. She is nauseated so she cannot make an AOO. He moves to the square right in front of the door and then vanishes into the mist. Ellena can see Tauni and Karas are also nauseated and Anarya is not. All squares around Ellena are filled with the stinking cloud.
So she would probably assume the man she saw exit was the one Tauni was talking about. Ellena would have seen Avelina make her way out ahead of her. Avelina may yet post call out some helpful information about what she finds out there.
19 Anevia (moves, unjamms door)
19 Karas (moves, strength check aid)
18 Wenduag (moves, draws machete, ready action to attack with it)
16 Invisible Enemy (actions unknown)
16 Anarya (casts spell)
15 Tauni (moves, watches street)
13 Franti (scale activated, moves)
3 Avelina (scale activated, moves)
2 Ellena (moves, strength check aid)
Round 2
Anevia (delay)
Karas (readied action)
Wenduag (readied action)
Invisible Enemy (actions unknown)
Anarya (delay)
Tauni (delay)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Ellena (moves)
Round 3
Anevia (prone)(move, falls prone)
Wenduag (moves and squeezes into room)
Invisible Enemy (actions unknown)
Small Lightning Elemental (5 lethal)(attacks, hits, does 7 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(Full Attack, hits elemental for 4)
Anarya (moves, casts spell, cures 7 for Anevia)
Tauni (moves, ranged attack, miss)
Franti (moves, ranged attack, hit, 0 NL to elemental)
Avelina (Spell, 1 to elemental)
Ellena (attacks, misses)
Round 4
Anevia (6 lethal)(prone, total defense)
Wenduag (moves)
Invisible Enemy (actions unknown)
Small Lightning Elemental (11 lethal, 4 NL)(attacks, hits, 6 to Anevia)
Karas (raging)(activates scale)
Anarya (casts spell)
Tauni (ranged attack, miss)
Franti (drops bow, moves, attacks, hits, 4 non-lethal)
Avelina (casts, spell does 6 lethal to elemental)
Round 5
Wenduag (Searches)
Invisible Enemy (actions unknown)
Ellena (moves, readied action, attacks, hits, does 8 to giant frog)
Anevia (6 lethal)(stands, 5-foot, readied action, attacks, misses)
Giant Frog (28 lethal, gone)(attacks, hits, 7 to Anevia, grapple attempt, fails)
Karas (raging)(2 attacks, two hits, 22 to frog)
Anarya (channels energy, heals 7)
Tauni (casts spell, draws dagger)
Franti (delay)
Avelina (delay)
Round 6
Wenduag (moves dresser to open bedroom door)
Enemy cast stinking cloud. (Ellena, Karas, Tauni, and Anevia nauseated)
Enemy (actions hidden from all but Ellena, Tauni, and Anarya: see spoilers)
Avelina (moves, )
Ellena (nauseated)
Anevia (6 lethal, nauseated)
Karas (raging, nauseated)
Anarya
Tauni (nauseated)
Franti
DM
Avelina may give Ellena some idea depending on which way she goes and what she learns and says as a result. I would wait for Avelina to post and then Ellena can either move as Avelina directs once out of the house or go other directions. If she goes other directions, check the appropriate spoiler in my previous post and that will tell you what Ellena sees.
Sorry if this is slow going and cluttered with spoilers, but it is necessary when visibility is limited. Once everyone has acted, I'll post a summary post so people rereading the thread can get a clear idea of what happened. For now, however, please be patient and wait for the previous poster to finish and for the GM to post replies and cue the next player.
As before, if Franti, who delayed earlier, wants to act after Ellena, before or after Anevia, indicate that intention, but wait for the cue before posting actions.
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Avelina continued to move through the cloud, keeping her mouth covered as best she could, though she did briefly pause to give her companions an Obviously Necessary Update onto her status.
"I got out the door okay, everyone! Praise the Inheritor! I'll let you know when I find the edge of the cloud."