Blinking his eyes, Seren remembers where he is with a start and rolls to the side, leaping up. He takes a quick shot at the derro, calling glob of acid.
; assuming he's still stunned or blinded
Segang's long spear takes the derro necromancer by surprise, leaving a deep gash in its leg.
Melianthe moves over to use her healing scroll on Cherias, bringing him to consciousness. He reacts quickly, channeling a healing burst to the group and bringing Seren around. Seren stands and hurls an acid glob at the stunned derro, taking advantage of its stupor.
The acid burn seem to finally break its stun, and it reacts desperately, snatching its sword off the floor and stabbing at Absinthe, leaving a small cut. She counters with a strong hit from her mace.
The derro spell-caster snarls at Segang and quickly retreats, withdrawing out of sight into the narrow tunnel.
"No - you - don't!" Absinthe growls, swinging her mace at the Derro as it tries to scamper off.
Absinthe attacks again, if she has even a ghost of a chance to do so, following the Derro step by step if necessary...!
Cherias moves to Seren and casts Cure Light Wounds on him.
Cherias, are you not wounded? I can read another cure spell," says Melianthe.
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Seren fires another acid glob at the remaining derro.
Really need to get myself an acid flask
Unwilling to enter the small tunnel Segang turns pulling his long sword and swings at the flanked Derro.
The lone derro fights back screaming, making one last ineffective stab at Absinthe before she and Segang cut him down.
"Do we have anything to toss after the one who went down the tunnel?" Absinthe asks in an urgent tone, heedless of the blood and gore dripping from her gleaming, silvered mace. "If not - then we have to pursue before he returns with more reinforcements to plague us!"
Cherias heals Segang , then channels lifeforce once more to spread the healing around the group. He uses another spell to heal himself up more , then nods, "I'm ready, is anyone else still hurt?"
"I'm good, lets chase him. Any way to circle around that we know of? This warren of tunnels is vexing"
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Segang drops out of rage and leans against the wall next to the small tunnel breathing hard. He puts the sword away and retrieves his spear.
"There probably is a way to circle around, but we don't know it. Let me heal the rest of you one more time, then we'll follow?"
Seren will draw and use a scroll of Vanish, "I'm going after him. Can't let this necromancer filth get away.""
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Melianthe casts Detect Magic, hoping to catch a trace of the derro's lingering auras.
"Seren, before you leave, let me cast a message spell so you can stay in touch with us," says Melianthe.
"I don't think Seren should go alone."
"Not alone, but not with us by his side, I reckon. His spell will not last long and to clump beside him spoils the surprise. However, Absinthe could run along with him," offers Melianthe.
"One can move quietly, and follow behind him," Absinthe offers.
Cherias walks over to heal Segang, who tries to regain his wind. Melianthe looks around for magical traces, finding nothing of note. Seren draws a scroll and turns invisible.
You gain a moments warning, the clack and clatter of bone feet on stone, before a human skeleton walks in from the dark-shrouded eastern passage. The derro necromancer flies up immediately behind it, casting a spell and gesturing at Melianthe. A ghostly hand flies across the space, brushing her torso and draining life energy with its chilling touch.
"NrrrRRRAAAAAAHH!"
Absinthe explodes into a flurry of motion. She drops into a roll, bounces out of it and uses the skeleton warrior as a stepping stone to leap at the Derro spellcaster. The sound of her mace falling to the ground has barely faded before she strikes at the source of her rage, her eyes glowing like embers. If she manages to grab the wretched creature, Absinthe slings her arms, legs and tail around it and bears it down to the ground.
"I have had ENOUGH of you, you filthy, corpse-grubbing maggot!" she shouts.
Cherias casts guidance on Segang and picks up his fallen crossbow.
Leaning on his longspear Segang grunts into action. Still fatigued he moves up to the skeleton and stabs past it (-2?) to attack the Derro behind it, power attacking.
Seren will pick up the mace and move to be near the skeleton ... depending on where Segang and Absinthe end up.
Initiative order is in the R13 post: Abby, you and then the rest of us. Derro is last.
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Melianthe pulls out her scroll of Web Bolt and casts it at the necromancer. "Now cast, you annoying gadfly," she hisses.
Absinthe roars and makes to leap over the skeleton and derro, but the undead reacts faster that she anticipated, slashing its rusted blade at her in mid-leap. While Absinthe manages to avoid a wound, the counter is enough to interrupt her forward progress.
Segang moves over, his weariness visible, but manages to get his spear by the skeleton with enough power to hit the derro spellcaster. He curses and spits in his bizarre tongue.
Melianthe uses her scroll and sends a ball of webbing at the derro. Nimbly, the necromancer ducks aside, avoiding the glob. Cherias picks up his crossbow, while Seren grabs Absinthe's mace and looks for an opening in the melee.
The derro moves back from undead minion, getting away from Segang's spear, and gestures towards the Shoanti. Again, a ghostly hand flies forth, this time damaging Segang with its chilling touch. The skeleton slashes at Absinthe once more, but she easily avoids it.
;
Hissing with rage, Absinthe levels a kick at the skeleton's skull.
Shaking off the fatigue and the chill touch Segang growls, drops the spear, pulls his earth breaker, and slams the skeleton with a power attack before stepping 5' back to X31 and out of everyone's way.
Melianthe hexes the necromancer with Evil Eye versus saves.
Cherias will cast guidance on Absinthe, moving adjacent to her.
Seren will drop the mace and move in, drawing his rapier, tumbling invisibly through the derro square.
He will attack if he gets to the other side.
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