While Devlin would more often then not run of in the wrong direction, like a dog trailing its own tail, the summoner's eidolon quickly brings him back on track.
Taras helps you out most of the time, stating the obviously false 'I thought we need to go there too' and 'this trees look all the same'.
At the end of the day, your map is pretty nice, marking small rivulets and some gametrails.
The small group heads back eastward for two hours, as long as the day gives light, then set's up camp at the edge of the forest, next to the edge of the drawn map.
Although loathing the heal the beasts, Branomonrik feels his has little option and releases his gods healing might
rnd 9
rnd 10
Big Ern is still foaming at the mouth, cursing and writhing on the floor as he waits for the mites to act.
Agerron soaks up the dwarf's healing, but cringes at the fact that their enemies are also benefitting.
Branomonrik channels the might of Abadar into a surge of positive energy, healing all around him, friends and foes alike.
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Queslin takes a shot at the centipede (or tick then mite).
Composite Longbow: to hit no room, bane, PBShot
Composite Longbow: damage
Agerron keeps a keen eye on what happens to Big Ern, awaiting to have to drag him out of danger.
The Mites stab at Michael again, trying desperately to hurt him any way possible:
The paladin's armor is impenetrable to them though.
Queslin shoots his arrow between Agerron and Michael over the lying Big Ern at the centipede, hitting it despite all the obstacles, bringing it to unconsciousness.
Xanda tries to accomplish the same with her crossbow and the Tick as target:
Her aim would be true, were the tick not able to hide behind Michael in the last second.
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While Devlin and Delfey hold their watch, in the early hours of the day, the campfire suddenly goes out, and thick smoke billows out of the fireplace. The smoke lets you gag and choke, burns in your eyes.
Taras having slept close to the fire, startles awake, coughing, stumbling blindly away from the smoke.
Big Ern keeps raging and cursing and awkwardly chops again from the floor.
The swing from the ground is falsly angled again, doesn't hit the targeted Tick.
The monstrous vermin still standing doesn't let the big man get away, biteing at him once again:
Big Ern takes another hit from the mandibles of the Tick, falling into unconsciousness again.
Agerron does what he anticipated, draging the unconscious man away from the danger.
Michael shields them from any attacks until Big Ern is out of reach of the tick, then the paladin swings his axe at the monster again, hoping to get through the thick hide of it for once:
This time the battleaxe leaves a gushing wound, and the tick for a second looses it's balance. It comes up to stand against Michael again, but it seems to be pretty close to death now.
Devlin and Delfey stumble their way out of the smoke cloud, Devlin trying to figure out if some sort of magical effect caused it.
Majet takes this oppertunity to climb onto Big ern's unconcious body giving her a perfect vantage point to thriw a bomb (Aiming for the square behind the dead centipede
Attack
Damage
(5 splash)
Big Ern looks remarkably peaceful in his comatose state.
Agerron uses stabilize on the big man, then takes his place against the bugs.
Big Ern's belly makes for a comfy sitting place for Majet, and her thrown bomb easily strikes the spot she sought out. The firey blast of the bomb is enough to take out the Tick.
Branomonrik takes a quick look of the situation and decides to rather not help the Monsters some more and instead loose a prepared spell in favor of healing Big Ern:
The remaining Mites flood around the corpses of the monstrous vermins, for one last desperate attack in masses:
Facing four of the small fey, Michael misses one attack, and gets the small dagger rammed right under his chainmail armor, leaving a small but deep wound.
Seeing the rabble of Mites surge forwards, Xanda abandons her x-bow in favor of just throwing her spells and drawing her curved blade.
Queslin switches back to his sword, taking the time to put away his bow.
While Queslin puts his bow over his shoulder again and draws his sword, Xanda lets her crossbow fall to the floor, conjuring a globe of acid, streaking at one of the Mites. It hits the small fey, but doesn't hurt him enough to drop him. Xanda then draws her blade like Queslin did.
With his spells nearly gone Branomonrik takes aim at one of the Mites
Attack
Damage
Then Pulls his warhammer from his belt.
Agerron, still feeling the effects of the mites magic, swings away with his sword at the closest mite.
attack
damage
Even though the Mite close to Agerron is lying on the floor, still reeling from previous attacks, the human misses, his sword scraping on the low ceiling, bringing down some roots, loose earth and a multitude of tiny vermins.
Michael has some more space to bring his battleaxe swinging, now that the Tick is defeated. He takes on the one unhurt Mite standing close to him:
Eventually he is accustomed to the surroundings and his swing hits the Mite, sending it to the ground.
Branomonrik shoots one bolt at another Mite, hitting it in the stomache, droping it as well.
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While Defley is affected heavily by the choking smoke, Devlin shakes it's effects off easily.
His previous experiences tell him that this is most definately a spell, but he can't identify it.
Taras seems to be lost in the smoke, you can't make out where he is.
Queslin targets a mite.
Composite Longbow: to hit PBShot, no room, bane, fire into melee
Composite Longbow: damage
Majet moves round to get a better view and throws a bomb aiming behind the mites hoping to get them in the blast
Damage
(5 splash)
Majet's bomb covers all three of the remaining Mites, but only two of them drop to the floor of the chamber, while the leader dodges most of the blow.
Robbed of any reinforcement, the Mites leader comes up to Majet looking infuriated when he attacks with his short sword, striking a serious wound on the gnomes right shoulder .
Queslin lets loose an arrow at the leader, but curcumstances are against him this time.
Agerron is close to enraged at the lack of effectiveness in the small quarters, and continues swinging away.
attack
damage
crit confirm
damage
...gurgle...
Not surprisingly, Big Ern seems much more pleasant this way.
Having made his way out of the ash cloud, Devlin looks around again to see if he notices anything.
Meanwhile, Delfey falls to his knees and attempts to catch his breath and clear his vision.
Xanda snarls as she summons and flings another glob of acid at the little blue monster.
Xanda conjures another acid splash, but the Mite-leader is nimble enough to dodge out of it's way.
Agerron clobers away at one of the Mites that lie disabled on the ground next to him, leaving not much more than a pulp of meat and blood.
Michael steps a bit to the side, making room for one more to fight the leader, while swinging his battleaxe with his movement as well:
Again the paladin's aim is off, he doesn't hit the small creature.
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With the light of the fire gone, Devlin doesn't make out much, in the darkness of the night. He only hears Taras coughing and wheezing, rolling around on the ground somewhere within the smoke-cloud.
Delfey starts to feel better slowly, his strength and dexterity coming back to him with every breath of fresh air.
The cloud still billows, but with not much wind blowing, it mostly stays centered on the campingspot the small group set up.
Majet attempts to move away from the angry mite (dont think I can 5 foot step or withdraw so........)
Acrobatics
Devlin mutters a few words and the head of his morningstar lights up.
Branomonrik drawls his hammer and moves next to Michal to Aid the paladin if need be.
The dwarf steps up next to the Mite bringing his warhammer around, aimed at the small fey:
Steping on one of the fallen Mites Branomonrik has uneven footing and stumbles slightly, making his swing a miss, while keeping himself upright.
Next to the cleric, Majet seems a bit freightened and starts backing up away from the Mite leader.
The Mite-leader doesn't follow the gnome but instead focuses his anger at the now closeby standing dwarf, looking with just as much hatred at his new target as he has towards Majet, striking at him with his short sword, hitting Bran just over the hip .
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The sudden light of the spell blinds Devlin just like the smoke did before, but it leaves spots in his vision, and now he thinks to see shadows moving in the perimeter of the camp.
Blinking to get those images out, he takes a moment to clear his view, during which the smoke vanishes into nothingness. Taras still breaths and coughs heavily not far from the fireplace. The man has had luck to not stumble into the remains of the fire blindly.
With the cloud gone, both Taras and Delfey regain their health within half a minute, with no lingering ill effects.
Composite Longbow: to hit PBShot, no room, bane, fire into melee
Composite Longbow: damage
Queslin fires again.
Majet takes the oppertunity to drink one of her infusions
Cure light wounds
Since he can't reach the leader, Agerron will eliminate another one of the disabled mites near him.
Devlin says...
Then explains to Taras, "We encountered some fey on a previous trek in the area. I'm almost certain it was their work that caused our fire to go out and created the ash cloud. I just invited them to have breakfast with us."
"The little bugger's are as persistent as they are ugly!" Xanda swears, even as she summons and throws another glob of acid at the Mite doing all the damage.
Queslin fires another arrow at the Mite, again missing due to the difficult conditions he has to overcome.
Xanda has it easier, this time not having a member of the party in the way between her and her target. Still she misses the small fey, but was ever so close to hitting this time.
Having his back to the other side of the battle, Agerron doesn't recognise the opportunity to step up to the Mites leader, and focuses on killing the disabled Mites close by.
Michael takes another step around the dangerous Mite, setting himself up to possibly flank with anyone helping him. He holds back on his swing for now, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
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Taras coughs some more to get the smoke out of his system, then answers: "Mischievous fey? And you invite them? Nice."
Just then is a faint laughing to be heard, and the sound of flapping wings, going off into the distance.
This fight is taking for-e-ver. What does it take to hit these things? Arrrrgh!
Agerron will move his way into the fight with the leader.
Branomonrik takes a swing at the mite in front of him
Attack
Damage
While Michael waits for someone to help him surround the Mites leader, Bran misses the Mite again.
Majet downs a potion of her own devicing, healing herself back up to full health.
The Mite leader swings at Branomonrik again, but this time the short sword doesn't penetrate the thick armor of the dwarf.
Queslin is unnerved by the duration of the fight, giving his anger voice and screaming out loud.
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Despite his frustration, Queslin continues firing at the mites.
Composite Longbow: to hit PBShot, no room, bane, fire into melee
Composite Longbow: damage PBShot