Mum pulls her hood around to cover her nose and mouth to filter the smell.. she raises her voice to be heard.
"Terribly unappealing locale! I've never seen growths quite like this!"
She points and steps toward the west coast.
"This way alright?"
Hana nods. "Very well. Where would be most likely to find the... source of this... infection?"
Dereje wrinkles his nose, taking offense to the odor. But it was the way that the fungus moved of its own volition that truly unsettled him.
"As good a direction as any," he says to Mum with a nod.
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You begin traveling along the western shore of the fungus covered island and after about an hour and a half, you see an ancient wreck wedged between a pair of rocks here, yet despite its age, the ruined sailing ship at first seems in relatively good condition. The ship has no color to its lines, and is completely covered in a layer of soft gray mold. Even its sails appear fully intact, although what hangs from the spars is not canvas but sheets of thick, pale fungus. Several thick ropes of fungus connect the ship’s upper deck to the island almost like crude rope bridges.
Estietre clears her throat.
"Intriguing to be certain. However, I'll say plainly right now.. I will not be volunteering to scavenge the remains of this ship."
Lawdrak shudders visably whenever he looks at it. "I want no part of it, either!"
Lets continue along the shore of Fungus Island.
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Having decided to forgo the fungus covered shipwreck, at least for the time being, the party continues their exploration of the island. A couple hours have passed by time the group has reached the northern tip of the fungus laden island, have turned their way south down the east coast of the island.
As you come around the corner of a particularly tall patch of fungus, Estietre notices a number of short, thin, and odd colored humanoids wielding spears. Tendrils of fungus dangle from their arms, midsections, and legs.
A pairs of green tinged and orange tinged creatures move toward you menacingly, brandishing their spears.
Initiative Order:
Orange - acted
Green - acted
Hana
Estietre
Dereje
Lawdrak & Sharpmaw
Adara
Blue
Red
"Oh heavens... vegepygmies! Fungus creatures. Let's see... club or slash them. Stabbing.. not so effective."
Estietre scoots up in front of the group, as she wave her open hand about. She then levels her palm at the two nearest creatures. A blast of brilliant colors shoots out from her outstretched hand.
"While I agree we should consider passing this by for now, I can't help but think we may have very well located the source of the plant and fungal infestations we have encountered."
Adara looks at the moist fungus surrounding them moving without being disturbed.
"There is far too much about this island which is unsettling to be left to its own devices. I feel deeply that if we choose to ignore this place, ere long we will regret it if we are allotted to spend more time as castaways than we desire."
"Ahhhh!" Adara cries out in response to Mum's pronouncement. "Disgusting!"
Without hesitation, Hana moves once more to engage the enemy and protect her friends. She seems to take a cautious distance, perhaps wary of the possibility of being infected by the fungus.
Lawdrak lays his hand on Sharpmaw's snout, muttering a few ancient words. Then, with a sharp click of his tongue, he points at the vegepygmies, sending the dinosaur on the attack. As his reptilian friend departs, he draws his dagger and steps forward.
At Lawdrak's command, the Sharpmaw darts by his companions along the path and takes a bite at the unengaged vegepygmie beside Hana.
Adara moves to Dereje's side and whispers a blessing of fire into his ear.
Duration 1 minute or until discharged
Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes
This spell imbues the subject with a touch of divine guidance. The creature gets a +1 competence bonus on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check. It must choose to use the bonus before making the roll to which it applies.
"Sub-par swordsmanship it is, then," Dereje murmurs to himself as he draws his cutlass. It is not like he had the ammo to deal with these threats anyway. Feeling the warmth of Adara's blessing within him, he hurries to the front line and attacks the other vegepygmy. The paladin grimaces at his sloppy swing. Sub-par indeed.
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Lawdrak and Adara cast spells to aid Sharpmaw and Dereje respectively. That latter two both move forward and make errant attacks in the direction of the remaining green tinted vegypygmy.
A number of oravnge, red, and blue tinted plant creatures move toward the group, spears brandished. One of the orange hued vegypygmies even finds it self in a position to stab at Adara, but misses.
The remaining green tinged vegepygmy steps back and stabs at Sharpmaw and stabs well wide of the dinosaur.
Hana presses her advance and slashes at the next vegepygmy with a sharp exhalation of breath.
Trying to work out in her head why her spell had no effect, Mum takes a moment to recover... "Bah... plant people are confounding..."
She takes a few steps into the rough, and fires an icy blast from her finger.
Stepping back, Adara summons ephemeral fire which burns on Lawdrak's brow to bring clarity of thought.
Duration 1 minute or until discharged
Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes
This spell imbues the subject with a touch of divine guidance. The creature gets a +1 competence bonus on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check. It must choose to use the bonus before making the roll to which it applies.
With Sharpmaw clearing the way, Dereje continues down the path, trying to cut down the next vegepygmy in line.
Lawdrak steps in front of Adara and takes a defensive stance against eh lone flanker.
Hana moves up to stand over the fallen vegepygmy between Sharpmaw and Dejere. "Back up and use me for cover to reload your dragon-smoke-weapon," she says.
Mum take aim, and fires a thin blast of icy cold at another vegepygmy.
Dereje lets out a shout when the two spears dig into him. With a grimace, he reluctantly follows Hana's advice, stepping behind her and dropping his sword. He quickly presses a hand against his gut, healing over the worst of his wounds, before drawing his pistol and reloading it.
Sharpmaw, head weaving back and forth, makes a darting step to the middle of the formation of plant-creatures, biting at one on the left.
"Keep shifting to stay behind me!" Lawdrak mutters over his shoulder to Adara as he shuffles to his right. He takes a wild hack a the vegepygmie with his heavy dagger.
5- foot and bite at orange 2
5- foot and slash at orange 1
Dereje shifts position, trying to stay out of the reach of the vegepygmys' spears. Determined to make his last shot count he takes aim and fires... with less than desirable results.
Mum stamps her foot in frustration as another icy bolt flies wide of her target.
Adara rushes to one side seeing an opportunity to set the vegetable people ablaze.
"Be cleansed, abominations!" she cries as she thrusts out both hands to send a wave of flame over the vegepygmies near Lawdrak. The flames come close to her ally, possibly singing the hair on his arm, but not so close as to burn him.
Whenever a creature fails a saving throw and takes fire damage from one of your spells, it catches on fire. This fire deals 1 point of fire damage per spell level at the beginning of the burning creature’s turn. The fire lasts for 1d4 rounds, but it can be extinguished as a move action if the creature succeeds at a Reflex save (using the spell’s DC). Dousing the creature with water as a standard action grants a +2 bonus on this save, while immersing the creature in water automatically extinguishes the fire. Spells that do not grant a save do not cause a creature to catch on fire.
Looking slightly annoyed, Hana moves in close to hack at one of the vegepygmies near Sharpmaw.
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Estietre targets one of the plant creature with a bolt of cold, but fails to connect. Adara unleashes a gout of flame from her hands, burning two of the vegypygmies to ash, and seriously injuring another.
Hana moves in to attack one of red hued creatures, cutting it down easily but not before two of the creatures stab her with spears.
The remaining red tinged vegypygmy steps back and stabs wildly at Hana, but misses. The smoldering blue tinged creature does likewise toward Adara, but is far more successful in its attempt as the spear head sinks deep into the oracle's leg.
Mum moves over to get a clear shot at the foe near Adara, and fires another icy bolt from her finger.
Hana grunts and follows her enemy with a simple step-and-cut, the most basic routine from her forms - probably falling into basics due to her heavy injuries.
Dereje curses under his breath, his final shot having failed him miserably. Still, with his allies doing a remarkable job of cleaning up the mess, he opts to adopt a more supportive role for the time being. Seeing that Mizu is grievously wounded, as he had been moments before, he makes his way back onto the path and reaches out to her with an extended hand, bestowing her with a pittance of Abadar's grace.