Also delaying. Keep up the good work, guys.
Jokbur fires two arrows taking pains to miss his friends.
"Ant bacon… I may never be hungry again." Jonas says smashing at the ant in front of Qui.
As he continues to defensively attack, Qui continues verbally jousting with Jonas:
Not sure about bacon, but if you crack them open, they make a great dip for chips.
Fighting Defensively: AC25
Attack-scimitar-BH49:
Damage:
"C'mon, you guys! Do I have to do everything?"
"GODSDAMMITALL!"
One more ant is down!
- Ants, Ariella, Quirmydt, Jonas, Jokbur, Edmund, Hermann
AC 15 T 10 FF 15
The diminutive manfrog continues to defensively battle the ants before him, allowing those behind to do the real damage.
Fighting Defensively: AC25
Attack-scimitar @-BH49:
Damage:
Seeing that no one needs immediate healing, Ariella continues to stand by in case she's needed. "You go guys, smash those bugs!"
If only I had some pom-poms...
I am so glad she doesn't have any pom=poms…
Jokbur sinks another arrow.
"Hermann SMASH!"
Ah, man, you splattered that one all over the place. You know how hard it is going to be to collect enough for a good meal?
Hermann pastes an ant. One more shot to go!
The ant cannot get Quirmydt, you kill the last remaining ant without issue.
Combat Over
Edit Just fixed it, took like 5 minutes. When i re-installed my pc a couple weeks ago I had to downgrade Java to 6 to make it work. Huh. Ok count it as win!
Edmund sighs with relief as the last ant goes down.
Then he pales slightly as Qui starts assembling his lunch.
Jokbur looks for tracks to the bug lair.
Jokbur knows they came from around the corner, so he bypasses the door and looks around the corner and sees an 80' long passageway to the west and it turns to the north at the other end. There is a door on the south wall about halfway down the corridor.
Lets keep checking each door. We will find where these giant snacks came from soon enough. But, I think that some members of the party would probably prefer to not have monsters sneaking up on us while the big guys, and the manfrog, are entertaining enemies in front.
"I'm down to healing and crossbows. So keep that in mind," Ariella says while following behind the others.
"So, time for a lunch break to rest and regroup?" Hermann asks - only afterward wincing at the implication.
Qui looks back at the ant carcasses:
Mmmm. Lunch sounds good. These bugs are not going to spread themselves on a piece of bread.
Jonas shrugs. "When the lady says rest, we rest. Was there a room nearby that we could lock ourselves in? Preferably one free of dead things?"
The room you are by now has loud mushrooms in it, but the two to the south of that one were empty
"Maybe we should just try to do something about those screaming mushrooms. Then we could just camp in there."
"Maybe we camp in one of the rooms south. I don't have spells, but I like it when when my friends have spells."
"I've still got quite a bit of healing, just not really any more fire. That said, I'd be happy to rest if all of you are."
"Well, I have been trying to conserve my own magical resources, and have quite a bit left. But I also don't mind resting for awhile."
The archer shrugs his shoulders. "Make up your minds. I definitely need no rest."
If we are not resting, Jokbur and Qui lead the way.
Before they head in, Edmund will light some candles and fashion ear plugs for himself out of wax drippings. He'll make some for anybody else who wants some.
Qui will take a pair of ear plugs and then lead the way into the shrieker room.
"I'm ready if you are... but I gotta wonder what kind of trouble those screaming things might bring down on us!"
They will bring less trouble if they would stop screaming.
Plus, they might taste good barbecued.
They still might taste good with some seasoning.
"They are set off by movement or light. If we open the door a crack, enough for me to see, I could use my illusion magic to make it look like there's a new wall just in front of them. I don't know if that would block the light, but it would block movement."
What if we simply chop them up? Or we could use them for our own safety. How long would your illusion last? Could we hide in the room and have them as guards if something else enters?
"I have to concentrate on the illusuion to keep it up, so I wouldn't be able to get any sleep."
Does Edmund think that the mushrooms could be harvested and put out in the hall, or will cutting through their bases kill them?
They sense movement and light more than actually see it. You would want to stay 10' back in the dark and burn them or just go in and hack them up as quickly as you can before it attracts anything else.
"Illusions work on mushrooms?" Jonas said, a little surprised.
Ariella says, "You guys are worse than an old married couple," She draws her scimitar, walks in shutting the door behind her and starts hacking the noisy fungus to pieces.
Qui watches as the cleric charges into the shroom room.
I wanted to do that.
Jonas sighs and follows them into the shroom room.
You head inside the room and hack apart the mushroom. Your ears are ringing but otherwise nothing else happens.
You decide to head on and check the room to the north which is empty.
Continuing on you head north then turn tot he west. After 60' to the west there is a door to the south or the passage continues to the west fro another 20' before turning north.
Check out the door for traps you are convinced it is safe to open. Opening the door you see a short, squat pillar in the middle of this room, standing five feet tall and three feet in diameter. Eyes, a nose, and a mouth have been carved into it to form a primitive face.