Aki darts back out of the cave, yipping a warning. Once outside she shifts back to her true form.
"There's a giant lobster in there," she says, drawing Yin and turning back towards the cave entrance.
The lobster comes out, chasing Aki.
Echo focuses on her defences, using her psychic powers to erect a magical barrier around herself.
Nathan will hurl a shard of ice at the lobster.
"Ooh, this'll make a great boiled dinner!" says Celebeth, before she bounces an arrow off the huge, angry crustacean.
The lobster chases Aki out of the cavern and is still about 20' away from you.
Twang!
Aki casts mage armor on herself and steps to one side, hoping to lure the creature out to where it can be flanked.
Echo focuses her mind on the lobster, probing for the weakest part of its brain... Then she sends all of her psychic powers at its mind, causing it immense pain.
Suddenly, the rock launches itself at the lobster!
Nathan will continue to hurl ice at the big bugish thing.
point blank shot
Nathan and Echo both manage to make small cracks in the non-intelligent giant's carapace. As the lobster moves another 5 feet, Pharithstillis casts a spell, causing much of the jungle to come alive and start grasping at everyone. Aki and Echo find themselves entangled.
The lobster uses its larger claw to snap at Echo.
Echo passes out from the extreme pain and damage to her frail body as she is torn betweeen plant and crustacean.
Nathan will step back 5' and continue to try to put the thing down.
point blank shot
No big deal, I'm not next to it anyway.
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With horror at seeing his magic, once again, backfire, and watching the lobster take Echo down, Pharithstilis stumbles backward through the jungle, wondering if there's any means to crack through the lobster's tough shell.
Not being able to think straight, he lobs a glob of acid at the crustacean, thinking, hey, it worked on the crab.
Body limp and broken, Echo doesn't seem to be breathing.
Aki says something very unladylike in Tien as she tries to break out of the entangling vines.
She manages to slip out and hastily backs out of the area of grasping greenery.
Celebeth grumbles and takes on a serious expression as she fires again.
Celebeth puts and arrow in the creature (no crit), and Pharithstillis burns a small hole in it. The lobster drops Echo's body, and grabs Nathan, crushing him as well, and holding him tight.
"Get rid of those vines!" Aki shouts, hoping it was one of them and not something else in the area. "They're doing more harm than good!"
With the lobster not slowing down, Celebeth plants another arrow into it.
As soon as the entangling plant growth vanishes, Aki darts forwards, hoping the lobster is too busy with Nathan to strike her. She chants a quick spell and reaches out with an electrically-charged hand.
Pharithstillis drops the entangle spell, and tries to dodge and weave his way under the lobster. Unfortunately, the lobster senses him and reaches out with the other claw to grab him.
Celebeth shoots another arrow that is deflected by the hard shell, while Aki rushes in. Luckily, the lobster was not able to respond, and Aki was able to electrify the beast!
Nathan, severely hurt by the big crustacean opts to heal himself.
kinetic healer (I see nothing about it provoking no needing a concentration check).
15/39 HP, 4 points of burn
Nathan quickly repairs some of the damage to his body, but the lobster is unrelenting and continues to squeeze him. The pain is intense, but Nathan manages to hold on to life.
Snapping the smaller claw at Pharisthillis again.
Yes, with burn (4) I'm out.
The crab drops the limp body of Nathan to the ground, and waves it's combat claw menacingly.
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After taking two giant claws to the face, and then seeing the lobster drop Nathan, his body lying broken next to Echo's, Pahrithstilis let's out another wild scream, this one less terrifying, more so primal and desperate. He has no idea how to beat this monster's defenses, and he has no idea how to save his friends.
Bloodied, he takes a step back and repeats the only spell that seems to have any effect at all.
The little gnome is too far gone to even cast a simple cantrip.
Aki tries to cast another shocking grasp.
But she has to dodge aside as the creature starts to turn. Swiftly she slashes at the air with her blade and then jumps forward...
...landing thirty feet away, in the cave, after which she darts a bit further back in.
"Get away from here!" she shouts to the others. "I can distract it and then escape!"
Since the crustacean is no longer holding anyone, Celebeth has a clear shot on it.
...to no avail.
The lobster falls for Aki's ruse, and turns back into the cave, snapping it's claws at the sly fox as it chases it back into the cave.
"How should I know?" the elf shouts back as she hurls a ball of dust at the lobster. The ball explodes into glittering light.
Nathan and equipment is well under that weight.
Luckily, Nathan is out due to NL Damage, so he will recover. Assuming Celebeth retreats as well? If so, the lobster does not follow.
You pull back, and lick your wounds. Aki is lost to you, presumed dead, and it doesn't appear that you can help Echo either.
Limping back to Cro-ah-krik, the grippli tribe welcomes you back and nurses your wounds. They praise you for your efforts, but resign themselves to continuing to fight off the Gengar as they have always done.