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Corrin delays.
The combined force of Ugly Kidd's punch and Dejat's magic missile knocks the first cultist down . The cultists behind him surge forward in the hallway. The one in front swings at Ugly Kidd, missing.
Another cultist enters the hallway from an opening in the back wall--there must have been a secret door!
The remaining cultist begin to split off. Some begin tearing at the boards covering the windows, while a small group tries their hand at forcing open the front door.
The front door swings inward under the combined force of the cultists, the makeshift barricade splintering and turning any space within 5' of the door into difficult terrain.
A pair of stirges takes flight off their masters' shoulders from the door, flying into the room, while another enters into Dejat's square from the now broken window.
Viorec readies his axe to attack whatever comes at him.
Everyone is up!
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Viorec swingd his axe at the red stirge!
However, he misses horribly! His axe crashes into the dilapitated floorboards and nearly gets stuck.
Adoril calls to Corrin and Viorec, "With me, comrades!" before moving to the door, "don't let any of them through!"
Corrin also moves up into the stirges square (tiny, can't AoO), swinging at the green stirge!
The green stirge lets out a shrill drone as it crashes into the ground.
Adoril takes his swing at the remaining stirge!
And turns the squirrel-sized mosquito into red mist!
Dejat uses his wand on the stirge in the back room!
It looks a little battered, but it's still standing (flying? whatever).
The three cultists at the door foolishly attempt to move inside the room.
I am going to handle AoO's, if one AoO doesn't drop an enemy another one of you will make an AoO.
The concerted AoO's drop the teal and gray cultists. However, the pink cultist is able to enter the farmhouse! It swings at Viorec, saying "your son will make a fitting sacrifice."
Thankfully, the cultist misses (I should note, Viorec has already sustained damage.)
The cultists in the back hall continue their failed advance on UK!
The purple cultist climbs through the window, swinging at Dejat with his sickle! When it seems as though the sickle would strike true, the near invisible barrier of mage armor deflects it.
The blue cultist lines up behind the window, weighing his options after hearing an awful lot of violence going on within the farm house.
LASTLY--the remaining stirge attempts to bite Dejat!
It narrowly sinks it proboscis into the ifrit's flesh, through which it begins to pump blood!
Everyone is up!
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Corrin shouts "I wish this entire town would burn to the ground!", and a cone of fire erupts from Dejat's hands, leaping at the cultists on both side of the window. Unfortunately, both the cultists manage to shake and mitigate the damage from the eruption.
Corrin moves up the remaining cultist in the entryway, swinging his sword and doing his signature animoo move, arcane striku.
And the cultist goes down!
Viorec moves into the back room and roars at the cultist before bringing down his axe.
And the cultist is dropped!
The cultist outside the window takes a moment of introspection before deciding it's better to flee and report back to his leader than die. He sprints away into the path leading into the cornfield.
In the hallway, the cultist swings at ugly kidd
The cultist misses again. He calls out in frustration "I'LL KILL YOU YOU UGLY BASTARD!", not noticing that the cultist behind him has decided to flee into the cornfield.
"JERK!" yells UK, as he does another flurry at the injured cultist.
aaaaaaaand 2 swift punches to the throat ends up killing the cultist.
Viorec says "We got lucky there, if you hadn't gotten the drop on em they would have swarmed us for sure! I don't think they'd be brave enough to try comin in here again, and I can fortifah both the doors and maybe tip a shelf against this broken window...hole up here n keep an eye on Shel. I'll tend to my wounds here and you won't have to be carrying her everywhere! Now go! Save my son!"
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Everyone nods in agreement with Viorec, it sounds like a good plan.
You head out into the yard towards the corn field, passing a mucky pool that might have once been a passable pond. This muddy cattle pond buzzes with the sound of gnats, and its surface writhes with a thick layer of wriggling mosquito larvae. The stench of rot emanates from the maggot-filled corpse of a dead ox calf that lies half submerged on the edge of the pool, tangled in the vegetation.
As you pass and enter the cornfield behind the farm, the corn here is especially overgrown, in some places reaching almost 8' high. Not far into the field, the path branches in three directions.
Corrin reups light on Adoril's greatsword, and as he does so, three misshapen, mutated looking humanoids leap from the foliage, snarling menacingly. Strange boils and wounds riddle their flesh, insects seemingly burrowed into their pores. They carry crude bats, made all the more dangerous with the addition of nails and wire. Dents mark the sides of these cudgels, signifying prior use.
Corrin readies to attack the first enemy to enter range with his arcane strike ability.
The mongrelmen move up and strike with their clubs!
Two sets of clubs clang off Adoril's armor, but Ugly Kidd is not as fortunate as he takes a club to the shoulder! Corrin was able to strike the mongrelman before he hit Ugly Kidd, but was unable to disrupt the blow.
mongrelmen
Dejat
Adoril
UK
Everyone is up!
Mongrolian 2(yellow)
Mongrolian 3(red)
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No such freedom is granted on this round.
Corrin moves up and swings.
"I am WIZARD"
Dejat sends a missile from his wand towards the one Corrin hit (yellow), but it's still up!
The mongrelmen strike back!
One of the mongrelmen bats Corrin square in the gut, while the other's club clangs uselessly against Adoril's armor (again).
Everyone is up!
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The remaining mongrelman goes down to a knee, he's down but he ain't out!
Ugly Kidd delivers a kneck-snapping punch to the remaining mongrelman. It falls over, one foot twitching violently for a few seconds before going still.
No loot other than three clubs.
You may choose which path to take in the cornfield. Left, Right, or slightly-left-of-center?
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The combined flames of the alchemist's fires and burning hands devour the swarm of mosquitos, the remaining insects dispersing into the corn fields.
The nearby corn glistens in the flames, and you can make out smatterings of flayleaf and strange fungi growing amongst the corn. Light dances along thick spiderwebs that line the side of the maze, giving it a gossamer sheen...
A sudden crash in the overgrowth behind and you whirl to see Leonard Kriegler, the mayor's brother, burst from the foliage.
"DID YOU FORGET ABOUT ME?" he asks, before his face suddenly dissolves into a featureless form covered in spirals. The rest of his body similarly morphs into hideous, scabby flesh similarly decorated with spirals, before striking at Corrin with a sickle.
Corrin backs off from the stalker, grunting "Faceless stalker...in the cornstalks? Seriously?" before casting a spell!
There's 3 of him!
Adoril steps into the vacant space, swinging his greatsword at the creature.
The stalker is sent trembling from the blow, but recovers--this isn't over!
Ugly Kidd and Dejat are up!