Talathel runs after the plague demon.
"It shall not escape!", he shouts in the elven tongue.
Anzath slips a vial out of her jacket and lobs it at the spider onslaught.
With half the group chasing the demon, Tragershen leaves the books and moves after them.
As he moves past Aurora and Bedlam, he says "We shouldn't let them do this alone."
Aurora puffs out a huff as Tragershen sets off. She finishes tucking the scrolls into her bag, then turns to follow after him as best she can.
Bedlam shrugs. The dwarf joins the throng.
Anzath's Alchemist's Fire burns up the spiders in one shot. As you look into the gloom beyond them, you hear strange squeaky noises: somewhere in the darkness bats are lurking.
Before moving any further, Anzath retrieves her Oil of Bless Weapon and coats Critfisher with it.
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Talathel rushes forward, eager to spit the damned thing on his spear-point.
Talathel sees a swarm of tiny bats in the air ahead--his charge peters out as he realizes he'd have thousands of spearthrusts ahead if he was going to take down the creatures.
They envelop the elven lore warden and start biting any exposed flesh:
He takes five damage and has this going on, too: Any living creature damaged by a bat swarm continues to bleed, losing 1 hit point per round thereafter. Multiple wounds do not result in cumulative bleeding loss. The bleeding can be stopped by a DC 10 Heal check or the application of a cure spell or some other healing magic.
Anzath will spend her turn hanging back from the bat swarm and blessing Critfisher. As she does, she also keeps an eye out for signs of the one demon she knows about.
Talathel withdraws *speedily* to the ranks of his nearest allies!
Bedlam hustles along, as fast as his perfectly fine sized legs can carry him and his gear.
The bats swoop down and engulf:
Talathel again! The swarm is immune to his spear.
[ooc] Also add one more damage from the bleed effect.
Talathel remains unfazed by the thousands of tiny fangs biting his head.
Vael and Anzath continue to scan for the demons without seeing anything. Suddenly a nightmarish pile of spiders appears next to...
Talathel! The swarm boils up his legs and starts biting.
Talathel remains unfazed by the thousands of tiny fangs biting his ankles.
Talathel knows that the spell to summon a swarm of spiders has a short range. The caster must be somewhere in the hallway. He also knows everything else about Summon Swarm .
Poor Tal, but I think he got off easy with 7 HP damage total.
Trag will move 30' closer. Can he see the demon from there?
If Talathel wouldn’t keep getting swarmed, Anzath could lob more alchemist fires, but she doesn’t want to burn the beautiful elf. Frustrated, she calls out in the demonic tongue, “Show yourselvez stupid, veak, diseaze babiez!”
“Hold still,” she mumbles to Talathel as she tries to knock a few bats out of the air.
Talathel steps out of the mass of vermin, draws his warhammer, and drives it down in a brutal arc!
Aurora will double-move up for a whole 40ft.
Huff.
Tragershen sees two invisible pestilenzi demons hovering just behind Vael, Anzath, and Talathel. They seem to be concentrating on keeping their summons up, but they are also grinning.
No matter how much Tal and Anzath flail at the swarms, they can't seem to meaningfully diminish the numbers of the tiny little beasts. Bats splatter, spiders squish, but more replace them. It'll take something more decisive than weapon damage to defeat the swarms.
Tragershen sents a stream of glittering motes through the air, sailing between Vael and Anzath. Once it is past them, the glitter explodes silently like a firework.
Casting glitterdust, trying to encompass both demons. DC 16 will save or blinded, plus they are now making a quite bold fashion statement.
I'm trying to target it behind the demons so it falls short of catching any of my allies in the blast radius.
Bedlam pumps his dwarven legs. Sizing up the situation, the Alchemist prepares a Tanglefoot Bomb and tosses it at the swarms from 40'.
While neither pestilenzi is blinded, both are now quite visible.
Bedlam's bomb skips just past the swarms, but he put just the right "English" on the throw that it catches them both in the blast. The bat swarm is still coherent enough to be dangerous, but all the spiders have perished.
Growling at the swarms but knowing that there is nothing she can do about it. I know there is something that can help with that. Gotta get to a market.
Glancing behind her when glimmering glittery light floats by. Offering the now visible monster a feral grin and lashing out with her blade.
Vael's holy blade rips through the original pestilenzi, who is now within an inch of his damned life.
But no creature with access to Greater Teleport at will should ever die. The creature begins fading out. Vael's backhand attack of opportunity misses the hellspawn.
It all comes down to Anzath, who is perfectly positioned to take an AOO vs. the demon!
Anzath grins menacingly as the filth demons are unwillingly made visible. She quickly cleans up after Vael.
The pestlienzi had to leave a small opening in its guard in order to execute its teleport. That opening proves fatal. Anzath smacks it to the ground.
The second pest goes berserk, muttering in Abyssal, "Θα σε κάνω να πληρώσεις πριν στείλω πίσω!"
It tries to bite Anzath:
It fails.
The bat swarm wavers as the source of their magic fades, but they have a little more mayhem left in them:
They really like the taste of Talathel.
Surprised by the presence of a second demon, Anzath takes a swing after it tries to bite her.
"Bite me!" she screams back in Abyssal. First, though, she tries to fake it out and catch it off guard.
Anzath's scimitar deals the summoned pestilenzi a grievous wound.
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You've never seen Anzath so happy. She might actually be laughing. It's a little unnerving.
Aurora charges at the remaining glitterspun pestilenzi.
Smiling as her foe falls and moving to strike the other one. She is rather blood thirsty. Maybe the church was right in wanting her.
I try to keep this game action packed!
Aurora's perfectly placed quarterstaff strike ricochets off the little monster.
Vael's next attack is more successful--it rips across the pestilenzi, leaving another wound.
Stuck between the scimitars of the half-drow and the tiefling, the little demon is feeling the pits of the abyss getting closer and closer. Well, one hell for another, nothing to lose! It growls and prepares to lunge again.
Bedlam charges the little demon menace.
As Bedlam passes Tragershen, the elf starts racing him to the melee. He raises his club as he goes. He barks an arcane syllable as he raises his club which, in truth, is gibberish meant to distract the demon from the lethal dwarf.
Aid another to give Bedlam +2 to hit
Talathel smushes in the skull of the last Pestilenzi. He then rushes down the hall as fast as he can, trying to escape the bats.
The bats select a new victim
They swoop down on Anzath:
Anzath is nauseated by the feeling of thousands of little leathery wings brushing against her skin... and the bites.
But then, the bats fade away to whatever abyssal hellscape they were called from.
The party looks down the hall and sees a small room with several doors.
Our sick heroes manage to keep the infection from spreading through their veins. Somehow. That's how biology works in the Fountain of Pestilence!
Anzath chuckles to herself as she applies bandages to the bat wounds, or is she suppressing the zombie cough?
The natural pestilenzi is lying on the ground in a pool of blood. As Anzath kicks it over, its eyeballs fall out and rattle on the floor. After a moment's grossness, she notices that each eyeball is a valuable gemstone.
Anzath takes the gemstones and spits on the demon remains. She then hands the gemstone eyeballs to Tragershen, to see how valuable they REALLY are.
"Diz iz summoned demon, no?" she asks, referring to the summoning ritual book they found.
Instinct forces a step back and then as she moves forward towards the bats they are gone, because magic is painful for the brain. Sighing and wiping her blade off. Looking up from her task, "You trying to double up on plagues Anzath?"
Seeing that the fight is over and landing back on Vael's shoulder. Nipping at her ear again. Be nice!
Aurora shuffles her way into the centre of the group, lofts her holy symbol, and...
Anzath stifles a cough with her arm, "It kan not get any worze, no?" she responds to Vael. "Dey are dead. Ve have Aurora," she states, putting a hand on the cleric's shoulder.
Aurora puuuuuulls away from Anzath, "Please don't touch me."