Arasmes nods at Talon's words, gesturing forward along the path with his blade "Indeed, let's move quickly, and be prepared for battle." while suiting actions to words and moving quickly, he also murmurs a few words calling down his Goddes's blessing upon him, careful not to mention her name, just in case.
Petrova's blade is out in a flash and she watches the vines warily. She, too, makes haste to follow the others around the carnivorous plants.
Drovya moves swiftly with the others, blade out, eyes watchful.
Hmmm...
After a moment's pause, Hanethes shifts into swift mode, rushing forward to the best of his ability as he leaps, shifts, and somersaults past any creeping vines in his path.
If he is grabbed by one, he'll attempt to escape its grip at the next possible opportunity.
Kanthuun casts Grease on his person and moves forward along the path quickly.
So we're no longer going around the assassin vines?
Petrova will lead Hanethes along, tumbling nimbly through the vines.
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Talon will try to quickly make his way through the vines, hoping to not get caught
The vines snake out and narrowly miss Petrova and Hanethes. No attacks of opportunity were to be had on the two. However, Kanthuun was not so lucky. Whilst the first set of tendrils slid right off his ankles, the second set wrapped around his chest with a slam.
A rash of new plant movement caused more grasping foliage, but while the terrain remained difficult, but the pus-colorated plants entangled Kanthuun further. The vine that slammed him then constricted. On the bright side, it's pretty apparent
Other vines move towards the rogues in the front lines, but they are apparantly just out of reach.
We need to get Kanthuun out of there! Drovya bares his teeth in a rictus grin as he snarls out words of power that create a greasy film over him and his clothing. He then moves forward to the vine that has grappled the sorcerer.
Drovya is slapped by a vine in the knee, but the creature fails to ensnare him.
Arasmes moves forward as well, his calm unsettling in the midst of battle "Indeed, don't worry, friend, we'll free you." he makes little attempt to avoid the grasping vines, seemingly intent on freeing Kanthuun, and slashes out with his scimitar at the vine grasping his comrade.
Arasmes passes the first set of malevolent plants with little but dings in his armor. His scimitar cuts through the vine enough to release the sorcerer, but the plant is still whipping around, if ineffectually. It is now too short to be a threat until it has time to grow again.
Kanthuun bucks and thrashes in agony, his skin and hair now wildly changing color.
Feeling somewhat safe where he is now, Hanethes draws pistol and fencing blade.
He takes aim at the tangling vines surrounding Kanthuun, preparing to fire at any coil that appears to strike him or his companions.
Petrova, who I think is still within the area of the vines, begins her battle dance and readies an action to slash at the nearest moving vine.
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Drovya lashes out at the vines, Black Ivan's twin blades making an eerie whistling as they slice through the air.
Talon managed to to avoid a vine narrowly by the seat of his pants and caught up to Hanethes and Petrova as Kanthuun proves more than capable of shaking off his eukaryotic captors.
The vines themselves were migrating towards the epicenter of activity, albeit slowly. Petrova utilized her readied action and cut one down with a vengeance, but the ease at which it went down indicated a decoy. However, it was one less target. Hanethes managed to shoot one that reacted coming up to the left of Kanthuun, but the amount of damage given seemed to only make it angry.
Drovya killed off the crippled vine and his eyes gained an eerie quality as he moved to slash the one Kanthuun shot. The thing was still wriggling, but shredded.
Rogar hacked away at another decoy vine near the beginning of the treacherous passage.
Talon sighs as he sees Kanthuun get grabbed by the vines. After the mage escapes its clutches, he will start cutting down more vines to lessen the groups chances of getting grabbed again.
more damage
After Kanthuun is freed, Hanethes again darts between the vines ahead of them, hoping to get further through the thick (and deadly) foliage.
(If needed)
Kanthuun draws a short spear from his quiver and stabs at the nearest vine, snarling vengeance.
Petrova takes on another vine.
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Drovya delivers another series of wicked chops to the injured vine and calls out, Do we fight or flee? I think we can outrun them, but I can't tell how many there are!
Arasmes moves to support his companions in battle, slashing at another vine as he does so, and speaking calmly "If Kanthuun can get out at this point, by all means, let us go. Kanthuun?"
Kanthuun nods wordlessly, hands on his spear.
Arasmes takes out another decoy vine before Talon reaps two vines at once in a dangerous sweep that arced out in a wide, half-moon fashion. One of them proved to be one of the belligerents, and some of the target decoys went limp.
Petrova cuts through another decoy like butter with a fluid, dancing movement worthy of her moniker before Kanthuun attempted to cut up a foe with his spear, but the amount of internal bleeding he was experiencing caused his vision to blur, and he missed his target.
Hanethes manages to get further ahead, though a vine narrowly misses a grab at his head.
Several vines still squirmed in an attempt to grapple Hanethes, but one succeeds, slamming him from behind hard enough to make the rogue spit blood. It is unable to get a decent grip after a split second, though, and the rogue manages to escape its grasp.
Drovya struggles ineffectively against a loose decoy, but the thing is taken out by Rogar after a swift approach.
Talon will lash out at more vines with his trusted weapon. "What did I say about inappropriate touching?" He says seemingly at the plants as if they could understand.
Arasmes continues to maneuver for position and takes another slice at a vine, responding to Talon as he does so "Indeed, these vines are most impolite. We should really complain to someone in authority."
Drovya rushes forward to flank the vine that slammed Hanethes and delivers a two-handed slash at the plant creature.
His saber still drawn, Hanethes turns to face the vine(s), wiping at the blood on his chin.
He begins to go into the dance of death he is so familiar with, whipping his blade at the closest vine within reach.
for additional damage if flat-footed.
Petrova brings her blade down at the last vine.
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Kanthuun, looking bloodied and out of place, stabs at a vine with a spear.
"I'm a sorcerer, not a fighter!" he yelps.
Arasmes cuts down another vine, though this one was far more flimsy than the last, and Talon cuts into another two of the suspicious, moving plants, rendering them short and ineffectual.
Petrova tries to smite another foe, but the plant slides off her weapon, unharmed.
Kanthuun is still struggling with bloodloss, and his spear misses a vine by an obvious portion. Hanethes, on the other hand, skillfully tricks the photosynthesizing monster that harmed him with a feint, taking advantage of a lunge to place his saber through the aft of the stock, klling it instantly.
Much of the foliage goes still, but one true assassin vine can now be pinpointed by its interest in slamming Drovya, whilst the other vines only wriggle. While it was also flanked, it still managed to get one decent swat in at the magus's head (fortunately, it failed to get a good grip on it, however).
The magus turned his attention to the new foe attacking him and brings his weapon down on it, causing it to bleed sap down to his feet, but it was still alive, if only barely.
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Petrova slips into place, her blade slicing into the offending plant.
Talon will move to engage the vine that is being attacked by Droyva and sweeps his weapon across it.
Drovya lashes out once more, his ears ringing from the blow to his head.
vs. DC 16 defensive cast arcane mark
Arasmes continues to slice at the remaining vines, carefully and strategically. He responds to Kanthuun's frustrated cries jokingly "Don't worry, I'm sure the plants don't mind being slain by an amateur."
Arasmes gracefully mutilates the final assassin vine, an attack which Talon follows up with a single, brutal cleave.
The foliage stops moving, and the way forward is clear.
"I see you laddies managed to get a bit dinged up, then." Rogar moves into the center of the group and channels energy four times.
Drovya sighs as the healing energy flows through him. My thanks Rogar. Who would think a plant could hit so hard? He shrugs as he wipes the sap and ichor off Black Ivan, then begins walking in the direction they had been heading before the vegetative ambush. Shall we go? If we delay, we will either get caught in the storm, or see Arasmes compare his manhood to the vegetation and frankly, I do not intend to be around for either of those events.
Seeing Kanthuun still slightly wounded, Arasmes pulls out a wand and walks over to him "Here, let me take care of the rest of that." and uses it.
At Drovya's line he chuckles slightly, and speaks chidingly "Now, now, I would never be so crude in public. I do have some manners, after all." his tone then grows a great deal more serious "I agree that we should be going, however."