
Celyne |

Celyne moves closer to Zokon.
"If you come near me, Zokon, I can heal you... you look pretty beat up."
Ready an action to heal Zokon if he comes within her reach.
clw on zokon: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Zokon Santyev |

"I can't that tick has Scarlet I have to try and drive it off."
i have time to post atm so I'll do my next action now
Seeing Scarlets predicament Zokon draws and throws a dart at the tick
dart+bless+pbs: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
dart+pbs: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

RPGGGM |

I don't think Posh never got back to me as to where he was climbing so I'm going to flip for it. Heads it's into danger, tails it's out of danger. It's heads. Trust me. So 'into danger'.
Poshbot dumps his heavy mace, and his backpack containing 2 lbs of alchemist fire, 10 lbs of rope, 8 lbs of tanglefoot bags, and 10 lbs of caltrops (these I guess must be edible, because he doesn't actually have any food, water, bedding or blankets listed among his gear). This clears up about 35 lbs of stuff bringing him down below his light load of 24.75 lbs. Then he scales the wall in what seems like no big deal for a guy who's been weighted down for years beneath everything including probably a kitchen sink. He has a new spring in his step as his acrobatics mod goes from a -3 to a +4! His move speed from 15' to 20'. No doubt this was all part of his Super Saiyan training regime. Yes, even his hair stands up straighter!
He takes 10 on his climb check back in round 9, and gets an 11. Then he does it again on the following round daring accelerate his accent at the risk of a -5 penalty to the DC 5 check. No sweat!
Now I know he's cast grease a bunch today but I'm pretty sure it's only been about 3 times, giving him 2 more castings. Hanging from the lip of the tunnel he casts it again upon Scarlet's armor.

RPGGGM |

Scarlet Fort save v Disease (DC 16).
Zokon's dart flies true, but the tick seems to enthralled with the blood host it is attached to.
Scarlet can feel it draining blood with its mouth-parts.
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
The party is blessed.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC. Note The room with the table in it is itself large enough to accommodate Medium-sized characters (and bugs).
Round 12!
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon -23 hp
__ Scarlet -21 hp, grappled, greased
__ Alia -9 hp
__ Mikmek -3 hp
__ Numalar -8 hp
__ Tickleback the giant tick -6 hp, grappled
__ Celyne readied
__ Posh -5 hp
Map updated

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"Scarlet! Bloody insects. The many-legged kind and the blue kind! Have some of this!"
Scarlet's in trouble; gotta make this one count. Numalar throws a ball of flame at the giant tick. The flame burning on his hand goes out as he hurls it.
produce flame vs touch AC - 4 in melee, +1 bless: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 - 4 + 1 = 12
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Hmmm... doubtful. That was my last bolt. If there is any chance of it hitting Scarlet she can resist most of the damage.

Alia of the Blade |

Well, since I moved away from the hole, and the two bombardiers above did the same, I may as well go save Scarlet. Accelerated Take-10-Climbing across the Chasm.
Alia calls out to Mikmek:"Mikmek, t-t-t-t" (sound as if luring a dog or cat)

Scarlet Scarab |

Fort Save vs Disease: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
This d20 wants to kill me.
Scarlet giggles as her armor is covered in slick goo. "Good idea, but I don't have much movement room." So she spits caution to the wind and tries to reverse the grapple.
CMB, Bloodrage: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 2 = 28
Scarlet grabs the tick by the horns mandibles. "Yeah! Now we're talkin!"

RPGGGM |

Well, since I moved away from the hole, and the two bombardiers above did the same, I may as well go save Scarlet.
(In exasperation) I suppose! Geez.
Alia arrives clinging to the inside of the sloped tunnel next to Scarlet.
Map Updated.

RPGGGM |

Despite the odds, being drained of blood into unconsciousness, squeezed for space, and fighting with one hand while the other is desperately clinging to the incline, Scarlet must be blessed by the gods, luck or both because she manages to reverse the grapple!
Add -4 squeezed, -4 one-handed grappling, +1 bless, +5 controlling the grapple, to your next grapple check. Yeah, you went into that last roll with a -7 modifier. Though I suppose you could cling to the tick instead of the incline, if you want.
"Never tell me the odds!" ~Han Solo

Scarlet Scarab |

If I escaped, I would just get bit and grabbed again, since I don't have room to maneuver without provoking. So reverse it is! Hopefully that gives the team enough time to save me. Again.
"Yeeeehaw!" Scarlet slaps the tick with the flat of her longsword as she scrambles onto the tick. "You messed with the wrong scarab today!"

Celyne |

Since Zokon declined healing, Celyne begins casting a summoning spell.

Zokon Santyev |

"Mik mek can I have that crossbow please to shoot the beast with?
Zokons motions towards the kobold.

RPGGGM |

As Alia climbs over head:
Poshbot: "I've seen Mivon, I see Nirmathas. I see Alia's underpants!"
The giant tick tries again to affix itself to Scarlet, grazing her arm.
Tickleback bite v Scarlet (grappled): 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 - 2 = 18 damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Conditions normal light within 30 feet of Zokon's sunrod, with dim light out twice as far, otherwise darkness.
The party is blessed.
Medium creatures are squeezed for space. Squeeze Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls, and a –4 penalty to AC. Note The room with the table in it is itself large enough to accommodate Medium-sized characters (and bugs).
Round 13!
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Zokon -23 hp
__ Scarlet -30 hp, grappled, greased
__ Alia -9 hp
__ Mikmek -3 hp
__ Numalar -8 hp
__ Tickleback the giant tick -6 hp, grappled
__ Celyne summoning
__ Posh -5 hp, still has Round 12 actions
Map updated

Alia of the Blade |

Alia moves past the Tick, taking advantage of Scarlet temporarily gaining the upper hand.
Move action to get into the room next to Tick
When she finds herself in position, she channels power through her Estoc, which starts crackling with Electricity...calling upon the blessing she received previously to steady her aim, she attempts to pierce the ticks brain, shouting back:"Jokes on you, Posh, I'm wearing pants!"
Stab? Bless Roll 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Stab? Bless Roll 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 Pierce!: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 6 = 13 +Electricity: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5) = 13
Crit?: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 Pierce!: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 6 = 13 +Electricity: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 1) = 8

Scarlet Scarab |

Scarlet knows she doesn't have much time left, with the way this thing has been gnawing away at her. Still, she's not one to give up easily.
Grapple: 1d20 - 4 - 4 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (18) - 4 - 4 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 2 = 24
Watching Alia slip by, Scarlet decides to opt for defense rather than offense. She quickly pins the damn tick. "Let's tear this thing up, quick!"

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Are all the Mites who were coming down the shaft now dead?
Oh, and GGGM: You never mentioned it but I assume that my shot last round was a miss?

Zokon Santyev |

Zokon gives up on taking the crossbow and just draws a dart and throws it at the tick
dart+pbs+bless: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
dart+pbs: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Wow he must really like scarlet.. accuracy through the roof

RPGGGM |

Are all the Mites who were coming down the shaft now dead?
Not quite. The remaining mites have withdrawn... for now.
Oh, and GGGM: You never mentioned it but I assume that my shot last round was a miss?
My bad, you hit. I just missed it upon having to retype my reply after the website ate it that day.
Like a well-oiled team (wearing pants), the party finally puts down the giant tick ending a hard-fought battle.
END COMBAT :D
I'll post a room/treasure description once I get home tonight.

Zokon Santyev |

Zokon dances a little after his dart of slaying giant ugly ticks hits the mark... then he spots Alia and her nasty nasty electro stabby sword of death still hanging from the stabby she inflicted on the tick and he stops...

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Numalar sits down for a moment.
"I'm glad that's over."
"You guys down the pit - do you need help?"

Scarlet Scarab |

Scarlet cools down as the tick dies, and she stumbles into the wide room.
Scarlet reaches for her potion of cure serious wounds. "Something tells me we're not done yet... everyone ok if I drink this?"

RPGGGM |

Rows of wooden pegs line the earthen walls of the first descent-sized cave you've found under the old gnarled tree. Some of the hooks are hung with tiny, filthy cloaks. In the center of the room stands a rickety table held together with twine, covered with a filthy red-checked tablecloth and heaped with mounds of dirt and twigs and gravel, apparently arranged to form some sort of map.
Sitting at the edge of the map, weighing down a scrap of paper, is a bloodstained statuette of what looks like a crouching reptilian devil. A large bulging burlap sack sits under the table.
It seems to be a sort of list. It reads:
UZ - kobold statue, lots of spears and coins.
DEM - magic dust, lots of coins, shiny human snake ring.
Map updated

Zokon Santyev |

kn geography: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
appraise: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Zokon looks over the statue and map... "I got nothing if they were made by kobolds? Although the statue does appear to be the kobolds statue, so we should take that and the bag contents."
Zokon will then go and get his darts..

Scarlet Scarab |

Knowledge(Geography): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
"Huh. a map. A map of what?" Scarlet moves over slowly.
Appraise: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
"This statue might be worth. Three hundred? No... 375 gold pieces. This is what we came here for, right? How do we get it out of here?"

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"We had planned to trade the statue to the Kobolds in exchange for some Moon Radishes. I'm not sure that the radishes are worth as much, though Svetlana did offer to pay a hefty sum for them."
"But if we want to create good relations with the Kobolds, then the money might be secondary."

RPGGGM |

"We had planned to trade the statue to the Kobolds in exchange for some Moon Radishes. I'm not sure that the radishes are worth as much, though Svetlana did offer to pay a hefty sum for them."
She was going to make you all dinner.

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Numalar Auritonius wrote:"We had planned to trade the statue to the Kobolds in exchange for some Moon Radishes. I'm not sure that the radishes are worth as much, though Svetlana did offer to pay a hefty sum for them."She was going to make you all dinner.
And she offered us 250 gold pieces for them.

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Yes, but.
Ah, right. Totally forgot about that.
Actually someone asked JJ why the reward for the radishes was so high. His response was that it was an appropriate level of treasure for the encounter, but to go ahead and do it differently if you want to make it more plausible.

Scarlet Scarab |

Scarlet chugs the potion.
Cure Serious Wounds: 3d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 8, 5) + 5 = 25
The tick bite closes and she regains some of her energy. "Alright, let's get this statue out of here. Anyone recognize this map?"
"And uh...let's try not to split up too much. These buggers are all over us."

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Numalar peers over the edge of the chasm.
perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Is Posh still down there?
"Have a look around while you are down there. There might be a hidden chamber or exit that centipede was there to guard."

RPGGGM |

Posh is dangling off the lip of the tunnel. A lot of his stuff is still at the bottom. A further look at the bottom doesn't reveal anything new.
Now is the time to plan your next move up the eastern tunnel, or back the way you came?

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Numalar crosses over to the other side also, and looks at the statue.
"'oHbe' 'e' nuvpu' Hew? , yIja' 'oH Suq chaHvaD." Numalar says to Mikmek.
Numalar turns to the others.
"I am inclined to see if there is anything else this way."

Scarlet Scarab |

"I don't like climbing up that tunnel again- who knows if they'll pour more goo, or another spider or something pops up. Let's head east."

Mikmek, Sootscale Hero |

"Ngo' Shiv-Tooh qeylIS YAP QeH. nuv ghaH luj doom! Hegh qoj'a' SuD luDalaH wa' nargh luj ghaH 'Iv neH vegh lo'taHvIS je Hance. ghaH toD vIneH 'ach YAP YAP Qu' pe'vIlHa' je Hance 'ej poH cha'DIch jIH chegh juH mob." Mikmek turns away, and makes a sad sort of whining noise.

Alia of the Blade |

Wiping off tick juices from her estoc using whatever cloth could be found nearby, Alia responds to Scarlet: "Who cares? Probably some mumbo-jumbo about the proposed divinity of his clans little idol. These degenerate sub-dragons believe in that kind of thing."
Actually I was really tempted to pick it up and throw it at him "Mikmek, catch" and see where THAT goes...but I'll think of the group and not do that :)
Taking a look east, she continuse:"Aye, climbing seems like a bad idea. They can attack downwards, and block us from approaching, while we have to move up in single-file. East seems like a better idea!"

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"Uh...what did he say?"
"He says that Old Sharptooth here is an angry god. He goes into detail but overall it doesn't sound like you get a lot out of worshiping the bastard."
Numalar turns back to Mikmek.
"qatlh qeylIS toy'? pa' Ho' wej latlh qeylIS Ha' je pabwI' vI'Iprup yISeH 'ej SoH QaD vo' ngo' jej naDev? ghaH pagh wa' neH."
Numalar begins crossing over to the east once again. Take 10 to climb across.

Scarlet Scarab |

"Okay. I'll grab Posh's stuff, then let's grab the statue and get out of here." Scarlet heads down to retrieve the goods, then straps it to her back and climbs back out.

Zokon Santyev |

After retrieving his darts and searching the chief etc.
"Yeah lets get going. I can feel em just waiting to jump out at us again."
He looks around nervously dart in hand

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Once across, Numalar does a search of the area to see if there is anything he missed. Then he looks to see what other exits there are.
Percpetion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 I will take 20 for a 28 if we have time.

RPGGGM |

The party proceeds eastward up the wide, low, steep slope.

Poshment Underhill |

Posh feels somewhat downcast as he couldn't help out the group, but instead decides to entertain the group and start up a happy and flowing tune he picked up from Eseme.
perform (sing): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Think that's good enough for this song

Zokon Santyev |

As he creeps along Zokon is keeping an eye out.
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Celyne |

Celyne will try to catch up to the injured Zokon. "Will you slow down a moment and let me heal you as we progress? Please?"

Zokon Santyev |

"Yes miss." he says meekly, realising he is rather injured

Celyne |

As they continue on, Celyne starts healing Zokon...
not sure how many rounds I have to do so... but here's some rolls:
clw zokon: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw zokon: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
clw zokon: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
clw zokon: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
if there's time for all 4, that'll get you to 28/32
"Okay, who's next?"