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Laria's rebuke convinces Pip to stifle the second snapdragon he has floating around as a fiery orange orb. He lets the spell's duration expire and snuff out into nothing, and he instead launches into a new spell.
"A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican,
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week
But I'm damned if I see how the helican!"
Once again heeding not whether his audience, rats and sprites, can understand a lick of what he says, Pip relies on the rhyming, rhythmic nonsense to captivate and Hypnotize the unwelcome guests.
Indra appreciates a good limerick and Pip's actually makes her crack a small smile as she let's loose her arrow.
Nerris just sighs looking at the swarm of rats. "Im sorry..... Though this is the only thing that can hurt those rats," Nerris says as she hucks a bomb.
Alexite's flask of acid cracks against a rat skull as it hits, spraying acid all over the swarm! (Does 4 damage to one swarm).[/ooc]
Orrias' crossbow bolt arcs towards a faint shimmering of movement near the statue, but flies past.
Pip's ridiculous song resounds through the space...
...and you hear the piping stop, as though it's actually paying attention to your nonsense!
Indra, filled with the grace of her goddess, sends an arrow arcing through the air towards the statue. If it strikes something, it doesn't seem to sink in when it hits.
Nerris tosses a bomb, but it goes wide!
The bomb still strikes adjacent to the swarm of rats, sending a wave of fire through them!
The piping, stopped for now, doesn't seem to impede the rats. They swarm towards Alexite and Nerris, swirling around their feet!
Nerris shrugs off the rats attacks and starts panicking as they start crawling all over her. Backing off from the swarm she throws another bomb.
You shake off the worst of their infected bite, but your arm isn't that steady as the bomb splashes just to the left of the swarm.
The swarm is horribly burned by the bombs, even though they haven't hit directly, but still seems lively enough to work its way towards you through the water.
Cursing enough to make a sailor blush, Indra fires off another arrow, this time at Nerris' burned rats.
Alexite is also cursing vigorously. “Rats! I hate rats!!”
Seizing his Morningstar, he tries to batter the rats away.
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"Vexing litte s&$#!" Orrias loads another bolt and fires, hoping Pip's hypnotic words make the unseen pest hold still.
Indra's arrow skewers a pair of rats, but the whole swarm seems largely unaffected.
Alexite fights off the worst of the bits he receives, and crushes several of them with his morningstar.
Orrias - distracted by the rats, perhaps - has difficulty pinning down the invisible opponent.
(Pip, one more from you, then we'll continue!)
Pip remains surprised that his spell worked - at least, he thinks it worked. Now he is unsure what else to do. He dare not set off any more firecrackers, and he doubts the rats would be as interested in lyrical humor.
Instead, he fishes one of the cold iron sling bullets from the small bag at his belt. Pip whirls his sling around, aims for the enemy perched atop Calistria, and hopes for the best.
However, the shot goes clear over the goddess' head, ricochets off the cavern ceiling, and plunks into the water.
With multiple projectiles flying in its direction, whatever it is on top of the statue shrieks, and then you hear it chanting arcane words in the infernal tongue.
It is the spell summon monster 3.
The rats continue pressing forward, rolling up onto Alexite and Nerris again!
"So...not...a fan..." Alexite growls. "Nerris! Get outta here!" He takes another wild swing at the rats, and follows his own advice.
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Realizing that a change of tactics was in order, Orrias kneels down and begins scooping up handfuls of the flour scattered around and stuffing it into a paper alchemical filter.
Nerris walks back from the swarm a decent distance. "Listen even missing I'm still doing decent damage." she says with a concerned look on her face.
Alexite scatters a small wave of lifeless rats across the water, but Nerris' bomb is just not quite on the mark...
...vaporizing some of the water, but also destroying the last of the rats that pursue her!
Orrias, thinking quickly, manages to scoop up enough flour to make an improvised "powder bomb" that could reveal an invisible creature... if it hits!
Pip shakes his head with a frustrated growl. He turns his attention from the invisible foe to the last of the rats vexing his allies who might be better suited to dealing with the real problem.
Rather than a venomous tongue, he decides to deploy something just as caustic. He summons a glob of acid and flicks it towards the last rat swarm like a laborer might flick a booger.
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Indra speaks Infernal and recognizes that spell. If you thought she was mad before, now she's FURIOUS. She starts ranting in infernal about all the horrible ways she's going to mangle this fairy when they catch it.
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Sorry, folks - looks like a post got eaten. Mea culpa for the weekend delay!
Pip's acid splash does fly wide of the mark, sizzling into the water where it lands.
The chanting caster does gain a quavering note to their voice after hearing Indra's invective against it, but the spellcasting continues.
When it reaches it's crescendo, there is a word of power spoken, and a massive form splashes into the water - a near-replica of the giant crocodile that you faced when you first entered this space appears, gnashing and biting at Indra!
The rats swarm over Alexite again...
There is a flapping of wings, as the invisible creature appears to be moving to another location.
The party is up!
" My last bomb. Here goes nothing."
Giving the edges of the paper filter a little twist and hoping it holds together, Orrias winds up and flings his impromtu powder-bomb at the invisible foe.
Despite the growing chaos raging around him, Pip strains his senses to try and locate the flitting menace.
Both to minimize the threats his friends face, and as an exercise to focus while trying to locate the invisible foe, Pip launches into another verse of lyrical nonsense to distract some combination of the enemies around the party of rebels.
Somehow Indra just didn't expect the summoned creature to pop up right next to her. Of course it would...g~&*#+n fairies!
Pain lances through her as the croc takes a significant bite out of her hip. She staggers back from the beast and lets fly an arrow from near point blank range.
Nerris' bomb hits the crocodile , and it lurches to avoid the worst...
...but it fails, taking the full brunt of the damage!
Orrias' improvised powder bomb explodes in a mess of white residue, and you see the flour outline of a bat-winged tiny humanoid cough before it hisses at you!
Pip works to grab the attention of the nearby foes...
...but it doesn't seem to be having an effect!
Indra hops backwards, firing off an arrow at the croc that just manages to pierce its hide. The creature is bloodied by this and Nerris' bomb, and looking in rough shape.
Alexite growls, “I am not old enough to be getting too old for this s@!~, but here we are!” Taking a wide stance, he bellows a challenge and charges the croc!
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Alexite's blow lands HARD on the croc, nearly splitting its skull open, but not quite.
The croc responds with a mighty bite...
...and latches onto the fighter!
The remaining rat swarm makes for Indra, staying clear of the croc, but can't quite get to her.
The flour coated foe appears to grab something in the shape of a long tube from it's back, and load something into one end of it. They otherwise maintain position.
Cursing in Elven under his breath Orrias hurries over to the rowboat still tied up by the pier and hops in, slashing at the rope tying it off. Unfortunately the rocking vessel makes him nearly lose his balance and the cut goes wide.
"ARGH!" Alexite yells as the crocodile chomps into him. When it clamps down, he lets out a howl of rage and, struggling to pry its jaws open with one hand, brings his morningstar down again!
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Rats are right up on Indra's list with fairies. Now that Alex has the croc... umm, occupied?... she dashes to the side, conjuring up a mystic ball of acid to throw at the swarm.
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"I'm through with slinging rocks, and dealing with that croc. Without your spell, I'd give you hell, and kick you in the...shin!"
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Nerris, seeing the croc occupied with its meal, dashes bravely forward, slashing with her dagger to help Alexite...
...distracting the crocodile just long enough for the fighter to crunch into the creature's skull again and dismiss it back to the ether!
Indra's splash of acid goes wide against the rats, drawing their attention in her direction! They start making their way towards the icy tiefling, but can't quite reach her.
Orrias hops into the rowboat , but nearly falls into the water while trying to stabilize it.
The invisible creature hisses at Pip's attempt at distracting humor, and you hear a small whoop sound, before...
...a tiny dart sticks in Pip's shoulder.
In that moment, you can see the creature more clearly - a tiny red-skinned humanoid, with batlike wings and horns at its brow raises a small blowgun and curses you in Infernal!
Recovering his blance, Orrias slices the rope and kicks off, propelling the rowboat towards the now-visible flying for.
"Ow, dagnabbit!" Pip exclaims, craning his neck to look at the tiny dart. A wave of dizziness passes across his face. "Whoa, that's not good."
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With the swarm not yet on her and the croc no longer a threat, Indra slips behind Alex and touches his shoulder. "No laying down on the job, soldier."
"Not planning to. But thanks," Alexite growls to Indra. Turning toward the swarming rats and the weird red creature, he frowns. Drawing his dagger, he takes a few steps forward and hurls it at the little red thing!
Orrias kicks the boat towards the statue, drawing just within reach of the creature.
Pip, you feel like you're less nimble on your feet than you should be.
After taking healing from Indra, Alexite looses a well aimed dagger, and it seems to be the final blow that disperses any remaining rats back into the sewers from whence they came.
The creature hisses at the loss of another ally, and seeing Orrias approach it flaps back a bit , draws a tiny wand from its belt and fires a bolt of acid at you...
...just managing to catch you in the side and sizzling away at your skin.
Indra moves closer and extends her hand towards the fey. "Right back atcha, ya creep." A ball of acid flies out of her palm towards him.
Gritting his teeth against the acid's burning touch, Orrias doesn't let it distract him as he times the boat's approach. He takes a deep breath, knowing that even if this works his gambit will end in filthy water. When he feels the boat's momentum has carried him as far as it can the elf leaps, arm outstretched to snatch his tiny foe from the air!
Perhaps in a testament to how the halfling's mind works, the stinging wound and the ensuing loss of coordination prompts him to think of the wounded Alexite. From his jacket pocket he fishes the tin flask containing the potent healing potion and does his best to scamper it over to the wounded pugilist who is no longer at risk of being gatorbait.
Sorry for the delay, all - busy week!
Indra's acid strikes true, but the creature seems to simply ignore the effects!
Pip's potion helps Alexite tremendously (I assume, go ahead and roll it, Alexite! 2d8+3)
It's Orrias that puts himself at most danger, launching himself into the air... and just barely snagging the creature's foot as he falls into the water!
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Nerris just shrugs walks up to the invisible fairy and just tries to grab the fey.
“Whooo! Thanks, bud!” Alex says with a grin as his wounds close up. He moves over to retrieve his dagger.