Sarona steps forward. "I will investigate. My physiology is incompatible with organic disease."
Vulpina nods.
”I am in no hurry to see my rations again; I believe we can cover you from here?” she asks the others, as she ponders whether the GM will let her switch from her loaded pellets to a single shot without having to fire the weapon.
She steps forward and like diving daggers, she is assaulted by 4 bat-like creatures that look like oversized mosquitoes, none of which have recognized, yet' that Sarona is inedible. Seems like they were out of sight in the rafters and have done this thing before, as evidenced by the remains.
Two of them drop from the rafters so quickly nobody gets a chance to react, though one of them almost laughably careens off the other one and goes *splat* on the floor. The other latches on and begins to suck doing one point of constitution damage. But almost as soon as it sticks its proboscis in, it removes it with a jerk, as it discovers that it is not sucking food. It does not look like it liked that at all!
[dice=damage]
Lupe, Wolf, Katsumi, and Sarona all are on high alert and spot the others before they can make contact.
Bold may go. This is a surprise round so only one standard action please (including a partial charge if you choose).
Stirge 1
Stirge 2 (1 point of android fluid damage)
Wolf
Lupe
Katsumi
Sarona (-1 con)
Stirge 3
Stirge 4
After the surprise round we will do init.
As they continued their search Rahella looked at the various works of art with interest but didn't linger too long at any one of them. It wasn't until they reached the foul smelling mess of a room that Rahella found herself baffled. The others seemed to think this was the most retched stuff they'd ever smelled but truthfully she didn't find it all that bad. Not a shock really considering where she grew up at.
Rahella looked at the others and, when no one spoke up volunteering to go in, cast a spell to detect magic as well. She saw the source of the magic aura and knew that it might prove useful so, when no one else spoke up she rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, give me a minute."
Rahella pulled out her bulkier outer robes and pulled them on then began rustling around underneath them. When she was done she took what she had been wearing, the much nicer and far more revealing garments, and placed them in her pack. She then chanted and gestured, casting a spell that made her garments emit a pleasant smell. It wasn't as good as she would like but she'd been around far worse smells so she figured she could manage this.
"If something comes for me distract it," she said and then began to wade in to where she saw the magical aura as she activated a barrier to protect her should she be attacked.
Sarona recoils from the stirge that bit her and swings her staff!
She then backs away to let someone else take her place.
Sarona reels back outside of the room, the stirge still clinging to her in confusion, spewing some weird colored fluid from it's snout.
Lupe and Wolf are going to run in and see if they can clear the creature off of Sarona.
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If wolf did not have to move he will also attack otherwise wolf will use his move to get Lupe in position.
Since Sarona so kindly brings the stirge to Lupe, Lupe cleanly slices the one still clinging haplessly to Sarona right off her body, separating the sticky feet from the torso. It flops to the ground in agony and lays there twitching, while Sarona stands there with 6 little spiny legs sticking out of her back.
Then wolf charges into the room and snaps at the one on the floor, tearing it to shreds.
That is perfect!
The remaining two stirges dive bomb Lupe, who is the closest target for the stirges.
The first one barely misses and swoops up before hitting the ground like the mauled stirge below it. But the second one latches on to Lupe and starts sucking blood.
Bold may go.
Lady Vulpina
Sarona (-1 con) and her familiar
Katsumi
Stirge 4
Rahella
Stirge 3
Casper
Wolf
Lupe (-1 con)
post weekend bump
Vulpina's pistol is already in her hand from having just loaded a shot into it; with that in mind, she takes the opportunity to fire--
Sarona swings her staff again!
And she backs up again.
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Bold may go.
Sarona (-1 con) and her familiar
Katsumi (Lupe, please post his actions)
Stirge 4
Rahella
Stirge 3
Casper
Wolf
Lupe (-1 con)
Lady Vulpina
"Get off me you stupid bug."
Wolf, "GRRRRRR."
Great, then the Stirge digs into Lupe and sucks another con point out of him, not realizing that it's days are coming to an end.
Bold may go.
Rahella
Stirge
Casper
Wolf
Lupe (-2 con)
Lady Vulpina
Sarona (-1 con) and her familiar
Katsumi (Lupe, please post his actions)
Stirge 4
It's AC is pathetic while attached and it only has a few HP. Finish it off!
Casper rushes in and smacks the thing and it flattens up against Lupe's armor in a bloody smear. You are surprised at how much blood there is until you realize that most of it came from Lupe who is definitively feeling the loss.
Once the dust settles (and yes there is moldy dust flying around), you may search the room at your leisure. You find a small fortune in feces covered coins and a fine silver bowl that something peed in, and the magical item turns out to be a small platinum array of chimes (spellcraft roll to identify and get the command word please) which seems relatively clean compared with everything else. Probably because they are hanging out of reach of the crap on the ground and under a beam that protects it form the aerial bombardment from above.
Should anyone have the bright idea of climbing up and searching the nests, you will get nasty splinters and an extra layer of filth for your efforts.
Sarona examines the enchanted chimes, fighting the feeling of nausea and revulsion assaulting her senses.
Katsumi attacks a stirge.
Lupe and Wolf are going try and free Lupe.
Vulpina sighs as she loads some pellets into her pistol.
"Well, to be completely honest, enormous mosquitoes were less bad than I was expecting," she states, "though they are plenty horrid."
"Says you. A stiff breeze could knock me over. Just kidding. Though I don't feel great I can sleep it off."
You finish your business in the room, far richer and aromatic. Do you pause to clean yourselves up and how? Otherwise, where do you head to
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"Attention. My physiology is incompatible with organic disease. Yours is not. Please observe proper social distancing protocols until we have undergone decontamination procedures." Sarona advises.
"Naturally," says Vulpina, who largely refused to enter the room in the first place except as strictly necessary.
Lupe and his brother move up toward the center area and peek in.
The area is a wall of vegetation. You will need to carve your way in if you want to see more.
Lupe will cast detect magic and have Wolf sniff around for anything living that is not a plant.
You do not detect anything and Wolf catches the scent of something in there, though he acts like it is a trail scent and not the scent of something there now.
Sarona remains at least ten feet away from the party in an effort to keep herself from infecting anyone.
Give me a knowledge nature or healing roll to discover whether that is necessary.
Lupe can tell that the thing sucked his blood, but he doesn't think he is any more contagious than the crap they waded through to get into the fight. But there is a chance that something that filthy carries a disease. It would be a good idea to keep an eye out for symptoms.
Sarona gets the same feeling as Lupe.
If the group is ok with it Lupe will start to carve away at the plants.
No objection comes from Vulpina; her blade is a bit light for such work.
You carve your way through and find a nest there. It looks like it has been recently used but there are no eggs and no bird. And from the looks of the nest it is one honkin' big bird that made the nest.