See you tomorrow!
When he's all alone Yan stops and shakes his head. [b]Oh, I forgot to respond to Sendoski about his book.[b] He shrugs.
The night passes. Oorgatch's dreams are a bit bothered, he dreams of Jaul still stalking the nearby highlands, but the dream is quickly subsumed by a purple mouse turning into a river of rainbows and washing over everything.
You're able to complete your shoppings and savings without trouble.
What next?
"How about we head to that other secret entrance?" asks Scarred One
In the morning Yan visits the shops around town and tries to prepare as best he can for a swarm and possible swimming with sharks.
WhileWHile he's packing in his room a little bit of the alchemist fire dribbles out of the jar and sizzles along the spine of Sendoski's book. Yan hastily splashes water on it and then shoves the book into the desk drawer. I'll tell SSendoski I forgot it today. It's for his own good. Otherwise, he might be distracted while we're adventuring all day, and we all need to focus.
Yan agrees with Scarred One.
Heading back down to Jaul's platform you could head north into the blue hall that you've been warned to keep your eyes shut, or you could hop off and head south past the wall of mushrooms.
Yan looks South past the mushrooms. Should we check out that way first? Oh, I keep getting distracted on the way to our goal.
"Yeah let us go and check that." says Scarred One and turns after Yan towards the wall of mushrooms.
It's a 10 foot drop off the platform down into the water that is cold and not particularly pleasant.
Pulling yourself the first narrow windy passageway heads up before reaching a tunnel blocked with rubble. Some excavation might reveal what is beyond.
In the meantime heading the other way takes you by the bottom of the pipe with the fungus covered dead otyugh.
No magic resonates at either location and the dead fungus covered otyugh remains dead for now.
Heading further south you find a 3ft deep pond with a low rocky isle that rises less than a foot above the surrounding water here, its surface covered with a fine layer of pale green mushrooms and mold.
A human skeleton dressed in rotten leather armor and clutching a rapier lies in a heap at the center of the isle.
From the skeleton a ghostly form manifests "Beware the eyes of Empty Death!" as the ghostly figure backs in fright as a pair of lightly glowing blue flicker wisps appear and head in your direction.
A cold wisp of nothingness passes through your ranks.
and electricity strikes from nowhere, shocking the old orc in the back. A bit of electricity lingers about a floating skull, that grins with evil.
Initiative
Invisible Solid
Yan
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Dashes
Dots
Oorgatch
Yan, Sendoski and Scarred One are up!
Scarred One looks at the rapier and the rotten leather armor "Otari!" he guesses as the passing wisp electrocutes him
"You can't hide from the old Scarred One." he reaches to the bad and gets out a scroll
Holding it in his hand he begins to read the incantation.
The ground begins to move and soon it explodes upwards marking everything in that area
The skull dodges the glitterdust completely.
Yan groans.
Sendoski! We need your faerie fire!
Yan steps forward and tries to protect the front ranks.
Critical Success Your marshal's aura increases to a 20-foot emanation and grants you and allies a +1 status bonus to attack rolls and saves against mental effects.
Success As critical success, but your aura's size doesn't increase.
Failure You fail to enter the stance.
Critical Failure You fail to enter the stance and can't take this action again for 1 minute.
He's so busy worried about how they'll handle an invisible creature he fails to enter stance.
He steps forward and strikes one of the otherr creatures for now, remembering they are weak but have a dangerous mental effect.
Yan isn't feeling as inspiring as he would like but he does land a solid blow on one of the flicker wisps.
The slightly electrified skull is now outlined in faerie fire as Sendoski splashes through the water.
The wounded/Dashed Wisp moves up and flickers its lights at Yan, who can't seem to concentrate his his eyes go all swirly.
While the next wisp blinks a hit and further hold's Yan's confused attention.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull
2Yan (Confused)
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Dashes (-11)
Dots
Oorgatch
Oorgatch is up!
Oorgatch move up, stabs pretends like he slips, and stabs.
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Even without the concealment Oorgatch doesn't come close to connecting. As the skull maneuvers quickly through the air.
The skull glares back at Oorgatch.
Frightening the swashbuckler.
It then shocks him
Critting!
This skull is clearly very dangerous
And then floating back a bit.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull
1Yan (Confused)
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Dashes (-11)
Dots
Oorgatch (22/54) F1
Yan, Sendoski, and Scarred One are up!
Why, Oorgatch!?
Luckily Yan flails.
Unluckily he's still confused.
Scarred One moves towards Yan and swings his fist at him
"Wake up! You should know better by now"
Scarred One smacks Yan with his fist "Keep in mind that I was holding my blow"
Scarred One smacks Yan but he doesn't seem to snap out of it.
Sendoski's missiles strike the wounded wisp, finishing it off!
The remaining flickerwisp floats around, sparkling it's flashing lights at Yan.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull
2Yan (Confused)
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Dots
Oorgatch (22/54) F1
Oorgatch is up!
Oorgatch moves around, tumbling past the skull, ignoring his wounds.
He then tries to strike the concealed skull.
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Oorgatch finds his movement stymied by the wisp and then is too scared to connect.
The wisp shocks back.
Before flying up to Scarred One and shocking him.
Scarred One's shield keeps him safe though!
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull
1Yan (51/56) Confused)
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Dots
Oorgatch (8/54)
Yan, Sendoski and Scarred One are up!
"Get yourself together Yan!" yells Scarred One and slaps him with the back side of his right hand.
"Are you all right now?" asks and walks towards dots
He takes a swing with his shield
"You will retreat crossing the path of this Warband!"
Scarred One hits the flickerwisp and slaps Yan out of it.
Sendoski can't connect with the flaming skull and if it's anything like the other wisps he's not even sure if it would work if he did hit.
Yan strikes at Scarred one’s target, trying to take it out:
Then, hoping its dead he moves to Oorgatch and laus on hands.
Yan finishes off the flicker wisp and moves to heal Oorgatch.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull
1Yan (45/56) Confused)
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Oorgatch (20/54) (+2 AC)
Oorgatch is up!
Oorgatch thanks Yan, and tries to affect this foul thing.
He deftly moves up, trying to run across the wall!
He flops around as he moves forward, actually not being very agile.
Then he stabs at the thing.
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And finally, he parries, to pay some heed to his defense.
Oorgatch flails a bit in the water but lands a blow against the skull!
The skull moves towards Yan, glowing a horrible red briefly.
Yan is not afraid. He is however shocked.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull
Yan (35/56)
Sendoski
Scarred One (43/56)
Oorgatch (20/54) (+2 AC)
Party is up!
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Oorgatch attempts to tumble through and around the skull, but he fails.
So, instead, he moves to flank with Yan, and stabs.
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Yan glares at the wisp.
Oorgatch hits a second time while Yan joins the successful assault.
The wisp flickers briefly as though is has suffered quite a bit of damage.
Scarred One moves next to Oorgatch and tries to hit them with his shield
Then he raises his shield
Neither Scarred One nor Sendoski have any luck connecting.
Looking for a new target to menace the skull flies at Sendoski.
The Wisp then pulls the fear from Sendoski, almost as if it were a palpable substance, nourishing and healing itself.
The good news is, it's now glowing quite brightly.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull 21
Yan (35/56)
Sendoski Frightened 1
Scarred One (43/56)
Oorgatch (20/54) (+2 AC)
Party time!
Party is up!
Oorgatch tumbles through the wisp, to end up in a flanking position.
He is not surprised that he cannot pull off the maneuver, but he doesn’t let it bother him. Much.
So, he takes his frustration out by stabbing
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He then sets up his parry.
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Scarred One moves towards the enemy and tries to hit it with his shield
"Darn, it is so annoying!"
But he misses, terribly.
Using his empty hand he tries to trip the skull since he sees it
Oorgatch and Scarred One are stymied by the skull's impressive defense.
Yan delays for Sendoski hoping his friend moves away from the creature. Then he glares at it and tries to strike it.
No luck from Yan's attacks or Sendoski.
The fully glowing wisp turns to Scared One and zots him.
The wisp continues to float as nothing else seems to happen.
Initiative:
Concealed Solid Skull 21 (Stupefied 2)
Yan (35/56)
Sendoski
Scarred One (17/56)
Oorgatch (20/54)
Everybody is up!
Yan lashes out three times:
Again Oorgatch tries to dance, but fails.
He then just stabs, taking advantage of Yan’s flank.
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And then parries.
Scarred One yells when he is zapped by the odd being. He moves in front of Yan and smashes the being with his shield
Just to try to trip them
Yan hits once with his final desperate strike, but nobody else is as lucky.
The wisp flits towards Yan and zots him.
After that it just floats there, seemingly stupefied.
The ghostly figure that you saw at the beginning of combat appears as Yan's shadow and reaches out at the wisp.
"I've had enough of Nhimbaloth's eye!"
Wounding, but not killing the wisp.
Yan's shadow turns back to normal.
Initiative:
Solid Skull 45
Otari?
Yan (20/56) (Fort 25)
Sendoski
Scarred One (17/56)
Oorgatch (20/54)
Everybody is up! (Yan fort 25 save)