Fundin turns to see the swarm trying to bite him. He takes one centipede in his hand and keeps the creature as far as he can from his head while squinting his eyes. "Let me check if I know those creatures..."
Then he takes a swing with his gauntlet and slams some of the creatures on the ground "Leave me be, this tickles!"
Then he moves to the side.
Quickly dashing out of the way, de Sibelius is only bitten a little bit, small red spots quickly appearing in his legs. Fortunately none of the bites really penetrated his flesh and the slight itching was no more than his normal irritation after combing his beard.
"Ow, Ow you little blighters .... " He jumps and skips ziggzagging his way to safety, waving his hands in the air swotting imaginary bugs. Stopping he turns takes a breath and pointing to the mass of flames, pulls it once more towards the writhing mass of bugs.
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Laurel draws one of his many blades and slashes furiously, but to no avail.
Zoi lets out a haunting hymn, blanketing the Red swarm.
vs DC 18
The sound doesn't bother the individual creatures much, but the effect on the swarm as a whole is significant.
Lazlo shakes the bugs off of him and moves away, drawing an evil-looking flask.
Fundin shakes off a little of the damage and feels poison in his veins, although he doesn't look too worried. He does feel like his feet are flat, though.
de Sibelius also shakes off a little damage and strides away, leaving his flaming sphere in his place.
vs DC 19
--Round 1
Laurel
Lazlo (-3 hp)
Zoi
Galimus (Reflex vs -1 hp, Fort vs poison)
Fundin (-5 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1])
--Round 2
de Sibelius (-3 hp)
Red Centipede Swarm (-8 hp, -weakness*3)
Yellow Centipede Swarm
Blue Centipede Swarm
Galimus avoids the worst of the bites and flees. He then turns and cries out his disgust and fear at the mass of centipedes.
The sound comes out amplified and is almost visible as it ripples across the air.
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Galimus also feels some weird sensations as he is bitten.
--Round 1
Laurel
Lazlo (-3 hp)
Zoi
Galimus (-0 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1]) specify spell target
Fundin (-5 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1])
--Round 2
de Sibelius (-3 hp)
Red Centipede Swarm (-8 hp, -weakness*3)
Yellow Centipede Swarm
Blue Centipede Swarm
vs DC 19
The sound burst disrupts the swarm's cohesion and damages a few centipedes.
Galimus feels some poison running through his patchwork body.
The swarms circle back, attacking de Sibelius, Laurel, and Fundin.
--Round 2
Laurel (Ref vs -4 hp, Ref vs -3 hp, Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison)
Lazlo (-3 hp)
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1]) Fort vs poison first
Fundin (-5 hp, Ref vs -7 hp, Ref vs -3 hp, Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1]) Fort vs poison first
--Round 3
de Sibelius (-3 hp, Ref vs -7 hp, Ref vs -3 hp, Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison)
Red Centipede Swarm (-8 hp, -weakness*3)
Yellow Centipede Swarm
Blue Centipede Swarm (-3 hp, -weakness)
"They keep following us!"
Arcana * +7
Crafting * +7
Nature * +6
Occultism ** +9
Religion * +6
Society * +7
Haunt Lore ** +9
"I Hete bugs!"
◆) Recall Knowledge
Desna Lore (*) +3
Nature (*) +6
Religion (*) +6
Survival (*) +6 or +8 track prey
With some of the swarms joining together Zoi's haunting hymn seems to cause even more of a disturbance as the masked calls reverberate through the insects.
HP 30/30
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 4/4
Battle Medicine:
"Get back! Get back! They won't get too far from their cover. If we get away from their territory and leave them alone, they'll break off their attack," Galimus shouts to the group as he notices some oddities about the creatures' behavior.
He takes his own advice and gets as far away from the trees (as the map will allow.)
He then interposes a mental shield between himself and the centipedes.
Fundin strong body fights off the poison, but the bites keep coming. He looks towards Laurel and shields her from the damage.
He smashes his fist twice at the creatures
Then he walks away.
Laurel easily squirms his way out of half of the bites, but feels some poison in his system.
Zoi lets out a horrendous squawk.
The Red swarm totally disperses, individual centipedes scurrying all over the ground harmlessly.
Galimus fights off the poison, and backs away to safety, shielding himself.
Fundin fights off the poison in his system, only to be bitten and feel more entering.
--Round 2
Laurel (-3 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1]) 2 actions, new Fort save at the end of turn
Lazlo (-3 hp) 2 actions
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp)
Fundin (-15 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1]) end of turn Fort vs poison
--Round 3
de Sibelius (-3 hp, Ref vs -7 hp, Ref vs -3 hp, Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison)
Red Centipede Swarm (-11 hp, -weakness*4)
Yellow Centipede Swarm
Blue Centipede Swarm (-3 hp, -weakness)
"They're disgusting. Let's see how they like some fire." Lazlo moves forward and throws his alchemist fire at one of the swarms.
"Yeh toss 'em wit fire bomb'll do th' trick" Laurel praises Lazlo's tactics "Used ta play wit' 'em when I waz litl'lun 'fore I got big an' strong" the boy flexes his lean arm and a tiny but firm bump produces itself suddenly in the spot where a bicep muscle ought take root "Goss juices in'em lil' bodies yeh kin kut crosswise, don' jus' poke 'er mash 'em, won' work as good" he contorts his face at the thought of bug guts "No brains's they got - also no guts b'side the juice" his lecture of bug anatomy cut short, he slashes "crosswise" and runs away having disgusted himself!
◆) Recall Knowledge
◆) Strike
◆) Stride
"Ow bloody Ow!" shouts the gnome, his glasses at an angle as he tries to fling the bugs that are crawling through his beard, down his shirt and ... well almost everywhere. "They said back at the firm there would be challenges, but really ... THIS!!" he feels woozy as his blood is tainted by some alien substance injected into his body.
He walks away from the tree, and causes the fires to burn another swarm, before shouting "Mr Goldenoak, would you be so kind as to destroy these bugs, NOW!"
Fundin, once again, fights off the poison in his veins.
Lazlo lobs a bottle, which splashes all over the swarm.
Laurel slashes at the bugs around him, ineffectively, and then bolts. A searing pain creeps up his leg.
de Sibelius sustains his sphere and speaks with a devilish voice.
vs DC 19
The swarms head for their nearest victims.
DC 20 basic Reflex vs damage, DC 20 Fort vs poison
DC 20 basic Reflex vs damage, DC 20 Fort vs poison
DC 20 basic Reflex vs damage, DC 20 Fort vs poison
DC 20 basic Reflex vs damage, DC 20 Fort vs poison
--Round 3
Laurel (-10 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2]) Fort save at end of turn
Lazlo (-3 hp, Ref vs -1 hp, Ref vs -6 hp, Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison) Fort save at end of turn if poisoned
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp)
Fundin (-15 hp, Diabolic Edict , Ref vs -6 hp, Ref vs -5 hp, Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison) Fort save at end of turn if poisoned
--Round 4
de Sibelius (-13 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1]) Fort save at end of turn
Red Centipede Swarm (-11 hp, -weakness*4)
Yellow Centipede Swarm (-4 hp, -weakness)
Blue Centipede Swarm (-6 hp, -weakness*2)
"No! No! You fools! Just run away! Don't fight them!" Galimus shouts.
He remains as far away from the arthropods as he can but does nothing else.
Zoi's haunting hymn continues as the ravens circle about overhead. He quickly begins to back away to give the centipede's some room.
HP 30/30
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 4/4
Battle Medicine:
Despite the poison going through his body, Sibelius once more move the burning mass of magical energy into the crawling mass of creepy crawlies. Then walking away from the bugs, he turns towards the tree and looks for anything special amongst the rotten wood and branches.
Before he feels his stomach churn and his eyes cloud. He blinks and clears his eyes of the cloud, but still he feels ill.
Zoi gets 3 temp HP. Is Zoi targeting Yellow?
Yellow is still up.
Confusion takes the boy.
He looks back and forth between Galimus and the others, zigs a little himself, then zags "Sry Gal-muss!" and dashes bravely back into the fray!
◆) Stride
◆) Hunt Prey (Blue)
◆) Twin Takedown
"No poking or mashing?" Lazlo looks at his rapier and sighs. He draws a dagger and slashes at the swarm before retreating.
Fundin looks at de Sibelius glowing eyes. The devil somehow connected to the gnome places an offer, as much as Fundin is not interested in dealing with such creatures it is aligned with what he intended to do.
So he smashes his fist at the swarm twice
Then he moves out
"Didn't you hear the weird kid, Goldenoak? You need to cut them not smash. You're a dwarf, right? Use your battleaxe."
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"No pokin' 'er mashin', yeh" Laurel confirms, his face covered in bug goo, the bites on his knobby arms and knees looking quite infected...
...he adds with lingering confusion "Then agin Gal-muss sed ta lettim' be cuz they ain't movin' too far from the tree... but here we go none-the-wits!"
Laurel slashes twice and feels some bugs slice through, but feels the poison.
Lazlo slashes with his dagger, doing a small amount of damage.
Fundin feels poison briefly, but his dwarf blood overcomes it. He smashes his fist and crushes a few bugs, but most of the damage doesn't go through.
--Round 3
Laurel (-13 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2])
Lazlo (-4 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1])
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp)
Fundin (-20 hp)
--Round 4
de Sibelius (-13 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2])
Red Centipede Swarm (-11 hp, -weakness*4)
Yellow Centipede Swarm (-10 hp, -weakness*3)
Blue Centipede Swarm (-3 hp, -weakness*2, 1 persistent fire)
"If you won't listen, you deserve what you get, but I suppose you may prove useful later so I won't let you die, at least not yet," Galimus snarls.
He summons up some energy out of the ether and flings it, almost begrudgingly at Fundin.
He then summons up his Shield, again.
Galimus heals Fundin.
Yellow goes after Lazlo, while Blue stays to nibble on Laurel.
--Round 4
Laurel (-13 hp, Ref [clumsy 1] vs -1 hp, Ref [clumsy 1] vs -2 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2], Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison) Fort at end of turn if poisoned
Lazlo (-4 hp, Ref vs -1 hp, Ref vs -3 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1], Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison) Fort at end of turn if poisoned
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp)
Fundin (-11 hp)
--Round 5
de Sibelius (-13 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2]) Fort at end of turn
Red Centipede Swarm (-11 hp, -weakness*4)
Yellow Centipede Swarm (-10 hp, -weakness*3)
Blue Centipede Swarm (-4 hp, -weakness*2, 1 persistent fire)
Zoi's continues to keep his distance as he concentrates on the haunting hymn as it seems to be driving the bugs away.
HP 30/30 (3 Temp HP)
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 4/4
Focus Points 0/1
Battle Medicine:
Zoi's hymn scatters the centipedes.
--Round 4
Laurel (-13 hp, Ref [clumsy 1] vs -1 hp, Ref [clumsy 1] vs -2 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2], Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison) Fort at end of turn if poisoned
Lazlo (-4 hp, Ref vs -1 hp, Ref vs -3 hp, flat-footed, poison 1/6 [stage 1], Fort vs poison, Fort vs poison) Fort at end of turn if poisoned
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp)
Fundin (-11 hp)
--Round 5
de Sibelius (-13 hp, flat-footed, clumsy 1, poison 2/6 [stage 2]) Fort at end of turn
Red Centipede Swarm (-11 hp, -weakness*4)
Yellow Centipede Swarm (-13 hp, -weakness*4)
Blue Centipede Swarm (-4 hp, -weakness*2, 1 persistent fire)
"Blech!" the boys face wretches into twisted contortion as he is swarmed with critters.
He looks over, and Hope returns to his eyes as he cheers on his new friend "Yeah Gal-muss gittem an' gittem good!" a momentary distraction, the boy has the sense to slash and slash then make his gitaway!
◆) Twin Takedown
◆◆) Ready @ Trigger: Bugs swarm Laurel?
↺) Ready @ Effect: Laurel Strides South!
Sibelius wanders over to Funding, "Your doing very well, I congratulate you on that last punch, squashed a few." he smiles pleasantly at the dwarf. He then points to the flames growing brighter as the bugs are burnt, pulling it into the remaining writhing mass of bugs.
Lazlo moves forward and throws his dagger at the remaining swarm. "Good job everyone it's almost dispersed." With a flick of the wrist another dagger appears in his hand.
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"Didn't you hear the weird kid, Goldenoak? You need to cut them not smash. You're a dwarf, right? Use your battleaxe."
Fundin turns towards Lazlo, opens and closes few times his mouth "Oh yes, I am a dwarf so I must carry a battleaxe right? Or if I am most eccentric maybe I carry a pick! I don't carry battleaxe, I heard the boy and have nothing that does such damage."
"If you won't listen, you deserve what you get, but I suppose you may prove useful later so I won't let you die, at least not yet,"
Fundin turns towards Galimus looking into the creature's eyes
"My soul is prepared, how is yours?"
When the kid is bitten, he reaches with his hand. "Feel remorse, creatures!"
Then the dwarf moves forwards into the swarm and picks up the dagger that Lazlo thrown. Then he slashes the creatures
"Being methodical is crucial here, we need to break this swarm spirit so that they disperse. "
"I don't know if they're prepared or not, honestly," Galimus replies to Fundin.
"If none of you are going to listen to me, I have no choice but to help you in your folly," Galimus says with a heavy sigh.
He imparts Guidance from the aether on Fundin, Laurel and Lazlo.
Laurel slashes at the bugs, the twin blades slicing several that a single blade could not.
de Sibelius sustains the ball of fire.
vs DC 19
The swarm scatters around it, taking only half damage, but the swarm is clearly on the verge of dispersing.
Lazlo throws a dagger, and Fundin slashes with his battleaxe, killing the alpha centipede and scattering the swarm.
--End of Combat
Laurel (-16 hp)
Lazlo (-4 hp)
Zoi
Galimus (-4 hp)
Fundin (-11 hp)
de Sibelius (-13 hp)
Zoi motions back towards the gate. "Come here a moment in case there are more of the bugs." He waves his good wing in his direction as he begins to apply bandages to a lot of the wounds. As he does so he also releases a small bit of magic into each one to help seal them up a bit better.
HP 30/30 (3 Temp HP)
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 3/4
Focus Points 1/1
Battle Medicine:
Treat Wounds (10 min) (de Sibelius) DC 15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
de Sibelius would hope to return back to the gate area to recover, not wanting to be closer to the tree, until he has his breath back and feels confident to further examine the grounds. Probably moves the burning flames into the tree to burn the most rotten bits, then the area can be properly researched and notes made.
Covered in bandages from head to toe - indeed, nearly as much fabrics as the actual clothes on his back - Laurel rises from having to sit still for 10 minutes and heads straight over to Lazlo Gorog.
"Mister where'ja lern ta throw nives like thet!" bouncing with uncontained excitement as he speaks "Watch this!" he draws and hurls his own dagger at the tree which sticks right in the spot the boy intended "Yeah see you an' me we shud stickit tah any them bugs an' whatnot be comin' round messin' withus" running over to the tree he grabs the jammed-in hilt with both hands, hops up to lever both feet, and pulls with his back, the motion sending his flying backwards and landing with trained grace backwards-somersaulting onto the ground again.
Strolling around camp puffing his chest out and putting on his "tough" face, nodding to each and every other adult in turn like an under-sized pride lion!
Lazlo takes a moment to bandage himself up.
Covered in bandages from head to toe - indeed, nearly as much fabrics as the actual clothes on his back - Laurel rises from having to sit still for 10 minutes and heads straight over to Lazlo Gorog.
"Mister where'ja lern ta throw nives like thet!" bouncing with uncontained excitement as he speaks "Watch this!" he draws and hurls his own dagger at the tree [dice=Dagger Throw]1d20+9; 1d4+2; 1d8 which sticks right in the spot the boy intended "Yeah see you an' me we shud stickit tah any them bugs an' whatnot be comin' round messin' withus" running over to the tree he grabs the jammed-in hilt with both hands, hops up to lever both feet, and pulls with his back, the motion sending his flying backwards and landing [dice=Acrobatics]1d20+9 with trained grace backwards-somersaulting onto the ground again.
Lazlo nods, impressed. "That's pretty good kid. You did well against those bugs. Help me look through these trees. Maybe we can figure out why they were so aggressive." Lazlo searches through the trees and examines the centipede nest.