"Squaw-Terz" Laurel repeats the word in the uncouth and barbaric tongue of Taldane, curious it's meaning, stopping short to wait for Galimus to be done slowing everyone down, crouching his bottom to touch the backs of his jutting ankles, balanced on his toes, and twirling his knives to stymie boredom...
"That is as good of a place to head as any I suppose." Zoi squawks as he heads over to the door, unsure what to expect in this strange place. What did this place want with him exactly?
After a cursory glance at the remains of the mimic, Lazlo stashes his bow and heads over towards the NE door.
+9 vs traps
Several floor-to-ceiling bookshelves turn this large room into a cozy, almost cramped library. The musty smell of old books fills the air, and most of the shelves are stuffed with books of all shapes and sizes. A large brick fireplace is built into the northern wall, and a wrought-iron spiral staircases rises to the northeast. The window between the staircase and the fireplace is broken; the flooring and wall around it appear more weathered than anywhere else in the room. A diffuse pink mist lazily drifts between the bookshelves, as if it were searching for books.
"Aww... too bad a fair ain' cookin up!" Laurel laments "Could go fer a chessnut rhostin o'er a open fair!" he daydreams, before noticing it "Wussat!"
He points to the pink mist drifting between bookshelves with a concerned look on his face.
"Lemme gess. We gossa fights it, right? Cuzzit don' wanna talk all nice, right? Like thet crikin' ferniture, right?" he seems to decide, against his declared reservations, to opt for the diplomatic option - but this time keeping his knives unsheathed "Alright Mist. I be Laurel, an' this 'ere is my friends - he the one thet owns the place - tell me - is you is or is you isn't frenly? Cuz we be if'n you be, so. Wuss goin' on in here? See we got tacked by the cubberd lass room - don' tell me the bookshelves is thinkin' the same? An' whaddabout you? What about the membrain we slid into to get here? Whutcha know?" trying to be as comprehensive as he can muster.
You don't find any traps. Your default Exploration mode is Avoid Notice - there may be times where I roll Perception rather than Stealth for initiative if you get ambushed, can I have your permission to just do that when it makes sense to me, or would you prefer that I ask what you're doing?
I'm fine with you doing whatever feels right at the time.
"Well we've found the library. And something else it seems."
Lazlo tries to identify the strange mist.
Arcana * +7
Crafting * +7
Nature * +6
Occultism ** +9
Religion * +6
Society * +7
Haunt Lore ** +9
Fundin follows Lazlo and Laurel keeping his shield raised. "You said a mist? In the library? That is odd, isn't it?"
He tries to recall what this could mean
A part of Galimus is quite pleased to find a library and more than a little disappointed that one of the broken windows belongs to it. Nothing like damp to ruin books. The furniture and pictures in a sitting room are easily replaced but a damaged book is a tragedy.
There's no time to actually read, anyway but he would like to peruse the shelves.
Unfortunately, he's as wary of that pink mist as everyone else. It would be too much to hope for that it's innocuous or friendly.
Zoi curiously watches the mist in fascination. "Keep your distance, it is likely not friendly. Nothing has been so far."
"Vampiric Mists!" Zoi squawks. "That sadistic monster will draw the blood from our bodies without a thought."
"And it can solidify the mist as well. You would have to wade through it like water," Galimus adds.
Yet, he's been an outsider enough that he's not willing to attack something that doesn't have obvious and immediate hostile intentions toward him.
"We mean you no harm if you mean us no harm. We are here to explore and reclaim this place, if possible," he says.
"Would our weapon even work against this?" asks Fundin confused what this is
"Less find out!"
"Gidown 'ere yuh stupit blanket!"
◆) Demoralize
Laurel utters some discouraging words. The mists begin coalescing into evil-looking creatures.
--Round 1
Lazlo
Red Mist
Yellow Mist
Blue Mist
de Sibelius
Zoi
Fundin
Laurel
Galimus
"Well that can't be good."
Lazlo draws his bow and quickly fires two arrows at the creature at the end of the aisle.
Lazlo fires two arrows, which both pass through the mist, but they don't appear to damage the mist at all.
The mists begin advancing, Red against Laurel, and Yellow and Blue against Fundin.
Red vs Laurel
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Red vs Laurel
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Yellow vs Fundin
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Yellow vs Fundin
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Blue vs Fundin
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Blue vs Fundin
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Poor Laurel gets slashed twice across the neck before he realizes what's happening. Fundin blocks the strikes against him, save for the last one.
--Round 1
de Sibelius
Zoi
Fundin (41/49, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort save)
Laurel (20/41, 2d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort save #1, DC 20 Fort save #2)
Galimus
--Round 2
Lazlo
Red Mist
Yellow Mist (undamaged)
Blue Mist
Laurel's thin body is sucked clean, pulling his skin around his lithe muscles, bones, and organs, the resultant gaunt body barely human looking and frail!
Undeterred - he curses "Stupit blanket" and races around the other side to surround Yellow Mist, slashing crosswise per Lazlo's tip.
◆) Stride
◆) Hunt Prey (Yellow)
◆) Twin Takedown
His wounds continue to gush!
Laurel moves across and slashes, but finds slashing not much more effective than piercing.
--Round 1
de Sibelius
Zoi
Fundin (41/49, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort save)
Laurel (18/38, 2d6 persistent bleed, drained 1)
Galimus
--Round 2
Lazlo
Red Mist
Yellow Mist (-6 hp, +resistance x1)
Blue Mist
Zoi reaches out to heal Laurel and stop the young boys bleeding. "Stay close Laurel!"
HP 30/30
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 3/4
Focus Points 1/1
Wand of Heal (1st): 1/1
Battle Medicine:
Fundin feels the hit on his armor but withstands whatever effect the creatures tried to inflict on him. He looks around trying to figure out the best course of action.
He smashes the mist in front of him with a hammer
Then he raises his shield.
The wounds keep on bleeding
"Ok, I guess you mean us harm," Galimus comments as the things move to attack.
The bookshelves form a sort of labyrinth that makes it difficult to figure out what's going on and see their opponents.
For the moment, Fundin seems relatively ok, though that wound is going to need attending to, soon enough.
He flings some fire at the one that he can see (Blue.)
"Vampiric mist? Where have I heard that before..."
Lazlo attemts to remember any weaknesses these monsters might have.
Arcana * +7
Crafting * +7
Nature * +6
Occultism ** +9
Religion * +6
Society * +7
Haunt Lore ** +9
Lazlo tries his best to frighten the nearest mist with an empty threat.
"Better back off if you know what's good for you!"
Zoi heals Laurel.
Fundin swings his hammer, which hits the mist, but mostly passes on through.
Galimus shoots flame at Blue, which hits. The mist's face opens up in agony, far beyond what Galimus expected.
vs DC 18
The mists' propensity for taking on vague, skeletal forms of the creatures whose blood they drink further adds to their mystique and fuels rumors that they have connections to the undead. Indeed, many vampiric mists enjoy using this common misconception to their advantage, leading foes to apply foolish tactics—such as tricking spellcasters into attempting to use positive energy against them as if they were undead monsters.
Lazlo attempts to demoralize the creatures, who just laugh sadistically in return. An arrow passes through, making contact, but not damaging, the Yellow mist.
Red shuffles forward, looking to suck the life out of Zoi.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
One tendril hits, and Zoi feels his life force struggling to stay inside his body.
Yellow turns on the healthy-looking Laurel, pulling its misty mouth in an evil grin.
Seeing its attempt futile, it slashes.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
Blue does the same to Fundin.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort save
It has about the same level of success as Yellow did.
--Round 2
de Sibelius
Zoi (24/30, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort save)
Fundin (35/49, 1d6 persistent bleed)
Laurel (38/38, drained 1)
Galimus
--Round 3
Lazlo
Red Mist
Yellow Mist (-15 hp, +resistance x2)
Blue Mist (-9 hp, -weakness x1)
Fundin turns around and yells "No!" just when the odd creature hits Zoi. His connection to Magrim emanates as holy energy surrounding Zoi.
Fundin grips his hammer tighter and again swings at the mist in front of him
His first swing flies off target but the other one flies through the creature.
Then he raises his shield
"Bloody blood-suckers! Keep on fighting them!"
Resistance 5 and enfeebled 2 to enemy
Zoi tries to keep his distance from the vampiric mists and pulls back as he loosens his bandages to try and stop his bleeding.
HP 29/30
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 3/4
Focus Points 1/1
Wand of Heal (1st): 1/1
Battle Medicine:
"Ain' 'fraida no stupit blanket!"
Retorting to his vampiric attacker, and bolstered by the clapback, our young hero easily dodges it's attacks "Ya Gal'mus keep hittin' it with the fair!" he cheerleads "Yuh watchout 'e'll turn ya into sinders!"
◆) Twin Takedown
◆◆) Strike x2
Shrugging his shoulders with nothing else to do, the boy continues to twirl his "lucky" starknife looking for an opening!
His wounds continue to gush!
Galimus is as surprised as anyone else by just how effective his little burst of flame was in injuring his opponent.
He squelches a yelp as he peeks through a gap in the books in the case next to him and sees that one of the misty assassins is on just the other side.
But since he can't throw fire through books, he tries to weaken his opponent in a different way.
Calling upon the strange powers that fill him, he sends out waves of psychic static.
He also raises a shield, just in case.
◆) Cast Shield
◆◆) Cast Bane
Fundin's wounds begin to close.
"Watch out Fundin! That new one is about to slip behind you!"
Lazlo draws his rapier, steps up to cover Fundin's back and strikes at the newcomer.
With his mind spent exclusively thinking of the books that must be in the library, it takes a while for de Sibelius to get his mind back on the dangers facing Lazlo and his companions. Swiftly he moves around into the library and attempts to push some fire into the mists.
Fundin swipes through Yellow, damaging the mist. Fundin bleeds a tiny bit, and then stops. Zoi backs up and stops his bleeding more actively than Fundin.
Laurel slashes away. Although he cuts the mist, he feels like not a lot is being done.
Galimus casts a spell.
Lazlo steps up and stabs, albeit ineffectively.
de Sibelius sends a jet of flame, which damages Red severely.
The mists continue to swirl around and attack mindlessly.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
Red gets de Sibelius twice, although Fundin takes some of the edge off of it.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
Yellow hits Laurel once.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
Blue hits Fundin once.
--Round 2
de Sibelius (25/32, 2d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort #1 [result will be one degree worse due to crit], DC 20 Fort #2)
Zoi (26/27, drained 1)
Fundin (32/49, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort)
Laurel (30/38, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort, drained 1)
Galimus
--Round 3
Lazlo
Red Mist (-10 hp, -weakness x1, enfeebled 2 0/1)
Yellow Mist (-41 hp, +resistance x4)
Blue Mist (-9 hp, -weakness x1)
Laurel easily dodges the first blow "HA!" he gloats, just in time to get smacked in his smart mouth... ... which he easily corrects and dodges the third blow "ha!" this time with slightly reduced gusto.
"You madim Mad!" refering to himself in the third person, he slashes furiously, "fishing" for a critical hit!
◆) Twin Takedown
◆◆) Strike x2
Dripping in his own blood, which continues to openly flow...
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Having failed to injure the mist once again, Lazlo begins to panic.
"We can't hurt them! How do we hurt them?
As he begins to succumb to despair a glowing run appears on his forehead and a mysterious cloaked figure materializes next to the nearest mist.
"Wha...It's you! You've been following me! Who are you?"
The thin mystery figure lashes out at the mist with a nasty-looking scythe that appears to be a part of its left arm.
Fundin keeps an eye on the enemy's attack and saves de Sibelius from one while being hit himself by the other. He grips his hammer stronger when he hears commotion on the other side of the bookshelves. "What on Magrim is that!? Where did this demon come from?"
He takes a swing with his hammer
But his aim is off. He raises his shield "It is a bit hot in here!"
de Sibelius is unable to shake off, whatever effects the vampiric mists have on him, "Help!, these things must be stopped, I need to get to the books." he calls out in obvious distress. As he sends a flame at the mist draining him of his blood, before he retreats to safety. Miraculously, the bleeding seems to stop as his body tries to recover from the blows of the mist .
Not sure why the 1st hit was a crit, unless it's something to do with being glimpsed? As my AC is 17 and being enfeebled shouldn't make any difference to that ... But as I don't know what the vampiric mists are capable of...I ask just so you can recheck...
Everyone seems to be bleeding...a lot but no one seems to be particularly hurt, yet.
Galimus keeps up his psychic static, causing it to spread a little further. It can't quite reach either of the other two horrible mists but it will soon and the one closest to him will feel it.
He also flings fire at the one he can see.
Seeing Funding quite injured and bleeding out Zoi reaches out sears into the Vampiric mists mind to try and shut it down. "Is that a friend Lazlo?"
HP 29/30
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 3/4
Focus Points 1/1
Wand of Heal (1st): 1/1
Battle Medicine:
Laurel cuts deep into the mist, disrupting it severely. But it still lives, and Laurel's cut refuses to close.
A mysterious stranger appears, slashing at Red with an arm-scythe.
Fundin flails desperately with his hammer, unable to hit.
de Sibelius gasps as his life force is ripped out from him. He tries to blast it with fire, but is taking damage and loses his concentration.
Galimus sends some fire at Blue, again.
Zoi casts a spell.
Red turns on the newcomer and retaliates.
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 18 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 18 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 18 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
plus 1d6 persistent bleed plus DC 20 Fort
--Round 3
de Sibelius (20/29, drained 1)
Zoi (26/27, drained 1)
Fundin (17/49, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 20 Fort save)
Laurel (11/38, 1d6 persistent bleed, drained 1, DC 20 Fort save #1, DC 20 Fort save #2)
Galimus (43/43)
--Round 4
Lazlo (32/32) / Eidolon (29/32, 1d6 persistent bleed, DC 18 Fort save)
Red Mist (-18 hp, -weakness x1, +resistance x1, enfeebled 2 0/1)
Yellow Mist (-54 hp, +resistance x5)
Blue Mist (-18 hp, -weakness x2)
"Blaaankeeettt!!!"
Nearly out of wind, our young and stubborn hero tries to persist!
◆) Twin Takedown
◆◆) Strike x2
"Wait wait wait - who dat!" addressing the Mysterious Cloaked Figure "You jump outta Laz?" then to the rogue "He wit you?"
Fundin looks at Laurel "You still holding it kiddo? You look pale."
He takes a swing with his hammer
Then he focuses on his faith and heals himself.
Then he raises his shield
Lazlo screams in surprise and pain ss the mist slashes at the masked newcomer. Blood seeps out of a wound in his side mirroring that of the mysterious figure.
"If you're here to help then move over a bit. I'll see what I can do to distract it."
With that he turns to the mist and grins menacingly. "You're in for it now, mister. I hope you enjoy pain."
The figure steps to flank the hateful mist and lashes out with its scythe arm.
Things are starting to get a little dicey around here. A lot of his companions are bleeding a lot and none of the creatures are going down.
He focuses the energy that drives his body into a ball inside him then lets it expand violently.
Seeing his friend reel in pain, from a non-existent strike, de Sibelius moves to get a better look trying to see what is happening, catching a glimpse of the yellow tinged mist. Despite the difficulty, de Sibelius throws a small flame at the mist, but with the congestion in the hallway and trying to aim past the walls, his aim is off and the flame harmlessly hits the wall next to him.
Zoi expands on Galimus' healing as he redirects some of that positive energy over into Laurel. "Stay with us youngling." He then works on pulling out a small wand from his belt.
HP 30/30
AC 17 (18 w/ shield)
Hero Points 1/1
Spells Used:
Divine Font 2/4
Focus Points 1/1
Wand of Heal (1st): 1/1
Battle Medicine: