DM Fang Dragon's: War for the Crown

Game Master FangDragon

Lope puts a hand on the door to open it, but at the same moment Cyrene calls to hold off "Wait... but for how long? And... how we measure it?" the Aldori raises the question, but he is cool with whatever the answer is. He definitely waits for the moment.

"Anyone want to go back to the Factor?" Cyrene suggests with a small smile. "I'm sure it'll waste plenty of time and you might be able to take something else useful. If you don't mind 'the sanction of the senate'."

"Oh, you are right, we still have to deliver the borrowed key" Lope smiles quickly following Cyrene's reasoning "Let's just do that"

Unless someone opposes, Lope will go with Cyrene to give back the key to Factor 12. As a good merchant trained on his family's business, he will not lose the opportunity to get some value out of the exchange and points what he thinks is the most expensive objects the Inevitable has to offer.
Appraise: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Lope returns to Factor 12's room and the little inevitable says, "Back already are you? Returning the key I see, very good."

Lope asks to see all the other items and after some argument he manages to persuade Factor to show them, very grudgingly, "I must say this is all highly irregular..."

The wand, battleaxe, breastplate and boots are all enchanted. Of these Lope suspects the boots are worth the most gold.

I think the item you want to 'borrow' is kind of subjective, so I'll leave it up to you. Is anyone guarding the door you unlocked?

Cyrene waves the rest of the group away, having no intention of spending any more time with the kill-joy that is Factor 12. Instead she takes up position beside the doors, out of sight to anyone who opens them and waits patiently. Her work is all about patience - getting the target into just the right place. Even better if they come to her.

Even Malphene and Val stop registering to the demon - she smiles if they seek her attention but it is clear that she has entered a state of intense focus, waiting... and watching.

Cyrene stays to guard the door.

Julia takes a good second or two to examine the boots on display, admiring them greatly, especially their leathery smell which was a great deal more pleasant than the rest of the air in this place. "Oh these look are wonderful. I've hadn't seen a pair this fine since that boutique in Westpark. I should take some of you there one day... if we ever get out of here... and after we deal with the madness going on the surface."

The bard contemplates taking the boots right then and there but thinks better of it once she notices the wand. Gods only know what sort of nastiness awaits them next and having some extra magic would likely do them a lot of good. "So which will it be? The plate, the axe, the wand, or the boots?"

Triphylla stays behind with Cyrene. With the door unlocked, whatever is on the other side could simply walk through it.

The halfling looks over the tiefling. "Care to share where you're from?"

Pelligrina grooms her fingernails as she waits.

No opinions on the item chosen for "check out".

"I was sent by Nocticula." Cyrene answers, somewhat distractedly. "She approves of Eutropia and her efforts to against the misogyny in Taldor, so here I am. Helping."

"Nocticula herself! Well that explains a lot. Try me again some time if you see something you want. I may not always say no."

"So..." buzzed Factor 12 impatiently, "Did you want to borrow something else? I don't have all day, I have an inventory that needs to be completed and it won't get done by itself."

"They certainly look a good fit for your outfit. Just pick the boots Julia" Lope points the item for Factor 12 to lend it to the group.

While they trace back to the door, he scans the item for magic.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
"These are indeed of best quality, elven quality in fact" he hands the boots back to Julia after the inspection.

And once at the door... "I guess that was time enough, isn't it?" he opens it after everyone has had time to prepare. He casts another dancing lights and sends them into the the room for everyone to see inside.

"Well if no else wants to take anything..." Julia swipes the pair of boots and writes her older alter egos name. Trying them on she discovers that they fit her just perfectly, which puts a rather large smile on her face. If nothing else it meat she had one good memory of being down in this place now.

Afterwards, Julia would join the others at the door and once again mentally prepare herself for whatever was on the other side.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Factor 12 seemed skeptical when Julia writes a name down she hadn't used in quite some time, but it didn't seem certain enough to say anything. So with a pair of expensive new boots Julia walked out of the room victorious.

I assume it's time to breach the door, how will you proceed?

"We're dealing with something capable of scratching and fairly small." Cyrene says when the others return. "I heard it scratching on the other side of the door but it didn't seem strong enough to actually push the doors apart. We're definitely dealing with a spellcaster here."

Using her position to the side of the door Cyrene takes the handle and then, when everyone else is ready, pulls the door open so that Lope can send his lights through and she is safely to one side and out of the way!

Pelligrina moves well back to give everyone else easier access to the doorway.

"A caster, ok, if this is an enemy, I will try to reach him as fast as possible" Lope prepares the sharp edge of his aldori sword, and as soon as the door is opened, he follows after his dancing lights into the room.

Valeria stayed with Cyrene and Triphylla while the others visited Factor 12 again. She stayed off a ways and let Cyrene focus while making another sketch, this time of Cyrene as she stood guard at the door.

Artistry Charcoal drawing): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

She was much more pleased with this one and closed her book, put away her supplies, and heard what Triphylla and Cyrene were saying. Unfortunately the others returned before she could add anything and they were ready to storm through the door and deal with what was on the other side.

Valeria was ready to go in and had the perfect spell ready to use if they could now see their enemy.

I will cast fumbletongue if the caster is within short range of me and targetable.

Julia follows Lope's example and slowly pulls out her rapier and goes through the door right behind him. She silently tries to spot the small caster, hoping that getting the drop on them will prevent another near death experience.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

The group of nobles follow the party at a distance, curious to see what could possibly have been behind a dual custody lock. Cyrene was too busy for Malphene as as a result she was sulking at the back, pacing about like a caged animal. Meanwhile Valaria puts the finishing touches to a truly excellent sketch of Cyrene.

The party make ready to breech the room and makes last minute whispered discussions.
Scuttling things: Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 <--- PASS

Cyrene opens the door revealing wide stairs which descend into a large tiered, circular chamber. Chairs stand in odd positions throughout the room, collected into circular patterns, even outside of the greater circular patterns of the hall itself. Circular gouges mar the surface of the wooden walls and floor here, some left to stand alone, while others are multiple circular scratches overlaying one another, joined by lines and scrawlings. The greatest concentration of circles gathers on the ceiling, some forty feet above, where multicolored circles inscribed with artistic fanaticism surround a five-foot-wide hole in the ceiling.

Each tier stands 5 feet lower than the previous, granting every seat an excellent view of the speaker’s platform in the chamber’s center. The crumbling stone and plaster walls of the lecture hall offer myriad handholds, offering a somewhat easy climb if you wished to for some reason.

As you burst in you spot a large and unusual looking rat dart up the walls, which much to your surprise scalds you in archaic taldane, "How dare you interrupt the Hierophant of the Arc, the Archduke of Tangencies, the Beginning and the End! You distract me from my vital research into the will of the circles and for that you shall die!"

The dire rat which you assume is male makes a sort of high pitch squeaking sound which is responded to by a cacophony of of squeaks from all round the room as swarms of rats boil out of the woodwork! He then shoots up the wall to watch you deal with the swarms...

It wouldn't be book 1 of an AP without a swarm. I've been playing A Plague Tale Requiem so this particular encounter seems very poignant for me!

Environment: Normal brightness

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 1 ----
Diego
Pelligrina
Lope
Julia Bleed 1d2, Grappled
Valeria
Rat Swarms
Triphylla
Cyrene
---- Round 2 ----
Diego
Pelligrina
Lope
Julia Bleed 1d2, Grappled
Valeria
Rat Swarms
Triphylla
Cyrene

Damage Log:

Round: 1
Julia was hit by Guardian Scroll for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Guardian Scroll was hit by Lope for 14 (total damage taken 14)
Guardian Scroll was hit by Cyrene for 1 (total damage taken 15)
Guardian Scroll was hit by Valeria for 8 (total damage taken 23)

Round: 2
Julia was hit by Guardian Scroll for 2 (total damage taken 6)
Julia was hit by Guardian Scroll for 7 (total damage taken 13)

Totals:
Julia: 13 damage
Guardian Scroll: 23 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Diego
Pelligrina <----- WE ARE HERE
Lope
Julia
Valeria
Rat Swarms
Triphylla
Cyrene

Pelligrina, Lope, Julia and Valeria are up. Map updated.

@Valaria you'd need to move to be in range to cast fumbletongue. If you decide to do so please tell me the save DC.

I had put this in Discussion when we were developing how we addressed the door initally: "With additional time to buff Triphylla will consume a Heightened Awareness extract, to be dismissed for the +4 to Initiative, and then also her Shield extract." And also, unless it took the others 20 minutes to get the boots Triphylla's mutagen is still active. +4 Init give Triphylla an 11 and ahead of the rats. I'll wait for GM to rule on this before posting an action.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

I missed that sorry, it would have been more like ten minutes so your mutagen is still active and you beat the swarms in initiative.

Pelligrina peeks around heads to get a view of the room when she hears all the squeaking. When she realizes the source, she throw up some personal protection and begins digging in her bag for something that can handle the little nasties.

Casting Mage Armor and drawing an acid flask.

K History: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Valeria saw the giant rat...the giant rat that talked, and then heard the swarm of rats coming for them. She Valeria talked big in the past of being hard to scare after what she had endured, and this was true, but there was one thing she didn't mention...she was terrified of rats! When she heard the mass squealing and the ruckus of so many fury feet coming for them, she completely forgot about what she had planned to do and instead screamed!

Valeria bolted for the highest surface she could get on top of and made her best effort to get to where the rats would have problems reaching her.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Just looked at the map - this place is huge!

"That's a lot of rats," Triphylla observes loudly as she peeks inside the chamber. She also notices what may be a trap door up the wall, but there's a lot standing in their way.

Her eyes dart back to Lope. "For the Empress!"

She moves through the door, then bolsters herself against the waves of vermin.

Move + Total Defense

AC16 + 2 (mutagen) + 4 (shield) +4 (total defense) = 26

Most games slow down over the Christmas period, no worries if you're not able to pose every day. I'll give Lope another day before botting. As it happens I am actually able to post more often than usual since I'm on vacation :) How are you all fixed the next week or so?

Fully available to post.

Perception DC 20: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17
Lope follows after Triphylla stopping a second next to her to observe the unlikely arena "Oh rats! You must be kidding me... Hierophant of the Arc? Do you have anything to do with the circles and mathematics writings we have found all along?"

"Look, we do not know who are you and what is your ritual, but we just want to pass by..." the man gives one more step to avoid clustering in front of the stairs, and readies his free hand to counterspell.

K. dungeoneering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28 Specially interested on the size of the swarms, to know if there is half damage or no damage at all when using melee weapons on them.

Same level of posting as always (my job doesn't get holidays off and we are essential workers so we have to go in even in terrible weather).

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

The moment Julia sees the rat swarm, and worse yet its apparent talking leader, she was to will herself not gag. "Why did it have to be rats, she says with obvious disgust. Suffice to say the bard had little love for the small beady eyed creatures and would like nothing more than to be far, far away from them.

Despite that disgust and her struggle with her gag reflex, Julia still manages to power through and start singing an aspirational and especially appropriate ballad of how an enchanted prince made of wood managed to overcome a tyrannical rat king.

Standard Action: Bardic Performance - Inspire Courage +1
All allies get a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls for 12 rounds.

My availability is a little better to about the same as usual depending on the day, no travel so major changes.

@all I've moved most of you inside.

Pelligrina chants the words to a defensive spell and with the last syllable the spectral image of a steel breastplate glows for a few moments before fading away. Satisfied she pulls out a vial of acid from her bag.

Lope steps into the room and tries to reason with the dire rat but Diego dismisses his words, "Too late long-shanks, The marquis of circularity has spoken!"

Julia starts a song about overcoming a rat king which Diego does not appreciate, he chitters loudly, "Stop that terrible song!"

Quite understandably Valaria freaks out a bit when she sees the rats swarming out and she looks for somewhere high to climb but her only option is the walls. The central part of the room is sunken, so there really isn't anywhere high to go. Let me know if you want to try and climb up.

The rat swarms approach Triphylla and Lope but don't quite get there...

Environment: Normal brightness

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 1 ----
Diego
Pelligrina Shield (20 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (99 rounds)
Rat Swarms
Cyrene
---- Round 2 ----
Diego
Pelligrina Shield (19 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (98 rounds)
Rat Swarms
Cyrene

COMBAT ORDER:
Diego
Pelligrina
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria
Rat Swarms
Cyrene <----- WE ARE HERE

Cyrene is up.

Cyrene takes a deep breath and sprints forwards, taking a flying leap down the stairs into the center of the auditorium. She rolls forward to absorb the momentum, jumps out again and continues on up the staircase until she's right in front of the large rat.

"Surprise!"

Run, if I can't then double move and I'm ten feet further back.

Though her body has taken the visage of an animal ready to charge, this enemy requires a different tactic. The swarms are not to be trifled with, and everyone knows rats carry disease. But even she on her small legs is faster than the swarm, and if she can lure the rats away the nobles can get past.

Assuming this is the way out.

"Come get me, little beasties!"

Move and ready a flask of alchemists fire.

Ah yeah those swarms have reach of zero, so Cyrene can totally do that without provoking... One thing Cyrene the talking rat has climbed most of the way up the wall, you'd need to follow it to get into melee range or attack from range.

Ranged Touch vs AC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 <--- MISS

The big talking rat sneered at Cyrene, "You are not one with the circle!" He murmured an arcane word and summoned a vaguely arrow shaped blob of liquid in his paw which shot off in the general direction of Cyrene. However shooting in the general direction was a far cry from hitting and the noxious liquid missed her by several feet causing the ground near by to bubble and hiss.

Environment: Normal brightness

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 2 ----
Diego
Pelligrina Shield (19 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (98 rounds)
Rat Swarms
Cyrene
---- Round 3 ----
Diego
Pelligrina Shield (18 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (97 rounds)
Rat Swarms
Cyrene

COMBAT ORDER:
Diego
Pelligrina <----- WE ARE HERE
Lope
Julia
Triphylla Action posted
Valeria
Rat Swarms
Cyrene

Pelligrina, Lope, Julia and Valeria are up.

"Use bludgeoning weapons or fire if you have, it is more effective!" Lope tries to guide the group to handle the rats as they start to screech towards them.

Understanding the swarm has no reach, he quickly descends the stairs saying words of power and picking up colored sand from his belt pouch into his hand. He he blows the colorful sand in the direction of the rats. A color spray sprouts forward as he tries to knock the rats down via magic.
Will DC 15

Pelligrina advances into the room, creeping as far as the top of the stairways, to get a better view. She doesn't dare descend in amongst the rats, but the presence of Lope down below her and the distance of the throw she would have to make causes her to wait to take further actions.

"Lope! I think you should not be down there!" she calls out to the swordsman.

Move only as shown on the map.

Though useful to know, Lope's instruction on the swarm's weaknesses didn't really help Julia given her lack of fire or blunt weapons. She did however have magic. "Hey, Mr. Archduke of Tangencies! What do you get when you mix a rat and an elephant? Who cares? It’s relephant!"

It was a truly awful joke, but Julia hoped that her magic would make it infectious as she focused her attention on the foul dire rat.

Casting Hideous Laughter on Diego. Will DC 14. Lasts two rounds if successful and Diego can't take actions is prone but not helpless.

Just waiting for Valeria.

Pelligrina advances cautiously into the room. Lope casts a spell resulting in a vivid kaleidoscopic fan of colors which flash over the nearest swarm of rats! They shriek in unison before falling comatose at his feet.

Will DC 15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 <--- FAIL
Stunned & blinded rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Julia inflicts an awful joke on Diego, and the arch duke of circles snarls, "That's not even funny, that's terrible. Ha. It's so bad it's almost good HA HA! Oh dear circumferences! AH HAHA BY ALL THE TANGENTS! HA HA HA AHA AHAHAHHAHAHAHA!"
And then all he could do was cling to the wall for dear life and he laughed his guts up.
Will DC 14: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 <--- FAIL

Triplylla with a vial of acid in hand moves into the room.

Valeria was still deathly afraid of the rats and turned pale.

Two swarms of rats unaffected by any magics boiled over Julia and Lope in a frenzy of screeching, biting and scratching! Within moments both where covered with hundreds of tiny bleeding wounds!
Red Swarm Damage: Julia: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Julia: Will DC 12 vs distraction: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 <--- PASS

Green Swarm Damage: Lope: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Lope: Will DC 12 vs distraction: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18 <--- PASS

@Julia & Lope you both get AOOs for them moving into your square.

Diego continues laugh horribly.

Environment: Normal brightness

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 2 ----
Diego
Pelligrina Shield (19 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (98 rounds)
Rat Swarm red hideous laughter (2 rounds)
Rat Swarm green
Rat Swarm blue stun (2 rounds)
Cyrene
---- Round 3 ----
Diego
Pelligrina Shield (18 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (97 rounds)
Rat Swarm red hideous laughter (1 round)
Rat Swarm green
Rat Swarm blue stun (1 round)
Cyrene

Damage Log:

Round: 2
Julia was hit by Red for 3 (total damage taken 3)
Lope was hit by Green for 4 (total damage taken 4)

Totals:
Julia: 3 damage
Lope: 4 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Diego Incapacitated
Pelligrina
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria
Rat Swarm red
Rat Swarm green
Rat Swarm blue
Cyrene <----- WE ARE HERE

Party is up.

With the rat busy laughing his head off Cyrene leaps up the wall and attempts to drag him down simply by her bodyweight.

No idea how to make this work. Acrobatics to jump and a grapple check? If something else just use the rolls below.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
Grapple: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

With the rats having swarmed her teammates she cannot sling acid without doing even more damage. Her options limited, she runs as fast as her short legs will turn to help Cyrene with the rat king.

Full turn run.

"No, no, no, no, no!" Was just about all Julia is able to make out before a swarm of rats overwhelm her in a rush. Despite how repulse the feeling of having all those rats upon her, and the none to pleasant flashbacks of her previous entrapment by an enchanted scroll not to long ago that came with it, Julia still manages to control her blade and lethally cut a couple rats with it.

Attack, Masterwork Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage, Masterwork Rapier: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Crit Confirm, Masterwork Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage, Masterwork Rapier: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Valeria could hear her friends fighting and tried to push through the fear. Even as she did she knew she was hopeless as she had no means of attack unless she got very close to the creatures and she could not bring herself to do that. She really wished about then she had her crossbow, then she might have been able to do something. Instead she did find the courage to begin moving closer in case someone needed healing.

@Fang Dragon, Lope maneuvered to have two swarms within the area of the cone (I believe it was green and red). If I misunderstood something and only one could be targeted just let me know so I can do better in the future!

Lope's blade flashes as he tries to keep his focus and defend himself from the rats crawling at his feet.
AoO: aldori dueling sword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Slashing damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

While Diego the rat laughs, Lope's aldori sword bursts with magic and he skewers a few more rats while he steps to the side "This place definitely needs severe cleaning!"
arcane pooled aldori dueling sword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18 Blue first, then green if blue are done
Magical/Slashing damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

HP 13/17 AC 17 TAC 16
arcane pool 3/5 (swift)

@Julia you have an AOO too. Edit: Nevermind swarms can't be critically hit. I'll treat the first d20 as your AOO.

Unable to find an opening to throw the flask of acid she's holding without harming a friend, Pelligrina decides she'll have to use magic instead. She takes a couple of steps forward and extends her free hand, fingers splayed as she begins an incantation.

"Liekkilevyt ampuvat ulos!"

Flames leap out in sheets from her fingers, scorching the floor and rats in front of her.

Casting Burning Hands REF DC 15 for half damage. So to not cover up too much of the map, I added red dots to the affected squares in the 15' cone.

Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

Cyrene takes a leap of faith and somehow manages to connect with Diego dragging him down from the wall. They both land with a thump, with Cyrene holding the indignant rat firmly who squirms as he continues to giggle helplessly, "Oh Radians that hurt! Ohh ah ha HAHHA! HAHAHAH HAHHAHA!"

Diego Save DC 14: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 <--- FAIL

Pelligrina's battle spell filled the hall with a bright fan of flame, hideously burning many of the rats which died in a chorus of agonised squeaks. The swarm Lope had stunned seemed to take the brunt of the flames, with many dead and steaming rats.

Green: Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 <--- FAIL
Blue: Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21 <--- PASS

@Lope noted, that means Julia was never hit, so no AOO. I'll move her into attack green instead. @Julia if you'd prefer a different target please let me know.
As the rats approached him, Lopes sword flashed out. A sword wasn't the ideal weapon but still managed to slice a few in half! Dancing aside from the first swarm of rats, he swept through another low killing more but this nowhere near enough to put a stop to either swarm.

Julia waded into combat, hoping to skewer some of the stunned rats, but a rapier was far from the ideal weapon, she got one or two out of many. Still the party's combined efforts had significantly thinned out that swarm.

Triphylla ran as fast as she could to aid Cyrene with the larger talking rat, while Valeria grappled with her fear of the bite.

Most of the swarms where temporarily stunned so only one of them was able to move - the one lope had struck swarmed all over him in a seething mass of gnawing, scratching and biting! Before they reached him, he scythed his duelling sword this way and that, sending severed tails and limbs flying! But still they came adding more wounds
Lope AOO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21Slashing damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 <--- HIT
Swarm Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Lope: Will DC 12 vs distraction: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 <--- FAIL
Lope you are nauseated for 1 round.

Environment: Normal brightness

Buffs and Debuffs:

---- Round 3 ----
Diego Grappled
Pelligrina Shield (18 rounds)
Lope Nauseated
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (97 rounds)
Rat Swarm red hideous laughter (1 round)
Rat Swarm green stun (1 round)
Rat Swarm blue stun (1 round)
Cyrene
---- Round 4 ----
Diego Grappled
Pelligrina Shield (17 rounds)
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria Shield (96 rounds)
Rat Swarm red
Rat Swarm green
Rat Swarm blue
Cyrene

Damage Log:

Round: 2
Lope was hit by Green for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Green was hit by Pelligrina for 8 (total damage taken 8)
Blue was hit by Pelligrina for 4 (total damage taken 4)
Green was hit by Lope for 3 (total damage taken 11)
Blue was hit by Lope for 5 (total damage taken 9)
Green was hit by Julia for 3 (total damage taken 14)
Lope was hit by Blue for 2 (total damage taken 6)

Totals:
Lope: 6 damage
Green: 14 damage
Blue: 9 damage

COMBAT ORDER:
Diego Incapacitated
Pelligrina
Lope
Julia
Triphylla
Valeria
Rat Swarm red
Rat Swarm green
Rat Swarm blue
Cyrene <----- WE ARE HERE

Cyrene is up.

With the rat on the ground and still firmly held in one hand Cyrene pulls her dagger free and starts jamming it into the overlarge rodent.

Grapple, Maintaining: 1d20 + 3 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 5 = 191d4 + 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + (2) + 2 = 7

Maintaing the grapple with my standard and then using the 'damage' option to deal damage "equal to an attack made with a light weapon".

@DM Fang Dragon

Nah I'm fine with Green getting the hit.