Ensuring that Dante is behind her, Floare sends a splash of flame at the fungoid.
Floare's spell comes up short, but the flames certainly get the monster's attention! As the witch falls back, the creature lumbers forward. It lashes out with a long tentacle, battering Sariana and ensnaring her in its grasp!
Floare blasts the creature again with fire.
Deregar boosts Tyr while the dragon darts in for an attack and then scampers away from the creature, following Sari's advice.
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Proving once again that she is a much better leader than follower, Sariana ignores the tendril that has grabbed her and settles in to do as much damage as possible, trusting Tandri to keep her going.
As usual it turns out that she can't achieve anything against things made out of things other than flesh and blood.
A ghostly whip appears next to Sariana, covered in wicked little barbs made to break off and dig into someone's flesh until they are half mad with pain. It's hilt is a carved howling wolf with adorable eyes.
A perfect spiritual weapon for one Ms. Tandri Rumblespark.
Unfortunately, as fitting as it is, Tandri is about as good with it as she is with a normal whip.
Sariana and Tandri fail to harm the fungal monster. Floare burns it, though, the fire proving particularly effective. Tyr chomps down on its body, but the fungus is resistant to the piercing attack.
The creature releases Sariana as it lunges at Tyr. It bites down on the dragon, grabbing a hold before swallowing the eidolon whole!
Deregar grunts in pain as the creature hits, grabs, and swallows Tyr.
"You'll pay for that!" He channels power into the dragon, who attacks the plant from the inside, then launches a fiery bolt at the plant.
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Another arc of flame flashes from the witch's fingertips, demonstrating her feelings for fungus in general.
"I'll try" Tandri says, straining as she does just that.
Tyr claws at the monster from the inside, scoring one hit, though it's not enough to get out of the thing's gullet. The acid continues to scour the eidolon even as Tandri heals Deregar to keep him on his feet.
Floare and Sariana fail to land a good hit. The fungal monster draws nourishment from Tyr's flesh, healing some of its injuries.
It then bites down on Sariana, grabbing a hold of her!
Deregar and Tyr continue to struggle against the plant.
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More flame!
Seeing Deregar's flesh peel and boil, Tandri redoubles her efforts.
Tyr continues to suffer in the monster's digestive cavity. Sari lands two good hits and Floare scorches the creature, but it still stands tall.
It continues to draw strength from digesting Tyr as swallows Sari as well!
With the evil mushroom continuing its attacks, Floare sends magic towards Sariana, lending speed to her movements.
Figuring that his luck will have to change eventually, Deregar continues to hope for the best from Tyr.
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As Sandri gets swallowed, Tandri yells "Spit Them Up! NOW"
The acid inside the monster's stomach sizzles and eats at Tyr and Sariana as they struggle to harm it. Fortunately, the fungal monster succumbs to Tandri's command, vomiting both of them up at its feet!
The creature waves its tentacles angrily as it lashes out at Sari again!
With the dragon on the outside now, more options open!
Deregar cheers on Tyr as the dragon stands and attacks, then retreats to a tactically sound distance.
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The limb body of the lady of nightsong flumps solidly to the ground with a thud and a few very disturbing bounces.
Tandri's poor heart stops. One lack of beat, silence, two lack of beats, silence, she could die right here, any lack of beat could end it.
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NONONONONONONO! "no, please" her tear-stained cheeks turn toward Floare, throwing fire and weaving spells like a goddess. With a gulp, Tandri finds her purpose again, which is simple. HEAL.
The mother of vengeance and lust seems to see Tandri's heart and thinks her attention might be better served elsewhere.
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Everything HURTS.
I almost feel bad for that warlord I had drowned in acid. The vampire thinks, a clear sign that her unlife is coming to an end. She's never regretted a punishment in her life - screams are glorious to Zon Kuthon after-all.
Then everything comes rushing back with the familiar delightfully perfume scent of her Sweetling and familiar anger drives her back to her feet.
"You don't get to end me, thing!" She declares. She isn't utterly foolish though and having struck twice, flits away and out of reach of those tendrils.
Tyr bites at the monster while Floare burns it again. Sari lands a powerful punch that finally brings the fungal foe down! It collapses in a heap at the monk's feet!
The surrounding mud bowl has about a dozen full-grown black rattlecap mushrooms. These 8-inch-tall mushrooms have hollow caps filled with tiny hard balls of spores that, when shaken, make an unusual rattling sound. They might prove useful to a witch or an alchemist as ingredients in some rare potions or elixirs...
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"Make a note of this place so we can come back in future." Sariana says, once her body repairs the inside of her lungs enough to speak without a horrible rasping. "That damn thing can be fertiliser!"
She's obviously angry, although she retains enough self control not to take it out on anyone in the group, simply stalking off and out of the mud bowl. A minute or two later one of the trees nearby starts to shake as though under the impact of repeated, powerful blows.
Tadri wants to go to Lady Nightsong, but despite that urge she knows she is not the comforting sort. And what if she is angry at HER for taking too long to heal. 'silly goose, she's angry at herself' Tandri's sense told her, but she didn't know why her sense now sounded like Floare. There was even a yap agreeing with the sense that sounded very much like Dante.
Anyway, while the lady no longer needed her for healing, Tyr did. She went to the dragon, soothing his acid burns, while trying to banter "It's not everyday one gets eaten and lives to tell the tail. How was it?"
Tyr grumbles some thanks to Tandri. "Very undignified to be swallowed by a plant. I'll need to get bigger to make sure that doesn't happen again in the future."
Deregar gathers half of the mushrooms, packing them away carefully to avoid crushing the rattling caps.
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Floare approaches the young priestess and in an available moment during her tending to Tyr's injuries, leans in close and places a quick kiss on the girl's cheek.
"Thank you for being you," she whispers before turning and heading off to find their Lady Fair. Dante remains next to Tandri, though, brushing up against her thigh.
The witch finds Sariana venting her anger on an innocent tree. Better that, though, then something less ... resilient.
She sits quietly on the ground, her arms wrapped around her knees, watching and admiring the strength and swiftness of the vampire. When the tirade seems to lessen somewhat, she calls out with a grin, "Do you feel better now?"
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"Not really." Sariana replies, before spinning around with a brutal kick which finally snaps the brutalised tree. As it subsides to the ground with a tortured creak the vampire lets out a sigh, shakes her head and then struts over to offer Floare a hand up.
"I'm glad you're ok Little One." She says, brushing Floare down and letting a hand linger on her butt. "Let's get back to the others."
She's clearly brushing the issue off.
You continue exploring the Kamelands, heading east. You don't come across anything unusual in the next region over. As you continue on into the adjoining area, though, you suddenly hear a voice calling out from beyond a low hill nearby. "Help! Help me, please! I need help!" the voice cries plaintively
Sariana spots the dangerous creatures lurking just past the rise--two filthy, hyenalike beasts. They stand 5 feet at the shoulder, and their oversized jaws are lined with rows of jagged, hardened bony ridges!
One of the creatures continues to cry out in a human voice, but perhaps thanks to Sariana's warning, it doesn't fool any of you.
Snarling in frustration, the beast bounds forward to bite at Sariana, dodging her blows. She easily avoids its attack as well.
The second beast lopes forward to flank the monk. She avoids its first attack but it just manages to hit with its second.
A barbed whip emerges out of the air, an ghostly pink, next to the creature that DARED rip into the flesh of her lady. The cleric might have been entranced at the patterns in the hyenas soft fur, so when they attacked Nightsong, it felt like a betrayal. A betrayal that must be answered.
Deregar casts fear on the deceptive creatures and Tyr attacks one of them.
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A snarl from Dante causes Floare to clutch at his ruff to prevent the wolf from leaping forward to attack the nearest creature.
"Stay!" she commands before casting a spell to fill Sariana with exuberance.
Tandri's spiritual weapon lands a critical hit on one of the monsters! Deregar's spell fills both of the craven creatures with fear! Tyr moves in and tears at one with his jaws, then Sariana delivers a pair of critical strikes that takes down the wounded beast.
The remaining foe snaps its jagged jaws at Sariana again, managing one hit!
Tandri's whip cracks again, tearing across the flesh of the beast chewing on the lady. While the priestess tries to mend as many of the wounds on that lady as she can.
Deregar boosts Tyr, who tears at the creature.
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With the vampire enchanted, Floare turns to the magic that's served her well so far ... fire.
Floare scorches the second beast and both Sariana and Tandri's spiritual weapon hit it. The creature is only lightly wounded though, and it continues to viciously attack! It bites Sariana once, misses, then tears into her with a critical hit that nearly eviscerates the vampire! Sari goes down.
Tandri grits her teeth when she can't seem to keep up with the damage anymore, feeling angry at the dog and self conscious about her own abilities. Her feelings fuddle her mind, making her whip crack into nothing but air.
Deregar switches tactics and attacks the creature's mind while Tyr attacks its body.
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More fire flows from the witch as she attempts to distract the beast, but a distraction is all it really is as the streak of flame misses the creature entirely.
The creature resists Deregar's spell, but Tyr's teeth tear into its flank. Sariana rises back up and pummels it twice, beating it within an inch of its life! The beast winces and steps back before dropping to its knees. "Please! Spare my life!" it begs in Common. "Do so, and I will tell you of the troll king!"