Makai hammers the bush again!
She finds herself able to overcome the draining thorns, but not the screeching creature's eerie voice.
The other dwarf has a similar experience, feeling sick by the tuber's howl but withstanding the draining thorns nonetheless.
Iarann focuses on the vines holding him, only managing to connect once.
Bair rushes in, and brings his axe to bear in a blow that splinters the bush's trunk! It does indeed bleed; in fact, the barbarian may be surprised to see blood instead of sap pouring forth!
Fard's arrow pierces the tuber's hide; it sticks but doesn't seem to do any extra damage. Perhaps these particular creatures are not actually fey?
His next two mundane arrows stick into the thing's tough hide, making it squeal in pain as it dies. Iarann's left leg is free! One-third of the way there!
Kamil calls upon his heritage to bring a jagged crack of lightning across the battlefield — BOOM!
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Iarann
Big Bush 1
Makai
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Big Bush 2
Child-shaped Tuber 4
Child-shaped Tuber 2
Fafrd
Kamil
➤ Morgan
⠀⠀➤ Rhob
Bair
DC 35 (crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 27 as second check after first success:
DC 29(crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 21 as a second check after first success:
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is sickened 1.
Failure The creature is sickened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and slowed 1. As long as the creature remains sickened, this slowed condition value can't be reduced below 1.)
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Morgan shakes her head, seeing how spread out the group's efforts are. "Fine, run amok. I'll take care of this one."
She points at the nearest tuber, releasing a ray of frost at it.
"What are you waiting for? Get in there, Rhob."
The zombie complies, making a single step before swinging a meaty fist.
Morgan's ray rimes a tree trnk, but Rhob's meaty fist gives a satisfying, meaty thwack against Number 4, driving it down a few inches into the dirt.
Bush 1 floats closer to the back line… and then unleashes a storm of vines! It seems to have intelligence, attacking the living and not the dead.
All for very little gain as the vines flail uselessly around, bt one finds Morgan and reaps around her throat.
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Iarann
Big Bush 1
➤ Makai
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Big Bush 2
Child-shaped Tuber 4
Child-shaped Tuber 2
Fafrd
Kamil
Morgan
⠀⠀Rhob
Bair
DC 35 (crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 27 as second check after first success:
DC 29(crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 21 as second check after first success:
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is sickened 1.
Failure The creature is sickened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and slowed 1. As long as the creature remains sickened, this slowed condition value can't be reduced below 1.)
Makai delays.
Tuber 3 chomps on Iarann!
Because the dwarf is flanked by the tree behind him and sick the little teeth find their way in, chewing on his skin. The creature then hungrily sucks blood.
The large bush shakes again, letting go before unleashing another vine storm! This time it has three targets: Iarann, Makai, and Bair!
The thorns torment Iarann more, and almost snap off a piece of Bair's skull.
It then drains a cluster of red berries on itself, healing itself.
Red berries on its vine wither and dry up, as it also stops bleeding.
E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-K Tuber 4 looks around and shrieks!
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is sickened 1.
Failure The creature is sickened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and slowed 1. As long as the creature remains sickened, this slowed condition value can't be reduced below 1.)
Then it lashes at Makai with a vine —
— missing yet again. Frustrated, it turns to Kamil:
This time the thorn finds an easier target; the charismatic rogue feels the vines inject poison into his veins.
Tuber 2 hungrily sucks blood…
And then spends its last action digging its teeth in deeper, hanging on.
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➤ Iarann
Big Bush 1
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Big Bush 2
Child-shaped Tuber 4
Child-shaped Tuber 2
➤ Makai
➤ Fafrd
➤ Kamil
➤ Morgan
⠀⠀➤ Rhob
➤ Bair
DC 35 (crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 27 as second check after first success:
DC 29(crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 21 as second check after first success:
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is sickened 1.
Failure The creature is sickened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and slowed 1. As long as the creature remains sickened, this slowed condition value can't be reduced below 1.)
When makai heals Iarann, I\t restores his drained blood too; the dwarf looks less injured and far less pale.
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➤ Iarann
Big Bush 1
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Big Bush 2
Child-shaped Tuber 4
Child-shaped Tuber 2
Makai
➤ Fafrd
➤ Kamil
➤ Morgan
⠀⠀➤ Rhob
➤ Bair
DC 35 (crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 27 as second check after first success:
DC 29(crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 21 as second check after first success:
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is sickened 1.
Failure The creature is sickened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and slowed 1. As long as the creature remains sickened, this slowed condition value can't be reduced below 1.)
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The big man feels some tummy troubles, but just tries to anger himself through it!
He belches, but that just makes it worse! Figuring that killing something might help, he tries to chop up the big viney thing in front of him, "Get SOM..." *urp*
for (hit adds 1d6 persistent bleed, crit adds 1d12)
for (hit adds 1d6 persistent bleed, crit adds 1d12)
Bair kills the tree.
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Morgan winces, the wail making her stomach turn.
She attempts to work magic despite being grabbed by the enormous shrubbery monster. First, a spell to shield herself.
A variety of swear words issue forth when the branch pulls on her, disrupting the spell. She tries a different spell.
Lightning arcs out from her fingers, striking at the two nearest foes.
Rhob mindlessly swings again at the tuber.
Bair decimates the tree after succumbing to nausea.
Fafrd likewise; his flurry takes out Tuber 4!
Kamil is more affected than the rest, but luckily he fights off the poison.
The bush is singed once again by lightning, bt the nauseated sorcerer has some trouble aiming
Strangling sines interfere with Morgan's vpellcasting, but she manages to fore off an electric arc at the large tree.
Again the bush makes it, stubbornly resisting the power of the elements. Rhob's fist crushes dirt.
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⠀⠀➤ Iarann
Big Bush 1
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Child-shaped Tuber 2
Makai
Fafrd
Kamil
Morgan
Rhob
Bair
DC 35 (crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 27 as second check after first success:
DC 29(crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 21 as second check after first success:
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is sickened 1.
Failure The creature is sickened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is sickened 2 and slowed 1. As long as the creature remains sickened, this slowed condition value can't be reduced below 1.)
Iran gets more sick and then her etches, making him less sick, before hacking away pieces of lumber. Chop as he might it's not quite enough to down the little horror.
The last big bush tries to suck Morgan's blood:
damage and Drained 1
On a crit fail double this damage and drained 2.
If you fail this bright red berries will blossom on the bush.
Then. it lets her go and tries to attack the same targets!
The vine once again wraps around Iarann's horse. He's getting used to it. Fafrd, however, almost gets his bell rung by a meaty vine but a meaty Rhob gives him the needed cover. However the vine then then wraps around his throat.
Tubers 2 and 3 chews on Iran's leg, content to feed on his blood!
They then hold on!
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➤ Iarann
Big Bush 1
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Child-shaped Tuber 2
➤ Makai
➤ Fafrd
➤ Kamil
➤ Morgan
➤ Rhob
➤ Bair
Plasma arcs across the battlefield… burning away Tuber 2 which falls to the ground, smoking at Iran's feet.
Fafrd's arrow almost slips from his fingers, but he makes it. He sends an arrow into the bush's trunk, splintering wood, followed yp bu a second shot that drives into the bark as well.
Blood pours forth from the creature's wounds. But it hangs on…
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➤ Iarann
Big Bush 1
Child-shaped Tuber 3
➤ Makai
Fafrd
Kamil
➤ Morgan
➤ Rhob
➤ Bair
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Bair tries to ‘shake it off, oh oh, shake it off’, then rushes across the field of combat to attack the other big enemy that seems to be really good at vining people.
Easily overcoming his tummy burbles this time, he puts all his effort into one big slashing swing!
”Chop chop goes da lumbahjack!”
for (hit adds 1d6 persistent bleed, crit adds 1d12)
Bair may have a career in lumberjacking as the puking barbarian rushes to the tree and hacks away.The tree totters and creaks… but it doesn't fall. not yet!
Makai's hammer bludgeons and withers the tuber-thing clinging to Iran, but it holds on tight!
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➤ Iarann
Big Bush 1
Child-shaped Tuber 3
Makai
Fafrd
Kamil
➤ Morgan
➤ Rhob
Bair
Iarann chops the head off the little blood-sucker and then tries to burst free of his bonds.
Unfortunately he is unable to escape the choking vines. That's OK, he can just stay where he is and chop 'em apart too.
Morgan is up!
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A furious resolve fills Morgan as she fights against the blood drain. Regardless, she's struck by a vine and is bleeding freely.
Morgan attempts another spell, still struggling against the viney bonds.
Electricity flies out once more towards their remaining foe.
She then shouts at her zombie companion. "Kill it already!"
Rhob does his best to follow his mistress' command.
The bush avoids the worst if the arc, but then Rhob’s meaty fist splatters bloody berries all over the ground, killing it!
After you heal up Bjersig Torrsen finds you in the trail again. Let's go, eh?
He and maki walk, with you until you come to an area blocked by thick undergrowth. He produces a map. “Qxal has changed things in an effort to throw us off course. We must make our own adjustments to counter. Let’s go ahead to chart a new course. Keep your eyes open, though; the fey are sure to have set a few surprises for us.”
Ahead there is thick undergrowth where previously there were clear paths. Find a better path or clear a route through this brush:
⠀➤ Athletics to force through the brush.
⠀➤ Acrobatics to skirt it.
⠀➤ Nature to recognize the plant from a distance.
⠀➤ Survival to spot its habitat.
Everyone is up!
Iarann has a wistful moment as Fafrd and Bair you get through!
Next, Qxal has created pockets of dangerous gas. The skill options are:
⠀➤ Medicine to recognize the harmful gases.
⠀➤ Nature to recognize vents where gases emerge.
⠀➤ Survival to get through the pockets quickly.
⠀➤ Perception to smell the gas.
Lastly, there are sudden powerful bursts of wind that can push you off ledges or into trees. The skill options are:
⠀➤ Athletics to withstand the blast.
⠀➤ Nature to notice when the wind is about to start.\
⠀➤ Survival to find a safe place to shelter.
⠀➤ Stealth to hide behind cover.
With that, you get through ti!
Finally, you leave Bjersig and his hound behind. Ahead, Fola Barun returns from a trip to the front of the caravan. “Please, I’d like you to go and relieve the vanguard for a while. Beware, though, as we travel deeper into this forest. Some things are not meant to be found, and not all who guard them are what they seem.”
You move ahead into a forested area with a cheerful stream gurgling through tumbled boulders. As you cross a log you hear the heart-wrenching cry of injured animals. It seems three owls have been caught in traps, and are injured!
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Be careful, Fola Barun warned us about things that not what they seems.
Turning to his comrades more knowledgeable about nature than him Kamil asks Are you sure these are real owls?
He then casts Detect Magic in the area where the owls are.
As Fafrd approaches, with Kamil getting within range for dectct magic, the owls transform into creatures clothed in in verdant lichen and flowers of broom, meadowsweet, and oak! They have skin of velvety moss and living grass for hair.
Bair screams but his voice cracks.
The second creature gets the drop on you. Thery were waiting ion ambush after all. Blossoms explode on his body, blowing pollen into the air!
The creature then whispers a lullaby; it sounds like a gentle breeze ruling the leaves under a moonlight sky. Makai, Bair, and Kamil begin to feel drowsy.
Each creature in the area becomes drowsy and might fall asleep. A creature that falls unconscious from this spell doesn't fall prone or release what it's holding. This spell doesn't prevent creatures from waking up due to a successful Perception check, limiting its utility in combat.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes a –1 status penalty to Perception checks for 1 round.
Failure The creature falls unconscious for 1 round. They fall prone and release what they're holding, and they can't attempt Perception checks to wake up. When the duration ends, the creature is sleeping normally instead of automatically waking up (meaning you can make the checks to wake up)
Critical Failure The creature falls unconscious for 1 minute. They fall prone and release what they're holding, and they can't attempt Perception checks to wake up. When the duration ends, the creature is sleeping normally instead of automatically waking up.
It then loads a sling made of vines.
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Pollen Guy 2
➤ Morgan
➤ Rhob
Pollen Guy 1
Kamil
Fafrd
Iarann
Bair
Pollen Guy 3
Makai
DC 34 (crit success), second success by another PC, or DC 26 as second check after first success:
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes a –1 status penalty to Perception checks for 1 round.
Failure The creature falls unconscious for 1 round. They fall prone and release what they're holding, and they can't attempt Perception checks to wake up. When the duration ends, the creature is sleeping normally instead of automatically waking up (meaning you can make the checks to wake up)
Critical Failure The creature falls unconscious for 1 minute. They fall prone and release what they're holding, and they can't attempt Perception checks to wake up. When the duration ends, the creature is sleeping normally instead of automatically waking up.