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Stom does his best to show the party members that are less comfortable traversing a river how he approaches the task. "I'm an old hand at swimming. Lots of time swimming the waters at the underground lake near Highhelm. Though, probably more time jumping in and splashing than actually swimming.
Stoms nods along as Lyra finishes her suggestion. "Aye, those two are the closest pillars. Makes sense to knock them off first." As Stom looks over the map, a frown emerges on his face. "What's these two markings here? The pillars a obvious. But not the others."
Hoping that the others can take down the smaller proteans, Stom chases after the larger creature to assist Samael. ◆ Stride
◆◆ Swipe at Protean 1 & Protean 2
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I'm still less available than normal with children on break and being away from work. But, I should be able to keep up.
Quickly checking in to let you know that there was a death in my family. I won't be available much for the next week or so.
Stom continues to focus on the enemies knowing that Samael has handled disabling the totems in the past. "Come fight me!" Stom roars at the closest proteans. He swings his large axe in a wide arc at two of the proteans, hoping to tear open their torsos. ◆ Stride
I'm dealing with a family emergency. Might be unavailable in the short-term.
After very quickly climbing down the pit walls, Stom runs toward the closest group of interplanar worms and swings at two of them. ◆ Stride
With his weapon stowed on his back, Stom attempts to climb to the bottom of the pit. "Race you down, Samael." ◆◆◆ Climb 3x
Level 7 for Stom is more exciting that I initially expected. Skill Increase: Athletics to Master
Dragon Instinct Specialization: Rage damage increases from 4 to 8
All told, the damage increase is the big jump. +8 to +14.
"Yes, a rest seems like a good idea. Deal with the totem in the morning."
After the party gathers all of the useful supplies, Stom looks at the loot and sighs with happiness. "Lots of treasure to go around! Makes that pitched battle worth it! The lightning rune could be useful on my axe." After the party is done with the loot, Stom walks over to the pit. "I suppose we need to deal with the totem before we leave. Topple it?
As Lyra tends to the wounds received by everyone, Stom thanks her as he always does. "If it weren't for you, I'd be face down in the mud like those Charau-ka over there. You have my thanks!" After a brief rest, he stands back, stretches, and helps with the search. "Let's stick together. Who knows if someone still lurks out there." Perception to Search:
Stom's axe slumps blade down to the ground as the dwarf leans against the heft. Sweat drips from his forehead and cheeks into his long beard. He takes several ragged breaths before speaking. "No one would believe us if we told 'em about this fight. Heck, I didn't like our chances if the fight all went off at once." He chuckles briefly before falling to the ground, with the spider as a back rest. "I'm just going to lie here a moment. The rain feels nice."
Stom continues attacking at the spiders legs, hoping to turn it onto its back for his allies to pounce upon. Starting to feel the effects of a long, drawn out combat, Stom steps back just slightly to hopefully avoid another attack. ◆◆ Slam Down
From the ground, Stom pushes back against the spider's venom and laughes in its face. "Aye, you like that? I'll give ya one right back!" ◆ Stand
Stom moves forward to just to in reach of the giant spider and sweeps his axe at its many legs, hoping to flip it on to its back. ◆ Step
Gotcha. I think Stom and Violant would have prepared for such a situation. Gonna move Stom to still be protecting Violant but out of the zone.
Oh, I didn't realize how that works. Thanks for pointing that out. @GM Cody: If you are cool with it, I'll retcon Stom's last action so that he moves out of the zone. So, perhaps just north of Violant.
Stom growls in frustration as the manbat takes to the sky, out of his reach. "Stay safe." he says to Oppa and he rushes back across the battlefield. Stom swings at the enemy harassing Violant and moves to shield Violant from the onrushing spider. ◆◆ Sudden Charge
Fails miserably to bite the Dwarf too, relenting that its surrounded, it unfurls it wings and attempts to take off and put some distance between it and Stom. Stom takes a swing at the fleeing manbat. ↺ Reactive Strike
Answering Oppa's call for help, Stom turns around and sprints toward the creature harassing Oppa. "RAH! Pick on someone wee bit bigger!" ◆◆ Sudden Charge
Stom yells in anger at being tangled in a bunch of debris and vines. "Damn vines! Get off me!" He flails around for several seconds before finally stomping on the vines, then moving to support Lyra. ◆ Athletics to Escape
◆ Athletics to Escape
◆ Stride
Stom rears back and swings his heavy axe at the butcher as they stand. ↺ Reactive Strike
@Oppa, friendly poke that it's your turn. Also, Paizo delayed their switch to the new site so it's next Monday as of now.
Finally the Charau-Ka Butcher 3 that is prone, stands up, roars entering a rage and attacks Stom. As the Charau-Ka Butcher stands, Stom quickly reacts with an attack. ↺ Reactive Strike
Stom repositions to attack the Charau-Ka in tandem with Wilbur and then swings low again to send the creature back to the ground.
Stom rushes at the closest creature and swings harshly at its torso.
◆ Stride
Ah, that would explain my own confusion as well :)
Totally get it. Thought I'd try to help out since you mentioned having trouble understanding the map. Also, with the 5-10-5 diagonal rule, I'm pretty sure the only enemy within Doxie's movement is the creature by Stom. If it were ambiguous, I wouldn't have updated Doxie's positioned. All that said, won't happen again.
Stom yells in the face of enemy in front of him, his eyes becoming bloodshot and veins in his neck visible beneath his beard. Stom sees Doxie rush in behind the creature so Stom repositions slightly before swinging at the enemy.
◆ Rage
And the initiative list got bigger?!?!?!?
Stom follows Lyra out of the building and puts himself behind Lyra and the closest enemy. "I hope Samael is safe."
Big ol' Initiative You ain't kidding!
Stom thanks Hezle for the information and encourages her to stay in the safety of this building. "Stay hidden here. We will take care of the rest of the camp." Stom turns to the rest of the party. "I think the barracks is our target. Sneak to the south and storm in?"
"The Scarlet Traid? Sounds familiar, but I can't seem to recall anything useful." Frustration is clearly evident as Stom continues to speak. "Well, I'm sure we'll learn something of them soon enough. What can you tell of the guards at this camp? How many do we need to deal with? Do you have allies here?"
Long weekend away. Going to catch up here ASAP.
Stom's face pales when Belmazog mentions that the gold might carry a dragon's pain. Scenes from his dreams flash in his mind before he dismisses them with a shake of head. "What does Belmazog want with this gold? What rituals? What dragon?"
Stom looks to the rest of the party to speak to Hezle the kobold, looking at the crafting apparatus in the room.
"Aye, that'll work. Let's just keep an eye on them when we head south. The building first then?"
Stom asks the group how they want to proceed. "If we want to investigate those eyes loudly, I'll lead the way. If we prefer quiet, then I'm not the leader for that. Ha!"
"Hmm, that beast is surely large. I hope the cage holds.
Upon seeing the mound up close, Stom notices something in the moonlight. "Oh, that's familiar. There's bites of gold mixed in the with clay and mud. Something else too. Arsenic maybe. Could be hard to safely dig in that pit." Putting two and two together, Stom makes an assumption about the sick troops. "Could be arsenic poisoning from digging up the pit." Initially distracted by the gold, Stom notices the eyes as well. "What could that be?"
Having heard no alternate options, Stom starts the process of trudging through the forest to the other side of the camp, keeping well away from the caged beast and ending the trek to the east of the camp's main building. "Samael, you up for scouting and sneaking again to see if anything has changed?"
"I'm ready to continue, so I'm fine not resting. It sounds like Oppa needs to sleep though."
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