60: Honey, you got real ugly

[Ebiris]

[12:01] <@Ebiris> Val emits a soulful whine... just as the water suddenly breaks by something huge breaching its surface nearby! Six fierce heads dominated by frond-like beards surrounding rows of massive jagged teeth and capped with eyes that reflect a sickly yellow against Liamae's magelight, the necks all protruding from long snake-like necks that merge into a single sinuous yet bulky body the size of a small dragon, the entire thing covered in brilliant lime-green scales adorned with darker stripes. It's limbs are tiny and more akin to flippers than arms or legs, as if it were the reptile equivalent to a seal than any creature designed to run or climb on land... but in the water they propel it with terrifying force, right at the centre of the party!
[12:02] <@Lucie> "Why didn't you just tell us the curse was a big damned monster?!" Lucie barks at Ariana as she readies her weapon for battle.
[12:02] <@Rudy> "Oh, god! Why did I wake up today?!"
[12:02] <@Henrietta> "I think this just replaced something as my strongest fear," Henrietta stammers, unable to look away from the horror.
[12:04] <@Ebiris> The horses neigh and trample furiously, clearly in no mood to stick around, while Val growls protectively next to Henrietta. "Why does it have so many heads?!" Liamae cries, nonetheless bringing her hands up as if to cast a spell.
[12:04] <@Ebiris> "It's not a curse it's just a monster!" Ariana retorts, shrinking away.
[12:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: lets roll init
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Liamae
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Liamae and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 Ariana
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 Ariana and gets 8." [1d20=7]
[12:05] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+8 hatspeed!
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 hatspeed! and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 horses
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 horses and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[12:05] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Val
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Val and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 Hydra
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 Hydra and gets 3." [1d20=2]
[12:05] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+3
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+3 and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[12:06] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Val > Liamae > Horses > Ariana > Henrietta > Hydra'
[12:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: Open, Lucie
[12:07] <@Lucie> "You live here, dammit, give us some bloody warning these things are around!" Lucie yells back as a beam of force springs from her open palm towards the multiheaded beast.
[12:07] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7 touch attack
[12:07] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7 touch attack and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[12:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[12:08] <@Lucie> roll 4d6 nonlethal
[12:08] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 4d6 nonlethal and gets 12." [4d6=3, 5, 3, 1]
[12:08] <@Ebiris> The beam slams into the Hydra's chest just below where its necks merge into the body, causing it to be pushed back slightly!
[12:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:10] <@Rudy> Rudy claws at his face, tearing off one of the tattoos bridging his cheeks and flinging it into the mud. "Damn! Damn! Damn it all," he cries!
[12:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d3 summoning mud elementals
[12:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 summoning mud elementals and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[12:10] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[12:10] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Rudy > Mud > Val > Liamae > Horses > Ariana > Henrietta > Hydra'
[12:11] <@Ebiris> a legless humanoid form of filthy sludge rises up out of the swampy muck to do Rudy's bidding!
[12:12] <@Rudy> It sludges its way towards the hydra, throwing a viscous fist of mingled dirt and water at the creature's chest!
[12:12] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 fort DC 12 on hit
[12:12] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 fort DC 12 on hit and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[12:12] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[12:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 fort
[12:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 fort and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[12:12] <@Rudy> roll 1d6+3
[12:12] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d6+3 and gets 4." [1d6=1]
[12:14] <@Ebiris> The slimy fist punches hard into the overwhelming bulk of the hydra, though the residue doesn't stick so well to its already slimy hide! Val growls fiercely by Henrietta's side before lunging into the water, slashing wildly as he joins the muck-monster in the melee with teeth savaging one of its flippers!
[12:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+5
[12:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+5 and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[12:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+3
[12:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+3 and gets 9." [1d6=6]
[12:17] <@Ebiris> Blood is drawn, crimson ichor spilling into the waters in a gory slick! For her part, Liamae throws out a hand at the towering multi-headed lizard with a cry of, "Stars above, blind those unworthy of your majesty!" At her command a field of glittering starlight surrounds the hydra, making its scales shine luminously...
[12:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[12:18] <@Ebiris> But while it shines magnificently, its eyes remain focused with killing intent! Despite all of this, the horses are not reassured and turn to bolt from the melee, charging heedlessly through the swamp without care for their surroundings!
[12:18] <@Ebiris> roll 4#1d100
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4#1d100 and gets 278." [4#1d100 = 67, 29, 90, 92]
[12:21] <@Ebiris> Lucie's horse charges a straight path away, somehow avoiding all the hazards of the swamp! The other three are less lucky, with Henrietta's stumbling into quicksand thirty feet away and rapidly sinking amidst its panicked neighs, while both Rudy's and Liamae's somehow crash into each other and fall into the same deep pool, bucking up wildly and covered in leeches as they panic! Ariana doesn't seem to have any ideas beyond cowering away from the battle...
[12:21] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[12:22] <@Henrietta> "Stay back!" Henrietta calls, tossing a handful of bright roses at the hydra even as she fishes among her most prized possessions for the elemental stone they took what now seems like ages ago.
[12:22] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[12:22] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 9." [3d4=1, 1, 4]
[12:25] <@Ebiris> The roses leave a trail of angry bruises across its scaly hide, but they heal in place along with the wound on its flipper as the six heads dart down at their prey! One goes for the mud-elemental andn another for Val in the centre, while Henrietta and Liamae both have to contend with two apiece racing down towards them with tremendous slavering maws opened wide to show rows and rows of deadly sharp teeth!
[12:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 elemental
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 elemental and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[12:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 val
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 val and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[12:25] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 Liamae
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 Liamae and gets 42." [2#1d20+9 = 24, 18]
[12:25] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 Henrietta
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 Henrietta and gets 40." [2#1d20+9 = 22, 18]
[12:25] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC for elemental and Henri?
[12:26] <@Henrietta> OOC: 13
[12:26] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+4 elemental
[12:26] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+4 elemental and gets 9." [1d8=5]
[12:26] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+4 Val
[12:26] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+4 Val and gets 12." [1d8=8]
[12:27] <@Ebiris> roll 2d8+8 Henrietta
[12:27] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d8+8 Henrietta and gets 11." [2d8=2, 1]
[12:27] <@Ebiris> roll 2d8+8 Liamae
[12:27] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d8+8 Liamae and gets 17." [2d8=7, 2]
[12:31] <@Ebiris> The elemental is nearly discorporated but manages to recover enough mud from underneath to maintain cohesion, while Val is savagely mauled, letting out an agonised yelp as the massive jaws clench around him! Liamae stumbles backwards from her attack but not before it mangles her arm and bites deeply into her hip... if nothing else she might appreciate the new holes in her dress, though blood rapidly leaks through them. Henrietta manages to fare little better herself.
[12:31] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:32] * @Lucie instinctively takes a few steps back, even though she's not currently under attack. "Dammit, get away from that thing!" she uselessly advises her friends as she fires off another beam.
[12:32] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7
[12:32] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[12:32] <@Ebiris> OOC: confirm the crit?
[12:32] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7
[12:32] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[12:32] <@Ebiris> OOC: crit
[12:32] <@Lucie> roll 8d6 die! ...I mean, fall asleep!
[12:32] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 8d6 die! ...I mean, fall asleep! and gets 27." [8d6=2, 4, 3, 3, 1, 3, 6, 5]
[12:33] <@Henrietta> "Val! Get back!" Henrietta calls, as fresh wounds join old scars upon her body. She gives Liamae a worried glance, but then there is no more time for hesitation, for she breaks their treasured rock to set the elemental held within free!
[12:33] <@Ebiris> Fuelled by Lucie's care and love for her friends, this beam is twice as wide as the last one, slamming into the hydra with mighty force and almost pushing it back under the water! It somehow endures, although now the groggy six heads turn their baleful eyes towards Lucie.
[12:33] <@Henrietta> OOC: Hero point to do it as an immediate?
[12:34] <@Ebiris> OOC: You still have any? Go for it, if you do.
[12:34] <@Henrietta> OOC: My last one!
[12:35] <@Henrietta> roll 2#1d20+10 slams 4PA
[12:35] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2#1d20+10 slams 4PA and gets 47." [2#1d20+10 = 26, 21]
[12:35] <@Ebiris> OOC: hits
[12:36] <@Henrietta> roll 2#2d6+7+4
[12:36] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2#2d6+7+4 and gets 28." [2#2d6+7+4 = 14, 14]
[12:37] <@Ebiris> The rock shatters as a mighty elemental of rock and crystal arises out of the muddy earth where Liamae's horse once stood, moving to challenge the hydra with stony fists that smash powerfully into the titanic lizard! Scales and bone are pulped underneath the ferocious blows, sending the hydra reeling down into the water where it floats insensate!
[12:38] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Henrietta > Large Earth > Rudy > Mud > Val > Liamae > Horses > Ariana > Henrietta > Hydra'
[12:38] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:40] <@Rudy> The mud elemental throws a glutenous fist into the Hydra's throat, ready to finish it off!
[12:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: if that's a coup de grace roll crit damage?
[12:41] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+6 presumably it can coup?
[12:41] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+6 presumably it can coup?  and gets 11." [2d6=2, 3]
[12:41] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 fort
[12:41] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 fort and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[12:44] <@Rudy> Rudy waves a hand, and the mud elemental vanishes, replaced by a ambulatory fires that strike out at the leeches plaguing Liamae's horse!
[12:44] <@Rudy> roll 1d3
[12:44] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[12:45] <@Ebiris> Two elementals of baleful flickering fire manifest to Rudy's command! Though leery to go into the puddle, they strike at the leeches around the edge, boiling water nearby!
[12:46] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Henrietta > Large Earth > Rudy > 2x Fire > Val > Liamae > Horses > Ariana > Henrietta > Hydra'
[12:46] <@Ebiris> The Hydra's huge bulk is rocked by the blow from the comparatively tiny creature, continuing to lie there unmoving! Val whimpers pitifully and returns towards Henrietta with his tail between his legs. "Urgh... horrible thing, stay down!" Liamae snaps in a strained voice, an arrow of acid arcing out from her uninjured hand before she clasps it agains her ravaged shoulder.
[12:46] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2
[12:46] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[12:46] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 crit check
[12:46] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 crit check and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[12:47] <@Henrietta> "You did good, Val," Henrietta tells her dog, managing to smile down at him.
[12:47] <@Ebiris> roll 4d4
[12:47] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d4 and gets 8." [4d4=1, 1, 2, 4]
[12:48] <@Ebiris> The acid cores into the merged throat of the hydra, burning in with venom and spreading out towards the necks and deeper into the chest cavity!
[12:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100 Lucie's horse
[12:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 Lucie's horse and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[12:48] <@Ebiris> Lucie's horse continues its uncommon luck, somehow finding exactly where to step as it charges pell mell out of the swamp without being threatened in the least!
[12:49] <@Ebiris> "Amazing, you killed it!" Ariana gushes, though she does look at the earth elemental with some trepidation, craning her neck up.
[12:49] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[12:50] <@Ebiris> OOC: wait a minute...
[12:50] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Lucie > Henrietta > Large Earth > Rudy > 2x Fire > Val > Liamae > Horses > Ariana > Hydra'
[12:50] <@Ebiris> The Hydra lays there immobile, though its fleshs lowly knits together in places it seems to be having particular trouble with the acid.
[12:51] <@Henrietta> "Are there more monsters to be killed?" Henrietta asks Ariana, wary about proceeding with the rescue of their steeds before something that important is addressed.
[12:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:51] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+6
[12:51] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[12:51] * @Lucie turns and picks her way carefully through the swamp, trying to follow the horse's path without falling in anywhere. "Horse, uh, come back here, horse!" she calls out in what may approximately be an attempt at a soothing voice.
[12:52] -> *Henrietta* Hydras are rare multi-headed aquatic creatures that grow more heads as they age. Each is fully self-sufficient and a hydra can survive with just one head, though it regenerates lost ones anyway. Chopping off all heads will kill one, as will massive bodily trauma - they're highly regenerative, though, making this a challenge.
[12:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100
[12:53] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 and gets 80." [1d100=80]
[12:54] <@Ebiris> OOC: do you have survival, Lucie?
[12:55] <@Lucie> OOC: noooope
[12:55] <@Ebiris> While she tries her best to follow the horse's path, Lucie had most of her attention on the hydra and thus can't mimic every step. This is to her detriment when she finds the quicksand that Henrietta's horse blundered into extends farther than expected, and suddenly finds herself sinking!
[12:55] <@Ebiris> OOC: Swim check
[12:56] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+4 oh god dammit...hatswimming?
[12:56] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+4 oh god dammit...hatswimming? and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[12:56] <@Ebiris> Although she sinks, her wild flailing and struggles manage to keep her from going farther than her hips... for now.
[12:56] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[12:57] * @Henrietta tries to put the impudent hydra down with the roses that are second nature to her, first of all!
[12:57] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[12:57] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 9." [3d4=2, 2, 2]
[12:57] <@Ebiris> The roses thud into the beast with their customary brusing!
[12:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: Earth Elemental
[12:59] <@Henrietta> Grabbing a head with each rocky fist, the elemental tries to tear the hydra apart!
[13:01] <@Henrietta> roll 2#2d6+7+8
[13:01] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2#2d6+7+8 and gets 45." [2#2d6+7+8 = 21, 24]
[13:03] <@Ebiris> The snapping of vertebrae is heard like fireworks as two necks are clasped, before with a mighty heave the elemental lifts the titanic beast clear out of the water and splits its arms, tearing the legendary hydra in two from throat to stern! Blood and ichor rain into the swamp before the two halves are cast aside into the water with tremendous splashes! Ariana shrinks back from this display of primal might, hesitantly asking, "Are you going to kill every monster in the swamp?"
[13:04] <@Rudy> Rudy has no time to answer questions like that, since it's up to him to rush over and pull Lucie out the quicksand before it sucks her in!
[13:04] <@Ebiris> OOC: strength check, Rudy
[13:04] <@Rudy> roll 1d20 hah!
[13:04] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20 hah! and gets 10." [1d20=10]
[13:04] <@Ebiris> Rudy barely manages to reach Lucie without slipping in himself, their fingers just touching but unable to get any grip beyond that!
[13:05] <@Henrietta> "Only those that attack us, of course!" Henrietta responds sternly, having time to address such question, for her part. "We just wanted to cross it, I will have you know! Will you help us and be honest with us about what we face?"
[13:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: free act, we can assume the fire elementals handle the two horses but lets deal with rescuing Lucie and the other two horses
[13:06] <@Rudy> "Hey, Henri! You got any rope!" yells Rudy, frustrated.
[13:06] * @Lucie ceases her wild flailing and reaches out a hand towards Rudy specifically.
[13:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: swim check, Lucie
[13:07] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+4 ffff
[13:07] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+4 ffff and gets 24." [1d20=20]
[13:07] <@Henrietta> "Of course I do!" Henrietta responds, highly piqued. She sends her elemental to rescue her slowly drowning horse, while she herself gets the aforementioned rope and tosses its end over past Rudy and towards the flailing Lucie.
[13:07] <@Ebiris> Lucie does better than that, lunging forward and grabbing onto the ground at Rudy's feet, able to haul herself up and rescue herself!
[13:08] <@Lucie> "Get the horses, dammit, I'm fine," Lucie grumbles as she climbs onto solid ground, panting as she remembers to add: "Thanks, though."
[13:08] <@Ebiris> The giant elemental proceeds to pluck the bedraggled horse out of the water without complaint, while the other two skittish and badly wounded horses are herded back over the the two fire elementals. There's no sign of Lucie's horse in the darkness, though.
[13:09] * @Lucie points vaguely in the last known direction of her horse. "He went thataway."
[13:09] <@Rudy> "Oh, yeah, that lesson on etiquette sure wasn't wasted, huh?" replies Rudy, walking over to grab the reins of one of the horses.
[13:09] <@Ebiris> "I didn't expect to encounter a hydra!" Ariana protests as she follows Henrietta. "I was trying to avoid things like that, really!"
[13:10] <@Henrietta> "Are there any more 'things like that' between here and your home?"
[13:11] <@Ebiris> Liamae staggers over to her horse, taking its reins with her good hand. "I miss Karkus..." she mumbles.
[13:11] <@Rudy> "Shit, we're gonna need to rest for a few days. Is your home safe?"
[13:12] * @Lucie lights up her mace and waves it around hopefully in the last known direction of the horse. Not that she's about to walk out there if she doesn't see anything nearby, mind.
[13:12] <@Ebiris> "I hope not, we're nearly there," the green-haired maiden insists. "The water's connected, its like the ground under us is mouldy cheese so I can't tell if a hydra is going to be in any one pool." Turning to Lucie now she nods, "It's safe, no monster's ever attacked it."
[13:13] <@Ebiris> Adding Lucie's light to Liamae's doesn't shed illumination that much farther... wherever it is, the horse is away from here.
[13:13] <@Henrietta> "Lead the way," Henrietta insists. Wherever they end up recouperating, it is better than in the middle of a swamp near a hydra corpse.
[13:14] <@Ebiris> *Turning to Rudy now
[13:15] * @Lucie gives up and follows along after the others without a horse, a powerful glower on her face as she walks.
[13:16] <@Rudy> "Please," continues Rudy, dropping back to walk alongside Henri. "Are you alright?"
[13:17] <@Henrietta> "I was bitten twice again," Henrietta whispers back. "I don't think I am, but Liamae and Val are worse off. Can you look over them, you think, if something happened to me?"
[13:17] <@Henrietta> But just in case, she decides to ensure any other enemies won't have an easy time of it.
[13:17] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+5
[13:17] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+5 and gets 7." [1d10=2]
[13:18] <@Rudy> "I... I'll see what I can do," replies Rudy, but it's hopeless to expect good medical care from him and they both know it. He rubs Henri's shoulder for a moment, and then goes to check on Liamae.
[13:20] * @Henrietta follows him worriedly with her eyes, before they settle on Liamae's ravaged body.
[13:22] <@Ebiris> "Hey," Liamae nods to Rudy, walking awkwardly with her left arm hanging lower than it should and her right leg being practically dragged as she stumbles along. "I've had worse, but Karkus would always fix that right up... stupid not to buy healing potions, right?"
[13:25] <@Ebiris> It's just a short journey left as promised, the giant elemental crumbling down into a mound of stone near the end of it. It's not much of a residence, built under the boughs and roots of two sickly looking and partially interconnected trees, a ramshackle hut of mismatched wood with a ragged and filthy curtain obscuring the doorway. "I'm sorry it's not very clean," the girl apologises, looking away as she lifts the curtain and leads the way inside, a few dim and mostly melted candles providing scant illumination. The wooden floorboards off of the swamp are missing in places, requiring a careful step to avoid dropping a foot through them and into the mud. A small clay fireplace sits in one corner and a few filthy fur rugs and blankets are scattered haphazardly around, a few shelves holding cloudy discoloured glass jars and tarnished silver utensils near the fireplace. A curtain obscures a doorway to another room beyond these cramped quarters.
[13:25] <@Rudy> "You're telling me," replies Rudy, rubbing his head as he walks in the door. "Never think it's gonna happen to us, always goes and does. Forgot we weren't in a city this time 'round, though."
[13:27] * @Lucie eyes the curtain. "Got a bed back there, I hope. The wounded are going to need it, I think."
[13:28] <@Ebiris> "And animals don't carry potions we can steal ourselves," Liamae sighs, struggling to tie her horse's reigns to a low-hanging branch with clumsy fingers.
[13:28] <@Rudy> "Oh, geez, this place is falling apart," complains Rudy. "How long have you been living like this, again?"
[13:29] <@Henrietta> "Let me," Henrietta offers, there to help Liamae in an instant. "We will need to keep a guard out to watch over the horses, too...."
[13:30] <@Ebiris> "Just some more rugs and blankets," Ariana replies, looking down. "It was nicer before it became a swamp, and the monsters leave it alone. That's what matters, right?" she asserts in weak defence at Rudy's criticism. "It's even more cramped in the bedroom, but there's room for one more..." she says that last part with a meaningful look at the only male in the group. Apart from Val, who walks weakly at Henrietta's heel without much care for the rest of the world.
[13:31] <@Ebiris> "You're right, Henri," Liamae nods to the redhead. "I just wanna lie down, though..."
[13:32] <@Rudy> "It's fine. I think I'll keep watch while you guys sleep," replies Rudy. "Maybe fix the place up a bit- no, you've got no wood around here, right?"
[13:33] <@Lucie> "Yeah...well, we've got camping gear, we can just wrap ourselves up in our usual blankets if it comes to it." She shrugs. "I can take watch if you want. Feeling alright given circumstances. All I've had go wrong for me today is a tumble into the water."
[13:33] <@Ebiris> "Oh," Ariana deflates in disappointment for a moment before perking up. "I'll help you keep watch! We can look for fallen branches nearby, maybe?"
[13:34] <@Rudy> "No, it's fine. We need good lumber, and there just isn't anything around here. It'll probably stay up for now- but I'm worried about putting too much weight on the floorboards..." replies Rudy, shaking his head. "Anyway, I don't think this house will last much longer, though. You should probably come with us when we leave."
[13:35] <@Ebiris> "But this is my home! Where would I even go?" Ariana asks, hazel eyes wide with disbelief.
[13:36] <@Lucie> "Do you *like* living in a swamp? This house is falling apart."
[13:37] <@Rudy> "It's alright. You can stick with us 'till you find a new place," replies Rudy. "We're heading to a village not far from here, so maybe there?"
[13:38] <@Ebiris> "It's... not that bad," she looks away from Lucie. "Maybe we can worry about that when you're all feeling better, anyway? Rudy and I can keep watch outside while the rest of you relax?"
[13:40] * @Lucie shrugs and sits down on one of the more level and unbroken stretches of planks. "Fine. Can't force you to leave, but it beats me why you'd want to stay here."
[13:40] * @Henrietta ends up settling down next to Liamae in a sort of helpless frustration. Beckoning Val over, Henrietta does the only thing she can by petting her dog slowly to lull him into sleep.
[13:41] <@Rudy> "We'll talk about what to do after we've rested a bit," votes Rudy, turning to head for the door.
[13:42] <@Ebiris> Liamae finds a spot by the sadly unlit fireplace and rests with her back against the wall, shifting now and then to try and get comfortable. Val seems to perk up a little at the petting, licking Henrietta's hand in turn.
[13:42] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy in #evildunes
[13:45] * @Lucie will, of course, be nosy and poke around behind the curtain before settling in for sleep.
[13:46] <@Ebiris> "Any ideas on what horrors we'll have to fight tomorrow?" Liamae asks idly in the quiet gloom. "Keep a watch out for statues, I'm betting on a medusa."
[13:46] <@Ebiris> OOC: perception, Lucie
[13:46] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+14
[13:46] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+14 and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[13:47] <@Henrietta> "The... woman with the fey blood?" Henrietta asks in surprise. "You think she is one?"
[13:48] <@Ebiris> "Huh?" Liamae looks askance at Henrietta, before furrowing her brow. "Huh, green hair, think it's disguised snakes? I don't know, she seems harmless, doesn't she? Wonder how she even survived out here."
[13:49] <@Henrietta> "Either dumb luck, or she is a... well, a monster would be the proper term, I suppose. But in that case, we don't need to fight her if she doesn't attack us, do we?"
[13:50] <@Ebiris> Peeking into the bedroom, Lucie finds it to have a few somewhat nicer fur rugs piled up as bedding in the corner, and the same diminished floorboards. But being a nosy soul she looks beyond a cursory inspection, and finds a large trunk half-embedded in the mud under the floorboards, as well as a respectable jewellery collection hidden underneath the rugs! There's necklaces and rings and broches, all sorts of beautiful shiny things!
[13:51] * @Lucie idly scans the collection for magical signatures, then tries to open up the trunk.
[13:52] <@Ebiris> OOC: spellcraft
[13:52] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+11
[13:52] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[13:53] <@Ebiris> Lucie does discover a single gold ring inset with a small pearl radiates magic of some sort. The trunk is hard to open through the floorboards, but there's a loose one nearby that could be moved aside to make enough space to pull the trunk out and then open it.
[13:54] * @Lucie continues with her modest demolition project in order to facilitate this!
[13:58] <@Ebiris> Hauling the trunk up, it's a respectable piece of luggage and weighs quite a lot! It's not locked or anything and is easily popped open... to reveal a nice little hoard! Three trade bars of solid gold and fistfulls of gold and silver coins litter the inside of the trunk! There's also a very nice looking, if probably ineffective, bejewelled dagger sitting amidst the lucre.
[14:01] * @Lucie frowns, stands up and returns to the main room. "So..." she starts, addressing the would-be sleepers, "...it make sense to either of you for someone living in a dumo like this to have a box of gold under the floorboards?" She hefts a bar of gold in demonstration.
[14:01] <@Lucie> *in a dump like this
[14:03] <@Ebiris> "Huh?" Liamae blinks and stares at Rudy's haul. "Where would she have gotten that from?"
[14:03] <@Henrietta> With a sigh, Henrietta casts Mage Armor as well. Will the paranoia cling to her for as long as she lives, now?
[14:04] <@Lucie> "That's what *I'm* asking," Lucie says.
[14:04] <@Ebiris> "I... think we should check on Rudy..." Liamae suggests at length, hauling herself to her feet with a pained sigh.
[14:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie's haul
[14:05] <@Lucie> "Sure, sure." Lucie pushes past Liamae to move outside. Just in case there's something nasty outside, it wouldn't do to have the wounded move first.
[14:06] <@Henrietta> "Val, guard the horses," Henrietta orders, more to keep her dog safe than anything else, and then helps Liamae to her feet.
[14:08] <@Ebiris> Val gives a feeble woof as he gets up, following the three women outside...

----

[13:44] <@Ebiris> Stepping outside and clasping her hands innocently behind her back, Ariana smiles at Rudy. "I know it must seem horrid to someone from the city, but this is all I know... it used to be much better, but it still has its charm."
[13:46] <@Rudy> "Ah, don't worry. It still beats being stuck on a boat," replies Rudy, not quite meeting Ariana's eyes. "I can get not wanting to give up your home."
[13:47] <@Ebiris> Starting to amble around the trees bracketing her hut and beckoning Rudy to follow. "Where are you from, anyway? And what brings you out here?"
[13:49] <@Rudy> It should be fine as long as they don't go too far from the hut, so Rudy wearily starts to follow. "Anowia, originally. But I guess I'm more Isernian than Anowian, now. We're here to try and catch a comet."
[13:52] <@Ebiris> "A comet, like the ones that herald doom and ill-will?" Ariana asks, drawing close to Rudy under the trees boughs, surrounded by gloomy swamp and eerie flickering lights in the distance, she lowers her voice and pulls herself against him, fingering the ragged neckline of her threadbare dress.
[13:54] <@Rudy> "Uh-huh. We're gonna find it, and be rich. That's the plan." Rudy stops in his tracks. "Right now, I'd take a cup of coffee and a fireplace over all the gold in the vaults, though."
[13:54] <@Ebiris> "Perhaps I can warm you up, anyway?" Ariana suggests, batting her eyelashes and trailing her other hand over Rudy's chest.
[13:55] <@Rudy> "Pass."
[13:56] <@Ebiris> She pulls her head back, looking hurt. "But why not? Am I ugly?"
[13:57] <@Rudy> "For fuck's sake!" replies Rudy, turning angrily. "Liamae and Henri are badly hurt, and probably infected by whatever that thing was carrying! You think I feel like playing around right now?"
[14:02] <@Ebiris> "Hmm, you're a credit to your gender, then," Ariana laughs, her light and musical tone turning into a drawn out and almost painful cackle as her features twist and warp! Her figure becomes stunted and boney, wrinkled flesh hanging off a now hunched frame, while her eyes bulge out, horribly rheumy and bloodshot orbs resting above a tremendous hooked and warty nose. Her lush green hair twists and mats into foul brackish tangles, and her thinning lips pull back to reveal jagged blackened teeth in a foul sneer. "But ye should've thought about that afore wanderin' inta my swamp, laddie!" she cackles before raising hand with nails like talons towards Rudy's face!
[14:02] <@Ebiris> OOC: good call on refusing, roll init
[14:02] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 Ariana
[14:02] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 Ariana and gets 12." [1d20=11]
[14:02] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 oh no
[14:02] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 oh no and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[14:03] <@Ebiris> Rudy's reactions are swift and sure in face of this threat, though!
[14:03] <@Ebiris> OOC: go
[14:05] <@Rudy> "Fucking- I'm done. I'm fucking done with women. From now on, it's abstience, you hear me?" yells Rudy, stepping back and putting a horrible crocodile between him and her! It bites with snapping jaws!
[14:05] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 smiting!
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 smiting! and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[14:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[14:05] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+4 plus grab
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+4 plus grab and gets 8." [1d8=4]
[14:05] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 grabbing
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 grabbing and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[14:05] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Rudy > Crocodile > Hag'
[14:07] <@Ebiris> The crocodile bites her savagely but its teeth have trouble penetrating and she shrugs it off with unholy strength! "Yer done with a lotta things now, Laddie," Ariana promises, stepping around the croc and bringing her claws to bear on Rudy's flesh!
[14:07] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:07] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[14:08] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:08] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[14:08] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+4 fort save, Rat
[14:08] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+4 fort save, Rat and gets 8." [1d4=4]
[14:08] <@Rudy> OOC: hitmiss
[14:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4
[14:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 and gets 7." [1d20=3]
[14:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: 2 strength damage as well
[14:10] <@Ebiris> The first clawing manages to get through Rudy's guard to rip his cheek before he stumbles back to avoid the second! Ariana then leers as she licks the blood off of her gnarled and filthy fingernail. "Ye feel it, laddie? Ah ken ah make the boys weak at the knees!" she cackles, dissolving into phleghmy laughter as Rudy indeed feels his muscles clenching up, making it harder to move!
[14:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy and Croc
[14:15] <@Rudy> "I ain't weak enough to fall for you. Fuck, you're uglier than my dad! Why haven't you killed yourself yet?!" Rudy ain't hanging around that woman's horrible claws, instead retreating back to her own house whilst the crocodile does it's work!
[14:15] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 attack croc!
[14:15] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 attack croc! and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[14:16] <@Ebiris> The crocodile's jaws are too slow, this time, failing to clamp properly around her legs as she sidesteps it and capers after Rudy to claw at his back just as the three girls step out of the house and see Rudy running away from a horrible hunch-backed wrinkled crone wearing Aiana's dress!
[14:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[14:16] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC, Rudy?
[14:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: Croc gets AoO, actually
[14:17] <@Rudy> OOC: 17 AC
[14:17] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 attack croc!
[14:17] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 attack croc! and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[14:17] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+4 and fort save
[14:17] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+4 and fort save and gets 8." [1d4=4]
[14:17] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4
[14:17] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 and gets 17." [1d20=13]
[14:18] <@Ebiris> Rudy at least endures the strength-draining, though his shoulder-blade is ripped open through his clothes as she assails him in full view of the girls!
[14:18] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll init, Lucie and Henri
[14:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Liamae
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Liamae and gets 3." [1d20=1]
[14:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+2 Val
[14:18] <Lucie> roll 1d20+8
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+2 Val and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[14:18] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+3
[14:18] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+3 and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[14:19] <@Rudy> "This is not my fault! I swear!"
[14:19] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Henrietta > Rudy > Croc > Val > Lucie > Hag > Liamae'
[14:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: Go Henri
[14:19] <@Henrietta> "Why do the monsters always have to be so horrible?!" Henrietta protests, her roses slamming into the hag's chest with such force that she is sent tumbling back!
[14:19] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[14:19] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 9." [3d4=1, 1, 4]
[14:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: CL check
[14:19] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+5
[14:19] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+5 and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[14:20] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+13 trip
[14:20] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+13 trip and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[14:20] <Lucie> "Oh hells. We leave you alone for two minutes, Rudy, and this happens?"
[14:20] <@Ebiris> The crone is knocked over by roses slamming into her legs, dropping her onto her stomach with a screech!
[14:20] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy and Croc
[14:21] <@Rudy> "I told her no! Saying no is meant to make life easy and boring!" retorts Rudy, backing up a step from the woman and turning about to imbue all his allies with great speed!
[14:21] <@Henrietta> "Val, stay here!" Henrietta commands in the meantime, gesturing at the spot by her feet.
[14:21] <@Rudy> OOC: haste on me/henri/croc/liamae/lucie
[14:21] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+6 nature
[14:21] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+6 nature and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[14:22] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5+1+4+2 croc attack charge sprint smite
[14:22] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5+1+4+2 croc attack charge sprint smite and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[14:22] -> *Henrietta* It's an old woman!
[14:22] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[14:22] <@Rudy> The crocodile rushes towards the Hag with freakish speed, and his jaws clamp around her torso!
[14:22] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+7 grab
[14:22] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+7 grab and gets 13." [1d8=6]
[14:23] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 I forget if this is affected by prone/haste/etc, +11 is the base
[14:23] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 I forget if this is affected by prone/haste/etc, +11 is the base and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[14:23] <@Ebiris> Despite her leathery tough skin, the crocodile gets its jaws around her in a death-grip! Val meanwhile stays meekly at Henrietta's heel.
[14:23] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:24] <Lucie> "Liked you better as simpering eye candy," Lucie says, striding forward to bring her mace down on the wretch's head. "Let's wipe that face off your face."
[14:24] <Lucie> roll 1d20+8
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[14:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: Hit
[14:24] <Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 5." [1d8=1]
[14:25] <@Ebiris> While Lucie strikes true, the hag's face is completely unmarred by the mace impacting into it! Struggling with the crocodile, she claws at it fiercely amidst their tangle!
[14:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[14:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[14:26] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+8 and 2 fort saves if it lives
[14:26] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+8 and 2 fort saves if it lives and gets 12." [2d4=3, 1]
[14:26] <@Rudy> roll 2#1d20+6
[14:26] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2#1d20+6 and gets 27." [2#1d20+6 = 18, 9]
[14:26] <@Ebiris> OOC: 2 strength damage
[14:27] <@Ebiris> The crocodile is maimed but maintains its death grip on her! Liamae goggles a moment before she mirrors Henrietta and sends a trio of shooting stars into the melee!
[14:27] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+5
[14:27] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+5 and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[14:28] <@Ebiris> Unlike Henrietta's, though, these don't seem to have any effect!
[14:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:31] <@Henrietta> One Henrietta splits into several, and then they all come up to the struggling hag, flail raised high and ready to strike!
[14:31] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4+1 MI
[14:31] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4+1 MI and gets 2." [1d4=1]
[14:31] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy and Croc
[14:33] <@Rudy> The crocodile grapples with the hag, biting away and wraping itself around her in a roll!
[14:33] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+15 gets +5 due to starting the grapple
[14:33] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+15 gets +5 due to starting the grapple and gets 19." [1d20=4]
[14:34] <@Rudy> Meanwhile, Rudy reaches out with time magic, in an attempt to slow the hag's moves!
[14:34] <@Rudy> OOC: will DC 17
[14:34] <@Ebiris> OOC: CL check, grapple failed
[14:34] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5
[14:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5  and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[14:35] <@Ebiris> The hag and crocodile continue struggling back and forth, while Rudy's spell fails to take effect past her defences! Val remains where he is as ordered...
[14:35] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:36] * Lucie gets the hag pinned between her and Henri, laying into the ugly creature twice with her mace.
[14:36] <Lucie> roll 1d20+10 flankery
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+10 flankery and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[14:36] <Lucie> roll 1d20+10 flankery
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+10 flankery and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[14:36] <Lucie> roll 1d20+10 crit?
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+10 crit? and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[14:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: crit and hit
[14:36] <Lucie> roll 2d8+4 crit
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 2d8+4 crit and gets 14." [2d8=3, 7]
[14:36] <Lucie> OOC: er, +8
[14:36] <Lucie> roll 1d8+4 normal hit
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 normal hit and gets 10." [1d8=6]
[14:37] <@Ebiris> Perhaps realising the predicament she's now in, the hag lets out a strange ululating whistle into the air while struggling with the crocodile!
[14:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:38] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[14:38] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4
[14:38] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4 and gets 7." [2d4=3, 4]
[14:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[14:38] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 24." [1d20=20]
[14:38] * Retrieving #evildunes modes...
[14:38] * Ebiris changes topic to '??? > Henrietta > Rudy > Croc > Val > Lucie > Hag > Liamae'
[14:39] <@Ebiris> Kicking the crocodile away she finally clambers to her feet, bloodied and bruised from Lucie's renewed assault but still leering while she huffs for breath. "Ganging up on an old woman, such foul youths!"
[14:40] <@Ebiris> OOC: oh yeah, AoOs for getting up
[14:40] <Lucie> roll 1d20+10 AoO smash
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+10 AoO smash and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[14:40] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 chomp, I dunno if it's flanking or gets pronebonus
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 chomp, I dunno if it's flanking or gets pronebonus and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[14:40] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[14:40] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[14:41] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+7 bitery
[14:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie and croc hits
[14:41] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+7 bitery  and gets 12." [1d8=5]
[14:41] <Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[14:41] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 6." [1d8=2]
[14:41] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 grabbing
[14:41] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 grabbing and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[14:42] <@Ebiris> The crocodile bites her through the leg but she kicks it off even while hissing in pain, knocked back slightly by Lucie's mace! Liamae adds her support by launching an arrow of acid into the melee!
[14:42] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20-2
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20-2 and gets 1." [1d20=3]
[14:43] <@Ebiris> Though it sails past and into the swamp, eliciting an irritated curse from the sorceress... just in time for a half dozen freakishly huge flies to descend from amidst the tree-branches above! Sallow-yellow things with buzzing bat-wings and sharp long probosci, they zip down into the battle seeking prey!
[14:44] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+7 touch vs croc
[14:44] <eliaphas> 14:43] <@Ebiris> Though it sails past and into the swamp, eliciting an irritated curse from the sorceress... just in time for a half dozen freakishly huge flies to descend from amidst the tree-branches above! Sallow-yellow things with buzzing bat-wings and sharp long probosci, they zip down into the battle seeking prey!
[14:45] <eliaphas> roll 2#1d20+7 touch vs croc
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "eliaphas rolls 2#1d20+7 touch vs croc and gets 50." [2#1d20+7 = 23, 27]
[14:45] <eliaphas> roll 2#1d20+7 touch vs Henri
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "eliaphas rolls 2#1d20+7 touch vs Henri and gets 33." [2#1d20+7 = 13, 20]
[14:45] <eliaphas> roll 2#1d20+7 touch vs Lucie
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "eliaphas rolls 2#1d20+7 touch vs Lucie and gets 27." [2#1d20+7 = 11, 16]
[14:45] <eliaphas> roll 1d20+7 touch Rudy
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "eliaphas rolls 1d20+7 touch Rudy and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[14:45] <Lucie> OOC: second one hits Lucie
[14:45] <@Henrietta> OOC: Touch AC13, 2 images
[14:45] <Lucie> OOC: wait, haste! Touch aC 17
[14:46] <eliaphas> roll 1d3 Henri
[14:46] * +Hatbot --> "eliaphas rolls 1d3 Henri and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[14:46] <eliaphas> roll 1d2 Henri
[14:46] <@Henrietta> OOC: Oh right, touch ac 14, then
[14:46] * +Hatbot --> "eliaphas rolls 1d2 Henri and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[14:46] <eliaphas> OOC: croc AC?
[14:46] <@Rudy> OOC: touch 10, regular 14
[14:51] * Ebiris changes topic to '7 Stirges > Henrietta(1stirge) > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie(1stirge) > Hag > Liamae'
[14:53] <@Ebiris> The malign insects buzz and flit about the party, swarming those assailing the crone! Two land on the crocodile, clamping their many legs in and digging probosci past its scales! One of them falls for Henrietta's false images but the other finds the real deal, digging into succulent flesh under her arm! Lucie ducks the first divebombing her but catches a second on the back of her head, feeling it digging into her neck with its needle-sharp feeding tube, while Rudy weaves aside of the one trying to get at him!
[14:54] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta. It's a standard action CMB check to remove a stirge if it's on you
[14:54] * Retrieving #evildunes modes...
[14:54] * Ebiris changes topic to '7 Stirges > Henrietta(1stirge) > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie > Hag > Liamae'
[14:54] <@Ebiris> Lucie's fast flailings dislodge her passenger before it can get on!
[14:55] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+6
[14:55] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[14:55] -> *Henrietta* It's a big bug!
[14:55] <Lucie> roll 1d20+11 I have arcana!
[14:55] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+11 I have arcana! and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[14:56] <@Henrietta> "What did I do to deserve this?!" Henrietta wails, striking at the horrible hag that commands such creatures with her flail. "Get it off, get it off!"
[14:56] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[14:56] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[14:56] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[14:56] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[14:56] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10 crit?
[14:56] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 crit? and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[14:56] -> *Lucie* It's a horrid bloodsucker! A swarm of them can drain a person dry in seconds, and even if one survives they often leave disease in their wake! Luckily one can't drain a person dry - their stomachs aren't that big.
[14:56] <@Ebiris> OOC: crit
[14:57] <@Henrietta> roll 2d10+12
[14:57] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d10+12 and gets 24." [2d10=6, 6]
[14:57] <Lucie> "Don't let them bite you!" Lucie says (perhaps unnecessarily) while dodging the insects. "They'll drain your blood and spread disease!"
[14:58] <@Ebiris> In her anguished fury, Henrietta strikes with powerful deadliness, caving the hag's head in with a powerful smash! She totters for a moment before tumbling dead on the ground!
[14:58] * Ebiris changes topic to '7 Stirges > Henrietta(1stirge) > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie > Liamae'
[14:58] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:58] <@Rudy> Even if that should happen, it's better than a veneral disease. Rudy steps back from the oversized fly pestering him, aiming to bring it down with a few quick bolts!
[14:58] <@Ebiris> OOC: d100 if hitting the bug
[14:58] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[14:58] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 20." [1d100=20]
[14:58] <@Rudy> roll 1d100
[14:58] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[14:59] <@Ebiris> OOC: not you, Rudy!
[14:59] <@Ebiris> On her backswing, Henrietta arcs her flail under her arm and squashes the bug that was resting there! It won't be sucking any of her blood, now!
[14:59] * Ebiris changes topic to '6 Stirges > Henrietta > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie > Liamae'
[14:59] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy. d100 only applies if attacking one that's on someone
[15:00] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7 ok!
[15:00] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7 ok!
[15:00] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7 ok!
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 ok! and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 ok! and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 ok! and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[15:00] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7 crit, let's assume I shoot different bugs if I kill my original targets
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 crit, let's assume I shoot different bugs if I kill my original targets and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[15:01] <@Ebiris> OOC: 3 hits
[15:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[15:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[15:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[15:01] <@Ebiris> A pair of bugs are perforated by Rudy's bolts, falling dead into the marsh!
[15:01] * Ebiris changes topic to '4 Stirges > Henrietta > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie > Liamae'
[15:01] <@Ebiris> OOC: Croc
[15:03] <@Rudy> The crocodile rolls around, aiming to crush the strige beneath it's bulk! OOC: Um, not sure how to resolve this
[15:03] <@Rudy> OOC: It's not really trying to get rid of them, just hurt them. But it can hardly bite stuff stuck on it's body
[15:03] <@Ebiris> OOC: CMB check
[15:03] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[15:03] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[15:04] <@Ebiris> The crocodile thrashes but fails to dislodge or even hurt the two bugs clinging onto it! Val whines at all this, staying back as ordered.
[15:04] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[15:04] * Lucie flails wildly at the insects still buzzing around in the air. Better to worry about the ones that could still bite actual people, right?
[15:04] <Lucie> roll 1d20+8
[15:04] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[15:04] <Lucie> roll 1d20+8
[15:04] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[15:04] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:04] <Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[15:04] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 5." [1d8=1]
[15:04] * Ebiris changes topic to '3 Stirges > Henrietta > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie > Liamae'
[15:05] <@Ebiris> One of them is smeared on Lucie's mace, the other flying around her mockingly... just as a trio of shooting stars shoot out from Liamae's hand, two for the airborne one and one at a croc-feeder!
[15:05] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+2
[15:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+2 and gets 6." [2d4=1, 3]
[15:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+1
[15:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+1 and gets 4." [1d4=3]
[15:05] * Ebiris changes topic to '2 Stirges > Henrietta > Rudy > Croc(2stirge) > Val > Lucie > Liamae'
[15:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: -2 con for croc
[15:06] <@Ebiris> The two stirges on the crocodile continue to feed even as the last airborne one is dropped!
[15:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[15:08] <@Ebiris> The crocodile withers andn dies under their hunger, vanishing into the blackness from which it came! The two bugs seem somewhat surprised by this, as much as bugs can be.
[15:08] * Ebiris changes topic to '2 Stirges > Henrietta > Rudy > Val > Lucie > Liamae'
[15:08] <@Henrietta> Her roses will do the trick! One for the bug Liamae had already wounded, and two more for its pal!
[15:09] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4+1
[15:09] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4+1 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
[15:09] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4+2
[15:09] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4+2 and gets 9." [2d4=4, 3]
[15:09] <@Ebiris> Indeed both are perforated nicely by magic missles, tumbling dead in the mud!
[15:09] <@Ebiris> OOC: Free act
[15:09] <Lucie> "Anyone get bit?" Lucie looks around. "Everyone feeling alright?"
[15:10] * @Henrietta breathes heavily while retreating to cover Liamae along with her twin. "Rudy, perhaps you could summon Myra, you think? If at a distance from the horses?"
[15:10] <@Rudy> "Yeah, I can do that," replies Rudy. "This has got to be the worst day of my life. Feeling pretty sick, but I can keep going for a bit." He closes his eyes, readying himself to summon Myra once more.
[15:11] <Lucie> "It's night in a swamp and we've got folk still torn up from that other monster," Lucie counters. "We've got a roof here, may as well use it for the night."
[15:13] <@Henrietta> "I... must agree with Lucie." Henrietta grimaces. "My blood should be strong enough against poison and disease, but if that bite took despite that...."
[15:15] <@Rudy> "No longer than that. If you're actually infected by something, we need to get to healers as soon as possible," replies Rudy, wincing.
[15:15] <@Ebiris> "So long as the monsters still stay away now the old lady's dead... if that was even true," Liamae points out. "At least she left us some nice stuff?"
[15:16] <Lucie> "Whole box full of gems and gold and jewelry," Lucie confirms. "Probably took it from other poor saps came wandering through here."
[15:16] * @Henrietta sighs. "I know I need the rest, since my magic would be the only recourse if disease takes hold."
[15:17] * @Henrietta shakes her head ruefully. "Next time I think it is a bad idea to go with the morally loose woman into the swamp at night, I will say so, no matter how much everyone seems to like the idea. That is a promise!"