67: And you were there, and you were there, and there was a lamb

[Ebiris]

[11:59] <@Ebiris> Lightning churns and flashes in the sky which grows progressively darker as battle rages on the isolated rocky edifice upon which the supposedly haunted lighthouse stands, all too physical defences barring the way to the four heroes! Henrietta pushes closest to the enemy stronghold with Liamae shortly behind, a field of spiked earth glittering just behind her. On the other side of those spikes, Rudy lies flat on the ground, covering himself and trying to take cover from the myriad enemies lined up against them. Farther back at the edge of the woods, Lucie wields her silvered mace threateningly against the two lycantrhopic skeletons, their black bones menacing seeking to cut off retreat as the battle becomes a killing field!
[11:59] <@Ebiris> To that end, the two skeletons advance towards Lucie, intending to flank her... but to do that, they have to get past her warily wielded mace!
[11:59] <@Ebiris> OOC: you can AoO one, Lucie
[12:01] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7 sure
[12:01] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7 sure and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[12:02] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit. Left or right?
[12:02] <@Lucie> OOC: left. And I Can't load up my sheet. :( But I think my damage is 1d8+2 right now
[12:03] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+2 or possibly +1 not sure >.>
[12:03] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+2 or possibly +1 not sure >.> and gets 6." [1d8=4]
[12:04] <@Lucie> OOC: +3!
[12:05] <@Ebiris> The skeleton coming in on Lucie's right is momentarily knocked back by her mace, the silver weapon crunching black bones with satisfyingly visceral results as it caves in several ribs! But it's not enough to stop the undead duo from their own attack, claws coming in on either side of Lucie!
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4 hp damage
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4 hp damage and gets 8." [2d4=4, 4]
[12:05] <@Ebiris> roll 2d3 str damage
[12:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d3 str damage and gets 4." [2d3=2, 2]
[12:08] <@Ebiris> The claws find their mark, cutting small wounds on Lucie's sides, but far more distressingly is how woozy she feels seconds later, though it swiftly becomes comfortable and familiar, feeling rather like she always feels without her new hat. Meanwhile Liamae keeps her gaze locked up onto the roof of the tower, advancing to catch up with Henrietta as magic swirls around her hands in readiness to be unleashed!
[12:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:10] * @Lucie puts all her remaining strength into two swift blows, trying to swat that damaged skeleton's leering skull right off its shoulders!
[12:10] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6 (-2 STR +1 haste)
[12:10] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 (-2 STR +1 haste) and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[12:10] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6 (-2 STR +1 haste)
[12:10] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 (-2 STR +1 haste) and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[12:10] <@Ebiris> OOC: two hits
[12:11] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+1
[12:11] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[12:11] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+1
[12:11] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[12:12] <@Ebiris> Lucie's first swing dents in the ulna on the black skeleton's left forearm, while her second is far more potent, crashing up into its chin and shattering the jawbone, over a dozen black teeth flying out from the ruined mouth!
[12:13] <@Lucie> Lucie summons another swing from pure fury!
[12:13] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6 her point?!
[12:13] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 her point?! and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[12:13] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[12:13] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+1 hero point even!
[12:13] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+1 hero point even! and gets 2." [1d8=1]
[12:14] <@Ebiris> A furious third swing catches the skeleton off guard, giving her a free shot at its pelvis... but somehow she only manages a glancing hit, chipping off part of the hip!
[12:14] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:17] <@Rudy> The air elemental above is to continue assaulting the lightning-flinging mage at all costs! And shortly thereafter, Rudy will summon another pack of elementals to the top of the tower to attack what they may- this time crafted of the same kind of lightning thrown towards them!
[12:17] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 air elemental
[12:17] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 air elemental and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[12:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[12:17] <@Rudy> roll 1d4+1
[12:17] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d4+1 and gets 3." [1d4=2]
[12:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d3 summoning lightning elementals
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 summoning lightning elementals and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[12:18] <@Rudy> The lone lightning elemental wastes little time rushing into battle!
[12:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 lit. elemental attacks caster, too
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 lit. elemental attacks caster, too and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[12:19] <@Ebiris> The elemental crackles and flashes in a stormy cloud above the tower, its effects upon the unseen inhabitants unknown!
[12:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[12:21] <@Henrietta> OOC: I'll continue to hold for ???, but if nothing happens before the skeletons act, can I act just before they do?
[12:21] <@Ebiris> OOC: not if you ready an action. You can hold as long as you like and act whenever, but that won't let you interrupt anything.
[12:22] <@Henrietta> OOC: I see. Then I'll ready an action.
[12:22] * @Henrietta continues defending against the clear threat of the mage atop the tower, waiting for a chance to strike back at her!
[12:23] <@Ebiris> As both sorceress prepare their magics, up above a metal chain is seen swinging up towards the lightning elemental above the lip of the tower's highest walls...
[12:23] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[12:23] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[12:23] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8
[12:23] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[12:23] <@Ebiris> roll 4d4+10
[12:23] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d4+10 and gets 19." [4d4=2, 3, 3, 1]
[12:24] <@Ebiris> The elemental is discorporated into the energetic air all around, and immediately afterwards the blonde spellcaster rises up, her eyes scanning the field below as she raises her arms in preparation to call down the storm once again...
[12:24] <@Ebiris> Liamae unleashes her spell with a yell before the one above can do anything, however, a trio of blazing meteorites streaking upwards to slam into her!
[12:25] <@Ebiris> roll 3d4+3
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d4+3 and gets 6." [3d4=1, 1, 1]
[12:25] <@Henrietta> Henrietta is ready for her, this time around, and she throws everything she's got into stopping her enemy! Six roses, all that she can summon at the direst of times!
[12:25] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 14." [3d4=4, 3, 4]
[12:25] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3 hero!
[12:25] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 hero! and gets 8." [3d4=1, 2, 2]
[12:28] <@Ebiris> Liamae's magics are put to shame by Henrietta's efforts, however! While the meteorites barely cause a flinch, Henrietta's roses are far more destructive despite the more innocuous appearance, dotting the figure's body in a deadly floral arrangement that causes her to stagger before pitching forward and tumbling over the wall and down the tower's entire height to land with a sickening crunch on the merciless ground below!
[12:29] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[12:29] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Black Skeletons > Lucie > Rudy > Liamae > Henrietta > ???'
[12:30] <@Ebiris> The sky begins to calm above, thunder and lightning fast diminishing in scope with the weather witch's death. But this does nothing to stay the wrath of the black skeletons, both of them attacking Lucie with a furious intensity to remove the deadly threat presented by her and her mace!
[12:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[12:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[12:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[12:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[12:30] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[12:30] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[12:31] <@Ebiris> Dodging the wounded skeleton, Lucie finds herself caught off guard by the other one coming at her blindside and raking a painful slash down her back that makes the mace almost tumble from nerveless fingers for a second before she regathers herself!
[12:31] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:33] * @Lucie has little choice but to keep on swinging, bringing all her rage to bear against the damage skeleton.
[12:34] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+3 ffft
[12:34] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+3 ffft and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[12:34] <@Ebiris> It's no good, the mace is so heavy, so hard to swing... Lucie's efforts are too slow and telegraphed, giving her foe ample time to sidestep her desperate assault!
[12:34] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:35] <@Rudy> Another batch of sparking elementals is dispatched towards the roof of the tower, approaching one after the other to minimize the risk of all getting caught in the swing of a chain!
[12:35] <@Rudy> roll 1d3 elementals
[12:35] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 elementals and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[12:36] <@Rudy> OOC: Well, off it goes. AoOs?
[12:36] <@Rudy> OOC: I'll also act afterwards myself, so
[12:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: actually at speed 100 it won't reach the tower till next turn. Unless it double moves. Does it?
[12:37] <@Rudy> OOC: Yep
[12:37] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 AoO then
[12:37] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 AoO then and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[12:38] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+5
[12:38] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+5 and gets 11." [2d4=2, 4]
[12:39] <@Ebiris> The elemental veers up and down towards the tower roof, only to be suddenly rent asunder as it dips out of sight! Meanwhile Liamae rushes towards the lighthouse door that the necromancer and his black skeletons used the other day!
[12:39] <@Ebiris> OOC: sorry, Rudy had stuff to do?
[12:39] <@Rudy> Rudy stands up!
[12:39] <@Rudy> OOC: done
[12:40] <@Rudy> OOC: *Rudy doesn't stand up. Carry on <_<
[12:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[12:42] <@Henrietta> Becoming invisible once more, Henrietta hobbles after Liamae.
[12:42] <@Henrietta> OOC: Moving 15ft closer
[12:43] <@Ebiris> OOC: strike above Liamae line
[12:43] <@Ebiris> The elemental veers up and down towards the tower roof, only to be suddenly rent asunder as it dips out of sight! Meanwhile Liamae staggers towards the lighthouse door that the necromancer and his black skeletons used the other day, though she doesn't quite reach it.
[12:44] <@Ebiris> There's no sign of activity atop the tower for the moment, while the two black skeletons continue relentlessly attacking Lucie!
[12:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[12:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[12:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[12:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[12:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[12:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[12:45] <@Ebiris> The situation is reversed this time as Lucie pays attention to the other skeleton, lethargically sidestepping its claws only to walk right into those belonging to its damaged counterpart! At this rate she'll have to drop the mace just to run, soon!
[12:48] <@Rudy> Rudy dispatches yet more elementals towards the top of the tower, but this time they hover just above the roof rather than plunging into range!
[12:48] <@Rudy> OOC: Oh
[12:48] <@Rudy> OOC: I'm dumb, ignor eme!
[12:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:50] * @Lucie carefully dodges the grasping claws of her attacks and makes her way uphill towards her companions. "Little firepower would be appreciated back here!" she complains as she clambers upslope.
[12:50] <@Ebiris> OOC: since you're flanked you'll still take AoOs from withdrawing. Doing so anyway?
[12:51] <@Lucie> OOC: no other choice
[12:51] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10
[12:51] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[12:51] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[12:51] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[12:51] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[12:51] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[12:51] <@Ebiris> Lucie staggers and breathlessly runs away to catch up with Rudy, taking a clawing in the back for her troubles!
[12:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:52] <@Rudy> "Yeah, I'm a little busy right now!" complains Rudy, as he dispatches yet more elementals towards the top of the tower! This time they hover just above the roof rather than plunging straight into range!
[12:52] <@Rudy> roll 1d3 ahh
[12:52] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 ahh and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[12:52] <@Ebiris> The elementals fly up and circle the roof in a threatening patrol against whatever lurks below!
[12:52] <@Rudy> He then stands up!
[12:53] <@Henrietta> "Can you manage helping Lucie before advancing?" Henrietta whispers, from where she is by Liamae. "I can cover you in case someone tries to take a shot."
[12:54] <@Ebiris> Liamae stops at Henrietta's words, turning around and peering at the skeletons on the fringe of the woods. "Sure thing," she nods, vivid green acid lining her hands as she waves them before casting an arrow of dripping acid, arcing across the distance to slam into one of the skeletons!
[12:55] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3 ranged touch
[12:55] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 ranged touch and gets 18." [1d20=15]
[12:56] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4
[12:56] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4 and gets 4." [2d4=1, 3]
[12:56] <@Ebiris> The skeleton untouched by Lucie takes a blast of sizzling acid right in the face, the vitriolic liquid starting to slowly melt through obsidian bone!
[12:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[12:57] * @Henrietta stays close to Liamae, ready to defend her from anyone trying to take potshots at her from the tower.
[12:58] <@Ebiris> As Liamae casts her spell, the glitter decorating the field of spikes in the middle of the path from the woods to the lighthouse vanishes, hiding them once more.
[12:59] <@Ebiris> The two skeletons push forward out of the woods despite the abuse heaped upon them, having eyes only for Lucie and charging her down!
[12:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:59] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[12:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[12:59] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[13:00] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC?
[13:00] <@Lucie> OOC: 20
[13:00] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[13:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[13:00] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[13:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[13:00] <@Ebiris> Lucie steps back hurriedly to avoid the first lunge, but the second compensates and is on her before she can react, its cold black claws raking across her cheek!
[13:01] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:02] <@Lucie> OOC: Rudy can act first!
[13:03] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Black Skeletons >  Rudy > Lucie > Liamae > Henrietta > ???'
[13:04] <@Rudy> Rudy sputters out another time-twisting spell that pulls Lucie and himself into a new dimension of intense, powerful speed! Which he has to put to use running around a bunch of caltrops. Meanwhile, the elementals enter search-and-destroy mode!
[13:04] <@Rudy> OOC: their new role is to go through the tower and attack obviously enemy-like things
[13:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: are you running around the area that was previously glitterdusted?
[13:05] <@Rudy> OOC: Yes, but- I want to confirm something; they're 20ft wide, right? Or were they 20ft long?
[13:06] <@Ebiris> Henrietta and Liamae walked through 20 feet on their way to the tower. Their full extent is unknown.
[13:06] <@Rudy> OOC: Ok, I'll rephrase it
[13:06] <@Lucie> Thus hastened through Rudy's helpful enchantment, Lucie makes another careful retreat, doing what she can to maneuver around the area she'd seen her allies trip through earlier.
[13:06] <@Rudy> Rudy sputters out another time-twisting spell that pulls Lucie and himself into a new dimension of intense, powerful speed! Which he has to put to use tiptoing through a bunch of caltrops. Meanwhile, the elementals enter search-and-destroy mode!
[13:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll perception, Rudy. Lucie, I'll resolve you afterwards.
[13:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+1
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+1 and gets 18." [1d20=17]
[13:08] <@Ebiris> Rudy has no idea where the spikes are! He can tip toe anyway and hope for pure luck, but there's no chance of carefully walking around obstacles he can't perceive.
[13:09] <@Rudy> It suddenly seems like a bad idea- so instead, he runs to the very edge of the precipice! Surely there aren't any right at the tip, and if he just clings to that...
[13:09] <@Rudy> OOC: Going horizontally instead
[13:11] <@Ebiris> Rudy runs right to the edge of the precipice! Woah, quite a drop down, and those rocks jutting out of the lakewater don't look inviting at all!
[13:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: you can roll acrobatics to walk along the very edge and hope you don't hit anything, or roll climb to clamber along the cliff-side itself
[13:11] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10 acrobatics <_<
[13:11] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10 acrobatics <_< and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[13:14] <@Ebiris> Despite his wounds and panic, Rudy achieves mystical balance with creation and all its aspects, allowing him to walk along the precarious cliff edge as if he were strolling through a peaceful Anowian meadow in Springtime as lambs frolic around him and he takes a beautiful woman in his arms, welcomed home at last from his long and arduous travels. Then reality reasserts itself and he's still on the cliff-side, just past where the spiked ground ends. He thinks.
[13:14] <@Ebiris> Up above, the air elementals vanish out of sight, descending into the tower!
[13:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[13:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[13:14] <@Rudy> OOC: *lightning
[13:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[13:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+5
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+5 and gets 11." [2d4=2, 4]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+5
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+5 and gets 12." [2d4=4, 3]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+5
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+5 and gets 12." [2d4=4, 3]
[13:15] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:15] <@Lucie> Thus hastened through Rudy's helpful enchantment, Lucie makes another careful retreat, doing what she can to maneuver around the area she'd seen her allies trip through earlier.
[13:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll perception, Lucie
[13:17] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+14 HATSENSE
[13:17] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+14 HATSENSE and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[13:18] <@Ebiris> Lucie can't see any obstacles or anything. She can try her luck, of course. Or perhaps try what Rudy was doing? Or does she have another cunning plan hidden up her marvelous hat?
[13:19] * @Lucie will try circling around like Rudy's doing? Around the opposite side from him.
[13:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: acrobatics to balance or climb to clamber along, your call
[13:20] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+4 uh acrobatics I guess
[13:20] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+4 uh acrobatics I guess and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[13:22] <@Ebiris> Lucie reaches the edge of where the spikes presumably are and takes half a step forward along the lip of the cliffs before she has a sudden sense of vertigo upon looking down at the rocks jutting out of the water far below... she doesn't make any progress immediately, but perhaps she can steel herself and try again? Or maybe there's something less dangerous she can try...
[13:23] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4 acid damage
[13:23] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4 acid damage and gets 7." [2d4=3, 4]
[13:24] <@Ebiris> Acid continues to eat through the skull of one of the skeletons, fragments of black bone starting to peel off and cave in as it loses structure from the attack. This doesn't stop it from rushing forward, however, running across the spiked earth as if it weren't there as it charges down Liamae in revenge!
[13:24] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[13:24] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[13:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[13:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[13:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[13:25] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[13:27] <@Ebiris> Liamae cries out in surprise as she's hit, staggering backwards from the blow! Meanwhile the other one seems to move with sadistic ease, strolling towards Lucie but not attacking, instead blocking her retreat and forcing her to brave the ledge or turn and fight it. She could swear despite its mangled jaw it is grinning at her.
[13:27] <@Ebiris> OOC: wait...
[13:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: the skeletons shouldn't have acted at all, it was Liamae's turn!
[13:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: strike everything after the acid damage
[13:28] <@Ebiris> Acid continues to eat through the skull of one of the skeletons, fragments of black bone starting to peel off and cave in as it loses structure from the attack. Liamae doesn't let it stop there, however, hurling another arrow of acid at the same target!
[13:28] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3
[13:28] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[13:29] <@Ebiris> It ducks this one, however, the acid sailing off into the trees!
[13:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: henri
[13:29] <@Henrietta> OOC: Did she move closer to the tower again?
[13:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: she isn't moving
[13:31] * @Henrietta tosses her trio of roses at the same skeleton as she retreats closer to the tower!
[13:31] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[13:31] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 12." [3d4=3, 2, 4]
[13:33] <@Ebiris> The skeleton is rocked by those roses, ribs punched off and a shoulder almost falling out of its socket! The half-melted skeleton doesn't let this slow it down, however, racing through the spikes as if they weren't there and going past Liamae in a black blur to run down Henrietta!
[13:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12
[13:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[13:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12 crit check
[13:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 crit check and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[13:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC?
[13:34] <@Henrietta> OOC: 20
[13:35] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[13:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[13:35] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[13:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[13:36] <@Ebiris> The freshly visible Henrietta is pushed back by the skeleton, its claws raking her stomach and leaving feeble lethargy in their wake! The other skeleton turns towards Lucie, its mangled jaw somehow twisting into a leer before it charges towards her at the cliff edge, leading with its shoulder rather than claws!
[13:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: AoO, Lucie
[13:37] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+1 at this point I think
[13:37] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+1 at this point I think and gets 6." [1d20=5]
[13:37] <@Rudy> OOC: Can I spend a hero point to act out of turn here?
[13:38] <@Ebiris> OOC: sure
[13:38] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Rudy > Black Skeletons > Lucie > Liamae > Henrietta > ???'
[13:39] <@Rudy> As the skeleton charges towards Lucie, Rudy cries out in alarm! A moment later, an enormous bull appears and charges towards the skeleton on an intercept course, aiming to throw it off the cliff before it can do the same to Lucie!
[13:39] <@Ebiris> OOC: will it provoke an AoO?
[13:40] <@Rudy> OOC: Yes, but that won't stop the BR
[13:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10
[13:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[13:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp damage
[13:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp damage and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[13:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[13:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[13:40] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll CMB
[13:40] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10
[13:40] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[13:41] <@Ebiris> The bull is just a hair too slow, taking claw across its snout to stall its charge long enough for the skeleton to reach Lucie!
[13:41] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7 CMD?
[13:41] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 CMD? and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[13:42] <@Lucie> OOC: should be like 15 with all the penalties?
[13:43] <@Ebiris> Lucie roots her feet on the ground and braces, even as her mace misses she remains an immobile rock against which the skeleton cannot hope to move!
[13:43] <@Ebiris> OOC:  Lucie
[13:43] <@Lucie> OOC: is there actually any room to retreat here?
[13:44] <@Ebiris> OOC: you can try balancing across the cliffs if you withdraw, or you can move inland and away from the spikes at risk of provoking an AoO
[13:45] * @Lucie opts to take whatever risks there might be in moving away from the cliff's edge. Getting clawed again or stepping in caltrops is surely less a problem than falling to the lake!
[13:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[13:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 str damage
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 str damage and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[13:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: hp damage above
[13:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str damage
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str damage and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[13:46] <@Ebiris> Lucie retreats back, no longer willing to risk the precarious cliffside position, but taking a claw across her arm for her troubles!
[13:47] <@Ebiris> Liamae turns towards the skeleton menacing Henrietta, gesturing upwards and calling down a meteorite to strike it down from above!
[13:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+5
[13:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+5 and gets 9." [1d4=4]
[13:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: sorry, +2, so 6
[13:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 reflex
[13:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 reflex and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[13:48] <@Ebiris> But the skeleton leaps back out of the way with uncanny precognition, avoiding the fiery death from above by a a fraction of a second!
[13:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[13:51] * @Henrietta takes a step back and then attempts to bolster herself against follow-up attacks, giving Liamae a pleading look.
[13:51] <@Henrietta> roll 1d10+5 FL
[13:51] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d10+5 FL and gets 15." [1d10=10]
[13:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[13:52] <@Rudy> OOC: So! Where's that druid's corpse relative to me?
[13:52] <@Rudy> OOC: slash mage slash whatever she was
[13:52] <@Ebiris> At the bottom of the tower about 150 feet away from you.
[13:53] <@Rudy> Rudy's powerful bull shows no sign of giving up in it's quest to shove the skeleton off the cliff!
[13:53] <@Rudy> OOC: aoo get
[13:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10
[13:53] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[13:53] <@Ebiris> OOC: AC?
[13:54] <@Rudy> OOC: 13 :(
[13:54] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp
[13:54] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[13:54] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str
[13:54] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[13:54] <@Ebiris> OOC: CMB go
[13:54] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7 CMB not so cool now
[13:54] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 CMB not so cool now and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[13:54] <@Ebiris> The two tussle momentarily but the bull can't get a proper push going!
[13:56] <@Rudy> Whilst it moos mightly in outrage, Rudy himself runs to the body of that lightning-flinging druid by the edge of the tower!
[13:57] <@Ebiris> Rudy runs and runs, getting past Henrietta and Liamae, the mangled corpse looking pretty disgusting underfoot. Meanwhile the two black skeletons continue pursuing their prey, one going at Henrietta while the other ignores the bull to pursue Lucie!
[13:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 vs Henri
[13:57] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 vs Henri and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[13:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp
[13:57] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[13:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str
[13:57] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[13:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: Bull AoO
[13:58] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 gore
[13:58] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 gore and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[13:58] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[13:58] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+7
[13:58] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+7 and gets 15." [1d8=8]
[13:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+12 vs Lucie
[13:59] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+12 vs Lucie and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[13:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4 hp
[13:59] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 hp and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[13:59] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 str
[13:59] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 str and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[13:59] <@Ebiris> The bull mangles the skeleton's back with brute strength overwhelming its supernatural resistance, but it still has the strength to rush Lucie, its claws steadily draining away more and more of her vitality!
[14:00] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:01] <@Lucie> Running isn't getting her anywhere! Lucie will just have to grit her teeth and bear it until one of her companions manages to subude these abominations--she herself certainly lacks any capacity to stop them!
[14:01] <@Lucie> OOC: total defense
[14:03] * @Lucie shrugs off whatever gear she can for freedom of moment. Which would be...everything but her dress, really.
[14:04] <@Ebiris> Liamae looks between Lucie and Henrietta's plights, before she raises her hand up and launches a trio of magic missiles which spilit up and go in seperate directions, one hitting Henrietta's foe while two attack Lucie's nemesis!
[14:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4+1
[14:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4+1 and gets 3." [1d4=2]
[14:04] <@Ebiris> roll 2d4+2
[14:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d4+2 and gets 7." [2d4=3, 2]
[14:04] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Rudy > Black Skeleton > Lucie > Liamae > Henrietta > ???'
[14:05] <@Ebiris> The skeleton already ravaged by acid falls down from a meteorite to the back of the head, while two slam into the one menacing Lucie, staggering it but not putting it down!
[14:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:07] * @Henrietta has only one path open before her, and that is to assist Lucie as best as she can with her roses!
[14:07] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[14:07] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 8." [3d4=3, 1, 1]
[14:07] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Rudy > Lucie > Liamae > Henrietta > ???'
[14:08] <@Ebiris> Another set of magical projectiles is all it takes, perforating the obsidian skeleton's spine and causing it to collapse beyond hope of recovery!
[14:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:09] <@Rudy> Rudy's bovine companion moos in approval, before collapsing into black muck as the summoner calls forth another glowing orb of twilight! It briefly bathes him in it's radiance, restoring some vitality!
[14:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+3 aid
[14:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+3 aid and gets 4." [1d8=1]
[14:10] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:12] * @Lucie makes her way towards the tower with as much speed and care as she can--it wouldn't do to get tripped up by anything now, but nor does she want to wait out here in the open.
[14:13] <@Ebiris> OOC: going to try crossing the spikes?
[14:14] <@Lucie> OOC: I guess. Perception?
[14:15] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll it
[14:15] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+14
[14:15] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+14 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[14:15] <@Ebiris> The spiked growths in the rock are extremely well camouflaged, almost impossible to see. Still, Lucie thinks she can make out the patterns well enough to try and cross.
[14:15] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll reflex if crossing
[14:16] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6
[14:16] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[14:16] <@Ebiris> roll 4d4 damage, and reduced to half speed
[14:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d4 damage, and reduced to half speed and gets 9." [4d4=4, 1, 3, 1]
[14:17] <@Ebiris> Despite her best efforts, Lucie still ends up with badly mangled feet from the crossing, having her soles punctured one too many times by the treacherous ground! Liamae meanwhile moves slowly up towards the door, positioning herself beside it and ready to open it.
[14:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:18] * @Lucie grunts in pain but restrains herself from any other outbursts as she trods uphill in grim determination. Wouldn't do to let whoever's left inside hear sounds of dismay now.
[14:19] * @Henrietta positions herself on the other side from Liamae and tries to open the door.
[14:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: double move to reach the door, you can't open it this turn
[14:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:20] <@Ebiris> OOC: nevermind that!
[14:21] <@Ebiris> Henrietta reaches the door and pulls it open to reveal a short entrance hallway into the decrepit lighthouse, confronted by the imposter of Than at the end who has a bow raised and ready to fire! He shoots a single arrow right at Henrietta before he casts aside the bow and ducks into a door on the left, another seen opposite it!
[14:21] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9
[14:21] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[14:22] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+2 and fort save
[14:22] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+2 and fort save and gets 3." [1d8=1]
[14:22] <@Ebiris> OOC: bonus vs poison applies
[14:22] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+6
[14:22] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[14:24] <@Ebiris> Henrietta is struck by an arrow presumably coated in vitriolic poison, but her sturdy constitution inures her to whatever foulness it would bestow upon the less hardy!
[14:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:28] <@Rudy> "Henri! Fucking-" Rudy struggles to focus on the important things to do right now; the archon bobs towards Liamae, imbuing her with strength, while he searches the body of the druid for any useful things that may be left behind!
[14:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: perception
[14:28] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+1
[14:28] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+1 and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[14:29] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+3 aid in liame
[14:29] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+3 aid in liame and gets 8." [1d8=5]
[14:29] <@Ebiris> She's in quite a messy state, but one thing immediately obvious is a short and slim branch of polished wood jutting out from near her shattered hips. Looks like a wand!
[14:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:31] <@Rudy> "You guys know what this thing does?" hisses Rudy, as he scrambles to pick it up.
[14:32] * @Henrietta stares incredulously at Rudy, even as she breaks off the shaft of the arrow imbedded in her.
[14:33] * @Lucie hobbles onwards towards the tower. IF she can make it to the doorway, she'll perch just outside, peering and waiting for someone to make themselves a target for a bolt of force in the face. "Whoever's left in there," she yells hoarsely inside, "you know how this goes by now. Your friends are all dead. 'less you want to join them, you throw down your weapons now. 'cause it won't be so
[14:33] * @Lucie fast or easy for you. Oh no, I'll make sure it's the longest, slowest, and here's the important thing, PAINFUL night of your miserable life."
[14:34] * @Lucie peers over at Rudy's discovery when her little monlogue is over.
[14:34] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+11 spellcraft? Unless I'm not close enough/already used actions for the round
[14:34] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+11 spellcraft? Unless I'm not close enough/already used actions for the round and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[14:35] <@Ebiris> Lucie covers another thirty feet, still sixty away from the tower! She can't see shit about what Rudy's got, and doesn't hear any response to her threats.
[14:35] <@Ebiris> Liamae bravely pushes into the lighthouse now, taking the lead in breaching the door... and suddenly staggering as magic flares from the door-frame all around her!
[14:35] <@Ebiris> roll 3d8+6
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d8+6 and gets 20." [3d8=4, 5, 5]
[14:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+5 will
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+5 will and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[14:37] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[14:37] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 16." [1d20=6]
[14:38] <@Ebiris> The sorceress staggers and stops, making room at the door for others to follow and raising her hands up, pale and shivering, "I'll burn this place down if I have to!" she yells hoarsely.
[14:38] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[14:39] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie is 30 feet from the tower, my mistake on haste
[14:40] <@Henrietta> "Liamae!" Henrietta exclaims. The will to breach the house simply disappears, and she nods slightly. "We have to burn it down. Even though it is a horrible death to be consumed by the flames, your lungs on fire and unable to breathe, the villains within have clearly earned such a fate!"
[14:40] <@Henrietta> OOC: I'll ready an action again
[14:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: for what?
[14:41] <@Henrietta> OOC: If someone pops out in view, I'll shoot them
[14:43] <@Ebiris> Rounding the corner again, the imposter now wields a hatchet in both hands as he rushes Liamae... only to get a face-full of flame for his troubles!
[14:43] <@Ebiris> roll 5d4
[14:43] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 5d4 and gets 16." [5d4=2, 4, 4, 2, 4]
[14:43] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 reflex
[14:43] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 reflex and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[14:44] <@Henrietta> roll 3d4+3
[14:44] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 3d4+3 and gets 13." [3d4=3, 4, 3]
[14:44] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+13 trip
[14:44] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+13 trip and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[14:48] <@Ebiris> The imposter is set alight in a powerful gush of fire bursting from Liamae's fingertips, lighting up the hallway in a flash! He shrieks and claws at his face for but a second before Henrietta's roses silence him completely! Fire flickers across the walls and ceiling, remaining alight and starting to smoke and spread... this seems to be enough for the as yet unseen chain-wielder to flee as well, coming out from the opposite door. He's a tall and strongly built man, brown hair shortly cropped and a neat mustache across his chin. A dark green cloak billows behind him as he raises the chain and whips it towards Liamae! "Should've known when to quit, heroes!" he says, voice dripping scorn as he attacks!
[14:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13
[14:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[14:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 crit check
[14:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 crit check and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[14:49] <@Ebiris> roll 4d4+10
[14:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d4+10 and gets 17." [4d4=1, 1, 4, 1]
[14:49] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 cleave on Henrietta
[14:49] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 cleave on Henrietta and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[14:50] <@Ebiris> Liamae barely has time to bring her arms up before the chain smashes past them and crashes into her face with a ruinous impact! She doesn't even make a sound as she goes down, the murderous weapon continuing onwards to strike Henrietta in the doorway, only to glance off her magically conjured armour in a shower of sparks!
[14:50] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[14:52] <@Rudy> The lantern archons bobs sadly behind Liamae, infusing her with just a moment's more vigor!
[14:52] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+3 aid :(
[14:52] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+3 aid :( and gets 11." [1d8=8]
[14:52] <@Ebiris> Liamae gasps loudly in a sign of life, though she doesn't get up from her position face down at the man's feet.
[14:54] <@Rudy> Rudy inhales sharply. "Heroes? So you think you're a villain yourself, huh? Lemme show you what we do to your type!" he snarls, making a rude gesture; the archon shivers and tremlbes, then bursts, showering lightning sparks around him which soon lay in with vigor!
[14:54] <@Rudy> roll 1d3 lightningz
[14:54] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3 lightningz and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[14:54] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10 (+2 flanking, +3 vs. metal-users)
[14:54] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10 (+2 flanking, +3 vs. metal-users) and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[14:54] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+10
[14:54] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+10  and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[14:56] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 hit
[14:56] <@Rudy> roll 1d4+1d3
[14:56] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d4+1d3 and gets 5." [1d4=3][1d3=2]
[14:56] <@Rudy> Rudy himself keeps his distance from the man, apart from his friends!
[14:57] <@Ebiris> The elementals harry and harm the man, making him grit his teeth as his body twitches from the electric shock!
[14:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:57] * @Lucie keeps her distance as she summons her concentration for a spell, casting one hand in the man's direction. "Know when you're beaten, you fool! Stand still and accept your punishment!"
[14:57] <@Lucie> OOC: Hold Person, will DC 19
[14:58] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+10 villain pointing
[14:58] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+10 villain pointing and gets 12." [1d20=2]
[14:59] <@Ebiris> The man suddenly freezes as Liamae grabs onto his leg as if to haul herself up to her feet, said hand glowing with bloody red light!
[15:00] <@Ebiris> roll 4d6 hero pointing to cast vampiric touch, coup de grace
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d6 hero pointing to cast vampiric touch, coup de grace and gets 16." [4d6=2, 6, 6, 2]
[15:00] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8 fort save DC 26
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 fort save DC 26 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[15:01] <@Ebiris> The flames continue building, the ceiling inside roiling with smoke as Liamae hauls herself to her feet and the man shrivels up horrifically before collapsing. "Wow..." the dark-skinned sorceress breathes, looking at her hands.
[15:01] <@Ebiris> OOC: free action
[15:02] <@Henrietta> "Are you alright?" Henrietta asks, immediately there by Liamae's side. "When he hit you I thought the worst!"
[15:03] * @Lucie backs away from the burning outbuilding, motions for the others to do the same, watching in grim contentment. "If anyone's left in there, let them burn."
[15:03] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+3 stabilisation
[15:03] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+3 stabilisation and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[15:03] <@Rudy> Rudy's shoulders sag, and the lightning elementals sputter and vanish without fanfare. "Anyone need another hit from the.. magic.. floating.. orb?" he says, trying to put on a brave face. "Might help. With the pain. Fuck, I thought we were all dead."
[15:04] <@Ebiris> "So did I," Liamae gasps as she staggers away before falling to her knees on the unsympathetic rock away from the lighthouse. "Gods that was brutal."
[15:04] <@Lucie> "I can barely move," Lucie admits, her voice hoarse and strained. "We're not walking back to town tonight. Make do with what's left of the tower tonight when the fire's run its course."
[15:05] <@Rudy> "Lemme see. They might've had potions. Gods know why we didn't," murmurs Rudy, stumbling towards the moustached man's corpse to have a look.
[15:05] <@Henrietta> Standing guard over Liamae, Henrietta decides to put her spells to use to put the fire out. A ray of frost, just as she'd done in the hull of a burning ship. How long ago was that?
[15:05] <@Ebiris> Braving the fire, Rudy goes in to search the fallen foe!
[15:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: fort save, Rudy
[15:06] <@Rudy> OOC: Oh wow never mind that
[15:06] <@Rudy> OOC: I thought he came out
[15:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: he would have if he lived
[15:06] <@Rudy> OOC: Not that he was like right in the middle of burning
[15:06] <@Rudy> OOC: My mistake
[15:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: make a CL check, Henri?
[15:06] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+5
[15:06] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+5 and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[15:08] <@Ebiris> Despite the strong head start Liamae's fire has had, Henrietta's magic is superior! It takes a little while, but consistent applications of frost first stall the fire's progress, and then extinguish it completely. The entrance hallway is gutted, but much of the wooden structure remains intact.
[15:08] <@Rudy> With the fire and smoke out of the way, Rudy finally gets his chance to steal things from people he helped kill!
[15:09] <@Ebiris> Rudy finds a single potion on the man's belt! It's in a glass jar, the label saying something in unfamiliar script.
[15:10] <@Lucie> "Careful as we go," Lucie suggests, following Rudy inside. "No idea what they might have left around this place."
[15:10] * @Lucie pauses by Rudy to examine his discovery.
[15:10] <@Rudy> Rudy passes it to Henri, surely more knowledgable in the ways of strange vintages than he. "Gonna pull through?" he asks, glancing at her; black marks around his neck are still plainly visible.
[15:10] <@Lucie> OOC: is it magic? If so, spellcraftan'
[15:10] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10
[15:10] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[15:11] <@Ebiris> It's a potion of cure serious wounds!
[15:12] <@Henrietta> "I-I think so!" Henrietta assures Rudy, before gingerly passing the potion to Liamae. "Please drink this!"
[15:12] <@Lucie> "Yeah, I'm fine too," Lucie says, glancing into the doors on either side.
[15:12] <@Ebiris> Nodding dazedly, Liamae accepts the potion and guzzles it down!
[15:12] <@Ebiris> roll 3d8+5
[15:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d8+5 and gets 13." [3d8=4, 3, 1]
[15:13] <@Ebiris> "Oh, feel much better now," she smiles weakly, rubbing her forearm across her mouth afterwards and slowly picking herself up onto her feet once more.
[15:14] <@Rudy> "I mean," replies Rudy, glancing back over the field. "God, I don't know. This was horrible," he mutters, slumping against a charred doorframe. "You want to keep doing this? These guys were serious, and we never even figured out what for. And I don't know, I got this feeling, like there's way more dangerous fuckers out there, and- I'm babbling? I am. Haha, I'm delirious. You konw, for a second,
[15:14] <@Rudy> I forgot we were fighting? And I thought I was back in Anowia and everything was happy and sunny and there was a lamb."
[15:14] <@Lucie> "Next time we don't let people who try to kill us just walk away," Lucie suggests. "We fucking kill them right back."