93: Brain and brain, what is brain?

[Ebiris]

[12:10] <@Ebiris> As several of Lavinia's hard-working retainers struggle with temporary insanity while aboard a (hopefully) temporarily insane dragon while the vile alien brain-eater from beyond the stars waits beneath the watchful eyes of a trio of courier dragons, the alien worm now lacking in foes to battle itself dives under the crystal and starts swimming towards the battle, well ahead of the horde of crystalline spiders rapidly swarming and moving in towards the action. High above Rudy stands with Lucie atop a precariously narrow crystal spire, lightning dancing and crackling around its peak mere feet away!
[12:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100 Phil's up
[12:10] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 Phil's up and gets 36." [1d100=36]
[12:11] <@Ebiris> Phileonel starts babbling a string of Jovarese understood only by Henrietta, begging the Emperor for forgiveness and something about money only resting in his account.
[12:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:11] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[12:11] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[12:11] <@Lucie> Lacking other foes up on her perch, Lucie opts to try and bash her head in with her own mace!
[12:12] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[12:12] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 7." [1d8=3]
[12:14] <@Ebiris> Lucie bonks herself but good! Meanwhile the crab thing draws in on itself to try and cast another spell despite the harrassment of Rudy's dogs, raising up a warding claw while the other manipulates reality!
[12:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+16 DC 19 cast defensively
[12:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+16 DC 19 cast defensively and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[12:15] <@Ebiris> And from that claw another red beam lances up at the crystal right at Rudy- no, not at Rudy! At the spire itself, where it merges with the lightning and multiplies, bouncing back and forth between the other spires as it builds upon itself before shooting out, one for each dragon and one for each dog, a total of six beams striking down from nearby spires!
[12:15] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch Phil
[12:15] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch Phil and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch Fido
[12:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch Fido and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch Rover
[12:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch Rover and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch Lucie's dragon
[12:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch Lucie's dragon and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch Henri's dragon
[12:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch Henri's dragon and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch NPC dragon
[12:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch NPC dragon and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 Phil crit check
[12:16] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 Phil crit check and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[12:16] <@Ebiris> OOC: I think all hit except for the critfail
[12:17] <@Ebiris> roll 2d6+10 str damage on Phil
[12:17] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d6+10 str damage on Phil and gets 13." [2d6=2, 1]
[12:17] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+8 fort to half DC 14
[12:17] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+8 fort to half DC 14 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[12:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5 Fido, fort save to half
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 Fido, fort save to half and gets 7." [1d6=2]
[12:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5 Rover, fort save to half
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 Rover, fort save to half and gets 9." [1d6=4]
[12:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5 Henri dragon, fort save to half
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 Henri dragon, fort save to half and gets 6." [1d6=1]
[12:18] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5 NPC dragon, fort save to half
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 NPC dragon, fort save to half and gets 11." [1d6=6]
[12:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+8 fido
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+8 fido and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[12:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+8 rover
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+8 rover and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[12:18] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+11-2
[12:18] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+11-2 and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[12:19] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 NPC dragon
[12:19] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 NPC dragon and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[12:20] <@Ebiris> OOC: -6 str on Phil, -11 on NPC dragon, -3 on Fido and Henri dragon, -4 on Rover
[12:20] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[12:20] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Phileonel (4neg -6str) > Lucie > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon Squad (2neg each, -11str NPC, -3Henri) > Rudy > Hound > Hound > Liamae'
[12:21] <@Ebiris> The spiders continue scrambling across the crystalline landscape and forming up into a massive swarm, now only 500 feet away from Phileonel!
[12:21] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[12:21] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[12:21] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[12:26] * @Henrietta moves away from Liamae and Phileonel, circling the brain-eater from space and the pair of dogs facing off against it. Going into that melee doesn't really appeal when she's not even certain what her name is, but Henrietta nevertheless sends several roses over to greet it!
[12:26] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7 SR
[12:26] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7 SR and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[12:26] <@Henrietta> roll 4d4+4
[12:26] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 4d4+4 and gets 18." [4d4=4, 4, 3, 3]
[12:28] <@Ebiris> These roses do better than the last ones, striking more deeply and opening fractures in the thing's carapace before they vanish!
[12:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: dragon squad
[12:31] <@Henrietta> A courier dragon swoops down to breathe upon the brain-eater, regrettably getting the nearest of the summoned dogs as well!
[12:31] <@Henrietta> roll 6d6 fire ref19 half, remaining 30ft away
[12:32] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 6d6 fire ref19 half, remaining 30ft away and gets 12." [6d6=3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4]
[12:32] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 ref save
[12:32] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 ref save and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[12:32] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4
[12:32] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[12:32] <@Lucie> Another dragon zooms in to add to the conflagration surrounding the horror from space!
[12:33] <@Lucie> roll 6d6 what Henri said
[12:33] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 6d6 what Henri said and gets 20." [6d6=1, 3, 3, 4, 3, 6]
[12:33] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 which og?
[12:33] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 which og? and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[12:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 ref
[12:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[12:34] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 dog2
[12:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 dog2 and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[12:34] <@Ebiris> A third dragon enters the fray with the same idea, adding to the inferno around the crab monster!
[12:34] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6 fire
[12:34] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6d6 fire and gets 13." [6d6=1, 3, 5, 1, 1, 2]
[12:34] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 ref
[12:34] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[12:34] <@Ebiris> OOC: hits Rover
[12:34] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 oh god fido no
[12:34] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 oh god fido no and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[12:35] <@Lucie> roll 1d4 breath recharge time
[12:35] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d4 breath recharge time and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[12:35] <@Ebiris> roll 1d4
[12:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[12:36] <@Ebiris> While the crab is baked and seared, a mournful howl issues from within the conflagration, and when the flames clear there is but one dog...
[12:36] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:36] <@Rudy> "Why'd it have to be that one?!" complains Rudy, before steeling himself and attempting to summon reinforcements anew! OOC: Cast SMIV, full round again
[12:37] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Phileonel (4neg -6str) > Lucie > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon Squad (2neg each, -11str NPC, -3Henri) > Rudy > Fido > Liamae'
[12:37] <@Rudy> His other dog readies itself to strike the monster, as soon as it attempts to work some kind of magic!
[12:37] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100 L-chan
[12:37] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 L-chan and gets 79." [1d100=79]
[12:38] <@Ebiris> "Aaaaah, lemme out, lemme out, lemee out!" Liamae shrieks, pummeling Phileonel with her fists and feet!
[12:38] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4
[12:38] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
[12:39] <@Ebiris> Luckily his thick scales are more than she can deal with. As the worm continues to travel under the crystal...
[12:39] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100
[12:39] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 and gets 85." [1d100=85]
[12:40] <@Ebiris> Phileonel take exception to Liamae's presence anyway. "I never asked for this!" he roars, twisting his neck to bite at her whie raking her with his far claw!
[12:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 claw
[12:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 claw and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[12:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 bite
[12:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 bite and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[12:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+7+1d6+5
[12:41] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+7+1d6+5 and gets 20." [1d8=6][1d6=2]
[12:41] <@Ebiris> Liamae screams as she comes to regret her ill-informed attack, claws and teeth tearing into her viciously!
[12:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[12:42] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[12:42] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 52." [1d100=52]
[12:42] <@Lucie> Lucie continues her adventures in self-destruction!
[12:42] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[12:42] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 6." [1d8=2]
[12:44] <@Ebiris> Oh, that's going to leave a shiner! Meanwhile the crab-monster decides to keep on the dragons, starting to cast another spell as it crab-walks away from the dog...
[12:44] <@Ebiris> OOC: interrupt?
[12:45] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+9
[12:45] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+9  and gets 19." [1d20=10]
[12:47] <@Ebiris> The swing goes wide, and an arc of lightning flies up to join the lightning flickering amidst the spires, even thicker arcs of electricity bouncing around as it divides and multiplies until a trio of blindingly bright lightning bolts arc down at each of the three courier dragons!
[12:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1.5*10d6 DC 16 ref half
[12:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1.5*10d6 DC 16 ref half and gets 52.5." [10d6=3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 2, 5, 1, 4]
[12:48] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7-2
[12:48] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7-2 and gets 14." [1d20=9]
[12:48] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+5 NPC dragon
[12:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+5 NPC dragon and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[12:48] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7-2
[12:48] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7-2 and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[12:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: full damage to you two, where does that put your hp?
[12:49] <@Henrietta> -8
[12:49] <@Lucie> OOC: 15
[12:50] <@Ebiris> As both dragons and riders alike scream, one of them is knocked right out of the sky!
[12:50] <@Ebiris> roll 3d6
[12:50] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d6 and gets 14." [3d6=4, 6, 4]
[12:51] * @Henrietta throws out her hand to stop the fall of yet another dragon out of the sky!
[12:52] <@Ebiris> As if on angels wings the dragon sinks softly to the ground, laying there with its chest rising and falling to show it still lives, while the rider struggles to get out from where she's trapped half under the dragon by the bindings that keep her safe during hectic flight.
[12:53] <@Ebiris> The spiders continue to draw ever closer, threatening to end things through sheer weight of numbers should they arrive...
[12:53] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[12:54] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[12:54] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 34." [1d100=34]
[12:55] <@Henrietta> Henrietta's mind finally breaks down from the horror of seeing her allies fall before her despite her best efforts to stop it....
[12:55] <@Ebiris> OOC: dragon squad
[12:56] <@Lucie> The healthiest remaining dragon zips by the crab monster to try and tear a bite out of its hide in passing!
[12:56] <@Ebiris> The captain of the dragon-riders directs his mount to move towards the one that fell to try and help its rider escape, struggling with weakened muscles to lift the crippled dragon up enough.
[12:56] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+13-2 flyby bite!
[12:56] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+13-2 flyby bite! and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[12:56] <@Ebiris> The bite is just a hair too high, giving the crab a chance to duck out of harms way!
[12:56] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy
[12:57] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Phileonel (4neg -6str) > Lucie > Fido > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon Squad (2neg each, -11str NPC, -3Henri) > Rudy > Rover2? > Liamae'
[12:58] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20-3
[12:58] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20-3 and gets -2." [1d20=1]
[13:01] <@Rudy> Yet another dog appears, and Rudy can only look on as it assaults the crab-monster before it...
[13:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[13:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
[13:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 sword2
[13:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 sword2 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[13:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 bite
[13:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 bite and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[13:02] <@Ebiris> The dog appears in position, ready to fight!
[13:04] <@Ebiris> Liamae having taken exception to Phileonel biting her retaliates in true sorcerous fashion by blasting him with scorching rays! "Bite me, will you? Have some of this! And some of that!"
[13:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 ranged touch
[13:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 ranged touch and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[13:04] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 ranged touch
[13:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 ranged touch and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[13:04] <@Ebiris> roll 4d6+4d6
[13:04] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d6+4d6 and gets 15." [4d6=4, 1, 1, 3][4d6=1, 3, 1, 1]
[13:04] <@Rudy> They're all mad, thinks Rudy, staring at his apparently lunatic allies in dismay.
[13:05] <@Ebiris> The dragon is burnt and apparently doesn't want to take any of that much longer, chomping and clawing back at Liamae, "After all I've done for you, too! Ingrates!"
[13:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 claw
[13:05] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 claw and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[13:05] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 bite
[13:06] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 bite and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[13:06] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5 claw
[13:06] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 claw and gets 6." [1d6=1]
[13:07] <@Ebiris> She somehow manages to duck around his jaws but that doesn't save her from being clawed at!
[13:07] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:07] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[13:07] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 6." [1d100=6]
[13:08] * @Lucie focuses at least long enough to squint down and fire a beam of light at the mind-eating monstrosity!
[13:08] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch
[13:08] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[13:09] <@Ebiris> The crystal landscape must be playing tricks on her eyes, since the beam goes wide of an apparently big and easy target!
[13:09] <@Ebiris> OOC: Fido
[13:09] <@Rudy> OOC: I'l lact after Fido
[13:10] <@Rudy> Rudy's other hound steps forward, ready to begin a new assault!
[13:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+9 pa2
[13:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+9 pa2 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[13:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4
[13:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[13:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+3 bite
[13:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+3 bite and gets 9." [1d20=6]
[13:10] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 hit
[13:12] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+9
[13:12] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+9 and gets 16." [2d6=2, 5]
[13:13] <@Ebiris> The sword hits but has trouble penetrating the alien shell that wards the creature, throwing off its other attacks!
[13:15] <@Rudy> Rudy has a momentary freakout, clutching his head in his hands. "You're all such idiots! Do I gotta do everything?" he yells, as not one, but several of thouse dog-headed soldiers appears beside him, before quickly teleporting down to the action!
[13:15] <@Rudy> OOC: Using a hero point for SM V, summoning multi-hounds
[13:15] <@Rudy> roll 1d3+1
[13:15] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3+1 and gets 4." [1d3=3]
[13:18] <@Ebiris> The dogs pop in one after the other, but the alien horror pays them no mind at all, scurrying ahead instead towards the downed dragon...
[13:18] <@Ebiris> OOC: AoOs go
[13:18] <@Rudy> Several of the dogs quickly pop out, apparently unable to sustain their existence for long. Two remain, however, quickly lashing out at the rushing beast!
[13:18] <@Ebiris> OOC: strike, actually. No hero points available for multi-summons.
[13:19] <@Ebiris> OOC: go on and attack
[13:19] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+13 Fido
[13:19] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+13 Fido and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[13:19] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 rover (still PAing)
[13:19] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 rover (still PAing) and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[13:23] <@Ebiris> Neither hit, unfortunately, allowing the crab horror to crawl over to the downed and gasping dragon. "Hey, get away from him!" the man atop the nearby active dragon yells, accompanied by worried and tepid roaring from his dragon and a panicked shriek from the woman half-caught under the unfortunate dragon as that lamprey-like mouth extends over the dragon's head and goes to its grisly work, a sound of bone-crunching heard before a large lump visibly travels up the extended mouth to emerge within a new blister atop its back presenting a slightly larger than human-sized brain with thicker and squatter proportions. "YES. A CURIOUS CREATURE. WORRY NOT, I WILL PROTECT HIM," the monster declares incongruously with its actions.
[13:24] <@Ebiris> The rampaging horde of crystal spiders skitters closer and closer, mere seconds left until they'll be upon the battle!
[13:24] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[13:24] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[13:24] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[13:27] <@Henrietta> "You-- you horrible thing!" Henrietta exclaims, casting Fly and doing her best to get herself into the air and away from the onrushing mass of spiders. "Why do you keep eating everyone?!"
[13:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: Dragon squad
[13:28] <@Lucie> The dragon remaining airborne rushes in to try and avenge its fallen comrade, hopefully having better luck ripping through that carapace this time.
[13:30] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+13-2 flyby bite mk. 2!
[13:30] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+13-2 flyby bite mk. 2! and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[13:30] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit!
[13:30] <@Lucie> roll 2d6+5
[13:30] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 2d6+5 and gets 10." [2d6=2, 3]
[13:31] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+19-2 bitegrapplin!
[13:31] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+19-2 bitegrapplin! and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[13:32] <@Ebiris> OOC: grabbed! Are you keeping it grappled down there or trying to carry it up?
[13:32] <@Lucie> OOC: up! (And eventually down again!)
[13:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: make another CMB check then
[13:33] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+19-2
[13:33] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+19-2 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[13:33] <@Ebiris> The dragon flies down and bites, doing little damage but managing to take hold at least! Flapping its wings mightily, however, it just can't bear this new burden aloft, only able to hold it down!
[13:34] <@Ebiris> "You... you fucking monster!" the dragon captain spits, "Ellen, quick, get on!" he yells down at the woman as his dragon struggles with the dead weight of her companion. Sobbing she unlatches herself and scrambles up onto the other dragon, "Kill it, just kill it!" she cries as the dragon lets go heavily. "I... I'm having trouble too... too heavy," the small wyrm groans as it beats its wings to try and take flight...
[13:34] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20
[13:34] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20 and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[13:34] <@Ebiris> Unable to take flight, the dragon sags down heavily, gasping and panting.
[13:35] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Phileonel (4neg -6str) > Lucie > Fido > Rudy > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon Squad (2neg each, -11str NPC, -3Henri) > Rover2? > Liamae'
[13:35] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rover2
[13:37] <@Rudy> The dog attempts to seize the opportunity, rushing the monster and trying to thrust in his blade!
[13:37] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 charge PA
[13:37] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 charge PA and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[13:38] <@Ebiris> Even with the thing held by an aggressive dragon its shell is still hard enough to deflect any opportunistic attacks without difficulty!
[13:39] <@Ebiris> "I got some more for you right here!" Liamae yells aggressively at the dragon she's busy fighting while strapped to its side, her hand glowing with vile energies before she plants her palm right over his chest!
[13:39] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 melee touch
[13:39] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 melee touch and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[13:39] <@Ebiris> roll 3d6 vampiric touch
[13:39] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3d6 vampiric touch and gets 14." [3d6=3, 6, 5]
[13:40] <@Ebiris> Cackling madly as she suffuses herself with stolen life energies, Liamae's mirth is cut off as the worm suddenly erupts right in front of Phileonel, stabbing and biting down at the distracted dragon!
[13:40] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 bite
[13:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 bite and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[13:40] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 claws
[13:40] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 claws and gets 30." [2#1d20+9 = 18, 12]
[13:41] <@Ebiris> But draconic scales are more than up to the challenge of holding back those alien implements of death. Not even noticing the attack, the diminished and near dying dragon attacks Liamae with all of his fury!
[13:42] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 bite
[13:42] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 bite and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[13:42] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 claw
[13:42] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 claw and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[13:42] <@Ebiris> roll 1d6+5 claw
[13:42] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d6+5 claw and gets 6." [1d6=1]
[13:43] <@Ebiris> Again she ducks under a bite only to be clawed across the chest!
[13:43] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:43] <@Ebiris> OOC: nevermind, scratch all that
[13:44] <@Ebiris> Distracted by the worm's flailing, Phileonel rises to the challenge and attacks with all his fury while Liamae screeches from where she's strapped in at his side!
[13:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 bite
[13:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 bite and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[13:44] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+13 claws
[13:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+13 claws and gets 59." [2#1d20+13 = 33, 26]
[13:44] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+13 wings
[13:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+13 wings and gets 51." [2#1d20+13 = 24, 27]
[13:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+13 claw crit?
[13:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+13 claw crit? and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[13:45] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+8+1d6+5+2d6+10+1d4+2+1d4+2
[13:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+8+1d6+5+2d6+10+1d4+2+1d4+2 and gets 44." [1d8=2][1d6=2][2d6=4, 1][1d4=4][1d4=4]
[13:46] <@Ebiris> A flurry of attacks batters the worm back and forth as Phileonel unleashes his full fury without restraint, likely only his many debilitating injuries keeping the worm alive!
[13:46] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[13:46] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[13:46] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[13:47] * @Lucie makes another attempt at burning a hole through the monster while it's pinned down!
[13:47] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch
[13:47] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[13:48] <@Ebiris> It's no good, though, she just can't make her attack hit even when the damn thing's being grappled on top of everything else!
[13:48] <@Ebiris> OOC: Fido and Rudy
[13:49] <@Rudy> Fido moves to flank the creature with his companion, lashing into him with his sword just the same!
[13:49] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 PA-2
[13:49] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 PA-2 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[13:49] <@Ebiris> OOC: no joy
[13:50] <@Rudy> OOC: Holding, myself
[13:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: wait, sorry, hits while grappled
[13:53] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+12
[13:53] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+12 and gets 16." [2d6=1, 3]
[13:54] <@Ebiris> A solid hit cracks the brain-eater right on the side, leaving a hefty crack in the monster's side! It ignores the dogs for the moment, however, to better focus on the dragon it's battling!
[13:55] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+23 CMD Lucie?
[13:55] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+23 CMD Lucie? and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[13:55] <@Lucie> OOC: way lower than that
[13:57] <@Ebiris> Prising the jaws apart with its claws, the brain-eater creates enough of a gap to push the flying lizard off and then skitter backwards and away from its aggressors!
[13:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: AoOs for dragons and dogs
[13:57] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 PA dog
[13:57] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 PA dog and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[13:57] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 PA dog2
[13:57] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+13-2 CHOMP
[13:57] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 PA dog2 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[13:57] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+13-2 CHOMP and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[13:57] <@Ebiris> OOC: all hit!
[13:58] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+12
[13:58] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+12
[13:58] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+12 and gets 16." [2d6=2, 2]
[13:58] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+12 and gets 16." [2d6=1, 3]
[13:58] <@Lucie> roll 2d6+5 can I try and re-grab him with this?
[13:58] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 2d6+5 can I try and re-grab him with this? and gets 12." [2d6=2, 5]
[13:58] <@Ebiris> OOC: yes you can
[13:58] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+19-2
[13:58] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+19-2 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[13:59] <@Ebiris> Taking several wounds that drip crystal-suffused ichor, the crab-monster nonetheless scurries away to some degree of freedom! The spiders are drawing ever closer, the massive swarm of them heard loudly as their legs skitter across the crystal drawing near to the battle now!
[13:59] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:00] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[14:00] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 89." [1d100=89]
[14:03] <@Henrietta> roll 1d2
[14:03] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d2 and gets 1." [1d2=1]
[14:05] <@Henrietta> "I am terrible sorry about this," Henrietta apologizes, drawing her rusty and neglected-looking spear. "But you should not have sided with our enemy!" And with that, she attacks!
[14:05] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+10 spear
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+10 spear and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[14:05] <@Ebiris> OOC: that hits most things. Did you attack NPC or Lucie dragon?
[14:05] <@Henrietta> roll 1d8+8 magic, Lucie's dragon
[14:05] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d8+8 magic, Lucie's dragon and gets 13." [1d8=5]
[14:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: Hp, Lucie dragon?
[14:06] <@Lucie> OOC: 2hp left!
[14:06] <@Ebiris> "What in the hades are you doing, woman!" the dragon-rider bellows as his companion cries out piteously in pain from that stabbing!
[14:06] <@Ebiris> OOC: dragon squad
[14:06] <@Rudy> "They're mad! They've all gone mad!"
[14:07] <@Lucie> The badly wounded dragon takes to the air again, and pursues the skittering horror to get in at least one more good blast of fire!
[14:07] <@Ebiris> "Enough, we're not dying for these maniacs, fly! Fly!" the dragon captain yells, exhorting his own weakened dragon to raise itself aloft.
[14:07] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20
[14:07] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[14:07] <@Lucie> roll 6d6 fire ref 19 halves
[14:07] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 6d6 fire ref 19 halves and gets 24." [6d6=3, 3, 6, 5, 2, 5]
[14:07] <@Lucie> roll 1d4 recharge time
[14:07] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d4 recharge time and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[14:07] <@Ebiris> "I... I can't... I'm trying but I can't!" his dragon wails, beating its wings but unable to do any more.
[14:08] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 ref
[14:08] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[14:08] <@Ebiris> The crab is further flambed, eyes popping across its legs from the searing heat!
[14:09] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rover2
[14:09] <@Rudy> Rudy's loyal hound roars in anger, and sprints across the platform to deliver yet blow to the brain-eater!
[14:09] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 charge PA gogogo
[14:09] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 charge PA gogogo and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[14:10] <@Ebiris> Charging wildly, there's a bit too much wildness in favour of skill that sees the swing go far wide of the target!
[14:10] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100 Liamae
[14:10] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 Liamae and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[14:11] <@Ebiris> "Uhh... oh my stars, what've I been doing!" Liamae moans, looking around and seeing a horde of crystal spiders one way and a giant evil worm the other. "Shit, get up Phileonel! We don't want to be stuck down here when they get here!" she cries, blasting the worm with a pair of scorching rays!
[14:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 SR
[14:11] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 SR and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[14:12] <@Ebiris> But they both fizzle out mere inches away from the target! And the worm handily takes that as its cue to attack the former Jovar magistrate with wicked claws and monstrous jaws!
[14:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 bite
[14:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 bite and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[14:12] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 claws
[14:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 claws and gets 41." [2#1d20+9 = 25, 16]
[14:12] <@Ebiris> roll 2d6+7 bite
[14:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d6+7 bite and gets 16." [2d6=5, 4]
[14:12] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+7 claw
[14:12] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+7 claw and gets 12." [1d8=5]
[14:13] <@Ebiris> A bite savages the neck and then a claw is pierced deep into the dragon's chest, eliciting a gurgling wet gasp from Phileonel before he slumps forward and collapses! Watery blood flows in a gushing torrent from his chest as his engorged body slowly begins to deflate...
[14:13] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:14] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[14:14] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 51." [1d100=51]
[14:14] <@Lucie> Furious at her failure to contribute effectively to the battle, Lucie decides to take out her frustrations on herself!
[14:14] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[14:14] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 9." [1d8=5]
[14:14] <@Ebiris> Bonk! That's another black eye for the collection.
[14:14] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy and Fido
[14:17] <@Rudy> "Lucie, you don't have to punish yourself," replies Rudy, gritting his teeth whilst he haplessly watches his other dog close in.
[14:17] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 charge attack go
[14:17] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 charge attack go and gets 14." [1d20=3]
[14:18] <@Ebiris> Again the canine warrior suffers from an overexcess of enthusiasm blunting his killing instincts! And it looks to be a mistake that'll be capitalised upon as the brain-eater chooses its next prey from the spear-wounded dragon right in front of it!
[14:19] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+15 power attack arcane strike bite
[14:19] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+15 power attack arcane strike bite and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[14:19] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+15 power attack arcane strike bite claws
[14:19] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+15 power attack arcane strike bite claws and gets 38." [2#1d20+15 = 17, 21]
[14:19] <@Ebiris> roll 1d8+11+1d6+11
[14:19] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d8+11+1d6+11 and gets 32." [1d8=7][1d6=3]
[14:21] <@Ebiris> Butchering the dragon with its claws to the panicked screams of its rider, the alien relentlessly closes its mouth above the dragon's skull and repeats the same grisly procedure to add another draconic brain to its collection. "SIMPLE CREATURES. LITTLE DIFFERENCE FROM THE OTHER, BUT I UNDERSTAND BETTER. I WILL PROTECT THIS ONE AS WELL, I PROMISE," the alien reflects over its meal.
[14:21] <@Ebiris> Charging forward, the spiders are a mere score of feet behind Phileonel by now, poised to imminently enter the fray!
[14:22] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henrietta
[14:22] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[14:22] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[14:23] <@Henrietta> "I have no idea what is going on anymore!" Henrietta cries out, lunging at the monstrous brain-eating alien with the spear.
[14:24] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+12 charge
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+12 charge and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[14:24] <@Henrietta> roll 1d8+8 magic
[14:24] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d8+8 magic and gets 9." [1d8=1]
[14:25] <@Ebiris> The spear penetrates deeply into the monster's carapace, sinking in without resistance and eliciting a gurgling and whistling cry from the crab-thing as it pulls back in distress. But none of that shows in its horrible atonal booming as it says, "HENRIETTA. AT LAST. LET ME LEARN FROM YOU AND I WILL KEEP YOU SAFE FOREVER."
[14:26] <@Henrietta> "Nooooooo!!!!"
[14:26] <@Ebiris> The last remaining dragon gives up on flying now as the rider shouts, "Fuck it, just run! Just run, dammit!" he yells as the wyrm bolts away towards the gap between the crystal spires to try and escape!
[14:27] <@Rudy> "You goddamn coward! Who let you ride a dragon?!"
[14:28] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rover2
[14:28] <@Rudy> Rudy's dog has no such fear, closing the distance once again to batter away!
[14:28] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 attack dammit
[14:28] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Phileonel (4neg -6str) > Lucie > Fido > Rudy > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon(2neg, -11str) > Rover2? > Liamae'
[14:28] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 attack dammit and gets 17." [1d20=6]
[14:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: he can full attack remember, he charged last turn
[14:29] <@Rudy> OOC: Ah, I thought it pulled back! Ok
[14:29] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 attack
[14:29] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 attack and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[14:29] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 bite
[14:29] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 bite and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[14:29] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 bitecrit? what is this
[14:29] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 bitecrit? what is this and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[14:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: regular bite :(
[14:30] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+8
[14:30] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+8 and gets 15." [1d8=7]
[14:30] <@Ebiris> The bite pierces deeply, drawing off shell and ichor that slowly crystalfies inside the dog's mouth forcing it to spit with all due haste!
[14:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100
[14:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d100 and gets 88." [1d100=88]
[14:31] <@Ebiris> "You bastard, you killed Phil!" Liamae shrieks, shooting a fireball right up at the worm's ugly face!
[14:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+6 SR
[14:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+6 SR and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[14:31] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6
[14:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6d6 and gets 14." [6d6=3, 2, 1, 2, 5, 1]
[14:31] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7 ref
[14:31] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 ref and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[14:33] <@Ebiris> The fireball detonates with sound and fury, signifying a few burns on the worm's still ugly face. It doesn't like this and aims to show Liamae why.
[14:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 bite
[14:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 bite and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[14:33] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 claws
[14:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 claws and gets 36." [2#1d20+9 = 26, 10]
[14:33] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 bite crit?
[14:33] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 bite crit? and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[14:34] <@Ebiris> roll 4d6+14+1d8+7
[14:34] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d6+14+1d8+7 and gets 46." [4d6=5, 6, 5, 6][1d8=3]
[14:35] <@Ebiris> Savaging and stabbing Liamae with monstrous glee, the sorcerous is torn to ribbons! Even worse, however, within seconds of her being eviscerated, her blood flows upwards in a charnel cloud that encompasses her brain as it too rises up and floats!
[14:35] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Phileonel (4neg -6str) > Lucie > Fido > Rudy > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon(2neg, -11str) > Rover2? > Brain'
[14:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20-3 stabilisation
[14:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20-3 stabilisation and gets 12." [1d20=15]
[14:37] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:37] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[14:37] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
[14:38] <@Lucie> "DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!" Lucie roars in a brief moment of self-control, trying once again to bring down the terror from space as she fumes.
[14:38] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+9 ranged touch vs crab, penultimate laser
[14:38] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+9 ranged touch vs crab, penultimate laser and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[14:40] <@Ebiris> A laser is not enough, especially when it flies wide.
[14:41] <@Ebiris> OOC: Fido and Rudy
[14:42] <@Rudy> Fido makes his own assault as well, barking rapidly and angrily as he swings his sword, before lunging forward with another bite!
[14:42] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[14:42] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[14:42] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[14:42] <@Ebiris> OOC: sword and bite hit
[14:42] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+12
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+12 and gets 21." [2d6=3, 6]
[14:42] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+8
[14:42] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+8 and gets 13." [1d8=5]
[14:43] <@Ebiris> The crab is massively savaged by this assault, hacking off part of a leg and punching deep into its shell! "WHY... I CAME IN FRIENDSHIP..." it declares, bringing up its claws to begin casting anew...
[14:44] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+18 DC 25
[14:44] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+18 DC 25 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[14:44] <@Ebiris> But the spell fizzles out weakly! However any joy that can be taken in this is suddenly overridden as the swarm of spiders descends!
[14:44] <@Henrietta> "You ate people!" Henrietta wails in response to that ridiculous declaration. "You ate our friends!"
[14:45] <@Ebiris> roll 4#1d20+11 Phil
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4#1d20+11 Phil and gets 73." [4#1d20+11 = 21, 25, 13, 14]
[14:45] <@Ebiris> roll 6#1d20+11 Fido
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6#1d20+11 Fido and gets 115." [6#1d20+11 = 14, 16, 27, 22, 18, 18]
[14:45] <@Ebiris> roll 6#1d20+11 Rover
[14:45] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6#1d20+11 Rover and gets 125." [6#1d20+11 = 29, 23, 17, 18, 13, 25]
[14:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: Dog ACs?
[14:46] <@Ebiris> roll 4d6+16 for Phil anyway
[14:46] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 4d6+16 for Phil anyway and gets 29." [4d6=6, 4, 1, 2]
[14:46] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Lucie > Fido > Rudy > Brain-eater > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon(2neg, -11str) > Rover2? > Brain'
[14:48] <@Rudy> OOC: 15
[14:48] <@Rudy> OOC: er, 19
[14:48] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d6+4 Fido
[14:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d6+4 Fido and gets 18." [2#1d6+4 = 10, 8]
[14:48] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d6+4 Rover
[14:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d6+4 Rover and gets 25." [3#1d6+4 = 8, 9, 8]
[14:49] <@Ebiris> Anyone on the ground is practically overrun by the swarm, spiders jostling for position as those that can take prize spots in position to attack the targets they can reach!
[14:49] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[14:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[14:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[14:50] * @Henrietta practically goes catatonic at the sight of swarming spiders.
[14:51] <@Ebiris> The last dragon tries to run even as the rider of the lastly brain-eaten dragon is pulled under a swarm of flailing crystal limbs and chittering spiders!
[14:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rover
[14:51] <@Rudy> Rover echoes the attacks of his comrade, almost leaping on top of the thing to plunge in his sword!
[14:51] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[14:51] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[14:51] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6
[14:51] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[14:51] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5
[14:51] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[14:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: 1 hit
[14:51] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+12
[14:51] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+12 and gets 19." [2d6=5, 2]
[14:53] <@Ebiris> "I CAME IN PEACE. I ONLY WANTED FRIENDSHIP. FRIEND..." the monstrous crab trails off as its chopped hard enough to nearly sever most of its head, slumping down in a heap atop the crystals...
[14:53] <@Ebiris> Liamae's brain seeks out the nearest blood-bearing target and floats serenely up towards Henrietta...
[14:53] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7 melee touch
[14:53] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 melee touch and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[14:54] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 con damage
[14:54] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 con damage and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[14:54] <@Ebiris> Even as she stares down catatonic at the writhing bloodthirsty spiders, Henrietta's blood oozes out of her pores, being absorbed into the cloud surrounding what's left of Liamae.
[14:55] <@Ebiris> As the spiders greedily attack all in their way, the worm seems to decide there's no good targets down here and sinks back into the crystal below!
[14:55] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[14:56] <@Lucie> roll 1d100
[14:56] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 and gets 81." [1d100=81]
[14:57] <@Lucie> Stricken with wild rage again, Lucie whirls around and swings her mace at Rudy instead of herself for a change!
[14:57] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+9
[14:57] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[14:57] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+3 I'm assuming that hits
[14:57] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+3 I'm assuming that hits and gets 7." [1d8=4]
[14:57] <@Rudy> OOC: ow!
[14:58] <@Ebiris> Clang! Now Rudy gets a black eye, too! And maybe a concussion...
[14:58] <@Rudy> "Argh! I hate you! I hate you so much!"
[14:58] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+1 stabilisation
[14:58] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+1 stabilisation and gets 6." [1d20=5]
[14:59] <@Ebiris> The spiders continue to swarm madly, surrounding all the targets they can get at, which is mostly seemingly invulnerable dogs.
[14:59] <@Ebiris> roll 8#1d20+9 crit-fishing
[14:59] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 8#1d20+9 crit-fishing and gets 178." [8#1d20+9 = 18, 18, 29, 14, 21, 27, 26, 25]
[14:59] <@Ebiris> roll 8#1d20+9 crit-fishing
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 8#1d20+9 crit-fishing  and gets 136." [8#1d20+9 = 10, 11, 27, 16, 12, 12, 25, 23]
[15:00] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+9 potential crit on Fido
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+9 potential crit on Fido and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[15:00] <@Ebiris> roll 2d6+8
[15:00] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d6+8 and gets 18." [2d6=4, 6]
[15:00] <@Ebiris> OOC: Fido and Rudy should go before all that.
[15:01] <@Rudy> Rudy takes aim with his rarely-used crossbow, firing at Liamae's brain! Why did it come down to this? He wants to cry! He is crying! Tears stream down his cheeks!
[15:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 fire!
[15:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 fire! and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[15:01] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d8
[15:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8 and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[15:02] <@Rudy> Meanwhile, Fido positions his sword over a weak point in the brain-creatures head, and plunges it in...
[15:02] <@Ebiris> The brain is pierced, a bolt sticking into the left hemisphere, striking at the heart of her creative abilities!
[15:02] <@Ebiris> OOC: roll crit damage for couping?
[15:03] <@Rudy> roll 4d6+24
[15:03] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 4d6+24 and gets 34." [4d6=2, 4, 3, 1]
[15:04] <@Ebiris> With a single mighty stab, the threat of the brain-eater is ended! Its entire body suddenly goes rigid and cracks! Falling apart in a spread of ichor and shell that crystalline structures bubble up from, the brain-eater from outer space is at last put to richly deserved death!
[15:04] <@Ebiris> With no sign of the last dragon, it's all on Rover now!
[15:04] <@Ebiris> OOC: No, Henri!
[15:04] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[15:04] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 16." [1d100=16]
[15:06] <@Henrietta> Horrified beyond belief, Henrietta gains more altitude! "Die!" she cries out, pointing at the ground as skeletal arms erupt from it to kill spiders with little regard for the dogs in their midst. "Everything should die!"
[15:06] <@Henrietta> roll 11d6 slashing ref22 half
[15:06] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 11d6 slashing ref22 half and gets 37." [11d6=2, 3, 6, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 6]
[15:07] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+4 group ref
[15:07] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+4 group ref and gets 17." [1d20=13]
[15:07] <@Ebiris> A vast hole is cut out of the spider swarm as grabby skeletal hands scrape and bash them into shattered fragments!
[15:08] <@Ebiris> OOC: Now it's Rover's time to shine
[15:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 dogsaves f
[15:08] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 dogsaves
[15:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 dogsaves f and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[15:08] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 dogsaves  and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[15:09] <@Rudy> Rover attacks the floating brain, deeming it the greatest thread!
[15:09] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 I assume he has to move
[15:09] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 I assume he has to move and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[15:10] <@Ebiris> Rover is trapped and unable to kill.
[15:10] <@Ebiris> The brain is under no such constraints, flying soundlessly up after Henrietta...
[15:10] <@Ebiris> OOC: you can AoO since you have the spear out
[15:11] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+9+2+1
[15:11] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+9+2+1 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[15:11] <@Ebiris> OOC: hit
[15:12] <@Henrietta> roll 1d8+8+3d6 (vampiric touch)
[15:12] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d8+8+3d6 (vampiric touch) and gets 21." [1d8=3][3d6=4, 4, 2]
[15:12] <@Henrietta> OOC: +2 more
[15:14] <@Ebiris> Punching straight down, Henrietta viciously stabs Liamae's beautiful brain, absorbing back the blood that was stolen earlier through the spear's fell energies! But the brain hangs on just barely despite being torn nearly in half, desperately trying to gain life from Henrietta's vitae in a bloody tug of war!
[15:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+7 melee touch
[15:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+7 melee touch and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[15:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d3 con damage
[15:14] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d3 con damage and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[15:15] <@Ebiris> Some blood is pulled back from Henrietta, thickening the red cloud around the brain but not healing it directly. Meanwhile she can see the worm now, refracted through the crystal of the spire which Rudy and Lucie sit atop, swimming straight up! Lightning remains crackling around the tip of it and every other spire, but it's noticably diminishing now, not likely to last much longer.
[15:15] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie
[15:16] <@Lucie> roll 1d100 still confused?
[15:16] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d100 still confused? and gets 74." [1d100=74]
[15:16] <@Ebiris> OOC: yes
[15:16] <@Lucie> Filled with regret, Lucie decides to punish herself for hurting her friend!
[15:16] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+4
[15:16] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+4 and gets 8." [1d8=4]
[15:17] <@Ebiris> That won't do her face any favours, likely a broken nose by now.
[15:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: Fido and Rudy
[15:17] <@Rudy> OOC: Fido is immobilized?
[15:17] <@Rudy> OOC: Anything in striking range?
[15:17] <@Ebiris> OOC: No, skeletons did a number on spiders nearby
[15:18] <@Rudy> OOC: And Henri is airborne?
[15:18] <@Ebiris> OOC: yes
[15:18] <@Rudy> Fido is useless, completely useless!
[15:19] <@Rudy> Meanwhile, Rudy fires a bolt at Liamae's brain once again!
[15:19] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 (I'm not taking into account distance or anything)
[15:19] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 (I'm not taking into account distance or anything) and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[15:19] <@Rudy> roll 1d8
[15:19] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8 and gets 6." [1d8=6]
[15:20] <@Ebiris> The bolt strikes true, piercing deep into Liamae's brain which suddenly stops in mid air! Both blood and brain fall without anything powering them, splashing and splattering on the crystal ground below amidst skeletal arms!
[15:20] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Lucie > Fido > Rudy > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon(2neg, -11str) > Rover2? > Brain'
[15:21] <@Ebiris> Ignoring the dogs for now, the remaining spiders begin to charge up the spire, climbing it with preternatural ease as they crowd and swarm around the base, coating the sides and climbing higher and higher!
[15:21] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[15:21] <@Henrietta> roll 1d100
[15:21] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d100 and gets 67." [1d100=67]
[15:23] <@Henrietta> "Why is this happening?!" Henrietta laments, waving her spear around to get Liamae's brain off it and hurting herself far more than said brain.
[15:23] <@Henrietta> roll 1d8+4
[15:23] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d8+4 and gets 6." [1d8=2]
[15:23] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Lucie > Fido > Rudy > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon(2neg, -11str) > Rover2'
[15:24] <@Ebiris> As the last dragon continues loping across the wilderness below, Rover must make an important decision...
[15:26] <@Rudy> Rover looks momentarily alarmed, before rushing the nearest spider and attacking- before promptly popping out of existence!
[15:26] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11
[15:26] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[15:26] <@Ebiris> The spider is too nimble to fall for that, though!
[15:27] <@Ebiris> However, Rudy and Lucie's formerly safe and unassailable perch atop the lightning ringed spire is rudely interrupted as the worm suddenly bursts out from underneath their feet!
[15:27] <@Ebiris> OOC: ref saves you two
[15:28] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7
[15:28] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[15:28] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+9
[15:28] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[15:29] <@Ebiris> Both of them are knocked to either side, falling through the electrified lightning and then plummeting far below!
[15:29] <@Ebiris> roll 5d6 lightning you can ref to halve this
[15:29] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 5d6 lightning you can ref to halve this and gets 17." [5d6=4, 1, 2, 5, 5]
[15:29] <@Ebiris> roll 10d6 falling
[15:29] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+9
[15:29] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[15:29] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 10d6 falling and gets 25." [10d6=1, 2, 1, 4, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4]
[15:29] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+7 again
[15:29] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+7 again and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[15:29] <@Ebiris> OOC: pass for Rudy
[15:29] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+11 acrobatics to get less hurt by falling!!!?
[15:29] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+11 acrobatics to get less hurt by falling!!!? and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[15:30] <@Ebiris> OOC: 33 Rudy 42 Lucie
[15:32] <@Ebiris> Landing horribly at the bottom of the spire amidst all the spiders, Rudy barely manages to keep his wits but Lucie has no such luck, a crunch of broken bones heard as she impacts!
[15:32] <@Ebiris> OOC: Lucie, stabilisation?
[15:33] <@Lucie> roll 1d20-13 don't think this is actually possible!
[15:33] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20-13 don't think this is actually possible! and gets 2." [1d20=15]
[15:33] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy and Fido
[15:35] <@Rudy> Fido quickly telports into the midst of the spiders, and rolls around to distract them posthaste!
[15:35] <@Rudy> OOC: hoping to have him clamber around and trigger all the AoOs <_<
[15:35] <@Ebiris> The spiders take the bait, all the ones near him lashing out!
[15:35] <@Ebiris> roll 8#1d20+9
[15:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 8#1d20+9 and gets 184." [8#1d20+9 = 27, 29, 22, 18, 23, 23, 29, 13]
[15:35] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 crits?
[15:35] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 crits? and gets 50." [2#1d20+9 = 29, 21]
[15:36] <@Ebiris> roll 2d6+8
[15:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d6+8 and gets 15." [2d6=2, 5]
[15:36] <@Ebiris> roll 2d6+8
[15:36] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d6+8 and gets 15." [2d6=3, 4]
[15:36] <@Rudy> Then, Rudy claps his hands, begging on support to appear and carry them away!
[15:36] <@Rudy> roll 1d3+1 dire bats
[15:36] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d3+1 dire bats and gets 2." [1d3=1]
[15:37] <@Ebiris> OOC: casting defensively? Fido didn't trigger all of the AoOs, just a lot.
[15:42] <@Rudy> OOC: I'll just cast. AC is 25.
[15:42] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9
[15:42] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 and gets 46." [2#1d20+9 = 24, 22]
[15:42] <@Ebiris> The bats appear with a screech!
[15:42] <@Rudy> Two bats quickly spring into being, seizing Lucie and Rudy by their collars and hoisting them away!
[15:43] <@Ebiris> roll 2#1d20+9 AoOs on Lucie
[15:43] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2#1d20+9 AoOs on Lucie and gets 54." [2#1d20+9 = 28, 26]
[15:43] <@Ebiris> roll 2d6+8
[15:43] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 2d6+8 and gets 13." [2d6=4, 1]
[15:44] <@Ebiris> Lucie is carried away, but not without another pair of stabs catching her in the chest as she's carried aloft.
[15:44] * Ebiris changes topic to 'Worm > Rudy > 2 Bats > Spiders > Henrietta > Dragon(2neg, -11str)'
[15:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: Confusion ends, only matters for Henri by now.
[15:45] <@Ebiris> OOC: bat speed?
[15:46] <@Rudy> OOC: fly 40ft
[15:46] <@Henrietta> Enraged beyond belief, Henrietta tosses four roses at the top of the spire. Three are aimed at spiders, but the fourth seeks out the worm and all of them intend to knock the foul creatures to the ground below!
[15:46] <@Rudy> OOC: str 21, so encumberance shouldn't be an issue
[15:47] <@Ebiris> More and more spiders flood up the spire as they climb upwards, those high enough to do so leaping desperately for the two bats and even for Henrietta!
[15:47] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+7 SR on worm, toppling spell
[15:47] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+7 SR on worm, toppling spell and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[15:47] <@Ebiris> OOC: wait, you're after the spiders
[15:48] <@Ebiris> roll 3#1d20+14 Henri, Rudy, Lucie in order.
[15:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 3#1d20+14 Henri, Rudy, Lucie in order. and gets 66." [3#1d20+14 = 28, 18, 20]
[15:48] <@Ebiris> roll 6d6
[15:48] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 6d6 and gets 26." [6d6=1, 4, 3, 6, 6, 6]
[15:48] <@Ebiris> But they all fall horribly short, crashing suicidally to the ground below!
[15:49] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4+1 spider1
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4+1 spider1 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+15 trip
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+15 trip and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4+1 spider2
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4+1 spider2 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+15 trip
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+15 trip and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4+1 spider3
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4+1 spider3 and gets 3." [1d4=2]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+15 trip
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+15 trip and gets 35." [1d20=20]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d4+1 worm
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d4+1 worm and gets 4." [1d4=3]
[15:49] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+15 trip
[15:49] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+15 trip and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[15:50] <@Ebiris> roll 5d6
[15:50] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 5d6 and gets 21." [5d6=1, 5, 4, 6, 5]
[15:50] <@Ebiris> Several spiders are knocked from their perches but the worm remains rooted solidly to its perch, barely flinching at the magical impact!
[15:51] <@Ebiris> But since Henrietta has its attention, it launches forth a length of webbing to ensnare her!
[15:51] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+11 ranged touch
[15:51] * +Hatbot --> "Ebiris rolls 1d20+11 ranged touch and gets 14." [1d20=3]
[15:51] <@Ebiris> OOC: touch AC?
[15:53] <@Henrietta> OOC: Hits touch ac
[15:53] <@Ebiris> Entangled and ensnared, Henrietta is slowly reeled in by the villainous worm from space!
[15:53] <@Ebiris> OOC: pulled 20 feet towards it
[15:54] <@Ebiris> OOC: Rudy and the Bats.
[15:57] <@Rudy> The two bats stick close, and Rudy fumbles or Lucie's wand. She's already dead, he quickly notices, feeling utterly powerless for the first time in a long while. But, he's still alive. While he's alive, there's still hope! The wand is turned towards trying to help him stay that way.
[15:57] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+15
[15:57] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[15:57] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[15:57] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[15:59] <@Ebiris> Soothing energy suffuses Rudy and slowly mends his fractures and bruises. Not enough by far but it's nice anyway. The spiders seemingly start to lose interest as all their targets get too far away, milling around on the spire and surrounding ground with nothing to occupy themselves.
[15:59] <@Ebiris> OOC: Henri
[16:01] <@Henrietta> Too distraught for complicated strategy, Henrietta tries to burn the tethers off with a pair of fiery rays!
[16:02] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+14 concentration vs17
[16:02] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+14 concentration vs17 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[16:02] <@Henrietta> roll 8d6
[16:02] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 8d6 and gets 31." [8d6=6, 2, 6, 5, 4, 1, 5, 2]
[16:02] * @Henrietta swiftly flies away after Rudy's bats afterwards!
[16:02] <@Ebiris> The webbing is burnt right through, practically melting off of her!
[16:02] <@Henrietta> OOC: I'll use the move action to fly 60ft straight away?
[16:03] <@Ebiris> As the lightning vanishes completely from the spires, the worm sinks back below now that it has no easy targets.
[16:03] <@Ebiris> OOC: you can basically fly the hell away without interruption now, so combat over unless you want to keep fighting?
[16:03] <@Rudy> OOC: god no
[16:03] <@Henrietta> OOC: Is it possible for me to sweep for Liamae's body? Or spiders everywhere?
[16:03] <@Ebiris> OOC: they aren't too near where she fell. You can try!
[16:06] * @Henrietta decides to make a sweep after Liamae's body! She'll give it the one try; she owes her that much. But if the spiders look to be regrouping, Henrietta would have to rush after Rudy and Lucie once more.
[16:07] <@Ebiris> Liamae's body is a torn and broken ruin, her head split brutally open to expose a gapingly empty cranium as she lies slumped within Phileonel's flying harness.
[16:07] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+4 str
[16:07] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+4 str and gets 23." [1d20=19]
[16:08] <@Ebiris> The harness, already damaged from battle, gives way easily letting Henrietta carry her out and away.
[16:08] * @Henrietta doesn't intend to stop for anything, now!