They dug greedily and too deep

[Ebiris]

[18:01] <@Kotono> Rest comes. Just before dawn you meet with the Sidhe Scholar. He's dug two holes into the ground, each one several feet deep. "Come forth Porridge and Feather!" he declares, voice loud and declarative.
[18:02] <@Kotono> Myann stays off to the side, sitting against a tree. She watches with her head slightly bowed, features obscured by the angle and night's last caress.
[18:03] * Gildas will stand next to Myann and watch from there.
[18:03] * @Porridge steps forward as requested, figuring he'll just go with whatever he has to do on his end without bothering with questions.
[18:03] * @Feather approaches silently after a moment's hesitation.
[18:04] <@Kotono> The scholar stands before the holes, kneeling to push his fist down at the lip of each one. "Spirits of the earth, open!" he declares, "Accursed, come into the embrace of mother earth!"
[18:05] <@Porridge> "Want us to jump in the holes?" Porridge clarifies to get through the flowery language.
[18:06] <@Kotono> "Yes, yes," he declares impatiently, "Do so with all haste!"
[18:07] <Gildas> He leans down to whisper something to Myann, before standing back up.
[18:07] * @Feather jumps into the closest of them with a shrug.
[18:07] <@Porridge> Porridge shuts his mouth and does just that, hopping in and bracing his arms on the ground above to avoid twisting his ankle or anything.
[18:11] <@Kotono> Myann leansup to whisper back momentarily, as the other two leap in! You fall in, the earth soft. It catches you easily as it caves in, burying the two up to their upper chests. Once in the Sidhe Scholar begins to dance - a dance of leaps and hollers, shouting words of Sylvan. Snatches of poetry recited lightning-fast, bits of lore and stranger words yet. This rises into a cresendo of one word
[18:11] <@Kotono> in time, "Dawn dawn dawn dawn dawn dawn!"
[18:12] <@Feather> If he needs to say anything, he would probably be told of it. So Feather keeps silent and waits for the ritual to take hold.
[18:16] <@Kotono> The Sidhe Scholar's dance becomes frantic. He flails about in the air, screaming for the dawn. About and around he goes, before at last he leaps forward! He lands between the two of you, slamming his head down into the ground! At the same time the first ray of dawn breaks through the canopy! It is a dull bit of light, barely filtering through. Yet as it does, the eyes of both Feather and Porridge
[18:16] <@Kotono> burn! They catch ablaze in golden sunshine-fire, a moment of horrid agony joined by the sickening scent of boiling eyeballs. Then the fire is gone and normal eyes remain! OOC: You lose all the various eye-related ability gained, such as darkvision, see invisibility and so forth. The Sylvan Myann taught you remains.
[18:17] <Gildas> He briefly furrows his brow at the scene, but straightens up as it seems to end.
[18:17] <@Feather> Agonized, Feather smashes his own head into the ground, as if he were copying the scholar. Only instinct makes him close his now-normal eyes first to avoid damaging them.
[18:17] <@Porridge> Porridge grits his teeth and grunts in pain, but when the pain passes so too does that ever-present itch also depart, prompting a tired smile. "Worth it..."
[18:18] <@Kotono> Slowly the Sidhe Scholar rises, nose bloodied. It drips down his face and to the ground. "My offering is blood to feed the soil," he whispers, and then in a louder voice, "It is finished!"
[18:19] <@Kotono> Myann rises and slowly approaches, "It worked?" she says, kneeling before Feather.
[18:20] <@Feather> "I can see," he responds, grimacing. "How does it look?"
[18:21] <Gildas> He will move over to Porridge to offer a hand to help him out of the hole. "Like... normal, I believe."
[18:21] <@Kotono> "Normal," Myann echos, offering Feather a hand up and out.
[18:22] * @Feather gratefully takes it, climbing back on solid ground.
[18:22] <@Kotono> "Now we will eat," The Sidhe Scholar says, going to a nearby tree. He comes back with a crude bowl filled with berries and roots.
[18:23] <@Porridge> Accepting the hand, Porridge crawls back out and then sits down. "Thanks."
[18:25] <@Kotono> "We will break bread - even with a killer," His gaze goes to Myann, a thin smile on his face.
[18:26] * @Feather glances at Myann himself. "Want to go? Not that hungry, really."
[18:29] <@Kotono> Myann gives the Sidhe Scholar a level look, "I've been told it's too late for me to go back," she says in a tight voice. "If so, I have nothing to do but inflict revenge on those who slight me - real and imagined slights." She rises at this, "After all, isn't that the past-time of the fey?" Her voice dips into anger at that, posture tensing.
[18:31] * @Feather shakes his head. "Yeah, think we'll pass on the food. Thanks for the rest, but it's time for us to leave."
[18:31] <@Porridge> Porridge stands up at that note.
[18:32] <Gildas> He glances at the others, but bows slightly to the scholar. "I thank you for taking care of my comrades."
[18:32] <@Kotono> The Sidhe Scholar smiles at this, just a little too big. "Peace. I have one more matter to discuss with you first." He turns his attention to the others, "Are you interested in things lost in the earth?"
[18:33] <@Porridge> "... maybe?" Porridge replies guardedly, thinking of those kobolds and that lake from their journey here.
[18:34] <@Feather> "Can't say I am," Feather responds to him, before telling Myann quietly, "There's plenty for you to do. Don't sell yourself short."
[18:35] <@Kotono> "Two days north of here is an isolated farmstead. They came to me for help sealing a cavern at the edge of their fields. Within is a passage to a shrine constructed by a druid of minerals and the earth," Tapping the ground with one finger, "Treasures are there - I care nothing for possessions, so I sealed it."
[18:36] <@Porridge> "That's it, you're just telling us this?" Porridge asks, knowing there has to be a catch.
[18:37] <@Kotono> "The seal won't last forever. The farmstead is owned by a human man and an elven woman. They have a lovely brood of half-elven children." With a slight smile on his face, "All unaware of the monsters that will begin to venture out when the seal fails. Perhaps, at best, a few will survive and become wild orphans."
[18:38] <@Porridge> "Son of a bitch," Porridge snarls. "Fine, we're going. What kind of monsters?""
[18:40] <@Feather> "What monsters?" Feather echoes Porridge, wondering if they might contain them long enough to release them here.
[18:40] <@Kotono> "Giant ants, cave lizards, electric lizards," Ticking off, "Various aberrations of the earth. Aquatic creatures in the flooded segment. Guardians when you reach the shrine. Perhaps dwarves, kobolds or other creatures below, for there are signs of minings in recent times."
[18:40] <@Feather> "Since when are dwarves monsters? And even kobolds ain't that bad!"
[18:41] <@Kotono> "If the battle you, are they not nothing but monsters?" The Sidhe Scholar retorts, "It is the ways of man to demonize what they kill to justify it."
[18:43] <@Feather> "I'm real bothered to hear that sorta preaching by someone who cheerfully mentions innocent elves and humans will die unless someone else cleans up after them."
[18:44] <Gildas> "Regardless of his intentions, it seems we have been given an opportunity to save individuals from an unfortunate fate. We should start moving." He comments, glancing in that direction.
[18:44] <@Porridge> "Yeah, it's gotta be done," Porridge nods. "Lets get going, then."
[18:45] <@Kotono> "Bastard," Myann mutters, turning away and starting to go.
[18:45] <@Feather> Shaking his head, Feather turns to follow.
[18:45] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to move on?
[18:46] <Gildas> OOC: Sho nuff.
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 12." [1d100=12]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 11." [1d100=11]
[18:51] <@Kotono> The trip passes. The first day is really tough going, with lots of little injuries and slowdowns. Nothing that a night's rest doesn't fix. The second day's better, as you soon find a worn footpath. It leads you along, and in the early afternoon you come to it. It's a large clearing in the forest, sunshine coming down amid the clouds. Ahead of you are several tilled fields, with a large, sprawling
[18:51] <@Kotono> farmhouse, barn and animal houses in the middle. The fields are being worked by a giant of a human, scraping seven feet tall. He's lanky as can be as he works. With him are several children of mixed heritage, half elves of approximately late childhood to mid-teenage years. They work as well, men and women both. They're chit-chattering away as they work, a bevy of blonde and brown haired children
[18:51] <@Kotono> running around the tall man.
[18:52] <Gildas> "Ah, we seem to have made it." He takes a look around. "This is... quite impressive to have carved out here..."
[18:53] <@Kotono> Myann lingers back and takes it all in. A sad smile comes to her face as her eyes follow the children at play.
[18:54] <@Porridge> Even Porridge looks a bit wistful at the sight of all the young half-elves. But he shakes it off quickly enough, walking towards the field with a hand raised in greeting. "Hello there!"
[18:57] <@Kotono> "Alright children," The tall man smiles, "Go on and visit Mom, she should have snacks ready. Bring us back some lemonade." Waving them off as the children take a few glances amid their general retreat, "Travelers!" His smile grows, "Welcome to the Holset Farmstead!" He comes forward and offers his hand out, "We're starved for good conversation around here. Take a load off and we can have a good
[18:57] <@Kotono> talk, if you're not in a hurry."
[18:58] <@Feather> "No immediate hurry, I think," Feather says, before reaching for the other man's hand. "Name's Feather."
[18:59] <@Porridge> "Porridge," he introduces himself, accepting that hand in turn. "No rush, our business is near enough and we've had a hard day's walk."
[19:00] <Gildas> He nods with a small bow. "Gildas." He will also shake his hand after the others.
[19:02] <@Kotono> "Robert Holset," His grip is strong and weathered, going around and doing shakes. "Careful around the kids," With a smile, "They'll think you're a new brother." He says to Porridge, as he leads the party around to the other side of the house. Here a few trees remain, giving shade to a long picnic table and benches. The benches are smooth and polished, with tall backs to rest against. "The missus
[19:02] <@Kotono> is busy in the kitchen - she's fairly far along and it triplets - again." With a wry smile, "She doesn't move so fast right now."
[19:03] <@Kotono> This causes Myann to stop and stumble as she sits, mouthing, 'Triplets...again?' The shock is evident on her face, "Your wife is an elf?"
[19:03] <@Porridge> Porridge cracks up into a grin and starts to laugh. "Damn, you've got a pair, haven't you?" he praises their host.
[19:05] <@Kotono> Robert throws his head back and laughs, "Ain't it the truth?" he says, "Funniest damn thing, actually. Some crackpot mystic babbled about positive energy here from below."
[19:05] <Gildas> He glances around again at that. It may not be so far from the truth, but he doesn't say anything.
[19:07] <@Kotono> Gildas can see a comely young lass coming out. She's perhaps 16 in human years, all blonde hair, pointy ears and feminine charms. She has a smile as she carries a tray with glasses, a pitcher of lemonaide and several bowls. "Pa!" she calls, "Snacks are here!"
[19:09] <@Kotono> "Thanks Em," Your host says as the food is put down. It looks like cracklins, some boiled greens, a venison roast and bread with a side of preserves. As the food is laid out, "So what brings you to our neck of the woods?"
[19:09] <@Porridge> Considering how tall Robert is and how well his brood has turned out, Porridge can easily believe there's some blessing on this land. Nodding in greeting to the daughter he replies to Robert, "Might have something to do with why we're here anyway. Heard you had a cave open up nearby recently?"
[19:11] <@Kotono> There's a pause as he takes a glass of lemonade, downing it in one long gulp. After Em refills his glass, "Thanks Em, tell your Mom that she did great." Sitting back and getting a bit of bread to start with, "Yeah, about a year ago. Little less since it happened after the first big summer planting." His expression sobers a bit, "So did you run into a crackpot mystic who lets his balls dangle
[19:11] <@Kotono> free like a dog's?"
[19:12] <Gildas> He smiles a bit. "Yes, it seems we are both familiar with him."
[19:13] <@Porridge> Porridge snorts out a chuckle, reaching for some lemonade. "The very same."
[19:13] <@Feather> "Whatever he looks like, the magic's real alright," Feather muses, taking a glass as well.
[19:16] <@Kotono> Robert finishes his bread fast, going for some cracklins. "Damn, farming's hard work. "Yeah, I saw him do some real hoo-doo. You ask me, going around with the boys on display isn't worth it." He shrugs, "First time you get into a fight, the hell do you think is going to happen? Assuming moquitos haven't bitten them raw already. Damn elf was a freak. But anyway, about a year ago we had some
[19:16] <@Kotono> falling grounds. Wasn't a big one but it deep and opened up into a cavern complex. Went down a bit, made sure everything looked stable. Which the crackpot confirmed, by the way," Tapping the ground with a foot, "Shouldn't be any danger of falling grounds here.""
[19:17] <Gildas> "It is not the falling that will plague you... but that which comes from the cave. That is why we have come." He nods.
[19:18] <@Porridge> "Yeah, he sealed it but he did a piss poor job of it," Porridge agrees.
[19:18] <@Kotono> "Yeah, found that out. So a couple of days pass - this is before the mystic came by. So I'm working in the field and little Celem comes running up-son of a bitch," he snaps, slamming his glass down, "He assured me it would hold!"
[19:18] <@Feather> "Sounded downright gleeful at what'll happen when it gets unsealed. And that's a when, not an if."
[19:19] <@Kotono> "That BASTARD!" Slamming his fist down onto the table, "The missus told me not to trust him - but also not to cross him, since he's from the Fair Folk. Figures."
[19:20] <Gildas> "Ah... please, calm down, sir. In a sense, the situation will be better served this way. We have... some experience in these matters and are going to clear it out." He smiles.
[19:21] <@Feather> "Wouldn't be here if we didn't think we could help," Feather agrees.
[19:21] <@Porridge> "S'what we do," Porridge nods agreeably, gulping down some lemonade afterwards. Stuff's nice!
[19:22] <@Kotono> "Well good," Going back to his food and grumbling, "Well, as long as you're here dealing with them, you're welcome to stay."
[19:23] <@Porridge> "Thanks. Reckon we can head out at first light tomorrow?" he checks with his companions if that suits them.
[19:24] <Gildas> He nods.
[19:25] <@Feather> "Sounds right."
[19:28] <@Kotono> "That's right and good of you," Robert says, "Let me tell you about what I did deal with first."
[19:28] <@Feather> "Would be mighty helpful," Feather agrees with a nod.
[19:28] <Gildas> He nods. "Please."
[19:29] <@Porridge> "Go on," Porridge grabs some venison and bread to munch on. "We have some idea what could be down there, but that might be more lies."
[19:34] <@Kotono> The food's good - fresh and hot, all of it. It beats the hell out of trail food. "So as I was saying, Celem comes running up to me. Says he saw a magic glowing lizard in the hole. Damn boy never listens," Sighing, "I'd told them all to stay away from it, and he goes and peeks down anyway. So I go and see and it's crawled up by then. It's big for a lizard, about the size of a hen stretched out.
[19:34] <@Kotono> It's the damned thing, but it kept crackling like lightning. So I gave it a good smashing and it died. Didn't put up a fight." Shaking his head, "The missus called it a me'urra. Apparently some elves domesticate them, but they're mostly a minor hazard." Shrugging, "Tasted mighty good in a stew." Pausing, "So after that I climb down and take a look in the caverns, just in case."
[19:35] * Quits: NeremWorld (NeremWorld@71-217-106-118.tukw.qwest.net) (Quit: )
[19:38] * @Feather doubts it would be as good as the deer, nodding at the story so far.
[19:39] <@Kotono> "Once I get down there, I can see a few more along with a bigger lizard. Big as a dog," Nodding a moment at that, "I get out at that point and start to worry. That's when the mystic came by and went down. He said there were other things in there, but he'd take care of it by sealing the entire caverns away."
[19:39] * Gildas takes a very small amount of food and nibble on it as he listens.
[19:39] <Gildas> "How long have you lived here, if you do not mind my asking?"
[19:44] <@Kotono> "Nearly twenty years now," He smiles a moment, "Me and the missus ran off back when were dumb young'ins just old enough to know we liked each other a lot. Funny story, her parents didn't mind me, but my parents wouldn't have any part of an elf in the family. It's usually the other way around, you know." Sitting back and picking at a bit more food, "Built a home and farm here. Helped that I got
[19:44] <@Kotono> a late growth spurt too." Looking at nothing in particular as he smiles, "Before we even blined we were knee-deep in kids. Apparently we're a good match, since she's apparently, ahem, gifted by how the elves recon it. They don't have kids as fast as humans do."
[19:45] * @Porridge snorts. "Sure is something. You've practically got a whole tribe here."
[19:49] <@Kotono> "Hah. 15 kids." Shaking his head slowly, "The hell of it is that she usually has twins or even triplets." Smiling a little bit, "We're having to start making courtship trips to Willowford for the oldest soon. Wouldn't mind having some company around here. Clear out some more forest, maybe build a second farm house for some second generation families."
[19:50] * @Feather laughs. "And before long, you really do have yourself a proper village here?"
[19:51] <@Porridge> "Be a good place to settle down for someone that wants lots of kids, anyway," Porridge muses with a grin.
[19:51] <@Kotono> "So you put stock in what the crackpot said?" Robert sits back now, basking in being full. "I can sort of see it, but the elf's also a loon."
[19:52] <@Porridge> "Well, when one of your kids comes back here with their new husband or wife, see how many grandkids you rack up," Porridge suggests. "Then you'll know for sure."
[19:53] <@Kotono> "Say," Smiling a little bit, "You look like good folk," Giving the party a once-over, "Any of you looking into settling down?"
[19:55] * @Feather grins at him. "Never quite know myself. Always figured that once traveling got too scary, it's that sign I'm waiting for."
[19:56] <@Porridge> While the girl who brought along the lemonade did look nice, Porridge also thinks she's about fifteen years younger than him. "Tempting, but I might be a bit too old for any of your girls," he shakes his head with a chuckle.
[19:57] <@Kotono> "Heh," Nodding to Feather, "Maybe after all this is over, I can introduce you and Em and see what happens."
[20:00] <@Feather> Not really sure about much, Feather settles for a polite and noncommittal nod that shouldn't offend their host.
[20:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. What's your plans here? Rest up and be ready for the morning?
[20:01] <@Porridge> OOC: yes, and try not to be tempted by the hormonal and sheltered young half-elf teens.
[20:02] <@Feather> OOC: It should be asy
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: As this isn't a romantic comedy you should be okay on that front. Okay, two things. Gildas tossed me a PM about wnating to do a Speak to Plants before resting. Second of all, let's pause here so we can tackle the cave fresh in the 'morrow.

[Ebiris]

[18:00] <@Kotono> The next morning's rather warm and bright. Without the canopy above, the warmth of the turning seasons plummels the farm below. Robert leads you to the edge of his farthest field, "Now watch this," he says.
[18:00] <@Porridge> With Bubi set loose to hunt and do whatever birdy things he does on the surface while Porridge goes underground, he follows along and looks where Robert is looking.
[18:01] * Feather is as alert as ever!
[18:05] * Gildas will come over to them!
[18:10] <@Kotono> At the edge of the forest, Robert draws a knife. It's a good old dagger, which is drawn against his hand! He grunts as droplets of blood fall to the ground! At this bloodshed, the terrain before you changes! Ahead is now a sinkhole! It's not too wide, perhaps twenty feet in diameter or so. In the ground at the lip of the sinkhole is a stake, with rope tied to it and curled up in a coil. "The
[18:10] <@Kotono> rope should get you down," he says, fishing out a kerchief and bandaging his hand. "It's stable, so you shouldn't fall as long as you take it slow."
[18:11] <@Porridge> "How deep does it go?" Porridge asks, walking over to peer down.
[18:11] <Feather> "How d'you know to do that?" Feather questions, peering down next to Porridge.
[18:12] <@Kotono> Myann follows, peering down as well. It goes down a good ways, perhaps 50 or 60 feet. "Sixty foot or hereabouts," the tall man replies, "You can't see it from here, but the bottom's muddy because of the collapse. It'll help a bit if you fall."
[18:12] <@Kotono> "To do what?" Robert asks back.
[18:13] * Feather points at the sinkhole.
[18:14] <@Kotono> "You mean cutting my hand? That crackpot told me to in case anyone needed to go in." Finishing up tying the kerchief around his hand, "That should hold it."
[18:14] <@Porridge> "Yeah, they like blood," Porridge agrees. "Alright, hopefully you'll hear from us soon," he nods and takes hold of the rope to start climbing down.
[18:16] <@Kotono> OOC: What are y'all's climb checks?
[18:16] <@Porridge> OOC: +13
[18:16] <Feather> OOC: +8
[18:17] <Gildas> OOC: 0
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a climb check, Gildas?
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: It's also str based, so add your str mod to it.
[18:18] <Gildas> OOC: Can I just transform into my aerial form to fly down?
[18:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure, no reason why not.
[18:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then, mo re coming.
[18:18] <Gildas> OOC: Fantastic.
[18:18] <@Kotono> Thus the party descends down! Below is a large cavern. It's a good 100ft by 120ft, relatively open. A few broken stalagmites litter the floor. The ground is considerably scuffed up with several deep nicks about. Other spots of stone have scorch marks. To the north is a narrow passage. To the southwest is a wider passage sloping down. To the east is a passage - but one with a low ceiling, promising
[18:18] <@Kotono> kneeling and crawling to go through it.
[18:19] <@Porridge> Since it's going to get a lot darker as they go, Porridge gets some sticks and starts rubbing them together to make a flame so he can then light a torch.
[18:20] <@Kotono> This goes without incident and soon Porridge is holding a good, burning torch!
[18:21] <@Porridge> "Any preference which way to go?" he asks, holding up the torch away from his face.
[18:21] <@Kotono> Myann steps out of the mud and onto the stone of the cavern floor. "I can smell mushrooms," she adds, drifting towards the southwest passage. "There's definintely mushrooms down that way. Not normal ones, either."
[18:22] <Feather> "Bad ones?" Feather asks, only half serious.
[18:23] <Gildas> He will turn back into his normal form once they're down there. "Yes, in case... it isn't obvious, there is definitely something here. The tree I spoke with spoke of power below, we will definitely find... something here. I... think we should wait to go that way --" he indicates the the eastern passage. "We may as well go to the mushrooms first, as we technically have some experience with that."
[18:23] <@Kotono> "Shriekers," Myann replies as she looks down the passage. "I can't see them from here, but they're there. There's probably violet fungi with them as well, which are poisonous."
[18:23] <@Porridge> Okay with that, Porridge starts heading down that way.
[18:24] <Feather> "I think we've all had enough poison mushrooms for a good while."
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: So which way?
[18:25] <@Porridge> Turning around, Porridge shrugs and goes North instead!
[18:26] <@Kotono> OOC: Quick perception checks, y'all.
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:26] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+13
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+13 and gets 24." [1d20=11]
[18:26] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[18:27] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[18:28] <@Kotono> The party can see that the walls of the northern passage shimmer slightly. It's a moist sort of shimmer, as if the walls were greased up. Indeed, a closer look can see that it's like everything but the floor of the northern passage has been coated in something that looks a lot like grease or a similar lubricant.
[18:28] <Gildas> He glances at the torch. "Ah... hm."
[18:28] <@Porridge> Porridge frowns and stops. "Anyone have magic light?"
[18:29] <@Kotono> "I can manage something," Myann speaks up, "Hold on."
[18:29] <Feather> "Why not set it on fire and leave for a while, see what comes up?"
[18:30] <@Porridge> "Have to climb out quick, smoke'll get you otherwise," Porridge warns.
[18:30] <@Kotono> "How about we all climb back out and Gildas does it? He can get out for sure by turning into a bird," Myann points out.
[18:30] <Feather> "Gildas can fly out real quick," Feather muses, glancing at him. "What do you think?"
[18:30] * Feather grins at Myann.
[18:31] <@Porridge> Porridge hands off the torch to Gildas and then starts climbing back up!
[18:31] <@Kotono> She returns the grin right back.
[18:31] <Gildas> He nods, taking the torch.
[18:31] * Feather waits for Myann to follow Porridge up before bringing up the rear.
[18:32] <@Kotono> Thus the party returns to the surface! Robert's already gone. Meanwhile Gildas goes to the wall and puts it to the torch! The grease quickly catches fire, alighting the northern passage with flames! They spread rapidly down it!
[18:32] <Gildas> Wasting no time, he will transform into his eagle shape and get the heck out of there!
[18:33] * Feather draws the bastard sword in preparation, stepping a few feet away from the entrance.
[18:33] <@Kotono> Gildas comes out! He's behind the first waftings of smoke, sweet air greeting him on the arrival! OOC: Are you going to watch down the hole at all, y'all, or just wait awhile or what?
[18:33] <@Porridge> OOC: I'll save my eyes and keep back
[18:34] <Feather> OOC: I'm some 5ft away
[18:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Gildas?
[18:34] <Gildas> OOC: I'll stand about where Feather is.
[18:34] <Gildas> OOC: Actually, no.
[18:35] <Gildas> OOC: I'll fly above it, near the smoke.
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Perception checks, y'all.
[18:35] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[18:35] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+13
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[18:35] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[18:35] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[18:38] <@Kotono> Soon the party can hear it - screams! Screams coming from the cavern! High-pitched screams of pain! From above Gildas can see down the hole - a tiny little kobold runs by, ablaze! It screams and shouts before falling in a burning heap! Then another comes by, just coming into range before collapsing into its own personal funeral pyre. Then-CRACKAAABOOOOOOOOOOOM! The earth shudders in a violent
[18:38] <@Kotono> earthquake! All but Gildas are tossed down hard in the shuddering of the earth below! At the same time, to the north, you can see several trees in the forest ahead suddenly sink down dozens of feet! Moments laters geysers of fire erupt out of them, sending smoke and debris all about before dying down! 
[18:39] <@Porridge> Porridge's eyes are pretty wide right now.
[18:39] * Feather climbs to his feet slowly, shaking his head in disbelief. "What the fuck?!"
[18:42] <@Kotono> "Ah!" Myann hits the ground and only slowly rises. Smoke rises from the sinkhole in a great big torrent. "I...did it hit a fault line?" Myann says, voice dazed.
[18:42] <@Kotono> The fires don't look to be spreading at least. Just one torrent that rose out, no obvious and immediate catches.
[18:42] <Gildas> Gildas-bird flies around, surveying the area where the trees came down.
[18:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Perception real quick, Gildas.
[18:43] <@Porridge> "Think we ought to wait a bit for the ground to settle before we go back down there again," Porridge says, emerging from his stupor. "Could get ourselves buried otherwise."
[18:43] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[18:43] <@Kotono> Gildas can see some sparks and small embers starting to catch. Not a lot at least - it looks like most of the heat rose out rather than catching.
[18:44] <Feather> "So, uh, yeah," Feather says uneasily, backing a few more steps from the hole. "Or check out that other sinkhole, maybe?"
[18:44] <@Kotono> "Let's...just...wait," Myann says slowly, also backing away. "I have no idea how that happened!" she says slowly.
[18:44] <@Porridge> "Can give it a shot," he agrees, likewise backing off.
[18:45] <@Kotono> Meanwhile Robert and a few kids come running over. "The blazes of hell happened?!" he demands, "I though the land was stable!"
[18:45] <Feather> "Them kobolds below blew it up! Somehow!"
[18:45] <Gildas> He flies back over to the others, lands and then transforms back. "Well, at least now we know where they came from..."
[18:46] <@Porridge> "Walls down there were coated in grease," Porridge explains. "Caught alight from our torch, next thing kobolds are screaming and then the ground just heaves!"
[18:46] <@Kotono> "Back with your ma, children!" Robert bellows, his children only slowly retreating. "Kobolds? Like the bards sing of? Little lizards?"
[18:46] <Feather> "Not so little. Got weapons, too." Feather frowns. "Did."
[18:47] <@Porridge> "Bombs too, I think..."
[18:47] <Feather> "Have to be."
[18:47] <Gildas> "If they had coated the walls in that substance, it is not too much to imagine they had a surplus of it somewhere, I think." He shakes his head. "How dangerous..."
[18:49] <@Kotono> "I can't imagine..." Myanna repeats, rubbing her head slowly.
[18:49] <@Kotono> "Fucking hell," Rubbing his temple, "You were in there maybe five minutes! Can't say you don't get results quickly."
[18:50] <Gildas> "We will return shortly, once the smoke has cleared." He nods.
[18:50] <@Porridge> "Yeah, given that blast figure we ought to wait another day to go back in," Porridge says, "Give the ground time to settle."
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Perception checks, round 3.
[18:50] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+11
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[18:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[18:50] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[18:51] <@Kotono> The party can hear skittering coming up from the sinkhole. The sound of something hard against stone.
[18:51] <Feather> "Better keep well back," Feather cautions Robert. "We figure there's some nasty mushrooms there. Shriekers? And some poison? Don't wanna get caught in that stuff." And even as he speaks, his ears pick on the skittering noise and he wards himself against electricity just in case.
[18:51] <@Porridge> "What the..." Porridge casts resist energy on himself and unslings his axe as he approaches the hole. "Get back, Robert. Could be those lizards!"
[18:52] <@Kotono> Myann draws her weapon, hanging back and with a spell on her lips! OOC: Gildas?
[18:53] <Gildas> He transforms into his bear self, just in case!
[18:54] <@Kotono> The party transforms as Robert turns and books it away! Meanwhile, from the smoking sinkhole, they emerge! Five of them, blue-green lizards with electricity running across their bodies! They look a little dazed, yet beady electric blue eyes peer all around! OOC: Init.
[18:54] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[18:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 l1
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[18:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 l2
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 l1 and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[18:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 l3
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 l2 and gets 7." [1d20=1]
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 l3 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[18:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 l4
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 l4 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[18:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 l5
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 l5 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[18:54] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+1
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+1 and gets 3." [1d20=2]
[18:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[18:55] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[18:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5(15)>Feather(13)>SL1=SL2(7)'
[18:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10)>SL1=SL2(7)>Porridge(3)'
[18:57] <@Kotono> Two of the lizards swiftly band together, electricity crackling between them! They gaze unblinking lizard eyes right at Gildas, before electricity crackles around and engulfs all! OOC: Ref saves, y'all. Note if you have evasion.
[18:57] <Feather> roll 1d20+3 evasion
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 evasion and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[18:57] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[18:57] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Myann
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Myann and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[18:57] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 evasion
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 evasion and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 4d8 nonlethal electricty damage. Feather none, Porridge full, Myann full, Gildas none.
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8 nonlethal electricty damage. Feather none, Porridge full, Myann full, Gildas none. and gets 16." [4d8=4, 3, 8, 1]
[18:59] <@Kotono> The storm of electricity engulfs the party! Feather and Gildas are over it, leaping back and out of the blast range! But Porridge and Myann ar eslower, caught in the lightning storm! They're shocked badly, hair frizzing out and burning! Porridge is at least warded, but Myann isn't! She convulses badly, seizuring! OOC: Myann has a -2 to attack rolls until further notice due to electricity overload.
[18:59] <@Kotono> Ow. Gildas and SL5 are up. Go.
[19:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>SL1=SL2(7)>Porridge(3)'
[19:00] <@Kotono> Another lizard turns its attentions onto the shocked Myann, sending a smaller bolt at her!
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 halve this
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 halve this and gets 10." [2d8=8, 2]
[19:01] <Gildas> The bear angrily bounds at the first of the shocker lizards, trying to tear into it!
[19:01] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: That be a hit.
[19:01] <Gildas> roll 1d6+7
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+7 and gets 13." [1d6=6]
[19:02] <@Kotono> The first lizard gets a deep bite out of its side! Electricity charged blood arcs out, crackling on the ground! Most of its back is gone, but the lizard still twitches and moves! OOC: Ow. Feather, go.
[19:03] <@Kotono> "Guuuuuuh! Gaaaah!" Myann tries to speak but she convulses instead! Her body writhes, red hair flying about! She falls to one knee as her muscles continue to twitch!
[19:04] <Feather> The best way to deal with these things is to cut down those who have been too slow on the attack, and Feather tries to do just that!
[19:04] <Feather> roll 1d20+11 SL1
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 SL1 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[19:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+11 SL1
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 SL1 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[19:05] <@Kotono> OOC: That be a trip to Critsville.
[19:05] <Feather> roll 2d10+10+2d6
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2d10+10+2d6 and gets 26." [2d10=7, 1][2d6=4, 4]
[19:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>SL2(7)>Porridge(3)'
[19:06] <@Kotono> Already torn open, the lizard is easily cut in twain by Feather! His blade does the work, laying the monster more than low! As it lies there and bleeds out, staining the ground with its lifeblood? Myann stumbles back a bit more, trying to gesture and utter arcane words!
[19:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[19:06] <@Kotono> From nowhere a giant block of wood appears, flying at the second shocker lizard!
[19:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 ranged touch (-2 shock)
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 ranged touch (-2 shock) and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[19:07] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 13." [5d6=1, 4, 4, 2, 2]
[19:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 vs prone
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 vs prone and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[19:08] <@Kotono> The block slams on top of the lizard! There's a satisfying CRUNCH as it lands, yet when it vanishes! The lizard is half-smashed but still moving, enduring yet! It wobbles about wildly, before turning to the close Gildas and sending off a bolt, before scurrying back down the hole! OOC: Ref Gildas.
[19:09] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[19:09] <@Kotono> But Gildas does the splits - impossibly fast in bear form - and the shock flies over his head! OOC: Porridge, go.
[19:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>SL2(7 retreating)>Porridge(3)'
[19:10] <@Porridge> Not even bothering to draw his axe, Porridge instead just kicks one of the shocker lizards into the hole it just emerged from. "Down you go!"
[19:10] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8 CMB bull rush on SL3
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 CMB bull rush on SL3 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[19:11] <@Kotono> The barbarian comes in with a great kick - but his balance slips, causing him to need to rebalance instead of managing a kick at all! As this happens, another lizard emerges! this one has bands of black to its coloration and is bigger than the other shocker lizards! It has eyes that are pools of electricity, gazing about! OOC: Adding to init.
[19:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[19:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>Black Lizard(8)>SL2(7 retreating)>Porridge(3)'
[19:12] <@Kotono> Meanwhile, the two shocking jokers quickly turn their attention on the closest target - Porridge! Lightning arcs from the two of them and flows towards him! OOC: Ref.
[19:12] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[19:12] <@Kotono> roll 4d8 lethal electricity damage, halve this
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8 lethal electricity damage, halve this and gets 23." [4d8=6, 6, 4, 7]
[19:13] <@Kotono> But Porridge is able to twist out of the way, standing his ground and avoiding the worst of it at the same time! He's ab it singed but nothing more! OOC: SL5 and Gildas.
[19:13] <@Kotono> Meanwhile the 5th lizard turns to Gildas and gives him a happy little jolt of misery! OOC: Ref.
[19:13] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[19:14] <@Kotono> But Gildas leaps like a ballerina in bear form, landing nimbly with not a single bit of fur shocked away! OOC: Evaded. Go.
[19:14] <Gildas> The bear, apparently some sort of lightning dodging champion, moves to engage the larger lizard to hopefully deter it from shooting any electricity at the others!
[19:14] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[19:16] <@Kotono> But the lizard simply ignores Gildas, claws failing to scratch its scaly skin! At the same time lightning travels up his claw, arcing from the creature towards him! OOC: Ref again.
[19:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[19:17] <@Kotono> But Gildas likewise avoids the bolt, shaking it off his claw and sending it flying! As if it were somehow solid! OOC: Okay, Feather, go.
[19:17] <Feather> The newest arrival is clearly the strongest threat. While happy that Gildas recognized that as well, Feather isn't content to leave things that way and circles around to strike swiftly from the lizard's other flank before springing back once more.
[19:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[19:17] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+2d6
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+2d6 and gets 20." [1d10=4][2d6=5, 6]
[19:18] <@Kotono> Feather cuts deep into the beast, spraying good blood out all over! As he's splattered, electricity travels up his sword and through the splattered blood, all at the brave warrior! OOC: Ref, Feather.
[19:18] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 6." [1d20=3]
[19:18] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 lethal
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 lethal and gets 14." [2d8=7, 7]
[19:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Full, obviously, with that save.
[19:19] <@Kotono> Feather gets a nasty jolt, but his warding holds! Meanwhile Myann grimaces and begins casting again!
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 84." [1d100=84]
[19:19] <@Kotono> And again another block comes flying, this one from above, going right down at the black lizard!
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 touch AC
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 touch AC and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[19:20] <@Kotono> But the lizard moves too fast and manages to dodge the block altogether, which hits the ground and fades away in motes of magic! It then begins to crackle with electricity, before a storm of it engulfs Gildas from head to toe! OOC: Ref.
[19:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[19:21] <@Kotono> roll 3d8 full damage and more
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 full damage and more and gets 15." [3d8=6, 7, 2]
[19:21] <@Kotono> OOC: Are you immune to paralysis by any chance, Gildas?
[19:22] <Gildas> OOC: Uhh... I don't think so.
[19:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Probably not then. Okay.
[19:22] <@Kotono> The shock gets Gildas all over! He can't dodge when his entire body is engulfed! He shakes terribly, unable to do anything but flop on the ground in the thrall of a massive seizure! OOC: You're paralyzed for 1 round, which means you miss your next turn. SL2 is off view and not doing anything to come back to it. Porridge.
[19:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15 paralyzed 1)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>Black Lizard(8)>SL2(7 retreating)>Porridge(3)'
[19:24] <@Porridge> Still tempted by the possibilities of making a large pile of flattened lizards at the bottom of the hole, Porridge gives the black lizard a big kick!
[19:24] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8 CMB bull rush
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 CMB bull rush and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[19:24] <@Kotono> OOC: Sucess!
[19:25] <@Kotono> Porridge winds back and gives the lizard a big kick! It's kicked right into the smoking hole, plummeting down! At the same time lightning travels up Porridge's foot! OOC: Ref Porridge
[19:25] <@Kotono> roll 5d6 falling damage
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 falling damage and gets 14." [5d6=2, 3, 2, 1, 6]
[19:25] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[19:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15 paralyzed 1)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>SL2(7 retreating)>Porridge(3)'
[19:25] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 lethal full
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 lethal full and gets 14." [2d8=8, 6]
[19:27] <@Kotono> Evne as Porridge's leg twitches and burns, there's a loud CRACK a few moments later as the lizard hits the bottom! Meanwhile, the two feisty lizards begin to charge another shocking burst that envelopes Porridge and Gildas! OOC: Ref Porridge. Gildas is helpless while paralysed and unable to make a ref save.
[19:27] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 4d8 nonlethal, Porridge half Gildas full
[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8 nonlethal, Porridge half Gildas full and gets 16." [4d8=1, 1, 6, 8]
[19:28] <@Kotono> Porridge is able to dodge some of the storm, his ward stopping the rest! As lightning crackles off him, Gildas can do naught but shudder in the throes of electric paralysis! OOC: Ow. SL5. Gildas is paralysed this round.
[19:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL3(24)>SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>SL2(7 retreating)>Porridge(3)'
[19:30] <@Kotono> The lizard goes up to Gildas, another shock running up him!
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 lethal bastards go for the downed guy, eh?
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 lethal bastards go for the downed guy, eh? and gets 7." [2d8=5, 2]
[19:31] <@Kotono> Gildas gets another powerful shock, the bear helplessly convulsing once more! Smoke rises from his fur, his entire body ravaged! OOC: Ow. Feather.
[19:32] <Feather> The pair coordinating their attacks is the true remaining threat, and Feather sees what he can do about breaking them up. "Alright there, Gildas?" he calls out as he runs past the bear, and then his sword is seeking out the closer of the lizards!
[19:32] <Feather> roll 1d20+9 SL4
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 SL4 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[19:32] <@Kotono> But the lizard is shockingly fast, zipping out of the way like a lightning bolt! OOC: Rotten luck. Myann's up.
[19:33] <@Kotono> Myann stays back, a third block coming at the 4th shocker lizard! Her face is all concentration now, despite the muscles of her face constantly spasming!
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[19:33] <@Kotono> But the lizard's too fast, dodging that lickedey-split too! OOC: SL2 is still not on creen. Porridge.
[19:34] <@Porridge> Porridge tries to solve that problem in his own inimitable style, grabbing up one of the remaining lizards and spiking it down into the hole with a hopefully triumphant yell!
[19:34] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8 bull rush
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 bull rush and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[19:34] <@Kotono> roll 5d6 kersplat
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 kersplat and gets 16." [5d6=3, 3, 1, 5, 4]
[19:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>SL2(7 retreating)>Porridge(3)'
[19:34] <@Porridge> "I love this thing!" he admits giddily.
[19:35] <@Kotono> The lizard is grabbed and tossed down! It lands with a meaty CRACK of bones far below! OOC: Ow, ow, ow. SL4.
[19:35] <@Kotono> The fourth shocker lizard stares a moment at Porridge! Oh it stares, before its entire body crackles with even more lightning! From above a bolt from the clear blue sky comes down, striking the lizard before all around it becomes a hellscape of electricity! OOC: Ref Porridge.
[19:36] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[19:36] <@Kotono> roll 2d12 lethal halve this
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d12 lethal halve this and gets 15." [2d12=11, 4]
[19:37] <@Kotono> But Porridge endures, the storm rolling off his defenses! OOC: SL5 and Gildas. Go Gildas. You're prone by the way, see #elysium.
[19:37] <@Kotono> "Just keep doing that," Myann manages to call, still convulsing.
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: I'll try and stand up, first, then.
[19:38] <@Kotono> The fifth lizard turns to Gildas, giving him another shock at the same time as he acts! OOC: ref. You two act on the same tick, so even if he KOs you, yo uget your turn.
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[19:38] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[19:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. It'll AoO you since you evaded its shock.
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 bite AC?
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 bite AC? and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: 21, but +4 for AoO
[19:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[19:39] <Gildas> OOC: So 25 total
[19:39] <Gildas> The incredibly singed and burnt bear will take his frustration out on the lizard that just, again, tried to shock him by attempting to tear its face off.
[19:39] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[19:39] <@Kotono> Somehow that doesn't work out, the cowardly lizard dodging the bear altogether! Perhaps being fried and barely able to move plays into that. OOC: Feather.
[19:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL4(22)>SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>Porridge(3)'
[19:40] <@Kotono> OOC: SL2's effectively out of combat now, so.
[19:42] <Feather> He might've missed before, but now Feather tries a more direct attack on that lizard!
[19:42] <Feather> roll 1d20+11 SL4
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 SL4 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: HIt.
[19:42] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+2d6
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+2d6 and gets 16." [1d10=8][2d6=1, 2]
[19:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'SL5=Gildas(15)>Feather(13)>Myann(10, -2 attack)>Porridge(3)'
[19:43] <@Kotono> The fourth lizard gets a nifty decapitation courtesy of Feather, lying on the ground as splurt after splurt of lightning-blood stains the ground! It tries to rise, headless, standing for several moment before keeling over! Meanwhile Myann attempts to weave one more spell!
[19:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[19:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
[19:43] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 8." [5d6=2, 2, 1, 1, 2]
[19:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 ref
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 ref and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[19:44] <@Kotono> A block falls from above, smashing the last lizard down - but it manages to partially avoid it, only smushed instead of smeared like a bug! OOC: Iw. Porridge.
[19:44] <@Porridge> "Haven't forgotten about you!" Porridge booms, turning around and booting the last lizard down the hole!
[19:45] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[19:45] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 15." [5d6=5, 2, 5, 1, 2]
[19:45] <@Kotono> The last lizard is sent flying! It plummets down the hole, a third CRACK as it hits the ground far below! Then silence and pain as the battle is over! OOC: Free act.
[19:46] <@Kotono> Myann falls to a knee, promptly incanting arcane words!
[19:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 19." [1d100=19]
[19:46] <@Porridge> "Think we can stand guard here for a bit?" Porridge wonders, happy to do the same to any more lizards that show up.
[19:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d100 she'll try again
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 she'll try again and gets 1." [1d100=1]
[19:47] <Feather> "No reason not to," Feather muses, looking about. "Everyone's okay, more or less?"
[19:47] <@Kotono> Twice she chants, but twice her magic fizzles! She wipes her arm across her brow, "I can't focus my magic any more. Casting that many spells at once was a bit much for now."
[19:47] <Gildas> He transforms back and rubs his injuries slightly, incanting a healing spell for himself!
[19:48] <Gildas> roll 1d8+5 healing
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d8+5 healing and gets 8." [1d8=3]
[19:48] <@Porridge> Digging into his backpack, Porridge passes her over a small blue potion. "Here, that should do it."
[19:48] <@Kotono> ''
[19:48] <@Kotono> "T-thanks," she says, gunning the potion down!
[19:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+1
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[19:49] <@Kotono> Sec.
[19:53] <@Kotono> "Think I am now," Myann says, "Some herbs might help." She sits on the ground as meanwhile the party watches. OOC: Going to keep a watch out?
[19:53] <@Porridge> OOC: yeah, I'll have Bubi watch the other hole for us.
[19:54] <Feather> OOC: Let's wait half an hour and go take a look?
[19:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:56] <@Kotono> A half hour passes without incident. Nothing more come out from the sinkhole. But the new hole has something happen - namely the trees sink deeper. There's a softer rumbling of the earth as they collapse down. Some of them now lean ot the side at various angles, a general dome of collapse up to the north.
[19:57] <@Porridge> "Doesn't look good that way," Porridge opines. "Least it's away from the homestead."
[19:57] <Gildas> "If we assume those kobolds were doing a lot of digging... I think it was just a matter of time before they brought the ceiling down upon themselves." He sighs.
[19:57] <@Kotono> "We won't be taking that northern passage now," Myann adds quietly.
[19:58] <Feather> "Let's go take another look below?" Feather suggests, nodding at Porridge's words. "Maybe see where the lizards came from."
[19:58] <Gildas> He nods. "Very well."
[19:59] <@Porridge> "We'll go with magic lights this time," Porridge adds, starting to climb down.
[20:00] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 25." [1d100=25]
[20:01] <@Kotono> Myann casts light on her sword, which radiates light akin to a torch! You again return to below. The air still smells of smoke. Burnt kobold corpses are about, perhaps a dozen of them. Some fallen and broken shocker lizards lie in the mud under the sinkhole as well. The passage to the north only goes a little bit until it's overcome by a collapse.
[20:01] <@Porridge> Porridge kicks the shocker lizards over towards the North and then begins heading towards the deadly mushrooms.
[20:02] * Feather follows Porridge with a sigh.
[20:02] <Gildas> OOC: Is the bigger lizard amongst them?
[20:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:04] <Gildas> He frowns, shaking his head. "Hopefully there is nothing else dangerous..."
[20:11] <@Kotono> The passage goes on perhaps 20ft before you can see them. The passage down has mushrooms of a distinctly violet shade dotting the ground and walls. Myann pauses here, "Violet mushrooms. There's shriekers mixed in - you can tell by the shape."
[20:12] <@Porridge> "Any suggestions how to deal with them?" Porridge asks.
[20:13] <Gildas> "I... may have a way, but I do not know how it will work. I think I can draw the heat out of the area here to freeze it... that may cause them some trouble." He suggests.
[20:18] <@Kotono> "That would work," Myann says, "As long as you stay distant. I'm surprised the shreikers haven't started yet, but the earthquake may have stunned them."
[20:19] <Feather> "Go for it, then?"
[20:21] <Gildas> He nods and will kneel down and place his hand on the ground, casting Flash-freeze to try and freeze a 50ft. area where the vile mushrooms are! He will also attempt to push the freezing magic as far into the earth as he can to ensure it reaches them.
[20:23] <@Kotono> OOC: LInk me real quick?
[20:23] <Gildas> OOC: http://dndtools.eu/spells/frostburn--68/flash-freeze--1307/
[20:26] <@Kotono> Ahead, the ground and stone beneath the mushrooms freezes! A sheen of ice appears over it! There's no immediate reaction for the moment, before a horridly loud shriek fills the air! It seems to be coming from the mushrooms! From other purple 'shrooms, short tendrils begin lashing out all over! They flail in vain!
[20:26] <@Kotono> Myann stands safely back, "That should kill them. It will take a few minutes, but it should do the job."
[20:27] <@Porridge> "Nice," Porridge approves.
[20:27] <Gildas> He lets out a breath. "There may be more, so be careful."

[Ebiris]

[18:08] <Gildas> "Shall we move on?" He looks at the others. "Or wait?"
[18:08] <@Porridge> "They can't move around, right?" Porridge asks, figuring out the range of possible attacks based on the flailing he can see.
[18:11] <Gildas> "They should not be able to."
[18:11] <@Kotono> A few minutes of waiting pass without incident before the party proceeds on. The 'shrooms do nothing, frozen solid as you pass over the frosted ground. The passage hooks a bit before coming to an intersection. There's a passage continuing on in a generally southwestern direction. A side passage hooks to the straight west and there's a little recess in the eastern wall. Here lies the skeleton of
[18:11] <@Kotono> a small creature, perhaps a kobold or something of similar size. Ragged bits of cloth cling to it.
[18:12] <@Porridge> "Think poison got to it, or was it cornered by those lizards?" Porridge wonders, looking over the skeleton.
[18:12] <Feather> "Or those shriekers?"
[18:13] <@Kotono> "Violet mushrooms don't throw away the bones," Myann says, "Even if they did, it wouldn't be an intact skeleton." She goes over and gives it a look, wrinkling her nose.
[18:15] <Gildas> He shakes his head and looks to the west, keeping an eye out for any more mushrooms.
[18:20] <@Kotono> The west is another narrowing passage, not sloping like the path you just took. OOC: Make perception real quick, Gildas?
[18:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:21] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[18:23] <@Kotono> Gildas can see something half-blended into the wall! This thick, wormlike creature is longer than an adult human is tall. Its head rears up as if it intends to strike, but then its teeth retract. First you see one, then two more behind it! They keep to the walls, staying against them.
[18:23] <Gildas> "Hm... do any of you know what these are?" He indicates where he is looking. "They don't seem hostile..."
[18:24] * Feather stares at the massive worms incredulously.
[18:25] <@Porridge> Turning away from the skeleton Porridge stares at the worms for a long moment that amazingly is not interrupted by sudden violence.
[18:25] <@Porridge> OOC: any knowledge?
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: K:A if anyone want sto knowledge them.
[18:26] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+2
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+2 and gets 6." [1d20=4]
[18:26] <Feather> roll 1d20+9
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[18:27] <@Kotono> Feather can identify the creatures as thrum worms. They're magical beasts known to be unusually trainable. Smaller races (such as kobolds) use them as mounts. Watch out for the sonic blasts out of their mouths.
[18:27] <@Kotono> The worms advance a little more, staring at the party but not making any immediately hostile moves.
[18:28] <@Porridge> "Dunno, don't like the look of them," Porridge says dubiously, but since they aren't attacking he'll give them some benefit of the doubt. Keep an eye on them, though.
[18:28] <Feather> "So, uh, the little lizard guys ride them," he says, eyeing them warily and with just a touch of disbelief. "And if they yell at you, they can knock you back!"
[18:29] <Gildas> "Perhaps we should keep moving but watch them...? They may try and attack us if we turn our backs."
[18:30] <@Porridge> "Sure..." Porridge agrees, starting to head on the western passage now.
[18:30] * Quits: @Kotono (~kokokoko@ip68-96-9-49.hr.hr.cox.net) (Ping timeout)
[18:30] <Gildas> He will move forward, but turn to watch the worms as he does so.
[18:36] * Joins: Kotono (~kokokoko@ip68-96-9-49.hr.hr.cox.net)
[18:36] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Kotono Kotono
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Just to be clear y'all are heading towards the worms?
[18:42] <@Porridge> OOC: past them
[18:42] <@Porridge> OOC: if they're blocking the way I guess we can go southwest?
[18:46] <@Kotono> Thus the party heads past the worms. They don't make any hostile moves and allow you to go past. The passage is rather narrow and soon you're walking slowly and carefully, the walls far too close for anyone's comfort. You can't quite walk normally, having to go at an angle and with your shoulders rubbing against stone. As you do, you can see ahead there's a small chasm. It's only 10ft long and
[18:46] <@Kotono> perhaps 20ft deep.  The bottom's filled with stony debris. Past it the passage continues on.
[18:47] <@Porridge> "Think I can make that jump," Porridge considers. "How about you three?"
[18:47] <Gildas> "Would you like me to scout the other side?" He looks at the others.
[18:48] <@Kotono> "Might be able to, or climb the wall," Myann says with a little frown, "It'll be hard getting a running start with this little space."
[18:48] <@Porridge> "Yeah, true," Porridge agrees. "Go have a look make sure it's not a dead end first, Gildas?"
[18:49] <Gildas> He nods. "Certainly." He will become an eagle and tentatively fly over to the other side! He won't land, though, just in case.
[18:51] <Feather> "Got me some rope Gildas could take across," Feather muses. "Might just be easiest."
[18:55] <@Kotono> Flying to the other side is easy enough. The passage leads on, not opening up any more. Yet as you go along it, you can see several holes in the wall, filled with tightly packed stones. Little, crude lightning bolts are carved over them with a red X painted over. At the end of the passage you find it curves slightly. Ahead you can see a pair of kobolds, standing with spears at the ready. They
[18:55] <@Kotono> look bored but are gazing in your direction.
[18:58] <Gildas> He will fly back over and transform back. "There are kobolds at the end. There are also some... I can only assume traps." He will describe the stones and their lightning bolt carvings. "How would you like to proceed?"
[18:59] <Feather> "Go over, say hi, see what they're all about?"
[19:00] <@Porridge> "They might suspect we had a hand in all the fire and explosions," Porridge points out. "But may as well get it over with."
[19:01] <Gildas> "Just be wary of the traps. I assume they detonate somehow." He nods.
[19:03] <@Porridge> Thus Porridge takes the slow and safe path of climbing down the chasm and walking over to climb back up the other side.
[19:03] <Gildas> "Do you want me to carry the rope?" He looks at Feather.
[19:04] <Feather> "Yeah, might as well put it up and leave it here in case we need to get going real fast," Feather muses, offering one of the ends to Gildas before proceeding to secure the other over on this side.
[19:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, just going to use this to cross over safely?
[19:05] <Gildas> OOC: I assume I can shapeshift, take the rope over and shapeshift back with it?
[19:06] <Gildas> OOC: But either way, yes, it would seem that is the case.
[19:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[19:08] <@Kotono> With a bit of back and forth as well as work, the party crosses th echasm without incident.
[19:10] <Gildas> He will indicate where the stones are to the others.
[19:10] <@Porridge> Porridge keeps his distance from them, heading around the corner at a steady walk.
[19:12] <@Kotono> Thus the party goes around the corner! The kobolds are still there, and as Porridge comes around, "H-halt!" One cries, "Elf!"
[19:13] * Feather halts, and gives the pair of kobolds a friendly wave.
[19:13] <@Porridge> "'lo," Porridge stops, hoping these kobolds will be more reasonable than their robbers. "Not meaning to intrude or nothing."
[19:14] <@Kotono> "What are you doing down here!" One calls, while the other hads its spear out and ready to skewer.
[19:16] <@Porridge> "Clearing out things that might be dangerous to folks on the surface," Porridge replies. "Y'know, those electric lizards and stuff?" he gives them a piercing look, "You lot don't care about the surface, do you?"
[19:18] <@Kotono> "The thunder vermin?!" The two kobolds exchange a look, "Was that big boom yours? We thought a lot of kobolds went to the great tunnels today!"
[19:20] <Feather> "That wasn't you?" Feather asks them back. "Ground sank way down, and those zapper lizards ran around zapping people!"
[19:20] <@Porridge> "Yeah, they came charging up out of the hole a few minutes after the explosion," Porridge says truthfully.
[19:21] <@Kotono> "The lizards can make bombs now?!" The two kobolds shriek as one, high pitched! "Oh, we're all going to go go to the great tunnels now!" The left kobold whines, while the right one hangs his head, "We'll go without anything shiny to our names!"
[19:22] <Feather> "What is it with the shinies?" Feather just has to ask.
[19:28] <@Kotono> "The Emperor of All Kobolds punishes kobolds who don't bring shinies to the great tunnels!" The one on the left hangs his head, "They don't get fed or get wives in the second life!"
[19:29] <Gildas> "Are you guarding something...?" As if that realization just hit him.
[19:30] <Feather> "Huh."
[19:31] <@Kotono> The two suddenly pale, exchanging looks. After a moment they turn and bolt, running down the passage as if all the bats of Hell were chasing them!
[19:31] <Gildas> He blinks and looks at the others. "Shall we?"
[19:31] <Feather> "Hey, what's wrong?"
[19:32] <@Porridge> Porridge turns and looks behind him. He's heard this story before.
[19:33] <@Kotono> There's nothing behind the party of note.
[19:34] <Gildas> He will begin walking in the direction the kobolds ran.
[19:34] <@Porridge> Shrugging, Porridge trails after Gildas.
[19:35] <@Kotono> "Twitchy, aren't they?" Myann speaks up, "But I confess that I don't want to imagine those lizards with bombs either.
[19:35] <@Kotono> "
[19:36] <Feather> "Yeah, that's just... yeah." Feather shakes his head, following after the others. "Guess they ran off to loot and get away from here?"
[19:36] <@Porridge> "Be alright if they blew themselves up."
[19:42] <@Kotono> You follow along. At the end of the tunnel is a passage hooking around and on and a door set into the wall. The door is chained and has several locks, which the kobolds are currently working on unlocking - via blunt force.
[19:42] <@Porridge> "Need a hand there?" Porridge calls.
[19:43] <Feather> "Looks like you could use the right sort of key," Feather agrees, patting the hilt of his sword.
[19:45] <@Kotono> The two kobolds whirl around, "Ah!" One yips, "C-could you? You won't take the shinies, will you?"
[19:46] <Feather> "You plan on taking them and bolting, I figure?"
[19:48] <@Kotono> The two exchange looks and nod, "If the lizards have bombs, then we're all going to die if we don't run! DIE!"
[19:49] <Gildas> "Some of the shinies might be dangerous. Let's open this and we'll figure out what's safe for you, all right?" It wasn't... -entirely- a lie...
[19:50] * Feather shrugs, drawing his sword and approaching the locks to take a better look. "Sure thing. Let's split them and leave?"
[19:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 disable device?
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 disable device? and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[19:51] <@Kotono> The lock's fairly tough - it doesn't give to a casual attempt. Doesn't look like it's trapped or anything, at least.
[19:52] <Feather> "Gimme some room here," Feather says, shooing the kobolds away and trying again. There's time, at least.
[19:52] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[19:55] <@Kotono> Click! This time with some effort, Feather is able to undo the lock!
[19:56] * Gildas keeps an eye on the kobolds so they don't go run off and get themselves killed. Or steal something. Either or.
[19:56] * Feather nods to himself in satisfaction, and starts removing the chains.
[19:59] <@Kotono> The chains are duly removed. The door's just waiting to be opened!
[20:00] * Feather doesn't waste time in opening it.
[20:02] <@Kotono> The door opens! Within are crude shelves against the back wall. They glisten with shiny things - glass bottles, glass shards, coins, metal things, rings, and even an ingot of pure gold! The most impressive thing is a scythe crafted of pure, lustrious silver. It glimmers in Myann's mage-light, all metallic smoothness and gleaming beauty.
[20:03] * Feather silently calls upon Detect Magic to see what there is of real interest to those who don't need to meet any kobold emperors in the afterlife.
[20:04] <@Kotono> Several of the bottles radiate faint magic of various schools. The scythe reads strong magic. OOC: Spellcraft.
[20:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+9
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[20:05] <@Kotono> Feather can't puzzle out any of the auras in depth, however.
[20:06] <@Kotono> Meanwhile the kobolds race in, "Shinies!" They call, going and starting to scoop up treasure and trash alike.
[20:06] <Feather> Shrugging, he decides to try and take the scythe.
[20:08] <@Kotono> Feather grabs the scythe...!? It sticks to his hands like glue! He can't move his hands, completely stuck to the scythe! At the same time a crude mouth appears on the blade, and from it a blast of roiling hate right at Feather, "Greed shall leave you undone," It intones in guttural Common, "No one steals the treasures of Shaman Kelental!"
[20:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 touch AC Feather?
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 touch AC Feather? and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[20:08] <Feather> OOC: 13
[20:09] <@Kotono> But somehow Feather twists out of the way, dodging the bolt through impressive acrobatics! The two kobolds stare and shriek, before starting to run to the door with hands full of treasure! OOC: Init here.
[20:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 18." [1d20=15]
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 scythe
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 scythe and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[20:09] <Gildas> OOC: Can Gildas grab the two kobolds before they run off?
[20:09] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+1
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+1 and gets 5." [1d20=4]
[20:10] <@Kotono> OOC: No, no chance to yet. You may be able to if you go before them in init.
[20:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 kobold 1
[20:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 kobold 2
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 kobold 1 and gets 6." [1d20=5]
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 kobold 2 and gets 10." [1d20=9]
[20:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[20:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(18)>Gildas(17)>Myann(12)>Kobold 2(10)>Kobold 1(6)>Porridge(5)'
[20:12] <@Kotono> The scythe is close to Feather, stuck completely to his hands! It draws inward, using Feather as a body. It's going to be difficult to hit it and not hit Feather! OOC: Feather, you start. Obviously that doesn't apply to you, though you have the problem of the scythe stuck to you.
[20:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Also K:A here and K:D as well if you have it.
[20:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+9 K:A
[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 K:A and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[20:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 K:D
[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 K:D and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[20:12] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9 d
[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 d and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[20:13] <@Kotono> Feather can tell the creature's blast of roiling hate marks it as a warlock! Warlocks make pacts with various supernatural creatures (fey are one such) in exchange for power. This is a living creature and likely full of all sorts of magic as a result. (More)
[20:14] <@Kotono> Porridge can tell what this is! It's a mimic! They can change shape and stick to their unfortunate victims! They can't be removed as long as they're alive. They're wily, hungry foes. From the looks of it, this one knows how to use Feather as a shield, which means most attacks at the scythe could hit Feather.
[20:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Feather.
[20:18] <Feather> "Fucking mimics," Feather mutters, seeing no other way but to slam the resistant scythe against the floor as lightning is channeled through it. And if that doesn't leave it dazed, he'll do it again!
[20:18] <Feather> roll 1d20+5
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+5 and gets 17." [1d20=12]
[20:18] <@Kotono> OOC: The lightning auto hits, though attack roll to damage the scythe by slamming it. That didn't work so lightning damage only.
[20:18] <Feather> roll 5d6
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5d6 and gets 20." [5d6=6, 4, 4, 4, 2]
[20:19] <Feather> roll 5d6 more via quick cast if still there
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5d6 more via quick cast if still there and gets 16." [5d6=2, 5, 6, 2, 1]
[20:19] <@Kotono> Lightning crackles through the scythe, sparking out all over! A second burst follows, frying the scythe terrifically! Parts of it blow off, becoming grey goo as it splatters! But it's still alive and clinging, writhing with shocks! OOC: Ows. Okay. Gilda.s
[20:19] <Feather> "Get it the fuck off!" Feather cries as his own efforts are nowhere near enough.
[20:20] <Gildas> Deciding that they can chase the kobolds later, he transforms into his bear-self and bounds over, trying to bite into the scythe without biting into Feather!
[20:21] <@Kotono> OOC: Normal attack roll, this is adjudicated purely on the attack roll on my end.
[20:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[20:21] <@Kotono> OOC: Make that attack roll again against Feather's AC.
[20:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[20:22] <@Kotono> OOC: AC, Feather?
[20:23] <Feather> OOC: 18
[20:24] <@Kotono> OOC: Damage Gildas.
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d6+7
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+7 and gets 8." [1d6=1]
[20:25] <@Kotono> Gildas goes for it - but suddenly the duskblade's arms are yanked out, the scythe pulling forward! The druid bites right into Feather's arm, drawing a deep mouthful of flesh! OOC: Ow. Myann's up.
[20:25] <@Kotono> Myann comes over, ignoring the kobolds as she lays a hand on Feather's shoulder!
[20:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 54." [1d100=54]
[20:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 healing
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 healing and gets 12." [1d8=8]
[20:25] <Feather> "Fuckfuckfuck!" Feather yells. "Teeth! Teeth!"
[20:26] <Gildas> The bear lets go as quickly as he can, growling with what might be construed as an apology somewhere in there.
[20:26] <@Kotono> With her touch that bite heals, as well as Feather's other injuries! "Hold on, Feather!" Meanwhile the kobolds outright flee the room at top speed! OOC: Porridge.
[20:27] <@Porridge> "Sorry in advance, thing's tricky," Porridge warns before he leaps forward to bring his axe down on the fake scythe!
[20:27] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+7 -4 pa charge
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+7 -4 pa charge and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[20:27] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+7 -4 pa charge for feather as well?
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+7 -4 pa charge for feather as well? and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[20:28] <@Kotono> OOC: That's the happiest 1 on an attack roll I've ever seen.
[20:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(18)>Gildas(17)>Myann(12)>Kobold 2(10)>Kobold 1(6)>Porridge(5)>Mimic(2)'
[20:29] <@Kotono> Porridge charges in heavily -but misses completely, having to sidestep Gildas and swinging wide! Myann leaps back with an eep, the axe coming closer to her, "Careful!" she cries! OOC: Mimic's up, forgot to add it to init.
[20:31] <@Kotono> The mimic writhes with electricity, mouth opening wide! It fires at Feather point black, ab last of shadowy night! Beneath the two various spinning, illogical symbols appear! They make you sick to look at, moving too fast for the eye to follow!
[20:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 touch AC feather?
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 touch AC feather? and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[20:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 touch AC feather? ow
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 touch AC feather? ow and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[20:31] <Feather> OOC: 13
[20:31] <@Kotono> roll 4d6 and fort
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 and fort and gets 18." [4d6=4, 6, 5, 3]
[20:32] <Feather> roll 1d20+7
[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[20:32] <@Kotono> The blast catches Feather dead in the eyes! Darkness comes over him, sight reaved away under eldritch power and roiling hate! His eyes turn pitch black! OOC: Blinded for 1 round. Feather, go.
[20:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(18, blind 1)>Gildas(17)>Myann(12)>Kobold 2(10)>Kobold 1(6)>Porridge(5)>Mimic(2)'
[20:33] <Feather> "Not the eyes again!" Feather cries out in agony, trying to slam the trecherous thing into the ground as lightning once more travels down its length.
[20:33] <Feather> roll 1d20+5
[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+5 and gets 17." [1d20=12]
[20:33] <Feather> roll 5d6
[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5d6 and gets 18." [5d6=3, 3, 4, 6, 2]
[20:34] <@Kotono> Again the scythe is shocked terribly! Great torrents of goop go flying from it as it shakes all over - but it's still yet stuck on him and intact! "Hold on!" Myann calls again! OOC: Ow. Gildas.
[20:35] <Gildas> Growling, the bear will try once again to bite the scythe and... hopefully, this time, not his comrade.
[20:35] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:35] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7  and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[20:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Whiff, so second attack roll against Feather's AC.
[20:36] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:36] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7  and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[20:36] <@Kotono> OOC: AC when blinded, Feather?
[20:36] <Feather> OOC: I have uncanny dodge, so should still be 18
[20:37] <@Kotono> The great bear bites out - but between both Feather and the scythe fighting for control, he can't get an angle in at all! OOC: Okay. Myann's up.
[20:37] <@Kotono> Myann again reaches out!
[20:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[20:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 healing
[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 healing and gets 8." [1d8=4]
[20:37] <@Kotono> In elven she chants, "Stream of life, rain down on us all!" as energy returns to Feather! OOC: Kobolds are running like fuck. Porridge.
[20:39] <@Porridge> Whuffing out a breath, Porridge hefts his axe back again and swings it down like an executioner on the block!
[20:39] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[20:39] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9 feather
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 feather and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[20:39] <@Kotono> OOC: No need for the second since you hit with the first.
[20:39] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+5
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+5 and gets 8." [1d12=3]
[20:40] <@Kotono> Porridge brings his axe down hard! It's only a bare graze, yet it still forms a deep gash in the scythe! Yet it writhes around before a blast of pure eldritch hate engulfs the room!
[20:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 touch AC y'all?
[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 touch AC y'all? and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[20:40] <@Kotono> But it's wild and slams into the ceiling instead! A few rocks rain down in the aftermath, but nothing too big! OOC: Feather.
[20:40] <@Kotono> OOC: No longer blind.
[20:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(18)>Gildas(17)>Myann(12)>Kobold 2(10)>Kobold 1(6)>Porridge(5)>Mimic(2)'
[20:41] <Feather> The sight returning to his eyes is a relief, but what he sees is none too encouraging. Still, there is only one thing to do!
[20:41] <Feather> roll 1d20+5
[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[20:41] <@Kotono> OOC: HIt!
[20:41] <@Kotono> OOC: 2d4+str for the damage of the ground to scythe.
[20:42] <Feather> roll 2d4+4+5d6
[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2d4+4+5d6 and gets 22." [2d4=2, 4][5d6=2, 1, 4, 1, 4]
[20:43] <@Kotono> As shocking power runs through the metallic weapon, Feather slams it down hard! The entire thing shatters into great half metal, half goo puddles! They twitch and smoke, going on for several seconds before going still. Feather's hands are freed, yet he feels as if a shadow has come over his path...OOC: Free act. Feather has the following negative condition until further notice: Hexed: -1 luck
[20:43] <@Kotono> penalty to all rolls.
[20:43] <Feather> "Nasty."
[20:44] <@Porridge> "Guess there's a lesson there about greed or something," Porridge reflects philosophically.
[20:45] <@Kotono> "Or about mimics," Myann shakes her head, "That Shaman's probably crushed or burned alive at least."
[20:46] <Gildas> He transforms back, rubbing his jaw. "My apologies for your injury. Was there anything else of note in there, or did the kobolds make off with it?"
[20:46] * Feather snorts. "Bet he is. And funny thing is, we'll get more of these shinies now that it scared off the kobold guys." At Gildas's apology, Feather eyes him warily. "Didn't swallow, did you?"
[20:46] <@Kotono> There's still some treasure left around. OOC: We're late, so how about I assume y'all are going to look through it and post in loot in a little while.

[Ebiris]

[17:39] <@Kotono> Perhaps an hour is needed to sort through all the assorted treasures. You have them all stacked up now and sorted out. OOC: Go ahead now, ball's in y'all's court.
[17:40] <@Porridge> "Lets go back to the last junction and take the other way now?" Porridge suggests, hefting his pack and starting back the way they came.
[17:41] <Feather> "Guess we could," Feather agrees, not feeling very enthusiastic about it.
[17:42] <Gildas> "Shall we pack these items up or leave them, then?" He looks at the others.
[17:43] <@Porridge> "Not going anywhere, can grab them on our way out?"
[17:44] <@Kotono> "They're heavy, too," Myann points out, "Can we lock this room back up? If we find more treasure, we could use it as a store room, perhaps?"
[17:46] <Gildas> "Ah... that is a good idea." He nods.
[17:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, are you heading right out and to the passage winding further on or backtracking to the last intersection? Want to be clear.
[17:48] <@Porridge> OOC: go southwest from where we went west where the worms were. W.
[17:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[17:49] <@Kotono> Thus the party goes back. Crossing the small chasm is without incident and the worms have moved on. You go to the southwest! The ground here is a little smoother and flat, no real obsticles. But a mere 40ft ahead you see them - a pair of the electric lizards, coming down the passage and towards the party.
[17:50] <@Porridge> "Raaagh!" Porridge roars, leaping at them axe first!
[17:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then, that kicks off hositilies on a leapy note. Init.
[17:50] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+1
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+1 and gets 7." [1d20=6]
[17:50] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[17:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 lizard 1
[17:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 lizard 2
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 lizard 1 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 lizard 2 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[17:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[17:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+2
[17:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[17:51] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>Lizard 1(16)>Lizard 2(15)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Feather(5)'
[17:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Gildas.
[17:52] <Gildas> Remembering the last time, he makes a quick incantation of Resist Energy to protect him from the lightning of these lizards again.
[17:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Note that with the time that's passed your elec res has worn off, yes.
[17:52] <Gildas> After that, he will become his bear form and move towards the lizards to hopefully give them a tempting target rather than his allies!
[17:52] <Gildas> OOC: Done.
[17:52] <@Kotono> The two lizards turn to the charging Porridge - and suddenly massive currents of voltage erupt from them in a corona towards him! OOC: Ref.
[17:53] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[17:53] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[17:53] <@Kotono> roll 4d8 lethal halve this
[17:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8 lethal halve this and gets 17." [4d8=4, 7, 4, 2]
[17:54] <@Kotono> The bolt hits Porridge - but he twists out of the way, only getting a shock into his arm instead of dead-center chest! He stays up despite the nasty shock! Myann draws her blade and follows suit, charging in at the first lizard!
[17:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[17:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 crit?
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 crit? and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[17:54] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+6
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6 and gets 16." [2d8=7, 3]
[17:55] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>Lizard 2(15)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Feather(5)'
[17:55] <@Kotono> She runs in with a leap and slams her blade down the center of the lizard! Her blade is forced out by a geyser of crackling red blood, electricity and hot blood spraying out all over! The walls and Myann are painted with it as the lizard slumps down, life now mere decoration for the caverns! OOC: Ow. Porridge.
[17:56] <@Porridge> Porridge keeps right on going at that lizard!
[17:56] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9 -2pa, charge
[17:56] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 -2pa, charge and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[17:56] <@Kotono> OOC: A trip to the land of hit.
[17:56] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+9
[17:56] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+9 and gets 19." [1d12=10]
[17:57] <@Kotono> With a heavy downward cleave, the lizard is cut in half! More blood follows, bonemarrow visible from cleaved bones! Great electric storms writhe in these before sputtering out in a spray of visecra and blood! OOC: Enemy's dead but still in init. Go Feather.
[17:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Feather(5)'
[17:58] * Feather wards himself against electricity. Where there are two, there may well be more of the critters.
[17:59] <@Kotono> Indeed, more comes! But what comes isn't lizards. You see three of them - ants the size of small horses, skittering ahead! Two in front guard a third just behind them. This one has a corona of blue ectoplasm around its head. They're a mere 30ft from Myann and Porridge and 70ft from Feather and Gildas. They're just visible thanks to Myann's mage-light sword. OOC: ADding them to init.
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ant minion 1
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ant minion 2
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ant minion 1 and gets 17." [1d20=17]
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ant minion 2 and gets 3." [1d20=3]
[18:00] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ant mindslayer
[18:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ant mindslayer and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[18:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>AM1(17)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Mindslayer(6)>Feather(5)>AM2(3)'
[18:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Gildas.
[18:01] <Gildas> OOC: Hmm, can I reach any of them? I ... think I can?
[18:01] <@Kotono> OOC: You can with a charge.
[18:02] <@Kotono> OOC: You have mad movement speed, as they say.
[18:03] <Gildas> OOC: OK, so the two minions are in front of mindslayer, so If I charged it I'd have to go through them, yeah?
[18:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Yeah. They're effectively blocking the way to it.
[18:03] <Gildas> OOC: OK, then I'll charge #1
[18:04] <Gildas> roll 1d20+9
[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[18:05] <@Kotono> Gildas charges in, but the ant's skin is like forged iron! His claws and bite just can't quite penetrate it! At this the minion rears back and opens its mouth to bite Gildas back!
[18:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC, remember the -2 for charging
[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC, remember the -2 for charging and gets 9." [1d20=6]
[18:06] <Gildas> OOC: It's 19
[18:07] <@Kotono> But Gildas parries the blow away! "Damn!" Myann draws in a breath before going to support Gildas! As her light goes forward (leaving  Feather in the dark, but able to see withint he corona of light), it uncovers more! Two more minions are 10ft behind the protected ant, watching the rear with backs to you! OOC: Adding them to init.
[18:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 minion 3
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 minion 3 and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[18:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 minion 4
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 minion 4 and gets 11." [1d20=11]
[18:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>AM3(19)>AM1(17)>AM4(11)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Mindslayer(6)>Feather(5)>AM2(3)'
[18:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 charging minion 2 (+2 charge)
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 charging minion 2 (+2 charge) and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[18:07] <@Kotono> But her blade glances off as well, the ant's chitinous skin too hard to cut! OOC: Porridge.
[18:10] <@Porridge> "Alright, time to see if this works..." Porridge murmurs, bunching up his arms and grunting much as he does when the warp overtakes him, but instead of warping like a horrid mutant he instead shrinks! Soon a lizard about the same size as a shocker lizard except with a longer whip-like tail and dark green scales adorned with yellow stripes appears in his place! Chittering, he scampers towards the ants but keeps out of immediate reach, getting to the side of the front line.
[18:10] <@Porridge> OOC: wild shape as swindlespitter
[18:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:11] <@Kotono> Porridge morphs, becoming a lizard! he rushes into position, setting himself up! OOC: PM me any special details of that form, Porridge. Mindslayer's up.
[18:13] <@Kotono> The center ant's head crackles! You can hear a strange murmuring of words, like whispers just a touch too quiet to here. Then, the ectoplasm around its head solidifies into a whip that lashes out at Myann!
[18:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 touch AC
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 touch AC and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[18:13] <@Kotono> But Myann nimbly sidesteps the whip! It leaves trails of ectoplasm in the air, which hover in place in defiance of gravity!  OOC: Feather.
[18:15] * Feather dashes in after the others, aiming to cleave through one of the beasts defending the leader!
[18:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[18:16] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+2d6
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+2d6 and gets 19." [1d10=7][2d6=6, 1]
[18:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>AM3(19)>AM4(11)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Mindslayer(6)>Feather(5)>AM2(3)'
[18:17] <@Kotono> Feather charges in, cleaving through the head of the first ant! There's no blood - only dry, ashy brain matter tumbles out. It smells of dust and bitter winter fogs. The ant lies there, simply dead! Meanwhile the second minion ant goes to try and chomp down on Myann!
[18:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 chomp
[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 chomp and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[18:19] <@Kotono> But Myann brings her blade up, clashing mouth against sword! The two meet and with a push the ant is driven back! OOC: Gildas. The ant you charged is dead and the way to the mindslayer's open.
[18:19] <Gildas> OOC: OK!
[18:20] <Gildas> He bear roars and will try to bite what he assumes is the leader of these cretins!
[18:20] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Crit check.
[18:20] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 confirm
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 confirm and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Destination: Critsville.
[18:21] <Gildas> OOC: So is it now 2d6+7?
[18:21] <@Kotono> OOC: All damage is doubled. What's the bae damage?
[18:21] <@Kotono> OOC: BAse.
[18:21] <Gildas> OOC: 1d6+7
[18:21] <@Kotono> OOC: 2d6+14
[18:21] <Gildas> roll 2d6+14
[18:21] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d6+14 and gets 25." [2d6=6, 5]
[18:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>AM3(19)>AM4(11)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Feather(5)>AM2(3)'
[18:22] <@Kotono> Gildas leaps in over the dead ant! He comes down like the wrath of God on the mindslayer ant, biting it's head clean off in one savage tear! He spits it out, the head of the ant bouncing against the wall! The body does not bleed - it simply falls to the ground like a broken toy! OOC: DEstroyed. AM3 and 4 are up.
[18:22] <@Kotono> The third and fourth ant suddenly emit a high pitched droning as they charge Gildas!
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 AC?
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 AC? and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[18:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 AC?
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 AC? and gets 6." [1d20=1]
[18:23] <@Kotono> But Gildas eaisly parries both blows with one swipe of his claws! OOC: Myann's up.
[18:23] <@Kotono> Myann turns and takes her sword, thrusting dead ahead at the second ant!
[18:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[18:23] <@Kotono> But again she can't penetrate! When her blade hits she's forced back, almost falling over from the rebound! OOC: Porridge.
[18:23] <@Porridge> OOC: how many can I get with a 15ft cone?
[18:24] <@Kotono> OOC: The third'n'fourth could be gotten without hitting Gildas.
[18:25] <@Porridge> A bit sad that they all died so easily, Porridge nonetheless does his part in weakening the two at the back by hopping around Myann's feet and then spitting a wide spray of nasty eye-searing and blood-boiling poison at the ants!
[18:25] <@Porridge> OOC: DC 12 fort
[18:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[18:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 20." [1d20=17]
[18:35] <@Kotono> Poison sprays out, covering the two ants! It sizzles on them, but they begin to shake it off as they assail Gildas! OOC: Okay, Feather. Go.
[18:35] <@Porridge> roll 1d4 recharge
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d4 recharge and gets 4." [1d4=4]
[18:36] * Feather charges in again, this time taking care to clear the way for others afterwards.
[18:36] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[18:37] <@Kotono> Feather charges in, but isn't able to land a blow with the prenernaturally tough ants! The second ant meanwhile continues to duel back and forth with Myann!
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 19." [1d20=16]
[18:38] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+6 this is gonna hurt
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6 this is gonna hurt and gets 17." [2d8=6, 5]
[18:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Oh wait strike, read her sword damage instead of the ant's bite damage. Wrong tab!
[18:39] <@Kotono> roll 2d6
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and gets 6." [2d6=1, 5]
[18:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 improved grab shenanigans are a go
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 improved grab shenanigans are a go and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[18:40] <@Kotono> Myann finds teeth in her side, tearing into her hip! She manages to kick it off, blood tricking down her leg from the wound! OOC: Owwies. Are you remembering the hexed mod, Cor? Also, Gildas is up. Go.
[18:41] <Feather> OOC: Yes. Except for damage?
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: All rolls. It hasn't mattered on one yet, on a quick scan.
[18:42] <@Kotono> "Magic!" Myann calls, "Do we have any magic left? I can't cut this one!"
[18:43] <Gildas> The angry bear considers for a moment, but thus engaged with the ants can't do much to cast anything. Instead, he tries to bite another one that he's engaged with !
[18:43] <Gildas> OOC: It's 3 & 4, right? So 3.
[18:43] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[18:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Also whiff.
[18:43] <Gildas> OOC: Bastard ants.
[18:43] <@Kotono> Gildas grapples with the bear, but can't find a spot to lay down the biting beatdown! The third one goes for him while the fourth turns to Feather, engaging him!
[18:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Gildas
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Gildas and gets 9." [1d20=6]
[18:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Feather
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Feather and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[18:44] <@Kotono> But both ants are handily kept at bay, repulsed! Meanwhile Myann nonetheless tries to force it, going to bring her blade down at the ant's head!
[18:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[18:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[18:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+3
[18:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+3 and gets 7." [1d8=4]
[18:45] <@Kotono> She manages to cut in, cleaving through the left cheek of themonster! Much of its jaw falls away to the ground, bloodless carnage on the creature's body! But it's not dead yet! OOC: Porridge.
[18:45] <Feather> "Seems like you're still in the game!" Feather calls, after sparing Myann a glance. "Magic or not!"
[18:46] <@Porridge> This isn't so good, so Porridge reverts back to his half-elven form!
[18:46] <@Kotono> "Trying! Just try and hurry! I'm worried about reinforcements!" Wincing as she takes a moment to put pressure on her wound, Myann continues to fight!
[18:46] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Feather, go.
[18:48] <Feather> Dodging out of the way, Feather tries to take some heat off Myann by attacking her opponent from its other flank.
[18:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+9 acrobatics
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 acrobatics and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Success.
[18:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Sign of the hit.
[18:48] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 21." [1d10=6][2d6=6, 5]
[18:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>AM3(19)>AM4(11)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Feather(5)'
[18:49] <@Kotono> Already wounded, the ant's guard is fully focused forward. It doesn't even react to Feather coming to flank it, cutting its back half open! It twitches once from it and tries to move, but its legs fail! It falls to the ground, dead! OOC: Got it. Gildas.
[18:49] * Feather gives the elf a slight nod, before turning his attention to the remaining ants.
[18:50] <Gildas> The bear again tries to bite into the annoying giant ants!
[18:50] <Gildas> OOC: 3 again.
[18:50] <@Kotono> Myann returns it, grimacing.
[18:50] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Right.
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[18:50] <Gildas> OOC: My goodness.
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Gimme an H! Gimme an ATEBOT!
[18:51] <@Kotono> Gildas continues to grapple with his foe, but neither can gain an edge - even one attacks him, another goes to harrass Porridge!
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Gildas
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Gildas and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Porridge
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Porridge and gets 17." [1d20=14]
[18:51] <@Kotono> OOC: ACs?
[18:51] <@Porridge> OOC: 17, should've stayed shapechanged
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d6 Porridge and improved grab incoming
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 Porridge and improved grab incoming and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 CMD? ow
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 CMD? ow and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[18:52] <@Porridge> OOC: 19
[18:52] <Gildas> OOC: 21
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d6 and improved grappling incoming
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and improved grappling incoming and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 ow again
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 ow again and gets 19." [1d20=16]
[18:52] <@Kotono> OOC: CMD?
[18:53] <Gildas> OOC: 24.
[18:54] <@Kotono> Porridge is caught just flatfooted, enough for the ant to go low! It goes for his jewels, but a quick twist turns that into a chomp into his thigh instead! It hurts like hell, the ant kicked away with his good leg a second later! Nonetheless, blood flows! The other ant goes right for Gildas's ribs, biting down hard! The crack of bone echos amid the battlesounds, a flare of pain getting the druid
[18:54] <@Kotono> but good! OOC: Ow. Gildas, you have broken ribs. -2 to attack and damage rolls due to having severly limited range of motion. Myann's up.
[18:56] <@Kotono> Seeing Gildas wounded, Myann limps forward and places a hand on his shoulder, chanting healing words! OOC: Gildas gets it since he's in consideraby worse shape. ASF check incoming.
[18:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[18:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 8." [1d8=4]
[18:57] <@Kotono> Wounds heal, the bite and Gildas's ribs mending like new! OOC: Broken ribs are fixed. Also heals 8 points of nonlethal. Porridge, you're up.
[18:59] <@Porridge> Better an axe than a beak, and Porridge hauls off with it on the ant before him!
[18:59] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9 AM4
[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 AM4 and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[18:59] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:00] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+5
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+5 and gets 14." [1d12=9]
[19:00] <@Kotono> The ant gets a cleaving, head cut in half! It struggles and dies, another one down! OOC: Ow. Feather.
[19:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(25)>AM3(19)>Myann(10)>Porridge(7)>Feather(5)'
[19:01] * Feather circles around the remaining ant before doing for Gildas what he had done for Myann just then.
[19:01] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[19:01] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 17." [1d10=9][2d6=2, 2]
[19:02] <@Kotono> Circling 'round and 'round, Feather stalks and bisects the creature's legs off! It falls int a heap, struggling and lashing out, before going still! Got it! OOC: Free act.
[19:03] <Gildas> The bear returns to his normal shape and places a hand on Myann's shoulder, giving her a much-needed healing boost in return for her earlier one.
[19:03] <Gildas> roll 1d8+5 healing
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d8+5 healing and gets 13." [1d8=8]
[19:03] <Feather> "We had enough yet for today?" Feather asks, grimacing.
[19:04] <@Kotono> "Yeah, I'm tired,"
[19:04] <Gildas> "I think it may be best for us to retrieve what we have found and return once we have had a proper rest." He looks at the others for their opinions.
[19:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[19:04] <@Kotono> "Yeah, I'm tired," Myann agrees, smiling at Gildas, "Thanks."
[19:04] <@Porridge> "Notice anything funny about these?" Porridge asks, prodding the dust-filled ant corpses. "Think something funny's up down here."
[19:05] <@Kotono> OOC: People can make K:N and K:A checks (or K:P if you somehow have that, but I don't think any of you do.)
[19:05] <Feather> "They're already dead?"
[19:05] <@Kotono> (Psionics, not planes.)
[19:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 KN
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 KN and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[19:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 KA
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 KA and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 K:N Myann
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 K:N Myann and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[19:06] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9 nature
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 nature and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[19:06] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12 K:N
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 K:N and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[19:06] <Gildas> OOC: durr what's a tree
[19:07] <@Kotono> These ants have been modified somehow - likely the strange magic affecting them. Feather can tell that much. He doesn't understand the magic involved, unfortunately. Ectoplasm whips are not standard for giant ants, nor are the tactics they used. Porridge and Gildas can identify them as giant ants but can't diagnose what's different about them.
[19:08] <Feather> "Magic?" he ventures with a shrug. "Sorta like necromancy, maybe?"
[19:08] <Gildas> "It would not surprise me if the power down here affected them, but I do not know if they are truly any different from normal." He shakes his head.
[19:09] <@Kotono> OOC: So what are y'all gonna do now?
[19:09] <@Porridge> OOC: go back up get some lemonade and food and laze around?
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Are you hauling out any of that treasure yet?
[19:10] <Feather> OOC: Sure, let's do that
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then.
[19:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 63." [1d100=63]
[19:11] <@Kotono> Hauling out the treasure takes several trips and a few hours of work. The party's sweaty, dusty, dirty and tired by the time it's over. But food, rest and bathing at a nearby brook does a lot towards feeling better. The evening comes...OOC: Anything of note y'all are doing or are you just gonna straight rest?
[19:11] <Feather> OOC: Let's keep a watch at the entrance that's right next to us?
[19:12] <@Porridge> OOC: I wanted to sleep at the farm, but I guess we can camp out
[19:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. What shifts? I assume Gildas would pull most of it since ring of substenence?
[19:12] <Gildas> OOC: That's fine.
[19:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. More coming then.
[19:13] <@Kotono> The party sleeps. It's somewhere around midnight, only Gildas up. The rest are sleeping off an excellent big meal of fried chicken, potatoes, greens and homebrewed beer. As he sits watch...OOC: Perception.
[19:14] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[19:17] <@Kotono> Gildas can hear a soft skittering from the hole. The sound of something against stone, like it's climbing up.
[19:20] <Gildas> He frowns for a moment. He decides, just in case, it would be best to warn the others, so he raises his voice, "I believe we may have something!" Regardless, he will wait near the hole to see what exactly comes out, not about to be surprised!
[19:21] * Feather rubs at his face as he wakes up. "W'izzit?" he calls back sleepily.
[19:21] <@Kotono> Myann stirs and sits up, rubbing her eyes as she reaches her sword. "What?" she groans as she sleepily gets to her feet. "Lizards?"
[19:22] <@Porridge> Porridge rises smoothly from where he'd been sitting against a rock with his eyes closed, still wearing his armour. Axe sliding into his grasp, he approaches the hole to confront whatever emerges!
[19:22] <@Kotono> As Gildas shouts the party stirs and awakens! As he goes to the hole they come out! Three minion ants, coming out! They're 30ft from the camp (and 20ft from Gildas), looking about in all directions! OOC: Good catch, you stopped a possible ambush situation, y'all. Init.
[19:22] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+1
[19:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+1 and gets 16." [1d20=15]
[19:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Minion 1
[19:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Minion 2
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Minion 1 and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[19:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Minion 3
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Minion 2 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Minion 3 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[19:22] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 gildas init
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 gildas init and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[19:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann=Gildas(22)>Porridge=AM1(16)>AM2(5)>AM3(1)'
[19:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Awaiting Feather's init.
[19:23] <Feather> roll 1d20+2
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[19:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann=Gildas(22)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Feather(7)>AM2(5)>AM3(1)'
[19:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Gildas.
[19:26] <Gildas> Glaring, Gildas decides to try something a bit different and conjures a Numbing Sphere near him! He will direct it to roll at the first of the Ants before Shapeshifting and growling at the ants!
[19:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Allows a reflex save, right?
[19:27] <Gildas> OOC: Yessir
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 we are not dealing with titans of saving throws here
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 we are not dealing with titans of saving throws here and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[19:27] <@Kotono> But the sphere is nimbly dodged, the ant avoiding the hissing-cold ball of freezing death! OOC: Rotten luck. Myann's up.
[19:27] <@Kotono> Myann hangs back a moment, ready to cast a healing spell! OOC: She'll hold. Go Porridge.
[19:28] <@Porridge> Porridge has no such reservations, charging furiously at an ant not blocked by a freezing sphere, his axe falling viciously down upon his chosen prey!
[19:29] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+7 -4pa, charging
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+7 -4pa, charging and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[19:29] <@Kotono> OOC: Hits.
[19:29] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+13
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+13 and gets 21." [1d12=8]
[19:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann=Gildas(22)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)'
[19:29] <@Kotono> The second ant's body is terribly torn apart, split in different and miserable ways! It falls in a heap of bloodless matter, lying there dead! Meanwhile the first ant dodges and charges Gildas!
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 (+2 chaaarge)
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 (+2 chaaarge) and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[19:30] <Gildas> OOC: 21
[19:30] <@Kotono> But Gildas merely sidesteps the charge, barely even having to move to protect himself! OOC: Okay, FEather, go.
[19:31] <Feather> More angry at being denied his sleep than anything else, Feather seeks to follow up on Porridge's work by picking another of the ants for himself.
[19:31] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[19:31] <@Kotono> Feather charges in at the third ant, but his sleepiness makes his aim bad! He misses, having to smother a yawn as adrenaline begins to kick in! OOC: AM3.
[19:31] <@Kotono> Said ant turns and goes to try and do a Feather CHOOOOMP!
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[19:31] <Feather> OOC: AC19
[19:32] <@Kotono> But Feather parries it with his bastard sword, the clang of teeth on metal echoing under the veil of night! OOC: Gildas, go.
[19:32] <@Kotono> OOC: STrike.
[19:33] <@Kotono> As this happens, more ants come! Two emerge - they both have floating crystals around their head, a constant, mineral-raspy sound coming from them!
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Crystalknight
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Crystalknight
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Crystalknight and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Crystalknight and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[19:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann=Gildas(22)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Crystalknight 1=Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)'
[19:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann and Gildas. Go Gildas.
[19:34] <Gildas> OOC: Can I roll the orb onto the second ant and also attack it?
[19:36] <@Kotono> OOC: It's a move action, so you'd have to throw it at one and attack AM1 that's on you.
[19:37] <Gildas> OOC: Oh! That's fine then.
[19:37] <Gildas> OOC: Somehow I jumbled which one was which.
[19:37] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 chomp chomp
[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 chomp chomp and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[19:38] <@Kotono> "More?!" Myann calls, saying it like a curse. OOC: HIt.
[19:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Who are you directing the sphere at?
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: Uhh... great question.
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: Can it hit the newcomers?
[19:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[19:39] <Gildas> roll 1d6+7 damage for now
[19:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Choose one.
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+7 damage for now and gets 10." [1d6=3]
[19:39] <Gildas> OOC: Number 1!
[19:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[19:39] <@Kotono> OOC: What's the save DC?
[19:40] <Gildas> OOC: http://dndtools.eu/spells/frostburn--68/numbing-sphere--1276/ it does not appear to list one.
[19:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Spell DCS are 10 + spell level + primary casting stat modifier. You have 16 wis, so 10 + 2 + 3 = 15.
[19:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll damages.
[19:41] <Gildas> OOC: I'm doing it as the 2d6 damage we discussed sans the Dex damage
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[19:41] <Gildas> roll 2d6 freeeeeeeze
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d6 freeeeeeeze and gets 8." [2d6=4, 4]
[19:42] <@Kotono> Bite and cold savage two ants! The ant on Gildas gets a mouthful out of its front leg while the numbing sphere rolls over the first crystal-ant! It's flash-frozen on the touch, one of its legs crumbling to ice shards! OOC: Myann'll hold and stay on relief duty if anyone gets in trouble. Porridge and AM1. Go Porridge.
[19:42] <@Kotono> The first ant continues to have a bite-off with the kung-fu bear in front of him!
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 18." [1d20=15]
[19:42] <@Kotono> But again Gildas stops him cold, weaving amid each bite like a dancer!
[19:45] <@Porridge> Stepping towards the frozen crystal ant and attempts to shatter it by cleaving his axe right through its carapace!
[19:45] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8 -1pa
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 -1pa and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[19:45] <@Kotono> OOC: That, sir, is a hit.
[19:45] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+7
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+7 and gets 17." [1d12=10]
[19:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann=Gildas(22)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)'
[19:46] <@Kotono> Porridge hustles amid the night battlefield, coming in to introduce carapace to axe! The carapace gracefully accepts it, cut wide open in a stunning display of good manners! Meanwhile this causes the ant to most predictably die! Out of its body flows fully formed crystals, pooling around it like blood! The second crystal knight turns to Porridge, a sudden storm of crystals hurled at him!
[19:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC? and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[19:47] <@Kotono> But Porridge lunges forward, slicing through the crystals that come to him! OOC: Feather.
[19:48] * Feather decides to clean up the minions for now, while Porridge deals with the strange ant that likes him so much.
[19:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 AM3
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 AM3 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[19:50] <@Kotono> Feather goes to mop up, but can't quite land a blow on the ant! The two go back and forth, Feather suddenly finding an ardent admirer of the vermin kind!
[19:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC?
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC? and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[19:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC? owwies
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC? owwies and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[19:50] <@Kotono> roll 2d6 and improved grab incoming
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and improved grab incoming and gets 7." [2d6=2, 5]
[19:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 CMD?
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 CMD? and gets 19." [1d20=16]
[19:51] <Feather> OOC: 21
[19:52] <@Kotono> Feather gets a big, fat bite in the shoulder! The ant leans up to bite him, taking a good gouging out! "Hold on!" Myann calls, rushing over!
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100  and gets 78." [1d100=78]
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 5." [1d8=1]
[19:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann'
[19:53] <@Kotono> Feather's wounds mildly heal, some of the pain fading! As this happens, another ant emerges! It's another mindslayer! It comes up near Porridge, ready to get 'im! OOC: Adding to init.
[19:53] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[19:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Mindslayer(19)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann'
[19:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Gildas.
[19:53] <Gildas> OOC: There's nothing actually within striking distance, correct?
[19:53] <@Kotono> OOC: AM1's still biting you up.
[19:54] <@Kotono> OOC: You could sphere another target too - the mind slayer or the second crystal knight.
[19:54] <Gildas> OOC: Okay then.
[19:54] <Gildas> Another bite for the ant in his face!
[19:54] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[19:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Ze whiffff.
[19:54] <Gildas> And another rolling sphere of frozen death for the mindslayer!
[19:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Sphereing one?
[19:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 17." [1d20=17]
[19:55] <@Kotono> Bite off the creature's hide? Check. Sphere dodged? Check. Fortune does not smile on the bear-druid this time as he wages war! OOC: Mindslayer.
[19:55] <@Kotono> A whip of ectoplasm rips out of the mindslayer's head, going right out for Porridge's axehand!
[19:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 CMD?
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 CMD? and gets 9." [1d20=6]
[19:56] <@Kotono> But Porridge is too fast, jerking his hand back before he gets a smacking! OOC: Porridge and AM1. Go.
[19:56] <@Kotono> Again the first ant tries to chew up Gildas but good! Meanwhile, behind you, a light glistens in the farmhouse!
[19:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 9." [1d20=6]
[19:56] <@Kotono> But this ant is held back by a casual backhand from the bear! OOC: Okay Porridge.
[19:57] <@Porridge> Porridge goes to take care of the remaining crystal ant, sneaking a glance down the hole as he does so!
[19:57] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8 -1pa
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 -1pa and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[19:58] <@Kotono> The hole has more ants down it - but none are climbing! Below, you can flashes of electric blue as well, ants versus shocker lizards! This is enough of a distraction to cause his attack to err! OOC: Okay. Crystalknight 2.
[19:58] <@Kotono> More crystals come flying - but not at Porridge! Instead they fly at Myann!
[19:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[19:59] <@Kotono> roll 2d6
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and gets 9." [2d6=3, 6]
[20:00] <@Porridge> "Lizards down there too! Fighting the ants!" Porridge calls aloud for everyone's benefit. What he wouldn't give for some oil and some fire right now...
[20:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Mindslayer(19)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann(bleed 1/round)'
[20:00] <@Kotono> "Aagh!" Myann gets crystals shredding her exposed arms up! The cuts bleed badly and heavily, not stopping! OOC: She has a bleeding wound that deals 1 point ofd amage per round until tended to. Ow. Feather.
[20:02] * Feather tries to return the favor to the ant that attacked him, muttering, "It's always the biting!"
[20:02] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[20:03] <@Kotono> But Feather can't quite do it! Blow after blow is exchanged, but neither foe finds victory! Meanwhile the third ant tries to do unto Feather, biting style!
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[20:03] <@Kotono> But it fails completely, not even coming close to hurting him! MEanwhile Myann falls back, calling on the dregs of her magical power!
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4-1 (-1 is the damage she took this round)
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4-1 (-1 is the damage she took this round) and gets 5." [1d8=2]
[20:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Mindslayer(19)>Porridge=AM1(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann'
[20:04] <@Kotono> The heavy bleeding slows and stops, the worst of Myann's wounds mended as she falls back 30ft! OOC: Gildas.
[20:05] <Gildas> Again, the bear tries to bite into the hardened armor of the ant in front of him!
[20:05] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:05] <Gildas> roll 1d6+7
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+7 and gets 8." [1d6=1]
[20:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Mindslayer(19)>Porridge(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann'
[20:05] <Gildas> And I'll roll the orb into the Mindslayer, assuming it's still in range.
[20:05] <Gildas> OOC: *
[20:05] <@Kotono> CRUNCH! THe sound of breaking armor is loud as the ant's upper body is bitten savagely! It sl umps forward in death, batted aside by Gildas! OOC: Okay, orb it.
[20:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 7." [1d20=7]
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: DAmage.
[20:06] <Gildas> roll 2d6 freeeeeeeeze
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d6 freeeeeeeeze and gets 7." [2d6=1, 6]
[20:07] <@Kotono> The ant is caught off guard, the mindslayer's legs rolled over! They shatter, leaving the mindslayer near crippled and barely able to fight! OOC: Ow. Penalties for it. It's also up.
[20:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Mindslayer(19 frozen legs)>Porridge(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann'
[20:08] <@Kotono> Despite being down, a tendril still lashes out at Porridge's axehand!
[20:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 (-1 injury)
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 (-1 injury) and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[20:08] <@Kotono> But the attack is weak, sputtering and altogether ineffective! OOC: Porridge.
[20:08] <@Porridge> Seeing a chance to thin out the numbers down below, Porridge gives the legless ant a big kick to roll it back into the hole!
[20:08] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+8 bull rush
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+8 bull rush and gets 12." [1d20=4]
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 5d6 falling
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 falling and gets 19." [5d6=6, 1, 1, 6, 5]
[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Porridge(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>AM3(1)>Myann'
[20:09] <@Kotono> The mindslayer ant is caught off guard and kicked back, falling long and hard into the hole! It lands with a satisfying THUMP below! Meanwhile the second crystalknight turns, flinging crystals at Porridge again!
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC? and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 2d6
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 and gets 4." [2d6=2, 2]
[20:10] <@Kotono> Porridge gets a storm of nicks and shallow cuts, but nothing so sever as what Myann suffered! He's still hurting and oozing blood all over! OOC: Ow. Feather.
[20:10] * Feather continues his perhaps futile struggle against a horse-sized ant!
[20:10] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[20:10] <Feather> roll 1d10+4
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4 and gets 11." [1d10=7]
[20:11] <@Kotono> Back and forth the two go - and finally Feather gets it! He cuts deep into its side, slicing into bloodless flesh! It's not a fatal wound, but it's still a hell of a serious cut! Staggering, it again continues its fight!
[20:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC FEather
[20:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC FEather and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[20:12] <Feather> OOC: 18
[20:12] <@Kotono> But Feather parries, pushing it back further and further! He grows stronger while it grows weaker! Myann meanwhile rears back and charges, going to support Feather!
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+3
[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+3 and gets 7." [1d8=4]
[20:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(22)>Porridge(16)>Crystalknight 2(13)>Feather(7)>Myann'
[20:13] <@Kotono> The already wounded ant can't do much as Myann comes in with a massive impalement, skewering it in one ear and out the other! It flops down, head virtually disintegrating when her blade is pulled free! OOC: Gidlas.
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas.
[20:13] <Gildas> OOC: I'm just going to roll the orb instead of trying to deal with the AC.
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[20:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[20:13] <Gildas> roll 2d6
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d6 and gets 5." [2d6=2, 3]
[20:14] <@Kotono> The crystalknight ant gets an orbing, part of its side frozen pure white! It stumbles but does not fall! OOC: Porridge.
[20:15] <@Porridge> With that setup, Porridge swings to finish things off!
[20:15] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[20:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit it on the number.
[20:15] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+5
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+5 and gets 7." [1d12=2]
[20:16] <@Kotono> Porridge swings deep, cutting into the frozen side! Break-lines radiate otu from it, but the ant doesn't quite shatter! Instead it opens it's mouth wide, a sudden breath weapon of tiny crystal shards! OOC: Ref Porridge.
[20:17] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 4d10 full ow
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d10 full ow and gets 23." [4d10=9, 2, 6, 6]
[20:18] <@Kotono> The crystals catch Porridge in the face, arms and chest! Bringing up his arms to guard does little good! It's like a million razors are dragged across his flesh! Criss-crossing cuts are all over, shards of crystal sticking out of many of them! He feels faint, blood flowing freely! OOC: Le owwies. Feather.
[20:18] <@Porridge> Porridge swears loudly but uncreatively.
[20:18] <Feather> Not willing to risk that ant flaying someone else, Feather seeks to end its existence for good!
[20:18] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[20:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:18] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 25." [1d10=10][2d6=5, 6]
[20:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll that beatiful damage footage.
[20:19] <@Kotono> With a final slash, the ant is cut apart! No crystals pour out from this one - indeed, they're sticking out of Porridge! OOC: Free act.
[20:20] <@Kotono> Myann limps over, arms hanging as she approaches Porridge. "I can do a little right now and try herbs for the rest," she says, sounding tired.
[20:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 96." [1d100=96]
[20:20] <Gildas> The bear bounds over and also looks down the hole to see if what was called out is still going on.
[20:20] <@Kotono> OOC: 1 point of healing, Cure Minor Wounds. She's out of everything else.
[20:20] <@Kotono> There's a few flashes, but nothing's in sight of the hole now - save the various victim of Porridge's magical bootings.
[20:20] <@Kotono> *victgims
[20:21] <@Kotono> OOC: Sigh.
[20:21] <Feather> "Just... just clean up and get some rest," Feather mutters, going about tossing the remaining ants into the hole.
[20:22] <@Porridge> "Thanks..." Porridge rasps, dripping blood as he too confirms there's nothing in immediate sight before staggering back towards his rock... then, reconsidering, he uproots the thing and rolls it towards the edge of the hole. "Any more swarms start climbing up, push that down on them," he tells everyone else, before just laying down on the grass.
[20:23] <@Kotono> Myann goes to her pack, rustling in it. She ignores the slight trickles of blood from her injuries, "Gildas, you know herbcraft, don't you? I was thinking - a pain killer and some healing herbs."
[20:23] <Gildas> The bear growls once, before returning to his human form and clearing his throat. "Yes, I have a healer's kit as well in my backpack."
[20:24] <@Kotono> OOC: What's your mod on herbalism?
[20:24] <@Porridge> "I'll walk it off," Porridge mumbles despite doing anything but walking right now.
[20:25] <@Kotono> "What if more ants come?" Myann asks, "A bit of help could be the difference between returning to the earth or seeing another sunrise."
[20:25] <Gildas> OOC: +8
[20:25] <@Kotono> OOC: You roll and she'll aid you then, say?
[20:27] <Gildas> OOC: Sure thing.
[20:27] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8 herbz
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+8 herbz and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[20:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+2 to Gildas's roll if she manages 10 or higher. She should barring Hatebot.)
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (+2 to Gildas's roll if she manages 10 or higher. She should barring Hatebot.) and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[20:28] <@Kotono> The pain of the wounds is treated and sleep comes. Deep, restful sleep. Oh sure, Robert comes out to see what's going on, but it's largely a formality. You rise well past dawn, the party having had no more ant invasions. Over breakfast, just the four of you and Robert, "Porridge, Gildas. Where did you learn to change like you can?" OOC: Heal up for rest and refresh spells. Do any changes now.
[20:33] <@Porridge> "The Issormir tribe," Porridge begins, leaning back tiredly and chewing slowly on some cheese. "The shamans can do it. I got tapped for shaman training - said it'd be better for me, got the head for it and it's easier on the body." He scowls now, "Bugger that. I didn't care if I was lagging behind puberty on the other orcs, if I was smaller and weaker. I'd just fight twice as hard as them to be a proper warrior. But still... I picked up some things. Couldn't do it properly for years though, the best I could do was to warp my body - expand my muscles and bones, make myself stronger. Had to get a real mad on for it. That ritual to fix our eyes, though? Opened something up, in here," he taps his head, "Feeling myself change, just a small part, between animal and man? Just all clicked together. Takes a lot out of me, though."
[20:34] <Gildas> He blinks at the question, giving it some thought. "Ah... it just... came naturally, I suppose. I read that some are more apt to change their shape in a different way -- it seems Porridge and I have two completely different methodologies."
[20:36] <@Porridge> "Yeah, noticed how you can do it quick as you blink, back and forth easily," Porridge nods over at Gildas.
[20:36] <@Kotono> Nodding at the right places throughout it, "Warping's right." Working on some jerky with lots of pauses to drink water, "The last few nights I've been dreaming of when Gildas does it," she says, "Strange as dreams are, they've stuck to me. Last night I dreamed about both of you doing it." She nibbles away, "I suppose I was going to ask if it was something connected to the fey."
[20:37] <@Kotono> Robert is working on a mouthful of eggs, which are promptly spat out! Fortunately no one is opposite him as he says, "Gah!" He takes the salt cellar and throws a handful over his shoulder, "Don't mention the Fair Folk in this house, please!"
[20:37] <Gildas> OOC: Oh it was Myann asking.
[20:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Oh yes, sorry. Whoops.
[20:38] <Gildas> OOC: I was wondering if something happened to Robert that we all hadn't been informed of!
[20:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Hah, no.
[20:39] <@Porridge> "Nah, just good old fashioned orc traditions," Porridge reassures all concerned with a smile.
[20:39] <Gildas> He blinks at Robert, then smiles and looks at Myann. "I may be able to learn a thing or two from them, but I do not believe it is derived from their powers."
[20:40] <@Kotono> Putting her food down, "Mmm. Were we going to go back in or rest today? I feel like it's something in reach. Like when I wake up from the dreams, if I concentrate enough, I feel like I can do it."
[20:41] <@Porridge> "Should go back in I reckon," Porridge says. "Those ants and lizards took a chunk out of each other, but it's clear they all really want to get up here."
[20:41] <Gildas> "I am certain we could help you." He nods to Porridge. "But... for today, I think we should go and finish our exploration, then seal it up."
[20:42] <Feather> "We can't just leave it there in case something tries to come up again, so it's either going there or camping by it," Feather agrees with the others.
[20:42] <Gildas> He adds after that, "More permanently than our friend did."
[20:42] <@Kotono> "I'll work on it after we finish," Myann agrees. OOC: Wow, we ran over. Godo time to pause, y'all?

[Ebiris]

[18:00] <@Kotono> Thus the party heads back to the caves. Dark clouds are rolling in, but no rain falls as you head down. The bottom is a mess of corpses - the kobolds and company via many more dead shocker lizards and giant ants. The smell of carrion fills the air, a noxious brew that befouls the entire entrance. But there's no sign of more trouble right away.
[18:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Ball's in your court, y'all.
[18:01] <@Kotono> *kobolds have company. Gah.
[18:02] <@Porridge> With Bubi on alert for anything climbing up the known holes and Robert told to be alert for the bird's distinctive screeching, Porridge wards himself against electricity and climbs back down into the depths. "Keep going on past where we saw those first ants, yeah?" he confirms with his companions.
[18:04] <Gildas> He nods to Porridge. "Yes, then we can explore the other areas."
[18:04] <@Kotono> "It's fine with me," Myann adds, "The smell of shriekers and violet mushrooms is fading. Freezing them was effective."
[18:08] <@Kotono> Going down the passage to the mushrooms, you soon find a problem! 20ft ahead, at the edge of the mushrooms, are ants! There are two of the big minion ants ahead. They have crude crystal plates embedded into their head, serving as broad shields. Behind them are three more ants. One is a familiar mindslayer, while two others crackle with electricity. Sewed into each of them is a half dozen shocker
[18:08] <@Kotono> lizards. As you stare at them, you can feel a creeping-crawling sensation all in your head. Like a tidal wave of whispers and rustles, constantly making a droning noise.
[18:09] <@Porridge> "What... how did they..." Porridge boggles at the shocker lizards sewn into the ants for a moment. "Fuck it, kill them before they make even freakier stuff!" he snarls, charging into the fray!
[18:10] <@Kotono> In your minds echos amid the restless rustling, "US. US. OFFENDED US. OFFENDED US. OFFENDED US!" OOC: Init, since it's going towards combat again. Looks like the ants are persistent fuckers.
[18:11] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+1
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+1 and gets 5." [1d20=4]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 minion 1
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 minion 2
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 minion 1 and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 minion 2 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 mindslayer
[18:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+2
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 mindslayer and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20-1 lizard totem 1
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 lizard totem 1 and gets 10." [1d20=11]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20-1 lizard totem 2
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 lizard totem 2 and gets 2." [1d20=3]
[18:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Minion 1(20)>Mindslayer(19)>Feather(16)>Totem 1(10)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 22." [1d20=20]
[18:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Minion 1(20)>Mindslayer(19)>Feather(16)>Totem 1(10)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:12] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 Gildas
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 Gildas and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[18:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Minion 1(20)>Mindslayer(19)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Totem 1(10)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:13] <@Kotono> "Guh!" Myann looks pale and ill, shaking her head, "Get out of my head!" she cries, making arcane gestures as she falls back!
[18:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 99." [1d100=99]
[18:13] <@Kotono> Suddenly a giant block of wood appears and plummets down at the first of the lizard totem!
[18:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 touch AC
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 touch AC and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[18:14] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 15." [5d6=3, 4, 1, 1, 6]
[18:15] <@Kotono> With a satisfying CRUNCH, the lizard totem is crushed under the block! When it fades, all that is left is a nasty, foul smear! OOC: Minion 1 holds and defends, blocking the way. Mindslayer's up.
[18:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Minion 1(20)>Mindslayer(19)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:16] <@Kotono> The droning in your minds grows louder! You feel as if ants are crawling all over your body, constantly bombarding you with, "OFFENDED US! OFFENDED US! OFFENDED US!" OOC: Will saves, y'all.
[18:16] <@Kotono> OOC: This is an enchantment effect, any bonuses to that apply.
[18:17] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[18:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Myann (+3 vs enchantments)
[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Myann (+3 vs enchantments) and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[18:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+4
[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
[18:18] <Gildas> roll 1d20+9
[18:18] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+9  and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[18:19] <@Kotono> But the party shakes off the mental pressure, ignoring the constant droning! OOC: Feather.
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Since it looks like Cor got nabbed, go ahead and og, GIldas. You're next so we'll do your turn while we wait on him.
[18:26] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:27] <Gildas> OOC: How close are they all exactly?
[18:28] <@Kotono> OOC: 20ft ahead are the minions, 5ft behind them are the surviving totem and mindslayer. Imagine a 2-3 dot pyramid, basically.
[18:28] <Gildas> OOC: Okay!
[18:30] <Gildas> To be on the safe side, he encants a Resist Energy against the electric damage, before transforming into his bear self and staying put, on guard!
[18:00] <@Kotono> OOC: You're up, Feather.
[18:00] <Feather> Myann seems to have the right idea, but Feather doesn't like his chances of darting past the minions twice over safely. Thus, he decides to clear the way first!
[18:01] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 M1
[18:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 M1 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[18:01] <@Kotono> Feather charges in, but his blow hits the crystal shield dead on! It reverbates with a strangely jarring noise that makes your teeth ache! OOC: Hatebot is alive and well! Porridge.
[18:02] <@Porridge> Porridge roars in fury as the warp overtakes him, his recent breakthrough in shapeshifting still not making the instant rage-fuelled transformation any easier as muscles deform and bones twist, lending him monstrous strength! Axe overhead, he charges right at the ant next to Feather's target!
[18:02] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+10 -3pa, charge, rage
[18:02] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+10 -3pa, charge, rage and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[18:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:03] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+14
[18:03] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+14 and gets 15." [1d12=1]
[18:03] <@Kotono> Minion 2's shield is cut through, shattered into crystal ruins! His axe travels deep, exposing the brain of the ant! But he can't quite penetrate to it, the bloodless creature clinging to life yet! Staggering forward, it tries to bite Porridge!
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC?
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC? and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[18:04] <@Porridge> OOC: 13
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d6 plus improved grab times
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 plus improved grab times and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[18:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 CMD?
[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 CMD? and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[18:05] <@Porridge> OOC: 19
[18:05] <@Kotono> Porridge gets a bare graze, the creature's mouth gumming on his wrist! It makes some bruises but doesn't even break the skin! OOC: Myann's up.
[18:05] <@Kotono> OOC: Excuse me, totem 2 is up. Dur.
[18:06] <@Kotono> OOC: Missed him out of a brain fart.
[18:06] <@Kotono> OOC: Oh well, makes up for Gildas'n'Feather inverting.
[18:07] <@Kotono> A silent dance of lightning appears around the lizard totem! The shocker lizards glow like the sun as they pump electricity into the ant! It staggers but stays up, as an arch of electricity dances forward at Porridge first of all! It then goes for Feather, Gildas and finally ends on Myann! OOC: Ref saves, y'all. Remember to note evasion if you have it.
[18:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[18:08] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[18:08] <Gildas> roll 120+7 evasion
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 120+7 evasion and gets 127."
[18:08] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 evasion
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 evasion and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[18:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+2 evasion
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 evasion and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[18:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d8 electricity damage Myann half, Porridge full, Gildas none, Feather none
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 electricity damage Myann half, Porridge full, Gildas none, Feather none and gets 8." [1d8=8]
[18:11] <@Kotono> The bolt arches amid the party! Gildas and Feather are too fast for it, while Myann manages to dive away from the last dregs of it! Porridge takes it head on! The shock rolls off him, doing no damage at all! OOC: Okay. Myann's up.
[18:12] <@Kotono> Rising from her defensive dive, Myann begins to chant once more!
[18:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[18:12] <@Kotono> A block comes flying from behind, going to smash hard into the mindslayer!
[18:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 touch AC
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 touch AC and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[18:12] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 19." [5d6=6, 1, 5, 4, 3]
[18:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Minion 1(20)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:13] <@Kotono> The mindslayer is hit from behind! The block doesn't stop, forcing its way through the ant like a knife! Two halves of the mindslayer fall away, with a pile of crushed ant gibs in the center! Meanwhile the first minion turns to take a bite at the inviting Porridge!
[18:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 6." [1d20=3]
[18:13] <@Kotono> But Porridge ignores the feeble attack as rage flows through him! OOC: Okay. Feather.
[18:15] * Feather repeats his earlier attempt!
[18:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 M1
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 M1 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[18:15] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[18:15] <@Kotono> OOC: That's a trip with adestination of hit.
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 18." [1d10=7][2d6=6, 1]
[18:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:16] <@Kotono> Feather rolls under the minion, blade up as he slices through the underbelly of the beast! He emerges from the back as its bloodless innards fall out, followed by him leaping on it and dragging his blade alone! He cuts the thing in twain with that, leaping off it's split head as he retreats back safely! OOC: Gildas.
[18:17] <Gildas> The bear moves forward to try and bite at the second of the ant minions!
[18:17] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[18:19] <@Kotono> Gildas moves in, but the remnants of the creature's shield is enough to hold him back! He can't get in without gutting himself on sharp crystal! OOC: Ow. Porridge.
[18:19] <@Porridge> Porridge merely makes a dismissive slash of his axe at the remaining guard before stepping past it and into range of the mindslayer!
[18:19] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+11
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
[18:20] <@Porridge> roll 1d12+8
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d12+8 and gets 10." [1d12=2]
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: The mindslayer got axed hard.
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Er, blocked.
[18:20] <@Porridge> OOC: minion!
[18:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)'
[18:20] <@Porridge> OOC: oh I see. 5ft step to totem then.
[18:21] <@Kotono> OOC: So did you 5ft step and hit the totem or the minion?
[18:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)>Minion 2(1)'
[18:22] <@Porridge> OOC: I hit the minion. After it died I 5ft stepped towards the totem so I was in melee range of it.
[18:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(22)>Feather(16)>Gildas(11)>Porridge(5)>Totem 2(2)'
[18:22] <@Kotono> Already wounded, the last minion can't do anything as Porridge easily slices its brain in half! It falls, dead before it hits the ground! The second totem begins to draw in electricity! Its shaking all over, the lizards starting to pop open like overcooked sausages! OOC: It's gathering up a hell of a lot of juice. Myann's up.
[18:24] <@Kotono> Myann continues to chant, walking up to stand behind Porridge. She taps his shoulder, hopefully bringing healing.
[18:24] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[18:24] <@Kotono> But nothing happens! Feather, go.
[18:26] <Feather> With only one of the enemies remaining, Feather circles around it to flank it with Porridge!
[18:26] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[18:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage and make a Fort save.
[18:27] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 20." [1d10=9][2d6=3, 4]
[18:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+6
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[18:27] <@Kotono> roll 3d8 halve this electricity damage
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8 halve this electricity damage and gets 12." [3d8=3, 4, 5]
[18:28] <@Kotono> Feather flanks around and impales the ant from behind! Eletricity travels up his arm, making it smoke terrifically! The ant shudders and collapses, voltage winking out. OOC: Free act.
[18:30] <@Kotono> OOC: Feather, the nerves in your arm are a wee bit fried from voltage. You have a -2 to attack rolls with that arm until you get some healing on it. It won't stop twitching on its own.
[18:30] <@Porridge> Holding onto his fury, Porridge lopes ahead to look around the corner and ensure there's nothing else laying in wait to capitalise on the pain and distraction that always accompanies his recovery from this state.
[18:31] <@Kotono> Going around the hook to the intersection, you find it's empty. A dead thrum worm lies in the center, blackened in several places.
[18:32] <Feather> His hand shaking too much from the shock, Feather forces it to let go and leaves the bastard sword in his other hand before awkwardly sheathing it. He draws his scimitar with his off hand, to avoid being entirely useless.
[18:32] <@Kotono> "Feather, are you alright?" Myann comes up to him, "Your arm's shaking like a leaf."
[18:33] <Feather> "It's the shock," he says, shaking his head. "Shoulda protected myself first."
[18:33] <@Kotono> "Hold on, I'll help," she says, "Give me your arm."
[18:33] <@Porridge> With a shuddering breath, Porridge relaxes and slowly returns to his natural state, dragging his foot a little as he regroups with everyone else. "Way ahead's clear. Looks like those worms didn't survive the battle last night," he reports.
[18:34] <Gildas> He returns to his normal form and rubs his jaw. "Hm... there still may be more, so... just in case, Porridge, here." He places a hand on his shoulder and invokes some slow healing on him! OOC: Lesser Vigor.
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: How much does that heal total, since you aren't in immediate danger?
[18:35] <Gildas> OOC: 1 per round to a max of 15.
[18:36] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay ,go ahead and restore 15 hit points, Porridge.
[18:36] <@Kotono> OOC: Sec.
[18:36] <@Porridge> Porridge sighs as his body mends itself swiftly, waiting until it's done. "Thanks Gildas, that's a big help," he nods appreciatively.
[18:37] <Gildas> He nods in response. "I wonder how long these creatures have been down here..."
[18:41] <@Kotono> "A long time. I wonder if it's some sort of hive? I've heard insects like that can make group minds." Myann adds, "Can I see your arm, Feather?"
[18:42] * Feather raises it, though he has trouble keeping it steady.
[18:42] <@Kotono> Myann reaches out...
[18:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 43." [1d100=43]
[18:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 9." [1d8=5]
[18:43] <@Kotono> Healing energies travel up his arm! Feather can feel the nerves calming and the twitches die out. Much better. OOC: Arm's back to full muster.
[18:43] * Feather nods to himself, flexing the fingers a few times. "Thanks!"
[18:45] <Gildas> "Shall we continue our exploration?" He looks around. "Hopefully that's the last of it for a while..."
[18:46] <@Porridge> "Don't count on it," Porridge says, keeping his axe in hand as he starts following the cavern onwards.
[18:47] <@Kotono> Going on, you reach the intersection with the fried kobold and now the dead thrum worm without incident. Besides the addition of a dead worm, nothing much has changed here on first glance.
[18:49] <@Porridge> Onwards Southwest to their first encounter with the evil undead psychic ants!
[18:52] <@Kotono> Thus you finally head to the southwest. This passage narrows a bit - not as much as the other path, at least. OOC: Spot, y'all. Er, perception.
[18:52] <Feather> roll 1d20+7
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:52] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[18:53] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+13
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[18:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Marching order?
[18:53] <@Porridge> OOC: I'll take point
[18:54] <Gildas> OOC: I'll go... third?
[18:55] <@Kotono> Thus the party goes along! You go down perhaps a minute - the path is unremarkable but just cramped enough to make traveling down it claustrophobic. As you go along, Porridge just happens to look up. On the ceiling just a few steps ahead is a rather wicked looking blade of rock and crystal. It's poised point down, as if ready to fall on some unseen command.
[18:57] <@Porridge> "Wait!" Porridge stops and holds out his free hand to stall everyone behind him. "Place is trapped," he warns, keeping out of the blade's cutting arc and swinging his own blade up to knock it down.
[18:57] * Feather gives Porridge a curt nod, ready to support him if anyone attacks while he's doing that.
[18:58] <@Kotono> When Porridge's axe hits the blade, there's the sound of a chime! The air becomes thick with warmth and the taste of raisins. The blade resonates and glows a dull blue before it plunges down in front of Porridge! The blade is a sword - easily 6 feet long, made of interlocking bands of gray stone and dull blue crystal. It looks rather nicely made, cutting a good four feet into the ground.
[18:59] <Gildas> He frowns, leaving the matter up to Porridge. He wrinkles his nose at the reaction. "How peculiar..."
[19:00] <@Porridge> "What a stink," Porridge wrinkles his nose, looking first at the word and then up at the roof to see if it was embedded in anything that might cause the smell.
[19:00] <@Porridge> *at the sword
[19:00] <Feather> At that unnatural reaction, Feather looks for signs of magic, both existing or now dissipating.
[19:01] <@Kotono> The blade had no visible way of being connected to the ceiling. Meanwhile, Feather can detect magic all around. OOC: Spellcraft.
[19:01] <@Porridge> "Think it's safe to pick up?" Porridge asks the others who all seem more versed in magic than he.
[19:04] <Gildas> "Well, I don't think it's made of the same material as the last... ... "thing" we picked up..."
[19:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[19:06] <@Kotono> "Rock doesn't make a good sword, does it? Crystal's fragile, too," Myann says, "My Mom had some crystal wineglasses, she was always afraid they'd break if we dropped them." Meanwhile, Feather detects away! There's magic there that isn't magic. It's supernatural, but it's not magic as Feather understands it. Nonetheless, hec an tell there's fading magic that was keeping the sword in place. The
[19:06] <@Kotono> sword itself is enchanted in some manner, but it's a different well of power than traditional arcanist's magic.
[19:07] <Feather> "Strange magic," he muses. "Never seen that kind before."
[19:08] <@Porridge> "Hmmm. Could be bad, could be good?" Porridge shrugs. "I'll give it a try, unless anyone else wants it? Already got magic in my axe anyway," he offers in case anyone else would like it.
[19:09] <Gildas> He shakes his head.
[19:09] <Feather> "Too large for me. Go for it!"
[19:10] <@Kotono> "Too big for me," Myann says, "How could I swing a blade bigger than I am?"
[19:11] <@Porridge> With that, Porridge slings his axe back in its harness and picks up the sword in both hands.
[19:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Do you have a power point reserve or count as a psionic character in any way?
[19:13] <@Porridge> OOC: nope!
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll 1d100.
[19:15] <@Porridge> roll 1d100
[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d100 and gets 42." [1d100=42]
[19:20] <@Kotono> On holding it, Porridge feels information flow into his mind. It's like he's wielded this blade - a full blade, his mind tells him - his entire life. He -knows- it! OOC: This weapon is a fullblade and deals a base of 2d8 damage with a 18-20 critical hit range. It's an exotic two handed weapon but holding it seems to tell you how to use it.
[19:22] <@Porridge> "Oh... oh yeah, this is nice," Porridge grins. "Anyone want a magic axe? I think I'll be happy with this."
[19:22] <Gildas> He shakes his head again. "Let us continue on, then."
[19:24] <@Porridge> With no takes, Porridge continues with new sword in hand. He'll have to adjust his straps to hold the sword, but that can wait till they're done here.
[19:26] <@Kotono> Going on, you find the passage hooks and slopes down a bit. Going past it, you see another rambling, meandering cavern! But before you can have a chance to react, you see that the entry to it is protected! Six ant minions with crystal shields block the way completely from all angles, like a dome of ants. Past it you can glimpse more ants, but it's difficult to see them from here. As you see
[19:26] <@Kotono> them, the same droning as before enters your minds! "EXTERMINATE MURDERERS! EXTERMINATE MURDERERS!" OOC: The minion ants are about 30 to 40ft away.
[19:29] <Feather> "Hey now, do we even need to fight?" Feather calls out to the ants. "Stop with the mind thing!"
[19:29] <Gildas> He frowns at that. "I suppose, from their perspective, that is accurate..."
[19:30] <@Kotono> Myann hangs back, keeping her mouth shut for the moment.
[19:30] <@Porridge> Recalling the crystal spiders in the face of the ants' ability to communicate, Porridge tries to recall who struck first... it's a bit of a blur with the shocker lizards as well, but it might have been them. "Damage is already done, I think..."
[19:31] <@Kotono> As the party calls out, the droning grows louder. "SUBMIT FOR PUNISHMENT! SUBMIT FOR PUNISHMENT!"
[19:32] <Feather> "Who knows?" Feather tells Porridge, before raising his voice, "Let's all stop exterminating, here! How about that? Who are you?"
[19:36] <@Kotono> "WE ARE MANY. WE ARE MANY. YOU WILL SUBMIT. YOU WILL SUBMIT." The droning is loud enough to make your heads start to ache.
[19:37] <Feather> "And we're stronger!" Feather calls back. "Now don't be getting out of hand! That's too loud. It's the same as attacking us!"
[19:38] <@Porridge> "They don't want to talk," Porridge grates out, on edge from the mental assault.
[19:40] <@Kotono> "YOU MURDER LIKE THE VERMIN. YOU MURDER LIKE THE VERMIN! WE ARE STRONGER AND WE WILL EXTERMINATE YOU!"  With a mental roar, the ants half-hidden behind the six shielded minions begin to move! OOC: Init, the ants aren't terribly happy with y'all.
[19:40] <Feather> roll 1d20+2
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 and gets 19." [1d20=17]
[19:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7 gildas init
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 gildas init and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 minion wall
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 minion wall and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???1
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???1 and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???2
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???3
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???2 and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???3 and gets 8." [1d20=8]
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???4
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???4 and gets 2." [1d20=2]
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???5
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???5 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[19:41] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+1
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+1 and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[19:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(27)>???1(20)>Feather(19)>Myann(14)>Minion Wall(1)'
[19:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(27)>???1(20)>Feather(19)>???2(16)>Porridge=Myann(14)>???3(8)>???5(5)>???4(2)>Minion Wall(1)'
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Open Gildas.
[19:42] <Gildas> OOC: Can I use Entangle, or are there not enough actual plants and other things for it to be useable?
[19:43] <@Kotono> OOC: There's a bit of moss and lichen in a cave, but not enough to do any serious entangling.
[19:43] <Gildas> OOC: OK, I'll use Flash-Freeze then!
[19:44] <Gildas> "This only continues the cycle of violence..." He kneels down and attempts Flash-Freeze, trying to ice over the area where all the ants and their minions are standing. He hopes that it will cause them to either fall down or have to slow their movements to get to them. After that, he will turn into his bear self and let out a roar that probably doesn't really intimidate them.
[19:44] <Gildas> OOC: Done.
[19:47] <@Kotono> The ground under the minions freezes over! As this happens...(More)
[19:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[19:48] <@Kotono> The now ever-frost ground causes the wall of ants to slip and slide! With some of the ants down adn others out of position, yo ucan see behind them! In a row right behind the farthest minion ants are five mindslayers! Whisps of ectoplasm connect each head-to-head. As you marvel at this, the first one glares at Gildas! OOC: Will save, Gildas.
[19:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(27)>???1(20)>Feather(19)>???2(16)>Porridge=Myann(14)>???3(8)>???5(5)>???4(2)>Minion Wall(1 prone)'
[19:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[19:49] <@Kotono> An overwhelming presence batters against the druid's mind, but a quick sign of natural power repels the mental assault! OOC: Feather.
[19:49] <Feather> Once more, Feather attempts to open up a hole in that wall by charging down the nearest of the ants. This can't be avoided, not after they started trading magical attacks, so the least he can do is follow through and then leap back to clear the way for others.
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 16." [1d10=3][2d6=6, 3]
[19:50] <@Kotono> Feather darts out, deftly decapitating a downed ant! There's now a gap in the wall as the minion ant bloodlessly dies! The crashing of crystal as its head hits the ground echos a moment after! The second mindslayer glows dull blue, at the same time as the sword Porridge carries! OOC: Will save, Porridge.
[19:51] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+4 +6 if enchantment
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+4 +6 if enchantment and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[19:54] <@Kotono> Porridge's mind turns to mush. In a haze he feels like his mind is being dragged out of his head like a slurped drink. It leaves his head screaming at him and an overall haze in his mind! From the tip of his crystal blade a stream of blue ectoplasm flows out, connecting to the second mindslayer's head! A daze of confusion comes onto Porridge. Half of him is himself and the other half is wrong,
[19:54] <@Kotono> wrong wrong! He can feel his antenne that aren't there! He mourns from the loss of the others even as he knows no such mind-link should exist! OOC: 1 damage to int, wis and cha, Porridge. Go Porridge.
[19:57] <@Porridge> "Aaaaah!" Porridge throws the sword away. There's always a catch! Growling he starts to both warp and shapeshift, hunching forward as a long straight tail emerges from his back, scales and bright green and black feathers sprout, clawed limbs raised and his face splitting into a snarl with way too many sharp teeth!
[19:57] <@Porridge> OOC: raging, wild shape raptor
[19:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:57] <@Kotono> Porridge tosses the blade aside! The connection to the second mindslayer stays on the blade, the strange sensations fading! As he shifts, Myann steps forward slightly and calls on more arcane powers!
[19:57] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 13." [1d100=13]
[19:59] <@Kotono> But nothing happens! "OW!" She winces, concentration ruined! The third mindslayer's head throbs and grows bigger in the meantime! It's face starts to shift, taking on elven features! It's mouth is human enough to get out, rather close to Porridge's voice, "It's just begun!" Then the fourth and fifth mindslayer gather their power together, before sending out a pair of tendrils at Gildas!
[20:00] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC? and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[20:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(27)>???1(20)>Feather(19)>???2(16)>Porridge=Myann(14)>???3(8 porridged)>???5(5)>???4(2)>Minion Wall(1 prone)'
[20:00] <Gildas> OOC: 16
[20:00] <@Kotono> But Gildas merely bats it away like an annoying fly! Meanwhile the minion wall...
[20:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 13." [1d20=13]
[20:01] <@Kotono> They attempt to rise but fail, doing little! OOC: Gildas.
[20:01] <Gildas> OOC: Can he get to anyone without also crossing onto the slippery floor?
[20:02] <@Kotono> OOC: He can get to any of the minion ants, but getting to the mindslayers requires crossing the floor.
[20:02] <Gildas> OOC: OK!
[20:03] <Gildas> The angered bear will move onto the first of the minion ants and try to bite into them!
[20:03] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: On a d100, you got a total of hit.
[20:03] <Gildas> roll 1d6+7
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+7 and gets 11." [1d6=4]
[20:04] <@Kotono> Gildas-bear pounces on a downed foe, biting deep into its crystal-reinforced body! It's not quite dead, but Gildas spits out all sorts of important, bloodless organs! Meanwhile, the first mindslayer again gazes at Gildas! OOC: Will.
[20:04] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[20:05] <@Kotono> His mind catches afire! He feels like a whip is being lashed against his mind, flaying away knowledge! His head screams bloody murder at him! OOC: 2 points of int damage. -1 to all skill checks until that recovers due to literally having your mind flayed. Feather's up.
[20:07] <Feather> Abandoning all caution, Feather dashes past the disorganized wall of minions through the opening he had just made in it! The floor is too slippery to run across, and so he drops to the ground, sword first, and slides towards the middlemost of the mindslayers!
[20:08] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 elec
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 elec and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[20:08] <@Kotono> Feather slides towards the middle mindslayer, but he slides too far! He slides just past them, missing his touch entirely! OOC: Hatebot has a thing for you today. ???2 is up.
[20:09] <@Kotono> The second mindslayer's connection to the crystal sword thrums! It rises into the air, before hurtling towards Feather!
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC?
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC? and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[20:10] <Feather> OOC: 17 (18, -2 charge, +1 skirmish)
[20:11] <@Kotono> But Feather quickly springs up, rolling to the side! The blade impales where he was a second ago, buried up to the hilt! OOC: Porridge.
[20:13] * @Porridge hisses out something that might be "Kill the one that looks like me!" if one understood dinosaur. But with the way blocked for his own vengeance on that one he relies on Feather to see it through, charging the wall of minions instead!
[20:13] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+11 -2pa charge pounce, talons
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+11 -2pa charge pounce, talons and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[20:13] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 -2pa charge pounce, foreclaws
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 -2pa charge pounce, foreclaws and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[20:13] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 -2pa charge pounce, foreclaws
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 -2pa charge pounce, foreclaws and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[20:13] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 -2pa charge pounce, bite
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 -2pa charge pounce, bite and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Talon and bite hit.
[20:14] <@Porridge> roll 1d8+8+2d4+6
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d8+8+2d4+6 and gets 24." [1d8=2][2d4=4, 4]
[20:16] <@Kotono> The ant is torn apart, bite and talons ripping it to shreds! As bits of ant go everywhere, Myann again attempts to cast!
[20:16] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 26." [1d100=26]
[20:16] <@Kotono> But this time a block appears from above, trying to squish the second mindslayer!
[20:16] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[20:16] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 20." [5d6=2, 6, 6, 5, 1]
[20:16] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(27)>???1(20)>Feather(19)>Porridge=Myann(14)>???3(8 porridged)>???5(5)>???4(2)>Minion Wall(1 prone)'
[20:17] <@Kotono> It's crushed under the block, reduced to a fine ant-paste! The sword in the ground goes still at this, the connection to it fading! At this, the porridged ant screams and warps, going into a rage as it turns and charges Feather!
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (+2 rage, +2 charge)
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (+2 rage, +2 charge) and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[20:17] <Feather> OOC: Still 17
[20:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and improved grab times
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+2 and improved grab times and gets 4." [1d6=2]
[20:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 CMD?
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 CMD? and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[20:18] <Feather> OOC: 21
[20:19] <@Kotono> Feather gets a chomp on the wrist, the ant pouncing in and getting him good! It draws blood, but he's able to bash it's Porridge-face with the hilt of his blade and knock it back! Meanwhile, the twin tendrils lash out, this time at the transformed Porridge-raptor!
[20:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 touch AC? and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[20:20] <@Porridge> OOC: 10
[20:20] <@Kotono> roll 2d6 owwies
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 owwies and gets 7." [2d6=1, 6]
[20:21] <@Kotono> The twin lashes whip Porridge, cutting deep welts into his scaly skin! As he winces from that...
[20:21] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 7." [1d20=7]
[20:21] <@Kotono> The devastated minion wall continues to be ineffective! OOC: Gildas.
[20:22] <Gildas> OOC: Hmm...
[20:23] <Gildas> The bear heads for the monster that Feather is engaged with!
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[20:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit-o-wham.
[20:25] <Gildas> roll 1d6+7 rawr
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+7 rawr and gets 12." [1d6=5]
[20:27] <@Kotono> Gildasleaps in, landing on the ant as he takes big bites and claws out of its back! The mindslayer is still up, just barely, but sagging under the wounds and maintained by pure RAGE! OOC: Ow. Okay, slayer 1 is up.
[20:27] <@Kotono> The first slayer doesn't gaze at Gildas this time - it turns its attentions to Myann instead!
[20:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 21." [1d20=19]
[20:28] <@Kotono> But Myann shakes it off, motes of mushroom-shaped light appearing before her eyes! OOC: Feather.
[20:28] <Feather> Tired of all these attacks upon him, Feather drives his blade into the mindslayer all the way to the hilt!
[20:29] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 I hope. Also, zap.
[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 I hope. Also, zap. and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[20:29] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+5d6 elec
[20:29] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+5d6 elec and gets 27." [1d10=8][5d6=3, 2, 5, 2, 3]
[20:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(27)>???1(20)>Feather(19)>Porridge=Myann(14)>???5(5)>???4(2)>Minion Wall(1 prone)'
[20:30] <@Kotono> The mindslayer gets stabbed from the side, blade poking out the othe rend of the ant! It goes rigid and then still, falling over and very much dead! OOC: Porridge.
[20:31] <@Porridge> Porridge continues kicking and clawing and biting at the writhing wall of ants before him, a distant part of his enraged and bestial mind hoping he doesn't swallow too much ichor but in general more concerned with killing and hurting than with fastidiousness.
[20:31] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+11 talons
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+11 talons and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[20:31] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 claws
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 claws and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[20:31] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 claws
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 claws and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[20:31] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 bite
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 bite and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[20:31] <@Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[20:31] <@Porridge> roll 1d8+6+1d3+4+2d4+4
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d8+6+1d3+4+2d4+4 and gets 27." [1d8=5][1d3=3][2d4=2, 3]
[20:32] <@Kotono> Two more ants go down! Only two minions are left, broken up and wounded! The wall's essentially a nonfactor now! Meanwhile Myann advances with sword out, going to stab another minion!
[20:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[20:33] <@Kotono> But her blade is deflected by the remnants of a shield, clanging off with a bell-like tolling! The fourth and fifth mindslayers scream in your minds, "MURDERERS! MURDERERS!" They then turn and flee! You can see that there's several passages here, including one on the far wall and dead ahead. They plunge into the darkness within it, out of range of Myann's mage-light. OOC: Okay, minion wall.
[20:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[20:33] <@Kotono> OOC: And they're still useless. Gildas.
[20:34] <Gildas> The bear roars again, but takes no action, just to be safe and on guard in case something returns!
[20:34] <Gildas> OOC: Holding, just in case.
[20:36] <@Kotono> The first surviving mindslayer turns and glares at Porridge! OOC: Will.
[20:38] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 +8 if enchantment
[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 +8 if enchantment and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[20:38] <@Kotono> But Porridge is able to force away the pressure on his mind! OOC: Feather, go.
[20:39] <Feather> "Should've just talked," Feather mutters, seeking to end things here.
[20:39] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 mindslayer1
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 mindslayer1 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:39] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 22." [1d10=8][2d6=5, 5]
[20:40] <@Kotono> OOC: That got it, adn we'll pause here. We'll open up with the aftermath of the battle tom ororw.

[Ebiris]

[18:04] <@Koaway> As the last ant falls, silence comes to the cavern. Ahead of you is an open cavern with several paths. There's a path straight ahead that the mindslayers fled down, a path to the upper right that slopes down, the lower right that stays level and to the mid-left that stays level but has a lowering ceiling..
[18:06] <Feather> It only makes sense not to leave an enemy at your back, and so Feather pursues the mindslayers.
[18:06] <@Porridge> Porridge chases after the mind slayers as well, ravenous raptor jaws hungering for ant... well, they don't have blood. Hungering for ant, then.
[18:07] <Gildas> Gildas-Bear will follow them!
[18:08] <@Koaway> Myann runs just behind, light shedding the way! You barely get 10ft in the tunnel before something comes into view 40ft ahead! At the edge of her magelight you see two more minion ants rushing forward! OOC: Init, the ants wanted reinforcements, clearly.
[18:08] <@Koaway> roll 1d20 minion 1
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20 minion 1 and gets 15." [1d20=15]
[18:08] <@Koaway> roll 1d20 minion 2
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20 minion 2 and gets 18." [1d20=18]
[18:08] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 20." [1d20=18]
[18:08] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+2
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+2 and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[18:08] * Koaway changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Minion 2(18)>Minion 1(15)>Porridge(11)'
[18:08] <Feather> roll 1d20+2
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 and gets 8." [1d20=6]
[18:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:10] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[18:10] * Koaway changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Minion 2(18)>Minion 1(15)>Gildas=Porridge(11)>Feather(8)'
[18:11] <@Koaway> Myann is the fastest of the group, going ahead to introduce the first minion to cold steel!
[18:11] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+9 (+2 charge)
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+9 (+2 charge) and gets 19." [1d20=10]
[18:12] <@Koaway> roll 1d8+3
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d8+3 and gets 4." [1d8=1]
[18:12] <@Koaway> She manages to open up a scrape on the ant, but her blade doesn't slash deep! A moment later and she has an ant ahead of her and at her side, both trying to bite her up good!
[18:12] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+3
[18:12] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+3
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+3 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[18:12] <@Koaway> roll 1d6
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[18:13] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+3 improved grab
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+3 improved grab and gets 7." [1d20=4]
[18:14] <@Koaway> Myann gets her arm bitten, but she manages to slip out of the bite! Ahead you can see further with her light on further - the passage turns and slopes a bit up ahead, blocking further view. OOC: Gildas and Porridge.
[18:15] <@Porridge> Porridge races ahead, slamming into one of the minion guards in a flurry of biting and slashing and kicking!
[18:16] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+11 -2 pa, charge, talons
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+11 -2 pa, charge, talons and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[18:16] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 -2 pa, charge, claws
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 -2 pa, charge, claws and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[18:16] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 -2 pa, charge, claws
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 -2 pa, charge, claws and gets 13." [1d20=7]
[18:16] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 -2 pa, charge, bite
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 -2 pa, charge, bite and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[18:16] <Gildas> Gildas goes to engage the ant that attacked Myann, attempting to bite into it!
[18:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[18:17] <@Koaway> Gildas and Porridge join the melee, but neither can manage decisive blows! Back and forth they go, ants warding off heroes with snapping mandibles! OOC: feather.
[18:19] * Feather tries to land the decisive strike to open the path ahead!
[18:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[18:20] <@Koaway> Feather charges in as well, but the battlefield is too congested! He has to fall back, his sword still unstained! OOC: Myann.
[18:20] <@Koaway> Myann manages an almost cute sounding grunt, two-handing her longsword as she thrusts for the first ant's head!
[18:20] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+7
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[18:21] <@Koaway> But her blow simply can't make any inroads! It hits and slides along instead of piercing in! Meanwhile the first ant rears up and tries to bite Myann, while the second goes for Gildias!
[18:21] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[18:21] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[18:21] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+3 Gildas
[18:21] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+3 Gildas and gets 6." [1d20=3]
[18:21] <@Koaway> But both are warded away, the clang of sword on ant joining the soft swish of a missed bite! OOC: Gildas and Porridge, take 2!
[18:22] <@Porridge> Hissing and snarling, Porridge keeps up the assault!
[18:22] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+11 talons
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+11 talons and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[18:22] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 claws
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 claws and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[18:22] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 claws
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 claws and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[18:22] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+6 bite
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+6 bite and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[18:23] <@Porridge> roll 1d3+4+1d3+4+2d4+4
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d3+4+1d3+4+2d4+4 and gets 20." [1d3=1][1d3=3][2d4=1, 3]
[18:23] <@Koaway> OOC: Which ant?
[18:23] <@Porridge> OOC: minion2
[18:23] <Gildas> Again, a bite attempt at the first ant!
[18:23] * Koaway changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Minion 1(15)>Gildas=Porridge(11)>Feather(8)'
[18:23] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[18:24] <@Koaway> OOC: Shocking, Hatebot.
[18:24] <@Koaway> Porridge leaps onto the ant! His claws and bite rip into its back, the insect torn apart! It falls into bloodless pieces, as meanwhile Gildas and the other ant continue to duel with one another! OOC: Feather.
[18:25] <Feather> There really must be something wrong with him, given how badly he had been missing huge horse-sized enemies, and Feather resolves to take a closer look at his magical aura afterwards. Maybe even see a healer if that doesn't work....
[18:25] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[18:25] <Feather> roll 1d10+4+2d6
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+4+2d6 and gets 20." [1d10=7][2d6=5, 4]
[18:25] <@Koaway> Fortunately, this time Feather performs! There's no premature missing to see a healer about as he stabs in, impaling the ant and kicking it away! OOC: Free act.
[18:26] <@Porridge> Porridge doesn't slow down, continuing to chase right after the mindslayers!
[18:28] <Gildas> There's a brief hesitation, but he ultimately continues down the same path!
[18:29] <@Koaway> Thus the party surges ahead! The intersection is little more than a side cut before it hooks back up - a casual look suggests this passage isn't natural, but in a hurry you don't have any time to examine it. Going around the other side, you find one -big- ant blocking the way! It's 15ft ahead and lumbering forward! It's bigger than them, closer to a full grown warhorse! Its mouth drips acid, a
[18:29] <@Koaway> cloud of noxious fumes surround its head! OOC: Init.
[18:29] <@Koaway> "Oh no," Myann grimaces at seeing it. "They're getting bigger!"
[18:29] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+2
[18:29] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[18:29] <@Koaway> roll 1d20-1 giant ant
[18:29] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20-1 giant ant and gets 16." [1d20=17]
[18:30] * Koaway changes topic to 'Giant Ant(16)>Myann(14)'
[18:30] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+2
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[18:30] <Feather> roll 1d20+2
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[18:30] * Koaway changes topic to 'Giant Ant(16)>Myann(14)>Feather(12)>Porridge(5)'
[18:31] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[18:31] * Koaway changes topic to 'Giant Ant(16)>Gildas(15)>Myann(14)>Feather(12)>Porridge(5)'
[18:32] <@Koaway> The giant ant stares at Myann - no! It stares at the light-glowing sword, before focusing on her! It rears back and fires out a stream of acid right for her face!
[18:32] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+4 touch AC
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+4 touch AC and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[18:32] <@Koaway> But Myann nimbly ducks as the acid flies overhead! It lands behind you, hissing on the stone behind the party! OOC: Gildas.
[18:32] <Gildas> The bear moves in, trying to land a bite attack that actually serves a purpose this time around!
[18:33] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:33] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[18:33] <Gildas> roll 1d20+7
[18:33] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[18:33] <@Koaway> OOC: Crit. However, it has reach and it'll get an AoO on you. You okay with that? You're close enough that you could attempt an acrobatics check to avoid that if you like too.
[18:34] <Gildas> OOC: That's fine, I'll take the AoO.
[18:34] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+8
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[18:34] <@Koaway> OOC: AC?
[18:34] <Gildas> OOC: 26 against AoO
[18:34] <@Koaway> OOC: Missed. Roll damage.
[18:34] <Gildas> roll 2d6+14
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d6+14 and gets 24." [2d6=4, 6]
[18:35] <@Koaway> Gildas leaps in, and in one bite, tears the head of the ant apart! Its brains tumble out like leftovers into the trash, its body simply slumping forward! OOC: That was abrupt. Free act.
[18:35] <@Koaway> OOC: More too.
[18:36] <@Koaway> As the giant ant falls, yo ucan see ahead. The passage slopes down sharply ahead. However, there's light ahead. Flashes of electric blue occasionally pierce the darkness of the passage down.
[18:37] <@Porridge> Porridge races desperately ahead, knowing he only has seconds left before coming down hard from the warp.
[18:38] * Feather pauses long enough to ward himself against electricity. Considering his speed, he should catch up without much trouble.
[18:39] <@Koaway> You race ahead! Coming down, you come out to a ledge! There's a path leading down, but that's not the main attraction. Below is a large cave where war is being waged! Hundreds of shocker lizards and ants lie dead, with perhaps two dozen ants left up. There's far more lizard; however, from a northern passage you can see lights! Kobolds are there, attacking both sides with slings and spears! You
[18:39] <@Koaway> can see your two mindslayers below in the frequent flashes of electric blue light, racing to join their kinsmen.
[18:41] <@Porridge> Porridge stops. Actually, maybe he doesn't want to get mixed up in that... and then he suddenly sags, wilting and hissing weakly as his efforts catch up with him.
[18:41] * Feather pauses, glances down to take a closer look and then carefully steps back.
[18:42] <@Koaway> Myann stares and then steps back with Feather. "Have we...has this touched off an entire war down here?" she whispers.
[18:43] <Gildas> The bear stutter-steps for a moment before shifting back to communicate with the others. "I do not believe it was us."
[18:43] <Feather> "Could be," Feather admits quietly, starting to walk back down the corridor they came through. "Though just with the timing. They already hated each other."
[18:44] <@Porridge> Porridge turns back into a man, still wheezing a bit. "Maybe just fill in the hole?"
[18:45] <Gildas> He nods. "That may be for the best... do we wish to explore any more of this cave before we do that?"
[18:46] <@Koaway> "At least the threats will be wiped out. But didn't the scholar mention treasures lower down?" she asks.
[18:46] <Feather> "Think we got tricked," Feather mutters. "Nothing seems that evil here, aside from the lizards."
[18:46] <@Porridge> "Yeah, big surprise from the fey. Wonder if the seal even was going to wear off," Porridge shakes his head.
[18:46] <Gildas> "I'm not so sure that's the case, but... either way, we must deal with the ramifications."
[18:47] * Feather shrugs. "Not much we can do about it now. Let's just wait a couple days for them to fight it out, stay by the hole and everything? Then see who won and ask them to move."
[18:49] <@Porridge> "Or fill in the holes with dirt and rocks," Porridge suggests. "Eventually more lizards or ants will move in and fill the caves back up."
[18:49] <@Koaway> "Let's go back pu then?" Myann suggests.
[18:50] <Gildas> He nods and turns back to walk the other direction!
[18:50] <@Porridge> Porridge does the same, not intending to pick up that crystal sword on the way back.
[18:51] <Feather> "Might as well see what's down there afterwards," Feather muses, bringing up the rear once again. "He said treasures, but it's probably another lie. Might be dangerous after all."
[18:53] <@Koaway> Thus the party heads back up and out! Rain greets you as you emerge. Robert's nearby, soaked. "Hey all of you," he says, "Done for the day in there?"
[18:54] <@Porridge> "Yeah, looking a lost cause - caves must go for miles and we've seen armies of lizards and ants and stuff all fighting down there," Porridge admits. "Might be better to just fill in the holes with dirt and rock."
[18:55] <@Koaway> "Shiiiit," Drawling that out and shaking his head, "All that's down there? But there's something else you should see."
[18:56] <Feather> "Oh?
[18:56] <@Koaway> "Yeah. That crater from where the ground collapsed is turning into a lake and...well, you should just see it yourself," Robert stays, starting to walk in that direction.
[18:57] <@Porridge> Porridge heads on over. "Well if it doesn't drain away that's one less hole to fill in."
[18:57] <Gildas> He will follow along!
[18:59] <@Koaway> Thus you head over. You're wet and muddy by the time you make it, but you find the collapse crater's rather large. Trees still stick up amid it, but it's mostly filled with water. "Must've hit an aquafer," he adds conversationally. "Now just watch the tree branches for a bit."
[19:00] * Feather watches extra carefully for any sign of exaggerated growth.
[19:02] <@Koaway> As you watch, you can see that the leaves of the trees aren't dying. In fact, you swear they're getting bigger as you watch.
[19:03] <Feather> "So there's something down there after all? And it's now flooded?"
[19:04] <Gildas> "We knew there was something... just not exactly what it was." He rubs his chin at the scene.
[19:04] <@Koaway> "Guess so?" he offers, "Took a dive down there and there's some holes. It's not draining the lake, so they go into the water source."
[19:04] <@Porridge> Porridge goes and cups some of the water in his hand, pouring it over one of his wounds.
[19:06] <@Koaway> Porridge's wound tingles! Slowly the wound shows signs of healing! OOC: 1 hit point restored.
[19:07] <@Porridge> Porridge grins and stands up. "That settles the positive energy question. It's a healing spring." Turning to Robert he grins, "You've no idea how lucky you are."
[19:08] <Feather> "Mind if we take a swim?" Feather asks Robert. "I've been feeling off lately, too. Could help."
[19:08] <@Koaway> "Truly!?" Myann stares, before kneeling and drinking a double palmful. Her wounds glow with a dull green light, her injuries healing! "It feels like one of my healing spells."
[19:10] <@Koaway> "By all means," Robert sounds rather dazed, "A real, magic healing pool?" He stumbles back and rests against a nearby tree, "Gods!"
[19:10] <Gildas> "So... is it the water that's caused the growth here...?" He looks around. "Or did something enchant the water?"
[19:11] <@Porridge> Porridge kneels down and takes a drink himself to mend his wounds. "Who knows," he says after. "Have to go down there to find out."
[19:12] * Feather follows Porridge's lead.
[19:12] <@Koaway> "Something's below, I'm guessing," Myann puts aside her sword-belt and sword, then starts to remove her chain mail. "Say, can any of you manage some magic ot breathe water? I know stories say it can be done." The water is sweet, your wounds healing after a good gulp! Your mental injuries mend as well! OOC: Ability damage restored.
[19:14] * Feather shakes his head. "Heard about it too. Never had reason to learn, though."
[19:15] <@Porridge> "No, but I can turn into a fish," Porridge laughs, before sobering. "Not today, though. Raptor took a lot out of me."
[19:15] <Gildas> He will lean down and take a sip along with the rest of them, then looks at Myann. "I could do it. I would need some time to prepare it, though."
[19:18] <@Koaway> Removing everything but her undergarments, Myann slips into the water. "It tingles," she says with a little yip.
[19:19] <Feather> He certainly needs the relaxation, and since Robert didn't object Feather decides to follow suit. With magic, he won't be left defenseless even if he leaves his swords behind, after all.
[19:20] <@Koaway> Going in, Feather finds that the water makes him tingle all over. It feels good, his aches and pains going away along with the fatigue of battle.
[19:21] <@Porridge> Porridge takes an appreciative look, for all that travelling and camping together affords little modesty. Turning his eyes away after a moment, he shrugs, "I guess a mystery like this does grab the eye. We can make a few more excursions down below and hope they all kill each other off. See what we can find before filling the pit."
[19:21] <Feather> Having a decent place to swim at in the middle of a forest is a luxury, and Feather makes full use of it.
[19:22] <@Koaway> OOC: Okay then, what are your plans coming up?
[19:23] <@Porridge> OOC: rest, tomorrow we can get water breathing and such then swim down the bottom of the lake?
[19:24] <Gildas> OOC: Yeah, I'll change Speak with Plants for Water Breathing.
[19:24] <@Koaway> OOC: Okay. Drinking and swimming in the water will restore all your various injuries and ability damages, so go ahead and cross those off.
[19:28] <@Koaway> The next morning is bright. In the sunshine you head to the new lake. The trees have grown several feet, beautiful canopies above. It makes a criss-cross of light and shadow on the lake, which is now full. Red and white spotted mushrooms dot the shoreline.
[19:30] <@Porridge> Looking at the mushrooms and then Myann, Porridge just shakes his head.
[19:31] * Feather decides to leave his armor behind to make it easier to get about the lake, though his weapons will be making the trip with him. "Were the mushrooms there before?" he wonders out loud, glancing at them.
[19:31] <@Koaway> Myann looks surprised several moments as her lips twist into a grimace. She looks away several moments and sighs, before turning her attention back to the mushrooms. "They weren't," she says, sounding rather miserable. She goes to one and sniffs it, "They're not poisonous.
[19:31] <@Koaway> OOC: Gah.
[19:33] <@Koaway> Myann looks surprised several moments as her lips twist into a grimace. She looks away several moments and sighs, before turning her attention back to the mushrooms. "They weren't," she says, sounding rather miserable. She goes to one and sniffs it, "They're not poisonous. " she announces, picking one and taking a bite. "At least they won't hurt anyone and they can be good for cooking," she
[19:33] <@Koaway> says, dropping it to the ground. She works out of her armor as well and strips down to her undergarments, sword put aside as well.
[19:35] <Feather> "Then it's all good," Feather voices, waiting for Gildas to work his magic.
[19:35] <Gildas> "All right, please hold still." He will place his hand on them, then himself and make a quick incantation of Water Breathing! "...That should do it."
[19:35] <@Porridge> Porridge abandons his armour as well, and his axe and most of his other gear and clothes bar his trousers, bundling it all up with everyone else's things, though he does keep a hold of his spear.
[19:36] <@Porridge> "Lets go see what's at the bottom then," Porridge wades into the lake, diving under once the water laps at his chest.
[19:36] <Feather> Diving without the need to hold his breath is a unique experience, and one Feather embraces whole-heartedly as he swims down.
[19:37] <@Koaway> OOC: Going to be leaving behind your gear as well, Gildas? I need to know for DM recordkeeping.
[19:37] <Gildas> OOC: I'm just going to Shapeshift and take it with me.
[19:38] <@Koaway> OOC: Works. Okay. What form?
[19:39] <Gildas> OOC: Birds can't swim! (Okay, they can, but...)
[19:39] <Gildas> OOC: Predator.
[19:39] <@Koaway> OOC: Okay. Make a single swim check, y'all, so I get an idea of how well you're maneuvering in case it comes up.
[19:39] <@Koaway> roll 1d20+9 Myann
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d20+9 Myann and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[19:40] <Feather> roll 1d20+7
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[19:40] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+9
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 20." [1d20=9]
[19:41] <@Koaway> The party swims down in good order, breathing the water. It's easy as air to breath, not the slightest bit uncomfortable. You swim down, the sunlight from above enough to see a  few holes on the bottom. One's big enough for all of you to swim down.
[19:43] <@Porridge> That's the one to aim for!
[19:45] <@Koaway> Thus the party swims down! The light fades, but a quick spell by Myann makes her top glow. It illuminates a rather pretty blush on here as you swim down. As you do - you manage to stop a ways down, perhaps 30ft. The current's starting to pick up as you go down. Going further may mean being carried along by the current.
[19:47] * Feather doesn't fear any currents!
[19:48] <Gildas> The bear will follow along with the others based on their decision!
[19:49] <@Porridge> Porridge is mystified at how the current can behave this way, but at worst they can climb up inch by inch, so he keep son swimming down.
[19:51] <@Koaway> Down you go! The current picks up and you find yourselves being pulled down! The water picks up speed and the party is swept along! Down and down and down and down you go, down deeper! You're speeding up and out of control! You race down as the passage widens, and you can he-gah! Just as you hear it you fall out, splashing down into a lake below! OOC: Go ahead and react, y'all.
[19:53] <@Porridge> "Bloobughbooblaagla!" Porridge exclaims, swimming to the surface after diving into the lake so he can exclaim more eloquently "What the shit?!" and try to understand how a level lake can drain out like this.
[19:53] <Feather> "What?!" Feather exclaims, waving his arms in surprise at the drop.
[19:54] <Gildas> The bear plunges into the lake along with the others, dutifully aiming to not land on anyone, though.
[19:56] <@Koaway> After the splashes Myann swims up, glowing light. Not that it's needed here, for everything glows an unearthly green. Here marbled and streaked rocks are the color of cloudy emeralds. The water is a bright green. Several lines of it flow upwards, connecting to the ceiling above. Ahead is a lake shore, where there are walls lined with pulsing green rocks. They glow bright green then fade to black,
[19:56] <@Koaway> then repeat every few seconds.
[19:57] <Gildas> The bear swims for the shore!
[19:57] <Feather> "A lake within a lake?!" Feather shakes his head. "No, a lake below a lake?!"
[19:58] <@Porridge> Porridge swims for shore as well, saving his breath till then. And once up on land he speaks, "If the lake above is feeding this lake, then what's feeding it?"
[19:58] <@Koaway> "It's magic. Why try to explain it? Magic certainly feels like it doesn't have to," Myann says as she swims on towards the shore as well.
[19:59] <Feather> "It's not the other way around?" Feather asks, following suit.
[20:00] <@Koaway> You reach the shore without incident. There's not much here besides the wall with the strange green rocks.
[20:02] <@Porridge> Porridge gestures upwards, "Water's coming down from up there. So it should empty the lake on the surface, unless some other water is going up into it. From a lot of sources since this drain was the biggest hole we saw."
[20:03] <@Koaway> "Those?" Myann points at the lines of water that flow upwards to the ceiling, "Hopefully we can get out with those, for that matter."
[20:03] <Gildas> The bear moves away from everyone and shakes the water out, then transforms back. "Yes, but the water is likewise going back up, do you see it?" He gestures at the lines flowing up.
[20:03] <Feather> "Was there even a lake there before? Thought it just appeared after everything blew up."
[20:04] <@Porridge> Porridge looks and sees. "How in the... okay, fine. I don't see any caves or anything here on the shore, so want to see what's at the bottom of this lake?"
[20:04] <@Koaway> "It's new," Myann confirms, "We went down a ways." She shrugs, "The explsion might have blown into this? There's clearly magic involved so..." She shakes her head, "The Sidhe can do strange and wondrous things with nature. It's not surprising that nature itself can manage it unaided too."
[20:05] * Feather laughs. "I think this is pretty surprising, myself!"
[20:06] <Gildas> "Do you think the rocks have anything to do with it?" He turns to look at them and get a closer look, at that.
[20:06] <@Koaway> OOC: How close are you getting, Gildas?
[20:07] <@Koaway> "We should," Myann agrees, starting to smile as well, "Things like this, no matter how illogical, make me glad I'm not stuck anymore. Isn't this amazing?"
[20:07] <Gildas> OOC: Hm...  probably about two feet away or so.
[20:08] <@Koaway> The stones continue to pulse. It looks like no stone Gildas has ever seen. They radiate a faint warmth that you can feel this close to them.
[20:08] <@Porridge> "Damn impressive," Porridge agrees, enjoying the strange splendour of this natural cathedral.
[20:09] * Feather decides to see what happens when he touches one of the stones.
[20:09] <@Koaway> OOC: Roll a d100, Feather?
[20:10] <Feather> roll 1d100
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d100 and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[20:10] <@Koaway> On touching the stone, Feather's entire body glows green! The touch makes him feel warm all over, his body brimming over with energy! OOC: Feather gains 2 points of Constitution.
[20:11] <Gildas> He glances over at the sudden glowing.
[20:12] <Feather> "Ah, that's the stuff!" Nodding to himself in satisfaction, Feather lets go.
[20:12] <@Koaway> "What happened?" Myann comes up to Feather, "Are you alright?"
[20:13] <@Porridge> "Hm?" Porridge looks over. "I guess the rocks are concentrated with positive energy?" he guesses. "Probably good for magic amulets and that kind of stuff..." He looks about for a small one that would be the right size for such.
[20:14] <@Koaway> There's a few smaller rocks that might be able to be torn away from the wall.
[20:14] <Feather> "Yeah, felt pretty good to touch it. Why don't you try it? It's like this connection to---" He shrugs. "Everything? I guess? Would feel bad breaking any of it."
[20:14] <@Koaway> Myann nods and touches the stones!
[20:14] <@Koaway> roll 1d100
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]
[20:15] <@Porridge> Porridge grabs one of small chunks and wrenches it off the wall.
[20:16] <@Koaway> Myann touches the stone! All over her body green mushrooms sprout! They fall away from her like a rain, leaving her standing amid a pil eof shrooms! Nonetheless she sighs happily, lowering her hand, "I feel amazing!"
[20:16] <@Koaway> OOC: d100, Porridge.
[20:17] <@Porridge> roll 1d100
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[20:18] <@Koaway> Porridge is able to gear the stone away! At the same time he feels suffused with energy, entire body glowing! OOC: +2 permanent bonus to fortitude saves.
[20:18] <Gildas> He considers for a moment, before returning to his bear form and moving over to put a paw on the wall.
[20:18] <@Porridge> "Hey, that is nice," he agrees, pocketing the thumb sized rock.
[20:19] <@Koaway> OOC: 1d100, Gildas.
[20:19] <Gildas> roll 1d100
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d100 and gets 69." [1d100=69]
[20:20] <@Koaway> Gildas touches the wall! He feels better - much better! He feels completely invigorated and full of life! OOC: Your con rises by 1 point, Gildas.
[20:21] <Gildas> He transforms back and nods. "I think this may be what has caused the growth outside."
[20:22] <Feather> "Gonna take a look at the bottom of this lake?" Feather asks, jerking a thumb behind him. "Maybe there's another lake below it?"
[20:22] <@Koaway> "Worth a shot." Myann bounces on her heels, "I feel like I could run around the entire forest now!"
[20:22] <@Porridge> "Yeah, may as well make use of our time here," Porridge agrees, wondering if twins and triplets are in their futures now.
[20:23] <Gildas> He nods.
[20:24] <@Koaway> Going back into the water, you swim down. You find it's quite the deep underground lake, the green glow fading as you go deeper. At the bottom is mud with a hint of green to it. There's several fissures that let water in, pouring in and not pouring out, notably. Coming close ot them, you can fee a suction pulling the water into the lake.
[20:25] <@Porridge> Porridge scoops up a few random handfuls of mud to see if there's anything concealed immediately underneath that might account for the suction.
[20:25] <@Koaway> OOC: Perception check.
[20:25] <@Koaway> OOC: Porridge.
[20:26] <@Porridge> roll 1d20+13
[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Porridge rolls 1d20+13 and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[20:26] <@Koaway> Porridge doesn't find anything interesting down there, just more mud beneath.
[20:27] <@Porridge> Well, nothing to do but swim back up and see if they can reach the surface through one of those vertical channels.
[20:29] <@Koaway> To your surprise, it's easy. The streams up suction you up as well as water, helping you up the tight passages! You get terrifically muddy and scratched up, your swimming clothes filthy and soaked by th etime you reach the top of the lake. Robert's there, sitting on a picnic blanket with a basket nearby. Next to it is a big old pitcher of lemonade, "You're back," he calls. "Missus wants you to
[20:29] <@Koaway> dry out before coming inside."
[20:31] <@Porridge> Porridge shakes himself a bit like a dog, then wanders behind a tree to take off his trousers and wring them out before putting them back on. "Done," he concludes, water still dripping a bit off his longish hair while he redresses.
[20:32] * Feather grabs his pack to find a spot to dry himself off and change, calling out, "Sure thing!" over his shoulder as he heads off.
[20:32] <@Koaway> Myann does the same, vanishing for a bit and coming back with drier underclothes on. She sits in the sun before dressing, getting herself some food from the basket. Smells good - like barbequed meat. Meanwhile Robert sits back, "So it's the real deal? A real, honest to goodness healing spring?"
[20:33] <Gildas> The bear will shake himself off off to the side until he's suitably dry... or drier, anyway, before shapeshifting back. "It's... a bit more than that, but... suffice to say, it is indeed a healing spring."
[20:33] <Feather> "Seems natural, too," Feather muses, returning after a bit and heading straight for the meat.
[20:33] <@Porridge> "Yeah. See down underneath it? There's another lake, all surrounded in rocks that give you vitality," he pulls out the shard in his pocket and shows it to Robert. "Think I can make an amulet or charm outta this."
[20:35] <@Koaway> The meat's hot and good, dripping with tender juices. "That right?" Shaking his head, "Well fuck," Lying back on his elbows, "You know what the Missus said first thing when I told her about it?"
[20:36] <Feather> "What's that?"
[20:37] <@Porridge> Porridge listens while biting and chewing the meat. This really would be a good place to settle down, were he of mind.
[20:38] <@Koaway> "She reminded me that a good and hot day is followed by ugly storms. What that means in human is that once word of healing springs gets out - and you bet it will - is that people will flock here. Don't suppose some of them won't be too bad and I was thinking about more farmsteads anyway. But some of them will be bastards, assholes and thieves looking to take advantage."
[20:39] <@Porridge> "Yeah," Porridge nods, he'd thought the same but didn't want to be a downer. "Best not to brag about it."
[20:40] <Feather> "Why would word get out anyway?" Feather wonders. "Even if you get many visitors over, just fence it off."
[20:42] <@Koaway> "People talk. Say I manage to keep visitors away from it and keep the kids form going on about it." Waving a hand about, "But say next time we visit Willowford old man Crochet's down sick, or that widower living alone broke her leg. Can't ignore them, can I? I fthey find out later I was holding out, my name's shit in Willowford. If I help them, more people find out. Someone talks eventually."
[20:44] * Feather frowns. "How about bottling some of the water? Might even add something in it for the flavor, say your wife's learned to make potions."

[Ebiris]

[18:00] <@Kotono> "Might, might," Robert says, "But I'm thinking - maybe it's time to step up those farmstead plans. We have a valuable resource and good land now. That makes a good base for a town, doesn't it?"
[18:01] <Feather> "Few are better," Feather agrees.
[18:01] <Gildas> He blinks. "Does that not just accelerate your concerns about the type of people that it attracts?"
[18:01] <@Porridge> "Safety in numbers, though," Porridge points out.
[18:02] <Feather> "It's a gamble, I figure," Feather muses, "but get enough likeminded people and then it becomes everyone's problem."
[18:04] <@Kotono> "That's basically it." Robert admits, "The hand we're dealt means sooner or later we have a problem. One little farmstead might burn, but a town can repel and thrive."
[18:06] <Feather> "Be glad to help," Feather offers, having given it some thought. "What do you need, you figure?"
[18:20] <Gildas> "This is, in effect, our responsibility. It is only right that we do what we can." He nods to Feather.
[18:20] <@Kotono> "Hell, a lot of things," Robert says, "First of all, yeah, I'm gonna ask. Are all of you interested? Every town needs defenders, and all of you are right capable. If you're planning on moving on after this, say so."
[18:21] <Feather> "Maybe. Kinda early to tell, you know?"
[18:21] <@Porridge> "Yeah," Porridge seconds that uncertainty. "Was even thinking, were I to settle down this'd be a great place. Not sure if it's that time yet, though."
[18:23] <Gildas> "I think, at the very least, we can stay until things in the town are properly taken care of?" He looks at the others.
[18:24] * @Porridge nods. "No rush to get anywhere else."
[18:26] <@Kotono> "I don't mind." Myann laughs and shakes her head, "I'm discussing building a town while sitting in my underclothes. This is just too surreal, go on. I'm going to dress." Myann goes and takes her clothes, heading off a bit to garb herself.
[18:27] <Feather> "So first, I reckon, is waiting a day or two and then seeing how that little war below ended?"
[18:27] <@Kotono> "Well hm. First of all we need more people." He says, sitting back and looking up at the sky. "We need people who can build and farm. Mostly build. We'd need wood and stone. More stone since wood burns, and a city made of wood's itching for a fire, isn't it?" Nodding to Feather, "Getting ahead of it a bit. How's it looking down below?"
[18:28] <@Porridge> "Looked like the lizards were winning," Porridge says.
[18:29] <Gildas> "The ants certainly seemed confident in their numbers, though."
[18:32] <@Kotono> "Mmmm. That's good," he finally says, "Them fighting below means we don't have to fight above. But what I reckon is that if we're going to have that hole around, we should but some defenses around it, too. Once we sort out whoever wins, anyway."
[18:33] <@Porridge> "Can just put a big board of wood over it weighed down with some heavy rocks," Porridge suggests.
[18:35] <@Kotono> "Good short term," He nods, "Longer term, maybe we build something around it," Robert says.
[18:39] <Gildas> "I may be able to come up with something to seal it. I will ruminate on the matter." He nods.
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, what's your plan now?
[18:48] <Feather> OOC: Wait by the hole a full day, go below again
[18:48] <Gildas> OOC: Sure.
[18:57] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[18:58] <@Kotono> The hole is quiet for a day. The next day's another sunny one. This one promises the heat of the summer that is developing, the clearing of the Holset Farmstead letting in more heat than the usual for the Vastwoods. The hole down is before you...OOC: Ball's in your court, describe what you're doing/where you're going.
[18:58] * Feather climbs down once more after warding himself against electricity.
[18:59] <@Porridge> Porridge uses up his sum of magical potency to make himself somewhat protected from lightning, and then climbs down after Feather.
[18:59] <Gildas> Gildas will do likewise as the first two and follow them as well!
[19:01] <@Kotono> Myann follows. Going down you find the entry cavern quiet. Rotting corpses are all about, the carrion stench a thick miasma.
[19:02] * Feather shakes his head, before saying, "Let's revisit all the places we've been too before, first?"
[19:02] <@Porridge> Porridge makes a face. "Good idea," he agrees once somewhat away from the corpses. "And we can set a fire down here at the end of the day."
[19:07] <@Kotono> Down you go. You go past the ruined ants and head to the intersection. Here you find something - a foursome of kobolds! Three have spears at the ready, but the last is clad in raggedy golden robes. He carries a plain oak staff covered in a rainbow collage of paint. "Hold and halt!" he says in Common, and on glancing Porridge and Myann, "Uuma ma...ten'...whatever it is you pointy ears use to say
[19:07] <@Kotono> we're not trying to kill you!"
[19:08] <@Kotono> "Pointy ears?" Myann glares at them, ears twitching lightly.
[19:09] <@Porridge> "Forget it," Porridge waves off the attempt at an elven greeting, "I don't care about that crap. If you're not here to fight that's fine by me."
[19:09] <Feather> "More like, who is it you're fighting here now?"
[19:11] <@Kotono> "Good." He says, "The accursed lizards and the thrice damned mindants have claimed enough." Slamming the butt of his staff on the ground, a solid THUNK, "I am Shama Ten'ten'tal. I am investigating claims that the accursed lizards have learned to copy secret and sacred bomb-making techniques from us."
[19:11] <@Kotono> *shaman
[19:11] <@Porridge> "Well, I saw mindants copying the lizards electric attacks. Guess it's going around?" Porridge shrugs idly.
[19:12] * Feather shudders. "Not something I wanted to see."
[19:12] <@Kotono> "Curses!" Muttering darkly, "Long have the mindants of the great hive shown this adaptability. But now the lizards are learning? Dark times." He shakes his head, "The pursuit of shinines will become even more hazardous."
[19:13] <Gildas> He considers a moment. "Have the lizards and ants always been down here fighting you kobolds?"
[19:13] <Feather> "Unless you just wipe them out?" Feather suggests. "Just how many are left, anyway?"
[19:13] <@Porridge> "Just how many mindants and lizards *are* there down here?" Porridge asks pointedly. "Hell, how deep does it go?"
[19:22] <@Kotono> Three taps of his staff, the other kobolds lowering their spears. "You are not familiar with the lands beneath the land. In this region are three main forces. Us, the kobolds," Gesturing with his staff around his group, "We fight in tribes and use alchemcy to destroy the lizards and ants. The mindants are the second group. They are a mind-of-all, with each ant contributing to a greater hive
[19:22] <@Kotono> mind. Mind powers come from this. Mentalism, the power of psionics, a special kind of magic. The lizards are the lizards. They are ruled by leaders that are as big as bloated caverns. They are vicious things, having an innate desire to destroy." Another tap of his staff, "We do not know. We have killed many and seen more corpses. A recent collapse seems to have stirred them into war. As of now
[19:22] <@Kotono> they have retreated back into their defended dens."
[19:23] <Feather> "Wait. Hold on. They've got cavern-sized lizards? Plural, too?"
[19:24] <@Porridge> "Cavern is pretty vague..." Porridge mutters quietly.
[19:24] <Feather> "Got to be at least a two-story house, right?"
[19:27] <@Kotono> "So it is told. Twenty and six years ago did a great tribe of kobolds wage war on a hoard of lizards. They triumphed and reached the core of their den. There they found the lizard! Tall as twenty five kobolds stacked up and three times as wide! Hundreds of lizards clung to it like flies on a corpse! It took the most holy explosions to destroy it."
[19:27] * Feather grimaces. "And how many lizard tribes you think there are?"
[19:29] <@Porridge> Porridge says nothing, but his eyes are plenty wide.
[19:32] <@Kotono> "We do not know. They range far, far farther. They do war with the dwarves far to the south, with the dark crystal-goblins far below. I have heard stories of the Basine and Darsinds far to the west fighting them as well. The mindants are rarer, but are always near the lizards and fighting them."
[19:33] * Feather can't help but shudder again. "What about things above ground? Do you ever fancy going there, or you like your caves just fine?"
[19:33] <@Porridge> "S'like there's a whole other world down here... and I dunno if it's an improvement from the fey," Porridge shakes his head, amazed at the scale of this subterranean conflict.
[19:34] <Gildas> "It would come as no surprise if the fey created these caverns in the first place." He frowns.
[19:34] <@Kotono> "The fey?" Frowning, "What creatures do yo uspeak of?"
[19:35] <Feather> "Better not invite them by talking about them," Feather mutters.
[19:35] <@Porridge> "Horrible horrible things that live on the surface," Porridge replies.
[19:36] <Gildas> "Sidhe is another term for them. They are... well, let us just say you do not want to deal with them if you can help it." He nods.
[19:37] <@Kotono> "AH!" The three kobolds virtually shriek as one! They hold up shiny objects in warding - a gold coin, a glass cup and a polished dagger. The shama merely shakes his head, "The Sidhe!" He says it like a curse, "
[19:37] <@Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[19:37] <Feather> "They fuck you up for fun. You, and your whole village. Keep a grudge for centuries! And-- ah, you heard of them?"
[19:38] <@Kotono> "AH!" The three kobolds virtually shriek as one! They hold up shiny objects in warding - a gold coin, a glass cup and a polished dagger. The shama merely shakes his head, "The Sidhe!" He says it like a curse, "The only creatures so vile as to disgust the lizards. Stories tell of the lizards ignoring others to attack them."
[19:38] <Gildas> "...Yes, it certainly seems like they must have some connection to this place." He frowns.
[19:39] <@Porridge> "Don't lay everything at their feet," Porridge tells Gildas. "There's far more to the world than they pretend to understand."
[19:40] <Gildas> He shrugs. "If there is a connection, there is. If there is not, there is not."
[19:41] <Feather> "Sounds more like everyone fled them here. Bah, don't matter none now, I reckon." Feather sighs, before looking at the shaman. "Since it's like that, don't think we can help much. Maybe I'd take on one dragon-lizard with the right support, but if there are so many of them...." He shakes his head. "So look, seems like we'll be neighbours. You fellows mind humans or elves as neighbours?"
[19:42] <@Kotono> Now the Shaman smiles. "We may be expanding here. The lizards and ants are in disarray. The local kobold camp was lost in the collapse. There may be shiny things yet to find. Tell me, do your people have shiny things?"
[19:43] <Feather> "We prefer wood or stone. Usually stone, since fire's nasty. But we could scrunge up enough to trade, here and there. That works?"
[19:44] <@Porridge> "Yeah. In fact, here," Porridge fishes out an octaganal disc of platinum with a tree on one side and a growling or grinning tusked face on the other. "Start us off on the right foot, huh?" he leans forward to give it to the shaman.
[19:45] <@Kotono> The shaman snaps it right up! "Stone, you said?" Starting to smile, "We can give yo ustone." He polishes the coin against his robe and sighs, "Aaah yes, we can give you stone."
[19:48] <Feather> "Sounds like we've got a deal, then! And hey, if those ants or lizards mount some other offensive, we'll be around to help out."