Just pour a hot kettle down the hole

[Ebiris]

[18:09] <@Kotono> Thus the party descends into the caverns once more. Shaman Ten'ten'tal and a cohort of kobolds escort you to the passages seen before. It's just past the many-way intersection that once lead to a kobold's storeroom of wealth, a new tunnel dug out plunging further into the earth. You go down it a ways, coming eventually to a place where the path narrows. It's just big enough to squeeze past.
[18:09] <@Kotono> "Past here you'll find the ants. Exterminate them." he says, passing a bundle to FEather. "The holy bombs."
[18:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Loot.
[18:10] <@John> "What's so holy about them?" John asks, looking over.
[18:10] <Feather> "Much appreciated," Feather responds, taking one and handing the bundle to Gildas.
[18:11] <Gildas> He takes the offered bundle and holds onto the other two.
[18:13] <@Kotono> "The explosions!" The Shaman declares, "You'll see."
[18:13] <@John> "Oh, okay."
[18:17] <Gildas> "I'm sure you'll hear from us soon enough." He says with a smile.
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Going on in then?
[18:17] <Feather> OOC: Yes
[18:22] <@Kotono> Thus the party heads into the darkness. Myann chants a simple spell, providing 20ft of good light then 20ft of dim light. Ahead the narrow passage widens enough to walk comfortably, the walls blasted. Shards of metal and splashes of blood can be noted about as well. The passage continues on past this, notably.
[18:23] <Feather> "That's how they saw there were ants here, I reckon?"
[18:24] <@John> "Something got itself pasted anyway," John says as they pass the signs of previous carnage.
[18:25] <Gildas> "Hm." He nods. "Let's be on our guard."
[18:26] <@Kotono> Myann glances down, waving her light-enhanced sword. "At least it looks like it took care of a few of the ants."
[18:28] <Gildas> He nods and continues on!
[18:29] <@Kotono> OOC: Marching order?
[18:29] <Gildas> OOC: I can go first.
[18:30] <@John> OOC: 2nd
[18:32] <Feather> OOC: I'll be last
[18:38] <@Kotono> OOC: G-J-M-F, okay.
[18:40] <@Kotono> Thus aligned, the party proceeds on. They go a minute or two ahead until you see the hall widening out into a room. It's 25ft wide and 40ft deep, with the passage continuing past the end of it. In the dead middle sits a large crystal, tall enough to touch the ceiling. The room's otherwise empty.
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Gah, some of the line got snipped in correcting. Hold up, strike.
[18:41] <@Kotono> Thus aligned, the party proceeds on. They go a minute or two ahead until you see the hall widening out into a room. It's 25ft wide and 40ft deep, with the passage continuing past the end of it. In the dead middle sits a large crystal, tall enough to touch the ceiling. The crystal is a dull green-yellow color, having no particular luster to it at all. The room's otherwise empty.
[18:42] <Gildas> "Huh. Another one...?" He says as he steps into the room. "I wonder if it's just a formation."
[18:42] <@John> "Should we touch it?" John asks, fanning out a bit to the right once they enter the wider space.
[18:43] <Feather> "We could."
[18:43] <Gildas> "I don't think it will react like the other ones did." He says with a look at it. "But if you want to try."
[18:44] <@Kotono> Myann follows, idly inspecting the crystal. "It's not a nice color, no real use for jewelry," she remarks.
[18:45] <Gildas> "I wonder if it's what the other crystals are made from?" He suggests. "But the color is wrong..."
[18:45] <@John> Just to see what happens, John walks up and taps it.
[18:51] <@Kotono> John walks up and taps the crystal! It shimmers all over, starting to crackle with lightning! Suddenly arcs of lighting rise from the upper parts, cascading around the room and slamming into the walls! The dim, dull face of an ant appears in the middle, flickering as lightning gathers all around! OOC: Indeed, it bea a trap. Init.
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 lightning ant crystal
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 lightning ant crystal and gets 8." [1d20=7]
[18:52] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[18:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lightning Ant Crystal(8)>Myann(5)'
[18:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(14)>Lightning Ant Crystal(8)>Myann(5)'
[18:52] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[18:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(14)>Gildas(12)>Lightning Ant Crystal(8)>Myann(5)'
[18:53] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[18:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(23)>Feather(14)>Gildas(12)>Lightning Ant Crystal(8)>Myann(5)'
[18:53] <@Kotono> OOC: John is 5ft from the crystal and the rest of you are 10ft away. Go John, open.
[18:53] <@Kotono> "Ah!" Myann ducks a bolt as she cries out, "Stop that! You aren't the lizards!"
[18:54] <@John> When in doubt, hit it! Which John does with gusto!
[18:54] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[18:55] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[18:55] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[18:55] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[18:55] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[18:56] <@John> roll 3#1d6+7
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3#1d6+7 and gets 28." [3#1d6+7 = 12, 8, 8]
[18:56] <@Kotono> WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! The crystal is smacked all over, little shards of it knocked free. But it's a surprisingly tough hunk of crystal, taking the blows and only cracking. The attacks seem effective, just not enough to put it down. OOC: Ow. Feather, go.
[18:57] <Feather> "Oh this is bullshit!" Feather cries out, rushing ahead to try and cleave the battered crystal in two with his adamantium blade and disrupt the spell before it goes off!
[18:57] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 charge!
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 charge! and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Also a hit.
[18:57] <Feather> roll 1d6+4+2d12
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+4+2d12 and gets 23." [1d6=5][2d12=12, 2]
[18:59] <@Kotono> Feather leaps in, slashing his blade through a flaw in the already damaged crystal. With a nice big crack from John's blows, he's able to bisect it down the center! Hunks of crystal fall in a sparking rain, fizzling out! In the ruins of the crystal you can see the half-rotted skeletons of several shocker lizards. OOC: Free act. Mauled that one.
[18:59] <Feather> "Nasty shit."
[19:00] <@John> "Yeah, these ants are pretty nasty aren't they?" John reflects after his first encounter with them.
[19:02] <Gildas> "...Ah." He nods. "I think I understand... I think this crystal... is the same one we ran into in the temple." He goes over to pick a piece of it up, which hopefully won't shock him.
[19:03] <@Kotono> There's a hint of voltage in it, but besides a bit of a jolt, it does no damage to Gildas. OOC: If you're taking a piece of it, mark it on your sheet and mention it in loot.
[19:03] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[19:03] <@Kotono> "It's a good reminder," Myann remarks as she holds her blade out for light, "The lizards are smart enough to set traps like this."
[19:03] <@Kotono> *ants
[19:03] <Gildas> "Those crystals could absorb power, right? So the ants probably figured out if they put them inside..." He nods and pockets the chunk of crystal.
[19:05] <Feather> "How do you just put someone inside a solid crystal?" Feather wonders.
[19:05] <Gildas> "That... is a very good question." He nods to Feather. "I wonder if these ants can craft it in some way with their minds?"
[19:06] <Gildas> While wondering, he looks for any other openings out of the room they're in.
[19:07] <@John> "They probably grow it. I've seen these crystals that you put salt on them and leave them overnight, they get bigger," John says.
[19:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Perception, Gildas.
[19:08] <Feather> "Oh, that could happen!"
[19:09] <@Kotono> "That might be, or supernatural means," Myann admits, before her lips twist in a smile, "Maybe they have a Sidhe ant who commands crystals?"
[19:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+15
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[19:10] <Gildas> "That is truly a terrifying thought."
[19:12] <@Kotono> Hm? Hidden against the right-side wall is a place where your hand goes right through, like the wall isn't there. To Gildas's eyes, the section of the wall vanishes, revealing a passage leading to the right.
[19:13] <Gildas> He furrows his brow. "This is oddly familiar, too."
[19:14] <Gildas> He waves the others over before heading into the passage!
[19:15] * @John follows after him.
[19:15] <@Kotono> Gildas walks into solid stone! Before the others, the stone shimmers and fades away, revealing the truth to the rest of them. OOC: That's one way to work through an illusion.
[19:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Going on then, y'all?
[19:17] <Feather> OOC: Sure
[19:17] <Gildas> OOC: Yar
[19:22] <@Kotono> The hidden passage starts to wind down. It goes on for a minute before coming to a rocky tube going straight down. It's a burrow hole into the earth, going down farther than your light can see.
[19:23] <Gildas> He frowns. "Well... I suppose the easiest way would be for us to fly down..."
[19:24] <@John> "Yeah, easiest," John says disbelievingly, not having grown wings recently.
[19:24] <Feather> "Bad things happened to you last time you did that," Feather points out, thinking that getting back out would be a chore.
[19:24] <Gildas> "I see no other way to proceed, though."
[19:25] <@Kotono> "Maybe I can scout ahead?" Myann suggests, "I can see in the dark and I can fly."
[19:25] <Feather> "Other than down the passage we were going?"
[19:27] <Gildas> "The last time we found a hidden passage it did lead to some interesting items." He offers.
[19:27] <@John> "I could probably climb it easy enough," John says, not wanting to hold all the amazing flying people up.
[19:27] <Feather> "Eh. Better that the both of you go together, then? But, uh, don't explore if it leads somewhere else this time! Get back!"
[19:28] <Gildas> He nods. "All right."
[19:30] <@Kotono> "Alright," Myann agrees, placing her sword down. "If it's the both of us, one of us will need to carry this in bird form so we can see."
[19:31] <Gildas> "I can." He says and shapeshifts and goes to grasp it in order to do that!
[19:31] <Gildas> OOC: Aerial form, to be clear.
[19:32] <@Kotono> Myann follows, a mushroom hawk appearing. Once done she goes on down...OOC: As they descend, would John'n'Feather maker perception checks?
[19:33] <@John> roll 1d20+14
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[19:33] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[19:34] <@Kotono> OOC: #evildunes, Myann'n'Gildas.
[19:36] <@Kotono> Thus the two go down. As John and Feather wait, John hears something from behind - the sound of something hitting the stone ground.
[19:38] <@John> "Hey, what's that?" John asks, more to alert Feather as he turns around, peering into the inky darkness. "Probably shouldn't have let them go away with our only light, should we?"
[19:39] <Feather> "Want more of this, evil rock?!" Feather exclaims, brandishing his scimitars as eerie green lights spring about them.
[19:39] <Feather> OOC: Dancing lights!
[19:42] <@Kotono> With light, the party  can see them! 30ft ahead and closing, a pair of ants! They're making loud CLACKING sounds with their mandibles, rapidly bashing them together. OOC: Init here, the bad guys have come.
[19:42] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 go away!
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 go away! and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ant 1
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ant 2
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ant 1 and gets 17." [1d20=17]
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ant 2 and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[19:43] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[19:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(22)>Ant 2(20)>Ant 1(17)>John(15)'
[19:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Open Feather.
[19:43] * Feather pounces on the nearest of the ants!
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d20+11 spring attack
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 spring attack and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d6+4+4d6+1d6 last is fire, getting 10ft back after
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+4+4d6+1d6 last is fire, getting 10ft back after and gets 19." [1d6=3][4d6=4, 1, 2, 4][1d6=1]
[19:45] <@Kotono> The ant's head is cut off, the entire thing turning to sand and dust as Feather neatly slays it in a single blow! OOC: Quick query, was that the verminbane sword?
[19:45] <Feather> OOC: No, the stone scimitar
[19:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(22)>Ant 1(17)>John(15)'
[19:46] <@Kotono> The surviving ant comes forward, trying to give Feather a good, old fashioned biting!
[19:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 AC?
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 AC? and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[19:47] <@Kotono> But Feather parries the blow, knocking the ant's overbite away! OOC: John.
[19:48] * @John runs up and gives the ant a bash on the head!
[19:48] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[19:48] <@Kotono> OOC: The ow is obvious. Hit.
[19:48] <@John> roll 1d6+9
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+9 and gets 10." [1d6=1]
[19:49] <@Kotono> CLANG! The ant is brained but good, hit dead in the center of its head! But it doesn't go down, instead stumbling about as its mandible clicking becomes little more than white noise.  But ahead, in the darkness, you can hear more clicking. OOC: Feather.
[19:49] * Feather dispatches this one before waiting for the others to come to them.
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[19:51] <@Kotono> PPC" Jot/
[19:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:51] <Feather> roll 1d6+4+2d6+1d6 last is fire
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+4+2d6+1d6 last is fire and gets 23." [1d6=6][2d6=5, 4][1d6=4]
[19:51] * Feather leaps back once more afterwards.
[19:55] <@Kotono> The ant's already battered body is sliced deeply into, reduced to sand like the other! Got it! AT the same time Myann and Gildas fly back up, as...OOC: Free act for the mometn.
[19:56] <Feather> "Treasure? Or more ants like here?"
[19:56] <@Kotono> Myann transforms back, "An entire hive," she reports quickly, "Hundreds that I saw. They're all reacting to something and skittering around down there."
[19:56] <Gildas> Gildas puts Myann's sword down before shapeshifting back. "I think that crystal warned them... or something."
[19:57] <Feather> "Straight down?" Feather asks, taking out his bomb.
[19:57] <@John> "Probably us," John says, "Should we get somewhere more defensible?"
[19:58] <Gildas> "I'm not sure that'll do much... there's way too much." He says.
[19:58] <@John> "Run then?"
[19:58] <Feather> "We have more bombs," Feather points out. "Not to rush or anything, but are they coming up this fucking shaft or not?"
[20:00] <Gildas> "I don't think they are." He says.
[20:02] <Feather> What a shame. No reason to stay, though, and so Feather nods at John and beats a hasty retreat for their entry point.
[20:02] * @John bolts!
[20:05] <Gildas> Gildas just follows after John and Feather!
[20:05] <@Kotono> The party retreats back! But halfway back to the crystal room, you see a problem! 40ft ahead you can just see the way blocked by a row of three ants holding the line. You can see shadowy shapes beyond them, but they're just out of the range of sight! OOC: Init. The ant march begins, looks like.
[20:06] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Ant 1
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Ant 2
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Ant 3
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Ant 1 and gets 16." [1d20=16]
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Ant 2 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Ant 3 and gets 14." [1d20=14]
[20:06] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 ???? 1
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 ???? 1 and gets 14." [1d20=13]
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 ???? 2
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 ???? 2 and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???? 3
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???? 3 and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???? 4
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???? 4 and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 ???? 5
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 ???? 5 and gets 5." [1d20=4]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 ???? 6
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 ???? 6 and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???? 7
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???? 7 and gets 5." [1d20=5]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 ???? 8
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 ???? 8 and gets 6." [1d20=6]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 ???? 9
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 ???? 9 and gets 9." [1d20=8]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 10
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 10 and gets 21." [1d20=16]
[20:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(15)>Feather(14)>John(12)'
[20:08] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas, could you - oiya.
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(15)>Feather=Gidlas(14)>John(12)'
[20:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3(14)>John(12)>Ant 2(1)'
[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3=???1(14)>John(12)>???2(11)>???3(6)Ant 2=???4(1)'
[20:10] * Kotono changes topic to '???10(21)>Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3=???1(14)>John(12)>???2=???6(11)>???(9)>???(8)>???3(6)???5=???7(5)>Ant 2=???4(1)'
[20:10] <@Kotono> OOC: ???10 opens, whatever he does can't be seen by you. Ant 1 is up.
[20:10] <@Kotono> The first ant holds, defending his position! OOC: Myann's up.
[20:12] <@Kotono> Myann rushes the line of ants, blade glowing as she plunges it into the second ant. With light going on further now, you can see ahead. 5ft behind this line are a pair of ants with a glowing corona of ectoplasm around their heads. 10ft past is another line of three ants, with another line of ants 5ft past them, with a markedly larger ant with crystals embedded into it on the right. 5ft past them
[20:12] <@Kotono> are a pair of ants, again with coronas of ectoplasm around their heads. OOC: Updating init before she attacks.
[20:12] * Kotono changes topic to '???10(21)>Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3=Mindslayer 1(14)>John(12)>Mindslayer 2=???6(11)>???(9)>???(8)>???3(6)???5=???7(5)>Ant 2=???4(1)'
[20:13] * Kotono changes topic to '???10(21)>Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3=Mindslayer 1(14)>John(12)>Mindslayer 2=???6(11)>???(9)>???(8)>Ant 2-1(6)Ant 2-3=???7(5)>Ant 2=Ant 2-2(1)'
[20:14] * Kotono changes topic to '???10(21)>Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3=Mindslayer 1(14)>John(12)>Mindslayer 2=Large Ant(11)>???9(9)>Ant 3-3(8)>Ant 2-1(6)Ant 2-3=Ant 3-2(5)>Ant 2=Ant 2-2(1)'
[20:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 bane)
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (+2 bane) and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[20:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+8+2d6
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+8+2d6 and gets 24." [1d8=7][2d6=5, 4]
[20:15] * Kotono changes topic to '???10(21)>Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3=Mindslayer 1(14)>John(12)>Mindslayer 2=Large Ant(11)>???9(9)>Ant 3-3(8)>Ant 2-1(6)Ant 2-3=Ant 3-2(5)>Ant 2-2(1)'
[20:16] <@Kotono> The middle ant of the first row is impaled in the side, Myann ripping her blade out as the creature crumbles away. It's gone just like that, a hole now in the first defensive line! OOC: Feather and Gildas are up. Go.
[20:16] <@Kotono> "They're swarming!" Myann calls, "We need to break out before they crawl up behind us and pincer us!"
[20:17] * Feather rears back and throws his bomb all the way at the most distant pair of ants he can see, his aim true!
[20:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Ranged touch roll here, I think.
[20:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+31 quick cast true strike
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+31 quick cast true strike and gets 51." [1d20=20]
[20:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Crit check.
[20:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+31
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+31 and gets 35." [1d20=4]
[20:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Guess what? It's a fucking crit.
[20:20] <Gildas> "I'll save mine in case we need to stop them from giving chase." He says before shapeshifting into his Dire Bear form! OOC: I'm going to wait until the bomb is resolved to do anything else.
[20:21] <Feather> roll 12d6 hope John is impressed
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 12d6 hope John is impressed and gets 39." [12d6=6, 1, 5, 5, 1, 5, 3, 2, 3, 1, 5, 2]
[20:22] <Feather> roll 4d6 extra for whoever it hit in the face
[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 4d6 extra for whoever it hit in the face and gets 9." [4d6=1, 4, 3, 1]
[20:23] <@Kotono> The bomb is hurled! It flies to the back and hits the back ant hard! You only have a moment before the world is awash in flame! The explosion is titanic, rattling the ground and momentarily blinding the party! When it clears, you see all the ants but the two in the front row are toasted, burning to death from the massive concussive bomb blast! OOC: Ow. A crit was big there. Carry on, Gildas.
[20:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Ant 1(16)>Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3(14)>John(12)'
[20:25] <@Kotono> Myann yelps and raises her arms up to shield her face. "Dragon's balls!" she hisses in elven.
[20:25] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[20:26] <Gildas> The Dire Bear moves up to maul the first of the two ants left!
[20:27] <Gildas> roll 1d20+18 (+2 verminbane)
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+18 (+2 verminbane) and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[20:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Htis.
[20:27] <Gildas> roll 2d8+15+2d6+1d6+1d6 first is bane, second fire, third cold
[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+15+2d6+1d6+1d6 first is bane, second fire, third cold and gets 41." [2d8=7, 1][2d6=6, 2][1d6=4][1d6=6]
[20:29] <@Kotono> The ant is pounces on, torn apart by a sudden dire bear wrecking its dead! Gildas lifts it up and tears it apart, mauling it into ar ain of sand! The last ant holds its position! OOC: Go John.
[20:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(15)>Feather=Gildas=Ant 3(14)>John(12)'
[20:30] <@John> Figuring there's no point wasting time on the last ant, John just runs ahead into the carnage! And also the darkness so he has to stop pretty soon anyway or he might trip on something.
[20:31] <@Kotono> John races ahead. He can hear clicking farther away as well, as...OOC: Myann's up.
[20:31] <@Kotono> Myann turns and whirls, stabbing at the ant besides her.
[20:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 bane)
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (+2 bane) and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[20:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+8+2d6
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+8+2d6 and gets 18." [1d8=2][2d6=6, 2]
[20:32] <@Kotono> And like that, the ant is reduced to dust and mushrooms. Cutting its head in half causes it to crumble, as sand colored mushrooms burst out of its body! OOC: Free act. That was an absolute bombing massacre. Loot post.
[20:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Actually, it's pause time so we'll just pause there. Didn't noteice.
[20:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Notice.
[20:34] <Feather> "No time to stop and sightsee!" Feather calls out to Myann.
[20:34] <Gildas> "Well, do we stand our ground and slaughter them like we did before? Or do we back off and try and seal them in?" He looks to the others. OOC: Oh okay

[Ebiris]

[18:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Y'all are racing back to the crystal room, right?
[18:43] <Gildas> OOC: I believe that is correct.
[18:47] <@Kotono> The party races back to the crystal room! When you get 40ft away, Myann's light extends to it. The party can see within - and a dim glow fills the room. Within are ants stacked on ants stacked on ants. The entire room is full of ants! They're all glowing with blue ectoplasm, connecting in thick strands to the center. In the center you can see a smaller ant, withered and with a too large head.
[18:47] <@Kotono> You can feel a terrible sense of anger and menace from them! OOC: Init. The ants aren't amused.
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[18:47] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Great ecto-mind
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Great ecto-mind  and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 Great ecto-mind secondary
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+1 Great ecto-mind secondary and gets 5." [1d20=4]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Great ecto-mind tertiary
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Great ecto-mind tertiary and gets 1." [1d20=1]
[18:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[18:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11)>Gildas=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)'
[18:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(14)>Myann(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11)>Gildas=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)>Great  Ecto-Mind Tertiary(1)'
[18:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Act. The entrance is 40ft ahead, where the massive collection of ants start. Getting past them adn into the room at all would require some killin', let alone to keep moving in the room. Odds are you'd have to dig out a path of ants with plenty of kills.
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Go FEather.
[18:51] <@Kotono> "Too many ants," Myann mutters as she steps back, "If only I had some bomb mushrooms right now!:
[18:52] <Feather> "Let's break through to the center!" Feather calls out, finding his focus and making a beeline towards the center by cutting a path through the rows of ants blocking the path!
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 dervish dance, swift expeditious retreat to move far enough
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 dervish dance, swift expeditious retreat to move far enough and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 did the first ant just die?
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 did the first ant just die? and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[18:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Normal hit by Hatbot teasing.
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d6+6+4d6+1d6 last is fire
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+6+4d6+1d6 last is fire and gets 24." [1d6=3][4d6=5, 3, 1, 4][1d6=2]
[18:54] <@Kotono> The very first ant is cut into several times, Feather's blade lashing out to cleave through it! It goes down good and hard, becoming stand! OOC: Go ahead and make all your attack rolls and I'll sort it out when you're done.
[18:54] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[18:54] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[18:54] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 crit?
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 crit? and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[18:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Crit and a miss on the third attack.
[18:55] <Feather> roll 2d6+12+4d6+1d6 last is fire, since I try to keep moving my AC vs AoOs is 33
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2d6+12+4d6+1d6 last is fire, since I try to keep moving my AC vs AoOs is 33 and gets 43." [2d6=3, 2][4d6=6, 3, 6, 6][1d6=5]
[18:57] <@Kotono> Feather dives into the ants, slashing and hacking! He clears the first 5ft square, impaling ants and slicing through! That's as far as he makes it, the first row breached! The ants are en masse, requiring more killing! OOC: Ow. It's a start. John, go.
[18:59] <@John> Casting a quick spell to lend more weight to his blows, John then turns himself invisible and moves up to stop directly in front of the ant front line. He's not as good at striking through to the middle as Feather, but he can hopefully do some damage on the main mass given time.
[19:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Positioning then and buffing? Okay, you're invisible and unseen except to Myann. Speaking of, she's up.
[19:04] <@Kotono> Myann chants and advances to within 20ft, as suddenly a mushroom cloud of golden dust explodes in the middle of the ant swarm!
[19:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 will
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 will and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[19:05] <@Kotono> The golden dust rains down, but the ants seem to shrug it off! OOC: THE GREAT ECTO MIND is up.
[19:06] <@Kotono> The ants shimmer, the connectionb etween one and all glowing brighter. A sudden spike of mental presence is felt, but most of all by Feather, who feels like a dagger is being shoved into his mind! OOC: Will save.
[19:07] <Feather> roll 1d20+6 (+2 vs fear, +4 vs sleep)
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6 (+2 vs fear, +4 vs sleep) and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[19:08] <@Kotono> The pain is terrific - Feather feels a trickle of blood leak from his nose. But he shakes it off, enduring the agony without breaking.
[19:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d4 damage and no other effects
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 damage and no other effects and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[19:09] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas, go. The secondary part of the mind goes after you.
[19:09] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:10] <Gildas> He takes a breath and shapeshifts into his larger Dire Bear form before bounding in after the others and attempting to lay a paw into the same ants that Feather struck at!
[19:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+18
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[19:11] <@Kotono> OOC: That be a hit.
[19:12] <Gildas> roll 2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 first is bane, second is fire, third is cold
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 first is bane, second is fire, third is cold and gets 36." [2d8=7, 2][2d6=4, 4][1d6=4][1d6=2]
[19:14] <@Kotono> Gildas charges in, grabbing one ant and setting it on fire. As it burns, he uses it to beat another ant into sand, while the one in his grasp crumbles! The front line is further breached, Feather given some breathing room! At the same time, a wave of unsettling sensations passes over the party, mind full of horrific things only glimpsed! OOC: Will saves all. This is a mind-affecting fear effect.
[19:14] <@Kotono> No save for Myann since she has aura of courage, but she's far back enough where her +4 within 10ft thing isn't hitting any of you.
[19:14] <Feather> roll 1d20+6 (+2 vs fear, +4 vs sleep)
[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6 (+2 vs fear, +4 vs sleep) and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[19:15] <@John> roll 1d20+12
[19:15] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[19:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10 I don't think I have any fear effect bonuses
[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 I don't think I have any fear effect bonuses and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[19:17] <@Kotono> A wave of terror passes through Gildas! His body shakes as unnatural fear grips him! OOC: You're shaken, Gildas. See the link in #elysium. Now the tertiary mind is up.
[19:18] <@Kotono> The ant mind ripples! The ants are suddenly moving smoother, seeming to anticipate blows as they come! OOC: Okay, Feather, you're up. You're 5ft into the swarm and there's still 3 rocks to hack through to reach the small ant.
[19:19] * Feather tries to carve a path ahead with singleminded determination!
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 zap
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 zap and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[19:20] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[19:20] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[19:21] <Feather> roll 1d6+6+1d6+5d6 at least it's the good one, fire then elec
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+6+1d6+5d6 at least it's the good one, fire then elec and gets 29." [1d6=2][1d6=4][5d6=6, 1, 3, 4, 3]
[19:23] <@Kotono> Feather dances around snapping  mandibles and crushing bites! His blade parries more than attacks, but he still cuts deeply i nto the second row of ants! One ant is neck-sliced and crumbles to dust, while the one below it is only badly mauled through the legs. Feather's holding his own, parrying and dodging as best he can! OOC: John.
[19:24] * @John reappears with a crash of iron-shod wood on ant head as he works to reduce the outer line of ants with a vengeance!
[19:24] <@John> roll 1d20+15 invis
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 invis and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[19:24] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[19:24] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[19:24] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[19:24] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[19:25] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit but the last.
[19:25] <@John> roll 1d6+9+4d6
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+9+4d6 and gets 21." [1d6=2][4d6=3, 2, 4, 1]
[19:25] <@John> roll 3#1d6+9
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3#1d6+9 and gets 39." [3#1d6+9 = 15, 12, 12]
[19:28] <@Kotono> John tears into the remaining ants! He breaks much of the last of the first line, slamming them into the ground with blow after blow. Only sand is left as he whittles them further down. As this happens...
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[19:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[19:29] <@Kotono> "Incoming, I'll hold them!" Myann shouts, gesturing the way you came. At the edge of her light, block after wooden block appears, stacking on one another. It clogs the passage back to the hole with heavy blocks entirely! OOC: Swift action to use mass blockade, rest of her turn is up now.
[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(14)>Myann=Blockade(7 rounds left)(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11)>Gildas=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)>Great  Ecto-Mind Tertiary(1)'
[19:31] <@Kotono> Myann continues to chant otherwise, throwing another glitterdust into the ant's center.
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 will
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 will and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[19:32] <@Kotono> But the ants again throw off the glittery hell! OOC: Okay. Great Ecto-Mind is up.
[19:33] <@Kotono> The ants reel from the attack into them, but the connection rallies. This time tiny, jagged crystals form above the head of every ant, before firing out at the attackers in a rain of slicing shards! OOC: Ref saves, y'all.
[19:33] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[19:33] <@John> roll 1d20+13 evasion
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Myann is counting the moments until she has evasion. The MOMENTS
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 evasion and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Myann is counting the moments until she has evasion. The MOMENTS and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[19:33] <Gildas> roll 1d20+9 evasion
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+9 evasion and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[19:34] <Feather> OOC: Evasion here as well
[19:34] <@Kotono> roll 10d4 Feather none, the rest of you all take full. Not a good set of dicing.
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d4 Feather none, the rest of you all take full. Not a good set of dicing. and gets 23." [10d4=1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2]
[19:37] <@Kotono> Feather parries all the shards away, deflecting them into nearby ants. The others aren't so fast, sliced and shredded by dozens of shards. It opens up little cuts and wounds all over! What's worse for Gildas is that the wounds don't seem to be stopping - they're bleeding him bad! OOC: In addition, Gildas suffers a 2 point hp drain/round. His gained trait reduces this to 1 hp damage/round. Healing
[19:37] <@Kotono> or the like will fix this. Gildas, go.
[19:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(14)>Myann=Blockade(7 rounds left)(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11)>Gildas(1 hp/round)=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)>Great  Ecto-Mind Tertiary(1)'
[19:39] <Gildas> The damaged bear roars in pain and reaches out to strike the nearby ants in a flurry of paws! OOC: I am close enough for that, yes?
[19:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Certainly.
[19:39] <Gildas> OOC: Okay!
[19:39] <Gildas> roll 1d20+17 flurry and stunning fist here
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+17 flurry and stunning fist here and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12 flurry 2
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 flurry 2 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12 flurry 3
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 flurry 3 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12 claw 1
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 claw 1 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12 claw 2
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 claw 2 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[19:40] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit but the 1.
[19:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 stunning fist
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 stunning fist and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[19:40] <Gildas> OOC: I think the DC is 17
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Right, damage
[19:41] <@Kotono> .
[19:42] <Gildas> roll 2#2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 bane, fire, cold
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 bane, fire, cold and gets 82." [2#2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 = 43, 39]
[19:42] <Gildas> roll 2#1d6+13+1d6 cold
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#1d6+13+1d6 cold and gets 43." [2#1d6+13+1d6 = 23, 20]
[19:44] <@Kotono> A figure of ursine fury rips into the ants! TWo are kicked apart, shredded on contact as they go flyng! He steps in and paw-strikes another, shattering it so the sand turns to burning glass instead. The second line is advanced on and mauled, helping clear Feather's way further! At the same time, another wave of unsettling images comes pouring out from the horde! OOC: Save again, same conditionals
[19:44] <@Kotono> as last time. +2 bonus if you made the save last round.
[19:44] <Gildas> OOC: Will, right?
[19:45] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 (+2 vs fear, +4 vs sleep)
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 (+2 vs fear, +4 vs sleep) and gets 25." [1d20=17]
[19:45] <@John> roll 1d20+14
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+14 and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[19:45] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[19:45] <@Kotono> OOC: Did you include the penalty for shaken, Gildas? It doesn't strictly matter here, but.
[19:46] <Gildas> OOC: Of course not.
[19:46] <Gildas> OOC: 21 then.
[19:47] <@Kotono> This time the party withstands the blast of fear, as meanwhile the ants rally! The ants surge from all directions, more ants glimpsed pouring into the room from the passage further ahead that you haven't been down yet. They push against the heroes!
[19:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+11 CMD vs everyone but Myann, since she's out of range
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 CMD vs everyone but Myann, since she's out of range and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Yeah, that' snot gonna budge any of you.
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Let me know the numbers? How much they failed by matters.
[19:48] <Feather> OOC: CMD is 29
[19:48] <@John> OOC: 29
[19:48] <Gildas> OOC: 28
[19:48] <@Kotono> But the horde breaks against the heroes! The ants are pushed back with ease, the lines stumbling into each other! They're momentarily taken off balance and vulnerable! OOC: This provokes AoOs from you three, if you care to take 'em. One each.
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 always
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 always and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d6+6+1d6 last is fire
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+6+1d6 last is fire and gets 14." [1d6=5][1d6=3]
[19:50] <Gildas> roll 1d20+18 paw strike
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+18 paw strike and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[19:50] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[19:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Two more trips to the land of hits.
[19:50] <@John> roll 1d6+11
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+11 and gets 15." [1d6=4]
[19:50] <Gildas> roll 2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 bane, fire, cold
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 bane, fire, cold and gets 38." [2d8=8, 3][2d6=4, 4][1d6=2][1d6=4]
[19:52] <@Kotono> The ants are pushed back, massively plummeledb ack by the trio! As this happens, Myann's sword starts to glow. Mushrooms sprout on the walls as the sheathed bastard sword on Feather's hip does the same, followed by Gildas's claws. Flickering images of another battle are overlaid on this one, at the familiar bottom of a chasm. OOC: The ants are failing rather magnificently. Feather, you're up.
[19:53] <Feather> There is no time to waste, and so Feather launches himself against the third line of defense in hopes of pushing past it!
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 zap
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 zap and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13  and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[19:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[19:54] <Feather> roll 1d6+6+1d6+5d6 fire+elec
[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+6+1d6+5d6 fire+elec and gets 32." [1d6=3][1d6=2][5d6=3, 1, 5, 6, 6]
[19:54] <Feather> roll 1d6+5
[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+5 and gets 11." [1d6=6]
[19:56] <@Kotono> The second line is finished! Feather stries to it and into the third line, cutting away most of it as well. The third line is in ruin, slain ant-sand and tumbled ants about. They're starting to look a little dazed, the connections to the small ant flickering. OOC: Ow. John, go.
[19:58] <@John> Surrounded now, John just plain lashes out in every direction to clear some room around himself!
[19:58] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 21." [1d20=8]
[19:58] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 17." [1d20=4]
[19:58] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[19:58] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[19:58] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[20:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Three hits. Ow.
[20:00] <@John> roll 3#1d6+9
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3#1d6+9 and gets 33." [3#1d6+9 = 11, 12, 10]
[20:03] <@Kotono> WHAM, WHAM, WHAM! John's staff begins to glow as well, the same color as the ectoplasm around the heads of the ants. He batters more down, holding his flanks! As the party advances and leaves those flanks open, Myann gestures. More blocks rain down, sealing off the flanks and making a corridor straight ahead in the direction of the small ant. Thereafter she tries again, throwing more golden
[20:03] <@Kotono> dust. OOC: Mass blockade as a swift to protect the party's flanks from the ants and slow them down then trying to blind them again.
[20:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[20:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(14)>Myann=Blockade(6 rounds left)=Side Blockade(7 rounds)(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11)>Gildas(1 hp/round)=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)>Great  Ecto-Mind Tertiary(1)'
[20:08] <@Kotono> The head ants, already bright and glittery, take another coating of the stuff without breaking. Myann curses in Elven after, "It just won't work," she calls, "You'll have to cut them down directly!" Then the ecto-mind, buckling and retreating back, begins to force a retreat! The ones close to the unexplored passage file out, the entire swarm starting to retreat. It's a mass of ants falling back,
[20:08] <@Kotono> withdrawing carefully! The small ant likewise does the same, falling back with them. OOC: No AoOs since they're using the withdraw action. The ants to the right are falling back and the ants to the left, near the way you came, are passing by you. Plenty of targets as they fall back. Go Gildas. -1 HP for injury.
[20:09] <Gildas> OOC: I can just straight up the path to the ant between the blockades, correct?
[20:09] <@Kotono> OOC: The ants? Yeah. The small ant's fallen back with them and has distance plus other ants in front of it shielding it
[20:09] <@Kotono> .
[20:10] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[20:11] <Gildas> The still-injured and bleeding bear roars again and leaps at the retreating ants to pummel them with his paws! OOC: Assuming they're close enough for a full combo, anyway.
[20:11] <@Kotono> OOC: They aren't.
[20:11] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[20:12] <Gildas> roll 1d20+18 might as well give them a passing whap anyway.
[20:12] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+18 might as well give them a passing whap anyway. and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[20:12] <Gildas> OOC: So, whatever is still closest to them.
[20:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Right. Hits.
[20:13] <Gildas> roll 2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 bane, cold, fire
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+13+2d6+1d6+1d6 bane, cold, fire and gets 26." [2d8=3, 3][2d6=1, 1][1d6=2][1d6=3]
[20:13] <@Kotono> Gildas leaps in, slamming a paw on a retreating ant. It's enough to break its back, causing to become yet more sand and dust. As yet another runs away...OOC: Second and tertiary abilities are focused on the retreat. Feather.
[20:15] * Feather dashes after the ants, carving a path through the mass of retreating ants while dodging their numbers and saving up his last strike for that ant leading them all.
[20:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[20:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[20:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+14 acrobatics
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+14 acrobatics and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[20:16] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 tiny ant
[20:16] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 tiny ant and gets 17." [1d20=4]
[20:19] <@Kotono> Feather is able to tumble through them, but not a single blow lands. The small ant is reached, but his attack is avoided with one jerky dodge. As he does a voice drills into his mind, "MURDERER!" OOC: John.
[20:21] * @John rushs after Feather to help put down the seeming leader of this band, fist cocked back for a stunning blow to the head!
[20:21] <@John> roll 1d20+13 stunning fist
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 stunning fist and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[20:21] <@John> roll 1d10+7 DC 17 fort
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d10+7 DC 17 fort and gets 10." [1d10=3]
[20:22] <@Kotono> OOC: If you're going for the leader, you'll need a tumble check.
[20:22] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:22] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[20:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Success.
[20:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 fort vs 17
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 fort vs 17 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <@Kotono> WHAM! John leaps through the ants, landing right before the big one! His fist comes down in a heavy blow, slamming the ant's head but good! He recoils in pain, momentarily stunned! It ripples through the connection, leaving the entire retreating ant collective momentarily dazed! OOC: Success, ow. Myann's up.
[20:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(14)>Myann=Blockade(6 rounds left)=Side Blockade(7 rounds)(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11 stun 1)>Gildas(1 hp/round)=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)>Great  Ecto-Mind Tertiary(1)'
[20:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(14)>Myann=Blockade(5 rounds left)=Side Blockade(6 rounds)(13)>Great Ecto-Mind(11 stun 1)>Gildas(1 hp/round)=Great Ecto-Mind Secondary(5)>Great  Ecto-Mind Tertiary(1)'
[20:29] <@Kotono> The ants, reeling and broken, can do little as Myann walks up. She gestures, a single block appearing above the stunned small ant.
[20:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 touch AC
[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 touch AC  and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[20:30] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 17." [5d6=2, 3, 3, 3, 6]
[20:31] <@Kotono> The ant is crushed beneath, reduced to a pulpy mess! As it does, several other ants mimic the same injuries and succumb, while others are stunned and falling back. The horde is stumbling back, completely broken! OOC: Quasi free act, but pause here anyway. Loot post.

[Ebiris]

[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: What you do from here is up to you. Retreat? Attack? Go ahead and act.
[18:05] * Feather starts killing the disoriented ants until they show signs of recovery!
[18:06] <@John> "We just gonna stand our ground here then?" John asks, following Feather's example.
[18:06] <Feather> "Can retreat from here, can't we? If we have to?"
[18:07] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back and takes a breath while taking a moment to heal himself.
[18:07] <Gildas> roll 2d8+8 CMW
[18:07] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 12 > [d8=1,3]
[18:07] <@Kotono> A few of the lingering ants are put out of their misery, unable to defend themselves. The rest retreat all th eway out, giving the party some space as they scurry away. Myann grunts and casts a healing spell on herself in the meantime.
[18:08] <@Kotono> roll 3d8+8 on self
[18:08] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 17 > [d8=7,1,1]
[18:09] <Gildas> "We can retreat if we need to and bomb the exit to seal them in." He nods in agreement. "But if we put a stand here... it might encourage them to stay on their side of things."
[18:09] <Feather> "Let's pursue these ones for a bit, then double back?"
[18:09] <@Kotono> Mushrooms grow in Myann's wounds, knitting into flesh as her injuries are healed. Once done she readies her sword once more, "It might. I'm just not keen on facing an entire army of them."
[18:11] <Feather> Since there are no objections, Feather goes after the ants!
[18:11] <Gildas> Gildas follows after him!
[18:12] <@John> Likewise!
[18:16] <@Kotono> The party pursues the ants. They have a head start and speed to aid them, so they're ahead and out of Myann's limited light range. After a minute or so of racing down this passage, the party can hear swishing sounds ahead.
[18:17] * Feather is ready to give it another minute!
[18:19] <@Kotono> A little further ahead, the party comes to a problem. Namely, there's a swishing, swirling field of crystal blocking the passage ahead. The air is filled with hundreds of crystal shards that fly back and forth in the air. There's no gaps in it, the crystals moving in a steady pattern. Behind it you can catch glimpses of something - an ant perhaps, but it's hard to see. A constant swish-swish-swish
[18:19] <@Kotono> comes from the moving crystals as they slice through the air. OOC: You all are 40ft from the field of crystals.
[18:19] * Feather darts towards the nearest crystal, slashes at it with his adamantium blade and then leaps back!
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Make an attack roll.
[18:20] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 spring attack!
[18:20] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 14 > [d20=1]
[18:21] <@Kotono> Feather leaps in and slashes - but the crystals are too quick! Several nearby deviate away, slashing at Feather. This gives you a momentary glance ahead - a single ant stands past this field. Its body is half crystal and half flesh, a massively swollen head throbbing visibily.
[18:21] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 provokes an AoO from the crystals
[18:21] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=7]
[18:21] <@Kotono> OOC: AC FEather?
[18:22] <@John> "Drop a block on his head?" John suggests to Myann, since that doesn't seem to require getting close.
[18:22] <Feather> OOC: AC vs AoO is 33
[18:25] <@Kotono> But Feather dodges it! The gap closes before anyone can react to it - "Do that again, Feather! Give me a shot at it," Myann says. "When I'm ready for it."
[18:26] <@Kotono> OOC: If you that, don't attack. I'll call for init here since the crystal ant might do something.
[18:26] <@John> roll 1d20+3 init
[18:26] <Feather> "Sure! On three?" Feather asks, keeping on the move. "One, two--" He dashes forward again for another attempt at the crystal. "--Three!"
[18:26] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 4 > [d20=1]
[18:26] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:26] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=12]
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:26] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 12 > [d20=10]
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 crystal ant
[18:26] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 2 > [d20=1]
[18:27] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:27] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 14 > [d20=11]
[18:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>Gildas(14)>Myann(12)>John(4)>Crystal Ant(2)'
[18:28] <@Kotono> OOC: Party's 40ft from the field of crystals, 'cept for Feather who's right against it. Ant's about 10ft past the field. Open Feather. Just a fair warning, you'd need to hold for Myann here since she hasn't reached init yet.
[18:29] <Feather> OOC: Sure. Let's say Gil waits too and I'll go with Myann?
[18:29] <Gildas> OOC: That's fine.
[18:29] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 more rapid striking!
[18:29] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=20]
[18:30] <Feather> roll 1d6+4+2d12
[18:30] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 27 > [d6=5][d12=10,8]
[18:30] <@Kotono> At the same time Feather strikes, Myann runs forward and chants!
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vs touch AC of an ant
[18:30] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 27 > [d20=17]
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[18:30] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 21 > [d6=3,5,6,1,6]
[18:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 provoked AoO vs Feather's highass AC vs them
[18:31] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=7]
[18:31] <Feather> OOC: Miss
[18:32] <@Kotono> At the same time Feather strikes, Myann runs forward and chants! A big crystal shatters as Feather dodges reprisals, opening a gap up. With that gap, Myann fires a block through it. It slams into the ant hard, crushing it down to paste. The field oc rystals clatters to the ground and vanishes, the way ahead cleared! OOC: Ow. Free act.
[18:32] <@John> "That's some good teamwork," John says, proud of his friends.
[18:33] <Gildas> "Hm, so they can conjure the crystals like that...? Interesting." He nods to Feather and Myann. "He's right, that was impressive."
[18:33] <@Kotono> "A single ant?" Myann goes forward past the field and nudges the sandy remnants, "Do you think he was stalling us?" She then turns to John and smiles, "Thank you. Mushrooms are good at teamwork, even if you wouldn't think about it at first. Well, more fungus can be."
[18:34] <Gildas> "Perhaps testing us. They are all linked, aren't they?" He asks.
[18:34] <Feather> "He wasn't doing it very well," Feather says, continuing!
[18:35] <@John> "I think stalling's right," John says. "Either to get reinforcements or for the queen to get away, right?"
[18:35] <@Kotono> As Myann hurries ahead, just behind Feather, "Right. By the way, do either of you have that blasting wand we found with you? It might help in case we reach a point where I can't manage another block shot spell."
[18:37] <@John> "Nah, but I reckon I can copy some of their magic, fire a few crystals back at them," John volunteers, following along.
[18:43] <@Kotono> The party races on. Another two minutes leads you down a slope that arches down. 40ft ahead you see it - the ants are erecting a barricade of stone and crystal. It's about half done, six or seven feet tall and slowly rising. The completed bottom of the barrier glows faintly. You can catch glimpses of ants working, clinging to the ceiling and walls as they slowly slot in more materials.
[18:45] <Feather> "Gildas, bomb them!"
[18:46] <@John> "They're really industrious, aren't they?" John says, actually quite impressed with the ant work ethic and overall intelligence.
[18:47] <@Kotono> "I wish they were lazier, this would make it easier," Myann remarks, glancing at Gildas at Feather's call.
[18:48] <Gildas> He blinks and takes out one of the two bombs. "If you say so." He takes a breath and throws it!
[18:49] * Feather waits for it to go off, intending to rush down before the dust even settles!
[18:49] <@John> "S'pretty impressive, you've got to admit. Honestly feel quite bad having to wreck all their stuff and kill them. What'd they do to kick things off?" he asks, ducking to try and avoid the impending blast.
[18:50] <Feather> "They're animated corpses is what they are!"
[18:51] <Gildas> "If they just seal themselves in, that might be the best solution..." He surmises, waiting himself.
[18:51] <@John> "Oh, the queen's like a necromancer then?"
[18:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Ranged attack roll, Gildas.
[18:53] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10 Believe that is correct
[18:53] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=20]
[18:53] <Gildas> OOC: Do I roll again in this situation?
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes, crit threat.
[18:56] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10 Bomb crit
[18:56] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=19]
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Crit. Base is 6d6 so 12d6 damage.
[18:57] <Gildas> roll 12d6
[18:57] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 41 > [d6=2,6,2,1,4,2,4,5,5,5,2,3]
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: No point with a save here, doesn't matter.
[18:57] <Feather> "Yeah, guess so!" Feather calls over to John over the sounds of the explosion, racing below!
[18:59] <@Kotono> BOOOOM! The explosion echos with another and another! One hardly has a chance to see as the crystals and wall in the explosion explode as well! As the party falls back, a massive torrent of explosion and fire fills the cave, racing towards the party! OOC: Ref saves, y'all. +2 bonus for each 10ft your base movement speed is above 30ft, and a -4 for each 10ft it's below 30ft. Also loot post since
[18:59] <@Kotono> two of you managed to unlock that hilarity.
[19:00] <Feather> roll 1d20+8+2
[19:00] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=6]
[19:00] <@John> roll 1d20+17 evasion it's an AD&D fireball!
[19:00] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=1]
[19:01] <Gildas> roll 1d20+15 evasion???
[19:01] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=15]
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d29+9 Myann (+2 speed) she still wants evasion, also Cor remember to put evasion in your save
[19:01] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 12 > [d29=3]
[19:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Myann thanks for catching that mistake
[19:02] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=11]
[19:02] <@Kotono> roll 10d6 Feather full, John full, Gildas none, Myann half fire damage ow
[19:02] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 38 > [d6=5,2,3,4,2,6,5,5,1,5]
[19:04] <@Kotono> Woosh. Flame and agony washes over the party as the sound of collapsing stone fills your ears. All John and Feather know is pain, burned all over. Gildas somehow avoids it all, dodging each adn every jet of flame. Behind you is a collapse of smoke and rock, the explosion too much for the passage to bear. The air glitters with crystalline dust, reflecting the light of Myann's sword. It's hard
[19:04] <@Kotono> and painful to breathe, the smoke and crystal dust aching in your lungs. OOC: Free act for now. Wow.
[19:04] <Feather> "Fuck! Fuck! Should've run the other way!" Feather curses as his abrupt about face isn't quick enough. He grabs his burning hat and uses it to swat at the fire eating at his clothes while running away.
[19:05] <@John> "Aaaaah! Ducking wasn't enough!" John cries and moans in pain, hunched over and clutching at his burnt face. Stubble turns to ash and his effort at growing a beard goes up in smoke!
[19:05] <@Kotono> "Fea-" Myann coughs, specks of blood hacked out. She looks down at it with alarm, before rising and stumbling towards Feather.
[19:06] <Feather> "Gildas!"
[19:07] <Gildas> Gildas frowns and kneels down next to John and places a hand on him, infusing him with some vigor! OOC: Lesser Vigor, 15 HP total.
[19:07] <Gildas> He turns to look in the direction of Feather's shout. "Yes?" Calls out the guy who somehow avoided an explosion...
[19:08] <@Kotono> Myann reaches out, touching Feather's burns and murmuring a heal spell. Asthe party stands there, breathing becomes more difficult. It -hurts- to breathe more with each breath.
[19:08] <@Kotono> roll 3d8+8 Feather healing
[19:08] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 18 > [d8=1,6,3]
[19:08] <Feather> "Just keep-- doing whatever you're doing," Feather says, gesturing vaguely at the magical healing going on.
[19:09] <Gildas> "I think we should probably move out of this passage, first." He responds, leaning down to help John stand if he needs it.
[19:09] <@John> "Haah... haah... no air. No air... need to get out. Need to get out!" John yells raspily in a sudden panic, turning tail and running to escape this claustrophobic deathtrap below the ground!
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Retreating, y'all?
[19:10] <Feather> "Come on, we're done for now," Feather says, helping Myann along.
[19:10] <Feather> OOC: Yes
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Fort saves, y'all.
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:11] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=15]
[19:11] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[19:11] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=7]
[19:11] <@John> rp;; 1d20+11
[19:12] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[19:12] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=2]
[19:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Myann
[19:12] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=16]
[19:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d8 con damage, everyone half except for John, who takes full.
[19:12] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 6 > [d8=6]
[19:15] <@Kotono> The party stumbles back. Somehow you make it back to the crystal room and better air. It hurts for everyone to breathe. No ants there at least. Feather feels dizzy, while John's lungs feel wet and he can taste blood when he breathes out. Myann stumbles, leaning against Feather and the walls as she walks. Gildas feels the pain as well, but his relatively undamaged state makes it easier to bear.
[19:15] <@Kotono> OOC: All of you have a -2 to all rolls due to difficulty breathing.
[19:15] <@Kotono> OOC: -1 for Gildas since he has that one trait.
[19:16] * @John does not stop, though his body begins to fail, he staggers onwards even into the dark if necessary, sheer bloody-mindedness and panic combining in his desperate push to find his way back above ground.
[19:16] * Feather waves John and Gildas ahead as he brings up the rear.
[19:16] <Gildas> "John? John, slow down. We need to take care of your injuries before you go any further." He jogs after him, trying to get him to stop.
[19:18] <@John> "Can't stop... gotta get out!" John rasps, blood flecking madly off his lips as he flees.
[19:19] <@Kotono> The party stumbles back to the entrance in a pained daze. You're getting closer as...OOC: Fort saves, all. It isn't more con damage at least.
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Myann (-2 con damage)
[19:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 24 > [d20=17]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[19:19] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=6]
[19:19] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12
[19:19] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=7]
[19:20] <@John> roll 1d20+6
[19:20] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 10 > [d20=4]
[19:20] <@Kotono> OOC: All but Myann failed that, so more coming.
[19:22] <@Kotono> Vision swims. The last thing the party sees is Myann gesturing ahead, a couple of kobolds racing towards the party. Why is everything spinning...going dark...(More)
[19:24] <@Kotono> John's awareness emerges from a deep fog. He's somewhere soft and warm. Mmm. Doesn't hurt so much now. He can hear voices from far away. Myann? "...there's no helping it..."
[19:25] <@John> "Myann?" he croaks, trying to sit up and open his eyes. "That you?"
[19:27] <@Kotono> John's voice is fuzzy, rough and a bare croak. His throat is so dry and strangely stiff. "John?" That sounds like Missy-Anne. His eyes are a crusty blur, but slowly vision returns. He's in one of the rooms at the Holset's farmhouse. A guest room. Gildas and Feather lie on beds nearby. Myann's standing there, a glass of water in hand, "Spring water, drink," she commands, bringing it to his lips.
[19:28] <@Kotono> Missy-Anne's on your other side, "You're awake!" she says, sounding openly relieved.
[19:29] <@Kotono> "You've been out the last few days," Myann explains. "We'd be dead if we hadn't made it back to the spring. Whatever you do, don't move much. Your entire insides are still healing from your top to your rear from all that crystal dust that passed through."
[19:29] <@John> Taking the glass he brings it to his lips and greedily drinks until the thing's drained before laying back down. "Thank," he rasps, handing the glass back. "Hey Missy-Anne. Really thought I was done for down there..."
[19:30] <@Kotono> The water makes him feel better. Missy-Anne smiles weakly, "You haven't given me something nice again, yet," she says.
[19:31] <@Kotono> "Rest," Myann instructs, "The only reason I'm walking is that I abused the spring, my magic and my mushrooms to the utmost. Shaman Ten'ten'tal said this is a rare side effective of some ant crystals and holy explosives mixing in just the wrong way. Survivors are almost unheard of."
[19:32] <@John> "You wouldn't want any of the crystals we found down there," he sighs, trying to make light of it. Nodding weakly to Myann, he closes his eyes to rest them. He can still listen and talk if need be after all.
[19:33] <@Kotono> As they talk, the noise stirs another. Gildas gently begins to realize he can hear things, his awareness rising up from the black muck of sleepiness.
[19:34] <@Kotono> "You really wouldn't," Myann seconds, "At least not the ones that caused that. The ants haven't been seen poking out from there since then. Normally you might see a counter-attack, but this time they've shown no signs of activity at all. We might've spooked them, he says."
[19:36] <@John> "S'pretty rough down there," John agrees quietly.
[19:36] <Gildas> He takes a few moments to clear his head and open his eyes, not moving very much just yet.
[19:38] <@Kotono> "You got most of the early treatments since you had it the worst," Myann remarks, "I'm not surprised you beat the other two to waking up." She goes and brings a chair over, sitting. As she does she catches Gildas's eyes open, "Gildas? Hold on, let me get you some spring water."
[19:38] <@Kotono> Missy-Anne just smiles, "Really rough - but you'll come back up with valuables. I heard from Myann this was to open up some mineral veins for mining."
[19:40] <@John> "Didn't pay attention to what we're paid," John admits. Hopefully Myann understood it and can jump in to assuage her gold-fever.
[19:40] <Gildas> He just nods... well, as best as one can nod from a laying position. ...Wait, is that woman still talking about valuables in a situation like this?
[19:43] <@Kotono> Water is brought over, soothing Gildas's dry throat. "Take it slow," Myann says, "Your entire digestive track is still healing from all that crystal dust, though the dust in your lungs is remedied."
[19:44] <@Kotono> Once done, "I'll see if Feather stirs yet," she says, a hint of hopefulness in his voice. "If the two of youa re coming around, perhaps he can be roused now."
[19:44] <Gildas> "Ah, so there really were fragments in the dust... I should have known." He sighs and takes the water offered. "I'm sorry."
[19:44] <@Kotono> "Don't. It was a good idea. This sort of reaction's a fluke, according to Shaman Ten'ten'tal." Myann goes over to Feather and shakes his shoulder slightly, "Feather?" she whispers into his ear. "Feather?"
[19:46] <Feather> "Mushrooms," he mutters, slowly coming to his senses. Pain alerts him to resting as still as possible when consciousness returns, however, and he resorts to blearily looking about himself.
[19:48] <@Kotono> Myann gets up and gets Feather a glass of water, "Drink this, it's spring water," she says, his body sore but not terribly so. He's lying under a thick quilt and he's warm. "Once you do, I'll explain to all of you what happened."
[19:48] * @John makes a soft grunt to signify he's still awake.
[19:48] * Feather drinks it quietly, blinking slowly at her in agreement.
[19:50] <@Kotono> "For whatever reason, I didn't pass out. Perhaps luck or perhaps my unique gifts." She pauses a moment, "Missy-Anne, would you tell the Missus that they're up and to fix up some broth, please? Use the mushrooms in the cracked jar for it and some chicken if we can spare it."
[19:51] <@Kotono> Missy-Anne's face crinkles with less than amusement, but she rises. "Alright," she says, going out.
[19:53] <@Kotono> "There were kobolds watching the entrance," Myann continues, "They helped us get back. By the way," she appends, "Check your packs. I don't think they got anything, but I caught one tempted by the shinies. In any case, we managed to get you back out to the springs, with the magic I had keeping us going until then. You've been out three days. The crystal dust needed time to pass out and continually
[19:53] <@Kotono> did damage as it went. This condition's rare and almost always fatal, only the spring and healing magic pulled us through. It's also rare. According to Ten'ten'tal, occasionally the wrong mix of crystals and bombs can cause this. It's lethal to both the ants and the kobolds."
[19:54] * Feather weakly raises his right hand, thumb up.
[19:56] <@Kotono> "Since then, the ants there haven't been seen. The Shaman thinks they might be spooked by our attack. Or," she pauses, "They were fairly smart. It's possible they picked up what I am and that's playing a role too. That's a guess, not a fact."
[20:02] <Gildas> He nods as well. "Well, hopefully they'll stay on their side from now on..."
[20:03] <@Kotono> "Hopefully," Myann agrees. "There's not much else to say right now. Rest up. With any luck, we can all go back to our houses tomorrow. Any questions?"
[20:03] * @John shakes his head minutely.
[20:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. In that case we'll pause here. Ya'll need a few day sof downtime to heal up and stuff anyway. We'll resume tomorrow. While you have downtime, I'd like for you all to sort out/sell loot as needed since we have a few bunches that are due.