[15:33] <@Janson> With everyone returning from their various errands, Lucie, Rudy, Glenn, and Henrietta all go back to Shadowshore to reconvene with the Cobra Fangs and prepare for their attack. Maya is still resting amidst the coils of her giant snake, while Chekick and Dawley are occupying themselves with a board game of some sort. Hermann remains aloof from such activities, rising up when he sees Lucie and her new friends return. "Mort never came back," he announces grimly. "Have better luck with your friend?"
[15:34] <@Lucie> "'bout the same. They got her last night. Turned up in the river. So even more of a score to settle now."
[15:36] <@Janson> "Hope she took a few of them down with her, then. I know Mort will've, nasty little bastard he was," Chekick remarks, getting up. "So, going ahead with what we said this morning, hitting them with two groups?"
[15:36] <@Henrietta> "No!" Henrietta exclaims, looking between Lucie and Rudy. "Are you sure? Maybe you were wrong?"
[15:37] <@Lucie> "Sure as sure can be. Don't usually make 'em that young with gray hair."
[15:38] * Janson sets mode: +o Rudy
[15:38] * Glenn sets mode: +v Rudy
[15:38] <@Rudy> "There's no mistaking her," replies Rudy, shaking his head. "We're definately going ahead," he adds, straightening up. "Shouldn't have left our payback so late in coming..."
[15:38] * @Glenn grimaces at the news about Miranda. "Well, we'll definitely avenge her."
[15:39] * @Henrietta nods, growing quiet.
[15:40] <@Lucie> "Lesson learned, next time you get on someone's bad side kill them before they can kill you?" Lucie shrugs. "Let's do this, I'm n a mood to break some skulls."
[15:42] <@Rudy> "I guess that's right, huh?" muses Rudy. "We're taking the taxidermist hall. You guys go down the well. When they're split up, we'll try for the boss."
[15:43] <@Janson> With that the motley band set off, pedrestians throughout Salerno staying well clear of the heavily armed group striding purposefully through the city, flanked by two monstrous abominations from beyond the veil. It's a sunny yet crisp day, not quite cold enough to make one's breath mist up. The island where the Lotus Dragons lair is nonetheless fairly quiet, the taxidermist guildhall seen up ahead. "Right, so we're gonna go in through the well up that way while you lot go in through that shop?" Hermann asks, gesturing to one of the alleyways. "Best of luck - keep an eye on 'em, Lucie," he gives the oracle a grim nod.
[15:45] <@Lucie> "Doubt we've got much to worry about on their end, Hermann. It's personal now, right? anyway, g'luck to you too. Give 'em hell."
[15:45] * @Henrietta wards herself with Mage Armor in preparation, glancing at the taxidermist's hall warily.
[15:45] <@Janson> With that the remaining Cobra Fangs peel off, vanishing into the alleyways as the remainder of the party approach said hall, no signs of activity visible from without...
[15:46] * @Lucie concentrates briefly and a shimmering, starry aura surrounds her. (OOC: putting up Coat of Stars before we go in. +4 AC. Last for hours/level, so)
[15:46] * @Henrietta looks around for others in need of her arcane protection, bestowing it upon Myra at Rudy's nod.
[15:46] <@Rudy> Rudy begins to lead the way towards the taxidermist's hall; theirs is not a subtle group, of course.
[15:47] <@Janson> A problem immediately presents itself - the door is locked!
[15:49] <@Glenn> "Any of you have any talent with picking locks?" Glenn asks quietly.
[15:50] * @Henrietta looks extremely offended at the question.
[15:50] * @Lucie shrugs. "Break it down. We're not trying to be subtle here, are we?"
[15:50] <@Rudy> "Myra," instructs Rudy, who begins to use excessive force to break through a nearby window.
[15:51] <@Glenn> "Sometimes subtle works," Glenn says with a shrug.
[15:51] <@Janson> There's a loud crash of glass as Myra mauls the window in her claws, the majestic moosebear seeming to give her a reproving look even in death for her vandalism!
[15:52] <@Rudy> "Our plan is to break in and hurt them until they can't be hurt anymore. What about that is subtle?" asks Rudy, stepping in after Myra and marching towards the trapdoor.
[15:53] <@Lucie> "Simple plans are the best plans," Lucie says as she follows them in.
[15:53] * @Henrietta pauses long enough to draw her flail before proceeding.
[15:54] <@Janson> The interior doors are all open, one finds, allowing a straight shoot to the trapdoor. There's no sign of Nemien, at least in the showroom or the hallway. Without any lights in the hallway, however, the trap-door descends into pitch blackness, nothing visible below for any human eyes.
[15:55] <@Rudy> Unhindered by the lack of light, Myra proceeds towards the door ahead of everyone else.
[15:55] * @Henrietta casts Light upon her flail's head to solve that problem for her part.
[15:56] <@Janson> OOC: roll perception, Myra
[15:56] * @Lucie draws her mace and mimics this simple spell. Couldn't hurt to have two light sources, right?
[15:57] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+14
[15:57] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+14 and gets 29." [1d20=15]
[15:57] -> *Rudy* Myra can hear noises coming from around the bend in the cavern opposite the doorway, sounding like many legs scuttling over stone.
[15:58] <@Janson> Myra descends ahead of the others, soon lit up by magical lights from above letting all see the dusty ground and rocky walls all about, a wooden door just away from the base of the ladder while the cavern continues into darkness the opposite way.
[15:59] <@Rudy> "Trouble behind there," notes Rudy, after exchanging a brief whisper with Myra. He taps her on the shoulder, bestowing even greater protections upon her. "Well, that's what we came for!" he announces, having Myra break open the door and lead the charge! OOC: Shield on her
[16:00] <@Janson> Myra bursts through the door with a crash of splintering wood, startled exclamations heard around the corner on the other side, yet out of sight for everyone except for Myra who can see two figures shooting to their feet at the nearby guard post!
[16:00] <@Glenn> "Bottoms up," Glenn mutters as he downs his mutagen, deciding not to save it. Hopefully they'll finish this whole mess before it runs out.
[16:00] <@Janson> OOC: roll init
[16:01] <@Janson> roll 2#1d20+4
[16:01] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2#1d20+4 and gets 29." [2#1d20+4 = 18, 11]
[16:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4 me
[16:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 me and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[16:01] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+2
[16:01] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[16:01] <@Glenn> roll d20+6
[16:01] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+6 and gets 20." [d20=14]
[16:01] <@Janson> roll 2#1d20+1
[16:01] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 m
[16:01] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 m and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[16:01] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2#1d20+1 and gets 35." [2#1d20+1 = 20, 15]
[16:02] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6
[16:02] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[16:03] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Glenn > ??? > Myra > Guard 1 > ??? > Henrietta > Guard 2 > Rudy'
[16:04] <@Janson> OOC: Lucie you're up, everyone but Myra is still in the cavern at the base of the ladder, Myra's in the hallway running perpendicular to the cavern with guards to the North, the hallway is only wide enough to move single file down
[16:06] * @Lucie steps past Myra to glance down the hallway at the day's first victims! (OOC: how close are the nearest visible goons once I'm in the hall? Determines rest of action, so)
[16:07] <@Janson> OOC: if you go to the North then they're 5/10 feet away, if you go to the South add 5 feet to that
[16:07] <@Janson> OOC: well, add 10 feet to it actually
[16:09] * @Lucie turns towards the southerly goons. She extends her right hand, and eerie colors warp the space before her! (OOC: Colour Spray, 15-foot range so I should be able to move close enough to hit both of them? Will DC 16 to negate, anyway)
[16:09] <@Janson> OOC: there are no goons to the South, they're both North of Myra
[16:09] <@Lucie> OOC: oh, confusion! Strike, then, sec.
[16:10] * @Lucie turns towards the guards up the tunnel. She extends her right hand, and eerie colors warp the space before her! (OOC: Colour Spray, 15-foot range so I should be able to move close enough to hit both of them? Will DC 16 to negate, anyway)
[16:10] <@Janson> roll 2#1d20 effect?
[16:11] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2#1d20 effect? and gets 10." [2#1d20 = 5, 5]
[16:12] <@Janson> roll 2d4 these guys are fucked
[16:12] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2d4 these guys are fucked and gets 4." [2d4=3, 1]
[16:12] <@Lucie> OOC: depends on HD. 5+ = stunned 1 round; 3-4 = blinded/stunned 1d4 rounds + 1 more stunned round after; 1-2 = unconscious/blind/stun 2d4 rounds and then all of the above after that
[16:12] <@Janson> Both men cry and gasp as they're bombarded with a dizzying array of colours, dropping in twitching and convulsing heaps before they even have a chance to raise the alarm!
[16:12] <@Janson> OOC: Glenn
[16:14] * @Glenn quickly follows after Lucie towards the sign of trouble, pouncing on one of the disoriented guards sinking his mutated teeth on the guard's shoulder.
[16:14] <@Glenn> roll d20+8
[16:14] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 and gets 9." [d20=1]
[16:16] <@Janson> Glenn's enthusiasm perhaps gets the better of him, and he stumbles over the first unconscious gangster, only managing to give the second a soft headbutt! Meanwhile, perhaps drawn to the sounds of spellcasting and disorientation, a black chitinous creature comes barrelling around the corner and into the light given off by Henrietta's flail, two long barbed limbs flailing ahead before its gigantic set of mandibles! You've seen one of these before, below the deck of the Blue Nixie! It reaches Rudy but isn't quick enough to attack him just yet!
[16:16] <@Janson> OOC: Myra
[16:18] <@Rudy> "More of these things?!" growls Rudy, while Myra marches towards one of the guards and begins chewing on his neck!
[16:18] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+5 PA, didn't count prone/KO bonuses
[16:18] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+5 PA, didn't count prone/KO bonuses and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[16:19] <@Rudy> OOC: that's actually 8, durhrhr
[16:19] <@Rudy> roll 1d6+6 if it missed I'd be sad
[16:19] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d6+6 if it missed I'd be sad and gets 9." [1d6=3]
[16:21] <@Janson> His neck is tough and gristly, but Myra's prehensile mouth is up to the task, munching through skin and muscle, no doubt soon to rend the spine itself! But as she goes about her grisly work, another pony-sized insect comes rushing around to join the first, clambering up onto the wall to get around the first one which blocks its path, huge jaws snapping towards Henrietta!
[16:21] <@Janson> OOC: Henrietta
[16:22] <@Rudy> "Geezus.. just keep going! They'll eat those guys," calls Rudy, recoiling at the sight.
[16:23] * @Henrietta relies on what has served her well in the past -- magic! Two roses appear in her hand as she takes a step back, and both are sent unerringly into the face of the monstrosity menacing her!
[16:23] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4
[16:23] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4 and gets 4." [2d4=1, 3]
[16:23] <@Henrietta> OOC: +2
[16:23] <@Janson> The creature flinches as both roses impact its upper mandible, skittering backwards half a foot before gathering itself and letting out a chittering roar of defiance!
[16:23] <@Janson> OOC: Rudy
[16:25] * @Henrietta glances furtively at Rudy, before nodding slightly and continuing to retreat southwards.
[16:25] <@Janson> OOC: you took a 5-foot step already, no more movement this round.
[16:25] <@Henrietta> OOC: Can I move 30ft, then MM?
[16:25] <@Janson> OOC: no because then you'd be around the corner and have no line of sight to the bug
[16:26] <@Rudy> Rudy opts to withdraw around the corner, and more importantly behind Myra.
[16:26] <@Henrietta> OOC: I see. I'll just withdraw without MM, then.
[16:26] <@Janson> OOC: strike previous lines
[16:26] <@Janson> Henrietta and Rudy both run away!
[16:26] <@Janson> OOC: Lucie
[16:30] * @Lucie follows their lead, slipping around Myra to move around the corner and hopefully leave the fallen men to become bugfood.
[16:30] <@Janson> OOC: Glenn
[16:31] * Quits: @Henrietta (corwin@2.54.159.122) (Ping timeout)
[16:34] <@Glenn> "We're not killing them?" Glenn asks as he notices everyone moving away.
[16:35] * @Glenn stands up from where he leaned over the body of the downed guard and follows after the others, though he does take a swipe at the face of the guard first.
[16:35] <@Rudy> "The bugs will do it for us!"
[16:35] <@Glenn> roll d20+8
[16:35] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 and gets 26." [d20=18]
[16:35] <@Janson> OOC: hit
[16:36] <@Glenn> roll d6+1
[16:36] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d6+1 and gets 5." [d6=4]
[16:36] <@Glenn> "Well, hopefully the blood grabs their attention," he mutters as he moves away from the body.
[16:37] <@Janson> Glenn gives the unconscious twitching man a set of nasty scars across the face to remember him by before fleeing to the South after his comrades! The first of the rhagodessa is in hot pursuit though, but seeing an easy meal close by it elects to lunge Northwards and steal Myra's meal!
[16:37] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5
[16:37] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 and gets 15." [1d20=10]
[16:37] * Joins: Cecile (~corwin@bzq-79-179-49-62.red.bezeqint.net)
[16:37] <@Janson> roll 1d6+6
[16:37] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d6+6 and gets 10." [1d6=4]
[16:37] * Cecile is now known as Henrietta
[16:37] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Henrietta
[16:38] <@Janson> The already maimed in the neck figure has his entire midsection severed by the monster's huge mandibles! Unfortunately said creature happens to be doing a very good job of blocking Myra's route to catching up with her master...
[16:38] <@Janson> OOC: Myra
[16:40] <@Rudy> Myra opts to shoulder her way past the bug in a startling display of naked aggression!
[16:40] <@Rudy> OOC: overrun attempt!
[16:41] <@Janson> As Myra puts her shoulder to barging past the rhagodessa, one of its barbed forelimbs lashes out to strike at her!
[16:41] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7 AoO
[16:41] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 AoO and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[16:42] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6 CM check
[16:42] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 CM check and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[16:42] <@Janson> While Myra dodges under the flailing limb, her shoulder only bounces off the creature, its many legs helping to keep it stable and deter her efforts!
[16:43] <@Janson> Meanwhile the other rushes into the claustrophobic tunnels, finding its comrade blocking the easy meals to the North it has no choice but to go barrelling after Glenn who brings up the rear of the group to the South!
[16:43] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7 AC?
[16:43] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 AC? and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[16:44] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7 I'm guessing 20 from your sheet. CMD?
[16:44] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 I'm guessing 20 from your sheet. CMD? and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[16:45] <@Janson> OOC: +4 so actually 17. But I'm guessing Glenn has 19 CMD when mutagenned?
[16:45] <@Glenn> ooc: CMD would be...19?
[16:45] <@Glenn> ooc: I think so, yeah
[16:46] <@Janson> The hooked limb catches on Glenn's arm, but he quickly wrenches himself free before it can bring him down, only sacrificing a few tears to his shirtsleeve!
[16:46] <@Janson> OOC: Henrietta
[16:50] <@Henrietta> "Fleeing is a bad plan," Henrietta hisses, producing two roses which she promptly tosses just past Glenn's ear and into the monster's face. That doesn't stop her from retreating further south afterwards.
[16:50] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4+2
[16:50] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4+2 and gets 8." [2d4=3, 3]
[16:52] <@Janson> The monster flinches a bit before Henrietta dashes around the corner, seeing the path ahead is clear, the guard post seen on their last visit currently empty.
[16:52] <@Janson> OOC: Rudy
[16:53] <@Rudy> Rudy fires a bolt at the monsters before him before joining Henri around the corner!
[16:53] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[16:53] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[16:54] <@Janson> It hits the monster but fails to penetrate, only bouncing off the shiny black carapace!
[16:54] <@Janson> OOC: Lucie
[16:55] * @Lucie moves along the corridor past Henrietta, scouting ahead to see who or what lies in the passageway beyond.
[16:56] <@Janson> Lucie overtakes Henrietta, reaching a slight bend in the corridor. To the South is a wooden door, while around the bend the passage continues on some ways before reaching another similar door.
[16:56] <@Janson> OOC: Glenn
[16:58] * @Glenn pushes away from the creature, trying to keep up with the others. If the creature pounces again, he'll stand and fight, but for now, he'd rather not let the distance between him and the others grow even more. OOC: withdrawing
[16:59] <@Janson> Glenn backs off, catching up with Henrietta and Rudy. Meanwhile, out of sight now, Myra has troubles of her own to contend with as her insectile foe deems here a more pressing matter than devouring the corpse between them, lashing out with jaw and pedilaps!
[16:59] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5 bite
[16:59] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 bite and gets 8." [1d20=3]
[16:59] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7 pedilap 1
[16:59] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 pedilap 1 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[17:00] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7 pedilap 2
[17:00] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 pedilap 2 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[17:00] <@Janson> roll 1d20+11 CMD, Myra?
[17:00] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+11 CMD, Myra? and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[17:00] <@Rudy> OOC: Less than 23
[17:00] <@Janson> roll 1d6+6
[17:00] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d6+6 and gets 8." [1d6=2]
[17:01] <@Janson> While Myra dodges the first bite, she's bracketed on both sides by barbed limbs which push her down and hold her mercilessly for its mandibles to take a second try, her leathery flesh offering scant resistance to the terrible crushing pressure!
[17:01] <@Janson> OOC: Myra
[17:01] <@Rudy> Myra struggles to break free, ideally on the opposite side!
[17:02] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6
[17:02] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[17:02] <@Janson> Squirming and wriggling, Myra manages to extricate herself to freedom! Now she has a monster on either side, but surely she can handle anything if master is with her?
[17:03] <@Janson> OOC: doing anything more, Myra?
[17:04] <@Rudy> Myra begins to proceed down the corridor, filled with a guileless faith that today will not hurt in the slightest!
[17:04] <@Rudy> OOC: She'll just run up to the other creature
[17:04] <@Janson> Unfortunately that dismisses the threat of the rhagodessa behind her, which isn't put off in the slightest by her vile blood and snakes out a hooked forelimb to snag her leg as she tries to move away!
[17:05] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7
[17:05] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[17:05] <@Janson> roll 1d20+11 CMD?
[17:05] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+11 CMD? and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[17:05] <@Janson> roll 1d6+6
[17:05] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d6+6 and gets 9." [1d6=3]
[17:06] <@Janson> She's abruptly tripped over and pounced upon, captured once again in an unforgiving embrace! Meanwhile the other exotic and overgrown insect continues racing down the passageway, its limbs making a cacaphonous scratching racket on the stone as it rushes Glenn!
[17:06] <@Janson> roll 1d20+7
[17:06] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[17:06] <@Janson> He's able to block its attempt at grabbing him, however, holding it back with alchemically augmented musclepower!
[17:07] <@Janson> OOC: Henrietta
[17:08] <@Henrietta> "This will work faster if more people shoot it," Henrietta complains quietly, as two more roses join the pair embedded in the chitonous monster. She continues heading after Lucie afterwards, flail held at the ready.
[17:08] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4+2
[17:08] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4+2 and gets 5." [2d4=2, 1]
[17:09] <@Janson> The roses strike true, one can almost imagine a dramatic guitar strum being heard as Henrietta thwarts its advance with enchanted foliage, making its hard shell crack in places! She swiftly catches up with Lucie at the door on the South side of the passageway!
[17:09] <@Janson> OOC: Rudy
[17:10] <@Rudy> "
[17:10] <@Rudy> "Glenn, this way!" calls Rudy, preparing to summon a hidrance once Glenn backs off a little!
[17:11] <@Janson> OOC: Lucie
[17:12] * @Lucie pokes around the room outside the corridor, keeping watch while the others catch up, listening at the southern door for sounds of enemies on the other side.
[17:12] <@Janson> OOC: perception
[17:12] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+10
[17:12] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[17:13] -> *Lucie* You can't hear any activity on the other side of the door.
[17:13] <@Janson> OOC: Glenn
[17:14] <@Glenn> "Yeah, coming! Just need to duck around all these limbs!" Glenn says, as he continues to try to put distance between him and the beast. ooc: more withdraw
[17:14] <@Janson> OOC: readied action, Rudy?
[17:16] <@Rudy> With that accomplished, an earth elemental suddenly pops into being between Glenn and the bug, and it throws a rocky punch!
[17:16] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6
[17:16] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[17:16] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[17:16] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Glenn > Rudy/Elemental > ??? > Henrietta > Rudy'
[17:17] <@Janson> Said punch is stopped by a hard shell, meanwhile Myra vanishes, depriving us of our view of what occurs around the corner! It's easy to imagine that it won't be pretty for the still breathing but blinded and stunned Lotus Dragon, though...
[17:17] <@Janson> With a chittering hiss, the visible bug tries to chomp the elemental in half!
[17:18] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5 elemental AC?
[17:18] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 elemental AC? and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[17:18] <@Janson> roll 1d6+6 guess not that
[17:18] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d6+6 guess not that and gets 8." [1d6=2]
[17:19] <@Janson> Rock and soil crumbles at the pressure of those massive jaws, but the ape-like elemental stands nonetheless!
[17:19] <@Janson> OOC: Henrietta
[17:20] <@Henrietta> "There is no need to withdraw before such a foe, Glenn!" Henrietta announces, as a flick of her wrist summons a lovely pair of purple roses in her hand. "Take heart! Just as these thorns tear through that monster's shell, so can your-- umm, teeth!"
[17:20] <@Henrietta> Suddenly queasy, Henrietta gestures at the bug, sweeping her arm in a wide arc and sending the pair of roses previously in her grasp at it.
[17:20] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4+2
[17:20] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4+2 and gets 8." [2d4=4, 2]
[17:21] <@Janson> The roses batter at the rhagodessa, knocking it back and making its legs almost give out from under it! It remains upright on shaky limbs nonetheless, perhaps only the sheer quantity of them allowing for even that!
[17:21] <@Henrietta> Opening the door after that so she could have more space to retreat is far less inspiring, so Henrietta keeps quiet while she does that.
[17:21] <@Janson> OOC: perception Henrietta and Lucie
[17:21] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+10 again
[17:21] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+10 again and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[17:21] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Glenn > Rudy/Elemental > ??? > Henrietta#'
[17:22] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+2
[17:22] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[17:23] <@Janson> With the door open, Henrietta and Lucie can see into a training room, filled with practice dummies, padlocks, netting, and other tools or debris of uncertain use. It seems empty on a glance, only one flickering lamp providing low light in addition to what spills forth from the ladies enchanted bludgeoning tools.
[17:23] -> *Lucie* A careful eye however spots an ambush. There are at least six figures hiding here amongst the equipment and spread about the room. Two of them are even disguised as practice dummies!
[17:24] <@Janson> OOC: Lucie
[17:25] * Joins: Wayland (~yuthirin@c-71-194-208-215.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
[17:27] * Quits: Still_Yuthirin (~yuthirin@c-71-194-208-215.hsd1.il.comcast.net) (Ping timeout)
[17:28] <@Lucie> "Ambush," Lucie hisses to Henrietta. "At least six of them. Wait a moment." Lucie stays at the doorway, not entering the room yet, concentrates briefly to spread a miasma of dismay to anyone nearby wishing her ill! (OOC: bane, gets anyone within a 5-ft radius, will DC 16 to negate)
[17:28] <@Lucie> *50-ft
[17:28] <@Janson> roll 6#1d20
[17:28] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 6#1d20 and gets 51." [6#1d20 = 4, 6, 6, 18, 7, 10]
[17:29] <@Lucie> OOC: -1 to attacks/saves against fear on failure.
[17:30] <@Janson> OOC: lets reroll init, the elemental and the rhagodessa can be off in their own little world for the moment
[17:30] <@Janson> roll 2#1d20+4
[17:30] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2#1d20+4 and gets 17." [2#1d20+4 = 10, 7]
[17:30] <@Janson> roll 4#1d20+5
[17:30] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 4#1d20+5 and gets 57." [4#1d20+5 = 7, 14, 20, 16]
[17:30] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+2
[17:30] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[17:30] <@Glenn> roll d20+6
[17:30] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+6 and gets 17." [d20=11]
[17:30] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+4
[17:30] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[17:30] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+6 init
[17:30] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+6 init and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[17:32] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Dragon 5 > Glenn > Dragon 6 > Dragon 4 > Henrietta > Dragon 1 > Dragon 3 > Dragon 2 > Rudy > Elementa > Rhagodessa'
[17:32] <@Janson> OOC: bizarre as it is, go ahead and go again Lucie
[17:33] <@Lucie> OOC: are any of them close enough to make hitting more than one with color spray feasible?
[17:33] <@Lucie> OOC: close enough together, I mean. 15-ft cone, for reference
[17:34] <@Janson> OOC: you could basically get any 2 that are adjacent numberwise (so 1 and 2, or 2 and 3, etc)
[17:35] <@Lucie> Again a sickly array of colors twists space before Lucie, reaching out to disable as many enemies as she can catch directly across from the door! (OOC: will 16)
[17:35] <@Janson> roll 2#1d20
[17:35] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2#1d20 and gets 19." [2#1d20 = 7, 12]
[17:35] <@Janson> roll 2d4 fucked
[17:35] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 2d4 fucked and gets 2." [2d4=1, 1]
[17:36] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Dragon 5 > Glenn > Dragon 6 > Dragon 4 (KO'd 2) > Henrietta > Dragon 1 > Dragon 3 (KO'd 2) > Dragon 2 > Rudy > Elementa > Rhagodessa'
[17:37] <@Janson> Two of the hidden rogues hiding amongst the netting and camoflage of the opposite wall suddenly reveal themselves by screaming and dropping in convulsing heaps, clutching at their eyes and fainting dead away! Another one manifests from the shadows on the far end of the room, but he was never hidden to Lucie to start with! "Bitch, see how you like this!" he cries, firing a crossbow bolt across the room!
[17:37] <@Janson> roll 1d20+4 AC Lucie?
[17:37] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+4 AC Lucie? and gets 9." [1d20=5]
[17:38] <@Lucie> OOC: 19 right now
[17:38] <@Janson> It thunks into the door fruitlessly! But undeterred, he drops his crossbow and rushes across the room, drawing a sword to threaten Lucie with instead!
[17:38] <@Janson> OOC: Glenn
[17:41] * @Glenn runs into the room past Lucie, jumping at one of the dragons as he attempts to maul him.
[17:41] <@Glenn> roll d20+8
[17:41] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 and gets 22." [d20=14]
[17:41] <@Janson> OOC: hit
[17:42] <@Glenn> roll d8+1
[17:42] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d8+1 and gets 3." [d8=2]
[17:43] <@Janson> Glenn's bite latches onto the shoulder of the one threatening Lucie, causing him to jerk back wide-eyed! "Davey Jones, you bit me?!" he shrieks. "What the fuck?!" As he cries and gesticulates, one of his comrades darts out from hiding, going to sink a blade into Glenn's back as he joins the fray!
[17:43] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5 flanking
[17:43] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 flanking and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[17:43] <@Janson> But the blade only glances off of Glenn's currently toughened hide, failing to draw blood!
[17:43] <@Janson> OOC: Henrietta
[17:44] * @Henrietta stomps her foot, and an ivy whip appears in her free hand. "Do you talk to your mother with that dirty mouth?" she sternly asks the rogue that menaces Lucie, the whip dispensing justice by wrapping around the villain's ankles. And then, she pulls on the whip to drop the foul-mouthed man to the ground!
[17:45] <@Henrietta> roll 1d20+11 trip
[17:45] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 1d20+11 trip and gets 14." [1d20=3]
[17:45] <@Janson> "Urk!" he cries as the vine yanks his ankles away, causing him to drop painfully down onto his stomach at Glenn and Lucie's feet!
[17:46] <@Janson> As that happens, two of the 'training dummies' suddenly come to life, one rushing Glenn while the other circles around to attack Lucie, daggers leading the way!
[17:46] <@Janson> roll 1d20+3 charge
[17:46] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+3 charge and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[17:46] <@Janson> roll 1d20+1 not charge
[17:46] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+1 not charge and gets 13." [1d20=12]
[17:47] <@Henrietta> "Yes! Fall! Standing is too good for you!" Henrietta gloats.
[17:47] <@Janson> Neither are up to much, however, both Glenn and even Lucie too agile to be taken in by their attacks, both men looking wide-eyed with fear already!
[17:47] <@Janson> OOC: Rudy
[17:49] <@Rudy> A crossbow bolt hudles towards the wounded man facing Glenn, and the young archer is already loading another bolt before it even strikes!
[17:49] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+7
[17:49] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[17:49] <@Rudy> roll 1d8+1
[17:49] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[17:50] <@Janson> The bolt embeds into the already wounded figure who's less 'facing' Glenn and more kissing the dirt at his feet, eliciting a pained cry!
[17:50] <@Janson> OOC: elemental
[17:50] <@Rudy> Meanwhile, the elemental launches another assault on the Rhagodessa!
[17:50] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6
[17:50] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[17:51] <@Janson> Even chipped and broken, chitin proves able to resist rock, the bug retaliating with a punishing bite of its own!
[17:51] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5
[17:51] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[17:51] <@Janson> roll 1d6+6
[17:51] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d6+6 and gets 12." [1d6=6]
[17:51] <@Janson> This proves more than the elemental can take, crumbling away into dust and nothingness! The rhagodessa hisses in frustration at the lack of a meal, rushing onwards to confront Rudy!
[17:52] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Dragon 5 > Glenn > Dragon 6 > Dragon 4 (KO'd 1) > Henrietta > Dragon 1 > Dragon 3 (KO'd 1) > Dragon 2 > Rudy > Rhagodessa'
[17:52] <@Janson> OOC: Lucie
[17:52] <@Lucie> OOC: so exactly how many dudes are right near me? Can I fire off another CS without catching Glenn in it?
[17:54] <@Lucie> "Your insults are as bad as your aim," Lucie says, drawing up her mace to bring it down on the head of the fallen man. "Stay on the ground where you belong!"
[17:55] <@Lucie> roll 1d20+4 hitting the prone dude
[17:55] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d20+4 hitting the prone dude and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[17:55] <@Janson> OOC: hit
[17:55] <@Lucie> roll 1d8+2 smashing
[17:55] * +Hatbot --> "Lucie rolls 1d8+2 smashing and gets 3." [1d8=1]
[17:56] <@Janson> "Oww! Fuck fuck fuck!" he curses and twitches as Lucie smashes into him, deciding it's better to stay down in this case and hoping his buddies can save him!
[17:56] <@Janson> OOC: Glenn
[17:58] <@Henrietta> "Can you, umm, kill it?" Henrietta asks Rudy, her elation evaporating as she sees him facing off against the persistent bug. "Or do you require my help?"
[17:58] <@Glenn> With Lucie and Henrietta ganging up on the downed rogue, Glenn turns towards the one that tried to sucker-stab him and gives him a toothy grin before returning the favor with interest.
[17:58] <@Glenn> roll d20+8 bite
[17:58] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 bite and gets 19." [d20=11]
[17:58] <@Glenn> roll d20+8 bite
[17:58] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 bite and gets 19." [d20=11]
[17:58] <@Glenn> roll d20+8 claws* for last two, bite now
[17:58] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 claws* for last two, bite now and gets 28." [d20=20]
[17:59] <@Glenn> roll d20+8 bite threat?
[17:59] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls d20+8 bite threat? and gets 14." [d20=6]
[17:59] <@Janson> OOC: 3 hits
[18:00] <@Glenn> roll 2d6+d8+3
[18:00] * +Hatbot --> "Glenn rolls 2d6+d8+3 and gets 12." [2d6=1, 1][d8=7]
[18:02] <@Rudy> "I don't know!"
[18:03] <@Janson> "Oh God why?!" he shrieks as Glenn rends his flesh and bites half his face off, giving him a terrifyingly lopsided grin, showing off half his jaw that leaks blood freely! Tears streaming from his ruined face, he steps back to try and stab his sword into Glenn's face and return the favour!
[18:03] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5 flanking
[18:03] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 flanking and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[18:03] <@Janson> roll 1d20+5 flanking crit check
[18:03] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+5 flanking crit check and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[18:03] <@Janson> roll 1d6+2+1d6
[18:03] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d6+2+1d6 and gets 4." [1d6=1][1d6=1]
[18:04] <@Janson> He doesn't do nearly as well as Glenn did, however, his blade only scoring a gouging cut across the side of Glenn's head, failing to inflict the same sort of grevious wounds!
[18:04] <@Janson> OOC: Henrietta
[18:06] * @Henrietta darts a look at the dagger-wielding rogue menacing Lucie, but the bug has proven a far more reliable menace. A memory of Trucy's friend comes up, all torn apart, and Henrietta doesn't need further encouragement to add two more roses to the bouquet that grows out of the monster's head!
[18:06] <@Henrietta> roll 2d4+2
[18:06] * +Hatbot --> "Henrietta rolls 2d4+2 and gets 7." [2d4=4, 1]
[18:07] <@Janson> That does it, the monster no longer able to endure the assault of the roses, a splurt of yellowy-white ichor from where the carapace finally shatters and it collapses in a chitinous heap to block the hallway!
[18:08] <@Henrietta> "Take that, you vermin!" Henrietta cries out. "You would not stop us! None of you would!"
[18:09] <@Janson> Glenn finds himself the focal point of resistance after that terrifying display, the two former training dummies quickly shifting to turn their assault on him, even the figure on the floor lashing up with his blade at the alchemist's thigh!
[18:09] <@Janson> roll 1d20+3 flanking
[18:09] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+3 flanking and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[18:09] <@Janson> roll 1d20+3 flanking
[18:09] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+3 flanking and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[18:09] <@Janson> roll 1d20+2 flanking but prone
[18:09] * +Hatbot --> "Janson rolls 1d20+2 flanking but prone and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[18:09] <@Janson> He easily dodges their efforts, however, while armour and toughened skin turn even grazing hits into nothing!
[18:10] * Janson changes topic to 'Lucie > Glenn > Dragon 6 > Dragon 4 (KO'd 1) > Henrietta > Dragon 5 > Dragon 1 > Dragon 3 (KO'd 1) > Dragon 2 > Rudy'
[18:10] <@Janson> OOC: Rudy
[18:10] <@Rudy> Another earth elemental clambers out of the ground and mercilessly punches the guy on the floor!
[18:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6+4+2-1 prone/flank/power
[18:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6+4+2-1 prone/flank/power and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[18:10] <@Rudy> roll 1d20+6+4+2-1 prone/flank/powerthreat
[18:10] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 1d20+6+4+2-1 prone/flank/powerthreat and gets 31." [1d20=20]
[18:11] <@Janson> OOC: crit
[18:11] <@Rudy> roll 2d6+12
[18:11] * +Hatbot --> "Rudy rolls 2d6+12 and gets 16." [2d6=3, 1]
[18:11] <@Janson> Like an over-ripe watermelon struck by a hammer, the Lotus Dragon's head all but explodes as it's pupled into the floor, showering bone fragments and brain matter all across the shoes of Glenn, Lucie, and the surrounding rogues!