In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 257):

As the ever spunky Zuni fades from sight, the halfling and his attackers become engulfed in a veritable grove of rubbery unconfortableness.

Chandanar shivers and shakes his head.  <Aqua>I'll be having nightmares for weeks.  Hey Selvy!  Healing?</Purple>

Selvin, you get 36 HP back (or Zac does.  Split it up however you like) this round if you want it.

Zuni?  What do ya wanna do?

The last thing that could be seen on Zunis face as she disappeared from view, was a cheshire like grin.

OOC:
Not sure what area is covered by the Black Tentacles, but are there any Mantis or other important stainable folks outside of them?

In reply to Zuni Runesong (msg # 259):

The tentacles have wrapped up the halfling and three of the Mantis. One has managed to free herself and is stepping back, pulling out a blow gun, and looking at the halfljng.

Meanwhile, two more Mantis jump up on the stage...

Beyond them, you can see a squadron of five Mantis, headed for the pole of prisoners. If they free the prisoners, the assassins will outnumber the mushrooms about two to one.

So three on the stage with you guys Zuni. And five more about ninety feet away who, if they succeed in reaching and freeing the prisoners, will double the number or Mantis in the immediate area.
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OOC: Not sure if a charge/double-move will get me to the Mantis heading to the prisoners or not, but that is the goal.

Selvin rolled his eyes. "Oh, very well! I guess we should get involved! I don't want to face a bunch of Mantis again. And I suppose we can't have them just slaughtering the mushrooms," and he continued but dropped his voice to a mutter, "even if we want them to."

He let out a roar and shot up in the air slightly and then forward at the Mantis in the distance. He definitely wanted them to see him coming.

In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 261):

Yeah.  Unless you guys absolutely flub your init, you'll be going first.  I got a 4.

Zuni, you have three Mantis on the stage.  One of whom seems intent on taking out the halfling

Selvin, you can reach the group with your normal move.

You can each assume you got at least one Cure Crit Wounds from everyone's favorite cleric before launching in to battle.  Selvin, let me know if you applied any of the healing to yourself.  I'm assuming you gave it all to Zac otherwise.

Thanks

Well, I guess he is almost an ally at this point, Zuni mused, looking over at the Halfling briefly as she quickly ran up behind the  Mantis who looked like they were going to attack him.

Zuni gleefully attempted to dissuade him with the point of her Aldori blade piercing his back.

OOC:
Attack -> 22
Damage -> 35 (assuming successful sneak attack)

Selvin looked at where Zuni had been for a moment before letting out a roar as he flew towards the other Mantis group. "OH NO YOU DON'T! ROUND TWO, HERE WE GO!" He unleashed a flurry of natural attacks enhanced with magic and electricity.

OOC: Healing went to both of them to try and get them both back to max hp (as Zac had already been healed just recently as well).

Hit AC 22 for 21 damage. Hit AC 18 for 23 damage. Hit AC 25 for 27 damage. Hit AC 23 for 20 damage.

08:25, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 6 using 1d20+4.  Initiative.
08:43, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 22,12,18,25,23 using d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11.  Arcane Strike and Power Attacks on Mantis peoples.
08:44, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 21,23,27,20 using 2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15 with rolls of 4,2,6,2,6,6,3,2.  Damage (2nd d6 is electrical).

In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 264):

The Mantis with the blow gun places it to her lips and then suddenly finds herself short of breath as Zuni shishkabobs her.  The two who were coming to assist her also seem taken aback. They stop and cautiously scan the air around them, looking for the culprit they can't see.  Sorry Zuni.  Completely missed the Greater part of the Greater Invisibility.  Thanks again Selvin.

Selvin smashes in to the group trying to rescue their fellows.  He and Zac make quick work of one of the assassins and manage to slice in to a second one.  A third one manages to strike out 8 hp Selvin

The mushrooms seem to be regrouping.  Several of them rush in to a puff ball house only to drag out what looks to be a cauldron.  They begin dumping goos of various hues in to it.

Meanwhile, the halfling climbs to the top of a tentacle.  He shouts, Shitake!  Get me outta here!  As the giant mushroom lumbers towards him, the halfling glances back at you Izzick.  Couldn't you have just said 'look out behind you'?
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Selvin unleashed his symbiote's fury once more on the Mantis, moving along the group of them as any dropped. It was kind of his unspoken job to draw as much attention and heat from the enemies they fought so Zuni and Izzick and Chandanar could do their own things without getting killed/eaten/etc. With Zac surrounding him, Selvin was the heartiest - though sometimes it pained him to see his friend get so hurt. One of the blows struck so hard Selvin worried he might be finding pieces of Mantis person in his ally for months to come!


Swift Action: Arcane Strike.
Full-round Action: Full Attack.

Hit AC 20 for 18 damage, AC 15 for 21 damage and Critical Hit for 43 damage. Yowza!

15:08, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 13,20,13,31,15 using d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11.  Arcane Strike and Power Attacks on Mantis peoples.
15:08, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 30 using 1d20+11.  Critical Hit confirm.
15:12, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 18,21,41,2 using 2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+30,1d6 with rolls of 2,1,5,1,6,5,2.  Damage (2nd d6 is electrical) and crit hit last.

Zuni struck true and was surprised to see that the other Mantis did not attack her in return.  She quickly realized what was wrong.  I'm still invisible?  she thought.  A smile slowly grew unseen on her face. I'm still Invisible!!

Zuni slashed out at one of the Mantis assassins before twisting about and stabbing out at the other one.  "Have at you!"

OOC:
Attack 1 -> 25
Damage -> 27

Attack 2 -> 26
Damage -> 31

In reply to Selvin Larst (msg # 266):

Yeah Selvin.  That's definitely going to leave a stain.  The Mantis in Zac's hands...er, claws...er, appendages...becomes so many piles of digestive  - biscuts - for - worms.  It is so stunning a blow in fact, the other Mantis' stop and blink, even the other ones you're striking.  One of them mutters, Daaaaaammmmnnn... before turning around and running.  Another one joins him.

One of them rolls his eyes and springs forward.  If I am to die, you can come with me, he says, sinking his blade in to your symbiote's tender underbelly.  17 pts.  I at least got one decent hit.

Meanwhile, Zuni has at.  She strikes both her remaining assailants.  Neither quite goes down but one of them falls backwards, surprised by the direction the blow came from.  They both stab at the air but to no avail.

Izzick, the big mushroom grabs at the halfling and wrenches him free.  The small man gasps for breath before grabbing the flute off his belt.  Alright.  Let's get this party star- and then just screams as a large crossbow slams in to his back.

Leaping up on to the stage is a large man with a large auto crossbow.  The Cinderlander seems to have arrrived.  Right! he says, swinging his bow around and launching  several bolts at Shitake.  I hate bards.  So no to whatever the hell you were about to get up to..  He swings his crossbow around and points it in the direction of the necromancer.  Hadn't figured out what you are half-orc.  But we'll just say no to what you're thinkin' about pullin' too.

Chandanar sighs as he runs towards the halfling.  You just meet the most interesting people when you're being partially digested, don'tcha?  I'm gonna try to save laughing boy.

Okay.  Selvin, two of your opponents ran away.  There are still two on you, one of whom isn't going down without a fight.  Or another crit.  You are not within range to get at the Cinderlander.

Zuni, you still have two opponents but one is prone.  You see the Cinderlander arrive.  Also, I need a perception check from you.  You are within range to get to the Cinderlander.  The results of your perception check may influence what actions you wish to take.

Izzy, Chandanar is running to try to save the halfling.  You have the init on the Cinderlander at the moment.

We're almost done with the worm!  Have at indeed!

OOC:
Perception -> 31


"Finally!" Zuni shouted as she whirled to face the Cinderlander.  She had not seen the man up close, only from a distance where she was not the best fighter.  Now, within sword range, it was different.  It was probably the alcohol or the sheer absurdity of fighting in the stomach of a giant worm, but Zuni was feeling reckless and excited.  She closed the distance between them and slashed at him.

OOC:
Attack -> 18
Damage -> 31

Attack 2 -> 13
Damage ->33

Selvin let out a nasty chuckle as a couple of the Mantis assassins ran off. He turned his attention to the two remaining. "Bold strategy, staying in the fight. Let's see how it works out for ya!" He shook his head at the one claiming he would take Selvin with me. "Nah. I'm not destined t'die here today. I got plans."

Swift: Arcane Strike.
Full-round action: Full attack.
Hit AC 26 for 21 dmg. AC 27 for 20 dmg. AC 23 for 23 dmg. AC 15 for 23 dmg. AC 26 for 23 dmg.

10:30, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 26,27,23,15,26 using d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11.  Arcane Strike and Power Attacks on Mantis peoples.
10:32, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 21,20,23,23,23 using 2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15 with rolls of 3,3,1,4,3,5,2,6,2,6.  Damage (2nd d6 is electrical).

"What am I?" He'd thought that was fairly obvious. His full moon tattoo glowed with magical energy as he began to rapidly chant off the words that echo'd in his mind. "I'm a bit of a dabbler, tried to be a wizard, didn't go so well. I'm just sort of a bad day in a nutshell." Then the sparkling light that fired off from his fingers shot forward as a dazzling ray of starlight. "Bad news for you too."

Casting Glitterdust. That's a willsave DC17 or he's blinded. And he takes -40 to stealth regardless.

In reply to Zuni Runesong (msg # 269):

Selvin, be amazed.  The one who challanged you is still standing.  Not a lot of his skin is left.  But he's still upright.

The other one is worm chow.

Mr. I'm-Still-Standing roars with what's left of his tongue and stabs at thee. 14 and 8 HP

Zuni, as you rush forward, your cavalier senses start tingling.  Somehow, that bastard Cinderlander littered the floor with caltrops.  Wet looking caltrops.  Charging through them?  Or backing up?  Or trying to do a flip over them? Or something else?  I'm holding your attack until you let me know.  You would easily have seen the caltrops on your approach.

The air is suddenly filled with twinkles!  Yes, Izzick's spell fills the air with lots of glittery dust.  The Cinderlander makes a Tch sound and backs up.

Caltrops?  Who uses caltrops, Zuni thought as she launched herself into the air to flip over them.

OOC:
Acrobatics -> 20

Selvin was surprised. He wasn't ashamed to admit it. In fact, it threw him off a bit, the oh-so-confident Red Mantis assassin having claimed he wouldn't be taken down so easy - and then HE WASN'T! Selvin and Zac attacked once more but the Red Mantis assassin was able to dodge most of their strikes, leaving them a bit confused.


OOC: Ugh. What a terrible bunch of rolls! 2 Nat 1s in there! Assuming 12 and 13 miss their AC, Selvin/Zac hit an AC 22 for 18 damage and AC 16 for 21 damage.

12:15, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 22,12,13,16,12 using d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11 with rolls of 11,1,2,5,1.  Arcane Strike and Power Attacks on Still Standing.
12:16, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 18,21 using 2d6+15,2d6+15 with rolls of 2,1,5,1.  Damage (2nd d6 is electrical).

In reply to Zuni Runesong (msg # 273):

Caltrops are making a come back.  They're like bell bottoms that way.

Actually, I/Cinderlander was expecting you to do that.  But Izzy's Glitterdust kind of screwed up the plan.  Way to go Izzy.  Messin' up my really cool plan an' stuff.

I'm going to use your original attack roll Zuni

Zuni, you fly gracefully over the caltrops.  If anyone could see it, your somersault would be quite graceful.

The Cinderlander takes an involuntary step back after being blasted by Izzick's sparkly ray o' blindness.  A moment later you strike, slashing him deeply across the chest.

The blow was solid.  But it felt like hitting a brick wall.  He's magicked up.

The Cinderlander steps back, eyes still shut, and throws his arms open wide.  C'mon then!  Take a free shot!  Not much I can do about it now anyway, can I?

Meanwhile, Mr. Skinless screams and launches himself at you and Zan, Selvin.  He's on his last leg, almost literally since you think you broke at least one of his knee caps.  But this guy is going out nasty.  He leaps on you, stabbing at you, clawing with his free hand, even sinking his teeth in to Zac's ectoplasm/skin stuff.  Guess who got crit? Guess?  THIS GUY!!!

32 points for the stab.  And 2 more points for the bite.  He's only got 3 hit points left.  But man, is he going to make them count.

(How far is the Cinderlander on the stage?)

Zuni pressed her attack. The Cinderlander was dangerous and she wasn't about to give him a chance to think up something nasty to do to them.  Zunis blade slashed out, downwards on the first strike.  A flick of the wrist reversed the blade and her second strike slashed upwards.

OOC:
First Attack -> 28
Damage -> 31

Second Attack -> 27
Damage -> 32

In reply to Izzick (msg # 276):

Zuni, I'll respond to you later since Izzy's response may change the way things work out between you and the Cinderlander.

Izzy, he's about 10 feet from the edge of the stage.  Is that what you wanted to know?

Selvin let out a grunt as the hard-hitting blow landed - but the cat-like symbiote literally cried out in pain! "Asshole! You can't win or even kill us, so just DIE already!" He angrily unleashed another flurry of electrified attacks on the Red Mantis guy who was dead and just didn't know it yet.

Swift Action: Arcane Strike. Full-Round Action: Attack.
Hit AC 15 for 20 dmg, AC 26 for 22 dmg, AC 26 for 21 dmg, AC 17 for 22 dmg, AC 26 for 18 dmg.

23:50, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 15,26,26,17,26 using d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11,d20+11 with rolls of 4,15,15,6,15.  Angry Arcane Strike and Power Attacks on Still Standing.
23:51, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 20,22,21,22,18 using 2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15,2d6+15 with rolls of 4,1,2,5,1,5,3,4,2,1.  Damage (2nd d6 is electrical).

In reply to Zuni Runesong (msg # 277):

Izzick, let me know what you are thinking of doing.  Remember, you can't see Zuni.  Though I imagine you can guess she's there.

Selvin, he learns.  In fact, everyone around...Mantis and mushroom man alike...have stopped fighting to stare at you and the greasy meat ribbon hanging from you and Zac's hand.

One of the Mantis whistles and mumbles, Damn dude...harsh...

Zuni, you strike twice.  The Cinderlander doesn't seem to be attempting to dodge at all.  In fact, as your second blow lands, he slides his hand up along the blade and tries to grab your invisible wrist.  You snap away quick enough.  But he was faster than you expected.

He chuckles.  You're the woman, right?  Una or Zoey or somethin' like that.  They say you're pretty quick.  That's okay.  I'm not much of a slouch either.  And I'm pretty thick up with protective magic.  See any blood?

He's right.  There's not much at all.  It felt like you were stabbing an oak tree.

You're probably thinkin' 'talk on old fool...magic only lasts so long.  You can't have much left.'  He pulls a wooden tube stoppered at one end with a cork.  Potion container of some sort.  Well we can fix that.  So come on Sweetie.  I'm blind and I'm old.  Show me how tough you are.

(Swore I answered but I meant how far away from me).

Izzick wasn't going to let the bragging assassin's magical protections stop him, but he had to choose his options wisely as he tried to approach the stage, keeping away from the edge but getting closer. His fingers began to crack with electricity as balls of energy formed upon the stage at his command. The floating spheres were charged, making quick dashes towards the Cinderlander. Old, blind, and hopefully soon to be burned to a crisp.

Casting Ball Lightning. That's 3 orbs forming on the stage. All 3 will charge towards Cinderlander.

If a globe enters a space with a creature, it stops moving for the round and deals 3d6 points of electricity damage to that creature, though a successful Reflex save DC20 negates the damage. Creatures wearing metal armor take a -4 penalty on this Saving Throw.

12:17, Today: Izzick rolled 11 using 3d6.  Orb 1.

12:17, Today: Izzick rolled 13 using 3d6.  Orb 2.

12:17, Today: Izzick rolled 16 using 3d6.  Orb 3.

Selvin and Zac paused for a moment as the warrior in front of them basically 'vanished' in the worst possible way. They glanced around them and then let out a loud roar to shake the cavern they were in, gore still dripping from Zac's maw and claws. They shouted towards the Red Mantis warriors in a creepy dual-voice, "ANY RED MANTIS WHO FLEES RIGHT NOW, I'LL LET LIVE! OTHERWISE YOU'RE A FUCKIN' SNACK!"

OOC: Hahahahaha! A natural twenty on an Intimidation check against the Red Mantis assassins! That's hilarious. Not sure if that will actually DO anything against so many of them...

10:26, Today: Selvin Larst rolled 28 using 1d20+8.  Intimidate (not sure if there are circumstantial modifiers lol).