"Kuso!" Jiro swore as the thing in the darkness raked him with claws. The blow stuns him, and he hits the ground beneath its weight.

[OOC: 20:01, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 17 using 1d20+10. toughness save.
Stunned, so my futile attempt to resist the grapple didn't matter
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The thrown frog is reduced to a pulp by the force of the impact. The giant frog is made of sterner stuff, and shrugs off the blow.

It makes another leaping attack on Alex, with rather more success then last time. The claws don't do much damage, but the slime on it's skin has a rather more notable effect.

[OOC: 23:07, Today: Gamemaster rolled 27 using 1d20+10. Toughness Save.
23:07, Today: Gamemaster rolled 22 using 1d20+10. Attacking Alex.

DC 17 Toughness save, DC 18 Fort Save VS a hallucinogenic skin toxin. Confuse/Drain Con Poison.]

Jiro head clears just in time for him to feel two sharp points pierce the skin of his neck. He starts to feel a bit lightheaded and drained.


[OOC: 23:15, Today: Gamemaster rolled 26 using 1d20+10. Attacking Jiro.
DC 18 Fort Save, Draining Con. ]

Vampire. Again. Kamis, that's... really annoying. With a shove, he dislodged the biting fangs, rolled to his feet.

He refocused his ki as he sized up the foe, as much as he could hear it, at least. "Didn't I punch you into the bay last night?" It sounded like the creature stood, and Jiro darted in, a ki-laden fist coming in for an uppercut. "Fist of the Oni!"
[OOC: first, the fort save. 20:20, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 23 using 1d20+9. fort save vrs vampire con drain.

Then, array in FotO, 20:24, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 17 using 1d20+10. Fist of the Oni on vampi boy. That won't hit, so Hero Point for a reroll.
20:24, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 28 using 1d20+10. HERO POINT reroll FotO. DC 25 toughness save.]

The blow is true, but the Vampire was already leaping back as it struck. Instead of turning it into a pancake, it simply added a bit of speed to it's flight.

The Vampire makes an unholy sound, a hungry, hissing noise that sends chills down the back. Jiro can tell it is coming from above ground level, perhaps ten feet up.

[OOC: 23:29, Today: Gamemaster rolled 27 using 1d20+7. Toughness Save.
23:31, Today: Gamemaster rolled 21 using 1d20+14. Startle Check.
Targets resist with Intimidate, Sense Motive, or Will ]

How did that not- bah, not important. It's not far enough away to be safe from me... He took a quick step forward and threw another ki-laden punch. "Fist of the Oni!"

[OOC: Skill Mastery to take 10 on Sense Motive - 22 for my save against his startle.

Fist of the Oni has Extended Reach, so laughing boy should be in range if I take a quick move towards the sound of hissing - punching upwards Shoryuken style. 20:38, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 24 using 1d20+10. Fist of the Oni. - DC25 toughness check.]

A focused Ki punch sends the Vampire flying into the air, until it hits something with a thud (presumably the ceiling). It promptly falls back to the ground and lands with another thud. Even with all the damage it presumably just took, Jiro can still make out the faint sounds of movement.

[OOC: 00:52, Today: Gamemaster rolled 19 using 1d20+7. Toughness Save.
00:53, Today: Gamemaster rolled 19 using 1d20+6. Toughness Save.
00:56, Today: Gamemaster rolled 16 using 1d20+5. Toughness Save.   ]

Alex winced from the cuts and the faint burning sensation from the slime, but she didn't let it stop her. She tried the frog toss thing again, but the slimy thing slide out of her fingers to soon.

[OOC: 01:00, Today: Alex rolled 26 using 1d20+12. Fort Save.
01:00, Today: Alex rolled 15 using 1d20+10. Toughness Save.
01:02, Today: Alex rolled 14 using 1d20+10. AOA 2, throw. ]

The Frog didn't seem very creative. It launched itself towards the girl, lashed out with a claw, then leapt back to the deeper part of the stream.

[OOC: 01:07, Today: Gamemaster rolled 25 using 1d20+10. Attacking Alex.
Another DC17 Toughness and DC18 Fort save.

Alex - Bruised 1]
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"Fracking Frog!" Alex swore, and jumped after the thing. One of the smaller frogs was right under her foot as she landed, causing her to lose some balance and launch an incredibly clumsy attack.
[OOC: Leaping move over by the Frog.
01:14, Today: Alex rolled 25 using 1d20+9. Toughness Save.
01:14, Today: Alex rolled 30 using 1d20+12. Fort Save.
01:15, Today: Alex rolled 17 using 1d20+12. Unarmed attack. ]

The Frog didn't seem to comprehend her words, and launched another of it's leaping attacks. This time, Alex was ready for it and dodged out of the way.

Even as she did, Alex felt that the current was trying to drag her towards pool.

[OOC: 01:18, Today: Gamemaster rolled 17 using 1d20+10. Attacking Alex.
Miss. However, the current here is stronger. She needs to make a DC15 Strength check or be knocked down and pulled towards the whirlpool.}
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The current was strong, but Alex was stronger. She kept her footing and jumped after the Frog. She landed flip-flop first, aiming for the thing's face.

[OOC: 01:21, Today: Alex rolled 16 using 1d20+6. Strength Check.
01:22, Today: Alex rolled 20 using 1d20+12. Unarmed attack.  ]

This time Alex is sure she hurt the Frog. It made a swipe at her and jumped to the very deepest parts of the room, right on the edge of the whirlpool. Alex could see that it's strong swimming legs were working hard to keep it from being pulled down.

Then the effects of the poison skin started to affect her.

[OOC: 01:24, Today: Gamemaster rolled 17 using 1d20+10. Toughness Save.
For hitting the frog, make a DC18 Fort save.
01:25, Today: Gamemaster rolled 17 using 1d20+10. Attacking Alex.  ]

The repeated doses of the poison finally seem to be taking hold. Alex stumbles a bit as things started to get strange.

[OOC: 01:27, Today: Alex rolled 16 using 1d20+12. Fort Save.
Ouch. If Alex can act this round, she will frog toss another frog at the Frog.]
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Hearing the vampire hit the floor - hard - next to him, Jiro grinned. Then he heard it still trying to move. And me without anything to use as a stake... Guess I'll have to do this the hard way and hope.  Moving to the target, Jiro lashed out once more. "Fist of the Oni!"

[OOC: 11:53, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 13 using 1d20+10. Another FotO attack. That's probably a miss, unless the stun knocks the vamps defense down more than I think it does, but worth trying.]

The Vampire snarled as it rolled out of the way of the blow. It lashed a foot out at Jiro's ankle, but the martial artist heard the scraping on the floor and jumped over the attack.
[OOC: 19:57, Today: Gamemaster rolled 19 using 1d20+10. Attacking Jiro. ]

"Kuso," muttered Jiro, as he lept over the Vampire's attack. "This is getting old, bloodsucker." Time to end this nonsense.

Shifting his ki, he lunged once more at the vampire.
[OOC: array in ki focus. All Out Attack for 5, Power Attack for 5.
17:03, Today: Jiro Koji rolled 28 using 1d20+12. Ki strike on vampi. DC 28 toughness save if I'm remembering the math right.]

The small frogs around Alex start growing larger and larger. Leering faces appear in their skin, and they start attacking her. In a panicked frenzy she lashes out at them. She smashing dozens of them into pulp, yet still they plague her.

From out of nowhere an even larger demon frog kicked her, threatening to send her doom amongst the frogs.

[OOC: 20:01, Today: Gamemaster rolled 19 using 1d20. Confuse Table.
20:03, Today: Gamemaster rolled 27 using 1d20+10. Attacking Alex.
DC 17 tougness save. DC 18 Fort Save. If you pass, you get a +1 on your save to recover from the first bout of poison. Don't forget you are down 2 con. ]

There is a sickening crack as Jiro's fist smashes the skull of the presumed Vampire in. The total lack of blood or other fluids from the blow does support the Vampire theory, and a hungry one at that.

[OOC: 20:07, Today: Gamemaster rolled 11 using 1d20+4. Toughness Save. Fail by more then 15.]

Stake or no, that's probably done the thing in for now. Decapitation usually works. Brushing bits if matter he was just as glad he couldn't see from his fist, Jiro stood. "That count as one down? If it does, I'm ready for the next one."

Let's see... wood looked interesting but not too nasty, but given how this darkness turned out it's probably worse than it looks. Metal... no, metal's a better fit for Alex - she's a lot stronger than I am. Earth likewise. Fire looked like it would make for a nasty challenge, but given Alex already took the challenge most likely to completely screw me over... "I'm ready for the Arena of Fire."

The pain of the blow shakes Alex out of her confused state. As the demon faces fade, she sets eyes on the drug frog. "I've had ENOUGH of YOU!" she yelled, swinging her purse with all her might.

[OOC: 20:16, Today: Alex rolled 19 using 1d20+8. Toughness Save.
20:13, Today: Alex rolled 31 using 1d20+11. Fort Save.
20:14, Today: Alex rolled 29 using 1d20+11. Fort Save.
20:15, Today: Alex rolled 32 using 1d20+12. Swinging Purse as Improvised Weapon.  TAKE THAT YOU FROG!!]

There is no response. Nor is there an obvious exit.

Muttering profanities, Jiro quickly made his way to a wall, then started circling the room clockwise. Should be able to find a door. Failing that, I suppose I can try to just make one, but that might not work... couldn't put the vampire through the roof, after all.

[OOC: searching the wall by feel, also listening for echoes caused by my profanity -gogo super hearing.]

Taking her purse in both hands, Alex swings it in a great arc ending in the Frogs position. The impact has two effects.

1 - It breaks the purse. It just wasn't meant for such abuse.
2 - It breaks the Frog. It just wasn't meant for such abuse.

The Frog's broken body smashes into the cave wall behind the whirlpool, then slides down into the pool. It is pulled down, the worlds largest frog flushed down the worlds largest toilet. With the loss of it's master, the other frogs hop away, most of them ending up down the whirlpool as well.

A few moments later, the door opens in the wall.

[OOC: 20:21, Today: Gamemaster rolled 10 using 1d20+9. Toughness Save.
Well, that worked. ]

Jiro searches for a few minutes, not finding anything. Just before he does something drastic, he hears something behind him. Sidestepping at the last moment, he hears a thud as the Vampire slams into the wall. Shaking his head, Jiro shouts "FIST OF THE ONI!".

His fist hits dead center in the things back, and crashes through to the other side. It's heart destroyed, the beast explodes into dust.

A moment later, he hears the sound of a door opening. It only takes a moment to find it and emerge back in the corridor. The man who lead him to the door turns and leads him back to the Guide.

When he arrives, he finds Alex already there. Her shirt is a bit torn, and she is toweling off, but seems in good health.