Zassil shook his head at the bodies and the piles of loot. The Ogres had certainly been busy. He let out a sigh. Then he crept forward around the table and towards where the cave kept going, attempting to be a bit stealthy. He was distracted by Bunny stepping even closer to the bend to the next part of the cave. His eyes narrowed a bit and he frowned. How could he try to be the wall behind which they were safer if they moved in front of him?

Move to L-5.
11:36, Today: Zassil rolled 10 using 1d20+5.  Perception.
11:37, Today: Zassil rolled 14 using 1d20+10.  Stealth.

"Ah hear someone else."  Over her shoulder, Bunny whispered to the Zassil who'd moved up just off that shoulder.  "Not in the Giant tongue."

She spoke a few words, and the Spoked Wheel again pulsed with light.  Then, before moving off across the passageway and leaving a clear path for the Dracil, she whispered, "Ah believe that whoever it was has just cast a spell."

---

OoC:
Cast Comprehend Languages.
Move to N4

Active Effects: Comprehend Languages 30m; Bless on Everyone 1m remaining; Shield of Faith on Zassil 1m remaining; Guidance on Bunny 1m; Enhanced Diplomacy on Bunny 1m.

Expended:
Powder & Shot: 2

Claissa wasn't made to be a spotter or scout, and unfortunately Niri's gifts at the subject was hindered by her inability to communicate. So she just kept as quiet as she could, with Niri keeping an eye out behind her - the tiger knew how to communicate the simple concept of danger, at least.

Merrick keeps close to his meat shei-err companion Zassil, making note to keep the lights far enough ahead of the group that they can see trouble coming.

---

Move to J5; Lights to P6

Lissa pursed her lips in grim displeasure.  She nodded curtly to the remark about metal, then to the remark about speaking, breathing and spells.  The young blonde scholar could hear the faint sounds as well.  But had little to add at this point, she was starting to motion for Merrick to move his floating lights further down hall to help light the way when the dancing lights began moving - apparently great minds thunk alike.

She moved warily towards and around the table, glancing down at the corpses and dearly hoping that they would remain dead-dead.  A sharp intake of breath accompanied a roll of the shoulders as Lissabytta took up a position next to the table with a clear line of sight of the mouth of the passage to the right.  Her musket was trained on the opening, as Lissa felt the comfortably familiar butt of the longarm's stock nestled against her right shoulder.

---

[OOC:  Position: I4, musket at the ready.  Buffs: Bless (~10rnds left)]

Merrick's Dancing Lights moved into the passage as everyone went deeper into the cavern, alert and cautious.  Stepping to where she can see dpwn the now-lit passage, Bunny determined that this new passage ended where ot looked to open into a second wide chamber within the underground cave.

Standing at the end of this passage where it opened up was a human figure visible within the dim lighting that reached it.  It stood still, arms and shoulders slumped forward slightly as its face stared back towards Bunny.  It made no other reaction.

Map Key
B = Bunny  C = Claissa  L = Lissa  M = Merrick  N = Niri  Z = Zassil
X = Cavern Wall  t = Stone Table  p = piles  d = Dancing Lights
F = Humanoid Figure

"Ah see one," she whispered to the Dracil.  "But Ah sense more further off.  It has not spied us yet," she said with confidence.

"Let us see what more we can discover, before movin' in to put them to rest."  With these last words, Bunny crept out across the cave to a place fetched up against a rocky outcropping nearest to the next large cavern.

---

OoC:
Used Guidance on Stealth.

Move to Q5

Bunny Cotillion rolled 12 using 1d20+4.  Stealth.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 13 using 1d20+10.  Perception.

Active Effects: Comprehend Languages 30m; Bless on Everyone 1m remaining; Shield of Faith on Zassil 1m remaining; Enhanced Diplomacy on Bunny 1m.

Expended:
Powder & Shot: 2

Zassil watched as the dancing light moved around the corner. He let out a very quiet snort of air and then began to stealthily move after it to see what was around the corner. He glanced at Bunny and then at the figure. He feared it was another undead, standing on...guard or something.

Stealthily move to O-6.

13:08, Today: Zassil rolled 19 using 1d20+5.  Perception.
13:08, Today: Zassil rolled 17 using 1d20+10.  Stealth.

Lissa pushed forward with the others, her musket raised and tracking in front of her.   The blonde musketeer trained it to the right, as her vision shifted down the hallway following Merrick's floating lights.  She kept to the cavern walls, passing the pile of metal scrap and let her gaze settle upon the figure at the other end of the hall.

At least, that had been the plan.  But, a stumble as her boots scuffed the uneven floor caused her to lose her balance for a moment.  Lissabytta regained her balance quickly enough, but not before a rock kicked up by her boot careened off of the wall and into the pile of metal.

---

[OOC:  Follow the others (and the light) around the corner.

Position:  O3
  16:10, Today: Lissabytta D'Argento rolled 10,7 using 1d20+5,1d20+6 ((5,1)).

Well, crap.  Nat '1' on the stealth roll... o_O]

The creature, an undead zombie it seemed, remained motionless and unresponsive as everyone moved into position.  Until Zassil stepped into the lead.  Right as the dracil entered into the passage, the zombie perked up and took interest.  It released a loud, wheezing moan that reverberated off the walls of the cavern.  Then lurched forward towards Zassil, arms outstretched.

Sounds of movement responded to the wail of the zombie; from deeper in the cavern.  From her position, Bunny could see another zombie next to a walking skeleton, just beyond the first one at at the edge of the light from Merrick's spell.  These two were armed; the zombie holding an axe and the skeleton a crossbow.  They were definitely alert, moving to attack.

OoC:

Four rounds of duration for spell effects have passed since entering the cave.
Attacking enemies in areas of dim lighting have a 20% miss chance from concealment; without Darkvision or Low-Light Vision.  Squares beyond dim lighting are in darkness.
Bunny is hidden; enemies are flatfooted to her until she attacks/casts.

Roll initiative; if you beat 8 take your turn.
Xand rolled 8 using 1d20+4.  Initiative baddies.

Map Key
B = Bunny  C = Claissa  L = Lissa  M = Merrick  N = Niri  Z = Zassil
X = Cavern Wall  t = Stone Table  p = piles  d = Dancing Lights
l = dim lighting  U = Zombie  S = Skeleton

"Claissa?"  All whispers and stealth fell away as the recalcitrant dead stirred themselves to movement.  Without taking her eyes from the far rock passage through which zombies and skeletons now issued, Bunny called over her shoulder to the red-headed girl.  "Claissa?  Ah am wonderin' if we mahght enlist the aid of your tiger friend to come up here and hold a line with Zassil?"

Arm outstretched, she took aim at the nearest shambling figure dimly lit at the edge of Merrick Tane's dancing globes.  "We will hold a line here," she said.  "Letting them come to us until we can get a measure of their strength."  A spark and bang then percussed within the rocky confines of the cavern, a pistol ball smacking wetly into undead flesh.  Bunny commenced then to reload, violent conflict now well and truly underway.

---

OoC:

Standard Action: Fire Nearest Zombie.
Move Action: Reload.
Free Action(s): Speak.

Note: Crit has no effect on damage to Zombie, but it does recover the Grit point expended for Touch attack beyond range.

Position: Q5

Bunny Cotillion rolled 26 using 1d20+6.  Pistol Attack Nearest Zombie +1Bless -2OneRange Burn 1 Grit for Touch.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 10 using 1d20+6.  Threat roll.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 66 using 1d100.  Miss Chance.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 4 using 1d8.  Pistol Damage.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 12 using 3d8.  Additional damage for Crit.

Active Effects: Comprehend Languages 30m;  Enhanced Diplomacy on Bunny 1m; Bless on Everyone; Shield of Faith on Zassil

Bless & Shield of Faith 4/4 rounds

Expended:
Powder & Shot: 3
Grit 4/4

This message was last edited by the player at 21:22, Wed 03 June 2020.

Zassil looked slightly disappointed at Bunny's suggestion to hold the line there. He could easily move up to the zombie and likely hold it and its 'friends' ahead instead, thus negating any potential for his allies to be attacked. But he recognized that being closer to his companions was likely better for him.

So he readied to attack the first zombie to close with him, claw readied.

13:06, Today: Zassil rolled 10 using 1d20+5.  Initiative.

But it doesn't matter because Zassil is Readying an action to swipe at the first undead to come within range with a claw.

14:19, Today: Zassil rolled 23,5 using d20+6,d4+4.  Claw vs Zombie (readied attack).
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"Ah..." Claissa answered Bunny slowly, with an obvious fret in her voice. She didn't like this one bit, but how many options did they have? "All right. At least so long as Niri holds out all right." Claissa was a team player to a point, but if her tiger's life was at risk, all bets were off. Claissa wasn't responsible for her teammates in the same way.

"Okay!" she said more firmly, partly to shore up her own and Niri's morale. She was committed to this role now. "Niri, you guard there! I'll be right behind you!" The still-enlarged Niri obligingly moved to where Claissa was pointed and growled at the enemies ahead, while Claissa fell in close behind her and got ready to throw a blob of acid of her own. She didn't have much summoning left in her arsenal, and was opting to conserve it for now.

OOC: Niri moves to P6/P5 and readies a bite once something steps into melee range.
Claissa moves to P4 and readies to cast Acid Splash as soon as something steps into range, since they're out of spell range right now.

Lissa watched as Bunny ordered a blockade to form using both Niri and Zassil as the breakwall.  With the lighting as it was and the movement in front of her, Lissa decided this might be a bit more pitched and therefore ammunition was going to be essential.  Her right hand tucked the butt of her musket under and into her armpit for a moment and the young woman immediately cast a spell on the powder horn hanging off of her belt, ritualistically murmuring the words of power, "Noitinumma Tnadnuba!" as her hand passed over the hollowed tapered bone.  Despite its name and shape, however, the blonde scholar had actually stowed some of the paper cartridges that she and Bunny had packed.

Stepping up after the tiger had passed her, Lissa moved to stand behind Bunny.  She pointed to the powder horn that was just behind her companion's left hip, "Draw cartridges from the horn..." she prompted Bunny quietly since her lips where near the pistol-priestess' left ear, "they will continually replenish for the next two minutes..."

And with that Lissabytta resumed her aiming stance, letting the stock of her longarm drop back into her right hand and bringing the musket back to the ready.

---

[OOC:  Cast Abundant Ammunition on her powder horn (with 7 paper cartridges)...

Position:  Q4   Initiative:  5

Standard Action:  Cast Abundant Ammunition on her powder horn (with paper cartridges in it)
Move Action:      Move from O3 to Q4

  17:30, Today: Lissabytta D'Argento rolled 5 using 1d20+2.  Initiative. - [roll=1591489820.02483.339432]

Buffs:
  Bless (8 rounds remaining)

Moving slow enough to let a zombie get the jump on her... :D<]

The report of Bunny's pistol echoes violently within the cavern, the bullet tearing straight through the eye of the zombie and exploding out the back of the head.  It staggers as it continues to lurch forward but collapses once Claissa's glob of acid reaches it, going still amidst its own gore.

But the zombie was far from alone.  A second zombie, armed with an axe, staggers towards Zassil where he holds the line.  But before it can attempt to chop with the weapon Zassil's claw and Niris teeth shred the undead apart.  Behind this zombie advances a trio of skeletons, these armed with what look to be good equipment; likely stolen.

The lead skeleton is dressed in a light shirt of mail with a sword and a small steel round shield.  It slashes as it reaches Zassil but he easily avoids the clumsy attack.  The second skeleton is wielding a very fine looking, polished longspear, along with a steel skullcap and studded armor.  It takes position behind the sword-wielder and stabs at zassil with its spear's reach, but he deflects the attack.  The third skeleton stays further back; it is wearing a heavier suit of mail armor and wielding a crossbow, which it fires at Niri.  The bolt clatters against the cavern wall in a wide miss.

Follwing directly behind the skeletons stomps the Ogre Mother; still dressed in her burlap robe and still injured from the bullet she took from Lissa earlier.  The giant casts her gloved hands out towards you and an eruption of bright light envelops your party.  Bunny, Claissa and Zassil get the worst of the effects as the sudden flash causes them to see bright spots in their vision, but everyone else avoids any serious effects.

And last, a human-sized figure wrapped entirely in a large black cloak appears, taking cover behind the stone of the cavern.  No features are visible of the person wearing the cloak, but a glowing, disembodied hand hovers next to him.  [Language unknown: "Lesdinwhe t ntaielel, te omthi wilomeomeame ratna anwaho evhi researtic!"] his voice is raspy and ominous like the whisper of death; once his incantation finishes the hand floating next to him points a finger and a black ray shoots forth.  It strikes Zassil squarely as he fights with the skeletons, draining every ounce of strength from the dracil's body and leaving him weaker than he's ever known.



Party Actions
Bunny: Pistol vs Zombie O12: 26; Threat 10; Concealment 66; Critical for 11 (5 Reduced)
Claissa: Readied Acid Splash vs Zombie O12: 14; 2 Damage (Zombie Slain)
Zassil: Readied Claw vs Axe Zombie: 23; 5 Damage
Niri: Readied Bite vs Axe Zombie: 8 Damage (Zombie Slain)

Xand, on behalf of Claissa Silver, rolled 2 using 1d3.  Acid Damage.
Xand, on behalf of Claissa Silver, rolled 14 using 1d20+3.  Readied acid splash.
Xand rolled 8 using 1d8+3.  Bite Damage .
Xand rolled 20 using 1d20+4.  Niri Readied Bite.

Enemy Actions
Sword Skeleton: Sword vs Zassil: 12; miss
Spear Skeleton: Longspear vs Zassil: 16; miss
Crossbow Skeleton: Crossbow vs Niri: 2; miss
Wizard: Ray vs Zassil: Natural 20; Threat 16; Zassil save 12 vs 16; Critical for -14 Str
Ogre Mother: Creates burst of light; Bunny, Claissa, and Zassil are Dazzled

Xand rolled 12 using 1d20+6.  Zassil Fortitude Save.
Xand rolled 14 using 2d6+4.  Strength Penalty to Zassil.
Xand rolled 16 using 1d20.  Ray Threat.
Xand rolled 20 using 1d20.  Ray vs Zassil (Into Melee).
Xand rolled 16 using 1d20+4.  Longspear vs Zassil.
Xand rolled 12 using 1d20+3.  Sword vs Zassil.
Xand rolled 2 using 1d20.  Skeleton Crossbow vs Niri.
Xand rolled 6,9,16,19,11,7 using d20+5,d20+2,d20+4,d20+3,d20+3,d20+6.  Party Fort Saves.
(Bunny 6, Claissa 9, Niri 16, Lissa 19, Merrick 11, Zassil 7)

Party Status
Bunny is Dazzled
Claissa is Dazzled
Zassil is Dazzled; Zassil has a penalty of -14 Strength

Enemy Status
Wizard is in Cover (+4 AC), and Dim Lighting (20% Concealment)
Ogre Mother has taken 12 damage (From previous encounter)
Zombie has taken 13 damage and is destroyed
Axe Zombie has taken 13 damage and is destroyed
Sword Skeleton is unhurt (O 7)
Spear Skeleton is unhurt (O 8)
Crossbow skeleton is unhurt (O 12) and in Dim Lighting (20% concealment)



Map Key
B = Bunny  C = Claissa  L = Lissa  M = Merrick  N = Niri  Z = Zassil
X = Cavern Wall  t = Stone Table  p = piles  d = Dancing Lights
l = dim lighting  U = Zombie  S = Skeleton  O = Ogre Mother
W = Wizard

This message was last edited by the GM at 12:27, Sun 07 June 2020.

Zassil had started to smirk as the zombies fell and the skeletons missed their attacks. Things were going better than he had thought they might. But his luck was always able to be changed. There was a burst of light and his eyes felt seared. He had to blink rapidly several times.

But then something worse happened. Magic struck him and his entire body sagged. He had to lean against the cave wall next to him for support. "Uggghhhh..." He felt so weak. He hadn't felt this weak since he was a hatchling! He tried to spit acid but coughed instead. He swallowed painfully and forced himself to spit the acid out, but it too was weak and a very small spray shot out at the skeletons.

12:32, Today: Zassil rolled 2 using 1d8.  Acid, 60 ft line, aiming for all 3 skeletons.

"See who did that to Zassil?"  She aimed and fired.  Thunder and smoke smote the rocky walls of the cave once more, and the skeleton with its long spear came apart in a spray of bone chips and droplets of acid.

"Can anybody see who it is over there?" Bunny called out as she plucked a cartridge from Lissabytta's horn and commenced to reload.  "Ah cannot pick him out clearly at the edge of the lahght."

---

OoC:

Standard Action: Fire at Skeleton w/Spear.  (In O8.)
Move Action: None.
Free Action(s): Reload. w/One of Lissabytta's magically replenishing cartridges.

Position: Q5

Bunny Cotillion rolled 23 using 1d20+8.  Pistol Attack Skelie@O8 +1Bless -1Daze +1PBS.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 8 using 1d8+1.  Pistol Damage w/PBS.

Active Effects: Comprehend Languages 30m;  Enhanced Diplomacy on Bunny 1m; Bless on Everyone; Shield of Faith on Zassil

Bless & Shield of Faith 3/4 rounds

Expended:
Powder & Shot: 3
Grit 4/4

Claissa was able to tell the spell that had struck Zassil, but its effect still seemed worse than she would have expected. She was caught off guard by a spell herself at around the same time, though it wasn't nearly as bad. "Ugh," she said as she shook her head, trying to clear her vision after the sudden, momentary change from the dark around her. "Not me," she answered Bunny briefly after that, as she needed her voice for her spellcasting.

Job one seemed to be to stop the spellcasting, but there were way too many threats around to break the defensive line. Instead she summoned one of her celestial dogs as close to the mage as she could get it, in hopes it would draw some magical fire. If it could last long enough near Mother, it might even interrupt a spell.

Niri, meanwhile, now had a skeleton right in front of her, so there was no need to keep holding back. She unleashed her claws and bite onto it, even if it wasn't the ideal target for such natural weaponry.


02:09, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 19 using 1d20+5.  Spellcraft.
Full round action: Cast Summon Monster I. Summon a celestial dog to O11.

Niri uses a full attack on the skeleton.
02:19, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 14 using 1d20+3.  Niri, bite skeleton. Forgot Bless though so I think this is 15.
02:25, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 12 using 1d8+4.  Niri bite, BIG damage. Oops, but this should be +2 not +4, I accidentally added +1 to her attack modifier still in the dice roller. So this is 10.
02:20, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Niri, claw skeleton 1 (with bless this time).
02:28, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 5 using 1d6+2.  Niri claw 1, BIG damage.
02:29, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 19 using 1d20+4.  Niri claw 2, with bless.
02:30, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 8 using 1d6+2.  Niri claw 2, enlarged damage.

Meanwhile, the dog is gonna Smite Evil on the guy that rayed Zassil!
02:34, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 8 using 1d20+3.  Celestial dog bites man, plus Smite Evil. Thinking that's a miss :P

OOC: Summon Monster will be Claissa's 5th spell of the day - I fell behind on the magic inventory thread, but so far she's cast two Enlarge Persons (Lunk and Niri) and two Mage Armors (herself and Niri).

"One trick pony," Merrick mutters as he watches the Ogre Mother cast her spell.  His cards, rendered a poor choice due to distance and cover, the young man mentally forced the dancing lights forward to bathe their enemies in bright light and grant the group some cover of shadows while he threw a similar ball of webbing as before at the Ogre.

Web Bolt at Mom, I think moving the DL is a free action.  Don't want to risk using my cards for ranged touch given distance and soft cover penalties

Merrick blasts the Ogre Mother with the same sticky web he had used upon the undead Father, to similar results.  The giant is covered in the sticky webbing and effectively ensnared as it begins to struggle against the strands.  Then Zassil reacts to his debilitation by launching a spray of acid to streak across the cavern and cover the trio of skeletons before splattering against the wall.

The acid is weak but burns the undead effectively; it draws their attention away from Zassil's companions.  Bunny's bullet shatters one of them in an explosion of bone, and while Niri seems to have some difficulty managing against the swordskeleton's shield, one of her paws slams against the monster and breaks it apart with the juvenile Tiger's enhanced size and strength.

The remaining skeleton loads and shoots its crossbow, having a clear shot at Zassil with its companions in the way.  A bolt strikes the dracil painfully in the chest, sticking into his armor and getting caught in the scales underneath.  It hurt but was not as bad as it could have been against a less resilient target.

Struggling against the webbing, the Ogre Mother shouts [Language unknown: "Ant meenle ulasstacmo!"].  She finally rips free of the sticky webs and steps forward, hefting her carved club.  It looked as though she was ready to start bashing.


[Language unknown: "Etnase p thioveder re, ouswitlar meera whehaslat er ica and."]  The black-cloaked wizard chanted once more, calmly and in the same raspy, ominous voice.  Once it finished, the glowing disembodied hand shot forward, flying through the air it passed Zassil and Niri.  The tiger batted a surprised paw at the sudden approach, but her claws passed straight through it without causing any kind of disruption.  The hand reached Claissa while she was chanting her spell and grasped her suddenly on the chest, just below her neck.


Claissa felt a wave of malaise and negative energy, a mixture of sickness and death pass through her as he muscles started to lock up.  But the hand soon released her and flew back to its place next to the wizard.  The sorceress managed to fight off the necromantic spell and even keep solid concentration on her own magic.  Her celestial dog appeared and growled at the deep evil emanating from the black-cloaked wizard.  It attacked, though its teeth found no purchase on the figure.

Party Actions
Merrick vs Mother: Web Bolt; Mother Reflex 3, Failure; Gains Grappled Condition
Zassil vs Skeletons: Breath Weapon; Reflex 9, 19, 5; 2 Fail; 2, 1, 2 Damage
Bunny vs Skeleton: Pistol 23 (Touch); 8 Damage; Skeleton Destroyed
Niri vs Skeleton: Bite 14, Claw 18, Claw 19; Miss, Miss, Hit for 8; Skeleton Destroyed
Celestial Dog vs Wizard: Activate Smite Evil; Bite 8; miss

Xand rolled 3 using 1d20.  Ogre Mother Reflex.

Enemy Actions
Crossbow Skeleton vs Zassil: Crossbow 24; Threat 8; 6 Damage
Wizard vs Claissa: Hand Touch Attack 22; Claissa Fort 17, Saves; Concentration 28, Succeeds
Ogre Mother: Struggle against Web Grapple; 15 vs DC 15; Breaks free

Xand rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Crossbow vs Zassil.
Xand rolled 8 using 1d20+4.  Crossbow Threat vs Zassil.
Xand rolled 6 using 1d8.  Damage to Zassil.
Xand rolled 22 using 1d20+6.  Wizard Touch Attack.
Xand rolled 17 using 1d20+2.  Claissa Fortitude.
Xand rolled 28 using 1d20+8. Claissa Concentration
Xand rolled 15 using 1d20+9.  Mother CMB vs Web Grapple

Party Status
Bunny is Dazzled
Claissa is Dazzled
Zassil is Dazzled; has a penalty of -14 Strength; has taken 6 damage

Enemy Status
Wizard is in Cover (+4 AC) (N 11)
Ogre Mother has taken 12 damage
Sword Skeleton has taken 10 damage and is destroyed
Spear Skeleton has taken 9 damage and is destroyed
Crossbow skeleton has taken 2 damage (O 12)




Map Key
B = Bunny  C = Claissa  L = Lissa  M = Merrick  N = Niri  Z = Zassil
X = Cavern Wall  t = Stone Table  p = piles  d = Dancing Lights
l = dim lighting  U = Zombie  S = Skeleton  O = Ogre Mother
W = Wizard  D = Celestial Dog

"Everyone!  The ogre!" Bunny called out.  She herself aimed around the rock, and again the pistol spoke.

"Good thinkin', Clarissa."  She plucked another cartridge from Lissabytta's horn.  "With luck your hound will give us the time we need to charge oveh the dead body of the Motheh, and overwhelm that Magicker down there."

---

OoC:

Standard Action: Fire at Ogre.
Move Action: None.
Free Action(s): Reload. w/One of Lissabytta's magically replenishing cartridges.

Position: Q5

Bunny Cotillion rolled 17 using 1d20+8.  Pistol Attack Ogre +1Bless -1Daze +1PBS.
Bunny Cotillion rolled 7 using 1d8+1.  Pistol Damage w/PBS.

Active Effects: Comprehend Languages 30m;  Enhanced Diplomacy on Bunny 1m; Bless on Everyone; Shield of Faith on Zassil

Bless & Shield of Faith 2/4 rounds

Expended:
Powder & Shot: 3
Grit 4/4

Being too weak to mount any kind of offense, Zassil was, begrudingly, forced to go more fully defensive, changing his stance to try and better protect himself. He could barely stand with all the weight he was suddenly carrying - or rather with how much of his strength had been sapped by that bad magic. So he stood there, ready to take the hits for his allies and do nothing else. He pulled his morningstar out, though he had little illusion about using it.

OOC: Total Defense, not that it will help, and draw morningstar. Just....let me know when combat's over, lol.
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Lissa watched in horror as the macabre horde appeared at the edge of the light and started to shamble towards them.  Her musket felt heavy for a moment as the fear mixed with anticipation hit her like a wave.  "Dark magic," the blonde scholar intoned grimly, "There is a wizard ..." and she motioned for Merrick to push his lights further down so they could see better.  "He's draining strength ..."  Lissa narrated, even as the effects of the black ray became apparent as they worked on Zassil, "and trying to choke the life from us..." when the spectral claw attempted to envelope Clarissa.

All of them seemed to be necromantic spells.  As if the zombies and skeletons weren't obvious enough.

Lissabytta squeezed the trigger on her musket, having leveled the treasured longarm at the approaching ogress.  The powder ignited, but the auburn-haired gun mage knew something wasn't right.  She gritted her teeth as the longarm bucked with more flash then bang.

A single Rembaran expletive escaped her lips as the musket dropped to the ground and Lissa pulled the pistol from her belt. She could only hope that the Silver Fox was watching over her.  And not simply laughing her ass off...

---

[OOC:  Kibitz a touch ... then fire at will!

Position:  Q4   Initiative:  5

Swift Action:     Activate Archaeologist's Luck (5/7 rounds left)
Standard Action:  Fire musket at charging Mother (P/Q-8/9) with Deadeye (vs. Touch AC)
Move Action:      Draw pistol from belt

  21:44, Today: Lissabytta D'Argento rolled 10 using 1d20+8.  Attack (musket): the Mother P/Q-8/9. - [roll=1591764268.80318.339432]
  21:45, Today: Lissabytta D'Argento rolled 5 using 1d12+1.  Damage (musket): the Mother P/Q-8/9 - just in case. - [roll=1591764334.2871.339432]

Buffs:
  Bless (7 rounds remaining after this)
  Archaeologist's Luck (2 rounds remaining after this one)

Hmmm ... I think that might be a broken musket/misfire ... :(]

As soon as Claissa realized the spell that was coming her way, she braced for impact in a panicked sort of way, and was slightly amazed that she managed to shake it off. She'd never been much for magical duels. If it had worked, it likely would have been the game right there. Niri would just stay put as the others were picked off with Claissa unable to give instructions or provide any more spellcasting.

Even with that not coming to pass, once she finished her spell Claissa was deeply tempted to sound a retreat. If there'd been any more undead still in the fray, she probably would have. But the others were still in the thick of it, and she couldn't just cut and run with Niri and leave them to it, especially considering Zassil's condition.

"He's throwing paralyzing spells," she said as she glanced back to start a tactical withdrawal, both as information and explanation for her own retreat. She couldn't just stand there and cast easily interrupted spells with that going on. Instead, she called out, "Niri, kill!" with a finger pointed to the ogre, before lobbing another acid spell at Mother, then taking a few steps to the side and hopefully out of the immediate range of the evil spellcaster. She really wanted to just hurl Niri bodily at the necromancer and see how he fared in melee against an enlarged tiger, but one thing at a time.

OOC:
Niri:
-Free: 5 foot step toward Mother (to P7/P6), then attack with bite and claws.
-Full: Full attack on the ogre mother.
23:23, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 15 using 1d20+4.  Niri, bite Mother (+1 Bless). Not sure if that hits.
23:24, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 10 using 1d8+2.  Niri, bite damage (+1 die type/damage from Enlarge).
23:25, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 13 using 1d20+4.  Niri, claw Mother 1 (+1 Bless). Probably not a hit so I didn't roll, but 1d6+2 damage if it does.
23:27, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 20 using 1d20+4.  Niri, claw Mother 2 (+1 Bless).
23:27, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 6 using 1d6+2.  Niri, claw 2 damage (+1 die type/damage from Enlarge).

Claissa:
-Standard: Cast Acid Splash on Mother.
-Move: Move to N4.
23:30, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 11 using 1d20+4.  Acid Splash (ranged touch, +1 Bless).
23:31, Today: Claissa Silver rolled 3 using 1d3.  Acid Splash damage.

The Ogre Mother staggers as she attempts to bring her massive club up to swing it.  The number of attacks volleyed into her are too much; Bunny's bullet is followed by Claissa's acid even as Merrick flings one of his magic cards.  Lissa's musket billows smoke into the cavern during its untimely misfire.  Then, at Claissa's urging, Niri lunges on to the ogre and pulls it down to the ground with her enlarged claws before sinking her teeth into the giant's neck as though it were her prey.

[Language unknown: "Ioha ore lin."]  The wizard's raspy voice spoke again as it stepped backward, now out of sight in the next chamber.  It seemed to be giving commands to the remaining skeleton, as the thing dropped the crossbow it had been wielding quite suddenly and sprang upon Claissa's summoned dog with its bony claws.  It scored a yelp as one claw sank in deep, though the dog seemed able to still fight.


[Language unknown: "Usmiti il comntesetion, aswit ai et."]  Chanting was heard from the chamber where the cloaked wizard stepped away, doubtlessly as it began casting another spell.


Party Actions
Merrick vs Mother: Frostbite 1; Miss
Lissa vs Mother: Musket 2; Misfire; Musket gains the Broken Condition
Bunny vs Mother: Pistol 17 (Touch); Hit for 7
Claissa vs Mother: Acid Splash 11 (Touch); Hit for 3
Niri vs Mother: Bite 15, Claw 13, Claw 20; Hit, Miss, Hit for 16

Enemy Actions
Skeleton vs Celestial Dog: Claw 17, Claw 10; Hit, Miss for 5
Wizard moves to M 11 and begins Casting a Spell

Party Status
Bunny is Dazzled
Claissa is Dazzled
Zassil is Dazzled; has a penalty of -14 Strength; has taken 6 damage
Summoned Dog has taken 5 Damage

Enemy Status
Wizard is Casting a Spell
Ogre Mother has taken 38 damage and is unconscious and dying
Skeleton has taken 2 damage (O 12)



Map Key
B = Bunny  C = Claissa  L = Lissa  M = Merrick  N = Niri  Z = Zassil
X = Cavern Wall  t = Stone Table  p = piles  d = Dancing Lights
l = dim lighting  U = Zombie  S = Skeleton  O = Ogre Mother
W = Wizard  D = Celestial Dog

This message was last edited by the GM at 09:44, Wed 10 June 2020.