Kraw peaks around the corners. In the first room he sees like on Eries' map a cavern split by flowing water and sewage. The flow of sewer filth oozes, pooling near its center before continuing through a crude channel in the western wall. Fat black mushrooms and other disgusting fungus grow thick around the pool of slime. Several low alcoves are cut into the walls, each filled with moldering hay, filthy furs, and tiny bones.

Kraw spies three wererats lurking in the shadows of the alcoves, plus a pair of rodents of unusual sizes (dire rats). It seems they are all positioned as guards keeping a careful eye on the entry point to their little alcove.

Going past the guard room Kraw sees two thick grates of rusted iron hedge in this section of sewer tunnel. From a man-sized crack in the northern wall seeps a steady flow of sewage, oozing into the greater flow of tainted water. A hulking pile of filth and debris partially blocks the stream of offal, a cart-sized clot in this disgusting artery.

Having faced one before, Kraw suspects that the hulking pile might be an otyugh that has become trapped somehow between the two grates.

OOC: Map updated with enemy positions

Kyra creeps up a bit closer to the passage, but still keeps well out of sight of anyone that might be inside. She looks to others to see how to proceed.

Move to AR11.
14:36, Today: Kyra rolled 23 using 1d20+10 with rolls of 13.  Stealth.

Got a couple of AoE spells ready, Glitterdust and Web. Could be quite effective if we can get them to bunch up in there.

Kraw sneaks back and apprises the team of what he has seen.

"It looks like we should enter through this near entrance. I can likely keep the rats quite with a spell, but it won't do much to the wererats.

Does anyone have an Invisibility, or even a Vanish? Would make things easier to surprise them."

Ayeesha looked at Kraw in response to Figus' question. If anyone could vanish...

"Not me. I can get big, though not sure how well that'll work down here. Or stretch out. Not so much on the vanishing. Might be a good thing to learn though. Shoulda brought some potions..."

"Only good idea I've got is that otyugh. Not sure how they trained an otyugh. Can't imagine it's very well trained. Think we could rile it up and it'd attack the rats? I mean assuming it can't get through the gates?" she shrugged.

Kraw shrugs."No Vanish, but I do have 2 flasks of Vermin repellent. On the other hand, they are scavengers. if they thought that a heavily wounded person was flopping around here, they might come out to pick apart the body. I have a potion of Disguise Self I can use, and lay in wait. You all can try to ambush when I draw them forth with my dying moans?"

Kyra nods to Kraw and looks for whatever cover is around to hide behind.

I'm in favour of trying to bait them out. Kraw can give it a try, if everyone is ok with that?

Kraw shakes his feathered head. "Not me. I couldn't convince a desert man that it was hot outside. Someone else can imitate a half-dead wounded person. The rivulet here is low enough that I can get into the complex by climbing up and along the wall. I can get into a shadowed position and watch. If they decide to warn someone while another investigates the sounds, I might be able to silence the messenger with a pair of thrown daggers."

"I've got no better plan, but you're taking on an awful lot of risk, bird-man. If they see you... It's not going to go well. Or if they have trip wires or other ways to trip you up."

She shrugged.

"It's fine with me, but it's your funeral. I'm ready to rush in if and when you et into position or need help."

Kraw thinks a moment, then says "they aren't going anywhere right now. It couldn't hurt to go topside and pick up a Vanish potion or two, just to help me sneak past the guards before you bait them out" he says. A little preplanning might help him survive this campaign.

Kyra nods at that.

Ok, back out to resupply then? Luckily I have another Mage Armor scroll, so I'm good.

Figus smiles "Lets go and get our stuff. It will cost a bit, but will save lives in the end ... possibly ours."

Figus turns and moves to get out of the sewer using the path the group used to get here.

OOC: Kyra/Ayeesha, is Vanish on your spell list or do we need to get potions?
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Figus will take a Vanish potion and Sneak in to (AP16). In his hands, Figus has a Tanglefoot bag and a weapon (silvered kukri) If he can not get there before the spell wears off, he will use the magic in his shirt.

17:28, Today: Figus Dva rolled 28 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 19.  Stealth.
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Prep

Kraw bought 2 potions of Vanish. Prior to entering, Kraw mentally activated a Shield spell (SLA).

Next round

He swallows a Vanish potion, and using his nimbleness to avoid splashing water to alert the guards, he jumps and sidesteps past the rivulet, getting to dry land and positioning himself at Q-17. He quick-draws 2 silver daggers in preparation of mayhem.

Quick Draw Feat


20:25, Today: Kraw rolled 18 using 1d20+16 with rolls of 2.  Acrobatics .

20:25, Today: Kraw rolled 22 using 1d20+13 with rolls of 9.  Stealth .

Kyra waits by the passage for a fight to start before moving in.

Recasting Mage Armor before geting here. Move to AS13, if nothing has changed since the last time.
13:47, Today: Kyra rolled 28 using 1d20+10 with rolls of 18.  Stealth.

Kraw dances nimbly around, the potion making him nigh impossible to see. When he crosses the threshold though the mushrooms to the south of the river begin making a horrible shrieking noise. The rats of all sorts grab weapons and look around in alert although they are momentarily confused when they don't see an enemy.

<orange>OOC: Surprise is lost but you can still take initiative priority in combat. FYI it was a DC 16 nature check to identify the shriekers at the entrance but Figus rolled an 8 and nobody else is trained. They detect movement, not visual. I'd rule to allow Kraw to finish his movement though...

Following up on the original plan, Figus drinks a Vanish potion and enters the cavern. With the surprise lost, he changes the plan and attempts to entangle the nearest wererat with the Tanglefoot Bag.

11:39, Today: Figus Dva rolled 20 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 13.  Touch attack.

Knowing he only has one shot at a surprise attack, the young knife master tries to plunge both silver daggers into the wererat. But some sound, or ripple as the Vanish effect faded must have given his position away, as the wererat nimbly avoided both strikes, leaving Kraw badly outnumbered.


11:21, Today: Kraw rolled 17 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 9.  TWF Dagger attack.

11:20, Today: Kraw rolled 6 using 1d4+5 with rolls of 1.  Silversheen Dagger damage.

11:20, Today: Kraw rolled 2 using 2d8 with rolls of 1,1.  Sneak stab damage.

11:19, Today: Kraw rolled 11 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 4.  TWF Dagger attack. Miss!

11:19, Today: Kraw rolled 5 using 1d4+1 with rolls of 4.  Silver Dagger damage.

11:18, Today: Kraw rolled 10 using 2d8 with rolls of 6,4.  Sneak stab damage.


If struck, wererat becomes Bewildered for 1 round, taking -2 attack vs all, -4 attack vs Kraw.
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Once a fight starts Kyra follows inside, trying to keep at least one party member between her and the blades of their foes. The moment she spots a wererat she whispers a word: "Sleep."

Slumber hex (will save DC 15) on a first wererat I spot. Not sure where to move to as I wish to keep Figus or Ayeesha in the front of me, and I don't know where exactly they are moving to. Hopefully there is a such a square available from where I can see and hex a wererat.

Kraw, did you make your attack while you were invisible? If yes, you have another +2 to attack and get to ignore dex bonus to AC, at least for the first attack.

OOC In that case, 1st attack might hit. Goody.

Figus hits the closest wererat with a tanglefoot bag. While the wererat isn't glued to the floor the sticky glue plays havoc with its aim and agility.

Kraw is able to land a hit thanks to the glue slowing down the wererat.

Kyra moves forward until she can spy and hits it with a hex. The wererat kind of sways for a second before its sword slips out of its hand and it passes out against the alcove it was hiding in.

Ayeesha moves forward and cuts the entangled wererat across its side. That wererat is looking to be in some serious trouble.

One of the wererats moves to flank Kraw, pinning the bird down and stabbing at Kraw with his sword and biting with his jaws but Kraw dodges both attacks.

The entangled wererat likewise tries to take Kraw down but the nimble Tengu either doges or parries all the attacks against him.

Meanwhile the two rats charge at Ayeesha trying to bring the barbarian down. One rat lands a bite on her ankles.
OOC: 4 damage




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"Is this the fun part? Are we having fun now?" she called out with a big smile as their surprise had been blown. She took a moment to decapitate the wererat in between her and Kraw.

"Focus on that one, let me come up and give ya a hand."

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Hit wererat at AR17 for 16 damage, hoping that brings him down.
If it does, move using acrobatics to (try to) avoid AoO to move to AQ18
23:02, Today: Ayeesha rolled 27 using 1d20+11 with rolls of 16.  attack wererat (flanking with Kraw)+4bab +1 weapon +4 str +2 flank.
23:03, Today: Ayeesha rolled 16 using 2d6+7 with rolls of 3,6.  damage.
23:06, Today: Ayeesha rolled 21 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 16.  acrobatics.

Kraw stabs at the entangled wererat to remove the flanking threat with his left hand. With his right hand he stabs at the other wererat.


00:59, Today: Kraw rolled 10 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 2.  TWF Dagger attack, flanking.
Aaaaaand another miss.....


00:59, Today: Kraw rolled 8 using 1d4+5 with rolls of 3.  Dagger damage.

00:58, Today: Kraw rolled 10 using 2d8 with rolls of 2,8.  Sneak stab damage



01:02, Today: Kraw rolled 12 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 6.  TWF Dagger attack.

01:02, Today: Kraw rolled 4 using 1d4+1 with rolls of 3.  Silver Dagger damage.


Sheeesh, rack up another 2 misses.....

With her first target down, Kyra focuses her attention on the wererat busy trying to stab Kraw in the back. "Easy people. Let's not slaughter them all if possible."

Slumber on AP17 wererat. I'm guessing AR17 is very, very dead now?

Ayeesha cuts down the wererat and it drops to the ground, very dead.

Kraw tries to carve up another rat but it presses the attack of its own forcing Kraw on the defensive.

Kyra tries to make another wererat fall asleep but it manages to shake off the hex and stay awake.

Figus crushes one of the dire rats.

The remaining wererat battles Kraw to a standstill while the dire rat at Ayeesha's feet continues to gnaw on her ankles.
OOC: 1 damage to Ayeesha.