The Piper didn't bother to dodge Garland's swing. Its ghostly fingers worked over the transparent silver of its flute as it blew into it. Garland's swing passed directly through it as if through the air.
Behind him the crackle of lightning was accompanied by the stinking scent of burning chitin. Darcon's second lash of power radiated from where he struck the floorstones like a thunder crack, washing over allies and enemies alike. Kendra and Keanala managed to avoid the worst of the damage by turning away, but the sucking stirges weren't so lucky. Several were fried outright, and the rest had taken too much damage from his previous jolt. They blackened and curled, falling to the floor with wet little splats.
Kendra wobbled. She was very, very pale, bloody pinpricks where the stirges had drained her showing through her dress. She dropped her pack to the floor and began rummaging through it, tossing things into the hallway as she searched frantically. A packet of notes, a couple of potions, a tarnished flute were tossed aside like trash. She let out a strangled
"Yes!" of triumph as she fumbled out a vial of holy water, which she tossed to Garland.
Keanala looked like she was in just as bad shape. Both women had lost a lot of blood. But she put herself between the haunt and Kendra and called out a prayer to Erastil. She pointed, and a ray of energy splashed off the ceiling near the Piper. She was too woozy to aim properly.
The final living stirge was unaffected by the deaths of its comrades. It remained on Consantine, sucking, and sucking, and sucking. Its tiny body was swelling grotesquely, discolored red from the blood that it was draining from the paladin.
Over all of this the Piper's dirge continued, still draining and sapping at our heroes. Keanala was strong enough to resist, but the other three felt life drain from them as blood oozed out of the pinpricks that the real stirges had left, as well as the ghostly wounds that had appeared at wrist and throat.
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Garland's attack misses the Piper.
Darcon's Lightning Flash hits Kendra and Keanala for 3 damage but fries the rest of the stirges around him.
Keanala casts Disrupt Undead on the Piper but misses.
The Piper's dirge continues. Keanala and Garland fail their saves and are shaken.
The Piper targets Kendra with a Hold Person effect but she passes her save. Garland, Darcon, and Constantine fail their saves against the continuing effects of the dirge and take damage as blood oozes from their wounds. Darcon takes 1 damage, Garland takes 5 damage, Constantine takes 2 damage.
Constantine, because you were skipped this round you get an additional standard action on your next turn.
CON - Constantine, ST4 attached, 2 damage, 4 CON damage
GAR - Garland, 7 damage, shaken
KND - Kendra, 4 damage, 5 CON damage, shaken
KEA - Keanala, 4 damage, 5 CON damage, shaken
DAR - Darcon, 1 damage, 2 CON damage
ILL - The Piper of Illmarsh, AC 16, Touch 16, Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +6, Channel Resistance +4, Incorporeal, 12 damage
ST4 - Stirge, AC12, Touch 12, Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +1, attached
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