[OOC - I literally have no clue what to do. Dreya feels so useless right now. lol. So, I guess...]

With a startled shriek, Dreya throws her hands up toward the shark that just tried to bite her, and shouts,"I just want to be your friend!"

Dreya tosses Animal Friendship at the shark.

In reply to Castle Keeper (msg # 544):

Thank you for the reminder, Seline would grab one of the awake portal workers and demand they explain what is happening and how to stop the water and will express that if they refuse to help it will lead to her to drastic measures

In reply to Dreya (msg # 545):

Animal Friendship takes 1 minute to cast (6 combat rounds) and requires an offering of food.  Are you sure you want to try this spell?  Calm animals or (if you have a second level spell left) charm animal would seem appropriate under the circumstances.

Then calm animal. Thank you!

Growling in frustration, Cole brushes off the trident blow and focuses his attacks on the shark he missed.

Dreya's hopefully new best friend chomps at her, but its bite is off.  Cole isn't so lucky as the big shark latches on to his shoulder and tears for 6 points of damage.  The shark does not let go and keeps shaking the poor ranger around like a rag doll.

Tetra Min hurls his trident at Stachys, but misses badly.  His aim is probably off because of all the trashing of his shark as it shakes its head and tears into Cole.  The fishman hauls the trident back using a chain connected to the end.

Elwood lashes out against the big shark with his spiritual weapon, but the dense fog keeps him from getting in a clear shot.

Anthony opens the secret door, dives inside, and slams the door shut.  He finds Gloop Loop staring at him with panicked eyes.  The fishman says, "Tetra Min didn't see you come in here, did he?  We're doomed if he did!"  Except, of course he doesn't do that.  Anthony is invisible!  Instead, Gloop Loop sees the secret door open and close as if by magic.  The fishman screams and runs off into the darkness to the north.

Valindore tries to hand a potion bottle to Cole, but the ranger just isn't coordinated enough to take it while holding objects in both of his hands and being tossed around by the big shark.

Stachys tries to stab a shark by reaching around Dreya, but barely manages not to skewer the druid.

Seline grabs a portal worker and demands answers.  The portal worker is panicking and paying more attention to the portal than Seline.  He shouts, "Oh, damn!  Oh, damn!  Oh, damn!  The fools broke it!  This world will drown!"

Dreya speaks calming words and makes soothing gestures.  All of the sharks fail their saving throws and immediately become docile.  The big one meekly opens its jaws and releases Cole.

I'm going to assume Cole is going to change his attack to go after Tetra Min under the circumstances.  Please let me know if that is unacceptable and I will reroll the attack.

Cole swings at Tetra Min, but misses.

The water on the floor is now 2-3 inches deep as water continues to spew out of the portal.

Round 8 Situation Report:

Dreya has taken 1 point of damage.
Cole has taken 19 points of damage and is being tossed around by a chewing shark.
Valindore has taken 3 points of damage.
Portal Technician #1 is asleep (this is round 7 for the color spray effects).
Anthony is invisible.
This was the final round (round 4) of Elwood's spiritual weapon.

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16:35, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Cole Hiller, rolled 13 using 1d20+3.  Attack Tetra Min.
12:57, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC shark 3, rolled 1 using 1d20.  Save vs calm animals.
12:57, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Shark 2, rolled 18 using 1d20.  Save vs calm animals.
12:57, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Shark 1, rolled 2 using 1d20.  Save vs. calm animals.
12:56, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC big shark, rolled 8 using 1d20.  Save vs. calm animals.
12:53, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Seline, rolled 7 using 1d20+3.  Intimidate portal worker.
12:51, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Stachys, rolled 2 using 1d20-1.  Attack shark (Dreya's body provides cover).
12:48, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Cole Hiller, rolled 9 using 1d20+5.  Try to grab potion bottle.
12:45, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Elwood, rolled 9 using 1d20.  Attack the big shark.
12:43, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min, rolled 5 using 1d20.  Throw trident at Stachys.
12:41, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Die of Fate, rolled 6 using 1d6.  Keep chewing on Cole?
12:39, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min's shark, rolled 6 using 2d4.  Damage to Cole.
12:38, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min's shark, rolled 17 using 1d20.  Bite Cole.
12:37, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Shark 3, rolled 5 using 1d20.  Bite Dreya.
12:34, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Monsters, rolled 5 using 1d6.  Initiative.
12:33, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Party, rolled 4 using 1d6.  Monsters.

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Valindore moves to where Cole is fighting Tetra Min and casts a Cure Light Wounds spell on him.

Stachys drops the spear and goes to grab for the trident and chain hoping to keep the fish man off balance.

With a sigh of resignation Seline punches the portal worker and gets really close to the portal worker so that Seline's face is all the portal worker can focus on "If you don't start giving me answers you won't live long enough to see this temple flood, now how do we turn this off and stop the flow of water. Because if we don't stop the water you die"

Anthony shouts after Gloop Loop, "Gloop Loop! It's me, Anthony. I'm just invisible. Stop. I need your help."

He moves a few steps after his fish-man ally to make sure Anthony keeps sight on the fellow.

Elwood casts Hold Person on Tetra Min.

A curse shot from Cole as he tried to bite back the pain of the attack.  Sweat beading his brow and looking worse for the ware, Cole steadies his unsteady feet before delivering another attack to Tetra-Min.  There wasn't much left in him, but by the gods, he would go down fighting!

[OOC - sorry for the delay!]

Her panicked gaze flits from the water-spewing portal to those of her friends bravely facing off with an angry shark-riding sea warrior.  Then, she sees the swirls of red winding like insidious tendrils from around Sir Hiller as his lifes blood seeps steadily into the rising waters.

No! Not him! Dredging up every ounce of natural magic within her, Dreya calls forth her cure light wounds, willing it into something more, something that would heal more than a mere flesh wound, perhaps heal all of the ranger.

Dreya burns a hero point to heal Cole.
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Valindore slaps his hand on Cole and cures light wounds to heal 7 points of damage.

Out of nowhere, Stachys jumps at Tetra Min and grabs the fishman's trident.  Even more surprisingly, he rips the trident out of Tetra Min's grip with a tremendous jerk.

Seline punches the portal worker for 1 point of damage and threatens the lowly fishman.  This indignity seems to inspire some bravery and self-respect in the portal worker, who responds by punching back, but whiffs badly.  He does manage to get in the dig, "Piss off, land breather."

Anthony yells after the fleeing Gloop Loop who stops in his tracks and turns around to face the invisible wizard.  "You don't say?  Well, I'll be damned.  That's a neat trick.  Do you ever use it to, you know, spy on people?"

Elwood wiggles his fingers, chants some mystical gibberish, and chucks some giant spider silk at Tetra Min.  The fish man starts to tense up, but then shakes the hold person off.  He glares back and forth between Stachys and Elwood.  Dude is seriously pissed.

Cole swings again at Tetra Min, but can't seem to catch a break.  Even distracted by trident thieves, spells, and an uncooperative flying shark, he still manages to avoid the blow easily.

Dreya heroically casts cure light wounds on Cole to heal another 8 points of damage.

Round 9 Situation Report:

Dreya has taken 1 point of damage.
Cole has taken 4 points of damage and is being tossed around by a chewing shark.
Valindore has taken 3 points of damage.
Portal Technician #1 is asleep (this is round 8 for the color spray effects).
Anthony is invisible.
This is round 1 of 24 for calm animals.

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17:34, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Cole Hiller, rolled 8 using 1d20+6.  Attack Tetra Min.
17:32, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min, rolled 11 using 1d20.
17:31, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min, rolled 320 using 320.  Wisdom save versus Hold Person.
17:28, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Portal worker, rolled 7 using 1d20.  Punch Seline.
17:27, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Seline, rolled 10 using 1d20+1.  Punch portal worker.
17:25, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Stachys, rolled 19 using 1d20+4.  Wrestle for control of trident.
17:23, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Stachys, rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Dex check to grab trident.
17:20, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Valindore, rolled 7 using 1d8.  CLW.
17:19, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Monsters, rolled 1 using 1d6.  Initiative.
17:19, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Party, rolled 2 using 1d6.  Initiative.

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Aggravation at the boiling point, Cole centers his mind and focuses all of his attention on Tetra-Min  With the tingling sensation of magic still flowing through his veins from his comrade's aide, Cole swings out again at the annoying shark.

Anthony sighs. "Never mind any of that right now. We need to help the others! How do we defeat the shark-rider out there?"

Dreya draws out her bow as she backs toward the portal.  Knocking and arrow to string, she sights at the armor-toting fish guy, and shoots.

Elwood gets out his mace, but holds off attacking Tetra Min, as he doesn't care to get in the way of Dreya's arrow.

Seline will cast minor dark chaos and attack the nearest threat to her

Valindore will move to flank Tetra Min and hit him from the other side of Cole.

Stachys takes the stolen weapon and smashes it against the wall in an effort to shatter the trident, and hopefully Tetra Min's spirit.

While Elwood is holding action,  he shouts to the workers "A door works two ways!   Can't you close off that portal from the other side!?"

Cole slashes at Tetra Min, but just can't quite get it together.  (OOC: I'm assuming Cole is attacking the fish man.  Cole's stated action was to concentrate all his intention on Tetra Min, but to attack the "annoying shark."  The shark Tetra Min is riding is under the effects of a calm animals spell and is not really annoying anyone at the moment.)

The invisible Anthony asks Gloop Loop how to defeat Tetra Min.  The fishman replies, "You tell me, buddy.  Clear eyes, full hearts can't lose?  Tetra Min is a god amongst fishmen.  His trident is a weapon of legends.  He is used to salt water.  Maybe you could fill his helmet with fresh water?"

Dreya draws her bow, but can't fire this round.  Keeping her balance in the rushing water takes too much concentration.

Elwood yells at the portal workers with helpful suggestions.  The sleeping portal worker (#1) wakes up and takes a look around.  He stares at the horizontal geyser blasting from the portal and says, "Ohhhh, shiiiiit."  Portal Worker #2 is too busy fighting with Seline to hear Elwood's hints.  Not that it matters.  Seline summons her illusionary whips and strikes her opponent down for 3 points of damage.  That is more than his crazed fish body can take.  He drops to the floor and his body is whisked along to the west by the rushing water.

Portal Worker #3 tries to jump through the portal, but is immediately blasted to the west by the water pouring through the portal.

Normally, Valindore would not be able to squeeze in between the sharks to take a swing at Tetra Min.  However, the docile sharks calmly slip out of the way.  The cleric's blow bounces off the fish man's armor.

Stachys swings the trident like a bat into the corridor's wall.  The force of the blow reverberates up the monk's arms.  The trident doesn't seem to suffer any harm, but chips of stone spray from the wall.

Tetra Min grabs a massive flail off his saddle and swats Valindore with it for 10 points of damage.  The swing would be a thing of beauty if it weren't for the horrible bloody mess it makes of the cleric's face.  The fishman bellows at Stachys, "Return my trident, worm!"

An electrical snapping sound booms from the portal as the intensity of the colored lightning increases.  Water gushes out even faster.  You can see fish being carried through the portal by the shooting water.

Elwood is swept off his feet by the rushing water.  He shoots under the flying sharks and disappears into the dark to the west.  It's been quite a while since we have discussed light sources.  If I recall correctly, Elwood had a light spell on his shield at one point before the party rested in the secret room.  Does Elwood have a light source on him at the moment?

Cole is planted like a boulder and ignores the torrential flow of the water with total concentration on his enemy.  Dreya, Stachys, and Valindore also keep their footing.  Seline is standing off to the side of the portal and does not have to deal with the current, although water is slowly rising up over her feet.

Round 10 Situation Report:

Dreya has taken 1 point of damage.
Cole has taken 4 points of damage.
Valindore has taken 13 points of damage.
Anthony is invisible.
This is round 2 of 24 for calm animals.

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17:47, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Valindore, rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Strength check to keep footing.
17:45, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Stachys, rolled 14 using 1d20+4.  Strength check to keep footing.
17:43, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Elwood, rolled 6 using 1d20+5.  Strength check to keep footing.
17:42, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Dreya, rolled 22 using 1d20+3.  Strength check to keep footing.
17:41, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Cole Hiller, rolled 26 using 1d20+6.  Strength check to keep footing.
17:36, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min, rolled 8 using 2d4.  Damage to Valindore.
17:35, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min, rolled 10 using 1d20.  Attack Valindore.
17:30, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Tetra Min, rolled 20 using 1d20.  Dex check to draw weapon and attack.
17:26, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Valindore, rolled 16 using 1d20+2.  Attack Tetra Min.
17:24, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Portal worker, rolled 7 using 1d20.  Intelligence save.
17:21, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Dreya, rolled 14 using 1d20+5.  Dex check to draw bow and fire in same round.
17:15, Today: Castle Keeper, on behalf of Cole Hiller, rolled 8 using 1d20+6.  Attack Tetra Min.
17:13, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Monsters, rolled 3 using 1d6.  Initiative.
17:12, Today: Castle Keeper, for the NPC Party, rolled 6 using 1d6.  Initiative.

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Anthony's face--which is, of course invisible--changes to a mask of ideation and determination. He moves over to the secret door and shouts, "Attack Tetra Min's bowl on his head! He can't breathe without it!"

He then shuts the secret door as quickly as he opened it.

Upon hearing his comrade's revelation, Cole changes his target to Tetra-Min's head, the knowledge that his aim these last few rounds hasn't exactly been true not escaping his thoughts.  However, he strikes out at the weirdly shaped head anyhow, praying to all the gods he might actually hit something for once.
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