In reply to Pharasma (msg # 29):

Booker whirls the tip of his rapier in the air, and forming from the metal blade is a large ball of fire. It moves, directed by Booker's weapon, and lands in the midst of the most damaged swarm. Then the Magus moves back, lest the swarm is clever enough to reason out who is the source of the fire.

ooc:
Actions 1-2: casting flaming sphere. Next round I plan to sustain it. It does 9 fire damage and it's a dc 18 reflex save. It is area of effect spell, but it only wffects a single 5 foot cube. So I will make sure it is in one of the hexes of the wounded swarm, but close to the players.

Action 3-move away from swarm.
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Saoirse feels the heat of the flames wash over him, as the centipedes attacking him drop away.

There were still enough to be considered a threat, but the swarm was more tiny charred bodies now than active centipedes.

The swarm makes its save, but still takes extra damage from its weakness.
All other PCs' turns.
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Elmelio stays where he's at so long as the swarms stay at least 10' away from him. Otherwise he launches another sling bullet into the bugs.

05:17, Today: Elmelio rolled 29,1 using 1d20+9,1d6.  Attack/damage.

Actions
Load, Launch, Load

If they are closer than 10', I'll use my last action to move another 10' away
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Having the centipedes swarm all over him makes Athraz focussed and angry. He swings his sword around, trying to sweep as much of the swarm around as he can.

OOC:
[1] Rage
[2] Shield
[3] Attack: To Hit: 12, Damage: 13+4<Cold>
19:39, Today: Athraz rolled 12,17 using 1d20+10,1d12+4+4.  Tohit +10, Bastard Sword Damage +4<str> +4<cold>.
Reflex: 9 -> Critical Failure (08:18, Today: Athraz rolled 9 using 1d20+7 (2))

08:59, Today: Athraz rolled 14,24 using 1d20+9,1d20+7.  Fortitude Save, 2nd Reflex Save.
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Malcolm repositions hopefully with Mezzaline to catch more of these swarming centipedes in his haunting hymn. Will reposition if necessary to try to avoid being overrun.


Haunting Hymn again
Damage will be 3
DC: 10 + 3, + Proficiency Trained (I believe this is 5 ?) 18.

He pulls his boot out of the rotting tree with a bit of a suck. As the pandemonium explodes around him he feels the pointy legs on his flesh. "GYAah! They're in my pants! They're in my pants!" He shouts while slapping at his thighs just below his crotch then bounces into the air and starts a jig that would impress Michael Flatley.


16:01, Today: Saoirse rolled 29 using 1d20+9.

16:00, Today: Saoirse rolled 25 using 1d20+9.  Ref Save.
I will use actions to run towards pond

Elmelio's sling stone landed in the center of the swarm, but did no notable to the teeming mass swarming around it.
Ahtraz, too, had difficulty throwing the bugs off of himself.

Malcolm's spell was more effective, though. As Saoirse moved away from the centipedes, Malcolm scattered them and splattered several against the logs. A few living bugs remained, but without their numbers they were harmless and scurried back toward safety.

His spell wasn't as effective against the quantity of critters menacing Athraz, but it did still blow quite a few of them away.

Elmelio crits! Unfortunate time to roll a 1 on damage, though. Doubling that to 2 doesn't overcome the swarm's bludgeoning resistance.
Ahtraz misses.
Swarm A fails its save against the haunting hymn, taking a total of 8 damage after its weakness, and is destroyed. Swarm B succeeds, taking a total of 6 damage, and is bloodied.

Ember and Mezzaline's turns.

With his Shephard guarding him, Ember casually snapped his fingers and flicked more pin-point lightning at the fleeing insects.  Many of the others might be dancing a rather bizarre jig.  Ember might as well have been waiting to be checked for contraband by a city guard.

OOC: Sorry, yes; Basic reflex DC 19. My laptop doesn't have a full keypad so I do that a lot

Actions: Ember:
1 and 2 - fry remaining insects with Electric Arc
3 - Casting Protect Companion
Ember rolled 9 using 2d4+4.  Electric arc.

The shower of sparks yielded a shower of dead centipedes. There were still enough to be dangerous, but it was barely a swarm at this point.

They make their save, taking 4 damage.
Mezzaline's turn.

Mezzaline's spell cut through the swarm again, but they bore it surprisingly well.

They surged forward to swarm over the Shepherd, who felt the tiny itching bites all over.

Mezzaline casts haunting hymn again. The centipedes make their save and take a total of 6 damage after weakness. Not quite enough.
The swarm Strides to the Shepherd's space and uses its swarming bites twice. 5 and 4 piercing damage, with a DC 20 basic Reflex save for each. If he fails either save, he can also make a Fort save against the venom.

All PCs' turn.

In reply to Pharasma (msg # 39):

In reply to Pharasma (msg # 39):

Booker directs the flaming orb over the swarm, but away from his friends. Then he blasts them with lighting from his blade.

Ooc: Both spells have a dc 18 reflex save.

Action 1-sustain spell

Action 2 & 3-lighting arc

16:37, Today: Booker rolled 5 using 2d4+3.  Correct lighting arc damage.

16:32, Today: Booker rolled 6 using 3d6.  Flaming sphere fire damage area effect.
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Ember winced in tandem as his specter was assaulted, though he maintained the sense to activate the ward he placed on Gray Shephard for just an occasion.  Any craliws that had escaped Booker's elemental onslaught got a further taste of Ember's, and Gray Shephard's crook.

OOC:
Reaction: Activating Protect Companion to block 106 points of damage from triggering effect. Save made on second attack and on poison.

Ember
Action 1+2: Lightning Arc
Today: Ember rolled 9 using 2d4+4.  Electric Arc. Basic Ref DC 19
Gray Shephard
Action 3: Strike
Ember rolled 25 using 1d20+9.  Strike.
Ember rolled 4 using 1d8+3.  Strike.

Malcolm repositioned so as not to hit his friends and once again sung a hymn to Pharasma.

His haunting hymn playing over the stragglers of the centipede swarm.

DC 18 Damage: 3 Though it is an AoE.

The haunting, magical music blasted away most of the remaining centipedes, and sent the rest of them scurrying.

The dead critters littered the area, and would make a fine meal for the birds. All else was quiet.

It makes its save, but it only had one HP.

Awwww. I just rolled a potential crit. Shrug

Elmelio lets his sling slow down until he can stop it safely and looks around for any potential threats that might have been called to the sudden light and sound.

I've got a +9 to Perception, +1 to my Perception DC if applicable.

Booker puts away both sword and his tome, only to bring out his healer's kit and a book on medical knowledge.

"Let's take care of the poisoned folk frist, then I can patch people up."

OOC-what is the parties medical status?

Nothing else moved, although some of the watching birds began to call. It was a pleasant sound.

They looked like whip-poor-wills.


That's in the Status thread. Saoirse took a grand total of 1 damage, Athraz took a bit more, and Ember still needs to roll Reflex saves for the Gray Shepherd. Athraz is poisoned.

Ember eyed his ghost as the dead bugs fell off of it.  The hulk was never one to complain, even if made infirm by poison or injury.  Te latter only stopped it because Ember himself lost consciousness after enough abuse, and Gray Shephard faded away as a result.  Not that that was a commonplace occurrence....

"He won't speak up, but please check over Gray Shephard as well."  Ember requested, breaking his eyes off of the spirit.  "I suppose I could assist with such a task; both in the case of Gray and any others."

OOC: Sorry; actually did the rolls and apparently forgot to post them;
Sat 23 Oct: Ember rolled 19 using 1d20+7.  Shephard Ref save 1. - Damage reduced via Protect Companion (doesn't prevent poison)
Sat 23 Oct: Ember rolled 27 using 1d20+8.  Shephard Con save 1.

Sat 23 Oct: Ember rolled 23 using 1d20+7.  Shephard Ref save 2.

Malcolm smiled listening to the pleasant sound of the whippoorwills and wondered if they were happy they would be having a good meal of the bugs.

He would help those providing medical aid.



07:14, Today: Malcolm rolled 23 using 1d20+5.  Assisting with medical aid.

In reply to Malcolm (msg # 48):

First helping with the posion, Booker treats wounds using Malcolm's help.

ooc-10:00, Today: Booker rolled 12 using 2d8.  Healing for Athraz.

09:59, Today: Booker rolled 15 using 1d20+9.  Attempting treat wounds with +1 assistance bonus.

For the poison, using assurance to get a medicine result of 17, most likely adding +2 to the next posion save.

Athraz just needed a little patching up from all the tiny, itchy wounds. Booker and Malcolm were able to do so effectively.

"Well, at least we won't need to call an exterminator for those." He jokes with a chuckle. while the others are patching up he starts exploring the nearby area. He avoids the pond for the time being. No point tempting fate. Not after the last time anyway.

"Give me a moment. I need to prepare in case there are any more swarms in our future." Booker pulls out his spellbook and starts reading.

OOC-spending 10 mins to prepare a different cantrip.

Nothing bothers the party as they rest and prepare. The woods around the manor are almost eerily quiet, other than the occasional bird song.

A few of the birds flutter down from the manor's roof and approach tentatively, feeding on the centipedes.

"I'm no expert on living things, but shouldn't normal creatures have fled from significantly larger creatures wielding elemental power?  Kinda makes me wonder if they're not more scared of something else here, or were manipulated by a local presence.  Spooky.  I like it."  Ember watched the birds descending to feast for a moment as he spoke, then tore his attention away.  "I'd keep an eye on the birds next."