The World in Revolt IC

[NotScaryBats]

Viola is emboldened by Wolfen's commands.

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She spends a surge (she now has 1) to regain 16 hp, putting her up to 23/43 hp; she is no longer bloodied.

[Lemonus]

Bugbear's attack misses
Wil successfully rolls a potion to Bugbear, but his attack misses.
Viola's two attacks miss.
Mel' charge kills the snake. S2 is dead.
((Wolfen, since there was nothing in range for Commander's Strike to hit, you can use it as a free action once this encounter.))

The ground erupts with vines as the vine creature near Bugbear ensnares everyone but Viola.
Attacks VS REF
Attack VS Wil: (1d20+10)[25]
Attack VS Bugbear: (1d20+10)[13]
Attack VS Wolfen: (1d20+10)[22]
Attack VS Mel: (1d20+10)[21]
You're restrained and take 10 ongoing. (Save ends both.)

The other Vine creature attacks Wolfen:
Attack VS AC
(1d20+8)[19]
Damage: (1d8+4)[9]

Map:

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{table=head]x|A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P
1| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2| | | | | |P| | | | | | | | | |
3| | |P| |Vi| | | | |P| | | | | |
4| | | | | | | |P| | | | | | | | |
5| | | | |Me| | | | | | | | |P| |
6| | |P|Wo| | |P| | | | | | | | |
7| | | | |V1| |P| | |Wi|P| | | | |
8| | | | |P| | | | |P| | | | | |
9| | | | | |P| | | |P| | | | | |
10| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
11| | |P| | | |Bu|V2| | | |P| | | | |
12| | | | | | | | | | |P| | | |P| |
13| | | |P| | |P| | | | | | | | | |
14| | | | | | | | | |P| | | | | | |
15| | | | | | |P| | | | |P| | | |P|
16| | |P| | | | |P| | | | | | | | |
17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
18| | | | | | | | | | |P| | | | | |
19| | |P| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
20| | | | | | | | | | | |P| | | | |[/table]

L= Lizardman
V= Vine Monster
Bu= Bugbear
Vi= Viola
Me= Mel
Wo= Wolfen
Wi= Wil
P= Thick Plants. Difficult Terrain.
Mel's Space is also P.

[MiketheMountain]

Bugbear grabs Wilian's potion off the ground. "Thanks Wil! I'll hang on to this one for later. First I wanna tie this bloody thing up in a bow!"

Finally free of the stinging vines, Bugbear changes position, hoping a new angle of attack will give him better luck against the vine creature.

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Minor Action: Pick up potion
Move Action: Shift to G10
Standard Action: Grappling Strike against V2
Attack: (1d20+11)[31] vs AC
Damage: (1d6+6)[12] (26 damage total), and the target is grabbed.

V2 is marked by Bugbear.

(If successful) Relevant Features and Feats:
Inescapable Hold: Escape attempts are made against Bugbear's Fortitude (24 with Wrestler's Gloves).
Iron Body Ki Focus Property: Bugbear has resistance 3 to all of Darter's attacks until the end of Bugbear's next turn.

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HP: 24/51 | Surges: 10/10
AC: 23 | FORT: 23 | REF: 15 | WILL: 15
Conditions: Bloodied

[MiketheMountain]

His strategy seemed to work, as Bugbear's fingers tear through the vine creature, sinking deeply into it's writhing form.

"Here's a little move ol' Master Stoneskull taught me!" *headbutt*

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Critical Hit damage: 12+(1d10)[6]

Stone Fist Flurry of Blows: 8 damage

[snake obsidian]

Wilian closed his eyes and concentrated while the vines tangled around him.

"Their senses are based on movement. If I stay still for just one second..."

His staff started to take light on his own, and crackled at the swamp´s creation with a lighning jolt.

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Cast Magic Missile at V2 Damage: 2+6(Int. Modifier)+1(Implement Bonus)= 9

[NotScaryBats]

Feeling stronger now, Viola returns to the fray. She learned from her previous failure, and takes caution in her tactics; she moves into an advantageous position and strikes with precision, attempting to feed off the life force within the plant.

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Move: shift to F8 to gain flanking position with Wolfen
Standard: Taste of Life on V1 (1d20+13)[19] v Fortitude
Damage - (1d8+17)[18] necrotic damage, and I gain 6 temp hp

[WaffleLord]

Unable to move, she entreats the primal spirits to release her from their hold.

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Font of Life - (1d20)[8]

[WaffleLord]

Held by the unrelenting plants, she has no choice but to throw one of her throwing hammers to try and unsettle the vine creature.

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RBA vs V1 AC - (1d20+6)[26]
Damage - (1d6+5)[11]
Mark V1

She watches as her hammer disappears in the twisted mas of vines.

[WaffleLord]

Focusing her energies, she again tries to release herself from the the forces holding her immobile....

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Save vs restrain/ongoing - (1d20)[9]
Wah-wah

... but her efforts prove fruitless.

[thereaper]

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HP: 18 (after the ongoing damage)

Wolfen uses Aid the Injured to spend a healing surge, bringing himself up to 29. Then he uses Inspiring Word to spend another healing surge. He now has 32 + (1d6)[6] hp.

He also attempts to get himself out of the vines. (1d20+1)[10]

[thereaper]

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Whoops. Apparently, my math sucks this time of night. It's 44 HP he's at.

[Lemonus]

Bugbear successfully grabs the vine creature, and his head connects solidly with it.
Wil's attack blasts the vine creature.
Viola also is able to connect with the vine creature.
Mel, despite being unable to move, connects with the vine creature.

Map:

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{table=head]x|A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P
1| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2| | | | | |P| | | | | | | | | |
3| | |P| | | | | | |P| | | | | |
4| | | | | | | |P| | | | | | | | |
5| | | | |Me| | | | | | | | |P| |
6| | |P|Wo| | |P| | | | | | | | |
7| | | | |V1| |P| | |Wi|P| | | | |
8| | | | |P|Vi| | | |P| | | | | |
9| | | | | |P| | | |P| | | | | |
10| | | | | | |Bu| | | | | | | | | |
11| | |P| | | | |V2| | | |P| | | | |
12| | | | | | | | | | |P| | | |P| |
13| | | |P| | |P| | | | | | | | | |
14| | | | | | | | | |P| | | | | | |
15| | | | | | |P| | | | |P| | | |P|
16| | |P| | | | |P| | | | | | | | |
17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
18| | | | | | | | | | |P| | | | | |
19| | |P| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
20| | | | | | | | | | | |P| | | | |[/table]

V= Vine Monster
Bu= Bugbear
Vi= Viola
Me= Mel
Wo= Wolfen
Wi= Wil
P= Thick Plants. Difficult Terrain.
Mel's Space is also P.

[Lemonus]

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Sorry I forgot to post the monsters' attacks.
V2 VS Bugbear
(1d20+8)[13] VS AC
(1d8+4)[9] Damage
V1 VS Wolfen
(1d20+8)[10] VS AC
(1d8+4)[7] Damage

[MiketheMountain]

"C'mon ya slimy sack of worms, we're missing all the fun!"

Bugbear stomps over towards his allies, dragging the squirming mass of vines along with him. When he reaches the group, Bugbear lifts the vine creature up and tosses it down at his feet. With a crazy-eyed smile, he then reaches both arms out simultaneously and tries to slam the two vine creatures into each other.

At Melhved, "Here ya go girl, let's have some fun with these things!"

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Move Action: Forceful Drag: Bugbear moves to F7, V2 is slid to G7, released from Bugbear's grab, and knocked prone.
Standard Action: Funneling Flurry against V1 and V2
Attack against V1: (1d20+11)[24] vs AC
Damage: (1d6+6)[8], and V1 is slid to F6
Attack against V2: (1d20+13)[14] (including +2 for CA from prone) vs AC
Damage: (1d6+6)[11], and V2 is slid to G6

V1 and V2 are marked by Bugbear.

(If successful) Relevant Features and Feats:
Iron Body Ki Focus Property: Bugbear has resistance 3 to all of V1 and V2's attacks until the end of Bugbear's next turn.

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HP: 24/51 | Surges: 10/10
AC: 23 | FORT: 23 | REF: 15 | WILL: 15
Conditions: Bloodied

[snake obsidian]

Wilian struggled to free himself from the vines that were getting a good hold on his neck already. They were also crawling up his legs, and he prayed it was not too late to act.

"F---! Gu---! Guys! Take... Cover!"

The area surrounding the vine creature was blown away by an electric blast.

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Saving throw (1d20)[10]
Aw, bummer. I´m bloodied, folks!
Magic Missile against V2. Damage: 2+6(Int. Modifier)+1(Implement Bonus)= 9

[NotScaryBats]

Viola sees another opportunity, and gracefully glides over to beat on the prone vine creature. Using her full might, she slams into the creature with a vicious axe kick.

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Move: shift to a flanking position with bugbear at H7
Standard: Vampire Slam on V2
(1d20+15)[30] v R (1d10+17)[22] damage
If she connects, she uses her Bloodsucker power to gain a surge and deal an additional (1d10)[6] damage

[WaffleLord]

Mel strains against the forces that hold her immobile...

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Font of Life vs immobile - (1d20)[2]

but remains held fast.

[WaffleLord]

"At last, a threat within range!", Mel thinks. She strikes a blow at the vine creature thrown before her.

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MBA vs V1 AC - (1d20+12)[32]
Damage - (1d8+7)[13]
Mark V1
Save vs immobile - (1d20)[4]

[WaffleLord]

Mel feels her swing cut through various important feeling vines on its way through the creature. Try as she might, however, she still can't seem to move.

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Critical Damage to V1 - (2d6+15)[22]

[thereaper]

"Don't stop now! Him 'em again!"

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Wolfen attacks V1 with Warlord's Favor (Attack (1d20+11)[23], Damage (2d10+6)[15], if hits Melhved gets +4 to hit against V1 until the end of my next turn.

Then Wolfen uses his free Commander's Strike to order Melhved to attack V1. Attack: (1d20+16)[24], Damage (1d8+7)[13]

[Lemonus]

Under your combined attacks, the vine creatures fall apart, and wither away before they hit the ground.

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Combat over. 230 XP each.

[thereaper]

"It's about damn time."

Wolfen looks around to ensure that there aren't more enemies. When he doesn't spy any, he takes out a rag to wipe off the end of his spear.

"Willian. What in the nine hells were those things?"

And then, as if to head off the act itself, he calls over to Bugbear and Viola "Don't you two dare think about slacking off! We're still in a combat zone, so act like it!"

[snake obsidian]

Wilian crawled out of the muck, gasping for air.

"Some sort of... spell... A second... please..."

He stood up and rubbed his arms and neck.

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Used a healing surge. Remaining: 8 Current Hit Points: 26/38

"But the next time I see them, I am blowing them up. From a safe distance."

[NotScaryBats]

"Yes, it almost seems like killing the cold-blooded mongrel before it's spell was cast would have been the... Most tactical option...?" Viola says wryly, as Wolfen's strict command rolls right off her back. She unfurls her parasol and daintily places it over one shoulder, for all the world a lady on a stroll through wildflowers.

[WaffleLord]

Finally releasing herself from the immobilizing hold, she steps forward to the vine creature's remains and returns her throwing axe to her belt. She picks through the vegetative corpse, looking for its motivation; natural spirit or arcane invigoration. Taking deep breaths, Mel thanks Melora for her kindness and strength, respectfully moving these creatures along the way of her cycle.

Using the directions given her by the mayor and her keen primal senses, she tries to discern where their next move should be.

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Nature check for vine creatures origin - (1d20+12)[26]
Use 2 healing surges.

Figure out where to go

[thereaper]

"If you try to kill everyone you meet who looks a little suspicious, you'll soon find yourself a lot worse than just 'suspicious'."

Wolfen takes a sip from his canteen.

[NotScaryBats]

Viola smiles, revealing pearly white teeth. Perhaps the point is lost on her, but she seems content to follow Wolfen's lead.

Her gaze turns to Mel, has she found something?

As everyone else is binding their wounds and tending their own affairs, Viola makes a feminine gasp and half collapses to the ground. With a dramatic timbre to her voice, she protests, "Oh! I fear I am losing my grasp upon this world... Perhaps I over exerted myself just now...

Won't someone please help me up?"

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I can make a bluff check, if need be.

[Lemonus]

Mel:

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You learn that Vine Horrors sometimes are created when an evil humanoid dies in a natural location touched by the Shadowfell. Their evil spirit gives rise to one or more Vine Horrors. However, Vine Horrors can also be animated by those with a strong magical connection to the area they are in.

[snake obsidian]

Wilian straightened his back, and walked straight to Viola, lifting her up and hanging one of her arms in his shoulder.

"Yes, of course. How foolish of me, whining about a little squeeze when those things almost suck the life out of you. Bugbear, could you give her a hand? You still have the potion around, don´t you?"

[MiketheMountain]

Bugbear is still struggling with untangling himself from the lengths of sticky vines wrapped around his limbs. Finally kicking off the last rope-like piece, he shakes himself like a dog and looks around at the group.

"What kind of fight was that?? Who's going to pay to watch a bunch of plants hug us to death..."

Finally noticing Viola's faint, he rushes over and sweeps her up in his arms like a child. "Good man Billy, let's give the poor girl some air. Talk to me sweetheart, how're ya feeling?"

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OOC: Bugbear's passive Insight is 13, so if Viola wants to roll a Bluff check we can see just how easily she sneaks a bite of Bug.