Noncivilized World: Message in a Dream IC

[CWater]

"...I was inside that web... thing for a few days. I think that is why the spiders didn't touch me before... they took my leg that day. Because they had something else to eat", the elf shudders and touches the stump of her leg. "Anyway, I... saw the orc get killed. He was the same one whose life I had spared and I guess he had followed me from the mountains. I don't know why, I said I had paid a dept."

She lets out a deep sigh, "Maybe it was the gods' will.. They wanted to show me how foolish I had been. The orc died anyway and I am crippled."

She is silent for a moment "But you say that mercy is not wrong... I'm not sure what to think now."

[Athedia]

"...I was inside that web... thing for a few days. I think that is why the spiders didn't touch me before... they took my leg that day. Because they had something else to eat", the elf shudders and touches the stump of her leg. "Anyway, I... saw the orc get killed. He was the same one whose life I had spared and I guess he had followed me from the mountains. I don't know why, I said I had paid a dept."

She lets out a deep sigh, "Maybe it was the gods' will.. They wanted to show me how foolish I had been. The orc died anyway and I am crippled."

She is silent for a moment "But you say that mercy is not wrong... I'm not sure what to think now."

"So you owe him a life debt again. This time you will have to find another way to repay it. That is the only way either of your spirits will gain peace." Asha decided not to mention that the 'orc', as they had called that odd looking humanoid, might have just had a crush on her. She was starting to get the idea not all tribes took in members like hers.

Even when it made sense, after all the tribe had to grow somehow and absorbing others had given them an edge for so long, different fighting skills, magics, even foods. Though she did feel pride at belonging to one of the original families, that was the only reason she had learned how to bind the ancestors.

How empty it must feel not to share ones body with their spirits, even with the possible downsides Asha had never felt anything but more alive after joining.

[MrE]

"You paid your debt to him by sparing his life. It was his choice to follow you, and whatever happened, it does not negate what you did for him. You have honour that your tribe will never know." Taesha hoped her words were a comfort to the woman, who had lost so much already.

[Rathgar]

"Why are your tribes fighting each other anyhow?"

[CWater]

Eldien doesn't know what to say to the other women, but her troubled expression eases a little.

To Tuntematon she says, "They are our enemies. And... lately the orcs have started to come to the south side of Strong Rock, looking for the good stones that can be found there, for weapons I think. My tribe does not permit that."

[CWater]

Eventually, the conversation dies down and the party prepares to rest for the night. From the tents and other materials they have, they manage to build a decent shelter. Their furs also protect them from the worst pinch of cold in the yet early spring.

Most of the night passes quietly, though it's still almost pitch dark when Taesha wakes Tuntematon for the last watch.

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Since there was no voiced opinoins, I'm going to say that you built one big shelter where everyone sleep, except Kanok and Fang who wanted to sleep outside.

Would our centaur make Spot and Listen checks, please. Our resident incarnum user can make them too, since I'm not feeling very evil today.

[CWater]

Tuntematon is saying his morning prayers to the strange Alnin, his holy symbol glowing occasionally. He hears only the usual forest sounds, early birds singing and some minor rustling. Some small sound wakes Fang though and the wolfhound rises its head. Sniffing the air, he detects very very faint smell of blood.

It is still quite dark, though the sky has started to turn bluer and the stars are fading away from sight.

[CWater]

Standing by the small campfire, Tuntematon gets the feeling that something is watching him. Looking around, he doesn't spot any movement and still something in the surroundings seems different than a moment before. Had there always been so many bushes? It's hard to tell in the dark.

Fang stands up and is facing the forest, his nose telling him that there's something unusual, even if his eyes cannot locate it. Suddenly red glowing eyes look back at him from the darkness and before he has time to make a sound a small creature that looks like a twisted humanoid made of tree leaps forward from the darkness and tries to claw the wolfhound with it's long fingers.

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Attack: (1d20)[12]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

You should all be at full HP btw, except Asha who violently stabbed herself some time ago.

Initiative for those that are up:
Tuntematon: (1d20+3)[4]
Fang: (1d20+1)[3]
Tree thing: (1d20+2)[10]

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Grey squares are part of the large rock and climb checks are requied if you want to move to them. The red dot is the campfire, darker green means dim light and the dark area is just shadows to human (or the equivalent) eyes.

[CWater]

Fang evades the first attck, but the small tree doesn't give up and lashes at him again. This time with both hands.

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T1:
Attack: (1d20)[13]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

Attack: (1d20)[5]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

More similiar creatures emerge from the darkness. One heads towards Fang and two charge at Tuntematon. Rustling sounds from the forest imply that this might not be all of them.

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One more attack at poor Fang by T2:
Attack: (1d20)[6]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

T3 and T4 attack Tuntematon:
Attack: (1d20)[10]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

Attack: (1d20)[19]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

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The two tree beings attacking Fang are too eager and don't manage to land a single hit on the nimble dog. Tuntematon also evades the first attack directed at him, but the other manages to scratch him a little.

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Fort save please.

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Grey squares are part of the large rock and climb checks are requied if you want to move to them. The red dot is the campfire, darker green means dim light and the dark area is just shadows to human (or the equivalent) eyes.

[Seharvepernfan]

Kanok opens his eyes, awakened by all the sudden noise. Instinct taking over, he surges to his feet while grabbing for a weapon; his club being the closest. He slams his wooden cudgel down at the closest thing with a two-handed overhead swing. He is all groggy, his eyes are blurry, and his conscious mind still hasn't caught up.

"GET UP!!!"

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Move action to stand combined with drawing his club. Two-handed attack on T2.

Club: (1d20+6)[19]
Damage: (1d6+4)[5]
if crit:
Club: (1d20+6)[22]
Damage: (2d6+8)[12]
20% miss chance from concealment

Kanok is not wearing the Dragonskin.

Nature: (1d20+10)[24]
To identify these (plant?) creatures.

[Seharvepernfan]

Fang viciously growls at the nearest bush creatures, lunging forward to snap his jaws around the one directly in front of him.

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Bite: (1d20+3)[21]
Damage: (1d6+3)[8]
if crit:
Bite: (1d20+3)[16]
Damage: (1d6+3)[6]

If that hits, he tries to trip it:
Trip: (1d20+2)[20]

No miss chance (due to low-light vision) unless they're also within some undergrowth.

[CWater]

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We'll ignore Kanok's turn for now, though it'll probably come around later.

Fang gets a hold of the closest creature's throat and throws it to the ground, snapping it's neck in the process.

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T1 is down.

[Rathgar]

Tuntematon
AC 18, Touch 13, Flat-Footed 15
HP 18/19, Blurred (5 rounds remaining)
Position: V36

As the danger closes, the centaur once again utters the command word, "Hämärtää!", and his outline began to become more indistinct. He drew his club, and as he did, he let out a shout. "Awake! Everyone, awake! We're getting shrubbed!"

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Actions:
Free Action: Activate Blurring effect on armor
Free Action: Call out to party
Move Action: Draw Club
Standard Action: Attack wooden thing at W37 with club

Attack With Club: (1d20+1)[7]
Critical Confirmation (If Needed): (1d20+1)[18]
Club Damage: (1d6)[1]
Extra Critical Damage (If Needed): (1d6)[4]

[Etherion]

Hearing the sound of combat, Aidan jumps up and grabs his axes, and runs forward to the creatures.

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Move 1: Stand and draw axes
Move 2: To V35.

[Athedia]

Asha grabbed her spear and stood up, noticing the three women asleep around her. Growling under her breath she smacked at them with the end of her spear. "There is a time for sleep and during an attack is not the time."

[CWater]

The bush creature ceases it's attack on the nimble dog and instead goes for Kanok on the ground.

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T2:
Claw1:
Attack: (1d20)[14]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

Claw2:
Attack: (1d20)[11]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

The two creatures close to Tuntematon keep attacking him and a third one runs from the shadows to join them.

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T3:
Claw1:
Attack: (1d20+2)[12]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

Claw2:
Attack: (1d20+2)[14]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]


T4:
Claw1:
Attack: (1d20+2)[4]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

Claw2:
Attack: (1d20+2)[8]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]


T5:
Just one claw:
Attack: (1d20+2)[7]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

Three more creatures emerge from the forest. Two charge at Asha who's busy at waking up the other women, one runs towards Aidan.

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Attacking Asha:
T6:
Just one claw:
Attack: (1d20+2)[3]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

T7:
Just one claw:
Attack: (1d20+2)[20]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]


Attacking Aidan:
T8:
Just one claw:
Attack: (1d20)[13]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

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It's the party's turn again. You can all go in any order.

Map:

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[Etherion]

Aidan chops at the creature that attacked him with his axes.

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Main hand:
(1d20+1)[9]
(1d8+2)[8]

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(1d20+1)[4]
(1d8+2)[3]
(1d8+2)[10]

Off hand:
(1d20+1)[8]
(1d6+1)[5]

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(1d20+1)[5]
(1d6+1)[4]
(1d6+1)[3]

[Seharvepernfan]

Fang snarls and lunges forward to the next nearest creature, his head turning sideways to get a better hold, spittle flying.

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Attacking the closest one in shadowy illumination (though Fang has low-light vision).

Bite: (1d20+3)[6]
Damage: (1d6+3)[8]
if critical:
Bite: (1d20+3)[23]
Damage: (1d6+3)[9]

Trip: (1d20+2)[4]

[CWater]

Aidan has not quite woken up yet and his attacks miss. Kanok manages to land a blow with his club, but the creature is still standing and evades Fang's attack. Kanok remembers some stories of these creatures, they can be found also in the forests close to his home.

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Good knowledge roll there. They are called twig blights, bloodthirsty plants that are known to lurk around campsites. Individually weak, they often seek strength in numbers. Their claws are mildly poisonous, and arrows and spears are not very effective against them.

Visual aid, btw:

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[Rathgar]

Tuntematon
AC 18, Touch 13, Flat-Footed 15
HP 18/19, Blurred (4 rounds remaining)
Position: V36

"There's more of them! It's time for the sleeping ones to awaken!" With that, the centaur continued to try to hit them with his club.

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Standard Action to attack T4

Rolls:
Attack With Club: (1d20+1)[3]
Club Damage: (1d6)[5]

[Athedia]

"I am trying!" Asha winced as the tree-thing opened up a cut on the other side of her hand. She lashed out at it with Fear trying to keep the claws away from her.

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spear Form (2handed)
Attack: (1d20+5)[24]
Damage: [roll]ad8+1[/roll]

Fort Save: (1d20+5)[14]

[Athedia]

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(1d8+1)[6]

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[MrE]

Taesha awakened groggily from a dream where her family was reunited to a rather less pleasant reality. Without thought she channeled the strength of her ancestors into the bindings, her claws pulsing with power and she leaped towards the nearest bush-thing, arms striking out to rake the creature mortally.

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Move action: Move to U35, attack with one claw.
(1d20+7)[27]
Damage: (1d6+5)[11]

[CWater]

Tuntematon's swing misses as the creature jumps out of the way. Taesha manages to land a powerful blow on another, removing it's wooden head from the shoulders. Asha stabs the one who clawed her with her spear, poking a hole to it's wooden body. But the scratch doesn't seem to affect the creature much and it looks a bit like it's grinning wickedly.

Stiira looks around with a terrified expression, and moves past Eldien to the other side of the shelter. She then picks a small black spiky thing from her pouch and mutters some arcane words. As a result, 2 inch long spikes grow out of her skin and clothing. Eldien tries to crawl away from the closest creatures.

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Urchin's Spines cast.

Despite some of their comrades demise, more tree creatures swarm the campsite red eyes glowing. All of the party members are now under attack!

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Attacks against the party:

Kanok
T2, 2 claws:
Attack: (1d20)[14]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

Attack: (1d20)[11]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

Fang
T9:
Attack: (1d20)[6]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]


Aidan
T6, 2 claws:
Attack: (1d20+2)[13]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

Attack: (1d20+2)[7]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

T8, 2 claws:
Attack: (1d20+2)[14]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

Attack: (1d20+2)[11]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]


Asha
T12:
Attack: (1d20)[7]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

T13:
Attack: (1d20)[9]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]


Tuntematon
T3, 2 claws:
Attack: (1d20+2)[12]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

Attack: (1d20+2)[18]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

T4, 2 claws:
Attack: (1d20+2)[18]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

Attack: (1d20+2)[11]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]


Taesha
T10:
Attack: (1d20+2)[8]
Damage: (1d3-1)[1]

T11:
Attack: (1d20+2)[11]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]


Stiira
T7, 2 claws:
Attack: (1d20)[10]
Damage: (1d3-1)[0]

Attack: (1d20)[4]
Damage: (1d3-1)[2]

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[Seharvepernfan]

Kanok growls in anger and frustration, then whips his club in a lateral swing, using his powerful core muscles in a mighty twist, trying to whack the one he already wounded, to get it out of the fight. It is hard to track it's movements in the shadows, however, and his strikes are based more on intuition than aim; if only he had time to summon light. Meanwhile, Fang launches his jaws at the newest approaching twig-monster, scared and confused by the scene, but is overcome with wild anger more than anything.

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Club: (1d20+6)[21]
Damage: (1d6+4)[10]
Miss Chance: (1d5)[3]

Fortitude: (1d20+6)[24]

Fang attacks T9.
Bite: (1d20+3)[9]
Damage: (1d6+3)[8]
Trip: (1d20+2)[13]

[Etherion]

Aidan sidesteps to avoid a blow from the attacking creature, and attacks it.

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derp, I added the -2 penalty twice with my previous attacks. Add two to the hit rolls, if it makes a difference.
5 ft step to U34
Full attack T6:
(1d20+3)[22]
(1d8+2)[9]

(1d20+3)[23]
(1d6+1)[3]

[MrE]

Taesha dodged the two clumsy blows by her wooden foes, then slashed again with her glowing claws.

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Attack T11: (1d20+7)[18]
Damage: (1d6+5)[8]

[CWater]

Kanok's club hits the twig blight in its central trunk and he can hear it crack when the creature falls to the ground. Aidan also chops his opponent in two with two precise strikes. Taesha slashes another one with her claws, leaving deep cuts on its body. Still, this one remains standing, though only barely.

[Athedia]

Asha spun the spear in her and brought the end swinging down at the creature attacking Stiira. "Eldien get behind me!" She could hold up to these creatures blows, but Eldien was weak and Stiira no bigger than a child.

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Attack: (1d20+4)[9]
Damage: (1d6+1)[6]

[CWater]

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I'm sorry Rathgar, but since it's been over 24 hours, I'm going for you. I hope you don't mind.

Tuntematon tries to attack the same enemy again.

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Standard Action to attack T4

Rolls:
Attack With Club: (1d20+1)[12]
Club Damage: (1d6)[6]

Unfortunately, the attack misses.