Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Affair [DMOOCH]

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R4T22: Dorn goes into a full onslaught on the door with his warhammer, but doing no damage as his hammer thuds off each time.

R4T19: Gaye hits the wall for 1 PE.
R4T13: The wall again bites at Dorn and shouts "Who am I become?!?"

It cries another pint of fluid, having now cried three pints.

R4T5: Björn, what do you do?

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Just so you know, you provoke an AOO whenever you use a ranged attack - i.e., an attack requiring a ranged attack roll of some sort. That's why the wall bit at you, though your armor saved you from pain.

Haru on deck, Dorn in the hole ...

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Haru: 23.
Dorn: 22.
Gaye: 19.
Argus Wall: 13. (28:40).
Brother Jaume: 12. DELAYING!!!
Jean/ Javert: 8. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 5.

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R4T5: Björn returns to wielding his sword but holds his attack, instead shouting "You are become a hideous crying wailing wall!"

"Too bad I don't have a mirror," Torag grunts from the efforts of his onslaught, "otherwise I'd show this big eyeball what it looks like."

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T23: Haru, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Gaye in the hole ...

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Haru: 23.
Dorn: 22.
Gaye: 19.
Argus Wall: 13. (28:40).
Brother Jaume: 12. DELAYING!!!
Jean/ Javert: 8. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 5.

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R5T23: Haru will growl as he launches a number of spontaneously created stone shards at the Wall, testing their effectiveness against it. Nothing. He heard the whispers, and they led him astray.

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The spirits aren't necessarily brilliant, but Haru is. Haru sensed the magic present in the stones and knows that no creature ... not even a construct ... would withstand the humble stones. This instantly tells Haru that this quasi-creature thing that fits the bill as a haunt is actually treated more as an object, not a creature. The fibrous aspect of it makes it durable against sonic energy, just like wood, acting as a manner of baffle or sound-absorbent material ... you can't get a "killing resonant frequency" from the xylem and phloem of fungoid/ plant matter. Only the most extreme physical force or the lightest bit of positive energy has been effective thus far, though probing attacks of other types of damage have not yet been conducted.

Spoiler: Björn and Brother Jaume

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Fascinating. The "psychic nurse" named Bangs in your last group had power over the stones of the asylum, setting them against his enemies. Here, this Haru fellow spontaneously creates the same ... but for a less spectacular result.

R5T22: "I was actually serious about a mirror, more I think about it," says Dorn half to himself as he continues to hammer at the Wall, doing 2 mod with his second strike. "Does anyone have a mirror?"

R5T19: Gaye's best shot yet as she hits the wall for 5 PE.

R5T13: For the first time, the Argus Wall makes a solid connection as it bites into Dorn's left shoulder on a crit with a CRUNCH! for 3 mod, but sickening Dorn because of the painful bite into the upper left lung.

R5T5: Björn, what do you do?

Brother Jaume, you've been delaying, do you do anything?

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"Master, do you hear those screams from the chapel and the office?" tepes Javert to Jean

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Haru: 23.
Dorn: 22. SICKENED til beginning R6T13!!!
Gaye: 19.
Argus Wall: 13. (21:40).
Brother Jaume: 12. DELAYING!!!
Jean/ Javert: 8. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 5.

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R5T6: There were several times the Northman warrior had been struck hard by teeth clamping on his armor. It might not have drawn blood, but that doesn't mean Björn isn't suffering from a badly bruised arm, or even a fracture under his vambrace.

"Are you all right, Björn? You look unwell. Let me know if you need healing." says a concerned brother Jaume. Holding his cloak clasp, he says a prayer to Erastil and touches Björn, careful to stay out of reach of the haunt. That must have worked, because what happens next shows Björn is at full strength ...

R5T5: Not to be outdone by Gaye's spell, Björn resumes swinging away with everything he has ... WHAM! It's a beautiful hit that does 7 mod (max). Gaye gawks at that strike and nods her head with a silent "wow."

Dorn, with his possibly punctured lung, talks over his shoulder, "Brother, you wouldn't happen to have anything to help me, would you?"

R5T4: Screaming? I hear nothing. Let us see if we can find the source. "I will be back in a moment, I need to check something." He sets off back down the hallway towards the chapel at a trot, Javert (hopefully) winging ahead.

Jean gets to the chapel and opens the door, noting several screaming patients and people doubled over on the floor, holding their hands to their ears at a doleful sound you do not hear.

Winter shouts over the noise in the chapel at Jean, "What in the Boneyard is going on out there!"

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

"What's Haru's problem?" asks Brother Jaume, standing right next to the sage of entropy.

R6T23: Haru, what do you do?

Dorn on deck, Gaye in the hole ...

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Haru: 23.
Dorn: 22. SICKENED til beginning R6T13!!!
Gaye: 19.
Argus Wall: 13. (14:40).
Brother Jaume: 6.
Björn: 5.
Jean/ Javert: 4.

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Haru delays. "I can't get a beat on how to harm this thing with my power as it is. I just don't have the raw power. I was hoping a change of pace could help, but no dice."

R6T22: Dorn does not stop what little he can sometimes do for Brother Jaume to inspect him, but continues his onslaught. With his pain, he does no damage on the first, and only 1 mod on the second strike.

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In the Chapel ...
Trying to be heard over the caterwauling, Jean shouts back, "They're trying to break down the eyeball-wall! What happened here?!"

Winter shouts back, "I said study the Wall ... this is what happens when you attack the Wall. Stop it!"

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R6T19: Gaye does only 1 PE this time.

R6T13: Dorn recovers from the pain of that bite and is no longer sickened. The Wall snaps at him again.

R6T6: Brother Jaume, you can tell that Dorn no longer seems inhibited from the pain of the bite he received. What do you do?

Björn, what do you do?

Jean on deck, you can answer or take your next action ...

Haru in the hole, but delaying ...

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Haru: 23. DELAYING!!!
Dorn: 22. SICKENED til beginning R6T13!!!
Gaye: 19.
Argus Wall: 13. (12:40).
Brother Jaume: 6.
Björn: 5.
Jean/ Javert: 4.

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R6T6: "I will try to harm it by channeling positive energy from here." announces Brother Jaume, skeptically, but he finds that Erastil must be with him on this mission for Brother Jaume channels as much as he had ever channeled at once to do 6 PE.

R6T5-4: Not even pausing to nod, Jean bolts back down the hallway and yells, "STOP! Stop, please, it's disturbing the other survivors - the wall is linked to them, somehow." But, Björn was alreayd into his attempt, and his strike does another mighty 6 mod ... too late to be stopped by his strange, dark-skinned comrade.

This last blow seems to be the key, as Björn's tremendous swing cuts deep across the eye of the Wall and a terrible scream is heard. An extremely pungent, clear fluid - of the same type as it normally weeps - bathes Björn and Dorn both, with a little bit of splash on Haru and Brother Jaume as well. With a terrible triple-voiced cry the the screams and discorporates. The Argus Wall is gone, and the way past is no longer barred.

Combat Ends ...

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Haru: 23. DELAYING!!!
Dorn: 22.
Gaye: 19.
Brother Jaume: 6.
Björn: 5.
Jean/ Javert: 4.

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S20: Björn goes racing out and as he charges in the thick fog he notices the shape getting larger as he closes. Undeterred, he closes and cuts against whatever it is he sees out there. He easily cuts into the hideous thing, whose bulk, torpid movements, and giving flesh accept the blade readily. Still, Björn only just grazes the quivering pile of tumorous flesh, but his great strength and power does 10 nonetheless. No sooner does he land the blow than half of that damage seems to heal up. The monster grows a little.

S15: A bit of its semi-formless, protoplastic, fleshy mass forms into a type of pseudopod or tendril and smacks wildly at Björn.

Björn, this thing is truly hideous. Roll a SAN check.

End Surprise Round, Begin Round One ...

R1T25: Haru, you really can't see Björn anymore. He said what he did and charged out into the fog! What do you do?

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Thunder will erupt at top of Round Four!
Haru: 25.
Dorn: 21.
Björn: 20. Charging.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Hungry Flesh: 15. (60:65). Current Growth points: 1.
Gaye: 14.
Javert: 10.
Jean: 4.

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R1T25: Haru slowly and cautiously follows after Björn, trying to catch up to him while keeping safety in mind. He is searching through the yellow mist and finally sees his ally right in front of him. Only by standing next to Björn (not behind him) does he note the massive shape in front of both of them (size Large)! Out of instinct, Haru tries to throw out a frost blast! Something terrible from its semi-formless mass of pustules and tumors slaps at him wildly, but Haru's blast likewise goes wide as he is very nearly startled.

R1T21: Dorn, what do you do? The noxious yellow thing is now blocking vision in the 10-foot-square by the door. (Vision to 5' only, and concealment at the 5' range.) As such, you don't see the other two chuckleheads. It's likely they no longer properly see the door.

Björn on deck ...

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Thunder will erupt at top of Round Four!
Haru: 25.
Dorn: 21.
Björn: 20. Charging.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Hungry Flesh: 15. (60:65). Current Growth points: 1.
Gaye: 14.
Javert: 10.
Jean: 4.

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R1T21: Dorn's voice is heard through the mist:

"Gentlemen! Report on the enemy, if anything ... but get back here. The yellow fog is getting inside the building and I don't want to shut the door. But if you don't pull back, I will to save everyone else including those in the chapel."

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Dorn spoke, but is otherwise effectively delaying ...

R1T20: Björn, you recover from the charge, and now Haru stands beside you to do battle against this thing. Dorn's words are heard, though. What do you do?

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Thunder will erupt at top of Round Four!
Haru: 25.
Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 20.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Hungry Flesh: 15. (60:65). Current Growth points: 1.
Gaye: 14.
Javert: 10.
Jean: 4.

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R1T20: Björn wrestles internally with the spirit influencing him. This thing is huge and cannot be overcome by the two of us... The fog is endangering the rest of the refugees... Now is not the time... To Haru he says, "This is more than the two fo us... If... the others are not coming... we must withdraw... for the safety of the many. Let us go now... You go first. I'll cover your escape."

R1T15: The monster slams a whatsit against Björn's armor.

R1T10: Javert is no longer flat-footed, and delays for orders ...

R1T4: Jean, what do you do? Do you order Javert to do anything?

Dorn, Brother Jaume, and Gaye delaying; Haru on deck ...

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Thunder will erupt at top of Round Four!
Haru: 25.
Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 20. READIED to withdraw inside as soon as Haru leaves!!!
Brother Jaume: 16. DELAYING!!!
Hungry Flesh: 15. (60:65). Current Growth points: 1.
Gaye: 14. DELAYING!!!
Javert: 10.
Jean: 4.

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Dorn calls out: "Brother Jaume, get ready to shut this door and hold it with your mighty arms. Jean, stand by this opening and help me verify once the other two are through."

Yelling loudly through the mist: "Boys, call loudly as you are about to cross the threshold."

R1T4: These fumes will be the death of us, if these creatures do not kill us first. Bjorn, what were you thinking?

Stepping cautiously out into the smoke, Jean holds his breath and stands, scimitar drawn, waiting for Haru and Bjorn to back up.



End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25: Haru sighs softly, and then starts off, retreating from the creature at a faster but more prepared pace than he approached from - pleased to find that the thing does not lash out at him when he leaves - he calls out as he backs through the doorway (though he did see Jean). "I'm first, Bjorn will be behind me...if he doesn't die first."

R2T24: With Haru clear, Björn then withdraws fully inside as well. Now all that remains is the brave Jean to get back inside.

R2T15: The blob rumbles and gurgles through the yellow until Jean finally sees the hideous thing ... and he's next to it! Floppy, blistered flesh pseudopods swap at Jean but miss wildly.

R2T4: Jean, what do you do?

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Thunder will erupt at top of Round Four!
Haru: 25.
Björn: 24.
Dorn: 21. DELAYING!!!
Brother Jaume: 16. DELAYING!!!
Hungry Flesh: 15. (60:65). Current Growth points: 1.
Gaye: 14. DELAYING!!!
Javert: 10.
Jean: 4.

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Gaye purses her lips as something gets her attention. "Why are the birds in the cage chirping pleasantly. The taxidermy-stuffed birds, that is?"

In Jean's mind, Javert's telepathic voice echoes, "I hear it, too, boss."

Björn, yeah ... you hear attractive bird chirps from the cage where there are stuffed birds. What do you do, (Björn only)?

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Gaye: 20.
Javert: 7.
Björn: 6.
Taxidermic Wings (Haunt): 0. (6:6).

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All Jean manages to say (from the above) is, "My..." but he is cut off by the bird-song changing from its lovely sounds into a shrill, mechanical-sounding klaxon!

Haru, feels a force acting against him, but he uses his mind and not his body to stand firm.

Begin Round One ...

R1T23: Haru, what do you do?

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Haru: 23.
Gaye: 20.
Jean: 19.
Brother Jaume: 15.
Javert: 7.
Björn: 6.
Dorn: 5.
Taxidermic Wings (Haunt): 0. (6:6).

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Surprise Round ...

S21: Gaye hears something faint and turns to the south and looks up. "A rat with a face!" she says as much to the group as in disgust or curiosity as she takes out her rapier.

S19: Javert caws to bring Jean's attention to R2.

S17: Jean sees the same thing (R2), but also just barely manages to notice something much closer to himself (R1). It is as creepy and disturbing as Gaye said - a rat the size of a housecat with a nearly human face and tiny human hands instead of forepaws.

Jean, what do you do? You do not see R3.

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Gaye: 21. Per (20).
Haru: 20.
Javert: 19. Per (22).
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17. Per (26).
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. Stealth (25).
R2: 13. Stealth (18).
R3: 12. Stealth (21).

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S17: "Eugh! They are in the shelves, be careful!" Curiosity taking the advantage over his common sense, Jean reaches out and taps the thing with the flat of his blade. Inmate, or monster? Or both?

S14-12: As if to answer the latter, and having been touched on the nose (at fully extended reach by Jean, they are on top of the bookshelves, not in them), the thing screeches and gives an angry cry, answered by two others.

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They are chittering in Aklo. "The longshanks booped me with a sword!" "Kill 'em!" "Show them all who runs this place!"

That same creature hesitates for an instant. R2 throws a book at Gaye (missing), and R3 throws a book at Haru, which hits the witch just right in his upper right arm for 5.

Begin Round One ...

R1T21: Gaye takes out her rapier and advances on R2, stabbing but the thing has cover from above and she misses.

R1T20: Haru, you just got sucker-booked by...

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It is a ratling, a magical beast that is a hideous amalgamation of man and rat. Their front teeth are incredibly sharp, often causing bites that are hard to stanch, and are reported to possess a variety of creepy rat-and-stealth-based powers.

What do you do?

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Gaye: 21. Per (20).
Haru: 20.
Javert: 19. Per (22).
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17. Per (26).
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. Stealth (18).
R3: 12. Stealth (21).

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R1T20: Haru moves into the center of the room, hopping up on top of the table, and keeping a watchful eye on the Ratlings. "Let us retreat to the center of the room, force them to come to us from their vantage point." He prepares himself to strike the first one that may come after him.

R1T19: Javert telepathically asks Jean what he wants him to do. Javert delays ...

R1T18: Björn, R1/ R2/ R3 on the map are all creepy rat-man creatures the size of a housecat (Tiny). They are on top of the 8-foot-tall bookshelves. What do you do?

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20. READIED action (will miss)!!!
Javert: 19. DELAYING!!!
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13.
R3: 12.

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R1T18: Björn takes aim with his armor's ranged attack and fires, missing.

R1T17: Javert's translation makes Jean step quickly backwards, casting about frantically for a warding. He remembers, vaguely, one of Ahmad al-Buni's sixfold names for... something (that probably wasn't important); with his mind he etches it into reality and feels it's mantle settle over him. To Javert he answers, Fly, and attack if you can. To the others he says, "They're intelligent, and they are not friendly. Kill them, before they do the same to us."

R1T16.5: Javert flaps off the table and up lightly in an arc to wheel to the west then south, landing next to the thing to peck at R1 for 2.

R1T16: Brother Jaume, what do you do?

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20. READIED action (will miss)!!!
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33).
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (33:33).
R3: 12. (33:33).

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R1T16: Brother Jaume steps to his left to take a powerful swing with his quarterstaff at R2, breaking one of its legs! Grunting with effort, BJ shouts at Haru, "Standing in the center of the room won't protect us from thrown books. Better to stand our ground."

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12 damage, 1 DEX damage, 1 CON damage, reduced to half speed ... until healed.

R1T15: Dorn, what do you do?

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20. READIED action (will miss)!!!
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33).
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed).
R3: 12. (33:33).

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R1T15: Dorn steps forward and lets loose with an onslaught of blows from his hammer, but both times smacking at the bookshelf.

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The ratlings have cover, but not total cover or else they couldn't target the folks on the ground on their turn.

R1T14: R1 turns invisible. It is unknown if it moves or not.

R1T13: R2 disappears as it pulls back from the edge of the bookshelf and its exact position is unknown.

R1T12: A host of squirming, roiling rats appear in the library, underfoot of both Brother Jaume and Gaye! They take 2 and 5, respectively. Brother Jaume, a surprisingly sensitive soul, is nauseated by this event. Meanwhile, R3 disappears from everyone's sight except for Haru, as the man sees the thing withdraw slightly towards the wall on the top of the bookcase.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T21: "Summon swarm spell!" calls Gaye. "Find the caster and distract him, that will limit the swarm's duration."

She steps northeast, getting out her rapier, and stabbing into the swarm, but because of the nature of the mass of rats, she only does 1 mod to the swarm.

R2T20: Haru, your (destined-to-fail) readied action didn't go off. What do you do?

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20. READIED action (will miss)!!!
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. NAUSEATED 1 round due to swarm!!!
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Climbing on the upper side of the bookcase in the SW corner. Only Javert heard.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 10' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R3: 12. (33:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm.
>>> Rat swarm. (26:27).

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R2T20: Haru is pretty sure he knows which ratling is the culprit in charge of the swarm. He hopes over to the southern table - still keeping the high ground so he can see. He casts a spell, flecks of snow falling around him as he does, and he fires a bolt of cold and ice at R3 (which only he can see). The look on Haru's face shows that he must have hit the thing (4 cold).

R2T18: Björn, you don't see any of the rat-things on the shelves anymore, but Gaye and Brother Jaume are both inside a swarm of rats right now. What do you do?

Jean on deck, Javert in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. NAUSEATED 1 round due to swarm!!!
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Climbing on the upper side of the bookcase in the SW corner. Only Javert heard.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 10' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R3: 12. (29:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm. STAGGERED on its next turn!!!
>>> Rat swarm. (26:27).

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R2T18: Björn wades in, swinging his sword, to help Brother Jaume. He might get one or two, but those little buggers are surprisingly fast and their skin is not entirely supple, able to resist some of the blade.

R2T17: Jean, what do you do?

Javert on deck, Brother Jaume (nauseated) in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. NAUSEATED 1 round due to swarm!!!
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Climbing on the upper side of the bookcase in the SW corner. Only Javert heard.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 10' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R3: 12. (29:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm. STAGGERED on its next turn!!!
>>> Rat swarm. (26:27).

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R2T17: If you cannot find it, help Haru!

Discarding his scimitar, Jean draws his jambiya and, holding it in his mouth, climbs the ladder on the bookshelf in search of the second rat-thing. He gets atop the shelf in a low crouch, crawling, not seeing the one he had seen before.

R2T16.5: Javert, seeming to spot something on the other side of the room, flies off the top of the bookshelf. Haru sees Javert land on the bookshelf near him and nip at his target.

R2T16: Brother Jaume is having a freak-out with rats right now. What does he do?

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While he is not physically ill and vomiting, the conditions of freaking out with the rats all over him provides the mechanical nauseated condition.

Dorn on deck, ratlings in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. NAUSEATED 1 round due to swarm!!!
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Climbing on the upper side of the bookcase in the SW corner. Only Javert heard.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R3: 12. (29:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm. STAGGERED on its next turn!!!
>>> Rat swarm. (26:27).

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R2T16: "Aahhh! Get them off me!" Brother Jaume staggers out into the hallway.

R2T15: Dorn, what do you do?

Ratlings and swarm on deck and in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16. NAUSEATED 1 round due to swarm!!!
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Climbing on the upper side of the bookcase in the SW corner. Only Javert heard.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed.
R3: 12. (29:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm. STAGGERED on its next turn!!!
>>> Rat swarm. (26:27).

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R2T15: Dorn moves up starts whamming on rats to do 6 to the swarm.

R2T14-12: Jean receives a TP from Javert. Meanwhile, Haru sees the ratling that Javert is fighting seeming to hold his ground quite firmly fixated on the action to the south. The swarm, for its part, moves a few feet to the left, provoking responses from both men. Björn hews a deep swath into the rats for 8 mod, but Dorn is ineffectual. With the nipping and biting, Björn takes 2 mod (his suit protecting him from some damage); Dorn is undamaged. Neither man is freaked out by the rats like Brother Jaume was.

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"I just got scared-a something, but don't worry, boss. I rallied!"

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T21: Going for the immediate threat, Gaye follows the rats and stabs maybe one or two rats without real benefit.

R3T20: Haru, what do you do?

Björn on deck, Jean in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (29:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm.
>>> Rat swarm. (12:27).

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R3T20: Haru, intent on disabling the swarm in the most efficient way, summons up his power to launch another bolt of Cold energy at the ratling he had struck previously, nailing it for 4 cold, continuing to stagger it.

R3T18: Björn, what do you do?

Jean on deck, Javert in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (25:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm. STAGGERED til end R4T20!!
>>> Rat swarm. (12:27).

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R3T18: The Northman swats at the rats, but doesn't do nearly as good a job as when they first came at him, maybe only killing a rat or two.

R3T17: Taking the dagger out of his mouth so he can properly curse his bad luck, Jean crawls along the shelf - feeling for the ratling. He only gets as far as the SW corner.

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You may crawl 5 feet as a MA, so 10' as a FRA.

R3T16.5: Javert continues to peck at the ratling that seems to be controlling the rat swarm, but the little thing keeps dodging the big bird's beak.

R3T16: Brother Jaume, now that you are safely in the hallway. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, ratlings in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (25:33). Currently concentrating on the rat swarm. STAGGERED til end R4T20!!
>>> Rat swarm. (12:27).

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R3T16: Brother Jaume shakes of the effects of his rat encounter with a violent shudder. "Filthy Vermin! he growls before wading back into the fray. He steps back through the door and steps to right so he is adjacent to the swarm but not in it and takes a two handed power swing at the rats with his quarterstaff. It is a very low sweep, relatively parallel to the ground, and of such immense power that the rat swarm instantly disappears from the impact.

R3T15: Dorn, what do you do?

Ratlings on deck and in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (25:33). STAGGERED til end R4T20!!
* Summon swarm used.

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R3T15: Dorn makes his way up the ladder closest to the southern part of the eastern set of bookshelves, and closes on the ratlings up there, being forced to hunker down.

R3T14: A book goes sailing sily over Jean, and R1 appears right in front of him. It manages to scamper away from Jean so as to provoke an AOO from him, moving north 25'.

R3T13: R2 suddenly disappears from view while simultaneously reappearing well north along the eastern bookcase (only Haru, Dorn, Javert, Jean can see it).

R3T12: R3 skitters back a few feet, staggered, and then disappears from view.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T21: Gaye moves north to the center table and tries to do a hop-up but ends up having to clamber up onto the table less gracefully than desired.

R4T20: Haru, what do you do?

Björn on deck, Jean in the hole ... (remember you can post out of sequence if you are in this "on deck" or "in the hole" state)

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (18:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). Pulled back from edge of bookshelf, 5' due E of Gaye.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (25:33). Invisible!!! Two squares south of Javert.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (1).

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R4T20: Haru turns and launches another shot at the ratling still in sight (R2) for 3 cold (staggered), keeping his elevated position to be able to see the targets.

R4T18: Björn, you currently don't see any ratlings, though you did see Haru shoot the top of the bookshelf well to the NE and heard a squeak. What do you do?

Jean on deck, Javert in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (15:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). STAGGERED!!!
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (25:33). Invisible!!! Two squares south of Javert.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (1).

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R4T18: Björn moves to a position where he can climb a ladder to the bookshelf after putting his sword away.

R4T17: Lamenting his lack of skill with any ranged weapon (not that, to his knowledge, he'd ever tried one), Jean climbs back down the bookshelf and runs to the table Gaye is standing on. Sure enough, no sooner does he step up on the table than he sees one of the rat-things directly west of him on top of the bookshelf.

R4T16.5: Javert swoops down from his position, goes due north, and comes back up on the bookshelf on the north side of his ratling target. He pecks his R2 for 1.

R4T16: Brother Jaume, the only place where you know there must be a ratling is to the far northeast because Haru shot something and Javert is picking at something there. What do you do?

Dorn on deck, ratlings in the hole ...

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Gaye: 21.
Haru: 20.
Björn: 18.
Jean: 17.
Javert: 16.5.
Brother Jaume: 16.
Dorn: 15.
R1: 14. (31:33). Invisibility! Now one square north of the far SW corner, first W square.
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: dimension door (1), invisibility (1).
R2: 13. (14:33; Broken Leg: DEX 14:14, CON 12:13, half speed). STAGGERED!!!
* Summon swarm used/ failed. Used: cause fear (1).
R3: 12. (25:33). Invisible!!! Two squares south of Javert.
* Summon swarm used. Used: Invisibility (1).