Breaking the Mold, part 3
Log Info
- Title: Breaking the Mold, part 3
- Emitter: Faranmidahn
- Characters: Ashes, Burai, Rocky, Rumbo, Lysos
- Place: The Felwood
- Time: Thursday, September 03, 2020, 6:30 PM
- Summary: The battle continues! Rocky holds his own, the little pebble an immoveable barrier to the advancing host-stricken. Lysos and Burai get to the prisoners to help them, but continue to be overwhelmed. Ashlee does her best, changing positions on the battlefield to provide healing, and some actual command directions, mostly to Rumbo. Rumbo is effective with his Dragonspitter, taking down a host-stricken, Rocky as well, fells several, and one recovers enough with Ash's healing to somewhat join the fight. Sadly, Vardama is also keeping the mold in the battle, and they take some beating down. As the fight drags on, there's a brief and unexpected interruption.
After tracking the trail to the nesting area of the Mindslaver Mold, the party discovered a number of survivors of the village being held prisoner for some purpose.
After some discussion, the group decided to set up a fatal funnel, one that would focus the infected sentinels to cluster into a tight space and allow Rocky to hold them off from the others.
Over the course of the engagement, fire was traded, urai and Lysos snuck into the cul du sac to aid the prisoners, Rumbo limped up to get a better angle on the corrupted archer, while a couple of the infect managed to get up and around to threaten Rocky and the others from above.
At last, after several heated exchanges, two of the hosts are down, two of the adventurers are affect by spores, and one of the dispossessed Molds is dragging itself toward the prisoners.
GAME: Burai rolls melee+1: (10)+8+1: 19 GAME: Burai rolls 1d3+5: (2)+5: 7 GAME: Burai rolls fort: (9)+8: 17
Burai takes a swing at the moldy host lumbering by, hitting him and the getting dosed in a cloud of spores.
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (7)+7: 14
Rocky glances towards the foe behind him, but keeps his attention towards the front. He's the door, not the mop to clean up what gets past. However, the distraction costs him, and the sith's blade goes wide.
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (12)+5: 17 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (18)+5: 23
Undaunted by the near untouchability of Rocky, the armoured hosts flail their weapons with intent to harm to all the effect of making shadow puppets in his direction.
<OOC> Ashes says, "Evil Eye one of the ones climbing down, the one that broke it's ankle." <OOC> Ashes says, "Yes. DC14 Will Save, AC -2, Makes it, 1 round, fails 6 rounds" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (12)+2: 14
"Burai, Lysos, are you ok?" Ashlee calls out again, loud, still no excitement in her voice. Perhaps that's reassuring, that the healer isn't panicking. Their mourner is concerned, and she moves up closer behind Rocky. She stares at opponent limping up towards the sith'makar, wishing more ill things on the mold that covers and controls it. She glares, her dark eyes boring out of the black sockets of her skull.
<OOC> Faranmidahn says, "ok, 1 lysos, 2 burai, 3 rumbo" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d3: (1): 1 <OOC> Lysos says, "AC is 17 with shield." GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+8: (13)+8: 21 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+4: (1)+4: 5
Seeing the reappearing mammal unleash a streak of fiery magic against one of its colony mates, the mold driving the archer steers it's host along the lip of the culd du sac to get an angle past the cover she's taken, firing almost straight down into her.
Rumbo has a loaded dragonspitter and has been marching on the Hunter to close the distance. He is going to continue hobbling up the difficult terrain to get as close as he can before he shoots. The moving hunter has moved away, about five feet.
<OOC> Rumbo says, "Ah right, that's what I was remembering. So Rumbo closes to 45' and fires. Two range increases." GAME: Rumbo rolls BAB+5-4: (17)+0+5+-4: 18 GAME: Rumbo rolls 1d6: (5): 5
Rumbo hobbles up the slope slowly, struggling against the broken ground as he uses a broken hoe in one hand to keep upright. His other hand keeps his dragonspitter held out at the archer pointing directly out as the angle keeps changing. Finally the gobber takes a deep breath, stops for a moment and squeezes the trigger. KABLOOM!
Smoke billows from the muzzle as the dragonspitter barks and fires it's projectile to bite the Archer from a distance. "Suck on that you bald monkey!" Rumbo growls as he starts the process to reload the firearm. <goblin-talk>
GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (2)+8+1+-2: 9 GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (10)+8+1+-2: 17 GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (20)+8+1+-2: 27 (THREAT) GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (2)+8+1+-2: 9 (not confirmed) GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (3)+4: 7 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (6)+4: 10 GAME: Burai rolls 1d6+5+4: (2)+5+4: 11 GAME: Burai rolls 1d6+5+4: (2)+5+4: 11 GAME: Burai rolls fort: (10)+8: 18 GAME: Burai rolls fort: (1)+8: 9 (EPIC FAIL) GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d4: (2): 2
Burai snarls at the mold on the host that he's fighting. He snarls at the mold that is moving around by itself. For good measure he snarls at the prisoners. Then he turns and slashes at the figure in front of him. After the second such blow he jerks back slightly, then shakes his head as if stung.
<OOC> Lysos says, "Ah heck, I'll try to hit him with a scorching ray." GAME: Lysos rolls 1d20+5: (17)+5: 22 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (14)+4: 18 GAME: Lysos casts Scorching Ray. Caster Level: 5 DC: 17 GAME: Lysos rolls 4d6: (18): 18
"I'm fine!" Lysos yells up at Ashes, though she's really not, not so much anymore... and her yell is flavoured with pain. Then, "Flambo!" Another ray of white fire lances out to strike the hunter in retribution even as she clutches at her leg where the hunter's arrow sliced through both fabric and flesh.. and while much of the parastic mold upon the archer seems to burn flake away, she doesn't stick around to see if it does much more, instead scrambling to but the beastial Burai between her and as much danger as she can.
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (3)+2: 5 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+1: (15)+1: 16 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+7: (6)+7: 13 <OOC> Faranmidahn says, "fortitude save please?" GAME: Ashes rolls fortitude: (9)+5: 14 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d4: (2): 2 GAME: Faranmidahn damaged your Wisdom for 2 points. 2 total damage.
Ash feels her will and sense of self are suddenly lessened as she's engullfed in a cloud of grey/green spore dust.
The host currently standing nose to snout with the jaguar chances a wild swing with his club, but only disturbs the air.
Another, with the bad leg, shambles back from the Sith as a tendril of greeenish grey mold peels up from his shoulder and spits an acorn of attack at Ashes, dusting her in the dusty spores.
Meanwhile, the last two, so.... inably trying to get up and around the Rockyblok, manages to pick themselves up off of the ground.
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (16)+7: 23 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (17)+4: 21 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (3)+3: 6
Rocky swings again, his large blade shearing off a fair hunk of mold, but not quite enough to free the poor bastard it still clings to.
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (5)+5: 10 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (13)+5: 18 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (15)+5: 20
The three armoured men continues to wave their swords' sharp edges at Rocky, but the well situated Sith is too evasive for them.
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (3)+7: 10
Rocky swings again as one limps away from him, and misses.
<OOC> Ashes says, "okay, do that, then channel some healing" GAME: Ashes rolls 2d6: (12): 12
Ashlee does not approve of mold, and mold throwing spores at her. She attempts to exhale, times it badly, and feels the dust-like spores clogging her nose. Her head spins, not quiet a headache, but her concentration wavers.
Suddenly, scrambling over rocks and rough terrain to help her friend seems like a really good idea. Lysos is probably so stubborn she won't ask for help until it's too late. The mourner is sure of this. Also, it gets her away from the mold flinging things, which she doesn't want to deal with.
Getting into position, she shakes her holy symbol, "Feiu of the Tears, make this fight longer." This is a prayer her goddess can get behind, and does.
<OOC> Faranmidahn says, "ok, this one is going to be 1 lysos, 2 rumbo, 3 ashes" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d3: (2): 2 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+8: (18)+8: 26 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+4: (3)+4: 7
The hunter, badly burned in body and mold, turns his attention back to the gungoblin and looses another arrow into him.
Rumbo grits his teeth as he toils over the smoking dragonspitter. Pouring a measure of powder down the barrel, covering the muzzle with a patch and ramming a ball of lead down with a handy rod. He already has an arrow poking through his body, the archer having killed him once already this engagement, but the magical healing provided by the Hobgoblin is keeping his blood inside his body instead - until another arrow from the Archer pokes further holes in him and blood spurts out. "GAAAAAH!" Rumbo growls out... but the dragonspitter is loaded and he takes a few hobbling paces closer to the Archer!
GAME: Burai casts Flaming Sphere. Caster Level: 6 DC: 13 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (13)+4: 17 GAME: Burai rolls 3d6: (11): 11 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d6: (5): 5
Burai backs away slowly from the mold-infected villager he is fighting. He casts an angry glare at the mold that is somehow
Burai backs away slowly from the mold-infected villager he is fighting. He casts an angry glare at the mold that is somehow moving along without a host. He judges how far from the remaining prisoners. Then he begins growling again, rythmicly, a bestial chant. A large ball of fire appears over the mold. It rolls back and forth to give the monstrous substance a fiery massage.
GAME: Lysos casts Thunderstomp. Caster Level: 5 DC: 16 GAME: Lysos rolls 1d20+5+5: (7)+5+5: 17 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d6: (4): 4
Lysos stops clutching at her leg when the pain there disappears.. though her hand remains bloody, as does the ripped fabric of her dress, it's almost as though the wound is gone. No.. a quick, but closer inspection and she realizes its not gone.. there is still a faint reminder of the pain there, but she can push it out of mind now. She bares her teeth in a grin at Ashes, then turns her black eyes up towards the hunter. Then she thrusts her hand out, palm down. She raises it in time with her knee, then thrusts both towards the ground, her foot striking the earth at the same time that she shouts, "Krak!" A moment later, the ground beneath the hunter seems to lurch, sending him tumbling over the edge into the bowl.
<OOC> Faranmidahn says, "the one that shot ashes is going to move back on rocky and try to hit him" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (18)+2: 20 <OOC> Faranmidahn says, "oh, there was the other mold hell shoot at lysos" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+3: (10)+3: 13 GAME: Lysos rolls fortitude: (15)+2: 17
The two moldy saps who have been failing so mierably at climbing, feeling reinvigorated, turn and rush the mad cat tearing/burningating their colonymate.
The One mold trying to crawl it's way to a new host is suddenly UNhappy at having a ball of fire manifested on top of it and, as it burns, it craaaawls away from the sphere, though still alight.
The other mold, manages to huck another spore at Lysos, though the beleaguered sorceress fights off the effects.
The limping host shambles back toward Rocky, taking a swipe at the sith, but only manages to collapse as the flesh gives out to bloodloss and exertion.
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (8)+7: 15 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (4)+4: 8 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (10)+3: 13
Rocky swings his blade again, slicing deep into the mold. Deep enough to finally kill it, and leave the host free, if somewhat battered and confused.
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+7: (20)+7: 27 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (1)+4: 5 (EPIC FAIL) GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+7: (2)+7: 9 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+1: (1)+1: 2 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (16)+5: 21 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+1: (2)+1: 3 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (2)+5: 7
So, as the mold is cut from his body, the battered guard, seems to get at least some of his resolve back, and he turns with a cry of outrage and skims the mold on one of his partner's. Not taking this lightly, the host then turns to retalliate with a glancing blow of her own, while the third moves to try and keep Rocky from moving forward and merely swipes at empy air beside the sith.
GAME: Ashes casts Protection From Evil. Caster Level: 3 DC: 13 GAME: Ashes rolls 1d8+3: (6)+3: 9
Ash looks around, assessing. 'Check on the gobber, always check on the gobber!'. The training comes back, unbidden. Rumbo, does not look well, he's got another arrow in him. Like a small angel of death she flutters over beside him, jingles her holy symbol, and intones flatly, "Feiu of the Tears, protect him."
Her touch spreads a cold chill through the goblin, like clammy wet earth, and after it passes his wounds are healed.
The archer, in.... miserable shape.... doesn't even bother picking up his bow, nor gather his feet, he simply crawls on battered limbs toward the hapless prisoners.
GAME: Rumbo rolls BAB+5-2: (16)+0+5+-2: 19 GAME: Rumbo rolls 1d6: (1): 1
Rumbo squeaks out through gritted teeth "Thanks Boss!" then continues to hobble after the archer. With only one leg, two arrows sticking out from him and a dragonspitter it one hand Rumbo doesn't get very far before he aims along the firearm and activates it. KABLOOM! Fire errupts from the barrel as he shoots the Archer. "Die you mouldy gnome!" <goblin-talk>
GAME: Burai rolls 3d6: (13): 13 GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (18)+8+1+-2: 25 GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (12)+8+1+-2: 19 GAME: Burai rolls melee+1-2: (7)+8+1+-2: 14 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (5)+4: 9 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (8)+4: 12 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (17)+4: 21 GAME: Burai rolls 1d6+5+4: (2)+5+4: 11 GAME: Burai rolls 1d6+5+4: (6)+5+4: 15 GAME: Burai rolls fort: (6)+8: 14 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d4: (4): 4
Burai emits a growl, that somehow turns into one of triumph as the flaming sphere burns mold to ash. He turns towards the enemy he's fighting. Still awash with the thrill of victory, he forgets how striking it can hurt himself almost as much and slashes away until he's satisfied the mold won't be a threat.
GAME: Lysos spends ONE use of TOUCH OF DESTINY.
Lysos's hands falls to the dagger at her hip as she spies the hunter crawling and bleeding towards the prisoners.. but seeing as how she's as liable to kill what's left of the mold's host as she is to hurt the creature riding it, she turns. First thing she sees is.. well, the seemingly frenzied big cat ripping away at the molds. "Okay.. nice kitty... don't bite me.." she mutters, more for herself than anything else, and she scurries towards him. She tries very hard to stay away from his fangs, instead slapping him on the rump. For a brief second, the druid is afforded a sense of possible outcomes for the next few seconds...
<OOC> Faranmidahn says, "ok, two of them will try and club burai" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (14)+2: 16 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (4)+2: 6 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+7: (3)+7: 10 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+7: (16)+7: 23 <OOC> Faranmidahn says, "this provokes, if you wish to take the shot Rocky" GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (12)+7: 19 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (15)+4: 19 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (2)+3: 5 GAME: Rocky rolls fort: (16)+6: 22
The remaining, freshly healed hosts, try, perhaps foolishly, to harry the jaguar with their clubs, but to no avail.
The hostless mold nearby disgorges another pod of spores past Lysos to shatter into a cloud of pointlessness against the sheer walls.
The one behing Rocky, however, manages to land a pop, nimbly evading the Sith's countrstroke, though it's host is not nearly so fortunate. No effect sems to befall the warrior, however.
<OOC> Rocky says, "Stabed the host, lets try for the mold..." GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (10)+7: 17 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (7)+4: 11 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (8)+3: 11
Rocky stabs again at the mold.
<OOC> Faranmidahn says, "ok, the freed guard is gonna 5' to flank again" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (18)+5: 23 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (11)+4: 15 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+1: (2)+1: 3 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (16)+5: 21 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+1: (7)+1: 8 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (6)+5: 11
His opponents shamble around, surrounding and attempting to flank him.
<OOC> Ashes says, "okay Channel 2 of 5" GAME: Ashes rolls 2d6: (5): 5
"Good work Soldier," Ashe compliments Rumbo, this is a thing that commanders say. She's not entirely sure it's applicable, but he hasn't fallen down and some of the enemy has, so that's something. <goblin-talk>
Although, the ashen Arvec would like to save the hosts, if possible. She's somewhat lost track of them, and is discouraged that it heals the mold, but it is attrition and she trusts the others to know what to hit. Moving closer she picks a spot that will do the most good, and issues a small prayer, "Feiu of the Tears, help them hang on." <goblin-talk>
Oh phoo, the mold is hanging on too. Such is life.
Hunter mold creeps clooooooeser to the hosts.
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+1: (1)+1: 2 (EPIC FAIL) <OOC> Faranmidahn says, "and the pool of blood around him continues to spread."
The hunter's former master weakly drags itself toward the prisoners, it will surely reach them soon. Meanwhile, the man himself continues to bleed out.
GAME: Rumbo rolls acrobatics: (9)+3-10: 2 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d6: (5): 5 GAME: Rumbo rolls 1d20+4: (18)+4-4: 18 GAME: Rumbo used a Tindertwig.
Rumbo has just been praised by an officer, or at least he feels as if he has, and smiles cheerfully to the Arvek Nar before tossing himself over the edge of the crevasse to tumble down the side. "Ow!" He cries out as the arrows sticking from his body get pushed in deeper "Maybe a bad idea!" He grumbles as he comes to a stop at the bottom of the fall. It doesn't prevent the gobber from striking a tindertwig... very little can stop a determined gobber from starting a fire! <goblin-talk>
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+7: (11)+7: 18 <OOC> Faranmidahn says, "ok, it's still burning, just not going up in flames"
Rocky's friends are still kicking. He's got a lot of friends. The freed guard is brely standing. There is the one between Rocky and the freed guard, and the one by himself trying to keep Rocky on the other side of that gap.
GAME: Lysos casts Thunderstomp. Caster Level: 5 DC: 16 GAME: Lysos rolls 1d20+5+5: (17)+5+5: 27
Lysos takes a half step back to just keep distance between herself and the molds, putting one sleeve to her nose to try and avoid inhaling the spores that keep floating her way. But at least it seems like she has a moment to actually take a look at things again.. and that's how she finally notices Rocky being blocked and harried. So that half step gets reversed, taking her a little bit in the Sith'makar's direction... and once again, she gathers power and slams it into the ground. "Krak!" Followed by a "Yes!" as she sees one of the Moldies get knocked off her feet.
The mold from the dead guy starts to try and crawl up the wall. The two pressing burai try to put a knot on his head. The shooter by Rocky starts to detach from the dying guy and moves 5' away.
GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (13)+2: 15 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+2: (18)+2: 20
The two unarmoured slaves to the mold, continue to press the jaguar after his move, their clubs only coming close but not sealing the deal.
Meanwhile, the surviving dispossessed mold growths decide they've had enough of this, and start to open distance a little at a time. One, managing to get about 5' up the wall, while the other dislodges itself from the figure behind rocky and slithers 5' off to try and find some vegatation to hide in.
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4+6: (11)+7+6: 24 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (8)+4: 12 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (10)+3: 13 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+11: (8)+11: 19 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+4: (7)+4: 11 GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d8+1: (7)+1: 8 <OOC> Faranmidahn says, "last infected will go after the friendly guard" GAME: Faranmidahn rolls 1d20+5: (12)+5: 17
Rocky starts after the detached mold trying to slink away, but seeing the former host is dire form, helps to whittle down the host still standing, taking a big chuck out of the mold, but not quite detaching it.
Rumbo got a little injured falling down the crevasse but that's not the stepping in he needs. The Hunter killed him and also later on shot him. The gobbo doesn't care much that the mold has been detached, he's going to start beating on the Hunter with his dragonspitter
<OOC> Ashes says, "channel 3 of 5" GAME: Ashes rolls 2d6: (5): 5
"Rumbo, attack the mold. If it detaches, leave the hosts." Ashlee says, taking stock of what's going on. She adjusts her position, to try and keep the victims of the mold alive, although that's adding to her group's problem. <goblin-talk>
'Rocky. I'm sorry. Try to get the mold off them, they might live.'
In the distance there is an unexpected explosion, a fiery burst of electricity that momentarily casts a stark light across the combat.
Combatty Stuff
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| Name | CHP (T) | HP |
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| Ashes.........| 24 | 26 |
| Burai.........| 42 | 52 |
| Faranmidahn...| 33 | 33 |
| (C) Torrent...| 33 | 33 |
| Lysos.........| 27 | 27 |
| Rocky.........| 30 | 34 |
| Rumbo.........| 10 | 10 |
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==================== Current Initiative Order - Round 10 =====================
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22 Rocky 1
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19 3 Guards 1
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>> 17 Ashes 1 <<
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10 Hunter 1
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9 Rumbo 1
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8 Burai 1
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4 Lysos 1
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4 Faranmidahn 1
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3 6 Commoners 1
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