Seeing that he wasn't going to collect any life-force voluntarily, the small gnomish figure snaps his fingers. It was time to punish these trespassers! Then it was time to take that time back from them.
At the snap of the Time Collector's fingers, the two dwarfs wearing red berets clod their way over toward the group of trespassers and stares hard at them. They exchange a glance and nod at the same time before stomping their feet on the ground. A set of vines shoots up from beneath Kama'zer and Joy, wrapping around their arms and lets, and then melting into their skin. It didn't hurt, but it did leave a dark green mark on their clothing and skin in the exact shape of the vines that had wrapped them. Even without the vines their, Kama'zer and Joy could feel the marks slowly constricting their bodies.
From the south, dozens of tiny flying sprites dart toward Kane. In unison, the ugly little things scream angrily at him in tiny voices that he couldn't quite make out, and then suddenly, the sprites began to exude a dark cloud-like substance. It was pitch black and spread out quickly. Joy and Ignatz, being the most vivacious and full of life, felt the dark cloud like a life-sucking entity that burned their skin and lungs as they breathed in the horrid black cloud. Quickly, the cloud thickened, and all went dark for those within it.
Kane and Sound of Stone feel a rush of air and Ignatz can hear an angry buzzing next to him. Like a pesky mosquito, one buzzes right next to his ear, and he ducks just in time for the sprites tiny blade to miss piercing his temple.
Kane and Kama'zer also sense movement from the west, but can't pinpoint it...that is, until a field of energy explodes outward from between Kane, Kama'zer, and Joy, and slams into them like a swung hammer. Suddenly, everything for them seems to swim, and they can feel their motions slow to a crawl. The time collector laughs maniacally for a moment, but the sound is cut off mid-laugh and the only thing the adventurers can hear is the buzzing of tiny wings and the chuckling of the dwarves.
[sblock=Actions]
RC1
-- Move: to P11
-- Standard: uses Mark of Thorns on Kama'Zer. Kama'Zer is affected by the mark of thorns until the end of the encounter. While affected by the mark of thorns, Kama'Zer cannot make opportunity attacks against RC1, and Kama'Zer takes 4 damage at the end of any turn in which she did not attack RC1. In addition, at the start of Kama'Zer's turn, each of her allies adjacent to her take 4 damage.
RC2
-- Move: to Q10
-- Standard: uses Mark of Thorns on Joy. Joy is affected by the mark of thorns until the end of the encounter. While affected by the mark of thorns, Joy cannot make opportunity attacks against RC2, and Joy takes 4 damage at the end of any turn in which she did not attack RC2. In addition, at the start of Joy's turn, each of her allies adjacent to her take 4 damage.
SS2
-- Move: to T10
-- Standard: uses Dark Wave; close burst 3, +8 vs Reflex, 2d8+4 necrotic damage.
Results of this attack are as follows:
vs Kane: 10 (Miss)
vs Kama'Zer: 14 (Miss)
vs Joy: 19 (HIT)
vs Sound of Stone: 17 (Miss)
vs Ignatz: 21 (HIT)
Joy and Ignatz take 15 necrotic damage. The burst becomes a zone of darkness, until the end of SS2's next turn, that blocks line of site.
SS1
-- Move: T7
-- Standard: Charge Igntaz through cover of darkness, and attacks Ignatz with Swarm of Fangs and Blades, hitting AC
19. A close miss!
TC
-- Move: Moves from N10 to U10 (Marked with an X to note the square he was in)
-- Standard: Uses Step Out of Time; close burst 1, +11 vs Will, 1d6 + 4 damage, and the target is slowed until the end of Fortenk’s next turn.
Effect: Fortenk is removed from play until the start of his next turn, when he reappears in an unoccupied space within 3 squares of the square he last occupied. When he reappears, his attacks deal 2d6 extra damage until the end of his next turn.
Results of this attack are as follows:
vs Kane: 23 (Hit)
vs Kama'Zer: 16 (baaarely missed)
vs Joy: 24 (Hit)
Kane and Joy take 10 damage, and are slowed until the end of TC's next turn. [/sblock]
[sblock=Status]
Red Cap 1 - ?/? HP Status: Normal
Red Cap 2 - ?/? HP Status: Normal
Sprite Swarm 1 - ?/? HP Status: Normal
Sprite Swarm 2 - ?/? HP Status: Normal
Time Collector - ?/? HP Status: Removed From Play until SoNT
Kane - 44/54 HP Status: Slowed until end of TC's next turn.
Kama'zer - 41/51 HP Status: Slowed until end of TC's next turn.
Joy - 36/51 HP Status: Normal
Sound of Stone - 49/49 HP Status: Normal
Ignatz - 39/54 HP Status: Normal
Vander - 51/51 HP Status: Total Cover [/sblock]