OOC: My peaceful weekend of getting caught up on writing turned into a day at the rodeo, an evening babysitting for a friend, and then a birthday party for my sister the next day.
Upstairs:
"......" Yiun looks to Xenon, and then pointing to himself with one blade and the stairs with the other he hurriedly leaps towards the stairs.
Xenon confirms to the silent warrior.
Yiun arrives just behind Marcus and Slip at the instant a horrible creature, part child, part feral flesheater, charges. Its bloody claws and gore-stained fangs strain for the attack, but Marcus is quicker.
Marcus will waste no time at the horrific visage. With both his rapier and dagger already drawn and ready he prepares for the attack!
Marcus's rapier pierces the thing's throat in what should be a mortal wound. The monster recoils with a ghastly hiss, dodging Marcus's dagger in the process. The ragged wound its throat oozes blood and some other substance best left uncontemplated. Despite its horrible injury, it lunges and its fanged maw snaps shut close to Marcus's left forearm.
Even the street toughened Ranger cannot but be affected by such a gruesome sight - one of the very children she had striven to protect turned to such a monster - and she stands gaping as the creature attacks.
Slip slides to the side, opening a line of attack for Yiun at the same time she flanks the monster with Marcus. Her attack is clumsy, however, and the thing easily evades her weapon.
In the basement:
Seeing the way clear into the sewers, Mero sends his wisps forward into the dark tunnel. Ducking his head just a little, he starts to walk down the tunnel. "I don't envy you tall-folk having to crawl through this to fit." he says as he shakes an offending bit of sludge from a boot.
Turning to Mero Nydra says "There is no way to climb down here without ropes. Anyone going in there is going to" Suddenly realising that Mero has entered the tunnel, Nydra stop speaking and looks at him in shock; expecting him to slide down the slope and fly out into the unknown.
Mero quickly realizes Nydra's words are true. While Mero's wisps do illuminate the tunnel, they cannot advance far without leaving his line of sight. The slime-slick passage isn't long, but it slopes downward sharply before it drops off. Mero estimates there is probably a 10-foot drop at the end of the shaft. Advancing farther in for a better look at what lies below will require careful balancing.
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IOW, if Mero wants to move more than a few feet into the small passage, he'll need to make a DC 8 Acrobatics check if he uses the walls and/or ceiling to help steady his descent. Otherwise, the Acrobatics DC is 10. Significant failure (6 or more points) could result in a nasty tumble.
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Intiative Order: Mero (19), Yiun (16), Xenon (12), Marcus (10), Ghoul Child (9), Slip (5), Nydra (?)
Ghoul Child: 8 damage; very injured.
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Ghoul Child Initiative:
1d20+4=9.
Ghoul Child Bite vs. Marcus:
1d20+6=15, 1d4-1=2.
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