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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhun" data-source="post: 3397869" data-attributes="member: 29098">Dara uses her falchion to cut one of the giant mosquitos (or whatever they are). It pops in a burst of blood and ichor as she cuts it, leaving only one of the creatures clinging to her.The warlock pulls the morning star from his belt and swings it awkwardly not having used the weapon much. As he begins to swing, it crackles with the familiar arcane magic he normally uses. Unfortunately, the akward angle of the strike doesn't help, and Verdis is unable to cause any appreciable damage to the creatures attached to him.Ragnok stikes the bat-thing perched upon his body, easily slaying it.Two axe continues striking out at the flying things with his axe, aiming for a different one with each end if possible. His first strike misses the lone flying beastie, and his other slices the atached creature from his leg with surgical precision. The creature still in the air, possibly annoyed by the swipe the half-orc took at it, dives on him and attaches itself neatly to his chest.The attached creatures all begin to suck blood from their prey. Verdis feels the drain the most, nearly collapsing as the foul blood-suckers drink his life away. Coraine, Otto, Dara and Marco also feel the weakness as the stirges attached to them begin to suck!Having dealt with one of the pesky creatures, Coraine twists around to deal with the other in like manner. He easily kills the one stuck to him, and its bloated corpse pops in a spray of red and falls to the ground."What in the blazes?" Otto says, struggling against the creature. The halfling tries to free himself, while simultaneously stabbing at the creature. The agile halfing easily extracates himself from the nasty stirge's grip, but fails to pierce the fluttering thing with his blade.Nodding sagaciously Marco offers his wisdom to the others. "Bloodsucking stirges you see!  They're nasty, don't let them stay on you or else they'll drain you dry, and even I won't be able to help . . . oh!" At the last he realizes that he, too, has one of the little blighters attached to him.  He drops his crossbow at his feet and pulls forth his razor sharp knife.  Usually it's used for disection, but in this case . . .although he strikes the creature successfully, his position makes it impossible for him to do enough damage to dislodge the stirge.InitiativeDara 20 - attack 12 (success), damage 5Verdis 20 - attack 6 (failure)Ragnok 19 - attack 13 (success), damage 11Two Axe 18 - attack 9 (failure), attack 24 (success), damage 8Bat-like critters 17-1 touch attack vrs Two Axe 17 (Success), attaches itself-2 attached to Verdis, blood drain for 7 CON (3 + 4) YIKES!-1 attached to Coraine, blood drain for 3 CON-1 attached to Otto, blood drain for 2 CON-1 attached to Dara, blood drain for 1 CON-1 attached to Marco, blood drain for 4 CONCoraine 13 - attack 24, damage 6Otto 12 - escape artist check 20 (success), attack 7 (failure)Marco 12 - attack 20 (success), damage 1PC StatusRagnok 31/32,Two Axe 25/28, 1 attached critterOtto 10/14 (13/17), CON 11Verdis 4/5 (16/17), 2 attached critters, CON 5Dara 21/21 (24/24), 1 attached critter, CON 13Coraine 19/25 (22/28), CON 12Marco 8/8 (14/14), 1 attached critter, CON 6[sblock=Opponent Status - Players no look!]S1 - deadS2 - deadS3 - deadS4S5S6S7 - deadS8 - deadS9 - deadS10 - deadS11S12 - deadS13S14[/sblock]</blockquote>

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