[Eberron] The Forgotten Forge

[Old Fezziwig]

Surprise Round
Gannon swings his morninstar at the swarm [morningstar, roll of 17 on d20, +2 melee, total 19, hit], and he can feel a satisfying splatter as it connects with the shiny black insects. Still, it seems not to affect them at all [0 hp damage]. Meanwhile, Flawed moves around the swarm's right flank in order to get a better position from which to cast burning hands [30 ft. from h8 to i4].

The beetles then swarm Rawhide, biting him painfully all over his body, even as he pops one in his mouth (tasty, if a bit feisty) [4 hp damage] and offers his comments to the fleeing gnome [Plonk moves 30 ft. from k8 to i9].

OOC: Assume that the swarm has adjusted itself to fill g6 and h5-7, which includes Rawhide. Attacks targeting the swarm will likely target the shifter as well.

 

[Knight Otu]

"Rawhide, trx to get out of there!"

 

[Krug]

Plonk heads over to J8 in order to avoid contact with the swarm. "Get them away from me!"

 

[Ashy]

As the insects begin to painfully bite the shifter, his eyes roll back in his head and his mouth begins to froth. A long, low howl escapes his lips as he shifts and begins to pound the bugs all around him with his mace...

OOC: Shift, and attack (with heavy mace)

 

[Old Fezziwig]

OOC: I'm going to need a different move from Rawhide (he's used his rage for the day) and a move from Gannon before I continue. If I don't get one, I'll push this along tomorrow morning with the most conservative actions available (that is, Rawhide tries to escape and Gannon attacks again with his morningstar).

 

[Ashy]

OOC: I'm going to need a different move from Rawhide (he's used his rage for the day) and a move from Gannon before I continue. If I don't get one, I'll push this along tomorrow morning with the most conservative actions available (that is, Rawhide tries to escape and Gannon attacks again with his morningstar).

OOC: Erp! Sorry - post above has been edited!

 

[MadMaxim]

And Gannon keeps attacking the swarm with his morningstar until one of the others is reduced to negative hit points in which case he'll quickly come to cast a cure light wounds (or rather convert one of his 1st-level spells into one).

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Round 1

Gannon attacks the swarm again, hitting [roll of 17 on d20, +1 morningstar, total 18, success], yet having no obvious success [0 hp damage]. Flawed yells for Rawhide to get out of the swarm, which continues to feast on the shifter [4 hp damage, leaving him with 7/15 hp]. Plonk flees from the bugs again, as Rawhide swings his heavy mace at them [roll of 18 on d20, +3 heavy mace, total 21, success] to little avail [0 hp damage].

OOC: Map tomorrow. I wanted to get this up before Michael shuts down the boards to check some issues out.

 

[Krug]

"We can't beat them! Get out of their way!" Plonk will look for ways to get out. Perhaps a handhold above, or slipping out of their direction to C8.

 

[Ashy]

In his more feral mode, something inside Rawhide's head snaps and the animal that is deep within him takes over. Howling like a hornet-stung wolf, the shifter drops down to all fours and runs as fast as he can away from the bugs. Driven by a singular survival instinct, Rawhide looks for water and if he finds it, he dives in.