Final Fantasy J

[Arkhandus]

(Mikken, HP 53/75 13/35, Con 9/16, AC 23, Haste)

Mikken yelps in pain at the huge fangs jabbing into his flesh, then the burning pain of poison makes him stagger for a moment, gritting his teeth. "NNRG, POISON! HELP!" he cries out. "Sorry Kyo!"

He dashes by the serpent and spins about once, slashing futilely with the katana, dizzy with pain, then dashes away to the side, his magically-augmented speed carrying him close to Leita and the white mage. He staggers again for a moment once he gets there, teeth still clenched in pain as sweat beads on his brow. Mikken feels nauseous, but tries to stay upright and not drop his blades.

[sblock=ooc]I assume your comment means that you can't view the Title of each post from wherever you're posting at? Assuming that is the case, I moved Mikken's status to the top of the post instead of the Title line.

Mikken simply cannot survive one more hit like that. Even without further Constitution loss, he'd DIE in one hit now.

So he Spring Attacks 10 feet past the serpent's side, attacks once, and continues his movement, but around towards Leita and the white mage (avoiding getting in their line of fire though). This means he takes no AoO for the movement, with Spring Attack. Hasted, his speed is 60 feet, so he should be able to arrive within 5 or 10 feet of the white mage.

Primary-hand katana +12 melee for 1d10+4 damage
Zip, nada, zilch. Natural 1 attack roll, despite maximum damage roll. Frickin' crud.
Keen katana, spring attack against giant snake (1d20+12=13, 1d10+4=14)

Prepared Spells: Detect Magic, Light, Light, Mending, Read Magic, Feather Fall, Mage Armor (cast), Mage Armor, Magic Missile (cast), Magic Missile, Magic Missile, Magic Missile, Acid Arrow, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace, Knock, Scorching Ray, Dispel Magic, Haste (cast), Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Ice Storm, Mass Enlarge Person, Stone Shape.[/sblock]

 

[Jemal]

Sly continues digging his talons painfully into the snake while Leita's arrows pump into it's scales, two sinking in.
Meanwhile, Mikken's blade slides innefectively across the things scales, his dizzy weakened state hindering his abilities as he heads for the women.

The snake lets him go, focusing on Kyo and Sly. It continues crushing the dinosaur while snapping its jaws onto Kyo.

Overwhelmed by the ferocity of the assault, the white mage gasps and shouts for Kyo to come back while rushing over to sprinkle some diamond dust over Mikken, making him feel much better as Kyo's attacks become more furious against the beast, but though it is covered in blood and looks mortally wounded, it does not drop.

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Sly
Leita
Mikken
Snake
Kyo
White Mage
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You can't see individual post titles while Replying, which is why I asked to include info 'In the post'.
I think Tailspinner said somewhere that he was out for a while, so.. Leita's attacks: Rapid shot attacks; Damage (1d20+19=26, 1d20+19=21, 1d20+19=30, 1d20+14=19, 1d8+3=4, 1d8+3=5, 1d8+3=11, 1d8+3=11) 1st and 3rd hit for 15 damage.
Mikken misses
Snake Grapple Vs Sly; Constrict (1d20+24=34, 1d20+16=28, 1d8+18=23) The snake continues it's '-10 to act as though not grappled', dealing 23 to Sly with the constrict.
Snake Bites Kyo; Damage; Fort vs Poison; Poison Damage (1d20+24=27, 2d6+18=22, 1d20+14=19, 1d8=3) Hits him for 22 damage, 3 more con.
Kyo attack; damage (1d20+17=22, 1d20+12=23, 1d8+15=23, 1d8+15=23)
Hits once for 23 damage.
White mage casts Restoration on Mikken, fixing the con damage (though you're still poisoned)
current situation:
SLY: 4 con damage(-16 hp), 1 damage, grappled
Mikken: 3 damage, 30' away.
Kyo: 11 con damage, 24 damage.

*KYO stats: HP 8/90, con 5*
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[Fangor the Fierce]

Sly AC23
HP 80/97 *57/81* (Con dmg of 4)
Fort *10 (Con dmg)
Ref *4 (Grappled)
Will 9

Sly takes the damage, knowing that the snake wouldn't be able to fend off the group for much longer. Feeling the put of his stomach churn, Sly knows his acidic breath is back, yet it does not seem as potent. (Due to CON dmg, DC to Reflex save goes down to DC16, which this thing can EASILY pass, so he's going to go with his trusty Talons...)

[sblock=Talons]Power Attack for 2 with Talons (1d20 14=23, 2d6 11=22)[/sblock]
Sly can hear the snakes flesh give way, as the talons seem to find the recent cut, and further the gaping wound on the foe. Sly wonders how much the snake can take, as well as how much he could afford to take as well... One of them was soon to drop...

OOC - Also, the snake took another 4acid damage for attacking Kyo

 

[Jemal]

Sly continues ripping at the snake's allready savaged flesh, the pain of his attack causing it to screech in agony and return it's full attention to him. While it's distracted, Leita unleashes more arrows which finally drop the Snake. Sly manages to avoid being crushed as it's body falls, and squirms free as the group stand around the beast, panting. It's over.


[sblock=ooc] Thanks for reminding me of the acid damage.
Because of that, the creature is Disabled and Leita's Rapid Shot attacks; damage (1d20+19=35, 1d20+19=22, 1d20+19=29, 1d20+14=19, 1d8+3=9, 1d8+3=5, 1d8+3=5, 1d8+3=6) kills it.
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[Arkhandus]

(Mikken, HP 53/75, AC 23, Haste)

Mikken sighs as the dizziness fades and he no longer feels like he's on death's door. "Thanks a lot!" he says before turning around, only to see the snake finally drop as Leita fires a few more arrows. "Ugh. Thanks for finishing it off, Leita. I can still feel the poison, but not so badly now. At least Kyo's still standing. Ah! Quick! Go help him, before the poison gets any worse!" he adds.

Mikken dashes over to Kyo's side, blades lowered but still in-hand as he looks to the dinosaur warily. "Sorry I wasn't much help there, coz. Go get some healing. I'll keep an eye on the dinosaur...." he tells Kyo. Then he looks at the dinosaur, hesitating, and says to it "Thanks for jumping in, but I hope you're not planning to eat us too...."

[sblock=ooc]Had to change my post; the DM posted while I was working on it.[/sblock]

 

[Jemal]

Kyo smiles at his cousin and mumbles 'no problem' before passing out. Mikken manages to catch him and the white mage moves over, curing him of the remaining poison. She looks between the dino and Mikken "I can neutralize the poison in one of you, and this should help the other a little" She holds out an anti-toxin then looks back down at Kyo "He'll be fine, he just keeps overtaxing himself."

OOC: Also, 1000 xp each.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Sly beheads the snake, making sure that it would not live long enough to recuperate. As he does this, he keeps the newcomers in his sights, so as not to allow them a surprise attack on himself. He looks over the snake, before grinning, and proceeding to remove the skin of the snake. He does this carefully, as his work is interrupted from one of the newcomers.

"Thanks for jumping in, but I hope you're not planning to eat us too...."

With a look that could only be portrayed as confusion, the dinosaur tilts his head at a sideways angle, staring right at the speaker, before stating, matter of factly, "I didn't think human's tasted any good, but I may be wrong. Besides, snake tastes good, and there's enough here to feed us all."

Sly continues to work, until another of the newcomers speaks up. This time, it was the one that healed him through the battle. When she offers him some aid, Sly bows, with respect to her craft, but then simply shrugs. "The poison is not that bad. If the other guy needs it more, then give it to him. Besides," Sly says, as a faint green glow phases in and out, as the wounds on the most injured ally start to heal, slowly, "I can help a little with that healing. He'll be good enough so that you don't have to heal him as much as right now. As for me, it's a flesh wound. I can take care of it as well.

[sblock=Lesser Vigor Aura] Fast Healing 2 for anyone under HALF of their total max HP. This will last until they meet HALF of their max HP, and then it's no longer useful. Sly also has the ability to heal up to 64HP of damage, which he will use a standard action to heal himself to 81/81HP after CON dmg, leaving 40HP to heal today.[/sblock]

When he looks down from talking, he throws his short limbs into the air, with a huff. "The damned skins ruined from the acid. There goes my new cloak..."

Sly then sits, turning to the others, and asks, "Who are you people? My name's Sly. These are my hunting grounds, and this snake had been overly confident on taking my food recently. Luckily, that's all over now..."

 

[Arkhandus]

(Mikken, HP 53/75, AC 23, Haste)

Mikken sheathes his blades after the dinosaur speaks, deciding for now to trust it. "Alright. This is Kyo, my cousin, the best swordsman in the region" he says proudly, pointing at the other young man. "I'm Mikken, the white mage is Frida, and the archer over there is Leita. We're traveling with a caravan nearby, just passing through....kind of an exploratory journey, really." he continues. Mikken figures it's best for now to not say anything more specific about the caravan.

He mutters a short spell after that, ending in "Repair," and the holes in his jacket magically knit together as though never bitten by the snake. And mutters afterward "The kimono will have to wait..." as he checks over the rest of his bite marks. He then quietly asks Frida to help him before the poison knocks him out like Kyo, trying not to stumble as he walks....

(ooc: For now, I'll just assume the original white mage of the group is still around, since I'm more familiar with her character and the new white mage only posted once or so before disappearing.)

 

[Jemal]

Frida cures Mikken of the poison, and hands the anti-toxin to Sly. She also manages to heal everybody's wounds fully (though not the draining weakness of the poison). As you all stand around contemplating what to do next, there is a faint scream heard drifting along the wind from the direction of the caravan...

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Fangor : +5 on your fortitude save vs Poison due to the antitoxin, feel free to roll it yourself in your next post. You take 3 con damage if you fail (DC 28).
Everybody is back to full HP, but Kyo is still unconscious and there's still the Con Damage to deal with.

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[Fangor the Fierce]

Sly shrugs off the effects of the poison easily, not knowing if the vial he took had any real affect on the resistance. As he hears the sound, he turns to the others, "More company?"

Fort save vs DC28 (1d20 15=34)