IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part I

[michael_noah]

"This should get the buggers off me!"

Boldak lights the oil in his square on fire with the torch he's holding, clearly preferring to get a bit singed rather than have more spider bites.

 

[worthley]

[SBLOCK=ooc]I wanted to 5 foot step. I should have made that clear. [/sblock]
Trenton takes a second swing at the swarm. Now that he has seen the swarm he is much more aware of the surroundings, rapidly looking around to make sure there are no other spiders that need killing.
[SBLOCK=ooc]I will attack the swarm. If they surround me before my turn, I will move to just outside of the swarm[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

Breth cocks his head to one side and mutters "Should've moved..."

He then takes a 5' step forward and casts burning hands again. After the fire clears he moves 30 feet south again.

 

[o3caudata]

[sblock=ooc]I think trenton should only have one damage. He gained 2 from resting(it's the second of these that's missing i think), 6 from my 2 CLW and 3 from the cantrips or at least that's my count.[/sblock]
Gazing quizzically at Boldak Alexis takes aim at the mass of spiders after lighting an oil flask pulled from her belt.

[sblock=ooc]Alexis lights an oil flask and takes a 5-foot step north.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=OOC]I'm totally inept. o3 is right about Trentons hps. I also forgot that Boldak had a torch in his hand as well, and failed to give him his AoO. (I remembered that Alexis had one, but she was flat-footed.) I'm adding it now.[/sblock]
As the swarm continues to climb about him, Boldak manages to strike a good blow against it. The vermin burn more as the fire does its work.

As the swarm comes outside, Trenton moves next to it and swings with his torch. Unfortunately, he barely misses.

Without concern for his own skin, Boldak stabs his torch at the oil he poured. It catches aflame. While the dwarf is singed, the majority of the spiders sizzle and pop. What little remain, scatter in all directions. The swarm is no more.

[sblock=OOC]Boldak's AoO: 20!, auto hit; confirmation 14-3=11, failed to confirm; 3 damage
Trenton: 5-foot step; attack 16+0=16, miss (so damn close)
Boldak: lights oil w/ torch; auto damage B-1, Swarm-2; it's dispersed

Init & status
Boldak (17): 2 damage
Breth (17)
Swarm (13): 10 damage, dispersed
Alexis (8): 1 damage
Trenton (8): 1 damage; 1 STR damage[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

Breth looks at the scorched remains of the swarm and breathes a sigh of relief. He then looks across at the body of Nav, and walks into the building to look around, leaving the others with their companion.

[sblock=ooc]Breth searches the building, main room first, then through the doorway, then upstairs if possible.[/sblock]

 

[worthley]

Once the swarm is taken care of, Trenton walks over to the remains of Nav. There he grabs the deflated reminants of Nav's hand and kneels beside the lost companion. There he lowers his head and starts speeking softly. It would look as if he is praying with the only audible phrases "I'm sorry", "Forgive me", and "Never forget"

 

[michael_noah]

With the flames licking at his boots, Boldak chases the spiders as they scatter out of the fire shouting, "Ha! That'll show you little dung eaters!" and he stomps and kicks at them as they go. "Take that!"

He leaves Trenton to his mourning and turns to the others saying, "We should clean these wounds to ensure we don't get poisoned as Trenton did, Alexis. Then we can have a look around."

[sblock=ooc]Boldak uses heal for Alexis' poison save and asks her to do the same for him. Then he continues searching the office for information about the surrounding area/the cairn or any interesting items.[/sblock]

 

[o3caudata]

"You're right I suppose. Lets see what we can do about them."

After doing her best to clean out the wounds, Alexis goes to Trenton to kneel by Nav's body. "You're not alone Trenton. We all feel sorrow over this. We were underprepared and overconfident. The best we can do is to learn from this and press on. Help all of us to not let it happen again."

Alexis lowers her head, "We should burn what remains of his body. Help me gather some wood. As dry as possible." She rises and goes in search of some wood.

[sblock=ooc]Alexis attempts to uses heal in an attempt to help. Then gets enough wood to build a makeshift pyre. Then uses oil and torches to ignite.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

As Breth begins poking around the office, he finds that the doorway leads to a small kitchen with a firepit and other inconsequential junk. Examining the stairs leading up proves to be a worthless effort, as there is no way to get past the debris, and, judging from what can be seen from outside, there's probably no reason to try.

However, Breth manages to find, under the staircase where the swarm came out, a secret door. Inside is a small closet. While there is a great amount of useless junk, Breth manages to find 8 pints of oil, 5 tindertwigs, 1 flask of alchemist’s fire, 50’ silk rope, and 18 days of unspoiled trail rations.

Meanwhile, while Alexis and Boldak assist each other in fending off the remaining effects of the poison, Trenton mourns for Nav. Once that is done, the sad task of disposing of the pale man's remains is carried out. As the pyre burns, one can only hope that Nav's spirit has found someplace better than the shithole that is Diamond Lake.

[sblock=OOC]Poison saves after 1 minute: A-16+3=19, success; B-15+6=21, success; I'm not bothering with the heal checks
I'm also just gonna give Breth a successful search, since there is no doubt that you'd find the stuff.
Also, do you guys take anything Nav had on him? Ti, fill us in as to what he had.[/sblock]