[Planescape] Squaring the Circle Redux - IC

[Sephiroth no Miko]

Realizing that you're not another employee trying to pester him with yet more questions about food decorations or schedule conflicts, Ivth takes a moment to compose himself. When he next looks you in the face, his expression is much improved, though it's hardly cheerful. He crosses his arms and cocks an inquiring eyebrow. "I might be able to do that," he says evenly. "It depends on what your business with him is. Badurth doesn't like to be troubled by... frivolous matters. Tell me, and I'll pass the word to him. If he finds it interesting, he'll bite. If not," Ivth shrugs, "perhaps you'll have to come up with a more... compelling reason."

While Flaust is talking to Ivth, those watching the revelers don't notice anyone paying any especial attention to her (or the group in general).

 

[Ashy]

OOC: Ashy, you are aware that using breath weapons take a standard action, yes? Burrow cannot cast a spell and breathe in the same round. You can still do this over the course of 2 rounds, of course; just let me know what Claw is doing (if anything) as well and how big you want the mud puddle to be (though the fact that the creature is adjacent to Burrow kinda takes away half the advantage the spell confers... :\).

Erp! I was not aware that the b. weapon was also a standard action. In that case, Burrow will tell Claw to stay and then use the breath weapon. Once he does so, he tells Claw to attack!

 

[Sephiroth no Miko]

Burrow calls upon his earthern heritage and spits forth a small storm of pebbles and stones at the creature, who howls in rage and pain as the rocky shard bite into its leathery, dessicated skin though its nimbleness saves it from the worst of the blast. Before the air is even clear though, Claw eagerly leaps into the fray, ripping into the pale flesh with his massive claws though they seem to have little effect-- the bloodless furrows close up as soon as he makes them.

The creature ignores Claw and concentrates on you, opening another shallow cut along your chest and lunging for your throat again. You manage to throw your arm up in time though its teeth bites deep into your flesh. Again, you feel that foul lassitude trying to deaden your limbs but you shove it aside, blood pounding in your ears.

You hear a mocking, hissing voice in your head: "Little morsssel fighting back is he? Good, good... we likesss to play with our food, yesss...."

Initiative (status):
Thing Trying to Eat Burrow (slightly injured)
Burrow (84/100)
Claw (69/69)

Burrow used his breath weapon for 8 points damage but the creature managed to make his Reflex save for half. It will be another 3 rounds before he can use his breath weapon again. Claw landed two hits with his claws 18+8=26 and 9+8=17 but missed with his bite 9+3=12. One claw did 5 points and the other did 7 points but both were negated by the creature's DR.

The creature attacks again, landing another bite and claw for 6 and 3 points respectively. You made both Fort saves easily with 18+11=29 and 17+11=28.

If I somehow misread Burrow's action for this round, please let me know.

 

[Ashy]

Burrow speaks firmly to Claw, "Claw - down. Seek - Donner and his dogs." The mephling jerks his head in the general direction of the gate.

Claw looks at Burrow with a confused look and Burrow feigns staggering a bit, as if he is tired or overly weary. "Hurry, boy - you must find Donner. I think this creature has posioned me. Soon, he will know my secret and devour me whole."

With that, Burrow collapses upon the ground, wild shaping into a rat...

 

[Sephiroth no Miko]

You feel your body constricting and growing fur and a tail as you drop to four feet, most of your wounds closing as your body re-forms itself. Claw gives you one last dubious look before trotting off in the direction of the gate, his claws clicking over the stones.

The creature looks amused and scoops you up easily, disregarding your struggles, and holds you in front of its face. It spreads its mouth in a malicious toothy grin.

Again, you hear in your mind its inhuman hiss as it chuckles darkly: "Food to go! How convenient!"

Initiative (status):
Thing Trying to Eat Burrow (slightly injured)
Burrow (95/100)
Claw (69/69)

Burrow healed 11 points from wildshaping. Claw withdrew, so did not provoke an AoO. The creature tries to grapple Burrow, and Burrow took his AoO and hits 13+12=25 but fails to inflict damage due to the creature's DR so the grapple proceeds. The creature succeeds on the touch attack, and Burrow loses the opposed grapple check 4-4=0 vs 21. It now has a hold on him and move him into its square by winning another opposed grapple check 16-4=12 vs 19.

Burrow's Stats: AC 19 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +5 wild armor); Spd 15 ft., climb 15 ft., swim 15 ft.; Grp -4; Atk +12 melee (1d3-4, bite), Str 2, Dex 15, Con 10; Fort +7, Ref +5. No reach as a Tiny creature.

Ashy, I also noticed that Burrow's saves listed on his sheet don't factor in his cloak of resistance so you should probably change that. I forgot to add those in for his previous saves, though it doesn't matter since he made them all anyway.

 

[Ashy]

Burrow continues to struggle, as would a rat, but makes no other move to defend itself...yet...



OOC: Changes made.

 

[Sephiroth no Miko]

Grasping your rat body firmly in its clawed hands, the creature bounds off into the maze of streets of lower Torch, giggling to itself all the while and humming badly out-of-tune. The other inhabitants see it coming and scurry out of it way like mice, eager to avoid its attention.

Eventually, it slows in front of a hovel, not so different from any number of other hovels in this town, and looks around slyly around before slipping inside. It's not much of a place, really; the few pieces of furniture inside are stained and broken, the walls have gaping holes in places, all the doors are missing, and the floor is scattered with piles of bones, most of them bearing teeth marks. The stench of rot is unbelievable.

Settling itself on a 'comfortable' patch of ground, it turns its entire attention towards you. "Now, little morsssel, we ssshall be able to devour you at our leisssure, without any nasssty interruptionsss...." it hisses, its unnatural long tongue licking at its chops. "Oh yesss.... but firssst we sssee how long it takesss for you to die...." It grip tightens mercilessly, sharp claws digging into your vulnerable belly, on the verge of breaking skin.

Initiative (status):
Burrow: 95/100
Thing Trying to Eat Burrow: slightly injured

Burrow makes another grapple check to struggle free to keep up appearances 18-4=14 vs 20 but as not surprisingly, has no luck.

I then re-rolled initiative, since we fell out of combat mode while the thing was dragging Burrow off. He has the chance to take an action before it tries to slowly squeeze the life out of him or do something else equally unpleasant.

 

[Ashy]

Burrow, tiring of this game, wildshapes into a rhinoserous. He attempts to time it at such a time as to wind up on top of the creature holding him.

 

[Sephiroth no Miko]

Shedding fur for skin of tough leather and suddenly multiplying in mass and size by a couple orders of magnitude, you wind up atop a very surprised fiend, pinning him under you with your bulk. Snarling, it tries to kick you off with its powerful hind legs and scramble away but you overpower it easily.

"Not readysss to give up yet?" It bares its teeth in a rictis of a grin. "No matter, we will still have your sssoul in the end."

Initiative (status):
Burrow (100/100)
Thing Trying to Eat Ashy (slightly injured)

Burrow heals another 5 points from his second use of wildshape. Since he was still grappled at the time of his wildshape, he tries to keep a hold on the creature as he changes and succeeds 17+20=37 vs 21. On the creature's turn, it tries to escape, but fails 23 vs. Burrow's 8+20=28 and 8 vs. Burrow's 4+20=24.

Burrow's Stats: AC 21 (-1 size, +0 Dex, +7 natural, +5 wild armor); Spd 30 ft.; Grp +20; Atk +15 melee (2d6+12, gore); Str 26, Dex 10, Con 21; Fort +12, Ref +3.

 

[deadestdai]

Realizing that you're not another employee trying to pester him with yet more questions about food decorations or schedule conflicts, Ivth takes a moment to compose himself. When he next looks you in the face, his expression is much improved, though it's hardly cheerful. He crosses his arms and cocks an inquiring eyebrow. "I might be able to do that," he says evenly. "It depends on what your business with him is. Badurth doesn't like to be troubled by... frivolous matters. Tell me, and I'll pass the word to him. If he finds it interesting, he'll bite. If not," Ivth shrugs, "perhaps you'll have to come up with a more... compelling reason."

Flaust uncharacteristically pauses to think on how she should phrase her replyWeellllll....... She starts, Me ol' Uncle Badurth hasn't seen me for about - a LONG time. Months, years even! And I thought, seeing as I'm in the neighbourhood, I'll drop in to see how the ol' codger is keepin', right? The thought that she shouldn't be the one talking right now makes a scant visit in her conciousness and quickly flees in terror, far too swiftly for it to register to any effect. So she continues regardless. And then there's me partener Praetol. He's said I should say "Yallo!" if I ever was 'ere cos him and ol' Uncle Badurth go back a w-a-y-ssss..... (Well, you know.) Flaust nudges the Genasi with her elbow in a far too familiar fashion.

Suddenly, this wasn't so much fun. Quite boring really. So Flaust grins a fake grin and steps over to Donner, slipping her arm abour his shoulders. Well, I have to go, uh, use the "facili-ties", Ding-bat 'ere can tell ya what's ya needs to know. and with a silly curtsie, the little Tiefling turns and walks off hurridly - far from that boring conversation - and did her best to get a glass of yummy milk.