The Blind Watchers of the Sylvan Shard

[Phoenix8008]

Saithnar-M Elan Psion(Telepath)3 -AC:15(11 without Inertial Armor), HP:16/16, PP:1/17

Saithnar reloads and fires his crossbow at the nearest root, while his astral construct tries to pound on the other root...

[sblock=details]Saithnar crossbow bolt at root 1 with -4 for firing into melee. (1d20+2-4=10, 1d8=3)
Construct is at 16/20 hps. This is round 2 out of 3 for its duration.
Astral Construct slam at root #2. (1d20+2=15, 1d4+3=4)[/sblock]

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Khairi's blades cut at the roots, and as he does the fire scorches their ends, halting their regrowth. (11 permanent damage to roots)

Richard hacks away as well, cutting the roots to shreds. (5 permanent damage to roots)

Saithnar's crossbow bolt disappears into the burning mess of roots, doing nothing.

EDIT: The fire continues to close up the fresh cuts even as it burns the roots to their core. (5 permanent damage to roots)

The roots counterattack Richard. (Hits AC 17, 5 damage)

The other roots flog the construct. (14 damage to construct) Though the construct is struggling mightily on its own, the roots are completely unaffected by its efforts.

Rinya...

Total damage to roots: 26 permanent damage

 

[Heckler]

Rinya heals Richard, but only for three points.

"Come on stick! Don't quit now or I'll use you for burning!"

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

OOC: It's you guys again.

Khairi, Richard, and Saithnar...

 

[Phoenix8008]

Saithnar-M Elan Psion(Telepath)3 -AC:15(11 without Inertial Armor), HP:16/16, PP:1/17

Saithnar again reloads his crossbow and fires at the nearest root (#1) while watching his construct take a final swing at the other root before fading from view and disappearing.


[sblock=details]Crossbow attack (1d20+2-4=15, 1d8=6)
Construct slam at Root #2. (1d20+2=15, 1d4+3=6)[/sblock]

 

[Richard Rawen]

[sblock=Richard's AC]

The roots counterattack Richard. (Hits AC 17, 5 damage)

Unless the roots are somehow ignoring armor or shield or ... whatever... Richard AC is 18[/sblock]Hoping that the end of these ... things... is at hand, Richard continues his attack.
[sblock=last preroll]Hit 23 Dmg 10[/sblock]

 

[BigB]

Khairi attacks the roots again 1d20+5=15, 1d6+3=6, 1d20+3=14, 1d6+1=4

 

[Richard Rawen]

*poke* ...

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

OOC: Richard was not hit by the attack, sorry.

Saithnar's construct continues to wail on the roots, and it manages to crush them between its heavy body and the soft floor, but before long they spring right back. Saithnar's bolt goes straight to the heart of the roots, missing most of its "body" but doing some damage.

Richard and the fire are having much more luck. The roots are writhing and Richard is hacking away huge chunks, which fly into the flames, wriggle as they burn, and then fall limp.

Khairi with his short sword manages to sneak in a quick, accurate cut at one thick knot. After being cut at the knot, the roots suddenly writhe wildly and flop apart to be consumed by the flames.

The second set of roots mindlessly advances, unaware of the danger before it. It reaches the flaming remnants of its partner and it too catches fire. Still it slaps at Richard, doing no damage for now.

Rinya...

Saithnar, Richard, and Khairi...

[Sblock=OOG: ]I am not giving this game the attention you guys deserve, and for that I sincerely apologize.

I can't even promise that things will speed up soon. I know I'll catch a break when school's out, but then I'm off to the big city to work, and who knows how much time I'll have then.

I planned on having one more encounter in this adventure, but now I'm wondering whether I can justify keeping you all here at this pace. So I leave it up to you.

Once these roots are destroyed, we can wrap this up and send you back to the RDI. We can have a noncombat encounter. Or we can have the combat encounter which I planned on running. Up to you guys. Thanks for sticking it out this far.[/sblock]

 

[Heckler]

Since I think everyone's healed up at the moment, Rinya will she will spend this round stoking the fire, making sure it won't go out anytime soon. If there's any roots or moss that will burn, she'll throw that on the fire.


[sblock=oog]I know you're busy, Rae, so thanks for toughing it out and trying to finish this. But I'm not sure having another encounter at this pace is a good idea. I'm all for wrapping things up after this encounter.[/sblock]