The Psionicle, Part IX

[Zhure]

Osius

OOC: duh, I forgot re: identify house rule. I almost considered it but figured it would take too long. Please tell me how many charges I need to expend so I can make the notation.

"While we wait, let me see what abilities these items have in them," Osius says, brandishing the dorje of identify.

 

[GnomeWorks]

The Rest of the Group (Animus, Desimus, Syld, Narok, Osius; Shardorn, Tori'shel)

Osius expends 6 of the charges from his dorje to identify all the items present...

He finds:
A Third Eye, Concentrate (Psionic)
A Crystal Capacitor [1] (Psionic)
A +1 Light Crossbow (Psionic)
A Third Eye, Assimilate (Psionic)
A +3 Mindcrusher Quarterstaff (Psionic) (the other end is +3, as well)
A pair of Bracers of Armor +4 (Magical)

 

[Zhure]

Osius

Osius relays his findings on the psionic items.

* * *

"The staff is far and away the finest of the lot, but the third eye of assimilation is also a very useful item. Anyone want to start divvying these up?"

 

[Darkwolf]

"What little I know of the powers of the mind lead me to believe the capacitor will do me no good. I also am unable to use the crossbow. The bracers will not assist me much either as I am already wearing armor. I will use whichever of the other items I am presented with."

Narok then turns to the neglected panther,

"Panthros, come."

Narok then tends to the panther while he waits for the others to finish their tasks.

 

[Dalamar]

"Too bad I'm too small to use the staff. If nobody has anything against it, I'd like the assimilation third eye."

 

[Jarval]

OOC: Hey! What's with all the divvying up of the loot without me?

 

[Creamsteak]

Animus looks around with his lost eyes, he responds to Osius mentally stating, "Some of those sound very powerful. I have no doubt that I could put any of those items to use."

He then stands up and considers to himself that he is rather disturbed that he does not know how the battle goes for Ruth and Jansson. His face becomes cross, and then he ponders what he should do about this.

OOC: (I think Animus would look bad-ass if he used that quarterstaff all monk-like and double-weapon style, and the effects of the weapon fit his background and personality...)

 

[Zhure]

OOC: Hey! What's with all the divvying up of the loot without me?

We're not divvying, we're pre-divvying. Nobody's getting left out, but we gotta talk about something.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Test of Millicent (Jansson, Ruth)

ROUND FIVE
Initiatives
Good Squirrel - 25
Jansson - 20
Ruth - 12
Evil Squirrels (7) - 10

The good squirrel dashes by yet again, despite the fact that no evil squirrels are following it.


Jansson strikes out at the nearest squirrel...

Jansson gets a 27, a crit! He then gets a 26, which hits! He deals 10 damage to squirrel 4.

Squirrel 4 is dead.

...and cleaves it in half. He then tumbles backwards, avoiding the claws of the squirrels as he goes...

Jansson gets a 26 on his Tumble check.

...quite skillfully, and avoids all of the squirrels' attacks.


Ruth brings her sword down upon one of the squirrels...

She gets a 29, a crit! She then gets a 24, which hits! She deals 16 points to squirrel 9.

Squirrel 9 is dead.

...and she, too, cleaves her target in half.


The evil squirrels, of which five remain - two on Jansson, three on Ruth - attack. The two on Jansson close in, and he gets an attack on them as they close...

He gets a 12 on his AoO, not enough to hit.

...but the squirrel dodges out of the way faster than he brings his sword down.

The squirrels bite and claw the pair...

Ruth is hit once.

...and only one manages to get through Ruth's armor, while Jansson is unscathed.

Ruth takes 4 points.

Damage
Jansson - 13 (Squirrels on Jansson: 2, 3)
Ruth - 4 (Squirrels on Ruth: 10, 11, 12)
Good Squirrel - 4

Squirrel 1 - 11 (dead)
Squirrel 4 - 10 (dead)
Squirrel 5 - 11 (dead)
Squirrel 6 - 11 (dead)
Squirrel 7 - 9 (dead)
Squirrel 8 - 13 (dead)
Squirrel 9 - 16 (dead)
Squirrel 12 - 3(s)

 

[Zhure]

Kinda makes ya wish you had cleave, eh?