The Romance of the River Kingdoms

[Redclaw]

Xielt's claw-stick slashes into the water as the unknown creature swims by him. [sblock=AoO] (1d20+3)=20, (1d6+2)=5 +1 damage if it's unarmored [/sblock]

The swift-moving Tlaxu then moves to pursue the creature, hoping to help Three-Flowers escape its grasp.
[sblock=ooc] move action to close on the creature, then attack again, this time much less effectively. (1d20+3)=11; (1d6+2)=3 [/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

Annika emits a terrified scream and backpedals for the dry corridor. When she pulls herself from the water, poncho sodden now and heavy, she whirls and lifts her hands. Ghostly flames seem to play around her, riding thermal winds that rustle her garment, her hair as she lifts her hands, murmuring words the language of spirits.

There is a blossom of flame in her hand, a quick flare. When it passes, she holds what looks like a single long feather of deep orange and red hues. It gleams with a malicious fiery aura. With a flick of her wrist, Annika hurls the feather at the creature!

Still burning, yet without being consumed, the strange projectile wafts through the air on an unpredictable, jerky trajectory, much like a feather being blown by winds. It seems to fall, then wafts back up, jinks to the side, then surges forward...coming uncomfortably close to Three Flowers before suddenly sweeping around him to strike the water with a soundless puff of fire.

Despite the flame though, Three Flowers feels no heat.

(Magic Missile! Yay! 5 dmg! http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1584840/ )

 

[Dr Simon]

Xielt seems to splash wildly in the water with his clawstick, and cannot be sure if his blows are hitting anything. With the first strike, though, there was a tug on the clawstick as it met resistance of some kind.

Annika's magic missile fizzes into the murky water, lit by the glow of the sunrod.

Ape's quarterstaff seems to thicken, enlivened by the power of wood.

Underwater, Three Flowers feels as of the water itself is writhing around him, pulling at his limbs, trying to force its way into his nose and mouth.

[sblock="Rolls"]
Water Thing slam attack total = 6
(includes -4 for attacking with natural weapon whilst grappling)

The water thing is unable to affect Three Flowers this round
[/sblock]

Jar'Thol's fire sprite vanishes in a flash of light. It is not clear to anyone if this has had any effect.

[OOC: Three Flowers next. He's currently grappling the water thing, but not pinned. At the time of the attack he had White Lotus in one hand and the sunrod in the other. Being heroic, he still has these to hand if you wish.]

 

[Blackrat]

Three Flowers tries to free himself from the creature, whatever it is. Kicking to get free and dropping the light-stick.

OOC: Not much to do except to try and escape the thing...

 

[Dr Simon]

Somehow Three Flowers manages to struggle free from the grip of the Water Thing, and emerges from the murky depths next to Xielt. Although he is wet, none of the grime and filth in the water seems to have stuck to him and his wet hair seems to be artfully styled more than simply bedraggled.

[sblock="Rolls"]
Three Flower grapple roll 16 +3 =19
Water Things grapple check total = 8
[/sblock]

OOC: That's me for a week, folks. Feel free to post actions for next round (including rolls etc. if you wish. If any action invalidates another we'll sort it out when I'm back from holiday

Current situation:

21 Xielt (clawstick in hand, next to Thing)
21 Annika (at base of steps, 15 ft. back)
19 Growling Ape (staff in hand, just behind Xielt)
14 Water Thing
12 Jar-Thol (top right hand corner of room)
10 Three Flowers (scimitar in hand, next to Thing and Xielt)

 

[Blackrat]

[sblock=OOC]Bump to the others. I'm down on the initiative so I can't really do anything yet, but let's not let this die waiting for Doc to come back from vacation .[/sblock]

 

[Walking Dad]

Growling Ape, AC 15 (T15, FF13), HP 25/25, F +4,R+2,W+5

Ape makes a quick step forward with a fast rotation and smashes his staff at the watery menance.

[sblock=ooc]Staff 1d20+2 attack, 2d6+1 damage[/sblock]

 

[Dr Simon]

I'm back!

Actually, I was back at the weekend but ENWorld seems to have been a bit flaky. Guess the change-over isn't going well...

So, you were all fighting a watery thing in a flooded hidden underground chamber beneath a ruined temple (a typical day for adventurers).

I've got Xielt first on the initiative order.

 

[Redclaw]

Xielt growls low in his throat and watches the ripples on the water's surface. As it comes closer, he slashes at it with his claw stick, but the water deflects the blow and it almost catches his own leg.

[sblock=ooc] attack (1d20+3)=4 Ouch, a nat 1. [/sblock]

 

[Dr Simon]

OOC: Bummer for Xielt - good job I'm not using any Fumble rules! Next up in initiative order is Annika (Shayuri), who is currently at the foot of the stairs.