The Romance of the River Kingdoms

[Shayuri]

(Gah!)

Annika gapes in openmouthed horror at the shambling thing and stumbles backwards.

"The monkeys didn't warn us!" she blurts, with no immediate concept of how ridiculous that sounds.

Then fire embraces her, and a single flaming feather wafts away to strike at the monstrous thing!

(Magic Missile! 3 damage! http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1725021/)

 

[Dr Simon]

The monkeys try to scatter, but many of them find themselves stuck fast by Jar'Thol's spell. Grandfather Wen takes cover on the far side of his boat, and everybody else is waiting on the edge of the huge zone of writhing grasses.

Annika's fiery feather strikes true, and the creature tries too late to bat it away, a futile gesture at any rate. It glares at the sorceress and her companions along the shore for a moment, then evidently decides that the little salsham'ai before it makes a more inviting target.

OOC:
Initiative Order
Jar'Thol - adjacent to Thing
Growling Ape - sling to hand, ready for use.
Thing - advancing on Jar'Thol
Xielt - unknown. Assume weapon of some sort to hand.
Annika - on shore.
Three Flowers - White Lotus to hand.

See attached map. Pale green area is Entangle spell, which makes me realise that (a) it covers a wide spread and (b) my squares are wider than they are tall.

Huts, boat and water should be obvious. The dotted ovals are spoil mounds, each line giving about a 2-3 ft. contour (they're not huge). Monkeys are somewhere on the far side of the stream in between the two mounds.

 

[The Rolling Man]

Jar'Thol, Salsham'ai shaman

Jar'Thol knows he has little chance to vanquish the creature alone and he will withdraw back to the boat. He uses the gift of the Dancing Crane to move freely, without fear of the grasping grass and weeds.

 

[Walking Dad]

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

With the line tp the monster know clear, Ape shoots with his sling at the creature.
ooc: +3 to hit, 1d4 damage.

 

[Dr Simon]

Jar'Thol nimbly evades the monster and the entangling grasses and joins everyone else back at the boat. Growling Ape's slingshot goes wide, clattering into the side of one of the buildings.

The monster turns towards shore, either drawn by this new threat or still seeking Jar'Thol. It wades slowly yet carefully through the grasses, that seem to shrink back from its touch.

[SBLOCK="OOC"]
Growling Ape attack roll 8+3 =11. Miss

Creature is now 15 ft. away from the group on the bank, still within the entangled zone.
[/SBLOCK]

 

[Blackrat]

Three Flowers steps infront the others trying to position himself closest to the creature and in it's way. He levels White Lotus towards the creature and takes a pose that, once again, makes him look more like a statue than a living man. Flexing his muscles just right, he is ready to slash his sword at blink of an eye.

[sblock=OOC]I'll move one square to NW and ready attack if the thing comes in range.[/sblock]

 

[Dr Simon]

OOC: Waiting actions for Annika and Xielt.

IC: You notice that the melting, sagging flesh of this creature seems to constantly be in motion, slowly drooping and reforming. The wound made by Annika's fiery feather is beginning to close.

(I'm not really obsessed by creatures with Fast Healing, it just seems to have worked out that way )

 

[Shayuri]

(Hee...I forgot to get Annika a weapon so she wouldn't burn every spell on the first combat. Oh well...)

Dismayed by the monster's resiliency, Annika hurls another ethereal wisp of flame at the beast and retreats towards the boat.

"What IS it?" she demands of no one in particular.

(Magic missile again.)

 

[Dr Simon]

(Hee...I forgot to get Annika a weapon so she wouldn't burn every spell on the first combat. Oh well...)

There's probably something on the boat or lying around the mining camp that would serve as a club or quarterstaff. Or she could throw rocks...

 

[Dr Simon]

Jar'Thol is now free from the entangle zone, and out of reach of the Thing, for the moment. Lacking the blessings of the Playful Crane, the Thing is not able to move as quickly through the entangled zone as Jar'Thol, but is closing in fast on the boat.

"Don't just stand there, hit it with something!" shouts Grandfather Wen, moving with surprising speed for his age towards the sweeps at the back of his boat.

Xielt gives a low growl as he drops on one knee to a hunting stance and fires his bow. The arrow embeds itself in the flaccid flesh of the Thing, but doesn't slow its advance even though dark green liquid begins to ooze from the wound.

Annika's fiery feather strikes the Thing on the other shoulder, and although it bellows in pain this does not slow its inexorable advance either.

[SBLOCK="OOC"]
Xielt bow attack, hit, 3 damage.

Annika magic missile, 1d4+1 = 5 damage.

Initiative and status:

20 Jar'Thol, free from entangled zone, wounded.
18 Growling Ape, sling to hand.
17 Thing, plodding towards you
13 Xielt, bow to hand
11 Annika
9 (for now) Three Flowers, readied scimitar attack.
[/SBLOCK]