The party moves to the nearest side attempting to get out of the way of the crawling swarm by the shortest distance. Inamar, Weylan, and Thelso are doubled over and wretching as the hundreds of vermin crawl and scarbble over them, sharp teeth nipping and filthy claws lightly scratching. Thelso drops his grip from the rat body as NR4ZN chokes up and uses the supernatural rat's body as a bludgeon to attempt to clear a path for his comrades, crushing a number of rats as he goes.
You emerge from the edge to draw a clean breath (those who breathe) but the swarm shifts and swirls back to surround and engulf the party again, thickest over NR4ZN as they climb up his metallic form to get to the rat-thing's body. Several latch onto the body with their teeth and dig in. The high pitched squealing is almost maddening. The rats do not seem to be attempting to climb up the other party members, mostly swarming around their legs.
The swarm inflicts more wounds and Thelso looks pale and weak from blood loss, but still partially standing, if barely.
NR4ZN can feel claws occasionally rooting in the gashes opened by the rat-thing, but nothing critical has been affected so far by the little rats.
Inamar continues to be sickened by the overwhelming crawling horde but Weylan and Thelso master their revulsion and heaving stomachs for the moment.
ooc again everybody takes 2 damage, NR4ZN's DR applies. Inamar is nauseated again, Weylan is not.
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