[DFRPG] Crawl! IC

[vicious Violence]

Originally Posted by ericthered

"Gathika, could I get some healing?"

Brother Telrith you forgot the most basic part of rain. It is better to be under the roof and see the rain than to be under the rain."

*hearty short laugh*

I wonder how these creatures could be so small, yet so strong and swift.

Rolled 7 on naturalist 14 to see what is up with the enemies.

[ajardoor]

Originally Posted by PumpkinLorica

She checks the monster with demon lore, occultism and thaumatology ALL SL 14, 12,10,16.

THE ENCOUNTER ROLL IS 16.

Gathika comes to the conclusion that these monsters are attracted to malign demonic energies. An evil curse is to blame for their attack.
(OC: no random encounter)

Originally Posted by ericthered

rolled a 6 vs. 12... success by six on hazardous materials... not that I expect to find much.

Originally Posted by vicious Violence

Rolled 7 on naturalist 14 to see what is up with the enemies.

The dead creatures were dire animals, possibly demon corrupted, named Strix. They're nasty, cowardly, bloodsucking pests. Their wings are supernaturally potent, used in sinister evil rituals. They weigh 2 lbs and fetch $35 per strix from alchemists, roll Survival to chop them off cleanly. A whole dead strix without missing parts is worth $250 (a live monster would worth twice that) and weighs 15 lbs, but MUST be sold on the black market as contraband with a Streetwise roll.

[ajardoor]

Bain also rolls cartography (12+1) 9 to pinpoint the previous encounters and this one, he also considers the direction previous monsters (like these ones) have been coming from to determine “their source”, he is taking into account the information gathered in the cave from the "bandit map". He suspects someone actually lives close to the area.

Bain does not figure out the source of these monster attacks, if there is one. The stuff learned from the cave map adds nothing to his thinking.

[ajardoor]

Vic chops up the strix and puts all the wings in the cart for later sale.

The rest of the night goes by peacefully.

DAY 31

Travelling out of the woods and through the trade roads makes for a better mood. The party enjoys their journey in the semi-tamed rural scenery.

(OC: everyone, eat 3 meals for the day. No random encounter today.)

The party stops to make camp at night fall. Tomorrow, they will get back to the Keep, fingers crossed.

[PumpkinLorica]

Gathika takes a pair of wing and places in her back pack. COMRADES THIS IS HOW THE SECRET MASTERS LOOK LIKE! She flaps her wings and runs I circles around Telrith and Vic. BWAHAHAAHA ( • ̀ω•́ )✧

She rolls essential foods 13/11 and random encounter roll is 13. Gathika helps with the light stick setup.

[PumpkinLorica]

Gathika casts essential foods 13/9 and IF VIC FAILS HIS CHECK Gathika casts INSTANT neutralize poison 13/6. Monster encounter rolls 11.

[vicious Violence]

GATHIKA! POISON! AGAIN!

After being cured.

We should check every ration we have, this keeps happening, mostly to myself!

[ajardoor]

Just after Gathika cures Vic of his poisoning, monsters that resemble awful circus entertainers pop in from who-knows-where. Now Vic, Gathika, Telrith and Bain are in close combat (0 yards, yes, even Bain) with these Evil Clowns.

(OC: Combat starts. The Evil Clowns rolled a 7 out of 15 for Stealth. Speed 6, HT 12, Dodge 9/Parry 10, DR 2, Dark Vision, High Pain Threshold, Berserk (12). Each PC is in close combat with THREE of them.)

TURN 1

The Evil Clowns all know how to ambush people.
Each PC is surprised with terrifying mocking laughter from one, then the other two attempt to bite them with huge fanged mouths in their torsos!

(OC: details in the OOC thread.)

[vicious Violence]

Vic is not down with the clowns.

He retreats parry the first attack successfully (11, rolled 11) and attacks with success, (16, rolled 14), dealing 15 cutting damage, he parries the second attack (8, rolled 8) and attacks with success (16, rolled 14) dealing 13 cutting damage.

“I thought you clowns only made terrible music!”

[PumpkinLorica]

THIS IS A FEVERISH DEFENSE
Gathika dodges (8+2) 9.

THEN
Gathika retreats parry (10+3) 13.
She hits the monster's face... 3! CRITICAL!
CRITICAL TABLE: 6 = "If the attack targeted the face or skull, treat it as an eye hit instead" AND DEALS 4 HP Of damage.

Clown fails ht 15-10/13, is blinded and collapses.

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! If you want to lose ten pounds of ugly fat, I'll be happy to chop off your head (=ಠᆽಠ=)