PrP: Live Catch 2
Tenebrae - Saturday, June 28, 2014, 6:51 PM
<<STARTING NOW! ...or at least trying to...>>
The call went out, and the Guild responded, sending notice for all of you to come here today. The job is straightforeward, a group of wizards is doing research in the Vast, and they need a hand in catching a few live samples. Dangerous samples.
The meeting room is occupied by a Guild member to lead everyone where they need to be, and a pair of wizardly looking tpyes; thin, nerdy, wearing robes and belts with lots of pouches. When everyone is gathered, the Guild member takes off for other duties, and the elder wizard speaks up.
"Thank you for comming. Our group has been working to gain a better understanding of the exotic ecosystems of the Vast. While much of this is simple observation, we also require physical samples for study. That's where you come in. Frank and I are just transport, we'll be teleporting to the base camp in the northen plains of the Vast, where you'll speak with our team of scryers. They'll let you what creatures are in range, and any related details."
"We're attempting minimal disruption of the ecosystem, so a live captre is prefered. that said, these are dangerous craetures, and we understand if one needs put down. Now, are there any questions before we depart?"
Aurala cocks her head as she stands there listening. She stretches a little, "No no questions at this time, sounds pretty fun." but then any fight is fun for Aurala.
Vuk is here of course, because who else is better suited to this? He's fashionably late, just like Mister Jibbom would be!
"Vuk Aleksy! Adventurer Extradionare! Slayer of the undead! Pathfinder of renown! Defender of places best left untrodden! Chosen of Lord Jibbom! Hero of the Wilds! Tracker and Scout notable! Accomplished Gourmand. Gentleman scholar and Esquire at your service!"&r&rSays Vuk, doing an exagerated and dramatic bow to those gathered, doffing his Tophat at them and then adjusting his monocole.
Klythos stands off to the side, adjusting one of the many dials on his armor absently. He grunts as he listens, but offers no real comments or concerns, work is work, and its always a good test for his toys.
Hassan looks upon his peers and tsks. He might be thin and wearing robes, but he is bronzed and dead sexy with the finest Veyshanti silks. These guys have pineal gland stains on their cuffs and ink on their fingers. Still, one has to pay for alchemicals and a hedonist lifestyle, so here the rake of a transmuter is. "Anything in particular we're looking to catch, or just whatever hoves into our field of vision?"
The younger wizard shakes his head. "They'll have something specific at the camp, dependant on what's still needed, and what's close enough to the camp for good travel."
Contrary to popular belief, the sciences are not solely the province of gobbers. Verna is also a student of ecology and the various creatures of the land. "This should prove intriguing." She is also curious as to the customs of adventurers, given that live capture is a rare dictate.
Once everyone is prepared, the wizards have everyone grab hold, and cast their spell. For a moment the world blurs and spins, and suddenly you're on a grassy plain, halfway up the side of long gentle hill. At the base, a dozen or so tents of assorted size have been errected, along with a few large pavilions and several enclosures. A crude wooden fence encircles the camp, with several gaps serving as gates. Various figures wander about on their own busniess, and while your arrival is noted, it draws little reaction; you are expected, after all.
Klythos blinks a few times, making a small cough and then adjusting some dials on his armor. Its hard to tell if they do anything other than give him a sense of comfort, cause nothing obvious happens.
Vuk some how snuck his wolf in with him, for the record, and it hardly enjoyed the teleportation, it's rolled over on it's back, playing dead after the teleportation, and Vuk looks a bit uncomfortable. "Damned good show Wot Wot! Shall we commence the hunt Eh?" He says, false bravado. "I say we show these ornery beasts what for with the blunt side of our blades!" Oh. Hi Verna. "Oh..and..death guns."
Aurala shakes her head, "never get over that." she mutters to herself.
Verna is somewhat accustomed to teleportation, but the momentary vertigo remains unpleasant. After steadying herself, she begins to descend the hillside. "Far less chafing and dirt than lengthy travel by horse," she notes. "I am curious to learn what creatures they expect to capture."
Hassan blinks and looks at the horizon blankly before he turns to neatly deposit his stomach contents (oysters and pate') onto the scrubby grass. He wipes the remnants away with a wave of his hand and a minor cantrip, before he looks around, arms folded. "Ugh, what a horribly dreadful looking place. Why is there never a guild contract at a whore house or at a nobleman's manor?"
The elder of the wizardly pair looks slightly green at the teleport himself; it's not something you ever truely get used to. The pair lead the way down into the camp, greeting several of the other researches and talking briefly to update themselves. They lead to a pavilion on the easter edge of the camp, where a number of watery pools, large mirrors, and a slightly couldy crystal ball have been set. A slender gnomish lad and an elderly human female putter about a table near the center, where a large map has been covered with cryptic notes.
"Ah, thank you for comming." says the gnome. "We've been tracking an excellant oppertunity. Near the edge our safety range, we've been tracking a female Bulette, often known as a LandShark. She's recently gone into heat, and there are several males in the area attempting to woo her. It's rare to find more than one of these creatures at a time, and this is our first time observing more than two in a given area."
The lady speaks up. "Bulettes are, as you likely know, very dangerous creatures alone, and a pack even worse. But this is an oppertunity we cannot afford to pass up. The males, are of course of intrest, but the female is our main concern. As I'm sure you've been informed, a live capture is greatly prefered. However, we also understand that these creatures are deadly. We can still make do with a fresh corpse, if need be."
"We'll be observing at a distance. Once the samples are captured, a team will be sent to make observations, collect samples, and generally take over. You'll return here to the camp, go over any needed debriefing, and then return to the city where the Guild shall handel the details. Any questions?"
Klythos shakes his head, "No." He then starts to mess with his death ray and a few other contraptions, adjusting a few things here and there, even switching a part out in one place.
Aurala shakes her head as she brings her hands together and cracks her knuckles. "Sounds like fun. Which way?" she asks and smiles, "Oh, yeah, capture if possible.." she says and smiles.
"Direction and distance would be useful" Verna notes as she considers Bulettes. They did note that the expected creatures to capture would be dangerous. There seems to have been no exagerration.
Vuk doesn't have gadgets to futz with..he actually spent more time making his faithful wolf follow him then worrying about nets or the like. "Ah! A landshark..yes..let me see if I recall the time I bested one in a tree.." What?
Hassan drums his long thin fingers across his biceps while his arms are still folded, looking over the camp with complete disdain. "And how are we to transport a specimen, alive or dead? They're suppose to be 5 yards long, weigh a few tons. The giantess over there is stout, but not that stout." He nods his head toward Aurala before he checks his khol with a hand mirror.
"Just make it lie still. Our team will collect samples on site."
The pair go on explain the female bulette has been keeping to an area a few miles distant, across a small stream and beyond the few trees growing on the far side. Deer and cattle are there prime food, though whatever wanders close is fair game. They offer specific locations, but given the time of travel, the creature will likely have moved by your arrival. The males have been keeping mostly underground, and thus have proven harder to track. At least three males have been observed, but it's unlikely they've all remained close without fighting each other.
Aurala listens and nods her head, looking in that direction and is good with travel.
"The female is the target, one or more males likely to pose additional threat." Verna summarizes briefly aloud, primarily for her benefit. "Very well. I believe that we have enough to make our search."
Klythos finishes readying his equipment and looks around. "Go now? Go later?" He seems to be letting the others take the lead in this, just ready to do something when the time comes.
"I am prepared as I am going to be. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can get back to something with a semblance of civilization." Hassan complains.
Vuk looks at his Wolf and gently pats it's neck. "Alright good friend, we're hunting.." Then he whispers to it. "If all else, we can run away."
The trip is fairly uneventfull (we won't talk about the bit with the ground-squirrel), and while the rolling hills all look much alike, the directions are simple enough to find your way to the small stream, and though the thin woods beyond. Knowing what you're looking for, its simple enough to spy the churned soil confirming this to be the correct location. Exactly where your target may be found proves to be slightly more difficult. But rest assured, if you don't find it, soon enough, it will find you.
GAME: Verna casts Mage Armor. Caster Level: 8 DC: 15
GAME: Klythos casts Magic Vestment. Caster Level: 5 DC: 16
GAME: Klythos rolls perception: (14)+12: 26
GAME: Verna rolls perception: (13)+13: 26
GAME: Aurala rolls perception: (8)+17: 25
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls perception: (3)+19: 22
GAME: Hassan used a Wand of Mage Armor.
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "ALSO Mikilos, I'm hiding"
GAME: Hassan rolls Perception: (14)+8: 22
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls stealth+3: (9)+26+3: 38
The rapid wave of shifting soil is subtle, but distinct, and the boney fin that rises as it turns your direction is even moreso. There isn't much warning as the bulette attacks, but at least no one is caught by susprise when the monster leaps out of the ground at you.
GAME: Klythos rolls initiative: Roll: 5 + Bonus: 3 = Total: 8
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls initiative: Roll: 12 + Bonus: 6 = Total: 18
GAME: Verna rolls initiative: Roll: 5 + Bonus: 2 = Total: 7
GAME: Hassan rolls initiative: Roll: 9 + Bonus: 3 = Total: 12
[RPOne] MoonMoonVuk says, "So..uh. I guess I could try to smash the Landshark over the head?"
GAME: Aurala rolls initiative: Roll: 14 + Bonus: 3 = Total: 17
<OOC> Aurala says, "yes in need of healing"
GAME: You roll initiative for Young Male: Roll: 11 + Bonus: 6 = Total: 17
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "Mikilos per pathfinder rules, you can use lethal weapons to do Non lethal damage with a -4. Are you ruling we can use like..some wonky bullet to do non lethal or?"
<OOC> Mikilos says, "I'd assume you could find rubber billets or something... not positive how would work exactly, but whatever. Rules say -4 equals non-lethal."
===================== Current Initiative Order - Round 1 =====================
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18 MoonMoonVuk
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17 Young Male
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17 Aurala
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12 Hassan Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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8 Klythos Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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7 Verna Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "Haha. Alright. I'll double tap it with non lethal"
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3-4: (20)+14+3+-4: 33
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3-4: (14)+14+3+-4: 27
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls 1d12+1d6+1d6+3+2d6: (6)+(5)+(6)+3+(6): 26
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "so uh. 52 damage on first shot"
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3-4-5: (2)+14+3+-4+-5: 10
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls 1d12+1d6+1d6+1+1: (1)+(1)+(1)+1+1: 5
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "Also, going to try and resneak, expect failure"
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls stealth+3-20: (3)+26+3+-20: 12
Vuk and his Wolf were hidden, shadowing the party, then suddenly, there was a Landshark, his long gun barks suddenly, then again, two wadded rounds bursting furth to impact on the animal, spreading arcane and magitech energy across it's body, then him and his wolf are trying to disappear..probably -not- so well.
<OOC> Aurala says, "think the crit damage was wrong...aren't thunderbelchers x4? so should have been 4d12+12+1d6+1d6+2d6?"
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Okay, much pain and suffering on the first bit, less so on the second. And for crits, pretty certain you don't straight up double the damage, but roll twice as much. ie, 2d6+4 instead of 1d6+2... and yes, belchers are x4.... i'm pretty sure that will end up dropping it, actaully..."
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Go ahead and roll double your base damage to make sure of the total. Will likely end up enough, but might hit all 1 again."
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls 2d12+2d6+2d6+2+2: (3)+(3)+(8)+2+2: 18
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
|Aurala |GIANTBORN |Bbn | 11 | 119 | 119 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | |Hassan |HUMAN |Wiz | 7 | 45 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |Klythos |GOBLIN |Art | 5 | 44 | 44 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |MoonMoonVu|GOBLIN |Rgr/Rog | 8 | 57 | 57 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 3 | |Verna |HALF-ELF |Clr/MTh/Wiz| 8 | 51 | 51 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 12 |
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+17: (12)+17: 29
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (12)+12: 24
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (8)+12: 20
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (12)+12: 24
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (1)+12: 13
GAME: Mikilos rolls 2d6+6: (7)+6: 13
GAME: Mikilos rolls 2d6+6: (8)+6: 14
GAME: You damaged MoonMoonVuk for 27 points. 30 remaining.
The Young Male is rocked back by the sudden blasts to its hide, but this only enrages the monster. Well, more than it already was. Lauching itself fully into the air, the LandShark pounces upon Vuk, landing claws first. The results are swift and bloody, but not so bad as perhaps they could have been.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
<OOC> Aurala says, "rage activate boots move over and vital strike power attack, non lethal"
GAME: Aurala RAGES!, gaining: +6 Str, +8 Con, +3 Will and -2 AC
GAME: Aurala rolls melee+2+3+1-4: (8)+17+2+3+1+-4: 27
GAME: Aurala rolls 4d6+24: (17)+24: 41
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Young Male is knocked out. Its eyes turn into silly swirly shapes to indicate it is unconcious."
Aurala growls and lets her rage fill her, causing her muscles to swell. She activates her boots with a word and moves over to the young male and wacks it upside the head with the flat of her blade, causing it to drop to the ground, unconscious, knocked out, zonked, and eyes swirly.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Anyone going to do anything other than hold until something shows up? At least for a couple rounds, that is..."
GAME: 'Young Male' removed from initiative list.
Hassan watches the goblin and giantborn tagteam the bulette unconscious with bullet and blade, spell ready on his lips, ready to get airborne the moment another creature churns up from the loose soil. "Well, that seemed easy enough."
GAME: Verna casts Cure Moderate Wounds. Caster Level: 8 DC: 15
GAME: Verna rolls 2d8+8: (6)+8: 14
GAME: You damaged MoonMoonVuk for -14 points. 44 remaining.
<OOC> Mikilos says, "So it seems... Verna, pose the healing, then everyone perception."
GAME: Aurala rolls perception: (8)+17: 25
GAME: Hassan rolls Perception: (15)+8: 23
When no other immediate threat presents itself, Verna moves to tend to the slightly trampled Vuk. Calling upon te Harsh Lady, she notes that She may not wish to have Vuk stand before Her so soon. Thus, some of Vuk's wounds mend.
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls perception: (18)+19: 37
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls stealth+3: (8)+26+3: 37
Vuk is rather grateful for this..after he pushes the rather stunned landshark off him and tries to get back onto his wolf. "At least I didn't end up inside.." He says and grins at Verna before doffing his top hat and..seemingly going right back to -not- existing.
Klythos looks around, frowning. "Where mage?" Apparently wondering if someone is going to come get the one they just took out, never question the easy, sometimes it happens.
GAME: Verna rolls perception: (18)+13: 31
GAME: Klythos rolls perception: (1)+12: 13
There are a few moments of stillness to catch your breath, but very quickly a second fin come racing over the hillside in your direction, likely attracted by the commotion. The movement remains subtle, but it certainly helps to know what you're looking for. In Kylythos' case, it would be looking in the other direction. Regardless, the battle is swiftly joined again.
GAME: Mikilos has cleared initiatives.
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Okay, init again... which I'm not positive is right, I'm unclear the exact rules in a situation like this. But so we go."
GAME: Klythos rolls initiative: Roll: 3 + Bonus: 3 = Total: 6
GAME: Verna rolls initiative: Roll: 19 + Bonus: 2 = Total: 21
GAME: Aurala rolls initiative: Roll: 13 + Bonus: 3 = Total: 16
You paged (MoonMoonVuk, Verna) with 'A second bulette fin is also approaching from the other side.'
GAME: You roll initiative for Old Male: Roll: 11 + Bonus: 6 = Total: 17
GAME: You roll initiative for Female: Roll: 7 + Bonus: 6 = Total: 13
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls initiative: Roll: 5 + Bonus: 6 = Total: 11
===================== Current Initiative Order - Round 1 =====================
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21 Verna Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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17 Old Male
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16 Aurala
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13 Female
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11 MoonMoonVuk
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6 Klythos Flat-footed (0 rnds active)
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<OOC> Mikilos says, "We'll have Hassan catch up upon return. Veran! The battle is resumed!"
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: Verna casts Sound Burst. Caster Level: 8 DC: 15
"Two more are incoming!" Verna calls out when she spies not one, but the aforementioned two. She turns to the one perhaps less obvious, and utters a quick beseechment to the Harsh Lady. The earth about the creature resonates with a sudden low-frequency soliton.
GAME: Verna rolls 1d8: (4): 4
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+11: (2)+11: 13
Hassan has disconnected.
GAME: Note Stunned added to Old Male with a duration of 1 rounds.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: Aurala RAGES!, gaining: +6 Str, +8 Con, +3 Will and -2 AC
GAME: Aurala rolls melee+2+3+1-4: (9)+17+2+3+1+-4: 28
GAME: Aurala rolls 4d6+24: (13)+24: 37
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
Aurala notices the female more than the male and so she calls on her rage once more her boots increasing her speed as she moves over and whacks the female creature with the flat of her blade, hard.
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+13: (12)+13: 25
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (1)+12: 13
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (1)+12: 13
Wacked silly, the female is not so kind in it's return efforts. But while razor claws and great fangs scrape and tear across Aurala's armor, they fail to reach the flesh below.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3: (12)+14+3: 29
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "that would be 25 <-4 for non lethal>"
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls 1d12+1d6+1d6+3+2d6: (12)+(1)+(5)+3+(10): 31
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3-4-5: (7)+14+3+-4+-5: 15
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls 1d12+1d6+1d6+3: (8)+(4)+(3)+3: 18
<OOC> Mikilos says, "ow. and taht drops the female... I have obviously underestimated you all..."
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls stealth-20: (18)+26+-20: 24
Vuk reappears..on his wolf, to the side of the Landshark and again his long gun barks, sending aetheric energies hammering the head along with the heavy leather bound wooden shot..and some how, just fades away into the ..where did he go?
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+11: (1)+11: 12
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: 'Female' removed from initiative list.
<OOC> Klythos says, "I shall shoot it with tanglfoot death ray"
GAME: Klythos rolls ranged+2+1: (9)+7+2+1: 19
GAME: Klythos rolls 3d6+5+1: (13)+5+1: 19
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+8: (15)+8: 23
<OOC> Klythos says, "I have to AFK for 20 minutes. I will pose before I go."
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
Klythos finally has something to do. He points his death ray at the stunned one, charging up the weapon with green energy and adjusting dials to set range and trajectory. A glob of electric goo flies at the target, zapping it but not entangling it.
GAME: Verna casts Spectral Hand. Caster Level: 8 DC: 17
Verna takes advantage of the male's disorientation to conjure an immaterial hand-shaped force at her side.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+17: (20)+17: 37
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (19)+12: 31
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (2)+12: 14
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (6)+12: 18
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+12: (9)+12: 21
GAME: Mikilos rolls 2d6+6: (8)+6: 14
GAME: Mikilos rolls 2d6+6: (8)+6: 14
GAME: You damaged Klythos for 28 points. 16 remaining.
Shaking off the effects of the sound blast, the large male pounces the zappy small thing, landing heavily and ripping into Klythos' flesh. Blood flies, but the goblins armor takes the brunt of the damage.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
<OOC> Aurala says, "I see that. will move to engage male, vital strike power attack non-lethal"
GAME: Aurala rolls melee+2+3+1-4: (14)+17+2+3+1+-4: 33
GAME: Aurala rolls 4d6+24: (15)+24: 39
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3-4: (7)+14+3+-4: 20
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls 1d12+1d6+1d6+3+2d6: (4)+(1)+(4)+3+(9): 21
Aurala watches the female drop and hears pain, so turns and moves over to where the male is going after Klythos. She brings her greatsword around and smacks the flat of the blade into it, doing quite a bit of damage to it but it still stands.
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls ranged+3-4-5: (1)+14+3+-4+-5: 9
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "and I jammed"
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls craft/gunsmithing: (11)+11: 22
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls stealth: (13)+26: 39
<OOC> MoonMoonVuk says, "my stealth to rehide woulda been a 19 not 39"
Whump! Another shot..then a sickening grinding of metal and Vuk shakes his rifle and works the action a few times as he tries to make him self scarce. Damned thing!
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Actaully, think Klythos is still AFK. Verna, your action, and can do Klythos upon return."
<OOC> Verna will deliver Gentle Rest via the Spectral Hand. Touch attack.
GAME: Verna rolls finesse+2: (4)+6+2: 12
Verna sends the incorporeal hand darting for the male as her proxy. It passes through the creature, stealing a wisp of its life force. Not enough for permanent damage, nor even permanent impairment. Only enough to weaken it temporarily.
GAME: Note Staggered added to Old Male with a duration of 1 rounds.
<OOC> Mikilos says, "Okay, we'll give Klythos another minute or so, then continue..."
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
GAME: Mikilos rolls 1d20+13: (13)+13: 26
GAME: Mikilos rolls 2d8+9: (8)+9: 17
GAME: You damaged Klythos for 17 points. -1 remaining. (DYING)
Wobbly and dizzy, the large male still manages to snap its fangs into Kylthos, tearing out a fair sized chunk of flesh and leaving the gobber in very bad shape.
GAME: Mikilos advances the initiative order.
<OOC> Klythos says, "I'm back"
<OOC> Klythos says, "I guess I'd just shoot the guy with my tanglefoot ray again"
GAME: Klythos rolls ranged+2+1: (16)+7+2+1: 26
GAME: Klythos rolls 3d6+5+1: (10)+5+1: 16
<OOC> Mikilos says, "hit... and down! ...we'll call it a double knock out! XD"
Klythos lines up a shot as the landshark charges him, he furiously works to adjust dials and just as the creature hits him his death ray goes off, a blast of green energy throwing the goblin through the air and onto the ground with a sickening crunch. He is out, and bleeding out his ears.
Timestop by Mikilos has left.
GAME: You remove the timestop.
GAME: MoonMoonVuk rolls heal: (12)+5: 17
Vuk reappers from the shadows..they seem to actually cling to him..gods know why. "So..." He says, approaching Klythos and slipping off his wolf to try and help the poor Gobber. "Brethren! By the Power of Jibbom, arise!" He says after ..well, trying to do something!
Once the last creature is incapacitated, and no others appear incoming, Verna relaxes. Not that she ever appeared especially tense, or much anything else due to her choice of attire. She can also render aid to the wounded, as necessary.
The goblin known as Klythos is ready for death, it has come to take him, but as he goes to the afterlife he hears the name Jibbom...wait, what, that guys there, NO NO NO, I don't want to die if he is there!!! And the goblin is then roused.
Aurala has disconnected.
It seems much longer, but in truth it's only a few minutes before a trio of wizards arrive. At elast, you assume they're wizards. This group looks a bit more like rangers, with trousers and swords over robes and pouches, but their steeds are made of shadowy smoke. and after checking that everyone is out of critical danger, begin casting spells of binding upon the bulettes. Packs are swiftly opened to expose a range of measureing equipment, from simple scales and measureing tapes, to exotic device of brass and crystal. "Very well done! I've never seen a pack of 3 landsharks in the same location before. Certainly not taken alive!"
Vuk has saved some one with the healing name of Jibbom! ..No one ever tell Jibbom. "Good sirs! It was a trivial task when one applies the appropriate amount of mind over brawn. As you can see, we have ample amounts of both!" Vuk..probably doesn't even understand what he said.
Klythos uses a small device to start auto-stictching his wound, as well as applying special drugs, it looks like a small spider, the fangs make staples and there is also numbing agent on it. The goblin stays back to lick his wounds, sorta.
The trip back to camp is mostly uneventful. Mostly, save for that one tense moment with a curious bee, and that bit with an accidentally inhaled gnat. But everyone makes it back, receiving well wishes and praise from the scrying pair, before being handed off again to the orginal pair of transportational wizards. "Our contract was with the Guild of Explorers, but we'll informed them of a complete success. Your reward will be from whatever system it is they use."