Sessions/Fens of Despair/Eighth

Narrator: The delvers are trying to cross the great river to the grove, but the ford is guarded by giant undead crocodiles.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Mordreona: "Can we not just run this time?" I back up but keep the rope in my hand.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Mordreona: ###
Berkun: okay, move and attack
GM: Go for it?
Berkun: lizard 5, cutting arrow, leg...
Berkun: -2 for range
Berkun: fast draw cutting [3d6] => [6,2,2] = (10) fast load [3d6] => [1,3,3] = (7)
GM: You're at -4 for shooting into the close combat with Hammer and the croc.
Berkun: shooting [3d6.skill(19,2+2-2-4-3)] => [2,5,2] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 
Berkun: but I got him
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [4,5,3] = 12 vs (10) or less Failure! by 2 
GM: So you did.
Berkun: though shouldn't shooting at the rear leg count as not shooting into combat?
Berkun: [1d6+6] => [6,6] = (12) damage
Berkun: cutting damage, like I said
GM: The arrow carves a chunk out of the lizard's massive leg, but it doesn't slow it down.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hammer 
(on deck: [26] Connell) 
Hammer: Kneel and pray )
Hammer: drop pack
GM: Hang a second.
GM: Succeed in a wrestling contest to change position while a giant crocodile is standing on you.
Hammer: Wrestling (15) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [3,5,1] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 
Water Lizard: Wrestling [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [5,3,4] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 
Hammer: not sure about mods
GM: You win, in this case.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [26] Connell 
(on deck: [24] Mrugnak) 
Hammer: refreshing
** Connell drops his staff, and moves forward to grab Lenia. (( Grabbing Lenia so I can drag her away from stunned croc... or get us both eaten, whichever works. )) **
GM: It's a plan.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Mrugnak 
(on deck: [24] Lenia) 
** Mrugnak releases one hand from the rope and draws his morning star! **
Mrugnak: ###
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Lenia 
(on deck: [24] Water Lizards) 
Mrugnak: (( my pack is on the ground where I'm standing, for ref. ))
Lenia: Stun recovery: [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [6,2,4] = 12 vs (10) or less Failure! by 2 
Lenia: ###
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Water Lizards 
(on deck: [28] Morderona) 
GM: Lizard 3 stuns: [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [3,5,5] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 
Water Lizard: Lizard 2 slams Mrugnak [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [3,6,3] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 DA -2/-1
Mrugnak: Parry with the morning star!
Mrugnak: Any modifiers for mud etc?
GM: -2.
GM: Sorry, -1 where you are.
GM: Ah, no.
GM: Mud is -1 defense.
GM: Swamp is nothing but no retreat.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) parry [3d6.skill(15,0+1+2)] => [4,1,5] = 10 vs (18) or less Success! by 8 Bless +2
Mrugnak: Not retreating!
Mrugnak: (Forgot to put the DA penalty in)
Mrugnak: (( but, looks like I'm good anyways. ))
GM: How much does your weapon weigh?
Lenia: Morningstar weighs what?
Lenia: Heh.
Berkun: 6lbs
Water Lizard: Lizard 1 bites Hammer's right flank [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [1,4,4] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 DA-2/-1
Hammer: Parry
Water Lizard: Lizard 5 bites Hammer's face [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [3,1,2] = 6 vs (12) or less Success! by 6 DA-2/-1
Mrugnak: (( just checking how much the heavy one is. ))
Hammer: Katana Parry (15) [3d6.skill(15,-2)] => [1,3,5] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 
Hammer: Block on #5
Hammer: or can I in CC?
GM: They're both in close combat - you have another -4 to your katana parry, so you failed.
GM: You can block.
Hammer: Block (12) [3d6.skill(12,+5+-4)] => [3,6,2] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Hammer: put in a -4
GM: You're at -2 for flank, -1 for mud, -1 for DA, -4 for trying to parry with a bastard sword at point blank.
Mrugnak: (( 9 lbs for extra large morning star. ))
GM: So you blocked the front one, no problem.
GM: Is your morningstar fine, Mrugnak?
Berkun: (you could have the striking part filled with lead, too! *grin*)
Mrugnak: (( yep! ))
GM: [51/9] => 5
GM: breakage on a 1-3 [1d6] => [5] = (5)
GM: It holds, you stop the attack.
Mrugnak: (( ... They have a ST of 510? ))
GM: SLAM!
Water Lizard: Waterlizard 1 bites and grapples Hammer for [7d6] => [1,3,3,1,1,6,6] = (21) damage
Mordreona: "OH, BY THE GODS"
GM: Hammer: take 21 damage after DR. Roll for Stun for a major wound. You're grappled.
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [2,5,1] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 
Narrator: One of the zombie lizards moves behind Hammer and bites him, then starts shaking him.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Mordreona: I pull on the rope as hard as I can ( I will use a FP if I can). I also look around for more of them swimming our way.
Mordreona: ###
GM: Make a ST at -8.
Mordreona: I try to keep the rope off Mrugnak too.
Mordreona: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,-8)] => [3,6,5] = 14 vs (5) or less Failure! by 9 
Water Lizard: Resist [3d6.skill(51,0)] => [5,6,2] = 13 vs (51) or less Success! by 38 
GM: Rope? [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [2,1,6] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
Mordreona: ( I almost had him.)
GM: The rope slides out of you hands to no effect.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Mordreona: (Hammer?)
Hammer: valiant effort
Berkun: Berkun leaps over the tail of the dead lizard to get the other one from behind...
Berkun: fast draw cutting [3d6] => [6,6,4] = (16) fast load [3d6] => [1,4,5] = (10)
GM: Dramatic! +1 to hit for gratituitous acrobatics.
Berkun: shoot at foot [3d6.skill(19,2+2-4-1)] => [2,2,2] = 6 vs (18) or less Critical Success! by 12 [B556]
GM: [3d6.crit_hit()] => [1,3,2] = 6 The blow inflicts maximum normal damage. [B556]
Berkun: (so by 13, really!)
Berkun: so 12 cutting to the foot
Berkun: "Let him go and come HERE!"
Berkun: Berkun draws his bow so hard it creaks in protest
GM: You slice off a toe, but it's still a big monster.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hammer 
(on deck: [26] Connell) 
GM: Roll for consciousness.
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [6,1,2] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 
Mordreona: "What a brave and graceful fool you are Berkun."
Hammer: If my right arm is free I'll just flail at the one in front
Hammer: stand, first
GM: Sure. You're at -2 for mud, -2 for position, -8 for bastard sword in close combat, -4 for being grappled, and +2 for its size.
GM: You can't change position while grappled.
Hammer: ah scratch that
Hammer: can i use wrestling to escape then?
Mrugnak: Wrestling will give you ab onus if you know it at DX+1 or higher.
Mrugnak: To your ST roll ...
Berkun: how hard would it be to move under the beasts belly?
Lenia: ((You're resisting ST51 with wrestling. I recommend reversing the grip on your katana and striking to the back - it becomes reach 1, which lowers the penalties, and it does extra damage if you hit.))
Berkun: would a crouching position be enough or is crawling needed?
GM: He's in the monster's jaws - he can't move without breaking free or finding another 90 levels of strength.
Hammer: OK I'll reverse my grip
GM: DX roll to ready while grappled, and another skill -6 to reverse grip as a free action.
Hammer: DX (15) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [2,1,6] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 
Hammer: sec..
GM: You spin your katana in your hand, holding it like an icepick.
Hammer: [Grip change] => Grip change[3d6.skill(21,-6)] => [6,4,2] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 
GM: In the blink of an eye.
GM: What else do you want to do?
Hammer: so I can reverse thrust too?
GM: Yep.
Hammer: stab backwards as many times as humanly possible )
GM: Okay, you're at -4 for close combat with a reach 1 weapon, -4 for grappled, -2 for mud, -2 for posture, +2 for size. You do +1 thrust damage.
Hammer: OK thats -10...I'll do 2 normal and 2 rapid with a +4 telegraphed on the rapid
GM: Oh, and -2 for a back attack.
Hammer: OK
Hammer: make them all +4 telegraphed
GM: Okay.
Hammer: Katana Thrust (21) [3d6.skill(21,-2+-12)] => [2,5,1] = 8 vs (7) or less Failure! by 1 
Hammer: Katana Thrust (21) [3d6.skill(21,-2+-12)] => [3,2,1] = 6 vs (7) or less Success! by 1 
Hammer: Katana Thrust (21) [3d6.skill(21,-2+-15)] => [1,6,4] = 11 vs (4) or less Failure! by 7 
Hammer: Katana Thrust (21) [3d6.skill(21,-2+-15)] => [5,6,6] = 17 vs (4) or less Critical Failure! [B556]
Berkun: (+-12?)
Hammer: Whoopsie
Mrugnak: Ack
Berkun: (is that a typo?)
GM: Looks right to me.
Mrugnak: works out mathematically the same as -12
Hammer: ((No i just put the + in the key for some reason, it works))
Berkun: (it does, but looked weird!)
GM: I think he missed the telegraphed, though, so the first two hit.
Hammer: luck on the crit
GM: Roll it.
Hammer: Katana Thrust (21) [3d6.skill(21,-2+-15)] => [1,2,6] = 9 vs (4) or less Failure! by 5 
Hammer: Katana Thrust (21) [3d6.skill(21,-2+-15)] => [6,4,4] = 14 vs (4) or less Critical Failure! by 10 [B556]
Hammer: take the fail
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,2)] => [3,2,6] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
Dodge [3d6.skill(10,2)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 
Narrator: Hammer spins his blade and begins stabbing at the gator, but it's shaking him so much that even his great skill is not enough.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [26] Connell 
(on deck: [24] Mrugnak) 
** Connell walks backwards, dragging Lenia away from the water. (( Lenia's weight brings me down to speed 3, so moving 3 yards. )) **
GM: Okay, Lenia is no longer grappled.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Mrugnak 
(on deck: [24] Lenia) 
Mrugnak: So. Smashing a morningstar ball into the underside of this things head. Is that a normal face/neck hit? Face/neck with an extra penalty? Jaw?
GM: Face at -2.
Mrugnak: So total of -9, or -2 total (not counting the rest of things)
Mrugnak: -7 rather.
GM: Right. You're in close combat right now, by the way.
Mrugnak: Oh, I fully intend to take a step back.
Mrugnak: Lucky Mordy left me some space.
Mrugnak: OK. So. -7 for "underside of head", no penalty for terrain, not currently grappled, +1 for size (SM+2 right?)
GM: Right.
Mrugnak: Step back and Defensive Attack (for a +1 to parry) to the underside of the head, -4/-2 deceptive, and I really should have maced it in the face when I parried last time!
GM: Ah, well.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [3d6.skill(24,-7+1+2)] => [3,2,4] = 9 vs (20) or less Success! by 11 Bless +2 Conditional: -1 from 'Size Modifier' when Bigger Than Them
Mrugnak: Missed the -4 so success by 7
Mrugnak: because I'm apparently defective regarding DA and math tonight.
Water Lizard: Dodge! [3d6.skill(10,-2)] => [2,2,2] = 6 vs (8) or less Success! by 2 
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Lenia 
(on deck: [24] Water Lizards) 
Lenia: "Guh? Wha? Connell, your hands don't go there." Stun recovery: [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
Lenia: Woo!
Berkun: :D
Lenia: ###
GM: Apparently, you and the lizard were caught in the electrical charge.
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Water Lizards 
(on deck: [28] Morderona) 
Water Lizard: Lizard 1 worries Hammer for [7d6] => [5,1,5,6,4,3,1] = (25) cutting damage.
Connell: "Sure they do. See, just like this."
Berkun: that's worrying
Hammer: ((No armor again?))
Mordreona: ((Worrying he might get away))
GM: Take 27 damage. Make a HT roll at +3 for Major Wound. Make a HT roll at -2 for Death.
Lenia: Ow. =(
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,+3)] => [2,4,4] = 10 vs (16) or less Success! by 6 
Lenia: I've been failing HT rolls at -2 for like. Three rounds now.
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2)] => [5,2,2] = 9 vs (11) or less Success! by 2 
Water Lizard: Lizard 2 steps forward and bites Mrugnak again [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [3,5,6] = 14 vs (12) or less Failure! by 2 DA-2/-1
Hammer: "Is that all you got, you damned Gecko?"
Water Lizard: Lizard 3 unstuns now [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [1,6,6] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 
Mrugnak: "You miss!"
Water Lizard: Lizard 5 slides back and hits Berkun with his tail [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [1,5,6] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 
Berkun: dodge with retreat[3d6.skill(11,2)] => [5,1,1] = 7 vs (13) or less Success! by 6 
Berkun: Berkun is on his guard against the trashing tail
GM: Okay, *you* can retreat in the mud because of your Perk, but no one else can.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Berkun: oh, splendid
** Mordreona drops the rope and screams, stepping back. "What is wrong with you people? Let them divide up Hammer while we reevaluate where we cross from a safe distance. Better than everyone dieing. Hammer would want it this way, I'm sure of it." **
Lenia: I love Perks.
Mordreona: ###
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak got thing in face!"
Berkun: okay, if I crouch, can I shoot at the underbelly?
GM: Sure, at -2.
Berkun: if I shoot from where I'm now, is that a back attack or rear attack?
GM: Flank.
Berkun: and I can't really aim for 'chinks' in armor? or can I? the lizards do have their innards out, so that would be a good point to aim at, right? since it means they have holes...
GM: You sure can, at -8 for the torso or -10 for anywhere else.
Mrugnak: Chinks in the underside is -8 or -10?
Berkun: okay...
Berkun: chinks in the underside...
Mrugnak: -8-2=10 and or -10 for "anywhere else"
Berkun: fast draw cutting [3d6] => [3,3,3] = (9) fast load [3d6] => [3,4,3] = (10)
Mrugnak: or -12?
GM: -2 for the underbelly, -10 for the torso underbelly, -12 for the vitals underbelly.
Berkun: shooting the exposed parts of the underside [3d6.skill(19,2+2+2-10-1)] => [3,2,5] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
Berkun: "Here I am beast, right in your guts!"
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [5,3,5] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 
GM: Damage?
Berkun: [1d6+6] => [5,6] = (11) cutting
Narrator: Berkun crouches down and drives an arrow through a weak point into the monster's guts.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hammer 
(on deck: [26] Connell) 
Hammer: hmm
Lenia: Consciousness roll first.
Lenia: =/
Berkun: (by the way, is hammer grappled by lizard 5 or 1?)
GM: Lizard 1.
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [6,6,3] = 15 vs (13) or less Failure! by 2 
Hammer: nite nite
Hammer: death roll? or no cause I haven't done anything?
Narrator: The pain is too much for Hammer and he passes out as his blood stains the river.
GM: You haven't crossed any additional death thresholds.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [26] Connell 
(on deck: [24] Mrugnak) 
Mrugnak: Another eleventybillion die lightning bolt?
** Connell hoists Lenia to her feet and gives her a little pat on the rump. "All better. Now get out there and save Hammer and Mrugnak before they get eaten." **
Berkun: oh, was there any noticeable effect to shooting the arrow inside the lizards innards? did it seem to notice at all?
Connell: (( If I can fit readying another lightning bolt into that action, then yes.
GM: Its turning toward you, but you can't tell if its hurt.
GM: Connell, your action? speaking and molesting the nymph is a free action.
Connell: (( Ok, I didn't know if getting her to her feet counted
Mrugnak: I think he's also trying to Change Posture her.
Mrugnak: So she doesn't have to do it :D
GM: She's standing - she never fell over.
** Connell begins incanting another lightning bolt. (( 3FP to 6d, -5 for -1FP, +4 for shouted gestures and words [3d6.skill(16,-5+4)] => [5,4,5] = 14 vs (15) or less Success! by 1 )) **
Connell: (( Ups, -1 for corruption
GM: Okay. You don't have your staff out.
Lenia: ((More than -1; I thought it was -3 here?))
GM: It's -4 for the corruption.
Connell: (( Oh... uh, in that case I probably wouldn't have gone for the FP reduction
GM: Fine by me.
Connell: (( Oh well
GM: You have a 6d lightning bolt and, uhm, 3 more fatigue?
Connell: Yes.
GM: Great.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Mrugnak 
(on deck: [24] Lenia) 
Mrugnak: "BAD lizard!" Mrugnak attempts to cold-clock the lizard again, with a smash to the underside of the NECK this time. -5 for neck, -2 for underside -6/-3 for deceptive!
GM: Roll it.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [3d6.skill(24,-5-2-6+2)] => [1,3,3] = 7 vs (13) or less Success! by 6 Bless +2 Conditional: -1 from 'Size Modifier' when Bigger Than Them
Mrugnak: (forgot the +1 for size, but arg.)
Mrugnak: (( I blame traffic. ))
Water Lizard: Dodge! [3d6.skill(10,-3)] => [3,4,5] = 12 vs (7) or less Failure! by 5 
Mrugnak: x1.5 for neck crushing!
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [4d6+3] => [5,1,2,1,3] = (12) cr
Mrugnak: Thank god, because that's a sad die roll.
GM: You smack it around a bit, but not nearly enough to stop it.
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Lenia 
(on deck: [24] Water Lizards) 
Mordreona: "Damn Mrugnak, a wounded elf child could hit it harder than that."
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak like see you try!"
Mordreona: "Kill it if you will not run"
Lenia: I still have 4d worth of Shocking Touch on my Staff.
Lenia: Is my staff still readied?
Mrugnak: He's stunned!
GM: DX roll to not have dropped it.
Lenia: DX: [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [3,5,3] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
Mrugnak: Hm, does bless count?
Mrugnak: woops. misschat.
GM: Lenia?
Lenia: 1 FP for a Heroic Charge; move and attack Lizard 1, aiming for the face.
Mrugnak: (( AFK briefly - icecream ))
GM: He's grappling Hammer, so -2 to hit.
GM: And -5 for the face. +2 for size. Next -5.
Lenia: +1 more for Born Biter if I recall from last week?
GM: Right.
Lenia: Staff: [3d6.skill(14,-4)] => [5,3,5] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 
Lenia: Luck!
Lenia: Staff: [3d6.skill(14,-4)] => [5,3,6] = 14 vs (10) or less Failure! by 4 
Lenia: Staff: [3d6.skill(14,-4)] => [3,5,2] = 10 vs (10) or less Success! by 0 
Lenia: Woo!
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [6,6,6] = 18 vs (10) or less Critical Failure! [B556]
Lenia: Oh, poor lizert.
Lenia: ZZZAP.
GM: Face up on a 1? [1d2] => [2] = (2)
GM: Damage?
Lenia: Damage is [1d6] => [3] = (3) cr which it probably ignores, and [4d6+4] => [3,2,6,2,4] = (17) burning, ignoring DR.
Lenia: To the face. >.>
** Connell resists the urge to applaud. **
GM: Yikes! Hammer takes [3d6] => [3,3,2] = (8) conduction across the skin...
** Mordreona grins **
GM: 3 points of DR (metal counts as DR1)...
GM: Hammer needs to make another death check at no penalty.
Lenia: Sorry, Hammer. I was hoping to make it let go. =/
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [5,1,5] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Water Lizard: Lizard 2 stunned? [3d6.skill(12,-1)] => [5,3,1] = 9 vs (11) or less Success! by 2 
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Water Lizards 
(on deck: [28] Morderona) 
Water Lizard: Lizard 1 turns and bites Lenia [3d6.skill(14,-1-2)] => [5,1,4] = 10 vs (11) or less Success! by 1 DA -2/-1
Lenia: It did fall over - maybe it let go anyway?
GM: Doh!
GM: Well, it lets go as it gets its feet under it, and it doesn't attack you. Damnit.
Water Lizard: Lizard 2 bites Mrugnak [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [3,4,1] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 DA-2/-1
Lenia: Hey, that's 3d damage instead of whatever huge amount it would have done by worrying you!
Lenia: I'm helping! :D
** Mrugnak tries to Parry it in the face! With the morning star! **
Water Lizard: Lizard 3 unstuns [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [2,3,1] = 6 vs (10) or less Success! by 4 
Mrugnak: And no bonus because he attacked normally last round.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) parry [3d6.skill(15,0+1+2)] => [2,3,6] = 11 vs (18) or less Success! by 7 Bless +2
Mrugnak: -1 for DA
Water Lizard: Lizard 5 turns and moves toward Berkun.
Mrugnak: because I am BRAIN DAMAGED today.
** Hammer talks in his sleep..."Damn wizards" **
Water Lizard: Bites [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [2,6,3] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 DA-2/-1
** Lenia notes to Hammer's unconscious body, "If you'd prefer I just let it keep chewing on you..." **
GM: Flail breakage on 3- [1d6] => [3] = (3)
Lenia: Oh no. =(
Lenia: Wait, what? No, that wasn't a slam.
GM: Doh! So right.
GM: Roll the attack, Mrugnak.
GM: Berkun, defend against an attack.
Berkun: that attack was on me?
Mrugnak: To the face! Can I target the underside by any chance?
GM: No.
Mrugnak: Ah well!
Berkun: okay, retreat [3d6.skill(11,2+1)] => [6,3,2] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [3d6.skill(24,-5+2)] => [6,2,4] = 12 vs (21) or less Success! by 9 Bless +2 Conditional: -1 from 'Size Modifier' when Bigger Than Them
GM: Damage is -1 per die.
Mrugnak: hm?
Mrugnak: I didn't Defensive attack last round.
Berkun: (actually, that was success by 2, I forgot my load)
GM: Sorry, misread the rules. Go for it.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [4d6+3] => [3,1,2,1,3] = (10) cr
Mrugnak: Rolling low, sigh. 1/2 DR anyways.
GM: Right.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Mordreona: I fast draw my sword and step. Trying to hide from the one in front of Mrugnak as I go behind it.
Mordreona: Fast-Draw (Short Sword) (16) [3d6.skill(16,0)] => [5,2,5] = 12 vs (16) or less Success! by 4 Includes: +1 from 'Combat Reflexes'
Mordreona: Stealth (19) [3d6.skill(19,0)] => [6,5,2] = 13 vs (19) or less Success! by 6 
Mordreona: ###
GM: You're at -10 for the complete lack of cover, so no hiding for you.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Berkun: move and fire
Berkun: one question, if the lizard was snapping it's jaw at me, can I try to shoot inside it's mouth while it's open at a modifier?
Mrugnak: Ooooo.
GM: I'd call that chinks to the brain, -10.
Berkun: since it's a bit like attacking someones weapon after being attacked by it...
Berkun: fast draw cutting [3d6] => [2,1,1] = (4) fast load [3d6] => [4,5,4] = (13)
Berkun: now that's a great and spot on GM call:D
Berkun: shoot [3d6.skill(19,2+2-10)] => [5,6,4] = 15 vs (13) or less Failure! by 2 I assume this can't be 'predictive' by common sense...
Berkun: one way or another, miss
GM: Sure could be, but...
GM: You missed.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hammer 
(on deck: [26] Connell) 
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [26] Connell 
(on deck: [24] Mrugnak) 
** Connell continues charging up his lightning bolt, drawing a bead on his arch-nemesis, Lizard 3. (( 3 more FP, 12d now **
GM: Okay.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Mrugnak 
(on deck: [24] Lenia) 
Mrugnak: 1) Step back.
Mrugnak: 2) Try that morningstar-neck combo again.
GM: Go for it.
Mrugnak: -5 for neck -2 for underside -6 for deceptive +1 for size, watch me forget to type one.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [3d6.skill(24,-5-2-6+1+2)] => [4,6,1] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 Bless +2 Conditional: -1 from 'Size Modifier' when Bigger Than Them
Mrugnak: HA I remembered!
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,-3)] => [6,6,5] = 17 vs (7) or less Critical Failure! [B556]
Mrugnak: HAHA!
Lenia: That keeps happening.
GM: Face down on a 1 [1d2] => [1] = (1)
Mrugnak: Knocked him arse over tip!
Connell: They're huge zombie lizards, I don't think they ought to dodge well.
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [4d6+3] => [1,1,6,5,3] = (16) cr
GM: These are fast zombies.
Mrugnak: and wounding is 1.5, and halved!
Mrugnak: halved dr.
Mrugnak: rather.
Mrugnak: not halved wounding.
Mrugnak: Me english good.
GM: You smash it again, brainiac.
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Lenia 
(on deck: [24] Water Lizards) 
GM: Lenia?
Lenia: I'm trying to figure out a way to live through this without using Grease.
Mrugnak: ... withOUT using Grease?
Lenia: Actually, I'd feel bad about the universe if Grease worked on muddy ground.
Mrugnak: It's magically slippery.
GM: I'd be inclined to give them big bonuses.
Berkun: do you have body of air or only Connell?
Mrugnak: Like Lucky Charms, but texturally challenged.
Lenia: I have Body of Air, but not Body of Wind.
Lenia: Body of Air takes 5 seconds to cast.
Hammer: Blink?
Berkun: ack!
Lenia: Blink isn't available in DF, much to my dismay.
Lenia: ...
Berkun: well, I won't make suggestions that my character couldn't in this situation...
Lenia: Cast and Blast: Concussion.
Lenia: Throwing it on the other side of the crocs.
Mrugnak: (( Uh oh. This never goes well. ))
Mordreona: (( I think it did one time.))
Lenia: 1 FP for 1 die, that's all. Shouted words, subtle gestures.
Mrugnak: (( they're undead. ))
Mrugnak: (( aren't they immune to stun? ))
Connell: (( Meddle not in the affairs of wizards, because they have Brilliant Plans and those tend to have a blast radius. ))
Mrugnak: (( nowait ))
Mordreona: ((I did not say it "would" go well.))
Mrugnak: (( these ones have been stunned! ))
GM: -4 for corruption, unless you embrace it.
Berkun: ((there's always knockback))
Berkun: ((which might mean Hammer gets free))
Lenia: Cast: [3d6.skill(18,-6-4+1)] => [3,4,4] = 11 vs (9) or less Failure! by 2 Blast, aiming for a hex 11 yards west: [3d6.skill(14,-6+4)] => [3,6,3] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 
Mrugnak: (( not at 1 die. ))
Lenia: Well.
Berkun: ((which means we can deploy heavy artillery))
Mrugnak: (( luck? ))
Mordreona: ((hammer is dropped yes?))
Connell: (( Embrace the dark side! ))
Narrator: Lenia shouts and screams, but nothing happens.
Lenia: ((Burned it 20 minutes ago hitting the lizard in the face.))
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Water Lizards 
(on deck: [28] Morderona) 
Water Lizard: Lizard 1 gets to its feet.
Berkun: ((hammer isn't grappled?))
Mordreona: ((thats what I tried to ask, yes))
Water Lizard: Lizard 2 backs up a bit, not liking the fight against Mrugnak.
Water Lizard: Sorry, it gets to its knees.
Water Lizard: Lizard 3 steps forward and grapples Lenia and Connell
Lenia [3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [5,3,6] = 14 vs (15) or less Success! by 1 DA-2/-1
[3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [5,1,4] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1
Connell: [3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [5,3,1] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 DA-2/-1
Water Lizard: Lizard 5 turns and chases after Berkun.
Lenia: Feverish Dodge: [3d6.skill(9,+2)] => [5,4,4] = 13 vs (11) or less Failure! by 2 and Parry: [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [4,3,2] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 
GM: Defenses, wizardly types? You just got grabbed by a bunch of zombified intestines.
Lenia: Hey, Parry worked.
Berkun: Lenia, try to cause damage now that you parried
Lenia: Do I have a hope of hurting the intestines, or should I not bother?
Mrugnak: To his GUTS!
Mrugnak: Unarmored vittles!
Connell: Fevery-dodge! [3d6.skill(9,+2)] => [1,1,3] = 5 vs (11) or less Success! by 6 
Mrugnak: -2 for deceptive but.
Lenia: Hurt it? [3d6.skill(14,-3)] => [3,2,5] = 10 vs (11) or less Success! by 1 
Mrugnak: or -1 rather.
Lenia: Damage is [1d6+2] => [3,2] = (5)
GM: You thump an intestine as others wrap around you.
Lenia: Yeah, I didn't figure that was likely to save me. =)
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Mordreona: Did I see it just try to grapple Lenia withe its guts?
GM: Yes.
Mordreona: I drop my sword and step back grabbing the rope.
Lenia: I think you forgot Lizard 3.
Mordreona: back*
GM: Uhm?
Lenia: Oh, no, that was the one that grappled.
Lenia: Never mind.
GM: Okay, you grab the rope again, Mordreona.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Berkun: is Hammer grappled? Is Lenia grappled? Does lizard 5 open his mouth for even a moment so I can try and shoot into it again?
Berkun: and should we subtract FP yet?
Lenia: Lenia is grappled. Hammer is not. Shooting into its mouth is 'chinks in the brain' at -10.
GM: No, FP is at the end of the fight.
Lenia: I think. >.>
GM: Hammer isn't grappled, Lenia is.
Berkun: okay, I shoot into the mouth of lizard 5
GM: You can shoot the mouth again, yes.
Lenia: Yay, I was right! :D
Berkun: after moving back a step predictive [3d6.skill(19,2+2+2-10)] => [1,1,6] = 8 vs (15) or less Success! by 7 
Berkun: (not predictive)
Berkun: (by the way, I changed my mind, so no predictitve modifiers there)
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [6,3,1] = 10 vs (10) or less Success! by 0 
Berkun: oh, and before that...
Berkun: fast draw[3d6] => [1,1,6] = (8) fast load [3d6] => [5,1,4] = (10)
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hammer 
(on deck: [26] Connell) 
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [26] Connell 
(on deck: [24] Mrugnak) 
Berkun: huh, I should have made it predictive.
Connell: Did Lizard 3 move, or just shoot entangling guts at range?
GM: It has 7 yards of entangling guts, with 3 separate sections.
Berkun: !!! target
** Connell blasts the damn thing with lightning! [3d6.skill(15,-2)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 **
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [2,3,1] = 6 vs (10) or less Success! by 4 
Hammer: luck
Lenia: Might hit Lenia!
Connell: Lizard 3, not 1.
Lenia: That's the one that's got me grappled.
GM: No, Lenia's to the side, but I can't see how he can miss the water.
GM: Damage is what?
Connell: (( Hammer is using Luck to make it reroll or something? ))
Connell: [12d6-12] => [6,3,2,5,5,6,1,1,3,3,5,2,-12] = (30)
Hammer: ((no))
Narrator: The lightning bolt hits the water, creating a huge cloud of steam and energy. One of the lizard shutters and stops moving.
GM: Lizard 1 has taken enough cumulative damage to make it stop fighting.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Mrugnak 
(on deck: [24] Lenia) 
Berkun: (does that mean we took it down to -5xHP?)
GM: No.
Lenia: ((It's undead. Probably got it to 0 HP, or possibly -1x HP. >.>))
Berkun: (ah...)
** Mrugnak takes advantage of the zombie being on its knees! No additional penalty to attack the underside of its neck due to posture, but it's at -2! **
GM: It's belly isn't exposed, you're still at -2.
** Mrugnak looks to really flip its lid! -5 for neck, -2 for underside -4/-2 for DA, +1 for size! **
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [3d6.skill(24,-5-2-4+1+2)] => [5,6,5] = 16 vs (16) or less Success! by 0 Bless +2 Conditional: -1 from 'Size Modifier' when Bigger Than Them
Mrugnak: Net -4 on defenses!
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,-2-2)] => [6,1,6] = 13 vs (6) or less Failure! by 7 
Mrugnak: Huvudet-krossat-i (Morningstar) [4d6+3] => [1,6,4,5,3] = (19) cr
GM: Mrugnak's blow crushes the things neck, and its rotting hide fails to hold. The head sheers off the body.
Mrugnak: "Graaaah!"
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Lenia 
(on deck: [24] Water Lizards) 
Lenia: Here's a question: These zombies have been lurking in the water. Would you say the guts are pretty waterlogged? Soaked and dripping?
GM: Yes, I'd say that.
Lenia: Suck cantrip, evildoer.
GM: ???
Mrugnak: (( eheheheheheh ))
Lenia: Oh, BALLS.
Lenia: Freeze has a 10-second cast time.
Lenia: It was such a good idea, too.
Mrugnak: (( booooooo ))
GM: Aren't you grappled?
Connell: Probably because someone had it once before.
GM: So casting at -13, all told?
Lenia: Yeah, but I could probably absorb the penalty.
Lenia: So yeah. No hope of breaking free, staff's useless in close combat, casting's nigh impossible.
Lenia: Fallback plan: Scream and flail.
Lenia: ###
GM: Good plan!
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Water Lizards 
(on deck: [28] Morderona) 
Water Lizard: Lizard 5 slams Berkun [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [3,4,2] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 DA-2/-1
Berkun: feverish dodge, retreat [3d6.skill(11,2+3+1-1)] => [1,2,6] = 9 vs (16) or less Success! by 7 
Water Lizard: Lizard 3 steps and grapples Connell: [3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [3,6,2] = 11 vs (15) or less Success! by 4 DA-2/-1
and Berkun [3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [3,5,5] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 DA-2/-1
Berkun: Mud shoots up as Berkun backpedals from the charge
GM: Berkun is grappled on the flank, -2 to defend.
Berkun: feverish dodge... [3d6.skill(11,3+1-1-1)] => [5,2,1] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 
GM: What's the +3 for? 
GM: Doesn't matter, you made it.
Mrugnak: Feverish?
GM: What about Connell?
Mrugnak: No, that's +2... +3 is retreat?
GM: Can't retreat against 2 foes in 1 turn.
Berkun: yes, for feverish
Berkun: true, can't
Connell: (( Woops, didn't see my name in there
** Connell attempts to dodge. Feverishly. [3d6.skill(9,+3)] => [5,6,5] = 16 vs (12) or less Failure! by 4 **
GM: You're also grappled.
GM: I have Connell at 11 fatigue, so he's slowed.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Mordreona: I start pulling Hammer to me.
Mordreona: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [4,3,1] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 
Mordreona: ###
** Hammer tries not to look like live bait on a string **
GM: You need to make a ST roll at -10, I think.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Mordreona: ((is he stuck in the mud?))
GM: Yes.
Berkun: are there grappling innards I can shoot?
GM: Sure, lots of them.
Berkun: uh, I mean... ones grappling someone?
GM: Sure, both Connell and Lenia are caught.
Berkun: how much 'strings' there are?
GM: A huge amount, and a mass of them are free and looping toward you.
Berkun: nah...
Berkun: that's...
Berkun: not a good idea
Berkun: fast draw cutting [3d6] => [6,1,4] = (11) fast load [3d6] => [1,1,1] = (3)
Berkun: and try the maw-shot at lizard 5 like before
Mrugnak: Hey, crit on fast load :D
Hammer: ((2 arrows?))
Berkun: predictive -4/2 [3d6.skill(19,3+2+2-10-4)] => [6,3,1] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,-2)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (8) or less Failure! by 4 
Berkun: Berkun shoots just before the lizard is about to part it's rotting teeth...
Berkun: [1d6+6] => [5,6] = (11) cutting
Berkun: wow, I keep on rolling good on damage
Narrator: Berkun backpedals frantically, dodging intestines and shooting arrows into the lizards's maw.
Narrator: The arrow piths the zombie, and it collapses in the swamp.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Hammer 
(on deck: [26] Connell) 
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [26] Connell 
(on deck: [24] Mrugnak) 
Lenia: ((11 cutting to the brain has GOT do do something impressive. Yeah.))
** Connell struggles against the rotting intestines, "Alright, this is why I drew the line at things with tentacles." Internally, he calls on the winds to save him. (( Drawing from power item, Body of Wind - no words or gestures. [3d6.skill(16,-5-4)] => [1,2,5] = 8 vs (7) or less Failure! by 1 )) **
Mrugnak: Oh dang.
Mrugnak: Character point?
GM: There's another -4 penalty for doing that while grappled, so no good.
Connell: Ehhh not yet.
GM: He's rolling vs a 4.
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Mrugnak 
(on deck: [24] Lenia) 
Connell: (( Even if I'm casting without words or gestures?
GM: Yep.
** Mrugnak drops the rope and charges towards the fight! **
GM: Go.
Mrugnak: Leaping over the remains of Lizard 2 if necessary.
GM: Yah, yah.
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Lenia 
(on deck: [24] Water Lizards) 
Lenia: My options haven't changed, but I have come up with a new brilliant plan.
Lenia: I flail and scream.
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Water Lizards 
(on deck: [28] Morderona) 
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak help!"
Lenia: (This is subtly different from screaming and flailing.)
Water Lizard: Lizard 3 steps forward, biting Lenia [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [3,6,3] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 wraparound
and grabbing at Berkun [3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [5,1,3] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 DA-4/-2
Berkun: dodge and retreat [3d6.skill(11,2+1-1)] => [5,4,2] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
GM: Lenia? Defense at -2 and more?
Connell: (( On the upside, if both casters die there's no reason to carry on to the stone circle. Mission complete! ))
Lenia: -2 for grappled, +2 feverish - any penalty for mud?
GM: -1.
Lenia: Dodge: [3d6.skill(9,-1-2+2)] => [6,5,2] = 13 vs (8) or less Failure! by 5 
GM: ... 
GM: Damage is [7d6] => [6,3,6,2,5,3,4] = (29) cutting, you have DR5.
GM: Death check at -2.
Lenia: [24*1.5] => 36.0
GM: Also, HT check at -4 against Major Wound stun.
Lenia: Death: [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [1,2,1] = 4 vs (10) or less Critical Success! [B556]
Lenia: ...
Lenia: Well.
Lenia: Major Wound: [3d6.skill(12,-4)] => [3,5,4] = 12 vs (8) or less Failure! by 4 
Lenia: I don't suppose critsucceeding the death check can give me +4 on the major wound check?
Narrator: The lizard bites deep into Lenia, spraying blood.
GM: No.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Morderona 
(on deck: [28] Berkun) 
Berkun: "Nooo, damnit no!"
** Mordreona pulls and yanks on the rope. **
GM: Go for it.
Mordreona: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [2,5,2] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 
GM: [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [2,1,2] = 5 vs (10) or less Success! by 5 
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Berkun 
(on deck: [28] Hammer) 
Mrugnak: [3d6.roll(15,+2)] => [1,5,2] = 8 vs (17) or less Success! by 9 
Mrugnak: meh.
Mrugnak: I don't berserk apparently.
Mordreona: ((I could make fun of you again.))
Berkun: fast draw cutting [3d6] => [2,5,2] = (9) fast load [3d6] => [6,1,3] = (10)
Berkun: shoot lizard 3 in the maw [3d6.skill(19,3+2+2-2-10)] => [3,1,2] = 6 vs (14) or less Success! by 8 
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [1,2,1] = 4 vs (10) or less Critical Success! [B556]
GM: Hit Lenia? [3d6.skill(9,1)] => [1,2,6] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
GM: Damage?
Berkun: damn...
Berkun: can't I spend a CP to reroll?
Berkun: or avoid hitting her?
GM: Uhm, sure, CP to reroll the Dodge.
GM: Fair enough.
Berkun: yes please:)
Berkun: Berkun is certainly putting his best into this shot...
Water Lizard: Dodge [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [6,5,5] = 16 vs (10) or less Failure! by 6 
GM: Damage?
Berkun: wow
Berkun: [1d6+6] => [6,6] = (12)
Berkun: wow
Mrugnak: Holy crap.
Lenia: I'm impressed.
Lenia: I was kind of looking forward to Mrugnak's reaction to skewering Lenia, heh.
Lenia: Er, Berkun's reaction rather.
Lenia: Also, I have to AFK for about 10 minutes to go pick up my laundry.
Lenia: Lenia should be easy to autoplay in the meantime.
Narrator: Berkun narrows his eyes, releases his breath, and looses an arrow that skims along Lenia's armor and cuts the crocodile's jaw off. The jawbone drops to the ground, releasing Lenia, and the intestines drop shortly thereafter.
GM: Combat ends. Lenia stands for a second, then drops bonelessly as she stares at the blood pouring from her body.
GM: What are folks doing?
Mrugnak: Having hysterics, I think.
** Connell bolts - well, drops, wriggles free of intestines, and stumbles over - to Lenia. "That didn't look good. Lenia?" **
** Connell draws power from his Power Item and attempts to heal Lenia. (( Major Healing 4FP -> 8HP, yelling and waving. [3d6.skill(16,-4+3)] => [4,6,6] = 16 vs (15) or less Failure! by 1 )) **
Berkun: all right, fried it
GM: CP to reroll?
Connell: (( Oh hell, I blow a CP. I am not dealing with more penalties. ))
GM: =_
GM: =)
Berkun: Berkun runs to the two wounded, hopefully alive people...
Connell: [3d6.skill(16,-1)] => [4,4,1] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 
Berkun: "Hurry, Connell help me with wounds, Mrugnak you'll need to carry them probably...)
Connell: (( 4FP is the max for the spell, right? ))
GM: Lenia is no longer in mortal danger, but she's in very bad shape.
** Mordreona plops down in the dirt. **
Connell: "I can't do more here. How's Hammer?"
GM: He looks dead to you, really. Mortally wounded at least.
Berkun: Berkun pours a minor healing potion down his throat...
Berkun: "Can you help him?"
whispering to Hammer, You're not mortally wounded. He just rolled badly. 
** Connell sighs and settles over Hammer, incanting the same spell. He seems a little calmer about it. [3d6.skill(16,-1)] => [5,2,4] = 11 vs (15) or less Success! by 4 **
Berkun: "If not, we must get out of here and not waste more time!"
GM: Potion heals [1d6-1] => [5,-1] = (4)
GM: You heal 4 damage.
GM: What did you cast, Connell?
Connell: (( Same thing, Major Healing for 4FP ))
GM: Well, he's still dying at best.
Berkun: another potion then
GM: Minor healing?
Mordreona: "I have one if he can use it."
Berkun: yeah
GM: [1d6-1] => [4,-1] = (3)
Berkun: I don't have major healing ones...
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak gave last potion to Leeneee"
** Mordreona gets up and walks over. **
Berkun: "Who's got any more?"
Lenia: ((I'm back.))
GM: The wounds are massive and deep. The potions are only improving the situation minorly.
Berkun: Berkun gazes at the waters panickedly
Mordreona: getting a potion out as she walks
Lenia: ((Sorry, how much have I healed?))
GM: 8, 15 for Hammer.
Mordreona: "Here Berkun, try this one."
Berkun: "Connell, will Lenia live?"
Mordreona: I keep an eye on the water.
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak move dem?"
Berkun: Berkun holds the potion in his hand, nervously looking at both
Mordreona: ((lol))
Berkun: "Moment, not before we make their wounds bleed less...!"
Mordreona: " I can first aid."
Connell: "She won't die soon, but... she's not good. We need to get her out of this swamp and I can do more."
** Mordreona starts to first aid Hammer. **
GM: The situation is well past First Aid, but go for it.
Berkun: Unless it looks like Lenia is in worse condition, Berkun pours the third potion into Hammer's mouth
GM: Still minor?
Mordreona: "Hmm, lets move a little first."
Berkun: whatever Mordreona gave me!
Mordreona: Yes
GM: Lenia is also in bad shape, though not as bad as Hammer. They're both going to die in hours, though.
Mrugnak: And from here to less corrupted areas of the swamp is measured in?
Berkun: hours is a lot of time...
whispering to Connell, Don't you have Great Healing? 
Mrugnak: Hours is not a lot of time when you're wasding.
Mrugnak: *wading
Mordreona: "I have two more left I can give Lenia one of them."
Berkun: I've got a healing stone, but I think it requires the user to be conscious...
** Connell tries another spell over Lenia. (( Minor Healing this time [3d6.skill(16,-1)] => [6,1,4] = 11 vs (15) or less Success! by 4 . 3FP -> 3HP )) "Let's at least get further away from this corrupt part of the swamp and there's one last thing I can try..." **
Berkun: "Right, Mrugnak should carry Hammer, we've got no time to get him out of the armor..."
Berkun: "I can lift Lenia"
GM: Mordreona, make your first aid rolls.
** Mordreona gives Connell a minor healing potion for Lenia. "Here try this." **
Berkun: "Connell, I have a healing stone, do you know if it will work if I put it in someone's hand and crush it for them?"
Mordreona: First Aid/TL3 (Human) (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [6,1,3] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 
Mordreona: First Aid/TL3 (Human) (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [3,3,1] = 7 vs (13) or less Success! by 6 
GM: [1d6-3] => [2,-3] = (-1), [1d6-3] => [1,-3] = (-2)
Lenia: ((I've just had a sudden, and very unpleasant, thought.))
Lenia: ((Lenia is mana-dependent.))
GM: You bandage them up. Blood soaks the bandage, instantly.
** Connell also feeds her a minor healing potion. **
Lenia: ((The mana here is heavily polluted.))
Connell: [1d6=1] => 1d6=1
Connell: [1d6-1] => [5,-1] = (4)
Berkun: Mark, did you roll for the 3rd minor healing potion I used?
Berkun: the one i got from Mordreona?
GM: No, I don't think I did, Berkun. Who did you use it on?
Berkun: Hammer
GM: [1d6-1] => [2,-1] = (1)
Berkun: unless I saw Lenia is closer to dying
Berkun: but Connell said she isn't
** Connell rests while Morderona works. "Let's get out of here and I can try a bigger spell." **
Berkun: okay
GM: Right. You can't tell.
Berkun: okay...
GM: They're both in enormously bad shape.
Berkun: Berkun lifts Lenia on his back, making sure not to drop any of her belongings
GM: Likely goners without severe magical aid.
Berkun: okay, it was Hammer then
Berkun: now we're trying to lift them out
Mordreona: "Want me to carry her stuff Berkun?"
Mordreona: "Or his"
Berkun: "Yeah, whatever, just that we're moving fast!"
Mrugnak: Mrugnak's' bag has Mordreona's bag in it.
Berkun: "Connell, which way is out of that bad thing you're talking about?"
Mrugnak: And weighs 83 pounds.
Lenia: ((I see 8 more points of healing total on Lenia - Connell with Minor Healing and a Healing Potion for a total of 7, and Mordy's First Aid for 1 more?))
GM: Plus a major healing.
** Connell points the way out of the corrupted mana. "That way." (( About how far until we're down to a -1 penalty at least? )) **
GM: Who's navigating back to camp?
GM: Pretty far, and hard to tell.
Berkun: can Berkun navigate with Lenia on his back?
GM: Sure.
Berkun: or is it too much of a distraction wtih her dying there?
Berkun: OK
Connell: (( Gimme a sec to look up Pathfinder
Berkun: [3d6.skill(12,2)] => [4,2,1] = 7 vs (14) or less Success! by 7 
Berkun: that's +2 only if outdoorsman applies
Berkun: but I assume it does
GM: Yes.
Connell: (( Meh, nevermind pathfinder
GM: It's about 3 hours back to camp if you go more or less directly, which you do, but slowly because of the load, so 4 hours.
Connell: (( How long until the patients drop dead? 
GM: But you're only going to the edge of the swamp, so 3 hours.
GM: They need to make HT rolls after 12 hours.
GM: You have time.
Mordreona: We stop and make sure they are "OK" every now and then.
GM: You stop at about 4 pm. It's 2 hours until dark. The Conjunction of Evil Stars will occur in 7 hours.
Connell: (( Ok, I have 14FP available, Great Healing costs 20 FP. How deadly is going to -6 FP, or can I quaff Paut while I cast the spell? It takes a minute. ))
GM: You'll need to reduce Fatigue and use your power item to cast it successfully.
Mordreona: ((Can you take FP from someone else?))
GM: No, not readily.
Mrugnak: Steal Energy is a great spell >.>
Connell: (( Burning HP maybe?
GM: You can try Ceremonial magic, I suppose. Everyone can donate 1 FP.
Lenia: ((Ceremonial Casting?))
Berkun: "If they won't make it..."
Berkun: Berkun sighs
GM: Burning HP gives you -HP to casting the spell.
Berkun: "We'll have to cut them to bits..."
Berkun: "The swamp is too wet to burn the bodies..."
Mordreona: "Looks that way."
Berkun: Berkun glances worryingly at Lenia on his back
Berkun: "We can't risk them coming back..."
Berkun: "Though I have a feeling they'd just go into the river..."
Lenia: ((Dude, Zombie Lenia would kick your butts.))
Berkun: "It might be flowing right into that place that has no bottom, where all dead things float..."
Hammer: ((Honey, you got real ugly))
Mordreona: ((nice))
** Connell stands over Lenia's body at the campsite and begins a long ritual... (( 14FP from myself, 3 from ring, burning 1 HP. Yelling and waving. [3d6.skill(16,-1-1+3)] => [6,4,2] = 12 vs (17) or less Success! by 5 )) **
Connell: (( Great Healing, of course. ))
Berkun: "The abyss in the depths of earth and oceans"
Connell: (( I suppose ceremonial casting would've looked cooler... ))
Narrator: Connell chants for a long period, then suddenly touches Lenia. Her wounds close with unearthly speed.
Lenia: ((I think you needed another -5 there to reduce your FP cost by 2, but you still made it.))
GM: Lenia is now unwounded.
Berkun: (you *are* wailing against death and against evil stars. this is dramatic)
Berkun: (we're blood soaked, all around us there's rot and grime and you are chanting a spell with a breaking voice...)
Berkun: (and wow, she lives)
** Connell sits down, back against a tree, pale and sweaty. "Okay. That's about all I can do." **
** Lenia blinks as she wakes up, and checks to make sure all her ribs are still where they're supposed to be. "Wait, we lived? Wow. Uh. Wow." **
Mrugnak: (( Gonna have to head to bed soon, gotta be up early tomorrow to beat the traffic ))
Mordreona: ""That guy is great,points at connell, except for the thinks he can talk to the little birds part."
Berkun: "Sort of..."
Mordreona: ((OK))
Berkun: "She will live, will she?
Berkun: "
Berkun: Berkun sits down tired
Lenia: "I think I'll live. I feel like I'll live."
Berkun: "I still have this stone if you need help"
Lenia: "No, really. I feel great."
Mrugnak: "You fix dat guy, yea? He got bit."
Mordreona: "Will Hammer make it?"
Berkun: "Once you can, try to help Hammer, she's as bad as you..."
Berkun: Berkun offers his healing stone if it's needed
** Connell smiles wanly at Lenia, "Good to hear. You'll have to fix Hammer, I'm all out of go." **
** Lenia looks at Hammer. "Let's see what I can do." **
Berkun: 'If you can, do it!"
Lenia: ((How many times has Hammer been healed by Major Healing today?))
Berkun: "We might still make it out alive of this place..."
GM: 1 major, 0 minor, no great
Lenia: Lenia spends 20 minutes meditating, and then begins chanting over Hammer's unconscious form.
Mordreona: "I think some of us have a good chance of getting out alive too."
Mordreona: "Is something bad going to happen in a few hours?"
Connell: "Probably. But at least there's fewer zombie lizards in the way."
** Mordreona holds her head in her hand. **
GM: What are folks up to?
Lenia: Major Healing, 3 times!: This is at +3 for shouting and gestures, +2 for taking 10 seconds to cast each one, and -3/-6/-9 for repeated attempts. There's also a -1 for pollution. 
[3d6.skill(17,+3+2-1-3)] => [4,4,6] = 14 vs (18) or less Success! by 4 costing 4 FP for 8 healing.
[3d6.skill(17,+3+2-1-6)] => [6,2,4] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 costing 4 FP for 8 healing.
[3d6.skill(17,+3+2-1-9)] => [5,4,6] = 15 vs (12) or less Failure! by 3 costing 4FP for 8 healing.
Lenia: Luck on the failure!
Lenia: [3d6.skill(17,+3+2-1-9)] => [2,5,2] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 
Lenia: [3d6.skill(17,+3+2-1-9)] => [2,1,5] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 
Hammer: ((How much is that? 24?))
Lenia: ((Yup.))
GM: The magic closes most of Hammer's wounds, but he's still badly wounded, with gaping, oozing cuts all up and down his chest. Massive, deep, ugly bone bruises decorate his arms and sternum.
Lenia: "You will not. Die. On my watch."
Lenia: ((Having to rest here hurts my sense of drama so painfully.))
Berkun: "Now what will we do next? What can we do?"
Mordreona: "OH, I know, go back to town and take a hot bath and have some ale and sleep in a soft bed and..."
Connell: "Go back."
Lenia: After another period of meditation, Lenia begins chanting again. Minor Healing, four times!: Same modifiers as before.
[3d6.skill(18,-1+2+3)] => [5,3,1] = 9 vs (22) or less Success! by 13 
[3d6.skill(18,-1-3+2+3)] => [6,4,1] = 11 vs (19) or less Success! by 8 
[3d6.skill(18,-1-6+2+3)] => [5,6,5] = 16 vs (16) or less Success! by 0 
[3d6.skill(18,-1-9+2+3)] => [6,4,1] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Each costs 4FP and heals 4. 2 points are spent from Lenia's power item.
Mordreona: "See Connell agrees."
Lenia: ((Lenia *is* kind of good at this.))
Lenia: ((Not, y'know, a cleric.))
Lenia: ((But good at it.))
Connell: "Not that kind of back, back to the swamp. Two of us nearly died, obviously whatever's happening here is bad news and ought to be stopped.":
GM: Hammer stirs to consciousness, though he's still a bit wounded.
Berkun: "Back there, Connell?"
Mordreona: "See I told you he was a little nuts."
** Mordreona points at connell. **
Hammer: "...I just had the worst dream. I was playfully hopping across a pond full of lily pads.."
** Lenia settles down against a tree. "Back there. I don't like to think what'll happen if, say, every animal and lizardman and human in these swamps gets turned to rotting undead and marches on Polisberg." **
Lenia: "Which, by the way, is about the best of our possible outcomes if we don't stop whatever's going to happen."
Mrugnak: "Dat bad."
Connell: "See? Lenia agrees with me, so I can't be crazy."
Connell: "And I can talk to birds. It's easy."
Hammer: "Is anyone hurt? I have some healing potions in my potion belt.."
Mordreona: "Ah, Hammer you are up. Good we need to try that again. The big one got away, but I'm sure you can bait him again."
Berkun: "What if those lizards were just out of the river? what if they came here all the way from the underworld?"
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak talk birdies too. Dey stupid."
Berkun: "But if rest of you go, I won't abandon..."
Lenia: "I'm going."
Berkun: "We should count how much healing potions we have right now and divide them"
Lenia: ((I think wrapping here and trying for round 2 next week sounds like a plan?))
Hammer: "I have one major and one minor"
Mordreona: "WE all can talk to them but you think they talk back."
Berkun: "In case one of us dies..."
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak go smash more lizard. Dey soft unnerneat."
Berkun: yeah
Mrugnak: "Mrugnak give healer thing to Lenee."
Mordreona: "I have 1 potion."
Berkun: I have one stone
** Mordreona hands her healing potion over. **
Mrugnak: (( wrapping here is a good idea. ))
Lenia: "All I have is Paut."
GM: Do people have places to be and things to do?
Mordreona: ((I am good))
Lenia: I have a 5:30 AM wakeup tomorrow for my carpool.
Connell: "I've got none... and one other suggestion, those of us who are wizards might not want to walk to up giant lizards and poke them." He stares pointedly at Lenia, "Just a thought."
Hammer: ((emily may, I am good))
Lenia: I can keep going, but I'd rather not.
Connell: (( Yeah, can stop here. ))
Mordreona: "Thats what I said Connell.:
Mrugnak: I gotta drive my husband to work because of the busses.
Lenia: This bus strike is ridiculous, honestly.
GM: How about this? Push on for 4 minutes.
Lenia: That I can do. :D
Lenia: We push on!
Mrugnak: 4 minutes is doable.
Berkun: right
GM: Then we'll let the Ottawans get out of here and deal with their drab, strike-ridden lives.
GM: Okay.
GM: Okay: distribute gunk on your own time.
Lenia: "I really did expect the lizard to explode. Most other things I hit with that spell explode."
Berkun: now, for tactics... let's just try to avoid fighting if we can
GM: Who's leading the march back to the grove?
Lenia: Berkun.
Mordreona: "See I like that too"
Lenia: Lenia will talk Mrugnak into the supporting role.
GM: Okay.
GM: Roll it, Berkun.
Lenia: ((Sorry, Em.))
Hammer: ((are we all rested up now?))
Mrugnak: Ehehehe
Mrugnak: Aww. but being lost is soo much fuuuun!
Berkun: what do I need to roll?
GM: Yes, it's 5 pm.
GM: Navigation.
Mrugnak: Barbarian! (10) [3d6.skill(10,0+2)] => [5,2,5] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 Bless +2 
GM: At -2 because you'll be doing half of it in the dark.
Berkun: [3d6.skill(12,2)] => [5,2,2] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 
Mrugnak: That's to support Berkun.
GM: Well, right.
GM: You guys follow the trail of Lenia's and Hammer's blood back to the ford, then cross.
Connell: "Did nobody each you how to make things explode at range at that wizard school of yours? I thought that was a basic lesson."
GM: (I could make a bunch of DX rolls, but...)
Mrugnak: Mrugnak SMASH DX rolls!
Lenia: "As I recall, I was busy during that class. I think he was an elf. At least, I think he was a he."
Mrugnak: "Dere he elfs?"
Mrugnak: "No just ugly she elfs?"
Narrator: The delvers push through the river and across the low bushes and reeds to the grove.
Hammer: "Perhaps lay the rope on the upstream side of the stones?"
Connell: "At least it's not my fault this time."
Narrator: It's a large clearing.
Narrator: A ring of 8 stones stand in the center. Some are fallen.
Mrugnak: (( stiiiiiill loading ))
Mrugnak: (( done! ))
Narrator: The area is overgrown with grasses, except for a large number of barren areas.
Mordreona: ((I'm up))
Narrator: Bodies litter the grove, clearly fallen years ago, some more recently, in combat with each other.
Narrator: A few ruined structures are visible at the south end of the grove.
GM: The air is polluted with noxious energy.
GM: Everyone needs to make HT rolls.
GM: Connell and Lenia are automatically nauseated.
Mordreona: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [4,6,1] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Hammer: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [5,5,6] = 16 vs (13) or less Failure! by 3 
Berkun: "Truly, the very land is undead"
Mordreona: "Is this where we wanted to be?"
GM: And at -5 on all casting rolls (except Body Control, Mind Control, and Necromancy), unless they embrace the corruption.
Berkun: [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [4,5,6] = 15 vs (13) or less Failure! by 2 
Lenia: Hey, one of my strong colleges is good here!
Mrugnak: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,0+2)] => [1,2,2] = 5 vs (15) or less Critical Success! by 10 [B556] Bless +2
** Mordreona wishes she was a caster in this place. **
GM: Hammer starts coughing with an unhealthy, sick rattle.
** Connell leans on his staff and looks green, "Uff... I don't think I'll be able to help much here." **
GM: Coughing: -3 DX, -1 IQ, no Stealth.
** Hammer challenges Berkun to a puke off **
** Lenia clutches her stomach, leaning heavily on her staff and clenching her teeth. "This place is cursed." **
GM: Nauseated: -2 to all attributes, -1 to active defenses.
GM: Berkun also starts coughing.
Mordreona: "is everyone sick?"
Lenia: ((So that's a -7 to all casting rolls?))
Mrugnak: (( hm. Resistant to Disease, even! ))
GM: Yep.
GM: This isn't a disease, fwiw.
Mrugnak: (( not that I needed it with that roll. ))
Berkun: "Uh... foul air..."
Mordreona: "I think we should move on before all you guys die."
Hammer: ((-5 DX total, and how much to active defense?))
** Mrugnak sniffs the air critically. **
Mrugnak: (( Hammer, you're not nauseated unless you're a spell caster. ))
Lenia: "We're where we need to be."
Hammer: ((k))
Lenia: ((No, he's not nauseated unless he's FAE.))
GM: Oh, and it's after dark, so the lights are off.
Mordreona: "Glad you are OK too Mrugnak."
Mrugnak: (( or that. ))
Lenia: ((Also known as 'Ow, my mana dependency.'))
Mrugnak: Does the air actually smell funny at all?
Lenia: ((Or 'Dude, where's my mana?'))
GM: Connell, you realize there is a very powerful force corrupting the grove.
GM: You don't think you can exorcize it as it stands.
Lenia: HT: [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [1,5,4] = 10 vs (10) or less Success! by 0 - I'm assuming that we fae still have to roll vs. coughing.
Connell: HT [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 
GM: Yep.