[furryoldlobster]

FAILURE

Zeeto attempt to concentrate cause only gastrointestinal issues and intense loss of mental endurance.  The wolf remains focused on Aila.

Spell causes 6 strain on Zeeto

It is Arya's turn.

[Millarz]

Name: Arya/ Mayar               Bonuses:             Str: +1     Con: +1
Health Points: 8/8                                             Dex: +3     Int: +1
Gold: 0                                                              Wis: +0    Cha: +0
Armour Class: 16                                              Com: +0   Luk: 19


Arya attempts to go into the spirit world to communicate with the wolf.
[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 7, total 7[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

SUCCESS

Arya transports herself into the spirit world.


Skill causes 3 strain on Arya

[furryoldlobster]

Colfar materializes a single dart and sends it soaring at the beast.


[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 10, total 10[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

MISS

The dart just glances the wolf, who barely registers the attack.

Spell causes 3 strain on Colfar

[fishingrat7]

As the wolf looses his sights on the woman he focuses his gaze on zeeto and attempts to strike with his claws

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 12, total 12[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

MISS

The giant beast throws himself at Zeeto, giving Aila a chance to right herself.  Zeeto, sometimes quite the acrobat, runs at the incoming wolf!  He slides underneath the airborne creature, and ends standing next to Aila.


DM sidebar:
Zeeto's check was a 20.

[Tokilin]

Name: Aila Drakesberth               Bonuses:           Str: +1     Con: +1
Health Points: 8/8                                          Dex: +2     Int: +0
Gold: 3                                                                 Wis: +0    Cha: +2
Armour Class: 14                                           Com: +3   Luk: 15

   Aila watched as the, who she deemed useless earlier, elf failed to create a distraction and create a rather interesting smell within the area. "Next time I'll plan better on my escape..." she thought to herself. To her surprise though, possibly from the putrid smell, the wolf turn to Zeeto and charged. Her eyes opened wide as she proceeded to watch the elf slide under the beast and suddenly show up next to her. Re-thinking her thoughts, this had to be on purpose. No one has that much luck. Perhaps the elf deserved a point back from his comment earlier.

   She didn't feel to bad for starting this encounter though, it seemed as though it was going to attack at some point anyway. At least this way the party was slightly aware, despite her blunder. Aila retreated to the tree she had picked earlier and stared at the wolf, it being in the open rather than a bush, it was easy to view every inch of it. That is to say, seeing something abnormal on a giant wolf wouldn't be easy. Maybe there would be a way to end this fight without killing it... The female member of the party seemed averse to hurting it as she charged out of the alchemist house into the fray.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 20, total 20[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

CRITICAL SUCCESS

Aila, due to the smelly elf's odor distracting the Wolf's sensitive nose, escapes with absolute stealth.  The wolf, nor the party, is aware she's hidden behind a nearby Oak. 


Zeeto's up.

[Zito]

Zeeto, now behind the beast, attempts to confuse the creature with another illusion.

Zeeto attempts to overload the creature's mind and knock it unconscious.

Color Spray

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 3, total 3[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

MISS

Zeeto's spell has no effect on this powerful beast. 

Spell causes 3 strain on Zeeto

[Millarz]

Back in the spirit world once more. My goodness. Arya had never used the spirit world for practical purposes so much in one day. Now let's see. Where is this-
   HOLY MOTHER OF ARACH WHAT IS THAT THING?
   Arya, turning to where the beast was in the overworld, is met with the terrible vision of a soul darker than the void of space itself. Smoke and tendrils whip and lash out of- of whatever it is like snakes writhing on hot coals. Whatever it is, it looks nothing like Mayar. It is twice as large with grotesque spikes protruding out of its back like sharp ribs that have stabbed their way out of the creature's insides. Its head shape gives the hint of reptilian origins and, though the smoke and tendrils obscure the surface, Arya thinks she can make out the faint impression of scales. At the ends of its feet are talons twisted and distorted in ways that would make walking painful in the overworld.
   What IS that thing? Arya has never seen anything like it before neither in the world of the living nor dead. She has never seen a soul not match with its overworld counterpart or a spirit blacker than her own hair.  This soul emanated fear in pulsating waves. It was the manifestation of fear itself and the longer she stares at it, the more the feeling seeps into her. Mayar has his ears flattened and is sticking close to Arya. The spirit notices the pair. A coldness starts in her feet and crawls up her ankles as tendrils start reaching towards her. Arya hears a piercing scream horrified enough to shred paper with its sound, and she realizes with a start that she is hearing herself as she is sprinting away from the beast.
   She calls Mayar to her and tumbles back into the overworld. "GET AWAY FROM THAT THING!" she screams with a hoarse voice in pure raw terror. "That's not a wolf!" Focused by her fear, she strings an arrow and shoots at the "wolf" in record time.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 17, total 17[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

SUCCESS

In an instant, Arya teleports to the overworld and lets an arrow loose.  It impacts the beast's shoulder, who turns his head at her.

5 Damage inflicted upon Wolf

[furryoldlobster]

Colfar prepares two darts and sends them at the wolf. 

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 20, total 20[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

CRITICAL SUCCESS

The darts pierce the wolf left and right of Arya's arrow.

10 damage inflicted upon wolf
Spell causes 6 strain on Colfar

[fishingrat7]

The wolf ignores the assaults and keeps focus on the elf and sends himself lounging towards him.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 6, total 6[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

MISS

Zeeto easily dodges the Wolf's attack


Aila! Do stuff!

[Tokilin]

Name: Aila Drakesberth               Bonuses:           Str: +1     Con: +1
Health Points: 8                                            Dex: +2     Int: +0
Gold: 3                                                                 Wis: +0    Cha: +2
Armour Class: 14                                           Com: +3   Luk: 15

   Aila was safe behind the tree, from the wolf, and the smell. The grace at which she tactically retreated behind the tree more than made up for her blunder earlier. She could feel confident in her abilities as a rogue again. Unfortunately during her graceful movements, she never really got a good look at the wolf. Peeking out from her hiding spot behind the tree, Aila eyed the wolf up and down in absolute scrutiny. Something was odd, and from the way the female started shooting and exclaiming that it wasn't a wolf, there was clearly something different about the beast.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 3, total 3[/blockquote]

   After looking up and down the beast, she turned her attention back towards the bush. It was nearly flattened from the beasts emergence. Perhaps something there caused the beast to grow? Or even turn this violent? She thought back to what she had thrown, honestly she didn't toss it hard enough to hurt it. The original plan was to see some sort of squirrel running out of the bush, steal an acorn and take off. Who really expects a giant wolf to bound out and try to eat you? She stared at the bush hard before returning back behind her tree.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 15, total 15[/blockquote]

   She took to one knee as she thought through what she saw, pulling out her bow in the mean time. She could figured out what was weird, but it'll probably still have to be taken down. Of the few things she was sure of, being near the wolf was not one of the things she wanted to be. She'd seen enough of it's teeth today.

[furryoldlobster]

Aila's first spot check:
FAILURE

Aila scans the large wolf and notices nothing new about the beast.

Aila's second spot check:

Aila's glance at the plant is more successful.  The ground below the bush looks almost scorched...no...not scorched...dead?  Every blade of grass is dead; every flower, dead; even the bush itself is beginning to wilt! Why would this canine have such an effect?


Next up...Zeeeeeto!

[Woodsy1995]

Name: Lanor                                          Stats: STR [12]  (+1) DEX [16]  (+2)
Health Points: 7/7                                                          CON [14]  (+1) INT [14]  (+1)
Gold Pieces: 5                                                                 WIS [14]  (+1) CHA [11]  (0)
Silver Pieces: 0                                                                COM [8]  (-1)  LUCK [11]
Armor Class: 13



Lanor notices the trouble his companions are in and jumps up ready to attack, Lanor having not been noticed by the wolf yet sneaks off to the side and fires one arrow straight into the wolf.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 12, total 12[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

HIT

The wolf has been ignoring the sleeping Gnome, focused instead on the conscious, armed warriors.  Lanor, surreptitiously slides to a better angle and releases an arrow.  It glides through the air and into the Wolf's hip.

4 damage inflicted on Wolf
Battle order:Lanor, Zeeto, Colfar, Wolf, Aila


DM sidebar:
DM right to slightly change the battle order, with the the addition of the Lanor.  He woke up, saw the fray, and opened fire.  No need to wait for Zeeto in this case.  Lanor will now go after Aila (or before Zeeto depending how you look at it. 

also...another combatant is entering and will slightly alter order. Zito, I hope I didn't ruin a post by doing this. 

[furryoldlobster]

Although the Protectorates are feeling proud about a few decent strikes, they know this fight is far from over.  This being is like nothing they've encountered before.

Then, from the camouflage of the forest, steps a .... small child?  The Protectorates' eyes don't decieve.  A young boy has entered the fight.

New battle order
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Wolf, Aila

[Blade7737]

Kirito picks up medium sized rock with his kineticist powers and chunks it with the snap of two finger's directly at the wolfs knee.

as if trying to break it's leg.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 7, total 7[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

MISS

Kirito sends the project soaring at the wolf.  Strained by the size of the stone, he misses and falls short a feet.

Spell causes 3 strain on Kirito

Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Wolf, Aila

[Zito]

Zeeto attempts to create an illusion of walls around the wolf to make it think it is enclosed.

Minor Image

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 14, total 14[/blockquote]

(Just so everyone knows, you can shoot arrows and such through the fake walls. Assuming the spell succeeds of course.)

[furryoldlobster]

SUCCESS

Walls appear around the beast, enclosing him with the illusion.  He's flabbergasted of the sudden barriers and frozen with confusion. 

The advanced spell causes 6 strain on Zeeto

Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Wolf, Aila

DM sidebar:
Rolled a 1 for the Wolf's initial wisdom check.  He's pretty clueless at this moment.

Magic related note:  I've added to the magic user post.  New rule for wizards you may only use the spells for which you've trained.  Zeeto has illusion 1, so he may cast 0th level and 1st level illusion spells. When he levels up, he may decide to improve his illusion spells.  He'd have illusion 2 and can cast 2nd level, as well as lower level spells.   

[furryoldlobster]

Colfar isn't used performing so many spells in so little time.  "I want to help defeat this creature, but if I try to materialize a dart, I won't be able to heal your wounds", he declares to his party.  Colfar has no other weapons, so he tries to improvise a spear out of a nearby tree-branch. 

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 1, total 1[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

CRITICAL FAILURE

This branch is tougher than it looks.  After several failed attempts at snapping it free, Colfar grabs the branch and pulls backwards with all his might. 

*SNAP*

Colfar did it! 

....

...but where's his spear?

Colfar loses his grip, and the weapon flies through the air, through the feigned box, and hits the wolf square on his head.

The caged beast now understands this box is simply an illusion, and steps forward to strike his next target.


Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya,Wolf, Aila

[Millarz]

The instant Arya let loose her arrow, a skittering chill run up her spine. The wave of terror emanating from the Thing must have caught up to her in the spirit realm. Her spirit was still there after all and she seemed to have picked up its curiosities being of flesh outside of the overworld.  Fear seeps through her mental stability like poison in her veins, shutting down the use of her shoulders, then arms and legs, all the way to her hands and feet. She is paralyzed and suffocating in her own horror ridden mind. Fear seizes her lungs and Arya falls backwards.

She feels like she is falling much farther than the ground, going through it and is now floating through darkness down a rabbit hole. A ghostly figure comes out of the darkness, seeming to be human but definitely not a live one. His skin has the faint tint of sea-sick green and his entire body appears as if he were made of vapors. An armature at fantastical beast would call it a vampire. Experts would know otherwise that this undead sucked not blood but spirits out of the living.

Unconsciously, Arya notices the area around her has shifted to a shadowy forest with twisted, knotted trees. She doesn't notice she's standing up and that her feet can feel ground. All she can feel is a muted searing in her chest as if her insides had turned to lava frothing inside of her, but she had lost the ability to feel. The figure is in front of her- a nachzehrer if she remembered her grandfather's stories correctly, and a white glow seems to be tearing itself from her chest and flowing into the mouth of the sharp-toothed demon spawn. Whatever she tries, the human's body will not listen to her. She remains frozen with her arms outstretched and her chest exposed to the monster.

Movement catches Arya's eye. It is a wolf, not unlike the one her party is facing in... wherever this place was not. This sight sets off a spark in her mind. She's seen this before.  At this realization, the pain stops completely, and while the visualization does not falter, Arya begins to take control of her fear. This scene is one from her memory, one she tried very hard to forget. Or not to forget. Never to forget. Only to stop thinking about it, which is essentially the same thing.

If Arya's memory served her right, the wolf should pounce the monster and be caught in the crossfire of Arya's soul being ripped out of her body. The wolf's soul will begin to be sucked out as well and the two souls will meet for the first time. Arya, in current time, sees this being played out. The leap of the wolf knocks Arya flat on her back and away from the monster. The human gazes at the leaves of the twisted trees, dazed on her back. When she gets up, all she sees is the dead body of Mayar in an empty clearing of the forest. In mental exhaustion, she falls back on her back...

...and wakes up in the overworld with a sore on her butt from falling on the ground. It appear the girl never left the overworld at all. Was this Thing playing mind tricks on her or was the memory she herself pulled up in the memory of fear? Blinking rapidly to re accustom herself to true vision, she sees the wolf at a stand off with her party. Though still shaken, she knows she has to help them, especially since this Thing has such a grip over Arya's (and presumably all other creature's) fear.

Mayar sprints to the Thing and attempts to jump into its eyes and blind it with his light. As he does so, Arya reaches into her quiver with quivering hands and draws an arrow. She steels her mind and her movement, steadying herself and aiming carefully before firing once again at the beast.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 2, total 2[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

MISS

Arya pulls the bowstring to her ear, ready to fire....

*SNAP*

Arya's bowstring!  It broke right in two, although Arya managed to save the arrow from blindly flying away.  She must restring this bow before using it as intended.

Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya,Wolf, Aila

[fishingrat7]

Thanks to the inability for the mage to cast a simple spell... He ignores the incompetent mage and continues the fight with zeeto

This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20 : 8, total 8

[furryoldlobster]

FAILURE

The wolf pounces at Zeeto!  The beast stands on his hind legs to strike, but at every swipe, Zeeto responds with a block of his Khopesh sword.  The Wolf backs off until coming up with a better plan.


Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya,Wolf, Aila

[Tokilin]

Name: Aila Drakesberth               Bonuses:           Str: +1     Con: +1
Health Points: 8                                            Dex: +2     Int: +0
Gold: 3                                                                 Wis: +0    Cha: +2
Armour Class: 14                                           Com: +3   Luk: 15

   Aila peaked around the tree again and watched as Zeeto blocked swing after swing of the large canine. She had definitely underestimated this elf, something she'll note for future reference. Even if he was doing successful now though, eventually the wolf would get lucky and things would turn for the south. The wolf had a tough hide, a simple arrow fired at it wouldn't do much. She watched the barrage of blocked blows from the wolf end and as it began to back off, Aila took aim. She was aiming for the face, although the wolf didn't noticed her, she had a clear view of it's face. From the nose, to the eyes, or even down the mouth, it'd hurt. She let the arrow fly. The though suddenly hit her as she released her fingers, to late to stop the arrow. "Well, on the bright side, at least I'll hit something. From bouncing off the wolf to hurting the wolf... or possibly an elf, at least my accuracy rating will be perfect..." she mumbled to herself.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 16, total 16[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

HIT

Aila's arrow plants itself deep into the neck of this powerful beast.  It still stands, displaying the fortitude of a creature controlled by something other-worldly. 

6 damage inflicted on Wolf


Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya,Wolf, Aila

[Woodsy1995]

Lanor calls out "this fight seems to be much up to you Arya, You needs to destroy whatever is on the other side!" and in an attempt to slow the wolf down he uses some of the poison from earlier on the tip of his arrow and fires straight at the wolf.

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 14, total 14[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

HIT

Lanor's arrow impacts the wolf, spreading the concentrated venom throughout the beasts veins.  A large welt begins forming immediately around the impact site.  It seems poison's intended effect works, as the beast is having trouble keeping his balance and moves quite a bit slower.


3 damage inflicted on Wolf

Wolf: dex related rolls have a -4 modifier for the remainder of this battle. 

Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya, Wolf, Aila

[Blade7737]

Kirito try's to charm the beast with his mental ability's

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 10, total 10[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

FAILURE

This wolf has a strangely powerful will. Kirito's attempt to charm was met only with continued snarling. 

Spell causes 6 strain on Kirito

Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya, Wolf, Aila

[Zito]

Zeeto attempts to crate an illusion of a large boulder falling from the sky above the wolf. His intention is to throw of  the wolf's guard so his companions may hit it more easily.

Minor Image

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 13, total 13[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

SUCESS

A moment of uneasiness overtakes the group, as Zeeto strains to complete the advanced spell.  The moment passes when a huge illusion appears over the wolf.  It doesn't question the logic of the event and jumps to safety, ready to dodge falling the boulder.

Zeeto is exhausted from all this spell-casting.  He'll need to rest his mind before performing anymore. 

Spell causes 6 strain on Zeeto

Battle Order:
Lanor, Kirito, Zeeto, Colfar, Arya, Wolf, Aila

[furryoldlobster]

Colfar, embarrassed for ruining Zeeto's last spell, doesn't try to break another branch.  Instead, he runs towards the already broken branch on the ground, with the intention of a quick follow-up spearing of the distracted beast

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 20, total 20[/blockquote]

[furryoldlobster]

CRITICAL SUCCESS

Determined to make up for his mistake, Colfar zigs.  Colfar zags, and in just a blink of a moment, has his makeshift spear already piercing the now dying beast. 

Colfar inflicts 4 damage on wolf

As he proudly stands next to his skewered victim, Colfar notices confusion pass over his allies' faces.  He turns to see why...

A wisp of dark energy escapes the orifices of the wolf, and dissipates into the sky.   A quick examination of the wolf shows its been...deflated. Back down to a normal size, but perhaps due to this foreign energy, the skin has been literally stretched beyond its limits. It sags over broken bones and crushed organs.  What could have done this?


All combatants gain 300 experience.  150 for the beast.  150 for being awesome.   Congratulations!

[Millarz]

Arya runs to the deflated wolf, confident the dangers have passed. That black smoke must have been possessing it. The fact that it was still around despite its body being destroyed makes her shiver. That poor wolf though. It was so kind to her, letting her pass. Still, she was glad to not have to go back to the spirit world and face that Thing. She didn't know if she could. Mayar too was saddened at the destruction of the innocent wolf. He walks to its body and makes the motion of nudging it with its nose despite the fact that his whole glowing body would just pass through anything in this world. He then lies down next to the pile of skin and organs in a form of wolf mourning.

The human gets up and turns to the two unfamiliar faces that seem to have joined her party. "Now that the battle is over, may I have the pleasure of meeting you two?" She looks between the elfish girl and the little boy and says, "I'm Arya the ranger. The glowing wolf over there is Mayar. Who might you two be?"

[Zito]

Name: Zeeto Nailo               Bonuses:          Str: +1     Con: +1
Health Points: 7/10                                      Dex: +3    Int: +3
Strain Points:   0/20                                     Wis: +2    Cha: +1
Armour Class: 16                                         Com: +1    Luk: 9


Zeeto, exhausted from all of the spell casting he has been doing, wanders over to his Oak tree. He sits down and leans up against the rough bark, and relaxes for a bit.

[Blade7737]

"I am Kirito the magnificent psychic i was with the giant panther and cat"

[Millarz]

Arya picks up her bow when waiting for the two to reply and attempts to restring it. She's done it before, but she certainly couldn't make a living off of her bow crafting skills.
[blockquote]Rolled 1d20 : 5, total 5[/blockquote]
"Giant panther and cat?" Arya says the instant she hears Kirito in her head. Instantly, she is on her guard. There is no mistaking they were the kitty cats from before for obvious reasons. "What were you doing with them? Wait... how did you end up around here then? Are they trying to kill us?" Arya prepared herself to grab her stiletto in case any uninvited attacks came her way from either this kid or the pig-snatching cats.

[furryoldlobster]

SUCCESS

Arya's skill is certainly enough to restring her bow using the fine bowstring nabbed from the racist armorer.

[Woodsy1995]

Name: Lanor                                          Stats: STR [12]  (+1) DEX [16]  (+2)
Health Points: 7/7                                                          CON [14]  (+1) INT [14]  (+1)
Gold Pieces: 5                                                                 WIS [14]  (+1) CHA [11]  (0)
Silver Pieces: 0                                                                COM [8]  (-1)  LUCK [11]
Armor Class: 13                                                              Level: 1   EXP: 500


Lanor, weary of what Kirito had just said Aims his Bow straight at him loading an arrow into the knock at the same time.
What do you mean you were with those two, Do you know what they did? You better start answering some questions boy! as he says this he starts to pull back the string of his bow tighter and the arrow starts to glow a dim blue color.  He is just as surprised as anyone.


Side Note: I was hoping this could perhaps be something to do with a new feat? Blind Fire, Hopefully this could be able to temporarily blind a target as the bright blue light would be concentrated at the enemy? Tell me what you think furry.

Also i haven't rolled because i am not doing an action so much as just progressing the story by asking Kirito what it is he wants if he has come from the devil cats

[zerokiriyu]

S'kavara picks up the small cat, and places him on his shoulder. Leaving what little remains of the roasted pig, where it sits. "Yet again, you naturally assume we are here to attack." He begins to walk towards the large group of people


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[Millarz]

Not leaving her mental preparedness to whip out her weapon, Arya demands, "State your purpose quickly, panther. My party members are quick to strike." She means it too. After witnessing things being chucked into moving bushes, a rogue shot at the sight of these two is quite possible. If these kitties aren't looking for a fight, what are they looking for? While she didn't trust these furballs, she does recognize they don't have to kill each other. Perhaps in speaking they could let some information slip.