1) The Haunted House

[Mant72]

Keilif Zythanthus:

Keilif recoils in pain as the fangs of the vicious rat sink into his calf. He curses loudly and redoubles his efforts in an attempt to strike down the rodent that delivered the bite.

To hit with Wooden Mallet [1d20] = 11; Damage: [1d4] = 2

Come on, man!!!! That's 3 strikes in a row!!! Hope I'm not out...

[OGRE MAGE]

Psssssst. You hit last round, remember? You also saved Jonas from getting his face chewed off. That should count for something.

[coil23]

Doubtful

Seeing the two injured party members and dead rats and neither side looking like it will calm or back away enough for him to try something else, Doubtful steps in to join the fray.

With a twinge of regret, Doubtful tries to flank one of the rats and swings his club.


initiative [1d10] = 2

to hit [1d20] = 14 damage from club [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2

[Mant72]

Psssssst. You hit last round, remember? You also saved Jonas from getting his face chewed off. That should count for something.

Oops!!! I'm a fool!!!

[Stirling]

Vhing Cranepool

Vhing hears an echo of shock come from the well shaft as Danny dodges the snake's fangs. "Up the rope Danny we'll watch your back for you." With no other way to aid Danny than distract the snake, Vhing takes matters into his own hands...Dreadwood greensnake vs the Saltmarsh brownsnake.

To hit range attack = 8, damage (non-lethal!) = 2

Splashing at the snake, Vhing notices that Burly is falling short a bit."Burly, I said 'watch his back' not 'wash'!".

[wolfpack]

Seeing his companions injured Jervis steps up.

Come at me vile vermin!

Spinning his mighty axe over his head he lashes out at the nearest rat.

init: [1d10] = 5
hit: [1d20] = 9

[Spectreman17]

Ermulf Jormundson

Disappointed by his failure at his second attempt, Ermulf takes another swing, at one of the newly emerged rats.

Init: [1d10] = 9 Attack: [1d20] = 2

[hedgeknight]

"Put yer wiener away and help me pull Danny out of the well!" Burly retorts, yanking on the rope as hard as he can.

[Fulci]

Jónas Gillman

Does Jónas get an action this round? Or is it spent getting back on his feet? I'm posting my action, if he doesn't get one, just ignore it.

Hitting a rat with a knife is harder than he thought!, Jónas realizes. He feels angry about his failure and that shameful fumble. Why do such things always happen to him? The pressure is building up in him. Instinctively he swings toward the closest rat, with both hands - but reaches it not with the knife, but his unarmed left hand, which is now crackling with static.

Almost unintentionally, he tries to use his Reef Stinger cantrip.
Initiative [1d10] = 5
Attack with hand [1d20] = 13

[Stirling]

Vhing Cranepool

Vhing helps pull Danny higher up the well shaft, out of the reach of the lunging snake, thinking of a typical 3'ft frog eating critter. As Danny scrambles up the last few feet he asks, "did you manage to grab any shiny coins from the bottom? If not, do you want us to let you down for another go?"

[Nordbo]

Danny Cruester

rises up out of the well, sits down on the edge, shakes his hair and coolly faces his abuser. In loud, clear and deliberately slow words he calmly states:

"Do. Not. Ever. Ever. Piss. On. Me. Again"

then pushes a handful of green algae goo he tore off from the well wall, into the gaping dumbstruck gob of Vhing, and walks away (to join the others).

[Stirling]

Vhing Cranepool

Vhing shrugs his shoulders at Burly as Danny walks off. "Don't know what he means, I got the wall and the snake's head."

Vhing retrieves the lantern, snuffing out the flame and coils up the rope again. With a last contemplative look down the well, Vhing hefts his sledgehammer and goes to the front of the mansion to see what the commotion is about from the others.

[hedgeknight]

Burly chuckles at the exchange between Vhing and Danny, and with one last look into the well, he too follows his comrades out into the yard to see what the others are doing.

[Urson]

Alec

Init: [1d10] = 1
to hit:[1d20] = 2

Alec, getting more and more angry,swings at the rats again, cursing in Dwarvish.

[coil23]

Doubtful

Not sure if first swing hit but am continuing.

Not wanting to bruise any egos but trying to ensure the dwarf's safety, Doubtful maneuvers and behaves in an attempt to gain the attention of the rat focused on Alec. (abrupt hissing noises and sudden hand movements with free hand to have that rat refocus on Doubtful, if possible will interpose self between rat and Alec) And will attack this rat as well when an opening is found.

initiative [1d10] = 5

to hit [1d20] = 5 damage from club [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2

[OGRE MAGE]

Maybe the reason that you're not sure if the first swing hit is because I haven't posted this rounds actions yet?

Can we all try to harder to only post one action per round please!

I will wait a bit longer for our absentee post and then NPC him if I don't see anything fairly soon.

[OGRE MAGE]

Chaos at the Haunted Mansion


The freak weather pattern of clear blue skies mixed with golden showers continues for Danny, the unfortunate well spelunker. He races up the rope with the help of Burly and the initially reluctant, frog hating Vhing. The snake takes another strike at Danny as he tries to climb but it only catches the heel of his boot and falls back into the clear water.

After getting back up to the top, Danny finds himself alive and only a little moist from the pee. He expresses his feelings about being pissed on to the orcman and flings some green goo at him to drive the point home. With one last fleeting look down at the shiny object in the water reflecting in the suns bright rays, the three lads eventually make their way to the happenings in the front of the yard.



The rat battle rages on in full force with blows being struck from both sides. Alec hurriedly tries to redeem himself but only curses and whiffs some more.

Doubtful finally gets his club wet with a hard swing that sends one rat spinning away from him. Another rat quickly jumps at Jonas as he gets back to his feet. It clamps its fangs into his upper thigh, just below his own frog shooter, causing him serious panic and a great deal of pain. 2 dam

Jonas steels himself and smartly decides to use his bare hands to reach out at the rat that is now threatening his manhood. He unthinkingly shouts out a few arcane syllables and grabs the thing. The rats eyes bulge and its fur sticks straight out. It doesn't appear to do any damage to it, it just squeals loudly and drops to the ground. It then turns and runs directly away from the odd looking Jonas, apparently not much liking the feeling of static.

The last rat attacks Alec again but it misses its mark. The same can be said for Jervis, Keilif, and Ermulf as their attacks all fail.

With the already large group beginning to grow bigger by the moment, the surviving rats cower and then start running away towards a collapsed portion of fence.

[Stirling]

Vhing Cranepool

Returning the rope and lantern to their owners, "Thanks but sorry to say there was nothing to report in the well, turned out to be a damp squib really."

Vhing notices some of the guys bleeding."It looks pretty bad. Perhaps we had better get you guys inside, strip some tablecloth or sheets to bind the wounds. "

Vhing will pick up Jonas and stick his sledgehammer under his shoulder so he can use it like a crutch to get into the mansion.

[Mant72]

Keilif Zythanthus:

Keilif wipes the sweat from his brow while watching the gigantic vermin retreat through the broken section of fence then turns to his companions wearing half a smile, "Well, it appears we are all still standing, although some of us are slightly more worse for wear, but I don't think we should enter the mansion quite yet. I propose we scout out the remaining grounds, and then set up two camps. One facing the front door, the other facing the back door. No fires. Jonas and Alec can use their infravision if needed." He noticeably winces at the pain in his calf from the rat bite and turns to face the sea to utter a short, inaudible prayer.

Suddenly, both of his cupped palms seem to fill with what appears to be seawater. Keilif is completely in awe of this miracle, for this has never occurred before. He slowly turns back to the group and addresses both Jonas and Alec, "The Sea Mother offers her healing. Drink and be assuaged of your pain." He offers the holy waters to both of the wounded men.

Keilif will use his Healing Waters cantrip twice. If neither men choose to drink, he will drink the offering himself. Healing Waters: a handful of salt water miraculously appears in the caster's hand. When ingested, the water heals very minor wounds (1 hp).

[wolfpack]

Jervis watches as the rats flee making sure it is not a deception. he then heads to the nest and moves it around with his axe seeing if he can find anything.

Demon rats, no doubt the guardian of the undead mage. it is likely they already warned him of our presence.