The party seems to do good at first.  Though Taizee misses her acorn, she manages to slice the sapling in half with one hit, and Lili'fey takes out the acorn anyways with little trouble.  Abylus's bomb cuts through a group of seeds like butter and the one on her arm is bathed in enough flame to cause it to pop outwards as it dies.  Celara manages to stuff an acorn into her mouth and hold it there.  One group of seeds even fall prone as they try to attack Lili'fey.  Granted, Abylus's bomb doesn't damage the tree demon, but things seem to be going alright.<br/><br/>And then things start to go wrong...<br/><br/>Lili'fey's wound from the seed starts to sting, but that's nothing.  Celara's wound burns a little bit more and her energy level plummets again, this time leaving her barely standing as soreness courses through her body.  Likewise, Abylus begins to feel sore all over and it starts to affect her senses.  While a sapling's sudden vine whip attack glances off of Taizee's armor, Cadrick is able to load up his crossbow and hit Taizee point-blank where it doesn't cover.  Worst off is Lang: her attack, while impressive, fails to even budge her target.  In response, it brings down its wooden fist upon her, and it hurts.  Seizing the moment, three seedlings manage to latch onto Lang's flank and hip, grabbing on tight as they can.<br/><br/>Round breakdown:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Man, there's a lot to cover here.<br/>Seed groups: A has 3, B has 1, D has 2, E has 4 and is prone, F has 4, G has 1<br/>Saplings: 1 is dead<br/><br/>Celara: Has two seeds latched onto her, takes 1 dmg, is exhausted, and is grappling one seed, ready for ingestion<br/>Lili'fey: Has one seed latched on and takes 1 dmg<br/>Taizee: Takes 4 dmg<br/>Abylus: Is fatigued<br/>Lang: Has three seeds latched onto her and takes 10 dmg.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Status:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Celara: 12/20, 2 seeds, exhausted<br/>Lili'fey: 10/11, 1 seed<br/>Taizee: 9/15<br/>Abylus: 9/9, 2 seeds, fatigued<br/>Lang: 2/12, 3 seeds, bloodied</div></div></div>