<strong>The Yardness of Courtship</strong><br/><em>Laura, Listrata, Tera, Syra</em><br/><br/>As Syra conjured up a splatter of<em>grease</em>to coat the fighter's greatsword, she noticed and jerked the weapon out of the way in time to avoid getting it covered in slippery oil.<br/><em>(Reflex save 17, success)</em>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121680)<br/><br/>Meanwhile, an elvish girl started to roar and leaped into the air, but it was a tiger that landed and finished the roar. Tera's pounce brought her right next to the cleric before the latter could react. It turned out that beneath the vestment was a breastplate, but both proved equally fragile to being rended by the tiger's claws and teeth, which left grievous wounds on her body.<br/><em>(50 damage to cleric, &lt;25% HP remaining)</em><br/><br/>Then Laura moved in to flank the cleric and finish the job with a simple, clean thrust.<br/><em>(29 damage to cleric, downed)</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>The fighter took a step to position herself to face the more impressive threat, Tera's transformed tiger form, while still threatening Laura at the same time. In a deadly display of competence she nearly took the tiger's head off in a single clean stroke of her greatsword, leaving Tera barely hanging on. She tried to finish the job: a second blow would surely spell Tera's doom, but landing it was a much trickier and the fighter recognized that. Instead of another futile attempt she shifted her attention and her third strike towards Laura, only to get a taste of her own medicine as the swashbuckler's rapier found the gap between her armor plates and pierced her deep. For what it was worth, a grunt was all that was elicited from the fighter.<br/><em>(Fighter attack 1: 39) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121687)<br/>(Confirm critical: 39) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121688)<br/>(Critical damage: <strong>54 damage to Tera</strong>) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121689)<br/>(Fighter attack 2: 30, miss) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121691)<br/>(Fighter attack 3 (vs Laura): 16. Fighter eats Laura's riposte crit for 52 damage.) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121692)</em><br/><br/>That left the rogue free to go the long way around Laura and attempt to gank her from behind. "<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Sneak attack bitch,</span>" she uttered in a monotone as she went in - but she had gotten ahead of herself and found out the hard way that the swashbuckler had an uncanny ability to sense danger and dodge out of the way. Instead of Laura's unprotected back, the rogue was met with the cold steel of her rapier.<br/><em>(Rogue attack: 26, parried) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121701)<br/>(Please roll the riposte)</em><br/><br/>The wizard took the chance to step away from all the melee madness going on and assess the situation. Tera and Laura had been engaged to varying degrees of effectiveness, and Listrata not having a chance to act yet did not register as a threat as highly as confirmed caster Syra. She promptly pointed her finger at Syra, and a "<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Disintegrate,</span>" later, sent a green ray of said spell at her.<br/><em>(Wizard ranged touch: 17) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121703)<br/>(Disintegrate: 75 damage to Syra. Fort save DC 21 reduces it to 15 damage.) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121704)<br/><br/></em><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Enemy Status</span><br/><br/>Fighter: threatening Tera, threatening Laura, >50% HP remaining<br/>Rogue: threatening Laura (yay improved uncanny dodge)<br/>Wizard: normal<br/>Cleric: downed<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>The Courtship of Roots</strong><br/><em>Aetherana, Setta, Kimiko</em><br/><br/>The tree's bark was old and strong, and even the fire of Setta's three scorching rays was not guaranteed to burn through. One of the rays was actually deflected by a thick patch of bark, but the other two caught and burned. Despite the smoldering and blackening, the burn looked all too superficial.<br/><em>(Two scorching rays hit for 25 damage.)</em><br/><br/>Now that the cum pool was only ankle deep, it took a brave woman to kick up the milky water and risk it splashing all over the party again, but Aetherana apparently possessed the courage to do what needed to be done. Her flying kick was stunning in many ways: form, grace, execution, the monk's underwear-less figure... but notably not in actually stunning its target. Simply hitting the darn thing seemed effective enough, though.<br/><em>(Immunity to stun! Also the attacks should be against the flat-footed AC of 22 so roll more damage. Don't worry it can take it.)</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>The snake-thing rose from the tangle of roots beneath the cum to reveal that that's no snake, it's a vine! Multiple vines, in fact, as more vines rose up and twisted together forming a thick stalk with a single purple bloom at its tip, while large leafy tendrils unfurled at intervals from the central stalk. It would have been quite the impressive sight if some of the leaves hadn't been folded or crushed after being hit, or if the stalk hadn't sported impressions of Aetherana's footprints, not to mention that fact that it was dripping cum like it had just been bukkake'd. Though it did regain some gravitas when it reached Aetherana's height and showed no signs of stopping growing, only tapering off after it towered over her. It wasn't just any vine, but a serpentine vine, going back full circle. It swayed from side to side the way a snake would do, and the swelling of its bloom bore a resemblance to a cobra's hood. The resemblance was cemented when it<em>hissed</em>at Aetherana.<br/><br/>In actuality the hissing wasn't any kind of warning, just air being forced out of the bloom... air that carried with it a cloud of sweet-smelling pollen. By the time it was smelled, it was too late to avoid breathing it in and getting a sense of calmness from it... a sense of peace... an urge to come closer next to the vine... where it was safe and definitely ignore the tendrils attacking Aetherana...<br/><em>(DC 24 Will saving throw or become captivated. Once a creature becomes captivated, it takes no actions save to approach the viper vine via the most direct route possible. A victim that is attacked by the viper vine gets a new saving throw as a free action during each of the vine’s attacks to overcome the effect. This is a mind-affecting effect.)</em><br/><br/>The vine snapped at Aetherana's face, trying to bite at her with fangs hidden among the petals of its bloom, but missed. It had a little more luck with its tendrils, one of which slapped her leg and attempted to wrap itself around the limb, but with everything being slick with cum it couldn't maintain its grip. That was the closest the vine got, all the other appendages unable to land solidly on the slippery monk.<br/><em>(Bite attack: 34, miss) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121709)<br/>(Tentacle attack 1: 37, hit) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121710)<br/>(Damage: <strong>9 damage to Aetherana</strong>) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121711)<br/>(Tentacle 1 grab: 35, grapple attempt failed) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121712)<br/>(Tentacle attack 2: 30, miss) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121713)<br/>(Tentacle attack 3: 30, miss) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121714)<br/>(Tentacle attack 4: 35, miss) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121715)<br/><br/></em><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Enemy Status</span><br/><br/>Vine: threatening Aetherana, 20 foot reach, difficult terrain (movement cost x2)