Alyndra tries to keep swatting at the swarm frantically but seeing that it's not really doing anything, she follows Sunita's lead and pulls out her dagger, flailing it wildly at the bugs.
Both Sunita and Alyndra frantically stab and slice at the bugs that surround them, but it's obvious that they're not having much effect on the swarm. They kill a few of the insects, but the overall size of the bug cloud is still pretty overwhelming.
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The incessantly annoying nature of the bugs clearly causes affects Markus's spell casting, and he watches as his Firebolt fizzles from his staff and barely ignites a single one of the bugs that swarm all around him.
As the clouds of insects descend upon the three of you, they dig in hard, buzzing and biting any bit of exposed skin that they find: forearms, the back of hands, necks, foreheads... It's far beyond annoying, it's even painful, as they attack Alyndra, Attack: 5 Damage: 12Sunita Attack: 9 Damage: 14 and Markus Attack: 4 Damage: 9
Whipping out her scimitar and dagger, the captain does her best to dissipate the swarm, slicing furiously at the bugs that surround Sunita. Her efforts seem to help a little bit, as she drives some of them way, but it's clearly not doing as much damage as it would to a "regular" type of creature.
Bosko rushes back to the others, his bear claws ready to swipe at the swarm of bugs.
He stays at arms reach, which is a fairly long way for a bugbear, and sweeps each of his bear claws through the cloud of bugs.
"Stay still, not want hurt you all", he advises the others.
Once he attacks, he steps back, wondering if any will follow him.
Movement: Moves to within 10 feet of the swarm Action: Attack with Bear Claw: 18+5=23, Damage: 5+3=8 Bonus Action: 2nd Weapon Attack with Bear Claw: 3+5=8, Damage: 1+3=4 Movement: Backs away from the swarm as far as he can with the movement left
OOC: Not sure if he should have been using flanking rules, if so can re-roll the miss
Aside from the obvious, that these are nasty swarms of biting insects, Markus doesn't know anything specific or special about these insects.
Rushing forward to aid his companions, Bosko hacks at the bugs that surround Markus with his bear claws, being VERY careful not to slice him with the dangerously sharp weapons as well. He manages to ward away a some of them and definitely reduces their numbers, but as with everyone else, it's a tedious and frustrating process trying to kill or drive off a thousand bugs with your blades.
Lazarus would watch the blood sucking insects and looked around as they were striking them but the overall numbers were far too high and the bugs were just so small. "Stupid bugs, just take a Break!" He would swing the drum on his hip around, thumping along it to ignite the Sleep spell in order to give the group a better chance or at the very least, curbing the onslaught.
Pounding out a hypotonic beat on his drum, Lazarus casts his Sleep spell, but the magic seems to have absolutely no effect on the bugs. They just keep swarming around and causing an increasing amount of furious frustration in those who are being bitten.
Trying once again, Markus puts a little more concentration into his casting and sends another fire bolt right towards one of the thicker areas of the swarm that's currently antagonizing him. The bolt sails through the swarm, but this time, it scorches and burns away quite a few of the insects. The smell of burning bugs fills his nostrils, but he can tell that the cloud is a little bit thinner now.
Next to him, Sunita keeps madly swatting her blade through the air. Her actions seem to ward off a bit of the swarm, but not by much, considering the precision with which she handles her weapon.
Now in a panic, Alyndra frantically swats and flails her arms at the massive insects as they sting and bite her. She saw Lazarus try and cast something, but nothing happened. Her mind scattered as she tries to think of the best course of action. They were small and hard to hit. Magic Missile wouldn't miss. But it likely wouldn't get very many... Ice Knife was out, she didn't want to hurt her companions. Magnify Gravity... It would certainly slow them down, but she didn't want to make a show of her Graviturgy magic. So the half elf begins sprinting off as she yelps, "Maybe I can outrun them!" Dashing full speed forward along the path they were going and preparing to cast Shield as a reaction if the bugs followed her and attacked again.
Sprinting full speed ahead on the trail, Alyndra does in fact escape from the hoard, at least for now, as she dashes about 60 feet up the trail.
The bugs that were on her suddenly move towards Lazarus and he finds himself fully engulfed by the mass of biting insects. Attack: 6 Damage: 14
In addition, the two clouds of bugs continue to antagonize both Sunita Attack: 6 Damage: 11 and Markus Attack: 13 Damage: 11.
Meanwhile, the captain keeps slashing at the swarm that surrounds Markus, and with a series of furious slashes with both her scimitar and dagger, she manages to drive a considerable number of them off, to the point where it appears that their numbers are about half what they were originally. You can tell by her sword work that she is likely a skilled fighter.
Bosko darts back towards the bugs, just close enough for his bear claws, and once again swipes at them with each hand.
"Pesky bugs, they always this big?", he asks as he retreats back again.
Movement: Moves to within 10 feet of the swarm Action: Attack with Bear Claw: 9+5=14, Damage: 3+3=6 Bonus Action: 2nd Weapon Attack with Bear Claw: 12+5=17, Damage: 3+3=6 Movement: Backs away from the swarm as far as he can with the movement left
Lazarus would watch as Alyndra would take off and he would nod to himself but then would find the bugs turning on him. At first, he didn't think it so bad till he felt a sudden and sharp pain on him and his vision got blurry for more than a moment. "Holy..." He would then swipe his Rapier around to thrust at what bugs he would see and found that he would be in a bit more trouble if he kept his current position. He would run off and in the midst of his run, he would quickly fade from sight with his Hidden Step to turn invisible, running in an offset route against his wife so that the bugs wouldn't go against her but would aim to circle around to be about twenty feet from the group.
Attack: 18+4= 22 DMG: 7+2= 9 MOV:30ft BNS ATN: Hidden Step = As a bonus action, turn invisible until the start of your next turn, you attack, deal damage, or force a saving throw once per short rest.
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Through their frustrating, but furious attacks at the incessant bugs, Markus, Sunita, Bosko and the captain all effectively reduce the size of all three swarms to well under half of their original densities, which, thankfully lessens the intensities of their bites. Lazarus helps as well, swatting away a few more with is own weapon before disappearing and suddenly reappearing twenty feet away, next to Alyndra.
Even so, the insects continue to antagonize Sunita Attack: 11 Damage: 5 and Markus Attack: 5 Damage: 5 , and now that Larzarus has slipped away, the third swarm closes in on Bosko Attack: 6 Damage: 6
Sunita drew her weapons feeling a little foolish doing so, and slashed at the swarm around her.
Attack: 21 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
Bonus Attack: 24 Damage: 7
Alyndra tries to keep swatting at the swarm frantically but seeing that it's not really doing anything, she follows Sunita's lead and pulls out her dagger, flailing it wildly at the bugs.
Attack: 21 Damage: 3
Nym Durnodel - Aspiring Heroes of Faerûn // Danica Amastacia - Red Dead Annihilation
Both Sunita and Alyndra frantically stab and slice at the bugs that surround them, but it's obvious that they're not having much effect on the swarm. They kill a few of the insects, but the overall size of the bug cloud is still pretty overwhelming.
Markus is up.
Markus grabs his staff which start to glow red. " I am sure they don't like fire!". He shoots one firbolt at the swarm.
Firebolt: 10 ; fire damage 10
OOC: omg all this waiting for a 1...sorry :(
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
The incessantly annoying nature of the bugs clearly causes affects Markus's spell casting, and he watches as his Firebolt fizzles from his staff and barely ignites a single one of the bugs that swarm all around him.
As the clouds of insects descend upon the three of you, they dig in hard, buzzing and biting any bit of exposed skin that they find: forearms, the back of hands, necks, foreheads... It's far beyond annoying, it's even painful, as they attack Alyndra, Attack: 5 Damage: 12 Sunita Attack: 9 Damage: 14 and Markus Attack: 4 Damage: 9
Whipping out her scimitar and dagger, the captain does her best to dissipate the swarm, slicing furiously at the bugs that surround Sunita. Her efforts seem to help a little bit, as she drives some of them way, but it's clearly not doing as much damage as it would to a "regular" type of creature.
Everyone else can take their turn now.
Once more, Markus activates his staff. " Let's try this again, nasty things".
Firebolt: 15 ; fire damage 6
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
Sunita continued swatting...
Attack: 17 Damage: 6
Would Markus know anything about these creatures ?
Nature: 15
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
Bosko rushes back to the others, his bear claws ready to swipe at the swarm of bugs.
He stays at arms reach, which is a fairly long way for a bugbear, and sweeps each of his bear claws through the cloud of bugs.
"Stay still, not want hurt you all", he advises the others.
Once he attacks, he steps back, wondering if any will follow him.
Movement: Moves to within 10 feet of the swarm
Action: Attack with Bear Claw: 18+5=23, Damage: 5+3=8
Bonus Action: 2nd Weapon Attack with Bear Claw: 3+5=8, Damage: 1+3=4
Movement: Backs away from the swarm as far as he can with the movement left
OOC: Not sure if he should have been using flanking rules, if so can re-roll the miss
Aside from the obvious, that these are nasty swarms of biting insects, Markus doesn't know anything specific or special about these insects.
Rushing forward to aid his companions, Bosko hacks at the bugs that surround Markus with his bear claws, being VERY careful not to slice him with the dangerously sharp weapons as well. He manages to ward away a some of them and definitely reduces their numbers, but as with everyone else, it's a tedious and frustrating process trying to kill or drive off a thousand bugs with your blades.
Waiting on Lazarus
Lazarus would watch the blood sucking insects and looked around as they were striking them but the overall numbers were far too high and the bugs were just so small. "Stupid bugs, just take a Break!" He would swing the drum on his hip around, thumping along it to ignite the Sleep spell in order to give the group a better chance or at the very least, curbing the onslaught.
Action: Sleep = 8+4+1+8+6= 27
Lazarus Ryder - Adventures Abound in Wildemount
Pounding out a hypotonic beat on his drum, Lazarus casts his Sleep spell, but the magic seems to have absolutely no effect on the bugs. They just keep swarming around and causing an increasing amount of furious frustration in those who are being bitten.
Trying once again, Markus puts a little more concentration into his casting and sends another fire bolt right towards one of the thicker areas of the swarm that's currently antagonizing him. The bolt sails through the swarm, but this time, it scorches and burns away quite a few of the insects. The smell of burning bugs fills his nostrils, but he can tell that the cloud is a little bit thinner now.
Next to him, Sunita keeps madly swatting her blade through the air. Her actions seem to ward off a bit of the swarm, but not by much, considering the precision with which she handles her weapon.
Alyndra is up.
Now in a panic, Alyndra frantically swats and flails her arms at the massive insects as they sting and bite her. She saw Lazarus try and cast something, but nothing happened. Her mind scattered as she tries to think of the best course of action. They were small and hard to hit. Magic Missile wouldn't miss. But it likely wouldn't get very many... Ice Knife was out, she didn't want to hurt her companions. Magnify Gravity... It would certainly slow them down, but she didn't want to make a show of her Graviturgy magic. So the half elf begins sprinting off as she yelps, "Maybe I can outrun them!" Dashing full speed forward along the path they were going and preparing to cast Shield as a reaction if the bugs followed her and attacked again.
Nym Durnodel - Aspiring Heroes of Faerûn // Danica Amastacia - Red Dead Annihilation
Sprinting full speed ahead on the trail, Alyndra does in fact escape from the hoard, at least for now, as she dashes about 60 feet up the trail.
The bugs that were on her suddenly move towards Lazarus and he finds himself fully engulfed by the mass of biting insects. Attack: 6 Damage: 14
In addition, the two clouds of bugs continue to antagonize both Sunita Attack: 6 Damage: 11 and Markus Attack: 13 Damage: 11.
Meanwhile, the captain keeps slashing at the swarm that surrounds Markus, and with a series of furious slashes with both her scimitar and dagger, she manages to drive a considerable number of them off, to the point where it appears that their numbers are about half what they were originally. You can tell by her sword work that she is likely a skilled fighter.
Ok, everyone is up again.
" Ah ah ! it seems to work ! I'm gonna burn you like a crisp insects". Markus shouts while aiming with his staff.
Firebolt: 20 ; fire damage 5
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
Sunita continued swatting...most unhappily...
Attack: 22 Damage: 10
Bosko darts back towards the bugs, just close enough for his bear claws, and once again swipes at them with each hand.
"Pesky bugs, they always this big?", he asks as he retreats back again.
Movement: Moves to within 10 feet of the swarm
Action: Attack with Bear Claw: 9+5=14, Damage: 3+3=6
Bonus Action: 2nd Weapon Attack with Bear Claw: 12+5=17, Damage: 3+3=6
Movement: Backs away from the swarm as far as he can with the movement left
Lazarus would watch as Alyndra would take off and he would nod to himself but then would find the bugs turning on him. At first, he didn't think it so bad till he felt a sudden and sharp pain on him and his vision got blurry for more than a moment. "Holy..." He would then swipe his Rapier around to thrust at what bugs he would see and found that he would be in a bit more trouble if he kept his current position. He would run off and in the midst of his run, he would quickly fade from sight with his Hidden Step to turn invisible, running in an offset route against his wife so that the bugs wouldn't go against her but would aim to circle around to be about twenty feet from the group.
Attack: 18+4= 22
DMG: 7+2= 9
MOV: 30ft
BNS ATN: Hidden Step = As a bonus action, turn invisible until the start of your next turn, you attack, deal damage, or force a saving throw once per short rest.
Lazarus Ryder - Adventures Abound in Wildemount
Through their frustrating, but furious attacks at the incessant bugs, Markus, Sunita, Bosko and the captain all effectively reduce the size of all three swarms to well under half of their original densities, which, thankfully lessens the intensities of their bites. Lazarus helps as well, swatting away a few more with is own weapon before disappearing and suddenly reappearing twenty feet away, next to Alyndra.
Even so, the insects continue to antagonize Sunita Attack: 11 Damage: 5 and Markus Attack: 5 Damage: 5 , and now that Larzarus has slipped away, the third swarm closes in on Bosko Attack: 6 Damage: 6
Everyone is up again.
( If Sunita is still upright...can't acess my PCs or the Campaign currently for some reason....)
*Swat-Swat-Swat*
Attack: 24 Damage: 10