(oh yeah, that's me.)

Of course Garo snatched up the shrew and tried to carry it to safety. There was something nagging in the back of her mind, something she'd seen or felt, but that would have to wait till later.

Baobur catches the axe and rushes at the nightmare beast (Fight: 8). He presses the creature with all the fury a mouse his stature can muster (Berserk: 13).

(Baobur suffers less harm, -1, and deals additional harm, +2)

(BDaddLy gets to work on a new character sheet...)

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The only thing Gordra can think to do is pick up Rowan over his shoulder and try to move him to safety.  He hopes Elodin's body isn't as fragile as his own, as he grabs him with his little fingers and hauls him up. 

Body: 8

 (haha, I tried to describe a draggable pallet that Rowan was sleeping on, but that works.)

(Garo is strong enough that she easily lifts the small shrew and carries it outside).

Elodin fireman-carries Rowan over his shoulder. Luckily, the relative lifting power to body mass of mice is higher than humans and dragonborn. Elodin's hip protests, but he manages to start ponderously after Tevii and Garo to the Inn's entrance. Just then, the wall and roof collapse. Elodin sprints out as best he can manage. He leaps outside, Rowan tumbling to the ground roughly, but suffering no additional harm. A groan escapes his lips, but he remains unconscious. Elodin, you are clipped by a large chunk of rubble as it explodes outward from within the building, and you suffer 3 harm (Elodin, you are knocked unconscious and you are "unstable"- if you don't receive medical assistance soon you will die).

(Setting the stage: Elodin and Rowan are unconscious outside of the Inn. Rowan is okay, but Elodin needs to have his head wound addressed. Tevii/Cordelia and Garo are fine and with the people they rescued. Baobur and Perspicacious are facing the cat.)

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(BDaddLy gets to work on a new character sheet...)

 (OH NO. Gordra did it last time; now it's your turn!)

Baobur, you sink your axe into the beast foot. It deals 3 harm, and it does NOT appreciate it. It yowls in pain, then (spitting wildly) it swipes at you with it's claws, dealing 5 harm (-1 for your armor, -1 for roll, resulting in 3 harm). You are unstable and unconscious, and you require immediate medical attention or you will die.

You are also in the river, as the beast's strike propelled you over Joja's head and into the river just next to you. 

Everyone in your party (except for Elodin) witnessed this attack. Baobur is face up in the water and he's rushing downstream. 

Ugh. Bearish fool. Cordelia runs to Amaruve's side despite the danger. She wonders if there is anything she can do to help stop the bleeding first, then hopefully she may be able to drag him to safety.

(Is that 3 harm to the cat increased by 2 from the berserk roll, and the 4 harm reduced by one from the fight roll?)

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... (Fight: 11). ... (Berserk: 9).

(Baobur suffers less harm, -1, and deals additional harm, +2)

(Nope, The creature only took 3 harm. Would have been 1 harm had you not gone berserk.)

Gordra lays unconscious on the ground, bleeding.

In his mind he's floating in a void, he looks down at his body and sees his familiar red scales, he's Gordra Mulzumia, he knows this.  In front of him, in the nothingness, a flame appears.  Gordra can feel the heat coming off of it.  A form steps out of the flame and looks at him.  The figure is just a silhouette in front of the bright light of the flame, but Gordra recognizes it as Elodin, standing as tall as Gorda is. Elodin is yelling something, but no sound is coming out.  Gordra leans forward, "I'm sorry... I can't hear you...'

Mind +1 for heroism: 10

Elodin yells again, this time his voice cutting through the silence, "WAKE UPP!!""

Gordra, you are healed for two harm, your head wound knitting back together as though viewed in reverse. You snap awake, and as your eyes open you see Tevii standing over you, concerned. 

The beast roars as it swipes at Amaruve, barely missing Perspicacious, and the three of you (Cordelia, Garo, and Gordra) see him sail into the river with a splash.

(and technically your roll was "Use Magic", not "Mind")

Perspicacious watches as Baobur is thrown back, stifling her nature to run and hide, she raises the bow that is readied, and fires a shot directly at the eyes of the creature.

 As the arrow flies, the mouse ducks and rolls to avoid any retaliation, trying to put more distance between her and the creature.

The beast twists out of the way of your arrow nauseatingly quickly, Perspicacious (dealing 2-2=0 harm). It spits and hisses, eyes narrowing to slits as its ears flatten along the top of its striped head. For a moment, it looks as though it will pounce. But then it turns toward the nearby woods and bolts, pausing briefly to scoop up something large and limp in its maw before being swallowed by the night. 

(Just a friendly reminder that everyone's favorite mouse/bear is quickly floating away...)

**who's closest to Amaruve? Am I too far?**

Cordelia will try to make the pointy bit of the hook less lethal somehow (can I even do that) and throw it out to the bear. Time to go fishing???

(I have no idea what to roll)

Tevii has just rushed to the water's edge and is roughly level with Baobur, who is floating past. Gordra, you're standing at the entrance to the inn with Garo (about ten feet away, maybe the equivalent of an American football field's distance). Jean is furthest upstream, Garo has floated about twenty feet downriver from her.

**So am I close to the creature then?**

(The creature has dashed into the woods. Gordra, you are MORE than welcome to pursue it)

(Tevii, why don't you roll straight Body, and we'll play Calvinball again. Just tell me what you're aiming for and what you're trying to do)

Cordelia tries to bend the pointy bit inward on her hook so it can't further damage the bear-mouse and flings the hook toward him as best she can. Hopefully, her hand-eye coordination wouldn't fail her now!

(Body 8)