"yeah. I wonder who it is." he looks around "careful, it could be a trap"

Tender leans around to peer out at the man, eyes narrowed. "We should see what he wants, in case he needs help," she says, glancing back around at her companions. What if he'd fallen off his horse and needed a ride? Or someone was injured? 

As you approach the man, you can see a large stringed instrument on slung across his back. He wears nice clothes, though they have worn from travel and are stained with dirt and grime. His black hair is in a sweaty mess atop his head, and a finely groomed goatee adorns his chin. He sighs when you get within earshot, panting a while before he speaks.

"Please, you must help me. The caravan, it was attacked. That big plant... Out of nowhere..." He seems to be in shock, dazed and unable to form coherent sentences. "They need help... Quickly, there's not much time." He attempts to climb onto the carriage next to Fletcher, and several soft thuds can be heard approaching from the jungle. Leaves rustle and branches break as a large creature draws nearer. It is too difficult to see among the dense foliage, but you can tell it is approaching fast.

Fletcher scoots over, but keeps a hand on his sword. "show us"

He clambers up to it next to you, and points ahead. "Follow the road. Less than a mile. Can't miss it." He continues panting, until he seems to pass out. From what you can tell, he has no injuries, he is just in great shock.

Kallista, who is awkwardly squished in the middle of the carriage, cranes her neck to see what's going on. She quickly stops paying attention to the man once she notices the heavy footsteps approaching in the jungle. Squinting her eyes, she tries to make out what creature is causing them, but is unable to.

"Let's all o' us be ready fer anythin' here," Orimdal watches the jungle for the creator of the crashing sounds and ahead along the road for the attacked caravan, "If all else fails, at least we can set fire ta the jungle an' make our escape." As he says this, his hand is wrapped in flame.

Tender keeps her eyes on the jungle, watching for whatever big thing is heading towards them. "Well, at least it's not a boring trip," she quips, though it has less enthusiasm than her earlier gushing about the jungle. "I hope we can help them," she adds, then seems to pause and consider, "if it's real this time." 

Suddenly, two long, plant tendrils erupt from the foliage, grabbing the wheels of the cart and preventing it from going anywhere. A large, plant body follows the tendrils, and the creature soon reveals it's entire body.

It looks to be a sentient plant, with a large, bulbous head. The tendrils upon which it walks are roots and vines, and it has 10 in total. No eyes are visible, however it does seem to have a kind of venus flytrap mouth.

Evi who had begun nervously fiddling with her ring, waited with apprehension as they slowly drew closer to the sound of the disturbance in the distance. Suddenly the cart lurched to a halt as the group saw a series of seemingly sentient vines begin to surround the vehicle before a monstrously large plant entered into their view.  Panicking, she reflexively reached for her dagger before instantly realizing that it would be woefully insufficient to deal with the threat on hand.  Hesitating for a moment, Evi held her ring and considered activating a secret ability she used for emergencies (at the cost of leaving the group to deal with the creature without her); thinking better of it (something that would surprise her later considering she barely knew these people) she frantically began searching her pack until finding what she was looking for.  Lighting one of her makeshift torches, she went to the wheel nearest to her and stuck the torch at the vine hoping the flame would give them an opening to escape the cart.

(Initiative for whenever combat official starts: 15)

(That's a good point, let's roll initiative)

Plantopus initiative: 3

Initiative: 8

Realizing how close the creature is, Kallista stands and draws her sword, looking for an opportunity to strike.

Kallista initiative: 11

initiative 6

(OOC - sorry guys. I somehow missed posts in my notifications.)
Orimdal is taken aback by the massive plant as it emerges. He gathers his wits though & prepares for the inevitable fight ahead of them. His hands flicker with flame as he readies himself (Initiative: 5).

Turn order:

Fletcher

Evi

Kallista

Archer

Tender

Ormidal

Plantopus

(Once again, I go last. Won't be surprised if you manage to kill it before it gets a turn in.)

fletcher grimaces as he takes his blade, once more slicing his palm. this time, his crimson blood freezes, and runs down the blade. rushing forward he lets out a cry as he swings towards his quarry 

Attack: 23 Damage: 11

2 of that is cold damage :)

(Did my description earlier count as my action for round 1?)

(No, I would say that happened before combat started, so you'll get a turn now)

Fletcher's blade tears through the plant's "head", spraying sap over the side of the carriage and Fletcher himself (it's harmless though). The beast bellows in agony, but stays to fight.

(Gotcha)

Evi's plan seemed to have done the trick as the flame from her torch forced the vine to temporarily withdraw enough to allow her (and anyone else) to escape the cart.  Dropping the torch and rolling before getting back to her feet, Evi at first made a move to head toward the cover of the adjacent foliage before remembering her enemy and moving towards the center of the road as far from any foliage as possible.  Seeing Fletcher charge in first towards the plant, she took aim and launched purplish blast of energy at what she thought was its "head".

Attack: 18 Damage: 7

(The damage includes the +2 Thunder Damage from her Genie ability)