Second Scorrow Battle (09)

	Initiative	XY	Name	Health	AC	Saves	Notes
<*>	20.5		Vel	12	18 (FF16, T12)	F+4/R+5/W+7	Fatigued, entangled
	20		Halvdan	114	24 (FF22, T12)	F+14/R+4/W+7
	19	-E-21	Tree 1	100%
	16		Avegnum	-9	21 (FF18, T15)	F+11/R+8/W+5	Fatigued, entangled, dying
	15		Mercury Man	100%
	15	-E-3	Tree 8	92%
	15	-E0	Tree 9	92%
	14		Kaellanna	35	20 (FF18, T12)	F+8/R+6/W+12	Fatigued
	13		Tara	1	18 (FF11, T13)	F+4/R+8/W+3	Poisoned: 6 DEX & 5 CON DMG
	9	-T2	Drow 7	13%	17(FF15, T12)	F+4/R+6/W+2*	SR15
	7	-E-18	Tree 2	100%
	6	-E-15	Tree 3	100%
	1	-E-9	Tree 5	100%
	1	-E-6	Tree 6	100%
	0	-E-12	Tree 4	100%
	0	-E-24	Tree 7	100%

• All Ranged attacks take a -4 penalty due to undergrowth, except if entirely in a cleared area.
• Fatigued: -2 Dex & Str, and can not run or charge.
• Trees provide cover. Characters can squeeze or crawl through the square they occupy.
• Darker green area are rough terrain (double movement).
• Lighter green area are mostly cleared and count as normal terrain.
• Characters are invisible (dark outline) and can not see each other.
• SR# = Spell Resistance
• Shakened = -2 attack, saves, skill & ability checks
• Entangled = 1/2 speed, no run/charge, -2 to attack, -4 DEX
• Can break free and move half speed with full round DC20 STR/escape artist check.
• Red outlines indicate hostile trees.

The party prepares for an invisible battle with hidden foes. A battle they may not survive. A battle they intend to keep their enemies from surviving.

After The Scorrow Gets Away

In the aftermath of the battle the writhing plants continue to reach out and try to grapple with anything they can find. This continues for a few minutes causing intermittent slowing of any movement the party makes. When the plants stop moving Kaellanna's polar bear form is dropped to the ground. Now that the plants no longer make noise the party can hear that the jungle is very quiet. More quiet than before. Tara claws her way over to her companion having seen her move and expecting her to get up now. The cat paws the bear then sighs and lays down next to Kaellanna getting as close as she physically can.


All around are the bodies of the dead and dying.


Not long after the drow leave Vik's strength returns. Once he is strong again he douses his inferno. "That went sort of well," He comments quietly while exhaling smoke, "We should heal up and get ready for round two quickly. That scorrow will get reinforcments and be back soon. I think we must be close to their camp. I've never seen so many drow before. Never have I seen anythig like this, either." Vik'Gotror kicks the carcase of the mechanical scorpion, "I've no idea what t is."


Avegnum finds Vel covered by and in the middle of a puddle of some thick, sticky, clear to off-white colored liquid. The plants around him are burnt and bubbling where they touch the slimy substance. All of Vel's non-magical items are missing. Vel has a certain obscured look to him, like someone crossed Vel with a changeling, like his features are softened. As Avegnum looks on Vel's features return to look exactly like Vel, except for being covered in the viscous liquid.


Vel Suddenly opens his eyes, and gasps as if he had been swimming underwater well past his ability to hold his breath. Looking around with wild eyes he lets out a short scream that sprays a little of the thick liquid out of his mouth. Scrambling to get up, he stands in a hurry looking around with wide eyes and a panicked expression on his face. Within a couple seconds he seems to have recovered his senses and have some memory of where he is. He mouths words but makes no sounds at first, then stops mouthing words as he recognizes his surroundings.


While dead Vel experienced the most vivid dreams he has ever had in his short life. They were full of great and awesome creatures made of slime and scales, wings and horns, teeth and eyes, and fur, claws and blackness. These dreams initially filled him with dread and horror, but as he found himself in a vast stinking swamp full of rotted plants and half-dissolved corpses the horror and dread are replaced by awe, respect, and even love. Then, being ripped from this slimy heaven, his mind races as he tries to recall where he is, why he is there, and who he is. As he opens his eyes flashes of his past come back to him, and memories of the lost life of a different person who strikingly resembles him fill his mind. Standing and looking around he remembers everything he has been through including the latest ambush and the attacks that drove him to unconsciousness.


The wetness covering Vel drips to the ground where it hisses and burns anything it touches. After a couple seconds Vel seems to hear the dripping and hissing and looking down he stop producing the acid which seems to be reabsorbed into his skin leaving him dry with a blank expression on his face.