Frozen in Time - As a 0-level funnel

[Dr. Meat]

Barbul staggers back and swings his club sideways, attempting to finish off the bug thing he had hit at first.

Club: d20(+0 Str) = 5; Damage (right): d4(+0 Str) = 1

[Judge Perky]

Barbul misses the mark and goes down hard under an undulating chitinous mass of exoskeleton (14 and 12 to hit, 2, 2 dmg).

A brave little fellow, he was.

The wolf pup retreats behind Grump's leg with a whimper as the creatures arise from Barbul's body and turn their antennae towards him.

[fullmentaljacket]

trying to avoid stepping on the wolf pup grump lashes out at the closest demon bug with his knife
rolls 2 on a d20 for init
rolls a 16 on a d20 to hit
rolls a 3 on a d4 for damage

[Judge Perky]

The bugs roll an 8 for INIT and come at Grump with teeth bared.

Somehow, he manages to dodge both bites and bring his knife down on the wounded one, finding a vulnerable spot between it's joints. It stiffens, and goes limp, and the red hot plate on its head begins rapidly to cool.

The other two bugs, seeing the rest of the party approaching out of the mist, and realizing this wasn't going to be the easy meal they had hoped for, grab Barbul's corpse in their teeth and retreat backwards out of sight back down the tunnel.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Bjorn Bear-Mother: "Oh no you don't!"
Enraged at the death of her clansmen, she tries to push past Grump to take a stab at the retreating creatures.
[if this is possible her rolls are as follows: Init d20=16, Att d20(=1Str)=20, Dmg 1d4+1=3]

[fullmentaljacket]

grump rushes forward to reengage the foul heat bugs slashing with his knife
12 on a d 20 for init
10 on a d20 to hit
1 on a d4 for damage (if needed)

[Judge Perky]

Bjorn, since you have the INIT, give me an Agility check to see if you can successfully push past Grump as he prepares to chase the retreating bugs. You need to beat a DC of 10.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

[Agi d20=10]

[Judge Perky]

Ok! You push past Grump and quickly catch the arachnid-like beasts, stabbing one of the remaining two dead with your flint knife!

The other lunges at you with his white hot bony head-plate and catches you on the arm for 1 HP damage.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Bjorn attempts to counter with a wild swing at the ice demon...
[Att d20+1=8, Dmg 1d4+1=2]
...then slumps aside to the cavern wall to make way for Grump's anticipated attack.

[fullmentaljacket]

i dont want to hog all the bug killing but (grump) will attack when he can

[Judge Perky]

Bjorn fails to hit anything, slumping aside as the creature rushes right at her!

However, it misses badly [natural 1] and its momentum carries it up the side of the tunnel, flipping itself over.

Like a turtle on its back, it flails about, unable to right itself.

Grump slashes at its underside... [please roll to hit and damage]

[fullmentaljacket]

seeing an opportunity grump stabs into the soft underbelly of the beast (17 on a d20) for 3 (on a d4) points of damage

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

OOC [please, by all means, KILL THIS THING!!! ]

[Judge Perky]

seeing an opportunity grump stabs into the soft underbelly of the beast (17 on a d20) for 3 (on a d4) points of damage

Grump opens up a deep gash along the creatures abdomen. But it doesn't die just yet.

It flips over, it's bony heat plate flaring... but Grump still has the INIT...

[fullmentaljacket]

grump stabs again (14 on a d20) for 3 (on a d4) damage

[Judge Perky]

grump stabs again (14 on a d20) for 3 (on a d4) damage

His knife finds a weak spot between two plates and a viscous black fluid spurts out.

The last of the creatures is dead.

[fullmentaljacket]

grump examines the creature he just dispatched for some in site into its devilishness. ( particully the heated head plate, and the bugs anatomy ). i rolled a 7 on a d20( if it matters)

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Bjorn murmurs a quick prayer to the Great Bear for the fallen, then cuts the head off the creature she killed. She drops her trophy in her sack, then moves 10 feet down the tunnel taking watch until the others are ready.

[GnomeBoy]

Telva mutters, raspingly... "Fire creatures wouldn't be serving an Ice Demon, eh... eh? So if the Ice Demons are about, they must be far awaaayyyy..." Her breath wheezes a long time with that last syllable.

She continues to focus to the rear of the group.

[GnomeBoy]

[
So there are four of us playing, yeah?

Can we re-organize so that we form four or five "ranks" and place our Zeroes within those ranks? Like, I have my four Zeroes in their own personal "marching order", but they could each be in a different rank: Voorak in the front grouping, Telva in the rear grouping, etc. Maybe there could be ranks of A, B, C, D, and E. We add that letter to the front of each character name to indicate where they are in the overall marching order... If there's a large cavern to explore (or the like), Group A goes to the West, B to the East, C checks out the glowing stalagmite, etc. as each group sees fit.

Or is that too complex?
]

[Dr. Meat]

I like the rank idea. It seems a bit tough to wrangle so many characters. If someone wants to organize it, you can place my remaining two characters anywhere (through preferably not in front, as I'd like at least one character to finish this, if possible).

I suspect that 2-3 groups would be sufficient until the ranks have been thinned out, though we'll have to see what we run into.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

OOC [I think I understand you, GB. I am usually reluctant to split up, but with a gaggle of zeroes, it's probably a good plan! My signature/character sheet has been updated ]

Kurr the Nomad: "We are...less than effective in such tight confines. Perhaps some of us should head down the other tunnel. If these are the ice-demons, they can be slain. We may be able to attack them from two fronts...who's with me?"
Kurr and Myrna move toward the entrance intent on climbing to the rightmost tunnel

[Judge Perky]

Before you do that (and it's fine if you want to continue), I should mention that as she moves the 10' further in the tunnel, at the edge of her vision Bjorn notices up ahead that a shaft of light is pouring into the tunnel, appearing to come from an opening in the tunnel's right wall.

[Fenris Ulfhamr]

Bjorn: "Wait! There's a light ahead!"