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The bozaks don't respond. They just all (save the one trapped in webbing) begin chanting to their Dark Queen in the ancient tongue of magic.

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(OOC: I'm aware of how Web works. I just couldn't be arsed to draw out the entire thing, so I just did the relevant part.)

(Occ: good answer, I was running a fever at the time, sorry)

Locky aims her spell at no. 2, as noted above. "Umm Imani, don't think they are listening."

"Yeah, they aren't," Imani says. She knows there are too many of them, but they were going to have to fight. "Ulster and Thuskar with me," she says as she rushes out from cover to attack the first Bozak in the middle.

Hit Rolls (20, 8 )
DMG Roll (8)

Babushka waits for Imani and the henchmen to depart so she can see where she has a free shot at #11.

INIT for bow 2+7=9, Hit AC -4, Hit AC 2, damage: 1d8=7, 1d8=6

The Bozaks begin flinging spells from all directions at the party, quickly overwhelming them.

Imani reacts the fastest. She evades a beam of light and moves out of a large green gas cloud that appears around her. She reaches the nearest draconian and cuts him with her magic scimitar just as he finishes another spell. It was shortly after another draconian, the one next to her, cast a spell and tossed a bundle of rope at her. The rope came to life, wrapping itself around Imani, binding her arms and legs tightly. She drops to the ground, unable to move.

Fikod, invisible, sneaks up behind one of the bozaks and strikes--or tries to. Sadly, his blade doesn't pierce the creature's hide, but the attack nevertheless dispels his invisibility.

Protected by the magic ring Jerrard gave him, Thuskar manages to throw off spell after spell. He reaches a bozak and swings his mighty sword, but the creature ducks and evades it. Before Thuskar can try again, he's finally struck by a spell and his eyes turn completely white, robbing him of all sight. He cries out in panic, no longer able to see anything.

Babushka takes aim with her bow, but to no avail. A green gas cloud springs up around her, causing her to start coughing and gagging so much she cannot shoot. Her gnomish resistance throws off the rest of the spells flung in her direction.

While Thuskar may have managed to nearly throw off every spell flung at him, poor Ulster sits on the opposite side of the spectrum of luck. He is successfully inflicted with every single spell thrown at him, without exception. By the end, he's such a mess he can't even think, much less act or move.

Locky prays to Paladine for assistance, when suddenly she starts feeling very, very itchy. At first she thought it was just her new armor, which always itched and chafed something fierce, as she had not realized she was supposed to be wearing clothing underneath it. But this seemed different, somehow. But before she could consider whether she wanted to scratch or not, she was suddenly surrounded by beautiful flashes of light. They were so fascinating, she couldn't pull herself away. So became lost in the lights, forgetting all about how itchy she was--and for that matter, forgetting everything else around her, too. She didn't even notice when magical webbing started surrounding her, binding her to a nearby tree.

Jerrard got caught up in the same cloud of gas as Babushka, and soon was coughing and gagging on the awful smell. When the colored lights appeared around him, he became lost in them like Locky, forgetting everything else in the world, including the battle going on around him and the toxic gas cloud he was inhaling.

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Initiative
Locky (1d10+5): 14
Babushka (1d10+7): 13
Imani (1d10+5): 6
Fikod (1d10+3): 6
Ulster (1d10+3): 13
Thuskar (1d10+7): 11
Bozak 01 (1d10+2): 6
Bozak 02 (1d10+2): 7
Bozak 03 (1d10+3): 5
Bozak 04 (1d10+2): 8
Bozak 05 (1d10+2): 3
Bozak 06 (1d10+2): 4
Bozak 07 (1d10+2): 9
Bozak 08 (1d10+2): 12
Bozak 09 (1d10+2): 9
Bozak 10 (1d10+2): 12
Bozak 11 (1d10+2): 11
Bozak 12 (1d10+2): 12

Round 1!

Bozak 05 casts a spell at Imani.
----Imani saves vs. spell [14] (1d20): 15, pass. No effect.
Bozak 06 casts a spell at the party, conjuring a horribly smelling gas cloud.
----Locky saves vs. poison [9] (1d20): 15, pass. She's unaffected.
----Babushka saves vs. poison [11] (1d20): 10, fail. She begins to cough and gag.
----Jerrard saves vs. poison [14] (1d20): 7, fail. He begins to cough and gag.
----Imani saves vs. poison [11] (1d20): 15, pass. She is unaffected.
----Ulster saves vs. poison [13] (1d20): 5, fail. He begins to cough and gag.
----Thuskar saves vs. poison [11] (1d20+1): 16, pass. He is unaffected.
Bozak 03 is stuck.
Bozak 01 casts a spell at Locky.
----Locky saves vs. spell [14] (1d20-1): 1, fail. Locky begins feeling very itchy.
Imani moves 40 feet south and slashes at Bozak 01 with her magical (+3) scimitar (+1) (1d20+4): 20, hit for (1d8+5): 8 damage, then with her mundane scimitar (+1) (1d20+1): 8, miss.
Fikod moves north 10 feet and backstabs (+4) Bozak 12 with his short sword (1d20+4): 12, miss. He becomes visible.
Bozak 02 casts a spell and then throws a small bundle of rope at Imani.
----Imani saves vs. spell [14] (1d20): 2, fail. Imani becomes entangled in the rope.
Bozak 04 casts a spell, surrounding the party with a hypnotic light display.
----Locky saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+2): 10, fail. She is fascinated and cannot move or act.
----Babushka saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+4): 15, pass. She is unaffected.
----Jerrard saves vs. spell [12] (1d20+1): 11, fail. He is fascinated and cannot move or act.
----Ulster saves vs. spell [16] (1d20): 11, fail. He is fascinated and cannot move or act.
----Thuskar saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+1): 21, pass. He is unaffected.
Bozak 07 casts Mirror Image on himself, creating (1d4+1): 5 copies of himself.
Bozak 09 casts Web on the party.
----Locky saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+2): 12, fail. She is ensnared.
----Babushka saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+4): 16, pass. She is unaffected.
----Jerrard saves vs. spell [12] (1d20+1): 21, pass. He is unaffected.
----Ulster saves vs. spell [16] (1d20): 15, fail. He is ensnared.
----Thuskar saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+1): 15, pass. He is unaffected.
Bozak 11 casts a spell on the party. They are covered in a cloud of glittering golden particles.
----Locky saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+2): 22, pass. She is unaffected.
----Babushka saves vs. spell [14] (1d10+4): 20, pass. She is unaffected.
----Jerrard saves vs. spell [12] (1d20+1): 16, pass. He is unaffected.
----Ulster saves vs. spell [16] (1d20): 3, fail. He is blinded.
Thuskar moves 40 feet southeast and powerfully (+1) attacks Bozak 11 with his two-handed sword (+1) (1d20+2): 4, miss.
Bozak 08 casts a spell on Jerrard.
----Jerrard saves vs. spell [12] (1d20+1): 6, fail. Jerrard is struck deaf.
Bozak 10 casts a spell on Thuskar.
----Thuskar saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+1): 17, pass. He is unaffected.
Bozak 12 casts a spell on Thuskar.
----Thuskar saves vs. spell [14] (1d20+1): 4, fail. Thuskar is struck blind.
Babushka is coughing and gagging.
Ulster is coughing and gagging, fascinated, ensnared and blind.
Locky is fascinated, ensnared and itchy.

(OOC: This post took hours to make! Whew.

Locky cannot move or act next round, between the itching, the web and the hypnosis. Jerrard also cannot act or move, but Babushka can try to move out of the gas cloud--but she won't shake off its effects for another few rounds. Pity, too; she only failed one saving throw, and only by one point. If only Locky had cast Prayer beforehand!

Imani cannot move or act unless someone frees her or the spell is removed. The rope cannot be manually untied, but it can be cut with an attack roll against AC 6.

So it looks like it's just...Fikod, a nauseous Babushka and a blind Thuskar remaining. I wonder if I should wait for NoTrammeling to return before proceeding?)

"Everyone that can get away, so it now! Run!" Imani yells to the others.

Babushka turns tail and runs as fast as her little legs allow. Out of sight of the clearing, supposed no one follows her, she climbs up a tree, planning to wait there for a while and follow the tracks the draconians must make when carrying away their prisoners.

Fikod, seeing his entire party incapacitated for the nonce, makes a mad dash for the brush in order to lose himself into a dark hole or the like. He'd a notion that if the Draconians could be calmed and spoken to he could maybe, just maybe, persuade them not to kill the entire party. But first he had to get away.

Thuskar hears Imani's call for retreat, but can't see where he's going. He attempts to flee, but practically runs into the bozak's arms. Three of them gang up on him and quickly tackle him to the ground.

Babushka, however, has better luck. She still has her senses, she just feels nauseous. Being so little, and with the green gas cloud and the webbing offering her concealment, she manages to slip away unnoticed--especially as the bozaks have their attention focused on Thuskar and Fikod. She doesn't get too far, but she finds a tree and manages to just barely climb up it.

Fikod attempts to get away, but is blasted by two spells--both colorful streams of light. He evades the first, but the second one catches him right in the face and he is blinded. He still attempts to get away, but doesn't get too far, clumsily trying to feel his way around, moving in what he remembered to be a direction away from the bozaks before he lost his sight.

"Secure the prisoners," a Bozak says. "You five, after the dwarf. Don't let him escape!"

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Initiative
Babushka (1d10): 4
Fikod (1d10): 8
Thuskar (1d10): 1
Bozak 01 (1d10+3): 8
Bozak 02 (1d10+3): 8
Bozak 04 (1d10+3): 13
Bozak 05 (1d10+1): 7
Bozak 06 (1d10): 5
Bozak 07 (1d10): 6
Bozak 08 (1d10): 5
Bozak 09 (1d10): 6
Bozak 10 (1d10+3): 8
Bozak 11 (1d10+3): 4
Bozak 12 (1d10+1): 2

Round 2!

Thuskar attempts to flee, but doesn't get far due to his blindness.
Bozak 12 casts a spell at Fikod, blasting him with colored lights.
----Fikod saves vs. spell [11] (1d20+4): 13, pass. No effect.
Bozak 11 will attempt to overbear Thuskar.
Babushka moves 30 feet northwest and attempts to climb a tree [65%] (1d100): 63, success. She scales the tree.
Bozak 06 moves 30 feet north and holds.
Bozak 08 moves 50 feet north and holds.
Bozak 07 moves 45 feet north and holds.
Bozak 09 moves 35 feet north and holds.
Bozak 05 casts a spell at Fikod, blasting him with colored lights.
----Fikod saves vs. spell [11] (1d20+4): 6, fail. Fikod is struck blind.
Bozak 01 will attempt to overbear Fikod.
Bozak 02 attempts to overbear Fikod, who is blind (+4), with Bozak 01's help (+1) (1d20+5): 13, miss.
Bozak 10 will attempt to overbear Thuskar.
Fikod attempts to flee, but is blinded. He moves 30 feet to the west.
Bozak 04 attempts to overbear Thuskar, who is blind (+4), with the help of Bozak 10 and Bozak 11 (+2) (1d20+6): 12, success. Thuskar is pinned to the ground.

(OOC: Actions and Initiative for Round 3?)

Babushka sits in the tree quietly, waiting for the nausea to pass. She does her best to look and see what is happening to her companions.

Fikod will attempt to imbibe his potion of persuasiveness, if he can discern what it is and drink it before the Bozaks catch up with him.

Fikod stumbles about, trying to find the potion in his pack through feeling, instead of sight. But he is too slow, and before he can find it, five bozaks dog-pile him, pinning him to the ground. "Got him!" one calls out.

Babushka watches from her vantage point, hidden in a tree, as the bozaks round up her companions, one by one, tying them up before the various spells on them wear off.

Jerrard, Locky, Imani, Ulster, Thuskar and Fikod are put back to back, all tied up, and the bozaks look them over. "Nice haul. I can't believe that trick works every time," says one.

"Better than the stupid Baazs' plan of dressing up like elves," adds another.

"Wait a second, none of these guys are elves at all. I see four humans, a dwarf, and a kender."

"The Abyss? What are the odds of that?"

"Well...should we still bring them in then?"

"Might as well. The masters might want to question them anyway. Like that Khur woman we found earlier. The one with all the horses, remember?"

"Hey, yeah. This one looks like a Khur, too. Related, maybe?"

"Who knows? Humans all look alike to me."

Slowly, the effects of the various spells start to wear off. However, there are two exceptions. Jerrard's deafness and Thuskar's blindness persist indefinitely.

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Initiative
Fikod (1d10+6): 15
Bozaks (1d10+3): 8

Round 3!

Bozaks 01, 02, 05, 06 and 12 (+4) attempt to overbear Fikod, who is blind (+4) (1d20+8): 20, success. Fikod is pinned to the ground.
Fikod is pinned and cannot move.

(OOC: Invisible Castle seems to be down, so I'll be making all rolls until it's return.

End melee.)

"Oh, I'm Khurish," Imani says. "And a princess," she adds. "I'm the wife of a powerful Khan, and I was sent here to negotiate with your master," she explains.

"She lies," says the Bozak Imani had injured earlier.

"If that's true, then why did you attack? Can you name our masters then?" asks another, skeptically.

Jerrard lowers his head, where there should be sound all he heard was silence.. "What..?" He asks far too loud, unable to control the volume of his voice.