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[Sir Knight]

( . . . Hmm, we seem to have unexpectedly lost contact with another member.  This is pretty rotten timing.  Do I make up an action for both of them and just proceed?)

[FallacyofUrist]

((Roll insanity?))

[magmaholic]

(have the rat lemmings target the weakest players in vicinity,AKA the ones who are staring off in the distance with a dopey look on their face in response to danger. you cannot play the WHOLE game for them)

[PaPaj]

(HEY,i just dont want to die)

[Sir Knight]

(have the rat lemmings target the weakest players in vicinity,AKA the ones who are staring off in the distance with a dopey look on their face in response to danger. you cannot play the WHOLE game for them)

(Well, I can at least play ONE round for them.  This is unusual, after all.)

(Believe it or not, the main thing slowing me down is the possibility of giving these people kills when they're not playing.  It would be logical for me to have Durenadal (HugeNerdAndProudOfIt) start throwing rocks, since he's done that before, but by chance he hasn't killed anything yet.  It also would be logical for Alyssa Alpine (Rautherdir) to charge into battle, what with the background of "a hunter and a hired blade."  And these tiny creatures have 1 HP each, so both of the players would be away from the computer when they got their first kills in the entire game!)

(I guess, having acknowledged this in public, I can get over it and just post.  Though I'll have some real-world work to complete first.)

[Rautherdir]

(Sorry. I was unable to post for a bit.)
Hear the sounds of battle and rush back to the group.

[Sir Knight]

Oh ho!  Then, like I said, I'll be on that "updating" thing, just with one fewer substitution.

[Sir Knight]

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Nice, the numbers turn out pretty well for this encounter!

Spoiler: Combat round order (click to show/hide)

6, 5, 1, 2, 3, 7, 4, 8

. . . Dwain, Alyssa Alpine, Dustan, John, Durenadal, Ragnarok, Overseer, the ant lemmings.  You got lucky twice on dealing with those things, but they do still get to attack multiple times . . .

Spoiler: Let's politely ask the hivemind if it feels it has found an adequate target today (click to show/hide)

This is sort of a psychology check to see if the hive "bunches up" to attack somebody, which means a more dangerous combat table

Result: 2, Fail!

Guess not

Spoiler: Dustan's attempt at the triple jump (click to show/hide)

Result: 4, Succeed!

Spoiler: And an observation roll (click to show/hide)

Result: 4, Succeed!

Spoiler: And NOW for the grand melee between parties affected (click to show/hide)

John's combat table, now with iron pick, same as for Dwain and Ragnarok:

1: Fail terribly
2: Fail
3: Succeed weakly
4: Succeed
5: Succeed greatly
6: Fail by succeeding

Durenadal's combat table, throwing rocks with bare hands:

1: Fail terribly
2: Fail
3: Succeed weakly
4: Succeed weakly
5: Succeed
6: Fail by succeeding

Ant lemming combat table, now fighting in smaller groups of under 10:

1: Fail terribly
2: Fail
3: Succeed weakly
4: Succeed
5: Succeed
6: Fail by succeeding

Dwain's attack roll: 3, Succeed weakly!
Damage roll (1d4-1): 4-1 = 3!
Ant lemming hive size: 15/27

John's attack roll: 6, Fail by succeeding!
Damage to ant lemming hive (1d6+1): 6+1 = 7!
Ant lemming hive size: 8/27
Damage to John (1d6+1): 2+1 = 3!
John, HP: 1/16

Durenadal's attack roll: 6, Fail by succeeding!
Damage roll (1d4-1): 1-1 = 0!

Ragnarok's attack roll is no longer relevant, as the split group of ant lemmings nearby has been slaughtered in a grand effort by John

Ant lemmings attacking Dwain:

Ant lemming hive attack roll: 2, Fail!

The nearest ones would continue to attack John and Ragnarok but for the issue, stated above, that they are dead
(Note there are still 8 more elsewhere)

Word, deed, and chitinous rodent are agitated in the extreme.  John reaches Overseer and Ragnarok near the wheelbarrows, and there are attempts at organization, but in the end you wind up standing behind each other with a wheelbarrow barricade against the oncoming ant lemmings.  Wait, they're all crawling close to the ground, what good would that do?  Sure enough, that split-off group of them seems to continue on a "beeline" toward your entrance to this area of the caves.

John goes full-tilt, hacking and slashing with your pick as each new pincer-waving head appears in your midst.  Paying no attention to the fact that you have pincers still lodged in your body, you deal yourself a near-terminal dose of your own damage before the immediate threat lies dead!

Ant lemming has been struck down! x7

Ragnarok's strategy of standing behind John seems to have worked . . .

In the north, a concerned Dwain comes back around to investigate the shouting, and sees the other line coming around the bend.  You blink several times in confusion, expecting a human/human conflict.  And what are those weird ant . . . lemming . . . things doing, anyway?  Are they following some kind of trail?  Whoops, not for long; they're breaking march and swarming up to you!  A badly-thrown rock from Durenadal nearly brains you, but it alerts you to the danger of your position, and you whack a few with your pick until they stop moving.  And, oh yes, they are trying to rip your ankles out from under you.

Ant lemming has been struck down! x3

Alyssa Alpine runs up from behind.  It looks like there will still be more to kill . . .

Speaking of which, Dustan also appears out from the southeast cave.  You had gotten to your feet and vaulted the nearest ant lemmings without a bite, but now the remaining ones have abandoned their fallen kindred and swarm after you!



(Lucky not to get hit at any point.)

So, for once, the count of swarming creatures on the map is true to the actual count left alive.  Kinda neat.  I'm also amused that I didn't have to mess with Durenadal (HugeNerdAndProudOfIt) while absent, by a total coincidence of numbers.

[Starver]

I've got this half-forgotten war-hammer, of course, so let's see what it does to these remaining critters... At least see if they bounce of walls if I hit them a hard enough blunt-damage swipe towards silly mid off or deep extra cover (or something). If they just bounce and come running back, though, return to threatening with a pointy bit of the pick before they scramble back into range.

(Also beware behind, Alyssa. But as an expert fighter you no doubt already know how to work round me.)

[Rautherdir]

Run around Dwain and kill Ant Lemmings with the sword I was given.

[PaPaj]

Ragnarek is trying to rip nearest ant's head off

[Dustan Hache]

stomp these monsters and kill as many as I can.

[ziizo]

Put all the nearby  Ant-lemming corpses mostly to do something useful that doesn't threaten my life.

[Sir Knight]

(I'm noticing a theme in most of these replies.  I shall return to check for more, though we have one confirmation that responses will be slow.)

[Sir Knight]

Whoops, I just realized that I left out the "struck down!" announcements.  From both of the most-recent posts.  Corrected now . . .