Chapter 1 - Sun and Sting

Grunk Initiative:
Tue Feb 06 2024 15:53:16 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 1 to total : 3, + 1, TOTAL: 4

Oof.
Stat Block:

HP: 34/34
AC: 11
Spell DC 13
Spell Slots:
1: 4/4
2: 3/4

Initiative

Marshall Sparks 19
Giant Cicada swarms (all at once)  14
Ivar 13
Grunk 4
Tess\ipad 3


You each get 1 turn to prepare for the swarm's arrival.  

Marshall Sparks draws his pistols, calls out as posted and prays to his cold-blooded gods in a strange tongue.  A spectral layer of frost covers him and his gear.  



Tessie\ipad are close enough to the Marshall that you feel his confidence radiate around him.  Tessie\ipad feel no fear at all about the upcoming fight and even feel a bit safer just by standing in his presence.

protective aura (+4 to all saves), aura of courage (immune to fear) 10' radius
@Alan - I placed ipad over by the ratkin since that was the last position I remember for him, let me know if you want him next to Tessie






Ivar is up

sorry to ask, but are these like 'giant' bugs? Or is this a 'normal' swarm?

If the latter, then Ivar is looking for something to swat and smash with... any frying pans around that he can see?

whit10 wrote:sorry to ask, but are these like 'giant' bugs?  Or is this a 'normal' swarm?

If the latter, then Ivar is looking for something to swat and smash with... any frying pans around that he can see?

good question!


a normal swarm is a medium sized creature token made up of many tiny sized insects

this swarm token is a large sized creature token made up of many small sized bugs - so each giant cicada is about the size of cat or small dog, with a 10x10 swarm full of hundreds of 10-20 lbs hungry bugs

you might want something bigger than a frying pan....

eh, we'll just go with the axe

Ivar moves to M-6 and goes from a smiling large man to a snarling terror who lets out a roar directed at the swarm.

Raging

done

Grunk is up

Tessie on deck

you can both declare as I doubt it will affect the other

Grunk will pull another cob-web from the window sill as he starts to make his way around the corner of the building he’s next to, “Seriously everywhere!!” He will cast another Web, placing the 20’ cube from 4-7 and from W-Z.

Web
2 conjuration
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Target: A point of your choice within range
Components: V S M (A bit of spiderweb)
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard
You conjure a mass of thick, sticky webbing at a point of your choice within range. The webs fill a 20-foot cube from that point for the duration. The webs are difficult terrain and lightly obscure their area.
If the webs aren’t anchored between two solid masses (such as walls or trees) or layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the conjured web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of your next turn. Webs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet.
Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is restrained as long as it remains in the webs or until it breaks free.
A creature restrained by the webs can use its action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. If it succeeds, it is no longer restrained.
The webs are flammable. Any 5-foot cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 fire damage to any creature that starts its turn in the fire.

DC 13

Grunk will then use his full movement and take shelter inside at P-12.

TS-17 aka “Tessie”
Ac 16
Hp 27/27

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 18

Infusions active:
Repeating Shot
Armor of tools

iPhone 178
AC 15
Hp 26/26

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 14
Vigilant (cannot be surprised)
Immune to charm, poison, exhaustion

Tessie takes up an odd looking rifle. It has the lock and stock of a black powder rifle, but the barrel has been sleeved in a transformer coil with a high voltage bushing. Atop the gadget is an old ammo box with a capacitor, a reservoir of ferrous balls, and a gravity fed funnel into the outside of the lock and a solenoid with a spark plug under the hammer. “Get outa there people!”

Click, click. Tessie pulls the trigger, setting the gauss principle in motion. KRAZAKOW!!!  He fires into the swarm above the building at z-12.

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +7" :

15 + 7 = 22

Result of the throw of dice "3d10 +5" :

9 + 8 + 7 + 5 = 29

“Hey Siri, make sure those people get into cover.”

“Please take shelter inside during this temporary interruption of normal activity.” Siri moves to S-8, herding the townsfolk on that side of the map towards the door of the building there.

Ivar gets his dander up and assumes a position for Barbarian baseball

Grunk channels his inner spider to catch some flies.  If I mapped it correctly, it looks to hit 3 swarms.  DC 13 Dex saves or be Restrained.  Sadly, a swarm has Condition Immunity to Restrained (among others).  But that doesn't really make sense to me, especially with a web spell.  It makes more sense that only part of the swarm is Restrained, which reduces the swarm's combat effectiveness in much the same way that damage to the swarm reduces it effectiveness.

here are the 3 saves for the 3 swarms to be partially restrained

Rolling "1d20 +1" 3 times

1: 2 + 1 = 3
2: 5 + 1 = 6
3: 19 + 1 = 20

2 swarms are partially restrained (effectively half health) and 1 manages to avoid the web entirely




Tessie unloads with his funky gun!

here are a couple AI generated options for appearance, unless you find something you like better






quick question - what TYPE of damage does the infused gun do?  I am assuming Piercing?  does it count as magical?


Siri tries to convince the town folks to take cover.  I will give them WIS saves DC 8

Rolling "1d20" 3 times

1: 14
2: 5
3: 17

the woman and 1 of the farmhands take cover, but the other farmhand is frozen in fear



map updated




I need to calculate damage after we figure out type, then we can go on to round 1

Tessie’s rail gun deals Magical piercing damage.

Hey guys
We are in a pause mode, sorry. All my gaming maps, power point, images, etc are on my work laptop. Earlier today the State of Colorado public defenders got hit with some kind of cyber attack. And within a few hours offices were closed and we were told to turn off our laptops until further notice. There is no ETA for a fix but we are told it will go into next week.
Not only is all our our personal information, payroll, insurance etc in there, but also all our clients confidential information. So this is kind of a BIG FUCKING DEAL.

So.... enjoy the weekend, eat too much, and watch football. I took the boys skiing today.

Holy cats!

So…hacker apocalypse averted? We getting back to imaginary apocalypse?

These things don’t always clear up at the projected pace…

navyik wrote:These things don’t always clear up at the projected pace…

quick update - by Friday of last week we had our email, fax and office phones (voip) restored. We can only access our email on work cell phones and we are still not allowed to turn on our laptops or log into any work-related govt. websites. And yes, all our storage is in the Cloud. We generate 3-4 TB of data daily.

Thankfully, payroll was unaffected and we will all get paid next week!

I spent much of last week driving back and forth to the various courthouses in the 4 counties we represent relaying paper.

Been through this a couple times…

we just got approval to use our laptops, so I should be able to update later today\tonight

glad you're back up and running

Yay!

Tess' magical piercing weapon has a limited effect on the swarm but he does manage to blast a few of the buggers, enough to reduce its size.

Chris wrote:Initiative

Marshall Sparks 19
Giant Cicada swarms (all at once)  14
Ivar 13
Grunk 4
Tess\ipad 3

Marshall Sparks unloads his twin pistols into the swarm at z1 and eliminates enough of them to destroy the swarm.  He fired 3 shots for those counting and there were some secondary explosions after 1 of the hits.

at 14, the swarm wave advances!  




I loud buzzing sound, like way too much feedback at a rock concert fills the streets.  The vibrations make your teeth chatter and window panes crack into pieces.  Horses in the street cry out in terror and pull at their leads.  

the first line of swarms hungrily attack the closest sources of food - the 2 boys near the web, Tess and Ivar.  The swarm on Tess briefly passed by Siri but finding no organic material they continued on quickly.

The 2 boys are completely lost from sight by the swarm.





Swarm on Ivar
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

12 + 5 = 17

hit!

Result of the throw of dice "5d4 +5" :

1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 14

NECROTIC damage type

CON save needed as well  DC15

remember the Marshall's aura

protective aura (+4 to all saves)




Swarm on Tess
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

6 + 5 = 11

miss






3 more swarms need DEX saves vs the web

Rolling "1d20 +1" 3 times

1: 18 + 1 = 19
2: 8 + 1 = 9
3: 20 + 1 = 21

1 more swarm caught in the web!



map updated





Ivar is up and being swarmed

Ivar's save:

Tue Feb 27 2024 10:02:51 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 9 to total : 7, + 9, TOTAL: 16

Made it, whew - half damage due to Rage -7 HP

I'll take his turn this afternoon

whit10 wrote:Ivar's save:

Tue Feb 27 2024 10:02:51 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 9 to total : 7, + 9, TOTAL: 16

Made it, whew - half damage due to Rage -7 HP

I'll take his turn this afternoon

Indeed, very fortunate. Ivar finds himself covered in a sickly yellow paste from contact with the cicadas of unusual size. He wonders if it is something they are secreting or perhaps they vomit up some foul bile to help them digest their food?

Ivar will attack the swarm that went after him.

Tue Feb 27 2024 15:24:21 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 6 to total : 14, + 6, TOTAL: 20

assuming that hits:

Tue Feb 27 2024 15:26:19 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d12 + 4 to total : 2, + 6, TOTAL: 8

Tue Feb 27 2024 15:26:14 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d12 + 4 to total : 8, + 6, TOTAL: 14

the second roll was for Savage Attacker:

14 damage

Stat Block:

HP: 45, -7
AC: 15; Unarmored Defense
Saves: Str. 6, Con. 5, Wis. 1, Int. and Cha -1
Movement: 30 ft.
Initiative: +2

Ivar swings his axe into the swarm. He finds it harder than usual to hit anything as the swarm isn't a single big creature. He does manage to connect with a few of the bugs, splattering the yellow ichor all over the streets.

He does not do enough damage to reduce the swarm's size.



Grunk is up

Grunk will peak around the corner and huck a Fire Bolt at the half-swarm surrounding Tessie at M-8

Fire Bolt
cantrip evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Target: A creature or object within range
Components: V S
Duration: Instantaneous
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard
You hurl a mote of fire at a creature or object within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 fire damage. A flammable object hit by this spell ignites if it isn’t being worn or carried. This spell’s damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).


Thu Feb 29 2024 06:52:43 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 5 to total : 18, + 5, TOTAL: 23

Damage:
Thu Feb 29 2024 06:53:59 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d10 + 0 to total : 3, TOTAL: 3

He’ll duck back into cover at same location.

Done

Grunk sizzles 1 of the buggers in the swarm, but the total damage is not enough to eliminate the remaining 1/2 swarm.


Tess and Siri are up!

TS-17 aka “Tessie”
Ac 16
Hp 27/27

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 18

Infusions active:
Repeating Shot
Armor of tools

iPhone 178
AC 15
Hp 26/26

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 14
Vigilant (cannot be surprised)
Immune to charm, poison, exhaustion

Tessie  steps out of the swarm to p-9 pulling back the hammer that recharges the capacitor of his rifle. It winds up with a faintly increasing high pitched whir.  

THRRAKKAZAKA! The rifle discharges without recoil!

I rolled a 1 and used a luck point. The hammer falls but jams on the debris kicked up in the air by the swarms. As luck would have it, some of that debris is also conductive. The capacitor arcs across the partially closed hammer just enough to fire anyways, diagonally into the swarm that is attacking the kids near Grunk’s web.


Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +7" :

18 + 7 = 25


Damage:

Result of the throw of dice "3d10 +5" :

5 + 10 + 7 + 5 = 27


“Hey you’s kids! Get inside and shut the door, what’s a matter witch you?!”


I’d like to know the results before iPhone takes her action.

navyik wrote:

Tessie  steps out of the swarm to p-9 pulling back the hammer that recharges the capacitor of his rifle. It winds up with a faintly increasing high pitched whir.  

THRRAKKAZAKA! The rifle discharges without recoil!

I rolled a 1 and used a luck point. The hammer falls but jams on the debris kicked up in the air by the swarms. As luck would have it, some of that debris is also conductive. The capacitor arcs across the partially closed hammer just enough to fire anyways, diagonally into the swarm that is attacking the kids near Grunk’s web.


“Hey you’s kids! Get inside and shut the door, what’s a matter witch you?!”

Excellent use and description of Luck!

Tessie's blast catches a fair number of the buggers in that swarm, reducing its size to half.  Tessie sees the skeletal remains of 1 boy as the swarm shrinks.  The other boy used the corpse of his friend as a literal meat shield.  He scurries off, as commanded to T-4 and slams the door shut.




Siri?

TS-17 aka “Tessie”
Ac 16
Hp 27/27

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 18

Infusions active:
Repeating Shot
Armor of tools

iPhone 178
AC 15
Hp 26/26

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 14
Vigilant (cannot be surprised)
Immune to charm, poison, exhaustion

“Please clear the streets and take immediate shelter,” Siri calmly orders the guy at R-6.  She steps to T-7 and lances the swarm there with force damage.


Rend attack:
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +6" :

14 + 6 = 20

Force Damage:
Result of the throw of dice "1d8 +4" :

6 + 4 = 10

Siri walks back to P-8 And will protect Tessie if he is attacked.

"Huh? yeah, good idea" the farmer replies and runs into a nearby building.

Siri blasts enough more bugs from that swarm to disperse it!

Chris wrote:Initiative

Marshall Sparks 19
Giant Cicada swarms (all at once)  14
Ivar 13
Grunk 4
Tess\ipad 3

Marshall Sparks backs up to J-8 hissing at the woman, "Get insssside".  He unloads into the swarm at M-8 finishing it off.



A loud buzzing now fills the street as the swarm continues its wave movement through town.  Each swarm moves forward until it finds a source of food.  Many of the nearest morsels have taken shelter, thanks to Tessie and Siri's efforts.  

1 swarm lands on Tessie and Siri, but only chews on the kitty snack.

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

7 + 5 = 12


Tessie manages to avoid the hungry jaws!


The engaged swarm continues to chew on Ivar

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

13 + 5 = 18


NECROTIC damage
Result of the throw of dice "5d4 +5" :

1 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 5 = 15


The other swarms all fly at full speed (double move) and surround Marshall Sparks, the 3 ratkin prisoners who are still tied to the hitching post and threaten the remaining townies on the far left of the map.  

This is the final wave of swarms as the sky looks clear beyond





Ivar is up!

was a save needed again?

7 damage to Ivar

he can do the save later if needed

Attack at the swarm

Tue Mar 05 2024 15:28:32 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 7 to total : 14, + 7, TOTAL: 21

that should hit?

Damage:
Tue Mar 05 2024 15:29:12 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d12 + 4 to total : 5, + 4, TOTAL: 9

Savage Attacker reroll:

Tue Mar 05 2024 15:29:13 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d12 + 4 to total : 11, + 4, TOTAL: 15

stat block:

HP: 45, -14
AC: 15; Unarmored Defense
Saves: Str. 6, Con. 5, Wis. 1, Int. and Cha -1
Movement: 30 ft.
Initiative: +2

wow, good memory! No save needed, if you make it once you are immune for 24hrs.

Ivar swats at the buzzing swarm and manages to whack a few more, reducing the swarm's size.



Grunk is up

Grunk will duck out and fizz another fire bolt at the swarm surrounding Ivar, then duck back in again:

Fire Bolt Attack:

Thu Mar 07 2024 06:04:24 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 5 to total : 10, + 5, TOTAL: 15

Damage:

Thu Mar 07 2024 06:04:58 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d10 + 0 to total : 7, TOTAL: 7

Done

sorry I dropped the ball there for a couple days. I had a really busy Thursday and took Friday off. The boys and I went skiing then saw Dune 2. I highly recommend it and wish we had an Imax in Steamboat.


Grunk roasts one of the big buggers buzzing Ivar. They don't seem to like fire much but a single ray into a swarm seems to have a reduced effect.


Tess\Siri are up!

TS-17 aka “Tessie”
Ac 16
Hp 27/27

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 18

Infusions active:
Repeating Shot
Armor of tools

iPhone 178
AC 15
Hp 26/26

Darkvision 60’
Passive perception 14
Vigilant (cannot be surprised)
Immune to charm, poison, exhaustion

Tess drops a grenade at intersection 7-8 / L-M which should hit 3 swarms without harming anyone else. Please correct me if I am wrong so I can correct my target.

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

9 + 2 = 11


Hit


Damage (Fire)
Result of the throw of dice "3d6":

2 + 4 + 2 = 8

Tess steps two squares north just out of the swarm. “Guys, help da kids already, let me worry about da bugs!”

Siri runs to the hitching post at L-5 and rends the rope with force damage.
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +6" :

3 + 6 = 9

Can she use Tessie’s luck?
If so:

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +6" :

8 + 6 = 14

Damage if hit
Result of the throw of dice "1d8 +4" :

3 + 4 = 7

“Seek cover indoors immediately, and shelter in place,” she says pleasantly.

AOE target looks good to me!

Tessie hurls a grenade that the bug swarms do not like one bit. It destroys one of the swarms, reduces another's size and injures the third. Tess steps out of the bug swarm and directs his companions.

Siri can use Tessie's luck, no problem. She manages to free the nearest Ratkin.


map updated

Chris wrote:Initiative

Marshall Sparks 19
Giant Cicada swarms (all at once)  14
Ivar 13
Grunk 4
Tess\ipad 3

Marshall Sparks hisses in reply, "Leave the Terrorisssstssss to die!  Ssssave the ssssivilians."  A hail of gunfire finishes off his swarm that was damaged by Tessie.  He moves west and directs 2 civilians inside, following Tessie's advice.


at 14, the bugs move

the nearest swarm jumps on Marshall Sparks, who takes some nasty Necrotic damage for his troubles

2 of the Ratkin bandits are reduced to piles of bones.  the swarms move on to a nearby civilian and Ivar

attack vs Ivar

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

7 + 5 = 12

Ivar fends off their mandibles


the nearby swarm re-engages Tessie

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

2 + 5 = 7

His armor again proves better than bug bites



the final wave of Cicada flood through the town, but finding no food, they just move





Ivar is up

Ivar needs a giant fly swatter...

Anywho,

I hope this doesn't backfire... Ivar will use Reckless Attack this round to gain advantage:

Mon Mar 11 2024 16:16:28 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 6 to total : 8, + 6, TOTAL: 14

Mon Mar 11 2024 16:16:23 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 6 to total : 20, + 6, TOTAL: 26

Hell, yeah!

Savage Attack applied to damage dice

Mon Mar 11 2024 16:17:17 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 2d12 + 4 to total : 11, 2, + 4, TOTAL: 17

re-roll the 2

Mon Mar 11 2024 16:17:28 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d12 + 0 to total : 9, TOTAL: 9

there we go... 24 damage

attacks vs. Ivar are at advantage for the rest of the turn.

Stat block:

Combat:
HP: 45, -14
AC: 15; Unarmored Defense
Saves: Str. 6, Con. 5, Wis. 1, Int. and Cha -1
Movement: 30 ft.
Initiative: +2

Ivar rages on the swarm and manages to chop enough of them to bits that the swarm disperses. It had been previously damaged.


Grunk is up

DM is the bedroom window at R-10 open?

Whitey wrote:DM is the bedroom window at R-10 open?

sure

interacting with an object can be done with a move or action for free once per turn

Grunk will move to the window and huck another fire bolt at the swarm around Tessie.

Wed Mar 13 2024 17:09:27 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 5 to total : 1, + 5, TOTAL: 6

Blargh. Anyhoo…

Grunk thinks to himself his prepared spells for stridin’ maybe aren’t the best for life in town when trouble pops up. He makes a mental note to correct that when he gets a chance later.

Grunk’s done

Ok, I am going to move this scene along a bit here. We are going out of town for a long weekend in celebration of some old fart turning 50.


The final wave of giant cicadas pass over town. Mana Springs looks significantly worse for the wear. Anything edible has been consumed - people, horses, dogs, plants, vegetables, gardens, cats, rats.... The buildings and inanimate objects are largely intact, though sometimes covered in a strange yellowish ichor. This is the same goo that Ivar and Tess encountered when in close combat with the bugs. Marshall Sparks is drenched in the stuff. He looks unsteady on his feet and can't even bother to duck into an alley before losing his breakfast on main street. Several other town folks that had close encounters also seem nauseous.

Calls go out for the Doctor, the Mayor and the Druids in no particular order.


What would the party like to do while you wait for the town notables to arrive?

Happy 50 you old bastard! (I'm right on your heels with that one)

Ivar will help the town out in anyway he can... carry the wounded, cleaning up, etc.

Siri will secure the ratkin prisoner again.

Tessie will go to the Marshal’s aid. “You okay boss?”

Is Tessie aware of any cultural stigmas against ratkin? Are they undesirable in town in general? Or is the Marshal just connecting circumstantial evidence?

Happy Birthday!

Grunk will burn all of his first level slots to conjure up four Healing Elixirs:

1st-level conjuration

Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (alchemist’s supplies)
Duration: 24 hours

You create a healing elixir in a simple vial that appears in your hand. The elixir retains its potency for the duration or until it’s consumed, at which point the vial vanishes.

As an action, a creature can drink the elixir or administer it to another creature. The drinker regains 2d4 + 2 hit points.

He’ll take one to the lizard man “Here Marshall, this will help. I promise.” He lays a comforting hand on his shoulder and moves on to Ivar with the other Elixir. “You’ve very brave, stranger. My name is Grunk. This will help with your wounds.” He passes a vial over.

He’ll hand out the other two to any other townsfolk who appear to be injured. Anybody who cares to read the label sees an elaborate logo that says “Grunk Pappydoc’s Authentic Snake Oil! Guaranteed to Cure All Manner Of Ailments and Afflictions including, but not limited to: Gout, Conjunctivitis, Appendicitis, Warts, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, General Poisonin’, Hangovers, Hangunders, Hangnails, Headaches, Tummyaches, The Vapors, Anxiety, Depression, Repression, Bumps, Bruises, Abrasions, Brainpain, Cuts, Scrapes, Contusions, Consumption, Confusion, Infections, Inflections, Bee Stings, Bug Bites, Big Bug Bites, and Giant Frickin’ Bug Bites.

Your mileage and results may vary. For an extra kick, add it your favorite sauce, stock, soup, stew or gravy!”

He’ll make his way over to his web and look to see if any of the bugs are still caught in the stands. If he can capture one in a crate or box he’ll do so. After that he’ll drop Concentration and help with the cleanup.

Ivar puts his muscles to work helping out townsolk.

Tessie checks on the Marshall, but something seems off. His condition is not reflective of his wounds.
Knowledge Medicine check to learn more. Science if not, with DIS.
Siri reports back that she cannot locate the recently-freed ratkin. He seems to have slipped away in the chaos of the fight.

All "awakened" races are discriminated against, at least a bit, just based on demographics. But given that Marshall Sparks is also an awakened, its probably just the theft + explosive component that has his attention.


Grunk hands out his miracle elixirs. A bald man rubs a few drops on his scalp hoping for the best.

There are a few surviving giant cicadas caught in the webs.

Survival check to safely trap one. The job would certainly be easier with a second person too.

Survival:
Thu Mar 14 2024 10:09:46 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 3 to total : 14, + 3, TOTAL: 17

As he works to capture one of the bugs, Grunk will try to coax it using Speech of Beast and Leaf:

“It is dangerous for you here now, but I can keep you safe in this small hive. We will admire your strength and vigor and your beautiful wing patterns. I promise to free you to join your brothers and sisters when it is safe again. “

Charisma with Advantage:
Thu Mar 14 2024 10:13:28 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 0 to total : 10, TOTAL: 10

Thu Mar 14 2024 10:13:28 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 0 to total : 20, TOTAL: 20

Ha! Get in the box, bug!