Thirsty
 

Winged creatures begin flying through the doorway as the heroes begin to move in. Only John is left inside the cold room when the creatures move in after their new prey. They have had a day to become hungry again since they last feasted on the orc. Now they have a buffet of blood-filled juice pouches to choose from...

The fluttering of the strange creatures' wings are amplified slightly in this room, making it sound as if they are everywhere. Like the echo chamber they previously encountered, this room seems to be magically augmented to enhance sound -- just not to the same extent as the other room was. Quickly, a slightly bigger and darker one of the creatures pushes past the others, apparently wanting first selection. It immediately flies towards Vicky.

It stabs it's needle-like appendage into her, and then latches on with its talons. It slowly starts draining the kenku of her life-giving blood. The vampire-like parasite isn't gentle about it either. One of the smaller stirge flies in and steers clear of Vicky, perhaps afraid to go after the larger one's meal. Instead, it flies towards Jack Fox. It tries to feed on Jack, but it can't get through his armor. A second stirge also flies at Jack, intending to make a meal of the dragonborn. This one manages to find an opening and digs into Jack with it's proboscis and talons.

The last of the stirge flies into the room, and takes up a position near Vicky. It flutters there for a brief second as if trying to decide if it should risk feeding on the bird as well, but then decides against it and goes for the smaller meal. Perhaps because of its hesitation, Jarred is able to avoid the stabbing proboscis of the stirge.

Villains:
Fiendish Stirge - 26
Stirge - 13

Heroes:
Vicky - 22
Allyria - 21
Jack - 17
Jared - 15
ZhuGuan - 6
John - 2

Combat Tracker

Self Preservation Play when an ally adjacent to you takes damage from a melee attack. You shift up to 2 squares.

Fortune Card

I just noticed that Vicky doesn't have an alignment listed. I need this fixed ASAP. If anyone else hasn't listed their alignment, I'll need that written in as well.

Unless noted otherwise, ceiling height throughout this dungeon is 20 feet.

Thunder Attacks are +2 to hit and deal an extra +2 damage in this room.

The Stirge are 1 square above you, flying. Those that have a target grabbed, are technically landed, but will return to flying if the grab is escaped.

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John Clarke - Eladrin Revenant Hybrid (Warden/Swordmage)
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John Clarke, Ghost (Eladrin Revenant) Hybrid (Warden/Swordmage) (Spellscarred) (Veiled Alliance)
Init +2 HP 20/20 Bloodied 10 Healing Surge 5 (0 used /2)
AC 15 Fort 16 Reflex 13 Will 13 Speed 6
Str 17 (+3) Con 18 (+4) Dex 12 (+1) Int 14 (+2) Wis 13 (+1) Cha 8 (-1)

Corrupting Touch You reach into a creature’s body to disrupt it. At-Will * Necrotic, Shadow Standard Action Melee 1 Target: One creature Attack: Level + 3 vs. Reflex Level 11: Level + 5 vs. Reflex Level 21: Level + 7 vs. Reflex Hit: 1d10 necrotic damage, and the target gains vulnerable 1 to all damage until the end of your next turn. Level 21: 2d10 necrotic damage, and the target gains vulnerable 3 to all damage until the end of your next turn. Special: You can use this power in place of a melee basic attack.

Corrupting Touch,

Frigid Blade Your weapon leaves a frosty trail as it cuts through the air and strikes with a blow that inflicts winter’s wrath. At-Will Arcane, Cold, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon Target: One creature Attack: Intelligence -2 vs. Reflex Hit: 1[W] + Intelligence modifier cold damage. If the target starts its next turn adjacent to you, it takes a penalty to speed equal to your Constitution modifier until the end of its next turn. Increase damage to 2[W] + Intelligence modifier at 21st level.

Frigid Blade,

Ghost Sound With a wink, you create an illusory sound that emanates from a distant location. At-Will Arcane, Illusion Minor Action Ranged 10 Target: One object or unoccupied square Effect: You cause a sound as quiet as a whisper or as loud as a yelling or fighting creature to emanate from the target. You can produce nonvocal sounds such as the ringing of a sword blow, jingling armor, or scraping stone. If you whisper, you can whisper quietly enough that only creatures adjacent to the target can hear your words.

Ghost Sound,

Mage Hand You gesture toward an object nearby, and a spectral floating hand lifts the object into the air and moves it where you wish. At-Will Arcane, Conjuration Minor Action Ranged 5 Effect: You conjure a floating hand (that is invisible to everyone but you) in an unoccupied square within range. The hand lasts until the end of your next turn or until you use this power again. If you are holding an object when you use this power, the hand can move the object into a pack, a pouch, a sheath, or a similar container and simultaneously move any one object carried or worn anywhere on your body into your hand. While the hand persists, you can take the following actions. Minor Action: The hand picks up or manipulates an object weighing 20 pounds or less. It can hold only one object at a time. Move Action: The hand moves up to 5 squares in any direction, carrying the object it holds. Free Action: The hand drops the object it is holding. Sustain Minor: The hand persists until the end of your next turn.

Mage Hand,

Sight of the Unseen You have darkvision extending 1 square in all directions that you can turn on and off at will. When your darkvision is on, your eyes are backlit with a dancing blue flame.

Sight of the Unseen,

Strength of Stone Drawing power from the earth, you smash your weapon into your foe and bolster yourself against attack. At-Will ♦ Primal, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon Target: One creature Attack: Strength -2 vs. Reflex Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier necrotic or psychic damage, and you gain temporary hit points equal to your Constitution modifier. Level 21: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage.

Strength of Stone,

Thought Projection You broadcast a thought or an image to nearby allies. At-Will Psionic Minor Action Close burst 5 Target: One or more allies in the burst Effect: You convey either an image or a message of 10 words or fewer to each target.

Thought Projection,

Warden's Fury You lash out with nature’s wrath at a foe that has attacked your ally and diminish its defenses. At-Will Primal, Weapon Immediate Interrupt Melee weapon Trigger: An enemy marked by you makes an attack that does not include you as a target Target: The triggering enemy Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier necrotic or psychic damage, and the target grants combat advantage to you and your allies until the end of your next turn. Level 21: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage.

Warden's Fury,

Warden's Grasp Spectral vines clutch at a foe that has attacked your ally, impeding your enemy’s movement. At-Will Primal Immediate Reaction Close burst 5 Trigger: An enemy marked by you that is within 5 squares of you makes an attack that does not include you as a target Target: The triggering enemy in the burst Effect: You slide the target 1 square. The target is slowed and cannot shift until the end of its turn.

Warden's Grasp,

Form of the Dread Serpent .Dark scales coat your skin, allowing you to move with the subtlety of a snake and to envenom your attack at the time you choose. Daily Poison, Polymorph, Primal Minor Action Personal Effect: You assume the guardian form of the dread serpent until the end of the encounter. While you are in this form, you gain resist 5 poison and a +2 bonus to Reflex. In addition, you can shift 1 square as a minor action. Once during this encounter, you can use the Form of the Dread Serpent Attack while you are in this form.

Form of the Dread Serpent,

Form of the Dread Serpent Attack Encounter Poison, Polymorph, Primal, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon Target: One or two creatures Attack: Strength -2 vs. Reflex Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier poison damage, and the target takes ongoing 5 poison damage and is slowed (save ends both). Miss: Half damage, and the target takes ongoing 2 poison damage and is slowed (save ends both). Requirement: The power Form of the Dread Serpent must be active for you to use this power.

Form of the Dread Serpent Attack,

Host of Shields Your weapon produces a few small, glowing shields that orbit your body and ward off blows. Daily Arcane, Stance Minor Action Personal Effect: Until the stance ends, you gain a +2 power bonus to AC and Reflex.

Host of Shields,

Aegis of Shielding You create an arcane link between you and an enemy, allowing you to blunt its attacks against your allies. At-Will Arcane Minor Action Close burst 2 Target: One creature in the burst Effect: You mark the target. The target remains marked until you use this power against another target. If you mark other creatures using other powers, the target is still marked. A creature can be subject to only one mark at a time. A new mark supersedes a mark that was already in place. If your marked target makes an attack that doesn’t include you as a target, it takes a –2 penalty to attack rolls. If that attack hits and the marked target is within 10 squares of you, you can use an immediate interrupt to reduce the damage dealt by that attack to any one creature by an amount equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier. At 11th level, reduce the damage dealt by 10 + your Constitution modifier. At 21st level, reduce the damage dealt by 15 + your Constitution modifier.

Aegis of Shielding,

Crackling Burst Your weapon sends out sprawling arcs of lightning that hit nearby creatures, making movement agonizing for them. Encounter Arcane, Implement, Lightning Standard Action Close burst 1 Target: Each creature in the burst Attack: Intelligence vs. Reflex Hit: 1d8 lightning damage. If the target moves during its next turn, it takes lightning damage equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Crackling Burst,

Dark Reaping You use one death as the seed to sow more destruction. Encounter Necrotic Free Action Trigger: A creature within 5 squares of you is reduced to 0 hit points Effect: One creature of your choice that you hit with an attack before the end of your next turn takes extra necrotic damage equal to 1d8 + your Constitution modifier or Charisma modifier.

Dark Reaping,

Excise From Sight Magic removes all evidence from your foe’s senses that you or one of your allies exists. Encounter Arcane, Implement, Psychic Standard Action Ranged 10 Special: You can spend a minor action when you use this power to enhance it. If you do so, you can also slide the target 1 square on a hit. Target: One creature Attack: Primary ability vs. Will Hit: 1d10 + ability modifier psychic damage, and you or one ally within 10 squares of you becomes invisible to the target until the end of your next turn. Level 11: 2d10 + ability modifier psychic damage. Level 21: 3d10 + ability modifier psychic damage

Excise From Sight,

Nine Lives of the Cat Lord In exchange for your services the Cat Lord has offered you a boon... Encounter * Free Action Trigger: You are the target of a critical hit Effect: Change the hit into a normal hit. Critical hit damage/effects still apply to any other targets of the critical hit.

Nine Lives of the Cat Lord,

Second Wind STANDARD ACTION Spend a healing surge to regain hit points. You gain a +2 bonus to all defenses until the start of your next turn.

Second Wind,

Stolen Years You drain life from another creature to sustain your undead existence. Encounter * Shadow No Action Personal Trigger: You hit an enemy with corrupting touch. Target: The enemy you hit. Effect: The target is weakened (save ends), and you gain a healing surge.

Stolen Years,

Champion of Winter +1 When you take cold damage from an attack or deal cold damage with an attack, use this card to increase or decrease the cold damage by 5 (your choice).

Champion of Winter +1,

Minion Slayer +2 After you kill at least 3 minions in one encounter, use this card to spend a healing surge to gain hit points equal to your healing surge value +1d6. This use does not use your second wind for the encounter.

Minion Slayer +2,

Snap Out Of It +1 When you would become dazed, use this card to end that condition.

Snap Out Of It +1
Notes

• Undead. You are not a living creature. Effects that specifically target living creatures do not work on you. You do not eat, drink, breathe, or sleep. You are immune to disease.
  
• Insubstantial: You take half-damage from all attacks, except those that deal force or psychic damage.
  
• Limited Phasing: You ignore difficult terrain. You can move 1 square into a solid object large enough to accomodate a creature of your size. While in an object you can move only if you leave an object; you have line of sight and line of effect to no creature, and no creature has line of sight or line of effect to you.
  
• Cannot pick up or manipulate physical objects.
  
• When you drop to 0 hit points or fewer your ghostly form dissolves into ectoplasm. You are removed from play. At the end of a short rest you can spend a healing surge to reappear with the appropriate amount of hit points. Otherwise, at the end of each hour make a saving throw. If you succeed, you reappear with your full normal hit points. When you reappear it is in the same space you vacated, or the nearest unoccupied square.
  
• +5 power bonus to the next damage roll you make with a melee weapon attack before the end of your next turn when you use Second Wind.
  
• A spellscarred creature knows when an area of Spellplague, or a plaguechanged or spellscarred creature, is within' 5 squares of him.
  
• -2 penalty to all defenses and saving throws against the Spellplague, plaguechanged and spellscarred creatures.
  

John takes a deep breath of the cold air as the other open the door. "So theses are the Stirges that might have killed those Orcs." John smiled as his bad mood seem to drift away.

CY-29 to CW-28

Aegis of Shielding on Stirge 3

Warden's Grasp on Stirge 2

Strength of Stone

Dice Roll: 1d20+7
d20 Results: 11 (Total = 18)

attack

Dice Roll: 1d8+4
d8 Results: 2 (Total = 6)

damage If his John get 4 temp hp

Jack struggles against his captor. "Kill the purple one first! Don't let it smite anyone!"

Move action to attempt escape.
Standard:

Dice Roll: 1d20+7 2d8+4
d20 Results: 8 (Total = 15)
d8 Results: 2, 4 (Total = 10)

Stolen Life on Fiendish Stirge
Minor: Divine Mettle to add 3 to the damage.

Jack manages to break free from the stirge attacking him, but not before a good bit of blood is drained from the dragon man.

Jack could have checked his escape attempt on the combat tracker. Also, don't forget to apply your Ongoing damage at the start of your turn when applicable. I applied it to Jack for this round.

Allyria draws her longsword and looks up at the swarming monsters. Time to see if this body is any good in a fight.. Channeling her new psionic energy into her blade, she swings it in a wide arc, causing small spikes of energy to fly out of her blade and into the swarm of stirges.

Minor Action: Draw Sword
Standard Action:

Dice Roll: 1d20+7
d20 Results: 10 (Total = 17)

Concussive Spikers (augment 2)

Dice Roll: 1d8+5
d8 Results: 4 (Total = 9)

damage against Fiendish Stirge. On hit, he is knocked prone. All the other stirges are knocked back 3 squares.

The attack is about to miss, but some glimmer of knowledge from a previous lifetime flashes across her mind, causing her to readjust her aim at the last minute:

Dice Roll: 1d6
d6 Results: 1

is added to attack roll as a result of Memory of a Thousand Lifetimes

Round 2 coming soon.