magic sensitivity gives no indication as to the proper route.
Guida will go and pick up a small bag of rocks and leave two in a particular position at the entrances of explored tunnels, suggesting they start left and pick leftmost tunnel entrances unless that tunnel was explored before. It's not a map, but at least they should avoid getting lost and see which tunnels they haven't explored yet, unless anyone comes up with a better plan...
The process is a success, if a slow one, as you spend hours proceeding through the tunnels until you find a promising, in terms of it simply being different at least, change. A hedge of thorny roses blocks the path into... well something that is not a cave, and appears to those with second sight to be a deeper regio. All you have to do is cut your way through the roses, which will fight back.
"Oh" exclaims Guida. "The gorgeous roses!" After hearing of the deeper regio from her teammates, she approaches the wall of roses to smell them. "I just wish there was a way to avoid damaging these flowers..."
Fiore's mind was afire. This was his first time in a regio, and he understood a bit about it from Bartomeus' talks, but his understanding was that they can hide magnificent things, and possible riches. So, with that in mind, if this rose bush was standing between them and those possible riches, he pulled his dagger, and started hacking at them, to clear a way.
Guida sighs, and will follow suit with her sword.
Strange as it may sound, make your attack rolls, and defense as well while you are at it.
Guida has an attack of 21 with a damage total of 8 before attack advantage. Defense total comes down to 15. Soak is 12 if necessary.
Fiore has an attack total of 11, with a damage of 3 before attack advantage. Defense total is 9, with a Soak of 0.
Defense of 7 against Guida (attack advantage 14) and 9 against Fiore (attack advantage 2) the plant has a soak of 3, so damage of 19 from Guida and 2 from Fiore and takes damage as a size 3 creature- a light wound from Fiore and a heavy wound from Guida.
It attacks with a 7 against Guida and a 4 against Fiore, so it does not hit either.
Fiore is taken aback when the roses try to fight back "Is that a normal thing? I've never had a plant fight back..."
Guida pipes in: "Sorry, me either. I'm not an expert on faerie lore. The only thing I know to expect in a place like this is for things not to be normal."
As you ponder the wonder of the plant fighting back the light injury to it heals and the heavy wound becomes medium.
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Fiore attacks the rose again.
Attack total 13, damage 3 before attack advantage. Defense total is 14, Soak of 0.
Guida would clearly have prefered a talking rose bush to a regenerating, hostile, animated rose bush. She attacks with a 21, damage total 8 + advantage, defense is 19, soak 12.
The rose bush completely dodges Fiore's attack, with a 9 defense against Guida for an attack advantage of 12, damage of 17, another heavy wound. the plant misses each of you, and the wound which had healed to a moderate level reduces to being light.
Guida tries to finish the plant, attacks with a 16, damage total 8 + advantage, defense is 21, soak 12.
Fiore looks at Guida's attack, and realizes that he needs to get better. His skills were sufficient in the city, but now that he's amongst these strange people, he needed to up his skill. But, not wanting to appear like he's slacking off, he keeps up his attack.
Attack total 14, damage 3 before attack advantage. Defense total is 12, Soak of 0.
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Defense vs. Guida:3, attk advantage:13, net damage:18- heavy wound
Defense vs. Fiore:-1, attk advantage:15, net damage:15- medium wound
The plant misses both attack, but it's wounds continue to heal- the light and heavy wound it had at the beginning of the round are now healed for the light and medium for the heavy, so it ends the round with 2 medium wounds and 1 heavy wound.
Fiore starts to get upset with the plant recovering from injuries inflicted, and throws his whole into his attack.
(Spending a Fatigue Level to Exert himself, p. 173 in Arm core, and a confidence point)
Attack total 21, damage 3 before attack advantage. Defense total is 14, Soak of 0.