[IC] Chapter 2-5: You're whirling 'round...

[Toot]

Toot spots the second mantis! (-5 for distance = 21, DC19 )

OOC2 - moving 40ft straight into its direction would put Toot into 5ft step distance from the mantis. Is it what you intended?
EDIT: or did you mean that you've already made that move on roll20? in that case that's fine, 

[OoC: Yes, I already moved my token and placed Toot and Boo behind the meat shei... I mean pony.]

except you couldn't see the mantis when you started, only when you arrived to your current spot, but we can handle that.

[OoC: I'm not sure what you mean.  Toot had his Faerie Fire wand still in his hand from last round.  Ahead of him, Toot could see SG stop and point in the direction of something.  Toot was following so he stopped and saw the Mantis in the direction that SG was pointing.  So Toot "Glowy-ed" him so everyone could see the Mantis.]

OOC - not killing just getting a few shots on them, eh?

[OoC: Well I meant, get a few shots to kill them before they can get through the entanglement. ]

OOC - speak with animals? animal handle+diplomacy?

[OoC: Speak with animals doesn't work on Vermin.  I don't think there is a way to communicate with Vermin unless you want to wrestle Boo's Helm of Comprehend Languages onto the Mantis's head.  Actually, Toot has a, Hand of the Mage.  He might be able to Mage hand the helm over to the Mantis and drop it onto it's head.  Since Mantis have zero Intelligence, it might not even resist as long as it doesn't see the floating helm as a threat.  But getting the helmet back might be a problem, though. ]

[OoC2: However, there is a Feat (in Pathfinder   ) which allows you to target vermin with spells and special abilities as if they were animals called, Vermin Heart.  It's too bad that it's not in 3.5e because I feel it's a feat that fits Toot very well.  Personally I think vermin are a type of creature that Druids should be able to use their Wild Empathy upon.  Even Gandalf was able to speak to a moth in the Hobbit but apparently only in Middle Earth do such abilities exist.    At least in 5e they fixed the problem by lumping Vermin and Animals in with Beasts. ]