Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Tuesday February 27th, 2024 10:36:14 AM Ezekiel informs the group that the handaxe has a magical aura.
Colt Colt is pleased to find dried mangos. He wonders if there is enough to sustain the party should the t-rex wake up and trap them in the compound.
Grim heads over to the next door. Colt follows and offers him some dried mango. Grim flips some up in the air, catching it in his mouth and thanking him, much to Colt’s amusement .
Yofiel tells Siolo about the funeral rights she performed. She takes the axe, determining that it has some sort of telekinesis spell cast on it. follows Grim readying herself for battle.
Marest believes that most of the council’s weapons will be magical. She wonders where Shanaera’s legs might be. Yofiel suggests that they might be in the stomach of a dinosaur.
Dapple separates the good food from the spoiled and suggests that they might want to bring some of it back to the Cloudhaven survivors, who are low on provisions. Colt believes that they should leave it here; they are not sure how long cleaning and burning is going to take.
Siolo begins searching for notebooks and journals, but does not see anything.
The party gathers whatever food and supplies they wish to take with them and then turns their attention to the door. Like the one you passed through to get here, this one is dented, the impact coming from the other side. It sits somewhat lopsided, one hinge broken, but Grim is strong enough to move it aside.
As you open the door, an intense smell of rot hits you. The next room is a single great cavern. From your vantage point, you can make out large tables, all of which are smashed and broken. Shattered chairs also litter the room. But all of these are difficult to attend to, because your attention is drawn to the many half-eaten corpses--humanoid and dinosaur--that litter the room. The floor is stained with blood and limbs and entrails are strewn about.
OOC I need a fort saving from anyone who passes through the door into the next room. And please adjust your placement on the map on Slide 10.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d20+7=27 ; Tuesday February 27th, 2024 11:49:19 AM
Dapple pauses just inside the room to look around her. The smell doesn't seem to be affecting her--yet. [Fort save 27]
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 FORT save: d20+6=22 ; Tuesday February 27th, 2024 2:30:23 PM
Kaze grabs some jerky and fruit, and shoves it into a pouch. He then moves up with Grim to survey what's ahead of the party
Marest gets an intense smell of rot wafted into her as she walks through the door. (Fort save = 20) Marest having seen all manner of weird things, believes she will keep her fruit & jerky down this time.
Using her Darkvision (120') and Perception skills, Marest will try to decipher the chaotic scene in the cavern.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Tuesday February 27th, 2024 6:10:22 PM
Ezekiel hangs back, waving his hands to get rid of the smell.
"Grim, warn a guy before you let one rip like that!"
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 51/51 CMD 19 d20+7=16 ; Tuesday February 27th, 2024 8:41:20 PM
Fort +7 = 16 vs DC?
Grim steps inside a bit so as not to clog the entry way. "You ought to know by now what mine smell like!" he shoots right back.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 d20+2=11 ; Tuesday February 27th, 2024 9:21:32 PM
[ooc] Fort save 11. Reasonably sure that's going to fail. [/ooc]
Colt steps through the doorway. The smell hits him and he immediately begins wretching. Only by propping himself with his hand against the wall can he keep his feet.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 19/12/17 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=3 ; d20=15 ; Tuesday February 27th, 2024 9:21:33 PM
((It double rolled, Fort 3+3=6))
As Siolo enters, the wave of rot hits him and he is overwhelmed. Sickness overcomes him.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+2=14 ; d20+13=33 ; d20+6=8 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 12:30:42 AM
Yofi takes a single step through the doorway, senses the stench, then steps back into the kitchen area for a moment. "Worse than a cheese-making place I visited once," she comments. The elf unties the red/white checked shawl from around her shoulders, and refashions it to serve as a cover from the bridge of her nose downward. She sprinkles a little water, followed by a bit more wine than water over the fabric, and has it double-layered. This will not preclude her from smelling the room beyond, yet still should mitigate it somewhat. And, as at the cheeserie where she found after several minutes the impact of the stink dissipated, she hopes there will be a similar effect here. When she needs to talk, she will inhale through the dampened fabric to fill her lungs, then lift the overhand to free the sounds coming from her mouth, let it down again to inhale, and then say whatever else it is she wishes to communicate. Whispering, though, should not be an issue, she hopes.
"Friends, with the carnage ahead, there may be survivors and scavengers. All be careful, every one alert, and watch each other's back."
She does not move very quietly, as her breathing can be heard fairly well. But her arrow is ready, and her eyes and ears are alert. Unfortunately, so is her sense of smell. Perception 33 (nat 20)
The bard pays particular attention to what is up high in the room, along the walls and ceiling, and will respond to movement or noise made by any except her party members by aiming her arrow in that direction. She moves to pass toward the right around the first corner into the large cavern, ending at 3-7/8 along the horizontal axis, and 3-7/8 along the vertical on the map.
============ Con save: 14 Perception: 33 Stealth: 9 (should have been +7, not +6)
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=16 ; d20+1=19 ; d4+1=4 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 10:05:49 AM Dapple moves into the room to look around. Kaze grabs some jerky and moves into the room.
Marest scans the room.
Ezekiel chastises Grim for the smell, accusing him of flatulence.
Grim assures Ezekiel that he’s not to blame for the smell and moves deeper into the room.
Colt throws up all the mango he just ate.
Siolo also gags at the smell.
Yofiel ties her bandana over her nose, sprinkling it with water and wine to help block the smell. However, it is not enough to block the smell. This is a lot worse than the cheesery, and wine doesn’t pair quite as well with the intense smell of decaying meat.
Dapple, Kaze, Marest, and Grim, are unaffected by the smell.
Colt, Siolo, and Yofiel are nauseated . OOC You can roll a fort save each round to see if your stomach settles as you grow accustomed to the smell. DC 15
Marest, Dapple, and Yofiel look around the carnage in the cavern, and you recognize it from the violent visions that Ellie’s ghost sent to you. But even those visions were not enough to prepare you for the scene you encounter. The dead are everywhere. Bodies are mulated. The floor is stained with blood. Some bodies are headless. Others have entrails spilling out. Others have been ripped in two.
To the north of where you are, you notice a gleaming rapier by one of the broken tables.
As you are surveying the room, two of the corpses start to twitch, one human, one dinosaur. The dinosaur’s stomach stretches and rips open as a large, segmented wormlike creature emerges. It is about 6 feet in length, swiftly moving toward Dapple on short, caterpillar legs. As it does so, four long tentacles, dripping with some sort of poison, unfurl from its sharp-fanged mouth. It runs at Dapple and whips a tentacle at her, but misses.
From underneath the human slithers a 2-foot long wormlike creature. It is pale white and a slimy trail in its wake as it moves toward Yofiel . A nearly translucent tentacle emerges from its mouth. It opens its jaws and bites at her, sinking its razor sharp teeth into her flesh, dealing 4 points of damage.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d20+3=7 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 11:23:47 AM
Dapple draws her dagger, but she knows it won't do much damage, even if she could hit the thing, which isn't guaranteed.
Instead, she tries to give the creature a Touch of Chaos, but only hits Touch AC 7.
[OOC: what kind of check is it to figure out what these things are?]
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Wednesday February 28th, 2024 11:32:40 AM OOC Local or Dungeoneering check to identify these creatures are.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 d20+2=8 ; d20+8=14 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 11:49:37 AM
Now, after she stepped back out of the door toward the kitchen after the initial nausea, what in the Wold impelled her to decide to cover her face, and then step back into the lab area as she was ready to puke? The young elf woman rebukes herself inwardly for making so stupid a move until overcoming her nausea. Then a little half-formed monster comes up and bites her, and the heaving of her stomach allows her no effective response, despite having her weapon at the ready. It's not so ready anymore, as the arrow plinks harmlessly against the ground with little force.
Well, there's nothing for it. She engages in an acrobatic retreat to avoid an attack of opportunity, arriving at 2.875x4.375, and then upchucks against the wall as she lifts the shawl/bandana upward so as not to soil it too much.
=========== Con save: 8 (fail vs nausea) Acrobatics: 14 - to avoid AoO from the larval monster that just bit her.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 d20+14=16 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 11:52:58 AM
Knowledge, Local: 16 - to try to identify the white slimy toothy tentacled thing that just bit her.
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Longsword attack: d20+7=23 ; Damage would be: d6+3=4 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 2:10:28 PM
As he's already got his sword and shield readied, Kaze will move to attack the white, slimy thing. Patches, holds back looking for other trouble.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d4+1=5 ; d4+1=3 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 6:54:19 PM
"Down boy!" says Ezekiel. He blasts the one the bit Yofiel. "Bad...worm...thing!"
Marest casts Spectral Hand in preparation for the defense of her friends against the assailants! As soon as Marest discovers the nature of these creatures, using the aforementioned Message spell, she will share the knowledge of the creatures with her colleagues: Grim, Yofiel, Dapple, Kaze (??)
Spectral Hand Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Effect one spectral hand Duration 1 min./level (D) Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no HP=3 AC=22+5 = 27 The hand is incorporeal and thus cannot be harmed by normal weapons. It has improved evasion (half damage on a failed Reflex save and no damage on a successful save), your save bonuses, and an AC of 22 (+8 size, +4 natural armor). Your Intelligence modifier applies to the hand's AC as if it were the hand's Dexterity modifier. The hand has 1 to 4 hit points, the same number that you lost in creating it.
The spell gives you a +2 bonus on your melee touch attack roll, and attacking with the hand counts normally as an attack.
Message Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S, F (a piece of copper wire) Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Targets one creature/level Duration 10 min./level (40 minutes) Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 51/51 CMD 19 d20+12=27 ; 2d4+6=12 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 9:26:24 PM
The stench comes close to making Grim loose his mangos also but he snorts out the bad smell in time to react to the new threat. Wielding the guisarme won't help protect Dapple so he drops it and while stepping up (5' Step move) he draws his falchion. Now flanking the sharp-toothed-tentacly-thing, he chops down on it.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 d20+4=18 ; d6=6 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 9:32:58 PM "Ohhhg." Colt smears his hand across the mango residue coating his lips, and looks over to the worm thing running toward Dapple. "Errmg." He pushes off the wall and toward the monster. He raises his staff overhead and plunges its end at the worm.
[ooc] 18 to hit. Damage 6+3 = 9.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 19/12/17 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=17 ; Wednesday February 28th, 2024 9:42:33 PM
((Fort 17+3=20))
Siolo tries to react quickly to the new danger but his stomach churns. A wave of nausea overwhelms him causing him to wretch a couple times. Thankfully the wrenching works and he acclimates to the stench.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=5 ; d20+3=12 ; d20+3=13 ; d20+3=14 ; d20+3=16 ; d6+2=6 ; d20+1=18 ; d4+1=3 ; Thursday February 29th, 2024 9:31:00 AM Yofiel retreats, barely dodging out of the way of another bite from the creature. Her swift movements cause her stomach to cramp and she scrambles to lower her bandana before vomiting against the wall.
Kaze slices into the larval creature, a clear vicious ichor spraying onto him as your sword cuts through its pale, swollen flesh. It lets out a piercing shriek of pain.
Two darts of magical energy shoot from Ezekiel’s fingertips. The first slams into larval creature, its body--writhing in pain from Kaze’s attack--going limp. The second dart of energy hits the mature creature.
Marest casts Spectral Hand .
Grim’s falchion finds a weak spot in the chitinous plates covering the mature creature’s body, cutting into the soft flesh beneath.
Colt moves toward the fight, but is overcome by a wave of nausea. Characters with the nauseated condition are unable to take any action on a single turn, except moving. So Colt is unable to attack. We’ll treat your d20 role as a fort save, which you pass! You’ll be able to attack next turn.
Siolo , stomach now empty, is no longer feels nauseated.
Yofiel and Marest identify these creatures as Slime Crawlers. You are familiar with the stories around them. They are said to be voracious scavengers, hunting for carrion and a place to lay their eggs. They are also not opposed to living flesh, and in their mature form, their tentacles are coated in a paralyzing poison. They can grow much bigger than the two you are currently facing.
Just as you have this thought, Patches begins to bark, alerting you to the 10-foot long Slime Crawler emerging from another dinosaur carcass to the east of you and charging toward the party. As it passes one of the humanoid corpses, a larval slime crawler about 5 feet long untangles itself from the body’s legs and slithers toward the party.
Another larval Slime Crawl, this one about 4-feet long, attracted by the sounds of the fight, bursts out of one of the humanoid corpses.
The Slime Crawler now being flanked by Colt, Dapple, and Grim attacks. It makes two tentacle attacks against Dapple, but she manages to dodge out of the way of both. Grim blocks the two tentacles that wip toward him, parrying them with his falchion, but Colt, still feeling a bit woozy as the effects of his nausea fade, is not so fortunate, as the creature bites him for 6 points of damage!
Grim distracted by fending off the adult slime crawler’s attacks is distracted and unable to protect himself as the sharp, small teeth of the larval slime crawler bite into his leg for 3 points of damage.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d20+3=18 ; Thursday February 29th, 2024 11:32:52 AM
Dapple waves her dagger at the slime crawler in what she hopes is a convincing manner. She is pretty convincing, and Colt gets a +2 bonus to his attack on crawler 1.
[Aid another action]
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 d20+2=15 ; Thursday February 29th, 2024 12:14:03 PM
The disgorging of the contents of her stomach last round helps to alleviate her nausea. "Bigger slime crawlers than these can paralyze you with their bites," Yofiel whispers to her circle of contacts, trusting Marest to inform her messaging group. Her shawl she uses to wipe her mouth, then draws it off the bridge of her nose to rest down around her neck, and pulls an arrow from her quiver, nocking it to use next round. She faces the open area, scanning for more oncoming crawlers.
============ Con Save 15/15 - saves! Nausea dissipates.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d4+1=5 ; d4+1=5 ; Thursday February 29th, 2024 3:32:29 PM
"Hey, this one seems tougher! Let's try another force barrage!"
Ezekiel will focus fire (magic missile) on Mature Crawler 1.
Damage: 1d4 + 1 = 5. Damage: 1d4 + 1= 5.
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Thursday February 29th, 2024 3:54:38 PM
Kaze seeing more enemies charging he and his friends, dips into his limited magics and call out for the mosses, lichens, and whatever other plants he can, to stop the two creatures from adding into the fray
[He's casting Entangle, hoping to catch 3 & 5 off-guard and keep them from the fray for the moment - the REF DC save is only 13 at this point]
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 48/51 CMD 19 d20+12=25 ; 2d4+6=13 ; Thursday February 29th, 2024 8:40:35 PM
Grim doesn't trust Colt and the ashen look on his face to do much despite his attempt to overcome the stench. The half-orc slashes once more at the Mature Crawler 1 ignoring the little nip at his ankle.
With her Spectral Hand about, Marest casts TOUCH OF FATIGUE on Mature Slime Crawler #1 using her Spectral Hand, totally missing the creature...
Touch Attack: 1d20+2 = 4
Siolo (Joe) - AC 19/12/17 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 Friday March 1st, 2024 12:18:35 AM
With his mind able to focus, Siolo begins concentrating. His body begins to elongate and contort, his skin darkens and scales start to appear. His hands and feet elongate and form sharp claws, and a long, muscular tail grows from his spine. His face transforms, with his mouth elongating into a sharp snout filled with rows of razor-sharp teeth, and his eyes take on an intense, predatory gaze.
As the transformation completes, the new Siolo lets out a guttural roar as he tests out his newfound strength and speed, feeling some primal instincts coursing through his veins.
He then rushes forward behind Grim.
((WILD SHAPE!!YAY!! In the shape of a deinonychus. AC 15)) ((Also credit to ai for assistance with the description))
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 Friday March 1st, 2024 2:20:28 AM
Hearing a strange sound coming from behind her, Yofi turns to observe the druid Siolo wild shape from his handsome half-elven self into a deinonychus antirrhopus, and is amazed to see her friend's new form. Fearing lest those ahead might mistake friend for foe the bard calls out aloud, "Siolo is now a deinonychus - don't hurt this new dinosaur! He is on our side!"
She steps up behind him (5' step) to 3.25x4.125. She will need to be aware of his extended tail waving in her face.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=22 ; d20+2=5 ; d20+1=17 ; d20+1=19 ; d3+1=2 ; d4+1=5 ; d20+5=7 ; d20+3=13 ; Friday March 1st, 2024 10:42:46 AM Dapple distracts the crawler by waving her dagger at it, giving Colt a +2 to attacks.
Yofiel is feeling much better, she warns the group about the Slime crawler paralyzing poison (the poison is coating the tentacles of the mature crawlers; it’s not in their bite) . She prepares for battle.
Ezekiel slams two more darts into the crawler facing off against Dapple, Colt, and Grim.
Kaze lifts his arms and from the dead mushrooms, lichens, and moss burst forth, growing across the blood stained floor. The mature crawler (3) continues to move easily through the space, but the larval (5) is entangled by the spell.
Grim ignores the bite from the small crawler and slashes at the mature one. There is a crunching sound as his falchion cracks through the creature’s exoskeleton, severing his body, a yellowish slime oozing from its body.
Just as Grim’s falchion cracks into the creature, Marest attempts to use her spectral hand to cast touch of fatigue, but the hand misses.
Siolo draws on his druidic powers, his half-elven form shifting into a deinonychus. He lets out a roar and charges into battle.
Yofiel witnesses Siolo’s transformation and warns the others not to attack him. She follows behind him into the fray.
The larval crawler (4) makes a bite and tentacle attack against Grim. They both hit. He takes a total of 7 points of damage, and the tentacle, which is covered in a sticky vicious slime, wraps around you. It uses this tentacle to pull its wormlike body toward you, beginning to wrap around you, in an attempt to grapple. The larva is making a grab attack which enables it to attempt a grapple as free action, without taking an AoO. But Grim quickly wretches the creature off of him, throwing it to the ground.
The mature crawler (3) charges through the lichen, moss, and mushrooms toward Kaze making a tentacle attack against him. But he manages to duck out of the way just in time.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d20+3=6 ; Friday March 1st, 2024 11:21:12 AM
Dapple shifts over [5-foot step], and once again waves her little dagger, this time at crawler #4. It's not her best work, and the crawler isn't fooled.
[Try the Aid Another action again, fail.]
Siolo (Joe) - AC 19/12/17 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=11 ; d20=7 ; d20=17 ; d20=14 ; d8=8 ; d8=8 ; d6=5 ; d4=3 ; Friday March 1st, 2024 1:08:58 PM
Dino-Siolo ends his charge forward with a pounce onto the nearby mature slime crawler (3) and a flurry of teeth and talons. (full attack)
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 Friday March 1st, 2024 1:15:43 PM
((Wild Shape duration 4 hrs, 1/2 per day used. AC section updated. New CMD is...19...I think..))
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Longsword: d20+7=23 ; damage: d6+3=7 ; Friday March 1st, 2024 3:28:58 PM
Kaze watches in amazement as Siolo transforms into a dinosaur and charges the larva beast attacking him ... when Siolo attacks, so does Kaze
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 41/51 CMD 19 d20+10=22 ; 2d4+6=11 ; Friday March 1st, 2024 8:06:15 PM
Grim growls in satisfaction as the large tentacly slime-thing splits in two with his strike. He has nothing against them personally as creatures of The Great One, but this is a Survival thing, which the Great One understands. Grim takes Yofiel's statement about Siolo with a grain of salt, but fortunately for the Improbability Factor of a real Thunder God just appearing from nowhere right behind him, Grim holds his instincts in check and diverts his next slash of his falchion to the tentacly slime-thing that tried to entangle and grapple him.
Normal attack: d20+8 +2(bonuses) = 22 dmg 2d4+6 = 11
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 d20+4=17 ; d6=5 ; Friday March 1st, 2024 10:05:57 PM
[ooc] Thanks for the generous ruling, Jess. [/ooc]
Colt pulls himself together. [b"]Stay low, Dapple."[/b] He pole vaults his halfling friend, and dashes a wide circle to come up behind the smaller worm menacing Grim. He swings his staff hoping to combine his strength with his momentum in a brutal strike.
[ooc]Can move in a wide circle to avoid AoO if worm 3 doesn't have reach. 17 to hit, forgot to add in flanking. so 19 total to hit. damage 5+3 = 8. [/ooc]
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 d20+8=13 ; d6+2=3 ; Saturday March 2nd, 2024 12:58:31 AM
Yofiel shoots at the approaching larval slime crawler (5). She misses (AC 13 dam 3), so draws her next arrow.
"Come on up closer so you can see to help, Zeke, Marest!"
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=15 ; d20+3=5 ; d20+3=4 ; d20+3=22 ; d4+2=6 ; 2d4=4 ; d20+3=22 ; d6+2=8 ; Saturday March 2nd, 2024 9:25:02 AM Dapple attempts to distract the crawler by waving her dagger at it but fails to get its attention.
Siolo in his deinonychus form, charges forward, a flurry of teeth, claws, and talons. His talons dig underneath the plates of the crawler’s exoskeleton and his strong jaws crunch down on it for a total of 19 points of damage.
Kaze swings his longsword at the crawler, slicing into it for 7 points of damage.
While Grim’s falchion cuts the crawler larva nearly in two, Colt’s staff swings down on it, a viscous slime spraying up at them.
Yofiel shoots the entangled larva, her arrow piercing its pale flesh. The entangled condition’s dex reduction lowers the larva’s AC to 13, so it hits! She prepares for her next shot and and entreats Marest and Ezekiel to move further into the cavern to help.
Trailing slime and oozing ichor, the slime crawler lara (5) moves another 10 feet closer to the party.
The mature crawler lashes out in a combination fury, pain, and desperation. It makes two tentacle attacks against Grim, who dodges out of the way.
It swings its other two tentacles at Kaze. The first one misses, but the second one hits for 6 points of damage. Kaze also needs to make a DC13 fort saving throw or be paralyzed for 4 rounds.
The creature, having developed a taste for dino flesh, bites at Siolo, sinking its teeth into his flesh, and doing 8 points of damage.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 d20+4=22 ; d6=1 ; Saturday March 2nd, 2024 10:49:58 AM
Colt smiles with Grim satisfaction at this crawler's death. He wastes no time stepping to the next, taking position opposite Kaze and driving the butt of his staff at this larger worm.
[ooc] Forgot to add in flanking. Total to hit of 24. Damage is a sad 4. [/ooc]
Encouraged by the success of her last shot, Yofiel maintains the same target, her arrow hitting AC 17 for 5 hp damage vs #5. She looks around to see if any others need her help as she nocks her next arrow.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d20+7=8 ; Saturday March 2nd, 2024 2:01:12 PM
Ezekiel fires an elemental ray a Mature crawler #3. He sneezes at the last second and strikes the ceiling instead.
With her Spectral Hand about, Marest casts a TOUCH OF FATIGUE on Slime Crawler #3 using her Spectral Hand, hopefully this one hits...
Touch Attack: 1d20+2 = 18
Spells Cast: TOUCH OF FATIGUE Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S, M (a drop of sweat) Range touch Target creature touched Duration 1 round/level Saving Throw Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes
You channel negative energy through your touch, fatiguing the target. You must succeed on a touch attack to strike a target. The subject is immediately fatigued for the spell's duration.
This spell has no effect on a creature that is already fatigued. Unlike with normal fatigue, the effect ends as soon as the spell's duration expires.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 41/51 CMD 19 d20+10=23 ; 2d4+6=12 ; Saturday March 2nd, 2024 11:16:22 PM
Grim swivels to face the daring tentacly-thing that dared try to snare him. With a roar he chops down on MaSlCrw 3.
Normal attack: d20+8 +2(bonuses) = 23 dmg 2d4+6 = 12
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:7/R:4/W:7), HP:27/30 Sunday March 3rd, 2024 10:54:32 AM What a Rotten Battle
Marest sighs saying, Well at least they aren't Carrion Crawlers!
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Monday March 4th, 2024 12:18:02 PM
Now that she isn't hip-deep in crawlers, Dapple casts True Strike on Grim.
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Fort Save: d20+6=9 ; Monday March 4th, 2024 4:28:10 PM
Kaze dodges one tentacle thingy, but steps right into the other one, and then he freezes in place with a weird look on his face.
Paralysis: 4 rounds
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d12=2 ; d4=3 ; d20=3 ; d20=8 ; d20=3 ; d20=7 ; Monday March 4th, 2024 6:05:26 PM
((Well, those attacks are going to miss))
Siolo-saur swings a tail wide which causes his flurry of talons and bite to have trouble connecting.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 41/51 CMD 19 Monday March 4th, 2024 7:16:39 PM
Grim growls back 'NOT Carrion Crawlers? They crawled out of carrion didn't they?'
Marest shrugs again, "Perhaps..." pointing at Grim to send her message.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 Monday March 4th, 2024 11:42:50 PM
"I'm sorry, I misspoke earlier," Yofiel corrects herself. "The big slime crawlers paralyze with their tentacles, not their teeth - looks like Kaze got hit! And there's a smaller one about to emerge from the twisted plants - but it's likely too young to exude the toxin."
Character Positioning End of Monday, March 4, 2024 Yofiel: 3.25x4.125 [-4hp] Dapple: 2.5x3.5 Grim: 3.125x3.5 [-10hp] Colt: 3.5x3.125 [-6hp] Kaze: 3.5x3.75 [paralyzed 4 rounds] [-6hp] Patches: 3.875x3.75 Ezekiel: 3.25x5.25 Siolo: 3.25x3.75 [dinosaur] [-8hp] Fogbank: 2.875x4.75 Marest: 3.5x5.5
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Tuesday March 5th, 2024 10:23:59 AM Ezekiel attempts to hit one of the crawlers with an elemental ray, but sneezes, sending it into the ceiling, a cascade of pebbles falling harmlessly around him. If you are entering the room, please make a DC 15 fort save against being nauseated to see how Ezekiel reacts to the smell.
Marest uses her spectral hand to cast Touch of Fatigue on the crawler, which noticeably slows, leaving it vulnerable to Colt’s and Grim’s attacks.
Colt slams the butt of his staff into the crawler, while Grim slashes at it with his falchion. The creature lets out one more cry of pain, before it falls to the ground, lifeless.
Yofiel shoots at the approaching larva, her arrow going directly through its gaping maw and into its brain.
Dapple, we are now out of combat, so we can recon casting True Strike and save this spell slot, if you’d like. Just let us know how you’d like to play it.
Dino!Siolo viciously tears into the mature crawler, but it is already dead, but he does manage to splatter everyone in the general area with the crawler’s thick ichor.
Kaze is paralyzed! The paralyzed condition will last for 3 more rounds.
The fight is over, and the party is safe… for now. They debate the semantics of the crawler’s names, and Yofiel corrects herself regarding where the crawler's paralyzing poison is located, which Kaze still frozen, knows all too well.
Now that you are not being menaced by crawlers, you are able to look around and get a better sense of the room you have entered. It is a large cavern, which apparently once served as a place to gather, socialize and eat. But it is now full of the dead, the carnage extending throughout it.
To the north of your current location, your torchlight gleams off of something bright and metalic.
Most of the dead are in clusters, humanoids and beastfolk clustered around the bodies of the dead dinosaurs, some of which are giant in size. Deeper into the room, broken tables and chairs are also strew about, which might make the space difficult to navigate.
I added another part of the map for this room to our powerpoint (slide 2). Marest, Ezekiel, and Foggy are off the current map.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 25/29 d20+2=19 ; d20+13=26 ; Tuesday March 5th, 2024 11:21:19 AM
Lifting the shawl back to her face, a deep breath the elf takes. "Guess that last shot did its work." She says, "Excuse me, Siolo. Can I squeeze by you here? I want to check out Kaze." She gives the deinonychus-form of her friend a little nudge so she can get by and come face-to-face with the bear fellow. "I think he should recover in a minute or so?" she says & asks at the same time. Yofiel uses her healing skill to see if she can speed the process of his recovery [Heal: DC19]. As the save was DC13, I think that will do it.
"Ah, Kaze, blink if you can move again. Are you all right, Patches?"
She had noticed maybe 40 feet away the rapier - her favorite melee weapon - but thinks the group first needs to attend to everyone's welfare. Her mind is also processing the huge number of dead spread across this room. There will be many to bury, and lots of beasts to burn or otherwise dispose of.
"Looks like at least half of us were injured."
================= Heal: 19 Perception: 26
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d6=3 ; d6=4 ; Tuesday March 5th, 2024 11:52:30 AM
Dapple is sorely tempted to draw something rude on Kaze's face, but there are people hurt, so she refrains.
"Injured folk over here," she says. "I don't want to accidentally wake up any crawlers."
She channels positive energy, and everybody heals 7 damage. [OOC: please do a senile old woman a favor and update your headers.]
[OOC: True Strike is a domain spell, so I can't do anything else with that spell slot anyway."]
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 Tuesday March 5th, 2024 6:02:40 PM
The Siolo-saurus pops his head to Yofiel with surprising speed. Yeah, no worries is what he thinks, but a deinonychus screech is all that comes out.
His head jerks back a little in surprise. He makes a little throat noise and his head tilts to the side slightly.
He looks back at Yofiel, makes a soft noise and ducks his head as he backs away slightly.
Over the next little bit Siolo-nychus manages to consistently nod and shake his head through some practice.
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:7/R:4/W:7), HP:30/30 Tuesday March 5th, 2024 8:52:36 PM Clean Up on isle 1!
Marest is grateful for the positive channeled energy that heals her. "Thank you Lady Dapple for the healing."
Marest will close the distance between herself and her friends.
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:7/R:4/W:7), HP:30/30 Tuesday March 5th, 2024 8:52:40 PM Clean Up on isle 1!
Marest is grateful for the positive channeled energy that heals her. "Thank you Lady Dapple for the healing."
Marest will close the distance between herself and her friends.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 48/51 CMD 19 d20+8=22 ; Tuesday March 5th, 2024 9:01:41 PM
With the last of the tentacly-NOT-carrion-crawler-things lying in a pond of goo, Grim lets out a loud howl. That's all he can do because these things don't have a 'heart' that can be eaten (or any other part either).
The echo of the howl finally dies down and gives his muscles a shake, feeling Dapple's healing spell take effect. "Well, that was fun, wasn't it?"
He finally gets a view of Siolo-little-thunder-godling and heading the warning of who the creature really is, cleans his blade, sheaths it and recovers his new guisarme. "You need to add some kind of sign or something, like a feathered head or pointy ears sos you not look TOO much like an edible Thunder God.
About then he notices Kaze standing still like a deer staring into a bullseye lantern. "Hey, am I going to have to carry him too?" he gripes with a hint of jest.
Perception +8 (alert for any more excitement) = 22
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d20+3=23 ; Tuesday March 5th, 2024 9:33:50 PM
Ezekiel makes his way into the smelly chamber.
Sv Fort: 23.
"Lots of people and lizards died here," observes Ezekiel. "You would think they smell would have kept them out this room."
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 Tuesday March 5th, 2024 9:42:36 PM
Colt joins Dapple for the healing huddle. "Thanks, Dapple. Not just for this. You helped me with my leg after the attack, and you're always taking care of everyone in town."
He stands there awkwardly for a moment then spins away. "Foggy! Where are you?"
An answering bark comes from the kitchen. The grey dog sits at the doorway where the stench is still bearable.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Wednesday March 6th, 2024 3:04:12 AM
"Thanks, Daps!" said Yofiel following the healing wave.
Yofi turned a little to one side as Siolo's dinosaur scream hits her face, hand over the ear closest to him. "You've got some lungs there, fella!" She smiled as he made a softer sound and backed away slightly to make room for her to pass. She almost thought to curtsey, but the urgency of Kaze's situation drove her forward to try to free him of his paralysis. Grim's howl added to the local cacophony.
With the sound of Foggy's barking, Yofiel said, "Boys! Must you all be so noisy?!"
If Kaze is able to move, she tells the rest, "I want to go take a look at that sword."
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Wednesday March 6th, 2024 8:50:26 AM Yofiel treats Kaze’s paralysis, helping to speed the healing process, and he regains the control of his body. She notices a rapier to the north of them by the body of a fallen carnotaurus, but thinks the party needs to regroup, before moving forward.
Dapple briefly considers pranking the paralyzed Kaze, but decides against it, and, instead, heals everyone, restoring 7 hp to those who need it. Sounds good, Grim will get the benefits of True Strike on his next attack.
Now that the battle has ended, Dino!Siolo gets accustomed to this new form, practicing shaking and nodding his head so that he can communicate with any members of the group who do not speak Dinosaurian.
Grim, currently bereft of enemy hearts to eat, lets out a howl. There are parts of the crawler he could, theoretically, eat, but none that looks very appetizing. He comments that Siolo should figure out a way to differentiate himself from other dinosaurs so that he looks less like a potential meal. He surveys the room, keeping an eye out for danger.
Ezekiel and Marest make their ways into the chamber. Ezekiel is unaffected by the smell, but wonders why so many people would gather in such a stinky place.
Colt calls to Foggy, who seems unexcited about walking into the stench. He and Yofiel thank Dapple for healing them.
Yofiel chastises the group for all the noise they are making and tells them about the rapier that she has spotted.
The roars, howls, and barks coming from the group, echo off the rough stone walls of the cavernous chamber, fading into unsettling silence.
As Grim and Yofiel look around, they notice that many of the natural features of the cave remain intact. There are rock pillars that break up the space, as well as what looks like narrow tunnels leading off of the main chamber. There is evidence of some stalagmites having been cleared from the floor, but stalactites hang from the cave ceiling.
Are you heading deeper into the room? What is the marching order?
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Wednesday March 6th, 2024 10:50:01 AM
Dapple gives Colt a grin. "You're welcome of course," she says.
Daps??? Dapple wonders whether to nip that in the bud, but decides now is not the time.
As they move to the next room, Dapple prefers being in the center of the group, so that she can reach people who need healing.
As it seems he is a little slow to start moving after her healing efforts, Yofiel puts a hand on Kaze's cheek. "You can move now, yes? Are you feeling all right? Wake up, new friend!"
Once clear evidence presents that he is fine again, she backs away, and says, "Welcome back!"
"I want to check out what looks to be a rapier," she says, pointing. "Shall we walk over there?" she asks, then, starts heading in that direction, up to 1.5x2.75. She does not want to get too far ahead before others join her. If all or most come along, she continues until she is adjacent to the sword, and casts detect magic to visibly examine the weapon. Unless interrupted, she will spend at least 3 rounds in her analysis.
She also uses her skill of spellcraft, augmented by elven magic and magical aptitude, to further help her discern the properties of the gleaming blade.
[If something precludes her from doing this right now, might we keep her actions and rolls for when she can get to it?]
=============== Spellcraft: 34 (nat 20) - to figure out what she might about the sword Perception: 24 - on the way to the sword, to discern whether other crawlies might be issuing forth Knowledge, Local: 20 - to see if she might have seen anyone who carried this sword before from her earlier visits to Cloudhaven
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Wednesday March 6th, 2024 3:46:01 PM
Kaze smiles at Yofiel, "Thank you milady. It was weird not being able to move ... I really don't want to experience that again."
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 Wednesday March 6th, 2024 5:31:22 PM
Siolo-saur follows close behind Yofiel as she investigates the rapier and surrounding area. As they are walking, Siolo's head gravitated closer to Yofiel and easily audible sniffs can be heard.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 48/51 CMD 19 Wednesday March 6th, 2024 8:30:29 PM
Grim looks at this hands and the tentacly-thing goo covering his gauntlets and mumbles something about the bear pelt towel to clean his hands on starting to come alive and finishes removing a tattered piece of clothing form a dead ex-cave lab person and wipes his gauntlets clean despite the dried blood on the piece of cloth.
"Considering the months of decay these corps are in, thing anyone back in Cloudhaven would recognize a loved one here? Do we even tell Cloudhaven of this place and of those that died here? I know that if we try to remove these corpses they'll mostly just fall apart from the decay," Grim states with respect to the comments made about what to do with them. "Can't burn them in here, the heat would crack the stone and cave the whole place in."
As Yofiel and Siolo-TG head towards the shiney thing, Grim starts to look for the overturned table they saw in their vision. It seemed like it was on the far side of the dinning room and points across the hall, "Shall we go over there and look for the book?"
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d20+10=30 ; Wednesday March 6th, 2024 11:01:17 PM
Ezekiel casts detect magic and joins in on investing the rapier.
Spellcraft: 30
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=11 ; Thursday March 7th, 2024 10:21:17 AM Dapple is not a fan of her new nickname. She sticks to the center of the group. Yofiel checks on Kaze, who thanks her for her assistance. The mushrooms, moss, and lichen shrivel, as the magical effects of his spell fade.
Grim wonders if the decomposing corpses would be recognizable to anyone in Cloudhaven. He asks if the party should tell the town what they found here. He looks for the table from the vision. He sees lots of broken and turned over tables, but it’s difficult to tell if any of them are the same as those from the vision.
Yofiel tells the party that she wants to check out the rapier. Ezekiel follows behind Yofiel, also casting detect magic. Dino!Siolo comes with them, sniffing as they go.
Ezekiel, Yofiel, and Siolo as you advance into the room, you make out more of it. Highlight to display spoiler: {See slide 10 for the fuller view of the room that you got before the crawlers attack.}
Once they are within 60 feet of it, they detect a magical aura around it. Their study of sword, though, is interrupted by three mature and two larval crawlers bursting from the dead carnotaurus. The rush toward the party, tentacles waving and teeth gnashing. The closest one (Crawler #1) makes a tentacle attack against Yofiel, but misses as she nimbly dodges out of the way.
The spellcraft rolls will be applied after the battle.
For the purposes of movement, any space occupied by a rotting corpse counts as difficult terrain.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 4d4=11 ; Thursday March 7th, 2024 10:46:42 AM
"Land worms ho!"
Ezekiel moves up and a cone of lightning bursts from his hands.
Burning hands on 1,2, and 3, but deals electricity damage.
Damage: 11 Sv Ref DC 16
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+8=20 ; d20+8=20 ; d6+2=3 ; Thursday March 7th, 2024 11:13:04 AM
Yofiel uses acrobatics (20) to tumble back from 1.5x2.75 to 2x3,825. She lets fly an arrow at what is point blank range, hitting (AC 20) mature slime crawler 1 for 3 hp damage. "More crawlers by the sword!" she calls to her companions. For a moment, she regrets she did not pick up the sword.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Thursday March 7th, 2024 11:14:57 AM
"Are they building a city here or something?" Dapple grouses. She draws a dagger and casts Bless on the party.
Everybody is Blessed
[OOC: is there a map? that looks like the old map.]
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=10 ; d20=10 ; d20=12 ; d20=8 ; d8=6 ; d8=7 ; d6=2 ; d4=3 ; Thursday March 7th, 2024 1:37:10 PM
Siolo-nychus crouches slightly, preparing for a pounce.
((Delay until after one of them comes within a 10ft. Then undelay, 5ft step, and full attack.))
((Talons 10+6+1=17s to-hit for 6+3=9 and 7+3=10 respectively. Bite 12+6+1=19 to-hit for 2+3=5. Foreclaw 8+1+1=10 to-hit for 3+3=6))
Kaze (JonS) HP 36/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Charge Attack: d20+9=27 ; Damage would be: d6+3=9 ; Thursday March 7th, 2024 2:49:57 PM
Kaze will shake his head, look at Grim and say, "Not telling people might be the best idea..." Upon seeing new enemies pop up, he'll charge the closest enemy he can get to, with Patches watching his right flank
[due to charge, his AC is 17 for next round]
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 Thursday March 7th, 2024 4:07:14 PM "There's food here for dozens of them." Colt comments as he starts toward the fight.
Spectral Hand Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Effect one spectral hand Duration 1 min./level (D) Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no HP=1 AC=22+5 = 27 The hand is incorporeal and thus cannot be harmed by normal weapons. It has improved evasion (half damage on a failed Reflex save and no damage on a successful save), your save bonuses, and an AC of 22 (+8 size, +4 natural armor). Your Intelligence modifier applies to the hand's AC as if it were the hand's Dexterity modifier. The hand has 1 to 4 hit points, the same number that you lost in creating it.
The spell gives you a +2 bonus on your melee touch attack roll, and attacking with the hand counts normally as an attack.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 48/51 CMD 19 Thursday March 7th, 2024 8:59:57 PM
The appearance of more of these tentacly-things is not surprising considering the months they've had to breed. He quickly moves to intercept this family clan but his armor slows him down a bit.
Move: Double Move, however he still holds his guisarme which has Reach, so if one of the creatures moves into a square threatened by his guisarme's reach, he should get one AoO. We'll deal with that when/if it happens.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=19 ; d20+3=13 ; d20+3=7 ; d20+3=12 ; d20+3=17 ; d20+3=7 ; d20+3=20 ; d20+3=12 ; d6+2=5 ; d6+2=5 ; d20+1=4 ; d20+3=8 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 10:54:56 AM Ezekiel chants an evocation and holds his hands out in front of himself, lightning flashing from his fingertips. Crawler #1 darts out of the way, but still gets a bit crispy. Crawlers #2 and #3 are not so nimble, and the full brunt of Ezekiel’s lightning slams into them.
Yofiel darts backward while shooting an arrow directly into Crawler #1’s side.
Kaze thinks it might be best not to tell the town what they’ve found. He charges forward toward the fight.
Dapple casts Bless on the party.
Marest’s spectral hand is still up from the previous fight. The party did not do much between the previous fight and this one, so I’d say you still have a minute left on your initial casting. Let me know if there is something else you would have liked to do that round.
Colt, Kaze, and Grim rush through the cavern to join the fight.
Dino!Silio prepares to attack.
Crawlers #1, 3, and #4 all take a five foot step up and attack! Grim because it was just a five foot step for each of them, I think that means Grim doesn’t get an AoO, but let me know if I’m wrong about that. [/b] [/i]
Two of Crawler #1's tentacles strike out toward Grim. The first one misses, but the second one hits for 5 points of damage. Grim also needs to make a DC 13 Fort save against being paralyzed. Its other two tentacles fly at Kaze the first one misses, but the second one hits for 5 points of damage. Kaze also needs to make a DC 13 Fort save against being paralyzed. The creature also attempts to bite at Kaze, but misses.
Slime Crawler #3 is just about to attack Grim when Dino!Siolo takes a five-foot step to the right and leaps at it, raking his claws down the crawler’s hide, biting at him, his strong jaws making a crunching sound against the Crawler’s hard exoskeleton. Chunk of chitin and flesh fly everywhere as he just completely destroys it,
Larval Crawler #4 makes a tentacle attack at Patches, but misses.
Crawler #2 takes 15 feet of movement to menace Colt and Ezekiel . It swings a tentacle at Ezekiel , but misses.
Map is on Slide #2.
Ignore the d4 roles; I clicked those by accident.
Grim 5 (Needs to make DC 13 Fort save against being paralyzed)
Kaze 5 (Needs to make DC 13 Fort save against being paralyzed)
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d20+5=21 ; d8=1 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 11:38:53 AM
Dapple casts Spiritual Weapon. A misty dagger appears next to crawler #4 and stabs at it.
[Hit AC 21 for 2 damage.
Kaze (JonS) HP 31/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 FORT save: d20+6=20 ; Sword: d20+5=21 ; Sword damage: d6+3=5 ; Shield Bash: d20+4=23 ; Shield Damage: d3+3=4 ; Patches bite: d20+4=12 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 11:41:15 AM
That he got hit is annoying. Kaze responds with a sword strike and shield bash ... Patches, not happy that something tried to attack her, will lunge forward and try to bite the slimy worm thing in front of her ...
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Friday March 8th, 2024 12:47:04 PM
To get a better angle of attack, the elf moves about ten feet to 1.625x3.125. She sees an opening to hit Mature Slime Crawler #1 with an arrow, managing AC 27 (adding +1 due to bless), for 6 hp piercing damage.
Yofiel nocks her next arrow.
[OOC: I rolled 1d20+8=26, 1d6+2=6 - but before I finished writing the post, I saw a quick edit of a prior post I needed to make, and as a result lost the rolls. If confirmation is needed, RobC knows how to look it up.]
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d20+9=26 ; d20+2=13 ; 4d6=10 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 1:36:04 PM
Concentration: 26.
Ezekiel casts shocking grasp.
"Tell me, do you know what happens to a Crawler struck by lighting?"
Attack (vs. touch AC): 13. Damage: 4d6 = 10.
"It's croaks!"
"Wait, that's what happens to toads."
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:13 (T:13, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:7/R:4/W:7), HP:30/30 d20+6=9 ; d20+6=25 ; d20+9=11 ; d20+9=15 ; d20+9=28 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 4:00:37 PM Into the fray once more!
(OOC: this is what I would have had Marest do last round)
Marest realizing that her Spectral hand was still up, tries for a ranged touch attack on #2, the Mature Slime...
Attacks
Ranged Touch Attack
1d20+4 +2 (Spectral Hand) = 9
{OOC: Now for this round:}
Marest takes a 15-foot forward towards #2, and then tries for a ranged touch attack on #2, the Mature Slime... casting Touch of Fatigue
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 43/51 CMD 19 d20+7=9 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 8:20:30 PM
Spells in effect: True Strike (one attack only), Bless Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects. Your next single attack roll (if it is made before the end of the next round) gains a +20 insight bonus
OOC: the bad thing about using the same map is you don't have the previous map for reference. My guess is that when #2 and #4 moved they stayed outside the threat range of Grim's Guisarme. The 5' steppers do avoid the AoO per 5' step rules.
Fort +7 Save vs Par DC13 = 9 figures
Grim was about to continue his smack-down when a whip-like tentacle wraps around his leg and makes a tear in his trousers and cutting into his skin. The paralysis poison takes no time at all to overcome his natural defenses. Grim's seen orcs suffer from poisonous spiders and such and he's fought through same, but suddenly feeling a complete numbness spread through his body leaving him powerless angers him tremendously, but all that anger has no where to go, just yet.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=7 ; d20=18 ; d20=14 ; d20=7 ; d8=1 ; d8=1 ; d6=5 ; d4=4 ; Friday March 8th, 2024 8:44:31 PM
Siolo succumbs to his more instinctual aspects after ripping apart the slime crawler. His head snaps up, looking at the crawler(2) next to Ezekiel. With a croak, he hops, talons bared.
((5ft step, full attack talon 7+6+1=14 to hit for 1+3=4 and 18+6+1=25 to hit for 1+3=4; bite 14+6+1=21 for 5+3=8; foreclaw 7+1+1=9 to hit for 4+3=7))
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Friday March 8th, 2024 8:54:29 PM
"When a crawler gets struck by lightning, Siolo croaks?"
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Friday March 8th, 2024 11:32:21 PM
[ooc: I think you may have something there, Jon - I think the map must have been shifted at some point. /ooc]
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=5 ; 2d4=8 ; d20+3=16 ; d20+3=7 ; d20+3=18 ; d20+7=23 ; d6+2=3 ; d20+7=20 ; d6+2=6 ; d6+1=4 ; d20+1=16 ; d20+1=17 ; d3+1=2 ; d4+1=5 ; d20+5=15 ; Saturday March 9th, 2024 10:23:03 AM Dapple summons a spiritual dagger, which stabs the crawler larva.
Kaze arcs his sword into the crawler in front of him and then bashes it with his shield, cracking though the plates of its exoskeleton. Patches snarls at the larva, and attempts to bite it, but misses.
Yofiel repositions herself and shoots at the slime crawler, menacing Kaze and Grim .
Ezekiel sends another jolt of electricity through the crawler in front of him.
Marest uses her spectral hand to cast Touch of Fatigue on the crawler by Colt, Ezekiel, and Dino!Siolo. The creature attempts to fight off the exhaustion seeping into it, but it is unable to. It is fatigued. It’s AC is lowered to 16 as a result .
Grim is unable to shake off the effects of the poison coating the crawler’s tentacle and he is frozen in place for 8 rounds. Thank you for the confirmation about AoOs. And see my note below about the maps.
Dino!Siolo leaps toward the crawler in front of Ezekiel. He feels himself embracing his dinosaur form’s animal instinct to attack, but not so much that he misses the opportunity to joke with his friend. His first talon attack is unable to find purchase on the crawler’s hard exoskeleton, but the second one does, ripping under it to tear at the flesh beneath. His teeth crunch down onto the worm-like creature, which flops around for a moment, before going entirely still.
The crawler by Kaze and Grim sends three of its tentacles toward Kaze, whom it perceives as the bigger threat. All three miss! Frustrated, it turns Grim, whom it sees is unmoving. It strikes him first with its tentacle and then bites him for a total of 8 points of damage.
The larval crawler continues to face off against Patches. It bites her, and hits her with a tentacle for 7 points of damage. She lets out a yelp of pain and then a whimper as the larva wraps its tentacle around Patches, pulls her closer, grapples her. The larva has [i] grab as a special attack, so the grapple does not provoke an AoO.
Map is on Slide #2. Ryan suggested a “Last Turn” map, so I also added an image of the map at the end of the previous round on Slide #3. I’ll try to remember to do that for reference in the future to track map changes. I am also open to other suggestions, if you have any ideas. This is my first time running combat in pbp, and I want the experience to be as easy, fun, and satisfying for everyone as possible.
Ignore the d6+1=4 roll. That was my cat jumping on the keyboard.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 d20+5=16 ; d6=6 ; Saturday March 9th, 2024 10:36:26 AM
Colt jumps a flailing tentacle to clear some room between him and Ezekial. It gives him room for a roundhouse swing of his staff.
[ooc] 5' step as shown. 16 to hit. 6+3 = 9 damage. [/ooc]
As she draws back the string against which the arrow was nocked, her index and middle fingers fail to keep light pressure against the shaft's nocked area, and the arrow comes off just as the string is released. (Attack nat 1). The arrow is spun about and the side flops against her arm. Seeing the danger Grim faces stoically, Yofiel sucks in her breath, and she heroically gets the arrow under control, redraws the shaft, and looses an arrow against the larger crawler (#3) hitting AC 26 for, well, 3 hp damage. At least it's something.
------------- Hero point used to shoot her arrow properly
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=16 ; d20=14 ; d12=11 ; d20=16 ; d20=12 ; d8=3 ; d8=1 ; d6=1 ; d4=1 ; Saturday March 9th, 2024 9:22:09 PM
Siolo rips and tears the crawler until it stops moving. The flailing of the tentacles catches Siolo-nychus' attention. He screeches as he leaps, talon first, at the next crawler (1).
((5ft step, full attack))
((Talons 16+6+1=23 to hit for 3+3=6 and 14+6+1=21 to hit for 1+3=4; bite 16+6+1=23 to hit for 1+3=4; foreclaw 12+1+1=14 to hit for 1+3=4))
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d20+8=17 ; d6+3=5 ; Sunday March 10th, 2024 2:42:28 PM
With Crawler #2 him put down, Ezekiel moves to get a clear shot of Crawler #1. He fires an elemental ray a it. If #1 is down, then redirect towards #4 instead.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d20+5=14 ; d8=8 ; d8=7 ; Monday March 11th, 2024 11:29:09 AM
Dapple's [i]Spiritual Weapon[/i[ continues attacking #4. [Hit AC 14 for 9 damage.]
Meanwhile, Dapple casts [i]Sound Burst[/i[ to hit crawlers 1 and 4. They each take 7 damage and must succeed at a DC 15 Fort save or be stunned for 1 round.
Kaze (JonS) HP 31/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Sword attack: d20+5=15 ; Shield Bash: d20+4=7 ; If sword hit: d6+3=6 ; Monday March 11th, 2024 6:11:57 PM
Kaze will attack the creature in front of him so he can turn his attention to the one trying to eat his friend and mount
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 43/51 CMD 19 Monday March 11th, 2024 7:13:09 PM
Grim watches the battle unfold around him unable to help, unusual for him. He starts pondering if the number 32 has any factor in the vision his Chief Shaman had.
Marest moves from the bottom of the map to just next to Ms. Yofiel.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Tuesday March 12th, 2024 10:27:28 AM Colt moves up and attacks the crawler with his staff, but swings wide, and misses.
Yofiel fumbles her initial attack, but heroically recovers, her arrow sinking deeply into one of cuts in its exoskeleton from Kaze’s attack the previous round.
Siolo leaps onto the final mature crawler, biting and tearing into it, which combined with Yofiel’s arrow, kills it.
Ezekiel aims his elemental ray toward Crawler #1, but sees the damage the Siolo is doing, and redirects it toward Crawler #4, which lets out a shriek as a bolt of electricity sizzles into it.
Kaze attacks the larva that is currently grappling Patches, his sword slicing through it. As it dies, it releases its grasp on Patches.
Marest moves closer to Yofiel.
Grim, unable to move, watches his friends battle bravely around him.
Dapple, the crawlers are dead, so you can save this spell, if you’d like.
The last of the crawlers’ shrieking fades, as the party dispatches them.
Yofiel and Ezekiel take some time to examine the rapier. With two nat 20s, they determine that a Keen Edge spell has been cast on the blade. As the rest of the party looks around the chamber. From where you are standing, you notice that the chamber branches on either side of a large stone formation. To the west, you see a beautifully crafted longbow. To the east, you notice an overturned table, the glint of something gold faintly catching the flickering of your torch light from behind it.
From behind that table, you spot what looks like a large corridor, dead bodies and broken tables piled atop it.
New map on Slide #2.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Tuesday March 12th, 2024 10:50:37 AM
"The blade is quite sharp!" says Ezekiel "Better for stabbing things and inflicting critical wounds!"
Seeing the bodies and tables piled up in the corridor, Ezekiel ponders, "Some sort of makeshift barricade?"
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d6=1 ; d6=5 ; d6=3 ; Tuesday March 12th, 2024 11:29:47 AM
"More bodies." Dapple frowns. "How many people worked in this place? Seems like a lot."
Grim and Kaze are still a little dinged up, so Dapple gathers them together and channels positive energy. They heal 8.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 Tuesday March 12th, 2024 1:57:17 PM "There's more people down here than in Cloudhaven," Colt says wonderingly. He skips down the corridor to pick up the bow and tries to flex it. He's gratified that he can draw it somewhat, but quickly realizes that he's pushing and pulling so hard that he's not holding it steady. Aiming it would require a lot of practice
He trots the bow back to Yofiel. "Is this a good bow?"
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:12 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:30/30 Tuesday March 12th, 2024 2:59:19 PM The Council's Weapons
Marest chimes in, since she is close to Yofiel, "Colt, I would make the assumption that all the weapons that once belonged to the Council are magical weapons and as such are Good ones. If you would like, I can Appraise it for you?!"
"Dearest I say, I would assume based on our collective recent history in this place, ever carcass may have a slime crawler or worse in it. Let's tread lightly, everyone!" explains Marest to those within earshot.
"Also, I do not believe the Dino's stacked the bodies...we may not be alone down here!" exclaims M.
Kaze (JonS) HP 31/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Tuesday March 12th, 2024 8:32:26 PM
Kaze graciously accepts the healing, and checks to make sure Patches feels better. Looking around at the layout of the room, and the bodies he whistles, "How did all these people get here and no one notice..."
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 43/51 CMD 19 Tuesday March 12th, 2024 9:01:42 PM
OOC: 8 rounds is just under 1 min (1 rd =6 sec).
In the short time Grim is paralyzed the remaining critters are vanquished. His confidence in this team grows as they demonstrate what they can do without him. The paralysis just doesn't vanish in an instant. Grim takes his time working his muscles and shacking the numbness off Meanwhile the group is gathering some of the things that used to belong to the leaders.
Grim's observations mirror that of Kaze and Colt. 'How could the leaders sneak that many people into here without Cloudhaven's regular citizens not know it? How could Rothlorien not know about it?'
While the others look over the newfound items, Grim goes over to the largest critter and cuts off a number of the hard exoskeleton plates. They could come in handy some day, you never know.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+14=34 ; d20+14=18 ; d20+14=22 ; d20+8=17 ; d6+1=5 ; Wednesday March 13th, 2024 2:16:49 AM
The elfin woman appreciates the blade in her hand. She steps away from the others as she says, "You are correct, Ezekiel." The bard takes several practice swings and lunges. "Fine balance. With how sharp the edges are, it might sink another few inches into the flesh of one it pierces. I'd say, on the whole, twice as efficient at wearing down an opponent as my masterwork rapier."
Yofiel looks around. "Is another here skilled with the rapier? If so, take it, as I have my own." She flips the weapon to offer the hilt to the party to see if there are any takers. If not, "Then perhaps you'll allow me to give it a try for a while?" she tacitly seeks the party's permission.
"Sorry, Grim, I was going to attend to you. You're so tough, though, looks like it could not slow you for long."
Colt then shows him the stringed wooden arc. "You want to learn the longbow, Colt?" she asks. She nods at Marest's offer to appraise it. Once her friend has done so, she asks Colt and Marest, "May I?" She again casts detect magic (at least 3 rounds to discern any auras) and uses her elfish and bardic training further to evaluate the weapon.
She retrieves some of her arrows, cleans them off, and then nocks one into the bowstring of the Colt-recovered weapon. She aims at the carcass of the saur out of which the most recent batch of slimy critters crawled. Hit AC16 (not 17 as it should be +7, not +8) for 5hp damage (what she would have done were the bow normal, nonmagical). She tries to discern if the bow embued the shaft with any additional benefits.
============= Spellcraft: 34 (nat 20) to discern the properties of the longbow Knowledge, local: 18 to see if she might know who was the owner of the weapon Knowledge, arcana: 22 to ken any additional arcane aspects of the bow.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Wednesday March 13th, 2024 2:33:49 AM
As her experimentation winds down, Yofiel considers the observations and reasoning of her friends. Ezekiel wonders who might have attempted a barricade made of bodies. Dapple notes the large number of people who worked here, with Colt adding those who dwelt here outweighed the population of Cloudhaven.
"Colt, do you mean the number of people in Cloudhaven before the dinosaur attack or those of us who remain? True of the latter, for certain."
She nods at Kaze's query, but only can offer the shrug of the shoulders in reply.
"Right, Marest, we would do well to remain alert - and not spread out too widely from one another."
[Did Dapple also extend the healing surge to Patches, as she sustained a bite and a squeeze?]
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 Wednesday March 13th, 2024 8:39:55 AM
Siolo-saur gives Yofiel a little croak and grabs the rapier 'blade' with his mouth, near the hilt.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=23 ; d20+3=6 ; d6+2=5 ; Wednesday March 13th, 2024 9:48:28 AM Ezekiel explains to the group that the rapier is very sharp and better at inflicting critical wounds.
Dapple wonders how many people lived and worked in this place. She heals Grim and Kaze
Colt moves to the western side of the rock formation to grab the bow.
Kaze thanks Dapple for the healing and checks on Patches. He also wonders who all the people living here were.
Grim overcomes his paralysis. He seems incredulous that the people of Cloudhaven could have possibly not known about an operation of this size. He cuts off several pieces of the mature crawler’s exoskeleton.
Yofiel admires the rapier. If no one else in the party wants the blade for themselves, she says that should would like to try it for a while.
Dino!Siolo seems interested in the rapier, grabbing at its hilt with his jaws.
Marest surmises that all of the finely made weapons likely all belonged to the council and are likely to be magical. She warns that they should tread lightly in the area.
Colt has not heeded her warning, and as he reaches for the bow, three mature slime crawlers slither out of the peterdactyl carcass and straight for him! Two more larval crawlers emerge from the bodies of the dead around the dinosaur.
The two crawlers closest to Colt open their jaws and tentacles unfurl from their toothy maws, whipping toward Colt. The first one strikes for a total of 5 damage; the second one misses.
I added characters to the map based on their general position at the end of the previous battle. Feel free to shift their starting position based on where you think they would be when Colt was attacked.
Dapple did not mention healing Patches, who has taken 7 points of damage.
Marest can Appraise and Yofiel Identify after the end of the battle ends. Yofiel’s rolls have been noted and will be applied then.
Damage Taken
Colt 5 (Needs to make DC 13 Fort save against being paralyzed)
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Wednesday March 13th, 2024 10:41:18 AM
"These things are endless!" says Ezekiel. "Let's try out a new trick."
Ezekiel conjures a cloud of sparkling dust past Colt that engulfs the crawlers.
Ezekiel casts glitterdust.
SV Will (DC 17) or the crawlers are blinded. New save each round.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d8=1 ; Wednesday March 13th, 2024 11:00:07 AM
[OOC: Oh, of course Dapple would have included Patches!]
Now, Dapple moves toward the fight. Now seems a good time for that Sound Burst, so she casts it now. Crawlers 2, 3, and 5 take 1 point of damage and must succeed at a DC 15 Fort save or be stunned for 1 round.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 26/31 CMD 19 d20+2=3 ; Wednesday March 13th, 2024 12:37:38 PM
Colt stands transfixed as more of the crawlers head his way. "Not good:" is all he can think before one crawler strikes him and he experiences the same helpless frustration and fear as Grim and Kaze before him.
[Ooc] That'll teach him to go skylarking ahead. [/ooc]
[Header edited by Kim to reflect damage taken (26/31) - next post need to change to 5/31]
"Ah, sure, Siolo, it's yours," Yofiel says to her transformed druid friend as she releases the rapier into his keeping.
Then the slithering chomping sounds arise from deeper in, and the young rogue stands still before more slime crawlers. "Help Colt!" she shouts to the company.
The elf heads to a place where she can get a better angle to shoot the critters. She manages an excellent shot, bypassing her friend by less than a yard, and the arrow sinks into crawler #3 which stands just beyond him. AC 26, 8 hp damage.
"Boy, Did Colt step knee deep in it! I said to be careful! " exclaims Marest. With that Marest Runs to just south of Colt. (3 boxes below him)
As soon as Marest reaches her intended location, we will prep for her next action.
Kaze (JonS) HP 31/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Longsword: d20+7=17 ; Damge if hits: d6+3=9 ; Wednesday March 13th, 2024 3:51:23 PM
Seeing how many of these things keep croping up, Kaze will switch to solely using his long sword, saving his shield bash for an emergency ... he awaits the results of all the magics going off to see what survives so he can attack it
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Wednesday March 13th, 2024 4:01:34 PM
Ah - that should be 7 hp damage, as she is not in point-blank range.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 Wednesday March 13th, 2024 6:01:38 PM
Siolo-nychus jerks his head in the direction of the ruckus. A split second later, he lopes off running to Colt's aid. With his new speed, he finds himself behind Colt quite quickly.
He then begins poking Colt with the hilt if the rapier.
((Double move to behind Colt))
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 51/51 CMD 19 Wednesday March 13th, 2024 11:57:08 PM
Spells in effect: Bless (if still active), (True strike expired) Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
OOC: Updated HP for 8 heal, also, I was thinking my armor was 'heavy' but breastplate is 'medium' so my move is the 40' per Barbarian class.
IC: Grim is not sure how a Flying Thunder God got in here, or how these crawly things did with the barrier up, but he's tired of them popping up and he's got some anger built up that needs released! With a roar he charges to Colt's defense.
Unfortunately, the area around Colt has gotten crowded and he finds he has to go round the back way. Which makes him even angrier.
Activate Rage (Free Action) Move: Double move (40'x2) Rage HP +8, Str+4, Con+4, Will +2, AC-2, Rds 11/12, AC15, CMD19
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Thursday March 14th, 2024 2:28:51 AM
Query: The rock formations on the ground: are they floor to ceiling, or are some of them simply raised a bit above the main floor level? More specifically, what about the rock segment between the broken table (with hammer nearby) and the fallen pteranodon? Also the ones nearby to the left on the map? If possible, I would like to be able to have Yofiel climb up on the rock platform area to the lower right on the map where Colt stands paralyzed. One possible thought once upon the rock is to lasso him, then draw him up on to the rock, thereby presenting a less readily-available target to the slime crawlers.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+5=24 ; d20+5=18 ; d20+5=23 ; d20+3=4 ; d20+3=19 ; d20+3=19 ; d20+3=9 ; d20+3=13 ; 2d4=6 ; d20+7=15 ; d20+5=20 ; d6+2=6 ; d3+1=3 ; Thursday March 14th, 2024 9:49:47 AM Ezekiel casts glitterdust and a burst of golden particles engulfs the crawlers. One of the larval crawlers #4 is entranced and blinded by the glitter, but the others pay little attention to it. They are all focused on fresh meat and mature crawlers get +5 to Will saves, while larva get +3. However, while not blinded, they are all very shiny now.
Of course, Dapple healed Patches (who is now up to full health). She casts sound burst at the mature crawlers. Crawler #1 saves, but the other two fail and are stunned by the tremendous cacophony that batters against them for one round.
Colt succumbs to the effects of the tentacle poison and is paralyzed for a total of 6 rounds.
Marest runs toward Colt .
Kaze moves further into the room. A larval crawler wriggles out of the dinosaur carcass as he gets close to it, but he swiftly dispatches it with his sword before it can attack.
Yofiel moves so that she can get a clear shot of the crawler, which she hits with ease. Dino!Siolo rapier still in his mouth darts forward to stand behind Colt. He nudges him with the handle, but it does not seem to have any effect on his friend’s paralyzed form.
Grim has had enough of these crawlers. He lets out a rage-filled roar as he charges to Colt’s defense. As he moves further into the room, taking the long way around, he notes a leather-bound book and mace behind one the overturned tables.
The unstunned mature crawler moves closer to Colt, as does one of the larval crawlers. They both make tentacle attacks against his paralyzed form and both hit for a total of 9 points of damage.
The rock formations go up to the ceiling, so it would not be possible for Yofiel to perch on one.
Damage Taken
Colt 9 (Paralyzed for 5 more rounds)
Crawler Info Mature Slime Crawler (1) AC 17; Damage Taken 1 Mature Slime Crawler (2): AC 13; Damage Taken 1; Stunned (Marked with a Pink S) Mature Slime Crawler (3): AC 13; Damage Taken 8; Stunned (Marked with a Pink S) Larval Slime Crawler (4): AC 11; Damage taken 0; Blinded (Marked with a Teal B) Larval Slime Crawler (5): AC 15: Damage Taken 0 Larval Slime Crawler (6): Dead
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d4+1=4 ; d3=1 ; d4+1=5 ; Thursday March 14th, 2024 11:04:46 AM
"Well, that was less successful than I had hoped."
Ezekiel takes out his wand of magic missiles and blasts Crawler #3
Damage: 1d4 + 1 = 4. Damage: 1d4 + 1 = 5.
Ignore d3 roll. Posting from phone and pressed wrong button by accident.
Kaze (JonS) HP 31/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Charge attack on #1: d20+9=27 ; damage: d6+3=4 ; Thursday March 14th, 2024 1:07:41 PM
Kaze sees two options at this point, he either tries to get up next to Siolo and Colt, or he follows Grim ... Kaze looks at Patches, "Guard Yofiel", he'll point to Yofiel, then, being smaller in stature, he'll charge up and into the space to the left of Colt and attack the larger crawler ...
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Thursday March 14th, 2024 1:38:29 PM
Dapple moves up and tries to think of ways to help Colt. Aid? Touch spell. Sanctuary? Touch spell. Shield of Faith? Touch spell. She's beginning to see a flaw in her spell selections.
So, she moves up again. Maybe she can help next round. [Double move]
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Thursday March 14th, 2024 3:01:56 PM
"Siolo, pull Colt back this way!" shouts Yofi as she stands to the south. She had thought to lasso Colt and drag him to relative safety, but with 3 or 4 party members now in the way of the narrow passage, the likelihood of that tactic succeeding is small indeed. Arrows crossing the path of so many friends also is dicey. So instead, immediately after her shouted message, the elf says, "C'mon, Patches!" and sprints up and around the massive pillar Grim is traveling by to a better spot (5.375x1), adjacent to the tip of the wing of the dead pterodactyl. An arrow is nocked.
[Kathy - I moved Dapple to a spot just below Dino!Siolo, as JonS posted before you that Kaze had moved to the space to the left of Colt.]
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:16 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:30/30 Thursday March 14th, 2024 5:32:16 PM Prep b4 the storm
Marest casts Mage Armor upon herself.
Spells in Effect: Mage Armor: +4 AC for 60 minutes
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 51/51 CMD 19 Thursday March 14th, 2024 8:53:41 PM
Grim continues his roaring charge, but just because he's in a Rage doesn't mean he's just mindlessly barreling through. He makes his way to the far side (remaining 5' away the whole time to avoid any AoO).
OOC: Kaze now has Flanking.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 28/28 , NL 0 d20=20 ; d20=17 ; d20=4 ; d20=5 ; d20=5 ; d8=2 ; d8=4 ; d6=5 ; d4=1 ; d8=5 ; Thursday March 14th, 2024 10:29:11 PM I'm sorry Lady Yofiel.. Siolo thinks as he drops the rapier. This us how I can best help.
Siolo pounces on the closest one with a flurry of sharp things.
((Talon 20+6=26 confirm 17+6=23 for 2+3+4+3=12, talon 4+6=10 for 5+3=8; bite 5+6=11 for 5+3=8; foreclaw 5+1=6 for 1+3=4))
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 15 Tch 9 HP 51/51(59) CMD 21 Friday March 15th, 2024 7:57:11 AM
OOC: need to update my header Rage HP +8, Str+4, Con+4, Will +2, AC-2, Rds 10/12, AC15, CMD21
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=4 ; d20+3=17 ; d20+3=16 ; d20+3=21 ; d6+2=3 ; d6+2=7 ; d20+3=9 ; d20+3=4 ; d20+3=19 ; d6+2=3 ; d20+3=8 ; d20+3=8 ; d20+7=16 ; d6+2=6 ; d20+3=19 ; d20+3=6 ; d20+7=10 ; d20+7=18 ; d20+7=26 ; d6+2=5 ; d3=2 ; d6+2=4 ; d20+1=4 ; d20+1=20 ; d4+1=3 ; d20+3=15 ; Friday March 15th, 2024 10:17:49 AM
Two dart of power arc from Ezekiel’s wand of magic missile, slamming into Crawler #3.
Kaze sends Patches to Yofiel while he charges to Colt’s aid. His sword swings down against Crawler #1’s exoskeleton, cracking it.
Dapple wishes she didn’t have so many spells that rely on touch as she makes her way closer to Colt.
Yofiel entreats DinoSiolo to help Colt by pulling him out of the way. She darts around the rock formation, following Grim’s path in order to get into a better position to shoot at the crawlers. Her arrow is knocked and she is ready to attack when she has a clear shot.
Marest casts Mage Armor on herself +4 to AC.
Grim continues to run to other other side of the room, avoiding getting too close to the crawlers until he is in position to attack.
Dinoi!Siolo drops the rapier, deciding, instead, to attack with the natural weapons of his dinosaur form, his talons tearing into the crawler closest to him.
As the cacophony around them fades, the stunned crawlers shake off the effects of Dapple’s spell.
Crawler #1 makes two tentacle attacks against Kaze . They both miss! It then makes two attacks against Dino!Siolo. They both hit, for a total of 10 points of damage, and Dino!Siolo needs to make a DC 13 fort saving throw. It then makes a bite attack against Kaze, which also misses.
Crawler #2 reaches with its tentacles to make four attacks against Grim. In his rage, Grim knocks all but one of the tentacles away, but one does hit him for 3 points of damage, and he needs to make a DC 13 fort saving throw. The crawler then turns its attention to Colt, biting at him for 6 points of damage.
Crawler #3 makes three tentacle attacks against Dino!Siolo. The first one hits for 8 points of damage, but the other two miss. Growing frustrated, the crawler turns its attention to Colt’s paralyzed form, making one tentacle attack and one bite attack against Colt. Both hit for 6 points of damage.
Crawler #4 attempts to hit Grim with a tentacle, but misses. It does, though, manage to sink its teeth into its legs, in a bite that deals three points of damage.
Crawler #5 continues to be blinded.
Damage Taken
Colt 12 (Paralyzed for 4 more rounds) Dino!Siolo 18 (Fort saving through DC 13) Grim 6 (Fort saving through DC 13)
Crawler Info Mature Slime Crawler (1) AC 17: 13 Mature Slime Crawler (2) AC 17: 1 Mature Slime Crawler (3) AC 17: 8 Larval Slime Crawler AC 11 (4): 0 Blinded (Marked with a Teal B) Larval Slime Crawler (5): 0 Larval Slime Crawler (5): Dead
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Friday March 15th, 2024 11:53:02 AM
Trapped in a narrow funnel, Dapple can't reach Colt, and can't get into melee with the crawlers so she can Aid Another. She's used all her offensive spells, and can't think of anything to do but work her way around and hope nobody dies in the meantime. She double moves again.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Friday March 15th, 2024 2:17:09 PM
Seeing two of the mature slime crawlers attacking the helpless Colt, fear grows in her as he remains in place. What can she do? Well, arrow in hand, she releases it, but poorly. Rather than hitting #3, the arrow flies high and breaks as it strikes the stones above the melee. The two pieces of the arrow clatter down near #1, #4, and Kaze.
"Siolo! Please, force yourself in front of Colt - knock him back as you attack!"
An image of Gargul looking over the combat comes to mind. An old dwarf, Rusthammer, friend of her father, once described the god of death and life as he ate with her family. "Gargul, watch over us," she prays, "And let us not come too soon into your presence."
As she prays, she works to settle her breathing. =========== Attack roll: 9 (nat 1) [I'm not sure what I did, but the now missing roll was 1d20+8=9]
Kaze (JonS) HP 31/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Longsword: d20+7=12 ; Friday March 15th, 2024 3:49:36 PM
Kaze continues his assault on the one in front of him, his sword bounces off the things hide ... making Kaze growl in frustration
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:16 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:30/30 d20+2=19 ; Friday March 15th, 2024 4:54:25 PM Helping where I Can
Marest casts Focused Curse as an immediate action to boost the curse she casts on Touch of Fatigue Mature Slime Crawler #3 through her Spectral Hand previously cast.
Attack = 19 Duration: 4 rounds
Spells in Effect:
Focused Curse: Add +1 to the spell penetration check and the save DC of a curse | spell penetration check: 1d20+5 & save DC: 16
Touch of Fatigue: Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S, M (a drop of sweat) Range touch Target creature touched Duration 1 round/level Saving Throw Fortitude negates; Spell Resistance yes
You channel negative energy through your touch, fatiguing the target. You must succeed on a touch attack to strike a target. The subject is immediately fatigued for the spell's duration. This spell has no effect on a creature that is already fatigued. Unlike with normal fatigue, the effect ends as soon as the spell's duration expires.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 15 Tch 9 HP (59)51/51 CMD 21 d20+9=19 ; d20+12=14 ; Friday March 15th, 2024 8:01:14 PM
Rage HP +8, Str+4, Con+4, Will +2, AC-2, Rds 10/12, AC15, CMD21
Fort +7 (+2 Rage bonus) vs DC 13 = 19
Grim doesn't even notice the bite and sting, but he does notice the stinging one is the larger and chewing on Colt. He takes a 5' step to close the gap between himself and Crwl #2. (I looked back and saw he still has his falchion rather than the guisarme).
A roar preceds a slashing chop with the huge blade. Att d20 + 12 = 14 (no flanking because Colt is not a threat) Unfortunately, too much slime goo is splattered on the cave floor and Grim slips on it enough to throw off his aim.
Grim now gives flanking vs #4 and #1.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 15 Tch 9 HP (53)45/51 CMD 21 Friday March 15th, 2024 8:02:45 PM
OOC: oops, meant to update header and forgot also thought I had Hero point but don't. Sigh...
Siolo screeches as he is bludgeoned by multiple tentacles. Despite his lacking inner fortitude he manages to stave off the paralysis.
He gets the urge to flee, but his rationality returns. There are just too many of them. he thinks as he pounces again.
((Talon 8+6=14 for 3+3=6; talon 14+6=20 for 6+3=9; bite 18+6=24 for 4+3=7; foreclaw 1+1=2 for 2+3=5))
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+12=14 ; d6+1=4 ; Saturday March 16th, 2024 1:34:13 AM
On an exhale, Yofi remembers she has whip feather tokens. One is stored right in her bandolier, the calamus reachable. She draws it out, and sends it forth dancing to attack the slime crawlers.
DM Call on this one, whether it happens this round, or next: The whip leaves the elf's hand, and stretches forth to strike at #3. Unless AC14 works, it does not quite connect. If it does work, it does 4 hp nonlethal damage.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+5=7 ; Saturday March 16th, 2024 1:41:03 AM For Kaze's dog Patches, if the blinded larval slim crawler threatens [If this is okay with Jon S]
If the blinded larval slim crawler threatens herself or Yofiel, Patches snaps at the critter. Hit AC 7...
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=18 ; d20+3=12 ; d20+3=12 ; d6+2=8 ; d20+3=17 ; d20+3=23 ; d6+2=4 ; d20+3=22 ; d20+3=11 ; d20+3=5 ; d20+3=4 ; d20+3=19 ; d6+2=4 ; d6+2=6 ; d20+3=17 ; d6+2=4 ; d20+3=19 ; d20+3=14 ; d6+2=5 ; d20+7=13 ; d20+7=11 ; d6+2=6 ; d20+1=8 ; d20+1=7 ; d20+3=15 ; Saturday March 16th, 2024 9:28:21 AM Dapple going over the table is considered difficult terrain; however, you can move through those squares, if you would like to readjust Dapple’s position on the map.
Marest casts Touch of Fatigue on the Crawler #3.
Grim and Siolo feel the paralyzing poison from the crawler’s tentacles begin to take hold, but they manage to shake continuing to fight with the weapons at their disposal: falchion, talons, and teeth. Kaze attempts to attack with his sword, but he misses, even with Grim distracting it.
Yofiel entreats someone to help Colt by getting him out of range of the crawlers, but in the chaos of battle, no one hears or heeds her cries. She prays to Gargul to watch over her and her friends. After her arrow fails, she makes an attack with her whip, but it also fails to connect.
Slime Crawler #1 lets out a scream of pain from Dino!Silio’s attack, and it lashes out in desperation and fury. It makes three tentacle attacks against Dino!Siolo, who it perceives as the biggest threat. It hits once for 8 points of damage.
Then turns against Kaze. It makes one tentacle attack, which misses, and then makes a bite attack against Kaze for 4 points of damage.
Grim’s attack against Crawler #2 draws its attention, and it makes all four of its tentacle attacks and its bite attack against him. Only one tentacle stings him, but the bite lands, for a total of 10 points of damage.
Crawler #3 makes a tentacle attack against Grim and hits for 4 points of damage. It makes two tentacle attacks against Siolo one of which hit for 5 points of damage. Silio, still in dinosaur form, crumples to the ground, unconscious, but breathing shallowly. The crawler turns its attention to Colt . Had Colt been able to move, he could have nimbly dodged the attack. But in his paralysis, he can only watch helplessly as the creature’s tentacle whips against his leg. He takes 6 points of damage and falls unconscious, and from behind you in the cavern, Foggy lets out a howl of grief.
Crawler #4 attacks Grim, but misses both times. Crawler #5 is still blinded.
Crawler Info Mature Slime Crawler (1) AC 17: 29 Mature Slime Crawler (2) AC 17: 1 Mature Slime Crawler (3) AC 17: 8 Larval Slime Crawler AC 11 (4): 0 Blinded (Marked with a Teal B) Larval Slime Crawler (5): 0 Larval Slime Crawler (5): Dead
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d4+1=5 ; d4+1=2 ; Saturday March 16th, 2024 12:39:37 PM
Ezekiel fires another pair of magic missiles at Crawler #1. If down, redirect to #3.
Damage: 5. Damage: 2
Kaze (JonS) HP 27/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Longsword: d20+7=27 ; Crit check: d20+7=19 ; Damage is: d6=3 ; d6=5 x 2 = 10+3 damage = 13 damage Saturday March 16th, 2024 2:37:23 PM
If Colt is down, then Kaze will slide into his spot, putting himself in harms way ... he swings at larval critter #3 ...
Whip hit AC 16, 4 hp nonlethal damage, grapple 27 vs #3.
Yofiel uses a hero point to gain an extra standard action. She shoots two arrows.
One hits #3 (AC 25 for 5 hp), the second hits #2 (AC 19 for 5 hp). Combined with Ezekiel's 2nd magic missile, Kaze's attack, and the whip, #3 should now have taken 28 hp lethal damage and 4 hp nonlethal, 32 hp total, and may be grappled by the whip, and may be unconscious.
#1 has 34 hp total damage at this point following Ezekiel's magic missile, and is likely dead.
Patches bites the sparkly blind larval slime crawler #5 AC 17 for 5 hp damage.
(On the map it is #5. The DM text has two contradictory statements, one saying #5 is blinded (agreeing with the map), and the little summary of damage at the bottom indicating #4 is blinded. I'm going with the majority description here)
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:16 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:26/30 d4=4 ; Sunday March 17th, 2024 5:08:56 PM A little bit of...
Marest realizing that her Witchy ways are not working as expected, turns the tables on this encounter.
Marest casts Spectral Hand to begin the barrage of Range Touch attacks.
Spells in Effect:
Spectral Hand: Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Effect one spectral hand Duration 1 min./level (D) = 4 minutes = 240 seconds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no HP = 4 AC: 22 (+8 size, +4 natural armor) + 5 = 27
Notes: A ghostly hand shaped from your life force materializes and moves as you desire, allowing you to deliver low-level, touch range spells at a distance. On casting the spell, you lose 1d4 hit points that return when the spell ends (even if it is dispelled), but not if the hand is destroyed. (The hit points can be healed as normal.) For as long as the spell lasts, any touch range spell of 4th level or lower that you cast can be delivered by the spectral hand. The spell gives you a +2 bonus on your melee touch attack roll, and attacking with the hand counts normally as an attack. The hand always strikes from your direction. The hand cannot flank targets like a creature can. After it delivers a spell, or if it goes beyond the spell range or goes out of your sight, the hand returns to you and hovers.
The hand is incorporeal and thus cannot be harmed by normal weapons. It has improved evasion (half damage on a failed Reflex save and no damage on a successful save), your save bonuses, and an AC of 22 (+8 size, +4 natural armor). Your Intelligence modifier applies to the hand's AC as if it were the hand's Dexterity modifier. The hand has 1 to 4 hit points, the same number that you lost in creating it.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Monday March 18th, 2024 12:04:40 PM
[I was thinking she could go under the tables, being a halfling, but I revised her move]
Dapple double-moves again.
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:16 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:26/30 d20+2=20 ; d6+1=6 ; Monday March 18th, 2024 3:07:40 PM Rolling in the Deep
Marest, waits just long enough for the Spectral Hand to materialize to launch into action! Using her SH, Marest attacks Slime Crawler #3 with an Acid Dart!
Attack: (1d20+2) = 20 Damage: (1d6+1) = 6
Spells in Effect:
Acid Dart: As a standard action you can unleash an acid dart targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. The acid dart deals 1d6 points of acid damage + 1 for every two wizard levels you possess. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier. This attack ignores spell resistance.
Kaze (JonS) HP 27/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Longsword: d20+7=20 ; Damage: d6+3=7 ; Monday March 18th, 2024 7:46:13 PM
OOC: I like that spell, it's fun to throw at folks
IC: Kaze continues to attack the larval thing in front of him ... hoping to down it before it paralyzes him or anymore of his friends
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 26/31 CMD 19 d20=16 ; Monday March 18th, 2024 8:41:01 PM
Colt watches the slime crawlers close in, and start to strip away his skin. Even with the pain telling, no -- commanding, him to flinch away, he can't move. "This is it. I'm dead," he thinks. Something prods him in the back. "What's that!? Is another one beside me?"
Then his friends crowd into his view, Marest and Grim. An arrow flies by that must be Yofiel's, and Ezekial's magic bullets. Dino jaws snap at crawlers at the edge of his vision. Hope rises with the realization that they're coming to save him. A final strike from the slime crawler, and he sinks into an unconscious sea of pain. The last thing he sees is Kaze stepping over him.
[ooc] Con check to stablize v DC 10. +1 Con , -1 for negative1 HP = 16 [/ooc]
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 15 Tch 9 HP (39)31/51 CMD 21 d20+9=19 ; d20+9=28 ; d20+14=21 ; 2d4+9=15 ; Monday March 18th, 2024 10:13:48 PM
Crawler #2 only one tentacle stings him, but the bite lands, for a total of 10 points of damage. Crawler #3 makes a tentacle attack against Grim and hits for 4 points of damage. (Mature Slime Crawlers have paralysis tentacles)
Save 1 Fort +7 (+2 Rage bonus) vs DC 13 = 19 Save 2 Fort +7 (+2 Rage bonus) vs DC 13 = 28
Grim's Rage is imply overpowering the tentacle paralysis attacks and Grim barely flinches at the whipping tentacles and sharp teeth.
Grim belts out a orc *&^%* word as he slashes down on crawlie #2.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=23 ; d20+3=21 ; d6+2=4 ; d6+2=5 ; d20+3=14 ; d20+3=13 ; d20+3=23 ; d6+2=6 ; d20+1=3 ; d20+1=10 ; Tuesday March 19th, 2024 9:35:20 AM Ezekiel shoots two darts of magical energy. The first slams into Crawler #1, who lets out a cry of pain, before collapsing. The second one hits one Crawler #3.
Seeing Colt collapse, Kaze moves into the space he was occupying. Standing over his companion’s unconscious body, he takes a mighty swing at the crawler with his longsword. Kaze then attacks Crawler #2, bashing it with his longsword.
Yofiel strikes at Crawler #3 with her whip. Then, in a burst of heroic endurance, she shoots two arrows. The first one strikes Crawler #2. It goes limp, unconscious but not yet dead. The second hits Crawler #2.
Patches tears into the blinded larva, his teeth sinking into the soft flesh of its neck. He gives it a shake, and the creature dies. Yes, the map was correct. Sorry about the mistake in my summary.
Marest’s spectral hand materializes and she uses it to cast acid dart against the unconscious crawler, killing it.
Dapple continues to run in order to reposition herself in the cavern. It’s tough to tell on the map, but the table is turned over on its side. As you climb over it, you recognize it as the table that Ellie was cowering behind in her final minutes. You notice a mace and journal, both bloody, on the floor behind it.
Grim's rage easily overcome's the crawler's poison. He swears as he slices into it for 15 points of damage.
Siolo and Colt remain unconscious, but Colt is stable. Where have your unconscious minds taken you? What moments or memories are you reliving as your bodies struggle to hold onto life?
The remaining mature slime crawler does not like the way that this battle has turned. In its fury, it lashes out at Kaze and Grim . It makes two tentacle attacks against Kaze. Both hit for a total of 9 points of damage and Kaze needs to make a DC 13 Fort save against paralysis. It then makes two tentacle attacks against Grim, but both miss. It bites at him, and hits for 6 points of damage.
The remaining larval crawler attacks Grim but both attacks miss.
Damage Taken this Round
Colt Unconscious/Stable -1 Kaze 9 Fort Save DC 13 against paralysis Dino!Siolo Unconscious -3 Grim 6
Crawler Info Mature Slime Crawler (1): Dead! Mature Slime Crawler (2) AC 17: 21 Mature Slime Crawler (3): Dead Larval Slime Crawler AC 11 (4): 0 Larval Slime Crawler (5): Dead Larval Slime Crawler (6): Dead
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 4d4=10 ; Tuesday March 19th, 2024 9:56:42 AM
"Head's up, Grim."
Ezekiel moves up behind Siolo and leans behind his left side and invokes a cone of lightning.
Casting burning hands, but does electricity damage per Ezekiel's bloodline. The blast should hit #4, #2, the dead one next to them, and the three spaces to the left of Siolo (or the wall blocking those spaces). Grim should be just safe from the blast.
Damage: 4d4 = 10 electricity. SV Ref DC 16 for half.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Tuesday March 19th, 2024 11:44:36 AM
Dapple double moves again. She brushes past Patches, scrambles over a dead crawler, and is at last next to Colt. Kaze is standing over him, but she can reash him; that's the important thing. Unfortunately, she's out of actions.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Tuesday March 19th, 2024 12:31:46 PM
Quick note: #2 at the time of the DM post had taken a total of 21 hp, rather than 13. It had taken 1 hp from I don't know what, then 5 from Yofiel's arrow, and 15 from Grim.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 10/28 , NL 0 d20=9 ; Tuesday March 19th, 2024 12:38:52 PM
((PART 1))
The sun caresses the scaly body of the deinonychus, waking it up. It's head rises as it's eyes open. It views a seemingly everlasting stretch of plains. Plains everywhere. It arises and begins sniffing around for an indication of where it will be finding its breakfast.
But nothing...
Not only does it smell no perspective meal, it smells nothing. Not even the grass..
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP --5/28 , NL 0 d20=11 ; Tuesday March 19th, 2024 1:21:33 PM
((PART 2))
...a primal panic grabs ahold of the deinonychus. It begins fleeing.
The 'saur sprints across the endless plain, adrenaline pumping through it's blood. It runs and runs and runs. The scenery never changes.
Eventually, after pushing itself to its limits, it collapses. Its chest heaves up and down exhausted from even breathing and the rest of the body remains motionless.
At that same time, a figure emerges on the horizon. It is a bipedal figure, upright with limbs coming out of the sides and possess no tail.
The body of the deinonychus jiggles slightly as it tries to get up to flee, but it's too exhausted. It can only watch as the strange figure slowly approaches...
Yofiel blinks as Ezekiel's lightning strike lights up the area, then takes a step to her right. The she lets fly a solid strike at the ailing #2 (AC 20, 8 hp damage). What with Grim's last strike, Ezekiel's handiwork, and her arrow, that may be enough to finish it off.
Just in case, though, she redirects the whip, sending it also against #2, hitting AC 29 for 5 hp nonlethal damage. She has it then dance away, lest Grim strike again, trying to avoid being sliced in two.
Patches With most of the white icky things now lying still, Patches comes over to her bear friend, standing atop #3, and wags her tail.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 15 Tch 9 HP (33)25/51 CMD 21 d20+12=22 ; 2d4+9=16 ; Tuesday March 19th, 2024 8:36:22 PM
The audacity of the larval crawler #4draws Grim's attention (or the fact #2 may be dead), and Grim swivels with another roar as the falchion chops down on #4.
Att d20 + 12 = 22 Dmg 2d4+9 = 16
Rage HP +8, Str+4, Con+4, Will +2, AC-2, Rds 7/12, AC15, CMD21
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 26/31 CMD 19 Tuesday March 19th, 2024 9:41:10 PM
Colt drifts alone on pain and darkness. Hello? Is there anybody out there?
He curls, fetal, seeking ease from pain, some way to get on his feet again, and drifts into memory. Home in Bayport. His mam often drunk, occasionally kind. She'd give him food, if she had it. His father, always drunk when Colt saw him, which was seldom in his earliest recall and blessed seldom later.
Hanging on the streets with his boys, his troupe. Stealing fruit and bread in lightning raids in the market, or going over the wall to pilfer fruit fresh from the orchard. Fruit ever sweeter for being forbidden. Fighting with other troupes.
An ease to pain, standing at the ship's rail watching the shoreline receding, distant smoke on the horizon. The captain's fuzzy grey dog in his arms.
Then back to his deepest youth, he had a fever. His mother leaning over him, hand gentle on his brow. Her lips moving, but he couldn't hear what she said. His hands were swollen; the fingers wouldn't bend. Something moved in the corner of his eye, a fleeting glimpse. When he turned back to see his mother again, she was gone.
Now he's grown. The dream is gone, and he's comfortably numb.
Marest will try to stabilize Dino!Siolo using her spell Stabilize, hoping he is within 35 feet of her. (Hard to tell on the map)
Spells in Effect:
Stabilize:
Upon casting this spell, you target a living creature that has –1 or fewer hit points. That creature is automatically stabilized and does not lose any further hit points. If the creature later takes damage, it continues dying normally.
Spectral Hand
Kaze (JonS) HP 27/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 FORT Save: d20+6=9 ; Tuesday March 19th, 2024 10:50:11 PM
Kaze tries to get out of the way of the tentacle, but it whaps into him ... and he freezes in place, with a VERY unhappy look on his face
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+4=21 ; d20+4=5 ; d20+4=12 ; Wednesday March 20th, 2024 3:11:17 AM
If all of the slimy things are quiescent, and Yofiel sees Kaze standing stuck, she uses her healing skill on him to overcome the paralyzing toxin (Heal: 21 vs DC13 - success).
If Dapple can send a healing wave (without including the crawlers), and Colt and Siolo are still paralyzed after coming out of unconsciousness, the bard's skills are not up to countering the poison (Heal 5, 12) for them. We have seen, though, that with a bit of time, it can be overcome.
In any case, after combat concludes, there is sorting to be done. If concluded, after helping Kaze, she draws the whip back, and tucks it into her bandolier.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents d20+3=16 ; d20+2=16 ; Wednesday March 20th, 2024 9:37:32 AM Ezekiel, careful to avoid hitting his friends, shoots lighting energy from his hands. Both of the crawler’s wriggle out of the way, but take 5 points of electrical energy each.
Yofiel shoots at Crawler #2, her arrow striking true. Her whip snaps in the creature’s direction, also striking it. The creature falls and does not move again.
Grim is fed up with the larval crawler snapping at him. He brings his falchion down on the creature, slicing it in half.
Kaze is paralyzed by the crawler’s strike.
Dapple moves again, finally making it close enough to Colt to reach him.
Marest uses her spectral hand to stabilize Siolo.
Siolo’s spirit, still linked to his deinonychus form, sprints through a never ending plain. No scents or sights give any indication as to where he is. He runs and runs until exhausted. In the distance, a bipedal form approaches him.
Colt’s mind drifts through darkness before wandering through memories that offer him some pain and little comfort.
Quiet once again settles over the cavern. The crawlers are dead, but two of your companions lie unconscious, but stable thanks to their constitution and your efforts. The longbow that nearly cost him dearly is still clutched in Colt’s hand.
Yofiel assists Kaze, and he is able to shake off its paralyzing effect.
Foggy trots over to where Colt is lying; he nuzzles his companion’s face, and when Colt doesn’t move, Foggy looks mournfully around at the group, letting out a small whimper.
Kim, I have not forgotten about your rolls for the longbow, but it seems like Yofiel would wait until her friends were conscious before checking it out, so I’ll include that info in a later post.
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d8=8 ; d8=6 ; Wednesday March 20th, 2024 11:41:22 AM
Dapple casts Cure Light Wounds on Colt.
Colt heals 12
She dodges around Kaze to cast Cure Light Wounds on Siolo.
Siolo heals 10
"All right," she says. "STOP TOUCHING STUFF!"
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Wednesday March 20th, 2024 12:58:04 PM
Ezekiel drops his staff to the floor, then picks it up using mage hand so he is not touching it.
"That works for me, but the rest of you are still touching your stuff."
"Mystickfying..." says Marest to the assembled. Now we all have experience in this cavern. Each and every bit of carrion in this ..place; Marest shrugs and moves her arms and hands indicating the vastness of the cavern; is probably filled with a carrion consumer big & tall they it is all! So stop running ahead and let us systematically take out each and every pile of crawlers..." Marest turns and suggests that three of the forward fighters get buffed by her with the spell Delay Poison which will last 4hours and then she explains what it does:
The subject becomes temporarily immune to poison. Any poison in its system or any poison to which it is exposed during the spell’s duration does not affect the subject until the spell’s duration has expired. Delay poison does not cure any damage that poison may have already done."
"Who's first?" asks Marest. Marest will cast Delay Poison on the first 3 forward fighters that come to her.
2x Spectral Hand: CASTING Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S EFFECT Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Effect one spectral hand Duration 1 min./level (D) = 4 minutes = 240 seconds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
1x Acid Dart: Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S EFFECT Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect dart of acid Duration instantaneous Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance Yes
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 15 Tch 9 HP (43)35/51 CMD 21 d8+4=10 ; Wednesday March 20th, 2024 8:16:05 PM
Grim may have actually laughed at Ezekiel's quip if it were not for his anger venting roar as he drops his falchion and takes the head-half of critter-crawlie #4 and heaves it as hard as he can upwards into the air. The roar continues s as it arcs upwards (maybe even hitting the ceiling) and plumets downwards, hitting the cavern floor with a sickening SPAT!.
In that moment, a brief clarity comes over him, and a prayer he learned from his Shaman comes to mind. Looking as his wounds as his anger starts to subside, he utters the prayer, in orc.
Cast Renewed Vigor - heal 1d8+4, can only be done while Raging. d8+4 = 10
And with that, his Rage subsides. Fatigued, he picks up his falchion, wipes it on some old clothes from a dead Cavehaven body and sits on the floor, taking things in as his head clears.
Rage HP +8, Str+4, Con+4, Will +2, AC-2, Rds 6/12, AC15, CMD21 He remains Fatigued for 2x rounds of Raging, so that would be 12 rounds.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP --5/28 , NL 0 Wednesday March 20th, 2024 9:23:28 PM
((PART 3))
...The deinonychus continues panicking on the inside, its flight reflex triggering to no avail.
Despite the dino's mental stress, the figure continues closing the distance between them. As it gets closer its figure doesn't seem to become any more clear.
Closer and closer...and still no clearer....
All of a sudden, the light in the sky brightens and white outs everything... ((..to be continued..?))
Siolo-nychus let's out a screech as the healing energy brings him back to consciousness. He jumps to his feet and frantically looks around.
Kaze (JonS) HP 27/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Wednesday March 20th, 2024 11:13:31 PM
Kaze shakes his head and mutters a curse about "tired of being frozen in place." He will then look around and see if he can help do anything
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Thursday March 21st, 2024 12:52:29 AM
Yofiel laughs at Ezekiel's response to Dapple's counsel. But there are things to do.
She hears Marest speak. "I was thinking thus - there must be more of these foul carrion eaters. Yours is a good idea. Hold off on casting though..." she was about to say more but her words are drowned by Grim's roar, and after following the arc of the beast's head to ensure it will not land too close to any of her friends, a sudden movement from behind the group gathered at the pinch-point takes her attention.
"Siolo, Siolo! Calm down," the bard says in a soothing voice. "You're awake, and this battle is won. We are all alive, and you, my druid friend, are wild-shaped into a deinonychus. Now, careful with your tail, you might knock one of us down. Take a few breaths, we have some things to figure out together."
"Kaze, step aside, and help me pick up poor Colt. Thank you, Dapple!" She asks, "Colt, can you hear us? Can you speak?"
If Colt can speak, she says, "We're going to help you up. Dapple just healed you a fair bit." Yofiel works with Kaze to lift Colt up to his feet.
If he cannot speak, and is still paralyzed, she tries using her healing skills - but (as rolled in prior post) these are to no avail. "Let's let him work the poison out of his system for a minute or so," is her recommendation. She notes he holds a longbow firmly in his grasp.
As the rush from the combat subsides, Yofi practices her breathing for a few beats. After a bit, she says, "Dapple's counsel is not bad. Really, we must agree to stay reasonably near each other - allowing for tactical positioning. We need to find the book. We need to find and deal with the research.
"Most important - we all need to stay alive. Let us work together, and communicate. That is why Marest and I cast the message spells."
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Thursday March 21st, 2024 12:58:03 AM
Patches Kaze's dog sits atop the crawler. As her companion speaks, she wags her tail, looking slightly down at him from her perch.
[I now return control of this strong canine companion to JonS --Kim]
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 11/31 CMD 19 Thursday March 21st, 2024 7:27:28 AM
When he's able to move again, Colt gathers Foggy into his lap, and thanks his companions over and again many times.
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Thursday March 21st, 2024 10:23:17 AM Dapple heals Colt and Siolo, bringing them back to consciousness. She then scolds.
Ezekiel takes Dapple’s admonition not to touch anything very literally.
Marest notes that the cavern seems to be full of crawlers and that the group needs to stick together. She prepares to cast delay poison on three fighters.
Grim, still in a rage, throws half of the larval crawler that was annoying him throughout the fight at the ceiling. It knocks against one of the stalactites, before crashing to the floor with a messy splat that covers Grim in even more ichor and slime. He heals himself. His rage end and he sits on the floor, feeling weary.
Kaze is tired of being paralyzed by crawlers.
Siolo jolts back to consciousness, panicking from the fight and the visions brought to him by his unconscious mind.
Colt is conscious for 12 seconds before he regains use of his limbs. Once he does, he thanks his companions and snuggles Foggy.
Yofiel advises Marest to hold off on casting just yet. She attempts to calm the panicking Dino!Siolo. She agrees with Marest and Dapple that the group needs to stick together. She also mentions finding the book.
The mention of the book reminds Dapple and Grim that when going the long way around to the combat, they noticed a book and mace behind a table that was turned on its side. They also remember seeing the corpse of an allosaurus about 40 feet to the west of where the journal is located. Given what you have experienced in the cavern so far, there are likely crawlers nesting in the corpse that might attack the party if you get too close.
Now that the imminent danger has passed and her friends are once again conscious, Yofiel takes a moment to study the bow. She notes a moderate aura of evocation around it. After additional examination, she believes that shock has been cast on the bow.
[i] New map on Slide 2 to reflect the party’s vantage point. [/b]
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Thursday March 21st, 2024 12:17:04 PM
"All right," Dapple says. "Anybody who's hurt, gather 'round. Away from the crawlers." Dapple does not want to accidentally wake up a crawler.
She channels positive energy. Everybody heals 14.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Thursday March 21st, 2024 2:54:14 PM
Just before communing with the bow that Colt rescued, she approaches Grim. "You need some clean up, buddy. I have a spell I sometimes call 'the scrubber.' Mind if I use it on you? It doesn't hurt at all." If he gives her the go-ahead, she casts prestidigitation and gets him cleaned up of the slime and blood.
Then she takes a few moments with the bow. After a bit, she tells the others, "It is magical. It adds a bit of Ezekiel-style flair in that, if I read it right, it discharges a small electrical shock, on top of the damage an arrow does." [Correct me if I am mistaken, DM Jess, but to have a magical ability, it needs to be at least a +1 bow, right?]
She also collects the arrows that she shot, even the two pieces of the one that broke when she hit the rock wall. Then uses prestidigitation to clean up herself. She will also perform her cleaning service on any others who need it.
Though she was not hurt this time, she helps gather people together for the group healing Dapple performs.
"I want to say I prayed to Lord Gargul, friends, that he would watch over us, and that none of us would come too early into his presence. Him I thank. And for each of you, I am grateful.
"Now, I noticed the mace as I ran over the broken table. There's a book there, too? With the long lizard off to the side, chances are fair some more white munchers will pour out of that beast if we get too close. I think our way into the actual lab is that direction," and she points to the place that the map represents at the top center. "Once we are ready, let's get most of us up in that corridor, and one or two of us can dash and grab. I'll stand on the unbroken table and try out this new bow if needed. But three of us ran past already, and none showed up. Any other ideas?"
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Thursday March 21st, 2024 3:05:11 PM
Oh, and if it is still lying where Siolo dropped it, Yofiel picks up the rapier. "Siolo, do you want this rapier for yourself? Or do you want Colt to have it, if he can use it?" If Siolo does not want it for himself, she also asks Colt if he can use a rapier. If neither can, she repeats her offer if any others are skilled with the weapon. If not, she will add it, for the time being, to her arsenal.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 d20+14=18 ; Thursday March 21st, 2024 3:18:09 PM
"That's a good bow!" says Ezekiel. "Too bad it doesn't turn into a crossbow for us less partially skilled people. Or maybe it does!"
Ezekiel will pick up the bow and shout crossbow several times.
"So, which Forward Fighters want a buff? Which buff you ask, why today's Special is Delay Poison? " states Marest. "Any takers? I won't charge you a thing!" giggles Marest.
For the first three (3) forward fighters that come forward, Marest will buff them using Delay Poison (see below) the duration is 4 hours for each spell.
Spells in Effect: If the fighters take Marest up on the buffing: 3x Delay Poison:
2x Spectral Hand: CASTING Casting Time 1 standard action Components V, S EFFECT Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level) Effect one spectral hand Duration 1 min./level (D) = 4 minutes = 240 seconds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 25/31 CMD 19 Thursday March 21st, 2024 8:45:37 PM
Colt obediently shuffles after Dapple into the healing huddle. And he thanks her again after the warmth of the spell spreads through him. He feels nearly himself. He scoops up Foggy and walks pensively in small circles.
When (if) Yofiel asks about the rapier, Colt shies away. "It's kind of big for me. I'm not sure I could use it well."
Colt's circles spiral in Marest's direction when she makes her offer, but he doesn't step up. It makes more sense for Grim and Siolo and Kaze to be poison immune.
[ooc] Colt's got the +1 shortsword. The rapier is probably better placed in someone else's hand. [/ooc]
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 49/51 CMD 19 Thursday March 21st, 2024 9:12:56 PM
Grim soon recovers his full strength, especially after the healing. He does thank Dapple, and Yofiel for the removal of the crawlie goo.
He puts his falchion next to the rapier, puts his hand under his chin as in deep thought, then says [/b]'Nah, I'll keep my falchion,"[/b] and sheaths it.
With some insight into how things can terribly wrong if he gets paralyzed as long as Colt, he accepts the magical poison antidote.
Spell in Effect: Delay Poison duration of 4 hours.
He listens to the others but says little, his eyes wandering around the other carcasses but at the mention of the journal, he votes for making a decent bonfire with the broken furniture and burn the journal immediately, less they get distracted and manage to walk out with it.
To enphasise his point, he starts getting a pile going.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 19/28 , NL 0 Thursday March 21st, 2024 10:17:20 PM
Yofiel's words help calm Siolo-nychus down. As the instinctual panic abates, Siolo's sense returns. He becomes aware of himself once more.
He looks around again once more, but slower this time. With the added comprehension, he crosks at Yofiel and bows his head slightly. He does so again when Dapple's wave of positive energy heals many of his wounds.
When Yofiel asks about the rapier he shakes his head.
Kaze (JonS) HP 27/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Thursday March 21st, 2024 11:00:33 PM
Kaze would like to be "Scrubbed" and "buffed". He'll look around at the remaining corpses for movement ... although none of the other bodies gave any impression that they were inhabited. He'll also make sure that Patches got the healing, and the scrubbing, and thanks her for watching over his friend. He'll reach into a pouch and hand Patches a few pieces of smoked fish
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Friday March 22nd, 2024 12:45:50 AM
"Remember, friends, Ellie Clayhanger wants us to keep and read her journal. I bet the book and the mace were Mayor Ellie's. What the guardians of the door ask of us is to destroy the records of the experiments. So, once we go through the passage ahead, we should arrive at the lab level. These caves with all their tables make it look like it was their, I don't know, picnic area. They ate lunches here. Do you see any laboratory gear? No - tables, some broken benches. The books that deserve the flames lie ahead of us.
"Let's have some of us go up to the right of the pteranodon, past the four bodies, and wait by the north tunnel. I want to get up on the table to shoot if any crawlers emerge from the dino carcass. Let two who are fast go - one grab the journal - Grim? One grab the mace - Siolo? And bring them straight to us without pause. Since three of us went that way already with none emerging, so long as we stay next to the rock, we might be fine."
She quick sketches the map, and puts markers for each person on her map, suggesting placement. "Feel free to change around if where I put you does not suit."
Go to Map on slide #2 (Maps and Documents), and see toward the top where Yofiel is suggesting people go. "Those farthest up look and listen to make sure nothing surprises us from up there. I'm going to use 'the scrubber' to clean up the blood, dried though it may be, so no one slips."
She looks around. "Does all that make sense to you? Any objections? Questions?"
If folks seem agreeable, she choreographs the timing. "Most people up by the tunnel first. Then Grim and Siolo go around the north side of the rock and south to the items, grab, and join us, then we head north down the tunnel. All right? If crawlers come out, then get the book up safe past this table, and we fight them."
For ease of reference, Yofiel indicates the top of the map is north, bottom is south, left is west, right is east. Okay?
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Friday March 22nd, 2024 10:27:00 AM Dapple heals everyone who gathers around her for 14 points.
Yofiel explains the magical properties of the longbow. She mentions seeing a mace by the broken table. She asks Siolo and Colt if they would like the rapier.
Ezekiel attempts to turn the longbow into a crossbow, but, despite his best efforts, is unsuccessful.
Colt thanks Dapple for the healing. He tells Yofiel that he’s not sure could make effective use of the rapier. He snuggles Foggy some more.
Grim takes Marest up on her offer for the delay poison buff. He wants to burn the journal immediately and starts building a fire.
Dino!Siolo is calmed and healed. He also refuses the rapier.
Kaze also accepts Marest’s offer to buff him. He gives Patches a treat for being the best girl and watching over Yofiel.
Yofiel surmises that the journal and the mace were Ellie’s. She proposes a plan and draws a map (slide 2) to track where everyone would be: the majority of the group waits in the North tunnel that seems to be an exit from this dining room area. She will stand on one of the tables, ready with her bow, while Dino!Siolo and Grim run in and grab the mace and the journal.
You remember in one of the visions she sent you that in her final act of writing in the journal, she hid behind a table, her mace beside her, so Yofiel’s supposition seems correct.
Let’s take one round of posting for characters to react to offer any suggestions about the plan and to get into position. Marest can also buff one more character. If further deliberation seems necessary, we’ll continue with that stage, otherwise we’ll run the plan next week.
Also, for reference, here is a list of the weapons you have found: +1 Shocking longbow +1 Keen Rapier (crits on 15-20) +1 Returning Throwing Axe +1 Guisarme of Magical Beast Bane
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) d6=3 ; d6=5 ; Friday March 22nd, 2024 11:22:34 AM
Colt and Siolo are still a little dinged up, so Dapple channels energy one more time.
Everybody heals 8.
"You guys are gonna be too far away for me to heal you," she says. "I know Yofiel has some healing, but all the same, you guys should be careful. Let's not tempt Wardd too much; he has a twisted sense of humor."
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Friday March 22nd, 2024 2:49:50 PM
"Say, does anyone want to use this +1 Returning Throwing Axe?" Yofiel asks. "It could be pretty handy in ranged combat. Not my style of weapon, though."
She waits to see if the tactical proposal makes sense to her companions, and if they have any modifications to offer.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Friday March 22nd, 2024 4:42:37 PM
"Wait, are we touching stuff again? I thought we were not touching stuff."
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 25/31 CMD 19 Friday March 22nd, 2024 10:10:22 PM
Colt agrees with Yofiel's plan, and thanks Dapple. He waits to see if anyone will claim the axe.
"Yes, Ezekial, we're touching stuff again. Although if you think about it, we never stopped. You're always touching something."
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 49/51 CMD 19 d20+8=10 ; Saturday March 23rd, 2024 1:18:45 AM
Grim drops a last piece of wood on his small wood pile for a bonfire and shrugs. "Allright. Siolo, let's go get that stuff. But I aint running."
Grim shoulders his guisarme and hefts his falchion as he trods down to the upturned table where the journal and mace lie near Ellie's remains. If alone, he pics up both, if with Siolo, he picks up the mace. Then heads back.
Move is 40'.
Perception + 8 = 10
Co-GM Jess--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Saturday March 23rd, 2024 9:08:14 AM Dapple heals everyone who needs it for 8 hp.
Yofiel asks if anyone would like the handaxe.
Ezekiel is confused about the fact that the party is touching stuff again after they only just recently decided that was not a good idea to do so.
Colt thanks Dapple and agrees with Yofiel’s plan.
Grim agrees to the plan, but informs everyone that he is not running. HThat rage took a bit out of him.
With no objections to the plan, everyone gets into position, with the majority of the party clustered in the exit tunnel. Yofiel positions herself in a spot that gives her a good vantage point for ranged attacks and knocks an arrow.
Grim walks out into the cavern, toward the overturned table and as far away from bodies of the dead humanoids and allosaurus as possible. Having already traversed this part of the room, he has a sense of how to move safely through it. As he makes his way, the body of the dinosaur undulates as a crawler moves inside of it. It looks eerily like the beast has been reanimated, its chest rising and falling once again. Everyone holds their breath for a few heartbeats, eyes focused on the dinosaur corpse, bracing for another fight, but the crawler does not emerge.
Grim reaches the overturned table. There he sees a notebook, its cover brown with dried blood. The pages are also discolored and stiff and will require some care to open and read. A mace sits beside the journal. Grim grabs both of them and then carefully walks back to the group, taking the same path as before, joining them at the north tunnel of the cavern.
OOC After some tough fights, you have survived the Crawler Cavern!
Everyone who has less than 4 hero points can add 1 to their total.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 25/31 CMD 19 Saturday March 23rd, 2024 4:08:45 PM "Hey that was easy. " Colt grins at Grim when the half-orc carries away the prizes uncontested.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 Saturday March 23rd, 2024 4:11:52 PM
[ooc] just updating header from Dapple's last channel [/ooc]
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:16 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:30/30 Saturday March 23rd, 2024 8:58:46 PM Can we rest now?
{OOC: Was too tired yesterday and forgot to post!}
Marest states, "I can & will buff another person in the group that would like it, and then I am done and will need rest...two hours at least. Speaking of which, how are the rest of you spell casters holding up? Also, what are we doing with the magic weapons?"
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+14=16 ; d20+14=17 ; Sunday March 24th, 2024 1:10:14 AM
"Good work, Grim. Siolo - wake up!"
"I have spells left, Marest. Maybe hold onto that buff for the moment. We might not need it in the next room - the laboratory I presume. What with us not wanting to deal with an awake and alert T-Rex as we exit, let us also hold off on rest. Most of us would need about four times longer than you to regain our spells. Go ahead and stay toward the back of the party - or elsewhere, if you please. Maybe the need for another of your spells will arise."
Regarding the magic weapons, Yofiel replies to Marest, "Well, as no one else has claimed the +1 shocking longbow or the +1 keen rapier, and as I am skilled with both, I will see about using them. No one seems interested in the +1 returning throwing axe. Grim looks good with the +1 guisarme of magical beast bane. Perhaps we can see what this mace might do. Give me a moment to find out."
She starts with knowledge, local (16), to try to verify it belonged to Ellie, the halfling. Well, maybe. Then knowledge, arcana (17). Oh, she may have gotten things backwards. She casts detect magic on the mace, and takes at least 3 rounds to try to ascertain its characteristics. "Maybe one of you can figure it out better than I," she suggests.
As another looks the mace over, she asks Grim if she can peek into the tome he recovered to verify it belonged to Ellie.
"Anything else to do before we walk down this tunnel, and see if it is the right way to the lab?" she asks.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 51/51 CMD 19 Sunday March 24th, 2024 3:38:47 PM
Grim eyes wearily the carcass's rumbling, readying to drop the mace and book, but that subsides and he lumbers back to the others, handing over the stuff to be looked at.
Fully healed up now, he is ready to continue but waits for all to be ready to follow.
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Sunday March 24th, 2024 6:47:10 PM
"I think maybe I've got one more fight in me before I need to recharge the ole spell slots," says Ezekiel.
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 19/28 , NL 0 Sunday March 24th, 2024 8:07:33 PM
Siolo-nychus's head snaps up to look as Yofiel. He emits a croak whine as he lowers his head slightly. He then hops up from his settled position and trots over to stand next to her.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 d20+14=25 ; d20=14 ; Monday March 25th, 2024 2:57:34 AM
Forgot to roll spellcraft for mace evaluation: 25
"Hey, Siolo, it is amazing what you are able to do in your new form. Your ferocity really helped to wind up the fight against those white slime critters." Yofiel then asks him, "Are you fine remaining thus for a while longer?"
She also asks Grim again if she can look at the blood-stained book. If so, she leans her back against the cave wall (checking the wall first to ensure it seems safe), and uses, carefully, prestidigitation to remove the blood from the cover, first in a little spot. She wants to clean the blood without inadvertently cleaning the ink off as well. If a small patch cleans well enough without damaging the text, she will with slow care continue the process. If the ink is damaged, she will halt that effort - except along the edge of the papers to allow for easier separation. After that, a glance at the first page of writing, then a look for wherever the last page with writing on it may be. She wants to verify this is Ellie's journal, and to see if she can read the last words that the Mayor wrote which was shown the party in a vision.
Perception: 14+13=27 to reflect the care she takes in gentle book cleaning
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 d20+4=10 ; Monday March 25th, 2024 6:46:50 AM
Colt watches over Yofiel's shoulder while she works on the mace.
[ooc]Got a 10 to know local to aid her on whether the mace was Ellie's. [/ooc]
Co-GM Ryan--Welcome to the Facility - Maps and Documents Monday March 25th, 2024 10:35:01 AM Yofiel examines the mace and finds it has both a strong evocation aurora as well necromancy which seems an odd combination. After a but more examination it is clear it was Ellie Clayhanger’s mace and it could store a spell for later. Officially it would be a +1 Light Mace of Spell Storing that is holding one charge of Inflict Serious Wounds. {Vale 8305gp}
The group is patching up and discussion what the next step is. The book is cleaned carefully with prestidigitation and Yofiel checks the last page to see if it is the same as in the vision and finds that it is indeed the book. It will take a bit to read and the party has expended resources. There is talk of resting and talk of moving on so a decision needs to be made.
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 Monday March 25th, 2024 10:41:36 AM "So what now? Do we go back home?"
Dapple [AC 18; HP 28/28] (Kathy) Monday March 25th, 2024 12:38:15 PM
"There's still at least one more room to go through," Dapple says, "but we're pretty depleted. And there's still that T-Rex to worry about on the way out. I dunno, maybe retreat upstairs and try to find a place to rest there?"
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Monday March 25th, 2024 2:55:38 PM
Yofiel communicates to others what she learned of the mace. She asks Dapple if it is a weapon she can use. Ellie was a halfling, so the mace is the right size for her.
The tall elf redhead listens. "What if we do this? Head down this tunnel, and see whether the laboratory door lies ahead. Listen at the door - if a door is still in place. I mean, listen for a long time, take turns, and find out if there is any audible evidence of movement on the other side. If not, we open the door - and be ready to slam it shut if necessary. But we get at least a glance at what lies ahead. If it seems relatively safe, we step inside, ready to fight, and ready to flee. If the danger is too high with so few spells left to us, we choose the latter.
"And maybe, just maybe, we either can fulfill the promise we made, or at least have an idea of what may be required for us to do so, that we can try after resting up."
She waits then for others to chip in with their ideas.
[I am thinking that perhaps half an hour to an hour has passed since we went through the door that the ghosts unblocked for us. How long might the T-Rex slumber? Eight hours? Twelve or more? If the latter, we can afford to rest. If the former, we do not have that luxury]
Ezekiel (BrianW) - AC 17/13/14; HP 31/31 Monday March 25th, 2024 6:36:07 PM
"I do have wands to fall back on if we need to press," Ezekiel. "Maybe not as potent as a cone of lightning, but a barrage of force missiles is quite reliable."
Marest (Jon-Paul) AC:16 (T:12, FF:10), CMD:13, Saves:(F:3/R:8/W:8), HP:30/30 Monday March 25th, 2024 8:18:22 PM The Last Room...
Marest looking at the others, says, "We have to go to the last room! We promised we would burn it to ash!"
Colt Human Rogue (Tim) AC 16 T 14 FF 12 HP 31/31 CMD 19 Monday March 25th, 2024 9:43:16 PM "A quick look can't hurt." Colt's on board, but he doesn't trot ahead.
Grim Ripr 4th (JonathanT) AC 17 Tch 11 HP 51/51 CMD 19 d20+8=18 ; Monday March 25th, 2024 9:51:48 PM
Grim shrugs. Yofiel's plans always seem complicated to explain no matter how simple the task. He points at Marest, "What she said." and starts lumbering down the cavern passage.
Perception +8 = 18
Kaze (JonS) HP 27/36 AC 19/Touch & Flat Footed AC 14/ CMD: 18/ CMB: 6/ Grapple: 7 Monday March 25th, 2024 10:45:56 PM
Kaze whose been watching for signs of movement as he and his friends move around the area raises his head at the mention of the T-Rex. "When Patches and I left, the T-Rex didn't bat an eyelash, well I don't know if they have them or not ... makes me wonder if it was trained to keep people out, but not care about them leaving the complex."
Siolo (Joe) - AC 15/13/13 ; HP 27/28 , NL 0 Monday March 25th, 2024 10:56:20 PM
Siolo-nychus nods to Yofiel's questions. He bobs up and down in response to the question of moving on and follows Grim.
Yofiel (Kim McCoy), female elf bard 4th AC 16/16/14 HP: 29/29 Tuesday March 26th, 2024 12:00:48 AM
"Excellent!" Yofiel says in response to Marest's summary statements.
Ellie's journal she looks to fit into her haversack. She removes some of the food she placed there earlier to make room for it, setting the food to the side of the passageway - especially if she can find a local nook. If not, then simply on the floor. Book now stowed.
She joins those heading down the passage. Bright light shines ahead of her from her bandolier. Her other bow is stowed across her back. The new bow (well, previously owned bow) that Colt rescued for her she holds with her left hand, nocked (not 'knocked') with one of her recovered arrows. The coiled whip rests on her left hip.
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