Zarine Greenblood |
Is there something I can roll to be able to cast a spell from within the plant, or are we just saying it is impossible?
Filbert Springbit |
"OH my, you are a bit overgrown" Filbert says softly as the large plant 'looks' at him. Taking aim at the center of the plant Filbert let's loose another blast.
Empowered Kinetic blast: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 3, 3) + 7 = 18 + 5(empowered bonus damage 11/2)=23 damage
Momijii |
Momijii followed as he broke open the doorway and attacked the plant creature. She shifted her stance and moved into the room to attack the plant and hoped she could free those inside of it before it was too late. She lashed out with her foot at the roots of the plant with a vicious kick in a draconic stomp maneuver.
unarmed w/the usual: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 191d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
acrobatics if needed to avoid AoO: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
DM Fang Dragon |
Yes you have your spells but casting from within is going to require a concentration check.
Zandomir Talathel |
Alright. I assume we're not really part of initiative till round 2?
HP: 38/38
Active Effects: Being Digested Alive
Spells Per Day - 0th: 4/4, 1st: 5/5, 2nd: 3/3
Spells Prepared
0th - Stabilize, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light
1st - Command [ ], Protection from Evil (x2) [ ][ ], Remove Fear [ ], Shield of Faith [ ]
2nd - Spiritual Weapon [ ], Lesser Restoration [ ], Hold Person (DC 14) [ ]
Sacred Weapon - 5/5
Fervor - 4/4
Channels - 2/2
Blessings - 5/5
Zarine Greenblood |
Concentration: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Zarine finally manages to get her hands into a position where she might be able to cast, but the pain is just too much. She can't focus at all.
This was worse than when the boys back home dared her to climb the tallest tree. It might even be worse than when she was learning to firewalk and fell. Even her hair burned then. She wasn't sure on the last one. It was close. ... She realized that she was disassociating and distracting herself. She must be dying. She tried to force herself to focus on one more try...
DM Fang Dragon |
Filbert sends a concussive blast right through the center of the plant, and unbeknownst to him it careens past the noses of those trapped inside. The plant rears up and thrashes around as fetid liquids starts to to drain out of the hole! Still despite the impressive hole, it didn't do quite as much damage as Filbert might have expected.
Momijii sprinted forwards and lashed out at the overgrown thing's roots with a powerful kick. She contacted hard, and found the waxy surface to be very resilient. She was sure she hurt it, a few of the smaller roots snapped, but not as much as she might have hoped.
Lizzie rushes forwards to engage!
Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa <----- WE ARE HERE
Zarine
Giant Pitcher Plant
Buffs and Debuffs wrote:Spoiler:---- Round 1 ---- Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2149 rounds)
Zarine
Giant Pitcher Plant
---- Round 2 ----
Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2148 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa is up.
Zarine & Zandomir I forgot to mention you're both a half hp due to having been partially digested over the period of a few hours. Nasty!
Zarine Greenblood |
Makes sense... are we taking a certain amount of additional damage each round (or other period of time)?
Zandomir Talathel |
Alright, if we're both injured, I think Zan would channel, so if we're in intiative for round one...
Zan can almost feel the blast as it passes. There are people outside! Maybe hope isn't lost quite yet. That's assuming, of course, that the ones outside aren't cultists and that they don't accidentally kill them in the process of killing the plant...
He has to buy time as he's not sure how much longer he and Zarine can last. He hold up his left fist, the holy symbol of Desna tattooed on the back side. Then he does what he can to heal some of the damage the pair have taken so far.
Channel Positive Energy: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
HP: 25/38
Active Effects: Being Digested Alive
Spells Per Day - 0th: 4/4, 1st: 5/5, 2nd: 3/3
Spells Prepared
0th - Stabilize, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Light
1st - Command [ ], Protection from Evil (x2) [ ][ ], Remove Fear [ ], Shield of Faith [ ]
2nd - Spiritual Weapon [ ], Lesser Restoration [ ], Hold Person (DC 14) [ ]
Sacred Weapon - 5/5
Fervor - 4/4
Channels - 1/2
Blessings - 5/5
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa |
Agrippa draws Red Destiny and assists Lizzie's defense
Aid AnotherAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
DM Fang Dragon |
Heinrich readies himself to intercept any attacks against Lizzie. However one of the plant's roots suddenly whips out and narrowly misses Momijii. As it passes Momijii gets a whiff of something headdy, possibly narcotic! It seems this plant has surprises...
Slam: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15Damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 <--- MISS
Filbert Springbit <----- WE ARE HERE
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Action posted
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Zarine
Giant Pitcher Plant
Buffs and Debuffs wrote:Spoiler:---- Round 2 ---- Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2148 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
---- Round 3 ----
Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2147 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
Filbert Springbit, Momijii, Lizzie "beads" Tamar', Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and Zarine are up.
Momijii |
Momijii barely dodged the root as it lashed at her, something about it reaked and reminded her of some smell from the past, something hazy and on the brink of a memory. Shaking it off for now Momijii focused her ki and roared as her bady began to radiate intense heat. She lashed out with a pair of stomping kicks at the roots again and her feat burned as she did.
unarmed w/usual and elem fist shattering strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 171d8 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 7 + (5) = 16
flurry: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 241d8 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (3) = 11
DM Fang Dragon |
Come on Lizzie can we get a bit of description too!
Filbert Springbit |
Filbert's nose twitches as the blast clearly hit the plant but didn't do nearly as much as he hoped. Gathering more aether into himself he makes a slashing motion at the base of the plant. Separate it from the roots and it should die.
Empowered Kinetic blast: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Damage(slashing, magic): 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 4, 2) + 7 = 15 + 4(empowered bonus damage 8/2)=19 damage
Zarine Greenblood |
Concentration: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Zarine tries to block out the pain as she has practiced so many times. It doesn't take it away, but she manages to move it far enough into the background that she can attempt a spell.
Zarine is somewhat disoriented, but she tries to aim the spell up at the plant and what she imagines is the way out. She screams again, but this time her focus and her physical voice are enhanced with powerful magic, broadcasting a devastating cone of sound.
LET ME OUUUUUUTTTTT!!!!!!
Casting Sonic Scream. 15 foot cone, text of spell HERE. DC 15 Reflex Save for half damage.
Sonic Damage Round 1: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 4, 1) = 11
Incidentally, the "bigger" text tag actually makes the text smaller. I had to remove it for my scream. Weird. Wonder when it broke.
Zarine Greenblood |
Thanks for the reminder. :) Hopefully my sonic damage isn't aimed at you. I was assuming that you got swallowed first and were under me, but I don't know if we are in the same space, or in different places, or what, really.
Momijii |
Oh the comments I could make on that statement Zarine.
Zarine Greenblood |
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Let's remember the proper context here. I don't want to have to examine everything I say to avoid innuendo.
DM Fang Dragon |
Filbert's blast tears another ragged hole in the overgrown plant pot spraying more of the digestive fluids around the room. This time he was sure it took full damage for the blast left an impressive exit wound!
Momijii sent a pair of powerful blows towards the thing's roots but they got lost in the weeds literally and by the time she'd actually struck it's thick hide only her second blow had enough impetus to break through! But somehow she felt the blow didn't live up to it's potential. Translation it has AC 18.
Lizzie swung her mace, hoping to hammer into the fleshy vulnerable looking parts, but it lurched out of reach.
From outside you noticed a strange bluish flash which briefly outlined the stark relief of two figures within. One clearly an elven or half elven male and the other a human female.
Pretty sure Zandomir can only heal himself and Zarine. See this.
Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa <----- WE ARE HERE
Zarine Action posted
Giant Pitcher Plant
Buffs and Debuffs wrote:Spoiler:---- Round 2 ---- Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2148 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
---- Round 3 ----
Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2147 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa is up.
Momijii |
The flurry hit then, it was 24 to hit.
DM Fang Dragon |
The flurry hit then, it was 24 to hit.
Ah sorry I misread. I'll update the post.
Zandomir Talathel |
I figured the channel would only hit the pair of us. Without knowing who's outside, I don't think Zandomir would want to heal them anyway.
Zarine Greenblood |
Must be pod people. You should probably kill them. :D
Zandomir Talathel |
My last post was intended as a joke, by the way. I realized that might not have been clear, considering the medium. I promise I've never flagged a post before other than spam!
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa |
Agrippa continues assisting defenses
Defend: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
DM Fang Dragon |
Heinrich once more readies himself to interpose should the plant attack.
The party outside hear a muffled feminine scream coming from inside the plant. Such is the force of it that it's innards bulge outwards!
Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 <--- PASS
Writhing in pain it lashes out at the nearest target with a heavy root, but Momijii simply danced aside.
Slam vs Momijii: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 <--- MISS Yeah dice roller says no. You'd have liked it's hallucinogens I promise!
Filbert Springbit <----- WE ARE HERE
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Zarine Action posted
Giant Pitcher Plant
Buffs and Debuffs wrote:Spoiler:---- Round 3 ---- Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2147 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
---- Round 4 ----
Filbert Springbit
Momijii
Lizzie "beads" Tamar'
Zandomir Swallowed whole
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa False Life (2146 rounds)
Zarine Swallowed whole
Giant Pitcher Plant
Filbert Springbit, Momijii, Lizzie "beads" Tamar', Zandomir and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa are up.
It's practically dead now, next hit kills it!
Filbert Springbit |
Filbert's eyes go wide as first the blue back-lights the figures within the plant and then a scream is heard from within, taking aim once more at the base he sends another blast slashing across it's base.
Kinetic blast: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Damage(slashing, magic): 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 6, 6) + 7 = 20
Zarine Greenblood |
Escaping from the plant, Zarine looks around, first making sure that Zandomir was safe, and giving him a hug, and then looking around at the others.
Many thanks for helping us get out.
Zarine then casts prestidigitation to clean the digestive juices out of her hair, and everywhere else.
She looks around for her gear, and finds it in the chest. She motions Zandomir over and starts gearing up.
I'm Zarine, by the way. Not sure we were ever properly introduced.
Zandomir Talathel |
Considering all he and Zarine have been through, Zan's quite surprised that they actually managed to make it out of the plant alive. He reciprocates Zarine's hug, grateful to have one familiar face in a sea of strangers.
Zan nods in thanks when Zarine points out their gear. He unconsciously steps between Zarine and the others while they gear up, intending to shield her should their intentions prove to be nefarious.
Zan not-so-subtlety gestures toward his slimy clothes after Zarine cleans herself.
"If you don't mind..." he begins before trailing off as he considers the others.
The new arrivals had helped the pair escape, but that didn't mean it was their intention to do so. They don't look like cultists to Zan though, so perhaps there's hope yet for some sane people in Thrushmoor besides the two of them.
After studying the others for longer than is probably considered polite, Zan says to them, "I'm Zandomir. I answer to Zan, if you prefer it. Forgive me for being blunt, but what are you doing here?"
Zarine Greenblood |
Oh, sorry, Zandomir.
Zarine cleans him up with prestidigitation as well.
DM Fang Dragon |
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Got to say I'm curious to see how folks react to Zandomir's question!
Filbert Springbit |
"I'm Zandomir. I answer to Zan, if you prefer it. Forgive me for being blunt, but what are you doing here?"
Filbert cocks his head to the side and and appraises the couple, "Neat trick" he says with a smile as Zarine cleans them both up.
"Zan---Zandomir, Zarine, Filbert Springbit at your service, we are the pruning service. There have been numerous complaints about the hedge and obviously this little plant has been eating just a little too well."
Lizzie "beads" Tamar |
Lizzie is relieved the plant went down. Most unnatural a sight, such a vicious potted plant.
When the plants suddenly 'delivers', she makes a slight (Eww) expression.
Nasty. But they seem alive at least.
After studying the others for longer than is probably considered polite, Zan says to them, "I'm Zandomir. I answer to Zan, if you prefer it. Forgive me for being blunt, but what are you doing here?"
She felt the gaze was rather aimed high, so from below comes a short attention drawing cough, making her small armored appearance known.
"Ahem, while usually the other way, there's also eyes down here.", she says with a smirk."And i'll return the favor of bluntness, is that the best way to say thank you? What in Sarenrae's name are -you- doing in a giant potted plant?"
Zandomir Talathel |
Not sure how you handle inter-party conflict, DM, so just ignore my Sense Motive check if that's not appropriate.
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 (For if Filbert's telling the truth)
Zan considers the pair of gnomes. He hadn't intentionally ignored them, but it tends to happens from time to time when folks such as them are half his size.
Pruning service? Could Thrushmoor actually have one of those?
"You're here as the... pruning... service?" Zan muses as he tries to assess the veracity of Filbert's claim.
Still uncertain whether or not their rescuers are cultists in disguise, Zan opts to give the green-haired gnome a vague answer. "Being digested. But before that we had come to visit someone. We had some questions for him. And I'm not sure whether or not we should be thanking you yet. I don't know any of you, so it's hard to say."
The first pieces of gear Zan makes sure to recover are his bow and arrows. He doesn't want to be caught weaponless should the others decide to attack or turn out to be cultists in disguise.
Zarine Greenblood |
Zarine is listening while gearing up, and chuckles at the "pruning service" line, despite it still being way, way too soon for plant jokes.
Hello, Filbert Zarine says with a smile.
When things seem to escalate a bit, Zarine wants to defuse the situation without embarrassing anyone, so she crouches down to address the other gnome.
Many apologies for the oversight. I don't think I remember your name from before, sorry. I too am a worshipper of Sarenrae. Are you here in her service?
Lizzie "beads" Tamar |
And I'm not sure whether or not we should be thanking you yet. I don't know any of you, so it's hard to say."
*Shrug*
"Killing the dangerous plant about to have you as a snack usually would. But given circumstances, you can't be truly blamed for feeling that way. You're forgiven." (playful smirk)Many apologies for the oversight. I don't think I remember your name from before, sorry. I too am a worshipper of Sarenrae. Are you here in her service?
She nods. "Yes.", Lizzie puts her morningstar on her belt, before extending her hand to Zarine. "I'm Lizzie, and who are you, miss?"
Which reminds me, do i need a symbol for any of my powers?
Currently i'm not wearing anything related.
Zarine Greenblood |
Smiling at the gnome, she shakes her hand and introduces herself again.
I'm Zarine. Nice to meet you. Always good to meet another devotee of the Dawnflower.
She then stands back up and says to Zandomir Don't worry, they're okay.
DM Fang Dragon |
Incidentally the next move is largely up to you here. Lizzie I think you need a holy symbol to channel and maybe for spells.
Zarine Greenblood |
Perhaps you guys could help us. I have some disjointed memories of frightened townsfolk held prisoner in a cellar. There was lots of chanting about a yellow king. I wanted to help them, but with just me and Zandomir, we might just end up in another man-eating plant. With all of us together, maybe we could do something?
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa |
Indeed. It is our pleasure to have rescued you from such a...creature. We are on the hunt to root out and exterminate the Cult of Hastur in Thrushmoore. They are responsible for much evil in this town of late. Allies are in short supply, and so your assistance would be most welcome.
Zandomir Talathel |
Zandomir relaxes a bit as Zarine vouches for the others. Still, he had agreed to come with her to Iris Hill to protect her. He can’t afford to let his guard down too much.
“Worshiper of Sarenrae, huh?” Zan muses at Lizzie’s remark. “I follow Desna.”
Nodding to the human man, Zan says, “Exterminating the Cult of Hastur sounds like a great plan. I was a bit worried you all might be associated with them. Glad I was wrong.”
To Zarine, Zan says, “You up for exterminating some cultists?”