GM Mimi |
For Clarity: I moved Richard on the map to the square next to Miya, since you did go along with being teleported. Richard's next action will be the last in Turn 3 of initiative. After that, Grelda, Vitranna, Lera and Jolis will open Turn 4. Then the new creature takes its first action in initiative.
Grelda Bonehammer |
Grelda continues her raging song as she tries to finish off the injured mossman.
Club, Raging Song: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 141d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Club, Raging Song: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
HP 26/35; Raging Song Rounds 9/12
Stormspeaker Vitranna |
Did I get grappled AGAIN? I really hate these kind of fights.
"Let GO you walking fungus...FREEDOM!"
Liberating Command Escape Artist check!: 1d20 + 3 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 8 = 22
So..did I break free or not? Without knowing what I need to roll to do it...I'm speculating I did since it worked for Grelda earlier.
Recoiling a bit, Vitranna strikes out at the plant-like zombie!
Shoanti Totem Spear: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Richard Groves |
As you valiantly battle the moss men, another creature slowly drifts closer. A bizarre, otherworldly plant floats easily through the air, towards the place where Miya and Richard are perched up above. Without hesitation, it lashes out at the scientest as soon as it's within reach.
This floating one could be controlling the others. Richard says
Planes roll?
Knowledge(Planes): 1d20 + 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (9) + (3) + 12 = 24 Free action
GM Mimi |
Yes, a 22 is more than enough. You only need a 14 to break the grapple.
Judging by the mossy tendrils the creature attacks with, it is safe to guess it is related to the moss men below. However, the creature's bizzare appearance, it is clearly not of this plane. In fact, it seems to have more in common with an aberration any plant or fey you've encountered so far.
Jolis Cailean |
Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Jolis looks up to see what Richard is taking about.
"Cayden!" The big warrior said in shock of the otherworldly floating thing.
Taking a 5 ft. step back, Jolis drops his sword and shield to retrieve his crossbow, and aims at the aberation.
Heavy crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Valeriya |
Lera turns her attention to the Aberration. "Let their body grow weak, Let their guard be dropped, Let their defenses be broken, Let not a blow be blocked."
Evil Eye targeting AC. Same will save. Lera will then cackle again to extend both evil eyes and the misfortune.
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Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
"Ok Richard"
Pulls out a dart from her leg trap and in one move slings it at the flowing plant best.
TH 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 1 = 24 DMG1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
GM Mimi |
Both attacks strike true on the flying moss creature and it shrieks in pain. It tries to retaliate by striking out at Richard, but he swiftly disappears.
On the ground, Grelda and Vitranna are holding their own and beating back the moss men. Another one rushes forward toward Jolis, as the moss man trapped in grease continues to burn.
Slam 1 vs Grelda: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Slam 2 vs Grelda: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Disadvantage Slam 1 vs Grelda: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Disadvantage Slam 1 vs Grelda: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Disadvantage Slam 2 vs Grelda: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Disadvantage Slam 2 vs Grelda: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Slam 1 vs Vitranna: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24crit confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Slam 2 vs Vitranna: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 2 = 7
damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Slam 1 vs Jolis: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Slam 2 vs Jolis: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Twice, a mighty blow comes close to striking Grelda, but at the very last moment, her attacker seems to stumble on thin air as the swings go wide. Jolis also manages to just barely avoid being hit. Vitranna is less fortunate as the first strike connects with enough force to unbalance her, making it even easier for the creature to land a second. Now that their master has been, the monsters seem to have given up on capture.
Grelda Bonehammer |
Second verse, same as the first. Grelda continues her raging song and bashes the same mossman some more.
Club: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 171d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Club: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 141d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
GM Mimi Contributor |
Grelda Bonehammer |
Yes, I would like. :)
Stormspeaker Vitranna |
With a flash from her spear's tip Vitranna lashes out at her attacker!
Swift action to add Arcane Strike!
+1 Shoanti Totem Spear w/Arcane Strike: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Damage(Magic)w/Arcane Strike!: 1d10 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6
Jolis Cailean |
Realizing that taking down the floating plant orb is the key to victory, despite being attack by a mossman, Jolis takes a 5-ft. step back, loads another crossbow bolt and continues his attack on the seedling mastermind.
Heavy crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Dmg.: 1d10 ⇒ 3
Richard Groves |
Richard studies the creature looking for its weak areas. Fortunately his body guard was close by. Put those impressive acrobatic skills to use me as your flanking partner.
Ready action: wait for Miya's turn, and studied attack with flanking bonus
Sword cane (45 gp) +4 (1d6+1)
Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 + 2 = 9
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 2 = 7
Very anticlimactic
Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
She vanishes unseen moves seeming to run along the branch with ease, sliding past the thing Acrobatics 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22 No AoO as she is invis unless it has some other means to sence her.
Once past it she slings another dart.
TH 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 1 + 2 = 12 but the thing moves at the last moment and her dart goes wide
Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
DMG 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
GM Mimi |
Though the creature can no longer see Richard, it keeps a close watch on the place where he just was, poised to strike. It narrowly dodges the rapier attack, but its movements are slowed just enough by supernatural forces for Miya's dart to connect. Despite the damage, it remains focused, and strikes out at the now visible investigator.
Tendril 1 vs Richard: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 damage: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0
grab: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Tendril 2 vs Richard: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
As the mossy tendril wraps around Richard's wrist, he feels a faint haze encroaching onto his thoughts, and his vision starts to tint green.
Make a Will saving throw
Below, Grelda fells one of the creatures with her club as the other burns in the growing fire. Vitranna's empowered attack is just enough to slay a third.
Identifying Jolis as a threat to their master, the remaining creatures focus all of their attention onto him. Even the one who had been calm until now rushes forward as it suddenly comes back to what little senses it had.
Slam 1 vs Jolis: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Slam 2 vs Jolis: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Grab vs Jolis: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Grelda Bonehammer |
AoO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 261d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Crit Confirm?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 121d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Grelda bashes the mossman that tries to run past her, then turns to see the floating thing grabbing Richard. "LET HIM GO!" she roars as she casts a spell. Multicolored images stream out behind her as she dashes towards the plant monster.
Maintain raging song, cast bladed dash.
Club, Bladed Dash: 1d20 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 3 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
HP 30/39*, Raging Song Rds 7/12
Richard Groves |
This is going to be interesting LOL. First see about Will save. Using 2 inspiration for save
Will: 1d20 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 6 + (2) = 20
If saved then the following:
Richard's eyes widen then narrow as he maintains mental control. He sneers at the floaty monster. You just made the worst mistake of your unnatural life. The scientist drops his weapons and jumps off the branch to grapple the floating thing. Hopefully dragging it down to the ground, so the entire group can pound on the thing.
Using hero point for +8 to roll, and 2 remaining inspire to add 1d6 to grapple roll.
Grapple: 1d20 + 4 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 8 + (3) = 24
Stormspeaker Vitranna |
AoO!
+1 Shoanti Totem Spear w/Arcane Strike: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Damage(Magic)w/Arcane Strike!: 1d10 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
...and Vitranna attacks again!
+1 Shoanti Totem Spear w/Arcane Strike: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Damage(Magic)w/Arcane Strike!: 1d10 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 11
GM Mimi |
Richard can feel the barest hints of the creature's encroaching thoughts, but it able to resist it's pull. It doesn't have the strength to hold itself aloft with Richard's weight and sinks to the ground where Grelda can strike it.
Jolis and Valeriya still get their actions before the enemies, just clarifying the state of things
Jolis Cailean |
Jolis quickly became overrun, his sword and shield now out of reach. Feeling Lera's magicks behind him, the big warrior willingly puts himself between the mossman and the witch.
"Gah! Don't worry about me!" Jolis shouts over the melee. "Take down that floating plant! Get him!"
With nothing but his heavy crossbow at the ready, Jolis uses the stock to beat his attackers back, still trying not to harm them.
Heavy crossbow (improvised): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
Miya is none to happy that Richard has placed himself in harms way, timing it she drops grabbing hold of the brank she was just on to shorten the drop, then falls and rolls. coming up she pulls her Wakizashi sword. A deadly looking black blade.
Double move, 35' drop, handing becomes 28' takes 10+10 Acrobatics = 20 to jump down from the tree after them
GM Mimi |
As Grelda's club connects, the creature lets out another shriek of pain. Its minions turn towards it, but don't make any further moves. It appears the creature is in too much pain to control them properly. In a final, desperate ploy it reaches another tendril towards Richard, trying to exert control once more.
grapple: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Will Save DC 17
Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
Sword hit 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 DMG 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Her blade slashes up cutting a tendril around Richard.
Grelda Bonehammer |
Club: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 201d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Club: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 151d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Grelda continues to pound the monster into pulp!
GM Mimi |
Another short series of shrieks before Grelda's final blow crushes the beast's head, cutting its cries short. It's tendrils shrivel and loosen, falling away from Richard. The moss on the others begins to turn brown and die, revealing humanoid corpses beneath as they all collapse. They've been preserved like mummies, and judging by the age of their equipment, they've been like this for a long time.
However, not all of their equipment has been destroyed by age. Under the moss, much of it is as pristine as the day it was made.
Boots of striding and sprinting
2 Wands of CLW (20 charges)
Handy Haversack
Efficient Quiver
2 Goblin Slaying Arrows
Inside the haversack there is a set of cartography tools, along with an incomplete map of the island.
Valeriya |
"You're just envious of my beauty and charm." Lera's tone dismissive as she goes over to Jolis to check on him. "Are you hurt? Why didn't you use your sword? You suck with a crossbow."
Stormspeaker Vitranna |
I don't know about the rest of you...but the Handy Haversack was on my list of loot 'wish-list' items I sent to the GM. Does anybody mind if I take it?
"I could use some healing. But let's not waste the wands. I can heal myself for now."
Healing Spell(CLW): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
EDIT: I wanted to note here before I forgot...I have a fully charged (50chs) wand of CLWs since we started. As far as I know we have not needed it yet however.
Jolis Cailean |
Using his great strength, Jolis was holding the mossmen back. After Grelda's definitive victory over the floating plant thing, the big warrior was very happy, that is until the 'mossmen' that he was holding at bay, quickly became decaying skeletons in his arms.
"Yeagaaa!"
Jolis sounds of utter disgust filled the clearing.
"Yuck! They..they were skeletons the entire time?! I thought I was fighting ensorceled dryads!" Jolis quickly began to swipe his arms and body clean of brown moss, and making spitting noises.
"You're just envious of my beauty and charm." Lera's tone dismissive as she goes over to Jolis to check on him. "Are you hurt? Why didn't you use your sword? You suck with a crossbow."
"NO!" Jolis bellowed. "Do I sound okay to you?! Of course, I suck at the crossbow! But my sword and shield can't reach a floating thing out of a druid's nightmare! Yuck! Here I am thinking some hamadryad would grant us great boons by not hurting her subjects while under the..the whatever-the-Hells-that-thing-was's", stammered the big warrior pointing at the dead abomination, "influence!" Jolis then goes through a half-minute curse-laiden tirade.
Breathing hard after getting his frustrations out, Jolis looks to the utterly surprised Lera, and says, "I'm hurt, but nothing a night of good rest can't fix."The big warrior stomps over to the loot pile and looks it over. "If no one minds, I'll take the boots," said Jolis in a frustrated tone.
Valeriya |
Lera starts rubbing his back in sympathy. "You're gonna have to be tougher than that. This place is famous for warping creatures. It's not like we could have saved the Moss creature if they were corrupted Dryads. Use your sword next time."
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Jolis Cailean |
"I thought that once the floating plant monsters dies, the 'dryads' would be set free.", Jolis said with a pout.
Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
As Jolis's pouts Miya takes that moment to Ninja loot.
"You thought wrong big boy, and No No No, them really nice boots are mine, mine, mine..."
Acrobatics 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Before the big fighter can get his grubby mitts on the nice boots in the pile, Miya tumbles past and swipes them in the best Ninja way, running off and with a wave of her hand and she cleans them. Then slips them on and being magic they shrink to fit.
Acrobatics 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 5 = 23
She jumps up and rolls and back flips to the others
"Weeee"
Acrobatics 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 5 = 33
Coming up she flips and jumps up over Jolis's head spins in mid air and lands on her feet with her blade out and ready.
"In a fight they will aid me kill so much better, O YES!"
she slips her blade away.
"Try that in Armour big boy, nope boots like these need someone who knows how to truly use em"
She says winking at Jolis before prancing around saying.
"I got new boooots, I got new boootsss..."
showing them off like any girl would.
Jolis Cailean |
"Hey!" The big warrior bellowed, trying to keep his eye on the monk. "You're not the only one who like to be mobile on the battlefield! I know I can wear heavier armor, but I choose not to, so I can move like I want to, when I want to!"
Valeriya |
"Sure you can, Jolis. We all know you're a big, strong boy who can do anything and is very special," Lera says as one might to a child throwing a tantrum.
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Jolis Cailean |
"Fine", said Jolis, accepting his fate. "I shall patiently wait for everyone else to pick their share of the loot, then I will claim what is left, if any."
"By the way, Richard", brightened the big warrior, "nice work on the floating plant, didn't think you had it in you!"
Richard Groves |
It tried to mess with my mind, It had no idea who it was screwing with. says Richard as explanation.
Does anyone else think it's odd that the druids of this forest would allow such a twisted abomination of the natural world to live? based on the time it would take a dead body to become a moss covered skeleton...it's been here for quite some time.
Valeriya |
"Perhaps the creature magically covered the skeletons with the Moss so that it could then control the skeleton," Lera says rubbing her chin.
"A sorta of plant zombie, I suppose. Just a guess. Would explain how the druids missed it. Don't know how the Dryads missed this monster though."
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Jolis Cailean |
Does anyone else think it's odd that the druids of this forest would allow such a twisted abomination of the natural world to live? based on the time it would take a dead body to become a moss covered skeleton...it's been here for quite some time.
"Or our dryad 'friend' wanted us to clean up a mess for them. Who knows? I'm just glad were are all okay", Jolis said, as he gave a little smile.
Stormspeaker Vitranna |
Cleaning out the haversack, Vitranna hands the incomplete map and set of cartography tools to Richard,
"If we're all done speculating about things we know nothing about, maybe we should move on towards our destination and find out the truth for ourselves? Richard, these items I found in the magical pack may prove useful in your endeavors. There could be clues or information we have not discovered yet?"
Miya Setsuko Fuyaki |
"New booootss, new boots new boots"
She says as she comes up to Jolis, her boots become pink.
Then smiling up at him says,
"If you really want them Joly you can have them, I will be sad for days but that's fine I will live with out my nice shinny new pink boots"
She wipes away a fake tear, but takes the boots off which become plain and brown again. She hands them to Jolis with a bow.
"You asked for them 1st and anyway I think I just spotted something nicer"
walks over to the Efficient Quiver and 2 Goblin Slaying Arrows, the boot now forgotten.
"That! is a thing I like the look of."
She checks to see whats inside then loads it up with her bow and arrows, before clipping it to her belt. Then with a move she pulls her bow and and an arrow to shoot. Testing the speed at which she can do it. She straps the tighter to her back. So she can reach over her shoulder to pull her bow.
"Very nice and handy, everyone fine with me taking it"
she says to the others testing it once more.