"We will need someone holy to cleans this whole area. I'd hate for one spider to get away and start spreading the corruption all over the place."mentions Verathis. He then walks over to Carson to see what he's up to.
As the group gathers themselves, Carson pushes open the door with a creak and light floods in to reveal...
Basic warehouse supplies, such as ropes, hammers, crowbars, and cargo nets, hang from the northern wall of this room. Several crates stand against the western wall.
Doors stand against the east and south walls.
A pulsating mass of purplish-black sludge lies along the floor near the
southern wall between the two doors, and long filaments anchor the substance to the walls and ceiling. A large, strange egg sac lies at the center of the slime, with tiny legs visibly scrabbling beneath its surface. Three other nearby egg sacs have already burst.
And turning to face Carson are three giant, demon's-bile-infected centipedes.
The three centipedes rush forward hungrily, horrific goo dribbling from their pincers.
cover granted from the fiendish centipedes either side of the door, but not the one in the middle.
Each eagerly tries to bite Carson, mandibles thrashing.
left bite:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 left damage:1d6 ⇒ 2
Male Slyph #135676-8 Johnny Sniper Boon Fighter (Weapon Master Longbow): HP:20/20, Speed:25, Init:5, AC:19(21 vs non-magic ranged), FF:16(18 ranged), T:13, Fort:3, Ref:3, Will:2, Perc:6, Darkvison
hit:5 - 4 - 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 - 4 - 2 + (9) = 8Sucks not have precise shot feat.dmg:1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Johnny, walks over, takes aim and fires at the one on the middle in melee.
"Spit acid on it. With luck you will dissolve whatever it is. If you don't, it might at lest be stillborn."Verathis says in a mater of fact voice as he looks around the room.
Human Fighter 3 HP 26/31 | AC 19 T 13 FF 16 | F+6 R+5 W+3 (+1 vs Fear) | Init +3 | Perception +0
Harada pops out the morningstar once more and begins slowly working his way towards the egg, hoping to dispel the demon bile as before with the cold iron.
Grel peers through the door and you all hear a kind of panicked yelp from within the room.
Grel sees a young man, thick blobs of demon's bile clinging to his clothes, hair and skin, stirring together strange substances on an alchemist's lab perched haphazardly atop packing crates used as tables.
In the silence that follows the noisy buzzing of an insect fills the air.
Looking around the actual space, torches in each corner of this large room shed dim flickering light between high columns of barrels and crates. Four large pillars support the ceiling. Purplish-black slime covers the eastern wall and much of the room’s southeast corner, stretching between the walls, pillars, and crates with long filaments. Countless shapes, varying greatly in size, crowd the sludge. Several of these shapes, pinned to the walls and crates or lying on the floor, appear human-sized.
dc15 perception:
the young man matches the descriptions of Gellion, he also looks a lot like a younger version of his father.
dc12 knowledge (nature):
This is a giant hookfly. Hookflies are famously difficult to remove from animals from which they are feeding. You may ask question for every 5 points by which you beat the DC
N Small vermin
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +2 natural, +1 size)
hp 19 (3d8+6)
Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +1
Immune mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (average)
Melee bite +3 (1d4 plus attach)
Special Attacks death throes, spawn brood
STATISTICS
Str 11, Dex 13, Con 14, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 2
Base Atk +2; CMB +1 (+9 grapple when attached); CMD 12
(20 vs. trip)
Skills Fly +3
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or cloud (3–6)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Attach (Ex) When a giant hook fly hits with a bite attack, it latches onto the target, anchoring the target in place. An attached hook fly is effectively grappling its prey. The hook fly loses its Dexterity bonus to AC and has an AC of 13 (touch 11), but holds on with great tenacity
and inserts its proboscis into the grappled target’s flesh. A giant hook fly has a +8 racial bonus on combat maneuver checks to maintain its grapple on a foe once it is attached. An attached hook fly can be struck with a weapon or grappled itself; if its prey manages to succeed at a grapple combat maneuver check or Escape Artist check against it, the hook fly is removed.
Death Throes (Ex) If a giant hook fly dies after draining blood with its spawn brood ability but before disgorging a hook fly swarm, its swollen abdomen bursts, sending dead hook flies in every direction. Their tiny hooks deal 2d4 points of slashing damage to all creatures within 10
feet. A successful DC 13 Reflex save halves the damage. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Spawn Brood (Ex) A giant hook fly drains blood at the end of its turn if it is attached to a foe, dealing 1d2 points of Constitution damage. When a giant hook fly drains blood, its abdomen becomes bloated as it spawns an enormous brood of young. It gestates these flies in its abdomen until it has dealt 6 points of Constitution damage with this ability. The following round, the giant hook fly detaches from its victim, and as a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity, its abdomen ruptures and disgorges a hook fly swarm. The swarm appears adjacent to the giant hook fly and immediately attacks any nearby foes (it ignores the giant hook fly that spawned it). When its abdomen ruptures, the giant hook fly takes 3d6 points of slashing damage. Blood stored in a giant hook fly’s abdomen is absorbed after 24 hours and cannot be used
to spawn a brood.
HOOK FLY SWARM
The tiny, buzzing insects that make up this cloud have distinctive bloated bodies and sharp, if miniscule, proboscises.
HOOK FLY SWARM CR 1
N Diminutive vermin (swarm)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 14 (+1 Dex, +4 size)
hp 11 (2d8+2)
Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +0
Defensive Abilities swarm traits; Immune mind-affecting
effects, weapon damage
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (average)
Melee swarm (1d6 plus bleed and distraction)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks bleed (1), distraction (DC 12)
STATISTICS
Str 1, Dex 12, Con 12, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 1
Base Atk +1; CMB —; CMD —
Skills Fly +7
SQ gestate
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or cloud (3–6)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Bleed (Ex) A hook fly swarm is made up of a terrible mass of juvenile giant hook flies that have undeveloped, though still terribly sharp, proboscises. Any creature that takes swarm damage from a hook fly swarm also takes 1 point of bleed damage at the beginning of its turn. This
bleed damage does not stack with itself or other bleed effects. Bleeding can be stopped by a successful DC 15 Heal check or through the application of any spell that cures hit point damage.
Gestate (Ex) Hook fly swarms are made up of underdeveloped giant hook flies, which stay in swarm form for 1 week. Afterward, the swarm finds a secluded place and builds around itself a cocoon-like pod, which it stays in for 1d4 days. This pod is roughly 5 feet by 5 feet in size, and has AC 11 and 11 hit points. After this gestation period, 1d6 giant hook flies burst from the cocoon as a standard action, fully formed and with all of a giant hook fly’s abilities.
