Oso relaxes with the nymphs, letting one of them work at his shoulder muscles, letting the battle fatigue slough off his tired body. "Hmmm, that is it, that's the spot."
Perception 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23
One eye opens briefly. He grabs for his bastard sword and stands ready, "who is sneaking around up there?"
Altai Iscarni(Male Human Wizard 14 (Conjuration school))
"Ah, for Boccob's sake... Can't a guy take a relaxing steam bath in peace?"
Are we on initiative? If not, I'll cast See invisible.
home a bit early today.....
not on initiative yet.....you see them on casting see invisible.
I'll set up coordinates and description of what Altai sees shortly; roll initiative at will. Also, "PRE INITIATIVE" everybody can get them one standard action.
The room is a-j across the top; 1-12 down the side.
the door to upstairs is at a1 on the north wall; this is the one that opened.
there's a door to a steamroom at j1 on the east wall.
Two baths are at d-g 3-6 and d-g 8-11; 3 foot deep, with benches around the rim within the baths; there's benches at b3, b5, b7, b9, b11, 2foot tall, 5 foot long, and 3 feet wide; also benches at i3, i5, i7, i9, and i11.
Altai:
Spoiler:
you see four....beings....at a2, b2, a3, and a4.
They are tall, 7 feet, gaunt; of trollish countenance.....greyish oily skin, long noses, bulging eyes; with one long finger and thumb clawed wickedly on each hand similar to a man's hand trying to evolve into a crab's claw. They are....invisible....
You all are in the southernmost bath; pick any square and go to town; somebody roll initiative; you have a free standard action pre-initiative.
scads and scads are everywhere...
you guys win initiative;....pick a position and do your thing.
(oh, and they're "medium sized;" definitely not trolls per se; they're just ugly as hell).
Beldan’s Init is 22. I figure he’s still wearing his Rings of Protection and Swimming and his amulet of natural armour. Nothing else. AC is 19. The only weapons he has are the bottle of wine that he’s been taking swigs from and the bar of soap that the beauty is cleaning him with.
Hearing Altai’s yell, Beldan grabs the soap then pushes the girl underwater – “Get back down there for as long as you can,” and stands, waist deep in the pool, looking madly about. “How close to the door?” he frantically asks Altai.
Beldan listens, trying to pinpoint the location of the invisible attackers by their foot steps, and readies an action to brain anything that attacks him with the half full wine bottle. Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Beldan listens, trying to pinpoint the location of the invisible attackers by their foot steps, and readies an action to brain anything that attacks him with the half full wine bottle. Perception: 1d20 + 12
So far, they're roundabouts....A-B; 1-4.
When somebody maybe wails on you, you can womp them back in a little while.
Altai Iscarni(Male Human Wizard 14 (Conjuration school))
Bastards! Jumping us while we're unarmoured and weaponless is a particularly smart tactic. Is our kit somewhere else, or is it in neat piles by the benches? BTW, the only reason I'm wearing my bracers is that they give me a CON bonus, so they never come off...
Edit: That was just answered. At least we'll have our blades.
Elgan, while not as frightening as Gittik when nekkid, is still unashamed of what he shows as he looks around standing in his tub with his new female 'friends'. Wearing only my amulet of Nat Armor & Ring Prot +1. This is gonna suck! I miss my dragonhide already! :)
He leaps nimbly from the tub at Altai's shouted report, and motions for the girls to stay where they are. "Don' move nun chere', ah'll jes be riaght back!"
He looks around the room, trying in vain to spot their assailants. He whispers the words of a prayer, and his entire body turns 'wooden' as the barkskin spell takes effect. Standard action, AC is now,... 18,... woopy friggin do! ;P
"Whoevah yew areh, Yer interuptin' deh bes' tahm ahv'e had since steppin' foot in so-called 'civ-le-za-shun'. Ah hope yer ready fer deh fur tah fly!" He cries as he shifts into a Dire Wolf,... Free action,... AC is now 26! :)
Am I that predictable? At least none of them have pendulous dugs and/or a beehive.
That's no way to talk about Amy Winehouse.
Gittik's at D3. Rage on (which gives him the Scent ability), grab his weapons and climb out to D2. I think his AC is 14: +2 Ring, DEX of 17, Raging and Small. OK, where are these guys?
Am I that predictable? At least none of them have pendulous dugs and/or a beehive.
That's no way to talk about Amy Winehouse.
Gittik's at D3. Rage on (which gives him the Scent ability), grab his weapons and climb out to D2. I think his AC is 14: +2 Ring, DEX of 17, Raging and Small. OK, where are these guys?
"YOU NO DISTURB BATH WITH SEXY GIRL!!!!"
somewhere between ab 1-4; nobody within 5 feet of you as of yet.
Altai Iscarni(Male Human Wizard 14 (Conjuration school))
Okay then...
Altai jumps out of the pool, spraying everyone with warm water. He runs over to the corner while muttering arcane gibberish, before pointing down along the room's western wall.
Move to A12 before casting Lightning bolt down the A-row. Damage 33, Relex 20 for half damage.
Altai hits the one in a4.
The one in a3 ducks nimbly and totally is missed.
He hits the one in a2, and then sees yet another one of the crab-clawed creatures outside the a1 door, which he misses.
The lightning bolt shoots down the row, and out the door; you hear bestial screechings, angry, hungry, pain....
two rush Gittik; clawing at him. They become visible as they attack, in c2 and c3.....
They are tall, gaunt, with one long finger and an opposable thumb reminiscent of a crab's claw. Oily gray skin stretches over their bones, and the long nose and bulging red eyes gives them a somewhat trollish mien.
The two claw Gittik, each hits once, and Gittik takes 22 h.p. in damage. They're very strong.
One moves to d7, takes a swipe at Oso; missing over the edge of the bath.
One moves to b10. Claws the dire Elgan, hitting for 20 h.p. in damage.
Something big splashes into the bath at d10 in front of Beldan; doesn't attack yet.
In the door comes another horror; oily jet black skin, smallish batlike wings; claws,......the horrid thing has great eyes like an insect and a proboscis dangles below it's eyes like an elephant's trunk, or perhaps the mouth of a lamprey. It's skeletally gaunt this man sized horror, perhaps some being from some far realm beyond known realities.
It moves to a2, chanting a spell in strange syllables through it's lampreymouth, casts on Altai.
back in a couplea three maybe hours; gotta go see my daughter's play.
Altai Iscarni(Male Human Wizard 14 (Conjuration school))
Not wearing my cloak, so my Fortitude bunus is +6. Fortitude save 11+6=17 - good thing I kept my bracers on! With my bracers, ring and DEX, my AC is 16. What are these guys? Knowledge (arcana) 11+17=28, Knowledge (planes) 16+17=33.
The crabhanded folk are spectral hunters,....men changed by foul sorcery into foul murderous servants. Their life is usually tied to an item of some sort, much like a lich's phylactery (though this item doesn't need to be destroyed to kill them; violence will suffice) which the creator sorcerer uses to control them.
The other thing is a spawn of Shugoran, a pagan bogeyman, an elder creature from elsewhere. It is said that they can suck one's lungs out with their proboscis. Apparently this one is tuteled in the sorcerous arts.....
