Legacy of Fire (Inactive)

Game Master dinketry

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Drael once again coughs out the cloud, leaving it in his wake as he sprints for the exit.

Drael speeds away from the malevolent cloudy mass, making his way stride by stride to the exit from the cave, assuming that it'll provide freedom from pursuit. Unfortunately, the malevolent gaseous cloud catches up to Drael, ensuring another brief respiratory struggle.

Another Fort save, Drael! What is everyone else who is outside the cave doing? Would anyone like to hunt through their memory and consider a Recall Knowledge (Planes) check to learn something of this sinister cloudy entity?

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Drael continues his slog towards the exit, coughing loudly as he goes.

Round 12!

The burning gaseous foe enters the suli's mouth and nose, searing his respiratory tract with sharp clawed tendrils! Drael coughs and wheezes as he stumbles forward, but as he lunges to a halt up against the warm rock of Andgronakraks' greeting chamber, he coughs up a bloody spray of hemoptysis.

Piercing Dmg, Drael: 3d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) = 8 pts of piercing dmg, Drael!

The exit passage leading to the surface beckons.

What'll it be, Drael? Double move to the exit and automatically take the damage, or attempt to cough the thing out of you once more and prevent it from exiting the caverns with you to perhaps damage the rest of your party?

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Drael attempts to cough up the creature, and moves slowly towards the entrance.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

With a moment's respite, Layaali turns her attention to figuring out what the strange creature is...

Razif uses the short break to draw an arrow and set it alight with his powers. Hopefully, the fire will help somewhat. He's not optimistic, but he has to try.

Something tickles Layaali's memories as she meditates on the identity of the horrid gaseous thing. It's a belker!

Meanwhile, inside the Mountain's Maw, Drael coughs weekly, blood trickling from his mouth and nose. Pain wracks his body once more as the horror savages him again.

Damage: 3d4 ⇒ (3, 3, 4) = 10 pts of piercing dmg, Drael.

The suli expels a sanguinous spray, desperately struggling to exit the salamander demesne!

Round 13! One final attempt to purge the horrid thing, Drael. I need a Fort save. Regardless, you'll be able to move into the exit passage even if you fail it. HOWEVER, if the next lot of damage kills you, I'll rule that you collapse within the vertical passage to the surface - not yet outside.

Everyone else may decide on what they'd like to do. It's been about 20 seconds since you've exited the volcanic caverns without your buddy Drael.

Drael begins to glow as he summons up his last vestiges of strength and attempts to expel the creature.

Using bloodrage to add some HP and increase his fort save. Probably should've done this sooner.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Drael activates his bloodrager powers as he tries to force the belker from his body! Sadly, despite his wrath, the suli only manages a feeble wheeze, sinking to his knees as he does so. The wicked creature delights in tormenting Drael's internal organs anew!

Damage: 3d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) = 7 pts of piercing dmg, Drael.

Round 14!

Drael coughs and splutters blood as it runs freely from his nose and mouth, coughing and hacking as he claws his way on his andry hands and knees towards the sky.

Once again, Drael: hit me with a Fortitude save!

Drael continues to crawl towards the light.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Layaali shares what she knows of the creature attacking Drael! see appropriate spoiler!

Worried over Drael's failure to appear, Layaali shifts back and forth from foot to foot... She clenches her fists. "Don't follow me." Then she hurries back into the tunnel in hopes that she can find Drael, prayer to Vildeis on her lips.

She's heading back in to use her last channel energy on him (if he needs), and drag him out of there, (if he needs).

As concern for Drael starts building up in Razif as well, when he sees Layaali move in, he follows suit.
"You don't get to decide that for me! You wanna carry that lug by yourself?"

Drael struggles, wheezing, wrenching the breath from his lungs, clawing both to leave the caverns and to expel the horrid thing from within him.

Damage: 3d4 ⇒ (3, 1, 4) = 8 pts of piercing dmg, Drael!

The suli vomits up a sanguinous spray, mustering his energy for what-will-likely-be his ultimate attempt at escape.

Playing the melodrama card here as GM. I need one further Fort save from Drael, please.

Drael makes a last ditch effort to expel the creature as he leaves the caverns.

Fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Crouched on the floor, Drael summons the vestiges of his dwindling energy, reels his head back...

...and sneezes.

A coarse stream of incorporeal smoke and ichor exits the suli's body, and using perhaps the last twitches of vitality in his muscles, Drael flops, scrambles and lunges forward just as Layaali and Razif descend again into the caverns.

We're going to roll initiative again for the three of you.

The dark cloud, tinged rusty by its recent meal, opens its blood-red eyes on two new targets. Like a dart, it makes for the ranger bearing the flaming arrow.

Razif, I need a Fort save from you! If Yantuk and the gnomes wish to enter back into the fray (and potentially incur Layaali's wrath), then you can act at the end of this round, though you'd only get one action (as you'd use a move action to descend into the caverns).

Two questions: since the creature just went it's Drael's turn right? Also just want to make sure Drael isn't prone, he didn't go unconscious or anything but wanted to check based on the flavor text.

Fort save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Oops. Yes, Drael. Not necessarily prone - just flavour. Take your turn.

Drael steels himself, summoning his magic to keep himself standing just a little longer. Casting Protection from Evil on himself and moving closer to Razif.

The foul air plunges deep into the ranger's mouth and nose. Drael watches in terror, all-too-familiar with what is to come.

Damage: 3d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 4) = 11 pts of piercing dmg, Razif!

Razif chokes off a scream as millions of needles tear into his internal flesh.

Razif, Layaali, and Drael may take their Round 16 turns now. Of note, the belker is inside Razif currently.

"Desna's scales! This is bad. Where is big man, nice lady, and shooty man?"

Yantuk ducks into the tunnel, wracking his tiny little Kobold brain for a solution. Evil smoke, what solves evil smoke?

"Yantuk has no jar to put bad smoke in. So Yantuk use his powerful draconic lungs! Also magic cape."

Yantuk takes off his cloak of resistance, and waves it as hard as he can to make a breeze away from Razif. He also blows, like he was doing a breath weapon, but he is not that sort of Kobold.
Feel free to have me show up later GM!

Without words, Razif immediately tries to cough the fog out of him.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Razif succeeds in expelling the putrescent cloud from his body as Yantuk arrives back on scene, stiffly waving his cloak in front of him.

Creature is now back on the map. Layaali, Drael, and the gnomes all may act! Razif, you still have a move action should you wish to use it.

Razif will stay there for the time being.

Layaali is dealt 5 damage and Razif heals 5 damage since her life link's still active on him.

Layaali prays to Vildeis, using her last burst of divine energy to heal her companions (and exclude the belker)

Channel Energy: Healing Allies: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 4) = 13 Layaali's up to 36 hp now

Drael does his best to whack the now-visible creature with his spear.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 1) + 6 = 12

Rab-rab is worried about the others so she shouts at Min "Come on Min we gotta help them out there what ever is happening! Hurry!"
Move action into of the cave pulling Min behind her!

Min Bot:

Min hurries after Rab-rab, more than a little worried. "What? We just escaped that place!"