Round 2, Init 21
Tristain watches as the first ghoul fails to fall, then moves back 20' and let's looks with his mind's anger again.
force damage
CMB to trip vs. CMD (bless)
force damage
CMB to trip vs. CMD (bless)
force damage
CMB to trip vs. CMD (bless)
HP: 13/13
AC: 12
Points: 2/4 left
Spells: Lvl 1: 3/5 left
Wand of Bless: 15/18 left
[ dice]1d20+0[/dice] to hit; ()
[ dice]1d8-1[/dice] piercing damage
Tenebrynn: 14
Heinrich: 13
Albert: 12
Kyffin: 4
Tenebrynn: 14
Heinrich: 13
Albert: 12
Tristain: 21
Antagonist: 18
Kyffin chops at the ghoul, sword splashing dark undead blood across the floor, and then steps aside, leaving an opening that first Al and then Tenebrynn can't take advantage of. Tristain's mind seems to have the answer, though and he blasts the thing down, then blasts a second one, knocking it down.
Seeing the opening, Heinrich sprints across the open door and throws his dagger at the downed ghoul, onlt to see the blade go skittering across the floor. The creature snarls and leaps to its feet, rushing toward the door. Its compatriot gets there first though, and snaps at Kyffin, who again manages to avoid the sharp teeth.
G1: 11
G3:
Tenebrynn bobs and shifts and ducks, squirming to try and find a clear shot through the press of bodies at the ghouls beyond. Sighing as Al and Kyffin seem move in time with her, she snaps off a quick shot between the taller men's legs.
HP: 28/30
Nonlethal: 1
AC: 15 (13 T / 12 FF)
Fort: +6 // Ref: +6 // Will: +2 (+2 vs illusion)
Talisman of Warrior's Courage: [ ]
Burn Accrued: 1/6
SLAs: dancing lights [ ], ghost sound [ ], prestidigitation [ ], speak with animals [ ]
Ongoing Effects:
Warden of Nature: +1 to hit/+2 dodge bonus vs aberrations, oozes, vermin
Foe of the Strange: +1 to saves vs aberrations, -10 to confusion results
Point Blank Shot: +1/+1
bless: +1 to hit, +1 vs fear
Heinrich steps back five feet from the ghoul-door and flings at bomb at the ghouls!
for fire damage and 5 splash, Reflex DC 13 for half splash!
Round 3
Tristain puts away the wand of bless and watches the technicolor explosions and air bursts that now dominate the battlefield.
Al levels another overhand chop at the new ghoul in the doorway...
...but continues to find the crowded space difficult to attack effectively.
Tristain continues to delay, wishing he put his wand back.
Kyffin swings and quickly steps back, letting Tenebrynn's blast and Heinrich's bomb finish off the two ghouls.
Looking around inside, you think you could scale the wall to get to the remaining stairs to the top of the tower.
Round 2, Initiative: 4
Weapon Equipped = Scimitar
Silver Blanch, Cold Iron Bolts = 6/10
Conditions = Bless (2/10r)
Melee: Attack: BAB +2, Str +3, (Power Attack -1) Damage: Str +3, (Power Attack +2)
Ranged: Attack: BAB +2, Dex +1 Damage: +0 (Str +3 thrown)
Blessings (4/4) (DC 13) (Holy Strike or Powerful Healer)
Fervor (2/3) (1d6)
Pearl of Power (first) 1/1
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +5)
Once Per Day (12): Prestidigitation
Zero (12): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First (13):
Kyffin lashes out at the undead beast, trying to finish it quickly, before he’s paralyzed again!
(bless)
Kyffin sheathes his scimitar, "Do you think there will be more above?" he thinks unhappy thoughts as he carefully scales the wall to the stairs.
Once back on the stairs, he draws his scimitar again, and prepares to go upward, when the others are ready.
Tristain gets his wand as he keeps an eye out for more ghouls. When bends down, his longspear goes between the legs of Heinrich, tilted up at an awkward angle.
"I would think they would come down to join the fight if there were more. If they were hungry. If.," Tristain replies, keeping an eye above.
He watches Kyffin climb.
"Do we have any rope? I might need rope," Tristain looks at Al, but can't recall any rope around.
Tenebrynn produces a ten foot length of chain from her magical bag and holds it up for Tristain's evaluation. "We have this. Will this do?"
Broken windows look out across a sea of churning saffron fog. Inside, dusty crates of every size crowd the room.
As Kyffin ascends the stairs, he sees a humanoid figure that seems to be the source of a bank of unnaturally colored fog that obscures most of your view of him.
Once Kyffin gives the all clear, Tristain will climb up. He will stop well short of the saffron fog that churns, readying his longspear.
Know (Religion) - figure [ooc](Or is there another appropriate knowledge check?)
Kyffin also examines the humanoid. Is he alert?
He draws his blade and advances slowly, uncertain about the fog...
Albert climbs up slowly after the others, his old man joints protesting the activity.
After Tristain ignores her offer of the chain as a stand in for the rope he wanted, Tenebrynn shrugs and returns it to the bag. Then, while the others clamber up the broken wall to the stairs above, the little gnome sighs lightly then leaps straight up to the ledge, landing softly.
HP: 28/30
Nonlethal: 1
AC: 15 (13 T / 12 FF)
Fort: +6 // Ref: +6 // Will: +2 (+2 vs illusion)
Talisman of Warrior's Courage: [ ]
Burn Accrued: 1/6
SLAs: dancing lights [ ], ghost sound [ ], prestidigitation [ ], speak with animals [ ]
Ongoing Effects:
Warden of Nature: +1 to hit/+2 dodge bonus vs aberrations, oozes, vermin
Foe of the Strange: +1 to saves vs aberrations, -10 to confusion results
Point Blank Shot: +1/+1
Albert sniffs for the presence of evil and then advances with Kyffin, slow and wary of the fog.
With others joining him, Kyffin boldly walks nearer to the man and tries to get his attention, "Hey there, uh, how are you feeling? You look a little yellow..."
He still has his scimitar out, but he tries to hold it down, as un-menacingly as he can manage.
The creature doesn't respond.
Al doesn't smell any evil.
"This is like the last one, right? No solution but to put the fog-maker out of their misery?" Just for good measure, with a clap of her hands, Tenebrynn sends a rushing funnel of wind washing over the figure, granting her allies a few moments clearer view of the subject at the heart of the fog.
HP: 28/30
Nonlethal: 1
AC: 15 (13 T / 12 FF)
Fort: +6 // Ref: +6 // Will: +2 (+2 vs illusion)
Talisman of Warrior's Courage: [ ]
Burn Accrued: 1/6
SLAs: dancing lights [ ], ghost sound [ ], prestidigitation [ ], speak with animals [ ]
Ongoing Effects:
Warden of Nature: +1 to hit/+2 dodge bonus vs aberrations, oozes, vermin
Foe of the Strange: +1 to saves vs aberrations, -10 to confusion results
Point Blank Shot: +1/+1
Tristain keeps his distance and thinks this fogger should be kilt like the last one: until it is dead dead.
He is ready to fight when others are.
Kyffin walks up to the creature and, if no one stops him, performs a coupe de grace.
(2hp is fire)
"Well, it ain't smelling evil, maybe it's just another victim of this..." Al stops mid sentence as Kyffin walks up and stabs the creature in the heart. "By the gods, boy, what the hell are you doing?! Don't let fear and hate guide you, that's the way to the dark side." Albert scowls at the half orc even as he readies his weapon should the creature return the attack.
Tenebrynn's breeze blows away the fog, but Kyffin's approach doesn't go unimpeded, and the creature slams its fists into him as he approaches.
He lowers himself into a fighter's crouch, clearly ready to battle.
Round 1, Initiative: 16
Weapon Equipped = Scimitar
Silver Blanch, Cold Iron Bolts = 6/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +2, Str +3, (Power Attack -1) Damage: Str +3, (Power Attack +2)
Ranged: Attack: BAB +2, Dex +1 Damage: +0 (Str +3 thrown)
Blessings (4/4) (DC 13) (Holy Strike or Powerful Healer)
Fervor (2/3) (1d6)
Pearl of Power (first) 1/1
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +5)
Once Per Day (12): Prestidigitation
Zero (12): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First (13):
Kyffin reels from the impact of the blow and shouts at Albert, ”See?! This is no innocent!”
He responds in kind trying to strike the man down.
He considers casting a spell to back his play, but waits to see how the party does first. He hopes the strike was just a lucky blow…
Round 1, Init 11
Tristain double moves around, trying to get behind the thing.
When the creature attacks Kyffin, Albert levels his bardiche and slashes as their assailant. "Dang fool, just plain crazy to attack a group of strangers like us, stand down!" Al yells at the humanoid.
Tristain tries to keep his spear in the air lest he get caught on a box or bundle and slow down his progress.
"Not a person anymore, Al! No cure either, remember? Kill it quick!" Tenebrynn swings around to the north of the figure as she tries to remind Albert of this thing's nature.
Sliding to a stop, she snaps into a spinning kick and sends a churning ball of debris toward the fog-maker. The surrounding yellow mists whorl and spiral along in its wake, almost like ephemeral tentacles reaching out for something or someone to wrap around.
HP: 28/30
Nonlethal: 1
AC: 15 (13 T / 12 FF)
Fort: +6 // Ref: +6 // Will: +2 (+2 vs illusion)
Talisman of Warrior's Courage: [ ]
Burn Accrued: 1/6
SLAs: dancing lights [ ], ghost sound [ ], prestidigitation [ ], speak with animals [ ]
Ongoing Effects:
Warden of Nature: +1 to hit/+2 dodge bonus vs aberrations, oozes, vermin
Foe of the Strange: +1 to saves vs aberrations, -10 to confusion results
Point Blank Shot: +1/+1
Heinrick breathes deeply and steps around the divider, drawing a bomb and flinging it at the spewing man.
for fire damage and .
Albert: 21
Heinrich: 22
Kyffin: 16
Tenebrynn: 6
Tristain: 11
Antagonist: 22
Al and Kyffin's blows draw blood, though Tenebrynn's blast of debris missing the creature. Worse, so does Heinrich's bomb, the flaming splash catching the creature but also Kyffin.
As the fog starts thickening again around the creature, it swings twice more at Kyffin, missing once and impacting harmlessly against his armor with the other fist.
O: 16
Round 2, Init 11
Tristain double moves around the foe again, getting into position to maybe be of use next round. He readies his mighty longspear.
Albert remains behind Kyffin's shoulder and uses the reach of the bardiche to take advantage of Tristan's flanking.
Round 2, Initiative: 16
Weapon Equipped = Scimitar
Silver Blanch, Cold Iron Bolts = 6/10
Conditions = None
Melee: Attack: BAB +2, Str +3, (Power Attack -1) Damage: Str +3, (Power Attack +2)
Ranged: Attack: BAB +2, Dex +1 Damage: +0 (Str +3 thrown)
Blessings (4/4) (DC 13) (Holy Strike or Powerful Healer)
Fervor (2/3) (1d6)
Pearl of Power (first) 1/1
Spells (Caster Level 3, Concentration +5)
Once Per Day (12): Prestidigitation
Zero (12): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First (13):
vs DC 14 for half of 5hp
He turns back and eyes Heinrich, before pressing his assault. He wants to get out of Heinrich’s way, so he attacks to take advantage of flank, then 5’ steps to the side.
(flank)
Just to round things off, he stumbles as he steps to the side and nearly falls into the boxes.
Tenebrynn snaps her foot up into the air, lifting her from the ground, then tucks into a sudden somersault with her other leg extended, coming back down into a crouch in the same spot. Another blast of debris chased by groping tendrils of yellow mist spirals forward toward the man-turned-fog-engine.
HP: 28/30
Nonlethal: 1
AC: 15 (13 T / 12 FF)
Fort: +6 // Ref: +6 // Will: +2 (+2 vs illusion)
Talisman of Warrior's Courage: [ ]
Burn Accrued: 1/6
SLAs: dancing lights [ ], ghost sound [ ], prestidigitation [ ], speak with animals [ ]
Ongoing Effects:
Warden of Nature: +1 to hit/+2 dodge bonus vs aberrations, oozes, vermin
Foe of the Strange: +1 to saves vs aberrations, -10 to confusion results
Point Blank Shot: +1/+1
Kyffin, distracted by the burns, misses, but Al and Tenebrynn's blows are on target, and prove too much for the creature, which falls to the ground, dead.
You realize that as soon as you disturbed it, the mists spewing from it began to slow and they now stop immediately. By the time you've caught your breath, the mist outside the windows looks lighter. While the surrounding region is still awash in the deadly fog, much of the immediate area appears to have cleared.
"Must we destroy all the poor souls who spew this vile filth in order to clear this land of the stuff?" Heinrich mutters, bowing apologetically to Kyffin. "I am sorry, my aim, and the nerves, you see..."
Tenebrynn answers Heinrich's initial question simply and with a shrug, "Yup." She then putters around the room for a bit, before she has another thought on the matter. "These people spitting out fog and mist are already dead. Whoever that man used to be, that wasn't him anymore. Not a person anymore, just a dead body taken over by fog. Stop all the bodies, stop the fog." She ticks each point by unfurling her fingers one at a time then ends with another shrug.
Kyffin smiles at Heinrich, "Well, when they work they're something to behold, so I'll take the occasional miss." he peers at him carefully, "Occasional though huh?" he grins.
He begins searching the large space, looking for what he does not know, but he searches just the same.
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Tristain feels like he gets into a position to help too late, largely because that seems like exactly what happened.
”These are strange beings for this demiplane,” Tristain pokes at the body with his longspear and nearly skewers Kyffin in the toe. ”If everything here is a demiplane and the fog was the embodiment of the ends of creation, then one would think that killing this creature would have no effect...however, it seems that the fog has cleared.”
Tristain ponders this for a moment.
”That may mean that maybe this isn’t an alternate reality or dream demiplane, but our natural reality bent and torn within a locatlized area. I guess we will need to kill more beings like this to know for sure.”
Tristain looks around to see if there was a reason why this creature was here and what it might mean.
Perception
Tenebrynn's naturally wide eyes go even wider as she turns slowly to regard Tristain. She considers, briefly, what it would look like to blast him through one of the windows and to watch him sail toward the horizon like a boulder hurled from a catapult.
She banishes the thought with a strangled grunt, throws up her hands in defeat, and makes for the nearest door as quickly as her short stride will carry her.
Al pokes at the dead thing with his bardiche. "Strange thing it was, didn't seem evil, but the yellow fog ain't right and seems a part of the evil gripping this place. We still have some mysteries to uncover." Al helps Tristan search the area before moving on with the party.
Cracking open some of the crates, you find only obsolete medical equipment, with nothing of any real use as far as you can determine.
He listens to Tristain, and worries that he's starting to make sense. Not where he started, but where he finished. He wonders if Tristain is getting better... or he's getting worse.
"I say we check those other rooms while we give this fog more time to dissipate. Then we go back to Wren and see if we did the right thing."
If the group agrees, Kyffin will head back downstairs and take the first door - opening it with one hand while brandishing his scimitar in the other.
After finding nothing after what he thought was a very good search, Tristain follows Kyffin down to the next room. He carries his spear and manages to avoid scrapping Kyffin’s armor for the most part, only scrapping it once severely.