Opposition:
Yikes.
Gwl whispers to Jym, hoping the spell is still in range.
Count 17: The crocodile lunges at Gwl.
Count 15: A bolt comes flying , targeting Uro: and a voice from that direction yells, "Hey! Mugsy, Bumbo! We finally got company!"
Count 12: Elebrin acts
Count 9: Jym acts
Count 6: Gwl tells Jym about the crocodile, and gets his turn.
Count 4: Uro.
Caught in the reptiles jaws, Gwl reacts by savagely slicing at the crocodile's eyes and biting at its thick snout.
None. There are three arrow slits midway up the south wall. The bolt that missed Uro came through the north wall.
It's about 2 feet in diameter.
DC 10 Craft (Construction) or untrained Int check:DC 10 Profession (mining) or untrained Wis check:
"The north wall isn't real, I think."
Using the tunnel's unique acoustics, Jym begins a tune about designed to inspire courage in his allies.
Hmm maybe there is a plug below the water we can open..
Yeah, the top half of the north wall is a one-way illusion. Jym knows that, but still can't see through it.
Shocked into action despite her attempts to be "ready", Elebrin twists the ring on her finger to activate the Mage Armor spell contained there in.
She then spends the next few heartbeats struggling to pull our her crossbow...
Making a reactive check doesn't eat up Uro's turn, so he can spend it looking for a plug, or running to see what's going on with Gwl, or moving to provide cover for his squishier friends, or something else.
With Jyms revelation, Uro realizes where the arrow came from and rushes in that direction. In a hope to demoralize the archers, he lets out a furious bellow.
"Waaaagggghhh!!"
Rage!!!
With Jyms revelation, Uro realizes where the arrow came from and rushes in that direction.
"Only the top part of the wall is fake, Uro!" Jym hollers, 75% hoping that he communicates this fact in time, but 25% hoping that something really comical will happen.
Cowering behind the illusory wall, the crossbowman is terrified that Uro can somehow see through illusions and is coming to kill him.
Round 2:
The crocodile attempts to maul Gwlybwr:
Gwl takes 7 more points of damage and is pinned, prone, under the crocodile as the tunnel begins to fill with water.
A shaken crossbowman fires at Uro again:
If he has gotten to the wall this turn, Uro will do his best to leap through the illusory wall at the same height as the arrows came through.
Jym continues to inspire his allies while he loads a stone into his sling and flings it at the croc.
Gwl's thrashing becomes frantic as the croc begins to death roll.
Gwl, take another from Jym's sling bullet.
Gwl fails to turn the tables on the croc, and takes a glancing hit from a sling to boot. Things are looking very grim unless Elebrin successfully intervenes.
Meanwhile, Uro starts to take a furious running leap at what is apparently a blank wall. Normally he'd easily clear a height of 5 feet with that kind of jump, but unfortunately, in this case the pool of water is 10 feet deep at the north end of the room, meaning he's in over his head and can't effectively run. Belatedly, he realizes that the height of the actual wall would need to be significantly taller than a person if they intend flooding the pit to be an effective trap.
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Elebrin, desperate to do anything attempts to move and lob her magic at the crocodile...
The crocodile, busily mauling Gwl, is too preoccupied to dodge effectively, and its scales are of no use against Elebrin's massive blast of force. On top of the damage already inflicted by Gwl's claws, the crocodile is now wounded -- and, being a normal animal with no one controlling it, it doesn't like it when the food becomes too difficult to eat. (Also, not knowing any better, it assumes that Elabrin can keep blasting it if it stays put.) Reluctantly releasing Gwlybwr in order to do so, the big reptile slides into the deep water in order to make good its escape.
Jym gets Gwl a CLW potion.
Stunned by his unexpected turn of fortune, Gwl gulps down the potion and breathes a heavy south of relief.
Another bolt through the north wall is joined by two more from the arrow slits to the south:
The main room, even outside of the pool, is rapidly filling; Uro is now knee-deep in water (difficult terrain). The end of the tunnel (where the crocodile was chained, and is now hiding) is also underwater, although the middle of the tunnel floor is uneven and has some deep water segments and some with just puddles.
They're high enough up the wall that they don't inhibit the flooding of the room -- say 10 ft. above the normal floor level, or 20 ft. higher than the big pool in the middle of the room. There are two total, about 5 feet apart, and angled facing the main room below the well (so that people down the crocodile tunnel can't be hit from them) -- so far only Uro is still in that room and not in the tunnel.
So Uro will try to climb the wall instead of jump over it.
Uro swims out to the north wall, grabs a handhold, finds a foothold on a small pipe, and begins to climb. The angle is such that people behind the illusory wall can't shoot at him, although he loses his Dex bonus to AC against the shooters to the south -- he's not too worried about that, because the little bolts they're shooting practically bounce off his skin, and the poison on the one that hit him doesn't seem to be having any effect.
Two more bolts from the south, aimed at Uro:
Both of them miss. Come Uro's turn again, he reaches for the next handhold and finds his hand goes right through the wall there.
Jym sprints as fast as he can to the south wall below the two arrow slits.
the middle of the tunnel floor is uneven and has some deep water segments and some with just puddles.
Jym is unable to sprint through difficult terrain. With the water still pouring in, the deep parts are chest-deep on the little halfling.
It will take him 3 rounds -- one to reach and enter the deeper water, one to clear it, and another to enter the well room and position himself at the beach where he can cast at the arrow slits. And, as he knows from experience, he won't be able to cast while moving.
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Chest-deep water, dude. And getting deeper. So it's not run-run-run; it's more run-swim-run.
And is there any place Jym can stand that's not in view of the south wall arrow slits
Remember, Jym's down the crocodile tunnel, so he's currently not in view of the south wall arrow slits.