"What Dyrant might say, if he cared to explain such things, is that the pit was created by powerful disintegrating magics. Nothing to worry about, right? Perfectly safe. But yes, let's check the other doors before braving pits created by powerful wizards."
Atol walks up and blithely opens the door.
Maybe it's his clothes closet.
The six doors:
Each of these chambers is empty save for a set of four of the ubiquitous circular discs set into the floor.
In two of the chambers the tubes contain elves.
In two of the chambers there are dwarves in each of the tubes.
The final two chambers have more spell weavers.
Down the pit, the door opens unto a hallway that splits. To the east is a hallway filled with the ice lattice. To the south is another door.
Dyrant looks in the doors, casting Detect Magic.
Elves...worthless. Hardly ever follow a *real* god. Dyrant snuffles with condescension.
"Nothing to see here, let's get down the pit that Dr. Toffitt was so nice to explore."
Dyrant begs Aralynn for the temporary gift of flight and goes down when the party is ready.
Toffitt descends back into the pit and, once the party is ready, opens the door there.
Toffitt opens the door to another ice lattice filled room. About 10' inside the room stands a lithe, toothy creature with jet-black skin that looks like living tar. Ooze drips from the claws that cap its long arms. Each one holds a short sword.
Initiative
Atol
Dyrant
Finneas
Finneas Bonus roll
Glimmil
Toffitt
Demon
Round 1
Toffitt = 29
Finneas = 23
Demon = 20
Glimmil = 19
Dyrant = 12
Atol = 11
Toffitt and Finneas up.
Toffitt drinks a shielding extract and walks 10 feet up into the air at AH37 .
Dyrant surveys the things with disgust, but then turns his attention from Finn's Smoking Eye to the Demodand.
Know (Planes)
Oh, one of them.
Round 1 Init 23
HP = 100/102
AC/T/FF = 25/14/24
Weapon Equipped = +1 Holy Cold Iron Greatsword
Speed = 25'
Rage/day = 16/16
Hero Points = 3
Moment of Clarity (1/rage) = 1/1
Dancing Lights (1/day) = 1/1
Ghost Sound (1/day) = 1/1
Guidance (1/rage) = 1/1
Mage Hand (1/day) = 1/1
Oracle Spells Left (CL 8, +14 melee touch, +11 ranged touch):
3 4/4 Magic Vestment, Cure Serious Wounds, Deadly Juggernaut, Dispel Magic
2 7/7 Resist Energy*, Cure Moderate Wounds*, Fog Cloud, Levitate, Minor Image, Grace, See Invisibility, Augury, Heroic Fortune
1 7/7 Divine Favor*, Shield of Faith*, Remove Fear*, Enlarge Person*, Cure Light Wounds*, Protection From Evil*, Enhance Water*
0 (at will) Purify Food and Drink*, Create Water, Stabilize, Ghost Sound*, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Light, Spark*, Mending
* Allows save DC = 12 + Spell Level
Status Effects = Witch Ward, Heroes' Feast, Resist Energy (Cold)
Finneas moves up and swings.
Toffitt moves and ice crystals rain down on the floor. Finneas dashes in splattering ice crystals everywhere. He swings at the demodand and his blade makes a satisfying gash, but Finneas has some trouble following through on his swing and pulling it back.
The demodand only knocks down only a few ice crystals as his dual short swords snake in and out of the ice lattice web. Each sting is small, but after six of them and a near miss with a bite, Finneas is not feeling so good. (73 damage total)
mwk short sword +26/+21/+16/+11 (1d6+9/19–20), mwk short sword +26/+21/+16/+11 (1d6+4/19–20), bite +22 (1d8+4)
hit
miss
hit
= 27
hit
=37
hit
=47
hit
=62
miss
hit
=73
miss
Round 1
Glimmil = 19
Dyrant = 12
Atol = 11
Round 2
Toffitt = 29
Finneas = 23
Demon = 20
Round 2, Init 29
Toffitt drinks his extract of greater invisibility and moves to A39 +30'.
Active effects/conditions ablative barrier (24), air walk, ant haul, barkskin, resist cold 30, heroes feast, heroism, mutagen, perceive cues, greater invisibility
Init +8 Perception +25 Sense Motive +24
AC 33 / 34 crowd control (18 touch; 24 flat-footed; 24 incorporeal; uncanny dodge)
25% chance to avoid crit/precision damage
CMB +21 CMD 31 (10 +9 BAB, +6 Dex, +2 Str, +2 Ring, +2 smite)
HP 94 / 95
Fort +13 Reflex +13 Will +10 (+2 v. enchant)
Immune Poison, disease, nonlethal, cold, sleep, paralysis
Weapon Equipped Dueling sword
Mutagen ACTIVE (+4 Dex, +2 AC, -2 Wis, 110 minute duration)
Elixirs
1 Ant haul ACTIVE 22 hours
- Endure elements ACTIVE 24 hours
- Expeditious retreat
- Shield (Finneas)
- Shield
- open
2 Ablative barrier 11 hours ACTIVE
- Ablative barrier 11 hours (Atol)
- Barkskin (Finneas)
- Barkskin ACTIVE
- Perceive cues ACTIVE
3 Heroism ACTIVE
- Heroism
- Resist energy, communal ACTIVE COLD 30 Finneas, Atol, Dyrant, Cog, Glim; 20 minutes; Aralynn 10
- open
- open
4 Air walk, communal ACTIVE Toffitt, Finneas 40 minutes, Cog 30 minutes
- Echolocation
- Greater invisibility ACTIVE
Controlled Rage 0 of 6 rounds used
Healing touch 10hp of 55hp used
Boro Beads 0 of 2 used
Preserving flask Shield
Slippers of spider climbing 0 of 10 min. used
Wand of Shield 20 charges
Wand of See Invisibility 6 charges
Round 1, Initiative 11, Location:AG33
Angel HP: 42/42 +10temp
Weapon Equipped = Cudgel
Conditions = Heroe's Feast (1 of 12h), Ablative Barrier (50/50hp, 1 of 12h), Resist Energy (30hp, ~1/15m?)
Channel Energy Left: 5/8
Healing Touch: none
Resistant Touch Left: 8/8
Strength Surge Left: 6/8
Bestow Resolve: 1/1
Purifying Touch: 1/1
Pearl of Power Left: first (2/2)
Cassock of the Clergy: Spark, Bless, Sanctuary (DC11)
Chainmail of Luck: Hit re-roll (1/1w)
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Silence (3/3)
Spells Remaining:
0) Create Water, Guidance, Light, Purify Food & Drink, Stabilize -- Arcane Mark, Detect Magic, Read Magic
1) Bless, Ant Haul, Command, Obscuring Mist, Liberating Command, Protection from Evil, Protection from Evil
2) Bull's Strength, Pilfering Hand, Restoration(lesser), Sound Burst, Suppress Charms and Compulsions
3) Magic Vestment, Create Food and Water, Daylight, Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Prayer
4) Spell Immunity, Blessings of Fervor, Blessings of Fervor, Holy Smite, Protection from Energy Communal
5) Righteous Might, Breath of Life, Flame Strike, Summon Monster V
6) Greater Dispel Magic
Atol sees the creature lay into Finneas and he reflexively channels in fear of his deteriorating health.
Round 1, Init 12
"A Tarry Demodand! Unusual and thoroughly evil! Use the holy of your blades, Cauldron warriors!"
Dyrant gives the creature a glare and directs the full ire of St. Cuthbert upon the abomination.
Dyrant will giggle at the prospect of the demony thing resisting the will of St. Cuthbert.
* * *
Aralynn will cast CLW and float to Finn's square to deliver some small loving.
healing
"Have you considered putting your faith in the Cudgel?"
The demodand stares back at Dyrant.
"I don't fear the brute's sword. Why would I fear you?"
"That you have spoken about the fear you feel from me just looking at you defies your own words, liar. That was but a glance from me, and you have yet to face the any of our might. You cannot stand against us," Dyrant sneers in response.
Round 1, Init 19
Glimmil's head turns sideways as he inspects the newest do-badder that faces the Cauldron Five.
"He looks... sticky!"
Lowering his lance, Glimmil lets loose a rally crying.
"ChaaAAaarge!!"
But then hesitates, realizing Finneas is in his path.
"Darn it, Finn!"
Rushing in astride Cog, Glimmil thrusts his lance at the monster.
for
As his lance sticks to their enemy, Glimmil will let go of it and summon Claw-Whomper to his open hand from his magic glove .
Glimmil Status:
HP: 121/121
AC: 28* (T 14 | FF 27 | 34 vs Smite Target)
Active Effects:
Smite: +4 to hit, +4 to AC (+2 more from Champion armor for +6 total)
Spells:
1) [ ] Hero's Defiance [ ] Lesser Restoration [ ] Veil of Positive Energy
2) [ ] Aura of Greater Courage [ ] Litany of Righteousness
3) [ ] Magic Circle Vs Evil [ ] Sky Steed
Abilities:
Smite Left: 3/4
Lay Hands Left: 7/7 (5d6, +1d6 if no mercy used)
Cavalier Challenge Left: 0/1
Cog Status:
HP 90/90
AC 29 (32 with the +3 from Dyrant's Ward)
Attack Bonus:
+12 BAB
+1 size
+4 strength
+1 weapon enhancement
+1 hero's feast
--
+19 normally
+1 prayer
+2 blessing of fervor
+2 charge
+4 smite evil
--
+28
Finneas takes a 5' step and takes a couple swings at the demodand. The first one cuts a great chunk of black tar flesh from the demon (51 damage), but the second swing fails to penetrate and in fact remains stuck to the demodand.
Glimmil takes advantage of the charge lane and heads in. He also lands a beautiful hit, but loses his weapon in the process.
The demodand takes a 5' step away from Glimmil and the approaching flank. Cuthbert's curse on his attacks, keeps Finneas from being butchered, but the demodand still hits four times. .
mwk short sword +26/+21/+16/+11 (1d6+9/19–20), mwk short sword +26/+21/+16/+11 (1d6+4/19–20), bite +22 (1d8+4)
vs AC 25
hit
hit
hit
miss
miss
hit
miss
miss
miss
Round 2
Dyrant = 12
Atol = 11
Round 3
Toffitt = 29
Finneas = 23 (-73+18-47=-102)
Glimmil = 19
Demon = 20 (51, 77 = -128)
Round 3 Init 23
HP = -2/102
AC/T/FF = 24/14/23
Weapon Equipped = +1 Holy Cold Iron Greatsword
Speed = 25'
Rage/day = 16/16
Hero Points = 3
Moment of Clarity (1/rage) = 1/1
Dancing Lights (1/day) = 1/1
Ghost Sound (1/day) = 1/1
Guidance (1/rage) = 1/1
Mage Hand (1/day) = 1/1
Oracle Spells Left (CL 8, +14 melee touch, +11 ranged touch):
3 4/4 Magic Vestment, Cure Serious Wounds, Deadly Juggernaut, Dispel Magic
2 7/7 Resist Energy*, Cure Moderate Wounds*, Fog Cloud, Levitate, Minor Image, Grace, See Invisibility, Augury, Heroic Fortune
1 7/7 Divine Favor*, Shield of Faith*, Remove Fear*, Enlarge Person*, Cure Light Wounds*, Protection From Evil*, Enhance Water*
0 (at will) Purify Food and Drink*, Create Water, Stabilize, Ghost Sound*, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Light, Spark*, Mending
* Allows save DC = 12 + Spell Level
Status Effects = Heroes' Feast, Resist Energy (Cold)
Finneas goes down.
Round 2, Initiative 11, Location:AG33->AF38
Angel HP: 42/42 +10temp
Weapon Equipped = Cudgel
Conditions = Heroe's Feast (1 of 12h), Ablative Barrier (50/50hp, 1 of 12h), Resist Energy (30hp, ~1/15m?)
Channel Energy Left: 5/8
Healing Touch: none
Resistant Touch Left: 8/8
Strength Surge Left: 6/8
Bestow Resolve: 1/1
Purifying Touch: 1/1
Pearl of Power Left: first (2/2)
Cassock of the Clergy: Spark, Bless, Sanctuary (DC11)
Chainmail of Luck: Hit re-roll (1/1w)
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Silence (3/3)
Spells Remaining:
0) Create Water, Guidance, Light, Purify Food & Drink, Stabilize -- Arcane Mark, Detect Magic, Read Magic
1) Bless, Ant Haul, Command, Obscuring Mist, Liberating Command, Protection from Evil, Protection from Evil
2) Bull's Strength, Pilfering Hand, Restoration(lesser), Sound Burst, Suppress Charms and Compulsions
3) Magic Vestment, Create Food and Water, Daylight, Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Prayer
4) Spell Immunity, Blessings of Fervor, Blessings of Fervor, Holy Smite
5) Righteous Might, Breath of Life, Flame Strike, Summon Monster V
6) Greater Dispel Magic
Atol rushes to Finneas' side (AF38) and converts a Protection from Energy Communal to a . "Wake up old friend, it's not your time quite yet!"
Round 3, Init 29 {>AH40}
Toffitt steps further into the room and lets wrath fill him, strengthening his arms. He draws his bow and shoots at the tarmodand from invisibility.
Active effects/conditions ablative barrier (24), air walk, ant haul, barkskin, resist cold 30, heroes feast, heroism, mutagen, perceive cues, greater invisibility, controlled rage +4 Str
Init +8 Perception +25 Sense Motive +24
AC 33 / 34 crowd control (18 touch; 24 flat-footed; 24 incorporeal; uncanny dodge)
25% chance to avoid crit/precision damage
CMB +15 CMD 31 (10 +9 BAB, +6 Dex, +2 Str, +2 Ring +2 rage Str)
HP 94 / 95
Fort +13 Reflex +13 Will +10 (+2 v. enchant)
Immune Poison, disease, nonlethal, cold, sleep, paralysis
Weapon Equipped Dueling sword
Mutagen ACTIVE (+4 Dex, +2 AC, -2 Wis, 110 minute duration)
Elixirs
1 Ant haul ACTIVE 22 hours
- Endure elements ACTIVE 24 hours
- Expeditious retreat
- Shield (Finneas)
- Shield
- open
2 Ablative barrier 11 hours ACTIVE
- Ablative barrier 11 hours (Atol)
- Barkskin (Finneas)
- Barkskin ACTIVE
- Perceive cues ACTIVE
3 Heroism ACTIVE
- Heroism
- Resist energy, communal ACTIVE COLD 30 Finneas, Atol, Dyrant, Cog, Glim; 20 minutes; Aralynn 10
- open
- open
4 Air walk, communal ACTIVE Toffitt, Finneas 40 minutes, Cog 30 minutes
- Echolocation
- Greater invisibility ACTIVE
Controlled Rage 1 of 6 rounds used
Healing touch 10hp of 55hp used
Boro Beads 0 of 2 used
Preserving flask Shield
Slippers of spider climbing 0 of 10 min. used
Wand of Shield 20 charges
Wand of See Invisibility 6 charges
Round 3, Init 12
Dyrant moves to AG36 and continues his heckling of the demon.
"You call that fighting? No wonder your kind abandoned you here. You're not worthy to fight real battles."
Round 3, Init 19
At first, Glimmil looks worried that Finneas is once again on the group, but then nods to himself re-assuredly.
He'll be alright, it's just another one of his mid-combat power naps. Cog likes to take those sometimes when he finds a nice sunny spot at home.
Tossing Claw-Whomper in his hand to test it's balance, Glimmil nearly drops the weapon before gripping it tightly.
"Alright, Mister Demo-not-so-dandy. Time to teach you that ignoring the paladin was a bad idea!"
Galloping ahead on Cog, Glimmil swings Claw-Whomper at both of the monster's kneecaps.
for
Glimmil Status:
HP: 121/121
AC: 28* (T 14 | FF 27 | 34 vs Smite Target)
Active Effects:
Smite: +4 to hit, +4 to AC (+2 more from Champion armor for +6 total)
Spells:
1) [ ] Hero's Defiance [ ] Lesser Restoration [ ] Veil of Positive Energy
2) [ ] Aura of Greater Courage [X] Litany of Righteousness
3) [ ] Magic Circle Vs Evil [ ] Sky Steed
Abilities:
Smite Left: 1/4
Lay Hands Left: 7/7 (5d6, +1d6 if no mercy used)
Cavalier Challenge Left: 0/1
Cog Status:
HP 90/90
AC 29 (32 with the +3 from Dyrant's Ward)
Attack Bonus:
+12 BAB
+1 size
+4 strength
+1 weapon enhancement
+1 hero's feast
--
+19 normally
+1 prayer
+2 blessing of fervor
+2 charge
+4 smite evil
--
+28 attack possible
Damage Bonus:
+4 strength
+8 power attack (at -4 to hit)
+1 weapon enhancement
+11 or +22 smite evil
Glimmil and Toffitt finish off the demon, which slumps to the ground next to Finneas with a smile on its face.
"What in tarnation was that?" Toffitt says from invisibility as he moves to the opposite door and peers through.
Dyrant nods smugly as the Demo-not-dandy falls to the Cauldron 5.2, walking over to Finneas.
"Up you go, Smokin' One...you don't seem yourself today. You did swing a mighty wallop that helped fell the tarrible foe," Dyrant says supportively.
Healing
"Let's get you on your feet. I'm still not sure what this place is all about yet. Why was this creature here? Who put it here and why? And if it was evil, what more can we do to stop it?" Dyrant muses aloud while casting Detect Magic and scanning the area and preparing to follow Dr. Toffitt.
The doorway opens up to a long hallway with passages leading off to the east and west.
Atol walks up to Finneas and draws the wand of cure light healing him back to full.
Atol will then put the wand away.
"What was that thing?"
Glimmil breathes a sigh of relief as he observes Finneas regain his feet and moves to unstick both his lance and Claw-whomper from the sticky-monster.
Dyrant comes over and resists the urge to stain his AngelRelic in the tarry mess. Doing it once would be silly, doing it twice would be re-tar-ted.
"A tarry demodand. An demonlike being of great power. Yet another victory for the Cauldron 5."
Dyrant looks around and looks to move forward.
"Let's go East."
Glimmil recovers the weapons.
Toffitt walks down the hallway's airways, taking advantage of lingering invisibility to explore it to the next logical point of decision.
Off to the west from the intersection Toffitt sees a room with a balcony/walkway around the entire room. In the middle of the room are two large pillars, each made of what looks like gray necrotic flesh.
To the south is a closed door.
To the west is a collapsed tunnel, but a side tunnel has been burrowed around it.
Toffitt isn't sure what to make of the pillars. Perhaps if he got closer...
Glimmil hesitates at the intersection, uncertain which direction Toffitt has literally disappeared towards.
While he waits for the doctor to complete what scouting he may be attempting, Glimmil gives all three directions a quick do-badder scan and leans in to whisper to Cog.
"Smell anything evil, boy?"
Finneas shakes his head, still woozy from the many wounds that felled him.
"I need to learn that trick the Doctor has. Turning invisible. This is not fun."
He will then heal himself before expending too much of the wands power.
HP = 102/102
AC/T/FF = 24/14/23
Weapon Equipped = +1 Holy Cold Iron Greatsword
Speed = 25'
Rage/day = 16/16
Hero Points = 3
Moment of Clarity (1/rage) = 1/1
Dancing Lights (1/day) = 1/1
Ghost Sound (1/day) = 1/1
Guidance (1/rage) = 1/1
Mage Hand (1/day) = 1/1
Oracle Spells Left (CL 8, +14 melee touch, +11 ranged touch):
3 4/4 Magic Vestment, Cure Serious Wounds, Deadly Juggernaut, Dispel Magic
2 7/7 Resist Energy*, Cure Moderate Wounds*, Fog Cloud, Levitate, Minor Image, Grace, See Invisibility, Augury, Heroic Fortune
1 4/7 Divine Favor*, Shield of Faith*, Remove Fear*, Enlarge Person*, Cure Light Wounds*, Protection From Evil*, Enhance Water*
0 (at will) Purify Food and Drink*, Create Water, Stabilize, Ghost Sound*, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Light, Spark*, Mending
* Allows save DC = 12 + Spell Level
Status Effects = Heroes' Feast, Resist Energy (Cold)
With that done he moves to his sword and yanks it from the creature.
"Why was it here? Guarding something?"
Toffitt returns and reappears. Two hallways lead off from this one. At one end, a room with fleshy, necrotic pillars." He describes the pillars in detail to Dyrant.
"Fleshy necrotic pillars, eh?" Dyrant repeats, seeking to understand what they could mean.
Shaking his head, Dyrant sighs.
"I'll need to look for myself. Aralynn, would you grant me flight like your own again? The blessings of archonflight are needed yet again to stamp out evil."
Lifting off the ground, Dyrant nods to Toffitt (wherever he might be).
"Come or stay, but I must see this."
Dyrant will silently fly/float down to take a look.
Stealth
+19 Arcana, +14 History, +18 Local/Nature, +22 Planes, +17 Religion
Glimmil frowns as he learns once again something is crafting things out of flesh and skin.
"Yuck, first the lands of Oxy-Pittus were made out of that skin-like stuff, now pillars here on Oerth?"
Glimmil and Cog trot up to the intersection and observe as Dyrant glides ahead.
"You checked for traps down this corridor, right doc?"
Toffitt walks on air behind Dyrant, ready to interpose himself between gray wrinkled flesh and the pillars.
Dryant looks at the pillars and now and again a tortured visage forms and then fades on a pillar's surface. These are like spell weaver soul pillars of legend where the spell weavers stored their knowledge.
Toffitt looks to his friends and starts walking on air down the hall toward the pillars. I could get used to this. He drinks his extract of echolocation as he walks.
Dyrant flies behind Dr. Toffitt to AC59.
"Perhaps I will need to interact with these pillars in some way to unleash the knowledge that they possess," Dyrant murmurs softly.
"Come along Cauldronites, we might be close to finding the answers we seek."
Aralynn: What are the answers we seek?
D: First, who are the Cagewrights?
Aralynn: And?
D: What do they plan?
Aralynn: And?
D: Uhm...I'm sure more stuff will come to me. Maybe the others will suggest things.
Aralynn: Really? Them? Maybe they wish to know of another scone spread? Or about the purpose of the Smoking Eye? Or the process towards lichdom? Or how to make a gnomegal...
D: Hey...be nice to Skie. She's been good to us.
Aralynn: Suit yourself, heretic. You need a cudgeling. They do too.
D: For the love of the Cudgel. We'll get to that if and when they deserve it. So far we are working for Cauldron.
Aralynn: If you weren't so weak, you could bring more followers to Cuthbert by using the Cudgel.
**facepalm**
Toffitt reaches the room and notices what could pass for Finneas's evil twin in the corner. He wears full plate and wields a greataxe. While interesting, the real eye-catcher is the naga wrapped around the top of one of the soul pillars. It stares down at Toffitt with hungry eyes.
Initiative
Atol
Dyrant
Finneas
Finneas Bonus roll
Glimmil
Toffitt
Denizens of evil
Round 1
Toffitt = 26
Finneas = 25
Atol = 22
Glimmil = 19
Dyrant = 16
Denizens of evil = 10
Round 1, Init 16
Dyrant flies into the room and makes a loop taking in the details of the room, the naga, and the half-orc before settling in AB47/AB55 (20' up).
Know (Dungeoneering) on Naga
I have too much ignorance with creatures like that. I should learn more.
Affixing a glare at the ugly half-orc (not Finn), Dyrant utters a curse upon the him, seeking a pain upon it that only it knows.
It's a bigger, badder naga then any Dryant has seen before. In general, Dyrant knows that nagas tend to have spell casting abilities and poisonous bites.