Gameplay
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The four of you are in a warehouse on the docks of Crestfall. You are staring at a long, segmented creature writhing and twisting. Its chitinous body covered in patches of glowing blue fungus. Its mandibles splatter syrupy bluish venom around it as they twitch violently in search of prey.
You think back to how you got here, realizing the prospect of a favor owed was too much to pass up.
You arrived in Crestfall, on the southwest coast of Absalom on a cool fall day. It was early evening, around six at night and the town was starting to wind down. You noticed a man pacing back and forth on the docks near a warehouse.
You approached the man out of curiosity and found out his troubles.
I own a storage company, I rent out space in my warehouse. I allowed a second-time rent to Montavious. He is a Gonmish Sorcerer, who has rented from me once in the past. The first time he transported shocker lizards, if I recall correctly. I told him no more "live goods".
After a few moments to catch his breath, he continues.
I have had the new crate for about a week. Every night I lock everything up, and do a final days walk through. When I get near the crate, I hear scratching. I would investigate myself, but since he transported the lizards, I don't trust him. Nobody is willing to help me and investigate the crate.
He looks towards his warehouse, then back to your four,
Unless...maybe...you could help me. Open the crate, and find out what is in the crate for me. I will owe you folks big time. I have a few favors from others. When I say it will be worth your while...I mean it
You don't know why, but you believe him when he says he has favors owed to him, and it will be made worth your while
You head into the warehouse, and you can easily tell which crate is the crate in question. You manage to fit yourselves, and the various cohorts of the halfling.
After a few minutes in the warehouse, the crate breaks open. Before you is a writhing and twisting of chitinous scales.
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Init
Kale
Janji
Kala
Bart + minions
ME
Init tracker:
ME
You Guys :)
Kale
Janji
Kala
Bart
The chitinous creature wriggles out of the crate. It wriggles right next to Bartleby. From its body, its chitinous scales flash a bright blue light.
"*sigh*. It's always something, isn't it?"
Right before the creature's scales flash blue, Janji realizes what it it. The creature is known as a cytillipede. Cytillipede have a nasty bite and inject poison in their bite victims. They are also vermin, so immune to mind-effects.
Derros have long used other creatures in their experiments with alchemical and magical augmentations. For the most part, these experiments are not altogether failures, though they don’t usually have the results the derros had in mind. However, on rare occasions they actually get it right.
The cytillipede is one of those rare occasions. For years, they adapted the diet of a species of giant centipede to eat nothing but cytillesh fungus. After years of exposure to the fungus and certain magical augmentations, the result was an entirely new breed of giant centipedes that the derros named cytillipedes.
A cytillipede has a gray segmented body of hard chitin. Patches of cytillesh fungus grow along its back, which gives the creature an eerie blue glow. Because of its constant glowing, a cytillipede out in the open is fairly easy to spot. Most of the time, a cytillipede is encountered in the company of derro patrols that use their creations as mounts or to guard their lairs.
Kale:
Janji: fail will
Kala:
Bart/ape:
Seeing the worm move in a threatening way towards Bartleby, Kale's skin hardens. Oh no you don't, you nasty mess! He runs toward the ugly creature, drawing his Guisarme and swinging when he gets within reach. As his Guisarme's swing comes near the creature, he thinks This is what I'm good at...
ME: 18 damage
Kale: attacked for 18 damage
Janji: stunned for rounds
Kala:
Bart/ape:
Kale, rushes forward and puts a nasty gash in the wriggling beast. It turns at looks menacingly at Kale, blue venom dripping from its mandibles.
"Gaaah!"
Bartleby's eyes widen as the creature writhes across the floor towards him, followed by the flash of light.
Hopefully this succeeds. Pending nothing bad, he prepares his divine magic and ponders what this creature could be:
Bartleby shrieks with the shrill high pitched squeal of a 5 year old. "Martin Attaaaaccck!! Lions, circle around back and surround it!"
As he orders his minions to the fight, he will drop back 5' and cast his Channel Vigor (haste mode) spell as Martin moves up hopefully.
Martin the ape will 5' forward and attempt to melee the creature. The undead lions will clamber over the crates to the west and move around behind the creature.
potential damage (depending which if any attacks hit):
Since they moved, the lions can only attempt a bite.
potential lion damage:
If either lion attack hits, they can use their grab ability to attempt a grapple as a free action without provoking AoO.
Kale: attacked for 18 damage
Janji: stunned for 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds
Kala: confused for this round (act normally)
Bart/ape:
Depending how high the crates are they would just climb/jump/scramble over the ones to the west. On the map they look pretty small, but I understand that is just abstract and may not be representative of the situation exactly. If they are stacked to the ceiling, they will go around as you indicated and one of them will take an AoO I guess :) (or both if the creature has combat reflexes).
Kale: attacked for 28 damage
Janji: stunned for 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds
Kala: confused for this round (act normally)
Bart:
Ape:
Lions: (13 damage)
Janji sees the bright lights, and cannot help but drop everything he is holding. Bartleby, shrieks because he knows what it is and sends his minions forth to attack the creature. His ape buddy, moves forward and takes two mighty swipes and a bite. Only the first claw connects home, causing a gash to open up in its hards skin.
The lions move up. The first one provokes an angry bite. The angry centipede bites and easily crushes a few ribs. Both lions get by, but are ineffective and bite nothing but air.
As the fight commences, Kale shouts Watch out for the venom! It is very poisonous!
I say u can step right below Kake but no farther. And still Attack
Brandishing her earth breaker, Kala lets out a war cry of "Raaaaagh!" and runs westward. After passing the halfling, she screeches to a halt. "Oh wait." she says as she realises that there is nothing but wall in front of her. Kala then turns around to face the monster and, once again, lets out her war cry of "Raaaaagh!" before running up to the giant centipede and swinging her massive hammer.
Round 2
Kale: attacked for 28 damage
Janji: stunned for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds
Kala: go
Bart: go
Ape: go (11 damage)
Lions: (11 damage) go/go
Kala, flies into a rage. She moves into striking position after getting her barings strait but the massive weapons clangs against the warehouse floor. Meanwhile Bartleby speeds up his allies strikes and reaction time.
The large angry creature, knowing it will have little effect on the skeletons, takes a bite at the ape.
Round 2
ME: attacked for 36 damage
Kale: full round attack
Janji: stunned for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds
Kala: go
Bart: go
Ape: go (11 damage)
Lions: (11 damage) go/go
Kale's Guisarme clatters to the ground and his blades flash out of their scabbards as he steps up to the creature. His longsword goes wide, but the Cutlass rings true against the creature's scales.
Janji just stands there like a drooling vegetable, waiting to be un-stunned.
Swing and a miss. This only further enrages Kala. She tries again, hoping to land a blow this time.
Bartleby has Martin attack again and step back just a few feet (5') so he slip in a melee as well.
Martin the Ape Full Round attack and 5' move. (adding in +2 for flank)
potential damage:
Hasted Bartleby 5' moves and uses a full round attack sequence, to attack twice with his Divine Trident (flank).
potential damage:
Undead Lions attack: (+2 for flank)
Full round lion attack sequences: (lions cannot utilize bless bonus)
Round 3
ME: attacked for 95 damage + grappled
Kale: go
Janji: stunned for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds
Kala: go
Bart: go
Ape: go (11 damage)
Lions: (23 damage) go/go
The sheer mass of creatures around the dark centipede overwhelm it. Bartleby stabs at it with his lightning trident, piercing its thick chitin twice, while his shear amount of minons claw and bite. One lion managed to grab ahold and not let go. It attempts to bite the lion holding it tight.
Bartleby also 5' moves to keep Janji safe
Martin the Ape:
and 5' move to close with centipede.
Damage:
Lions ( each fast heals 2 )
Since it starts the turn grappling it can rake twice
(subtracted 2 for grappling, but should cancel since the monster also loses 4 to dex (effectively 2 ac))
Check to continue the grapple (gains +5 and another 2 from the first lion)
Kale feints at the creature with his Cutlass, then a split-second later he brings down his Longsword for a solid strike.
The ape rips into the dark centipede, and takes a giant bite out it it. The body wriggles for but a moment then collapses. The writhing ceases and the threat is no more.
Once you know the crate is secure, you notice there was an adamantite crate that once presumably housed the creature. Once you know, no more danger presents itself, you go get the man who you met minutes before. You explain what happened, and when he walks in you see his jaw drop at the sight before him.
What in the Hell! You mean that...was in the crate?!? That low down, dirty rotten, son of a.. his voice trails off.
After composing his anger he turns to your group...after adjusting to the sight of the ape and bloody undead,
To get back at the son of a..you can sell off or use whatever else you find in the crate. Come back to me tomorrow and I will make sure you are well taken care of
Inside the crate is various ornamental armor, weapons, among other goods. The next day you return and he again thanks you for your help. He says it it weren't for you his business may have been ruined. He gives you a list of business and tells you you have a line of credit, to be used once per each if you, not once per establishment.
"Thank you good sir!" pipes Bartleby. "What will you do with the crate itself? Also, I would be more than happy to handle the disposal of the monster's corpse. Free of charge!"
Bartleby holds out his tiny hand to shake.
I am gonna destroy the crate...just to stick it to the s.o.b. And thank you for the disposal offer, I will gladly take you up in that, as he gives you a firm handshake.
"How will you destroy an adamantium crate? Hmm, can I have the pieces let over when you smash it up?"
"How will you destroy an adamantium crate? Hmm, can I have the pieces let over when you smash it up?"
Oh definitely. It was more an RP thing than anything. The warehouse guy should actually keep it and sell it off himself ;)
Kala goes to investigate the adamantium crate. She knocks on it a few times. "This is strong stuff," she says. "What do you call it again?"
"Adamantine. It is one of the hardest substances. It is sought out by powerful adventurers for their weaponry and sometimes armor."
Bartleby will take a few pieces then for some bolts. Might be handy some day.
Kala mutters to herself as she tries to pronounce the name correctly. "Andomandeen ... Addernattin ... Atterbanteen ..."
Kala takes some of the broken pieces of adamantine. "Abbotangeen will make strong arrows."