Reflex
"Throw that thing away!" Bryson yells at Bindle about his blunderbuss. He projects a shard of ice at the little monstrosity (the monkey, not Bindle) as he does so.
Icicle: to hit R Touch
Icicle: damage
Dgrim uses his shield to help keep the monkey off of Ghirrak.
Dgrim slashes at the monkey with all his might.
Attack:
Damage:
Crit
Attack:
Damage:
"Tis the only ting keep'n th'bug'r off'n me..."
Withdraw and quickdraw a carbine (the medium engraved flintlocks.)
Ranged Touch
Damage
Edit: forgot to remove defensive penalty so it's more corrected now.
"Jon! Come up next to me, we can hold them off together! Then you can duck behind me and we'll face them one at a time!" Annie cries.
If Jon ends up next to her in K-11, she will attempt to aid another to keep 5 from hurting him (+2 to his AC vs. attacks from 5). If he doesn't, Annie will attack #5 defensively.
Round 4:
>Ghirrak---15
Continues to hammer the monkey.
Flurry 1: Miss!
Flurry 2: Miss!
>Enemy-----14
Savage Monkey #1 Bite attack against Bindlplotz: Miss!
Savage Monkey #4 Bite attack against Ghirrak: Miss!
Savage Monkey #5 Bite attack against Annie: Hit! for bite damage plus Fort save DC12 or X disease.
Savage Monkey #6 Bite attack against Jon: Hit! for bite damage plus Fort save DC12 or X disease.
>Dgrim-----13
Dgrim uses his shield to help keep the monkey off of Ghirrak.
I'm using Active Defense to give Ghirrak +1 dodge bonus to AC.
Dgrim slashes at the monkey with all his might, striking and cutting it in half.
The thing explodes into motion, its upper half swarming to attack Ghirrak...
Bite attack: Miss!
...after which it dissolves into a splash of acid, leaving only a small skeleton. Ghirrak and Dgrim must make a Reflex DC15 or take points acid damage.
>Bindlplotz--8
"Tis the only ting keep'n th'bug'r off'n me..."
Dropping his defensive stance and the musket, he tries to Withdraw but is blocked by the puddle of acid behind him.
He quickdraws a carbine (a medium engraved flintlock) and fires into the savage monkeys body.
The thing explodes into motion, its upper half swarming to attack Ghirrak...
Bite attack: Hit! for bite damage plus Fort save DC12 or X disease.
...after which it dissolves into a splash of acid leaving only a small skeleton. Bindlplotz must make a Reflex DC15 or take points acid damage.
>Spinnaker Jon--7
Tumbles over next to Annie and attacks Red 5.
Rapier attack: Fumble! Spinnaker Jon slips and falls prone.
>Bryson----5
"Throw that thing away!" Bryson yells at Bindle about his blunderbuss; and he already has.
At this point he would have fired an ice shard at the little monstrosity (the monkey, not Bindle) if it were still there.
>Annie-----4
"Jon! Come up next to me, we can hold them off together! Then you can duck behind me and we'll face them one at
a time!" Annie cries.
She tries to Aid another but can't quite do it.
CLICK for the tactical situation.
Round 5:
>Ghirrak---15
Defensive
>Enemy-----14
>Dgrim-----13
Combat Expertise
>Bindlplotz--8
>Spinnaker Jon--7
Defensive
[Prone]
>Bryson----5
>Annie-----4
Defensive
If the monkey #5 is still alive, Bryson moves closer to Annie, even going through the wooded area if necessary to help her. Do I move through the green squares normally with Woodland Stride?
If so I'll end up in K12 after a move and a charge action to attack #5 with my scimitar
Scimitar: to hit
Scimitar: damage
If not I'll move to N12 and use Icicle
Icicle: to hit R Touch
Icicle: damage
Miss Chance:
confirm crit: to hit
confirm crit: damage
Dgrim moves to K-12 and shares active defense with Annie.
...after which it dissolves into a splash of acid leaving only a small skeleton. Bindlplotz must make a Reflex DC15 or take 1d6 points acid damage
REFLEX SAVE
whew! just made it
Reflex:
Round 5:
>[npc]Ghirrak---15
Reflex save: easily dodging the splash attack.
Then moves next to Annie and attacks.
Flurry attack 1: Miss!
Flurry attack 2: Miss!
>Enemy-----14
Savage Monkey #5 Bite attack against Annie: Hit! for plus Fort save DC12 vs disease X.
Savage Monkey #6 Bite attack against Jon: Hit! for plus Fort save DC12 vs disease X.
>Dgrim-----13
Dgrim just dodges the acid splash of the dead monkey, then moves next to Annie and shares active defense with her.
>Bindlplotz--8
Just dodges the acid splash, then tries to follow Bryson through the jungle, but is hampered by the difficult terrain.
>Spinnaker Jon--7
Stands up from prone.
Draws attack of Opportunity;
Monkey #5 Bite attack against Jon: Miss!
Monkey #6 Bite attack against Jon: Miss!
Attacks Red 5
Rapier attack: Miss!
>Bryson----5
Bryson charges next to Annie, going through the jungle as if it werent even there. He hacks at the monkey,
cutting a horrible wound easily.
>Annie-----4
Annie will use her Domain power Adoration, but the monkey seems unaffected.
Annie does her best to protect Jon as she sees him fall.
Rapier attack: Miss!
Round 6:
>Ghirrak---15
>Enemy-----14
>Dgrim-----13
Combat Expertise
>Bindlplotz--8
>Spinnaker Jon--7
Defensive
>Bryson----5
>Annie-----4
Defensive
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>Annie-----4
Annie will use her Domain power Adoration, but the monkey seems unaffected.
Annie does her best to protect Jon as she sees him fall.
Rapier attack: 1d20+4-4 Miss!
Annie will roll a fortitude save vs. Disease for the first monkey bite:
Annie will defensively attempt to aid Jon vs Monkey attack:
Bryson will move to flank #5 and attack.
If #5 is dead, he will instead move to attack (preferably with flank) #6
Scimitar: to hit add 2 if flanking.
Scimitar: damage
Just in case
Ref
Fort
As to the monkey, you did touch it with your Domain power, but there was no reaction from the monkey and with your wisdom you realized that it didn't simply resist your power, it is flat immune to mind-affecting powers.
As to rolling the second attack; I assumed that since Jon had stood up at the time you had said you were standing over him defending him, you would have changed your action to attack the monkey with your sword.
I apologize if I misread your intentions; you can certainly change your action in light of your realization.
Dgrim moves to I-11 and attack #6.
Attack:
Damage:
Bindlplotz swithes out carbines, turns and looks for a target.
Under the combined attacks of the company, the last two savage monkeys go down; as the others, when they die they erupt in a frenzy of biting and then they erupt in a noisome splash of acid. Fortunaely, no one else took damage from either.
The jungle is unnaturally silent once again.
Spinnaker Jon leans back against a treetrunk panting and holding the bite wound he took.
"What the $@%$@ was THAT? I been all over the seas and I never saw monkeys act like that!"
"I've seen seasoned warriors not take that kind of punisment. Something unnatural was at work."
"we aint there yet." Bryson continues through the jungle towards the sight of the smoke.
"Bryson! Bryson! Wait a moment, we have injuries to care for!" Annie runs after him, holding one particular monkey slash that rather stings and reaching for one of his hands. "You know more about the natural world than the rest of us...I only know that despite their ability to fight when another creature would be dead, they were alive...but twisted. Have you heard of something like this?"
Annie thinks about how they seemed so unnaturally violent...almost rabid, only somehow worse.
Knowledge: Nature
Bryson allows Annie to take his hand and lead him back to the group. "Ah don't know how that happened to them monkeys. Ah just know ah gots to stop it and ah think its at the smoke over there." Bryson waits for Annie to administer to the others before leaving.
Annie seems terribly worried as she starts treating the injuries sustained in the fight.
It is only a minute later her worst fears are borne out as Annie, Bindlplotz and Spinnaker Jon, who all have monkey bites, see their flesh around their injuries turn a terrible black rash and short bony protrusions extrude from the affected areas, as well as the forehead, back of the hands and knuckles, and the canine teeth.
A brief surge of rage and their eyes turn blood red for a minute.
Annie takes of Intelligence damage.
Bindlplotz takes of Intelligence damage.
Jon takes of Intelligence damage.
Fortunately, the sudden transformation seems to peter out at this point, the eyes fading back to normal, but not the skin or bony protrusions. But they all seem more prone to anger now.
Of all the ones bitten by the monkeys, only Ghirrak remains unaffected.
You realize that this is a Supernatural Disease, and is probably what happened to the wildlife around here.
We'll call this disease "Savage Fever".
Based on other supernatural diseases you've encountered or read about, the fever will attack again daily until you succumb; probably devolving into a mindless berserker like those monkeys, but you should be able to hold out a three-four more days at least, long enough to get to civilization for help.
Annie seems terribly worried as she starts treating the injuries sustained in the fight.
It is only a minute later her worst fears are borne out as Annie, Bindlplotz and Spinnaker Jon, who all have monkey bites, see their flesh around their injuries turn a terrible black rash and short bony protrusions extrude from the affected areas, as well as the forehead, back of the hands and knuckles, and the canine teeth.
A brief surge of rage and their eyes turn blood red for a minute.Annie takes 1d6 of Intelligence damage.
Bindlplotz takes 1d6 of Intelligence damage.
Jon takes 1d6 of Intelligence damage.Fortunately, the sudden transformation seems to peter out at this point, the eyes fading back to normal, but not the skin or bony protrusions. But they all seem more prone to anger now.
Of all the ones bitten by the monkeys, only Ghirrak remains unaffected.
** spoiler omitted **
WILL:
Annie clutches her head and moans. She can't seem to think clearly, and what thoughts do come are sluggish. "This...this is bad. We can...continue, this must be stopped...but Bryson...if we don't stop this disease, we'll all be in big trouble! If we continue, we must...rest...and heal. Tonight."
Bryson looks worried. "Well, Annie, you go back if you think you need to. Ah won't hold that against you any. Ah have to find out though. And the only way to do that is to keep goin. If you gonna come, we ought to hurry." Once everyone has been seen to, Bryson continues through the jungle.
Also for the record, Ghirrak got bit once but made the save.
Annie got bit twice; once in round 4 and made the save and once in round 5 and just failed the save.
So it's just Jon and Annie that are infected.
Spinnaker Jon stands up.
"OK, I'm ok; fer now at least. Lets go on. Whatever caused this... well maybe there's an antidote there. We'll take a quick look. If'n there isn't, I think we got enough time t' get back t' Port Sasserine. Winds 'r out of the East; we'll be twice as fast goin' back as comin' here."
After another hour of working your way through the unnaturally quiet jungle, littered with the skeletal remains of horribly twisted animals (and a few trees), you come out on the edge of the cliff overlooking the narrow inlet about half a mile inland.
In the sheltered cove below, an inferno rages atop the water. Several ships, including a two-masted caravel, a sizeable frigate, a long barge, and what might have once been a schooner are all ablaze. Further out, a three-masted caravel seems to have escaped the fire-- for now.
A shiny slick on the surface of the water itself burns as well, creating a wall of wood and flame. The heat rises in searing sheets, and the roar of the flaming maelstrom mixed with the crashing surf masks any other sounds that might be issuing up from below.
Through periodic gaps in the smoke, however, movement on the beach at the end of the inlet is visible--something still lives in the inferno below.
You are on the cliff about 60 feet over the waterline. There are several ways to get down.
*Climb: Sheer cliffs with numerous handholds-- DC15 climb check, DC10 with a rope, DC5 with knotted rope.
*Rickety wooden walkway: There is an elderly wooden walkway from the cliff top switchbacking down to the beach, DC10 Acrobatics check; though it looks like it might give way at any moment.
*Dive: The inlet is deep enough for ships, it ought to be deep enough to dive in. DC15 Acrobatics or Swim.
Bryson quickly surveys the area. Without thinking, he begins to climb down the bare cliff face.
Climb
Once he reaches the bottom (one way or the other), he trades his scimitar for his club as he looks around.
Perception
Dgrim pulls out his rope, securing one end around something stationary near the edge of the cliff.
First 50'.
Climb: ...no progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...no progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...no progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Last 10'.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Climb: ...5' progress.
Bindlplotz got bit once in round 2, and as always when you don't roll your own saves, I just roll a die on my desk here. (I got a five for you). But since the battle is just over and we haven't moved on yet, we'll substitute the roll you just made (which should be a Fort save); a 14 will save and Bindlplotz is perfectly normal... until next time.;)
Also for the record, Ghirrak got bit once but made the save.
Annie got bit twice; once in round 4 and made the save and once in round 5 and just failed the save.
So it's just Jon and Annie that are infected.
Ah, didn't realize you were rolling them. Cool.
Bindlplotz will inspect the wooden walk
Knowledge Engineering...+7
IF it's safe for his own weight, he'll use the walkway, if not he'll slowly climb down the rope. Taking 10.
When you carefully examine the walkway and slowly put your weight on it, you find that the walkway has been shoddily constructed and horribly neglected. There are several points that have rot set in and should be replaced altogether.
BUT, as long as yours is the ONLY weight on it, you can safely traverse it.
** spoiler omitted **
Perception:
or not LoL
Spinnaker Jon watched impatiently as Dgrim slowly descended the cliff face; until he angrily muttered something vile under his breath.
With a running jump he dived off the cliff, his parrot taking wing...
Acrobatics:
... and made a perfect dive into the middle of the inlet, making little splash. Swimming to the surface he gave his companions a fanged grin and a thumbs up before starting to swim towards a part of the beach not blocked by flaming oil covered water.
The parrot flew to the crows nest of the three masted caravel to perch and watch everything unfold for his amusement.
Annie looks on with surprise as Dgrim jumps the last 10 feet, then pulls up the rope once he drops off and ties her silk rope on the end of it. she drops it back into the water and begins slowly climbing down (taking 10).
"Now we can get back up without using that creaking walkway," she said, pointing at the rope hanging down into the water. "I'd never be able to make it up the cliff face without it. Let's get out of the water...some of us aren't part fish," she muttered as she did her best to swim toward the portion of the shore Jon was nearing.
When you get to the shore you see that a wide beach separates the burning waters of Kraken's Cove from the cliffs to the east.
A ten foot wide cave opens at the base of the cliff to the east, while to the southeast several planks provide a crude bridge across a tide pool to a second, smaller cave entrance.
The swaths of blood and ragged body parts strewn across the beach testify to a terrible and recent battle upon the sands here. Broken crates and bamboo cages litter the area, blood and bits of bone sprayed across bolts of silk and cracked barrels of ambergris seeping into the coarse, rocky sand. A number of mangled corpses, each stripped nearly clean of flesh and bones cracked open, lie strewn about the beach. The casualties are staggering, with a quick count putting the dead somewhere north of twenty.
When Bindlplotz is certain everyone has made the beach alright, he slings his musket and begins carefully navigating the rotten walkway.
Naturally, it is at this point that the hawsers mooring the burning ship "Slippery Eel" finally burn through and SNAP audibly. The Eel wrenches free and the tidal surge carrys it careening into the north wall of the cove, where it destroys the central section of the walkway with a terrific crash.
One of the planks under Bindlplotz' feet gives way under the shock and he must make a Reflex save to avoid being knocked off the walkway.
When Bindlplotz is certain everyone has made the beach alright, he slings his musket and begins carefully navigating the rotten walkway.
Naturally, it is at this point that the hawsers mooring the burning ship "Slippery Eel" finally burn through and SNAP audibly. The Eel wrenches free and the tidal surge carrys it careening into the north wall of the cove, where it destroys the central section of the walkway with a terrific crash.
One of the planks under Bindlplotz' feet gives way under the shock and he must make a Reflex save to avoid being knocked off the walkway.
"Oi! Not Good! NOT GOOOOOOD!"
Reflex:
Bindlplotz zigs when he should have Zagged....as his foot steps into thin air...
Bindlplotz must make a Swim or Acrobatics check DC15 or he takes points of nonlethal damage as he cannonballs into the water; A 1 or 2 on the die means he crashed into the deck of the burning ship, with the attendant risks that occur naturally when fire meets gunpowder...;)
And Bindlplotz could swear that the damn parrot was laughing at him as he fell...
"Oh fer @!@#$ sake!" Spinnaker Jon curses savagely. "Alright, I'll go help the little bugger." He dives back into the water to go help Bindlplotz.
Acrobatics
Shoot the parrot on the way down
Bindlplotz takes a snap shot at the parrot on the way down, but because of smoke, flame and rushing the shot, produces nothing but outraged squawking and a few drifting feathers as he plunges remarkably well into the water.
With Spinnaker Jon's help, Bindlplotz finally makes it back to the beach with the others.
Your powder is pretty secure, but maintenence requrements for the guns demand that you immediately unload, clean and dry all four of your guns to avoid misfires and corrosion.
As Annie watches Bindlplotz begin to care for his guns, she scratches her head, trying to think through the roiling emotions the disease is clouding her mind with. "Would some clean water from my spell help? Or just make things worse?" she asks uncertainly. "Are we...do we need to search the water for whatever's in that boat? the one tied here on the dock...before it catches fire too?"
Bindlplotz takes a snap shot at the parrot on the way down, but because of smoke, flame and rushing the shot, produces nothing but outraged squawking and a few drifting feathers as he plunges remarkably well into the water.
With Spinnaker Jon's help, Bindlplotz finally makes it back to the beach with the others.** spoiler omitted **
even with ranged touch?? CMON!!! LOL
To clairify, the unburned ship nearest to you is actually beached and canted at a 30 degree angle, and it is in some danger of catching fire.
Annie conjured some water into her waterskin and handed it over to Bindlplotz, then ran up toward the beached ship, casting again above the ship beached in front of them. The wind blew some of the water falling from the sky into her face, but she hoped it would do some good at keeping the ship from catching fire. If she soaked the hull of the ship, it might help.