Liu wades in the water into flanking position and attacks with her whispering shrike , hit and sneak attack
Liu slices the reefclaw from stem to stern and it dies.
Takeshi steps up to the reefclaw holding onto Ahiko and kills it with one fell swoop from his blade severing its chest from its spine as it comes crashing to the ground.
"Well, Jorland, these might actually be something you can cook that will taste good..." Takeshi begins, wiping off his katana and sheathing it, before frowning... "But there is no time for that, we need to discover how to help Ameiko."
R(who was grappling Ahiko) last dying action , miss
R(who had been grappling Kali) 1 =Kali, 2 =Liu Liu, attacks Liu , miss
The two dying reefclaws due to dying frenzy lash out at those PCs with a last gasp but miss falling in the water dead.
Kalistrine chuckles at Takeshi's joke. "The beast's hide worth anything?" she asks, crouching down and yanking a couple of its larger and more vicious-looking teeth out of its jaw as keepsakes. "And we're near to that secret entrance, aren't we?" she asks, looking up at the cliff face.
"Thank you for freeing me from that beastie... It had a very firm grip on me. And the secret entrance was in the woods behind an old blacksmith's building according to Spivey. We can make our way there, I'm sure."
Ahiko pauses and looks everyone over. "Does anyone else require healing?"
"The thing took a little chunk out of me." she says, looking at the bruises on her leg where the creature clamped down on her with its claws.
Ahiko does a healing hex on Kali...
Seeing the bruises fade after Ahiko touches her, Kalistrine smiles. "Well, thanks Ahiko." she says. She turns to the nearby ruins. "Let's go find that entrance." she wonders and starts to explore for the entrance.
I gaze at the ship for a bit and grunt. "Dat dere be an Ulfen ship from ma homeland. Wonder what it doin all da way out here." I look at Kalistrine. "Perhaps ya right, answers gots ta be in em ruins. Let's go."
I pack up the reefclaws and then head to look for the ruin entrance. Taking point with I have my shield up and ready and my hand hovering by my arsenal ready to draw whatever I might need.
Kalistrines running her hands along a small cliff about tens yard from the back of the blacksmiths dilapidated shop in the forest finds moss growing in a somewhat strange way and is able to feel for a door handle and is able to pull it open leaving a musty dark tunnel beneath that seems to be moving in a steady downward motion.
You move into the dark tunnel and after ten feet the tunnel veers to the left, the floor is becomes ankle deep in brackish salt water and must has a faint smell of the sea. You continue forward where in the distance beyond a fork in the tunnel you can see in the distance incandescent light from an eerie grotto ahead.
Perception DC 20/15(for those with darkvision or low light vision
If successful, you can Knowledge Planes/Religion DC20
"There is a fork in the passage ahead, and in one direction, there is a creature blocking our passage. It is an eight-armed fiend from another plane, and quite crafty... Perhaps we should take the other fork in the road and avoid that creature. Of course, we don't know which fork leads to the castle, so there's no point going toward the danger if we don't have to."
Takeshi looks around, not seeing what Ahiko is talking about. "I can't see it. Do you think it could be the cause for what's happened to Ameiko?" he asks.
Kalistrine, axe in hand, peers down the tunnel at the thing blocking that path. "If it's so crafty, there's probably a reason for it to be making itself so visible to us. You think it's a trick?" she asks in a whisper.
Ahiko
body complete with 10 tentacles (two of which ended in
savage claws), a monstrous face, and large leathery wings,
this creature was one of dozens of an otherwise extinct
brood of abominations that once dwelt in the ancient
Thassilonian realm of Cyrusian. Specially bred as weapons
of war to be used against the elven nation of Celwynvian,
this must be the last strange scion of Pazuzu, it does have the ability to project an image of itself.
Perception DC 14
Knowledge Religion DC 15
most tireless possessors of mortal flesh, and you seek
ways to trick others into speaking his name. His other
domains are Air and Trickery, and his favored weapon is
the longsword. You decorate shrines with his name and
grim visage, and carve his runes into the most prominent
features of the idol—the avian wings, demonic face, and
serpentine phallus—and at these shrines you sacrifice the
eyes and tongues of your enemies to your evil lord.
"Kali, it is indeed capable of such craft as making an image of itself and projecting it elsewhere, thus tricking us perhaps into taking the passage where it actually lies in wait, but it is not doing so at the moment... it seems to be truly down the passage it appears to be in. It is a very horrid creature - a half fiend decapus hybrid. I suggest we avoid it if we possibly can. Let us hope the other passage is free of something as nasty as that creature and that it indeed leads to the castle. I would rather face the corbies in the open than that creature."
I look confused at Ahiko. "Oy, why we needs ta avoid it? I say we jest go in an kill? Dis ting is no mer dangerous dan anyting we dun fought befer. An besides, is as Taki suggests, may be behind Ameiko's sleep." It is clear I don't know what the monster is or anything about it but am clearly ready to fight it even if it be as strong as a dragon.
"I see no reason to try to deal with this monster - it is no trifling matter... but if you all decide you want to go face it down, I can't stop you, and I will be behind you, ready to heal your wounds as well as I can."
Kalistrine looks Ahiko in the eye. "Tell me we can't beat this thing, and we'll go the other way." she says.
"These things were bred to bring about the downfall of the Elven empire and this might be one of the last ones left... a creature in league with the demon lord of winds, whose name must not be mentioned. It is my advice to avoid it if possible, but as I said, I will attempt to aid and heal those who insist on facing it."
Kalistrine turns to the others. "What about you guys? Want to tangle with a fiendish ancient aberration or leave it alone down here?"
I hit my fist to my chest. "It gonna be a thern in somebodies side down da road. I say we deal with it now. Dats how ye become better fighters, ya face challenges. Sure ye can die but what doesn't kill ya makes ye stronger. I say we fight it." I seem sure of my decision. So sure in fact that without anyone else's approval I start to march in the direction of the beast.
GM Rolls
Round 1
Jorland, Ahiko, Liu, Decapus, Kalistrine, Enril, Takeshi. (
map [ooc]Please place your tokens on the map your group will be coming from the northern part of the map
Can't place myself yet cause I am on my phone but put me at five feat in front of Ahiko and one square to the right.
I smile. "Aye, dar it is. Say Ahi, what weapon be appropriate here?" I test it by tossing a javelin at it first.
Attack: For:
Confirm Crit: For an additional
Jorland strikes the decapus squarely in the body.
Ahiko
Ahiko casts glitterdust on the creature, hoping to blind the decapus (No SR, will save dc 18), but definitely preventing it from going invisible if that is within its abilities.
Decapus Will save , pass. Ahiko casts glitterdust and it is ineffective against the beast.
Liu
Liu attacks the decapus with her MW shortbow missing the target. Then goes into stealth
The decapus flies to the ceiling and then casts unholy blight DC14 for half against people of good alignment and a 1/4 for those of neutral alignment and 0 vs Evil alignment Will Saves: Jorlandpass,Ahiko fail, Kalistrine fail, Liu fail, Enril pass. Takeshi pass. Damage and for good characters you are sickened for rounds.
It calls up unholy power to smite you. The power takes the form of a cold, cloying miasma of greasy darkness.
Kalistrine
Kalistrine attacks the with her chakram crit , not confirmed,
The circular piece of metal strikes the decapus.
Enril
"Someone get that thing off the ceiling, or get me up to it." Kalistrine growls.
Enril casts Guidance on Takeshi.
Takeshi
Takeshi moves to quickly climb the ledge.
Successful Takeshi climbs the cliff.
Round 2
Jorland, Ahiko, Liu, Decapus, Kalistrine, Enril, Takeshi.
Can I get under the thing in a 20 foot move?
Since Takeshi seems most likely to engage it in direct physical combat first, Ahiko puts a ward hex on Takeshi.