(3) Legend of the Elder Souls (Inactive)

Game Master mdt

And Lina's carrying a torch on her shield.

I missed that restriction, so that's what he would do.

Luna had no real way of producing light unless someone gave her a torch so she would stay close to the others hand on her whip just in case she they were attacked.

"I wonder if these things can see in the dark or if they have a light source, if they need light it'll be easier to find them but wouldn't really make sense that they live underground then huh?

"Or they might live near that quartz we saw when we arrived."

did Neri notice anything in common amongst the living spaces or at least gathering points of the creatures? Does it seem like they keep pets or food sources?

Jacob pitches-in with the excavation, but it was hard work - harder than he'd done in years. At least I'll look good when I'm out of here.

It was a bit saddening to see the other side was a touch narrow, but it heartened him to see it looked to have some sentient touch to it. "I don't think it's too much of a stretch for them to live here if it's warm enough. Reptiles are cold-blooded though, so if it gets chilly in here, they'd need a way to the surface."

Jacob, it's not the tunnel that's narrow, it's the hole you punched through the blocking plug of stone that's small

Vell, let's see vat ve vind.

Kong squirms through.

The group continues down a slowly circling tunnel. It looks as if this was created by connecting smaller caverns and caves, it occassionally switches back on itself, but continues to lead down.

Neri's map is finally somewhat useful as you approach your first branch, after 3 hours of walking. See map

You are fine with picking your route, but please don't move more than a double move at a time, as things may or may not happen. :) Cue spooky music.

Neri hears the music... it gets to the screaming... and turns around. 'Nevermind. We just need to close this right back up.'

Neri will just keep pace with the group, given that he doesn't have any light of his own, and doesn't want to waste torches, as they're a nonrenewable resource down here.

Luna will stay in front of the group as she seems to have better reflexes and eyes than the others.

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
just in case

Lina's also happy to stand in front, but will prefer to let others choose the path.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Jacob was no stranger to nature, but being in a cave - one so deep - wasn't his cup of tea. I hope these walls are stable...

As the party approaches the first intersection, a large bat suddenly detaches from the ceiling of the connecting passage and darts out in front of the party. Glowing yellow eyes show it's passage and then it emits an ear piercing shriek that echoes up and down the passage. Then it continues to emit high pitched chirps even after it screams.

Everyone must succeed on a DC 15 Will save or become shaken for 1d4+1 rounds.

Surprise Round

Only Kong and Lina make the perception check to figure out where the shriek came from, and can respond as it swoops around the corner.

Init Kong: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Init Lina: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Init Bat: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

The bat then charges forward and snaps it's jaws down on Luna.

Bite: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 = 28
Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 3) + 3 = 12

Riddle me this, riddle me that: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
I am afraid of the big black bat: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
"Oh god, it's like a lion with wings!

Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Luna rears back as the thing sinks it's teeth into her.

"Kill it!" She screams in panic.

shaken: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Will save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Lina, feeling shaken, decides not to step any closer to the creature than she needs to, as she draws her lance and attacks.

AC is 20 as shield is not equipped

To hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Lina critically failed her will save, she's shaken for 5 rounds, she also misses the bat with her lance

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Shaken(if applicable): 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Jacob's eyes caught the ambush, but his mind tried to fend it off. "It's a bat!" Captain obvious as he was, he knew they were often vectors for disease. Try not to get scraped by it.

Vice versa didn't hold though - he lunged forward with his rapier.

Rapier: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 2 = 10

Confrim: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7

It seemed the fencing lessons in his younger years had paid off; good form let his blade strike home. "Leave him be!"

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Shaken (not stirred): 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Vat ze...my got!

Anxious, Kong attempts slumber on it. DC 14

Jacob, you don't go in the surprise round, your perception roll was too low, sorry. However, I'll let that be your action in Round 1.

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

The bat shrugs off Kong's hex as if it were nothing.

Shaken: A shaken character takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. Shaken is a less severe state of fear than frightened or panicked.

Round 1

Init Jacob: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Init Kong: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 2 = 16
Init Lina: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 2 = 25
Init Luna: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 2 = 13
Init Neri: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 2 = 10

Init Bat: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Order : Lina, Bat, Everyone Else

It won't help Lina this time, but as soon as he can act, Kong gives it the evil eye for -2 AC. The first round is automatic, save DC 14 afterward.

Damn jou, beast!

Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 Well, that will counter the shaken

Yay!

Lina will attack again, hoping for better aim.

To hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Lina slams her lance tip into the creature with both hands, and manages to open a furrow on the side of it's ribs.

random 1d4: 1d4 ⇒ 3

The bat screeches in a high pitched pain, and then bites at Luna.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2) + 3 = 8

Blood sprays as it's razor sharp teeth sink into Luna, spraying Lina with her companion's blood.

The bat then also whips it's long barbed tail forward past Luna's head and attempts to hit Lina with it.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

The barb slams into Lina's helmet a few inches from the face slit, just barely missing her flesh.

Jacob closes with the bat to drive his rapier in. Moving Jacob

Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Jacob nimbly ducks as the tail barb slams forward again when he moves into position.

The bat screeches in pain as Jacob slams his rapier in.

Everyone else

Neri is aghast for a moment, as the thing screeches... Then that spell is broken as the thing digs into Luna... not once, but twice. He lets the anger push him to leap past his fear. The training in Lina's keep coming back to him. Fight dirty, or risk your and your ally's skins. He moved quickly forward, his movements becoming a blur as he arrived on the other side of the creature. His whip snaked out, even as he was drawing arcane sigils in the air. Lightning raced along the metal teeth of the whip, and arced amongst the rings in the grip as the whip came back, and then went crashing back towards the creature.

move action drawing weapon while moving. Accepting aoo if it has one. Swift + mythic point for fleet charge. Move to flank. Bottom right corner of Gray square. Free attack as part of the movement. Spellstrike with shocking grasp as a standard action.

Fleet charge: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 2 - 2 = 26 flanking, shaken. Not including evil eye.
damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
spellstrike: 1d20 + 9 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 2 - 2 = 17 flanking, shaken. Not including evil eye.
damage: 1d4 + 4d6 ⇒ (2) + (1, 3, 1, 4) = 11

I don't think I grant flanking to the others with a whip, though.

Err, Lina's AC is at 20, because she can't use a shield with her lance while on foot. Go ahead and roll for damage on that tail sting.

Luna takes a step back then an image of her appears in her position mimicking her movements as she slings her whip out at her attack finally able to fight back.

To hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Damage: 1d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

Neri, you only have 20ft of movement, so even moving once and then using fleet charge, you only get 40ft of movement. You have to move through Lina and Jacob, which requires Squeezing (meaning it takes 10 ft of movement per square you move through). So you can't reach where you indicated. So you'll have to go into the upper left corner above the bat. You do not threaten with the whip. You aren't flanking (can't technically flank with the whip, since you are not threatening, to flank you both have to threaten). So the charge hit, but not the spellstrike. Also, you need to make a caster check, DC 15 + level of spell to cast your spellstrike spell, the bat's chirping is highly distracting. If you fail, you lost the spell. If you succeed, you can hold the charge from the shocking grasp to do spellstrike again later.

Neri dodges past Lina and Jacob, and then uses his whip to hit the bat, and tries to hit a second time with a spell, but fails.

Just as Lina thinks she's safe from the tail, blood begins dripping down her armor, and she realizes it didn't miss!

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Luna steps back, and then her and her mirror image both attack the bat, both hit, but only Luna's real whip does damage.

Concentration DC 16: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 It's been a while. I think concentration is spellbonus's mod + caster level. Correct me if I'm wrong. :)

"Would you -please- shut -up-!?" Neri screamed at the bat as he tried desperately not to grab the side of his head midcast.

Cast Stat Modifier + Caster Level yes.

Round 2

Init Jacob: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Init Kong: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (11) - 2 = 9
Init Lina: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 - 2 = 15
Init Luna: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 2 = 16
Init Neri: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 4 - 2 = 12

Init Bat: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Order : Luna, Lina, Bat, Everyone Else

Luna drops one of her bombs at her feet as the green smoke fills the nearby area like it did before they came into the caves.

Healing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
5 healing to anyone in 5 ft range of Luna which I think is only lina.

The bat screeches as Luna drops her bomb, and the long tail stabs out at her past her illusion. Still considered a ranged attack

Attack of Op: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Fortunately for her, the tail misses her.

Lina, still shaken, keeps poking away with her lance.

To hit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Jacob took another thrust at the creature, hoping to fell it from the air. They are helpless on the ground.

Rapier: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7

The bat finally crashes to the cave floor as Jacob's rapier pierces it's throat again, inches from where Lina's lance also stabbed deep.

"That works." Neri nods at them. "Guess that means we should start being sneaky now, since we've made it to the first turn."

He slowly wound the whip up, concentrating on keeping the electricity arcing on his hand as he looked both ways with a slight sigh. He shook his hand and just let the spell go. "Everyone Okay?"

Know(Dun): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15To remember what's down each path.

Luna waits a while to see if the creature moves again if not she walks over to stomp on it for good measure.

I'm uninjured. I do haff healink, if needed.

Kong is ready to move on, and anxious.

Neri would call to Lina to bring him the map so he can doublecheck how he remembers everything against it, and try to tell them what's in each nearby pocket... if he can remember. Only things that seemed relatively permanent, as it was over the course of weeks that he made this, of course. So the bat probably wouldn't even be on his radar... or anything like that, really. :)

"Hold on a moment - it could be diseased." Jacob cautions Luna, then moves the creature's body around with his rapier, looking for signs of disease or the like.

Heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

The bat probably has parasites, but it doesn't look like it has anything contagious at this time.

Neri's map wasn't detailed enough for him to recall specifics, it was fairly detailed with regards to shapes of earth, but anything else was very fuzzy at best.

"Sorry, map wasn't really clear on things like where they lived, or where they spent a lot of time. I guess I was kind of lucky to get an image of them at all."

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

"I can already hear more of those jerks just out there waiting for us..."