Lilandra gathers the others together after more than 6 weeks in the hectate. "With Abbas now mostly recovered, I think we've worn out our stay with the Ranafolk. I'd like to see if this hectate has anything of note besides that egg and this settlement, but if any of you would rather not press our luck with our hosts and would prefer we make straight for the boat, that's fine too. Anyone have any strong feels one way or the other?"
d% Result
01—50 No encounter
51—80 Hazard
81—100 Monster
1—3 Difficult
4—6 Feature
7—10 Hunting Ground
11—12 Resource
13—14 Secret
15—20 Standard
The group begins heading south west, back toward the boat they took here. Nothing unusual is found in the hex near the fort, as expected, as they'd been exploring the nearby hexes while helping Abbas with his retraining.
On the way back, they find a small forest on the plains, trees thrusting up out of the savanna that offers blessed shade as they walk. Everyone comes out of the woods and into a clearing near the center of the small forest. A single tree sways in the breeze.
As the group enters the clearing, Abbas, Beru, and Palakka all stop and stare at the tree. Then they begin to walk forward slowly. All 3 walk forward their movement, putting Beru and Abbas 30 ft from the tree, and Palakka 20 ft from it (with his higher base movement).
Lilandra, you can take one standard or move action.
Lilandra continues walking along as before, her gaze bouncing from one side of the clearing to the other, missing a tell-tale hint that something might be amiss.
As the group continues forward, Palakka suddenly yelps in pain and blood explodes from him before he's pulled off the ground by his throat! Abbas too suddenly erupts in blood, and feels something invisible ripping at him! But he fortunately manages to just avoid being grappled by whatever invisible attacker is attacking him!
As the group continues forward, a heavily thorned vine hanging from the tree whips out and slams into Palakka, making him yelp in sudden pain and blood explodes from him before he's pulled off the ground by his throat by the wrapping vine! Abbas too is hit by a second vine, the cruel thorns slicing his chest open and sending blood spraying! But he fortunately manages to just avoid being grappled by the vine!
Palakka blinks away to his maximum range, whimpering in confusion.
Baru draws his rapier and goes full defense, which puts his AC to 24. Yay!
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The vine whips at Baru, who ducks under it. Abbas on the other hand, apparently still unable to see it, is slammed hard and the vine wraps around his body.
Everyone is reacting to something, apparently they can all see the invisible attacker!
Lilandra gasps as the tree suddenly surges to life and latches onto Abbas. Focusing as best she can, she taps into a wellspring of magic and tries to free Abbas from the tree's clutches.
HP: 26/26
AC: 18 (13 T / 15 FF)
CMD: 20
F/R/W: +3/+6/+3 (+1 vs fear)
Tactician (+2 to AoO) used: 0/1
Arch's Luck used: 0/6 rounds
Level 1 Spells cast: 1/3
Ongoing Effects
uncanny dodge
Baru takes a five foot step toward the tree, and uses Studied Combat on the tree, before going defensive again.
Abbas is squeezed by his invisible attacker. To his shock and dismay, Baru moves defensively toward the tree of all things, studying it.
Baru avoids any attacks, by tree or invisible attacker.
Lilandra keeps her distance and, drawing her bow, sends an arrow at the tree-like creature.
HP: 26/26
AC: 18 (13 T / 15 FF)
CMD: 20
F/R/W: +3/+6/+3 (+1 vs fear)
Tactician (+2 to AoO) used: 0/1
Arch's Luck used: 0/6 rounds
Level 1 Spells cast: 1/3
Ongoing Effects
uncanny dodge
Abbas struggles to free himself from his unseen foe and cannot seem to find a good way to escape. The Suli gasps at the assault on him.
Abbas continues to struggle against the creature this time trying to rely on his strength and skill to wedge himself out of the grasp of whatever has him.
Abbas suddenly realizes that the tree is the attacker, unsure how he missed the giant tentacles wrapping themselves around him and slicing into his body. The shock is so great, he goes boneless, and the tree is confused and drops him thinking he's dead. Abbas lands on his feet.
Sliding out of the tree's grasp the suli drops to the ground and attempts to roll away from the tree conscious of his injuries and looking to get a breath in before figuring out a next move.
The vine slams into Abbas as he tries to dive over it and out of the area, and slams him into the ground, the sounds of broken bones accompanying the hit. He goes completely still, and the creature wraps a vine around him and shakes him to make sure it's not a fake.
Lilandra watches horrified as Abbas collapses and his subsequently shaken by the tree. Maintaining her distance, thinking she'd have no hope of helping the man if she were caught by the tree herself, she fires off another arrow.
HP: 26/26
AC: 18 (13 T / 15 FF)
CMD: 20
F/R/W: +3/+6/+3 (+1 vs fear)
Tactician (+2 to AoO) used: 0/1
Arch's Luck used: 0/6 rounds
Level 1 Spells cast: 1/3
Ongoing Effects
uncanny dodge
Lilandra's bow bounces off the tree's hard trunk.
The tree drags Abbas's body up close to the trunk and dumps it on the ground.
It again misses Baru.
Palakka blips in next to the tree, and attacks, but to no avail, his claws skitter off the hard trunk of the tree!
Palakka finally manages to dig his teeth into the tree's bark, ripping bark from the tree, and is likely shocked to find a black ichor inside that oozes out of the plant much like rotting blood. It tastes like rotting blood as well.