[5e] Rappan Athuk in the Mwangi Expanse (Inactive)

Game Master Zizazat

Unless someone has a good reason, I'm rolling my HD.
Hit Die: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The map won't go past the "Loading" stage for me at work. I think my work filter is catching it or messing with it.

Garnult hefts his warhammer and raises his shield Okay beasties! Time to scram! Garnult moves in front of the elves to block them from the kobolds

Readying a strike if the kobolds act agressively

Warhammer: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

You do have enough movement to engage the first kobold directly if you want, but since you seemed to want to take a more reactionary stance with them, I've moved you closer though not in melee keeping your ready action.

Cererithil takes aim with his longbow and shoots at one of the kobolds.

Bow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Cererithil sinks an arrow deep into the kobold!

Kobold #1 - 4 damage taken
Kobold #2 - 0 damage taken

Uilisfuen may act!

Uilisfuen pulls an arrow from his quiver and fires it at the same kobold that Cererithil hit.

long bow attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
piercing damage if needed: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Uilisfuen is able to kill the wounded kobold!

Round 2

Cererithil
Akmenos
Uilisfuen
Garnult
Kobold #2 - no damage taken
Lysander

All PC but Lysander may act!

Perfect, thanks GM. I might have to bow out if the Roll20 thing becomes a problem because it seems I indeed cannot access it from work. I spoke with my IT guy friend and he says its the big company filter blocking it not anything he can give me special permissions for.

Garnult rushes forward to attack the remaining Kobold with his warhammer

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 but his grip is spoiled by some of that vile gunk Torag's Beard! This stuff was everywhere!

Cererithil draws down on the final Kobold.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Akmenos evokes a thin streak of flame that lances out at Kobold #2.

Fire Bolt Spell Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Fire Bolt Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 10

The erratic flame strikes true, striking the kobold in the head with impressive force.

Uilisfuen is halfway in his draw as the remaining kobold is shot and blasted by arrow and magic. Keeping light tension in his bow, he moves down the corridor, eyes scanning for more kobolds, ready to shoot if they appear.

Garnult since 5e is a little more forgiving in combat than, say, Pathfinder I have no problem trying to move you around the map in good faith based on your descriptions. I am certainly willing to try and work with you to try and do something. For big exploration maps like this, I really like the fog/reveal features in Roll20.

Also - good grief you two! Maxing out both your damages on the poor, poor little kobold corpse :)

Cererithil and Akmenos are able to handily deal with the second kobold as Garnult moves into position for a powerful swing that goes wide. Uilisfuen moves back into the 'Y' intersection scanning for additional threats, but finding none.

Out of Combat! 10 XP each!

1d100 ⇒ 89
1d100 ⇒ 71
3d6 + 3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 6) + (4, 4, 3) = 24

The kobolds had a pair of daggers, two slings, 17 sling stones, and 24 gp between them.

In the time you have been gone up to the surface and returned, you do notice the same signs of the liquid drying around the rats that were left by Uilisfuen, and set to work caking dirt onto the door and ground making it more possible to walk on spots without getting your feet stuck.

Anything else, or just wait a bit for the drying?

Wonder what those silly lizards wanted with this door? Garnult says as the party waits for the gunk to dry.

Cererithil also is of the same mind. He'd like the door to dry before trying to put his hand, covered by his tunic sleeve, to it.

Though slightly awkward, Cereithil is able to turn the door knob with the giant rat corpse on it. With the door open he is able to see inside...there is a treasure chest on the northern wall across from the door, and a skeletal hand lying on the floor just inside the door, cut off at the wrist.

Well that can't be good. Maybe he was the owner of the original gauntlet?

The elf does a careful inspection of the surrounds and of the chest itself.

Passive Perception 16 as a take 10 or as a roll? 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Beware the sacrilege!

The following is assuming the room is cleared by Cererithil first.

Akmenos enters the room and begins searching for what could require such a strange device to protect. He casts detect magic and sees if there are any auras that might in the room, and investigates the chest to see if it is trapped. If he cannot detect traps he will attempt to open it (with tools if it is locked).

Investigation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Lock picking: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Sorry guys in my haste I forgot to include...

The walls and floor of the room inside are also covered with the same sticky liquid as the door and floor outside.

From the doorway Cererithil detects no traps, and after a short ritual Akmenos detects no magic.

"Maybe we could build a bridge? Throw some rocks or boards down, I mean, and walk on those to avoid the goo." Lysander shrugs and looks to the others, content to stay on guard while they do the heavy thinking and make sure the room is clear.

Kobold bridge? We have dirt and kobold bodies, they would make stepping stones. I have sheets of paper if we need more material.

If they are wearing anything we can make more steps with that.

The kobolds have nothing but their scaly bodies. The sheets of paper won't make a good material, though with the left over dirt and the two kobold corpses you feel like you can totally make something workable to reach the chest!

Akmenos sets to work and is able to fashion a way to reach the chest. Confident the trap itself is not trapped, the tiefling sets to work picking the lock, which turns out to be a fairly easy task. When he opens the chest, he is not disappointed as there is a heavy sack full of gold coins! The tiefling carries the bag back to his friends, and when they count it out, there are 500 gold coins! Quite a find-well done!

You all also gain 40 XP for overcoming the glue trap! Where next?

Is there an XP tracker?

Quite a find! Well done. Lets go back to where the rats came from .

”Yes, back to the where the rats came,” Uilisfuen says, agreeing with Cererithil. He looks at the sack of gold coins. ”Should we just leave it here or divide it now?”

40 + 10 + 15 + 50 = 115 xp by my count.

Divide it - lighter to carry and if forced to flee some of it will make it back.

Hah! Masterfully done! Garnult exclaims Ya know, for a tiefling. he goes back to being his normal grumpy self.

Lets push on back to the rats location/direction

Heading back to where the rats came from, Cererithil takes the lead again with the rest of the party tailing only slighly behind. As he enters the next room, Cererithil notices something along the western wall. It looks like an arrowhead floating about 2 feet off the ground, then when he looks closer, the wild elf realizes that it is not floating, it is suspected in a nearly transparent cube of ooze!

A huge Ooze... back up and FAST. Head towards the exit so we are not cut off

He snaps off an arrow at it before moving.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

No idea on how we can kill this thing!

Hah! Masterfully done! Garnult exclaims Ya know, for a tiefling. he goes back to being his normal grumpy self.

Perhaps if you dwarves payed more attention to natural sciences beyond geology you would recognize glue, Akmenos snaps back, but thank you.

I don't see Cererithil on the map.

A huge Ooze... back up and FAST. Head towards the exit so we are not cut off

He snaps off an arrow at it before moving.

1d20 + 5 for 1d8 + 3

No idea on how we can kill this thing!

If you don't know if you can kill it, then don't provoke it! It's too late to avoid it now. Akmenos prepares a spell, lightning beginning to crackle and spark around his hands.

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

”Me neither, but we can throw the rat bodies at it,” Uilisfuen says as he retreats. ”Maybe it will be distracted while it eats them.” He thinks, Should we use the kobolds too? Is it honorable to treat fallen warriors that way?

Round 1
Cererithil
Garnult
Uilisfuen
Akmenos
Ooze
Lysander

All PCs (but Lysander) may act!

Garnult says Torag's Hammer Strikes True! as he casts a spell and a giant hammer streaks at the cube made of gelatin Guiding Bolt: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 Radiant Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 4, 2) = 13 and the next attack against the thing has Advantage. (It's Uilisfuen by init rolls)

Garnult backs away from the creature shield raised high...

Also worth mentioning, which I forgot...Cererithil's arrow does pierce into the translucent cube, and it loses momentum quickly and hangs there suspended.

Garnult calls down Torag's might as the cube is outlined in the magical radiance of the dwarf's attack! I also moved you 25' back from the creature as it seems like the consensus is to back up from the thing.

Round 1
Cererithil
Garnult
Uilisfuen
Akmenos
Ooze - 18 damage taken
Lysander

Keep it rolling guys!

Seeing two attacks hitting the ooze, Uilisfuen feels compelled to fire an arrow. The radiance from Garnult’s divine spell makes the ooze easier to see.

Round 1
long bow attack, advantage: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
long bow attack, advantage: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
piercing damage if needed: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Uilisfuen's arrow also pierces into the cube!

Round 1
Cererithil
Garnult
Uilisfuen
Akmenos
Ooze - 26 damage taken
Lysander

Akmenos is up!

Akmenos concentrates, tracing the signs of power and whispering secret words to create a crackling beam of blue light that instantly springs from the air in front of Akmenos and (hopefully) strikes the ooze.

Casting Witch Bolt, staying as far back as I can.
Spell Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 1d12 ⇒ 3

You haven't cleared the rats from the map and I am on space with one of the rats

Mechanically, Akmenos we need to do a little to make the spirt of this work. I am trying to follow the spirt of the rules here and not screw you guys over. From your current location you are too far for the range of the spell (30', you are standing at 40'), and the corner would actually block your line of sight giving it total cover from you anyway. So you will have to move forward somewhat in order to do this. You believe that this kind of ooze is very slow moving, so you don't feel too bad about getting a little closer. IE: I am telling you its move speed is 15'

Uilisfuen would have also had to move to get a clear shot, but he could have easily moved and then moved back into his original position after firing his arrow.

Akmenos moves into the chamber and unleashes an arc of lightning into the thing!

The cube then shimmies and sort of slides along the wall, following it toward the norther doorway, but its movement is quite slow.

Round 2
Cererithil
Garnult
Uilisfuen
Akmenos
Ooze - 21 damage taken
Lysander

Everyone may act! Lysander for Round 1, everyone else for Round 2!

That's what I wanted to do, I just didn't have access to roll20 at the time. I want to stay about 25ft away. Thanks!

Akmenos stays at a distance and lets the spell do it's work as the crackling energy continues to surround and damage the ooze.

Damage: 1d12 ⇒ 12

Akmenos continues his magical attack, pushing even more magical energy into the cube as it starts to sizzle!

Ooze - 33 damage taken

Unsure of what to do--of what can be done--Lysander steps in the doorway to get a clear shot and throws a javelin at the ooze, hoping it will have more effect than just lodging in midair.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Cerethril fires another arrow.

Attack 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Uilisfuen moves back as the ooze comes forward. The elf fires another arrow wondering if he will be able to recover them once they defeat the creature.

Round 2
long bow attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
piercing damage if needed: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The elves unleash their attacks on the translucent cube each one piercing into the clear goo!

Garnult is up!

Garnult calls down the Flames of Torag! Sacred Flame, Dex DC 13 or take 1d6 ⇒ 1 damage

The Forge Fire burns your cursed eyes! Garnult curses as he remains 20' or so away from the creature.

Dex Save: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (10) - 4 = 6

There is a small sizzle as Garnult's sacred flame impacts the cube!

The translucent cube slides forward toward Lysander, filling the entire doorway cutting Akmenos off from the rest of the group, and with an as yet unseen speed a portion of the translucent goo lurches forward at the half-elf burning his flesh where the goo touches!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 *hit*
Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 2) = 14

Lysander it's your action, but it looks like you'll need to make a death save.

Round 3
Cererithil
Garnult
Uilisfuen
Akmenos
Ooze - 34 damage taken
Lysander

Round 3 actions!

Garnult moves up to the cube and says Oy! Pick on me! I'm a dwarf! and attacks Warhammer: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
War Priest Bonus Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Damage?: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Kill it quick before it TPKs us

Death Saving Throw: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Cererithil moves and puts yet another arrow into it.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 for 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Garnult smashes his warhammer twice into the cube!

Cererithil moves around behind the hammer swinging dwarf and another of his arrows sink into the mass filling the doorway!

I screwed up the math on the last round somehow it should have been 57 damage taken and adding another 13 (Garnult) and 8 (Cererithil) takes it up to 78 damage taken!

Ooze - 78 damage taken!

Uilisfuen and Akmenos can act!