A Wish Upon a Shattered Star

Game Master Dragoncat

Ryn takes in the stunning murals, fascinated with the ancient history of the place as they move through the place. "I don't quite trust that water." she says picking up a rock and tossing it down.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

"Yeah, pretty much any water we've found in here is nothing good," agrees Azura.

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Zev silently nods in agreement as Ryn points out the nasty looking water. Looking around the room his eyes settle on the far wall. ”I think that’s another of those magic walls.” he says while reaching down to pick up a rock to throw through it.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Ulfr looks up from the water as Zev skips a stone through one of the walls. They are a real fan of those, aren't they? he mutters.

”Eh, if I had a big ominous tower and the magic to do so I’d probably do it too.”

Partially pleased with Embyr's reaction Saersha went about getting ready for the morning and eating her breakfast then rose to follow along as they continued to explore. As they moved along Saersha looked at the various murals in interest. Her mother would be jealous when she found out where her daughter was and she fully intended to rub that in at some point.
Will: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 4 = 18
She looked at the wall closely after Zev said it was 'magical' and said, "I think he's right. It appears to be an illusion of some kind." She turned her gaze to the water then and turned her nose up as she said, "That is foul looking, I'm certainly not going to have any of it."

As Zev & Ryn toss rocks into the stagnant pool below, the ripples from the water spread out... but, curiously, they stop in three places. Three algae-green, debris-infested places that start to shift towards the balcony.

"Nice catch, they were really big on hiding things with illusions." Ryn comments at the discovery. Dropping into a crouch as she peers down at the water, the gladiatrix mutters a curse under her breath."See those three spots where the ripples stop and the water looks even dirtier? Look, they're actually moving now. They're giant ameobae, sort of like primitive oozes. They basically live to eat and their touch burns with acid."

How about we try to kill them before it comes to that... Ulfr draws his sling and loads.

The amoebae keep advancing.

The party will have about 3 rounds before they get in range to make melee attacks.

sling: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
bludgeoning: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Ulfr slings a stone at one, but it splashes into the water.

Ulfr's sling stone actually manages to strike one of the amoebae. It shudders, but keeps going.

Ulfr stares at where the rock impacted. Wow. These things are really easy to hit.

"Odds are anything you throw in there you aren't getting back. Anyone have a crossbow or bow?" Ryn asks,

"Not I."

Zev silently shakes his head.

With the amoeba's coming out of the water after them Saersha almost laughed at their speed. She probably would have if they weren't so nasty looking. and she was pretty sure she didn't want them touching her. She looked at Embyr and said, "Stay close and keep them off of me if needed." She smiled viciously, "I think I can deal with them." That said she began to chant and gesture sending a glob of acid out to meet the nearest of the oozing things.
acid splash: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 71d3 ⇒ 1

The acid glob strikes the amoeba, making it sizzle a bit. It keeps coming.

2 rounds left before they reach attacking range.

Azura backs up a bit and says, "Ama, you have anything?"

Ada pulls out her sling. "This is all I have for ranged attacks. Well that and this. Anyone want the sling. There's ammunition in my pack for it." She begins to cast a spell, and a dagger appears to hang in mid air it flies forward and strikes one of the amoebas.

Spiritual Weapon Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Spiritual Weapon Attack, Crit Confirm for Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Ooo, nice! Ryn, you want the sling? You're probably a better shot than I am."

The amoeba in the very front convulses for a moment, nearly breaking apart under the force of the spiritual dagger before continuing.

Alas, oozes cannot be critted. :(

"Worth a shot." Ryn replies with a wry grin, taking the sling and loading a stone. Whipping it around rapidly, she sends the projectile hurtling dead center of the ameoba reeling from Ada's attack.

PBS: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 5 + 1 = 26
1d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

Rnd 2
Saersha cast a spell once more sending a glob of acid out at one of the remaining oozes, the same one her companions were attacking for now. It seemed though, in her haste, that the globe wasn't going to fly true.
acid splash: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 81d3 ⇒ 2

Rnd 3
Knowing that they needed to clear these out now Saersha did what she had to, chanting and casting she sent an arc of electricity out at the third amoeba from her fingertips. Once she was finished she quickly moved away to buy time before they reached her.
reached shocking grasp: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 123d5 ⇒ (1, 1, 5) = 7

Lol! Whoops!
shocking grasp damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 6) = 16

rnd 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
rnd 3: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Ulfr is a really poor shot with a sling, but he keeps at it.

The first amoeba finally dissolves under Ryn's thrown stone.

The second amoeba vibrates from getting hit with acid before being microwaved into oblivion from Saersha's electrical spell.

The third amoeba actually flinches when Ulfr's sling stone connects with it.

Round 3: The remaining amoeba will reach melee range next round.

rnd 4: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Instead of reloading, Ulfr brings his club to hand.

Seeing the other two breaking apart, Ryn focuses on the last approaching ameoba, striking it with another stone.

1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 = 23
1d4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6

Ryn's stone hits its mark, and the amoeba vibrates before rearing back and lashing out with a pseudopod...

...which is intercepted by Ulfr's club, breaking into a thousand droplets of waste. The amoeba breaks apart, its remains falling in the pool.

All amoebae are dead.

Ada looks relived that the oozes didn't make it to them. The floating dagger disappears. No one was hurt, correct?"

"Now where? Through the illusionary wall?"

I've lost track. Which map are we on?

You're on The Crow: Floor 1, part 2.

And going through the illusionary wall will result in you falling in the ocean. It's on sea level. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

"Good shooting, team," says Azura.

"Southeast, then? Explore the rest of this floor?"

Ulfr shakes the ooze crap off his club as Foxy urinates in their general direction. He then takes the lead again.

"Yup, though if those things weren't just random and were actually protecting something, we're going to have to walk through the sludge." Ryn says handing Ada her sing back and adjusting her shield.

The narrow passageway to the southeast leads to a room littered with fish carcasses & a few larger bodies, where the ground is thick with a sheet of webbing. To the southwest of this new room is an opening leading to a forty-foot silo-like chamber from which the sound of sloshing water... and chittering spiders... can be heard.

Ada looks at their two choices, "Looks like either way we go there will be spiders. Want to check out the fish carcass room first?"

”... sure?”

"Might as well." Ryn says suppressing a shudder. "It might be a good idea to have some fire handy." she says moving toward the southeast room.

Whoever's entering the room, please give me a Stealth check.

Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Ada carefully peeks into the room, and then steps in.

Stealth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Azura waits quietly to see what happens.

Ryn makes her way into the room with a silent prowl, almost completely unnoticeable.

Stealth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

She thinkin happy thoughts.

stealth in a dim area: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Will post tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

I'm sorry to hear that Ada. As one of those in the Midwest I'm glad Indiana has not been quite as bad as some areas but I've noticed it becoming more common to see people in stores not wearing masks and even the occasional employee who won't.

It drives me insane when I see it. Fortunately most people, at least in my area, do wear them most of the time in public.

Mask wearing is rigorously enforced here in the South Bay in California—people will not be allowed into stores and restaurants without them—but I do routinely see folks who pull their mask down below their nose. I tend to treat them like they are radioactive.

Regardless, it's starting to look like getting COVID is becoming unavoidable. It's just a matter of whether you get the vaccine first or not.

It's just... horrible. :(

I agree, it's only a matter of time.

I'm in southern Indiana and I'm seeing pretty universally consistent masks, but I'm near a larger city, so I think there's some enforcement bleed-over from there. Also, I don't get out much...

I didn't realize you were from Indiana too Ulfr, at least I don't think I did. I'm up NE of Indy.

New York is very strict. No entry anywhere without a mask, including subways, trains etc. Subways shut down for 4 hrs of decontamination overnight.

We still hold the protocols from when we were the country center of cases. There are pocket exceptions in the religious community that refuse to comply and suffer the penalties.

I’m in Tennessee.

Nuff said.

I didn't realize you were from Indiana too Ulfr, at least I don't think I did. I'm up NE of Indy.

I'm just over the Ohio from Louisville, KY. :)

Oh, you aren't too far from where my sister lives then In Kentucky, just south of Cincinnati. I never can remember the name of the town.

There are several suburb towns in that area. We tend to just call it "Northern Kentucky". :P

I probably won't be checking in tomorrow, so Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!

And my apologies for not updating recently. Been enjoying the holiday break.

Happy New Year and GOOD RIDDANCE to 2020!

I'll post an update to move us along by tomorrow afternoon!

Post for Saersha: Edited my post in the gameplay thread.

Sorry for the absence.

I'm planning on moving us forward on Saturday. Recent events have left me rather drained.

Well, I'm sorry I haven't updated until now.

Everyone still here and doing alright?

*raises paw*

Ayep!

nods quietly

*wakes up from a drunken binge* Im still here reading so there is that!

Yup

Looks like the only one yet to check in is Ada. I hope she's doing okay...

And it just dawned on me how screwed we are. Incubi have DR and none of us have magic weapons.

This should be fun.

Well, there was the gear from the Sun-Eater raid.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Zev has a magic weapon too.

Yeah, offensively I can't do much too him, I may be able to distract him briefly, but that's it. I wouldn't be so worried about him except for the fact that he has backup...

Hmmm, that's an idea. Would these contructs be conditioned to obey someone of Sorshen's bloodline? Maybe I can command them to turn against the incubus and help us?

Is there the possibility I could someone use the markings on the incubus against him?

Regarding the constructs, you can certainly try to command them. :)

After this round I might Grapple him to let Zev and Ulfr maul him more easily.

Ryn, did you add your STR bonus to the gladius strike's damage?

Nope

Well, there was the gear from the Sun-Eater raid.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Zev has a magic weapon too.

*scratches head*

I believe it is?

I'm here. January is a rough month for me, and then add in not being able to log in. I'll get caught up.

I don't have a magic weapon, but I do have a spell that should help.

Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. Will try to update tomorrow.

Sorry I didn't post today. Got in after three hours of shovelling snow and I was too exhausted to post. Will try to move things along tomorrow.

Getting ready to open up a recruitment thread for 2 to 3 folk for a game of Kingmaker on Monday. The ruler role is reserved by a folk i am doing a trade with. Y'all are awesome so i thought I would give you heads up. Should have more information on it sometime this weekend. Feel free to message me if you are interested, I will pop the recruitment thread info to you or keep an eye out for it :)

Ooo I love Kingmaker games!

I do find it an intriguing campaign. I'm one currently that has started slowing way down. I don't know that it will continue much longer. I'd be potentially interested.

Hmm

I do find it an intriguing campaign. I'm one currently that has started slowing way down. I don't know that it will continue much longer. I'd be potentially interested.

Yeah, I just made a character for that one (Marten the paladin), but I'm worried about it too, the DM seems to have lost steam on all of his games. :(

Yeah, he's had a lot going on IRL and I'm surprised he hasn't called it. He's good at telling the story I think, he just is lacking the time.

*Strokes non-existent beard*. Will this be open generally, or do you want to just recruit us?

If i can fill the table with folks I know are good versus opening up a full recruitment i would prefer it that way :) But I will open it up if theres not enough interest

Getting ready to open up a recruitment thread for 2 to 3 folk for a game of Kingmaker on Monday. The ruler role is reserved by a folk i am doing a trade with. Y'all are awesome so i thought I would give you heads up. Should have more information on it sometime this weekend. Feel free to message me if you are interested, I will pop the recruitment thread info to you or keep an eye out for it :)

So what's the ruler-player playing?

sorceror I believe. draconic themed.

Well fine. Color me officially interested.

If you already have a ruler, when in the AP will we be starting? Book 2?

I'd definitely be down for Kingmaker. A lot of them seem to be cursed and die out at level 2 or suffer from recurring Ruler loss.

still looking what they would like to do, Im very game for starting off in book2 so that is an option.