Arcenture Science: the Birthing Pod Project (Inactive)

Game Master Seribro

Mint perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
BLOB perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

BLOB nods a couple of times. "Mint piece seems to be noticing gaps in the circles so that you can move them. There is the tiny creatures beneath them. Or so she thinks. oh ho ho, maybe someone should stand on that circle over there." The bunny headed scientist points the closest circle to him. BLOB gives a swift kick to Mint and she does it for him, she waits for it to rise as BLOB observes.

"Aha, there go see there are bunnies down there. Maybe like the one from the last room? Mint come down from there before you hurt yourself." Mint jumps off.

Both Toxicroak and Lacuna 6 may take an attack of opportunity vs one of the bunnies (or multiple against different bunnies if they have combat reflexes)

[spoiler=initiative]BLOb1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Kerian1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Toxicroak1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Bunny1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Svitz1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Lacuna61d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

I go after the bunny so I am flat footed am I not?
perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Assuming I can take that attack of opportunity I will bite one of the bunnies,
To Hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4+DC 21 fort or be nauseated for, well, the rest of your short life :P

If I cant take the AOO, then ignore this part.

Edit: Odd question, but do the bunnies die when they hit 0 hps or negative con? The later would allow more time to torture the little buggers :P

When it gets to my turn I'll Glitterdust the bunnies, DC 20 save or blind. I have no means of taking an AoO.

I miscalculated my initiative, it should be +13 still makes me go first in this case however.

BLOB shrugs and corrects his non-existent glasses. "Ah well more bunnies, oi big guys. Have fun..."

BLOB casts haste on all party members + Mint piece, except himself since its only 5 targets.

@ Toxicroak: It takes a few seconds for the lift to rise up and your expecting trouble rising with it. I just assume we never truly left combat mode. And technically RAW they are not dead at -1, but it just makes things a bit easier to treat them as such. If your truly interested in saving one so you can torture it, you can save anything that has received less then 13 damage
will save: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17
will save: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3
will save: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4
All three bunnies squeeze their eyes and squeak in a high pitch. They turn their heads left and right, clearly tormented by the bright dust in their eyes

I can easily land my glitterdust on the bunnies without hitting anyone except that one figure under them.

I figure I am close enough to get affected by the glitterdust yet I dount get to act until after the bunnies, last in fact :(

will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
"Ieeieee!! Bunnies explode! Why dark? Why dark?"

Your right, you could indeed place the glitterdust centered on the southeast corner of the square of the square east of the bunnies. But that is not what you said. Please be more descriptive in your actions, for I do tend to take things a bit literal. When you say you glitterdust the bunnies and say nothing more, to me it sounds like "I center a glitterdust spell on them".

With a mischievous grin Svitz has an idea to have some fun. He charges at the bunnies roar viciously and clawing at the air.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Your right, you could indeed place the glitterdust centered on the southeast corner of the square of the square east of the bunnies. But that is not what you said. Please be more descriptive in your actions, for I do tend to take things a bit literal. When you say you glitterdust the bunnies and say nothing more, to me it sounds like "I center a glitterdust spell on them".

Sure, no problem

So who are we waiting for right now?
Lacuna has gone, same with Svits and blob. Just waiting for Kerrigan and the bunnies. Then I can go :)

Keriann. Not Kerian or Kerrigan, the evil zerg lady.

On another note, I honestly can't tell how many squares the bunnies occupy. If they are all within the same square, putting them all in reach of Keriann after her five-foot step, she will attack all of them. Otherwise, assign attacks to whichever bunnies she can reach. Also, some sort of confirmation that these bunnies have the same CMD/AC as the previous, or what their CMD/AC is if not, would have been nice.

Keriann levitates up to the bunnies, and eviscerates away, drawing them up before her face before attempting to rip them apart.

So, Keriann's attack routine. She is using the grab attack option that means she does not get the grappled condition, so she can grab as many bunnies as she has attacks with the grab ability. She'll attack to kill in numeric order, all attacks to damage go to #1 if it can survive it. I skipped trip attacks this time, for simplicity.

@Bunny #1 Aberrant Tentacle: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Aberrant Tentacle, Grab: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26
@Bunny #2 Aberrant Tentacle: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Aberrant Tentacle, Grab: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35
@Bunny #3 Aberrant Tentacle: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Aberrant Tentacle, Grab: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28
@Bunny #4 Aberrant Tentacle: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Aberrant Tentacle, Grab: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33
Claw: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26Damage: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Claw: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17Damage: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Bite: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34Damage: 1d3 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Bite, Crit: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17Damage: 1d3 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Gore: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17Damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Gore, Haste: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17Damage: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Tentacle: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Tentacle: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Stinger: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21Damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 2

If you have any suggestion or opinions on how I should format Keriann's attack routine, please do tell me.

Will Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

(In case Lacuna still has reason to Glitterdust after that.)

The option allowing you to grapple without gaining the grappled condition requires taking a -20 penalty to CMB, unless you're using some psionic ability I don't know about.

Lacuna is right, you take a -20 on grab checks for not being considered in a grapple. However, seeing these bunnies have the same stats as the one in the tutorial room, they are below 0 hp after the initial attack and thus automatically fail any grapple checks. You can rip them apart no problem.

However, this does spark another issue that might be best addressed while we are still facing nearly defenceless bunnies:
How do you guys wish to treat the initiative checks?
We can either say we treat everybody in the order in which they post OR we can stick to the actual initiatives as rolled. Taking the current encounter as example:

Method A, actions happen in the order in which they are posted.
Lacuna 6 - Bunnies get glitterdusted,
Svitz - Svitz tries to scare them, but being blinded, they cant see him (though the roaring still terrifies them, they cant see where to run)
Keriann - Blinded and scared bunnies get ripped apart by the nasty tentacle monster.

Method B, actions happen in initiative order and are cancelled if no longer applicable
16 - Bunnies get ripped appart
13 - Nothing left to scare, so cancelled
12 - Nothing left to glitter, so cancelled

Method A favours those most often online, method B favours those with highest initiative bonus. Method B also means that a lot of turns will have to be 'redone'. Alternative, we could say people actually HAVE to post in initiative order, but this means waiting a lot before your turn comes up. Please all give your opinion, what ever is decided WILL BE USED FOR THE REST OF THE CAMPAIGN! So vote with caution and reasoning

EDIT: ehm, Keriann, you cant take a 5-ft step through a wall. Going around the corner is 10-feet move through BLOB's square.

My vote is for actions happening in initiative order rather than post order

Well I prefer method B, otherwise my high initiative is kind of pointless so I might be being selfish here. Though with method B it's usually good to post ACs of creature so you can tell if your attack hits or not so you can predict your turn.

I say go with initiative order, otherwise it's a pointless mechanic.

While option a benifits me the most I would probably say stay with option b, Blob has invested a signiciant bit of resources into iniative and it would be unfair to deny him that. Soi say B.

Oh, I almost can't believe I misread that about grapple checks. Damn. That makes Combat Reflexes a lot les useful for my build than I thought it would be.

I don't know about the wall, but the first 5 feet of diagonal movement in a round does not cost double movement.

I prefer option B.

I personally favor option A, but even if I declare GM gets a double vote, it would still be just me & Kanrnicore vs the rest (of both teams!) so we will run by option B then. You can still post what you INTEND to do whenever you get online, but then will just have to change/accept if someone with a higher initiative screws up your plans before it gets executed.

Elizabeth, your right about a diagonal first step being only 5ft, but you were positioned above Blob, behind the wall. DnD & Pathfinder both demand you go down a square and then forward to move around a corner, in this case the door opening, therefore needing 10ft of movement, not 2.
Still, we will count all bunnies vanquished and the glitterdust as not-happened/unspent since all intended targets were dead before Lacuna's Initiative came up.

"Huh? What? I see! I see! Was it bad dream?" Toxicroak seems confused but after shaking it off, he moves onto another platform.

BLOB will kick Mint again, and she will position herself on another platform to see if the same happens again. More importantly BLOB is trying to figure out what the point of this is.

As soon as Toxicroak steps onto the new platform it begins to raise him into the air. The same holds true for the one that Mint jumps on. Both platforms glow green and the line that connected the two and the one of Toxicroak with the big bright crystal light up green as well, forming a chain.
both platforms also bring along four new bunnies, within armslength of BLOB and Svitz. (AoO if you wish)

Init order for this wave:

Kerian
Svitz
Lacuna6
Bunnies
Toxicroak
BLOB (is actually first of new round)

Keriann flies alongside the wall over to this new batch of bunnies, rotates to an upside down position, and claws one across the neck.

Gore: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21 Damage: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Svitz brings one of massive claws down on the nearest new bunny out of instinct.

claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Blob as his attack of opportunity, swats the air ineffectually with his clipboard a full 4 feet above the rabbits. He takes a step back and summons a ooze shield to protect him.

On his turn, 5ft step back and full defense. Mint will take a quick nap on the top of her platform.

You know, I realize now in a party where few of us are people, Enlarge Person's not very useful >.>
I'll start summoning a dog with Summon Monster I

The bunnies are somewhat intimidated by whats happening to their kin and seem to have trouble to decide what to do...

"Is anyone else starting to feel bad about this fight?"

enlarge person works on me ^-^ not that I really care to be enlarged >_>
Toxicroak sticks his head down below the 'elevator' and takes two bites out of two of the rabbits.
to hit: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26 for damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6+1 acid
to hit: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23 for damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8+1 acid
2 bunnies are turned to goo again :)
"We step on all buttons. Same time. High ground is safe. Then watch bunnies do."

Keriann returns to an upright position, rises another five feet in the air, level with the pillars, and chases down the bunny that fled, once again slashing along the neck.

The bunny remaining after Toxicroak's attack gets an AoO against Keriann. Her first 5 feet of movement, she rises, her last 5 feet of movement before attacking the scared bunny, she lowers 5 feet.

Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30Damage: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11Acid: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Hm, this might be a good time to mention something I've been wondering about: When Keriann makes a single attack, or an AoO, would that attack be at 1.5 STR, as the rules for single natural attacks?

Bunnies have no natural reach so they can't take AOOs. You have multiple natural attacks so even if you only use one it is still at 1x str.

Svitz, growing annoyed with the bunnies chattering, launches a series of slashes to silence them forever.

claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22 damage: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25 damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
claw: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 damage: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

"Just me? Alright then."
A big, leafy dog will appear on my turn and start mauling whatever bunnies are left while I walk to the other side of the room to check out that door, attempting to avoid the platforms.
Dog Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Perception on the door: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

BLOB is thankful that his 'allies' are doing most of the killing for him, even if they are just bunnies. He waits there defending himself. If all the bunnies die he forces Mint piece to move onto another platform to summon more creatures from the floor boards.

When Mint jumps down and scutles over to the next platform, the one he just left slowly begins to sink back down to ground level. The one he enters is swiftly raised again, revealing once more a new batch of bunnies. The first of which is rapidly torn to pieces by the leavy jaws of the green barked dog.

The door appears to be wearing several arcane symbols, connected to the grey engraved lines that run down to floorlevel and then out towards the nearest circles. No sounds are heard from behind this door. The two red lights each seem connected to a set of sigils and you believe it takes TWO chains of power to open this door.

Keriann seems to have disappeared from the map. Huh.

Keriann levitates over to the nearest button, carefully landing on it.

Keriann lands on the third button from the left, second row from the top of the map.

odd, i can still see it.

The platform raises and vegins to glow green, but it pulses weaker then the others did.

Mint moves over to another platform and continues this little game of rising hop scotch.

I need some clarification of svitz. He appears to have been moved on top of a circle, but never states he does so. Does he move onto the platform or is it simply an error on the map?

Ok lets get some coordination going here :P Are we going to aim for the right side door? If we are, we need a total of 9 buttons pressed. There are a total of 7 of us I believe. For the last two we could stack bunnies on it? Sounds like a good, morbid idea :D
"Blob stand here. I go there." Toxicroak points to another one of the platforms. he then moves over to where it is, preferably in a way that does not provoke aoos from the bunnies (aka not going right through the bunnies squares, he can also jump over the bunnies if needed).

Sorry forum has been a bit buggy for me today, yes he moved onto button

Svitz steps on a nearby button, trying very carefully not to crush it.

More bunnies pop up as Toxic lifts another circle. This circle however does not glow green. The one he left however slowly starts to lower down. As Svitz steps onto the circle just before it reaches the ground, it swiftly raises back up, lifting Svitz along. No bunnies appear from this one however.
The three bunnies in front the leave-dog attack in consort, but their tiny size brings them within biting reach before they can attack themselves. (AoO for the leave dog)

attack leave dog: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
attack leave dog: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
attack leave dog: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
if 15 hits its AC then:
1+ 1d6 electric damage: 1 + 1d6 ⇒ 1 + (2) = 3

BLOB is sitting patiently as the group dispatches more rabbits while asking them. "Why rabbits? What is the point of this, they aren't acting very well as guardians if this is the case. They are in all honesty not much of challenge to the brutish lot here?" BLOB asks in Svitz's voice.

Svitz leans over and picks up a nearby rabbit corpse and tosses it down his gullet.

"Maybe they are just here for lunch?"

What is currently left alive actually? I've lost track.

Ya I am also curious as to how many bunnies are currently on the field. If we could get some icons for all of them? just place them below everything else and it should still be readable. I would also love a bunny kill count ^-^ See just how bloodthirsty that tree is >:D