Will post for the round, but all day meeting followed by dinner with colleagues.
Does Burning Hands do anything under water?
Steaming Hands?
Chell is correct! Just takes a CL check.
Player's Handbook:
Fire: Nonmagical fire (including alchemist's fire) does not burn underwater. Spells or spell-like effects with the fire descriptor are ineffective underwater unless the caster makes a caster level check (DC 20 + spell level). If the check succeeds, the spell creates a bubble of steam instead of its usual fiery effect, but otherwise the spell works as described. A supernatural fire effect is ineffective underwater unless its description states otherwise. The surface of a body of water blocks line of effect for any fire spell. If the caster has made the caster level check to make the fire spell usable underwater, the surface still blocks the spell's line of effect.
Ya'll know that I do like to get all steamy.
Lotta snow here.
Here too.
Most this season, but not much!
Busy weekend and I'll be busy until this afternoon.
City is a mess! Take your time.
Hope everyone whacked with the snow is safe.
Hey, just to let everyone know, I'll be traveling from tomorrow afternoon through Wednesday night. I might get in one more update before I head out, and another when I get in Wed night, but don't be surprised if I only post again Thursday morning. Feel free to bot me if necessary.
Right now they are finally plowing the little side street I live on. Stupid housing uses their usual work pick-ups, but with snow plow attachment put on the front. It has not been working out well for them with the amount of snow we got. Their trucks kept getting stuck.
I'm a bit under the weather, so I'm going to be light on my posting.
NYC got slammed, but I'm a bit north and escaped relatively unscathed. Yay!
I'm pretty sick, I don't think I'll be posting much today.
Feel better!
Don't just feel better, kick its azz!
I'm still fighting off a nasty cold. I'll get back to posting by Sunday.
Stay strong! Don't let the virus win.
Sargas should be back in the next day or two.
I'm not really sure what, if anything, we can do here. We actually might have to run? Any ideas?
I'm out of ideas. I was hoping they were summoned or at least controlled by something that I could dispell.
Swarms still take half damage from slashing and piercing if made up of tiny creatures (full I guess for bludgeoning?). No damage if made up of diminutive or fine. AOE's still work but I only have 2 I think. But nausea.
AOE Spells that don't deal fire or cold damage.
they are diminutive in size
FYI: I did mention when Chell wanted to investigate on her own that she'd probably die, I wasn't kidding.
True, if I made the fort I'd be much better off and could escape. So AOE spells is all we have.
Sadly I have no appropriate AOE spells. :(
As much as I hate to admit it, I think we have to run away unless Chell has something up her sleeve.
Sorry about the lack of progress between being sick and work, it's been hectic.
No problem Baldwin, pbps can go at any speed!
In any case
Um, the swarm ran away? A bit odd. In any case we aren't equipped to fight it, as much as I'd like to explore the ship we should either prepare new spells tomorrow or scoot out of here.
Um, the swarm ran away? A bit odd.
No reason for TPK especially when you were not equipped to fight with this terrain.
I'll agree with either explore tomorrow with new spells or just mark it on the map and leave.
Back to the ship for one.
As a player I'd vote for moving on, but Astrianna of course will want to go back down there. Not that she can contribute to killing the fish, so it's up to Bri and Chell if it's possible.
Hello everyone, I'm going to be traveling tomorrow, so please feel free to bot me if needed!
Some options I have come up with:
Flamestrike
Summon Monster V large water elemental
Major creation for a metal net
All of which will have to wait until tomorrow to get spells
Can you Lightening Bolt a swarm?
Cannot cast underwater.
Bri discovered that the swarm has resistance to both fire and cold. This is in addition to its damage reduction/good. Conventional weapons are useless as well unfortunately. Flame strike might be able to deal enough damage to get past all the DR, but I don't think the water elemental could cause any damage either.
Do you have any spells that can deal Good damage Chell?
Metal net would be interesting, but how would we deploy it underwater?
Flamestrike is actually half divine so part of the damage can't be resisted.
A water elemental can use vortex underwater and that does automatic slam damage to anything in it. I assume it would hurt a swarm considering the vortex is like a tornado, 10ft wide at the bottom and 40 at the top.
With the net we would have to bait them or use an illusion.
Maybe Chaos hammer. Only works if they are lawful or neutral.
Found it. If CRB is allowed, a pair of Holy Smite's will work. 9d6 against evil outsiders. I believe they are outsiders now.
Or Sanctuary + Dismissal. Not sure if Dismissal works against templated creatures.
If we could lead them past some anchor points, I could cast web. I can also summon monster IV and V if I take a day to prepare them and figure out what would eat those things. Maybe summon a water mephit or maybe let the water elemental's vortex suck the fish away from us.
It's up to you guys, Astria is not helpful here (unless the fish want to talk!)
If you think we can handle it, we can tackle the swarm tomorrow.
Oh we can handle it. It's just that we need to wait a day for spells. We're out of anything useful.
May the swarm was just a random passerby :-)
Or it could be guardian for a nasty enemy. :-)
I was trying to wrap my head around the swarm combat, just melee...
We should have gotten Aoo's? Also, did we affect it at all?
Instead of offense, is there a defense/protection that can help Sargas and Sorrin while they just hack at it?
Maybe we trying too hard.
This is what sucks about swarms. Weapon wielders can do literally nothing against them. No point in taking AoO because you can't damage them.
"A swarm composed of Fine or Diminutive creatures is immune to all weapon damage."
I believe the DM said they were Diminutive.
No effects on the swarm at all. Between SR, DR, Energy Resistance and swarm traits you were ineffective. Like I mentioned it would have been a death wish to solo investigate. Essentially, you are dealing with an advanced swarm that has a fiendish template.
That seemed character and theme appropriate.
=)
So we seem to agree on leaving. So much has happened that I can't remember if we have a lead on where Dalang is. I was thinking of casting Diviniation and asking if not. Only costs 25 this time. Unless someone has a better idea.