Black Sands (Game Collective) (Inactive)

Game Master Doomed Hero

~ Round 1 ~

Ayaal curses and slides up behind the befuddled arcanist - lantern in one hand and blade in the other. She slashes at the snake next to her (S1) and prepares to throw the lantern at the large group of snakes across the way. "Time to go, Hasani."

MOVE: O6
STAND: Attack S1

Ayaal's blade bites into terracotta scales, ripping one of the serpents open. It is hollow, and surprisingly fragile. Pieces of the snake fall to the rolling coils that make up the floor and quickly start getting churned under.

The rest mass of serpents retaliate in a flurry of glittering motion, one even moving to strike beneath the archway at Zayid.

Group B, you're up.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

"Ouch! Thing bit me!" says Zayid as he steps back from the archway and draws his bow again.

5-foot step back to K7. Shooting at the one in N7 (should he be in M7?).

Attack (PBS): 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 14 (Remove the -4 if the snake is in M7; it's for it being engaged in melee.
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Wow... seriously?

"Get out of there!" Cahal yells as he moves beside Zayid to block access to the snakes and cover their retreat.

Hasani sways under the attacks and attempts to swipe at the snake with his shield, but between his burnt hands unfamiliarity with the shield as a weapon and weakness his effort is exceedingly feeble.

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 77
Fort Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Shield Attack vs Serpent that attacked: 1d20 - 10 ⇒ (9) - 10 = -1

Ayaal swirls her robes as she dances aside, confusing the striking snakes that bite into her clothes not her flesh.

Farooq will double move to K6

"What's going on in here?"

Move to N6, please.

Moving in, Mahsati risks an attack from one of these bizarre snakes, striking at the closest one with her hammer.

Attack (S6): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 6 = 16

The map is editable by everyone. You can move yourself by deleting your marker and retyping it wherever you want to be.

(should he be in M7?).

They have reach. They don not actively threaten at reach for the purposes of AoOs, but they can strike up to 10' out.

Zayid's arrow goes wide but Mahatsi's hammer explodes the snake in front of her into a shower of broken pottery.

Round 2

Environmental effects: Unsteady Ground. Everything in the chamber is difficult terrain.

Light level: 1/2 normal.
1/2 Dim. Everything has Concealment in Dim light (20% miss chance)

Group A is up

~ Round 2 ~

The wall of people at her back, makes it impossible for Ayaal to drag the healer out of the room. She settles for grabbing him by the collar and attempting to spin him towards the wall, where fewer snakes can get at him.

FREE: Drop lantern
STAND: Reposition Hasani (CMB)

On the other side of the wall of combatants, Zariah finds herself unable to engage.

Realizing that the light may be hampering the others not blessed with her ability to peer through the darkness, she bends down, fluidly gathering up as stone as she chants an incantation to her goddess.

She quickly tosses the now glowing rock over the melee, casting light in their midst to alleaviate the hampering shadows.

Cast light on small rock, toss over frontline to eliminate miss chance.

Apademak rushes in, sliding low beneath the archway and gracefully dodging the snapping jaws of the serpent that had just lunged at Zariah. He slashes out at one with his strange clawed gloves, but the snake is too fast and pulls it's head back.

The mass of snakes writhe and churn, some sinking under, and other heads rising, beginning to enclose upon the intruders. The floor rolled beneath them. Glittering fanged heads snapped out from all directions.

If struck, please make a DC 14 Fort save. If you fail, you are Confused for one round. Each time you fail this save, the DC to resist goes up by 2 and the duration of the Confusion increases by one round. Please keep track of how many times you have failed a save, and your D% Confusion roll at the top of your posts.

Group B, you're up.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Reaction: 1d100 ⇒ 46
Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

When struck by the snake, Mahsati let out a piercing wail, followed by... whatever it was, it could only be considered as words in the loosest of senses. Somehow, she manages to keep her footing through the ordeal.

Fort1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Cahal steps forward to engage the closest serpent: "Get outta there!!!"

The fury of the sandstorm rise within him as he feels the raw power unleashed through his limbs. His axe arcs up than down as he aims for the serpent's eyes.

Raging, PA and FF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 2 = 211d12 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 3 = 14

Rage round 1, AC 14, hp 15/16

Zayid's face hardens as more people charge in and begin acting strangely. "Get out! Don't keep on rushing in there! Just bring the others and get out!"

He pulls another arrow and fires at the snake next to Zariah and Cahal.

Attack (PBS, soft cover, engaged in melee): 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 - 4 - 4 = 0
Lol.

"Ahh snakes. Fall back."

Farooq casts Grease DC16 on a patch of ground (pink boarder on the map) and falls back.

DH - so we should be making saves each time we are struck by a snake (multiple saves per round) or just once per round if we are struck?

I suspect Hasani probably is not flatfooted, but just treating everyone as a foe because he is confused so I doubt the reposition worked sadly.

Hasani falls and is bitten again attempting to rise and strike at the snake that just bite him with his shield again, but again more of a danger to himself than anyone else.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 Fail
Reflex Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Shield: 1d20 - 10 ⇒ (13) - 10 = 3

Poison saves are made with each dose (each bite in this case). Once a save is failed, the DC for sequential doses goes up as the poison becomes harder for your body to resist.

Yeah, poison can get nasty. :)

Cahal's blow shattered the serpent in front of him at the base, causing the rest of it to lock up and immediately lose animation. It fell from the ceiling where it had come from and crashed to the churning ground.

A conjured oil slick formed at Farooq's will, impeding the snakes movement.

Hasani, since you failed your save, you are still Confused. Please give me a Confusion roll to determine if you are able to attack the target you want to, or to determine who your friends are.

Hasani is correct about the Reposition. He isn't currently able to differentiate friend from foe (he'd need an "act's normally" roll result for that), so Ayaal's CMB check was a bit too short.

Farooq, the Grease is only partially effective against the snakes. It does slow them, but they can't exactly "fall prone", on account of being snakes.

Confusion states that, "Any confused creature who is attacked automatically attacks its attackers on its next turn, as long as it is still confused when its turn comes." So I don't believe I should need to roll.

Hasani- Good catch. Never mind. However, as you noted, rolling may determine if you can tell friend from foe. Even if you are currently attacking the snake that last bit you, you may still regard Ayaal as an anemy unless you get a "normal action" result, so you may want to make the roll anyway, just so you have that chance.

The churning ground had upended poor Hasani as they gave a sudden, but worse, the coils closed down on the lanterns that had been set on the ground. With the sound of twisting metal they shattered, spraying droplets of lamp oil around that were quickly smeared by the rolling coils.

The dark red areas on the map are now quite on fire and would be dangerous to stand in. The orange areas are where the oil splashed, and, except for the initial splash, are not dangerous to stand in unless you happen to be prone.

Round 3

Environmental effects: Unsteady Ground. Everything in the chamber is difficult terrain.

Light level: Normal. Lots of firelight.

Group A is up

Ayaal is fast... but not faster than the snakes. Two of them sink fangs into her legs but, despite the heaving floor, she remains on her feet.

~ Round 3 ~

Ayaal glances around irately then swiftly reverses the dagger in her hand and rams it into her stomach. She crumples to the heaving floor, slowly bleeding out.

Confusion1d100 ⇒ 82

As she feels the poison burning in her flesh, Zariah's mind clouds. Looking into the chaos around her she feels the treat of her enemies around her, her hand darting forward to strike the enemy before her.

Kukri Attack on Mahsati
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
1d4 ⇒ 4

Crit confirmation
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
1d4 ⇒ 2

Fort1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
2nd failed save 2 rounds DC up to 18

Oooh, prone in the fire. No bueno.

50% chance to catch fire (roll >50): 1d100 ⇒ 89

Lucky you

Apademak abandons his attack on the snakes when he sees Ayaal crumple to the ground in the fire. Dodging a snake bite, he quicksteps to her, and heaves her over near Cahal before the flames could catch her clothes.

For his heroics, he receives a veritable hail of snake bites as the mass moves in, dragging flames around the still-churning floor.

It is hard to tell how many of the serpents sink their flesh into him, but his eyes stay clear an focused in spite of the maind-warping poison.

He's at 2/7 HP, but he miraculously made all his saves. :)

The serpents glittered beautifully in the firelight, darting forward to seek the soft flesh of the group of Debtors clustered in the archway.

Those struck, please make a DC 14 Fort save (+2 for each failed save) or you are Confused for one round (cumulative with each failed save).

Group B is up

Hasani passes out upon the burning snake filled floor.

Zayid steps forward and grabs Zariah, shoving her behind him.

5-foot step to L6 and reposition attempt on Zariah. No AoO since she's not devoted to attacking me, but probably counts as an attack for purposes of her action next round (if still confused).

Reposition vs CMD13: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Moves her 5' to L7.

Map updated.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

The fangs bite deep, but Cahal waves off the venom. With one hand he grabs Ayaal and pulls her behind him: "They've all lost their mind!? GET. OUTTA. THER-RA!!!"

There is no snake adjacent to me. Which one bit me?

DM said they can lunge.

They can attack at 10' but they don't threaten at 10' for the purposes of AoOs. They haven't actually taken any AoOs yet. It's possible they can't for some reason.

Hasani, can you update your HP in your header? It still says you have 6 hp.

Cahal, moving an unaccompanied object that doesn't encumber you (in this case, an unconscious woman) from one square you threaten to another is only a move action. You have a standard left if you'd like.

Cahal steps back further with Ayaal with her, putting her as far as possible from the serpents.

Gritting her teeth against the pain of the knife wound of the other woman, Mahsati ignored the pain of the strike for the time being. The matter would be dealt with. Later. The snakes were the larger threat at the moment.

Again she raised her hammer to swing at the nearest serpent.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

Reflex vs Catching on Fire: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Actually, you don't need to make that save, and you don't take that damage. The save was only for the initial splatter, and now you're unconscious anyway, so no reflex save for you. Catching fire is just a flat percent chance that I'll roll at the top of the round.

Mahatsi's mighty swing went wide as the sinuous snake pulled quickly away from her reach.

Round 4

Environmental effects: Unsteady Ground. Everything in the chamber is difficult terrain. Oil fires beginning to burn out.

Light level: Lots of fire

Group A is up

Confusion 1d100 ⇒ 30

Zariah simply stands in one spot swaying slightly as she babbles incoherently.

New Fort save 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Confused for 3rd round new DC 20

Ayaal finds the balance between life and death and dreams of horrid snakes...

Will Save 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Stabilization v DC:10 1d20 + 0 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 0 - 1 = 16 Stable

Apedemak grabs Hasani, dumps him into Mahatsi's arms as he frantically dodges incoming serpents and shoves the both of them backwards, giving her an apologetic smile as he finally goes down.

Group B, your turn.

Zayid picks up Hasani, tosses him over his shoulder, and heads back up the hallway toward Farooq. Moving 20' since I figure he encumbers me.

"Farooq, can you help Hasani? Do you have some of that salve left still?"

Let me know if you require any rolls, DM.

No, that's fine.

I think the healing room back there would work on its own since Hasani is not effected by acid or anything.

Like the new DM avatar DH! It is new right, I've not just been failing perception checks for ages?

Ooh, I didn't think about that, but you actually said something about it in-character, so that's a good idea. Let's see if we can make it back there before you bleed out (you should probably stabilize btw).

Good point.

Despite his grievous injuries Hasani, does not appear to be in immediate danger, perhaps Ash truly watches over his faithful afterall.

Con Check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Beautifully done.

"I don't have much, but let's see if it helps.

Farooq digs out the ointment and applies the remainder to Hasani's wounds. Regain 3 hp

"Watch their attacks still! We may be out of the room, but they can snap quite far I've seen!"

Cahal grins as he sees everyone moving back. He keeps his axe up and ready, inching forward to cover his companions.

Rage round 3; 5-foot forward, ready attack.
Raging, PA and FF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 = 261d12 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 3 = 17