Tinker recognizes the creatures as Gryphs, but isn't quite sure what abilities they may have. Noke knows that they have no damage reduction, special defenses, or resistances. Begrilda's learned a little more in her travels, and knows they have ... What would you like to know?
Both gryphs flap their wings and float into the air, diving down upon Thorur and Tinker. One of them swings four of its six arms around Thorur and manages to grapple the dwarf.
Claw:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 191d6 ⇒ 6 Grab:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
The other takes a slice from Tinker's rapier, and claws back at him.
Claw:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d6 ⇒ 5 Grab:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23What's Tinker's CMD?
Then, a giant spider comes parachuting down onto Begrilda's head!
Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
And another floats down upon Noke...
Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 171d4 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0 Noke needs DC 12 Fort vs Poison
Looking up at the sheets of webs lining the ceiling of the cavern, you notice two more spiders waiting for an opportunity to descend...
Begrilda screams with alarm as the spider lands on her, but is fortunate enough to avoid its bite. She draws out her heavy mace and takes a swing at the spider.
Will save vs Slumber:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
The gryph is much too engaged in keeping Thorur in its grasp, and it easily ignores the hex. However, Thorur pushes his arms against the feathered creature with all of his might, and breaks free of its six jagged arms. It caws at him in annoyance.
Begrilda knows that gryphs have the following special attack:
Implant Eggs (Ex):
Once per day, a gryph can implant eggs into a helpless target or a target it is grappling. As a full-round action, the gryph extends an ovipositor from its abdomen and penetrates the victim's flesh by making a successful sting attack (+5 melee). On a hit, the ovipositor deals 1 point of damage and implants 1d4 eggs in the victim. The eggs draw nutrients from the target's flesh, and give the target the sickened condition. The eggs grow swiftly, hatching in a mere 1d4 minutes into ravenous gryph chicks that immediately burrow out of the victim's body. This deals 2 points of Constitution damage per gryph chick, after which the hatchlings immediately take wing and fly away (if needed, use game statistics for a bat familiar to represent a hatchling). Removing implanted eggs requires a DC 20 Heal check (a full-round action); each attempt deals 1 hit point of damage. Although immunity to disease offers no special protection against gryph egg implantation, remove disease, heal, or similar effects automatically destroy any implanted gryph eggs.
The cleric slams her mace down on the spider's squishy body, ooze spraying from the fresh wound.
Thorur still has a move action after escaping the grapple if he wants to use it. Tinker still has his full round. I moved Begrilda within range of a spider.
Sorry, Red, forgot to mention it before, but I was aiming my attack at yellow (I was previously standing to the left of Tinker) and took a 5ft step away from that spider after I smooshed him. I put myself back behind Tinker.
With Tinker still locked in, the green-eyed gryph extends a barbed ovipositor from underneath its body, and attempts to dig it into Tinker's side. Luckily for the Kitsune, it misses.
Implant eggs:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Red bites and claws at Thorur once more, and the two other spiders harass both he and Noke.
Bite:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 Claw:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Thorur swings his waraxe directly at the claws holding Tinker in the gryph's grasp. The gryph wimpers in pain, and Tinker uses the opportunity to escape. Begrilda nearly squashes a spider, just missing.
Will save:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
The injured gryph wavers back and forth on its scrwany legs, then falls over on its side, sound asleep.
Red vs Thorur, Bite:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 221d6 ⇒ 6 Red vs Thorur, Claw:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Yellow vs Thorur, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12 Pink vs Tinker, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 211d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 Crit?:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 211d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 Tinker needs a DC 12 Fort save vs Poison White vs Begrilda, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 141d4 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1 Blue vs Noke, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Your foes swarm to attack you in hopes of an easy meal. Thorur's shoulder is gouged by the gryph, and Tinker gets a dose of poisonous spider fangs dug into his ankle.
Begird steps back over beside Noke, who is facing the blue spider by herself. She brings her weapon down toward the creature, praying for Bolka to guide her attack.
Will save, Spider:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
The spider is some kind of sleep resistant variant, and staves off Noke's hex. Thorur carves a deep gash through the gryph's side, Tinker chops a few spider legs off, and Begrilda kills an arachnid with a Bolka-guided mace slam.
Red vs Thorur, Bite:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 Red vs Thorur, Claw:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Yellow vs Thorur, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 White vs Tinker, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19 Pink vs Tinker, Bite:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
And this time, not a single fang nor claw harms the party.
Green is helpless! Somebody coup de grace that dang grease-bird!
Begrilda moves back over to help Tinker fight off the spiders surrounding him and swings her weapon at the pinkish spider that had already taken a hit.
Fort Save, CDG:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Noke's bolt is laser-guided, and the spider curls up dead around the wooden shaft that impales its abdomen. Tinker attempts to end the gryph as it sleeps, yet somehow, he misses its vital organs. The bird awakens with an angry caw!
Begrilda slams the spider again, nearly flattening it into a pulpy, goopy mess.
The nearly-dead, now awake gryph hops to its feet Provokes AoO from Thorur and Tinker
If it survives:
Bite vs Thorur:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d6 ⇒ 5
The other enemies continue their onslaught. Determined bastards, they are.
Bite vs Thorur:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 251d6 ⇒ 5 Crit?:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 171d6 ⇒ 1 Claw vs Thorur:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 211d6 ⇒ 6 Grab?:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Bite vs Tinker:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Bite vs Begrilda:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Thorur finds himself bloodied and grappled by a giant bird once more...
Begrilda takes a step behind Tinker and extends a hand toward her wounded dwarven friend. "Thorur! Stop dying, you fool! Kill the birds!" Her hand pulses with holy light, and some of Thorur's wounds begin to mend.
5ft step, then using domain casting of Cure Light Wounds on Thorur
Tinker stabs the green gryph to death before it can manage to get up. Begrilda heals Thorur as he desperately tries to escape the gryph's claws.. and does so!
Tinker goes for a double kill, and manages to chop the eight legs off the already-injured pink spider. Noke's bolt sails into the ravine below.
The remaining two foes continue to bite and claw at you...
"You call that a hit? This is what a hit looks like..."
Begrilda smiles coyly as Thorur puts his full martial prowess on display. "About time you showed up to this fight, you old dwarf," she says with a laugh.
"Begrilda, would you be so kind as to channel to heal us all before we proceed. Does anyone have a torch left? I would like to burn the webs to make sure the spiders are all gone."
Female N Wayang Witch (Invoker archetype, Time patron) 12 | Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20 ft (40 ft riding Happu) | | Temp HP 19/19 | HP: 115/115 | AC 19 Tch 15, Fl 16 | CMB: +2, CMD: 15| F: +18 , R:+14, W:+14 & +1 vs. spells/spell-like ab./poison | Init: +3 | Perc: +17, SM: +3, Dipl. (Influence): +22, Bluff (Deceive): +22 | Invoke Patron: 9/12 min. | Flight 10/12 min. | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira reroll 0/1 | Happu (riding dog) HP: 13/13 | Divune (familiar) HP: 115/115 | Act. Cond: See invisibility, Heroism
"Don't you seasoned Pathfinders have your own means of healing?! Every Pathfinder has one of these Cure wands, right? I could use my scrolls of infernal healing on you but they are very potent." Noke says.
"Oh no no no! No need for such things, my dear," Begrilda says, quickly patting Noke on the hand as she reaches for her scrolls. "Of course my dear friends have their own wands and such things, but the good goddess Bolka has given me the power to bless and heal, and I have devoted myself to doing this work. Now come, don't be stubborn. Oh, and let's get a little way away from these...creatures, so they don't benefit from the Maiden's healing unintentionally."
Noke, I'm going to include you in the channel radius, but if you really don't want it for some reason, you can either stand outside the radius or resist the DC10. :)
Channel Positive - Heal:2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4
"There now," Begrilda says with a gentle smile, "All feeling better, right? And I still have more to spare if the need arises."
After fully mending your wounds, you continue down a narrow path into a larger, wide cavern. Ledges and stairs are carved into the stone walls of this wide-open, high-ceilinged natural cavern. Embedded in a fifteen-foot-tall spire of centuries-old bones stands the skeleton of a massive armored
warrior. Though its flesh has long since rotted off its frame, the skeleton still stands proud and regal amid the trappings of battle and mounds of gleaming treasure. The skeleton’s battered halfplate and scarred helmet hint at its many battles, and the warlord’s hands are clenched around a massive stone hammer. Beneath the helmet, a thick, round rock has been embedded in one of the skeleton’s otherwise empty eye sockets.
At the ledge to the southeast, a half-orc is searching around. Two wolves stand tall and growl at your approach, and the half-orc turns in your direction, surprised at first, but then smiling. "Ah-ha! Found me, did you? It's been a rather productive week," he remarks icily. "Murdered the village captain. What was his name? Rodrik? And then, single-handedly orchestrated a raid on your humble town." He cracks his knuckles. "Finally, laid waste to the brazen heroes who decided to try and stop me! Go on, my pets, slaughter them!"
