CARRION CROWN CAMPAIGN (CLOSED) - GAMEPLAY (Inactive)

Game Master Daniel Penfold 351

Eleric you find a secret door in one wall, you also see that the chest is locked but does not appear to be trapped.

Ortensia you get an image of an older man, dressed in priests vestments, he appears to have been attacked by large slug like creatures, he retreated here and drank two potions before leaving again and heading north towards a manor house, at this point the vision dims.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (20) + 21 = 41

Eleric has Jaboa open the chest.

Once they have take the contents.

Eleric walks over and peeks through the secret door.

Hmmm...not only do we have to contend with these Dagon cultists and slum, but some even more loathsome slug creatures. One of the priests retreated here to recover from an assault before he headed north to a nearby manor. Perhaps their HQ?

"if you describe the slug creature in enough detail I may enable to figure out what it is and what its weaknesses are."

gm with the right descriptors can Eleric role to identify the creature?"

Inside the chest are two elixirs of swimming, 2 potions of water breathing a fish boat feather token. There are also 3 statuettes of a bizarre tentacled beast,a vaguely humanoid thing with icthyic and batrachian features, and a crouching humanoid figure with an octopoid head and dragon wings. Each statuette is worth 500gp.

Eleric can you make a Knowledge dungeoneering check please.

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 2 = 26

Dungeoneering Jaboa aid: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 = 14

Tess pockets one of the potions of water breathing. ”Never know when this might come in handy.”

Ortensia frowned at the statues, unwilling to handle them. She eyed the potions.Hm. Perhaps to deal with the skum they have to go into their lair. We may need these to bring the fight to them if need be.

"Here, take this. This could end up being a wet fight."
Eleric hands the potion to Ortensia.

Eleric from the description you recognise the creatures as slugspawn, a part of a spawning canker which is in itself part of a dark young of shub niggurath.

The slugspawn are vulnerable to cold and are treated as an infestation. They attack from leaping from the ground and burrowing into the flesh. After 3 rounds it reaches the hosts brain and only remove disease can remove it without killing the host.

Eleric explains this to the rest of the group.

"Through the secret door then?"

"Yes, onward."

Creeden will gather any of the statues. Better than letting them fall into cultist hands again.

A pool of dark water takes up the entire northern portion of this simple room. A plain bench stands against the far wall. Neatly arranged on the stone floor are several bodies, each of which is missing its head.

Heal check and perception checks

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

Heal 1d20 ⇒ 11

Perception 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Heal: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Perception: 10 + 27 = 37

Ortensia accepted the option, grimacing at the description of the slugs.

She scanned the room with her mind while the others studied the corpses.

Cast Psychic Reading

On one of the bodies you find a ceramic egg which you can open to find the symbol of the Whispering Way and a scrap of paper which reads "Rider on the way with effigy. Meet at Old House outside town for exchange.

You then see that the deaths did not happen here but in a large manor house and someone later took the bodies and laid them here.

.... Ortensia grimaced as she explained that their next destination was indeed the manor house in question. And where the bodies came from. And how the slugdpawn killed.

"That is an amazing skill you have. Let's clear the rest of the building and then make our way to te manor."

Perception Door, traps, and treasure in this room: 10 + 27 = 37

You do not find any traps or treasure or any more secret doors

"Next room then." Eleric points south.

Tess nods and follows along at the ready.

This hidden chamber is decorated floor to ceiling with disturbing carvings of devilfish, krakens, octopuses, squid, and other bizarre sea life, as well as unsettling depictions of human women mating with strange fish-men from the sea. At the far end of the room, a semicircular pool of water stands before a large bloodstained altar. On the wall above the altar, a carving of a giant, unwinking octopoid eye gazes over the room, surrounded by sinister twisting runes. Standing in the pool is a large lobster-like creature has a thick armoured shell. A pair of tiny eyes gleams above a mouth full of writhing tentacles.

Knowledge religion or Knowledge dungeoneering

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22Know Religion

”Nasty,” Tess whispers, focusing on the strange creature.

Religion: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Religion Aid: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Ortensia you recognise the symbol on the wall as another, slightly different image of Dagon.

Dagon, in more of its guises...Ortensia murmured with distaste.

Scion of the Sea initiative: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Eleric initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Tessara initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Creeden initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Ortensia initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Initiative order:

Block 1: Ortensia

Block 2: Scion of the Sea

Block 3: Everyone else

So Ortensia your action

Not wanting to prolong things with a drawn out brawl in the muck with the disgusting creature, Ortensia decided to try to preemptively decide it.

Cast Call Lighting CL 8 DC17 7/8 bolts

3d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6) = 14Lightning dmg

Ozone spiked the air and a charge surrounded the occultist as she extended an arm and pointed a gloved finger with the weight of a justice's gavel at the creature.

A seething bolt of blue lighting crashed down from the ceiling to strike the creature.

Can you make a spell penetration roll

I think Eleric had the highest initiative. So he will cast haste.

Is there a knowledge check for the creature?

Knowledge dungeoneering

Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11Spell Penetration

Eleric, you recognise the creature as a chuul. They have the grab ability and can constrict and they can transfer a grappled target to their tentacles which can paralyse. It is not normal for them to have spell resistance

The scion moves to the door and tries to attack Creeden through the door.

Claw: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 = 13

grab: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36

Back to block 3

Tess casts Divine power and summons her magical bow.

Creeden steps in front of the creature.

"You'll have to try harder than that."

He lashes out with a series of kicks and punches.

Defensive
unarmed strike: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33 for bludgeoning: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
flurry: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29 for bludgeoning: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
iterative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 for bludgeoning: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
critical?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22 for bludgeoning: 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
AC 33 v melee, 29 v ranged; CMD 37 (If melee attack misses by 4 or less, AC goes to 29, CMD to 33)

Creeden deals the creature several powerful blows, unfortunately it is still there.

Eleric, back to you

Eleric casts burst of radiance (DC Ref 20 vs blind).

Damage: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 4, 4) + 5 = 19
Duration: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Can you make a spell penetration roll please.

Caster level: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 I have to get a way to deal with Sr.

3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4) = 10Call Lighting 6/8

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27Spell Penetration

Ortensia called another bolt of lightning onto the creature's ugly head.

Ortensia's spell strikes the creature and it howls in pain.

In retaliation it attempts to attack Creeden again, and some of its wounds heal up.

Claw: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 1) + 7 = 9

grab: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29

claw: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 5) + 7 = 16

grab: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (12) + 19 = 31

Block 3, back to you.

Snowball (SR: No): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Touch

Damage Intensified Havoc: 8d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 6, 4, 2, 2, 5, 6, 6) + 6 = 42

Snowball Confirmation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Touch

Damage Intensified Havoc: 8d6 + 6 ⇒ (4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 6, 5, 3) + 6 = 38

DC 19 Fort or be staggared.

Eleric whips a bloody glowing snowball that hits with amazing force.

Tess fires two arrows at the chuul.

Attack with PBS and Divine Favor 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 14 + 2 = 25
Damage 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14

Attack with PBS and divine Favor 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 = 25
Damage 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

A surprised look crosses the scions face as the full force of Eleric's snowball smashes into it, crushing it to death. The body then topples backwards and falls dead.

There is no loot

Eleric will search the room for secrets, and iconography. Followed by traps on the next door.

Perception: 10 + 27 = 37