Monris leaps from the beast's maw and lands on the ground, holding the rope tight.
"Go, noble Larazod! Save yourself!" Lucon manages, between hacking coughs. He attempts to boost the Viscount up, but the fumes are too much for the carpenter, and he can hardly lift the wizard's bulk.
Once the others are making for the top, Lucon will grab onto the frayed rope himself and begin to clamber out.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Lucon hands Caladius the rope, but sags under the tiefling's iron stare and lumbers up the rope first.
Sabinus will remain hovering in a position where he can help the climbers up and past him to escape the contraption. It sounds like Enko and Corneleous need to get out, and then Lucon, and then Caladius.
Enko dodges the acid successfully, but the monk, weakened already by the rot grub, begins to cough from the fumes. He spots the 'lemures' keenly, and turns to the audience. "By the Last Azlanti's grace, we shall all escape this foul creature's belly!" he declares, albeit somewhat weakly, and ascends the rope.
"Break the--cough--glass, er, skin from the outside, my friends!"
Ava watches the jewellery onstage out of the corner of her eye. She is torn - on one hand, she must stay fast for her friends. On the other hand... Well, it is very shiny...
Sabinus will assist Corneleous for a +5 on the climb check, which puts him over 20. Once Corneleous is on his way out the maw, Sabinus will stand ready to help someone else.
With some pain, but surprisingly minimal effort the group escapes the great beast. There are some hisses of disapproval, as some in the crowd expected more blood, but those are easily drowned out by the wild cheering for our tough heroes.
The curtains close while the applause is loud, and a the strong voice of Aulamaxa rings out with the next aria. To the trained ear, you catch the faintest hint of... disappointment in the large actors sweeping tones.
"I am okay... A little burned, maybe." he says, wiping his brow and swaying slightly. "Is everybody else..." he beings, eyes fixing timidly on Calseinicia. "... milady?"
"Did anyone else notice that the Visbaronetess did not appear to be happy with our progress?" asks Enko of the other Torchbearers quietly. "That horse killer is one thing, but I had expected her to be more supportive.". He thinks back to a night of dodging drunken embraces and shudders slightly. "And does anyone know a cure for rot grub attacks? We should have asked the Bastards of Erebus when we had the chance."
Lucon shudders at the memory of the giant grub as the stagehands make some frantic repairs to his costume. Being pulled this way and that, Lucon fumbles with a potion tucked away in the folds of his armour and downs it.
"I'm afraid Delour doesn't like to share the spotlight." Ava says. "I do not think she'd mean us harm directly... but if any of us fall in this performance, the less people she would have to share the glory with."
Ava will hit herself with another charge of the wand (7 remaining). It was only going to get more dangerous from hereon out.
Ava will then gather up whatever she can from the stage as the next scene is being set up, taking care to make herself as inconspicuous as she can as not to interrupt the aria.
Sabinus will also scoop up jewelry. It seems to him that they are tips for the actors, so he makes only a minimal effort to be discreet -- mostly he tries to be quick and get as much as possible while the curtain is down.
As he gathers the jewels he ponders to himself why the others never ask for his help in healing. He wonders if perhaps they are not yet comfortable with the ways of witchcraft...
Sabinus is pleased when the Viscount interrupts his jewelry gathering to request some healing. Sabinus rests his left hand on the Viscount's shoulder, and makes some quiet incantations and forms gestures with his right hand. He then places the palm of his right hand flat on the Viscount's chest.
Healing hex: HP restored.
"...I am in need of healing as well," says Enko with a wince.
Sabinus does the same with Enko.
To Ava, seeing her struggling with her wand: "If you want Ava, I can heal you with witchcraft, or help you with your wand, or heal you with my own wand. I just want you to know you're not on your own."
"My thanks, Sabinus," says the monk respectfully.
HAANDERTHAN
You have crawled from the maw of the Beast. Let us see
what blasphemous lies slither from your treacherous
insides. Show them.
The Bailiff brings out five crimson eggs.
DROVALID
Dear Asmodeus! Spare us!
LARAZOD
What means these strange crimson eggs?
DROVALID
Oh horror beyond nightmare! The eggs, they burrow deep
within us. They hatch deep in our insides, churning our
guts to paste and slurping them through gritted devil teeth.
They feed on our souls. When these foul devils have eaten
their fill, they tear their way free—terrible things! Hideous
devil-children bearing our own faces, but filled with hate
for all we are. We are mothers to twisted things and look
upon our own visage as we die by their taloned hands.
HAANDERTHAN
Shall you recant now, or will you give birth to abominations
of your very flesh?
ILSANDRA
Do your worst, fool of a mortal. I am a princess to hell, and no
child born of my black soul shall bear malice against me.
Larazod lifts the Bailiff off the ground by the throat with one
mighty hand.
LARAZOD
Ha! Give me your egg, you lickspittle. If Asmodeus wishes
it, I shall choke the life of my own devilish child with glee.
I gulp this egg down before this court and our dark lord’s
very eyes.
DENTRIS
Well, give me mine. Not much good it shall avail you.
The real Dentris Maltrada was killed ages ago at my own
devilish hands when I was born from his old soul. I am a
child of this egg.
TYBAIN
Truly?! I had no idea!
DENTRIS
If only everyone was as naive as ye, paladin.
TYBAIN
I like eggs! Red, white, or otherwise. Hand me mine! I’ll
eat it raw!
The companions eat their eggs and hideous devil children are
born from them. They battle the devil children valiantly. Ilsandra,
amazed that her daughter attacks her, lashes out with ferocity.
ILSANDRA
No! My child! Forgive me! You’ll pay for this, Haanderthan—
with your heart’s blood, and with every shred of your soul.
Calseinica, horrified she's thrown up, and terrified as lemures appear, runs off stage. Thesing remains in character, but does a stately quick-march off-stage as well. Each of you throws up as well, the stage a mess of smelly vomit. The crowd is appropriately disgusted by the scene, evident by the groans and dry-retching you can hear from amongst them. Suddenly, several lemurs rise up out of some of the piles of vomit, and turn malevolent gazes your way. The crowd reacts in a myriad of different ways as the Lemures appear, from cheering to more than one horrified scream!
Sickened: The character takes a -2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks *for two rounds*.
If you fail the Fort save DC15:
Nauseated: Creatures with the nauseated condition experience stomach distress. Nauseated creatures are unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention. The only action such a character can take is a single move actions per turn. *This lasts for 2 rounds*.
- Enko
- Ava
- Corneleous
- Sabinus
- Caladius
- Lucon
- Lemure1
- Lemure2
- Lemure3
- Lemure4
**Nightshade Theater - Stage**
The bottles are actually potions of lesser restoration. Now who could be tossing bottles like this onto the stage? Hmmmm.
Backstange, Caladius glowers as he brushes a linger patch of acid from his shin. "This had better be worth it in the end. Whitechin's torture was arguably better than this." If anyone offers him healing of any kind he waves it off with a grunt.
Clearly frustrated by the further tricks and dangers appearing on stage, Caladius abandons any pretense of acting and focuses on dispatching these blobby devils as violently as possible. He wades in and swings his sword in a terrible arc, hoping to slice one in half.
"Larazod!" he bellows, only slightly queasily. "St.. Stay behind me!" he says, barreling into the fray.
|
The Viscount gives his lines, eats and regurgitates his egg, and wipes the vomit from his goatee with a smile.
He will attack one of the lemures in the back- and if he can, use a free action to tell his friends: These devils resist fire and shrug off my acid, even mundane weapons don't faze them- hit them with magic weapons. I will burn through the back one's defenses! (let me know if this is too long)
(Lemure's resist 10, so he's got 4 more points to do before he can damage it...}
GM- would the viscount be able to shed light on the weaknesses (or lack thereof) of the lemures, considering he can summon one?
Ava staggers, the stench of sickness too much for her to bear. She pulls her hammer free from its holster and makes to move forward, but is paralyzed by the nausea gripping her as she raises a hand to her mouth.
Act V:
perform:
fort save:
Flush with confidence from his central part in the group surviving Act IV pretty unscathed, Sabinus consumes the egg with a defiant flourish and then, surprising even himself, manages not to get nauseous when the ooze comes back out.
Sabinus uses the misfortune hex (DC 15) against any lemure threatening Corneleous. If Corneleous is clear, he'll use it against the lemure engaged with Lucon. He'll move 5 feet back and draw his sickle as part of the move.
Enko flips over the lemure in front of him to land on the couch next to it, but draws an attack of opportunity in his sickened state.
"Drovalid! This egg is ripe for cracking!" He puzzles at the mass of flesh, then trips it with a leg sweep.
Enko flips over the lemure in front of him to land on the couch next to it, but draws an attack of opportunity in his sickened state. "Drovalid! This egg is ripe for cracking!" He puzzles at the mass of flesh, then trips it with a leg sweep.
Ava staggers, the stench of sickness too much for her to bear. She pulls her hammer free from its holster and makes to move forward, but is paralyzed by the nausea gripping her as she raises a hand to her mouth.
The Viscount gives his lines, eats and regurgitates his egg, and wipes the vomit from his goatee with a smile.
He will attack one of the lemures in the back- and tells his friends: "These devils resist fire and shrug off my acid, even mundane weapons don't faze them- hit them with magic weapons. I will burn through the back one's defenses!" and tries to do so, apparently to no avail as the acid dart seems to slide right off it's gurgling skin.
Flush with confidence from his central part in the group surviving Act IV pretty unscathed, Sabinus consumes the egg with a defiant flourish and then, surprising even himself, manages not to get nauseous when the ooze comes back out. Sabinus uses the misfortune hex against the lemure engaged with Lucon. He then moves back against the wall and draws his sickle as part of the move.
Clearly frustrated by the further tricks and dangers appearing on stage, Caladius abandons any pretense of acting and focuses on dispatching these blobby devils as violently as possible. He wades in and swings his sword in a terrible arc, hoping to slice one in half. He nearly accomplishes his task, instead just taking a great chunk of churning flesh out of the surprisingly resilient lemure1. Despite the great damage, it continues to come at the group.
"Larazod!" Lucon bellows, only slightly queasily. "St.. Stay behind me!" he says, barreling into the fray. He hammers down at the near lemure, his weapon smaching through shifting bones and flesh, the lemure howling a curse and shriek through it's horribly twisting mouth before it expires.
Lemure1 perishes under the onslaught of blows.
Lemure2 attacks straight ahead at Lucon, the misfortune hex and Lucons defensive abilities shaking off the attack.
Lemure3 moves forward and also tries to penetrate Lucons defenses, to no avail.
Lemure4 heads directly at Caladius, but likewise finds no success in his attack and howls his fury.
Lemure5 - After the other lemures have exhausted their attacks, yet another lemure forms from someone's vomit, looking ready to join it's fellows in the attack.
**MAP - Nightshade Theater Stage**
- Enko
- Ava
- Corneleous
- Sabinus
- Caladius
- Lucon
- Lemure1
- Lemure2
- Lemure3
- Lemure4
Not having any way to overcome the lemures' resistance like Cornelous suggests, Caladius relies on sheer brute force and hews away at the lemure adjacent to him.
Still covering her mouth with her hand, Ava circles around the fight, trying desperately not to retch as she carefully positions herself to enter the fight.
"How unchildren these grateful...er, how ungrateful these children, Cor-Larazod," manages the monk in paladin guise, and tumbles over the southernmost lemure.. His knee and wrist maneuver fail to flip the fleshy devil. "Flank it!"
"How unchildren these grateful...er, how ungrateful these children, Cor-Larazod," manages the monk in paladin guise, and tumbles over the southernmost lemure.. His knee and wrist maneuver fail to flip the fleshy devil. "Flank it!"
Still covering her mouth with her hand, Ava circles around the fight, trying desperately not to retch as she carefully positions herself to enter the fight.
The Viscount weaves his hands and casts a oily looking spell, the illusionary magic making it appear like he throws a vial of something under two of the Lemures.
Both Lemure's fall on the suddenly slippery surface.
Sabinus is feeling giddy, a combination of excitement, exhaustion, and delirium produced by the relentless onslaught of bizarre violence. He begins to cackle madly. Being in the guise of Farus, he attempts to partially cover it up by making the cackling part of a Varisian folksong, sung very loudly; he also throws in a whirling dance which draws a small smattering of applause. Lastly, he tries to put the misfortuned Lemure in front of Lucon to sleep with his sleep hex. The lemure pauses as it fights off the hex, and turns red eyes on it's nearest prey, Lucon.
Not having any way to overcome the lemures' resistance like Cornelous suggests, Caladius relies on sheer brute force and hews away at the lemure adjacent to him (Lemure4), managing to cut deep into the blubbering flesh despite the creatures resistance. It quivers at the powerful strike, but doesn't fall.
Lucon swings once more, swinging powerfully at Lemure2, the large hammer nearly destroying the devil despite his weakened state. It continues to struggle to attack him.
Lemure1 is down.
Lemure2 tries to hit Lucon, but it's injuries hamper the claws too much.
Lemure3 moves a bit and also attempts to strike the carpenter, but fails.
Lemure4 attempts a retaliatory attack on Caladius, but misses, gnashing its teeth in pain.
Lemure5 attacks Enko, but misses.
Lemure6 - Yet another lemure rises from a pile of vomit, this one gazing hungrily at Enko.
**MAP - Nightshade Theater Stage**
- Enko
- Ava
- Corneleous
- Sabinus
- Caladius
- Lucon
- Lemure1 - dead
- Lemure2
- Lemure3
- Lemure4
- Lemure5
- Lemure6