Her heart hammering at Ambroze's description of this abomination, Gwen calls additional protection down on Tun'ada.
Apparently not particularily slowed by the disgusting fungi, the violet fungus drags itself forward by using its tendrils to pull itself towards you and moves to threaten Mawj, Marcus and Chi. Pulsing bright red for just a moment, one of its tentacles lashes out at Marcus, but his defensive efforts keep the tendril from piercing his armour.
Unable to do much other than stab at the fungus with his longspear, Tun'ada rages and lunges at the fiendish creature with the weapon...
Longspear:
Damage:
Fixed Damage.
Mawj scores a minor graze on the mushroom with an arrow, while Tun'ada, confident from Gwenyth's spell of protection on him, plunges his Longspear straight into the fungus' cap, causing gray fungal matter to splatter all over himself, Marcus and Mawj.
Round 2-
Ordered Initiative-
Vegepygmies (acted)- 20
Ambroze- 17
Marcus- 17
Gwenyth- 15
Mawj- 12
Chi- 10
Shroom- 9
Tun'ada- 5
Map-
Notes-
Active Effects
The two vegepygmies move to protect the mushroom, one lunging at Tun'ada and another at Mawj,using the reach of their longspears to their advantage. Tun'ada takes a nasty gash on his arm but Mawj's new armour protects him from the point of the spear he failed to dodge.
Hit vs Tun'ada
Miss vs Mawj
Chi tosses her flask of plant killer at the purple mushroom, watching as it breaks, sending the contents flying everywhere. She then moves back (5ft) and looks for a flask of oil in her back pack.
Marcus delays to give his companions time to throw their plant killer.
Thought the second para would apply.
If you shoot or throw a ranged weapon at a target engaged in melee with a friendly character, you take a –4 penalty on your attack roll. Two characters are engaged in melee if they are enemies of each other and either threatens the other. (An unconscious or otherwise immobilized character is not considered engaged unless he is actually being attacked.)
If your target (or the part of your target you're aiming at, if it's a big target) is at least 10 feet away from the nearest friendly character, you can avoid the –4 penalty, even if the creature you're aiming at is engaged in melee with a friendly character.
** spoiler omitted **
Mawj and Uli ride to the attack. "Woolooloo!"
Horsebane; Attack , Damage
Uli bite; Attack , Damage ; trip
Critical Confirmation
Horsebane; Attack , Damage
Maybe I'm missing something but I can't see how it changes anything. The passage quoted just says you don't need proficiency in splash weapons but the full section says expressly "a splash weapon is a ranged weapon" so the bit I quoted should still apply and Mawj getting within 5 feet gives a -4 (-8 if he also acts as cover). Edit 1: Reading it otherwise gives alchemists free precise shot which doesn't seem intended.
Assuming you think this interpretation is correct then I should hold off to avoid making Gwen's pre-Mawj possible throw harder. If not then yeah I might as well keep my higher order.
TBH the only reason I'm up on this is I needed to read the sections again thorougly to adjudicate Arjun's bombs in LOF. Prior to that I just assumed if something threatened something then there was a -4. Can't recall if this is a change from 3.5.
Edit 2: I know this exposes Mawj to AOO hell rather than Marcus. Normally I would want to take that on myself. However, in this case with all of the prior warning Marcus was honestly not expecting Mawj to leap into battle again. This is like the third time he's jumped into things without having regard to the groups plan or things people have said so I don't feel too bad about that.
Gwen heaves the plant killer at the hellish creature, squealing girlishly as she does so.
Round Two:
Ambroze moves carefully across the fungus-covered floor, continuing to offer words of advice for battling the violet fungus. With a mighty heave the scholarly gnome tosses his flask of plant killer at the fiendish fungus.
The plant writhes in pain as Ambroze's thrown plant killer splatters all over it, and the vegepygmies are also struck although show little reaction despite the substance clearly wounding them. Marcus delays, trying to ensure his allies have a clear shot. Gwenyth's plant killer hits moments later, further wounding them. Then Mawj charges in fearlessly, ducking underneath a longspear only to be struck directly in the face by the fungus' tendril as a result!
Vegepygmy AOO (Miss)
Violet Fungus AOO (Hit/Crit Threat)
Damage to Mawj
Violet Fungus AOO (Unconfirmed)
N/A
Fortitude
Marcus follows Chi's throw, stepping up to the funghis and hacking away with sword and shield.
Move forward 5 feet.
Standard action attack.
Falcata (nat, power attack)
The tendril slams home with force, but Mawj seems to be ok. Until the point of contact swiftly begins to rot away, exposing raw bone and eating away at his goblin flesh, causing him to cry out in pain...
Strength Damage
Constitution Damage (remember your Lady can heal you of these wounds).
Despite the pain, Mawj is able to chop the vegepygmy into small pieces. Chi's throw just about hits the mushroom and kills the vegepygmy next to it through splash damage. Marcus steps in and receives his own tendril attack for his troubles, the tendril attacking him pulsing bright red as it flares with fiendish power- striking hard at Marcus' face.
Hit
Damage
Fort (nat)
The tendril slams into Marcus' chin and the impact of the blow snaps his head back with near bone breaking force. The whole bottom part of his face goes numb but from somewhere deep inside he is able find the physical reserves to brush aside the strike and press forward, his falcata neatly slicing off the heavily wounded funghis' cap sending fungal matter everywhere.
With the heavy slash, the fungus perishes instantly. You can see the last remains of Captain Ames plastered to the back wall of the cave in violet covered slime- the flesh long since dissolved but the bones remaining. The fungus around you begins to rapidly wither and die, the and vegepygmy bodies decompose, along with the corpse of the fungus itself. It seems you have conquered the blight on silent island.
As the creature goes down, followed swiftly by the its guards and the withering fungus, Chi cannot contain herself, "Whoopee,Ha Ha Ha, we've done it, we've done it!" Incredulously she looks around to each of you, before running to Marcus and putting her arms around him, in the joy of the moment. "The land will return to the Lady's realm, oh we did it!" She continues to skip round, until she reaches the goblin and sees the bare bones, where his flesh rotted away. Her look is one of anguish, amongst her joy, but still she can't help but thank the gods for helping to recover the island to nature once more.
Once she calms down a little, she asks "With evening coming on soon, what shall we do, it's too late to get back to the safety of the Lady Aycenia's grove. Is it safe to stay on these islands or do we make our way to shore? "
Marcus wipes a big decaying gob of funghis off his cheek before accepting Chi's embrace. That plant killer stuff was amazing Chi! Its head just came clean off. Tho' maybe we shouldn't tell the tree lady exactly how we managed this part.
He eyes Mawj, obviously annoyed about something but also concerned about his injury.
The sooner we can get off dead funghis island the better as far as I'm concerned. Abadar's oath this place is creepy.
You will be able to cross safely.
"I'm with Marcus - I'd rather not stay on this island tonight. Let's at least head back to the main island to camp for the night."
Mawj clutches at his skin in pain and horror. "Mawj's face! Mawj's beautiful face! What has this plant done!? Mawj needs the Lady's blessing now!" Instinctively, Uli begins carrying the goblin back towards their home.
Survival
I'm not sure about the causeway. Might as well check? What do you think Tun'ada? If its high tide then we're bunking on the ship I guess.
Survival:
"As long as we don't take too long here, we will be able to get back across before the tide shifts."
Gwen smiles at Chi's antics.
Wait, Mawj! I can't fix the structural damage, but I can make you feel a good bit better. Everyone that was injured, gather round plase.
OK, let's go. I will be pleased to give Aycenia the good news...although I suspect she already knows of it.
Chi skips off the island onto the mainland along with the rest of the party, smiling and singing happily to herself. Though, some might not reconise the sounds as singing as such!
You return to Lady Aycenia's grove, a place of tranquil calm compared to the grim battles you fought on the infested island. As you approach the largest tree, Aycenia steps out from behind it with a warm smile and open arms.
Welcome back my champions. she says softly, but her face quickly changes to matronly concern as she sees Mawj's face.
Oh my poor pet! she coos, running over to Mawj and channeling her power, her fingers glowing blue briefly as she lays a hand on the wound, diminishing its size. The spell cast, she looks somewhat weary and sags against Uli, holding Mawj's head close to her chest like a mother holds a child.
Con regained (Mawj)
I have found out a little from the land about where the one called Ieana went, but I will share the information with you tomorrow. You need rest! she exclaims in a worried tone. The blighted island will be reclaimed in less than a year; you did well. she adds.
Disease 1?
Disease 2?
Disease 3?
Disease 4?
Disease 5?
Disease 6?
Disease 7?
Disease 8?
Disease 9?
Disease 10?
Disease 11?
Ishorou Fort-
Marcus Fort-
Fort Save:
Con damage, Ambroze
Dex damage, Ambroze
Con damage, Tun'ada
Dex damage, Tun'ada
Once back in the grove and satisfied that Aycenia is aware that her oath has been fulfilled, Gwen treats the diseases and injuries of the castaways and promptly falls into a deep sleep.