At Ghirrack's words and with her current point of interest no more Sunny again simply seems to disappear into the crowd of running locals.
The moment Bryson pounces, Burian threads his hair between the friendlies to make a surgical strike against the Slaad.
Round 5__________
Ghirrak Ironfist______
Ghirrak's eyes narrow, his already stony countenance like granite. As the Slaad spellcaster threatens the woman he loves, he speaks only two word with icy calm, loud enough for everyone nearby to hear.
'Kill him"
Exploding forward,the massive monk hammers home a brutal blow against the slaad.
DC 19 Fort save or be stunned.
Bryson Deepwinter______
Bryson-Dire Cat bounds into the slaad holding Lavinia and adds his strength to the struggle. If anything will be in two pieces, it will be the slaad.
'Sunny'______
At Ghirrack's words and with her current point of interest no more Sunny again simply seems to disappear into the crowd of running locals.
Vanishing trick again then a full move action, I be thinkin', ta' even be gettin' close ta' helpin' tha' lass. Tha' bad guy is 30' foots away from where Sunny is currently at.
Burian Faldaeral______
The moment Bryson pounces, Burian threads his hair between the friendlies to make a surgical strike against the Slaad.
(npc) Marius_____
Marius again unleashed a flurry of magic missiles, but again his spell burst like a bubble against the salads oily hide.
(npc) Devon______
Devon again lunged forward, but is unable to connect to do damage.
Liamae shoots a grayish beam at the slaad, but it fizzled.
Zan threw a number of knives at the slaad in a glitter of silver, only half of which stuck for minor damage.
Tolin charged up to attack the slaad from below.
ENEMIES___________________
The Slaad reeled from the sudden assault.
”AAAAAA! You let me go! I have hostage! That what you do!” It squalled out in a panic.
Then, back next to the body of Father Feres, a wavery image appeared.
”Hello again Jade Ravens! Oh, and you Savage Krakens too. “ It said.
Now that you can see it more clearly, you see it is an image of Vanthus Vanderboren!
”By now you have noticed Lavinia’s absence from your little beach party. Sorry about that, but she’s family and doesn’t deserve what needs to happen.
“I’m afraid your safe little harbor and resupply base there our parents secured just won’t do. “
He holds up what looks like a large black marble.
It looks like a small version of the black pearl weapon you found fragments of; the 'savage tide' device that twisted a full two square miles of jungle into a little bit of the Abyss.
”To that end, I’ve left a little sample of my patron’s power. As soon as this seed has opened up, that whole island will be transformed into the future of the world! But I don’t need to tell you, you’ve already seen a sample of it back at that little cove outside of Port Sasserine. What was it called?
“Ummm… Well nevermind. Enjoy what’s left of your little lives!” He said, then his image winked out.
”AAAAAA! Let me go! LET ME GO!!” It squalled out in a panic. It cut Lavinia's cheek, allowing blood to flow down her face in a threat.
You realize that Liamae's Dimensional Lock spell is preventing it from teleporting to safety.
Slaad 2 (Green): 81
Round 6____________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
”AAAAAA! Let me go! LET ME GO!!” It squalled out in a panic. It cut Lavinia's cheek, allowing blood to flow down her face in a threat.
(O_o)
"Okeys, bad critter go away now." Sunny exclaims even as again a puff of smoke envelopes her tanned form.
Deftly using the obscuring cover to tumble beneath the giant frog creatures legs and spring up behind it.
As she becomes a vengeful whirlwind of hands, feet, elbows and knees into the monster who's hurt her friend.
Claw: pounce, magic fang, flank
Claw: pounce, magic fang, flank
Bite: pounce, magic fang, flank
Bryson-Dire Cat narrows his eyes at the dangerous black pearl as he continues to try to rip through the otherworldly monster and free his patron.
(npc) Marius
Marius' eye is caught by a blaze of energy through his Detect Magic.
Gingerly he approached Father Feres' body and peered down at it.
Using the tip of a wand he probed through the spilled entrails, poking through the broken remains of the gems that had been hidden in his gut the whole voyage.
Carefully he lifted the wand, on which rested what looked like a black marble, a marble that pulsed with black radiance. It looked remarkably like the one in Vanthus' image.
"Guys!" He called out. "I think we have another problem!"
Burian whips his hair at the Green Slaad.
"What? What's wrong?"
Sunny looks towards Marius' call, though her focus is still upon the beasty holding Lavinia.
As the others continue the full on assault Ghirrak moves to break the creature's hold on his beloved, freeing her from it's grasp.
Round 6____________
'Sunny'_____
”AAAAAA! Let me go! LET ME GO!!” It squalled out in a panic. It cut Lavinia's cheek, allowing blood to flow down her face in a threat.
(O_o)
"Okeys, bad critter go away now." Sunny exclaims even as again a puff of smoke envelopes her tanned form.
Dropping smoke pellet as free action.
Deftly using the obscuring cover to tumble beneath the giant frog creatures legs and spring up behind it.
As she becomes a vengeful whirlwind of hands, feet, elbows and knees into the monster who's hurt her friend, Sunny moves from 'G-5' to 'E-6'.
Bryson Deepwinter_____
Bryson-Dire Cat narrows his eyes at the dangerous black pearl as he continues to try to rip through the otherworldly monster and free his patron.
(npc) Marius_____
Marius' eye is caught by a blaze of energy through his Detect Magic.
Gingerly he approached Father Feres' body and peered down at it.
Using the tip of a wand he probed through the spilled entrails, poking through the broken remains of the gems that had been hidden in his gut the whole voyage.
Carefully he lifted the wand, on which rested what looked like a black marble, a marble that pulsed with black radiance. It looked remarkably like the one in Vanthus' image.
"Guys!" He called out. "I think we have another problem!"
Burian Faldaeral_____
Burian whips his hair at the Green Slaad.
"What? What's wrong?"
Annie__________
Hurrying over to Marius, she took one look and was horrified.
”It’s… it’s just like the fragments of the pearl. You know, where we got our ship And all the living things there were… twisted. Like they came from the abyss. For miles around.
We have to get rid of it!” She shouted urgently.
Ghirrak Ironfist_____
Oh also in addition to being stunned he's fatigued
Ghirrak Ironfist_____
As the others continue the full on assault Ghirrak moves to break the creature's hold on his beloved, freeing her from it's grasp.
The others made their various attacks, but to little apparent effect.
Tolin broke off his attacks to catch Lavinia before she hit the ground.
”I have you my lady.” He said, smiling heroically and with his long hair flowing in the tropical breeze.
”Oh. Thank you Captain.” Said Lavinia, still dazed a little from the grip of the slaad.
(npc) Marius______
”How the hell do we do that? I don’t have anything that can do that!” Marius shouted.
Enemies___________________
Bawling about not wanting Master to leave him, the slaad whirled around suddenly, slashing at everyone around him.
Miss.
for a possible slashing damage and 2 squares knockback.
Miss.
Miss.
Miss.
Hit! for a possible slashing damage and 2 squares knockback.
Hit! for a possible slashing damage and 2 squares knockback.
Round 7____________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Bryson returns to his human form and calls out.
Then he calls out, "Cancel the spell. Jess let'm leave."
"No! He dies right here. Tolin get Lavinia clear!" Ghirrak roars, unleashing his terrible anger on the slaad in a blur of strikes.
A quick glance at Annie imbues Bryson with understanding. He runs to Marius. "Give it here. Ah'll git rid of it."
Sunny blinks as she puts Bryson's idea together, though she doesn't stop her attacks.
Though her pace slows and it may be coming obvious that the tanned, plucky Elf is more a sprinter than a slugger. Her pace of attacks slows as she seems to be running out of steam.
Marius, not really understanding but relieved to be shed of the responsability, gives the pulsing black pearl to Bryson.
Liamae looked at Bryson with astonishment.
"Let him go, just like that?" She asked, not quite believing what she was hearing.
"Nay! Not jus' like that. Jus' like THIS!" And the plucky Elf flings/kicks sand into the nasty Slaad's face. Trying her best to keep the beast distracted from what Bryson wants to do.
Burian's hair winds through his allies in melee, and coils to restrain the Slaad.
Round 7____________
Bryson Deepwinter_____
Bryson returns to his human form and calls out.
Then he calls out, "Cancel the spell. Jess let'm leave."
Ghirrak Ironfist______
"No! He dies right here. Tolin get Lavinia clear!" Ghirrak roars, unleashing his terrible anger on the slaad in a blur of strikes.
Bryson Deepwinter_____
The first time Bryson comes up with a plan and it gets shot down quick as lightning.
A quick glance at Annie imbues Bryson with understanding. He runs to Marius. "Give it here. Ah'll git rid of it."
(npc) Marius_______
Marius, not really understanding but relieved to be shed of the responsability, gives the pulsing black pearl to Bryson.
Liamae_____
Liamae looked at Bryson with astonishment.
"Let him go, just like that?" She asked, not quite believing what she was hearing.
“Too late now anyway!” She said sardonically looking at the damage Ghirrak was putting out.
'Sunny'_____
"Nay! Not jus' like that. Jus' like THIS!" And the plucky Elf flings/kicks sand into the nasty Slaad's face. Trying her best to keep the beast distracted from what Bryson wants to do.
Burian Faldaeral_____
Burian's hair winds through his allies in melee, and coils to restrain the Slaad.
"Awe.... nertz!" Sunny exclaims, her tanned shoulders slumping for a moment. Before she starts and scampers quickly over one of the native folks.
"Which side'a tha' island gets tha' deepest quickest, like?" She hurredly asks, even as she drags said person towards Bryson and the glowy thing of pending DOOM
Looking to Bryson she exclaims,
"I gots an idea..."
Bryson changes into Bryson Aeromental. He takes the pearl and flies away as fast as he can. "Ah love you, Annie. You are fire n' rain n' ah love you." His plan is to get it as far away as he can.
"NOOOOOO!" Sunny calls out.
"Stick it in'a dead nasty critter first! Ta see if'n it goez home still when'a spell be taken off!" Sunny points out hurredly.
"Then, if that dun work I can be droppin' it in'a hole off tha coast!" She explains.
None of the bodies of the Slaadi have disappeared. Though they are starting to stink, they are still laying there like lumps of piled slimy garbage.
The method Vanthus used to bring these Slaadi here to the Prime actually was not a Summoning, but some manner of Calling, Pacting or an actual Gate. That means they got here physically, don't automatically go back to their home plane on death.
Bryson's air elemental body shoots straight up at 100'/r. Then he forms a tornado impelling body and shoots up in a rising whine even faster at 400'/r. The vapor trail he leaves behind shows the trace as he slowly curves over the open ocean.
At approximately 1 mile up and downrange, the pearl stops blinking; it shows a glowing black aura and it rapidly grows very cold. The sky is a beautiful blue; a scattering of lovely cotton-white cumulo-nimbus clouds serve to outline the island below.
At approximately 2 miles up and downrange, Bryson's trace is abruptly blotted out by a fast blossoming sphere of mottled blackness limned by an ugly purple. It looks like it expands to about a mile in diameter; all the clouds ten miles around are abruptly erased in a rolling shockwave.
The psychic shock that rolls over you a couple rounds later is decidedly that of Chaos and Evil. It leaves you good and lawful folk sick with nausea. (Fort save DC12 to resist at this range.)
I leave it to you whether you want to unload the thing at one mile or take it all the way to the scene of the explosion. If you take it all the way you have to make a Fort save DC20.
I actually thought it would be higher than that.
Booyah!
Seriously, the 100ft per round move that air elementals get translates to about 16.6 miles per hour!.
So anyway, you made the fort save and survived the vile transformation.
Apply the Half-Fiend template to your character. You'll start out two miles up and unconscious.
The black sphere sucks into itself and is gone; its oppresive sense of nausea gone along with it and leaving the sky clean.
At first Sunny is staggered by the seeming loss of a friend. Then, even as she sinks to her knees and over whelming grief swells within her breast, wiping the early tears from her eyes back she blinks... then blinks again before suddenly bouncing to her feet.
"LOOK! Looky! Somat's fallen! Master Byrson? He's alive" She exclaims with sudden new found joy. She looks around at her companions,
"Who can be flyin'?"
Even as she herself begins to scamper towards the waves.
Btw do I have to be evil now? How we handling the level adjustment for XP?
"Hells," Marius whispered, appalled at the sheer destructive power which had so suddenly been unleashed. If not for Bryson's sacrifice, it would surely have claimed them all. It was one thing to hear tales of the aftermath of such an event, quite another to witness the detonation and know that he could so easily have been at its centre.
Once again, he had been helpless in the face of disaster. It was not a sensation he relished. Silently he vowed that next time would be different.
And then he saw a tiny, falling speck. Much, much too far away. But he had to try. The words of a spell spilled from his lips and he took flight, skimming across the tops of the waves.
"Launch a boat and follow as you can," he called back.
Shaking off the wave of sheer wrongness that washes over him, Girrak peers into the distant sky, seeing what Sunny is pointing to. "Sunny, you're our fastest swimmer,go. We'll be right behind you!" Ghirrak shouts, already seeing to the launch of one of the boats.
Burian rushes toward the launch to aide Ghirrak putting it to water, then hops aboard.
Sunny nods at Ghirrak's shout, gives a jaunty salute and dives into the oncoming waves.
The chief called out orders and his warrior/fishermen ran forward carrying a half dozen eight man outrigger canoes into the surf. Each canoe will allow one of you to board at the outset, and since Marius and Sunny will run out of energy and become fatigued about a mile out, you can catch a ride with them at that point.
About a mile out, you can see the speck is falling slower than it might due to a fluttering... cape? wing? You can't tell before it crashed into the ocean.
The lead canoes reach the position a few minutes later. You can see an inky mass of human size in the water.
Ghirrak leaps from the boat swimming towards the inky mass, looking for any sign of Lavinia.
Ghirrak leaps from the boat swimming towards the inky mass, looking for any sign ofLavinia.his valiant friend.