Annie steps back from the creature and calls out to Cayden Cailean for his blessing on her allies around her.
The crew assembling to give battle look at Spinnaker Jon like he’s crazy, but they begrudgingly obey. They use pikes and bows, but don’t seem to make much of an impression on the creature.
Dgrim takes a shot with his bow, and you can see it slow to a stop just under the surface of the ooze.
Annie sings out a blessing of Cayden Cailean, giving heart to those facing this alien thing.
Avner, grinning with excitement, dashes in to slash at it. He lands a good slash.
[npc] Ghirrak grabs a pike, and thrusts it deep into the innards of the creature.
Bryson runs out on deck. Seeing the creature, he forms a sphere of fire and causes it to roll across the deck and make contact with the mass of flesh. The ooze hisses and blackens, and you could swear it flinches at the touch, but it continues to advance. You feel the ship heel a little more; fifteen degrees now.
You see Parrotless Booker dash up to the forecastle to the Ballistae and strip the tarpaulin off of it, starting to get it into action.
Spinnaker Jon shouts; “Tavey! Get a bucket of soap and water! MOVE!” Tavey breaks his paralysis and runs below.
You notice that the mainmast is leaning over the creature now.
Advanced Enormous Flotsam Ooze: 117
Sailor:
Engineering:
Dgrim fires another arrow. "It's gonna tip the whole ship over!"
Attack:
Damage:
Sorry, I meant to point out the large heavy objects, such as the mainsail boom, held up over the creature only by a series of hemp cables.
"Stabbing does some damage, cutting more but we need fire! It dissolves weapons.Ghirrak yells, looking around for a source of pitch or oil.
Perception
"Ghirrak! Look above us...the mainmast is leaning directly above the creature. If you cut the cables holding it up, it should fall onto the ooze."
Hearing Dgrim's shout, Spinnaker Jon immediatly swarms up the ratlines to where the mainyard crosses the mainmast. He shouts for Ma-Koh-Toh and Monkey Jimbo to help, and they start up also.
Dgrim fires another arrow at the creature, with the same results. It sinks in, but does little damage.
Ghirrak spots a bucket of pitch, snatches it up and tosses it onto the creature. But without being warmed up first it flows sluggishly and does not spread this round.
[npc]Bryson sees an opportunity and sends his flaming sphere to the bucket of pitch. You can see the pitch start to ignite and the flesh of the thing start to blacken around it.
[npc]Annie and the rest of the men hold back, but it is a tense situation as the thing surges even further up the deck and Avner is shouting to attack. You can hear the women shriek belowdecks as the ship heels to 20 degrees.
Then, far far sooner than you would have thought, you hear a snap from overhead.
Spinnaker Jon shouts; "LOOKOUT BELOW!"
What seems like acres of canvas descend across the middle of the ship, partly obscuring the creature, then the mainyard descends like a guillotine into the middle of the creature. With a tremendous CRASH it plows down through the creatures middle and about a foot of maindeck. Only Ghirrak's trained reflexes allow him to avoid the same fate.
In the stunned silence afterward, you can see that about a third of the creature has been obliterated in the middle, leaving it separted into two creatures that don't have the reach or power the original did. But after a moment, they come alive again and continue to advance.
Avner roars out; "Now's our chance boys! Axes and cutlasses! Attack!" Keyed up, they respond to Avner's orders and with a roar, the crew surges forward...
You can just barely hear over the roaring Spinnaker Jon shouting.
"Wait! Avner hold up! Concentrate on one side at a time! #$%#&*( *()*#$@$ you Avner!"
Advanced Enormous Flotsam Ooze 1: 55
Advanced Enormous Flotsam Ooze 2: 55
Bryson realizes that this is the perfect environment for a Call Lightning spell.
Dgrim grabs his axe and swings it with both hands.
Attack:
Damage:
Annie runs up behind Ghirrak and calls out a heartfelt prayer to Cayden Cailean.
With the roaring of the crew and the press of the frenzied melee, you see the forward ooze subdivide once, then two more times under yours and the crews combined attacks. Two of the small ones finally break like a bag of disgusting jellyfish; they stop moving and flow like sluggish muckwater into the scuppers and overboard. The crew send up a shout of victory!
But then, you all watch in horror as one of the remaining live oozes flow down through the deck grate... into the fore living space of the colonists! You hear the screams of the women down below redouble.
You also look aft and see the few crewmen there aren't doing nearly as well, two being slowly drawn into the creature.
Spinnaker Jon slides down a rope and lands near the railing, slashing at ooze 1a; it quivers under the hit, clearly seriously damaged.
He points at you partners.
"You! Go! Get down below and rescue the women! You can put more force on it in tight spaces! Me and the crew will take these on deck!"
He and the rest of the crew swarm up over the fallen mainyard and sails to get at the aft ooze.
"Amella! We're at anchor! You can let go of the wheel now!"
You can see Amella up on the quarterdeck turn a bright red as she lets go the wheel, grab a cutlass and jump to power attack ooze 2; swearing at Spinnaker Jon all the way as the rest of the crew laughs.
IF you go with Spinnaker Jon and the rest of the crew...
To pass the Mainyard barrier, make a Climb check to get on the remains of the Mainyard.
If you can make an Acrobatics check DC25 you can grab a rope and swing to where you want (within a double move range). You can treat the whole deck as clear terrain, but it is a full round action.
>CLICK< for the on Deck situation.
IF you go below to rescue the colonists...
You see the creature has started to absorb two of the women, and has trapped a number of others in a far corner. You can see threads of read staining its underskin an it seems to be getting larger...
>CLICK< to see the situation belowdecks.
Make your starting square the door [M,7] when you take your turn.
As the heroes, you take your turn first, everyone else moves last in the round.
How many lightning strikes have I used from Call Lightning so far?
In stony silence Ghirrak storms through the doorway diving forwrd into the vile ooze to grab at the women, attempting to drag them free.
Dude I'm so sorry!
When you said "Bryson realizes that this is the perfect environment for a Call Lightning spell.",
I read it as; "Man, I wish I had Call Lightning, which I don't have yet." And waited for you to do something.
So yes, if you cast Call Lightning, you would have gotten off 2 shots at this point.
Bear in mind that for the purposes of the spell, the weather is "Stormy" even though it's only a dense fog.
Bryson pauses before going below decks to cast flaming sphere in the middle of the ooze above decks.
Flaming Sphere Ref DC 15 v damage
Dgrim hustles towards the ooze.
Dgrim; above or below deck?
In stony silence Ghirrak storms through the doorway diving forwrd into the vile ooze to grab at the women, attempting to drag them free.
Annie runs next to Ghirrack and tries to help him pull the woman away. "Get back!" she yelled. "Get behind us!"
ROUND 2—Belowdecks
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GHIRRAK__________
In stony silence Ghirrak storms through the doorway diving forwrd into the vile ooze to grab at the women, attempting to drag them free.
Ghirrak sprints to the Ooze and grabs one of the women in an unbreakable grip. She screams and tries to break free of both of yours and the creatures grips, but fails.
BRYSON__________
Bryson pauses before going below decks to cast flaming sphere in the middle of the ooze above decks.
A five foot diameter flaming sphere bounds over the heads of the sailors and lands in the middle of the aft Ooze. The sphere sizzles and pops as the creature seems to … wobble … in agony. The stench of burning flesh floats to your nostrils as you turn and quickly hustle down the ladderway.
DGRIM__________
Dgrim double moves to reach the ooze.
ANNIE__________
Annie runs next to Ghirrack and tries to help him pull the woman away. "Get back!" she yelled. "Get behind us!"
Annie tries to help, but can’t find the right angle to get a good grip this round.
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ENEMY__________
The creature, sensing resistance, lashes out twice with debris-studded pseudopods. (The women had been pelting it with loose equipment, which ironically made it even more dangerous.)
Attack vs Ghirak: Miss. The pseudopod flails uselessly.
Attack vs. Dgrim: Hit!
... Crit confirm? Not confirmed. Dgrim takes crush damage.
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Round 3
With the portion of the ooze on deck getting its flame on, Bryson turns to the one below-decks. He concentrates for a moment and causes a bolt of lightning to strike it.
Call Lightning Ref save DC 16 v damage or if the storm bonus does not count for being indoors. It will preferrably strike in the back corner so as not to hit anyone else.
Dgrim retaliates with his axe.
Attack:
Damage:
Annie again tries to help the poor trapped woman.
"Get some soap, it keeps them from grabbing you!" she cried, still scrabbling at the woman's arm ineffectually.
ROUND 3_____
BRYSON__________
With the portion of the ooze on deck getting its flame on, Bryson turns to the one below-decks. He concentrates for a moment and causes a bolt of lightning to strike it.
A sharp crack and flash hurts the eyes as a bolt of lightning hits the ooze, blasting a chunk into ash and making it quiver violently.
DGRIM__________
Dgrim retaliates with his axe.
Dgrim slashes his axe deeply into the ooze, causing even more damage.
ANNIE__________
Annie again tries to help the poor trapped woman.
"Get some soap, it keeps them from grabbing you!" she cried, still scrabbling at the woman's arm ineffectually.
(npc)GHIRRAK__________
With effort, Ghirrak pulls the woman’s arm free as she screams in agony. Her arm is covered in acid wounds as it slips free and she stumbles back. It doesn’t seem to him quite as strong as it was out on the deck.
ENEMY__________
The creature, trembling with agony and trying to recover it’s victim, lashes out twice more with debris-studded pseudopods.
Attack vs Ghirak: Hit! for . Dgrim is also Grappled.
Attack vs. Dgrim: Miss.
The women scramble at Annies order to get buckets.
The creature is seriously wounded, probably below 15%
Bryson again concentrates and causes the element of air to attack the ooze.
Ref DC 16 v or
Flaming Sphere Ref DC 15 or
Dgrim struggles to finish off the ooze with his free hand.
Attack:
Damage:
Annie does what she can to help Ghirrak, but is flustered and doesn't assist much.
Ghirrak attempts to grasp and lift the woman by the waist, using his height to lift her clear of the ooze and put her down behind him.
Grapple
Round 4
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BRYSON__________
Bryson again concentrates and causes the element of air to attack the ooze.
Another flash *CRACK* of a Call Lightning strike hammers the Ooze, blowing another chunk of it to vapor and throwing the girl who was being pulled in on the far side free (if a little cooked).
DGRIM__________
Dgrim struggles to finish off the ooze with his free hand.
But with one hand trapped, he is unable to maneuver his axe to effect and nearly takes off the arm of the woman Ghirrak is trying to free.
ANNIE__________
Annie does what she can to help Ghirrak, but is flustered and doesn't assist much.
GHIRRAK__________
Ghirrak attempts to grasp and lift the woman by the waist, using his height to lift her clear of the ooze and put her down behind him.
With a mighty heave, Ghirrak pulls himself and the woman free of the Ooze, and swings her free out of reach.
ENEMY__________
The creature lashes out at Ghirrak again. Attack vs Ghirak: Hit! for impact damage and Grappled.
The creature attempts to pull Dgrim into its body. Contest of Strength.
Creature ST check:
Dgrim ST check: Engulfment fails! Dgrim digs his feet in and refuses to be pulled in.
Bryson begins summoning.
Seeing Dgrim struggling against being sucked in, Annie grabs some soapy water the women are retrieving and douses Dgrim with a bucketful.
Dgrim continues to cut into the ooze while resisting being sucked in.
Attack:
Damage:
Round 5
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BRYSON
Bryson begins intoning and waiving his arm, beginning to cast a spell.
ANNIE
Annie grabs one of the buckets of soapy water several of the women were bringing and douses Dgrim. His arm comes free with a slurp.
DGRIM
Dgrim, his arm freed suddenly, winds up his waraxe and slams it deeply into the Ooze.
[npc] GHIRRAK
Irritated that the creature is unsuited for grappling, Ghirrak draws his dagger and uses it to slash at the creature.
...Confirm Fumble? Not confirmed.
...but his inexperience tells and he misses.
ENEMY
The creature lashes out at Dgrim.
Attack vs Dgrim: Hit! for crush damage, it tries to grapple Dgrim, but the soapy water causes it to slip off without sticking.
Round 6
A small fire elemental bursts into being and begins burning into the ooze. Close by, Bryson wades in slashing with his scimitar.
Scimitar +1:
to hit damage
Small Fire Elemental, Augmented
AC 16, t 13, ff 14; hp 15; F +5, R +4, W +0
Slam:
to hit damage Sv v Burn dc 13
Dgrim uses both hands to hack into the ooze.
"Oh! That worked better than I'd hoped!" Annie cried excitedly. "Get more! More!" Annie searches for another bucket of water to free Ghirrak from the ooze's clutches.
Bryson slashes into the creature as his small, brightly burning elemental charges into it with a sizzling sound. The creature feebly shudders as a putrid smell fills the air, which is gently sucked out through the overhead grate.
Dgrim winds up and chops his way entirely through the ooze and into the deck, completely bisecting it.
Annie grabs another bucket of soapy water and throws it on Ghirrak, who pulls his arm free with an evil slurp.
The creature stops moving and slumps into a puddle of noxious liquid, random flotsam and driftwood.
Aside from the crackling of Bryson's elemental the ship is strangely silent.
Hey, the ship is level again, when did that happen?
Perception:
"There's still the ooze on deck!" Dgrim waddles hastily to staircase and up the stairs.
"Hey! The ship's even again! Oh, I hope everyone's okay updeck!" Annie dashed for the stairs.
Ghirrak takes a moment to make sure the women are all okay belowdecks.
Heal
"Are any of you hurt?" he rumbles calmly.