"If you take the hallway wesst from here, you will come to a door to the north. It is locked and trapped, so unless you have a ssacred ssymbol of Ydersius to use as a key you will be subject to poison while you attempt to pick the lock. Two of my degenerate cousins patrol the area. The Temple to Ydersius is beyond the door, and Uzar-Kus is likely to be there. He is not a priest, as I am. He iss an arcane casster, a ssorcerer.
"He alsso is a mutant among our kind, born with the mark of Ydersius' favor: he has two heads."
"Okay, so unless there's anything else, we're going to lock you back up here until we confirm this information." Kali says to serpentfolk, then looks to the others, "Right?"
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
As Kali takes care of locking up the serpent-folk once again, Senja thinks on their next steps. "Where can we get a holy symbol of Ydersius?" he asks Ziszkaa. "My fox friend here has had enough run-ins with poison in this place." After another moment's thought, he adds, "And this Uzar-Kus, the sorcerer, what kind of magic does he like? Will he try to enchant us or burn us with fire or some other unpleasant trick?"
"He's able to casst fireball, and as far as I know that'ss his mosst powerful sspell. It has been ssome time ssince I was put here, though, so I do not know what other trapss or other devices he has put in place."
The passageway west opens up to reveal a large statue of a snake facing a wide (but short) corridor to the north that ends in a pair of golden doors covered in a twisting serpent pattern. As the party approaches the statue, all can hear a faint hissing sound coming from the doors. Of perhaps more pressing concern is a pair of the more bestial-looking serpentfolk coming the other direction.
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Senja snaps his fingers and a small, glittering black ball appears in them. He drops the ball, but before it can hit the floor, he kicks it deftly past his companions and sailing down the hall at the latest reptilian arrivals! When the ball strikes the stone wall, it bursts into a shower of shining mica chips, coating the serpentfolk from head to tail!
F Human Monk 10 [ HP 101/103 (0 NL) | AC 26* Tch 21 FF 24 | Fort +10 Ref +9 Will +13 | CMD 30 | Init +2 | Perc +17, low-light vision | Ki: 16/16 | Effects: mage armor ]
Eva glides gracefully forward and attempts to slip by the snake-men into position behind them. I'll use a ki point for a +4 to the check.
Acrobatics vs green FF/blind CMD:1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 4 = 17 Acrobatics vs blue FF/blind CMD +2:1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 4 = 23
After that I'll either attack green or blue, depending on success or failure... I don't have access to their blind-adjusted CMD to know whether the 17 makes the first one. :)
F Human Monk 10 [ HP 101/103 (0 NL) | AC 26* Tch 21 FF 24 | Fort +10 Ref +9 Will +13 | CMD 30 | Init +2 | Perc +17, low-light vision | Ki: 16/16 | Effects: mage armor ]
Okay, I'll start by moving up adjacent to green, and decide the rest of my move action from there. With the miss chance, he's still got pretty bad odds, but let's just see what happens.
Initiative order
Senja-acted
Kali-acted
Eva-moved
Serpentfolk
Since Eva is trying to move through the enemy's square, the Acrobatics DC increases by 5 unless I've missed something.
Kali's spell burns into the first serpentfolk.
The pedantic monk advances to try to move past the lead serpentfolk. When she gets close enough, though, it positions itself to block her path and forces her to stop; its mace blow goes wide, though.
Dice rolls:
Miss chance, hi=hit:1d2 ⇒ 1
Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 11 FF 17 CMD 21
Green: -25 HP
Blue:
Neither of the serpentfolk manage to clear their eyes, and the one in front misses Eva again. The one behind it tries to attack around the corner, but is unable to get a good angle and also misses the monk.
Round 2:
Initiative order
Party
Serpentfolk
Party up again!
Dice rolls:
G Miss chance, hi=hit:1d2 ⇒ 1 G, DC 18 Will save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 B, DC 18 Will save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 B Miss chance, hi=hit:1d2 ⇒ 2 Bash the monk, incl. cover:1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 11 - 4 = 19 Bite the monk, incl. cover:1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 4 = 8
Serpentfolk: AC 18 T 11 FF 17 CMD 21
Green: -39 HP
Blue:
M Wayang Witch 10 | HP 70 | AC 18 | T 17 | FF 14 (w/mage armor: 22/17/18) | CMD 18 | Fort +10 | Ref +11 | Will +11 | Init +9 | Perc +21
Hoping to add insult to injury - or awkwardness to blindness - Senja fashions a long chain of shadowy links and hurls it at the green-scaled serpentfolk.
"Let's try this door over here first, maybe we'll find one of those holy symbols we need to open the other door." Kali suggests as she positions herself outside the far western door and checks it for traps.
Kali notices that the door is warm to the touch, and the floor in front of it is slick with moisture that's apparently come from under the door. She thinks she can hear a faint sound of splashing water.
The door slides open, releasing a cloud of hot steam. The misty room contains a steaming pool edged with glistening stones. Unfortunately, the room also contains three serpentfolk, who move to attack!
Round 1 (ongoing):
Initiative order
Serpentfolk-acted
Senja
Eva
Kali
Asvald
Two of the serpentfolk concentrate, and are surrounded by images of themselves. The one closest to the door stabs and bites at Kali, but slips on the wet floor and misses with both attacks.
