Nalar casts heroismm on Braelex
+ both fort saves as above;
Braelex moves out and launches bombs
The sheer power of Braelex's bombs sears through the hellish creature's natural resistance causing significant damage, although the little wasps take a bit longer to burn. She annihilates about 75% of the swarm.
Relan pulls and throws a vial of acid and then steps back 5'.
Vuloo is nauseated this round.
Andel uses his naturalist ability to recite the weaknesses of the swarm to the group, providing everyone a +2 insight bonus to AC and on attack rolls and saving throws.
Relan chucks an acid vial which is more effective per drop then Braelex's bombs but with much less of it being thrown about. He melts a small pocket of wasps near the ground.
Andel recites hellwasp weaknesses.
The swarm moves forward enveloping Braelex, Nalar, and the sweetalker.
+ 2x Fort Saves as above;
; success!
; success!
Vuloo moves further back and then casts burst of radiance on the swarm.
; reflex DC 19, though its probably not applicable to the swarm
Andel will move forward and will hold, waiting to see if the others move away such that he can cast chord of shards on the swarm.
; reflex DC 15 negates
Taking another step back Relan pulls and throws a second vial of acid at a square of the swarm not occupied by a friend. Spread out. he recommends.
Braelex hisses as the many stings overwhelm her senses. She retreats to the south corner of the room, swatting the bugs from her flesh as she runs.
Between Vuloo's radiance and Relan's acid, you're able to disperse the swarm into a few remaining hellwasps that fly aimlessly about, acting like normal insects.
That was not pleasant. Are you alright?
Vuloo nods absently to Relan, "Yes, I'm fine."
He then searches the woman and the halfling for any weapons, magic or anything of value.
As Vuloo moves to search the woman and halfling, she initially balks, but a quick order from Nalar and she becomes compliant.
You find the following on the woman:
On the halfling you discover:
After the swarm is dispersed, Braelex sways and holds onto the wall to keep her balance. "Poison hit me pretty hard. I'm going to need some restorative magic." She picks a potion off her bandolier and downs it.
"That helped, but still feeling a bit wonky."
Vuloo casts lesser restoration on Braelex and then gathers up the loot. "Look's like we need to go through the locked door in the hall."
Andel will attempt to identify the magic items.
; bracers
; elixir
; studded leather
; boots
Nalar will pick up the book quickly flicking through it. "This will come in handy," He says, putting the book away as he scoops the exlir up and tests it.
Braelex thanks Vuloo for the restorative magic, but points at a door in the east wall. "Let's check this one first. Is everybody ready?"
When we're healed and prepared, she'll check over the door for traps.
Vuloo and Andel follow Braelex through the door.
The floor of this large chamber is covered with sand and littered with weapons and pieces of armor. Halfway up the eastern wall is a small balcony with a railing and a single ornate chair, like a box seat at a theater. A small, empty metal cage hangs by a chain from the ceiling, just a few feet below the twenty-foot-high ceiling.
This chamber is a squat cylinder with perfectly smooth walls, ceilings, and floors. In the center rises a stepped dais like a five-foot-high ziggurat, with a flat platform on its top. Standing at the top of the platform is a grotesquely fat green-haired gnome with long eyebrows and beard. He appears to be engaged in some sort of discussion with a pair of quivering masses of of eyes, mouths, and formless flesh staring in all directions, with countless maws yammering ceaselessly.
Inbetween the two is a quivering brain mass with two writhing tentacles reaching out from it.
When you enter, the gnome sees you and raises his arms to the ceiling, "Glorious day, more subjects to witness the divine righteousness of Luonim the Vast. Be seated and witness the dawning of a new world as I create it in my own image!"
Look there; a crossbow and several bolts admist the litter and sand. Perhaps they are enchanted? Relan goes to retrieve them.
I am unsure what the pair of quivering masses of of eyes, mouths, and formless flesh are but the other is a brain ooze, a sentient ooze that feeds on the thoughts of other sentient creatures. Relan notes quietly to the group.
Andel nods at Relan, "The other creatures are gibbering mouthers - quite unpleasant."
Vuloo detects magic on the crossbow and bolts, and then attempts to identify them.
Vuloo will move forward and will address the gnome. "Good Sir, why create a new world when we have a perfectly good one right here? May I ask what you are doing here and why you are associating with such creatures?"
"My first servants in the new world, ones that can handle the topsy turvy nature of its unique gravity. Are you ready for it?", he barks out with a note of anticipation, rivulets of blood streaming from his eyes and droplets begin to bead up on his skin, like sweat.
Ware the gnome. He stands by some control level. Relan looks around for trap doors in the floor and ceiling.
Relan doesn't spy any traps doors but he notices an odd 1-inch wide gap between the dais and the floor.
Nalar opens his mouth to interject but closes it just as quickly when the gnome rants about his 'new world', mental directing the sweet talker to guard him. "This will get us nowhere." He says, clicking his fingers and stretching out his will. "Let us see if we cannot make him more compliant."
5
Dominate Person*
Teleport
4
Charm Monster
Emergency Force Sphere
Dimension Door
Emergency Force Sphere
3
Magic Circle Against Evil
Resist Energy Communal
Hold Person
2
Hideous Laughter
Glitter Dust
Glitter Dust
Mirror Image
Hideous Laughter
Create Pit
1
Charm Person
Shield
Shield
Magic Missile
Magic Missile
With another quick powerful spell, Nalar crushes the will of the nutty fat gnome.
The brain creature flies up to the ceiling and moves away from the party. It exerts its will on the gnome fighting for control with Nalar.
Relan moves around and cuts at the brain creature.
10 foot ceiling so yes
Vuloo will cast burst of radiance on the gibbering mouthers.
; DC 19 reflex or blinded
;
Andel will use his naturalist ability to call out the weakness of the gibbering mouthers.
Braelex takes aim at the brain thing and fires.
; plus
Relan moves up and near the brain ooze to take a swipe at it. As he does, so he hears a massive buzzing in his head that just gets worse as he gets closer. His blade hits the ooze and parts through the brain. It throws some goopy gray material to the ground as he finishes his swipe, ad the buzzing intensifies its discord in time with the hit. Relan hears words under the buzzing.
[b]"Cretin ... go back to the primordial goop that spawned you."
Braelex fires and strikes the ooze, causing it to stagger in flight for a moment
Vuloo casts his spell as Andel chants the weaknesses.
He can tell one of the mouthers is blinded as it thrashes wildly, but the other appears to be squinting through it. The spell doesn't seem to cause them any other harm.
Luonim struggles under the compelling direction of the two conflicting personalities and then one seems to win out. He pulls the lever near him and the room around him begins to spin with the exception of the dais he is standing on. The rotation threatens to throw Relan and the mouthers against the wall.
; success ... wow, just barely
; success
; success
The party in the hall catches fleeting glances of what is going on in the room as the three entrances spin by rapidly.
Nalar will cast hideous laughter on the brain ooze.
The brain pulses for a moment, but shrugs off Nalar's attempt at humor, liely because it just doesn't understand it.
The ooze flies to the middle of the room and ducks behind Luonim. Braelex feels a foreign entity enter her mind.
Relan stands there dazed but not completely defenseless.
Vuloo begins casting Summon Monster III (Lantern Archon).
Andel casts haste on the group.