Vuloo shakes his head at Relan, "All devils are most certainly evil. They are the souls of evil men. Men who chose their fates. I have no sympathy for the devil."
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The party enters the water and swims forward to investigate the boat. Some of you floundering in your armor while others like Relan and Braelex move with grace.
The wreck of a fishing trawler lies nearly upright on the floor of the harbor not far from the entrance. Seaweed has overgrown its rails and deck, and barnacles encrust its broken mast that rises above the
green mound of its hull. The side of the boat has the words Liza Jane written on the side.
Braelex will circle the ship, looking for threats and entrances.
The Liza Jane. Relan gurgles. went down several years ago after accidentally sideswiping the Crow’s side.
Vuloo flounders as he enters the water. Looking back at the sea stair, he seriously contemplates moving back out of the water.
As Braelex moves toward the boat, a flurry of activity in the boat stirs the water as two creatures explode from both sides of the boat. Blood-red spines run the length of these frightening creatures, which resemble a lobster in the front and an eel in the back.
Relan readies for a creature to approach him, motioning for his party not to advance past him
It says it gets the multi-attack feat, and the prereq for that is to have 3+ natural attacks per round.
Braelex swims behind and slightly offset from Relan, aims her crossbow and fires at the nearest creature.
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"Reefclaws, of course... These lobstrosities are vicious aberrations."
Unable to move, Vuloo extends a life link out to Relan.
Braelex fires her crossbow and the bolt flies true, but is instantly slowed by the water. The bolt carries just enough velocity to still strike the reefclaw damaging it significantly and flooding a cloud of blackish blood into the water.
The Reefclaw responds by bolting forward past a not quite prepared Relan to assault the tiefling, but she is able to fend it off. Relan leans out and stabs through the creature's brain. The creature convulses and lashes out two claws at Braelex, missing badly, before it dies. The second one charges him and he gets a thrust at that one on its way in as well, gouging its throat, and causing it to miss him. The reefclaw, with a mortal wound is surprisingly still fighting.
; miss
; miss
R1: 28
R2: 17
Aidon will summon a few celestial dolphin's to our aid
Enhanced Summons -
N Medium celestial/fiendish animal
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., blindsight 120ft; Perception +9
DEFENSES
AC 13, touch 12, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 11 [15] (2d8+2) [2d8+6]
Fort +4 [+6], Ref +5, Will +1
SR 5
Celestial - Resist Acid, Cold, and Electricity 5
Fiendish - Resist Cold and Fire 5
Each will smite evil
All 4 attacks are a slam
Dolphin 1
To Hit -
Damage - +2 is if evil
Dolphin 2
To Hit -
Damage - +2 is if evil
Dolphin 3
To Hit -
Damage - +2 is if evil
Dolphin 4
To Hit -
Damage - +2 is if evil
You continue your search of the wreck after the sudden appearance and subsequent quick dispatch of the reefclaws--almost as if some new energy and personality has over come Relan.
The sunken fishing trawler has very little left that hasn't rotted or rusted, but three things of value catch your eye, a gold-and-pearl brooch inscribed with the letters "L.B", a mithral masterwork rapier, and a +1 buckler.
Vuloo will swim back to the stair (taking 20).
Braelex will gather the valuables and continue scouting the area around the ship until her extract is about to wear off.
Relan will stay and swim while his water breathing holds and Braelex is still a possible target of something hostile in the water. He tries to keep up with her almost hovering over her protectively.
Aidon will stay in the water until everyone is ready to head out.
Since he has never been a strong swimmer, he is enjoying the water breathing and is attempting to do flips and rolls while under water and for the most part is laughing and having a good time
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Braelex's extract will wear out in a couple minutes and you find nothing else of note in or near the wreck Where to from here?
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Vuloo wrings the water from his clothes and prepares to continue the exploration. "Yes, let's see if we can force the north east door open."
Actually, as Vuloo goes to wring out his clothes, he realizes they are completely dry
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Fulmen inspects the brooch and will use detect magic to see if it or anything else in the area is magical besides the buckler.
"Andel or Relan, what do you make of the initials J.B.?"
Looking at the initials Relan comments. Hmm. I believe that is an L. not a J. LB…
He also asks I could make use of that buckler if no one else intends to do so?
"I'm not sure of how that relates to the Liza Jane or anything else for that matter ... I'll need more information," Andel says apologetically in reply to Fulmen.
Relan is ready to advance to the next challenge. You say there is a door that must be breeched?
Pressing through the door to the south, the party hears a slight moan behind them and to the west. Glancing up the stairs, they don't see anything of significance.
The hall beyond the door leads to a split into three hallways. The eastern one leads a 100 feet to a door. The southern one leads to a small room with two doors and the western one leads into a cavern
Stalactites of various sizes hang from the irregular ceiling of this cavern, dripping slowly onto the stone floor to form a pair of shallow pools. Sheets of fungus grow in a riot along the walls and floor of these dank caves, while what appear to be the fossilized bones of some huge monster lie slumped to the northwest.
Braelex reacts suddenly, aiming her crossbow at a pile of mud against the western wall.
"Watch out, the pile of mud along the western wall is moving."
Vuloo also fires at the mud pile.
I see it. Relan states and moves to stand between his party and the creature.
Braelex takes aim to fire as Vuloo starts to do the same. The quick moving mud pile starts to roll forward once the halfling's bolt sinks in
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What is that thing? It looks slow. Lets back up and see if we can slay it with arrows.
Vuloo will fire on the creature again with his crossbow.
Braelex fires also.
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Aidon pauses for a second as what appears to be part of the wall starts moving...
Aidon Perception -
Amiculus Perception -
He then says out loud, "Well, if a wall wants to fight, lets fight it with what walls are made of."
With that he summons an Earth Elemental who will attempt to attack it
Small Earth Elemental
CR 1
XP 400
N Small outsider (earth, elemental, extraplanar)
Init –1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 10, flat-footed 17 (–1 Dex, +7 natural, +1 size)
hp [15] (2d10+2)
Fort +4, Ref –1, Will +3
Immune elemental traits
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., earth glide
Melee slam +7 (1d6+5)
Special Attacks earth mastery
STATISTICS
Str [20], Dex 8, Con [17], Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +4; CMD 13
Feats Improved Bull RushB, Power Attack
Skills Appraise +1, Climb +7, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +1, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +7
Languages Terran
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Earth Glide (Ex)
A burrowing earth elemental can pass through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims through water. If protected against fire damage, it can even glide through lava. Its burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other sign of its presence. A move earth spell cast on an area containing a burrowing earth elemental flings the elemental back 30 feet, stunning the creature for 1 round unless it succeeds on a DC 15 Fortitude save.
Earth Mastery (Ex)
An earth elemental gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its foe are touching the ground. If an opponent is airborne or waterborne, the elemental takes a –4 penalty on attack and damage rolls. These modifiers apply to bull rush and overrun maneuvers, whether the elemental is initiating or resisting these kinds of attacks. (These modifiers are not included in the statistics block.)
To Hit -
Damage -
Confirm Crit (if possible) -
Total Damage -
Fulmen will use a storm burst.
Spells
Level 0: 4/4
Create Water
-Detect Magic
Know Direction
Stabilize
Storm Burst: 5/6
Level 1: 4/4
Cure Light Wounds x2
Shillelagh x2
Darts: 12
Goodberry:
Andel follows suit with the others, drawing his bow and firing.
Braelex fires a crossbow bolt into the wiggling mud as Aidon summons forth a creature made of rock. The creatures slams its fists down into the pile and Andel follows up with an arrow, stepping away per Relan's direction.
Fulmen creates a tiny burst of storm-like winds and rain pummeling the creature which moves away from the earth elemental toward the party. Relan feels a sudden probing presence in his mind, but the alien nature of it throws him for a loop.
Another ooze appears from around the corner to the south and the mental presence strikes Fulmen as well.
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It tries to attack my mind. Relan says as he back peddles 30' stowing his pole arm and drawing his bow.