Vuloo double moves into the room behind Relan.
Andel takes a 5' step backwards and then attacks the lizard with his bow.
Braelex quickly reloads and fires again at the second lizard.
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Levelle exhales harshly at the attack but seems none the worse for wear. Levelle continues to shoot, now at the second lizard.
Levellee lets out a low whistle and signals Talaay to charge at the lizard as well...
Relan reals from the hit but the smell does not bother him all that much. He attacks the lizards as they approach.
On his turn he tries to finish off the remaining lizard. It he drops it the first hit he will advance 30'.
Coughing and sputtering, Andel steps back and fires wide. Next to him, with a couple of opportune strikes, Relan cuts down the second lizard and moves forward to hold his ground.
Braelex and Levelle turn their attention on the strange giant and plug it with a single bolt.
The giant moves out to engage Relan with a roar stepping with an deceptively quick stride, wielding its massive batteleaxe with effortless ease. It roars with rage, fueling its swing with unbridled fury and smashing into the warrior with his initial onslaught.
; HIT!;
Vuloo will heal himself.
Andel will move up to gain line of sight on the giant and will attack him with his short bow.
Braelex's eyes widen as the giant lays in a terrible hit against Relan. She stands and moves up, pulling out a grenade and hurling it at the giant's head.
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Relans reels from the powerful attack but follows up with his own set of attacks using Expertise and trying to trip the giant woman woman.
Levelle clicks and points and sends Talaay flying farther into the room, hoping to eventually have him flank the giant if Relan can hold on.
Meanwhile the elf holds her ground and begins working magic to bring forth other supernatural allies to aid in the fight...
Andel fires an arrow that's knocked aside by the chaotic melee between Relan and the giant. The warrior himself swings low with his ranseur, but the giant lifts a leg to dodge the blow. Unpeturbed, Relan turns a tight spin bringing the ranseur square into the opposite knee causing the big woman to totter and then topple to the ground. He follows up with a quick gashing stab to her upper thigh.
As Vuloo heals himself, Braelex takes the opportunity to drop a bomb on the upper half of the giant causing her to pat at herself in panic as the flames begin to spread.
Mochtau hauls herself to her feet, absorbing the attack from Relan as she does so and swings hard again, specifically targeting the warrior's weapon, but the wily lorewarden pulls aside in time.
Levelle begins a spell as she has Talaay circle around.
Vuloo casts burst or radiance on the giant - being careful not to include Relan in the area of effect.
Andel continues to fire on the giant.
; extra attack from allegro spell
Braelex follows up with another crossbow shot.
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As the giantess stands she leaves herself open and Relan stabs at her.
Bolstered by the combined attack of the party on the giant woman Relan holds his ground, determined not to let this threat near his party. Maintaining his combat expertise he tries to trip her again.
He follows that up with a free attack (if tripped) and an iterative attack.
Andel looses another pair of arrows that can't penetrate the melee. Relan sends the giantess back to the ground and follows up with a pair of vicious strikes that cause her to cry out in pain and rage. Braelex plunks a bolt into the neck of the beast which gushers blood, but surprisingly the resilient giant keeps fighting hooking Relan's leg and pulling him to join her, but she's unable to get him down. She then paws at the warrior in frustration trying to bite his foot as he scrambles away.
; fail
; miss
Levelle finishes her summon and it appears ....
Standing over the prone Giantess Relan focuses his attacks to try to finish her. He maintains his combat expertise as he stabs and slices.
Levelle summons an earth elemental and instructs it to move on the giant, focusing its efforts on aiding RElan in his fight.
Levelle has Talaay hold and the hunter lines up another shot of her own to hopefully help the fight end...
but the arrow skitters across the stones from the shallow shot.
Braelex reloads and moves forward cautiously, scanning the room for any hidden threats before doing a more thorough search.
Relan gathers himself and assesses his wounds before joining in the search of the place. She hit hard, I can tell you that. he notes looking at the massive wound that is slowly closing.
Vuloo will heal himself.
Andel will search the giant.
Levelle moves forward, responding to Relan with a simple hand to the shoulder and a nod. Moving on from that Levelle looks around the room...
The giantess carries a large battleaxe and wears a large set of hide armor.
There are 5 remaining chests scattered around the throne. Four of the treasure chests are filled with rotting meat and decay—remnants from Mochtau’s meals. The fifth contains the same, along with 20 tourmalines worth 2,000 gp in all.
Searching the throne, the party finds an inscription in Thassilonian on a platinum plate that reads as follows:
Relan considers the words. Should this mean anything to us?
Braelex shakes her head and shrugs.
Andel will translate the thassilonian inscription for the group. "It appears that this plate was a gift.'
Vuloo will pocket the gems and the plate. He then starts heading back to the boats. "We will need to continue heading down the channel. Levelle, can Talaay try scouting again?"
Levelle tilts her head at the halfling, Of course.
Levelle motions to the kite to come to her and then commands it to scout.
Relan spends the time to strip the giant of her hide armor before asking if either it or the axe are enchanted. Too big to easily use but these still might fetch a nice sum if they are enchanted/
Levelle sends Talaay out and watches from the bird's eyes.
The tunnel through the cavern opens up beyond where the skavelings were hooked to the ceiling into a massive cavern. The ceiling peaks nearly forty feet overhead an enormous underground lake. Phosphorescent lichen and fungus cling to the stalactites above, reflected by the waters below to make the walls of the cave dance with a pearlescent shimmer.
Talaay whirls about the lake and sees the waves lapping against the a sandy beach to the east. Large amounts of lichen on this cave’s walls glow with intense vibrancy, providing brilliant illumination to the cave and making the sandy beach along the lakeshore glitter. Two rowboats are beached on this sandy shore. Two dry tunnels head off to the east, while to the west the waters of the lake widen into a much larger cavern.
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Vuloo looks expectantly at Levelle. "What does Talaay see?"
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Unaware of any attacks on Talaay Relan recommends Back to the boats. We have a path forward.
Sending Talaay out Levelle once again shares the bird's sense and conveys what she can. Pausing a moment the elf murmurs to her companions, Off the beach I can see a door. Hidden like the others with recent footprints in the sand.
"Lets go check it out then," Braelex says, moving to the boats.
Vuloo will again climb onto the same boat as Relan. Once on-board, he holds on for dear life. "Let's make this quick."
The party explores forward.
Behind the secret door, the cave’s walls are rough-hewn and embers of a large fire burn dimly, with an iron pot and other cooking implements sitting beside it. A narrow natural chimney extends through the roof twenty feet overhead. On the east wall stands a huge red panel covered with images, while to the west lean several crudely made fishing poles and nets. Similar to the other red panels, this one has images that depict Sorshen in dalliances with attractive humanoids.
This cave is flooded with water, in which bob three bloated corpses, naked and facedown. They are all human women with scarred faces.
This cavern is partially flooded with seawater. A watery channel leads to the east and another to the west, while a dry tunnel leads northeast. A narrow beach lies to the south
A pair of bodies lie upon the small beach to the south. Each is manacled hand and foot and wearing only underclothes—both bodies have scarred faces and are recently dead
Water fills the majority of this cavern, although an oval rock island protrudes from the middle of the water. A single stone post extends from the middle of the island, while watery tunnels lead east and west. A dry tunnel leads up to the northeast.
A woman with a scarred face and wearing nothing but her undergarments is bound to the post on the island by lengths of seaweed. Numerous fresh wounds bleed on her unconscious body, while looming over her, poking at her body with the butt of a spear, is a hunch-backed humanoid woman with wet green skin, dripping white hair, and bulging orange eyes. Four strange creatures caper and dance at her feet—wolfheaded, lobster-clawed little men.
She spies you as you approach, cackling with glee, "“Oh, oh! New playmates here for Daefu to toy with! Sorshen is good to Daefu! Sorshen loves Daefu as Daefu loves her! One? Two? Three? How many more playmates come to Daefu? More sweet, pink f lesh to poke and prod, more mouths to sing songs of agony, all because Daefu is loved by Sorshen. She sent you to me, yes? Sorshen loves Daefu because Daefu is loyal and Daefu is cruel and Daefu does her will eagerly. Who starts this? Who wants the first kiss from Daefu? Be patient, new flesh, all will get a turn!”
Her companions are fuath gremlins. Drowners of sailors and sinkers of ships, a fuath (FOO-ah) is a wicked gremlin found in the sea. It climbs aboard ships in the dead of night to sever ropes, bore holes in barrels, soil provisions, and murder any hapless crew it puts to sleep or catches alone. It delights in drowning creatures by surrounding them with magically thickened water, cackling with wicked glee as its victims claw desperately for the air only inches from their mouths. A fuath wears seaweed, shells, and coral like other creatures wear armor, clothing and jewelry.
Vuloo will attempt to determine how the bodies died in the various rooms.
Vuloo looks on in disgust at the foul creature and her minions. "Daefu, your depravity ends now!"
He extends a life link to Relan.
Andel will call a warning to the others, "She is a sea hag and her minions are fuath gremlins. Beware, they will attempt to drown you by either dragging you into the water or surrounding you with water!"
Yes, add yourself to the hallway ... your choice within reason where you'd be approaching from.
Will Save won't be that big a deal. I'll explain it in exposition for story purposes, but no game effects in reality. (At least that I intend to pursue)
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