Seijiro, with a stunning display of reflexes, draws his dagger and plants it deep within the Matron's belly. Greenish blood spews forth as she collapses, the fiery light leaving her eyes dead as glass. Seeing the Matron fall, the three Sahuagin warriors attacking Dhaavan scream in rage. Their bellows reverberating throughout the cavern.
As one of the Sahuagin begins screaming, Horatio manages to plug him straight through the mouth with a bullet, dropping him to the floor and stopping his scream...rather abruptly.
As one of the Sahuagin begins screaming, Horatio manages to plug him straight through the mouth with a bullet, dropping him to the floor and stopping his scream...rather abruptly.
Horatio glances to see his allies in the southern caves are okay - his eyes now flicking to Dhaavan -
"Oye - get your ass down here; things are about to get real ugly real fast..." he calls out to the sorcerer.
At the first opportunity to do so, Seijiro reaches down and grabs his rapier by the hilt and puts his dagger away in its sheath... he motions to Adular and through the message spell, whispers "I could still use a little help Adular, when you have a moment."
At the first opportunity to do so, Seijiro reaches down and grabs his rapier by the hilt and puts his dagger away in its sheath... he motions to Adular and through the message spell, whispers "I could still use a little help Adular, when you have a moment."
"Aye - and once Dhaavan gets through we can all tighten up and then maybe the padre can channel a little love for everyone at once - but he'd be wasting his talents until we all are in range..."
"true, let's gather up together then... "
Seijiro, btw when you are healed the wound left significant scarring across your chest and you feel yourself getting winded slightly more easily than before.
Watching the three sahuagin warriors swim determinedly toward Dhaavan, Rain gripping the pike in both hands, takes the times to attack the the fish man warrior (green one) as he swims by...
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Seeing that Flynn gave swift, fatal attack on the (red) Sahuagin beside the one she attacked, she attempted to hit her fish-man quarry again, taking her time to make sure she would not miss.
If her target falls, she gives command (via message spell connection) to attack the final warrior by Dhaavan,
//"Finish the one to the right of Dhaavan!"//
...but at least you have a wicked cool scar!
Rain, emboldened by the defeat of the monstrous female sahuagin, turns and immediately runs one of the sahuagin attacking Dhaavan through. She withdraws the pike swiftly and begins scanning the room for other threats while shouting for Dhaavan to finish the last one.
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Rain, emboldened by the defeat of the monstrous female sahuagin, turns and immediately runs one of the sahuagin attacking Dhaavan through. She withdraws the pike swiftly and begins scanning the room for other threats while shouting for Dhaavan to finish the last one.
Horatio watches Rain's weapon slash into the Sahuagin and he turns and flashes her a grin.
"Well done, Pilot-Major, that was one hell of a hit!" he calls out with a fierce light in his eyes as he notes her combat prowess.
With a gleam in her turquoise eyes, the Elven pilot bowed her head at the praise.
"As was your own fine shot, Flynn."
Seijiro, now armed, stays out of the combat if he can, waiting for further healing and not feeling his best.... if anything comes within threat range of his rapier, he'll strike at it...
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With 2 quick thrusts the Sahuagin queen impaled Variel both times leaving a lot of his blood mixing with the water swirling around him. Weakened and lightheaded by loss of blood Variel is still with it enough to see Dhaavan being attacked in the rear. With possibly his last breath Variel swims rapidly over to the beleaguered first mate to help him out.
Arriving in time Variel thrusts forward as he tries to add some acid to the attack with the trident hoping to end the combat so Adular can provide some much needed healing.
concentration
attack for
Adular I need help soon!
AC 21
hp 1/48
water breathing
touch of sea round 3 of 10
"I hear you both, gather close all..."
Energy bursts around him, healing his compatriots somewhat
"I hear you both, gather close all..."
Energy bursts around him, healing his compatriots somewhat
3d6
If Variel drops the Sahaguin, then that's that, otherwise...
Dhaavan's creatures come to his aid! creatures come to his aid!I
Creature's attacks
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The Squid rips the warrior's throat out with it's beak...
If var took out the Sahaguin, then Dhaavan would drop the web and let his beasts make a meal of the straggling Sahaguin that were trapped.
The rolls would have looked like this
squid 13 total
bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
for 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Dolphin1 11 total
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
for 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Dolphin2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
for 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
crits
confirmation: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
for 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
confirmation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 23
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After some healing, Seijiro helps collect the dropped items from the Sahuagin... going to Adular for some additional healing when the wand is brought out. He looks down at his chest, scowling at the wheezing tightness in his lungs. "It seems she got me good, didn't she?"
Dhaavan surveys the carnage covered in gore, grinning from ear to ear. paddling over to where the enormous Sahaguin is he looks it over, Ah, that's what the ruccus was. Glad everyone's mostly alright Then looking over the dead, he adds, That's what you get... baring his teeth in a wroth smile.
"Oh you're kidding me..." He shakes it and tries some more on the captain
"Another to top you off"
Thank you, Adular... I do feel much better..." Seijiro says as some of his wounds close up and heal.
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Ahhh, that burns and itche's while it works but much better than whatever Dhaavan used up on the ship. If you have anymore healing in that wand I will take it though. I am still feeling a bit weak after those two spear thrusts. Not as bad as Jiro took though mind you.
Hp currently 44/48
Thank you again Adular. Much appreciated. When we get top side and in the next port I am buying you and Sandara the best wine available. Perhaps a double date if it suits you.
"Welcome, Jiro. Frankly, I know these sticks are useful, but I never cared for them. Got about as much healing energy as a pat on the head some times." He snorts
Thank you again Adular. Much appreciated. When we get top side and in the next port I am buying you and Sandara the best wine available. Perhaps a double date if it suits you.
"I'll see what Sandara has to say about the double date, Captain. I know she'll love the wine," He chuckles.
Rain had heard Variel speak of them dining out with Adular and his lady, Sandara, and the Besmaran priest's reply.
Rain turned her eyes from the watery surrounds long enough to see Adular use the healing wand to bring Variel and Jiro back from the brink ... The old, female Sahuagin was determined to end them -- to make them both her next meal. Rain was glad that the fish-woman had failed and that she now lay dead on the floor of the cavern.
Through the message spell, Rain spoke quietly and swiftly, before refocusing on surveying the area for new threat,
//"Good to see you both improved. Shall we proceed and finish this?"//
As the others collect gear and heal themselves Horatio takes a moment to reload his pistol as his eyes flick around the caves suspiciously.
The screams of the creatures have certainly drew attention, and given the size of the recent enemy they encountered he doubted highly that the creature was the least of their concerns.
While the others continue to jest, he spreads out his hands and feels the water around his fingers, trying to gauge the way the water was moving and what that might mean for its depth.
//"Good to see you both improved. Shall we proceed and finish this?"//
He turns and nods at her.
"I'm with you Pilot-Major; after all, we're not out of this yet," he says, then turns to Dhaavan.
"Can you send your fish around that corner - see if there's anything else down there worth seeing real quick?" he asks the sorcerer about the cave that Jiro had started to explore a moment ago.
D10 - This dismal chamber serves as the quarters for the almost three dozen noncombatant members of the tribe, old or young sahuagin that are little more than slaves for the warrior caste. They all seem week and malnourished and cower pitifully when you come in.
D11 - As you all saw, this chamber has the varied detritus of the Matron's many meals.
D12 - This room swarms with sahuagin fingerlings and newly hatched sahuagin fry. The seaweed curtains in this room are thick enough to generally keep these hatchlings contained and prevent them from wandering loose through the lair where they would be at risk of predation by the other sahuagin, and the tribe’s Matron herself keeps an eye over them as well (though she is not above a snack now and again). These immature sahuagin are their own greatest threat, as the larger tend to feed on the smaller. The hatchlings in here range in size from newly hatched fry no larger a human’s thumb to fingerlings the size of a human toddler. Beyond the eastern seaweed curtain is a chamber with muddy walls to which thousands of marble-sized, milky eggs have been attached. There are hundreds of fingerlings in the larger chamber and hundreds of eggs in here, but most will not survive to adulthood.
D13 - These caves hold the tribe’s food stores. Currently, the larder holds a recently slain giant moray eel hung on an iron hook; the upper torso, arms, and head of a locathah. Stacked in one corner are seven locathah longspears, four light crossbows, and cases holding 47 bolts.
D14 - The room is completely choked with seaweed from the dozens of beds that grow throughout the room from floor to ceiling. The entire room is
considered difficult terrain, and the seaweed provides concealment beyond 5 feet and total concealment beyond 10 feet.
As Horatio waits for the others to divvy the loot and decide the next move, he takes a moment to scan the area more thoroughly, his pistol still loose in his hands.
He moves about 25 feet north to peak into the room slightly north of them carefully and slides the curtain aside, to see what may be in there being as Stealthy as possible -
His eyes narrow at what he sees, and he slides the curtain back silently and moves back to the others. Then, realizing the area that Jiro had explored is likely empty of threats as no one else poured out, he moves cautiously to peek around the corner to see what this foul "Matron" might be protecting...
He does not advance to the next curtain as he waits for the others to finish healing, but something on the ground catches his eye and he picks it up cautiously - his pistol still ready - then moves back to the group to report what he saw thus far...
Moving carefully to Dhaavan, he whispers quietly to the sorcerer…
”Behind the northern curtain is a bunch of broodlings and some elderly folk. They look like they’re naught but slaves of the strong. Now I don’t know much about this lot, but if they’re young and beaten, they may be impressionable. It’s possible that with a little courtesy and decent treatment they may be like ducklings and “imprint” themselves on a friendly parent-figure…”
He looks at Dhaavan for a moment then shrugs.
”Hell, you said you were maybe looking for backup? Well, if those younglings can be raised right, with a good hand and decent parenting, they might be a group that’d be loyal to you in the future. Just saying…” he adds cautiously.
As he waits for Dhaavan’s reaction, he pulls out the pearl necklace and casts on it.
”I found these pearls just in the cave there where that boss-lady was. Anyhow, I figure we toss them in the pot for later, if they’re worth anything, that is…”
Horatio will continue to wait until the rest of the group is ready to move out, not wanting to formally move beyond 30 feet of the party.
As he waits, he turns to the others...
"The current's moving south and west... Likely that somewhere there is a deeper hole. Deeper hole means deeper water, and in the depths are likely more challenging things..." he says softly.
As he waits for the others to acts, he pauses a moment and studies the non-magical pearls thoughtfully.
As Horatio continues to wait, he whispers to the others -
"I reckon the pearls are worth about 500 GP, thereabouts... But we can give them a better once-over once we're out of here" at which point he hands them back to whoever is holding the party's "loot bag".
As Horatio continues to wait, he makes a general guess about their depth and the tunnel that slopes into the deeper part of the caves -
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Looking to Rain, I am good now. Just a bit of an ache inside but that will pass with a good night's sleep. i will be better once I get a chance to take you on that date though. Rum, wine and a beautiful woman will cure almost any ailment.
Realizing that they are limited int he amount of time they have underwater before their water breathing spell runs out Variel quickly confirs with the group. i am thinking that we do a quick peek in each area to get the layout and see if there are any further threats. If nothing is obvious then we move on. Once we have cleared the area then we can come back and do a more methodical search. We have the bottle of air if we need it at that point but I do not want to get caught in a combat and all of us relying on a single bottle of air to survive.
Variel does continue with Horatio quickly to provide some backup as she pokes his head in the seaweed curtains. If nothing is amiss or dangerous then Variel will cut the seaweed down to open up everything.
Seijiro slips the pearls into a side pocket on the haversack, and follows Variel to the next chamber, careful not to the be the first one to pass any seaweed curtains again.
He does seem to barely notice the wand in room D13 and casts detect magic on it to confirm whether there is any power left in it. Without spellcraft skill though, he has no clue what it might be if it is still magical, and will wait for others with the skill to determine it's use.
In room D14 he spots the raw nuggets on the floor and picks some up, storing them in the haversack after a quick attempt at appraisal. He's not so quick to put them away that others don't have a chance to appraise as well and to help gather them.
He does notice the ring on the rolled up hand, and with slightly wrinkled nose at the attempt to make sushi from a dead hand, he again casts detect magic, but waits for others with spellcraft to attempt the same if it is magical, if not, he attempts to appraise it.
Adular will let the stealthier of the group scout ahead for now, but he does stay close to the main body of his compatriots.
Right now, he's trying to keep track of how much time has passed since he cast those water breathing spells
With the fight over, the summoner fish peak through each seaweed door to draw any threats there before they vanish.
Dhaavan peaks into rooms bobbing along, somewhat disgusted by the creshes, he avoids entering too far himself, minding the little creatures though the blood of his does doesn't seem to phase him. He ticks to the entrance of D12.
I'm not sure how viable an ally these Sahaguin would really be at this point, not sure if my people or wife would take to kindly to the idea, but it's worth considering, if we let them live. Depends on what else we find here. But they're an unruly race and heir behavior is... Distasteful, he says, pointing out the butchered locathah
Peaks in rooms with the party. particularly the elves.
[Ooc]I have class tonight, and have to run to the airport before, so if like to post disband actions now to not hold things up and still participate.
Dhaavan will cast Detect magic on the bolts when we get there, to see if any are magic.
When they get to the seaweed room, Dhaavan looks around, following the others pulling himself along. Jack would love these shineys here,
When he sees the ring he picks up the hand and Detects magic,
Cap'n, whatcha make of this lil'bobble? he asks showing Var then the others the ring, in case they recognize what it is.
... [/ooc]