Ramli also samples the water, and finds them as refreshing as Sad found them, all of his minor scratches and injuries swiftly disappearing from his skin.
Realizing there is little here beyond a fountain that seems to mend wounds, the party doubles back and heads to the east and then to the north whereupon Alaric steps up to a large wooden door.
As he tries to open the door, he discovers it is swollen, its size having been increased as it seems to have absorbed a significant amount of water, probably from the room beyond.
It takes the knight a few attempts, but with his shoulder lowered, he forces the door open to the room beyond
The room is filled with water, probably as deep as the outside corridor. The chamber is in an advanced state of decay, with a gaping hole in the ceiling admitting a constant trickle of water. The three stone sarcophagi in this room are almost completely covered in a thick carpet of moss and fungus.
Initiative:
Alaric:
Damvorak:
Ramli:
Sad Rock:
Ugnoth:
Froggie:
Round 1
24 Alaric :
21 Sad Rock :
18 Ugnoth :
18 Froggie :
12 Damvorak :
5 Ramli :
Perched atop the far sarcophagus, an enormous red frog the size of a cow sits in wait. Its giant yellow eyes narrow at the glint of light reflecting from Alaric's armor.
It croaks and appears as if it is about to leap forward and strike at the knight.
Now Up: Alaric, Sad and Ugnoth
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Round 1
24 Alaric : Wades to Q1, readies
21 Sad Rock : Moves to P2, fails miserably at handle animal
18 Ugnoth : Moves to S1, inspires (I think?)
18 Froggie #1 : Tongues Ugnoth, starting a grapple and pulls him to T2
18 Froggie #2 : Emerges and moves to S2, bites Ugnoth for 4 damage
18 Froggie #3 : Emerges and moves to S3, tongues Sad, starting a grapple and pulls him to Q3
12 Damvorak :
5 Ramli :
Round 2
24 Alaric :
21 Sad Rock :
18 Ugnoth :
Alaric moves into the room and readies himself for what must surely be the frog's attack while Ugnoth wades into the room.
Sad Rock, believing himself to speak froggie, steps forward and croaks several times. The frog at the end seems enraged by Sad's poor grammar and croaks back at him louder than his oread mother did that one time he broke the family's only toothbrush.
The frog at the end of the room looks hungrily at Ugnoth and slowly opens its mouth to "invite the Shoanti to dinner". A fifteen foot long tongue lashes out and sticks to the him, dragging him ever closer to the frog's waiting maw .
Suddenly, the waters furiously part as two more of the giant toads leap onto sarcophagi. The second frog jealously croaks at the frog "tongue-ing" Ugnoth and takes a large bite from his shoulder .
You can almost see the third frog shrugging as the first and second battle over who gets to swallow the bard. A series of blorts and hribburts are exchanged, as if the frogs are discussing who among your party is the most offensive to them.
With a final nod and apparent agreement among them, the third frog turns its evil yellow eyes to Sad Rock and snortles before lashing out with a tongue of his own, which sticks to the oread's armor and drags him ever closer .
Picture of all three froggies in action
Friendly neighborhood link to grappled condition
Now Up: Everyone!
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Round 1, Initiative 12, Location: N5->P2
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Conditions = None
Hand of the Acolyte = 2/6
Resistant Touch = 6/6
Channel Energy = 2/3
Ferocity (Act 1 round at below 0hp)(1/1)
Spells
Cantrips DC 13: Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First Level DC 14: Identify, Command, Remove Fear
Damvorak moves to get into the chamber (double move on the last square due to the water) and flings his staff at F2.
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"Let us hope there are no more hiding in this muck!"
Round 1 Con't
12 Damvorak : Hurls staff at F2 for 6 damage
5 Ramli : Advances to P2, strikes F2 for 8 damage
Round 2
24 Alaric : Steps to R1 and strikes F2 for 7 damage, F2 croaks
21 Sad Rock : TBD
18 Ugnoth : TBD
Damvorak, Ramli and Alaric all advance and focus their efforts on the lone frog that doesn't seem to be grappling their friends - perhaps they are curious to see what happens when the frogs try to eat them, and are worried about interfering.
Regardless, one frog croaks. Permanently. As in, dead.
Now Up: Sad and Ugnoth
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The two remaining frogs, their meals within easy reach both attempt to lock their massive jaws around their prey but quickly learn that Ugnoth and Sad Rock are far too large to swallow whole Instead, they both agree with hearty blorps that their best approach is to bite both Ugnoth and Sad Rock in half, and the one chewing on Ugnoth is semi-successful at the effort .
Round 2 Con't
21 Sad Rock : Clubs F3 for 6 damage
18 Ugnoth : Inspires courage
17 Froggie #1 : Bites Ugnoth for 5 damage
17 Froggie #3 (-6) : Misses Sad Rock
12 Damvorak :
5 Ramli :
Round 3
24 Alaric :
21 Sad Rock :
18 Ugnoth :
Now Up: Everyone!
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Round 2, Initiative 12, Location: P2->T1
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Conditions = None
Hand of the Acolyte = 2/6
Resistant Touch = 6/6
Channel Energy = 2/3
Ferocity (Act 1 round at below 0hp)(1/1)
Spells
Cantrips DC 13: Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First Level DC 14: Identify, Command, Remove Fear
Damvorak, pleased the first frog is down, moves along the north wall to T1. He prepares to swing… once he’s caught his breath (double move due to the water).
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Round 2 Con't
12 Damvorak : Double move to T1
5 Ramli : Hits F3 for 8 damage
Round 3
24 Alaric : Moves to S2, misses F3
21 Sad Rock : Misses the hateful froggie F3
18 Ugnoth : Swings (2H weapon? no matter, it misses)
17 Froggie #1 : Hits grappled Ugnoth for 5 damage
17 Froggie #3 (-14) : Hits grappled Sad Rock for 5 damage
12 Damvorak :
5 Ramli :
Round 4
24 Alaric :
21 Sad Rock :
18 Ugnoth :
Thick slimy, sticky frog tongues continue to wind tighter around Sad Rock and Ugnoth's limbs as the frogs once again try to take bites out of both of the warriors in order to make them smalller pieces capable for swallowing. Both are successful and begin chewing the flesh like cows chewing whatever cows chew .
The one clubbed by Ramli shakes it head at Sad Rock's thoughts as it's eyes swirl mysteriously.
"BROOOOAAAPP!"
It does seem like it's barely hanging on, despite its bold claims otherwise.
Now Up: Everyone!
Sad clubs the yellow frog into submission as it finally goes limp, a look of sadness in its eyes that it couldn't make friends. Or, at least that's how it appears.
Alaric wades forward, and his flail crunches into frog head with a disgusting sklurch. The frog wheezes, but still seems like it is going to try to eat the bard.
Still Up: Damvorak, Ramli, Ugnoth.
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Round 3, Initiative 12, Location: T1
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Conditions = None
Hand of the Acolyte = 2/6
Resistant Touch = 6/6
Channel Energy = 2/3
Ferocity (Act 1 round at below 0hp)(1/1)
Spells
Cantrips DC 13: Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First Level DC 14: Identify, Command, Remove Fear
Damvorak, finally in position, does his best to follow his mates skill and end the final frog…
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Sadly he cannot quite grip the staff and it slips a few times in the muck and slides right off the frogs back. sigh
Ramli steps up and finishes the lone remaining frog.
The room falls quiet without the croaking, broaping or brapping of the frogs.
Stuffed into the nest at the end of the chamber is the mostly devoured corpse of a human man. On the man's right hand is a ring made of gold and set with a single aquamarine. Tied to his belt is a pouch that contains 24 gp in coins, identical in mint to those found on the corpse beside the Gray Lake.
A closed door leads south.
After healing and bidding farewell to the frogs, you form up and Alaric opens the door to the south.
As you proceed down the hallway and look to your west, you notice the ripple of electricity throughout this room which seems to periodically discharge throughout the room. You wager if any of you were in that room, or even adjacent to it, at the wrong time, you'd receive a considerable shock from the strange blue colored fungus there.
As you step past, you recognize the badly burnt body of a giant frog along with many giant rats among the rooms victims.
An azure fungus almost completely covers this room.
Finally, Alaric steps up to the doorway of a larger room.
This large chamber is partially flooded, with the south end just barely rising out of the stagnant water. A large wheel is set into the floor of the dry area, attached to chains that rise up into the ceiling. A thick layer of slick, black mold covers the carvings on the walls of this chamber.
Initiative:
Alaric:
Damvorak:
Ramli:
Sad Rock:
Ugnoth:
Skeletons:
Ugnoth, along with Alaric, begin to trudge through the dark water towards the wheel.
As Ugnoth takes a few steps, his footing gives way as he apparently steps into some sort of pit.
Ugnoth quickly determines he's falling into some sort of pit and there is a skeleton waiting for him to sink to the bottom
As Ugnoth attempts to tread water, six other skeletons rise from hiding underneath the black water.
Round 1
22 Alaric :
21 Ugnoth : (Swim check needed)
19 Sad Rock
14 Damvorak :
12 Ramli :
7 Skeletons :
Now Up: Everyone!
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Round 1, Initiative 14, Location: U11->S11
Weapon Equipped = Staff
Conditions = None
Hand of the Acolyte = 2/6
Resistant Touch = 6/6
Channel Energy = 2/3
Ferocity (Act 1 round at below 0hp)(1/1)
Spells
Cantrips DC 13: Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Stabilize
First Level DC 14: Identify, Command, Remove Fear
Damvorak moves to just in front of Ramli to provide him cover from the skeletal onslaught. He hopes his position doesn’t throw off Sad’s plans. He readies to strike any skeleton that comes within reach.
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Sadly the water-drag on his quarterstaff throws him off and he swings wide of the mark.
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Round 1
22 Alaric : Gets out rope, aids Ugnoth
21 Ugnoth : Swims ahead to S16, swings and destroys S5
19 Sad Rock : Readies a swing
14 Damvorak : Moves to S11, readies
12 Ramli : Uses magic to explodes S1
8 Sad Rock (readied): 5ft step, destroys S2
7 Skeleton 3 : Move, attacks Ugnoth, hits for 7 damage
7 Skeleton 4 : 5ft, attacks Ugnoth, misses
7 Skeleton 6 : 5ft. attacks Ugnoth, misses
7 Skeleton 7 : Rests at pit's bottom, hoping for a hug
Round 2
22 Alaric :
21 Ugnoth :
14 Damvorak :
12 Ramli :
8 Sad Rock :
Ugnoth continues to swim across an underwater pit, realizing it to be not only ten feet deep but fifteen fit across. As he finds firm footing on the far end near the wheel, he obliterates the nearest skeleton. Alaric, his long rope in one hand, gives Ugnoth a helpful push forward.
Ramli, palm facing another skeleton, causes it to spontaneously explode. Because, magic.
Damvorak and Sad Rock both ready for the approach of a skeleton, and as one responds, Sad Rock is quick to step up and crush it into rubble.
The three skeletons near the wheel advance at Ugnoth in a seeming attempt to defend it. One gashes a decent wound in the man's side .
Now Up: Everyone!