M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Nice move, Josef! I drew a pit of sorts and made the green one small, to show it had fallen oh-so-far-down!
Rikar hurries forward toward the remaining plant monster, positioning himself at some distance from it to avoid falling in Josef's acidic pit and sweeping at its legs with his mighty scythe!
Move in, attack with Lunge to avoid ending my turn adjacent to the pit. That puts my AC at 22.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Snarling a bit in frustration that, once again, she can't get behind her prey to take it down, Latys moves quickly along with Rikar. She keeps well away from the pit, biting at the shambling mound! Her distaste for muddy plant parts, however, causes her to miss.
Misha whimsically decides to cast grease underneath the shambling mound who is not in a pit. If she's lucky, maybe it will fall in the direction of the sloped sides of the pit Josef created.
Mound Reflex Save DC 15:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
The angry lettuce dislikes being coated in salad oil, and falls over. It is now prone. Up to the DM if it's in danger of sliding into the pit next to it. I think at the end of its turn it has to check?
Max HP: 142; Current HP: 45; AC: 17 (T 16, FF 17); CMD: 30; F/R/W: +14/+12/+23|
Buffs:
freedom of movement, resist energy 30, greater heroism, true seeing, improved invisibility
Dire Wolves:
HP: 47/47/47/47; AC: 15/9/14; F/R/W: +9/+5/+2
If Therena were to cast grease on the 10-foot square containing the acidic pit, would that coat the sides of the pit with grease (even just the top edge, thereby preventing the shambling mound from ever climbing out)?
If so, that's what she'll do. If not, then she probably won't know it won't work, so she does it anyway.
IIRC, the pit is already something like DC 30 to climb out due to slipperiness. Not saying it's not worth it to make it harder, but it's already pretty hard even with the mound's Strength bonus.
M M Human Weapon Master (F)8 / Boreal Sorcerer 1 / Arcane Archer 8 | Init +6 | Perc +20 | AC 24 / T 17 / FF 18 | HP 180/180 | Saves F +12/R +13/W +7; +2 vs Illusions, Evasion
"This feels familiar, doesnt it?" The quip is ill timed as the rest of the group goes into action. Keeping his mouth shut he starts firing at the wounded creature. Apparently his self-consciousness over the joke affects his aim as two of his arrows fail to find their mark.
Narrator[Maps, handouts, pictures: Links in top of page spoiler]
DM rolls:
1-2 fall towards pit, 3-8 back, left, forward:1d8 ⇒ 4 *whew*
Mound; stand; reflex:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 vs DC 15
1-2 fall towards pit, 3-8 back, left, forward:1d8 ⇒ 8 *whew*
Climb pit:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21 vs DC 30
Josef decides to try a more reliable tactic, and creates a pit under one of the shambling mounds, and watches with satisfaction as it slides down into the pit. Rikar and Latys move up, and the cat growls in frustration as it cannot move behind the mound, and also misses its attack. Rikar lunges at the creature and wounds it. Therena casts force missiles at the creature, damaging it. Telman shoots arrows at the visible mound, wounding it badly.
The creature stands up, but fails again to keep its footing and falls down again, luckily for it, not into the pit. The mound in the pit tries to climb out, but fails.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Rikar continues to stay away from the slippery edge of the pit, hacking at the downed mound as if he’s mowing the grass! Sadly, his target moves a bit more than grass, and he's not very effective.
Wearing the plant creatures down, a little at a time, the one in the pit takes some acid damage and the other takes some force damage from Josef. Rikar and Latys, combine to savagely wound the creature, as Therena gives Telman a bit of luck. Misha casts a spell on Rikar, which will help him with his attacks, and Telman finishes off the creature that is not in the pit.
The creature in the pit tries to climb out, but slides back into the acid.
M M Human Weapon Master (F)8 / Boreal Sorcerer 1 / Arcane Archer 8 | Init +6 | Perc +20 | AC 24 / T 17 / FF 18 | HP 180/180 | Saves F +12/R +13/W +7; +2 vs Illusions, Evasion
"Like fish in a barrel ..... " Telman's overconfidence affects his aim as even Therena's luck is unable to prevent two of his shots from completely missing the trapped shambler.
Grand Total: only two hits, total of 69 piercing and 9 cold damage
Max HP: 142; Current HP: 45; AC: 17 (T 16, FF 17); CMD: 30; F/R/W: +14/+12/+23|
Buffs:
freedom of movement, resist energy 30, greater heroism, true seeing, improved invisibility
Dire Wolves:
HP: 47/47/47/47; AC: 15/9/14; F/R/W: +9/+5/+2
Therena takes out her crossbow, quickly pulls a small cobweb off the firing mechanism. She goes to load a bolt before realizing that there's already one in place! Muttering about how long she's been carrying the silly thing around while it's armed, she leans over the pit a little ways and fires at the plant.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Rikar and Latys sit back and wait as their companions make the mound in the pit miserable.
Narrator[Maps, handouts, pictures: Links in top of page spoiler]
Grand daughter is back with her parents. Nana and I got a good nights sleep (almost 12 hours) so back to PbP.....
DM rolls:
Climb pit:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 vs DC 30
Climb pit:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 vs DC 30
Climb pit:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 vs DC 30
With the only mound still in the pit, the archers, now including Therena have relatively easy shots and after a few rounds of firing the creature slumps to the bottom of the pit and dies. When the spell expires and the remains are brought to ground level, you search the remains of the plant creatures, and find another of the stone tables, almost identical to the other one. As you hold them near each other, an edge on each one glows ever so slightly and putting the edges together the tables fuse together, and now there is one twenty inch wide tablet. Searching the rest of the area, mundanely and magically turns up nothing of interest.
Following the right hand rule, you move slightly back up the corridor and looking south, see another are of vegetation.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Rikar grins and rolls his eyes in amusement at the new reconnaissance method the party seems to have adopted, though his expression turns serious as he awaits the results of Therena's rock toss.
The archeologist is excited at their latest discovery. "Oh these tablets are neat. But if we've got to get a bunch of these... anyone bring any dwarven defoliant? No? Hm."
Misha thinks. "Maybe we should just fireball the room instead of throwing the rock in. Except they are somewhat resistant to fire. Though it'd probably still hurt'em..."
M M Human Weapon Master (F)8 / Boreal Sorcerer 1 / Arcane Archer 8 | Init +6 | Perc +20 | AC 24 / T 17 / FF 18 | HP 180/180 | Saves F +12/R +13/W +7; +2 vs Illusions, Evasion
"While I dont mind the target practice, that does sound like a better plan."
M M Human Weapon Master (F)8 / Boreal Sorcerer 1 / Arcane Archer 8 | Init +6 | Perc +20 | AC 24 / T 17 / FF 18 | HP 180/180 | Saves F +12/R +13/W +7; +2 vs Illusions, Evasion
Telman has bow at the ready, planning to put as many arrows as possible into anything that the fireball reveals.
Preparing for another battle, Josef starts this one off with a fireball into the plant area. While it barely singes the plants, two more of the mounds start to stand up and form.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Stepping to one side to give his companions a clear line of fire, Rikar moves up to the green-tinged mound and slashes at it, his blade exploding in a burst of fire on the first strike!
Adult Gold Dragon 18 | Init +0 | Perc +26 | AC 30 / T 8 / FF 30 | HP 324 | Saves: F +17 | R +11 | W +16 | DR 5/magic
Latys bounds into position next to Rikar, still frustrated with how hard it is to get behind the giant plant-beasts! She bites at the creature in a fury!
Move action to get in position, standard to attack.
M M Human Weapon Master (F)8 / Boreal Sorcerer 1 / Arcane Archer 8 | Init +6 | Perc +20 | AC 24 / T 17 / FF 18 | HP 180/180 | Saves F +12/R +13/W +7; +2 vs Illusions, Evasion
Focusing his attacks on the mound Rikar wounded, Telman attempts to eliminate one threat as quickly as possible. Again the archer feels Therena's luck touch his bow as every shot strikes true.
Figuring the party Cuisinart and the party Tommygun have it covered, Misha simply readies an action to cast cure moderate wounds on anyone who needs it.
Rikar and Latys step up and significantly wound the groups left. Misha figures the warriors can handle these creatures, like the other pairs and stands by, ready to cast cures if needed. Telman uses his cold arrows, and Therena luck, to wound the creature that Rikar and Latys wounded. Josef adds some damage to the total.
Both of the creatures slam Rikar hard, doing the ranger some significant damage.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Rikar grunts as the plant-creatures slam him over and over, then looks over his shoulder at Misha and says with a grin, "Too good for fightin' plants, are you? Leave it to the fella with the big grass-cutter to do all the trimming, fine!" He then sweeps his scythe back and forth, cutting down the badly injured monster and hacking once into the other!
Full attack - first two attacks on green, then five-foot step in front of red and use last attack.
That'll take down green and do 26 damage to red - I deleted the damage dice for fire since the non-crit fire damage can't get through their resistance.
Rikar swings his scythe wickedly, killing the wounded mound, and then swings and wounds the other. Latys bounds around the remaining mound, and even though it tries to slam the cat, it misses. Misha, keeping just out of range, provides some healing to the wounded ranger. Josef fires two arrows, hitting it once, while Therena fires a gob of sticky stuff at it, and the creature is entangled.
Even entangled, the plant creature slams Rikar hard with both tentacles.
M Human (Shoanti) Spell-Less Ranger 17 | Init +4 (+12 Underground) |Perc +22 (+30 underground) | AC 30 / T 19 / FF 27 | HP 209 | Saves F +15 / R +15 / W +13 Loot tracker
Rikar grunts again as the mound slams him, then grits his teeth and sets to killing the thing, muttering, "There must be an end to these things, right? Right?"
Full attack with flank, fire damage not rolled due to DR.
