Cathedral - Round 8 - continued
Robin's force of will overcomes the quasit's magic and the jester is unaffected (at least that's what we think...).
Rogar looks at the ants for signs of weakness. Based on his extensive forestry experience, he can see these are Worker ants, not the more dangerous Soldiers. He gathers up the rest of his javelins in time to see the quasit reappear.
The gritty barbarian, fatigued by his emotional rage, cleaves the Blue Ant again before it can attack him, ending the insects time on this plane, as it fizzles into thin air. The weary Smoke then steps in front of Black Ant, acting as a human shield for Robin
End of Round 8
Cathedral - Round 9
21 Tinuviel
15 Black Ant
15 Cadas
14 Rogar
13 Robin
11 Quasit
10 Smoke (fatigued)
Tinuviel whacks the really big ant that attacked her with her staff.
for whackiness damage.
Excluding the wounded enemies she can, and specifically the little demon, Cadas allows the power of her deity to flow from her in a wave of positive healing energy.
moving to the remaining ant Cadas presents her shield and then strikes at the creature.
Cathedral - Round 9 - continued
Tinuviel walks around and bashes the remaining ant with her stick, but the ant remains attentive to Smoke, biting the warrior, just after the healing energies of the Shoanti priestess arrived to soothe his hurts. Unfortunately, Cadas' trident strike is not effective against the ant.
Rogar seeing the Ants are handled moves to other side of the pulpit lifts a Javelin and throws.
Sounds good.
Cathedral - Round 9
Seeing the quasit visible for the first time in a while, Rogar hurls another javelin at it, but it flies wide, clanging against the wall behind.
Also seeing the Quasit, Robin tries a little magical humor, trying to get the evil demon laughing by casting Hideous Laughter, but the quasit is not amused, not even a little bit.
Instead she roars, at the halfling bard, and then blinks out of sight again.
Jumping into flank with Cadas on the ant, Smoke half-swings and half-fumbles his sword, the exhaustion of the day catching up to him in a blur. "Ugh," he rasps, a look of annoyance on his face.
Tinuviel will whack at the critter yet again.
for damage
Cathedral - Round 9 - concluded
Smoke steps into a flanking position and that's good, but he's blow is poor and misses, and that's bad.
End of Round 9
Cathedral - Round 10
21 Tinuviel
15 Black Ant
15 Cadas
14 Rogar
13 Robin
11 Quasit
10 Smoke (fatigued)
Tinuviel swings her staff again at the ant, but the blow caroms off it's hard exoskeleton without effect.
Black Ant bites Smoke again, this time for 3 hp. (18/27)
Cadas, growing frustrated with the fight, strikes at the summoned vermin with her trident.
Move action to locate the quasit.
He'll throw his other javelin at the last known location of the quasit or in the new square.
a 1 again, seriously
Cathedral - Round 10
Rogaris able to sense the location of the invisible quasit, and his javelin thow appears to be true, but the quasit deftly avoids the sharp tip much to the dwarf's frustration.
Robin drops his whip again, and drawing his sword takes a small step forward, striking the ant a glancing blow.
To everyone's surprise, the remaining ant vanishes back to whatever place is was summoned from. At nearly, the same time, the cathedral doors begin to open, as if by themselves.
The demonic voice calls out "I tire of this foolishness. My revenge against you will be sweet indeed. You do not understand the power you are stirring up."
Smoke swings wildly at the sound of the quasit's voice.
Cathedral - Round 10 - concluded
Smoke flails around with his greatsword, and actually feels it hit something, but the blow is awkward and not enough to cause harm as the creature flies by to the doorway. Another slashing attack comes up completely empty.
Robin also swings into the air, but can't find anything to hit.
End of Combat
"Easy Robin. I fear what it returns to, to report." Rogar says.
Tinuviel perks up at the Jester's words.
The raven flutters off in search of the quasit.
The doors in the cathedral open easily and are untrapped. They lead to small 10x10 chambers that must once have been storage room or robing chambers, but are now completely empty.
Trying to track the quasit, Kvothe flies out of the cathedral, through the shrine area outside, then down the corridor and to the room with the statue of the angry woman. From their, it appears, the quasit went through the door on the north, which the raven cannot open.
The orange triangular pool which glows with a dim incandescence, is quite obviously magically, and it's aura is overwhelmingly strong. The magic is so powerful that neither Robin, nor any of the group, can determine it's aura, or identify the magical purpose behind it.
When Kvothe returns, Boo and her have a brief conversation. Then Boo gestures. "It went this way. Kvothe could not follow it through a closed door. We might want to block that door, at least temporarily."
Cadas first channels to heal (I think Smoke is the only one wounded, right?) and then pronounces I need to rest before continuing. I know Sandpoint is threatened, but we will the town no good if we perish because we are out of resources. Let us go back to town and resupply and prepare to come back in the morning. I hope cold iron weapons are available in town.
After barricading the entrance as best they can, the weary group retreats to the Rusty Dragon for an evening of relaxation and recuperation. Not surprisingly, Ameiko is not present at the inn, but the staff and the baths more than make up for her absence.
You rest well, but your dreams are troubled by the thoughts of the evil quasit and those vile monstrosities under the ground.
Pick me up a cold iron trident Robin. Cadas counts out the coin to do so.
"I wouldn't be adverse to a cold iron something-- maybe a warhammer? That sounds about right. Tell me how much they haggle with you for it, and I'll pay you back."
Robin's trip to the weaponry store yields the requested and sought for items.
Tinuviel can not think of anything to buy, which is rather odd.
Rogar picks up a dwarven boulder helmet. It should be 18 gold with the discount..
Morning, 5 Rova 4707 Absalom Reckoning
Yesterday, which started with the disappearance of Ameiko and a fight in the Glassworks and ended up with with a demon familiar and some strange aberrant monsters, seems far away as you awaken in the Rusty Dragon.
The morning is one of those late summer days where the air is perfect and the cool breeze tells of the fall to come. That perfect weather belies how things stand in Sandpoint.
After barricading the tunnels under the Glassworks, and leaving guardsmen at the mouth, you gear up with weapons to stop the quasit and prepare to head back in to finish the job.
Bethany and Morris serve you another hot breakfast but the owner is again not to be seen.
The better rested heroes make their way down to the Glassworks and nod to the soldiers posted at the tunnel entrance. AS they make their way back down the long tunnel, ignoring the other branches, they eventually find themselves back in rough-hewn caverns and then cross over into the exceptionally well built catacombs. They stand in the room with the red statue of the angry woman holding the ranseur and turn north to face the door behind which their prey from yesterday escaped.
EDIT:Just saw Cadas ninja'ed me by a few seconds. Note:I am keeping pretty close records and try to use the post combat summary to keep everyone on track, don't kill yourself with record keeping unless you just can't help it.
don't you have 4+1 1st level spells? I only count 2 above.
Rogar approaches the door and takes special care to look for tracks and anything strange.
Rogar shares with the party.