Cadas stands near the back taking in each room's contents. We burn this place when we are done. she declares.
Marcellano nods grimly. "I couldn't agree more," he says, making sure to whisper. [smaller]"These ogrekin are a vile clan. I'm tempted to throw the matron's book on top of the pyre, but...any knowledge can be useful."
He nods his assent to Robin's choice. Double doors it is.
vs AC 20 Atrius (FF) (tentacles only)
vs AC
vs AC 19 Plant
Having decided to take the southern doors, Adolina listens, and hearing nothing opens the door. Seeing nothing but another set of double doors at the end of a short hallway, she moves up and listens there. Hearing nothing, she opens the door.
This damp, steamy room reeks of rotting vegetable matter. Pools of mud and stagnant water dot the mossy floor, and the walls are caked with thick swaths of puffy fungus and mold.
As the door opens, two tentacles reach out at Atrius and one grabs for him, but only hurts him a little. Atrius moves up and swings at the creature, hurting it.
Cadas moves up to where she can see the creature and casts a summoning spell to help with the fight. A crocodile appears in a flanking position and attacks.
N Large celestial
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision ; Perception +8
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 10, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +4 natural, -1 size)
hp 22 [28] (3d8+9) [ 3d8+15 ]
Fort +6 [+8], Ref +4, Will +2
SR 7
Celestial – Resist Acid, Cold, and Electricity 5
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., swim 30 ft.; sprint
Melee bite +5 [+7] (1d8+4 [ 1d8+6] plus grab ) and tail slap +0 [+2] (1d12+2) [1d12+3]
Special Attack death roll (1d8+6 [ 1d8+9] plus trip ), Smite evil/good
STATISTICS
Str 19 [23], Dex 12, Con 17 [21], Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Base Atk +2; CMB +7 [+9] (+11 [+13] grapple) ; CMD 18 [20] (22 [24] vs. trip)
Feats Skill Focus ( Perception , Stealth )
Skills Perception +8, Stealth +5 (+13 in water), Swim +12 [+14]; Racial Modifiers +8 on Stealth in water
SQ hold breath
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Death Roll (Ex)
When grappling a foe of its size or smaller, a crocodile can perform a death roll upon making a successful grapple check. As it clings to its foe, it tucks in its legs and rolls rapidly, twisting and wrenching its victim. The crocodile inflicts its bite damage and knocks the creature prone. If successful, the crocodile maintains its grapple.
Hold Breath (Ex)
A crocodile can hold its breath for a number of rounds (68) [84] equal to 4 times its Constitution score before it risks drowning.
Sprint (Ex)
Once per minute a crocodile may sprint, increasing its land speed to 40 feet for 1 round.
Smite evil/good
1/day as a swift action (adds CHA bonus (+0) to attack rolls and damage bonus equal to HD (+3) against evil/good foes; smite persists until target is dead or the celestial/fiendish creature rests).
Augment Summoning: Items in brackets [] represent the spell being cast by a character with the Augment Summoning feat.
"Atrius!" Marcellano cries. Following the others toward the room, he looks sharply at the surroundings. "Be careful in here--some molds are dangerous. Cadas, any idea what these are--or what that is?!" Blasting the creature with his wand, he stares at it, disgusted.
It is unknown to me.
vs AC 19
vs AC 23 Atrius
AC 19 Plant
The plant tries to bite and whip Atrius with his tentacles, but the elusive fighter is missed.
Now that he is in position, Atrius wickedly attacks the creature, damaging it harshly.
Cadas stays back looking for other threats and prepares to help if she is needed.
Her crock continues to attack from a flanking position.
Cadas stays back looking for other threats and prepares to help if she is needed.
Her crock continues to attack from a flanking position.
"Indeed," Marcellano murmurs, "I'm not terribly concerned about this." He shoots off another blast from the wand.
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Fighting a plant, after all the unpleasantness of the cabin so far, is actually mildly relieving for Adolina - things with tendrils have never liked her scimitar much.
Ducking and weaving Adolina carves left and right with her blade, slicing cleanly through two tentacles, although the rubbery skin of the creature thwarts her backswing.
Robin cheers his fellows on, while Cadas crocodile bites the plant creature. Marcellano uses his wand again, hitting the creature with two force missiles. Adolina critically hits the creature and it collapses into a pile of dead and rotting vegetation.
"Well," Marcellano snorts. "That was simple. I wonder what on earth the thing was? Regardless, we can proceed now...once we've cleared this house of its inhabitants I think we can tend to our Black Raven friends without fear of reprisal."
He does a quick scan of the room, checking for magic, and then does the same on the door to the north, peering at it closely.
Lets keep exploring while my animal friend is still around. Cadas urges. There might be another fight.
Adolina inspects the foliage, however there is nothing there other than dead, rotting vegetation.
After Robin checks the door for traps, you open it and see a large chest sitting against the wall of this low ceiling chamber.
Robin, again checks the chest, and finding none, opens the chest. Inside is an agate-studded gold ring worth 50 gp, a necklace of emeralds and silver worth 350 gp, a pair of small leather gloves studded with pearls that are magical, a large sack filled with assorted coins (210 gp, 452 sp, and 108 cp), and a ruby-inlaid red dragon-scale cloak clasp worth 600 gp. In addition, all of the equipment belonging to the three captured Black Arrows in the barn is here, including a magical elven longbow.
Cadas dismisses the large reptile and notes There seems but one place left to search, the central room. Shall we go there?
If Robin fails to identify either the gloves or the longbow, Marcellano will use his wand of identify to ID the unknown item.
Doing a quick scan of the entry into the central room with detect magic, Marcellano nods. "Onwards, then," he says, stowing the identification wand and drawing his wand of magic missiles once more.
+1 shocking longbow
Having identified the gear, Adolina and Robin lead the way to hopefully the last room of this insane house and listen. You both hear mumbling "I scered. What with Mammy" and also the squeaks of rats that the ogrekin seems to be talking to.
Marcellano shrugs. "I generally have a free hand, so I suppose I might find them useful. But it does seem that just about anyone could."
Are you frickin kidding me. Two in a row of my PbP, the "foe" rolled an initiative of 1
Opening the door you see a room. This low ceiling room features a floor of hard packed earth stained in many places by blood and mold. A lumpy mattress lies heaped against the west wall, and what appear to be several half finished chairs made of flesh and bone lie against the eastern wall.
An ogrekin with one of the wicked ogre hooks, is waiting in the far corner and two rather large rats are ready to protect him. As you look, he yells at the rats, "attack".
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Cadas follows Robin into the room and channels a blast of negative energy , shielding her closest allies.
After her burst of energy is released she sprouts brambles from her armor and looks difficult to attack without taking damage.
Marcellano, stepping into the hall and peering through the doorway, zaps the rat with a pair of magic missiles. "The decor is the least of my concern," he mutters.
vs DC 19
vs AC 15 - threat
vs AC 15 - crit
vs AC 22 Adolina - threat
vs AC 23 Atrius
vs AC 22 Adolina
vs AC 22 Adolina - threat
Robin moves up, just into the room and begins to inspire his comrades. Cadas also moves into the room and releases a flood of negative energy, wounding slightly all of the foes. Marcellano, zaps the nearest rat with magic missiles from his wand. Atrius moves up to the nearest rat, and critically wounds it. Adolina, meanwhile, ignores the rats and heads directly for the ogrekin and wounds it.
Hucker, the ogrekin, rages and swings his hook at Adolina, critically wounding her, while the rat next to her misses. The other rat, manages to bite Atrius.
Cadas enlarges and stabs at a wounded rat.
Marcellano blinks, then scowls when he sees the ogre strike Adolina. "Adolina! Is this one actually going to present a threat? Well that's obnoxious."
He strides into the room, squeezing past Robin to join the others in the tight confines. "Can't get a great shot...ah well," he mutters, and sketches a strange symbol in the air. It hangs there, glowing orange, as he brings his outstretched fingers around in a great circle and then jabs them at the ogrekin. Two jets of flame shoot forth!
vs DC 18 Hideous Laughter
vs AC 15 Rat
vs AC 22 Adolina
vs AC 22 Adolina
Robin tries to get the ogrekin laughing at his terrible joke, but the creature does not seem to have a sense of humor, and ignores the spell. Cadas enlarges herself, and stabs at the rat that was biting Adolina. Marcellano uses his scorching ray spell to burn the ogrekin. Atrius swings twice at the rat in front of him, killing it, then steps up to be next to Adolina. Adolina abandons any pretense of defense and all out attacks the ogrekin, wounding it badly.
Both the ogrekin and the rat are surprised by the amount of damage that were done to them, that they both miss as they try to hurt Adolina.
Cadas, still large and bristly stabs at the rat. Die already.
Marcellano smiles as he sees the tide turn. "That's more like it!" Choosing to fall back on his wand again, he blasts the rat.
Robin sees that the rest of the group has things well in hand, and steps back letting them handle the ogrekin and rats. Cadas, still large, stabs the rat again, while Marcellano casts a magic missile at the rat, that still doesn't die. Adolina swings at the ogrekin, killing it and Atrius finishes off the final rat.
With the final ogrekin dead, it seems that the farm house has been cleared out. Searching the room, you find on the ogrekin the following: potion of cure moderate wounds, +1 hide armor, +1 ogre hook, amulet of natural armor +1, collection of severed noses in wax-sealed tin, 235 gp.