Male Human Fighter/7 (mobile fighter archetype) HP 64/64 AC21/T 14/FF 19 CMD 22/24 vs. trip & sunder Fort +8/Ref +5/ Will +6 Init +2 Perc +1|Sense Motive +1
Kilian would have started a little closer to the front of the party, just behind Leonel and Yanos. I moved him up.
The Andoren hurls a javelin at the nearest beetle, but fails to even come close to the creature.
Leonel approaches a beetle and swings his greatsword with a hint of extra power.
Power Attack:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18, Damage:2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 1) + 7 = 13
The fungus is not difficult terrain. Also, if you want to attack at melee in the surprise round and you are not within 5 feet of an enemy you can charge any creature within your regular movement speed, taking the normal bonus and penalty to attack and AC.
Haris, only a standard or move action is allowed in a Surprise Round, so only 1 attack. Leonel, I'm going to assume you charge.
As the beetles swarm from their advance, your group moves to meet them. Kilian throws a javelin, but it goes wide. Haris throws a dagger that lodges into one's head, causing it to flip over and flail it's legs in the air. Alie blasts one with a magic missile, then Leonel finishes it off with a powerful slash with his weapon. Though caught unaware, Yanos' training kicks in and his drops his longspear in time to skewer another.
INITIATIVE - Round 1 (All PCs are Up)
Yanos Inititiative: 7 <=Up (moved you to the top of the order to better organize rounds)
Peri Inititiative: 25 <=Up
Rowanna Inititiative 22 <=Up
Alie Inititiative: 21 <=Up
Haris Inititiative: 19 <=Up
Kilian Inititiative: 16 <=Up
Leonel Inititiative: 15 <=Up
Beetle Inititiative: 15
They are vermin of unusual size, big but natural. As vermin they are Mindless: No Intelligence score, and immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms). They seem to have a weakness to sharp steel ;)
Male Human Fighter/7 (mobile fighter archetype) HP 64/64 AC21/T 14/FF 19 CMD 22/24 vs. trip & sunder Fort +8/Ref +5/ Will +6 Init +2 Perc +1|Sense Motive +1
Round 1:
Kilian takes a short step towards the melee and brings his guisarme down with a crunch on the nearest beetle.
"Good work everyone! Yanos, I am impressed with that spear of yours." Leonel offers congratulations to his party as he surveys the area for more threats.
Perception:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Male Human Fighter/7 (mobile fighter archetype) HP 64/64 AC21/T 14/FF 19 CMD 22/24 vs. trip & sunder Fort +8/Ref +5/ Will +6 Init +2 Perc +1|Sense Motive +1
Searching the area you find a few odds and ends that obviously hail from the surface. Most of this is rubbish, but a small collection of valuables lies among the eggs. Haris, Peri, and Yanos uncover one nest is lined with a scroll of lesser restoration, and three potions, and a magical cloak. Haris also points out a harness attached to one of the beetles, obviously placed there by something capable of intelligent thought.
You also discover tracks in the sand that Yanos believes strongly to be from a small minotaur, likely Nuar Spiritskin. It would seem he came through here, but it looks like he was attacked by a dozen or more creatures and dragged away through the tunnel to the northeast.
"Yanos, dear. If we find any giant insect eggs could you be so kind as to get one for me darling? I would appreciate it so very very much, beetles are icky."
The potions seem identical, and after identifying two as cure moderate wounds , Rowanna is reasonably certain that the third is the same. The cloak proves harder to identify, though it seems to be protective in some manner.
The search for eggs is simple. Leonel was considering omelet recipes as Peri brought up her question. However, storing and moving an egg is a delicate process.
It is a DC 20 Handle Animal check to secure an egg, but you get 3 tries.
Meanwhile, Yanos and Rowanna have been taking careful notes, attempting to map these caverns. This is no easy task, though, as the caverns wind randomly in every direction.
A successful DC 15 Knowledge (geography) check is required to make accurate enough notes about the cave complex to be of any use.
F Human (Chelaxian) Witch 8 - HP 50/50 [7 Temp] - AC 19*/T: 14/FF: 17* - Perception +8 - Fort: +7, Ref: +8, Will +9 (+1 vs. Curses, +1 vs. Acid or Earth) - CMB +4, CMD 17 (+1 vs. Grapple) - Speed 30 - Init. +9
Rowanna sighs as she looks over her map, complete with doodles of ravens and imps, realizing that even she doesn't quite understand what she's mapped. She crumples it up into a little ball and tosses it behind her.
"Yanos, dear. If we find any giant insect eggs could you be so kind as to get one for me darling? I would appreciate it so very very much, beetles are icky."
"It would be my pleasure, luv. Just the one, or as many as I can get?"
I'll cast Guidance, first, and than attempt it.
Handle Animal 1:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
I don't suppose anyone else has Handle Animal? IF NOT, I'll try again, but might need some sort of assistance here.
If the DM will allow 2 Aid Another's, that last one will work, barely. For example one person holds a bag open, while another, I don't know, properly instructs me in the best way to prod and poke at eggs.
Alternatively, again, if the DM allows it, I could use my "shirt" reroll.
I very much dislike faction missions that rely on someone having a rarely taken skill that cannot be attempted untrained - such as this egg collecting business and the mapping request. Since this faction mission is pretty stupid, I'll say this. Hold the reroll, and if you still have it (and are still alive) use it on your way back after the Society mission to save Nuar is done.
Male Human Fighter/7 (mobile fighter archetype) HP 64/64 AC21/T 14/FF 19 CMD 22/24 vs. trip & sunder Fort +8/Ref +5/ Will +6 Init +2 Perc +1|Sense Motive +1
Kilian doesn't bother trying to map, since he doesn't have the skill; he just leaves chalk marks where the party has been.
F Human (Chelaxian) Witch 8 - HP 50/50 [7 Temp] - AC 19*/T: 14/FF: 17* - Perception +8 - Fort: +7, Ref: +8, Will +9 (+1 vs. Curses, +1 vs. Acid or Earth) - CMB +4, CMD 17 (+1 vs. Grapple) - Speed 30 - Init. +9
”The stench from the dead beetles and mold is starting to give me a headache. Let's go.” Rowanna suggests as she follows Haris towards the next passage.
Moving on, the natural caverns suddenly give way to worked stone and metal fixtures. Dangling glass balls flicker and cast a weak, greenish glow across the chamber. Ahead, a series of greentiled, wide, terraced stairs slope up to an imposing bronze door, partly torn from its hinges. The stairs bear hundreds of symbols that seem to warp and flicker.
The reek of decay, along with a pungent, acidic smell fills the chamber. Heaps of bones and garbage are scattered about the room. On both sides of the bronze doors, numerous small idols sit in niches and nooks. Their clumsy design clearly contrasts the delicate swoops and strokes of the walls and door.
Two more beetles loiter at the far side of the cavern, the glowing glands on the carapace clearly marking them out.
As you begin moving into the cavern suddenly two creatures skitter down the wall. Skin pale as a slug's belly, eyes huge and bulging, their shape is hideously humanoid, but they move like a spider swarm, arms and legs intertwining but never seeming to get in each others way. They leap from the wall as they near the ground, and bring their clubs to bear on Alie, cracking her in the ribs and across the head. 19 damage
Their screeching alerts the beetles, who begin moving your direction as well.
Alie, you were able to 5' step at an angle back next to Rowanna so I moved you there. You have a standard or move action left. What else did you want to do?
