"Before we do that, I'm going to send Snave or some other minions into that room everyone's afraid of. Maybe they'll find out if there's something that's either worth some gold trying to kill us. Either way, it's a win/win."
Illusionist Wizard 11; AC 14, 18 with Mage Armor; HP 21/81 (+ 0 temp HP); F+12, R +11, W+13; Init+7, Perception +12 +1 on saves vs, Transmutations | +2 on saves vs. Illusions
"I'm fine with that. That mi go creature was tough, though. Here's a question...has anyone heard of that Black Goat referenced in the notes?"
The group holds up in a room to rest. Nothing disturbs you.
Refresh spells, etc. I'm moving the group to the last door since there is nowhere else to go.
Once rested, the group crosses the central vault, passes through the eastern door and down a short hallway before coming to a small chamber with large doors to the north and south. A sinister statue looms in an alcove to the east. The thing is ten feet tall with a human body, but with the head of a deformed, fanged bird and two coiling serpents for legs. The statue clutches a flail in one hand, and holds a large, open book in the other.
Illusionist Wizard 11; AC 14, 18 with Mage Armor; HP 21/81 (+ 0 temp HP); F+12, R +11, W+13; Init+7, Perception +12 +1 on saves vs, Transmutations | +2 on saves vs. Illusions
Illusionist Wizard 11; AC 14, 18 with Mage Armor; HP 21/81 (+ 0 temp HP); F+12, R +11, W+13; Init+7, Perception +12 +1 on saves vs, Transmutations | +2 on saves vs. Illusions
Just a note that I'll be out most of the weekend. I've got a football game to watch tomorrow and a family wedding on Sunday. I'll be checking in here and there, but don't let me slow things down. Please feel free to bot Pai.
Through the northern doors you enter a short hall with three alcoves on either side, each of which contains a low shelf covered with nothing but recently disturbed dust. Another large door stands slightly adjar and you pass through to find the hallway turns east, but beyond the first fifteen feet, no details are visible through a glowing, swirling mass of pale mist. To the north the hallway opens into a damp cavern. A wide pool of murky brown water fills the area to the east, and a narrow tunnel that looks like it was dug with picks leads off to the northwest.
This hall was mentioned in the notes of the mi-go. Apparently it was able to interrogate or read the thoughts of Iklavni and her rogues and determined that they became aware of the secret entrance to the Enigma Vaults through a man called Rozimus of Tymon. Rozimus claimed to be the last of an adventuring party that survived a deep dungeon beneath Thornkeep called The Sanctum of a Lost Age. He mentioned the entrance was beyond a misty hallway that required Iuon Stones to pass safely.
It was mentioned Pai might need GM control this weekend, so I'll make some checks on her behalf.
Male Varisian Human Rogue/2 Urban Ranger/4 HP: 30/30* |AC 22 T 16 FF 18| Fort +8/Ref +13/Will +3| Init +5| Perc +10| SM +10
"Though perhaps we should see if there is anything in the water, yes? It comes to me that Iklavni would not have been pleased with the mi-go's attentions, and she or one of her companions may have tried to leave something where the creature would not find it."
This creature is a type of ooze called an ochre jelly.
Ooze Traits:
Mindless: No Intelligence score, and immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects). An ooze with an Intelligence score loses this trait.
Blind (but have the blindsight special quality), with immunity to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight.
Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, polymorph, and stunning.
Not subject to critical hits or flanking. Does not take additional damage from precision-based attacks, such as sneak attack.
Knowledge Dungeoneering DC 20:
Acid (Ex) An ochre jelly secretes a digestive acid that dissolves only flesh (not bone) when it strikes a foe—creatures not made of flesh (including most constructs and oozes, skeletal undead, plants, and incorporeal creatures) are immune to the ochre jelly's acid damage.
Knowledge Dungeoneering DC 25:
Split (Ex) Slashing weapons, piercing weapons, and electricity attacks deal no damage to an ochre jelly. Instead the creature splits into two identical jellies, each with half of the original creature's current hit point total, rounded down. A jelly with 10 hit points or less cannot be further split and dies if reduced to 0 hit points.
INITIATIVE
Barlor 22 <=Up
Maddie 19 <=Up
Turg 13 <=Up
Ayaki 9 <=Up
Creature 9
Pai 8
László 6
Illusionist Wizard 11; AC 14, 18 with Mage Armor; HP 21/81 (+ 0 temp HP); F+12, R +11, W+13; Init+7, Perception +12 +1 on saves vs, Transmutations | +2 on saves vs. Illusions
Know. Dungeoneering 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Have Pai magic missile the ochre jelly for me, please, gang!
Pai sends a magic missile into the jelly, taking a piece out in a spray of ooze.
Turg summons a horde of mites, which start stabbing and cutting at the creature. At first it seems they are being quite successful as two of them manage to cut large pieces off the creature. However, those two pieces take on a life of their own and suddenly the party finds themselves fighting three ochre jellies!
MAP UPDATED. Ayaki, are you going to take any actions this round?
