"Gather to me, all who are injured. Iomedae, if it please you, restore these valiant defenders!" Zigil will heal Giles, Barka, Grodar, and anyone else that needs healing.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
“Hmm I am all healed except for a small scratch. What could go wrong? Let’s go track this beast.”
"I will make my preparations when we are on dry land"
The cave is about 400' downstream, on the north shore. The beach outside the cave is about 60' long, but the entrance itself is only 10-20' across.
The drake entered the cave, dragging poor Lucky with it.
The keelboat travels downstream until it is nearly even with the cave, and the ship's boat heads towards shore. Aboard are the heroes and Dog, with a couple of nervous crew members rowing.
If there is any light in the cave, Giles will lead the way.
If Giles is leading, Zigil will cast shield other on him. (And will try to stay within 15 or 20'.)
Giles will take half damage and Zigil the other half. (Who gets the extra point if it's an odd number? I expect it's Giles.
Giles also gets +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves.
Everything is rounded down, so Zigil would take any damage in the case of odd numbers.
Near the cave, the air is permeated by the pungent odour of rotting fish. The beach outside is littered with the remains of several marine animals, including the bleached skeleton of an immense crocodile. The area is eerily quiet and devoid of wildlife.
A nervous whinny and snort can be heard from within the cave.
Giles sets aside his powder horn and blunderbuss and lights a torch. He holds Agrimosh in one hand and leads the way into the cave.
Grodar loads his crossbow, and follows Giles into the cave.
Mannfred will wildshape into a wolf and cast magic fang on himself.
Mannfred and Dog enter side by side.
The entrance leads to a cave, where Lucky the plowhorse stands bleeding, shivering, and blowing. He whuffles a bit as the party enters.
Another cave lies east of here, where a loud tearing and crunching can be heard. The caverns smell of fish, vinegar, and rotting meat.
Giles tries to keep Lucky calm while he quietly moves past toward the crunching sounds.
Lucky calms somewhat, but is obviously unable to do much physically.
The group continues towards the inner cave, where the alpha drake is on a foetid pile of reeds, feasting on the rotting carcass of a cow.
Zigil to B7, casts bull strength on Grodar.
Mannfred begins casting Summon Nature's Ally II (ditching chill metal for spontaneous casting). To summon a giant spider.
"Grrrrrrrr"
Slei will move to B7 and load her sling staff.
The drake spies the party and stops tearing at its putrid meal. It spews a glob of mucus that lands amidst the leading group.
Grodar fires his crossbow, then moves towards the drake.
...
With the shield other Zigil cast on Giles, I think it's 5 points on Giles, and 15 on Zigil.
Giles will attempt to break free of the entanglement.
"You go ahead Giles. I'll be here if you need me."
Eldan will move up at A4, “I need to position myself for a better shot. My spells are close range.”
Giles tries to break free.
Giles is unable to snap the strands, but manages to stretch them enough to slip free.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Zigil strains and strains against the mucus and slumps back. "It' snot working."
If another one is applicable, I can fail that too:
Mannfred summons a giant spider to D3, then Mannfred and Dog move to C4 and C5 respectively, and defend from any attack. (Total defense)
The spider begins picking its way through the reeds that make up the nest, then sprays a web at the drake.
Unfortunately, the web falls short of where it needs to be to entangle the drake.
Slei moves up to where she can attack while still having Mannfred as a shield, and where she can soon get close enough to fully utilize her skills.
Smack! The drake is hit again.
The drake springs forward and pounces on the nearby spider.
There is a sickening crunch, and the spider is feebly struggling in the jaws of the drake.
Grodar will continue moving towards the drake after using a move action to gain the benefits of furious focus for 1 minute.
Grodar hammers the drake yet again, but it still seems to have a lot of fight left.
Eldan moves up to C2, says, “Ruin,” and gestures at the drake. A fiery red ray streaks from his fingertip.
Scorching Ray= 17 + 5 = 22
Dmg= 5 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 18
The drake shrieks as Eldan's ray sears its flesh.