DM Talomyr's Serpent's Skull (Inactive)

Game Master Talomyr

Mum hurriedly loads and fires her crossbow.

1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 - 4 = 16
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Mum's crossbow bolt sinks into the ooze, but yet it still holds onto Savras and seems content to continue to dissolve the tiefling.

Dereje, Lawdrak and Sharpmaw are up to end Round 2. Hana and Estietre can post Round 3 actions.

Hana backs up a step, draws her short bow, and seems content just to plink at the slime, hoping that it can be stopped by continued application of force.

Shortbow attack, into melee: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 4 = 18
Shortbow damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Starting to panic with the gruesome sight of Savras being dissolved, Estietre loads and fires another bolt.

1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 4 = 5
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Gritting his teeth, Dereje drops his sword and quickly loads another cartridge into his pistol, before firing again.

Ranged Touch Attack (Deadly Aim, PBS): 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 10 - 2 + 1 = 29 Immune to critical hits. :(
Damage (Deadly Aim, PBS): 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 13

Bump for Lawdrak.

Hana, Mum, and Dereje all damage the ooze but yet is still continues to dissolve Savras.

Doubting his ability to do much himself, Lawdrak concentrates, reaching out with his mind and magic for help. Sharpmaw remains at his side.

Sacrificing call lightning for summon nature's ally III and calling 1d3 ⇒ 2 small water elementals.

Lawdrak conjures a pair of elementals to fight the ooze, while the ooze continues to digest Savras.

Dereje, Lawdrak and Sharpmaw are up to end Round 3. Hana and Estietre can post Round 4 actions.

Shortbow attack, into melee: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 - 4 = 6

Hana fires her bow again, but can't hit the ooze without hitting what little is left of Savras.

Believe it or not, that actually hits. (AC 5)

Shortbow damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Dereje's hands become a blur as he loads yet another cartridge, before blasting the ooze once more.

Ranged Touch Attack (Deadly Aim, PBS): 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 10 - 2 + 1 = 20
Damage (Deadly Aim, PBS): 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

Dereje's shot is finally enough as the ooze sloughs off of the badly burned tiefling and dissipates into the water.

Combat over.

Once the ooze disintegrates, Hana is quick to approach Savras, but she lacks the medical skill to gauge his condition.

"I think he needs assistance quickly."

Lawdrak will move to Savras and cast cure moderate wounds.

2d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 7) + 5 = 18

The Kellid druid rushes to the fallen tiefling's side and casts a healing spell. Moments later the the still acid burned rogue's eyes flutter open. "That was just f@~*ing horrible." Savras groggily says, pulling himself back up to his feet.

Hana stows her bow, then takes out her sword and examines it critically. She frowns.

"Such a vile, inglorious creature, and it has damaged my blade," she says unhappily. "I hope that this is not a repeat occurrence."

Nkechi makes his way up next to Savras and casts a healing spell on the tiefling. "Can't have you dying just yet." the shaman says.

Ready to continue deeper into the mine?

Onward! Hopefully to not another one of those!

Note: I had the map scaled wrong on the previous fight, my apologies. The map has been changed to the scale it should be on Roll20 now.

You continue on deeper into the mine, doing your best to stay out of the briny water, well everyone except Hana - who seems at home in the salty water, anyway.

Traveling another two hundred feet or so deeper, the mine shaft turns sharply to the right, revealing a wider chamber and another bridge across the water.

Just to your right, you see the scattered remnants of a small campsite in a small alcove, just above the water line.

"Someone's been here," says Hana, hand resting once more at the hilt of her sword. "Let's check the campsite."

Estietre treads a few inches above the water's surface, and takes a good look around - scanning the surrounding area with her illuminated brooch for hidden dangers.

perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

From her current location, Estietre sees little more than a rickety bridge and a long abandoned campsite.

Since she can see in the dark, and can swim, Hana takes the risk of descending slightly into the water to head toward the alcove - though she keeps an eye out for anything that might try to swim up and bite her.

Anyone besides Hana doing anything be I move this along?

Lawdrak will move ahead a bit, sling loaded, ready to support Hana.

As Hana moves forward to investigate the abandoned campsite, two obviously dead creatures emerge from underneath the rickety bridge, intent on feasting on the samurai-ko's flesh.

Lawdrak, you can fire you sling in the "surprise round" as you said you were at the ready.

Initiative Order:
Dereje
Hana
Lawdrak & Sharpmaw
Savras
Undead
Estietre
Nkechi

Lawdrak (Readied), Dereje, Hana, Lawdrak & Sharpmaw, and Savras are up in Round 1.

Hana steps partway into the water - no great difficulty for her - and draws her katana in a flash. She lets out a terrifying kiai as the blade whips through the air with frightening speed.

Swift action: Challenge blue creature. 5' step, full round action: iaijitsu strike.

Iaijitsu strike: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Katana damage, challenge, iaijitsu strike: 1d8 + 4 + 5 + 3d6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 5 + (2, 3, 1) = 19

This makes my AC 13 vs. blue and 15 vs. red, but I get DR 2/- against blue.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

know/rel: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Posting from my phone...please assume Lawdrak shares the spoiler.

"Be careful, Lady Mizu, don't let it touch you!" Dereje warns urgently, recognizing the undead creatures. The paladin rushes ahead of the group and steps across the rickety bridge. Murmuring a prayer to the Master of the First Vault, he draws his pistol and smites the wight with a holy bullet.

Dereje spends 1 grit to use his smiting shot deed.

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Ranged Touch Attack (Deadly Aim, Point Blank Shot): 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 10 - 2 + 1 = 26
Damage (Deadly Aim, Point Blank Shot, Smiting Shot vs. Undead): 1d8 + 4 + 1 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 + 10 = 16

Confirm Lawdrak's Sling?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Extra Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Lawdrak pelts one of the wights with a stone, while Dereje blasts a sizable hole in the same.

Meanwhile, Hana cuts a deep gash into the other undead monstrosity.

Savras hurries across the water and onto the somewhat dry land of the campsite.

Lawdrak, you still have your round 1 action.

Lawdrak Sling (Round 1) @ Blue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Lawdrak loads up his sling again, hurling another stone toward the blue clad wight, cracking the creature right between the eyes and dropping it.

The remaining wight claws at Hana, tearing her flesh as she feels the moisture leaving her body, almost like the wight is drawing it out of her.

Hana takes 4 damage and needs to make a DC 14 Fort Save or take 1d3 ⇒ 2 Constitution damage.

Estietre is up to finish out round one. Everyone else can post round 2 actions.

Using resolve, because I always fail these things.

Fort save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Fort save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Hana steels herself for the wight's strike and makes a counterattack.

Katana attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Katana damage, challenge: 1d8 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 5 = 10

AC is back up to 17.

Estietre points a finger at the remaining wight while murmuring an arcane phrase.

disrupt undead vs touch AC: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 - 4 = 16
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Dereje continues to fire on the wight attacking Mizu, packing another paper cartridge into his gun's barrel with lightning-quick speed.

Ranged Touch Attack (Deadly Aim, Point Blank Shot): 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 10 - 2 + 1 = 19
Damage (Deadly Aim, Point Blank Shot): 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

Hana just misses with her slash, while Mum singes the creature with a small bolt of positive energy.

Dereje loads up and takes aim, blowing the creature's head clean from its shoulders.

Combat Over.

Searching the abandoned campsite you find three mine carts, various mining equipment, the desiccated remains of three mules, and a rusted iron strongbox.

What would you like to do?

Hana wipes down her sword and replaces it in its scabbard. "Not much here. I wonder if those undead were the remnants of someone who died here."

"Have we any way to open this rusty strongbox?"

Savras says, "I can have a go at it, although as badly rusted as that lock is it would probably be tricky even if we had the key."

Disable Device: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 2 = 28 (masterwork tools)

Fiddling around with the lock for a while, the tielfling thinks he almost has it, but then can's seem to trip the last tumbler of the lock.

"Can it be opened magically, perhaps?" asks Hana. "Otherwise we either have to break it open and risk damaging the contents, or carry it with us."

"For the moment I'm going to go under in the pool and see if I can find the key down there."

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Lawdrak loads his sling and steps to the edge of the pool, keeping watch for Hana.

Search as she might, Hana eventually resurfaces having seen no sign of the key. Only a few more rather rusty mining tools lay at the bottom of the pool.

Continue on? Something else?

Hana clambers out of the pool, does the slo-mo supermodel hair shake, then pushes her hair back and squeezes out the excess water.

"I could not find the key," she says. "Let's carry on. I can't think of anything else to look for here."

Estietre clucks her tongue and shrugs....
"I could make an attempt tomorrow... I have a spell which might open it safely, but I am not currently so prepared."

She nods... "I'm ready."

Continuing on further into the mine, you an echoing banging throughout this area of the mine. Looking around Dereje, Estietre, Hana, and Savras notice two wights up on the ceiling of the cavern, pounding away at what appears to be loosening rock.

Having seen them, you all can take your first round actions.

Quickly grasping components from her pouch, Estietre walks out on the surface of the water, and gestures at the wight further north.

She commands it "Fight the other." and points to the second wight on the ceiling.

Command Undead on blue wight
(and don't forget I can walk on water - I always tread a few inches above any surface)

[DM Roll]
Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14[/spoiler]

I will wait for everyone else to give me an action before resolving Mum's spell.

Hana draws her katana once more, and stands her ground - she doesn't want to risk using her bow and then having the wights drop down and charge her.

Readied katana attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Readied katana damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Lawdrak slings a rock at Red.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4