Esteriande strikes lightly, keeping her defensive posture
Attack: Damage:
DireAliWolf lunges in, her magically enhanced jaws and claws seeking to crunch and tear at the bone-thing.
Bite: Damage:
Claw: Damage:
Claw: Damage:
As the construct moves in both the Paladin and the wolf strike out at it..Esteriande's sword glances off the tough carapace but Ali's teeth fasten onto a front leg and inflict some damage.
Damage done =16
In reply the construct's stinger lashes out at the wolf form of the gnome druid.
Damage
DC17 save against poison required..frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Dex; cure 2 consecutive saves
Muchorak joins the fray his blade carving a deep furrow in the carapace..he feels no resistance to his blade.
Damage done =29
and then the tentacle erupts from the floor and siezes the macabre construct
Round 2:
Romon trots to the second door.
and then the tentacle erupts from the floor and siezes the macabre construct
Round 2
Esteriande 27
Ali 23+
Naria 23
Romon 20 (frightened this round)
Marak 16
????? 13+
Muchorak 13
Inakai 7
[url=http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n296/wellard_2006/RotRL/pool22_zps476fac42.png]Map after Romon's move..yes I am aware that's slightly out off sequence[/ooc]
Moving with hasted speed Romon reaches the door and opens it.He cannot see the creature from where he stands neither can Naria or Marak.
Naria moves into the room to get a look at what they are fighting
Will save vs fear (If needed)
"Oh my it's....err whatever it is."
She hurls magic missiles at it
Whoops didn't put the map in right and the notes on the initiative are wrong..that will teach me to check my posts.
Esteriande 27
Ali 23+
Naria 23
Romon 20
Marak 16
????? 13+
Muchorak 13
Inakai 7
Naria's missiles hit home, the halfling seemingly totally unfazed by the sight of the Skull Ripper.
Knowing his blade struck true the Shoanti stays strong unleashing his furious attack on the creature…
Two Weapon Fighting
hit; dmg
hit; dmg
hit; dmg
hit; dmg
hit; dmg
additional damage
Waiting for Esteriande and Ali..
Esteriande unloads on the construct, going all-out in offence:
Attack #1: Damage:
Attack #2: Damage:
Attack (haste): Damage:
Threat Confirm #1: Damage:
Threat Confirm (haste): Damage:
As her pack begins to surround and take down the aberrant construct, DireAliWolf steps around to flank the bone-thing then again lunges in to attack.
Bite: Damage:
Claw1: Damage:
Claw2: Damage:
Hasted Bite: Damage:
Remembered fear tugs at him and Romon hesitates at the door. What are we doing here? Why are we fighting this thing? Really, what's the point?
Swords hack, teeth bite,Magic Missiles pound and the construct doesn't look as pristine as it once did
Total damage 127
it does try to fight back hampered though it is by the tentacle.
Claw on Muchorak Damage
Sting on Esteriande
DC17 Fortitude save against poison required..frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Dex; cure 2 consecutive saves
Claw on Ali
Then Muchorak drops it
Total damage 146
Fight over
Romon dashes in through the far door and delivers a double handed blow to the construct's body with his mace. Then he realizes that it is already quite dead.
"Late to the party again, I am," he observes. He kicks one of the skulls free to bounce and skitter across the floor.
Inikai waits until Muchorak and Esteriende's wounds have been tended to before be says anything.
Then, with his eyes on the skull-scorpion he says "let's see what else is here and get out of this place as quickly as possible. Everything we have seen since we left Magnimar has been sickening. Really, what kind of people were these Thasilonians? By the looks of their remnants the world is better off without them."
Fort save:
... skitters across the floor, bounces off the wall , kind of hops up and comes down spinning slowly. Romon looks up from the spinning skull and sees his comrades' injuries for the first time.
"Guys! Are you all right? Randy, Ali, ... Macho ...." The half-elven rogue looks to Marak for aid.
Esteriande can still feel the poison coursing through her veins..
Fort save
But her body is able to fight it and she feels the heaviness in her limbs receding.
"I am well," Esteriande reassures Romon. She calls on Shellyn's grace and sends a wave of healing energy through the gathered party.
Channel Positive Energy: healing
Like a slow wave, the touch of the goddess of love swells through everyone, soothing pains like a mother's touch, and lifting hearts like a lover's kiss. Even the uninjured feel the presence and reassurance that each, in their way, are treasured and loved.
The rooms major feature is a detailed model of the dam in it's intact state it even has working sluices all off which are open and gushing water...
In the eye of one of the skulls that form the sluice gates you find a plain lavender coloured elliptical stone.
Romon soaks up positive power. Better than -- Wait! what am I thinking!? He smiles and winks at Esteriande before sliding over to check out the model.
"It's perfect," he says as he looks closely at the model. A finger glides over a skull and the lavender stone is gone.
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Reminded of the Thassilonian marks on his arm, Marak grimaces at Inikai's all-too-accurate words about the world being better off without the ancient culture he once found so fascinating.
He retrieves the skull that Romon kicked and places it on the table, treating it respectfully, but makes no comment on the matter.
So many dead, and treated with such disrespect by their own culture. It's a wonder they lasted as long as they did, devouring its own in such a manner.
The model and the construct speak much of the Thassilonian's ingenuity and of their ultimate decadence.
You search the remainder of this level of the dam and find nothing more of note the last room is devoid of any occupants and contains only a large pool that occupies most of its floor surface.It would appear that your job here is done.
"Gah! What was the pittance that we agreed to for this? Was it 300 golden sails? If we do anything for these people again we need to make certain that we demand more than that. Just walking into this place should fetch more than that, to say nothing of those filthy ogres." Inikai trails off to incoherent mumblings, a look of disgust on his face.
"Oh my gosh." Naria seemingly really excited by the actual working Dam model inspecting it while the others search the rest of the floor as well as seeing if there is a way to transport it.
"For a chance to see this I would have gladly done it for free." Naria in responce to Inikai'd words.
Romon soaks up positive power. Better than -- Wait! what am I thinking!? He smiles and winks at Esteriande before sliding over to check out the model.
"It's perfect," he says as he looks closely at the model. A finger glides over a skull and the lavender stone is gone.
Perception
Naught, naughty
Romon's almost as excited as Naria by the model. "I wonder if it works just like the dam. When the dam's sluices close, do these close too?"
The Shoanti lets out a relaxing sigh as the healing energies flow through him healing his wounds...and after the rest of the dam is searched, "So what now? Is there no more threat here?"
Perception:
Esteriande takes note of Romon's actions but says nothing. Yet. Romon's not going to be sitting right tomorrow...
"Gah! What was the pittance that we agreed to for this? Was it 300 golden sails? If we do anything for these people again we need to make certain that we demand more than that. Just walking into this place should fetch more than that, to say nothing of those filthy ogres."
Esteriande looks up from the fascinating model and arches an eyebrow at Inikai, having completely forgotten that the party were being paid anything at all.
"Zere are ozzer rewards than gold, mon amis. Today we 'ave per'aps saved ze lives of all in Turtleback Ferry, we 'ave discovered much of ze Thassilonian empire, we 'ave removed a threat from ze people of zis region as well. As for money, ze loot from our enemies amounts to far more zan a few 'undred gold coins and is ours by right of conquest. We 'ave tested ourselves and found zat we are strong. Indeed, Inikai, we 'ave gained far, far mnore zan a mere three 'undred gold coins," She laughs and claps Inikai on the shoulder.
"Do not be so glum and bitter. We 'ave done much today. We may yet do more. Be on your guard, everyone, there may be more trolls about."
"Besides we did get a great reward......This incredible damn model. just need to figure out how to transport it."
"Yes, I am sure you are both right. More than likely, it is just the overall vileness of our enemies that disturbs me; it seems to grow with each encounter."
"I will probably feel better after a bath and a drink, or a few."
"And, I suppose that the model could be instructional to future builders. Perhaps there could be some gain to be realized from it after all."
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"There is magic to reduce the size of a cumbersome item for ease of transport, but it is not something readily available to priestly sorts such as myself. Perhaps later, you can acquire a scroll of such and return to find a better place to display this model, where it might benefit future engineers and architects." Marak says to Naria, clearly eager to distract himself from less cheerful thoughts, although his hand still rests possessively on the skull he retrieved from the floor, almost as if he's attempting to find something rational to salvage from all the horror that surrounds them.
It is fairly obvious that the model is part of the dams fabric..who knows what disasters might ensue if it were to be interfered with.
"Awwww darn guess we cant move it ."
Romon shrugs. "Too bad. It's kinda neat."
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The Alarm Spell has not triggered.
"Time to go," Romon turns to Naria and flips her the gem. "Weregild for the model."
"................." Naria pockets the gem and follows the others.
As the others leave the room, Inikai pauses for a moment and contemplates the pile of skulls that had menaced them so recently. Briefly, he considers taking one of the skulls as a souvenir but the thought of Marak's reaction stays him and he follows the others out of the room.
The Journey back is uneventful..the waters seem much more controlled now in the river and the Ferry is no longer threatened with immediate destruction..The mayor is making plans however to move the entire community a few hundred feet up hill..
Looks like it's back to cleaning up the castle, then. We still need to sift through the wreckage, and re-consecrate the temple...
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Thoughts turned to more practical matters, as they leave the dam behind them, Marak offers healing to those who need it, and discusses with Naria where would be the most useful, from an architectural standpoint, to reconstruct the town, as the Mayor might not have access again to those as trained in those arts as himself and Naria.