DM Zyren's Heart of Darkness (Inactive)

Game Master Zyrenity

Waiting on results of exploding zombie salfon drama before posting.

Two consecutive *BOOMS* and all zombies are defeated. Together with Ronya, Vaughn was able to dispatch the last zombie while Salfon's positive energy ripped his enemy apart.

So only another save from Vaughn. Alcheringa does not have to save.

"Oh, um,... Salfon! Are you okay?"

Ronya grinds her teeth and then jumps with both booted feet on the skull of one of the zombies which is cracked open like a ripe melon.

I hate undeads so much...

Kyren: Level up

Save vs. exploding zombie stink gas: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Here, Ronya. Take a swig of this.

I hand her my waterskin of the special blessed healing potion we got from the underground temple. She heals some and is affected by a Bless spell for 24 hours.

Healing: 2d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 6) + 5 = 16

Ronya nods and after she has downed the potion, you see some nasty wounds on her neck and hands close.

Thanks, the door then?

she points at an iron door at the end of the domed room.

Does there appear to be anything else of interest in this room?

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

No, the zombies didn't have any possessions and the room was empty besides of them.

Hey Jazz, wanna check that door for traps?

I look over at Berry and nod approvingly. I've never seen that kind of . . . fighting style before. That was pretty cool! Just don't hit ME with any of those concoctions, OK? *wink*

Salfon turns to Berrry. "I'll live, young orc. But I will be cleaning this gunk out of my armor for some time, I'm sure."

The cleric eyes the goop, and makes rounds as the group searches the room, looking for any wounds.

Can I do a heal check to see if I can identify who's contracted the plague?

Heal:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Blaze
Fort Save 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

"Dont eat that one Blaze!"

"Disgusting creatures, back to the mud for them"

"Anyone still injured?"

Alcheringa looks around finally to see what else might be in the chamber as he goes to collect up his bow.

"Krazzleboks! Those creature exploded on impact! I thought that was simply the work of our mighty warriors of the Wee Bluets!"

Kyren stands in awe looking at his hands as he feels the power of new arcane magic ready to be tapped from within!

"My friends, I feel my destiny awakening within, and I think the upcoming battles are going to feel a lot different from now on!"

"Good. And if we get to send more of those back to their rest so that the mother may break down their flesh to feed the new cycle of life then I will be delighted. It disgusts me that people dabble in creating such monstrosities."

The cleric nods at the druid. "Agreed".

As the group continues, Salfon pulls a wand from his bag, and taps himself a few times with the slender stick.

Cure Light Wounds:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
And again:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

"Anyone else?"

"Fighting style?" Berry looks at vaughn. "Oh! I was just going to use the compound I told you about back in the market. Shame they spread out so quickly though I was hoping to catch more than one in the blast."

Berry looks at the door. "Oh you better let me take a look at that. I wouldn't know what to do if one of you got chopped to bits by rusty poison coated blades. Well, except collect the bits."

Without another word Berry carefully inspects the door for surprises after gargling a nasty tasting concoction and spitting it back in the bottle. She gets the bizzarre wide eyed look from before making her look like some cave thing with overly large eyes.

Alchemical Allocation(Elixir of Vision) for 1 hour

1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 35 Trapfinding

@ Salfon: Yes, after a short examination, you are sure you are theonly one who got infected with zombie rot.

As Berry begins to look at the handle and the lock, she soon finds some things that make her believe that the door is most probably trapped. But since it's a mechanic trap, she might be able to disable it.

"Salfon, my friend, you do not look good after that recent battle. Are you feeling fine? Is there anything you can do to heal yourself of any affliction. You aren't going to become a ghoul are you?"

"I can continue. I've dealt with these things before, and it passes. Tomorrow, I may take some rest and prayer for some more alleviating magics. Hopefully it doesn't get much worse up ahead."

Looks like you're up, Jazz--can you take this trap out?

1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28 Disable Device

Muttering to herself Berry is lost in a trance as she pulls a number of odds and ends from her robes including several firecrackers, a ball of yarn, a live ant farm, and several colorful beetles. All of these things seem important as she puts these things into various points in the door before lighting the entire contraption with a half burnt tindertwig and yelling "CLEAR!"

"Kazam! Kazam! Nice work Berry Peelyblossom. Your skills are certainly blossoming the way the wee bluets do in the spring time!"

Huh! Cool!

Vulturan's Palace

Not only is the trap disabled, the door even swings open. You scurry into a small chamber and reassemble. A five-feet-wide tunnel leads out of the room. The walls are made from a dark stone and are only roughly worked.

"There's somethign down that way." Berry says pointing southward.

I can make that roll on a one at least for the next hour

""There's somethign down that way."

Kazam! Kyren is now +3 on his perception checks. Let's see how he observant he is now! :-)

Perception 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Kyren whispers a reply, "Are you sure? I don't see anything. What do you think it is?"

Kazam! Kyren is now +3 on his perception checks. Let's see how he observant he is now! :-)

Perception 1d20+3

You are now slightly less blind!

"Well, my friends, I knew somebody was going to be home for this adventure. Vaughn and Ronya, lead us onward in stealth. I will do my best to creep like a cat. I will be Blaze! Meow!"

Cautiously looking around the corner, Alcheringa and Ronya spot several zombies shuffling through the room. Walls and floor are tiled in brown and grey stone, but some of the tiles seem loose and only floating on a strange green bubbling fluid (red X).

Battle Mat

Kyren whispers to Alchy, "What do you see? Are we in for another battle? Blaze and I are ready!"

Hey Berry, any idea what that bubbling stuff could be? Coudl it hurt us?

"More walking dead, but watch the floor, something is eating through in several places... maybe the earth mother come to reclaim her wealth"

Hey Berry, any idea what that bubbling stuff could be? Coudl it hurt us?

Looking at the bubbling stuff Berry frowns. "Regardless of what it is it's right underneath the floor and might be eating away at it. I don't think it'll react well to human flesh."

1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20 Craft Alchemy
1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39 Perception

@ Berry:

You are pretty sure that this corrosive acid will be extremely devastating to human and zombie flesh and you wouldn't recommend stepping on the tiles at all...

Ronya looks at Alcheringa and nods to the zombies.

Does it look like the floor's structural integrity is at all compromised, aside from the visible gaps?

Knowledge (Engineering): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

No, the others look solid.

"Same story then, folks? Lure them towards us with arrows and then cut them down on their arrival?"

"These zombies certainly look pesky, but unless things go really badly, I am going to save my more potent spells for the bigger battles. If things go really, really badly, then I am going to draw upon my ultimate secret weapon! Hehehe."

"We could always try to maneuver them into those acid pits! I bet if we pushed a few zombies into those things, they'd boil faster than Bobo's poached eggs!"

I sheathe my daggers adn pull out my bow. That sounds about right. Ronya, DON'T just go running in there. Let's let them clsoe so we can deal with them while we're together. I might be strong enough to push them into those acid pools when things start up.

I'm ready to fire wehn everyone else is ready to go.

"Then lets kill them, we can use the pits to our advantage"

Initiative time? G5&6 look like good fighting positions

Loading her crossbow Berry comments. "We'll have to step into the rom a bit. It's really hard to shoot around a corner. But maybe if I had the right tools..."

"I plan to set myself and Blaze up over there (points to the good space not far from the party) with Vaughan, leaves plenty of room for the rest of us to support, and for us to avoid being flanked."

"I am ready Daggers! My little orbs of acid do not seem like much, but they will add up!"

Alcheringa and Blaze's Initiative1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Jazzs Initiative1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Kyren's Initiative1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Vaughn's Initiative1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Salfon's Initiative1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Berry's Initiative1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Ronya's Initiative1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Zombie's Initiative1d20 ⇒ 4

Ronya nods and sprints into the room, not quite what Vaughn intended, but also not Harakiri.

Surprise Round:

Jazz
Berry
Kyren
Alchy (resolved) already moved you and Blaze to G5/6
Ronya (resolved)
Vaughn
Salfon
Zombies (no action)

Battle Mat

Surprise Round

Kyren moves to C5 and casts acid splash on the zombie at J7.

"Orb go Splat!"

Ranged Touch Attack 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Acid Damage 1d3 ⇒ 3

SURPRISE ROUND

I step next to Kyren and fire on the same zombie at J7

attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Move to E4

Fire Crossbow at N4 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage 1d8 ⇒ 7

Surprise Round

Jazz looses an arrow at the zombie at J7 as well.

Also I just realized I've been calculating my bow's damage without its magic enhancement...

Attack 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Damage 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Surprise Round

Are we assuming we've all stepped outside of that room? If so, I'd love to maintain line of sight with the gentleman in K2.

Salfon steps around the corner, swinging his sling and launches a stone.

Attacking K2 with sling:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage:1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

A stone skitters across the floor.

The zombies are pretty resistant against your arrows, but once you have send your volleys across the room, the monsters quickly turn around. Their burning red eyes are full of mindless wrath and hunger.

These apocalypse zombies are rather the dawn of the dead type:)

Round 1

Jazz
Berry
Kyren
Alchy
Ronya
Vaughn
Salfon
Zombies

Battle Mat