Jiankuo steps to the front and readies his greatsword.
"Apologies friends, but I hope you don't mind if I take point here."
He first life links with Sebastian and Arbiscar, then cast's detect evil, and will maintain it as walks down the secret passageway, able to see what is in front of him thanks to darkvision.
I had this typed out yesterday morning, but it didn't go through properly and I lost it, but then had to get my son to work, then I couldn't access all day at work and the site was down last night.
Slightly averaged, I think it is right, too many numbers. Let me know if you think this turn order is fair.
Derro Blue
Derro Red
Jiankuo
Illidan
Spider Swarm
Mite Pink
Arbiscar
Sebastian
Mite Yellow
Mite Orange
Mite Teal
As soon as they see you, the red derro will shoot Illidan with his RepeatingCrossbow:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 for 1d6 ⇒ 1 plus another 1d6 ⇒ 5 for sneak attack damage if it hits.
The blue derro will shoot Jiankuo with his RepeatingCrossbow:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 for 1d6 ⇒ 3 plus another 1d6 ⇒ 1 for sneak attack damage if it hits.
Jiankuo surprised by the rather sudden appearance of the creatures (and I forgot to note they've got about half dozen humans with them chained up), he swings a bit wildly and misses the derro!
By the grace of Desna, Illidan raises his shield just in time to block the arrow flying towards his face. He then charges at the offending derro, morningstar swinging.
Morningstar:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage:
In the unlikely event of that connecting, he deals Damage:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
The pink mite, in his fear, drops the large jar of spiders he was carrying.
The spiders now swarm.
The swarm will move into squares for both Jiankuo and Illidan (provoking attacks of opportunity), and will deal 1d6 ⇒ 1 damage, plus poison and distraction
Need two fort saves from both of you, unless your AOOs kill them all.
Help me out if I did this wrong. From the way I read it, they don't have to roll an attack?
That's correct, swarms automatically do damage to anything in their squares.
Mentally congratulating himself for restocking his supply of alchemist fire, Sebastian tries to toss one in the area not currently occupied by his companions. His aim is off, however, and only hits the swarm and Illidan with splash, "My apologies, good man!"
Ranged touch:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Miss square, 1 is north square:1d8 ⇒ 5
Targeted the red square of swarm that is two square west of Sebastian. He probably missed based on that roll, so it would hit the square south of the target square, the swarm and Illidan takes 1 point of fire damage.
Arbiscar moves towards the enemy brandishing his waraxe and slashes out at the mite in front.
cold iron Dwarven waraxe:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Cold iron/Slashing damage:1d10 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Remember area effects and splash weapons deal +50% damage to swarms
"I bet this takes you back that museum basement Illidan!" Jiankuo quips over the sound of the skirmish. "I'm starting to think you enjoy being covered in spiders then set on fire!"
Illidan yells in a not-so-manly fashion, because this is the second time he has found himself covered in flaming spiders.
"Jiankuo I swear to Desna-!"
Fortitude save for poison:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 Fortitude save for distraction:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
He five-foot-steps out of harms way south east, which I can't do on the map just yet because I'm doing this on my tablet which won't edit the map, draws his crossbow and fires at the red Derro.
As the mite fells, Arbiscar brandishes his axe towards the Derro in front "Where is the core of the cult?!"
cold iron Dwarven waraxe:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14 Cold iron/Slashing damage:1d10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
The intrepid investigator moves besides Jiankuo and places himself in a defensive dueling position as he attempts to pierce the red derro with his rapier.
Arbiscar tries to hit the Derro, but as the Derro chitters in reply to his questions, the chittering surprises him and he misses.
The chittering of the blue derro must have surprised Sebastian, too, because he missed as well.
The mites are raring to go, now, and Mite Yellow will throw a dart at Jiankuo dart:1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7 dealing 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0if negative take 1 non-lethal point
Mite Teal will throw a dart at Jiankuo (they have the same mind, maybe) dart:1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10 dealing 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0if negative take 1 non-lethal point
Round Three
Derro Blue will attack Arbiscar with his aklys:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 for 1d6 ⇒ 2 points of damage.
Derro Red will attack Sebastian with his aklys:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 for 1d6 ⇒ 2 points of damage.
If that brings the derro down, then Jian will make a 5ft. step north-west, and if not, he will remain where he is. I have moved him as though he defeated the derro.
Edit: Sorry, I have to move the dead mite out of the way.
"You creatures of the darkness, you will not cause harm to our homes. Retreat!" yells the dwarf as he brandishes his waraxe against the creature.
cold iron Dwarven waraxe:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Cold iron/Slashing damage:1d10 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
"Ah! These ones have strengthen a lot since the last time we fought with them. You derro, show us the entrance or we will finish you!" yells the dwarf brandishing again his waraxe.
cold iron Dwarven waraxe:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18 Cold iron/Slashing damage:1d10 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
I believe if the Sound Burst is a spell or spell-like effect, that would provoke attacks of opportunity from everyone adjacent to the Derro, unless he tried to do it defensively, but that would require a concentration check from him. If he doesn't cast defensively, then he'd have to make concentration checks for every attack of opportunity that hits, with the DC being 10+damage+spell level. If he fails to make those concentration checks, he loses the spell without it going off.
Arbiscar shouts in pain as his ears are burst by the sonic effect.
Not waiting for more spells to be cast, the dwarf attacks with fury the derro.
cold iron Dwarven waraxe:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20 Cold iron/Slashing damage:1d10 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
It would provoke, you are correct, and you have just taken him out. Also, none of you are stunned.
Turns out I read something wrong, you were supposed to do the opening of the tumblers *after* this encounter. My bad.
With a final audible click the tumblers lock into place. Suddenly, the fountain begins to rotate and its stale waters drain rapidly. The grinding of the gears echoes o. the stone walls, causing the ground to shake. As the fountain rotates, a spiral staircase appears where the fountain’s solid basin once sat. A slick staircase slopes down into Cassomir’s bowels, twisting its way down and around a deep cistern.
then your battle.
An enormous room lies ahead, filled with dozens of family crypts decorated with family names, heraldic crests, and a variety of death-themed statuary. The walls, floor, and ceiling are made of smooth, polished stone, and the crypts are made of thick, square blocks of granite. A handful of statues stand throughout the room, though they don’t seem to be placed with any plan—some face the wall, some lie on their sides, and others are damaged beyond repair. The northwest quarter of the room is dominated almost entirely by a single large crypt. The name “Ismacco” is displayed across the front of the crypt.
I'll try to get a map up during the day today, but if not it will certainly be up this evening.
"Ah! Those ones were tough." the dwarf cleans his axe from the just spoiled blood.
He then checks the corpses for any items of use, as well as richness for the Society and the Silver Crusade.
Afterwards he explores the just opened stairs "Ok, let's see what lies ahead. We have to recover those maps." and closes up to the Ismacco tomb looking for any signs of life or tracks.
Perception:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Survival:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
"My, my, well this is certainly a find! I had no idea such an extensive crypt system was located under the city! I suppose it should not be so surprising after what we discovered last time." Sebastian comments as he looks around, "A pity it's most likely infested with derros and death cultists."
You find no traps. You follow the passage that the derro and mites came from and you find your way down a stairway. It opens up into the large room (described above).
Sebastian takes a moment to attempt to identify the creature before committing to action.
Knowledge roll to identify + Inspiration:1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 8 + (4) = 19
Will take Sebastian's actions after finding out what the monster is, assuming the roll is high enough. Sebastian has a +8 on all Knowledge skills used to identify unless it happens to be a robot. :)
"Ah yes, I've read about one of these creatures once in a primer about dungeoneering. It's an Otyugh, watch out for it's tentacles. I'd wager by its large sized that it's best to close in on it now." Sebastian explains, as he waits for one of the others to move into melee.
Sorry to keep delaying, but I want to make sure one of the other PC's move into melee with it before Sebastian does. Otherwise he's going to be Otyugh food for sure. I'll post his actions once another PC moves in, or everyone else declares a melee action.
