The Seaquake looks at the Black Robe and narrows his eyes a bit but then says back to Terevalis, "I suppose one cannot always chose the company that saves them. If you travel with Sir Barca then you must have earned some degree of trust. It has been a long time since I've seen one of your kind black robe, let alone two together."
He gives a look to the Kobold as well a narrow gaze and then slowly starts to position himself and stretch out his limbs and wings. He appears to be a very good swimmer despite his size and bulk.
"Let us head along out way. The next encounter with Makwur-Sal has been too long coming."
Another nice dragon, she nods, We do have a strange way of finding dragons.
She turns to face Seaquake once the bronze dragon has stretched himself and give a bow, Nice to meet you Seaquake. Thank you for willing to help us get our stuff back so we can deal with more of these minions of the dark gods.
She jabs her rapier before her, I am ready to kick some butt!
"If you know the way please take the lead Seaquake. We are with you."
Seaquake swims out and leads your way up the shaft to the next floor. Unfortunately you find there a sizable number of Kho-Toa at the ready. However With Seaquake with you though you are easily able to defeat them. After the Toa guards are dead, Seaquake leads you all upward again where you all exit a large 30 foot wide pool in the center of an Air-Filled chamber. The chamber is lit by a soft blue green light from the prosperous coral formations that are encrusted on the walls. Those of good alignment feel the oppression of evil as you see runes carved on the walls devoted to the worship of Zura. This place is both unhallowed and every non-worshiper of Zura also is under the effect of a Bane Spell. You get the sense that these are more recent additions and perhaps at one time symbols to the Gods of Good were prominent here.
Sitting on a large and decorated coral throne is a giant sized man with deep blue skin and has a thick white beard. One hand is on massive sized Falchion he balances on the floor while the other is on the footrest of the Coral throne. He appears to be lightly armored, wearing some kind of chain-shirt, but also a good deal of bones of sea creatures, acting as his helmet, sholder pads, as well as further decorations for his armor. Around his neck you see an impressive medallion of faith bearing the symbol of Zura on it. He sits there giving you all a chance to enter the chamber and gives a stern and angry look at all of you. You also see at one corner of the room a large sack on the floor. Inside the room you also see three Chuuls who surround the party and clap their claws excitably.
Once you've all entered the room, Malkwar-Sal bellows out, "I underestimated you Heroes of Destiny! I had my suspicions that my cells could not hold easily men and women who were able to find such potent artifacts."
He gives a look to Seaquake and says in Draconic, "And Seaquake, I see you have also expidated yourself from your cell."
Seaquake sniffs angerly as lighting crackles in his mouth and responds "Free my people foul Yrasda of Zeboim. These are not your lands and you have no right to rule here!"
Malkwar-Sal chuckles and then responds, "All in the sea and ocean belongs to Dragon Turtle and if the Dargonesti will not bow to her will then they will be made to grovel before her fury!
He looks back to the party and says, "A pity I have to slay you all now. Zeboim would have given you freedom once the Gods paid your ransom. But now you've disrupted my plans enough and your interference is at an end."
He stands up from the throne taking his large falchion with two hands and says, "You now shall face the wrath of Zeboim's chosen!"
He utters a command in the Chuul language and the attack begins.
Coral Citadel Throne Room Link
Here is the room link. I also put it in the Campaign Info.
Iniative
Jor's Initiative
Ok well since Jor rolled a natural 20 on initiative, he gets a Surprise Round before everyone acts. Reacting quickly he takes 5 foot step and takes a swing at Malkwar-Sal before he can swing his big falchion around.
That should hit his flat footed AC for damage against Malkwar-Sal.
Chuul 1 and 2 go. Chuul 1 attacks the Dragon.
One Claw hits for damage and attempts a grapple with and succeeds in doing so.
Chuul 2 will charge the dragon.
and also attempting to grapple.
hitting for damage
And attempting a grapple
So the dragon is double grappled!
Next up in the order is Jor who will Full Attack with his greatsword!
Jor's Initiative
Ok well since Jor rolled a natural 20 on initiative, he gets a Surprise Round before everyone acts. Reacting quickly he takes 5 foot step and takes a swing at Malkwar-Sal before he can swing his big falchion around.
That should hit his flat footed AC for damage against Malkwar-Sal.
Chuul 1 and 2 go. Chuul 1 attacks the Dragon.
One Claw hits for damage and attempts a grapple with and succeeds in doing so.
Chuul 2 will charge the dragon.
and also attempting to grapple.
hitting for damage
And attempting a grapple
So the dragon is double grappled!
Next up in the order is Jor who will Full Attack with his greatsword!
The first blow hits solidly but on the backswing his blade hits nothing but air as it is inaccurate.
Athola you can go on initiative 20
Master Yap on his turn moves carefully off to the side and then shoots a bolt of lightning across Chuul 1 and 2.
Unfortunately they are rather quick on their feet and only take 16 damage each as they partially avoid it.
The last Chuul decides to go after the Althea. It moves up and tries to pincher her
That is a hit for damage
And she is not grappled
Caught in the grapple, Seaquake rages out with a flurry of teeth, claws and wing buffets on Chuul 1.
Doing 57 damage to the beast in a flurry of blows.
The Black Robe will begin to chant and cast Summon Stirge Swarm which will summon
Stirges
Makwar Sal on his turn growls angrely and yells in Ogre, "Feel the storm of the Goddess fools!"
He succeeds (The DC was 15+8, so 23).
A dark prayer utters on his lips as suddenly a massive ice storm forms in the center of the room catching all the PC's but also one of his own minions.
Those in the 20 foot radius (Grey area) take bludgeoning and cold damage. This has no save but dice it fails to overcome Terevalis's spell resistance so he's unharmed. In addition the entire area is now difficult terrain and you have a -4 to perception checks. This does freeze the surface of the pool as well though so you can walk on it now.
Initiative: 20
HP: 78 / 78
Seeing the dragon getting into some trouble, she quickly tumbles to the other side of the chuul to flack it with Seaquake.
She jabs forward with her rapier hoping to strike something vital.
Bleeding: 5 HP per round, Heal Check of 15 to stop
Condition applied: Bewildered -2 on AC, -4 against rogue.
Slow Reaction: no AoO allowed
Pressure point: 1 Dex point damage. 15 Heal check to remove.
The Cleric cries out as the creature grasps her in its powerful claw. Injured from the strike and the spell and unable to move or cast a spell with her head full of pain, Alathea channels the power of Zivilyn instead.
Channel Energy
Athola rolls behind the chuul and drives his blade through a weak point in its chitrnious plates striking a major artery and taking the already badly wounded creature down.
The Chuul tries to maintain the grapple on the dragon and constrict.
And does so doing damage to the dragon. It then uses a move action to put its testicles against the dragon in an attempt to hit it with a paralyzing bite and testicles
Fortunately it resists the effects although he does take damage from the bite.
Next up Jor attacks with a double swing from his sword on Malkar.
Hitting for damage
Hitting for damage
Jor strikes two more mighty blows into Malkar Sal. He is severely injured by the strikes.
The Black Robe will direct the 7 stirges to attack the ogre mage
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
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#1, #@ and #5 #6 amd 7 may have hit so they attach themselves on the creature and begin to sucks its blood 5 CON Damage
The Black Robe will then cast magic missile at one of the chuuls holding the dragon from his wand.
Initiative: 20
HP: 78 / 78
She grins at her handy work on the chuul, and still seeing Seaquake being grappled, she moves behind the other chuul to flank.
Round 1
Gabriel calls on the power of Kiri Jolith to smite the evil Makwar Sal. He steps from the storm and cuts at him with Alurashaen.
Makwar Sal gets and AoO, Current AC: 29
Makwar-Sal takes a swing with his large sized Falchion at Gabriel.
That is a threat on his attack.
CRITICAL
Makwar strikes Gabriel with a fierce blow cleaving into him with his massive sized Falchion.
Master Yap will attempt to wand the Chuul on Seaquake.
Unfortunately the bolt flies wide.
The Chuul on Alathea will attempt to constrict.
And does so doing to Alathea
It then uses its tenticles to try and paralyze her. DC 19 Fortitude save to resist. Either way though she takes from the mandibles.
The Dragon badly injured rips and tears into the Chuul in front of him.
He rips into the creature for 36 damage.
The Stirges finally appear and swarm Malkar-Sal. Only one of them is able to hit him. (His AC is 25 with his buffs). The stirge latches on and inflicts 1 point of con damage. The Magic Missiles strike the Chuul on the dragon, wounding it further.
Fortitude save -
Alathea manages to resist the paralysis.
Crushed as she is by the creature she has no legitimate way to break free.
Instead the cleric once again Channels Positive energy to heal her wounds.
Channel Energy
As for Malkwar-Sal, on this action he growls and channels negative energy in a 30 foot burst to clear out the stirges and the insects wailing on him. He then spends a Hero Point to use a Cure Serious Wounds on himself defensively.
As the stirges only have 5 HP each, they instantly are slain. As he has selective channeling he'll leave out the Chuul, but everyone except Athola and Yap are hit by this. You need to make a DC 19 Will save to take 1/2 damage.
He then uses a hero point to cast a cure serious wounds on himself
which succeeds barely.
Round 2
"You should have freed Seaquake's people."
"Finish him Jor. I'm going to help Alathea."
Gabriel take a 5' step away to round the storm area and start making his way over to help Alathea.
Fortitude Save
As the wave of negative energy washes over her, Alathea Quickens a Positive Energy Channel to heal Jor and Terevalis.
Quicken Channel Energy
Gabriel Strikes 2 solid blows across the Giant of a creature, empowered by his smite they strike true. Malkar is looking severely injured but being a large creature he has a lot of resilience. Likewise Alathea is able to heal back the damage done by Malkar’s dark channel.
The Chuul continues to try and constrict.
And does so doing constrict damage.
It also tries to plant its other claw.
Which hits doing another damage
It also bites and tentacles.
for 11 damage. Seaquake is not looking so good but resists the paralysis.
Jor then acts next with a flurry of attacks.
The first blow barely hits for damage.
The Malkwar-Sal is barely on his feet after that mighty blow but he's defiant and still standing on his feet.
Next up Athola!
The Black Robe will cast lighening bolt at the ogre mage
Reflex dc 20
SR
Ast tdsr dare aregow omdr he begins to chant as the lightening bolt emerges from his hand striking the ogre mage.
The Chuul continues to constrict Alathea, and does so for damage. It also attempts another bite so another DC 19 save and a bite damage.
Alathea is engulfed by the creature and continues to heal herself in an attempt to give her allies a chance to rescue her. Soon she may need to do something drastic...
Channel Energy
The bolt of lightning rips through Malkar-Sal. Unfortunately his domains of Weather and Water do not protect him against this kind of attack and he is shocked by the bolt of Lightning doing enough damage to take down the Yrasdra sending him toppling onto his throne. He still breathes however as it is not quite enough to kill him outright.
As for the dragon it rips apart the creature on him after Athola distracts it with a backstab. (It didn't have a lot of health left so on average it would have been killed this round)
At the start of the next round Jor does a coup-de-grace on the giant, removing its head from its shoulders. There is a crackle of magical energy as with his death a number of spells are undone. As for the Chuul still in the fight it lets Althea go and looks panicked, seeing its master slain. It looks like it is about to flee.
Ignoring the obviously fleeing creature, Alathea approaches Seaquake seeking to bind his wounds.
Cure Critical Wounds -
Seeing the chuul that was attacking Seaquake and Malkar-Sal having his head removed, she quickly moves to the body to search for items of value, once done she looks for their artifacts, All we now need is a spear to stick the head on and parade it through this place.
Gabriel makes his way to Alathea as the creature frees her. He shoots it a look as it flee's. He walks with her to Seaquake.
"You kept us alive yet again. Thank you. You fought with a fierceness Seaquake. Are you well enough?"
He then looks to Athola.
"Let us not be so morbid little one. We still took a life not matter how corrupt or evil. Help me look for the lance would you?"
The black robe will cast detect magic
The Chuul runs away breaking through the ice and diving into the pool.
Using detect magic Terevalis finds that the sack on the floor contains the artifacts you were looking for including the Tear, Dragonlance and the Shard of Light. None of them look tampered with.
Other than that, Malkar has a number of magical items on him including:
A medallion of faith (Zeobim)
+2 Chain Shirt
+2 Large Falchion
Gloves of Dexterity +2
Ring of Protection +2
Cloak of Resistance +2
Pearl of the Sirines
Seaquake says, "With Malkwar-Sal dead my people should be free from the spells and leaches that control them. However more likely Veloria and the Aboleth will rally the remains of the Toa and other minions and start an offensive against the village as well as summon the Leviathan. We will need to hurry to the town and provide support. If we can take out their remaining leaders I believe with my aid we can drive off the Leviathan and the remains of the invaders. Come along now, time is of an essence."
How do we divy up the treasure?
Alathea recovers the Tear and appreciates its warmth in her hand.
"Agreed Seaquake, we must break their will to threaten your people".
The Cleric will use the wand to further heal the Dragons' wounds.
Cure Light Wounds x7
Seaquake nods appreciatively to Alathea and then dives into the pool and leads the party through the citadel and the surrounding coral maze with only a few scant encounters with Toa along the way. As the party exits into the town proper they see a number of coral and shell houses of intricate designs but also ongoing combat between the Kho-Toa and sahuagin forces and the rallied Dargonesti Elves that have been freed from the control of the leaches and spells.
However off in the distance you see the lumbering form of the Undead Leviathan approaching the city. Seaquake yells out, "Deal with the Aboleth and Velora, I will distract the Leviathan."
With that he swims at top speed towards the lumbering monster.
In the meantime Velora and the Aboleth turn their attentions to you. Velora screams, "You did this you fools! The Sea Queen's Wrath Be upon you!" And they move to engage!
Gabriel draws Alurashaen as they witness the battle. He says a prayer to Kiri Jolith giving blessing over his blade. He then rushes in as to engage the enemy as they make their way to them.
The Black Robe will travel towards the battle.