Round 6, Init 15
AC = 19, Shield
HP = 3/23
Weapon Equipped = +1 Hand Crossbow
Condition(s) = Shield, Inspired
Lief moves forward, hoping to help finish off the creature before it can do any further damage to his mates. When he strikes at the creature, he closes his eyes, expecting part of the savaging in return.
Round 6, Init 21
Kaylayne punches again.
force damage. (PBS,Bard)
Bull Rush vs. CMD.
[ dice]1d20+8-2[/dice] to hit; (rapid)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
+3 Bab +3 Dex +1 magic +1 PBS
1d6 + 1 magic +1 PBS
Pearl of Power 1: 0/1 used
Scroll of Water Breathing
Wand of CLW: 4 charges left
Wand of Magic Stone: 32 charges left
Wand of Lesser Restoration: 21 charges left
Ring of the Ram: 24/36 charges left
Kaylayne fires yet another blast from the ring, and though she damages it deeply, it does not shift. Lief does his best to finish off what’s left of the beast, but alas, he only nicks it.
From the hallway beyond, another drow (link) pokes his head through the door, and throws a ball of fire into Dimitrio! Luckily it does not expand to fill the chamber, and only singes poor Dimitrio. You can see an albino gecko (must the be same one you saw earlier, there can't be two!) at his feet.
The bard moves his arm quickly as he feels the singe. Thanking Desna that the fireball doesn't go off, he yells, "Layne, continue to help Gary. There's a drow wizard, probably with poison on the side cave."
The bard saunters over and skewers the wizard with his rapier.
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Round 7 - Initiative 25
As Dimitrio 'saunters' over, the gecko reaches out and bites him!
The drow winces with the pain, and calls out in Undercommon,
"Layne, continue to help Gary."
In the heat of combat, Kaylayne's eyes bulge. What does he think I'm doing!? Also, I'm pretty sure Gary is helping me!
Angered, Kaylayne lines up another punch and tries to decide which insubstantial target, demon or dancer, to direct it at.
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Garridan hacks at the creature again as he yells, "By Cayden's codpiece die already!"
AC: 22 (f20/t12)
HP: 25/38
Weapon Equipped = Rapier
Conditions = Divine Favor, Inspire Courage, Sacred weapon
Rapier Attack Mods: BAB +4, Str +4, Weapon Focus +1, +2 divine favor, +1 Inspire Courage (-2) Power attack
Rapier Damage Mods: Str+4 +4 Power attack +2 divine favor
Spells (caster level 4, concentration +4)
0 level - (4) Light, Purify food and drink, Mending, Detect Magic
1 level - (4) Bless, Divine Favor, Divine Favor , Protection from evil, Divine Favor
2 level - (3)Air step x 2, Augury
Fervor: 3/4
Blessings:3/5
Sacred weapon: rounds:4
Garridan connects with the ashen form and it collapses, party into the ground, partly out of it, but wholly down and bleeding. Ederin begins to contemplate the meaning of life. What is its purpose? Dimitrio pivots and attacks the new drow to the party, and his gecko.
Mr. Crispy stops bleeding…
Round 7, Init 15
AC = 19, Shield
HP = 3/23
Weapon Equipped = +1 Hand Crossbow
Condition(s) = Shield, Inspired
Lief looks over his shoulder to see Dimitrio moving through the western narrow, then turns back to see the black thing no longer bleeding. He decides that it should keep bleeding, if at all possible.
"Do these things require last rites, to put them fully to rest? Or fire?" Lief looks unsure, towards Garridan.
Round 7, Init 21
Kaylayne sees the floor is difficult to move along so she climbs on the walls instead to help Dimitrio with his lizard problem. She drops to standing on the floor after moving.
Kaylayne things to ready to punch the magedrow when he next casts, but then realizes she's angry enough not to care...and force punch its face.
force damage. (PBS,Bard)
Bull Rush vs. CMD.
[ dice]1d20+8-2[/dice] to hit; (rapid)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
+3 Bab +3 Dex +1 magic +1 PBS
1d6 + 1 magic +1 PBS
Pearl of Power 1: 0/1 used
Scroll of Water Breathing
Wand of CLW: 4 charges left
Wand of Magic Stone: 32 charges left
Wand of Lesser Restoration: 21 charges left
Ring of the Ram: 21/36 charges left
This new chamber is not difficult terrain. It is sand covered, but it's packed fairly firmly with the dampness of the cave and so does not inhibit movement. Further the rocks and stones that litter the entry chamber are not to be found here.
The sound of waves crashing against the cliffs echoes in this chamber through a narrow fissure in the southeastern wall. A low table sits against the southwest wall, on which the remains of an akata are splayed. The doglike beast’s body is partially dissected and surrounded by a variety of tools and half-filled bottles.
Kaylayne steps up and throws the wizard along the wall with her hit. He bounces like a rag doll along the wall to rest in a niche. Lief, using the drow weapon against the shadow, tries to end his life with one final blow.
Mr. Crispy stops bleeding. Mr. Crispy stops breathing. Mr. Crispy stops doing anything evermore...
The drow calls out, ”Now men, come and assist me!” yet in the darkness to the north you hear the audible ‘click’ of a door closing. He looks horror stricken a moment, but comes to grip with the situation. He faces the party as he straightens up, ”So be it.” he says quietly as he backs up deeper in the cave.
He gestures, and a 3-foot-long, blazing beam of red-hot fire springs forth from his hand. Meanwhile his gecko continues to press its attack on poor Dimitrio.
Round 8, Init 21
Kaylayne lightly punches again, this time aiming at the gecko so that Kay and the others might press on the drow.
force damage. (PBS,Bard)
Bull Rush vs. CMD.
"Get back!"
Kaylayne moves into the new room.
[ dice]1d20+8-2[/dice] to hit; (rapid)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
+3 Bab +3 Dex +1 magic +1 PBS
1d6 + 1 magic +1 PBS
Pearl of Power 1: 0/1 used
Scroll of Water Breathing
Wand of CLW: 4 charges left
Wand of Magic Stone: 32 charges left
Wand of Lesser Restoration: 21 charges left
Ring of the Ram: 20/36 charges left
Seeing that the combat has moved into the other chamber Garridan rushes in to help dispatch the next foe. He see' a large albino gecko and thinks, crud! He swings his rapier, still glowing white, at the freakish creature but cannot connect.
AC: 22 (f20/t12)
HP: 25/38
Weapon Equipped = Rapier
Conditions = Divine Favor, Inspire Courage, Sacred weapon
Rapier Attack Mods: BAB +4, Str +4, Weapon Focus +1, +2 divine favor, +1 Inspire Courage (-2) Power attack
Rapier Damage Mods: Str+4 +4 Power attack +2 divine favor
Spells (caster level 4, concentration +4)
0 level - (4) Light, Purify food and drink, Mending, Detect Magic
1 level - (4) Bless, Divine Favor, Divine Favor , Protection from evil,
2 level - (3)Air step, Augury
Fervor: 3/4
Blessings:3/5
Sacred weapon: rounds:3
Sigh, really?
The Gecko bites at Garridan as he goes past, but he cannot connect with the wily man.
Seeing the biting lizard gives pause to Dimitrio. Twice the thing tried to take a chunk out of him. This last time, only his blade had prevented the gecko from drawing blood.
With a healthy respect for the lizard, the bard strikes with his rapier.
"Layne, forget the lizard thingy, get the wizard!"
Garridan slips in, avoiding the AoO, but cannot connect with the lizard. Ederin has a breakthrough, and is sure he’s found the meaning of life, now if he could only tell someone… Dimitrio, worrying about the albino, strikes at it, cutting deeply through it’s exposed flesh. Kaylayne dribbles a bit more damage onto the lizard and knocks it back into the wall. Lief takes his best shot at the gecko.
Lief, GMPC, tries to get a clear shot, but can’t quite. He shoots the gecko, but misses.
The drow, a look of grim determination on his face, steps up and swings.
The Gecko slides up as well and bites the same target.
As the drow and his evil pet attack Dimitrio Garridan can't help but think, I'm next. with renewed determination he swings at the Drow and steps to his right.
AC: 22 (f20/t12)
HP: 25/38
Weapon Equipped = Rapier
Conditions = Divine Favor, Inspire Courage, Sacred weapon
Rapier Attack Mods: BAB +4, Str +4, Weapon Focus +1, +2 divine favor, +1 Inspire Courage (-2) Power attack
Rapier Damage Mods: Str+4 +4 Power attack +2 divine favor
Spells (caster level 4, concentration +4)
0 level - (4) Light, Purify food and drink, Mending, Detect Magic
1 level - (4) Bless, Divine Favor, Divine Favor , Protection from evil,
2 level - (3)Air step, Augury
Fervor: 3/4
Blessings:3/5
Sacred weapon: rounds:2
Round 9, Init 21
"Layne, forget the lizard thingy, get the wizard!"
"I don't tell you where to dance, Dimi!" Kay hisses in response.
Kaylayne drops the sunrod and begins throws a few stones at the wizard.
to hit; (rapid,bard)
damage.
to hit; (rapid,bard)
damage.
to hit; (rapid,bard)
damage.
[ dice]1d20+8-2[/dice] to hit; (rapid)
[ dice]1d6+2[/dice] damage.
+3 Bab +3 Dex +1 magic +1 PBS
1d6 + 1 magic +1 PBS
Pearl of Power 1: 0/1 used
Scroll of Water Breathing
Wand of CLW: 4 charges left
Wand of Magic Stone: 32 charges left
Wand of Lesser Restoration: 21 charges left
Ring of the Ram: 24/36 charges left
Reeling from the gecko's bite and the smell of singed flesh his own flesh!, Dimitrio repositions himself and lunges once more at the wizard.
His poem turns tragic, about a wizard who meets his demise in a lonely cave, far away from his home.
"A little help here? This isn't over yet!"
The so-called wizard drops to Dimitrio, and Kaylayne essentially drops the gecko shortly thereafter.
We are out of combat, but please don't post more than one minutes worth of actions. Ederin you have another save in that time - DC 13 fort vs poison please or sleep another minute.
The door to the north in the inner chamber is closed but does not have a visible lock on it. It could be barred from the other side though - there's no way to tell short of opening it.
Kaylayne grunts at the gecko falls to her rocks after Dimi takes out his foe.
"Someone drag that ghost demon away...then we can search with light," Kaylayne says, picking up the sunrod to check on Sleeping Beauty Ederin. "I'd like better light to see what I'm doing here."
Using the light of the sunrod, Kaylayne tries to arouse rouse Ederin, including a very sharp slap to the cheek.
*slap!*
Heal - remove/treat poison
Ederin, you have a +4 to your fort save thanks to Kaylayne's ministrations.
Garridan moves over and searches the Wizards corpse.
The drow guards each had a potion of cure light wounds, masterwork chain shirts, masterwork rapiers, and masterwork hand crossbows with 9 bolts. So all that x2.
Mr. Crispy had no gear.
The ‘wizard’ had a few things, a magic wand (produce flame with 23 charges), masterwork leather armor, +1 dagger, two silver bracelets worth 50gp each and a silver ring worth 100gp.
Kaylayne will don a masterwork chain shirt (saying a sad goodbye to her very beat up hide).
Dimitrio does a little dance step as the wizard falls to his blade.
He bows to the drow, "And this is how tragic poem ends."
He then winces in pain seeing his chewed up and burnt flesh.
"Don't we have something for the poison? Someone pour it down Shorty's throat."
The bard tries on the silver bracelet on for size and admires the glint of the jewelry on him.
He then looks at the finely made chainshirts and the hand crossbows. "Is the poison just smeared on the bolts or is it some sort of magic?"
He then asks Layne, "Any more charges on the healing wand. I gotta treat the burn or it's going to scar..."
Ahhh, quite true. I forgot the drow poison. 6 (total) of the bolts are smeared with drow poison. You find an empty vial but no full vials of poison.
Careful you don't poison yourself...
Ederin finally wakes, whatever revelations he had while unconcious slip from his mind as he he surveys the cave to find far more bodies than he remembered.
"Hell, is there anyone left on this island to fight?" He stands up and shakes his head, then inspects the wound that knocked him out.
"Thanks for not letting me die mates."
Lief reaches down to pick up a slightly nicer rapier than his own, but doesn't discard his current weapon. He also begins to collect the drow poison bolts, carefully.
Lief remains on his feet, securing the bolts for a later time. He retrieves the mundane bolts as well, unless someone else takes up use of the other hand crossbows. He tucks one of them into his backpack, just in case.
Lief moves into the southern room, and looks over the table, as well as the means of retreat.
"Welcome back, Ederin. It was a little too exciting while you were gone."
"Hell, is there anyone left on this island to fight?" He stands up and shakes his head, then inspects the wound that knocked him out.
"Thanks for not letting me die mates."
"Good to have you talking, Shorty. Don't thank us yet; we're not out of this mess. Maybe you can buy me a drink back at the Goblin eh?"
Dimitrio nods as Lief takes the poisoned bolts, "Better you than me, kid. Just be careful. I think I want one of the little crossbows if you don't mind but just with regular bolts. Maybe some other time, you can teach me to handle drow poison."
"Not one of you could lift that demon out of the way? It looks insubstantial, how heavy could it be?"
Kaylayne drags the body out, taking all the light with her...even as others play with poison. She returns without the body soon after.
After getting Ederin on his feet, Kaylayne goes to search the table in the back room.
Ederin nods his thanks to Lief and makes his way over the drow on the ground, after a quick inspection of the armor he pulls the remaining chain shirt off it's previous owner and stores it in his pack for later
The gecko could squeeze through the opening (small sized) but not anyone medium sized. Even then, it would have taken the gecko some effort to do it (acrobatics check).
Kaylayne glances at the table, and it's clearly the site of investigation into akata anatomy. You have not yet had time for a full search.
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The first minute passes (feel free to do ~5 rounds or so worth of healing) uneventfully. The party scrambles around gathering loot and giving the chambers a quick once over for anything obvious. (take-10 searches accomplished)
All remains quiet, though the party knows the opposition knows they're there. After all, someone closed the door a few moments ago.
You may proceed with your second minute of actions.
Chainmail takes 4 minutes to don... 2 minutes if someone is helping you. So I'm guessing the armor is not being put on quite yet. Unless you all wish to wait that long... Let me know.
"Not one of you could lift that demon out of the way? It looks insubstantial, how heavy could it be?"
Kaylayne drags the body out, taking all the light with her...even as others play with poison. She returns without the body soon after.
After getting Ederin on his feet, Kaylayne goes to search the table in the back room.
Dimitrio pockets one of the silver bracelets, quickly.
"Layne, forget the loot. My skin is scarring! I- er... we need healing. Who's got a healing wand?"
"We need to go check the cave where the drow were retreating into. Where Garry and I were fighting."
"I got a wand for you Dimitrio," Garridan says with a smile as he hands the bar a wand of cure light wounds.
Lief waits patiently for the others to press their search of the caves. "There's a door here. Are you sure you want to investigate the cave beyond the drow, Dimitrio?"
He moves to the door, and listens.
"Pass that over here when you're done." Ederin motions to the wand and when he get is, points it at his wound and watches it heal. He hands the wand to whoever needs it next then follows Lief toward the door after picking up the potion vials on the drow. He keeps an arrow pointed toward the door and looks at the rest of his companions a little sheepishly.
"I ain't openin' it."
"Layne, forget the loot. My skin is scarring! I- er... we need healing. Who's got a healing wand?"
"Your skin is scarring? Oh you poor dear!" Kaylayne sarcasms gently as she calmly puts on the chain shirt, trying to get it fit properly. "Someone get to Dimitrio before he passes dead away!"
I do not like men yelling at me.
Kaylayne uses part of the second minute to don a chain shirt. Next on the list: Exploring table and akata research.
Dimitrio takes the wand and applies it over bite wound and burnt flesh. After a couple of deep sighs of obvious pleasure, which made everyone look at the bard, he hands it back to Garry.
"Well, that was definitely good for me..."
"That's fine kid, let's go through the door then..."
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Garridan takes the wand back from Dimitrio and administers some healing to himself. When he is done he asks Lief, "do you need any healing?"
Lief gratefully accepts Garridan's use of the wand, then readies to deal with the door. He consumes another vial's worth, before he understands that everyone is ready to proceed.
He nods wordlessly to the others, then tries to open the north door.
Garridan moves over to Lief and waves his wand over him a couple of times. When he is done he asks, "How are you feeling now?"
Lief opens the door to reveal what looks like a makeshift barracks. Six net hammocks supported by ornate metal frames made level by stacks of stone stand around the edges of this cavern. To the west, a leather curtain hangs over an exit, through which the sound of churning waves rumbles.
Other than the sound of waves, the room is silent. It is currently empty of drow as well. Apparently no one is napping...
Kaylayne moves up, using two more charges of her wand of magic stone (7 stones now). In addition, she casts Barkskin on Garridan (50 minutes, +2 NA) and she casts Heroism on Ederin (50 minutes, +2 NA).
"Watch out for their bolts, Garridan. Ederin, this is your chance to stand tall."
No problem, no initiative, but with you putting on armor, then casting, we're a little into the third minute.
Nothing on the table...
"Watch out for their bolts, Garridan. Ederin, this is your chance to stand tall."
Dimitrio was about to drink his own potion when he stopped, "Wait a minute. We almost got killed here. We need to slow it down some. What are we going to do if darkness is an issue? I sure as hell can't see."
He looked at Layne, "How many more sunrods you have? Any more spells?"
He turned to Ederin and Garridan, "What about that g*+-d@~n poison? Any protection there? Any tactics? Do we go in and try to smash their crossbows?"
"This here is a barracks so there's more people here. The wizard was not it."
As he watches the Bard rant Garridan waits for him to take a break and suggests"take deep breath and it will be better. Wasn't really expecting to engage the drow today so I don't have anything to help with their poison."
"Wait a minute. We almost got killed here. We need to slow it down some. What are we going to do if darkness is an issue? I sure as hell can't see. How many more sunrods you have? Any more spells? What about that g&%-d~*n poison? Any protection there? Any tactics? Do we go in and try to smash their crossbows?"
Lief looks at Kaylayne and her Light. "I know we're trying to move through here quickly, as your magic is likely to run out sooner than later, right? Thank you for keeping us sighted, Kaylayne. The creature of blackness would have its run of the place without your countermeasures."
Lief looks back to Dimitrio. "We press on, and not slowly. We've already announced ourselves, and like Depora, they probably have means of retreating or shoring up for a defense. Kaylayne's light will guide us forward. I thought I saw you pack some antitoxins for this trip. If you still have them, perhaps they'll prevent succumbing to their poisons if it's running through our veins. How many of them did you say you had?"
Lief looks back to Dimitrio. "We press on, and not slowly. We've already announced ourselves, and like Depora, they probably have means of retreating or shoring up for a defense. Kaylayne's light will guide us forward. I thought I saw you pack some antitoxins for this trip. If you still have them, perhaps they'll prevent succumbing to their poisons if it's running through our veins. How many of them did you say you had?"
The bard face palms himself, "Desna take me for a fool. Yes I do have some... but only two. I know I should have bought some more but that can't be fixed now so don't judge."
He pulls them out, "I hate to say it but I think Garry and I should take them. We are the ones that are most likely to be up front and personal..."