"Crom, Nox it looks like he pinned in there. See if you can pull him out so we can kill whatever is in there."
Zekal maintains his and readies a arrow if he gets a shot.
Arrow if creature becomes visible.
well heck.
"Aye, I'll get him."
Crom drops his ax and moves into the tunnel and attempts to drag Wulfrum out of the tunnel.
Round 3?
Another terrible pseudopod lashes out again and strikes the pinned Wulfrum. The dwarf is slammed and stuck with adhesive acid.
Bad guy 14 damage and is grappled
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 41+12-25=28/60 and is pinned
Zekel = AC 19 & 59/59
"Hell he is stuck in there good."
Zekal focus on the stuck dwarf and whispers "Share his pain with me."
A flicker of green light settles on Wulfrum as he calls on Erastil to share the damage with him.
[ooc] GM - I am playing a little fast and lose with the component. If he was leading the way I would have put the component on him. Overall I would like to just keep him as the target going forward as I am guessing he is the tip of the arrow often.
Crom grits his teeth and pulls again. "Help me Nox!"
Nox rushes forward and grabs ahold of Crom, trying to pull him and Wulfrum both away from...whatever it is.
Lys visibly panics, being unable to help Wulfrum. Taking a step to the right and standing in front of Zekal, she focuses on the tunnel, trying to see the commotion. "Hold on, Wulfy!", she shouts, gritting her teeth and raising her crossbow. Breathing in deeply, she aims just above the dwarves' heads. Gritting her teeth a moment after, she pulls the trigger. The bolt flies into the tunnel, less than an inch under Crom's armpit, slamming itself into the monster. "Just beat it until it's dead, damnit!", her cry, while hushed, carries over through the tunnel.
Wulfrum attempts to help in the struggle.
Wulfrum kicks and squirms at his best "Git off me yah nasty excuse for a swamp monster" he spitting angrily.
pin released
Lys visibly panics, being unable to help Wulfrum. Taking a step to the right and standing in front of Zekal, she focuses on the tunnel, trying to see the commotion. "Hold on, Wulfy!", she shouts, gritting her teeth and raising her crossbow. Breathing in deeply, she aims just above the dwarves' heads. Gritting her teeth a moment after, she pulls the trigger. The bolt flies into the tunnel, less than an inch under Crom's armpit, slamming itself into the monster. "Just beat it until it's dead, damnit!", her cry, while hushed, carries over through the tunnel.
Another terrible pseudopod lashes out again and strikes the pinned Wulfrum. The dwarf is slammed and stuck with adhesive acid.
Bad guy 28 damage and is grappled
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 28+5-7=26/60 and is pinned
Zekel = AC 19 & 59-8=51/59
Wulfrum starts to get up only to be slammed down again by the beast. He looks up to the others "Fer the love of Torag just beat the creature to death, I ain't getting free any other way."
"I'm trying, Wulfy! Everyone, hit the floor!", shouts Lys, as she takes careful aim. Thread the needle., she thinks, as she lets out a shot. Thread the needle., she repeats to herself once more as another bolt leaves the Messenger. Biting her lips, she mutters the phrase once more, as she fires once more into the fray. "Please don't be shot...", she squeezes out, trying to get a better look at the corridor.
If it's more than normal cover (the +4 to AC, then Lys will instead choose to fire the Shooter's Resolve shot she did last time, and put her grit at 2/4.
I'm assuming the cover is the normal one, since improved is quite serious, and they're dwarves. So they're short.
Wulfrum starts to get up only to be slammed down again by the beast. He looks up to the others "Fer the love of Torag just beat the creature to death, I ain't getting free any other way."
"I'm trying, Wulfy! Everyone, hit the floor!", shouts Lys, as she takes careful aim. Thread the needle., she thinks, as she lets out a shot. Thread the needle., she repeats to herself once more as another bolt leaves the Messenger. Biting her lips, she mutters the phrase once more, as she fires once more into the fray. "Please don't be shot...", she squeezes out, trying to get a better look at the corridor.
Wulfrum sees another one back away from him further inside the sewer.
Bad guy dissolves
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 26+3=29/60
Zekel = AC 19 & 59-8=51/59
As Erastil power of protection spares Wulfrum from the full pain Zekal winces. He quickly recovers knowing the wounds he has taken are not visible and his to know of alone.
"Are there more? Could you draw it out?"
He pulls back his bow and ready to shoot if a target emerges.
Wulfrum stands up and shakes his head. He looks down the hall and sees the other. "Aye, but I think we gave it a scare." he said as he grabbed the holy symbol hanging from his neck and a soft glow washed over him.
Crom retrieves his ax and then moves to point while Wulfrum heals.
"I imagine we'll be seeing that ooze again."
"Nasty business that. Obviously not dwarven work, these tunnels." Nox says, with a pause. "Though I suppose we knew that already."
Wulfrum lets himself be pushed back. "Aye, I'll bring up the rear then. In case one of them swampers wants to come out the wall or something." he said grouchily. "I tell yah, I'm a have a word with that Orc Chieftain about this after the last Giant's felled. Foul business not telling us bout that iffn he knew." he said as he waited for Lys, Zekal, and Nerak to step in line behind Crom and Nox respectively before following up in the back.
A 3-foot-deep pool of foul water fills this circular room, slowly draining through the 4-foot-diameter sewer tunnel (area K6) that slopes downward to the north. Ten feet above the water, a hole in the ceiling opens into a latrine. The roughly hewn stone walls of the cesspool
can be climbed.
A skeleton of a child slumps awkwardly against the wall, half submerged in the cesspool. Its twisted neck and smashed skull hint at its demise.
The second translucent ooze quivers while smeared against the back wall of the cesspool.
Bad guy dissolves
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 29+12=41/60
Zekel = AC 19 & 59-8=51/59
A 3-foot-deep pool of foul water fills this circular room, slowly draining through the 4-foot-diameter sewer tunnel (area K6) that slopes downward to the north. Ten feet above the water, a hole in the ceiling opens into a latrine. The roughly hewn stone walls of the cesspool can be climbed.
A skeleton of a child slumps awkwardly against the wall, half submerged in the cesspool. Its twisted neck and smashed skull hint at its demise.
The second translucent ooze quivers while smeared against the back wall of the cesspool.
Bad guy dissolves
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 29+12=41/60
Zekel = AC 19 & 59-8=51/59
Crom shakes his head at the skeleton. "Poor bastard died in a cesspool. What a way to go."
He cautiously moves in and nudges the skeleton with his ax while he watches the ooze for movement.
"Yep.", mutters Lys, staring at the body. A joke forms on her lips, before she sighs. "Could've been one of us. Or Umlo.", she posits, as her trained fingers start reloading the crossbow. She moves past Wulfrum, and as her fingers slip in bolts, she chuckles. "Well, I never thought I'd be literally going up Shit Creek.", she jests, her crossbow clicking at the second ooze.
Move Action: Move,
Standard Action: Reload Crossbow,
Swift Action: Make shitty puns.
Having finally figures out the plan from Elize's comment he sighs. If only clerics could learn a useful spell like prestidigitation!
"I gather up and threw it will be? If it gets the job done."
Wulfrum moves up and stares at the other ooze. "Alright lads, keep yah distance. If anyone has to go toe to tentacle with it, leave it's attention to me...but if it's not interested, I ain't interested in getting tossed about again." he said snarkily.
Nox nods, eyeing the ooze warily, then glances up. "Not the easiest climb, but I reckon I can manage. Unless someone else would like the privilege...?" he says, glancing around.
The brown-furred cat stops behind Lys and sniffs at the puddle of splatter that remains from the ooze.
"Hey there!", giggles Lys, approaching the large cougar with her outstretched arm. Mid-reach, she backs away, then extends her armoured left arm instead, hand hovering over the cat's ears. "If you bite me, that's on me. But if you don't, I'll shoot some delicious defenseless bird, just for you.", she offers, before moving to slowly and carefully pat the cat's head. "Right. Giants. I'll gladly let someone else move on ahead. Whatever's in here is growing on me."
Nox climbs the latrine hole. He finds a circular chamber with alternating tiles of pale blue and white, several of which are cracked or missing, cover the walls and floor. An open hole gapes in the center of the floor.
Beside the hole, the only exit is a set of double doors.
The ooze shivers and blends into the wall.
Bad guy dissolves
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 41/60
Zekel = AC 19 & 59-8=51/59
Crom shoulders his ax and carefully climbs up after Nox (he will take 10 for a roll of 15). He then drops a rope over the edge to help the others up. "Hold, brother. Let's get the others up here before we open those doors."
"I was just looking for somewhere to tie off a rope when you got here. With two of us, we can probably do without." Nox replies.
Wulfrum eyed the ooze till it seeped into the wall. He grunted and still watched their backs for the time being. "Hurry up there lads, I ain't enjoying the view or the smell down here"
"Well that was an experience wasn't it. Not sure how those of you that have been at this for a while are handling things but clearly I would prefer to stay near the rear of when traveling."
Crom grunts, "I'll take lead."
Once the others are ready, he opens the double doors.
Wulfrum nods and lets Crom take the lead. "Aye, best be prepared at this point. Ain't gonna be nothing beyond this door but Green and Large." he said spitting a bit of blood to the ground. He steps up besides the other dwarf and places his hands on the left door as Crom presses on the right.
The double doors open into a large hallway. Left goes to a single stout wooden door. Right goes to another pair of wooden double doors.
Bad guy dissolves
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 60/60
Zekel = AC 19 & 51/59
"Did the orcs give any sort of direction once in here? None of these doors would fit giants anyways."
Wulfrum shakes his head "Nay lad, apart from getting us to do their dirty work and not just kill em for being green, the orcs told us nothing." he said annoyed.
He looked around and saw a small hallway and a larger one both leading to doors. "Well, I've seen a Giant squeeze it's big ass in some tight places but I'm betting they ain't doing it lest the hafta. I'd say we take the larger hall." he said stepping up to the double door.
He looked back at Zekal "You gonna be alright with that scratch?" he asked curious.
Crom listens at the double doors before opening them.
"I appreciate the thought but it is just a scratch. Lets push on and remove this threat."
Crom hears something moving around in there beyond the double doors, but the doors are thick and stout.
Nox readies his longaxe, then follows his kinsman He is in turn followed by his furry friend.
Wulfrum gives a nod to Crom and when the Dwarf is ready he flings open his door at the same time as Crom.
Crom whispers a warning to the others. "There's somethin' on the other side. Probably needs killing."
He then opens the door with Wulfrum.
Redlake Fort was built for humans, so when Grenseldek and her giants moved into the keep, they gutted many of its rooms to make space for the giants’ much larger bulk. So, this large, open chamber has been thoroughly gutted. Where smaller rooms once divided this hall, only the remnants of former walls remain, leaving exposed joists jutting from the stone walls like branches. Three sets of doors exit this hall.
The fort’s hill giants have taken up residence in this hall, and crude pallets and piles of smelly furs and moldy straw lie on the floor where each giant has claimed a bit of personal space. The reason for the keep’s most recent renovations is immediately evidenced by the hall’s current occupants: a pair of hill giants. Even with 10-foot-high ceilings, the giants can’t stand completely upright, and having to stoop for so long has made them grumpier than usual.
They grab their trees for clubs and growl at you for disturbing their naps.
Hill giant AC 21, touch 8, flat-footed 21
Crom = AC 21 & 90/90
Lys = AC 21 & 66/66
Nerak = AC 14 & 48/48
Nox = AC 19 & 84/84
Gwenhyfar = AC 23 & 27/27
Wulfrum = AC 22 & 60/60
Zekel = AC 19 & 51/59
Wulfrum charges forwards, his body shining a bit and his muscles swelling as he runs up and swings the hammer down at the Blue tunic'd Giant.