Orik stops and looks at the wizard. The swordsman shrugs.
"The chapel is this way, but that is another way too, I guess. Seeing as old Bruthazmus is out of the picture, does not really matter which way we go."
Kyra, joined by Jory, listen at the new door but do not see or hear anything beyond...or maybe the sound of waves?
Opening the door reveals a cavern. Crates, barrels, and mounds of miscellaneous refuse lie heaped against the walls here. To the north, the sound of crashing surf echoes.
Other than the crates and barrels, the main interest is the passageway leading north with sounds of the surf some distance below.
(as you recall you entered the ground floor via the rope bridge and were some 80' up. You did not descend that far on the flight of stairs to this level.)
Following the passage north, Jory rounds the corner and sees a large chamber with daylight. The floor of this cavern seems strangely polished and smooth. To the east, a thick curtain of vines and nettles hangs down over a wide opening overlooking the Varisian Gulf.
Jory creeps into the room while Kyra basks in the diffracted sunlight. I have Raoul and Andraste in the storage room and Andrazi, Aelfward and Orik in the main/stair room. (per map)
Other than the sunlight, sea-spray and vines as described, Jory does not see anything else in the room.
In the light, he can see towards the northwest of the chamber, there is a passageway back to the west branching to another opening going north.
Raoul moves past the dwarf towards the western passage. Just as he rounds the corner, one of the damp vines hanging in the opening towards the sea lashes out at the elf.
Raoul is brutally grabbed by the long tentacle. As it pulls him closer, another tentacle covered in barbs appears along with a pair of hungry eyes and a gaping maw.
Oh, and I forgot to mention, it squeezed you for 5pts
Raoul:
I found it interesting that in the write up it says it will telepathically chat with you....which is interesting since it only has a 1 INT (less than animal) "Mmmm you food. Mmmm me eat you."
Andraste, you cannot see anything yet, but you hear the Wizard yelling from the room up ahead.
The viney creature attempts to wrap a tentacle tightly around the elf.
constrict:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23 for dmg:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 vs CMD
It squeezes Raoul tightly
and tries to lash out at the squirming wizard with its other tentacle.
tentacle:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18 for dmg:1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 plus FORT
Puncturing skin with burning needles. Raoul is not looking good.
M Dwarf [AC: 22(26MA); ff 19; T:21] HP=75/75 F +11/R+10/W+15 CMD 31 (32 grapple) Ki 12/12 Monk (Zen Archer)/8 Perc +18/stone +20 Darkvision 60' per strike 8/8 40' move
I thought we were almost done. We still have a ways to go.
Jory peppers the creature with a thistle arrow.
att/dam/bleed:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 181d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 91d6 ⇒ 4
If the first arrow hits, the next one is a regular arrow.
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 221d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 151d6 ⇒ 5
Jory unleashes a pair of arrows. The first misses the creature as he tries to avoid hitting the wizard. The second arrow buries deeply into the viney creature.
Kyra moves up and taps the ailing elf with a cure wand. Raoul looks a little better, but his color is still not quite right as his eyes start to bulge.
Raoul:
CON dmg:1d4 ⇒ 3 which I think will almost cancel the healing @ 4hp, -3CON
Aelfward moves up and drawing his longbow, shoots at the creature, but misses due to the crowd between him and his target.
Andrazi rushes forward, blade drawn and moves adjacent to the menace.
Male Elf Wizard 5 HP 32/32 | AC 13 (17)* | T 13 | FF 10 | Fort +3 | Ref +4 | Will +5 (+2 vs. ench.) | CMD 15 | Init +11 | Perc +9 | DF 7/8
Raoul feels incredibly weak. In his state, he tries to study the strange creature that's got a hold of him, and share any relevant information with his companions.
Male Human Fighter (Lore Warden) 3/ Rogue (Rake) 3 HP 50/50 | AC 19T 14 FF 15 | CMD 25 | F+6 R+9 W+4 | Init +6 | Perc +8 | SM +3 I Enlarged AC 17
Did my Dungeoneering roll from before tell be anything?
Al moves forward until he is north of Andraste and slashes at the plant thing with his glaive 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 for damage:1d10 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
you vaguely recall hearing of these as tentamorts. Special attacks are what you have seen, reach, poison, constriction. Assuming you are dropping your longbow as you move
Male Human Fighter (Lore Warden) 3/ Rogue (Rake) 3 HP 50/50 | AC 19T 14 FF 15 | CMD 25 | F+6 R+9 W+4 | Init +6 | Perc +8 | SM +3 I Enlarged AC 17
Yes,I have to drop the longbow.
"These things are called tentamorts, all I can really remember is that they poison their prey, have an extra long reach, and what they can't poison they squeeze to death."
Jory takes aim again as both arrows hit the creature, piercing deep into the squirming flesh.
Kyra applies some minor healing to the injured wizard.
Aelfward drops his longbow, calls out a warning and slashes down hard on the creature. Cutting it, causing gore to spray out as the tentacles release the gasping elf and start twitching. Andrazi finishes the beast off with a well placed strike with his kukri.
