"It's just a seedpod... someone should go get it and pull it out... I'll cover you from here... anything tries to stop you, I'll shoot it. Though those vines did seem to 'move' to protect it.. might be a struggle."
If I just take Benson's rolls, that'll be good enough, everyone helping is icing on the cake.
The party works together, releasing the seedling from its tether. The seed is warm to the touch and... it seems to pulse with life. However, immediately afterwards, a trio human-sized and shaped plants appear near the exit.
DC 19 Kn: Nature:
These are yellow musk mothers; a variation of the yellow musk creepers that can spawn yellow musk 'zombies'. They can release a spray of entrancing pollen at a target within 30'. Those who fall victim are helpless as they then move towards the yellow musk mother to allow it to insert tendrils into the prey's brain and start feeding... The tendrils also have a large reach.
Since Aspex hasn't posted in a couple of weeks, botting her so we can continue![/dice]
Aspex pulls out her crossbow and loads it!
The plant creature in the back digs its tendrils into the ground... and another plant-man forms from the wall near Benson! It immediately strikes at him!
Benson is caught off-guard by the surprise attack that clonks him on the head; luckily, Benson's thick skull wasn't cracked by the blow!
DC 12 Kn: Nature:
The newly formed plant humanoid thing is a yellow musk spawn, a zombie-like creature made of twisting vines covered in orange flowers. they are faster than typical undead zombies, but otherwise fight as similarly. Luckily, they do not have any resistances to weapon types.
Init Order (bold = up)
Aspex
Plant Yellow
Spawn Yellow
Wyeth
Marduk
Plant Red
Benson (10 damage, holding seedling)
Plant Blue
Gob
Marduk delivers a pair of punches that knock Benson's attacker right out, falling apart into a bunch of vines once more.
The plant thing Wyeth attacked steps back, then digs its tendrils into the ground, summoning another plant zombie thing... this time right next to Wyeth!
Male Human Fighter 3 / Rogue (Pirate) 1 / Swordlord 1
Quick Stats:
HP 43/43 (0 NL) | AC 19; T 14; FF 15 | CMD 20 | Fort +5 | Ref +7 | Will +1 | Init +4 | Percept +4
Is the seedling moving or showing any signs of being alive or sentient? Note that if Benson is holding the seedling in his off hand, his AC is 18, since he can't use his buckler.
Little Nira lets go of Hakime, saying, "Fight!", then walks up in front of the party, clutches down, and showers the plants with a blast of wooden shards!
Splinterspray damage:3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4) = 10 Blue Plant Reflex vs DC 11:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Yellow Plant Reflex vs DC 11:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
The blue-flowered plant man takes the brunt of the splinters, while the other manages to avoid some of them.
The plant thing she shot at then digs its tendrils into the ground and creates another plant zombie, this time attacking Nira!
I think I'm rolling better for Wyeth that he does for himself...
The powerful blow cuts the zombie plant in half!
D'oh, somehow, I missed Benson in the action; since he can't likely stop the actions of the next plants, I'll post their actions, but Benson is up, too. GM Sorry!
The next plant then looks at Aspex and shoots a spray of pollen at her!
PLant Blue RTA @ Aspex:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 Aspex Will on hit vs DC 14:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
The pollen causes Aspex to feel somewhat drowsy, but she shakes her head and holds her ground, despite the entrance effect that tried to sway her!
The plant zombie engaged with Marduk continues to try and attack the Iroran half-orc.
Spawn Blue slam @ Marduk:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Damage on hit:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Marduk easily uses his free hand to redirect the attack to empty air!
Init Order (bold = up)
Aspex
Plant Yellow (5 damage)
Wyeth
Marduk
Benson (10 damage, holding seedling)
Plant Blue (10 damage)
Spawn Blue (6 damage)
Gob
Hakime
Alright, apparently it's a thing to lose a player during one of these games <_< hopefully things are good with Aspex's player.
@Benson: My fault on the map, I forgot to remove the Yellow zombie after botting Wyeth's attack; I moved you up a bit closer to attack the Yellow plantman thing.
Benson moves up and cuts the nearest plant person while Aspex reloads, jamming her crossbow.
Strangely, as soon as Benson gets into his position, the vines around the seedling cradle begin to wilt...
The yellow plant thing creates another spawn, behind Benson, and it attacks him!
GM, I'm not sure how you were calculating the -1 to hit or the +6 additional damage when you botted Wyeth, so I went by my usual figures; please adjust as necessary.
Male Human Fighter 3 / Rogue (Pirate) 1 / Swordlord 1
Quick Stats:
HP 43/43 (0 NL) | AC 19; T 14; FF 15 | CMD 20 | Fort +5 | Ref +7 | Will +1 | Init +4 | Percept +4
Benson sheaths his dueling sword and holds the seedling out where everyone, including little 'Nira, can see. "So this is what that fight was apparently about. Anyone know anything about these things?"
Once everyone has had a good look, he will pass it over to someone else to hold and will look more carefully in the area where the seedling was found to see if anything else of interest can be found.
It seems everyone's Perceptions and die rolls went to poo now that combat is over. Guess Marduk is all that is left. I'll wait to see what he does for the Perception, but for the Kn: Nature
Gob is confounded by what the seedling is. He has never seen anything like this.
Marduk finds a couple of goodies the party missed while being mystified by the seedling. First, there is an amber necklace that lies on the ground. Additionally, the half-orc also finds that the seedpod next to the cradle contains a sweet-smelling syrup that seems useful, which is attached to a vine that is different than the others.
Necklace is non-magical, but does have material value!
