Unsure whether her hexes work against these creatures, Aarakess falls back upon her magical spells to help the party.
She points at Kilthan and speaks some arcane words. A moment later the dwelf begins to slowly grow.
Standard: Cast Enlarge Person on Kilthan (Would cast it on Justin, but he is on his horse.)
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Breath Weapon Refresh:
At the same time, Cieslx flies over by #3 and once more breathes a cloud of sparkly light at the mimic.
Euphoria Breath Weapon - Fort DC12 or Staggered and Sickened for rounds.
Aarakess, remember that is a 1 round cast
Justin and his horse combine to hurt the mimic, but it is not dead yet
Aarakess's familiar flies over and breaths
Kilthan slams his axe into the creature until his axe is stuck then bashes it with his shield. As he pushes it back, a trap door opens beneath the feet of the mimic. It teeters on the lip of the pit but ultimately falls into it, with Kilthan's axe still attached.
The remaining Mimics that are stuck, automatically constrict for damage
- Dryn'taka, Kilthan, Justin, Anala, Tobar, Aarakess, Mimics
AC 16 T 11 FF 15 CMD 20
Round 3
"Aary, where is that haste spell?"
Justin attacks the mimic on his horse with his axe and uses reach to get a shot at another if it falls.
Kilthan, hold on, I will make you bigger in a moment.
Justin, these things must almost be down, I can make you all faster, but we may need the spell more before long.
Round 3
HP 48/65
AC 18 FF15 T13 CMD19
F/R/W 8/9/3
Bombs 6/11
Mutagen Dexterity
Bora Beads 1 1/1
Extracts
1st - Cure Light Wounds, Shield , Bomber's Eye, 2 open
2nd - Cure Moderate Wounds, See Invisibility, 2 open
3rd - Cure Serious Wounds x2
Ammo Tracker
Normal - 19
Silver - 20
Cold Iron - 20
Effects
Bless
"I dunno, these things got half of us all tangled up! And I don't like it!" Dryn retrieves her morningstar and smacks the creature grabbing her hard, "HAH! Right in the pseudopod!! Wait, crap!" Unfortunately her weapon becomes stuck.
Jagdbach tries to maul the thing squeezing him with claw and tooth..
for
Kilthan draws his back-up axe uses his now-extended reach to lash out at the mimic holding his small companion, planting a foot to try to cleave through the beast.
(Favored Enemy, Bless)
(Favored Enemy, Bless)
Kilthan:
AC: 21/12/21
HP: 82/82
Adaptation active: +2 natural AC, 98 rounds remain, 5/7 uses remain
Enlarged
Weapons in hand: Battle Axe, Klar
Jagdbach:
AC: 21/11/18
HP: 53/77 (raging)
Raging: 10 rounds remain
Sandy's hooves get tangled with the mimic causing Justin to have to dismount (Move action). He lands on his feet and slams the axe into the mimic killing it.
Kilthan steps past the tangled up Sandy and slam his now enlarged axe into the mimic bite Jagdbach killing that one.
Dryn'taka takes out her mace and connects with a solid blow, but then has her weapon stuck fast.
Round 3
Anala moves out of the way of the combat... "Let me get out of the way of everyone."
Unsure of what will best assist the group, Aarakess attempts to make the remaining mimic easier to hit.
Standard: Evil Eye Hex - -2 to AC for 9 rounds. DC19 Will reduces to 1 round.
Everyone else is up...mop up time!
If Kilthan shifts to free the square up and left, Justin lunges twice after stepping.
If not, he moves around to make a single attack.
Still kicking!
Now free, Jagdbach runs in a wide arc around the remaining mimic, looking for an openining where he can sink his teeth into it.
for
Kilthan swings his battle axe, thinking, Maybe I should have risked my waraxe after all,, and brings it down on the remaining mimic.
for
As the axe is pulled from his hand he shrugs and thinks, ..or maybe not.
Kilthan:
AC: 21/12/21
HP: 82/82
Adaptation active: +2 natural AC, 97 rounds remain, 5/7 uses remain
Enlarged
Weapons in hand: Klar
Jagdbach:
AC: 21/11/18
HP: 53/77 (raging)
Raging: 9 rounds remain
Kilthan moves over and finishes off the mimic. After a half minute Dryn'taka, Sandy, Jagdbach and all of your weapons come free. Kilthan looks into the pit and sees the combination of the fall and the numerous spikes at the bottom finished off that mimic, his axe lays next to it at the bottom.
Aarakess looks down into the pit.
I can fly down and get that axe if you want. Unless we want to tie someone to climb down.
"Those are some... interesting guardians. I guess it helps that they look like normal boxes or chests. That sticky stuff on them... any way to make use of it for other applications? Later of course." The woman comments as she looks over one of the corpses.
he then reloads her crossbow and looks around to the others to see if anyone had any bad wounds that needed tending, "How did everyone fare through those things?"
"Sally was injured, but I am fine. We must proceed cautiously, I am sure that is not the last trap or pit here. And definitely not the last guardian."
Justin detects for evil in the area as the others get their items unstuck.
Kilthan shrugs, "Was only a throwing axe. If we have time, we can get it back."
40 feet deep
"I got hurt bad. Those things are nasty and mean. If you want to lower me down there to get it, I could probably do it. I'm kinda small anyway."
CMW:
Dryn gives Aarakess a smile, "Thank you!
Dryn is healed up and a rope can be lowered to retrieve Kilthan's axe.
The crates and chests remaining are all filled with cloth, bottles of ale, and chainmail links.
There are two doors on the south wall that are made of strong wood and is apparent that they have been replaced recently (within a year or two). They both have locks. You are certain the doors to the north are false made to lure you into the trap. The is the catwalk is 15' above that has a door on the south wall as well. (And plenty of crates to pile up if Kilthan wants to resume doing that.
If you pick the right boxes, yes. Moving and stacking boxes will get Kilthan up on the catwalk. From up here you have a better view of the door on the south wall of the catwalk. It does not look like the other two down below and hasn't been replaced.
Kilthan starts moving crates into place and getting ready to climb, eyeing the catwalk as he does, Looks like it's built for a bunch of people, which is good, since I weigh that much right now...
Aarakess uses the Flight Hex to recover the axe. She also carefully examines the pit to determine whether there is anything else of note in the deep well.
Perception:
After hearing about traps, Justin mounts Sandy and heads to the front line.
Anala watches as Aarakess her and her draconic companion fly about getting a sense of things as Kilthan builds steps out of boxes to reaches the upper walkway. As Justin mounts his horse again she is consfused by his action and comments, "Human custom is normally dismounting and walking into buildings."
She does not move far into the warehouse from her location without stepping first where others have done so, as not to open up any more traps.
"Which way?" She asks of those scouting ahead
With everything else being a trap, I would think that the unused and apparently abandoned door is more likely the correct one. If nothing else, we can check it out before we check the south doors. I would rather not have something appear on the catwalk and begin shooting at us if there is something less than pleasant behind the south doors.
Justin dismounts, nods and prepares to follow Kilthan whatever way he chooses. He learned to trust the instincts of Kilthan when he didn't have his smart horse to help him.
Kilthan climbs onto the catwalk and begins carefully creeping forward, keeping a lookout for more surprises, like the pit trap and mimics below.
The catwalk is safe, but Kilthan notices some footprints int he dust leading up to the wall to the north. Searching there more carefully he finds a hidden secret door.
Kilthan carefully examines the secret door and then whispers down to Aarakess to relay to the others, "Found a secret door, with tracks leading into it."
Kilthan examines the tracks to try to get an idea of number and age of print (and relative stride as well).
They are humanoid with shoes/boots of various sizes and weights (children up to adult and male and female). It seems to have pretty frequent travel despite the appearance of the warehouse in general.
Justin makes sure he starts his spells of protection and speed before the door is opened.
Aarakess relays Kilthan's message to the rest of the squad.
Enlarge Person on Kilthan should last 8 minutes.