GM Endless Forms' Plunder & Peril (Inactive)

Game Master Mike Tuholski

Shoallan returns to the side of the boat and tries to whisper what she saw. "Ideas?"

"Let's get in there and mess some **** up!" Glubby recommends, preferring to take the straight-forward path.

He leaps into the water with his net and rapier at the ready to snare some shark meat!

Shoallana grins at Glub and nods. As she begins to dive back under the water, she pauses. "The rest of ya's going to join us?"

Ursion leaves his kukris above and dives into the water with a shortsword.

Using the Magpie Princess map. No grids outside the ship unfortunately but just make your best guess.

Everyone heroically leaps into the water! Unfortunately the sharks have been waiting and react faster.

bite on Patches: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 1) + 10 = 13
Plus 1d6 bleed damage on your turn.

bite on Shoallana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 5) + 10 = 17
Plus 1d6 bleed damage on your turn.

The two shark-human adaros also swim in, brandishing their spears!

spear at Glubby: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
DC 15 Fort save against poison or be paralyzed for 1 minute

spear at Harold: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
DC 15 Fort save against poison or be paralyzed for 1 minute

Initiative:

1. Adaros and Sharks
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

You guys are up!

Shoallana begins an inspiring, bubbly sea song, then marks the eastern adaro with her bane, then moves five feet up the water column, snapping her wrist to produce a wand.

+1 attk/damg vs all, +2 attk/damg vs eastern adaro.

Assuming this is against FFAC? (Relevant for Harold and Shoal, I think)

Fortitude: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

"They got ol' Glubby!" the frog man yells as he is paralyzed by the poison.

-Posted with Wayfinder

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Harold shakes off the effects of the poison! He then tries to stab at the shark-thing that stabbed him! I'm not taking any penalties for being underwater on these rolls if we have any so adjust if need be please.

+1 Gladius: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 for Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
MW Gladius: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 for Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

I assumed FFAC, I just forgot bleed. Also meant for Shoal to five foot up and back, if able.

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Knowing that there was trouble in the water Parches would have drank his potion of touch of the sea and cast a shield spell from one of his scrolls before jumping in.
Also, not that it would have made a difference here, but Patches took improved initiative at the level up. He has a +8 bonus now..

Faced with many teeth trying to chew him to pieces Patches decides to deal with one of the adaro first. Using his unusual fighting form, he stabs at the creature that just paralyzed Glub, then tries to call on his magic for another attack, but loses his concentration.

Eldritch Point to add +1 to weapon.
+1 scimitar (acts as stabbing weapon with slashing grace feat): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 12
Concentration vs DC 17: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 no spell combat this round :(

AC 22

Yes, FF since they acted first and assuming you would still be recovering from your dives.

@Patches: noted!

Underwater penalties apply but you have water breathing at least.

Shollana starts a song as Glubby begins to sink down to old familiar depths. Harold and Patches both hit the adaros back!

Initiative:

1. Adaros and Sharks
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

blue ad: 4 dmg
red ad: 12 dmg

Ursion is up!

Ursion manages to keep his equilibrium and stabs the red adaro after studying it for a moment to find its weaknesses.

BTW, how do you want to represent movement out of the plane of the map? Ursion would eventually like to try to flank one of the adaro, going up and over it (or under it).

Swim check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Stab red, incl. song and studied target: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 + 2 = 18
Stab damage, if applicable, incl. song and studied target: 1d6 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 9

Yes, it's unfortunate there are not grids beyond the ship (and the module even suggests using this map for some reason!) so just estimate it to the best of your ability. I thought about superimposing a grid but that gets messy.

Ursion stabs into the adaro! The adaros fight back with tooth and spear!

spear on Ursion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

bite on Ursion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

spear on Harold: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

bite on Harold: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The sharks work on Patches and Shoallana:

bite on Shoallana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (5, 4) + 10 = 19
Plus 1d6 bleed on your turn if you're not bleeding already.

bite on Patches: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 7) + 10 = 20
Plus 1d6 bleed on your turn if you're not bleeding already.

Confirm:
bite on Shoallana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 6) + 10 = 19

Initiative:

1. Adaros and Sharks
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

blue ad: 4 dmg
red ad: 21 dmg

You guys are up!

Is Shoal dead :O? 17+1+19+19 = 56 > 41+14 (Con)

Glubby floats back down to the bottom of the sea. Goodbye cruel world...

Shoallana is ravaged by the shark, her body savaged. Limp and lifeless, her body begins drifting in the current.

Wait! You are submerged in water! Hydrated Vitality should have activated your fast healing. So, +4 HP and the bleed stops, I think. Don't know if it stops before it deals damage or after.

Ah, I forgot about that, thanks! I thought about it before the fight started, then promptly forgot it.

So I think, either way, she is at -52 hp with another 6 hp of fast healing.

Assuming I can take a 5' step and that Hydrated Vitality saved our fallen, Harold will move back and cast Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4.

If we haven't had any time for a rest, I'm out of spells.

Oh s$%@, I didn't even realize Shoallana was that hurt. I thought the first round attack missed for some reason.

Unfortunately hydrated vitality doesn't say anything about stopping bleeding, nor does fast healing. So I think you'd still be bleeding every turn but your vitality can counter some/most of it at least. Unless you can show me what I'm missing about it stopping the bleeding somehow.

Looking it over, it appears that bleeds aren't stopped by Fast Healing, but it is stopped by 4H's CLW!

"Should we retreat!?"

Patches stabs at the adaro again, and this time manages to get a spell off, which causes him to vanish. Once invisible, he swims around the shark, leaving a blood trail in the water.

+1 scimitar (defensive): 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 2 - 4 = 6
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 11
Concentration: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 1

AC 25
HP 24/44

AC 19|T 15|FF 14 HP 38/47

"Not yet." The agile Saragavan launches a rapid assault on the adaro that hit him, sending more ribbons of blood swirling into the water.

PS shortsword to red adaro*, incl. studied target: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 2 = 20
PS shortsword damage, incl. studied target: 1d6 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 = 10

*Wasn't he a famous oil well firefighter?

Patches misses and the sharks remain unharmed but Ursion's stab sends the adaro sinking along with Glubby...

The remaining adaro goes after Ursion for hurting his friend!

spear on Ursion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

bite on Ursion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

The sharks go after Patches and Harold:

bite on Patches: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 2) + 10 = 18
Plus 1d6 bleed

bite on Harold: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 7) + 10 = 19
Plus 1d6 bleed

Initiative:

1. Adaros and Sharks
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

blue ad: 4 dmg

You guys are up!

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Still invisible, but bleeding into the water, Patches casts a spell of cat's grace then swims from one shark to the other, trying to distract them to give his companions more time to recover and fight.

AC 24
HP 23/44

Harold recalls some of his wizard's training and tries to cast Shocking Grasp on the adaro!: 1d20 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 3 = 17 for Shock!: 1d6 ⇒ 5

And that's the last of the wizard spells, save for my arcane bond.

Ursion dodges the shark-man's twin attacks while studying it carefully, then stabs at it. Maybe Patches was right....

PS shortsword to blue adaro, incl. studied target: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 2 = 19
PS damage, incl. studied target: 1d6 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 = 13

Harold shocks the adaro and Ursion deals it a wound! Meanwhile, Patches tries to distract the sharks away from the others.

Glubby and Shollana are both floating down....

The adaro continues to focus its ire on Ursion:

spear on Ursion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

bite on Ursion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The sharks, meanwhile, sniff after Patches and try to snap at the catfolk!

bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
miss, high hits: 1d100 ⇒ 98
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 4) + 10 = 17

bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
miss, high hits: 1d100 ⇒ 5
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 7) + 10 = 23

Initiative:

1. Adaros and Sharks
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

blue ad: 22 dmg

You guys are up!

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Severely injured, Parches darts through the water back to the ship and scrambles up the side.

"I need healing!" He gasps, making himself known to the sailors when he reaches the deck. "Should be potions in our quarters.."

Catfolk climb speed.
Vanish round 2/4
HP 3/44

We are in a tight spot here. We found some potions a while back, but I have no idea where they are.

Actually, Glubby floats to the top of the water as he is wearing a Besmara's Bicorne! :D Six more rounds of paralysis!

Hmm... Bobbing here like food ready to be eaten... Glubby wonders as he stares at the open sky, his weapons clenched in his paralyzed hands.

Oh no! The healing wasn't enough!

Harold will take a 5' step and then go after his sinking friend!

However long it takes to get her back to the surface is what I'll be doing from here out.

Shoallana had pulled out a CLW wand right before she went unconscious, so it should be somewhere, below her.

-44/41 hp

Ursion is up!

AC 19|T 15|FF 14 HP 22/47

Can't retreat with this thing in my face.... Ursion stabs again at the wounded shark-man, and if he manages to drop it will use his move action to retreat back towards the ship.

PS shortsword to blue, incl. studied target: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 2 = 20
PS damage, incl. studied target: 1d6 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 = 8

Ursion sends the adaro floating away, unconscious! The two sharks then descend on the slayer!

bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 8) + 10 = 19
and 1d6 bleed on your turn

bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 6) + 10 = 23
and 1d6 bleed on your turn

Aaaaand I think there goes Ursion....

This sure is turning into a literal bloodbath, not sure how to remedy it....

Initiative:

1. Sharks
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

Two questions: first, how far could Ursion get in retreating after taking down the adaro; and second, if the sharks have animal intelligence is there a reason they aren't going for the easy meals (i.e., the downed adaros)?

Was I able to reach the wand of CLW that Shoallana had? I can grab that while rescuing her I'd think.

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Patches passes out before he can cross the decks and recover one of the group's potions.

We are in a bad spot. Any help from the NPC crew?

Yes, Harold could get the wand.

Ursion could have used his move action after killing it if he wished.

Well, the adaros were telepathically commanding the sharks to attack but I guess once the adaros fall unconscious they would go for them. But in the same line of reasoning, the sharks should be going after Glubby and the others who are also floating unconscious nearby....

It is not said that the crew helps since you are underwater now and they are not. They could fire crossbows and whatnot but with the penalties for shooting in to water I honestly don't know that it will/would have made a huge difference.

Harold will tap Ursion with the wand then.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

He'll then continue to move Shaol out of harm's way if that brings him back to positive, if not I'll try to drag him up also until next turn.

Actually, could Ursion use his movement to get to cover from the sharks in the wreck? I mean, there's probably some nasty stuff in there, too, but two sharks is a sure thing.

Parches climbed back into the ship. I'm hoping someone on the crew can do something for him before he bleeds out.

He hears splashing behind his head as Glubby wonders what is going on. They better reel me in... Just letting me float here like this is embarassing.

They do have a bard with CLW!

Jaspin, one of the crew, runs up to Patches and casts a curing spell:

clw: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Let's see, they also have an alchemist but not with the infusion discovery. Luckily:

Vancid, the ship ballistae expert, also runs up to Patches and hands over a potion.

cmw: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (7, 4) + 3 = 14

Captain Lanteri herself comes to the side of the boat and curses at the large amount of blood in the water and the swarming sharks. She drops her pistol on the deck and casts a spell to turn invisible. A large splash is heard in the water nearby....

@Ursion: the wreck would probably be too far away but you could try like Patches to climb back up to the ship. Without a climb speed it will be harder but not impossible; there are ropes and things to grab.

He'd go for the closest way to get clear of the sharks, because they swim a whole lot faster than he does.

Healing magic from the crew quickly gets Patches back on his feet. "Quick! Throw ropes to them!" He points to his struggling companions. Vaulting the rail, he scrambles down and grabs Glub, trying to haul him out of the water.

I believe that last heal takes Shoal to around +1

Coming to, Shoal quickly scans the area and sees the dire straits the party is in, as she grabs the wand from H, and begins looking to heal people.

Can't tell how close Shoal is to the sharks.

Seeing the adaro down, Shoallana tries to draw upon her aquatic heritage and urge the sharks to go elsewhere for their dinner.

Wild empathy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Crosses fingers.

In their bloodlust the sharks don't seem ready to listen to Shollana. Instead they both go after Harold!

bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (5, 2) + 10 = 17
and 1d6 bleed

bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 3) + 10 = 19
and 1d6 bleed

Captain Lanteri then appears behind one of the sharks, her rapier jabbing at it from behind!

mwk rapier: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 12 + 2 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 4d6 ⇒ (5) + (6, 3, 1, 2) = 17

mwk rapier: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 4d6 ⇒ (1) + (6, 5, 2, 2) = 16

The Captain nearly takes one of the sharks down but is now vulnerable out in the water! The bard Jaspin casts a spell and reaches down to Ursion. "Touch my hand!"

clw: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Vancid, meanwhile, takes out his wand and keeps working on Patches.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Some of the other crew throw ropes over the side of the ship to make it easier to climb back in.

Initiative:

1. Sharks (33 dmg)
2. Glubby, Shoallana, Ursion, Harold, and Patches

You guys are up!

Was Ursion able to get out of harm's way before the sharks attacked him? If not, he's down (though Harold's use of the wand would have been enough to stabilize him, at least).

Sure, you could have climbed part of the way up the side.

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Aaand now I'm at -3 HP. I assume the bleed happens before I can act.

Con Save: 1d20 + 1 - 3 ⇒ (20) + 1 - 3 = 18

At least I'm stable until the bleed hits again.