GM Fanguar's Savage Tide (Inactive)

Game Master Fanguar

Wow! The bonus from my judgment made that last attack a miss. Whew =D

Grunting as a vine slices open his shoulder as easily as a razor, Graythan dashes in between his assailants, charging across the sargasso toward Bron. Spinning around as he puts some distance between him and the lashing plants, he looses a single bolt for the vine horror.

+1 hvy repeating xbow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26for: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Move then shoot, though the movement will provoke some potentially nasty shots from each of the dang plants

So just one vine horror left?

Bron charges towards the remaining vine creature, slashing at it with his scarf.

attack: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 1 + 2 = 26
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

From map placement it looks like they went for Bron and not Graythan. Makes a difference for me as if they are on Graythan Justified will get two attacks.

Justified strides over in just a few measured strides and attacks the vine horror.

+1 glaive-guisarme: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 192d8 + 11 + 6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 11 + 6 = 22

They had both been on me, Justified. I moved myself from next to them and over beside Bron.

OK. Thanks for clearing up my confusion.

Moira smiles as she assists in taking a vine horror down. She tries to keep up with Justified. "Hey! Wait for me." being too far away from the remaining vinor horror the rogue decides to go on the offensive.

AoO VH: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
AoO Vine: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Both miss

Graythan dodges and weaves away from the pant creatures, firing a crossbow bolt over his shoulder, as the retreats. With just one creature let, the party descends upon it with renewed determination. Beneath their focused ire, it stood little chance. It has 1 hp left, I'm just handwaving that Krilla could hit it.

Combat over

The night is alive with the sounds of the approaching green death. They are all around you and closing in fast. Before you stands the rotten remains of a ship, the living heart of the sargasso.

You can have a couple of rounds to prepare before you head in, but if you doddle too much, I'll through another encounter at you.

Quickly, lets heal and get below.

5 rounds to heal/prep sound fair?
inflict light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
inflict light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Graythan draws a wand and applies it to himself twice, nodding in satisfaction once his wounds have knit. He next steps over to Moira and then to Bron, granting them the same measure of Tyr's protection he had earlier given to Justified.

"Let's put an end to this."

Moira, Bron: you guys get a +3 deflection bonus to AC for 6 minutes. Krila, I've got enough for another if you'd like it!

Er, DM said a couple... Maybe do buffs as we move in?

5 rounds is like 30 seconds of real time. That's fine.

Bron will use his wand of shield just before they go in.

Sorry everyone, back now

Krila tops off anyone wounded besides Graythan, and then BLesses everyone on the deck, including Graythan.

One buff, and one hex heal on Justified, and one on Moira if she needs it

Justified: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Moira: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Thanks guys. Moira is back to max.
Moira feels the warmth energy permeate her body as it begin to heal the massive contusions on her body, the color going from dark red and purple to a normal soft pink. "Ahhh I really needed that." She offers a thumbs up and prepares to follow Justified.

Ooops, no bless, forgot Krila's out of spells. Just the hex heals, and Justified and Moira have gotten their first of two each for the day.

Assuming we are good to go.

Prepared as you can be, you climb onto the wreck and find your way into the dark, dank confines of the ship Justified, if you are keeping the enlarge spell running, consider yourself squeezed.

Unlike the previous wreck you explored, the original skeletons of the crew remain aboard, soggy bones mingled with broken chests and weapons. The lowers levels of the ship are below the level of the weed surface and along the walls, fronds and feelers of seaweed protrude and twitch. As soon as step below, a quiet chittering can be heard coming from the hold.

You make your way past crew rooms and the galley and find another ladder leading down to the main hold. The ship's cargo still remains, with rotten chests revealing the glint of gold peeking through the mold and mildew. The door separating the main hold from the aft hold has long rotted away, but a hanging curtain of seaweed block your view. A cacophony of chattering voices rises from beyond it.

potion only lasts a minute Iirc so it's all but up. Not sure it's dismissible.

Graythan looks at each of his companions in turn, then nods to curtain. "This is it. We stop whatever's in there or our ship and everyone on it are dead. You all ready?"

"No, but everyone insisted on coming anyway." Krila says cheerfully.

As his size returns to normal Justified stretches, glad to be free of the confinements of the close walls of the ship's hole. He pulls an drinks an elixir of Anti-toxin as a preventative, unsure of its need but wanting to bolster himself any way he can in the coming fight. And not liking the noise from the other room he inserts earplugs into his ears. Then he nods to Graythan and says Ready. When the rest of the group states they are ready Justified will cut at the hanging curtain of seaweed block our view.

Maybe detect magic on the curtain and through it for a hint?
And a cacophony of chattering voices sounds like a possible swarm to me so if we have AOEs lets have those ready.

I can try it, but I suspect the whole ship is going to be a giant magic source. As to AOE, I repeat again, we have no spells at all, so no AOE's.

Krila detects magic...

There are no aura's in the next room, but there are a couple coming from the chests in the hold.

There is a heap of treasure in the main hold, along with a couple of scrolls and a magic item, if you take the time to fish them out. Otherwise, boss fight looms before you,

Since Krilla has no spells I say we grab the magic stuff before the boss fight to maybe arm her with scrolls, if the boss will allow?

You have a little time for some smash and grab. The time pressure isn't so much from the boss, but from the hoard of zombie plants converging on your location.

#Lootz: 1,200gp, 462 pp, four fine scrimshaw carvings (each depicting one of the seasons and worth 250 gp if cleaned) a quartet of golden goblets worth 100 gp each, a silver church candelabrum worth 350 gp, an barnacle-covered steel shield depicting sharks devouring men (a +1 animated large shield), and a watertight bone scroll tube containing an arcane scroll of hold monster, waves of fatigue, and permanency.

Hmm. Valuable loot but not immediately useful. Justified is not proficient with the shield. Someone should use it though.

I think only our Inquisitor can use the shield.

So, activate it right before we step in?

It doesn't seem logical that one would still have arcane spell failure if one was not actually holding the shield. However, that's the rule, so it's not useful to Bron.

Moira can't use the shield. I guess the inquisitor has a new shield.

Graythan sets the newly recovered shield to bobbing in the air beside him then glances to each of the others, a steely and determined look in his eyes. "Ready as we can be?"

"Let's go then..." She looks at the scrolls, and sighs, stuffing them back in the case. "Arcane, Arcnae, and Arcane..."

She can't cast arcane spells, and doesn't have UMD.

Pushing beyond the hanging weeds you see that a huge section of the hull has rotted away here, leaving a stinking pit with walls of writhing green and brown vegetation. These walls writhe with horrible half formed life, semi-human shapes twisting and spasming from thick tumescent stalks like anthropomorphic fruits ready for harvest. The pit drops away into a noisome, unseen depth, certainly far deeper than sea level, into an unknown hell below.

The pit is 25 feet wide and 100 feet deep. I'm going to assume you have some way of seeing down that deep

All the way down, the pit is lined with young vine horrors, walls of screaming seedlings and writhing adolescents waiting to mature. At the shaft's deepest point is a swill of water. Therein rests a dislocated sack of foul smelling vegetation wreathed in screaming humanoid forms that struggle to free themselves from the foul flesh. A vast distended belly bathed in foul green mucus hangs from the vaguely humanoid form. Infantile cries echo from the hideous passengers that slowly pull themselves from their mother. Twenty feet tall, this grotesque hybrid of woman and plant is a nightmare of mucoid arms and clustered eyes. It is a deviant thing of rot, a pyramidal bulk that rises to a head of eyes and barbed, thorny teeth.

You are all up. If the order matters for you action, check the spoiler. Map is updated. The enemy is currently ~80 feet below you

"That is an abomination to life..." Krila comments with mild distaste. Her crossbow comes over the edge of the pit and fires at the thing, striking it in it's putative head...

Xbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Confirm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6 + Crit: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Not really a ranged fighter, Justified steps back from the pit's edge and readies his pole arm to attack the creature or its allies that might come within range.

"Anyone have oil and a torch?" She comments, thinking how nice it would be to have lightning blasts right now to hit the entire pit.

Moira unsheathes Little Prick in preparation for the upcoming fight. She looks at her saber and wonders if it will actual cause any harm to the creature. "I really wish I could have kept Saberhawk."

Bronwenir casts shield on himself again using his wand, then pulls out his crossbow.

Skipping Graythan

You see the creature meld into the weeds of the pit and suddenly it bursts out of the lip of the pit, to loom over you. The keening wails of half-formed horrors writhing on its body overwhelms you, and they reach out grasping arms.

Everyone is up. The creature has reach 15. Anyone adjacent gets attacked by the nascent vine horrors. Any creature within 60 feet of a Mother of All that attempts to cast a spell must first succeed on a DC15 (+l/spell level) Concentration check or lose the spell.

Hmm. Will that trigger Justified's readied action?

Knowing that this fight must be won Justified begins to slash at the creature in earnest. He uses Combat expertise in hopes that it will help his chance to survive.

+1 glaive-guisarme: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 14 - 2 = 301d10 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

+1 glaive-guisarme: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 - 2 = 231d10 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17

Current AC is 21

"By the gods....that is the biggest salad I have ever seen."
Moira looks at the sheer monstrosity and tries to come up with an attack plan.
"Justified....try to lure it out of the hole."

Moira is on the defensive looking for ways to get into flanking position.

Concentration (DC 16): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Seeing the fetid creature draw its bulk up level with them, Graythan scowls and tries to shore himself up with some of Tyr's blessing, but the wails and shrieks from the half formed torsos shakes the normally steely inquisitor and his prayer falters.

try to cast divine favor, lose the spell
activate judgment targetting Mother of All

We don't have any spells

Krila five foot steps back from the creature, letting the melee people get in closer. Then she puts her cross-bow away, and draws her mace.

Do these concentration checks count as casting defensively? If not, do I need to make two checks to cast defensively?

Concentration: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24 +2 if answer to above question is yes.

Bron pulls out his scarf and casts Longarm on himself.

Do these concentration checks count as casting defensively? If not, do I need to make two checks to cast defensively?

Separate. Still need one to prevent AoO

@Justified: Sure to the readied action. In the future, make the rolls (and spoiler) when you announce the action, as it will help me to remember and resolve it immediately

As Bron's other concentration check won't affect my actions, I'll just go.

Justified hacks away at the creature and it reaches out to envelope him.

Grapple Justified: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (3) + 25 = 28 Success?

Everyone is up.

Mace: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5

First, I did spoilier the AOO above. Second a 28 is exactly what you need to grapple me, unless I am forgetting a buff. Any buff's active? I know we are low on spells. Also, does the grapple attempt provoke? If so and Justified were to hit it could save him from being grappled.

concentration to cast longarm defensively: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Bron's arms grow long and spidery.

knowledge(nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Would I know its DR and immunities from that?

Bron enhances his scarf with his arcane energies and attacks with a spell!

Spell combat.

concentration to cast corrosive touch defensively: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

attack: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 2 - 2 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 + acid damage: 5d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 3, 1) = 12

attack2: 1d20 + 10 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 2 - 2 = 11 Miss.

"Come on you ugly mother, attack me not him!"

Not really a ranged fighter, Justified steps back from the pit's edge and readies his pole arm to attack the creature or its allies that might come within range.

@Justified:Spoiler when you announce the action, i.e. this post. It doesn't really matter in this case, but if say the attack killed the monster, then I can resolve that when I post. Not a big deal though, just a quality of life thing for me. Grapple does not provoke.

@Bron: with a 20, I think you can know it's DR and immunities. Just check the spoiler

@Krilla: It has reach, so you would provoke an AoO to attack.

Graythan and Moira are up.

How would me attacking with a melee weapon ever provoke an attack of opportunity?

Shaking off the confusion from the strange and eerie wails, Graythan brings his crossbow up to his shoulder and lets a pair of bolts fly right for the writhing creature's central mass.

+1 hvy repeating xbow (1st): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16for: 1d10 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 4 + (3, 6) = 19
+1 hvy repeating xbow (iterative): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21for: 1d10 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (5, 4) = 16

Swift action: activate bane
Full round action: full attack!