"The stones are from the druid who helped with this park, probably guardians or an advance warning or to spy I bet." Stam says quietly
Grergof tries to move forward as slowly and stealthily as he can.
He tries to avoid the stones as much as he can as the group makes their way into the greenhouse.
Spugnoir chugs his extract of heroism before sneaking with the others
"Do we see the druid?" Stam whispers
Did something say 'Feed me, Spugnoir?"
Darius too, moves slowly looking around and trying to be silent.
A small wooden table sits by the tiled path here, with a variety of shears and other pruning tools strewn across its surface.
An unusual array of exotic plants dominates this part of the greenhouse exhibit, displaying every color of the rainbow. Their hues are
made more vibrant by the backdrop of an enormous mass of cactuslike vines covered with white leaves.
Spugnoir is far too fascinated with all of the exotic plants to pay attention.
Look at these spores, mold and fungus! Such colors.
While Spugnoir notices that below that patch of plants is a hidden passage leading down he missed to notice that this wonderful plant is a giant flytrap. And he is the fly.
Before anyone can react, the 'mouth' of the flytrap closes around Spugnoir, engulfing him completely.
Stam pulls out his Crossbow, sliding an arrow into the grove and unleashing it at the giant plant.
"Fire Maybe?"
The crossbow bolt is deflected by the hard exterior of the plant.
Grergof pulls out his adamantine flail and moves up near the plant.
Anything I should know, or just make it let him go?
He asks before bringing the flail down on the creature.
Grergof's attack also fails to wound the plant.
"Acid won't hurt it from what I can recall." Stam says backing away from the creature.
HP 48/82
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/17 with mutagen)
Saves F11/R11/W7 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:
Special effects: Mutagen ,Heroism (+2 attack,saves,skills)
Bombs:16/18[
Spugnoir poops fire as he sets off two fire bombs in the Flytraps' mouth. Making very sure to ensure he isn't damaged as well
"SPUGS Dammit!"
*Screams internally and externally*
Darius holds his hand out, closes his eyes and calls forth a deadly power he hoped he would never have to use, but knew that with more and more dangerous enemies, he might need it, and to save his dear friend, he surely would.
His hand and forearm grow pale white as chalk with dark veins beneath his skin, and he rushes forward to lay ghoulish hand on the green flesh of the giant plant.
"Release my friend NOW!"
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range touch
Target living creature touched
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Fortitude partial; Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
You can attempt to slay any one living creature. When you cast this spell, your hand seethes with eerie dark fire. You must succeed on a melee touch attack to touch the target. The target takes 12d6 points of damage + 1 point per caster level. If the target’s Fortitude saving throw succeeds, it instead takes 3d6 points of damage + 1 point per caster level. The subject might die from damage even if it succeeds on its saving throw.
Eerie dark fire emanates from Darius' hand as he calls the divine power to end this plant, but the plant isn't really impressed by Darius' magic.
The plant has some more of those flytraps and snaps at the others with them.
Grergof replies with his flail.
But clearly he is distracted by what is happening with his friends...
With a quick arcane word, a magical door opens up and swallows Stam up. Appearing near the main entrance to the building Stam brushes anything of the plant off his robes.
"Ok you over grown weed, no more Mister Nice Arcanist." Stam says cracking his knuckles.
Special Attacks arcane reservoir (13/14)
Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 11th; concentration +17)
5th (4/4)— dismissal (DC 23), hungry pit APG (DC 23)
4th (4/5)— black tentacles , dimension door , summon monster IV
3rd (4/5)— haste, invisibility sphere , lightning bolt (DC 21), stinking cloud (DC 21)
2nd (6/6)— acid arrow , arcane disruption (DC 20), glitterdust (DC 20), summon monster II , web (DC
20)
1st (5/6)— ear-piercing scream UM (DC 19), mage armor , magic missile , protection from evil , thunderstomp
0 (at will)— acid splash , arcane mark , detect magic , disrupt undead , light, mage hand , mending, prestidigitation, read magic
Counterspell (Su) Use 1 reservoir as an imm action, counter with spell 1 level higher or same spell at +5 bonus.
Dimensional Slide (100 feet) (Su) Use 1 reservoir as part of move/withdraw, move to spot in sight for only 5 ft movement & no AoO.
Metamixing (Su) Use 1 reservoir while casting a spell, apply a known MM to spell without affect on casting time.
Piercing Spell Affected spell treats creatures with SR as having an SR of 5 lower
Quick Study (Ex) Use 1 reservoir as a full rd action, consult spellbook to switch out mem spell (provokes AoO).
Sickening Spell You can cast a spell that sickens those injured by it (duration = spell's level in rounds, Fort negates).
Scroll of Bull's Strength (5th)
Scroll Comprehend language x3
Scroll of Dark Vision x3
Scroll of Enlarge Person (3rd)
Scroll of False Life (4th)
Scroll of Knock
Scroll of Shield (2nd)
Scroll of Summon Monster 1
Wand of Grease 5/14
Wand of Spider climb 40/15
Pearl of power 1/1
Lesser silent metamagic rod 3/3
Liquid Ice 2/2
Smoke pellet 4/4
Smoke stick 1/2
Spell Latice vanish 1/1
Quinley steps in and stabs at the plant with his silver rapier, jumping back after the fact.
Darius casts righteous might to protect himself from being swallowed too. "Don't give up Spugs! I'm coming to save you!" Darius proclaims while he grows to over ten feet height and an impressive circumference.
The plant snaps as Quinley, as he moves away, grabs him and embraces him in its fangs.
Spugnoir feels like a corrosive liquid starts to fill the much to tight room he is trapped in. His feet get wet and it slowly rises up his legs.
Stam falls into concentration, his hands moving in hypnotic patterns and Arcane syllables getting more powerful as the spell builds.
Grergof calls out to his God.
Sarenrae Guide my Hand!
Darius casts spiritual weapon, as he has trouble to get over to Spugnoir. "Here, take that!"
After Grergof's initial hit on the plant with his flail*, Darius manages to wound it too with the summoned longsword. It looks like the plant can take a lot of that though. The trap shakes from the impotent struggling of Spugnoir who tries to get out of his deadly prison.
Quinley is also not lucky and stays trapped with the plant.
With the two free traps the plant bites at Darius and Grergof. Darius loses another piece of his tasty meat, while Grergof is lucky and evades the plant's attack.
As Stam finishes his spell, a burst of flame errupts from the floor in front of him. A Fire elemental the size of a Dwarf emerges, Turning to Stam.
"Burn the Big plant!" Stam says not knowing the native language, Wasting no time Stam Pull static out of the air, drawing it into his body Stam Releases it straight at the Giant Plant.
Special Attacks arcane reservoir (13/14)
Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 11th; concentration +17)
5th (4/4)— dismissal (DC 23), hungry pit APG (DC 23)
4th (4/5)— black tentacles , dimension door , summon monster IV
3rd (3/5)— haste, invisibility sphere , lightning bolt (DC 21), stinking cloud (DC 21)
2nd (5/6)— acid arrow , arcane disruption (DC 20), glitterdust (DC 20), summon monster II , web (DC
20)
1st (5/6)— ear-piercing scream UM (DC 19), mage armor , magic missile , protection from evil , thunderstomp
0 (at will)— acid splash , arcane mark , detect magic , disrupt undead , light, mage hand , mending, prestidigitation, read magic
Counterspell (Su) Use 1 reservoir as an imm action, counter with spell 1 level higher or same spell at +5 bonus.
Dimensional Slide (100 feet) (Su) Use 1 reservoir as part of move/withdraw, move to spot in sight for only 5 ft movement & no AoO.
Metamixing (Su) Use 1 reservoir while casting a spell, apply a known MM to spell without affect on casting time.
Piercing Spell Affected spell treats creatures with SR as having an SR of 5 lower
Quick Study (Ex) Use 1 reservoir as a full rd action, consult spellbook to switch out mem spell (provokes AoO).
Sickening Spell You can cast a spell that sickens those injured by it (duration = spell's level in rounds, Fort negates).
Scroll of Bull's Strength (5th)
Scroll Comprehend language x3
Scroll of Dark Vision x3
Scroll of Enlarge Person (3rd)
Scroll of False Life (4th)
Scroll of Knock
Scroll of Shield (2nd)
Scroll of Summon Monster 1
Wand of Grease 5/14
Wand of Spider climb 40/15
Pearl of power 1/1
Lesser silent metamagic rod 3/3
Liquid Ice 2/2
Smoke pellet 4/4
Smoke stick 1/2
Spell Latice vanish 1/1
Grergof opens up on the plant with his flail.
The plant takes the full blow of the lightning. As a side effect all the vegetation between Stam and the flytrap gets obliterated, leaving an ugly black, burnt scar in the carefully arranged greenhouse.
The fire elemental is too clumsy to hit anything, even if it's directly in front of it's nose.
Grergof manages to get a hit in, but with all the plants around and in the way that is all he does. The damage is nothing to sneeze at, but you're not chopping down a tree with one swing of the axe and this huge plant is no different.
Darius continues to hack at the plant with two swords. But the one he hasn't his hand at is far more effective. "Cursed weed. I said let go of my friends."
Darius adds some minor bruises to the green. The plant then snaps back at what's in reach.
The plant doesn't care about that little burn.
"Bah!" Stam shouts rolling the sleeves of his robes up.
HP 60/71
Special Attacks arcane reservoir (13/14)
Arcanist Spells Prepared (CL 11th; concentration +17)
5th (4/4)— dismissal (DC 23), hungry pit APG (DC 23)
4th (4/5)— black tentacles , dimension door , summon monster IV
3rd (2/5)— haste, invisibility sphere , lightning bolt (DC 21), stinking cloud (DC 21)
2nd (5/6)— acid arrow , arcane disruption (DC 20), glitterdust (DC 20), summon monster II , web (DC
20)
1st (5/6)— ear-piercing scream UM (DC 19), mage armor , magic missile , protection from evil , thunderstomp
0 (at will)— acid splash , arcane mark , detect magic , disrupt undead , light, mage hand , mending, prestidigitation, read magic
Counterspell (Su) Use 1 reservoir as an imm action, counter with spell 1 level higher or same spell at +5 bonus.
Dimensional Slide (100 feet) (Su) Use 1 reservoir as part of move/withdraw, move to spot in sight for only 5 ft movement & no AoO.
Metamixing (Su) Use 1 reservoir while casting a spell, apply a known MM to spell without affect on casting time.
Piercing Spell Affected spell treats creatures with SR as having an SR of 5 lower
Quick Study (Ex) Use 1 reservoir as a full rd action, consult spellbook to switch out mem spell (provokes AoO).
Sickening Spell You can cast a spell that sickens those injured by it (duration = spell's level in rounds, Fort negates).
Scroll of Bull's Strength (5th)
Scroll Comprehend language x3
Scroll of Dark Vision x3
Scroll of Enlarge Person (3rd)
Scroll of False Life (4th)
Scroll of Knock
Scroll of Shield (2nd)
Scroll of Summon Monster 1
Wand of Grease 5/14
Wand of Spider climb 40/15
Pearl of power 1/1
Lesser silent metamagic rod 3/3
Liquid Ice 2/2
Smoke pellet 4/4
Smoke stick 1/2
Spell Latice vanish 1/1
Grergof continues to work his flail as he calls out:
The lightning seems to be working keep it up!
The plant eats another lightning while Grergof flails at it with mixed results. The plant swallows the fire elemental and a sizzling noise is heard as the acid slowly fills the space it is confined in.
Spugnoir and Quinley have the same issue. It just doesn't make such spectacular noises. As the acid raises above the waist line, the air starts getting scarce.
"Hello Spugnoir, welcome to jeopardy. I see you jeopardized your life and ar ein dire need of an exit. Unfortunately, there is no need for gold on our side but there are other payments we would accept for the wish of your heart.
"Yeah, shoot it! Douse it in lightning until it dreams of electric sheep!" Darius yells. He hopes that there will be enough left of Spugnoir to heal once the plant gives up. To which Darius doesn't contribute. "Die, damned weed!"