Round 1, Initiative 13
Cold Iron Arrows = 16/20 (2 misses)
Silver Blunt Arrows = 10/10
Adamantium Salted Arrows = 5/5
Ghost Salted Arrows = 5/5
Bardic Performance = 12/12
Shard Major Image = 1/1
Bard Spells Remaining: (First: 2/3) (CL 3, Con: +6, SR: +5)
0) Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Prestidigitation, Spark
1) Cure Light Wounds, Feather Fall, Grease
Bibic tips his head and then straightens out looking down hard on this new beast. He shoots twice hoping to end it before it has a chance to harm anyone in the party…
However, he instead shoots wild, nearly hitting Noya in the head and bouncing the other shot off the wall.
Round 1, Initiative 8
Clement once again hesitates for a moment before stepping up next to Rhesus, and recites another prayer to Valani.
"This place is loaded with creepy-crawlies. I'm sure we'll change it around to something more hospitable for our blue-skinned friends."
Round 1
Rhesus grunts at the thing bites into him, swinging his earthbreaker in reply.
Missing.
Noya scores a minor hit
Combat Round 2
22 Monster (F- Rhesus)
21 Rhesus
13 Spasi
13 Bibic
8 Clement
3 Noya
The creature continues to attack Rhesus:
XP 800
N Medium vermin
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 11, flat-footed 18 (+1 Dex, +8 natural)
hp 27/30
Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +3
Immune mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee 2 claws +7 (1d4+5)
Ranged filament +5 (drag)
Special Attacks pull (filament, 10 feet)
STATISTICS
Str 17, Dex 12, Con 17, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 4
Base Atk +4; CMB +7 (+11 with pull); CMD 16 (28 vs. trip)
Skills Climb +11
ECOLOGY
Environment any underground
Organization solitary, pair, or tangle (3–6)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Filament (Ex) A cave fisher can fire a thin filament of sticky silk as a standard action. This touch attack has a range of 60 feet and no range increment. A creature struck by a cave fisher's filament becomes attached to the sticky thread. As a standard action, a creature can rip the filament free with a DC 20 Strength check. A caught creature can also attempt to escape a filament by making a DC 25 Escape Artist check. A filament is AC 14 (touch 12), has 5 hit points, and has DR 15/slashing. An application of liquid with high alcohol content (or a dose of universal solvent) dissolves the adhesive and releases the creature caught by the filament. A cave fisher can have only one filament active at a time.
Pull (Ex) A cave fisher has a +4 racial bonus on CMB checks made using its pull special attack.
Round 2
"Getting a little sporty."
Round 2, Initiative 13
Weapon Equipped = Bow
Cold Iron Arrows = 16/20 (1 miss)
Silver Blunt Arrows = 10/10
Adamantium Salted Arrows = 5/5
Ghost Salted Arrows = 5/5
Bardic Performance = 12/12
Shard Major Image = 1/1
Bard Spells Remaining: (First: 2/3) (CL 3, Con: +6, SR: +5)
0) Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Prestidigitation, Spark
1) Cure Light Wounds, Feather Fall, Grease
Bibic warms to his attacks against the beast. Monsters are easy to understand. All claws and teeth and stomachs. Just a fight for survival. Much less complicated than people.
He smiles as one of his shots takes a piece out of the Cave Fisher.
Noya continues her attack
and her sword bounces off the thing's hide.
Round 2, Initiative 8
Clement worriedly watches in slow motion as a giant claw darts in to snatch some pieces of Rhesus.
"No! Not this day!"
Leaning forward, the angel-touched man brings his shield down just in time on top of the grasping claw and deflects it away from his friend.
Sheepishly, he smiles at Rhesus with his success.
"Let's finish this giant bug!"
for
Round 3, Initiative 13
"Stand back! I got this one for sure this time!" Spasi says, switching from crossbow to magic. "I own this beast!"
The creature hisses in pain as Rhesus' hammer punches through its carapace and one of Bibic's arrows finds a seam in its armour.
Combat Round 3
22 Monster (F- Rhesus)
21 Rhesus
13 Spasi
13 Bibic
8 Clement
3 Noya
The creature continues to attack Rhesus:
XP 800
N Medium vermin
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 11, flat-footed 18 (+1 Dex, +8 natural)
hp 7/30
Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +3
Immune mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee 2 claws +7 (1d4+5)
Ranged filament +5 (drag)
Special Attacks pull (filament, 10 feet)
STATISTICS
Str 17, Dex 12, Con 17, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 4
Base Atk +4; CMB +7 (+11 with pull); CMD 16 (28 vs. trip)
Skills Climb +11
ECOLOGY
Environment any underground
Organization solitary, pair, or tangle (3–6)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Filament (Ex) A cave fisher can fire a thin filament of sticky silk as a standard action. This touch attack has a range of 60 feet and no range increment. A creature struck by a cave fisher's filament becomes attached to the sticky thread. As a standard action, a creature can rip the filament free with a DC 20 Strength check. A caught creature can also attempt to escape a filament by making a DC 25 Escape Artist check. A filament is AC 14 (touch 12), has 5 hit points, and has DR 15/slashing. An application of liquid with high alcohol content (or a dose of universal solvent) dissolves the adhesive and releases the creature caught by the filament. A cave fisher can have only one filament active at a time.
Pull (Ex) A cave fisher has a +4 racial bonus on CMB checks made using its pull special attack.
Noya continues her attack on it
and her sword bounces off the thing's hide again.
Round 3, Initiative 13
Weapon Equipped = Bow
Cold Iron Arrows = 14/20 (2 misses)
Silver Blunt Arrows = 10/10
Adamantium Salted Arrows = 5/5
Ghost Salted Arrows = 5/5
Bardic Performance = 12/12
Shard Major Image = 1/1
Bard Spells Remaining: (First: 2/3) (CL 3, Con: +6, SR: +5)
0) Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Prestidigitation, Spark
1) Cure Light Wounds, Feather Fall, Grease
Bibic chuckles as the beast misses and he shoots two of his own. His smile broadens as one of the arrows finds its mark.
Round 4, Initiative 13
Spasi switches back to the crossbow for his next shot.
"You guys keep making it move..I can't get a clean shot!" Spasi says.
Round 3
"There ya go Spasi, now it ain't movin'."
Clement continues his new routine of stepping in front of Rhesus, then stepping away and allowing the Shoanti to swing while himself swings.
"Hey we're getting pretty--"
Right before he can swing, as cave fisher guts splatter into his face, Clement is left standing holding his mace over his head with an expression mixed between relief and disgust.
"Good."
With a sickening crunch, Rhesus puts the monstrous creature down. Now that it isn't trying to kill you, you notice that there is a pouch securely tied to one of its legs.
Looking inside, you find a handful of animal teeth, a few colourful stones and a bracer that is the exact copy of the one being used as the mite king's crown. Apparently, you've found Clickylegs.
Spasi nods as the fisher falls.
"I told you I'd get it. It was so busy avoiding my shots it ran right into your hammer. You're right, Clem, we are quite a team," Spasi exclaims, agreeing with the aasimar while trying to recover some of his misses.
high=recoverable
high=recoverable
high=recoverable
high=recoverable
"Now, what we got in this pouch, huh?"
Spasi will cast Detect Magic and try to identify stuff.
Spellcraft
"...so? Where to next?"
Bibic too will gather up his misses.
He'll then take out his shard and see if any of these objects are the one we're looking for.
Spasi looks around, building a mental map in his head.
"Maybe we should go this way," Spasi points to B45 from where we are now (B46), "...maybe we can circle back up to the Mitey King."
"Since we still need to find that shard, I think going doing a detour would not be a bad idea."
"I agree with Noya. Let us proceed in a wide circle."
Bibic follows the leaders bow at the ready and a tune on his lips, though he keeps it mostly to himself.
You've come across an ancient kitchen and storeroom, dusty with age. A few rat gnawed bones lay scattered about the pantry, but little else is readily apparent. In the kitchen, stone cupboards line the walls. A few have damaged doors, and cookware and crockery can be seen, poking through. During your nosing about, you hear an odd rustling coming from within one of the larger cupboards.
Rhesus moves to the cupboard with his earthbreaker ready.
"Come on out."
"Let's just hope it's just a regular sized rat."
"Nah, let's hope it's a biggun. Easier to hit."
Rhesus pokes the cupboard.
"Out I said!"
Rhesus pokes at the cupboard. It eases open a bit and a big, fat, yellow centipede falls out and then another, and still yet another. Suddenly with a groan, the cupboard doors swing open and a writhing mass of the insects come tumbling out.
Combat round 1
19 Bibic
18 Rhesus
15 Spasi
15 Noya
11 Clement
8 Bugs
XP 1,200
N Diminutive vermin (swarm)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 30 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 18, touch 18, flat-footed 14 (+4 Dex, +4 size)
hp 31 (9d8–9)
Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +3
Defensive Abilities swarm traits, Immune weapon damage
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee swarm (2d6 plus poison)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks distraction (DC 13), poison
STATISTICS
Str 1, Dex 19, Con 8, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2
Base Atk +6; CMB —; CMD —
Feats Weapon FinesseB
Skills Climb +12, Perception +4; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate or warm forest or underground
Organization solitary, pair, or tangle (3–6 swarms)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Dex damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +2 racial bonus.
Round 1
Rhesus lets out an unShoantiish shriek as the bugs come piling out of the cabinet.
"Too many legs!"
With that he flees to the back of the room.
Round 1, Initiative 19
Cold Iron Arrows = 20/20
Silver Blunt Arrows = 10/10
Adamantium Salted Arrows = 5/5
Ghost Salted Arrows = 5/5
Bardic Performance = 12/12
Shard Major Image = 1/1
Bard Spells Remaining: (First: 2/3) (CL 3, Con: +6, SR: +5)
0) Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Prestidigitation, Spark
1) Cure Light Wounds, Feather Fall, Grease
Bibic looks horrified at the swarm and does his level best to damage it even as he shouts, ”Do we flee this monster? Can any of you hurt it? I have but one more alchemy fire.” He then backs away a little as well trying to keep some distance between himself and the burning swarm.
(shard)
Oh, that's disgusting, squash it with a hammer.
Round 1, Initiative 13
Spasi recoils from the swarm, magic fire coming out of his fingers.
"What the #$%@% is that!? Who's idea was it to come this way!? GEEZO!!!!" Spasi says as he runs back after his spell completes.
Round 1, Initiative 11
Clement winces at the sight of the swarm. After a couple attempts to swat away the creatures, his eyes widen at the sight of the alchemical flask in Bibic's hands.
"No! Not... FIRE!"
Cowled, Clement nearly drops his shield as he pivots in place and almost forgets his promise to guard Rhesus in his haste.
Turning back, he barely catches the glow and heat as Spasi's hands engulf the creatures.
"Let me know when it's over!"
Combat round 2
19 Bibic
18 Rhesus
15 Spasi
15 Noya
11 Clement
8 Bugs
The seething mass surges forward enveloping Bibic:
XP 1,200
N Diminutive vermin (swarm)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 30 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 18, touch 18, flat-footed 14 (+4 Dex, +4 size)
hp 13/31
Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +3
Defensive Abilities swarm traits, Immune weapon damage
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee swarm (2d6 plus poison)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks distraction (DC 13), poison
STATISTICS
Str 1, Dex 19, Con 8, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2
Base Atk +6; CMB —; CMD —
Feats Weapon FinesseB
Skills Climb +12, Perception +4; Racial Modifiers +4 Perception
ECOLOGY
Environment temperate or warm forest or underground
Organization solitary, pair, or tangle (3–6 swarms)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 13; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Dex damage; cure 1 save. The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +2 racial bonus.
Round 2, Initiative 19
Weapon Equipped = Bow
Cold Iron Arrows = 20/20
Silver Blunt Arrows = 10/10
Adamantium Salted Arrows = 5/5
Ghost Salted Arrows = 5/5
Bardic Performance = 12/12
Shard Major Image = 1/1
Bard Spells Remaining: (First: 2/3) (CL 3, Con: +6, SR: +5)
0) Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Prestidigitation, Spark
1) Cure Light Wounds, Feather Fall, Grease
or take Dex Damage.
Distracted by the swarm and losing a lot of Dexterity, it's all Bibic can do to move, and move he does. Frustrated at the lack of preparedness of his fellow 'Pathfinders' he gets as far away as he can in the round.
As for route, he's planning on leaving the complex. Or at least he's going to try.
OH! Thanks to Spasi for reminding me. Ongoing fire damage from his alchemy fire from last round. +50% I think for swarms.
Round 2, Initiative 13
Spasi watches Clem flee from the fire like his own pants were on fire.
Poor guy must be afraid of fire. I can fix that.
"Clem! Come back! Look! See those flaming, crittery, crawling, many-legged insecty things crawling all over Bibic!? SEE!?" Spasi steps up towards Bibic and his on-fire swarm friends.
"Look Clem! It could be much worse than just fire!"
Spasi casts another burning hands at the swarm, keeping himself away from Bibic.
Spasi nods at Clem with self-satisfaction.
He must feel much better knowing that.
With a whoosh and crackle of flames, the swarm is consumed. The few remaining creatures scatter and disappear into the cracks and crevices or the tunnels.
Bibic manages to shake off the worst of the poison.
The only passage remaining to explore is choked with thick webs and leads back towards the staircase that brought you here (towards 41).
"Whew, good job guys. Those little biter bugs, huh? Anyway, let's keep going."
Rhesus will take the lead again, ignoring his unmanly running away from earlier.
"Way to go Spasi! If you will it, it is no dream. Well done."
Bibic, wishing he had the potion of lesser restoration he loaned out, turns back to the party.
"We can proceed, but my bow will be much less useful. I can still do a few things, but if there is no rush, perhaps a trip to the church is in order? And maybe a supply run for more alchemy fires... and any other gear that might be lacking."
That said, Bibic follows Rhesus into the next chamber if the party is more interested in pressing on a bit further.
Spasi stops walking, rubbing the back of his neck. He begins to count, using his fingers to aid his memory.
"Lessee here...we fought them blobs," Spasi ticks off a finger, counting, "then the bat swarm, then them ants, then that hourglass spider that Rhesus was too chicken to wrassle," Spasi ticks of 3 more fingers.
"Then it was them mites riding them spiders, hoo boy, we scared them into hiding, I tells you. Then the crab spiders, which are slightly different than..." Spasi takes a moment to itch his nether, using that finger to tock off another 2 fights. "Then we met clickeyclaws or whatever his name was, and then that last swarm that made Clem poop standing up."
Spasi smiles, adding up the fights.
"That's 8 fights, ain't it? It's been a full day, hasn't it? And with Bibic not feeling so good, maybe we should get this bracer back to the 'Mitey King', gather our huge diamond, then head back to town and the Ladies of Cal--," Spasi's voice trails off as he remembers Noya. "Well, yeah, we should get back to town and get Bibic fixed up. You know how sore he gets when I outshoot him...and he'll be complaining all the way along about it."
Bibic cures himself by casting Cure Light Wounds before proceeding.
You travel down the web choked corridor, constantly brushing aside the thick webbing. Eventually you reach a much larger room, heavy cobwebs cover this room as well and the desiccated corpses of rats and mites lay strewn about.
"...and that's when I told her that I don't do halflings. Yeah, yeah, she wanted a piggyback ride, but I have my self-respect." Spasi says aloud, continuing his story as he walks in the webs. "So yeah, halflings suck."
Spasi looks on ahead.
Perception
"Where are we going again?"
Bibic follows along, stumbling here and there as he tries to listen to Spasi's story and walk at the same time. His heavy dexterity damage is taking its toll.
How do people handle this? I need to get to a cleric, this is unbearable!
(shard)
"I think it's just ahead a little further." Bibic takes out his shard to make sure they're still on the right track and then puts it away again.
Clement rubs his hindquarters, shakes his head and opens his mouth to correct Spasi's recounting of recent events, but finds little opportunity to interrupt the Taldan.
Giving Rhesus a shrug, he tightens his grip on the handle inside his heavy shield and reforms his position at the front of the group next to Rhesus before turning to hear Bibic's struggles to navigate the small rocks about the tunnel.
"Are you... okay, Bibic? You look a bit green?"
"I just hope we don't encounter anymore spiders or bugs."
"I hope we don't encounter anything. Let's just get this back to the 'king' and get back to town. Bibic and me took the brunt of it earlier."
Rhesus stares at the webbing.
"We got any fire left, or a torch or somethin'?"
"We got any fire left, or a torch or somethin'?"
Spasi helpfully casts Light on whatever Rhesus wants.
Combat Surprise/1
21 Spiders (front vs N, C and R)
15 Noya
14 Clement
10 Spasi
9 Rhesus
8 Bibic
Surprise
Three spiders launch webs at you as you pass through the room:
[b]Round 1, Init 21]
Then they rush out to attack:
XP 400
N Medium vermin
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +4
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 13, flat-footed 11 (+3 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 16 (3d8+3)
Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +1
Immune mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee bite +2 (1d6 plus poison)
Special Attack web (+5 ranged, DC 12, hp 2)
STATISTICS
Str 11, Dex 17, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2
Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 15 (27 vs. trip)
Skills Climb +16, Perception +4 (+8 in webs), Stealth +7 (+11 in webs); Racial Modifiers +4 Perception, +4 Stealth (+8 in webs), +16 Climb
ECOLOGY
Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or colony (3–8)
Treasure incidental
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 14; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1d2 Strength damage; cure 1 save.