M Human Snakebite Striker 2/Warpriest 4 HP 54/54 AC: 24 T: 13 FF: 21 F/R/W: +10/+8/+7 Init: +3 Perception: +11 Blessings 5/5
"Oy, I can handle that tossa."
I can buff myself with Shield of Faith; that's another +2 AC so I'd be sitting at 23 with Combat Expertise. I also have more HP so I may be able to handle another round if things go sour quickly.
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Based on my earlier Knowledge roll, do I know if it's weak enough to be susceptible to my sleep spell, HD-wise?
Scratcher shows the others where the weak spots are in the carapace of the octopus. That does mean that it's attention is now at the human. Fortunately for the Scratcher it misses.
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Xasay angles one of his stencils against the light seeping in from the far corridor, and from that direction swoops a now-familiar eerie dark bird!
Full attack, Smiting Evil, DC 16 Will save reduces it to 20% reality. Let me know if I have any angles wrong (I conjure it on the other side and lose the flank if so).
Xasay: no you don't know if it is susceptible to the cause fear spell. That is an answer to a knowledge check, you already had yours and I already gave you one additional answer ;-). Angles are correct for flanking with Vagantem.
Xasay's eagle bites and claws at the devilfish and manages to score two more hits!
HP 36/36; Reroll (@+3) 1/1; Wand Infernal Healing: 50/50; Sylph Fighter 4; AC 20; Touch 15; FF 15; Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +2; init +4; perc +0
Vagantem swings at the horrible creature with both ends of her two bladed sword. Luckily the eagle not only attacks, but provides her a distraction to help her strike at the creature!
F Human (Varisian) Fighter 7 - HP 59/60 - AC 21/T: 16/FF: 16 - Perception +1 - Fort: +7, Ref: +8, Will: +4 (+2 vs. fear) - CMB: +9, CMD: 24 - Speed: 30 - Init. +7 - Sense Motive: +1
Swim:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Tori attempts to swim out of the devilfish's reach, but fails to make it very far. If not already grappled, she fires an arrow at the strange creature.
Tori tries to swim away from the fish. A tentacle lashes out and grabs her leg! She is pulled in and more tentacles envelop her, crushing some ribs in the process!
Tori, you still have your standard action
Emmet keeps his cool while Tori is dragged away and fires his pistol at one of the eyes of the monster.
Initiative
Tori 22/36 hp Grappled - Standard action left
Scratcher
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Devilfish: 41 damage, grappling Tori
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Xasay
Eagle round 1
Vagantem
Emmet
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
"Too bad we had to kill it... it was an amazing creature! But duty calls, and it was clearly not going to play nice. Well, let's see what's behind it."
You move through the tunnel and enter a large cave. Hundreds of remains float in this large bowl of water, which churns with bones, scraps of flesh, and the carcasses of strange, almost alien fish. Just visible through the roiling stew are humanoid bodies floating in the water, wan corpses drifting near the bottom of this cauldron like sleeping guardians.
Immediately you notice Sandara and Jake. They are hanging from the ceiling by ropes tied to their torso's. Sandara seems to be in a descent shape, but Jake's legs are almost completely gone! A big grindylow-like monster is nibbling on his legs! At the back of the room you notice another grindylow. The ropes can be lowered or raised from the wall next to her.
You are able to stand in the tunnel where you are, but it seems the actual cave is deeper.
Difficult terrain here, swim checks once you pass the red line
F Human (Varisian) Fighter 7 - HP 59/60 - AC 21/T: 16/FF: 16 - Perception +1 - Fort: +7, Ref: +8, Will: +4 (+2 vs. fear) - CMB: +9, CMD: 24 - Speed: 30 - Init. +7 - Sense Motive: +1
Tori moves 15 feet forward and fires an arrow at the grindylow of unusual size. "Just try to take a bite out of me you disgusting monster." She taunts afterwards.
Emmet hits the big grindylow. It moves closer to Vagantem and opens its mouth incredibly wide, trying to bite the sylph. It's teeth grab her armor and then it suddenly lets go again, without hurting Vagantem.
Bite:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Initiative Difficult terrain here, swim checks (DC10) once you pass the red line Xasay
Tori
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Grindylow
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Vagantem
Scratcher: underwater
Emmet
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Grindybig 19 damage
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Sandara: underwater 1 round
Jake: underwater 1 round
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|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Xasay holds his stencils at just the right angle over the water, and from out of nowhere, a dark shape coalesces under the water and dives for Jake!
Conjuring a shadow celestial dolphin as close as I can to Jake to rescue him! Do whatever it is you need to do to indicate its underwater.
It puts its nose under the bound sailor and pushes him up to the surface. Underneath the water you see two of the bobbing corpses, which are chained to something underwater, make their way to Sandara! They both bite your friend and her body goes limp...
Just seconds later the smaller grindlylow finishes waving her wand and an octopus appears just next to Vagantem! It tries to bite Vagantem and capture him in its tentacles but it fails. It then emits a black cloud of ink underwater.
Meanwhile the smaller grindylow forces the seaweed to grow to gigantic size. The seaweed moves over you, trying to find some way to hold you where you are! Emmet and Scratcher manage to free themselves for the moment, the others are not so lucky! The grindylow then dives underwater.
Initiative Difficult terrain here, swim checks (DC10) once you pass the red line Entangle spell (DC14) up to the blue line Vagantem: entangled
Scratcher: underwater
Emmet
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Sandara: underwater 1 round, 10 damage
Jake
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Tori: entangled
Xasay: entangled
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Grindylow
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HP 36/36; Reroll (@+3) 1/1; Wand Infernal Healing: 50/50; Sylph Fighter 4; AC 20; Touch 15; FF 15; Fort +5; Ref +5; Will +2; init +4; perc +0
Being unable to move, Vagantem starts to panic a bit. That Octopus doesn't help at all. She releases her hold on Sandara and directs her blades at the Octopus instead.
Emmet fires his pistol at the underwater grindylow. The bullet is fired just past the rocky outcrop into the water and slows down considerably. But not enough to inflict a nasty wound on the grindylow!
Scratcher dives under the black ink and out of the weeds. He hits one of the undead! Up close the resemblance to the undead women in the swamp (that you met earlier) is obvious.
Jake is gasping for breath, being thankful for the summoned dolphin. Sandara is underwater and does not seem to react to the nasty undead next to her...
Initiative Difficult terrain here, swim checks (DC10) once you pass the red line Entangle spell (DC14) up to the blue line Tori: entangled
Xasay: entangled
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Grindylow: 7 damage
Undead blue
Undead red: 5 damage
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Vagantem: entangled
Scratcher: underwater 2/28 rounds
Emmet
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Sandara: underwater 2 rounds, 10 damage, paralyzed 1 round
Jake
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F Human (Varisian) Fighter 7 - HP 59/60 - AC 21/T: 16/FF: 16 - Perception +1 - Fort: +7, Ref: +8, Will: +4 (+2 vs. fear) - CMB: +9, CMD: 24 - Speed: 30 - Init. +7 - Sense Motive: +1
Tori attempts to break free of the seaweed that holds her, but fails to make any progress. Undeterred, she fires another arrow at the remaining Grindylow responsible for the wild plants.
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Xasay's shadow-dolphin steers its 'cargo' toward safer waters...
Dolphin makes a full withdrawal, Jake in tow.
dolphin Reflex save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
...while Xasay tries his best to extricate himself from the seaweed.
Escape Artist:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Still stymied, that does not prevent him from helping to save Jake with a remarkable new trick: He softly but steadily sings a single note, until suddenly, beneath Jake's ravaged legs, that note accretes in strong, wood-like physical form, forming an impromptu lifesaver for the poor man.
I cast Solid note, one of the coolest spells out there! It has a Strength of 12, just like the dolphin, so it should be able to hold Jake. It does require my concentration, so if Tori could help Jake ashore, that would be useful. I want to start turning my puppets toward the offensive.
Actually, since you made the saves for us and wouldn't necessarily have known about this, can we retcon enough to say that I used Shadow Speaker to get a +2 insight bonus to my initial Reflex save? It's a free action, and it would have made the difference.
Xasay: yes of course you can retcon the free action to get free from the seaweed. Remember that you have to get out of the entangled area or it is another save at the end of your turn. If you want you can adjust your move action.
Tori shoots another arrow at the grindylow. Despite the buffer of water between the shooter and the target it hits.
Underwater the two undead turn their attention to Scratcher. Only one attack hits when one of the lacedons bites in Scratcher's outstretched arm.
The grindylow retrieves a potion sponge and eats it.
Vagantem slashes wildly into the dark inky water where he suspects that the octopus is hiding. His blade does not connect.
Initiative Difficult terrain here, swim checks (DC10) once you pass the red line Entangle spell (DC14) up to the blue line Scratcher: underwater 2/28 rounds, 27/30 hp: Fort vs paralysis and Fort vs disease needed
Emmet
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Sandara: underwater 2 rounds, 10 damage, paralyzed 1 round
Jake
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Tori: entangled
Xasay: entangled
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Grindylow: 12 damage
Undead blue
Undead red: 5 damage
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Vagantem: entangled
|AC 20, T 13, FF 18|HP: 45/45|F +2, R +8, W +4 (+1 vs water/cold, +2 vs shadow, +3 vs poison, +4 vs fear/drain/death/Necr)|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +6 CMD 18|23/23 Perform, 3/3 Speaker, 3/3 Phantasm, 1/1 comic relief
Moved. Note that I am not in the same space as my dolphin thanks to the 3rd dimension, nor am I entangled at present despite the initiative log still saying I am.
Feeling like the little kid at the back of a crowded parade route, Emmett gives up on being useful in combat. Instead, he simply tries to demoralize the grindylow.
"You smell awful and these guys are going to make it worse when they crush you into slime!"
Intimidate:1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17
Wow - that might actually work! Shaken for 1 round if it does. DC is 10 + hit dice + Wis bonus of grindylow.
