Purpose Creche swims alongside his friend, then peels off to take cover by the walls near the chamber doorway.
Not particularly stealthy, the Harpoon hangs back and waits for Joli to return.
Not wanting to ruin Joli's sneakyness, Toby hangs back with Harpoon.
Everyone else waits outside the door as Joli enters the altar room quietly, but can't help some small ripples in the water. An enormous skum on the other side of the room takes aim with a giant crossbow.
The enormous skum fires, and a bolt goes right over Joli's head!
Joli has a surprise round action and Purpose and Toby have their first round actions.
Surprise Round
Glorandral
Joli
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Circle 2
Glorandral
Circle 3
Square 1
Joli
Harpoon
Circle 1
Square 2
Silt
Additional info! Everything is a skum. The altar parts are 5 feet tall. There really is electricity arcing between those big rods, and it looks pretty dangerous.
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Toby swims forward, maintaining his elevation above the floor, firing at the large skum as soon as he has a clear shot.
"Poli Oqa! Yet more opportunity to shine!”
Joli once again calls upon his favorite forebear. This time she takes more solid form.
Alas, she wavers as she faces the huge skum.
Toby hits, but his aim is slightly off in the electrified water, and he doesn't get the crit he was hoping for.
Poli enters the battlefield, but she can't quite connect on her first attack.
Purpose is up!
Manta Creche swoops to Silt and caresses him with a wing; a bracing thrill runs through the locathah's body.
One skum swims in to threaten Toby, wincing as she goes through the electrified section but seemingly okay. This takes her whole turn. Two of them move in to attack Joli, one with a longspear and one with a trident. The giant skum five foot adjusts and shoots at Joli again. Only the longspear hits!
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Circle 2
Glorandral, -23 hp
Circle 3
Square 1
Joli
Harpoon
Circle 1
Square 2
Silt
Poli lashes out at the vexing giant.
Iggy breaths on the trident-wielding skum, steaming things up.
Finally, Joli repositions and gives the same for a forceful lick.
Riku moves in to attack skum #3.
Poli's first attack hits!
The square skum tries to avoid the steam breath!
He avoids some of the attack only to get caught by Joli's vicious tongue!
Harpoon deftly gets past the longspear, but unfortunately cannot quite connect with the kick!
The last skum swim over from the other side of the room. Just afterward, a powerful electrical surge arcs between the rods! No one is there to get zapped, though.
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Circle 2
Glorandral, -33 hp
Circle 3
Square 1, -10 hp
Joli
Harpoon
Circle 1
Square 2
Arc!
Silt
Azlan bolts should follow earth, not scream into skin.
Silt 5-foot steps forward and touches Toby, Riku, Purpose, and himself with a jagged piece of dirt-colored coral.
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Toby shifts forward, grinning. "I'm not stuck in close with you, you're stuck in close with me, idiots!" Satisfied that he chose a suitably badass thing to say, he draws a whip from his hand and lashes out at the skum!
Silt protects everyone from the electricity while Toby takes down Circle 2! Purpose is up.
Purpose Creche focuses his mind, and the sands beneath him start to shift.
Purpose gets ready to move stuff with his mind!
Glorandral five-foot adjusts and aims his crossbow at Toby this time.
Circle 3 five-foot adjusts away from Harpoon and stabs with a longspear.
Square 1 gets next to Joli and stabs with a trident! He feels very proud of himself.
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Glorandral, -33 hp
Circle 3
Square 1, -10 hp
Joli
Harpoon
Circle 1
Square 2
Arc!
Silt
Poli moves next to her target and strikes.
Joli steps to the side and tries to push number 2 into the lightning.
Iggy reaches for Joli’s healing stick.
I think tidepool dragons can use wands. If so he’ll try to UMD the CMW wand.
Poli hits, as does Joli! The skum swims angrily, but is pushed toward the electric arc. Harpoon is up!
Riku 5’ adjusts and full attacks #3!
”Wa-Kaw!”
Harpoon hits three times and takes Circle 3 down!
Circle 1 adjusts back and stabs a longspear at Harpoon!
Square 2 scoots back toward Joli and attacks with a trident! And just in the nick of time as a big electrical surge follows right afterward.
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Glorandral, -39 hp
Square 1, -10 hp
Joli
Harpoon
Circle 1
Square 2
Arc!
Silt
Silt double moves (he is hasted) through the arcs, to the large skum.
Mantas Creche shoots into the chamber, coming to rest near the eastern outer rod. He exerts his collected mental force on large crossbow-wielding skum in an attempt to shove him closer to Silt.
Toby swims forward a bit , the watery whip waving gracefully through the water around him. The sounds of surf heard crashing from below echoes through the chamber as he lashes out at the skum in front of Joli .
Purpose exerts his mental control and moves Glorandral 5 feet.
Toby up!
Toby takes down Square 2 with one hit!
Sad that he can no longer use his fancy toy, the large skum drops his crossbow and starts tearing into Silt! He gets very angry, causing horns to grow!
Square 1 five foot adjusts to flank Joli.
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Glorandral, -39 hp
Square 1, -10 hp
Joli
Harpoon
Circle 1
Square 2
Arc!
Silt
Poli moves around the big brute, getting into flank with Silt.
Meanwhile, Joli casts a new spell and swims forward, attempting to stay out of his flankers’ grasp.
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Riku 5’ adjusts and flurries #1!
Wo-Pow!
The spiritual ally unfortunately can't quite connect.
Joli gets out of the way of the flanker, but can't quite avoid the attack of opportunity from the big one!
As Joli swims past the rod, an arc of electricity strikes him!
, DC 17 Reflex save for half
After a painful journey, Joli successfully hits the big skum, dealing frosty damage and fatigue!
Riku pummels Circle 1 thoroughly.
Electricity arcs between the rods! Poli does not care.
Regular Initiative
Purpose
Toby
Glorandral, -39 hp, 13 NL, fatigue
Square 1, -10 hp
Joli
Harpoon
Arc!
Silt
Silt flies into a rage at the large skum attacking him!
Hoping to protect his allies, Mantas Creche attempts to wrap invisible bands of force around the hulking skum.
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Because the skum is also raging, Silt successfully hits three times, bring the creature just into unconsciousness. Purpose, did you want to do something else?
"Yes." Mantas Creche intones an approximation of triumph as the unconscious skum starts to drift.
He focuses his will on the remaining skum and attempts to throw it into the nearest lightning rod.
Violent Thrust: Alternatively, the spell energy can be spent in a single round. You can hurl one object or creature per caster level (maximum 15) that are within range and all within 10 feet of each other toward any target within 10 feet per level of all the objects. You can hurl up to a total weight of 25 pounds per caster level (maximum 375 pounds at 15th level).
You must succeed on attack rolls (one per creature or object thrown) to hit the target with the items, using your base attack bonus + your Intelligence modifier (if a wizard) or Charisma modifier (if a sorcerer). Weapons cause standard damage (with no Strength bonus; note that arrows or bolts deal damage as daggers of their size when used in this manner). Other objects cause damage ranging from 1 point per 25 pounds (for less dangerous objects) to 1d6 points of damage per 25 pounds (for hard, dense objects). Objects and creatures that miss their target land in a square adjacent to the target.
Creatures who fall within the weight capacity of the spell can be hurled, but they are allowed Will saves (and spell resistance) to negate the effect, as are those whose held possessions are targeted by the spell.
If a telekinesed creature is hurled against a solid surface, it takes damage as if it had fallen 10 feet (1d6 points).
The skum goes flying into the lightning rod!
Mantas Creche glides over to make sure Silt and Joli are alright. Once their wounds are seen to, he investigates the large skum and its equipment.
Silt uses 4 charges on the CMW wand, and asks Purpose if there is a way to turn off the Azlan Tea lightning.
Joli massages himself with one of the lesser healing sticks as the open wound closes up. "Thank you Poli! Thanks Iggy! Good job everyone!"
Poli lashes out again at the fallen skum leader, feeling a bit more vengeful than Joli. He belatedly sends her back to the tribe's home beyond the sunset.
Glarandral has potions of cure moderate wounds (2), potions of lesser restoration (2), crossbow of the crab with 17 bolts, amulet of natural armor +2, ring of protection +1, ring of resistance +1, mwk manacles, and an amber necklace (worth 25 gp). The crossbow of the crab looks like it once attached to the apparatus of the crab you saw outside.
Three of the skum have oil of cure light wounds, oil of cure moderate wounds, oil of magic weapon, leather armor, mwk longspear, and a pouch of pearls (worth 65 gp). The other two have nothing interesting.
The arc of electricity goes through the tables as well, and you can see it highlighting a slot that would perfectly fit an ioun stone.
Mantas Creche waits for a break in the arcs, then swoops into insert a pink ioun stone.
As Purpose inserts the ioun stone, a section of the wall slides shut, sealing the sanctuary off from the offering hall. A moment later, a square section of the floor in one of the alcoves slides open, revealing a staircase that leads downward. (Indicated on map)
Joli hangs the amulet around his neck. "Shall we descend?" He begins swimming down into the sunken stairwell.
Silt nods.
"Neat!" Toby follows Joli forward.
Silt is all healed up. No reason I see to buff further.