Dunkel's post didn't seem to show up for me last night.
Dunkel plays the role of bait, luring the leeches deeper into the room, before turning around and slamming the door on them. They proceed to slowly suffocate.
Jair's Dexterity is drained by an additional 1d4 ⇒ 1 points. She is no longer poisoned after that.
Meanwhile, Amiri searches the roots of the banyan tree, and finds a leather satchel covered in scum. Inside is an amulet (which you can detect/spellcraft), and a watertight scroll tube containing a tattered scrap of paper:
Note wrote:
We lost Gavreth, Kehm, and Nars in the Hall of the Flesh Eaters. Before he died, the wizard claimed the horror is a work of necromancy. I know it at least responded to holy water, so that means we should be able to—
The remainder of the note is smeared and illegible.
For the record, Leech Swarm. Seriously nasty creatures. While I'm not opposed to TPKing a party (I've only done it once before), this wouldn't have been a particularly pleasant way for anyone to go. Take some time to recover, and let me know when you're ready to open the door to the next room. You may also wish to camp. If so, let me know where you want to do so (which room down here or which general area upstairs).
F HP: 37(48)/37(48) | AC: 16 T: 12(16 vs incorp.) FF: 14| CMB/CMD: 3/15 DF: 5/7
Spells Active:
See Invisibility, Mage Armor, False Life, Haste
F+4 R+4 W+4 (+2 vs death)| Init +4(always act in surprise rounds) Perc +8
Dunkel and I have Burning Hands (I would have to arcane bond it, but still) and I've got a few acid flasks (which I just noticed I forgot to copy over from my paper sheet :/), so we might have been able to wear it down. It would have been a grind, though.
39 hit points, a good reflex save, and an 18 touch AC? ... my money's on the swarm =) I really think its a design flaw that they get to use the size modifier for an individual diminutive creature on their touch AC's, even though the swarm itself is much bigger. At low levels, makes the alchemical items miss more often than not, and a waste of money. But that's a conversation for another time. =)
F HP: 37(48)/37(48) | AC: 16 T: 12(16 vs incorp.) FF: 14| CMB/CMD: 3/15 DF: 5/7
Spells Active:
See Invisibility, Mage Armor, False Life, Haste
F+4 R+4 W+4 (+2 vs death)| Init +4(always act in surprise rounds) Perc +8
Dont forget the five foot movement speed, Darling. I've run one of these recently in another 1-5, and it barely did anything. I only got a couple rounds of damage out of it because I used run actions.
I'm sorry guys, but against undead I'm not yet useful... and in my actual state, I'm even more useless. I've only some scroll to hide from the undead.
But I will use my wand of Bless to help, it's the only thing I can do and uses your wand to heal you.
That sounds right, Doubtful. And in the water (which it would have fled back to soon) it not only has a good speed, but it's also safe from alchemist fire and burning hands.
Unrelated, Imrana, have you seen Occult Origins yet? It has a Medium archetype that reminded me of your character.
It sounds like pretty much everyone's ready to move on. Once Dunkel's ready to go Amiri will open the door.
"Undead?" Doubtful bemoans, at Jair's mention of them. "Wouldn't be surprised. We'll probably join them soon enough."
Jair can hang onto Doubtful's CLW wand for now... she'll doubtless have opportunities to use it before we're done And for the record, in case it comes up, he is also basically immune to her channeled negative energy... so she can include him in the AE all she wants
Despite his gloomy outlook, he goes to the door with Amiri, ready for what comes.
"Sounds like somethings eating someone in there." He mutters, giving Dunkel a brief look... clearly not forgetting what happened earlier.
Unless we are able to ID the new amulet as something more suited, Doubtful will reluctantly use the natural armor amulet we got earlier... sure its cursed in some way. Should put the ring on someone too maybe, even if we don't know what it is?
F HP: 37(48)/37(48) | AC: 16 T: 12(16 vs incorp.) FF: 14| CMB/CMD: 3/15 DF: 5/7
Spells Active:
See Invisibility, Mage Armor, False Life, Haste
F+4 R+4 W+4 (+2 vs death)| Init +4(always act in surprise rounds) Perc +8
Spellcraft:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
"Wait, there are undead here? Where?"
She holds out a pointed hand like a weapon as she follows the others, the heatless glow of positive energy coming off of it.
Imrana has a scroll of Control Undead to use on troublesome mindless undead she comes across. As a devout Pharasmin and servant of Nex, she only plans to control them long enough to give them one order....
You see, mindless undead don't get a save versus Control Undead. And they can be given suicidal orders.
Dunkel Spellcraft:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
The amulet is shiny. Apparently, that's all you know.
Could those of you with ability damage/drain make sure your profile/headlines are updated? Dunkel, you still have the opportunity to recover and such, but once you're ready this will happen:
This cathedral-like hall has a vaulted ceiling supported by eight square pillars. Dominating the middle of the hall is a huge mound of undulating gray-green flesh covered with weeping scarlet boils. The entire mass stinks of a weeks-old corpse, and is covered in hundreds of jagged, poorly healed scars.
The wall to your left has a door built into the wall, as well as another entrance choked with rubble.
A number of undead crowd around the fleshy mass, tearing off and devouring chunks. They don't seem to notice the door opening. There are two different types, as well as the blob, so you can roll 3 Religion checks. Please label them (there's the blue creatures, purple, and the mass). The blue creatures are common enough that you can try untrained.
This fight has a lot going on. At the moment, the creatures seem engrossed in eating. You all get a surprise round and then a full round of actions before they get a chance to react. Everyone can do those in whatever order they like. Once you've all done those, we'll enter real initiative.
Male Dwarf Fighter1/Wiz5 | Max HP 65 | AC 15* (T11/FF15) | F: +8 (+10)* R: +2* W: +5* | Perc +15 | Init +0
1 point of Strength drain has no mechanical impact because of silly Pathfinder rules. The 2 points of Con will be 4hp less and -1 Fort for practical purposes.
Dunkel nods his thanks as Jair once again gives his wand some finesse and he nods to her to tuck it back away on her person.
CLW:2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 = 8
Dunkel holds up the shiny amulet.
"It's shy-knee!"
Shrugging, he catches Doubtful before his kin can speak.
"Ahhhh! And 'ts probably cursed, amma right?"
Dunkel pulls it over his neck and flicks it.
"Ah'll let ye know if me flesh starts rottin'!"
Once he sees the room full of undead, Dunkel holds his breath and tries to be very quiet - for a dwarf.
Both dwarves recognize the blue creatures as Ghouls, undead who eat corpses. They have a bite and two claw attacks. The bite spreads ghoul fever, a disease that turns its victims into ghouls. All three attacks can paralyze their victims, though elves are immune.
The purple creatures are Festrogs. These diseased undead humanoids run on all fours and become more vigorous when feasting on the flesh of the living. These seem more muscular than you'd normally expect.
Dunkel knows that the large fleshy entity is a Necrotic Polyp, an ancient work of necromantic fleshwarping. It acts like a living organism in many ways and draws necromantic energy into the area.
F HP: 37(48)/37(48) | AC: 16 T: 12(16 vs incorp.) FF: 14| CMB/CMD: 3/15 DF: 5/7
Spells Active:
See Invisibility, Mage Armor, False Life, Haste
F+4 R+4 W+4 (+2 vs death)| Init +4(always act in surprise rounds) Perc +8
Imrana steels herself as the undead come into view. The Great Nex had trained her and her sisters in the methods to combat these creatures over many months and years. Aside from finding a way to return her mentor to this plane, her other goal is to remove undead from the world whenever she comes across them, both as a servant of the Great Nex and as a devout Pharasmin.
The yellow festrog is destroyed, though Amiri is sprayed with pus from the creature's skin. The other undead seem so engrossed in their meal that they don't notice the charging barbarian.
Please make a Fort save vs. disease. You have a full round of actions left.
And this is after the 4 player adjustment... Yes, you get a surprise round and then a regular round before they get to act. This stuff is tasty, apparently. The Polyp (big green thing) is a solid object, so you'll have to go around. I've marked off its borders in pink. Moving to the corner on your surprise round then standard charging straight down the line would work.
No, I was hoping to charge on the surprise round, need to get as many attacks in as possible before they start to fight back. =)
Guess I cannot... A well, sucks to be us I suppose!
Are we blessed?
Doubtful shakes his head, with a resigned sigh.
"So its like this is it?" He sighs, then follows Amiri's lead, suddenly moving far faster then you've seen him before.
Surprise Round: Using a ki point to get an extra 20' of movement in the surprise round and moving into his current position.
Round 1: Flurry of Blows, starting with the blue ghoul, and working his way to green festrog if the ghoul falls over.
Green Festrog tries to claw and bite Doubtful. Green ghoul moves up and tries to chow down.
F Bite:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 F Claw 1:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 F Claw 2:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
G Bite:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Red ghoul tries to do the same to Amiri.
G Bite:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 Damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Fortitude saves vs. disease and paralysis please.
F HP: 37(48)/37(48) | AC: 16 T: 12(16 vs incorp.) FF: 14| CMB/CMD: 3/15 DF: 5/7
Spells Active:
See Invisibility, Mage Armor, False Life, Haste
F+4 R+4 W+4 (+2 vs death)| Init +4(always act in surprise rounds) Perc +8
Imrana moves up behind a nearby pillar, firing a blast of positive energy at the festrog she hit last time. I believe that is the green creature southwest of Doubtful?
"Do not worry, friends! There are many of them, but they are dropping fast!"
Yes, Festrogs are the more purple ones, ghouls the blue
Yellow Ghoul provokes from Doubtful as he approaches. The ghoul responds with a bite.
Doubtful AOO:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 Bite:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Red Festrog claws and chomps at Amiri.
"Don't worry? Don't worry?" Doubtful mutters to himself. He then begins to spout a long littany of things he's worrying about as his fists and feet begin to fly. It almost begins to seem like some sort of mantra in a strange pessimism kata.
kick the festrog til it drops first to avoid getting flanked, then the yllow ghoul, then the next ghoul... Etc.
Burn a ki point for an extra attack
Oop, just noticed you said Dunkel and Jair were up... Was me in the original order. We just mixing up the two D-named dwarves, or did I miss something?
And was there a damage roll for the festrog on Amiri?
Yes, I confused the two dwarves. Honestly I'm surprised I don't make that mistake more often. And yes, Amiri takesClaw:1d4 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9Damage
Doubtful's first kick caves in the ribcage of the festrog. A particularly powerful punch kills the first ghoul, though the third remains standing despite taking a beating.
F HP: 37(48)/37(48) | AC: 16 T: 12(16 vs incorp.) FF: 14| CMB/CMD: 3/15 DF: 5/7
Spells Active:
See Invisibility, Mage Armor, False Life, Haste
F+4 R+4 W+4 (+2 vs death)| Init +4(always act in surprise rounds) Perc +8
Emboldened by the release of most of the undead from their shells, Imrana pops out from behind her pillar and fires a blast of cool positive energy at the festrog in battle with Amiri.
"We are almost done, Friends!"
Disrupt Undead (point blank shot, bless, cover):1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 1 + 1 - 4 = 17 Already took out the -4 for cover from Amiri Damage (point blank shot):1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
