Bedlam's bomb smacks the nearest mushroom right on its cap. The blast reverberates outward from the source. The room shudders slightly at the impact, causing rivulets of dirt to cascade down from the ceiling:
The main mush is miraculously able to dodge the worst of it. The rest are splashed and entangled.
Lolly leaps past Talathel and slashes the already-hurt mushroom.
Edit inbound, sorry!
BEFORE the above rolls take place, Bedlam takes AOOs from four of the mushrooms who are within range:
None of the tentacles even manage to touch the alchemist, so we can proceed as above.
Another mushroom double-moves into range.
Anzath gulps down a potion of Cat's Grace, then spins her way up to the front line. She illuminates the scene with purple and gold light.
Hmm. The dwarf seems immune to them, but they may be dangerous to the less hardy of us... Not being sure how tough or dangerous these things are, Tragershen watches for a few moments. He decides that there are too many to force the warriors to attack at once, so he acts. He dips a finger into his pouch and brings out a minuscule white ball stuck to the tip of his index finger. He flicks it out with an arcane syllable and the passageway blossoms with huge strands of webbing.
A pulse of white energy crackled with black briefly flares through the room as Aurora invokes a prayer.
She then retrieves her crossbow.
Tragershen's Web cooks off among the mushrooms just as Aurora's Prayer envelops the crew. The Web fills the entire half of the room not facing the party, triggering a series of shriekers that fill the underground caverns with baleful wailing. The Webbing also pops a lot of Yellow Mold, the poison of which is now dusting the webs yellow.
A few mushes avoid the grappling strands, but others are tangled.
Anzath slips through the first of the mushrooms, but there's another to dodge:
She lands gracefully in front of the mushroom/Web line.
The mushrooms move towards the party, except one that is hung up in the strands.
The close mush that made its check is close enough to take a shot:
Bedlam is slapped by another poisonous tentacle--again, he shrugs off the venom.
Gelver is, for once, inaudible. His mouth hangs open, but he's drowned out by the sea of noise. He follows Anzath to the front and swings at a mush:
He misses.
The rest of the mushrooms remain trapped in the Web.
Adelie and Mone may act!
Mone watches for anything moving towards her, ready to jump out of the way if anything seems to be coming her way.
Adelie wildshapes into a small air elemental and stays next to Mone.
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Something happens somewhere.
The front line of mushrooms unleashes its tentacles upon the party rather than push against the webs and goops:
Each selects a combatant for a full attack!
The first web-grappled mush goes after Talathel:
Talathel is saved by the grace of Nethys
The entangled AND grappled AND Prayer'd mushroom throws its tentacles halfheartedly in Anzath's direction:
Sheer luck means one gets through!
Anz takes 3 Strength and 2 Constitution damage.
The last tries for Bedlam, so let's see how that goes:
Nothing, as usual.
Ippolit, peering into the darkness and muttering about how he should have bought an Ioun Torch, draws and lights a mundane one.
The next mush, entangled, tries to slash its foe:
Bedlam is pummeled by ineffective tentacles. The thumpings on his armor has a nice massaging effect.
Tragershen winces and then grimaces when the shrieks start to sound. He looks behind him and signs to those in the back "Eyes open in case the noise draws others!"
Bedlam chews on his roasted 'shroom. The dwarf closes his eyes and he makes a happy moan.
Dis be better den da places ov Calistrians!
Anzath screams at the burning pain of exposed flesh on her arm being rotted away. But her screams are drowned out in the cacophony of shrieking fungi filling the cavern. Atrophied, she braces herself for payback.
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TalBot unleashes a full attack on the closest, most damaged mushrooms, hoping to put a few out of the fight:
One of the violet fungi collapses. Another is increasingly perforated.
Bedlam begins to laugh!
Be un guud idea! Shik-ka-bobs! Me got da rats fer da meat!
The next mush slashes its many tentacles at:
Whirling blades, deft dodging, and mithral protect the warrior from the depths from further damage, for now.
Bedlam and Lolly may act!
Bedlam unleases bestial fury while laughing and chewing!
Lolygert can't help but laugh along with the jolly, but crazy dwarf, "Hells, Bed, you'll turn 'em in to soup if you keep that up!" he shouts, as the dwarf tears at the mushes with hand and tooth.
The equally jolly barbarian spies a mush that isn't tied up with Tragershen's web, and so swipes at it with his sword...
Bedlam knocks down a mushroom before he and Lolly (I've been leaving him off the melee randomizer! whoops!) bring another to the brink of fungal death.
The next mushroom accepts the Webbing's tangles and reaches through the Webbing to attack, meaning that Tal is out of range and both sides have cover:
Anzath seems to be especially attractive to the tentacled mushrooms. Maybe they've had drow before?
The mushroom lashes out in frustrated hunger, but Anzath is easily able to parry and dodge the danger.
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Tactical summary: the party has mostly killed the front line of mushrooms. There are two left on the very edge of the Web, and one of those looks to be in very bad shape. Behind that layer of mushrooms gather most of the rest of them. Many will be able to attack as the one above, using their reach.
Aurora, Anzath, and Tragershen may act!
Feeling targeted, Anzath takes a more defensive stance, and slashes into the nearest shrumps.
Anzath cuts down the most damaged mushroom, leaving one in relatively good shape standing at the edge of the Web spell.
Bedlam suddenly stops. The dwarf freezes in place. Silence itself dwarfed by the...err...dwarf's self-control! His blue eyes stare straight; unmoving, steady, still. Even the solid thump of his dwarven heart beats free of sound. The slashed and sliced bits of 'shroom freeze in place; coloring the still air like a Picasso.
Da GM Parrot be up ta tom foolery! Me be seeing un Initiative List, ya be knowing...hur, hur, hur!
Aurora loads and fires her crossbow, aiming for the one at the edge of the web.
Adelie bobs up and down in the air, letting the shrieks of the mushrooms wash over him. He feels a peace and serenity he hasn’t felt in a long time as he watches Bedlam move his mouth and have all his words completely drowned out by the noise.
Tragershen steps forward, right behind Anzath. He extends a hand with fingers spread towards the remaining nearby lashing fungi. With a word, a gout of flame expels from his fingers, engulfing the fungi.
Casting burning hands. I am trying to catch the nearby violet fungi as well as any shriekers that may be close enough to catch in the 15' cone. Damage , reflex DC 15 for half damage.
That will also set the webs on fire. Anything in the webs should take fire damage.
Da GM Parrot be up ta tom foolery! Me be seeing un Initiative List, ya be knowing...hur, hur, hur!
Did I mess something up?
Twanng goes the crossbow--whooosh go the flames!
With the front rank already thinned, Tragershen's flames manage to catch just three of the violet mushrooms. As he can hear that some of the shreikers are stuck in distant corners of the Web, he knows it won't make sense to target them at the moment.
Two take the full force of the flames.
The shriekers fall silent.
The remaining mushrooms surge forward into the space cleared by the flames:
Two are now clear of the Web and each lashes out at the party:
Our heroes avoid their attacks.
Gelver rushes the remaining mushrooms, sliding in under their tentacles to stab away:
The heavily armored warrior fends off their counterattacks, screaming his battlecry while the tentacles reach over his tower shield, probing for a chink in his armor...
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Three mushrooms attempt to advance:
One moves into the empty space and takes a look at the party. The others remain trapped.
Mushrooms must like elf.
Talathel avoids the attack.
Aurora, Tragershen, and Gelver each kill a mushroom.
Adelie and Mone may act!
Mone remains ready to dodge if anything approaches her.
Adelie advances slightly, so that he can still see Mone and he isn’t fully in the cavern. He floats the front line of fighters, and, hitting as many mushrooms as possible while not hitting Talathel or Anzath, casts Ice Slick.
The mushrooms go down like bowling pins. Only one manages to stay on its feet... erm, its mycorrhizal bundles.
Something sees Ippolit and successfully sneaks up on him.
Before he can react (before he even knows there's a problem), arrows whistle from the darkness:
He slumps to the ground, unconscious and bleeding badly.
The remaining goblin scouts swarm into the dirt room behind the party. Melting into the shadows, they try to stay out of view. The second leader stays in the hall beyond.
Mone only has a chance to perceive one of them:
...she fails.
Mone may not be able to see any goblins, but her Scent notifies her of the presence of goblin stench. Being a big brave guard dog, tensed and ready to dodge out of danger, she flees the unknown foe and places herself behind Adelie.
At that point, the gobs shoot down Ippolit.
Ippolit slumps to his slumber in silence.
With the shriekers kicking up a ruckus and the sounds of raging combat at hand, the goblins begin to set themselves up for their attack. They fade into the side passages of the dirt room.
Mone and Adelie have Bonded Mind, and so as soon as Mone is able , she notifies Adelie of her discovery.
Goblin! Goblin goblin goblin. I smell a goblin!! There’s a goblin somewhere.
Adelie gets the message.
Alarmed, Adelie repeats Mone's message via sign language.
Talathel nods at Adelie and continues moving smoothly in between stabs at fungi.
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Talathel throws the last standing mushroom in the burnt patch down into death. Its soul returns to the Plane of Fungus, ready to be reborn as a spore somewhere, someday.
He also stabs one of the prone mushrooms, but this one lingers here a while longer.
The final goblin remains in the hall outside the dirt room, ready to supervise the operation. He melts into the shadows:
The shriekers finally fall silent.
Bedlam, Lolly, Anzath, Aurora, and Tragershen may act!
Having been alerted to the presence of gobbos, Anzath first surveys the battlefield.