Derym nods, "Or under their control, which is just as bad for us."
Feeling rather vulnerable with her bow useless in the water, Lara follows along with the party with her sword in hand.
a thorough check of the room with senses and magic reveals nothing more of interest in the secret room.
Lolito moves forward finding another doorway.
This domed chamber has multiple exits and large niches in its northeast and northwest sides. Three openings in the south wall lead to a ruined and submerged courtyard, and a staircase on the north side of the chamber leads down to a larger chamber.
inside you see another set of Skum, and they look like they are ready for you!
The green skum pulls a bottle from his belt and drinks it.
The others fan out, waiting for someone to come close!
The party may act
Derym quickly casts a spell while drifting forward, the blade in his hand cursing him mentally for not rushing the foes immediately.
Rushing a prepared position without any special defences isn't smart..
No, but it's fun at least.
Not as much fun as not dying. Besides, he adds with a mental chuckle, there's lots of them, and now there's lots of us. Seems fair.
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"*Seems we found more of those aboleth's minions to play with*" Lolito states entering into the stance of the dragon as Derym darts in "*Well then, we will have to teach them. Apsu guide my fist!*"
Leaving the black one for the Undine, Lolito barrels through the battlefield towards the largest group of enemies, attacking the blue one with a defensive kick that bursts into electricity!
Not having a swim speed was really limiting Kragg's movement. He was forced to wait till Alyn moved out of his way before he could move into the room. Once that happened then Kragg could push off the ground stepping forward to get within spear reach of the skum.
Move 10ft forward
attack black skum for
Derym makes mirror copies of himself and moves forward. The black skum takes a bite at him
Derym uses his blade to block the attack, and in doing so stabs into the neck of the creature doing massive damage. the bite does destroy one of the mirror images though (5 remain)
Lolito swims forward and releases an elementally-infused kick that does lots of damage to the second skum
it attempts to react with a bite but misses badly.
Kragg waits for a clear path to the skum
Alyn, Lara, skum, Lolito, Kragg, Derym
Alyn and trick will move up and he and Trick will attack with Lolito.
Lara does her best to swim nearer to the skum.
Alyn and Trick finish off the skum that Lolito had injured.
the skum move to attack. The one holding a spear looks to be a little different than the others. he swims over to attack Lolito. He stabs from quite far away, his arms stretching much further than they should have been able to.
The red one hangs back for now, but the black one tries to grapple Derym
then the yellow one moves in to bite Derym
neither one is able to get ahold of him...
the party may act
Global Condition: underwater, dark|Derym HP: 40/47 - AC: 22/14/18 Status: 5 images
Lara: HP: 46/47 - AC: 17/12/15 Status:
Kragg HP:57/61 - AC: 26/11/26 Status: barkskin, circle of prot evil, shield, bull’s strength, enlarge person (AC 30)
Lolito HP: 49/68 - AC: 25/20/22 Status:
Alyn HP 44/58 - AC: 22/11/19 Status: -3 CON
Trick HP 41/41 - AC 18/11/15 Status:NPCS:
Red Skum HP: ??
Black Skum HP: -19
Yellow Skum HP: ?? | AC: 17 |
Blue Skum HP: -76 | AC: 17 | dead
Green Skum HP: ?? | AC: 17
Derym chastises the blade as the skum try to swarm him,
This... this is why we cast defensive spells. Now, let's try to finish off that one.
Fine.. But don't gloat, you're better than that...
Less pouting, more stabbing. Use your powers, even.
Oooh, good idea...
The blade somehow gets even darker in Derym's hand in response to his command as he lunges at the Skum again.
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Even in the darkness Kragg is able to see the skum before him. Thanking Abadar and his dwarven ancestors for darkvision Kragg continues poking at the skum in black.
+1 longspear for
iterative for
Should the skum fall after the first attack then he will use his move to advance farther into the room 10 feet.
Lara invokes a few watery words and a light appears, hovering overhead.
Lolito contains his breath as the spear bites deep into his side "*Ouch*!"
The ioun torch orbits over Lolito's head, providing him with some basic light.
The man wades through the waters trying to reach the next skum, and trying to keep the vile longspear away pushing him with a stunning spin.
Trick and Alyn will 5ft so they can attack (black)
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Derym and Kragg work together to finish off Black, and Kragg pushes forward into the room. unfortunately as he moves forward he steps on a trap, some coral spines set up where they would be tripped on by an unwary creature.
unfortunately due to his large size Kragg is not able to avoid the spines as easily as he might have as a smaller creature.
Lolito moves towards red, provoking an attack from the green one with the long spear.
the monk dodges at the right moment and the spear misses wide.
Lolito lands a spin kick on the red skum
Alyn moves up to attack, but Black is already dead
Yellow attempts to grapple Derym
Derym is held by the skum
the red skum attacks Lolito with tooth and claw
it then steps back to make some space.
The green one stabs Lolito with his very long reach, but misses again. he also moves back a bit.
the party os up
Global Condition: underwater, dark|Derym HP: 40/47 - AC: 22/14/18 Status: 5 images
Lara: HP: 46/47 - AC: 17/12/15 Status:
Kragg HP:57/61 - AC: 26/11/26 Status: barkskin, circle of prot evil, shield, bull’s strength, enlarge person (AC 30) , bleed 3d6
Lolito HP: 41/68 - AC: 25/20/22 Status:
Alyn HP 44/58 - AC: 22/11/19 Status: -3 CON
Trick HP 41/41 - AC 18/11/15 Status:NPCS:
Red Skum HP: -19 | AC: 17 |
Black Skum HP: -64 | dead
Yellow Skum HP: ?? | AC: 17 |
Blue Skum HP: -76 | AC: 17 | dead
Green Skum HP: ?? | AC: 17
Even though he is likely to heal the skum Kragg needs to stop the bleeding and heal some of his companions. Brithmark flashing brightly in the water everyone can feel the radiant glow warming their bodies as wounds mend.
channel
Lolito is surprised by the spear attacks, and one of them goes through his dragon stance, he blurbs as he tries to shout to relieve the pain, only to see his wound partially patched by Kragg's blessings.
Having learned from experience, the Apsu faithful tumbles through the water while he walks in the sea ground in his approach this time.
Again, Lolito spins trying to finish off the skum with a kick "*You pesky ones, move too much!*"
Derym shakes his head, "I'm a little harder to hold than that..", and casts grease on himself.
Kragg heals the group, also healing the one injured skum. Lolito attacks that skum again, hurting him for a little more than he was healed.
Derym attempts to grease himself.
Lara, Alyn, Skum, Lolito, Derym, Kragg
Lara makes a pair of slashes at the skum in front of her.
Alyn instead moved to attack green.
Attack 24 Damage 17
Trick attack 18 Damage 17
As Alyn moves in the green one stabs at him with its long reach
then it steps back, stabbing Alyn again
the red one attempts to bite and claw Lolito with no effect
Derym is unable to cast his spell to save himself, and the SKum tries to press the advantage
Derym is now pinned and takes damage as the skum grabs his neck and presses it against the flooded floor.
Lara manages to stab the yellow one as it grapples with Derym
the party may act
Global Condition: underwater, dark|Derym HP: 38/47 - AC: 22/14/18 Status: pinned, 5 images
Lara: HP: 47/47 - AC: 17/12/15 Status:
Kragg HP:61/61 - AC: 26/11/26 Status: barkskin, circle of prot evil, shield, bull’s strength, enlarge person (AC 30)
Lolito HP: 53/68 - AC: 25/20/22 Status:
Alyn HP 17/58 - AC: 22/11/19 Status: -3 CON
Trick HP 41/41 - AC 18/11/15 Status:NPCS:
Red Skum HP: -23 | AC: 17 |
Black Skum HP: -64 | dead
Yellow Skum HP: -5 | AC: 17 |
Blue Skum HP: -76 | AC: 17 | dead
Green Skum HP: -34 | AC: 21
Recalling a new spell she’d been working on, Lara incants a few arcane phrases. As the spell completes, each of her companions feels much faster.
Lolito feels the push of Lara's haste and resolves attacking at the skum adjacent to him "*Thaaat tastes sooo goood*"
With Derym all pinned up Kragg focuses all his attention onthe yellow skum. He uses the magic provided by Lara to move quicker and land 3 blows on the skum.
2 handed longspear attack with haste vs Flat-footed AC for
haste for
iterative for
Unable to move his arms to try his spell again, Derym struggles uselessly against the grapple.
Licking is would a little Alyn will will fight more defensively. He will remember Lunge using martial mastery (move) and attack.
Lara's magic turns the tide in the fight. with their enhanced speed and accuracy Lolito and Kragg kill the two lesser skum.
Alyn recalls a fighting technique to deal with an enemy with superior reach and he strikes a blow against the more maneuverable skum.
Injured and seeing his companions fall, the remaining skum retreats. he withdraws from the reach of Alyn's spear and swims north to the stairwell leading down.
the party may act
Global Condition: underwater, dark|Derym HP: 38/47 - AC: 22/14/18 Status: pinned, 5 images
Lara: HP: 47/47 - AC: 17/12/15 Status:
Kragg HP:61/61 - AC: 26/11/26 Status: barkskin, circle of prot evil, shield, bull’s strength, enlarge person (AC 30)
Lolito HP: 53/68 - AC: 25/20/22 Status:
Alyn HP 17/58 - AC: 22/11/19 Status: -3 CON
Trick HP 41/41 - AC 18/11/15 Status:NPCS:
Red Skum HP: -69 | AC: 17 | dead
Black Skum HP: -64 | dead
Yellow Skum HP: -46 | AC: 17 | dead
Blue Skum HP: -76 | AC: 17 | dead
Green Skum HP: -55 | AC: 21
"*The skum leader is retreating *blurp* We cannot let him raise the alarm*" Lolito tries to shout despite this is difficult in the water even with the breathing magic.
Boosted by the haste magic and his monk light steps, he tries to keep up with the skum retreat.
His ioun torch illuminates the way as he shortens the distance with the skum.
Thanks to Lara's haste spell Kragg was able to move up 15 ft in the water by pushing off the ground. Once in position he was then able to thrust forward his spear at the last of the skum.
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Aoo if he moves away for
Alyn follows along slowly at 15ft, following Kragg's example.
As Derym approaches the Skum takes a stab at him
an image breaks, leaving 4 plus Derym
Lara, Skum, Kragg, Lolito, Alyn, Derym.
Derym swims past the creature, then turns and casts a spell before lunging forward with the black blade in his hand, delivering the magic.
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Lara delays, waiting to see what the last skum does (and whether it was still alive after her comrades got through with it).
Derym gets ahead of the Skum as it flees, cutting him down with magic and sword.
End of combat
the water is finally still as the fighting stops. there is the staircase going down that the skum was heading for, and a double door to the east.
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Derym shakes his head, his actions mirrored by the multiple swirling versions of himself, "Thanks for getting him off me. I may be able to breathe water, but I still need to breathe."
"*Aaah! Let's try to make sure those skums don't stop any of us from breathing*" Lolito looks down to the fallen bodies, and picks up any item that seems of use "*For now we are on the win on the stop breathing area, hehe*"
The man looks at the staircase going down "*Shall we look where to the skum was retreating while we are still hastened?*"
Lolito checks some of the downed skum for valuables. most of them have mundane leather armor and weapons, but the one that was fleeing has some more interesting stuff
oil of cure light wounds,
oil of shield of faith
+1 chain shirt,
+1 longspear,
ring of resistance +1 (same as a cloak of resistance but in ring form)
Lolito recommends pushing on into the next room while buffed
Kragg will follow the other down the stairs using a hasted move action. As his standard though he will reach out and touch Alyn healing him of most of his serious injuries.
convert fly to cure serious wounds
Lolito takes note of the items to pick them later on the way out, if there is any later, and presses through the stairs after Kragg.
Double swimming hastened, he advances 40', and keeps doing so until something of interest is found or the haste effect comes to an end.
He makes sure to maintain the ioun torch orbiting around his head to light the groups' way forward.
Derym nods, "Taking advantage of the magic makes sense to me."
"Kragg, thank you once again for your god's blessings"
Alyn continues along with the group.
Kragg heals Alyn with a spell, then uses his domain powers to move quicker through the water on foot. he is able to move to the bottom of the stairs.
The rest of the group moves forward, finding themselves in a large circular room
This otherwise round chamber has rectangular alcoves at even intervals, forming a shape reminiscent of a gear. At the center of the chamber stands a grandiose, four-foot high altar shaped like an eye with two cogwheel halves forming the eyelids. Two ten-foot-tall metal rods, each tipped with a silver-hued torus, stand on round platforms on either side of the altar.
Waiting for you are 6 more skum. two have crossbows, three have longspears.
behind them, the sixth skum is massive, easily the largest skum you have ever seen. It is carrying a large repeating crossbow.
They have clearly heard you coming, or heard the fight in the room above and are ready for you.
the two with crossbows shoot at Lolito who is in front.
Alyn, Lara, Derym skum spears, giant, Kragg, Lolito, crossbows
Global Condition: underwater, dark|Derym HP: 38/47 - AC: 22/14/18 Status: 5 images
Lara: HP: 47/47 - AC: 17/12/15 Status:
Kragg HP:61/61 - AC: 26/11/26 Status: barkskin, circle of prot evil, shield, bull’s strength, enlarge person (AC 30)
Lolito HP: 48/68 - AC: 25/20/22 Status:
Alyn HP 43/58 - AC: 22/11/19 Status: -3 CON
Trick HP 41/41 - AC 18/11/15 Status:NPCS:
Red Skum HP: | AC: 17 |
Black Skum HP: | AC: 17
Yellow Skum HP: | AC: 17 |
Blue Skum HP: | AC: 17 |
Green Skum HP: | AC: 17|
purple Skum HP: | AC: 17|
Giant Skum HP: | AC: ??|
Well, now, this looks like fun...
Only you would be happy about almost getting ambushed...
Well, the key word is almost...
Fine. Have it your way. Let's go dance.
Derym quickly casts a spell before launching himself forward, his natural affinity for the water boosted by the lingering magic of the haste spell. He quickly darts past a spear-skum before the creature can react, and lashes out with the black blade in his hand, delivering a most unpleasant shock.
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