GM Tarondor's Ptolus Campaign

Game Master Tarondor

Tilver, I see your token in the east, but everyone else has moved west. Which way did you mean to go?

Didn't we already go into this room? I guess there is a hole to explore. Works for me.

Tilver goes up to explore the hole.

Nigel follows behind. Looking for any signs of arcane magics.

Dain & Magill move up behind Nigel and wait their turn to go through the hole in the wall.

Another ruined chamber with another hole in the far wall. And another nest, but this one is different. Its edges are purplish and coated with slime.

On the floor in front of Tilver is a protoplasmic mass of flesh festooned with drooling mouths and hundreds of mad, staring eyes! It sees Tilver and lurches into action, all its many mouths wailing and screeching in a maddening chorus!

Dain: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 +2 Initiative if Perception, wins ties regardless of which skill is used.
Nigel: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 +2 Initiative
Skarvek: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Silas: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Tilver: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Failed Venom Thrall: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29

The creature spits at Tilver, burning him with powerful acid! Then the monster rolls forward, flowing towards the hole in the wall and spits at Nigel, burning him, too!

Spittle v. Tilver: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 314d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 2, 3, 5) + 2 = 17
Spittle v. Nigel: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 284d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 3, 4, 1) + 2 = 16

STATUS
Failed Venom Thrall -
Dain - 81/96 hp
Tilver - 61/96 hp
Skarvek - 75/76 hp
Silas - 124/124 hp
Nigel - 62/80 hp

FIRST: Everyone give me a DC 21 Will save. If you fail, you're confused for 1 round.

Then, everyone go!

Will Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

So close...so far. So who do I attack.

Will Save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

Will: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 14 + 1 = 27

As the acid washes over the wizard, Nigel utters something arcane and most of the acid seems to absorb into his flesh rather than burn it.

"Vile creature." He declares before outstretching a hand and shooting fire from his finger tips.

Reaction for Energy Absorption so only 1HP of damage, then Scorching Ray ◆◆◆

Scorching Ray: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30
Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 5, 5) = 16
Scorching Ray: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24
Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 4) = 12
Scorching Ray: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 5) = 9

[dice=Will Save]1d20+11

So close...so far. So who do I attack.

You attack Skarvek. Go do that voodoo that you do so well...

Reaction for Energy Absorption so only 1HP of damage, then Scorching Ray ◆◆◆

Cool spell.

I FORGOT...
Nigel and Tilver, you also owe me DC 24 Fortitude save or be dazzled for 1 round (or blinded for 1 round on a critical failure).

I'm giving the creature cover (+2 AC and Reflex saves) for the hole.

Two of Nigel's scorching rays sizzle the insane beast!

STATUS
Failed Venom Thrall - 25 damage (light damage)
Dain - 81/96 hp
Tilver - 61/96 hp
Skarvek - 75/76 hp
Silas - 124/124 hp
Nigel - 62/80 hp

I need will saves from Dain and Skarvek. I need Fort saves from Tilver and Nigel.

Silas, Tilver, Dain and Skarvek, go!

Fort: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 1 = 25

Fort Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Stratagem vs Thrall: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Tilver squints at the bright light, trying to see what the heck just attacked him. "Back up! Draw it out!" He spins around, putting the remnants of the wall between him and the hole. Then he fishes an alchemist's fire out of his bag.

◆ Stratagem + Recall Knowledge (Occultism +16; Chaos Cults +18)
◆ Move
◆ Draw Alchemist's Fire

Will save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30

As he moves himself away from the mutant's line of sight, Dain looks around, his head turning wildly. "Madness spirits!" He glances through the open doorway. "Silas, no!"

Speaking in the strange language of the spirits, Dain gestures towards the litorian.

◆Stride:SW,W,W
◆◆Cast Soothing Words at Silas. For 1 round, Silas gets +1 to Will saves, and +2 vs Emotion effects. Also, I attempt to Counteract the confusion effect'

Counteract check: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

This triggers Dain's Minor Curse.

Sorry Skarvek. I think I have to do a full attack. If not I just do the first attack.

A wild and strange look comes over Silas as he turns to smack down the foul creature behind him!

First Strike w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33

First Damage w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion: 2d10 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5, 10) + 4 + 2 = 21

Second Strike w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Second Damage w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion: 2d10 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5, 10) + 4 + 2 = 21

Third Strike w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Third Damage w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion: 2d10 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 9) + 4 + 2 = 16

Good news, Silas! Dain has counteracted the effect and you're fine. Take your normal action. Reroll any attacks to avoid foreknowledge.

Dain summons not just spirits of the City, but taps into the vast soul of the city of Ptolus itself. Around him, dust motes tremble and shake as they form complex runes of power. Deep underground, you feel a faint tremor. In that instant, Silas sees the world as it really is!

Will 21: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21 That was a close one. Not that it matters with a Silas blocking a hole.

Skarvek saw that his options were very limited so he chose to sing a song extolling the questionable virtues of the sailor and his conquest of both sea and bedsheets. It was jaunty at least.

[Ooc]INSPIRE!!![\OOC]

For a moment Silas gets a strange look in his eye before Dain saves him from crushing the shifty looking elf behind him. Instead he feels a swell of rage inside and suddenly charges he strange creature.

Rage, Sudden Charge x2.

First Strike w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion+ Inspire: 1d20 + 16 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 16 + 1 = 33

First Damage w/ +1 Striking Fearsome Falchion+Inspire: 2d10 + 4 + 2 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8, 9) + 4 + 2 + 8 + 1 = 32

If the 33 Crits the monster suffers Frightened 1 with no save.

33 does crit!
This thing has a fun reaction.

Silas rushes up, slicing down into the hideous mass of contorted flesh. As Civility tears into the creature, the wound instantly forms into a new mouth that immediately bites back at Silas!

Reactive Gnaw: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 222d8 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (6, 8) + 2 + 5 = 21 plus 1d4 ⇒ 3 persistent bleed damage and Grab

The attempted bite fails, but the creature quickly oozes through the gap and flows around Silas, biting at him.

1&2. Engulf.
3. Bite.

Bite: 1d20 + 16 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 16 - 1 = 292d8 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5) + 2 + 5 = 15 plus 1d4 persistent bleed damage and Grab

STATUS
Failed Venom Thrall - 89 damage, Frightened
Dain - 81/96 hp
Tilver - 61/96 hp
Skarvek - 75/76 hp
Silas - 109/124 hp, 1d4 pers. bleed
Nigel - 62/80 hp

Silas, give me a DC 21 Reflex save to avoid being engulfed. If you succeed, you can choose to step aside or be pushed ahead of the creature. If you fail, you are inside its body, are grabbed, are slowed 1, and have to hold your breath or start suffocating. You will also suffer 3d8 ⇒ (1, 1, 8) = 10 damage.

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

I have be eaten. Does the 1 make it much worse and worth hero pointing?

I have be eaten. Does the 1 make it much worse and worth hero pointing?

No. It's Pass/Fail. You are engulfed, with all the problems listed above. One bright spot - it is now flat-footed to your attacks!

Note that a Grabbed character (you) is both flat-footed and immobilized.

A creature that fails its save is pulled into the monster’s body. It is grabbed, is slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The creature takes the listed amount of damage when first engulfed and at the end of each of its turns while it’s engulfed. An engulfed creature can get free by Escaping against the listed escape DC. An engulfed creature can attack the monster engulfing it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The engulfing creature is flat-footed against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the engulfed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either method can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster’s space.

You're held in place by another creature, giving you the flat-footed and immobilized conditions. If you attempt a manipulate action while grabbed, you must succeed at a DC 5 flat check or it is lost; roll the check after spending the action, but before any effects are applied.

You can't use any action with the move trait. If you're immobilized by something holding you in place and an external force would move you out of your space, the force must succeed at a check against either the DC of the effect holding you in place or the relevant defense (usually Fortitude DC) of the monster holding you in place.

Everyone, go!

Silas bites at the creature with a frosty mouth!

Rd 2 of Rage. Strike x3 with my Bite.

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

Bite Damage+Rage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 8 = 21

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Bite Damage+Rage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 8 = 22

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Bite Damage+Rage: 1d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 8 = 21

Tilver steps around the wall and slices at the creature, trying to cut Silas out!

Stratagem vs thrall: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Attack: 13 + 17 = 30
Damage: 2d8 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 6 + (4, 2) = 16

◆ Step
◆ Stratagem
◆ Strike

Nigel does some brief calculations in his head before gesturing and shouting some arcane words.... Silas begins to grow in size as a magical shield envelops Nigel.

◆◆ Enlarge on Silas
◆ Shield

Silas rips away a big, disgusting mouthful of flesh, eyes and teeth!

Reactive Gnaw: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 272d8 + 7 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 = 12 plus 1d4 persistent bleed and grab.

The creature instantly bites back (yes, it has mouths on the inside, too!)

Silas Persistent Bleed Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
End Bleed (DC 15): 1d20 ⇒ 1 No.

Tilver slices down at the creature, cutting it.

Nigel's spell fails because Silas can't expand where he is -and- because there is no line of sight to Silas.

STATUS
Failed Venom Thrall - 105 damage, Frightened
Dain - 81/96 hp
Tilver - 61/96 hp
Skarvek - 75/76 hp
Silas - 87/124 hp, 1d4 pers. bleed
Nigel - 62/80 hp

Dain, go! And anyone give me orders for Skarvek.

INSPIRE. Replace bow, pull sword.

Continues singing his little ditty and prepares to help slice the creature into more manageable morsels for his compatriot.

Dain continues to look around wildly - the babbling of the abomination and the cacophony of the city's spirits combining to drive him to distraction. A snarl from Magill cuts through the noise and gives him a sliver of focus. Grimacing, he forces himself to move carefully towards the gibbering creature. In position, he stabs at the horrible thing.

◆ Stride: NE,E,NE
◆ Step: N
◆ Strike

Spear attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
+1 Striking Spear damage: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 2 = 9

Silas takes 3d8 ⇒ (4, 6, 6) = 16 damage from being engulfed as the many mouths bite at him.

Dain stabs the beast. It attacks Tilver in a vicious wave, but the half-elf evades the many slavering jaws.

1d3 ⇒ 2 Tilver

Jaws v. Tilver: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 182d8 + 7 ⇒ (4, 8) + 7 = 19 plus 1d4 bleed plus grab.
Jaws v. Tilver: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 252d8 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 = 12 plus 1d4 bleed plus grab.
Jaws v. Tilver: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 222d8 + 7 ⇒ (6, 5) + 7 = 18 plus 1d4 bleed plus grab.

STATUS
All - Inspiration
Failed Venom Thrall - 114 damage
Dain - 81/96 hp
Tilver - 61/96 hp
Skarvek - 75/76 hp
Silas - 71/124 hp, 1d4 pers. bleed
Nigel - 62/80 hp

Everyone, go!

Nigel bring his staff down on the creature with an arcane shout, before retreating back toward the door.

Staff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Staff (True Strike): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

True Strike, Strike, Stride

Tilver just begins hacking at the creature, hoping to free Silas.

Attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
Damage: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 6 = 16

Attack: 1d20 + 17 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 17 - 5 = 15
Damage (forceful): 2d8 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 6 + 2 = 14

Attack: 1d20 + 17 - 10 ⇒ (19) + 17 - 10 = 26
Damage (forceful): 2d8 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 8) + 6 + 4 = 19

◆ Strike
◆ Strike
◆ Strike

Tilver beats the monster to a pulp, with a little help from Nigel. It shudders, moans and dies, disgorging a slime-covered Silas from one of its many mouths.

COMBAT OVER

Silas rips the strange creature off him and lets the rage subside as small cuts continue to seep blood. "That thing...was disgusting." He says looking down at its remains.

"Indeed. It seems each creature we encounter is trying to outdo the last in terms of grotesqueness." Nigel replies to Silas's comment.
"Do chaos cults often employ abberations such as these?" He says using the end of his staff to shift around what's left of the monster.

"I do not think we have ran into something like this before. Can someone help, these wounds seem to still be bleeding?"" Silas says as he looks concerned over what the monster did to him.

Medicine: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

Tilver tries to wrap Mikhail's oozing wounds where the mouths have bitten him. "Here, try this."

That just gives you extra chances to roll a DC 15 flat check

Tilver looks at the weird creature. [b]"That is absolutely not normal."

Bleeding Wound? DC 10: 1d20 ⇒ 20 The bleed ends.

Now what?

Silas moves to peek through the next broken door area.

Silas leads the team to the north, where a wide sitting room is the scene of much destruction and debris. A broken-down door leads to the northwestern most corner of the the apartment building.

"I'm sure it will be pleasant to find what knocked that door down." Nigel comments as he peers into the next room.

"Silas, Nigel, wait. Guard the hole in case something tries to come through for a moment." Tilver walks over and tries to open the closet door to the west. He holds his sword ready.

The door opens easily, showing only a forgotten and dilapidated apartment.

Dain still appears shaken by the encounter with the mouthy abomination - his gaze jumps around and he is even twitchier than normal. After a moment, he registers Tilver's words and he peers through the door over Tilver's shoulder.

Are there any more "wasp nests" in the revealed room?

Tilver steps into the room, looking around for anything of note.

Perception +16

Just double checking that we're talking about the right room. The uncovered gray space next to Tilver doesn't seem large enough to be an apartment, but I suppose it could be a small bedroom.

While the other's investigate the newly discovered room, Nigel's eye cast about as he habitually searches for magic in the area.

Silas will guard the next hole and wait to see if Tilver calls for help.

Are there any more "wasp nests" in the revealed room?

Nope.

Just double checking that we're talking about the right room. The uncovered gray space next to Tilver doesn't seem large enough to

be an apartment, but I suppose it could be a small bedroom.

It's too big for a closet, so I figure it was a flophouse apartment, yeah.

"Good here." Tilver waves away the stench from the dirty mattress on the floor. He nods towards the hole ahead. "Keep going."

Who goes?