- Round the Second
- Current HPs: 107 - 22 = 85
Vojtek continues his plant burrowing techniques despite the dark and gooey environment he finds himself within
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Davosh cackles, extending the hex, then adds a new spell to the mix!
Vojtek scrabbles at the inside of the plant maw, but only his bite manages to get through the tough hide!
[dice=GM stuff]giant flytrap 139, misfortune 2 rnds, AC 26 (AC 24 to Kappi)
Round 2
giant flytrap — chewin'
Kappi — GO
Edward — GO
Davosh — cackle/spell
Vojtek — full attack (grappled)
Ali — GO (grappled)
Ali tries to cast a spell... (shocking grasp)
...and fails.
she then touches the rod at her belt, to try to cast a faster spell! (Intensified quickened shocking grasp)
...and calls upon her Heroics to try again!!
ok, i give.
Round 2
Somehow managed to slip out of the maw, the lad gives no thought to how. With feet on the ground he moves and cuts, both blades dancing!
Full attack, flanking w/ Ali
main attack
+1 sh sword
offhand attack
+1 sh sword
2nd attack
+1 sh sword
Same bewildering strike, -4AC vs Kappi and -2AC vs rest of party continues for another round if he hits.
Kappi's blades cannot land a solid blow!
[Spoiler=GM stuff]giant flytrap 139, misfortune 2 rnds, AC 26 (AC 24 to Kappi)
Round 2
giant flytrap — chewin'
Kappi — miss/miss/miss
Edward — GO
Davosh — cackle/spell
Vojtek — full attack (grappled)
Ali — fizzle/fizzle (grappled)
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Round 2
With the success of Kappi slipping free, Ed tries his magic on Ali as well. Apsu let Ali continue on her path, but not through the plants stomach. After the few words, Ed's bowstring twangs a few times. Ed does keep an eye on his distance to the plant. He wishes to keep in the sweet spot the one out of reach of the plant, but to where his bow has a better effect.
Edward lands a pair of arrows while he tries to get Ali out and feeds his life force to his friends!
But Ali cannot slip away!
The plant snaps at Kappi again, anxious that its midday meal not escape!
Somehow, Kappi manages to wriggle free from the plant's maw!
If a giant flytrap begins its turn with an opponent at least two size categories smaller than itself grappled in one of its mouths, it can close its jaws completely around the foe by making a new combat maneuver check (as though attempting to pin the foe). If it succeeds, it engulfs the prey and inflicts 1d8+9 points of damage and 2d6 acid damage as the cavity floods with digestive enzymes. The seal formed is airtight, so an engulfed creature risks suffocation.
Engulf is a special form of pinning, and an engulfed creature can escape in the same way as he can from being pinned, but since an engulfed creature is contained wholly inside the plant's jaws, the flytrap's victim cannot be targeted by effects or attacks that require line of sight or line of effect. A giant flytrap that is grappling or pinning a foe cannot attack other targets with that bite, but is not otherwise hindered.
If a giant flytrap begins its turn with an opponent at least two size categories smaller than itself grappled in one of its mouths, it can close its jaws completely around the foe by making a new combat maneuver check (as though attempting to pin the foe). If it succeeds, it engulfs the prey and inflicts 1d8+9 points of damage and 2d6 acid damage as the cavity floods with digestive enzymes. The seal formed is airtight, so an engulfed creature risks suffocation.
Engulf is a special form of pinning, and an engulfed creature can escape in the same way as he can from being pinned, but since an engulfed creature is contained wholly inside the plant's jaws, the flytrap's victim cannot be targeted by effects or attacks that require line of sight or line of effect. A giant flytrap that is grappling or pinning a foe cannot attack other targets with that bite, but is not otherwise hindered.
Round 3
giant flytrap — chewin'
Kappi — GO
Edward — GO
Davosh — GO
Vojtek — GO (grappled)
Ali — GO (grappled)
Davosh gives a mad cackle as he continues his attacks:
and
Keeping at range summons forth a potent snowball and lets fly
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Davosh's previous spell continues to affect the plant, though his snowball sails over the top of it!
Round 3
giant flytrap — chewin'
Kappi — GO
Edward — GO
Davosh — cackle/spellz
Vojtek — GO (grappled)
Ali — GO (grappled)
Round 3
Barely able to stay free of multiple plant maws, the rogue curses The Dreamer's pox on you! I need a comrade to flank!
Nothing to do but stab and cut with his pair of magical blades the lad gives his best attack.
Full attack
Main attack
+1 sh sword
offhand attack
+1 sh sword
2nd attack
+1 sh sword
- Round the Next
- Current HPs: 85 - 21 +5 = 69 dude!
Vojtek continues to scramble at the fleshy interior of the vegetation.
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Both Kappi and Votjek land a single blow each! The plant looks worse for wear, but continues to fight on!
giant flytrap 194, misfortune 2 rnds, AC 26 (AC 24 to Kappi)
Round 3
giant flytrap — chewin'
Kappi — stabbity
Edward — GO
Davosh — cackle/spellz
Vojtek — rage full attack-ity (grappled)
Ali — GO (grappled)
Ali tries to stay calm, despite her growing desperation at being eaten by this effing plant. She tries again to cast a spell.
and can't keep her cool.
Two more arrows from Edward land home and the giant flytrap collapses in a heap on the ground, ejecting its meals!
If you make a DC 18 Spellcraft check, open the spoiler below.
Davosh snaps the tunic in order to get the gunk off of it. "Well then, a fortuitous find! Ali, given your luck, I suggest you put this on under your armor."
The party pauses for a few minutes giving our Oradin time enough to heal the whole party.
FULL HPs!
The Varisian lad is careful not to watch Ali as she partially disrobes to put on her new magic shirt. He only blushes a little.
The party moves on, searching the grounds for both threats and as always: LOOT.
Kappi is slightly ahead of the party stealthfully scouting
Perception
Stealth
Kappi leads the party forward.
A wide variety of plants, from mundane shrubs to aromatic herbs to colorful exotic flowers, grow in unkempt profusion in this garden. Glass greenhouses and fenced enclosures hold more greenery, and a grove of larger trees flanks the garden. A small wooden shed sits to the southwest, its front door with a trio of ornately carved exotic plants.
If your check is higher than 25, check the next spoiler.
"Ah! Look here. Fascinating. The first carving, a gnarled vine, looks something like an assassin vine. Look here at the one in the middle, with four spidery stalks, long tendrils, and an inverted bell-shaped cap, is reminiscent of a basidirond. Fascinating."
"And here. The last carving, a mass of tangled vines and dripping slime rising on two trunklike legs, appears to be a shambling mound."
Davosh also detects magic as he looks them over. "We've fought many things like these here, though not the shambling mound."
Oh, good! Something to look forward to!! How about mending these nasty wounds, Ed?
Oh, good! Something to look forward to!! How about mending these nasty wounds, Ed?
We paused after the last fight for healing
The lad looks a little questioning at OjosLocos's description of the strange plant monster carvings Great, looking forward to cutting up a shamblingmoung... Kappi thinks to himself.
He goes around the outside perimeter of the shed and gives a closer look at the door. Unless he finds a good reason not to, he will open the door.
Perception
Kappi circumnavigates the shed. It is good sized, bearing no windows or other openings beyond the front. Kappi finds the door is locked.
He spends a fair amount of time studying it and trying to open it, but he can find no hinge, no lock, nothing to indicate how it opens. After about two minutes he returns to the group, frustrated. There must be some other way to open this door...
"Perhaps Kappi, the door is less a physical portal, and more of a magical one? Come let us look."
All are plants and have plant traits.
Assassin vines have blindsight, are immune to electricity while resistant to cold and fire, and can cause nearby plants to animate and grasp at foes.
A basidirond is immune to cold damage, though a successful cold effect causes it to become slowed for a short time. Also, its slam attack coats the unfortunate victim in spores.
Shambling mounds take no damage from electricity, but any electricity attack used against them increases their fortitude and gives them temporary hit points.
Davosh casts detect magic, careful to only focus on the shed instead of catching the surrounding aura of the Hut. He finds that the only parts of the portal that radiate magic are the three carvings upon it.
"Kappi! My boy I think that the lock to this door is opened neither with guile nor magic, but VIOLENCE!" Davosh unreasonably stresses the word. "I think we must find us a shambling mound and end it. Pay close attention my friends though. Mounds might move like an animal, but they have no minds, no vital organs, and electricity only fuels it. Come now, let's find one and deal with it."
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Vojtek attempts to smash the hell out of the door as soon as he hears what he assumes is a call to arms from the ancestors.
(Let's assume he fails)
Failure is assumed, and confirmed. :-)
He blinded ME...with violence!
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Davosh smiles, opens his mouth wide with his jaw relaxed and raps the side of his head with the palm of his hand....
"Kappi, we're hunting for an ambulatory shrubbery."
Davosh then turns to the youth, giving him the spell of Guidance for what may be the thousandth time. He can't help but wax internally, Forsooth, a thousand times, and hopefully a thousand more. Ancestors let this iuvenis[/i] live to see his bairns and may they be born free.[/i]
He smiles, "Lad, lead us on."
Kappi leads the intrepid party toward the row of fenced enclosures along the path. The first is filled with what appear to be a collection of overgrown weeds, swaying back and forth in what would be a breeze...were there any breeze present here.
Suddenly the intense odor of rotting tomatoes and potatoes offends the young Varisian's nose, and he can see a semblance of movement coming from the second enclosure. It is nearly a nine-foot tall mass of rotting vegetation and brown-green vines, some eight foot wide, very difficult to pick out of the growth...but it is indeed there. It does not appear to have noticed the rogue.
The Varisian lad points out the overgrown swaying weeds in the fenced in spot. He also points out there are NO winds to be swaying the weeds.
He whispers to Davosh and Ali Can either of you call down Ancestor Fire or something into those overgrown weeds? Clearly something needs killing...
"Hohoho! Look what we have here!" Davosh looks sheepish. "I don't have fire left lad.... but I do have a snow spell and a spell which is rather.... Well, here. Check this out."
Davosh then contorts his fingers and tongue into strange angles before shouting a nonsensical word: "EVARD!" A field of rubbery black tentacles appears, writhing and grabbing!
As soon as Davosh begins his spellcasting, Ali takes out her wand of Shield & applies a charge to herself.
My only fire is close-range--Burning Hands
Surprise round (single Standard action)
wha...?
Ali — shields up*
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
Kappi — GO
Davsoh — black testicles...er, tentacles
for
Surprise Round
Kappi controls a shriek of horror as the horrible black tentacles of horror close around the chamois mounds. The lad then gives his attention to the small fenced area with the enemy hidden in the swaying weeds.
The rogue smoothly tosses an alchemical fire into roughly the middle.
throwing attack
alchemical fire
Vojtek takes aim and with a feral snarl releases his arrow into the flaming area at the mound.
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Edward's arrow sinks in, as does Vojtek's!
Kappi's alchemsit's fire hits, but to his horror it doesn't seem to have any effect on the damp mass of vines!
Davosh's spell appears to hold the shambling mound fast!
Now free, it appears to ignore the stockade entirely as it advances on Kappi!
Round 1
baddies — break on through
Ali — GO
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
Kappi — GO
Davsoh — GO
Ali reaches to her belt, and touches the Quickening rod, using the last of its power for the day to cast Haste, hastened-like. Then, she casts another spell, and her form shimmers and blurs for a moment, but it's hard to tell exactly what happened--until she speaks and her voice comes from about 2' from her apparent position.
I'm coming Kappi, don't get snagged!
Cast quickened Haste, cast Displacement. Move to adjacent to Kappi.
current AC 25, 50% miss chance.
"I don't like that one bit." Davosh opens his eyes wide and gives it the ol'Misfortune Eye.
Round 1 Kappi runs away
Seeing the massive plant mound monster somehow shamble out of the Black Tentacles of Doom is horrifying to the lad. He immediately thinks to flee. He does heft his favorite ax in hand to throw if he can...
Throwing attack
+1 ax
And acrobatics if needed
The lad runs back toward Raging Vojtek.
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Ali displaces herself!
Kappi scampers away, but his flying axe sails well wide of the plant creature!
Davosh's hex sticks!
Round 1
baddies — break on through
Ali — spell and move
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
Kappi — move and toss
Davsoh — hex-o-matic
- Round the First
- Current HPs: 129/129
Vojtek takes a few shuffling steps forward, distancing himself from his friends by about five feet. He draws back his mighty bow and lets fly an arrow with fearsome intensity.
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The first arrow is barely at its target when he draws and fires again with alacrity.
for .
Edward!