Both Vojtek and Edward manage to hit the shambling mound!
In a hideous, silent fury, it lashes out at Ali...but has been affected by the hex of Davosh!
The shambling mound's wild swings cannot connect!
Round 2
baddies — rope-a-dope
Ali — GO
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
Kappi — GO
Davsoh — GO
Davosh cackles to continue its misfortune! He then blesses the battlefield with the Ancients' approval.
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Current effects: Shield, displacement, haste, bless
Ali touches her crosspiece, letting some of her energy flow into it, and the blade becomes edged with frost. She looks up at the plant mass with an evil grin.
Let me try mine!
<--threat!!
via trait, regain 1 arcane point on a confirmed crit
With a pair of mighty blows, Ali fells the shambling mound!
As it falls, it begins to shrink, almost as though dehydrating, until is it perhaps one hundredth its original size. It looks rather like a child's doll.
Like the doll we saw earlier?
Kappi check the stockade, see if it's clear.
The lad looks on with awe at the elf warrior's almost perfect cut!
Finally at Edward's reminder, the lad snaps back into seriousness. Very carefully and hefting one of his last alchemical flasks, he creeps up on the first stockade to see if there is any danger. If things look safe, he will hop over the fence to have a closer look.
Perception
Vojtek lays down on the ground, helpless to do much but heave in great gulps of air. Once he is ready, he follows his blood brother on the hunt.
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"I should tell you all, that I've used quite a bit of magic this day. I'll not be helpful for much more if we hop from kerfuffle to kerfuffle."
He looks around, "Interesting word kerfuffle. It's dwarven. Originally it meant to wrestle your opponent into a knot."
Etymology lessons still ringing in his ear, Kappi investigates the stockade full of weeds swaying in the non-existent wind.
As the Varisian lad interacts with it, he discovers that the stockade is in fact empty, except for the elaborate illusion.
He recalls his cousin setting up decoys for the hunt back home in an effort to lure the game closer, and can see a parallel to be drawn here between that and the illusion. He smiles in spite of himself at the cleverness of it.
The rogue hollers over to the group. Weird, its one of those things that looks like its there. But really isn't... Like you can't touch it... But think you should be able to... But it doesn't really exist...
The party heads back to the little hut and sets up camp to have a rest. Kappi sits outside the door and munches on some elk jerky. He keeps a sharp eye out.
The lad looks suspiciously at a small dandelion growing near the door and considers destroying it. "just to be sure..."
The party beds down in the every-day greenhouse, feeling very much like they are being watched the whole time.
But eight hours pass uneventfully.
Well rested, the rogue wakes up easily at Ali's light tap on his foot. Within 15 minutes everyone is packed up and munching on trail fare.
The party heads back out to the field and garden area where they left off. They carefully start checking each little plot where the shambling mound was, and keep going up from there.
Perception
Kappi
Davosh
Vojtek
Ali
Edward
The fourth, however...Kappi's sharp eyes are enough to see tendrils reaching out as he gets to where he is on the map!
Round 1
Kappi — GO
baddies — TBD
Ali — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Edward — TBD
Vojtek — TBD
Round 1
Upon seeing the danger, the lad shouts out More plant monsters! With quick steps he moves up and sidearm hurls a tomahawk There! At the animated vine. He keeps going a few more steps to set up a two prong killing field.
Throwing attack
tomahawk
Perhaps the fancy "sidearm throw" on-the-run wasn't the best move.
Kappi's alarm does not translate into a good throw.
All at once, the grasses and plants around the stockade animate and grasp at them!
Round 1
Kappi — miss
baddies — GO
Ali — GO
Davosh — GO
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
<--faaaaaaaak
Ali is Entangled (in her own dreams??)
She curses her poor reflexes, and casts about, unsure what the threat is beyond groping vines.
Davosh casts a spell of Blessing of Fervor
Kappi Reflexes
Though awkward and twitchy, the lad manages to stay free of the grasping plants.
Knowledge Nature (from Davosh)
hopefully Davosh shares his knowledge w/ the party
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plus...
- Fortitude: +10 | Vs. Cold: +1
- Reflex: +6 | Vs. Cold: +1 | Vs. Traps: +3
- Will: +5 | Vs. Cold: +1
Vojtek nimbly dashes through the grasping vines and starts hacking and slashing at the herbaceous foe with his great axe!
for
Ali draws out her staff and fires off some magical bolts!
AC here too
Vojtek's axe and Ali's missiles combine to destroy the assassin vine before it can do much more!
As it falls, the assassin vine begins to shrink, almost as though dehydrating, until is it perhaps one twentieth its original size. It looks quite like a child's doll.
The Varisian rogue gives a cheer at his friend's skill at trimming the garden. His favorite tomahawk magically appears on his blinkback belt. The lad leaves it and instead draws one of his magic short swords. Kappi creeps closer to investigate in and around the tiny dead assassin vine.
Perception
Kappi finds the grass illusory, and nothing in the stockade except the shrunken remnant of the assassin vine.
Davosh nods, sticking with the plan
Kappi moves forward toward the greenhouses.
The lad involuntarily takes several steps back from the greenhouse, he wonders if the glass will hold.
He hollers over to the others. Something is there!
Is this plant fixed to the floor/ground? Or do we think it can move out of the greenhouse.
Davosh comes around to see what's freaking the lad out.
"Ah! My boy you've found a basidirond, just like in the picture/door-lock-device. Well done. Remember, basidirond can't be harmed by cold, but it does slow it down. Also, it's tendrils will lay a hundreds of spore on you. Don't touch it! Well, we can touch it. We have to I think. Don't let it touch you."
perception
TS, is there a door to the greenhouse? Anything else Kappi can see/find?
Party: Can we open the door and set up a kill zone?
Sure, there's a door on the short side facing the path. The rest looks to be just windows.
Lucky opines, "This is either a trap or someone put this thing in a cage for a good reason... something doesn't feel right. I say we leave it some water and let Desna free it after we are long gone if that be the will of the gods."
"Would that we could, but I'm confident we must defeat these foes to move forward from this realm."
Ali hefts a sigh, loosening her sword in its sheath. OK then, Ojos Loco. Can you tell us anything useful about this plant beastie like you could the others?
Lucky opines, "This is either a trap or someone put this thing in a cage for a good reason... something doesn't feel right. I say we leave it some water and let Desna free it after we are long gone if that be the will of the gods."
I'm pretty sure Adam meant this for our pirate game, not this one.
"Would that we could, but I'm confident we must defeat these foes to move forward from this realm."
The lad nods at Davosh's words. He gets a hand on the door and gets ready to open it. He makes sure everyone has some sort of distance weapon out and ready to go first.
lets go!
Round 1
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
Ali — GO
baddies — TBD
Kappi — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Kappi, gives a quick look and a nod at his comrades. Edward and Vojtek each held powerful long bows, Davosh and Ali looked like they perhaps had some sort of fell sorcery at their lips. The lad himself held his favorite tomahawk in his offhand. It was time.
Hand on the door, he quickly pulled it all the way open and hastily started backpeddling to get clear of the fatal funnel...
Vojtek draws an arrow from his quiver and fires it at the plant creature, twice in rapid succession!
for .
for .
Ali follows Vojtek's lead, and fires two of her own arrows.
<--THREAT!!
<--pffffhehehe
Votjek lands a pair of arrows and Ali hits once!
Round 1
Edward — GO
Vojtek — bow
Ali — bow
baddies — TBD
Kappi — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Round 1, Action of Edward the Oradin
The follower of Apsu shoots his magical longbow at the strange plant creature.
Ranged attack
arrow
2nd attack
arrow
Edward's first shot hits!
The basidirond moves forward and its bulb emits a light, hazy cloud!
If you failed, check the next spoiler.
1) You're sinking in quicksand! Fall prone and spend 1 round flailing your arms and legs as if trying to swim.
2) Attacked by a swarm of spiders! Spend a full round action to attack the floor near you with your weapon.
3) An item you hold has turned into a viper! Drop it and flee from the item at top speed for 1 round.
4) You're suffocating! Stand in place, hold your breath, and clutch at your throat for 1 round.
5) You've shrunk to 1/10th your normal size! Take no actions for 1 round and monsters won't see you.
6) You're melting! Grasp hold of yourself in an attempt to hold yourself together, and take no actions for 1 round.
You need to make this save every round you're in the area of effect, plus 1d4 rounds after if you failed the Fort save.
Round 1
Edward — pew pew
Vojtek — bow
Ali — bow
baddies — spores!
Kappi — GO
Davosh — GO
Round 2
Edward — GO
Vojtek — GO
Ali — GO
baddies — TBD
Kappi — TBD
Davosh — TBD
Fort Save
Round 1
The lad chokes off his scream as he is enveloped in a cloud of spores. He tucks part of his scarf over his mouth and nose. Barely able to see the lad lays into the creature with his blades.
Full Attack
Main attack
sh sword
offhand
sh sword
2nd attack
sh sword
First attack is Threatening!
extra damage
