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Chumtooth swims forward, harpoon in hand, and impales grindylow #5. The creature wriggles on his harpoon once, and then is still, bleeding profusely.
Satinder swims into the room, piercing the spleen of #1 with her rapier. The blades slips in easily, leaving the creature dying.
Dantes hesitates in his action, letting Alwen go first. Alwen banes #2 and fires an arrow at it, striking it in the shoulder. Dantes throws a glob of acid at the same one, but it finds no target.
Bangkha downs another, even as Cat finishes the one that Alwen wounded.
Initiative
Ayaki
Grindylow
Chumtooh
Satinder
Alwen
Dantes
Bangkha
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Ayaki, still singing, tries to close with the foe, but cannot find an opening.
Grindylow #6 attacks Chumtooth with spear and fang. It's spear finds purchase, but it's bite is stopped by the thickened leathers the kuru wears.
Grindylow #7 attempts to hit Cat, managing to get a spear hit in on the animal.
Grindylow #3 strikes at Bangkha, but does not manage to connect.
Chumtooth snarls as the spear bites into his shoulder.
"Die, little devil squids!"
Cat yowls in pain as the spear rakes her flank, and then tears into the creature that attacked her.
Bangkha hears her scream and attacks the creature beside him furiously.
Seeing as the others are completely blocking his shots, Alwen simply shouts words of encouragement from the back. "Try going for the eyes on that one!" He shouts, pointing to the grindylow in the middle with an arrow.
Satinder, seeing the situation escalate in their favour quickly, decides to move around the grindylow and assault them in their backs, getting their energy and their attention divided on two fronts.
"How about its back?" she shouts at Alwen, when she tries to stab the one Alwen indicated as an easier target. She misses, and curses.
Dantes move up closer to Alwen. He charges his hand with arcane transmutive power before clamping the elf on a shoulder. The temporary arcane boost passes on to his ally. Dantes hopes the increased agility helps his friend evade the spear tips.
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Chumtooth sinks his harpoon into the nearest grindylow, impaling the hapless creature, then lifting it to his mouth and taking a huge chunk out of its side. The creature wriggles once, then is still.
Satinder misses her target, even as Alwen provides helpful advice. Dantes steps up and puts an enchantment on the already agile elf.
Cat lashes out at her foe in pain and anger, teeth and claws shredding flesh. The creature sinks to the bottom, bleeding.
Bangkha lashes out at his target, but misses.
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School evocation; Level bard 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range 15 ft.
Area cone-shaped burst
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Reflex negates; Spell resistance no
[This content was created for the Pathfinder rules by Paizo Publishing LLC and is part of the Pathfinder RPG product line.]
DESCRIPTION
During your bardic performance, you can strike a chord whose notes transform into a shower of razor sharp, crystalline shards. The shards deal 2d6 points of piercing damage to all creatures caught in the area of effect.
"Well, that went rather well," Alwen speaks up from the back with their dwarven wizard. "We should move swiftly now - I haven't the faintest about the senses of these grindylows, but I know chumming the waters can bring all sorts of marine predators I'd rather not fight unless I have to do so."
"Indeed, let's press on quickly before the tides take the scent to open water. Bangka, can Cat smell either of our missing shipmates?"
He gestures to the two passages to the southeast, assuming their lair continues there.
Chumtooth takes a deep breath, reveling in the scent of fresh flesh and blood.
"What is best in life: to feast on the blood of vanquished foes!"
He gives a deep rumbling, satisfied chuckle.
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A quick search of the bodies reveals not much of interest, save for Sandara's tricorne hat and ivory pipe. Both are intact, but soaked. Following the easternmost passage soon leads you to a small cavern, the walls of which are covered with strangely ribbed markings. The floor in this cavern is about four feet below the surface of the water.
(+4 in bright sunlight)
(+2 w/familiar)
The elf holds up his hand to everyone to stop, before pointing at the waters. "The floor's not going to hold us up much here. It's nothing but bars. We'd be lucky not to twist our ankles stepping into that mess. Best for us to paddle across - well, those of us who aren't hammers," He adds, before doing a breaststroke across the surface of the water.
At four feet deep, Dantes will be treading water anyway. But when Alwen mentions the bars below, the dwarf stops. He'll take a deep breath and plunge under water. He'll use his darkvision to look down between the bars and see what is down there.
From where Dantes dived down, a sudden rush of bubbles breaches the surface, followed closely by the dwarf's head. He gasps for breath as he says "Something's below those bars! They can reach through to us!"
Chumtooth puts his head below the water to see what Dantes has spotted. He holds his harpoon ready to strike.
Bangkha looks under the water to see what the others are looking at.
He pops his head up and takes a breath of air.
"Kill them, or swim over?"
Knowledge check . If it is an Arcane check, add 1. If it is Planes or Religion, subtract 4. Otherwise, the +10 modifier is correct for the other knowledge types.
Chumtooth resurfaces, and looks to Dantes and Satinder. When Bagkha asks the question, he nods in concurrence, and waits for an answer.
"What is it?" Satinder simply states.
After the shock of seeing the creatures passes, Dantes says "I'm reasonably certain they are lacedons. Um, undead ghouls adapted to an underwater existence."
Satinder looks down in disgust.
"Can they get to us?" she simply asks, her weapon firmly in her grasp.
"Anyone did a headcount? Why are they here?"
"There were two of them. At least that I could see. If we can do so from a distance, it would be good to end their existence. Perhaps they have something we can use, or perhaps a trap later might release them behind us."
"Phaw! Walking rotten meat on land and swimming rotten meat below. There is nothing good of this island! Chu..I say slaughter them."
Chumtooth holds his harpoon, ready to thrust it through the bars of the cage.
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The lacedons are easily dispatched and the bars removed with some effort from Chumtooth. One still wears the remains of a battered greatcoat with five large silver buttons. In addition, there is 120 gp in assorted coinage among the decaying crab shells, dead fish, and seaweed at the bottom of the chamber.
"Good riddance," Satinder sighs.
Bangkha helps finish off the lacedons and looks around him.
"Best we go on, yes?"
"Let us find Sandara and the other female," Chumtooth says in a slightly impatient tone.
Alwen guides the way forward, trying not to splash louder than the waters lapping up against the cavern walls. "If we're quiet, maybe we'll take them unawares," He states.
"Good thinking Alwen. Lead the way, we'll be behind you."
Satinder is looking down too much for her own comfort.
Dreadful creatures!
Now this was a bit of a choice for the group. The elf strokes his chin, considering their options, before taking a moment to check the currents of the water. No doubt they wanted the deeper parts of the caves, where water flowed towards most rapidly.
"First, lets skirt around the edge here. I don't know about the rest of you, but considering the traps we've already seen swimming across the open may be a death sentence. Second, anyone have anything that will float on the surface?" He asks. "A piece of cork from a bottle, perhaps?"
"Chumtooth, if you empty your waterskin, puff air into it and reseal it, that would do the trick."
Chumtooth hands over his Waterskin to Alwen at Dantes' suggestion.
"That way then. Don't worry, Chummy, we'll get it back for you," Alwen promises as he follows the current.
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Following the current and staying to the edges of the room, the group finds yet another lake of hooks across the passage. As Alwen swims over the trap, Bangkha feels something wrap about his waist, something that causes blinding pain! A tentacle of something beneath the surface, something big and with sharp hooks has grabbed hold of him.
The water chruns as something surfaces.
As the creature surfaces, Chumtooth hurls his harpoon.
"Chumtooth, if you don't kill this thing quickly there will be tales... Funny tales!" Satinder says as she steps in to help him.
Satinder is distracted however, and does little to aid except distract the creature from the back.
Bangkha bashes at the creature whose hooked tentacles have lashed at him.
Cat rakes and bites at the monster, snarling fearfully.
Alwen turns, noticing that Bangkha has been caught. "You might want to use something with a blade here!" He says, drawing his bow and firing a shot, taking care to avoid Bangkha.
"Love to," Bangkha replies to the helpful suggestion.