Gimble's Emerald Spire (Table 2)

Game Master Eric Sklavos

Ouch that hurt...though wondering does the elemental have 10 reach I guess and there wasn't a way to avoid the AoO for Hovok...lastly cant remember does adamantine negate most damage reductions or am I mixing games possibly.

Staggering slightly from the blow Hovok takes a moment to get his legs back under himself before launching another blow at the elemental.

Attack, BAB, Str, MW, PA: 1d20 + 4 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 4 + 1 - 2 = 8
Damage, Str, PA: 2d6 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 6 + 6 = 20

Crap now get decent damage roll and nat 1 for the attack, who cursed our dice for this one?

Crap now get decent damage roll and nat 1 for the attack, who cursed our dice for this one?

I blame Canada.

Neilmin casts decides to cast his ray of frost at the elemental

Ray of Frost: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Not seeing his cold iron do any more damage than a normal shot Voldarus reverts back to normal arrows and fires off 2 more.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Attack 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Damage 2: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Voldarus takes two quick shots at the elemental. The first arrow hits the elemental, but appears ineffective.

Hovok swings his longhammer, but the weapon gets caught up in the water.

Jafit begins to cast a spell Provoking an AoO.
AoO Slam @ Jafit: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27OR: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Jafit Concentration: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Jafit tries to hang onto the spell, but the damage is just too much to hold onto the spell. He then moves 5 feet away from the elemental.

Orovan pulls out a wand and begins to cast from it.

Neilmin points and lets loose a Ray of Frost at the elemental, striking it true (Even through cover and into melee). The frost damage seems to effect the elemental fully.

Lucifer reloads and lets go another crossbow bolt, but the bolt flies wide.

The elemental has 3 targets in front of it. It swings once at Hovok and once at Lucifer.

Slam @ Hovok: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Slam @ Lucifer: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

The elemental flails wildly at Hovok, missing the dwarf completely.

But from the other side, Lucifer gets hit solidly in the side of the head.

Initiative
Round 5
Voldarus
Hovok (11/40 hp)
Jafit (22/35 hp)
Orovan (7/35 hp)
Neilmin
Lucifer (1/31 hp)
Elemental (-47hp)
End of Round

The Party is up.

Think a channel might be worthwhile here Jafit.

While saying this Hovok recovers from his last failed swing and quickly resets his grip on the hammer before attempting to bring it down on an overhead smash at the elemental.

Attack, BAB, Str, PA, MW[/dice: 1d20 + 4 + 4 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 4 - 2 + 1 = 20
Damage, Str, PA: 2d6 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 1) + 6 + 6 = 19

Lucifer wobble horribly as he stumbles further away from the elemental, barely able to remain standing.

Withdrawal action 10 (Difficult Terrain)

"Ohhhh . . .. Reach. That hurt. Okay, nobody hold still!"

Jafit again calls forth the warm glow of a spring sun on bare skin and sends it washing over the group.

Selective Channel: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 4) = 10 Better!

5 of 7 1st level spells, 2 of 4 2nd level spells, and 5 of 7 channels remain.

Orovan completes his magic, and the wand calls forth a dolphin next to the water elemental.
I drew a circle where the dolphin should be.
Slam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18, Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
He then throws a jab at the elemental.
Unarmed: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18, Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
If that hits, I'll make it another chaos strike.

Neilmin fires two of his magic missiles into the elemental

magic missle 1: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

magic missle 2: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Lets hope this dosnt last much longer

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Voldarus looses two more arrows at the Elemental the first one seeming to strike true.

Hovok slams his hammer straight down atop the elemental striking a strong blow to the creature.

Jafit channels healing everyone as a dolphin appears in front of the elemental.

The dolphin strikes the creature, but the elemental is unphased by the attack.

Orovan strikes the creature and imbues the elemental with chaos.

Neilmin lets loose two more bolts of force that strike the creature through it's core just as the elemental reaches to strike Orovan. The elemental shrieks and breaks apart merging with the water below.

All is silent

End of Combat

Hovok (21/40 hp), Jafit (32/35 hp), Orovan (17/35 hp), Lucifer (11/35 hp)

"Everyone gather 'round. Let's make the best use of this energy we can . . .." Jafit looks down into the water, and starts humming to himself, an uplifting beat, some long held notes . . ., it sounds almost like a bawdy drinking song you've heard, before another wash of the warmth of life rushes out and through the group.

Channel: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

and again.

Channel: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7

and again.

Channel: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11

So, why couldn't it have STARTED with that roll? I was expecting another middle-o-the road roll, and I would have finished with the happy stick. Oh, well.

5 of 7 1st level spells, 2 of 4 2nd level spells, and 2 of 7 channels remain.

Lucifer being completely soaked from head to toe to due the flooding and the elemental attacks, shivers a little. "That was too close on many levels."

He goes over to Jafit and pats him on the shoulder, "Thanks for the healing. You kept us up and fighting. Though I did little damage in this fight."

"Lets investigate the room quickly and then get out of this room. I don't like that portal thing there."

Perception (Searching the room and such): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

"Next time that happens, we need a strategy. Lucifer, don't just knife everything you see. Let Hovok hold them off while you get in position and I can engage or cast a spell." Orovan obviously seems stressed; even though his wounds are now closed, he was close to passing out in the water. It wasn't a fate he was too thrilled about, even if he avoided it for now.

Agreed Orovan felt like I heard the fight going on for way too long...but then again part of the problem is the damn water.

Looking back towards the makeshift dam.

I feel like if we break apart that debris the water level will lower significantly...just need a way to do that without the water carrying someone with it...or do you think we can close this portal now that the elemental is gone?

Rambling along after the close fight he seems to turn and see the cleric.

Was good having you behind us for that one Jafit not sure we would have all been alive after that without you...how are you on spells for the day?

"I'm actually still pretty well set on magic. Nearly out of channels, though."

"Oh, and guys, I'm just doing my thing. You haven't needed me much until now. That's GREAT."

Still here just had questions and unsure how to act since the answers will change.

"Closing it is a good idea, but I sure wouldn't know how." Would I?

Knowledge Planes or Arcana for more information regarding the portal.

As Jafit gathers the party to heal everyone up, Lucifer glances around the room, but his eyes can't seem to get past the portal and he notices nothing else in the room.

You may still search this room. Known locations you haven't gone are the end of the entrance passage (A on the map) and the dam (B on the map)

Knowledge planes: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

"Lets head back to the main hallway and use those steps we didn't use before. The one before we started running into all these water creatures."

(A on the map)

knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Seeing Lucifer back tracking and more than willing to follow to get out of this water. Hovok swings his hammer up on his shoulder and starts to follow behind the Wayang.

Know (Planes): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Oh! Oh!

Every 30 seconds or so about 30 gallons of water pour out of the portal and once every few minutes a sea creature (tiny or smaller) flows out of the portal as well. A small creature or smaller can fit through the portal, a Medium sized creature would need to make an Escape Artist check.

Orovan takes a look at the portal and recognizes it as a portal with water and sometimes small sea creatures coming out of it.

Neilmin recognizes it as a portal to the plane of water.

Jafit recognizes that the portal can possibly be destroyed with a successful Dispel Magic.

So what you guys wanna do about this it looks like it leads to the plane of water.

"I'm gonna follow that guy." Orovan says, indicating the always-busy, oft-into-trouble rogue. "Feel free to magic that for us if you want."

"I can't do anything about that portal, for now. Needs a Dispel Magic, or something bigger. More than I can muster. The water's going to keep flowing for now, I guess." The ifrit shrugs. "Sure, let's go that way."

Lucifer heads back to the original hallway and up the stairs to the part they didn't investigate.

Reflex Lucifer: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

The water in this hallway is murky, and you can't see the floor. As Lucifer turns the corner to the right of the room, the floor two feet below the surface seems to drop off a bit. He is able to easily catch himself on the hidden stairs, but the staircase descends 3 feet making the water 5 feet deep north of the staircase.

Assuming Lucifer swims on:

As Lucifer peeks around the corner, he notices the ceiling dip down below the water level where the corridor meets the connecting hallway of the room above.

Swim checks will be needed for those to swim into the underwater corridor.

The hallway is illuminated with luminescent coral and algae, but the water is murky and it is very difficult to make out anything more than a foot or two through the water.

Assuming the others follow him, Lucifer looks to the others. "I'll swim to the other side. Here hold on to this side of the rope and when I tug on the rope, use the rope to guide yourself to me on the other side."

He takes out a rope and hands one end to another before diving into the water to swim to the other side.

Making multiple rolls just encase they are needed.
Swim: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Swim: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Swim: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Swim: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Waiting to see if Lucifer can get to the other side and wondering if it is worth attempting to cross in his full plate. Along with his mind tracking back to the portal and the dam.

Starting to think it maybe worth attempting to lower the water level by closing that portal and busting up the dam...Was 'oping that there was somewhere dry to make our way around but doesn't seem that is in the cards.

Lucifer takes a breath and swims through the corridor. A few seconds later Hovok feels a tug on the rope.

@Lucifer: You are easily able to swim through the passageway. The ceiling quickly rises as you pass under the hallway up above. The corridor you are in continues another several feet before opening into another room.

Orovan shrugs and goes for a dip.
Swim T10: 10 + 4 = 14

Lucifer holds on to the end of his rope as he finds a place to purchase himself.

I don't know if using the rope to pull/guide you through the channel will give a bonus, but it might. :P

@Hovok: You know the water level above would lower by breaking the dam, but the area below would take on more water.

Orovan easily swims under the low bridge following the rope to Lucifer.

The swim DC will be slightly lower for those using the rope for guidance.

Thinking to himself.

breaking the bloody thing would help here but the goal is to go lower...unless one of the casters can close that portal guess we need to leave the dam in place.

Completing his thought to himself; he then grabs the rope looks around for either a place to anchor it himself or continues to hold it waiting for the rest of the group to make their way across or for Lucifer to come back.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Voldarus reluctantly follows the others into the water. He does what he can to keeps his bow above water as to not dampen the bow string.

swim: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Neilmin follows the group and follows the rope

swim: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

oh no not the best rolls

Not only more water, but now we have to go under the surface? This is . . . unnatural. The ifrit tries to psych himself up before taking his turn pulling himself along the rope.

Swim w/ AC Penalty & rope: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (17) - 3 = 14

Taking one last look over his shoulder before grabbing the rope and pulling himself along more than swimming.

Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (7) - 2 = 5

Looks like we'll need to replace most of the party.

Voldarus goes under the water and swims like he's been in the water his whole life.

Neilmin takes the rope hesitantly and with the help of the rope is able to just barely pull himself along. He pops his head up in front of Lucifer coughing up a bit of the water he accidently took in.

Jafit, despite his armor weighing him a bit, makes it across with ease.

Hovok on the other hand starts to make his way across, but his armor pulls him down and he gets stuck in the rope.

Hovok Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2
Hovok Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1
Hovok Swim: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (14) - 2 = 12

The group looks around as something is definitely tugging on the rope Lucifer is holding, but Hovok is nowhere to be seen. After about 30 seconds, Hovok's head pops up out of the water. He's a tangled mess in the ropes.

That was fun.
The corridor seems to have sloped down. The water is 8 feet deep here. Out of combat, you guys can swim without making checks. Any combat with water too deep for you to stand, you'll have to make a swim check each round. Those in Medium or Heavy armor may choose to walk the bottom, but the water is still murky through here.

Looking in the room here:

This room is filled from wall to wall with water that reeks of dead sea life. A cascade pouring from the northern wall churns up silt and other filth in the water, creating a murky mess.

Lucifer, Voldarus, Hovok, and Orovan notice a portal on the south wall under the water.

"Another portal. I'll dive down and see if I can see anything. We don't want to be ambushed by another water elemental. Especially in water this deep."

Lucifer swims forward a little bit to get in front of the group and then dives down to the bottom of the room to have a look around.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

"Hey Jafit, I think we use the same kind of magic, you & I. But you seem much better at it. There's a spell I could use, if I'd prepared it, to purify this water. Do you know it?"
I'm thinking Purify Food and Drink at CL4 can purify 4 cubic feet (32 gallons)/round. Could take a little time, but we could really help ourselves.

Seeing another portal in front of them.

Oh...Kay...Jafit...Neilman...we need to close this portal and backtrack to close the other...I'm not going to be fighting unarmored but I also wont be able to fight in this damn water if we dont do something to lower the level...So any ideas?

"Yes, of course I know that spell! Life finds a way, and that spell helps find a way to eat when nothing fresh and wholesome is at hand. But this is an AWFUL LOT of water . . .."

Yeah, but the water is in motion, so we get the whole thing of diminishing returns as we go, if it doesn't flow away. The water has to be flowing on, or this room wold be full. Right?

"Like I said, there's a spell which should be able to close that portal, but it is just beyond my skill to cast. I don't know of any way to do it with what I do know."