Heathy's Saltmarsh Campaign, II

Game Master Heathansson

fumble save...
that means the thing attacked the fireball, trying to go fang to fang with the spell. His head is singed, and now he bellows in pain, and rancor.

Note the low intellect displayed by the creature....Rexes are not very bright and have to rely primarily on instinct and a rare trait amongst it's kind. Binocular vision. See how the eyes can see forward and are not just positioned on the sides of it's head? The field of vision from each eye overlaps the other by about 60 degrees in the middle, allowing the creature to have a remarkable amount of depth perception and visual acuity....*Rambles on about the possibilities of color range in vision and other ocular studies*

You have to bellow fairly loudly to be heard over the thunderous roar of this primeval dragon...

Riese is at.....T9 I reckon.

"Yeh Yeh, Dat's REEl int'res'tin',..." The elf responds to Riese's ramblings, never taking his eyes off of the gigantic lizard.

He narrows his eyes, and with a sudden blur of motion, leaps forward into the air. With a sudden shimmer he takes the form of a large hawk and climbs upwards. The hawk-druid scrams in a peculiarly rythmic way,... and a small thunderhead begins to form over the large predator's head.

About to start a show here at work. Heathy, I cast Call Lightning using Natural Casting so I can cast in beast form. Can you roll damage for this round for me? Thx! I climbed just high enough to be safe, but stay low enough to attract it's attention.

The lightningbolt hits; the massive therapod rolls with it a little bit...(saved; 7 h.p. damage). The massive thunderstroke fades into his bellowing roar.

Beldan; Altai; Gittik; and Stiggy (or, if somebody wants to run him, give Stiggy +1 more to hit since he's 6th level now.....don't know what feat he's taken, and I guess he has a standard +8 or so h.p. for this battle anyway.) Kruely's been gone a while....

Altai finds the scroll he was looking for. After a few magical syllables, the big lizard is suddenly enveloped is sticky webs.

Casting Web. Reflex 17, or the beastie is entangled. Even if it makes the save, it is still slowed down. Of course, it is probably strong enough to tear itself free, but at least the web will keep it off us for a few rounds.

Right on....it doesn't seem to be entangled (made it's save) but it is covered with strands of spiderweb.

Beldan; Altai; Gittik; and Stiggy (or, if somebody wants to run him, give Stiggy +1 more to hit since he's 6th level now.....don't know what feat he's taken, and I guess he has a standard +8 or so h.p. for this battle anyway.) Kruely's been gone a while....

I'll run Stig. For this encounter, I'll assume he's got the Weapon Specialisation (dwarven waraxe) feat. He moves up to the front of the party, ready to charge the T-rex next turn (after it gets through the web).

That's cool....I was thinking about making him have a seizure or something, but this'll work too.

Note that I'm not assuming he's taken a level of Swordsage or Warshaper, or even Barbarian. Just plain ol' fighter. ;D

yeah; that's cool....

“Oh crap…” Beldan turns tail, runs and hides, like the lawyer in Jurassic Park.

Retreat action, hide in the undergrowth at V10. Hide: 16+12 = 28

Jane's singing that Sheena Easton song.

"My baby takes the morning train...."

Not that one?

heh heh...

Gittik and Stiggy....
(I might be spottily posting this day...)

Start at S9, tumble to P7, attack Rex.

Tumble check = 10 + 9 = 19. Attack with scimitar = 4 + 11 = 15 = likely miss, damage = 2 + 4 = 6.

You.......hit!!! A backhand slash at the beast's head. It doesn't flinch from the wound for 5 seconds.

Stiggy!!!!!

(or Altai for Stiggy...)

Aw, what the hell... No guts, no glory!

"Ye et me lambchops! Gimme back me lambchops, or I'll cut 'em out of ye gizzard!" With surprising ferocity, Stig attacks the huge lizard.

Move to N5, then attack. Stig'll need all the AC he can get, so there's no charging. He is using Power Attack, though, as well as using the axe in both hands. Attack roll 14+6(BAB)+4(STR)+1(weapon enchantment)+1(weapon focus)-6(power attack)=AC 20, damage 8+6(STR)+2(wpn spec)+12(PA)=28 points of damage. HIs AC is now 18.

I think you meant n7, since the trex is in m-o 4-6....

Stiggy hews the head of the beast mightily.

The mighty King of the Cretaceous surges powerfully, legs churning and useless two-fingered arms flailing, and powers out of the web. It moves to PQR 456, and cannot bite this round.

Stiggy and Gittik take their free potshots, and it's round 2..

(I.E. attack at will; Stiggy and Gittik get an aoo as well.)

Elgan Screeches and dives at the massive dinosaur, hoping to distract it from the others, as the small thundercloud spits out another lightning bolt at the dino's head,...

Move action, flying in front of it to keep it's attention, call another lightning bolt.

Lightning Bolt dmg: 3d6=10

Save DC 16 (Reflex) for 1/2 dmg

It doesn't save; it's too distracted by the elf that has taken the form of it's great to the fiftieth grandchild...there's a flash of light as the bolt strikes, and for an instant you can see it's skeleton.

N7 sounds a lot better. Sorry 'bout that.

Stiggy's AoO, including 6-point Power Attack and using the axe in both hands. Attack roll 11+6(BAB)+4(STR)+1(weapon enchantment)+1(weapon focus)-6(power attack)=AC 17, damage 9+6(STR)+2(wpn spec)+12(PA)=29 points of damage.

Stig shifts his position slightly, following the huge prehistoric beast.

5' step to O6. Same attack routine. Attack 1: 12+6(BAB)+4(STR)+1(weapon enchantment)+1(weapon focus)-6(power attack)=AC 18, damage 5+6(STR)+2(wpn spec)+12(PA)=25 points of damage. Attack 2: 15+1(BAB)+4(STR)+1(weapon enchantment)+1(weapon focus)-6(power attack)=AC 16, damage 8+6(STR)+2(wpn spec)+12(PA)=28 points of damage.

Altai mumbles a few arcane phrases. As he finishes his eldritch formula, a beam of searing fire strikes the mighty dinosaurus.

Casting Scorching ray. Attack roll 9+6=touch AC 15, damage 17 fire.

Slight mod; Stiggy (prolly) steps to O7, because O6 would involve jumping off of the bridge.

Stiggy wracks the bejeezus out of the thing, tearing loose floodgates of blood and flesh outta it's side. The fire scorches it hard as well, and it looks very very hurt.

Gittik; Beldan; Riese left to attack;
Gittik has an aoo to his credit as well.

Imbelia furtion de'flar!!! Extra crispy, anyone? Riese's firebolt- 5d6=21 damage. DC18 reflex for half.

The trex cookoff continues, as Riese's fire blasts it's hide; the leather splits and sizzles.

I wish that this was a 'flick.....with a big CG t rex, and some Harry Potter guys and like Schwarzenegger dwarfs/hobbits going at it.

Sizzling chunks of the rex are now plopping in the water, as the mages fricasee him, and Stiggy and Gittik carve slices off like the meat guys at a Brazilian steakhouse.

The trex cookoff continues, as Riese's fire blasts it's hide; the leather splits and sizzles.

I wish that this was a 'flick.....with a big CG t rex, and some Harry Potter guys and like Schwarzenegger dwarfs/hobbits going at it.

That would be pretty awesome! There is a ton of fire being tossed about here, around 70 damage or so by flame so far. And I still have one fireball, a scorching ray wand and several firebolts left. Toasty!

I just been trying to figure out how to get a t-rex on you guys before the Isle of Dread, becos by the time you get there, you'll all be 9th level or something and a t-rex will be like fighting a kobold or some s&!~.

AoO = 12 + 11 = 23, damage = 2 + 4 = 6. Full attack: scimitar = 13 + 9 = 22, damage = 3 + 4 =7; scimitar 2 = 3 + 4 = miss; kukri = 2 + 9 = 11 = miss, kukri 2 = 5 + 4 = miss.

Gittik chops and chops, a mad little wolverine man; the thing has a sliced Achilles tendon now.

BELDAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

Slight mod; Stiggy (prolly) steps to O7, because O6 would involve jumping off of the bridge.

Stiggy wracks the bejeezus out of the thing, tearing loose floodgates of blood and flesh outta it's side. The fire scorches it hard as well, and it looks very very hurt.

Stiggy is so cool.

HUZZAH!!! Missed ya, duod...

Beldan's go....

The trex cookoff continues, as Riese's fire blasts it's hide; the leather splits and sizzles.

I wish that this was a 'flick.....with a big CG t rex, and some Harry Potter guys and like Schwarzenegger dwarfs/hobbits going at it.

Stig = Schwartzendwarf! Dwarfenegger?

we could do cgi on Gittik like in LOTR.....
check this out...
Vin Diesel in The Chronicles of Gittik!!!!

OH, manomanomanoman....

I'm actual serious now.

OOoohhh. Make Vin small. COncept! Concept!

hmm....Darby O'Gill and the Little People redone as an action flick....

Beldan pops up out of the undergrowth and pops off a shot with the crossbow at the beast.
Attack: 18+9 = 27. Damage: 6

Then ducks back down to reload.

the beast takes an arrow in the nose. It bites Stiggy. Stiggy takes 23 h.p. in damage.
Then, unless Stiggy beats a 34 on an opposed grapple, he is swallowed by the nightmarish dragon......no aoo...
round 3!!!

Then, unless Stiggy beats a 34 on an opposed grapple, he is swallowed by the nightmarish dragon......no aoo...

Purely rhetorical d20 roll: 1d20=14

"FaaaaaAaAAAAAAHHHHk... phhhhwwuuupphh"

<Everyone can see something struggling and porcine distending the creatures gullet as it slips down into the belly.>

"GLURP!"

"ARRROOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

STIGGY:
You're not dead, or even unconscious. It's dark though, and you're feeling very tightly enclosed. It burns, the liquid all over you, Stiggy, and there's huge....rocks(?) grinding against your armor.
You are able to act.

The t rex's throat throbs with the size of Stig's frame as he swallows, chokes a bit like some giant cat hacking up a hairball, then gulps the hapless dwarf into his gullet...

ROUND 3!!!!!

"Wow. That's some throat." Altai stares, slack-jawed, at Sig sliding down the T-rex's gullet. "I really thought that was impossible. Better be careful about where we land our blows, in case we hit the little guy."

Casting Magic misille. Damage 3+3+4=13.

STIGGY:

You're not dead, or even unconscious.

Can I start sawing with my axe? Or do I need to use something smaller?