Leetia will let out a ray of freezing air and ice projects from her pointing finger at the closest one to her or the most front left one.
points of cold damage
Amon your blast of electricity misses.
Leetia your blast of cold hits another beetle, it shrieks but is still there.
Alldur next
Alldur starts as the beetles enter the light. He flings a palm upward and from it a sickly green blob quivers through the air toward the beetle struck by Leetia's ray.
The beetle is hit full on by the acid and with a shriek is no more.
Zimdoz your action
Zimdoz loads his dragon pistol with pellets, then moves in the direction of the beetles, with the hope of performing a scattering shot on his next turn. His tailblade is at the ready should he need to fight in melee.
Jade your action.
Jade studied the situation carefully. While they were likely to survive a battle like this, it was better not to take chances. Stepping forward, she put forth her hand and spoke an odd word. A small bolt of energy shot from her hand towards one of the beetles and exploded in a dazzling shower of sparks.
The bettles are all dazzled, they now move forward and attack.
On Jade Bite (1d20 = 3+1-1) = 3 miss
On Amon Bite (1d20 =8+1-1) = 7 miss
On Alldur (1d20 = 2+1-1) = 2 miss
Wow they suck!
Back to Amon
Amon drops his longspear by his feet. As the weapon touches the floor, the hands of the aerokineticist get surrounded by electric sparks, which suddenly extend all over a range of 20 feet around him in a very loud way. The energy seems to concentrate on him for moment, and then he finally forms a long bladed weapon made of pure electricity that he swings at the beetle.
If Leetia is in melee of these, she will 5 ft step away to get a clear shot (avoiding cover) and will let out a ray of freezing air and ice projects from her pointing finger at the closest one to her.
-4 shooting into melee
points of cold damage
They do not have spell resistance. Amon with your 2 blows you slice through 2 of the beetles killing them. Leetia, your spell hits the remaining beetle, momentarily stopping it in its tracks but then it keeps coming.
Alldur your action.
Alldur steps back and flings another globule of acid at the remaining beetle.
The acid burns through the beetle's abdomen, killing it.
What do you want to do next?
"While we are still under the effects of this spell, I think we should follow the water and see if it goes deeper into this place. If not we can turn around and come back? I'm not the best climber." She frowns.
'Sounds reasonable. Anyone else care to lead the way? My light will give us away to anything dwelling down here.'
You swim on (to A2). A shallow creek runs through the middle of this cavern, while to the south a stony bank rises up from the water. Thick carpets of green and gray mould grow on the bank, particularly around a trio of three foot high foul smelling mounds
Leetia doesn't like the looks of that and keeps swimming deeper into the cave.
Zimdoz follows the group after securing and waterproofing his gear, and will remain with the majority of the party.
'You think there might be more of those insects in those mounds?' Alldur asks as he wades past the bank.
You swim on. A dark cavern opens up here, its twenty foot high ceiling thick with stalactities. A rocky shore overlooks a placid pool and stream, fed by a trickle of water leaking from a narrow fissure to the north. A small garden of toadstools and dark mould grows along the banks
GM note: I'm assuming you wanted to head on to A4 as that is where the river goes rather than deeper into A2?
Coming up for the second time, Jade noticed the mould and didn't like it. She wracked her brain attempting to determine if it was safe or not.
Amon moves with the others, shaking his head with attention and curiosity towards everything. When they get to the part with the mold, he checks up and analyzes carefully.
Finished investigating the shallow creek, he swims along with the others, getting near the opening of the dark cavern and the small garden of toadstools. His darkvision immediately kicks in, as if his eyes suddenly switch lenses.
Ok bit of a retcon:
Jade there is nothing natural about the mould on the mounds. Amon you can hear a quite of slithering underneath it.
In the final river chamber Amon you can hear what sounds like clawed feet
One moment, associates. - says Amon, with his voice sounding more mechanical than he'd like - I noticed a bit of slithering on the past location we had been before moving here. I propose we go back to check to avoid being ambushed by something coming from behind.
"Oh I am not sure. I was once told, if you leave it alone it will leave you alone." She turns back looking worried at the party that has and might not have followed.
What's the consensus then?
"Given the mould isn't natural, Amon may have a point. Let's head back and make sure we're not likely ambushed from behind."
You head back to the cavern with the mounds. As you move in 3 slimy masses burst out of the mounds, 15 feet away.
Initiative order
Alldur 23
Slime moulds 21
Zimdoz 15
Amon 14
Jade 13
Leetia 12
Slimes
Alldue your action
'What are those?!?!' Alldur exclaims in equal parts alarm and confusion.
Alldur draws his crossbow and loads a bolt.
Unfortunately, no one is able to tell anything about the creatures.
The slimes move forward, one moves up to Amon, one to Jade and one to Leetia.
On Amon:
Slam (1d20 = 16 +1) = 17 Damage (1d3) = 2
On Jade:
Slam (1d20 = 17 +1) = 18 Damage (1d3) = 2
On Leetia
Slam (1d20 = 8 +1) = 9 Miss
Zimdoz your action - you can hit all 3 creatures although they are in melee
Zimdoz moves up and discharges his dragon pistol at the creatures, and a blast of shot is released.
Zimdoz your shots go wide apart from the one on the last slime.
Jade you recognise these things as slime moulds, they have reistance to fire.
Amon over to you
"Don't bother with fire, it won't hurt them much," Jade called out.
Amon moves his hands, and discharges of pure electricity form like a weapon - which he immediately swings against the creature in front of him.
Amon you hit the slime, horrible burn marks rake its form.
Jade over to you.
Pulling her shortsword, Jade stabbed at the ooze.
As Leetia gets out of the water, she jumps at the sight of the creatures.
Concentration to cast if in melee DC 16
A ray of frost shoots from her fingers
-4 shooting into melee & -4 if they have cover because I can't get a clear line shot.
Jade you strike the slime in front of you, your short sword cuts a mighty gash in its side, but it is still there.
Leetia a bolt of cold strikes the slime, it freezes in place, goes brittle ans shatters into pieces.
The remaining slime tries to hit Amon again
Alldur back to you.
'Hold still Amon' Alldur warns as he takes aim.
Alldur your bolt pierces the slime, killing it.
The remaining slime attempts to hit Amon
Slam (1d20 = 11 +1) = 12 miss
Back to Zimdoz
Gm note the slimes didn't act twice there, I put it they had an action but got the initiative order wrong, they go after Alldur
Zimdoz drops his gun, pulls out his longspear, takes a step to position himself and attacks the remaining mould.
But his swing is wild.
The android repeats his previous routine, gathering power to form his kinetic blade and attack the remaining creature.
Leetia's hair sticks straight up due to the static Amon is gathering.
Concentration to cast if in melee DC 16
Defensive Casting:
If not, ignore the concentration.
A ray of frost shoots from her fingers
-4 shooting into melee & -4 if they have cover because I can't get a clear line shot.
Cold Damage
Zimdoz your shot goes wild, however Amon your electric weapon chars the remaining slime into nothing. You can see 4 halfling bodies sticking out of the mounds, it looks as if they have been dead for about a week.
Leetia casts Detect Magic in that area.
Nothing shows up as magical, however you do find a single agate worth 55gp.
Where to next?