Round 1, Init 15
With spear in hand, Cargas double moves closer to the nearest grindylow.
Gezza groans as the spears come flying. "Excellent. Calamari for dinner, gents?" He stomps and a spear erupts from the ground formed of roots and flies toward the nearest foe!
for damage plus 1 bleed!
Splintered Spear 5/7 uses remaining.
Bud chucks his spear at a grindylow and moves forward as he draws his axe.
Brood waits for an opening, whether from Magilla charging off toward the grindylows in a fit of animalistic vengeance or stepping in behind Cargas, draws his crossbow as he advances, then looses a shot.
HP: 12/15
AC: 15 (14 T / 10 FF)
CMD: 16
F/R/W: +3/+2/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep)
Arcane Pool used: 0/4
Tidewater Hydraulic Push (1/day): [ ]
Besmara's Blessing (1/week): [ ]
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (2) - acid splash, dancing lights, flare, read magic
Level 1 (0+1) - monkeyfish [ ], shield [ ]
Ongoing Effects
Fevered: -3 Dex, -1 Con
Round 1, Init 22
AC = 17
HP = -4/14
Weapon Equipped = Longbow
Condition(s) =
AC = 13
HP = 21/21 (+2 HP, Bear)
Weapon Equipped = Meatpaws and Teeth
Condition(s) = Animal Focus(Bear)
Nim begins to attract sharks.
Magilla, without any command, gets a paw on Nim's body, and drags it away, putting his silverback between the squidies and the dying half-orc.
Budos: 25
Nimrod: 22
Gezza: 16
Cargas: 15
Antagonist: 15
Sicarius: 4
Budos chucks his spear at the nearest grindylow, but misjudges the height of the ceiling, the shaft hitting off a small stalactite and splashing into the water.
Magilla pulls Nim away from the melee, but jostles Gezza as he goes, throwing off his aim.
Cargas splashes forward, only to have the seaweed seem to almost grab him as he tries to make his way through it.
The grindylows pull out a second spear and wait for your approach.
Gezza goes over to Nim, pulling out his kit as he goes.
Bud moves forward again. "Cursed place is bigger than it looks. Drawing his second spear he chucks that at the closest enemy and then returns the grip to his axe.
The ape, sensing Gezza's intent, pats the carpenter's head twice, lightly enough to avoid disturbing the man's ministrations to the unconscious half-orc. Magilla grunts, unsure what to do.
Round 2, Init 19
Swim
Reflex
Swim
Cargas swims forward to get some goblin...he goes underwater to avoid their spears.
Spear attack@most wounded:
to hit;
damage.
Budos: 25
Nimrod: 22
Gezza: 16
Cargas: 15
Antagonist: 15
Sicarius: 4
Gezza and Magilla tend further to Nimrod, the ship's surgeon getting his patient sealed up, if not yet back on his feet.
In front of them, Budos's aim again is badly off, his spear splashing into the water, but Brood has better skill, his bolt skewering one of the grindylows, which swims deeper into the complex, clearly badly hurt.
Pushing ahead on his own, Cargas goes underwater, emerging from the seaweed and jabbing at the closest grindylow, which dodges aside.
Five of them swarm him, spears jabbing as they surround him on all sides. Fortunately for the dwarf, they appear to be so excited to seemingly have him at a major disadvantage that their strikes are wild, and only one draws blood.
G6: 5 (fled)
Round 3, Init 19
Cargas has them right where he wants them.
Swim
to hit;
damage.
Cargas spears the south goblin.
Spear attack@most wounded:
to hit;
damage.
Round 3
Bud lunges forward ripping through the seaweed as he moves to attack the squid goblin between him and Cargas.
Gezza checks the final stitch he's hastily made in Nim and turns back to see the things swarming his friends. He moves down into the room and readies a spell of colorful stunning!
Magilla stays by Nim's side, occasionally slapping the side of the half-orc's face. He takes advantage of Nim's unconsciousness to get a closer look at his tusks, opening his mouth and tugging on his lips.
Budos: 25
Nimrod: 22
Gezza: 16
Cargas: 15
Antagonist: 15
Sicarius: 4
Budos swims through the seaweed, which seems to cling to him, hampering his movement , but he's still able to get to the nearest grindylow and slams his axe through its head, leaving its limp carcass floating in the water.
Cargas takes out a second one as Brood reloads and fires his crossbow again, though this time the bolt goes wide.
Behind them, Gezza finishes his ministrations and moves forward, while Magilla remains guard over Nim's body.
The three grindylows remaining near Cargas jet away, buffeting the dwarf with sprays of water, as they got out of spear and axe range, though they remain in the room, repositioning for another charge.
Frowning heavily, Brood reloads and shoots again only to curse harshly as the bolt flies wide a second time.
HP: 12/15
AC: 15 (14 T / 10 FF) (includes -1 from Dex damage)
CMD: 16 (includes -1 from Dex damage)
F/R/W: +3/+2/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep) (includes -1 from Dex damage)
Arcane Pool used: 0/4
Tidewater Hydraulic Push (1/day): [ ]
Besmara's Blessing (1/week): [ ]
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (2) - acid splash, dancing lights, flare, read magic
Level 1 (0+1) - monkeyfish [ ], shield [ ]
Ongoing Effects
Fevered: -3 Dex, -1 Con
Gezza dog paddles to between Bud and Cargas. "Hey gents, fancy seeing you here!" and readies his color spray spell to go off as soon as there are at least three squids close enough!
Magilla grunts at Gezza, as he wanders off. When starts to lose sight of the troop, the ape slowly drags Nim's drifting body through the water, loathe to leave the half-orc behind, but interested in keeping a line-of-sight to Gezza.
Bud attempts to tear himself free of the seaweed...
...but a strange cube shaped force prevents him.
Round 4, Init 19
Swim
Cargas swims forward a bit (about 10') and readies his spear for their next assault
to hit;
damage.
Spear attack@most wounded:
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+4[/dice] damage.
Budos: 25
Nimrod: 22
Gezza: 16
Cargas: 15
Antagonist: 15
Sicarius: 4
Budos remains stuck in the seaweed as Cargas edges forward and prepares his spear for another attack, which comes with startling speed. Still, Cargas is ready and his spear catches one in the head before it can get close enough to strike. Unfortunately, his spear gets stuck momentarily in the creature's skull, and its companion manages to land a blow with its own spear, a gash along the dwarf's side.
Behind them, Brood fires wildly but Gezza swims forward and casts as the grindylows rush in -- unfortunately for him, they seem completely undistracted by the spray of colors, and Budos, Gezza and Cargas each find themselves bleeding from new wounds.
Frustration plainly radiating off his person, Brood throws down his mostly useless crossbow and stalks forward toward the grindlylows. The elf rips his cutlass free as he approaches, a dark and vengeful glower shadowing his face.
HP: 12/15
AC: 15 (14 T / 10 FF) (includes -1 from Dex damage)
CMD: 16 (includes -1 from Dex damage)
F/R/W: +3/+2/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep) (includes -1 from Dex damage)
Arcane Pool used: 0/4
Tidewater Hydraulic Push (1/day): [ ]
Besmara's Blessing (1/week): [ ]
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (2) - acid splash, dancing lights, flare, read magic
Level 1 (0+1) - monkeyfish [ ], shield [ ]
Ongoing Effects
Fevered: -3 Dex, -1 Con
"Yeah, well, let's see you do that again, you squibs!" Gezza snarls and casts again!
Round 5, Init 19
Cargas swims and fights for his life.
Swim
Spear attack@most wounded:
to hit;
damage.
Spear attack@most wounded:
to hit;
damage.
Bud again attempts to tear free from the seaweed.
Barely pulling free, the half orc swims in the churning pool and strikes at the grindylow in front of him.
Budos: 25
Nimrod: 22
Gezza: 16
Cargas: 15
Antagonist: 15
Sicarius: 4
Budos pulls himself free, but is still hampered by the situation, throwing off his strike as he realizes one last strand of seaweed is clinging to his axe.
Gezza's spell seems far more effective the second time, stunning two of the grindylows and causing the other two to stab wildly with their spears before backing off a bit. Unfortunately, it also distracts Cargas, throwing off the dwarf's aim.
Cargas grouses about trying to swim and fight and the silliness of trying to do that.
Water is stupid. This is why we have boats.
Bud struggles against the seaweed, surf, and squid-gobbos as he paddles forward for another chop.
Brood slowly approaches one of the nearest grindylows and with little fanfare simply brings his blade swinging around in a gleaming flash.
HP: 12/15
AC: 15 (14 T / 10 FF)
CMD: 16
F/R/W: +3/+2/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep)
Arcane Pool used: 1/4
Tidewater Hydraulic Push (1/day): [ ]
Besmara's Blessing (1/week): [ ]
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (2) - acid splash, dancing lights, flare, read magic
Level 1 (0+1) - monkeyfish [ ], shield [ ]
Ongoing Effects
Fevered: -3 Dex, -1 Con
Arcane Pool: 1/10 rounds
Round 6, Init 19
Swim
Spear attack@most wounded:
to hit;
damage.
Spear attack@most wounded:
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+4[/dice] damage.
Round 6, Init 22
Magilla continues to tread water, his feet seeking footholds. He grunts further, clearly interested in moving towards the others, but understanding the conflict in the next chamber.
Gezza crows as the spell knocks two more squiddles out. He backpeddles five feet to the wall and slaps the wall, sending a lance of wood out of it toward any remaining squiddles. for damage plus 1 bleed!
Budos: 25
Nimrod: 22
Gezza: 16
Cargas: 15
Antagonist: 15
Sicarius: 4
Budos and Brood take out two of the remaining grindylows, but Gezza and Cargas' attacks miss their mark and the two remaining squid goblins stab futilely at the elf and dwarf.
Round 7, Init 19
Cargas continues to fight.
Swim
Spear attack@most wounded:
to hit;
damage.
Spear attack@most wounded:
[ dice]1d20+5[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6+4[/dice] damage.
Brood slashes at one of their remaining tentacled foes with a barely constrained snarl.
HP: 12/15
AC: 15 (14 T / 10 FF) (includes -1 from Dex damage)
CMD: 16 (includes -1 from Dex damage)
F/R/W: +3/+2/+3 (+2 vs enchantment, immune sleep) (includes -1 from Dex damage)
Arcane Pool used: 1/4
Tidewater Hydraulic Push (1/day): [ ]
Besmara's Blessing (1/week): [ ]
Spells Prepared:
Cantrips (2) - acid splash, dancing lights, flare, read magic
Level 1 (0+1) - monkeyfish [ ], shield [ ]
Ongoing Effects
Fevered: -3 Dex, -1 Con
Arcane Pool: 2/10 rounds
Round 7, Init 22
The ape continues to watch the splashing and the slashing and the gnashing. He holds position, shaking Nim a little, and holding him up in the direction of the fight, as if it will motivate the half-orc to wake up and actually do something.
Gezza frowns and stomps again! for damage!
"These little buggers aren't easy pickings." grunts Budos as he splashes forward and hacks again at the grindylows.
Despite his words, Budos is able to dispatch the last of them, leaving you all alone in the dark cavern, the brisk water quickly clearing of blood.
Gezza splutters, and then casts a cantrip of magical detection, scanning the floating squidlings for goodies.
To your surprise, you detect a magical aura in the far corner of the cave. Making your way over there, you realize it comes from a hat -- a tri-corne you easily recognize as one worn by Sandara.
Gezza retrieves the hat, taking time to wash it off and swims back over to Brood. He hands it to him without a word.