Tanic tries to stick his acidic dagger in some poor whips back - or front - he's not picky.
"Sorry." he says as he plunges the dagger towards the person.
The whip Harro is fighting goes down.
Tanic stabs one of the whips in the back.
The kuo-toa Akri zapped tries to stab him with its spear and misses.
After seeing how quickly Harro dispatched one of the Whips none of the Kuo-toa guards are eager to get close to him. Instead one throws the net it is carrying at him entangling him. .
The Whip facing Micar strikes him with his whip and tiny barbs latch onto his skin doing 6 damage and entangling him. . It tugs on the whip, trying to pull Micar off balance and leans in to bite him but Micar leans back and avoids the bite.
The guard Talindra shot thrust forward with its spear held in both hands. The spear tip sinks deep into her flesh causing 8 damage.
Tanic is also caught by his opponent's whip and likewise feels tiny barbs latching into his skin causing 5 damage and entangling him
The Kuo-toa Vinexa tried to grapple appears confused and flustered. He tries to throw his net at her but somehow manages to end up entangled in it himself!
Near the altar, Bloopy and her Father both seem to have cast the same spell. The pair of them are surrounded by ghostly, spiritual fish, swimming through the air. Half are fey-like in appearance while the other half are clearly fiendish. They seem to strike out at any who approach the archpriests, repelling them.
The spell cast was Spiritual Guardians which I've converted from 5th Edition. It will do Radiant or Necrotic damage to any who enter the area and fail a will save. It is possible for the caster to designate certain individuals to be unaffected by it.
The two spells seem to be interacting strangely, with the fey fish often darting in front of the fiendish fish and preventing them getting too close to Ploopy and vice versa for Bloopy. It's possible that if Ploopy designated an individual to be unaffected by his spell that his daughter's spell may also fail to harm them.
The priests around the altar continue with their chanting. They seem aware of the fighting going on but seem to consider their chanting to be more important than intervening.
The fighting continues to be fiercest at the water's edge and there are now a few corpses rolling in the waves.
The Duergar prisoner has freed himself and appears to have disappeared into the crowd.
With her attacker entangled by his own net Vinexa was pleased with the opportunity it presented. She reached out and tried to grasp him again while maintaining her entrancing stare on him.
Harro chokes up on his Greataxe and attempts to slash through the net quickly in order to get clear!
The Kuo-Toa struggles and squirms against Vinexa's grasp.
"What you want crazy lady? Klibdoloogut knows he is irresistible but now is time to fight not *oompf*"
Harro bursts out of the net
Free and still raging, Harro moves to intercept the fish-man who threw the net!
"NOT gettin' 'way 'dat easy fish-face! BWahahaha!"
Tanic also attempts to free himself with his dagger.
Friendly as always, Tanic interjects
"Nice work with that net! I'd like to learn how to so that! Think you might teach me afterwards?"
Micar tries to untangle himself from the grasp of the whip.
We're just waiting on Akri now before we move on to Round 3 I believe
With his move action, Micar will move into a flanking position with one of the whips if possible.
Akri zaps the kuo-toa guard he was fighting again and it goes down.
Akri 21
Harro 20
Vinexa 16
Bad Kuo-toa 15
Loyal Kuo-toa 12
Micar 10
Talindra 10
Tanic 5
You hear a number of screams coming from the lake. Several of the kuo-toa fighting in the shallows are pulled under or strike at unseen foes under the surface. The water foams red with blood.
Oh and the priests are still chanting...
Taking a step to angle his attack, Harro performs one of signature moves: a 'Kockback' attack!
using her full CMB regardless of the attack it replaces. If the bull rush is successful, the target takes an amount
of damage equal to the barbarian's Strength modifier and is knocked back as normal. The barbarian doesn't move with
the target. This bull rush doesn't provoke an attack of opportunity.
Oh oh, perhaps we are targeting the wrong folks.
With that thought Tanic makes his way towards one of the chanting priests and attempts to give him a good poke.
"Hey friends, see if you can disrupt the summoning spell or we will all have something bigger and badder to deal with."
Harro knocks the enemy into the lake, where it is seized by ... something and disappears beneath the surface with a scream.
The priest Tanic stabs ceases chanting momentarily as the dagger sinks in. They appear unsure, torn between defending themselves and joining back in with the chant.
With her chosen victim in her clutches due to his own net Vinexa kept her gaze on him as she tried to retain her hold on him. Despite her efforts she did notice something strange happening in the water and began to feel nervous.
Her grip sure the fiendish woman pressed her body against the former tormentor and pressed her lips to his as she undulated against his body through the restraining net. Her victim felt his life begin to drain from his body as she devoured his essence through the surge of lust she inspired in him.
Akri, Harro, and Micar deftly avoid the attacks from the kuo-toa they are fighting while Talindra is struck a glancing blow as her opponent lashes out with their spear held in a single hand.
The kou-toa Vinexia is 'grappling' struggles and squirms but is unable to break free. Their struggles weaken considerably as her lips lock onto theirs but do not stop entirely.
The Priest Tanic stabbed makes a number of feinting movements at Tanic but instead of attacking resumes chanting again, slightly out of time with the rest at first before gradually getting back in sync.
The two arch-priests have apparently given up trying to persuade the other to back down, switching to far more deadly attacks, as the pair are struck by an enormous bolt of lightening. It's not entirely clear which of the two cast the spell that called it, but both are beginning to show pretty significant injuries.
A chill wind is beginning to pick up across the lake and there is noticeable turbulence. You feel the hairs on the back of your neck begin to rise. Four or five kou-toas, of unclear allegiance decide to make a break for it.
"I'd ask you nicely to stop, but I don't think you'de listen. Sorry for this."
Micar slices his wakizashi at the whip he is flanking.
Aiming his left hand at Bloopy, the evil High Priestess, Harro let's out an evil chuckle!
"Har-HAR! FORE!!!"
An enemy being moved by a bull rush does not provoke an attack of opportunity because of the movement unless you possess the Greater Bull Rush feat. You cannot bull rush a creature into a square that is occupied by a solid object or obstacle. If there is another creature in the way of your bull rush, you must immediately make a combat maneuver check to bull rush that creature. You take a –4 penalty on this check for each creature being pushed beyond the first. If you are successful, you can continue to push the creatures a distance equal to the lesser result. For example, if a fighter bull rushes a goblin for a total of 15 feet, but there is another goblin 5 feet behind the first, he must make another combat maneuver check against the second goblin after having pushed the first 5 feet. If his check reveals that he can push the second goblin a total of 20 feet, he can continue to push both goblins another 10 feet (since the first goblin will have moved a total of 15 feet).
Micar hits, doing 5 damage.
Talindra misses.
Akri attacks and misses.
Tanic strikes a glancing blow with his dagger against the priest he is fighting and they stop chanting.
Harro sends Bloopy flying away from the altar, she rises unsteadily to her feet, looking distinctly woozy.
Delighting in getting to sate her hunger finally Vinexa tried once more to maintain her hold on her victim.
With her victim still in her clutches she robe the kua-toa to the ground as her hunger drew deeply on his life force once again. When she was done the net wielding bastard was nothing more than a withered husk beneath her as she gave a loud moan of pleasure at the meal she had just consumed.
As Bloppblippodd is sent flying away from the altar she is struck by several of the fey-like spectral fish. She hits the ground hard and doesn't get up.
Upon seeing this the other worshipers of the Deep Father give a desperate cry. Some throw down their weapons and drop to the floor, while others continue to fight with increased frenzy.
Another sound rises above the burbling cries of the kuo-toa. The dark surface of the water farther out bubbles and foams. A thick, oily tentacle bursts forth, followed by another. Then two monstrous heads break the surface, both resembling hideous, angry baboons with wicked curved tusks. Both are attached to a single torso, and the monster's red eyes burn with bloodlust and madness. The creature rising from the Darklake must stand thirty feet tall or more, with water cascading down its back and shoulders. Upon reaching its full height, the great demon throws back both its heads and roars!
"Uh, oh. I think we may be too late."
I suspect Tanic joins the mad rush to get away from the water.
Suddenly feeling like he should be pissing himself, Harro swallows the feeling and turns to yell at the High Priest!
"Do something fast Fish-Face! I'll keep your girl from waking up!"
Looking at the thing rising from the lake the normally bulbous eyes of Ploopleen almost pop out of his head. "Do something? How about... RUN! That thing is more than I can handle. There are boats at the dock. I suggest we get there NOW! "
Frowning, Harro turns and moves toward the boats indicated by the Priest, but trying to see if he can find the escaped Duergar while he does.
"TIME TO GOOO!!!"
BOATS! Why would you want to head INTO the water???
"What's wrong with THAT direction?"
Tanic is pointing in the opposite direction from the insane monstrosity.
Because better to run where a bad thing has come from, than where it is going. Also boat faster than foot. Run that way if you want my stony friend, I'm going to the boats though the priest replies.
Seeing a fairly cohesive group moving with some degree of purpose, the duegar Harro freed decides to follow you.
Well, he must know better than I. I suspect this poor village is soon to be wiped from the map and I'd rather not be part of a school of fish this thing is after.
Tanic also follows the priest to the boat, though with his stiff stony limbs and hide armor he does lag behind.
Micar gives Talindra a sideways glance, but her strategy being the same as his, doesn't take the time to speak his knowledge of the creature and moves in the direction of the crowd, but takes a much wider route, placing the crowd between him and the beast.
Vinexa saw the thing coming from the water as soon as she finished draining her victim of his very essence and felt fear come over her. The only thing that kept her from losing some sanity was the simple fact that she was part demon. She worked on disentangling herself from the net so she could begin to flee as she looked around for Glabagool.
@Harro Noted. The increased push to start with should give you a sufficient headstart to make up for slowing down slightly after that. You don't need to run faster than the creature after all, just faster than the person next to you.
@Vinexa I'd assume someone in the party will spot that you are still tangled up and assist in cutting you free (no roll necessary). You spot Glabbagool a short distance away with a dead (you hope) Kuo-Toa inside him.
You are indeed just running away now, unless there is anything else someone wants to *quickly* do. 'Babi' is a couple of minutes away from reaching the shore at this point and there are at least two dead Whips.
The fighting has completely stopped by now with some Kuo-toa running away, others frozen in fear, and even a few kowtowing in fervent worship.
*nudge*
Are we waiting for player actions or comments or anything?
You all make it safely to the boats. In the distance you can see the two headed beast destroying the Deep Father's Altar. There are numerous other Kuo-toa at the Docks trying to evacuate and numerous boats appear dangerously overloaded.
The same fish that attacked the Kuo-toa in the water during the fight are also present here, feeding on any who get too close to the water's surface.
'Ploopy' leads you to a large boat at the end of the dock where armed guards have succeeded in keeping most of the rabble away up to this point. You all hurry onto the boat and are greeted by Shushaar (who as a pacifist did not come with you to the altar). "I see things went well" he remarks dryly.
The crowd at the docks continues to grow and one of the Kuo-Toa sailors calls out "Should we push off?"
The other Duergar followed you from the fight and has joined you on the boat. He introduces himself as Hemeth and thanks you profoundly for his rescue. He explains that he is a
*ahem* "totally legitimate trader from Gracklstugh. I'd heard there were rising tensions this side of the lake but didn't expect those slimy fishfaces to try and sacrifice me. I've had deals go bad before but never that bad. The whole world is going mad I tell you!"
"What? Push-off? You kid'din me fish-face? GO!-GO!-GO!"
Harro shakes his head and grasps the other dwarf's hand.
"Gracklstugh huh? How fur we 'ways t' git there? I cudda' use some real civis'ation!"
The boat pushes off and soon the village recedes into the distance.
Just before the shore completely disappears from sight you see two tall, slender humanoids cautiously approaching the village from the same direction you originally came from.
"I reckon we cud make it in four or five days if our fishy friends would be so 'bliged to take us there by boat, straight 'cross the lake. On foot, going the long way round, I'd say maybe three weeks depending on if you ran into any trouble. Speaking of trouble, what in the name of Laduguer's shiny bald head was that thing back there?" Hemeth replies.