Instead of greasing, Ledt makes use of his small size to attempt squeeze and discover what is in the tunnels.
He attempts to do so stealthily through the parallel tunnel.
Stealth:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
The tunnels are a squeeze for a medium-sized or small-sized creature. They are also dark, so unless you have a light source, Ledt, you are going in blind.
Badger (RAGE(!)) | HD 4 | HP 38/42 (1 NL) | AC 20*#! | T 12*! (16 incorporeal)# | FF 15*! | CMD 20* (24 vs. trip) | Fort +7^! | Ref +5#^ (Evasion) | Will +3^! | Init +0^ (+2^ urban) | Perception +4^ (+6^ urban) (low-light vision, scent) | Rage 4/7 | Active Conditions:Endure Elements, Haste(*), Longstrider, Mage Armor(#), Sickened(^)
Double Move Actions
Zipper moves around, using his Scent ability and perception to try to seek out other enemies. You can decide where he ends up or if he finds anything.
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
I think both the enemies we know of are down now, just the archer hiding in the tunnels, and the troll...
Oggil heads back to the tunnels and squeezes himself into them, being able to see in the darkness.
Squeezing: In some cases, you may have to squeeze into or through an area that isn't as wide as the space you take up. You can squeeze through or into a space that is at least half as wide as your normal space. Each move into or through a narrow space counts as if it were 2 squares, and while squeezed in a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty on attack rolls and a –4 penalty to AC.
When a Large creature (which normally takes up 4 squares) squeezes into a space that's 1 square wide, the creature's miniature figure occupies 2 squares, centered on the line between the 2 squares. For a bigger creature, center the creature likewise in the area it squeezes into.
A creature can squeeze past a creature while moving but it can't end its movement in an occupied square.
To squeeze through or into a space less than half your space's width, you must use the Escape Artist skill. You can't attack while using Escape Artist to squeeze through or into a narrow space, you take a –4 penalty to AC, and you lose any Dexterity bonus to AC.
Gnome Ranger 6 (CORE) | HP 54/58 (1 NL) | AC 22* | T 15* | FF 19 | CMD 23* | Fort +7 | Ref +8* | Will +6 | +2 vs. illusion, +1 vs. mind-affecting spells/SLA (+2 if psychic), +1 vs. disease, +1 vs. distraction of swarms | Init +2 (+4 urban) | Perception +10 (+12 urban) (low-light vision) | Sense Motive +5 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Conditions:Haste(*), Longstrider
Ah, remember I wasn't here to see them before, which makes descriptions of the map a little confusing for me. In that case, Chip double moves into the tunnels. He has his Wayfinder going with light.
In the bouncing light of your wayfinder, you can see a hideous creature ahead. It carries a bow and a large quiver of arrows, worn over top of what appear to once have been noble's clothes. It's face is anything but noble, though, appearing like an emaciated skull barely covered with greyish skin. The creature's long tongue flicks in and out like a snake's, and its eyes burn with malevolence.
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
Ahh, is it that narrow. Just as well Oggil didn't make it in.
"Pull back, let us force him to come to us..
He goes into the main room to see if any of the other tunnels are wider.
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
"I tried Taldane, Tien and Dwarven. It didn't respond. Although it may be unconscious" offers Oggil.
He, without getting too close, tries to see if the troll is unconscious.
Drixl: The flaming sphere may make it through the wider tunnels, but you can't direct it it you can't see it. It probably wouldn't make it through the narrowest points, though.
Ledt: Right-o on the dancing lights; I forgot. :)
Trolls speak Giant. This one is not unconscious; it has been busily regenerating while you battled the other creatures. Its one arm is still bound, but its jaws are free, and the second arm is starting to grow back slowly as well.
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
"We are as the man speaking to the fish when we talk to the troll. However like the landed fish thrown back into the sea, so too is the troll recovering from his ordeal. Rapidly."
CORE Female Half-Elf Cleric Sarenrae 11 (HP 91/91) AC 22[18] /12[12]/20[16] (CMD 15) (Fort +12[+9], Ref +8[+4], Will +15[+11]) (Init +2) (Perception +17[+12]) Immune Sleep, RezFire/10, +2 Ench 1/7 channels used {airwalk cir v evil } | glory+9 (0/9) used. Fire bolts 0/10 | 1 reroll
Lasaraleen wrote:
Lasaraleen, seeing the other foe burnt, will immediately administer healing to the fallen Nemrok. She switches her scimitar to her off hand as she kneels to call out a spontaneous healing spell.
Good Sarenrae, stop the loss of life and restore the fallen!"
[dice=CLW]1d8+3
Thanks Oggil, I have got him. Find that shooter!
Did the above action occur instead of the ready? I did not see it mentioned in the recap, and then the stabilize roll.
If not yet cast, Lasaraleen will cast this healing for her 2nd round action
The halfling keeps advancing through the crevice and gets all surprised by the sight of the hidden enemy "He is here!" he shouts.
Then casts grease at his feet in an attempt to avoid him running away.
Ref 16 or prone, and takes double movement to move through.
Thanks to understand about the dancing lights :)
Human Sorcerer/5 - Core | Init +3 | Per +0 | HP 32/32| AC 15, 12flat, 14touch, 19mage | Fort +4 | Reflex +5 | Will +5 | Reach 10' | Move 30'
Drixel, having moved closer to the troll, directs the flaming sphere over the troll. [b]"While I would normally hesitate to kill a bound enemy, this troll is evil and must be destroyed!"
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
Round 2
Initiative order: Lasaraleen, Creepy guy with bow, Drixl, Chip, Ledt, Oggil, blue, Nemrok.
Lasaraleen heals Nemrok, who regains consciousness.
The creepy guy with the bow acts next (before Chip gets there), and grins at Ledt: a toothy grin with a mouth much wider than a normal human's. Despite his horrific appearance, there is something familiar about him, though... he wears torn clothing that was once quite fine, and other than the mouth he looks very similar to the face in the silver locket you found upstairs in the leshys' garden.
He drops his bow and moves to face Ledt, squeezing through the narrow passage. "So, Cheliax sends even more hounds to torment me, after all this time," he rasps. "Very well. Send the Queen Abrogail the First my regards!" He then snaps at Ledt, missing. bite, squeezed:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 Note: the -4 to hit is cancelled by the -4 to Ledt's AC
Drixl moves her flaming sphere onto the table below the troll. The creature screams and tries to move away from the flames, swinging this way and that.
Chip and Zipper move up, and spot the creature to their east.
Ledt, things have changed, so you, Nemrok, and Oggil are up!
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
Carefully avoiding the troll, Oggil heads back to the passage.
"As the farmer cannot fit into the rabbit hole, so must be tempt out the rabbit to eat it. "
He says in frustration.
Then the creatures words sink in.
"We are no servants of Abrogail. Nor are we messenger pigeons. We came to try and learn what happened here!" he calls out.
"Could you tell us the true story of the last days of this house?"
He makes frantic gestures to try and get the smaller pathfinders back into the main corridor where if battle is required, he can be of assistance.
Ledt moves back away from the creature and shouting "He tried to bite me! It is a monster!" and attempting to dodge any opportunity attack.
Once away, he points to the creature and casts ray of enfeeblement. A black ray jumps forth from Ledt's right hand towards the creature.
Ray+PB (touch):1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 = 24Does being small give me any benefit on the narrow corridor respect him? Str damage (For 16 for half):1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Ledt leaps back from the creature and fires a ray at it. The black beam hits the creature square in the chest, but seems to have no visible effect. The monster smiles, and a long forked tongue nearly a foot lnog extrudes from its mouth like a snake. "SO like Abrogail's minions, to come here unlearned and unprepared! I gained much due to my unholy diet here, little one!"[b/]
[b]Oggil tries to engage the creature in conversation, but gets only a shouted response: "Liars! Trespassers on my house! I will slay you all and feast upon your flesh!"
Oggil: The very narrow passage you initially tried to enter was too narrow, but the other ones are wide enough to squeeze into.
Nemrok's words generate slightly more from the creature. "Pathfinders! So, you came to rob what you thought were the unguarded graves of my family? Let me show you the vengeance of the last heir of House Davian!"
Lasaraleen heals Nemrok of 8 points of damage and then moves up to behind Chip and Zipper.
The creature looks at Ledt as he retreats. "I think I'll start with you," he mutters, advancing down the tunnel.
Ledt:
bite:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20damage:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5Ledt - Fort save #1 DC14:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7Ledt - Fort save #2 DC14:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 - you take 5 points of damage, and feel an icy cold spread from the wound, but are not hampered in game terms.
Ledt screams once he feels the cold below his skin. The halfling futher retreats trying to avoid more attacks from the creature.
"He is there! Just in front of you Nemrok! I think he is dead! He is immune to my negative energy!" shouts the halfling holding up his hand, his hair crackling with electricity, unleashing then a ray of electrical power towards the creature.
Elemental ray+PB+PS (touch):1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 = 16 Electrical damage+PB:1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
"Move Nemrock, or as the merchant chasing a porcupine you will be pierced again and again. And Ledt, as the bison cluster together for protection from lions, so should we. Get back here."
Oggil readies an attack in case the creature comes closer.
readied attack, stunning fist:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21 damage, fire:1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (1) = 5
And if it hits, Fort DC 15 or stunned.
CORE Female Half-Elf Cleric Sarenrae 11 (HP 91/91) AC 22[18] /12[12]/20[16] (CMD 15) (Fort +12[+9], Ref +8[+4], Will +15[+11]) (Init +2) (Perception +17[+12]) Immune Sleep, RezFire/10, +2 Ench 1/7 channels used {airwalk cir v evil } | glory+9 (0/9) used. Fire bolts 0/10 | 1 reroll
Ledt? Do you think it is undead?
Hearing it may be undead, Larasleen will move back down to the main hall where she can see into the small hallway. She readies to channel to harm undead if she sees it.
Drixl, Chip, Ledt, Oggil, Nemrok are up!
Drixl readies for when the creature comes within range. Meanwhile, the troll continues to scream as it is burned to death while bound.
Chip and Zipper move.
Spoiler:
Ledt
Ledt moves away, but the creature swipes at him as he backs off. bite:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 He fires his bolt down the narrow corridor, but can't get a clear shot ans the attack misses.[/spoiler]
From the corridor north of Nemrok, you see a flash and crackel of lightning.
Oggil readies an attack.
Nemrok realizes the creature is an unusually powerful ghoul, and casts a spell. Will DC 15:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
End of round! Nemrok, since speaking is a free action, you can continue to talk based on the results of your spell.
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
"Ahh, as the fisherman lures his fish, so have you caught us some knowledge!" smiles Oggil.
"Bring him out...If he dates from the fall of this house there is much we might learn from him."
Oggil will not strike him if he comes out, but will move to block his exit.
The ghoul peeks out through the narrow crack between it and Nemrok, eying him up and down. "Hello, master," it hisses. "I will be with you shortly... must go around this crack, too narrow for even my skinny bones! I just need to feed upon this little one first... so.. hungry..." With that, it turns away and starts to move down the corridor towards Ledt (but you can interrupt it with your speech).
Dwarven monk-8; HP 76/76; Re-roll@+3(+6 FJC) 1/1; Stunning Fist 8/8 (DC18); Ki 8/8; Wand CLW 38/50; AC 20(24 w/mage armor; Fort +10(+12 vs poison); Ref +10(evasion); Will +12;Extra +2 vs spells, +4 vs enchantments; Init +4; Perc +16
Oggil stands ready. "Keen as I am to learn another side of the history of this place... how long will he be friendly for?" asks Oggil.
AC14 T10 FF14 CMD14| HP 33/33| F +4 R +2 W +5 | Init +0, Perc +0 | Mage Armor, Protection from Evil
My good friend ! This small creature is not a danger, but it's afraid of you. Don't scare him more and tell me why you are here. I want to know more about your story.
Says Nemrok who tries to friend the creature and make it talk to him.
Sorry, moved Ledt back...talking is a free action, but movement happens on your turn. Until the Diplomacy roll, we were still in active combat.
Turning at Nemrok's request, the creature groans and then turns away from Ledt. "Yes, master, I will tell." He lopes back through the tunnel and emerges back in the room where the troll corpse burns.
End of combat! For now...
"I am Arenzio Davian, and I have been here a long time," the creature begins. "Since the day House Thrune laid siege. They would not let us out, and wanted us to starve. Only a few of us were left, but they were weak with hunger. It was so easy, to feed..." He licks his lips hungrily, eyeing the others around him. "Maybe Master has brought me a present?" he inquires hopefully. "Something to sate my hunger? A treat, perhaps? Just a little one... no one will miss a little one. Maybe the one with the big nose, or the hairy one?" He gestures to Chip and Zipper.
AC14 T10 FF14 CMD14| HP 33/33| F +4 R +2 W +5 | Init +0, Perc +0 | Mage Armor, Protection from Evil
No no, these are my friends. You don't eat your friend right ? I will have something for you soon, don't worry Arenzio.
So you are here for a long long time, what can you tell about this place, do you have kept records of the history of your family ? Could you tell it for me while my friend here will record it ?
Says Nemrok, hoping to discover all he need from the creature who was Arenzio Davian.
