[PFS/DMK/EMS] The Emerald Spire Superdungeon - Table II

Game Master Kludde

Kellan has a hard time staying on the surface, as does Vayu. Ilya keeps calm amid the turmoil, tries to punch the mudlord, then becomes a bastion of defense.

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya <--Grappled
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (18) <-- Grappling
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Redke seeing Vayu kick off the bottom tries to follow his lead.

Swim!: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (7) - 2 = 5

And he gets distracted by something on the floor.

17 rounds left before he starts to drown... this could be a looooooong level :P

Zen'yr will double move again to get a better vantage point.

please double me as per movement rules :)

Can I have a move for Ketill?

Redke creates more bubbles, and Zen'yr moves to a vantage point, from which she can clearly see the mudlord.

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya <--Grappled
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (18) <-- Grappling
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Anyone with a move for Ketill? I don't want to put him on delay...

Ketill double moves, while pulling out what he needs to throw one of his concoctions.

Ketill moves over, while the mudlord simply moves onto Ilya, engulfing her in a ball of mud

DC 17 RFX to avoid or make an attack of opportunity
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya <--Engulfed
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (18) <-- Engulfing
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Vayu struggles forward swim: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Making it to the beast he stabs with his rapier ...

Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
damage P: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Nearly panicked from being on the verge of drowning, Vayu almost drops the rapier ...

Kellan tries once more to swim forward.
Swim: 1d20 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 - 1 = 5 Okay seriously the dicebot is being such an A$$#073 these last few days!
However, she sinks underwater once again.

All I need is FIVE MORE FEET of movement and I can cast bladed dash and finally be in the damn combat! I hope Ilya doesn't die from this encounter...

She tries once more with her second Move action.
Swim: 1d20 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 - 1 = 4 ... Seriously. WTH.

I'll hold a bit longer, but it'd be nice if everyone'd stop drowning! xD

Ref: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Ilya sees an opening in the creature's defenses, but knows she'll be engulfed if she strikes. She moves to the nearest empty space to avoid the attack, preferably so she's still flanking with Vayu, then tries to hurt the mud ball again with an acidic claw.
Not sure how the mud ball moves as it tries to engulf me, so not sure where to move to as I avoid being engulfed.

+1 Tiger-Dragon Punch, Flanking: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 = 17 Damage (x1.5 Str, Dragon Style): 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6 Acid damage (Elemental Fist): 1d6 ⇒ 1

After her badly aimed attack Ilya boosts her defenses by focusing her ki.

Spending 1 more ki point for a +4 dodge bonus: AC 29

Swim!: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (10) - 2 = 8

Redke sees something else interesting on the floor

16 rounds left...

Here is my best attempt, hope it works.

Zen'yr will stare at the enemy, trying to connect with it.

She then whispers it a joke, hoping it understands.

casting hideous laughter. With stare DC 19, will save. DC 17 without stare

The only things that is left of Vayu, Ketill and Redke are traces of bubbles. Ilya manages to evade the mudlord, but her punch misses.

CL: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Will: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 4 = 25

Zen'yr throws her spell at the mudlord, but nothing happens. No sense of humour at all.

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (18)
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Ketill finishes trudging forward and lobs a bomb excluding Ilya from the blast (just taking stats from his last throw ...

Attack, PBS: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 1 = 10
Damage: 3d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3, 2) + 7 + 1 = 14

OMG ... ok ... I am DONE rolling!

miss: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Wow... with such luck...

Ketill fumbles his throw, and the bomb lands on the edge of the waterfall, still raining fire on the mudlord.

Burned from the explosive, it does not stop harassing Ilya, and slams down twice, trying to regain a hold

Slam, Ilya: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Slam, Ilya: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (29)
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Swim!: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0

Redke crosses his arms and decides to try walking across the floor, under the water, to the stairs. Where he can stop swimming.

15 rounds...

swim: 1d20 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 - 1 = 9 GHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
swim: 1d20 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 - 1 = 10
Kellan FINALLY makes some progress, swimming forward 15 feet. Next round she will cast bladed dash and finally make it into melee combat.

I HATE THE DICEBOT SO EFFING MUCH RIGHT NOW!

Sensing it'll take her comrades some more time to reach the enemy, and realizing her attempts to hurt it aren't very fruitful, Ilya switches to a different tactic. She swaps the tiger style with the crane style and focuses on total defense.

Total defense for AC 34!

+2 shield bonus for starting and ending my turn in the same square. My total defense gives a +7 dodge bonus: +6 instead of +4, because I have at least 3 ranks in acrobatics. +1 to total defense from Crane style.

I don't think Vayu needs to make a role to stay up ... only to move, right? Which means he can swing

Just looked at the map ... has to swim first!

Swim: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Like a champ! He swims around, out of reach to the bars where maybe he can hold himself up while pulling something useful out of his bag.

attack Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"We need a boat!"

Zen'yr grabs her bow, lowers it and takes a shot.

1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 7 - 4 = 191d8 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + (5) = 13

(If the target is not under stare, ignore my 1d6)

Redke is still underwater, as Kellan finally manages to move up a bit.

Yes, staying up is fine.

Vayu also manages to close is, and stabs with his rapier, though the damage seems minimal (DR). Zen'yr hits with her shot as well, and does manage to hurt the muddy critter.

Can somebody act for Ketill?

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (32)
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For Ketill:

He lobs another bomb, aiming better hopefully

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 253d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 2, 1) + 8 = 12

Ketill throws in his bomb, and hits this time around. The explosion send globs of mud flying around, but still the creature doesn't stop!

Seeing Vayu approach, the mudlord swing his fists at him

Slam, Vayu: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 182d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1) + 3 = 6
Slam, Vayu: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 182d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 6) + 3 = 15

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (44)
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Swim!: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (12) - 2 = 10

Redke splutters as his head appears above the still waters.

"GOOD LUCK GUYS" Redke shouts as he makes his way back to an area where he doesn't have to swim, and stands on the stairs.

Are there floaties like this available? Redke might need them for this level...

Note: First image found on a google search... no relation to the image.

Ilya sees Vayu's now targeted and abandons her total defense. She switches the crane style back for the tiger style and swings an acidic claw at the mud ball.

+1 Tiger-Dragon Punch, Flanking: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Damage (x1.5 Str, Dragon Style): 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10 Acid damage (Elemental Fist): 1d6 ⇒ 3

After her attack Ilya channels her ki and focuses on dodging whatever the mud creature throws her way.

AC31, after spending 1 ki point.

Kellan, having finally swam far enough to see the damn thing, casts bladed dash, causing her to instantly shoot forward to a square adjacent to the elemental, and attack it.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

But she misses, unfortunately.

Redke surfaces for a gasp of air, and sees Ilya throw a punch but miss. Kellan shoots forward through the water, but also misses her attack.

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (44)
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Vayu ties his dry bag to the bars, and pulls out his dragon pistol.

Can I have an action for Zen'yr and Ketill? I hope it's just holiday season...

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (44)
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Zen'yr loads her bow and fires another shot.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
1d8 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + (1) = 6

Ketill is down to 6 bombs remaining for the day, should we just keep bombing or is there another attack I am not seeing?

Yeah I'm getting worried that we've lost Ketill... last post to the boards was May 26th.

Perhaps you should just roll the bomb attack

Bomb: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 Fire damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) + 7 = 13

Ketill throws a bomb at the mud creature, aiming away from his comrades.

NW square, if possible. SW otherwise.

Miss: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Zen'yr manages to hit the blob of mud, but it seems hard to cause real damage with an arrow like that - only the enchantment seems to cause harm to the creature. Ketill's bomb fares bit better. Even though the shot is off-target, it still explodes on the creature, though it splashes on Ilya as well.

RFX: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 [ooc]Ilya takes 10 splash, RFX for half, DC 17[/dice]

The blood of mud fights on relentlessly, slamming hard at Vayu

Slam, Vayu: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 252d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 4) + 3 = 9
Slam, Vayu: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 242d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 3 = 8

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Ketill
Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Vayu
Redke
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Mud (50)
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Finally next to the damn thing, Kellan casts frigid touch defensively, then swings with Talon twice.

concentration: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Fail... let's try that again.

Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 plus cold: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 2, 5) = 14

The mud is staggered for 1 round.

Redke sits on the stairs where he doesn't have to swim and twiddles his thumbs.

hp: -2/38

Vayu falls unconscious and slips into the water.

stabalize: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Kellan hits the elemental with a stab imbued by a magical blast of cold. The stab does little to hurt if, but the cold just seems to wreak havoc with it, freezing the mud into clumps of hard earth. With little effort, the creature is shattered.

Combat over!

Phew! That was probably our most difficult combat to date!

"Ilya, or someone else who can swim in this damnable water, get Vayu! We don't need him drowning."

Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Ilya takes a bit of a burn, but avoids some of the damage from Ketill's bomb by quickly submerging her head in the water. While briefly underwater Ilya sees Vayu sink to the room's bottom.

Swim down, up to Vayu: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Ilya quickly swims to Vayu and grabs his arm.

Swim up: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

She then swims back up and resurfaces with Vayu. "Someone heal him while I hold him up."

Kellan pulls out a wand and tries to hit him with it.
UMD: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
UMD: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

You mean, other than the one in which Ketill got killed?

Now that the distraction and disturbance of the mudlord is gone, it becomes much easier to manoeuvre through through the waters. Ilya rescues Vayu from a watery grave, and sees two doors below the waterline, one on each side of the room.

Vayu shoots into conciousness, and goes for his weapon in the bag before realizing what the situation is ...

"Whew ... thanks ... that was brutal"

hp: 6/38

Channel for everyone: 1d6 ⇒ 3 9/38
Channel for everyone: 1d6 ⇒ 3 12/38

CLW spell: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 21/38
CLW spell: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 25/38

CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 30/38
CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 34/38
CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 38/38

"How's everyone else?

Redke shouts from over by the stairs, "I SAY WE GO BACK TO TOWN AND BUY THINGS TO MAKE SWIMMING EASIER!"

"Swimming is definitely an issue for us, it would seem. I don't know, what do you all think?"

"I don't mind going back for now," Ilya responds, " but I wouldn't know what items to buy to help us swim. Is there magic that makes it easier?"

There's water breathing, as a potion or (for those with waterproof scroll cases) scroll form. Elixir of swimming helps as well.

Back to town to shop?

Yeah, I think so. We're just woefully unprepared for this level. Will this affect our XP or anything for the current level?

"I do have the scrolls of air bubble ... Helps us breath, but not swim"

Let me know what you want to want to buy, and we can move to the next bit. You can go back to town without consequence, but as before, the alert level of the dungeon may have increased significantly when you return.