Academy of Secrets (12-14) Tomb of the Iron Medusa (13-15)
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RotRL Book 6: Spires of Xin-Shalast (16-18)
I thought this moon was suppose to be some sort of jungle... Yet.. i haven't seen any vegetation.
You guys hear some noise. After a few moments, you see a small indentation in the wall, which quickly opens to a fairly sized cavern. Leading inside, you see a hole leading upwards, if there is air outside. and several small enclosures... As if an earth elemental used his burrowing abilities to carve out a safe place to rest for the night. As you enter, you see a bolder, ready to be place in front of the tiny opening. The opening is just wide enough for one person to squeeze in at a time, with the walls thick enough to last for quite some time if beat against. When moving into the room, you see more writing on the floor, this time in the right order. "I Hope that this is a reasonable place to rest."
In a hostile dungeon, on a hostile moon? Heck yes, we should keep watches. Regarding the watch roster, Jebediah has a Ring of Sustenance, so he will stay on watch for 6/8 hours.
Amsheagar could sleep in elemental form and position himself in a way to look like natural rock where the opening is. Since this is a newly made place, no one should know if it's existence. Also, right now, Amsheagar has Tremorsense
Jebediah and Nalshene are keeping watch while Amsheagar sleeps in the opening. Several hours pass (Let's say two-and-a-half) before a flash and a crackle disturbs the air as two huge demons enter the cave. Opening his eyes, Amsheagar sees several more creatures outside of the cave.
Smoke 'em out, a human says, commanding a troop of demons.
Obeying, the two vulture-like demons each launch a cloud of spores at Amsheagar, from which slowly moss and vines sprout, gathering on the non-rolling stone.
Amsheagar, somewhat surprised that the foe was able to see a new cave, opens his eyes and summons a wall of fire to keep the ones outside from escaping. He then burrows through the wall, collapsing the entrance behind him.
Glaurung: Female Gnome Mother F$%~ing Dragon Disciple 15 | HP 200/200 DR 10/ada 120 pnts | AC 34 T 14 FF 32 | CMD 27 | Fort +11 Ref +2 Will +5 | Resist fire 10 | Init +7 | Perc +12 (blindsense 30')
Glau shakes her head, sitting up at the disturbance. "Oh, now this look like fun." Her skin begins to take on the color of brass, her slight gnomish form grows to massive proportions, and finally her limbs and wings lengthen into the familiar shape of a dragon.
Glaurung turns into a great magical beast, only making the tight confines seem even tighter. Amsheagar closes off the entrance to the cave, but not before he fills the outside with fire.
A few more cracks of ozone fill the stale air, and three more demons appear inside.
One of the hulking demons speaks a single word האַלטן, which compels Amsheagar to stop in his tracks, while the one next to him rips into him.
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Jebediah
Pad (prone)
Nalshene
Amsheagar (stun, 2 rounds)
Glaurung
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Vrock (+8 images)
Vrock (+6 images)
Human (6)
Glabrezu (+6 images)
Glabrezu (+7 images)
Glabrezu (+7 images)
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What buffs do you all still have active?
They each get a Reflex save and a Will save, DC 30 for ball 1, DC 32 for ball 2. If they make the Will save, they take 20% damage, if they make the Ref save, they take half damage.
Glaurung: Female Gnome Mother F+%$ing Dragon Disciple 15 | HP 200/200 DR 10/ada 120 pnts | AC 34 T 14 FF 32 | CMD 27 | Fort +11 Ref +2 Will +5 | Resist fire 10 | Init +7 | Perc +12 (blindsense 30')
Glau recast stoneskin in the previous fight so that should still be running (14 hours I think) along with her new false life and she usually uses extended mage armor every day, which lasts more than 24 hours.
Draglaurung snarls and lashes out at the nearest demon (red).
Sorry for the slowness. I was on a short break myself, so I kept only a pilot light under some games. Back now.
Pad takes a hit from one of the Glabrezu's large pincers as he stands up, but then proceeds to weave a powerful version of his fire snake, which easily hits all demons in the cramped cave.
Nalshene follows up with two burst of illusory inferno, which leave severe burns on both the Vrocks, as well as the two huge pincered demons.
Glaurung takes on the nearest Vrock, biting and clawing before her attack runs out of steam.
Mirror image rolls:1d9 ⇒ 21d8 ⇒ 1
Amsheagar watches on in stunned silence, while Jebediah defensively casts a spell.
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The vulture-like creatures, looking weak, both emit a shrill shriek, which pierces the ears of those standing near.
I need two DC 21 Fort saves to prevent being stunned for a round. Jebediah needs to roll only one, Amsheagar is out of reach.
The air in the cave is rapidly becoming stale and smoky as the only entry is sealed. The demon closest to the collapsed exit focuses his attacks on the stunned druid, before moving onto more lively prey.
His next-of-kin focuses on the gnome that burned him so badly, while the one in the back tries to get at Glaurung, despite the Vrocks being in the way.
Female gnome Sorcerer 16/Oracle 1 | hp 88/89 (1 TEMP) | AC 15, T 13, FF 14 | Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +11 | Perception +25
Crap. Alright these Fort saves are gonna be really important. If Nalshene doesn't get stunned, she'll be able to move over to Amsheagar and use breath of life on him from her first aid gloves. Fort Nalshene:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 Fort Nalshene:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 Fort Narshala:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24 Fort Narshala:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Going to use my once per day reroll from my gnome Eternal Hope ability on that second Fort save. Fort reroll:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13Of course my reroll gives me EXACTLY the same result. Sigh.
Nalshene and Narshala are both stunned for a round, powerless to help poor Amsheagar.
Don't worry about Amsheagar. He is quite alive. In his earth Elemental form, his AC is 36. So all the attacks that went to him, only the crit threat was a connection. Since he is a high level druid, using the wild shape as well, he is currently immune to crits and sneak attack as an earth elemental would be. Amsheagar is currently down 22 hp only. Am i un-stunned?
.... 1 second before i could post the edit, the stupid forum locked my post. I forgot about the original 10 damage from the spores. So he is down 32 points. His current health is 141 out of 163.
Glaurung: Female Gnome Mother F#%~ing Dragon Disciple 15 | HP 200/200 DR 10/ada 120 pnts | AC 34 T 14 FF 32 | CMD 27 | Fort +11 Ref +2 Will +5 | Resist fire 10 | Init +7 | Perc +12 (blindsense 30')
Sorry, that form of the dragon caused some major adjustments to Glau's stats and I didn't update everything. Her AC is 34 currently and HP went up to 185/228. So the pincer still confirms for 34 damage - 10 stoneskin - 16 temporary = 8 actual damage.
Glaurung feels invigorated in her new dragon form and continues to hack and bite at the nearest vrock.
My typical mode of operation is to only allow retcons up to a round back. I appreciate you being busy, but there was a full week of lag between the original stunning and your discovery. I'd rule that last rounds' attack (May 2nd's post) remains unchanged, and that Amsheagar is treated as not stunned for this round. That would make his total damage 152, and his condition not stunned.
Which:1d7 ⇒ 31d6 ⇒ 31d5 ⇒ 41d4 ⇒ 1
Jebediah rips and snarls at the demon, and eliminates double after double, until his foreclaw hits the demon, drawing a jet of black blood.
Nalshene freezes in her tracks, as Amsheagar starts moving again.
Glaurung bites down hard on the Vrock, filling her maw with feather. A claw barely scratches the vulture-like fiend, and a fluttering of wing and tail has little effect.
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Jebediah
Pad
Nalshene (stun 1)
Amsheagar
Glaurung
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Vrock - red (+6 images, 77)
Vrock - blue (+6 images, 97)
Human (6)
Glabrezu -Blue (+3 images, 134)
Glabrezu - Red (+7 images, 97)
Glabrezu - Purple (+7 images, 51)
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Amsheagar starts making arcane gestures, and it suddenly seems as if an air elemental is about to erupt from the earth form he is in. Pad, in the meantime, ensure the fire element is represented as well, drawing forth fiery energies to burn the demons.
Female gnome Sorcerer 16/Oracle 1 | hp 88/89 (1 TEMP) | AC 15, T 13, FF 14 | Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +11 | Perception +25
"NOOO!!" Nalshene steps slightly away from the horrid demon, then touches one half of Pad's destroyed body with her glove, chanting frantically. The other half of Pad's body seems to fade out of existence, and the half that Nalshene touched seems to grow a new, whole Pad from it.
Casting breath of life from one of my First Aid Gloves. healing:5d8 + 9 ⇒ (2, 1, 6, 3, 3) + 9 = 24 This takes Pad to a total of -16 Con, which brings him back because he luckily has a 20 Con score. Wow. That was close. He still gets a temporary negative level, though, so his max HP is gonna be lower.
She then stares angrily at the demon and casts another Quickened shadow evocation (last one for the day!), mimicking mydriatic spontaneity.
SR check:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25<-Might not be enough, but if it is, DC 30 Will save or it is nauseated for 15 rounds, and it'll be alternately blinded or dazzled depending on the lighting conditions.
Jebediah winces as, once again, he sees the incredible amount of punishment these creatures are able to dish out.
Still, he holds true to the course, and, stepping up to red, unleashes his usual flurry of attacks, quickly casting a spell (Quickened True Strike) to enable at least one of them to strike true.
This takes Pad to a total of -16 Con, which brings him back because he luckily has a 20 Con score. Wow. That was close. He still gets a temporary negative level, though, so his max HP is gonna be lower.
Isn't one of the side effects of a negative level losing 5hp from both total and current count? I'm not too sure what the standing rulings are (it seems counter-intuitive to do so), but the way I read it the negative level would just wipe Pad out again.
Nalshene tries to breathe life into Pad, using her first aid gloves, then throws another spell at the demon, sickening the demon, while Jebediah tears at it, somehow managing only to hit illusory doubles.
Female gnome Sorcerer 16/Oracle 1 | hp 88/89 (1 TEMP) | AC 15, T 13, FF 14 | Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +11 | Perception +25
@Kludde: You're right, and that sucks. Could Nalshene change which spell she uses with her Swift action, and instead use her Quicken metamagic rod to cast Quickened false life (instead of the Quickened shadow evocation I listed above) on Pad immediately after she uses the gloves? I would think that could allow him to survive until he can be properly healed.
Amsheagar burrows through the wall, living a small cave behind him.
Amsheagar comes out of the wall, seeing his friend on the ground, he lets lets the clouds form above everyone's heads. He looks at the closest demon and calls down one bolt upon it. As he grabs his bag off of the ground and flings it back towards his party.
Female gnome Sorcerer 16/Oracle 1 | hp 88/89 (1 TEMP) | AC 15, T 13, FF 14 | Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +11 | Perception +25
@Jeb: Bah, you're right. I'm used to casting it on my companions, so I forget that it's personal only sometimes. :-S I'll just have to use my other breath of life cast on him next round, with the hope that Kludde will rule that he was alive for a split-second this round, then the negative level kicked in to take him back below -20. @Kludde, is that a fair thought?
The spell is surprisingly clear on how it happens: Creatures brought back to life through breath of life gain a temporary negative level that lasts for 1 day.. So (1) Nalshene heals (2) Pad comes back to life (3) negative level kicks in (4) Pad dies again.
RFX:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
The demon takes a bolt of lightning, and the smell of brimstone fill the steadily worsening air of the cave.
While the sickened demon flails wildly, the other demon casts a veil of misinformation over the party
Defensively:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
Will save (everyone) or be confused
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Jebediah
Pad
Nalshene
Amsheagar
Glaurung
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Human (6)
Glabrezu - Red (+3 images, 162)
Glabrezu - Purple (+7 images, 105)
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Female gnome Sorcerer 16/Oracle 1 | hp 88/89 (1 TEMP) | AC 15, T 13, FF 14 | Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +11 | Perception +25
Will:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
Nalshene, having seen the very short instance of life in Pad's face, touches him with her other glove. Second breath of life. healing:5d8 + 9 ⇒ (6, 5, 5, 8, 2) + 9 = 35 Pretty sure that gets him up to +14 HP. He was at -21 last round.
Then she touches her Quicken metamagic rod again and casts a Quickened loathsome veil(see the red line on the map, DC 26 Will save, creatures that fail are treated as 11 hit dice lower than they actually have.
Seeing that his friends might have the last demon taken care of, Amsheagar calls down another bolt of lightning on the demon.
lightning:5d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 1, 3, 6) = 19SR Check:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27Reflex 21 for half.
He then casts blessing of the salamander and touches his downed companion, Pad, giving him fast healing 5.
When i was making the cave, i did add a smoke hole leading up to the surface.
Female gnome Sorcerer 16/Oracle 1 | hp 88/89 (1 TEMP) | AC 15, T 13, FF 14 | Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +11 | Perception +25
@Kludde: No, I was using the Quicken Spell feat (and higher spell levels) for all the ones before this. These last two Quickens are the first ones I've had to use the rod with.
Nalshene's spell hardly affects the demon. Jebediah rumbles in, slashing and clawing wildly at the many images. He hits once, which enough to cause a major gash. As Glaurung casts a displacement spell, Pad's unheard scream bring the demon to its knees.
RFX:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Combat over - unless you want to engage that man outside
