RelicBlackOUTs Old School Modules (Inactive)

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Bozvrig and Truffels search the roach dust for signs of recent passage.
Boz perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
Boz Survival: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Truffels Perception with Scent: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Truffels Survival: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Barnabus casts Light on a pebble and tosses it down one of the small tunnels.

"If we're going to follow them through the earth node to retrieve the stolen artifacts, we will need to stay here for at least eight hours. We need to be on our guard while we wait."

"To be honest, I wouldn't mind resting for a while myself".

Looking around you find recent passage that lead in and out of these small tunnels.

The walls of this constricted tunnel are oily with a layer of black grit. An offensive odor hangs in the air within it. As Barnabus cast Light upon a stone and tosses it down one of the tunnels the offensive odor, musty and sickening, suddenly intensifies to a nauseating level. A vibrating thrum, as if thousands of minuscule feet are rustling on stone, comes to a crescendo as every one of the open warren holes spews a bristling swarm of black cockroaches. Roaches quickly cover the floor.

From deeper within the tunnels you hear the sound of much larger cockroaches hissing and scraping their way through the tunnel.

1:Del, 2:Dalron, 3:Bozvrig, T:Truffels, 4:Scarlet, 5:Lanliss, 6:Barnabus, S=Swarm
@Barnabus is in the swarm to the left of the 4. @Bozvrig is in the swarm to the right of the 4

Updated Map

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Dalron
Scarlet
Banabus

@Lanliss & Del You’re Up!!

@Lanliss & Del you two are up to kickoff the combat.

Anyone with ranks in K-Nature can try to make the DC check at anytime even if it is not their turn. I see Knowledge checks more a reactionary skill to what you are seeing.

Anyone with ranks in K-Nature can try to make the DC check at anytime even if it is not their turn. I see Knowledge checks more a reactionary skill to what you are seeing.

This is what I was waiting on, honestly. Otherwise, Lanliss is most likely going to fire an ineffective arrow into the swarm.

knowledge(nature): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"These swarms of cockroaches are made up of tiny insects that will be impossible to hurt with our weapons. There are just too many of them to smash that way. We should try to hurt them with either fire or acid."

"When they climb on you they'll make you itchy and it'll be hard to concentrate. The smell is bad enough to make you vomit as well if you don't have a strong stomach."

"ewwww!!!!"

Lanliss begins casting summon monster II.

Del groans at the chore ahead of them.

"Well neither Fire nor acid do I have, so this new sword will have to suffice for now. Let's carve our way through them and see if we can leave them behind".

Del looks to see if anyone else has any ideas before moving forward swinging his new sword as he goes.

Hold action to see if anybody else has any ideas. If not at the end of the round he'll charge forward.

Updated Map

The swarm of cockroaches begins to pile on and almost fully encompass Barnabus, Bozvrig, and Truffels. As they begin to crawl up his robes, Barnabus becomes nauseated and finds himself only being able to move.

As they move and make way through the dust, the odor begins to rise up and fully fill the room up. Truffels begins coughing and hacking as the odor makes it want to throw up what it has eaten today. Barnabus and Del both begin to feel sickened, but their dwarven hardiness allows them to shake it off.

Truffels is sickened and takes -2 on all attacks rolls, weapon rolls, saves, skill, and ability checks
@Barnabus, Bozvrig, and Truffels all take 4 damage.

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels Sickened
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus Nauseated

@Bozvrig, Dalron, Scarlet & Barnabus You’re Up!!!

Bozvrig moves out of the swarm and towards the center of the room where he pulls out a vial of alchemist’s fire. Truffels isn’t too far behind him, hacking up a handful of acorns.

@Bozvrig Drawing a weapon, or an Alchemist Fire you can do as part of a move action. I don’t know if that is a real rule or a house rule my playgroup uses but it makes sense. Feel free to throw if you’d like.

Barnabus moves out of the swarm into the center of the room.

"Damn things are crawling on my jimmies!!!!" he cries out, hopping about and trying to shake roaches out of his pant legs.

"Scarlett do we have any tanglefoot bags that we can stick them to the ground? If not I can try and smoke them a way with this smoke stick."

Dalron pulls out his smokestick and gets ready to use it.

"Or maybe someone can cast light on one of them. That might make the roaches scatter."

"Sorry, no tanglefoot."

Scarlet backs away from the swarm and just tries to avoid them.

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Barnabus, Bozvrig, and Truffels move to the middle of the chamber, Bozvrig pulling out an Alchemist Fire.

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels Sickened
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus

@Lanliss & Del You’re Up!!

@Scarlet I forgot to move you on the map. I will move you away from the swarm on the next map update.

Del shivers as he joins the others away from the swarm. Not spiders, thank the gods, but almost as bad.

"Is there any opening that the swarm doesn't cover? If so let's head that way... now"!

1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26 Perception

Finishing his summoning spell, Lanliss calls forth a small fire elemental at the edge of the swarm which gets right to work trying to burn off the swarm of roaches.

Slam attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4 <--Basically, the slam damage is ineffective, but if the swarm fails a DC 11 reflex save, it catches fire, doing this same amount of damage for 1d4 rounds.

And if the swarm attacks the fire elemental, they have to make another reflex save, or take another 1d4 points of fire damage for another 1d4 rounds.

Lanliss moves behind Barnabus and grants him a touch from his Bit of Luck ability, hoping he can shake off his condition. If Barnabus gets another save to shake off his nauseated condition, he can now roll twice and take the better results.

Updated Map

Del moves to the south side of the chamber to see if any of the small passages are safe. The hissing and skittering sounds that were previous heard end up making their way clear of the tunnels as four small sized cockroaches appear.

Lanliss summons forth a small fire elemental. The attack misses, but they move forward to try and continue to warm the party. They also encompass the fire elemental, burning as they do so. The fire damage does seem effective, but they don’t look to catch on fire.

Bozvrig, Lanliss, Truffels, Barnabus, and the Fire Elemental are swarmed and each take 4 damage.

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels Sickened
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus

@Bozvrig, Dalron, Scarlet, Barnabus You’re Up!!
@Lanliss I missed your final note about moving. I have you moved for the next slide, but you would still be in the reach of the swarm. @Barnabus is no longer nauseated, so you don’t have to use your Bit of Luck on him if you don’t want to.

Barnabus ducks out of the swarm of fluttering roaches and moves north. (to stand where the number 3 is on the map)

He spins around and lets out a gout of flame to encompass two of the swarm-squares.

"Flickem' Bickus!!!!" he roars out in his arcane pidgeon.

The flames rush out and stop right in front of Bozvrig, the heat warming his exposed skin.

burning hands: 4d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 2) + 2 = 12 X 150% = 18 (Reflex DC 15)

@Lanliss I missed your final note about moving. I have you moved for the next slide, but you would still be in the reach of the swarm. @Barnabus is no longer nauseated, so you don’t have to use your Bit of Luck on him if you don’t want to.

Let's leave as is. It happened before the giant roaches showed up, so Lanliss doesn't have any other attacks he can make. Barnabus can use it to double-roll a saving throw. Maybe it will enable Barnabus to unleash a fire spell.

Bozvrig moves 10ft out of the swarm, turns, and lobs the Alchemists Fire at it.
Alchemist Fire vs Touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
The vial seems to be a dud. With the larger roaches emerging, he pulls out his axe.

Truffles continues searching for a roach free location.

Barnabus steps back and blast the swarm with his Burning Hands. The warm is overwhelmed by the fire and begin burning away as the disperse. Bozvrig’s Alchemist Fire misses but is able to finish of the few survivors with the splash damage.

Truffels moves to safety as Bozvrig gets ready with his axe.

@Dlaron & Scarlet You’re Up!! The swarm has fallen but the 4 small sized cockroaches still remain.

Boz's AC wielding the greataxe is 15/11/14

With the swarms taken care of, Scarlet moves toward the closest larger roach to attack. He thrust his bone sword at the giant bug.

+1 Bone Sword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Move to Cockroach near #9

"Holy Cucaracha Barnabus. If they get much bigger, we could put a saddle on them and have mounts."

Dalron targets a larger than life roach. His bow make the familiar hum as arrows fly to their mark.

Arrow attack #1: 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 23
dice+base-RS-DA+PB
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 6
dice+base+DA+PB

Arrow attack #2: 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 22

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 7

And the sounds of thud, thud as the arrows find their marks.

"You can ride them if you want Dalron, but I'm not letting those things get anywhere near ma' jimmies!!!" Barnabus calls back to Dalron as he lifts his right leg and shakes his pants to try to drive out the last few roaches from his under-drawers.

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Scarlet rushes forward and attacks one of the newly emerged cockroaches. It is a strong hit, but the creature is resilient and still standing. Dalron lets two arrows fly and sing into a cockroach near him and pins it to the wall as it dies.

Initiative
Lanlis
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus

@Lanliss & Del You’re Up!!

Well I still feel crappy... but maybe I can still kill a bug. Especially with this new sword, and the cursed ring gone.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 Shiny new sword (Shaken, Raging, Power Attack)

1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 Edge (Raging, Power Attack)

Del screams in rage, disappointment, and anger, as hard as he possibly can at one of the roaches.

"I'm hearing far too much about your jimmies, today," Lanliss says to Barnabus as he sights the cockroach Scarlet is fighting and let's an arrow fly.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Lanliss is your Fire Elementals still around

"Well Lanliss you know what my papa told me when I was learning to shoot a bow. Aim small hit small. May be Barnabus heard the samething?"

As a pair of arrows streak to another roach.
Arrow attack #1: 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 6
dice+base-RS-DA+PB
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 12
dice+base+DA+PB

Arrow attack #2: 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 20

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 6

But his aim was thrown off by laughing.

Dalron the cockroaches go once Lanliss takes his elementals turn but I’ll save your turn for after

Lanliss is your Fire Elementals still around

Yes, for three more rounds. Thank you for the reminder.

The fire elemental has no idea what the flesh people are saying. He just knows that he needs to burn the chitinous things. And because the two red hot coals in his nether regions were violated by these chitin-things, he's angry enough to do it.

Slam attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1 <--If that hits, and if the roach fails a DC 11 reflex save, it catches fire, doing this same amount of damage for 1d4 rounds.

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Del moves forward to strike out at one of the small sized cockroaches but overestimates his swing and misses. Lanliss’s arrow finishes off the one on Scarlet. And the fire elemental moves up to attack the final open one but misses its attack. The two remaining small sized cockroaches both attack out, one at Del and one at the Fire Elemental. The one on the elemental lands an attack that brings it to its knees.

Suddenly there is more chittering noise coming from those tunnels as two giant cockroaches bust free. These creatures are the largest cockroaches you have ever seen. medium sized One attacks out at the fire elemental and kills it, the other attacks at Scarlet but misses.

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus

"Look whats bugging Scarlet everyone."

And Dalron fires two arrows at the giant size roach.

Arrow attack #1: 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 22
dice+base-RS-DA+PB
Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 5
dice+base+DA+PB

Arrow attack #2: 1d20 + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 13

Damage: 1d8 + 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 + 1 = 6

"If they get any bigger, I say we try and saddle one up."

The two roaches that attacked the fire elemental need to make a DC 11 reflex save or they take 1d4 points of fire damage for 1d4 rounds. Please and thank you.

Seeing the 'small' cockroach go down, Scarlet whirls about to see a larger size one coming at him. Side stepping it a little bit, he responds to the new threat by thrusting his blade at the new cockroach.

+1 Bone Sword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Boz and Truffles charge down the roaches facing off with the fire elemental.

PA Greataxe+Charge: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 = 12
dmg: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

PA Gore+Charge: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 = 13
dmg: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

@Lanliss sorry about that.
GC1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
GC2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
DMG: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Bozvrig and Truffels charge up to take the place of the fallen Fire Elemental. Once face to face with the Giant Cockroach, both of their attacks fall short. Dalron lets two arrows fly, one deflects off of the outer shell of the cockroach but the other strikes true. Scarlet strikes out with his new weapon but is still getting use to it.

@Barnabus You’re Up!!

Barnabus releases a Force Missile into the roach that Dalron shot.

Force Missile: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Updated Map

I am going to roll for which one Dalron/Barnabus attacked since it wasn’t stated. 1 that Bozvrig is on, 2 for the one Scarlet is on.
GC: 1d2 ⇒ 2 Dalron & Bozvrig attacked the one Scarlet is on.

Barnabus lets loose a Force Missile that causes the Giant Cockroach to skitter, hiss, and chirp. It then turns its attention back to Scarlet.

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus

@Lanliss & Del You’re Up!!!

"Damn it! Still cursed. Maybe I can hit one of the big ones".

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17 (Shaking, Raging, Power Attack)

1d8 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 (Raging, Power Attack)

If anything he swings even harder, his shoulder joints popping at the force.

"See? You've just got to keep at it, Del!"

Lanliss targets the same cockroach that Barnabus hit.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

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This should have happened last time you attacked but I missed it... sorry Del
The light of Merthuvial is a glimmering white, except once it is in motion to strike it changes to a red glow and stays this way. Del, maybe unnerved by the color change, misses his attack. Lanliss loosens an arrow that strikes true on the Giant Cockroach.

The cockroaches attack out, but only Bozvrig and Scarlet are hit. Bozvrig takes 8 damage, Scarlet takes 10 damage.

Initiative
Lanliss
Del
X
Bozvrig
Truffels
Dalron
Scarlet
Barnabus

@Bozvrig, Dalron, Scarlet, Barnabus You’re Up!!!

"I thought for sure I'd hit it that time! Am I cursed to never hit anything in combat again!!! Must I become a pacifist Monk!!!".

Barnabus releases another Force Missile into the one on Scarlet.

force missile: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Bozvrig and Truffels keep at their respective roaches.
PA Greataxe: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
dmg: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

PA Gore: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
dmg: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Box is too impressed by Truffels’ newfound might that he doesn’t realize he totally whiffed.
“Atta girl!” he praises.

Wincing from the cockroaches attack, he quickly thrust his blade at the bug again. Hoping to bring it down.

+1 Bone Sword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Updated Map

Scarlet thrust his blade, but it is just able to skitter sideways for his attack to miss. But, Barnabus’s Force Missile lands. Bozvrig misses his attack on the Giant Cockroach, but Truffels in a single attack downs his Large Cockroach.

@Dalron You’re Up!!

@Del & Lanliss feel free to take your turns also.