You leave the hospital, and work your way through the living area to the door to the courtyard. No one tries to stop you, but you do get a few odd looks.
You open the door and step through. Dense, sour mist fills this spacious courtyard. Eddies in the mist form phantom shapes among the shadows of bent trees and wilted foliage.
A cobblestone path winds through the yellow fog.
(who leads, who has the rear?)
Trevor leads! He follows the cobblestone road!
Is everyone tied together as JP suggested? Or ????
The three of you move across the courtyard. In some areas, yellow mist swirls and forms unsettling half shapes. In others, it hangs in the air in wisps, forcing you to move through it.
You hear some cackling shouts and screams from somewhere ahead of you ... ending in a gibbering sob.
Overhead, for a moment, the beat of heavy wings.
Trevor is in front, the party is tied together ---- who is in the middle and who is in the rear?
Tied in twos is hard when there is only three of you.
Per the discussion tab on how to proceed.
Let us have Mouse in the middle He then points north. Let us follow the path this way since it should lead to the tower.
You move through the eerie mist, staying on the cobblestone path (let me know if you stray from the path). It winds and twists in the fog.
With a THUMP a body falls out of the mist and lands on the ground next to the cobblestone with a SPLAT. You hear two wingbeats from overhead.
Any special actions or do you move along the path as before? You are, perhaps, halfway across the courtyard.
Trevor prods the body with his hammer, turning it over.
Anyone else do anything?
Trevor looks at the body, trying tos ee who it was.
The body is dressed in stained clothes that look to originally be white. You think perhaps an orderly, or nurse? When Trevor rolls the body over, he sees that the body cavity has been opened up, and the soft internal organs removed. Something sharp did this
As everyone is staring at the body, you are surprised by the creature flying down from above. As no one answered the earlier question about who is tied to who, I will go with all three of you tied together.
A tall, ebon creature with batlike wings and a long prehensile tail swoops down on you out of the fog. But the most disturbing feature is its lack of a face!
tail attack 1 is Trevor, 2 is Lazare, 3 is JP , and Trevor is the target.
, and Trevor is grappled! He is also tickled by the tail, and needs to make a DC14 fortitude check or be nauseated from the tickle, being unable to do anything but make a move action (while grappled).
The things razor sharp claws go snick, snick, and the rope is cut between Trevor and Lazare!
Players may go. It's AC18. Trevor is grappled and needs a saving throw. Its CMB is +17 in grapple, and CMD is 22.
Ahhhhhhhhhh!
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Trevor drops his hammer and draws his dagger which is pretty much all he can do.
Trevor is wrapped up by the tail, but the tip still manages to sneak under his arm and tickles him mercilessly! So bad that he is nauseated and unable to do much at all! (other than a single move action)
JP puts a solid round into the creature, which flinches with the hit.
It's wings flutter and flap - you note that it is not actually touching the ground, and has lifted Trevor off the ground - so it is a strong flyer!
Lazare is up!
WHAHAHAHA! BLARGG!!!
Trevor laughs hard enough to puke.
JP has his spare pistol back.
I think that the Mouser can do his mouser thing.
The creature is, in fact, flying, but its feet are mere inches from the ground.
I would even allow Lazare a chance to jump on his back and do his mouser thing while hanging on - but he runs the risk of being on his back if it flies off.
To jump on his back, perhaps a grapple check vs. a CMD of 22.
If he fails, he stays on the ground but in the creature's square.
Wow, another solid hit! The thing is rocked!
It flies straight up 40 feet, and then drops Trevor! (Lazare gets a free AAO as it moves out of his range)
Trevor can make a grapple check to try to hang on to the tail (if he wants) against a CMD of 22.
If he wants to fall, he takes the falling damage above.
Of course, if he hangs on, he may be flown off into the mist on tail of the tickler.
The player's are up! The mist is giving it a +2 cover bonus to its AC
(making its AC 20 where it is now).
Trevor would rather not be carried off into never never land and releases his grasp, grunting as his entire body is shook and cracked from the impact.
Well, on the bright side, he is not nauseated and he landed right next to his hammer.
My spleen!
Still alive! Just got my arms broke.
Note that the thing is NOT flying off...it just flew up to drop Trevor; you are still in combat time; JP thinks it will be swooping back down.
Trevor still gets a move and action for his turn; he fell on the flyer's turn.
Same with JP (if he wants to change what he does) and Lazare.
Still in combat time.
Talisman of Healing Power: These talismans are inscribed with the names and symbols of spirits and other figures associated with healing. The first time that the wearer is reduced to fewer than 1/2 his maximum hit points, he automatically heals 4d8+7 hit points. Moderate conjuration; CL 7th; cure critical wounds.
Trevor grabs his hammer and stands.
The shot hits the beast. However, it is a full round action to load a musket, and you took a shot (attack earlier). You still get a move action though.
@ Trevor - you are correct that the magic is discharged and the Talisman crumbles. But he bounces back to his feet, brandishing his hammer, and is untouched.
Lazare needs to make an AOO for the thing moving away (flying up) and then take his normal round.
Your shots and parting shot damages the creature severly! It re-evaluates its position, and its wings beat strongly, lifting it out of sight into the yellow mist.
The heavy wingbeats fade away.
An eerie quiet returns again to the courtyard.
Ugh...Huff huff. I think we should try to stay inside from now on.
There are two doors (circled in red on the map, which should be updated soon ish).
How do you approach?
Trevor gets out his musket. North door. He takes the lead.
As Trevor approaches the door, he notes that there are openings where windows used to be, and bars over those openings as well.
He can easily see inside, and he spots 3 figures watching him, then they dart to the side, out of line of fire.
He thinks there were ghouls.
He tries the door but it is locked.
So - ghouls inside the door. They know you are here.
What do you do? Take a round to reload your weapons? Use Trevor's big hammer on the door?
I see you in there! He turns to the others. It looks like there are three ghouls in there. They got out of the line of fire and the door is locked. You guys reload your guns while I cover with my hammer, Lazare, can you pick the lock?
Nothing stoops out of the fog at you guys, so that is good.
Lazare easily unlocks the door.
No ghouls can be seen through the door at this time.
Trevor kicks open the door.