Fail
Gresham kills S6 and moves towards relieving Doc.
As S1 had run away, Alessandra swims and attacks the other crossbow user.
Mr. Spleen finishes off S5, and then Doc moves over and kills S4.
Combat over, as S1 has swam back into the cave to the North.
Chaenath motions North and makes a slitting notion and then shrugs as she points West.
Gresham nods as Chaenath points toward the north and the fleeing sahuagin. He swims a brief distance in that direction, waiting for his companions to catch up or indicate they wish to go in a different direction.
The tunnel rises above sea level here, creating an air pocket in this series of chambers. The floor is sand and a few items of furniture are scattered about, including a table, a poorly repaired chair, a bed with a sagging frame, and a crude fence of dried wood in the rear of the chamber. The entire cavern is overgrown with vines bearing tiny violet flowers that fill the room with a cloying fragrance.
As your heads break the surface of the water, you see that the Sahuagin that escaped is in the final stages of being devoured by a number of small plant creatures, eight to be exact.
The creatures have not noticed you.
Actions?
Knowledge (nature)?
Gresham leans over to Doc and, cupping his hand over his mouth, whispers, "Rogar, perhaps this would be an excellent time to employ one of your bombs?"
Chaenath just points at the plants and screams.
It's very loud.
Hey are xtabays, with that roll, feel free to read their entire entry!
You can see the furniture, who knows, although those things are back behind the plants.
With Chaenath's scream, you guys can finish up a surprise round of actions...
Gresham takes in the scene and angles his limbs to mimic the stance of the legendary kirin.
"Note the telltale death's head pattern on their petals. These are xtabays, a mobile carnivorous plant."
Gresham drops his nodachi and readies his bow.
"Xtabays produce a soporific pollen which renders their prey unconscious. The pollen cloud is typically effective to a range of ten feet, so I recommend ranged attacks. Their speed is fairly slow, so hopefully we shall be able to eliminate them before they are able to deploy their pollen."
Alessandra scoffs. "What kind of a name is that?! Were you thinky-types low on inspiration that day?" She glowers as Chaenath screams, giving away their presence. Time was, she'd have shot someone for doing that. She's clearly mellowing (or 'going soft' as she thinks of it).
Drawing her bow, she fires at the nearest plant.
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"Whoever found an' gave name to th' plant, must've been usin' somethin' far stronger than booze.."
But time to wonder about the nomenclature is later, now is the time for some explosive weeding. Following Gresham's advice, Rogar keeps his distance to the carnivorous plants, and throws a bomb of fire and goo on them.
"Captain, it literally means 'Female Ensnarer' in Polyglot."
Assuming the scream is a free action Chaenath casts a Fortune Hex on Doc, her banshee like wail modulating into a high pitched exhortation to burnthemburnthemburnthemburnthemburnthem
Alrighty then, so shall we press on?
The xtabays were just turning to react to Chaenath's scream, when Doc nailed them with his bomb. Alessandra quickly picked off the survivors, and the deed was done.
You suspect that the xtabays are responsible for there being breathable oxygen in this space, and now with no xtabays and some fire, the oxygen will start diminishing as you breath it. Luckily, you can all breath water right now, so no problem.
On the plus side...
[spoiler=Perception DC 12]Hidden within the bed covers is a wand of web(37 charges), and beneath the bed, there is a small coffer containing three potions of water breathing.
Chaenath is going to be taking 20 on the chamber anyway if possible, unless there is an obvious way out.
Oohhh, look a wand, and potions!
"Captain, I have already imbibed a potion of water breathing from your stores. We have no idea how extensive these water-filled caverns are, perhaps it would be wise for at least you to imbibe one as well? I do not know the extent of Lady Chaenath's ability to grant that capability. Regarding the disposition of the wand of web, I am quite capable of manipulating magical devices should you wish me to use it on your behalf, but perhaps it would be best suited to Lady Chaenath?"
Before exiting back into the water, Gresham will drink an extract of barkskin, an extract of false life, and an extract of shield. He also taps himself again with his wand of heightened awareness.
[dice=false life]1d10 + 4[/dice]
This tunnel is a dead end, it was the north tunnel out of the last cavern. You had come into the ambush cavern from the east, and there was a western exit.
Assuming you swim back down to the ambush cavern and go to the west, that cavern then turns south and opens into another cavern. This cavern looks to be the sahuagin equivalent of a barracks. It is empty of sahuagin.
You came into this room from the north, there are passages to the south and east out of here.
Let's go east!
Gresham nods and swims toward the east.
You travel down the passage, and come into a cavern. In the midst of this cavern is a large crab.
Knowledge(nature) DC 19 to ask questions...
Chaenath and Doc are up!
You're still under water.
I am pretty sure that is not an otter!
[dice=Knowledge (nature) w/heightened awareness]1d20 + 14 + 2 + 1d6[/dice]
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Not at his best, fighting underwater, Rogar stays put with his dagger drawn.
"Looks a bit like ye, Mister Spleen," he comments to his familiar as he readies to strike if the enemy ventures too close.
Mr. Spleen doesn't answer, it keeps a position next to its master.
You're still under water.
@Gresham - It is a Giant Rock Crab. Immune to Mind Affecting Effects, it has a Constrict Attack and Grab.
Chaenath attempts to Hex the creature, but it is immune.
The crab comes forward and attacks Gresham with it's claw...
Hit
Successful I believe, so Gresham is grappled.
The whole party is up.
It is apparent that the creature has 10' reach, only Gresham is currently within that reach, but of course the creature is grappled, so not threatening, UNLESS it took the -20 to be otherwise. I'll leave it to you guys to guess that out.
Anyways...
Chaenath gives Gresham a Fortune Hex and cackles
Gresham grimaces in pain as the giant crab seizes him in its giant claw. He speaks, his voice odd in his ears beneath the surface of the water. Not for the first time he wonders how the magic of water breathing functions.
"Captain, Mr. Spleen, Rogar. I shall occupy this beast until you close, then I will endeavor to free myself since this appears to be an untenable position."
Both Doc and Spleen missed.
Ok, let me see then, Alessandra previously used the following numbers to attack, so I'll just copy them...
Her first and third attacks hit.
Gresham?
Crab - 15
Gresham ties to focus past the pain of the crab's claw crushing the life out of him and study its movements, then wriggle free and assume his fighting stance.
Gresham breaks free from the Crab's embrace!
The crab is up...
The crab will attack Gresham with two claws...
Hit
Miss?
If Gresham's CMD is 20 right now, then that's a miss!
The whole party is up.
Only due to his defensive posture is Gresham able to weather the crab's relentless assault, but it takes its toll. He takes a moment to analyze its fighting technique, then lunges with his nodachi, attempting to drive the point between the crab's chiton. Recovering from his lunge Gresham pulls back into an even more defensive posture, trusting to Chaenath's supernatural luck to guide his blade.
Gresham gets a solid hit against the crab.
Hit
Hit
Hit
All three of Alessandra's attacks hit.
Crab - 38
Chaenath uses her Healing Hex on Gresham and Cackles to keep the Fortune Hex going.
Gresham spares a moment to look over his shoulder and nod at Chaenath as her touch causes nearly all of his wounds to heal. Then he returns his attention to the rock crab with renewed vigor.
Mr. Spleen's two swings both hit, and amazingly enough they are enough to drop the crab!!!
Within the silt at the bottom of the cave lies a masterwork trident with the broken condition.
There is nothing else of interest in this cavern.
Leaving that cavern and going back to previous one, you find only one path which you have not yet followed, and that is to the south. This passageway goes on for some time, and Rogar definitely feels like it is descending
This passageway ends in a roughly 15' across cavern that has two exits, one to the north, and one to the SE. Inside the cavern is a single shark, and two sahuagin. You are quickly able to dispatch these three as a minor hindrance.
The passage to the north goes level, and the one to the SE appears like it descends even further.
Which shall it be?
Chaenath swims along behind renewing Water Lung on whoever might need it as they head on.
Gresham propels himself through the water with his swim fins along with the party, his nodachi at the ready and his eyes searching for trouble.
Yes, virtually this entire dungeon is under water, which I imagine is why the module gives so many breathing potions.
You swim north and come into another chamber...
Numerous strange, organic laments fill this chamber, running from floor to ceiling like columns. Fist-sized pink ovoids float from the laments, bobbing in the lazy current.
Another corridor leads north out of this cavern, or you can go back to the south.
"These are locathah eggs, roughly one week from hatching."
Gresham continues swimming north, per the plan of his companions.
Swimming up the corridor, you come to yet another cavern. The sole occupant of this room is a fishlike humanoid with crested fins and an orange coloration, shackled to the far wall. It would appear that the creature’s legs have been removed, And crudely stitched up with ragged scars, and carved crude tattoos into its scaly flesh.
Gresham studies the creature briefly, then addresses it in Aquan.
If allowed, Gresham will open the shackles.
The creature responds in like kind, "yes, the terrible sahuagin captured me, and have taken control of my eggs. They tortured and deformed me. They will eat my hatchlings when they emerge, or enslave them, and for a mother, the thought of either is terrible."
She is, obviously, more than willing to get rescued and immediately, but slowly, swims to the adjacent chamber and begins collecting up her eggs.
"How do I get out of here?"