Daurros would know that, plant creatures often have Low-light vision tend to have Immunity to all mind-affecting effects and to paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep effects, and stunning.
He would also know that normally they breathe and eat, but do not sleep. These however seem not to be active during the day. They do not seem to have much in the way of magic and have a hard time getting though the warforged armor anyhow. So damage powers might be nice as could maybe powers that stop mind control, but you are unsure if the thing at the center can control minds or not.
After discussing his options with Daurros, Guard settles in a corner.
Even though he's not sleeping, the warforged takes on a trancelike state for the next 8 hours, followed by an hour of thorough concentration, during which the face and body surrounding him as well as his shiny warhammer vanish and get replaced with a pair of metallic gloves that hover around his adamantium plated hands and an amulet bound tight to his throat by a slender blue chain.
The amulet itself resembles a large blue sapphire carved into the shape of a scarab beetle holding a solar disk between its front legs, while at his gloves blue arcs of electricity crackle between the fingers and spark between the gloves when Guard brings his hands close to each other.
Having finished the shaping of his soulmelds, Guard steps outside the remains of the ship they occupied for the night, trying out the fit and function of his new soulmelds.
Thankfully he brought the scimitar he looted in Greenrock as a replacement weapon.
Toxim's time in the military makes itself useful. He knows how to sleep in the most uncomfortable places in the most tense situations. He only hopes that he'll be able to rest enough to keep a clear head while studying his spell book.
"How many hours of daylight do we have? I am reluctant to rest for the night , holed up in a boat while the Wyvern and her crew are at risk? Could we not reach the centre if we continued?"
Ardanto does not sleep well, if at all, too afraid to remove his armour and twitching at every noise.
You start your trek across the wet green land at the over cast dawn. It seems the closer you get to the center the more over cast it becomes. You hear Thunder and rain begins to fall around you. Not that it stops your march ever onward to the center and at around midday you see the cause of the rain.
Sitting in the middle of a large forest of growth is a ship. She is battered but not completely over taken by the vines. You can make out her three tattered masts and what used to be deadly crossbow banks on her deck, not vine covered and left to rot. A great dark storm cloud rises from the aft deck.
Some of you know what you now look at, this is a stormship. A vessel powered by a trapped elemental, which is both the cause of the ships great speed and the storms that they always bring with them. A warship by the looks of her, she looks to be of faded belish colors and her name plate reads "Thunder"
As you near the ship you can hear whispers in the back of your minds. "Get them" "protect the mother" "Join us" "outsiders" "Stop them"
As you look around you the ground seems to be alive, slowly you can see more of it's children raising from the green. Not just near you but as far as you can see the green moves. In all directions around the Thunder the children come for you.
"I recommend we take care of the mother as quickly as possible. I don't see how we can hope to stand against all of the children coming for us."
Daurros looks quickly for an obvious point of entry within the ship.
Karkalla quickly clambers up the vine covered hull onto the deck of the ship.She has a quick look around for any of the vine things hiding on the deck
Perception
Fathom sheaths her sword and climbs up onto the deck.
Toxim quickly makes his way up the vines to the deck of the Thunder.
"We must be close to this 'Mother'. Hopefully, if we kill the heart, the limbs will die."
Finn climbs onto the deck (after having replenished his Mage Armor earlier).
Daurros climbs on deck, and then uses a charge from his wand of mage armor.
As you climb onto the rain slicked deck, the storm grows. The thunder from the aft of the ship is deafening, but you can see the elemental is still bound to the ship as it rages. You also notice that unlike the rest of the ships, this one is not empty.
Across the deck skeletons lay where they fell. Most being covered in vines and mold, clothing rotted away long ago. still rusted weapons and armor can be seen at times. Enough that Karkalla can tell you this is indeed a belish ship by the make of the armor and weapons.
You make your way deeper into the ship, seeing nothing as you explore but the deeper you go the thicker the vines seem to get. The ships cabins all seem empty, save for the dead and the vines. Once you get to the ships hold the Vines seem to be so thick they cover the hull two or three feet thick, making a jungle of vines. The smell of wet rotten vegetation is enough to make some of you gag. Without snems light you could be in total darkness. Some kind of sound can be heard from the aft however. It seems like feeble cries of some kind.
As you draw closer you can see it is some kind of pit, with small vine men growing from its sides, crying and babbling , reaching small under developed arms toward the heavens.
Karkalla indicates the others to wait while she creeps closer to have a look into the hole
Perception
Stealth
"I get the feeling our search may be at an end. Shifter, do not approach! With the small plant creatures growing here, what better fits the term, 'mother'?" Daurros whispers.
He readies a standard action to cast haste; at the first sign of hostile action, he casts on everyone.
"I get the feeling our search may be at an end. Shifter, do not approach! With the small plant creatures growing here, what better fits the term, 'mother'?" Daurros whispers.
He readies a standard action to cast haste; at the first sign of hostile action, he casts on everyone.
At Daurros's words Karkalla relents from heading any further forward.
Fathom tries to 'step to one side', the better to get a 'clear' line of fire as she prepares to summon forth her power.
She also turns and prepares to defend against anything that would attack from their rear.
Toxim prepares to cast Enlarge Person on Finn at the first sign of trouble.
Guard looks about, then goes through his equipment, cursing for not having a flask of alchemist's fire handy.
He looks at the others questioningly, while his hand moves to one of the vials on his potionbelt.
"Ya all do realise if we dont do something soon were going ta be up to our neck in the plant things outside?"
"If we done finish de cause of dis in here, we won' be gettin' back outside....At least, not wi't out gettin' a grass roots make over..." Fathom replies over her shoulder as she watches the doorway behind the group.
"Agreed. We must act. Either the warriors should move forward, or I can send a fireball into the pit. Either is fine by me... anyone have a preference?"
"Rush in after the Fireball (and Enlarge Person and a Bless wouldn't hurt either.)"
"I'm ready to move in," Finn agrees.
Finn will use a charge from his wand of Mirror Image before the fireball goes off.
images
Daurros will first cast haste on everyone (lasts 7 rounds). He'll then move as close as he needs to send a fireball into the hole and cast.
damage
Daurros moves forward to cast fire into the hole.And the screaming can be heard in your minds. Vines from the pit start to form and before you can react, it stands before you. The massive creature of weeds is lined with dozens of the forming vine men, it screeches at you and bares its many rows of fangs. Seven red eyes stare at you with hate as the babbling and whispers of the unborn fill the room as does the stench of decay.
Init
* Daurros = 18
* Ardanto = 17
* Finn = 13
* snem = 13
* Karkalla = 10
* Mother of all = 8
* Toxim = 7
* fathom = 4
* Guard = 3
concentration
Guard rushes foreward to close the gap. Not that the thing as it is could fit through, but he tries to keep the others save as best he can.
Coming close, Snem let's loose a Soulblast, to pull mother's attention towards the warforged:
Closing in on the plant Guard tries his Lightning gauntlets for sure for the first time here, a flash of light bolting towards the huge plant-thing:
Karkalla unleashes nearly half a clip of her repeater in to the thing (using an action point for an extra attack)
Attack 1
Damage
Attack 2
Damage
Attack 3
Damage
Attack 4
Damage
Fathom winces as the creatures silent sounds invade her mind.
Daurros backs away from the plant thing (move action) then attempts to fry it yet again with a couple of scorching rays.
concentration
attack ray 1 rgd touch
damage
attack ray 2 rgd touch
damage
With a sudden burst of speed , Finn moves up behind Guard and assaults the monster with a hail of spear attacks!
with power attack + haste + reckless offense:
Daurros moves back, opening himself up to the long reach of the mother.It bites a hunk out of the wizard as he moves , But he manages to burn it twice with magic. Ardanto moves forward slicing it with his sword.
Finn rushes forward with a series of blinding blows, fallowed by snems blast and Karkalla's bolts flying into the mother.
With a screech it melds back into the pit, vanishing from sight.
Guard moves toward the pit but there is nothing to hit. The whispers can still be heard, but the pit is dark
All around you the floor seems to come alive, it seems the mother has called home her children.
Init
* Daurros = 18
* Ardanto = 17
* Finn = 13
* snem = 13
* Karkalla = 10
* Mother of all = 8
* Toxim = 7
* Children=7
* fathom = 4
* Guard = 3
Fathom's fingers grip her falcata more firmly as the floor oozes forth more plant foes. She sighs,
"I wonder if de b1tch can run out of dees t'ings?" She asks, then calls over her shoulder even as she 'eyes' off those monsters closest to her.
"Where did de bigger evil go?
"Plants aren't evil, and I doubt this mother is. It simply wants to procreate, I believe.
And it went down the pit."
Guard answers to the strange elf witch, while he steps up to the defense of Daurros , charging the plant thing, Snem priming his opponent with a Soulblast:
"Well if it went down the pit just throw another of those balls of fire down after it if ya can." Karkalla yells while trying to bring down as many of the plant things as she can
Attack 1
Sneak attack (If applicable)
Attack 2
Sneak attack
Attack 3
Sneak attack
AoO
Scimitar +2: to hit
Scimitar +2: damage
"These things are nothing. She can keep calling more of them until we're overwhelmed. We need to take the nest mother out. Someone's gotta go after her. Who wants to be a hero today?"Toxim moves over to the hole and casts Enlarge Person on himself.
Concentration
From where she appears about to be surrounded by three of the plant-lings Fathom calls in response,
"I know I ken get out of de hole, what have we got dat ken kill de monster?"
"Well if it went down the pit just throw another of those balls of fire down after it if ya can." Karkalla yells while trying to bring down as many of the plant things as she can
"I'll take that under advisement, thanks." Daurros answers sarcastically. To the others, he replies, "I'm not really concerned if it's evil, good, or just out for a night on the town. It's trying to make us 'join', and so it dies."
"Oh, and if you can keep the children off of me while I fry it, that'd be just peachy, too."
concentration
fireball damage