Sheik Voodoo's Katapesh Nights (Inactive)

Game Master voodoo chili

Karethas' softly crooned syllables soon have the cubs curled in a tight carnivorous ball where they can be quickly secured for their sacrifice.

Unless someone wants to carry one of these back for the princess to coo over, I say we kill one and then take the second as snake food.

I take a gnoll's battleaxe and do a non-lethal coup de gras on the smaller pup.

Non-lethal coup de gras damage: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 4) + 3 = 12

Baring an objection, I then pull back an arrow and shoot the bigger cub.

Coup de gras damage: 3d8 + 15 ⇒ (7, 8, 7) + 15 = 37

I would rather this thing did not wake up while I was carrying it. We can use the wand, or Faelar can cast a spell to wake it up so that the snake has something to play with.

I then tie up the cub's mouth and tie its paws together.

I silently follow along with what everyone is doing, but when my name is mentioned to wake this cub up I look to everyone, "I could either go in and heal it, that would wake it up ... or Aurichalcum could go in with the wand, heal the poor cub and then fly away. I am more than happy to go and heal it, but I would like to tread carefully now, lest I fall unconscious again. I am sure that Aurichalcum, being such a great and majestic creature, will be more suited to this task especially since he can retreat from danger quicker than I, due to those magnificent wings of his."

Either way works for me. I plan on hobbling it so that the cub cannot run away. That way the snake and the cub can fight it out for a while before the snake wins, or at least I assume the snake will win.

Auri, Karethas and Amir - if any of you disagree, with my plan, post it so the Sheik can move us to snake land. Or more likely to the next set of unperceptive gnolls which will see us anyway because we are incapable of getting over like a 3 on our stealth rolls.

I don't foresee any objections and posting will be light on the weekend anyway so...

Kzrira efficiently kills one cub and trusses the other and you make your way carefully down to the riverside near the ruined mill to await nightfall and the serpent.

ambush plans?

I can and have rolled higher than three so i plan to hide. Perhaps we should spread out to come at it from seperate angles?

Isn't it in a building? I figured we could hobble the cub and toss it in and let the two of them fight it out. Then we get an injured (hopefully) snake that has just eaten.

I thought we wanted to draw it out of the building so we could attack it at a distance.
Karethas looks at the others, "I do not have any particularly useful spells here. I will be able to fling some more acid balls and I can maybe daze it for a few seconds, but that will be it. A Grease spell will not be useful against something that already crawls on it's belly."

I thought we wanted to draw it out of the building so we could attack it at a distance.

That's what I heard, but let me know what you want to do.

Could we stake them outside.the building, goat for t-rex style?

Could we stake them outside.the building, goat for t-rex style?

yepper. that's what I figured you had in mind. there's a fair bit of brush and small trees by the riverside. just let me know what kind of set up you want and give me a survival check.

Hey, a skill I am at least half decent in.

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

We look and find a place where the snake can get out of the building - a hole or something that looks like it has a snake path leading from it. We stake the pup there and then sit back and wait. I would prefer that we position ourselves so that we are on the opposite side of the building from the town. Thus causing the building to block us from the town as much as possible.

"Just place me where you need me in this endeavour"

I was thinking that you could load the cub up with your nap nap poison, but then it dawned on me we want the pup active, so much for that idea.

Kzrira quickly finds the hunter's trail starting from a hole at the base of the mill. The giant cobra has worn a passage through the brush along the river's edge where the snake can always find prey lured to the flowing water. She figures a commotion right outside its lair might spook the reclusive beast and perhaps attract the attention of the gnolls so she looks for a less conspicuous spot near the river.

Downriver you find a likely site where an old cut bank gives an unobstructed view of a small silty beach. Staking down the dire hyena cub, you retreat into the brush to wait for the great snake's appearance.

And now we wait.

Stealth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

We begin our stalking. While I manage to find a well concealed place, several flies keep landing on my nose and I am unable to pay attention to much of anything.

Perception : 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Stealth : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 + Mad Dragon senses.
Stealth 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

Stealth 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Time drags on as you crouch in the scrub and weeds above the river. Near sunset the cub awakes and begins plaintively calling in an eery voice. Biting gnats soon add to your discomfort as the light fades.

Just when Kzrira can't take it anymore Faelar jumps up with a yell of surprise as a tall hooded form about as big as the elf himself rises from the shadows below and strikes the hyena cub. The cub gives a loud yelp of pain and the great cobra turns toward Faelar.

Surprise
Karethas w/ a DC 16 perception
Auri
Faelar

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you are on a ~2.5 m bluff over the beach

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Karethas will be sitting this round out 8-)

Staying where I am, I crouch down and being to mutter some words and perform some complex hand gestures. Then all of a sudden a duplicate of myself is standing near the Hyena pup. (G10)

Surprise Round, cast Silent Image. Will save, DC 14 to disbelieve if it interacts with it.

Kzrira waits her turn patiently having been blind and slow to react.

Pass for now

In the gloaming light, a figure suddenly appears near the giant cobra and the snake strikes at the image. The cub continues mewling, but its struggles become feebler as the poison takes effect.
Conditions: dim light.

Round 1.
Karethas
Auri
Faelar
Amir
Cobra
Kzrira

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Karethas winds up and throws a glob of acid at the snake.

ACID DART (4 of 7/day) 30ft Ranged Touch Attack:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 Damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 Acid Damage.

R1

Ready action:
If snake comes within 10' (Ie 1 square away) of Auri, 5' step and attack.

Folks without low light vision or better will have a 20% miss chance as night falls. at least until we get some light on the situation.

Oops, I did forget to put that in. 1d100 ⇒ 75

So much for surprise, can someone shed some light on this situation so that I can get a better idea of what I am shooting.

I take it my image dissapears? Did it roll its Will save?

"Light ... oh right, of course!" I clasp my hands together and whisper some words into them, finally opening my hands. Four small balls of light float out and hover towards the snake, once over the snake they stay where they are shedding enough light for everyone to see clearly.

Round 1 : Cast Dancing Lights

I take it my image dissapears? Did it roll its Will save?

No, save failed. The image doesn't disappear unless you stop concentrating.

Can you concentrate and cast a different spell? If you can't I won't cast Dancing lights and will just continue to concentrate on this image, which will walk towards it, weapon drawn.

No, casting another spell would break your concentration.

Attack w/ S.Bow; Damage 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d6 ⇒ 1

Move to H12 with the hope that my movement will draw is attention to set up flanks and keep spellslingers safe...

I am after the Snake, so will wait on my action until I know what it is doing.

Actually who has the wand? Might be best if Auri holds it for extra heal capacity

A glob of acid flies through the darkening sky to land burning on the cobra's scales. Auri crouches ready to spring should the reptile approach.

Faelar maintains the ruse as Amir fires an arrow at the creature. The great snake hisses at its injuries, but continues attacking the closest apparent target lunging at the illusion yet again.
Good call, Faelar. This may go on for a while :)
Ambient light level still dim, 20% miss for humans.

Round 2.
Karethas
Auri
Faelar
Amir
Cobra
Kzrira

R2
Auri moves over to secure the wand from whoever has it.

I didn't get my round 1 attack as I was after the snake in the init order. Will post for round 1 and 2 attacks assuming that the snake will attack the illusion and not get to me this round.

Round 1

Attack-bow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Concealment Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 40

Round 2
Attack-bow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Concealment Miss: 1d100 ⇒ 68 <-- if still no light

As Auri comes over for the wand, I unhook it from my belt, rather absent minded and as I hold it out to him, I drop it by accident. I feel around on the floor for the wand, making sure not to look at it, once I have felt it I hold it up and let him take it.

I continue to concentrate on the image, which will just stand there in front of the snake looking like he is about to strike, but never actually striking.

Round 2
Peering through the dimness at Faelar concentrating on his illusion, Karethas decides that he will have to light up the area. He pulls out a cooper coin, casts Light on it, and holds it cupped in his hand so the light shines towards the snake. "I hope this does not draw more gnolls."

Kzrira fires a shot striking the snake, but only gets a good look at her handiwork once Kareathas direct a beam of light upon the creature. Faelar keeps up his decoy as he hands off the healing baton to Aurichalcum.
Amir up.

Amir moves to the water line (j10) and continues to fire at a distance. 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 231d6 ⇒ 6

Another arrow pokes from the snake after Amir's shot, but the dumb animal continues trying to attack the illusion. It has taken notice of the arrows flying at it however and dodges Kzrira's next shot.

Round 3.
Karethas
Auri
Faelar
Amir
Cobra
Kzrira

R3

Auri follows behind Amir, keeping the wand at the ready.

Keep Amir between him and the snake, Wand of CLW readied action, Heal Amir if he gets hit

Round 3

Kzrira takes a deep breath after missing her last shot, then aims and shoots again.

Attack-Bow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 Would be nice to have the crossbow now.
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Karethas smiles as he sees the snake continue to attack the figment. "Great spell, Faelar!" He moves the coin to his left hand and conjures another glob of acid which he tosses at the giant snake.

ACID DART (5 of 7/day) 30ft Ranged Touch Attack:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 Damage:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Acid Damage.

I continue to maintain my concentration on my duplicate.

If it keeps staying where it is, I'l keeping popping it with arrows, no sense being silly about it.

Attack; Damage--> 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 161d6 ⇒ 6