We have little choice but to flee. Lubella is likely barely damaging these even if she scores a critical hit every round!
The outcome indeed looks bleak this way, with a frontal assault.
There may be other ways of defeating them or bypassing, but staying here, even with 2-3 more elementals seems unlikely.
Needless to say, I strongly suggest that Acros retreats!
Given the limited duration of Air Bubble, we should likely return to the surface.
Keep in mind there was another opening to the south with a dock if you do not want to surface just yet.
I'm just not sure how that would leave us for air supply. I'm nervous about committing to a path with no sure way back.
Heads up that I will be on holiday from September 10th to September 26th. Please bot Talvek as you see fit.
Let's use the elementals to block them and head south - we should still have a few minutes, and I'm sure we can find an air pocket somewhere.
Who knows, maybe we can find a way to drain the water out so we can deal with these things with considerably less disadvantage?
Do you continue with the casting of the 2nd elemental summons? If so, place yourselves and those summons. Assume the first one is mauled covering the retreat.
for 5 hits
We have likely used half of the duration of the Air Bubbles. It seems very risky to head south and count on finding an air pocket. I'll also point out that Talvek and Lubella are both wounded, so we'd have to spend some resources to heal, in case we run into another fight. I'd prefer to explore south the next day, when we'd have a better margin of error.
Defeating the shell creatures would be difficult even with the water drained, but at least it would be possible.
EDIT: It's frustrating that Water Breathing doesn't seem to be on the Witch spell list.
Water breathing's one the magus spell list that I draw from, I can cast it from a scroll if we need.
Scrolls of Water Breathing are a bit expensive for us to rely on at the moment.
When we level up, Lubella is going to take Leadership, with the intention of recruiting a Cleric of Sarenrae (who will be able to cast the spell). Getting enough experience points to get there may be a bit tedious, however. My intention isn't to have the cohort come along on missions, but I'd make an exception for enabling us to breathe underwater.
If course, Aldren has the ability to cast the same spell (if only he were active).
Yeah, Aldren’s player was both running a game for me and in another game I was playing in and it seems he may have disappeared from the boards.
Well I hope all is ok. These days real life can interrupt at a moments notice.
Octavio may be able to locate some help, but not a total solution.
Hopefully we have four of you able to continue.
I will be travelling from Oct 7th through Oct 21st. I'll be checking the boards, but will have a reduced posting frequency during that time.
'll be away on a family holiday starting tomorrow (the 27) and back the 5th -- but given the need to unpack with small child, probably not actually able to be online to catch up and post before the 8th.
Feel free to bot Sidius (and the dolphins) in my absence. He'll keep cackling to keep the baddie on edge, and really wish he had a useful spell that worked underwater. (Will get fortune or a similar hex to make himself useful in these situations)
I am also driving cross country today and tomorrow. So posting may be delayed a day or two until I am settled in Florida.
I'm away on a little birthday trip, so won't be able to post Friday-Sunday.
lets figure we can only get in 1-2 posts by Monday to allow travelers a chance to do RL activities then. Be safe!
sorry for the slow posting. Had a couple family medical issues. I drove to Florida to help move my mom to a new facility and then while gone, my wife's mom went into the ER. I am driving back cross-country to get home to help.
My sympathies about your family medical issues. Take care.
Thanks. Mother in law is recovering albeit slowly. It will be a long haul. But better than we feared on Tuesday.
I will post tonight to get us moving again now that I am back home.
I see that I marked off Sidius as having cast False Life, but don't see where I rolled it.
So Sidius' save means he's actually down 2 hp (after the Temp HP) from the Lightning Bolt.
Happy Thanksgiving for those in the US. I am a bit tied up with activities today but will post more this weekend
Sidius already has a headband of vast intelligence, so perhaps the headband should go to Arcos. Sidius can use the wand of lightning.
Starting next level, Lubella could make good use of the metamagic rod to extend Good Hope, making each spell last 14 minutes. Until then, we can use it to extend Air Bubble and go for 12 minutes underwater instead of 6.
Lubella is already using a hand-me-down amulet of natural armor, so someone else can use the new one.
Problem is you can only use a rod 3 times, so it won't let us all get extended durations.
Sidius does have a headband, so no worries with that.
Sidius *can* use the wand of lightning, though it makes a big blast underwater (the whole reason he didn't cast his own lightning bolt).
If nobody else wants the amulet, he'll take it, but armour class and mages are generally not friends.
Also, I really really hate his spell list.
I'd gladly take the headband, the amulet too if nobody else strongly wants it.
How many charges does the wand of lightning have remaining?
For now, I've assigned the +1 mithral short sword to Talvek: I think he's the only one proficient with it.
Arcos would also be proficient from his level of rogue.
Yeah, I'd be proficient as well.
I think Talvek is better off with the rapier, Arcos can have the shortsword.
OK, reassigned the +1 Mithral Shortsword to Arcos on the loot sheet. I don't know why I forgot about Rogues being proficient.
Lubella may have to play Lorelu's game and hope that it doesn't permanently drain a hit point (or worse). I'm not optimistic that we will have any way of knowing ahead of time. I hate making a blind guess, but we may have no choice.
Might be unsporting, but a Death Ward could reduce negative consequences?
I forget who Zachrin Vast is, Talvek had the Milani tiefling in mind (I think he was a cleric?). No time to look stuff up now, work is extremely busy.
Zachrin Vast is the Shelynite high priest at Songbird Hall. The Church of Shelyn is officially neutral, but in practice sympathetic to the Silver Ravens.
I am going to push a bit to try and wrap us up on this book by the end of the year. We have 2-3 more encounters, depending on actions.
Sounds good.
We will be driving cross country tomorrow and Friday for Christmas with my family. Posting after Christmas will be better. Be safe and enjoy time with family everyone.
Happy holidays, everyone! Be happy, healthy, and safe.
Sounds good. Happy holidays everyone!
Arcos might have to use a dagger (slashing) against the ooze. It's immune to the mithril shortsword, and resistant to electricity.
I don't think water elementals can damage it.
Nope. It'll need to be something that can bite. Thinking d3 Octopi is more effective than 1 shark.
Also, I've always thought it was silly that daggers are SP and shortswords aren't (and yes, I know they "fixed" it with the gladius).
Hope all had a wonderful day. Per my Christmas GM tradition, you each receive a free reroll token to use on one future d20 roll. Enjoy. There is not much left here but not sure if we can finish by year end.
I think we're waiting on Arcos. If he wants to melee the ooze, Mirror Image would give him some protection. And Magic Missile should damage it.
Yep - will bot and move forward. Holiday time is always a challenge for consistency on posts…which for people spending time with their family is time better spent imho. :)
Unfortunately the immunity to piercing weapons has the side effect of making weapons less effective overall due to underwater penalties halving damage
Ope, sorry, definitely been on holiday time. Also, starting tomorrow I'll be in a little beach town in Oaxaca for some serious chillin' out, returning on the 9th of January. I may be able to squeeze a post in here and there, but signal/wifi is likely to be spotty at best.
Please bot me as necessary.