As the others show up with the gear of the others, Grauchi looks interested in what they brought along.
"Lets us move on, soon the tides will be up again and there will be more waters in the caves. More swimming and maybe more advantage for the octogoblins"
The tunnel opens into a wider cavern decorated with hundreds of leering skeletal parts, wriggling with worms. Four dark circular openings exit the chamber.
Among the distended skeletal jaws decorating the walls is a dull metal bracelet snagged upon a jawbone.
"Mark over there. We have a shiny."
She watches to see if the skeletons or the worms seem to be ready to attack.
After finishing getting all of his gear in place, Pew-Pew will follow the others, trying to stay to the walls since his armor makes him more sinkable.
Very dark. How can see anything in here? Mind I use my shiny to give us more light?
Pew-Pew pulls a Candlerod from his bandalier, striking it hard against the wall. The rod lights up to the brightness of a small candle, and shines a steady, though dim, light all around.
See better now yes?
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Sassarra will cock her head in confusion, then look a bit sad as she realizes her companion has broken eyes. She won't say anything to avoid bringing up his handicap.
Grauchi looks at where Sassarra points and inspects the item. His eyes need a bit to adjust to the light created by the poor Pew Pew, but it isn't too bright.
Grauchi knows it is a single lesser bracer of archery. You need two to gain the effect.
The path North-Wast looks be be above water for now, but the water looks to be raising.
You also see paths to the north, into a cavern, and North-East heading around the north cavern.
Sassarra goes with the group.
"Guys, this is a bracer of shoot a little better with bows. There is one missing though. It can make a good sum if we can find the other."
Before going further, Grauchi uses Detect Magic to see if he can discover the other bracer anywhere close by.
Now clad in his armor and armed once more with his magical equipment, Malicar stays far away from the deranged kobold with the damaged vision, who is now waving around a light for some reason.
Good, good. He is a useful one to have - loud and visible. The monsters will eat him first while the rest of us slay them, he thinks.
Seeing his new companions sliding quietly through the water towards the Northwest.
Staying a little back from the rest of the group so that the candlerod won't give them away, Pew-Pew moves to follow.
If Grauchi doesn't see anything, he'll join the party, moving silently.
Sneaking into the cavern you see Hundreds of remains float in the large bowl of water making up much of the room, which churns with bones, scraps of flesh, and the carcasses of strange, almost alien fish. Just visible through the roiling stew are humanoid bodies floating in the water, wan corpses drifting near the bottom of this cauldron like sleeping guardians.
Hangs from a rope in the ceiling is a mix Red/White kobold; Quinn. A block of silver tied to her pulls at her feet.
Two more of the beast you battled not long ago float in the water.
One has more legs then the once you faced. The other is much larger and clearly obscene.
Sasarra gestures to everybody to get ready to attack.
The many legs one looks up and screams about 'fresh food', Before cutting a rope dropping Quinn into the water.
Round 1:
Mopsank, Grauchi, PewPew, and Malicar.
Monsters, and Quinn.
Round 2+:
The party
Monsters, and Quinn.
Round 1:
The water churns around Quinn as she slowly sinks down.
Mopsank is anything but eager to fight these monstrous foes. Luckily for him, he has an out. He dives underwater and makes a beeline for Quinn. Someone has to do it, after all.
These are squiddies that you need help? I help.
Pew-Pew drops the candlerod into the shallow water, and draws little lightning . With a thought he pushes a bullet from the bandolier into the pistol, primes it and taking a bead on the smaller of the two beasties he rattles off a shot.
"Time to show you why Malicar is called Dragonspeaker," the charred kobold quips. Scurrying to just within range of the giant 'squiddie' (15 ft away) Malicar inhales deeply and unleashes a searing vortex of flame from his mouth.
Grauchi again starts casting summon nature ally II.
Round 1:
Mopsank heads after Quinn.
PewPew shot flies past into the back wall.
The big ones skin starts to dry and turn red from Malicar's burns.
Grauchi starts to summon.
The little sqid pulls out a wand and waves it around.
The large beast looks angry at being burned. He moves closer to Malicar before trying to bite him, but Malicar ducks out of the way of the slow, obscene beast.
Round 1 end:[b]
Large beast took 15 fire damage from Malicar.
[b]Round 2:
Sassarra moves in to cover Mopsank in his rescue. She targets the squiddie in the back. "May your eggs hatch into chickens!"
Malicar cackles with delight. "WITNESS ME, DAHAK!" He steps back and his laughter turns into a roar as he unleashes his dragonsbreath a second time.
Pew-Pew takes a deep breath, and moves to just behind the battle line that his allies has formed, bringing him to within 20' of the larger of the two squid creatures.
I do this. Behold little lightning!
Remember the pack fighting that his raiding group would do, Pew-Pew shouts out some tactics.
If someone can make hold still, I can aim to hurt more.
Mopsank continues to swim towards Quinn.
Another water elemental is summoned. Grauchi points to the large monster.
Grauchi himself then walks/swims closer to Quinn as well.
Round 2:
Mopsank comes within reach of Quinn. But finds living corpses surrounding her. They look to be chained to the bottom of the cavern.
Malicar moves away from the beast, drawing an AOO, but Malicar is to fast. As it tries to bite him, malicar burns the beast again.
Skrelznit and Pew Pew follows up Malicar, landing their own blows.
Grauchi calls forth a water beast that finishes off the big one.
Grauchi tries to swim after Mopsank, but just sinks down.
Sassarra sands out a bolt shocking the smaller one.
The little one screams. You killed my son! You all will die.
Finishing with her wand, the small one calls forth her own beast; a octopus.
It bites into Sassarra and injects its Poison. Sassarra feels her strinth failing.
Last she takes out a harpoon and throws it, but misses Sassarra.
Reaction to her scream a large octopus like beast comes slowly up behind the party.
The beast is a Devilfish.
Under the water the two undead bite at Quinn. One of them bites into her and her Muscles look to lock up.
End of round 2:
Skrelznit, Pew Pew, Malicar, and Grauchi kill the big guy.
Sassarra Hits the little one for 12.
a octopus bites Sassarra for 4, and Sassarra takes 1 Str Damage.
Qunn takes 7 from a undead.
Round 3:
Looking over his shoulder back into the tunnel, Pew-Pew sees the octopus closing on his position.
Uh, big squiddie, look mean. Coming!
He squeezes past Malicar, moving further north into the cavern hugging the wall on the east side, to be within 20' of the little one waving the wand around.
If you bring bad you go away.
Mentally pushing another bullet from the bandolier to his pistol he takes aim and shoots again.
She swims away from the tentacled beast ad breathes her lightning at it.
Hold breath: 24/28 rounds remaining (2x effort to swim closer, -1 extra round each)
As Grauchi can't seem to point at an enemy, his water elemental attacks the closest hostile creature, which is the octo-witch.
Grauchi himself tries to regain control and swim closer to Quinn.
Mopsank isn't exactly eager to fight dead things, but he's already committed, so he pretty much has to, at this point.
Seeing the octopus-like monster approaching from behind, Malicar exhales with an obstreperous snort as thick, black smoke emerges from his nostrils. A heavy cloud hangs in the air, completely blocking the tunnel as he scurries deeper into the cavern.
Round 3:
Pew - Pew splashes thru the slowly rising water, lines up his shot, and puts a bullet into the little ones brain; killing her.
Skrelznit Stinklaw Swims closer to the dead Mommy. [ooc]Don't know if you would do something else.
Sassarra finds the waters a little hard to swim in as she starts to sink. But she does avoid giving the beast any openings before bashing it with electricity.
As the Octo-Witch is dead, Grauchi's summon attacks the other summon; killing it.
Grauchi gets closer to Quinn.
The brave little kobold Mopsank flails about in the water trying to hit one of the undead, but he just sinks.
Malicar surrounds himself with smoke just as the beast is moving closer to him. He can see that it stopped just outside of the smoke.
One of the undead keeps attacking the paralyzed Quinn. While the other attacks Mopsank.
The undead find it hard to hit a paralyzed target, but a lucky claw hits Quinn again.
Mopsank also gets hit by a claw.
paralysis for
End of round 3:
Pew - Pew kills the mother.
Sassarra shocks the summon, and the Grauchi's summon finishes it off.
One undead hits Quinn for 7 damage.
Other undead hits Mopsank for 2 damage.
Round 4 start:
The elemental swims to Grauchi and attacks the undead closest to him
Grauchi himself cast touch of the sea. tries to get a grip on Quinn and pull him to the surface. Avoiding the undead as much as possible.
With a smoke cloud between him and the squid, Malicar takes a deep breath, letting the dragonfire in his belly heat it hotter and hotter as he swims down towards Mopsank and the kobold called Quinn. Taking careful aim, he breathes his fire at both of the undead, avoiding the kobolds with his breath. The flames super-heat the water, boiling it instantly in an outward explosion of scalding, scorching steam.
"BURBL DRUBL GRBBL GLRBL DRBB!" he shouts triumphantly underwater.
Given that the threats are mostly mitigated, she swims upside down over Quinn and puts her mouth to Quinn's. Infused with air, she breathes fresh pure air into her lungs.
Mopsank immediately regrets this. Just, literally everything.
Seeing no immediate targets that are not underwater Pew-Pew will take a 5' step/wade south and ready an action to shoot the squid from the entrance if it comes within 20' of him or is not inside the ink cloud and he has line of sight.
Round 4:
Even under the water Malicar's fire burns and kills the undead.
Quinn draws in the more fresh air from Sassarra as Sassarra, and Skrelznit free Quinn and start to get the paralysis female up above water. Mopsank on the other claw freezes up and starts to sink.
But as the others rise they see a shadow from above of the large squid-like beast coming thru the cloud and landing in the water.
As the beast passes Pew Pew, the shot rings out hitting the beast in one of its tentacles.
Round 4 end:
Undead are re-dead from Malicar's fire.
The Devilfish takes 2 damage from Pew - Pew.
Round 5:
Malicar glares at the tasy-lookingu squid monster before grabbing Mopsank and dragging the stiffened kobold to the surface.
Once on the surface, he exhales another cloud of smoke, hiding himself and the paralyzed Mopsank from view. The first smoke cloud vanishes as the new one forms.
Grauchi swims to the surface, and then to the Devilfish, striking in it's vicinity with his club.
Sassarra will move down under the smoke to zap the devilfish.
That one big nasty, soon big dead.
Pew-Pew finds himself stuck between the beast and the ashcloud. Rather than risking getting knocked around for attempting a shot in melee range, or backing into the dark and hot cloud of smoke, he uses the Pistol Whip deed to make a melee attack with the butt of his gun.
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