Skulls and Shackles Campaign (Inactive)

Game Master Tyranius

Aishe extends her boarding pike as necessary to coup de grace the sleeping creatures as well.

Minimum 15 damage each, should be pretty quick.

Glad to be of help, did I forget to mention, I have magic as well as a pretty face.

Viviana starts to swim in the direction the monster fled from, once the remaining creatures have been coup'd

The party easily finishes off the two sleeping creatures as Viviana begins to swim after the creature rapidly retreating.

While Viviana begins swimming towards it, the creature gets a panicked look as it uses it tentacles and jets rapidly into the water and down a dark tunnel leading east and out of sight.

Full-round action- Jet

Floating in the water the group sees a Tricorne Hat, like the one seen belonging to Sandara Quinn.

Viviana picks up the hat with care, examining it while waiting for the rest of the party to catch up, hoping she can follow that creature into the tunnel it disappeared into.

Catching up, Jack swims closer to the cave entrance. "What in Besmaras name are those uglys!"

Somia will swim after the rest of them, though will keep away from the frontlines.

Aishe swims along with the others as well, keeping in front.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

The walls of this small cavern display strangely ribbed markings. The tunnel continues eastward. As per the map

Aishe- that perception check saw the spoiler below

Aishe points to a set of grates set in the cavern floor. "We should investigate those later. If they're holding anyone in there, they're long dead anyway..."

Deciding to come back to the metal bars later the party continues to press forward. The tunnel opens into a wider cavern decorated with hundreds of leering skeletal parts, wriggling with worms. Four dark circular openings exit the chamber.

The chambers are to the North, East, West and South (which you just came from).

Within the chamber on the mound of skeletal parts rests a purple seven-armed octopoid monstrosity that is the size of a horse, with hook-lined tentales and cold, blue eyes.

Moooorre...... Fooooood.......For.......Son.....of.......Lah....Mash....tu The creature rasps from it's hooked beak as it begins to spray a red gore all about the hard surface. The gore almost resembles fresh wet, blood.

Making the immediate area difficult terrain, but at least it is low tide and no water in this room. :)

Charles
Jack
Somia
Aishe
Viviana
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Monster
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GM, Viviana's Init should be +3 instead of the previous +1 I believe. Its my mistake, I should have alerted you to that.

Assuming each square is still 10 feet, then I don't think I can 5 foot in and attack, so I will spend a move action to get in close and then attack, targeting his flat AC.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Ok thanks I will change that then. That will pace you first on the list then.

And you are correct. You are unable to 5 foot step in difficult terrain and it costs double the movement to move. for example 5 feet costs 10 feet of movement.

Viviana rushes into the beast to slam her fist at the creature before it has time to react. Though the creature is caught off guard it has a slight opening and slams a tentacle around Viviana.

AoO Tentacles: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
damage: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 5, 3) + 4 = 17 + Grab
grapple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

The creature is able to make AoO while flat-footed as it has the feat

A the creatures tentacles pummel Viviana and drag her closer to it the creature is soon slammed in the beak by one of her mighty fists

Viviana (grappled)
Charles
Jack
Somia
Aishe
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Monster (-10 HP)
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Charles eagerly hustles forward, and attempts to hew away at the creature!

MW Cold Iron Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9, for 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 6) + 9 = 21 damage.

Charles also hustles forward as a tentacle shoots out at him. The half-elf is a little quicker on his fet though and deftly dodges the appendage.

AoO tentacles: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

As Charles gets closer he swings his great sword at the beast but is unable to hit it as the creature momentarily slides out of the path of his blade.

Viviana- unarmed strike- (grappled)
Charles- greatsword
Jack
Somia
Aishe
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Monster (-10 HP)
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Making a note for myself that Viviana is now down to 9 HP

Aishe, seeing the pummeling received by Charles and Viviana, moves closer to the beast, but doesn't risk its tentacles. Instead, she extends her boarding pike once more, trying to defeat the thing from afar.

Move action: Move 10' E
Swift action: Extend pike
Standard action: Attack creature
Attack (Boarding Pike of Repelling +1): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage (Boarding Pike of Repelling +1): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Swimming a bit closer so that he has line of sight, Jack casts bless, so that the others have a better chance of killing that beast.

"If I'd have known this morning I would be swimming around with all these gribblies, perhaps I'd have prepared better spells."

If Somia can get close enough to Viviana to do a healing hex, she will do so, otherwise she'll just ready an action to do a healing hex on her if she gets close enough.

Healing Hex: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Jack steps You are on solid ground in this room Jack forward slightly. As he sees his friends being pummeled he whispers a blessing on the entire party.

Somia moves around the corner as a tentacles slams into her and pounds her into the ground. When the tentacle rises Somia is left not moving in a pile of blood Currently at -6 HP.

AoO Tentacle: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
damage: 6d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1, 3, 4, 1, 6) + 4 = 24 + Grab
grapple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

Aishe steps forward, staying out of the creatures immediate reach as she extends her pike right into the belly of the creature causing it to scream in agony.

The creature slams a tentacle at Charles. The tentacle slams into Charles with the same force as Somia, though he still somehow seems to be conscious. As if almost reflex Charles is able to completely avoid being grappled by the tentacle in the process.

Tentacle: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
confirm Crit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
damage: 6d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 4, 1, 2) + 4 = 21 + Grab
grapple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Ouch! That was a painful round

Party is up

Viviana-(@ 9 HP and Grappled)
Charles-(@ 7 HP)
Jack (@ 18 HP)
Somia (@ -6 HP and dying)
Aishe (@ 19 HP)
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Monster (-21 HP)
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Standing on open ground Jack will try to help his comrades by throwing the new dagger at the beast. But is aim is not true and he misses. I think 13 is too bad? Although the beast is in a grappling maneuver. PbS and Precis shot are included.
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 131d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

I think, since we are both grappled, both Viviana and this thing take a -4 penalty to Dex, which means that I bet I can hit it on a full attack

Full Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 161d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 81d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Die

Just double checking, but normally, when you are grappling someone, you can't take AoOs (as per the grappled condition); does this creature have some special ability that allows it to ignore this? Just trying to help, since it is doing a *lot* of damage to us :-/

@ Viviana- The creature is not also grappled per the grab ability

@ Charles the creatures grab ability allows it to perform a grapple check as a free action upon a successful hit but does not place the creature in a grapple itself

Viviana pounds her fists into the creatures squishy body with little regard for anything else

Jack hurls a dagger at the beast but misses the swirling tentacles as the dagger clangs off of the wall

Viviana-(@ 9 HP and Grappled)-full attack
Charles-(@ 7 HP)
Jack (@ 18 HP) -throw dagger
Somia (@ -6 HP and dying)
Aishe (@ 19 HP)
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Monster (-37 HP)
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@GM Tyranius: Not gaining the Grappled condition whilst grabbing is normally (as per the Grab universal monster rules) only the case if they take a -20 penalty on their CMB check, but I will roll with it :-)

Wincing from his wounds, Charles nonetheless valiantly tries to strike at the creature...

MW Cold Iron Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18, for 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 3) + 9 = 15 damage.

@ Charles- Yes you are correct so Viviana you would not be grappled not that it did anything this fight as all of your attacks hit and the only attack that struck you was the initial AoO

Charles slams his greatsword into the beast as more gore sprays against the wall and ground. The creature slumps to the cavern floor unable to move anymore.

Combat Over

I couldn't believe it when they threw this creature in this early in the module, let along giving the GM the opportunity to have it in water at high tide. That gorey blood ability creates total concealment in water, 50% miss chance, that the creature is still able to see through unhindered

Yea, that looks like a killer encounter, although to be fair, if it didn't get like 3 natural 20s things might have been slightly easier.

BTW, shall we quickly heal up (or at least save Somia who is dying)?

Aishe moves to Somia's side and places her hands on the woman's wounds. She sings a quiet, sorrowful tune, and the bruises on her body begin to fade.

Cast cure light wounds on Somia
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Giving her a potion of CMW, the one he got from the captain Jack tries to bring Somia back to her senses.CMW: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (6, 7) + 3 = 16.
Afterwards he swims and takes back his dagger.
Finally he casts Detect Magic.
"What the F. was that ugly motherless beast"

Jack detects some magic inside one of the distended skeletal jaws that seems to be decorating the wall.

Jack swims to the jaws and tries to extract what is magical.

As Somia pulls herself back to her feet, she shakes her head groggily "Well, that hurt - I'm not sure if I should go back to the island hermit role if accompanying you is going to cause me so much pain."
She smiles at Aishe.
"My thanks, I know you're just looking after your own. Now, I have some magic left if anyone is still injured?"

"Well, you joined the crew and you never desert your crew!"

"I'm pretty injured", Viviana mutters.

(Currently 9/28 HP)

Aishe nods, acknowledging Somia's thanks. Then, in response to her question, she shrugs, "I have this scratch, but it's not bothering me too much, really."

19/24 HP

Hearing Vivianas words, Jack grimly nods. "I have one more spell in me, do we have any scrolls or potions left? If not, I will gladly heal you."

Somia will Healing Hex Viviana (and anyone else who needs it)
Healing Hex: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Somia has a CLW and a CMW wounds left as well. She can Healing Hex everyone 1/day.

Viviana HP 9-->14/28

Might need a little more healing, just to be safe

I think Aishe has 3 level 1 spells left today. Do we want her to go ahead and use one on Viviana now (possible max of 11 hp healed) or let Somia use hers and save it?

ooh, I forgot, I can channel too, should heal up the minor wounds the party has sustained...
Channel Positive: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9
Will make sure everyone's close enough, and that the beastie is dead first!

Viviana HP 14-->23/28

This should be high enough, provided we don't meet another one of those creatures again...

As soon as the group is ready to move on, Viviana will use Martial Flexibility to pick up the effects of Dragon Style for 1 minute.

Which Route: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Looks like its the upper left most route

Aishe moves with the others, staying near the front and keeping a keen eye out for danger.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Jack finds a single bracer within one of the skeletal jaws in the wall.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

I will post next room tomorrow as I am nowhere near my computer until then.

I will give you time to grab the single bracer and identify it Jack. I am just posting the next room.

The party enters the dark tunnel to come to another lit cavern. Hundreds of remains float in this large bowl of water, 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.

Two figures hang from the ceiling above the churning waters, bound hand and foot with thick strands of seaweed and sinew and weighted with heavy ingots of silver- The kidnapped sailors from the Man's Promise, Sandara Quinn and Crimson "Cog". Both look to be very badly beaten, unconcious and large gashes cover their bodies as if they have been partially eaten.

Two creatures occupy this chamber. Both look identical to the creatures previous in the cave though the smaller creature seems to be wearing an excessive amount of seashell jewelry and a makeshift shell crown of sorts while the other is an obscene, bloated monstrosity with a gaping toothy maw, nearly twice the size of the other creature.

As the party enters the chamber the smaller creature hisses and raors at the group as the sound echoes across the chambers. She cuts the rope holding Sandara and Cog as they crash into the waters below and instantly drug below the surface by the weight of the silver ingots.

Map is update with normal view and on the right hand side of the map is a depth view.

Charles
Jack
Somia
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Monsters
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Viviana
Aishe

Is bless still active? 3minutes? If gone, Jack will bless the party, if it is still active he will cast Divine favor.

Aw, hell.

"Someone good at swimming should try to reach them!"

Charles valiantly attempts to swim forward, and attack the closer creature...

Bloodrage.

Swim: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 2 = 15.
MW Cold Iron Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 22, for 2d6 + 9 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5) + 9 + 3 = 22 damage.

Viviana attempts to Charge (not sure if water counts as difficult terrain which I can charge through), at the larger monster, and lashes out with her fists.

Charge Attack with Dragon Style: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 6 = 14

This doesn't add in any bonuses such as Bless / Inspire Courage etc that might be in play when Viviana gets her turn