"Torin good idea, Viorel if you think that will help ask Nathaniel for what you need and hand out as you see fit. If every one is healed and ready lets head out again, eyes open, swords and spells ready"
Everyone finishes up their business and continues the journey. After a break for lunch and about four more hours of journeying, everyone is exhausted. The sun still blazes in the afternoon sky.
Need four more saves from heat sensitive individuals. Starting at DC 19 and increasing by one each time. Armor gives a -4 penalty. You've been traveling for 8 hours now. Anything more today would be a forced march.
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DM Rolls:
1d100 ⇒ 9 1d100 ⇒ 43
As the group comes to a stop to decide what to do, they are currently in a very arid patch of land. Just as everyone is gathering together to talk, a loud buzzing can be heard coming from above. Looking up, the group sees a large swarm of insects descending upon them.
Out of character yeah. Unless Nathaniel has a yard stick 'as fast as a normal human' is the best he can come up with from looking at it in the brief time since it has descended.
Barek curses. "A swarm of bloodhaze mosquitoes. Not only will their bites be painful and unpleasant, they carry the sleeping sickness. Our weapons are useless against them but they can be hurt by large effect magic or splash weapons. I have neither. If noone has the same, I suggest we leave. And spread out so it can only feed on one of us at a time," he says, moving away from the group.
Wow. We actually fought these things in a Serpent's Skull tabletop game on monday! Not fun. We beat it, but we needed to go back to base camp to get some healing.
Oh. So Barek will take a move action straight down and ready to take another move action if the swarm comes at him.
Made this its own campaign with links in the campaign info tab. Also realized that we need a bigger battlemap, but don't have time to do that until later tonight.
Cinderfang, you know the same things as Barek. Those spells would function normally except where contradicted by *swarm traits*.
HP 100/100, Fort 13 Ref 20 Will 11, AC 21 TAC 16 FFAC 15, Init 8, CMD 33
Nathaniel hovers a foot above the ground, then flies forwards, grabs Viorel and Torin by the scruffs of their necks and then flees away from the swarm.
I should have enough carrying capacity to let me pick them up.
Viorel is a sad monkey because he wants his fireball. TPO Viorel is angry monkey who facepalms because he could have sworn he had burning hands, need to correct that next level if for no other reason the concept. Also damn I hate swarms.
@DM: Would you allow removal of one of the pouches of adventurer's sash with a dagger and if so with what action? Thinking about use of alchemist's fire if the retreat plan goes bonkers.
That brings us to Cinderfang. Don't forget you're under a geas to help one another, if you all just run away and leave Torin to die you probably won't be feeling too well in a day or so.
@ Viorel - You can draw alchemist's fire from a sash as a move action as far as I know. If you are asking if cutting the whole pouch off and just throwing it would make it any quicker then I'm gonna say yes, but it'll destroy your sash. If you do that we'll make it a swift action.
Male Human (Shoanti) Druid 6 hp 57/57, AC 19, (T13/FF 16), Init +3, Perc +12. F+9/R+7/W+9
I am posting from my phone so forgive formatting errors.
Round 1
Initiative 10
Cinderfang tells Sun-Eater to follow Burek
Cinderfang changes shape into a giant condor and swoops next to Torin. (fly speed 50ft, large size, Str 24)
I want to be in R21
Next round I will pick you up and carry you away
Viorel, your move. Nathaniel, you can carry one person, but it'll be a move action to pick them up. If either you or Rosa wanna change your declared actions try to do it before Viorel posts. Once he posts I will move this to round 2.
@Nathaniel: Crossblooded means I do not have my fireball yet.
Round 1 init 6
Viorel reaches in to his backpack pulling his hand back now holding a smokestick with all the chaos happening around him, Viorel decides just to get ready to move if the bugs decide to attack him.
Move action-> Get smokestick from handy haversack. And ready action to move if swarm moves to him.
Torin panics and runs to the south, dozens of insects cling on to him as he tears them away from the swarm.
Damage to Swarm 1d6 ⇒ 3 1d4 ⇒ 2 Torin take 1 Con damage this turn and the next turn. You can remove the mosquitoes next turn with a full round action DC 18 Reflex save to prevent the damage.
Initiative 6
Viorel retrieves a smokestick from his bag, and gets ready to run.
Initiative 4
Rosa casts a spell on herself and then moves away from the swarm with magical speed.
Nathaniel casts a spell and Nathaniel, Cinderfang and Voirel feel themselves magically sped up.
End of Round 1
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Begin Round 2
Male Human (Shoanti) Druid 6 hp 57/57, AC 19, (T13/FF 16), Init +3, Perc +12. F+9/R+7/W+9
Round 2
Initiative 10
Cinderfang flies directly south of Torin, swooping close overhead ready to pick him up then pulls an aerial loop de loop dance that ends with his wings cracking to full open position. At that moment a bank of fog cascades out from the swarm, blanketing the area.
Cinderfang moves to AJ22, directly overhead of Torin
Casts Fog Cloud, the upper left corner should be in Q21, covering 4x4 area.
@Nathaniel - You should be able to fly right out of there. I'm not clear if concealment helps you against these guys, but hopefully it will disorient them a bit.
Spoiler:
EFFECT
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft. level)
Effect fog spreads in 20-ft. radius
Duration 10 min./level
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION
A bank of fog billows out from the point you designate. The fog obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature within 5 feet has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker can't use sight to locate the target).
A moderate wind (11+ mph) disperses the fog in 4 rounds; a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses the fog in 1 round.
HP 100/100, Fort 13 Ref 20 Will 11, AC 21 TAC 16 FFAC 15, Init 8, CMD 33
Fort 11d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Fort 21d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
With a supreme effort of will, Nathaniel just barely avoids managing to go into a slicing raving frenzy with his blade, instead calmly turning away to go after Viorel.
Going towards Viorel, aiming to end up right next to him so I can pick him up with a move action.
I'm putting the spell in a better position for you, that way it'll actually do something by blinding them.
Initiative 7
Torin took another 1 con, for a total of three. 1 when the swarm first bit you, one on your first turn when you left, and now the third.
The mosquitoes clinging to Torin are now full to bursting with his blood. They detach themselves and fly away.
Initiative 6
Viorel waits, assessing the situation
Initiative 4
Failed both saves so...
The mosquitoes swarm into Nathaniel's eyes, ears, mouth a nose choking him as a living carpet of death attempts to devour his vital fluids.
You're nauseated for this round, which means single move only.
He flees the swarm, heading for Viorel, but dozens of the large insects are already locked onto him, drinking.
1d4 ⇒ 4 Take 1 Con damage this round and at the end of your turn for the next three rounds. Unless you spend a full round action and succeed at a DC 18 reflex save to scrape off the mosquitoes.
Rosa sees that everyone is getting away and moves back a bit more.
This would normally be the end of Round 2. Viorel, would you like to step in?
Seeing how it looks like we can run away Rosa will do just that heading 57 and off map 250' a round, then quicken-stride after that. Rosa can keep ahead of them until we lose em.
If not she will summon monsters to keep them accompide wile we get away
"No point fighting the things lets just get away as fast as we can."
Viorel activates the smokestick and throws it aiming it on the edge of Cinderfang's spell. "Nathaniel, you alright?"
Made asumption of improvised weapon and range increament of 10 feet of total -6 penalty, modify if needed, normally empty squere has AC 5. Aiming for R26. If hitting the R26 would be the lower left conrner of the 10x10 smoke cloud. Throw smokestick1d20 ⇒ 7
HP 100/100, Fort 13 Ref 20 Will 11, AC 21 TAC 16 FFAC 15, Init 8, CMD 33
Teeth clenched, lips tightly shut Nathaniel bends over and grabs Viorel by the back of his jacket, lifting him up. "Lets get the hell out of here and I'll decide" he whispers, white-faced.
Okay, I'm gonna call this fight. You guys will be able to make it away. Nathaniel would end up taking the rest of his con damage because he'd be too busy fleeing to scrape them off. Viorel would also get hit by the swarm once, so take 1+1d4 ⇒ 1 (total 2) con damage, and give me a DC 17 Fort save.
Yay success, oh actually it should have been 1d20+6 didn't get it at first but the con damage would drop the save bonus by one. So saved by skin of his teeth. Also means HP drops to 38
Yeah, it's a mindless swarm so it would have chased you until it lost sight. No point in acting that out round by round and wasting a bunch of time. You still need to rest though, or do the whole forced march thing.
"I think we should rest, its been a long day and we could all do with it" Ill take 1st watch and last watch as I only need 2 hours rest. Happy to just it and keep a look out"
HP 100/100, Fort 13 Ref 20 Will 11, AC 21 TAC 16 FFAC 15, Init 8, CMD 33
Nathaniel glumly wipes away the mosquitoes from his eyes and skin and collapses to the ground.
"I REALLY hate insects" he announces to no one in particular. "Anyone know any cures to insect poison?"
GM, just letting you know, my eidolon cannot heal ability damage naturally and so the con damage will persist until I'm able to get a Restoration or similar effect on me.
