Some kind of animal, size of a deer, but exactly what is hard to say.
Narissth slices and dices looking for loot and is disgusted to find nothing
"Well, it looks like someone had a good last meal." Shiori says, taking note of the creature's rather large dining partner.
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Nope there is nothing to find. Which way do you want to go at the next fork?
Narissth looks to the others:
I grew up in tunnels. Why don't we stick to one side to avoid getting lost. We started left, lets hold to the left wall so that we know how to get out if this gets much bigger.
Thribden nods appreciatively at Exiel's handling of the spider. She listens to Narissth, then looks around, One way is as good as another, unless we have a reason. As far as getting lost, we could also mark our trail. She shrugs at the suggestion, waiting to hear from the others.
Narissth shrugs:
And what would you make it with? Rats, the little ones, tend to eat bread crumbs.
Our heroes come out into a large cavern with about a 3 foot deep pool of brackish water, with slippery algae at the bottom,certainly it would be hard to move through without slipping. After carefully searching the room they find nothing of interestst, however to the southwest they do see some rocks that are reflecting the light of the cantrip...those with an eye for loot see an opportunity for profit.
Narissth's keen eyes pick up the shine, just like finding a stray gold piece in the sewers.
Anyone good at swimming? Or agile enough to see what is there? It looks like it might have some value.
"Lets say just for a moment that someone was, why would we want to swim in that?" Shiori asks, noting the composure of the water. "Besides, it doesn't look deep enough to have to swim, but I still wouldn't want to go in it."
So anyone going after the loot?
With nobody else making a decision, Narissth offers to go.
Tie a rope to me incase I need to be pulled back.
Once he is tied off, Narissth will carefully move out to see what the shiny stuff is.
Acrobatics(to keep my feet):
Taking the rope, Shiori glances into the water as the rat goes for what is likely fool's gold.
Thribden looks dubious. Do you have a rope? I would tie one to you, but I have none.
Narristh moves forward and approaches the water, with Exiel holding the rope.
As soon as Narristh toe touches the water it moves and strikes out at him,
for and acid
then it attempts to grab Narristh and it does and it immediately begins to crush Narristh
[NOTE the bad guy won init and I have already taken its action, it maintained its grapple and squiched on Narristh[/ooc]
Narristh is staggered
Go Heroes
yea tis bugger is advanced to deal w 5 of you
Ok, I am at 0/11 after the surprise round.
Was there no perception check to see this thing?
no there wasn't per the mod...nasty surprise, but if it makes you feel better you are at 0/11 after surprise and its first round action, and folks your target is AC 6.
Or you could let him get eaten...more loot for the rest of you ...
Then I have to dream up a new PrC starter class. Not that it would not be fun.
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"What the abyss...is even the water in this cave out to kill us?"
With a great heave, Exiel yanks at the rope, attempting to hoist Narissth out of the water and away from whatever watery creature is grabbing and smothering him.
Exiel is the first to charge in, pulling a club from his sash and giving the watery creature a sound thumping!
Attack roll:
Damage roll:
Narissth struggles and attempts to break free of the creature.
HELP!!!
CMB:
And most likely fails miserably, falling unconscious in the process.
Shiori will slash at the creature with her dagger, but as it doesn't seem to have any real anatomy she cannot find a way to deal extra damage to it.
Thribden pulls out one of her undecorated daggers, hefting it for a moment, before throwing it at the creature.
Darinius fatally slashes through the mass holding Narissth.
Well done! Narissth lands on the floor covered in goo and at -1
Con:
And bleeding quite nicely.
Thribden rushes forward, pressing her hand to Narissth's wound. He glows with energy momentarily, then he wakes.
She looks down at the creature that had attacked Narissth, Somebody make sure that thing is dead. Once it is taken care of, Thribden holds her holy symbol then channels energy through it.
You'll have to live with that for now, she says pointing to the mild wound on his side. This place is dangerous, I intend to conserve my magic as long as I can.
Narissth opens his eyes.
Ouch, what was that? What happened? One second I was walking carefully to the gold, the next I was being swallowed by water.
The party is easily able to harvest the crystals and if you ca make an appraise 14 you know that each one is worth 20 gp if you fail it you know that each is worth 10 gp
Appraise:
Yup, 20 gp. How many are there?
Darinius looks skeptically at the crystals from the bottom of the pool.
You would think that they do something at least.
"Did you really think that goblins would just leave gold lying in the water?" Shiori asks Narissth, not entirely surprised by what happened.
4 of them
As our heroes look into the wider room they see 4 skeletal bodies laying on the floor, unmoving, and a path that moves out of the room. There is musty scent in the air
...
Narissth, despite his recent brush with death and confused by his companions complete lack of activity, moves over to investigate the bodies.
Perception:
Exiel focuses on the bodies and finds
Shiori notices absolutely nothing about the skeletons.
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"Hold on, guys," Exiel says softly as he hand a club each to Darinius and Shiori. "I think you guys will need this shortly. I'm quite sure those things are undead."
He then turns to the nearest skeleton, walks to within 10ft of it with one of his remaining clubs in each hand, and chucks one of them at the skeleton.
Attack roll:
Damage roll:
Confirmation roll:
Crit damage roll:
One of the statues crumbles to dust and then the others begin to move and the water ripples as well
Heroes win init map to be updated