Vertielle looks rather taken aback as Gkirkhan slams his sword into the wall behind the vines.
Though I suppose that may as well prove effective...
Or not. Everyone within 10 feet of the vines make a Will save.
Will
Wood begins chants and a rift appears near the plant.
Target was 14. Wood and Eva are fine. Vertielle and Gkirkhan fall asleep as the plants release a cloud of gas-like pollen in their faces.
"It's time to remove the weeds from this place."
@Que: it's been over 6 min so you no longer have minuses.
Vertielle, on her turn, covers sleeping Gkirkhan in a layer of slippery graphite-like powder, hoping it'll dissuade the plant from seeing him as a morsel and make it harder for him to be drawn into its clutches. If that's not applicable, she instead resumes Naturalist.
Either way, she fastens herself onto the rope with a simple bowline harness over her shoulder.
The plant starts to move and slowly crawls down the wall toward Gkrkhan.
Wood's pony trots over and nips at the moving plant, then stomps on the vine itself.
Xtabay: HP 8-4=4
The plant on the northern wall is damaged, but not distroyed.
The plant on the south wall starts to -slowly- chase Evangline.
Wood rouses Gkirkan from slumber by vigously shaking him.
"On your feet big guy. Up and at 'em. Keep stomping pony."
Que slashes with her Wakizashi, trying to cut off the crawling vines.
"Great, even the plants want to kill us
@Que: which one are you atacking, the one on Gkirkhan or the one chasing Evangline?
@Wood & Gkirkhan: as long as Wood takes a standard action to shake Girkhan, Gkirkhan can waken from the sleep-pollen, then act on his next round.
"Dem plants."
Breathe through a cloth when they release spores! Gkirkhan, aim for the lower tendrils, they'll be a little softer! Have the pony step on the buds, they'll be more susceptible to splitting, but watch out for the forelash, that's what it'll use to hunt. It may not be terribly accurate, but, don't let it catch you off guard...
I wonder if the spores from these creatures could be used as the arcane implements of a sleep enchantment...
@Vertielle: Once someone has been affected by the pollen, they ae immune to that particular plant's pollen for 24 hrs. I reviewed the past posts, Que is by X_N.
I need Evangline and Que's initiatives.
Xtabay_North: hp 8-4=4-3 (still up)
Xtabay_South: hp8
Round 2:
X_South moves 5' chasing Evangline
Gkirkhan is still out this round.
Wood wakes Gkirkhan
Wood's pony tramples the vine, destroying this one.
Vertielle activates naturalist.
So Eve goes simo with Gkirkhan (except she's awake this round).
when the plant gets close enough she do a flurry of blows
Que lashes out vigorrously, trying to keep the vines away from Vertielle
Seeing that the combat goes well, Vertielle unslips her bowline and continues up the rope.
Ok, so order is:
X_South
Que
Gkirkhan & Evangline
Wood & pony
X_North
Vertielle
Que missed with her swing, so the pony distroyed X_North.
Evangline hits X_South with her second strike.
X_South: HP 8-2=6
On it's move it strikes at her with its stings, connecting once.
Ninja'd!
The pony rushes to trample the last vine before disappearing back to the celestial plane.
Wood moves a comfortable distance away and launches an acid spray at the last vine.
I am confindent with Gkirkan back in action, the plants have little chance.
Wood's Acidic Spray hits cleanly but has no effect.
@Vertielle; Naturalist: They use acid and are immune to it.
Hmm. Should remember to tell Wood about acid resistant foes in the future...
Pony's turn, 2attacks, one hit.
Xtabay:HP 8/6-4=2
It's still up.
"Get him Gkirkan and Eva."
Wood looks around to see if there are any more threats, as the vine seems almost finished. He waves to his pony as it disappears, happy another creature is returned intact to where he summoned it from.
In an unusual show of prowess, Vertielle, having reached the roof, rolls onto her feet, dropping her bow into her palm deftly. A whistle in the air prefaces the thud of an arrow.
Gkirkhan just swings.
[ooc]
Attack:
Damage:
Between the pony and Gkirkhan the last plant is quite thoroughly dispatched.
Examination of the white spot that Evangline saw reveals a small skeleton, long dead. Amid the bones and strips of rotten leather, scattered as if they'd been searched before, you find some coins and a small gem.
Vertielle examines the gargoyle, at long last, brushing herself off as she does so, and coiling her rope back into her pack.
Perhaps a grapple might be handy in the future...
After quite a bit of time poking, prodding, and even sniffing the gargoyle to be sure it has divulged all it's secrets, she hops deftly down the vast height and lands lightly next to the group to identify the stone.
The stone looks like a cheap citrine.
As for the gargoyle; the head obviously came from this particular gargoyle. The break is surprisingly clean, too.
As you look areound before heading down from the roof-ledge, you can see that the western bacony seems more secure and intact than the eastern one. It's beginning to look like the fire was limited to the eastern portion of the prison, making it even odder that (from what the records implied) none of the bodies were ever recovered.
...
Vertielle mentions the disparity to Wood, hoping his knowledge of history might explain the phenomenon.
The break up there is clean, as if sheared. Poltergeist, perhaps?
Oh, what a lovely stone. That would make an excellent paperweight!
"I think the success of the fire was overstated--the prisoners claimed to have been stopped probably escaped."
Let me see if these gargoyle have any arcane or historical significance.
"Gkirkan, want to accompany me. I seem to be fighting skeletons in hand to hand combat more than I'd like lately. I wouldn't want to add gargoyles to the list of things hitting at me today."
@Wood: there is nothing special about the gargoyle(s) at all.
OK, let me know what you want to do next. Follow Wood's idea of entering through the west balcony or Evangline's idea of just using the main door.
"Und hyu make dot sound like a bad ting!"
Despite being knocked out by a plant, Gkirkhan is in his usual high-spirits. Too bad he forgot to bring some strong ones as well.
OK, so is the balcony the way everyone wants to enter? If so, how are you getting there?
OK. Front door it is, then.
The front entry was once a wide hall flanked by a pair of waiting rooms, but the hall and easter room of this oldentry foyer are now in ruins. With little left to support the ceiling, the wooden beams above sag dramatically. The wall to the north contains large pair of oaken doors.
A casual examination reveals that the balcony above is unstable, though it doesn't seem in immediate danger of colapse.
The double doors lead to a 20' by 20' room, with streaks of mold staining the walls of this second foyer. The floor below your feet is a thick, gray carpet of fungal growth. You see sturdy, seemingly undamamged wooden doors beconing from every wall.
What door do you want to open next?