Cynehelm launches a few well placed magical blasts that rock the summoned creature with nonle5hal damage.
In spite of the brutal charge hit, Greta welcomes Duardlara's appearance with a smile, and sidesteps to flank the one she still considers their main opponent - "You understand now? Die!" - she growls, swinging her greataxe at Vsesolod again and again.
The paladin recovers from some of his wounds, bathing in the holy light of Iomedae, then steps forward to protect Cynehelm and Orgar - "Stand fast my friends! they falter!"
Greta misses with her first and third attack but that did not matter. What mattered was that her second blow struck home and dropped the centaur to the ground leaving only the summoned creature.
Stabalization check
Too close to charge Duardlara the creature looks towards Helg@sh and tries to ram his lance through the paladin’s skull.
for
With an internal sigh of relief, Duardlara thinks, I hoped the beast would forego attacking me if I was too close...
"You've seen what he can do with room to charge! Hem him in!"
and
Without hesitation, and with a resounding "Hah!", Greta brings her axe down on the fallen centaur.
With an internal sigh of relief, Duardlara thinks, I hoped the beast would forego attacking me if I was too close...
Helgash takes a brutal lance hit which threatens to skewer him - however at the last moment there is a flash of Light where the weapon hit the Paladin, and some of his wounds mend immediately.
"I am still here monster" - Helgash stands through the pain, swinging his greatsword at the creature.
Stats
HP 71/81 AC 20
Spells in effect:+2 Saves vs. Cold +5 Survival, -2 perception to hear when hatflaps pulled down.
Snap ShotBenefit: While wielding a ranged weapon with which you have Weapon Focus, you threaten squares within 5 feet of you. You can make attacks of opportunity with that ranged weapon. You do not provoke attacks of opportunity when making a ranged attack as an attack of opportunity.
Jetro gets confused and decides to just keep shooting
Orgar just continues groaning quietly, oblivious to all the action around him...
Helgash the spell takes your immediate action which means no swift action at this time. However it is a moot point as you drop the creature and we are out of combat!
Excellent job all!
”Helgash, Orgar, are you all right? What was that thing?”
I am getting rusty with my shooten
”Helgash, Orgar, are you all right? What was that thing?”
Helgash smiles in spite of his wounds - "All is well Lara - we stand and our enemies have fallen"
"Gather around, and receive the blessing of Sarenrae for a good day's work," says Cynehelm, who begins praying for those blessings.
Duardlara notes that Greta has finalized the deal with the cleric, but that the many-legged bruiser might actually recover. She moves to do her best to avoid that possibility.
"If you need to look away, do so now." She surgically inserts her shortsword into the thing's chest where she believes its heart should reside, noting that a quivering pulse still lingered in the huge body.
Th creatures are truly dead and gone in the case of the summoned creature. However since you dropped the summoned creature before you killed it , the weapons fell out of its hands and thus you get to keep it!
+1 lance, mwk composite longbow with 40 arrows
On Vsevelod you find.
potions of cure serious wounds (2); Other Gear
mwk breastplate, frost-thunder hammer, dagger, spear, belt of mighty constitution +2, periopt of health, key to the chest in area E9, spell component pouch, wooden unholy symbol of Kostchtchie
Frost thunder hammer:This oversized +2 warhammer is rged from blue steel and engraved with Abyssal runes that read, "There are no screams r those who die the frozen death."Afrost-thunderhammerissized r giants; it is a two-handed weapon r Medium-sized creatures, who take a -2 penalty on attack rolls r wielding an oversized weapon.
Once per day as a ranged touch attack, the wielder ofa ost thunder hammer can slam the weapon against the ground to release a crackling bolt of ice that shoots across the ground toward a single target up to 100 feet away. On a successful hit, the ice immediately freezes around the target, trapping it within a 9-inch-thick solid block of pale blue ice. The ice blocks line of e ect to the entrapped victim, who is helpless (but can still breathe) and takes 9 points of cold damage per round until freed. The ice has hardness o and 27 hit points; if the ice is broken, the creature is freed. A creature can break the ice as a full-round action with a successful DC 24 Strength check.
In the chest you find...
potion of bear's endurance, a potion of nondetection, a scroll of continual flame, a scroll of invisibility sphere, a scroll of phantom steed, bottled yeti fur (Ultimate Equipment 2 85), a hammered copper
bracelet (worth 15 gp), a violet garnet (worth 260 gp), a gold
necklace (worth 500 gp), a carved j ade ring (worth 225 gp),
a masterwork silver dagger, 15 pp, 248 gp, and 1,060 sp. In addition, a gold water clock worth l,ooo gp
potion of protection from arrows, a black star sapphire worth 3,000gp, and a jar of earwigs, a scroll of flame strike, a bejeweled skull worth 1,200 gp, a leather sack containing 800 gp in assorted coins and small
gems
"I think I see something in the pit... A blue sparkle..."
Casting a cantrip, she sends a set of glowing lights down into the pit to investigate.
Jetro snags the arrows.
"Thank you my friend" - Helgash smiles at Cynehelm, placing a hand on his shoulder and looking around at his friends - "And well done to all. It was a valiant fight" - he nods with a gleam in his eyes to Greta, then moves to offer a hand to assist Orgar in getting back to his feet.
When Orgar finally comes to he just groans and says "What a wallop that thing had!"
He also thanks the others for finishing off the nasties and Cynehelm for curing him back up to full nick.
He'll then join Duardlara with the same spell of his own: « ცეკვის განათება » . .
... and likewise peer down the pit with her to try and spot anything
(despite being nowhere near as perceptive)
Cynehelm picks up the enormous hammer and smashes it down on the evil unholy symbol. If that doesn't work, he burns it to slag.
No dragon just a scale...
Your ember that 1 of the clues left behind by Baba Yaga was to find 2 keys. 1 was a dragon scale, the other was a golden nugget.
Yes there is a ramp going down into the Eon Pit...
Jetro stands guard just in case some other nasty shows up.
"Seems like a dragon's scale would have some value to the right buyers. Who know how to keep their mouth shut about where they got said scale - I don't want some ancient red burning down an inn because it took offense at my profiting from dragon parts."
She pauses, pondering that image, but only for a moment. "Shall I go get it? While you cover me from here?" She looks at Jethro in particular as she said this last.
Got you covered
Duardlara you begin to start the descent when you feel the unmistakable affects off magic upon you. You feel your body age quicker. (You are now 1 year older) Jumping back quickly you study this pit more closely...the magic of the pit ages people for every round spent within the pit. Spend too long and you wil die of old age. You think a fort save will prevent the aging. However if you fail then there is a chance of the aging affecting you mentally and needin* a will save as well.
The pit is 120ft deep but the winding ramp means it is more like 240ft of movement by the ramp.
P.S. there is another chest down there as well...
Eon Pit. Now I understand the name. I am young for my race and could probably withstand more aging than most of us, but we might consider if there’s another way.”
She sits at the edge of the Eon Pit and ponders what she knows and what she’s seeing.
”Our lights survived the Pit, so it appears that magic is not blocked. I could fly down and back out, but not with the chest. Can we protect ourselves from the aging effect somehow?”
"I can cast a fly spell on you, Duardlara.
"You might be able to carry that chest out that way; if it's not too heavy.
"Failing that, you could tie a rope on the chest so we could haul it out that way.
"Do we have enough rope between us all to tie to that chest and pull it up?
"I have a fifty foot length of silk rope of my own."
I got rope
With the fly spell and it will take you a double move to get down. Another round to tie the rope to the chest. A Third round to get to the scale and pick it up. And 2 rounds to get back out as climbing takes double the movement. That is 5 rounds.
Duardlara you remember in the previous encounter with Jadrenka that you found a couple of scrolls in the chest that might be of some assistance: scroll of age resistance, lesser.
Duardlara nods as the threads of a plan come together. ”Yes, this could work. Start tying ropes together, but I will keep mine to use as a sling for the chest. The scroll vs aging should help resist the effects and the fly will reduce the time required to remain in the Pit. Let me see, do I have a crowbar yet?”
After a quick search through her gear, she shakes her head. ”I think I left that when...", she looks up as she stops talking. "That’s old news. Anyone have a crowbar or other lever I can use to slip the rope under the chest?”
She settles in to study the scroll closer in preparation for casting from it.
Nothing like that. I got a hammer.
"I have used a great many spells and could use a rest," suggests Cynehelm. "Tomorrow I could summon an immortal outsider to fly down and seize the scale for us. Why not wait?"
”I don’t have a lot of experience with summons. Is it as easy as that?”
Jetro sets up camp, getting a nice hearty meal of spam and dried fruit ready.