Search the man and area
-21 hp
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Search the man and area
[dice=Perception]1d20+18
-21 hp
Upon further review you find:
Trident of warning
wand CLW 12 charges
MW chainmail
MW silver dagger
cloak of resistance +1
ring of force shield
a funky looking key
gold-threaded chasuble worth 75GP
fishgold medallion resembling a cross between an eel, a fish, and an octopus
fishgold ceremonial tiara worth 450 GP
Unholy symbol worth 50GP
There is a painting of the in excellent 500 gp
The pipe rack on the wall holds three pipes: one of meerschaum carved
in the shape of a whaling vessel; one of scrimshaw carved
into an unidentifiable mass of hair, seaweed, or tentacles
As you investigate the room and body, you notice the corpse begin to shiver and quake.
The head explodes in a pink and white mist, and the body shambles up back onto its feet.
Pale and bloodless, the brutally decapitated corpse lurches forth. Where a head should be instead lashes a forest of horrific, unnatural tentacles, whipping as though trying to simultaneously burrow deeper into and escape from its fleshy husk.
DC25 Will save or take 2d4 WIS damage from viewing the horror pouring out of the what was once a man's neck.
Party action.
Sweet goddess protect us!
Alamin slashes savagely at the tentacles.
"Iomadae at you, foul fiend!!"
activate touchorrage4
attack with falchion
last attack
(if this is a fear effect, then +2 and i make the save, if not)
On found objects
On creature, what are its weaknesses, what is it?
Magic missle
I am shielding the baby from the horror, so I got a really good look.
Wisdom damage
Alamin cuts into the 'thing' twice and Uuranx lays a savage slice on it as Vraxel lands two arrow strikes (save fails) and Randtam blasts it with force missiles.
Unfortunately, this thing is beyond anything Randtam has ever heard of at University. Randtam takes
The tentacles thrash about!
Alamin
Uuranx
Alamin
attack misses, ac25 with prot. evil cast
attack with falchion
last attack
Stay out of reach. Magic Missle...
Vraxel's repulsion and disgust do a good job of spoiling his aim.
-5HP
Alamin slashes futilely at the writhing tentacles.
Uuranx lands another solid blow, and Randtam's force missiles again strike unerringly, but Alamin and Vraxel do no damage.
The tentacles writhe!
Vraxel
Alamin
Alamin
attack with falchion
last attack
With pro from evil the tentacles just miss Vraxel
-5HP
The visage of tentacled horror distracts Alamin's attacks.
Are we doing any damage?
Magic missile
Are we doing any damage?
[dice=knowarcana]1d20 + 18
Magic missile
[dice=damage]4d4 + 4
A quick look at the otherworldly horror pouring out of the man's corpse neck hole reveals that many of the tentacles are limp and thrashed by damage incurred. You are clearly doing SOMETHING to it, but maybe the extra-dimensional thing facing you is not damaged like beings from your existence.
Randtam Summon 5
Large Positive Energy Elemental
Not sure how this will work.
This is all damage AND plus positive energy damage.
AC21 HP 84
Missed + 2 attack and +2 damage
Die again foul beast, go back to the Nine Hells!
The tentacled horror can't sustain any more of a beating and goes limp; apparently dead although still twitching from time to time.
***end of combat***
"It's dead."
"Yep, sure is dead."
Let me look at it
Let me look at it
Perceptive Randtam reveals his findings.
Did positive energy elemental make a difference in this battle? Randtam needs to know. What has Randtam learned since fighting these beasts from another plane?
How do I make sure it is dead, and it stays dead?
Check for treasure and secret doors/passages.
Previous spellcraft checks...
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Let everyone know about my understanding of Skum. No female Skum were created. They were slaves. I wonder if the girls from town are being used for breeding?
Let me look at it
[dice=perception]1d20 + 15
Perceptive Randtam reveals his findings.
Did positive energy elemental make a difference in this battle? Randtam needs to know. What has Randtam learned since fighting these beasts from another plane?
How do I make sure it is dead, and it stays dead?
Check for treasure and secret doors/passages. [dice=perception]1d20 + 15
Randtam doesn't think the positive energy had any additional effect on the tentacled horror; they just added additional pounding to the thing to subdue it. This thing was not from another plane, rather it appears to be from the cracks between planes that open upon other dimensions of reality. Randtam has read about the ancient humans of the world worshiping dark otherworldly forces. These rites of worship were generally stamped out with the arrival of the new gods thousands of years ago and very few examples of there existence have been found since.
Given the evidence of the small snail things, this tentacled creature appears to be some type of seed pod and the snails its seeds. Randtam isn't sure why the snails died, apparently they didn't get enough sustenance from the tentacles before being released. The party is probably very fortunate that no one was hit by the thing before it died.
Is thing dead? Probably. Of course it could just be 'inert' waiting for something to energize it once more.
The party finds no other items besides what were listed above.
There are 2 rooms to the S or the stairs back down.
Previous spellcraft checks...
[dice=Trident]1d20 + 18.[dice=forceRing]]1d20 + 18.
[dice=CLW Wand]1d20 + 18.
[dice=cloak]1d20 + 18.
Let everyone know about my understanding of Skum. No female Skum were created. They were slaves. I wonder if the girls from town are being used for breeding?
For the most part, the skum have been less than successful at this endeavor, and today they exist in a shadow of their previous multitude, most of them dwelling deep underground in slowly crumbling ruins left standing only because their enemies have lost interest in pursuing the now-won war against these fish-like humanoids. Skum have even lost their own name. Today, most identify themselves with the racial epithet applied to them by surface-dwellers—“skum.”
Skum do not age, and barring death by violence or disease, they can live forever. Unfortunately, this near immortality is crippled by the fact that skum are incapable of reproducing among themselves, for all skum are male. Yet terribly, this does not mean that skum cannot breed. Originally created from human stock, skum can impregnate humans, and the children issued from such unholy unions are invariably deformed. Those who are not born skum undergo gradual transformations throughout their lives, and when they would normally die of old age, such hybrids instead go through “the change,” shedding their wrinkled flesh and transforming. While most skum tribes lack the drive to perpetuate their race and would prefer to languish in their hideous sunken ruins, tribes settling offshore of remotely populated coastlines seem to be on the rise. Some such communities raid villages for breeding stock, but a few more insidious tribes form alliances with these desperate folk, providing protection and bounty from the sea in return for wives.
"Burn it!"
Do we rest? Or move forward? If soVrqxel, you have point. Ido not like these creatures who bleed through a different existence/ plane. I am not sure how to stop them.
Randtam makes sure the baby is well taken care of.
Randtam uses wand of lesser restoration
Head for the 2 rooms to the South.
-21 hp
-2 wisdom
use 1 infernal heal and 2 loh on Vraxel
Vraxel stands before two doors. One on the SE section of the wall, one on the SW section of the wall.
"thanks Urranx"
SW door, check for traps, listen then open.
Finding the door to be no threat Vraxel opens the door revealing:
A 10'x15' room:
The rotting remains of a wooden cradle stand before a stone fireplace. A mobile formed from tiny seashells dangles above the cradle, swaying slowly in the breeze that enters through the open window.
Detect magic
No magic is revealed, but you determine that the seashells have been hanging there for quite a while.
Seashells
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Randtam is unsure what exact type of creatures might have hatched out of the egg shells (certainly marine in nature), but he determines from the sediment on them that they must have come from the deepest depths of a fresh body of water; probably nearby Lake Encarthan. How they were brought to the surface and then to this place is a mystery. He knows that collectors would pay dearly for such rare samples and the egg shells are worth 750 GP in the right market.
check the window for traps then look out of it
Randtam takes the shells. I will take the shell. Not sure why I want them, But I think they are necessary. Maybe I can learn more.
Intrigued, Randtam gathers the shells up and stores them delicately knowing that he now has two fragile burdens to bear.
Vraxel looks out the window and gets a good view of the entry way and carriage roundabout below.
One door remains on the 2nd level or back to the 1st.
Check the final door on the 2nd level, then open it.
As Vraxel works over the door, spectral hands reach through it and grasp at him!
If hit gain 2 negative levels! DC 20 FORT save to negate.
If hit gain 2 negative levels! DC 20 FORT save to negate.
If hit gain 2 negative levels! DC 20 FORT save to negate.
back away from the door
-2 levels
-2 wisdom
-28 hp
Cast Mirror Image
Suns! Stand back Vraxel and let us at whatever creatures are behind that door. Let me know when you are all ready, I'll open it.
I'm ready
"I guess we best get this over with."