Max reloads, and then takes another shot at the creature that has now engaged Kosz. But ensuring he doesn't hit Kosz makes the shot difficult. ; ;
He then steps close to Kel.
Holding his shield up to ward off the darkmantle above him, Kosz swings his morningstar at the creature.
Kosz swings at the Darkmantle, but the creature dodges the blow.
Max reloads and fires another shot at the darkmantle, but misses once again.
Deia tries to use her cursing stare. The darkmantle begins acting strangely.
Rex holsters his pistol and picks his club up off the floor.
Horgus continues to cower in the back.
"Stay here folks. He needs some help. I'll be right back."
Moving forward, Kel waits a moment for the strange creature to start to close on Kohz again and then whips his net out at it.
"Hold on, let me try again!"
Aravashnial casts the same spell as before, flinging it in the same general direction. It impacts the wall behind and beside Kel.
"Hah! I bet I got it that time!"
Kel tosses a net and traps the darkmantle!
Aravashnial tries casting his spell again to the same effect.
The darkmantle lunges at Kosz's head again, and misses.
Anevia presses forward further and closes with the darkmantle.
Um, you almost hit Kel!
Tina goes to 4-g and stabs with her longspear
Rex tightens his grip on his club and moves to engage the Darkmantle.
Rex can find no opening in the darkmantle's defenses.
Kel points Kosz toward the other side of the creature. "Let's see if we can box it in. It isn't going anywhere."
How many of you does it really take to kill a Hexed, netted, and completely exposed ceiling octopus?
Max moves forward to stay near Kel. He then offers a helpful hand to the injured Anevia. "Aroden guide your steps."
Horgus continues to cower, feeling no need to add himself to the fight. However, he does move forward to stay inside the light.
"Oop! Sorry!"
After his near-miss, Aravashnial refrains from trying a third time.
Tina moves forward and stabs mercilessly at the darkmantle.
The darkmantle attempts another attack on Kosz, but misses.
Anevia moves forward further.
Kel transfers the lead rope of the net to his sheild hand and yanks his sword from it's sheath on the back of the sheild. He quicksteps to the side to take better advantage of his allies positions and stabs down at the creature.
Kosz sidesteps the Darkmantle and swings at it, dealing a wicked blow.
Max moves up and gives Anevia a blessing.
Deia moves up to Kosz and gives him a blessing.
Rex moves up to swing, but misses.
Horgus moves forward just enough to stay in the light.
Kel moves up attacks, sending the battered remains of the darkmantle to the ground.
It is dead. Tina says to the blind elf.
Kel cleans his sword and refolds his net. "Nice work everyone. Keep an eye upwards. This might not be the only one."
Aravashnial clumsily feels his way forward, trying to get closer to the voices that he hears in front of him.
"Well then, since I didn't hear any cries of pain I'd say we did a good job and assume that everyone made it out intact. And I'd agree with Kel that those with eyes should keep them turned upwards. But there's no time to revel over small victories. Shall we continue onward?"
Agreed.
Deia's torch begins to flicker and sputter, its pitch nearly gone, as the party heads away from the scene of their recent battle and proceeds down the hallway towards the green light. As you draw nearer you find that the tunnel ends its eastern route and forms a junction. The main path continues to the south and a much narrower, less worn, path heads north.
Glancing into the northern passage reveals that the sickly light is being emitted by some form of mold or fungus that grows thick on the walls, giving the passage the appearance of a path cut through hedges. You can make out an opening at the end of the passage, probably no more than 100 feet away, that contains a pile of rubble and what looks to be a stone building.
Glancing to the south you see nothing but darkness as the trail leads beyond all light.
Kosz swings his head up towards the sickly light of the mold and fungus before peering into the darkness opposite. "We have a decision to make. To the left is a narrow passage coated in some kind of luminescent fungus or mold. Beyond it opens into a cavern with rubble and a building of stone. To the right, the passage goes on in darkness farther than I am able to see."
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As her torch begins to flicker, Deia lights another from the soon to be finished one.
"Well, " she starts to think aloud, " I can't imagine why people would go to all the effort of building something at the bottom of the sewers. Maybe the other end of the building opens into the city. What does everybody else think? "
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"The glowing fungus is harmless. We could use that glowing fungus as a light source if we want. A handful glows about as bright as a candle, and will last a full day and night."
I'm all for checking the building out. Tina scrapes some fungus off with the practiced hand of one who has been handling substances that look unpleasant and puts it on a stick for light.
"Must be part of the old sewer system?"
"I've heard tales that the underground below the city is extensive. I guess they are true."
"And perhaps the building connects to the surface. Let's take a look."
Well let us get closer then!
"Well I'm not sure about this building to far away to make out any details, I'll move up a bit and scout it out."
Rex cautiously walks up closer to the building to be able to inspect it.
Rex heads away from the party and darts down the passage, eager to get a closer look at the building. Tina follows closely behind him. The rest of the party follows Rex and Tina, though at a greater distance due to their having a head start.
The soft fungus beneath your feet adds a bit of a spring to your step as you travel down the passage. The covered walls act as baffling, muffling all sound inside the passage and adding to the eerie atmosphere created by the pale, green light. As you make your way closer to the end of the tunnel you can see the building more clearly, and can make out what looks to be a giant hammer that's carved into the front wall.
As you approach the building to more closely inspect it, you hear a loud, high-pitched, but intermittent, buzzing coming from above you. Looking up, you see a giant fly transitioning from the roof of the building to the wall, its wings fluttering rapidly.
The fly climbs down the wall and bites at Rex.
The fly sinks its proboscis deep into Rex's shoulder.
Aravashnial, unaware of what's going on ahead due to his blindness and the sound muffling qualities of the fungus-covered walls, does nothing.
A bug bit Rex!
At Tina's exclamation, Kosz hustles to catch up.
As Rex approaches the dwarven building, Rex shouts back "Interesting, a building dedicated to Torag. It is really old and..."
Rex's words trail off as a giant fly leaps off the building and sinks its rather large proboscis into his flesh.
"Gah, that hurt," as Rex scrambles away from the creature.
Rex then draws his his pistol and fires at the creature.
HP: 10/13
Failed a Save
Bullets: 6/10
Tina steps to F-9 and takes out a small flask, putting a few crumbled substances inside, Tina hurls it at the fly.
1/6 used
Tina steps to F-9 and jabs with her longspear.
The fly stabs down on Rex, jabbing him in the shoulder.
Aravashnial remains stationary.
Rex stumbles backwards, firing at the fly. He scores a wicked hit.
Kosz charges forward to Rex's aid.
Horgus doesn't want to get in harms way, and so he stays put.
Deia rushes forward behind Kosz.
Anevia starts to hobble forward.
Tina tosses an alchemical concoction at the fly, blasting it apart.
Let me check your wound Rex, flies can carry nasty stuff.
+2 vs. Poison and Disease.
A single 20ft tall building remains in the center of this 30-foot-high cave, a bunkerlike structure with no windows and walls of worked stone blocks. A large carving of a hammer decorates the building’s facade. The ruins of collapsed outbuildings stand to either side, with the rubble from the building on the left having fallen in front of my main building's door.