Niza jabs her dagger deep into the guts of the creature, twisting the knife as the carapace cracks and the leech gives a death shudder. She pops back up to get another breath and treads water, with the dead vermin's body floating to the surface.
Combat Over!
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Niza, still in boggard form, swims across the remainder of basement and up the stairs on the other side. Once on dry land, she tries to return to her normal gnomish self, but finds she's unable. Albis swings low towards Niza, but realizing she's still a frog-like creature, darts back up towards the ceiling. "Uhm... guys... so, turning into a frog definitely helped us defeat that leech, but I think I'm stuck like this for a little bit."
Niza easily disappears under the barrels and pops up on the other side, moving up the steps and out of the water. Rivulets of brackish liquid run off her oily boggard body.
Kasvot moves around to the far end and attempts to hop up on the barrel. It spins under him and he falls back into the water with a splash. Refocusing, he holds hard onto the barrel and vaults up, using the barrel to climb up onto the dry walkway.
Dimple easily hops up onto a barrel, apparently hoping to be carried across the water like a queen.
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A rather insulted and grumpy bard gracefully makes her way to the other side of the flooded basement. She mutters under her breath as she leaps from barrel to barrel. "Pfft! No wonder they say chivalry is dead! Won't take a girl for a little ride. What would it hurt? Why not have a little fun? NO! We hafta be all stupid 'n stuff. And then insulting Niza. Unless she really is a frog. But still, why is he worried about kissing HER?"
With all the flirting going on everyone seems to forget about the barrels clogging up the room. But, Fromagalli decides to just work his way through, shoving a few out of the way so Vie and him can make it through. Liet-Gar peeks into the next room and sees...
...A web of thick, pulsating goo covers the walls and part of the floor of this room. Dozens of misshapen, puffy heads and arms stick out from throbbing sacs attached to the vile substance, their mouths wailing and moaning, and their twitching claws reaching out blindly. Spiraling stairs lead down to a central two-foot-deep recess decorated with diabolical symbols.
On the far wall is a closed doorway.
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The gnome smiles as she tucks a loose lock behind her ear. Sweet Dimple? Aw, he's trying so hard. Too bad he's absolutely terrible at expressing himself. Poor, dumb, lovable oaf.
Hiking a thumb back toward the flooded section of the basement, "With all that water? Nope, not a chance. Whatever is over here on will be much, much worse." She pats the warrior on the back, "Now, go get 'em."
Where Liet-Gar touches, the webs and pulsating goo retracts and sizzles. He is slowly able to clear a small area around the doorway with his long weapon.
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"I don't like this, not at all." Kasvot begins digging in his pouch and comes up with a scroll. "This can conjure an unseen servant. It can't do much, but we could outfit it with a cold iron dagger and send it to clear all this nasty goop out of that entire stairwell. Even if it gets ambushed while doing so--which I think is more likely than not--it will get ambushed... not us."
Vie clearly sees a number of shapes in the webbing struggling to get out, they are likely more mites .
All six of the easily recognizable fiendish mites manage to extricate themselves from the web cocoons and begin glaring angrily at the interlopers.
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Vie
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bold are up!
Two of the mites (red/green) move up and pull out darts, zipping them at Liet-Gar. The third (blue) points at him and screeches, "FEAR US!"
Maybe fearful, maybe not, but definitely more deft then expected, the half-elf easily dodged both darts.
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Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (Will Save)
Vie
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bold are up!
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The tiny gnome tries to figure out if the little mite cast a spell. Deciding she does not really know...or care, she takes a moment to offer a prayer to Desna. She rolls up her sleeves before pulling out a butterfly shaped necklace. In a voice that sounds like it is trying to be equally part reverence and part Gregorian monk chant, Dimple intones, "Oh Mistress of Dreams, please guide my friends as they try not to get de-ead and Liety-Spaghetti screams like a gi-irl. Allow them to battle with purpose. Like, with di-rection. Not the crazy way a butterfly does not seem to know where it is go-ing half the time. Seriously, how do those things ever get anywhere? They just zigzag until the hit a tree or get eaten by a bi-ird." She then opens one eye and looks around. Realizing she forgot something, she shuts her eye again. "Thaaaank yooouuuu!" Dimple stares at the symbol of her faith for a moment. Was I supposed to kiss it or shake it or something else? They really should provide directions with these things. The bard-cleric (Beric? Clard?) then kisses the icon before tucking it back into her tunic.
Dimple meanderingly prays and manages to bring down the blessings of Desna upon the group... which is probably perfect for a prayer to the flighty goddess. The pathfinders feel they will just have a bit more luck with their attacks.
Another couple mites (purple/yellow) move up and toss darts at the half-elf. The last one (orange) glares past Liet-Gar and gives the evil eye to Vie.
But LGZ stands as a beacon of hope, easily knocking the darts out of the air.
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Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (Will Save, no bonus from Bless yet)
Vie (Will Save, +1 from Bless)
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bold are up!
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Shaking off the fear seeping into his mind, the half-elf frowns. "Really? More of you blasted beasts?"
Rushing forward, he swings wildly at the mite in purple rags. "Give up before you end up like the others. We've not quarrel with you simpletons."
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Liet-Gar steps into the room and cleaves one of the mites in half, lengthwise. Blood sprays into the webs. The half-elf doesn't seem to have any issues navigating the webbing either, moving right through it to get to his victim.
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie (Will Save, +1 from Bless)
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bold are up!
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Using Cold iron dagger and arcane strike
Using longsword arcane strike. Moving along wall before moving nw to engage
With a shout of Anish Macor Fromagalli moves forward and attacks a mite
Fromagalli slips into the room and follows up LGZ's hack with one of his own, popping off the head of the blue robed mite. Blood sprays almost as much as for the other half-elf.
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie (Will Save, +1 from Bless)
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie
Niza & Albis
Fromagalli
Bold are up!
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Niza looks down and notices she's back to her normal self. Grinning, she enters the room through the open door. Seeing a mite, she ducks under the railing while pulling her cold iron dagger, and swings at it. "It's good to be me again! Gnomes are strong. Gnomes are determined. Gnomes never give up!"
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Vie seems a bit concerned about the creatures, hand shaking as he completes his spell and touches Fromagalli.
Niza steps in and ducks under the railing, stabbing her dagger deep into the mite's gut. The cold iron easily penetrates the skin, but the creature doesn't drop.
Kasvot steps up to see into the room and finishes his cast. A soothing and calming blast of magic bursts among three of the clustered mites.
And against ALL ODDS, none of the mites even seem to be bothered by the spell.
Niza's target (Red) steps back, seems quite woozy, but still gives her the evil eye.
The other mite (Green) in the middle steps away from the half-elf murder club and waves his finger at Fromagalli, "No no, you be scared of US!"
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar
Vie (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Niza (Will Save, Bless gives +1) & Albis
Fromagalli (Will Save, Bless gives +1)
Bold are up!
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Still uncertain as to what the mites are up to, Dimple tries to pin on down. "You seem pretty gross and icky. Why don't you hug this sack of goo?" Feeling rather proud of her scathing taunt, she tosses a thick, sticky bag at the teeny meany pointing fingers.
Niza is a bit shaken by the glare. Dimple doesn't know exactly what spell it is, but knows for sure (93%) that it isn't fireball. Happy in that fact, she lobs a tangly goopy pile of fun tendrils at one of the mites, slamming into his face and draping all over his body.
The mite attempts to quickly brush off the goopy tendrils before they harden. It gets most off, but some still remain.
One of the other mites (Yellow) yells sorta scarily at Liet-Gar.
His buddy (Orange) pulls a dart and flicks it at LGZ. It connects, stabbing DEEP INTO HIS NECK ALMOST DECAPITATING HIM into his arm, leaving a large paper cut.
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green (entangled)
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (-2 HP, Will Save, Bless gives +1)
Vie (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 10 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Will Save, Bless gives +1)
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (-2 HP)
Vie (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 10 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Will Save, Bless gives +1)
Bold are up!
Even with Vie's spell, Fromagalli seems a bit more concerned than he should be, but it doesn't prevent him from cleaving another mite in twain. The pieces of the creature fall before him with a thump.
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (-2 HP, Will Save, Bless gives +1)
Vie (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 10 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (-2 HP)
Vie (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 10 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Bold are up!
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"Watch my back, LGZ, this is a crazy plan!" Kasvot yells as he rushes past the elven warrior. Though he draws a dagger, he draws up short before he can use it, instead grabbing a vial of the brown mold they'd encountered on the way to Highfort. He tosses it at the mite in front, with a loud exlamation. "Gotcha!"
On your way up to Highfort, you encountered a trap made of bottled brown mold. You recovered some these jars for your own future use; immediately check one of the boxes that precede this boon if you did not disable the trap. Check one of the boxes that precede this boon to throw a jar at a square as a ranged attack roll against an AC of 5 (range increment 10 feet). If you miss, use the rules for missing with a thrown splash weapon to determine where the jar lands. When the jar hits the ground, it splits open, filling the square with brown mold. The mold deals 2d6 points of nonlethal cold damage per round to anyone it its square. Unlike typical brown mold, it does not expand when fire is nearby—the jarred samples have become somewhat sickly from their long confinement. After you check the second box, cross this entire boon off your Chronicle sheet.
Vie cautiously steps up and blesses one of the half-elf murder duo with a small bit of foresight.
Kasvot, using his big ole noggin, remembers a nasty trap that almost killed the entire group. He decides to show the fiendish little buggers a taste of goblin ingenuity, tossing a glass jar at the feet of one of them. It shatters, instantly expanding into a pool of brown mold. The mite shivers once, then keels over face first into the slimy substance. The creature's skin cracks and shrivels as the damage shifts from simple cold to almost certain death.
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (-2 HP, Will Save, Bless gives +1)
Vie (Shaken 8 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 10 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Shaken 9 rds remain)
Bless is up!
Kasvot
Enemy Red (-3 HP)/Blue/Green
Dimple
Enemy Yellow/Purple/Orange
Liet-Gar (-2 HP)
Vie (Shaken 8 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 10 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Shaken 9 rds remain, +1 Diviner's Fortune 1 rd)
Bold are up!
Niza stabs another hole into the mite, it keels over bleeding out. Liet-Gar screams and hacks the final mite in a couple pieces. Panting with exertion he turns to say something about being done and then the gooey webbing tightens against the southwestern door, snapping it open.
Framed in the doorway is a gross looking human . He grins, "So, the heroes have arrived. Try not to make a mess when you die—I have great plans for your remains."
He adds, "And I have prepared a fun thing for you!" A creature slips past the human, its bloated frame shudders with each heaving step, yet despite its shape, the thing moves with surprising quickness. It pops out of the doorway and moves along the side wall, casting a spell with a flick towards the middle of three pathfinders. The floor underneath them becomes slick with a disgusting ooze.
Bless is up (7 rds remain)
Red Human
Blue Creature
Dimple
Liet-Gar (-2 HP, Shaken, 10 rds remain, Reflex Save)
Vie (Shaken 8 rds remain)
Niza (Shaken 9 rds remain) & Albis
Fromagalli (Shaken 9 rds remain, +1 Diviner's Fortune 1 rd, Reflex Save)
Kasvot (Reflex Save)
Bold are up!
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"GRUMPY!" The gnome claps excitedly. "Hey everyone, this is Grumpy. Wait, how did you get out of my head? Did you sneak out? I didn't even feel anything." Then, seeing the 'monster', "Grumpy, look out! What is that thing? By the way, becareful when you move, they used that greasy-floor spell that makes it like ice-skating."