GM Ladile & the Pathfinder Society Present: From Shore to Sea (Inactive)

Game Master Lady Ladile

"Everyone! Calm down!"
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Sheela's voice drowns amidst the crowd.

"I'll try to keep them calm. Luurg, Tiffany- rescue that villager before they drown. Adyr, McKieg! Either help me calm these people down or squish that fish!"

Adyr hopes that even a pin-prick will discourage this foul beast from seeking more prey...

Knocking and arrow and taking careful aim, he quickly imbues the arrow with arcane energy and lets the arrow fly.

"Take that!"

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Damage, cold iron, magic: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 = 5

OOC- does Adyr think he is close enough to the rest of the villagers (downstairs) for them to hear him if he starts shouting words of encouragement?

Sheela tries unsuccessfully to calm the crowd and get them under control again but her voice is lost in the din and no one pays her any heed. Up on the top of the lighthouse Adyr leans over the railing and fires off a bow shot at...

1d2 ⇒ 1

...the green tentacle! It sinks deeply into dark, rubbery flesh and the Garundi man is certain that he sees the tentacle flinch with pain...but it doesn't withdraw.

Yes, I'll allow for everyone downstairs to hear you if you begin singing/orating.

Down on the second level anyone looking to the west notices the Green Tentacle suddenly seem to flinch and quiver, as though with pain, but it does not release its prisoner. McKieg and Wadi, caught up amid some of the crowd, have to fight to keep their footing...

Crowd Trip vs. McKieg: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Crowd Trip vs. Wadi: 1d20 ⇒ 7

...and manage to do so!

"Oh god, heeeeelp! Help me!" screams the man caught in Red Tentacle's grasp, his hands clawing uselessly at the stone floor as he's slowly, inexorably pulled towards the watery stairwell. The elderly woman caught by the Purple Tentacles flails weakly at her captor with her free arm while the young girl attempts to dig in her heels to keep herself from being dragged out through the western window by the Green Tentacle!
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Round 4

Luurg (Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor)
Tiffany + Shark
McKieg
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Tentacle Red
Tentacle Green (-5)
Tentacle Purple
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
Adyr
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Luurg, Wadi, Tiffany & Co and McKieg are UP!

Current Map

Luurg's tiny eyes double in size as the tentacle races past him and leafy and up the stairs "Not gud, not gud!" He swims up towards the second level and stabs leafy into the thing.

MW Spear, PA, Bless: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 9 - 2 + 1 = 121d8 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 6 = 15

Heh I had him at the door still vs up the correct stairs. My mistake. Also, Luurg has a history of poor attack rolls fyi.

Wadi's eyes widen as he sees the tentacles assault the panicked crowds. I was just taking a wild guess there!

"GET YOUR BLOODY HANDS OFF ME!!" He screams at the top of his lungs, allowing his fiery blood to flow faster within his veins. Soon his body is glowing with a ruddy reddish glow!

Activate Fires of Hell as a swift action. Wadi's body is now glowing as a torch.

He then struggles to elbow his way through the panicked crowd...once he emerges from the villagers he takes quick note of the situation. Realizing a fireball would do vastly more harm than good here (though he must admit, it was a close call) he decides on a more focused approach here, sending a burning lance of fire into the rubbery tentacle!

Move: move to map position.
Standard: Cast Scorching ray. RT vs Green Tentacle, Bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12; Fire damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 6, 5) = 20 (SR applies).

Luurg springs into action, swimming upward towards the Red Tentacle which seems to be slowly withdrawing back into the watery stairwell. Leafy in hand, he takes a stab at the monstrous thing but it proves surprisingly hard to strike!

Up above there's a fresh wave of panicked shrieks and cries as Wadi taps into his hellish birthright and begins to glow brightly as though he were the very essence of fire and flame itself! Several of the villagers do fall back from him, allowing him room to maneuver and fire off a bright beam of magical energy at Green...

*FSSHEWWW*!

...which misses, impacting the nearby wall and leaving it blackened and scorched.
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Round 4

Luurg (Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor)
Tiffany + Shark
McKieg
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Tentacle Red
Tentacle Green (-5)
Tentacle Purple
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
Adyr
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Tiffany & Co and McKieg are UP!

Current Map

McKieg attempts to save the man caught in the Red Tentacle's grasp.

Moving toward his target, the warpriest expends some of his fervor, calling on Yuelral's divine favor. "Yuelral the Wise, guide your servant's hand!"

McKieg swings his dwarven longaxe. "Watch your head, man. I'll cut you loose!"
+1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, bless, divine favor, fate's favored; Damage: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 221d12 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

So many tentacles.. I've seen some awful movies involving these things, and your girl Tiffany is *not* about to be subjected to such treatment! Nuh uh!

Oh. I'm talking to myself. Get 'em, shark!

Tiffany's summoned companion swims forth and tries to get a bite of the same green tentacle that Luurg attacked.
Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 61d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
.. With little luck.

Tiffany opens her jaws to show off her shiny teeth, but instead of trying to bite the tentacle, she exhales a snowball.
Use Natural Spell to cast while wildshaped. The map confuses me, but I want to attack the same one Luurg attacked.
Snowball, RT: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 3, 2, 2) = 9

I can see there's some confusion about what's happening in this encounter and some of that is my fault so I'll try to clarify some things over in Discussion.

McKieg bravely charges forward, calling upon Yueral to guide his axe as he brings it down upon Red Tentacle in a powerful strike, completely severing it! The man kicks himself free of the twitching piece of flesh, madly crawling along the floor to get away from the stairwell.

Down below, Tiffany and Luurg see the Red Tentacle suddenly shudder violently and withdraw itself from the second level and back down through the stairwell; as it does both of them can see that it appears to have been cleanly severed by a blade of some sort.

With no other tentacles or enemies within immediate sight, Friendly Shark is forced to circle hungrily while Tiffany pulls herself up the stairs and out of the water, emerging onto the second level. She's greeted by the sight of pandemonium - Wadi glowing like the fires of Hell itself, villagers log-jammed on the stairs leading up to the top level, McKieg standing over the severed half of Red Tentacle and two villagers caught in the grasp of two other Tentacles, one at the eastern window and one at the west. Without really stopping to think the sassy grippli opens her mouth wide and spits a snowball at the Green Tentacle, which seems to already be injured. As it splats against the tentacle a small section of it seems to freeze solid and simply snaps off! The villager that had been in its grasp, a young teenage girl, sobs with relief as she staggers away from the window.

Unfortunately, time runs out for the old woman caught by the Purple Tentacle as it suddenly coils around her body and yanks her out the eastern window and into the darkness of the storm before she even has time to scream...
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Round 4

Luurg (Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor)
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?????
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Tiffany + Shark
McKieg
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?????
?????
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
Adyr
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Sheela and Adyr are UP!

Current Map

Adyr remains at the ready with an arrow knocked- prepared to shoot if any others dangers present themselves.

"Where did it GO!?!"

"Adyr! Can you help calm the frightened villagers?" McKieg calls up to the bard.

"No no no!" Sheela gasps and watches the woman yanked out the window.

"Everyone, please calm down."
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

Finally her voice cuts through the chaos. "Please stay near the center of the top floor."

"Did anyone see where that tentacle went? We can't lose her."

Adyr anxiously scans the water from his vantage point, bow at the ready in case the creature comes back for more. Down below, Sheela's voice manages to cut through the screams and chaos and finally spurs the remainder of the crowd into action...

"Up, c'mon, we gotta go!"

"We'll be safe up at the top!"

...and the last of them manage to make it up to the lighthouse's top level.

Adyr, did you want to start a performance?

Looking out of the lighthouse windows yields no signs of Purple Tentacle or the elderly woman that it took. All the while, the storm continues to rage on and the dark waters of the sea below churn ominously...
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Round 5

Luurg (Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor)
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?????
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Tiffany + Shark
McKieg
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?????
?????
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
Adyr (Readied Action: Shoot)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Luurg and Wadi are UP!

Current Map

Not seeing any visible threats at the moment, Wadi takes the time to cast another protective spell upon himself. Cast Shield on himself.

"Sheela, the villagers are safe for the moment now. What is going on below? Are Luurg and Tiff OK?"

Luurg swims up from the lower level and immediately start snacking on what looks like a small fig. As soon as the chubby orc swallows it his gut starts quivering and rumbling. "Here we's go, time fer Luurg ta be strong!" He rumbles as the girth of belly fat redistributes itself across his arms, back and legs. This time however its thick, thick muscle.
Strength mutagen activated! 60mins of +4 STR -2INT +2 natural armor.

"We all ok? Big tentacle come den go, someone chop it real gud!" He eyeballs the longaxe and smiles.

Luurg wouldn't have seen the woman get taken from down stairs and underwater.

"Luurg! The creature's purple tentacle snatched an old woman and dragged her into the water. Can you save her?" McKieg asks.

"Uuuuuuuh I can try mang, I can try." He looks out into the depths nervously.

With no other immediate threats in sight both Wadi and Luurg take the time to bolster themselves with their respective magics, Wadi summoning a shield of protection and Luurg chowing down on a power-up fig.

Having been informed that at least one villager was taken by the colossal sea beast, Luurg then nervously peers into the dark waters for any signs of her but sees nothing except for the undulating body of the tentacled horror and a sea of tentacles...once of which suddenly shoots upwards along the northern side of the lighthouse! Those inside see another tentacle suddenly come whipping in through the northern window, grabbing up another villager, while Adyr can see the tentacle come surging out of the depths and reach into the lighthouse from his position at the top.

Adyr, you may take your Readied Action now if you wish~
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Round 5

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor, Shield)
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Tentacle Blue
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Tiffany + Shark
McKieg
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?????
?????
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
Adyr (Readied Action: Shoot)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Tiffany & Co and McKieg are UP!

Current Map

Int check, DC10: 1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 3 - 1 = 11

Luurg looks out the window and sees the thing and shakes his head "I don't tink we can 'elp dat old lady dare. Best stay 'n 'elp deez guys fer now."

INT check DC10: 1d20 ⇒ 13
"Given the size of the tentacles we've seen none of us would stand a chance against this leviathan in a direct assault. But maybe if we can sever enough tentacles, it'll be enough to drive the beast away."

McKieg crosses the room to the big blue tentacle and swings his starmetal axe.
+1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, bless, divine favor, fate's favored; Damage: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 261d12 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Now no longer in the water, Tiffany reverts to grippli form, still able to swim anyway. "Well, that was fun. Know what's not fun? Getting wrapped up by a big slimy tentacle!" She pulls out her club and watches as it begins to glow with power.

Move and cast shillelagh

Swift Action Arcane Strike

Ranged Attack- Bow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Damage (magic, cold iron): 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 = 5

"This creature is very strong, my arrows are doing very little to dissaude it! We need a plan to defeat this beast... are these kinds of sea creatures afraid of fire? Is there anything we can do to drive it off rather than try to kill it? Which itself may be a fools errand!"

As the group realizes that all they can do is try to fight off the invading tentacles as best as they can Adyr sinks an arrow into Tentacle Blue, causing it to shudder with pain. McKieg follows it up with another swift and powerful stroke of his axe that finishes the job, releasing the straggling villager!

"Oh s#$%, oh f#$%, that was close, thank you," he gasps before bolting towards the stairs leading up.

Tiffany then emerges from the water as well, returning to her natural form. She draws her club and channels nature's fury into it, ready to start busting some heads tentacles. But just when you think you've got a moment to breathe, another tentacle emerges from the watery stairwell leading down and a third suddenly whips in through the southern window and wraps itself around Wadi!

There is only one Tentacle Yellow but there are two icons to represent its position in relation to the 1st and 2nd floor, since it came up the stairwell.
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Round 5

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Grappled; Mage Armor, Shield)
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?????
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Tiffany (Shillelagh) + Shark
McKieg
Adyr
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Tentacle Orange
Tentacle Yellow
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Sheela is UP!

Current Map

Sheela shudders and realizes the elderly woman is lost at this point. This is why she doesn't like being leader. Each death, each casualty is her fault.

So she decides to do something stupid.

She runs up to the tentacle holding Wadi and slaps it. "Learn some manners! At least ask before approaching!"

Laughing Touch (Sp): At 1st level, you can cause a creature to burst out laughing for 1 round as a melee touch attack. A laughing creature can only take a move action but can defend itself normally. Once a creature has been affected by laughing touch, it is immune to its effects for 24 hours. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier.

No idea if the octopus will be affected, but Sheela doesn't even have time to pull out her wand of Burning Hands.

For lack of any better ideas Sheela darts up to Tentacle Orange and gives it a good, hard slap that sends its rubbery flesh to jiggling just a little bit. Unfortunately, neither her words of chastisement or the traces of magic in her touch seem to have any affect.

Up above, the sounds of the terrified crowd can still be heard but at least they're not causing any further clogs or congestion on the second level...
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Round 6

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Grappled; Mage Armor, Shield)
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?????
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Tiffany (Shillelagh) + Shark
McKieg
Adyr
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Tentacle Orange
Tentacle Yellow
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Luurg and Wadi are UP!

Current Map

Wadi struggles briefly against the grasping tentacle as he tries to summon his fiery magicks again...

Concentration check vs DC 12+CMB: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Assuming he succeeds here: Spontaneous Immolation: Fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 2) = 12 and catches on fire. A successful DC 16 Fortitude save reduces this damage by half and prevents the target from catching on fire.
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Good time for a '20' here.

"Look out Wadi-mang, else yer gonna go fer a swim!" Luurg charges forward and tries to skewer the tentacle with Leafy.

MW Spear, PA, charge, Mutagen: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 = 171d8 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 17

Tentacle Orange Fort (DC 16): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Despite being hugged in the most unpleasant of ways by Tentacle Orange, Wadi manages to focus his mind and cause the rubbery appendage to spontaneously burst into flame! It writhes amid the flames, quickly shriveling up and burning away to ashes, allowing Wadi to stumble clear! Luurg, having been ready to charge Tentacle Orange, changes course and attempts to skewer Tentacle Yellow instead but the slimy mass whips away and avoids the blow.

But it seems that no sooner do you chop up or burn one tentacle than another arrives to take its place as yet another comes slipping inside through the northern window. It flops and grasps about just as Tentacle Yellow does, clearly seeking someone to grab hold of!
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Round 6

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor, Shield)
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Tentacle Cyan
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Tiffany (Shillelagh) + Shark
McKieg
Adyr
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Tentacle Yellow
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Tiffany & Co, McKieg and Adyr are UP!

Current Map

McKieg blinks as the blue tentacle withdraws only to be immediately replaced by a cyan sibling. The dwarf swings his axe with destructive efficiency. "How many tentacles can this creature have? Eight would seem a good number. Pray it's no more than that!"
+1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, bless, divine favor, fate's favored, power attack, sacred weapon; Damage vs Cyan: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 291d12 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

The hungry shark sees the tentacle squirming about underwater, and rushes towards it for a bite of calamari.
Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 101d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

"That's right, Shark Friend, eat it from below!" Tiffany calls. "As for me, I'm about to lay a, like, what do the boys call it? A b!~** slap on this squirmy thing!" The grippli winds up her magical club and swings at the tentacle.

Club, Shillelagh, Bless: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 1 = 141d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Adyr leans over and takes another shot at the tentacle that has entered the second story (assuming he can see the one that Sheela has just attacked)

"Another tentacle! They keep coming!"

Adyr takes aim again and fires a magically augmented arrow.

Ranged Attack=bow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Damage= cold iron, magic: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8

"And take another one...there you go!"

Though initially a bit startled by the appearance of Tentacle Cyan - didn't he just sever this one? - McKieg swiftly regains his composure and rewards the tentacled horror for its intrusion by cleanly relieving it of another appendage. Even amid the screams of the villagers and the howling of the storm outside you can all hear a high-pitched, keening cry and the remaining tentacle that you can see seems to hesitate for just a moment before resuming its search for a victim.

Tiffany and her shark friend attempt to tag-team this remaining tentacle from above and below but continue to find themselves having trouble striking it. For such a large tentacle, it sure is agile!

On the other hand, Adyr's bow shot from above proves more successful and sinks deeply into Tentacle Yellow! The fleshy appendage doubles up on itself for a moment, shaking, and you get the distinct impression that the sea beast is shaking its metaphorical fist.

Tentacle Yellow: 1d20 ⇒ 7
Tentacle Yellow vs. Luurg (Grapple): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

It then lashes out at Luurg and attempts to grab hold of him, but the beefy half-orc has no trouble batting the injured tentacle away.
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Round 6

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor, Shield)
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Tentacle ???
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Tiffany (Shillelagh) + Shark
McKieg
Adyr
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Tentacle Yellow (-8)
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Sheela is UP!

Current Map

Sheela decides it's time to start casting Summon Monster 2 to bring Aquas the Small Water Elemental back. Aquas and the shark can high five each other or something.

Sheela decides to summon some additional help and begins conjuring her favorite water elemental. Up above, the remainder of the Blackcove villagers huddle tightly together as far away from the railing as they can get. A few of the braver ones, such as Nick, brandish axes and daggers, ready to defend themselves as best as they can...
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Round 7

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor, Shield)
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Tentacle ???
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Tiffany (Shillelagh) + Shark
McKieg
Adyr
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Tentacle Yellow (-8)
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Luurg and Wadi are UP!

Current Map

Wadi glances about him, and seeing only the lone tentacle sends several fiery bolts into it!

Cast Magic Missile at Yellow Tentacle. Damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 2) + 3 = 12

"Hey dare mang, keep yer suckers to yer self!" He bats away the long ranged gripper with Leafy and tries to skewer it for a celebratory meal later tonight.

MW Spear, PA, Mutagen: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 2 + 2 = 121d8 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 21

I'm going to assume we can attack it if it just tried to grab me and don't need to be adjacent to the icon on the map. Otherwise feel free to move my token. 30ft movement speed.

Luurg and Serge have similar attack dice I think.

Luurg informs the sea beast that it needs to keep its tentacles to itself, in a roundabout way, as he tries to finish the job Adyr started and sever the rest of the tentacle. Unfortunately Leafy misses the mark once more, pinging harmlessly against the stone floor.

Wadi, on the other hand, fares much better as he peppers the thing with arcane missiles. The bolts connect at the weak point where Adyr's arrow stands buried in the flesh and finish the tentacle off!

Lightning flashes outside and those on the second floor see a flash of movement as another tentacle streaks past the northern window, reaching all the way to the top of the lighthouse! A split second later, a fresh wave of screams are heard from above...

Adyr, the only one in the party up on the top of the lighthouse, suddenly sees one of the massive tentacles come whipping over the railing to the north and grab hold of a young boy!

There is currently only one tentacle on the map but two icons to represent its position relative to the 2nd and top levels. Also, to give an idea of size, these tentacles have a 30 ft. reach~
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Round 7

Luurg (Mutagen, Touch of the Sea)
Wadi (Mage Armor, Shield)
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Tentacle Pink
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Tiffany (Shillelagh) + Shark
McKieg
Adyr
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Tentacle ????
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Sheela (Touch of the Sea)
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Villagers (Crowd)

Active Conditions: Bless

Tiffany & Co, McKieg and Adyr are UP!

Current Map

Fearing for the safety of the young boy Adyr shouts to his comrades, "The boy needs your help!"

Hoping that fire will prove a greater deterrent than arrows have thus far, Adyr draws his only alchemist fire and throws it at the tentacle attempting to drag away the boy.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 - 2 = 20

Assuming second range increment.

Damage (fire): 1d6 ⇒ 2

Spotting another giant tentacle snake past the open window and head for the floor above, McKieg shuffles a step to the side and swings his axe yet again. "We got one heading for the upper floor, folks!"
+1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, bless, divine favor, fate's favored, power attack, sacred weapon; Damage vs Orange: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 161d12 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
VC Shirt Re-roll + 5 GM Stars: 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 5 = 22
"No way you're snatching another helpless villager, monster!"

"Yeah! Leave us and the villagers alone, you slimy freak!" Tiffany glowers at the tentacle as she whacks it once more with her magical club.

Shillelagh, bless: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 1 = 181d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Working together Adyr, McKieg, and Tiffany are able to beat, chop, and arrow Tentacle Pink into nothing more than a pile of bloody, mushy flesh! The boy that it had taken hold of staggers back to the arms of his mother and father, who clutch him tightly, sobbing with relief.

Another eerie, high-pitched screech reverberates through the air and then you all see the remainder of the writhing tentacles withdraw into the water and vanish. The wind and the rain outside quickly begin to die down and the water that fills the lower level of the lighthouse recedes as quickly as it came. In just a few moments the sea beast and the unnatural storm that preceded it are gone and a strange quiet falls over the lighthouse, broken only by the whimpers and sobs of the Blackcove villagers.

Combat Over!

"Anybody hurt?" McKieg asks, looking over his friends and the huddled villagers. He peeks out the window, looking for other signs of danger.

Aquas arrives 1 turn too late to do much.

"See if you can find an elderly woman out there. Somewhere." Sheela is distraught.

She regains her composure and turns to her allies. "Good job, everyone. Let's check for any injuries before we plan our next move."

Wadi shakes his head sadly at the news but also realizes things could have gone MUCH worse had the party not been here.

"I think tracking down whoever summoned that...BEAST is our first step."

Luurg looks on with confusion as the water level quickly recedes "That not normal. Tides go much slower den dat mang. Dat sum kinda majics den?" He pokes at the severed limb with an unhappy look "Sorry dare old lady, we not save you like we shood." He pauses to give her a moment of silence before rejoining the others at the top floor.

"You all seen dat big ting bafore? Or dis first time? It not nice, hopefully not come back ok? Ok." He smiles his shiny teeth at them, likely not making things better.

Adyr's years of training as a military arcane-medic kicks in as he looks around as she shouts to McKieg, "Gather the injured together and I will summon forth energies to heal their wounds."

Adyr busies himself with checking for those that are wounded or in other states of despair.

Heal: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (1) + 0 = 1

With the danger seemingly over, for now, everyone shakily begins to congregate at the top of the lighthouse while Sheela sends Aquas out into the waters to look for any sign of the sea beast or the old woman. Though Adyr attempts his best to try and triage the large group of villagers it's a near-impossible task. Some huddle together in small family groups, crying, while many others simply plop down on the ground or stare out at the waters in a daze.

"H-here...let me help," Adyr hears a trembling voice as Lira kneels down next to him, her eyes the only sparks of color in her face.

Meanwhile, Nick weaves through the crowd over to McKieg. Though his expression is calm and his tone even, he maintains a white-knuckle grip on the haft of his axe.

"By the gods, I don't know what that thing was but I know it would've taken a lot more than what it did if it weren't for you folks. Every man, woman, and child here owes you their lives, I'm certain of it," he says, taking one hand off his weapon to shake McKieg's hand.

"You think magic might've had a hand in that then?" Nick continues, looking to Luurg. "It sure weren't natural, I know that much."

"Water level suddenly rises and recedes as soon as it begins. Something's going on in that island." Sheela eventually regains her composure. "And that is why we need your help. The sooner we defeat the threat, the sooner your lives can return to normal."

"It is the most likely place for whoever is behind this attack to lair himself," Wadi adds, "If it was an old Azlanti ruin then no telling what fell magicks are buried there."

Glancing around the huddled villagers he then peers out one of the windows noting the evening sky and the rapidly setting sun. "It would be foolhardy to travel at night Sheela. We should rest and depart first thing in the morning."

"Aye, rest would do us all some good."