Welcome to the continuation of DM-Camris' Savage Tide Adventure path!
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You come slowly to conciousness again, your bodies aching with bruises and a great knot on your head.
You realize that you are pinned down halfway into wet sand, your limbs entangled by ratlines and covered by a section of decking.
From the sound of gulls, the thread of sunlight that makes its way to you and the hot breeze, it is midmorning and the storm is clearly over now.
Off in the distance you can hear voices...
Bryson comes to with a start and immediately begins to struggle against whatever is holding him down.
His Miasma reflexively activates (potentially effecting close by allies)
Taking a moment to get his bearings, Ghirrak takes stock of the situation, his positioning, the aches and pains over his body and closes his eyes for a moment in focus. With a sudden explosive movement, the Captain bursts out of the sandy ground in a shower of debris, standing like the warrior champion they know. "Don't be in such a hurry to pronounce people dead Avner, you're not quite that lucky."
Sunny groans as awarness slowly returns....
"I... think. I think I bumped me head...." She mumbles, possibly to her slightly adled self, even as she begins to wriggle and test the effects of what ever it is that's restricting her movments.
As Marius came to, a sense of rising panic engulfed him. Shipwrecked. Again. Washed up on some desolate shore, with who knew how many shipmates dead this time? Being pinned down and entangled certainly wasn't making things better.
Nearby voices cut through the panic, providing him with something to focus on. Bit by bit, he got his breathing under control and the debilitating sensations subsided.
At length, he had regained sufficient equilibrium to do something about his situation, casting a spell to exercise command over the ratlines and untangle them from around him.
"I am not dead"
Bryson tries to lift the deck off him.
He gets angry and turns into a Demon Gorilla and tries again.
Burian struggles for a moment, snorts in disgust, then curses under his breath - once again finding himself in need of assistance.
"Is everyone alright? I am unable to free myself, and have a splitting headache is all.... Has anyone sustained serious injury?"
Sunny wriggles out from under the flotsam (Or is it jetsam?). Spending a moment or two to simply sit on the warm sand and gently feel about herself as she takes in her lumps and bruises.
"Is everyone alright? I am unable to free myself, and have a splitting headache is all.... Has anyone sustained serious injury?" Comes Burrian's voice from... some where amgnst the wreckage.
Sunny wastes no time in scampering over and helping her freind get free, doing little more for herself than absently shaking the sand from her tussled, blond locks.
"Here ye go. I is got ye..." Sunny helps Burian at least sit up. Dragging wood and rope away from her freind. Once Burian is reasonably cleared away she kneels in the sand and looks about, taking in the scene arrayed around them.
Slowly, the heroes come to consciousness and start to struggle to get free of a tangle of ratlines under a section of ships decking. They hear Avner declaiming about taking command somewhere off in the distance.
…
Ghirrak, in a sudden explosive movement, bursts out of the sandy ground in a shower of deck debris, standing like the warrior champion they know. "Don't be in such a hurry to pronounce people dead Avner, you're not quite that lucky."
…
Standing in the morning light, Ghirrak took in his surroundings.
Around him was an expanse of white sand, littered with driftwood and ship’s wreckage. Off to one side, the sand spread down to the shoreline of seawater, which rolled in and out endlessly. Off to the other, the sand stretched to the treeline of a dense jungle.
A little ways away, you see a bedraggled Avner Meravachi addressing a sad cluster of crew and settlers. They all were gazing towards Ghirrak, mouths agape.
Further out into the ocean, a couple hundered yards, you see a dismasted ship stuck on a rock islet.
Then… Ghirrak noticed that the crew was pointing at him. No, not at him, PAST him. He turned quickly as monstrous footsteps approached rapidly from behind…
…
"I am not dead" Bryson tries to lift the deck off him, but it is fruitless.
He gets angry and turns into a Demon Gorilla and tries again…
…
The monster resembles nothing so much as a Dragon without wings, tiny little arms and a giant head with soooo many teeth!
As it charged up to chomp down on Ghirrak, Demon Gorilla Bryson stood up and hurled the decking aside, catapulting Ghirrak several yards away into the sand.
for a possible slashing damage plus Grab. Blood fountains into the air as Demon Gorilla Bryson is bitten and grappled.
Round 1________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
As the decking is hurled aside, the players begin the round free of ratlines and decking. You are no longer grappled (aside from Bryson).
Sunny looks on agog at the big lizard critter. "Tha's a big 'un..."
Bryson-Demon Gorilla (Dire Ape, large) HP 82/82| AC 22 FF 20 Touch 12| Fort +9 Ref +4 Will +10| LLV, Scent| Str 24 Dex 14 Con 18| CMB +12 CMD 25| Spd 50
Bite: gtr magic fang
Claw: gtr magic fang
Claw: gtr magic fang
Bryson tries to reverse the dinosaur's grip.
Burian nods to Sunny as he gets to his feet - grateful for her assistance. His eyes widen as the dinosaur charges in.
"Oh gods.. it's huge...."
After making sweeping gestures with his hand, he mutters an unintelligible phrase. A dim light radiates outward and quickly fades.
He draws his cutlass as he strafes around the massive lizard.
With Burian running right and Bryson taking the middle Sunny runs left.
Frightening as the wingless dragon might be, it was at least a creature of flesh and blood which could be fought. As such, Marius laid into the beast, secure in the knowledge that he could hardly miss it given its size.
Sunny quickly scmapers across the sands. Her bare feet flying across the soft surface leaving little more than slight scuff marks as she rounds behind Marious and... seems to disappear.
Round 1 completed________________
Bryson initially scrabbled uselessly at the creature’s mouth, only managing a minor scratch at the gumline. Bryson tries to reverse the dinosaur's grip, but is unable to dislodge the creature’s monstrous power.
Burian nods to Sunny as he gets to his feet - grateful for her assistance. His eyes widen as the dinosaur charges in. After making sweeping gestures with his hand, he mutters an unintelligible phrase. A dim light radiates outward and quickly fades.
He draws his cutlass as he strafes around the massive lizard.
bless to all (Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects for seven minutes)
With Burian running right and Bryson taking the middle Sunny runs left.
Frightening as the wingless dragon might be, it was at least a creature of flesh and blood which could be fought. As such, Marius laid into the beast, secure in the knowledge that he could hardly miss it given its size.
Casting scorching ray, 2 bolts. Both blazing beams make direct hits on the gargantuan creature, making flesh char and burn.
Sunny quickly scmapers across the sands. Her bare feet flying across the soft surface leaving little more than slight scuff marks as she rounds behind Marious and... seems to disappear.
[npc]Ghirrak rolled easily to his feet in the damp sand, took in the monstrous threat, then accelerated around the wreckage to attack one of the beast’s legs with a flying kick.
for damage as his foot sank home into the scaly hide. Certain he felt something break under his foot, he sprang back again.
The Tyrannosaurus flipped Bryson up and…
…Swallowed Bryson Whole with a gulp dealing damage.
Then it turned around to see what hit it in the foot.
Round 2________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Bryson-Demon Ape bites and scratches trying to escape the beast's guts. He releases his Miasma as well.
Bite: gtr magic fang, bless
Claw: gtr magic fang, bless
Claw: gtr magic fang, bless
Starting at 5th level, if a blight druid is adjacent to a creature at the beginning of its turn, the creature must succeed at a Fortitude save with a DC of 18 or become sickened for 1 round. A creature of the animal, fey, or plant type that fails its save is nauseated for 1 round and sickened for 1 minute thereafter. If the creature makes its save, it is immune to this effect for 24 hours, as are creatures immune to disease. This ability replaces trackless step and resist nature’s lure.
Bryson's bite didn't do anything, but his first slash cut halfway through the guts he was wrapped in, and his second tore through the scaly hide. Bryson spilled like a newborn babe out onto the damp sand accompanied by a welter of blood, phlegm, acidic slime and intestines.
Seeing Bryson disappear into the giant critter's mouth almost elicits a scream of denial/rage/terror from the plucky Elven lass.
She keeps her head though and races into deliver a wicked series of blows against the unsuspecting creature's flank. (Am hopin' tha' critter be all flat feeted an' stuffs. Though her attackes seem to do little actual damage.
(Am gon'a have ta' work on that)
Seeing Bryson reemerge from within the belly of the beast cheers Sunny no end... THough she does wrinkle her nose a tad at the 'Icky-ness' of Byrson's return.
Seeing Bryson disappear into the giant critter's mouth almost elicits a scream of denial/rage/terror from the plucky Elven lass.
She keeps her head though and races into deliver a wicked series of blows against the unsuspecting creature's flank. (Am hopin' tha' critter be all flat feeted an' stuffs. Though her attackes seem to do little actual damage.
(Am gon'a have ta' work on that)
Seeing Bryson reemerge from within the belly of the beast cheers Sunny no end... THough she does wrinkle her nose a tad at the 'Icky-ness' of Byrson's return.
Ghirrak attacks the monstrous creature head-on, standing his ground as he unleashes an unrelenting flurry of attacks.
This fight wasn't looking great. Oh, sure, Bryson had been able to claw his way out of the beast's belly, but Marius didn't like his own chances of emulating that feat, and it was difficult to say just how much punishment it would take to fell the dragon.
Accordingly, Marius followed up with a lightning bolt in an effort to end things quickly. Another advantage of such a large foe was that he could aim the bolt well over the others' heads and still hit his target.
Burian scrambles over near Bryson and whips his hair at the massive lizard.
Round 2 completed________________
Bryson's bite (nor his Miasma) didn't do anything, but his first slash cut halfway through the guts he was wrapped in, and his second tore through the scaly hide. Bryson spilled like a newborn babe out onto the damp sand accompanied by a welter of blood, phlegm, acidic slime and intestines.
Sunny almost screams, but keeps her head though and races into deliver a wicked series of blows against the unsuspecting creature's flank, appearing seemingly out of nowhere to hit hard two of three times.
Seeing Bryson reemerge from within the belly of the beast cheers Sunny no end... Though she does wrinkle her nose a tad at the 'Icky-ness' of Byrson's return.
Ghirrak attacks the monstrous creature head-on, standing his ground as he unleashes an unrelenting flurry of attacks. It is difficult to pierce the thick hide, but two of his strikes punch through for moderate damage.
Accordingly, Marius followed up with a lightning bolt in an effort to end things quickly. With a brilliant flash and boom, the lightning struck home, but still the dragon stood!
Burian scrambles over near Bryson and whips his hair at the massive lizard.
But he was unable to pierce the thick hide of the dragon.
Reeling from the sudden assault and the excruciating pain in his belly, the Tyrannosaur lunged down to attack the nearest target; Ghirrak!
for a possible slashing damage plus Grab.
Round 3________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Sunny steps further away from the big, pointy, gnashy toothy end of the critter but continues to punch and kcick away at the critter's hide. Mainly aiming at a leg to try and slow the thing down shold it decide to move some where else.
Bryson Demon-Ape launches himself at the giant gekko.
Bite: gtr magic fang
Claw: gtr magic fang
Claw: gtr magic fang
Bryson gets the flank bonus too!
Burian growls in frustration.
"Devastating bites! We must bring it down quickly.. but.. its hide is ridiculous!"
Round 3 completed________________
Sunny steps further away from the big, pointy, gnashy toothy end of the critter but continues to punch and kcick away at the critter's hide.
But even with her flanking position she is unable to pierce the gargantuan creatures thick hide.
Bryson Demon-Ape launches himself at the giant gekko.
His ferocious attacks claw deeply into the Tyrannosaur two of three attempts, dealing moderate damage.
Burians long hair lash out and manage to punch into the creature’s hide, dealing modest damage and opening a bleeding wound.
(npc)Marius fired his crossbow, but the bolt just stuck uselessly into its hide.
(npc)Ghirrak launched a flurry of kicks and hard fist at the enormous creature, but couldn’t pierce the creature’s thick hide.
for a possible slashing damage plus Grab.
Round 4________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Bryson slashes and bites and rips and tears.
Bite: gtr magic fang, flank
Claw: gtr magic fang, flank
Claw: gtr magic fang, flank
And with Bryson's clawed attacks being the last straw, the gargantuan creature roared for the last time as it slowly toppled over onto Sunny's position (Ref save Sunny!). Quite dead.
And with Bryson's clawed attacks being the last straw, the gargantuan creature roared for the last time as it slowly toppled over onto Sunny's position (Ref save Sunny!). Quite dead.
(O_o)
"EEp!"
As Sunny tries to get away from the falling monster, the soft sand betrays her and it lands on her hard.
Fortunately, the soft sand prevents her from being crushed flat as she only takes 22 points nonlethal.
Bryson-Demon Ape stands over the downed dinosaur, chest heaving while he tries to calm himself. "Eat me? Gonna eat you." he mumbles.
As Sunny tries to get away from the falling monster, the soft sand betrays her and it lands on her hard.
Fortunately, the soft sand prevents her from being crushed flat.
(X_X)
Carefully, Avner Meravachi poked his head up over a dune, his eyes wide. The others seem to have run off.
"Captain?"
"What? Why? This thing? Go get them. Tell them dinner's ready."