Troy moves and shoots another arrow but uses no poison this time!
“Cavalry indeed!”
Phineas and Lloyd take another swing:
Ukufa attacks again adding some more damage.
The party continues to chip away at creature, but do little real damage.
The creature continues to flail ineffectually at the armoured dwarf.
Damage:Top:16
Round 6
"Why! Isn't! He! Falling!" Snarled Spinnaker Jon as he took advantage of flanking with Bhru to stab the creature as hard as he could.
for a possible piercing and precision damage.
Bhru continues the flurry of bonks!
Troy moves and shoots another arrow but uses no poison this time!
Ukufa's eyes narrow as she stabs both daggers into the creature's mutated flesh;
Kellan wordlessly shoots again.
Well wide this time...
Phineas and Lloyd swing again:
The party continues to pummel on the last twisted abomination. It is cut, battered and bleeding, but continues to thrash about in its rage.
It lashes out at Bhru, but his thick armour continues to keep him safe.
Damage:Top:24
Round 7
Spinnaker Jon gritted his teeth as he took advantage of flanking with Bhru to stab the creature as hard as he could.
for a possible piercing and precision damage.
for a possible extra piercing damage.
Kellan hits his reload and fires again!
Another miss!
Ukufa's continues to stab and jab, seeking the tender parts beneath the mutated carapace;
Troy shoots another arrow but uses no poison this time!
“Enough with your lingering!”
Phineas and Lloyd take another swing:
Jon lands a shallow cut before Bhru puts the creature down for good.
The creature snaps out in its death throes before bursting into acidic goo.
The last of their enemies vanquished, the party takes a moment to catch their breath, before continuing onwards. The maze of branching paths merges once more into a single passage. To one side, a room opens up, and you duck in to investigate.
This cavern has been outfitted with the finest in stolen furniture. Thick rugs cover the floor, and fine silk tapestries and masterful seascape paintings hang from the walls, giving the place an almost regal feel. A four-poster bed takes up much of a large nook to the south, and nearby stands an oak desk with a matching armoire. Alas, much of this furniture is ruined, spattered and stained with gore and deeply scarred by sword play. A skeletal body dressed in the ruins of a once-fine suit of studded leather lies in a red heap at the foot of the bed. Five more bodies lie about the room , horribly deformed men and women who seem to have perished on a rapier's point.
Spinnaker Jon swore as he dodge the creature's final acidic spatter.
He looked enthusiastic as he spotted the treasure, but grew more cautious as he looked at the rapier wounds.
He poked about carefully, looking for hidden enemies or traps.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
As the beast explodes in it's death throes Bhru succumbs to the final acts of violence. He collapses to the floor.
"'ey, no lying down on the job dwarf! We've got someone else poking holes in people and I've no interest in meeting them without ye."
Troy is so glad.
“You all are formidable fighters!!“ the ratfolk says.
After the battle, Troy and his new allies cautiously inspect the room. As they sift through the wreckage, their attention is drawn to the bodies scattered about the place.
The skeletal body in studded leather sparks Troy's curiosity, and he carefully examines it. As a Ratfolk who spent years in the underbelly of Sassarine, he knows that the strangest secrets are often hidden in plain sight.
Phineas and Lloyd try and avoid the acidic sputter, before looking to Bhru.
“Yes, yes—back to it, Master Bhru! I’m not sure there exists a creature foul enough to best a son of Angradd.”
Phineas scans the room for signs of anything:
Searching the room turns up a few items of interest. A +1 rapier with a bronze hilt in the shape of a griffon lies under the bed. Amid the ruin of the mostly devoured corpse you catch sight of a glimmer of gold, and find a gold band set with several aquamarine gem stones still sitting snug on a gnawed finger (ring of swimming). Searching the desk uncovers a trio of silver bars stacked in a drawer (30gp each).
When ready, the party presses onwards, leaving the gruesome scene behind, and continuing down the passage. Soon from up ahead, the sounds of combat, the unmistakable slobbering cries of rage and hunger, and a woman's voice shouting profane threats and curses become audible.
Spinnaker Jon's eyes get big as he realizes the magic on the rapier.
"Aye, this be a right blade and no mistake! Anyone else int'rested? 'Cause I'm makin' a claim meself!"
Later, hearing combat, he shifted into a stealthy approach with crossbow ready.
Ukufa mirthlessly avoids the acidic spray with ease.
She moves to the fallen dwur, standing at Kellan's shoulder as he administers healing.
"Now is not your time to meet my Mistress."
The Jasdian offers her hand to assist in raising the solid warrior back to his feet.
"Come. There is more red-handed work to be done."
Upon hearing the combat, Ukufa draws her daggers and steps lightly toward the clamour;
Troy is not sure what to do.
He now takes out his crossbow.
“Do we go to the fight or try to flee from it?!?“
The floor of this cavern slopes downward to the southeast, finally ending in a another large tide pool. A hammock strung between two stalagmites sways gently to the south, next to an overturned table and a broken chair.
A woman has been backed into the southern corner of the cave, where she uses the overturned table as cover to fend off a half-dozen savage pirates. Over a dozen more lay dead on the ground, speaking to her skills in swordplay, but you can see that blood flows freely from several bites on her exposed skin.
She has raven black hair that flows like the deepest shade of midnight against her deeply tanned skin. She wears tight leather armor studded with fire opals and pearls and wields a curved rapier and dagger in a blinding display of swordplay. When she spies the PCs, she cries out, "Oi! Get in the fight or stay outta me way, buckos. These things are lookin' to die, and I plan on obliging."
Combat round 1
18 Baddies
14 Phineas
14 Jon
12 Kellan
8 Ukufa
3 Bhru
The creatures peel away from the deadly woman, with her biting blades, and rush towards the party.
The woman slashes at one as it turns away and follows after, with renewed vigor at the sight of reinforcements "Don't ye be thinkin' that you can be gettin' away so easily!"
Hps: 7
Kellan tries to level the odds as the pirates rush their way.
Round 1
"Hang on lassie! I'll rescue ye!" Called out Jon impishly.
He lunged forward low deceptively to hack overhand at the savage pirate directly south of him.
vs enemy Sense Motive or CMD, to make next attack vs. Flat Footed AC.
for a possible piercing, magic and precision damage.
“Fear not, fair maiden. In return for our allyship, we ask only that you lay witness to our glorious and cavernous escapades!”
Phineas and Lloyd side-step, then charge the baddie to the southeast:
Bhru takes a swing at the creature directly in front of him, his tired eyes give the goon a once over for weaknesses..
Blades drawn, Ukufa steps up into the gap and sets to work;
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Troy moves forward.
Troy throws a bomb on one of the baddies so his friends are not injured and some other opponents are hit as well!
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Troy's bomb hits the creature wounded by Ukufa and Bhru and it dies, exploding in a shower of acidic goo.
The creatures attack,
The woman quips, "Jebidiah? Is that you lad? You've looked better boy. Here, let me send , you on your way." and attacks:
Hps: 4, 1
24, 1
8
Acid splash evaded!
Round 2
Jon lunged forward one side to hack overhand at the savage pirate directly south of him.
for a possible piercing, magic and precision damage.
Kellan doesn't have a clear shot so he steps up behind Bhru and taps him with the wand again.
Troy throws another bomb on one of the baddies in the middle so his friends are not injured and some other opponents are hit as well!
Lloyd reels back from the attacker:
They fire back at the creature with swings of their own:
Ukufa is not so lucky and winces as the acidic viscera burns her skin.
The Jasdian turns her attention to the nearest foe, mirthlessly carving at them with dual blades;
The party battles away, with the flames of Troy's bombs and Ukufa's magic dagger the only ones causing real harm.
The pirate woman cuts down one of the creatures and nimbly dodges the burst of acid that follows its demise. "Rest now lad."
Hps: 4, 17
1
8
Round 3
Jon stutterstepped as he lunged forward again at the savage pirate directly south of him.
vs enemy Sense Motive or CMD, to make next attack vs. Flat Footed AC.
for a possible piercing, magic and precision damage.
Kellan continues moving forward attempting to flank an opponent with Bhru and apply his brand.
Bhru swings again, this time hoping to crush a skull.
Troy draws his crossbow and loads it.
Phineas and Lloyd have another go at their attacker:
Ukufa's continues to stab and slice with her daggers, hoping to open a wound that would halt the nearest savage creature
Jon's maneuvers completely baffle the enemy, but he still fails to connect with his new blade. Kellan and Bhru combine to dispatch another enemy, who then bursts into acidic goo.
Ukufa's blades and out intrepid halfling both fail to damage their foes.
The horrid creatures press their attack, but their attempts prove futile against your defenses.
Hps: 4
1
14