Dungeon Master Sssssssss's "The Slithering" (Inactive)

Game Master Chris Marsh

Reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28 Success!

Pazúr manages to dodge between the triceratops' legs as it rumbles over him, avoiding the worst of the damage. He darts forward as if to trample the huge creature himself, then runs his blade between the massive beast's ribs! Just in case, he raises his shield to protect himself from whatever reaction he might have provoked in the dino.

Feint, Strike with Impaling Finisher, Raise Shield.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23 Assuming that succeeds with it being Frightened, since a 24 succeeded last round.

Rapier attack, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1) + 1 + (4, 3, 2) = 17

Pazúr moves like a Varisian dancer, coming out with a precise hit to the triceratops's belly!

Round 2:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (77/92): Miss
[b]Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr (63/80): Hit!
Heyou!: Bombs Away!

TK Projectile: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
Damage: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 2, 1) + 4 = 12

Chiv starts with an old favorite, that is to say, a rock hurled with magically empowered might.

Chivivit's rock bounces right off the dinosaur!

Sir Holton strides into a flanking position and strikes.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 312d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 8) + 5 = 19
Attack 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 192d8 + 5 ⇒ (8, 8) + 5 = 21

Sir Holton's opening swing harms the dinosaur a bit if the grunt is any indication. Not liking the corner, and being surrounded. The triceratops charges eastward, again trampling the catfolk. Ferrun and Pazúr take [dice=DMG]2d8+11 AND you're knocked down (I might have forgotten that last time.) You can make a Basic REF DC 28 v. damage, but you are prone no matter what.[/ooc]

Round 3:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (77/92, Prone): REF + Go
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr (63/80, Prone): REF + Go
Heyou!: Bombs Go

Watching the dino burn, Heyou! moves up and chucks another bomb! This time he goes with bottled lightning, hoping to get the beast flatfooted.

bomb!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
electricity: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4 plus 2 electricity splash and flatfooted on a hit

He then draws his dagger.

Reflex Saving Throw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

Ferrun stands up, strides over and strikes at the dinosaur with its claws.

1st Claw Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 = 9

Syntax error! Trample DMG: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (3, 7) + 11 = 21

Heyou!'s bomb bounces, but the splash still hits. Ferrun gets run over, and can't reply with anything painful.

Round 3:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (56/92): Miss
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr (63/80, Prone): REF + Go
Heyou!: Miss

Reflex: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28 Success!

”This is getting annoying,“ Pazúr grumbles as he dodges again, ending up flat on the ground this time. He springs to his feet, using the energy of his spring to tumble towards the dino and again drive his blade into the creature’s massive belly!

Stand, Move up with Vexing Tumble, Strike with Impaling Finisher.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

Rapier attack, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 1 + (6, 6, 2) = 27

I forgot to actually APPLY the Frightened 1 numbers despite updating the tracker to include it. Will do my best to not forget that it's now flat-footed!

Heyou!'s bomb bounces off the dinosaur's horn..... and then splashes across its back!

Pazúr continues to put on a clinic of how to tumble around the field of battle, punctuating another routine with a solid thrust!

Round 3:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (56/92): Miss
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Go
Pazúr (52/80, Prone): Hit!
Heyou!: Hit

Chivivit twists dark magic into his beady eyes before staring into the eyes of the triceratops.

Evil eye, DC 22

After which, an ingenious plan springs to mind. He concentrates for a moment before summoning in what seems to be another triceratops, the great beast bellowing as it fades into existence!

Casting illusory creature!

Hoping to trick the massive dinosaur, Chivivit gives it the stink eye Will: 1d20 ⇒ 17, but it's too enraged. Still, the sudden appearance of a new combatant spooks it!

Round 3:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (56/92): Miss
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit: Illusion
Pazúr (52/80, Prone): Hit!
Heyou!: Hit

Stride, step, strike.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 162d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 3) + 5 = 15

"You are surprisingly difficult to kill, creature. But my hammer will bathe in your blood..."

Sir Holton's hammer bounces off the burning dinosaur!

Enraged, and no longer frightened, the dinosaur randomly starts trying to gore the trip before it:
Horn v Ferrun: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39 for DOUBLE: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (2, 7) + 11 = 20
Horn v Pazur: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21 MISS
Horn v Sir Holton: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 MISS
Burn: 1d20 ⇒ 9 still burning

Ferrun is in rough shape all of a sudden!

Round 4:
Triceratops: Gore
Ferrun (16/92): Go
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit/Illusory Creature: Go
Pazúr (52/80, Prone): Go
Heyou!: Go

”I got you, Grumpy Kitty!”

He moves up and slaps some poultices onto Ferrun.
Battle Medicine, assurance. DC20: 10 + 10 = 20
Healing: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 1) + 10 = 18

He then pulls an elixir of life out for Ferrun to grab.

Heyou! to the rescue! Ferrun feels some relief as the goblin looks to hand him even more.

Round 4:
Triceratops: Gore
Ferrun (34/92): Go
Sir Holton: Go
Chivivit/Illusory Creature: Go
Pazúr (52/80, Prone): Go
Heyou!: Medicine

2 action Heal on Ferrun: 3d8 + 24 ⇒ (2, 5, 6) + 24 = 37
"May Sarenrae's blessing healing this warrior..."

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 212d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 6) + 5 = 18

DM - just wanted to note that your tracker says I’m prone, I think it just didn’t get changed after the last time I stood up.

”Okay, time to put this big boy down before someone really gets hurt,“ Pazúr declares, seeing how badly mauled Ferrun was before his friends patched him up. He rolls through and around his companions, rolling and tumbling past the mighty feet of the ceratopsian! Once in position, he again strikes with deadly precision!

Move twice with Vexing Tumble (around dino), Strike with Impaling Finisher.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35 Crit! Doesn’t do a lot, since it’s already flat-footed due to flank.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Rapier attack, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 1 + (4, 1, 2) = 16

Ferrun still claws away at the triceratops but clearly has not made the connection from scratching post to dinosaur!

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1) + 4 = 10

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

For a third action, the cat lays his paws on himself to heal some of his wounds.

89/92 hp

Sir Holton helps Ferrun even more, though at the cost of a good swing of the hammer.

Pazúr expertly tumbles into position and delivers a wicked thrust. The dinosaur screams in pain, though its fury is as strong as ever. Unfortunately, Ferrun himself cannot capitalize on the advantage.

Round 4:
Triceratops: Gore
Ferrun (71/92): Miss
Sir Holton: Heal
Chivivit/Illusory Creature: Go
Pazúr (52/80): Hit
Heyou!: Medicine

Could I try an intimidate check through the illusory creature to try and scare the triceratops?

It's not in the book, but sure!

Intimidation: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Chivivit focuses all his magical ability into the illusory triceratops, letting out a terrifying bellow to scare the real one.

The shout is enough to scare the dinosaur, but only for a bit. It throws its attack off game as it tries to trample its way free again! DMG: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (4, 3) + 11 = 18 Basic REF DC down to 27 since it's Frightened. The dinosaur now sees the biggest threat yet, Cursebreaker and it looks ready to charge it!
Burning: 1d20 ⇒ 1 STILL

Round 5:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (71/92): REF + Go
Sir Holton: REF + Go
Chivivit/Illusory Creature: Go
Pazúr (52/80): Go
Heyou!: Go

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14 Nope

If this is piercing damage, Holton will cast Blood Vendetta (reaction). DC22 Will save please.

Stride, attack.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 272d8 + 5 ⇒ (6, 3) + 5 = 14
Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 192d8 + 5 ⇒ (7, 4) + 5 = 16

Sir Holton takes it hard, but his spell fights back:
Will: 1d20 ⇒ 16 and the dinosaur begins to bleed!
Sir Holton stands, closes, and misses with his swing!

Round 5:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (71/92): REF + Go
Sir Holton: Miss, but avenged
Chivivit/Illusory Creature: Go
Pazúr (52/80): Go
Heyou!: Go

Ferrun runs up behind it and strikes at it desperately.

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 4) + 4 = 10

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12
Slashing Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

Sorry, but the dicebot seems to hate me this battle... :(

Ferrun REF: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25 FAIL.

Ferrun gets back up and rushes in. The dinosaur is on death's door, but that doesn't make it any less dangerous. Unfortunately, Ferrun cannot end the fight.

Round 5:
Triceratops: Trample
Ferrun (53/92): Miss
Sir Holton: Miss, but avenged
Chivivit/Illusory Creature: Go
Pazúr (52/80): Go
Heyou!: Go

”Wow, this is a tough beastie,“ Pazúr grumbles. He moves as quick as he can to get between the Dino and the moving statue, then stabs wildly at the saurian!

Stride, then move with Vexing Tumble (around dino), Strike with Impaling Finisher.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Rapier attack, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 1 + (2, 6, 1) = 15

Well, that’s not gonna help much.

"Wow, it IS tough." agrees the little goblin.

He looks at his little dagger, and the elixir that has not been consumed. He steps up next to Ferrun, pours the elixir into the cat's mouth.
healing: 3d6 + 6 ⇒ (3, 4, 6) + 6 = 19

He then throws another fire bomb at the dino, mumbling, "Fire always works."

bomb: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 w00t!
fire: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 1) + 3 = 12 2 splash, but no added persistent damage

Pazúr's show draws to a close as he can't connect, but the final bomb from Heyou! is enough to put the dinosaur down! For your victory, each of you earns ... actually, I don't know, the tracker is out of date is seems. I'll comb through tomorrow.

When the dinosaur goes goes down, Heyou! looks at it, and his first question is ”You gonna eat that?”

Heyou! salivates as his mind wonders, does it taste like chicken? This is especially true as the burned sections of hide smell like it just may.

Wanted to comb through XP yesterday, but didn't get the chance. Will do today if someone doesn't beat me to it.

All caught up now on the tracker. For defeating the extra tough triceratops, each of you earns 120 XP.

Cursebreaker continues its walk, heedless of what's happening. You're stuck with an awful choice. All around you Kibwe is turning to chaos as the Slithering spreads. Do you suck it up and keep pace with Cursebreaker, not letting it out of your sights, or do you stop a moment to heal?

"I admit, that I still feel the pain from that dinosaur, but if we need to save the town from this awful plight, we need the cursebreaker to do its job and we need to make sure that we can help it do just that."

"Me got two elixirs, so drink up. Plus me can make two more, and battle medicine if folks not been patched up yet. Let's keep going!"

Go ahead and pass out and drink those two elixirs.

The party opts to stay with Cursebreaker, moving quickly. There are no humans on the street, and for a moment, you worry that they've all been infected.

Then you pass a tall wooden watchtower with a pair of scimitar-wielding orcs guarding the only door. From wide windows 30 feet up, a crowd of humans looks out over the city while wearing cloths over their noses and mouths and observing the growing chaos.

Ahead, not too far from here is the Archive of the Sun!

Just passing near the watchtower, a cry of “Infection!” rises up from inside. The mercenaries rush in to help the humans evacuate. As they file out, one wall of the wooden watchtower splits, spilling three oozes into the air 30 feet above the street. The oozes fall and strike the ground with a repulsive splat before attacking both the heroes and the exiting humans.

Will set up the scene when I get to work.

Round 1:
Pazúr: Go
Sir Holton: Go
Jellies: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Chivivit: TBD
Ferrun: TBD

Stride, strike and raise shield.

Strike: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 162d8 + 5 ⇒ (2, 6) + 5 = 13

The dice have not been kind of late.

"Someone please tell me the best approach to killing these things!" Recall knowledge please. I don't have occult so need someone else to do it.

Sir Holton finds the jelly to be an easy target to hit!

Round 1:
Pazúr: Go
Sir Holton: Hit
Jellies: TBD
Heyou!: TBD
Chivivit: TBD
Ferrun: TBD

”Not sure how much help it’ll be to stab these critters, but let’s see,“ Pazúr says as he tumbles up near Holton and attempts to poke the ooze!

Stride, then move with Vexing Tumble, Strike with Impaling Finisher.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Rapier attack, Finisher: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23
Rapier damage, Precise Strike: 2d6 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 1 + (3, 3, 3) = 18

After numerous fights against flesh and blood, Pazúr is reminded that his style doesn't lend itself well to oozes and jellies. He finds that he could hit it with his eyes closed, BUT his strike splits the jelly in two! Now Sir Holton is pressed on two sides!

The jelly behind Pazúr slides into attack him with a pseudopod:
Yellow: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25 and slams him for DMG: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 and Acid: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5
It then grabs hold!

The jelly in the back shuffles towards Heyou!:
Black: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 for DMG: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 and Acid: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4

The last two simply pummel the heck out of Sir Holton:
White: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 MISS
White: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22 MISS
White: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18 MISS
Blue: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31 for DMG: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 and Acid: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8
Blue: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21 MISS
Blue: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 MISS

Round 1:
Pazúr (61/80, Grabbed): Hit & split
Sir Holton (60/78): Hit
Jellies: ATK!
Heyou! (52/66): Go
Chivivit: Go
Ferrun: Go

"This is a job for jelly smasher!". Ferrun draws forth his warhammer, moves up and strikes at the ooze next to Heyou!

Warhammer: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

It's not an attack for the bards, but it works!

Round 1:
Pazúr (61/80, Grabbed): Hit & split
Sir Holton (60/78): Hit
Jellies: ATK!
Heyou! (52/66): Go
Chivivit: Go
Ferrun: Hit

"OW! Stupid jelly. I gonna BURN you!"

He steps back, and throws an alchemist's fire at the blackish one.
bomb: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
fire!: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1) + 1 = 5 plus 2 splash and 3 persistent. And Ferrun takes 2 splash.

"We need a FIREBALL!" he yells as he chucks another fire bomb.
bomb: 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 13 - 5 = 27
fire!: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (6, 8) + 1 = 15 plus 2 splash and 3 persistent. And Ferrun takes 2 splash.

Heyou! opts for fire, and it's a good choice! Ferrun takes a bit of it, but the jelly takes much more. Both bombs explode on target!

Round 1:
Pazúr (61/80, Grabbed): Hit & split
Sir Holton (60/78): Hit
Jellies: ATK!
Heyou! (52/66): Bombs!
Chivivit: Go
Ferrun (88/92): Hit

Chiv mutters, ”Damn slimes…”

He picks up a rock and chucks it at the closest one, telekinetically empowering it for some extra force.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

Probably a miss…

Chivivit EASILY slams the burning jelly with a rock for DMG: 3d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 4, 5) + 4 = 19

Round 2:
Pazúr (61/80, Grabbed): Go
Sir Holton (60/78): Go
Jellies: TBD
Heyou! (52/66): TBD
Chivivit: TBD
Ferrun (88/92): TBD

"Argh! If I remember right, I can't stab or slash these dang things!" Pazur adroitly slips free of the jelly's pseudopods, then tumbles out from between the two towering piles of quivering goo and attacks the jelly by Sir Holton with a fuzzy fist!

Escape, Vexing Tumble, Strike blue jelly with fist.

Acrobatics to escape: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30

Punch attack, Finisher, MAP: 1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 14 - 4 = 21
Punch damage, Precise Strike: 1d4 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (1, 3, 5) = 11