Carrufikus also casts a weak spell at the creature. It seems to work, but the potency of the spell is extremely minor.
Elena's spell works, but her casting is subpar.
ROUND 1:
Tal: Go
Elena: Frost
Carrufikus: DV
Bibi: Go
Peldur: Hit
Noroc: Protect
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Bibi strides up, striking with Otari's dagger, hoping to poison the thing.
if this is a hit (it had better be,) activate the POISON
Free action interact 1/day: triggered on a hit, Dagger Poison DC 21 fort 4 round duration 1d8 dam & Enfeebled 1
Bibi sinks her blade into the creature, but then watches in horror as the poison does nothing.
ROUND 1:
Tal: Go
Elena: Frost
Carrufikus: DV
Bibi: Hit
Peldur: Hit
Noroc: Protect
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Tal, walking as if in a dream, shoots the thing. He Hunts Prey, Shoots and Struggles to recall knowledge.
,
Recall Knowledge, what flavor?
As per slack... No Recall. I need to STRIDE... Apologies.
Tal turns the corner to see the strange monster. His arrow strikes and wounds the thing.
The creature moves to action, but .... there's something... wrong. There's ... it's... Bibi and Peldur alike have their eyes glaze over.
It moves over slightly and tries to bite Bibi:
for
FIRST:
ROUND 2:
Tal: Go
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: Go
Bibi (52/66): Go
Peldur: Go
Noroc: Go
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
"Oh NINE HELLS, it's some kind of..."
Recall Knowledge:
Knowing we need to put this charmer down FAST, he casts a magic spell, Gravity Weapon, giving his arrows the weight of heavy stones.
He shoots again, ,
Tal's aim stays solid as he sinks another arrow into the thing. He knows this to be a Seugathi. The wicked, alien neothelids impregnate themselves through ritualistic magic to produce wormlike servitor creatures called seugathis. These creatures spawn with a strong psychic drive to complete some task on behalf of the neothelids' far-reaching plans. These directives are diverse, strange, and usually cruel toward humanoid life.
The thing he remembers that worries him the most is that spending too much time close to one can scramble your mind so much that you can't tell friend from foe.
FIRST:
ROUND 2:
Tal: Hit
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: Go
Bibi (52/66): Go
Peldur: Go
Noroc: Go
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Noroc hurries forward to WHAT IN THE NETHER VOID
Without asking other questions, he lets loose a storm of bolts and beams at what Tal has called a seugathi.
Carrufikus casts Ray of Frost on the creature!
"Fizzlefrost!"
For his third action, he tries to recall any weaknesses or vulnerabilities the creature may have.
Noroc's line of power completely misses
Carrufikus's spell makes up for it though!
FIRST:
ROUND 2:
Tal: Hit
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: CRIT
Bibi (52/66): Go
Peldur: Go
Noroc: Miss
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
With the warning that proximity is dangerous, Elena once more hurls magic electricity at the creature.
"Get some distance if you can!"
While sometimes hard to tell with Peldur, he seems to have his wits about him. Elena gives a warning while shocking the thing.
FIRST:
ROUND 2:
Tal: Hit
Elena: Shocking
Carrufikus: CRIT[/b]
Bibi (52/66): Go
Peldur: Go[/b]
Noroc: Miss
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
If poison save fails, use Halfling Luck ability:
don't know Confusion DC so I can't tell if I made it...
ROUND 2:
Tal: Hit
Elena: Shocking
Carrufikus: CRIT
Bibi (52/66): Go
Peldur: Go
Noroc: Miss
Occultism to ID: TBD
Location: ??? [ooc]
Tactical Map
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Taking advantage of Bibi's tactical positioning, Peldur drops into Tiger stance and strikes out at the creature.
Outflanking the thing, Peldur switches up his attack to rip rather than crush. It's more than the thing can take and it sloughs to the ground, oozing out.... something terrible.
Tal's aim stays solid as he sinks another arrow into the thing. He knows this to be a Seugathi. The wicked, alien neothelids impregnate themselves through ritualistic magic to produce wormlike servitor creatures called seugathis. These creatures spawn with a strong psychic drive to complete some task on behalf of the neothelids' far-reaching plans. These directives are diverse, strange, and usually cruel toward humanoid life.
The thing he remembers that worries him the most is that spending too much time close to one can scramble your mind so much that you can't tell friend from foe.
Wow...nicely done!! Peldur, I was about to ask if we were going to stand, but you answered that, didn't you??
Let's take a close look around, see if there's anything interesting to see.
This room seems pretty empty otherwise.
The purple ugly came from that way, Noroc says, pointing and moving that direction.
Noroc moves closer to the North, finding a pair of short ladders that lead up the 5' to the balcony. Unfortunately, there's an invisible barrier preventing access to the balcony. Upon touching it, it seems that there's a wall of transparent stone.
The only way out of this area seems to be a stairwell going up in the Southeast, a double door heading south, or perhaps stepping back on the teleportation platform.
After about 5 minutes, your Aklo runes haven't even dimmed a little bit.
"Jumping through that magical portal seemed a little dangerous, don't you think? Now, how are we going to get out of here? I certainly would not sleep well knowing what lives down here. Maybe we should try the stairs going up?"
No risk, no reward, Noroc says dismissively as he points Bibi to the set of double doors. Now that we're here, we might as well explore, no?
Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +2 (U), N: +11 (T), O: +2 (U) , R: +11 (T))
Investigate (A: +13 (T), N: +9 (T), O: +11 (T) , R: +9 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout (Init ties to Tal)
Bibi declares the door safe, and Peldur opens it to a long hall with a single branch.
"Onwards then, though I will say that this mark is troubling."
The party makes their way cautiously down the hall, stopping at the intersection.
The double doors that lead west seem particularly solid.
Elena gestures forward. "Straight forward to the nearest doors, I think. Bibi, please make sure it's safe before Peldur opens it."
The door is locked.
"Are we looking to get out of here or are we looking for trouble?"
Bibi doesn't think there's a trap, but she promptly breaks her picks trying to open the door!
Interesting...
"Bibi, do you think we are stuck here for good?"
Noroc looks closely at the door, but doesn’t notice much.
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Peldur steps forward. Standing before the door, he waves his arms in imitation of spell casting. Finally, he shouts, "KNOCK!", and strikes out at the door.
Bibi huffs out her indignation, then starts to pull out her spare picks...but waits to see if Peldur's Magic Biceps are up to the task
Tal watches Peldur and pumps his fist!
"Fatanyu nása!"
Peldur immediately kicks open the door. It's a good thing too because the freakish inhabitants on the other side look like they're preping for an ambush.
Directly in front of you is a horrid thing. From the waist up its a hideous black-skinned elf with a mustache. From the waist down its a hideos tarantula body the size of a horse. Tal shivers a bit from some atavistic response.
Books, glass bottles emitting smoke, and clumps of slime fill the shelves that cover the high walls of this chamber. The southern area displays the dissected remains of several creatures, pinned to a wall like rare and unusual specimens. The head of a morlock, somehow kept alive through some mechanical means with tubes and wires connecting to its body, screams a constant hoarse note.
In the back of the room is another one of those things, but larger and more terrifying... and floating 10' aobve the ground.
Whatever freezes Tal's soul also spurs the elf to action!
Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +2 (U), N: +11 (T), O: +2 (U) , R: +11 (T))
Investigate (A: +13 (T), N: +9 (T), O: +11 (T) , R: +9 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout (Init ties to Tal)
ROUND 1
Tal: Go
???: TBD
Elena: TBD
Bibi (52/66): TBD
Elf-spider: TBD
Carrufikus: TBD
Peldur: TBD
Noroc: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Hunt Prey and a shot is fired right between Bibi and Peldur.
, Damage on Hit:
Second Shot: Damage on Hit:
Recall knowledge on this bad boy: for Arcana. Is it a different flavor?
Tal responds with shocking celerity before even stopping to think. Both arrows land and stick in the thorax. Tal has never thought they'd see a drider in the flesh, but lo and behold. The first fleshwarping process mastered by the drow remains both their most successful and most infamous: the drider. Fusing the body of a drow with that of a giant spider, driders are a sexually dimorphic fleshwarp—the only fleshwarp known to be able to produce young. Although the fleshwarping process was originally intended to be a punishment for drow who fell from grace, the significant powers and strengths gained from the horrifying transformation are attractive to some drow, and an increasing number of lower-ranking citizens in drow cities volunteer themselves for the painful procedure. Innate magic, resistance to magic, and a potent knockout poison... There's a lot to consider here.
The creature in the back shudders... a laugh? and Peldur quickly finds his mind assaulted.
ROUND 1
Tal: Hits
???: Spell
Elena: Go
Bibi (52/66): Go
Drider: TBD
Carrufikus: TBD
Peldur: Will
Noroc: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Elena points her finger towards the room, murmuring arcane syllables to draw upon her magic. It manifests into a small bead of flame, which swirls lazily in the air. The wizardess then shouts a word of power, causing the bead to streak into the room and explode in concussive, burning force!
She then makes a quick gesture, erecting a magical shield to protect herself.
Elena instantly recognization a spell of Confusion. In response, she detonates the room.
Pass
Crit success
Elena's spell goes off, but when the explosion clears, it looks like it did little damage.
ROUND 1
Tal: Hits
???: Spell
Elena: Boom
Bibi (52/66): Go
Drider: TBD
Carrufikus: TBD
Peldur: Will
Noroc: TBD
Location: ???
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Who.. wazzat?
Very much not wanting to be the only person in the room with two of these nasty buggers, Bibi pulls out her bow and fires it at the same one Tal shot.
Bibi scores a quick hit befor ehte thing can react.
Peldur's wits fail him as he views TAL as his enemy.
The drider backs up and unleashes a fireball on the party.
ROUND 1
Tal: Hits
???: Spell
Elena: Boom
Bibi (52/66): Hit
Drider: TBD
Carrufikus: Go
Peldur: Confused Go
Noroc: Go
Location: ??? [ooc]
Tactical Map
Noroc: DR 5/Physical
Carrufikus casts Dispel Magic (Level 3) to try and counteract the effects of the confusion.
"Peldur, listen to me. Tal is our friend. You want to strike at the ugly spider abberation, not our friend. Drider bad, Elf good! I mean our elf is good, the other elf, the drow elf is the bad one."
Oh, will that work...? Noroc asks, liking the cut of Carrufikus' jib, and trying a dispel magic of his own on Peldur.
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BOT!
Peldur shakes his head and smacks himself on the skull a couple of times.
"Oi! This all makes much more sense now! Get ready for a bit o' the rough-n-tumble, Yooooou Lazy Lob!"
He rushes up and attempts to brawl the Spidertaur. The Centider. The... You know, the big buggy bloke!
Peldur enters the Tiger Stance.
"Dun. Dun-dun-dun. Dun-dun-duuuuuuun"
TIGER CLAWS!, Damage on Hit: slashing and it'll take persistent bleed 1d4