GM Otha's A Familiar Adventure (Inactive)

Game Master Otha

"I don't think anyone has been here in a while. I'm not sure we'll find the children here." says Lorelei and she takes a single step into the room, head hunched down and ears back.

"I don't like this place. It smells of rotting flesh. Like a tomb."

"Ahhh, don' be such a chump, dead people can't hurt no one. We should look around at least. We might find somethin' useful." says Mheenah.

The quasit starts looking around the room for anything useful or interesting.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

"Or they might know you'd be sniffing around so they took them through here to hide their scent!" Spirit suggests as he follows the quasit.

"Undead people can hurt, however," Mr. Pitch replies to Mheenah as he flies in and casts a wary eye around.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Once Mheenah moves near the column, she detects some movement behind it and spies a hideous creature! A moment later, Mr. Pitch sees it as well...

This clearly undead creature has a terrifying presence and appears as a desiccated humanoid shrouded in rotting, tattered funerary clothes. Its hands end in sharpened claws with slightly elongated fingernails. It reaches out towards Mheenah and makes a ungodly screech...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Mr. Pitch
Undead thingy
Mheenah (-3)
Spirit
Lorelei (-3)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

"Beware! It is resistant to non-magical attacks!" Mr. Pitch cries out as he spots the creature. "However, as an undead, it should be vulnerable to positive energy."

In demonstration, the raven flies high above the foe and channels.

Channel: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10 Only DC 10 Will for half

"However, as an undead, it should be vulnerable to positive energy."

"So... like... give it compliments? Express optimism about his future prospects?"

In demonstration, the raven flies high above the foe and channels.

"Oh."

Will: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14

The coffer corpse shrieks when hit with the wave of positive energy, even though it doesn't take the full effect...

It retaliates, stepping 5' north to swing at Mheenah...

Slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

...but the shifty quasit dodges the blow...

COMBAT! Round 1/2 - The bold may post!

Mr. Pitch
Coffer Corpse (-5)
Mheenah (-3)
Spirit
Lorelei (-3)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Spirit strikes the creature's legs with a sharp telekinetic push, trying to knock it down.

Trip attempt vs. CMD: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Mr. Pitch hangs back for a moment, waiting for the creature to be distracted.

Lorelei races over and attempts to bite the vile undead in his leg.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 1 = 19Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7
Trip: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Mheenah floats and dodges like a butterfly, then moves into a flank position with Lorelei and stings like a bee!

Delay til after Lorelei, then move to flank and attack

Bite: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 2 = 13Damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) - 1 + (1) = 2

The coffer corpse falls prone from Spirit’s telekinetic attack…and then Mheenah, doing her best Muhammad Ali impersonation, and Lorelei follow up with many a tooth sinking into the stinking beast…

Biting is more in Mike Tyson’s realm though, don’t you think? ;)

…and it sighs and face plants…but is it truly dead?

Know it’s kinda odd, but everyone give me a Sense Motive check before we continue…

COMBAT! Round 2 - The bold may post!

Mr. Pitch
Coffer Corpse (-7)
Mheenah (-3)
Spirit
Lorelei (-3)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Lorelei sniffs at the undead brute suspiciously.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Mheenah hovers just above the enemy and taps at his shoulder with the point of her tail.

"Hmmm..." she ponders.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Mr. Pitch eyes the 'corpse' suspiciously.

Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 8

"Yay, we got it!" Spirit declares.

Mr. Pitch is highly skeptical so he is not surprised when the undead rises again…

However, the others, having thought the creature dead, feel a sense of impending fear upon seeing the coffer corpse arise and strike out at Lorelei…

Slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

…but it misses…

Need a DC13 Will Save from Mheenah, Spirit, and Lorelei; if any fail, they will be panicked for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds…

COMBAT! Round 2/3 - The bold may post!

Mr. Pitch
Coffer Corpse (-7)
Mheenah (-3)
Spirit
Lorelei (-3)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Will Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

"Eep!"

Mheenah turns invisible and flees the room.

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Lorelei's feet splay out sideways as she ducks instinctively, then the wolf lurches back and away and runs for her life.

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"Scary!" Spirit yelps, sprinting as fast as his little legs can take him out of the room.

Wow, we all rolled terrible. XD

Mr. Pitch, not wanting to stay here alone, follows after the others.

Aye, two 2’s and a 4, poor luck, indeed…curious, though, has Mr Pitch used all of his channels for the day?

The party flees from the coffer corpse, faster than the slow undead can react…it appears to slow to pursue…

After two more rounds, the three whom are panicked finally calm their nerves and stop running…

What do you do?

COMBAT…halted, at least for the moment…

Mr. Pitch
Coffer Corpse (-7)
Mheenah (-3)
Spirit
Lorelei (-3)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

"It would appear that the undead is capable of causing supernatural fear. And yet it is not capable of giving chase. An odd combination," Mr. Pitch comments. "If we wish to attempt another assualt I do have some stores of positive energy left, but I was hoping to save them for healing."

"Wait. Did... did that thing just juju hex us? I can't believe it! That's my schtick! How revoltin'! C'mon, let's go back and give that no good zombie the what-for!"

The wolf seems unconvinced. "I still don't think the children were brought that way. Perhaps we should explore a different tunnel."

She looks to the ferret and the raven.

"Hummm... maybe you're right. Let's go this way!" Spirit leads the way into the mud-filled room, running on the ceiling.

Spirit climbs up to the ceiling of the large mud-filled chamber…

…and, after a moment, he notices the movement within the mud of several big wormlike creatures…

Injury Status:
Coffer Corpse (-7)
Mheenah (-3)
Lorelei (-3)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Lorelei gingerly follows Spirit out into the muddy chamber until she spots movement slithering about below the surface of the muck. She lowers her head and stalks forward, then pounces on the nearest one!

Bite: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 1 = 10Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8
Trip: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Mheenah doesn't pay too much attention to the muddy floor. She flutters all the way through the chamber for a glimpse out the other side.

"Hey look out! There's giant..." Spirit starts, before Lorelei tries to take a bite out of one of the creature. "...okay you see them too."

The mud makes Lorelei’s bite attempt go awry…she notes that other giant centipedes emerge from the mud as well…Spirit notes these centipedes can climb…

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Mheenah (-3)
Lorelei (-3)
Centipedes
Spirit
Mr. Pitch

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Mheenah flies over to deliver a bite to the centipede Lorelei has engaged.

Bite: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 = 25Damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) - 1 + (2) = 5

Lorelei bites at the nearest centipede.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 1 = 14Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 = 5
Trip: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Deadly teeth rule the round; Mheenah’s teeth sever a jugular while Lorelei nearly bites a centipede in two, as both drop…

The centipedes retaliate…

Bite (Lorelei): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 + 2 = 24
Confirm: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 2 = 18
Damage+Poison+Crit: 2d6 - 2 ⇒ (6, 3) - 2 = 7

Bite (Lorelei): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 2 = 18
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Bite (Lorelei): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 2 = 16
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Bite (Mheenah): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 2 = 19
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

Bite (Mheenah): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 + 2 = 13
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

…with two bites ripping into poor Lorelei and one on Mheenah…and they feel the wormy poison coursing in their veins…

Need two DC13 Fort saves from Lorelei and one for Mheenah; fail and take 1d3 ⇒ 2 points of DEX damage

COMBAT! Round 1 / 2 - The bold may post!

Mheenah (-3; one fort save)
Lorelei (-14; two fort saves)
Centipedes
Spirit
Mr. Pitch

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Fort Save #1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Fort Save #2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Lorelei flails and thrashes about in the mud as the centipedes swarm over her.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 1 = 6Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 = 5

Mheenah licks at her wound with her sinuous prehensile tongue.

"Mmm. Tangy." she says approvingly before launching new attacks.

Full Attack on Green, Immune to poison

Bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21Damage: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3
Claw: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26Damage: 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1
Claw: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11Damage: 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

Keep forgetting about Mheenah’s immunity to poison…

While Lorelei succumbs to the poison, causing her attack to go awry, Mheenah’s deftly use of her teeth and claws take down another centipede…

COMBAT! Round 1 / 2 - The bold may post!

Mheenah (-3;)
Lorelei (-14; -2 DEX)
Centipedes
Spirit
Mr. Pitch

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Spirit twitches his tail and summons up an aura of vengeance, carefully positioning himself to include as many of the centipedes as he can in it without reaching his friends.

Anyone who makes an attack within 20' of Spirit takes 4 damage, once per round.

Mr. Pitch remains out of the combat for now, waiting for an opportunity to dart in and attack or use a spell.

Spirit’s spell proves quite effective as red and green incur serious damage as all the centipedes attack…

Bite (Lorelei): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 + 2 = 24
Confirm: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8
Damage+Poison+Crit: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

Bite (Lorelei): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 2 = 19
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

Bite (Lorelei): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Bite (Mheenah): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Damage+Poison: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

…and Lorelei proves again to be especially vulnerable to the centipedes’ attacks while Mheenah proves immune…

Sorry, Lorelei getting unlucky and getting pounded here; need 3 fort saves…

COMBAT! Round 2 / 3 - The bold may post!

Mheenah (-3;)
Lorelei (-21, -1 NL; -2 DEX; need 3 fort saves)
Centipedes (Red -4, Yellow -4)
Spirit
Mr. Pitch

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Mheenah buzzes around to get into a flanking position on the Teal centipede and attacks.

Bite: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 2 = 16Damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) - 1 + (3) = 5

Fort Save #1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Fort Save #2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Fort Save #3: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Lorelei whips around and snaps at Yellow.

Bite: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 - 1 = 24Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7

The sharp teeth of Mheenah and Lorelei rip into their corpulent and wormy foes, each taking out another centipede in grisly fashion…

COMBAT! Round 2 / 3 - The bold may post!

Mheenah (-3;)
Lorelei (-21, -1 NL; -2 DEX)
Centipedes (Red -4)
Spirit
Mr. Pitch

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Mr. Pitch darts down to heal Lorelei.

CMW: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 5) + 3 = 16

Spirit keeps himself positioned to keep as many of the centipedes in his aura as he can while telekinetically flinging something at one of the others.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

While Pitch gives Lorelei some timely healing, Spirit drops red with some well aimed telekinetic magic…

The remaining centipede moves up and bites at Lorelei…

Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

…and barely misses…

Between Spirit’s magic and the teeth of Mheenah and Lorelei, you shred the last giant centipede to bits…

COMBAT Over! Victory!

Party status:
Mheenah (-3;)
Lorelei (-5; -2 DEX)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

"Okay, let's see what's on the other side!" Spirit proclaims, running across the ceiling to the west end of the room.

Spirit sees choices aplenty as she scouts out the western exit of the mud chamber...

...and sees a north-south passage, mostly clear of mud. Both ways have other passages branching off from it...

Party status:
Mheenah (-3;)
Lorelei (-5; -2 DEX)

Naga's Lair - Level 2

Lorelei stands still, panting to catch her breath. She gives herself a good shake... and then another.

"I feel strange... I think those creatures had some sort of venom." she says. She takes a few tentative steps. "The wounds don't hurt any more though. Thank you Mr Pitch. I just feel... stiff. Like the joints in my legs are swollen." She shakes again. "No matter. It will pass."