It still alive Kishkarn, Lani you still with us round 0, it your turn to attack an ooze.
Lani commands Mecha-Man to move into melee! The gnome moves up to the desk and blasts the ooze with lightning.
it dodges out of the way a little.
Eeg finds out it doesn't take all of the slashing damage, in fact probably none of it, but Mok's force and blunt is effective. It is now aware of you Round 1
Kishkarn in round 0 fires an arrows and hits, but it does nothing.
Lani tries to activate overdrive, but fails. Muttering in frustration, she commands Mecha-Man to attack!
Kisharn draws his cane and moves forward, tumbling past the ooze to opposite Eegkokirro, gaining panache and then striking at it.
Kishkarn and Lani's Mech bot hit it, but it still has a lot left in it.
Slime splatters and disintegrates into the ground.
It will try to hit the mech three times blunt and persistent fire, both are doubled on a crit if he did crit.
might be a hit. blunt, and you already have persistent fire.
probably a miss
All heroes are up
"I hope this isn't a mistake," Eegkokirro says opening the door. He sees the table and the chairs in the other room . "If my sword isn't working, time for something new." He sheaths his shortsword while hurrying to the nearest chair.
The ooze hits Mecha-Man once, nearly breaking him with a critical hit! But the mech still stands. Lani tries to activate overdrive again, but once again fails to do so! Cursing in frustration, she tells her construct to attack again.
Mok continues to slam the chair at the slime with all his strength.
Action 1-3: Attack
1.Attack:
Damage:
Force:
2.Attack:
Damage:
Force:
Crit: ??
3.Attack:
Damage:
Force:
Kisharn strikes again, hoping to whittle the ooze down.
The mech, just barely misses. Kishkarn hits it all three times, while mok hits it twice, but no crit, though slime is now slowly losing its slime
Oh right. All heroes are up
"Sorry chair!" Eegkokirro says as he wheels around with the chair in his hands and hurries back to the fight. Three steps away from the ooze, he begins to spin, building momentum, so that with his final step, the chair swings around in an effort to slam into the ooze. He lets the momentum carry him away as he makes a tactical retreat fifteen away.
Lani finally manages to overdrive Mecha-Man's systems. The construct smashes the ooze!
After Lanis Mech and Eeg hit it, it is looking weak losing much of its slime
botting others mok tries to hit it. all hits.
Its turn and it takes two more force damage, it starts moving away. previous rounds where rolled, in 4 more rounds, it does recover, but in no time you finish it off. Combat over
Treasure: You find Tomil's Tomb
Oh and inside a tomb next to it that is open, you all find +1 clubs/Greatclubs though not striking, they cannot be sold, but hey free blunt weapons.
On the tomb: Inside the upper desk drawer, the Aspis leader’s plans are enclosed in a heavy leather book held shut with an enchanted iron clasp. Rather than having a space for a key or other mechanism, this magic clasp instead has a single serrated blade protruding from it next to the symbol of a horned demon’s face.
Eegkokirro picks up a club and attempts a few test swings. "It's a little heavier than I prefer, but this will be more effective than my sword."
He squats and examines the tomb, looking for traps.
Kisharn glances at the Tome:
"Oh hey, that's Angazhan's symbol. I ran into some of his cultists before."
You open it.
Treasure
a scroll of nondetection and a bearer’s note from a moneylender in the Iwisa Block for 250 gp. The heroes need only present the note to get the money.Another desk drawer contains two bronze badges bearing the twisting serpent symbol of the Aspis Consortium. These signify that their bearers are bronze agents, the lowest formal rank of the organization. Each is worth only 1 sp for their simple workmanship, but foes of the Aspis Consortium will pay as much as 10 gp each for the badges, which let them more easily impersonate their enemies.
Tomi's Map: An overland map tracing an old highway from Kibwe to the demon-haunted ruins of Holy Xatramba, some 140 miles east of Kibwe. Several stops are marked on this map.
"I have a feeling we'll be taking a trip soon," Eegkokirro says as he looks at the map. He thinks about what he knows about the region in relation to the locations marked on the map.
Let's keep investigating here before moving on," he rests the club on his right shoulder. "Everybody ready?"
"So what does this mean? Aspis and some connection to Xatramba? And an Angazhan symbol? Are they behind this curse and this caravan guy got caught by it too?"
"We should check out the other room in here, but I'm not sure what to make of this."
Heroes move into the North Wagon Stall
A small wagon—little more than a cart—has been backed up to the west wall of this large room. Double doors stand at the room’s east end. A closed teak box is overturned in the wagon with a few dark red gemstones scattered around it.
The box is clearly marked as a shipment from Oenopion in Nex to Tomil Jabrin at the Khalibi Caravan House in Kibwe. The box also contains a note on folded parchment, which no one read before the disaster spread from the caravan house. It reads: “Beware, Tomil. As the stones steep in their brew during the long trip to Kibwe, they gain power. How much power, I do not know; the curse might intensify enough that it is not limited to those who contact the stones, but could perhaps become transmittable by touch or even proximity.”
You hear something inside the box
Mok also grabs a club and swings it a few times and shrugs. He watches the others open the chest and take the treasure...which means very little to the jungle-living orc. He follows to the wagon stall and jumps when he hears something in the box.
"No more slime!! What is it??"
"So it came from Nex. Stones steeping in a brewed liquid," Eegkokirro says after reading the note and looking at some of the gemstones scattered on the ground.
After hearing the noise from the box, Eegkokirro gets closer, nearly pressing an ear against it, trying to determine if it's making noises like an animal, an ooze, or undead.
"Let's close the doors so it can't escape the room. When you're ready, I'll open it," Eegkokirro says putting his club on the ground near him as he lightly touches the box.
You don't realize anything specific about his stops. Either he encountered something on his way there or he made camp there, or he marked off a hunting spot for food. No major cities seem to be along the way.
"Slime seems like it would be quiet, pent up in a box. Hopefully it's something else."
"I guess we don't really have much choice. Crack it open and let's see what happens."
Before that happens though, Kisharn looks at the stones. "Can we secure these somehow? Without touching them would be best.
The Nex connection makes sense. Still not sure how Xatambra fits in."
The grippli looks up at Kisharn with his eyes wide. "That's a good idea. I'm sure there's an empty bag or box in one of the rooms we passed," Eegkokirro says standing up. "Don't open that box until I'm back."
Eegkokirro leaves the room and some noise s of rummaging can be heard from the next room.
You search the rest of the mansion and find nothing. You take the box back with you, about 50 lbs or and you don't open it, instead you take it back to town to get rid of the slime inside without destroying the contents. You see more dead slimes in the area that Grisshuk killed.
You get a long rest
Oh right Boots of ElvenKind in the box
Eegkokirro admires the boots. "I think these will be very useful to you Mok."
"Well done Grisshuk!" Eegkokirro says as they see the dead slimes he killed.
At the start of their rest, after bandaging anyone who wants first aid, the grippli heads off to a weapon shop. "I'm getting a sling and a good number of bullets. I prefer fighting people hand to hand, but well..." the grippli shrugs. "Sometimes the situation calls for changing your tactics. Now is such a time. If anyone wants to come along, please do."
Mok takes the boot and sniffs them. He looks at his own bare feet and at the delicate footwear and shrugs.
"No think they fit, but look nice!"
He goes to pull the boots on and is surprised at how easily they slip on.
"Feel Good! Like bare feet but better!"
He struts around a bit showing off his new footwear.
You do some shopping.
"I've got a place in town we can hold up, get some rest and figure
out what to do next."
Assuming we cash the bearer's note, that's 75gp each from the
cash. Don't know if anyone can use the scroll - I'm afraid it might be
important, but if we can't cast it?
I'd like use some of my share of that loot to get a Striking Rune on
my cane, but I'm not sure how long that would take or if we should
spend the time.
Once we've rested, we should go and talk to our patron, so she at
least knows what we've learned.
An elf requests your presence. Look, you can't prevent humans from turning, or maybe you can, but others are sick with other things, please help
"Sick with other things?" the Eegkokirro asks the elf. He looks a little confused. "Is it related to the illness striking down the humans? We have found evidence that these dark red gems may come from Xatambra. I think that was going to be our next destination."
Kisharn also looks a bit puzzled at the elf.
"If we can help, I suppose we will, but none of us are healers. I'm not sure what we can do. What is happening?"
Nah, it is filth fever, and others have been involved with a brawl. Others have been poisoned by snakes. There were about to head to the mininig storehouse, but never did, 5 acolytes where there and now they are slime molds, sad we have to kill them, but important stuff is in there.
You reach a tent
"Oh, I have herbal treatments that can help," Eegkokirro says. When they arrive at the tent he brings out a small collection of jars, bottles, and linen wrapped ingredients. "I'm very familiar with poisons, so I'll attempt to heal those. I have tinctures and a variety of roots and flowers that neutralize poisons."
Eegkokirro successfully treats the poison, you can try for the others if you want.
Mok has no use for coins, so he gives them to the rest of the group. With no personal skill with healing, the orc stands aside to let those with such skills room to work.
Looking at the wounds and injuries of some of the others seeking treatment, Eegkokirro realizes there is more he can do. The grippli applies an ointment of dried mushrooms and roots that help reduce infections. "Why were you fighting? If you can tell me without getting agitated, that is."
There were some bullies Eegkokirro, you have a hero point.
Alright you treat wounds and the last one is solved as medicine is found.ready to head into the mining storehouse, we need you get rid of the slime molds so we can get the stuff thanks.
As Kisharn also has no medical skill or spells, he'll do little more than fetch and carry and try to use his diplomatic and performance skills subtly to raise people's spirits.
Still, he's visibly relieved to turn towards the storehouse and a problem he's somewhat more capable of dealing with.
"I'm looking forward to using this in a fight," Eegkokirro says patting the club hanging from his belt. He puts his healing supplies back into his backpack. "I want to gain more insight into fighting these creatures before we leave town."
eegkokirro can buy what he needs, others can do what they want. They didn't say it had to be done in the next hour, though the townsfolk would appreciate it in the next day or so.
Kisharn's upgraded his weapon and bought a few healing potions and elixers, so he's ready to go to the storehouse when others are.
You go to the front door of the storehouse, it is a large door, almost like a massive garage door and the building looks huge. You open it by lifting up the door. And there is plenty of outside open space behind you, as well as 6 slings and hundreds of rocks, whatever shall you do?
You didn't open the door yet, but that is how you would open the door, would someone like to open the door? Or do you wish to do something else?