aren't you glad I rolled it 23-10=13 damage on the fairy.
Shamus and Aggiran posted, but haven't acted, so I'll put you two in delay, meanwhile Jim is up again, as is Grelthe
Ooops and sorry Shamus, missed that Agirran on hold but I'll make sure you still go before the fairies next turn.
Jim, Grelthe, Rogarch are up
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Grelthe will begin singing, a lovely upbeat Northern tune about how tricksy fey were overcome by heroes of old with sheer brawn.
Or at least it WOULD be lovely, if her voice hadn't come out croaking and shaky. She feels useless against an invisible enemy like this.
She will also retrieve a javelin as she moves closer to the water to give her companions more space.
- Inspired Rage (Su) At 1st level, affected allies gain a +2 morale bonus to Strength and Constitution and a +1 morale bonus on Will saving throws, but also take a –1 penalty to AC. While under the effects of inspired rage, allies other than the skald cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except Acrobatics, Fly, Intimidate, and Ride) or any ability that requires patience or concentration. Unlike the barbarian’s rage ability, those affected are not fatigued after the song ends. If an ally has her own rage class ability (such as barbarian’s rage, bloodrager’s bloodrage, or skald’s inspired rage), she may use the Strength, Constitution, and Will saving throw bonuses, as well as AC penalties, based on her own ability and level instead of those from the skald (still suffering no fatigue afterward). However, inspired rage does not allow the ally to activate abilities dependent on other rage class abilities, such as rage powers, blood casting, or bloodrager bloodlines; the ally must activate her own rage class ability in order to use these features.
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"Well, tell me when the privy's open, I gotta piss me somethin' fierce." he says wandering further down the hall to the east as the sound of close-quarters combat echos out of the water room.
"Hm. Maybe I'll give it five minutes." he adds after hearing all of the commotion.
He looks across the hall. "Hey, is that a plant?"
Rogarch swings but misses. The 13 misses anyhow, and the fairy is up at the ceiling way above your head, so the hammer would also have to have reach.
Also moved you to melee range, the fairy ain't moving.
It responds to Jim I ain't surrendering unless I'm really hurt, I'm invisible, so I'm going to rely on that hoping you miss.
Jim
Aggiran waits, Grelthe sings.
Jim misses because of miss chance, but the fairy or whatever it is fails to charm him.
Agirran and Shamus are up
Rogarch, Jim and Gethle are up for round 3
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@DoubleGold - The Lucerne Hammer is a reach weapon. It is a pole-arm with a spear-like end and a hammer top so it can be used as both a blunt or piercing weapon. This one happens to be cold iron as well.
Helping Hand climbs out of his cage and taps Rogarch for luck.
Rogarch attempts to stab the creature again. She continues to benefit from Greithe's song.
Jim, save your bullet, Rogarch takes out the fairy. It turns visible as it dies. It is actually a Pixie.
The water is crystal clear and no enemies are in it. You can take a look and see what is down there if you want.
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Rogarch falls out of her skald inspired rage. She places her pole-arm back on her back. She then goes back to retrieve her wand of shield and places it into her spring-loaded wrist sheath.
"So does anyone like the water? I am not particularly fond of it myself."
With the aid of Helping Hand she attempts to activate her wand of Heightened Awareness. It activates after the second attempt.
Helping Hand looks at the Pixie and around the room from the vantage point of Rogarch's shoulder.
20 Perception on a take 10.
The water is 15 feet deep and there is a backpack at the bottom, a waterproof backpack.
Description of this room
Clear water swirls and shifts in this wide hallway. A staircase
leads down into watery depths.
An underground river shifted, leaking into the lower floor’s permeable stone. A current churns the water, occasionally creating an eerie sloshing sound. The flooded basement of this crypt is beyond the scope of this adventure.
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Grelthe is generally a good swimmer, due to her sailing background, but not so much in her Full Plate. "I doubt you'd all want to wait for me to remove and then put my armor back on" she laughs "but in all honesty it is not deep, so I should be fine regardless." She looks to Agirran to see if he volunteers or if she's getting wet.
She nudges the dead pixie with her foot. "That's the first one of those I've ran in to. Are they all that rude and aggressive?"
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Jim looks sad as the creature was revealed to be a pixie. He actually picks up the body and carefully wraps it up before putting it in his pack. Going to bury her in proper woods - it's only right
He then looks at the water.
I could go in if no one else ... or yeah ... he looks over to Grelthe I'll be happy to wait
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Rogarch grimaces at Shamus' attempt to dissemble.
"What are you talking about Shamus? The water is clear and the current is weak. Granted I can't swim... well. But, for someone that can, it should be an easy job."
"I suppose the water doesn't look too bad. Being down here in an ancient ruin, you never know how foul the water can get."
Shamus shuffles forward to assist Grelthe.
"This might be easier if I just summon my unseen servant. Should we give that a try? No sense in you getting all wet. You might catch a case of the sniffles."
A soft pleasant voice of an ancestral spirit with an aristocratic accent speaks in Shamus' mind.
"Uh... Shamus, my good man. I cannot swim. I can only move across the water's surface."
"Ahh! Yes, yes. That's right."
Shamus says out loud with a finger in the air, garnering looks from his companions as he talks to himself.
He goes back to help Grelthe remove her armor.
"Nevermind. Carry on."
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Jim, save your bullet, Rogarch takes out the fairy. It turns visible as it dies. It is actually a Pixie.
The water is crystal clear and no enemies are in it. You can take a look and see what is down there if you want.
Agirran looks down at the tiny pixie, and back to Rogarch and rolls his eyes.
He waits a beat before reminding everyone of the "ferocious plant" just around the corner and when no one takes the hint the fact he has to pee.
Before he does he scenes the pool with detect magic.
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Rogarch has heard many stories but is not at all familiar with ferocious plants. In fact the tales of her frozen wasteland include many dangers but none of the leafed variety.
"Agirran, are you sure it is a hostile plant? I saw it before but I thought that maybe it was just some plant life living underground. Have you seen it actually move or attack someone? Are you familiar with this type of plant?"
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"No sense in you getting all wet. You might catch a case of the sniffles."
Grelthe stifles an uncharacteristic giggle at Shamus's concern. "I'm sure I'll be fine, thank you."
Since it will take a moment to doff the armor, she suggests in the meantime Agirran could visually check the plant a second time, to see if it maybe has moved or changed appearance or something.
"Gentlemen, please try to behave yourselves."
Grelthe seems confused by this comment, having already forgotten about Jim's earlier comment towards the other half-orc before the combat, and completely missing any undertone regarding his comment to wait for Grelthe to undress.
During the few moments Shamus seems conflicted talking to himself, Rogarch has already helped Grelthe get the armor mostly off anyway, so his help is mostly unnecessary.
Her underclothes are a typical white linen medieval looking shirt with laces, but with fancy gold celtic knot trim, and plain brown linen trousers. She'll make sure to take off her boots, backpack, and belt pouches as well before retrieving the backpack. "No sense in getting them wet."
You detect no magic in the water unless you count the magic items in the bag, you swim down and get the backpack. You open it up. You found the magical cache in the dungeon. Dust of illusion, wand of vanish (CL 4, 24 charges)
The plant is a an Assassin Vine It pretends to be a regular plant and then attacks when you get into its melee range. It sometimes is alone, but there could be a group of them of anywhere from 1 to 3. So there is a chance that another one is somewhere that you can't see yet. Attack it from a distance and move away, these things are slow. These things are more deadly outside where there are vines it can activate as holding traps. It is best you clear it before you run into other danger, and they might also be guarding a treasure while looking for food.
Fight
Go ahead and set yourselves up where you can see the plant and make your ranged attacks, this will be round 0, ie surprise round once you fire an arrow or whatever, remember it has reach of 10 feet. Unless you don't plan on doing that. This takes place about 10 minutes after the pixie fight, or rather you can redon the armor before doing this.
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Grelthe did notice Jim's seeming affection for the tiny lying creature, and would be very interested in chatting with him about the nature of pixies, since he seems to be more familiar with them than she is.
She also asks Agirran about the plant creature - since the only ranged options she has are a javelin or alchemist's fire, are they generally resistant or immune to either of those types of damage? "I would prefer to hold on to the alchemist's fire in case we run into a swarm, but it's an option, at least."
After squeezing out the majority of the water from the edges of her clothes, she will get her armor back on as quick as possible (with help). "Never know when we'll be ambushed, gotta stay prepared!"
Since Grelthe is quite strong, she doesn't mind holding on to any extra items the party picks up - unless someone specifically wants something.
Although she normally isn't so useful at using most magic things, and advises someone more talented take them - in this case her Skald training means she is actually familiar with the Vanish spell. If someone who is more primarily a spellcaster would like it though, she will hand either item over without complaint.
She is *quite* excited about the waterproof backpack though. :)
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Rogarch helps Greithe don her armour.
As she helps Greithe dress she listens intently to Agirran's report on the local plant life.
"Well that is most interesting. Moving and dangerous plants. Who would have guessed it? You seem to be exceptionally well informed."
"Might I suggest that we fire at a distance and retreat back along the same path that we already travelled. It makes no sense to trigger a trap accidentally or to fight two battles at once."
After Greithe is dressed but before the battle begins Rogarch attempts to activate her wand again. It activates on the second attempt. Helping Hand also taps her for luck (Guidance).
The warrior positions herself in the hallway waiting for the signal to attack. In each hand she wields a circular bladed weapon of sharpened death.
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Once Jim knows about the assassin vine, he heads off to deal with it, while swapping out the cold iron treated bullet for a regular one.Agirran explains quickly.
She also asks Agirran about the plant creature - since the only ranged options she has are a javelin or alchemist's fire, are they generally resistant or immune to either of those types of damage? "I would prefer to hold on to the alchemist's fire in case we run into a swarm, but it's an option, at least."
"You go keep an eye on it and be right there with something to help." he says and waits for her to leave. Then he leans his axe against the wall .
With the side passage finally clear, Agirran relieves himself in the pool. "Haaah." What's wrong with people today? he thinks to himself about his current companions.
When he's done he steps out ready to move northward , without even looking at plant monster. "You guys ready, or what?"
Rogarch helps Greithe don her armour.
Aggirran, from that position, you see an additional plant.
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Grelthe will start humming quietly to herself as she makes sure her ammentums are wrapped nicely around the javelins, casting a spell on everyone that makes you feel slightly more... heroic/lucky/inspired.
Once she can tell everyone is ready her sotto voce humming will burst forth full-throatedly about an intelligent tactical ambush making quick work of the unaware combatants - it's a rousing, exhilarating, inspiring war tune!
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Shamus notices Grelthe eyeing the wand of Vanish.
"Ah! That's a fun little spell."
He remarks.
"Unfortunately, it's not part of my tradition of magic. I might be able to trick the wand into letting me activate it. I'm pretty good with activating items not of my tradition."
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Shamus crosses the hall and gets near Agirran.
"A pixie and now assassin vines? What's with all of these woodland creatures being down in a dungeon?"
He says with a cocked eyebrow.
"What are you doing down here in a dungeon, Shamus?”
A voice in his head mocks, then chuckles.
Dismissing the thought, he gets ready for combat against the dangerous plants.
He pulls out his sling and loads a bullet, then looks over in awe at Grelthe's inspiring war chant.
He nods at everyone in turn to let them know he's ready.
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Yeah, if Agirran was going for special defenses, Immune electricity, plant traits; Resist cold 10 and fire 10.
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Shamus notices Grelthe eyeing the wand of Vanish.
"Ah! That's a fun little spell."
He remarks.
"Unfortunately, it's not part of my tradition of magic. I might be able to trick the wand into letting me activate it. I'm pretty good with activating items not of my tradition."
"Hey old man, I already had dibs on the useless junk wand if Red here didn't want it."
Yeah, if Agirran was going for special defenses, Immune electricity, plant traits; Resist cold 10 and fire 10.
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Shamus crosses the hall and gets near Agirran.
"A pixie and now assassin vines? What's with all of these woodland creatures being down in a dungeon?"
He says with a cocked eyebrow.