Maneki, Snicker, and Marcius quickly drive the Panther away!
(Success = Half+ the # of PCs succeed)
After being rescued, the gripple introduces himself as Prembret, and reveals he has been trekking through the Sodden Lands to broaden his horizons, also admitting to having listened in on your storytelling session the night before until a scary noise made him return to his own nearby campsite - he didn't want to intrude and by the time you were done telling stories, he felt it would be awkward to make introductions in the middle of the night!
Ecmund sees a kindred spirit in the grippli, and the two take to each other immediately. The young dwarf marvels at some of the things the grippli claims to have seen and sketched in his travel journal. After calming down from his recent close call, Prembret laments that his camp was overrun by giant leeches, attracted by the experimental reagents he uses to infuse fruits with alchemical properties. Worse still, the journal detailing his discoveries and tales is also at risk of being ruined by the destructive vermin. Without missing a beat, Ecmund proudly volunteers all of you to immediately head to the campsite and drive off the creatures!
The thankful Prembret offers two infused peaches that each function as a minor elixir of life before you depart, giving directions to the site, while Ecmund insists on hanging back to protect the grippli in case the panther returns.
Aside from Prembret’s tent (marked with a white square on the map), this area is devoid of a canopy to protect yous from the worst of the Sodden Land’s torrential rains. All creatures take a –2 circumstance penalty to visual Perception checks. Creatures who are 20 or more feet apart are concealed from each other. Squares containing water are difficult terrain. Crossing the stream using the available wet logs requires a successful Acrobatics check to Balance, with failure resulting in no movement and a critical failure knocking the creature prone.
Everyone who is not fatigued may choose an Exploration Activity as you enter the area, then you may move anywhere you'd like up to the river.
M Human | Investigator 1 | ◆◇↺ | HP 16/16| AC 16 | F +3 R +6 W +7 | Perception +7 | Hero 1/3
Milo will search
Milo cautiously moves up to the river, grumbling as he goes. [smaller]"That sounds like a pretty horrible way to die. Drained dry by giant leeches. Might as well get it over with. At least the Boneyard will be cooler and have fewer mosquitos."
Nobody notices the danger until you all get to the water's edge. Two giant leeches emerge from the underbrush on the other side, opening their toothy maws to attack!
Appearing to be alchemically-quickened after having gorged on Prembret's campsite, the red leech swiftly slithers (◆) and swims (◆) across the river, then tries to take a bite (◆) out of Maneki!
Red bite:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 Piercing:1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Maneki takes 14 damage on the critical hit!
The leech's last action is to grab (◆) Maneki in its jaws!
Snicker yips in surprise as the red leech seems to come out of nowhere and latches onto Maneki. "I smell another one to the southwest, but hold on, Maneki!"
Snicker quickly moves through Maneki's space and tries to distract the oversized bloodsucker (Feint!:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22) before poking at its writhing body (Attack!:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27) with her cane. "We need to get some of those fruits to make this a fair match, I think!"
If that's a hit, damage would be damage:1d6 ⇒ 4. If the Feint was a success, then the attack will be a Confident Finisher, adding +Precision damage:2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9, or half that on a miss.
Haha! With the crit, I think that's 26 damage, if the feint worked!
Whoops, forgot my miss chance (DC 5)... hope this works out. miss chance:1d20 ⇒ 4
Sigh...
Okay, you know what, hero point on the flat check: Hero Point!:1d20 ⇒ 10
Archives is being slow - I had to open a cached version of the page for crushing ground then set it to text only just to see what it does.
Kromrock Concealment:1d20 ⇒ 14
Kromrock is fortunately able to see the leech through the fog.
Yellow Reflex:1d20 ⇒ 6
The creature fails its save, taking 7 damage, becoming flat-footed, and taking a -10 penalty to its speed for 1 round, while Marcius prepares a readied action to strike.
Because of its speed impediment, the leech has to stride (◆) just to get into the water next to it, then stride (◆) again to swim closer, then stride yet again (◆) to get within melee range of Marcius...who unfortunately misses with hits readied attack.
And just like that, it was over! Maneki's zen-like focus guides her arrows true, slaying the remaining leech before it could do you any more harm. You are now out of combat!
After you confirm that you've killed the only dangerous animals in the area, Ecmund and Prembret quickly rejoin you. The two help tend to your wounds and also clean up the campsite. The pair of new friends get Prembret's travel stove standing upright and cook a celebratory meal for you all: smoked sausage and sadza, a mix of dwarf and grippli favorites!
Ecmund and Prembret continue to swap stories over food. One of the more sincere accounts the dwarf shares was his first-time meeting gripplis on board Fliptown: a magical, grippli‑run city-barge currently taking on supplies at Hyrantam. As Prembret’s eyes fill with wonder at the sound of this place, Ecmund decides that bringing his new friend there would generate many more tales than wandering through the jungle. He has the party retrace its steps, heading back to the coast with new "sodden stories" to tell!
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy OST (ULL) & Uncharted 4 OST (U4)
01 - Pre-Game - ULL: Chamber of the Kings *
02 - Dockside Dwarf & Tall Tales - ULL: The Western Ghats
03 - Suspicious Sounds - ULL: Gatekeeper
04 - Jungle Journey - U4: At Sea
05 - Frog's Fall - ULL: Partners *
06a - (Camp) Anxious Approach - U4: Once A Thief
06b - (Camp) Anxious Approach - ULL: A Familiar Foe *
07a - Lunging Leeches (C) - U4: Meet Me in Paradise
07b - Lunging Leeches (C) - ULL: A Familiar Foe *
08 - Hyrantam and Home - ULL: The Lost Legacy
09 - Post-Game - U4: A Thief's End
(C) Combat
(*) Edited Track
The track for 6 & 7 was one I edited so heavily that I decided to list different music for other GMs who wanted this list than when I run it myself. This being my author table, you get the special ones! :)
Thank you so much for playing this adventure! I hope you enjoyed it despite my numerous delays!
I've already gotten the game reported to Paizo, and will have chronicle sheets ready for you in the next day or so. Please feel free to RP as much as you'd like in the interim! :)
Snicker pauses on the verge of launching herself towards the second leech, recoiling as the second wave of leech-guts-stink hits her nose. "Is that all of them? I don't hear any more. They really do smell worse on the inside!"
She freezes, snout held high and ears perked, but no more hirudinea make themselves known...
Snicker relaxes, resuming her unassuming stance and helping prepare dinner over the next few hours. As the group returns to Hyrantam, she resolves to pay a visit to Fliptown herself, hoping to try more Grippli cuisine and maybe pick up a few coins in some dice games...
