Otoro rushes forward to the midroom wall and and grasps both his hands together barely in time as a tidal wave flows out, narrowly missing Puddins, temporarily exhausting Otoro's water supply.
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Both of the cultists brace themselves against nearby objects, successfully resisting the majority of Otoro's blast . The final cultist to act looks nervously at the cracked well lid as he draws a dagger and moves farther away from it. As he gets to the other side of the wall he hurls his dagger at Otoro!
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Otoro
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Puddins wades in next to the cultist B and swings at him.
She then casts Shield and eyes the well nervously.
"Where are you going?" Bireli asks the cultist as he advances toward him. He thrusts his practice sword at the madman's gut.
Demonica moves in to flank with Puddins.
Henry moves into a better angle as he sends the last of his smaller shards into the cultist. "Why are you all so willing to die?"
HP 24/24
AC 16
Spells: 1st 2/4
Focus: 1/1
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Demonica misses several times, but Henry is able to connect, his needles tearing into the cultist as Bireli moves closer .
With a disconcertin *SCHLORP* sound, a strange iridescent mass gloops up through the cracked stone above the well! Moving disturbingly quickly, it lashes out at the nearest creature--Demonica!
It hits the unprepared Demonica and attempts to grab her!
Surprise gets the best of her as its bizarre iridescent pseudopod wraps around her!
The remaining cultist begins to laugh maniacally as Demonica is assaulted, a frenzied look coming into her eyes. Ignoring Puddins, she lashes out at Demonica with a dagger.
Her laughter gets louder as her second strike lands home, causing Demonica to go limp in the ooze's grasp!
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Weird Ooze thing
Demonica
B
Otoro takes a moment to regather the water around him, not firing off a blast and instead waiting till the moment is right to freeze the ooze with a more powerful blast.
"Angelica!" Bireli shouts as the cultist fells his sister with a dagger. He sprints toward the cultist and swings his wooden sword at their head. He then tries to slip under the frenzied cultist's guard to stand on the opposite side.
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"Oh no!" Henry shouts as he strikes back at the ooze.
HP 24/24
AC 16
Spells: 1st 2/4
Focus: 1/1
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Otoro clobbers the ooze with a blast of cold that knocks it backward, but doesn't manage to break the things grasp on Demonica. Henry peppers the ooze with needles, but they seem to bounce harmlessly off its shimmering surface . Bireli, meanwhile, batters the remaining cultist with his probing cane, dropping her unconscious to the ground!
Puddins calls out to Gorum to save her sword-sister and then summons an invisible shield.
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The ooze's surface ripples as Puddins casts her spell, seeming to bend the magic toward it!
Her healing magic is completely absorbed, seeming to bolster the thing's surface!
Drawn by the flavor of her magic, it drops the still-unconscious Demonica and blubs forward toward Puddins, lashing out with a pseudopod over the table.
Puddins is prepared, though, and deflects both blows.
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Weird Ooze thing
Demonica
Otoro circles around and heals Demonica, hoping that the ooze can't absorb his healing power.
When the ooze releases his sister, Bireli is flooded with a wobbly sense of relief. However, they are still in danger, so he steels himself and rushes the ooze. He leaps to the well to the work bench to the other side of the ooze where Henry stands.
"Let's finish this, Henry!" he says as he strikes at the shiny slime.
"Will do!" Henry calls back to Bireli as he sends his shards into the ooze.
HP 24/24
AC 16
Spells: 1st 2/4
Focus: 1/1
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Henry sprays the ooze with more needles. Though many of them once again bounce off the creature's strange, rippling surface, a few of them stick in this time !
Bireli, meanwhile, moves in and clobbers the slow-moving ooze with his wooden sword. The bludgeoning seems more effective, the ooze not resisting it at all, though his fancy moves don't seem to help him find a week spot
Demonica groans as Puddins acts.
****Puddins bot****
Puddins steps over and swings her sword at the ooze.
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Puddins connects twice with her sword. Though the oozes bizarre substance resists her blade, she still leaves deep gashes in its form!
The ooze tries again to grab the tasty spellcaster.
Its mindless flailing fails to grab hold of her, however.
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Weird Ooze thing
"Hey, come over here! Get away from her!" Henry yells at the ooze firing more darts into its side in hope of wounded it slightly.
HP 24/24
AC 16
Spells: 1st 2/4
Focus: 1/1
Demonica wobbles to her feet, picks up her sword, and recharges her spell strike.
"Stop it!" Bireli angrily shouts at the ooze as he bashes it with his wooden practice sword.
{Probing Cane (practice sword)} (finesse, sweep)
{Probing Cane (practice sword)} (finesse, sweep)
Otoro slams into the ooze with a chilly melee blast.
And follows up with by making it hail.
Puddins swings at the ooze, hoping she can hit it hard enough to make a difference.
She then tries again to heal Demonica, hoping the distraction was enough to get her spell off.
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Otoro freezes the ooze with a chilling blast, though it improbably manages to dodge the worst of the hail . Frostbitten and ragged, the thing is an easy target for Puddins, who sinks her massive sword into it. Again, though, the creature's strange surface resists her blow, and it doggedly persists! Puddins focuses the remainder of her attention on healing her sword-sister .
The strange creature seems hungry for more magic, and focuses it's gloopy appendage at the last spellcaster it stole magic from--Henry!
The thing bludgeon's Henry, wrapping its writhing iridescent appendage around him and trying to eat more of that tasty, tasty magic! His protective blood magic seems to be no deterrent .
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Weird Ooze thing
Otoro continues with a pair of icy attacks.
And follows up with by making it hail.
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[Y]ou continue northward. A short hallway ends in another door, which opens into a large chamber with 15-foot ceilings. A pair of massive columns of rusted metal loom in large alcoves to the east and south, each fitted with complex hinged armatures and drooping lengths of wire that connect them to one of two large metallic worktables. Gears grind slowly and glowing crystals periodically pulse from these worktables. A stone well ten feet in diameter stands in the center of the room between the two strange worktables, capped with a stone slab engraved with a singular broad rune with three downward spikes. Bookshelves line the northern wall, though most of their contents have fallen to ruin--save for one faded red tome near the center of the northern wall.
"I feel like we should take a moment to patch people up before moving on. I also think we might want to double back to check that room (12) that we skipped earlier. Might be a place they would hide some prisoners?"
Puddins will take 10 minutes to refocus and try to treat Henry's wounds.
Henry nods. "That slime nearly killed Demonica." He thanks Puddins for the quick bandage. "You are right we should check that out next when Demonica is ready."
"That certainly could be!" Bireli agrees with Puddins. "We need to rescue everyone we can."
While Puddins tends to Henry, he goes over to investigate the ruined bookshelves.
"Not sure how much longer we can go on. I am all out of daily blessings from Gorum, so no more magical healing or other spells from me. I don't mind pushing on, but we all need to know the risks."
If we are okay to take another 10 minutes, Puddins also heals Demonica.
Flubbing that, she uses Battle Medicine on Demonica and then Henry, who is still hurt.
Lol
Whelp....
Bireli looks at his wounded sister and Henry as an expression of concern flickers over his face. "I--I could check the path ahead," he suggests. "See what foes might block our path."
"Where we first came in...There was a room with a padlock. Maybe there are supplies inside?"
"I think you both should drink some of our potions to heal up a bit first. And then I agree we should check that room."
Otoro helps out with some healing waters.
Demonica downs a healing potion.
She's still wincing as she moves, but the worst of her injuries are handled.
"We have got to be close now. I can feel it." Henry's mind races. "You all should go back if you ae tired. I will understand. But, I need to keep going tonight. No matter what." He heads off towards the room with the padlock.
Puddins catches up with Henry.
"You'll do no good for anyone if you're dead. Here. At least drink a couple of potions since you are still badly hurt. Then we will go together."
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Mostly healed up after your last fight, you head back to the grand hall where you fought Ragnulf. Examining the lock, Puddins realizes that the keyhole looks similar to one of the keys your found on the desk next door. Sure enough, the padlock clicks open, and once removed the door opens easily.
Inside, you're met with the stench from over-full chamber pots, nearly overpower in this vast, dusty chamber. The remains of archery targets, practice dummies, and wooden training posts lie sprawled around the room--it appears that components taken from these old furnishings have been used to build a few rickety-looking beds to the north. A feeble oil lamp glows from the center of the room, perched on an old sawhorse. A sturdy ring, obviously meant for a chain, is mounted to the wall. The only exit is the door you now stand in, and you don't see anyone else inside.
Drinking a couple of small vials along the way Henry's adrenaline alone keeps him moving at a frantic and near suicidal pace. Henry's shoulders slump as he picks up the ring meant for a chain and drops it. "She's not here." He looks around for any sign that his Mother may have been here.
HP 24/24
AC 16
Spells: 1st 2/4
Focus: 1/1
Puddins does her best to comfort Henry.
"That note means they kept her alive, which means we can still save her. We are going to have to keep searching these rooms to find a way down and find her. I suggest we start with the ones over there and then there."
Puddins indicates rooms 16 and then 12.