Rusty Iron Henges

Game Master Dennis Muldoon

Search it and then onto the next.

"These cultists are despicable," Bireli says. "There must be a way down."

15?

Henry looks t the skeletal remains with sorrow. He knows it is not those of his Mother but rather someone else that was loved once. He clutches his Mothers note tightly.

Can we tell how long this skeleton has been dead? Might give us a clue how long the cultists have been operating here.

There looks to be enough bones for a number of people in here. It's difficult to tell exactly how old, but they look quite ancient.

Puddins, are you going into the room to search it thoroughly, or just looking from the doorway and moving on?

Puddins will search it more thoroughly. If these bones spring to life, we would be wise to make this place safe before our enemies command them to attack others.

Demonica puts a hand on Henry's shoulder. "We'll find her."

As Puddins steps into the trash-filled room, something--or somethings--begin to rustle in the back, moving closer! Emerging from the midden, you see two tiny, insectile creatures, each at the center of a strange contraption made of bones! Tiny-sized creatures in the middle of small-sized bone contraptions.

Terrain Note: Whole room is difficult terrain, due to trash.

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Initiative!

"What in Gorum's name?"

Puddins casts Shield, moves forward and tries to snuff out one of these creatures before they bite her.

Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

She will use shield to shield block the first one that hits her.

Otoro rushes in and conjures up a large swelling of water between his 2 hands before splitting them and firing water over both trash bugs as Otoro's water temporarily expires again.

bludgeoning damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5
Tidal Hands: 2x 15 foot non-overlaping cones, overflow. Basic Reflex DC 18. Push 5ft on a crit fail. Also one that fails I can move 5 feet, I'll try and get 1 into the middle of the room to be easier to flank.

"What is that?" Henry asks as he spins some of his shards into the green-gooed skeletal insectoid.

Needle Darts: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage (Piercing): 3d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 1) = 4

Puddins rushes in, but her swing is just wide and her sword smashes into a piece of ruined furniture rather than her target. Otoro has more success, however, washing a tide of battering water over both, pulling the red-tinged on in toward himself as the water recedes (#1 failed, #2 succeeded; I moved #1 in toward you because that was the closest thing to the middle of the room). Henry, meanwhile, sprays the other one with piercing darts, further cracking its bone exoskeleton.

The green-tinged creature manipulates some sinew holding its bone machine together, causing a sharpened spike at the end of one appendage to lash out at Puddins!

#2 Bone Spike vs. Puddins: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Piercing: 1d12 ⇒ 12
1d4 Persistent Bleed on hit

#2 Bone Spike vs. Puddins, 2nd attack: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 9 - 5 = 20
Piercing: 1d12 ⇒ 6
1d4 Persistent Bleed on hit

#2 Bone Spike vs. Puddins, 3rd attack: 1d20 + 9 - 10 ⇒ (9) + 9 - 10 = 8
Piercing: 1d12 ⇒ 11
1d4 Persistent Bleed on hit

It manages to catch her with its second strike, piercing a week point in her armor and leaving her bleeding.

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Initiative!

Puddins 24/30hp, 1d4 persistent bleed
Otoro
Henry
#2 -6 hp

Demonica moves in next to her Sword Sister and swings twice.

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 5 = 23
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Demonica brings her greatsword around twice, smashing the creature's bone chariot to splinters and gashing the tiny creature within! It shrieks and scuttles away, next to its brethren. #2 is now tiny size and easier to kill.

The other creature, now adjacent to otoro, tries to spike the azarketi.

#1 Bone Spike vs. Otoro: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Piercing: 1d12 ⇒ 12
1d4 persistent bleed on hit.

#1 Bone Spike vs. Otoro, 2nd attack: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 9 - 5 = 20
Piercing: 1d12 ⇒ 5
1d4 persistent bleed on hit.

#1 Bone Spike vs. Otoro, 3rd attack: 1d20 + 9 - 10 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 10 = 18
Piercing: 1d12 ⇒ 10
1d4 persistent bleed on hit.

It catches Otoro twice with its spike, leaving him bleeding.

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Initiative!

Otoro grunts as he reopens his hate, blasting #1 with a point blank cold blast.

melee water vs #1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
cold damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Otoro then backs up into the hallway, grabbing his wounds and trying to cleanse them with water.

self healing: 1d8 ⇒ 1
resist fire 2 for 1 minute.

bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 4
flat 15 end bleed?: 1d20 ⇒ 9
HP 12, still bleeding

Puddins would have shield blocked that hit so would have only taken 1hp of damage.

Pudding moves forward, swinging at creature #2.

Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Greatsword: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

She then bleeds from her wound.

Bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Now at 26hp.

Birelli follows his sister into the room and then chases after the creature she smashed. He swings his practice sword at the tiny, green creature 9#20 and then raises his shield.

◆ Stride
◆ Strike: ”Practice Sword” (probing cane) (T): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Bludgeoning, Panache: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8
◆ Raise a Shield

AC 21

Henry moves inot the corner of the room, keeping his attack focused on the more wounded insect chariot. "I always hated bugs."

Needle Darts: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Damage (Piercing): 3d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 4) = 9

Bot Puddins' DC 15 flat check vs. bleed: 1d20 ⇒ 1 Still bleeding

Otoro blasts the creature nearest him, cracking many of the bones in its chariot but not quite destroying it. Puddins tries to follow up with her sword, but the bleeding from her wounds obstructs her vision for a moment. Bireli has no such trouble, though, easily stepping in to finish off the wounded creature. Henry then peppers the other one with needles, easily smashing what's left of its chariot and wounding the creature inside as well.

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Initiative!

Puddins 26/30hp, 1d4 persistent bleed
Otoro 12/32hp, 1d4 persistent bleed
Henry

Demonica moves over to strike at 1.

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
telekinetic projectile: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

The shifty insectile creature nimbly dodges Demonica's enormous sword, then snaps at her with its mandibles before scuttling back a little further.

Mandibles vs. Demonica: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Piercing: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Acid: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Mandibles vs. Demonica, 2nd attack: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 9 - 5 = 6
Piercing: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Acid: 1d4 ⇒ 2

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Initiative!

Birelli hops over the debris in the room and tries to finish the second creature as well.

◆ Stride
◆ Confident Finisher: ”Practice Sword” (probing cane) (T): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Bludgeoning, Panache: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 + Precise Strike (target still takes half on a miss): 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4
◆ Raise a shield

Puddins moves into a flanking position and swings twice!

Greatsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Greatsword: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Slashing: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Her wound continues to bleed.

Bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Flat Check to end bleed: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Otoro moves in to get a clar shot and summons forth as much power as they can muster.

2 action blast: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
cold damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Will pull it 5 ft east on a success.

Henry moves a little bit closer waving his shards into the last creature. "These are the ugliest creatures I think I have seen."

Needle Darts: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Damage (Piercing): 3d4 ⇒ (1, 3, 4) = 8

Bireli, Puddins, and Henry all miss the slippery insectile creature. Otoro catches it in a blast, but his cold damage is not quite enough to kill it (though it does pull it away from the wall).

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Initiative!

Puddins 26/30hp, 1d4 persistent bleed
Otoro 12/32hp, 1d4 persistent bleed
Henry

Demonica, flanking with her brother, starts slicing left and right at the last enemy.

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 5 = 18
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 - 10 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 10 = 19
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Demonica easily catches the creature, slicing it cleanly in half! Finished on a crit! Out of combat.

Puddins tries to Battle Medicine Otori, hoping to end the bleeding.

Nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 8) = 15

She then tries to do the same for herself.

Nature: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

And fails.

"Can someone feed me one of those potions?

Update: Puddins has now used Battle Medicine on everyone except Birelli.

12+15 = 27/32

Otoro heads over to Puddins and uses Ocean's Balm.

healing: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Then bleeds a bit himself.

bleed: 1d4 ⇒ 3

flat 15: 1d20 ⇒ 9

24, still bleeding.

"Thanks Otoro but now you need to drink a couple of potions for sure."

Bleeding stopped.

A glowing Sihedron rune is engraved on the ground to the north. In the southern end of the room, a vast copper cauldron, green with age, stands on thick iron legs over a blackened fire pit. Crumbling books line the shelves in the southeast corner, while worktables are covered with potions, oils, and salves that surely expired several centuries ago.

Standing in deep concentration near the circle in the north end of the room are two tired-looking cultists. Contained within the circle is what looks like a pony-sized maggot with a human face. When you come in, one of the cultists breaks their focus and orders the maggot to attack before reaching for their own knife!

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Initiative!

"That's gross, I didn't realize maggots got that big." Henry shudders as he shifts inot the room keeping his eye on the large pulsating bug.

DC 17 Will vs Jealous Hex. (-1 on a failure and -2 on crit fail) The target is cursed with an adverse condition depending on its highest ability modifier: Strength (enfeebled); Dexterity (clumsy); Constitution (drained); or Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (stupefied). At the start of each of your turns, the target can attempt another Will save, ending the effect on a success.

Blood Magic: First creature to damage Henry this turn takes 2 Mental Damage (Basic DC 17 Will save)

◆ Stride
◆ Stride
◆ Jealous Hex

The strange grub just stares right back at Henry, seemingly unaffected (success vs. jealous hex).

Demonica runs in and slices at the nearest cultist!

greatsword: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
ouch!: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
telekinetic projectile: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5

Otoro heads in and unleashes a 30ft cone of torrential water.

b damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4
basic Ref DC 18, pushed 5 feet on a crit fail. I can also slide 1 target that fails or worse 5 feet, I'll slide cultistst #1 southeast (of current or new position) if possible, otherwise I'll slide one of the other creatures further away from the party.

Otoro looks a bit dehydrated after the blast.
Overflow, gate closed.

Demonica rushes in and smashes one of the cultists to a pulp on the floor (would have been a one-shot kill even if it wasn't a crit). The other is so frightened, he is caught totally off-guard by Otoro's wave. He's slammed back into the wall, collapsing into an unconscious heap! #2 crit fail vs. Otoro's wave takes it down.

The larva is also battered, but still seems to be conscious. It inches forward against the tide, it's disconcerting, mostly-human mouth snapping at Demonica.

Jaws vs. Demonica: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Piercing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Jaws vs. Demonica, 2nd attack: 1d20 + 7 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 5 = 17
Piercing: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

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Initiative!