For such a large creature, the crocodile is surprisingly fast. Gorog isn't able to land a solid hit on it.
Alya hits the other one point-blank with her spell, though.
Tieri's turn.
Initiative:
Alya (22/22)
Green Crocodile (-8)
Alanossë (28/28)
Relia (0/24, Dying 2)
Red Elite Crocodile (-28, bloodied)
Tieri (26/26)
Gorog (26/26)
Tieri scratches the crocodile a little. It probably doesn't really feel it.
The smaller crocodile continues to snap at Alya. And then whirls and slaps her twice with its tail. She's too busy being bludgeoned to work out how it managed to do that in the narrow passage.
Alanose and Relia's turns.
Initiative:
Alya (3/22)
Green Crocodile
Alanossë (28/28)
Relia (0/24, Dying 2)
Red Elite Crocodile (-26, bloodied)
Tieri (26/26)
Gorog (26/26)
Alanossë hits the brute with another arrow. Tough as it is, it can't possibly take much more of this. Relia looks... fine! As fine as any person bleeding to death after being mauled by a crocodile can be expected to look. Which isn't very fine, really, but context is usually important.
The big crocodile lashes out wildly. It bites Gorog, but doesn't manage to hold him. It's tail grazes Tieri, but it's big enough to bruise.
Tieri, Gorog, and Alya's turns.
Initiative:
Alya (3/22)
Green Crocodile
Alanossë (28/28)
Relia (0/24, Dying 1)
Red Elite Crocodile (-31, bloodied)
Tieri (19/26)
Gorog (13/26)
Gorog is having some trouble finding a weak spot. Crocodile skin is notoriously resistant to injury.
Tieri makes up for it, jamming his war razor right between its scales. Twice.
The smaller crocodile is agitated now. After losing sight of Alya, it pulls itself back out of the side passage. It briefly looks around at the remaining enemies, before rushing at Alanosse . It bites him badly, and its jaws clamp around him.
All PCs' turn.
Initiative:
Alya (9/22, hidden)
Green Crocodile (-8, Grabbing Alanosse)
Alanossë (2/28, Grabbed by crocodile)
Relia (0/24, Dying 1)
Tieri (19/26)
Gorog (13/26)
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Waking up groggily, Relia nods her thanks to Alya, horrified to see Alanosse and the others so wounded and threatened by the crocodiles. Still laying prone, she shouts out at the animal, hoping to threaten it with an Intimidating Glare (◆).
vs. Will DC
Then she fires off an Electric Arc (◆◆) at it!
DC 17 basic reflex save
(Relia will use Nimble Dodge to cancel her prone penalty to AC if attacked this round)
Since the crocodile is touching Alanossë and standing in water, everyone feels a little tingly. But the crocodile seems to feel a lot tingly, so it's still pretty effective.
Alanossë, Tieri, and Gorog's turns.
Initiative:
Alya (9/22)
Green Crocodile (-15, bloodied, Grabbing Alanossë)
Alanossë (2/28, Grabbed by crocodile)
Relia (2/24, Wounded 1, prone)
Tieri (19/26)
Gorog (13/26)
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Alanossë grunts in pain as he’s mauled and grabbed by the croc…with his bow in his left hand, he strikes hard at the croc’s eye with his right hand to try to make it let go…
(◆)
Alanossë will take a step east (◆) (before the check if he’s free and able to fire his bow at the croc, after the check if he’s able to free himself with the second attempt)…
(◆)
The croc releases Alanosse and he repays its kindness by shooting it. This friendship may not work out.
Tieri and Gorog's turns.
Initiative:
Alya (9/22)
Green Crocodile (-22, bloodied)
Alanossë (2/28)
Relia (2/24, Wounded 1, prone)
Tieri (19/26)
Gorog (13/26)
The crocodile snaps at Tieri as he tries to stab it, clamping its jaws down on him.
Finally having a good hold on potential prey, it rolls over and attempts to drag him under itself. This, however, doesn't work, as the little kobold slips from its hold.
All PCs' turns.
Initiative:
Alya (9/22)
Green Crocodile (-22, bloodied)
Alanossë (2/28)
Relia (2/24, Wounded 1, prone)
Tieri (7/26)
Gorog (13/26)
Three more arrows finish the job. Two would probably have sufficed.
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Lady A helps Relia,
"Well it seems you and I are a little hurt, Thank you for joining me in the fight."
She casts prestidigitation to clean them both up.
"Now all we need is come healing"
"Good shooting Alanossë, you saved us I think, and you Gorog well done, Tieri too. The best we two could do was act as decoys"
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Barely able to remain standing, Alanossë nods slightly at Alya’s words as she tries to tend to his wounds…her ministrations don’t seem to do much. He murmurs, ”Thanks for trying,” as he leans up against the wall and slumps down to the floor…
He takes a potion from his bandolier and downs it in one gulp…
…which helps numb the pain a little…
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Gorog would love to take a couple crocodile teeth to keep as a souvenir, but he doesn't feel right doing that since he hadn't been able to hit anything, his rage apparently interfering with his aim. His breath slows and he realizes he is unharmed, except maybe for his pride.
"My axe didn't taste any blood. Thank you to everyone who could hit it."
He lets the others get healed and then is ready to resume the investigation. Perhaps these crocodiles are all that was down here, but perhaps there is something more.
Twisted and bloated, the wooden stairs connecting the main floor and basement are slick and saturated with water. The walls are covered in algae and the ceiling is coated with black mold, while old furniture and props from the theater are piled in the corners in soggy, crumbling heaps. Small crustaceans and numerous insects occasionally peek from the detritus or scramble into cracks or the shallow pools on the floor. The smell of rot and salt water hangs damply in the air.
To the west, a section of the brick wall has crumbled into a heap, creating an opening into a larger area beyond.
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Relia breathes really heavily after that fight, seeing everybody is moderately to severely injured. She accepts Alya's help and cleaning happily, recovering her dagger from the water in the process.
"Yea...so that was a thing, huh? I can see why the goblins had so much trouble."
Remembering that Alya used one of her own potions to help Relia, she'll offer her own minor healing potion in exchange, and a second one to Alanosse if he needs it.
When it does come time to explore once more, she'll join Alya near the front of the group and Avoid Notice again.
The Pathfinders have the time they need. After all, the place isn't due to flood again for another six hours.
This area may once have been used as a storage area or workshop, or perhaps both a storage area and workshop. There are tools hanging from a rack on one of the walls, but they're rusty and corroded and not in very good shape; there's a sledgehammer that's useable for now, but liable to break if pressed.
A pile of mostly-junk also contains an oddly clean and intact wine-red beret, though it is a little beaten up. Additionally, there is a small ivory jewelry box.
Alya determines that the short tunnel connecting the room to the sewer probably wasn't intentionally built, or at least it wasn't original. The wall that should have separated the two collapsed or was knocked down, likely after much of it was washed away by the floodwater. It narrows on the sewer side, and she had to squeeze a bit to fit through--the crocodiles couldn't have managed it. That seems even more recent, with masonry knocked loose to block the passage.
It looks like the crocs may have trapped themselves here by partially collapsing the tunnel. That may explain why the beasts attack anyone who enters the room: They were starving.
The Pathfinders take the time they need to tend their wounds.
These crocodiles may well have been the goblins' "monsters"--they fit the king's description--so that part of their mission may already be complete.
But they also recall that Dendel Dreng asked them to "perform an initial exploration and assessment," and so far they've only seen one room.
Besides, the sewer here seems to connect to several other areas, and there's some kind of machinery noise coming from the west... Pathfinders don't usually let something like horrific near-death experiences slow them down!
Given that the sewers have been repeatedly flushed with flooding seawater, they don't even smell as bad as one would normally expect from a sewer.
The strong scent of saltwater hints at the daily flooding that washes through these sewers from the nearby sea, as do the occasional stranded fish or crustacean. The walkways alongside the sewer are slick and damp, although relatively clear of the normal waste found in a sewer.
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Gorog looks to the others and decides he should be in front. Axe in one hand and shield in the other, he starts the exploration, always keeping to the left at first and working around clockwise. It's a superstition he has. He has a deep but gentle voice, surprisingly soothing for his race and size.
"Let's go explore. Maybe we will find something interesting."
OOC - the first B2 then west, then the northern B2.
Tall stone cylinders stand in a line in the center of this chamber. Broken pipes protrude from the ceiling above the cylinders, rusted and covered in green algae. Every few moments, one of the cylinders makes a feeble grinding sound and a dribble of water flows down from the top of the cylinder and drips to the floor.
When the system functioned, it drew water from below the foundation and pushed through the pipes into the sewers and channeled away. The earthquake destroyed the connection to the pipes, and the increased water volume soon overwhelmed the system, rendering it permanently inoperable--and even if both the pumps and pipes could be repaired, there's now far too much water for them to accomplish anything anyway.
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Relia follows along with the others, Avoiding Notice along the way to keep her delicate self safe, after being thrashed by the crocodiles earlier.
Relia shares the information she learns from the water pumps with the rest of her team, including the earthquake damage and the fact that we can't really do much here right now anyway.
The sides of this chamber are rough and uneven, dropping sharply to a large pool of water that fills the entire room. To the north and south, the masonry of the sewer walls has crumbled away.
It looks like a flooded sinkhole. The water is calm, but looks fairly deep and probably cold. In the center, at the very bottom of the deepest part of the pool, there's something down there. A dark-colored box.
Someone would probably have to dive in if they want to get it, but nothing looks dangerous.
The pool, while deep enough to require diving and uncomfortably cold, is also still. Swimming in the water is easy enough.
Alanossë recovers a locked metal box. It's been sealed with wax, which means there's hope that it's watertight. Unfortunately, the wax has also completely jammed the locking mechanism. Even if the party had a key, there would be no hope in opening it properly.
Alanossë is able to force it open, though. Inside is a jade cat, five gold, and an old scrap of paper with the words “For the Ilnudar family matter.”
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Alya walks over looking at the contents and taps Alanossë.
He becomes dry and clean.
She dose the same of Tier
"So then this all looks very interesting."
she can detect magic at will.,
"Well that cat is magic, A Short jump pendant, For about a minute after you activate it, you can fall say 4 elfs high with out harm. Helps you Balance and move better as well. Useful, its worth about 6 gold at a push"