Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
I will bow out, and let you choose a competent GM.
Have fun, all.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
@Isurus: yes, either move your mini, or ask for it to be placed somewhere, or tell us where you are going or something, so I have an idea of where you are, what you are seeing etc..
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Jaxon opens the door, revealing a long, narrow presentation space that has seating for around thirty guests.
And there are thirty guests present-- or, at least it seems as though the shadows of an audience still fill the plush seats.
Jaxon can close his eyes re-open them, try to cleanse his mind of illusions-- the shadowy figures remain. They all face a low stage at the south end of the room.
And a chill draft sweeps through the room-- while a whispery voice echoes from the podium.
“--and rather than engage in a responsible, controlled study of the codebook, Yargos Gill decided — imprudently — to simply execute the signals listed therein...”
Ilmyrn moves into the the room with the dinosaur, as shadowy figures finish running out of the room, screaming faintly, darting all around him to get away.
Suddenly, the shadow of big tyrannosaur - nowhere near the tyrannosaur itself - pounces at Ilmyrn, landing in the barbarian's shadow, and trying to bite and slash at his shadow.
At the same time the shadow-dinosaur seems to leap at Ilmyrn-- but ends up attacking his own shadow... something behind Ilmyrn ROARs at him.
Alaric sees the shadow move over his hand, just like a shadow would.
He feels nothing-- but neither does this seem to be an illusion.
It seems to simply - but strangely! - be a moving shadow. A shadow of a man running away. A detached shadow, without anything to project it... An independent, autonomous shadow.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Samna sees that both big set of stairs, the ones seen by Ilmyrn and by Alaric, are the ones they said go downstairs. Back to the ground floor from where you came.
Jaxon opens the door-- and the whiff of urine is a bit stronger.
(room revealed on the map)
He is facing the restrooms.
Several stalls, a bit over a half a dozen.
Buckets of water to rinse them out.
And the odor that goes with old toilets.
The place is empty.
The stairs Alaric moves to, are the stairs that he saw go back down to the ground floor, just like he noticed when seeing them.
Looking back towards the center of the room behind him, Alaric sees--
(room revealed on the map)
--that the carefully framed spellbook pages hang along all this room’s walls.
And the small display cases in the room’s center-- hold eldritch relics.
Also, in the cornerss, shadows hang thicker than the rest of the room--
--and Alaric sees a boisterous half-orc woman with a pirate's hat standing in one corner, surrounded by vague figures.
She welcomes Alaric, her voice thin and reedy, but eerily familiar:
“Congratulations! Let me spice up that punch a bit for you — to celebrate, of course!”
And she pours some liquid from a little flask.
Still downstairs, Isurus wonders what people are talking about...
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
--SUDDENLY you hear a distant shriek echo off the walls, as--
--the shadow of a stuffed owlbear lashes out at one of of the shadow-visitors with its talons!
The visitor falls to the ground, crying!
And-- the shadow of the tyrannosaur in the room’s center, the shadow of this beast simply moves away from its source!
The shadow leaves the tyrannosaur!-- and the shadow snaps at the misty image of yet another patron!
The patron is swallowed hole!
Other shadows snarl and hiss, scuffling amongst themselves as shadow-guests panic and run toward the exit, racing straight towards Alaric.
They whimper and mumble... "Someone is de-- decom-- de-writing-music!"
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Ogren bellows-- but there is no answer.
Nothing.
Jaxon recognizes the faint aroma of... urine-- coming from behind the door close to him. (the one with the yellow mark)
Ilmyrn checks the first two corridors on the opposite side.
They are both long, all the way to the outer wall.
The first one has a bunch of doors opening into it, on both sides.
The second one has some openings in it, and, at the end, some big stairs going downstairs.
There is then an opening into some room-- that Alaric passes by, quickly glancing at. It seems this room has some prints or pages on the walls and display cases in the center.
There seems to be someone muttering something inside.
Where Alaric stops, there is a corridor like the one Ilmyrn saw, that leads to some stairs going down.
In front of Alaric, a big room with some doors in it.
The big room has a gigantic reptilian beast ion display in the center of what is an expansive gallery.
The beast seems to be ferociously leering over a collection of taxidermy animals and monsters.
Alaric sees shadows flit between the displays, and he sees some probable museum patrons.
When, SUDDENLY--
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
"My broom ritual... I do every day."
He sighs.
"Every day... So you can see it whenever you want.
But, that's the only ritual I can arrange for you to see.
For watching the other ritual, upstairs, go on up and ask her to see it, I guess. I'm sure she won't mind. Might even be happy to."
Ogren rushes on up-- and reaches the second floor.
Rounding the corner he sees a big hall, a small corridor behind him, a door in front, some other corridors opposite him, another door there... plenty of things, but no more stairs.
Where to go?
Sniff sniff... there's a faint aroma of bad smell, coming from behind the door just behind the stairs. top side of map, marked with yellow sign
The smell of a ritual? Some bodily fluids being used... people sacrificed?
Put new map on slide 1
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
The man nods at Isurus: "Hey, you had me at Marcus Fabarellus! Only Pathfinders know that name.
I'm, Chayron."
He waves you all on in and past him.
As Ogren comes up, the man leans over and whispers:
"The ritual is safe, and VERY important. You can perform it yourself!"
He offers his broom to Ogren.
"You can finish cleaning this room first."
Then, he laughs:
"I'm sure you imagine have more important things to do!
Follow me."
He moves through the museum, and you see the exhibits in a couple rooms--
--a medical exhibit, after a fashion, that focused on bizarre occurrences and freakish anomalies preserved in liquid. Very creepy!
--a perennial draconic-themed exhibit that includes an alabaster obelisk engraved with Draconic runes, dragon hides, and a taxidermied wyvern!
--before you arrive at an unobtrusive staircase in the museum's northeast corner, behind the stuffed wyvern.
"Ms. Tavvar has been performing her research on the third floor.
That's two floors up.
Do be careful. I mean, I am somewhat troubled by the odd manifestations in the museum, there's stuff appearing, and dust collecting fast, but I assume she has matters under control.
You Pathfinders always do!"
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
"I hope you wiped your feet!"
He looks at the floor, shaking his broom.
"How do I know you are Pathfinders?
Do you have a way-- err... some object, or document to prove this?
Can you name your faction-- err... your bosses? Like, who sent you on this mission?"
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
You arrive at the museum as scheduled, just after hours.
The place is a solid block of volcanic stone, and the front door leading into the basalt structure is closed-- but unlocked.
No answer to your knocking-- but you just open up and enter.
Security does seem quite relaxed non-existent.
Calling out gets you no answer.
So you wander around the ground floor a bit-- finally stumbling a single staff member, Chayron, armed with a broom, the man is cleaning the museum.
"Hello, hello, are you here to help me perform maintenance on the exhibits? We have to dust the gelatinous cubes."
He points to an empty looking display.
Rapidly realizing you are not hired help, at least not for him, he sighs and looks at you:
"Err... who are you?! I am the doorkeeper. I am keeping the place safe for Tavvar and her assistants. Please identify yourselves and states if you have business here! Only Pathfinders may enter the place."
And he waves his broom around, trying to be menacing.
"Are you Pathfinders? Do you know a Pathfinder? Do you want to be Pathfinders?"
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Having rested and healed up, and talked about body disposal - you see the captain of your little ship nod and shake her head now and then, maybe knowing about such matters herself! - you go by the Grand Lodge to drop "stitches" off, with all the other elements taken from the wreck.
Gorm Greathammer being busy at the moment, all will be handed over to him, along with your report. But it seems hr should be happy, since you did everything that was asked for.
Then, in the evening, you head off towards the Blakros Museum.
All healed up & re-focused etc., but same day so no spell renewal etc.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Does the construct have a soul?
If so, is it perturbed to not have its remains given rest at sea, but instead be taken to maybe be cut apart and examined by inquisitive Pathfinders?
Maybe there are such fleshforged among the exhibits at the Blakros Museum?
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
There's no rules
Exactly.
So, I would check w. the GM before playing stuff w. no rules.
(ie. I played a leshy leaf druid here, in "Plaguestone", but it was not 'berry season', so no spell use).
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
1 S ; 2 I: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Putting one extra Hero point up for Ilmryn.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
As Ogren finishes the ceremony, and wants to hurl the body off the ship for a burial at sea, some discussion arises as to what to do, since the first choice was to take the body back to the Grand Lodge.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
I also found out recently that leaf druids can do that too
If you mean Goodberry, you do need ripe berries to cast the spell upon.
So you can easily be unable to ever cast the spell.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
You have time to fully heal up, you can just spend some time on the wharf, or in the captain's moored boat, resting.
If you go with your plan to head to the museum after-hours, it is in a few hours anyhow.
And, as said before, there is no time constraint to the scenario, so you can always choose to spend the night at the Grand Lodge and go the next evening.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
With people doing their last things--
Please post anything you wish to do on the ship.
--you all get into the lady Half-Orc captain's ship, and she passes a jug of rum around as she ferries you back to the harbor, where you disembark.
"Seems like a job well done, Pathfinders!
So, where are you off to now?"
Tell me who takes the pendants that Isurus identified (their link is in the spoiler all can check).
Using them in game will not reduce your Treasure Bundles (unless I missed something?)
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
The captain nods: "I heard fighting in there, did not know if you guys were arguing amongst yourselves, or what?!"
Note re. the ID check: DC 16 if trained in Religion, otherwise you can use any other skill your are trained in that is linked to another tradition than Divine (Arcana, Nature, Occultism), but at DC 21.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Samna points to the records, and knows that this will be good for the mission Gorm Greathammer gave you.
You remember that he was interested in any information you can find about the smugglers’ methods - which you found - but also that the smugglers' books are valuable enough that he doubts they’d be left lying around... but now you can prove him wrong: you managed to find them!
all of Gorm's mission done
Following Jaxon, you take a look at the front-side of the ship, to that last room.
This turns out to be where the crew bunks.
In stark contrast to the rest of the ship, this cabin has also been somewhat cleared of algae and cleaned.
Six simple beds, complete with fresh linens, are crammed into the space. A few small footlockers are shoved under some of the beds.
It seems the smugglers set up this simple sleeping area for nights they spend on the boat.
But it is obvious they haven’t been here since in a while.
You imagine that something went wrong, maybe the construct broke free when it was being smuggled in and had the criminals run?
You look around, but the footlockers hold simple clothing and personal effects. Nothing fancy, or personal, at all.
The only thing you find, is that a smuggler left a pair of nice looking alabaster pendants rolled up in a smelly, salt-crusted rag.
Alaric detects that they are magic.
This treasure represents 2 Treasure Bundles.
You earned these bundles for defeating the fleshforge creature, either with combat or through more peaceful means.
First mission over!
From outside, you hear the captain calling out: "Everything good in there? Need some help?
Or ready to head on back?"
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Looking at the papers--
As Alaric holds the lantern, he sees that it is in fact an everburning torch.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Jaxon moves to the aft room, and sees that this was the map room.
The cabin’s floor has been cleared of the algae present everywhere else on the ship, and a simple table has been set up in the center of the room, with a few chairs pulled up around it.
The aft wall bears a large carving of a coat of arms, visible even despite the wear of the elements.
An antique lantern hangs above the carving, casting a faint light over papers strewn across the table.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
With Ilmyrn's information, Alaric's corpse-dragging, and the papers Jaxon found hiding in the false-bottom - you wonder if Jaxon was a smuggler before being sent to prison? - you have found a good deal of information.
all spoilers can be checked out - Gorm Greathammer's mission accomplished (if you do not die before bringing the papers back, that is!)
The two open doors still have unexplored rooms behind.
What is in there?
A couple more, sturdier, Nexian fleshforged?
Spoils or war?
Rotten wood?
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Isurus imagines that such a solid creature would fetch good coin for someone wanting muscle that asks no questions.
Jaxon sees some markings on the broken crates beneath the stairs.
As you look around the cargo hold--
--you see some intact crates.
They all hold various pieces of furniture.
The two open doors lead to the front and the rear rooms of the ship.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
With the bump the construct had 55 hp and 20 AC, and the 5 player adjustment gave it 2 random abilities, which is what gave it the shield (22 AC when raised)-- and the Grab (plus Reach) on the tentacles.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Alaric heals the little goblin--
Ogren up to 6 damage taken
--while Samna tosses a shuriken that the 'Stitched-man' cannot block with his 'arm-shield', and the flying-star buries itself deep in the construct's head--
Crit'! 12 damage
--snuffing out the enemy's life!
Enemy dead, combat over
Samna's second shuriken nails the dead construct to the wall before it can crash to the ground.
2nd would have been a crit' too, even w. light cover...
Surprised by the victory, Samna drops her last shuriken...
20, 20, 1!
You all look at one another, but the creature nailed to the wall does not even twitch a stitch anymore... it is over!
• Ogren ; 6 damage taken, 5 damage to shield
• Ilmyrn ; 12 damage taken
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
"Stitches" manages to block Isurus' first strike with its arm-shield-- and avoids the others two attacks.
3 misses
Jaxon jabs his sword-- but realizes the creature knows where he is, and it is not surprised by the attack.
(I added the Cover to your Stealth roll-- but the level bump made it fail)
Thus the creature avoids the first blow-- and, thanks to the cover from the stairs, it avoids the second blow, with its arm-shield.
2 misses
Round 3
Alaric
Round 4
Ogren ; 19 damage taken, 5 damage to shield
Samna
"Stitched-man" ; 47 damage taken, 6 damage to arm (reaction taken)
(Alaric)
Round 5
Ilmyrn ; 12 damage taken
Jaxon
Isurus
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Despite the slight cover Ilmyrn needs to bypass, in order to not hit his comrades, his javelin flies true and hits the enemy--
--who raises his shied-arm, or is it his arm-shield?
Anyhow, he deflects some of the blow.
Shield Block reaction, reducing the 7 to 4 damage (shield takes another 3)
Round 3
Alaric
Round 4
Jaxon
Isurus
Ogren ; 19 damage taken, 5 damage to shield
Samna
"Stitched-man" ; 47 damage taken, 6 damage to arm (reaction taken)
(Alaric)
Round 5
Ilmyrn ; 12 damage taken
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Nice combo, Alaric-- but the dice gods blocked that for his round!
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
As Alaric's combustible aura spreads out--
--"Stitches", missing his first target, Ilmyrn, turns his attention to Ogren the "face-macer", and tries to "arm-face" the Goblin, striking out with his big arm.
Fist: 1d20 ⇒ 10
The fist hits.
Bludgeoning: 1d10 ⇒ 9
Ogren reacts, lifting his shield to block the incoming blow.
11 damage ; 5 damage to the shield
As the creature hit Ogren, Alaric reacts by raising his hand, and provoking a small explosion around the construct.
Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
But the creature knew what was coming, and manages to avoid it totally... not knowing it thus escaped the aura taking fire!
Crit' success for no damage
Then the creature whips a tentacle at Ogren, trying to smash the Champion while avoiding the shield.
Bludgeoning: 1d20 ⇒ 16
And it does hit.
Bludgeoning: 1d6 ⇒ 1
8 damage
Seeing that his foe is truly unbreakable, the "stitched-man" frowns, and raises his shield.
Round 3
Alaric
Round 4
Jaxon
Ilmyrn ; 12 damage taken
Isurus
Ogren ; 19 damage taken 5 damage to shield
Samna
"Stitched-man" ; 43 damage taken
(Alaric)
Round 5
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Samna sends a real flurry of shuriken at the construct--
3 misses
--who is not hurt, but does seem to like the shiny metal, as it glints in the air.
Round 2
Alaric
Round 3
"Stitched-man" ; 43 damage taken
(Alaric)
Round 4
Jaxon
Ilmyrn ; 12 damage taken
Isurus
Ogren
Samna
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Sorry...
The Grab was Round 1. But it lasts till the end of the monster's next turn so the Grabbed condition was still in play in round 2.
Then good old Stitches did not go for a re-Grab...
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
I am aware that Grab takes an action, yes.
Anyhow, it did not Grab in round 2.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Ogren imagines that talking might have worked when the creature looked calm, before being attacked and wounded-- after which it became angry.
In any case, it seems to understand speech, as it glances at Ogren-- but does not say anything.
Not a sound.
Ogren's first attack hits--
--but the creature reacts by interposing its arm, blocking some of the blow.
A piece of bone crunches!
Shield Block reaction ; 5 damage reduced by 3, the "arm-shield" takes the 3 damage
2 damage to the beast
The other mace to the face... does not connect.
Round 2
Alaric
Round 3
Samna
"Stitched-man" ; 43 damage taken
Alaric
Round 4
Jaxon
Ilmyrn ; 15 damage taken
Isurus
Ogren
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Isurus steps in, and his first trident strike is well aimed--
--but the creature's large arm, protecting its face, acts like a makeshift shield of flesh and bone!
And the creature thus protects itself and avoids being hit.
Isurus is so surprised that he did not connect, that he nearly drops his trident with his second blow...
2 misses
Round 2
Alaric
Round 3
Ogren
Samna
"Stitched-man" ; 41 damage taken
Alaric
Round 4
Jaxon
Ilmyrn ; 15 damage taken
Isurus
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Yes, it is Agile!
(+12 & +1 from the bump)
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Ilmyrn's attacks both miss-- and he moves away, hoping he is not struck while doing so... and is happy to see his not!
Jaxon's attacks also both miss-- and, thanks to the cover, he hides behind the stairs.
Round 2
Alaric
Round 3
Isurus
Ogren
Samna
"Stitched-man" ; 41 damage taken
Alaric
Round 4
Jaxon
Ilmyrn ; 15 damage taken
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
My AC should by 19 because of lay on hands from last round.
It is all written in the attack roll.
You were still grabbed (end of monster's next turn), so flat-footed.
17+2-2=17 (unless I am forgetting something else)
The creature has a +14 to hit or better?
There is a level bump, but even with that accounted for, no, the creature does not have a +14 to hit.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Alaric rushes down, and, as he wonders what that thing is--
--that thing tries to bash Ilmyrn on the head again with its big arm.
As it does so, Alaric raises his hand and rocks a small explosion on the creature.
The creature tries to duck away from the explosion--
1d20 ⇒ 3
--but it does not manage, and then smiles as it sees the shiny blast of fire!
But the fires does hurt it...
3 damage
In the meantime, its big arm goes for Ilmyrn's head--
Raging AC 17 +2 Ogren & Grabbed = 17?: 1d20 ⇒ 6
--and hits--
Bludgeoning: 1d10 ⇒ 8 (15 damage)
--hard!
But Ogren's mystical intervention blocks all damage!
no damage taken
The creature then lets go of its grab, and tries to ram the tentacles back at Ilmyrn--
Raging AC 17 +2 Ogren & Grabbed = 17?: 1d20 ⇒ 8
--hitting him in the face again...
Bludgeoning: 1d6 ⇒ 2
9 damage
The "Stitched-man" raises his big arm, and puts it in front of his face to protect himself from the violent people who attacked him for no reason.
Round 2
Alaric
Round 3
Ilmyrn ; 15 damage taken
Isurus
Ogren
Samna
Jaxon
"Stitched-man" ; 41 damage taken
Alaric
Round 4
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Samna gets her first shuriken past her friends and into the creature's flesh--
4 damage
--while Ilmyrn goes from nearly dropping his weapon and losing it... to making a near perfect strike across the enemy's chest!
20 damage (I just double crits', so I'll stick to that-- sorry)
Isurus arrives, but his words do not have much impact-- maybe because the creature does not seem to be an aberration? Anyhow, it is not really rattled.
Maybe it is just to busy understanding where Ilmyrn sent that big piece of its chest flying!
Round 1
Alaric
Round 2
"Stitched-man" ; 38 damage taken
(Alaric)
(Round 3)
Ogren
Jaxon
Isurus
Samna
Ilmyrn ; 6 damage taken + Grabbed + 2 AC for 1 round
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Jaxon's second blow manages to connect, and thus slices through a bunch of tendons, ripping stitches apart!
Crit' for 10 damage
Round 1
Alaric
Round 2
Isurus
Samna
Ilmyrn ; 6 damage taken + Grabbed + 2 AC for 1 round
"Stitched-man" ; 14 damage taken
(Alaric)
(Round 3)
Ogren
Jaxon
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Old "stitch face" is not interested in Ogren's fields nor flowers. They are not shiny enough.
But, as he considers all this, he does not put any weight into his blow, and Ilmryn is not battered by the tentacles.
first 9 damage reduced to 0 (but no enfeebled)
And then Ogren soothes Ilmryn's second wound.
6 hp healed
But the mace does not pass the creature's thick hide.
Round 1
Alaric
Round 2
Isurus
Samna
Ilmyrn ; 6 damage taken + Grabbed + 2 AC for 1 round
Jaxon
"Stitched-man" ; 4 damage taken
(Alaric)
(Round 3)
Ogren
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
The creature barely glances at Jaxon--
--and then the rogue's stabs and slashes sadly do not connect.
Not that it matters here, but with Jaxon on the stairs coming down, and the creature beneath those stairs, the two opponents have cover from one another.
Frowning at Samna, the creature strikes out at Ilmyrn with its tentacled 'hand'--
Tentacle: 1d20 ⇒ 12
--and connects, bludgeoning the barbarian, and grabbing a hold of him with the suction cups on the tentacles.
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
9 damage & Grabbed
I imagine there will be a Glimpse of Redemption
It then raises it other, thicker, arm, and aims to bash Ilmyrn on the head.
Fist, vs. Flat foot: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Because Ilmyrn is caught up in the tentacles and cannot move as easily, the blow connects.
Bludgeoning: 1d10 ⇒ 5
+12 damage
Ilmyrn is feeling rage building up...
Round 1
Alaric
Round 2
Isurus
Samna
Ilmyrn ; 21 damage taken (but reduced by Glimpse) + Grabbed
Ogren
Jaxon
"Stitched-man" ; 4 damage taken
(Alaric)
(Round 3)
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
As Ogren makes his multilingual plea, it seems the creature understands the words in common-- and, though he looks away from Ogden, keeping his eyes on Samna, and Ilmyrn, his face remains enraged.
And it does not answer...
Round 1 - the bold may act!
Jaxon
"Stitched-man" ; 4 damage taken
Alaric
Round 2
Isurus
Samna
Ilmyrn
Ogren
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Ilmryn does not know what the flesh this is-- although he can see it is some sort of construct, thus knowledge of arcane or crafting would help more.
His blow misses the creature-- which is under the stairs, while Isurus is on top of the stairs, thus cannot flank.
But Ilmryn, and some others get a better look at Mister Stitches!
Round 1 - the bold may act!
Ogren
Jaxon
"Stitched-man" ; 4 damage taken
Alaric
Round 2
Isurus
Samna
Ilmyrn
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Samna's shuriken also glints in the rays of light--
--but when it hits & damages the "Stitched-man", he stops looking at things, and his face becomes enraged...
Round 1 - the bold may act!
Ilmyrn
Ogren
Jaxon
"Stitched-man" ; 4 damage taken
Alaric
Round 2
Isurus
Samna
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
The tip of Isurus' trident glints in one of the rays of light shining down through a crack in the deck above.
"Stitched-man" stares at the glinting tip.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
All of you react to the sounds that have been made.
Alaric first looks up at the seagulls above: did they make those noises?
But the captain in the skiff, points to the stairs, telling Alaric:
"I think something's going on down there!"
Round 1 - the bold may act!
Ilmyrn
Isurus
Ogren
Samna
Jaxon
"Stitched-man"
Alaric
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
Ogren looks around, calls out to his comrades, and steps over to pick some algae up.
Ilmryn comes down the stairs, and moves up behind Ogden.
Just as Jaxon appears, and nearly slips all the way down. Catching himself, Jaxon looks around and decides he will head to check out the crates.
Ilmryn goes to tap Ogren on the shoulder--
--but Ogden spins around, and with a big smile on his face, arms his hand to toss the ball of algae at Imtryn... when Ogden sees a head peak out at him from behind and under the staircase that leads down from the upper deck (the one Ogden and the others just used).
It is human-sized face, looks like some strange bald man-- but one who underwent pretty bad surgery! Those are some big-ass stitches all over his greyish face.
The "stiched-man" mini is under the stairs
The "stitched-man" is looking straight at-- the ball of algae Ogden is about to throw.
The "stitched-man" grunts and Ogden gasps, and everybody, even those on the top deck hear this.
Fierce looking young Keleshite woman, servant of the Dawnflower Active conditions: -- ; Exploration Activity: Investigate
The ship is old and well built, so, though battered and having lost masts and all superficial items, the hull and main body seems sturdy.
The stairs creak but are in overall good shape.
As Ogden starts to move down--
--sharp beams of sunlight light filter down through cracks in the main deck to cast what he discovers in a dim light, though, as a Dwarf, he can see whatever light there is-- or not.
And what he discovers, is a cargo hold.
At the bottom of the steps, Ogden sees a big room, like the upper deck.
As well as front and aft rooms.
On each side there were some sort of cannons or such-- but the ship’s original armaments are now little more than rotted ballista mounts.
The floor of the cargo hold is slippery algae - difficult terrain - but... this area shows signs of recent activity, including intact shipping crates, a recently broken crate, a few boxes, and faint trails worn through the slippery vegetation growing over the deck.
The doors to the north and south, surprisingly, are new. In way finer condition that the rest of the boat!
Behind Ogden, stairs leading further down-- but open onto dark, scummy water: the bottom deck that Isurus said was filed with water.
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