Initiative:1d20+1=10
Hoskuld moves up alongside the skeletal owlbear and stoically awaits the creatures approach. He hefts his scythe, eyeing the monstrosities tentacles and decides he'd best concentrate on severing them before it can wrap them around anyone.
"What no takers? I'm this will make a fine and loyal companion?"
Rheticus digs out a neatly folded square from his gear and throws it over the tenticular beast:
Seeing what appears to be a horrible failure, Rheticus attempts to step back five feet.
"Skeleton, attack this creature."
Arius pulls out his wand and sends a magical bolt at the otyugh.
The skeleton shambles forward to attack.
Initiative: 1d20+6=21
Claws: 1d20+9=27, 1d6+5=6, 1d20+9=12, 1d6+5=9
Bite: 1d20+4=10, 1d8+2=10
The projectiles from the wand hit the creature squarely. at the same time the skeleton slashes the beast with it's claw. Liz throws an acid dart, hitting the creature in its foot, Hoskuld steps forward with his deadly weapon, and just misses one of the waving tentacles.
The creatures attacks Hoskuld Attacking with both tenticles. Fortunatly, it only hits with one
Rheticus looks up from his gear-diggery with a smile:
"Aww Hoskuld, it likes you!"
Arius' dumbfoundment at Rheticus' comment does not stop him from sending another bolt at the otyugh.
The owlbear skeleton continues its relentless attack.
Claws: 1d20+9=17, 1d6+5=8, 1d20+9=12, 1d6+5=6
Bite: 1d20+4=9, 1d8+2=8
Arius calls to the otyugh, "You can talk, so you can probably realize your position's untenability. Stop this fight while you still can."
"Have no fear, we can ensnare him!" Rheticus cries as he tosses another net into the dirt.
Rheticus' face falls when he misses again.
"But...that wasn't supposed to happen! "
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"Have no fear, we can ensnare him!" Rheticus cries as he tosses another net into the dirt.
Rheticus' face falls when he misses again.
"But...that wasn't supposed to happen! "
Anju looks over at Rheticus after hsi second attempt at netting the beast. "If you want to hold him down, let's do it the right way!"
Anju casts Entangle on the beast causing roots to come up and grab him.
Hoskuld swings again, this time aiming his blade for the meaty center of the beast. He snorts at Rheticus's comment about the beast favoring him. He'd rather not be felt up by a slimy creature stinking of offal. "Cut this thing down, and maybe you can take a souvenir."
"Perhaps a fearsome helm adorned with floppy tenticular bits!"
Still excited about entangling the creature, Rheticus digs back into his pack and pulls out a tanglefoot bag.
"Sure, a spell is nice, but there may be complications. I prefer an alchemical solution to this problem!"
With that Rheticus lobs the bag who-knows-where
"I defer to your mastery of entanglement fair creature, I will now throw myself into the beast's clutches to prove my worth."
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Acid Dart at Otyugh (Ranged Touch Attack). (1d20+5=7)
Elizabeth stands to the side and fires another Acid Dart at the creature before her. The Dart however flies past the creature and spatters against the wall harmlessly.
Hoskuld swings the scythe up over his head and brings the point down like a pick at the base of the creatures disgusting eyestalk!
"Well struck, Hoskuld. Skeleton, stop attacking it."
Arius looks around at the mounds of rotting, dismembered body parts, and he turns pale. He raises his sleeve to his nose to block the stench.
"Gods forbid that the body we need is in here."
He casts a spell and looks around the room, scrutinizing the piles without touching them.
Perception: 1d20+3=18
Branham casts Detect Magic as well.
"Do you see anything?"
For Branahm:
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Hoskuld's swing downs the creature. Looking down, you notice that the 'trash' you are wading through are actually body parts or various humaniods
Anju gets rather squimish when she notices the body parts all around "Ew, Ew, EW!! This is a lot worse than I would have imagined, I hope we don't have to stay long in this defiled place!"
Arius and anyone else with over a 15 perception:
Anyone with a perception over 25:
necklace worth 350 gp, a silver dagger, and a wax-sealed elixir of vision in a metal flask.
Arius points at a pair of legs with distinctive Shoanti tattoos. "I think we have our body, but only the lower half."
"I can order the skeleton to pick him up and to carry him, but we should have a shroud around the body for when we have to take over the job."
"Wow Hoskuld...wow.
Any chance we can bring this thing back as a zombie?"
Arius looks abstractedly into the air. "No, we would need a mostly intact body, even discounting the ethical arguments against undead creation."
He sighs.
"Skeleton, pick up those legs over there. Gently now!"
Arius looks abstractedly into the air. "No, we would need a mostly intact body, even discounting the ethical arguments against undead creation."
He sighs.
"Skeleton, pick up those legs over there. Gently now!"
"Huh? Oh, no - not the person goulash, the tenticular creature. In a related note:
WHAAAAAT are you guys doing? I mean who collects body parts - and then has concerns about 'ethical arguments'?"
"Not quite. The necomancer was 'collecting' body parts, while we are retrieving them to prevent a pointless war with the Shoanti."
Hoskuld leans on his scythe and looks about him. "Only half of vhat you seek? Maybe more of him is here, or eaten by the beast. Or perhaps this necromancer has the other half. Vill your client be satisfied by half of a body?"
Knowledge: History and Knowledge: Local:
1d20+7=26, 1d20+7=25
"From what I have read about Shoanti culture, I think . . . ."
"From what I have read about Shoanti culture, I think . . . ."
that for the burial ritual, the body has to be complete, but not nessisarily intact. as long as we find the other pieces, that should be good enough
"We may need to search this room more carefully to make sure that we get all the pieces."
Arius looks less than enthusiastic about the prospect.
'Well, I could help look, maybe some kind of description would help?'
"Good idea." Arius repeats what he can remember of the description for Gaekhen, referring to any notes that he might have taken.
"While we are at it, I want to cast a spell that will allow remote communication with the scouts. We used it before when we took care of the rogue guardsmen."
'Fine, lets get to it'
Showing uncharacteristic initiative, Rheticus launches himself into a thorough search of the frightful lair.
With noticeable distaste, Arius helps in Rheticus's more thorough search.