Gashelle charges: she moves to D7 and attacks with her glaive.
She hits AC 28 for 14 points of damage (or AC 30 for 21 points of damage if it's chaotic).
"Ugn! It's like sinking your weapon into the side of an over-ripe gourd."
[i]Holgur gasps when the thing engulfs the young elf. He must fight his insting to chop at it, instead opting for a thrust so as not to endanger his comrade.[/ooc]
Caught completely off-guard, Layjiani is once again grabbed by a slimy tentacle. She desperately tries to escape (1d20+7=11) it's grasp
Waiting for Aude
Delaying
The creatures wounds close before your eyes the corpusculent flesh knitting together slowly but surely. Layjiani feels the breath being squeezed from her lungs as the tentacle holding her contracts(6 damage)
The other tentacle targets Gashelle hitting hard(confirmed critical for 8 points)however it fails to gain a hold on the half elfs body
Avinar's eyes widden as the bulbous mass of writhing tenticles flesh reknits itself together, worried for Laylani's safety he strikes at the mass with ferociousness!
"An overripe gourd that reseals itself after taking damage!
"Eltariel, do you have any spells that might suggest to this big ball of putrescence that we mean business?"
Gashelle casts Blade of Blood (move action, taking 5 points damage) and Shocking Grasp (part of her standard action) and strikes again. She hits AC 24 (26 if it's chaotic) for 7 points of damage (14 if chaotic) plus 15 points from the blade of blood plus 7 points of lightning damage. (29 points under normal circumstances).
"Yes, but I need a clear shot!" Fire starts to flicker around Eltariel's hand as she readies her firebolt.
Barely able to gasp for breath as her lungs contract, Layjiani once again desperately tries to escape (1d20+7=15).
Aude will move to F6 and cast Cure light wounds on Layjani
The tentacle flops to the floor from around Layjiani and the noisome creature expires messily.
Audes heal mends the scouts cracked ribs and bruised torso.
240 Xp each
Completely healed Layjiani still stays on the floor for a few moments to enjoy the sensation of breathing freely once again. Then, putting out her hand to Aude for a help up, she looks the cleric in the eyes and thanks her sincerely. Her hardy adventurous spirit unharmed, the curious ranger moves over the the squishy mess and squats down to inspect it. As she pokes and prods it she can be heard to grumble "Tentacles. Why do it be always slimy tentacles.. This one no do be liking them much..."
"... on the other hand, it looks like it's no longer required," Eltariel relaxes and looks around. "Do you need healing, Gashelle? I know that spell takes a lot out of you."
" What was it ? "
"... on the other hand, it looks like it's no longer required," Eltariel relaxes and looks around. "Do you need healing, Gashelle? I know that spell takes a lot out of you."
Gashelle nods, still keeping an eye on the thing. "If there are no more pressing concerns, that would be good of you."
The thing is quite dead(fast healing stops working once you pass-10)
"If there are no more pressing concerns, that would be good of you."
"Of course," Eltariel takes out one of her scrolls of Lesser Vigorand quickly casts it from the scroll.
[ooc]You gain Fast Healing 1 for the next 11 rounds. Wellard, what else is in here?[/i]
Apart from the rapidly cooling body of the beast there seems to be little of interest in this room...a single door sits on the western wall
"Before we go further here, shall we explore the side-passage to the south near the entrance?"
Layjiani nods silently to her leader and backtracks to head down the indicated passage. Her new 'glow stone' lighting her way, as always when in a new area, she moves slowly and keeps a lookout for traps and secret doors or anything else of interest
Sorry to insist but does anyone know what was that thing ?
It could be hlpful to know if it is a solitary hunter or not ...
Avinar looks at Aude, "I have never seen anything like that before, I hope its singular, something that ugly has to be..."
I have never seen anything like that before, I hope its singular, something that ugly has to be...
Gashelle smiles and gives Avinar a thwap on his backside with the flat of her glaive as she follows Layjiani back to the south. She speaks quietly: "Call the monster ugly today; apologize to its mother tomorrow.
"We've run into an assassin vine and this 'hillock that walks like an otyugh, and heals like a troll'. I wouldn't be surprised if we ran into some more wrathful vegetables.
"If we do meet another one of these, could anybody venture a guess as to how we can keep it from regenerating?"
Eltariel pauses and inspects the creature using detect magic to see if she can recognise it at all, or at least it's type.
"Gash, careful were you poke that thing...you might make Eltariel jelous, I once heard acid and fire may cease a troll's regenration [occ]know Arcana[/ooc], what do you know childhood friend? . Bends down beside Eltariel
whispered in Elvish
Eltariel continues to examine the corpse.
As far as she can determine Eltariel is looking at a dead Otyugh.Theres no obvious indication of it being anything out of the ordinary for these eaters of carrion
Layjiani finds that the corridor stretches away into the darkness
Continue on for a while, then?
Avinar will catch up to Laylani, to provide support, he will stay back 5 feet to give her room to scout
Eltariel leaves it and follows the others ...
Aude goes near the remains of the otyugh
" Oh, Otyugh, be not angry ! Your death is upon your tentacles. you attacked us instead of speaking with us . Be comforted! This is but a stop in your eternal life . There is no shame in failing before superior numbers . Go fast from here to your next incarnation and be judged according to your life before rather than the way you died . We were nothing but instruments of your fate. "
. We should check the wounds of our companions . If I remember rightly , an otyugh is renowned as a bearer of diseases but this might be because they usually live in sewers .
"Only Layjiani was injured, and you have healed her already. Gashelle took some injury from her spell, but not from the Otyugh, but we should always keep wise to the dangers of disease and infection regardless, you are correct. Come, we had best catch up with the others."
Layjiani nods in appreciation for his support to Avinar as he catches up. Making a signal to return the way they came, she backtracks to the door and uses all her Senses to try and determine what may be beyond it
IS that the door to the south..or the one back at the cellblock?. I'm going to assume its the former as the party will have back tracked for no reason otherwise
Layjiani hears nothing through the still stout wooden door and all she can smell for the moment is the otyughs noisome stench from the slime still liberaly smeared on her leathers.
Looking down at her befouled leathers in disgust and frustration she tries to clear some of the slime off, and pours some water from her flask over the worst areas. She can be heard to grumble under her breath again "....damn slimy tentacles..."
When we get to a door, Gashelle quietly casts Detect Magic.
Looking down at her befouled leathers in disgust and frustration she tries to clear some of the slime off, and pours some water from her flask over the worst areas. She can be heard to grumble under her breath again "....damn slimy tentacles..."
The atmosphere in this place is opressive..the walls seem to close in around you and the air is stale. You stand outside the door considering your next move
Gashelles Detect Magic finds nothing on the door.
"Aude, can you get that wand ready? I have a feeling that we may need it," I warn. "This way points toward the tower and that spirit may have some influence below ground."
"Aude, can you get that wand ready? I have a feeling that we may need it," I warn. "This way points toward the tower and that spirit may have some influence below ground."
In that case , we should explore other ways first. As we have seen, even protected by the spell , we will be affected .
"Perhaps. But then again, perhaps not. I said it might have influence - we don't know for certain that it does."
Looking to the others to see if they are ready, if everyone agrees, Layjiani cautiously opens the door...
I'm going to assume that the majority opinion is going to be in favour of opening the door.
This 30-by-30 room is littered with broken weapons and overturned weapon racks. It clearly used to be an armory. It has been disturbed fairly recently, as evidenced by the clawed tracks on the dusty floor.
Eltarial examines the broken weapons and furniture, seeing if their apparent age matches with the age of the abandoned structure, or if this was used more recently.
Layjiani squats down to try and identify the tracks; what kind of creatures, how many, when they were made and were they went.Survival (1d20+9=18)