Backing out of reach of the tentacles, Layjiani takes deadly aim on the shrieker that just attacked her and fires (1d20+7=8, 1d8+4=6) her arrow at it.
waiting for Aude Holgur and Avinar
OK not waiting any longer.Lets get this combat moving.
Even with her view being obscured by the surrounding fungal Forest Gashelles glaive slices into the violet fungus. Aude holds back confident that her comrades can dispose of a few plants easily but prepares a bless just in case it should be required.
Layjiani's shot Misses badly ploughing into a normal mushroom
The Fungus attacks..and it becomes apparent that there are two of the ambulatory plant creatures present as eight tentacles shoot out at Gashelle and Layjiani. Most Miss but one lashes across the Duskblades hand..she feels the sting of poison on her skin
Eltariel Maneouvers to a spot where she can catch both violet fungi in her area off effect. The one that Gashelle damaged chars and falls along with one of the shriekers the other Violet Fungus is still active..at least until Holgurs axe smashes into it ending it's unnatural existence.
Two shriekers remain active and howling though both are badly damaged by the flames
Cursing under her breath "Tenticles...why do it always be tenticles..."
Layjiani backs up 30' again and shoots (1d20+7=20, 1d8+4=10) another arrow.
It's the work of moments to dispose of the remaining shriekers.
465 XP each for disposing of the Fungi
"Oh, that's going to smart," Gashelle mutters under her breath, already a little wobbly.
She stabs at a shrieker, almost incidentally, hitting AC 18 for 13 points of damage.
"Aude, I could use that assistance now..."
Gashelle attempts to stave off the damage:
1d20+7: [13,7] = (20)
1d20+7: [9,7] = (16)
1d20+7: [20,7] = (27)
1d20+7: [15,7] = (22)
Gashelles strong body fights off the poison..just as well as with a chittering scrabbling sound two huge segmented insects burst into the chamber from the north east.
Gashelle 22
Aude 20
Insects 19
Layjiani 16
Eltariel 12
Holgur 9
Avinar 4
Gashelle and Eltariel
Ankhegs...acid spitting Magical beasts
"Tentacles, slime and - bugs!" Eltariel warns.
"Beware, these creatures can spit acid!" Eltariel warns. Drawing her bow she notches an arrow and lets fly across the cavern.
"The shriekers did their job, now let's do ours. Let's not fool around with these things."
Move Action Gashelle moves 30' north to engage the enormous insects.
Swift Action She casts Blade of Blood, taking the 5 points of damage.
If she's within striking distance, she'll attack. Otherwise, she'll ready an attack until one of the things come close enough.
Attack Action Gashelle casts Shocking Grasp and swings her glaive, hitting AC 22 for (a disappointing) 26 points of damage (or AC 24 for 33 hp in the unlikely event they're Chaotic).
The Fungus strike did 3 points of damage to Gashelle. She doesn't manage to come into strike range and is now standing beside Layjiani approximately 25 feet from the insects.
Aude invokes a blessing on her comrades.everyone is now +1 to attack and on saves vs fear effects
The Ankhegs attack Gashelle and Layjiani the Duskblades strike almost but not quite crippling the smaller of the two as it moves within reach..in response the insect rears up and spits a viscous line of acid at her..she stumbles as she tries to avoid it, slipping on the underfoot slime and cries out as the acid scores her flesh(10 damage)
The second larger beast slashes at Layjiani with its Mandibles scoring a smoking line across her armour
The Ankheg rears up and spits a viscous line of acid at Gashelle. She stumbles as she tries to avoid it, slipping on the underfoot slime and cries out as the acid scores her flesh.
The shout was most likely something salty in Karikhani, like "Obnazh!"
Gashelle remembers one of her Duskblade classmates relate an encounter with one of these things. According to his tale, the spittle took out four good knights and sent their horses to panic as well. Getting this thing to focus only on me was a boon.
The Smaller Ankheg looks to be on it's last legs too...Gashelle reckons if she had managed to hit just a bit harder it would have gone down.
Holgur runs toward the giant things yelling "Doom" as he goes in order to distract their attention from Gashelle but he nearly loses his footing on the slippery ground.
Quickly whilring around as the huge insects burst out of the fungus behind her
and barely manages to suck in her gut at the last second causing the giant mandibles to only mark her armor instead of ripping out her intestines.
Also cursing colourfully in Elven, the ranger quickly backpedals 30' to make room for the melee fighters before taking deadly aim and unleashing a MW arrow (1d20+8=27, 1d8+4=10) at the smaller creature.
Also cursing colourfully in Elven, the ranger quickly backpedals 30' to make room for the melee fighters before taking deadly aim and unleashing an arrow at the smaller creature.
Gashelle doesn't take her eye off the larger Anhkheg, but calls over her shoulder in Elvish: "Kashnewah tangada myn angenma. 'Sh'lhug emelbaur' indeed. Nany nomo, haghy suith oushukai, pharitsu hok'beleg." (At this last, she looks at the acid-burned tatters of her left sleeve and the blisters forming over her exposed flesh.)
"Thank you for correcting my careless error. 'Motherless vermin' indeed. If we make it through this, I owe you a drink. But maybe not one this strong."
Layjiani laughs from her gut, a quick but emphatic outburst as she replies with grim humour in Elven "Tel'Ohtar ya lala a'ascana sh'soro per tel'dadora eh paraman. Lye tath lon Die oushukais y ron tath ayr thali'Belegat san'sina ernelbaur agar!"
"A Warrior who can laugh at pain has already won half the battle. We shall have TWO drinks and they shall be Stronger than this vermin blood!"
Layjiani avoids a slashing attack from the larger insect as she pulls out of it's reach her arrow fells the smaller.Eltariels arrow bounces of the horny carapace of the remaining Ankheg...Holgurs attack fails miserably. Avinar reacting late to the insects arrival rushes it..Mothers Kiss flicks out inflicting a grievous wound on it(confirmed crit 16 damage)
Post round 2 actions please
Since the fight goes well , no action at this point
Gashelle approaches the larger anhkheg from the other side, hoping to flank it, and willing to expose herself to whatever deadly fungi are on this side of the room.
She attacks again.
She hits AC 25: #1247 1d20 + (+10) = 25
for 14 points of damage. #1248 1d10 + (+5) = 14
Eltariel closes the range until she is close to Layjiani and flings a firebolt at the remaining anhkeg.
Layjiani again takes deadly aim on the larger Ankheg trying to put an arrow through it's eye into it's brain as she releases her arrow. Bow attack #1 (1d20 + 8): 17 + 8 = 25; Bow damage #1 (1d8 + 4): 5 + 4 = 9
[i]Holgur attempts to jump up to a standing position again for another swing but again fails to get solid footing in the slippery mud.[/ooc]
Gashelles blow and Layjiani's arrow bring the beast down....
The sudden burst of activity over the caverns return to stillness
270 Xp each for the ankhegs..which tips you over the levelling point for 5th..congratulations..as usual spontaneous casters get new spells immediately...prepared casters get theirs after a full 8 hours rest...get new HP immediately..and remember you get a feat at this level
Gashelles blow and Layjiani's arrow bring the beast down....
The sudden burst of activity over the caverns return to stillness
270 Xp each for the ankhegs..which tips you over the levelling point for 5th..congratulations..as usual spontaneous casters get new spells immediately...prepared casters get theirs after a full 8 hours rest...get new HP immediately..and remember you get a feat at this level
"Aude, Gashelle needs healing - I have one scroll left, but I'd prefer to save that in case of emergency. Can you heal her?"
Avinar looks concerned at Eltariel's wounds, its times like this he wishes he was just more than a sword arm, "Are you ok my sweet?, please Aude, let you magical healing wash upon her."
Gashelle , how hurt are you ?
"Not too badly. The mushroom back there scratched me, and --of course-- I'm covered in acidic spittle that smells like year-old ketchup. And casting blade of blood always exacts a price. I should be good to go for a while longer."
"Thank you, Aude. O great Rasheem, we know that your powers extend your senses so that you might see and hear us here. Is that the last of them, the threats to the tower?"
Silence greets your question
.
So, we keep exploring. Gashelle gestures towards the path from which the anhkhegs emerged, with a little bow from the waist.
You make your way through the fungi into another cavern...this one is smaller and dominated by a noisome heap of carrion..some animal some humanoid.
"Ugh ... we should sift this at some point to lay to rest those unfortunate souls taken by these creatures," Eltariel does not look enamoured of the possibility, but she sweeps the pile with detect magic just in case.
Not looking thrilled with the task either, Layjiani looks for some sort of long stick or something that she might poke through the heap with.
Perception (1d20+9=26)
When they are done, she will lead her fellows through to the next tunnel , again, as always being cautious. Her shield is on and an arrow nocked.
you do indeed discover some magical items within the pile...though most are too heavy to recover with Mage Hand.They include( once you have got over the nausea induced by the stink)..
a ring
a chain shirt,
a heavy mace.
you also eventually recover.
40 pp,
127 gp,
85 sp,
312 cp,
"It seems clear to me that these creatures have preyed on not a few adventurers that came this way," Eltariel remarks.
Using some water and cloth from her pack, and judicious use of her staff, Eltariel will endeavour to separate out and clean up these items in order to identify them.
"poorly prepared adventures" Avinar looks at the corpses of the fallen with sadness.
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From the assassin vine:
a rusty though useable longsword
a lantern
27 GP
From the room with a bunch of skeletons:
4 sacks containing:
100 platinum pieces,
200 gold pieces
100 silver pieces.
short sword +1
large steel shield +1
From the next chamber:
A metal helmet, gloves, bracers, and other parts of a suit of plate armour
A plain, blunted wooden longsword weighing three pounds. The sword is the Sword of the Meek; it functions in all ways as a +2 longsword even though it is made of wood in addition enchantments laid on the blade make it impervious to fire.
A breastplate made of solid gold; it weighs some 30 pounds and is worth 500GP.
From the wight’s hiding chamber:
the arming doublet of a suit of plate
From the Living Room:
Wardrobe of Cleansing: Clothes left in this ornamented wooden wardrobe for 10 minutes are cleaned and pressed into pristine _condition.
Desk of Concentration: Anyone who sits at this heavy wooden desk feels their mind cleared and focused. They receive a +2 competence bonus to any attempt to study, concentrate, or work while at the desk, including all Intelligence, Wisdom, Craft, Profession, Knowledge, Concentration, and Spellcraft checks made there. Price 3,500 gp total; Weight 300 lbs.
Magic Lamps: There are four large desk lamps ; each casts a permanent daylight spell.
Bed of Health: Anyone resting in this ornate bed with a plush mattress needs half the usual amount of sleep and heal at double the usual rate while resting. Price 1,950 gp; Weight 225 lbs.
Easy Chair of Penmanship: A quill pen sits on the armrest of this easy chair. Whoever sits in the chair can command the quill pen to write whatever they speak or think. A sheet of parchment appears out of _nowhere and transcribes whatever is dictated. Price 2,400 gp; Weight 150 lbs.
Dewey’s Bookshelf: The bookshelf is intelligent and magical. If you speak the name of a book, it slides out and into your hands. The bookshelf can be commanded to sort its books by any descriptor. Price 12,000 gp plus cost of books.
Among other things, there are a variety of books on local history, force magic, and evocation magic. As a whole, the book collection is worth 7,000 gp and weighs two tons..
One book has all evocation spells through 3rd level.
Another has these magic scrolls (all cast at 10th level), bound into book form:
magic missile x2,
continual flame,
darkness,
daylight x2,
flaming sphere x2
4 _statuettes (200 gp each; carved ivory images of fey)
20 lbs. of silver fixtures worth 20 gp
From the nymph:
"I am named Farrah" the blonde announces. "Oh I'm so glad you freed me..there will be a reward in it for you..thank you, thank you all."
Rasheem’s Treasures:
Eight potions (all brewed at CL10):
jump,
mage _armor,
invisibility,
levitate,
cure light wounds x3
Three scrolls with burning hands (caster level 3), all contained in fine hollow rods (nonmagical) made of steel
A ring of force shield
A bag of holding,type II
Three +2 daggers
A +1 light crossbow
Pile of heap of carrion:
a ring
a chain shirt,
a heavy mace.
40 pp,
127 gp,
85 sp,
312 cp.
Not caring overly much about the previous owners of the items ('gone do be gone and dead do be dead ...well, most of the time') but always excited over the finding of new treasure, the excitement plain in her eyes Layjiani waits curiously for Eltariel to identify what the items are.
"Etariel, did you want to investigate these here and now, or pack them up to analyze later? If you wanted to check them here, I'd be willing to retrace the route to the tower and drop the force field, to let our genie friend check and see if there's any other anhkhegs burrowing around and undermining the tower."
If we'd rather keep moving, Gashelle follows Layjiani around the large fungus room to the southern tunnel.
Ugh, scat-covered loot Holgur thinks to himself.
"Let's search the other tunnel."
"These can wait," Eltariel decides. "We should check all of these tunnels regardless," she agrees.
Reluctantly agreeing to the wisdom of her friends, realizing that if these treasures went undiscovered this long they could do so longer, Layjiani sighs quietly then leads the way.