Shall we follow?"
"Why not? If we are lucky we might run into yet another of the luck cursers.. or maybe a baboon... or a huge spider. Try to stop me!" Nano starts rambling sarcarstic as he starts to move.
Losk Grins at Nano and continues through into the next room.
This austere octagonal chamber has a tall roof and an aerie of leering gargoyles perched atop each point where a wall meets another wall. An unholy stench of rotting meat, dried blood, and animal excrement hangs heavy in the air, no doubt from the fine crust of gore, animal carcasses, matted leaves, and guano covering the floor.
This austere octagonal chamber has a tall roof and an aerie of leering gargoyles perched atop each point where a wall meets another wall. An unholy stench of rotting meat, dried blood, and animal excrement hangs heavy in the air, no doubt from the fine crust of gore, animal carcasses, matted leaves, and guano covering the floor.
Nuveril wrinkles her nose and clucks in disgust at the smell. "Oh, this - THIS - is it! We've found it: Her Ladyship's bedchamber. Let's go back and tell Lady High-and-Mighty that we have at last found a suitable abode for her. I'll spread her silken nest myself."
Ok peoples, the room is 35ft x 35ft at it's maximum extents so lets go for A-G left to right and 1-7 top to bottom on the linked imaged....
Please place yourselves, and roll init.
This is the surprise round, up to now no-one has noticed anything, so you two are both surprised. I'll place Losk, and roll in a little while.
No point rolling for Losk's perception it seems either, no naturel 20 this time....
Lost wanders into the room, wrinking his nose, stopping just before the centre, and looking around the walls
Ok peoples, the room is 35ft x 35ft at it's maximum extents so lets go for A-G left to right and 1-7 top to bottom on the linked imaged....
Please place yourselves, and roll init.
This is the surprise round, up to now no-one has noticed anything, so you two are both surprised. I'll place Losk, and roll in a little while.
Nano grins at Nuverils comment about lady Almah. As he steps in to the room his nose wrinkles up at the stench. He moves toward the middle of the room.
"What is that covering the floor?" splat"aw, would you look at that. I got guano all over my sandals" he looks up at the others with a scared expression "Wait a second... isn't guano some kind of bat excrement....?"
A few moments after you enter the room, a buzzing sounds from above, and 3 tiny flying instects dart from the roof space, and latch onto Losk, Nuveril and Parvenah
Ok, looks like we need someone to make decisions for P for a wee while....
No chance of making that perception either....
So, Init:
Nuveril: 22
Stirges: 14
Nano: 6
Parvenah: 5
Losk: 4
Suprise round over, Nuveril!
Crying out in disgust as the oversized insect takes hold of her, Nuveril throws down her weapons and tries to grab hold of the grasping creature with her hands.
Roll(1d20)+0:
20,+0
Total:20
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Modified results that would produce a number less than one display as one.
"Wow! Big insects! Throw them to the ground and i'll dissolve those nasty spawns"
Crying out in disgust as the oversized insect takes hold of her, Nuveril throws down her weapons and tries to grab hold of the grasping creature with her hands.
Nuveril gets a hold on the Stirge attacking her, and throws it to the ground.
While it struggles on the ground, Nano fires off an acid ray causing a burn down it's side.
The stirge immediately flies up and attempts to attack her again, getting another hold.
Could someone roll for P?
Parvenah grabs at the ugly bug and tries to rip it off her neck.
Parvenah also manages to throw the Stirge to the floor, where it too hovers dazed, before flying up, another strike obviously on it's feeble mind.
Losk follows suit, throwing the little beasty to the ground.
Infuriated that the bug she just threw off has attacked her aqain, Nuveril seems to go into a boil. Her face red and her teeth clenching, she grabs once again at the offending creature.
This time, however, her fury makes her careless, and she fails to pull the stirge away from her.
This time, however, her fury makes her careless, and she fails to pull the stirge away from her.
Nuveril again drops the insect to the ground, giving herself a momentary respite.
This time, however, her fury makes her careless, and she fails to pull the stirge away from her.
Nuveril again drops the insect to the ground, giving herself a momentary respite.
2,+2
Total:4
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Added to that, which I keep forgetting about, is the +8 racial mod when it is attached, so it's CMD should be 18, in which case you failed it....
That probably means that Losk and P should have stayed grappled, but I don't want to retcon it back that far.....it shouldn't make a difference at this point.
Meaning we don't need to worry about Nano and his readied action, he can keep the Ray, and aid someone instead....
Phew!
So, the stirges, the one attached to Nuveril does nothing but maintain it's grapple, the other two fly at their previous targets. The one attacking Losk latches on again, but the Parvenah manages to dodge hers.
... After that i will aid whoever has the lowest CMB. I'm running low on acidic rays.
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Aid another CMB1d20-2=3 [/ooc]
Nano ineffectually grasps at the stirge attacked to the cleric but is unable to get ahold of the fleshy wings.
The ranger takes a swipe at the insect that tried to land on her, but it easily dodges her scimitar's swing.
Snarling with anger, Nuveril tries once again to snatch away the stirge on her but in her haste fails to get a good hold on it.
Nano mumbles some quick arcane phrases and sparks starts shooting from his fingertips. He lurches forward and grasp the big insect sending electric energy through it's body.
If you haven't beaten it in a grapple since it last buzzed back to you, yes....
Nano mumbles some quick arcane phrases and sparks starts shooting from his fingertips. He lurches forward and grasp the big insect sending electric energy through it's body.
I'm voting No...and with that, the insect gives out one final buzz, as it's wings flutter violently, and then it drops to the floor, one leg still attached to Nuveril
Parvenah rips the stirge from her body.
1d20+3=19
Nano seizes the opportunity and quickly gather his magical energies to bring forth a ray of acid.
Getting infuriated with the beast losk decides enough is enough and brings his axe to bear.
But doesn't manage to hit the blasted thing...
Nuveril rips the barbs of the limp insect off her person and looks around wildly for more. Seeing only the one Losk is struggling with, however, she snorts out a half-chuckle and collapses onto the ground to enjoy the show.
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Nuveril rips the barbs of the limp insect off her person and looks around wildly for more. Seeing only the one Losk is struggling with, however, she snorts out a half-chuckle and collapses onto the ground to enjoy the show.
It'll have flown off by then. Actually, that's a good point. Must work out how many rounds they've been attached to each person, and how much con damage they've done..... Specifically this one, if it's nearly full, it becomes a whole new game....
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Ok, I think this is round three or four. Which makes for the point at which the point at which this stirge gets full (as it's been on Losk pretty much from the start I think.) So, Losk is down 4 con, and 8HP, which with the 1 HP down he was to start with puts him on 1HP....
Urk.... His next action will be a healing surge me thinks!
That also means that P and Nuveril are down 3 Con, and 6HP I think.....
The stirge detaches and flies lazily away, making an easy target for anyone with a ranged weapon to take out, so. End of the worst run combat in the history of these boards.....
So Everyone recover 1d6+1 HP.
Now, how does the con recovery work? Do we have anything to regain it ,or are we in an uncomfortable position for a good while?
As the stirge finally gains it's fill and flies up away from Losk, he staggers to the ground, breathing heavily he slowly recovers himself and calls again to his goddess from his knees. His prayer is answered as a surge of energy swells within the room, accompanied by the glow of the sun through the glass in the dome above.
( for Losk)
"Are you guys okay? Look, i know a lot of people is against this, but i have something that will give you a little more health for a short period. It will allso make your head a little 'whoo', but that is half the experience" Nano says with a grin, pulling out his pipe and a small box with some pesh whey in it.
Ok. So stirges defeated, we are still in A10, and have a map like This.
Everyone gains 150Xp for getting rid of the stirges, the damn foul things.
For anyone who feels up to it:
Oh, and don't forget that channel energy to get some hit points back.
So, Losk is down 4 con, and 8HP, which with the 1 HP down he was to start with puts him on 1HP....
Urk.... His next action will be a healing surge me thinks!
That also means that P and Nuveril are down 3 Con, and 6HP I think.....
Reading through the glossery and the section on Stat damage, I think I worked this out exactly wrong. I think Losk will be 2HP down (4 Con => -2 penalty -2*1HD = -2HP) and the rest of you will be down 1HP (-3con => -1 stat mod => -1*1HD = -1HP)
Losk shifts from his knees to his arse, and sits panting. Taking time to thank his Goddess over and over, while the others likewise recover.
"Well folks, that wasn'e the easiest task in the world. I truely hope I never see one of them things again.
"Where do we go next?"
"I think we should check out the last part of this upper section and then head down under"
Nano is too busy with his pesh, but parvenah crouch and starts following a crack in the wall with her finger.
"Hey what have you got there, Parh? Oooh, a secret door. Let's check it out"
”Keep your weapons ready, guys. We don't want to get half eaten by a mosquito again, do we?” He says with a wink.
He stands beside the door and open it with an outstretched arm, so his body is not in the door opening.
Exhaling heavily, Nuveril gets back to her feet, kicking aside a silver bowl that her toe touched. "Junk," she mutters.
Parvenah moves quickly to retrive the bowl before it can be dented, also gathering up the coins and the unusual chime. "Friend dwarf," she addresses Losk, holding up the chime for his and Nano's perusal, "does this item serve some ritual purpose in your faith?"
Nuveril, uninterested, approaches the secret door curiously, her weapons at the ready.
Nano holds his hand about an inch from the chime and concentrates.
"It certainly has some kind of magical aura around it. I think is is some sort of magical universal key. It should come in handy. If you don't mind, i would like to study it a bit. I have a thing for magical items, you see." Nano says, giving Nuveril a charming please-smile.
since we lost Jaken