Green falls.
With Black resisting his hex, Niu finds the situation much less funny.
Slapping out his wand, he heals Festia.
Ziera grunts at the blow and slices again with a flourish.
Another connect for Ziera. The zombie looks at her with an empty evil stare.
Ziera 59/60 Rhen 53/54 Kib 07/10 Ranok 58/67
black
Rhen, Niu, Ziera,
Eadoo, Kib, Ranok, Khonsu, Festia <==========
The zombie shredder tears into the last abomination
Confirm in final claw
Just in case, Ranok steps forward to slice through anything that might be left standing
End initiative.
Boss and his men exit the barracks. Flame and smoke are rising from the pyre. Eddie is now holding the torch. Boss carries a crossbow and quiver. Boss heads to the front office. Bill and Steve move behind the mess hall. Eddie enters the mess hall.
Niu heads into the mess hall and begins looking around, ignoring the gore.
Niu notices that all of the zombies are kobold. Their meals are human. There is nothing of value in this horrid rancid house of decay. Eddie is doing his best to set it on fire.
"this is... Wrong. Whatever is behind this is sick. It must be put down..
Ranok will get himself with a hit from the clw wand.
Bill and Steve move the mounts to the far southwest corner of the clearing and tie them off. They head back to the office where boss is gathering up the paperwork on the loggers.
Eddie exits the mess hall and moves to the front office. The pyre is throwing flames high into the air. The barracks is producing smoke and flames.
Boss exits the office and moves west. He stares in that direction.
Niu comes back to the yard to stand with the others.
Seeing Teedum standing by himself, he calls out. "Mr. Teedum, this camp is clear, though the job isn't done yet. You said before that you knew something about what lies to the west.
Ready to enlighten us now?"
"West....that's Cold Marrow. Accursed place it is. Nothing lives there. Not even a field mouse. Some old, old civilization is supposed to have thrived there once. Don't recall who or what. Nobody goes there now. Ain't no reason to. Surely they ain't goin there. My guess is they got a trail back to Doskar's Crucible where they came from in the first place. I reckon theys gonna turn back to the south and head there."
Ranok will begin looking for tracks leading out of camp.
"Khonsu, see if there is still a scent to pick up, bud."
Khonsu will begin sniffing around the West side of the camp where u am searching.
As Ranok and Khonsu move west, they pass close enough to the large round mass of disturbed earth in the ruins of the stable to alert its inhabitant of their presence. A giant beetle the size of a small house that looks capable of biting a full grown horse in half suddenly bursts from the earth. As mud, dirt, and rocks cascade off its back, the thing’s carapace shimmers with purple and white lights that trap the eye and dull the mind.
Round 1
Ziera 59/60 Rhen 53/54 Kib 07/10
Payday, Beetle
Niu, Ranok, Khonsu, Ziera, Festia, Rhen, Bill, Steve, Eddie, Kib, Eadoo
Zeira whirls her glaive and advances thrusting it out to its full length before she slashs.
Boss drinks a potion and holds his ground.
Festia pulls and draws her bow, taking aim and then firing.
The weakly shimmering magical lights of the beetle's Carapace daze Ranok, Khonsu, and Boss. (DC 15 Will save negates). It moves forward and bites at Ranok.
Will saves from Ranok, Khonzu and Boss. DC 15 or become dazed.
Payday, Beetle
Niu, Ranok, Khonsu, Ziera, Festia, Rhen, Bill, Steve, Eddie, Kib, Eadoo <===========
Hearing the commmotion then seeing the Large bug appear out of the Ground Rhen rushes forward.
"Maybe that be how they got up here?" Rhen shouts as they are interrupted
Ruling you have moved away from the burning building and can make it to the battle in one move. Ziera misses the huge vermin. Will v DC 15 or dazed, please.
Festia misses with her bow. I placed her at distance, move her as you see fit.
Will save for Ranok
Will save for Khonsu
Ranok will fly into such a rage at seeing this creepy crawly the size of a house, that he shares his rage with Khonsu. Khonsu, being more nimble, leaps forward to attack followed by Ranok.
Khonsu's bite
Ranok swipes with an overhead chop
"DIE YOU CREAM FILLED CARAPACE!"
Bill moves beside Ranok. "Boss says I'm up front with you till I learn my lesson."
Bill's two shortswords begin to do their work.
Ranok responds to Bill by turning his head to face him and spraying him with spittle as he responds with an articulate "AAargh! Kill the bug! Kill the bug!" after swinging wildly and missing the broad side of the giant dung beetle.
Hypnotic Carapace (Su)
Once the glimmering jeweled carapace of an Azlanti Chariot Beetle rained arcane fire down on foes and turned aside enemy magic as easily as a tower shield does a sling stone. Now, though, these weakly shimmering magical lights only daze those within 30 feet who look upon them (DC 15 Will save negates). The save is Charisma based and includes a +2 racial bonus.
If you are within 30 feet of the beetle, please roll your save prior to any actions.
Niu moves up to 30' away from the beetle and throws a handful of sand at it. "Shhhh.... Calm down, now. These aren't worth eating."
Getting in range for his hex, Niu is dazed by the bright lights and can't focus to get the effect off.
Steve joins Festia at range and fires his crossbow.
Eddie does the same
Eadoo and Kib protect the behind.
Round 2
Ziera 59/60 Rhen 53/54 Kib 07/10
Boss just stares at the carapace.
The beetle bites at Ranok again
Payday, Beetle
Niu, Ranok, Khonsu, Ziera, Festia, Rhen, Bill, Steve, Eddie, Kib, Eadoo <=============
The way I read it, yes. "Those within 30 feet.." and no mention of one save. Do you have any older rules that would fill in the blanks?
Shaking off the glare, Niu finally completes throwing the handful of sand.
Thanks for the heads up on SU being a standard action. The beetle used his standard action to bite Ranok. SU is not active this round.
RHen again hustles as fast as his little legs can carry him.
Bill takes advantage of the sleeping monster and moves into flanking position with Ranok. With both blades at the ready he says "Yep, right here with you, Ranok."
Ziera who is strong of will shrugs it off and walks up to strike the slumbering Bug.
Even if it does not wake from Ziera's brutal strike, Ranok will continue the attack. The rage will drop off of Khonsu this round. He will attack if it is discovered that the beetle lives.
Niu is correct regarding the rolls.
The beetle is done for.
You hear a snap and then thunder. The ground shakes. As you turn to the sound, a huge pile of logs is tumbling upon you.
and pinned
A DC 15 Reflex save halves the damage and negates the pin; all targets in the area (Bill, Ranok, Khonsu, Rhen).
DC 20 Strength or Escape Artist check to break free
Round 1
Ziera 59/60 Rhen 53/54 Kib 07/10 Ranok 53/67 (all before log damage)
Niu, Steve, Bill, Pay Day, Ziera, Festia, Rhen <=========
invisible kobold
Ranok, Khonsu, Eadoo, Kib, Eddie