Tales of Aequar: Runite's Rise IC III

[CoffeeIncluded]

Elsee:

As Elsee climbs up the shaft, crawling until it widens just enough for her to crouch, Naga slinks up behind her, whimpering at his separation from Badger. The tunnel is cut from dirt and laid with wood and stone, stained and worn in channels. There's a mixture of acrid and bitter smells, and the floor feels not just moist, but also oddly sticky. If Elsee looks up she can see sealed of grates and the hint of light and proper rooms up above; it seems as though this tunnel was cut out to serve as drainage from the labs. Who knows what residues are left behind--she should wash as soon as she can. There's solids left behind too, like the long slug-like deposits not far ahead.

Elsee stops when she sees an opening cut out from the side. She can see a room below, sloping down and then sharply sloping up. The center of the room is almost completely submerged in stagnant water that must be seeping in from below, and pretty much the entire room is boggy. And there seem to be things floating in the water, and other things, white, closer to the door...

Behind her, Naga, who has been whimpering this whole time from the smell and separation, stops. The whimper is replaced by a growl, which very very quickly shifts to an all-out snarl, as if he's about to attack.

Everyone else:

Kheel is busy devouring all the fresh-killed, not undead rats when Artorias motions for everyone to follow. He cautiously opens the door and everyone files into the next room...

Waiting to see what order people want to enter the room in.

[super dark33]

[D]Kheel, come along.[D]


Surdrak signals Kheel with three fingers.

[Athedia]

Badger watched Naga climb into the hole, she wished she could go with him, but Elsee would have to protect him instead. "Okay, lets go." Badger followed closely behind Artorias, switching the axe in her hand for her bow.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Elsee:

As Naga growls, Elsee turns to the source and sees the massive slug-like deposit move towards her, inching along the ground with surprising speed, with a second one not too far behind. It reaches out tentacles to drag itself along, and as it closes in on Elsee and Naga it opens a surprisingly small mouth, filled with razor sharp teeth...

Initiative:
Elsee: [roll0]
Naga: [roll1]
Gricks: [roll2]

Initiative order:
Naga
Elsee
Gricks

Roll knowledge (dungeons and dungeneering) to officially identify the creature in-character.

Everyone else, and Elsee if she looks:

As Artorias enters the room and Badger follows, three amorphous shapes drop from the ceiling. Two fall upon Artorias, while the third, slightly larger one, lands on Badger's head.

And then they reach around Artorias and Badger's necks with their long black spiny tentacles, wrap around their throats, cut off their air, and start throttling the life out of them.

To make matters worse, there's a rattling in the back of the room, and a splashing sound in the shallow sodden boggy "pool" in the center of the room, down a gentle slope. Four otherworldly growls rise in unison as four stripped-down dog skeletons, soft fur and a faithful expression torn away, their bones better preserved than the rats but not by much, slowly close in on the group. And then four logs in the boggy center of the room roll over and turn, and even Artorias and Badger, if they care to look despite the tentacled things trying to murder them, can see the gray rotten flesh and sunken eyes of four zombified alligators.

Initiative:
Surdrak: [roll3]
Jadeite: [roll4]
Badger: [roll5]
Sora: [roll6]
Artorias: [roll7]
Kheel: [roll8]
Chokers: [roll9]
Skeleton dogs: [roll10]
Zombie alligators: [roll11]

Initiative order:
Skeleton dogs
Sora and Jadeite
Chokers
Surdrak, Badger, Artorias, and Kheel
Zombie alligators

Choker 1 attacks Artorias:
Grapple: [roll12]
Opposed grapple: [roll13]
Constrict damage: [roll14]

Choker 2 attacks Artorias:
Grapple: [roll15]
Opposed grapple: [roll16]
Constrict damage: [roll17]

Choker 3 attacks Badger:
Grapple: [roll18]
Opposed grapple: [roll19]
Constrict damage: [roll20]

Roll knowledge (dungeons and dungeneering) to officially identify the creature in-character.

And now I need to make the map.


Artorias manages to fling up his glaive just in time; both of the creatures wrap around his neck but neither manages to establish a firm hold. Badger, however, is less lucky as the squid-like beast wraps around her throat, the sharp spines digging into the sides of her neck, and starts to squeeze.

The skeleton dogs, roused by the sounds of battle, close in though the water and mud in the center of the room slows them down.

[Silverraptor]

Sora squealed and ducked under the rat thrown.
"Badger! Why would you do that?!"

[CoffeeIncluded]

With otherworldly howls the skeleton dogs run through the shallower edges of the near-swamp, but get bogged down partway through. Jadeite gasps as he sees the chokers strangle Badger and try to do the same to Artorias, and sees the undead dogs and alligators closing in. "I apologize for destroying such fine handiwork, but you simply must burn!" And he launches at the center of the muck, which explodes in a geyser of heat and slimy green and brown.


SD1 reflex: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1] (10)

SD2 reflex: [roll2]
Damage: [roll3]

SD3 reflex: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

SD4 reflex: [roll6]
Damage: [roll7] (9)

ZA3 reflex: [roll8]
Damage: [roll9]

ZA4 reflex: [roll10]
Damage: [roll11] (7)


Two of the skeleton dogs and one of the zombie alligators dodge the worst of the blast, but the rest are caught in the fireball. When the muck and water settles, they see that the dogs are in bad shape. Their white bones are scorched and many of their ribs are cracked, broken and gone. The alligator also has a huge chunk taken out of him. But none of them seem to notice, and they still move to attack.

Up in the tunnel, Naga growls.

Athedia, you're in control of Naga. The skeleton dogs have gone, so Sora's up. Then the chokers, then everyone else.

Up in the tunnel, it's Naga (controlled by Athedia) and Elsee, then the two gricks.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Note: This is supposed to go before the Chokers attack and Jadeite's counter move.
"This is weird, people normally trap stuff they want to protect, but there doesn't seem to be anything valuable in here." Artorias' hand moves towards his glaive, something just fell... off.

As they enter into the room, the feeling of danger increases, an almost inaudible noise makes Artorias look up just in time to bring his glaive to block... something.

"What the hell is that?" he yells.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Knowledge: [roll0]

"It's called a choker," Jadeite says as the two smaller ones try to snap Artorias's glaive and get to his neck, batting away and pressing their tentacles against the wood. Meanwhile the larger one tightens its grip around Badger's throat, eliciting awful gagging noises from her. Several feet away there's still bubbling noises as the muck settles. "They're nasty predators that strangle their prey before consuming it. And they're deceptively quick."

[Athedia]

Naga growled, a low angry sound directed at the gricks. Seeing Elsee behind him he launched forward attacking the first grick he saw. Of course it wasn't a grick to him, but a weird tentacled mass. Probably dinner. Bite: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage [roll2]
I never rolled the stats for Naga. What hitpoints does he have?

[Silverraptor]

Sora shrikes and tries to get the thing off Badger, pulling out her dagger, she attempts to stab it off.

Attack: [roll0]
Critical: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee sneered at the slug-monsters, bearing her own sharp teeth while she was at it. Great, first she's crawling about in the alchemist's toilet pipe on date-night, now she has to fight living turds about it too. great. Juuuust great.

Ignoring the cut in the tunnel for now Elsee slowly brings herself to the closest thing to a stand she could manage, letting her teeth drag along the blade of her Kurkri as she draw it from her mouth, creating a faint scraping noise as she slowly moved forwards, uncomfortably hunched over to prevent the very top of her head from touching the ceiling. She didn't mind her hair being a mess, but she drew the line at having chemical turd in there.

Without even questioning the creature's motives, Elsee moved up to the nearest one and shot her Kurkri right towards the closest thing she could identify as a face, drawing the Kurkri's twin as she did so for later on in the fight.


Untrained dungeoneering check if allowed; (d20-1)[19]
H'uh, Elsee has a -1 on int. forgot about that.

moving to M84 and attacking G1
Attack: (d20+6)[24]
Crit: (d20+6)[11]
Damage: (d3+2)[3]

Sneak attack: (2d6)[11]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Sora's dagger is unsuccessful at cutting though the choker. It is, however, very successful at cutting off a chunk of Badger's hair.

Elsee has more luck. Though Naga's fangs slide off the grick's hide (and Elsee knows it's a grick, a skulking slug-like tentacle thing that bashes its prey to death and devours it at leisure later) Elsee somehow manages to find a vital spot and plunge her dagger in all the way to the hilt. The grick shudders, makes a rasping noise, and falls limp.

ill go for the chokers when I get back.

[CoffeeIncluded]

All three chokers continue to squeeze and strangle Badger and Artorias, pulling their tentacles tight around their throats, trying to cut off their air and blood supply.

I'm rolling multiple grapple checks because they're going to try to grapple on each successful attack. Of course, once they grapple they're going to choke, so disregard any grapple checks after the first successful one. I think that's how it works, anyway. I don't like the grappling rules.

Choker 1 attacks Artorias:
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Grapple: [roll3]
Opposed grapple: [roll4]
Constrict damage: [roll5]

Attack: [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]
Grapple: [roll9]
Opposed grapple: [roll10]
Constrict damage: [roll11]

Attack: [roll12]
Crit: [roll13]
Damage: [roll14]
Grapple: [roll15]
Opposed grapple: [roll16]
Constrict damage: [roll17]

Choker 2 attacks Artorias:
Attack: [roll18]
Crit: [roll19]
Damage: [roll20]
Grapple: [roll21]
Opposed grapple: [roll22]
Constrict damage: [roll23]

Attack: [roll24]
Crit: [roll25]
Damage: [roll26]
Grapple: [roll27]
Opposed grapple: [roll28]
Constrict damage: [roll29]

Attack: [roll30]
Crit: [roll31]
Damage: [roll32]
Grapple: [roll33]
Opposed grapple: [roll34]
Constrict damage: [roll35]

Choker 3 attacks Badger:
Attack: [roll36]
Crit: [roll37]
Damage: [roll38]
Grapple: [roll39]
Opposed grapple: [roll40]
Constrict damage: [roll41]

Attack: [roll42]
Crit: [roll43]
Damage: [roll44]
Grapple: [roll45]
Opposed grapple: [roll46]
Constrict damage: [roll47]

Attack: [roll48]
Crit: [roll49]
Damage: [roll50]
Grapple: [roll51]
Opposed grapple: [roll52]
Constrict damage: [roll53]


Wow, these attacks are adding up fast. I knew they would, but I forgot just how fast. :smalleek: At least neither of you are as squishy as Mithril!

27 damage to Artorias, and...oh god, Badger's at -7. though I think you need to win a grapple check to throw them off you?

And you're up!

All the chokers manage to constrict Artorias and Badger, crushing their windpipe and leaving bruises. But as they shift their tentacles for a better grip, Artorias manages to grab onto the wriggly black limbs and wrench them away from his neck.

Badger, however, is not so lucky as the choker clenches even tighter. For one brief moment it looks like she'll be able to yank it away from her, but then it throttles her neck one more, before Badger can even draw a single breath of air. She can feel something being crushed inside her neck, and red specks burst to swim in her vision. And then nothing, as the world swims before her and fades out.

[CoffeeIncluded]

The grick bashes against Elsee with its tentacles, leaving residues of unknown liquids on her skin, and tries to bite with its protruding mouth.


Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

Attack: [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]

Attack: [roll9]
Crit: [roll10]
Damage: [roll11]

Attack: [roll12]
Crit: [roll13]
Damage: [roll14]

But Elsee's fast, ducking and dodging and weaving through the tentacles, the strips of her leather armor sweeping behind her as she turns and sidesteps the around the biting jaws. And then one hard tentacle smacks her to the ground.

[super dark33]

Surdrak conjurs a hand extansion which resembles the Choker's hand, and attempts to lunge at the Chocer on Artorias.

he aims for the neck.


Aiming at choker 1
[roll0] Att
[roll1] Crt
[roll2] Gnt
[roll3] Eldh

[CoffeeIncluded]

Surdrak lunges at the choker strangling Artorias, slashing wildly with his hand and tearing into it. With the force behind his attacks, he rips it open and it falls limp to the ground.

As does Badger behind them with a mighty thud, limp on the ground as the choker continues to constrict her. Her face is blue, her eyes are wide open and speckled with red from burst capillaries. And only the slightest twitching of her fingers and feet indicate that she still lives. But only just.

[Athedia]

"Damn necromancers" Badger managed one thought before passing out fighting against the monster. Of all she had fought for, all her close calls THIS was how she was going to go? Helpless and choked to death. She hated being helpless, she hated it. Of all the ways she would have preferred a sword to her heart, something she got in a fair fight. This? This was to much like a hanging.

[Draconi Redfir]

Kheel flys into the fray, biting at the Choker wrapped around Badger's throat and attempting to pull it off.


Bite:(D20+8)[12]
Crit:(d20+8[9]
Damage:(2d6+3)[10]

[CoffeeIncluded]

If Surdrak had actually helped Badger instead of seeking the glory of a one-hit-kill, Kheel's bite would have done much more damage. As it is, he still manages to tear off a chunk of leathery, rubbery flesh. But the choker is still firmly attached to the twitching, dying Badger even as it hisses.

With charge and flank, Kheel hit.

"Badger!" Jadeite shouts as the ranger falls, too quickly for him to react. "Artorias, I am sorry but that large choker is the greater threat, and Badger is in more immediate danger!"

[CoffeeIncluded]

Naga snarls and races around the grick to bite into it again.


Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage [roll2]

But again, his teeth slide off the slimy exterior.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee sneered and slowly backed away from the seccond Grick, she had managed to kill the first one no problem, but this one had already hit her pretty hard, and she'd rather not risk letting herself die again, with the dog missing all his bites, it would be all on her.

but first, Elsee popped open the potion of cure moderate wounds Jadeite had given her just a moment before, hoping that it would at the very least keep her alive if the thing landed any more hits on her.


5-foot stepping backwrds one square and taking the cure mod potion.
(2d8)[11]

not sure on the caster level of the potion sooo... yea.

Ahhh that hit the spot alright! Elsee grinned wickedly as she felt all her wounds heal up, even the one caused by those rats from earlier. now all she had to do was not let this thing hit her enough times to make the entire thing meaningless.

[CoffeeIncluded]

As Elsee drinks the potion, the grick reaches up a tentacle to slam it out of her hand. It then proceeds to attack, flailing out its tentacles to bask and batter both Elsee and Naga, then biting into Elsee with its tiny yet oh so sharp teeth.

The potion healed 14 damage, and the grick gets an AoO. This damage will be healed by the potion.

AoO on Elsee:
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Attack on Elsee:
Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

Attack on Elsee:
Attack: [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]

Attack on Naga:
Attack: [roll9]
Crit: [roll10]
Damage: [roll11]

Attack on Naga:
Attack: [roll12]
Crit: [roll13]
Damage: [roll14]

Attack on Elsee:
Attack: [roll15]
Crit: [roll16]
Damage: [roll17]

Most of the tentacles barely miss Elsee, but one sends her sprawling. Naga isn't so lucky--he manages to dodge one tentacle but the other one lashes against his chest. They hear ribs crack, and Naga immediately begins yelping and crying out in pain.

[Dusk Eclipse]

BADGER! Artorias redoubles his effort, he couldn't loose her, he couldn't loose any of his friends period. Breathing heavily Artorias redoubles his efforts to pry the tentacles from his neck. "Hang in there Badger, please just hang in there." Finally managing to free his left arm he touches the moonstone stud on his belt and reaches towards Badger's prone form.

Spending the three charges to heal her [roll0] hit points.


His belt glows for a moment, before the shining moonstones turn a dull grey.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Badger's eyes open, painfully. Everything hurts, her head feels light, the world swims and fuzzes. She can't quite tell what is or isn't real. But what IS real is the now-confused choker still crushing her throat and windpipe.

badger is at 14 HP and she can go.

[Athedia]

Badger struggled against the still constricting tentacles of the choker. She just needed to get a word out. One word.

Grapple to Escape Badger: [roll0]
Opposed Grapple Choker: [roll1] +5 so actualy 21

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee sneered and growled as she wiped her mouth of the potion, quickly tightening her grip on her kurkri as she tossed the bottle asside. She would have survived that hit without the potion of course, but had it landed annother like it she likely would have been dead on the ground right now.

A quickl glance of the eye was all that it took to see that Naga was in danger, jeeze what was it with her and taking care of pets all of a sudden? it was cool at first, but what was next, some dwarf kid gunna ask her to babysit his battle-hamster?

Elsee didn't have time to think like this though, and instead lunched at the Grick just as it's attention was diverted to Naga, if she could just time it right...


Attack: (d20+7)[15]
Crit: (d20+6)[24]
Damage: (1d3+2)[3]
Sneak attack: (2d6)[4]

Attack: (d20+7)[19]
Crit: (d20+6)[19]
Damage: (1d3+2)[4]
Sneak attack: (2d6)[5]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Both of Elsee's attacks rip through the grick--it shudders and bleeds out on the ground.

There's nothing else up here, but Elsee can see the noise of battle below, about a seven foot drop from where she is now. Skeleton dogs and zombie alligators are closing in on her friends. Two small tentacled things are strangling Artorias and Badger, and Badger...Badger's face is blue, and she's gasping and scrabbling at the tentacled thing, but unable to pull it off even as it chokes her to death.

I'll go for the undead animals later.

[CoffeeIncluded]

The zombie alligators slowly make their way out of the muck, and as the slimy water drips off their bodies everyone can see their pallid, slightly rotting flesh, the way their scales are loose and threatening to drop off, and their underbellies are swollen and scorched by Jadeite's fireball.

Two manage to lumber their way to Artorias and Kheel, but too slowly to attack at the moment.

The skeleton dogs are more mobile, and as they race through the muddy water, the muck splashing against their burnt bones and dragging against their toes as they race down the room. Their eyes glow with an unearthly light and two manage to get close enough to sink their fangs into Artorias and Kheel, unhindered by lips or gum. And Artorias, grappling with the choker, is unable to swipe out at the undead animals, is unable to bring them to a swifter rest.

You're getting swarmed next turn.

SD1 attacks Kheel
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

SD2 attacks Artorias
Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

Artorias is at 5 HP


The skeleton dog attacking Kheel misses, but Artorias isn't able to dodge out of the way and the second one bites down hard on his leg. Red blood flows over its white jaws.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Badger!" Though Badger has managed to get to her feet, she's still desperately scrabbling, and the blue in her face is becoming deeper and deeper. And Artorias seems to be sinking to the ground too.

Jadeite leaps into action. His fingers fly faster than they ever have before, weaving a spell faster than he has ever done before. And then he grabs onto the choker, curls his fingers right around the tentacles, and casts another spell as he growls, "Time to make you calamari. Dried calamari."

Sudden quickened true strike, followed by parching touch.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
Fort save or take 1 con damage and become dehydrated: [roll2]

Okay, with the con damage that MIGHT have killed it but I need to check my notes and I can't do that for a bit.

The choker shudders and shrivels under Jadeite's merciless spell. Fluid leaks from it, slipping down its rubbery exterior and moistening Badger's neck. And yet it remains upright, but only just.

the choker is at 0 HP.

[CoffeeIncluded]

As Jadeite sucks the choker very nearly dry, the nearest skeleton dog tries to bite down on the necromancer.

I forgot about the AoO. Here it is!

Attack: [roll0] (d20+4) = 13 and that misses.
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Jadeite turns and the dog tears at swishing fabric, but nothing else.

[Silverraptor]

"Artorias! Badger! Stay alive until I can attend to you!"
She then looks at all the undead approaching. Gripping her amulet, she lets her power flow forth.
"Consecrate!"

Here is hoping the group can survive until I can turn undead next turn and then provide healing. Everyone, use your potions!

[CoffeeIncluded]

A bright light and warm energy fills the area, and the approaching undead creatures seem to stop and shudder.

The battered, dehydrated choker around Badger's neck pauses, as if considering the situation. Then it lets go, slides off Badger's neck, and races as quickly as possible into the mucky thick water, where it seems to bend down what is apparently its head to drink. The popping lights in front of Badger's head take time to fade, and the first few breaths she take feel like fire mixed with the sweetness. Her whole neck is swollen and bruised, and even though every gasping breath she takes is wonderful, the effort still hurts.

But the other choker around Artorias's neck continues battering and strangling him. If it manages to throttle Artorias into unconsciousness, it leaps off the warblade and latches to the next closest target--Surdrak.

Choker 1 attacks Artorias:
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Grapple: [roll3]
Opposed grapple: [roll4]
Constrict damage: [roll5]

Attack: [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]
Grapple: [roll9]
Opposed grapple: [roll10] (if Surdrak [roll11])
Constrict damage: [roll12]

Attack: [roll13]
Crit: [roll14]
Damage: [roll15]
Grapple: [roll16]
Opposed grapple: [roll17] (if Surdrak [roll18])
Constrict damage: [roll19]

Again Artorias manages to keep most of the tentacles away from him, and just barely stop himself from being strangled, but one blow sends his head reeling back. Everything sounds funny, and he feels lightheaded and weak.

Artorias is at 3 HP. Artorias, Badger, Surdrak, and Kheel are up. Draconi, do you want to go for Kheel?

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias struggles with the choker, waiting for the best opportunity to act.

Delaying my action till Surdrak, Badger and Sora go.

[Athedia]

Badger struggled her bow out aiming an arrow at Artorias's neck where the choker tried to do to him what the larger one almost had done to her. She could not speak a warning to Artorias, her neck was too sore, but she aimed and shot anyway, hoping no harm would come.

Rapid, Precise and Point Blank Shot with normal bonuses for a total of +9 to hit and +2 damage,

Attack 1: [roll0]
Crit 1: [roll1]
Damage 1: [roll2]

Attack 1: [roll3]
Crit 1: [roll4]
Damage 1: [roll5]


As the arrows jumped from her bow she could swear she heard a whimper from high above her in the wall.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Both arrows slam point-blank into the choker. It shudders, and what could be blood if it weren't so dark leaks from the wounds, but as it waves its tentacles Badger can see that though it's badly wounded, it's not down yet.

[Draconi Redfir]

with the chokers all dead and gone, Kheel turns his attention on the other nearby threats.


gunna break up attacks between sd1 and za1. if i cany do that just have them all target za1. all follow the standard "attack > crit> dmg pattern.

bite on dog
(d20+8)[25]
(d20+8)[22]
(2d6+3)[9]

claw 1 on dog
(d20+8)[28]
(d20+8)[22]
(2d4+3)[6]

claw 2 on dog
(d20+8)[28]
(d20+8)[12]
(2d4+3)[8]

tail on gator
(d20+8)[25]
(d20+8)[22]
(d4+3)[6]

wing 1 on gator
(d20+6)[17]
(d20+6)[25]
(d6+1)[4]

wing 2 on gator
(d20+6)[9]
(d20+6)[12]
(d6+1)[3]

Meanwhile Elsee crawls her way over to Nage, sneering to herself as she watched the dog squirm. pets, it aaalways had to be pets. cautiously Elsee dug around her pack for things that could help a shattered rib, some thieves tools, some rope, a crowbar, a bucket, a grappling hook, flint and steel, aaand that island kids doll. she didn't know, maybe she could use the bucket to make the dog re-breathe the same air until she passed out, and then use the thieves tools to open her gut enough to put the busted rib back and tie the whole thing in place with rope before cauterizing the wound shut with a crowbar heated up by the flint and steel?... and then give the dog the doll to gnaw on? ... maybe just petting the thing would help...


Heal check on naga.
(d20)[17]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Naga whimpers as Elsee runs her hands along the dog's body. He's battered and bruised, and she thinks a couple ribs are cracked, but he looks otherwise okay.

Below, Kheel turns his power on the skeleton dog. His first bite shatters the dog's front legs to splinters, and with smash of his wings what remains of the skeleton falls apart. The alligator is next, and he claws it deep and bloody--or it would be, if the alligator were alive. Kheel's final stab of his tail gouges the zombie's eye and must pierce its brain, for it instantly goes limp as well.

I hope you don't mind that I swapped the wing and claw attacks. You can do that and he'd bypass DR that way. It was the only way to take them both down.

[super dark33]

Stay put artorias!

Surdrak poses himself, Breathing in,
Strike.


Sapphire nightmare eldritch punch!
[roll0] Concentration
[roll1] Attack
[roll2] Crit
[roll3] Gauntlet
[roll4] Eldritch
[roll5] Sapphire nightmare

Breathing out.

[CoffeeIncluded]

For a moment it looks like Surdrak's attack is going to miss. But the choker can't dodge while grappling Artorias, and the warlock punches straight through the creature, until his knuckles brush against Artorias's bruised neck. When Surdrak withdraws his hand, the choker is hanging dead, impaled off his wrist.

Choker's down and Artorias is up!

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias let's out a breath he didn't know he was holding as he feels the squid-thing tense a little more before slacking. He gives Surdrak a grateful look.

Carefully moving around both Surdark and the alligator Artorias position himself with just enough space to be able to hit the alligator, breathing in to compose himself, Artorias slashes at the zombied reptile right between the decomposing scales with as much strength as he is able to.


Tumble check to move to (90,V) [roll0] (14-4[being threatened by the dog and alligator)
Standard action to initiate Emerald Razor (http://dndtools.eu/spells/tome-of-battle-the-book-of-nine-swords--88/emerald-razor--3625/)
Full Power Attack Roll [roll1] vs. Touch AC
Crit Confirmation [roll2]
Damage [roll3]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias is able to tumble out of the way, but the lack of blood and sudden movement makes him woozy and lightheaded. He stumbles on the attack, swings wide. It's honestly a bit of a miracle he doesn't fall over on his own attack.

I'll attack for the undead later. At least you get AoOs!

[CoffeeIncluded]

One of the zombified alligators sees a much easier target than the guild members right next to him. It lashes out to bite into the choker desperately trying to rehydrate itself on muddy water. But the rest of the zombified alligators and the skeleton dogs move in to attack.

Unfortunately all the undead animals on Artorias's side did 5 foot steps, so no AoOs for him. Sorry! And consecrate's in effect.

ZA4 attacks the large choker:
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

ZA2 attacks Artorias:
Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

ZA3 attacks Kheel:
Attack: [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]

SD2 attacks Surdrak:
Attack: [roll9]
Crit: [roll10]
Damage: [roll11]

SD3 attacks Kheel:
Attack: [roll12]
Crit: [roll13]
Damage: [roll14]

SD4 attacks Badger:
Attack: [roll15]
Crit: [roll16]
Damage: [roll17]


A skeleton dog bites into Badger's leg with an unearthly snarl. And yet she can't help but be reminded of Badger.

Kheel cries out as the zombified alligator tears a long rent into his wing. And Artorias's scream of pain at the alligator's attack is cut short as he finally passes out, bleeding profusely from a filthy-looking bite wound. Actually, more than profusely...Artorias is loosing blood at a frightening rate. His face is ashen and pallid, and growing paler by the moment.

Sora and Jadeite are up. ARTORIAS IS AT -9.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Sora!" Jadeite shouts as he steps back and shoots three spiraling masses at the undead alligator attacking Kheel. There's actual fear in his voice, and for once he doesn't snark or make a quip as he casts his spell. "Artorias is about to die!"

Magic Missile on ZA3, then SD3 if ZA3 goes down before the spell ends.
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

The zombified alligator stops moving, defeated. The third missile strikes the skeleton dog between the eyes, and for a moment it looks like it will crumble, but it just barely stays upright. Not that it seems to notice how close it is to destruction.

[Silverraptor]

Sora reaches out, trying to grab ahold of Artorias, converting the Magic Circle against Evil.
"Cure Serious Wounds!"

[roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

The wound is still bleeding, but it slows and clots just enough for Artorias to get up and open his eyes.

Artorias is at 2 HP.

The choker continues to drink water, desperately trying to rehydrate itself after Jadeite's spell.

Surdrak, Badger, Kheel, and Artorias are up. Let's finish them!

[Athedia]

Badger activated her boots, instantly giving herself a little distance from the monsters. Raising her bow she let off one arrow directly at the creature attacking artorias.

Same as before w/o rapid shot since she moved.
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

[CoffeeIncluded]

The first arrow flies over the head of the alligator, as Badger didn't take the time to fully reorient herself after shooting.

Where did you teleport to?

[Draconi Redfir]

Kheel calls out in pain as his wing is torn, and between his torn wing, his sudden lack of targets with any decent flesh to dig into, and the smell of fresh blood filling his nostrils when he was perfectly aware only the humans and elf around him were alive, he ultimately decided it was best to move and switch targets.

Somewhat clumsily due to the torn wing and the stagnant air, Kheel flys over to the polearmed-human's side, raking his talons at the zombified Aligator.



Moving to U-90 through Jadeite and Badger. SD 3 will probably get an
AoO.

talon: (d20+8)[23]
Crit: (d20+8)[11]
Damage: (2d4+3)[10]


Meanwhile Elsee, upon ensuring Naga was okay to walk, resumed crawling up the tunnel, looking back from time to time to check on the canine.

[CoffeeIncluded]

One of the skeleton dogs bites Kheel, but utterly fails at the attack and pdoesn't stop the wyvern from tearing the zombie alligator's head off.


Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Oh, and Artorias is up too.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Naga follows Elsee down the tunnel. There's nothing else here except for chemical residues, damp and sticky. And the occasional dried carapace, cobweb, spider, and small rodent skeleton, rotted and inert and forgotten. There's another side opening that presumably leads to a third room. As Elsee walks she gets the sense that she's sloping up, gently. About twenty or thirty feet after this third opening the tunnel ends, blocked off by a dirt wall.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee clicked her tounge in frustraition, turning her attention to Naga s the thought of examining the opening she passed behind her breifly crossed her mind.

"Don't suppose you know how to dig without colapsing this whole place on us huh?"

[Athedia]

Naga whined and tilted his head.

[Draconi Redfir]

"Figures." Elsee grunted and moved back to check out the opening into what was likely the third room.

[super dark33]

Surdrak attempts to crush the neck of the skeleton dog that bites his hand, though not wounding him.


[roll0] att
[roll1] gntlt
[roll2] eldritch

He misses entirely, nearly hitting his own leg.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias stands with great difficulties, his glaive forgotten in the damp floor besides him, with the last strength in his body he retrieves the dagger he always carries in his boots and savagely attacks the alligator in front of him.


Free action: Draw dagger
Standard Action: Initiate Rabid Wolf Strike (they do say a cornered animal is the most dangerous type)
Attack Roll
Crit Confirmation [roll1]
Damage [roll]1d4+2d6+3
My AC drops to 14 for the rest of the round.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias slams into the zombie alligator with all his waning strength. Panic and adrenaline guide his blade, and he pries open the zombie's skull, utterly destroying most of its brain--and the zombie with it.

The final zombie alligator continues trying to devour the choker next to it, while the three remaining skeleton dogs snarl and attack Jadeite, Surdrak, and Kheel.

ZA4 attacks Choker:
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

SD2 attacks Kheel:
Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

SD3 attacks Surdrak:
Attack: [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]

SD4 attacks Jadeite:
Attack: [roll9]
Crit: [roll10]
Damage: [roll11]



Surdrak dodges the skeleton dog's attack, but the zombie alligator rips the choker to shreds, and both Jadeite and Kheel groan in pain as they receive deep bite wounds.

[CoffeeIncluded]

With one hand pressed to his side to stem the bleeding, Jadeite slams the butt of his dagger down onto the bridge of the skeleton dog's nose. Hemlock follows with a deep hiss.

Jadeite does an unarmed strike.

Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

And Hemlock attacks!
Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: 1

Jadeite's blow leaves the skeleton dog's skull spiderwebbed with cracks, and as Hemlock bites down it shatters into hundreds of pieces. And the skeleton dog falls apart.

Two skeleton dogs and a zombie alligator left. EVERYBODY is up!

[Silverraptor]

Sora points her amulet towards the remaining undead.
"Turn Undead!"

Turn Check:[roll0]
Turning damage:[roll1]

[CoffeeIncluded]

The skeleton dogs start yiping and yelping, which is just disturbing coming from the undead creatures, as they flee from Sora at top possible speed. The alligator follows.

But you still need to kill them!

[Dusk Eclipse]

Breathing had never been so hard, but at the same time it had never been so fulfilling for Artorias, with great effort he grabs his glaive from the floor and slowly walks around the remaining skeletons, he nearly trips on a dog's tibia but somehow manages to keep his footing. With trembling hands he adopts a defensive stance as he slashes at the undead animal.


Move towards (88,S)
Fighting defensively (-4 attack + 2 AC for a total of 21) the skeleton dog
Attack roll [roll0] 8-4(fighting defensively)+2(flanking)
Crit confirmation [roll1]
Damage[roll2]


White Text of post lengthening +1

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias puts all his strength into the attack, and it pays off. He smashes the skeleton dog to bits.

[super dark33]

Surdrak aims a blast at the skeleton dog.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[CoffeeIncluded]

The skeleton dog explodes as the blast hits it, sending bony shrapnel flying everywhere. Only the zombie alligator is left, and he is already turning to flee from Sora's divine power.

Kheel and Badger are up, only the zombie alligator is left.

[Athedia]

Badger aimed her bow at the fleeing... creature. Her lip raised in disgust as she let her arrows fly.

Rapid and Point Blank Shot with normal bonuses for a total of +9 to hit and +2 damage,

Attack 1: [roll0]
Crit 1: [roll1]
Damage 1: [roll2]

Attack 2: [roll3]
Crit 2: [roll4]
Damage 2: [roll5]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Both shots slam into the zombie alligator's back, but though they seem to sever the spine, and the alligator's tail goes slack, the zombie doesn't stop moving yet.

Kheel's turn--bring it on home!

[Draconi Redfir]

Kheel flies up to the final remining undead and bites into it, tearing a chunk of flesh away in what was hopefully a deadly strike.


attack: (d20+8)[27]
Damage: (2d6+3)[5]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Kheel's attack is just enough, and as he tears away part of the zombie, it stops moving. As the wyvern settles to the ground, the room goes quiet, except for some blubbing noises as the bodies sink into the muck, and the occasional dripping of blood.

"Badger! Artorias!" Jadeite runs over to the two guild members who very nearly died, though with his wound he stumbles over a pile of bones. "Are you okay?"

Combat over. Anyone want to search the room? I'll give out exp now and roll for treasure in the next room.

[Athedia]

"Where is Naga. I heard him! If Elsee let something happen..." Badger ran into the previous room, pushing her upper body into the hole and shouting down it. "Come here boy, come back here."

[CoffeeIncluded]

After a moment of silence, Badger hears Naga's faint bark. It takes about thirty seconds, but she eventually sees Naga bounding over to her as fast as he can on his short legs. He looks mostly okay, but every few steps he seems to pause and almost stumble on both feet.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Kheel's attack is just enough, and as he tears away part of the zombie, it stops moving. As the wyvern settles to the ground, the room goes quiet, except for some blubbing noises as the bodies sink into the muck, and the occasional dripping of blood.

"Badger! Artorias!" Jadeite runs over to the two guild members who very nearly died, though with his wound he stumbles over a pile of bones. "Are you okay?"

Combat over. Anyone want to search the room? I'll give out exp now and roll for treasure in the next room.

"We are alive, that is all that matters Artorias starts walking towards the door, but the lack of blood and general exhaustion makes him stumble ugh, does anybody have a potion? I don't think I can much longer like this"

[CoffeeIncluded]

"I have a few healing potions," Jadeite says, passing one to Artorias and another to Badger.

More after dinner in a few hours.

[super dark33]

Surdrak takes out two ceramic rods and a skull of a sparrow.

Break these over the wound. Works as well as a potion.

He gives Artorias and Badger the rods, and the skull to Jadeite.
All have markings on th

I met a witch who made these sort of things. She also grew fruit to be inscribed with healing spells. The ceramic rods are from Kago. It was developed to be used by soldiers in the war.

[Athedia]

"I'll just chance the potion for now. Those things look like they might last longer." Badger gulped down the potion.

[Silverraptor]

"I have some potions as well if you guys need some."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Jadeite's potions help Badger and Artorias, though they don't remove all of the damage.

He gave both Badger and Artorias potions of Cure Moderate Wounds.

Badger CMW: [roll0]
Artorias CMW if he wants: [roll1]

Anyone want to look around?

Meanwhile, Jadeite is busy examining the remains of the skeleton dogs. Looking more closely, he and other can see that all the skeletons are shaped and sized slightly differently, as if each one belonged to a different mix of large breeds.

"Have there been any reports of missing dogs, whether owned or stray, recently?" he asks, turning a long bone over in his fingers. "Considering that our mysterious man has also zombified alligators, which are both easy to find and generally considered a nuisance, I am inclined to think he killed and skeletonized stray animals. He's clearly practicing his arts, but I doubt the chokers we faced were under his control--you saw how one of the alligators shredded the largest one, right?"

Jadeite clenches his fist around the bone, and sets his jaw in a harsh line. "There are rules that must be followed for necromancy. My ancestors implemented them for a reason."

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias downs the potion in record time, he smiles abit as he feela the magic knitting his wounds and replacing his blood.
"Thanks Jadeite, so are those tentacled things called Chokers? " Artorias waits for him to answer, the elf nods. " And since this necromancer isn't controlling them, I assume they are not undead... what are they?"

[CoffeeIncluded]

"They're called aberrations," Jadeite says. "Bizarre and perplexing creatures, likely resembling the ones in Surdrak's mind. They often have...unique anatomy and physiology." He lifts up one of the dead chokers by a single tentacle and lets the rest tangle; it looks well-fed except for the past couple of days. "I believe some of the labs were studying these aberrations and so raised a few in captivity. These must have escaped in the explosion yesterday."

There's little of note in the room right now, but there are scuff marks and signs that things were dragged from this room to others, presumable after the depression in the center of the room started flooding. The water in the center of the room is dank and muddy and slimy. It's only a couple inches deep at the edges but feels like it gets deeper closer to the center. And the water's so murky nobody can see the bottom.

[Draconi Redfir]

"Hey wait!" Else rolled her eyes as Naga ran off, the sound of Badger's call escaping her less-sensitive ears.Whatever, she was alone now, she could take care of herself. she was only looking after all right?

Elsee moved back to the gap in the tunnel to the third room, peering inside and taking a look around.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Ah. Now this room looks interesting. Sloping gently upwards, this room seems to have many of the supplies and furnishings that were dragged in from the previous muddy, flooded rooms. There's two workbenches, one with a rat skeleton on it, the other with what appears to be a half-finished brewing apparatus. There's a box of potions under the bench, and what seems to be a couple of sealed chests by the other bench. One has a small pile of what appear to be rat bones around it. Both the benches have small idols to Golek, the stony goblin and hobgoblin god, on them.

Off in the corner there's a large vat filled with an unidentifiable liquid. Two dead dogs, their throats cut and bled dry, are soaking in the liquid. It appears to be dissolving their flesh.

There's a door leading to another room. There appear to be no monsters in the room at all. But...

Elsee only:

Elsee can see a trap above the door to the previous room her friends are in. There are several large logs on a sloping containment platform. If her friends open the door without disabling the trap, the logs will smash onto their heads, and continue rolling to crush anyone behind them until they land in the swampy part. And her friends barely made it out of that fight; Badger and Artorias nearly died.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee groaned and carefully snuck into the room as silently as she could, approaching the device over the door and attempting to disable it to the best of her ability.

Disable device: (d20+3)[5]

as it turns out, the "best of her ability" was... not very good.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Elsee:

Elsee hops down from the opening and makes her way to the trap, trying to tug on the wire so it triggers before her friends open the door and rain logs on themselves.

Her attempt to prematurely trigger the trap is a resounding success. Unfortunately, she's standing right under it.

Attack: [roll0] against AC 20, including Trap Sense
Damage: [roll1] AND Elsee is pinned under the logs.

Elsee manages to dive out of the way as the logs smash to the ground and roll to a rest against the door.

Everyone else:

You hear an extremely loud crash coming from just behind the door.

[Dusk Eclipse]

"What the hell?" Artorias is on his feet and runs towards the source of the noise, he spares just a moment to check if the door to the other room is trapped (considering how things have been going, he believes it is the best course of action). He spares a moment to break the rod Surdark gave him.


Search [roll0]
Disable Device [roll1]

@super dark: What cure spell is in the rod?

[CoffeeIncluded]

There wasa trap on the door, but it seems to have just been triggered. A limp piece of wire comes away in Artorias's hands.

[Dusk Eclipse]

"It is safe, something or most likely someone Artorias thinks to himself already triggered the trap in this door, so it should be safe."

[super dark33]

Light cure.

Surdrak looks around the room. he also attempts to see inside the marshy area, maybe to spot somthing not before seen.

[roll0] search check upper right area of the room.
[roll1] Spot check marsh area.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias opens the door carefully to peak into the next room



[roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Surdrak can't see anything in the muck.

As Artorias opens the door, two large heavy logs roll down to rest against his boots. If he steps out of the way, they continue rolling until they splash into the muck. Elsee's sitting next to where the logs were, the other half of the broken wire in her hand.

Sloping gently upwards, this room seems to have many of the supplies and furnishings that were dragged in from the previous muddy, flooded rooms. There's two workbenches, one with a rat skeleton on it, the other with what appears to be a half-finished brewing apparatus. There's a box of potions under the bench, and what seems to be a couple of sealed chests by the other bench. One has a small pile of what appear to be rat bones around it. Both the benches have small idols to Golek, the stony goblin and hobgoblin god, on them.

Off in the corner there's a large vat filled with an unidentifiable liquid. Two dead dogs, their throats cut and bled dry, are soaking in the liquid. It appears to be dissolving their flesh. At first glance, there appear to be no monsters in the room at all.

[Dusk Eclipse]

"Hey Elsee, had any troubles?" Artorias greets the goblin while he makes his way towards the chests, carefully checking them for traps; at this point, I would be surprised if they weren't trapped he complained to himself before getting to work.


Search Take 10 for 21 total
Disable Device if there are traps [roll0]
Open Lock Take 20 for a total of 28 (since opening locks is a full round action, this should take 2 minutes.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee just sneered and forced herself off the ground, brushing off the gunk that had caked itself onto her butt from the force of the fall as she did so.

"Ohhh you know, long giant shafts knocking me off my feet, tentacles before that, nothing out of the ordinary for me."

With nothing better to say then that, Elsee scampered off to get a better look at the idols decorating those benches, she figured this would be closer to her expertise then anything else, as she doubted a cleric of Astrid nor a bunch of humans and an elf would know more about her own gods then her.


though her writer is not sure which if any checks should be made for this.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Elsee, is necromancy common among goblins and hobgoblins?" Jadeite asks as he inspects the dogs dissolving in the vat. "It's a shame they have to practice their craft illegally, and in secret."

Elsee Knowledge (Local/Religion, DC 15):

It's not particularly common at all.

Elsee:

The idols are not particularly ornate; they're not something an especially devout person or cleric would have. But Golek is the god of goblins and hobgoblins.

Artorias:

Artorias was right to be cautious. The moment he leans down to inspect the larger chest, it springs to life and attacks!

Chest is a mimic. Map won't be up for a bit but let's just say everyone's in attacking range.

Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2] and Artorias is automatically grappled.

Initiative:
Surdrak: [roll3]
Jadeite: [roll4]
Badger: [roll5]
Sora: [roll6]
Artorias: [roll7]
Elsee: [roll8]
Kheel: [roll9]
Mimic: [roll10]

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee shook her head a bit and scrunched up her face at the idol. "not ususally no, hell i don't think magic period is very common."

it was then thaat Artorias was attacked, and the sound adverted Elsee's gaze away from the idols. "oh come on!"

Elsee moves in and attacks, kheel does the same.

Elsee: (d20+6)[26]
Crit: (d20+6)[7]
Damage: (d3+2)[4]

Kheel bite: (d20+8)[28]
Crit: (d20+8)[19]
Damage: (2d6+3)[13]

[super dark33]

Surdrak attacks himself with an eldritch facepalm.

He charges to triple shank the mimic with a three clawed blade he conjured on his hand.
All these living things that shouldn't be living, it makes him ANGRY.

Mortalbane eldritch claw charge!

[roll0] att
[roll1] crt
[roll2] eldtch
[roll3] gntlt

[CoffeeIncluded]

As Elsee rushes to attack the mimic, it lashes out.

attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2] Elsee's grappled if it hits.

Elsee deals a blow to the mimic, and Kheel bites down with a loud crunch. The mimic cries out at that, and when Surdrak shoves a claw into the wound, the mimic's surprisingly high-pitched "AAHHH!" makes those close by wince.

[Athedia]

Hearing the screams Badger slid off the shelf anxiously, reaching back up to the hole to help Naga down to ground level.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Naga slides into Badger's arms, licking her face and wagging his tail hard enough to brush dust and mud off the walls.

Back in the third room, Jadeite raises his hands to cast a spell when the mimic says in high-pitched, clipped Common, "Wait! I surrender!"

And she withdraws the slime wrapped around Elsee and Artorias, who fall a few inches to the ground.

[super dark33]

Step back. Now. What is going on here?

[Silverraptor]

Sora was still reacting in horror to a treasure chest suddenly coming alive, only to react in even more horror when she heard it speak.
"IT CAN TALK?!"
Anyone observing her at the moment will see her on her tip toes leaning back slightly with her hands up around head level, with a look of full shock and surprise on her face.

[CoffeeIncluded]

The mimic shakes its--her?--head. Or what would be the head, maybe. The top part of the chest is certainly rattling.

"I'm not sure what happened. I was part of one of the Transmutation labs with chokers and other strange creatures. Yesterday there was a large explosion and a lot of us fell down here." The mimic points up, and as the group looks up they can see that the ceiling is shattered and broken and open to the floor above. And the floor above is in worse shape, open to the sky with smashed tile and equipment hanging into the gap. Right on cue, some rubble slides out of place and falls into the pit where everyone is standing, followed by a chair. Thankfully that doesn't hit anyone.

"I didn't take a look around, but there's lots of dead things here, and I think undead things too. And a couple living people, though I've never seen any of them before. But the undead things are pretty aggressive, except when they're around the living people, so I holed up here and waited. I attacked you because I'm hungry, but you're so strong! And you really hurt!"

If the group looks around some more, they see that one of the workbenches is longer than the other, as if built for two people. They also see, close to the vat of acid for dissolving the flesh of dead dogs, between that and the dead alligators, a mound of assorted humanoid flesh, stinking of rot and formaldehyde, covered in dirt. Some dismembered feet have toe tags marking their theft from a morgue. It smells like the golem they fought yesterday.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Badger:

As Badger helps Naga to the ground, and feels the swelling bruise on his chest, she hears Sora shout from the third room, and the sounds of fighting cease.

Everyone else:

If the group searches the room more, they can see that parts of it are covered in rubble; the explosion must have been right on top of it. Still, there's scaffolding and patchwork, as if whomever works down here has been trying to patch up the ceiling, and quickly. After all, they wouldn't want their deeds to be exposed. Though they would have a couple more days; the holes aren't too big and the remains of the labs above are heavily damaged. They'll take some time to clean and clear.

There's a jacket and a cap, worn to shreds, on the top of the longer bench, though it's hard to see under the paperwork and spell components. There's different spell components on each bench, and only Jadeite recognizes most of them.

"They're components for necromancy spells, and reanimation of flesh," he says.

Artorias opens the chest with little trouble. He finds a decent stash of gold. Swimming in the gold are a few cheap polished gems (the most valuable is an amethyst geode, the violet crystals sparkling in the light), a rolled up scroll, a medallion, and a lot of potions. He recognizes one of the potions as a potion of Endure Elements, but the rest are healing potions.

Treasure includes the following:
3340 gp
A scroll with Identify and Summon Swarm
A potion of Endure Elements
A Contact Medallion

As for the healing potions? Let's say there's oh, just enough to heal everybody to max HP, and not a drop more. :smallwink:

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee merely rolled her eyes. "Well /Duuuhh/, the entire place was crawlin with your necromancy stuff wasn't it? or at least whatever caused the explosion was."

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias finishes the healing potion with "That's better.. wait a minute are the more uh...aber..... guys... like you down here?"

[Athedia]

Badger picked up the little dog, helping carry him across the rough and swampy surface of the next room. Entering the room with the mimic, the first thing she saw were the healing potions, one of which she snatched up and held to Naga's mouth so he could lap it up. Then she saw the mimic.

She would have backed away if it were not for the potion in her hand. Instead she drew out an axe. "Guys, there is a monster right behind you. Back away, NOW!"

[super dark33]

Well i didnt notice. i thought it was just a talking chest that knew about this place a lot.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Elsee merely rolled her eyes. "Well /Duuuhh/, the entire place was crawlin with your necromancy stuff wasn't it? or at least whatever caused the explosion was."

Jadeite shakes his head, quickly downing a potion before continuing. "Some of these reagents decay quickly. Whomever did this still uses this underground laboratory. And doesn't that mound of flesh smell like the golem we fought yesterday?"


Artorias finishes the healing potion with "That's better.. wait a minute are the more uh...aber..... guys... like you down here?"

The mimic seems to shrug. "I don't think so. At least, I didn't see any others back in the lab. Not like me anyway."


Badger picked up the little dog, helping carry him across the rough and swampy surface of the next room. Entering the room with the mimic, the first thing she saw were the healing potions, one of which she snatched up and held to Naga's mouth so he could lap it up. Then she saw the mimic.

She would have backed away if it were not for the potion in her hand. Instead she drew out an axe. "Guys, there is a monster right behind you. Back away, NOW!"

"Wait! It surrendered!" Jadeite says as the mimic screams and hops away from Badger, making a strange noise that sounds wrong for its current form as a treasure chest.

[Athedia]

Badger looked at him with a confused glance. "Surrendered? Those things don't know what surrender is... it isn't like they can think."

Lets just say she doesn't know anything about aberrations.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"I can think perfectly well!" the mimic retorts. "In fact, I was working in the labs upstairs before the explosion, where all the smart people work! And I've never seen the two down here in the labs."

Actually, make a knowledge (Dungeons and dungeoneering) check. You have a rank in it.

[Athedia]

Knowledge roll [roll0]
Flavor wise she doesn't HAVE to know anything if I don't think she does.

EDIT: Of all times to roll a natural 20....

[CoffeeIncluded]

Badger:

As the monster speaks, you realize that it's something called a mimic. They're actually intelligent creatures, unlike the chokers that nearly strangled her and Artorias which would barely classify as sapient. Mimics aren't geniuses, but they're about as intelligent as the average person (which, knowing Badger, probably doesn't mean much to her) and can be reasoned with. They can disguise themselves as inanimate objects of similar sizes and dimensions with uncanny accuracy. This one probably attacked because it was hungry.

[Athedia]

"Mhm, can you make yourself look a little better than. Talking chests are not really comforting."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Say you're sorry first," the mimic says. If it could pout, it would be doing so right now.

And watch as you get a natural 1 on Mithril's spell resistance check. :smalltongue:

[Athedia]

"For what? Making sure these idiots didn't get their heads ripped off?" She pulled out another healing potion and downed it. "I find my dog injured but alive, Art and I almost get killed by goddamn chokers. Then I come in here and find my friends around another thing that could get them killed. I have nothing to apologize for."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Those weren't my fault!" the mimic says. "This is the first time I've seen those squid things in a really long time, and all the skeletons and zombies attack pretty much everything except the two who live down here! I didn't know those were your friends. I haven't eaten in days, nothing but rats and bones."

[Athedia]

"So you did attack. Seems like my statement from before holds true. You were not thinking, also do you really think that warlock would taste good? He smells like rotting fish." Badger stood up, the bruises on her neck fading from view. Placing the axe back on her belt she drew out her bow. "Either show us where you saw the other humans or stay here and starve. I think that is far. And maybe our 'friendly' necromancer here can return you to whoever you worked for."

[CoffeeIncluded]

The mimic, badly wounded, seems to cow under Badger's glare. Finally, it says, "They do work in this room, mostly with the dead things. I've only been here a couple of days but they've been setting up things like the logs on the ceiling and more undead animals. I saw them taking some skeletons out of there," the mimic indicates the vat where the dogs are dissolving. "And they were saying angry things about a third person. They went in there a couple hours ago." The mimic points at the last room, which nobody has yet entered.

Badger:
The extremely worn cap hanging over one of the chairs looks somewhat familiar.

[Athedia]

"Wonder how this got down here?" Badger lifted the edge of the cap with her bow. "Mimic, who wore this hat and when did you last see the person?"

[CoffeeIncluded]

The mimic shakes the top of its lid. "I don't know. It was down here when I fell after the explosion. Nobody's touched it."

It's not the same cap. It's very similar and worn completely to threads, but it's not the same cap.

[Athedia]

"Matching hats.." Badger looked at the door and sighed. "They probably know we are out here waiting for them. I am not looking forward to this."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"At least we managed to find some of their items," Jadeite says as he sorts out the treasure.

Does the ever-so-convenient presence of *just* enough potions to fully heal everyone make you nervous? :smallwink:

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias has been meditating, listening to everything."I agree with Badger, if they know we are here, and they most likely do, they will be prepared." Artorias stands up and stretches his limbs a little, he turns towards the Mimic and addresses him...her....it "Is there anything else that you can tell us about these guys?"


"Jadeite, Sora how are you doing on spells?"




First of all I'm taking five minutes to change my readied maneuvers to: Steel Wind, Moment of the Perfect Mind and Rabid Wolf Strike

And I am a unnerved that you are allowing to top our HP; if there is something that video-games have taught me is to be extremely wary of sudden generosity in the form of healing, ammo or other benefits. 9/10 times it means boss battle!

[CoffeeIncluded]

The mimic pauses a moment before speaking, then says, "There is a man one and a woman one, and they both have magic. But I've seen the man one work with the dead things more than the woman one. Oh! The woman one is a human, but the man one looks like you--" it indicates Elsee "--except that the man one is bigger and yellow."

As the mimic speaks, Jadeite listens and casts a spell under his breath, tracing sigils on his body and letting them evaporate. After finishing, he says, "I have approximately half of my prepared spells left, and most of them are supportive. I have Ray of Enfeeblement, Baleful Transposition, Glitterdust, Desiccate, Haste, and Vampiric Touch. I also have some minor healing potions and a wand of Silence."

I forgot False Life lasted an hour per level, I should have casted it before going in like mage armor. Anyway: [roll0]

Nice! And heh, maybe maybe. :smallamused:

[Athedia]

You have any more of that oil? Badger fingered the notch on the arrow that marked it as the alchemist arrow.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"I'm afraid I'm out of lamp oil," Jadeite says.

[Draconi Redfir]

"Hobgoblin" Elsee choked as she wiped a bit of healing potion from her mouth, holding up annother bottle for Kheel to drink. "They're the smartest of our lot, were always the most likely to build working cities and farms over hunter-gatherer tribes. Though i'm surprised one would be using magic, espesually in the middle of the city."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"That is strange," Jadeite says. "And I did not know there were cities in the Alavaan Plains."

The elf sidles up next to the door. "Are we ready to go?"

[Dusk Eclipse]

" I think so, just let me check the door... again"
Artorias takes out his set of lockpicks and starts poking at proding at the door with care, looking for anything that might be dangerous to his or his friend's health. He takes extra care on the borders of the door.

Take 10 on search for 21
Disable Device [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Something unidentifiable, but a fusion of metal, wood, and bone--and very sharp--falls into Artorias's hands. There was clearly a trap in the process of being made above this door, but it was unfinished. And it appears that this final door isn't locked either, though the hinges are rather squeaky and a stone placed under the door means that it's going to scrape when it's opened.

[Dusk Eclipse]

"You know, these are getting old" He shows the others the unfinished contraption he just dismantled. "Since it is unfinished, I'm guessing they where setting it up when they heard us coming" Artorias pockets the unfinished trap into his bag of holding .You never know when that kind of stuff can be useful. "But they had enough time to set up a rock as a rudimentary, if effective alarm system and that is before we account for the squeaky hinges"

No matter what we do, they'd know we are here and are probably prepared for that...umm what should we do, Artorias paces a little in front of the door, trying to find a safe way to engage the rogue casters; stopping once more in front of the door he puts his ear to the door and motions everyone to be silent. He concentrates and tries to listen to whatever lies behind it.


Listen [roll0]

[Draconi Redfir]

"That is strange," Jadeite says. "And I did not know there were cities in the Alavaan Plains."

The elf sidles up next to the door. "Are we ready to go?"

"Said most likely, now most sucsessful. Started it up a few times, but only ever got about as far as a small town before a drought, faminne, disease, fire, or kago paladin came in 'nd ruined it all."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias thinks he might hear something creak into place, and then there's silence. Not a peep can be heard from behind the door.

[Athedia]

Badger listened without looking at the door. "Which side does it hinge on? Does it open toward us or away."

[CoffeeIncluded]

The door opens away from the group, into the next room.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Everyone's fully healed and fully prepared. The once brimming-full chest is now completely stripped of its contents, with only lint inside. They gather around Artorias as he forces the door open, pressing against it with all his weight. It swings inward, slowly, with a loud scraping noise.

As the group enters the room they can only see ahead of them. The sides are blocked off with hastily-constructed walls, made from the wood and slate in the rubble above. The walls extend about fifteen or twenty feet into the room, abd are about two-thirds as high. They're too high to jump over. They're pinned in on three sides, with the only way out ahead. And behind, too--the door is wedged against the stone and can't close on it's own.

The group can see a dresser, and the edge of a bed, and some more bones strewn on the ground, but there's nobody living.

Not that they have a chance to really look, because the moment the last person enters the room a deep voice says, "Web."

reflex save, everybody! I don't think I can get a map up until tonight, so you want to have everyone talk to the bad guy until then?

Reflex: [roll0]

Jadeite just barely avoids being pinned down by the thick sticky strands, though they still coat him and slow his movement.

[super dark33]

Surdrak's eyes widen as he attempts to dodge the ensnaring webs.

[roll0]

[Draconi Redfir]

(d20+8)[12]
(d20+6)[7]

Despite her best efforts, Elsee gets caught by the web. Kheel has even less sucsess and manages to get completely pinned to the ground by a large blob of magical web falling atop him.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Surdrak almost makes it. But at the last moment a web snares how ankle and drags him to the ground. He's then pulled down and covered with the strands, just like Elsee and Kheel.

[Silverraptor]

Sora tries to back out of the way.

So, seeing the post above, I know the DC is 17 so...
[roll0]
Lets see if Sora can avoid bondage.:smalltongue:

And... Just barely no. Lets see if I can flavor this.

Like Surdrak, her foot gets snagged by a web and she falls backwards. Her arms fall high above her head and land on another strand as well, providing enough resistance for the rest of the web to fall on her. She now is caught in the sticky mess with her limbs stretched out in 4 directions.

I'm sorry. I had to do this to Sora.:smalltongue:

[Dusk Eclipse]

"Did you build those traps from before? Cause honestly my baby brother could have done a better job with them. Trip-wire connected to a box of metal shards? That is soo last century"Artorias mocks the Hobgoblin's handiwork as he tries to avoid the sticky strands by ducking low while twisting his body.

Reflex 1d20+8

Coffee, how high is the ceiling, high enough to use Enlarge Person with impunity?

[Athedia]

Badger walked in with the others, looking up in time to spot the web falling on them. With a weary sigh she positioned herself between two of the strands and let it fall around her. The sticky white strands still coated her new boots she noticed, and made movement a little harder. Looking to see how her companions had done she only saw Jadeite.

He appeared to have stayed upright through shear force of will, as his entire body was coated in the strands. Or maybe that was just how he looked now, weird spells and all. Looking down she noticed the rest of her companions, especially Sora. "That doesn't look comfortable. All that praying and you never learned to fall."

She examined the surrounding at her own pace. Naga still waited in the previous room with the mimic. She leaned back shouting through the door. "Mimic, watch him and DON'T EAT him, okay?" Re-orienting her self in time to hear Artorias's taunts, which appeared to be coming from ground level, she sighed. "Damn mages."

[Silverraptor]

"Hey, I was trying to avoid the web! And it almost worked!"
She then looked down at her feet and then up at her wrists.
"Damn it! Its in my hair too!"

[Athedia]

"I would like to see what you consider a plan NOT working then." Badger looked closely at the surroundings. Anything could be lurking out there.

Spot [roll0]

And a natural 1.... after all those nice rolls.

[Silverraptor]

"Well, I think this one qualifies, if only because of that one stupid strand of web."

[roll0]

[super dark33]

Surdrak fleshes out his teeth and his eyes unglow dark.

བཏཇོདྭ!

He directed the breaking force at the webs.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Okay!" says the mimic.

Jadeite grits his teeth and tries to wipe some of the strands from her eyes. "I suppose if your plan involved being tied down and potentially roasted, then it's going quite well indeed." He looks up.

spot: [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

As Surdrak lashes out at the webs, they bounce but hold firm, pinning him down.

Youve got to roll for it.

"I'd say the traps worked well. They certainly alerted us to your presence, didn't they, Nedivax?" it's a high pitched female voice, coming from above them. And from the opposite side as the male voice that cast the web.

"Certainly, Bella," the original male voice says. "And how do you like this trap, human? A little more modern, made for your liking?" the smile drops from his face. "Let me guess--Tanner's explosion led you down here?"

Athedia and Sora:

You see the heads of two people leaning over the wall and the taunt you. To the left is Nedivax, a hobgoblin whose hair is pinned back with something small and white. You can only see the top of his robes, but it's in a unique style. And he has a tattoo similar to Elsee's on his forehead. It's different, but it looks similar.

To the right is Bella, a human with long black hair, narrow cheekbones, and a cruel thin smile. You can only see the top of her robes, but they seem to be fashioned in the same style as Nedivax's.

Badger:

Bella's accent sounds strange. Parts of it are vaguely Tobeemish.

[super dark33]

Treat it as using the spell Shatter against the webs. its no strength check.

[CoffeeIncluded]

i don't know if the shatter spell works against if, and this is a surprise round. I'm just adding in the talking because Im stuck on my phone most of the day.

[super dark33]

Since Web does not apply SR, then it means the webs themselves are not magical, therefore Shatter can break them, maybe even only the ones he is stuck in.
In any case, Surdrak is going to say a few bad words about the necros.

Surdrak twiches violently in his bed of webs.

Well thank you for saying your names out loud as forcably as possible, but i think ill just call you c*** 1 and c*** 2.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Then how about we call you Corpse One?" Bella purrs, leaning one elbow against the wall to prop up her head. She then splays out her hands and shoots a burst of color at Surdrak, Sora, Jadeite, and Artorias.

"Sorry about this," says Nedivax at the same time, in a tone that indicates he's sorry, but not that sorry. "Just letting Tanner down here was a huge mistake. I doubt you'll just let me and my sister go after seeing our lab. Even if they're just alligators and stray dogs. If anything, you should be thanking us for keeping the streets clean!"

Surdrak, Sora, Jadeite, and Artorias:
All of you make a will save against color spray, DC 16.

Will: [roll0]

DC spot 15:
They're both standing on ladders and are flat-footed--as are you. This is also still the surprise round.

[Silverraptor]

"Mmppf!"
Sora tries to rally herself against the spell, despite the awkward position she has found herself in.
[roll0]

But her strange position still held too much of a distraction to provide the concentration needed to resist the spell.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Jadeite manages to shrug off the spell, glaring up at the necromancer. "Why are you practicing your craft in such an illegal and unethical manner?"

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee, who had managed to get herself pinned face-down on the ground with one arm somewhat uncomfortably close to a similarly pinned Wyvvern, raised as much of her one free arm as she could to point upwards, speaking with a muffled tone as only her nose kept her mouth from being pressed against the floor.

"I for one found your traps to be particularly effective, Though that one with the logs could have been disarmed better. The tentacles in the small confined pipeworks however, i could have gone without."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nexivax laughs, harsh and guttural. "You think anybody here would want me to join a research lab? As if they could recognize my genius?"

"What tentacles?" Bella asks, lost.

Jadeite whispers to everyone, "This is a Web spell. Even if you manage to burst out of the strands, they will still entangle you and slow you down. There is one other way we could escape the web short of physically climbing out." He swallows. "We could burn it."

Elsee:
I need a spot check from you, and Kheel too if you want.

[Draconi Redfir]

"You know! The freaky blue slug things in that dumb pipe that doesn't even go anywhere! What the hell was even the point of that thing!?"

Elsee: (d20+2)[4]
Kheel: (d20+15)[21]

Elsee is too busy having her eyes be half an inch from the floor to spot much of anything. Kheel however has his eyes on TOP of his head, and thus has a much better angle for wich to spot things.

[super dark33]

[roll0]



RRRRAGH, AND YOU WILL BOTH BE CORPSES TWO AND THREE THEN!

Surdrak continues to rave on for until the duration of the spell effect, yelling four-lettered expletives at seemingly random, yet well placed in the grand scheme.

[Dusk Eclipse]

"Eh... I've seen better, Web is effective, but boring and "Corpse 1" seriously? Common if you are going to taunt us at least be orginal"." Artorias continues to mock the caster duo. He looks up just in time to see the telltale signs of a spell; he quickly steels his mind behind a mental bastion of forged mind-iron.

initiate Moment of thr perfect mind
Concentration roll [roll0]
Spot check [roll1]

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Thank you," Jadeite says as the spell shuts Surdrak up. Artorias still glares at Bella as the spell washes over him

Bella, for her part, blinks in confusion at Elsee's retort. "Slugs in the pipe? Ah, they must have fallen down in the explosion. That tunnel is used for drainage. You can thank Tanner for that too."

Kheel, meanwhile, is staring intently at Bella and Nedivax. After a moment, he says in Draconic, "They're holding wood poles!"

its up to you to interpret Kheel. :smallwink: and I'll roll initiative when I get home.

[Athedia]

"Your Tanner friend should watch where he is going. He ran into my fist, I had to help him fix his nose." Badger activated her boots, allowing her to escape the web.

I want to use them to move away from the web.

"Anyway, my Naga is a dog. Wouldn't have minded you dealing with the gator's but you made it personal. That and your friend tried to blind me."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Feh," Nedivax huffs. "Friend. Tanner was just a two-bit grave robbing wannabe who couldn't even make a proper flesh golem, let alone a lovely skeleton or zombie like my lovely creations. And then he literally went and blew the while thing open. Couldn't even evade arrest." The hobgoblin snaps his fingers and four more skeleton digs assemble, approaching the party with rattling snarls.

"Sorry, but no way am I going back to jail, and no how am I letting you drag my sister there. I know what sick **** you humans do to Plavaan."

walking the dog, I'll roll initiative when I get back. Athedia, you can have badger use the boots as a move action her turn. Where do you want her to go?

[Athedia]

"Sister? She looks human." Badger stared at the woman leaning over the wall. "Anyway, humans are **** to everyone. Trust me I know. You did break some laws, but you didn't KILL anyone so if you surrendered...."

No teleporting just yet, but probably going to use twice to escape the web."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Belladonna may be human, but she's as Plavaan as me! I'd say she's more Plavaan than your goblin, all buddied up with a wyvern."

Still, Bella looks at her adoptive brother with a touch of concern for the first time and says, "Even if we surrendered, we'd still go to jail, right?"

Nedivax nods. "And that's not happening to you. We are necromancers, and we should have every right to practice our magic!"

Initiative:

Surdrak: [roll0]
Jadeite: [roll1]
Badger: [roll2]
Sora: [roll3]
Artorias: [roll4]
Kheel: [roll5]
Elsee: [roll6]
Skeleton dogs: [roll7]
Nedivax: [roll8]
Belladonna: [roll9]

Initiative order:
Nedivax and skeleton wolves
Jadeite, Sora, and Surdrak
Belladonna
Artorias, Kheel, Elsee, and Badger

[Athedia]

"Wait! I don't understand you mages, but I am sure that if you had ASKED Deathboy here he could have helped you out. Plav or not I don't like people trying to hurt me."

[CoffeeIncluded]

The skeleton dogs snarl and sprint to the webs holding down the party, but as they dash into the webs, they stick and bind to the white bones. As the skeleton dogs run the webs stretch, then snap back, knocking the dogs to the ground.

They can't charge in a web, but are now next to the party. And entangled too. I'll add them to the map in a moment.

"Sadly Badger, I do not believe Nedivax will listen to us until we--how do you say it?--Beat the tar out of him."

A tiny brown weasel pops up next to Nedivax on his left side, and on his right side a ghostly hand rises up and over the party to slam down on Elsee and Kheel.

He used Spectral Hand to deliver Chill Touch to Elsee and Kheel.

Kheel:
Attack: [roll0] TOUCH
Damage: [roll1], and roll a fort save or take 1 point strength damage.
Attack: [roll2] TOUCH
Damage: [roll3], and roll a fort save or take another point strength damage.

Elsee:
Attack: [roll4] TOUCH
Damage: [roll5], and roll a fort save or take 1 point strength damage.
Attack: [roll6] TOUCH
Damage: [roll7], and roll a fort save or take another point strength damage.

You make a melee touch attack up to one time per level, so he attacked four times.

Elsee manages to dodge both attacks, and Kheel evades the second, but he shudders as the first freezes a bit of his wing.

Kheel needs to make one fort save, DC 16 and took 1 damage.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"If you need to bash these mages into oblivious, I can attempt to help you do it more quickly," Jadeite says as he tries to cast a spell while straining his hands against the webs.

Cast Haste, Concentration check: [roll0]

Artorias, Elsee, Kheel, Badger, and Surdrak find themselves filled with renewed speed, energy, and vigor.

Everyone's Hasted for 5 rounds! Sora and Surdrak are up.

[Silverraptor]

Sora is disoriented from the color spray and doesn't register the skeleton dogs approaching her.

No haste spell for Sora?:smalltongue:

[CoffeeIncluded]

Kheel whimpers as his strength is slightly depleted. Sora and Surdrak are stunned and unable to react to the skeleton dogs. They're also unable to react to Bella, leaning against the upper wall, splay out her hand and let a shower of glitter rain over everyone but Sora.

Everyone but Sora:
Make a will save or be blinded for four rounds.
Jadeite will: [roll0]
I swear to god I don't mean to roll this well. I want to spread the love to you all too!

Jadeite manages to wipe the glitter from his eyes, though it's still sprinkled all over his face and hair and robes.

Artorias, Kheel, Elsee, and Badger are up.

[Athedia]

Will Save: [roll0]

Badger let out a scream as her eyesight disappeared behind the glitter. Was it permanent? God no, please don't let it be. She would be useless to the guild, abandoned. She clawed at her face, feeling at her open eyes but not seeing her hands.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Glitter flies into Badger's eyes, and all she can see are painful refracted points of light, interspersed with dark. Her vision isn't completely black, but she's blinded all the same.

you can still teleport out, and get a sense of the enemies' location with a listen check.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee Will: (d20+1)[20]
Kheel: (d20+5)[15]

Elsee's face-down position works in her favour as the glitterdust lands harmlessly in her hair, making it sparkle as she moves to try and pull herself off of the ground. "Yes, because a Drow having a pet dog makes HER more human then plavaan too. loving your logic there pal. Reeeaaal arrow-proof for a genius."

Kheel however has less luck in the eyes-department, while he is able to keep his eyes closed as the glitterdust decorates his scales, he opens them just a smidge too early, the last of the flakes landing in his eyes.



Escape artist for Elsee to be unpinned.
(d20+8)[[b21[/b]]

[Athedia]

Badger aimed at where she had last seen Bella, shooting one arrow off as accurately as she could.

There is a -2 to attack.

Attack: [roll0]
Crit: Attack: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Miss on 1: [roll3]
EDIT: Wait I was wrong that -2 was to Badger's AC. So add 2 to both the attack and crit rolls then. Whoops.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Badger's attack almost strikes Bella. But at the last moment she hears the Mage twist and the arrow thunk into wood.

would have hit if not for cover.

Elsee, Kheel, and Artorias are up. Are you hitting for lethal against Bella and Nedivax? Or nonlethal like with other humanoids?

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias can't help but yelp as his vision is drowned by tiny glittery stuff, closing his eyes, he unleashes his instict hoping his sense of smell will help him in this fight.

swift action, Enter hunter's sense stance for the lovely scent.

As he proceses the new smells in the air he tries to grab a bottle from his bag.
artorias bought a couple of CL 1 enlarge person potions a few weeks back, he is trying to find it to drink it, but I'm not sure what kind if action it would be. If he can he uses a move action to retrieve the potion and a standard to drink it.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias can smell death all around him. He can smell the sweat and fear and exasperation of his friends behind him, and can smell the acid and bones and the wrong stench of undeath of the skeleton dogs ahead and around him. And higher up, he can smell two different scents--they've got to be Nedivax and Belladonna. Fumbling through his bag, he manages to find the right potion and drink it down. It works, and Artorias can find himself towering over the skeleton dogs, who back away as he grows and grows.

Nedivax appears to shrink back at the sight, and those who aren't blinded can see him sway and grip the ladder to stay where he is. He appears to mutter something under his breath, then shouts, "Summon Undead!"

A skeleton, a human skeleton, appears beside the dogs, its finger bones sharp and ready to claw. Nedivax's eyes widen as he sees the spell he has cast.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Two of the skeleton dogs attack Artorias, one of the skeleton dogs and the summoned human skeleton claw and bite at Sora, and the final skeleton dog tries to tear into Jadeite.

SD1 attacks Artorias:
Attack; [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

SD2 attacks Artorias:
Attack; [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

SD3 attacks Sora:
Attack; [roll6]
Crit: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8]

HS attacks Sora:
Attack; [roll9]
Crit: [roll10]
Damage: [roll11]

Attack; [roll12]
Crit: [roll13]
Damage: [roll14]


SD4 attacks Jadeite:
Attack; [roll15]
Crit: [roll16]
Damage: [roll17]

The summoned human skeleton manages to score a deep scratch in Sora's face, but none of the other attacks hit.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Jadeite grits his teeth and raises his wand, trying to silence Bella and prevent any more of those debilitating spells from being cast.

Concentration: [roll0]

Bella Will save: [roll1]

I swear to god if this doesn't continue for Natalia in my other game...

And I swear to god I didn't mean for Jadeite to be this strong here!

Bella's eyes widen and she grabs her throat. She opens her mouth and seems to be screaming something, but not a single sound comes out.

Sora and Surdrak are up.

[super dark33]

Surdrak awakens from his stun, and bellows:

དཧཙདཡ།།

Baleful utterance at the webs.
[roll0]

[Silverraptor]

The cut along her face brought Sora's attention back to her surroundings. Suddenly seeing the skeleton dogs and the skeleton figure over her, she put every ounce of strength and will she had into her amulet, calling forward All of Astrid's light.
"GREATER TURNING!!!"

Turning Check: [roll0]
Turning Damage: [roll1]

Don't forget, Greater Turning destroys the undead that would be turned anyways, though she seem's to have hit almost max damage anyways. Also don't forget that Sora also turns as if 1 level cleric higher.

[CoffeeIncluded]

The webs around Surdrak stiffen and shatter. He's free, for the moment, but if he moves he'll be trapped again.

Sora's light washes over the the skeletons; their outlines seem to fuzz and go black under the searing light. Two of the dogs let loose an unearthly howl and crumble to dust, while the summoned skeleton winks out of existence. One dog seems unaffected, while the other seems to weather Sora's blast, though just barely. It's still smoking.

Bella, silenced by Jadeite's wand of Silence, hops off the ladder and runs out of sight.

Elsee, Kheel, Badger, and Artorias are up.

Elsee can climb onto Kheel if she rolls 15 or better on her escape artist check. If Kheel rolls 15 or better in 2 consecutive rounds or 20 or better this round, he can take flight and escape. Though he's still blinded, so Elsee needs to guide him.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee escape artist: (d20+8)[19]
Kheel Strength: (d20+3)[11]

Elsee, having managed to twist her way out of the webbing previously, manages to slowly make her way infront of Kheel, pulling and tugging on his own web strands to try and help the Wyvern move once more. ultimately however the creature remains stuck. With not much else she could do, Elsee drew her Kurkri and began cutting at the webs around him.

Elsee movies to S 56, beside Surdark and infront of Kheel. Next round she will try to assist Kheel in getting out of the webs.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Elsee manages to climb onto Kheel's back, but try as he might the wyvern can't move through the web.

[Athedia]

Badger loosed another arrow this time at Nedivax who she had just heard cast a spell. She was oblivious to the monsters around her, blinded as she was.

Is she close enough for Point Blank Shot? If she is +1 to attack and damage
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: Attack: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Miss on 1: [roll3]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax shouts as Badger's arrow hits his shoulder.

lethal or nonlethal?

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias struggles agains the webbing, trying to break off.


Strength Check [roll0]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias just barely manages to burst out of the webs. He can move, though his movements are still constrained.

The two remaining skeleton dogs keep attacking him.
Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]


However, neither is able to hit as the strands pull them back.

[super dark33]

Surdrak readies a blast, aiming with pure rage,
but on the last moment he hesitates and pulls out his wand of enlarge person, and uses it on Artorias instead.

10+10=20=enough to use a wand Use magic item roll

Derp that doesnt read the thread.

BAD SUPERDARK BAD SUPERDARK.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax grits his teeth and summons his hand down, to lay upon Artorias's shoulder. The instant it does, he feels a wracking pain shoot down from it.

Fort save for half damage, please.
Wracking Touch: [roll0]

EDIT:
Surdrak is about to enlarge Artorias, but realizes he already drank a potion to do so.
What else do you want to do?

[super dark33]

Upon second hesitation, Surdrak fires the blast at Nedivax instead.

Living things. URGH.

just note that the disdain for living things is only activating the Mortalbale feat, not anything psychotic.
[roll0] RangedTouch Attack
[roll1] Lethal

Also: shouldnt he roll climb checks for staying up that ladder or somthing?

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias grinds his teeth as the pain shoots though his body.

Fortitude Save [roll0]

[Silverraptor]

Sora looks back at her wrists and ankles, tentatively pulling to test their strength. She quickly comes to the conclusion there was no way she was going to get out of these webs on her own. However, things were too dangerous for one of the others to help her out, so she decided to contribute to the fight in other ways. Like those last 2 skeleton dogs, for instance.

"Turn Undead!"

[roll0]
[roll1]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Artorias can't fight off the full might of the spell. But Sora's light bathes over him and the two dogs whimper and back away.

Rummaging through something unseen with one hand, Bella appears to be casting some sort of spell that clouds Kheel's mind.

Kheel needs to make a will save.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax screams in pain as Jadeite raises his wand once more.

Concentration check: [roll0]
Will save: [roll1]

The scream seems to stutter for a moment, but then continues, dying out naturally. It's replaced by panting and a murderous glare at Surdrak--and a murderous growl.

Elsee, Kheel, Artorias, and Badger are up.

Kheel needs to make a will save or take no actions this round.

[Draconi Redfir]

Kheel will save: (d20+5)[14]

If sucsess: Kheel continues attempting to pull himself out of the webs, Elsee attempts to assist him.

Kheel strength: (d20+3)[13]
Elsee assisting him, strength check as i don't think she can assist himn with an escape artist. if she gets higher then 10, then kheel gets a +2 bonus to his roll.
(d20+1)[17]

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias charges blindly, trying to plow through the skeleton dogs in front of him (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/specialAttacks.htm#overrun)

Strength check to move through the web [roll0]
Strength Check to Overrun dog 1 [roll1] (4 from str +4 from being large)
Strength Check to Overrun dog 2 [roll2]
Moving towards the (48-49, S-T) square.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"That's a daze spell," Jadeite shouts to Elsee. "Kheel should be fine in a moment!"

Artorias tries to Hargreaves forward and shove the skeleton dogs out of the way, but the strands hold him tight, and he very nearly falls flat on his face.

jadeite auto-passed the spellcraft check, I realized. Athedia, Badger is up.

[Athedia]

Badger kept her bow pointed at where she had heard the yelp. Another arrow sprang from the string, unseen by her as to where it went.

Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]
Miss on 1: [roll3]

[CoffeeIncluded]

It seems like the arrow is going to fly true...but it goes just over Nedivax's head and clatters against the wall.

[CoffeeIncluded]

The skeleton dogs continue mindlessly attacking Artorias.

Attack: [roll0]
Crit: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2]

Attack: [roll3]
Crit: [roll4]
Damage: [roll5]

Neither can still touch Artorias.

Nedivax, clutching his bleeding side, growls in rage at Surdrak, "BURN!" He launches out a cone of fire at the warlock.

Reflex half, take [roll6] damage otherwise.

But the cone of fire isn't limited to Surdrak's spot. It ignites the webs around him, and they burst into flames! Artorias is instantly caught in the conflagration, and though the webs in the fire burn to ash, Artorias is burning as well!

Nedivax's eyes widen. He lowers his head and says, "Oops."

Artorias takes [roll7] fire damage.

[super dark33]

[roll0]

Surdrak bends out of the burst, but not without getting a few burns.

3 damage, since DR.

[super dark33]

Surdrak readies another blast, still thinking about the fact living things suck, and launches it at Nedivax again, with malicious glee.
[roll0]
[roll1]

Any idea what I am Naeddae? Or your education is not beyond 'corpses are cool'?

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivac screams and falls behind the wall to the ground with a very loud thud.

How many times can you use that blast?

[super dark33]

Nedivac screams and falls behind the wall to the ground with a very loud thud.

How many times can you use that blast?

five per day. 3 remain.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Soul-peddler, you fool!" Jadeite screams as he flails against the thick strands, the wall of fire roaring up behind him and consuming the strands, creeping onto the fringes of his cape. "What have you done?! He was perfectly content with dealing moves meant to incapacitate and only do minor damage! I have no spell to nullify these flames! Not all of us have bargained our spirits for more power!"

Jadeite is trying to flee the fire.

Escape artist: [roll0]

Jadeite actually looks panicked, and he manages to force his way through multiple thick gobs of web. He actually picks up a crumbled but still sharp shard of bone from one of the skeleton dogs and hacks his way through.

Sora's up.

[Silverraptor]

"OH GOD NO!!"
Sora watches helplessly as the wall of fire makes its way over to her. She struggles slightly with the webs, but still knows it will do no good. She instead focuses in trying to mitigate the fire damage once its upon her, focusing the spell to wash over her, literally.
"Create Water!"

[roll0]

The water gushes out of her amulet to about a foot high before arcing in all directions and washing over her. While she is now drenched and her clothes becoming slightly see through, this would hopefully help reduce the impact of the fire. Or at very least prevent her clothes from catching fire as well.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Ten gallons of water splash over Sora's head, completely soaking her and the webs around her. The water forces its way up her nose and in her mouth and plasters her clothes to her skin, but doesn't actually harm her. But she is dripping soaking wet, as are the webs. Which is probably a good thing as the fire roars closer.

The fire will only do half damage, but it will create smoke that you'll have to fort save against next round or spend the round choking and coughing. Smart move!

[CoffeeIncluded]

Bella runs forward, desperately waving her hand, which comes into view first.

Kheel needs to make another will save, same DC.

Upon seeing the conflagration and increasing chaos, and Nedivax unmoving behind the walls, Bella seems to desperately sign something, or make some sort of movements with her hands.

Unless you guys know drow sign language, I'll need a sense motive check to understand what she's saying.

Badger, Artorias, Elsee, and Kheel are up.

[Silverraptor]

Sense Motive: [roll0]

Psssshhh.

[Athedia]

Badger heard the crackle of fire beside her. Normally she would be able to squash her fear, she had when rescuing Felix, but this was different. She was blind, she was underground and she was helpless. Panicked she fought the web trying to move out the door, back to safety.

Escape Artist: [roll0]
Coffee, I will post more once i learn the outcome.

Her panic and the rush of energy she got had served her well in the past. She stumbled out of the web and the room, collapsing on the floor. She could still hear the blaze roaring behind her and the screaming of her companions. A cold nose nuzzled at her and she started to cry for the first time in years.

She was helpless, she couldn't save them. And even if she survived she was stuck down here and those two... they would not hesitate to kill her. Sthe collapse on the floor hugging Naga close to her. She was no longer Badger, because Badger was strong and did not fear her death. She had become the scared girl from so many years ago, helpless, alone and afraid.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Artorias endures the heat, he has lived all his life in a forge, he doesn't fear fire. He tries to charge forward once more, trying to locate the witch by her scent.


Another overrun attempt
strength check to move 1d20+
vs. SD1 [roll0]
vs SD2 [roll1]

[Draconi Redfir]

"awww comeon!" Elsee shouts as the fire rages on, her tiny hands desperately trying to slap kheel out of it while trying to untangle him. "whatever happened to no lethal injuries in city limits!? I mean for Golek's sake i swipe out a guy's tendon so he can't run off 'nd i get shouted at for two hours and sentenced to three weeks hard toilet duty on Chilli month! There is NO way I’m letting some other dink get away with outright killing a guy because the races were flipped around!"

Kheel will:(d20+5)[20]

will post Elsee's actions once i know what the willsave was.

From the looks of things it looked like Kheel was starting to wake up, so Elsee quickly redoubled her efforts in trying to break him out of the webs.


Kheel strength: (d20+3)[8]
Elsee escape artist to assist: (d20+8)[15]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Badger flees the web and curls up crying in the previous room in shock. Artorias tries to flee as well but is held fast.

Kheel snaps to it, and immediately starts screaming and flailing his wings, trying to escape the fire.

He made the save.

[super dark33]

Surdrak attempts to break more web by speaking spirit profanities at them.

ᏯᎦᏜᎧ.

[roll0]

The webs barely budge.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax remains silent and unmoving behind the wall, his status unknown, and the turned skeleton dogs attempt to flee Sora. But the fire still spreads, incinerating the webs and burning everyone in their path.

Screwed up and posted in the other thread since I'm tired.
SD1 strength check:
(d20+2)[6]

SD2 strength check:
(d20+2)[13]

Artorias fire damage: (4d4)[10]

Sora fire damage: (d4)[1]

Kheel fire damage: (2d4)[5]

Elsee fire damage: (2d4)[4]

[CoffeeIncluded]

Jadeite watches Bella's movements, even as he flails and struggles to escape the approaching flames.

sense motive: [roll0]
Escape artist: [roll1]

Jadeite can't understand Bella's desperate signing, but he manages to push through the webs and very nearly escapes.

[Silverraptor]

As the webs burned around her, Sora found the tension release. Pulling sharply on the strands, she rolled through the fiery web into the heart of where the fire originated, where there was nothing but soot and ash (5ft step). She then gets on all fours slowly, bits of spider web dangling down still from her, especially her wrists and ankles.
"If you'd think that I am a bondage type of girl..."
She puts one foot under her and starts getting up.
"...then you would actually be right."
She then stood up and looked at the hobgoblin above.
"But if you'd think I would enjoy trying to be burned alive while in said bondage..."
She reached down the from of her shirt and grabbed for something.
"...then allow me to give you my appropriate response."
She then flicked her hand out, palm up, to reveal the amber beetle necklace. At the moment her arm stopped at full length, the beetle flew out of the amber at same speed. The beetle began to buzz and fly through the air angrily, growing slightly at the same time, and charged straight at the hobgoblin who casted the fire.

I just want to say that if Jadeite had casted a fire spell, Sora would've behaved in quite a similar fashion, though probably not as extreme. She would've probably hit him a few times, which with her strength wouldn't account for much.:smalltongue:

I also forgot the HP of everyone, so I just had Sora react how she would normally in this situation with no context.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Following Sora's mental orders, the summoned beetle flies right at the unconscious, dead or dying Nedivax. Where it bounces off the top of the wall, spiraling backwards in midair. Instead, it flies straight at the nearest humanoid target--Belladonna.

nedivax is unconscious and behind a wall. You can't actually see him. So the beetle is going after Bella instead.

Otherwise, nice post!

[CoffeeIncluded]

Seeing the enormous stab beetle head her way, Belladonna immediately summons a floating image before her. It's not an illusion of a monster. It's not an illusion of Nedivax. It's not an illusion of a spell.

The illusion consists of two words, bright red and floating in the air. They read: I SURRENDER.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee hisses as the flames wash over her and Kheel, singing their skin and blinding their eyes temporairily as they pass. Fourtionately they tke the webbing with them, freeing the both of them from their entangelent. Coughing loudly from the smoke and heat, Elsee taps the underside of Kheels chin a few times as she climbs onto is back, leaning to the left a bit as she attempted to guide him up and to the left to escape the flames and smoke.

[CoffeeIncluded]

As Elsee and Kheel fly above the smoke and flame, the goblin sees Bella desperately waving around the illusion that says I SURRENDER, and she hears jadeite shout, "Bella is surrendering!"

[Silverraptor]

Sora stops, frozen where she was for a moment, before turning to Jadeite.
"WHAT?! NOW SHE SURRENDERS?!"
Sora gestures around.
"Badger and Kheel are blind. Artorias is almost the size of a house. Her Hobgoblin friend is unconscious over the wall. She can't speak. And for me..."
She holds her arms out.
"I have bits of spider web dangling from me from all places, especially my hair. Parts of me are soaked wet while the other part is bone dry after the fire swept through trying to burn me alive. And not to mention all this dirt we've accumulated."
She drops her arms at her side in disbelief and disgust.
"Why couldn't she have just surrendered earlier so that NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL?!"

[Dusk Eclipse]

"I can still hear you"

[super dark33]

She surrendered because she saw what happens to those that dont, like Naeddae over there.

At least i calmed down before i killed him or somthing.

Surdrak rubs the areas that burn on him.

Where did Badger go?

[Athedia]

As Badger heard the fire die down she tried to calm down, her face still buried in Naga's fur. She could hear her friends voices from the other room, they were still alive. And Bella wanted to... surrender? Elsee echoed her sentiments.

Taking deep breathes she scrubbed the tears away from her face and shakily stood up. She was still blind and could not see her friends but spoke softly. "I am out here."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Jadeite dismisses the silence spell as everyone else except Badger crowds in the middle of the burnt-out webs, waiting for the rest of the web to burn to ash as well.

"The spell should wear off in a few seconds! Just let me get to my brother!" Bella shouts, running to him as the two remaining skeleton dogs whimper and flee from Sora, racing to a desk and hiding under it.

The group can suddenly hear her shout behind the wall, "Nedivax! Nedivax, are you a-alive? Please tell me you're alive!"

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee lept off of Kheel's back and floated down to the opposite end of the wall to examine the hobgoblin herself, calling out to the rest of the group as she slowly fell and approached the fallen hobgoblin.

"Either way i'm totlly voting we kick the warlock out of the guild for this. No way in hell is he getting away scott free for doing ten times worse what i got stuck with toilet duty for!"

(( Any checks i should make to see if the guy is still alive?))

[super dark33]

Surdrak turns his back and folds his arms.

Emane citsinohcrana na htiw namow a dna recnamorcen a yb ta detaolg dna snoteleks yb netae, bew a ni dnilb eb dluow uoy em tuohtiw, pleh ym rof uoy knaht yas, doog.

He starts walking towards the end of the room, to see if he can spot anything.

Enod eb ot dah tahw did i.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax is alive, but barely. The pool of blood beneath him is growing by the moment.

"Surdrak does seem to be more unhinged than before, though I cannot say it was entirely unjustified in this case. Regardless, I agree, that he might need some sort of restraint in the future," jadeite says.

Bella shoves a potion down Nedivax's throat, and the hobgoblin wakes with a choked gasp.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax's eyes grow huge as he takes in the complete chaos before him. Badger, Artorias, and Kheel rub glitter out of their eyes as the two skeleton dogs run away from Sora, who is all but shoving her holy symbol in their faces, and scrabble under his bed in a fit to get away. Artorias is nearly as large as a horse, sora is sopping wet, everyone is covered in webs, and half of them are burnt. And the goblin is on top of an angry young wyvern.

"Bella," he says quickly and quietly, "Get out of here." He then steps between Bella and the group, one badly wounded hobgoblin wizard against six angry guild members and a wyvern, and shouts, "Take me, but leave my sister be!"

[Athedia]

It was temporary Badger was relieved that she could see again. But she didn't let it show as she walked into the room with the others. "Family loyalty is nice an' all. But you tried to kill us. I am sorry but if she flees that I will track her down and I do not let people go."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"T-Then I'll have to kill you first!" Nedivax says with a quavering voice as the little weasel hops onto his shoulder and buries herself into his hair.

im going to need a sense motive, athedia.

[Athedia]

With that stutter? [roll0]

"I wouldn't do that. See, right now I am at least willing to talk to some people on your behalf. Be a little harder if I have to knock you out first."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Badger:

oh, he's totally lying. He probably doesn't have much useful magic left, if any.

"Who are you going to talk to? You brought a while force in here just for fighting us necromancers!" Nedivax looks terrified. Bella is edging towards the side of the room where the ceiling has crumbled in and been hastily patched, but she doesn't seem to be fleeing yet.

[Athedia]

"Them? A whole force?" At this Badger couldn't help but laugh. "Well it is good we all came or those chokers would have gotten us. But you, no. Even if you wanted to you couldn't hurt us right now. Bella, I would suggest you don't try to flee. Your brother here is out of spells, and trust me the law looks badly on those who run."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Judging from the look on Nedivax's face, neither of them knew about the chokers. Bella freezes in place, and when she speaks it's much less confident and cruel than before. "Please, don't hurt my brother. Nedivax was...he was just..."

[Athedia]

"Trying to protect you?"

[Draconi Redfir]

(( How many times do i need to say that Elsee isn't on/got off of Kheel? :U))

Elsee slowly goose-steeped towards the Hobgoblin as he and Badger talked, her arms folded behind her back and her weapons sheathed. Upon getting within just a few feet of the hobgoblin, Elsee kneeld forward at the waist, squinting a bit as she examined the hobgoblin's tatoo just in time for Badger to begin talking to Bella.

"You a Seer?"

[super dark33]

They resisted arrest, which like using lethal force, is against the law. Therefore I have no right to say anything in that matter.

Surdrak frowns and examines his hands.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Bella pauses, as if she's not quite sure about what to say next. "It's more than that. Nedivax and I, we--"

But she falls silent as Nedivax stares at Elsee, who is scratching Kheel's chin. Of rather, he's staring at her tattoo. "I didn't know there were still other goblin tribes who followed the ways," he says.

Jadeite mutters to Surdrak, "Then they will face arrest and criminal charges as well. There are rules." the last three words are said much harder than the others.

sorry about that, Draconi. Oh, and do you guys want to search them for treasure?

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee merely quirked an eyebrow, her smile fading as she crossed her arms under her chest.

"Didn't know it was somethin other tribes did. Guess that's whatcha get fer quittin early. mighta been told'a bout it more later on."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Why would you ever leave?" Nedivax asks in disbelief. "It is...it was...it is...the greatest honor of our tribe." The hobgoblin rubs the tattoo above his eyes, the blue swirl that evokes a sense of movement and travel.

"Why would you ever give it up?"

Elsee:

Elsee can make a knowledge check to identify it.

EDIT: Nedivax's familiar runs up to the hobgoblin's face and places her paws on it. Upon closer inspection, the familiar is not a weasel, but a ferret, an odd ferret with a black-tipped tail and a black patch on her back and black paws.

His familiar is a black-footed ferret.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee sneered and shrugged a bit as she kinda stared at the tatoo, racking her brain for anything simmiler she might have seen all those years ago.

"only got et cuz my mom's family line had it, was never able to do the whole magic shabeil, never even wanted to do it in the first place. they didn't listen, so eye left."


knowledge (idunno,) (20-1)[15]

[super dark33]

The tattoo has qualities of some kind. Neither arcane or divine.

Surdrak activates Detect magic to search for stuff in the room.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Elsee:

There were other clans who had tattoos like hers and Nedivax's, and all of them were goblin clans. Maybe. Either way, she doesn't know of any other Seer clans.

The way Nedivax's eyes widen, it's as if Elsee admitted to being born disabled. Which, in a sense, to one with the tattoo, isn't far off the mark.

"Do you have any siblings?" he asks. "My sister, Bella, we tried, but she could never be a..." he says a word that, in goblin, translates to Midnight nomad. "I always thought it was because she never shared our bloodline, but if what you say is true, then it may be more complicated than that.

Surdrak:

There's no magic on the tattoo (did I ever say it was magical?), but Nedivax's headband and Bella's chain shirt both register as magical. Other things may be as well.

[Draconi Redfir]

Elsee shrugged a bit, idly sitting on the ground near the hobgoblin, crossing her legs.

"only one last time i checked, wasa few years ago though so i might have a few creeps running around. Other'n tht i got nothin."

She squins a bit though and glances over to bella, who is still busy chatting with badger.

"Seems pretty magic user-y to me."

[CoffeeIncluded]

Nedivax shakes his head. "Simply being a mage isn't enough to become a midnight nomad or a delve reader. You out to know at least this," he says.

Bella sighs. "I could learn any illusion or enchantment, beguile even Kago soldiers to protect my family, but I could never be a midnight nomad. And now I can't even protect my brother from you." She tugs on her chain shirt. "What good is this for?!"

[Athedia]

"Well, we have an issue here. The two of you did break the law, and did try to kill us. I hope more that I remember that. But we already turned someone in for the flesh golem. This was just us following up a lead about dancing skeletons. Unless you did participate in the golem? And why dancing?"

[Dusk Eclipse]

"umm does anyone knows how long this stuff lasts?" Artorias says in a booming voice.


Artorias knows a little about spellcasting (decent INT) but he has no idea of the finer points of spellcasting, and since I wasn't sure what to post, I decided to go with comedy.

[CoffeeIncluded]

"Well, we have an issue here. The two of you did break the law, and did try to kill us. I hope more that I remember that. But we already turned someone in for the flesh golem. This was just us following up a lead about dancing skeletons. Unless you did participate in the golem? And why dancing?"

Bella and Nedivax blink. "Dancing?" It's clear neither of them know what Badger's talking about either.

The two mages ignore Badger's remark about their criminal activity. Nedivax says, "Tanner found out about us and asked to join. He's responsible for the flesh golem."


"umm does anyone knows how long this stuff lasts?" Artorias says in a booming voice.


Artorias knows a little about spellcasting (decent INT) but he has no idea of the finer points of spellcasting, and since I wasn't sure what to post, I decided to go with comedy.

Jadeite looks down and starts counting off on his fingers. "Three...two...one..."

Right on cue, in a swirl of vertigo Artorias instantly shrinks down to his normal size.

[Draconi Redfir]

Nedivax shakes his head. "Simply being a mage isn't enough to become a midnight nomad or a delve reader. You out to know at least this," he says.

Elsee merely shook her head. "Mom 'nd grandma 'nd great-gramma 'nd so on were the only ones who could do magic 'nd predict the future 'n stuff for us."

[CoffeeIncluded]

"How small was your tribe?" Nedivax asks, almost in horror.

[Dusk Eclipse]

"Urghhh.... ok that could have been worse"

[CoffeeIncluded]

"It's a shame the spell has few direct offensive purposes," Jadeite muses. "Though I suppose there could be a variant which, upon restoration of size, would restore size from the feet to the head rather than vice versa, leaving the subject to the whims of gravity."

I'll roll for treasure tonight or tomorrow.