Second Darkness: Children of the Void [IC]

[rypt]

Tsyra calls out in dismay, "The creature deceives us! My blade cannot harm it -- it merely feigns injury!" She then dismisses her kinetic blade and draws a more conventional weapon, a thin-bladed dagger tapered slightly near the hilt. Running her fingers along the steel, she focuses her mind and her magic on this new form.

Spoiler: OOC

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Free action: Dismiss kinetic blade.

Move action: Draw an elven leafblade.

Standard action: Attune to the elven leafblade.

Swift action: Adopt scarlet einhander stance.

[lostsole31]

R6T23: Tsyra calls out in dismay, "The creature deceives us! My blade cannot harm it -- it merely feigns injury!" She then dismisses her kinetic blade and draws a more conventional weapon, a thin-bladed dagger tapered slightly near the hilt. Running her fingers along the steel, she focuses her mind and her magic on this new form, but her soul's energy does not fill this simple vessel. Though elven in make, it is not masterwork in craft, and cannot sustain the attempted attunement. She gets back into her combat stance despite that.

R6T15: Ago, what do you do?

Maggie on deck, Bogey in the hole ...

[AggressiveBread]

Santiago recoils slightly from the powerful bite, but moves quickly to heal his wounds with holy power. He then steps 5ft toward the mouth of the cave.

Spoiler: OOC

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SWA: lay on hands on self
Healing: (2d6+8)[19]
SA: lay on hands self again
Healing:(2d6+8)[16]
FA: 5ft step to the southwest if possible
If he is required to make a saving throw he will use unbreakable gambit.

[lostsole31]

R6T15: Santiago recoils slightly from the powerful bite, but moves quickly to heal his wounds with holy power for a whopping 35 healing, so that only a minor chilled bit of his tiefling skin remains to show any discomfort. He then steps 5ft toward the mouth of the cave.

R6T10: Meanwhile, in the other cave ... Maggie, what do you do?

Bogey on deck, Sol in the hole ...

[bcool999]

Maggie

Examining Lev’s wounds, Maggie continues to pump healing energy into him. Hoping he will open his eyes.

”C’mon Lev! Wake up!” Maggie urges.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move Action: Heal check on Lev’s wounds to see if I can tell damage types.
Heal: (1d20+7)[21]

Standard Action: Lay on hands on Lev for (2d6)[9] Positive Energy.

[lostsole31]

R6T10: Examining Lev’s wounds, Maggie continues to pump healing energy into him (9 healing). Lev opens his eyes, but seems completely disoriented and his eyes are unable to focus on anything (blinded & stunned). Maggie urges him, ”C’mon, Lev! Wake up!”

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T26: The bogey moves 5' NE and looks to concentrate on something and creates a vulnerability that Tsyra tries to exploit, but her leafblade misses. The bogey touches one of the many, many rocks on the ground. Suddenly, the entire area is plunged into a darkness that not even Ago's vision can penetrate!

R7T24: "I can't see!" calls out Sol. "I'm going to go into the other chamber to make sure Maggie and Lev are okay." A few seconds later he calls out, "That blackness only extends halfway into the passage between chambers. I see Maggie's light now." With that he flies in, 10' off the ground and looking down at Maggie from a height of 10'.

R7T23: Tsyra, you see nothing. Before the lights went out, the bogey flew down adjacent to your SE and touched one of many rocks in rubble and everything went black. What do you do?

Ago on deck, Maggie in the hole ...

[rypt]

With one hand outstretched, Tsyra moves towards the western wall of the chamber, using Sol's voice to orient herself in the dark. Once she feels that she's reached the wall, she begins to follow it south. If and when she reaches the passageway to the adjoining chamber, she calls to others, "We must consider the possibility that this creature is beyond our ability to defeat. I suggest we make for the entrance and hope that the light of day will deter the living darkness." She will then continue as far southward as her movement will allow, keeping a hand on the wall in case the darkness extends all the way to the cliff edge.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move action and standard action: Move west to the chamber wall and then turn south, following the wall south. She will stop if she leaves the darkness or if she feels that she's reached the cliffside pathway.

[lostsole31]

R7T23: With one hand outstretched, Tsyra moves towards the western wall of the chamber, using Sol's voice to orient herself in the dark. Once she feels that she's reached the wall, she begins immediately follows it south and calls into the chamber beyond as she continues, "We must consider the possibility that this creature is beyond our ability to defeat. I suggest we make for the entrance and hope that the light of day will deter the living darkness."

Being in pitch black and dealing with the line of scree and rubble enough so that when she gets to Scruff because she hasn't the time to get past the badger.

R7T15: Ago, what do you do? You see nothing ... your entire field of view taken up by supernatural darkness that defeats your darkvision.

Maggie on deck, Bogey in the hole ...

[AggressiveBread]

Ago will move west towards the sound of Sol’s voice. Using the wall to guide him, he tries to get out of the darkness. He also adopts a more defensive stance.
”Tsyra make your way outside! I’ll guard Sol and the others!”

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: Move as far west as possible, then follow the wall into the smaller area where sol presumably is.
Sa: continue moving until he is at least 10ft out of the darkness.
SWA: enter inner sphere stance.

[lostsole31]

R7T15: Ago moves west towards the sound of Sol’s voice, stumbling over Scruff and the difficult line of rocks as he goes, which is a really difficult area to move past in the dark. Using the wall to guide him, he gets to the mouth of the entrance, but not farther beyond, and is still in the dark. Adopting a defensive posture he calls out, ”Tsyra make your way outside! I’ll guard Sol and the others!”

R7T11-10: Lev is no longer comatose, but is temporarily blinded and stunned, but his eyes open and they begin to fight to focus as he is still stunned.

Maggie, you know that he only has a few more seconds (1 round) before he is no longer stunned. Meanwhile, you also heard both Tsyra and Ago stumbling around, annoying Scruff in the darkness. What do you do?

Bogey on deck, Sol in the hole ...

[bcool999]

Maggie

With the impenetrable darkness blocking the way with danger still within, Maggie hunkers down next to Lev to guard him. She also calls out to Scruff in the darkness, ”Here boy. C’mere Scruff.”

Spoiler: OOC

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FRA: Full Defense Action
FA: Call Scruff over.

[lostsole31]

R7T10: With the impenetrable darkness blocking the way with danger still within, Maggie hunkers down next to Lev to guard him. She also calls out to Scruff in the darkness, ”Here, boy. C’mere, Scruff.”

R7T9: Ago feels something furry and ornery brush past him. Maggie, Scruff appears and gets into a safe little nook between Maggie and the wall of the cave.

End Round 7, Begin Round 8 ...

R8T26: The bogey appears from out of the rock face of the secondary chamber, its dread nature terrifying those in the cavern.

Maggie and Lev, roll a Will save vs. fear! (Sorry, Lev, but being stunned is not a defense against this fear effect as it doesn't require you to be lucid.)

[bcool999]

Maggie

Spoiler: Will save:

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Will saving throw: (1d20+8)[15]

[Kvard51]

Will Save

Spoiler: Save

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(1d20+9)[27]

[lostsole31]

R8T26: Lev is too insensate and loopy to feel too much fear. Maggie's spirit quails, but though she cannot see Ago, she senses him coming and is heartened. Scruff is too ornery. Sol barely holds it together but for Ago's unseen inspiration. (All heroes and badger shaken.)

R8T24: "Tsyra's right," says Sol. "Fall back if you can if you don't think you can do anything to the Bat-Man. I'm heading out over the bay outside." With that, he flies into the darkness to the east, brushing past Ago as he goes.

R8T23: Tsyra, you are at the mouth of the western cave, on the north side. A field of rubble goes due south to the exit, you remember. You are in pitch black. What do you do?

Ago on deck, Lev in the hole ...

[rypt]

Tsyra calls out in the darkness, "Sol, are you able to see how far the darkness extends towards the cliff face?"

Making her way southward, she crosses the westward passage, trying to keep one hand on the cavern wall as she navigates the uneven terrain.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move and standard action: Double move south along the western wall of the cavern. If she steps into a space without difficult terrain or is able to see that she's reached the cliffside, she will stop. If she leaves the darkness, she will call back to the others to describe the location of the boundary.

[lostsole31]

R8T23: Tsyra calls out in the darkness, "Sol, are you able to see how far the darkness extends towards the cliff face?"

"Yes!" comes a distant call that carries little echo, indicating he is outside.

Making her way southward, she crosses the westward passage - including patting Ago in the back - trying to keep one hand on the cavern wall as she navigates the uneven terrain. She manages to work just a strenuous move action before the glint of light coming in through the entrance is finally visible. She calls out to others, "The darkness seems to end 10' or so south of the cross passage. It is still dark in the cave, but I can at least see the light of sunset coming in from outside."

R8T15: Ago, what do you do?

Lev on deck, Maggie in the hole ...

[AggressiveBread]

Ago continues to move west, if he makes it out of the darkness, he moves to strike the creature with his flail. ”Come fiend! I will be your opponent!”

Spoiler: OOC

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MA: move to the west into the smaller cavern trying to get within 5ft of the enemy
SA: If he’s within 5ft he will strike the creature, if he is not adjacent, he will move again.
Flail attack: (1d20+9)[27] +5 smite
Damage (1d8+5)[13]+4 smite
If he has to make a saving throw, he’ll use unbreakable gambit.

[lostsole31]

R8T15: Ago continues to move west, making it out of the darkness, crosses past Maggie, and then strikes the creature with his flail for 8. ”Come fiend! I will be your opponent!”

R8T11: Lev is still stunned, but ...

R8T10: ... he regains his wits a second later, finding himself alive and prone on the deck, and the bogey hovering right near him at ground level.

Maggie, what do you do? You are surely filled with trepidation, but you are no longer shaken.

Scruff on deck, Bogey in the hole ...

[bcool999]

Maggie

Seeing the creature looming above them once more, Maggie is visibly fearful for her life. Still she steels herself to aid her allies escape.

”Scruff! We gotta pull Lev. Pull!” Maggie attempts to show Scruff how to perform this unfamiliar action.

Worried about Lev Taking more blows, Maggie opts to restore more of his vitality. A spell springs to her lips and healing energy channels into Lev.

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Move Action: Push Scruff to perform an unknown trick. Handle Animal vs DC25: (1d20+12)[13] +4 for animal companion link I believe?
On success, get Scruff to perform a Drag maneuver on Lev moving North.

Standard Action: Cure Moderate wounds on Lev. Healing: (2d8+4)[15]

[lostsole31]

R8T10: Seeing the creature looming above them once more, Maggie is visibly fearful for her life. Still she steels herself to aid her allies escape.

”Scruff! We gotta pull Lev. Pull!” Maggie attempts to show Scruff how to perform this unfamiliar action.

Worried about Lev Taking more blows, Maggie opts to restore more of his vitality. A spell springs to her lips and healing energy channels into Lev for 15 healing. This empties her of her most powerful spirit guide magic, and she fights off a headache.

R8T9: Scruff tries to claw and burrow through the hard rock of the cave, but makes no headway.

End Round 8, Begin Round 9 ...

R9T26: The bogey does a 5-foot adjustment to now be partway in the rock on the eastern wall. An ephemeral claw slashes through Lev's left knee for 5 + 5 cold, another claw passes his neck for 4 + 1 cold, and finally it gnaws on his foot for 7 + 2 cold, and Lev feels unconsciousness looming over him again.

Lev, do you go unconscious or fight it and stay awake?

[Kvard51]

Lev lapses back into unconsciousness, his body protecting him from imminent death...

[lostsole31]

R9T26 (Cont'd): Lev lapses back into unconsciousness, his body protecting him from imminent death.

R9T24: Outside, Sol seems to have shaken off that initial terror. He calls out, "Tsyra! do you hear me? Follow my voice."

R9T23: Tsyra, what do you do? You aren't in a field of impenetrable darkness, but your light source and those of the party are, and the setting sun makes a brilliant pinhole at the entrance without actually lighting the cavern for you appreciably.

Ago on deck, Lev (dying) in the hole ...

[AggressiveBread]

With zeal and hatred burning in his eyes Santiago casts a divine spell to focus his wrath on the creature. He then steps over Lev’s body, standing over him.
”Do what you can to move him Maggie. It seems Lev lacks the Will to move of his own accord.”

Spoiler: OOC

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SA: cast wrath on himself, focusing on the fiend. (+2 to attack/damage against one creature for a minute)
MA: Move onto the square with lev’s body, standing over him

[rypt]

"I can hear you," Tsyra calls back to Sol. "I can see light at the entrance to the cavern." As she moves towards the cliff, she relays to Sol what she's heard from the other chamber. "Santiago is still combating the sentient shadow. Maggie is struggling to extricate Lev."

Spoiler: OOC

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Move and standard action: Tsyra will double move towards the entrance of the cavern. She will stop if she reaches Sol or the cliffside pathway.

[lostsole31]

R9T23: "I can hear you," Tsyra calls back to Sol. "I can see light at the entrance to the cavern." As she moves towards the cliff, she relays to Sol what she's heard from the other chamber. "Santiago is still combating the sentient shadow. Maggie is struggling to extricate Lev."

Sol has her move one step to the side of the entrance so as not to block the light for others.

R9T15: With zeal and hatred burning in his eyes Santiago casts a divine spell to focus his wrath on the creature. He then steps over Lev’s body, standing over him. ”Do what you can to move him, Maggie. It seems Lev lacks the Will to move of his own accord.”

R9T11: Lev, roll a stabilization check.

R9T10: Maggie, what do you do?

Scruff on deck, Bogey in the hole ...

[bcool999]

Maggie

Stepping away from the threatening foe, Maggie yells at Ago, ”There’s no way I can drag Lev out of here alone Ago!“

Reaching for her druidic magics, Maggie summons a cloud of fog to obscure the enemy’s vision. She then calls out, “Scruff with me!”

Spoiler: OOC

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5ft step North
FA speak
Standard Action: Cast Fog Cloud Centered on Self.
FA: Order Scruff to Heel.

[lostsole31]

R9T10: Stepping away from the threatening foe, Maggie yells at Ago, ”There’s no way I can drag Lev out of here alone Ago!“ Reaching for her druidic magics, Maggie summons a cloud of fog to obscure the enemy’s vision. She then calls out, “Scruff with me!”

R9T9: Scruff delays, waiting for its master to move more, since he is still adjacent to her....

End Round 9, Begin Round 10 ...

R10T26: Protected by the stone it is partially inhabiting, it seems to Ago that the monster is briefly concentrating on something. Then a sharp report is heard with the tang of ozone (even Maggie senses that) and a lightning rips straight through Ago and Lev. Ago is not very agile, and takes 43 electricity. Only Ago (and Scruff) sees the horror, but Lev's body is completely misshapen, contorted, and cooked as his nervous system has him break his own back from the powerful jolt. The monster then disappears into the wall. Even as the electricity wracked him, it looked like something ephemeral left him - like a spirit - and yet it had vaguely female qualities.

Maggie, you sense something behind you, and the demon has now fully exited the cavern wall to threaten you!

R10T24: Sol takes a drink of something, and this body begins to become brutish, ugly, and misshapen. He still looks vaguely like Sol, but like a fat, grotesque version of him. He looks around, and in a thicker, slightly higher-pitched voice he says, "Tsyra,I see no sign of Visto. I just heard a powerful jolt of electricity. I am pretty sure even Maggie isn't powerful enough for that type of magic. I say we peace out, but do it together. Otherwise, this cliff is a particularly bad place to wait for you, as you can't fly should you get knocked from the ledge should the battle come out here."

R10T23: Tsyra, what do you do?

Ago on deck, Maggie in the hole ...

[rypt]

Tsyra's composure is beginning to falter now, and there is no disguising the hint of panic in here voice. "What? You...you think they're all...?" She can neither speak the final word nor meet Sol's eye in its absence. "No. Please, let us wait a little while longer." She reaches into the pouch on her belt and withdraws a sunrod. She actives it and holds it out towards the darkness of the cave. "Here. We will be able to see whatever emerges from the shadow. If it is cause to flee, then so be it."

Spoiler: OOC

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Swift action: Draw sunrod from her Craftman's Belt.

Standard action: Activate sunrod.

[lostsole31]

R10T23: Tsyra's composure is beginning to falter now, and there is no disguising the hint of panic in here voice. "What? You...you think they're all...?" She can neither speak the final word nor meet Sol's eye in its absence. "No. Please, let us wait a little while longer." She reaches into the pouch on her belt and withdraws a sunrod. She actives it and holds it out towards the darkness of the cave. "Here. We will be able to see whatever emerges from the shadow. If it is cause to flee, then so be it."

She takes a light step to allow the sunrod's light to wash into the cave. The light brightly shines in for 20' before being stopped cold by a wall of impenetrable darkness.

R10T15: Ago ... ow, what do you do?

Maggie on deck, Bogey in the hole, Scruff delaying to maintain "heel" command .....