The Wayfinders - The Wreck of the Archon

Dr Simon · Aug 6, 2012

The fury builds in Kraken but he bites it back and tries to remain focussed as he launches a series of attacks on the slime.

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Full attack, using an action point to gain an extra attack. Attack #1 is initial attack, attack #2 is iterative attack, bonus attack is action point.

Attack #1 , if it hits, causes 11 damage, attack #2 causes 11 damage or 20 if critical is confirmed, and bonus attack causes 10 damage if it hits.

HP 65/82
AP 11/12
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Deuce Traveler · Aug 6, 2012

"It looks as if they can shrug off my dispelling magics. Let us go with something more reliable," Doral says as he steps back and takes out his wand of magic missiles.

jkason · Aug 6, 2012

Midian Rightson, human druid

Midian lets off his howling as the air fills with a small swarm of creatures that seem to be some odd compliation of bat and insect. They decend en masse on the gloppy surface of the spell that has engulfed Whisper, and several manage to attach themselves, starting to suck at the foul ichor the monstrosity has for blood.

[sblock=ooc]FYI, with Augment Summoning, the stirges have 7 HP apiece instead of the normal 5.

At least three of the five hit with their attacks. I don't think the other two did:

Attacks vs. living spell (1d20+7=20, 1d20+7=26, 1d20+7=13, 1d20+7=11, 1d20+7=26)

The three who hit attach (+11 CMB vs attempts to detach / escape their grapple), and each does 1 point of Con damage.

Question: Is any part of Whisper exposed? Midian has Freedom of Movement prepared, but it's a touch spell, so I don't think he can use it if she's fully engulfed. If he can't get to her, he may cast it on himself, since I think he's probably at a point where his next move is to close on them...[/sblock]

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[b]HP:[/b] 66/66       
[b]AC:[/b] 21        [b]AC(T):[/b] 14    [b]AC(FF):[/b] 18 
Wildshape base AC: 15
Medium/Huge Animal AC: 17
[b]Medium Magical Beast AC[/b]: 19

Conditions: Wildshaped (blink dog: darkvision, lowlight, scent, +4 Str, +4 nat armr).
Stirges summoned: 7/8 rounds remain

[b]Init:[/b] +02
[b]BAB:[/b] +6/+1     [b]CMB/CMD:[/b] +8/22     [b]ACP:[/b] -3     
[b]Perception:[/b] +17

Saving Throw    Base   Mod   Misc*  Total
Fort:            06     1     +2    +9      
Ref:             02     2     +2    +6       
Will:            06     6     +2    +14

* Cloak +2
Conditional: +4 vs. spell-like fey & plant effects (Resist Nature's Lure)
Resist Cold 10
 
[b]Weapon                  Attack   Damage     Critical[/b]
Shortspear................+8.....1d6+2.........x2
Shortspear, full attack...+8/+3..1d6+2/1d6+2...x2
Shortspear, thrown........+8.....1d6+1.........x2, range 20'
Sling.....................+8.....1d4+2.........x2, range 50'
Sling, full attack........+8/+3..1d4+2/1d4+2...x2, range 50'

[b]Surge:[/b] 8/9 remaining (CMB +14)

Magical Feats: Spell Focus (Conj), Augment Summoning, Natural Spell

[b]Spells:[/b]
0st Level / DC16/17 6 Day : Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Mending, Stabilize, Spark
1st Level / DC17/18 4+2+D Day : [s]Endure Elements[/s],[s]Entangle[/s], Hide from Animals, [s]Liberating Command[/s], Ray of Sickening, Faerie Fire, Obscuring mist(D)
2nd Level / DC18/19 3+2+D Day : Delay Poison, Frigid Touch, Lesser Restoration, Resist Energy, Hold Animal, [s]Slipstream(D)[/s]
3rd Level / DC19/20 3+1+D Day : [s]Water Breathing[/s], [s]Water Breathing[/s], [s]Pup Shape[/s], Stone Shape, Water Walk(D) 
4th Level / DC20/21 2+1+D Day : [s]Dispel Magic[/s], Freedom of Movement, Geyser, Control Water(D)

* attuned to empowered spell shard
** Eberron shard can recall evocation spells up to 4th level: 2/2 remaining

[b]Wand charges:[/b] 27/28 remaining.
[b]Wild Shape:[/b] 1/3 remaining

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Shayuri · Aug 6, 2012

Unable to use spells with her hands constricted, Whisper struggles in vain to free herself!

SelcSilverhand · Aug 7, 2012

Whisper suddenly stops struggling within the gooey mass and closes her eyes. The magical effect of the creature was too much for her. Seconds later Midian's spell completes and a swarm of small flying creatures emerge from the night and descend on the creature. Three of them manage to find purchase on the creature's surface and begin sucking. Immediately two of them fall to the ground and cease moving. Kraken practically wades into the mass of the creature as he turns into a widely spinning bladed menace. Slime flies in all directions as the creature is rapidly cut to pieces. The few remaining quivering lumps struggle to pull themselves back together before turning into oozing puddles on the ground. Seeing that his companion has decimated the second ooze, Doral turns his wand on the creature holding Whisper. He unleashes a volley of magical bolts against the creature. The magic penetrates the gooey mass and sends slime shooting out the opposite side from the impacts. It looks as if it is barely able to hold itself together.

OOC
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Whisper takes another 8 points of damage, and I rolled a 1 for the will save vs its effect.
Midian - The creature is large sized, so she would be fully engulfed.
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Perception DC20
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Faint light glows a few hundred yards away farther down the slope of the hill. On the opposite side you can see distortion in the air also far away. Something, or several somethings, is being attracted by the activity on your hill.
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Deuce Traveler · Aug 7, 2012

From behind his goggles, Doral grimaces when he sees Whisper stop moving, and from what he sees coming from down the hill. "Sylla. No! This will not be another Tanar Rath. We will not leave her behind simply because we are outclassed and outnumbered." His hands are shaking, but he still unleashes another volley from his wand. "Kraken, we have company coming! We need to finish this and bring our fallen into our vehicle for a speedy egress! You need to get the rumbleball running."

Dr Simon · Aug 7, 2012

Kraken looks around as he wipes some of the slime from his body and sees what Doral is talking about.

"You bloody get her out of there," he says, pointing with the end of his sword to the ooze engulfing Whisper, and he is sprinting across to the rumbleball and vaults to the cockpit.

OOC: 3 ft. high jump, will grab the edge if this isn't enough.

jkason · Aug 7, 2012

Midian Rightson, human druid

Midian turns on Doral as Kraken runs away, barking wildly and trying to force him out of the living spell's immediate area. The Beguiler isn't sure the reason for the behavior until he's clear, where the blink dog hunkers down, digging at the dirt and growling.

Simultaneously, the ground beneath the living spell begins to roil, then erupts with a boiling geyser from beneath it shoving it upward even as it scalds its outer skin.

[sblock=ooc]This is either a wonderfully cinematic moment of ingenuity, or it's going to be really bloody awful. Not sure which yet.

I didn't bother rolling the Perception check since Doral already warned Midian. Since he's a dog, Midian can't talk, but I figure he can manage to at least convey "back the heck up" through wild barking.

Move: At least 15' away from the living spell, because...

Standard: Casting Geyser to create a 20ft high geyser (so a 10' scalding area around it). My assumption is that Whisper won't suffer boiling water damage since she's engulfed and thus not exposed to it, but that she may take some portion of the falling damage (the other reason I kept the height down).

Fire Damage; Falling Damage; Area Damage (20 ft geyser) (3d6=9, 2d6=10, 1d6=3)

Rolled the area damage in case you rule Doral couldn't take the hint. So, Living Spell needs to make a DC 21 Reflex save (SR doesn't apply) or take 9 fire and 10 falling damage. Successful save means it only takes 4 fire damage (and no falling). [/sblock]
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[b]HP:[/b] 66/66       
[b]AC:[/b] 21        [b]AC(T):[/b] 14    [b]AC(FF):[/b] 18 
Wildshape base AC: 15
Medium/Huge Animal AC: 17
[b]Medium Magical Beast AC[/b]: 19

Conditions: Wildshaped (blink dog: darkvision, lowlight, scent, +4 Str, +4 nat armr).
Stirges summoned: 7/8 rounds remain

[b]Init:[/b] +02
[b]BAB:[/b] +6/+1     [b]CMB/CMD:[/b] +8/22     [b]ACP:[/b] -3     
[b]Perception:[/b] +17

Saving Throw    Base   Mod   Misc*  Total
Fort:            06     1     +2    +9      
Ref:             02     2     +2    +6       
Will:            06     6     +2    +14

* Cloak +2
Conditional: +4 vs. spell-like fey & plant effects (Resist Nature's Lure)
Resist Cold 10
 
[b]Weapon                  Attack   Damage     Critical[/b]
Shortspear................+8.....1d6+2.........x2
Shortspear, full attack...+8/+3..1d6+2/1d6+2...x2
Shortspear, thrown........+8.....1d6+1.........x2, range 20'
Sling.....................+8.....1d4+2.........x2, range 50'
Sling, full attack........+8/+3..1d4+2/1d4+2...x2, range 50'

[b]Surge:[/b] 8/9 remaining (CMB +14)

Magical Feats: Spell Focus (Conj), Augment Summoning, Natural Spell

[b]Spells:[/b]
0st Level / DC16/17 6 Day : Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Mending, Stabilize, Spark
1st Level / DC17/18 4+2+D Day : [s]Endure Elements[/s],[s]Entangle[/s], Hide from Animals, [s]Liberating Command[/s], Ray of Sickening, Faerie Fire, Obscuring mist(D)
2nd Level / DC18/19 3+2+D Day : Delay Poison, Frigid Touch, Lesser Restoration, Resist Energy, Hold Animal, [s]Slipstream(D)[/s]
3rd Level / DC19/20 3+1+D Day : [s]Water Breathing[/s], [s]Water Breathing[/s], [s]Pup Shape[/s], Stone Shape, Water Walk(D) 
4th Level / DC20/21 2+1+D Day : [s]Dispel Magic[/s], Freedom of Movement, [s]Geyser[/s], Control Water(D)

* attuned to empowered spell shard
** Eberron shard can recall evocation spells up to 4th level: 2/2 remaining

[b]Wand charges:[/b] 27/28 remaining.
[b]Wild Shape:[/b] 1/3 remaining

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Deuce Traveler · Aug 7, 2012

Doral, who was steadily backing away, takes the hint from Midian and backs up even further before unleashing his magic missiles. His eyebrow arches as he wonders what his companion has in store.

SelcSilverhand · Aug 8, 2012

Inside the creature, Whisper struggles back awake. Once again she tries to break free of its grasp but the lethargy is too strong. Midian and Doral combine their magical attacks in a last desperate volley. More slime is blasted away by Doral's wand while simultaneously the geyser of boiling water launches the creature airborne. It disintegrates in midair, sending Whisper spinning wildly to crash back to the ground. She attempts to twist in midair to land on her feet but instead lands hard flat on her back. Seeing that the others can handle the slime, Kraken races to the Rumbleball to awaken the dormant elemental. Dain still lies a few dozen yards away. Whisper is slowly regaining her feet after her painful ordeal.

The lights down the hill are closer now, you can distinctly make out several flaming shapes of various sizes and another that appears to be a multicolored shapeless mass of light. On the opposite side a light wind is bringing with it a foul smell, like that from a not-so-fresh grave. The remaining stirges buzz noisily overhead in the night air.

Perception DC24
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Something glittery catches your eye amongst the pools of slime.
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OOC
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I realized I messed up something for Doral when looking at the geyser spell. I was rolling spell resistance for the dispels when it doesn't apply. Only the magic missiles needed to be rolled.

Whisper took another 5 points of falling damage.

Total Damage
Kraken 7 10 = 17
Whisper 5 7 8 5 = 25
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