(CSRHoD) Creamsteak's Red Hand of Doom II [IC]

[Creamsteak]

The journey through the mud takes a great deal of time, and the lack of visibility raise the tension in the area. Eventually, the group finds the underwater doorway leading into the tall and decaying belltower. The wood is soft, almost completely rotten, and easy to pry from the rusted hinges that held it in place. Once that one obstacle is removed, you find a rather decorative stone building on the interior, with a spiral staircase leading upwards... up and out of the water.

 

[Redclaw]

Larian pauses when they can see the surface, gesturing for everyone to wait a moment. Now that we are close, I shall ward us all from the effects of the dragons' acid. With a few gestures and a mumbled word, his spell is cast.
[sblock=ooc] Cast Mass Resist Energy (Acid), giving everyone Resist Acid 20[/sblock]


[sblock=spells]Spells Memorized
0--Detect Magic, Detect Magic, Light, Mage Hand, Lesser Acid Orb
1-- Color Spray, Shocking Grasp, Protection from Evil, Magic Missile, Mage Armor, Enlarge Person (trans.)
2-- See Invisibility, Scorching Ray, Scorching Ray, Knock, Bull's Strength (trans.)
3--(with bonus) Mass Resist Energy, Fireball, Dispell Magic, Displacement, Haste (trans.)
4-- Greater Invisibility, Greater Invisibility, Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer (trans.)
Spells In Effect
Mage Armor--14 hours from breaking camp
Mass Resist Energy 20(Acid) (Larian, Avril, Tyrla, Warren, Pender, Siobhan)-- 70 minutes

Rod of Extend--2 uses left
Pearl of Power--Available
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[pathfinderq1]

Tyrla nodded her thanks for Larian's protective spell, but she still had no wish to be the first one up the stairs. She waited, idly flexing her fingers as if practicing the gestures of her arcane power.

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid (Crocodile) - AC 18 - hp 42/49 - Spot +13 - Listen +13

Avril swam along with the others, not finding it as difficult as her companions. She stayed close, though, realising that her swimming made her much more suitable to this environment than did the walking of her armored friends. Eventually they reached their destination and entered the bell tower from below, making their way up until they finally reached the level where the water ended.

She looked up at the stairs, and then at Warren. In turn she motion to her friends to indicate which of her or Warren should take a look to scout out the exit from the water. She believed a crocodile would be circumspect, but then she was good at hiding in the water. She started swimming closer to the stairs, trying to see if she could see anything about the exit from the water.

[SBLOCK=OOC]OOC: Creamsteak, what does the exit from the water look like? Can we see anything other than the stairs? Does it lead into a room? Is the water level at the top of the stairs at the level of the next floor?

Spells and Abilities Active:

Wild Shape (Crocodile, 7 hours)
Extended Barkskin (140 minutes)
Resist Energy (Acid 20) (Larian. 70 minutes)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Wild Shape (1 Used)
Barkskin
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Extend (1 Used)

Spells Prepared (Normal 6/4/3/2/1, Wis 0/1/1/1/0):

Level 0 (6): Cure Minor Wounds (3), Detect Magic (2), Guidance
Level 1 (5): Cure Light Wounds, Enrage Animal, Faerie Fire, Obscuring Mist, Produce Flame
Level 2 (4): Barkskin, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace
Level 3 (3): Call Lightning, Cure Moderate Wounds, Stone Shape
Level 4 (1): Flame Strike

Avril's Character Sheet [/SBLOCK]

 

[Creamsteak]

The stairs lead up out of the water. It looks like the next floor (the first dry one in the tower) is 4 feet above the waterline, meaning that there's some space. It seems to lead into some sort of room, probably with more stairs leading farther up.

 

[Redclaw]

Larian looks questioningly at Warren, knowing that this is where the halfling can truly shine.

 

[Arkhandus]

Warren the halfling, HP 37/44, AC 25, Assassin's Stance

Warren moves forward once the group finally reaches the belltower's base, creeping over toward the edge of the submerged section and starting to scout around, carefully at first. The halfling draws his short sword as he goes, assuming a ready stance as he creeps along.

(ooc: Sorry for being slow in noticing the update after Avril. Warren takes 10 on Move Silently (26), moving half speed through the tower, keeping a lookout. Assuming the Assassin's Stance.)

 

[Creamsteak]

As Warren steps up out of the water, the sound of his dripping clothes fight against his natural quietness. However, he remains undetected. In the lower room of the tower, four small straw mats are resting, surrounded by the goods and equipment of soldiers in service to the Red Hand.

More importantly, two hobgoblins lie curled up on opposite sides of the room, deeply slumbering even as Warren turns up. One bears the clothing and symbols of a bladebearer in the red hand, while the other is dressed as a normal warrior.

 

[Arkhandus]

Warren the halfling, HP 37/44, AC 25, Assassin's Stance

Warren smiles wickedly and creeps over to the hobgoblin regular, plunging his blade into the hobgoblin's throat, hoping for an instant kill with a spinal-cord severing. Then goes over to the hobgoblin bladebearer to try the same.

[sblock=ooc]Coup de grace attempt on each, starting with the less-important looking hobgoblin, then killing the one that he recognizes as similar in garb to the one he fought way back at the beginning of all this Red Hand business.

Coup de grace for 25 damage to the hobgoblin regular, Fortitude DC 35 versus instant death
Coup de grace for 29 damage to the hobgoblin bladebearer, Fortitude DC 39 versus instant death

Coup de grace with Sneak Attack against hobgoblin regular and bladebearer (2d4+3d6+10=25, 2d4+3d6+10=29) [/sblock]

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid (Crocodile) - AC 18 - hp 42/49 - Spot +13 - Listen +13

Avril the crocodile watched as Warren climbed up the stairs onto dry land, her body ready for attack and the unexpected. She was nervous - she always was when Warren wandered around on his own. Circling close to the stairs, she kept her ears above water, hoping to hear the first sign of trouble coming from above.

[SBLOCK=OOC]OOC: Avril makes active Listen checks.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Wild Shape (Crocodile, 7 hours)
Extended Barkskin (140 minutes)
Resist Energy (Acid 20) (Larian. 70 minutes)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Wild Shape (1 Used)
Barkskin
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Extend (1 Used)

Spells Prepared (Normal 6/4/3/2/1, Wis 0/1/1/1/0):

Level 0 (6): Cure Minor Wounds (3), Detect Magic (2), Guidance
Level 1 (5): Cure Light Wounds, Enrage Animal, Faerie Fire, Obscuring Mist, Produce Flame
Level 2 (4): Barkskin, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace
Level 3 (3): Call Lightning, Cure Moderate Wounds, Stone Shape
Level 4 (1): Flame Strike

Avril's Character Sheet [/SBLOCK]