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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5875710" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Rise and Fall of a Titan</strong></p><p></p><p>The group make preparations for a titanic battle; they are aware of the size of this thing and don’t wish to confront it in any manner. Spells are cast and armor straps tightened; that glove which was not fitting quite right is adjusted for a better grip. Several heavy strikes later they observe a huge claw burst through the iron shutters; gripping the strong metal it twists and screams as it’s ripped from its fastenings and pulled down into the tower. Grembor having tied three acid flasks together drops them down the now created hole onto the upturned face of the monstrosity within. They shatter and burning acid flows across its face; the aberrant seems to not even notice. The rest of the team seems paralyzed in fear and shock. Sayuri is using the machine and is willing the Beast to greater speeds to come fight this monstrosity as they are poorly equipped to do so without its assistance. Pringle mounts the flying burning goat of doom and rides out to a safe distance awaiting his chance to cause the creature some damage with his spells; running through the spells he has at his disposal he mentally notes only a few have a chance of causing it any harm. Kat is searching around the machine to see if it could be used to control this horrible creation instead of the beast they know could be peaceful.</p><p></p><p>With a grunt the aberrant golem pulls itself from the hole; it’s fully fifteen feet tall; shoulders are wide reaching possibly 7 feet; its arms end in huge pincers with the mouth of a huge ettercap dripping beads of a sizzling poison onto the nest of writhing tentacles that sprout from its chin and neck. Pringle flying his mount and awaiting a good clear shot at the emergent creature fires off his most powerful spell and shoots a stream of scorchingly hot flames towards the aberrant which misses and gently warms the iron framework of the tower; he also notices that there is the large figure of the Beast running across the narrow stone walkway into the base of the tower. The Aberrant turning its gaze upon Grembor who suddenly finds himself way too close for comfort it opens its mouth and emits a low moan that Grembor feels reverberating though his very soul; his jaw drops and he is overcome with a very rational terror of this hulking monstrosity. Only a crazy person would want to stand against it; he turns and starts running away from the aberrant golem towards the only exit available; the trapdoor downwards. However the aberrant has an idea to send him on his way and strikes out with one huge claw catching Grembor with a glancing blow to his shoulder; Grembor feels the bones within his shoulder grating together as it dislocates and screaming in pain, shock and terror he is nearly forced off the narrow ledge to the gushing waters far below to his death. However he manages to stay on his feet through some miracle of agility and reaches the trapdoor and wrenches it open with his good arm.</p><p></p><p>Kat can find no switches or alternate settings which would indicate taking control of the aberrant golem and returns to trying to see if she can assist with the beast; Pringle clutching his staff recalls the last spell back to mind and fires off another scorching stream of fire which catches the aberrant on the shoulder leaving small patches of charred dust in it’s wake. The spell does not seem to damage the monstrosity however it did seem to have the effect of slowing the aberrant down. It turns its wrathful gaze upon Pringle who suddenly thinks the distance between the aberrant and himself is much shorter than it should be. Sayuri letting control of the Beast lax allowing Kat to continue as she is aware that the Beast is within the tower and will arrive very shortly; she turns to gaze down upon the aberrant from her precarious 30 foot height above the tower top upon which the aberrant is standing. There is a narrow 5ft wide ledge which the huge golem is currently balancing upon and sudden inspiration hits her as she casts one of her least spells. A thin film of grease appears on the walkway underneath the aberrant and it finds the narrow ledge is not so much to its liking anymore; it’s clawed feet seem to loose traction and it falls to the floor; however it is more towards the outside of the tower then the inside and it falls the 100 feet down to the narrow 3 ft wide walkway which it hits with a crushing impact. Thankfully the bridge holds; however the aberrant also manages to gain a hold of the bridge and prevent its long fall to the greedy waters below. It bellows in pain to the skies and the party look on in amazement as a simple spell nearly defeated the hideous aberrant in one fell swoop. They soon recover however; Grembor scrambles down the ladder still in absolute terror not noticing that the source of this horror is now below him. Kat allows control to lapse back to Sayuri while Pringle takes out a wand and starts firing off an arrow comprised of pure acid which flashes past the prone creatures face impacting upon the wall before him sizzling into the fine masonry. The Aberrant struggles back to its feet; the very narrow ledge causing it serious problems as its feet are wider then the ledge is; balancing precariously upon the ledge it looks up at the tower above it and screams in anger; its pincers gripping the stone walk in a tight grasp. Sayuri takes back control of the Beast and finds it’s in the bottom level of the tower and sets it to attack the Aberrant Golem; the Beast runs into the Aberrant trying to shoulder barge it off the narrow ledge; the Aberrant resists this due to its firm grip on the walk way much to the group’s dismay. </p><p></p><p>Pringle again tries firing his arrow of acid into the creature below and strikes true; the arrow strikes the meaty part of the aberrant’s leg and dissolves into a small patch of flesh eating acid. Grembor recovers from his fit of terror and finds to his dismay that he has soiled himself; he starts looking around the room he is currently in which is filled with thick webs. Kat looks on the battle below unsure what she can do to assist while Sayuri grants the Beast her Monk abilities. The aberrant is only getting a single blow in at the Beast due to its precarious position and it is slowed due to the fire damage. Each blow from the Aberrant however is very powerful and when they connect they knock the Beast backwards a step. The Beast finds it can suddenly strike many times a round and proceeds to pummel the Aberrant around its head and shoulders with its powerful fists. Each strike causing bone shattering retorts to reverberate through the tower with the crackle of lightning. The lightning however removes the slowness from the Aberrant but its position does not improve much. </p><p></p><p>Pringle fires off another arrow from his wand and this one also strikes true only inches from the last arrow; Grembor ever the rogue starts searching around the room he found himself in looking for something to … acquire while Kat is directing Sayuri from her relatively safe position looking down upon the battle; Sayuri is still granting the Beast the use of her flurry ability. The Aberrant strike true again; it’s attacks hampered by its position; it knows in its heart that it can’t continue on like this and that it is unable to properly retort otherwise it would probably tear the upstart Beast apart. However its blows hit and cause some serious damage even with it unable to apply its full strength to the blows. The Beast delivers a tremendous smack down on the Aberrant Golem with three very heavy blows causing the Aberrant to sway on its perch and re-secure its tenuous grip.</p><p></p><p>Pringle aims his trusty wand at the creature and lets another deadly arrow fly; the arrow goes wide however striking the bridge; the Aberrant grins up at the look of dismay on the face of Pringle but the ongoing damage from the previous rounds acid takes it’s toll and the Aberrants eyes glaze over and it slips from its perch and drops the 250 odd feet down to the churning waters of the waterfall. Some poor fisherman downstream is going to get a shock when he reels that catch in. Hope they don’t try eating it.</p><p></p><p>The party looks on in shock as they escaped the fight with only Grembor taking any damage; that was one horrible hit and he will likely be sore for several days but still they survived like they did not expect to. </p><p></p><p><em>DM Note: The reflex save for Sayrui’s Grease spell was I think 14; the Aberrant’s reflex saves was a very bad 4 so I needed a 10 which it failed; I granted it another reflex save to grab onto the platform supports to prevent it from slipping over the side which it also failed. I then allowed a 50/50 chance it would fall off the ledge into the tower it had crawled out of or out of the tower to the waters below. I rolled 56 if I recall; so out of the tower it fell. The two reflex saves were both 4’s neither of which sufficient to stay on its feet or to grab hold of something to prevent its fall. Had it managed to grab something it would have gone badly for the party as the only thing it could grab would be the iron structure they were standing on and this would likely collapse if one of the three iron legs holding up the platform was compromised. Looking at the map it was likely to fall onto the walkway from the tower to the main structure this is a 100ft drop; it hit and I allowed another reflex save to hold onto the bridge. This one it made so while the Grease spell very nearly killed off the creature in one fell swoop it was a very close thing. The Beast was to arrive in the next couple of rounds so I figured it was in the tower already so it was in a good position to strike the Aberrant from where it was. I was a little surprised by the turn of events; I love Grease spells when I’m a player; as a DM … not so much.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5875710, member: 52403"] [b]Rise and Fall of a Titan[/b] The group make preparations for a titanic battle; they are aware of the size of this thing and don’t wish to confront it in any manner. Spells are cast and armor straps tightened; that glove which was not fitting quite right is adjusted for a better grip. Several heavy strikes later they observe a huge claw burst through the iron shutters; gripping the strong metal it twists and screams as it’s ripped from its fastenings and pulled down into the tower. Grembor having tied three acid flasks together drops them down the now created hole onto the upturned face of the monstrosity within. They shatter and burning acid flows across its face; the aberrant seems to not even notice. The rest of the team seems paralyzed in fear and shock. Sayuri is using the machine and is willing the Beast to greater speeds to come fight this monstrosity as they are poorly equipped to do so without its assistance. Pringle mounts the flying burning goat of doom and rides out to a safe distance awaiting his chance to cause the creature some damage with his spells; running through the spells he has at his disposal he mentally notes only a few have a chance of causing it any harm. Kat is searching around the machine to see if it could be used to control this horrible creation instead of the beast they know could be peaceful. With a grunt the aberrant golem pulls itself from the hole; it’s fully fifteen feet tall; shoulders are wide reaching possibly 7 feet; its arms end in huge pincers with the mouth of a huge ettercap dripping beads of a sizzling poison onto the nest of writhing tentacles that sprout from its chin and neck. Pringle flying his mount and awaiting a good clear shot at the emergent creature fires off his most powerful spell and shoots a stream of scorchingly hot flames towards the aberrant which misses and gently warms the iron framework of the tower; he also notices that there is the large figure of the Beast running across the narrow stone walkway into the base of the tower. The Aberrant turning its gaze upon Grembor who suddenly finds himself way too close for comfort it opens its mouth and emits a low moan that Grembor feels reverberating though his very soul; his jaw drops and he is overcome with a very rational terror of this hulking monstrosity. Only a crazy person would want to stand against it; he turns and starts running away from the aberrant golem towards the only exit available; the trapdoor downwards. However the aberrant has an idea to send him on his way and strikes out with one huge claw catching Grembor with a glancing blow to his shoulder; Grembor feels the bones within his shoulder grating together as it dislocates and screaming in pain, shock and terror he is nearly forced off the narrow ledge to the gushing waters far below to his death. However he manages to stay on his feet through some miracle of agility and reaches the trapdoor and wrenches it open with his good arm. Kat can find no switches or alternate settings which would indicate taking control of the aberrant golem and returns to trying to see if she can assist with the beast; Pringle clutching his staff recalls the last spell back to mind and fires off another scorching stream of fire which catches the aberrant on the shoulder leaving small patches of charred dust in it’s wake. The spell does not seem to damage the monstrosity however it did seem to have the effect of slowing the aberrant down. It turns its wrathful gaze upon Pringle who suddenly thinks the distance between the aberrant and himself is much shorter than it should be. Sayuri letting control of the Beast lax allowing Kat to continue as she is aware that the Beast is within the tower and will arrive very shortly; she turns to gaze down upon the aberrant from her precarious 30 foot height above the tower top upon which the aberrant is standing. There is a narrow 5ft wide ledge which the huge golem is currently balancing upon and sudden inspiration hits her as she casts one of her least spells. A thin film of grease appears on the walkway underneath the aberrant and it finds the narrow ledge is not so much to its liking anymore; it’s clawed feet seem to loose traction and it falls to the floor; however it is more towards the outside of the tower then the inside and it falls the 100 feet down to the narrow 3 ft wide walkway which it hits with a crushing impact. Thankfully the bridge holds; however the aberrant also manages to gain a hold of the bridge and prevent its long fall to the greedy waters below. It bellows in pain to the skies and the party look on in amazement as a simple spell nearly defeated the hideous aberrant in one fell swoop. They soon recover however; Grembor scrambles down the ladder still in absolute terror not noticing that the source of this horror is now below him. Kat allows control to lapse back to Sayuri while Pringle takes out a wand and starts firing off an arrow comprised of pure acid which flashes past the prone creatures face impacting upon the wall before him sizzling into the fine masonry. The Aberrant struggles back to its feet; the very narrow ledge causing it serious problems as its feet are wider then the ledge is; balancing precariously upon the ledge it looks up at the tower above it and screams in anger; its pincers gripping the stone walk in a tight grasp. Sayuri takes back control of the Beast and finds it’s in the bottom level of the tower and sets it to attack the Aberrant Golem; the Beast runs into the Aberrant trying to shoulder barge it off the narrow ledge; the Aberrant resists this due to its firm grip on the walk way much to the group’s dismay. Pringle again tries firing his arrow of acid into the creature below and strikes true; the arrow strikes the meaty part of the aberrant’s leg and dissolves into a small patch of flesh eating acid. Grembor recovers from his fit of terror and finds to his dismay that he has soiled himself; he starts looking around the room he is currently in which is filled with thick webs. Kat looks on the battle below unsure what she can do to assist while Sayuri grants the Beast her Monk abilities. The aberrant is only getting a single blow in at the Beast due to its precarious position and it is slowed due to the fire damage. Each blow from the Aberrant however is very powerful and when they connect they knock the Beast backwards a step. The Beast finds it can suddenly strike many times a round and proceeds to pummel the Aberrant around its head and shoulders with its powerful fists. Each strike causing bone shattering retorts to reverberate through the tower with the crackle of lightning. The lightning however removes the slowness from the Aberrant but its position does not improve much. Pringle fires off another arrow from his wand and this one also strikes true only inches from the last arrow; Grembor ever the rogue starts searching around the room he found himself in looking for something to … acquire while Kat is directing Sayuri from her relatively safe position looking down upon the battle; Sayuri is still granting the Beast the use of her flurry ability. The Aberrant strike true again; it’s attacks hampered by its position; it knows in its heart that it can’t continue on like this and that it is unable to properly retort otherwise it would probably tear the upstart Beast apart. However its blows hit and cause some serious damage even with it unable to apply its full strength to the blows. The Beast delivers a tremendous smack down on the Aberrant Golem with three very heavy blows causing the Aberrant to sway on its perch and re-secure its tenuous grip. Pringle aims his trusty wand at the creature and lets another deadly arrow fly; the arrow goes wide however striking the bridge; the Aberrant grins up at the look of dismay on the face of Pringle but the ongoing damage from the previous rounds acid takes it’s toll and the Aberrants eyes glaze over and it slips from its perch and drops the 250 odd feet down to the churning waters of the waterfall. Some poor fisherman downstream is going to get a shock when he reels that catch in. Hope they don’t try eating it. The party looks on in shock as they escaped the fight with only Grembor taking any damage; that was one horrible hit and he will likely be sore for several days but still they survived like they did not expect to. [I]DM Note: The reflex save for Sayrui’s Grease spell was I think 14; the Aberrant’s reflex saves was a very bad 4 so I needed a 10 which it failed; I granted it another reflex save to grab onto the platform supports to prevent it from slipping over the side which it also failed. I then allowed a 50/50 chance it would fall off the ledge into the tower it had crawled out of or out of the tower to the waters below. I rolled 56 if I recall; so out of the tower it fell. The two reflex saves were both 4’s neither of which sufficient to stay on its feet or to grab hold of something to prevent its fall. Had it managed to grab something it would have gone badly for the party as the only thing it could grab would be the iron structure they were standing on and this would likely collapse if one of the three iron legs holding up the platform was compromised. Looking at the map it was likely to fall onto the walkway from the tower to the main structure this is a 100ft drop; it hit and I allowed another reflex save to hold onto the bridge. This one it made so while the Grease spell very nearly killed off the creature in one fell swoop it was a very close thing. The Beast was to arrive in the next couple of rounds so I figured it was in the tower already so it was in a good position to strike the Aberrant from where it was. I was a little surprised by the turn of events; I love Grease spells when I’m a player; as a DM … not so much.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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