[LPF] Toad in the Hole

[Systole]

"Noooo, Rexxx!" the boggard croaks. "Lasher kill you alllll n--" Its curse is cut short as Marcus' arrow takes it in the chest, and it keels over and sinks beneath the water. The party seems to be out of immediate danger, although the basement is continuing to flood.

[sblock=GM]I moved Marcus to more or less the minimum for a partial cover shot, which will hit. Vincenzo pushed the crate 10 ft back, despite the shaken effect.

The water coming from the crack is filling the basement fairly quickly. The stone looks like it weighs probably 100 lbs, and given the water pressure coming from the hole, getting the plug in is going to have a fairly high DC. Higher than 15 for sure.
[/sblock][sblock=Combat]Giant toad: 25 damage, dead
Boggard: 24 damage, dead
Fae'shiel: 18/18, Swimming
Marcus: 20/22
Vincenzo: 22/22, Shaken
Maui: 12/21, Shaken
Taniwha: 20/23, Good luck (+2 attack/save/skill checks)
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[jbear]

[sblock=OOC]An .... interesting decision to say the least. You potentially leave both Maui and Taniwha unconscious, blind and stunned for anywhere up to 8 rounds in swiftly rising water when the boggard must be all but dead (if he isn't dead already). And even when it is defeated we still have to move the crates or stop up the water in time and Maui is the strongest one in the group.

Edit: And too late. [MENTION=93930]Systole[/MENTION] Under Swim it says that if you fail your swim check by more than 5 you go underwater. Did she need to make a check to stay afloat?

If she is underwater, she needs to also make a concentration check to cast underwater as well DC 16.
What's the call on that?

Also: Maui's last attack roll was 15 vs AC. Was that not a hit? Boggard's AC is listed as 14. The -2 from the shaken condition was worked into the dice roll total already. It was balanced out by the fact Maui was flanking with Fae'shiel. So the boggard has taken 8+7+9 = 24 dmg. It may or may not make a difference.

I'm going to wait for confirmation that everything is as it stands before I make M & T's saves.

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[DalkonCledwin]

[sblock=OOC]Jbear, I only made the swim check because I thought I needed to in order to stay afloat while stationary (i.e. to tread water). According to what Systole keeps typing up in his responses that does not appear to be the case, as it seems I only need to make a swim check if I actually attempt to move to a different square.

If Maui's damage rolls prior to Fae'shiel's actions was high enough to have knocked the boggart unconscious even without her having cast her spell, then I would retract her having cast said spell on the boggart so that we don't risk leaving two of our characters in a severely dangerous position what with the rising water.

With regard to her decision to cast Color Spray, it was either Color Spray or Burning Hands. And with the fact that succeeding on a saving throw negates the entire effect of Color Spray, I gambled on the hope that your two characters would succeed on their saving throws. Where as if I had cast burning hands, they would have taken at least half the damage of the spell. That and the fact that player vs. player combat is strictly forbidden, the less directly lethal color spray seemed the ideal option. Especially since it meant that Fae'shiel and the others could have attempted to save your characters before letting them drown. At least that was the working theory.[/sblock]

 

[Systole]

GM: Sorry, jbear. I just completely missed Maui's attack. My bad. Boggard is dead as of Marcus' turn. Combat over, although the basement is still continuing to flood. I'll edit my previous post to reflect that.

 

[Artur Hawkwing]

Marcus keeps an eye on the boggard as it sinks under the water, as if expecting it to pop right back up again. Marcus eyes the stone, knowing that he won't be able to move it alone. So instead he turns to an alternative. Using what happens to be at hand, as it were, he stows his bow and arrow into the quiver on his back and begins trying to trudge forward. His path is fairly short to his target. With a groan he tries to shove the dead bulk of the huge toad back toward the hole through which the water pours.

[sblock=OOC]Figured it's worth a try. [/sblock]

 

[Systole]

Marcus cannot find enough purchase to shift the dead giant toad, and it seems unlikely that putting the flabby corpse in front of the gushing hole would do much good in any event. Looks like it's the stone plug or nothing.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Vincenzo del Vecchio da via della Rosa D'Avorio II-staggered

trying to put the 'toad in the hole', eh?
[sblock]

Marcus keeps an eye on the boggard as it sinks under the water, as if expecting it to pop right back up again. Marcus eyes the stone, knowing that he won't be able to move it alone. So instead he turns to an alternative. Using what happens to be at hand, as it were, he stows his bow and arrow into the quiver on his back and begins trying to trudge forward. His path is fairly short to his target. With a groan he tries to shove the dead bulk of the huge toad back toward the hole through which the water pours.

[sblock=OOC]Figured it's worth a try. [/sblock]

Marcus cannot find enough purchase to shift the dead giant toad, and it seems unlikely that putting the flabby corpse in front of the gushing hole would do much good in any event. Looks like it's the stone plug or nothing.

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I feel dizzy like drunk - only no vino to get there. Tis truly sad to be like this"

he sees maui and his jungle cat in the water and concern for them grabs the warrior.
"come now jungle king. your time to sleep is not drawn nigh as yet."
move to D,6

Spoiler

A staggered creature may take a single move action or standard action each round (but not both, nor can he take full-round actions). A staggered creature can still take free, swift, and immediate actions. A creature with nonlethal damage exactly equal to its current hit points gains the staggered condition.

 

[jbear]

As the bogard sinks away into the water Maui sheaths his sword. "Haere atu Taniwha!" The cheetah does not have to be told twice. With a growl it springs away from the water with a growl and bounds up the stairs where he keeps guard.

Maui puts away his shield as well and reaches out a hand towards Fae'shiel to pull her from the high water. "We need to lift te big stone back in te water hole. Easier if we lift all together."

Maui moves into position to brace the big stone and waits for his companions to join his on either side to lift the stone together. He looks over to Marcus wondering why he is cuddling with the dead toad but keeps his thought about it to himself.

 

[Scott DeWar]

OOC: quote=jbear: We're shaken, not staggered And the spell didn't go off so Maui's ok. endquote jbear: staggered from the boggard's croak

 

[jbear]

OOC: quote=jbear: We're shaken, not staggered And the spell didn't go off so Maui's ok. endquote jbear: staggered from the boggard's croak

Vincenzo: 22/22, Shaken
Maui: 12/21, Shaken

Check combat status. We were shaken by the Boggard's croak, not staggered.