A Candlekeep Mystery (IC)

[FitzTheRuke]

OOC: @Neurotic How long can Cairn stay Large for? Might not be able to help Hawthorne and Kaliban across the muck-pit.

 

[Neurotic]

OOC: @Neurotic How long can Cairn stay Large for? Might not be able to help Hawthorne and Kaliban across the muck-pit.

I stated at the end of the last round that he returns to normal size to avoid squeezing.
1 minute is full duration

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Cairn did his best to help Kaliban and Hawthorne across the muck, but it was slow-going and there was no real way to avoid getting miserably damp and filthy. The big rock-creature began to hoist the deep gnome up into the higher passage, as Hawthorne had done some time before.

Spoiler: Map

 

[DEFCON 1]

As Cairn pulls Hawthorne and Kaliban through the muck... this now being the second time for Hawthorne... he can't help but get grossed out once more as his clothes becomes damp and filthy. He mumbles under his breath...

"Ugh... somebody blows their nose, and you want to keep it? Oh. Ahhh! Ahh-hhhh..." He tried to wipe the sludge from his hands, wiping them off on the rocky hide of Cairn. "DAHHHHHH!"

When they reach the far side and he is placed up on the higher ledge, he scoops a little more muck from his pants and thwops! it at Kaliban's feet. "Egon... your mucus."

 

[VLAD the Destroyer]

Kaliban grumbles at the damp and muck. He looks down to wipe his hands on his pants but realizes that there is no clean spot to do so, he curses again and wipes them as best he can on the wall. He looks to Hawthorne and grunts,

"A new pair of clothes are going on my tab."

The gnome shrugs and looks down the left passage.

"This way should lead to the others."

Kaliban waits for the others to agree and then leads the way down the passage.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Kaliban was leading the way down a passage that headed, roughly, in the direction that they had left the others. As before, the hanging moss blocked sight, muffled sound, and hindered movement. It was so thick that it was often difficult to even tell which direction the tunnel led, and which direction, when you pushed it aside, you would find walls.

So it was that the two groups were only a little way apart when a meenlock suddenly grabbed at Kaliban from a hidden side-passage. They had been calling to each other, which could only just be made out, but they were as confident as they could be that they would soon meet up when the attack occurred.

OOC: Kaliban takes 8 damage & must make a dc11 CON save or be paralysed for 1 min. If you fail, the meenlock will drag you out of sight (though not far away) to 10 ft. north.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

GM: Encounter: Black Dragon Agents vs Meenlock in Moss Maze

Spoiler: Map

(General Features)
Difficult Terrain: Everywhere (thick moss; uneven ground)
Visibility: Dark (Underground);

Spoiler: Allies

Name * AC * HP * Hit Dice * PasPrc * Spells * (Notes)
(PCs)
Argenti AC14 HP 28/31 THP 0/7 HD 4/4 PP13 SS 2/2
Cairn AC18 HP 21/43 THP 0/7 HD 4/4 PP13** 2W 1/1 AS 1/1 (fright)
Crock Jon AC14 HP 8/36 THP 0/7 HD 2/4 PP12* SD 4/4 2W 1/1 AS 1/1
Ethian AC19* HP 16/27 THP 0/7 HD 2/4 PP16* PIns16 SS 4/4 3/3 CD 0/1 (fright)
Hawthorne AC14 HP 10/31 THP 0/7 HD 4/4 PP17 PInv17 PIns15
Kaliban AC18* HP 10/35 THP 0/7 HD 4/4 PP10* PED 4/4 (d6's) AS 1/1 (fright)

Spoiler: Enemies

Meenlock AC15 HP 21/37 PP14*

GM: Begin Round One

 

[Kobold Stew]

"I think I hear the uthers ahead," says Crock Jon

 

[Steve Gorak]

Ethian nods in the darkness ``Me too, lets move forward''

 

[VLAD the Destroyer]

Kaliban instinctively throws up a psychic defense when the creature jumps from the side passage. The strike slows and stops a hair from the gnomes body.

OOC: Reaction: Protective Field against Meenlock strike: 1d6+3 8 DC 11 Con Save: 1d20+4 9 I failed the Con save but I did negate all damage using my reaction. Not sure the wording of the Meenlock ability so I'll assume I am paralyzed unless told otherwise.