(Adventure) The Island of Varras'zul (Manzanita Judging) (Concluded)

[Rae ArdGaoth]

OOG: ::humbled:: I sorry. Didn't realize that it was awarded at the end...

 

[Xael]

Nezrak runs after Scun and Ogrin, as he thinks he's gotten enough bites already. *I'm really starting to hate bugs...*

 

[nimisgod]

oog: No need to be humbled, Rae. We all make mistakes

Round 1:

23  Ogrin [16/17]
20  Rasereit [14/24]
15  Rillian [6/13]
12  Mona
10  Nezrak [5/9, 2 dex damage]
06  Scun [19/19, 1 dex damage]
05  Centipede Swarm

Ogrin waited for Mona to take the tome from him.

Rasereit holstered both axes (2 move actions) then, began to move toward the mace.

Rillian sheathed the javelin with one hand, using that hand to pull out the oilskin.

Ogrin gave Mona the book then pulled out a flask and moved toward the door.

Mona took the book from Ogrin, holding both the lantern's handle and the tome in her hands. "Wait! Fire won't work on these vermin!"

Nezrak dashed out the door, managing to clear a few feet up the stairs. When he looked at the malevolent glow of the vermins' eyes, he realized what Mona meant.

[sblock]
These centipedes, with their strange coloration and their demonaic hunger, were not of this plane of existence. They were from the lower Realms. Nezrak did not know how he had missed the signs the first time he met these things, but it was plain to him now:

The simple torch and oil tricks that the party used on previous encounters would not work here. These fiendish vermin were resistant to fire, to cold, and even to magic.
[/sblock]

The half-orc's swift steps led him up the stairs and around the large crack that marred the second floor. It shuddered slightly at his passing.

The swarm surged forward, scuttling all over each other. They approached Mona and her companions.

Round 2:


20  Rasereit [14/24]
15  Rillian [6/13]
13  Ogrin [16/17]
12  Mona
10  Nezrak [5/9, 2 dex damage]
06  Scun [19/19, 1 dex damage]
05  Centipede Swarm

 

[nimisgod]

OOG: a bump, to activate the notification by email.

 

[rln]

"Hellbugs!" exclaims Ogrin. "What will they think of next?"

"With some luck, the oil might make the stairs to slippery for the little buggers to climb it. Otherwise, we can retreat to the other side of the cracked floor above."

Ogrin will wait for Rillian and Mona to get going before setting that plan in motion. Rasereit should be able to traverse the greased stair... he hopes.

OOC: Rae, there was an armor as well as the mace.

 

[RillianPA]

Rillian will move into the room and grab the armor. "We cant fight these things. Remember, it moves relatively slowly, and stay away from it."

 

[rln]

"We're not too fleet of foot either!" retorts Ogrin as he ushers Mona through the door. He only has to glance at the vermin once to know that they are after Mona and the book.

 

[Brain]

Scun hears the others and is encouraged to flee further. He attempts to go up the stairs to the next level.

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Seeing the others flee, Rasereit swoops up the mace into his hands, weilding it double-handed and proceeds out of the pedestal room. To Rillian he shouts, "Go, me boy! Ah'll cover ye! Go on, git, Ah'm right behin' ye!" Ushering him on, Rasereit confronts the swarm with his new mace, attracting its fury while Rillian rushes by. As soon as everyone is safely out (probably the next round), Rasereit will flee as well.

 

[nimisgod]

Round 2:

20  Rasereit [14/24]
15  Rillian [6/13]
13  Ogrin [16/17]
12  Mona
10  Nezrak [5/9, 2 dex damage]
06  Scun [19/19, 1 dex damage]
05  Centipede Swarm

Razh rushed into the room and grabbed the mace with both hands. When he turned around, he saw the swarm appear in front of the doorway.

oog1: The heavy mace weighs 8 pounds. Razh is now moderately encumbered... not that it matters to a dwarf like him.

Rillian rushed into the room and prepared to rip the armor (and the skeleton inside) from the pedestal.

oog2: it was more than 30 feet away from your previous position.

Ogrin waited for Mona to move, guarding the cleric's back with his newfound dagger.

oog3: assuming Ogrin delays so that Mona goes first.
oog4: it takes 10 feet of movement to ascend each 5 feet

Mona ran up the stairs. She was now 5 feet from the ground.

Ogrin ran past the vermin and stepped up behind Mona to begin his ascent.

Nezrak continued to ascend. He reached the next level of the ruin and also avoided the large crack on the ground. His light steps did not cause the stone the shudder as Scun's did.

Scun moved swiftly across the floor of the 2nd level, moving around the crack to get within sight of the Xorn's corpse.

The centipedes scuttled over the stone and up the stairs, engulfing Ogrin and Mona. They swarmed over and bit into the halflings. Though Ogrin fought off nausea and distraction, he felt the vermin's vemon slow his limbs and numb his fingers ever so slightly.

(Ogrin's Fort save vs nausea: 17 +5 =22)
(Ogrin's Fort save vs. poison: 6 +5 =11 )
(Ogrin takes 2 points of damage and 1 point of dex damage.)

Round 3:

20  Rasereit [14/24]
15  Rillian [6/13]
12  Mona
11  Ogrin [16-2=14/17, 1 dex damage]
10  Nezrak [5/9, 2 dex damage]
06  Scun [19/19, 1 dex damage]
05  Centipede Swarm

Mace in hand, Razh moved toward the staircase (within 10 feet of stairs). He found both halflings being swarmed by the verminous hellspawn.

Rillian sheathed his shortsword. With little effort and flexed thews, he ripped the skeleton and banded mail free of the pedestal. Bony arms fell to the floor and shattered. Burdened by the armor he was half-carrying, half dragging, he took his first step toward the stairs.

oog5: The armor weighs 35 pounds. The bones weigh about 10 pounds (15% of body weight minus the natural decay process). Rillian is now moderately encumbered.

Mona climbed up the stairs as fast as she could. But she had little hope of outrunning the swarm with her short stature. She disappeared into the level above.

Ogrin's turn