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

[nimisgod]

Round 3:

20  Rasereit [14-5=9/24] *
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

Razh thrashed at the swarm, crushing multiple vermin with each swing.

oog: are you raging?

Rillian dropped the armor and to his knees. He worked as quickly as he could, pulling out his bull's eye lantern and the ignition tools from his pack.

Mona looked blankly at Ogrin's suggestion. She nodded her head and gave the hooded lantern to the halfling warrior. Then, she touched the precious book, canting a devotion to her deity. The book glowed with magical illumination, which she used to light her steps away from the battle below.

Ogrin took the lantern from Mona's hands and moved swiftly down the stairs. He brought dim light to Rillian's position and revealed to the form of Razh and his swarming opponents.

Nezrak cast his own spell of light on the Xorn's corpse, illuminating the other parts of this level. The grotesque light source, lent a chilling atmosphere to the already frightening situation.

Scun moved up the stairs, cautious of their slippery nature. The swift striding half-orc was, at the moment, mid-way up the wet stairway.

oog2: I'm just making an assumption of what Scun's going to do. Feel free to tell me otherwise.

The swarm continued to rend and tear the hapless dwarf, ignorant of his brutal mace blows. This time, the pain was almost too much to bear. Blood streamed from a dozen open wounds. Rasereit was at his endurances end. Spending the next few seconds amongst these vermin would almost surely spell his doom.

(8 damage
Fort save vs. Nausea: 10 +5 =15
Fort save vs. Poison: 6 +7 =13)

oog3: I'm not going to bother mapping the other two levels (the water level and the Golgol's level) because the main action is in the third level (where the swarm and the other three PCs are).

Round 4:

20  Rasereit [9-8 =1/24] **
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

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Realizing that his mace was doing nothing against the giant swarm of centipedes, the bleeding dwarf calls back to Rillian, "Ah'm sorry, boy, Ah can't 'old 'em any longer! Run, me boy, run!" Rasereit follows his own advice and dashes up the stairs as fast as he can move. He limps from the many venomous bites and rips the fiendish bugs from his flesh as he runs.

oog: I thought I had used all my rages for the day (which would be 1 rage vs. the caged remnant). Is my timeline off? I'll check it.
EDIT: Alright, I was wrong. I didn't realize that there was a resting period after the caged remnant fight. Rasereit's sleep wasn't voluntary, he was wounded. Does that change anything?

 

[nimisgod]

oog: I'll let you Rage

 

[rln]

"Come on you fools, run! You can't hurt them! Nezraks suggests that they might not be able to swim, so we should be safe when we leave the complex. Maybe."

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Panting and bleeding profusely, Rasereit turns to Ogrin. "Fools, ye say? Fools?! Rillian's down there in the dark, with a giant hoard o' demonic hellbugs between 'im an' us, an' yer callin' me a fool fer tryin' to help 'im?" Enraged, Rasereit spits a mouthful of blood on the ground. "Le's see if Ah help ye when ye're in a bind, bloody 'alfling." Rather than continue his journey up through the levels, he stays near the stairs on the 3rd level, glancing hopefully down the stairwell and angrily at Ogrin.

 

[rln]

"From my viewpoint, anyone standing in a horde of hellbugs is a bigger fool than someone who isn't," says Ogrin and continues, "but then again, giving when needed is the Mongrel way. Even when it means giving blood."

"Speaking of Mongrel, where did the cleric go?"

 

[RillianPA]

"We have to draw them down here, away from the stairs, they climb faster than we can, and will just kill us."

Rillian will finish lighting his lantern.

ooc: Rahz, You do realize it takes 2 rounds to climb the stairs? So rushing up the stairs will leave you in range of the swarm. (and for that matter put you next to Ogrin so you can both be swarmed).

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

oog: 2 rounds? Eh? If I have a 30' movement and I use a double move action, I can move 60' in a round. Going up 5' of stairs counts as 10'. I'm in L25 now, I move to I25 (15') and up to I22 (20' that counts as 40') For a total of 55'. Or if he needs to reach the front of the stairs (H26) then he could go there (20') and still get up to I22, for a total of 60'. Why would it take two rounds?

 

[RillianPA]

ooc: I forgot that as a barbarian you had +10 ft of movement. From the 2 maps, it appears as though there are 40 feet of stairs (though I may be wrong, it isnt clear to me). But in any case, your actually movement maximum (based on 20 feet flat, and 20 feet stairs) is only 40 feet, and since the swarm climbs at full speed, it leaves you in their range (not to mention that they can cut some corners and get further with climb). Ogrin on the other hand, and Rillian, unless he drops the armor (which he may very well do), only have 20 foot moves right now.

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

oog: If possible (I'm not sure how nimisgod is going to rule this movement, the presence of the stairs throws my conjectures off a bit) I'd like Razh to get to H22, the upper right most part of the stair case on the 4th level. 2nd choice, H23, right behind Ogrin.