(CSRHoD) Creamsteak's Red Hand of Doom II [IC]

[pathfinderq1]

Tyrla's eyes widened in shock as the dragon's secret was revealed. Who could have wrought such a thing? She tried to think if she had ever seen or heard of anything even remotely like this- but time was short...

OOC: Knowledge (arcana) +13, Nature +5, religion +4, and Spellcraft +15, depending on what might be appropriate. Then another PB eldritch blast; +11 ranged touch, 4d6+1 damage, targeting the heart

 

[Arkhandus]

Warren the halfling, HP 27/44, AC 26, Assassin's Stance, Haste

Warren wastes no time, as the small greenspawn collapses under his assault. With the dragon falling with a much louder noise, Warren rushes over to see if it's really dead. He knows it could be a ploy to draw them close, but he'd really rather not have it awaken from some hidden spellcaster's help, given the various beasties that have popped up around here since the adventurers came out.

Warren moves in on the creature, seeing its exposed but still-beating (or pulsing, anyway) heart, and stabs into it with his magic sword to try finishing off the beast.

"Sorry I didn't help with this thing sooner, I just thought the snipers needed attention first..." he mutters, annoyed that he's failed to be very reliable today and let Pender get killed or nearly so. If no one else moves to heal Pender first, Warren will head over while taking out a healing potion to feed the dying warrior, and see if he can save the big lug.

[sblock=ooc]Move and attack once versus the prone dragon, short sword +16 for 1d4+5+3d6 damage. If it still seems kinda alive after that, Warren will just keep stabbing, at +14 twice per round with Haste for the same damage as before.[/sblock]

 

[Dalamar]

OoC: First of all, apologies for going MIA for a while. Work took my prime posting time for a while.
Secondly, group's opinion whether Siobhan should heal Pender or try Turn Undead on the heart-thingy?

 

[Creamsteak]

Siobhan's holy symbol causes the creature's heart to freeze in paralysis, and the barrage of blasts more than destroys the thing. Warren's swords come out decorated in black blood and wrapped in a strange trinket.

The strange artifact fills air around it with a chill.

Pender is soon brought back to consciousness, but he's had a rough night obviously.

 

[Redclaw]

Knowledge checks?

 

[Creamsteak]

Knowledge checks?

I'll have more information later. I'm posting from work.

 

[Pinotage]

Avril - Human Druid - AC 24 - hp 11/49+3d8+7 - Spot +13 - Listen +13

The battle was finally over, and the crocodile form immediatly slithered forward to look at Pender, while the others dealt with the disturbing discovery within the dragon. Thankfully, by the time she'd healed Pender, the dragon had been destroyed, but what they'd found inside it was equally worrying.

Taking the time to change back to her normal shape, she shook off the water her body, and adjusted to her own small human form. "Ugh," she said before taking out her shield and strapping it onto her arm.

"I'd suggest we don't touch what we've found until we have a better chance to examine it. This place was supposed to be used for some disturbing experimentation, and I hope we've managed to put an end to that. Either way, I think we should just make sure we haven't missed something inside the complex."

Taking a breather, she pulled two pearls from her belt and recalled one of her healing spells and another more powerful spell. The healing she cast on her self and afterwards she said, "Siobhan, do you have anything stronger to help Pender? I'm afraid my skills with healing are fairly limited." She then consumed two of her healing potions, restoring the worst of her wounds.

[SBLOCK=OOC]OOC: Cast Cure Light Wounds on Pender, healing 1d8+5 hp damage. Then use her two Pearls of Power to recall the spell and Cat's Grace, and cast Cure Light Wounds on herself to heal 1d8+5 hp damage. She then drinks her two Cure Light Wounds potions, healing 2d8+2 in total. She'll cast two further Cure Minor Wounds spell on herself.

Spells and Abilities Active:

Extended Barkskin (140 minutes)
Resist Energy (Acid 20) (Larian. 70 minutes)
Cat's Grace (7 minutes)
Call Lightning (7 minutes, 1 bolt)
Shield of Faith (Siobhan, 7 minutes)

Spells Cast and Abilities/Items Used:

Wild Shape (1 Used)
Barkskin
Lesser Metamagic Rod of Extend (1 Used)
Call Lightning
Cure Moderate Wounds
Flame Strike
Cure Light Wounds
Cure Minor Wounds (2)
Pearl of Power (1st)
Pearl of Power (2nd)
Potion of Cure Light Wounds (2)

Spells Prepared (Normal 6/4/3/2/1, Wis 0/1/1/1/0):

Level 0 (6): Cure Minor Wounds, Detect Magic (2), Guidance
Level 1 (5): Enrage Animal, Faerie Fire, Obscuring Mist, Produce Flame
Level 2 (4): Barkskin, Bull's Strength, Cat's Grace
Level 3 (3): Stone Shape
Level 4 (1):

Avril's Character Sheet [/SBLOCK]

 

[pathfinderq1]

Tyrla eyed the strange item warily, but she was not curious enough to handle it in such an unsafe setting. She also turned her gaze on the goblin's body, her enhanced sight checking for any traces of enchantment. As the others did what they could for healing, she walked over to the other tower, where the enemy warlock had fallen and checked that body as well. Only when the search was done did she begin to realize how badly she had been hurt, and she rummaged through her magical haversack in search of some kind of healing power...

OOC: Detect Magic (at will) checking the Maguffin, the goblin's body, and (if time allows) the enemy warlock. She will leave mundane loot to the others. Once she finishes scanning, she will break out her wand of CLW and heal up- I guess it will take several charges (she is at 19/41)

 

[Creamsteak]

The goblin wears an enchanted mithril chain shirt (small), a masterwork greatsword (small), an enchanted longbow (small), 5 enchanted arrows (necromancy aura), and an enchanted cloak (abjuration aura)... as well as a leather pouch containing 37 gp, 11pp, and a key.

The dragon has, in addition to the magical (overpowering necromancy) amulet that was inside the creature, an amulet and a ring that are both laced with magic.

The Warlock has a single magic item: a long embroidered strip of scarlet cloth covered with arcane sigils and mystical designs. It has a moderate evocation aura.

 

[Creamsteak]

The combined wisdom and knowledge of the group is able to examine the beast thoroughly in order to decipher the riddle of it's strength. It appears that the creature, while still living, was transformed into something even more monstrous. Much like an undead creature, it's entire being was afflicted with overwhelming negative energy, but it's life was still sustained through arcane tricks that have been lost a long time ago. Undoubtedly, only a very powerful creature could survive this process.

The improved creature could regenerate from wounds vastly faster than normal, making it difficult to injure severely. However, as a side effect, the creature could not be healed by either positive or negative energy. The creature would be treated as undead for the effects of spells that specifically affect corporeal undead creatures (such as disrupt undead or searing light) and turning undead would remove the creatures regeneration for the duration (but not cause it to flee or destroy it).