Dungeon of the Fire Opal, part V

[reapersaurus]

[just kidding] Ubaar yells to Ivellios while opening the door, "Quick! It's an orcish centipede!" [/just kidding]

"So anyone think that centipede looks and sounds weird?
That dragon was from hell, right?
Think dis one might be, too?

Anyone have any special ideas to tag-team this bug?
Taz - Sollir?
Any magic you got can make it so we don't have to go in and get poisoned?"

Ubaar stretches out quickly, like a runner before a race.
His muscles pop audibly.

"If things go real bad, you think it would be smart if we came back here, and healed ? "

Ubaar abandons the idea of trying to cast Thunderstomp and making the centipede fall off its feet.

 

[Jalon Odessa]

'Alas, my prayers and spells have been spent for this day, Ubaar. I'm sure that faith in Tyr and cold steel will see me through this battle.'

And with that, Jalon readies his sword, adopts a two-handed stance and makes a quick prayer to Tyr.

 

[CRGreathouse]

So anyone think that centipede looks and sounds weird?
That dragon was from hell, right?
Think dis one might be, too?

Anyone have any special ideas to tag-team this bug?

"'Bug'? This just keeps getting wierder..."

 

[Taz]

“I can try to stun it for a short time, but you'd have to wait before you enter, or you will be stunned as well!”

Taz then readies a color spray to cast through the door as soon as it opens.

 

[drs]

Murhid brings his guard up with his two fists.
"Hopefully this one is not translucent, something to hit would be nice."

[edit: soz wrong id]

 

[reapersaurus]

"Allright, Taz!
Let's see you flex those muscles of magic and waste this bug!

Ubaar open door, and you cast your spell, then we'll all whale on ugly hundred-legs."

Ubaar casts Virtue on himself and grips his greatsword, readying to attack the centipede after Taz casts Color Spray.

 

[HeavyG]

Everybody gets ready to attack after Ubaar opens the door.

With a creak, the door swings open.

Taz's spell goes off, sending a spray of colored light right into the centipede as it rears in anticipation to attacking someone.

The centipede is hit right in the head, but it doesn't seem affected by the spell.

At the same time, Taz steps aside to clear the doorway.

Ubaar then steps forward and, with a mighty swing of his sword, cuts the large yet pretty soft centipede pretty deeply. The bug falls to the ground, twitching as its lifeblood spills onto the ground.

The rest of the party grips their weapons, but can't advance because the bug and Ubaar occupy pretty much all of the door.

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar looks at his greatsword, puzzled.

. o 0 (Hmmmm... wonder who replaced my regular greatsword with an insta-kill weapon?)

He'll carefully check the centipede to guarantee deadness, and perhaps why it died so quickly, if it seems odd why so large a creature would be downed so quick.

He'll try to move past the creature when it's safe - maybe even clear a path for the others, if they are looking to get by.

 

[HeavyG]

He'll carefully check the centipede to guarantee deadness, and perhaps why it died so quickly, if it seems odd why so large a creature would be downed so quick.

It's dying, not dead.

*WHAM*

Now it is.

A combination of soft exoskeleton and intelligence too low to know to avoid the sharp bit of a greatsword did it in.

(OOC : Low AC and hit points.)

Also, it's long but not exactly big. A bit like a snake.

He'll try to move past the creature when it's safe - maybe even clear a path for the others, if they are looking to get by.

Ubaar pushes the centipede to the side to permit passage.

A more thorough look around reveals splintered shelves and the ruined remains of common tools on the ground : hoes, spades, chisels, hammers, awls...

There are graffiti-like writings on the wall beside the door, written crudely in what looks like charcoal. Another centipede body lies in a far corner.

(Anybody knows the goblin tongue ?)

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar the rogue tosses stuff around, looking for anything of interest.

"Any shiny stuff in here?
Might as well get paid if we're doing dangerous stuff down here while looking for the big opal."

He examines the other centipede body.
Is it dead?
Is it a hollow husk, like a snake-skin?

Does it have the same strange red markings on the body as the freshly-dead one?