[IC] Industrygothica's "The Hive"

[Kobold Stew]

Silent, but alert and present, Courage proceeds up the incline.

 

[industrygothica]

ooc: In the interest of moving things along, we'll assume that everyone has passed the necessary climb check. I'm not a big fan of the top pc failing a check and the whole party tumbling out of the thing, only to do it over and over again. Anyway...


You emerge from the tunnel after a relatively exhausting climb into an expansive cave lit by a single torch in a sconce driven into the northern wall near a set of stairs leading back down. While most of the cave is empty, a row of large sealed clay urns and a couple of battered wooden crates break up the monotony of stone, and a flight of well built stairs hugs the wall to the south. To the west, a pair of short passages end in wooden doors.

 

[DrZombie]

Jonas moves closer to the urns, trying to see if he can find a clue to their contents.

 

[industrygothica]

There are no notable markings on the urns.

 

[jkason]

Shaimon Hu'u, barbaric human druid

Shai approaches the urns, as well, calling Dyspeer to sniff around. "Should we look inside?" he says, barely speaking above a whisper.

 

[industrygothica]

Dyspeer sniffs the urns and the surrounding area, and then goes back to the urns. Apparently something inside is giving off a faint aroma.

 

[Mista Collins]

"I'm curious to see what is actually inside them." Tanith says as she looks at her surroundings and then opens up one of the urns to have a look inside.

 

[industrygothica]

Surprise Round

Tanith (spot 17+4=21, fail)
Courage (spot 5+5=10, fail)
Shaimon Hu'u (spot 18+10=28, pass)
Jonas (spot 10+4=14, fail)
Dyspeer (spot 11+3=14, fail)
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18 ant-like creatures (8): attack vs. Shai (15=miss; 15=miss; 11=miss; 15=miss; 14=miss; 17=miss; 21=hit, 5 damage; 21=hit, 4 damage)
5 Shaimon Hu'u : attacks (6+8+1=hit, 1d8+5=9 damage)

 

[industrygothica]

Round 1

Tanith gently leans one of the urns over to have a look underneath. She can feel the weight inside shift as if there were some sort of liquid inside. Noting the wax seal, she takes out one of her daggers and begins slicing it through.

As the smell of vinegar begins to fill the room Shai sees something out of the corner of his eye. He barely has time to raise his weapon before they are on him, charging from every angle out of the shadowed corners of the cavern.

The others turn to see Shai bring down his hammer into a fray of small ant-like creature, nipping and biting at him from all directions. He lands a solid blow on one of them and it goes sailing into the far wall, splattering into an unrecognizable stain.

Tanith recognizes the seven remaining creatures as formians (knowledge: the planes).

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Round 1

18 Formians (7): attack Shai (miss; miss; miss; crit [confirmed], 6 damage; miss; miss; miss)
17 Dyspeer 21/29 (blessed 25 rounds): attacks a formian (15+6+1=hit, 1d6+2=8 damage)
11 Courage Bloodstone 34/34 (blessed 25 rounds): attacks a formian (6+7+1=miss)
11 Tanith Dathius 20/20 (blessed 25 rounds): attacks a formian (18+2+1=hit, 1d4=3 damage)
5 Shaimon Hu'u 17/32 (blessed 25 rounds; barkskin 280 rounds): attacks a formian (7+8+1=miss)
4 Jonas Cleighton 31/36 (blessed 25 rounds): attacks a formian (9+7+1=hit, 1d8+3=8 damage)

 

[jkason]

Ooc

18 ant-like creatures (8): attack vs. Shai (15=miss; 15=miss; 11=miss; 15=miss; 14=miss; 17=hit, 3 damage; 21=hit, 5 damage; 21=hit, 4 damage)
5 Shaimon Hu'u : attacks (6+8+1=hit, 1d8+5=9 damage)

(Shai cast Barkskin in this post, which brought his AC up to 19 for the next half hour. Since we still have the Bless, and that only lasts 5 minutes, I'm assuming the Barkskin's still active).