Romance of the River Kingdoms II

[Dr Simon]

Like a little blazing comet, Mystal charges towards the creature whilst Annika interposes herself between the mountain of slime and the stricken washerwoman.

The giant slime-thing lashes out at Mystal with a monstrous pseudopod, slamming the little salsham'ai with tremendous force and seering his exposed skin with acid. There is a sizzle and a stench as it strikes his flames, and the pseudopod draws back quickly.

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Sorry about the delay!

Slime - attack Mystal, hit for 19 damage plus 3 acid, but takes 1d6=5 fire damage in response.

Initiative order for next round:
Ape
Mystal
Glip
Chaarr
Annika

The PCs and the Vashti are indicated by their initial in their speech colour. NPC 1 is the guard, 2 the washerwomen, 3 is Grandfather Wen. Brown shapes are boats, stalls or other such furniture.
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[Neurotic]

As soon as the pseudopod lashes at little swordmage, fiery copy of it lashes into the beast, burning it some more.

Immediate reaction on hit: Fire riposte melee touch attack 4d6 fire damage

 

[Walking Dad]

AC 15 (T15, FF13), HP 51/51, F +6,R+3,W+7 (Spells: 1:3/5, 2:4/4, 3:3/3)
Ape Form (AC: 18, Touch: 18, Flat Footed: 14)

Ape suppresses a curse as he has still to do more preparations before he can enter the fray. He silently invokes the spirits of thunder and lightning.

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standard: cast produce lightning

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Ape
Spells (CL: 5, DC: 13+spell level)
infinite/Day Level 0: Stabilize, Detect Magic, Guidance, Light, Purify Food and Drink, Read Magic
5/Day Level 1: Faerie Fire, Produce Lightning, Shillelagh, Lesser Vigor, Detect Spirits, Summon Nature's Ally I.
4/Day Level 2: Summon Nature's Ally II, Protection from Spirits, Animal Aspect, Ball Lightning
3/Day Level3: Summon Nature's Ally III, Magic Circle vs Spirits

Baboon Traits:
AC: 18, Touch: 18, Flat Footed: 14
Fort: +7
Refl: +5
Will: +7
Move: 40', cimb 40'
Init: +4
Perception: +11
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[Maidhc O Casain]

Chaarr plants his feet and throws out an arm . . . the hanging sleeve grows impossibly long, lashing out at the green glob and stiffening to steel hardness at the point of impact.

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• Move: None
  Standard: Steel Scarf Attack, Damage (1d20+9=29, 1d8+2=3), Crit Confirm (1d20+9=21, 1d8+2=7) (10 Points if 21 hits, 3 points if not)

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[Dr Simon]

OOC: 21 hits (it's actually AC 3, the proverbial barn door!), but as an ooze it's immune to criticals.

 

[ahayford]

Glip quickly moves to the front line beside Mystal. He maneuvers his shield to try and deflect any further acid from landing on him.

Glip stabs at the creature, attempting to sheer off a pseudopod.

OOC: Active Defense shares my shield fighting dodge bonus with an adjacent ally, Mystal gains +1 AC

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Str: 18 +4 (13 p + lvl) Level: 05 XP: xxx
Dex: 14 +2 (05 p) BAB: +5 HP:
Con: 16 +3 (05 p + 2) CMB: +9 CMD: 21
Int: 10 +0 (02 p - 2) Speed: 20'/30' Swim: 30'
Wis: 12 +1 (00 p + 2) Init: +2 Spell Res: None
Cha: 10 +0 (00 p) ACP: -2 Spell Save: N/A
Dmg Red: 0/anything ASF: 00

AC: Total Base Armor Shld Dex Size Def Nat Dodge Misc
19 10 +6 +0 +2 +0 +0 +0 +1 +0
Defensively
22 10 +8 +0 +2 +0 +0 +0 +2 +0

Touch AC: 13 Flatfooted AC: 18

Saving Throw Base Mod Misc Special Total
Fort: 04 +3 +0 7
Ref: 01 +2 +0 3
Will: 01 +1 +0 2


Weapon Attack Damage Critical Special
Masterwork Shell Trident 5+1+4+1=10 1D8 -2 +4 x2
*Attack from BAB/MW/STR/WF
*DMG from Shell/STR
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[Neurotic]

Flinging burnt covering over the beast, Mystal changes his stance and multiple copies of his weapon weave around the creature. He stabs into the goo and pulls part of it over him as the isolation against the next attack.

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Free: fling away burning cover (hopefully it lands on the beast)
Swift: Change Flame's Blessing stance into Island of Blades - all allies adjacent to Mystal and the monster are flanking the monster (Mystal and Glip at this moment)
Focused Move: Martial Lore; Attack stone bones vs AC; damage (1d20+11=14, 1d20+9=13, 1d4-1=1) - gain DR 5 until the end of the next round
Extra damage from focused move (1d6=1) - total of 2 damage
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[Dr Simon]

Mystal's burning poncho sizzles as it strikes the slime beast, then the fires are extinguished as it is sucked inside the creature, phagocytosed. The attacks of Mystal, Glip and Chaar are all pinpricks against such a massive beast. They hit (and it would seem that the creature's acid doesn't work on inorganic material), but it is hard to say if they have any effect.

Behind Annika, the fallen washerwoman is still stupefied by the sight of the creature, but she at least has Annika between her and harm.

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Mystal - throw burning blanket, hits for 1d6=4 fire damage.
Glip - trident attack hits for 1d8+2=5 damage.
Annika - Charisma check 7+3=10, not enough to galvanise the washerwoman.

Next, Annika.
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[Shayuri]

Seeing the monster lash out, Annika realized she was too close to safely cast spells. She grabbed the washerwoman's arm and hauled her up and away from the horror behind them. "Get MOVING!" she insisted.

(Move to 'pick up' NPC and move to get us both away from the monster...)

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Chaarr sees Annika's efforts to get the innocent out of harm's way. "She said MOVE, girl! Get out of here!" His voice, surprisingly deep and loud coming from such a small man, booms across the docks.

[sblock=OOC]Can I take my Move action now, or would this be considered a free action? I'll roll an Intimidate/Diplomacy check (both are +10). If you'd rather use a bald CHA check, just subtract 5 from the total.

Well, that was . . . unspectacular. [/sblock]