Romance of the River Kingdoms II

[ahayford]

The layer of slime across Glips skin would normally offer him some protection against acid and other chemical irritants, but his extended stay out of the water has rendered him as vulnerable as any shore man. He fights the burning sensation in his limbs, trying to maintain guard and distract the creature.

 

[Neurotic]

Mystal focuses inward, his rapier becoming dull for the moment before he plunges it into closest blob.

When he pulls the blade out, the blade holds purple sheen for a moment before returning to normal.



Drain Vitality vs AC (small blob); damage (1d20+9=25, 1d4+3=4) - Fort DC 16 or blob looses 2 points of CON

Focused Attack (Martial Lore) (1d20+13=20)
Extra damage (2d6=2)

Total: 6 damage

 

[Dr Simon]

Mystal and Chaarr chip away at the massive blob if slime with their weapons, whilst Ape's summoned elemental wades in with its fiery fists. At this point, the narvinda acoyltes return with oil, cloth and burning brands. Emulating the tactics of Mystal they throw as much as they can on the nearest of the three blobs. Aided by Ape's fiery summoned spirit the cloth cacthes fire and the ooze withers in the heat.

Glip, Chaarr and Mystal are able to herd the other two creatures which face a further attack of burning oil. Some of the Magister's guard arrive and join in. Two of the blobs are utterly destroyed and the last, shrivelled and burned, slips away into the river.

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It was getting a bit of a marathon slugfest; time to move it on a bit I thought!
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[Neurotic]

Good thinking! Maybe if we got any idea if we were hurting them, would be faster And of course, me being in a hospital few days didn't help Luckily, this is fairly slow thread...

Onward!

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - Belated apologies for slowness! Once I miss a post, it got into this little cycle of avoidence and delay...stupid, I know. Annnd...my obsession with Mass Effect 3 didn't help. But that's done now and I am back in business! Evil Bioware Begone!)

Annika's hands spew jets of flame as she cleans the smoldering, acidic residue off the ground and docks.

"We should never have left that place alone," she says with a scowl. "It just didn't seem as important as the other things we were doing at the time."

"But we have time now, yes? We can return to that mine and finish them at the source."

(OOC 2 - There's rules for shapeshifting PC races now in the SRD! Granted, they're fox-human shifters...but we may still find useable ideas.)

 

[Walking Dad]

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

"This is a most wise suggestion." Ape supports Annika.

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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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[ahayford]

Glip scrapes the remains of the goop from his armor and shield.

I've never seen creatures like these on land. What is going on here? What would cause them to attack the village like this?

 

[Dr Simon]

The Vashti walks down the steps of the ghat, scoops up a handful of river water which she then sprinkles over Glip.

"May the blessing and purity of the river be with you," she intones. Even those few drips of water seem fresh and cleansing to Glip, and the worst of his burns seem to heal.

She glances around at the acolytes and Guards who are working together to remove the rest of the slime.

"From what Annika and Ape have told me, I believe these came from Tigerskin Gorge, about a day upriver. There were some old mines there that House Turif of the Merchants League were trying to re-open before they lost contact with the team they sent.

Annika, Ape and some others passed by the Tigerskin mines on another mission, but they told me that they encountered some kind of ooze-man, and the mine's log hinted at some kind of disease that was affecting the camp."

She points at the remnants of the slime.

"Perhaps the end result, perhaps the cause, I don't know. Mistress Kumiko of House Turif is offering a sizeable reward for any further information about the Tigerskin mines...."

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Cure Moderate on Glip, heals 12 damage.
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[Neurotic]

"Be careful, Honorable Vashti, it almost seems like you're sending us away and we didn't resolve Magistrate problem. It may yet come for you. Although, now that you know about it, you can resolve it wiht more mundane methods, right?" Mystal bows toward priestess.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Chaarr perks up at the mention of a mine, his large ears twitching excitedly.

"A mine, you say? What was the produce of this mine?"