Yttermayn's "Saga of the Dragon Cult" (IC) 2

[Deuce Traveler]

Rosalia and Grok are fully healed. Tuk and Scrag are both at -14 hit points. None of the four understand what John and Roderic are swinging at, why they are yelling, or what force just split the boar in half. They do realize something is obviously quite wrong. Though they do not have to roll initiative now for combat, they can take actions in an attempt to discern what is going on.

John is moving to act first at some unseen threat.

Init:
John 22 (Cat's Grace, +4 to Dex)
Tsathzar Rho 20
-2 Roderic 17

 

[Leif]

Grok, half-orc cleric of Pelor 3, HP 27/27

OOC: Grok seems to be good to go, even if he doesn't know where he is going.

 

[Scott DeWar]

The party navigates the blood wave and throws open the door before stumbling into...

[sblock=Jon and Roderic]
...a hellish landscape. Your other companions are gone leaving only Jon, Roderic and the celestial honeybadger to face off against the threats here. Black, basalt rock extends off to a featureless, dark purple horizon. A single, pale star glints in the sky, providing a dim radiance. Standing 20 feet before you is a writhing globe of flesh and body parts. Mouths appear around the globe, moaning and howling in pain. After a few moments, a sickening rending noise comes from the globe and what erupts from it you know is what was once Tsathzar Rho. As he steps to the ground, the globe detonates, spraying the area and you with a layer of blood, guts, and slime. It seems your bless effect no longer works here to protect you from such. The celestial honey badger snarls and charges forward to meet the creature in melee combat. Suddenly the exploded entrails and guts writhe and hold it immobile as the part reptilian, part birdlike Tsathzar Rho moves forward with elongated limbs and neck in order to slash with long claws and bite with strong beak at the badger. It's over in a second, as the celestial honey badger gives a scream and is torn and pecked into two pieces.
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None of the four understand what John and Roderic are swinging at, why they are yelling, or what force just split the badger in half. They do realize something is obviously quite wrong.
John is moving to act first at some unseen threat.

Init:
John 22 (Cat's Grace, +4 to Dex)
Tsathzar Rho 20
-2 Roderic 17

John watches his summoned badger get ripped in twain and feels a lump suddenly grow in his throat.

more to come . . . . ooc: could have sworn I had posted something.

A green glob of acid, seen before, appears in John's hands which he throws with a careful aim.

ranged touch attack: Ranged touch attack: 1D20+3 = [1]+3 = 4
But his aim goes horridly wrong as it flies way way off.

 

[Amaury]

Rosalia has no idea what's going on. There seems to be an invisible foe in the room. She wonders whether the pentagram is the weak point here. And there is that cabinet which may hold clues.

She runs towards the cabinet avoiding the zone where the celestial being has been killed. She shouts to the others: "I don't know but maybe try erase part of the pentagram or smash the altar!"

Once in front of the cabinet she checks its contents.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Tsathzar Rho attack vs Roderic
[roll0]
[roll1]

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Roderic and John
[sblock]
Tsathzar Rho rushes up to Roderic and slices him badly across his arm, eliciting a scream. At the same time, John misses with his own attack. He notices the freed organs on the floor hopping along towards Roderic and him.
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Everyone else
[sblock]
Roderic yells in pain, and the party can see a cut appear along his arm. The man looks terrified as he swings his blade into the air, while John casts a spell at some unseen creature, and curses out as if he missed hitting it. John then babbles something to Roderic about watching out for the entrails.

The cabinet door seems to be locked.
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Rosalia
[sblock]
As you touch the cabinet and see that it's locked, the handle feels like it is squirming underneath your touch, like a thousand small worms reacting to your touch.
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Scrag
[sblock]
As you try to stare at what Roderic and John are engaged with, a large black bulge grows quickly from the top of the ceiling. A moment later, a slit appears in its center and then opens to a huge, red eye with black, worm-filled pupil. Something is watching you, taking your measure, and studying your movements.
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OOC: Anyone else want to take any actions before I close out the round?

Init:
John 22 (Cat's Grace, +4 to Dex)
Tsathzar Rho 20
-8 Roderic 17

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

OOC: Could Scrag reach the eye with his axe? If he jumped?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: Doubt it. Looks 12 feet up.

 

[Scott DeWar]

ooc: sorry, not sure what I want to do yet.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: No worries. Tomorrow I'll resolve the round, so those who have not acted will have until then to state intentions.