Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
(OOC: Sorry for the delay. All is well, just didn't have much access yesterday. Might be slow today as well, but we'll see)
With a flick of the wrist, Kastix pushes the door open, leading west from the northern fountain. It is immediately apparent that the mild rotten smell in the fountain room was emanating from this side room, and as the doors open a fetid stench of decay and and filth sweeps out of the room. As nothing other than the smell assails the group, Kastix turns to Kaylyn and quickly checks her over, determining that the poison effect, though acute, will not last very long (only about 10 minutes). Rhayna racks her brain for ways to alleviate the poison, but does her best to make Kaylyn comfortable.
Royan, although disgusted by the smell, bravely approaches the room to peek inside, but sees nothing more than some chewed carcasses of normal cave rats and other vermin. As the pit trap in front of the door remains open, he has to skirt around the edges in order to get a proper look, so he is in the doorway when three more giant rats, laying wait in ambush, attack.
COMBAT! (You're probably sick of giant rats, so you'll be glad to know this is the last of them). I have Royan in the doorway with three rats, only one of which will be visible (with half-cover) from those in the room. Because of the open pit in the way it will be impossible for anyone else to approach the doorway to help Royan in melee.
Rats Initiative: 8
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Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Royan tries to forces his way through the door and to the right, engaging the rat there, He hopes that by doing so, one of the rats will come in behind him, into the open doorway, opening it up to a clear shot from one of the others in the group. As he steps forward he swings his longsword in a backhand motion.
Rhayna will put herself between Kaylyn and the western door. She holds her pendant and casts Sacred Flame on the first rat that she sees. (DMG: 4)
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Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Kastix move around so he can see a rat while staying in fountain room if possible and let loose a Fire Bolt., "Ignis,"
Attack: 20 Damage: 4 Fire Damage
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Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
I'll just wait for Kaylyns initiative. Royan: can't move into the space of any rat, but I can move you in if your targeted rat dies. For everyone else, if the middle rat (with half cover) dies I'll redirect your attacks to the other rats with three quarter cover.
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Royan (18) Longsword->Rat3 hit. DEAD. (small one - only had 4 HP) Kaylyn (18) Eldritch Blast->Rat2(half-cover) hit. Rhayna (17) Sacred Flame->Rat1(no benefit from cover) DEX save DC 14: 11 hit. Kastix (10) Fire Bolt->Rat2(half-cover) hit. DEAD. Rat1: Bite->Royan Attack: 8 Damage: 6 MamaRat: Bite->Royan Attack: 17 Damage: 5 Ireniana (5) ShortSword1->MamaRat. hit,critHit. DEAD.
NEXT ROUND: Royan Longsword->Rat1 Attack: 14 Damage: 12
Expecting danger, Royan is fully prepared when 3 Giant Rats lunge from the darkness. Swinging at a relatively small and weedy rat to his right, his sword slices right through its shoulder, and it rolls over dead.
Looking up from her last spew into the fountain, Kaylyn sees the Giant Rats behind Royan's tall frame, and flicks her hand out in an Eldtrich Blast. The energy bolt goes right between Royan's legs, narrowly missing his vitals on the left side, and into the face of the rat in the doorway, which squeals in pain.
Rhayna also looking up as Royan opens the door notices all three rats, enumerates the probabilities of hitting each one, calculates the vectors of line of sight between each member of the party and each rat, appraises the trajectories of fire, the maximum likelihood estimation and the adjusted risk ratios of all combat scenarios. She then calls down Sacred Flame, targeted on the rat that would be most difficult to hit with standard attacks, and half-cooks it in holy fire.
Kastix maneuvers himself into the centre of the room and also sees the rat in the doorway immediately behind Royan. Also flicking his hand out and barking his command word, a bolt of fire shoots between Royan's legs, narrowly missing his vitals on the right side this time, and slams into the same place on the rat's face that Kaylyn's energy beam did, melting the inside of its skull. It too rolls over dead.
The remaining rat, somewhat stunned by the failure of their ambush to merit them any advantage, bits out at Royan in the doorway, but its heart is no longer in the game and it merely gives him a sloppy lick.
Then, from deeper in the room, a rodent squeak is heard that sounds more like a rumble, and the Big Momma Rat waddles out. Six-feet long, this appears to be the grandmother of every rat, not just in the citadel but in the whole canyon. Its swollen, corpulent form is oozing with slime, and pus discharges from multiple sores and blisters all over its putrid skin. With foul green teeth bared, it lunges at Royan who manages to sidestep out of the way, the enormous rat's teeth gnashing in the place where his leg stood a split-second earlier.
Caught initially by surprise, but aware now of all that has transpired, Ireniana sprints around the perimeter of the pit and into the doorway. Drawing both her swords, she thrusts and slashes at the massive bulk of the mama rat. Her first sword pierces it through the neck, pinning it to the floor, and her second sword slices down beside the first, severing the head from the spine, and causing it to hang sideways from the remaining skin. Maggots spill out of its flesh and green pus splatters all over the doorway.
Having narrowly avoided not only the strikes of four giant rats but the impact of friendly fire, Royan swings once more at the singed rat on the left and finishes the job.
With the danger now averted, you can see that room behind the door is about 20-foot-square. An oppressive smell suffuses the air, rising from chewed carcasses of cave rats, smaller vermin, and a few humanoid-looking creatures. The bodies lie upon a floor of filth, old bones, hair, and fur that combine to make a particularly large and vile nest. The humanoid corpses in the chamber include two goblins, a kobold, and one human male.
The human corpse has been eaten in most of its exposed parts, but it is still clothed in studded leather armor. On or near the body are five daggers, a longbow, a backpack (containing a water skin, one day's rations, a bedroll, a tinderbox, and three torches), a quiver with six arrows, a small potion, and a pouch that holds 17 gp. A gold ring remains on one swollen finger, and has the name 'Karakas' engraved on it.
Poking through the refuse uncovers 312 silver pieces, 68 gold pieces, and 3 small gems.
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If I remember right, Karakas was one I was looking for? If so, I would pull out a dagger and cut the finger off to take the ring. "Well, that's business handled but ... ," Kastix look back where they came, "I don't think the kobolds would so kind if I tried to leave right now. I think I agree to help you guys out with your ventures in this place so let's go when she's better, give it a few minutes I think," Kastix points his thumb at Kaylyn.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
Kaylyn examines the studded armor while she keeps one hand over her nose trying not to gag. If it still looks in good shape and not too icky she will remove it from the body and change out her armor for the upgrade. She'll also inspect the potion.
Kastix indeed recognises the name 'Karakas' as the ranger he was looking for.
Kaylyn's nausea from the poisoning actually made it easier to brave the stench, extract the armor from the corpse and clean off the filth. It's in pretty good condition, just a few rat's teeth marks really. A small sniff and sip of the potion shows that it is a Potion of Healing. By the time she's done with all that, her nausea has passed and she is back to normal.
(Not sure if everyone can see the results of the tooltips. I don't have the DMG myself)
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Royan kicks the dead rats away from the door and then moves over to have a look at the bodies. Relieved that it is not the Flame, he picks up on eof the daggers and tucks it into his belt.
Royan looks around the room for any other exits that may exists. He checks the floors for places where hidden doors may swing out, or tracking where people have moved and displaced things.
There is a hole in the northern wall large enough for the rats to squeeze through, which goes to the exterior of the citadel, into the open scree in the canyon. Other than that there are no doors or any other exits out of the room, or any sign of humanoid movement.
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Kastix will stay in fountain room and check Kaylyn over, trying to determine how bad they were poisoned.
Medicine check 21
Ooc should mention our dm was in hospital yesterday? (Not sure how Time zones match up) So who knows when he'll respond.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDone(OOC: Sorry for the delay. All is well, just didn't have much access yesterday. Might be slow today as well, but we'll see)
With a flick of the wrist, Kastix pushes the door open, leading west from the northern fountain. It is immediately apparent that the mild rotten smell in the fountain room was emanating from this side room, and as the doors open a fetid stench of decay and and filth sweeps out of the room. As nothing other than the smell assails the group, Kastix turns to Kaylyn and quickly checks her over, determining that the poison effect, though acute, will not last very long (only about 10 minutes). Rhayna racks her brain for ways to alleviate the poison, but does her best to make Kaylyn comfortable.
Royan, although disgusted by the smell, bravely approaches the room to peek inside, but sees nothing more than some chewed carcasses of normal cave rats and other vermin. As the pit trap in front of the door remains open, he has to skirt around the edges in order to get a proper look, so he is in the doorway when three more giant rats, laying wait in ambush, attack.
COMBAT! (You're probably sick of giant rats, so you'll be glad to know this is the last of them). I have Royan in the doorway with three rats, only one of which will be visible (with half-cover) from those in the room. Because of the open pit in the way it will be impossible for anyone else to approach the doorway to help Royan in melee.
Rats Initiative: 8
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Initiative: 10
OCC: Follow up of action to TBD
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneInitiative: 18
Initiative: 17
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks
Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story
Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Initiative - 5
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Royan tries to forces his way through the door and to the right, engaging the rat there, He hopes that by doing so, one of the rats will come in behind him, into the open doorway, opening it up to a clear shot from one of the others in the group. As he steps forward he swings his longsword in a backhand motion.
Longsword - Attack: 12 Damage: 5
Rhayna will put herself between Kaylyn and the western door. She holds her pendant and casts Sacred Flame on the first rat that she sees. (DMG: 4)
Kazri - Level 10 Human Paladin (Oath of the Ancients) - The Tales of the Fellowship of the White Cloaks
Droknin Palemane - Level 4 Leonin Barbarian (Path of the Beast) - Where the Cold Winds Blow... A Lost Mines of Phandelver Story
Faelan (Cottontail) Whisperwind - Level 3 Ranger (Fey Wanderer) - Zorg's Lost Souls II
"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
Kastix move around so he can see a rat while staying in fountain room if possible and let loose a Fire Bolt., "Ignis,"
Attack: 20 Damage: 4 Fire Damage
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneI'll just wait for Kaylyns initiative. Royan: can't move into the space of any rat, but I can move you in if your targeted rat dies. For everyone else, if the middle rat (with half cover) dies I'll redirect your attacks to the other rats with three quarter cover.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Kaylyn initiative 18
Again Kaylyn readies her attack for any enemy that comes into view
Attack: 22 Damage: 6
He hand is unsteady and she feels like she may vomit again at any moment.
Ireniana will attack the closest rat to her.
Short sword 1 - Attack: 24 Damage: 6
Short Sword 2 - Attack: 16 Damage: 9
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Royan (18) Longsword->Rat3 hit. DEAD. (small one - only had 4 HP)
Kaylyn (18) Eldritch Blast->Rat2(half-cover) hit.
Rhayna (17) Sacred Flame->Rat1(no benefit from cover) DEX save DC 14: 11 hit.
Kastix (10) Fire Bolt->Rat2(half-cover) hit. DEAD.
Rat1: Bite->Royan Attack: 8 Damage: 6
MamaRat: Bite->Royan Attack: 17 Damage: 5
Ireniana (5) ShortSword1->MamaRat. hit,critHit. DEAD.
NEXT ROUND: Royan Longsword->Rat1 Attack: 14 Damage: 12
Expecting danger, Royan is fully prepared when 3 Giant Rats lunge from the darkness. Swinging at a relatively small and weedy rat to his right, his sword slices right through its shoulder, and it rolls over dead.
Looking up from her last spew into the fountain, Kaylyn sees the Giant Rats behind Royan's tall frame, and flicks her hand out in an Eldtrich Blast. The energy bolt goes right between Royan's legs, narrowly missing his vitals on the left side, and into the face of the rat in the doorway, which squeals in pain.
Rhayna also looking up as Royan opens the door notices all three rats, enumerates the probabilities of hitting each one, calculates the vectors of line of sight between each member of the party and each rat, appraises the trajectories of fire, the maximum likelihood estimation and the adjusted risk ratios of all combat scenarios. She then calls down Sacred Flame, targeted on the rat that would be most difficult to hit with standard attacks, and half-cooks it in holy fire.
Kastix maneuvers himself into the centre of the room and also sees the rat in the doorway immediately behind Royan. Also flicking his hand out and barking his command word, a bolt of fire shoots between Royan's legs, narrowly missing his vitals on the right side this time, and slams into the same place on the rat's face that Kaylyn's energy beam did, melting the inside of its skull. It too rolls over dead.
The remaining rat, somewhat stunned by the failure of their ambush to merit them any advantage, bits out at Royan in the doorway, but its heart is no longer in the game and it merely gives him a sloppy lick.
Then, from deeper in the room, a rodent squeak is heard that sounds more like a rumble, and the Big Momma Rat waddles out. Six-feet long, this appears to be the grandmother of every rat, not just in the citadel but in the whole canyon. Its swollen, corpulent form is oozing with slime, and pus discharges from multiple sores and blisters all over its putrid skin. With foul green teeth bared, it lunges at Royan who manages to sidestep out of the way, the enormous rat's teeth gnashing in the place where his leg stood a split-second earlier.
Caught initially by surprise, but aware now of all that has transpired, Ireniana sprints around the perimeter of the pit and into the doorway. Drawing both her swords, she thrusts and slashes at the massive bulk of the mama rat. Her first sword pierces it through the neck, pinning it to the floor, and her second sword slices down beside the first, severing the head from the spine, and causing it to hang sideways from the remaining skin. Maggots spill out of its flesh and green pus splatters all over the doorway.
Having narrowly avoided not only the strikes of four giant rats but the impact of friendly fire, Royan swings once more at the singed rat on the left and finishes the job.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Kaylyn vomits again at the sight of the grossness of the dead mama rat.
With the danger now averted, you can see that room behind the door is about 20-foot-square. An oppressive smell suffuses the air, rising from chewed carcasses of cave rats, smaller vermin, and a few humanoid-looking creatures. The bodies lie upon a floor of filth, old bones, hair, and fur that combine to make a particularly large and vile nest. The humanoid corpses in the chamber include two goblins, a kobold, and one human male.
The human corpse has been eaten in most of its exposed parts, but it is still clothed in studded leather armor. On or near the body are five daggers, a longbow, a backpack (containing a water skin, one day's rations, a bedroll, a tinderbox, and three torches), a quiver with six arrows, a small potion, and a pouch that holds 17 gp. A gold ring remains on one swollen finger, and has the name 'Karakas' engraved on it.
Poking through the refuse uncovers 312 silver pieces, 68 gold pieces, and 3 small gems.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
If I remember right, Karakas was one I was looking for? If so, I would pull out a dagger and cut the finger off to take the ring. "Well, that's business handled but ... ," Kastix look back where they came, "I don't think the kobolds would so kind if I tried to leave right now. I think I agree to help you guys out with your ventures in this place so let's go when she's better, give it a few minutes I think," Kastix points his thumb at Kaylyn.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneKaylyn examines the studded armor while she keeps one hand over her nose trying not to gag. If it still looks in good shape and not too icky she will remove it from the body and change out her armor for the upgrade. She'll also inspect the potion.
Kastix indeed recognises the name 'Karakas' as the ranger he was looking for.
Kaylyn's nausea from the poisoning actually made it easier to brave the stench, extract the armor from the corpse and clean off the filth. It's in pretty good condition, just a few rat's teeth marks really. A small sniff and sip of the potion shows that it is a Potion of Healing. By the time she's done with all that, her nausea has passed and she is back to normal.
(Not sure if everyone can see the results of the tooltips. I don't have the DMG myself)
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Royan kicks the dead rats away from the door and then moves over to have a look at the bodies. Relieved that it is not the Flame, he picks up on eof the daggers and tucks it into his belt.
Royan looks around the room for any other exits that may exists. He checks the floors for places where hidden doors may swing out, or tracking where people have moved and displaced things.
Perception: 18
There is a hole in the northern wall large enough for the rats to squeeze through, which goes to the exterior of the citadel, into the open scree in the canyon. Other than that there are no doors or any other exits out of the room, or any sign of humanoid movement.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?