Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Frozen Sick
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Guarding the mages until they move out
Do we have tongues? Or know if these things can understand our languages?
Xymox on stand-by.
Kragen and Chadwick see one of the thralls move out of the passage directly across them in the cavern with the basin in the center. It moves to the opposite side of the basin, seemingly watching you. It has three-quarters cover (+5 bonus to AC and DEX saves) where it has moved to due to the Web spell and the basin.
Chadwick reacts with fire from his bow using his held action. To hit = 16, missing.
A psionic burst erupts from the kaorti thrall. Chadwick and Kragen make DC14 INT saves. Kragen = 12 (9 + 3 for being near Chadwick), Chadwick = 4 (Nat 1). Both fail. Both are now Stunned. The Web melts away. Kragen takes 7 psychic damage. Chadwick takes 14 psychic damage.
The thrall remains in place.
The kaorti watching from the passage to the south of the energy arcing room remains behind total cover, peeking around the corner to seemingly watch Starker, Xymox and Trolkarl.
ACTIONS FROM STARKER, TROLKARL, XYMOX AND ERBERT. (( Kragen and Chadwick remain Stunned. ))
Starker takes half his movement to move as shown. Holds for Xymox and Trokarl to complete their movements/actions and then follows them into the narrow corridor known as lightning bolt alley.
Erbert moves to the west and sees the kaorti thrall that has moved into the room. His hound recognizes the threat and bounds over that way to take a magical chomp out of it. Erbert tosses a bolt of fire at the thrall, saying to the weapon wielding types, “Wake up now, no time to be slacking off, taking your naps and whatnot.” Then he backs up in the hall to roughly his current position.
Fire bolt : 29 to hit, for 10 points of fire damage to the kaorti thrall.
Mordenkainen’s faithful hound : The kaorti thrall needs to make a DC 18 Dex save or take 20 points of force damage.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Move 30’ up the tunnel seeing the stunned holy boys
magic: intellect fortress on himself
attempting to leave any room for Starker and Xymox to have vision into the room while not going prone
Xymox action
If Xymox can see the Kaorti beyond the wall of force, he will use Vicious Mockery on it.
Because, why not?
Kragen and Chadwick are stunned during this round. Chadwick fires a reaction shot at the kaorti thrall and misses prior to being stunned.
Erbert's Fire Bolt finds its mark, inflicting 10 points of Fire damage. The thrall makes a DEX save = 25 (Nat 20) with success. MFHound misses it.
Trolkarl establishes Intellect Fortress on himself.
Xymox gives the Underdark Finger to the kaorti watching from beyond the Wall of Force with little observable effect.
Starker dutifully lines up with the rest of you in Lightning Bolt Passage.
Kragen and Chadwick both recover from being Stunned.
Initiatives rolled. Starker to act.
Starker trades places in initiative with Sir Chadwick if the good paladin is willing.
The Good Paladin IS willing.
Chadwick bursts out with, "GET OUTTA MY HEAD!!!" CHA save = 22, success. "Something really creepy....and squirmy just connected to my mind. I kicked it out!" He then moves through Kragen's space to position on the map with halberd drawn. He uses a Bonus Action to cast Hunter's Mark targeting Kaorti Thrall4.
A psionic pulse then erupts from Kragen affecting Chadwick, Trolkarl, Erbert and Xymox. DC14 INT saves from all, Chadwick = 21 success, Trolkarl = 11 failure, Erbert = 17 success, Xymox = 8 failure.
Xymox takes 5 psychic damage and is Stunned
Trolkarl takes 4 psychic damage and is Stunned ((Missed Intellect Fortress at first, ADV die rolled = 10, failure. Damage reduced due to Resistance applied.))
Chadwick takes 3 psychic damage
Erbert takes 4 psychic damage
Xymox is Stunned
Trolkarl is Stunned
A truly horrific creature emerges from the tunnel to the south. An enormous writhing mass formed of ropy black, earth-wormlike tentacles. Something like twenty feet tall. Here and there, across the surface were great puckered mouths that dripped green goo. Beneath its central mass, two or three thicker tentacles terminated in enormous black hooves, on which it stamped forward. The smell like the stench of open graves precedes it.
It extrudes its mass of writhing tentacles comprising its body into the room. The outline of it flickers and wavers, it is benefitting from a Blur spell. Two long tentacles lash outwards at Kragen. To Hit = 13 and 24. One hits the dwarf for 8 psychic damage and Kragen must make a DC 15 STR/DEX save = 19 (STR). Kragen avoids becoming Grappled by the tentacle.
Starker to act.
Trolkarl takes 4 psychic damage and is Stunned ((Missed Intellect Fortress at first, ADV die rolled = 10, failure. Damage reduced due to Resistance applied.))
Being stunned would break Concentration. I rolled and made the check, but checked https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#StunnedCondition
also gives Incapacitated which breaks concentration.
tldr: Trolkarl should take full damage
All happen with the same attack. So, benefits from Intellect Fortress apply to THIS attack. Following the attack, concentration is lost and the spell fades.
Starker to act
Starker:”Colleague Erbert, perhaps you could move forward and see what you can do about Father Kragen or his possessor? I need to move closer so I can launch my fireball.”
holds for lightning bolt alley to unjam so he can more far enough ahead to see to center of room. He’ll then cast a L4 FBall and run away.
Starker:”Abjuration effects are being suppressed. Interesting.”
Kragen to act.