Round 1 (continued, continue) Zim uses second wind as a bonus action to heal 1d10+6 (14) Zim targets Nadal, morningstar1 Attack: 14 Damage: 14, sap disadv Zim targets Nadal, extra morningstar2 Attack: 10 Damage: 10, sap disadv Zim targets Nadal, no action surge morningstar3 Attack: 12 Damage: 13, sap disadv Zim targets Nadal, extra action surge morningstar3 Attack: 29 Damage: 13, sap disadv
Zim heals 14 hit points. Zim (74/76) Nadal takes 13 damage, 3 from temp hit points and 10 real damage. Nadal (56/66)
Nadal (56/66), S2 (13/13), S4 (13/13), Tesco (39/52), Kane (38/38, 2), Zim (74/76)
Round 2 Nadal stares Zim in the eyes and shouts, "You are out classed. Blight!" Nadal casts blight from a 5th level slot for 9d8 (56)necrotic damage, Constitution Save DC 15 for half S2 and S4 are undead and are not affected by blight Kane sends Tesco Portent 19, so that he auto-saves against blight and only takes half damage. Kane uses his last lucky point to gain advantage against this save, Constitution Save DC 15 vs 15 (if he fails, he can always reroll with heroic inspiration 20) Zim just gets hit in the blast, Constitution Save DC 15 vs 15
Round 2 Nadal stares Zim in the eyes and shouts, "You are out classed. Blight!" Nadal casts blight from a 5th level slot for 9d8 (56)necrotic damage, Constitution Save DC 15 for half
Nadal's massive blight is cast from a higher spell slot and the average for 9d8 is just 40.5 damage but this roll is 15.5 average damage higher. Amazing!
Kane sends Tesco Portent 19, so that he auto-saves against blight and only takes half damage.
Tesco passes his save and takes half of 56 (28) necrotic damage. Tesco (11/52)
Kane uses his last lucky point to gain advantage against this save, Constitution Save DC 15 vs 15 (if he fails, he can always reroll with heroic inspiration 9)
With no measure of ease, Kane manages to pass his save once again, also taking half of 56 (28) necrotic damage, eating up his 2 temp hit points and taking 26 real damage. Kane (12/38)
Zim just gets hit in the blast, Constitution Save DC 15 vs 12
Zim fails the save and takes 56 necrotic damage. Zim (18/76)
Nadal (56/66), S2 (13/13), S4 (13/13), Tesco (11/52), Kane (12/38, 2), Zim (18/76)
Round 2 (continued) S2 targets Tesco, shortsword Attack: 19 Damage: 4 S4 targets Tesco, shortsword Attack: 9 Damage: 8 Tesco casts hunter's mark, shillelagh1 Attack: 28 Damage: 27, bludgeoning damage Tesco extra attack, shillelagh2 Attack: 25 Damage: 15, bludgeoning damage (hunter's mark +1d6 3, colossus slayer +1d8 1) Kane wants to unload his wand of magic missiles but delays to see how the round ends Zim uses second wind as a bonus action to heal 1d10+6 (8) Zim targets Nadal, morningstar1 Attack: 24 Damage: 14, sap disadv Zim targets Nadal, extra morningstar2 Attack: 13 Damage: 12, sap disadv
Tesco crit's S2 and provokes against S4 S4 targets Tesco, shortsword Attack: 15 Damage: 8
Tesco extra attack, shillelagh2 Attack: 25 Damage: 15, bludgeoning damage (hunter's mark +1d6 3, colossus slayer +1d8 1)
Tesco joins Zim adjacent to the Necromancer and hits Nadal takes 15, 1, total 16 damage. Nadal (40/66)
Zim uses second wind as a bonus action to heal 1d10+6 (8)
Zim heals 8. Zim (26/76)
Zim targets Nadal, morningstar1 Attack: 24 Damage: 14, sap disadv
Nadal takes 14 damage. Nadal (26/76)
Nadal (26/66), S2 (dead), S4 (13/13), Tesco (11/52), Kane (12/38), Zim (26/76)
Round 2 (end of initiative) Kane doesn't want to end the combat this way but he casts magic missile from a 7th level slot, nine missiles hit for: 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4
Round 3 S4 targets Kane, shortsword Attack: 25 Damage: 10 Kane casts magic missile from a 3rd level slot, five missiles hit S4 for: 4, 3, 5, 3, 5
Round 2 (end of initiative) Kane doesn't want to end the combat this way but he casts magic missile from a 7th level slot, nine missiles hit for: 5, 4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 2, 3, 4
Nadal takes 34 damage from magic missile and dies Because Kane used the last charge from his wand of magic missile, he must roll a 1d20 and on a roll of 1 the wand crumbles (4
Round 3 S4 targets Kane, shortsword Attack: 25 Damage: 10 Kane casts magic missile from a 3rd level slot, five missiles hit S4 for: 4, 3, 5, 3, 5
Kane immediately gets crit by the remaining skeleton for 10 damage. Kane (2/38) Kane fires back with magic missile dealing 20 damage and ending the combat.
As Nadal is dying he monologs some more, "You think yourselves just. You think yourselves powerful. You know nothing of the power I possess. Death means nothing!" And then he dies.
They carry Nadal's body back to Evergreen Hollow to consult Varnak on how to dispose of a necromancer so that this will be the last that they see of him.
OOC: Amazing adventure. I know it can use some more encounters between level 5 and level 6. Other than that, I hope you enjoyed it and I will try to make at least one more mini-campaign before the thread gets retired. I'm also looking forward to the new 2024 Monster Manual. I have predictions that it will include higher hit point monsters. I'm also due to convert the final Level 7 mini adventure from the 2024 DMG, so I'm working on that next. I'm also due to add some more higher level encounters and a new location or two. All of this is soon to come.
The Necromancer (mini-campaign) Final Boss Rewards Skeletons 200 XP total (66 XP each) Necromancer 5,000 XP (1,666 XP each) Roll on the Random Treasure Hoard CR 5-10, 8d10 × 100 (4400) gp Uncommon Arcana Random Magic Items, roll once (16) Kane Total 17,827 XP Tesco Total 17,827 XP Zim Total 17,777 XP
The banshee had been slain and the bones of the person that eventually became the Banshee lie at Yuno's feet. Looking around the room, Yuno makes note of the loom and the cloth dyes. "This was clearly some kind of tailoring room but why would they need one in this place?" Yuno wonders. She rubs her shoulder, still in a little bit of pain from the Banshee's wail. She returns back to the Naga room to rest. Since she's only going to be there for 1 hour it should be fine to rest there.
Second Wind heal: 10
Short Rest heal: 6 (d8) + 11 (d10)
After healing, Yuno stands up and stretches. "Ah. That felt good! Back to dungeoning!" She heads back to the loom room.
Perception: 10
Now in this room were too stuck doors and one door that seemed to be unlocked. However, when tried to open it, she heard clicks. All doors became locked and she was trapped in the room. Then the air drained out of the room and her lungs, leaving her suffocating. Clutching her throat and gasping for air, Yuno quickly tries to unlock the door the door.
Suffocation damage: 12 Lockpick: 12 (Heroic: 24)
*Click* As Yuno manages to unlock the door, the room hisses and air refills it. Yuno coughs and gasps, trying to catch her breath. She looks at the Banshee and says panting, "Well... we now know what killed that thing"
BA Second Wind: 5
The room beyond is an even stranger half-circle shaped room with a reinforced wooden door to the north, a shabby but bloated and stuck wooden door on the east and a sliding reinforced wooden door to the southeast. The southeast door is locked. In one corner o the room, Yuno finds some torn rags, a cold spot and claw marks on the ground. In the middle of the west wall is an hourglass that's counting down. "Wonder what happened here?" Yuno says, looking at the rags. She then looks at the hourglass. "Hmm... The fact that it's still going means that someone flips it every hour. Not a safe place to rest then." She then looks to the only easily opened door. "I'll bet this leads to the other room that connects to the Banshee Loom room." Yuno opens it.
Going through the north door, Yuno finds herself in a twisting stone hallway that connects to no less than six doors. Thankfully, one of them is the door she used to get here in the first place and another door on the west just leads back to the Loom Room. Even more lucky, except for one simple wooden door at the south, all of the doors are unlocked. Yuno first tries the unlocked simple wooden door at the south as she's pretty sure it would lead to a room that connects to the strange hour-glass room. To her dismay, it leads to a tiny dark stone room that's barely big enough to fit her. "What the ****? What could this room possibly be used for!?" Yuno then goes to the stuck door and kicks it.
Break: 24
Breaking the door, Yuno finds another long hallway with 3 doors to the west, one of them connecting back to the hourglass room. She also discovers what was changing the hourglass; another Helmed Horror. The Helmed Horror Charges her but Yuno has an idea. She quickly runs back and tries to hide in the small room she found mere seconds ago.
Long Sword vs Yuno: 25 Dmg: 5 Long Sword vs Yuno: NAT1
While Yuno was hoping to use her stealth to get the drop on the horror, she seemed to have underestimated how easy it would be to give the construct the slip. It immediately opens the door. Yuno though, had a Plan B. With her right-handed sword poised to strike like a dagger, she steps forward and stabs the construct in the shoulder. However, constructs don't feel pain. Yuno feels a cold sharp sensation in her mid-section and looks down to see the Horror's sword sticking out of her belly. "Tch..." Yuno grimaces a bit in pain. "I hate constructs."
"Get your sword out of me!" Yuno says as she kicks the construct, forcing it to stagger back and pull its sword out of Yuno's gut. The girl slashes with her left Bastard sword only for the construct to raise its shield and block her blade. It immediately tries to counter attack with side-ways slash while Yuno tries a rising cut with her right sword. The two blades connect with each other with a loud clang. Yuno and the construct end up clashing swords and find themselves in a sword-bind.
Long sword vs Yuno: 16 Long sword vs Yuno: 23 Dmg: 9
The two break off from the sword-bind and both go on the offensive, swinging their weapons at each other. Yuno slashes the construct's neck, decapitating it but being a magically powered empty armor, it fights on. At the same time the creature also manages to slash across Yuno's belly. The girl however, being flesh and blood quickly gasps and clutches her stomach and steps back as her blood pours on to the ground.
Yuno begins giggling as her blood spills. This psychotic girl lives for the thrill and violence of battle. So the cut only made her fight harder. She spun both of her blades and held them both in the standard grip. She then leaped into the air and with both swords, delivered a brutal X-cut. The attack was so powerful that her blades tore through metal and chopped the construct into four-pieces.
After slaying another construct, Yuno notices her wounds are mounting. "Need... rest." However it has become clear by now that this section of the crypt is not safe to rest in. She returns all the way back to the elevated platform with the old camp site. She isn't planning on sleeping... not yet. She just needs 1 hour of rest.
Short rest: 12 (d10) + 4 (d10) + 3 (d10)
Yuno stands up and winces in pain. Her injuries haven't healed fully yet. She murmurs, "I really need a big break after this"
She continues her adventure, retracing her steps back to the hallway where she encountered the Helmed Horror. She walks down the stone corridor. She passes the first door. "That one leads to the hourglass room". She walks down the hall to the next door; this one was a reinforced wooden door but it seemed unlocked. The last door was a shabby wooden door that had swollen up and gotten stuck. Given her options she decides to check the reinforced door.
Yuno finds herself in a strange room. Based on the layout she believes that this room is the last one that connected to the hour-glass room. Here she sees a throne to the south, two gongs on either side of it and a chest on the north end of the room. The chest seems locked magically. She is probably not opening it any time soon. However she might try and break it. "These gongs... I smell a puzzle here." Yuno figures that the gongs must have something to do with how the chest is to be opened. She has no idea how many different hits the gongs need and what order to hit them in to open the chest. So instead, she tries to smash it.
Break: 14 (adv: 26) No NAT 20.
She hits the chest a lot with her smith's tools and her crowbar but she just can't get it open. "Huff... huff... Right..." She says, panting and sweating from the exertion "Guess I need to find the password."For now though, she goes back to the hall and tries to smash down the stuck door. It was in poor condition so Yuno is confident in her ability to break it down.
Break: 17 (Adv: 25)
The door leads to a dark stone room that is sunk in knee-deep mud. Yuno's driftglobe that she has named "Globey" illuminates the room as she enters. "Yuck!" She says as she wades into the room. The walls and the ceilings have deep cracks in them and mud rains down from above. In the mud she notices a strange discolored section. When she gets closer though, in a large splash the color spreads out, revealing itself to be a Water Elemental.
Yuno quickly lunges, delivering two stabs to the Watery monster. However the creature then begins swirling around, the watery mud facilitating its movements. It crashes on to Yuno and traps her within itself, trying to drown her.
Round 2 Yuno (40/53) Water Elemental (97/114)
Yuno STR Save to free self: 16 ACTION SURGE Bastard Sword: 12 (Vex: 13) BA Bastard Sword: 10
Whelm Recharge: 4
Whelm again: Yuno STR Save: 16
Putting all her force behind it, Yuno is able to bust herself out of the Water Elemental. She falls on her knees, sinking halfway into the mud and breathing heavily. The elemental tries to push its advantage, trying to drown Yuno but this time Yuno is able to vault herself forward to avoid the Elemental's body slam. She rolls around on the mud and then gets back on her feet, ready to deliver her counterattack.
Yuno leaps forward stabbing both her swords deep into the watery monster. The monster quickly retaliates, faster than Yuno expected. It gut punches Yuno so hard that it not only forced all the air out of her but it also lifted her off her feet and into the air. Then it crashes down on Yuno with both hands, spiking her down into the ground, covering her entire body in bruises.
Round 4 Yuno (27/53) Water Elemental (56/114)
Bastard Sword: 19 (Vex: 20) Dmg w/ Sneak: 15 BA Second Wind: 5
Whelm Recharge: 6 Whelm on Yuno: 26
Yuno doesn't get a moment to stand before the water elemental starts wrapping its body around her, trying to engulf her once more. As the water squeezes her Yuno grunts and says, "Ugh... At least take me out to dinner before trying to feel me up!" She unleashes her monstrous power and breaks free of the creature and immediately brings her sword down on it with a powerful downward swing. Her attack cuts deep into the Elemental. It seems to be taking damage and feeling pain but being made of water, it has no vital organs and so even though her attack would have split its head open, it just reforms and keeps fighting.
Round 5 Yuno (38/53) Water Elemental (48/114)
Bastard Sword: 22 (Vex: 17) Dmg w/ Sneak: 8 BA Second Wind: 11
Whelm Recharge: 5 Whelm on Yuno. STR Save: 24
The Elemental keeps trying to drown Yuno but despite her durability and strength Yuno is also light on her feet. She dodges the strikes and quickly does a light jab with her right handed sword when she gets the chance. She punctures the Elemental's shoulder as it reforms. "I just gotta keep this up. It's getting weaker. I can tell. I smell it's pain." Yuno mutters to herself. She was right though. Despite showing know physical signs of damage, the elemental truly was losing power.
As Yuno lunges again, her sword barely manages to clip the elemental before it shift's form. Yuno's eyes widen in surprise. She wasn't expecting this maneuver. The Elemental reforms under her, dipping her into its body. With cheeks puffed to try and hold her air, Yuno sinks slowly into the center of the elemental.
Round 7 Yuno (12/53) Water Elemental (42/114)
Yuno escape attempt DC14: STR: 15
Whelm Recharge: 1 Slam vs Yuno: 26 Dmg: 10 Slam vs Yuno: 26 Dmg: 16
Yuno focuses her strength and begins swimming inside the creature. With much effort she is able to get her head out of the thing. She gasps and breathes but then the elemental uses her trapped limb to swing her around by the leg. It smashes Yuno's head against the walls, leaving blood stains all on it before throwing Yuno to the mud. Yuno stares blankly, dazed from the hit,blood pouring from her cracked skull.
Round 8 Yuno (20/53) Water Elemental (36/114)
Bastard Sword: 22 Dmg: 6 BA Second Wind: 14
Whelm Recharge: 3 Slam vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 6 Slam vs Yuno: 11
As Yuno gets back on her feet, The Elemental grabs her by the waist and lifts her up again. The creature squeezes her and Yuno screams as she feels her hip bones beginning to crack. Yuno, blood running down the side of her mouth taunts, "You may be made of water... but you aren't immune to pain!" She swaps her right sword into a reverse grip and stabs the elemental's "arm". The creature quickly recoils and drops the girl. Yuno makes a superhero landing; though it would have looked a lot cooler if she wasn't half-dead and covered in mud.
Whelm Recharge: 1 Slam vs Yuno: 13 Slam vs Yuno: 14
The creature brings both its arms up and slams down on Yuno. The swift brown-haired serial killer jumps back. The soles of Yuno's metal boots clack as she lands on the wall for a split-second before she kicks off it and gets airborne. Switching her sword grips back to standard she brings both swords down with all her body weight behind it. Her sword chops off the elemental's arms. Yuno lands shortly after the watery appendages land on the mud. The mud has now raised up to Yuno's waist. The elemental quickly regrows replacement limbs but its size and mass has visibly reduced.
Round 10 Yuno (20/53) Water Elemental (14/114)
Bastard Sword: NAT1 (Vex: NAT19) Dmg w/ Sneak: 19
"Night night you watery ****er!" Yuno says at the now smaller elemental before turning to the side and chopping down with her right hand. She cleaves the monster in two. The two halves finally fall on the water, mixing with the mud. As the creature dies, Yuno notices a soggy piece of paper float to the top of the mud. "AHAHAHAHA What do we have here?" The paper contains the answer to the gong puzzle.
Reward: -Piece of paper with gong codes. -XP 1,800
Having achieved the gong code, Yuno quickly rushes back to the throne room to try it out and get the treasure. Despite the severity of her wounds, she runs with the same childlike glee and energy as a kid that was just given her allowance money to buy candy. It takes a while but she eventually is able to figure out the right order of the gongs that need to be hit to open the chest. As the chest opens, Yuno steps toward it and looks inside to find... A Staff of Adornment.
Yuno's smile slowly fades as she looks a the staff. She is very disappointed at what she found. "Wow! If I knew I would have to go through all that just for this useless piece of garbage, I would have let the Water Elemental drown me."
Random Encounter check: 9, 7
Putting the staff away, Yuno heads back to her elevated resting spot. Her whole body is sore from the multiple fights she's had. She is more than ready to go to bed for the day. Down here, she doesn't even know what time it is or how long she has spent. But Yuno doesn't really care.
Man, this was a hard adventure to write. I had to make up so much about the NPCs and the skill challenges, I am about to play it for the first time with a mismatch party of two characters, not such great odds to complete a skill challenge. But there is one under budgeted combat, so I'm looking forward to that one.
Wish me luck, I may have to tune down all the skill checks and DCs, I'll let you know. I'm really eager to get some feedback on this one.
Despite the dangerous surroundings, Yuno has a proper sleep. She wakes up kinda tired and kinda cold. "Back to dungeoning. Hopefully there's going to be better loot that isn't a useless decorative staff."
Back in the muddy room, there was a sliding locked stone door that she had no hope of picking or breaking down so she instead heads to the hall with multiple wooden doors that were unlocked. She checks the reinforced wooden door on the east side of the hall. Inside looks like the second floor of a large audience hall. The marbled flooring has cracks on it There's ash and powders on either side of the room. On the northwest corner is a balcony that Yuno assumes is 20ft high off the floor. Assumes because beyond the balcony is deep water. "Well... didn't expect to go for a swim. I should have packed my swimsuit." Yuno says before vaulting over the railing and splashing down into the water. Spouts and ancient gears keep the deep water circulating. Perhaps this was some kind of aquatic show?
Perception: 15
Yuno swims in the water and notices a stuck wooden door 20ft down. As she tries to open it though, it begins to glow. Suddenly the whole water glows and monsters are summoned to her via magic. It's time for a fight.
Ghost Possession on Yuno. DC13 CHA save: NAT1 (Inspiration Reroll) CHA saves to free or drown (after every minute): 13
The Yuno floats on the water trying to track the ghostly acrobat as best as she can. However the spirit is too fast for her. Soon the acrobat dives into Yuno's body. Yuno's eyes glaze over and change to a ethereal blue color. Now in the ghost's control, Yuno takes a deep breath and dives underwater to the bottom. She is made to perform various elegant swimming and underwater performance maneuvers. She feels her air dwindling and the ghost has no intention of letting her up for air. Through strength of will Yuno is able to expel the ghost from her body.
The ghost, now expelled from Yuno swims upward. Yuno notices her chance and swings. She cuts across the spirit's back. It screeches. Normally ghosts are immune to such physical attacks but Yuno's swords are magical and she can inflict damage on the spirit with them. The spirit swims to the top, cutting off Yuno's path to air and unleashes a ghostly wail that wracks through Yuno's body. She finds herself unable to get closer to the ghost. This spirit is trying to drown her. She swims to the door and tries to break it down but being underwater, her attacks are not as effective as she'd like them to be.
Possession Recharge: 4 Withering Touch on Yuno: 17
Yuno counter-attack. Bastard Sword: NAT19 (Disadvantage canceled by Vex) Dmg: 10 Action Surge Bastard Sword: 25 Dmg: 8 BA Bastard Sword: 22 Dmg: 6 WIS Save: 20
The ghost dives, trying and reaches out, trying to drain Yuno's life force with her corrupting touch. However Yuno's eyes glimmer, catching the perfect moment. She swings, slashing deeply across the swimmer's belly. Had the spirit been living, the cut would have been deep enough to disembowel her. Yuno isn't done. She swaps her blades to reverse-grip and plunges both swords into the spirit's shoulders. The spirit's pain causes the terrifying effect on Yuno to fade.
The Spirit tries to possess Yuno and enters her body. However this trick won't work on her twice. Yuno shows the spirit her truly monstrous and sadistic side. She expels the spirit but not in one spot. She expels it all around her, tearing the spirit into pieces.
Now that the Ghost is "dead" Yuno quickly swims to the surface for air. Breaking the water, gasps for air and then slowly swims back to the balcony railing and climbs back on to try ground. Perhaps... now would be a good time to rest.
Yuno heads back to the Bone Naga's cell to recover some stamina. Short Rest.
Rewards: 1,100 XP Gold: Shelved for later since it was ghost.
After resting. Yuno returns to her dungeon escapades. She goes back to the watery auditorium and dives under water again. She failed to break the door last time but she won't fail this time. She uses a crowbar to try and get it open.
Break: 12 (Adv: 9)... Burning a Second wind to succeed.
Using her crowbar, Yuno is able to break the door open. Now going back up to refill her lungs, she can continue forward through the underwater corridor. The door leads to another passage system that is completely underwater There are a pair of twin shabby wood doors on the south-west end of the stone underwater corridor. There's is a good quality wooden door on the west wall and lastly there's a simple wooden door that doesn't seem stuck but rather locked. Given her options, Yuno knows that if she wants a good chance at breaking the doors, she will have to spend quite a long time. Instead she can try and unlock the locked door.
Lockpick: 10
To her dismay she can't lock pick. Thus her only chance is to try and break down the doors. She goes back up for air before moving to the southwest corner. She feels that this being the farthest away door, she should try and tackle it first. She is currently feeling quite good about her energy levels so perhaps getting the dangerous thing done first is a good idea.
Break: 22 Air: 2:00/ 3:00
Yuno swims into the room. It is a stone room with a simple sliding wood door on the east and a simple wood door on the southeast. Both have swollen from water damage and got stuck. Yuno notices a valve on one side. Curious, she begins moving to it when suddenly something seems to attack her from behind. She didn't notice the small smudge in the water. In reality it was a water weird.
The weird, invisible in the water, grabs Yuno from behind and tries to drown her. She instinctively swings around in the water against her unseen assailant. Her magical sword slices along the water and strikes the Weird.
Bastard Sword: NAT1 BA Bastard Sword: NAT1 Lots of NAT1s. Appropriate for Yuno to lose air: 17 seconds
The weird squeezes Yuno and while she does manage to resist damage, the excess water pressure is too much Yuno blubs out a bunch of her air before she clamps her mouth to stop herself from losing more air.
Yuno is not in the mood to get drowned by this thing. She unleashes a flurry of stabs, aiming at the excess pressure around her waist and her body. She knows that this creature is one big entity, even though she can't see it. She notices some resistance as if her sword stabbed into thick viscous water. Now knowing where the thing's limbs are, Yuno continues to slash. Visually nothing changes but she can feel the resistance as her sword tear this creature apart. However it is still not dead.
Yuno winces in pain and lets out a muffled scream, trying to hold her air as she feels this creature squeeze her tight and bruise her organs. With her swords held in ice-pick grip she continues stabbing. She feels her blade sink into the creature's body and uses that point of reference to stab again.
Round 6 Yuno (31/53) Air: 0:55 /3:00 Weird (0/58)
Constrict: 15
Bastard Sword: 18 Dmg: 8
Yuno blindly stabs with sword. Suddenly she feels the pressure on her body vanish. This creature is dead but she isn't out of the woods yet. Quickly, she swims as fast as she can back to the auditorium. Just as she hits her limit, she manages to reach the surface and take a deep breath of air.
Yuno crawls back to the dry part of the auditorium so that she can catch her breath and rest. She doesn't dry off because she knows she's going to have to go underwater again.
Short Rest. Second Wind Recovery: 10 HP. Short Rest Heal: 7 + 11
After recovering, Yuno does some stretches before diving back underwater. She takes about 40 seconds to get back to where she killed the weird. Now to see what the valve does. She turns the valve and slowly the water begins draining out, leaving wet, but air-filled hallways instead of submerged ones. Yuno knows that she's going to have to turn the water back on because otherwise, she has no way to get back out of this part of the dungeon. For now though, not having to worry about running out of air and drowning means that Yuno can take her time breaking down doors... starting with the one on the south-east.
Break: 13
Yuno breaks down the swollen door. Beyond is a water logged stone hall. The hall has one door is a reinforced sliding wooden door that's locked and the other is an unlocked Stone door. Yuno feel that the wooden door would be really hard to pick or break down so she checks the Stone door.
Perception: 19
As soon as Yuno turns the handle, pipes that once flooded the room with water now begin to pump acid into the halls.This trap was meant to kill any trespassers submerging them in the staff but because Yuno had broken the door, she had to just try and dodge the acid long enough to bust through the door before it can lock.
DEX: 15 (FAIL) CON: 8 (FAIL) Acid damage: 45
Yuno braces herself as the acid engulfs her. She runs through the halls, letting the acid burn her. She ends up surviving but she is very worse for ware. The acid continues pouring out, the open door preventing the valves from shutting off until the unseen reserves are done with. Now covered in burns, Yuno Retreats back to her elevated platform to rest and recover.
Second Wind heals: 33 Long Rest. Encounter check: None
A new day(?) dawns on Yuno. So far, she hasn't been jumped as she slept yet but it is only a matter of time until her luck runs out. For now, she lives to continue fighting. "Running out of food. I need to wrap this up quick." Yuno says. She returns to the acidic hall though the acid has lost its effect by now and the trap has been neutralized, allowing her to safely explore beyond the stone door. Yuno finds herself met with a set of stairs going south into a moderate sized room decorated with curtains. As she ascends the steps, she is met with a hulking 7ft tall gladiator wearing spiked gauntlets and thick flashy armor with its head covered. "Well well well... didn't expect another person up here. How did a guy like you get all the way here in heavy rusty armor like that?" She says. The gladiator doesn't respond. Instead it begins approaching Yuno with murderous intent. As it gets closer, Yuno's brow furrows and her nose picks up a scent of strong preserving agent and surgical stitches. "Wait a minute... You're no man!" The gladiator was a an armored Flesh Golem and it raises its fists to smash Yuno just as she figured out what she was up against.
As the creature brings its fists down, Yuno leaps back. She moves out of the way in the last moment before the fists hit the ground. She kicks off the back wall and jumps forward. With her twin swords delivers a brutal X-cut on the creature. It may be a construct but it still has fluids and flesh. The cut appears on its chest with a burst of blood. Yuno isn't done though. Her countless near-death battles have made her fast and vicious. Just as Yuno lands, one knee touching the ground, she quickly slashes with her right sword cutting across the creature's muscular belly.
The creature, unable to feel pain or fear ignores its injuries and strikes down at Yuno. She holds her right sword in-front of her shoulder, tip-down, to block the attack. Sparks fly as the metal gauntlets scrape against the flawless blade of Yuno's magic sword. She twirls like a ballerina, effortlessly and elegantly getting close to the flesh gladiator and then in the same motion she used to deflect the fist, she brings her sword down slashing down. Her sword cuts very deeply into the golem but it being a mishmash of multiple people on top of having thick, flashy armor, her powerful blow cuts deep into the shoulder and all the way down into the creature's chest before getting stuck. Yuno is a bit surprised by how stuck her sword got but she can't worry about it now. The golem winds up another swing with its spiky gauntlets that Yuno has to duck to dodge. As the fist swings through the air and flies over her head, she quickly delivers two stabs with her left sword to the creature's exposed belly before standing up and reaching to grab her stuck blade. She grips it tight in an ice-pick grip and the rips it out of the shoulder and immediately delivers a horizontal slash across the creature's chest. The swing is so powerful that it tears right through the creature's armor.
Spike vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 22 Spike vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 15
Despite how she is dominating though, Yuno doesn't smile. To kill and be killed... that is what makes Yuno love combat. A construct has no fair or pain from its impending demise so half of the thrill of combat is gone. The fact that Yuno hasn't gotten hit either accounts for the other half of the thrill of combat that is absent. She wants to end this fight quickly. She immediately follows up her previous volley with stab to the golem's ribs with her right sword. Then she re-orients her left sword and plunges it into the Golem's chest right under the collar-bone. She pulls both blades out at the same time and twirling them to get them in the standard grip, she does a scissor strike on the golem's neck, decapitating it. However, being a construct animated by magic, it doesn't really need a head to keep fighting. It delivers a powerful open-palm strike to the side of Yuno's face. Her eyes go wide as she feels strange. As the golem removes its hand, one spike from its gauntlet snapped of, revealing that it was sticking out of Yuno's ear, poking at her brain. The golem then strikes with a left hook, breaking Yuno's jaw and sending he to her knees and cutting her cheek.
Round 4: Yuno (26/63) Guardian (0/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT 20 Dmg: Death.
Yuno remains slumped on the ground, sitting on her legs. It looks like the spike to the brain finally killed her. However, looks can be deceiving, especially for Yuno who is all but a monster in a young girl's body. Slowly, she raises one of her hands and grips the spike, yanking it out of her own skull. She then stands and grins at the golem, her face bruised and bloodied. The golem is toast. With one of her swords on the ground, Yuno grips her remaining one with both hands and swings, cleaving right through the golem and cutting it in half along the waist. The damage is too much. The Golem can no longer hold the magic animating it and goes inert.
Rewards: 2,300 XP GP: 575
Yuno goes back to the Bone Naga Room to Short Rest. The one door here is a locked stone sliding door. There is no way Yuno is getting through that without a key so she will have to explore somewhere else. That's when she remembers... there were some drums back in the earth elemental room. She never checked to see if there was a key there. Sure enough, on the way back, she checked and there was a key. Maybe she can continue exploring now. But first... she really needs to rest.
Second Wind heal: 15 Short Rest healing: 11 + 3 + 11
Yuno finishes her rest and goes back to the underwater passages. Knowing that getting back out of there is going to be hard without the water, Yuno had turned the valve and flooded the area once more before she left it. Now she swims back to the golem creation room. Ideally, she should drain the water every time she's down in the tunnels and fill them up again when she wants to go back to rest but she's kinda too lazy to do that. She'd rather hold her breath for the few extra seconds it takes to swim through the tunnels instead, especially since now she knows where to go to get to air.
Now back in the room where she fought the constructed gladiator, she heads towards the stone door. With the surgical tools and the old bones in this room, she is pretty sure that this is where the golem was created. She wonders if there are more golems in this place. She fishes the key she found and uses it one the door. The lock clicks and the door opens. Yuno enters a room that is... interesting to say the least. It was a stone room with a cold, damp air about it. There were loose tendons and muscles strewn about the blood stained floor. The muscles had dried to the point of turning into brittle string. There were ancient blood stains all along the floor and the walls. In one box near the door Yuno just came in through was a box of more surgical tools. Finally there were claw marks on the walls and the floor. It looked like this was where golem parts were harvested and stored. There were two Iron doors on the east wall. Both were locked but one of them had rusted shut to the point of no amount of keys or lockpicking would open it. There was another door at the southeast end. This one was unlocked and it was made of old brittle wood instead of stone. Finally, on the wall next to a stone door was a control panel with one lever that can be moved in 8 directions.
Investigation: NAT20
Now Yuno isn't the sharpest sword in the armory but looking at the panel and the lever, she figures out what it's for. Different directions or combinations of directions enable different effects. She finds a lever action that opens the locked doors; she finds one that flash freezes the room, "Definitely not touching that!" she quips; and she finds one that locks the wooden door and she finds an option to finally raise that one bridge she saw way back near the entrance; "About time I found how to raise that bridge.". Lastly she finds a combination that seems to unlock something but she isn't sure what. "Well... one way to find out." She moves the lever around and.... *Click*. Yuno hears the sound of stone moving behind her. She quickly turns around and find's a small room opening up with a treasure chest in it. "Jackpot!" Yuno says as she moves to open the chest.
Inside the Chest Yuno finds: 1,200 CP 1 Key 450 GP
Happy with some actually good treasure, Yuno moves back to the panel. She considers unlocking the iron doors but then she figures she ought to check the wooden door first. Yuno almost immediately regrets her decision as it leads her to a Z-shaped hall with marble floors and no less than 4 more doors; one to the north, one to on the east one either horizontal part of the Z-shaped hall, and a set of double doors on the southwest side. What's worse, there is another one of those fleshy-stitched golems in armor at the end of the hall coming towards her. This one is not dressed like a gladiator but like a pike man. One of its arms are replaced with an oversized spiky morning star. That is going to hurt if it hits.
Yuno charges the monster. The last time she faced a creature like this, she won but was it due to her own power or was it because of luck? She lunged twice, the tip of her sword found the openings in the monster's grafted metal plates and put some light puncture wounds in its body. She was poised for a follow up strike but she had to abandon that idea to leap back and dodge a swing from the creature's mace-arm. Missing the first time, the creature swung down again on the young girl. This swing, Yuno caught with her right-handed sword, catching the mace-arm in a bind.
With a flick of her wrist, Yuno pushed the Mace-hand away, forcing the construct to lean on one side and leaving it open to her attacks. Now defenseless, the psychotic girl unleashed a flurry of blade swing. This one was way more armored than the gladiator so when her magic sword struck, sparks flew from the heavy plates of the armor but her blows failed to dig deep enough to do any serious damage. After her flurry which would have reduced a normal man to bloody paste, The creature received only shallow cuts and bruises that bled, the sheer quantity being more severe than any one cut. "Tch..." Yuno hisses, frustrated that her attacks did very little. The creature bashes down on her head with its mace. Yuno quickly holds up her twin swords in a cross, shielding her body from the brutal blows. The brute strength of the hits send showers of sparks flying from her swords and forces Yuno to her knees but she manages to defend against the onslaught.
"Fine..." Yuno growls, "If I can't get through your armor, then I'll just tear your whole armor apart!" Yuno declares as the Guardian brings its Mace down on her crossed swords again. This time, channeling her monstrous strength, Yuno pushes back against the creature's blow, causing the construct to stagger backwards. Yuno then begins making a series of wide, arching slashes with all her brute strength behind it. Her sword cleaves through the creature's metal armor, leaving deep gashes in its armor and the flesh underneath. Chunks of metal are scrapped in her swords' wake and spray against the floor. Wounds as grievous as this would have been too much to bare and may have killed a lesser man but this creature was a construct and did not feel pain... something that Yuno herself had forgotten and a mistake that left Yuno vulnerable to its counterattack. Yuno screams out as its mace slams into her gut, the spikes piercing her skin and the force smashing her guts. The sheer strength knocks Yuno off her feet and slams her into the nearby wall of this hallway. As Yuno's back slams into the wall, a big spray of blood splashes out from her mouth. When the creature finally winds its mace back for a second swing, gravity takes hold and drops Yuno on to her hands and knees on the floor. Blood drips from her mid-riff and her mouth on to the white and black marbled floor under her.
Round 4: Yuno (41/63) Guardian (14/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT 20 Dmg w/ Sneak: 22
Seeing Yuno vulnerable on the ground, the creature raises its mace and swings down on her only for its mace-hand to drop to the ground next to Yuno who was now standing, holding her sword up high. With a swift swing, Yuno had severed the creature's arm. She then lunges with her left sword, pushing her sword into its diaphragm all the way to the hilt, penetrating its armor and its muscular body and coming out the back. Yuno pulls her sword up, slicing the creature's chest and head in two. The creature falls to its knees, motionless. Having its upper torso split vertically in half was too much for the magic to hold.
Reward: 2,300 XP GP: 575
Yuno takes a few breaths. She suddenly winces in pain and touches the wound on her stomach. She quickly retreats back to the Bone Naga room to rest for a bit.
Second Wind Heal: 11 Short Rest: 5 Second Wind Heal: 13
After resting and recovering, Yuno feels a lot worse for ware. "Goddamn it" She whispers under her breath. She is going to have to stop for the day if she gets into one more fight.
Now that there's no big mace-handed brute trying to murder her, Yuno returns to the hall and gets a better look at the doors. She notes that all the doors in this hallway are wooden and of different qualities. Some of them are stuck and the big double door is locked.
Perception: 13
What Yuno doesn't realize though, is that the big double door is trapped and unless she unlocks it with the proper key, it will drop her into a pit of spikes. Luckily, Yuno spots the one open door at the end of the hallway to the east and she decides to take the path of least resistance and open that door, unwittingly avoiding the trap... for now. The room Yuno finds herself in looks to be some kind of kitchen as it has two ovens. There's also a hole in the northeast corner which she assumes was used for washing dishes and utensils. On the other end of the kitchen, is a wooden door that is stuck. "Well... nothing a little elbow swording can't fix." Yuno says as she walks to the door, cracking her knuckles.
Break: 22
The door flies off the hinges and Yuno enters a well-lit room. There is a Divan on the southeast side and a set of stained glass mosaic murals on the northwest wall. On the other side of the room is a stone door that seems very firmly stuck. It is quiet here. The clacking of Yuno's metal heels on the marble floor echo off the walls of this place. Yuno stops for a minute to look at the murals. She notes that it depicts strange rituals to an unknown masked golden god and cities of alien architecture. Yuno tilts her head, trying to make sense of this. An expert on eldritch gods and demonology, she is not. "You know..." She says with a sigh, "While I still think this is some ancient wizard's prison complex or experiment center, I am starting to feel like this place might be something... more. I have a bad feeling about this." She than laughs like the maniac that she is, "AHAHAHAHA All the more fun to explore." Yuno then inspects the stone door. This... might actually be breakable but it sure as hell won't be easy.
Break: 15
Of course Yuno fails to break the stone door. Thus, ends her journey on this side of the dungeon. Yuno returns to the Z-shaped Hallway. She then moves to the double doors. Sadly, she tries to pick the lock. Unknown to her, should she fail, she will be dropped into a pit of spikes.
Lockpick: 24
Click! By sheer luck, Yuno managed to open the double-doors without triggering the trap! The gates lead to some kind of central room with some sacks. No sooner does Yuno turn the corner though, she is charged by a white feral creature that looks like a hybrid between an imp and a dragon. In its hand is a large sword that glimmers with magic. It's a White Abishai. Yuno is forced to react quick by drawing her own magic swords.
At the last minute, Yuno spins to the side like a ballerina and ends up behind the Abishai. She delivers a brutal Cross-Cut across the creature's back, spraying its blood on the marble floor. Fast as lightning, the creature turns around and tries to bite Yuno's face off. Acting quick, Yuno steps back jams her sword into its maw, cutting the sides of its mouth and causing drops of its blood to drip down its chin. The creature is vicious though. It forces Yuno to jump back to dodge the swift horizontal slash from its sword. While the blade misses, the moment Yuno's feet lands on the floor the creature closes the distance and chomps down on Yuno's shoulder. Yuno screams out in pain and grabs the creature to push it back. The demon reacts by swiping Yuno with its claw. It's nails rake against Yuno's cheek, leaving deep cuts.
Yuno presses the back of her cold, gauntleted hand against her bleeding cheek. She then looks up at the demon and begins laughing. "AHAHAHAHAHA! FINALLY! Something that isn't a stupid construct or an undead!" The vicious demon charges at Yuno. The strength and speed of the brute makes Yuno lose her footing and fall to the ground. Her back hits the cold ground. Yuno quickly drops left sword and grabs the demon by the neck to hold it back as it tries to bite her. The demon's teeth snap inches away from Yuno's face. "Get off of me! Your breath stinks!" Yuno says. With her other sword still in her right hand, she begins stabbing the demon in its neck repeatedly. Its cold blood splashes all over her body. However, Yuno was defenseless against the demon's other attacks in this state. The demon rakes its claws across Yuno's stomach, nearly gutting her. It then grips its long sword in both hands and drives it through Yuno's chest. The sword hits her right in the center of her chest and breaks through the armor, sinking deep into her and coming out through her back. Yuno coughs and blood begins pouring out of her mouth. The demon jumps back, satisfied to have impaled the girl through the chest, a mortal injury for any human.
Round 3 Yuno (49/63) Abishai (Dead/68)
Bastard Sword:26 Dmg: Enough
The demon's blood lust begins to drain, pleased to have slain the young girl in such brutal fashion. However, Yuno isn't that easy to kill. "AHAHAHAHAHAH!" Slowly, Yuno stands back up, the demon's sword still stuck in her body. The demon for the first time feels the same sort of bewilderment that its previous victims must have felt when they faced against it. "What are you?" It says telepathically. Yuno laughs loudly and answers back, "Yuno Sunforge, Friendly Neighborhood Serial Killer." She closes the distance and with a single swing, decapitates the demon. The Abishai's head is launched off its body in a fountain of blood and lands behind Yuno, a look of utter shock on its face. Its headless body remains standing for a few moments before falling to its knees and then falling to the ground on its belly. Yuno wipes the creature's blood from her swords on her body. She lets out a satisfied sigh, "Ah! The blood is a lot colder than I like but... man did I miss the feeling of fighting actual sapient creatures. You just can't get this from undead and constructs, I tell you what!" She then grabs on to the handle of the sword that's stuck in her chest and rips it out of her own body. More of her blood drips down at her feet. Yuno inspects the sword. "I bet this will sell for a pretty penny."
Rewards: 2,300 XP 575 GP Abisai's Sword (Common Magic Item)
Yuno is finally satisfied with her haul... for now. "This dungeon... it confuses and fascinates me. I'm definitely coming back here as soon as I sell all this loot! Shiny new armor! Here I come!" Yuno heads back to town, fantasizing about what kind of new armor she wants.
Sell: Long Sword: 7.5 GP Plate Mail: 750 GP Abishai Long Sword: 50 57.5GP Shield: 5 GP Staff of Adornment: 50 GP
Zim heals 14 hit points. Zim (74/76)
Nadal takes 13 damage, 3 from temp hit points and 10 real damage. Nadal (56/66)
Nadal (56/66), S2 (13/13), S4 (13/13), Tesco (39/52), Kane (38/38, 2), Zim (74/76)
Round 2
Nadal stares Zim in the eyes and shouts, "You are out classed. Blight!"
Nadal casts blight from a 5th level slot for 9d8 (56)necrotic damage, Constitution Save DC 15 for half
S2 and S4 are undead and are not affected by blight
Kane sends Tesco Portent 19, so that he auto-saves against blight and only takes half damage.
Kane uses his last lucky point to gain advantage against this save, Constitution Save DC 15 vs 15 (if he fails, he can always reroll with heroic inspiration 20)
Zim just gets hit in the blast, Constitution Save DC 15 vs 15
Nadal's massive blight is cast from a higher spell slot and the average for 9d8 is just 40.5 damage but this roll is 15.5 average damage higher. Amazing!
Tesco passes his save and takes half of 56 (28) necrotic damage. Tesco (11/52)
With no measure of ease, Kane manages to pass his save once again, also taking half of 56 (28) necrotic damage, eating up his 2 temp hit points and taking 26 real damage. Kane (12/38)
Zim fails the save and takes 56 necrotic damage. Zim (18/76)
Nadal (56/66), S2 (13/13), S4 (13/13), Tesco (11/52), Kane (12/38, 2), Zim (18/76)
Round 2 (continued)
S2 targets Tesco, shortsword Attack: 19 Damage: 4
S4 targets Tesco, shortsword Attack: 9 Damage: 8
Tesco casts hunter's mark, shillelagh1 Attack: 28 Damage: 27, bludgeoning damage
Tesco extra attack, shillelagh2 Attack: 25 Damage: 15, bludgeoning damage (hunter's mark +1d6 3, colossus slayer +1d8 1)
Kane wants to unload his wand of magic missiles but delays to see how the round ends
Zim uses second wind as a bonus action to heal 1d10+6 (8)
Zim targets Nadal, morningstar1 Attack: 24 Damage: 14, sap disadv
Zim targets Nadal, extra morningstar2 Attack: 13 Damage: 12, sap disadv
Tesco casts shield, AC 19 becomes AC 24. Both attacks miss.
Tesco crit's S2 and provokes against S4
S4 targets Tesco, shortsword Attack: 15 Damage: 8
Tesco joins Zim adjacent to the Necromancer and hits
Nadal takes 15, 1, total 16 damage. Nadal (40/66)
Zim heals 8. Zim (26/76)
Nadal takes 14 damage. Nadal (26/76)
Nadal (26/66), S2 (dead), S4 (13/13), Tesco (11/52), Kane (12/38), Zim (26/76)
Round 2 (end of initiative)
Kane doesn't want to end the combat this way but he casts magic missile from a 7th level slot, nine missiles hit for:
5, 4, 5,
3, 3, 5,
2, 3, 4
Round 3
S4 targets Kane, shortsword Attack: 25 Damage: 10
Kane casts magic missile from a 3rd level slot, five missiles hit S4 for:
4, 3, 5,
3, 5
Nadal takes 34 damage from magic missile and dies
Because Kane used the last charge from his wand of magic missile, he must roll a 1d20 and on a roll of 1 the wand crumbles (4
Kane immediately gets crit by the remaining skeleton for 10 damage. Kane (2/38)
Kane fires back with magic missile dealing 20 damage and ending the combat.
As Nadal is dying he monologs some more, "You think yourselves just. You think yourselves powerful. You know nothing of the power I possess. Death means nothing!" And then he dies.
They carry Nadal's body back to Evergreen Hollow to consult Varnak on how to dispose of a necromancer so that this will be the last that they see of him.
OOC: Amazing adventure. I know it can use some more encounters between level 5 and level 6. Other than that, I hope you enjoyed it and I will try to make at least one more mini-campaign before the thread gets retired. I'm also looking forward to the new 2024 Monster Manual. I have predictions that it will include higher hit point monsters. I'm also due to convert the final Level 7 mini adventure from the 2024 DMG, so I'm working on that next. I'm also due to add some more higher level encounters and a new location or two. All of this is soon to come.
The Necromancer (mini-campaign)
Final Boss Rewards
Skeletons 200 XP total (66 XP each)
Necromancer 5,000 XP (1,666 XP each)
Roll on the Random Treasure Hoard CR 5-10, 8d10 × 100 (4400) gp
Uncommon Arcana Random Magic Items, roll once (16)
Kane Total 17,827 XP
Tesco Total 17,827 XP
Zim Total 17,777 XP
The banshee had been slain and the bones of the person that eventually became the Banshee lie at Yuno's feet. Looking around the room, Yuno makes note of the loom and the cloth dyes. "This was clearly some kind of tailoring room but why would they need one in this place?" Yuno wonders. She rubs her shoulder, still in a little bit of pain from the Banshee's wail. She returns back to the Naga room to rest. Since she's only going to be there for 1 hour it should be fine to rest there.
Second Wind heal: 10
Short Rest heal: 6 (d8) + 11 (d10)
After healing, Yuno stands up and stretches. "Ah. That felt good! Back to dungeoning!" She heads back to the loom room.
Perception: 10
Now in this room were too stuck doors and one door that seemed to be unlocked. However, when tried to open it, she heard clicks. All doors became locked and she was trapped in the room. Then the air drained out of the room and her lungs, leaving her suffocating. Clutching her throat and gasping for air, Yuno quickly tries to unlock the door the door.
Suffocation damage: 12
Lockpick: 12 (Heroic: 24)
*Click* As Yuno manages to unlock the door, the room hisses and air refills it. Yuno coughs and gasps, trying to catch her breath. She looks at the Banshee and says panting, "Well... we now know what killed that thing"
BA Second Wind: 5
The room beyond is an even stranger half-circle shaped room with a reinforced wooden door to the north, a shabby but bloated and stuck wooden door on the east and a sliding reinforced wooden door to the southeast. The southeast door is locked. In one corner o the room, Yuno finds some torn rags, a cold spot and claw marks on the ground. In the middle of the west wall is an hourglass that's counting down. "Wonder what happened here?" Yuno says, looking at the rags. She then looks at the hourglass. "Hmm... The fact that it's still going means that someone flips it every hour. Not a safe place to rest then." She then looks to the only easily opened door. "I'll bet this leads to the other room that connects to the Banshee Loom room." Yuno opens it.
Going through the north door, Yuno finds herself in a twisting stone hallway that connects to no less than six doors. Thankfully, one of them is the door she used to get here in the first place and another door on the west just leads back to the Loom Room. Even more lucky, except for one simple wooden door at the south, all of the doors are unlocked. Yuno first tries the unlocked simple wooden door at the south as she's pretty sure it would lead to a room that connects to the strange hour-glass room. To her dismay, it leads to a tiny dark stone room that's barely big enough to fit her. "What the ****? What could this room possibly be used for!?" Yuno then goes to the stuck door and kicks it.
Break: 24
Breaking the door, Yuno finds another long hallway with 3 doors to the west, one of them connecting back to the hourglass room. She also discovers what was changing the hourglass; another Helmed Horror. The Helmed Horror Charges her but Yuno has an idea. She quickly runs back and tries to hide in the small room she found mere seconds ago.
Stealth: 9
Initiative:
Yuno: 8 (Adv: 13)
Helmed Horror: 9
Round 1
Yuno (HP: 41/53)
Helmed Horror (HP: 48/60)
Bastard Sword: 11
BA Bastard Sword: 26 Dmg: 12
Action Surge
Bastard Sword: 17 (Vex: 10)
Long Sword vs Yuno: 25 Dmg: 5
Long Sword vs Yuno: NAT1
While Yuno was hoping to use her stealth to get the drop on the horror, she seemed to have underestimated how easy it would be to give the construct the slip. It immediately opens the door. Yuno though, had a Plan B. With her right-handed sword poised to strike like a dagger, she steps forward and stabs the construct in the shoulder. However, constructs don't feel pain. Yuno feels a cold sharp sensation in her mid-section and looks down to see the Horror's sword sticking out of her belly. "Tch..." Yuno grimaces a bit in pain. "I hate constructs."
Round 2
Yuno (HP: 41/53)
Helmed Horror (HP: 48/60)
Bastard Sword: 10
BA Bastard Sword: 10
Long Sword vs Yuno: 13
Long Sword vs Yuno: 19
"Get your sword out of me!" Yuno says as she kicks the construct, forcing it to stagger back and pull its sword out of Yuno's gut. The girl slashes with her left Bastard sword only for the construct to raise its shield and block her blade. It immediately tries to counter attack with side-ways slash while Yuno tries a rising cut with her right sword. The two blades connect with each other with a loud clang. Yuno and the construct end up clashing swords and find themselves in a sword-bind.
Round 3
Yuno (HP: 32/53)
Helmed Horror (HP: 36/60)
Bastard Sword: 15
BA Bastard Sword: 25 Dmg: 12
Long sword vs Yuno: 16
Long sword vs Yuno: 23 Dmg: 9
The two break off from the sword-bind and both go on the offensive, swinging their weapons at each other. Yuno slashes the construct's neck, decapitating it but being a magically powered empty armor, it fights on. At the same time the creature also manages to slash across Yuno's belly. The girl however, being flesh and blood quickly gasps and clutches her stomach and steps back as her blood pours on to the ground.
Round 4
Yuno (HP: 32/53)
Helmed Horror (HP: 2/60)
Bastard Sword: 24 (Vex: NAT1) Dmg: 11
BA Bastard Sword:20 (Vex: NAT19) Dmg + Sneak: 23
Long Sword vs Yuno: 9
Long Sword vs Yuno: 6
Round 5
Yuno (HP: 32/53)
Helmed Horror (HP: 2/60)
Bastard Sword: NAT19 (Vex:) Dmg: Kill
Yuno begins giggling as her blood spills. This psychotic girl lives for the thrill and violence of battle. So the cut only made her fight harder. She spun both of her blades and held them both in the standard grip. She then leaped into the air and with both swords, delivered a brutal X-cut. The attack was so powerful that her blades tore through metal and chopped the construct into four-pieces.
Rewards:
XP: 1,100
Gold: 275
Plate x1
Shield x1
Long Sword x1
After slaying another construct, Yuno notices her wounds are mounting. "Need... rest." However it has become clear by now that this section of the crypt is not safe to rest in. She returns all the way back to the elevated platform with the old camp site. She isn't planning on sleeping... not yet. She just needs 1 hour of rest.
Short rest: 12 (d10) + 4 (d10) + 3 (d10)
Yuno stands up and winces in pain. Her injuries haven't healed fully yet. She murmurs, "I really need a big break after this"
She continues her adventure, retracing her steps back to the hallway where she encountered the Helmed Horror. She walks down the stone corridor. She passes the first door. "That one leads to the hourglass room". She walks down the hall to the next door; this one was a reinforced wooden door but it seemed unlocked. The last door was a shabby wooden door that had swollen up and gotten stuck. Given her options she decides to check the reinforced door.
Yuno finds herself in a strange room. Based on the layout she believes that this room is the last one that connected to the hour-glass room. Here she sees a throne to the south, two gongs on either side of it and a chest on the north end of the room. The chest seems locked magically. She is probably not opening it any time soon. However she might try and break it. "These gongs... I smell a puzzle here." Yuno figures that the gongs must have something to do with how the chest is to be opened. She has no idea how many different hits the gongs need and what order to hit them in to open the chest. So instead, she tries to smash it.
Break: 14 (adv: 26) No NAT 20.
She hits the chest a lot with her smith's tools and her crowbar but she just can't get it open. "Huff... huff... Right..." She says, panting and sweating from the exertion "Guess I need to find the password."For now though, she goes back to the hall and tries to smash down the stuck door. It was in poor condition so Yuno is confident in her ability to break it down.
Break: 17 (Adv: 25)
The door leads to a dark stone room that is sunk in knee-deep mud. Yuno's driftglobe that she has named "Globey" illuminates the room as she enters. "Yuck!" She says as she wades into the room. The walls and the ceilings have deep cracks in them and mud rains down from above. In the mud she notices a strange discolored section. When she gets closer though, in a large splash the color spreads out, revealing itself to be a Water Elemental.
Initaitive:
Yuno: 7 (Adv: 18)
Water Elemental: 11
Round 1
Yuno (40/53)
Water Elemental (97/114)
Bastard Sword: 22 Dmg: 8
BA Bastard Sword: 22 (Vex: 20) Dmg w/Sneak: 13
Whelm vs Yuno. DC15 STR Save: 10 Damage: 11
Yuno quickly lunges, delivering two stabs to the Watery monster. However the creature then begins swirling around, the watery mud facilitating its movements. It crashes on to Yuno and traps her within itself, trying to drown her.
Round 2
Yuno (40/53)
Water Elemental (97/114)
Yuno STR Save to free self: 16
ACTION SURGE
Bastard Sword: 12 (Vex: 13)
BA Bastard Sword: 10
Whelm Recharge: 4
Whelm again: Yuno STR Save: 16
Putting all her force behind it, Yuno is able to bust herself out of the Water Elemental. She falls on her knees, sinking halfway into the mud and breathing heavily. The elemental tries to push its advantage, trying to drown Yuno but this time Yuno is able to vault herself forward to avoid the Elemental's body slam. She rolls around on the mud and then gets back on her feet, ready to deliver her counterattack.
Round 3
Yuno (22/53)
Water Elemental (71/114)
Bastard Sword: 16 Dmg: 8
BA Bastard Sword: NAT19 CRIT Dmg w/Sneak: 18
Whelm Recharge: 1
Slam Vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 7
Slam vs Yuno: 20 Dmg: 11
Yuno leaps forward stabbing both her swords deep into the watery monster. The monster quickly retaliates, faster than Yuno expected. It gut punches Yuno so hard that it not only forced all the air out of her but it also lifted her off her feet and into the air. Then it crashes down on Yuno with both hands, spiking her down into the ground, covering her entire body in bruises.
Round 4
Yuno (27/53)
Water Elemental (56/114)
Bastard Sword: 19 (Vex: 20) Dmg w/ Sneak: 15
BA Second Wind: 5
Whelm Recharge: 6
Whelm on Yuno: 26
Yuno doesn't get a moment to stand before the water elemental starts wrapping its body around her, trying to engulf her once more. As the water squeezes her Yuno grunts and says, "Ugh... At least take me out to dinner before trying to feel me up!" She unleashes her monstrous power and breaks free of the creature and immediately brings her sword down on it with a powerful downward swing. Her attack cuts deep into the Elemental. It seems to be taking damage and feeling pain but being made of water, it has no vital organs and so even though her attack would have split its head open, it just reforms and keeps fighting.
Round 5
Yuno (38/53)
Water Elemental (48/114)
Bastard Sword: 22 (Vex: 17) Dmg w/ Sneak: 8
BA Second Wind: 11
Whelm Recharge: 5
Whelm on Yuno. STR Save: 24
The Elemental keeps trying to drown Yuno but despite her durability and strength Yuno is also light on her feet. She dodges the strikes and quickly does a light jab with her right handed sword when she gets the chance. She punctures the Elemental's shoulder as it reforms. "I just gotta keep this up. It's getting weaker. I can tell. I smell it's pain." Yuno mutters to herself. She was right though. Despite showing know physical signs of damage, the elemental truly was losing power.
Round 6
Yuno (38/53)
Water Elemental (42/114)
Bastard Sword: 10 (Vex: 13)
BA Bastard Sword: 17 Dmg: 6
Whelm Recharge: 4
Whelm vs Yuno. STR 15 Save: 11
As Yuno lunges again, her sword barely manages to clip the elemental before it shift's form. Yuno's eyes widen in surprise. She wasn't expecting this maneuver. The Elemental reforms under her, dipping her into its body. With cheeks puffed to try and hold her air, Yuno sinks slowly into the center of the elemental.
Round 7
Yuno (12/53)
Water Elemental (42/114)
Yuno escape attempt DC14: STR: 15
Whelm Recharge: 1
Slam vs Yuno: 26 Dmg: 10
Slam vs Yuno: 26 Dmg: 16
Yuno focuses her strength and begins swimming inside the creature. With much effort she is able to get her head out of the thing. She gasps and breathes but then the elemental uses her trapped limb to swing her around by the leg. It smashes Yuno's head against the walls, leaving blood stains all on it before throwing Yuno to the mud. Yuno stares blankly, dazed from the hit,blood pouring from her cracked skull.
Round 8
Yuno (20/53)
Water Elemental (36/114)
Bastard Sword: 22 Dmg: 6
BA Second Wind: 14
Whelm Recharge: 3
Slam vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 6
Slam vs Yuno: 11
As Yuno gets back on her feet, The Elemental grabs her by the waist and lifts her up again. The creature squeezes her and Yuno screams as she feels her hip bones beginning to crack. Yuno, blood running down the side of her mouth taunts, "You may be made of water... but you aren't immune to pain!" She swaps her right sword into a reverse grip and stabs the elemental's "arm". The creature quickly recoils and drops the girl. Yuno makes a superhero landing; though it would have looked a lot cooler if she wasn't half-dead and covered in mud.
Round 9
Yuno (20/53)
Water Elemental (14/114)
Bastard Sword: 26 (Vex: 25) Dmg w/ Sneak: 14
BA Bastard Sword: 18 (Vex: 16) Dmg: 8
Whelm Recharge: 1
Slam vs Yuno: 13
Slam vs Yuno: 14
The creature brings both its arms up and slams down on Yuno. The swift brown-haired serial killer jumps back. The soles of Yuno's metal boots clack as she lands on the wall for a split-second before she kicks off it and gets airborne. Switching her sword grips back to standard she brings both swords down with all her body weight behind it. Her sword chops off the elemental's arms. Yuno lands shortly after the watery appendages land on the mud. The mud has now raised up to Yuno's waist. The elemental quickly regrows replacement limbs but its size and mass has visibly reduced.
Round 10
Yuno (20/53)
Water Elemental (14/114)
Bastard Sword: NAT1 (Vex: NAT19) Dmg w/ Sneak: 19
"Night night you watery ****er!" Yuno says at the now smaller elemental before turning to the side and chopping down with her right hand. She cleaves the monster in two. The two halves finally fall on the water, mixing with the mud. As the creature dies, Yuno notices a soggy piece of paper float to the top of the mud. "AHAHAHAHA What do we have here?" The paper contains the answer to the gong puzzle.
Reward:
-Piece of paper with gong codes.
-XP 1,800
Having achieved the gong code, Yuno quickly rushes back to the throne room to try it out and get the treasure. Despite the severity of her wounds, she runs with the same childlike glee and energy as a kid that was just given her allowance money to buy candy. It takes a while but she eventually is able to figure out the right order of the gongs that need to be hit to open the chest. As the chest opens, Yuno steps toward it and looks inside to find... A Staff of Adornment.
Yuno's smile slowly fades as she looks a the staff. She is very disappointed at what she found. "Wow! If I knew I would have to go through all that just for this useless piece of garbage, I would have let the Water Elemental drown me."
Random Encounter check: 9, 7
Putting the staff away, Yuno heads back to her elevated resting spot. Her whole body is sore from the multiple fights she's had. She is more than ready to go to bed for the day. Down here, she doesn't even know what time it is or how long she has spent. But Yuno doesn't really care.
Long Rest.
Well, it's finally here. The final Example Adventure from the new 2024 DMG, Boreal Ball
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/play-by-post/211971-boreal-ball-5r-dmless-pbp
Man, this was a hard adventure to write. I had to make up so much about the NPCs and the skill challenges, I am about to play it for the first time with a mismatch party of two characters, not such great odds to complete a skill challenge. But there is one under budgeted combat, so I'm looking forward to that one.
Wish me luck, I may have to tune down all the skill checks and DCs, I'll let you know. I'm really eager to get some feedback on this one.
Despite the dangerous surroundings, Yuno has a proper sleep. She wakes up kinda tired and kinda cold. "Back to dungeoning. Hopefully there's going to be better loot that isn't a useless decorative staff."
Back in the muddy room, there was a sliding locked stone door that she had no hope of picking or breaking down so she instead heads to the hall with multiple wooden doors that were unlocked. She checks the reinforced wooden door on the east side of the hall. Inside looks like the second floor of a large audience hall. The marbled flooring has cracks on it There's ash and powders on either side of the room. On the northwest corner is a balcony that Yuno assumes is 20ft high off the floor. Assumes because beyond the balcony is deep water. "Well... didn't expect to go for a swim. I should have packed my swimsuit." Yuno says before vaulting over the railing and splashing down into the water. Spouts and ancient gears keep the deep water circulating. Perhaps this was some kind of aquatic show?
Perception: 15
Yuno swims in the water and notices a stuck wooden door 20ft down. As she tries to open it though, it begins to glow. Suddenly the whole water glows and monsters are summoned to her via magic. It's time for a fight.
Spirits of an ancient aquatic acrobat appears and begins floating and dancing on the water. It looks like some kind of a ghost.
Initiative:
Yuno: 11
Ghost: 20
Round 1
Yuno (53/53) Air: 2:00 / 3:00
Ghost (45/45)
Ghost Possession on Yuno. DC13 CHA save: NAT1 (Inspiration Reroll)
CHA saves to free or drown (after every minute): 13
The Yuno floats on the water trying to track the ghostly acrobat as best as she can. However the spirit is too fast for her. Soon the acrobat dives into Yuno's body. Yuno's eyes glaze over and change to a ethereal blue color. Now in the ghost's control, Yuno takes a deep breath and dives underwater to the bottom. She is made to perform various elegant swimming and underwater performance maneuvers. She feels her air dwindling and the ghost has no intention of letting her up for air. Through strength of will Yuno is able to expel the ghost from her body.
Round 2
Yuno (53/53) Air: 1:54 / 3:00
Ghost (37/45)
Possession Recharge: 1
Swim up.
Yuno AoO: 11 (DIS: 20) Dmg: 8
Horrifying Visage DC13 WIS save. 9
Yuno tries to break the door.
Break: 7
The ghost, now expelled from Yuno swims upward. Yuno notices her chance and swings. She cuts across the spirit's back. It screeches. Normally ghosts are immune to such physical attacks but Yuno's swords are magical and she can inflict damage on the spirit with them. The spirit swims to the top, cutting off Yuno's path to air and unleashes a ghostly wail that wracks through Yuno's body. She finds herself unable to get closer to the ghost. This spirit is trying to drown her. She swims to the door and tries to break it down but being underwater, her attacks are not as effective as she'd like them to be.
Round 3
Yuno (53/53) Air: 1:48 / 3:00
Ghost (13/45)
Possession Recharge: 4
Withering Touch on Yuno: 17
Yuno counter-attack.
Bastard Sword: NAT19 (Disadvantage canceled by Vex) Dmg: 10
Action Surge Bastard Sword: 25 Dmg: 8
BA Bastard Sword: 22 Dmg: 6
WIS Save: 20
The ghost dives, trying and reaches out, trying to drain Yuno's life force with her corrupting touch. However Yuno's eyes glimmer, catching the perfect moment. She swings, slashing deeply across the swimmer's belly. Had the spirit been living, the cut would have been deep enough to disembowel her. Yuno isn't done. She swaps her blades to reverse-grip and plunges both swords into the spirit's shoulders. The spirit's pain causes the terrifying effect on Yuno to fade.
Round 4
Yuno (53/53) Air: 1:42 / 3:00
Ghost (0/45)
Possession Recharge: 6
Spirit Possesses Yuno: CHA Save: 19
Yuno Bastard Sword: 13 Dmg: 6
BA Bastard Sword: 12 Dmg: 13
The Spirit tries to possess Yuno and enters her body. However this trick won't work on her twice. Yuno shows the spirit her truly monstrous and sadistic side. She expels the spirit but not in one spot. She expels it all around her, tearing the spirit into pieces.
Now that the Ghost is "dead" Yuno quickly swims to the surface for air. Breaking the water, gasps for air and then slowly swims back to the balcony railing and climbs back on to try ground. Perhaps... now would be a good time to rest.
Yuno heads back to the Bone Naga's cell to recover some stamina.
Short Rest.
Rewards:
1,100 XP
Gold: Shelved for later since it was ghost.
After resting. Yuno returns to her dungeon escapades. She goes back to the watery auditorium and dives under water again. She failed to break the door last time but she won't fail this time. She uses a crowbar to try and get it open.
Break: 12 (Adv: 9)... Burning a Second wind to succeed.
Using her crowbar, Yuno is able to break the door open. Now going back up to refill her lungs, she can continue forward through the underwater corridor. The door leads to another passage system that is completely underwater There are a pair of twin shabby wood doors on the south-west end of the stone underwater corridor. There's is a good quality wooden door on the west wall and lastly there's a simple wooden door that doesn't seem stuck but rather locked. Given her options, Yuno knows that if she wants a good chance at breaking the doors, she will have to spend quite a long time. Instead she can try and unlock the locked door.
Lockpick: 10
To her dismay she can't lock pick. Thus her only chance is to try and break down the doors. She goes back up for air before moving to the southwest corner. She feels that this being the farthest away door, she should try and tackle it first. She is currently feeling quite good about her energy levels so perhaps getting the dangerous thing done first is a good idea.
Break: 22
Air: 2:00/ 3:00
Yuno swims into the room. It is a stone room with a simple sliding wood door on the east and a simple wood door on the southeast. Both have swollen from water damage and got stuck. Yuno notices a valve on one side. Curious, she begins moving to it when suddenly something seems to attack her from behind. She didn't notice the small smudge in the water. In reality it was a water weird.
Initiative:
Yuno: 9
Weird: 23
Round 1 (Surprise Round: Weird)
Yuno (53/53) Air: 1:48 /3:00
Weird (58)
Constrict Yuno: 9 (Adv: 10)
Round 2
Yuno (44/53) Air: 1:42 /3:00
Weird (51/58)
Constrict on Yuno: 21 (Adv: 14) Dmg: 9
Bastard Sword: NAT1
BA: Bastard Sword: NAT19 (DIS: 19) Dmg: 7
The weird, invisible in the water, grabs Yuno from behind and tries to drown her. She instinctively swings around in the water against her unseen assailant. Her magical sword slices along the water and strikes the Weird.
Round 3
Yuno (44/53) Air: 1:36 /3:00
Weird (51/58)
Constrict: 17 (Adv: 14)
Bastard Sword: 10
BA Bastard Sword: 13
The Weird holds Yuno tight as she continues to swing blindly, not being able to strike the creature underwater.
Round 4
Yuno (44/53) Air: 1:13 /3:00
Weird (51/58)
Constrict: 11
Bastard Sword: NAT1
BA Bastard Sword: NAT1
Lots of NAT1s. Appropriate for Yuno to lose air: 17 seconds
The weird squeezes Yuno and while she does manage to resist damage, the excess water pressure is too much Yuno blubs out a bunch of her air before she clamps her mouth to stop herself from losing more air.
Round 5
Yuno (44/53) Air: 1:07 /3:00
Weird (26/58)
Constrict: 10
Bastard Sword: 19 Dmg: 11
BA Bastard Sword: 16 Dmg: 6
Action Surge Bastard Sword: 19 Dmg: 8
Yuno is not in the mood to get drowned by this thing. She unleashes a flurry of stabs, aiming at the excess pressure around her waist and her body. She knows that this creature is one big entity, even though she can't see it. She notices some resistance as if her sword stabbed into thick viscous water. Now knowing where the thing's limbs are, Yuno continues to slash. Visually nothing changes but she can feel the resistance as her sword tear this creature apart. However it is still not dead.
Round 5
Yuno (31/53) Air: 1:01 /3:00
Weird (5/58)
Constrict: 23 Dmg: 13
Bastard Sword: 16 Dmg: 12
BA Bastard Sword: 26 Dmg: 9
Yuno winces in pain and lets out a muffled scream, trying to hold her air as she feels this creature squeeze her tight and bruise her organs. With her swords held in ice-pick grip she continues stabbing. She feels her blade sink into the creature's body and uses that point of reference to stab again.
Round 6
Yuno (31/53) Air: 0:55 /3:00
Weird (0/58)
Constrict: 15
Bastard Sword: 18 Dmg: 8
Yuno blindly stabs with sword. Suddenly she feels the pressure on her body vanish. This creature is dead but she isn't out of the woods yet. Quickly, she swims as fast as she can back to the auditorium. Just as she hits her limit, she manages to reach the surface and take a deep breath of air.
Rewards:
700 XP (LEVEL UP)
Gold: Stowed [CR 4 + CR3]
Yuno crawls back to the dry part of the auditorium so that she can catch her breath and rest. She doesn't dry off because she knows she's going to have to go underwater again.
Short Rest.
Second Wind Recovery: 10 HP.
Short Rest Heal: 7 + 11
After recovering, Yuno does some stretches before diving back underwater. She takes about 40 seconds to get back to where she killed the weird. Now to see what the valve does. She turns the valve and slowly the water begins draining out, leaving wet, but air-filled hallways instead of submerged ones. Yuno knows that she's going to have to turn the water back on because otherwise, she has no way to get back out of this part of the dungeon. For now though, not having to worry about running out of air and drowning means that Yuno can take her time breaking down doors... starting with the one on the south-east.
Break: 13
Yuno breaks down the swollen door. Beyond is a water logged stone hall. The hall has one door is a reinforced sliding wooden door that's locked and the other is an unlocked Stone door. Yuno feel that the wooden door would be really hard to pick or break down so she checks the Stone door.
Perception: 19
As soon as Yuno turns the handle, pipes that once flooded the room with water now begin to pump acid into the halls.This trap was meant to kill any trespassers submerging them in the staff but because Yuno had broken the door, she had to just try and dodge the acid long enough to bust through the door before it can lock.
DEX: 15 (FAIL)
CON: 8 (FAIL)
Acid damage: 45
Yuno braces herself as the acid engulfs her. She runs through the halls, letting the acid burn her. She ends up surviving but she is very worse for ware. The acid continues pouring out, the open door preventing the valves from shutting off until the unseen reserves are done with. Now covered in burns, Yuno Retreats back to her elevated platform to rest and recover.
Second Wind heals: 33
Long Rest.
Encounter check: None
A new day(?) dawns on Yuno. So far, she hasn't been jumped as she slept yet but it is only a matter of time until her luck runs out. For now, she lives to continue fighting. "Running out of food. I need to wrap this up quick." Yuno says. She returns to the acidic hall though the acid has lost its effect by now and the trap has been neutralized, allowing her to safely explore beyond the stone door. Yuno finds herself met with a set of stairs going south into a moderate sized room decorated with curtains. As she ascends the steps, she is met with a hulking 7ft tall gladiator wearing spiked gauntlets and thick flashy armor with its head covered. "Well well well... didn't expect another person up here. How did a guy like you get all the way here in heavy rusty armor like that?" She says. The gladiator doesn't respond. Instead it begins approaching Yuno with murderous intent. As it gets closer, Yuno's brow furrows and her nose picks up a scent of strong preserving agent and surgical stitches. "Wait a minute... You're no man!" The gladiator was a an armored Flesh Golem and it raises its fists to smash Yuno just as she figured out what she was up against.
Initiative:
Yuno: 22
Tomb Guardian: Can't beat 22.
Round 1:
Yuno (63/63)
Guardian (74/93)
Bastard Sword: 12
Bastard Sword: NAT19 Dmg: 17
BA Bastard Sword: 23 (Vex: NAT1) Dmg w/Sneak:12
Spike vs Yuno: 9
Spike vs Yuno: 15
As the creature brings its fists down, Yuno leaps back. She moves out of the way in the last moment before the fists hit the ground. She kicks off the back wall and jumps forward. With her twin swords delivers a brutal X-cut on the creature. It may be a construct but it still has fluids and flesh. The cut appears on its chest with a burst of blood. Yuno isn't done though. Her countless near-death battles have made her fast and vicious. Just as Yuno lands, one knee touching the ground, she quickly slashes with her right sword cutting across the creature's muscular belly.
Round 2:
Yuno (63/63)
Guardian (35/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT19 Dmg w/ Sneak: 19
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT20 Dmg: 13
BA Bastard Sword (Vex): 14
Action Surge
Bastard Sword: 25 Dmg: 10
Bastard Sword (Vex): 21 Dmg: 7
Spike vs Yuno: 18
Spike vs Yuno: 19
The creature, unable to feel pain or fear ignores its injuries and strikes down at Yuno. She holds her right sword in-front of her shoulder, tip-down, to block the attack. Sparks fly as the metal gauntlets scrape against the flawless blade of Yuno's magic sword. She twirls like a ballerina, effortlessly and elegantly getting close to the flesh gladiator and then in the same motion she used to deflect the fist, she brings her sword down slashing down. Her sword cuts very deeply into the golem but it being a mishmash of multiple people on top of having thick, flashy armor, her powerful blow cuts deep into the shoulder and all the way down into the creature's chest before getting stuck. Yuno is a bit surprised by how stuck her sword got but she can't worry about it now. The golem winds up another swing with its spiky gauntlets that Yuno has to duck to dodge. As the fist swings through the air and flies over her head, she quickly delivers two stabs with her left sword to the creature's exposed belly before standing up and reaching to grab her stuck blade. She grips it tight in an ice-pick grip and the rips it out of the shoulder and immediately delivers a horizontal slash across the creature's chest. The swing is so powerful that it tears right through the creature's armor.
Round 3:
Yuno (26/63)
Guardian (2/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): 22 Dmg w/ Sneak: 14
Bastard Sword (Vex): 20 Dmg: 12
BA Bastard Sword (Vex): 19 Dmg: 7
Spike vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 22
Spike vs Yuno: 22 Dmg: 15
Despite how she is dominating though, Yuno doesn't smile. To kill and be killed... that is what makes Yuno love combat. A construct has no fair or pain from its impending demise so half of the thrill of combat is gone. The fact that Yuno hasn't gotten hit either accounts for the other half of the thrill of combat that is absent. She wants to end this fight quickly. She immediately follows up her previous volley with stab to the golem's ribs with her right sword. Then she re-orients her left sword and plunges it into the Golem's chest right under the collar-bone. She pulls both blades out at the same time and twirling them to get them in the standard grip, she does a scissor strike on the golem's neck, decapitating it. However, being a construct animated by magic, it doesn't really need a head to keep fighting. It delivers a powerful open-palm strike to the side of Yuno's face. Her eyes go wide as she feels strange. As the golem removes its hand, one spike from its gauntlet snapped of, revealing that it was sticking out of Yuno's ear, poking at her brain. The golem then strikes with a left hook, breaking Yuno's jaw and sending he to her knees and cutting her cheek.
Round 4:
Yuno (26/63)
Guardian (0/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT 20 Dmg: Death.
Yuno remains slumped on the ground, sitting on her legs. It looks like the spike to the brain finally killed her. However, looks can be deceiving, especially for Yuno who is all but a monster in a young girl's body. Slowly, she raises one of her hands and grips the spike, yanking it out of her own skull. She then stands and grins at the golem, her face bruised and bloodied. The golem is toast. With one of her swords on the ground, Yuno grips her remaining one with both hands and swings, cleaving right through the golem and cutting it in half along the waist. The damage is too much. The Golem can no longer hold the magic animating it and goes inert.
Rewards:
2,300 XP
GP: 575
Yuno goes back to the Bone Naga Room to Short Rest. The one door here is a locked stone sliding door. There is no way Yuno is getting through that without a key so she will have to explore somewhere else. That's when she remembers... there were some drums back in the earth elemental room. She never checked to see if there was a key there. Sure enough, on the way back, she checked and there was a key. Maybe she can continue exploring now. But first... she really needs to rest.
Second Wind heal: 15
Short Rest healing: 11 + 3 + 11
Yuno finishes her rest and goes back to the underwater passages. Knowing that getting back out of there is going to be hard without the water, Yuno had turned the valve and flooded the area once more before she left it. Now she swims back to the golem creation room. Ideally, she should drain the water every time she's down in the tunnels and fill them up again when she wants to go back to rest but she's kinda too lazy to do that. She'd rather hold her breath for the few extra seconds it takes to swim through the tunnels instead, especially since now she knows where to go to get to air.
Now back in the room where she fought the constructed gladiator, she heads towards the stone door. With the surgical tools and the old bones in this room, she is pretty sure that this is where the golem was created. She wonders if there are more golems in this place. She fishes the key she found and uses it one the door. The lock clicks and the door opens. Yuno enters a room that is... interesting to say the least. It was a stone room with a cold, damp air about it. There were loose tendons and muscles strewn about the blood stained floor. The muscles had dried to the point of turning into brittle string. There were ancient blood stains all along the floor and the walls. In one box near the door Yuno just came in through was a box of more surgical tools. Finally there were claw marks on the walls and the floor. It looked like this was where golem parts were harvested and stored. There were two Iron doors on the east wall. Both were locked but one of them had rusted shut to the point of no amount of keys or lockpicking would open it. There was another door at the southeast end. This one was unlocked and it was made of old brittle wood instead of stone. Finally, on the wall next to a stone door was a control panel with one lever that can be moved in 8 directions.
Investigation: NAT20
Now Yuno isn't the sharpest sword in the armory but looking at the panel and the lever, she figures out what it's for. Different directions or combinations of directions enable different effects. She finds a lever action that opens the locked doors; she finds one that flash freezes the room, "Definitely not touching that!" she quips; and she finds one that locks the wooden door and she finds an option to finally raise that one bridge she saw way back near the entrance; "About time I found how to raise that bridge.". Lastly she finds a combination that seems to unlock something but she isn't sure what. "Well... one way to find out." She moves the lever around and.... *Click*. Yuno hears the sound of stone moving behind her. She quickly turns around and find's a small room opening up with a treasure chest in it. "Jackpot!" Yuno says as she moves to open the chest.
Inside the Chest Yuno finds:
1,200 CP
1 Key
450 GP
Happy with some actually good treasure, Yuno moves back to the panel. She considers unlocking the iron doors but then she figures she ought to check the wooden door first. Yuno almost immediately regrets her decision as it leads her to a Z-shaped hall with marble floors and no less than 4 more doors; one to the north, one to on the east one either horizontal part of the Z-shaped hall, and a set of double doors on the southwest side. What's worse, there is another one of those fleshy-stitched golems in armor at the end of the hall coming towards her. This one is not dressed like a gladiator but like a pike man. One of its arms are replaced with an oversized spiky morning star. That is going to hurt if it hits.
Initiative:
Yuno: 23
Tomb Guardian: Impossible
Round 1:
Yuno (63/63)
Guardian (77/93)
Bastard Sword: 25 Dmg: 8
Bastard Sword (Vex): 23 Dmg w/ Sneak: 8
BA Bastard Sword (Vex): 15
Mace: 19
Mace: 14
Yuno charges the monster. The last time she faced a creature like this, she won but was it due to her own power or was it because of luck? She lunged twice, the tip of her sword found the openings in the monster's grafted metal plates and put some light puncture wounds in its body. She was poised for a follow up strike but she had to abandon that idea to leap back and dodge a swing from the creature's mace-arm. Missing the first time, the creature swung down again on the young girl. This swing, Yuno caught with her right-handed sword, catching the mace-arm in a bind.
Round 2:
Yuno (63/63)
Guardian (57/93)
Bastard Sword: 17 Dmg: 13
Bastard Sword (Vex): 13
BA Bastard Sword: 16
Action Surge!
Bastard Sword: 12
Bastard Sword: 17 Dmg: 7
Mace: 17
Mace: 13
With a flick of her wrist, Yuno pushed the Mace-hand away, forcing the construct to lean on one side and leaving it open to her attacks. Now defenseless, the psychotic girl unleashed a flurry of blade swing. This one was way more armored than the gladiator so when her magic sword struck, sparks flew from the heavy plates of the armor but her blows failed to dig deep enough to do any serious damage. After her flurry which would have reduced a normal man to bloody paste, The creature received only shallow cuts and bruises that bled, the sheer quantity being more severe than any one cut. "Tch..." Yuno hisses, frustrated that her attacks did very little. The creature bashes down on her head with its mace. Yuno quickly holds up her twin swords in a cross, shielding her body from the brutal blows. The brute strength of the hits send showers of sparks flying from her swords and forces Yuno to her knees but she manages to defend against the onslaught.
Round 3:
Yuno (41/63)
Guardian (14/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): 26 Dmg: 12
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT19 Dmg w/Sneak: 15
BA Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT20 Dmg:16
Mace: 14
Mace: 22 Dmg: 22
"Fine..." Yuno growls, "If I can't get through your armor, then I'll just tear your whole armor apart!" Yuno declares as the Guardian brings its Mace down on her crossed swords again. This time, channeling her monstrous strength, Yuno pushes back against the creature's blow, causing the construct to stagger backwards. Yuno then begins making a series of wide, arching slashes with all her brute strength behind it. Her sword cleaves through the creature's metal armor, leaving deep gashes in its armor and the flesh underneath. Chunks of metal are scrapped in her swords' wake and spray against the floor. Wounds as grievous as this would have been too much to bare and may have killed a lesser man but this creature was a construct and did not feel pain... something that Yuno herself had forgotten and a mistake that left Yuno vulnerable to its counterattack. Yuno screams out as its mace slams into her gut, the spikes piercing her skin and the force smashing her guts. The sheer strength knocks Yuno off her feet and slams her into the nearby wall of this hallway. As Yuno's back slams into the wall, a big spray of blood splashes out from her mouth. When the creature finally winds its mace back for a second swing, gravity takes hold and drops Yuno on to her hands and knees on the floor. Blood drips from her mid-riff and her mouth on to the white and black marbled floor under her.
Round 4:
Yuno (41/63)
Guardian (14/93)
Bastard Sword (Vex): NAT 20 Dmg w/ Sneak: 22
Seeing Yuno vulnerable on the ground, the creature raises its mace and swings down on her only for its mace-hand to drop to the ground next to Yuno who was now standing, holding her sword up high. With a swift swing, Yuno had severed the creature's arm. She then lunges with her left sword, pushing her sword into its diaphragm all the way to the hilt, penetrating its armor and its muscular body and coming out the back. Yuno pulls her sword up, slicing the creature's chest and head in two. The creature falls to its knees, motionless. Having its upper torso split vertically in half was too much for the magic to hold.
Reward:
2,300 XP
GP: 575
Yuno takes a few breaths. She suddenly winces in pain and touches the wound on her stomach. She quickly retreats back to the Bone Naga room to rest for a bit.
Second Wind Heal: 11
Short Rest: 5
Second Wind Heal: 13
After resting and recovering, Yuno feels a lot worse for ware. "Goddamn it" She whispers under her breath. She is going to have to stop for the day if she gets into one more fight.
Now that there's no big mace-handed brute trying to murder her, Yuno returns to the hall and gets a better look at the doors. She notes that all the doors in this hallway are wooden and of different qualities. Some of them are stuck and the big double door is locked.
Perception: 13
What Yuno doesn't realize though, is that the big double door is trapped and unless she unlocks it with the proper key, it will drop her into a pit of spikes. Luckily, Yuno spots the one open door at the end of the hallway to the east and she decides to take the path of least resistance and open that door, unwittingly avoiding the trap... for now. The room Yuno finds herself in looks to be some kind of kitchen as it has two ovens. There's also a hole in the northeast corner which she assumes was used for washing dishes and utensils. On the other end of the kitchen, is a wooden door that is stuck. "Well... nothing a little elbow swording can't fix." Yuno says as she walks to the door, cracking her knuckles.
Break: 22
The door flies off the hinges and Yuno enters a well-lit room. There is a Divan on the southeast side and a set of stained glass mosaic murals on the northwest wall. On the other side of the room is a stone door that seems very firmly stuck. It is quiet here. The clacking of Yuno's metal heels on the marble floor echo off the walls of this place. Yuno stops for a minute to look at the murals. She notes that it depicts strange rituals to an unknown masked golden god and cities of alien architecture. Yuno tilts her head, trying to make sense of this. An expert on eldritch gods and demonology, she is not. "You know..." She says with a sigh, "While I still think this is some ancient wizard's prison complex or experiment center, I am starting to feel like this place might be something... more. I have a bad feeling about this." She than laughs like the maniac that she is, "AHAHAHAHA All the more fun to explore." Yuno then inspects the stone door. This... might actually be breakable but it sure as hell won't be easy.
Break: 15
Of course Yuno fails to break the stone door. Thus, ends her journey on this side of the dungeon. Yuno returns to the Z-shaped Hallway. She then moves to the double doors. Sadly, she tries to pick the lock. Unknown to her, should she fail, she will be dropped into a pit of spikes.
Lockpick: 24
Click! By sheer luck, Yuno managed to open the double-doors without triggering the trap! The gates lead to some kind of central room with some sacks. No sooner does Yuno turn the corner though, she is charged by a white feral creature that looks like a hybrid between an imp and a dragon. In its hand is a large sword that glimmers with magic. It's a White Abishai. Yuno is forced to react quick by drawing her own magic swords.
Initiative:
Yuno: 15
Abishai: 1
Round 1
Yuno (49/63)
Abishai (37/68)
Bastard Sword: 26 Dmg: 10
Bastard Sword (Vex): 25 Dmg w/ Sneak: 15
BA Bastard Sword (Vex): 20 Dmg: 6
Reaction Bite vs Yuno: 13
Reckless Attacks!
Claw: 24 Dmg: 6
Bite: 25 Dmg: 5 Piercing + 3 Cold
Sword: 17
At the last minute, Yuno spins to the side like a ballerina and ends up behind the Abishai. She delivers a brutal Cross-Cut across the creature's back, spraying its blood on the marble floor. Fast as lightning, the creature turns around and tries to bite Yuno's face off. Acting quick, Yuno steps back jams her sword into its maw, cutting the sides of its mouth and causing drops of its blood to drip down its chin. The creature is vicious though. It forces Yuno to jump back to dodge the swift horizontal slash from its sword. While the blade misses, the moment Yuno's feet lands on the floor the creature closes the distance and chomps down on Yuno's shoulder. Yuno screams out in pain and grabs the creature to push it back. The demon reacts by swiping Yuno with its claw. It's nails rake against Yuno's cheek, leaving deep cuts.
Round 2
Yuno (49/63)
Abishai (2/68)
Bastard Sword: 14
Bastard Sword: 17 Dmg: 7
BA Bastard Sword: 16 Dmg: 13
Action Surge!
Bastard Sword: 23 Dmg w/ Sneak: 15
Bastard Sword: 13 Heroic Reroll: 14
Reaction Bite: 14
Reckless!
Bite: 18
Claw: NAT20 Dmg: 16
Sword: 24 Dmg: 13
Yuno presses the back of her cold, gauntleted hand against her bleeding cheek. She then looks up at the demon and begins laughing. "AHAHAHAHAHA! FINALLY! Something that isn't a stupid construct or an undead!" The vicious demon charges at Yuno. The strength and speed of the brute makes Yuno lose her footing and fall to the ground. Her back hits the cold ground. Yuno quickly drops left sword and grabs the demon by the neck to hold it back as it tries to bite her. The demon's teeth snap inches away from Yuno's face. "Get off of me! Your breath stinks!" Yuno says. With her other sword still in her right hand, she begins stabbing the demon in its neck repeatedly. Its cold blood splashes all over her body. However, Yuno was defenseless against the demon's other attacks in this state. The demon rakes its claws across Yuno's stomach, nearly gutting her. It then grips its long sword in both hands and drives it through Yuno's chest. The sword hits her right in the center of her chest and breaks through the armor, sinking deep into her and coming out through her back. Yuno coughs and blood begins pouring out of her mouth. The demon jumps back, satisfied to have impaled the girl through the chest, a mortal injury for any human.
Round 3
Yuno (49/63)
Abishai (Dead/68)
Bastard Sword:26 Dmg: Enough
The demon's blood lust begins to drain, pleased to have slain the young girl in such brutal fashion. However, Yuno isn't that easy to kill. "AHAHAHAHAHAH!" Slowly, Yuno stands back up, the demon's sword still stuck in her body. The demon for the first time feels the same sort of bewilderment that its previous victims must have felt when they faced against it. "What are you?" It says telepathically. Yuno laughs loudly and answers back, "Yuno Sunforge, Friendly Neighborhood Serial Killer." She closes the distance and with a single swing, decapitates the demon. The Abishai's head is launched off its body in a fountain of blood and lands behind Yuno, a look of utter shock on its face. Its headless body remains standing for a few moments before falling to its knees and then falling to the ground on its belly. Yuno wipes the creature's blood from her swords on her body. She lets out a satisfied sigh, "Ah! The blood is a lot colder than I like but... man did I miss the feeling of fighting actual sapient creatures. You just can't get this from undead and constructs, I tell you what!" She then grabs on to the handle of the sword that's stuck in her chest and rips it out of her own body. More of her blood drips down at her feet. Yuno inspects the sword. "I bet this will sell for a pretty penny."
Rewards:
2,300 XP
575 GP
Abisai's Sword (Common Magic Item)
Yuno is finally satisfied with her haul... for now. "This dungeon... it confuses and fascinates me. I'm definitely coming back here as soon as I sell all this loot! Shiny new armor! Here I come!" Yuno heads back to town, fantasizing about what kind of new armor she wants.
Sell:
Long Sword: 7.5 GP
Plate Mail: 750 GP
Abishai Long Sword:
5057.5GPShield: 5 GP
Staff of Adornment: 50 GP