The Grell fails to even partially block the mental attack from Morgana. The creature's beak opens as if screaming in pain - just like the previous one had before, you remember. Right before the second one attacked! You don't hear a sound this time, though. It appears that perhaps when something is inside of Glabbagool, it is unable to create sound outside of Glabbagool. The Grell takes 7 points of damage from Mind Spike!
Glabbagool's turn to take action...and it's not for the faint of heart. The Grell has been inside of the cube's acidic body, slowly digesting away all organic material which now causes a massive 21 points of damage to the enemy! This is more than the Grell can withstand and you all look on in horrific bemusement as you see what's left of the creature slowly dissolve away to bones and beak. Glabbagool slowly ejects the remains onto the raft floor and looks around at the adventurers for approval.
Gremryl despite being covered in Brains and beak particles manages to look a little disturbed at the Glabs ejection..
“now that’s a right nasty way to go eh! But no matter, Glab you ooze!! Well done! All of you well done! These foul creatures were doomed from the start eh! Moradins strength we smited!”
I’ll ask Glab directly “Do ye be needing some healing? Seeing as how ye’ve been stabbed and shot aye?” He chuckles... bits of brains shaking loose from his beard.
Glabbagool - "I'm happy that I could have been of assistance. You have been kind to me and I have learned much from you. Besides, I fear my journey of exploration may end prematurely should you all perish!"it replies with a trace of emotion that you've not recognized before."I did feel the sting of Elmo's bolt and Hemeth's javelin, however I am not in need of healing at this time, thank you, Gremryl.
Emo is so sorry mate! How ye feeling after tasting the unintentional fury of ol'Elmo?! (ashamed of the damage that he inflicted, he starts looking Glab up and down trying to deduce damage and his new buddies health)
That was one hell of an attack friend! Never seen something be digested before lad. Twas truly horrifying to behold, but effective.
Could ye tell me more about that turning invisible trick of yours mate? could you tell me where ye learned it?
Id like to extend the offer that I made to wee Stool over there ye mate. Turning invisible is impressive, but knowing how to move silently and how to ambush any fool dumb enough to cross ye path is something different. I got a feeling that with ye slightly revolting ability to consume the horrors of this place, combined with the ability to move like a whisper, you'd be a force to be reckoned with.
If ye ever got any questions for Elmo or want him to spin ye a yarn, dont hesitate to ask mate.
Glabbagool - "Apology accepted although you should all know that I expected and had planned for that based on my experiences thus far with you. I did not expect any of you to hesitate to attack me if it meant killing our mutual enemy. Except for perhaps Morgana. She seems to be most careful in the implications of her actions."the cube replies."On the matter of turning invisible...I seem to just 'know' how to do it. Likely it was something I instinctively knew how to do in order to effectively wait for food to arrive. Now that I've gained self-awareness, I seem to be able to still use that trick. As of now, I don't think I can move while invisible, but that would be a remarkable addition to my usefulness!"
Hemeth - "Aye. I should have asked first before impaling you with my javelin, Mr. Glabbagool. I suppose I got carried away in the heat of battle." he says apologetically. Turning to the group he asks, "Well, shall we be continuing on our way then? Or perhaps we need to rest after that engagement.."
To Party: "Hear that boys? Morgana, the pure of heart and action, kicking ass while thinking carefully about how to do it without harming allies. I've said it before and I'll say it again good and evil aint in cheap talk but in righteous action. Bet some folks feel pretty foolish about throwing around accusations about heartlessness right about now..." smiles good naturedly at Elmo in a joking manner.
To Grem: "Thanks for the pick me up back there, big guy. It's great to know that I can count on you when shit gets odd. Plus, I can now be REALLY reckless cause I know you can and will keep me in one piece!!"
To Glabb: "Please let me apologize on behalf of my slow witted friends who like to shoot first and ask questions later. But it is great to know that we can all count on you! This feeling you are experiencing is one called friendship and its one of the greatest and most important feelings one can feel...or so I'm told. Now to business, can you detach parts of yourself? Could you maybe give someone some parts of you that retain some of your properties?"
In general, yes, I'm up for a long rest. I'm all ****ed up.
After a long rest, you wake up feeling refreshed. It's Day 14 of your journey across the Darklake. It hasn't been easy. Your last engagement with the Grell nearly took Morgana's life! Your teamwork and each of your individual motives for continuing on has allowed you to perservere through the most trying...and boring of times along this journey. You do everything you can to keep your mind sharp as the seconds turn into minutes and the minutes turn to hours and the hours turn to mind-numbing boredom in every sense of the word.
Just then, 4 Darkmantles fall from the ceiling and land in front of Elmo, Morgana, Gremryl, and Hemeth! You didn't notice them because they have a natural ability to blend in with the stalactites and drop on their unsuspecting prey.
Stool tries its best to sense where the enemy is located and knowing that it's close enough to attack, Stool lunges forward to punch the Darkmantle. It's at a disadvantage due to the Darkness, however, Stool successfully lands the hit for 4 points of damage!
Stool - "Hah! I got it! Ms. Morgana did you see--...oh..guess you couldn't.."it says to Morgana telepathically.
Darkmantle - "Cursssssee...Yooooouuu....Alllllll!!!!!! Heeheeeeheee" you hear the octo-monstrosity cry out.
The Darkmantle moves swiftly while staying near both Stool and Glabbagool so that its Darkness sweeps across more of the raft to now include Elmo, Hemeth and Gremryl. Then it strikes out at Elmo! Having an advantage in the Darkness, the Darkmantle latches on to Elmo's face and deals 8 points of damage! Elmo is unable to breathe and can't see a thing...again.
(Elmo, I have you at 5HP, btw. Gremryl is at 30HP and Morgana is at 8HP.)
"Stool on OFFENSE!!!???!!! That's my boy! Don't EVER let anybody push you around! Bop those ****ers right on the nose, or whatever else they might have in the middle of their ugly faces!!! I'm sooooooo proud of you little buddy!!"
Gremryl steels his nerves to venture across the raft to help poor Elmo from suffocating to death. With unimaginably accurate steps in exactly the right direction, he quickly finds Elmo's oversized parasite and with a feat of Dwarven strength passed down through countless generations, Gremryl Stonebreaker rips the Darkmantle off of Elmo with a loud *pop* sound!
Throwing it to the side, and with barely a pause, Gremryl swings Benny wildly in an attempt to cause great harm to the evil creature. Unfortunately, Gremryl's uncanny luck has about run dry here and the sliminess still on his hands from handling the Darkmantle causes the magical mace to go flying across the raft floor! There's no splash, but there's also no way of knowing if it's still on the raft floor due to the Darkmantle's darkness effect. What started as a heroic effort, ended up in a potentially tragic loss for the Dwarven Paladin.
(Out of Context...in the current scenario, nobody can see what the NPC's are doing because of the Darkness. In the interest of seeing how this plays out, I won't describe what Glabbagool does. Stool wanted Morgana to know so it telepathically spoke to her. Glabbagool, still learning quite a bit, does not think to make his actions known.)
Gremryl despite being covered in Brains and beak particles manages to look a little disturbed at the Glabs ejection..
“now that’s a right nasty way to go eh! But no matter, Glab you ooze!! Well done! All of you well done! These foul creatures were doomed from the start eh! Moradins strength we smited!”
I’ll ask Glab directly “Do ye be needing some healing? Seeing as how ye’ve been stabbed and shot aye?” He chuckles... bits of brains shaking loose from his beard.
Elmo throws Glabbagool a pocket meat frantically
Continuing to Glab
“Aye, a rest we be good, give us to to get our strength back! I’ll take first watch, give me a chance to clean me beard!”
To Party: "Hear that boys? Morgana, the pure of heart and action, kicking ass while thinking carefully about how to do it without harming allies. I've said it before and I'll say it again good and evil aint in cheap talk but in righteous action. Bet some folks feel pretty foolish about throwing around accusations about heartlessness right about now..." smiles good naturedly at Elmo in a joking manner.
To Grem: "Thanks for the pick me up back there, big guy. It's great to know that I can count on you when shit gets odd. Plus, I can now be REALLY reckless cause I know you can and will keep me in one piece!!"
To Glabb: "Please let me apologize on behalf of my slow witted friends who like to shoot first and ask questions later. But it is great to know that we can all count on you! This feeling you are experiencing is one called friendship and its one of the greatest and most important feelings one can feel...or so I'm told. Now to business, can you detach parts of yourself? Could you maybe give someone some parts of you that retain some of your properties?"
In general, yes, I'm up for a long rest. I'm all ****ed up.
Initiative:
14
3
Elmo throws all the corpses from the previous fight into Glabagool to feed/thank him
"Stool on OFFENSE!!!???!!! That's my boy! Don't EVER let anybody push you around! Bop those ****ers right on the nose, or whatever else they might have in the middle of their ugly faces!!! I'm sooooooo proud of you little buddy!!"
Gremryl hears the commotion inside the area darkness and here's elmos cry of halfing pain!
"I got ye Elmo!! I'll rip that off ye face, doubt not..I'll find ye!"
investigation check to find him: 17
ifi i succeed then i'll strength check to rip it off his face: 15
and if successful:
attack with Benny: Attack: 21 Damage: 11
(Out of Context...in the current scenario, nobody can see what the NPC's are doing because of the Darkness. In the interest of seeing how this plays out, I won't describe what Glabbagool does. Stool wanted Morgana to know so it telepathically spoke to her. Glabbagool, still learning quite a bit, does not think to make his actions known.)
Gremryl yells out "Me Mace!! Noooooo!!! what out for me mace!" He yells in anguish!