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Grom Looks around sees Talien on the floor, Sees Alten nail it in the shoulder and it basically laugh it off. See's Meepo standing danger close... He shakes his hand still feeling the burn... Raises his AXE in the air, his eyes turn White, his long white hair and beard start to spark and almost seem to give off energy...
"Geh zurück zu dem Loch, das du aus deinem üblen Gräuel herausgeklettert hast! Lass meine Freunde in Ruhe!"
For anyone who speaks dwarven Go back to the hole you climbed out of you foul abomination! Leave my friends alone!
Raises his axe in the Air and then SLAMS it down on the ground and 3 Missiles arch out of the ruby on the axe and go Streaking towards the Rat-man thing.
Damange: 13
DM Note: and anyone who would happen to look back at Grom:
After sending the 3 missiles, and expending soo much energy and focus Grom collapses in the fountain.
The ratman glances over its shoulder when it hears Grom's axe slam into the hard stone ground. Its beady eyes grow wide at the sight of three firework-like projectiles looping and whirling through the air headed in its direction.
The last thing Grom sees, before collapsing backwards into the fountain are his magically manifested missiles smashing into the ratman's back.
The ratman is thrown from his feat and a loud "cracckkk" sounds across the room as it lands headfirst 5' south of where it was previously standing. Three holes in the ratman's back fizzle and pop for a few seconds as blood begins to seep out of the wounds. The now crumpled body twitches and spasms on the ground for a few more seconds then goes completely still.
Alten you wait a moment to ensure the ratman is dead, then take a step forward eyes still trained on the body. You freeze in horror as you watch the body begin to writhe and twitch once more. You watch as the ratman's fur begins to drop off, its clawed hands begin to morph into long skinny fingers, and its large pointed ears shrink down into a much more rounded shape. The body continues to twitch for a few more seconds and then finally comes to a rest now looking more like an emaciated man more than a rat.
Meepo just stands there mouth agape not knowing how to react.
Chatra stares for a moment, curses to himself, then snaps to, and bends down to check on Grom who appears to still be breathing. Chatra, then jumps out of the fountain and runs into the next room to help Talien whom he find lying on the floor black eyes starting up at the ceiling. "You don't look so tough laying there on the ground like an old suit of rusted armor Talien," he jokes aloud.
Chatra continues to stare at Talien for a moment in contemplation, then sighs and places his hands on the warforged... "I wonder if this cure will work on tin cans," he chuckles once more.
(Chatra casts cure wounds on Talien healing him 4 HP.)
Guthash: [AC 12; HP 0/9; Init: 22]. blow to the Nine Hells -- DEAD. Talien: [AC 18; HP 0/13; Init 19]. Position: Inside room. Rat-man: [AC 12; HP 0/27; Init 16]. Position: 10’ north of southern entrance. Chatra: [AC 12+2; HP 7/10; Init 13]. Position: Inside room. Action: Cure wounds. Arxius: [AC 14; HP 11/11; Init 12]. Position: Backed up to eastern wall in line with door. Alten: [AC 16; HP 12/12; Init 11]. Position: 10' south of western door. Action: Attack w/ glaive, Hit: No effect. Rees: [AC 13; HP 8/8; Init 8]. Position: Northeastern corner, clear shot to door. Action: Attack w/ bow, missed. Grom: [AC 13; HP 7/7; Init 7]. Position: In fountain (+2 AC Half cover). Action: Spell Attack, Hit: 10 Damage. Kill. Swarm of rats: [AC 10; HP 0/28; Init 6]. so DEAD. Meepo: [AC 12; HP: 6/6; Init: 5]. Position: In open doorway. Action: Stands there in shock.
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Talien's eyes begin to glow, first green as he sits up and scans the room, removing the bolt from his abdomen. His eyes return back to the normal blue once he has scanned what he can see in the darkness. He pulls out two torches and moves away from the party and belches flame to light the torches. Once lit, he moves back to the party and examines the room, eyes returning to the green state. Perception check: 19
Arxius slings her bow over her back as she moved to Meepo. “Are you alright?” She asks, crouching beside him as she checks him over for any injuries. “I am sorry, I should have kept you with me. I made a mistake.”
Watching the rat-man change into a man-man Rees is going to just...back away uncomfortably, shoot a significant glance at Arxius, and go to the fountain to check on Grom. She shakes his shoulder gently. "Hey, Grom... You alright?"
DM Question:
Does Rees recognize anything about this transformation? Does it look similar to her own?
Talien's eyes begin to glow, first green as he sits up and scans the room, removing the bolt from his abdomen. His eyes return back to the normal blue once he has scanned what he can see in the darkness. He pulls out two torches and moves away from the party and belches flame to light the torches. Once lit, he moves back to the party and examines the room, eyes returning to the green state. Perception check: 19
You did not notice the first time you entered the room as your bio-engineered adrenaline was up, but there is an oppressive smell that suffuses the air. You take one good look around and are quite sure the smell stems from the chewed carcasses of cave rats, smaller vermin, and a few humanoid-looking creatures that lie upon a floor of filth, old bones, hair, and fur used to make a particularly large and vile nest. The nest obviously belonged to the diseased giant rat (Guthash, a.k.a. Mama Rat) which the party just defeated. You also see a table in northeastern corner of the room. The table holds a map with an iron dagger pinning it down, an empty hooded lantern, a half eaten wheel of hard cheese, some moldy looking bread, and six pieces of gold. By the looks of the place the room was being used for some type of base of operations, but your not exactly sure of the nature of the business. One thing is for certain, this is where Mama Rat was being kept and you are quite sure the rest of the rats in the Citadel originate from her vile womb.
Points of Interest:
Investigation(Intelligence) check [DC 10] - Searching the bodies for clues & loot. Intelligence check [DC 10] - Figure out what the map is of/for.
Arxius slings her bow over her back as she moved to Meepo. “Are you alright?” She asks, crouching beside him as she checks him over for any injuries. “I am sorry, I should have kept you with me. I made a mistake.”
"Meepo okay. Friend no be sorry. Meepo understand... Friends make mistakes, but friends forgive. Right?" Meepo says with a wide grin.
"Ratman very scary though! ...Friends did good killing him!"
Watching the rat-man change into a man-man Rees is going to just...back away uncomfortably, shoot a significant glance at Arxius, and go to the fountain to check on Grom. She shakes his shoulder gently. "Hey, Grom... You alright?"
DM Question:
Does Rees recognize anything about this transformation? Does it look similar to her own?
You'd need to look over the body.. you're too far away and too shaken at the moment to know for certain.
Points of Interest:
Investigation [DC 10] - Clues & Loot on Ratman's body. Nature [DC 15] - Figure out what ratman is.
Alten will peek around the door into the next room to make sure there are no other enemies in there. Perception: 15
The room to the south, or the room Talien is in?
You cleared the room to the south (Infested Cells). If you're looking in the room Talien is in then you see Talien with a torch searching the room and you also see a few humanoid corpses. You can make the same checks as Talien if you go inside.
Arxius slings her bow over her back as she moved to Meepo. “Are you alright?” She asks, crouching beside him as she checks him over for any injuries. “I am sorry, I should have kept you with me. I made a mistake.”
"Meepo okay. Friend no be sorry. Meepo understand... Friends make mistakes, but friends forgive. Right?" Meepo says with a wide grin.
"Ratman very scary though! ...Friends did good killing him!"
"That is correct," Arxius says with a rare smile. "On all counts. This beast was..." her blood runs cold at the thought of what she had seen. She walks over to the body and crouches down beside it. "A man after all that."
She's going to attempt the nature check, looking over the corpse. Mostly for any signs this is work of the Simic Combine.
Nature: 22
"Rees, do you want to-" she calls to her friend and nods to the body.
Arxius slings her bow over her back as she moved to Meepo. “Are you alright?” She asks, crouching beside him as she checks him over for any injuries. “I am sorry, I should have kept you with me. I made a mistake.”
"Meepo okay. Friend no be sorry. Meepo understand... Friends make mistakes, but friends forgive. Right?" Meepo says with a wide grin.
"Ratman very scary though! ...Friends did good killing him!"
"That is correct," Arxius says with a rare smile. "On all counts. This beast was..." her blood runs cold at the thought of what she had seen. She walks over to the body and crouches down beside it. "A man after all that."
She's going to attempt the nature check, looking over the corpse. Mostly for any signs this is work of the Simic Combine.
Nature: 8
"Rees, do you want to-" she calls to her friend and nods to the body.
While, you've certainly see your fair share of rats on your home world the creatures that roam this planet are all still very foreign to you. As such you are unsure if this is an abnormality, some sort of rare specimen, or a native species. However, the rat-man does not appear to be any sort of Simic creation.
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Once she's sure Grom is okay, Rees will go back over to Arxius and the Ratman. "This is...interesting. Not a rat after all." She glanced at Arxius, biting her lip and starting to look for any signs of similarities (pale skin, nearly colorless eyes/hair, etc.) She'll also start going through his pockets to try and find any clues, cash, trinkets, etc.
Nature: 18 Investigation: 5
Edit: Natural one. Ouch. DM - Can I convince you to add my proficiency bonus (+2) to that nature roll since she's proficient in disguise? and familiar with shape-shiftyness? Feel free to say no, just figured it was worth a shot lol
Watching the rat-man change into a man-man Rees is going to just...back away uncomfortably, shoot a significant glance at Arxius, and go to the fountain to check on Grom. She shakes his shoulder gently. "Hey, Grom... You alright?"
Grom hearing a voice he recognizes, kinda snaps out of his daze.. "Ummm what happened" "I feel like I got hit by a RAM in the chest" "what happened to the Rat-Man?" Is Talien okay.
He reaches into his pack removes a flask and takes a big drink
"From where I stood, it looked like you killed him. Nicely done. Did one of your--" she waved her fingers, making a vague pew pew noise "--things backfire on you or something?"
"From where I stood, it looked like you killed him. Nicely done. Did one of your--" she waved her fingers, making a vague pew pew noise "--things backfire on you or something?"
"This has never happened before... But to be completely honest I've never successfully used that spell once yet alone twice in 1 day before.. I don't feel hurt just exhausted kinda hungover like I've just woke from a night of drinking"
"I see, well, you just sit here for a bit...drink some water. I think we're going to try and figure out what those things were before we move on so you've got some time." She smiles and pats his shoulder before going over to investigate the ratman.
Grom Looks around sees Talien on the floor, Sees Alten nail it in the shoulder and it basically laugh it off. See's Meepo standing danger close... He shakes his hand still feeling the burn... Raises his AXE in the air, his eyes turn White, his long white hair and beard start to spark and almost seem to give off energy...
"Geh zurück zu dem Loch, das du aus deinem üblen Gräuel herausgeklettert hast! Lass meine Freunde in Ruhe!"
For anyone who speaks dwarven
Go back to the hole you climbed out of you foul abomination! Leave my friends alone!
Raises his axe in the Air and then SLAMS it down on the ground and 3 Missiles arch out of the ruby on the axe and go Streaking towards the Rat-man thing.
Damange: 13
DM Note: and anyone who would happen to look back at Grom:
After sending the 3 missiles, and expending soo much energy and focus Grom collapses in the fountain.
Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal

The ratman glances over its shoulder when it hears Grom's axe slam into the hard stone ground. Its beady eyes grow wide at the sight of three firework-like projectiles looping and whirling through the air headed in its direction.
The last thing Grom sees, before collapsing backwards into the fountain are his magically manifested missiles smashing into the ratman's back.
The ratman is thrown from his feat and a loud "cracckkk" sounds across the room as it lands headfirst 5' south of where it was previously standing. Three holes in the ratman's back fizzle and pop for a few seconds as blood begins to seep out of the wounds. The now crumpled body twitches and spasms on the ground for a few more seconds then goes completely still.
Alten you wait a moment to ensure the ratman is dead, then take a step forward eyes still trained on the body. You freeze in horror as you watch the body begin to writhe and twitch once more. You watch as the ratman's fur begins to drop off, its clawed hands begin to morph into long skinny fingers, and its large pointed ears shrink down into a much more rounded shape. The body continues to twitch for a few more seconds and then finally comes to a rest now looking more like an emaciated man more than a rat.
Meepo just stands there mouth agape not knowing how to react.
Chatra stares for a moment, curses to himself, then snaps to, and bends down to check on Grom who appears to still be breathing. Chatra, then jumps out of the fountain and runs into the next room to help Talien whom he find lying on the floor black eyes starting up at the ceiling. "You don't look so tough laying there on the ground like an old suit of rusted armor Talien," he jokes aloud.
Chatra continues to stare at Talien for a moment in contemplation, then sighs and places his hands on the warforged... "I wonder if this cure will work on tin cans," he chuckles once more.
(Chatra casts cure wounds on Talien healing him 4 HP.)
Guthash: [AC 12; HP 0/9; Init: 22]. blow to the Nine Hells -- DEAD.Talien: [AC 18; HP 0/13; Init 19]. Position: Inside room.
Rat-man: [AC 12; HP 0/27; Init 16]. Position: 10’ north of southern entrance.Chatra: [AC 12+2; HP 7/10; Init 13]. Position: Inside room. Action: Cure wounds.
Arxius: [AC 14; HP 11/11; Init 12]. Position: Backed up to eastern wall in line with door.
Alten: [AC 16; HP 12/12; Init 11]. Position: 10' south of western door. Action: Attack w/ glaive, Hit: No effect.
Rees: [AC 13; HP 8/8; Init 8]. Position: Northeastern corner, clear shot to door. Action: Attack w/ bow, missed.
Grom: [AC 13; HP 7/7; Init 7]. Position: In fountain (+2 AC Half cover). Action: Spell Attack, Hit: 10 Damage. Kill.
Swarm of rats: [AC 10; HP 0/28; Init 6]. so DEAD.Meepo: [AC 12; HP: 6/6; Init: 5]. Position: In open doorway. Action: Stands there in shock.
Talien's eyes begin to glow, first green as he sits up and scans the room, removing the bolt from his abdomen. His eyes return back to the normal blue once he has scanned what he can see in the darkness. He pulls out two torches and moves away from the party and belches flame to light the torches. Once lit, he moves back to the party and examines the room, eyes returning to the green state. Perception check: 19
Warforged Fighter Talien
Arxius slings her bow over her back as she moved to Meepo. “Are you alright?” She asks, crouching beside him as she checks him over for any injuries. “I am sorry, I should have kept you with me. I made a mistake.”
Arxius, Elven Simic Hybrid Ranger in Tales from the Yawning Portal
Watching the rat-man change into a man-man Rees is going to just...back away uncomfortably, shoot a significant glance at Arxius, and go to the fountain to check on Grom. She shakes his shoulder gently. "Hey, Grom... You alright?"
DM Question:
Does Rees recognize anything about this transformation? Does it look similar to her own?
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot
Alten will peek around the door into the next room to make sure there are no other enemies in there. Perception: 15
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
You did not notice the first time you entered the room as your bio-engineered adrenaline was up, but there is an oppressive smell that suffuses the air. You take one good look around and are quite sure the smell stems from the chewed carcasses of cave rats, smaller vermin, and a few humanoid-looking creatures that lie upon a floor of filth, old bones, hair, and fur used to make a particularly large and vile nest. The nest obviously belonged to the diseased giant rat (Guthash, a.k.a. Mama Rat) which the party just defeated. You also see a table in northeastern corner of the room. The table holds a map with an iron dagger pinning it down, an empty hooded lantern, a half eaten wheel of hard cheese, some moldy looking bread, and six pieces of gold. By the looks of the place the room was being used for some type of base of operations, but your not exactly sure of the nature of the business. One thing is for certain, this is where Mama Rat was being kept and you are quite sure the rest of the rats in the Citadel originate from her vile womb.
Points of Interest:
Investigation(Intelligence) check [DC 10] - Searching the bodies for clues & loot.
Intelligence check [DC 10] - Figure out what the map is of/for.
"Meepo okay. Friend no be sorry. Meepo understand... Friends make mistakes, but friends forgive. Right?" Meepo says with a wide grin.
"Ratman very scary though! ...Friends did good killing him!"
You'd need to look over the body.. you're too far away and too shaken at the moment to know for certain.
Points of Interest:
Investigation [DC 10] - Clues & Loot on Ratman's body.
Nature [DC 15] - Figure out what ratman is.
The room to the south, or the room Talien is in?
You cleared the room to the south (Infested Cells). If you're looking in the room Talien is in then you see Talien with a torch searching the room and you also see a few humanoid corpses. You can make the same checks as Talien if you go inside.
"That is correct," Arxius says with a rare smile. "On all counts. This beast was..." her blood runs cold at the thought of what she had seen. She walks over to the body and crouches down beside it. "A man after all that."
She's going to attempt the nature check, looking over the corpse. Mostly for any signs this is work of the Simic Combine.
Nature: 22
"Rees, do you want to-" she calls to her friend and nods to the body.
Arxius, Elven Simic Hybrid Ranger in Tales from the Yawning Portal
While, you've certainly see your fair share of rats on your home world the creatures that roam this planet are all still very foreign to you. As such you are unsure if this is an abnormality, some sort of rare specimen, or a native species. However, the rat-man does not appear to be any sort of Simic creation.
Alten will go in the room and start checking it with Talien
How are you feeling Talien?
INT1
{Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha}
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Once she's sure Grom is okay, Rees will go back over to Arxius and the
Ratman. "This is...interesting. Not a rat after all." She glanced at Arxius, biting her lip and starting to look for any signs of similarities (pale skin, nearly colorless eyes/hair, etc.) She'll also start going through his pockets to try and find any clues, cash, trinkets, etc.Nature: 18
Investigation: 5
Edit: Natural one. Ouch. DM - Can I convince you to add my proficiency bonus (+2) to that nature roll since she's proficient in disguise? and familiar with shape-shiftyness? Feel free to say no, just figured it was worth a shot lol
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot
You are really distracted by the rotten stench in the room. It is quite discomforting and causes your stomach to start doing back-flips.
Uhh, that rat's nest that massive rat oh gods the stench Uhhulrk!
Alten gets sick in ther corner of the room and then he goes back to the fountain rooom and sits down for a minute.
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Grom hearing a voice he recognizes, kinda snaps out of his daze.. "Ummm what happened" "I feel like I got hit by a RAM in the chest" "what happened to the Rat-Man?" Is Talien okay.
He reaches into his pack removes a flask and takes a big drink
Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal

"From where I stood, it looked like you killed him. Nicely done. Did one of your--" she waved her fingers, making a vague pew pew noise "--things backfire on you or something?"
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot
"This has never happened before... But to be completely honest I've never successfully used that spell once yet alone twice in 1 day before.. I don't feel hurt just exhausted kinda hungover like I've just woke from a night of drinking"
Grombrindal "The White Dwarf" (Dwarf - Wizard) - Fenris_Worldsbane's Tales from the Yawning Portal

"I see, well, you just sit here for a bit...drink some water. I think we're going to try and figure out what those things were before we move on so you've got some time." She smiles and pats his shoulder before going over to investigate the ratman.
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot