And with that, the three of you are expelled violently out of the worm, together with gallons of foul-smelling black bile into the ocean.
Kellen is barely with it, but awake and alert. Kei is in the form of a giant crab.
And Gerrard, his blue-boiled skin fully peeled away, has fully metamorphosed into an aboleth, albeit a pale, badly wounded one, limply drifting under the water. (He is stable, but unconscious, still dreaming of the depths.)
You find yourselves still offshore the ruins of the city of Seaton. The warship is coming about in the distance. The three of you are within ten feet of the gargantuan monster.
Kellen coughs and chokes as he treads water in the cool ocean off Seaton. He barely survived digestion by the massive worm still barely ten feet from him. The water has a film of foulness floating upon it, but the cool water feels infinitely preferable to where he was moments ago. Nevertheless, this actively hostile gargantuan monstrosity is mere feet away.
Kei has taken the form of a huge crab, swimming nearby.
Gerrard has taken the form of a pale aboleth, floating limply in the water nearby, five feet under the surface.
Kellen finally gets with it, and lets out a massive wave of healing energy directed at himself and his companions. He starts shouting as much encouragement toward the Crab-Kei as he can, bolstering his resolve. He looks around for Gerrard, but doesn't see him, but does see an aboleth limply floating, and swims away from both it and the creature as far back as he can, looking for any floating wreckage he can grab.
(Heal for 30hp and bardic inspiration to Kei)
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Kellen Rivian(Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
A wave of healing energy washes out from Kellen, enveloping himself and Kei-crab. Gerrard-aboleth drifts unconscious somewhere below.
The massive worm's attention is drawn west toward the ruined city, as if looking for fresh prey. The warship has come about, some 100 feet to the east.
Kei-crab may act! (The worm is still only ten feet away.)
Water splashes all over Kei-crabs exoskeleton, washing away the putrid stomach acid of the worm. Feeling more at home now swimming in the ocean he darts close to a meaty section of the gargantuan creature, far from its quivering mouth and snips at its flesh.
It's flesh torn from the outside by Kei-crab's oversized pincers, the worm changes course, paying sudden attention to Kei.
Kei feels his intellect and personality directly assaulted. He instantly takes 11 psychic damage. He must also make a DC16 INT Save.
Meanwhile, the warship slowly approaches from the east. It hurls two massive blocks of stone at the sea serpent. Mangonel Stone Attack #1 vs worm: 10. Hit: 35 bludgeoning damage. Mangonel Stone Attack #2 vs worm: 15. Hit: 32 bludgeoning damage.
Crustacean-Kei takes another nip at his foe. It's mental assault maddening him into a frenzy. Instinctively he tries to tear at the worms skin and flesh.
The massive worm does not even flinch from Kellen's command. (It does not seem to understand Common, or perhaps any language.) But he does get its attention.
Meanwhile, Kei-Crab's huge claws fail to find purchase on the worm's tough hide.
The worm pauses to examine Kellen. Kellen suddenly feels himself being pulled out of the water by forces useen. (Kellen: make a contesting DC18 Strength check or be psionically pulled 30 feet up into the air, suspended and restrained.)
The warship slows and drifts in the near distance. You can see a handful of figures on deck, together with the remains of those who were brutally killed by the acid. They appear to be reloading the mangonels with massive stones.
Floundering in the turbulent water, Kei-Crab's claws again slide off the worm's tough hide.
Gerrard-Aboleth dreams on, floating unconscious somewhere below.
Invisibly pulled out of the waves, Kellen must make that contesting DC18 Strength check or be psionically pulled 30 feet up into the air, suspended and restrained.)
As Kei-Crab mindlessly struggles to kill the gargantuan sea worm, and as Gerrard-Aboleth dreams somewhere below, Kellen finds himself psionically pulled 30 feet up into the air, suspended and now restrained by forces invisible.
The massive worm pauses for a brief moment to examine its curious catch.
Then it goes to eat the hapless bard for a second time: Tentacles Attack vs. (restrained, floating) Kellen: 30. Hit: 27 bludgeoning damage plus 18 psychic damage, and Kellen must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be swallowed...
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Kei
The meaty flesh of his current housing feels good between Kei-crabs claws. He tries again to get even more of a purchase.
Claw attack 20 for 31
(Death save: 20, in game log)
Kellen awakens with a gasp, surrounded by darkness, and quite disoriented.
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Kellen Rivian (Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
Worm: DC 18 Constitution saving throw vs. violent regurgitation: 18
And with that, the three of you are expelled violently out of the worm, together with gallons of foul-smelling black bile into the ocean.
Kellen is barely with it, but awake and alert. Kei is in the form of a giant crab.
And Gerrard, his blue-boiled skin fully peeled away, has fully metamorphosed into an aboleth, albeit a pale, badly wounded one, limply drifting under the water. (He is stable, but unconscious, still dreaming of the depths.)
You find yourselves still offshore the ruins of the city of Seaton. The warship is coming about in the distance.
The three of you are within ten feet of the gargantuan monster.
Kei and Kellen may act.
Kellen coughs and chokes as he treads water in the cool ocean off Seaton. He barely survived digestion by the massive worm still barely ten feet from him. The water has a film of foulness floating upon it, but the cool water feels infinitely preferable to where he was moments ago. Nevertheless, this actively hostile gargantuan monstrosity is mere feet away.
Kei has taken the form of a huge crab, swimming nearby.
Gerrard has taken the form of a pale aboleth, floating limply in the water nearby, five feet under the surface.
Kellen and Kei-crab may act next!
Kellen
Kellen finally gets with it, and lets out a massive wave of healing energy directed at himself and his companions. He starts shouting as much encouragement toward the Crab-Kei as he can, bolstering his resolve. He looks around for Gerrard, but doesn't see him, but does see an aboleth limply floating, and swims away from both it and the creature as far back as he can, looking for any floating wreckage he can grab.
(Heal for 30hp and bardic inspiration to Kei)
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Kellen Rivian (Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
A wave of healing energy washes out from Kellen, enveloping himself and Kei-crab. Gerrard-aboleth drifts unconscious somewhere below.
The massive worm's attention is drawn west toward the ruined city, as if looking for fresh prey. The warship has come about, some 100 feet to the east.
Kei-crab may act! (The worm is still only ten feet away.)
Kei
Water splashes all over Kei-crabs exoskeleton, washing away the putrid stomach acid of the worm. Feeling more at home now swimming in the ocean he darts close to a meaty section of the gargantuan creature, far from its quivering mouth and snips at its flesh.
M - gets close enough to the worm to attack
A - claw attack 24 for 14
It's flesh torn from the outside by Kei-crab's oversized pincers, the worm changes course, paying sudden attention to Kei.
Kei feels his intellect and personality directly assaulted. He instantly takes 11 psychic damage. He must also make a DC16 INT Save.
Meanwhile, the warship slowly approaches from the east. It hurls two massive blocks of stone at the sea serpent.
Mangonel Stone Attack #1 vs worm: 10. Hit: 35 bludgeoning damage.
Mangonel Stone Attack #2 vs worm: 15. Hit: 32 bludgeoning damage.
Kellen and Kei may act next!
(One stone misses; the other glances off its thick natural armor.)
Kellen may act!
Kei-Crab must make that DC16 INT Save and act if he succeeds. (On a fail, well, we'll see...)
Kei
Crustacean INT save -2
Kei-crab finds his current state unchanged, for now.
Kellen (swimming 10 feet away from the worm) and Kei-Crab (5 feet away) may act next, normally!
Kellen yells at the creature, pushing as much magic as he can into the word "FLEE!"
DC 17 Wis save
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Kellen Rivian (Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
Kei
Crustacean-Kei takes another nip at his foe. It's mental assault maddening him into a frenzy. Instinctively he tries to tear at the worms skin and flesh.
A - claw attack 13 for 29
The massive worm does not even flinch from Kellen's command. (It does not seem to understand Common, or perhaps any language.) But he does get its attention.
Meanwhile, Kei-Crab's huge claws fail to find purchase on the worm's tough hide.
The worm pauses to examine Kellen. Kellen suddenly feels himself being pulled out of the water by forces useen. (Kellen: make a contesting DC18 Strength check or be psionically pulled 30 feet up into the air, suspended and restrained.)
The warship slows and drifts in the near distance. You can see a handful of figures on deck, together with the remains of those who were brutally killed by the acid. They appear to be reloading the mangonels with massive stones.
Kellen and Kei may act again!
Kei
It seems to Kei-crab that this worm is harder to catch than normal. He tries again to slice his enemy in half.
A - claw attack 10 for 34
Floundering in the turbulent water, Kei-Crab's claws again slide off the worm's tough hide.
Gerrard-Aboleth dreams on, floating unconscious somewhere below.
Invisibly pulled out of the waves, Kellen must make that contesting DC18 Strength check or be psionically pulled 30 feet up into the air, suspended and restrained.)
Then, Kellen may act next!
Kellen: contesting DC18 Strength check: 17 (I don't believe he has any high portent rolls or other helpful features here...?)
As Kei-Crab mindlessly struggles to kill the gargantuan sea worm, and as Gerrard-Aboleth dreams somewhere below, Kellen finds himself psionically pulled 30 feet up into the air, suspended and now restrained by forces invisible.
Kellen may act!
The massive worm pauses for a brief moment to examine its curious catch.
Then it goes to eat the hapless bard for a second time:
Tentacles Attack vs. (restrained, floating) Kellen: 30. Hit: 27 bludgeoning damage plus 18 psychic damage, and Kellen must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be swallowed...