Kelnan yelps in surprise and grumbles "the damned wildlife in this place..." He draws a quivering pale green sphere from his rod and tosses it at the two northernmost bugs.
"Kanasam!"Acid Splash for 1 acid damage on failed DC 13 Dex save.
Molo turns towards the uninsured centipede and says “All those feet, and you still don’t have any sense to run!” casting vicious mockery DC 13 Wisdom save 3
Centipede 3 leaps down, advances on Fianna, and snaps at her leg: Bite attack: 16. Piercing Damage: 4
Centipede 4 skitters across the room to attack Katernin near the doorway: Bite attack: 20. Piercing Damage: 4
Both Molo and Reed are injured - Molo on his scalp, and Reed on his neck and shoulders. (Fianna and Katernin manage to avoid the centipedes' dripping jaws.)
To make matters worse, both Molo and Reed feel a burning sensation emanating from their wounds. These insects have a venom. DC11 Constitution saving throws: Molo: 16 Reed: 11
Both Molo and Reed shrug off the effects, although their wounds are still serious.
(OCC: Is he? I see he's down 2 hit points, but wasn't that before Molo got a decent night's sleep at the inn? That should have restored all his hit points. Unless I'm forgetting something - was he injured since? - he should be at 1 hp. Seriously injured, but still up. Is that right?)
Katernin swings her mace down at the centipede, looking over to the fallen Molo. Channeling Divine magic from Ehlonna, she calls out to him, "Come on, up you get!"
Reed swings his rapier at the creature, but the blades slides off its natural armor.
Katernin swings her mace and obliterates her attacker, killing it with a single blow. One down.
With an arcane word muttered from the armored aasimar, Molo's bloody scalp wound heals over. (OOC: Not sure where we are on Molo's hp, but he's now at 5 or 6 - good as new, or almost.)
Lucky, peering in from the hallway, may act next. Then Kelnan, Fianna, and Molo (feel free to post now, but I'll resolve Lucky's move first.) (Same map, except the insect #4 next to Lucky and Katernin is gone.)
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Lucky hates fighting but feels reasonably well protected here behind the corner of the wall. Waiting for an opportune moment to strike he slips his dagger out of it's concealed place inside his cloak and tries to skewer the centipede menacing the priestess in front of him, trying to use her mace as a distraction.
However the cleric is faster than she looks and squishes the centipide with her mace before he can stab it. So he instead scuttles forward and bravely tries to skewer the next one along, next to Fianna.
Not sure if I have any minuses to hit due to fighting around the corner and partially through Katernin, but at least I'm only using a little dagger!
Dagger: Attack: 21 Damage: 7 Sneak Attack extra damage: 4
Edit: Using Lucky feat to re-roll the attack so it becomes a: 9.
Extra damage for the critical hit: dagger: 3 - sneak attack: 2
I believe in total that is 14 damage from his little dagger! If this means the centipede is dead and if he can do so successfully (I think it does), he'll scuttle back out of combat to behind Katernin again, assuming he's not in the reach of any centipedes? i.e. if he can do so without provoking an AoO.
How big are these things? I've heard of sewer rats that are this big back home but this is ridiculous! There best be something valuable in this house, the risk is pretty huge right now.
The aptly-named Lucky rushes forward and drives his little dagger clear through the centipede's heart or brain or something important. It collapses, limp, on the floor, quite dead.
The two northernmost centipedes remain - one slightly wounded one on the stairs next to Molo, the other attacking Reed.
The two centipedes clack their dripping jaws and hiss quietly.
Fianna looks about the room in awe of how quickly every part of this house seems to explode into combat at chaos. I don’t know about haunted, she thinks, but certainly infested!
Taking aim at the closest squirming bug, she lifts her staff and and utters a curse in an arcane language causing cracklings energy to stream out towards the creature!
Attack: 13 Damage: 8
Fianna still feels inspired but resists expending the e tea oomph in cause there truly are more dangerous creatures yet to come.
“Yes!” Fianna shouts out, excited that she destroyed the thing. It’s quickly followed with an “Eeeew!” When she sees and smells the results of her magics.
Fianna
Taking a quick step back from the creatures, Fianna will cast Eldritch Blast at the closest creature!
Attack: 8 Damage: 7
((will reserve inspiration for now...))
One of the creatures lashes out at the intrepid warlock with dripping jaws as she steps back (opportunity attack):
Attack: 11. Piercing damage: 4
The jaws connect, but do not penetrate Fianna's thick leather armor.
She fires back with a beam of crackling purple energy, but misses the armored insect and instead sears a hole in the mildewed plaster wall.
Kelnan and Molo may act next.
Kelnan yelps in surprise and grumbles "the damned wildlife in this place..." He draws a quivering pale green sphere from his rod and tosses it at the two northernmost bugs.
"Kanasam!" Acid Splash for 1 acid damage on failed DC 13 Dex save.
Kelnan conjures a bubble of arcane liquid out of the air and hurls it over Reed and Molo's heads at the two insects on the north end of the room.
They nimbly attempt to dodge:
Centipede 1: 7
Centipede 2: 21
The centipede on the north (#1 numbering them down from the top) doesn't dodge in time, and is doused in the arcane acid, taking minor damage.
Molo is up!
Molo turns towards the uninsured centipede and says “All those feet, and you still don’t have any sense to run!”
casting vicious mockery DC 13 Wisdom save 3
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The insulted centipede clacks it jaws at Molo mindlessly. Its little brain strains against the psychic onslaught.
Wisdom save: 17
The insect continues to advance, unaffected.
The centipedes advance and attack.
Centipede 1 (slightly injured) climbs part way up the old stairway, and snaps it jaws at Molo's head:
Bite attack: 20. Piercing Damage: 4
Centipede 2 attacks Reed:
Bite attack: 7. Piercing Damage: 3
Centipede 3 leaps down, advances on Fianna, and snaps at her leg:
Bite attack: 16. Piercing Damage: 4
Centipede 4 skitters across the room to attack Katernin near the doorway:
Bite attack: 20. Piercing Damage: 4
Both Molo and Reed are injured - Molo on his scalp, and Reed on his neck and shoulders. (Fianna and Katernin manage to avoid the centipedes' dripping jaws.)
To make matters worse, both Molo and Reed feel a burning sensation emanating from their wounds. These insects have a venom.
DC11 Constitution saving throws:
Molo: 16
Reed: 11
Both Molo and Reed shrug off the effects, although their wounds are still serious.
Molo falls unconscious...
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Reed, Lucky, and Katernin may act next.
Reed gasps as the creature bites down, but shakes it off as best he can. Angry now, he directs his rapier toward the midsection of the creature.
Attack: 10 Damage: 8
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Katernin swings her mace down at the centipede, looking over to the fallen Molo. Channeling Divine magic from Ehlonna, she calls out to him, "Come on, up you get!"
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Reed swings his rapier at the creature, but the blades slides off its natural armor.
Katernin swings her mace and obliterates her attacker, killing it with a single blow. One down.
With an arcane word muttered from the armored aasimar, Molo's bloody scalp wound heals over. (OOC: Not sure where we are on Molo's hp, but he's now at 5 or 6 - good as new, or almost.)
Lucky, peering in from the hallway, may act next. Then Kelnan, Fianna, and Molo (feel free to post now, but I'll resolve Lucky's move first.)
(Same map, except the insect #4 next to Lucky and Katernin is gone.)
Lucky hates fighting but feels reasonably well protected here behind the corner of the wall. Waiting for an opportune moment to strike he slips his dagger out of it's concealed place inside his cloak and tries to skewer the centipede menacing the priestess in front of him, trying to use her mace as a distraction.
However the cleric is faster than she looks and squishes the centipide with her mace before he can stab it. So he instead scuttles forward and bravely tries to skewer the next one along, next to Fianna.
How big are these things? I've heard of sewer rats that are this big back home but this is ridiculous! There best be something valuable in this house, the risk is pretty huge right now.
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The aptly-named Lucky rushes forward and drives his little dagger clear through the centipede's heart or brain or something important. It collapses, limp, on the floor, quite dead.
The two northernmost centipedes remain - one slightly wounded one on the stairs next to Molo, the other attacking Reed.
The two centipedes clack their dripping jaws and hiss quietly.
Kelnan, Fianna, and Molo may act now.
Fianna
Fianna looks about the room in awe of how quickly every part of this house seems to explode into combat at chaos. I don’t know about haunted, she thinks, but certainly infested!
Taking aim at the closest squirming bug, she lifts her staff and and utters a curse in an arcane language causing cracklings energy to stream out towards the creature!
Attack: 13 Damage: 8
Fianna still feels inspired but resists expending the e tea oomph in cause there truly are more dangerous creatures yet to come.
Fianna fires a beam of crackling violet electricity at the insect attacking Reed. The centipede is reduced to smoking pulp. Three down.
The last remaining creature, hissing and snapping, is on the stairs next to Molo.
Kelnan and Molo may act.
Fianna
“Yes!” Fianna shouts out, excited that she destroyed the thing. It’s quickly followed with an “Eeeew!” When she sees and smells the results of her magics.
Kelnan backs up as necessary to get a clear line of sight and extends his hand.
Please don't bleed on my new outfit!
"Seranes!" Ray of Frost: Attack: 23 Damage: 3
(Assuming I'm not provoking an attack of opportunity due to stairs, otherwise stay right there and use 19 for disadvantage)
(Or I guess the template I copied already had disadvantage? I'll have to change that. Use the better roll if possible of course)
Molo gets back to his feet and charges in with a dagger, drying to put down the evil bug.
Attack: 5 Damage: 5
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