Moldrake's IC A

[Venger]

Robert follow Dwobwick's nose and holes up behind him in square 3x3

hey, listen!: (1d20-5)[0]

[WhamBamSam]

(1d20-1)[19]

Drindrin's draconic eyes scan the storeroom as he steps in behind Robert and Dwobwick. (Move to 2x3)

Suddenly, the kobold's ears pick up a rustling sound.

"Bro, there's something moving around down below us."

[Alchemicality]

(1d20-1)[5]

"Well, this looks just perfect. Except for all the smell of cheese. Except for the smell of anything really, because all there is is cheese." Illven follows behind. (Move to 2x2.)

[Venger]

Truthfully, I am not used to relying on my sense of smell to detect enemies. Is it common for your people, Illven?

[Fouredged Sword]

Drindrin sees movement among the cheese. He sees a few rats munching away from hiding.

He sees a rat at 5-1, 7-1, and 5-4. They are trying, and failing, to avoid his draconic gaze.

[WhamBamSam]

(OOC: Some of the others have darkvision as well)

"Looks like they've got some pest control issues." Drindrin gestures toward the rats.

[miinstrel]

(Edited per rolls in OOC thread)
(edited back to original since we can now see these three)

"aww they just hungwy. Like tiny, fuzzy dwagons." He looks back and forth between Drindin and the rats, nodding in satisfaction at his comparison. "Anyone need a familiaw?"

Dwobwick tears a small chunk of cheese off the shelf next to him and moves to 5x3, setting the cheese down slowly on the shelf near the rat in 5x4 and smiling back at his friends before continuing down the passage.

[Fouredged Sword]

Dwobwick moves forward, and the rats seem to ignore him... for a few sets. As he crosses into square 7-2 a rat you did not see in 7-4 scurry into his square and bite at his feet.

attack roll - 21 - damage 1

The nip is quite painful, and it pierces your boot and draws blood.

That was the surprise round. Here is initiative.

R12
Drindrin
Robert
R10
Dwobwick
R7
Illven
R5

The rat R12 ignore the combat so far.

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[WhamBamSam]

"Rookie mistake, bro."

Drindrin draws his crossbow and takes aim at the rat attacking Dwobwick.

Attack roll (1d20-1)[7]

Damage (1d6)[3] (not that it matters)

[Fouredged Sword]

The bolt skitters across the floor, missing the rat.

[Venger]

Robert fires his crossbow at the rat, trying to correct his aim after he sees DrinDrin miss.

[Fouredged Sword]

Another bolt goes skittering down the hall, missing the rat as Dwobwick dances around the rat and incoming fire. Unfortunately he is not as adept at avoiding the rat as the bolts, and takes another nasty bite (1 damage)

[miinstrel]

"Gah! Careful!" Dwobwick hollers over his shoulder as he dances painfully back from the aggressive rodent. As he does so, he draws his own crossbow and releases the loaded bolt squarely into its flank.

"THAT'S how you use one of these things. We'll practice in the courtyard later."

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5 foot step to 6x2. Attacking r10.

Attack: (1d20+2)[18]
Damage: (1d6)[6]

[Fouredged Sword]

The bolt hits home, and the rat is knocked thrashing to the floor. It's death squeak quiets the room for a moment.

Then there is more squeaking, angry squeaking.

Three more rats (one you had already seen and two you had not) scurry out of the shelving to the north and attack Dwobwick fiercely. All three of them land piercing bites on his legs and feet! (Three damage)

[miinstrel]

Dwobwick staggers, trying to avoid the tiny teeth, and his face turns a paler shade of brown. His soft shoes have turned a crimson shade as blood seeps out of the wounds at an alarming rate, matting some of the rats' fur and giving them an even more frightening appearance.

[Fouredged Sword]

Illven fires his crossbow at the R5 rat, as he has little hope to hit a rat in the melee. His bolt flies true, sinking into rat flesh.

Then two more rats join the fray at Dwobwick's feet. The R12 rat and another you had not seen attack him. One fails to find soft flesh to bite, but the other savages his legs, causing him to drop to the ground in pain! (1 damage, you are at 0HP)

All the rats you can see are in Dwobwick's square (there are 5)

It is now Drindrin's and Robert's turn.

[Venger]

Robert holds out a hand and pulls the ambient light into the room apart, fraying it like thread and unspooling into a bright, rainbow-hued beam, engulfing the rats swarming around Dwobwick.

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stay put, blast, FFs to square 1,4. as per DMG p 307, I use the blast shape of a 2x3 rectangle with one more square in the middle at the PoE. affected squares are as follows: 3,3 and 4,2 through 5,4

[miinstrel]

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Will save vs Color Spray: (1d20+4)[13]

Prone in 6x2.

Dwobwick turns to his companions intent on running away from the tiny things menacing his legs. He turns at just the wrong moment; Robert's spell hits him full in the face. You see his eyes go wide for a moment before he collapses to the floor, the lights temporarily frying his brain.

[Fouredged Sword]

All but one rat goes down into unconsciousness. Rat 7 managed to resist your magics! With Dwobwick unconscious, it currently is not in melee, and eveyone has a clear shot!

[Venger]

let's go to town, guys! mop up, kill the one that's still up, then CDG the rest at our leisure. good teamwork. we can see about getting dwobwick some help if there aren't more monsters to kill right this second.

[WhamBamSam]

Drindrin reloads his crossbow and takes aim at the only still moving rat.

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Move action to reload light crossbow. Attack r7.

Attack: (1d20+3)[6]

Damage: (1d6)[3]

The bolt misses wildly and Drindrin swears under his breath.

[Fouredged Sword]

The last remaining rat squeaks as the crossbow bolt bounces off the ground next to it, and it decided to retreat. The rat disappears into the shelving, and you can hear the sound of panicked squeaking disappear into the walls.

[WhamBamSam]

(OOC: I'm assuming that initiative order doesn't really matter at this point since we have more than enough time to CDG all the unconscious rats.)

Drindrin walks over to where Dwobwick lies bleeding, covered in unconscious rats, stowing his crossbow back on his belt, and pierces his claws into the guts of one of the rats.

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Take two move actions to move over to Dwobwick and the rats and put crossbow away. Next turn, coup de grace a rat with a claw attack.

"One of you guys has a health potion right? It looks like we're gonna need one."

[Fouredged Sword]

The rats die quickly. Dwobwick regains consciousness and is stable, but hurting.

You further examine the room. There are two doors that lead further into the cellar. Both are on the East wall, one is on the north side, the other on the south. The south door looks skewed in it's frame.

Knowledge Arc and Eng DC 10

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The door is stuck due to the building settling.

same check, DC 15

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Shouldn't be too hard to open, old buildings settle, and unused doors are commonly stuck. You suspect a DC 16 strength check will force it open.

[miinstrel]

Dwobwick wakes up, smiling comfortably "Aww I love how you know what puts me to sleep. Thanks for the Darkness spell, mom. I had the weirdest dream I was at school..."

As his vision returns he sees the rats and the rest of you and an 'aww man!' expression crosses his face for a moment before he limps to his feet. He kicks one of the dead rats and winces as he strikes it with a punctured section of his foot. "It's a little more than a blister, but anyone got some mole skin?"

He lets the others move to the front of the line and examine the two doors ahead of him.

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(1d20+4)[10] (max 10, no ranks)

[Alchemicality]

"We finally managed to defeat a handful of rats and our inability to fire crossbows. Go team." Illven sarcastically exclaims, before moving his focus to the two doors. "Soooo, which one do we pick? None of them seem very good options, one being half-merged with the floor."

[Venger]

Shall we try the door, gentlemen?

[WhamBamSam]

"Way ahead of you, bro. Woo!"

Drindrin throws his minuscule body at the door, attempting to kick it down. (Take 20)

[Fouredged Sword]

Dwobwick downs the healing potion, healing [roll0]

Drindrin sets his little scalely shoulder to the door and, after some effort, it pops free from it's frame, swinging open. Inside is a larger room, with tall cellings arching up 15ft above your heads. The room is dominated by two large standing shelves ten feet on a side. There is a door to the north, south, and east. The door to the east is padlocked with a small padlock, and has a small engraved plate reading "Pasteurization Room". A sharp tangy scent of sewer odder hits your nose as the air blows in. There is a draft from somewhere foul.

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Spot check DC 16

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You see a massive rat in square 3-2 hideing in the shelving. It is much larger than the rats you just fought. It's fur is covered in greenish alge and it's large yellow teeth are covered in bits of cheese.

Same check DC 20

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There is another in square 7-4, much further in

Same check DC 28

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The third is better hidden and crouching next to the second, in 7-3

Knowledge check DC 11

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It's a dire rat

Same check DC 16

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These rats carry disease and sickness

Same check DC 21
Open the SRD and read the entry for Dire rat.

[miinstrel]

Fully aware of the pain these dream rats can inflict, Dwobwick graciously allows his companions to venture in before him.

"Caweful. I see some eyes in the shelves." He waggles his finger at the dark corners of 3x2, a look of anger mixed with fear in his eyes. "No mo gnomewiches fo you!"