Crawling Pubs, Not Dungeons [IC Thread]

[miinstrel]

Mal strikes at the leading warforged with his mace, correcting for his previous miss.

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Standard: Attack! (1d20+5)[12]
Damage: (1d8+1)[2]
Crit: (1d20+5)[25]
Crit Dmg: (1d8+1)[9]

[dextercorvia]

A Fork in the Tunnel, round 2
Mavra's aim is disastrous, scorching the floor between Mal's feet. Jade also has trouble firing past her companion, and sends her arrow harmlessly down the corridor. Mal, distracted by everything flying near him, isn't able to land a blow, either.

Viktor finishes chanting and a centipede appears near Mal and the Leader. It chitters and clicks and tries to grab at Leaders leg. The Leader returns the favor, with a kick. The pincers of the vermin fail to pierce the exoskeleton of the warforged, and likewise, the vermin is protected by his own.

Invigorated that every attack against his party was a miss, Mace steps between his companions and joins the melee. His mace comes smashing toward Mal in an overhand strike. Mal is not so distracted as to let such a clumsy strike through, and deftly blocks it.

Greedy sees that one of his opponents is on the ceiling, and therefore out of cover. He resheaths his rapier, and fires an arrow. Taking the lead from Greedy, ??? shoots a blast of fire at Mavra as well. Both strike true (7 damage total)

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Centipede Attacking Leader (1d20+3)[11] Miss
Damage 1 (1d4-3 is a formality) Immune to the poison
Critical confirm, just in case (1d20+3)[15]

Leader attacking (Slam) Centipede (1d20+4)[5] Miss
Damage (1d4+2)[4]
Crit confirm, just in case (1d20+4)[7]
Extra Damage (1d4+2)[4]

Mace attacking Mal (1d20+1)[9] Miss
Damage (1d8)[3]
Crit confirm, just in case (1d20+1)[13]
Extra Damage (1d8)[4]

Greedy shooting at Mavra (1d20+3)[12] Hit
Damage (1d6)[4]
Crit confirm, just in case (1d20+3)[12]
Extra Damage (1d6)[1]

??? shooting at Mavra (1d20+3)[15] Hit
Damage (1d6)[3]
Crit confirm, just in case (1d20+3)[22]
Extra Damage (1d6)[3]

[Socratov]

Ouch! Llarimar, can you be a dear and do your trick on me?

She 'walks' over the ceiling to hang over Llarimar's head.

Then she fixes her attention on the warforged that shot her. Eldritch once again starting to crackle along her fingertips.

Stupid Rustbucket! You will regret this!

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move to above Llarimar (g13).

Attack ??? (I'll call him rustbucket):
(1d20+4)[7] to touch
damage: (2d6)[3]
in case of crit: (1d20+4)[16] to touch
crit damage (2d6)[8]

Oh wow, I roll well on skills, but absolutely piss poor on attacks, even against touch AC...

[miinstrel]

With the leader distracted by the vermin on the ground, Mal lashes out again in the same repetitive motion, the two metallic surfaces echoing down the tunnels with a small cascade of sparks that sizzle as they touch the liquid floor.

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Attack: (1d20+5)[14]
Damage: (1d8+1)[8]
crit conf: (1d20+5)[16]
crit dmg: (1d8+1)[5]

[Entaris]

Viktor nods slightly and smirks as the Leader of these priestly constructs begins to attack his summoned vermin, pulling his hand back again as the fingers lickc back and forth to gather energies for a Lesser Orb of Acid

(3d8)[6]

[Stormageddon]

Jade calulates that timing of the fight to give her the best chance of attacking the leader.

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Inspiration point spent to hit leader +3. Firing into combat -4. Point blank +1. Know Devotion +2.
(1d20+6)[12] Attack
(1d8+3)[9] Damage
Confirm
(1d20+6)[25]
(2d8+6)[12]

[Dorian Gray]

Llarimar reaches his hand up, sending a small surge of healing energy into Marva.

Another CMiW for 4 health.

[dextercorvia]

A Fork in the Tunnel, Round 3

Mavra, Jade, and Viktor all miss their intended targets. The acid sizzles into the muck at Mal's feet. His opponent taunts him. These fleshies don't serve you. They stand safely behind, not caring if their ranged attacks hit you. You are an expendable shield to them. Join with us, and free your... The crunch of Mal's weapon into Leader's side ends the taunt for a moment. Have it your way cousin. Leader and Mace continue their attack on the Cryforged. The fiendish bug still bites at leader's knees.

Greedy and Rustbucket continue volleying over everyone's head at Mavra.

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Centipede attacking Leader (1d20+3)[20] Hit
Damage 1
Crit confirm (1d20+3)[22]

Leader attacking (Slam) Mal (1d20+4)[20] Hit
Damage (1d4+2)[4]
Crit Confirm (1d20+4)[16]
Extra Damage (1d4+2)[4]

Mace attacking Mal (1d20+1)[5] Miss
Damage (1d6)[2]
Crit Confirm (1d20+1)[4]
Extra Damage (1d6)[3]

Greedy attacking Mavra (1d20+3)[15]
Damage (1d6)[6]
Crit Confirm (1d20+3)[7]
Extra Damage (1d6)[2]

Rustbucket (formerly ???) attacking Mavra (1d20+3)[14] Touch Hit
Damage (1d6)[4]
Crit Confirm (1d20+3)[6]
Extra Damage (1d6)[1]

Mal takes 5 damage (1 and 4). Mavra takes 6 weapon damage, and 4 Fire damage

[Socratov]

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dmg reduction 1, so 5 weapon damage and 4 makes for 9, 4 hp remaining.

****! That hurts.

Mavra clutches her side biting back the pain.

Maybe third time the charm. Here goes nothing!

Once again arcane energy crackles over her fingers as she fires another blast at Rustbucket.

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Eldritch Blast Rustbucket:
attack (touch AC): (1d20+4)[11]
damage: (2d6)[8]
crit: (1d20+4)[15]
damage: (2d6)[7]

please, oh please Odin, let me melt Rustbucket's face off with a nice and juicy crit...

Sigh...

Move behind Llarimar see after spoiler

Disappointed with her latest attack and bleeding out a couple of too many holes she slides down from the ceiling to behind Llarimar.

[miinstrel]

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That 1 damage goes to the leader not me. Mal will take 4 from leader's hit.

"Your assertion is inaccurate. I am a child of the mountain. They do not control me. Perhaps if you lived as long as I you would understand." Mal is struck by his fist. "Unfortunately you will not exist that long."

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Standard: ATTACK! (1d20+5)[24]
Damage: (1d8+1)[6]
Crit conf: (1d20+5)[11]
Crit dmg: (1d8+1)[9]

FINALLY a decent roll haha

[Stormageddon]

The battle is moving too fast for Jade to get a decent shot in. Cluching the bow in fustration Jade begins motions of stolen magic from a book she read? Or maybe it was from watching many wizards preform their act... Either way it did not matter; the spell was coming to an end. Magic burst from the core of being spreading grease like substance of the area in which her enemy stood.

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Casting grease on the area on which the three minion in the back stand (for now). DC 14.

[Dorian Gray]

Llarimar, alarmed at the rate at which Marva is bleeding, sends a larger dose of healing energy into her, before running up towards Mal.

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Cure Light Wounds for (1d8+7)[11]
Llarimar moves as close to Mal as he can.

[dextercorvia]

A Fork in the Tunnel, Round 4

The leader falls with Mal's blow. The Centipede steps over Leader's inert form to bite at Mace and then promptly disappears. Mace wobbles when Jade's spell slicks the area, but doesn't go down. Focus fire on the 'forged. We can convince him later. Mace pulls a wand and touches it to Leader's leg. Leader reactivates and swings at Mal from the ground.

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Centipede attacking Mace (1d20+3)[7]
Damage 1
Confirm Crit (1d20+3)[23]

Greedy attacking Mal (1d20+3)[12]
Damage (1d6)[3]
Confirm Crit (1d20+3)[7]
Extra Damage (1d6)[6]

Rustbucket attacking Mal (1d20+3)[8] (touch)
Damage (1d6)[4]
Confirm Crit (1d20+3)[7]
Extra Damage (1d6)[5]

Leader attacking Mal (1d20)[9]
Damage (1d4+2)[4]
Confirm Crit (1d20)[10]
Extra Damage (1d4+2)[4]


Mal gets +4 cover bonus to AC vs. Greedy and Rustbucket, but is not engaged in melee when they attack (before leader is revived) so no additional -4 to attack.

Everything misses.

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[miinstrel]

Mal focuses his fire on the leader attempting to stifle further commands.

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Attack leader: (1d20+9)[15] (+4 against prone target included)
damage: (1d8+1)[8]
crit conf: (1d20+9)[20]
crit dmg: (1d8+1)[3]

If leader goes unconscious, Mal will move to F8 to pick up cover from the ranged attacks (and provoking an AoO from Mace in the process). Hopefully these machines are as rigid in obeying orders as I once was.

If leader does not go unconscious he will remain where he is.

[Socratov]

Thanks Llarimar, I feel a lot better, in fact, I feel good as new. Now, I can't miss every time

Mavra dashes past Llarimar, again charging up energy, arcing it around her fingers.

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move to E10

Attack Rustbucket(touch): (1d20+4)[13]
damage: (2d6)[10]
crit conf.(touch): (1d20+4)[17]
crit dmg: (2d6)[11]

edit: this might actually work for once...

[Stormageddon]

Running forward Jade pulls out a strange looking bag and throws it at ???

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Ranged touch attack (1d20+4)[15] DC 15 or stuck to the floor as enraptured by glue.

[Entaris]

Smirking as Leader goes down, Viktor hops forward a bit, keeping the loyal machine-man between himself and Greedy as his fingers click through the all-too-familiar symbols for Summon Monster once more,How are they at swimming, you think? He chuckles to Mavra, calling a Feindish Octopus into the putrid waters at the ranged one's feet.

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Move to F-11, cast SM I next to Greedy (or if that's too far, Mace)

Octo-slap!
(1d20+5)[21] Auto-grab if successful
(1d20+0)[15] Free bite if grappled
(1d3)[3] bite damage

[dextercorvia]

It won't appear until the beginning of your next turn, but I'll save the rolls till then.

[Dorian Gray]

Llarimar sloshes forward to stand next to Mal, sending energy from his belt into the metal man.

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1 belt charge used, 2 remain
Healing: (2d6)[3]

[dextercorvia]

A Fork in the Tunnel, Round 5
Mal's crushing attack returns Leader to inaction. Mavra blasts Rustbucket to a similar state. That momentum carries several of you forward. Llarimar lays a hand on Mal as he steps out of the fray, granting some renewed energy and health. Jade slips in the muck as she releases her alchemical attack, giving Greedy the chance he needs to evade capture. Viktor begins another long incantation.

A whoosh escapes Mace's lips as Leader falls, that in an organic creature would be described as a sigh. The warforged raises a hand at you and a wave of fire washes over the group. It then struggles to move away from the now overwhelming assault. The forged can't keep footing in the greasy sludge, and falls to the floor

Greedy sees another chance to put an arrow in the soft skinbag on the ceiling, and takes the shot. He then retreats a step down the corridor.

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Jade said she moved forward and E9 was the only open square. Llarimar moves to F9 and uses a charge from his healing belt. (2d8)[15] Healed on Mal. Viktor moves forward and uses a standard action to begin casting (he'll have to use another standard action next turn to finish the spell).

Mace Fire Damage (1d4)[2] (Reflex DC 12 for half) This cone shaped burst hits everyone but Viktor (out of range) and Mavra (ceiling height)
Balance Check to Move (1d20+1)[4]
Move to D5 if Successful

Greedy Attacking Mavra (1d20+3)[7]
Damage (1d6)[2]
Confirm Crit (1d20+3)[8]
Extra Damage (1d6)[4]
Move to C4

[Socratov]

Viktor, you promised! No more grease and octopodes!

Mavra moves around n the ceiling, dodging the arrow.

With another crackle of energy she charges her Eldritch Blast and fires it at Greedy

Sorry, your arrow has not struck home, maybe you need more energy strike true!

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attack Greedy: (1d20+4)[7] (touch)
damage: (2d6)[7]
crit confirm: (1d20+4)[18] (touch)
crit damage: (2d6)[10]

[dextercorvia]

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I was waiting to upload the map until I rolled to see whether Mace could move or not, then I forgot to actually do it last night. Here you go.

[miinstrel]

Reinvigorated by his companion's touch, Mal steps back into the fray leveling his mace at the 'forged of the same name. "This needn't end in your destruction. Surrender your arms and you shall go free."

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Move: Move to E8
Standard: ready action. If Mace tries to do anything besides stand up or surrender (even move out of his square), attack him.
(1d20+5)[8], damage (1d8+1)[2], crit conf (1d20+5)[13]

[Entaris]

Liking the cut of Mal's jib, Viktor took a step forward to loom over Leader and Mace both, rapier poised as his other hand sends the summoning spell to its place into the water next to Greedy.

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Finish SM 1. Move to E9

[dextercorvia]

Stick a Fork in that Tunnel, fin

The warforged can not hear Mal's threat, but understands his posture. Never will I serve your skinbag masters! Mace yells as it tries to get to its feet. She swings for Mal's knees on her way up. His own bludgeon misses the stubborn forged on its first counter, but throws Mace off enough that the follow up catches hold, and beats the construct senseless.

In the meantime, the Octopus has quite tangled up Greedy. By the time you catch your breath make it down the passage where it lies, the octopus has strangled all semblance of life from it.

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Yes Mal's first attack was a miss. Statistically speaking this battle was over. The chances of any member of the party taking so much as a HP of damage were negligible, so I'm calling it so we can move on.

Let me know how you all handle the wrap up. Technically they are all inert (in negatives, but not -10 or below). I'm sure you will have some interesting conversations about how to deal with that.

Everyone receives 240xp

[Dorian Gray]

Llarimar sidles up to the bodies. "Drag them out of the water- I can fix them up enough that they can get out."

[Socratov]

Shall we at leas take their weapons first? So they can't turn on us again, or at least not as easily. I also have some rope to bind their hands...

Oh, and don't act so shocked, I know perfectly well about the way you abhor violence and death or mercykillings. Even though I must point out it would be the smart and logical move here...

[Entaris]

Viktor sniffs derisively at the bodies, "A shame their 'precious' gods couldn't see fit to assist them..." He remarked ironically, looking down the path to where Greedy's corpse lay half-in the water from being strangled and drown.

[Socratov]

Exactly the reason why I live my philosophical life like I do Viktor, and you know it, Mavra smirks now be a dear and go through their pockets or storage spaces, maybe we can find something in terms of information or useful things. Also, Mal and Jade, start binding the warforged so Llarimar can heal them without them turning on us.Mavra un threads one of the coils of rope wound cleverly around her torso, coils it and tosses it to Jade If you find something interesting or nice put it on a pile so we can decide what to do with it when we are done. Also, Llarimar, be a dear and keep them asleep when you heal them. It will make a huge difference in handling them.


Mavra walks over to Rustbucket and start searching and binding him after again pulling some rope off her torso.

Viktor, could I borrow that knife of yours for a bit? jade and Mal, if you want to cut the rope up into smaller pieces that's fine with me. I assume you don't need 50 feet of rope to bind together a set of hands and feet...

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start searching and use rope

Search: take 20+2=22
Use Rope: take 20+ 2=22

[dextercorvia]

You bind the hands and feet of the warforged, and gather up their belongings. You find several weapons, a handful of likely magical items, and a good sized pile of gold.

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Leader had a glaive with a weapon crystal attached, a Longbow, 175gp, and his amulet is one of ones with a light spell active.

Greedy had a set of thieves tools, a rapier, a shortbow with a weapon crystal attached, and 50gp.

Mace had a mace, a wand, a scroll, one of the lit amulets, and 100gp

Rustbucket had a necklace with a mummified hand hanging off it.

@Llarimar, if you heal them they will become conscious, they are stable and currently in no danger of dying.