Bel's Age of Worms [IC]

[BelGareth]

Combat
Round 1

Fardus dodders in the back, thinking and pawing through a tome about bugs or somesuch as Cyrius attacks the swarm with a flask, sizzling and zapping several bugs. Casper moves forward and attempts to strike the larger beetle, but misses coming woefully short, Rose stumbles, but manages to keep some situational awareness, manuervering herself to better aid her companions.

Round 2

Seramal blasts the insects with more steam, frying several where they stood, while Narl throws another flask, but it goes wide! It lands just behind Rose, splashing Rose, Narl and some of the bugs too! Tobul manages to step to through time and space, and makes the larger beetle pay for its attack by slicing it with a vicious gauge down it's back, orange bug guts potrude from underneath it's carapace.

The swarm undulates and moves to cover more people while the bombardier beetle blasts yet more of you with it's sticky spray!

Spoiler: Combat

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Initiative

1. Seramal [18]
2. Narl [15]
3. Tobul [14]
4. Monsters [14]
5. Fardus [14]
6. Cyrius [11]
7. Casper [10]
8. Rose [9]

Rose and Narl take 1 splash fire damage from his terrible miscalculated throw!



Swarm deals the following damage:
Seramal
Swarm damage - (1d6)[4] (non magical, normal damage)
Acid damage - (1d4)[3] DC 11 fort for half (1)
DC 11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round (beginning your turn)

Narl
Swarm damage - (1d6)[1] (non magical, normal damage)
Acid damage - (1d4)[3] DC 11 fort for half (1)
DC 11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round (beginning your turn)

Rose
Swarm damage - (1d6)[2] (non magical, normal damage)
Acid damage - (1d4)[3] DC 11 fort for half (1)
DC 11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round (beginning your turn)

Casper
Swarm damage - (1d6)[3] (non magical, normal damage)
Acid damage - (1d4)[1] DC 11 fort for half (1)
DC 11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round (beginning your turn)

The giant beetle hits Narl, Rose, and Seramal with the spray
Fort DC 13 or take Acid - (1d4+2)[5], a successful save negates the damage


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Everyone up

[Deophaun]

Everyone up

Rose falls down.

[redzimmer]

Seramal

"Hang tight, Rosie darlin'!"

Seeing Rose fall helps Seramal focus despite the little buggers crawling all over her.

With a word and gesture, she sends the invisible servant holding her coin of light to swap places with Rose before the bugs consume her prone body.

She then tries to get out of the beetle swarm, stepping out of the aisle.

Spoiler: Omit anything "unacceptable"

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Cast benign transposition on Rose and Unseen Servant with light coin.
Rose to O3, usl to P10
5 ft. step to R9.

[Debatra]

Tobul steps north to N-9 before striking again.

(1d20+5)[19]
(1d8+2)[10]

[J-H]

Casper

Casper hops backwards, kicking the bugs off of him.

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Nauseated; Move to Q5
8/12hp

[rax]

Narl

Reeling from the twin assaults of the giant beetle's caustic spray and the biting swarm, Narl still manages to notice Rose falling and Tobul's phenomenal strike. "Mistress Seramal, I think the Captain can deal with the giant bug! I'm all out of alchemist's fire, and my flail is useless against the swarm! You must get back and unleash your magic against them!" He then retreats into the larger room behind him, taking cover behind the southern corner. There, he pauses to drink a healing potion, then raises his flail to attack the giant beetle if it should follow him.

Spoiler: Actions

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Free action: Shout at Seramal.
Move action: Move to U11
Free action (due to potion belt): "Draw" a potion of cure light wounds.
Standard action : Drink a potion of cure light wounds. (1d8+1)[8]

[PeacefulOak]

Fardus the Dwarf

"Rose! Hold on my dear, hold on." Chanting a brief prayer, he bends down and lays a hand on the fallen rogue, channeling energy into her to heal her and close her wounds. "Come on now, darling! Back up and at it!"

Spoiler: Healing, GO!

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(1d8+2)[5] Healing for Rose.

[Deophaun]

Rose

Rose's eyes flutter open, disoriented. Last thing she remembers was getting a face full of beetle excrescence. Now she's far away with Fardus over her while the battle continues to rage in the corridor. "Thank you," she says, picking herself back up. She takes out an oil flask she had prepared and sets it to light.

[DrK]

Cyrius

Cyrius curses as the swarm flows forwards covering the ground in a dense carpet of bugs. Holding the longsword loosely he pulls the hammer from his belt and steps out of the swarm laying about with the hammer seeking tio squash as many possible. He looks at Rose, breathing a sign or relief as she vanishes to be replaced with an unseen servant before suffering a chilling and horrible end devoured by the bugs. Healing energy flowing from the hammer in a shimmering blue arc to engulf the downed Rose

Spoiler: Cyrius

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Draw hammer, 5ft out of swarm, squash bugs
Crusader strike (1d20+4)[22] dam (1d8+3)[10]
-- If hit Rose Heals (1d6+3)[9]

[BelGareth]

Combat
Round 3

As Rose tumbles to the floor in the sweet, sweet embrace of unconsciousness, the group spurs into motion, all semblance of conflict and animosity for each other gone at the site of one of their own falling to the monsters. In an instant, she is replaced with a glowing, bobbing coin, the holder of which accepts its new position with a resigned nod which no one could see. As she appeared, Cyrius and Fardus both healed her, Cryius slamming his hammer into the bugs, smooshing a few but being very effective at hurting the swarm, however his spiritual strike proved effective and as Fardus layed his hands on her to heal, she received a double dose of positive energy, bringing her back to life!

As Casper retreats, Tobul steps up and slices the beetle in half, separating the abdomen from it's thorax, leaving it's eyes a glassy vacancy.

Meanwhile, Narl, the ever creative member of the group, moves into the next room, where there is another giant beetle!

The swarm continues to seethe towards you all, climbing, biting, and distracting those nearby as well as the unseen servant, which doesn't move at all as they climb it and then it vanishes, sending the illuminated coin dropping to the floor with the myriad of beetles, while the new beetle moves, though sluggishly, towards Narl and lets fly another spray of acid!

Spoiler: Combat

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Initiative

1. Monsters
2. You guys

Swarm deals the following damage:

Seramal
Swarm damage - (1d6)[4] (non magical, normal damage)
Acid damage - (1d4)[3] DC 11 fort for half (1)
DC 11 fort or be nauseated for 1 round (beginning your turn)

The giant beetle hits Narl with the spray
Fort DC 13 or take Acid - (1d4+2)[5], a successful save negates the damage


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[Deophaun]

Rose

Reinvigorated and inspired by her teammates, Rose moves towards the swarm and lobs the burning flask of oil.

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Attack at swarm in P10: (1d20+4)[8]
Coin-flip break chance (2 is break): (1d2)[1]
Damage: (1d6)[5] fire +50% against swarm

[redzimmer]

Seramal

Spoiler: Forts first

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(1d20+2)[14] acid
(1d20+2)[10] nausea

"Gragggrgrl!!"

Her orcish physique helps stave the worst of the acids, but beetles swarming all of her orifices cases her gorge to rise.

Frantically she rushes from the carpet of bugs.

Spoiler: Single move action

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Move at all permitted haste to Q5.
Seramal Three-Curses
F CG Half-orc Sorcerer, Level 2, Init 2, HP 5/12, Speed 30
AC 12, Touch 12, Flat-footed 10, Fort 2, Ref 2, Will 6, Base Attack Bonus 1
Masterwork Morningstar +2 (1d8+1, x2)
(+2 Dex)
Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 15
Condition Nauseated

[PeacefulOak]

Fardus the Dwarf

"I say, you lot seem to be having trouble landing your blows. Perhaps this will help." Pulling out a scroll case, Fardus unrolls a scroll and chants the incantation, tracing the text with a finger as he squints through his glasses.

Spoiler: OoC

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Move action - take out a scroll. Standard Action: Read Bless from the scroll, everyone is now #Blessed. If there is anyone I wouldn't get with it, I move so that I have line of effect on everyone (without actually stepping INTO the swarm).

[rax]

Narl

Narl senses more than he hears the giant beetle approaching, just managing to drop into a crouch while raising an arm to protect his face when the beetle unleashes its caustic spray! Through some miracle, only a pitiful spatter falls on his armoured forearm. "AAAH...HAHAHAHAAA!" Narl laughs out loud with hysterical glee, even as tears stream from his eyes. "Missed me, you dung-eating cockroach!" Whirling his flail above his head, he steps forward to deliver a downward strike with all his might.

Spoiler: Actions

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Move action: Move to U10.
Standard action: Attack with flail (1d20+5)[24]
Damage if successful: (1d10+3)[11]

[rax]

Woohoo! Potential crit! Finally, Narl's contributing!

Crit confirmation: (1d20+5)[23]
Damage if successful: (1d10+3)[4]

[J-H]

Casper
Glimpsing a flask of alchemist's fire strapped to Seramal's pack, Casper grabs it and throws it, despite his uncoordinated throwing arm.

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Should be no chance of collateral damage. Flaw (Shaky) comes into play!
Ranged touch (1d20+0)[20]
Damage (1d6)[6] plus maybe they catch fire.

[BelGareth]

The new beetle collapses as Narl explodes its head, as Casper throws a another flask at the mass of bugs, which promptly explodes, incinerating them. The remainder beetles disperse and scuttle off, no longer a threat.

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Out of rounds

[Deophaun]

Rose

With the torch still burning in her hands, she turns towards the room with the nest. The thought of rummaging through bug excrescence doesn't thrill her, but there is a lantern to be found somewhere. "Seramal, do you think one of your existing servants can help clean this up?"

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Rolls for bug room after unseen servant has had a chance to stir things up and make sure everything is innert:
Take 10 on Search: 23
Second Search: (1d20+13)[22]
Listen:(1d20+7)[24]
Spot:(1d20+4)[10]

[DrK]

Cyrius

The priest looks at the others and moves forward to look into the nest. Using booted feet to push through the mass of rubbish and filth. He glances around the rest of the party. "Hopefully there will be fewer bugs now we seem to have destroyed the nest." He glances back at the rest again - "Are any of you in need of healing? My God does not need to see any of you quite yet" he tries to grin to lift the mood with his joke.

[rax]

Narl

Narl emerges from the other room, wiping bits of beetle gore from his flail. A tear trickles from his left eye, but he is clearly in good spirits. "Did any of you see that? BAM! Beetle brains everywhere. I do believe I matched the Captain's excellent swordwork there. And yes, Brother Cyrius, if your god has healing to spare for a wayward sinner, I'll be happy to partake of his blessings."

[redzimmer]

Seramal

After vomiting out a mouthful of half-eaten beetles, Seramal is once more herself.

"These invisible guys are kinda useless at housekeeping. Oh hey, gimme that club."

She commands her remaining servant to bring over the great club while picking up her magically-lit coin.

[Debatra]

"My thanks, but I am well." The Dwarf casually takes a few steps ahead of the rest, trying to subtly stay in front of Seramel.

[J-H]

Casper

"This place is very strange, but it's not quite what I had in mind for 'adventure.' I hope that's the last of the bugs.

Seramal, do you have any more of those flasks of alchemist's fire?"

[redzimmer]

Seramal

"Fresh out luv," she says, rummaging through her pack.

"Got me some acid, and some liquid electricity though. Anyhow..."

She downs one of her healing potions. Dad might've been a jerk, but she'd be Gruumsh-damned if she left a dwarf heal her.

Spoiler: Another character flaw! Yay suicidal roleplaying!

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(1d8+1)[8]

[PeacefulOak]

Fardus the Dwarf

The heavily bearded dwarf shakes his head at the half-orc's foolishness. "My dear, I"m certain you know what is best for you, but if I might be so bold such immediate methods of healing might be best kept for the needs of the moment, rather than the space between such moments. Meaning, I could heal you just as easily, and with less waste." That said, Fardus hangs back in the group, realizing that neither his knowledge nor his magic will serve him well leading the way.

[redzimmer]

Seramal

"Alright then, but if Moradin and Grummsh suddenly manifest a'fore us and tell you to knock it off, I am gonna say I toldja so," she replies.

In truth she more followed Gruumsh for the pro-Orc stance. The whole anti-everyone-else dogma grated on her.

[BelGareth]

The invisible servant moves off to grab the club from the statue, and fails miserably.

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Sorry guys!

I'll get a real update soon, theres stuff to do!

[redzimmer]

Seramal

With a sigh, Seramal walks over to retrieve the club herself.

"With our luck, the statue's gonna eat me. Who wants this fancy ol' stick?"

[DrK]

Cyrius looks around before he plunges into the room where the bugs came from and starts searching around for any loot as he listens to the interplay going on behind him. He grins slightly, the merry interplay a stark contrast to the silent and quiet temple he normally stays in. Focusing back on the room he prods through the debris and sludge with his sword and hammer as crude tools

[BelGareth]

After defeating the bugs, and kicking your way through acid burned beetle dung, you manage to reveal the presence of three oblong lumps completely covered with the orange sludge. With some easy testing, you see this is not like the other sludge and does not move, multiply, or suck the cold from you. Uncovering the three lumps reveals three skeletonized remains still clad in ruined leather armor. An eight-pointed star symbol marks the left breast of each moldy suit of armor.

Spoiler: Bardic lore, knowledge geography, history or nobility 15

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Identifies the symbol as belonging to the Seekers, a group of unscrupulous archeologists and pseudohistorians.

You find 3 potions of cure light wounds on one of the skeletons and a pearl of power (1st) on another.

Further searching finds a mummified hand with a ring of feather falling on it.

~the other room~

You fail to remove the rod, it seems to be a part of the statue.

The corpse on the slab also wears armor with the eight-pointed star, but this armor (masterwork) has not been destroyed, as well as a silver ring (non magical)

You find nothing else in these rooms, nor does anything else happen.