Second Darkness & St. Caspieran's Mission GM Battle Book [GMBB]

[lostsole31]

R1T11: Rodriguez begins chanting furiously as he shouts an order to Apophis. ”Apophis, try to pounce on one from up here! As long as you hit him he’ll break most of the fall. If you can’t see em’, starting climbing down!” Rodriguez can't get close to the ladder, and just looking down from where he is doesn't offer much as the sinkhole itself cuts off what one can see.

R1T10: Apophis moves to the ladder, climbs down to the bottom, and opens a space at the bottom.

R1T8: Visto, you are "disoriented" ... which is the underwater version of "prone." Also, you are underwater just below the surface. What do you do?

Eric on deck (do you take the raging song?), bogey in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23.
Ozzy: 15.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12.
Rodriguez: 11.
Apophis: 10.
Visto: 8. Disoriented (prone).
Eric: 4.

[lostsole31]

R1T8: Visto does his best to right himself in the water, first, but before doing so he is attacked from both sides for his trouble. His back gets bitten for 4, and something gnoshes on his right shoulder for 7. He still manages to right himself, but then he tries to swim to the surface. Being a creature of the air and not being strong, however, is evident as he sinks now. Visto is also finding that he needs to be careful so as not to run out of air. Luckily, when he landed in the water, his wings had furled out enough to give him a momentary gasp and re-influx of a full lungs' worth of breath ... and while he can't swim, Visto can hold his breath far better than his peers.

R1T4: Eric, what do you do?

Bogey on deck, Ozzy/Ginny in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. AOO used.
Ozzy: 15.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. AOO used.
Rodriguez: 11.
Apophis: 10.
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (34).
Eric: 4.

[lostsole31]

R1T4: "Yoohoo, water fight!" Eric calls before stepping to the edge, taking a deep breath, and jumping into the water where it didn't seem to be as much churning.

Though he jumps feet-first, it is a controlled jump, so when he lands he only takes 3 NL + disoriented, but at least he doesn't expel his air. His body harmlessly impacts Visto directly beneath him! Eric finds himself being flanked by two fishes AND disoriented (underwater version of prone) and is unable to take up a stance but lashes out wildly at one of the bitey-fish.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T23: Eric gets bit in the left shoulder for 5, and then smacked in the head by a tail for 2.

R2T15: Ozzy, it is lonely up here now. What do you do? Ginny does not have eyes on target.

Sol on deck, bogey in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23.
Ozzy: 15.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. AOO used.
Rodriguez: 11.
Apophis: 10.
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (34).
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (28). DISORIENTED!!!

[lostsole31]

R2T15: Ozzy turns around and steps onto the ladder. He feels a wave of vertigo throwing him off as he looks between his feet below him at the scene, and realizes he is a bit higher up than expected. After giving a mind to akashic defense, he tepidly begins to climb down the ladder.

Spoiler: Ozzy

Show

You didn't say you were attempting an accelerated climb, which is good, because your first Climb check would have had you falling if you tried. As it is, you stalled out on the first attempt, and then got 5' down on the next try.

As that is happening, Ginny flies over the pool and informs Ozzy.

Spoiler: Ginny >>> Ozzy

Show

"Okay, two big fish attacking Eric, who might have fallen on Visto? I can't see Visto anymore. But they're all underwater right now."

R2T13: Sol, who can't swim, delays ...

R2T12: Eric gets bit in the belly by a second fish for 5, and then its tail hits him in the knee for 6.

R2T11: Rod, do you continue your raging song? What do you do? You don't really have a good handle on the battle below the surface of the water other than a lot of churning and splashing from your vantage.

Apophis on deck, Visto in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23.
Ozzy: 15. 15' up on ladder.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12.
Rodriguez: 11.
Apophis: 10.
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (34).
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (28). DISORIENTED!!!

[lostsole31]

R2T11: Rodriguez moves to the ladder and gets onto the ladder at the top, but can't move past Ozzy who is right below him.

R2T10: Apophis continues to take the raging song, adjusts his position on the tiny "beach" and jumps into the water, being sure to swim at the top to keep hearing the song. He is unable to land a good bite on the fishy nearest him.

R2T8: Visto, you are no longer "disoriented," but you aren't doing a good job of swimming as you are 10' below the surface, and now Eric is directly above you, as well as fishies to each side and Apophis to another side. You can't get the benefit of the song here. What do you do?

Eric on deck, Silver on deck ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23.
Ozzy: 15. 15' up on ladder.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12.
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (34).
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (28). DISORIENTED!!!

[lostsole31]

R2T8: Visto actually does a good job of getting out from under anything else, but in doing so he opens up attack from both of the fish. He gets bit by both fish for 12 total. Visto keeps trying to swim, this time to get towards the surface, and fails miserably. He sinks another 5' with the only benefit is he is now too far from the fish for them to attack unless they give chase.

R2T4: Eric, you are currently 5' below the surface and unable to benefit from the warbles of Rod's raging song that is barely heard. You are being flanked by two fish-like creatures. Visto is no longer underneath you, but to the side and out of reach. You are "disoriented," which means you suffer all the penalties of being prone until you spend a MA to right yourself. The two fish just attacked Visto and their attention is on him, so you should be safe if you should try that. You are currently holding your breath. What do you do?

Fish to the south on deck, Ozzy/ Ginny in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. AOO used.
Ozzy: 15. 15' up on ladder.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. AOO used.
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (32). 15' depth.
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (28). DISORIENTED!!!

[lostsole31]

R2T4: Eric rights himself, trying to get into a defensive stance - but discovering that he doesn't know how to effectively do that in the water. Still, he unleashes his ancestral thirst for blood at the fish closer to the wall. As with his failure to adopt a stance underwater, his weapon is not made for aquatic combat. He manages to poke his target for 4, but that is more of intuitive combat than any good martial technique, and Eric feels no benefit for his efforts as he then sinks 5' (10' below surface).

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T23: The other fish, the one to that is more in open water, bites down at Eric's upper left arm for 4, and then hits the dhampir ineffectually with its tail.

R3T15: Ozzy, you are 15' up on the ladder. Do you accept the raging song? What do you do?

Fish to north on deck, Rod in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (32:32).
Ozzy: 15. 15' up on ladder.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32). AOO used.
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (32). 15' depth.
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (26).

[lostsole31]

R3T15: Drawing strength from Rod's song, Ozzy quickly climbs down the rest of the way, gets into a stance that spells doom for his enemies, and then tries to spear the closest fish. He thinks it might be in range, but the punching the spear into water doesn't hit anything ... either because the fish is too fast; the refraction threw off Ozzy's expectation of its depth; or normal refraction threw off his precision; or a combination of these factors. Ginny circles over the water, unable to really contribute.

R3T13: Sol, standing next to Ozzy, comes out of delay to move to the other side of the lake to let light wash over the whole cavern and to give Rod a space to go to when he gets down.

R3T12: The fish to the north bites Eric in the neck for 8 and follows up with a tail slap to his upper arm for 7.

R3T11: Rod, you are currently doing your raging song. You are at the top of the ladder. What do you do?

Apophis on deck, Visto in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (32:32).
Ozzy: 15. Taking Raging Song! Aura of misfortune.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (32). 15' depth.
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (26).

[lostsole31]

R3T11: Continuing to chant powerfully, Rodriguez will start making his way down the ladder as far as he can go. He shouts to his eidolon.”Get in close, the spirits can make good work of the fish!” Rodriguez looks for an area of solid ground that isn’t underwater, though he is standing as close as he can right now to the action underwater.

R3T10: Apophis spirals his coils to tread water, but remains on the surface for the raging song before making a quick dart underwater to bite the nearby fish for 10, and now grabbing it. Something happens as this is going down, and it looks like Apophis might be bleeding (4 bleed) from mouth). At this point, to maintain a hold, Apophis is at the surface but his head is underwater.

R3T8: Visto, you are at a depth of 15'. Eric is adjacent to you (5' above and to the side). What do you do?

Eric on deck, Grabbed fish in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (22:32). GRABBED by Apophis.
Ozzy: 15. Taking Raging Song! Aura of misfortune.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (32). 15' depth.
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (26).

[lostsole31]

R3T8: Visto continues to try to swim to the surface. He feels very uncomfortable under the water as it is, and doubly so since there's fighting going on. He panics and tries to go as fast upwards as possible, expelling too much air for the effort, and sinking another 5', now out of reach of Eric.

R3T4: Eric, you are currently at a depth of 10', with the fish on either side of you, 5' above you. You realize your unfamiliarity with the terrain completely botches stances and maneuvers, and without keeping an eye to swimming each round (a MA), you will just continue to sink. What do you do?

"Silver" on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (22:32). GRABBED by Apophis.
Ozzy: 15. Taking Raging Song! Aura of misfortune.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 20' depth.
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (26).

[lostsole31]

R3T4: Not really in a position to fight back, nor really able to swim up effectively, Eric goes on the defensive, trusting his allies to open the way. He sinks 5'.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T23: Silver bites Apophis for 9.

R4T15: Ozzy, you are currently taking the raging song. What do you do?

Sol on deck, "Black" (fish to north) in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (22:32). GRABBED by Apophis.
Ozzy: 15. Taking Raging Song! Aura of misfortune.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13.
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 20' depth.
Eric: 4. Hold Breath (24). TD. 15' depth.

[lostsole31]

R4T15: Moving along the shore, Ozzy moves to clear the nearest land for the fighters in the water to return to, and, reluctantly, enters the water south of the conflict to help. Holding his breath and submerging underwater (and no longer benefiting from the rage song), Ozzy attempts to stab at the southern fish with his akashic spear for 9 akashic while keeping his other hand braced against land. Ginny flies around, circling above her master's general position.

R4T13: Sol, helpless, delays but otherwise keeps his sunrod held over the water to light the water and the area as best as possible.

R4T12: Black swims down just a little to attack Eric from above, biting Eric right in the ear w/ a light crit wound for 16. This is enough for Eric to expel his air and go limp, bleeding into the water. The fish is to into its attack and continues with a tail slap against Eric's head for 4.

R4T11: Rod, do you maintain your raging song? What do you do?

Apophis on deck, Visto in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (13:32). GRABBED by Apophis.
Ozzy: 15. Aura of misfortune. At surface, but head underwater. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Rodriguez: 11. 20' up on ladder. RAGING SONG!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 20' depth.
Eric: 4. Breath lost. DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R4T11: In between chants, Rodriguez shouts to his eidolon ”Pull, up, fish!” he then delays.

R4T10: Apophis takes 1 bleed from the mouth. He coils out of the water and onto the ledge, carrying the fish so that Rod could attack it if desired.

R4T8: Visto, you are 20' underwater, and Eric is limp just above you. What do you do?

Eric on deck, Silver on deck, Rod delaying ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (13:32). GRABBED by Apophis.
Ozzy: 15. Aura of misfortune. At surface, but head underwater. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Rodriguez: 11. RAGING SONG! DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 20' depth.
Eric: 4. Breath lost. DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R4T9: Rodriguez comes out of delay shouting to Sol, "Sol! Bomb this thing! Apophis won’t be hurt by the fire!” His chants rising in volume, Rodriguez brings down his guisarme on the beached fish, hitting it soundly 13, disabling it! A ghostly maenad screams and bites the fish for 7 NE, dropping it.

R4T8: Visto, you are 20' underwater, and Eric's limp form is above you. What do you do?

Eric on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (-7:32). GRABBED by Apophis. DYING!!!
Ozzy: 15. Aura of misfortune. At surface, but head underwater. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Rodriguez: 11. RAGING SONG!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 20' depth.
Eric: 4. Breath lost. DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R4T8: Visto might be struggling to swim, but he still can tell that Eric is hurt. He draws out his Akashic power from Eric and redirects it into his friend's wounds, allowing them to start closing up. After making contact with his friend, Visto tries again to swim upward, still extremely uncomfortable under the water, but managing to get at level with Eric, just as ...

R4T4: Eric's bleeding stops as he gains 5 healing, but is still unconscious. Unable to breath taken out of him, he is at round one of drowning. He drifts down another 5', so that he and Visto have effectively swapped vertical positions.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ...

R5T15: Ozzy, what do you do? You don't really see anything going on underwater. Ginny is flying next to you. Do you take the raging song this round?

Black fish on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (-8:32). GRABBED by Apophis. DYING!!!
Ozzy: 15. Aura of misfortune. At surface, but head underwater. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). GRABBING Silver. Breath (25).
Rodriguez: 11. RAGING SONG!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 15' depth.
Eric: 4. FH5 til R9T8. Round one of drowning complete. 20' depth.

[lostsole31]

R5T15-14.9: With the defeat of one of the fish completed, Ozzy will take a breath and submerge under the water to see the situation. Visto is slowly, very badly, swimming upwards (15' depth), and below him is a limp Eric (20' depth) and you don't even see the double-bladed spear. Ten feet below the surface, by the northeastern wall, and threatening Visto is another of these ugly, toothy fish. The other thing Ozzy notices is that this "pool" is more of a filled-in chimney as the bottom funnels to a large hole below whose extent you cannot determine.

Ozzy pops up his head and shouts, "Eric needs help NOW!"

He concentrates and puts his head back under after a breath, but finds that even with the wall there for partial balance, he is unable to use his fading strike for some reason. But in the attempt has let go of the wall, and sinks five feet under the surface.

Ginny sets down.

R5T12: Sensing an easy meal, Visto sees the fish dart down from above him to below him as it bites Eric for 8, and then tail slaps him for 6.

R5T10: Apophis, suffers 1 bleed from the mouth. He releases his grappling bite on the beached fish and then goes underwater, no longer getting the raging song, wriggling his way in the water towards Eric.

R5T11: Rod, nobody else is taking, or can take, your raging song right now. Do you maintain it? What do you do?

Visto on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Swamp Barracuda (Silver): 23. (-8:32). GRABBED by Apophis. DYING!!!
Ozzy: 15. Aura of misfortune. Depth 5'. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). Breath (24). Depth 5'.
Rodriguez: 11. RAGING SONG!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 15' depth.

[lostsole31]

R5T11: To angry with the way this whole thing has been going to stop, Rod amplifies his song as he skewers the fish on land with a coup de grace. When his maenad spirits don't bother with the gutted fish, he knows this thing is finally dead.

R5T8: Visto, what do you do? You know enough about animal predators that either Eric will be seen as a meal and the last fish will try to depart with him; or everyone is seen as encroaching on its territory and it will attack until it is dead. You are 15' below the surface, holding your breath. Eric looks to be in a very bad way, and you had previously dropped him from your akashic bond.

Ozzy/ Ginny on deck ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Ozzy: 15. Aura of misfortune. Depth 5'. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). Breath (24). Depth 5'.
Rodriguez: 11. RAGING SONG!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (30). 15' depth.

DEAD
Eric. Swamp Barracuda (1).

[lostsole31]

R5T8: Visto easily latches onto Eric, but all of his effort can't pull him up. In fact, they both sink as Eric's weight and equipment threaten to plunge Visto to the bottom of whatever this subterranean pool may have.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6 ...

R6T15: Ozzy finds that in the water he can't maintain his stance (loses aura of misfortune) as it is a completely alien environment for him. What does he do? He sees Visto unable to take Eric's weight as they both sink.

Fish on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Ozzy: 15. Depth 5'. Hold breath (31).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Taking Raging Song! Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). Breath (24). Depth 5'.
Rodriguez: 11. RAGING SONG!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (28). 20' depth. Holding Eric and sinking because he has no chance of carrying that weight.

DEAD
Eric. Swamp Barracuda (1).

[lostsole31]

R6T15: Ozzy considers swimming down to aid his drowning allies, but his lack of ability and the nearby fish dissuade him from following through. Ozzy attempts to make for the surface and shore. Ozzy .... right next to the wall of the ground ... splashes around and sinks farther down.

Ginny is looking right into the water, seeing this.

Spoiler: Ginny >>> Ozzy

Show

"Use the wall and 'climb' up, but using the water to help kick and propel you, too!"

R6T12: The fish thought it was about to just stroll off with a meal, but now it has a competitor. This strange, feather-winged creature obviously wants to eat the creature it worked so hard to ambush and hunt, and it's not having any of that. The fish's meal is dragging his competitor down, though, and is unable to move out of the way when it bites Visto for 9, though the tail slap is stopped by the leather armor. The fish then gets to Visto's level.

R6T10: Apophis takes 1 bleed from the mouth. Unlike the rest of the party, Apophis is at least understands the fundamental of swimming; that, or his sinuous body makes it seem that way. He swims over to above the fish.

R6T9: Rod, do you maintain the raging song? There is nobody that can make use of it, and no enemy to attack. What do you do?

Visto on deck, Ozzy in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Ozzy: 15. Depth 10'. Hold breath (29).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). Breath (22). Depth 5'.
Rodriguez: 9. RAGING SONG!
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (28). 20' depth. Holding Eric and sinking because he has no chance of carrying that weight.

DEAD
Eric. Swamp Barracuda (1).

[lostsole31]

R6T9: After letting out some anger on the beached fish, Rodriguez stops his song and focuses on Apophis. As wounds begin appearing on his body, some of the serpent’s wounds close. After this, he takes a deep breath and dives into the water. Swimming toward the melee with the fish, he sends Apophis a telepathic message.

Spoiler: Rod >>> Apophis

Show

”Get the fish. If you can, pull it out of the water”.

R6T8: Visto, you are only going to get dragged under with Eric's weight. Worse, you can't even duck out of the way of an incoming attack, and you expend extra air in the effort. What do you do?

End Round 6, Begin Round 15 ...

R15T15: Ozzy, you are holding your breath at a depth of 10'. You panicked, but Ginny is right. It isn't assured, but you'll have some help if you use the wall to help move up upwards.

Fish on deck, Apophis in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Ozzy: 15. Depth 10'. Hold breath (29).
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Swamp Barracuda (Black): 12. (28:32).
Apophis: 10. Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). Breath (22). Depth 5'.
Rodriguez: 9.
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (28). 20' depth. Holding Eric and sinking because he has no chance of carrying that weight.

DEAD
Eric. Swamp Barracuda (1).

[lostsole31]

R6T8: Visto doesn't want to drown, or leave his friend behind, but he can't save anyone if he dies, so he lets go of Eric and begins heading to the surface.

End Round 6, Begin Round 7 ...

R7T15: Taking Ginny’s advice, Ozzy drops his spear of light letting it dissipate and grabs the wall with both hands to climb it while kicking with his feet to surface. He takes a breath, holding onto the side, but still in the water.

R7T12: The fish grabs onto Eric's body, and swims far faster below than any can get to it. There is no way you can catch it.

R7T10: Apophis takes 2 bleed from the mouth.

Spoiler: Apophis >>> Rod

Show

"Boss, should I follow?"

Rod, what do you do? Do you answer Apophis?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Ozzy: 15.
* Ginny: 14.9.
Sol: 13. DELAYING!!!
Apophis: 10. Bleeding mouth (1d6/rd, DC 20 Heal to stop). Breath (22). Depth 5'.
Rodriguez: 9.
Visto: 8. Hold Breath (26). 10' depth.

DEAD
Eric. Swamp Barracuda (1).

[lostsole31]

Surprise Round ...

S13: A small stalactite hangs from the cavern ceiling, seemingly suffused with strange crystalline veins and nodules. Without warning, its crystalline elements begin glowing faintly and crackling with barely restrained energy, just before those lights strobe out painfully to the eyes! Ginny and Apophis are both dazzled by the effect!

S9: Another of the stalactites, next to the first and both in front of and just above Ozzy also gives a strobing flare. This time, Visto, Ginny, and Rod are dazzled (and Ginny and Apophis both affected further).

Begin Round One ...

R1T18: Visto, you are dazzled right now. What do you do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Sol: 16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!!
DS1 (Red): 13. Can't flare again until R4T13.
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. Can't flare again until R1T9.

[lostsole31]

R1T18: With the rush of the attack and the threat of the creature he has noticed, Visto's power over storms, muted as it may be within the tunnel, starts to rage, and he brings it to bear upon the creature, causing the sound of a crack of thunder to resound within the tunnel. A sudden peal of thunder then booms next to Red for 4 sonic + deafened.

R1T16: Sol calls out, "Darklands sentinels! Magic beasts, so physically tough. That flare you saw might be a visual alarm for others, but with Visto's thunder, I guess it doesn't matter. Immune to electricity. Sense vibrations in the ground."

Sol concentrates, and a 4-foot sphere of fire appears in the tunnel right below a sentinel before the sphere pops upwards to burn Blue for 4 fire. The flaming sphere drops back to the ground.

R1T14: Ozzy, you are currently dazzled. What do you do? What do you have Ginny do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!!
DS1 (Red): 13. (26:30). Can't flare again until R4T13. DEAFENED til R2T18!!!
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. (26:30). Can't flare again until R1T9.

[lostsole31]

R1T14:

Spoiler: Ozzy >>> Ginny

Show

”Attack Visto’s target!”

Ginny darts off of Ozzy's shoulder to move forward aerobatically to give a vicious peck to the one sentinel for 5 before attempting a wingover and fails, falling to the ground. Because it is crowded where she is, she is still acrobatic in not getting hit by a counter attack, but she lands and stumbles and falls by Ozzy.

Ozzy channels Essence into his spear and stabs at the nearest Sentinel with a strike (that hits against its stony shell) before ducking back hopefully out of range of retaliation.

R1T13: Red reaches down to snap at the fallen raven, but being on the ceiling misjudges the distance and misses.

R1T12: Rodriguez, you are dazzled by the sparky lights, but can otherwise act normally. What do you do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! PRONE!!!
DS1 (Red): 13. (21:30). Can't flare again until R4T13. DEAFENED til R2T18!!!
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. (26:30). Can't flare again until R1T9.

[lostsole31]

R1T12: Rodriguez begins chanting fiercely, slamming the haft of his weapon on the stone floor to make a backbeat. He pulls a water skin of alcohol off his belt and holds it in his tail. He then moves as close as he can to one of the creatures before shouting to his eidolon.”Go for the one straight to the north! Flank it if you can!”

A screaming maenad tears her nails into the sentinel for 8 NE.

R1T10: Apophis moves forward to try to get past the sentinels but fails, but at least he doesn't get burned by Sol's sphere for trying it. A screaming maenad wisping around him misses the sentinel.

R1T9: Blue shuffles north along the ceiling before letting loose with an arcing spark that hits Apophis for 6 electricity (he doesn't appear harmed, though).

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T18: Visto, do you take the rage song? You are dazzled. What do you do?

Sol on deck, Ozzy/ Ginny in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! PRONE!!!
DS1 (Red): 13. (13:30). Can't flare again until R4T13. DEAFENED til R2T18!!!
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!! RAGING SONG (lesser spirit totem). Water skin held by tail.
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!! RAGE!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. (26:30). Can't flare again until R1T9.

[lostsole31]

R2T18: Visto shakes off the power of the music, allowing the power of storms to rage within him to empower him further, he launches another crack of thunder upon his target. Maybe because the creature had been deafened previously, but just as it is shaking the effects of that last off, its reduced hearing helps protect it from the next peal of thunder to only take 4 sonic.

R2T16: Sol has his flaming sphere jump up again, but his fiery emotions are not as good as his alchemical analysis, and this time the sentinel ducks out of the way as the sphere pops back down to the ground underneath it.

R2T14-13.9: Ozzy, you are still dazzled, and now Ginny is prone (and dazzled). What do you do? What do you have Ginny do?

Red on deck, Rod in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! PRONE!!!
DS1 (Red): 13. (9:30). Can't flare again until R4T13.
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!! RAGING SONG (lesser spirit totem). Water skin held by tail.
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!! RAGE!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. (26:30). Can't flare again until R1T9.

[lostsole31]

R2T14-13.9:

Spoiler: Ozzy >>> Ginny

Show

”Wait for my strike before standing!”

Letting the hot-blooded emotions from the song fill him, Ozzy switches stance before letting loose a strike at Red, his dark focus and enraged strength carrying the strike through to hit the sentinel for 15, which is enough for it to drop off the ceiling onto the floor, unmoving. Despite the screaming maenad's ghostly emanation from Ozzy, it bounces its fist against the sentinel's carapace.

A deep gloom forms around Ginny and she hops onto her legs as she caws angrily and pecks at the sentinel out of spite for 8. Her maenad doesn't attack it.

R2T12: Rod, you are still dazzled, and singing a raging song while holding a waterskin with your tail. The remaining sentinel has a flaming sphere directly underneath it that doesn't show, so be careful. What do you do?

Apophis on deck, Blue in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!! Accepted raging song!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! Accepted raging song!!!
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!! RAGING SONG (lesser spirit totem). Waterskin held by tail.
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!! RAGE!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. (26:30). Can't flare again until R1T9.

[lostsole31]

R2T12: Rodriguez takes a swig of the mead in his waterskin. Seemingly invigorated, he barely pauses his chanting even to breath. He moves to the north east of Apophis pointing his weapon at the creature. His maenad strikes the sentinel for 9 NE.

R2T10: Apophis is still dazzled and taking the raging song, and slithers forward to create a fighting line with his master. He lashes out to bite the sentinel through its rocky hide for 9, but does not grab on. His tail slap then smacks the creature for 8, which disables the creature.

R2T9: The creature, doomed as it is, scuttles back along the ceiling just enough to begin a chargeup of electricity. Rod tries to stop it with his guisarme, but misses. An arc reaches out to strikes Rod in his upper left thigh for 4 electricity. Wounded and exhausted, the creature falls to the ground, taking 4 from the impact, and is not moving.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T18: Visto, what do you do? You are still dazzled from the after effects of strobing.

Sol on deck, Ozzy/ Ginny in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Brown Trog: 17. (20:20).
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16.
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!! Accepted raging song!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! Accepted raging song!!!
Red Trog: 13. (20:20).
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!! RAGING SONG (lesser spirit totem) [he'll be nauseated for 1 round after song ends]. Waterskin held by tail.
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!! RAGE!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
DS2 (Blue): 9. (-5:30). Can't flare again until R1T9. DYING!!!
Blue Trog: 7. (20:20).
Green Trog: 3. (20:20).

[lostsole31]

R3T18: The power of storm continues to rage within Visto, but the power of his veil has reached its limit. Nonetheless, he draws upon that veil and launches another crack of thunder by the dying creature, which is now dead for sure.

R3T17: A troglodyte double moves in, having come from the west, to now stand before Rod.

R3T14: The wave of stench that hits with the troglodyte coming in is enough to sicken Sol. In response to that, he rolls his flaming sphere into the trog, but the trog beats it back with its club.

R3T14: Ozzy, you are still dazzled, and currently accepting raging song. Roll a Fort save vs. the troglodyte's stench. What do you do this round? What do you have Ginny do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Brown Trog: 17. (20:20).
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16. SICKENED til R13T14!!!
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!! Accepted raging song!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! Accepted raging song!!!
Red Trog: 13. (20:20).
Rodriguez: 12. DAZZLED til R2T9!!! RAGING SONG (lesser spirit totem) [he'll be nauseated for 1 round after song ends]. Waterskin held by tail.
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!! RAGE!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Blue Trog: 7. (20:20).
Green Trog: 3. (20:20).

DEAD
Darklands Sentinels (2).

[lostsole31]

R3T14: Resisting the awful odor, Ozzy marks the Trog as his target before moving to engage it in combat. He senses the trog, but it is too early for his ability to regain the maneuver he used previously. He steps over the fallen foe and relies on teamwork with Rod to slip behind the Trog before striking it in the kidney for 15.

Spoiler: Ozzy >>> Ginny

Show

”Fly in I’ll cover you.”

Ginny Flies up and forward, zooming in acrobatically to peck the trog for 3, before continuing NE to the little alcove there.

Spoiler: Ginny >>> Ozzy

Show

"*Glrch* Sonavabitch he stinks!"

Ozzy's Rod-granted maenad shrieks and tears into Brown for 7 NE ... enough to drop it.

R3T13: Another troglodyte charges in from the NW at Rod. Ozzy spins to try and catch him mid-charge, but that opens him up to a poke in the vitals from his current enemy for 1 CON. The charging trog (Red) slams his club hard against Rod's armor but other than a momentary sting does not injure the singing tiefling.

R3T12: Rod, you are no longer dazzled. You are currently singing a raging song, and have a waterskin with mead held by your tail. Roll a Fort save against the troglodyte stench. What does Rod do?

Apophis on deck ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Visto: 18. DAZZLED til R4T9!!!
Brown Trog: 17. (-5:20). DYING!!!
Sol: 16. Flaming sphere til R4T16. SICKENED til R13T16!!!
Ozzy: 14. DAZZLED til R3T9!!! Accepted raging song!!! Succeeded vs. stench (Brown). 1 CON damage.
* CLAIM: Brown (til R4T14).
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
>>> Ginny: 13.9. DAZZLED til R6T9!!! Accepted raging song!!! SICKENED til R13T14 (Failed vs. Brown, Red, & Blue)!!!
Red Trog: 13. (20:20). Charged.
Rodriguez: 12. RAGING SONG (lesser spirit totem) [he'll be nauseated for 1 round after song ends]. Waterskin held by tail.
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Apophis: 10. Shield til 2.8 min. DAZZLED til R4T9!!! RAGE!!!
* AB: THP 5. +2 insight saves. +4 insight damage rolls.
Blue Trog: 7. (20:20).
Green Trog: 3. (20:20).

DEAD
Darklands Sentinels (2).