2 - 017: A Copper for your Trouble

[K Man]

SEA GREEN

Gro-Bug steps up and buries his axe in the nearest scorpion with a howl. His veins bulge, his muscles ripple with the rage that consumes him. [Attack Results = 25, hit. Damage Results = 19] The creature recoils, losing a the whole left side of its mandible in the strike. It sprays the floor with sickly green blood.

Ellla directs Sax to leap down the stairs, which the dog does with ease. She then races past the rear scorpion, driving her lance into the monstrous vermin as she does. [Attack Results = 24, hit. Damage Results = 19] The beast stands little chance of surviving another blow like this as it is nearly knocked over. It screeches an ear-piercing howl of pain.

Black-Jack bobs and weaves, but the wily vermin closest to him never takes its eyes off the mark. [Unintelligent creatures can't be feinted. Attack Results = potential critical. Confirmed. Damage Results = 11 (crit)] Though he may not be able to fool it, Black-Jack still drives a devastating hit. He manages to pierce the creatures' right eye. It explodes in a gore of black goo and thick white slime.

Natsumi looses a glittering explosion of sparkling dust over the majority of the scorpions left. The dust falls over everything, getting in their eyes and forcing them to snap wildly. {Targeting the upper left corner of #4 with a 10' spread will get 1,2, 3, 4 & 6. What can I do to make the map more readable?} [WILL Saves = All Failures] IT seems to be very effective as all the scorpions snap wildly at you and each other, unable to see through the glittering cloud of dust.

Henrick swings on the scorpion before he and Gro-Bug. [Attack Results = miss] However, the dust must be messing with his vision because he fails to connect with the wild beast.

The scorpions continue to rake wildly and snap at whatever they can, their vision failing them. They seem to have an unnatural affinity to locate you though, as their claws and tails whip with precision. {Each Scorpion has Termorsense, so no miss checks right?...} [Attack Results = 1 claw and tail on Henrick for combined 8 damage + poison (Made FORT), and one claw on Black-Jack for 10] The scorpions launch a meager counteroffensive. They are mindless creatures snapping at anything they can...sometimes even each other. {If miss checks are needed, the two claws fail to connect, but the tail still hits Henrick for 3.}

Sean finishes his gestures and a mound of earth rises from behind the scorpions. Two sparkling blue gems for eyes and two massive mitts made of the very ground for hands. It slams into the nearest scorpion. {I couldn't get you behind #2 to flank, position OK?} [Attack Results = 14, miss.] However, the creature is ineffectual against the vermin.

{Sean, you also get an action in the same round as your elemental appearing.}

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Map;

<<<LEGEND>>>
B = Black-Jack
G = Gro-Bug
E = Ella
N = Natsumi
S = Sean
E = Sean's Earth Elemental

H = Henrick

Scorpion #5 - 6 +7 +9 + 16 = 38 Damage Taken (dead)

Scorpion #2 - 10 + 19 = 29 Damage Taken

Scorpion #3 - 19 = 19 Damage Taken

Scorpion #4 - 11 Damage Taken

All Scorpions are blinded, have to function on Tremorsense 60ft. .

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DARK RED

Lenny squeezes unseen through the door as the guardians pull them shut with their massive stone hands. They stare at you blankly, their faces devoid of emotion or anger...just simple guardians with an age-old simple task; keep out all but the dead kings of the Dwarves. For the moment, you have no choice but to place your faith in their abilities and hope they will perform their given tasks dutifully.

Still, you can't help but wonder....are Vorkal and his shadow minions watching you from the darkness, laughing? Will they fare any better at passing the guardians? What of the strange noises you hear at night? You limp out of the Halls of Glory, licking your wounds and praying that the answer is handed down from on high...because you've run out of options.

You pass the great stacks of clan bones in the underground, those uncelebrated Dwarven warriors that have passed. The clerics still search, but the Captain informs them that the outsiders are fairly certain the golden bone they seek is in the tomb of Garor Skullsplitter. The clerics gasp, knowing exactly what this means...passing the guardians. They return to the stacks, pretending to search diligently as--just like the captain--they lack the courage to face the guardians of their beloved.

You struggle up the steps and return to the halls of the Dwarves. The captain leads through the labyrinth of tunnels and corridors, past many clerics and soldiers. You take a turn and realize you have come back to the grand hall.

The grand hall is looking more festive with each passing minute. Banners are hung across the stone hallway, proclaiming the glory of the Dwarves in their tongues. Tables are spaced evenly apart, at their heads a large wooden platform. Atop these platforms, workers strain to lift massive kegs of ale for the festival. Mugs are centered around the tables next to plates and eating utensils.

It promises to be quite an event.

The captain leads you to the reception hall of King Dolster. As to be expected, the King is surrounded by advisers and clerics, all discussing the upcoming event. Currently, King Dolster holds his arms wide while a tailor measures him for ceremonial robes. He notes the grim look on your face.



"Why th'long face? Did ye not find a clue in th'halls o' glory?"

[TheZebraShakes™]

(It's not your maps, it's just me. )

Yeah, the tremorsense should get by the miss chances. though their AC suffers and they're denied their dex bonus to AC so that's good, and the rogue can sneak attack them under those conditions.

The character cannot see. He takes a -2 penalty to Armor Class, loses his Dexterity bonus to AC (if any), moves at half speed, and takes a -4 penalty on Search checks and on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Spot checks) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) to the blinded character. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of themm


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Wincing as Henrick and Black Jack are struck by the scorpion, Natsumi raises her wand once more and attempts to use it to deliver some damage.

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UMD wand of magic missiles, DC 20 for all wands
[dice=20]+13

Relieved that she can still somehow manage to make the device function properly without breaking it, she points toward the Scorpion in front of Gro Bug, or if that one is dead, then the one in front of Henrick.

[dice=4]
[dice=4]
+2

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INSPIRE COURAGE4/5 rounds remaining
+2 to attack, damage and saves v. charm and fear

Glitterdust effects 4/5 rounds remaining.[rand=836539993105510602254660229444416236071615702508554379691199914331]

[VemuKhaham]

Indeed, Gildas' face was grim, like King Dolster said. He made a bow before the king prior to answering him. "The bone, your majesty, is most likely to be found in the tombs of King Garor Skullsplitter..."

The king will realize what that means, and so he does not bother to explain. About their fight with the guardians, partly out of shame and the knowledge that the full tale will not please the dwarven king, he suffices to say: "The guardians would not let us past."

"Assuming that therefore our chances of obtaining the bone are diminished, we seek to ask for your benevolent aid in its safekeeping. The guardians will do their part, no doubt, but we fear that spirits such as Vorkal may have other ways to enter the tombs that we have not. Please, King Dolster, have your clerics patrol the tomb's edges, and have them investigate if the sounds we have heard during the night may be some attempt of the enemy to tunnel a way into the tombs. Of course, your great help will not go unnoticed by the Tertian people."

[Japic]

Amazed that the whole hoard of scorpions hadn't turned on her Ella wheels Sax about and charges back into the fray. She would not be able to move past again, but hopefully she could do some damage. She hopes that she can even do it without receiving an envenomed sting in the process.

(Charge 55' straight south, attack scorpion 1 w/reach.)

[dice=20](15)+12= 27 (should hit)

[dice=6][dice=6][dice=6](5,5,2) 12 +7 = 19 damage (song included)

AC 22
HP 43/43 (DR 3/-)

Ride @ +13 to avoid damage to the mount[rand=7288841068588178858535638398327289315768830602755146633221825216]

[TheUdjat]

Though he is amused at Gildas's delicate wording of their situation, Wanderer doesn't offer a correction, either. He lets the man speak, having nothing to really add - they could all agree that the dwarves should carefully monitor the tombs and patrol the area vigilantly.

Wanderer wonders if the king of dwarves is as afraid of the guardians as the rest of his people seem to be, but he has the presence of mind not to voice such a question.

[Wicksy]

Gro-Bug lunges at the scorpions once more, flecks of spit errupting from his mouth as he howls in blood lust...

{ok, i'm not by the magic item compedium but the bracers i have allow me to make one extra attack at my std attack bonus once per day i believe. I'll correct the post is needed when i get home tonight. I have a UKAS audit at work and i'm stressing out big time!}

1st attack directed at Scorpion 3

[dice=20] +16 = AC 32

2nd attack directed at Scorpion 2

[dice=20] +16 = AC 29

Scorpion 3 damage

[dice=12] + [dice=6] +13 = 23

Scorpion 2 damage

[dice=12] + [dice=6] +13 = 25[rand=76458120475296992330969506873120737387946753565881470545301792343]

[Fangor the Fierce]

Lenny simply stares at his 'last resort' potion in disgust. He had wasted the potion, but he had a chance. However small that chance was, it was there, and wasted as well. He tosses the empty flask into his pack, and shuffles his feet. When the first to speak talks about the possibility of the tombs being entered indirectly, his hopes soar. Perhaps if HE found that tunnel, then he could enter the tomb, retrieve the bone, and save the day.

In a perfect would he thinks to himself...

"So, got any ideas, your Majesty?"

[BluSpecs]

grimacing, black jack makes another attack on scorp 4

(flanked with Elemental)

Keen Rapier (effective +2) +11, d4+2, 16-20/x2 Sneak attack +2d6

[ryngo]

Wystfalrun is quiet before the king. The others have said what needed to be. But when they are done, he quietly asks that he and any of his comrades might be aloud to join any patrols of the surrounding area in search of tunnels or other signs of foul play.

After this meeting, he will be very grateful to be patched up by any well meaning clerics.