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Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« on: August 12, 2011, 11:16:34 PM »
As you jump into the pit, you stumble on the uneven surface, and hear it crunch under your feet. The ground around the portal is completely blanketed in ancient bones, and their dust leaves a bitter taste in your mouth as they crumble under your feet. The last thing many of you think as you leap through the portal is that this trip might not have been such a good idea...

Inside the portal, though disembodied, you get the sensation of traveling at ever-increasing speeds, till finally you're catapulted through the other side, and tumble onto the ground.

As you roll to your feet, the bad news is... you notice that your magic and items are still not functioning. You see the portal behind you, but its surface on this side is dull, like murky water. As expected, it looks like a one-way trip. What was nothing but a pile of rubble in the "future" now towers over you as a massive domed structure. There are dead and dying bodies of many types of creatures literally covering the floor, and you can hear screams and see various creatures running around swatting themselves and waving their arms as if they've gone completely mad.

Then just as you notice a loud humming sound around you, you see the even worse news... and the source of the "craziness" of those unfortunate souls around you, as swarms of hellish looking wasps head toward you and being stinging you all over, and trying to climb into every exposed orifice...

[spoiler]You're in a domed room 100 feet across and 50 feet high. There are hellwasp swarms everywhere, and you're still in a dead magic zone. You all take 3d6=12 damage and need to make two DC 18 Fort saves (one vs. poison, the other nausea). There are several other still living creatures here, mostly humanoids with a couple of mounts, but they're all looking pretty busy trying to beat the wasps off of them. There are also what looks like at least 100 hundreds or maybe even thousands of corpses... (edit: decided that 100 wasn't nearly enough :P ) What do you do? [/spoiler]

Initiative (recycled)

[spoiler]Ris-Janna 33
Oggug 32
Cade 29
Erlking 28
Xuuvosic 26
Uvorix 26
Oaxool 23
Kaemarah 24
Marlowe 22
Hellwasp Swarm 1d20+10=21
Raoul 21
Hannavrah 16
Siphsis 15
Shlurshech 12[/spoiler]
« Last Edit: August 14, 2011, 12:12:28 PM by PhaedrusXY »
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2011, 12:53:49 AM »
[spoiler]I take it hiding from the swarms isn't an option? :P[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2011, 02:17:39 AM »
[spoiler]With Ex HiPS, maybe.[/spoiler]
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2011, 02:29:20 AM »
[spoiler]Is the Tome Assassin's HiPS Extraordinary? I really should have marked that a while back.

Yep, it is. Looks like everything except Cloak of Discretion and Palm Weapon are.[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2011, 02:33:49 AM »
Cade manages to block out the poison; at least some part of his demonic blood must be surging right now, but it doesn't help him as his stomach turns and he loses his lunch, and is apparently just fine.

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Cade's Fort saves:
1d20(20)+11=31
1d20(8)+11=19


Damn negative levels. Damn dead magic zone. >_<

Damn hellwasps.
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« Last Edit: August 13, 2011, 02:49:55 AM by VennDygrem »

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2011, 02:37:16 AM »
[spoiler]You have negative levels? From what? I'd forgotten that...[/spoiler]
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2011, 02:42:01 AM »
Marlowe retches as the swarm repeatedly stings him, valiantly trying not to get any of the sick on his clothes.

[spoiler]Fortitude saves against nausea and poison (1d20+9=12, 1d20+9=21)

Well, looks like I'm in the same boat as Cade just sick of this silliness.

Nauseated, 28 hit points remaining.

Also, is there a window or something at the top of the chamber? How high up do the swarms go?[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2011, 02:44:50 AM »
[spoiler]I'm not sure, am I thinking of another game? I'm having trouble keeping track of all this, but I could have sworn I've been taking off an extra 2 points off most of my rolls for negative levels from something...

 ???

If there aren't any, then that completely changes that last post.

--edit--
I can't find any reference to it, I really wonder what I was thinking of...[/spoiler]
« Last Edit: August 13, 2011, 02:46:22 AM by VennDygrem »

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2011, 05:36:54 PM »
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Also, is there a window or something at the top of the chamber? How high up do the swarms go?[/spoiler]
Since you're engulfed in a swarm, and the blasted wasps seem to be everywhere, it's hard to see whether there are swarms up near the top of the dome or not with certainty. From what you can make out, it certainly looks like there are fewer of them.

And now that you try to take in some details from your surroundings, you notice that there are small holes spread out around the dome, and for the first time in some months you see sunlight as it pours through them in thin shafts. The vampires in your group also notice this of course, and hiss as they try to avoid getting in any of the beams of light pouring in from the holes.

You notice what was apparently the corpse of a small dragon just a few moments ago stand up nearby and begin shambling toward your group. Its skin writhes in a disturbing fashion, and you see wasps crawl in and out of its nose, mouth, and even ears.

[spoiler]Appropriate knowledge checks (which I'm certain someone can make) would identify it as a wyvern zombie, and also know that it has been inhabited by a swarm of hell wasps which has animated it.

If anyone wants to reroll initiative, go ahead, or you can just keep using the previous encounter's initiative, since you guys never really left "combat time". :P[/spoiler]

« Last Edit: August 13, 2011, 05:41:03 PM by PhaedrusXY »
[spoiler]
A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2011, 12:21:23 AM »
As Marlowe (and anyone else who wants to) looks around, he sees that the walls are covered in all kinds of blood, flecks of skin, fingernails (and claws), and that in places there are even cracks and the beginnings of larger holes in the walls where countless creatures have tried to claw their way out... and presumably failed. The largest openings that are actually letting light in are all about the same size, which is smaller than the wrist of an adult human.

You also notice that even though most of the humanoids currently trying to fight off the wasps in here with you have really finely crafted weapons drawn, none of those weapons are glowing, shooting flames out of them, or doing anything looking remotely magical. There are also a few figures high in the air, either crawling along the inside of the domed roof or flying (with wings), and none of their stuff looks like it has any magical spunk, either. And they're also getting swarmed by wasps you realize, as one of them slips from the ceiling and falls to his death with a scream and a dull thud.

[spoiler]Yeah, Marlowe could attempt to hide from the swarms (and everything else), then.[/spoiler]
« Last Edit: August 14, 2011, 01:33:14 AM by PhaedrusXY »
[spoiler]
A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2011, 01:27:56 AM »
[spoiler]Rolls for Nausea and poison respectively. (1d20+6=18, 1d20+6=25)

22 HP remaining.[/spoiler]

Raoul somehow manages to emerge relatively unscathed from the entire mess - at least not counting the horrible, horrible sensation of a few hundred bugs wanting to rape his flesh with stingers - though he doesn't really have much he can do in his current predicament. Lacking a better alternative, he draws his sword and swings it around in a futile attempt to swat back the swarm. His weapon is neither magical at the moment nor appropriate to the task, but it is all he can really try to do in his current situation.
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2011, 03:21:04 AM »
[spoiler]Knowledge: Arcana- 1d20(20)+7=27
Kn: Planes- 1d20(10)+9
(just in case, since they're extraplanar)

So who's turn is it, keeping with the same initiative order?[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2011, 06:11:24 AM »
Covering his nose and mouth, and squinting, Xuuvosic seems to shake off the worst of the stinging assault. But some of his lackeys don't fare as well, their movements becoming slow and clumsy from the wasp venom. Worse, the Harpy collapses, retching and unconscious. After a moment assessing the situation (well actually, a moment failing to teleport away in order to save his own hide), Xuuvosic starts barking orders, "Erlking, stabilize the bird bitch, hag, carry her. Then Cloaks, give us some fucking breathing room with a continuous moan. Everybody, stay together and head for the nearest wall, but stay the fuck away from the zombie(s), we've got no time for that shit."

[spoiler]
Elking uses Crusader's Strike at the Hellwasps ([url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3150507/]Erlking attack roll (1d20+15=20)
) doing no damge but healing Hannavrah for 11. The Cloakers use their Ex (woohoo!) fear moan (two at DC 17, one at DC 21)

Millions of saves
Xuuvosic 25, 29
Oggug 13, 18
Uvorix 14, 24
Oaxool 21, 24
Kaemarah 11, 21
Hannavrah 20, 13
Shlurshech 8, 23
Erlking 26, 21[/url]
Siphsis 19, 25)

And status
Xuuvosic 37/79(71)
Oggug 13/69(63) Poisoned
Uvorix 51/69(63) Poisoned
Oaxool 51/69(63)
Kaemarah 37/80(62) Poisoned
Hannavrah -5/68(54) Nauseated, Unconscious
Shlurshech 40/66(52) Poisoned
Erlking 25/77(71)
Siphsis 4/70(63)
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2011, 10:18:47 AM »
"No need to tell me twice. We need to get the fuck out of here, as in yesterday!"

That's such a bad line when you're a time-traveler.
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2011, 10:42:46 AM »
Cade doesn't even bother to return to his normal form before rushing to the nearest wall and attempting to take it down.

[spoiler]Using Naked Monkey Touch fighting style as swift action, bypass all hardness and damage reduction:

1d20(19)+16+4=39
1d8(3)+12+4=19

1d20(8)+16+4=28
1d8(5)+12+4=21


Total damage to wall: 40
Nearly forgot that Juggernaut gives a bonus on destroying objects!  ;)
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2011, 11:05:30 AM »
As the cloakers begin to moan, the swarms instantly fly away from them, leaving a large hole mostly free from the nasty wasps surrounding your party.

Cade's fists plow through the wall as if it were soft mud instead of solid stone, but after several rounds of tearing large chunks out, it still looks like he's only about halfway through.

An elf wearing shiny armor, and a beastly looking human wearing hides and carrying a dead wolf both notice the insect-less pocket that has formed around your group, and begin running towards it.
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A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2011, 01:09:33 PM »
Ris-Janna shuts her eyes altogether, relying on other senses instead to avoid bumping into things or people, and flitting around more or less at random to give the wasps a hard time at getting in any orifices. She mostly succeeds, and the venom... she's been pumped with worse, and pumped people with worse. Not bothering to swat the hellwasps off of her, she dashes after Cade and into the zone free of wasps by the cloakers' moaning. Arrived there, she whips around to face the duo coming at them, drawing her daggers warily and eyeing them.

[spoiler]Fort save vs. venom; Fort save vs. nausea (1d20+13=22, 1d20+13=22)
Let's see what the two have to say about the cloaker moaning.[/spoiler]
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2011, 01:36:48 PM »
The elf's face is horribly swollen, and he staggers around like a drunken sailor due to the venom pumping through his body, though he seems unfazed by the moans of the cloakers.

The burly man, though equally covered in stings and bite marks from the wasps, seems to not be suffering from the venom.

They both eye the group grimly as they approach. The burly man says to the elf (in elven) as he places a hand on his shoulder "Let's let wisdom be the better part of valor, Thelamius. Our fight is not with them. We might yet live to fight another day."

Then he says addresses your group, saying in common "Greetings fellow travelers. Might we share your oasis? In turn, perhaps we can aid you in finding more than a temporary respite from these infernal wasps."
[spoiler]
A couple of water benders, a dike, a flaming arrow, and a few barrels of blasting jelly?

Sounds like the makings of a gay porn film.
...thanks
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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2011, 01:58:14 PM »
Marlowe makes his way as quickly as he can over to the safe zone created by the cloakers before eyeing the newcomers with interest.

[spoiler]Sense Motive (1d20+18=25)

Assuming I win the opposed check, I know their relative strength and their alignment (not that the latter matters an awful lot). If they by some miracle fail by 20 or more, I can read their surface thoughts. Oh, and, you know, possibly their motives if there are any beyond "survive."

I suppose I might need two checks? Here's a second one just in case.

Second check (1d20+18=22)

Although if you want to use the first one for both, that's fine by me. :P[/spoiler]

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Re: Encounter 6: Out of the frying pan...
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2011, 02:09:30 PM »
"Unless you can conjure magic where there is none, we won't be able to fend these pests off until we're out of here." Raoul comments off-handedly before he eyes the exit.
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