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"Alight. Fifty gold it is." Edwort coins out the coins and pushes them into the pile in the center of the table. He does not appear to be very impressed with your roll.
He warms the dice in his hands before rolling them out on the table. 1,1,4,5,5,6.
"bah. Looks like you win. Care to try again? 100 gold is my bet."
Kel drained the rest of the tankard, placing it back on the table. "Maybe he requires a more delicate touch, such as mine." He said with a smile to Bufreut. "Anyone feel like coming along for a chat?" He said looking from one companion to another.
I'm heading to bed, so if anyone wants to accompany me up, Wembley or anyone else, feel free. Just don't want to make you/Ill wait on me for describing where/who Retomuri is.
Taking the steps two at a time, Kel stepped into the fading sunlight. Was a beautiful time of day to be up in the air. Spotting Ermize relaxing, Kel started towards him. "Ermize, sorry to disturb you." He said loudly, glancing at a nearby member of the crew who was also on deck. "Have to seen a man named Retomuri? We're supposed to talk to him about something." He said with a sincere smile, raising his eyebrows at the crew member, as if asking him the same question.
"I could stand to see the view from the top deck again." Rolen turned and followed Kel up the stairs. When he reached the top, Rolen paused momentarily to scan the horizon before continuing to where Kel and Ermize were talking.
"It's a great view isn't it, Ermize"
I'm enjoying how things are going, ill. I have no issues with proceeding as we have been thusfar, assuming we're not horribly off base and will never progress doing what we currently are doing.
"It's a magnificent view though in all honesty I prefer to have my two feet on land. Though I couldn't pass on the opportunity, it's not often you find work on a flying ship."
and with that, he nods to himself, pulls his hat over his face and seems to doze off.
Leaving Ermize to doze, Rolen turns to scan the deck for passengers and crew, trying to see if the man he and Kel were looking for would be apparent among any others.
Perception to see who all is up on deck: 1d20+14=34
Insight to see if I can glean which might be Retonuri:1d20+5=22
There is a blond woman looking out to the horizon in the front of the ship. You can see a group of three people chatting on the next section of the deck to the rear of the Casino Royal. Another man stands alone on the very back level. You can't be certain which is Retomuri, but if he is as antisocial as Bufreut claimed then he's probably the guy all the way in the back of the ship.
Just as you spot Retomuri you can hear the tolling of a bell. You hear a female voice quite loud and clearly.
"We approach the gate Salvidor, please report to the bridge."
"HAH! AH-HAA!" Cries Salvidor, tossing his empty martini glass over the railing of the top deck. He dashes down the stairwell and heads to the front of the ship. Bufreut steps aside and opens the bridge door for Mr. Dali.
The group gathers on the top deck as Bufreut orders (unless one or two of you specifically want to remain in the main deck). The sun has sunk below the horizon. It has become very dark quite suddenly. You can't believe it at first but you look and look and cannot see star or moon. Instead a murky darkness all around, dim auras of light can be seen in the distance as if very, very far away.
The auras vary in color you can see one off above you that is the color of sand, another off to the starboard side of the ship you see a vivid green, and nearest of the three a dark red color like an autumn sunset. You can't say how but the ship seems to orient toward this red aura.
Everyone on board has stopped what they are doing except Lily who performs a feat of magic to trick the mind into creating music for other instruments to accompany her in the minds of those onboard. Her piano is not loud but it manages to carry throughout the entire ship.
Rolen, as your surroundings darkened Retomuri has been out of your range of vision. There are very few sunrods on the top deck. On instinct you turn to get another look. You still can't see him. You do however see something very dark dropping from the back side of the hot-air ballon above and to the back of the ship.
Suddenly the ship sways as if something heavy has landed on the back of the ship. You feel it sway back as if the weight has been lifted.
Everyone onboard is silent, transfixed by the the changed surroundings. They stand huddled around the portholes in the main deck or by the rails above.
As the ship shudders beneath him, Aduan, having reported to the upper deck, stumbles a bit, then catches his feet.
Just a precaution indeed
Slipping his shield off his back and readying his whip, he takes a position between the group and the location of the apparent impact, peering into the gloom.
" 'We will be flying into a mushroom trip and may be attacked in the dark by a monster from the sky' is the sort of thing one often mentions during the negotiation phase of a contract, Mr. Dali. Care to shed any light on this?"
Ermize is awakened by the shudder of the deck beneath him. Laying still and with his hat still pulled over his eyes, he attempts to listen and discern what is happening without giving away the fact that he's woken.
so i'll do 2 checks, one perception if I can tell the general mass of what landed on the ship (one big thump or a bunch of thumps etc) and then a general stealth check.
" 'We will be flying into a mushroom trip and may be attacked in the dark by a monster from the sky' is the sort of thing one often mentions during the negotiation phase of a contract, Mr. Dali. Care to shed any light on this?"
lol
Mr Dali is in the bridge. The group is currently on the lookout station in the middle of the top deck.
Aduan - You think you can see the end of a tail slip over the rail of the ship. You can't see Retomuri anywhere.
Ermize - That was definitely one big thing.
Group - Above the enchanted music you can hear.... "ERXIIIIIIIEEESSSSSSHHHHHH."
Ermize, Rolan, and Rendar - Just after the scream you feel yourselves gripped with terrible fear which quickly boils over into a very real, very intense panic. ( I'll leave it to you to describe what your characters do.)
Group - You see everyone left on the top deck now running around in a state of total panic. Blind fear has them dashing in random directions, on their knees crying for mercy, or petrified in complete shock.
Also, Xaiok and cheeseliker I need character sheets on mythweavers or orokos pls.
And, if anyone would like to make my life much easier you can feel free to add some basic character information to your signatures such as I have for my rogue. Don't have to, but it would help me out some.
"Did anyone else see that? Avandra only knows what it was. Whatever it was, though, it was big." Rolen readies his bow while peering into the darkness just as a loud scream pierces the night.
"What the..."
For a brief time, Rolen is unable to do anything but stare into the darkness at the back end of the ship, mouth agape, ready to bolt from the unseen monstrosity that lurks in the shadow.
"This can't be in the job description. Orcs, goblins, kobolds, and various manner of beastly creatures are all in there, but I'm fairly certain it said nothing about shadowy horrors from beyond this realm. I would not say no to a tactical retreat if someone were to suggest it."
I'm going to roll perception for what I can see in the dark with my low light vision. Probably won't make a difference but it couldn't hurt. If it makes a difference thematically, this occurs before the scream that precedes Rolen's pants-wetting.
As the ship rocks from the massive... something landing on it, Kel spins, cursing and staring uselessly into the darkness. He turns around just in time to stumble into some other people in the group as the weight is lifted and the ship rocks and jumps, rerighting itself.
"What in the seven hells is going on here." He exclaimed, voice cracking in fear. The only positive thing that he could see was that he was surrounded by some hardy figures, no doubt more tempting to taste than a simple bard.
That and hopefully if it was a creature it would pick of solitary people scrambling in fear on the deck, rather than attack a group all at once. It would at least give them some time to make a plan of some sort. "Maybe we should give it a minute before we head below deck, if only to s-" Kel stopped midsentence, bouncing forward. A creak of the deck below had startled him into Rolen. "Whatthehellwasthat" He stammered out, before seeing it was just a hiding crew member.
"Someone needs to turn this infernal music off..." He muttered to himself, embarrassed but no less terrified for the event.
Sorry, forgot I hadn't linked the mythweaver page. It's in the sig now.
OOC: Alright, I'll be going home for the weekend and am not sure if I'll be able to post frequently, so feel free to move on without me if needed.
"Guess I'll have to win my money back later." Grend grumbled in reply, headed above deck, taking his axe with him. He gripped it tightly as colors whirled around in the air and then the ship shuddered.
Grend glanced back. Was there something there? Fear slowly gripped him until it held him strong. With a dwarven warcry, his scale armor suddenly appeared on him. It didn't help though, as the fear quickly escalated into panic. His knees felt weak, and could no longer hold him up, as he fell to the floor, shaking.
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Rendar's peaceful sleep is disrupted by screaming and crashing above. Annoyed, he sits up and unholsters his mace. "You see? Ambush. Ah, well. Time to go earn my gold."
With that, the rogue rushes out of the chapel and up to join the others. Brushing past frantic crewmen but bewildered by the change of scenery since he went downstairs, he asks, "Holy hells...what is going on here?"
This might be an obvious question, but for purposes of accruing experience, are we starting at the amount of experience required to get to level 4 or at 0 total experience?
No problem cheese. If need be I'll Control your character for a turn or two. No you shouldn't need to put all the details in unless you took powers from DDI's power cards.
Wembley, This adventure settles nicely at the amount of encounters it will take to level you to 5. However, after the adventure this will (probably) be finished. So don't bother tracking EXP. And actually that low light vision will help a bit. There are some pretty large wooden crates blocking your view, but you are pretty sure you can see a humanoid figure riding up off the deck on a winged creature with a large tail. It's a bit of a guess at this point but you think what you are looking at is a dragon.
No sooner had Rendar left the the chapel and scaled the stairs to the top deck when the piano music dies abruptly and a human scream is heard from down the hall. You can hear Cid's voice... "Oh god! NO! NO no! Lily! LIIIIIIIIIILYYYYY!"
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Rendar looks at his fellows, confused. "She was fine when I left the chapel! I ran up here as soon as I heard that thing landing and the screaming. Graaaaaaaaah!" The rogue, not waiting for his fellows, runs back down to see what happened to Lily and Cid.
Im about to head into work here so I'll go ahead and post this now.
When you come to the chapel door you can see Cid holding on to Lily's leg trying disparately not to let go. Lily, here body encased in what looks like spider webbing, is being hoisted up through a hole in the roof. Cid's got tears running down his cheeks and he appears to be in quite a state of shock. He keeps yelling and ranting and tugging at Lily's leg. Just as you rush over to help him he loses his grip and Lily disappears up through the ceiling.
"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Cid falls to his knees weeping, banging his fists on the floor.
Arion dashs out of the bedroom and seeks out Ermize.
Ermize clambers to his feet and pulls his hat back into position. Rubbing his eyes, he looks up at the explosion of colors in the surrounding sky. The wonderment turns into panic as a cold grip of fear washes over him. He quickly shakes it off and regains his composure.
He looks around the deck searching for familiar faces and sees Rolen. He moves over to join him as Arion appears on deck.
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Rendar grabs Cid by the shoulders. "We'll get her back, I swear it. Right now, you gotta keep this rig in the sky, all right?"
The half-orc nods once and rushes back upstairs to his fellows. "Sumthin' grabbed Cid's wife, and I intend to get 'er back, safe and sound. Anyone see a creature draggin' spider web behind it?"
"Cid's wife?" The news from Rendar was enough to clear Rolen's fears away. You fool. You let your imagination get the best of you. You saw the tail and wings. It's probably a dragon, and that was definitely something humanoid riding on it.
"I saw something in the back. A humanoid riding something with wings, maybe a dragon. I'm not sure."
Rolen readied his bow once more, taking a few steps forward before glancing back at Rendar and the rest of his companions, his expression now one of calm determination.
"If she's anywhere on this ship, she's back there."
Everything is quiet now except for Cid's moaning and wailing. A crowd of people has gathered around the chapel doors staring grimly at poor Cid. Rendar pushes through them as he runs back up toward the group.
"By the gods!!! AAHH-"
Kel you can't be sure as you trust your eyes at the moment but you are reasonably sure you just watched two dog sized spiders scaling the masthead up towards the ballon above.
"We're under attack! Quickly Sancho! We must help the others!"
"But Sire, we haven't got our weapons!"
"G'ahhhhh! Don, heeelp!" The sound of snapping bones and gushing entrails spurs the people onboard the ship to action. Mary, hiking up her dress a bit, flies down from the front tier across a deck and down the stairs.
Toward one tier behind the lookout post the group can see two Spaniards kicking frantically at a very large spider that appears to be gorging it's self on some poor chap. The spider spews some vile greenish brown liquid into the short fat one's eyes. He screams and wipes frantically at his eyes. Seeing that their kicks have had little effect on the monstrous spider the other Spaniard grabs his squire's wrist and makes a mad lope for the stairwell.
On the tier behind that scene the stack of large wooden crates seems to erupt with some black oily liquid. It seems odd that this liquid is streaming out of the crates endlessly. And that crates make for poor containers of liquids. Plainly that isn't oil, you can see as it rises up over every surface, patches of it breaking away in random directions.
Cries of fright and duress can be heard coming from the decks below. Bufreut's voice carries over the din below.
"EVERYONE TO THE BRIDGE! WE'LL SEAL IT OFF! IT'S YOUR ONLY HOPE!"
Aduan stares around in shock, weapons ready, as the passengers and crew are devoured and the ship swarms with monstrous spiders.
"Alright, you heard the man. Let's retreat to the bridge; if nothing else, we should be able to keep from being surrounded there. Bring anyone who can still walk with us; keep your wits about you and our retreat covered."
As people begin to move, Aduan paces backwards, watching the party's flank as the spiders continue to swarm around them.
In the interest of pacing I'm going to go ahead and roll initiative for everyone. Feel free to communicate and what not just try not to move out of turn.
I'm also going to post stats for the monsters so you can tell whether or not you hit.
It just occurred to me that I need tokens for the rangers' pets.
The Spider swarms move to Rendar and Kel. Hundreds of little spiders surround your feet and begin to crawl over you!
The spider swarms are considered to be tiny and may occupy a PC's square on the map
Spider swarm misses Rendar!
100 little bites
The swarm crawls up your legs and bites at the nearest bit of flesh.
19 vs. AC
Hit: Deals 10 damage and Ongoing 5 poison and Target is slowed save ends both..
Spider swarm misses Kel!
100 little bites
The swarm crawls up your legs and bites at the nearest bit of flesh.
13 vs. AC
Hit: Deals 8 damage and Ongoing 5 poison and Target is slowed save ends both..
So are we looking at an enclosed room, such that things can only come in via the staircases, or should we be worried about things climbing over the railings/walls?
Ah I should have been more descriptive. The spiders can and do climb up the walls. The area the group is in is a lookout nest and can see over all tiers of the top deck. The stairs to the left and right are 10 feet so treat them as difficult terrain (steep steps). The Stairs leading down are south of you. The two deathjump spiders are 30 feet in the air on the mast post. The two swarms on the lookout post are infact on top of Kel and Rendar.
I'll let you know when you've bloodied them and kill them.
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Rendar sneers at the vermin and takes a step back. Feinting to the left, he winds up and smashes his mace into the swarm of spiders. Unfortunately, the spiders scurry out of the way of the strike, yielding only a hole in the ship's deck.
I hope to hell that a swarm of bugs doesn't have that high of an Insight check. If that succeeds, I have CA vs. this swarm until the end of my next turn.
100 little bites
The swarm crawls up your legs and bites at the nearest bit of flesh.
27 vs. AC
Hit: Deals 6 damage and Ongoing 5 poison and Target is slowed save ends both..
The spiders finding the weak spots in your armor, slip inside and begin to bite at your flesh!
"Bloody hell!" Kel exclaims, jumping backwards away from the swarming spiders attacking him. "I HATE spiders!" Whipping his longsword around him, Kel hacks at the many spiders around his feet. Singing throught he air, the blade slices through several jumping spiders, cutting down the number of the creatures coming at him.
"Bloody insects." He grunts triumphantly.
Move: Shift 1 square straight down on grid.
Standard: Guiding Strike (-2 to that Swarm's Reflex Save until end of my next turn) 1d20+10=30, 1d8+5=9
Crit. Damage = 8+5+1d6 (Ignore the above damage roll, since I get max for crit, +1d6 for the magic weapon)
1d6+8+5=15
15 Damage. Makes me wish i used an encounter power on them too .
As the spiders swarm over the railings, Aduan steps backwards, watching for an opening. As Kel steps back, swinging at the swarm, he charges forward, striking with his shield, driving the swarm away from the bard and sending many of the spiders over the railing to the deck below.
"I suspect none of us will be particularly fond of the creatures after this." he nods to Kel
Move: Move southeast
Standard: Charge the spider swarm attacking Kel, using Shield Bash in place of a basic attack.
Attack vs. Reflex 1d20+8=17, 1d10+4=13
(Attack roll should actually be 18, due to the +1 from charging, but it hits either way)
13 damage, swarm is knocked prone and pushed one square north, which hopefully ought to be high enough to deal damage. If it is, they get a saving throw to not go over, but they're going to end up prone whatever happens.
The swarm is also Combat Challenged.
Edit: Also, my AC is listed as 22 in my character sheet, but it's got a conditional modifier (courtesy of my agile armor) that makes it 23 as long as I'm not bloodied. Figured I'd make a note of it before it became an issue
The spiders scattered before he could hit the bulk of them, rendering his attack useless. With a frustrated roar, he swings his battle axe at them, but only ends up sinking his axe into the wooden floor. "Blood and ashes!" He swore loudly.
Since I hadn't asked, I was just wondering, for my Guiding Strike, I can give the target I hit -2 to a defense of my choice. Does AC count in that? If not, anyone have anything specific that they'd find useful being dropped to be easier to hit?
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He warms the dice in his hands before rolling them out on the table. 1,1,4,5,5,6.
"bah. Looks like you win. Care to try again? 100 gold is my bet."
Taking the steps two at a time, Kel stepped into the fading sunlight. Was a beautiful time of day to be up in the air. Spotting Ermize relaxing, Kel started towards him. "Ermize, sorry to disturb you." He said loudly, glancing at a nearby member of the crew who was also on deck. "Have to seen a man named Retomuri? We're supposed to talk to him about something." He said with a sincere smile, raising his eyebrows at the crew member, as if asking him the same question.
Grend grabbed up the dice and rolled them out onto the table.
1,3,5,5,6,6. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. Grend shrugged, drank and motioned for the other man to go.
4,4,2,2,6,4.
"Full house!" He pulls the 100 gold over to his end of the table happy to have won back his lost bet from the first round. "Care to go again?"
"It's a great view isn't it, Ermize"
I'm enjoying how things are going, ill. I have no issues with proceeding as we have been thusfar, assuming we're not horribly off base and will never progress doing what we currently are doing.
"It's a magnificent view though in all honesty I prefer to have my two feet on land. Though I couldn't pass on the opportunity, it's not often you find work on a flying ship."
and with that, he nods to himself, pulls his hat over his face and seems to doze off.
Perception to see who all is up on deck: 1d20+14=34
Insight to see if I can glean which might be Retonuri:1d20+5=22
Just as you spot Retomuri you can hear the tolling of a bell. You hear a female voice quite loud and clearly.
"We approach the gate Salvidor, please report to the bridge."
"HAH! AH-HAA!" Cries Salvidor, tossing his empty martini glass over the railing of the top deck. He dashes down the stairwell and heads to the front of the ship. Bufreut steps aside and opens the bridge door for Mr. Dali.
The group gathers on the top deck as Bufreut orders (unless one or two of you specifically want to remain in the main deck). The sun has sunk below the horizon. It has become very dark quite suddenly. You can't believe it at first but you look and look and cannot see star or moon. Instead a murky darkness all around, dim auras of light can be seen in the distance as if very, very far away.
The auras vary in color you can see one off above you that is the color of sand, another off to the starboard side of the ship you see a vivid green, and nearest of the three a dark red color like an autumn sunset. You can't say how but the ship seems to orient toward this red aura.
Everyone on board has stopped what they are doing except Lily who performs a feat of magic to trick the mind into creating music for other instruments to accompany her in the minds of those onboard. Her piano is not loud but it manages to carry throughout the entire ship.
Rolen, as your surroundings darkened Retomuri has been out of your range of vision. There are very few sunrods on the top deck. On instinct you turn to get another look. You still can't see him. You do however see something very dark dropping from the back side of the hot-air ballon above and to the back of the ship.
Suddenly the ship sways as if something heavy has landed on the back of the ship. You feel it sway back as if the weight has been lifted.
Everyone onboard is silent, transfixed by the the changed surroundings. They stand huddled around the portholes in the main deck or by the rails above.
Just a precaution indeed
Slipping his shield off his back and readying his whip, he takes a position between the group and the location of the apparent impact, peering into the gloom.
" 'We will be flying into a mushroom trip and may be attacked in the dark by a monster from the sky' is the sort of thing one often mentions during the negotiation phase of a contract, Mr. Dali. Care to shed any light on this?"
Done at orokos because IC is apparently down.
wake up: 1d20+9 22
alright i'll get up
Ermize is awakened by the shudder of the deck beneath him. Laying still and with his hat still pulled over his eyes, he attempts to listen and discern what is happening without giving away the fact that he's woken.
listening in: 1d20+9 17stealth: 1d20+8 23
Mr Dali is in the bridge. The group is currently on the lookout station in the middle of the top deck.
Aduan - You think you can see the end of a tail slip over the rail of the ship. You can't see Retomuri anywhere.
Ermize - That was definitely one big thing.
Group - Above the enchanted music you can hear.... "ERXIIIIIIIEEESSSSSSHHHHHH."
Ermize, Rolan, and Rendar - Just after the scream you feel yourselves gripped with terrible fear which quickly boils over into a very real, very intense panic. ( I'll leave it to you to describe what your characters do.)
Group - You see everyone left on the top deck now running around in a state of total panic. Blind fear has them dashing in random directions, on their knees crying for mercy, or petrified in complete shock.
And, if anyone would like to make my life much easier you can feel free to add some basic character information to your signatures such as I have for my rogue. Don't have to, but it would help me out some.
"What the..."
For a brief time, Rolen is unable to do anything but stare into the darkness at the back end of the ship, mouth agape, ready to bolt from the unseen monstrosity that lurks in the shadow.
"This can't be in the job description. Orcs, goblins, kobolds, and various manner of beastly creatures are all in there, but I'm fairly certain it said nothing about shadowy horrors from beyond this realm. I would not say no to a tactical retreat if someone were to suggest it."
I'm going to roll perception for what I can see in the dark with my low light vision. Probably won't make a difference but it couldn't hurt. If it makes a difference thematically, this occurs before the scream that precedes Rolen's pants-wetting.
Perception +14: 1d20+14 16
Sigh... IC is down. It's been giving me such good perception rolls too. Orokos rolled me a 2... jerk.
"What in the seven hells is going on here." He exclaimed, voice cracking in fear. The only positive thing that he could see was that he was surrounded by some hardy figures, no doubt more tempting to taste than a simple bard.
That and hopefully if it was a creature it would pick of solitary people scrambling in fear on the deck, rather than attack a group all at once. It would at least give them some time to make a plan of some sort. "Maybe we should give it a minute before we head below deck, if only to s-" Kel stopped midsentence, bouncing forward. A creak of the deck below had startled him into Rolen. "Whatthehellwasthat" He stammered out, before seeing it was just a hiding crew member.
"Someone needs to turn this infernal music off..." He muttered to himself, embarrassed but no less terrified for the event.
"Guess I'll have to win my money back later." Grend grumbled in reply, headed above deck, taking his axe with him. He gripped it tightly as colors whirled around in the air and then the ship shuddered.
Grend glanced back. Was there something there? Fear slowly gripped him until it held him strong. With a dwarven warcry, his scale armor suddenly appeared on him. It didn't help though, as the fear quickly escalated into panic. His knees felt weak, and could no longer hold him up, as he fell to the floor, shaking.
With that, the rogue rushes out of the chapel and up to join the others. Brushing past frantic crewmen but bewildered by the change of scenery since he went downstairs, he asks, "Holy hells...what is going on here?"
Wembley, This adventure settles nicely at the amount of encounters it will take to level you to 5. However, after the adventure this will (probably) be finished. So don't bother tracking EXP. And actually that low light vision will help a bit. There are some pretty large wooden crates blocking your view, but you are pretty sure you can see a humanoid figure riding up off the deck on a winged creature with a large tail. It's a bit of a guess at this point but you think what you are looking at is a dragon.
No sooner had Rendar left the the chapel and scaled the stairs to the top deck when the piano music dies abruptly and a human scream is heard from down the hall. You can hear Cid's voice... "Oh god! NO! NO no! Lily! LIIIIIIIIIILYYYYY!"
When you come to the chapel door you can see Cid holding on to Lily's leg trying disparately not to let go. Lily, here body encased in what looks like spider webbing, is being hoisted up through a hole in the roof. Cid's got tears running down his cheeks and he appears to be in quite a state of shock. He keeps yelling and ranting and tugging at Lily's leg. Just as you rush over to help him he loses his grip and Lily disappears up through the ceiling.
"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Cid falls to his knees weeping, banging his fists on the floor.
Ermize clambers to his feet and pulls his hat back into position. Rubbing his eyes, he looks up at the explosion of colors in the surrounding sky. The wonderment turns into panic as a cold grip of fear washes over him. He quickly shakes it off and regains his composure.
He looks around the deck searching for familiar faces and sees Rolen. He moves over to join him as Arion appears on deck.
The half-orc nods once and rushes back upstairs to his fellows. "Sumthin' grabbed Cid's wife, and I intend to get 'er back, safe and sound. Anyone see a creature draggin' spider web behind it?"
"I saw something in the back. A humanoid riding something with wings, maybe a dragon. I'm not sure."
Rolen readied his bow once more, taking a few steps forward before glancing back at Rendar and the rest of his companions, his expression now one of calm determination.
"If she's anywhere on this ship, she's back there."
"By the gods!!! AAHH-"
Kel you can't be sure as you trust your eyes at the moment but you are reasonably sure you just watched two dog sized spiders scaling the masthead up towards the ballon above.
"We're under attack! Quickly Sancho! We must help the others!"
"But Sire, we haven't got our weapons!"
"G'ahhhhh! Don, heeelp!" The sound of snapping bones and gushing entrails spurs the people onboard the ship to action. Mary, hiking up her dress a bit, flies down from the front tier across a deck and down the stairs.
Toward one tier behind the lookout post the group can see two Spaniards kicking frantically at a very large spider that appears to be gorging it's self on some poor chap. The spider spews some vile greenish brown liquid into the short fat one's eyes. He screams and wipes frantically at his eyes. Seeing that their kicks have had little effect on the monstrous spider the other Spaniard grabs his squire's wrist and makes a mad lope for the stairwell.
On the tier behind that scene the stack of large wooden crates seems to erupt with some black oily liquid. It seems odd that this liquid is streaming out of the crates endlessly. And that crates make for poor containers of liquids. Plainly that isn't oil, you can see as it rises up over every surface, patches of it breaking away in random directions.
Cries of fright and duress can be heard coming from the decks below. Bufreut's voice carries over the din below.
"EVERYONE TO THE BRIDGE! WE'LL SEAL IT OFF! IT'S YOUR ONLY HOPE!"
Aduan stares around in shock, weapons ready, as the passengers and crew are devoured and the ship swarms with monstrous spiders.
"Alright, you heard the man. Let's retreat to the bridge; if nothing else, we should be able to keep from being surrounded there. Bring anyone who can still walk with us; keep your wits about you and our retreat covered."
As people begin to move, Aduan paces backwards, watching the party's flank as the spiders continue to swarm around them.
I'm also going to post stats for the monsters so you can tell whether or not you hit.
It just occurred to me that I need tokens for the rangers' pets.
Spider, Deathjump
AC 20 Reflex 17 Fort 18 will 16
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Spiders, Swarm
AC 21 Reflex 16 Fort 20 will 16
Initiative Order
1Swarm
2Swarm
Rendar
Rolen
3Swarm
Kel
Aduan
1Deathjump
Ermize
2Deathjump
Grend
The Spider swarms move to Rendar and Kel. Hundreds of little spiders surround your feet and begin to crawl over you!
Spider swarm misses Rendar!
100 little bites
The swarm crawls up your legs and bites at the nearest bit of flesh.
19 vs. AC
Hit: Deals 10 damage and Ongoing 5 poison and Target is slowed save ends both..
Spider swarm misses Kel!
100 little bites
The swarm crawls up your legs and bites at the nearest bit of flesh.
13 vs. AC
Hit: Deals 8 damage and Ongoing 5 poison and Target is slowed save ends both..
Are we going to get an hp indicator so we know when something is dead?
Standard: Bluff to gain Combat Advantage vs. Swarm (1d20+9=18)
I hope to hell that a swarm of bugs doesn't have that high of an Insight check. If that succeeds, I have CA vs. this swarm until the end of my next turn.
Action Point: Disheartening Strike vs. Swarm (AC20) (includes Sneak Attack Damage) (1d20+12=17, 2d8+9=12) Miss!
Sorry, gang. Not the epic beginning of combat that I'd hoped it would be...
He can be heard muttering to himself before letting both arrows fly at once. "These will be the first to go"
minor action: Hunter's Quarry on closest swarm (The one attacking Rendar)
standard action: Twin Strike vs. Swarm (Quarry) AC 21 (1d20+10=16, 1d20+10=26, 1d10+1=8, 1d10+1=10)
Bonus damage from Hunter's Quarry (1d6=1)
The swarm closest to Rendar takes a total of 11 damage and remains my quarry until otherwise noted
100 little bites
The swarm crawls up your legs and bites at the nearest bit of flesh.
27 vs. AC
Hit: Deals 6 damage and Ongoing 5 poison and Target is slowed save ends both..
The spiders finding the weak spots in your armor, slip inside and begin to bite at your flesh!
"Bloody insects." He grunts triumphantly.
Standard: Guiding Strike (-2 to that Swarm's Reflex Save until end of my next turn)
1d20+10=30, 1d8+5=9
Crit. Damage = 8+5+1d6 (Ignore the above damage roll, since I get max for crit, +1d6 for the magic weapon)
1d6+8+5=15
15 Damage. Makes me wish i used an encounter power on them too
"I suspect none of us will be particularly fond of the creatures after this." he nods to Kel
Standard: Charge the spider swarm attacking Kel, using Shield Bash in place of a basic attack.
Attack vs. Reflex
1d20+8=17, 1d10+4=13
(Attack roll should actually be 18, due to the +1 from charging, but it hits either way)
13 damage, swarm is knocked prone and pushed one square north, which hopefully ought to be high enough to deal damage. If it is, they get a saving throw to not go over, but they're going to end up prone whatever happens.
The swarm is also Combat Challenged.
Edit: Also, my AC is listed as 22 in my character sheet, but it's got a conditional modifier (courtesy of my agile armor) that makes it 23 as long as I'm not bloodied. Figured I'd make a note of it before it became an issue
1d20+8=9.....http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2267161/
Action Point
The spiders scattered before he could hit the bulk of them, rendering his attack useless. With a frustrated roar, he swings his battle axe at them, but only ends up sinking his axe into the wooden floor. "Blood and ashes!" He swore loudly.
1d20+12=17...Another miss. Swarm is marked. http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2267168/