*Blackthornes puts his fingner on his nose*
"Not it!"
Game: Great minds think alike (Part II)
With a puzzled look on his face, Naruk stares first at Encharma, then at Blackthornes. "Huh?"
[OOC: Hello?]
Ian sighs. "Bloody children."
Ian walks up to the door, and turns toward the rest of the party. "Prepare yourselves, team. This could get messy."
OOC: sorry, I'm heading to college tomorrow and preparations have had most of my attention.
Saath readies his weapon and focusses, ready for anything coming through that door.
OOC: Psionic focus: check. Mindblade turned into bastard sword shape: check. Blade charged with psychic strike: check. Shield animated and floating: check.
Yup, I think Saath's ready
*Blackthornes draws his rapier and gets ready for anything.*
i knew my ingenious not it would keep me out of harms way
Encharma draws a scimitar and readies for an onslaught
Azure draws an iron-tipped arrow.
Ian pulls the ring, and the heavy stone door slides upwards, disappearing in a shaft in the ceiling.
Behind that, a circular room opens up, about ten yards in diameter. Three humanoid corpses lie on the floor - shredded to pieces so that it's impossible to say what races they were.
A yard behind, Blackthornes' puppy lies on the floor - obviously dead, with a gaping hole at its belly.
The walls are covered with plants and trees that have been planted into the ground - which consists of black soil. There are many spots here where someone could hide behind one of the plants.
The room's ceiling is about six yards high, made of large plates of glass that are covered in green and red twines, many of them displaying large and colourful blossoms.
"Little Guy!?!?!"
*blackthornes eyes go wide, and he starts run, but stops himself before he gets to the door.*
"i have to control myself.........what kind of thief would I be if I ran blindly into a room. That's barbarian behavior."
*Blackthornes clears his throat and will look around the room from the doorway to see if there's anything else, possibly lying hidden.*
OOC: search check
"Fenrir's Teeth!" Azure Twilight quickly scans the scene, and pricks up his ears. Trusting no assuptions, he listens behind and about him as the party's attention is focused on the room in front. He moves slowly sideways, taking in more of the room and sweeping his arc of fire around.
"I smelled an ambush at the first fresh corpse, and now the air reeks of one. Unless someone comes up with a compelling reason not to, I'm going to start sticking arrows into each one of those plants in there in about three seconds. One. Two ..."
On the left side, hidden behind a couple of large bushes, both Blackthornes and Azure notice a moving figure, probably humanoid. The way it moves reminds both of an animal - a stalking predator animal.
The creature slowly moves towards the door, where the group stands.
"perhaps we should not all just stand here in the doorway, perhaps we should enter the room and fan out"
spot check16 +3 = i got a 19
[OOC: Encharma doesn't notice anything in particular]
Ian supresses a laugh as he catches sight of the dead puppy. But his amusement quickly fades as he takes in the rest of the surroundings.
"Move back! Use the doorway as a bottleneck. We face it on our terms."
Ian steps back through the doorway, and stands ready to attack anything coming through the doorway.
Saath, never having entered the room to begin with says: 'Right... what is it?'
Saath looks into the room while ready to hack at anything should it jump out at him.
OOC: Spot check! 19+7=26
[OOC: Saath also notices the creature.]
[OOC: Everyone who wants to do something else then "wait what's going to happen", please make an initiative roll now.]
OOC: initiative: 27
Spot check: 21
[OOC: Ian also notices the creature.]
initiative: 23
i decided to make another spot to see if i can see anything in particular
spot 20
OOC: Initiative!
[OOC: Encharma notices nothing else of importance.
My initiative roll...]
The creature that some in the group noticed suddenly jumps out of the bushes, claws and fang-filled mouth ready to tear any enemy apart. The monster is humanoid, with dark fur and a dog-like face. Actually, the entire body looks like Blackthornes' puppy was merged with a human... a strong human.
[OOC: Everyone who hasn't spotted the creature is flat-footed now. Those who did can act according to their initiative. Ian, you first ]
OOC: Oops, so I was supposed to roll initaitive :shock: Oh well, it's not like Saath will ever beat Ian's:
Initiative: 2+3=5... heh.
Initiative: 4 + 4 = 8
Azure will shout "Noise" followed by "Stay" and "Sit", just to see if anything of the puppy's mind remains, before firing.
Ian takes a few steps backward and raises his hand.
OOC: Telekinetic grapple! Can the dog monster beat a 27 grapple? I bet it can.
Caught in mid-air by Ian's telekinetic grapple, the monster barks and growls making an almost-deafening noise... loud enough to let the very ground on which the group stands vibrate.
But the noise isn't the monster's only attack: It suddenly lashes out its tongue, hitting Blackthornes with a precise - and heavy - strike.
[OOC: Fortitude save against DC 15 for everyone to withstand the noise. Those who fail suffer 5 points of damage.
Blackthornes receives 11 points of damage from the attack (possible armour damage reductions not included)]
OOC: Fortitude: 8+6=14 Saath takes 5.
OOC: there is no way i can fail the fortitude save
fort 3+16= 19
i think me character should be able to see the dog man now and well according to what i saw posted i am next.
i am rolling an attack
12+9 = 21 against the dog mans touch ac
rays shoot out of my eyes
my damage i will use the dice roller for.
[OOC: Not everyone has made their saving throws yet... MG? Azure? Blackthornes?]
Eldritch rays shoot out of Encharma's eyes, hitting the dog-like creature and making it scream up in pain. Intelligent eyes stare at Encharma, with a mixture of anger - and reproach.
OOC: Sorry about that, for some reason the little icon next to this thread isn't white whenthere's new posts like rest of them, I guess Im just gonna have to open it everyday. Anyways, fortitude save!
Fort save = a natural 1!
Azure Twilight drops his bow and clamps his hands over his ears.
I'm sooooooo sorry I haven't posted lately!!! I haven't had acsess to the web for a bit. My old roommate moveed out and the web was in his name so when it got shut off it hindered me. So anyway, here's some rolls followed by some actions for when my turn happens.
Fort.16(fort.) plus 10(roll)=26
init. 4(init.)=10(roll)=14
The Masked Gnoll uses his wings to lift his massive body up off the ground while unsheathing his flindbars from his sides. There is a fiery rage in the creatures eyes and foam in and around his mouth. after getting about a foot off the ground he charges in at the dog monster.
"YOU THINK YOU'RE A KILLER?!?! TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN, EH?!?! I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT TRUELY MEANS TO BE A PREDITOR!!!"
I'm making a charge attack, but also using combat expertise to aply the +2 to my ac instead of attack roll, making my ac 32.
attack. 21(attack bonus)+17(crit. roll)=38
conform crit. 21+13=33
damage=4(Roll)+13=17damage, x2 for crit.=34 damage
[OOC: Glad to have you back! I was close to taking over your character to get the game going again... a thing I really don't like to do.
I'm a bit out of time right now, but I'll make my next post within the next 1-2 days.]
[OOC: Sorry for the delay. Here we go!]
The Masked Gnoll charges at the dog-monster, his weapon making a wide arc hitting the creature's jaw from below, and smashing its' head upside - followed by the sound of breaking bones.
Just a split second later, the creature's body swells - and explodes. Bones, blood and intestines smash against the walls as well as against the adventurers, but that's not all... the creature's bloody remains are mixed with a green acid that quickly begins to burn through everything it touches.
[OOC: Everyone inside the room, please make a Reflex saving throw for half damage. Everyone outside the room, make a Reflex saving throw to avoid the entire damage.
Those who receive full damage get 12 points of damage.]
9(reflex)+2=11. I bet I take the full damage haha.
9(reflex)+2=11. I bet I take the full damage haha.
9(reflex)+2=11. I bet I take the full damage haha.
OOC ok no where i posted said entered the room , so cool here is my save
i rolled a: 6 + 16 = 22 i got a twenty two on my save
[OOC: I'll continue already, but those who didn't yet please still make your rolls.]
Inside the bloody remains of what was the dog creature, a tiny golden light shimmers softly...
Reflex Save
hmmm golden light i dont believe that i should run up and grab it
encharma does nothing
OOC: I don't think Saath was in the room yet, so here's the roll
Ref: 10+10=20
Saath'll walk up to the remains and poke at it with his mindblade to reveal the source of the golden light.
'Well, at least it's got shinies in its belly.'
The 'shinies' slowly glide upwards as Saath begins to poke in the creature's remnants. It is a shimmering golden sphere, immaterial and half-transparent, moving four feet upwards before it stops.
I hope you are satisfied now, a strangely familiar voice appears. It is high, like that of a young boy, yet has a dark undertone. I was all you wanted me to be... something to protect - , suddenly, a golden flash appears in the Masked Gnoll's bag, where his animal companion rests, a friend that you don't need to care about - , another flash appears illuminating Blackthornes for a split second, a mystery, a danger to the group - , two more flashes for Naruk and Azure, and now I am even dead. The last flash engulfs Ian in golden light.
I could have been everything, a companion, a true friend, even a powerful ally... but the best you wished for was not knowing me at all.
As the voice speaks, everyone in the group slowly realizes why it sounds so familiar: It's the voice of the puppy, only it now speaks an understandable language.
[=darkred]OOC: 15 + 14 = 29.[/color
As he lights up, Ian looks around at the group. "I won't deny it. I didn't like the puppy."
Ian looks at the corpse of the puppy-monster. "Thank you for giving us exactly what we wanted."
[double post]
And now you shall receive what you deserve.
In a flash of light, the golden sphere charges at Ian, hitting his breast before the elf can react. Ian has the feeling of having his breast torn open as the golden light enters his very body, and he feels immaterial tentacles slowly spreading through veins.
[OOC: Fortitude will save against DC 17 to keep the tentacles from growing further into Ian's body. Also, Ian receives the damage I'll use the die roller for here.]
[OOC: Ignore the "will" in the term "Fortitude will save". ]
"not it"