The Gargoyle's Nest CTD Part 2
When last we left our brave heroes, they were confronted with the horror of a writhing set of tenteacles emerged from an overgrown floor. So many tentacles! So much plant matter!
It was going... all right. Nobody was dead yet. But it's hard to know how 'hurt' the creature was.
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (25): 25
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+8: (17)+8: 25
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d4+3: (4)+3: 7
GAME: Raethon used a Wand of Magic Missile.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 20.
It is now Elisabeth's turn! Garak is next!
Rae is still in the air, thankfully. He Guides his flaming sphere over to a tendril to burn at it's base...while he uses a wand to hit the same tentril with three bolts.....
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6: (11)+12: 23
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6-5: (2)+12+-5: 9
GAME: Elisabeth rolls 1d8+5: (6)+5: 11
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 18.
It is now Garak's turn! Undercover Plant Monster is next!
Having been grabbed up right away by a tentacle, Elisabeth struggled for a while with it before finally getting her sword unsheathed, hacking her way free of the thing. Dropping a couple of feet to the ground, she lands in a crouch, then stands as she spins her blade around to hack at another nearby vine, cutting deeply into it. The vine, not completely severed, wraps around the blade of her weapon, forcing her to pull it free; the motion makes her take a few unexpected steps backwards as the blade suddenly comes free, leaving her to simply swat the thing away with the flat of her blade as she regains her balance.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 15.
It is now Undercover Plant Monster's turn! Kisaiya is next!
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (13)+21: 34
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (3)+21: 24
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6: (2): 2
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d8+10: (17)+10: 27
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+28: (2)+28: 30
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d8+10: (10)+10: 20
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 15.
It is now Kisaiya's turn! Magnus is next!
GAME: Kisaiya rolls Scythe PA 1: (14)+Scythe PA 1: 15
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 18: (8)+18: 26
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 2: aliased to 13: (1)+13: 14 (EPIC FAIL)
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA D: aliased to 2d4+18: (3)+18: 21
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 13.
It is now Magnus' turn! Kira is next!
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+9: (16)+9: 25
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+4: (14)+4: 18
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 10.
It is now Kira's turn! Hun'rar is next!
Magnus steps back, firing arrows back into the tentacles. He can't pin anything down, though.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Four - Init 8.
It is now Hun'rar's turn! Raethon is next!
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+11: (3)+11: 14
GAME: NEW ROUND!
Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 25.
It is now Raethon's turn! Elisabeth is next!
It's tentacles slammed into Garak once more, perhaps confused as to how it escaped his grasp in the first place, but it's to no avail in grabbing him a second time. Seems that the spell the cleric cast is definitely still holding strong.
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (16): 16
GAME: Raethon casts Scorching Ray. Caster Level: 10 DC: 18
GAME: Raethon rolls ranged: (15)+8: 23
GAME: Raethon rolls ranged: (15)+8: 23
GAME: Raethon rolls 4d6: (8): 8
GAME: Raethon rolls 4d6: (15): 15
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 20.
It is now Elisabeth's turn! Garak is next!
As his flaming sphere burns even further into the tendril, Rae attacks it from the other side to cut it the rest of the way through. he then turns to look around to see who his flaming sphere can help. and himself, of course.
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6: (15)+12: 27
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6-5: (6)+12+-5: 13
GAME: Elisabeth rolls 1d8+5: (6)+5: 11
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 18.
It is now Garak's turn! Undercover Plant Monster is next!
Elisabeth turns the vine that's trying to grapple her away with her sword, puts her foot on it, and slashes hard into the thing before it slithers out from under her boot and slaps at the face of her shield, which was interposed in time to catch the swatting.
GAME: Garak rolls weapon1: (9)+12: 21
GAME: Garak rolls weapon1-3: (10)+12+-3: 19
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 15.
It is now Undercover Plant Monster's turn! Kisaiya is next!
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (18)+21: 39
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (4)+21: 25
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6: (4): 4
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6: (4): 4
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d8+10: (15)+10: 25
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d8+10: (9)+10: 19
Garak tosses his falchion aside and a gleaming lance appears in his hands instead. He reverses it and raises it above his head, before bringing it stabbing down with both hands at a sliver of tentacle writhing at his feet. If it hit, it may have pinned the limb in place, but it doesn't seem to have any affect.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 15.
It is now Kisaiya's turn! Magnus is next!
Perhaps it's that GArak can't be grabbed by it that's driving it crazy.
It's tentacles, several of them, are now trying to grab the poor cleric. Instead, he's merely getting thrashed by them.
GAME: Kisaiya rolls Scythe 1: aliased to 21: (4)+21: 25
GAME: Kisaiya rolls Scythe 2: aliased to 16: (6)+16: 22
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 13.
It is now Magnus' turn! Kira is next!
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 10.
It is now Kira's turn! Hun'rar is next!
GAME: Whirlpool reverses the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 13.
It is now Magnus' turn! Kira is next!
Kisaiya is not on her game. NOT ON HER GAME AT ALL! She's trying to use her scythe a bit like a weedeater, but it is not working really. It's instead skating off of this, and just sheering through that, but it's completely ineffective as she seems about ready to just throw the scythe in a bit of frustration. "OH MY GODS I HATE THAT GARDENER SO MUCH! AND HIS FRIEND THE INVESTIGATOR!"
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+11: (7)+11: 18
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+6: (6)+6: 12
Magnus shoots twice towards the tentacles on Garak, but carefully misses both of them!
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 10.
It is now Kira's turn! Hun'rar is next!
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Five - Init 8.
It is now Hun'rar's turn! Raethon is next!
GAME: NEW ROUND!
Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 25.
It is now Raethon's turn! Elisabeth is next!
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+13: (11)+13: 24
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 16: (10)+16: 26
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+11: (13)+11: 24
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+6: (15)+6: 21
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (21): 21
GAME: Raethon casts Magic Missile. Caster Level: 10 DC: 17
GAME: Raethon rolls 5d4+5: (14)+5: 19
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+6: (14)+6: 20
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 20.
It is now Elisabeth's turn! Garak is next!
Rae might be staying out of the fight...to a point, but he's still trying to assist. As Garak gets into trouble, he directs his sphere over towards that tendril to burn it a lot...and chip away at it with his magic missile.....
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6: (13)+12: 25
GAME: Elisabeth rolls 1d8+5: (7)+5: 12
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (18)+21: 39
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d8+10: (13)+10: 23
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 18.
It is now Garak's turn! Undercover Plant Monster is next!
Seeing Garak getting hit hard, Elisabeth turns her back on the vine at which she's been hacking away and hurries towards him. Along the way, the vine she's leaving smashes her across the back, sending her stumbling forward a bit, but she doesn't stop moving to help... but her cut at the vine she's targetting ends up being a pretty much harmless swat with the flat of her blade, instead of the slash she'd originally been aiming to deliver.
GAME: Garak rolls 5d6: (21): 21
GAME: Garak spends ONE use of CHANNEL ENERGY.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 15.
It is now Undercover Plant Monster's turn! Kisaiya is next!
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (13)+21: 34
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d20+21: (17)+21: 38
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6: (4): 4
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6: (2): 2
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d10+10: (15)+10: 25
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 3d10+10: (15)+10: 25
Swiftly, the plant creature loses interest on Garak... somewhat.
Instead, Kisa and Rae both eat tentacled doom, and all of you start hearing a strange, whispery sound. Like a voice, but not quite.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 15.
It is now Kisaiya's turn! Magnus is next!
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 18: (1)+18: 19 (EPIC FAIL)
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 2: aliased to 13: (11)+13: 24
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 13.
It is now Magnus' turn! Kira is next!
GAME: Magnus rolls knowledge/nature: (10)+11: 21
GAME: Magnus rolls perception: (8)+10: 18
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 10.
It is now Kira's turn! Hun'rar is next!
Garak is battered by the vines. Unlike the previous 'tendriculous' monsters that were formidable enough but fell to a determined party using sound tactics...this one seems likely to outfight all of them singlehandedly. Grasping the symbol he wears around his neck, Garak steps next to Elisabeth so that the two of them are in line with Kisaiya, and then sends a line of healing energy through all three.
GAME: Kisaiya rolls perception: (10)+7: 17
Magnus pauses for a moment, listening, before shaking himself away. "Be careful! Don't listen to it! It will try to hypnotize us!"
GAME: Kisaiya rolls 5: (13)+5: 18
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+11: (11)+11: 22
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+6: (20)+6: 26
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+6: (4)+6: 10
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d8+5: (5)+5: 10
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Six - Init 8.
It is now Hun'rar's turn! Raethon is next!
GAME: NEW ROUND!
Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Seven - Init 25.
It is now Raethon's turn! Elisabeth is next!
Magnus sends a couple of shots into the tentacles -- one even hits!
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (19): 19
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d8+1: (13)+1: 14
GAME: Raethon used a Potion of Cure Serious Wounds.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Seven - Init 20.
It is now Elisabeth's turn! Garak is next!
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6: (4)+12: 16
GAME: Elisabeth rolls weapon6-5: (13)+12+-5: 20
Elisabeth continues to slash her blade at the vines... but now they're dancing about and avoiding her swings, or swatting at her enough to throw them off so that they're flat-of-blade swats, or otherwise simply ineffective.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Seven - Init 18.
It is now Garak's turn! Undercover Plant Monster is next!
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Seven - Init 15.
It is now Undercover Plant Monster's turn! BadLuckKisa is next!
GAME: Whirlpool rolls 1d6: (1): 1
GAME: Elisabeth rolls will: (17)+12: 29
GAME: Garak rolls 5d6: (15): 15
GAME: Garak spends ONE use of CHANNEL ENERGY.
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Seven - Init 15.
It is now BadLuckKisa's turn! Magnus is next!
GAME: BadLuckKisa rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 18: (18)+18: 36
GAME: BadLuckKisa rolls ScythePA 2: aliased to 13: (4)+13: 17
GAME: BadLuckKisa rolls ScythePA D: aliased to 2d4+18: (4)+18: 22
GAME: Whirlpool advances the initiative order.
Round Seven - Init 13.
It is now Magnus' turn! Kira is next!
Kisaiya swings her scythe down, trying to sheer into the mass of vines again. She heard that singing from below, and around, it seemed like going down was the best idea then. Her scythe bit into it hard on the first swing, but then it's off to skating around on the next - just like the ones before. Sort of half catching in the growth. "Ugh! I just can't find my rhythm! DAMN THAT SONG!"
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+11: (15)+11: 26
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+6: (7)+6: 13
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d8+5: (3)+5: 8
GAME: Whirlpool removes the timestop.
Timestop by Whirlpool has left.
Magnus keeps shooting, carefully. Not fast, but just as fast as he can line up the shots. One of them goes wild, spinning off of a root, while the other sinks into the base of a tentacle with a satisfying THWOCK.
... there is a rumble.
The plant's begin to wither and then withdraw, retracting and flooding away into the next room. It's a bit like having a giant, viney rug pulled out from under your feet. A sdtruggle to stay a foot. The broken, crumbled remains of wseveral gargoyles are reveald in the process, as well.
It's... violent.
Raethon is still up in the air. "well then. it was bigger than we all thought....."
Kisaiaya FLAILS! Her arms swinging about wildly as she tries to keep her footing, it's a miracle she didn't cut anyone (or herself) with her scythe as she does his. A frown and then she looks up at Raethon, "WELL YEAH! I mean, did you see the size of those tentacles!" And she flings her arms back up in the air, wiggling them about for emphasis.
Magnus goes to one knee, and then looks around carefully. He rises, slowly, deliberately.
"Lets move on past it... to where I can safely provide healing for those who are injured, without having it possibly interrupt?", Elisabeth suggests.
GAME: Elisabeth rolls 4d6: (17): 17