Episode 4: The Cult of Kaliya-te

Aug 19, 2019 7:20 pm
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The battle against the filthy kalding, servants of the goat-headed death-god Kaliya-te, has begun! With the goatmen slashing and burning the forest surrounding the portal, our heroes, together with the noble tikbalang tribe, protectors of the mountain, rush to the defense, abandoning their carefully-planned dawn attack. The heroes face overwhelming odds. And mysteriously, The Worm That Walks, that corrupt abomination, has yet to be sighted.

Urban and Rydler decide to join the main force, while Baracus, Erden, and Ybus remain with Makabo's warband to carry out Baracus' audacious plan to take to the worm tunnels and head straight for the portal. Even here, underground, the air is thick with smoke from the burning forest above. The rough tunnel twists and turns without surfacing, but you soon come to a branching.
OOC:
Survival rolls, please.
Aug 19, 2019 7:50 pm
Shortly before entering the tunnel system, Ybus hops off Buluyagon's shoulder. He touches the tip of his belaying pin, and when nothing happens, gives the wooden rod a good whack against the tunnel wall. A globe of Light flickers into existence, and Ybus covers part of the belaying pin with his hand to focus the magical light into a narrow beam.

"Look," he says, proudly flashing the light across the walls and ceiling. "I call it a sun-tunnel!"

Rolls

Survival - (1d20+2)

(14) + 2 = 16

Aug 20, 2019 4:01 am
Baracus carries Erden on his shoulders, surveying the tunnel with a hunter's eye, feeling for vibrations along the smooth rock, and (mostly) ignoring Ybus's lewd shadow puppets.
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Rolls

Survival - (1d20+5)

(15) + 5 = 20

Aug 21, 2019 2:30 am
Erden rides on Baracus' shoulders, using his high vantage to keep a close eye out for danger. He is outwardly calm, but he can feel rivers of magic flowing through his veins as he feels battle coming closer.

Rolls

Survival - (1d20+1)

(17) + 1 = 18

Aug 21, 2019 2:47 pm
By Ybus' magic light and a couple of torches, the warband enters the system of tunnels underneath the battleground. With the PHULES' help, the group navigates the twists and turns and several branchings, moving closer and closer to where the portal should be. Suddenly, the tunnel walls explode and dirt clods fly as several large worms burrow through! One of them swallows a redshirt one of the forward scouts whole, while in the rear, Lingkon-Hok, the musclebound tikbalang Baracus arm-wrestled, is grabbed by another worm's tentacles.

"GRABOIDS!!!" Buluyagon yells.
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OOC:
Your turn!

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Aug 21, 2019 5:12 pm
"What is it with all these tentacles?" Ybus declares. "I feel like I'm in a schoolboy's fantasy!" Using his belaying pin light to guide his aim, Ybus fires two beams of white energy at the graboid latched onto Lingkon-Hok.

"Not that I'm complaining," Ybus adds, blushing with the thought.

Rolls

Eldritch Blast (two beams), Force Damage each beam - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d10)

1d20+6 : (1) + 6 = 7

1d20+6 : (12) + 6 = 18

1d10 : (6) = 6

Aug 21, 2019 8:55 pm
Baracus knows Lingkon-Hok can handle himself but chooses to fuck that worm up that assails him anyway. He thursts the First Sword into the blast wound the Ybus's magic left behind.
OOC:
Bonus Action: Rage
Action: Attack with First Sword recklessly
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Rolls

reckless attack w/ first sword - (1d20+8, 1d20+8, 1d6+7)

1d20+8 : (1) + 8 = 9

1d20+8 : (16) + 8 = 24

1d6+7 : (4) + 7 = 11

Aug 28, 2019 9:41 am
Erden holds his palm forward, releasing a blast of fire from his palm to engulf the worm.
[ +- ] Fire Bolt

Rolls

Fire bolt - (1d20+7, 2d10)

1d20+7 : (19) + 7 = 26

2d10 : (16) = 7

Sep 9, 2019 10:37 am
With Makabo leading them, the tikbalang warriors move to fight the graboid (G1) that swallowed their friend out front, and also repel the second graboid (G2) that has burst into the middle ranks. Meanwhile, Makabo and the PHULES fight the largest graboid (G3), which has caught Lingkon-Hok in its tentacles.

Battle Music!

Ybus fires from atop Buluyagon's shoulders. His first energy beam goes wide, exploding against the tunnel wall and showering everyone with dirt. His second beam nails the graboid right on its beak (6 damage), and Baracus follows up with a savage thrust of the First Sword, (11 damage) earning a satisfying squeal from the monster right before Erden's fire bolt hits (7 damage), forcing the creature to release Lingkon-Hok.

Finding himself free, Lingkon-Hok roars at the monster and thrusts his spear at it, but the creature's rubbery hide is surprisingly tough, and the spear fails to penetrate.

G1 grabs another tikbalang warrior and and chomps on the poor fellow's leg, the monstrous worm's beak snapping through bone and muscle.

G2 slithers up the tunnel wall in an effort to escape all the tikbalang weaponry aimed at it, and burrows into the earth.

Seeing Baracus as the biggest threat (and the biggest potential meal) the alpha grabs him with its tentacles and bites down on his meaty shoulder - fortunately not the shoulder Erden is perched on! (after DR, 9 slashing + 9 piercing) The monster then whips its tail around and batters Lingkon-Hok's kneecaps, knocking the tikbalang warrior down to the ground!
OOC:
• Ybus: AC 12. 28/28 hp.
• Baracus: AC 17. 46/64 hp. Raging. Reckless.
• Erden: AC 12. 32/32 hp.
• Lingkon-Hok: Prone. Bloodied.
• Buluyagon
• Makabo
• Other tikbalang warriors
• Graboid G1: AC 14.
• Graboid G2: AC 14. Burrowed out of sight.
• Alpha Graboid G3: AC 18. 23 damage.


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Rolls

Alpha Graboid tentacle vs. Baracus (AC 17) - (1d20+7, 1d20+7, 2d8+4)

1d20+7 : (8) + 7 = 15

1d20+7 : (10) + 7 = 17

2d8+4 : (16) + 4 = 11

Incorrect damage dice used above. This is the correct damage roll. - (4d8+4)

(7412) + 4 = 18

Beak attack vs. Baracus (AC 17) - (1d20+7, 1d20+7, 2d8+4)

1d20+7 : (14) + 7 = 21

1d20+7 : (16) + 7 = 23

2d8+4 : (86) + 4 = 18

Sep 11, 2019 3:54 pm
OOC:
I forgot to say: it's your turn!
Sep 11, 2019 6:57 pm
Ybus sings, "You get knocked down, but you get up again! Worm ain't never gonna keep ya down!" Flipping the bird at the Alpha graboid, Ybus points his belaying pin and soft-tosses a bright ball of light that glitters and sparkles as it flies.

As the sparkles descend towards the ground, a majority of them fall upon Baracus's shoulders like dandruff.
OOC:
Bonus Action: Healing Light for 2d6 on Baracus.
Action: Cast Guiding Bolt on Alpha (if hits, 6d6 radiant and next attack has advantage).
Movement: Remain on Buluyagon's shoulder.
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Rolls

Healing Light HP for Baracus - (2d6)

(41) = 5

Guiding Bolt, Radiant Damage - (1d20+6, 6d6)

1d20+6 : (11) + 6 = 17

6d6 : (663351) = 24

Sep 13, 2019 12:14 am
Erden fires a trio of magical owls at the alpha.
[ +- ] Stats

Rolls

Magic Missile - (3d4+3)

(343) + 3 = 13

Sep 13, 2019 12:34 am
Baracus laughs in the face of the Alpha Graboid as he shows it what a true warrior is capable of.

Rolls

Attack with First Sword (reckless) - (1d20+7, 1d20+7, 1d6+7)

1d20+7 : (9) + 7 = 16

1d20+7 : (15) + 7 = 22

1d6+7 : (5) + 7 = 12

Flurry 1 (reckless) - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d4+6)

1d20+6 : (20) + 6 = 26

1d20+6 : (19) + 6 = 25

1d4+6 : (1) + 6 = 7

Flurry 2 (reckless) - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d4+6)

1d20+6 : (18) + 6 = 24

1d20+6 : (19) + 6 = 25

1d4+6 : (3) + 6 = 9

Savage crit - (2d4)

(31) = 4

Sep 14, 2019 3:14 pm
Ybus' sparkle-dandruff settle on Baracus' shoulders, stitching up some of his wounds. (5hp healed) The ball of light seems to run out of steam though, and falls just short of the alpha graboid. It explodes harmlessly on the tunnel floor, filling the space with multicolored pyrotechnics. (17 vs AC 18. Miss) Try as he might, Buluyagon can't blink away the glowing spots dancing across his vision.

Battle Music!

The alpha shudders as Erden's angry birds slam into it simultaneously. (13 damage) It rears up to lash out at the pesky gnome, but Baracus sinks the First Sword once more into the monster's flesh, then grabs one of its tentacles, tears it out of the graboid's mouth, then uses the slimy appendage to slap the thing hard across the face! (Reckless 1: hit. 12 piercing. Flurry 1: crit. 11 bludgeoning. Flurry 2: hit. 9 bludgeoning)

Lingkon-Hok rolls out of the alpha's reach and draws back his spear to throw, but doesn't have a clean shot.

Up front, Makabo and the other tikbalang warriors have their hands full with G1, and a new arrival (G4), and tending to their buddy with the chomped-off leg.

G2 hasn't reappered. It could be anywhere!
OOC:
Back to you!

• Ybus: AC 12. 28/28 hp.
• Baracus: AC 17. 51/64 hp. Raging. Reckless.
• Erden: AC 12. 32/32 hp.
• Lingkon-Hok: Bloodied.
• Buluyagon
• Makabo
• Other tikbalang warriors
• Graboid G1: AC 14. Bloodied.
• Graboid G2: AC 14. Burrowed out of sight.
• Alpha Graboid G3: AC 18. 68 damage (Bloodied).
• Graboid G4: AC 14. Adjacent to G1.


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Sep 14, 2019 5:04 pm
Ybus slaps Buluyagon's shoulder where he sits. "Ay sus, pare! You just gonna stand around all day? Like statue? Huh?"

As if to drive home the point, Ybus levels his belaying pin at the Alpha and launches two shining beams of eldritch celestial light.
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Rolls

Eldritch Blast 1, Eldritch Blast 2, Force Damage - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d10)

1d20+6 : (2) + 6 = 8

1d20+6 : (10) + 6 = 16

1d10 : (8) = 8

Sep 14, 2019 6:28 pm
One of Ybus's beams goes wide and singes Baracus's top knot. He turns to Ybus and thrusts his fist in Ybus's direction, still holding the beast's tentacle.

"HEY! Watch where you're pointing those things!"

He then turns his attention, and his weapons, back to the Alpha Graboid.
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Rolls

First Sword (not reckless) - (1d20+7, 1d6+7)

1d20+7 : (4) + 7 = 11

1d6+7 : (3) + 7 = 10

Martial Arts (not reckless) - (1d20+6, 1d4+6)

1d20+6 : (10) + 6 = 16

1d4+6 : (2) + 6 = 8

Sep 14, 2019 6:49 pm
OOC:
Alpha is near death but not quite. :-)

Len

Sep 14, 2019 6:59 pm
OOC:
Okay, (if you'll allow it) I've retconned the post to attack the Alpha Graboid instead.
Sep 15, 2019 2:52 am
OOC:
Yeah it's cool. But you know the alpha's AC, and that those are misses, right? ;-)
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