The Triad

Apr 22, 2021 4:34 pm

Halla’s mouth opens in a curse that fortunately neither Zenithral nor Alalla can hear. Then she waves her hands at Alalla, pointing at her sword and miming extinguishing the light. A moment later, the woman becomes a horse-sized spider with bladed forelegs. She pounces on one of the over-sized flies and digs in with forelegs and fangs. While the venom seems to do little to the demon, her leg-blades are deadly enough on their own.

32 damage to Chasme 1

HP: 60/60
AC: 16
Zone: Near the chasme and Alalla, engaging Chasme 1

Rolls

Halla vs chasme 1 (2 attacks) - (1d20+7, 1d20+7)

1d20+7 : (17) + 7 = 24

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

Slashing dmg to chasme 1 - (4d6+8)

(4525) + 8 = 24

Bite vs chasme 1 - (1d20+7)

(16) + 7 = 23

piercing dmg to chasme 1 - (1d10+4)

(5) + 4 = 9

Apr 23, 2021 1:37 am

Zenithral spins to face the oncoming creatures, bow lighting slightly with arcane energy.

His first shot strikes true, but the second nearly hits Halla. He twists his bow, summoning a tiny portal of purple sparks. The arrow flies in and comes out another one, striking a different chasme.

I do hope she didn't notice that...

As he fires his final shot, he infuses the arrow with shadow, then lets it fly.

He then finds himself suddenly empty-handed and baffled. His bow pops back into existence in a spray of purple sparks several yards closer to the brawl.

He drops his empty arms and silently sighs, bracing himself to go retrieve his bow.

Chasme 1 takes a total of 57 damage and dies (unless it has resistance or immunity to the 11 psychic damage). Chasme 2 takes 18 damage. Zenithral's bow is 19 feet closer to the chasme and others.

HP: 112/118
AC: 17
Zone: NOT near the chasme, Halla, and Alalla

Last edited April 23, 2021 11:27 pm

Rolls

Longbow 1, 2, 3 vs Chasme 1 (Sharpshooter) - (1d20+9, 1d20+9, 1d20+9)

1d20+9 : (13) + 9 = 22

1d20+9 : (3) + 9 = 12

1d20+9 : (5) + 9 = 14

Curving Shot vs Chasme 2 - (1d20+9)

(19) + 9 = 28

STRAAAAIN!! (R.I.P.) - (1d100)

(52) = 52

Random Distance, Random Direction - (1d20, 1d8)

1d20 : (19) = 19

1d8 : (1) = 1

Damage 1, 2, 3 - (1d8+16, 1d8+16, 1d8+16)

1d8+16 : (7) + 16 = 23

1d8+16 : (2) + 16 = 18

1d8+16 : (7) + 16 = 23

Shadow Arrow - (2d6)

(56) = 11

Apr 23, 2021 2:29 pm

Alalla curses into the droning darkness as her eyes flutter briefly. She swings out with her sword, missing most of her attacks before finally landing a heavy blow on one of the nauseating fly-things. After searing it badly, Alalla extinguishes her blade, relying only on her night vision to see.

Chasme 2 takes 35 slashing and 23 fire damage. Alalla uses her bonus action to turn off the fire.

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Rolls

Attack 1 - (1d20+11)

(3) + 11 = 14

Attack 2 - (1d20+11)

(20) + 11 = 31

Attack 3 - (1d20+11)

(2) + 11 = 13

CRIT DAMAGE - (1d10+15, 2d6+12)

1d10+15 : (7) + 15 = 22

2d6+12 : (62) + 12 = 20

damage reroll - (1d6+18)

(5) + 18 = 23

Forgot my Con save - (1d20+10)

(2) + 10 = 12

Superiority Die - (1d10+10)

(3) + 10 = 13

Apr 23, 2021 9:25 pm

The chasme Halla tackled tries to skewer her with its needle mouth, but can't seem to find a good angle to strike at the sword spider. The other two demons leap at Alalla, poking at her in an attempt to find gaps in her fine armor. Reflexively the half-orc snaps her sword across and shears the proboscis off of one of them. Disarmed and wounded, that chasme seems to have lost interest in the fight and tries to crawl over the edge and to the ground below.

Zenithral's whistling arrows finish off Halla's chasme. Immediately its clacking wings cease their drone, and the immediate vicinity seems a bit quieter.

The ground rumbles slightly in response.

The remaining chasme doesn't show any sign of worry at being the last one. It continues to poke at Alalla, razor-sharp proboscis nearly piercing her armor.

Rolls

Chasme 1 vs Halla - (1d20+5)

(8) + 5 = 13

Chasme 2 and 3 vs Al (2 attacks total) - (1d20+5, 1d20+5)

1d20+5 : (1) + 5 = 6

1d20+5 : (13) + 5 = 18

Apr 23, 2021 9:41 pm

Round 2 Player Phase!

OOC:

Al can make an opportunity attack against Chasme 2 if she wants, its leaving this fight. So pretty much just #3 to worry about!

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Apr 23, 2021 11:29 pm

Zenithral runs forward, then dives for his bow as the plateau shifts, the droning becoming nearly unbearable.

Grabbing the weapon, the archer rolls to his feet, grabs three arrows from his quiver and fires each in precise, rapid succession.

Chasme 3 takes 55 damage.

HP: 112/118
AC: 17
Zone: Near the chasme, Halla, and Alalla, but not engaged.

Last edited April 23, 2021 11:33 pm

Rolls

Longbow 1, 2, 3 (Sharp) - (1d20+9, 1d20+9, 1d20+9)

1d20+9 : (17) + 9 = 26

1d20+9 : (11) + 9 = 20

Damage - (1d8+16, 1d8+16, 1d8+16)

1d8+16 : (1) + 16 = 17

1d8+16 : (5) + 16 = 21

Apr 24, 2021 12:12 pm

Alalla lets the escaping fly go, Nym's warning about killing the chasme echoing in her ears. It doesn't stop her from taking out the one attacking her though. For every arrow that hits, Alalla's long sword is just behind with a deep slashing strike. After three each, the monster falls to the ground in pieces.

Chasme 3 takes 30 slashing damage and dies.

Last edited April 24, 2021 12:17 pm

Rolls

Attacks 1-3 - (1d20+11, 1d20+11, 1d20+11)

1d20+11 : (8) + 11 = 19

1d20+11 : (7) + 11 = 18

1d20+11 : (19) + 11 = 30

Damage - (3d10+15)

(735) + 15 = 30

Apr 24, 2021 2:34 pm

Between Zenithral's arrows and Alalla's blade, the last chasme succumbs to death. Its clacking stops.

The ground shifts again, a little more violently this time. As it tilts to one side, the sliced pieces of chasme topple and bounce over the edge, but the companions manage to keep their footing.

Rolls

Halla con save DC 12 - (1d20+8)

(12) + 8 = 20

Chasme 3 vs Al - (1d20+5)

(10) + 5 = 15

Zen str save DC 16 - (1d20+5)

(15) + 5 = 20

Al str save DC 16 - (1d20+12)

(19) + 12 = 31

Halla str save DC 16 (adv from spider) - (1d20+4, 1d20+4)

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

1d20+4 : (14) + 4 = 18

Halla

Apr 24, 2021 2:53 pm

Halla scuttles back and forth along the edge for a moment, then turns to Zenithral and Allala, lifts a foreleg and twists it about, bending it towards herself. It's an odd gesture on a spider, but clearly means "come here". She lowers her abdomen to the ground, beckoning them to climb aboard.

Apr 24, 2021 3:05 pm

Zenithral keeps his balance easily, but his face falls, hand weakly reaching out as his arrows fall off the plateau with the fallen chasme.

"Well that was exciting..." he whispers, unexcitedly. Both Halla and Alalla suspect his nonchalance is how he's dealing with the terror of the situation.

He slings his bow over his shoulder, then climbs aboard Halla.

Halla

Apr 24, 2021 5:40 pm

Halla easily spins some webbing for makeshift harnesses and then, with Alalla and Zenithral secure on her back, she creeps over the plateau’s edge. Even in the darkness their world seems to spin as the druid moves to the underside of the Beast’s turtle-like shell. The incessant drone of the chasme suddenly sounds from above them as floor becomes wall, then ceiling.

From this vantage they can better see Ityak-Ortheel’s form. It does indeed look like a giant, scaly mushroom with three stalks. Curled up beneath the edge of the shell top are enormous milky tentacles, each one as thick around as Alalla’s thigh. Intertwined as they are around each other, its impossible to say how long each tentacle might be, or how many there are. In the middle of the underside, equidistant from the three enormous legs, is a wrinkled, circular maw lined with jagged teeth.

Halla picks her way slowly and carefully along the Beast’s underside, doing her best to avoid touching the tentacles. This close, the party can see that every so often they twitch and squirm, much like a dog’s feet kicking while it dreams.

She pauses before the mouth, waiting for a decision from the others.

Apr 26, 2021 11:36 pm

Alalla fights off the motion sickness from Halla's complete disregard for gravity as they make their way across the creature. She gives the maw a distasteful look, then waits for Zenithral to use his comminucation magic.

"Nym said the eye might be in the mouth. Up and in?" She would do what was necessary, as always, but her eyes said she hoped Zen would have one of his clever ideas.

Apr 28, 2021 4:38 am

Zenithral summons Fluphy.

"I hate to ask you to do this..." he prefaces "...but can you take a look for the Eye? Yes...in there. I'll be ready to get you out if anything goes wrong!" he encourages.

Zenithral casts resistance on Fluphy, then will repeatedly take the Ready action to dismiss it if the flumph telepathically cries for help.

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Fluphy the Flumph

Apr 28, 2021 8:33 pm

Fluphy lets out a low warble as it takes in its surroundings, and turns a dark purple. One eyestalk twitches over to look at the open mouth, while the other stares incredulously at Zenithral. But the flumph has never refused an assignment from its master. With a somewhat brave *toot* it floats over and up into the circular maw...

Zenithral gets a sense of dark, wet passages as Fluphy reports its exploration of the Beast’s insides. After a minute or two, the flumph finds a larger… chamber? Cave? Organ? In any case, the space is half-filled with some kind of gooey, viscous material. Definitely not water. And somewhere below its surface is… a faint light.

As the flumph moves in for a closer look, the liquid ripples ominously.

Fluphy’s mental ping of alarm causes Zenithral to release the familiar from its tie to this plane, and the flumph poofs safely away to its little pocket dimension.

Apr 29, 2021 1:33 am

Alalla frowns as Zenithral relays the information. "If I get closer, maybe I can sense whether the light is from something divine or not." As much as it's appalling to label Gruumsh as 'divine,' he is a deity. She sighs. "I don't see any way around going in... At least now Fluphy can guide us."

Apr 29, 2021 2:20 am

Zenithral nods and resummons Fluphy, thanking the flumph and asking it to guide them (or at least telepathically relay instructions).

Apr 30, 2021 3:51 am

"Alright... You stay here Halla---yes I know," Al interrupts, looking at the spider as though she has an expression she can read. Alalla can certainly hear Halla's objections in her mind's eye. "We need someone to be able to pull us out if we need it. Rope and silk, just in case?"

Al ties ropes around her and Zenithral's waists and gestures for Halla to do the same with silk. The god-born abomination can probably bite right through it... but maybe it would be too fine for its massive teeth. Maybe.

Then, with one last bolstering breath, Al heads in, preparing to pull Zenithral up behind her.

Last edited April 30, 2021 3:52 am

Apr 30, 2021 7:27 pm

As Alalla begins the climb into the Beast’s mouth, she finds it difficult to find purchase on the wrinkled, slimy ‘walls’ of the things throat. To give her a hand, Halla creeps under the circular mouth and splays her legs around the edge, then raises her abdomen to give Alalla footholds to begin her climb. As soon as the paladin settles her weight inside the mouth, however, the wrinkles begin to expand. Alalla has just a moment to wonder if she is going to be swallowed, when instead the entire mouth sags downward, unfolding like an accordion.

Apparently the Beast’s mouth is fixed on the end of a very long, thick tentacle.

The heavy weight of that extending tentacle bears down on Halla, who can hardly hope to support it, splayed out as she is directly below. The druid loses her grip and begins to fall, Zenithral with her, even as with a series of moist *squelches* the mouth-tentacle begins to droop down to the floor… and the chasme demons that cover it.

Within the mouth, Alalla can see a hardened ledge just above her. It must be the top of the throat. If she moves quickly, she may be able to jump to reach it before her footing sags too far.

OOC:

So we've got a moment frozen in time as this gross mouth-tentacle-thing begins to sag. From the look of this accordion-tentacle-mouth-thing it could probably extend all the way to the floor. Alalla's IN it, Halla's about to fall, and Zen too since he's on her. Also, I believe you're all tied together! So if one of you falls, you might all fall unless someone's strong and has a good place to hang onto. Or you could cut the ropes/webs and let Halla fall... I don't know! You guys get to come up with a solution ;)

Rolls

Spider-Halla str save DC 22 - (1d20+4)

(5) + 4 = 9

May 2, 2021 2:50 am