Jun 3, 2022 12:40 am
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Gilly & Ora will just race down the steps as far as they can. Probably just in time to see the last desperate gasp to save our dwarf friend play out!Part 9: Plundering the Plunderers' Plunder
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Jun 3, 2022 4:01 am
Mal dashes along after the crayfish as it scuttles towards the water, she leaps toward Thurig and tries to hold on as he is dragged towards the pool...
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Im fond of Strength myself (13)Last edited June 3, 2022 4:02 am
Rolls
Strength - (1d20)
(2) = 2
Jun 3, 2022 10:03 am
As Ora reaches the corner and gets a glimpse of the action, she grabs at the air in front of her; willing on her new companions to succeed and grab the unlucky dwarf.
"Careful, Gilly. They’ll come rushing back if they succeed. We don’t want to get trampled!"
She puts a hand out and down as it to ward off any danger to the Halfling.
"Careful, Gilly. They’ll come rushing back if they succeed. We don’t want to get trampled!"
She puts a hand out and down as it to ward off any danger to the Halfling.
Jun 4, 2022 4:34 pm
The party rushes after the crayfish and it's prey just as it begins to submerge back into the pool. Spugnoir rushes forward hearing the commotion in the room, but is useless in this situation, and Eltrezar hangs a bit back, knowing his daggers will likely not penetrate the water's surface with any degree of effectiveness.
Mal runs forward and around the corner into the pool room, intending to grab at Thurig's leg and pull him back, but her heavy armor weighs her down and she and the Giant Crayfish move almost stride for stride and the cleric fails to close the distance on her friend's attacker.
Not so for Luban, who wear's only light armor and equipped with the barest of essentials and moves much more quickly than his stockier companions. The thief dashes forward, and reaches the edge of the pool. Bravely risking his life for those he just met, the half-orc lunges forward and grabs hold of one of the monster's thick antennae. As his left hand closes on the rough exterior, the beast suddenly gives a hard thrash of its telson and uropods, and surges underwater at an alarming speed, the antennae nearly pulling free of Luban's grasp, but the half-orc pulls tight and feels the hard tug that nearly strips him of his breath as he's dragged underwater with it.
Clumsy as it may be on land, the Giant Crayfish can almost dance in water, and its speed increases by multiples. By the the time the rest of the party catches up and stands around the edge of the pool, the monster, its dwarven meal, and the what might possibly be the dwarf's final chance at rescue are all about 20' underwater. It's hard to make out any details but the large black outline of the 10'+ monster can be seen below, quickly descending.
Any that can and wish to make a Missile attack may do so at a penalty of -4 to-hit.
Mal runs forward and around the corner into the pool room, intending to grab at Thurig's leg and pull him back, but her heavy armor weighs her down and she and the Giant Crayfish move almost stride for stride and the cleric fails to close the distance on her friend's attacker.
Not so for Luban, who wear's only light armor and equipped with the barest of essentials and moves much more quickly than his stockier companions. The thief dashes forward, and reaches the edge of the pool. Bravely risking his life for those he just met, the half-orc lunges forward and grabs hold of one of the monster's thick antennae. As his left hand closes on the rough exterior, the beast suddenly gives a hard thrash of its telson and uropods, and surges underwater at an alarming speed, the antennae nearly pulling free of Luban's grasp, but the half-orc pulls tight and feels the hard tug that nearly strips him of his breath as he's dragged underwater with it.
Clumsy as it may be on land, the Giant Crayfish can almost dance in water, and its speed increases by multiples. By the the time the rest of the party catches up and stands around the edge of the pool, the monster, its dwarven meal, and the what might possibly be the dwarf's final chance at rescue are all about 20' underwater. It's hard to make out any details but the large black outline of the 10'+ monster can be seen below, quickly descending.
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Movement phase concludes, and the Missile Attack phase can begin. Ranged attacks can be made by any that are equipped to do so (though I would say only arrows and crossbow bolds can penetrate the water's surface and remain somewhat deadly). Because this monster is 20' underwater and has a dwarf and a half-orc all up in its grill, there's going to be a penalty of -4 to all ranged attack rolls (-2 for a missile traveling through water, and -2 for Luban and Thurig giving it some cover).Any that can and wish to make a Missile attack may do so at a penalty of -4 to-hit.
Jun 4, 2022 7:59 pm
cowleyc says:
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Eltrezar will hold off on his dagger attack. Luban dropped his bow.OOC:
I believe Luban has a sword in hand when he jumped in, if I'm not mistaken. The Man-at-Arms is carrying his longsword at the moment, so perhaps Gilly is the only one with a bow right now...Jun 5, 2022 4:28 am
Gilly peeks over the edge and lines up a desperate shot! She looses the arrow into the water as quick as a flash!
Rolls
Shot - (1d20-1, 1d6)
1d20-1 : (13) - 1 = 12
1d6 : (5) = 5
Jun 5, 2022 4:29 am
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Can Levitate target other creatures/people? Or is it only on my self? I feel like it’s only on myself!OOC:
Yep, dang. It’s only the caster than can be targeted!Last edited June 5, 2022 4:30 am
Jun 5, 2022 4:25 pm
KCC says:
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Can Levitate target other creatures/people? Or is it only on my self? I feel like it’s only on myself!Yep, dang. It’s only the caster than can be targeted!
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Yeah, only on self. A few days ago I thought of the same idea as you did, thinking if Ora were to cast that on the crawdad before the thing has a chance to go under the water it would be a sitting duck floating in the air for the snipers to take out, and I was trying to decide how, or even if I should have Spugnoir mention it or leave it to the players to figure out on their own, and then I read the spell description in the book and was like "Oh dang, welp..."I think it's kinda dumb, personally, that you can't cast it on others. And I'm pretty sure Drizzt Do'Urden has done it to someone a couple times in the Salvatore books if I recall correctly...
Moldvay Basic: "This spell cannot be cast on another person or object."
AD&D 1st Edition: "When a levitate spell is cast, the magic-user can place it upon his or her person, or upon some other creature, subject to a maximum weight limit of 1,000 gold pieces equivalence per level of experience..."
We're getting hosed on this one.
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The missile phase ends, and the melee phase begins. The only one in range would be Luban. It should go without saying that the crawdad will continue to descend with Thurig if given the chance, and should Luban choose to release his grip on the monster at any point it is a free Action.
Jun 5, 2022 4:47 pm
Luban, underwater, begins sawing away at the crawdad with his curved blade. It isn't the most efficient manner, but it's better than swinging through water.
Rolls
Attack - (1d20+1)
(17) + 1 = 18
Damage - (1d8+1)
(3) + 1 = 4
Jun 5, 2022 5:38 pm
Visibility being low in the murky water, Luban begins sawing at the Giant Crayfish's head by feel, finding difficulty making any sort of purchase with the blade, and most likely digging some rough scratches in the hard carapace and little more. But then the sword suddenly finds the breach that the thief made in the monster's rostrum just before the beast submerged, and the cutting goes much easier, almost as if sawing through tender meat. Sensing the danger suddenly hanging over it, the crayfish is about to attempt to wipe the half-orc off from itself, but before it can Luban feels the creature's limbs and tail suddenly dart out stiffly, as if its entire body has been hit with a jolt of lightning, and the creature goes entirely limp.
Knowing immediately that the creature has been killed as his blade saws through the brain, Luban can't help a sense of victory well up inside him under the water as the crayfish slowly begins to descend to the depths below, but his celebration is cut short a moment later as he feels the lightest of tugs, as a slight current seems to be drawing him downwards, and sees through blurry vision the heavily laden form of Thurig, bound in plate armor, falling even faster under the water.
From above, the rest of the party can see only that the monster seems to have gone limp. The crayfish and Luban seem to be suspended or descending only in the slightest. However, the shadowy form of Thurig seems to continue falling at a steady rate.
Let's say that we'll go back to roleplaying this situation out, but since "dungeon time" is in ten minute intervals, and "encounter time " is in ten second intervals, and time is of the essence, lets stick with "encounter time" and ten-second turns. But there's no particular order anyone has to follow. More just like, what are the PCs doing each ten-second interval?
Knowing immediately that the creature has been killed as his blade saws through the brain, Luban can't help a sense of victory well up inside him under the water as the crayfish slowly begins to descend to the depths below, but his celebration is cut short a moment later as he feels the lightest of tugs, as a slight current seems to be drawing him downwards, and sees through blurry vision the heavily laden form of Thurig, bound in plate armor, falling even faster under the water.
From above, the rest of the party can see only that the monster seems to have gone limp. The crayfish and Luban seem to be suspended or descending only in the slightest. However, the shadowy form of Thurig seems to continue falling at a steady rate.
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Success, and well done! But we're not out of the rough yet. As per the rules on swimming and drowning:OOC:
I would say that right now, despite the slight tug of current pulling Luban downwards, he can swim to the surface with only a 10% chance of getting pulled under. However, trying to swim upwards with an unconscious man wearing heavy plate will definitely count as encumbered and bump those odds up to 90%. Getting Thurig back to the surface is the next challenge.Let's say that we'll go back to roleplaying this situation out, but since "dungeon time" is in ten minute intervals, and "encounter time " is in ten second intervals, and time is of the essence, lets stick with "encounter time" and ten-second turns. But there's no particular order anyone has to follow. More just like, what are the PCs doing each ten-second interval?
Jun 5, 2022 5:45 pm
Not knowing where this plan was supposed to end up, Luban swims to catch Thurig. He recognizes that it will be near impossible to lift the dwarf up, but perhaps he can just maintain their depth!
And so he swims.
And so he swims.
Jun 5, 2022 5:47 pm
Eltrezar, knowing that Luban has no chance of pulling Thurig out of the water, begins fishing through everyone's gear for a rope. Perhaps only one person needs to enter the water to tie it to the dwarf.
Jun 5, 2022 6:46 pm
Seeing Eltrezar go for the rope, Mal takes one end of the proffered coil in hand and runs to the edge of the pool.
"When I tug the line you pull us up!"
Mal jumps in after Thurig, using the weight of her armor to descend quickly towards the sinking dwarf...
"When I tug the line you pull us up!"
Mal jumps in after Thurig, using the weight of her armor to descend quickly towards the sinking dwarf...
Jun 6, 2022 1:06 am
The wizard opens his mouth to argue with the plan moments too soon, as Maloria makes her belly-flop into the water. He had wanted to suggest Ora swim for it, seeming like a fit young woman and also unarmored. But Mal was one of action. He takes his section of rope, nodding to the others to take theirs.
Jun 6, 2022 6:50 am
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All the heavies are down in the murky depths while all the weaklings are up top set to pull two dwarves out of the drink! Let’s hope the mute doesn’t spring an attack on us :D
"Get ready! Everyone prepare to pull!"
Jun 6, 2022 6:52 am
Ora rushes to the murky water edge and tries to peer down into the water.
"Can they even see him down there?"
She dips the tip of her staff in the water…
"Lumo" she mutters to the staff, and light starts to bleed into the dark water.
"Can they even see him down there?"
She dips the tip of her staff in the water…
"Lumo" she mutters to the staff, and light starts to bleed into the dark water.
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30ft radius light for one measly turn…Jun 6, 2022 7:59 pm
Mal jumps into the pool and icy-cold freshwater immediately hits her like a runaway cart, threatening to steal her breath. It can't be more than forty or fifty degrees, and likely originates from some underground stream that hasn't seen the light or warmth of the day in a long time. The weight of her armor immediately drags her down, her thoughts drifting to consider how difficult, likely impossible really, it would be to swim back to the surface if her companions were to drop the rope.
From above a bright light, different and more harsh than the warm tones of a lantern or torch, suddenly shines down on her, though where it comes from she cannot guess, and can only hope that if it's a sign of danger, the others above can handle it and still maintain hold on her only tether to the surface.
The blurred forms of Luban and the slain crayfish both seem to float in suspension as she passes by with only a brief glance. Then, her gaze focused on the depths below, just as the strange light from above starts to fade and disappear again, Maloria notices through her blurred vision, the shine of reflected light glittering upwards at her from maybe 20' feet below. Then darkness. Moments later her boots land in the soft sediment at the bottom of the pool and she feels the tug of a current of cold water rushing past her, confirming that the pool's source is some underground stream. Feeling around, it doesn't take long for her fingers to find a boot, and then Mal's got hold of Thurig, noticing that his body is slowly being dragged away in the direction of the current's flow, not so strong as to require much effort on Mal's part to keep hold of him, but had she not immediately dived in after him, he likely would have been dragged away in short time to wherever the underground stream leads.
Once she has a good hold of the unconscious dwarf, she gives a tug on the rope.
From above a bright light, different and more harsh than the warm tones of a lantern or torch, suddenly shines down on her, though where it comes from she cannot guess, and can only hope that if it's a sign of danger, the others above can handle it and still maintain hold on her only tether to the surface.
The blurred forms of Luban and the slain crayfish both seem to float in suspension as she passes by with only a brief glance. Then, her gaze focused on the depths below, just as the strange light from above starts to fade and disappear again, Maloria notices through her blurred vision, the shine of reflected light glittering upwards at her from maybe 20' feet below. Then darkness. Moments later her boots land in the soft sediment at the bottom of the pool and she feels the tug of a current of cold water rushing past her, confirming that the pool's source is some underground stream. Feeling around, it doesn't take long for her fingers to find a boot, and then Mal's got hold of Thurig, noticing that his body is slowly being dragged away in the direction of the current's flow, not so strong as to require much effort on Mal's part to keep hold of him, but had she not immediately dived in after him, he likely would have been dragged away in short time to wherever the underground stream leads.
Once she has a good hold of the unconscious dwarf, she gives a tug on the rope.
Jun 7, 2022 12:25 am
"PULL!" alarms the Halfling once she feels the thing tug in her hands!
"PULL!" and she digs her heels in and drags for all she’s worth!
"PULL!" and she digs her heels in and drags for all she’s worth!
Jun 7, 2022 12:26 am
Her light soon fading, Ora hoped that it had been some small help in finding the dwarf that lay at the bottom of the water.
Once it’s gone, she scurries to the rope and helps the Halfling pull it up!
Once it’s gone, she scurries to the rope and helps the Halfling pull it up!
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