May 24, 2022 10:22 pm
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Not sure which is which. I'll head toward the top of the map, which is north, I presume.Down in the Depths
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May 24, 2022 11:40 pm
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I forgot to add the map, sorry about that. The northern branch is good. I’ll post after my girl’s gymnastics class.May 25, 2022 10:20 am
You walk 80 feet down a corridor, take a right, and after your first step, Mrak becomes motionless and suspended as if in mid-air, and he cannot breathe.
The person immediately behind him realizes what has happened to Mrak: he steps into, and is engulfed by, a gelatinous cube!
Mrak, since you are engulfed, an option for you would be to use your action to roll a Strength check to see if you can escape the cube unassisted. I am open to creative solutions, also.
The person immediately behind him realizes what has happened to Mrak: he steps into, and is engulfed by, a gelatinous cube!
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Combat starts. Players have first action, first-come, first-served, and then the ooze will act.Mrak, since you are engulfed, an option for you would be to use your action to roll a Strength check to see if you can escape the cube unassisted. I am open to creative solutions, also.
May 25, 2022 10:28 am
Kevin curses and then starts to form a connection Mrak and a free space behind them
[ +- ] 2: Vortex Warp
Casting time: 1 action
Range: point 90 feet
Components: SV
Duration: instant
You magically twist space around another creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (the target can choose to fail), or the target is teleported to an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range. The chosen space must be on a surface or in a liquid that can support the target without the target having to squeeze.
Range: point 90 feet
Components: SV
Duration: instant
You magically twist space around another creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (the target can choose to fail), or the target is teleported to an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range. The chosen space must be on a surface or in a liquid that can support the target without the target having to squeeze.
May 25, 2022 6:41 pm
Alright, Mrak is not engulfed by the ooze. Upon further, though quick, inspection, you all realize that the ooze is about 10 feet away from the person who was behind Mrak in the marching order before being put into the back, and it takes up the entirety of the space (in other words, it is a 10-foot cube of ooze).
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How do you all proceed? Kevin still has an interaction, a bonus action, and a move; and the rest of you still have your full turns (including Mrak).May 25, 2022 8:02 pm
Once Mrak is free, Kevin grabs a handful of ballbearings and toss them into the cube. It makes it easier to see and then take a step back
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I would imagine it looks something like thisLast edited May 25, 2022 8:10 pm
May 27, 2022 8:11 pm
"It is just minding its own business, keeping things clean down here."
Alin peers into the creature looking for any undissolved objects
Alin peers into the creature looking for any undissolved objects
Rolls
Perception (E+7) - (1d20+7)
(6) + 7 = 13
May 27, 2022 9:13 pm
"A beautiful ooze specimen," the druid pronounced. "Either we find a way to make it move or find another way around. I'd hate to kill it unless necessary."
Ghillie recalled what he knew of these creatures to find possible ways of prodding the gelatinous ooze to move away and ahead of them.
Ghillie recalled what he knew of these creatures to find possible ways of prodding the gelatinous ooze to move away and ahead of them.
Rolls
Nature - (1d20+3)
(12) + 3 = 15
May 28, 2022 7:59 am
Mrak raises a javelin and motions to the others to clear the way. He's clearly upset about what happened.
Jun 6, 2022 5:21 pm
The gelatinous cube moves 5 feet away from you all, and then slowly slides in that direction for 20 feet (5 feet per round), and then starts to slide back towards you all, 5 feet per round.
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Do you move out of the way? Attack it?
Jun 6, 2022 9:25 pm
At the back, Gunnar has trouble seeing exactly what's going on. He sees Mrak in attack position, but hears Alin talking about something mind it's own business. He has yet to understand what the gelatinous cube is.
"What's happening up there, lads? Something need killing?"
"What's happening up there, lads? Something need killing?"
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Jun 6, 2022 9:42 pm
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Does Ghillie's Nature roll provide any insight into the creature's behaviour and possible ways to exploit/influence it??Jun 6, 2022 9:51 pm
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Based on what you know about oozes, you suspect that it is not behaving naturally.When you hear Alin's suggestion about it cleaning the place, you have heard of this use for oozes like this one in the nation of Droaam - it is kind of like a Roomba, of sorts.
Jun 6, 2022 10:27 pm
"A gelatinous cube, dwarf-friend, but it doesn't seem aggressive. It isn't moving naturally. It may be controlled to clean these halls. Putting aside the fact that someone wants these ruins spick and span, let's see which way it's going generally: away from or toward us."
Ghillie looked to see how dusty and dirty the way they'd just come from was and compared it to how the floor looked ahead of them which the ooze had slid over.
Ghillie looked to see how dusty and dirty the way they'd just come from was and compared it to how the floor looked ahead of them which the ooze had slid over.
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Rolls
Perception - (1d20+3)
(8) + 3 = 11
Jun 6, 2022 11:00 pm
Gunnar backs up to give the men in front of him some space to move in case things turn ugly and keeps his axe at the ready.
"A gelatinous cube? I thought those things were just fairy tales the old-timers told the wee dwarves to keep us from going down the off-limit tunnels."
"A gelatinous cube? I thought those things were just fairy tales the old-timers told the wee dwarves to keep us from going down the off-limit tunnels."
Jun 7, 2022 11:19 pm
"I would suppose they are not actually cube shaped in natural caves, there would be little point in that. I could be wrong about cleaning though, it could be guarding the tunnel, sliding back and forth endlessly. That seems rather dull." Alin ponders "Krinn, must we go down this particular tunnel?"
Jun 8, 2022 5:56 am
Kevin grunts an affirmative as Alin querries Krinn
Perhaps I can move the cube behind us with the same trik I used on Mrak
Perhaps I can move the cube behind us with the same trik I used on Mrak
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