Episode 2: Welcome to the Jungle!

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Feb 7, 2019 4:18 pm
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New Battle Music

Erden transports himself up the stairs and sends fire lancing towards the rats down below. The angle is awkward though, and the firebolt misses the rats after glancing off the wall of the narrow stairway. The rats surge upward towards him.

The rat god focuses all its malevolence on the mighty half-orc that has it pinned down. With a rake of its filthy claws, the avrunan god of pestilence infects Baracus with raging fever. He can feel his muscles begin to tremble and weaken.

Contagion spell. Baracus is infected with Filth Fever (disadvantage on Strength Checks, Strength Saves, and attack rolls that use Strength.)

The portal diminishes, hardly large enough for a man to fit through. Glancing up, Baracus glimpses Urban and Rydler tumbling in a dark void. Something terrible and ravenous lurks there. Something far more horrible than this puny rat god.
Urban and Rydler: you cling together in the cold void. The portal closes, but there is hope yet. If you can just reach it!

Roll WIS or CHA save, your choice, but sell it to me through the description. How are you making your way back to your friends?

Your physical bodies seem unable to affect your surroundings, so no Movement this turn.

Actions, bonus actions, and reactions are available! You can cast spells on each other, Aplu, or Baracus (you cannot see the others).You can use items or class features. For this purpose, consider range as 30ft.

OOC:
Initiative Order & Status:
• Erden: 12/26hp. Top of south stairwell. Poisoned.
• Aplu, Rat God of Pestilence: 60 damage. Grappled.
• Urban: Disappeared through the portal.
• Rydler: Disappeared through the portal.
• Ybus: 10/23hp. Poisoned.
• Baracus: 38/51hp; Raging.
• Plague Rats: 10 damage.

All PC's may act. This is it, guys! No more commercial breaks! Do or die! Good luck!
Feb 7, 2019 5:16 pm
Surrounded by the swarm, Ybus loops one end of his rope to his spear and lashes it tight. "Heads up, buttercup!" he yells, and flings his spear for the closing portal with whatever strength his poisoned muscles can muster. He attempts to lodge or brace the spear against the small opening and allow the rope to trail into the other world, giving his lost companions a way point and a possible hand in escaping.

As if to morbidly assist Urban and Rydler, a vivisected rat is affixed to the trailing end of the rope, tiny husk of an arm moving up and down as if waving.
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Rolls

Spear anchor attempt, disadvantage - (1d20+4, 1d20+4)

1d20+4 : (10) + 4 = 14

1d20+4 : (15) + 4 = 19

Feb 7, 2019 6:04 pm
Erden summons up his strength and hold both hands forward, launching several rays of flame at the swarm of rats moving toward him.
[ +- ] Scorching Ray
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Rolls

Ray 1 - (1d20+6, 2d6)

1d20+6 : (17) + 6 = 23

2d6 : (21) = 3

Ray 2 - (1d20+6, 2d6)

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

2d6 : (61) = 7

Ray 3 - (1d20+6, 2d6)

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

2d6 : (26) = 8

Disadvantage Ray 1 - (1d20+6)

(18) + 6 = 24

Disadvantage Ray 2 - (1d20+6)

(19) + 6 = 25

Disadvantage Ray 3 - (1d20+6)

(17) + 6 = 23

Feb 8, 2019 1:32 am
Urban is encouraged to see Rydler. His hope is bolstered at the sight of his friend.

But the sensory assault continues. Urban knows that Rydler is speaking, can hear his friend's voice cutting in and out.

But sound is stolen in this place. Rydler's words are only sporadically decipherable. Soon Urban feels as if he will be tossed away again. The strain is unbearable.

Movement is different here, and Urban cannot master it. The strength of the body, the press and pull of limbs - it is not entirely ineffective, yet it does not control position or change. There is something else at work. Something elusive. Something based on will, but erratically so.

Urban knows he must dig deep and solve this. The opening is closing. He can barely see Barracus now.

Focus!

Urban hopes to move forward. He tries to draw strength from his own desire, from his own intentions.

It feels like an eternity now. Time is slipping away like everything else.

Rydler is disappearing.

Urban just wishes to be back with his team, with his feet on the ground. There he could fight.

CHA Save Attempt
OOC:
ugh. not an inspirational Save attempt.
Last edited February 8, 2019 1:33 am

Rolls

CHA Save - (1d20+5)

(4) + 5 = 9

CHA Save Advantage - (1d20+5)

(1) + 5 = 6

Bless adjustment - (1d4)

(1) = 1

Holy Inspiration adjustment - (1d6)

(5) = 5

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Feb 8, 2019 5:04 am
Baracus feels the fires burning inside his veins as the Filth Fever takes hold. It is nothing compared to the white-hot rage. What truly floors him is that out of the corner of his eye, he thinks he sees Urban and Rydler still in the portal.

Fever phantoms! His rage takes on the voices of his Qing'lai instructors screaming in his mind. Nothing more! Focus! they say.

But even lost so deep inside his rage, his heart surges. His mind remembers. He sees Ybus's spear fly through the portal - too clever by far - and he knows it is not just an illusion. His brothers are out there!

Except this Rat God is blocking the goddamn portal.

With all of his waning might, Baracus heaves the Rat God back from the portal. Then he delivers a beating, starting with the First Sword and followed up with savage head butts into the skull of the Father of Pestilence.

"I pitty the God that fucks with the PHULES!"
[ +- ] Stats
Last edited February 8, 2019 7:11 pm

Rolls

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

1d20+7 : (20) + 7 = 27

1d20+7 : (13) + 7 = 20

1d6+7 : (2) + 7 = 9

Flurry head butt - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d6+6)

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

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

1d6+6 : (6) + 6 = 12

Flurry head butt - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d6+6)

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

1d20+6 : (9) + 6 = 15

1d6+6 : (6) + 6 = 12

Contagion con save - (1d20+6)

(16) + 6 = 22

Feb 8, 2019 7:03 pm
Round 3: Plague Rats

New Battle Music

Ybus winds up for a spear throw as the plague rats claw and bite, threatening to overwhelm him! (7 damage)

Erden incinerates a large number of rats, greatly thinning their numbers. A pillar still blocks his view, but for the moment, a path has now been cleared towards the portal dais where Baracus wrestles the rat god. (18 fire damage)

Even as his body is wracked by the debilitating fever, Baracus yanks Aplu back from the portal and stabs him with the First Sword (9 damage) just as Ybus' spear sails overhead and lodges in the failing portal's opening. Carried by the impetus of the throw, the desiccated rat zips through the portal, carrying the rope into the void with it. (spear successfully anchored!)

Beyond, the vivisected rat on the end of the rope waves like a beacon to Urban and Rydler.
[ +- ] Map
OOC:
Initiative Order & Status:
• Erden: 12/26hp. Top of south stairwell. Poisoned.
• Aplu, Rat God of Pestilence: 69 damage. Grappled.
• Urban: Disappeared through the portal.
• Rydler: Disappeared through the portal.
• Ybus: 3/23hp. Poisoned.
• Baracus: 38/51hp; Raging. Filth Fever (1 save).
• Plague Rats: 28 damage.

Still to act: Rydler.

Rolls

Plague Rats vs. Ybus AC 12, piercing damage - (1d20+2, 2d6)

1d20+2 : (19) + 2 = 21

2d6 : (43) = 7

Feb 8, 2019 8:08 pm
Quote:
Beyond, the vivisected rat on the end of the rope waves like a beacon to Urban and Rydler.
OOC:
Rydler, make your save with Advantage. Urban, you can add an Advantage roll to your post.

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Feb 8, 2019 9:39 pm
OOC:
Added Advantage Save above.
Ha! Not looking good.
Feb 8, 2019 10:29 pm
Rydler feels at home here, almost innately so, though it pains him to see his friend struggling. "Your focus is there Urban, but your direction is skewed. Focus not on them, but on yourself; you need to save yourself before you can save them. Who's going to save us if you're not around, huh?"
OOC:
Action: Casting Bless on myself, Urban, and Baracus.
B.Action: Holy Inspiration on Urban (D6 to one ability check, Attack roll, or saving throw).
Last edited February 8, 2019 10:45 pm

Rolls

Wis. save - (1d20+4, 1d20+4)

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

1d20+4 : (12) + 4 = 16

Bless - (1d4)

(3) = 3

Feb 9, 2019 6:33 am
OOC:
Rydler and Urban's actions are happening simultaneously. You can both apply the d4 from Bless to those saves. In addition, Urban can apply the d6 from Holy Inspiration.

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Feb 9, 2019 9:19 am
Jabes.plays.RPG says:
OOC:
Rydler and Urban's actions are happening simultaneously. You can both apply the d4 from Bless to those saves. In addition, Urban can apply the d6 from Holy Inspiration.
OOC:
Done. Total Save result 15.
Feb 9, 2019 12:00 pm
OOC:
Also done. Total Save result 21.
Feb 10, 2019 1:54 pm
Guided by the light of Lathander, Rydler finds the end of Ybus' rope in his hands. A tug on his left boot makes him look back to see Urban holding on for dear life and sanity. The paladin would have been lost, were it not for his friend! The two are nearly there, but as the portal continues to shrink, Ybus' spear bends, will soon snap like a twig!
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OOC:
Initiative Order & Status:
• Erden: 12/26hp. Top of south stairwell. Poisoned.
• Aplu, Rat God of Pestilence: 69 damage. Grappled.
• Urban: At the portal. Blessed 1d4.
• Rydler: At the portal. Blessed 1d4.
• Ybus: 3/23hp. Poisoned.
• Baracus: 38/51hp; Raging. Filth Fever (1 save), Blessed 1d4.
• Plague Rats: 28 damage.

New round! Go, Erden!
Feb 11, 2019 1:44 am
OOC:
Bit of correction just in case, Blessed isn't a one time use; as long as I keep concentration on it, it's continuous. It is also a 1d4, not 1d6. Inspiration is the one time 1d6 use.
Feb 11, 2019 1:49 am
OOC:
That's good to know! Edited the status tracker above. Thanks, Hyp!
Feb 12, 2019 12:59 am
Taking a deep breath, knowing his arcane power is running low, Erden nevertheless calls upon his power to send a stream of magical missiles at the rats swarming around Ybus' feet. Hang on... he thinks, his eyes flicking toward Baracus.
[ +- ] Stats

Rolls

Magic Missile Lvl 1 - (3d4+3)

(434) + 3 = 14

Feb 12, 2019 5:25 pm
Round 4: Erden, Aplu

Erden darts down the stairs and sends a stream of arcane owls to tear into the rat swarm around Ybus. (14 fire damage)

The rat god knocks the feverish Baracus to the ground, then slashes at the half-orc savagely with its filth-ridden claws. (18 damage before DR)
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OOC:
Erden: I had you descend the stairs to cast from in between those columns because you wouldn't have had line of sight on Ybus otherwise.

Baracus: I rolled your Shove resist for you. Advantage from Rage and Disadvantage from Filth Fever cancel out.

Uran & Rydler: GO! Rydler can crawl through the portal with Movement. Urban can do so with a Dash action.

Initiative Order & Status:
• Erden: 12/26hp. Top of south stairwell. Poisoned.
• Aplu, Rat God of Pestilence: 69 damage. Grappled.
• Urban: At the portal. Blessed 1d4.
• Rydler: At the portal. Blessed 1d4.
• Ybus: 3/23hp. Poisoned.
• Baracus: 29/51hp; Raging. Prone. Filth Fever (1 save), Blessed 1d4.
• Plague Rats: 42 damage.

Rolls

Shove attempt - (1d20+4)

(18) + 4 = 22

Baracus Athletics to resist shove - (1d20+6)

(14) + 6 = 20

Claws vs. Baracus AC 17 (advantage), slashing damage - (1d20+7, 1d20+7, 2d8+5)

1d20+7 : (2) + 7 = 9

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

2d8+5 : (58) + 5 = 18

Feb 12, 2019 6:15 pm
"Come, Urban, our guests await our return. And how will you ever 'woo' Lady Aishwarya by being rude?" Rydler turns to Urban and winks before strolling out of the portal, his arms outstretched wide. "Have no fear, the Rydler has appeared." His hand planting firmly on Baracus' arm, this strangely tickles Baracus, though Rydler is focused on something else; his once confident face, now twisted with confusion "Ybus, where are your pants? You continue to be an enigma, even to me."
OOC:
Action: Cure Wounds on Baracus
Bonus Action: Holy Inspiration to Ybus (1d6 on any one save, attack, or ability check)
Reaction!: Holy boon to Ybus (Use Healing Light without subtracting from Healing Dice pool)

On mobile so linking is a pain, everything is viewable on my character sheet if you don't want to wait for my edit.
Note to future self: Remove one spell and one inspiration, thank you.


Pre-edit: Just noticed it said "crawl through", he imagined he was outspread.
Last edited February 12, 2019 6:40 pm

Rolls

Cure wounds Baracus - (1d8+6)

(8) + 6 = 14

Feb 13, 2019 5:05 pm
OOC:
Ybus and Baracus can go. We'll say it's taking Urban some time to clamber through.

Initiative Order & Status:
• Erden: 12/26hp. Top of south stairwell. Poisoned.
• Aplu, Rat God of Pestilence: 69 damage. Grappled.
• Urban: 44/44hp. Blessed 1d4.
• Rydler: 24/24hp. Blessed 1d4.
• Ybus: 3/23hp. Poisoned.
• Baracus: 43/51hp; Raging. Prone. Filth Fever (1 save), Blessed 1d4.
• Plague Rats: 42 damage.
Feb 13, 2019 6:01 pm
Watching Rydler crawl through the closing portal, Ybus returns his attention to himself. He sends a wave of healing energy through his bitten body, then points his belaying pin at the rat god. "Beautiful unique sparklepony!" he cries out, firing a bolt of radiant power streaking for the enormous pestilent pusball.
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Last edited February 13, 2019 6:03 pm

Rolls

Healing Light - (3d6)

(242) = 8

Guiding Bolt, Disadvantage, Radiant Damage - (1d20+5, 1d20+5, 5d6)

1d20+5 : (8) + 5 = 13

1d20+5 : (20) + 5 = 25

5d6 : (16553) = 20

Holy Inspiration - (1d6)

(6) = 6

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