Marpenoth 6th - Early Wakeup Call

Without being able to see the sun this far underground, the heroes felt they got a good night’s sleep despite the conditions. You are just starting to stir when suddenly the silence is shattered by a frantic chirping. The Birdman’s canaries are nowhere to be seen, yet their shrill warning echoes from the stones.

The door to the crypts bursts open with a kick and in comes five cavern chokers along with the unmistakable stench that can only be other troglodyte curse chanter.

Init!


Here is a map of the first floor:



And a map of the Lower Level

The group courageously fought off the curse chanter and the cavern chokers and were interested to find a signet ring with the Ironfell clan emblem on the finger of the curse chanter.

Have just one area left to explore upstairs, the party venture forth and entered the Great Hall. The room was filled with Susser Trees, also known as deeproot trees they only grow in the Udnerdark and somehow they were feeding on energy from the ground.

The leader of this group was a female elf who stood on a dais next to a throne. A body of a dead villager lies at her feet. Two shifters, two cacklefiend hyenas, and a handful of human guards rose up to attack the heroes. The elf was a bit…odd. She quickly teleported between trees and occasionally attack with claws. The heroes took down the attacks but did burn through several daily’s dealing with the “boss”.

As the group was shifting through the room they heard the familiar chirping from the Birdman’s canaries. They followed the sound and found a yellow feather. This trail of noise and canary feathers led they back to the lower level to a cell near where they found the Birdman. There was a secret entrance opened that led to a platform on a pully system that led to the mines.

The first set of guards the heroes ran into were more troglodytes, this time behind a closed portcullis. Grognak quickly touches the signet ring to the portcullis is immediately it rises. Lozigee disables the poison dart trap (which must have been made with horse poison since it was killing Althalus).

Once the group had things under control they were able to notice veins of dark red twisting through the stone of the walls and ceiling, glowing with a dull light.

The next room was the heart of the mining operation, now lay strewn with the bodies of dwarven miners, most of which were missing their skulls. They appeared to have killed themselves in the end. A very prominent vein of the strange, red-glowing stone crosses this chamber’s floor and climbs it’s walls. A strange mix of creatures were in this area, including a barlgura, a chillborn zombie, a swarm of spiders, and two carrion crawlers.

As expected the heroes were victorious and did find a little treasure that was not mentioned during the session (Wil take note!)

• Two potions of healing
  
• Two 100 gp gems
  
• 50 gold pieces

After healing up, the party pressed forward.

A circular cavern before you shows signs of excavation on its far side. However, the way ahead is blocked by a wide crevice that pulses with a lurid red glow. In the shadow of the light stand two red-skinned demons, slashing the air with three-clawed hands. Behind them are piled hundreds of dwarven skulls, a gruesome bier on which coils a serpentine creature with a humanlike face.

Features of the Room

Illumination: The rift fills the area with dim light
Ceiling: 20 feet high
Bed of Skulls: Queen Shephatiah’s nest is composed of hundreds of dwarven skulls taken from the bodies that litter the mines. The pile provides cover and is difficult terrain for any creatures smaller than Large.
Elemental Chaos Rift: A 20-foot deep chasm cuts through the stone floor of the cavern, filled at the bottom with what appears to be bubbling magma shot through with vibrant hues of purple and blue. The walls of the rift can be climbed with a DC 20 Athletic check.

Round 1

• Lozigee darts through the front line to an open spot and unleashes Sly Flourish with his sling at the naga, taking advantage of acting first, but the bullet sails over its head. (7 +11 = 18)
  
• Althalus -
  

Hit Points (Max) Current

• Lozigee (47) 43
  (11/6) III
  
• Grognak (64) 41
  (16/12) IIIII IIIII
  
• Kregnok (58) 58
  (14/10) IIIII IIII
  
• Umberto (71) 70
  (17/10) IIII
  
• Bastion (51) 51
  (12/11) IIIII I
  
• Althalus (57) 47
  (14/8 ) I

Initiative Order - Round 1
27 – Lozigee - missed
22 – Althalus
21 – Queen Shephatiah (naga)
20 – Lesser Mezzodemons
17 – Kregnok
15 – Grognak
14 – Bastion
11 – Umberto

Althalus maintains position, targets the Naga and unleashes the almighty Twin Strike upon the vile creature. (+11 to hit, 1d10+2, 1d10+2). He does not mark the Naga as his target, as it seems he has been cheating for a very long time. It seems that only the target nearest to him can be designated as his quarry. His bad.

Round 1

• Lozigee darts through the front line to an open spot and unleashes Sly Flourish with his sling at the naga, taking advantage of acting first, but the bullet sails over its head. (7+11 = 18)
  
  
• Althalus pulls back his bow and fires an arrow at the creature, nearly missing, but just nicking it. (14+11 =25) and the draws another arrow and fires it again, Queen Shephatiah lurches out of the way as the second arrow sails past her (12+11 =23) for a total of 8 points of damage.
  
  
• Queen Shephatiah (naga) fires Thunderstrike at the group, centered on Umberto. It is an area burst 1, that attacks Fortitude. It hits Umberto (14+16 =30), it hits Grognak (14+16=30), it hits Kregok (4+16=20), and it hits Bastion (18+16=34). The damage for everyone is 12 points of thunder damage and all hit targets are dazed (save ends).
  
  
• Mezzodemon A lurches toward the rift and stomps his feet in rage as he can't do anything from this spot.
  
  
• Mezzodemon B dashes toward the rift and uses his poison breath in a blast 3 that attacks only Grognak's fortitude but the barbarian is able to dodge it (2+13=14)
  
  
• Kregnok is up
  

Dazed

• You grant combat advantage
  
• You can take either a standard action, a move action, or a minor action on your turn (you can also take free actions). You can't take immediate actions or opportunity actions.
  
• You can't flank an enemy

Hit Points (Max) Current

• Lozigee (47) 43
  (11/6) III
  
• Grognak (64) 29 Dazed (save ends)
  (16/12) IIIII IIIII
  
• Kregnok (58) 46 Dazed (save ends)
  (14/10) IIIII IIII
  
• Umberto (71) 58 Dazed (save ends)
  (17/10) IIII
  
• Bastion (51) 39 Dazed (save ends)
  (12/11) IIIII I
  
• Althalus (57) 47
  (14/8 ) I

Initiative Order - Round 1
27 – Lozigee -
22 – Althalus - Hi
21 – Queen Shephatiah (naga)
20 – Lesser Mezzodemons
17 – Kregnok
15 – Grognak
14 – Bastion
11 – Umberto

Kregnok will launch a Lance of Faith at M(b):

21 ( 13 + 8 ) WISDOM vs REFLEX ranged 5

1d8+3 radiant damage... i rolled a 5 for 8 total points of radiant damage

18 to save vs being dazed

Yo Wil, no need to worry about the rolls, I do all of them at this end (with the DM dice so you know it's good). Ironically, I rolled a 13 as well on the hit, but rolled a 7 on the d8 for damage, and ironically again, an 18 on the save. I guess the dice never lie.

• Lozigee darts through the front line to an open spot and unleashes Sly Flourish with his sling at the naga, taking advantage of acting first, but the bullet sails over its head. (7+11 = 18)
  
  
  
• Althalus pulls back his bow and fires an arrow at the creature, nearly missing, but just nicking it. (14+11 =25) and the draws another arrow and fires it again, Queen Shephatiah lurches out of the way as the second arrow sails past her (12+11 =23) for a total of 8 points of damage.
  
  
  
• Queen Shephatiah (naga) fires Thunderstrike at the group, centered on Umberto. It is an area burst 1, that attacks Fortitude. It hits Umberto (14+16 =30), it hits Grognak (14+16=30), it hits Kregok (4+16=20), and it hits Bastion (18+16=34). The damage for everyone is 12 points of thunder damage and all hit targets are dazed (save ends).
  
  
  
• Mezzodemon A lurches toward the rift and stomps his feet in rage as he can't do anything from this spot.
  
  
  
• Mezzodemon B dashes toward the rift and uses his poison breath in a blast 3 that attacks only Grognak's fortitude but the barbarian is able to dodge it (2+13=14)
  
  
  
• Kregnok shakes the cobwebs out and uses Lance of Faith on Mezzodemon B (13+8=21) for a total of 10 points of damage. Kregnok regroups and fends off the effects of the daze (18).
  
  
• Grognak is up
  

Dazed

•You grant combat advantage

•You can take either a standard action, a move action, or a minor action on your turn (you can also take free actions). You can't take immediate actions or opportunity actions.

•You can't flank an enemy

second wind... roll to save

Bastion will move to 7A and save.

Bert will hurl his sword into space 7-G, exploding it with Incendiary Sword. Area Burst 1 within 5. +9 v. Will, 2d6+5 fire damage +5 on its next turn if it makes an attack that does not include me.

And Save (-1)

Althalus maintains position and fires two more shots at the Naga. Twin Strike (+11 to hit, 1d10+2, 1d10+2).

Lance of Faith on Mezzo (B) and move to C-5!

can grognak jump the chasm?

Great question that I should have posted up details before:

Jump falls under an Athletics check:

• Distance Jumped Horizontally: Make an Athletics check and divide your chekc result by 10 (don't round the result). This is the number of sqaures you can leap across. You land in the square determined by your result. If you end up over a pit or a chasm, you fall and lose the rest of your move action.
  
• Running Start: If you move at least 2 squares before making the jump. divide your check result by 5, not 10.
  
• Uses Movement: Count the number of squares you jump as part of your move. If you run out of movement, you fall. You can end your first move in midair if you double move.

Grognak will jump to 4-H athletics of 12 . If he makes the jump and can make an attack he will enter the silver phoenix rage!

He will attack Demon B.
+11 vs. AC 2d12 +6 dmg + 5 fire damage and ongoing 5 fire damage (save ends)

Until the rage ends Grognak gets +3 Regeneration also the first time he is dropped to 0 or fewer hp he can spend a healing surge (his last) as an immediate interrupt.

Bastion will Wild Shape (minor) in to wolf form.

He will then direct Swarming Locusts (standard, close balst 3) at Mezzodemons A, who is in range.
Attack +8 vs Reflex
Damage 1d8+5
Blast creates a zone of swarming locusts that last until the END of my next turn (8-10/B-D square). While with in the zone, enemies grant combat advantage.

Make saving throw vs. being Immobilized.

You are correct sir. The swarm is still present in the area I indicated (8-10/B-D square).

yyyyeeeeaaaaaaaaa grognak all up in it