[Ptolus/AD&D] IC Thread #2 - Underground (part 1)

[Cole]

Only a 2

[Cole]

Initiative, 6

[Drohem]

"Die, Slagspawn!" Belak roars as he stands and hacks savagely into the creature's flesh.

Klob quickly reloads and brings his crossbow to his chin and aims.  It's a difficult shot and he tries to avoid hitting any of his companions, but, just about as he is going to squeeze the trigger, Belak stands in the way of the shoot.  Klob jerks his hand up and the pulls the trigger, and the shot flies wide of the creature and his friend.

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OOC: Belak's attack hits AC 1 for 13 damage.

Klob's attack misses the creature.

[Sigmund]

As he sidesteps to put the fleshling between himself and the giant blob, Tudd swings his wicked morningstar across the top of his shield at the fleshling with another chuckle, "Hold on Bug, big yucky thing trying to hurt us."

Die roll for Tudd
Campaign: Ptolus

Rolled on: 2011-01-27 10:17:02.461552
1d20+3;2d4+3 → [12,3] = (15)
1d20+3;2d4+3 → [3,2,3] = (

Attack and possible damage

[skofflox]

Praying I do not receive a bolt in the back as I crawl as quick as possible,I see the thrashing tentacles and hear the haunting cries"Charlathan guide the hands of and protect my companions from the un-holy nightmare!"
When I gain the room I will try to pull the wounded clear and drag them back to safety or pull them into the candle room and call for aide in that regard.
I will melee with any blobs if need be.
Got some oil here for the tentacled one...

[thedungeondelver]

Ylarum drops a rock on his foot: 1d20=2

Tarm 1d20=16

(DM: If that's a hit...)

1d4=4

(...then it's a telling shot.)

[Benoist]

Initiative: 4.

Tudd swings his morningstar at the fleshling and hits the blob of vomit-like matter really hard. It explodes in a great splash, its substance sprayed left and right on the walls. It has been disintegrated upon impact.

Belak stands and moves to attack the tentacled creature with his battle axe. He has no problem maneuvering through as the fleshling's shape shifts to face Tudd and is almost instantly dispersed by the half-orc swinging morning star. He steps forward. "Die, Slagspawn!"

The axe's blade swooshes down and cuts deep through chitin, flesh and guts. A huge third of its body is severed from its twisting, shifting, bubbling mass. The dwarf finds himself covered with thing's gore. He is literally standing within the beast's pulsating body, just by the monk's statue Tudd threw at the creature earlier.

Klob reloads, shoots again and misses.

Ylarum tries the two-rocks trick once more. He loses his balance while throwing the first stone and misses Runch by a few inches as the half-orc crawls through the corridor to reach the iron door.

Tarm reloads and shoots again. The bolt flies past Runch's head as he stands up, and hits the creature, which starts to contract and throb rapidly.

Ulas stays low and shoots at the creature from this position. He hits the frame of the secret door leading to the corridor.

Runch crawled past the candles. He is now standing up on the other side.

Tentacles are whiping above Runch's, Belak's and Tudd's heads. They seem to try to grab them, but cannot manage to do it. The creature doesn't quite know it yet, but it is already dead. You all prepare to hit it once again, but it finally collapses. Mouths are still opening at random, tentacles pound the floor for a moment, lifting themselves up a bit before collapsing again. Movements change. They are progressively more quiet, subtle. Sparse. Soon, they are non-existent.

VICTORY! But at what price?

Smeads and Gareth are now -4 and -3 HPs respectively (not a typo).

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[thedungeondelver]

Ylarum will move forward to bind Smeads & Gareth's wounds.  Once they've stopped bleeding and seem to be breathing steadily, he'll start removing them from the room.

[Cole]

"Ylarum, are those elves both alive?"

[Benoist]

Ylarum will move forward to bind Smeads & Gareth's wounds.  Once they've stopped bleeding and seem to be breathing steadily, he'll start removing them from the room.

You can do so, no problem (assuming you are crawling through the corridor).

You are now in the room with Tudd, Belak, Runch and the two half-elves.

[Cole]

Ulas looks at the area near the orange gem for a moment, then says,

"I wonder if there's a similar door in the opposite side of the room."

[Drohem]

"What was that abomination?" Belak asks in astonishment at the creature while he wipes gore off his battle axe.

Once he sees that Ylarum has moved to administer first aid, Belak quickly moves to his side and offers whatever aid he can to Ylarum's ministrations.

Methodically, Klob reloads his crossbow as he scans the big circular chamber, and he yells outside of his mouth toward the small chambers, "it's clear out here, Belak!"

[thedungeondelver]

Ylarum examines his handiwork and says "Let's find out in fresh air and more wholesome places.  Help me get these two back to the lifting platform."

[Sigmund]

Tudd whacks the gore once more for good measure, spraying a bit around the room, then says, "Ok, I'll help move tha little elfies... you ok Bug?" Tudd glances at his shoulder as he moves to help carry the fallen out of the room.

[thedungeondelver]

To Ulas: "Yes, they appear to live!  Not for long if we don't get them out of this pit!  Send my bearers over!"