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Post by Spwack on Oct 18, 2020 3:01:49 GMT
@red_kangaroo wingilbear frankiesteinEast from the safety of Cell Block Zero, north down the stairs, taking a right at the ever-enticing dwarven vault, you stand before the skull-and-crossbones sign. Beyond lies shattered boulders, the scent of scorched stone, the faint grumbling of (perhaps) a bewitched beholder, and within your minds, the greedsome gleam of gold. What do you do?
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 18, 2020 4:41:06 GMT
Does the beholder never sleep? I also wonder what they do with their treasure. Dragons for instance sleep on their hoards. I will slowly slither out and do a bit of scouting. Should be fairly silent and inconspicuous that way...
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 18, 2020 8:25:04 GMT
I sneak to the entrance of the cavern, trying to find a hiding place behind a boulder. Then I telekinetically pick up a rock and move it out into the cavern the other way than where Blerble goes, ready to drop it for distraction.
I will also poison one of my javelins. (Should I roll a usage die or something on the bottle of orange gunk? I've been using it for a while.)
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Post by Spwack on Oct 19, 2020 10:04:01 GMT
Jaxudyzad, you've only got the thinnest smear of poison left in your jar after you apply it to a javelin ((good call)).
Blerbles, were are you going to go? Straight towards the treasure on the other side of the cavern, following a wall, or where?
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Post by frankiestein on Oct 19, 2020 13:54:45 GMT
I will hand the nesting dolls to Herald to play with "We will not be announcing ourselves this time" and then gesture towards Squire and Wizard to join me as we skulk inside. I seem to recall them being quite sneaky when they wanted to be, if I'm wrong about that memory I would not bring them in.
I would find a boulder, deeper in then Jaxudyzad and along the opposite side of the wall.
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 19, 2020 14:31:38 GMT
I will head straight for the treasure trying to be silent. Keeping an eye out for the Eye. I will ready the telthidian lance and have lil red following along side me.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 19, 2020 16:14:26 GMT
Can we see the beholder? If so, what is it doing?
If there is no doom and hellfire raining on our heads, I will follow Blerble in the direction of the treasure, though leaving some space in between us.
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Post by Spwack on Oct 20, 2020 9:29:10 GMT
Herald seems very content to mess with the dolls. Squire is moderately silent, and Wizzard just... vanishes? You have no idea where he is, but you certainly can't see him.
Lil Red is also completely silent, the merest "slip-slurp" sounds more like the dripping of water than anything else.
You can't see the Beholder, and there is neither doom nor hellfire, but you can smell scorched stone from directly up ahead near where you presume the treasure is.
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 20, 2020 14:34:05 GMT
I shall tip-toe to the ledge where the treasure lies. The distraction rock is floating far to my left.
If Blerble and/or Hurricane also make it and there's still no beholder to be seen, I will use my chain and rope to help us scale the wall more safely.
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 20, 2020 14:55:44 GMT
Sounds good yeah I will go for the treasure. Could have scout scout it out if we cannot see what is on the ledge easily. For the chain climbing I think Terrance and telekinesis could secure it in place without too much noise.
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Post by frankiestein on Oct 20, 2020 19:03:15 GMT
Seeing that there is no apparent sign of the beholder, I will follow in closely behind up to the treasure, leaving squire behind a rock and to wait for me to yell for them. I will hold my breath as I skulk up closely to make me light as a feather. If the wall looks scaleable, I should be able to scramble up with my breath held since climbing up being that light should make it fairly easy.
(the light weight should come in hand if I need to get tossed at a beholder)
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 20, 2020 20:30:21 GMT
We can either use Terrance and telekinesis, or I will telekinetically throw Hurricane with rope up to the ledge while he holds his breath. Whatever will seem more silent, @spwack.
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Post by Spwack on Oct 22, 2020 3:38:07 GMT
You torch glimmers off gold and jewels and trinkets and weaponry atop the ledge. Scout scuttles away across the rocks, then back again a few moments later, blinks the little warning lights that indicates "obstacle" and "unusual" up at you Blerble. Carefully stepping over the rocks, you see what prompted the warning: an immense empty pit/moat has been cut straight into the stone floor of the cavern, a dozen paces wide. The oddly straight scorch-marks of disintegrating beams can be seen all the way along the edges, and there are chunks of chopped rock scattered about the area, none bigger than a large melon.
The Beholder is sat atop the pile of treasure in complete silence, squatting like a toad on a log. It's tendrils are poised and open, and every eye wobbles blindly. The only sound is the drip of saliva leaking from it's open mouth and trickling down into the moat.
What do you do?
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Post by frankiestein on Oct 22, 2020 4:27:52 GMT
Hurricane will tense up reflexively upon seeing the being for the first time with its terrifying presence. Unsure of how to proceed, he will look to his comrades and flap his hand in a talking gesture - Time for distraction?
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 22, 2020 5:41:08 GMT
I will gesture to hang on for a second, put the distraction rock down as silently as possible and instead float that one poisoned javelin. Slowly, I will levitate it over the moat and towards the beholders central eyeball. Then I will look at Hurricane and Blerble for confirmation that we want this fight and that they don't have any further preparations to make.
If no one protests, I will ram the javelin into the beholder's eye, driving it as deep as possible.
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 22, 2020 13:18:16 GMT
oh man.... We are fanned out enough a think time for a joint attack. I will shoot the beholder with acid from the telthidian lance aiming more for the small more dangerous eye stalks.
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 22, 2020 13:20:16 GMT
I believe we said acid explodes on max damage so... here is the next one [0TbzENH91d6]1d6
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Post by frankiestein on Oct 22, 2020 13:59:22 GMT
Before the javelin is thrown, I will stash my pipe at my side and grab unto it with my free hand and take a deep breath in - whats the weight of a feather alongside a javelin?
Assuming I make it to the otherside and am close enough to strike, I'll raise my whip high and come crashing down on unnatural form. b|l3lcyV1d6 Staring at the horrendous beast up close and its vast hordes it sits upon, it is clear to Hurricane that this is a sinner. Wealth in a place such as this should be distributed towards ends of escape of all, not mere collecting. (I will call upon smite with my hit as well) 1d8 "Feel the cold desolation of GOD! Forfeit and you might find mercy still!" he will cry out in a clarion voice 1d6ยท1d8
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Post by Spwack on Oct 23, 2020 1:26:33 GMT
((Oh man. I feel so bad about this, but also, at the same time, not at all))
There's just a very slight problem with your plan here: the poisoned and paladin-d javelin soars silently across the ravine carved into the floor, drifting under careful telekinetic control, moving into place.
Right in front of the Beholder's eye. The Beholder's main eye. Does anyone in the class want to recall what that main eye does?
The suddenly-heavy Hurricane drops like a stone, landing with a clatter at the edge of the treasure pile, directly in front of the Beholder's mouth.
"THIEVES! RATS! COWARDS! PERISH BEFORE ME!" screams the Beholder, every one of it's eye-stalks popping up and pointing in random directions.
What do you all do? If you are committing to your rolled attacks (which you might want to) make a CHA or DEX check to avoid, well, whatever is coming. If you want to flee and hide somewhere (which might be difficult), then you lose that attack.
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 23, 2020 2:47:56 GMT
Main eye blocks magic, thankfully my move has not required any magic yet and I am attacking from a side spot with an arc (hopefully throwing off beholder retribution. I am committing to my attack. Dex check just in case. [ xaSkDrH_1d20+6]
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 23, 2020 2:49:58 GMT
If the beholder has been zapping everywhere because they are blind, have they been bringing down the cavern around them? Have random rooms a floor up and a floor down been destroyed by rays?
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Post by frankiestein on Oct 23, 2020 3:13:42 GMT
(Ha! I was not there previously so I am blameless in this)
I will commit to the attack, rolling CHA: yS7VbjbS1d20+3
Could I use my horde breaker ability against half the eye stalks instead of my planned attack? Otherwise I'm going to do that attack I had mentioned to the main eye, crying out as before.1d20+3
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 23, 2020 6:11:08 GMT
I will also commit with a Cha check: jtslEmRA1d20+4If it felt like the main eye also cancelled my telekinesis, I will try bringing the javelin from the side, but I still go after the central eye.
((Oh man. I feel so bad about this, but also, at the same time, not at all)) (( I can totally relate to that sentiment.)) 1d20+4
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Post by Spwack on Oct 23, 2020 11:02:50 GMT
wingilbearPossibly! The floors are very thick though, but bringing down some ceiling is perhaps possible. There is definitely a lot more eye-beams being pointed directly down. This Beholder is going full Disco-Ball Mode. Acid ((which you are correct, is 1d6 exploding)) from your lance sears across the side of the Beholder, summoning a swift eyeball to that direction. It fans wildly, just barely clipping you. Where does it hit you? And also, how are you holding/firing the Lance? Wherever it hits goes suddenly numb ((though it's still attached, in case you were worried)). frankiestein((I feel incredibly bad for springing this on you, but any individual attack only uses a single one of the dice rolled. So +1d8 is actually "highest of 1d6+1d6". It's an ItO thing. But you can definitely use Horde Breaker on the eyeballs!)) Your strike lashes swift and true, each of the flanges hitting an eyestalk either near or directly on the eyeball! The Beholder shrieks in pain, and you here a bzzzzZZZT start up and get rapidly closer. A green tinge washes over your vision, and you feel a grave-cold skeletal grip upon your soul. Death rides on swift and disintegrate-y wings! What are you going to do? You have time to ask one question, perhaps, before the beam falls upon you, or you can take action immediately. ((Clarifying questions don't count, just ones involving new information)). red_kangarooYes indeed, the main eyeball of the Beholder did in fact quench your telekinesis. You pick up the javelin again and plunge it into the flesh of the Beholder. It brushes at the irritation with an eyestalk, knocking it away quickly. Was there enough poison on it? You couldn't quite see amidst the lightshow, which you are completely safe from at the moment. What do you do?
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 23, 2020 13:12:16 GMT
I hold the lance in my mouth and kinda wormhandle it to get it to fire. It has some slight control of the acid so it helps if my aim is off. I imagine a ray swinging and clipping me in a mid section which would either just make my belly numb (wont know when to eat for a while) or everything down numb (hindered mobility) thankfully worms are quite well suited to having this happening and unless he gets my mouth hand I can probably still do quite a bit. I will yell "MARTHA NOW! DROP THE BOULDER ON HIM!!" before moving to cover and deciding my next move. How does the beholder look from our attacks? We hopefully did a fair bit of damage, are they injured? Do they have injuries from past battles? Tell me more about the room. What is the ground made from? Is there a ledge or something that we could use to jump onto the beholder? Is there a boulder precariously placed to hit the beholder?
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 23, 2020 14:51:16 GMT
Seeing the situation poor Hurricane ended up in, I will try to tele-push him away from the beam of death. (He's no longer in front of the central eye, is he?)
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Post by frankiestein on Oct 24, 2020 3:58:02 GMT
Hurricane does not quite know Red's telekenesis plan so his move would be to take a step back after his assault (feeling rather bold and heroic) and then lean back against the edge of the precipice. He will muster all the strength he can into his legs, taking a low squat and take a deep breath in. With the full force of a warrior, Hurricane will push up with his legs with the intention of propelling his feather-light form across the gorge that has formed and out of the way of the beam. He is doing this rather recklessly as well, its a reckless situation.
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Post by Spwack on Oct 24, 2020 4:57:02 GMT
The Beholder is looking injured, and exceptionally pissed off. It's started to random-walk it's eyebeams at a lower intensity across wide spans of the cavern, and intentionally crosses a red beam and a blue one. Steam explodes everywhere, clouding and refracting with the light of all the other beams into a scintillating nightmare. It's very hard to get a kind of tactical assessment like that what with everything going on, but you're pretty sure there isn't a conveniently placed ledge above the convenient ledge that the Beholder is currently using and sitting on.
Hurricane's awesome leap would send him almost directly into the green beam of destruction cutting right towards him! Luckily, a large and light object is very easy for Jax to drag sideways at the last second, and the beam only deals d6 damage: Ww2Aqy7E1d6
((I imagine Hurricane would've taken the time to rest up in Cell Block Zero for a few minutes and return to full health))
What is everyone doing next? It's hard to see amidst the sudden cloud of steam, but each of you is pretty sure you know where the others are.1d6
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Post by wingilbear on Oct 24, 2020 6:08:29 GMT
Provided the acid has dissipated atop the beholder, I will rush to hurricane and crawl into their hand, have Terrance grab and lift my tail while I look very seriously at the beholder and nod.....
Otherwise I will work to throw lil red atop the beholder. (Slimes are acidic and thus should only be strengthened by the change in ph)
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Post by red_kangaroo on Oct 24, 2020 7:58:22 GMT
If I can still make out the beholder, I will wait until he starts shooting with one of the closer eyestalks and then twist the eyestalk back at him.
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