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Bounty Hunters - Session 37

2026-03-15T23:02:49Z

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==The Battle for the Bridge==
* Intellect Devourers fall like fleas to the party's mighty assault!
* The mind flayer behind them halts them in their tracks with a brain wave, leaving them open to the golem made of brains (gross)
* They recapacitate themselves one-by-one. More devourers fall; a lightning bolt from Helongum (shifted to fire) does wonders keeping the party in the fight.
* The High Master filters in from behind. He focuses on protecting himself foremost, but is still a potent force.
* The opposing mind flayer falls.
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{{LogQuote|
Joana: Lead the way, boss
The chamber hums with a palpable energy, casting an eerie glow upon the smooth, obsidian walls. At its heart stands a towering purple crystal, pulsating with a hypnotic rhythm. Surrounding it are six massive lenses, each angled precisely to siphon the crystal's mysterious power into their depths. Their surfaces shimmer with arcane light, refracting beams that dance like ghostly specters across the chamber. Below, nestled in the chamber's base, lies a sprawling crystalline configuration of deep azure. Its facets catch and reflect the ambient light as if alive with their own intent. The control station bristles with alien complexity; translucent blue tendrils snake out from its core, suggesting an intricate network of connections. A subtle thrumming fills the air, resonating through your bones—a whisper of untold knowledge and formidable power awaiting command.
The High Master: The Generator is intact. Good.
The High Master: Follow.
Whip: What does this generate, I wonder

The chamber is a cavernous expanse, walls slick with a mucus-like substance that glistens under the eerie phosphorescent glow emanating from the pool at its center. The air is thick with an unsettling humidity and the acrid tang of salt and rot. The vast pool brims with viscous green brine, its surface shifting restlessly as countless Illithid tadpoles writhe beneath. Their translucent bodies dart and swirl, forming hypnotic patterns that seem to beckon the mind into their chaotic dance. Strange, alien runes carved into the stone around the pool pulse faintly, casting distorted shadows that flicker across the chamber’s ceiling. A low, reverberating hum vibrates through the air, resonating from somewhere deep within this alien sanctum.

Whip: Gross.
The High Master: The pool is undisturbed. Excellent. Our plan would be compromised otherwise.
The High Master: The next room is the containment area. Hopefully we will find Akeetha within. Go.

The High Master points.

In this room there are eight white columns carved with arcane sigils. One of the columns has sigils that are carved over or defaced by the strike of countless claws. Helongum and Whip immediately recognize the runes as being for binding and containment.

The High Master: I should not be surprised. Your long rest has cost us.
The High Master: If Athleeka is freed, he will have made his way to the control center.
Joana: Us dying because of not having any spells would also cost us
The High Master: Now that I have verified the sercurity of the tank and power, we will need to move on the Control Room.
The High Master: No doubt Athleeka has martailed his remaining forces there. Better if we can capture him intact.
The High Master looks to Joana and Helongun.
The High Master: Beware of using blast or AoE spells in the control room. The equipment in there is sensitive. If it is destroyed, our plan cannot continue.
The High Master beams pathing information into your brain.
Whip: Alexandria's Balls that's a weird feeling
The High Master: We need not concern oursevles with this room for now. Move forward.
The High Master: Prepare yourselves. Around the next corner is the control center.
The High Master: Remember what I have told you.
}}

* The fight against Athaekeetha commences, accompanied by ore intellect devourers and a new monstrosity: A Quaggoth! Several brain bugs fall in the opening salvos. While trading blows, Athaekeetha appeals to the party, and they have a conversation, punctuated by the sounds of combat:

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{{LogQuote|
Athaekeetha: Fools! Cease this attack. Destroy the abomination and I can take you to the child!
Whip: Maybe take us to her anyway?
The High Master: I know you are not foolish enough to listen to his obvious lies. Capture him intact, that I might put the probe to him and learn the God-Brain's weaknesses!
}}

* The Quaggoth's fury triggers, and he knocks Whip to the ground at death's door in a furious flurry. Joana counters, and brings the Quaggoth down in turn, while Helongum brings Whip back from the brink.

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{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Surrender!
The High Master: It is not too late -- you are free of the God Brain. Help me bring and end to this blasphemy!
Athaekeetha: You are the blasphemer! What else is there to do? The God-Brain IS Blutspur!
Athaekeetha: These creatures could be the solution! The Girl has already hinted at several untrod paths. These creatures are from a virgin world -- imagine the potential!
Athaekeetha: Come back to the fold --- all will be forgiven!
The High Master, addressing the party: Do not forget the goal -- I can bring your friend back if need be.
}}

* Athaekeetha is a tremendous opponent. He sucks the very wit from Whip's brain, who falls again, and stays down. The rest of the party suffers grievous wounds, both psychic and physical, but manage to prevail. After the dust has settled and the party can tend itself, the High Master monologues some more.

{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Let us take him back to the containment chamber. Perhaps I can steal insights from his mind.
The High Master: My chamber is a mess. I can explain next stages while to clean it for me.
The High Master: You are quite adept. This plan has a great chance of success.
The High Master: I would say as high as one in ten!
The High Master: To understand our next steps, you must understand something of our history.
The High Master: The great Illithid race was a multiversal empire before your sorry kind craweled from the muck.
The High Master: Our Nautilid warships commanded the astral plane, and our armies of slaves trembled at our command.
The High Master: Time does not exist on the astral plane, but even in a timeless void there can be change. A war, cosmic in scale.
The High Master: The Neogi -- Dominators and Apex creatures, like ourselves.
The High Master: I will not bore you with the details, but instead I will tantalize you with the possibilities.
The High Master: In Bluetspur there exists a remenant of this conflict. A great nautaloid and a colossal mindspider, locked in an eternal embrace.
The High Master: Even diminished, you could never hope to fight your way through an Elder Hive in a direct assault like this one.
The High Master: You will take control of a Nautalid. On its bow is a mighty ram. You will ram the warship into the heart Mt. Mekalb and, like a virus, attack it from the very heart!
}}
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[[Category:Bounty Hunters|37]]

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2026-03-15T23:02:19Z

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2026-03-15T23:02:04Z

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Bounty Hunters - Session 38

2026-03-15T22:57:44Z

Slitherrr:

==Inhuman Biology==
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{{LogQuote|
The High Master: It feels good to be in command again. That raid was a desparate gamble, and with Athaekeetha in hand, perhaps the tide will turn in our favor.
Whip bleeds silently
The High Master: In containment, he will not be able to contact the God-Brain. I will work at his memories until I can find the information about your Ward, and other information useful to our task ahead.
The High Master: Behold, the nursery!
The High Master: Your minds, such as they are, have neither the capacity nor the ability to interface with our stuff.
Helongum feels offended
}}
[[File:mv38_tadpole.jpg|400px]]
{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Do not fear. The tadpole will only expand the capabilities of your mind enough to interface and control the Nautiloid's Spelljammer helm.
Helongum: Tadpole.. I've already had enough experience being eaten by a frog...
The High Master: In a different breeding and configuration, these would be used to create more of my kind. But, that is not my agenda.
Helongum: So, what does it do?.. Exactly?
The High Master: It is a symbiotic creature.
The High Master: It nests at the root of your brainstem. It expands your arcane and cognative awareness.
Helongum: And it has been field tested on people such as us before?
The High Master: Anyone who has the talent to use magic (of spell level type) should both gain benefit from the symbote AND be able to control one of our helms.
Helongum: Does it have a name? Or, personality?
Helongum: Hive Mind? Hmm, does the tadpole remain connected to this hive mind?
Helongum: Like, if I want to do something and the hive mind doesn't, how does that work?
The High Master: These tadpoles were bred by me. They should not.
Helongum: Does that cause them distress? To not have that collective?
Helongum: Can I communicate with it? Like, before it's in my brain?
Whip: We've survived your bullshit however long before so I say let's get it over with
Whip: What's one _more_ nightmare
Helongum: Well, I think it makes sense for me to do this. We need someone to work with the vessel. But if anyone else doesn't want to it sounds like that is ok.
Joana: I'm in, jam that worm in my brain
The High Master expresses as much joy as he is able at Joana's outbust.
Elian: I'll do it; what's the worst that could happen?
Bern: I'll do it if the team vote that they would prefer it if I had it.
Bern: I have changed my mind. Fuck no.
Helongum: It could be beneficial to have a control group if you are more comfortable that way.
}}
* The party takes a brief rest before their procedure.
{{LogQuote|
Helongum: Complete my understanding of the mechanics of magic.
Elian: which hole does this go in?
The High Master: It is swallowed.
Elian looks disappointed but does the thing.
The milky, viscous fluid slides down the back of your throat. It is unpleasant, but not so bad as you ------ AGHHHHHHH!!!!
}}
* Everyone who takes a tadpole struggles mightily against the invasion. The pain passes, but a weird sensation lingers, and they find themselves connected mentally.
* Tadpole Effects:
** You may speak telepathically to anyone with a related tadpole that you can see.
** You may maintain concentration on two spells at the same time. When doing so, you make concentration saves at disadvantage, and failing either save will disrupt BOTH spells.
** You lose one attunement slot.
{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Emote closes his eyes. Those of you with Tadpoles feel a tingling at the base of your skull (inside).
In your mind you see pictured a giant Nautiloid, but instead of being under the sea it is half interred in an alien landscape.
Surrounding it are the legs of an even more colossal spider.
The High Master looks at Helongum for a moment. She shivers as she quickly absorbs The High Master's lesson.
The High Master: Now you have the capacity to protect your hesitant friend from the atmosphere of this realm. It will, sadly, require of you some resources that otherwise might be needed to comandeer the vessel.
The High Master: I do not expect it will be as easy as just walking in and finding the helm.
The High Master: The atmosphere is toxic to your kind, but a great many things can thrive there.
The High Master: Our unwilling guest in containment will be reluctant himself to reveal his secrets. I will work on his mind here while you run your errand. The journey there will not be quick or easy, but should you succeed in capturing the vessal the return trip should be swift and simple.
}}

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* They rest before embarking.

==The Journey to the Nautiloid==

{{LogQuote|
Perhaps as a result of the day's ordeals, you have no problem sleeping soundly even in the alien surgery facility.
Four of you awaken with a dull headache, like a minor hangover, but otherwise well rested. There is a small, persistant itch at the base of youyr neck you can't quite scratch away.
You expect the journey to the ship to take roughly EIGHT DAYS at regular marching speed.
You can make this faster by moving at a FAST PACE.
(6 DAYS FAST)
You can minimize or eliminate encounters by movign at a SLOW PACE. (12 DAYS SLOW)
FAST: 6 Days Normal: 8 Days SLOW: 12 Days
}}

* The first day passes without incident. Helongum continues to probe her own memories, and remembers one of combat from entry into the realm.
* On the second day, they are attacked!
{{LogQuote|
Flame-scourged Scion
This tree-like creature's hide is charred, cracked, and oozing. A crown of long, branching tentacles set with goat-like eyes encircles a central fanged maw at the top of its bulk. Root-like appendages end in blackened, sooty hooves.

Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi
This terrible creature resembles an imposing knight wearing baroque plate armor made of calcified resin. Its helm is a blank gray oval without eye slots or mouthpiece, and it carries a glistening greatsword with one or more slavering, fanged mouths.

Nightghaunt
The terrible outline of something noxiously thin and bat-winged descends silently from above a faceless black being with smooth, whale-like skin and horns that curve toward each other. Its barbed tail lashes needlessly as it clutches the air with ugly prehensile paws.
}}
* The creatures are not coordinated, which is to the party's great benefit. All three are formidable adversaries on their own, them working together might have been their end. They prevail against the first two, and end the session with Joana at death's door from the barbed tail of the third.
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2026-03-15T22:56:11Z

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Bounty Hunters - Session 38

2026-03-15T16:54:30Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Inhuman Biology== {{LogQuote| The High Master: It feels good to be in command again. That raid was a desparate gamble, and with Athaekeetha in hand, perhaps the tide will turn in our favor. Whip bleeds silently The High Master: In containment, he will not be able to contact the God-Brain. I will work at his memories until I can find the information about your Ward, and other information useful to our task ahead. The High Master: Behold, the nursery! The High Master: Yo..."

==Inhuman Biology==
{{LogQuote|
The High Master: It feels good to be in command again. That raid was a desparate gamble, and with Athaekeetha in hand, perhaps the tide will turn in our favor.
Whip bleeds silently
The High Master: In containment, he will not be able to contact the God-Brain. I will work at his memories until I can find the information about your Ward, and other information useful to our task ahead.
The High Master: Behold, the nursery!
The High Master: Your minds, such as they are, have neither the capacity nor the ability to interface with our stuff.
Helongum feels offended
}}
[[File:mv38_tadpole.jpg|400px]]
{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Do not fear. The tadpole will only expand the capabilities of your mind enough to interface and control the Nautiloid's Spelljammer helm.
Helongum: Tadpole.. I've already had enough experience being eaten by a frog...
The High Master: In a different breeding and configuration, these would be used to create more of my kind. But, that is not my agenda.
Helongum: So, what does it do?.. Exactly?
The High Master: It is a symbiotic creature.
The High Master: It nests at the root of your brainstem. It expands your arcane and cognative awareness.
Helongum: And it has been field tested on people such as us before?
The High Master: Anyone who has the talent to use magic (of spell level type) should both gain benefit from the symbote AND be able to control one of our helms.
Helongum: Does it have a name? Or, personality?
Helongum: Hive Mind? Hmm, does the tadpole remain connected to this hive mind?
Helongum: Like, if I want to do something and the hive mind doesn't, how does that work?
The High Master: These tadpoles were bred by me. They should not.
Helongum: Does that cause them distress? To not have that collective?
Helongum: Can I communicate with it? Like, before it's in my brain?
Whip: We've survived your bullshit however long before so I say let's get it over with
Whip: What's one _more_ nightmare
Helongum: Well, I think it makes sense for me to do this. We need someone to work with the vessel. But if anyone else doesn't want to it sounds like that is ok.
Joana: I'm in, jam that worm in my brain
The High Master expresses as much joy as he is able at Joana's outbust.
Elian: I'll do it; what's the worst that could happen?
Bern: I'll do it if the team vote that they would prefer it if I had it.
Bern: I have changed my mind. Fuck no.
Helongum: It could be beneficial to have a control group if you are more comfortable that way.
}}
* The party takes a brief rest before their procedure.
{{LogQuote|
Helongum: Complete my understanding of the mechanics of magic.
Elian: which hole does this go in?
The High Master: It is swallowed.
Elian looks disappointed but does the thing.
The milky, viscous fluid slides down the back of your throat. It is unpleasant, but not so bad as you ------ AGHHHHHHH!!!!
}}
* Everyone who takes a tadpole struggles mightily against the invasion. The pain passes, but a weird sensation lingers, and they find themselves connected mentally.
* Tadpole Effects:
** You may speak telepathically to anyone with a related tadpole that you can see.
** You may maintain concentration on two spells at the same time. When doing so, you make concentration saves at disadvantage, and failing either save will disrupt BOTH spells.
** You lose one attunement slot.
{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Emote closes his eyes. Those of you with Tadpoles feel a tingling at the base of your skull (inside).
In your mind you see pictured a giant Nautiloid, but instead of being under the sea it is half interred in an alien landscape.
Surrounding it are the legs of an even more colossal spider.
The High Master looks at Helongum for a moment. She shivers as she quickly absorbs The High Master's lesson.
The High Master: Now you have the capacity to protect your hesitant friend from the atmosphere of this realm. It will, sadly, require of you some resources that otherwise might be needed to comandeer the vessel.
The High Master: I do not expect it will be as easy as just walking in and finding the helm.
The High Master: The atmosphere is toxic to your kind, but a great many things can thrive there.
The High Master: Our unwilling guest in containment will be reluctant himself to reveal his secrets. I will work on his mind here while you run your errand. The journey there will not be quick or easy, but should you succeed in capturing the vessal the return trip should be swift and simple.
}}

[[File:mv38_blutspurmap.webp|400px]]

* They rest before embarking.

==The Journey to the Nautiloid==

{{LogQuote|
Perhaps as a result of the day's ordeals, you have no problem sleeping soundly even in the alien surgery facility.
Four of you awaken with a dull headache, like a minor hangover, but otherwise well rested. There is a small, persistant itch at the base of youyr neck you can't quite scratch away.
You expect the journey to the ship to take roughly EIGHT DAYS at regular marching speed.
You can make this faster by moving at a FAST PACE.
(6 DAYS FAST)
You can minimize or eliminate encounters by movign at a SLOW PACE. (12 DAYS SLOW)
FAST: 6 Days Normal: 8 Days SLOW: 12 Days
}}

* The first day passes without incident. Helongum continues to probe her own memories, and remembers one of combat from entry into the realm.
* On the second day, they are attacked!
{{LogQuote|
Flame-scourged Scion
This tree-like creature's hide is charred, cracked, and oozing. A crown of long, branching tentacles set with goat-like eyes encircles a central fanged maw at the top of its bulk. Root-like appendages end in blackened, sooty hooves.

Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi
This terrible creature resembles an imposing knight wearing baroque plate armor made of calcified resin. Its helm is a blank gray oval without eye slots or mouthpiece, and it carries a glistening greatsword with one or more slavering, fanged mouths.

Nightghaunt
The terrible outline of something noxiously thin and bat-winged descends silently from above a faceless black being with smooth, whale-like skin and horns that curve toward each other. Its barbed tail lashes needlessly as it clutches the air with ugly prehensile paws.
}}
* The creatures are not coordinated, which is to the party's great benefit. All three are formidable adversaries on their own, them working together might have been their end. They prevail against the first two, and end the session with Joana at death's door from the barbed tail of the third.

[[Category:Bounty Hunters Session Notes|38]]
[[Category:Bounty Hunters|38]]

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Bounty Hunters - Session 37

2026-03-15T16:37:59Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==The Battle for the Bridge== * Intellect Devourers fall like fleas to the party's mighty assault! * The mind flayer behind them halts them in their tracks with a brain wave, leaving them open to the golem made of brains (gross) * They recapacitate themselves one-by-one. More devourers fall; a lightning bolt from Helongum (shifted to fire) does wonders keeping the party in the fight. * The High Master filters in from behind. He focuses on protecting himself foremost, but..."

==The Battle for the Bridge==
* Intellect Devourers fall like fleas to the party's mighty assault!
* The mind flayer behind them halts them in their tracks with a brain wave, leaving them open to the golem made of brains (gross)
* They recapacitate themselves one-by-one. More devourers fall; a lightning bolt from Helongum (shifted to fire) does wonders keeping the party in the fight.
* The High Master filters in from behind. He focuses on protecting himself foremost, but is still a potent force.
* The opposing mind flayer falls.
{{LogQuote|
Joana: Lead the way, boss
The chamber hums with a palpable energy, casting an eerie glow upon the smooth, obsidian walls. At its heart stands a towering purple crystal, pulsating with a hypnotic rhythm. Surrounding it are six massive lenses, each angled precisely to siphon the crystal's mysterious power into their depths. Their surfaces shimmer with arcane light, refracting beams that dance like ghostly specters across the chamber. Below, nestled in the chamber's base, lies a sprawling crystalline configuration of deep azure. Its facets catch and reflect the ambient light as if alive with their own intent. The control station bristles with alien complexity; translucent blue tendrils snake out from its core, suggesting an intricate network of connections. A subtle thrumming fills the air, resonating through your bones—a whisper of untold knowledge and formidable power awaiting command.
The High Master: The Generator is intact. Good.
The High Master: Follow.
Whip: What does this generate, I wonder

The chamber is a cavernous expanse, walls slick with a mucus-like substance that glistens under the eerie phosphorescent glow emanating from the pool at its center. The air is thick with an unsettling humidity and the acrid tang of salt and rot. The vast pool brims with viscous green brine, its surface shifting restlessly as countless Illithid tadpoles writhe beneath. Their translucent bodies dart and swirl, forming hypnotic patterns that seem to beckon the mind into their chaotic dance. Strange, alien runes carved into the stone around the pool pulse faintly, casting distorted shadows that flicker across the chamber’s ceiling. A low, reverberating hum vibrates through the air, resonating from somewhere deep within this alien sanctum.

Whip: Gross.
The High Master: The pool is undisturbed. Excellent. Our plan would be compromised otherwise.
The High Master: The next room is the containment area. Hopefully we will find Akeetha within. Go.

The High Master points.

In this room there are eight white columns carved with arcane sigils. One of the columns has sigils that are carved over or defaced by the strike of countless claws. Helongum and Whip immediately recognize the runes as being for binding and containment.

The High Master: I should not be surprised. Your long rest has cost us.
The High Master: If Athleeka is freed, he will have made his way to the control center.
Joana: Us dying because of not having any spells would also cost us
The High Master: Now that I have verified the sercurity of the tank and power, we will need to move on the Control Room.
The High Master: No doubt Athleeka has martailed his remaining forces there. Better if we can capture him intact.
The High Master looks to Joana and Helongun.
The High Master: Beware of using blast or AoE spells in the control room. The equipment in there is sensitive. If it is destroyed, our plan cannot continue.
The High Master beams pathing information into your brain.
Whip: Alexandria's Balls that's a weird feeling
The High Master: We need not concern oursevles with this room for now. Move forward.
The High Master: Prepare yourselves. Around the next corner is the control center.
The High Master: Remember what I have told you.
}}

* The fight against Athaekeetha commences, accompanied by ore intellect devourers and a new monstrosity: A Quaggoth! Several brain bugs fall in the opening salvos. While trading blows, Athaekeetha appeals to the party, and they have a conversation, punctuated by the sounds of combat:

{{LogQuote|
Athaekeetha: Fools! Cease this attack. Destroy the abomination and I can take you to the child!
Whip: Maybe take us to her anyway?
The High Master: I know you are not foolish enough to listen to his obvious lies. Capture him intact, that I might put the probe to him and learn the God-Brain's weaknesses!
}}

* The Quaggoth's fury triggers, and he knocks Whip to the ground at death's door in a furious flurry. Joana counters, and brings the Quaggoth down in turn, while Helongum brings Whip back from the brink.

{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Surrender!
The High Master: It is not too late -- you are free of the God Brain. Help me bring and end to this blasphemy!
Athaekeetha: You are the blasphemer! What else is there to do? The God-Brain IS Blutspur!
Athaekeetha: These creatures could be the solution! The Girl has already hinted at several untrod paths. These creatures are from a virgin world -- imagine the potential!
Athaekeetha: Come back to the fold --- all will be forgiven!
The High Master, addressing the party: Do not forget the goal -- I can bring your friend back if need be.
}}

* Athaekeetha is a tremendous opponent. He sucks the very wit from Whip's brain, who falls again, and stays down. The rest of the party suffers grievous wounds, both psychic and physical, but manage to prevail. After the dust has settled and the party can tend itself, the High Master monologues some more.

{{LogQuote|
The High Master: Let us take him back to the containment chamber. Perhaps I can steal insights from his mind.
The High Master: My chamber is a mess. I can explain next stages while to clean it for me.
The High Master: You are quite adept. This plan has a great chance of success.
The High Master: I would say as high as one in ten!
The High Master: To understand our next steps, you must understand something of our history.
The High Master: The great Illithid race was a multiversal empire before your sorry kind craweled from the muck.
The High Master: Our Nautilid warships commanded the astral plane, and our armies of slaves trembled at our command.
The High Master: Time does not exist on the astral plane, but even in a timeless void there can be change. A war, cosmic in scale.
The High Master: The Neogi -- Dominators and Apex creatures, like ourselves.
The High Master: I will not bore you with the details, but instead I will tantalize you with the possibilities.
The High Master: In Bluetspur there exists a remenant of this conflict. A great nautaloid and a colossal mindspider, locked in an eternal embrace.
The High Master: Even diminished, you could never hope to fight your way through an Elder Hive in a direct assault like this one.
The High Master: You will take control of a Nautalid. On its bow is a mighty ram. You will ram the warship into the heart Mt. Mekalb and, like a virus, attack it from the very heart!
}}
[[Category:Bounty Hunters Session Notes|37]]
[[Category:Bounty Hunters|37]]

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Slitherrr: Created page with "Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] [ROUND 3] [TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 7] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] Effect ['Bardic Inspiration (d6)'] -> [to Whip] [by Bern] Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d2..."

Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
[ROUND 3] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 7] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration (d6)'] -> [to Whip] [by Bern] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+6 = 26 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [26] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [TYPE: magic, piercing (1d6+3=7)]: d6+3 = 7 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [7] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
[hiding roll result for GM: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [TYPE: magic, piercing (=0)]] 
[Heal (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [7] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: magic, piercing (4d6+3=18)]: d6+3p6+3 = 18 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [18] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 2 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 7] | Blink; [D: 8] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: Healing Word lvl2 - 
Godra: [HEAL] Healing Word Lvl2: 2d4+5 = 9 
[Heal] [9] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Critical] 
Godra: [CAST (R)] Chill Touch [at Nightgaunt] 
Godra: [ATTACK (R)] Chill Touch [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 16 
Attack #1 (R) (Chill Touch) [16] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
The terrible outline of something noxiously thin and bat-winged descends silently from above a faceless black being with smooth, whale-like skin and horns that curve toward each other. Its barbed tail lashes needlessly as it clutches the air with ugly prehensile paws. 
Godra: : d20 = 4 
[TURN] Whip - [Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 10] | Grappled | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Whip: Booming Blade (v,m) - 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] [DIS] [DROPPED 11]: r20+d20+p4+8 = 15 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [15] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
Whip: : d6 = 3 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Nightgaunt] [by Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=1)]: d4+p8+5 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [10] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] [DIS] [DROPPED 13]: r20+d20+p4+8 = 14 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [14] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
[TURN] Nightgaunt - [+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving; [D: 1]] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail: d20+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [17] -> [at Giant Constrictor Elian] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Barbed Tail [TYPE: piercing (1d8+4=8)] [TYPE: poison (3d6=11)]: d8+3d6+4 = 19 
[Damage (M)] Barbed Tail [19] -> [to Giant Constrictor Elian] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Effect ['SAVE: 1; AC: 1'] -> [to Giant Constrictor Elian] [by Joana] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail: = 17 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [17] -> [at Giant Constrictor Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail: d20+8 = 14 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [14] -> [at Giant Constrictor Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Barbed Tail [TYPE: piercing (1d8+4=6)] [TYPE: poison (3d6=14)]: d8+3d6+4 = 20 
[Damage (M)] Barbed Tail [20] -> [to Giant Constrictor Elian] [STATUS: Critical] 
Whip: : 2d8 = 8 
[Damage] [8] -> [to Nightgaunt] [STATUS: Critical] 
Godra: Feather Fall - 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Clutching Claws: d20+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Clutching Claws) [17] -> [at Godra] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Clutching Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d8+4=6)]: 2d8+4 = 6 
[Damage (M)] Clutching Claws [6] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: [CONCENTRATION] [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+1 = 14 
Concentration [14][vs. DC 10] -> [for Godra] [SUCCESS] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 4] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 7] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Grappled | Restrained | Prone] 
Joana: Sorcery Points - 
Joana: Sorcery Points - 
Joana: Sorcery Points - 
Joana: Sorcery Points - 
Joana: Sorcery Points - 
Joana: Thunder Step - 
Joana: [CAST] Thunder Step [at Nightgaunt] 
Nightgaunt: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 4]: g20+d20+8 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 15] -> [for Nightgaunt] [vs Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Thunder Step [TYPE: thunder (3d10=21)]: 3d10 = 21 
[Damage] Thunder Step [10] -> [to Nightgaunt] [HALF] 
[TURN] Giant Constrictor Elian - [INIT: -99 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | SAVE: 1; AC: 1] 
Joana: : d20 = 14 
Elian: Druid Heal - 
Elian: [HEAL #4] Druid Heal: 4d8 = 12 
[Heal] [12] -> [to Giant Constrictor Elian] 
Giant Constrictor Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Constrict [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+6 = 14 
Attack (M) (Constrict) [14] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
Giant Constrictor Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+6 = 21 
Attack (M) (Bite) [21] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Giant Constrictor Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [TYPE: piercing (2d6+4=13)]: 2d6+4 = 13 
[Damage (M)] Bite [13] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
[ROUND 4] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 6] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+6 = 16 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [16] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 2 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 6] | Blink; [D: 7] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: [CAST (R)] Chill Touch [at Nightgaunt] 
Godra: [ATTACK (R)] Chill Touch [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 25 
Attack #1 (R) (Chill Touch) [25] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Godra: [DAMAGE] Chill Touch [TYPE: necrotic (2d8=10)]: 2d8 = 10 
[Damage] Chill Touch [5] -> [to Nightgaunt] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] 
Effect ['NOTE: Can't regain hit points'] -> [to Nightgaunt] [by Godra] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Nightgaunt] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 9] | Grappled | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
Godra: : d20 = 8 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] [DIS] [DROPPED 11]: r20+d20+p4+8 = 14 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [14] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 28 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [28] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=8)]: d4+5 = 8 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [8] -> [to Nightgaunt] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 7] [STATUS: Dying] 
Godra: Well that was loud, lets get out of here before something else shows up 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 22 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
Godra: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 3 
[Recovery] [3] -> [to Godra] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d8+2 = 9 
[Recovery] [9] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Godra: [RECOVERY]: d6+1 = 5 
[Recovery] [5] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 5 
[Recovery] [5] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Light] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d8+2 = 7 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 9 
[Recovery] [9] -> [to Whip] 
Godra: [RECOVERY]: d6+1 = 3 
[Recovery] [3] -> [to Godra] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d6+2 = 8 
[Recovery] [8] -> [to Joana] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d6+2 = 5 
[Recovery] [5] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Light] 
Godra: [RECOVERY]: d6+1 = 5 
[Recovery] [5] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Light] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d6+2 = 7 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Joana] 
GM: Party taking Short Rest. 
After a short rest, you continue towards the wreck. [Survival] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 10 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 18 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
GM: Party taking Long Rest. 
You continue your journey toward the wreck site. [Survival] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 21 
After maybe a few hours of travel, you finally find a switchback trail down the canyon. However, your trained druidic eye recognize the scat and trackings of a large beast that hunts and lairs here. You will have to deal with it -- one way or the other. 
Elian: [SKILL] Investigation: d20+2 = 21 
Godra: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF] [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 16]: r20+d20+7 = 20 
Bern: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 20 
Joana: [SKILL] Investigation [MOD:WIS] [PROF]: d20+3 = 14 
GM: (POLL) Hunt the Mammoth? 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 21 
Tracking the creature to its lair is quite simple, in fact. 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 23 
Joana: [SKILL] Stealth: d20+2 = 5 
Elian: [SKILL] Stealth: d20+1 = 15 
Godra: [SKILL] Stealth [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 10]: r20+d20+1 = 7 
Whip: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF]: d20+8 = 16 
[INIT] Whip (+5): = 23 
[INIT] Bern (+2): = 22 
[INIT] Giant Constrictor Elian (-97): = -90 
[INIT] Balhannoth (-1): = 14 
[INIT] The High Master (-998): = -978 
[INIT] Joana (+2): = 16 
[INIT] Athaekeetha (-994): = -977 
[INIT] Cave Bear Elian (-99): = -84 
[INIT] Giant Elk Elian (-96): = -91 
[INIT] Elian (+1): = 19 
[INIT] Godra (+3) [DIS] (DROPPED 9): = 10 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[TURN] Balhannoth 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death] 
[TURN] Whip 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death] 
Elian: Flaming Sphere - 
Elian: [CAST] Flaming Sphere 
Elian: [SAVE VS] Flaming Sphere [DEX DC 14] [MAGIC] [HALF ON SAVE]: = 14 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Grappled | Restrained | Prone] 
[TURN] Balhannoth 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [TYPE: magic, piercing (1d6+3=4)]: d6+3 = 4 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [4] -> [to Balhannoth] [STATUS: Light] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow): d20+6 = 14 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [14] -> [at Balhannoth] [MISS] 
Effect ['Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)'] -> [to Balhannoth] [by Joana] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond): d20+8 = 27 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [27] -> [at Balhannoth] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=7)]: d4+5 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [7] -> [to Balhannoth] [STATUS: Light] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: d20+7 = 15 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [15] -> [at Godra] [HIT] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [to Godra] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: = 15 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [15] -> [at Godra] [DEF EFFECTS +5] [MISS] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: d20+7 = 11 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [11] -> [at Bern] [MISS] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: d20+7 = 20 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [20] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Balhannoth: [DAMAGE (M)] Tentacle [TYPE: bludgeoning (2d6+3=9)]: 2d6+3 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Tentacle [9] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Light] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 11]: g20+d20+5 = 20 
Concentration [20][vs. DC 10] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Joana] [by Balhannoth] 
Effect ['Restrained'] -> [to Joana] [by Balhannoth] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: d20+7 = 27 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [27] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [27] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Balhannoth: [DAMAGE (M)] Tentacle [CRITICAL] [TYPE: bludgeoning (2d6+3=9)] [TYPE: bludgeoning,critical (2d6=4)]: 2d6+2g6+3 = 13 
[Damage (M)] Tentacle [13] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Elian: [CONCENTRATION] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+2 = 16 
Concentration [16][vs. DC 10] -> [for Elian] [SUCCESS] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Elian] [by Balhannoth] 
Effect ['Restrained'] -> [to Elian] [by Balhannoth] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 1] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Elian] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Bern] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Joana] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Whip] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Godra] 
[TURN] Cave Bear Elian - [INIT: -99 | DMGTYPE: magic | SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | DMG: magic] 
Effect ['Invisible'] -> [to Balhannoth] [by Cave Bear Elian] 
[ROUND 1] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 29 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Whip: Booming Blade (v,m) - 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] [CRITICAL HIT]: d20+p4+8 = 32 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [CRITICAL] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=8)] [TYPE: piercing, magic,critical (1d4=3)]: d4+g4+5 = 11 
Whip: : 2d8 = 12 
[Damage] [12] -> [to Balhannoth] 
Whip: [EFFECT] +Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving: = 1 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] : d20+p4+8 = 28 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] : d20+p4+8 = 12 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] : d20+p4+8 = 14 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); [D: 9] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Grappled | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Balhannoth] [by Whip] 
Balhannoth: [SAVE] Dexterity: d20-1 = 6 
Save [6][vs. DC 14] -> [for Balhannoth] [vs Elian] [FAILURE] 
Balhannoth: [SAVE] Dexterity: d20-1 = 5 
Save [5][vs. DC 14] -> [for Balhannoth] [vs Elian] [FAILURE] 
Elian: [DAMAGE] Flaming Sphere [TYPE: fire (2d6=4)]: 2d6 = 4 
[Damage] Flaming Sphere [4] -> [to Balhannoth] 
Elian: [SKILL] Athletics [PROF]: d20+2 = 5 
[TURN] Joana - [Grappled | Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire] 
Effect ['Cursed'] -> [to Balhannoth] [by Joana] 
Joana: [CAST] Thunder Step [at Balhannoth] 
Balhannoth: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+8 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 15] -> [for Balhannoth] [vs Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Whip: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+5 = 12 
Whip: Absorb Elements (s) - 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Thunder Step [EFFECTS +3] [TYPE: thunder (3d10+3=24)]: 3d10+3 = 24 
[Damage] Thunder Step [12] -> [to Balhannoth] [HALF] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[Damage] [6] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Light] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d6 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
[TURN] Balhannoth - [Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C) | Invisible; [D: 1] | +Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving; [D: 1] | Cursed; [D: 10]] 
Balhannoth roars in anger and pain. 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 19]: g20+d20+7 = 27 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [27] -> [at Whip] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Balhannoth bites at Whip! 
Balhannoth: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [CRITICAL] [TYPE: piercing (4d10+3=22)] [TYPE: piercing,critical (4d10=16)]: 4d10+4g10+3 = 38 
[Damage (M)] Bite [38] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Critical] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 7]: g20+d20+7 = 16 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [16] -> [at Godra] [HIT] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [to Godra] 
Balhannoth: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: d20+7 = 20 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [20] -> [at Godra] [DEF EFFECTS +5] [HIT] 
Balhannoth: [DAMAGE (M)] Tentacle [TYPE: bludgeoning (2d6+3=13)]: 2d6+3 = 13 
[Damage (M)] Tentacle [13] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Godra: [CONCENTRATION] [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+1 = 17 
Concentration [17][vs. DC 10] -> [for Godra] [SUCCESS] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Godra] [by Balhannoth] 
Effect ['Restrained'] -> [to Godra] [by Balhannoth] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d6 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE] Booming Blade (v,m) [EFFECTS 1d6] [TYPE: thunder (2d8+1d6=13)]: 2d8+p6 = 13 
Effect ['DMG: 1d6 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 1 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Grappled | Restrained] 
Godra: [CAST (M)] Shocking Grasp [at Balhannoth] 
Godra: [ATTACK (M)] Shocking Grasp [EFFECTS 1d4] [DIS] [DROPPED 18]: r20+d20+p4+7 = 10 
Attack #1 (M) (Shocking Grasp) [10] -> [at Balhannoth] [AUTOMATIC MISS] 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Balhannoth] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | DMG: 1d6 thunder; [ROLL]] 
Whip: Second Wind 
Whip: [HEAL] Second Wind: d10+7 = 11 
[Heal] [11] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); [D: 8] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Grappled | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
[TURN] Joana - [Grappled | Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); [D: 8] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Grappled | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire] 
[TURN] Balhannoth - [Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C) | Cursed; [D: 8]] 
In your mind, you hear: Come, I invite you to my lair. There are caverns aplenty under Blutspur, much like the land you just came from. Perhaps one of them leads to your spawnling. 
[ROUND 3] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
[ROUND 4] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7]] 
[ROUND 5] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6]] 
[ROUND 6] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 5]] 
[ROUND 7] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 4]] 
[ROUND 8] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 3]] 
[ROUND 9] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 2]] 
Effect ['(C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Elian] 
[ROUND 10] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 1]] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Elian] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
Effect ['Cursed'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Balhannoth] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
[ROUND 11] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 12] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 13] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 14] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 15] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 16] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 17] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 18] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 19] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
[ROUND 20] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
Joana: : d20 = 14 
GM: (POLL) Accept the Invitiation? 
You decide to decline the creatures highly dubious offer. 
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You make camp for the night. 
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The evening, you are blessed with a much deserved rest. 
GM: Party taking Long Rest. 
2 Days towards your goal. 
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Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 22 
Godra: [SAVE] Charisma: d20+1 = 2 
You plumb too deep, too greedily. You remember the surgeries. The pain. The torture. It's too much! 
Whip: [SKILL] Athletics [PROF]: d20+3 = 13 
Joana: [SKILL] Athletics: d20 = 19 
Bern: [SKILL] Athletics [EFFECTS +1] [ADV] [DROPPED 9]: g20+d20 = 16 
Bern: Used Inspiration 
Godra: [SKILL] Athletics [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 12]: r20+d20-1 = 7 
Elian: Wild Shape - 
You make it out of the canyon system. 
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Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 9 
You hear an eerie and unnatural howl that echos through the landscape. It follows you over the course of the next hour. 
GM: As the eerie howls follow you, you decide to...... 
Effect ['NOTE: Death Ward'] -> [to Whip] [by Godra] 
[TURN] Bluetspur Hound 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Claw: d20+7 = 15 
Attack (M) (Claw) [15] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Bluetspur Hound: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [TYPE: slashing (2d6+4=16)]: 2d6+4 = 16 
[Damage (M)] Claw [16] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Elian: [SAVE] Strength [EFFECTS +1]: d20 = 2 
Save [2][vs. DC 16] -> [for Elian] [vs Bluetspur Hound] [FAILURE] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Elian] [by Bluetspur Hound] 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Bite [ADV] [DROPPED 6]: g20+d20+7 = 17 
Attack (M) (Bite) [17] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Claw [ADV] [DROPPED 8]: g20+d20+7 = 26 
Attack (M) (Claw) [26] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Bluetspur Hound: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [TYPE: slashing (2d6+4=7)]: 2d6+4 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Claw [7] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Bluetspur Hound: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [TYPE: piercing (3d6+4=18)]: 3d6+4 = 18 
[Damage (M)] Bite [18] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Critical] 
[INIT] Whip (+5): = 15 
[INIT] Bern (+2): = 21 
[INIT] Giant Constrictor Elian (-97): = -87 
[INIT] Joana (+2): = 17 
[INIT] The High Master (-998): = -996 
[INIT] Godra (+3) [DIS] (DROPPED 4): = 6 
[INIT] Athaekeetha (-994): = -982 
[INIT] Cave Bear Elian (-99): = -94 
[INIT] Giant Elk Elian (-96): = -95 
[INIT] Elian (+1): = 4 
[INIT] Bluetspur Hound (+6): = 16 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 11 
Effect ['ATK: -5'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['ATK: -5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS -5]: d20+1 = 13 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [13] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [MISS] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire] 
[TURN] Bluetspur Hound 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire] 
Effect ['Cursed'] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [by Joana] 
Joana: Chaos Bolt - 
Joana: [CAST (R)] Chaos Bolt [at Bluetspur Hound] 
Joana: [ATTACK (R)] Chaos Bolt [CRIT 19] [EFFECTS]: d20+8 = 22 
Attack #1 (R) (Chaos Bolt) [22] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE #2] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (2d8+2d6=18)]: 2d8+2d6 = 18 
Joana: [DAMAGE #2] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (2d8+2d6=18)]: 18 = 18 
[TURN] Bluetspur Hound - [Cursed; [D: 10]] 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Tongue [ADV] [DROPPED 1]: g20+d20+7 = 20 
Attack (M) (Tongue) [20] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Bluetspur Hound: [DAMAGE (M)] Tongue [TYPE: piercing (1d6+4=7)] [TYPE: necrotic (2d6=2)]: 3d6+4 = 9 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Elian] 
[Damage (M)] Tongue [9] -> [to Elian] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 5] [STATUS: Dying] 
Bluetspur Hound: : 3d6 = 13 
Bluetspur Hound: : d3 = 3 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+7 = 13 
Attack (M) (Bite) [13] -> [at Joana] [MISS] 
[TURN] Whip - [NOTE: Death Ward] 
Whip: Booming Blade (v,m) - 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond): d20+8 = 22 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [22] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [by Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=8)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=6)]: d4+p8+5 = 14 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [14] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [STATUS: Light] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond): d20+8 = 12 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [12] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [MISS] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 1] 
Godra: Healing Word 
Godra: [HEAL] Healing Word: d4+5 = 9 
[Heal] [9] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Critical] 
Godra: Toll the Dead 
Godra: [CAST] Toll The Dead [at Bluetspur Hound] 
Bluetspur Hound: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 5]: g20+d20+6 = 20 
Save [20][vs. DC 15] -> [for Bluetspur Hound] [vs Godra] [SUCCESS] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Prone | MAX HP :-2] 
Bluetspur Hound: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 13]: g20+d20+6 = 21 
Save [21][vs. DC 14] -> [for Bluetspur Hound] [vs Elian] [SUCCESS] 
Elian: Wild Shape - 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bleutspur Breathing [Magical]] 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 29 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [ADV] [DROPPED 12]: g20+d20+6 = 21 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [21] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [HIT] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: magic, piercing (4d6+3=17)]: d6+3p6+3 = 17 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [17] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire] 
Joana: Green-Flame Blade - 
Joana: Hex - 
Effect ['Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)'] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [by Joana] 
Joana: [ATTACK (M)] Longsword [CRIT 19] [EFFECTS]: d20+7 = 20 
Attack (M) (Longsword) [20] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE (M)] Longsword (2H) [EFFECTS +3] [TYPE: slashing (1d10+7=10)]: d10+7 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Longsword (2H) [10] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] 
[TURN] Bluetspur Hound - [Cursed; [D: 9] | +Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving; [D: 1] | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)] 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Claw: d20+7 = 26 
Attack (M) (Claw) [26] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Bluetspur Hound: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [TYPE: slashing (2d6+4=12)]: 2d6+4 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Claw [12] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 16]: g20+d20+5 = 25 
Concentration [25][vs. DC 10] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Effect ['Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)'] -> [to Joana] 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Claw: d20+7 = 17 
Attack (M) (Claw) [17] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Bluetspur Hound: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [TYPE: slashing (2d6+4=11)]: 2d6+4 = 11 
[Damage (M)] Claw [11] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 7]: g20+d20+5 = 12 
Concentration [12][vs. DC 10] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Joana: [CAST] Hellish Rebuke [at Bluetspur Hound] 
Bluetspur Hound: [SAVE] Dexterity [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 7]: g20+d20+6 = 13 
Save [13][vs. DC 15] -> [for Bluetspur Hound] [vs Joana] [FAILURE] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Hellish Rebuke [EFFECTS 1d6+3] [TYPE: fire (3d10+3=23)] [TYPE: necrotic (1d6=1)]: 3d10+p6+3 = 24 
[Damage] Hellish Rebuke [23] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Joana: Hellish Rebuke - 
Bluetspur Hound: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+7 = 12 
Attack (M) (Bite) [12] -> [at Joana] [MISS] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bluetspur Hound] 
[TURN] Whip - [NOTE: Death Ward] 
Whip: Booming Blade (v,m) - 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond): d20+8 = 11 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [11] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [MISS] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond): d20+8 = 21 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [21] -> [at Bluetspur Hound] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)]: d4+5 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [9] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [STATUS: Critical] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 1] 
Godra: [CAST] Lightning Bolt [at Bluetspur Hound] 
Bluetspur Hound: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 10]: g20+d20+2 = 19 
Save [19][vs. DC 15] -> [for Bluetspur Hound] [vs Godra] [SUCCESS] 
Godra: : 2d10 = 15 
Godra: [DAMAGE] Lightning Bolt [TYPE: thunder (8d6=29)]: 8d6 = 29 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] 
[Damage] Lightning Bolt [14] -> [to Bluetspur Hound] [HALF] [STATUS: Dying] 
The Blutspur Corner Hound. 
GM: On the body, Bern notices..... a Collar? 
Bern: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 12 
Godra: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF] [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 20]: r20+d20+7 = 25 
GM: The collar is made of an alien purple leather. Attached to it is a plate, made of adamantium, that says: 
GM [Deep Speech]: INFIDO 
[understood by: ] 
GM [Undercommon]: [Translation] INFIDO 
INFIDO 
[understood by: ] 
GM: It is also studded with AMBER. 
GM: You expect the collar itself is worth 1,000 GP in a world that buys and sells goods. 
[PARTY] -> [Joana] : Dog Collar, Engraved 
Godra: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF] [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 19]: r20+d20+7 = 16 
Godra: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF x2] [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 15]: r20+d20+10 = 17 
GM: Party taking Short Rest. 
Godra: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF x2] [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 12]: r20+d20+10 = 19 
Joana: [HEAL] Hexblade's Curse: = 6 
[Heal] [6] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[hiding roll result for GM: +12] 
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Joana: [RECOVERY]: d8+2 = 10 
[Recovery] [10] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Light] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d6+2 = 8 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Healthy] 
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Elian: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 9 
[Recovery] [9] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Elian: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 3 
[Recovery] [3] -> [to Elian] 
Elian: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 2 
[Recovery] [2] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Elian: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 7 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Elian] 
Elian: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 4 
[Recovery] [4] -> [to Elian] [STATUS: Light] 
Eldritch Invocation - Eyes of the Rune Keeper 
INFIDO 
Eldritch Invocation - Eyes of the Rune Keeper 
You are FOUR days into your EIGHT to TWELVE day trip. 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 13 
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Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 8 
You are FIVE days into your EIGHT to TWELVE day trip. 
On this day, a thick FOG appears making forward travel difficult. It causes Burn's skin to itch and burn. [Disadvantage on all rolls.] 
It's effects linger into the next day, but otherwise there is no hostile encounter. 
GM: Party taking Long Rest. 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 23 
DAY SIX: 
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DAY SEVEN: 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 20 
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DAY EIGHT: 
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Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF]: d20+6 = 23 
At the end of this day of travel, you see the colossal wreckage in the distance. Not that you doubted, but sometimes you perhaps thought it would never arrive. Tomorrow, you may begin your assault on the ruins. 
Ahead of you see a pair of..... structures? You were told to expect ships, so in your mind you could't take your mind from visions of the sea. But, one -- the one you institnctively know is the Illithid ship, is like a great snail: a nautaliod shell on the back, from which extend four tenticles that wrap and coil together into a single point. 
This point is driven into the heart of what looks to be a gargantuan spider, its eight legs, each twice the size of a castle watchtower, are wrapped around the nautaloid shell. 
They lie together on the horizon in their final embrace. Can you bring one back from the dead to, perhaps, escape this place? 
Or, are they a metaphor for you and this hellish prison dimension? 
GM: (LINK) 
<a href="http://lost.spelljammer.org/ShatteredFractine/shipyard/docks/shipyd30/ships/cargo/mindspider.jpg">http://lost.spelljammer.org/ShatteredFractine/shipyard/docks/shipyd30/ships/cargo/mindspider.jpg</a> 
GM: MINDSPIDER 
GM: (LINK) 
<a href="https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/046/188/737/medium/gian-verzosa-nautiloid.jpg?1644503502">https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/046/188/737/medium/gian-verzosa-nautiloid.jpg?1644503502</a>

Talk:Bounty Hunters - Session 38

2026-03-15T16:16:12Z

Slitherrr:

GM: (LINK) 
<a href="https://wiki.proteststand.com/index.php?title=Bounty_Hunters_-_Session_36">https://wiki.proteststand.com/index.php?title=Bounty_Hunters_-_Session_36</a> 
'mkarasek' disconnected 
'mkarasek' connected 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 3] | RESIST; [D: 4] | VERY LOUD] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
The High Master: It feels good to be in command again. That raid was a desparate gamble, and with Athaekeetha in hand, perhaps the tide will turn in our favor. 
Whip bleeds silently 
The High Master: In containment, he will not be able to contact the God-Brain. I will work at his memories until I can find the information about your Ward, and other information useful to our task ahead. 
The High Master: Behold, the nursery! 
The High Master: Your minds, such as they are, have neither the capacity nor the ability to interface with our stuff. 
Helongum feels offended 
The High Master: (LINK) 
<a href="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldanvil.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fd1031709828efec6fa0ec3930752e027.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0cef4c82f0bd6132cd8b530cc7faaf0ff31fa95878f35d7c0ea9e3881b5d0b54&ipo=images">https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldanvil.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fd1031709828efec6fa0ec3930752e027.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=0cef4c82f0bd6132cd8b530cc7faaf0ff31fa95878f35d7c0ea9e3881b5d0b54&ipo=images</a> 
GM: Do not fear. The tadpole will only expand the capabilities of your mind enough to interface and control the Nautiloid's Spelljammer helm. 
The High Master: Do not fear. The tadpole will only expand the capabilities of your mind enough to interface and control the Nautiloid's Spelljammer helm. 
Helongum: Tadpole.. I've already had enough experience being eaten by a frog... 
The High Master: In a different breeding and configuration, these would be used to create more of my kind. But, that is not my agenda. 
Helongum: So, what does it do?.. Exactly? 
The High Master: It is a symbiotic creature. 
The High Master: It nests at the root of your brainstem. It expands your arcane and cognative awareness. 
Helongum: And it has been field tested on people such as us before? 
The High Master: Anyone who has the talent to use magic (of spell level type) should both gain benefit from the symbote AND be able to control one of our helms. 
Helongum: Does it have a name? Or, personality? 
Helongum: Hive Mind? Hmm, does the tadpole remain connected to this hive mind? 
Helongum: Like, if I want to do something and the hive mind doesn't, how does that work? 
The High Master: These tadpoles were bred by me. They should not. 
Helongum: Does that cause them distress? To not have that collective? 
Helongum: Can I communicate with it? Like, before it's in my brain? 
Whip: We've survived your bullshit however long before so I say let's get it over with 
Whip: What's one _more_ nightmare 
Helongum: Well, I think it makes sense for me to do this. We need someone to work with the vessel. But if anyone else doesn't want to it sounds like that is ok. 
Joana: I'm in, jam that worm in my brain 
The High Master: <3 
Elian: I'll do it; what's the worst that could happen? 
Bern: I'll do it if the team vote that they would prefer it if I had it. 
Bern: I have changed my mind. Fuck no. 
Helongum: It could be beneficial to have a control group if you are more comfortable that way. 
The High Master: Party taking Short Rest. 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 7 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Whip] 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 4 
[Recovery] [4] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 3 
[Recovery] [3] -> [to Whip] 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 11 
[Recovery] [11] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Whip: [RECOVERY]: d10+2 = 7 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Whip] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d8+2 = 3 
[Recovery] [3] -> [to Joana] 
Joana: [RECOVERY]: d6+2 = 6 
[Recovery] [6] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Healthy] 
Helongum: [RECOVERY]: d8+1 = 7 
[Recovery] [7] -> [to Helongum] [STATUS: Healthy] 
Helongum: Complete my understanding of the mechanics of magic. 
Elian: which hole does this go in? 
Elian looks disappointed but does the thing. 
The milky, viscous fluid slides down the back of your throat. It is unpleasant, but not so bad as you ------ AGHHHHHHH!!!! 
Whip: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+5 = 25 
Helongum: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+1 = 10 
Joana: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+5 = 11 
Elian: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS +1]: d20+2 = 9 
Helongum: Used Inspiration 
Helongum: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+1 = 6 
Effect ['EXHUASTION: 1'] -> [to Joana] 
Effect ['EXHUASTION: 1'] -> [to Elian] 
Helongum: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+1 = 9 
Joana: [SAVE] Dexterity: d20+2 = 17 
Elian: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS +1]: d20+2 = 13 
Elian: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS +1]: d20+2 = 14 
Elian: Used Inspiration 
Whip: Used Inspiration 
Elian: Gained Inspiration 
Elian: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS +1]: d20+2 = 14 
Bern: Used Inspiration 
Helongum: Gained Inspiration 
Effect ['EXHUASTION: 1'] -> [to Elian] 
Helongum: Used Inspiration 
Bern: Gained Inspiration 
Helongum: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+1 = 17 
Feat: Tadpole'd 
You may speak telepathically to anyone with a related tadpole that you can see. 
You may maintain concentration on two spells at the same time. When doing so, you make concentration saves at disadvantage, and failing either save will disrupt BOTH spells. 
You lose one attunement slot. 
Tadpole 
Whip: DISSAV 
Helongum: Cure Wounds 
Helongum: [HEAL] Cure Wounds: d8+5 = 11 
[Heal] [11] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Light] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
The High Master: Emote closes his eyes. Those of you with Tadpoles feel a tingling at the base of your skull (inside). 
In your mind you see pictured a giant Nautiloid, but instead of being under the sea it is half interred in an alien landscape. 
Surrounding it are the legs of an even more colossal spider. 
The High Master looks at Helongum for a moment. She shivers as she quickly absorbs The High Master's lesson. 
The High Master: Now you have the capacity to protect your hesitant friend from the atmosphere of this realm. It will, sadly, require of you some resources that otherwise might be needed to comandeer the vessel. 
The High Master: I do not expect it will be as easy as just walking in and finding the helm. 
The High Master: The atmosphere is toxic to your kind, but a great many things can thrive there. 
Whip: Shadow Blade 
The High Master: Our unwilling guest in containment will be reluctant himself to reveal his secrets. I will work on his mind here while you run your errand. The journey there will not be quick or easy, but should you succeed in capturing the vessal the return trip should be swift and simple. 
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Effect ['EXHUASTION: 2'] -> [to Bern] [by The High Master] 
GM: (POLL) Unpause 
Effect ['INIT: -999'] -> [to The High Master] 
The High Master: Party taking Long Rest. 
Perhaps as a result of the day's ordeals, you have no problem sleeping soundly even in the alien surgery facility. 
Four of you awaken with a dull headache, like a minor hangover, but otherwise well rested. There is a small, persistant itch at the base of youyr neck you can't quite scratch away. 
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Folder assets refreshed. 
Helongum: [SKILL] Nature: d20+4 = 20 
Elian: [SKILL] Nature [PROF]: d20+5 = 17 
Joana: [SKILL] Nature: d20 = 8 
Whip: [SKILL] Nature: d20+2 = 19 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
You expect the journey to the ship to take roughly EIGHT DAYS at regular marching speed. 
You can make this faster by moving at a FAST PACE. 
(6 DAYS FAST) 
You can minimize or eliminate encounters by movign at a SLOW PACE. (12 DAYS SLOW) 
FAST: 6 Days
Normal: 8 Days
SLOW: 12 Days 
Elian: Bluetspur Breathing - 
The High Master bids you good luck as he ushers you out the sphincher-door. 
DAY ONE! 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
The first day of progress towards the wreck is without incident. The landscape is quiet and unnatural. 
Helongum: : d10 = 2 
You have memory of the combat you now know is from your entry to this realm. 
Godra: : d10 = 3 
Godra: : d10 = 4 
GM: Party taking Long Rest. 
DAY TWO 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
Godra: [SKILL] Nature: d20+4 = 15 
Elian: [SKILL] Nature [PROF]: d20+5 = 10 
[INIT] Whip (+5): = 11 
[INIT] Bern (+2): = 9 
[INIT] Flame-scourged Scion (+3): = 15 
[INIT] The High Master (-998): = -996 
[INIT] Joana (+2): = 4 
[INIT] Athaekeetha (-994): = -983 
[INIT] Cave Bear Elian (-99): = -81 
[INIT] Giant Elk Elian (-96): = -91 
[INIT] Elian (+1): = 14 
[INIT] Godra (+3): = 17 
[ROUND 1] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHUASTION: 1] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Joana] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Bern] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Whip] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Elian] [by Godra] 
[TURN] Flame-scourged Scion 
This tree-like creature's hide is charred, cracked, and oozing. A crown of long, branching tentacles set with goat-like eyes encircles a central fanged maw at the top of its bulk. Root-like appendages end in blackened, sooty hooves. 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Godra: [SKILL] Acrobatics: d20+1 = 18 
Illithant: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacle: d20+8 = 9 
Attack (M) (Tentacle) [9] -> [at Giant Elk Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [AUTOMATIC MISS] 
Giant Elk Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Ram [ADV] [DROPPED 10]: g20+d20+6 = 23 
Attack (M) (Ram) [23] -> [at Illithant] [HIT] 
Elian: Used Inspiration 
Illithant: [SAVE] Strength: d20+4 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 14] -> [for Illithant] [vs Giant Elk Elian] [SUCCESS] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (2d6+4=11)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: 2d6+4 = 11 
[Damage (M)] Ram [11] -> [to Illithant] [STATUS: Light] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Illithant] [by Giant Elk Elian] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Illithant] [by Giant Elk Elian] 
Godra: [SAVE] Dexterity [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+1 = 12 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Illithant] [by Giant Elk Elian] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[Damage] [5] -> [to Illithant] 
Whip: Mold Earth - 
Effect ['Shadow Blade (C)'] -> [to Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 29 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [29] -> [at Illithant] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Shadow Blade [TYPE: psychic (2d8+5=10)]: 2d8+5 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Shadow Blade [10] -> [to Illithant] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 28 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [28] -> [at Illithant] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Shadow Blade [TYPE: psychic (2d8+5=10)]: 2d8+5 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Shadow Blade [10] -> [to Illithant] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Effect ['ATK: -5'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['ATK: -5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow [EFFECTS 1d4-5]: d20+p4 = 19 
Attack (R) (Shortbow) [19] -> [at Illithant] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 10'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['DMG: 10'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [EFFECTS 3d6+10] [TYPE: piercing (4d6+12=32)]: d6+3p6+12 = 32 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow [32] -> [to Illithant] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Bern: Bardic Inspiration (d6) - 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration (d6)'] -> [to Joana] [by Bern] 
Effect ['Cursed'] -> [to Illithant] [by Joana] 
Joana: [ATTACK (M)] Longsword [CRIT 19] [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 29 
Attack (M) (Longsword) [29] -> [at Illithant] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Effect ['Green Flame Blade; DMG: 1d8 fire'] -> [to Joana] 
Effect ['Green Flame Blade; DMG: 1d8 fire'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
Joana: [DAMAGE (M)] Longsword (2H) [EFFECTS 1d8+3] [CRITICAL] [TYPE: slashing (1d10+7=14)] [TYPE: fire (1d8=5)] [TYPE: slashing,critical (1d10=4)] [TYPE: fire,critical (1d8=5)]: d10+p8+g10+g8+7 = 28 
[Damage (M)] Longsword (2H) [14] -> [to Illithant] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHUASTION: 1 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Joana: Hexblade's Curse - 
Godra: [CAST] Toll The Dead [at Illithant] 
Illithant: [SAVE] Wisdom: d20+2 = 8 
Save [8][vs. DC 15] -> [for Illithant] [vs Godra] [FAILURE] 
Godra: [DAMAGE #2] Toll The Dead [TYPE: necrotic (2d12=11)]: 2d12 = 11 
[Damage] Toll The Dead [11] -> [to Illithant] 
[TURN] Illithant - [Cursed; [D: 10]] 
Godra: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+1 = 10 
Save [10][vs. DC 18] -> [for Godra] [vs Illithant] [FAILURE] 
Whip: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+5 = 10 
Save [10][vs. DC 18] -> [for Whip] [vs Illithant] [FAILURE] 
Giant Elk Elian: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS +1]: d20+3 = 14 
Save [14][vs. DC 18] -> [for Giant Elk Elian] [vs Illithant] [FAILURE] 
Joana: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+5 = 17 
Save [17][vs. DC 18] -> [for Joana] [vs Illithant] [FAILURE] 
Illithant: [DAMAGE] Spore Cloud [TYPE: poison (8d6=28)]: 8d6 = 28 
[Damage] Spore Cloud [28] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[Damage] Spore Cloud [28] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[Damage] Spore Cloud [28] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Critical] 
[Damage] Spore Cloud [28] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 8]: g20+d20+p4+5 = 26 
Concentration [26][vs. DC 14] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Godra: [CONCENTRATION] [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+1 = 19 
Concentration [19][vs. DC 14] -> [for Godra] [SUCCESS] 
Whip: [CONCENTRATION] [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+5 = 24 
Concentration [24][vs. DC 14] -> [for Whip] [SUCCESS] 
[TURN] Giant Elk Elian - [DMG: magic | SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | DMGTYPE: magic | INIT: -99] 
Elian: Wild Shape - 
Elian: [HEAL] Healing Word: d4+3 = 4 
[Heal] [4] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] 
Giant Elk Elian: [HEAL] Healing Word: = -4 
[Heal] [-4] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] 
Elian: [HEAL] Druid Heal: d8 = 4 
[Heal] [4] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] 
Giant Elk Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Ram: d20+6 = 26 
Attack (M) (Ram) [26] -> [at Illithant] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [CRITICAL] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (2d6+4=8)] [TYPE: magic (=0)] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic,critical (2d6=11)]: 2d6+2g6+4 = 19 
[Damage (M)] Ram [19] -> [to Illithant] [STATUS: Critical] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
[TURN] Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi - [(REGEN: 5 fire)] 
This terrible creature resembles an imposing knight wearing baroque plate armor made of calcified resin. Its helm is a blank gray oval without eye slots or mouthpiece, and it carries a glistening greatsword with one or more slavering, fanged mouths. 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [ATTACK (M)] Mawblade [ADV] [DROPPED 3]: g20+d20+9 = 29 
Attack (M) (Mawblade) [29] -> [at Godra] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [DAMAGE (M)] Mawblade [CRITICAL] [TYPE: piercing,magic,silver (4d6+5=14)] [TYPE: piercing,magic,silver,critical (4d6=8)]: 4d6+4g6+5 = 22 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Godra] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Godra] 
[Damage (M)] Mawblade [22] -> [to Godra] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 14] [STATUS: Dying] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Elian] 
Godra: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+1 = 5 
Save [5][vs. DC 17] -> [for Godra] [vs Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [FAILURE] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [ATTACK (M)] Mawblade: d20+9 = 23 
Attack (M) (Mawblade) [23] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [to Whip] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [ATTACK (M)] Mawblade: = 23 
Attack (M) (Mawblade) [23] -> [at Whip] [DEF EFFECTS +5] [MISS] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
[TURN] Whip - [Shadow Blade (C); [D: 9]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade: d20+8 = 15 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [15] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [MISS] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade: d20+8 = 27 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [27] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade: d20+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [17] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Shadow Blade [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: psychic (2d8+5=15)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=3)]: 2d8+p8+5 = 18 
[Damage (M)] Shadow Blade [18] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Critical] 
Whip: [CONCENTRATION]: d20+5 = 20 
Concentration [20][vs. DC 10] -> [for Whip] [SUCCESS] 
[hiding roll result for GM: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade] 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [17] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [HIT] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [by Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade: d20+8 = 18 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [18] -> [at Illithant] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Shadow Blade [TYPE: psychic (2d8+5=13)]: 2d8+5 = 13 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Illithant] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Illithant] 
[Damage (M)] Shadow Blade [13] -> [to Illithant] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Joana: [HEAL] Hexblade's Curse: = 6 
[Heal] [6] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Effect ['ATK: -5'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['ATK: -5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS -5]: d20+1 = 2 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [2] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [AUTOMATIC MISS] 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 21 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 9] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
Joana: [CAST] Slow [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [SAVE] Wisdom: d20+2 = 10 
Save [10][vs. DC 15] -> [for Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [vs Joana] [FAILURE] 
Effect ['NOTE: Slowed; AC: -2; DISSAV: dexterity; NOTE: Save on end of round; (C)'] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [by Joana] 
[ROUND 3] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHUASTION: 2 | Unconscious | Prone] 
Godra: [DEATH] [FAILURE]: d20 = 4 
[TURN] Giant Elk Elian - [DMG: magic | SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | DMGTYPE: magic | INIT: -99] 
Joana: : d20 = 5 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [by Giant Elk Elian] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (2d6+4=11)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: 2d6+4 = 11 
[Damage (M)] Ram [11] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [STATUS: Light] 
Giant Elk Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Ram: d20+6 = 26 
Attack (M) (Ram) [26] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [DEF EFFECTS -2] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (=0)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: = -11 
[Heal (M)] Ram [11] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [STATUS: Healthy] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Giant Elk Elian] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS 2d6] [EFFECTS magic] [CRITICAL] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (4d6+4=27)] [TYPE: magic (=0)] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic,critical (4d6=16)]: 2d6+2p6+4g6+4 = 43 
[Damage (M)] Ram [43] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [SAVE] Strength: d20+9 = 21 
Save [21][vs. DC 14] -> [for Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [vs Giant Elk Elian] [SUCCESS] 
Elian: [HEAL #2] Druid Heal: 2d8 = 8 
[Heal] [8] -> [to Giant Elk Elian] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death] 
[hiding roll result for GM: [HEAL] Regeneration] 
[Heal] [5] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
[TURN] Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi - [(REGEN: 5 fire) | +Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving; [D: 1] | NOTE: Slowed; AC: -2; DISSAV: dexterity; NOTE: Save on end of round; (C); [D: 10] | DMG: 2d6; [ROLL]] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [ATTACK (M)] Mawblade: d20+9 = 12 
Attack (M) (Mawblade) [12] -> [at Giant Elk Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [MISS] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
[TURN] Whip - [Shadow Blade (C); [D: 8]] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [SAVE] Wisdom: d20+2 = 10 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade: d20+8 = 21 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [21] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [DEF EFFECTS -2] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Shadow Blade [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: psychic (2d8+5=18)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=5)]: 2d8+p8+5 = 23 
[Damage (M)] Shadow Blade [23] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Shadow Blade: d20+8 = 20 
Attack (M) (Shadow Blade) [20] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [DEF EFFECTS -2] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Shadow Blade [TYPE: psychic (2d8+5=9)]: 2d8+5 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Shadow Blade [9] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [by Whip] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [ADV] [DROPPED 8]: g20+d20+6 = 18 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [18] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [DEF EFFECTS -2] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 10'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['DMG: 10'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 3d6+10] [TYPE: magic, piercing (4d6+13=25)]: d6+3p6+13 = 25 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [25] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [STATUS: Critical] 
Bern: [SAVE] Dexterity [EFFECTS +1]: d20+6 = 14 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 14 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 8] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
[hiding roll result for GM: +2] 
[Heal] [8] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Critical] 
[ROUND 4] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHUASTION: 2 | Prone] 
[TURN] Giant Elk Elian - [DMG: magic | SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | DMGTYPE: magic | INIT: -99] 
Giant Elk Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Ram: d20+6 = 18 
Attack (M) (Ram) [18] -> [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [DEF EFFECTS -2] [HIT] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (2d6+4=14)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: 2d6+4 = 14 
[Damage (M)] Ram [14] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (=0)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: = -14 
[Heal (M)] Ram [14] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
Giant Elk Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Ram [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (14=14)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: = 14 
[Damage (M)] Ram [14] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHUASTION: 2] 
Godra: Shatter - 
Godra: [CAST] Shatter [at Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi: [SAVE] Charisma: d20+7 = 14 
Save [14][vs. DC 15] -> [for Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [vs Godra] [FAILURE] 
Godra: [DAMAGE] Shatter [TYPE: fire (3d8=8)]: 3d8 = 8 
Effect ['REGEN: 5 fire'] -> [DISABLED] [on Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] 
[Damage] Shatter [8] -> [to Eater of Dust, Yakat-Shi] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 2] [STATUS: Dying] 
Godra: Cure Wounds 
Godra: [HEAL] Cure Wounds: d8+5 = 13 
[Heal] [13] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Godra: Cure Wounds 
Godra: [HEAL] Cure Wounds: d8+5 = 6 
[Heal] [6] -> [to Godra] 
Whip: [HEAL] Second Wind: d10+7 = 11 
[Heal] [11] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Light] 
Whip: Second Wind 
Godra: Cure Wounds 
Godra: [HEAL] Cure Wounds: d8+5 = 7 
[Heal] [7] -> [to Joana] 
Whip: [SKILL] Investigation: d20+2 = 5 
Godra: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF]: d20+7 = 20 
Godra: [SKILL] Investigation [PROF]: d20+7 = 8 
Elian: [SKILL] Survival [PROF] [DIS] [DROPPED 18]: r20+d20+6 = 7 
Elian: [SKILL] Perception [PROF]: d20+6 = 20 
Godra: [SKILL] Perception [EFFECTS] [DIS] [DROPPED 12]: r20+d20+2 = 4 
Joana: [SKILL] Perception [PROF] [Wild Magic Surge +0]: d20+3 = 8 
Bern: [SKILL] Perception [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+10 = 14 
[INIT] Whip (+5): = 19 
[INIT] Bern (+2): = 5 
[INIT] Joana (+2): = 22 
[INIT] The High Master (-998): = -984 
[INIT] Athaekeetha (-994): = -975 
[INIT] Nightgaunt (+3): = 12 
[INIT] Cave Bear Elian (-99): = -89 
[INIT] Giant Elk Elian (-96): = -95 
[INIT] Elian (+1): = 7 
[INIT] Godra (+3) [DIS] (DROPPED 19): = 7 
Whip: [SKILL] Perception [PROF]: d20+3 = 5 
The terrible outline of something noxiously thin and bat-winged descends silently from above a faceless black being with smooth, whale-like skin and horns that curve toward each other. Its barbed tail lashes needlessly as it clutches the air with ugly prehensile paws. 
Bern: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS +1]: d20+4 = 8 
Save [8][vs. DC 16] -> [for Bern] [vs Nightgaunt] [FAILURE] 
Joana: [SAVE] Wisdom: d20 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 16] -> [for Joana] [vs Nightgaunt] [FAILURE] 
Elian: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS +1]: d20+7 = 23 
Save [23][vs. DC 16] -> [for Elian] [vs Nightgaunt] [SUCCESS] 
Godra: [SAVE] Wisdom: d20+5 = 12 
Save [12][vs. DC 16] -> [for Godra] [vs Nightgaunt] [FAILURE] 
Whip: [SAVE] Wisdom: d20 = 19 
Save [19][vs. DC 16] -> [for Whip] [vs Nightgaunt] [SUCCESS] 
Effect ['Disadvantage on Attack'] -> [to Bern] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Disadvantage on Attack'] -> [to Godra] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Clutching Claws: d20+8 = 21 
Attack (M) (Clutching Claws) [21] -> [at Godra] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Clutching Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d8+4=9)]: 2d8+4 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Clutching Claws [9] -> [to Godra] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Godra] [by Nightgaunt] 
Effect ['Restrained'] -> [to Godra] [by Nightgaunt] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Clutching Claws: d20+8 = 14 
Attack (M) (Clutching Claws) [14] -> [at Joana] [MISS] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail: d20+8 = 13 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [13] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [MISS] 
[INIT] Whip (+5): = 14 
[INIT] Bern (+2): = 21 
[INIT] Joana (+2): = 6 
[INIT] The High Master (-998): = -992 
[INIT] Athaekeetha (-994): = -984 
[INIT] Nightgaunt (+3): = 9 
[INIT] Cave Bear Elian (-99): = -97 
[INIT] Giant Elk Elian (-96): = -94 
[INIT] Elian (+1): = 2 
[INIT] Godra (+3) [DIS] (DROPPED 17): = 18 
[ROUND 1] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 9]] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow): d20+6 = 11 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [11] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
Bern: [SKILL] Stealth [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+9 = 10 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 2 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 9] | Grappled | Restrained] 
Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: Blink - 
Effect ['Blink'] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: : d20 = 14 
[TURN] Whip - [Shadow Blade (C); [D: 7]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (R)] Longbow: d20+8 = 19 
Attack (R) (Longbow) [19] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (R)] Longbow [TYPE: piercing (1d8+5=7)]: d8+5 = 7 
[Damage (R)] Longbow [7] -> [to Nightgaunt] [STATUS: Light] 
Whip: [ATTACK (R)] Longbow: d20+8 = 11 
Attack (R) (Longbow) [11] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
[TURN] Nightgaunt 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail: d20+8 = 24 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [24] -> [at Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Barbed Tail [TYPE: piercing (1d8+4=7)] [TYPE: poison (3d6=5)]: d8+3d6+4 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Barbed Tail [9] -> [to Elian] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [STATUS: Light] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Clutching Claws: d20+8 = 24 
Attack (M) (Clutching Claws) [24] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Clutching Claws: d20+8 = 11 
Attack (M) (Clutching Claws) [11] -> [at Joana] [MISS] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Clutching Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d8+4=10)]: 2d8+4 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Clutching Claws [10] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Whip: [CONCENTRATION]: d20+5 = 17 
Concentration [17][vs. DC 10] -> [for Whip] [SUCCESS] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Whip] [by Nightgaunt] 
Effect ['Restrained'] -> [to Whip] [by Nightgaunt] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 6] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 9] | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
Joana: [CAST] Slow [at Nightgaunt] 
Nightgaunt: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 7]: g20+d20+7 = 18 
Save [18][vs. DC 15] -> [for Nightgaunt] [vs Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Joana: [SKILL] Insight [PROF]: d20+3 = 12 
Joana: : d20 = 4 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death] 
Giant Constrictor Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+6 = 26 
Attack (M) (Bite) [26] -> [at Nightgaunt] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Giant Constrictor Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [CRITICAL] [TYPE: piercing (2d6+4=6)] [TYPE: piercing,critical (2d6=8)]: 2d6+2g6+4 = 14 
[Damage (M)] Bite [14] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Giant Constrictor Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Constrict: d20+6 = 9 
Attack (M) (Constrict) [9] -> [at Nightgaunt] [MISS] 
Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Godra] 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 8]] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow): d20+6 = 24 
Attack (R) (Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow)) [24] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: magic, piercing (4d6+3=20)]: d6+3p6+3 = 20 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow (magic +1 Arrow) [20] -> [to Nightgaunt] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[TURN] Godra - [EXHAUSTION: 2 | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 8] | Grappled | Restrained | Blink; [D: 9]] 
Effect ['Exhausted; Speed Halved (info only)'] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: Bless - 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Giant Constrictor Elian] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Whip] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Joana] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Bern] [by Godra] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Godra] 
Godra: : d20 = 10 
[TURN] Whip - [Grappled | Restrained | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] [DIS] [DROPPED 18]: r20+d20+p4+8 = 18 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [18] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=6)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=1)]: d4+p8+5 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [7] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Nightgaunt] [by Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4] [DIS] [DROPPED 20]: r20+d20+p4+8 = 23 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [23] -> [at Nightgaunt] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=6)]: d4+5 = 6 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [6] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
[TURN] Nightgaunt - [+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving; [D: 1]] 
Whip: [DAMAGE] Booming Blade (v,m) [TYPE: thunder (2d8=12)]: 2d8 = 12 
[Damage] Booming Blade (v,m) [12] -> [to Nightgaunt] 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Clutching Claws: d20+8 = 22 
Attack (M) (Clutching Claws) [22] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Clutching Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d8+4=11)]: 2d8+4 = 11 
[Damage (M)] Clutching Claws [11] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 2]: g20+d20+p4+5 = 21 
Concentration [21][vs. DC 10] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Joana: [CAST] Hellish Rebuke [at Nightgaunt] 
Nightgaunt: [SAVE] Dexterity [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 18]: g20+d20+3 = 23 
Save [23][vs. DC 15] -> [for Nightgaunt] [vs Joana] [SUCCESS] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Hellish Rebuke [TYPE: fire (3d10=19)]: 3d10 = 19 
[Damage] Hellish Rebuke [9] -> [to Nightgaunt] [HALF] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Joana] [by Nightgaunt] 
Joana: [SKILL] Insight [PROF]: d20+3 = 11 
Effect ['Restrained'] -> [to Joana] [by Nightgaunt] 
'slitherrr' disconnected 
Joana: Hellish Rebuke - 
Elian: Wild Shape - 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail: d20+8 = 25 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [25] -> [at Giant Constrictor Elian] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Barbed Tail [TYPE: piercing (1d8+4=5)] [TYPE: poison (3d6=13)]: d8+3d6+4 = 18 
[Damage (M)] Barbed Tail [18] -> [to Giant Constrictor Elian] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Nightgaunt: : d6 = 5 
Nightgaunt: [ATTACK (M)] Barbed Tail [ADV] [DROPPED 3]: g20+d20+8 = 25 
Attack (M) (Barbed Tail) [25] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Nightgaunt: [DAMAGE (M)] Barbed Tail [TYPE: piercing (1d8+4=8)] [TYPE: poison (3d6=12)]: d8+3d6+4 = 20 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Joana] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Joana] 
[Damage (M)] Barbed Tail [20] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Dying] 
Effect ['Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 5] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Disadvantage on Attack; [D: 8] | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10] | Grappled | Restrained | Unconscious | Prone] 
Joana: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [FAILURE]: d20+p4 = 8 
[TURN] Giant Constrictor Elian - [INIT: -99 | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]]

Talk:Bounty Hunters - Session 37

2026-03-15T16:15:58Z

Slitherrr:

Intellect Devourer 13: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 10 
Attack (M) (Claws) [10] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 8 
Save [8][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 13] [FAILURE] 
Intellect Devourer 13: [DAMAGE] Devour Intellect [TYPE: psychic (2d10=12)]: 2d10 = 12 
[Damage] Devour Intellect [12] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Light] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 4 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 10 
Save [10][vs. DC 12] -> [for Joana] [vs Intellect Devourer 4] [FAILURE] 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: 10 = 10 
Intellect Devourer 4: : 3d6 = 16 
Intellect Devourer 4: : 16 = 16 
Effect ['Stunned'] -> [to Joana] [by Intellect Devourer 4] 
Intellect Devourer 4: [ATTACK (M)] Claws [ADV] [DROPPED 9]: g20+d20+4 = 19 
Attack (M) (Claws) [19] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Intellect Devourer 4: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d4+2=8)]: 2d4+2 = 8 
[Damage (M)] Claws [8] -> [to Joana] [STATUS: Light] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 11]: g20+d20+p4+5 = 25 
Concentration [25][vs. DC 10] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 6 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 16 
Save [16][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 6] [SUCCESS] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: 16 = 16 
Intellect Devourer 6: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 9 
Attack (M) (Claws) [9] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 7 
Helongum: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF x2]: d20+10 = 13 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 11 
Save [11][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 7] [FAILURE] 
Intellect Devourer 7: : 3d6 = 9 
Intellect Devourer 7: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 17 
Attack (M) (Claws) [17] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Intellect Devourer 7: [DAMAGE] Devour Intellect [TYPE: psychic (2d10=11)]: 2d10 = 11 
[Damage] Devour Intellect [11] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[TURN] Mind Flayer, Vampiric - [(Magic Resistance)] 
Bern: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS +1]: d20+6 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 15] -> [for Bern] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [SUCCESS] 
Helongum: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 1]: g20+d20+p4+7 = 27 
Save [27][vs. DC 15] -> [for Helongum] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [SUCCESS] 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 13 
Save [13][vs. DC 15] -> [for Elian] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [FAILURE] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 7 
Save [7][vs. DC 15] -> [for Whip] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [FAILURE] 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 3 
Save [3][vs. DC 15] -> [for Joana] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [FAILURE] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Elian] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Joana] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Whip] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Elian] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Joana] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Whip] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
[TURN] Brain Golem 6 - [(Magic Resistance; DMGTYPE: magic) | +Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving; [D: 1] | Cursed; [D: 10]] 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam [DIS] [DROPPED 19]: r20+d20+7 = 8 
Attack (M) (Slam) [8] -> [at Whip] [AUTOMATIC MISS] 
Helongum: [SKILL] Perception: d20+2 = 21 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam: d20+7 = 25 
Attack (M) (Slam) [25] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Brain Golem 6: : 2d8 = 8 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 9] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10] | Incapacitated; [D: 10] | Incapacitated; [D: 10]] 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 21 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Brain Golem 6] 
[TURN] Whip - [Incapacitated; [D: 10] | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Incapacitated; [D: 10]] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 19 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [SKILL] Insight [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+10 = 19 
[hiding roll result for GM: [EFFECT] Bardic Inspiration (d6)] 
Bern: [EFFECT] Bardic Inspiration (d6): = 10 
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration (d6)'] -> [to Elian] [by Bern] 
Bern: Bardic Inspiration (d6) - 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow: d20+5 = 17 
Attack (R) (Shortbow) [17] -> [at Intellect Devourer 6] [HIT] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: piercing (4d6+2=23)]: d6+3p6+2 = 23 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 6] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 6] 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow [11] -> [to Intellect Devourer 6] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 3] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] Joana - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Stunned | Incapacitated; [D: 10] | Incapacitated; [D: 10] | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
[TURN] Helongum - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Helongum: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF x2]: d20+10 = 28 
Helongum: [CAST] Lightning Bolt [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Helongum: [CAST] Lightning Bolt [at Intellect Devourer 4] 
Helongum: [CAST] Lightning Bolt [at Brain Golem 6] 
Brain Golem 6: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 14]: g20+d20-2 = 17 
Save [17][vs. DC 15] -> [for Brain Golem 6] [vs Helongum] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 4: [SAVE] Intelligence: d20+1 = 2 
Save [2][vs. DC 15] -> [for Intellect Devourer 4] [vs Helongum] [FAILURE] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 13]: g20+d20 = 17 
Save [17][vs. DC 15] -> [for Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [vs Helongum] [SUCCESS] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE] Lightning Bolt [TYPE: fire (9d6=22)]: 9d6 = 22 
[Damage] Lightning Bolt [11] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HALF] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 4] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 4] 
[Damage] Lightning Bolt [22] -> [to Intellect Devourer 4] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 8] [STATUS: Dying] 
[Damage] Lightning Bolt [11] -> [to Brain Golem 6] [HALF] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[hiding roll result for GM: ] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance) | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
[TURN] Giant Elk Elian - [DMG: magic | SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | DMGTYPE: magic | INIT: -99 | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 13 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 9 
Save [9][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 13] [FAILURE] 
Intellect Devourer 13: [DAMAGE] Devour Intellect [TYPE: psychic (2d10=6)]: 2d10 = 6 
[Damage] Devour Intellect [6] -> [to Whip] 
Intellect Devourer 13: : 3d6 = 15 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 7 
Intellect Devourer 7: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 9 
Attack (M) (Claws) [9] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 25 
Save [25][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 7] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 7: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 20 
Attack (M) (Claws) [20] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Intellect Devourer 7: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d4+2=6)]: 2d4+2 = 6 
[Damage (M)] Claws [6] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[TURN] Mind Flayer, Vampiric - [(Magic Resistance) | (RCHG: 5 Disrupt psyche)] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche [RECHARGED]: d6 = 6 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche [RECHARGED]: 6 = 6 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 10 
Save [10][vs. DC 15] -> [for Elian] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [FAILURE] 
Helongum: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 8]: g20+d20+p4+7 = 21 
Save [21][vs. DC 15] -> [for Helongum] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [SUCCESS] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 20 
Save [20][vs. DC 15] -> [for Whip] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [SUCCESS] 
Bern: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS +1]: d20+6 = 9 
Save [9][vs. DC 15] -> [for Bern] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [FAILURE] 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 11 
Save [11][vs. DC 15] -> [for Joana] [vs Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [FAILURE] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Bern] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Elian] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Joana] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Helongum: [ATTACK (M)] Quarterstaff [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 11 
Attack (M) (Quarterstaff) [11] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [MISS] 
[TURN] Brain Golem 6 - [(Magic Resistance; DMGTYPE: magic) | Cursed; [D: 9]] 
Brain Golem 6: : d6 = 5 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam: d20+7 = 12 
Attack (M) (Slam) [12] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam: d20+7 = 13 
Attack (M) (Slam) [13] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 8] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 10] | Incapacitated; [D: 10]] 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 13 
[TURN] Whip - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 19 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [19] -> [at Intellect Devourer 13] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=7)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=4)]: d4+p8+5 = 11 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 13] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 13] 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [11] -> [to Intellect Devourer 13] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 3] [STATUS: Dying] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 13] [by Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [17] -> [at Intellect Devourer 7] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=7)]: d4+5 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [7] -> [to Intellect Devourer 7] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Incapacitated; [D: 10]] 
[TURN] Joana - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8] | Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Incapacitated; [D: 10] | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
Bern: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS +1]: d20+6 = 7 
[TURN] Helongum - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 20 
Helongum: [CAST] Shatter [at Intellect Devourer 7] 
Helongum: [CAST] Shatter [at Brain Golem 6] 
Brain Golem 6: [SAVE] Constitution [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 12]: g20+d20+4 = 17 
Save [17][vs. DC 15] -> [for Brain Golem 6] [vs Helongum] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 7: [SAVE] Constitution: d20+1 = 5 
Save [5][vs. DC 15] -> [for Intellect Devourer 7] [vs Helongum] [FAILURE] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE] Shatter [TYPE: fire (3d8=16)]: 3d8 = 16 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 7] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 7] 
[Damage] Shatter [16] -> [to Intellect Devourer 7] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 9] [STATUS: Dying] 
[Damage] Shatter [8] -> [to Brain Golem 6] [HALF] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance) | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
The High Master: [ATTACK (M)] Chilling Grasp [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 16 
Attack (M) (Chilling Grasp) [16] -> [at Brain Golem 6] [HIT] 
The High Master: [DAMAGE (M)] Chilling Grasp [TYPE: cold (3d6=12)]: 3d6 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Chilling Grasp [12] -> [to Brain Golem 6] [STATUS: Critical] 
Effect ['DISATK'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Brain Golem 6] 
[ROUND 3] 
[TURN] Mind Flayer, Vampiric - [(Magic Resistance) | (RCHG: 5 Disrupt psyche)] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche: d6 = 2 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacles: d20+7 = 23 
Attack (M) (Tentacles) [23] -> [at Helongum] [HIT] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [DAMAGE (M)] Tentacles [TYPE: piercing (1d6+4=7)]: d6+4 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Tentacles [7] -> [to Helongum] [STATUS: Light] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [to Helongum] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacles: = 23 
Attack (M) (Tentacles) [23] -> [at Helongum] [DEF EFFECTS +5] [HIT] 
Effect ['Grappled'] -> [to Helongum] [by Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Helongum: [SKILL] Perception: d20+2 = 11 
[TURN] Brain Golem 6 - [(Magic Resistance; DMGTYPE: magic) | Cursed; [D: 8]] 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam: d20+7 = 24 
Attack (M) (Slam) [24] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam: d20+7 = 12 
Attack (M) (Slam) [12] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Brain Golem 6: [ATTACK (M)] Slam [DIS] [DROPPED 19]: r20+d20+7 = 25 
Attack (M) (Slam) [25] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Brain Golem 6: : d6 = 5 
Brain Golem 6: [DAMAGE (M)] Slam [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: bludgeoning,magic (2d8+4=10)]: 2d8+4 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Slam [10] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Critical] 
Helongum: Ahh, it's on my face!! 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 7] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 9] | Incapacitated; [D: 9]] 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 27 
[TURN] Whip - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 28 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [28] -> [at Brain Golem 6] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=8)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=8)]: d4+p8+5 = 16 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Brain Golem 6] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Brain Golem 6] 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [16] -> [to Brain Golem 6] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 2] [STATUS: Dying] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Brain Golem 6] [by Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 15 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [15] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=8)]: d4+5 = 8 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [8] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1 | Incapacitated; [D: 9]] 
Bern: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS +1]: d20+6 = 26 
[TURN] Joana - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7] | Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C)] 
Joana: [HEAL] Hexblade's Curse: = 6 
[Heal] [6] -> [to Joana] 
Effect ['Tides of Chaos; ADVATK; ADVCHK; ADVSAV'] -> [to Joana] 
Joana: Tides of Chaos - 
Joana: [CAST] Chaos Bolt [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Tides of Chaos; ADVATK; ADVCHK; ADVSAV'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
Joana: [ATTACK (R)] Chaos Bolt [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 3]: g20+d20+p4+8 = 30 
Attack #1 (R) (Chaos Bolt) [30] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (2d8+1d6=9)]: 2d8+d6 = 9 
[hiding roll result for GM: [DAMAGE] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (9=9)]] 
[Damage] Chaos Bolt [9] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Joana: Wild Magic Surge: d20 = 13 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Helongum] 
[TURN] Helongum - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7] | Grappled] 
Helongum: [CAST] Shocking Grasp [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Helongum: [ATTACK (M)] Shocking Grasp [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 16 
Attack #1 (M) (Shocking Grasp) [16] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE] Shocking Grasp [TYPE: lightning (2d8=12)]: 2d8 = 12 
[Damage] Shocking Grasp [12] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Helongum: Misty Step - 
Helongum: Misty Step - 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance) | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7]] 
The High Master: [ATTACK (M)] Chilling Grasp [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Chilling Grasp) [17] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
The High Master: [DAMAGE (M)] Chilling Grasp [TYPE: cold (3d6=12)]: 3d6 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Chilling Grasp [12] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [STATUS: Critical] 
[ROUND 4] 
[TURN] Mind Flayer, Vampiric - [(Magic Resistance) | (RCHG: 5 Disrupt psyche)] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche: d6 = 2 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacles: d20+7 = 21 
Attack (M) (Tentacles) [21] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [ATTACK (M)] Claw: d20+7 = 13 
Attack (M) (Claw) [13] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Whip: Shield (v,s) - 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 6] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 8]] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [to Whip] 
Mind Flayer, Vampiric: [SAVE] Dexterity [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 7]: g20+d20+7 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 14] -> [for Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [vs Elian] [SUCCESS] 
Elian: [DAMAGE] Flaming Sphere [TYPE: fire (2d6=3)]: 2d6 = 3 
[Damage] Flaming Sphere [1] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HALF] 
Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Quarterstaff [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 17 
Attack (M) (Quarterstaff) [17] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Quarterstaff [TYPE: bludgeoning (1d6-1=0)]: d6-1 = 0 
[Damage (M)] Quarterstaff [0] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
[TURN] Whip - [ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 24 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [24] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=3)]: d4+p8+5 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [12] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 20 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [20] -> [at Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=6)]: d4+5 = 6 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [6] -> [to Mind Flayer, Vampiric] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 2] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance) | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6]] 
The High Master: Good. We must move swiftly. If Atheleeka is freed, he will be moving his agents against us. Take a quick moment to recouperate as you will. 
The High Master: Then, move through this tunnel. 
The High Master points a skeletal appendage. 
Whip: Second Wind 
Whip: [HEAL] Second Wind: d10+7 = 13 
[Heal] [13] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Heavy] 
The High Master: +2: 2d4+2 = 5 
Whip: [HEAL] Potion Of Healing (various): 2d4+2 = 5 
Whip: [HEAL] Potion Of Healing (various): = 5 
[Heal] [5] -> [to Whip] 
Joana: Lead the way, boss 
The chamber hums with a palpable energy, casting an eerie glow upon the smooth, obsidian walls. At its heart stands a towering purple crystal, pulsating with a hypnotic rhythm. Surrounding it are six massive lenses, each angled precisely to siphon the crystal's mysterious power into their depths. Their surfaces shimmer with arcane light, refracting beams that dance like ghostly specters across the chamber.

Below, nestled in the chamber's base, lies a sprawling crystalline configuration of deep azure. Its facets catch and reflect the ambient light as if alive with their own intent. The control station bristles with alien complexity; translucent blue tendrils snake out from its core, suggesting an intricate network of connections. A subtle thrumming fills the air, resonating through your bones—a whisper of untold knowledge and formidable power awaiting command. 
The High Master: The Generator is intact. Good. 
The High Master: Follow. 
Whip: Generator for what I wonder 
[ROUND 5] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 5] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 7]] 
[ROUND 6] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 4] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 5] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 6]] 
[ROUND 7] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 3] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 4] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 5]] 
[ROUND 8] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 2] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 3] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 4]] 
[ROUND 9] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | (C); Flaming Sphere; [D: 1] | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 2] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 3]] 
Effect ['(C); Flaming Sphere'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Elian] 
[ROUND 10] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 1] | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 2]] 
Effect ['ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Elian] 
Effect ['ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Effect ['ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
Effect ['ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Helongum] 
Effect ['ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on The High Master] 
Effect ['ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Giant Elk Elian] 
[ROUND 11] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bardic Inspiration (d6); [D: 1]] 
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> The chamber is a cavernous expanse, walls slick with a mucus-like substance that glistens under the eerie phosphorescent glow emanating from the pool at its center. The air is thick with an unsettling humidity and the acrid tang of salt and rot. The vast pool brims with viscous green brine, its surface shifting restlessly as countless illithid tadpoles writhe beneath. 
> 
> Their translucent bodies dart and swirl, forming hypnotic patterns that seem to beckon the mind into their chaotic dance. Strange, alien runes carved into the stone around the pool pulse faintly, casting distorted shadows that flicker across the chamber’s ceiling. A low, reverberating hum vibrates through the air, resonating from somewhere deep within this alien sanctum. 
walls slick with a mucus-like substance that glistens under the eerie phosphorescent glow emanating from the pool at its center. The air is thick with an unsettling humidity and the acrid tang of salt and rot. The vast pool brims with viscous green brine, its surface shifting restlessly as countless illithid tadpoles writhe beneath. 

Their translucent bodies dart and swirl, forming hypnotic patterns that seem to beckon the mind into their chaotic dance. Strange, alien runes carved into the stone around the pool pulse faintly, casting distorted shadows that flicker across the chamber’s ceiling. A low, reverberating hum vibrates through the air, resonating from somewhere deep within this alien sanctum. 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
Whip: Gross 
The High Master: The pool is undisturbed. Excellent. Our plan would be compromised otherwise. 
The High Master: The next room is the containment area. Hopefully we will find Akeetha within. Go. 
The High Master points. 
Helongum: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF x2]: d20+10 = 19 
Whip: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF]: d20+5 = 25 
In this room there are eight white columns carved with arcane sigils. One of the columns has sigils that are carved over or defaced by the strike of countless claws. 
[Arcana] These are runes of binding and containment. 
The High Master: I should not be surprised. Your long rest has cost us. 
The High Master: If Athleeka is freed, he will have made his way to the control center. 
Joana: Us dying because of not having any spells would also cost us 
The High Master: Now that I have verified the sercurity of the tank and power, we will need to move on the Control Room. 
The High Master: No doubt Athleeka has martailed his remaining forces there. Better if we can capture him intact. 
The High Master looks to Joana and Helongun. 
The High Master: Beware of using blast or AoE spells in the control room. The equipment in there is sensitive. If it is destroyed, our plan cannot continue. 
The High Master beams pathing information into your brain. 
Whip: Alexandria's Balls that's a weird feeling 
The High Master: We need not concern oursevles with this room for now. Move forward. 
The High Master: Prepare yourselves. Around the next corner is the control center. 
The High Master: Remember what I have told you. 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Whip] [by Helongum] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Elian] [by Helongum] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Joana] [by Helongum] 
Elian: Resistance - 
[ROUND 0] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | CHAOS TIDE'd | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Elian: [EFFECT] SAVE: 1d4 (C) [UNITS MIN] [SINGLE]: = 1 
GM: 18 / 17 / 10 / 9 / 4 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Intellect Devourer 9: [ATTACK (M)] Claws [DIS] [DROPPED 19]: r20+d20+4 = 13 
Attack (M) (Claws) [13] -> [at Intellect Devourer 9] [HIT] 
Intellect Devourer 9: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d4+2=7)]: 2d4+2 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Claws [7] -> [to Whip] 
Whip: Booming Blade (v,m) - 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [17] -> [at Intellect Devourer 9] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=4)]: d4+p8+5 = 13 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [13] -> [to Intellect Devourer 9] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 29 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [29] -> [at Intellect Devourer 9] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [CRITICAL] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=6)] [TYPE: piercing, magic,critical (1d4=1)]: d4+g4+5 = 7 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 9] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 9] 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [7] -> [to Intellect Devourer 9] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | CHAOS TIDE'd | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 10]] 
Effect ['Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)'] -> [to Athaekeetha] [by Joana] 
[TURN] Helongum 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow: d20+5 = 16 
Attack (R) (Shortbow) [16] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [TYPE: piercing (1d6+2=8)]: d6+2 = 8 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow [8] -> [to Athaekeetha] [STATUS: Light] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9] | Reistance: d4; [D: 9]; [ACTION]] 
[TURN] Athaekeetha - [(Magic Resistance) | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)] 
[ROUND 1] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Whip: [SKILL] Acrobatics [PROF]: d20+8 = 13 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 25 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [25] -> [at Intellect Devourer 24] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=7)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=6)]: d4+p8+5 = 13 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [13] -> [to Intellect Devourer 24] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 24] [by Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 29 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [29] -> [at Intellect Devourer 12] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=7)]: d4+5 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [7] -> [to Intellect Devourer 12] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | CHAOS TIDE'd | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 9]] 
Joana: [CAST] Chaos Bolt [at Intellect Devourer 6] 
Joana: [ATTACK (R)] Chaos Bolt [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 22 
Attack #1 (R) (Chaos Bolt) [22] -> [at Intellect Devourer 6] [HIT] 
Joana: : d100 = 3 
Joana: : d100 = 62 
Joana: : d100 = 72 
Joana: Wild Magic Surge: d20 = 8 
Joana: [DAMAGE #2] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (2d8+2d6=16)]: 2d8+2d6 = 16 
Joana: Sorcery Points - 
Joana: : d8 = 4 
Joana: : d6 = 5 
[hiding roll result for GM: +22] 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 6] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 6] 
[Damage] [22] -> [to Intellect Devourer 6] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 2] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
[TURN] Helongum 
Helongum: [CAST] Chill Touch [at Intellect Devourer 21] 
Helongum: [ATTACK (R)] Chill Touch: d20+7 = 11 
Attack #1 (R) (Chill Touch) [11] -> [at Intellect Devourer 21] [MISS] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [EFFECT] GRANTADVATK; (C) [UNITS MIN]: = 1 
Bern: [CAST] Faerie Fire 
Bern: [SAVE VS] Faerie Fire [DEX DC 11] [MAGIC]: = 11 
Bern: [CAST] Faerie Fire [at Intellect Devourer 18] 
Bern: [CAST] Faerie Fire [at Athaekeetha] 
Bern: [CAST] Faerie Fire [at Intellect Devourer 17] 
Intellect Devourer 18: [SAVE] Dexterity: d20+2 = 16 
Save [16][vs. DC 11] -> [for Intellect Devourer 18] [vs Bern] [SUCCESS] 
Athaekeetha: [SAVE] Dexterity [EFFECTS] [ADV] [DROPPED 2]: g20+d20+7 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 11] -> [for Athaekeetha] [vs Bern] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 17: [SAVE] Dexterity: d20+2 = 9 
Save [9][vs. DC 11] -> [for Intellect Devourer 17] [vs Bern] [FAILURE] 
Effect ['GRANTADVATK; (C)'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 17] [by Bern] 
[TURN] Athaekeetha - [(Magic Resistance) | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)] 
Athaekeetha: Fools! Cease this attack. Destroy the abomination and I can take you to the child! 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8] | Reistance: d4; [D: 7]; [ACTION]] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+7 = 25 
Attack (M) (Bite) [25] -> [at Intellect Devourer 24] [HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [TYPE: piercing (1d8+5=9)]: d8+5 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Bite [4] -> [to Intellect Devourer 24] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [STATUS: Critical] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+7 = 16 
Attack (M) (Claws) [16] -> [at Intellect Devourer 24] [HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d6+5=7)]: 2d6+5 = 7 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 24] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 24] 
[Damage (M)] Claws [3] -> [to Intellect Devourer 24] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 12 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 21 
Save [21][vs. DC 12] -> [for Elian] [vs Intellect Devourer 12] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 12: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 16 
Attack (M) (Claws) [16] -> [at Cave Bear Elian] [HIT] 
Intellect Devourer 12: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d4+2=9)]: 2d4+2 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Claws [9] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [STATUS: Light] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 17 - [GRANTADVATK; (C); [D: 10]] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 18 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 21 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 12] -> [for Joana] [vs Intellect Devourer 21] [SUCCESS] 
Joana: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: 15 = 15 
Intellect Devourer 21: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 17 
Attack (M) (Claws) [17] -> [at Joana] [HIT] 
Intellect Devourer 21: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d4+2=7)]: 2d4+2 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Claws [7] -> [to Joana] 
Joana: [CONCENTRATION] [ELDRITCH MIND] [EFFECTS 1d4] [ADV] [DROPPED 7]: g20+d20+p4+5 = 21 
Concentration [21][vs. DC 10] -> [for Joana] [SUCCESS] 
[TURN] Unidentified 19 
Unidentified 19 roars! 
[TURN] Unidentified 24 
[TURN] Giant Elk Elian - [DMG: magic | SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | DMGTYPE: magic | INIT: -99] 
[ROUND 2] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8]] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 14 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [14] -> [at Quaggoth 24] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=7)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=5)]: d4+p8+5 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [12] -> [to Quaggoth 24] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Effect ['+Boomed+; takes 2d8 thunder damage after willingly moving'] -> [to Quaggoth 24] [by Whip] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 18 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [18] -> [at Intellect Devourer 12] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)]: d4+5 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [9] -> [to Intellect Devourer 12] [STATUS: Critical] 
Whip: Action Surge 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 27 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [27] -> [at Quaggoth 24] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=8)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=4)]: d4+p8+5 = 12 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [12] -> [to Quaggoth 24] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 24 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [24] -> [at Quaggoth 24] [HIT] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)]: d4+5 = 9 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [9] -> [to Quaggoth 24] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 8] | RESIST; [D: 9] | VERY LOUD] 
Whip: Maybe take us to her anyway? 
Effect ['Wrathful Smite; DMG: 1d6 psychic,melee; (C)'] -> [to Joana] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Green-Flame Blade [TYPE: fire (1d8+4=12)]: d8+4 = 12 
[Damage] Green-Flame Blade [12] -> [to Intellect Devourer 21] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Joana: [ATTACK (M)] Longsword [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 28 
Attack (M) (Longsword) [28] -> [at Intellect Devourer 21] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Green-Flame Blade [TYPE: fire (1d8+4=6)]: d8+4 = 6 
[Damage] Green-Flame Blade [6] -> [to Intellect Devourer 21] [STATUS: Critical] 
Effect ['Wrathful Smite; DMG: 1d6 psychic,melee; (C)'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Joana] 
Joana: [DAMAGE (M)] Longsword (2H) [EFFECTS 1d6] [TYPE: slashing (1d10+4=14)] [TYPE: psychic (1d6=2)]: d10+p6+4 = 16 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 21] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 21] 
[Damage (M)] Longsword (2H) [9] -> [to Intellect Devourer 21] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 7] [STATUS: Dying] 
Effect ['DMGTYPE: magic'] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [by Joana] 
Effect ['SAVE: 1; AC: 1'] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [by Joana] 
Effect ['DMG: magic'] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [by Joana] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
The High Master: [DAMAGE] Magic Missile [TYPE: force (1d4+1=3)]: d4+1 = 3 
[Damage] Magic Missile [3] -> [to Intellect Devourer 12] 
The High Master: [DAMAGE] Magic Missile [TYPE: force (1d4+1=3)]: d4+1 = 3 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 12] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 12] 
[Damage] Magic Missile [3] -> [to Intellect Devourer 12] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 2] [STATUS: Dying] 
The High Master: [DAMAGE] Magic Missile [TYPE: force (1d4+1=4)]: d4+1 = 4 
[Damage] Magic Missile [4] -> [to Quaggoth 24] [STATUS: Critical] 
The High Master: I know you are not foolish enough to listen to his obvious lies. Capture him intact, that I might put the probe to him and learn the God-Brain's weaknesses! 
[TURN] Helongum 
Helongum: [CAST] Chill Touch [at Quaggoth 19] 
Helongum: [ATTACK (R)] Chill Touch: d20+7 = 14 
Attack #1 (R) (Chill Touch) [14] -> [at Quaggoth 19] [HIT] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE] Chill Touch [TYPE: necrotic (2d8=8)]: 2d8 = 8 
[Damage] Chill Touch [8] -> [to Quaggoth 19] [STATUS: Light] 
Effect ['NOTE: Can't regain hit points'] -> [to Quaggoth 19] [by Helongum] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow: d20+5 = 19 
Attack (R) (Shortbow) [19] -> [at Quaggoth 24] [HIT] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [TYPE: piercing (1d6+2=8)]: d6+2 = 8 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Quaggoth 24] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Quaggoth 24] 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow [8] -> [to Quaggoth 24] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] Athaekeetha - [(Magic Resistance) | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C)] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 9 
Save [9][vs. DC 16] -> [for Whip] [vs Athaekeetha] [FAILURE] 
Cave Bear Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS +1]: d20-3 = 12 
Save [12][vs. DC 16] -> [for Cave Bear Elian] [vs Athaekeetha] [FAILURE] 
Elian: : d4 = 4 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Whip] [by Athaekeetha] 
Effect ['Incapacitated'] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [by Athaekeetha] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7]] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+7 = 27 
Attack (M) (Bite) [27] -> [at Quaggoth 19] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [CRITICAL] [TYPE: piercing,magic (1d8+5=7)] [TYPE: magic (=0)] [TYPE: piercing,magic,critical (1d8=7)]: d8+g8+5 = 14 
[Damage (M)] Bite [14] -> [to Quaggoth 19] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+7 = 14 
Attack (M) (Claws) [14] -> [at Quaggoth 19] [HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: slashing,magic (2d6+5=7)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: 2d6+5 = 7 
[Damage (M)] Claws [7] -> [to Quaggoth 19] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 17 - [GRANTADVATK; (C); [D: 9]] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 15 
Save [15][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 17] [SUCCESS] 
Whip: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+2 = 20 
Save [20][vs. DC 12] -> [for Whip] [vs Intellect Devourer 17] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 17: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 18 
Attack (M) (Claws) [18] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
Intellect Devourer 17: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 10 
Attack (M) (Claws) [10] -> [at Whip] [MISS] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 18 
[TURN] Quaggoth 19 - [NOTE: Can't regain hit points; [D: 1]] 
WOUNDED FURY ACTIVATE!!! 
Quaggoth 19: [ATTACK (M)] Claw: d20+5 = 24 
Attack (M) (Claw) [24] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Quaggoth 19: [ATTACK (M)] Claw: d20+5 = 21 
Attack (M) (Claw) [21] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Quaggoth 19: [ATTACK (M)] Claw [ADV] [DROPPED 5]: g20+d20+5 = 22 
Attack (M) (Claw) [22] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Quaggoth 19] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Quaggoth 19] 
Quaggoth 19: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [EFFECTS 2d6] [TYPE: slashing (3d6+3=15)]: d6+2p6+3 = 15 
[Damage (M)] Claw [15] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [to Quaggoth 19] 
Effect ['DMG: 2d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Quaggoth 19] 
Quaggoth 19: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [EFFECTS 2d6] [TYPE: slashing (3d6+3=21)]: d6+2p6+3 = 21 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Whip] 
[Damage (M)] Claw [21] -> [to Whip] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 5] [STATUS: Dying] 
Quaggoth 19: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw [EFFECTS 2d6] [TYPE: slashing (3d6+3=21)]: 21 = 21 
[ROUND 3] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7] | Incapacitated; [D: 10] | Unconscious | Prone] 
Whip: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [SUCCESS]: d20+p4 = 18 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 7] | RESIST; [D: 8] | VERY LOUD] 
Joana: [CAST] Chaos Bolt [at Quaggoth 19] 
Joana: [ATTACK (R)] Chaos Bolt [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 25 
Attack #1 (R) (Chaos Bolt) [25] -> [at Quaggoth 19] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (2d8+1d6=17)]: 2d8+d6 = 17 
[hiding roll result for GM: [DAMAGE] Chaos Bolt [TYPE: untyped (17=17)]] 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Quaggoth 19] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Quaggoth 19] 
[Damage] Chaos Bolt [17] -> [to Quaggoth 19] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 6] [STATUS: Dying] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
The High Master: Surrender! 
The High Master: It is not too late -- you are free of the God Brain. Help me bring and end to this blasphemy! 
The High Master: [CHECK] Charisma: d20+3 = 7 
[TURN] Helongum 
Helongum: Healing Word 
Helongum: [HEAL] Healing Word: d4+5 = 9 
[Heal] [9] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Critical] 
Helongum: [CAST] Chill Touch [at Athaekeetha] 
Helongum: [ATTACK (R)] Chill Touch: d20+7 = 25 
Attack #1 (R) (Chill Touch) [25] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE] Chill Touch [TYPE: necrotic (2d8=6)]: 2d8 = 6 
[Damage] Chill Touch [3] -> [to Athaekeetha] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] 
Effect ['NOTE: Can't regain hit points'] -> [to Athaekeetha] [by Helongum] 
Effect ['; GRANTDISATK'] -> [to Helongum] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow [ADV] [DROPPED 4]: g20+d20+5 = 21 
Attack (R) (Shortbow) [21] -> [at Intellect Devourer 17] [HIT] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: piercing (4d6+2=14)]: d6+3p6+2 = 14 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Whip] 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow [14] -> [to Whip] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 5] [STATUS: Dying] 
[hiding roll result for GM: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: piercing (14=14)]] 
[Damage (R)] [7] -> [to Intellect Devourer 17] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[TURN] Athaekeetha - [(Magic Resistance) | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C) | (RCHG: 5 Disrupt Psyche) | NOTE: Can't regain hit points; [D: 1]] 
Athaekeetha: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche: d6 = 1 
Athaekeetha: you are the blasphemer! What else is there to do? The God-Brain IS Blutspur! 
Athaekeetha: These creatures could be the solution! The Girl has already hinted at several untrod paths. These creatures are from a virgin world -- imagine the potential! 
Athaekeetha: Come back to the fold --- all will be forgiven! 
Athaekeetha: [CHECK] Charisma [DIS] [DROPPED 12]: r20+d20+4 = 14 
Athaekeetha: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacles [ADV] [DROPPED 3]: g20+d20+7 = 24 
Attack (M) (Tentacles) [24] -> [at Whip] [HIT] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [to Whip] 
Athaekeetha: [ATTACK (M)] Tentacles [DROPPED 3] [ADV]: = 24 
Attack (M) (Tentacles) [24] -> [at Whip] [DEF EFFECTS +5] [HIT] 
Athaekeetha: [DAMAGE (M)] Tentacles [TYPE: piercing (1d6+4=5)]: d6+4 = 5 
[Damage (M)] Tentacles [5] -> [to Whip] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6]] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Claws [ADV] [DROPPED 1]: g20+d20+7 = 27 
Attack (M) (Claws) [27] -> [at Intellect Devourer 17] [CRITICAL HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [CRITICAL] [TYPE: slashing,magic (2d6+5=15)] [TYPE: magic (=0)] [TYPE: slashing,magic,critical (2d6=4)]: 2d6+2g6+5 = 19 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 17] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 17] 
[Damage (M)] Claws [19] -> [to Intellect Devourer 17] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 6] [STATUS: Dying] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+7 = 17 
Attack (M) (Bite) [17] -> [at Intellect Devourer 18] [HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Bite [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: piercing,magic (1d8+5=10)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: d8+5 = 10 
[Damage (M)] Bite [10] -> [to Intellect Devourer 18] [STATUS: Heavy] 
[TURN] Intellect Devourer 18 
Elian: [SAVE] Intelligence [EFFECTS 1d4+1]: d20+p4+6 = 24 
Save [24][vs. DC 12] -> [for Elian] [vs Intellect Devourer 18] [SUCCESS] 
Intellect Devourer 18: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+4 = 23 
Attack (M) (Claws) [23] -> [at Cave Bear Elian] [DEF EFFECTS +1] [HIT] 
Intellect Devourer 18: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [TYPE: slashing (2d4+2=5)]: 2d4+2 = 5 
[Damage (M)] Claws [5] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [STATUS: Moderate] 
[ROUND 4] 
Effect ['AC: 5'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6] | Prone] 
Whip: Booming Blade (v,m) - 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 17 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [17] -> [at Intellect Devourer 18] [HIT] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 28 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [28] -> [at Intellect Devourer 18] [HIT] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['DMG: 1d8 thunder'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Whip] 
Whip: [DAMAGE (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d8] [TYPE: piercing, magic (1d4+5=9)] [TYPE: thunder (1d8=6)]: d4+p8+5 = 15 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 18] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Intellect Devourer 18] 
[Damage (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [15] -> [to Intellect Devourer 18] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 5] [STATUS: Dying] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 23 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [23] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Whip: [ATTACK (M)] Moon-touched Dagger (bond) [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 13 
Attack (M) (Moon-touched Dagger (bond)) [13] -> [at Athaekeetha] [AUTOMATIC MISS] 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 6] | RESIST; [D: 7] | VERY LOUD] 
Joana: [CAST] Chaos Bolt [at Athaekeetha] 
Joana: [ATTACK (R)] Chaos Bolt [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+8 = 25 
Attack #1 (R) (Chaos Bolt) [25] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE #3] Chaos Bolt [EFFECTS 1d6] [TYPE: necrotic (1d6+22=30)]: 2d8+3d6+p6 = 30 
[Damage] Chaos Bolt [15] -> [to Athaekeetha] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] [STATUS: Moderate] 
Joana: Wild Magic Surge: d20 = 13 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
The High Master: Do not forget the goal -- I can bring your friend back if need be. 
Joana: [SKILL] Insight [PROF]: d20+3 = 8 
Helongum: [SKILL] Insight [PROF]: d20+5 = 20 
Bern: [SKILL] Insight [PROF x2] [EFFECTS +1] [+1]: d20+11 = 13 
Whip: [SKILL] Insight: d20 = 3 
Elian: [SKILL] Insight: d20+3 = 10 
The High Master: [DAMAGE] Magic Missile [TYPE: force (7d4+1=18)]: 7d4+1 = 18 
[Damage] Magic Missile [18] -> [to Athaekeetha] [STATUS: Heavy] 
Effect ['; GRANTDISATK'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Helongum] 
Effect ['NOTE: Can't regain hit points'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Athaekeetha] 
[TURN] Helongum 
The High Master: [DAMAGE] Magic Missile [TYPE: force (7d4+1=18)]: 18 = 18 
Helongum: [CAST] Chill Touch [at Athaekeetha] 
Helongum: [ATTACK (R)] Chill Touch: d20+7 = 23 
Attack #1 (R) (Chill Touch) [23] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE] Chill Touch [TYPE: necrotic (2d8=12)]: 2d8 = 12 
[Damage] Chill Touch [6] -> [to Athaekeetha] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] 
Effect ['NOTE: Can't regain hit points'] -> [to Athaekeetha] [by Helongum] 
Effect ['; GRANTDISATK'] -> [to Helongum] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [ATTACK (R)] Shortbow: d20+5 = 17 
Attack (R) (Shortbow) [17] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (R)] Shortbow [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: piercing (4d6+2=14)]: d6+3p6+2 = 14 
[Damage (R)] Shortbow [14] -> [to Athaekeetha] [STATUS: Critical] 
[TURN] Athaekeetha - [(Magic Resistance) | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C) | (RCHG: 5 Disrupt Psyche) | NOTE: Can't regain hit points; [D: 1]] 
Athaekeetha: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche: d6 = 1 
Whip: [SKILL] Perception [PROF]: d20+3 = 14 
Whip: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 10 
Save [10][vs. DC 16] -> [for Whip] [vs Athaekeetha] [FAILURE] 
Athaekeetha: [DAMAGE] Drink Sapience [TYPE: psychic (4d6=7)]: 4d6 = 7 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Whip] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Whip] 
[Damage] Drink Sapience [7] -> [to Whip] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 4] [STATUS: Dying] 
Helongum: [SKILL] Arcana [PROF x2]: d20+10 = 22 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 5]] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite: d20+7 = 11 
Attack (M) (Bite) [11] -> [at Athaekeetha] [MISS] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Claws: d20+7 = 8 
Attack (M) (Claws) [8] -> [at Athaekeetha] [AUTOMATIC MISS] 
[ROUND 5] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 5] | Grappled | Unconscious | Prone | Exhaustion: 1] 
Whip: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [FAILURE]: d20+p4 = 9 
Whip: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [SUCCESS]: d20+p4 = 20 
Elian: : d4 = 3 
[hiding roll result for GM: [EFFECT] Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)] 
Effect ['Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C)'] -> [to Cave Bear Elian] [by Helongum] 
Whip: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [FAILURE]: 9 = 9 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 5] | RESIST; [D: 6] | VERY LOUD] 
Joana: [SKILL] Acrobatics: d20+2 = 10 
Joana: [ATTACK (M)] Longsword [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 19 
Attack (M) (Longsword) [19] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Joana: [DAMAGE (M)] Longsword (2H) [EFFECTS 1d6] [TYPE: slashing (1d10+4=13)] [TYPE: necrotic (1d6=1)]: d10+p6+4 = 14 
[Damage (M)] Longsword (2H) [13] -> [to Athaekeetha] [PARTIALLY RESISTED] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
Effect ['; GRANTDISATK'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Helongum] 
Effect ['NOTE: Can't regain hit points'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Athaekeetha] 
[TURN] Helongum 
Helongum: [ATTACK (M)] Quarterstaff: d20+2 = 17 
Attack (M) (Quarterstaff) [17] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Helongum: [DAMAGE (M)] Quarterstaff [TYPE: bludgeoning (1d6-1=3)]: d6-1 = 3 
[Damage (M)] Quarterstaff [3] -> [to Athaekeetha] 
Helongum: Healing Word 
Helongum: [HEAL] Healing Word: d4+5 = 9 
[Heal] [9] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Critical] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [ATTACK (M)] Dagger RED IRON: d20+5 = 7 
Attack (M) (Dagger RED IRON) [7] -> [at Athaekeetha] [MISS] 
[TURN] Athaekeetha - [(Magic Resistance) | Hexed; DISCHK: intelligence; (C) | (RCHG: 5 Disrupt Psyche)] 
Athaekeetha: [RECHARGE 5+] Disrupt Psyche [RECHARGED]: d6 = 5 
Whip: [SAVE] Wisdom [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4 = 11 
Save [11][vs. DC 16] -> [for Whip] [vs Athaekeetha] [FAILURE] 
Athaekeetha: [DAMAGE] Drink Sapience [TYPE: psychic (4d6=14)]: 4d6 = 14 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Whip] 
[Damage] Drink Sapience [14] -> [to Whip] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 5] [STATUS: Dying] 
Athaekeetha: [DAMAGE] Drink Sapience [TYPE: psychic (=0)]: = -14 
[Heal] Drink Sapience [14] -> [to Athaekeetha] 
[TURN] Elian - [SAVE: 1; AC: 1 | RESIST: poison | [PRF] death | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 4]] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Bite [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 14 
Attack (M) (Bite) [14] -> [at Athaekeetha] [MISS] 
Cave Bear Elian: [ATTACK (M)] Claws [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 27 
Attack (M) (Claws) [27] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Cave Bear Elian: [DAMAGE (M)] Claws [EFFECTS] [EFFECTS magic] [TYPE: slashing,magic (2d6+5=17)] [TYPE: magic (=0)]: 2d6+5 = 17 
[Damage (M)] Claws [17] -> [to Athaekeetha] 
[ROUND 6] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 4] | Grappled | Prone | Exhaustion: 1 | Unconscious] 
Whip: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [SUCCESS]: d20+p4 = 10 
[TURN] Joana - [Hexblade's Curse; IFT: CUSTOM(Cursed); DMG: 3; CRIT: 19 | Eldritch Mind; ADVSAV: concentration | RESIST fire | Hex; IFT: CUSTOM(Hexed); DMG: 1d6 necrotic; (C) | Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 4] | RESIST; [D: 5] | VERY LOUD] 
Joana: [ATTACK (M)] Longsword [EFFECTS 1d4]: d20+p4+7 = 11 
Attack (M) (Longsword) [11] -> [at Athaekeetha] [MISS] 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
[TURN] Helongum 
Helongum: [ATTACK (M)] Dagger: d20+4 = 12 
Attack (M) (Dagger) [12] -> [at Athaekeetha] [MISS] 
[TURN] Bern - [SAVE: +1; SKILL: +1] 
Bern: [ATTACK (M)] Rapier: d20+5 = 22 
Attack (M) (Rapier) [22] -> [at Athaekeetha] [HIT] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [to Bern] 
Effect ['Sneak Attack; DMG: 3d6'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Bern] 
Bern: [DAMAGE (M)] Rapier [EFFECTS 3d6] [TYPE: piercing (1d8+3d6+2=18)]: d8+3p6+2 = 18 
Effect ['Unconscious'] -> [to Athaekeetha] 
Effect ['Prone'] -> [to Athaekeetha] 
[Damage (M)] Rapier [18] -> [to Athaekeetha] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 16] [STATUS: Dying] 
[ROUND 7] 
[TURN] Whip - [Bless; ATK: 1d4; SAVE: 1d4; (C); [D: 3] | Grappled | Prone | Exhaustion: 1 | Unconscious] 
Whip: [DEATH] [EFFECTS 1d4] [SUCCESS]: d20+p4 = 18 
Bern: [HEAL] Cure Wounds: d8+1 = 8 
[hiding roll result for GM: [HEAL] Cure Wounds] 
[Heal] [8] -> [to Whip] [STATUS: Critical] 
Helongum: Gained Inspiration 
Bern: Gained Inspiration 
[TURN] The High Master - [(Magic Resistance)] 
The High Master: Fantastic! 
Whip: Gained Inspiration 
Elian: Gained Inspiration 
Helongum: [SKILL] Medicine: d20+2 = 5 
The High Master: Let us take him back to the containment chamber. Perhaps I can steal insights from his mind. 
The High Master: My chamber is a mess. I can explain next stages while to clean it for me. 
The High Master: You are quite adept. This plan has a great chance of success. 
The High Master: I would say as high as one in ten! 
The High Master: To understand our next steps, you must understand something of our history. 
The High Master: The great Illithid race was a multiversal empire before your sorry kind craweled from the muck. 
The High Master: Our Nautilid warships commanded the astral plane, and our armies of slaves trembled at our command. 
The High Master: Time does not exist on the astral plane, but even in a timeless void there can be change. A war, cosmic in scale. 
Bern: [SKILL] History [PROF] [EFFECTS +1]: d20+6 = 12 
Helongum: [SKILL] History [PROF x2]: d20+10 = 21 
The High Master: The Neogi -- Dominators and Apex creatures, like ourselves. 
The High Master: I will not bore you with the details, but instead I will tantalize you with the possibilities. 
The High Master: In Bluetspur there exists a remenant of this conflict. A great nautaloid and a colossal mindspider, locked in an eternal embrace. 
The High Master: Even diminished, you could never hope to fight your way through an Elder Hive in a direct assault like this one. 
The High Master: You will take control of a Nautalid. On its bow is a mighty ram. You will ram the warship into the heart Mt. Mekalb and, like a virus, attack it from the very heart!

Talk:Bounty Hunters - Session 37

2026-03-15T16:11:32Z

Slitherrr:

Talk:Bounty Hunters - Session 38

2026-03-15T16:11:08Z

Talk:Bounty Hunters - Session 37

2026-03-15T16:10:42Z

Shapeshifter's wyrm-hide armor

2026-02-08T17:50:13Z

Slitherrr:

This serves as a suit of hide armor, crafted from the skin of some dragon relative (likely a hydra or dragon turtle). It statistics are identical to hide armor. In addition, its AC bonus is conferred whenever its wearer changes form into something else, such as through Wild Shape or a ''polymorph'' spell, it gives resistance to ''poison'' and advantage on ''poison'' saves.

Mattiverse Next - Session 32

2025-07-13T06:18:29Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Rhythm of the Spheres== * Bethanalay grabs Four and pulls him to the dance floor. * Bobwhite and Beldon recognize that this song is an up-tempo version of the hymn that opened the vault, only with different words. * As this song begins to play, a great number of halflings take to the floor. Among them, you see Beth dragging Four onto the floor with her. * Four and Bethanalay dance... sort of? They are not in tempo with the music at all and, frankly, are not e..."

==Rhythm of the Spheres==

* [[Beth|Bethanalay]] grabs Four and pulls him to the dance floor.
* Bobwhite and Beldon recognize that this song is an up-tempo version of the hymn that opened the vault, only with different words.
* As this song begins to play, a great number of halflings take to the floor. Among them, you see Beth dragging Four onto the floor with her.
* Four and Bethanalay dance... sort of? They are not in tempo with the music at all and, frankly, are not even in synch with one another.
* Four sways in weird ways, funky at times, eyes wide, as if drinking in everything... but really nothing.
{{LogQuote|
Wolf-father, at the door You don't smile anymore You're a drifter, shape-shifter Let me see you run, hey-ya hey-ya
Holy light over the night Oh, keep the spirit strong Watch it grow, child of war Oh, keep holdin' on
}}
* The tempo quickens..
{{LogQuote|
When I run through the deep dark forest long After this begun Where the sun would set The trees were dead
And the rivers were none And I hope for a trace To lead me back home from this place But there was no sound there was only me, and my disgrace
Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey!) (Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey!) (Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey!) (Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey-ya)
Wolf-mother, where you been? You look so worn, so thin You're a taker, devils-maker Let me hear you sing, hey-ya hey-ya
Wolf-father, at the door You don't smile anymore You're a drifter, shape-shifter Let me see you run, hey-ya hey-ya
Wayward winds, a voice that sings Of a forgotten land See it fall, child of war Oh, lend a mending hand
When I run through the deep dark forest long After this begun Where the sun would set The trees were dead
And the rivers were none And I hope for a trace To lead me back home from this place But there was no sound there was only me, and my disgrace
(Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey!) (Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey!) (Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey!) (Heyyyyy, Hey-Hey! Heyyyy, Hey Hey-ya)
}}
* Beth and Four begin kissing.
* The crowd is applauding wildly and cheering at the end of the dance.
* As the music dies, Four can just be heard saying, "Oh, I'll stay as long as I can convince my brothers to stay... I don't know what's going on, but I'm very much vibing with the future I'm feeling tonight"
* Beth and Four leave the dance floor.... and begin to leave the venue entirely.
{{LogQuote|
The date is , 1st Harvest (Autumn), 1515 FI
}}
* The boys regroup the next morning. Four didn't come back last night, but does show up... eventually. His grin is close to knocking his ears off.
* The rest are already in discussion
{{LogQuote|
Banner: Autumn already. we gotta get outta of this town
Beldon: you know it banner, falls a good time for travel
}}
* Four immediately launches into a rambling explanation of his night. Not ''those'' details, but the snatches and fragments of the extremely wild dreaming he did ''between'' those things.
{{LogQuote|
"And the Ubrekt tore down our great city, leaving not one stone atop another when they were done."
}}
* The boys spend the morning discussing Four's dream and decompressing from the big days. As they wrap it up, it is near lunchtime. Bethanalay enters, looking crisp and professional.
* Beth waves at Four, and the rest. Her cheeks are flushed and she has a smile on her face.
{{LogQuote|
Beth: Morning, boys!
Four is just giddy and gestures her over.
Beldon: I was just telling these knuckleheads its time to ride, back me up here
Beth sits down next to Four.
Beth: That was--ah--some night, eh?
Beldon: I played extra hard for you kids, glad you didn't mess it up
Four: I was making the case that we should stick around, maybe a week or so. Take a little rest.
Beth smiles.
Beth: I think that's a good idea, actually.
Beth: Beldon, I'm reminded of a story my nan used to tell me as a kid. "The Dog that Caught the Chariot Wheel." You know it?
Four: My head is still swimming from whatever I drank last night, though--I may need to take that part easy for once
Beldon: I know that dog no good ever came from catching a damn wheel
Beth: Exactly so.
Beth: But, that dog chased that chariot, didn't he? Didn't even know why. Just felt he had to give chase.
Beth: Caught that wheel and what happened? Rolled right over his thick skull.
Beth: But nobody's skull's that thick, not even Xar.
Four (missing-the-vibe): Chasing is good for the soul sometimes
Beth smiles at Four.
Beth: And sometimes its good to be caught. But, in this case, we're trying to be metaphorical.
Four: Ah, another one of those metaphors
Beldon: I always know exactly what I'm doing, I dunno what you mean, I'm not chasing any wheels!
Beth: Do you even know what you are chasing?
Beldon: Spider dogs!
Beldon: Weird-ass demons!
Beth: And what happens when you catch them?
Four: Thought we were running from those?
Four: I, for one, want us to find some sort of peace one day, instead of spider and snake dogs
Beldon: Probably we'll have to kill them that's what we usually do
Beth looks to Bobwhite.
Beth: You see these aren't *plans* right?
Beth: "Give chase. Catch bone." That's no way to deal with...(lowers her voice) this.
Beldon: Oh my god don't ask him that, he's gonna start carrying on about histories and contingencies!
Beth: Frankly, it's a miracle you're not dead already.
Four gets lost looking at Beth, eating his scrambled eggs with a dumb smile on his face, zoning out a bit.
Beth: Four tells me what you're doing is...for the good. And, maybe, but I don't think you even know what you're doing or why.
Four: Our whole family is cursed with good hearts
Beth: It sounds to me, nothing personal, that you're doing it for you. Because you want to...be a story? Tell a story? I don't know. I just don't hear anything about *halflings* in what you're doing.
Four: But we never were great with plans.. Bobwhite does better than most I've known
Beldon: Well, it's not so much that we want to do it, its just we have an immediate problem and then a second problem for later
Beldon: You know we can track each other? All the pieces?
Bobwhite: We work with what we've got, we haven't had the initiative yet
Four: 99 problems at least
Beth: So, you hurry to leave here...to...what? Go off into ever greater threats you know nothing about?
Beldon: Maybe
Four: Well, this all started I think because of [[Dogmoot]] which was very halflings
Bobwhite: To be fair, we have threats we know a little bit about _here_ that we want to leave behind, too
Beth: I am not asking you to...not...do whatever your doing. I want that thing gone more than I want it here! But I'm afraid you're just going to rush me, and all of us, into greater trouble with your recklessness.
Beldon: Everything is moving and all you nerds want to do it read books
Beldon: I thought about leaving it here with you, seemed likely you could have kept it safe
Beldon: But honestly it looks like things are shitting the bed in the swamp and I decided you probably wouldn't hold it for long
Bobwhite: I mean, she let us do "something" so she wouldn't have to
Bobwhite: If she had another option it wouldn't have been that, bro
Beth: Bobwhite is right, I don't want THAT--the less I know the better!
Beth: I am not asking you to...not...do whatever your doing. I want that thing gone more than I want it here, but I'm afraid you're just going to rush me, and all of us, into greater trouble with your recklessness.
Beth: The swamp...is concerning. And, perhaps we can talk about that if you stay for a little longer.
Beldon: Uuughh, Banner, you're the only one here with any damn sense about when to ride
Beth: Bobwhite: You're very passionate and militant. I'm not sure I agree with your view of our people, but I respect it. But, I bet we'll agree on this--what is the strength of our people?
Four: The swamp... man, I still smell some of that ol stinky water from those hydra ruins on me... oh, that's not what we're talking about?
Bobwhite: It's working together, and it's adapting to what we've got
Bobwhite: When we do those things we're better off and when we don't we aren't
Bobwhite: ...also luck
Bobwhite: But luck we recognize and capitalize on
Beldon: "Always be lucky", that's what Sari says
Beth: Agree. But, luck is created more often than it's found.
Beth: I agree, by the way -- So, tell me this. If the strength of our people is *our people*...why are you three so dead set on rushing forward by yourself like...human adventurers. You're surrounded by friends here, one of the major hubs of all the Routes.
Beldon: I'll entertain a plan, I thought we were on our own with this
Beldon: Good luck trying to get a plan out of a druid, he'll, I'm sure, give us a tedious lecture about plans
Beth: What's your hurry to catch that chariot? Wouldn't it be worth it to maybe learn a little about that chase? You won't have another opportunity as good as this one.
Beth: I...I know you can't stay forever, or even for long for long. But... If you get Four killed, I'll learn to raise the dead just so I can kill you myself.
Bobwhite: We've been on our own but that was out of lack of options, and she has a point, with this many pieces we're not in danger of some wiggly spider thing getting all of it anymore
Beldon: Well, that's weird
Four blushes.
Bobwhite: If there's anything that overrode anything up to this point it was not having enough to work with, so maybe now we do guys, I dunno
Bobwhite: You know how I already talked about spreading the word about the stuff we know, leaving some threads to pull on later, maybe now we can hammer on that a little
Beldon: I'm not feeling lucky right now feels like just my damn luck we'd have to stay fine whatever just for a bit I'll do it
Four: We'd love to learn a lot more about what we're up against, it's just been very hard to find that info or find anyone who is willing to help
Beth: If only you knew a University-Trained divination expert.
Beth shrugs.
Beth: Maybe if you boys could find one, your luck would improve.
Bobwhite: (rolling his eyes pointedly with a half-smile) IF ONLY
Bobwhite: Hey Beth can you cast a spell to find us a divination expert
Beth winks.
Four: And she's a beautiful one at tha--hey, guys, wait, she means HER
Bobwhite throws a roll at Four. Four eats it, unconcerned.
Beldon: Last town all we knew was necromancers and I'm not exactly looking for more of that
Beth: Anyway, I need to get back to work --- hopefully I'll see you for dinner.
Beldon grumbles
Four: Absolutely and afterwards!
Beth: Sorry about running out on the tab -- I'll get this one. I wasn't in the most clear headed state.
Beth kisses Four's cheek and leaves five platinum. Bobwhite scoops 'em up
Beth giggles nervously.
Beth: The swamp...is concerning. And, perhaps we can talk about that if you stay for a little longer.
}}

==Staying!==
* A week of downtime commences.
** Four does carousing and relaxation mostly.
** Banner gets beat up for money
** Beldon does something I forgot
** Bobwhite researches (with the Petaran book)
*** 1. The code is difficult to decipher, but does seem to be in GNOMISH of all languages. No wonder it's so tough to crack, the gnomish alphabet has 376 characters!
*** 2. The book itself does not have any actual information on the construction of fire weapons. It, instead, seems to be a treatise arguing that the Petaran Wizards should explore non-martial uses for Smokepowder. This book claims to be the first of several planned volumes, this one arguing that smokepowder can be used for artistic and enjoyment purposes.
*** 3. The book is written by Bashir al Ayad, with a publication date about two decades ago.
{{LogQuote|
The date is , 8th Harvest (Autumn), 1515 FI
}}
* With the efforts of their master diviner, they learn quite a bit more about the Lance:
** Three parts: Advantage on Saves vs Spell. 5 Charge/Turn Counts as +1 Small Spear (1d4 P) Minor Benefit: Gain Eldrich Blast cantrip
** Four parts: 3: Wind Wall (+3 Charges) 6 Charge/Turn Charge rate becomes 1d6/part Minor Benefit: Immune to Charm and Fear Attribute Modifier becomes +4
** Five parts: 4: Polymorph (+4 Charges) 7 Charge/Turn Counts as +2 Spear (1d6 P) Major Benefit: Heal 1d6/round if >=1 HP
** Six parts: 5: Greater Restoration (+5 Charges) 8 Charge/Turn Major Benefit: Summon Whirlwind (see pdf) Attribute Modifier becomes +5
** Seven parts: 6: True Seeing (+6 Charges) 9 Charge/Turn Charge rate becomes 1d10/part Counts as +3 Lance if Mounted
* The spells on each piece are:
** Cure Wounds
** Bless
** Mass Healing Word
** Freedom of Movement
** Haste
** Mass Cure Wounds
** Raise Dead
{{LogQuote|
Beth: So...These spider demons.
Beth: The lance doesn't bring them in.
Beth: They're...in the lance. The lance contains a demiplane of hell trapped inside of it.
Four: A demi-what?
Banner: Cool
Beth: Best I can reckon. These magics are incredibly ancient and powerful. Magic that left the earth with the Demipantheon.
Four: Whoah
Beth: So... yeah. DANG-EAR-OUS
Beth: All the more reason to keep them disunited. Do you really want to make hell larger?
Four: Definitely not! And even the ol' druids couldn't destroy this thing...
Beth: I'm really happy you boys decided to listen to reason.
Beth: So, what is next? You have some other group chasing pieces, right?
Beth: Are you just going to plan to crash into them head on? Rushing after that Chariot?
Four: Yeah, they have some pieces...
Four: Well, we've learned a lot about the power of friendship along the way
Beth: Have you considered sometimes the best way to chase is to be chased? *smiles at four*
Four: Make them come to us?
Beldon: Yea my no account shit for brains brother
Beth nods at Four.
Beldon: He's going after the other one, keeps talking about our ma maybe but also he seems screwed up in the head
Beth: Exactly. It's one thing when a dog is chasing sticks in the yard. It's another when other dogs are coming to fight you for the stick.
Four: At least he's a halfling
Beth: I have selfish reasons for suggesting this.
Beth blushes.
Beth: Not those! Well.. not exclusively so!
Beth blushes.
Four: Well, there's some other pieces that it might be better to have before they get them all, right?
Beldon: no that doesn't work I can't lose a raise so I cant let 'em catch me even if its the plan
Beth: There are...things...mustering in the Swamps. My cousins tell me the Lizardfolk tribe is...wiped out?
Beldon: Yeah you got "things in the swamps" shit man. It was a massacre.
Beth: This is the kind of stuff the Longshanks find unconcerning, especially as preoccupied as they are with their own internal machinations.
Four: We saw some of it firsthand actually
Beth: Then, its true.
Four: Maybe there's some lizards somewhere? We didn't look under every log...
Banner: Did Four tell you about the armored lizard man too? That thing was freaky
Beth: I have had bad dreams, and my auguries have been revealing to me ill omened winds.
Four: We saw the dragon turtles had been drained of blood
Banner minor illusion image of the armored guy
Beth: I fear that perhaps there will not be a Wydmoor to return to if you just run off.
Beldon: Yeah the lizard man lich king gave us his head, then we gave it to the reds. Don't tell 'em we told you
Beth: It's a small community for us small fries. Word gets around.
Beth winks.
Beth: I know it will take you from your errand, but perhaps...
Four: Wydmoor is strong, not much could ruin it. <then suddenly remembers his dreams>
Beth: Well, have you considered that as you track them they can track you?
Four: We do try to hide the wand locations, we're at least good at hiding
Banner: That's part of why we've been keeping on the move
Beth: I was hoping you might ensconce here for a time longer. Help me figure out what's going on in the swamp? The swamp is the South halflings livelihood, and much neglected by the longshanks.
Beth: I could certainly make it worth your while, if such where required. You know that I trust your--well, not your judgement but at least your intentions.
Beth chuckles nervously.
Beldon: I thought we were on a clock but these boys are telling me only two of the pieces merged together
Four: We managed the swamp pretty well actually
Beth: Which is to say, I have every reason to see you want to succeed. Hopefully you are interested in the community as you say. I pray you will make good on that vow now.
}}

[[Category:Mattiverse Next Session Notes|32]]
[[Category:Mattiverse Next|32]]

Mattiverse Next - Session 31

2025-03-16T04:35:44Z

Slitherrr:

==The Lance==
* A very quick investigation and reference to their notes has them find the wand case.
* It has an exceptionally tricky lock, with a clever failsafe that will disable the lock on a failure.
* A very sweaty Bobwhite carefully does the needful.. and succeeds!
* Inside is a pink origami bird, a swan or goose.
* Bobwhite leaves it, but does take the wand.
* They leave the place ''exactly as they found it''.
* Getting out involves ''silence'' and ''illusion''s, but the inattentive guards pay their shenanigans no heed.
* Bobwhite even manages to put the key back in its hiding place in the librarian's office.
* They pop out a second-story window and fly off into the night. The heist was a success!

==Bethanalay==
* Wiped, they figure the danger of staying is less than the danger of immediately absconding while spent.
* Four gets a message the next day, from Bethanalay, asking him to dinner. It is perfumed same as the origami piece. They go for it, but they are on their guard.


Her blond hair is pulled back in a tight bun. Her red roots are starting to grow in -- she clearly has not had time for personal maintenance amidst her management of the city's civil renewal.
Bethanalay rushes forward and gives you a friendly hug.
Four smiles and waves as she comes in, tries to gesture at a booth/table, something available.
GM: I'm glad you made it! I am glad you didn't dress up! I'm dressed down, I hope you don't mind.
Four returns the hug, somewhat awkwardly.
Four: Dressed down? You look lovely!
GM: Please, come sit down!
Beth laughs nervously.
You make light small talk.
She seems nervous, as if she is talking around the issue. Her interest in you, however, seems genuine.
Four: You want some wine or ale or... are you allowed to drink? I totally don't know. But some wine would help me.
She claims to recognize you from before you got into trouble, and even remembers some of the basic details of the incident. She is a stonehauser and has only ever lived in Wydmoor. She is a little younger than you, so she remembers it as some kids getting into mischief.
Beth laughs and nods. She orders a pitcher of ale.
Beth: Oh that's awful!
Beth: Her grey eyes soften.
Her grey eyes soften.
Beth: Are you back for good?
Beth: The halfling way is the road, they say.
Four: Yeah, though I do have fond memories of this place.
Beth: It seems like a dream, just going free from place to place. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful and proud of my service here but sometimes... All I've ever seen are these walls.
Beth: While all my friends were off at Dogmoot, I was in school working on my primary measure. Its hard not to wonder "what if" you know?
Four (eyes-widening): The road is wonderful... have you not done the wandering?
Four: Dogmoot was such an experience!
Beth: Oh? Tell me about it!
Beth: That's amazing! You know, the wise ones day that dreams have in them the grains of the future. I'm a diviner by specialty -- there's something to that.
Four: Oh! What does your divining say about me?
Beth: But....
Beth: They also say that dreams are protean. They change and shift and can't be trusted. They're not straightforward.
You don't think she's only talking about dreams here.
Beth thinks.
Beth: My instinct tells me you have secrets, but I sense you have a good heart.
Beth: Do you think you have a good heart, Four?
Four: Sadly, I once trusted the day's expected calm rivers and it went awry... so it's hard to trust what's expected anymore
Four: [SKILL] Persuasion: d20-1 = 15
Beth: Sorry, I didn't mean anything by it.
Beth smiles.
Beth: Here, let me give you something.
Four: My family matters a lot to me, and they tease me for having such a big heart sometimes. I just know what it means to lose things important to you... I'm not sure they fully understand.
Beth: That must be nice. I was an only child. I don't think it's natural for our kind to grow up without a pack.
Beth: My great nan always looked out for me, after Maggr got executed. Books were my friends more than my cousins were my friends.
Four: Ohhh? An only child? That's almost sad to hear. But it sure made you independent, I bet?
She didn't say "dad".
Beth: It did. I learned well. Lone wolf has to be cagey to survive, right?
Beth smiles sadly.
Four: Books... that sounds useful, but so... is it wrong to say "lonely"?
Beth: It's just tiring, you know? And then I assumed I'd take over for Edi and... You know, sorry. This must be the wine, I shouldn't dump this all at once
Beth: Keep it light, Beth!
Beth lightly pops herself on the noggin.
Four: Eh, time is too short for "light". Who else are you going to tell, the books? They don't talk back much and at least I'm being some wine
Beth laughs
Beth: Thanks, it's just.. after your family, talking about ---- frustrated professional ambitions is small potatoes.
Beth: Anyway, here.. A little something to remember this weird night.
Four: Well, it sounds like the church has become like your family
Beth takes the scrap of paper she's been fidgeting with. She kisses the center of it and then folds it into an origami swan. She slides it over the table to you and looks at you meaningfully.
Four picks it up and smells it, visibly.
Beth laughs.
Beth: Weird!
Four: Oh, your note earlier smelled nice, too
Four: So I was curious, sorry
Four: How did you fold it like that? (uneasy)
Beth: A vanity. It's in the blood, I guess.
Four: Hmm?
Beth: The same way I became the second most powerful cleric in Wydmoor, Four. Practice and patience.
Beth: So... Do you think you have a good heart, Four?
Four: Yeah, my bros tell me it's too big sometimes.
Beth: A thief with a heart of gold, maybe?
Beth: It's just too storybook.
She knows.
Four: Ehh, a halfling is a halfling, right?
Four: What, have I stole your heart? Is that what you mean?
Beth chuckles.
Beth: You just might, if you're as capable a rogue as I think you are.
Beth: Tell me straight, Four. What's your intent here?
Four: I'm more of an adventuring brawler than those scrawny rogue types and their little sneaky fingers
Beth: And I don't mean dinner and with me. (looks at you pointedly and, a little flirtaciously perhaps)
Beth: What are you going to do with it?
Beth looks at Four, straight in the eyes. She doesn't sober up, but clearly makes a show of trying.
Four: My intent? It's 100% honest to god to keep my bros alive and out of trouble. They have wild ideas sometimes and I'm just keeping them from killing themselves.
Beth: I don't leave my desk unlocked. I'm very meticulous. I don't make careless mistakes.
Beth: When I get reprimanded for something, I remember it.
Four: Look-- you sound really upset and the last thing I want to hear is you upset. If I did something to offend you, I'm sorry. You don't deserve to be reprimanded, I'm sure of it
Beth: I happen to agree. I didn't make the mistake. Anyway, it's fine.
Beth: I'm not a dummy, Four. You really think it's the vagaries of fate that kept that thing catalogued?
Four: I'm sure if any bonehead did that, they surely weren't trying to make your life worse in anyway.
Four: I don't think you're a dummy at all... I think you're sitting across from the dummy currently. I'm a bit lost.
Beth shakes her head.
Beth: Nobody doubts your sincerity, Four. But. this is DANGEROUS, Four.
Four tries to remain composed.
Beth: The history of this place proves it -- intent doesn't matter.
Four: Dangerous? Like what do you mean?
Beth: You're doing something DANGEROUS.
Four: I'm just trying to keep my idiot bros alive.
Four: Did you see something in your divining that says they're in danger or ...? I'm so lost.
Beth nods.
Beth: Yes.
Beth: I just want to know that whatever you and your cousins are doing is for the benefit of OUR people. I don't think you fully comprehend what you're fooling with.
Beth: You may intend glory or nobility or something else heroic. But, this is not a tool of heroes.
Four: I'm pretty sure the only thing they've wanted to do since Dogmoot is talk about saving the world and stuff
Beth: It was cursed by the gods of the old world. Not metaphors, Four. We live in an era of rhetoric and forget the dangers of real power.
Beth: Save it from what? Dark days are in the future. Are you ushering them in yourselves? What threat do you seet that would require something so hateful to fight.
Four: I don't anything about curses, but I do know that my bros and I have good hearts.
Four: I definitely do not fully comprehend anything, but that's not anything new. Do you want to talk to them, I'm sure they can answer your questions better than I can?
Beth: Honestly, it cannot stay here. I cannot delay the inventory forever. You have, perhaps, done me a favor. Perhaps. But, you could also be racing forward mindlessly to the doom of our own people
Beth: No. I don't trust them. I trust YOU.
Four: Oh, you mean in that way
Beth: I trust your heart. I trust you to stand by it even if it means standing against your cousins. If you really are there to keep them safe, then you need to do that.
Four: Oh, umm.. yeah, I think we have seen enough to know we're doing the right thing. Someone has to try to do the right thing, y'know? All these people and rules-- they don't usually do that.
Beth chuckles.
Beth: You have given me no compelling reason that this errand is for anyone's benefit. If you are smart, you would sink this to the bottom of the Stormchalice.
Four: That would make me very happy, I think. Whatever it is you're talking about [not doing the best job hiding it] I'm in favor of not doing crazy things with crazy stuff.
Beth: Consider this -- if you are.... doing something foolish. You and your cousins are making choices for ALL of us. Would I be willing to pay the prices required for your vision?
Beth: The Southies? The Ags?
Four: I didn't bring the storm that day. I didn't bring the storm today. The storm is here, I'm just trying to pilot the damned boat to the Landing.
Beth: This can't fall into human hands, that much I think we would agree on.
Beth smiles.
Beth: Thanks all I can ask. Like I said, I trust your heart and intent, but the world is littered with the ruins of intent. Let me tell you this -- I know Roadies talk a lot of shit about the Stonehousers.
Beth: But, here's something to think about. That narrative is, itself, constructed. WE HAD A CITY!
Beth is getting a little drunkenly worked up, but not in a bad way.
Beth: The Ubrekti tore it down, stone by stone.
Beth: You road folk talk as if the dogs riding across the plains of wrath are our "natural state" Whats wrong with our state now? Just.... Think about it, Four. You're playing with things much bigger than you.
Beth: MAgically and... otherwise.
Four: As a halfling, I'm always playing with things much bigger than me. That being said, nothing anyone can say will talk me out of protecting my family.
Beth: The fact you even came to dinner instead of scarpering off in the night speaks a little to your credit.
Four: Well, I always had a good feeling about you.
Beth: Okay, that's all I can ask. Don't just be fast. Be *quick*.
Beth grabs at you.
Beth: Dance with me, Four!
Four is confused and awkward, but sure.
Beth: You talked a lot about dreams, Four -- let me show you mine!
The song is a lively and upbeat number, through the lyrics are dark. The dance itself is an estampee.

</blockquote>
[[Category:Mattiverse Next Session Notes|31]]
[[Category:Mattiverse Next|31]]

Mattiverse Next - Session 31

2025-03-16T04:33:01Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==The Lance== * A very quick investigation and reference to their notes has them find the wand case. * It has an exceptionally tricky lock, with a clever failsafe that will disable the lock on a failure. * A very sweaty Bobwhite carefully does the needful.. and succeeds! * Inside is a pink origami bird, a swan or goose. * Bobwhite leaves it, but does take the wand. * They leave the place ''exactly as they found it''. * Getting out involves ''silence'' and ''illusion''s,..."

==The Lance==
* A very quick investigation and reference to their notes has them find the wand case.
* It has an exceptionally tricky lock, with a clever failsafe that will disable the lock on a failure.
* A very sweaty Bobwhite carefully does the needful.. and succeeds!
* Inside is a pink origami bird, a swan or goose.
* Bobwhite leaves it, but does take the wand.
* They leave the place ''exactly as they found it''.
* Getting out involves ''silence'' and ''illusion''s, but the inattentive guards pay their shenanigans no heed.
* Bobwhite even manages to put the key back in its hiding place in the librarian's office.
* They pop out a second-story window and fly off into the night. The heist was a success!

==Bethanalay==
* Wiped, they figure the danger of staying is less than the danger of immediately absconding while spent.
* Four gets a message the next day, from Bethanalay, asking him to dinner. It is perfumed same as the origami piece. They go for it, but they are on their guard.

{{LogQuote|
Her blond hair is pulled back in a tight bun. Her red roots are starting to grow in -- she clearly has not had time for personal maintenance amidst her management of the city's civil renewal.
Bethanalay rushes forward and gives you a friendly hug.
Four smiles and waves as she comes in, tries to gesture at a booth/table, something available.
GM: I'm glad you made it! I am glad you didn't dress up! I'm dressed down, I hope you don't mind.
Four returns the hug, somewhat awkwardly.
Four: Dressed down? You look lovely!
GM: Please, come sit down!
Beth laughs nervously.
You make light small talk.
She seems nervous, as if she is talking around the issue. Her interest in you, however, seems genuine.
Four: You want some wine or ale or... are you allowed to drink? I totally don't know. But some wine would help me.
She claims to recognize you from before you got into trouble, and even remembers some of the basic details of the incident. She is a stonehauser and has only ever lived in Wydmoor. She is a little younger than you, so she remembers it as some kids getting into mischief.
Beth laughs and nods. She orders a pitcher of ale.
Beth: Oh that's awful!
Beth: Her grey eyes soften.
Her grey eyes soften.
Beth: Are you back for good?
Beth: The halfling way is the road, they say.
Four: Yeah, though I do have fond memories of this place.
Beth: It seems like a dream, just going free from place to place. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful and proud of my service here but sometimes... All I've ever seen are these walls.
Beth: While all my friends were off at Dogmoot, I was in school working on my primary measure. Its hard not to wonder "what if" you know?
Four (eyes-widening): The road is wonderful... have you not done the wandering?
Four: Dogmoot was such an experience!
Beth: Oh? Tell me about it!
Beth: That's amazing! You know, the wise ones day that dreams have in them the grains of the future. I'm a diviner by specialty -- there's something to that.
Four: Oh! What does your divining say about me?
Beth: But....
Beth: They also say that dreams are protean. They change and shift and can't be trusted. They're not straightforward.
You don't think she's only talking about dreams here.
Beth thinks.
Beth: My instinct tells me you have secrets, but I sense you have a good heart.
Beth: Do you think you have a good heart, Four?
Four: Sadly, I once trusted the day's expected calm rivers and it went awry... so it's hard to trust what's expected anymore
Four: [SKILL] Persuasion: d20-1 = 15
Beth: Sorry, I didn't mean anything by it.
Beth smiles.
Beth: Here, let me give you something.
Four: My family matters a lot to me, and they tease me for having such a big heart sometimes. I just know what it means to lose things important to you... I'm not sure they fully understand.
Beth: That must be nice. I was an only child. I don't think it's natural for our kind to grow up without a pack.
Beth: My great nan always looked out for me, after Maggr got executed. Books were my friends more than my cousins were my friends.
Four: Ohhh? An only child? That's almost sad to hear. But it sure made you independent, I bet?
She didn't say "dad".
Beth: It did. I learned well. Lone wolf has to be cagey to survive, right?
Beth smiles sadly.
Four: Books... that sounds useful, but so... is it wrong to say "lonely"?
Beth: It's just tiring, you know? And then I assumed I'd take over for Edi and... You know, sorry. This must be the wine, I shouldn't dump this all at once
Beth: Keep it light, Beth!
Beth lightly pops herself on the noggin.
Four: Eh, time is too short for "light". Who else are you going to tell, the books? They don't talk back much and at least I'm being some wine
Beth laughs
Beth: Thanks, it's just.. after your family, talking about ---- frustrated professional ambitions is small potatoes.
Beth: Anyway, here.. A little something to remember this weird night.
Four: Well, it sounds like the church has become like your family
Beth takes the scrap of paper she's been fidgeting with. She kisses the center of it and then folds it into an origami swan. She slides it over the table to you and looks at you meaningfully.
Four picks it up and smells it, visibly.
Beth laughs.
Beth: Weird!
Four: Oh, your note earlier smelled nice, too
Four: So I was curious, sorry
Four: How did you fold it like that? (uneasy)
Beth: A vanity. It's in the blood, I guess.
Four: Hmm?
Beth: The same way I became the second most powerful cleric in Wydmoor, Four. Practice and patience.
Beth: So... Do you think you have a good heart, Four?
Four: Yeah, my bros tell me it's too big sometimes.
Beth: A thief with a heart of gold, maybe?
Beth: It's just too storybook.
She knows.
Four: Ehh, a halfling is a halfling, right?
Four: What, have I stole your heart? Is that what you mean?
Beth chuckles.
Beth: You just might, if you're as capable a rogue as I think you are.
Beth: Tell me straight, Four. What's your intent here?
Four: I'm more of an adventuring brawler than those scrawny rogue types and their little sneaky fingers
Beth: And I don't mean dinner and with me. (looks at you pointedly and, a little flirtaciously perhaps)
Beth: What are you going to do with it?
Beth looks at Four, straight in the eyes. She doesn't sober up, but clearly makes a show of trying.
Four: My intent? It's 100% honest to god to keep my bros alive and out of trouble. They have wild ideas sometimes and I'm just keeping them from killing themselves.
Beth: I don't leave my desk unlocked. I'm very meticulous. I don't make careless mistakes.
Beth: When I get reprimanded for something, I remember it.
Four: Look-- you sound really upset and the last thing I want to hear is you upset. If I did something to offend you, I'm sorry. You don't deserve to be reprimanded, I'm sure of it
Beth: I happen to agree. I didn't make the mistake. Anyway, it's fine.
Beth: I'm not a dummy, Four. You really think it's the vagaries of fate that kept that thing catalogued?
Four: I'm sure if any bonehead did that, they surely weren't trying to make your life worse in anyway.
Four: I don't think you're a dummy at all... I think you're sitting across from the dummy currently. I'm a bit lost.
Beth shakes her head.
Beth: Nobody doubts your sincerity, Four. But. this is DANGEROUS, Four.
Four tries to remain composed.
Beth: The history of this place proves it -- intent doesn't matter.
Four: Dangerous? Like what do you mean?
Beth: You're doing something DANGEROUS.
Four: I'm just trying to keep my idiot bros alive.
Four: Did you see something in your divining that says they're in danger or ...? I'm so lost.
Beth nods.
Beth: Yes.
Beth: I just want to know that whatever you and your cousins are doing is for the benefit of OUR people. I don't think you fully comprehend what you're fooling with.
Beth: You may intend glory or nobility or something else heroic. But, this is not a tool of heroes.
Four: I'm pretty sure the only thing they've wanted to do since Dogmoot is talk about saving the world and stuff
Beth: It was cursed by the gods of the old world. Not metaphors, Four. We live in an era of rhetoric and forget the dangers of real power.
Beth: Save it from what? Dark days are in the future. Are you ushering them in yourselves? What threat do you seet that would require something so hateful to fight.
Four: I don't anything about curses, but I do know that my bros and I have good hearts.
Four: I definitely do not fully comprehend anything, but that's not anything new. Do you want to talk to them, I'm sure they can answer your questions better than I can?
Beth: Honestly, it cannot stay here. I cannot delay the inventory forever. You have, perhaps, done me a favor. Perhaps. But, you could also be racing forward mindlessly to the doom of our own people
Beth: No. I don't trust them. I trust YOU.
Four: Oh, you mean in that way
Beth: I trust your heart. I trust you to stand by it even if it means standing against your cousins. If you really are there to keep them safe, then you need to do that.
Four: Oh, umm.. yeah, I think we have seen enough to know we're doing the right thing. Someone has to try to do the right thing, y'know? All these people and rules-- they don't usually do that.
Beth chuckles.
Beth: You have given me no compelling reason that this errand is for anyone's benefit. If you are smart, you would sink this to the bottom of the Stormchalice.
Four: That would make me very happy, I think. Whatever it is you're talking about [not doing the best job hiding it] I'm in favor of not doing crazy things with crazy stuff.
Beth: Consider this -- if you are.... doing something foolish. You and your cousins are making choices for ALL of us. Would I be willing to pay the prices required for your vision?
Beth: The Southies? The Ags?
Four: I didn't bring the storm that day. I didn't bring the storm today. The storm is here, I'm just trying to pilot the damned boat to the Landing.
Beth: This can't fall into human hands, that much I think we would agree on.
Beth smiles.
Beth: Thanks all I can ask. Like I said, I trust your heart and intent, but the world is littered with the ruins of intent. Let me tell you this -- I know Roadies talk a lot of shit about the Stonehousers.
Beth: But, here's something to think about. That narrative is, itself, constructed. WE HAD A CITY!
Beth is getting a little drunkenly worked up, but not in a bad way.
Beth: The Ubrekti tore it down, stone by stone.
Beth: You road folk talk as if the dogs riding across the plains of wrath are our "natural state" Whats wrong with our state now? Just.... Think about it, Four. You're playing with things much bigger than you.
Beth: MAgically and... otherwise.
Four: As a halfling, I'm always playing with things much bigger than me. That being said, nothing anyone can say will talk me out of protecting my family.
Beth: The fact you even came to dinner instead of scarpering off in the night speaks a little to your credit.
Four: Well, I always had a good feeling about you.
Beth: Okay, that's all I can ask. Don't just be fast. Be *quick*.
Beth grabs at you.
Beth: Dance with me, Four!
Four is confused and awkward, but sure.
Beth: You talked a lot about dreams, Four -- let me show you mine!
The song is a lively and upbeat number, through the lyrics are dark. The dance itself is an estampee.
}}

[[Category:Mattiverse Next Session Notes|31]]
[[Category:Mattiverse Next|31]]

Bethnalay

2025-01-12T19:46:56Z

Slitherrr:

"Bethnalay" (alt spellings: Bethenalay, Bethanelay) is the first name of the leader of the [[Onrarch Landing]] Halfling church circa FI 1400. The family name has been passed down, notably held by [[Bethenalay (Wydmoor Church Official)|Bethenalay]], the current Archon of the [[Wydmoor Free City]] church. She is the granddaughter of [[Maggr]] and the great-granddaughter of [[Bethnalay]].

Lance of the Wolfen-Khan

2025-01-12T19:16:57Z

Slitherrr: /* Individual powers */

A forgotten relic, a lance forged from star-iron using the secrets of the [[Naga]] to create a god-killing weapon of immense power. It was used by the last [[Wolfen-Khan]] to kill the demi-god [[Hadrian]], known as the Ubrekt, and by doing so, assumed his thirst for violence and conquest. It was later split into seven pieces by the Circle of Druids, allowing them to break the Wolfen-Khan's power and end her indiscriminate war-making against the [[Ubrekti Empire]].

''Identify'' reveals the following properties:

==Individual powers==
Counting starts from the pointy end. Individually, every piece acts like a wand with a particular spell. The individual powers are available as part of the combined items, with the new charge/turn and total charges limits.

===First Piece (''[[Good Luck]]'')===
* ''cure light wounds'', every extra charge adds another 1d8.
* Five charges, 1d4+1 charges/day, up to three charges in a casting.
* Last known location was in the [[Cragbon]] after being stolen by [[Gerom|Gerom's]] Gang. It has since become untrackable by the [[Halfling Boys|Halfling Boys']] [[Herald of the Lance of the Wolfen-Khan|Herald]].

===Second Piece (''[[Blessed Day]]'')===
* ''bless'', every extra charge adds another target.
* Five charges, 1d4+1 charges/day, up to three charges in a casting.
* Currently in possession of the Halfling Boys' Herald.

===Third Piece===
* ''mass healing word'' (three charges), every extra charge adds 1d4
* Six charges, 1d4+1 charges/day up to three charges in a casting
* Was in the possession of an Ubrekti fraternal organization, now in possession of the Halfling Boys, currently combined with ''Blessed Day'' and in the Herald's possession (max 14 charges, max 4 charges/day, gain 2d4 charges/day ''fly'', ''mass healing word'', ''bless'', ability modifier +3)

===Fourth Piece===
* ''freedom of movement''
* Five charges (one ''freedom of movement''/day at fifth level, D&D 2024 rules (i.e. one extra target), recharges at sunrise
* Was kept in the secret treasure vault of the Wydmoor Cathedral Admin

===Other Pieces===
The properties of the remaining pieces are, so far, unknown. Their rough locations are as follows:

*One piece was somewhere in the Chrysanthemum Bay area, but appears to have recently moved to the south.
*One piece is in the Valley of the Hedron (Hebron?)
*One piece is in the Wydmoor Dutchy
*One piece is in Monstertown

==Aggregate powers==

Wands may be merged with one another to create an ever bigger item. Once merged, the magic doesn't exist to break them apart again.

The new item combines the charges and abilities of component wands. The ultimate power of this artifact is unknown until the parts are collected.

===Known Aggregated Powers ===
*One Part (Base) : 3 charges per turn; Attribute Modifier is +2
*Two Parts: [add 3 Charges to total] Fly (+3 Charges to Wand); Max 4 Charge/Turn; Attribute Modifier becomes +3; Regain 2d4+1 Charges per day.

It is also cursed, or so the Druids claim. The nature of the curse is unknown, but it allegedly becomes stronger as parts are combined. The truth and nature of this cannot be discovered without at least a ''legend lore'' spell. ''Identify'' flags the curse's existence, but not its properties.

Being attuned to a piece of the wand appears to allow some ability to detect the other pieces, though slight difference in this ability were reported between users of Good Luck and Blessed Day.

Mattiverse Next - Session 30

2025-01-12T06:40:30Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Cracking the Library Vault== * Having located the probable entrance, Bobwhite sets off to find a key. He uses the ''locate object'' scroll, procured for exactly this kind of purpose. It indicates the librarian's office. * 'Possum flitters off into the stacks to provide a distraction while Bobwhite searches. One of the guards gets up to take care of the mysterious bird. {{LogQuote| The back office of the halfling librarian’s circulation room is a chaotic symphony of..."

==Cracking the Library Vault==

* Having located the probable entrance, Bobwhite sets off to find a key. He uses the ''locate object'' scroll, procured for exactly this kind of purpose. It indicates the librarian's office.
* 'Possum flitters off into the stacks to provide a distraction while Bobwhite searches. One of the guards gets up to take care of the mysterious bird.

{{LogQuote|
The back office of the halfling librarian’s circulation room is a chaotic symphony of clutter. Stacks of parchment and ancient tomes teeter perilously on every available surface, threatening to topple at the slightest disturbance. Shelves meant for organization are instead crammed haphazardly with scrolls spilling from their confines, ink pots balanced precariously atop them. In one corner, an overstuffed armchair sits buried beneath a mountain of mismatched cushions and discarded book covers, a forgotten cup of tea growing cold on a nearby side table. The scent of old paper mingles with that of ink and wax, creating an air thick with scholarly neglect. It is clear that amidst this jumble, the halfling librarian navigates by memory rather than sight, each piece of disarray holding its own peculiar place in their mental map.
}}

{{LogQuote|
The desk before you is a chaotic symphony of clutter, each item vying for attention in a cacophony of scholarly disorder. Stacks of ancient tomes and scrolls are precariously balanced, their yellowed pages spilling over with forgotten knowledge. Quills and inkpots are scattered amidst the chaos, some tipped over, leaving dark splotches that mar the wooden surface. Amidst the scholarly detritus, small personal effects peek through—an intricately carved pipe rests atop a stack of parchment, next to a half-eaten apple turning brown at its core. Tiny spectacles perched on an open volume suggest recent use; perhaps the halfling librarian paused mid-research. A faint scent of lavender and old paper lingers in the air, mingling with the earthy aroma of pipe tobacco. It’s a mess that tells stories not just from books but from a life steeped in curiosity and carelessness.
}}

* It takes quite a bit of searching, but he finally finds a safe hidden very carefully in the floor. He cracks it--it contains several books, and a velvet pouch.

{{LogQuote|
GM: This thing keeps avoiding me!
GM: Fine, just zap it!
GM: It'll hurt the books!
GM: Get over here!
GM: i'm not supposed to move!
GM: You are cleaning up this birds shit then
GM: Fine, so be it!
GM: Just zap the thing! Just use a non-targeted cantrip like Sacred Flame!
GM: He's a fast little shit!
}}

* There is a key in the velvet pouch. Bobwhite rushes back and tries it, to discover it only fits the Northern lock.

{{LogQuote|
GM: got em!
}}

* They're running out of time. Beldon casts ''sleep'' on the guard remaining at the table while Bobwhite simultaneously picks one lock and turns the key in the other. The stairs reverse themselves, revealing another stairway and a door at the bottom. They rush in, open the door, and close the staircase, just as the searching guard returns to investigate his napping companion.

{{LogQuote|
In the room is a harpsicord. On one wall is a mural of a choir of solars singing a song to the rising sun. On another wall is a giant brass sculpture of an orosboros.** `v1` > You step into a room of resplendent grandeur, where the cool touch of marble greets your fingertips and the scent of polished stone fills the air. The walls, immaculate in their alabaster sheen, rise to meet a vaulted ceiling adorned with intricate carvings. Dominating one corner stands an exquisitely crafted harpsichord, its wooden frame inlaid with delicate filigree and mother-of-pearl accents that shimmer in the ambient light. > > To your left, a mural sprawls across an entire wall—a celestial choir of solars, their radiant forms singing a hymn to the ascending sun. Their golden voices seem almost audible as you gaze upon their serene faces, bathed in hues of dawn's first light. Opposite this divine tableau is an imposing brass sculpture: a colossal ouroboros, its serpentine body coiled in an eternal loop. The metal gleams with a burnished luster, capturing both the weight and fluidity of time itself. The room hums with a quiet reverence, as if holding its breath.

You step into a room of resplendent grandeur, where the cool touch of marble greets your fingertips and the scent of polished stone fills the air. The walls, immaculate in their alabaster sheen, rise to meet a vaulted ceiling adorned with intricate carvings. Dominating one corner stands an exquisitely crafted harpsichord, its wooden frame inlaid with delicate filigree and mother-of-pearl accents that shimmer in the ambient light. To your left, a mural sprawls across an entire wall—a celestial choir of solars, their radiant forms singing a hymn to the ascending sun. Their golden voices seem almost audible as you gaze upon their serene faces, bathed in hues of dawn's first light. Opposite this divine tableau is an imposing brass sculpture: a colossal ouroboros, its serpentine body coiled in an eternal loop. The metal gleams with a burnished luster, capturing both the weight and fluidity of time itself. The room hums with a quiet reverence, as if holding its breath.

You step into a room of resplendent grandeur, where the cool touch of marble greets your fingertips and the scent of polished stone fills the air. The walls, immaculate in their alabaster sheen, rise to meet a vaulted ceiling adorned with intricate carvings. Dominating one corner stands an exquisitely crafted harpsichord, its wooden frame inlaid with delicate filigree and mother-of-pearl accents that shimmer in the ambient light. To your left, a mural sprawls across an entire wall—a celestial choir of solars, their radiant forms singing a hymn to the ascending sun. Their golden voices seem almost audible as you gaze upon their serene faces, bathed in hues of dawn's first light. Opposite this divine tableau is an imposing brass sculpture: a colossal ouroboros, its serpentine body coiled in an eternal loop. The metal gleams with a burnished luster, capturing both the weight and fluidity of time itself. The room hums with a quiet reverence, as if holding its breat.
}}

* The Ouroboros radiates of powerful magic, with a conjuration aura. The harpsichord shows signs of frequent use.
* Thinking for a bit, they retrieve their [[Mattiverse_Next_-_Session_19|copy of hymns]] and reference the page they had mapped out in their previous investigation. Beldon leads their makeshift choir and...
** ..the ouroboros is not amused. Its eyes glow red. Beldon lets out a sigh, and they take it from the top...
** ..to no applause. The glow becomes more urgent. "Get it together, guys! Bobwhite, you're pitchy! Four, stop attempting vibrato! Banner!... Actually you were great, no notes. AGAIN!"....
** ..and the eyes change to green. A giant, perfectly black circle appears, like a mirror showing nothingness rather than a reflection.
* They step through into a magnificent chamber. Chests are perfectly aligned in alcoves all along. From a sphere in the middle radiates an antimagic field.
** Each alcove is numbered, though the system does not correspond to anything the Boys know.
** Searching chests by hand, they find... coins. Potions. Gems. All things of great value, but nothing in the way of tremendous artifacts.
** With enough random searching, they decide that this is not the real chamber. In desperation, and with no small amount of lucky guess, they check the chest labeled with 00, out-of-place in the numbering system.
** Instead of the regular contents, it has a switch. Flipping the switch causes a staircase to descend, and it reveals another chamber. There are four statues, which Beldon recognizes as STERROS, MYTHRIAN, DADTIM, and KIVAN. Each has a regal pose and is armed with their signature weapons.
** There are chests, in alcoves, with a more familiar numbering system--it corresponds to the treasure inventory. They have, at last, found the vault.
*Session ends.

[[Category:Mattiverse Next Session Notes|30]]
[[Category:Mattiverse Next|30]]

Bounty Hunters - Session 35

2024-10-20T06:03:37Z

Slitherrr:

==Dripping Goo, and Tunnels Too==

{{LogQuote|Consciousness returns to you in a rush, your senses assaulted by the stench of damp rot and the briny tang of an alien sea. You find yourself in a chamber carved from slick, mottled grey stone, its walls pulsating subtly as though alive. The light is dim, emanating from luminescent fungi that cling to the walls and ceiling in clusters of sickly green and blue. Around you are countless pods, each large enough to hold a man. Some are intact and thrumming with an eerie energy - but many more have been ruptured violently from within. From these broken vessels seep a viscous ichor that pools on the floor in sticky puddles. The residue inside the shattered pods is dark and reminiscent of dried blood, clinging stubbornly to the interior wall like a horrifically hatched egg's remnants. The air itself feels thick with foreign psychic energy, leaving your minds feeling violated and vulnerable as you regain your bearings in this grotesque new landscape.}}
* The party members find many of their spell slots extended.
* They have all their gear, though none of the items identified as talismans for traveling the planes, nor any of Helongum's diaries and journals.
* There are sounds of conflict, from all directions, but some of the noises are more immediately in vicinity.
* Undead are locked in battle with [[Bounty_Hunters_-_Session_16|some unsettlingly familiar enemies]], led by a scuttling being with a toothy, tentacled maw where a head should be. The Bounty Hunters join the fray, and as the undead seem the least hostile, they focus on the intellect devourers.
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* The one remaining undead is also the least brainless of the bunch, (with abilities similar to a warlock, a "Deathlock"). It raises its hand, and shimmers--it is now suddenly wearing the face of Bern's daughter (a distressing development). It does not speak.
** A very one-sided game of charades ensues, the gist of which seems to be that it would like the party to get back into the pods. There is no obvious connection to Bern's daughter other than the face the undead wears.
** They are obviously broken. Joana plays along, and the deathlock just moves to the next party member--but when she gets back out, it focuses back on her, urgently requesting her recompliance (as far as anyone can tell).
** Bern resists more openly, and is immediately hit with a barrage of eldritch blasts.
* The party responds violently, and the deathlock is removed from existence. They take a more careful note of their surroundings.
** There is no obvious signage, and no obvious tools, only rows of pods similar to the ones they emerged from.
** They are ''hard''. None have an obvious way to be opened. They are also rank, smelling strongly of decay and foulness.
** Whip attempts violent entry, without success. They have tarried long enough to attract attention
{{LogQuote| "Subdue yourselves, make this easy on us all."}}
* A mass of pink, lobed flesh comes into view, clearly a construct, but of massed brains rather than the materials the party is more familiar with. The voice is not coming from the golem, which advances heedlessly; rather, it seems to spring directly into their brains, from no particular direction.
* They rush to meet their enemy. As they approach, an even more alien being emerges from the shadows. It hovers, as if not even deigning to grace the rank soil with its touch. Long robes conceal a humanoid form, headed with squid tentacles and deep eyes, glimmering with a cold intellect. He immediately slaps Whip with a stunning mental blast.
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* Session ends.

[[Category:Bounty Hunters Session Notes|35]]
[[Category:Bounty Hunters|35]]

Bounty Hunters - Session 36

2024-10-20T06:03:16Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Mental Tickles. Ten of them!== * Continuing their conflict, Elian continues to slam himself into the golem. Helongum takes aim at the mind flayer. * The golem goes berserk! But its state makes it spread out its blows, doing less damage to the very vulnerable Whip than it might have otherwise done. * The mind flayer makes a calculation, and focuses its attention on Bern. It probes hideously into her brain, with a sensation as if the tentacles on its face had somehow mad..."

==Mental Tickles. Ten of them!==
* Continuing their conflict, Elian continues to slam himself into the golem. Helongum takes aim at the mind flayer.
* The golem goes berserk! But its state makes it spread out its blows, doing less damage to the very vulnerable Whip than it might have otherwise done.
* The mind flayer makes a calculation, and focuses its attention on Bern. It probes hideously into her brain, with a sensation as if the tentacles on its face had somehow made their way into her cranium, forcing her hand. Bern takes aim at Whip, but some small remnant of self-control causes her aim to err, and the arrow misses its mark.
{{LogQuote|Joana: No, shoot at the bad guys}}
* Whip shakes the fog out of his mind, and evaluates the situation.
* The rest of the party keeps up the assault. A wave of mass magical energy from the party's casters take down the mind flayer, and Whip finally recovers enough to finish off the golem with a flurry of blows from his borrowed dagger.
{{LogQuote|
Whip: come on, let's get out of here
You leave the scene, fleeing through a tunnel.
You are currently wandering, lost, through crystal caverns on an alien plane.
After fifteen minutes of hurried flight, you feel like you have thrown any direct pursiuit. However, you do not think you could easily navigate your way back to where you came from.
Helongum: Heavy magical enchantments are present on all of us. It seems that they are largly related to memory...
Whip: I don't like the sound of that
Whip: Not much we can do about it right now though
Helongum: Yes well, we can investigate it after resting, but I suggest some basic self examination to determine if there are unaccounted scars or things of that nature.
Joana: If you insist.
Joana starts undressing
Whip coughs and averts his gaze
Whip: I guess this place is good enough, I'll go do that over here to keep an eye on things
Helongum is going to start getting ready for sleep
You drift off to sleep, too exhausted to keep effective watch. Alexandria, or perhaps the dread powers of this place, must be watching over you. Elian awakes from his meditation and the rest of the party slumbers peacefully. The sounds of combat have ceased.
Whip screams and grabs at his belly
Whip feels at it desperately, then realizes he's awake and untenses. He's sweaty
Joana: How's it goin', bud?
Whip takes a bit
Whip: Bad dream I think
Whip pulls up his armored shit and inspects his abdomen carefully
Whip looks puzzled
Whip: I think we've been here a while
Whip: Not just like, a little bit
Helongum: Would you like to try remembering?
Whip tenses up
Whip: Maybe later
Whip suddenly looks like he's done talking about it and busies himself packing up
Helongum: So, what makes you think that Whip?
Whip: Oh look, I left something way over there, what a dumbass
Whip walks way over there
Bern: pulls Helongum aside
Bern: (whispering to Helongum) he noticed something on his belly. His back was to me so I didn't see what.
Helongum: Well, we probably should finish checking things over.
Helongum goes over and uses a blanket for some privacy to examine herself
In awkward and nervous silence, you break your megre camp. You consume Elian's goodberry and.... remain lost in a maze of crystalline caverns.
Helongum: I think we could use some guidance and I think it might be worth trying to remember some of what happened. Unless anyone has strong feelings about it, I can try to dispel magic from myself
Whip looks wary but doesn't comment
Helongum: Alright, well give me a moment, this could be weird...
}}

* Helongum unearths several memories in sequence, and relates them:
* {{LogQuote|
You and the party -- along with Bern's Daughter -- are in a bitter fight against some of the creatures you have already encountered. The cepholopod humanoids and their intellect devourer minions. The fight is going poorly, and you yourself are badly injured.
}}
* {{LogQuote|
The memory is a chilling one. You and the party, absent Bern's daughter, are being marched single file. Your conscious will is supressed in this memory, in a way that is quite familiar to you. You hear no footsteps but your own and your friends', but do have a sense -- as in a night terror -- that one or more sinister creatures are just off camera, lurking at the edges.
}}
* {{LogQuote|
Choking. Poison. A green fog extending in every direction. In the distance -- a mountain. Less a mountain than a spire to heaven. A blasted landscape. No plants. No animals. Lava floes and obsidian. You and the party look in a panic. The Daughter sputters and collapses. No one is able to rush to her side. She flees in a direction and the party chases after her.
}}
* {{LogQuote|
You are in a battle. It's the same battle as the earlier memory. Bern is downed. Whip and Elian are engaged in batttle with one another. From a side cavern, you hear a sounds. Many sounds. HUNDREDS of sounds. Claws on stone?
Within seconds, an explosion of movement from that same cavern. Bones -- the bones of many dozens or hundreds of skeletons animated by fell magic. You are able to snatch more details from this more familiar scene: (1) Whip and the others are fresh faced here, no signs of stubble or grey. (2) Bern's daughter is absent from this memory.
}}
* After a while of this, Bern alerts the party.
{{LogQuote|
Helongum clutches her staff and scoots closer to Elian
You wait.
After a minute or so, an intellect devourer crawls out from a shadowy nook.
It approaches you tentatively.
Helongum: What is it doing?
It waggles its body.
It hops up and down a couple of times.
Whip: What is it boy? Did Tomothen fall down the well again?
It turns around and begins to slowly walk away.
Joana: Anyone have any trivia to feed it?
GM: It is making no attempt to conceal itself and is moving at a normal pace.
GM: You follow the brain.
After about a 20 minute walk, the intellect devourer comes to a halt.
It waggles and hops.
Whip: I don't speak brain bud
A figure steps out of the shadows. A familiar one.
GM: It's Peter!
Whip: What the fuck
Peter: Hello, old friends.
Whip: Holy shit he talked
Whip thinks
Peter gives a wave.
Whip: I don't know if that's better. Sorry, man
Whip: Anyway it's good to see you alive
Helongum -> Whip: That's not Peter
Whip deflates
Whip: Ah
Whip: Well at least this one talks
Peter: It is good you survived and that the High Master's scouts found you. You must come with me, much time has already been lost.
Peter turns and begins to walk away, expectantly.
Whip: You're gonna have to give more context
Whip pulls his dagger
Helongum: Perhaps a bit more explanation would be good, yes.
Joana: A few quick questions, who are you, who's the High Master, why do you look like Peter, does that lil guy have a name?
Peter stops and turns around.
Peter: You must be confused. I will entertain a few questions in exchange for your compliance. Then, we really must hurry. My master wishes to speak to you directly.
Peter holds up a pointer finger.
Peter: One. The High Master is the master of Mt. Grysl, where you now find yourselves.
Peter holds up a second finger.
Peter: Two. I calculated it might buy me a few seconds of non-hostility when I came to interact with you. This proves to have been correct.
Peter holds up a third finger.
Peter: Three. He does not.
Peter: I am sure my master can answer your questions more thoroughly.
Whip: You've got your non-hostility so I'd appreciate it if you stopped wearing his face, now
Whip: What's the point of getting questions answered if someone's just gonna blank us again?
Peter: Very well. Do you have a form you would find more appealing.
Bern: rubs face, follows Not-Peter
Peter: In their last moments, I know many of your kind find the appearance of loved ones of comfort.
Peter: Perhaps that would be better here?
Whip: Just gimme your face
A shimmer, and the Deathlock reveals itself, shockingly similar to the one from before.
Deathlock turns to leave, expectantly.
Deathlock: You follow the Deathlock for a short time. It leads you to the entrance of a large cavern. It gestures for you to enter.
You follow the Deathlock for a short time. It leads you to the entrance of a large cavern. It gestures for you to enter.
Deathlock: I recommend you behave. You can ill afford my master's wrath, especially if you wish to escape this realm.
A short pathway opens into a large cavern, luminous crystals casting a soft light. There are maybe a dozen Intellect Devourers, milling about or else in a stance that indicates they are regarding you.
Helongum: Forgive our manners please, we are missing some memories and are a bit jumpier than usual.
In the middle of the room, thirty feet up, levitates another of these alien humanoids. His skin is pale, though, not purplish and is sagging and dusty, not rubbery.
He floats down to only a few feet above the ground to welcome you.
The High Master: I am aware. Those memories will not help you at present.
The High Master: I will tell you we are not friends, which you no doubt have divined yourself. We do now, however, find ourselves of use to one another in this moment of crisis.
The High Master: My offer to you is one of truce and mutual benefit.
Whip maintains his politeness by not talking
Joana: We're willing to listen to your proposal.
The High Master: Good.
The High Master: you are no doubt ignorant to the inifinite celestial history of my kind, and the glorious history of our astral empire is of little worth recounting.
The High Master: Suffice it to say that when the gods your races revere were but infants, my kind ruled all.
The High Master: You may not realize it, but this world we are now trapped on is dying.
The High Master: Not as fast as you, but swiftly enough to be sensed by those untouched by time and mortality.
Joana: But it seems so vibrant.
The High Master: The God-Brain of this world is sick. Dying.
The High Master: I wish to accelerate this process.
The High Master: In exchange, or rather, as a byproduct of this process, you should have a window to escape this world. I know already of your circusmstances coming to this world. Do not feel the need to waste time recounting them.
Helongum: What will the death of this world provide for you and your people? It seems... grim.
The High Master: Perhaps this world will disintegrate, and we will be released onto the astral plane. Perhaps the world will endure and the God Brains servants will be freed as I was freed. Perhaps nothing.
Joana: What assistance could a few pitiful mortals such as us hope to provide to someone with your unfathomable power?
The High Master: I will tell you what will happen if you do not. It will continue to snatch those of the many realms from their dreams. It will continue to drain your kind and torment mine.
The High Master: It will continue to spread its mad malignant cancer across this world and others.
The High Master waggles his tentacles at Joana in appreciation.
The High Master: One by one, the extensions of the God Brain -- my people -- wither and die. Such that it has resorted to the darkest blasphemy of our kind: necromancy.
The High Master: As the numbers of true Illithids, so we name ourselves, fell, the gap was filled with reanimated monsters to carry out the abductions needed to sooth the God Brain's pain.
The High Master: For some reason, your appearance here has agitated the God Brain. For centuries it has been content to leave me here, cut off from its mental umbrella. Now, it accelerates its campaign. It flings precious resources at me it can ill afford.
The High Master: This, in fact, is your opportunity. I had hoped my experiments might bring forth means to tip the scales in my favor. This attack on Mt. Grysl, the one that freed you from my containers, hints that my plan is not madness at all.
The High Master: The God Brain risks all to stop me!
The High Master waggles his tentacles in excitement.
Whip: You'll have to pardon since I'm sure this is all tedious detail to you ::whip is saying this sardonically::, but just as a quick recap: All us abductees are here to be relentlessly experimented on in a desperate grab at continued immortality? Do I have the gist there?
Whip: And why isn't the Daughter with us?
The High Master: So far I do not detect anything incorrect with that analysis.
Whip: if so
The High Master: Oh, the other one of your kind? Yes. She was taken by the God-Brain's minions in the conflict where I rescued you from its clutches.
The High Master: In the exchange, I took something of even greater value: Athaekeetha!
The High Master: Sadly, this advantage has now perhaps turned against our cause.
Whip anticipates exposition
Whip is disappointed
Joana: Oh damn, you got Athakeetha?
The High Master: Yes! Captured and imprisoned.
Whip: Is the knowledge of what Athakeetha is useful to us?
The High Master: But, now I fear Athakeetha has been freed.
Joana: Bummer.
The High Master: The knowledge Athakeetha contains is perhaps of use, yes. More valuable, however, is my command center, which Athakeetha no doubt now controls.
The High Master: Without the command center, we cannot hope to launch our attack on the God-Brain.
Joana: Well, as it happens, tracking and capturing targets is something of a specialty of ours.
The High Master: I can tell you this. Athakeetha will know details about the person of concern to you. More than I. She has no doubt been taken back to Mt Makab.
The High Master: Good.
Whip: I get the impression we've done something _like_ this several times. Pardon my pitiful lack of scope ::SARCASM THICK AS A KNIFE:: but what is different this time?
The High Master: I was keeping Athakeetha a prisoner in my command center. In the chaos of the breech attack, the God-Brains followers have taken control of the command center and I have magically sealed them inside.
The High Master: The God-Brain's power extends to the very fiber of this land. This stronghold, however, was cut off as one cuts off a limb long ago. Many of their powers, such as Plane Shift, will not operate here.
The High Master: At great cost to my own faction, I have cleared Mt Grysl of the God Brain's creatures. However, they have occupied my command center and -- perhaps -- freed Atthakeetha in the process. They are now, themselves, trapped inside.
The High Master: Oh, no, Whip. You have not done things like this from me before. Most of our work together was merely physiological in nature.
Whip: Glad to have our real talents finally recognized
Joana: Alright, well, let's get a rundown of what you've got on Athakeetha and this group of GB's followers so we know what we're getting into and can put together a plan of action.
The High Master: I am glad your sense of reason outweighs your emotional need for vengeance. We are all now of great use to one another.
Joana: All water under the now-forgotten bridge.
Bern: Respectfully: I am still unclear on what Athaekeetha is. I am, after all, an ignorant rogue.
The High Master: Athaekeetha? Oh, of course. They are something of a sibling to myself.
The High Master: Like me, they are freed from the God-Brain's direct control through odd circumstance. Unlike me, Athakeetha chose to continue to serve rather than rebel.
The High Master: Athakeetha now swerves as the God Brain's "high priest" of sorts. Leading the experiments and treatments. The fact that Athaketha lead the assault, leaving even for a moment their position by the God Brain's side, is indicative of their feelings of threat
Whip: How do we keep ourselves from simply being dominated into submission?
The High Master: Willpower? Also, there are perhaps magics to act as some prophylactic to mind control.
The High Master: I expect the command center to be occupied by any of the God Brain's commanded: Perhaps human thralls captures from other realms. No doubt many intellect devourers.
The High Master: Perhaps a Brain Golem or even Vampiric Illithid.
The High Master: I do not expect any True Illithid, as they are too precious and few in number to expend.
The High Master: I can even provide some support from the rear in the breeching exercise. I have many reasons to wish to take back my nerve center.
Helongum: And, what is the plan after you regain this nerve center to finish off the god brain?
The High Master: What will I do from my command center? Issue commands. To you all, and my forces, as well.
The High Master: Taking the command center isn't the plan, it's the necessary starting point. The longer we discuss it, the more chance Athaekeetha has to free themselves. Although not as smart as me, they are free willed and intelligent. They could make great trouble in my labs and control rooms, even trapped as they are.
The High Master: We have already wasted a great deal of time in the search for you! Perhaps we could have stopped the capture had you not hidden away and allowed yourselves to be found by me. But, as you say, water under the bridge.
Joana: Quick point of clarification: commands like, hey, here's what I would like you to go do as part of the plan we discussed, and then we're like, yeah, that aligns with our interests and the terms that we agreed to
Joana: or... the other kind?
The High Master: The former.
Joana: Cool.
The High Master: A fair question.
Whip: Well, point my blade I guess
Joana: All we need to get this party started is whatever info you can provide on the command center; maps, magical defenses, secret entrances, and so on.
Joana: And any other resources or equipment you might have available to help ensure our success.
Joana: We are weak and squishy, after all.
Folder assets refreshed.
The High Master: I will be with you to lead you through the command center. Come with me, I will lead you. Unfortunately, there is no secret entrance. We will have to commit to a direct assault.
The High Master: you have encountered, in your escape, creatures of the sort that have likely taken my command center. Prepare yourselves appropriately.
Joana: We also would greatly benefit from being able to draw on our past experiences in order to learn and adapt, so if you would be able to do anything with regards to restoring our memories, that'd be great.
The High Master: Even if we had time, which we do not, I do not have that power.
The High Master: well, that is not entirely true.
The High Master: Unlike most of my kind, I have studied arcana and have the ability to dispel magics. The process would be a long one -- likely spanning weeks. It is the only way at my command. Easier, really, to just erase the parts of you that desire those memories. I can do this for you very quickly.
Joana: Hmm, let's hold off on that for now.
Whip: I don't really need any desire for those memories erased, I'm already good
Whip: Should we get going?
Helongum taps her staff on the floor with a nod
}}
* A brief travel commences, and they find themselves in front of a very large set of doors.
* They do some thiefery. While the door is solidly barred from the other side, they are nevertheless able to disengage some locks that were also helping to hold it in place.
{{LogQuote|
Joana: Okay, quick team pep talk to get in the right headspace, then we'll be ready to kick down some doors.
Joana: Let's huddle up, gang.
}}
* With a roar and a thud, they burst open the door. They are immediately greeted by brain golems, and intellect devourers skitter from hiding places in the room, but a ready ''shatter'' discomfits them ''mightily''.
* Session ends.
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Slitherrr:

Bounty Hunters - Session 35

2024-10-20T05:35:41Z

Slitherrr:

==Dripping Goo, and Tunnels Too==

{{LogQuote|Consciousness returns to you in a rush, your senses assaulted by the stench of damp rot and the briny tang of an alien sea. You find yourself in a chamber carved from slick, mottled grey stone, its walls pulsating subtly as though alive. The light is dim, emanating from luminescent fungi that cling to the walls and ceiling in clusters of sickly green and blue. Around you are countless pods, each large enough to hold a man. Some are intact and thrumming with an eerie energy - but many more have been ruptured violently from within. From these broken vessels seep a viscous ichor that pools on the floor in sticky puddles. The residue inside the shattered pods is dark and reminiscent of dried blood, clinging stubbornly to the interior wall like a horrifically hatched egg's remnants. The air itself feels thick with foreign psychic energy, leaving your minds feeling violated and vulnerable as you regain your bearings in this grotesque new landscape.}}
* The party members find many of their spell slots extended.
* They have all their gear, though none of the items identified as talismans for traveling the planes, nor any of Helongum's diaries and journals.
* There are sounds of conflict, from all directions, but some of the noises are more immediately in vicinity.
* Undead are locked in battle with [[Bounty_Hunters_-_Session_16|some unsettlingly familiar enemies]], led by a scuttling being with a toothy, tentacled maw where a head should be. The Bounty Hunters join the fray, and as the undead seem the least hostile, they focus on the intellect devourers.
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* The one remaining undead is also the least brainless of the bunch, (with abilities similar to a warlock, a "Deathlock"). It raises its hand, and shimmers--it is now suddenly wearing the face of Bern's daughter (a distressing development). It does not speak.
** A very one-sided game of charades ensues, the gist of which seems to be that it would like the party to get back into the pods. There is no obvious connection to Bern's daughter other than the face the undead wears.
** They are obviously broken. Joana plays along, and the deathlock just moves to the next party member--but when she gets back out, it focuses back on her, urgently requesting her recompliance (as far as anyone can tell).
** Bern resists more openly, and is immediately hit with a barrage of eldritch blasts.
* The party responds violently, and the deathlock is removed from existence. They take a more careful note of their surroundings.
** There is no obvious signage, and no obvious tools, only rows of pods similar to the ones they emerged from.
** They are **hard**. None have an obvious way to be opened. They are also rank, smelling strongly of decay and foulness.
** Whip attempts violent entry, without success. They have tarried long enough to attract attention
{{LogQuote| "Subdue yourselves, make this easy on us all."}}
* A mass of pink, lobed flesh comes into view, clearly a construct, but of massed brains rather than the materials the party is more familiar with. The voice is not coming from the golem, which advances heedlessly; rather, it seems to spring directly into their brains, from no particular direction.
* They rush to meet their enemy. As they approach, an even more alien being emerges from the shadows. It hovers, as if not even deigning to grace the rank soil with its touch. Long robes conceal a humanoid form, headed with squid tentacles and deep eyes, glimmering with a cold intellect. He immediately slaps Whip with a stunning mental blast.
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* Session ends.

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Bounty Hunters - Session 35

2024-10-20T05:34:49Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Dripping Goo, and Tunnels Too== {{LogQuote|Consciousness returns to you in a rush, your senses assaulted by the stench of damp rot and the briny tang of an alien sea. You find yourself in a chamber carved from slick, mottled grey stone, its walls pulsating subtly as though alive. The light is dim, emanating from luminescent fungi that cling to the walls and ceiling in clusters of sickly green and blue. Around you are countless pods, each large enough to hold a man. So..."

==Dripping Goo, and Tunnels Too==

{{LogQuote|Consciousness returns to you in a rush, your senses assaulted by the stench of damp rot and the briny tang of an alien sea. You find yourself in a chamber carved from slick, mottled grey stone, its walls pulsating subtly as though alive. The light is dim, emanating from luminescent fungi that cling to the walls and ceiling in clusters of sickly green and blue. Around you are countless pods, each large enough to hold a man. Some are intact and thrumming with an eerie energy - but many more have been ruptured violently from within. From these broken vessels seep a viscous ichor that pools on the floor in sticky puddles. The residue inside the shattered pods is dark and reminiscent of dried blood, clinging stubbornly to the interior wall like a horrifically hatched egg's remnants. The air itself feels thick with foreign psychic energy, leaving your minds feeling violated and vulnerable as you regain your bearings in this grotesque new landscape.}}
* The party members find many of their spell slots extended.
* They have all their gear, though none of the items identified as talismans for traveling the planes, nor any of Helongum's diaries and journals.
* There are sounds of conflict, from all directions, but some of the noises are more immediately in vicinity.
* Undead are locked in battle with [[Bounty_Hunters_-_Session_16|some unsettlingly familiar enemies]], led by a scuttling being with a toothy, tentacled maw where a head should be. The Bounty Hunters join the fray, and as the undead seem the least hostile, they focus on the intellect devourers.
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[[File:bh35_Strange_Undead.PNG|400px]]
[[File:bh35_ENDGAME.JPG|400px]]
[[File:bh35_Deathlok.PNG|400px]]
* The one remaining undead is also the least brainless of the bunch, (with abilities similar to a warlock, a "Deathlock"). It raises its hand, and shimmers--it is now suddenly wearing the face of Bern's daughter (a distressing development). It does not speak.
** A very one-sided game of charades ensues, the gist of which seems to be that it would like the party to get back into the pods. There is no obvious connection to Bern's daughter other than the face the undead wears.
** They are obviously broken. Joana plays along, and the deathlock just moves to the next party member--but when she gets back out, it focuses back on her, urgently requesting her recompliance (as far as anyone can tell).
** Bern resists more openly, and is immediately hit with a barrage of eldritch blasts.
* The party responds violently, and the deathlock is removed from existence. They take a more careful note of their surroundings.
** There is no obvious signage, and no obvious tools, only rows of pods similar to the ones they emerged from.
** They are **hard**. None have an obvious way to be opened. They are also rank, smelling strongly of decay and foulness.
** Whip attempts violent entry, without success. They have tarried long enough to attract attention
{{LogQuote| "Subdue yourselves, make this easy on us all."}}
* A mass of pink, lobed flesh comes into view, clearly a construct, but of massed brains rather than the materials the party is more familiar with. The voice is not coming from the golem, which advances heedlessly; rather, it seems to spring directly into their brains, from no particular direction.
* They rush to meet their enemy. As they approach, an even more alien being emerges from the shadows. It hovers, as if not even deigning to grace the rank soil with its touch. Long robes conceal a humanoid form, headed with squid tentacles and deep eyes, glimmering with a cold intellect.
[[File:bh35_BAD_BOYS_BAD_BOYS.JPG|400px]]
[[File:bh35_showdown.JPG|400px]]
* Session ends.

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2024-10-20T05:29:29Z

Slitherrr:

Mattiverse Next - Session 29

2024-05-19T05:23:41Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==The Heist Begins== * The boys drop in with a similar technique to before. The sedate revelry of the festival makes getting around the city easy, and they don't have much problem finding a good location to start their flight. * They encounter their first new obstacle almost immediately: an ''alarm'' spell on the external door, a new lock on the office, much more sophisticated than the last one... ** ...but still not too sophisticated for Bobwhite. He gets to work excha..."

==The Heist Begins==
* The boys drop in with a similar technique to before. The sedate revelry of the festival makes getting around the city easy, and they don't have much problem finding a good location to start their flight.

* They encounter their first new obstacle almost immediately: an ''alarm'' spell on the external door, a new lock on the office, much more sophisticated than the last one...
** ...but still not too sophisticated for Bobwhite. He gets to work exchanging the books while the rest scout.
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* There are patrols, which is odd. The guards agree--when they speak, it's mostly to complain about how they're stuck guarding nothing for no reason while everyone else is out partying.
{{LogQuote|
GM: The gruff voices reverberate off the cold stone walls, their words laced with bitterness and confusion. "Can't believe we're stuck here during the Festival of Summer Supplication," one guard grumbles, his voice echoing through the dimly lit corridor. The other guard scoffs, a note of irritation clear in his voice. "All this extra security for what? As if anyone would dare cause trouble during such a sacred event!" he retorts. Their complaints fill the air like stale bread, leaving an unsavory aftertaste that deepens the halflings' sense of unease. The tension in their small bodies is palpable as they listen on, wondering why indeed security has been increased for such a joyous occasion.
}}
* The book is switched out. They've been told the entrance to the vault is in the Library, so they do a complicated dance around the patrols to get there.
{{LogQuote|
The scent of aged parchment and the faint echo of whispered conversations greet you as you step into the grand library. Your gaze is drawn upwards, caught by towering shelves filled to bursting with ancient tomes, their leather-bound spines inscribed with gold leaf. The second story is a balcony that wraps around the room, a wrought-iron railing adorned with intricate scrollwork separating it from the precipitous drop below. Above all this, an elevated ceiling vaults skywards, painted in hues of midnight blue and scattered with golden stars; an eternal night sky captured in plaster and pigment. The south wall is has a large stained-glass windows that, uduring the day, refract sunlight into a thousand different colors, casting a kaleidoscope of warmth across the stone floor. The windows depict scenes from ancient lore and legend; great heroes vanquishing fearsome beasts, wise scholars unraveling mysteries of the cosmos. As you look around this vast repository of knowledge, you can't help but feel both humbled and exhilarated by the sheer volume of wisdom contained within these walls.
}}
** Another pair of even more bored guards sits in the Library, engaged in Dragonchess. They clearly have no idea why they're in there, but their presence is a concern--why is everything being guarded even this amount?
** The Boys scout carefully around. Looking for the entrance to the vault, they even open a door straight into a waiting patrol! ''Pass without trace'' and dash of dumb Halfling luck save the day.
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* Bobwhite does a mental calculation, and carefully lowers himself down into the stacks by the staircase. After a careful search, he finds a keyhole.
** With some effort, he works it open.
{{LogQuote|
GM: You fail to pick the lock.
GM: Because......
GM: There is a second locking mechanism.
}}}
** On a hunch, he checks the other side of the staircase, and finds an identical keyhole. Session ends here.
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2024-05-19T05:22:47Z

Slitherrr:

Bounty Hunters - Session 34

2024-05-05T04:50:23Z

Slitherrr:

==Outta Da Gurg==

* The party trundles through the newly ensnowed Tepest.
** Elian's expert tracking and [[Madrin]] magic makes the experience endurable, despite the difficulty.
** As they travel, Madrin adds a new name, Helongum, which she begins calling herself by.
** Some decisions are made based on the party's extremely accurate map, and they eventually make it back to the Nobody's Inn.
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* They burst in, and unsurprisingly, [[Breyonna|Bryonna]] is right where the party left her.
<blockquote style="font-family:Courier; white-space: pre">
Bryonna: Well, don't you folks know how to make an entrance! Come in, and shut the dang door, givin me a chill right down to my bones.
Bryonna: Y'all look like you could use some root tea, warm ya up. Come on in, get out of that storm!
Bryonna: This sure is one heck of a storm. Lucky you found your way here, weather like this could be the death of ya
Whip: Tend to agree
Helongum: Need to get out...
You spend some time by the fire warming up. Some small measure of your weariness dissipates.
Bryonna serves root tea to the group.
Whip: How ya been Bry
Bern's Lost Daughter sips her tea.
Helongum: We need to get home, can we get back to that cave we came in from
Helongum turns to Bern's daughter
Helongum: And where is home for you? Once we get back to the world as you know it.
Bryonna: Oh, I don't have many travelers, but you'll have to be more specific. Are you talking about my old lover? He came from distant lands.
Bryonna: Or the outsider who passed through this way more recently?
Bryonna: Ohhh, what was his name?
Bryonna tilts her skull in thought.
Bern's Lost Daughter is disengaged and lost in thought.
Bryonna: Firan Zal’honan, I think!
Bryonna: That was it. An outsider's name for sure. A travelling scholar, he said.
Bryonna: Visited a great many realms, so he claimed. I never saw him again, so maybe he moved on. Or died. Lots of folks die.
Bryonna: most of em, actually.
Helongum: Did he say anything about how he visited those realms?
Bryonna: Who, Firan? Why yes ma'am he did.
Bryonna: He said he'd done it a slew of times
Helongum pulls out a notebook
Bryonna: Said it was something of a leap of faith, which sure seems uncertain to me, but that's what he said.
Bryonna: All's ya gotta do, he said, is hold a special token from some a nearby realm and head off into the fog.
Bryonna: Now, my momma always said that folks who got lost in the fog got lost forever, but maybe with a token it's easier to find a path. He sure talked about a lot of other lands I'd never heard of.
Bryonna: Darkon....Dementilu.... Barovia...
Whip: And that boyfriend you talked about, was that kind of the same story?
Whip: Bet he was a real looker get a catch like you, Bry
Bryonna: To be honest, don't really know. We never really talked about it. Sometimes folks just... appear... from the fog, too.
Bryonna: Zal’honan said that, for whatever reasons, these tokens end up littering the realms. Either as a result of past travelers, or perhaps a trick of the universe.
Bryonna: he often talked about the world as if it was .... not alive but... thoughtful and deliberate, but not in a kind way.
Helongum: Did the traveller, Firan, say anything about these tokens? If it was just a physical thing or if there was, magic about them?
Bryonna: He said that they'd be mundane, not magical.
Bryonna: I believe he said the token that got him here was a crown of white amelias.
Bryonna: I think Ivan had a coin from his realm featuring some lost king.
Bryonna: that carnival ticket sounds like it might be one. Never heard of the The Carnival before. Probably you've found some others in your travels.
Bryonna: So, it seems to me from talkin to him, these would be tokens that had some sort of 'symbolic resonance' with the home realm. The World, he'd like to say, likes to invert expectations.
Bryonna: The more mundane the more likely.
Bryonna: I don't think you're getting it, sweetheart.
Bryonna: It's not just "any random item" from the other realm. He was flummoxed, too. The more you want to set rules on the world, he said, the shiftier it got.
Helongum: Did he ever travel with other people?
Bryonna: Well, you folks look plumb exhausted. Feel free to stay here the night if you want. hopefully this storm will have passed by then.
Bryonna: Who? Firan? I don't think so. Didn't really get much about his backstory he mostly talked about his realmwalking
Bryonna: He kept talking about "escape" which sounds to be like a man chasin' death, but perhaps he's right and the world obeys metaphors not laws.
Bryonna: Oh, that might also be one. That sure seems weird and resonant.
</blockquote>
* The party spends some time gathering items that fit the description, and they come up with a likely list
** CARNIVAL TICKET, UNTORN
** UNBREAKABLE JAR OF GREEN GOO
** SMALL MIRROR IN A WOODEN FRAME
** DRIED CROWN OF WHITE CAMELLIAS
* They vote to attempt to realmwalk with the mirror, after a rest.

<blockquote style="font-family:Courier; white-space: pre">
Bryonna: that's wild! I've never seen a blizzard like this. It defies all logic.
Whip: We think it might have something to do with the fighting witches
Bryonna: Hm, witches be fightin
Whip: Bit of news for whoever comes through next, Mother Lorinda's sisters have escaped the cauldron
Bryonna: I don't know anything about sisters, but I'll let travelers know.
Whip: Been a real pleasure Bry. I actually do hope we see you again sometime, but it probably won't be any time soon. Take care
Whip: Here, spice this place up a bit
Whip slams a pair of carved, bone dice on the table
</blockquote>
* They travel about half a day toward the edge of the realm. The icy rain chills everyone to the bone.
* Reaching the edge, they contemplate only for a moment before stepping off into the mist.
* The fog changes quickly -- too quickly -- shifting immediately into a humid, warm soup. As it clears, they are already sweating from the scorching heat of summer.

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When you finally emerge from the fog, you stand in a land that is clearly not Tepest, but does not look like home, either.
a realm of harsh, unforgiving wastelands, stretches out before you. Here the earth is scarred and deformed; it heaves and undulates unnaturally as if frozen in time at the moment of some cataclysmic upheaval. Pockets of twisted mana-infused rock jut forth from the landscape like jagged teeth, their surfaces shimmering with faint eldritch energy that disturbs the air around them.
Bern: Well. Fuck.
Whip: At least it's not cold as fuck anymore
GM: You stand upon the edge of the Mists. Ahead of you is a blasted wasteland.
</blockquote>
* The party doesn't like the look of what's ahead of them, and rolls the dice a second time, choosing the jar of goo.
* This time, the air becomes tinted with the smell of ammonia.

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Awakening with a start, you find yourselves lying within the fractured husk of a fluid-filled tube, the viscous substance slowly seeping out into the cold metallic floor. Around you stretch the twisted and chaotic confines of a strange, underground complex — an unfathomable hive of alien machinery and pulsating, bioluminescent conduits and tunnels of volcanic rock. The air is thick with an electric hum and the faint scent of ozone, overlaid with a more organic tang that sets your teeth on edge. The darkened corridors teem with grotesque life; shadowy figures scuttle in your periphery, their forms too aberrant for your minds to fully comprehend. But one thing is clear: this place is ruled by creatures never meant for mortal ken. Their eerie presence permeates every corner, their psychic residue imbuing each chamber with a palpable sense of dread. As you navigate this labyrinthine nightmare, you can't shake off the feeling that reality here is as transient as a dream — or perhaps even more disturbingly, that this might indeed be dream from which there's no waking up.
Joana: Doesn't seem better.
</blockquote>
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[[Category:Bounty Hunters|34]]

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Bounty Hunters - Session 34

2024-05-05T04:47:23Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Outta Da Gurg== * The party trundles through the newly ensnowed Tepest. ** Elian's expert tracking and Madrin magic makes the experience endurable, despite the difficulty. ** As they travel, Madrin adds a new name, Helongum, which she begins calling herself by. ** Some decisions are made based on the party's extremely accurate map, and they eventually make it back to the Nobody's Inn. * They burst in, and unsurprisingly, Bryonna is right where the par..."

==Outta Da Gurg==

* The party trundles through the newly ensnowed Tepest.
** Elian's expert tracking and [[Madrin]] magic makes the experience endurable, despite the difficulty.
** As they travel, Madrin adds a new name, Helongum, which she begins calling herself by.
** Some decisions are made based on the party's extremely accurate map, and they eventually make it back to the Nobody's Inn.
* They burst in, and unsurprisingly, [[Breyonna|Bryonna]] is right where the party left her.
<blockquote style="font-family:Courier; white-space: pre">
Bryonna: Well, don't you folks know how to make an entrance! Come in, and shut the dang door, givin me a chill right down to my bones.
Bryonna: Y'all look like you could use some root tea, warm ya up. Come on in, get out of that storm!
Bryonna: This sure is one heck of a storm. Lucky you found your way here, weather like this could be the death of ya
Whip: Tend to agree
Helongum: Need to get out...
You spend some time by the fire warming up. Some small measure of your weariness dissipates.
Bryonna serves root tea to the group.
Whip: How ya been Bry
Bern's Lost Daughter sips her tea.
Helongum: We need to get home, can we get back to that cave we came in from
Helongum turns to Bern's daughter
Helongum: And where is home for you? Once we get back to the world as you know it.
Bryonna: Oh, I don't have many travelers, but you'll have to be more specific. Are you talking about my old lover? He came from distant lands.
Bryonna: Or the outsider who passed through this way more recently?
Bryonna: Ohhh, what was his name?
Bryonna tilts her skull in thought.
Bern's Lost Daughter is disengaged and lost in thought.
Bryonna: Firan Zal’honan, I think!
Bryonna: That was it. An outsider's name for sure. A travelling scholar, he said.
Bryonna: Visited a great many realms, so he claimed. I never saw him again, so maybe he moved on. Or died. Lots of folks die.
Bryonna: most of em, actually.
Helongum: Did he say anything about how he visited those realms?
Bryonna: Who, Firan? Why yes ma'am he did.
Bryonna: He said he'd done it a slew of times
Helongum pulls out a notebook
Bryonna: Said it was something of a leap of faith, which sure seems uncertain to me, but that's what he said.
Bryonna: All's ya gotta do, he said, is hold a special token from some a nearby realm and head off into the fog.
Bryonna: Now, my momma always said that folks who got lost in the fog got lost forever, but maybe with a token it's easier to find a path. He sure talked about a lot of other lands I'd never heard of.
Bryonna: Darkon....Dementilu.... Barovia...
Whip: And that boyfriend you talked about, was that kind of the same story?
Whip: Bet he was a real looker get a catch like you, Bry
Bryonna: To be honest, don't really know. We never really talked about it. Sometimes folks just... appear... from the fog, too.
Bryonna: Zal’honan said that, for whatever reasons, these tokens end up littering the realms. Either as a result of past travelers, or perhaps a trick of the universe.
Bryonna: he often talked about the world as if it was .... not alive but... thoughtful and deliberate, but not in a kind way.
Helongum: Did the traveller, Firan, say anything about these tokens? If it was just a physical thing or if there was, magic about them?
Bryonna: He said that they'd be mundane, not magical.
Bryonna: I believe he said the token that got him here was a crown of white amelias.
Bryonna: I think Ivan had a coin from his realm featuring some lost king.
Bryonna: that carnival ticket sounds like it might be one. Never heard of the The Carnival before. Probably you've found some others in your travels.
Bryonna: So, it seems to me from talkin to him, these would be tokens that had some sort of 'symbolic resonance' with the home realm. The World, he'd like to say, likes to invert expectations.
Bryonna: The more mundane the more likely.
Bryonna: I don't think you're getting it, sweetheart.
Bryonna: It's not just "any random item" from the other realm. He was flummoxed, too. The more you want to set rules on the world, he said, the shiftier it got.
Helongum: Did he ever travel with other people?
Bryonna: Well, you folks look plumb exhausted. Feel free to stay here the night if you want. hopefully this storm will have passed by then.
Bryonna: Who? Firan? I don't think so. Didn't really get much about his backstory he mostly talked about his realmwalking
Bryonna: He kept talking about "escape" which sounds to be like a man chasin' death, but perhaps he's right and the world obeys metaphors not laws.
Bryonna: Oh, that might also be one. That sure seems weird and resonant.
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* The party spends some time gathering items that fit the description, and they come up with a likely list
** CARNIVAL TICKET, UNTORN
** UNBREAKABLE JAR OF GREEN GOO
** SMALL MIRROR IN A WOODEN FRAME
** DRIED CROWN OF WHITE CAMELLIAS
* They vote to attempt to realmwalk with the mirror, after a rest.

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Bryonna: that's wild! I've never seen a blizzard like this. It defies all logic.
Whip: We think it might have something to do with the fighting witches
Bryonna: Hm, witches be fightin
Whip: Bit of news for whoever comes through next, Mother Lorinda's sisters have escaped the cauldron
Bryonna: I don't know anything about sisters, but I'll let travelers know.
Whip: Been a real pleasure Bry. I actually do hope we see you again sometime, but it probably won't be any time soon. Take care
Whip: Here, spice this place up a bit
Whip slams a pair of carved, bone dice on the table
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* They travel about half a day toward the edge of the realm. The icy rain chills everyone to the bone.
* Reaching the edge, they contemplate only for a moment before stepping off into the mist.
* The fog changes quickly -- too quickly -- shifting immediately into a humid, warm soup. As it clears, they are already sweating from the scorching heat of summer.

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When you finally emerge from the fog, you stand in a land that is clearly not Tepest, but does not look like home, either.
a realm of harsh, unforgiving wastelands, stretches out before you. Here the earth is scarred and deformed; it heaves and undulates unnaturally as if frozen in time at the moment of some cataclysmic upheaval. Pockets of twisted mana-infused rock jut forth from the landscape like jagged teeth, their surfaces shimmering with faint eldritch energy that disturbs the air around them.
Bern: Well. Fuck.
Whip: At least it's not cold as fuck anymore
GM: You stand upon the edge of the Mists. Ahead of you is a blasted wasteland.
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* The party doesn't like the look of what's ahead of them, and rolls the dice a second time, choosing the jar of goo.
* This time, the air becomes tinted with the smell of ammonia.

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Awakening with a start, you find yourselves lying within the fractured husk of a fluid-filled tube, the viscous substance slowly seeping out into the cold metallic floor. Around you stretch the twisted and chaotic confines of a strange, underground complex — an unfathomable hive of alien machinery and pulsating, bioluminescent conduits and tunnels of volcanic rock. The air is thick with an electric hum and the faint scent of ozone, overlaid with a more organic tang that sets your teeth on edge. The darkened corridors teem with grotesque life; shadowy figures scuttle in your periphery, their forms too aberrant for your minds to fully comprehend. But one thing is clear: this place is ruled by creatures never meant for mortal ken. Their eerie presence permeates every corner, their psychic residue imbuing each chamber with a palpable sense of dread. As you navigate this labyrinthine nightmare, you can't shake off the feeling that reality here is as transient as a dream — or perhaps even more disturbingly, that this might indeed be dream from which there's no waking up.
Joana: Doesn't seem better.
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[[Category:Bounty Hunters|34]]

Mattiverse Next - Session 28

2024-03-09T07:04:46Z

Slitherrr: Created page with "==Supplication!== * The boys wake up the next day to the beginning of festivities. * They spend the day ''and'' night with the Ag Hicks. Beldon and Bobwhite are worse for the wear. * They get to the Tumbling Dog quite early. They have a large and uneventful brunch. Asking about the Hacart, they are told that doesn't happen until 3. * They step away for a while, and come back with about a half hour to go. * Just before the cask is about to be opened, a longshanks ment..."

==Supplication!==
* The boys wake up the next day to the beginning of festivities.
* They spend the day ''and'' night with the Ag Hicks. Beldon and Bobwhite are worse for the wear.
* They get to the Tumbling Dog quite early. They have a large and uneventful brunch. Asking about the [[Hacart]], they are told that doesn't happen until 3.
* They step away for a while, and come back with about a half hour to go.
* Just before the cask is about to be opened, a longshanks mentions the boys look like dogshit, and says he has something that will perk them right up. Bobwhite is loathe to give up their places, but Four is enthusiastic enough to pull him along.
* The man stumbles and drops some stuff, including an oilcloth that most of the boys notice has "FLINGER'S" written on it, before he curses his clumsiness and bends over to pick up his things.
** The oilcloth burns as he touches it, leaving no trace. He runs off.
* The boys are disappointed to lose out on the Hacart. They grudgingly begin another goose chase.
* Hours of getting the runaround pass, but after a day of doing errands, they finally have THE BOOK. They are ready for their heist.

[[Category:Mattiverse Next Session Notes|28]]
[[Category:Mattiverse Next|28]]

User:Slitherrr

2024-01-22T02:51:01Z

Slitherrr:

Hoster of the Wiki.

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*[http://wiki.memphisgamers.com/index.php?title=Kib_Absold Kib Absold] (retired, then dead of old age)
*[http://wiki.memphisgamers.com/index.php?title=Ressalssithalifthel%27Keear Russ] (destroyed-hard-drive-limbo, then retired, then npc, then dead)
*[[Anto Singh Feagh]]
*[[Bobwhite Rindherder, Herald of the Lance of the Wolfen-Khan]]
*The occasional GM boss monster (sorry Quin!).

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