Chapter 11: The Parallax Reality

[redwarrior]

Connak leaps forward and slashes at one, but his aim goes wide.

Saber THAC0 19 [1d20+2]=3+2=5 Damage [1d8+3]=3+3=6
Nat 20 and near max damage in the "macro test" feature!

[jemmus]

Mole-man Mungo thinks the worm-like things might turn out to be edible. "Spit, well roasted, and with an oil, salt, and hot peppers dipping sauce." Then he realizes making a fire in Sleestak City won't work. He tries to bring his smith hammer down on one of the wriggling things' head.

THAC0 18 [1d20]=8 Damage [1d6+1]=6+1=7

[Bluetongue]

Sheriff Yul

Not sure he can do much but try to dissuade the creature from latching in to him with a long sticky toad tongue. He doesn't fancy being swallowed whole or even parcelled up between them.

If I can shoot the phaser at the creature I will, then I will submerge to sink to the cavern floor and out of the many eyed vision of the toads-creature. He phaser doesn't seem to like the water it seems.

Sheriff Yul triggers the phaser[1d20+2]=3+2=5

[SilverBen]

Finver steps toward the writhing creatures and swipes a wide arc with the glowing dagger. His desperate attack nearly slices off Fiefo's ear if he was any closer.

Melee attack with dagger [1d20]=2+1; slashing/piercing damage [1d4]=2+1

[Urson]

Maskelyn

Yikes! And again, Yikes! Maskelyn swats at the nearest of these things with his staff.
attack [1d20+2]=14+2=16
staff [1d6]=3

[ravenn4544]

Ko-nan stays vigilant at the waters edge peering out into the cavern.

OOC - can he seal Yul out there in the lake?

[Inferno]

The City of the Sleestaks, Deep Beneath the Forbidden Zone
The Island of Xygax the Wizard, Land of One Thousand Towers
Day Ten. Night? April 5th, 912 CY







The adventurers peer over the rock ledge and suddenly a den of writhing sand eels lunge at their eyes! Ghastly mouths of rowed teeth bite and affix themselves onto the faces of Fiefo, Finver and Maskelyn! (4hp, 3hp and 4hp damage respectively!)

Unable to attack them with scimitar or staff, else risk injury to themselves, Fiefo and Maskelyn instinctively hack and hammer other repulsive serpents around them, killing one and wounding another! Draupadi smashes to death a third one with her mace!

Finver staggers off the ledge onto the sand, his aim spoiled by the horrific squirming thing attached to his cheek! Connak scrabbles up the cliff behind Finver and beholds the nest of bloodthirsty sand eels!


Actions?!









Before Yul can switch weapons and fire, one of the Toad Hydra's bloated heads launches a grotesque tongue at him that adheres to his torso!

Yul's Crossbow of the Gods shrills in a flash of cold starlight, but his aim is ruined! The cyborg cowboy desperately tries to submerge but cannot escape!

The disturbance of hissing, inhuman voices on the shore swells. And the hideous tongue begins to draw him toward its immense, fang-filled jaws!


Actions?!


Map Detail:

One square = 10 feet. Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory.
PCs are purple. Altrusians are orange. Sleestaks are green. Doppelgangers are blue. Ambrose is brown.

Behind the DM Screen:

Initiative: Party: [1d6]=2, Monsters: [1d6]=3 Monsters win.
Two eels charge Draupadi: [1d20+2]=2+2=4, [1d20+2]=6+2=8, damage: [1d4]=2, [1d4]=2 Both miss.
Two eels charge Fiefo: [1d20+2]=6+2=8, [1d20+2]=15+2=17, damage: [1d4]=3, [1d4]=4 One hits for 4hp damage.
Two eels charge Finver: [1d20+2]=18+2=20, [1d20+2]=4+2=6, damage: [1d4]=3, [1d4]=4 One hits for 3hp.
Two eels charge Maskelyn: [1d20+2]=3+2=5, [1d20+2]=12+2=14, damage: [1d4]=3, [1d4]=4 One hits for 4hp.
Two eels charge Mungo: [1d20+2]=4+2=6, [1d20+2]=4+2=6, damage: [1d4]=4, [1d4]=3 Both miss.
Toad Hydra attacks Yul with two tongues [1d20]=5, [1d20]=13 One hits.

PC Status:

Connak: Cat-Man Fighter/Thief 2/3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 10/19, Saber
Draupadi: Human Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 2, HP: 17/34, Spells: 2/5 1st lvl, 3/4 2nd lvl
Fiefo LeBratt: Rat-Man Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 22/26
Finver Karstlander: Dwarven Fighter 3: Move 6", AC: 2(1), HP: 13/31, Dagger
Ko-Nan: Human Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 12/39
Maskelyn: Gnome Illusionist 3: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 5/14, Spells: 0/2 1st lvl, 0/1 2nd lvl
Mungo: Mole-Man Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 16/34, Spells: 1/5 1st lvl, 3/4 2nd lvl, Lantern
Sheriff Yul: Cyborg Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 27/38

PC Magic:

Light (Draupadi): Target: Finver's dagger. Duration: 87 rounds.

Player Resources:

End of the World (game description)
Strange New World (maps and realms)
Memory Tapes (the story so far)
Viewscreen (the story so far in images)

[redwarrior]

Connak slashes at the nearest monster. We must deal with the rest before aiding our friends, lest be become victims as well!


Saber THAC0 19 [1d20+2]=12+2=14 Damage [1d8+3]=1+3=4

[Rex]

Draupadi

Draupadi attacks again.

Mace [1d20]=18 to hit [1d6+1]=4+1=5 damage

[Urson]

Maskelyn
Maskelyn shrieks in genuine terror and grabs for the sand eel with both hands. If he can grab it, he'll try to pull it off.
ST: 10
DX: 17

Yes, I know the thing will tear the F*** out of his face, but he's acting on instinct and terror right now. Give him a round.

[jemmus]

Mungo is aghast at what has happened to Fiefo, Finver and Maskelyn. "Figures that the regular Sleestaks and the ghoulish Sleestaks would have this kind of thing living with them," he thinks. He tries to land a blow of his smithing hammer on one of the nasty wriggling things.

Thac0 18 [1d20]=18 Damage [1d6+1]=4+1=5

[Bluetongue]

Sheriff Yul

Once wrapped up in the tongue he fires towards the gaping mouth of the creature but the turmoil of being lassoed by a tongue and wrangled into a maw looks a grim fate.

Sheriff Yul triggers the phaser[1d20+2]=7+2=9
Sheriff Yul. Handheld crossbow [1d20+3]=3+3=6 damage [1d6+2]=3+2=5

I rolled for both as I wasn't sure if the phaser worked under water or not and I might have noticed it being dampened or washed out ineffective last time.

[ChubbyPixie]

Freaked out by the worm thing on his face, Fiefo drops his scimitar and sweeps a dagger from his bandolier, attempting to grab the thing and cut it in half:
Attack with Dagger (THAC0 18): To Hit: [1d20+1]=9+1=10 Damage, s/m: [1d4]=1, L: [1d3]=1

[SilverBen]

Finver issues a wild shriek of panic muffled by the face hugging eel. He stumbles and struggles with it, erratically illumintaing the area.

Melee attack with dagger [1d20]=16+1; slashing/piercing damage [1d4]=3+1

He closes his eyes from the radiant dagger and stabs at the wrigling creature desperately trying to remove it without doing additional harm to himself. His only lucid thought, perhaps, is to cut it in half or slice it along its body enough to deter its attack.

[ravenn4544]

Ko-Nan's head is on a swivel as hears the sounds of battle from above. He climbs up the wall to continue his onslaught against the filth of this realm.

[Inferno]

The City of the Sleestaks, Deep Beneath the Forbidden Zone
The Island of Xygax the Wizard, Land of One Thousand Towers
Day Ten. Night? April 5th, 912 CY






(Not an entirely accurate depiction)

Trapped by the hideous tongue of the colossal toad-hydra, Yul fires his magic crossbow wildly!

The mounting clamor on the shore of the Sleestak city is suddenly silenced as the cyborg cowboy and the monstrous amphibian submerge into the depths of the subterranean lake!

The gigantic tongue draws Yul inexorably toward its vast, fanged mouth and it bites him deep across the torso! (8hp damage!)


Actions?!







Meanwhile in the cave of the sand eels, Ko-Nan peers over the rock ledge and beholds a frightful sight! More heinous maws of fangs attach to the faces of Connak and Mungo! (1hp and 4hp damage respectively!)

A writhing, ravenous eel is fastened beneath Fiefo's eye, drinking his blood! (-2hp!) The ratman cannot grab hold of the wriggling horror to cut it in half!

Maskelyn shrieks in terror and grabs the head of the sand serpent burrowed deep into the flesh of his cheek, consuming his lifeblood! (-3hp!) He pulls it off with both hands, tearing open his face (-2hp), and passes out, falling from the cliff into the water below! SPLASH!

Finver hacks at the rapacious snake devouring his life essence! (-1hp) His dagger cuts but does not kill! Bloated with the dwarf's blood, the parasitic worm sprays a deluge of crimson!

Unable to safely target their own faces, Connak and Mungo reflexively swing at the nearest squirming creatures! Revulsion ruins the catman's aim but Mungo hammers one to death!

And with her mace, Draupadi bludgeons another of the revolting eels into oblivion!


Actions?!


Map Detail:

One square = 10 feet. Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory.
PCs are purple. Altrusians are orange. Sleestaks are green. Doppelgangers are blue. Ambrose is brown.

Behind the DM Screen:

Initiative: Party: [1d6]=2, Monsters: [1d6]=6 Monsters win.
If Toad-Hydra hits with tongue, victim has one round to strike it or else is automatically bitten for full damage when tongue is reeled in.
Two eels attack Draupadi: [1d20]=13, [1d20]=9, damage: [1d4]=4, [1d4]=3 Both miss.
Two eels attack Connak: [1d20]=17, [1d20]=9, damage: [1d4]=1, [1d4]=1 One hits for 1hp damage.
One eel attacks Fiefo: [1d20]=13, damage: [1d4]=3 Misses.
Two eels attack Mungo: [1d20]=12, [1d20]=4, damage: [1d4]=4, [1d4]=1 One hits for 4hp damage.
Affixed eels drink blood of Fiefo, Finver and Maskelyn: [1d3]=2, [1d3]=1, [1d3]=3
Maskelyn: STR check (10): [1d20]=10 Succeeds.

PC Status:

Connak: Cat-Man Fighter/Thief 2/3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 9/19, Saber
Draupadi: Human Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 2, HP: 17/34, Spells: 2/5 1st lvl, 3/4 2nd lvl
Fiefo LeBratt: Rat-Man Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 20/26
Finver Karstlander: Dwarven Fighter 3: Move 6", AC: 2(1), HP: 13/31, Dagger
Ko-Nan: Human Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 12/39
Maskelyn: Gnome Illusionist 3: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 0/14, Spells: 0/2 1st lvl, 0/1 2nd lvl
Mungo: Mole-Man Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 12/34, Spells: 1/5 1st lvl, 3/4 2nd lvl, Lantern
Sheriff Yul: Cyborg Fighter 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 19/38

PC Magic:

Light (Draupadi): Target: Finver's dagger. Duration: 86 rounds.

Player Resources:

End of the World (game description)
Strange New World (maps and realms)
Memory Tapes (the story so far)
Viewscreen (the story so far in images)

[SilverBen]

Revised based on the OOC post here

Finver groans in pain while clutching the eel still locked onto his face with one hand. He sheathes his illuminated dagger, and grasps the writhing eel with two hand in an attempt to crush the creature's head. "Not... tha... beard... ya foul lowlife!"

[ravenn4544]

Ko-Nan strikes quickly at a slithering foe before him!

Attack: THACO (18): [1d20+2]=19+2=21 / Damage: (S/M: [2d4+3]=3+3=6 / L: [3d4+3]=5+3=8)

[jemmus]

Mungo sees Maskelyn slide/bounce/fall down the ledge into the water. By Verne and Welles! he cries. Two of his phobias at the same time-- heights and water. He shudders a little (the strange way, to other folk that mole-kind shudder), climbs down/jumps/slides as fast as he can down the ledge, rushing to get the gnome mage's head above water.

[Bluetongue]

Sheriff Yul

Sticks his left hand into the frogs mouth and pushes the nozzle of the phaser up to blast into the creatures skull.

Sheriff Yul triggers the phaser[1d20+2]=13+2=15