Action Thread #8 - Beyond the Lake

[onlyme]

Sensing this vine could move toward him next, Malone comes crashing down with his magnificent halberd:
To Hit with Halberd: [1d20] = 9, Dam(s/m): [1d10+6] = 3+6 = 9, Dam(l): [2d6+6] = 6+6 = 12

(Thac0=17, so hits a ac8. Not sure what AC a kudzu monster is...)

[Stonjuz]

Swilbosh turns to Stonjuz "what is a druid?"

"Well, a druid is usually a mysterious guardian of a sacred grove, a cunning master of many shapes, friend of animals, and a defender of unspoi...Lookout, that vine is moving." Stonjuz pulls his handaxe to an offensive position to defend the group and swings downward at the invasive plant.
to hit w/handaxe:thaco 24:[1d20] = 14 dmg s,m [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2 dmg L [1d4+1] = 4+1 = 5

[ChubbyPixie]

Feeling that his blades might be more useful than his bow in this case, Ozborn draws his weapons and if close enough, he attacks:

To hit w/ Short Sword, main hand: [1d20+2] = 4+2 = 6, damage (s/m): [1d6+3] = 6+3 = 9, damage (L): [1d8+3] = 3+3 = 6

To hit w/ Short Sword, off hand: [1d20+1] = 8+1 = 9, damage (s/m): [1d6+3] = 5+3 = 8, damage (L): [1d8+3] = 6+3 = 9

Yikes.

If not close enough, he runs up to the vine to attack next round.

[saalaria]

Swilbosh also enters melee to help his friends draw away from the plant:

Battle Axe To Hit [1d20+2] = 6+2 = 8 Damage [1d8+2] = 8+2 = 10

at least we're pretty well in sync...badly

[ragnboneshopper]

Thurinor, who has been walking along in the back rank of the party, gazing into the forest and enjoying the closeness of leaf and bole and murmuring in friendly tones as if talking to old friends, nearly stumbles into the others as they react to the menacing vine. "I was just thinking this walk has been a touch too peaceful," he says, and pulls his sword from its sheath to strike at any tendrils that venture too near.

To hit short sword: [1d20+2] = 11+2 = 13 Damage s/m [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2 Damage L [1d8+1] = 3+1 = 4 (THAC0 = 20)

[Vargr1105]

Day 5 - Morning - Lake's Edge/By the Rope Bridge


Round 1

Party Initiative: [1d6] = 2, NPC/Monster Initiative: [1d6] = 1

Segments: Party 1st, Stonjuz/Ozborn/Thurnor/Vine 2nd


Stonjuz and Swilbosh were in the midst of a conversation when the plant attacked the ranger and see it suddenly interrupted. The dwarf makes for his axe. Ozborn begins drawing his twin short blades. Thurinor pulls his own shortsword.

Andrin, failing to see how he can help fight this menace remains behind and scans the surroundings for other dangers, finding none.

Ogirdor fights the tendrils flailing in his direction with spear and axe, to no effect. Malone moves in and attacks the vine itself wrapped round the pine tree instead of its tendrils, but his halberd only meets pine bark, not the stem of the attacking plant itself.
Swilbosh the lizard man advances to help Ogirdor with the flailing spiky tendrils, he swipes his battleaxe but doesn't manage to get a solid hit in any of the the thin, ropy tentacle-like things.
Stonjuz soon joins him hacking with yer another axe, but with much the same effect given his poor axe-wielding skills. Along comes Ozborn stabbing with dual shortswords, but he too fails to hit any of the tendrils. Last but not least Thurinor joins the fray with his own gladius; and like everyone else doesn't manage to get in a solid hit on the vines.

The spiky vines continue to assail Ogirdor...

[1d4] = 4

Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 17
Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 13
Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 6
Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 14

...one of them manages to warp itself around the ranger/priest. Ogirdor feels the spines along the tendril bury themselves into his flesh in exposed areas and between nooks and crannies in his armor. Then comes the feeling of his blood being sucked through those plant teeth into the tendril itself, and presumably the plant. This fauna feeds on blood!


Ogirdor looses 4 Hit Points due to blood drain.


Round 1 Ends

Hit Points updated: viewtopic.php?f=45&t=652&p=14202#p14202


Declare actions and make rolls for Round 2

[saalaria]

Swilbosh swings again at the nearest plant appendage:

Battle Axe To Hit [1d20+2] = 14+2 = 16 Damage [1d8+2] = 4+2 = 6

[onlyme]

Malone again attempts to chop it, and again misses badly...

To Hit with Halberd: [1d20] = 2, Dam(s/m): [1d10+6] = 6+6 = 12, Dam(l): [2d6+6] = 8+6 = 14

!#$%^ I havent hit !#$%^ in any my games this week...

[zebediah]

Ogirdor hacks at the tendril that hit him, with little success

Spear, 2 weapon fighting - To hit: [1d20-1] = 13-1 = 12, Damage (s/m): [1d6+1] = 2+1 = 3, Damage (L): [1d8+1] = 4+1 = 5

Hand Axe, 2 weapon fighting - To hit: [1d20-2] = 5-2 = 3, Damage (s/m): [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2, Damage (L): [1d4+1] = 3+1 = 4

Can Ogirdor walk away from the plant or is it holding him? If he can he will walk out of melee range.

[Stonjuz]

Stonjuz attacks further up the vine, away from the body of his companion.
"One more minute of an attack like that, and you'll be in real trouble. Let me try to kill it one more time."
to hit w/handaxe:thaco 24:[1d20] = 5 dmg s,m [1d6+1] = 1+1 = 2 dmg L [1d4+1] = 3+1 = 4

"That's it. Now Im mad. Im gonna break out the ol' holy symbol now"

[ChubbyPixie]

Ozborn, unaware in the heat of the moment that everyone else also failed to hit the thing, feels embarrassed. He swings his blades again, less fancy this time as he is less sure of himself.
To hit w/ Short Sword, main hand: [1d20+2] = 17+2 = 19, damage (s/m): [1d6+3] = 4+3 = 7, damage (L): [1d8+3] = 2+3 = 5
To hit w/ Short Sword, off hand: [1d20+1] = 1+1 = 2, damage (s/m): [1d6+3] = 6+3 = 9, damage (L): [1d8+3] = 2+3 = 5

[ragnboneshopper]

OOC: Sorry for holding things up...

Thurinor lunges at the viney menace!

To hit short sword: [1d20+2] = 16+2 = 18 Damage s/m [1d6+1] = 4+1 = 5 Damage L [1d8+1] = 6+1 = 7

[Sir Clarence]

Noticing no further dangers for the party, Andrin moves closer to Ogirdor to be able to help him get free of the vine's grip - if he needs help, that is.

[Vargr1105]

Day 5 - Morning - Lake's Edge/By the Rope Bridge


Round 2

Party Initiative: [1d6] = 2, NPC/Monster Initiative: [1d6] = 6

Segments: Vine 2nd, Party 6th


With so many new targets lying around the vines lash out again...

[1d4] = 4
[1d6] = 4
[1d6] = 2
[1d6] = 4
[1d6] = 2

...at Ogirdor and Stonjuz. Two tendrils assault each of the companions.

Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 12
Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 16

Ogirdor liberates himself from the vine that was sticking to him easily, apparently they cling to someone no stronger than normal vines. But is doing so he unwittingly positions himself on the path of yet another lashing vine that hits hims in the same manner as before and more of is blood is drained.

Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 7
Spiky Vine Tendril attack: [1d20] = 11

Slower Stonuz is coiled by not one, but two of spiky vines that wrap around his dwarven frame and begin to feed on his life's blood.


At the side of the ranger, Swilbosh swings his battleaxe mightily and completely severs the vine lashed to Ogirdor. Malone keeps attacking the root plant coiled on the pine tree with his haldberd...with no success. Free once again, Ogirdor still makes a few tentative attacks with axe and spear at the other vine tendril near him but doesn't manage to get in a blow. Cursing and shouting, Stonjuz hacks at the vines on him with his hand axe, but accomplishes little more than flailing uselessly. But the fighting rogue Ozborn, blade on each hand, twists and turns and strikes. When he is done another vine tendril has been severed and fall to the leafy soil.

[1d100] = 51 Though luck. It wasn't one of the tendrils on Stonjuz that Ozborn just dispatched.


Armed with only one gladius to Ozborn's two, Thurinor the elf-mage advances and manages to dispatch yet another vine tendril...

[1d100] = 25

...which happens to be one of the two lashed to Stonjuz

Andrin was preparing to move to assist Ogirdor and getting him free of the vine's grip; seeing the Suel man needs no help he instead assists the stouter Stonjuz. With a forceful pull he gets him away from the grip of the one vine stuck to his body.


Ogirdor was blood-drained for 4 more Hit Points this round. Stonjuz lost 8 HP. 2 vine-tendril are down, there are still 3 more lashing about


Round 2 Ends

Hit Points updated: viewtopic.php?f=45&t=652&p=14202#p14202

Declare actions and make rolls for Round 3

[onlyme]

init [1d6] = 1
my rolls suck.


Malone, in obvious confusion as to why he can't seem to hit a stupid vine, lashes out in anger with a very quick attack.
To Hit with Halberd: [1d20] = 2, Dam(s/m): [1d10+6] = 5+6 = 11, Dam(l): [2d6+6] = 4+6 = 10
seriously, just !#$%^...

and he quickly takes the rebounded halberd and hacks again hoping to prove his special skills with it.
To Hit with Halberd: [1d20] = 14, Dam(s/m): [1d10+6] = 2+6 = 8, Dam(l): [2d6+6] = 9+6 = 15

(finally)

[Stonjuz]

.....
Armed with only one gladius to Ozborn's two, Thurinor the elf-mage advances and manages to dispatch yet another vine tendril......which happens to be one of the two lashed to Stonjuz

Andrin was preparing to move to assist Ogirdor and getting him free of the vine's grip; seeing the Suel man needs no help he instead assists the stouter Stonjuz. With a forceful pull he gets him away from the grip of the one vine stuck to his body.

"Thanks so much fellers. First aid, comin' up." Stonjuz reaches out to heal the more serious of the group, Ogirdor.

"Plenty to go around. Here."
clw [1d8] = 2
"Did ya get it?"

[ragnboneshopper]

Thurinor decides to back out of range of the reaching vines, not wanting to also get entangled. If he can do so this round, he'll hurl a magic missile, either at one of the vines entangling a companion or at the central plant. If not this round, next round. "This certainly does beat climbing those horrible stairs up and down the mountain!" he exclaims.

Magic Missile damage: [1d4+1] = 4+1 = 5

[saalaria]

Swil takes another energetic hack at the nearest part of the plant. He fights pretty much in silence:

Battle Axe To Hit [1d20+2] = 4+2 = 6 Damage [1d8+2] = 6+2 = 8

I agree this game is biased toward low numbers from the roller!

[ChubbyPixie]

Ozborn suddenly feels as if he's having an out-of-body experience – is he really fighting a blood-sucking plant? He watches himself swing his blades again... it just can't get any weirder than this:
To hit w/ Short Sword, main hand: [1d20+2] = 19+2 = 21, damage (s/m): [1d6+3] = 3+3 = 6, damage (L): [1d8+3] = 1+3 = 4
To hit w/ Short Sword, off hand: [1d20+1] = 9+1 = 10, damage (s/m): [1d6+3] = 3+3 = 6, damage (L): [1d8+3] = 2+3 = 5

[zebediah]

The ranger presses the disengage button and as he backs off he says to the others Retreat fellas, let us deal with it from a distance. No need to risk ourselves more than necessary.