Primordial "Halt now and your life might be spared!"
Delay after Bernkastel.

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All Sureiya gets in return is something akin to a panicked sneer. It doesn't look like it's going to stop.

The tension for the most part diffused, Myn dismisses his tentacle friends. Although he takes a halfhearted shot at the fleeing creature, it hardly comes close to hitting.

Move action: Move to L-15.
Minor action: Curse Roper 2.
Standard action: Cast Darkworm Feast against Roper 2.

Attack roll:http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4484427/

Torinn leaps over the sludge and pursues the roper up the wall.

Jump to G-H/19-20 : http://orokos.com/roll/187213 (28)
Climb wall at F-G/20-21 : http://orokos.com/roll/187218 (33)
Charge roper at F-G/20-21 elevation 5 : http://orokos.com/roll/187222 (21, 15)

The adventurers pursue the runaway roper, but neither the warlock nor the climbing paladin can seem to land a solid hit on its fleeing form.

Myn's icy tentacles vanish into clouds of cold mist around this point.

Myn moves and places his curse on the roper. His darkworm feast misses.
Torinn's tiger jumps over the sludge, and he then charges the roper but misses with a melee basic attack.

Initiative
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 27
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 25
Bernkastel (Voyager): 23
Sureiya (Anonkun): 23-1
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): 20
Sid Silversprocket (Ally): 16

Players and Allies
Myn Nthelsyr (George): (L-15) 53/65, darkspiral aura 5, shadow walk, fails next save
Book Imp (Myn): (In Myn's Space) Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): (Mounted) 52/76 HP + 4 THP
Rutger (Astaroth's Mount): (E/F-20/21, Elevation 5) 17/38 HP (Bloodied) + 10 THP, resist 5 all when mounted
Sureiya (Anonkun): (L-14) 20/70 HP (Bloodied) + 5 THP, +1 power to attacks and +4 power to damage
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): (M-10) 36/63 HP + 13 THP, resist 2 thunder/fire/cold
Sid Silversprocket (NPC Ally): (L-13) 55/71 HP
Spirit Companion (Voyager): (I-15, Elevation 2)
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): (K-14)

Enemies
Impaling Roper 1 (Enemy): (P/Q-8/9) -91 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): -28 HP (E/F-22/23, Elevation 6), granting combat advantage and -5 to attacks
Lil' Murderer 1 (Enemy): (K-5) -117 HP (Bloodied), dazed DEAD, grabbed by the tentacle at J-7
Lil' Murderer 2 (Enemy): (K-11) -104 HP (Bloodied), slowed DEAD, grabbed (save ends) by tentacle at J-10
Lil' Murderer 3 (Enemy): (I-10) -102 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Lil' Murderer 4 (Enemy): (O-13), -104 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 1 (Enemy): (J/K-8/9) -144 HP (Bloodied), Sureiya's Quarry DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 2 (Enemy): (I/J-16/17) -147 HP (Bloodied), cursed DEAD

Objects
Granite Gaol 3 (Object): (B/C-4/5)

Notes
Knowledge of the lil' muderers and ghoulish gaolers is religion.
If you're not grabbed by the roper, you can attack the roper tentacles by attacking the square a creature grabbed by the roper is occupying.
The zones of sludge are difficult terrain. If you enter or begin your turn within the zone, you take 5 poison damage and are slowed until you leave the zone.

"We're not letting it get away, are we?"

Minor action: Dismiss SC
Minor action: Call SC somewhere around the roper
Standard action: Emerald Lure to try and pull roper into F/G-21/22, elevation 7. something else happened http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4485163/


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"It refused to stop!"
Sureiya walks around the toxic substance on the ground and throws his magic blade against it.
Move to I-20
Quarry the Roper
Ranged twin strike! (attack penalty, but negated with CA) Two hits for 19 and 14 damage.
http://orokos.com/roll/187345

The shaman's spiritual attack confuses the roper's sense of direction long enough for it to slide back down the surface of the wall slightly, which incites the territorial Rutger to take an opportunistic swipe.

Meanwhile, Sureiya stalks forward and hurls his magic blade at the roper, striking it solidly and leaving it looking quite badly wounded, with black blood dripping onto the ground below it.

Bernkastel dismisses and then resummons her spirit companion.
Bernkastel uses emerald lure, which hits for 10 psychic damage and pulls it down 1 square.
Sureiya moves then uses ranged twin strike after setting his quarry, hitting twice for a total of 33 damage.

Initiative
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 27
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 25
Bernkastel (Voyager): 23
Sureiya (Anonkun): 23-1
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): 20
Sid Silversprocket (Ally): 16

Players and Allies
Myn Nthelsyr (George): (L-15) 53/65, darkspiral aura 5, shadow walk, fails next save
Book Imp (Myn): (In Myn's Space) Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): (Mounted) 52/76 HP + 4 THP
Rutger (Astaroth's Mount): (E/F-20/21, Elevation 5) 17/38 HP (Bloodied) + 10 THP, resist 5 all when mounted
Sureiya (Anonkun): (I-20) 20/70 HP (Bloodied) + 5 THP, +1 power to attacks and +4 power to damage
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): (M-10) 36/63 HP + 13 THP, resist 2 thunder/fire/cold
Sid Silversprocket (NPC Ally): (L-13) 55/71 HP
Spirit Companion (Voyager): (Not Present)
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): (K-14)

Enemies
Impaling Roper 1 (Enemy): (P/Q-8/9) -91 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): -71 HP (E/F-22/23, Elevation 5), granting combat advantage and -5 to attacks
Lil' Murderer 1 (Enemy): (K-5) -117 HP (Bloodied), dazed DEAD, grabbed by the tentacle at J-7
Lil' Murderer 2 (Enemy): (K-11) -104 HP (Bloodied), slowed DEAD, grabbed (save ends) by tentacle at J-10
Lil' Murderer 3 (Enemy): (I-10) -102 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Lil' Murderer 4 (Enemy): (O-13), -104 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 1 (Enemy): (J/K-8/9) -144 HP (Bloodied), Sureiya's Quarry DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 2 (Enemy): (I/J-16/17) -147 HP (Bloodied), cursed DEAD

Objects
Granite Gaol 3 (Object): (B/C-4/5)

Notes
Knowledge of the lil' muderers and ghoulish gaolers is religion.
If you're not grabbed by the roper, you can attack the roper tentacles by attacking the square a creature grabbed by the roper is occupying.
The zones of sludge are difficult terrain. If you enter or begin your turn within the zone, you take 5 poison damage and are slowed until you leave the zone.

Thing what misses or whatever : http://orokos.com/roll/187354

The roper again attempts to escape.

The impaling roper moves, provoking an opportunity attack from Rutger or Torinn.

Torinn just can't seem to find the mark here, and the roper slips away. Sid manages to leap forward and plug it with his crossbow, infusing Myn's implements with extra magic energy, but it doesn't seem to be quite enough to stop the insidious creature.

Torinn misses with his opportunity attack. http://orokos.com/roll/187397
The roper moves and then runs away.
Sid moves. Sid uses magic weapon, and hits because I forgot CA, dealing 10 damage and buffing Myn. http://orokos.com/roll/187401

Initiative
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 27
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): 25
Bernkastel (Voyager): 23
Sureiya (Anonkun): 23-1
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): 20
Sid Silversprocket (Ally): 16

Players and Allies
Myn Nthelsyr (George): (L-15) 53/65, darkspiral aura 5, shadow walk, fails next save
Book Imp (Myn): (In Myn's Space) Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): (Mounted) 52/76 HP + 4 THP
Rutger (Astaroth's Mount): (E/F-20/21, Elevation 5) 17/38 HP (Bloodied) + 10 THP, resist 5 all when mounted
Sureiya (Anonkun): (I-20) 20/70 HP (Bloodied) + 5 THP, +1 power to attacks and +4 power to damage
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): (M-10) 36/63 HP + 13 THP, resist 2 thunder/fire/cold
Sid Silversprocket (NPC Ally): (L-16) 55/71 HP
Spirit Companion (Voyager): (Not Present)
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): (K-14)

Enemies
Impaling Roper 1 (Enemy): (P/Q-8/9) -91 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): -81 HP (K/L-24/25, Elevation 6), granting combat advantage and -5 to attacks
Lil' Murderer 1 (Enemy): (K-5) -117 HP (Bloodied), dazed DEAD, grabbed by the tentacle at J-7
Lil' Murderer 2 (Enemy): (K-11) -104 HP (Bloodied), slowed DEAD, grabbed (save ends) by tentacle at J-10
Lil' Murderer 3 (Enemy): (I-10) -102 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Lil' Murderer 4 (Enemy): (O-13), -104 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 1 (Enemy): (J/K-8/9) -144 HP (Bloodied), Sureiya's Quarry DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 2 (Enemy): (I/J-16/17) -147 HP (Bloodied), cursed DEAD

Objects
Granite Gaol 3 (Object): (B/C-4/5)

Notes
Knowledge of the lil' muderers and ghoulish gaolers is religion.
If you're not grabbed by the roper, you can attack the roper tentacles by attacking the square a creature grabbed by the roper is occupying.
The zones of sludge are difficult terrain. If you enter or begin your turn within the zone, you take 5 poison damage and are slowed until you leave the zone.

>>74872

Myn tosses another blast of magic at the creature, but is distracted by his own yawn mid-motion.

Move action: Move to L-18.
Standard action: Cast Eldritch Blast against Roper 2.

Attack roll:http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4485447/ (21)
Damage roll:http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4485448/ (33)

>>74873
Not willing to give the foul creature any quarter, Torinn gives pursuit and finally lands a slashing attack against it.

Jump to I-J/23-24, elevation 5 : http://orokos.com/roll/187518 (40), athletics to climb : http://orokos.com/roll/187519 (27)
Valiant strike vs. roper : http://orokos.com/roll/187520 (25, 14)

Myn can't seem to hit the maddeningly evasive roper, but Torinn's mount lunges in pursuit and the paladin finally manages to slide into the creature. It gurgles, then falls off the wall, splattering against the ground with a wet thud.

It seems the sludge pools are gradually dispersing and will probably lose their potency in a few minutes. There is also the matter of the gaol to the northwest, which remains still. Sid nervously puts away his crossbow and looks around the room, saying, "Is it over...? It appears to be over...!"

Myn misses, but Torinn manages to kill the roper.

Final Stats

Players and Allies
Myn Nthelsyr (George): (L-18) 53/65, darkspiral aura 5, shadow walk, fails next save
Book Imp (Myn): (In Myn's Space) Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): (Mounted) 52/76 HP + 4 THP
Rutger (Astaroth's Mount): (I/J-24/25, Elevation 5) 17/38 HP (Bloodied) + 10 THP, resist 5 all when mounted
Sureiya (Anonkun): (I-20) 20/70 HP (Bloodied) + 5 THP, +1 power to attacks and +4 power to damage
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): (M-10) 36/63 HP + 13 THP, resist 2 thunder/fire/cold
Sid Silversprocket (NPC Ally): (L-16) 55/71 HP
Spirit Companion (Voyager): (Not Present)
Elemental Spirit (Voyager): (K-14)

Enemies
Impaling Roper 1 (Enemy): (P/Q-8/9) -91 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Impaling Roper 2 (Enemy): -95 HP (K/L-23/24) DEAD
Lil' Murderer 1 (Enemy): (K-5) -117 HP (Bloodied), dazed DEAD, grabbed by the tentacle at J-7
Lil' Murderer 2 (Enemy): (K-11) -104 HP (Bloodied), slowed DEAD, grabbed (save ends) by tentacle at J-10
Lil' Murderer 3 (Enemy): (I-10) -102 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Lil' Murderer 4 (Enemy): (O-13), -104 HP (Bloodied) DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 1 (Enemy): (J/K-8/9) -144 HP (Bloodied), Sureiya's Quarry DEAD
Ghoulish Gaoler 2 (Enemy): (I/J-16/17) -147 HP (Bloodied), cursed DEAD

Objects
Granite Gaol 3 (Object): (B/C-4/5)

Notes
If you wish to take a short rest at this point, I'll need details. Otherwise, you may feel free to investigate the gaol or do other things.

"...There's another gaol that didn't open during the fight. Torinn, would you light our way?"

>>74876
Torinn swings the sword to get the flecks of grime off of it, then leads the party towards the other gaol.

Move to D-E/11-12

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The group gathers around the granite gaol. Sid comments, "It is strange that this one didn't burst, don't you think? I wonder what's inside!"

"It's really weird. I wonder if it is a trap."

Prod the gaol

When Torinn begins to prod at the gaol, it suddenly and unexpectedly crumbles into tiny shards. This bursting does not seem to harm Torinn, nor the smaller creature that was trapped within the gaol, which is now revealed to you.

It appears to be a goblin, dressed in red-tinged leathers, including a vest, breeches, and cap. The goblin appears male and is not armed, and seems to be in a daze as it regains its senses, coming out of the gaol. "Wha... huh?" he stammers, then faces Torinn. He eyes go wide with apparent recognition, and he looks around, meeting the eyes of the shaman, Myn, and Sureiya in succession, then throws up his hands in a gesture of surrender and calls out loudly, "H-hey! I-I gots no interest in fightin' now, okay?! Please don't kill me!"

It's about this time that you recognize this goblin as well--he is none other than the former underboss Magplok, a long way from Loudwater, and former owner of the armor that Torinn wears.

>>74881
Myn finds it unpleasant that the creature remained in his memory over such a duration.

"A rather strange coincidence. I believe an explanation for your presence is in order."

"I-it's been a while since Loudwater, okay?" Magplok stammers, falling on his rear into a sitting position. "I gots some new boys... well, had 'em, anyways. We was down heres treasure-huntin', since Many-Arrows is mostly goblin-friendly, but some big zombies jumped us and trapped me in that stone block," he nods towards the rubble, then eyes the corpse of one of the nearby goblin zombies. "I reckon my boys're dead now."

>>74883
Oh. Him.
"What made you think there'd be treasure here of all places?"

>>74883
"I see? That's all well and good, but why were you left alive?" asks the shaman, waving her hand to get rid of the goblin stench.

Standard action: Prestidigitation to clean etc.

"Hell, I don't know that. I just came here, heard theres was a war goings on, thought I could scavenge something," the goblin says hesitantly, picking himself up off the ground. "Maybe they kepts me alive to question me since I was the leader, or maybe hes only wanted four zombies. Maybe I was gonna be killed but whoevers was doing it was interrupted. I sure as hells dunno!"

>>74887
"The zombies trapped you by themselves? How long have you been here?"

Insight 21 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4489192/

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"To be honest, it's kind of hard to gets a sense of time down here, ya'know?" Magplok stammers in response. "Plus, I was unconscious the whole time Is was trapped in that rock. Could've been weeks for all I know!"

Bernkastel(Insight): As far as you can tell, he was initially extremely frightened and confused, and is still more than a bit, though he's regained a bit of his composure. He's still probably too scared of you to do much straight-up lying.

>>74889
The shaman looks to the arcanists. "Is that part of the spell?"

heal 31 http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4489218/

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"He WOULD be completely unaware of his surroundings in the gaol, yes, I'd imagine!" Sid confirms.

Bernkastel: (Heal) You believe that these corpses can't have been dead for more than a couple of days. Three at most, probably closer to two.

>>74891
"I meant more the going without sustenance part, but those goblin zombies are relatively fresh anyway--maybe a couple days old."

The shaman faces Magplok again.

"Still, that's a bit weird, since you were left alone for all that time. Didn't you see who cast the spell?"

"I suspect the body's metabolic processes are slowed or even stopped during the stasis," Sid muses.

Magplok looks a bit taken aback by the shaman's question, and then thoughtful for a moment before he replies, "I think... I think they knocked mes out, one of those big brutes. I don't know how I ended up in tha rock. It's a bit hazy, ya'know."

>>74893
"Didn't you say the zombies trapped you? That's already weird on its own, but if you were unconscious when it happened, how did you know you were ever trapped? We didn't really mention it until you were already free, did we?"

Magplok gestures to the shards of rock around him and says in a somewhat exasperated tone, "I don't know of the zombies did it, or if they just knocked me out ands someone else dids it. But I think I can tell what happened, ya'know. I felts the rock crumbling around me just a minute ago, I was in that rock, and I'm not exactly in the same place where they knocked mes out. Somethin' happened while I was out, I can tell."

>>74895
Maybe we put those on you?

The shaman nods. "Well, okay. I don't know where you got the war idea, but since you came here, does that mean you knew something about this area?"

Meanwhile, the two spirits gesture to Myn and Torinn, enlisting their aid in questioning.

Magplok looks around hesitantly, then replies, "Hells, I don't evens know where we are now."

"You, I remember you barely escaped that time" the ranger mumbles.
"Well, you were a bandit back then, so I don't think we can let you leave just like this."

Magplok looks paniced, then raises his hands and says, "H-hey, thats was months ago! Th-the group dissolved afters that, a-and I've been legits since then!"

Bernkastel: (Insight) Based on your earlier check, you believe he is telling the truth, at least technically.

Myn briefly considers suggesting to dig a pit and place him in it, but remembers that the group has no sense for imprisonment asthetic.

"I doubt we have time to properly deal with him, considering Miss Elayne's situation. It would be quickest to simply release him."

>>74898
Really? "Where were you before?"

"Different cavern. There was an underground pool, ands some tunnels. Think the dwarves dug em all thes way to the surface," Magplok confirms. "But by the looks of its they hadn'ts used that areas in a long time."

The shaman looks a bit surprised, and asks the party, but also so the goblin can hear, "He couldn't mean the cave near the troll hills?"

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"Troll Hills?" the goblin scratches the back of his head, then adds, "Nah, that's a long ways away. We're in thes Spine of the World, right?"

>>74905
I guess not *everything* we do is relevant to everything else. Back to the goblin. "That's actually closer to where we met, you know. But yes, Spine of the World."

Eventually, the shaman steps back, finished with the goblin.

Battle standard place, etc

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Torinn makes a dismissive, shooing gesture at the goblin before tending to his wounds.

Spend healing surge, heal to full
If not enough people spend surges to heal up Rutger, spend surge to heal up Rutger

Magplok takes this as an invitation to scramble away into the nearest tunnel, which is the one immediately north. The sounds of him scrambling through the tunnel grow distant as he makes his "escape," apparently eager to put some distance between the party and himself.

Meanwhile, the shaman plants the battle standard as the group takes a brief moment to recover from the grueling battle. Sid, meanwhile, takes some spare palm-sized canisters from his belt and shakes them briefly; the sound the canisters emit suggest that they contain liquid. Afterwards, he begins to chant a spell that imparts a bit of his own vital energy into them.

Bernkastel plants a battle standard.
Sid spends two healing surges to recharge his healing infusions.
Torinn spends one healing surge to regain that many hit points.
Myn spends no surges.
From 3 surges spent, everyone in the party regains 9 hit points.

Players and Allies
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 62/65, darkspiral aura 1
Book Imp (Myn): (In Myn's Space) Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): (Mounted) 76/76 HP
Rutger (Astaroth's Mount): 26/38 HP, resist 5 all when mounted
Sureiya (Anonkun): 29/70 HP (Bloodied)
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 45/63 HP, resist 2 thunder/fire/cold
Sid Silversprocket (NPC Ally): (L-16) 64/71 HP

"That guy better don't cause us trouble later."
Sureiya places his swords inside of their sheaths and takes a break, he's badly wounded.
Spend 2 healing surges, 4 surges remaining.

Spend one surge, assuming we don't have time to double rest.

With the group's breather concluded, everyone looks rested and refreshed. The shaman stows away the battle standard, and it would appear you're good to go.

Players and Allies
Myn Nthelsyr (George): 65/65, darkspiral aura 1
Book Imp (Myn): (In Myn's Space) Passive Mode
Torinn Tormine (Astaroth): (Mounted) 76/76 HP
Rutger (Astaroth's Mount): 35/38 HP, resist 5 all when mounted
Sureiya (Anonkun): 70/70 HP
"Bernkastel" (Voyager): 63/63 HP, resist 2 thunder/fire/cold
Sid Silversprocket (NPC Ally): 71/71 HP

Surges Spent (Encounter and Short Rest)
Torinn: 2
Myn: 0
Sid: 2
Sureiya: 3
Bernkastel: 1

"I hate how this thing looks" says the ranger as he places the miner's helmet on his head, "but a single sunrod doesn't cut it."
Then he lids another one and sets it on the helmet.

"Let's move."

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>>74916
Continued~