The Gargoyle's Nest CTD Part 8
GAME: Leisel rolls 1D8+5: (3)+5: 8
Leisel's body take quite a few of the plant spikes, leaving multiple stab wounds across her body. She groans, almost dropping to her knees. She reaches and presses her hands to the most severe one on her lower abdomen. She pressed, her hands glowing green, "Word's gift, let life flow." There is a slight relaxation of her posture, as some of the pain eases.
GAME: Raethon casts Ball Lightning. Caster Level: 10 DC: 20
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (24): 24
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (14): 14
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (3): 3
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (19)+7: 26
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (12)+7: 19
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (5)+7: 12
Thankfully, Rae notices the heart is the only thing left, so he guides the flaming sphere against it. he then brings two spheres of lightning against it as well. the lightning zaps it good, but the flames don't burn it....yet.
GAME: Garak rolls 16: (19)+16: 35
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (15)+16: 31
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (2)+9: 11
GAME: Not-a-Whirl damaged you for 11 points. 68 HP remaining.
<OOC> Not-a-Whirl says, "Garak, roll a fort save."
GAME: Garak rolls fort: (11)+11: 22
GAME: Garak rolls 2d6+20: (4)+20: 24
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+11: (8)+11: 19
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+6: (3)+6: 9
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (11)+16: 27
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (12)+16: 28
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (9)+16: 25
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (14)+9: 23
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (10)+9: 19
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (2)+9: 11
GAME: Not-a-Whirl damaged you for 53 points. 15 HP remaining.
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (10)+16: 26
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 20: (9)+20: 29
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA D: aliased to 2d4+20: (5)+20: 25
GAME: Hun'rar rolls weapon10+2+2-2: (11)+14+2+2+-2: 27
GAME: Hun'rar rolls 1d10+15: (7)+15: 22
Hun'rar joins most of the rest of the party and charges towards the plant-heart with his ghost-flame wreathed blade which he promptly sinks into the abomination. "Keep it up and bring it down." he says as he raises his shield to recieve blows.
Kisa's eyes flick about, one way, the other, the other... up! Down?! NO! No more of those gargoyle-thing-a-ma-jiggers! She turns about for a moment and then - "WHAT IS THAT THING?!" Kisa yells out at the heart, and then charges at it. Maybe she saw it before, maybe she hadn't, but she definitely remember it. That and it makes for an excellent warcry.
"RAAAAAAAR!" Kisa swings the scythe, cutting deeply into it.
GAME: Leisel casts Bull's Strength. Caster Level: 6 DC: 17
Despite being injured, Leisel makes her way to one of the other fighters. She doesn't look like she wants to get any closer to the plant-spider than she has to, but moves in to the closest person, Kira, and touches her back. "Green Word's gift of strength, be of use to set things right."
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (22): 22
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (16): 16
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (5): 5
GAME: Raethon rolls 5d4: (7): 7
GAME: Raethon casts Ear-Piercing Scream. Caster Level: 10 DC: 17
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (5)+7: 12
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (3)+7: 10
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (4)+7: 11
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+15: (1)+15: 16 (EPIC FAIL)
Rae's starting to lay on the damage now. Not only is he screaming at the plant, he's making sure it's taking a lot of fire and electrical damage as well. "Keep it up!"
The 'plant heart' has managed to fight you all off so far. Initially, it's spider legs develop great thorns and more vines and tendrils that look awfully sharp emerge from it. It's lashing out, if one will forgive the turn of prhase, and trying to snatch at Garak, who is definitely, very badly wounded by its initial string of attacks.
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 5d6: (23): 23
GAME: Not-a-Whirl damaged you for -23 points. 38 HP remaining.
GAME: Not-a-Whirl advances the initiative order.
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+11: (6)+11: 17
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+6: (19)+6: 25
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (16)+16: 32
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (2)+16: 18
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (3)+16: 19
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (3)+9: 12
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+20: (12)+20: 32
It is not an animal. It doesn't make noise. It does bleed. It b leeds a thick, ugly yellow sap when it's struck, this beating heart with spider legs. Those legs and their thorns and vines now lash out at Kisa and Hun'rar, managing to snatch the former up and wave her around in the air dramatically.
That's probably not fun.
GAME: Kisaiya rolls Escape Artist: (12)+13: 25
Kisaiya still holds onto her scythe as she starts to WIGGLE LIKE MAD! She gives the wiggle this way, the wiggle that way and finally she shrieks.
Not because she was hurt, mind you, but because she was free and falling a few feet to the ground. A land and she stands back up, wearing her blue dress (WHICH STILL LOOKS IMMACULATE THANK YOU VERY MUCH!). Her hands grip the scythe again and she grins at the create, "WHOOPS! Looks like you got butter fingers!"
GAME: Hun'rar rolls weapon10+2-2: (16)+14+2+-2: 30
GAME: Hun'rar rolls weapon10+2-2-5: (3)+14+2+-2+-5: 12
GAME: Hun'rar rolls melee+2-2-5: (12)+13+2+-2+-5: 20
GAME: Hun'rar rolls 1d10+15: (10)+15: 25
"Butter... VINES!" Kisa yells out in addendum.
Hun'rar continues to press on, deflecting the blow that comes at him off of his shield and driving his balde deep into the creature again. "Butter or no, this thing needs trimming!"
GAME: Raethon rolls ranged: (13)+8: 21
GAME: Raethon casts Acid Arrow. Caster Level: 10 DC: 18
GAME: Raethon rolls 2d4: (8): 8
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (18): 18
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (4): 4
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (11): 11
Rae keeps the spheres all on the heart, while the fire burns, one of the lightnings only shock. he then points his finger and splashes some acid on the heart....the acid is thick and stays on the heart for a while. "That should hurt it a lot...."
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (9)+7: 16
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (9)+7: 16
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (15)+7: 22
GAME: Garak rolls 12: (14)+12: 26
GAME: Garak casts Spiritual Ally. Caster Level: 10 DC: 18
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+11: (14)+11: 25
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+6: (5)+6: 11
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d8+9: (3)+9: 12
Magnus keeps shooting, trying to keep a good sightline as he goes. One shot strikes true, one shot misses harmlessly.
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (4)+16: 20
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (14)+16: 30
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (4)+16: 20
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 20: (3)+20: 23
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 2: aliased to 15: (20)+15: 35
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 3: aliased to 10: (6)+10: 16
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 2: aliased to 15: (3)+15: 18
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 20: (17)+20: 37
GAME: Kisaiya rolls 2d4+21: (4)+21: 25
GAME: Kisaiya rolls 2d4+21: (5)+21: 26
GAME: Kisaiya rolls 2d4+21: (7)+21: 28
Kisa whips her blade about in a display of prowess with that scythe blade, she gives a laugh as the thing just can't seem to catch her. The whip of the blade this way, the hack the other. She was using a sycthe... to kill the plant creature. There was definitely some irony in there as she cut in deeply - one might say almost critically - but it was just a little off.
GAME: Hun'rar rolls weapon10+2-2: (14)+14+2+-2: 28
GAME: Hun'rar rolls weapon10+2-2: (2)+14+2+-2: 16
GAME: Hun'rar rolls weapon10+2-2-5: (15)+14+2+-2+-5: 24
GAME: Hun'rar rolls melee+2-2-5: (1)+13+2+-2+-5: 9 (EPIC FAIL)
GAME: Hun'rar rolls 1d10+15: (8)+15: 23
GAME: Raethon rolls ranged: (8)+8: 16
GAME: Raethon rolls ranged: (14)+8: 22
GAME: Raethon rolls 4d6: (15): 15
GAME: Raethon rolls 4d6: (12): 12
GAME: Raethon rolls 2d4: (6): 6
GAME: Raethon rolls 6d6: (23): 23
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (12): 12
GAME: Raethon rolls 3d6: (11): 11
Rae starts to zap the heart itself with a scorching ray. the Heart is still taking all sorts of damage from all sides though, thanks to Rae's careful maneuvering....
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (16)+7: 23
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (6)+7: 13
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (9)+7: 16
Those vines and tangled brambles keeping reaching out as the plant tries grows larger in pulses but it doesn't seem to really do much to /harm/ Hun'rar or Kisa at this time, both of them escaping thanks to their armor.
For now.
GAME: Garak rolls 12: (20)+12: 32
GAME: Garak rolls 12: (17)+12: 29
GAME: Garak rolls 7: (16)+7: 23
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+7: (6)+7: 13
GAME: Garak rolls 3d10+9: (26)+9: 35
GAME: Garak rolls 10d6: (32): 32
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+13: (10)+13: 23
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+13: (14)+13: 27
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d20+8: (16)+8: 24
GAME: Magnus rolls 1d8+11: (1)+11: 12
Magnus keeps shooting, stepping closer systematically as he goes. One more arrow sinks in!
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (13)+16: 29
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (17)+16: 33
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+16: (5)+16: 21
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (7)+9: 16
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 2d8+9: (6)+9: 15
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 1d20+20: (9)+20: 29
GAME: Not-a-Whirl rolls 3d6: (9): 9
GAME: Not-a-Whirl damaged you for -9 points. 47 HP remaining.
Garak gestures and the ghostly knight he summoned earlier charges in and stabs the giant monstrousity with it's cavalry spear. With his other hand Garak raises his holy symbol to his lips as he murmurs under his breath. A column of flame spirals down and immolates one portion of the creature.
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 20: (1)+20: 21 (EPIC FAIL)
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 1: aliased to 20: (5)+20: 25
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 2: aliased to 15: (7)+15: 22
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA 3: aliased to 10: (19)+10: 29
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA D: aliased to 2d4+20: (5)+20: 25
GAME: Kisaiya rolls ScythePA D: aliased to 2d4+20: (6)+20: 26
Kisaiya is whipping the scythe about to one side and then the other, with a drag of her scythe about and a push of a hip she finally sinks the blade into the giant pulsing mass of plant matter. The adamantine blade slicing through the vines and fungus, parting the moss as she cries out "WHY COULDN'T YOU BE A FRIEND SPIDER WITH THOSE LEGS?!" She huffs, the blade still sunk in deeply to the creature as the yellow blood pumps out and the thing collapses with a lurch and another little pulse and a noise of splorshing.
"Ew." Kisa wrinkles her nose at the goop.
"So ends the problem of the Moss gargoyles." Rae says softly as he waves hand and dismisses his spells.
Garak returns to his normal Arvek size, swaying a bit until he turns his lance over and leans against it like a staff. "One last bit of business, perhaps..." He stirs the nearest bit of plant matter with a foot. The remains of a mossgoyle perhaps. "We need to look for coins, or other signs of what could have caused this."
...there is, indeed, as Garak said a coin. A single Altima-era Alexandrian coin mixed in with the heart's mass.
You're able to return to Alexandria and let the (very relieved) gargoyles know of what you've accomplished and from there, also deliver the captured moss-goyle to the Ygrdassil Union for examination.
They may be able to learn some vital intelligence from this.