Wasps of Unusual Size, part 2
Log Info
- Title: Wasps of Unusual Size, part 2
- Emitter: Cryosanthia
- Characters: Bannon, Rocky, Katsuro
- Place: PROne, Woods near The Fellwood
- Time: Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 8:23 PM
- Summary: The forest exploration party prepares to deal with a buzzing hive of giant wasps. None emerge immediately, so they creep up on the entrance. Rocky spots a wasp making her way out, and gets in front of it. Battle ensues, with the party blocking the exit and using the bottleneck to engage the wasps one at a time. As the first one dies, the second overruns the sith, knocking him flat but taking massive damage doing so. The third is killed almost the instant it appears, and is finished as the sith stands. The party surrounds the last, and slays it. Katsuro ventures in, attempting to be stealthy and failing badly, where he discovers a paralyzed wild elf in the process of being eaten by grubs. Horrified, he cries out again, and the rest of the party join him. Bannon and Rocky kill the grubs, and then Bannon digs their heads out of the Wild Elf and patches him up, while the other two set about destroying grub cells and anything else in the hive, then setting glorious fire. The party leaves and takes the injured scout back to Wilderness Pointe, checking in and completing their mission.
- APL: 3 (Rocky Ftr3, Katsuro Rog2, Bannon Swb5)
- CR: 6
- Encounters: XP 2400
- (3) CR3 XP800 Giant Wasp
- Unfavourable Terrain: Trees, AC penalties and movement restrictions
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Appearing, in Order =-=-=-=-=-=-= Bannon 5'9" 195 Lb Human Male A shorter man of Tsuran heritage, with a thin moustace and goatee. Rocky 6'8" 460 Lb Sith-Makar Male A grey Sith in armor, bit like a statue. Katsuro 5'4" 160 Lb Human Male A small but sturdy Xian man, young and keen-looking. --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- As the GM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Cryosanthia 6'9" 267 Lb Sith-Makar Female A dashingly tall, elegant white-scaled lizard woman. --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=
Previously...
The party had been hired by the Explorer's Guild, on behalf of Mictlan, to explore the forests near the Felwood and search for a lost scout. After finding some tracks on a game trail, and following them through a large cluster of bees, they discovered the point where the tracks turned into the scrub. Those led to a small clearing, and a quick fight with a horse-sized wasp. A circle knife discovered at the location suggested the scout may have been taken back to the wasp hive.
Tracking further, it wasn't long before the group came upon a crevass in the side of a hill, with a giant wasp hovering out front of it. Some stealthy exploration revealed a second entrance, but only for halflings. The party decided to try and draw the guard away from the hive into an ambush, so the ones inside wouldn't be alerted. They were partially successful, the guard wasp was killed, but the hive is buzzing loudly enough to be heard sixty feet away.
Now...
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As the hive begins buzzing after the guard wasp goes down, Bannon's eyes widen and he utters a quick curse word before he begins tearing through the woods towards the hive. He occasionally swipes to clear away some brush that is impeding his progress, but he fights on closer to the cave mouth.
Rocky is not the most stealthy individual, but does at least try to keep some cover between himself and teh place where foes are perhaps going to pop out at any second. Crashing through the brush, the sith makes his way towrds a small clump of trees, keeping an eye towards the hive.
The buzzing from the hive continues, growing louder as the adventurers approach. Despite the sound, no wasps are to be seen and nothing pops out.
Katsuro moves out, following Rocky's path, staying behind the big warrior and to one side a bit. His blade remains out, it sounds like he's going to need it. He watches the entrance worriedly, wondering how many there are, and hoping he's got enough on deposit with the Guild that they'll send people out to pick up and Rez him if he dies here. First-time jitters.
Bannon pauses by a particularly comfortable set of bushes, crouching down and glaring towards the cave opening with narrowed eyes. He tilts his head left and right and then reaches down, removing the mace hanging from his belt and holding it at the ready in his left hand.
Rocky could do with a drink, but since he didn't bring one along and there are no pubs in sight, the massive lizard continues towards the hive entrance, trying to keep out of sight as he moves to the side of the cleft in the rock, blade and shield in hand.
Katsuro advances in a dash when the bugs fail to show immediately. He takes position opposite Rocky just outside the entrance, in order to facilitate an ambush. That's about as much tactics as he can think of just now.
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The noise is increasing. The wasps are coming out. Slooowly. Horse sized wasps do not fit through caves easily, even ones they've purposely chosen. Deep in the crevass, Rocky can see a carapaced head and glittering black eyes... taking their time as it crawls and flies towards him.
Bannon moves forward from the bush, the mace in one hand and the rapier in the other, waiting to see what comes out and meeting it with the appropriate weaponry. The swashbackler shifts on his feed, finding a comfortable stance from which to launch his attack, and waits.
Rocky considers a few moments, and moves to block the hive entrance. Perhaps not quite so effective as rolling a bolder over the hole, but fairly similar for the short term.
GAME: Katsuro rolls 1d20+1: (1)+1: 2 (EPIC FAIL)
Katsuro can't really help the situation out as we are, so he'll attempt to throw a little shuriken into the fray and maybe that will allow him to be effective. Unfortunately, he's way too tense, and his shuriken strikes the cave wall and bounces back, spanging off the side wall of the cave and bounding harmlessly off the big sith's armored shoulder before clattering to the ground. "Ugh, sorry about that," he mutters.
GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+6: (11)+6: 17
The last few feet, the horse-sized wasp rushes forward towards the boulder blocking the entrance to the hive. Hovering, wings beating loudly it curls its abdomen and strike, scraping a dripping stinger along the edge of the cave and missing the granite sith completely.
GAME: Bannon rolls weapon1-2: (6)+12+-2: 16 GAME: Bannon rolls 1d6+Dex+4+5+1: aliased to 1d6+Dexterity+4+5+1: (5)+4+4+5+1: 19
As they come face to face with yet another wasp, Bannon's eyes widen and a quick grin comes to his face. He lunges forward, cutting a sharp angle with defference to where Rocky is standing next to him. His rapier lashes out, sinking into the side of the wasp with detrimental effect!
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (9)+7: 16 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (1)+3: 4
Rocky grunts, not exactly happy about getting hit with a throwing star, but having far more serious things to worry about. The granite sith swings his own blade, connecting with the massive bug, but dealing little damage.
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^ Wasp 1
GAME: Katsuro rolls 1d20+5: (13)+5: 18
GAME: Katsuro rolls 1d6+3: (5)+3: 8
Katsuro was hoping to come in from the flank, but with Rocky where he is, he can't quite form a flank with Bannon. He thrusts with his narrow shortsword and injures it, but calls out, "Rocky, can you back up a couple steps? Then we can catch it in a pocket."
<OOC> Cryosanthia: Wasp is trying to overrun Rocky so the other wasps can get out GAME: Rocky uses an AoO! 0 remaining. GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (20)+7: 27 (THREAT) GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (13)+7: 20 GAME: Rocky rolls 2d10+6: (3)+6: 9
Rocky rears back as the wasp suddenly charges him, thrusting his blade forward, piercing an eye. Not the greatest of blows, but it's enough.
<OOC> Cryosanthia: Wasp behind, try the same thing, Overrun Rocky GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+8: (17)+8: 25 GAME: Katsuro uses an AoO! 0 remaining. GAME: Bannon uses an AoO! 0 remaining. GAME: Katsuro rolls 1d20+7: (10)+7: 17 GAME: Katsuro rolls 1d6+3+1d6: (3)+3+(3): 9 GAME: Bannon rolls weapon1-2: (13)+12+-2: 23 GAME: Bannon rolls 1d6+Dex+PA_Dmg+5+1: aliased to 1d6+Dexterity+2+5+1: (3)+4+2+5+1: 15
Katsuro acks as he gets his request, but not how he intended as the bugs rush Rocky. One is dropped quite neatly by Rocky, and Katsuro slashes at the side of the next one as it bulls through the big Sith.
As the next wasp starts to come through, Bannon reaches back with his rapier, lunging forward and attacking out with the rapier. The rapier sinks deep into the flank of the floating wasp, bringing a chunk out of it as he withdraws the rapier to set up his next attack.
The wasp takes a lot of blows, attempting to extricate itself from the crevass. The stone-like sith-makar blocking its way is the main problem. Buzzing loudly, it slams it's striped forehead into him, trying to overrun.
Instead, it's smashed to pieces from his blow.
The second wasp right behind it seems to have a similar plan, crawling then flying forward. It has the momentum, it knocks the granite sith flat and flies past him. An effort that gets it out, but leaves it exposed to blows from Bannon and Katsuro.
<OOC> Cryosanthia: Wasp 3 can get into melee, 1 Bannon, 2-3 Rocky, 4 Katsuro, because Prone is tempting" GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d4: (4): 4 <OOC> Cryosanthia says, "attack on Katsuro" GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+6: (16)+6: 22 GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d8+6: (5)+6: 11 GAME: Wasp damaged Katsuro for 11 points. 3 HP remaining. GAME: Katsuro rolls fortitude: (12)+1: 13 GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d2: (1): 1 GAME: Wasp damaged Katsuro's Dexterity for 1 points. 1 total damage.
The third wasp flies out of the hive entrance, angry and looking for something to sting. Katsuro is right there! It's sword-like stinger flashes, stabbing through the man, and dripping with a venom that leaves him feeling woozy.
GAME: Bannon rolls weapon1-2+2: (16)+12+-2+2: 28 (THREAT) GAME: Bannon rolls weapon1-2+2: (4)+12+-2+2: 16 (Crit Confirmed) GAME: Bannon rolls 2d6+8+8+10+2: (9)+8+8+5+2: 32
As the next Wasp comes out of the cave and takes flight, Bannon reaches back with his rapier yet again. This time, his lunge is direct, powerful, and immediately impacts a vital organ in the wasp. With a growl, Bannon rips the sword from the side of the wasp and then takes a step to the side, already ready to take his next attack.
GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+6: (12)+6: 18
The third wasp bobs and sways, momentarily collapsing on the sith beneath it. The swashbuckler's strike was so vicious it nearly expired. Somehow, it lives, and as the sith stands it takes a woozy strike at him, missing.
GAME: Rocky rolls weapon4: (7)+7: 14 GAME: Rocky rolls damage4: aliased to 1d10+3: (10)+3: 13
Rocky has had wasps land on him before. This, however, is a very different experience. The sith squirms and wiggles, fending off a strike as he stands, before returning a blow of his own, crushing in the insect's... head... part? They don't really have 'skulls', they're invertibrates... meh, it's dead now, whatever.
GAME: Katsuro rolls 1d20+7: (5)+7: 12 GAME: Katsuro rolls fortitude: (19)+1: 20
Katsuro gahs as he's wounded, but at least they made the bug pay. He winces, scooting around to maybe come at the wasp from an unexpected flank. His strategy is sound, but his tactics are not the best, he swings, but his timing is poor and he swishes his blade just below the slowly flying critter.
<OOC> Cryosanthia: wasp 1-2 rocky, 3 katsuro GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d3: (2): 2 GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+6: (20)+6: 26 (THREAT) GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d20+6: (8)+6: 14 (Not Confirm) GAME: Cryosanthia rolls 1d8+6: (1)+6: 7 GAME: Wasp damaged Rocky for 7 points. 27 HP remaining. GAME: Rocky rolls fort: (13)+6: 19
The last wasp is an angry one, buzzing loudly as Katsuro sneaks in behind it. However, it's the granite-scaled sith that draws its ire, and a sting! Somehow, it pierces through Rocky's armour and hide. It cuts deep, and the wound is filled with poison, but the hardy lizard shakes it off.
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The second wasp had broken their line, but the reason for that particular maneuver was quickly dispatched, giving the airman the opportunity to swing around and leaps the intermediate distance between himself and the horse size wasp that has been harassing the other members of his team. With little preamble, and really the shortest movement absolutely possible given his skill level, he punches through the soft skin of the wasp, skillfully avoiding the stinger. This time, his sword finds the heart, dropping the wasp down to the ground where it buzzes no more. Bannon yanks the sword, turning his attention back towards the cave with his eyes narrowed, "Everyone be as intact as ye were when ye got here?"
With the last wasp slain, the buzzing stops, leaving only the silence of the forest, and silence coming from the hive.
GAME: Rocky rolls perception: (19)+4: 23
Katsuro gahs and flateyes at Bannon about being intact. He's looking much worse for wear, in fact, though he's still up and about for the moment. He looks around waarily for signs of more, and will listen carefully. "I don't hear any yet, but sooner or later the foragers will come back."
Rocky chuffs softly. "This One bleeds, but is alright. Doubt the hive is empty. Eggs, maybe a queen. This One would have fire before going inside." The sith looks around for something to use as a torch, lacking anything of the sort in his pouches. A few lenghts of pine branch seem like a fair workaround.
Bannon looks to Katsuro, frowning slightly before he reaches down to his belt and removes two small vials, "Here. Take these. Drink 'em down. Ye did good in this scrap out here." He then looks towards Rocky and shakes his head, "I ain't gonna' be much help with that. I've got some alchemists fire and a sunrod for emergencies like this, but that's just about it." As the pine branches being gathered together, Bannon's eyebrows shoot up, "That might work." He then looks to Katsuro, "Did you mention smoke sticks?"
Katsuro will maintain a lookout as Rocky puts together an improvised torch. He palms a smoke bomb, himself, and says, "If there's one left inside, we can smoke it out." He accepts the potion, but since we can't hear any buzzing, he'll hold off on quaffing them.
Rocky puts together a makeshift torch, struggeling a few moments with some flint and steel to ignite the crude torch. Seeing isn't the core issue, having a ready source of fire is the desire.
As others begin to make their preparations, Bannon walks up to the edge of the cave, removing a sunrod from a pouch on his belt. He activates the sunrod, holding it up in his left hand. He then seems to toss it into the air, upon which it starts to float out ahead of him and into the cave, illuminating the sidewalls as it goes deeper, to the edge of his range. With a slightly distracted voice, the airman mentions, "Katsuro, are you good as moving silently?"
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The crevass goes into the hill. Illuminated by the sunrod it shows the rock walls, shiny in a few places from bits of carapace where the wasps rubbed by. The passage remains relatively consistent in width, big enough for a horse-sized wasp to get by, so big enough for a horse too, if it was a contortionist.
Still, as the light goes deeper, there's little to see. It sounds empty.
Katsuro grumbles as Bannon distracts him from looking out warily for returning wasps. "No, I'm not good at moving silently," he grumbles. "I am /phenomenal/ at moving silently." Well, he's pretty good, but the least he can do is claim some useful skill. Fighting wasn't it. He'll head back to the crevice, though, and move like a churchmouse through the narrow gap. He's the smallest of them all in any event, so he'll creepycrawl in, smoke bomb ready.
GAME: Katsuro rolls stealth: (1)+9: 10 (EPIC FAIL)
All is silent, until he slips and shouts.
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Deeper, deeper. It's an easy crawl, the wasps can get in and out, a human has much less trouble. The crevass winds a little opening up, becoming tighter, then opening into a proper cavern that shows signs of the wasps inhabiting it.
There are small, mud-cells attached to the wall, like crude copies of bee honeycombs, open at one end. There is also a section where several are closed over, containing maturing wasps, waiting to be born.
It's deep within the cavern that Katsuro comes across the most startling thing. An elf, lying on the ground, eyes open and staring. Around him, three grubs are eating him slowly, heads buried in his torso, chewing away. There is also the feral pig that was brought in earlier, positionned outside of a sealed cell where chewing can be heard. " After Katsuro enters the tunnel, Bannon isn't far behind him, holding his rapier to his right side and his left hand out in front of him. He deftly manipulates the sunrod through the mage hand, lighting Katsuro's way. Each step he takes is specifically chosen, allowing the airman to snake past the walls without rubbing up against it. He maintains his distance, however, staying just on the edge of his ability to hold the sunrod aloft.
Rocky is not quiet. He is well aware of this. So the sith laggs well behind before following the others into the cave, keeping his makeshift torch and jury-rigged replacement high and out of the way... may singe a few roots, possiballt burn some small bugs, depending on how live the cave is.
Katsuro ewwws at the sight of the grubs feeding on the elf. Maybe he's stung and can't move? Katsuro doesn't hesitate, his shortsword flicks out to disopatch the grubs, and he looks over the fellow. Between himself and this guy, this guy probably needs the potions Bannon gave him more than he does. But he sees no queen, just the grubs, so he calls, "Looks clear!" Maybe queens are just a bee thing? It is a live cave, the crevass stretching all the way to the surface at the top of the hill in places. Rainwater and sometimes light makes it down, as well as roots. A few bugs fall victim to the sith's torch.
The wild elf appears to be breathing, and stung in several places. Perhaps he recieved a higher does of venom than Katsuro did. His eyes move, responding to the sound, althoughthe rest of him is completely paralyzed
It's simple enough to dispatch the grubs. It is necessary to pull their heads out, as they seem to keep chewing even with their bodies severed. With them no longer blocking their holes, the elf starts to bleed in a sluggish way. He's especially pale for an outdoorsy type.
GAME: Katsuro rolls heal: (18)+1: 19 GAME: Bannon rolls Heal: (12)+2: 14 GAME: Rocky rolls heal: (14)+1: 15
Katsuro doesn't know a lot about treating injuries, but he knows the basics, and manages to bind the bleeding wounds after the grubs are removed and the wounds are cleaned out with water from his waterskin. "We'll get you out of here," he says to the elf, who seems to be conscious. "It'll be a bit rough through the gap, but then we'll rig a litter or something." He looks over the guy, to see that he's stable for now. He'll hold off on the potion for the moment, they seem to have things in hand.
The wild elf is stabilized, he was already concious but now he can move. Slowly, painfully. He isn't bleeding any more, but those are some big holes chewed in him.
Rocky knows little of healing, but also has a solid grip on the basics. With others careing for the elf, the sith and his torch push a little deeper, assuring himself there isn't a second victim waiting just out of sight. Not likely, but his concince is eased double checking. Also helps ease his fear of something lurking just beyond the explored area... well, eased until the point something jumps out at him...
Something... chews its way out. The cell near the feral pig breaks open as the jaws of a grub push through. It's small, fat form wiggles towards the immobile animal and it starts feeding.
Bannon knows everything, or at least fakes it until he makes it. He drops to a knee next to the elf, working alongside the others to administer treatment for the poison until the elf is in a somewhat fit state. Once things are sorted, he gets back up to his feet and watches the the grub begins feeding on the pig. With his face twisting into a look of disgust, Bannon walks forward and prompty sticks the pointy end of his rapier into grub.
As Bannon kills the grub feeding on the pig, Katsuro watches Rocky stab his blade into the remaining grub cells, to kill any grubs that may be in there. He'll get a shoulder under the wild elf, and he'll help the man outside as best he can. As the smallest one, he has the easiest time through the rocky crevasse. "We should call in the Guild to have this place actually demolished," he suggests. "Like with explosives."
Rocky searchs around, grabbing dry-ish roots, bits of bark, scraps of lint, whatever looks like it might burn, and tosses it into a simple pile. This is during a quick and dirty search and destory effort, breaking the walled up cells, and stabbing whatever's inside. Doesn't have to kill it, badly injured won't last long with the hive smashed. With most of teh damage done and the elf well on his way out, the sith tosses his torch into the waiting firepit. The heat and smoke won't totally destory the nest, but will make things less plesant for anything that comes along later. Fire left behind, Rocky heads out, moving fairly swiftly despite the dark.
The damage is easily accomplished. Getting the wild elf out, is a little more anxiety inducing. He's barely stable, and it is moving through a natural rock formation. Fortunately, it's wide. Sunline isn't far away, then it's closer.
The flames rise up behind Rocky as his torch finds the tinder. The cave makes a natural chimney, it burns well, and strong. There's nothing waiting at the entrance, and the tiny cousins and other invertebrates are finding the caracasses of the giant wasps, and starting on them. With the flies that are circling, they'll be full of maggots soon, a thought that makes the wild elf smile.
There's a distant buzzing as the party makes their way back, but the remaining giant wasp never appears. The bees actually disperse away from anyone with injuries, or wasps' gore on them. It naturally repells them, and the move on to further flowers as the party passes.
Rocky keeps a wary eye out along the trip back, making sure all is well. His own injuries sting, but aren't enough to slow him down, a few simple bandages back at camp will cover his needs. Once the immediate needs are squared away, teh warrior tracks down one of the guild clerks, and does his best to dictate the route and events along it, mapping out what was found. The sith can write, but his TradeSpeak isn't the best, so having someone else do teh writting is likely wise.
The return trip is slower, but the paths lead back to the road, and the road is clear, and the Wilderness Point Inn is coming up over the curve. Success! The scout will have a lot of things to say.
Combatty Stuff
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Name | Race | Class | CHP | HP | AC/FF/T |CMD |For |Ref |Wil | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bannon |HUMAN |Swb | 37 | 37 |20/16/15 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |Katsuro |HUMAN |Rog | 14 | 14 |16/12/14 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |Rocky |SITH-MAKAR|Ftr | 34 | 34 |28/26/15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------