Re: 2.1 the Misgivings
No combat map will be posted for this round as the group is split.
Sickened: The character takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.
[Private to GM: Vorel’s Phage
To most victims, though, the phage causes a painful and hideous outbreak of facial tumors and a sickening deteoriation of the skin across the entire body.
Infection—contact or ingestion; Fortitude DC 20; Incubation 1
day; Damage 1d4 Charisma and 1d4 Constitution.
immediate, failure, 3 chr 4 con]
Round 9
Talis and Glum join Zer in the room
[Private to Zer-wedula; Talis Revain; Glum:
SickTalis follows Glum's advice and moves back into the room after shooting Aldern.
This damp cavern contains several items of furniture. A rickety table sits in the middle of the cave, its damp surface cluttered with all manner of what appears to be garbage: empty bottles, bits of clothing, crumpled
bits of paper, and more, lying in neatly organized rows. A closer inspection of the collection on the table is enough to worry everyone, for this is Aldern’s collection of relics from Zer-wedulas life. They range from mundane
things like used potion bottles and scrolls on up to objects as personal as an envelope of hair (perhaps harvested from him as he slept or from a discarded comb). The only objects here that weren’t taken from Zer’s garbage are a stack of charcoal drawings on water-damaged parchment depicting an idealized perfection of Zer.
A painting leans against the far side of the table, facing a large leather chair that sits nearby. The portrait is a clumsy attempt to repaint the portrait with blood and bits of runny rotten flesh into a caricature of the Zer. What the portrait was before is unknown, some person in a room in a city.
The chair’s high back and cushion are horribly stained by smears of rotten meat and its arms are sticky with blood. A smaller table sits against the southern wall, its surface heaped with silver platters, fine porcelain plates, and crystalware. The “food” on these plates and platters is rotten meat, in some cases humanoid in source, and in all cases writhing with maggots. Thick, rotting blood gels in the crystal.
Yet the horrific stench of the room seems somehow even thicker and more overwhelming than this gruesome display can account for on its own. The stench seems strongest to the west, where the cave’s wall has been overtaken by a horrific growth of dark green mold and dripping fungi. At the center, a patch of black tumescent fungus grows, its horny ridges and tumor-like bulbs forming what could almost be taken to be a humanoid outline. What appears to have once been an exquisite puzzlebox the size of a man’s fist lies smashed on the ground at the fungoid shape’s feet. The box is the same as the one depicted in the stained glass windows.
SickGlum hears Zer yell and moves into the room as well, getting out his flint and tender, leaving Cat and Tanrov to deal with Aldern. As Glum enters he sees the strangely humanoid shape on the wall, he realizes the shape matches that of his own shadow exactly, and suddenly experiences a sensation of vertigo as he feels compelled to feed on the fungus to reclaim his stolen shadow. But his will is strong and he ignores that crazy idea. One look at Zer-wedulas obviously painful and hideous outbreak of facial tumors and sickening deterioration of the skin across the entire body (con and chr damage), similar to Kasanda and Lorey pictures in the Gallery (msg 78), prove the wisdom in NOT eating the mold.]
From outside the room, Cat screams at the death of Garious, Tanrov says "Help", >thud<, >splash<, >boom<
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield; Tanrov: SickTanrov/Garth tries to move toward his foe, but slips and starts sliding down to the bottom, right past Cat, slamming into the wall head first (sorry, my dice were hot 20 damage), before splashing into the water and starting to sink. Cat can tell he is unconscious as he slides by her, blood coming from a nasty head wound.
Catessa Fallowfield stone slams into the wall, >boom<. ]
[Private to Tanrov: -5hp...and drowning...TPK, here I come.]
[Private to Zer-wedula; Talis Revain; Glum:
SickZer-wedula throws a flask of oil on the fungus. The cavern is fairly damp, but a flask of oil will probably do the trick, though it will take time. Magical fire or something like Alchemist fire would be better.
As the oil soaks into the fungus, you can see the human shape recoil from it, almost in anticipation of the fire. This is followed by a slight wave in the rest of the fungus radiating out from this human shape. This then is the center of the evil fungus which Talis has postulated is what is keeping the house standing.
It will take someone a full round to light the oil on fire with the tinderbox.
]
Round 10
Aldern Foxglove [Private to Catessa Fallowfield; Tanrov:
watches as both Talis and Glum run into the room and Tanrov slides down into the water and stops moving. Smiling at Cat, he leaps twice and ends up right behind her. He whispers, "They have deserted you, leaving you to my tender care. I guess it would be kind of me to reunite pet and owner. That's just the kind of guy I am." He delicately licks the blood off his claw.
Cat, dont forget-
within 20' of Aldern must make this save each round, once you are sick you may stop making the save
Stench; DC 19 Fortitude save vs Sickened]
Tactical Situation
slippery ledge, dc 5 climb, 12 balance - please review the rules on climbing and balancing.
At the start of your turn, roll a balance or climb(requires at least 1 hand) check, if you fail, you fall down and start sliding.
dam status
Aldern Foxglove - 46
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