Raknesh's efforts result in another tentacle's demise, leaving two left thankfully. Unfortunately, they seem desperate now and to your surprise, with a great rumbling, the entire building starts to shift as the tentacles seem to reach out with greater range than you had thought possible. One goes shooting directly towards Bryon with dizzying speed, the other goes for Raknesh. It seems they are putting all their focus on grappling each of you. Fortunately, somehow, they miss. Barely. But you realize now that it will be more difficult to stay out of their range than you thought.

Meanwhile, as Tanzy successfully deals a wicked blow amidst her attacks, the building she's in shifts and she stumbles, trying to keep her balance. What in the world? The building moved? Meanwhile the gnashing mouth spits black acid towards you...


ooc: Next round please :) If I screwed up on anything I apologize in advance. It's been a while and I'm in a rush!

Bryon retaliated with a blast of fire.

10:34, Today: Bryon rolled 19 using 7d6.  Brimstone (burning) cone damage.

Tanzy managed to keep her balance as the building shifted, but in doing so she was not able to escape the spray of acid that spewed from that terrible mouth. Gasping out a curse she attacked again hoping some backup would be coming soon...

OOC:  Attack 1: 21
Attack 2: 27
Attack 3: 10
Attack 4: 21
Attack 5: 25
Balance: 24
Reflex: 13     

"How many tentacles does that thing have?" mumbled Raknesh as he did his best to avoid more trouble and fired arrows after arrows, thankful that he didn't need to be encumbered by a big bow to do so.

The tentacles writhe in pain at both your attacks, then, in desperation, they fling out at both of you. They are clearly quite wounded and you know if you can keep going they won't have much longer. That is, if you can resist the tentacles hold...They each wrap around both of you, attempting to crush you.

ooc: Ok, no attack of opportunity for the grapple since they have a special ability. You can, however, try to roll an opposed grapple. DC 24 for Raknesh and 21 for Bryon. If you fail your grapple you are being constricted and take 19 damage. All normal rules for attacking while grappling apply. See: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Grapple

Meanwhile, some of Tanzy's attacks seem to be doing good and, a moment later, Halek rushes in of all people. Child or not, you're happy to see him. Especially when he releases a bolt of white energy at the thing. We need to keep attacking the head! he urges. As the words leave his mouth, the creature starts to emit a high pitched screech. You feel like your ears are going to burst. ooc: Roll fort save DC 20 or become temporarily deafened and take 15 sonic damage.

13:58, Today: Bryon rolled 24 using 1d20+6.  Fort Save.
13:57, Today: Bryon rolled 21 using 1d20+16.  Tumble v. Grapple.

Bryon used her Flees the Scene ability to avoid both the grapple and the sound attack, but is unable to take any other actions this round or next.
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Raknesh tries to avoid the huge tentacle but with little hope.

Unexpectedly, maybe because he saw Halek getting inside of the building, in wolf's den to put it mildly, boosted his strength, but he managed to repel the attack.


He retaliated with renewed fury.

Thankfully, Raknesh's efforts finally finish off his tentacle, leaving only Bryon's left. At least she's safely away at the moment, but it lunges clumsily towards Raknesh, still bleeding heavily from its wounds. You can tell it's not long before it also is destroyed, but meanwhile it flings several fist-sized balls of acid your way...

ooc: Ok, reflex save dc 20. Success means you take 15 damage, failure is 30. One more attack should put it down and then you can join Tanzy and Halek, OR you can try to bypass the tentacle and just go now. Tanzy, you are temporarily deafened by the way.

Raknesh tried to avoid the acid while moving toward the entrance and firing arrows, confident in his agility and training.
Sadly, walking on walls was not something he was very used to and things did not go entirely as planned.

OOC:
09:15, Today: Raknesh Kaltash rolled 18 using 1d20+14 ((4)).
move action: going toward the entrance
standard acction: manyshot to the tentacle.

Raknesh: You are hit by the acid but at least you give back well by finishing the tentacle off, leaving you free to rush inside where Halek and Tanzy are.

When you move into the building you see a large, empty room that seems to span the whole bottom of the building. It's old and dusty and full of debris and dirt. The bases of the now limp tentacles, however, are all gathered here into a bulbous mass with a large, gaping mouth at least ten feet high and equally wide. Rows and rows of gnashing sharp teeth eagerly glisten, and oddly the rest of the mass seems to go down below the broken floorboards as though trailing underground.

Halek turns at the sight of you, a pleased grin flashes across his features. It's clear he's relieved.

“I can’t hear a damn thing,” Tanzy warns her companions of her lack of hearing. She is  also relieved to see Raknesh joining them inside and  moves to attack again.

Raknesh too is relieved to see the boy is fine - despite the proven fact that he is more than a boy and usually very capable of defending himself.

"What the hell is that thing?  And how did it manage not to be discovered?  I know it's using illusions, but still... it's HUGE!"

Huger than you think I'm afraid, Halek shakes his head, moving further away from what's left of a tentacle. I think this thing originates underground. No time to worry about that though, look out! He interrupts himself as the gnashing mouth spews forth several melon sized creatures that you can only describe as...disgusting. They are blobular and covered in black oily substance, and they're rolling towards you.

Meanwhile, poor Tanzy can hear nothing, but she certainly notices this!

ooc: Next round please. The blobs will be there by the next round so you can either move to meet them or use ranged attacks.

Bryon used a Brimstone Blast Cone to catch as many of the creatures as she possibly can.

Raknesh fired at the creatures, one arrow each.

"Rocky, get to Tanzy and be her eyes, tell her what's happening and help her move".

He hoped the telepathic communication could help, knowing it was nothing like his own link and ability to see through Rocky's senses.

ooc: Oh, I keep forgetting how handy Rocky is! :)

IC: Rocky's involvement does indeed seem to help the deaf woman, but it takes her a moment to figure out his instruction and at first she misses, and stumbles a bit. Soon enough though, Tanzy manages to slice through some, thankfully getting her bearings better.

In the meantime, both Raknesh and Bryon's attacks seem to be successful. Whatever these things are, they are weak, thank heavens. However, in spite of that, the ones who remain are soon upon you for they move faster than you would have thought such blobbish things could move. They leap at you, each of you, and to your alarm, they attach themselves to your body, sucking away at your flesh with a squishy hold like iron. You can feel it burning horribly and try to fling them off...

ooc: Ok, go ahead and roll a reflex save DC 17. If you succeed you manage to shake them off, otherwise they will be there another round. The first round you take 10 damage and every round you can't shake them will increase the damage by five, so it will be 15 the next round etc. You can still fight normally and such with them on though, they're surprisingly light.

Bryon’s immediate reaction is to use her Flees the scene ability to reposition herself away from the blob.

No other action this turn or next.

"What kind of creature is this thing? Bloody suckers !"
Raknesh manages to get rid of the creatures before they do to much damage and quickly fires another volley a those in close range.



hit dmg fire holy
32,19,  4,  7
25,15,  3,  6
29,14,  3,  10
32,19,  4,  10

Fortunately, the blobs aren't too tough, and you are able to dispatch most of them between your efforts and Tanzy's. Halek focuses more on the gaping mouth, using his white bar of energy, though you can see he still has a blob on his leg and his little face is scrunched up in discomfort as he ignores the pain.

The mouth itself is not doing well. You can tell it's soon to be done for. In desperation, it does the only thing it can. It tries to move. Whatever this beastly thing is, it's half underground, poking up through the floorboards. The limp tentacles sink lower, starting to slide beneath the surface and the head sinks further in too. Consequently, the entire building shakes violently and large pieces of plaster and beams start falling from the ceiling and walls. The building is going to collapse...

ooc: Ok, so you can roll a reflex to see how well you can escape. You can probably hit it one more time and finish it off if you want to take the chance, otherwise you can just try to book it. So if you do decide to do one more attack, you get a -5 to your reflex roll simply because you lingered. But, if you hit him you'll finish him off so there's pros and cons. Here's the breakdown of DC:

DC 25= you get out with only 5 damage, literally just a couple scratches
DC 20=You get some glancing blows but manage ok. You take 10 damage.
DC 15=You get hit squarely. It's not great. You take 20 damage.
DC 10=You get pinned by a beam, taking 30 damage and you are stuck there until you can free yourself or someone frees you.
Anything below 10=You get stuck in the building under debris. You will be down to 10 hit points and trapped. Good luck!
Oh, and Bryon, you are of course safe with your flee the scene. Handy eh?

“This building is going down. We should fall back!” Tanzy shouts as she retreats hoping the others do the same. A few chin kid of debris graze her but she manages to escape the worst of it.

OOC: Reflex 18

"We cannot let that thing flee!" said Raknesh as he fired some arrows before moving, confident his training should allow him to escape most of the danger.

But despite his speed and rocky's guiding, he could not avoid some of the debris.

Raknesh and Tanzy manage to avoid the worst of the debris, though still obtaining some rather nasty dings and dents in the meantime. However, as you're headed towards the door, you spot Halek. He's not far from you, but he's pinned under a large beam, a pool of blood beneath him. He's still conscious at least...

ooc: If you wish to help him, you'll need to roll a dex and strength check. You'll need to be fast and strong.

DC for lifting the beam will be 15, same for getting him out in time before the whole thing collapses. If you come up short, your consequences will depend on how much you miss the mark. I'll let you know should that happen. If one or both of you manages to get the required rolls though, you're good to go. Literally! :)

Bryon returned to see the person pinned. She motioned for them to let her pass. She looked down at the trapped person and said, don’t fight this, I’ll have you out in a jiffy.”</yellow> She then uses her ability to move both herself and the trapped person out of the crumbling building.

Flees the Scene operates like Dimension Door, So she can carry passengers.

Tanzy swerves and without hesitation runs to assist Halek though it’s clear there is no way she will be able to lift that beam. She’s greatly relieved when Bryon appears to whisk him away.

OOC: reflex: 28
Strength:1     

Raknesh too rushed toward Halek. Strength is not is best asset but in this situation, he apply the 'mind over matter' motto from his masters and does the impossible.

And Bryon's sudden apparition and solution to put the boy in safety  lifted great weight off his shoulders.

08:59, Today: Raknesh Kaltash rolled 17 using 1d20-1.  strengh.

08:59, Today: Raknesh Kaltash rolled 25 using 1d20+14.  dex.