When Fergan stands, the plant drops down off the wall. Saran ready action firebolts but misses.

Everybody roll initiative.

If you beat or tie 13, go. It is 15’ away from both of you (two empty squares between you and the plant). It appears to be a mass of swinging vines, like a verdant lovecraftian tentacle monster.

It has an AC of 12.

In reply to GM (msg # 50):

Made Initiative w unmod 19. Failed attack with unmod 4

initiative: 16

Saran shouts an incantation and waves his hands, sending three radiant bolts at the monster, and then backs up the stairs 15 ft.

Dmg 6.

ooc: Somehow rolled a 1 on all three of the d4s.  I try to be cool about randomness, but I really wonder if this dice roller hates me.

The magical bolts strike the swinging vines, but each only seem to do minor damage, blasting away peripheral creepers.

In a 15' radius around the plant monster, grasping vines, grasses and roots push out from cracks in the floor. Fergan roll strength check, DC 12 or be restrained. Area is considered difficult terrain (for non-plant creatures).

It then closes the distance between it and Fergan (moving 10').

Lampwick, sticking by Saran's side shoots an arrow which embeds into the center of mass of the plant (7 dam).

In reply to GM (msg # 53):

I am restrained

Fergan's turn.



You can use your action to attempt another str check (DC 12).

In reply to GM (msg # 55):

Crit success Strength check.

IIRC, I can still move without provoking an AoO, which I do. I want to kite the thing around the room and out the door (up the stairs?) if possible while staying far enough away to require a double move on its part under the assumption it moves at 10'.

Why? You used your action to break free, and are adjacent to it, if you move beyond its reach (10ft) you would provoke an OA. Am I missing something?

However, I do like to reward crits, so let's say you get a free disengage. It has a movement of 10' so you can def kite, it but you'll have to move around the large room.

Between you kiting it and Saran and Lampwick you all make short work with EB, Firebolt, and arrows.

I didn't clock that it's reach was 10'. I thought I was 10' away with 5' reach.

Idiot thing. Good to know, however, that they are slow.

I check to see if it has any stuff and then search the room. You can roll as appropriate.

Telepathically: Want to rest a bit so you can re-summon your familiar? I could use the time to gain another spell slot

OOC: Can I use another cue to signal telepathy?

summoning Spot will take 11 minutes.  A short rest will get me a 1st level spell slot back. But, since I can get two slots back, let's just go with the 11 minutes.

In reply to Saran Helder (msg # 60):

Ok.

You could do a short rest but not use arcane recovery, since Fergan gets a slot back every short rest. Up to you though.

In that case it is up to Fergan.

In reply to Saran Helder (msg # 64):

Let's rest. We both benefit.

Big mistake!

Ok, you rest like a couple pussies and search the room. It is mostly organic debris. Near the east end of the room you find a couple desiccated bodies wearing chainmail and carrying swords and shields. They have matching tabards, but they look burned and dark with decay. To the east down the stairs the room continues and you see rubble at the far end.

At the far end Fergan spots faint movement and the shuffling of decayed cloth. It looks like there might be two humanoid figures down below. (Crit perception)

Saran finds a potion of healing on one of the bodies and 20gp between the two.

Initiative 27 (nat 20)

In reply to Saran Helder (msg # 68):

In the event that it matters, and also as a way to ping Joe while Allan is distracted, I had planned on sending Paul (the spider) along the ceiling to scope the sitch upon seeing the shuffling, but Joe asked for initiative before I could respond.

Ok, what does Saran do? I assume Fergan conveys what he sees. I am not seeing that they are definitely hostile, but you hear fight music start up in the background.

In reply to GM (msg # 70):

Yeah. Telepathically communicate the visual, in case Saran recognizes anything about the shuffling

Halt or be blasted!

Ready action firebolt if they don't halt.

Fergan.

In reply to GM (msg # 73):

With a brief look of alarm to Saran, Fergan casts light at max range down the stairwell to where he saw the movement and (if monsters) moves  back to max range while maintaining line of sight