The Wayfarer's Inn

The plinth doesn't vanish. It actually transforms into something different as Ahi, Kherim, and Gaderon can now easily see. Something shapeless... an enormous, nearly transparent red-colored blob. It starts to move towards you!

OOC: Please state your intentions for the first combat round!



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Ahi eyes the red blob warily, then grasps his symbol. He aims his spell at the blob, and just before he casts it yells at the others "FLAMESTRIKE!!!! BACK YOU TWO!!"


Ahi casts Flamestrike at the thing, warning the others first, of course. You can do the dmg Sir C. I have a practice tonight so I'll be home late. Greg I'll update the Blackmoor when I get home.

Rising above the others levitating upward, Gaderon will begin casting flaming sphere trying to search his mind for any knowledge that may pertain to the blob before them. "Yes stay back from it if you can!!!"

Hearing the disturbance behind him, Sol says "Ivid, can you check out what is happening behind us? I will keep listening for trouble with Eilkhan..."

Kherim moves away backing to the south wall, in order to give room for the spells of the casters.
Unsure of what the cloud is, he attempts to cast Negative Plane Protection on himself, while the other spells are cast.

Elmo, knowing that he won't stand a chance compared to his stronger friends, will back off, the shield in front of him.

"You give me orders, I'll do what I can" is all he yells to Kherim and Ahi.

OOC: Ail, the "cloud" is supposed to be the red blob. I'm sorry, but I found no other good icon to represent it. I suppose that Kherim doesn't want to cast Negative Plane Protection then, but am not sure about it.

Round 1: The party wins initiative.

Gaderon casts his spell, and a large flaming sphere instantly appears 10 feet away from him.

Hearing the mage's shout, Kherim and Elmo both move away from the thing, Kherim towards the wall and Elmo in the other direction, but the red blob follows the paladin in an oozing movement that looks both quick and very disturbing.

Shortly before Ahi finishes his spell, the blob attacks Kherim. A long tentacle-like pseudopod forms out of its substance and flails at the paladin, slamming him for 12 points of damage, part of this due to an acidic substance that the creature secretes. The thing also tries to hold him fast, but with a quick turn of his body Kherim avoids being grappled.

Finally, Ahi's flame strike spell roars down on the thing, but scores nearly no damage at all (only 5 points).

OOC: Please make a ST vs the Flaming Sphere for Ahi as he stands very close to it.


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(OOC: no problem at all from your side, Sir C. I understood the cloud was the blob, but I guess when I wrote my answer the word 'blob' had been replaced in my brain by 'cloud', and I picture it as some kind of red mist. In that situation, the NPP was appropriate for two reasons: Kherim doesn't know what that is, and that is the only spell he has that could be remotely useful; and I admit a bit of meta-gaming: there are undead things in the guise of mists, at least in Baldur's Gate. So, seeing that neither I nor Kherim have an idea of what the cloud/blob was, I did cast that.

But from the continuation, it seems that I should have interpreted the blob as some kind of ectoplasmic thing, right? Guess in that case, Kherim wouldn't cast that spell, no. It doesn't look like undead nor demonic, just feels like some aberration thingy. So you can remove the casting. Sorry for the length of this explanation...

Now, a doubt. That new graphic on the map is Gaderon's flame sphere? And, is the ST for Ahi really, or for Kherim, as he's the one nearer the blob?. At any rate, Kherim attacks.)

Kherim recedes in disgust as the tentacle strikes at him. He manages to contain a slight nausea at the thing, and then musters all his strength to hack at it. You can almost feel some strange rage powering his attacks.

(OOC: Since this is the first round, do I get 3 or 2 attacks? I roll for 3, but discard the last one if it isn't allowed.
Here are the rolls:

22 / 15
24 / 8
17 / 13)

Ahi casts Disc of Concordant Opposition at the blob.