Dungeons & Drogans: Session XXIII
Session XXIII Summary
With Dave absent, special guest-star Patrick plays the part of Rekoj.
XP is awarded for surviving the skeleton ambush, then the Drogans rest. Apparently unable to focus on a single goal, as they've shifted from chasing goblins to investigating crypts to spelunking, the adventurers decide to head back to the caves.
Inside the caves, the group navigates to a set of bronze double doors upon which the following message has been scratched: "stay out. Really."
The Drogans immediately decide to enter.
Inside is a cave filled with a pool of water with an island at its center. On this little island, bones, spilled coins and other small objects are visible among a carpet of fungus.
Ripples stir the water, so Coltaine tosses in a rock. The dank water disgorges a blob of slime that extrudes long pseudopods ending in appendages of dripping goo.
The Drogans swim over to the island and attack the slime, once again wasting no time determining if it has hostile intentions.
Bubbles erupt form within the slime and emit a horrid stench.
Two pseudopods beat Autumn down to 5 HP, leaving an acidic residue that burns her into unconsciousness on round 4. The rogue begins to drown.
The three-way race is on: what will kill Autumn first? Failing her death saves? The ongoing acid damage? Drowning?
The slime sends out pseudopods that bash Rekoj down to 22/52 HP.
On round 5, Rekoj and Coltaine agree on a tactical retreat. They pull Autumn out of the water and head for the exit.
Autumn fails her 2nd death save.
Coltaine wipes the acid off of Autumn, then drags her out of the room.
The slime slaps Zook down to 7 HP, then the acid burns him down to 2 HP. The gnome swims out of the water and, on the verge of collapse, rushes up the steps, shifts out of lynx form, and saves Autumn as she is moments away from death, stabilizing her.
When all the Drogans are out of the room, Coltaine shuts the doors on the slime. But who could blame them for this disastrous battle? Apart from the message on the door, the ripples in the calm water, the giant blob of goo suddenly emerging and emitting an offensive stench as though to drive them away, there was absolutely no warning that something terrible was about to happen.
Session XXIII - Part 1 Summary
With Dave absent, special guest-star Patrick will be playing the part of Rekoj. Stephen is also absent, but Autumn doesn't get a special guest-start; she gets John.
XP is awarded for surviving the skeleton ambush, then, as the Drogans rest, they propose that it was a bad idea to resurrect Autumn, since she initiated the past three battles.
Session XXIII - Part 2 Summary
The Drogans, apparently unable to focus on a single goal, as they've shifted from chasing goblins to investigating crypts to spelunking, decide to head back to the caves.
Inside the caves, the group finds itself in front of a set of bronze double doors. Green with age, the doors are stained blue and purple with a thick layer of fungus. Scratched into the fungus, in the common script, is the following message: stay out. Really.
The Drogans immediately decide that they should enter.
Session XXIII - Part 3 Summary
Rekoj kicks the doors open. Fungus-coated stairs lead down into a natural cave. Much of the cavern is filled with a stagnant pool of brackish water. A patch of land rises from the foul water at the pool's center. On this little island, bones, spilled coins and other small objects are visible among the carpet of fungus: John's phat lewt.
Ripples stir the calm water, as though something moves beneath its surface.
Coltaine tosses a rock into the water. Nothing happens, until the dank water suddenly disgorges a blob of blue slime. The amorphous mass pours forward, extruding long pseudopods that end in appendages of dripping goo.
Initiative is rolled.
Lynx Zook is first to act. He swims to the island.
With a standing long jump, Rekoj leaps ten feet over the water and lands on the island. The goliath then attacks the slime.
Autumn moves into the pool, rolling a 1 on her swim check and sinks underwater.
Session XXIII - Part 4 Summary
Coltaine swims over to the island.
Bubbles erupt form within the slime and a horrid stench overcomes the Drogans. Zook is dazed and weakened.
Round 1 ends.
Zook jumps back into the water and immediately starts drowning.
Autumn swims over to the slime and tries stab it.
Coltaine slashes mightily into the slime with a critical hit.
Once again, bubbles come up to the surface of the slime, and fluid sprays onto the Drogans--acid that burns away at all four of them.
Round 2 ends
Zook swims back up to the surface of the water and flanks the slime with Autumn.
Rekoj once again chops into the slime.
Session XXIII - Part 5 Summary
Autumn pierces her katars into the slime and twists them out.
Coltaine busts out a daily power, but misses. However, he still bolsters his allies with 9 temporary HP.
Two pseudopods stretch out from the slime and beat Autumn down to 5 HP, leaving an acidic residue that will deal 5 ongoing acid damage on her next turn.
Round 3 ends.
Zook, still swimming, rends at the slime with his claws.
Rekoj chops into the slime.
Autumn is burned by the acid into unconsciousness and begins to drown.
John thinks that they should have stayed out. Really.
The three-way race is on: what will kill Autumn first? Failing her death saves? The ongoing acid damage? Drowning?
Session XXIII - Part 6 Summary
Autumn fails her save versus the ongoing damage and fails her first death save.
Coltaine swims down, grabs Autumn, and brings her onto dry land.
The slime sends out four pseudopods to bash Rekoj. The goliath blocks one with his shield but is struck by the other three down to 22/52 HP.
Round 4 ends.
Zook begins to drown.
Rekoj and Coltaine agree on a tactical retreat. The goliath grabs autumn and leaps ten feet across onto land.
Autumn fails her 2nd death save.
Coltaine administers first aid to Autumn to grant her a saving throw to resist the acid damage, but John rolls a 1 on the save.
Session XXIII - Part 7 Summary
Coltaine spends an action point and once again grants Autumn the save. This time, Coltaine manages to wipe the acid off of Autumn.
The slime attacks Zook with two pseudopods, removing his temporary HP.
Round 5 ends.
Rekoj tries to stabilize Autumn but rolls a 14, one point shy of a success.
Autumn succeeds on the death save that would have killed her, buying herself another round.
Coltaine fails to stabilize Autumn, so he grabs her by the foot and drags the body of the horribly acid-burned female up the steps, her head bumping against each step on the way up.
The slime slaps Zook down to 7 HP, then the acid burns him down to 2 HP on round 7. The gnome swims out of the water and, on the verge of collapse, rushes up the steps, shifts out of lynx form, and saves Autumn as she is moments away from death, stabilizing her.
Zook then uses an action point to gain 5 HP from Coltaine's warlord abilities and is bolstered back up to 7 HP so that he won't go down next round when the acid burns into him.
Rekoj pulls Autumn out of the room and away from the doors, leaving Zook the only one still in the room.
Coltaine pulls Zook out of the room, then shuts the doors on the slime.
The session ends.
