Community

Hmmm. I've moved Kritasect in a bit further or else the fight will spill off the map right away. I doesn't change the situation for now, as it isn't Allevrah who's showing up.

The other three can choose new positions. At least Quill's actions mean that this is a regular round right away, and not a surprise round.

Quill barely finishes pointing out that maybe walking under the arches isn't such  good idea when suddenly a bluish, throbbing tentacle whips into existence right over Kritasect, then curls down and effortlessly snatches him tightly. At the same time, the air under the arches all around begins to shiver and yellow, unblinking eyes drift through them, surveying you with hostility from an entirely alien plane.

You can move through the arches. The tentacle is noted as t.
Monster type is aberration, you can make knowledge checks.
Note that the monster didn't have to make an effort to snatch Kritasect. It's attack bonus is 26, so most of you need to try something else beside upping AC to avoid it. (Which includes getting away fast and reassessing the situation if you think you need to do so.) (btw, check your hps, did I update them after leveling?)

Go heroes.

Spoiler: 

Show



-- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
 01 . . . . x . . . / \ . . . x 
 02 x - x . | . . / . . x . . | 
 03 . . x . | . x . x - - x . | 
 04 . / . . x . . . . . . . \ x 
 05 x . . x x / / & / / x x x . 
 06 . . . . . . . . . . . / . .
 07 . . x . . . . . . . / . . / 
 08 x . . \ . . x K t x . . x . 
 09 | . x . \ . . . . - - x . x 
 10 | . | . . x . . . . . . . / 
 11 | . x / / x . x / / x . x . 
 
 x crystal pillar (30ft high)
 * ground
 - | / \ arches connecting pillars (30ft above ground)
 & glyph (ground level, under arch)
 t tentacle
 
 Kritasect: mage armour
 
 Round 1
 ini name..... AC .hp/max ........... actions
 18. monster............. tentacle... inject tentacle, attack and grab Kritasect for 28dmg
 15. Quill.... 25 .47/47. mm wand.... 
 12. Throndon. 29 141/141 lance...... 
 12. Rosy..... 24 108/108 ........... 
 08. Kritasect 21 .40/68. rod........ grabbed -

When Haitan Bhaq described it, she referred to the Crystal Plaza as a plaze avoided by most denizens of the Land of Black Blood with any sense in them. It was definitely a bad place to be even before Allevrah and her glyphs showed up, so that idea is moot.

OK, that means I didn't update them. I'll go check the rest of the hp then.

I think it has stopped notifying about new posts unless you yourself posted something new since you last checked.

Ah, flying: To see the glyph, you have to fly among the arches so you can get a clear shot. And you're pretty sure the tentacles don't have to manifest at ground level. aka, you can't just use the blast from afar strategy on this one

I also forgot about the knowledge check:

The thing you're facing is known as an abyssal harvester. Aberrations of gigantic size, who prey across the planes, capable of injecting their tentacles through the dimensions to snatch up prey away and into their maddening dominion. This one seems to have decided that this place makes for a nice hunting ground as the thin spot between the arches probably makes it easier for it to insert it's tentacles into the Material Plane.

Right now, Quill's more interested in finding out how to defeat it. Running down the list of things he knows, he finds that harvesters react strongly to cold iron*, while otherwise weapons do little damage to it. It completely ignores poison, simply incorporating it into it's own sick cells, and resists elemental damage. It's tentacles can be sundered, but regrow in a day. They can also specifially be forced back out of a place by dimissal, dispel chaos, dispel evil, banishment and the like**.

A though then hits him, driving away the rest: If you don't deal with that tentacle fast and get Kritasect out, he'll be pulled into the astral plane and you will be facing more tentacles!*

DR15/cold iron
immune poison
resist 10 acid cold fire
fast healing 10

*note 1: If that information changes Rosy's or Quill's actions, feel free to do so.

** note 2: the list isn't exhaustive, it's just their specific weaknesses. If you have a different spell that should work, tell me