To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream

Umber Hulk takes some damage from Marvin, final total being determined by 2nd shot, but it won't kill him either way, so he is going to act at 19  

Multiattack. The umber hulk makes three attacks: two with its claws and one with its mandibles.

UH gets 3 attacks using the Attack Action

Using the Attack Action, you can make a Special melee Attack to shove a creature, either to knock it prone or push it away from you. If you’re able to make multiple Attacks with the Attack Action, this Attack replaces one of them.

UH will use 1 attack and attempt to SHOVE Warhol into the bubbling poison pit 5ft away diagonally to N-17

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +8" :

3 + 8 = 11

miss!

again, same tactic

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +8" :

14 + 8 = 22

hit!

barring reaction, Warhol needs to make a CON save please as he falls 5ft into the pit


UH still has 1 more attack with mandibles and can move

EDIT


I did the SHOVE wrong, duh, I knew that didn't seem right

The target must be no more than one size larger than you and must be within your reach. Instead of making an Attack roll, you make a Strength (Athletics) check contested by the target’s Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (the target chooses the ability to use). If you win the contest, you either knock the target prone or push it 5 feet away from you.


instead of attack rolls, its a contested Athletics vs Warhol's ATH or ACRO, which he doesn't have either of, so its just a STR or DEX roll

1st shove
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

10 + 5 = 15


2nd shove if needed
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

14 + 5 = 19

Warhol str checks
Rolling "1d20 +2" 2 times

1: 5 + 2 = 7
2: 17 + 2 = 19

Using last luck use for the 7
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

20 + 2 = 22

navyik wrote:Warhol str checks
Rolling "1d20 +2" 2 times

1: 5 + 2 = 7
2: 17 + 2 = 19

Using last luck use for the 7
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

20 + 2 = 22

being difficult, I see, eh?

same thing with his mandibles

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

15 + 5 = 20


one day, your luck will run out

Sun Nov 06 2022 15:36:48 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 12 to total : 13, + 12, TOTAL: 25

Marvin hits w/Attack2

Warhol goes for a swim.
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

13 + 2 = 15

Should have saved luck for the con save
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +5" :

6 + 5 = 11

Whitey wrote:

31 piercing 5 Acid, 36 total Damage

Marvin’s done

15p and 5 acid


SPLOOSH!
Warhol ends up in the bubbling poison hot springs.

Result of the throw of dice "4d6" :

1 + 1 + 5 + 4 = 11  poison damage


Warhol needs a CON save DC 10 for concentration



Poisoned condition - can save each round

Poisoned
A poisoned creature has disadvantage on Attack rolls and Ability Checks.
luckily not saves

Warhol will need another Save on the start of his turn, since he is in the effect


Bug moves over next to V and Marvin, wolves lost their reactions due to confusion

Chris wrote:

Bubbling Tunnel - Round 3  

Marvin 24
Umber Hulk  19  
Vasyli 17
Mindflayer  DEAD
Warhol 15
Umber Hulk   3

Vasyli is up - remember, you either have to save CHA DC 15 or choose to avert your eyes, making it 'unseen' to you

Vasyli is feeling lucky...

Cha. Save

Rolling line 1 : 1d20 - 1 to total : 11, - 1, TOTAL: 10

oh shit , not that lucky! He will use Flash of Genius again to add +5

He will then attack the same hulk

Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 10 to total : 15, + 10, TOTAL: 25

Sun Nov 06 2022 21:03:04 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 10 to total : 10, + 10, TOTAL: 20

2 hits?

Damage:

Sun Nov 06 2022 21:05:22 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 0 to total : 1, TOTAL: 1

Sun Nov 06 2022 21:05:13 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d8 + 6 to total : 7, + 6, TOTAL: 13

acid roll first then thunder and bonus - 14 damage total

Rolling line 1 : 1d4 + 0 to total : 3, TOTAL: 3

Sun Nov 06 2022 21:06:11 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
Rolling line 1 : 1d8 + 6 to total : 5, + 6, TOTAL: 11

14 again

28 total damage. Vasyli is done and will not move for now.

Stat Block:

AC: 23/ +2 Full Plate Armor, +1 Shield
HP: 71 +14 temp HP
Movement: 30’
Initiative: +1
Passive Perception: 15
2 uses of Flash of Genius

All the damage is good!

Warhol is up, needing 2 saves
Con 10 for concentration
Con 15 for poison pool

When the Hulk steps to Marvin he will uses his reaction to bounce away to M-17

Whitey wrote:When the Hulk steps to Marvin he will uses his reaction to bounce away to M-17

nice move!

Con saves
Rolling "1d20 +5" 2 times

1: 12 + 5 = 17
2: 2 + 5 = 7

Dang. I could have used silvery barbs on the last shove.

navyik wrote:Con saves
Rolling "1d20 +5" 2 times

1: 12 + 5 = 17
2: 2 + 5 = 7

Dang. I could have used silvery barbs on the last shove.

oh dang, that's true, I forgot about that too

Warhol keeps concentration
Warhol fails the save, remains POISONED and takes
Result of the throw of dice "4d6" :

3 + 1 + 5 + 5 = 14 poison damage


Warhol can now act, remember the CHA save if you look at the bug


Wolf in the poison needs a CON save too for 1/2 damage, but I think he dies either way
wolf saves for CHA, if they look at the bug

as a Tortle
Ac 22
Hp (80) 95 / 84
passive perception 19

Wolves
Wolf
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 15 +14 temp
Speed 40 ft.
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +4.
Senses passive perception 13
*Bites as magic weapons *

Warhol will Misty step 30’ towards the entrance to the cave and run the rest of the way to what would be approximately E-21 before facing the bug. “You’re Dead! Dead dead dead…” Warhol tolls like an bronze bell drum.
Wis dc 17
Result of the throw of dice "2d12" :

12 + 6 = 18

Wolf save vas poison

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +1" :

17 + 1 = 18

The four wolves who are not already messed up attack the other bug.
They can attack at disadvantage while averting their eyes?  Pack tactics cancel it out for normal attacks. That is Warhol’s direction to them. “Bite his feet. Don’t look at his eyes.”

Rolling "1d20 +4" 4 times

1: 9 + 4 = 13
2: 18 + 4 = 22
3: 13 + 4 = 17
4: 20 + 4 = 24

Damage

Rolling "2d4 +2" 4 times

1: 1 + 2 + 2 = 5
2: 3 + 4 + 2 = 9
3: 3 + 4 + 2 = 9
4: 2 + 3 + 2 = 7
Extra d4 for the crit

Result of the throw of dice "1d4" :

2

The 4 wolves under the bugs affect again fail the save.

Vasyli plays thunder drums on the bug's thick hide for 28!

Warhol teleports his way out of the hazard

He gongs the bug
Result of the throw of dice "1d20" :

2

bug has its bell rung


2 wolves hit for 9 damage after resistances on the top bug

the 3confused wolves...

Rolling "1d8" 3 times

1: 2
2: 2
3: 3

all "do nothing"

at 3, the top bug will attempt 3 grapple checks on up to 3 wolves, depending on their rolls to resist with both claws and its mandibles

3 grabs
Rolling "1d20 +5" 3 times

1: 7 + 5 = 12
2: 11 + 5 = 16
3: 11 + 5 = 16

3 wolf rolls to resist - using DEX since its higher than STR
Rolling "1d20 +2" 3 times

1: 12 + 2 = 14
2: 9 + 2 = 11
3: 14 + 2 = 16

pffftttt... bug only gets the wolf in the middle

Chris wrote:

Bubbling Tunnel - Round 4 

Marvin 24
Umber Hulk  19  
Vasyli 17
Mindflayer  DEAD
Warhol 15
Umber Hulk   3

round 4 - Marvin is up

Marvin will chip away at the injured Hulk, using Bonus Action to employ Steady Aim for the first attack:
Tue Nov 08 2022 14:32:01 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 12 to total : 20, + 12, TOTAL: 32
Crit! Damage w/ SA & CS:
Tue Nov 08 2022 14:32:52 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 6d6 + 7 to total : 5, 5, 1, 2, 4, 2, + 7, TOTAL: 26
Rolling line 2 : 2d8 + 0 to total : 3, 5, TOTAL: 8
Rolling line 3 : 2d4 + 0 to total : 3, 4, TOTAL: 7

34 Piercing, 7 Acid, 41 total.

Will make second attack pending outcome of first.

Marvin finishes off the first Umber Hulk! Nice shootin' Tex


so the DM goofed up a bit... the UHs are not supposed to have DR. I think I must have looked at the stats for some homebrew variant of them initially when I was looking for variant pictures of them. So they were a bit harder to take down than they should have been. That being said... I have no doubt the party could wear down the second one over several rounds without taking much damage or losing any further resources.

You did enough damage to kill 2 of them already, so let's just end the fight here as a total victory


Is there anything else the party wants to do in this area?

Marvin will recover what arrows he can and then investigate the corpses, particularly the mind flayer, to see if he can learn anything about their weaknesses.
Nature:

Wed Nov 09 2022 08:11:42 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 8 to total : 4, + 8, TOTAL: 12

No other signs of Mind Flayers around here?

Don't worry about the goof, done it many times myself

Whitey wrote:Marvin will recover what arrows he can and then investigate the corpses, particularly the mind flayer, to see if he can learn anything about their weaknesses.
Nature:

Wed Nov 09 2022 08:11:42 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 8 to total : 4, + 8, TOTAL: 12

The Mindflayers don't have any vulnerabilities that Marvin can detect, though they do not seem like a physically gifted race. If Marvin had to guess, they don't have prof in any physical saves and no physical resistances.


Vasyli doesn't see any other Mindflayers about.

The party can clearly see that the bugs were digging holes, no Perception check needed. But why?
How about an Investigation roll?


the Mindflayer is wearing a regular breastplate, carries no weapons though his tentacles look like weapons. It did have 2 potions (Rolled randomly)
Longstrider
Enhance Ability - CHA

Anybody want the Cha. Bump potion? Vasyli wouldn't mind having it...

Investigation check:

Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 9 to total : 13, + 9, TOTAL: 22

Go for it V. Marvin will take the Longstrider if no one else claims it.

Investigation:

Wed Nov 09 2022 11:03:10 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 4 to total : 5, + 4, TOTAL: 9

Investigation with guidance on the umberhulk holes.

Result of the throw of dice "1d4" :

1

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

17 + 2 = 19

Total 20

“Anyone hurt?”

The wolves sniff out the perimeter. Warhol eats 11 good berries.

Nice rolls!  

Given the terrain of the tunnel, it seems obvious that the Umber Hulks were being directed (mind controlled) by the Mindflayers to start digging pit traps and trap door ambush locations.  Now that you know what to look for, you expect to find more  such traps going forward.  

The party can still hear the sound of running water up ahead in the darkness.  You are near to the end of the tunnels, as best as you can tell.  

The wolves do not like the acrid smell of the bubbling poison pits.  They huff as they exhale the foul stench from their sensitive noses.  


Anything else at this location or moving on?

“Watch for holes,” Warhol tells the wolves, pointing. “They hurt suddenly.”

Wolves will use stealth. 4 in front of Warhol and 3 behind Big V.

They are apparently very loud wolves…

The party continues towards the end of the tunnel.  Marvin is easily able to spot disturbed ground and guide the group around the pitfalls without issue, thanks to solid investigation in the previous "room".

There is a light at the end of the tunnel!  

It looks like you are on the back side of a waterfall.  There is opaque light visible through the water.  The tunnel narrows to about 10 ft wide at the edge of a pool being fed by the waterfall.  The waterfall acts as a curtain into some unknown lit chamber beyond.  The waterfall and pool are roughly 50 ft wide\across.  You cannot tell the depth of the pool.  

The party makes it safely to the edge of the rock tunnel - about where the photographer is in this picture.  Sorry to break immersion, but this is absolutely the image of what I had in mind, minus the person.  





Actions?

Anything visible in the pool?
Perception:
Thu Nov 10 2022 10:43:41 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 10 to total : 9, + 10, TOTAL: 19

Whitey wrote:Anything visible in the pool?
Perception:
Thu Nov 10 2022 10:43:41 GMT-0700 (MST)
Rolling line 1 : 1d20 + 10 to total : 9, + 10, TOTAL: 19

maybe some rocks?

It's really hard to see given that the light source is beyond the waterfall, so the light is reflecting off the pool. Anything you might see is hard to get a good look at since the reflection of the waterfall is moving and the surface of the water is moving too.

Marvin looks at Warhol…”This kinda seems like your department bud”

Vasyli is going to wait for Warhol but he gets some rope out anyway

Marvin: I don't want to jump in the dark pool. Do you want to jump in the dark pool?

Vasyli: I can't swim. I only doggie paddle.

Marvin: Let's get the turtle to do it!

“Gimme a few minutes.” Warhol hums a monotone, which becomes a harmonic as it interacts with the cavern and waterfall. Detect magic as a ritual.

Also the wolves will sniff around the cavern and water first. After signaling any discoveries they then turn and look at the group as if to say goodbye. Warhol concentrates on the new spell as the wolves walk out of sight.

The wolves don't pick up any other scents around the pool.

Warhol can sense an aura of abjuration magic coming from the waterfall.

smart move

Arcana check?

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +10" :

20 + 10 = 30

navyik wrote:Arcana check?

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +10" :

20 + 10 = 30

wow, you are on fire today!!

The waterfall has a proximity trigger, but only on this side. Anyone that approaches within 5ft of it will trigger a defense blast of water that is designed to bash the target into the rocks below. If the swimmer resists such effect, it is still knocked "prone" by being pushed down in the water to the bottom (needing half movement to get out of it).

There is probably some magic phrase or gesture or something for its creators, likely Mindflayers, to bypass it. It is likely transmitted via psionics\telepathy and would be in Undercommon. Without knowing that specific magic word, a Dispel Magic would shut it down for an hour.

Well then, Vasyli has Dispel Magic. Once Warhol informs us about this, Vasyli will Dispel it

whit10 wrote:Well then,  Vasyli has Dispel Magic. Once Warhol informs us about this, Vasyli will Dispel it

How Alan guessed to cast detect magic on a waterfall.....

He gets an Inspiration point for that one.



Vasyli dispels the enchantment on the waterfall. The magic of the Weave fades away, as if taking a short nap. The waterfall itself is unaffected but it is now just a natural cave feature. The waterfall combined with some poisonous gas fissures is what created the bubbling pools in the previous area.


Athletics checks to swim under the waterfall?

DC 8 if anyone wants to go that route.

or whatever you want to do

Marvin eyes all of Vasyli’s gear. “I don’t suppose you’ve got a periscope hiding in any of that?”

Warhol can hold his breath for an hour. He is a turtle. He will cast guidance to boost his stealth check. He will trudge under the waterfall and peek just his eyes out of the pool on the other side. “If I’m not back in a couple minutes, then they got me.”

He fails his swim check but won’t drown. Might just sink to the bottom. But I think he should have a swim speed. That’s stupid.
Result of the throw of dice "1d20" :

2 + 2 = 4

Stealth
Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +1d4" :

19 + 1 = 20

Warhol flounders about under the water.  He skins his knee on a rock and puts a couple scuffs in his shell.  He eventually gets his act together and makes it past the waterfall.   He breaks the surface tension of the water ever so carefully.  Just as in the previous cavern, the rocks are a good 3-5 feet above the top of the water.

The pool and waterfall are in a massive cavern, many hundreds of feet high.  Warhol can see mushroom caps as big as human houses growing attached to the walls all the way up.  In the center of the cavern, he sees a tall tower.  The tower glows with arcane power.  There are pale blue fires in hanging braziers on each level.  Energy arcs like a Jacob's ladder between the braziers, stone 4-armed gargoyles and what look like large crystals set into the brick work.  







He hears the sound of approaching footsteps from beyond his sight line.

Warhol will watch them approach, holding still. If they appear to be entering the water he will slip back under and swim back asap.

Warhol sees several.... things..... that look like a brain walking on four legs approach the pool. He is reminded of a pack of dogs on guard duty. They seem to wander about checking out their surroundings. Their tentacles flicker like a snake tasting the air with its tongue. They do not appear to notice Warhol in the pool.

Warhol counts them and studies them, not moving.

He sees at least 4-5 coming in and out of view. After a few minutes, the pack wanders off to Warhol's right.

Warhol goes back to the group.
Swim

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +2" :

18 + 2 = 20

No problem. What now?

Vasyli smiles at Marvin's question about a periscope.... "Vasyli could use periscope, good idea!"

Vasyli can make himself Invisible but he can't do anything much about the silence/stealth aspect of this.. if we're going to try to sneak past the brain things.

Warhol can boost the stealth of the group. Otherwise each of us might have individual abilities sufficient to pass by. Warhol could wild shape, V can be invisible. Does Marvin have a buff for this?

Marvin’s got +12 to Stealth. That’s about it for buffs