In the cold room
Subject Busy week?
OOC: Busy week at work Mark? The anticipation here is KILLING me. ;-)
From: Mark
Subject Busy week
I am working on it now.
From: Mark
Subject In the cold room
The party listens to what seems to be the quick and violent death of the wolf. "Well, we know something is in there and that it is not right above the door" Harp says. "Time to go. Allistair, if the thing is far enough away and you can see it and there is enough room, try and toast it with one of those nifty fireballs, like you did against the land shark. The rest of you, in order, stay close to Ragnar until we have to split out." With that Harp nods at Mund and the barbarian shoves the door the rest of the way open and the party charges into the room.
As they enter the room it's size becomes apparent to them. It is easily 4 times the size of any other room they have been in yet. It is at least 100 feet on each side and the goes from around 50 feet at the edges to at least 100 feet in the middle. Almost 100 feet away the party can barely make out a form hunched over another smaller form. The patches of ice through out the room reflect off of the hide of the beast as it looks up at the party's entrance, its nose covered in blood.
The party is surprised at how small the creature is. Smaller than a pony but larger than a large dog, it hardly seem very intimidating. "We were scared of that?" Mund says. Then the thing roars.
Round 1 Initiative.
Surin (23), Salix (21), Allistair (19), Ragnar (17), Dragon (13), Ranthir (12), Harp (11), Kal (10), Mund (7)
OODM: Ok here is the situation. The room, especially the end where the dragon is is full of lots of patches of ice. If you move any more than a standard move then you will need to make a DEX check to keep your balance. The light in the room is dim but reflects all over the place, but there is a lot of shadows. This is the one problem that I have with the MM. The creature is M sized so only takes up a 5 FT. square. I will deal with that for now but I hope it does not cause problems in coming turns. I have included a map. It is turned on its side. The door is on the left wall and the wall at the bottom would have been the wall on the right on the whole dungeon map I sent. Any questions let me know.
From: Kevin
Subject In the cold room
OOC: Harp is again amazed at their fighters inability to get good initiative rolls. Harp, who is wearing Plate mail and has the DEX of a tree, he can understand, but Kal, Mund and Ran being that low? Truly the gods must hate this group.
IC: Harp sees the creature ahead, gorging itself on the remains of the wolf. It certainly did not look too impressive. But, keeping Allistairs words in the back of his head, he says to the group
"OK, it does not look like its a big one, but don't get cocky. Lets move forward slowly until we get in spell range, then Allistair, you and Salix hit it with what you can. Be careful of all this ice"
From: Josh
Subject In the cold room
Exactly my thoughts. I think Mark's mad at us.
From: Josh
Subject Round 1
Kal's gonna cast MM at this thing when he gets in range. He'll move forward w/ the group.
From: Mark
Subject Round 1
He is probably in range now. Use the map and the PHB to figure his range and decide.
From: Josh
Subject Round 1
He is probably in range now. Use the map and the PHB to figure his range and decide.