The Colony - Turn 57 - Rocktopus

After descending the wooden ladder to the lower level, the party encounters a rock-snail-octopus thing that seems intent on having someone for dinner.


Start Date: August 21, mid-morning
Start Status: Rock n Roll
Start Location: Silverstream Mine

Adventuring: Rennard, Jinx, Mendel, Smoke, Zenobe
At the Tulip: Adrienne, Brigg, Hagan, Xon, Aaron

The Turn

[Round One - Rocktopus Initiative]

Zenobe prepares a spell!

The bulky boulder-thing slithers forward on its broad foot and, once it's close enough, lashes out at Smoke with its clustered tentacles, hitting four times! [15 damage].

Right off the bat, Smoke has had enough of this. She activates her blinking boots and wills herself to a spot behind the creature. The tactic works, so she whirls in place, fires her pistol and hacks at the thing with her sword. The shot goes wide and the sword skitters off the rocktopus's shell.

Jinx steps up and forms a line with Rennard, who also advances. Brigg stays back and takes a bow shot at one of the elevated eye (?) stalks, piercing the glowing orb. [6 damage]. The creature twitches and yanks the tentacle back beneath its shell. Jinx pulls the trigger on his blunderbuss, aiming for the spot where the tentacles join the rocktopus's meaty foot. His aim is true [7 damage].

Zenobe's spell goes off and Jinx, Rennard, Brigg and Zenobe all receive the benefits of Bless. Alas, Smoke's maneuver put her out of the area of effect.

Rennard swings at the creature but only manages to catch his sword on a nearby support beam.

[Round Two - Party Initiative]

Smoke leaps away from the creature towards the entrance tunnel, pulls a flask from her pack and quaffs it. [minor restoration 3 healing]

Zenobe moves up to cover Rennard's exposed flank, which brings him within melee range of the creature. Before he can swing, Brigg fires another arrow at the remaining eye (?) stalk, but this time the arrow goes wide.

Jinx, Rennard and Zenobe attack with bayonet, sword and flail respectively. Jinx's bayonet pierces the creature's shell and, based on the twitching, hits something vital. [7 damage]. Rennard scores a glancing blow that slices open a tentacle [4 damage]. Zenobe's flail attack is wide of the mark.

The rocktopus lashes all three targets in front of it, and hits Jinx twice [7 damage] and Rennard once [4 damage]. One of the tentacles wraps around Jinx's leg and pulls him in close!

[Round Three - Rocktopus Initiative]

The creature's wide foot splits in half, revealing a maw lined with tiny needle-like teeth. It tries to bite Jinx, but its teeth scrape harmlessly across his armor. It also lashes the others with a pair of tentacles and scores a glancing shot on Zenobe. [1 damage].

Brigg takes another potshot at the eyestalk and this time his aim is true. [5 damage]. The creature jerks and quivers, and the tentacle holding Jinx's leg relaxes and uncoils. Smoke stabs the thing for good measure but there's no reaction. "Nice shooting Brigg," says Rennard, eyeing the glowing goo oozing from the eye globe. "Let's make sure there're no more of these around, eh?

A cursory examination of the creature shows that it has a snail-like shell covered in a mixture of rock dust and some sort of hardened mucous or resin, a combination that makes it very difficult to distinguish from the surrounding stone. Its flesh is tough and leathery, and the saliva dripping from its sagging jaws has a sharp odor, like ammonia.

There are no obvious signs of other creatures, but you're not sure you'd see them if they were there.

From this battle:

Smoke: 12 damage [-1 restoration potion]
Jinx: 7 damage
Rennard: 4 damage
Zenobe: 1 damage

Please remember to update the character spreadsheet to reflect your correct HP totals.

End Date: August 21, mid-morning
End Status:
End Location: Silverstream Mine