RQG 44 - Rock Bottom

## Content Warnings

Claustrophobia, underground, darkness, being hunted, tentacles, heights, falling, isolation, drowning, body horror, medical horror (inc. jokes). SFX: squelching, loud screeching

## Summary

Join Alex, Bryn, Ben, and Lydia as they continue to play the extended Pathfinder campaign: Erasing the Line. Party members have been dropping thick and fast as they face their (literally) darkest hour.

## Synopsis

Sasha and Hamid try and sneak away from the creature pursuing them, but it finds Hamid, dragging him over into the ravine. Sasha is able to escape, and she climbs down into the river below and falls in.

Zolf awakens in a tube with a pipe in his mouth and discovers he has no legs and a few pipes coming out of his left arm. Biting the tube in his mouth, he scrabbles out of the tube. He sees an unconscious Sasha, some of her organs are suspended outside of her body. Hamid is on another table with a reopened scar.

Zolf removes the pipe from his mouth and finds that he is in very good condition, other than his missing legs and metal ports in his left arm. He hauls himself out of the tank and looks around the room, which is filled with complex apparatus coming from the ceiling and hears the sounds of distant industry.

Zolf opens the glass apparatus that contain Sasha's organs and replaces them in her body, then casts 'Cure Moderate Wounds'. She regains consciousness and feels exhausted. The two of them hear metallic footsteps coming into the room and Bertie steps into the room, quipping "Ah, Mr Smith, I see you've lost weight!"

## Quotes

**Alex**: "With me today, I have:"
**Lydia**: "Lydia Nicholas."
**Bryn**: "And Bryn Monroe. And just us! Because Alex has killed or driven off everyone else."
**Lydia**: "Or thrown down a hole!"
**Bryn**: "It’s so lonely. And we’re just wondering who’s next."
―Player introductions

**Alex**: "You’ve got to remember, we’ve finally managed to get rid of all those noisy people who were slowing you down."
**Lydia**: "Yeah. Those people with their jokes and their, you know, warmth, and *what did you do to them, Alex?!*"
―Episode recap

**Bryn**: "I’ll pack up my things. Take this mic off."
**Lydia**: "Bye, Bryn."
**Bryn**: "See you, guys."
**Alex**: "You’re not dead yet. I mean, at least wait until next round and then pack up your things."
―The creature has yanked Hamid free and begun dragging him away.

"Sasha! Save yourself!"
―**Hamid, curling up into a ball as the creature drags him away**

**Bryn**: "You… words I cannot say on this podcast! I have no words to express what you are, but you are one and a total, total one."
**Lydia**: "He’s a monster but we do respect his craft."
―The players react to what's happened to Sasha and Zolf

## Dice rolls and Mechanics

Sasha takes 10 to start climbing down into the ravine

Sasha continues climbing: 18

Sasha continues climbing: 14

Zolf makes a survival check in the tank: 20

Zolf makes a will save to not freak out: nat 20 (29)

Zolf makes a climb check to get to the top of the tank: 14

Zolf makes a perception check: 16

Zolf makes a heal check on himself: 15

Zolf makes a heal check to pull the pipe out: 20 (he takes 2 damage)

Zolf makes a climb check to get out of the tank: 9

Zolf makes a knowledge heal check on Sasha: 20

Zolf makes a perception check to hear if anyone is coming: 10

Zolf makes a heal check to put Sasha's organs back correctly: 23

Zolf casts Cure Moderate Wounds on Sasha: heals 13 damage

Zolf and Sasha make a perception check: Zolf gets 17, Sasha gets a nat 20

## 2/3 TPK Breakdown

Initiative from last episode: Hamid, Sasha

Sasha pulls herself up onto the crumbling bridge with an acrobatics check of 22 and runs across it, heading in the right direction with a perception check of 24.

Hamid hides badly on a stealth check of 8.

Sasha crawls toward Hamid, spotting him with a perception check of 13.

Hamid casts 'Detect Magic', making his spellcraft check (due to only having one working arm). He makes a perception check of 10, and nothing happens.

Sasha grabs Hamid and they slowly head toward the far wall making a perception check of 14. They both make a stealth roll: Hamid gets 24, Sasha gets 18.

Something grabs Hamid's leg and pulls him to the ground. He takes 4 damage and is grappled, being tugged between Sasha and the monster.

Sasha pulls on Hamid and tries to stab the monster. She rolls a 16 to hit, but misses.

Hamid tries to escape from the tentacle, rolling an escape artist check of 17, but doesn't succeed.

The creature drags Hamid toward the ravine, breaking him from Sasha's grasp as she rolls a strength check of 5.

Sasha dives towards the screaming Hamid through some boulders but isn't able to reach him, missing on a reflex save of 11.

Hamid shouts "Sasha, save yourself!" before curling up into a ball and accepting his fate.

Sasha tries to grab the tentacle grabbing Hamid and misses on a reflex save of 13.

Hamid tries to struggle free, but fails to do so on an escape artist check of 12.

Sasha steps on to the bridge to help Hamid, but the bridge crumbles. Sasha is able to leap away with a reflex save of 17, but Hamid and the creature are cast into the ravine, Hamid screaming.