The wolf snarls as it disappears into the darkness, but the Bodak takes a hit as it tries to leap away from the explosion of noise. When the Bodak is hurt, though, something happens to Shirin...
"You think you can win?" Gmork snarls as it backs toward the darkened wall. "Even if you do, you'll ssummon the Nothing! I'll bring the Nothing right down on top of you and your precciouss plan!"
Hideous laughter echoes in the dark.
There's a hiss, and suddenly a horrific yellow cloud hisses to life above Tuto and Oten and pours down across the assembled adventurers...
The zombies and the Bodak are still shrouded in Faerie Fire as they shamble forward.
Kit-Tik shouts something and focuses on a point between the Gmork and the Bodak and webbing explodes in all directions. The Bodak is ensnared and unable to move forward, but the Gmork leaps away with ease...
The enemy movement I've listed here is simply for flavor except for 1 zombie, which moves 20 feet closer.
All 5 zombies and the Bodak are sheathed in Faerie Fire.
Everyone EXCEPT Shirin needs to make a Con Save. @ me in your Player Channel on Discord.
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Cinder quickly backs out of the cloud of gas, coughing the poison out of her lungs. She was unsteady on her feet, practically on the verge of collapse, but she didn't allow that to affect her casting. Muttering words in infernal under her breath, she cast out a small bead of flame into the crowd of zombies which erupted into an explosion upon contact with the ground. As the explosion goes off, she grins to herself, looking like she would cheer if she had the energy. Some of the leftover flames surround Cinder in a small aura.
Casting Fireball into the group of zombies, positioned so that it hits as many of them as possible without hitting her new allies.
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Rerolls from Flames of Phlegethos: 8
25 fire damage from Fireball, DC 17 Dex save for half.
If there are any enemies within 10 ft of Cinder they will each take 2 fire damage from Heart of Fire.
Any enemies that attack Cinder within 5ft will take 1d4 fire damage from Flames of Phlegethos.
The fireball careens into the center of the zombies and explodes. Two are reduced to cinders immediately, while a third goes down...then gets back up while on fire. Two more take intense damage, but don't collapse, their shambling barely saving them.
The Gmork clinks back into the darkness as unnatural shadow falls over it. It tires to slink away into the dark, but Cinder's explosion illuminates it, as well as the shadow moving along the wall behind the zombies.
Oten ignores the poison fog for the most part, and steps forward through it. He grips his javelin and lines of light begin to spread down it's shaft before the pointed end starts to glow brilliantly. He places one foot forward and pulls his throwing arm back, each joint aligned for maximal mechanical leverage.
Clank
His large metal frame springs into motion, and the javelin hurtles forward toward the skulking shadow at the back. A second later, the javelin reconstitutes within his arm sheathe and slides out into his hand once more. And once more, he throws the weapon, like a bolt from a ballista.
The javelin attack strikes the shadow head on, and it dissipates immediately, its component parts melting into the rest of the darkness along the back way.
Simultaneously, the strange shadow darkness around Gmork fades away...and instead, a dense cloud of fog begins to creep across the ground between it and the Bodak so that Gmork cannot be seen.
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Shirin Bodak Tuto Kit-Tik Zombie (On fire and how the hell is it still walking?) Cinder Gmork Zombie (could really use a fire extinguisher) Oten Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
The Bodak wrenches against the webbing, doing what it can to free itself, but being unable to break its restraints.
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Shirin Bodak Tuto Kit-Tik Zombie (On fire and how the hell is it still walking?) Cinder Gmork Zombie (could really use a fire extinguisher) Oten Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
Tuto doubles over to his hands and knees, hacking so hard blood splattered out his mask, staining it, the fur of his coat and the cavern floor. Yet, like a gnome possessed, he shambles to his feet the moment the coughing somewhat subsided. Whistle still in hand, he blows.
(Tuto casts Shatter, 10ft sphere centered on the Bodak. 27 Thunder damage, DC 15 con save)
The Bodak screams, its body wracked by the shattering noise, but it doesn't take the full effect as it steadies itself to Tuto's onslaught.
Kit-Tik and his Steel Defender part, with Kit-Tik moving away from the choking cloud of poison and toward Shirin's position amongst the crystals, looking to hide himself, while the Steel Defender begins making its way across the gap between the party and their foes with the intention of taking out the remaining zombies.
One of the zombies, the one that was severely damaged by Cinder's fireball, almost gets to the Steel Defender before it collapses into a burned heap and doesn't get back up.
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Shirin Bodak Tuto Kit-Tik Cinder Gmork Zombie (could really use a fire extinguisher) Oten Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
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Cinder pulls at the threads of magicsurrounding them casting an almost invisible shield around herself, then uses the remaining magic to quickly fore off a bolt of fire at one of the remaining zombies.
The firebolt slams into the nearest zombie, burning a scorched hole all the way through its chest. It doubles over and collapses, the dried body continuing to burn.
One zombie remains to shamble toward the group, while the Bodak is still restrained, and Gmork is concealed behind the fog...
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Shirin Bodak Tuto Kit-Tik Cinder Gmork Oten Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
Something up in the air shimmers, and a swift grey shape hurtles flying over the heads of the shambling zombies, four hooves tucked up and a braided horsetail streaming behind. A centaur lands with a clatter on the stone, swiftly pivoting with her flank to the gnome, tiefling, and warforged. I know Cinder. These are the allies of the Ivory Tower.
Her eyes on the creature in the web, the shambling, burning zombies, and the fog cloud that feels her with a nauseating feeling of foreboding, Stasolya pulls her bagpipes under her arm, and, with a deep breath, looking at the cloud of fog, begins to play a rousing tune, her posture tall and her hooves planted in defiance of the evil forces arrayed against her colleagues. Let your hearts be consoled, the forces of darkness will flee in terror today!
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Shirin absorbs some of the incoming energy from his tether with the Bodak, reducing its impact and redirecting it to his blade. (Absorb Elements as a reaction). He snaps at the gnome, "Stop whistle blowing at the Bodak, will you? My life is somehow tethered to his - find a different target, I'm feeling every hit he takes." He wondered how he would end this tether between him and the Bodak, but with it restrained, it could wait.
With just one zombie left, he would continue his way to catch up to the Gmork.
Moving in the direction of Gmork but feeling the effects on his body from the shatters, he would play it safe and try to find cover along the way, heading into the fog if possible, to obscure him from sight. (Another action to hide)
The elf materializes the same time the centaur does, trying to take in the situation as she solidifies. As the warforged yells, she recognizes him from the hall of celetials, "friends!", and she can see he is busy with a zombie.
And she hears another one talk about a tether to the creature in the web. Her focus is towards the fog cloud.. is this where the creature was that Jek showed them? She walks up North along Oten, and decides to help attack the zombie.
She pulls out her rapiers and swiftly attacks the lumbering thing
Attack: 16 Damage: 8
Attack: 27 Damage: 9
She then calls forth her sister, located 15' towards the Gmork from her.
Another arrives. A Hobgoblin in Stormtrooper armor lands near one of the fallen Zombies. "Mithrandir sent us!" He declares to all who can hear. He raises a finger in the direction of the fog, "And he tells me we fight the Gmork..." He casts (Guiding Bolt at Gmork - he doesn't have to be able to see it to hit it), "Golfeki!"
(( Rolled a 6 in game log - modifier is +5 = 11 to hit total, however, I apply the Battle Master Precise Strike maneuver (in game log) adding +2 = 13 to hit. however, If that doesn't hit Gmork, then add +5 from the Hobgoblin 'Saving Face' ability = 18 to hit. Whew... I hope that does it... If a hit or not please let me know - I have another action to take... believe it or not.))
The Guiding Bolt strikes Gmork (8 damage, in log) and a glimmering sheen surrounds it. Everyone can now see Gmork (advantage to all attacks until the end of Dageron's next turn). A menacing smile on Dageron's face, "Kill it quickly!" He raises his hand again and calls once more, "Golfeki!" (Fighter Action Surge: second attack of Guiding Bolt, with advantage).
(( Crit - in log = 82 Radiant damage and the Gmork is once again bathed in a sheen of light that confers advantage to all attackers until the end of Dageron's next turn. ))
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More people. More noise. Perhaps Tuto can drown in out. Maybe play music in his head. The whistle can cut through it. One note, one sound. Its beautiful.
(Tuto casts Shatter, 10ft sphere centered on the Gmork. 23 Thunder damage. DC 15 con save)
Kit-Tik takes cover amongst the crystals and waits for an opening...
Snarling laughter echoes from behind the fog cloud, from the now sparkling Gmork.
"Foolss!" It says in a raspy, drawn voice. "My life force iss connected to the power behind the Nothing! Lissten! Lissten as the sstorm gatherss above!"
Thunder rolls overhead...
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Shirin Stasolya Dageron Bodak Tuto Kit-Tik Cinder Gmork Shavaris Oten
The wolf snarls as it disappears into the darkness, but the Bodak takes a hit as it tries to leap away from the explosion of noise. When the Bodak is hurt, though, something happens to Shirin...
"You think you can win?" Gmork snarls as it backs toward the darkened wall. "Even if you do, you'll ssummon the Nothing! I'll bring the Nothing right down on top of you and your precciouss plan!"
Hideous laughter echoes in the dark.
There's a hiss, and suddenly a horrific yellow cloud hisses to life above Tuto and Oten and pours down across the assembled adventurers...
The zombies and the Bodak are still shrouded in Faerie Fire as they shamble forward.
Kit-Tik shouts something and focuses on a point between the Gmork and the Bodak and webbing explodes in all directions. The Bodak is ensnared and unable to move forward, but the Gmork leaps away with ease...
The enemy movement I've listed here is simply for flavor except for 1 zombie, which moves 20 feet closer.
All 5 zombies and the Bodak are sheathed in Faerie Fire.
Everyone EXCEPT Shirin needs to make a Con Save. @ me in your Player Channel on Discord.
Post Order
Shirin
Dungeon Master
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Dungeon Master
Cinder
Dungeon Master
Oten
Dungeon Master
It is Cinder's turn!
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Cinder quickly backs out of the cloud of gas, coughing the poison out of her lungs. She was unsteady on her feet, practically on the verge of collapse, but she didn't allow that to affect her casting. Muttering words in infernal under her breath, she cast out a small bead of flame into the crowd of zombies which erupted into an explosion upon contact with the ground. As the explosion goes off, she grins to herself, looking like she would cheer if she had the energy. Some of the leftover flames surround Cinder in a small aura.
Casting Fireball into the group of zombies, positioned so that it hits as many of them as possible without hitting her new allies.
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Rerolls from Flames of Phlegethos: 8
25 fire damage from Fireball, DC 17 Dex save for half.
If there are any enemies within 10 ft of Cinder they will each take 2 fire damage from Heart of Fire.
Any enemies that attack Cinder within 5ft will take 1d4 fire damage from Flames of Phlegethos.
The fireball careens into the center of the zombies and explodes. Two are reduced to cinders immediately, while a third goes down...then gets back up while on fire. Two more take intense damage, but don't collapse, their shambling barely saving them.
The Gmork clinks back into the darkness as unnatural shadow falls over it. It tires to slink away into the dark, but Cinder's explosion illuminates it, as well as the shadow moving along the wall behind the zombies.
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Shirin
Dungeon Master
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Dungeon Master
Cinder
Dungeon Master
Oten
Dungeon Master
It is Oten's turn!
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Oten ignores the poison fog for the most part, and steps forward through it. He grips his javelin and lines of light begin to spread down it's shaft before the pointed end starts to glow brilliantly. He places one foot forward and pulls his throwing arm back, each joint aligned for maximal mechanical leverage.
Clank
His large metal frame springs into motion, and the javelin hurtles forward toward the skulking shadow at the back. A second later, the javelin reconstitutes within his arm sheathe and slides out into his hand once more. And once more, he throws the weapon, like a bolt from a ballista.
Moving forward out of the cloud.
Bonus action: branding smite
Attack 1: 9 to hit
Attack 2: 25 to hit (12 magical piercing plus 5 radiant damage)
The javelin attack strikes the shadow head on, and it dissipates immediately, its component parts melting into the rest of the darkness along the back way.
Simultaneously, the strange shadow darkness around Gmork fades away...and instead, a dense cloud of fog begins to creep across the ground between it and the Bodak so that Gmork cannot be seen.
Updated Post Order
Shirin
Bodak
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Zombie (On fire and how the hell is it still walking?)
Cinder
Gmork
Zombie (could really use a fire extinguisher)
Oten
Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
It is Shirin's turn!
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Shirin feels the wind knocked out of him as he feels the shared effects of the shatter on the Bodak.
Concentration check for Faerie fire: 10
(Going to use my action to hide while behind cover, then begin sneaking around to the northeast to try and Suprise/cutoff Gmork.
Steath check for hide: 13
The Bodak wrenches against the webbing, doing what it can to free itself, but being unable to break its restraints.
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Shirin
Bodak
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Zombie (On fire and how the hell is it still walking?)
Cinder
Gmork
Zombie (could really use a fire extinguisher)
Oten
Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
It is Tuto's turn!
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Tuto doubles over to his hands and knees, hacking so hard blood splattered out his mask, staining it, the fur of his coat and the cavern floor. Yet, like a gnome possessed, he shambles to his feet the moment the coughing somewhat subsided. Whistle still in hand, he blows.
(Tuto casts Shatter, 10ft sphere centered on the Bodak. 27 Thunder damage, DC 15 con save)
The Bodak screams, its body wracked by the shattering noise, but it doesn't take the full effect as it steadies itself to Tuto's onslaught.
Kit-Tik and his Steel Defender part, with Kit-Tik moving away from the choking cloud of poison and toward Shirin's position amongst the crystals, looking to hide himself, while the Steel Defender begins making its way across the gap between the party and their foes with the intention of taking out the remaining zombies.
One of the zombies, the one that was severely damaged by Cinder's fireball, almost gets to the Steel Defender before it collapses into a burned heap and doesn't get back up.
Updated Post Order
Shirin
Bodak
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Cinder
Gmork
Zombie (could really use a fire extinguisher)
Oten
Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
It is Cinder's turn!
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Cinder pulls at the threads of magicsurrounding them casting an almost invisible shield around herself, then uses the remaining magic to quickly fore off a bolt of fire at one of the remaining zombies.
Casting Mage Armor and quickening a Firebolt.
To hit: 26 Damage: 11
The firebolt slams into the nearest zombie, burning a scorched hole all the way through its chest. It doubles over and collapses, the dried body continuing to burn.
One zombie remains to shamble toward the group, while the Bodak is still restrained, and Gmork is concealed behind the fog...
Updated Post Order
Shirin
Bodak
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Cinder
Gmork
Oten
Zombie (doing a great Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial recreation)
It is Oten's turn!
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Something up in the air shimmers, and a swift grey shape hurtles flying over the heads of the shambling zombies, four hooves tucked up and a braided horsetail streaming behind. A centaur lands with a clatter on the stone, swiftly pivoting with her flank to the gnome, tiefling, and warforged. I know Cinder. These are the allies of the Ivory Tower.
Her eyes on the creature in the web, the shambling, burning zombies, and the fog cloud that feels her with a nauseating feeling of foreboding, Stasolya pulls her bagpipes under her arm, and, with a deep breath, looking at the cloud of fog, begins to play a rousing tune, her posture tall and her hooves planted in defiance of the evil forces arrayed against her colleagues. Let your hearts be consoled, the forces of darkness will flee in terror today!
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Oten turns to the last zombie and rushes up, quickly stabbing twice at it with his javelin.
Attack: 19 Damage: 9 (magical piercing)
Attack: 14 Damage: 12 (magical piercing)
He turns to note the new arrivals. "Friends or foes?!" He calls out loudly
Shirin absorbs some of the incoming energy from his tether with the Bodak, reducing its impact and redirecting it to his blade. (Absorb Elements as a reaction). He snaps at the gnome, "Stop whistle blowing at the Bodak, will you? My life is somehow tethered to his - find a different target, I'm feeling every hit he takes." He wondered how he would end this tether between him and the Bodak, but with it restrained, it could wait.
With just one zombie left, he would continue his way to catch up to the Gmork.
Moving in the direction of Gmork but feeling the effects on his body from the shatters, he would play it safe and try to find cover along the way, heading into the fog if possible, to obscure him from sight. (Another action to hide)
Stealth check: 15
The elf materializes the same time the centaur does, trying to take in the situation as she solidifies. As the warforged yells, she recognizes him from the hall of celetials, "friends!", and she can see he is busy with a zombie.
And she hears another one talk about a tether to the creature in the web. Her focus is towards the fog cloud.. is this where the creature was that Jek showed them? She walks up North along Oten, and decides to help attack the zombie.
She pulls out her rapiers and swiftly attacks the lumbering thing
Attack: 16 Damage: 8
Attack: 27 Damage: 9
She then calls forth her sister, located 15' towards the Gmork from her.
The zombie is destroyed by the insurmountable onslaught, its body rendered to shreds as Oten and Shavaris put their combined effort into ending it.
The Bodak screams impotently as it remains webbed in place in front of the cloud of fog...
I had a big brainfart earlier and got Shavaris and Dageron's turns backwards. Dageron is up next!
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Shirin
Stasolya
Dageron
Bodak
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Cinder
Gmork
Shavaris
Oten
It is Dageron's turn!
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Another arrives. A Hobgoblin in Stormtrooper armor lands near one of the fallen Zombies. "Mithrandir sent us!" He declares to all who can hear. He raises a finger in the direction of the fog, "And he tells me we fight the Gmork..." He casts (Guiding Bolt at Gmork - he doesn't have to be able to see it to hit it), "Golfeki!"
(( Rolled a 6 in game log - modifier is +5 = 11 to hit total, however, I apply the Battle Master Precise Strike maneuver (in game log) adding +2 = 13 to hit. however, If that doesn't hit Gmork, then add +5 from the Hobgoblin 'Saving Face' ability = 18 to hit. Whew... I hope that does it... If a hit or not please let me know - I have another action to take... believe it or not.))
The Guiding Bolt strikes Gmork (8 damage, in log) and a glimmering sheen surrounds it. Everyone can now see Gmork (advantage to all attacks until the end of Dageron's next turn). A menacing smile on Dageron's face, "Kill it quickly!" He raises his hand again and calls once more, "Golfeki!" (Fighter Action Surge: second attack of Guiding Bolt, with advantage).
(( Crit - in log = 82 Radiant damage and the Gmork is once again bathed in a sheen of light that confers advantage to all attackers until the end of Dageron's next turn. ))
More people. More noise. Perhaps Tuto can drown in out. Maybe play music in his head. The whistle can cut through it. One note, one sound. Its beautiful.
(Tuto casts Shatter, 10ft sphere centered on the Gmork. 23 Thunder damage. DC 15 con save)
Kit-Tik takes cover amongst the crystals and waits for an opening...
Snarling laughter echoes from behind the fog cloud, from the now sparkling Gmork.
"Foolss!" It says in a raspy, drawn voice. "My life force iss connected to the power behind the Nothing! Lissten! Lissten as the sstorm gatherss above!"
Thunder rolls overhead...
Updated Post Order
Shirin
Stasolya
Dageron
Bodak
Tuto
Kit-Tik
Cinder
Gmork
Shavaris
Oten
It is Cinder's turn!
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