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Jethro's Turn
Jethro looks to the star beasts with some interests. Creatures from another world; however they are between them and their goal. He raises his hands, a darkening effect landing onto the starbeast ahead before a jet of eldritch energy fires at the creature.
Bonus Action - Hex vs. Starbeast 2: Gains disadvantage on Wisdom ability checks & increases attack damage for Jethro. (Now concentrating) Action - Eldritch Blast vs. Starbeast 2:6 vs. AC. Hit:4 force, plus 6 necrotic damage.
Garadd's Turn
Garrad, seeing the large space between them, starts with a ranged strike. He draws the longbow and aims at the Starbeast ahead of him, uttering some words to guide the strike. He then looses an arrow directly at the beast's body.
Bonus Action - Hunter's Mark vs. Starbeast 2: Bonus damage with weapon attacks & easier to track for Garrad. (Now concentrating) Action - Longbow vs. Starbeast 2:10 vs. AC. Hit:11 piercing damage.
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Marakhad utters a small prayer casting upon those near to her a blessing: upon Gauthak, Bear and Raviel.
Talon takes flight to swirl and distract the Starbeast on the right.
Raviel, feeling the blessing of Marakhad and making use of Talon's distraction forms a sphere of cold and frost and hurls this at the Starbeast.
Marakhad
Casts Bless upon Gauthak, Bear and Raviel. For next minute, while she maintains concentration, they may add 1d4 to any Attack or Saving Throw roll they make.
Talon
With 60 ft fly speed moves to the square left of Starbeast 2 and uses the Help action to distract this enemy for Raviel's attack.
Raviel
Casts Chromatic Orb of Cold at 1st level. Has advantage from Talon's distraction and adds 1d4 to attack roll from Marakhad's Bless: Attack: 19 Damage: 5 (cold damage).
As each hit lands against a starbeast, parts of their body splash out and burn the flesh of the attacker. Gauthak and Bear both rush forward. Gauthak swings his hammer from a distance, and manages to land quite a solid blow into the starbeast before him (though the plasma doesn't reach far enough to cause him any harm. Bear yells in rage, unleashing a wave of tundra frost around her, which settles into a protective layer of frost over Danvi, Guathak, Signe, and Talon, as well as herself, before she swings. Though at first it seems like she misses, the starbeast accidentally moves one of its arms into the way of her axe. Nuras moves forward a little, and noticing that the plasma spashes out at nearby attackers, whips out with his tail. Remarkably, the tip of his tail catches what you can only guess are the eyes of the beast, and leaves an extremely gashing cut behind as it retracts faster than the plasma can catch it.
Each beast lashes out, with the one more surrounded lashing out at those who are within its reach and already hit it. Though Bear manages to dodge the incoming fist, Danvi is not so lucky, catching a faceful. As the fist retracts, some plasma residue is left on his face. Riot manages to catch both fists of the starbeast before them with their shield.
STATUS Bear: Raging (10 rounds) Danvi: 11 damage taken, must spend an action to remove plasma, taking 1d10 radiant damage at start of each turn until it is wiped away Gauthak: 2 THP Riot: 3 damage taken Signe: 2 THP Talon: 2 THP Starbeast 1: 101 damage taken Starbeast 2: 100 damage taken
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Signe swung at the starbeast with his rapier, but the creature brushed it aside as if it was nothing. As he prepared for a second strike-
Action: Melee rapier attack against Starbeast 1 (miss).
Danvi:
-Danvi spun his dual blades in a graceful motion, scything through the weakened starbeast's form, ripping it to shreds. The plasma on his shoulder from where the starbeast had struck him burnt deeper into his body, but he ignored the pain as he bowed at his fallen enemy. He turned around and strode towards the back lines, sure that his fellows could finish the second starbeast.
Action: Melee weapon attack against Starbeast 1 with Double-Bladed Scimitar (HIT!) | 8 slashing damage.
Movement: 7 squares south, 1 square east.
Bonus Action: Technically melee weapon attack against Starbeast 1, but it was already dead. Goes to show you shouldn't jump the gun.
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Malahad sees Danvi get hurt before attacking the beast and coming to her side. She immediately starts a short prayer and places a hand upon him. Warm gold light flows from her hand into his body to ease his pain and cure his wounds.
Talon once against helps Raviel by distracting the Starbeast and Raviel takes advantage by summoning an orb of intense cold and hurling it at the distracted creature.
Marakhad : Level 1 Cure Wounds on Danvi: 9 Hit Points Healed.
Talon: Uses Help action to distract Starbeast 2 for Raviel's next attack.
Raviel: Level 2 Chromatic Orb of cold to Starbeast 2, has advantage from distraction and 1d4 to attack roll from Bless: Attack: 24 Damage: 18 cold damage
As the starbeast tries to swing at Riot once again, Raviel's chromatic orb hits it in the chest, and the beast falls, the plasma which made up most of its body dissipating, much like the one Danvi had slain. Nuras grabs the star, and tentatively lifts it, gauging its weight. After a few moments, he slowly lifts it over the ridge crossed to get to the encounter, encouraging the group to follow him up. Upon meeting him there, he speaks. "The star is a little heavier than I expected, so I don't think we'll be bringing it all the way with us to the Dragon's Skull. I'll leave it here and I'll carry it, or control its decent, when we head back down the mountain. We aren't too far from the Dragon's Skull, just another fifteen or so minutes, I think."
The snowstorm continues to rage on around you, its cold now stinging even Gauthak and Bear, as you continue on, leaving the star behind for now.
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Raviel nods in return to Riot and makes his way to Nuras. Upon arriving he goes to the star, Marakhad beside him. She places a hand upon his shoulder and whispers a prayer of Guidance. Without needing words she assists him in investigating the star - relying more on his investigative abilities as a scholar and wizard but wanting to help however she can - she serves a Sun god, the skies and their secrets are certainly of interest. Raviel recalls this star from his dreams and feels the prayer Marakhad gave invigorating his mind - these combined granting an attention and focus rarely able to be achieved.
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The star looks to Raviel and Jethro as reports of previous stars indicate - approximately 15 feet of some metallic substance, covered in a thin layer of burning hot plasma. Breaking a piece off and gauging the weight in his hand, Raviel is amazed that Nuras managed to lift the star more than an inch off the ground for longer than 10 seconds. Looking around, the pair also realise that the group was standing in the impact crater, not a normal part of the mountain - further evidenced by the crash site's lack of snow - only a thin layer around the edges, and completely snow-free close to where it was sitting. Where Nuras drags it, it carves through the snow like a hot knife through butter, and when he lets it rest, the snow within 15 feet of it seems to be slowly fading. Raviel also notices that though there is no sign of entry or departure for the Starbeasts, looking to what little remains of their corpses, it is hard to imagine they needed any.
Riot is also looking at what remains of the corpses, all that remains of each being a lump of some metal-like flesh about three times the size of a heart. Poking it, it seems to almost phase through metallic parts of his body.
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Riot sheathes his sword and sees that he can't get a trophy from the beasts and leave the corpses alone. He joins Nuras and the others to their destination.
Danvi wiped the plasma off himself as Marakhad sent a pulse of healing energy through him. "Thank you, Marakhad." Danvi bowed before looking around the area for any more threats.
Walking through the snow is a dull process, and upon reaching the Dragon's Skull herbs, the collection is a challenge not of skill, but of tedium, and resistance to the frost. Thanks to warm clothes however, the process doesn't lead to any actual harm. Collecting enough Dragon's Skull takes about half an hour between the group of 10 humanoids, while Nuras watches on, careful not to make contact with the leaves he knows are highly dangerous to him.
Returning to the star, where you left it, the first thing you note is that almost all of the plasma 'shell' covering it when you left has dissipated, and that while the star is still hot, it is nowhere near as warm as it was before. Nuras attempts to push the star, but even with the might of an adult dragon, it refuses to budge - evidently, his effort before was successful due to adrenaline. After a whole minute of shoving, it moves, ever so slightly. "I'm not sure whether pushing this star down the mountain will be worth the effort, but I'm gonna put this to a vote: those who think it will be worth the effort, speak up."
Bear, Garadd, Gretu, and Signe announce their interest in acquiring the star, while Gauthak and Marakhad remain silent, indicating that they'd rather not have the dragon suffer for the star.
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Danvi walked a full circle around the star, tapping it at intervals. Having come to a satisfactory conclusion, he addressed the group. "I have no personal interest in the star, but I do feel as if there would be an advantage to take it back. That said, maybe it would be better to return at a different point, better equipped to move the star. After all, it's heavy enough that it's not going anywhere unless you prepare for it."
Jethro looks to Nuras, his dull grey eyes showing only the slightest glimmer of action behind them. "The star holds many secrets, and should be investigated. Leaving it here may just attract more unwanted attention. It is something that should be examined by us once it is in a secure location."
Riot walks up to the star and gets a feel of it, "Perhaps we could work together. We have a number of people here and ser dragon, we might have a better chance of moving it if we work together."
"Very well. It is likely to add at the very least one day to get back down the mountain, and probably two or three days extra between the mountain and my town, even with the aid of everyone, but that is what the group has chosen. Now, even if all of you possessed immense strength, the star isn't big enough for everyone to push. Three of you can help me push, and the rest of you will have to find some other way to help us, but I'd like everyone to contribute."
Bear and Gauthak both step forward immediately. "I don't think I'll be much help as anything other than raw strength in this challenge, Nuras." "Me neither."
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Jethro will use his Guidance to give assistance to those pushing, but since this is going to be pushed, he will attempt to clear out chaff in the way and perhaps blast the ground to allow grooves to roll the star through with his spells.
Garadd, as a ranger, will be working on scouting ahead and working on finding a path of least resistance as well as anything that can assist in speeding up their travel.
Jethro's Turn
Jethro looks to the star beasts with some interests. Creatures from another world; however they are between them and their goal. He raises his hands, a darkening effect landing onto the starbeast ahead before a jet of eldritch energy fires at the creature.
Bonus Action - Hex vs. Starbeast 2: Gains disadvantage on Wisdom ability checks & increases attack damage for Jethro. (Now concentrating)
Action - Eldritch Blast vs. Starbeast 2: 6 vs. AC. Hit: 4 force, plus 6 necrotic damage.
Garadd's Turn
Garrad, seeing the large space between them, starts with a ranged strike. He draws the longbow and aims at the Starbeast ahead of him, uttering some words to guide the strike. He then looses an arrow directly at the beast's body.
Bonus Action - Hunter's Mark vs. Starbeast 2: Bonus damage with weapon attacks & easier to track for Garrad. (Now concentrating)
Action - Longbow vs. Starbeast 2: 10 vs. AC. Hit: 11 piercing damage.
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Marakhad utters a small prayer casting upon those near to her a blessing: upon Gauthak, Bear and Raviel.
Talon takes flight to swirl and distract the Starbeast on the right.
Raviel, feeling the blessing of Marakhad and making use of Talon's distraction forms a sphere of cold and frost and hurls this at the Starbeast.
Marakhad
Casts Bless upon Gauthak, Bear and Raviel. For next minute, while she maintains concentration, they may add 1d4 to any Attack or Saving Throw roll they make.
Talon
With 60 ft fly speed moves to the square left of Starbeast 2 and uses the Help action to distract this enemy for Raviel's attack.
Raviel
Casts Chromatic Orb of Cold at 1st level. Has advantage from Talon's distraction and adds 1d4 to attack roll from Marakhad's Bless: Attack: 19 Damage: 5 (cold damage).
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Riot draws his sword and charges straight forward, slashing at the unknown beast.
Initiative: 9
Movement: 6 squares north, Action: attack(With Goading if hits.)
Attack: 23 Damage: 9
Superiority dice: 8
Gretu takes it slow, going a bit closer then throwing a dart at the beast.
Initiative: 17
Movement: 3 squares north
Action: (Dart) Attack
Attack: 9 Damage: 7
As each hit lands against a starbeast, parts of their body splash out and burn the flesh of the attacker. Gauthak and Bear both rush forward. Gauthak swings his hammer from a distance, and manages to land quite a solid blow into the starbeast before him (though the plasma doesn't reach far enough to cause him any harm. Bear yells in rage, unleashing a wave of tundra frost around her, which settles into a protective layer of frost over Danvi, Guathak, Signe, and Talon, as well as herself, before she swings. Though at first it seems like she misses, the starbeast accidentally moves one of its arms into the way of her axe. Nuras moves forward a little, and noticing that the plasma spashes out at nearby attackers, whips out with his tail. Remarkably, the tip of his tail catches what you can only guess are the eyes of the beast, and leaves an extremely gashing cut behind as it retracts faster than the plasma can catch it.
Each beast lashes out, with the one more surrounded lashing out at those who are within its reach and already hit it. Though Bear manages to dodge the incoming fist, Danvi is not so lucky, catching a faceful. As the fist retracts, some plasma residue is left on his face. Riot manages to catch both fists of the starbeast before them with their shield.
STATUS
Bear: Raging (10 rounds)
Danvi: 11 damage taken, must spend an action to remove plasma, taking 1d10 radiant damage at start of each turn until it is wiped away
Gauthak: 2 THP
Riot: 3 damage taken
Signe: 2 THP
Talon: 2 THP
Starbeast 1: 101 damage taken
Starbeast 2: 100 damage taken
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Signe:
Signe swung at the starbeast with his rapier, but the creature brushed it aside as if it was nothing. As he prepared for a second strike-
Action: Melee rapier attack against Starbeast 1 (miss).
Danvi:
-Danvi spun his dual blades in a graceful motion, scything through the weakened starbeast's form, ripping it to shreds. The plasma on his shoulder from where the starbeast had struck him burnt deeper into his body, but he ignored the pain as he bowed at his fallen enemy. He turned around and strode towards the back lines, sure that his fellows could finish the second starbeast.
Action: Melee weapon attack against Starbeast 1 with Double-Bladed Scimitar (HIT!) | 8 slashing damage.
Movement: 7 squares south, 1 square east.
Bonus Action: Technically melee weapon attack against Starbeast 1, but it was already dead. Goes to show you shouldn't jump the gun.
Malahad sees Danvi get hurt before attacking the beast and coming to her side. She immediately starts a short prayer and places a hand upon him. Warm gold light flows from her hand into his body to ease his pain and cure his wounds.
Talon once against helps Raviel by distracting the Starbeast and Raviel takes advantage by summoning an orb of intense cold and hurling it at the distracted creature.
Marakhad : Level 1 Cure Wounds on Danvi: 9 Hit Points Healed.
Talon: Uses Help action to distract Starbeast 2 for Raviel's next attack.
Raviel: Level 2 Chromatic Orb of cold to Starbeast 2, has advantage from distraction and 1d4 to attack roll from Bless: Attack: 24 Damage: 18 cold damage
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As the starbeast tries to swing at Riot once again, Raviel's chromatic orb hits it in the chest, and the beast falls, the plasma which made up most of its body dissipating, much like the one Danvi had slain. Nuras grabs the star, and tentatively lifts it, gauging its weight. After a few moments, he slowly lifts it over the ridge crossed to get to the encounter, encouraging the group to follow him up. Upon meeting him there, he speaks.
"The star is a little heavier than I expected, so I don't think we'll be bringing it all the way with us to the Dragon's Skull. I'll leave it here and I'll carry it, or control its decent, when we head back down the mountain. We aren't too far from the Dragon's Skull, just another fifteen or so minutes, I think."
The snowstorm continues to rage on around you, its cold now stinging even Gauthak and Bear, as you continue on, leaving the star behind for now.
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Riot looks to the head of the fallen star beast and tries to take it with him. He gives a short bow of the head to Raviel, as thanks for the spell.
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Jethro looks at the fallen star with curiosity. His face begins to show some actual emotion rather than his usual deadpan expression.
Investigation: 23
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Raviel nods in return to Riot and makes his way to Nuras. Upon arriving he goes to the star, Marakhad beside him. She places a hand upon his shoulder and whispers a prayer of Guidance. Without needing words she assists him in investigating the star - relying more on his investigative abilities as a scholar and wizard but wanting to help however she can - she serves a Sun god, the skies and their secrets are certainly of interest. Raviel recalls this star from his dreams and feels the prayer Marakhad gave invigorating his mind - these combined granting an attention and focus rarely able to be achieved.
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The star looks to Raviel and Jethro as reports of previous stars indicate - approximately 15 feet of some metallic substance, covered in a thin layer of burning hot plasma. Breaking a piece off and gauging the weight in his hand, Raviel is amazed that Nuras managed to lift the star more than an inch off the ground for longer than 10 seconds. Looking around, the pair also realise that the group was standing in the impact crater, not a normal part of the mountain - further evidenced by the crash site's lack of snow - only a thin layer around the edges, and completely snow-free close to where it was sitting. Where Nuras drags it, it carves through the snow like a hot knife through butter, and when he lets it rest, the snow within 15 feet of it seems to be slowly fading. Raviel also notices that though there is no sign of entry or departure for the Starbeasts, looking to what little remains of their corpses, it is hard to imagine they needed any.
Riot is also looking at what remains of the corpses, all that remains of each being a lump of some metal-like flesh about three times the size of a heart. Poking it, it seems to almost phase through metallic parts of his body.
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Jethro, knowing he cannot do much right now, will just follow Nuras' orders to this 15-minute walk away location.
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Riot sheathes his sword and sees that he can't get a trophy from the beasts and leave the corpses alone. He joins Nuras and the others to their destination.
Danvi wiped the plasma off himself as Marakhad sent a pulse of healing energy through him. "Thank you, Marakhad." Danvi bowed before looking around the area for any more threats.
Walking through the snow is a dull process, and upon reaching the Dragon's Skull herbs, the collection is a challenge not of skill, but of tedium, and resistance to the frost. Thanks to warm clothes however, the process doesn't lead to any actual harm. Collecting enough Dragon's Skull takes about half an hour between the group of 10 humanoids, while Nuras watches on, careful not to make contact with the leaves he knows are highly dangerous to him.
Returning to the star, where you left it, the first thing you note is that almost all of the plasma 'shell' covering it when you left has dissipated, and that while the star is still hot, it is nowhere near as warm as it was before. Nuras attempts to push the star, but even with the might of an adult dragon, it refuses to budge - evidently, his effort before was successful due to adrenaline. After a whole minute of shoving, it moves, ever so slightly.
"I'm not sure whether pushing this star down the mountain will be worth the effort, but I'm gonna put this to a vote: those who think it will be worth the effort, speak up."
Bear, Garadd, Gretu, and Signe announce their interest in acquiring the star, while Gauthak and Marakhad remain silent, indicating that they'd rather not have the dragon suffer for the star.
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Danvi walked a full circle around the star, tapping it at intervals. Having come to a satisfactory conclusion, he addressed the group. "I have no personal interest in the star, but I do feel as if there would be an advantage to take it back. That said, maybe it would be better to return at a different point, better equipped to move the star. After all, it's heavy enough that it's not going anywhere unless you prepare for it."
Jethro looks to Nuras, his dull grey eyes showing only the slightest glimmer of action behind them. "The star holds many secrets, and should be investigated. Leaving it here may just attract more unwanted attention. It is something that should be examined by us once it is in a secure location."
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Riot walks up to the star and gets a feel of it, "Perhaps we could work together. We have a number of people here and ser dragon, we might have a better chance of moving it if we work together."
"Very well. It is likely to add at the very least one day to get back down the mountain, and probably two or three days extra between the mountain and my town, even with the aid of everyone, but that is what the group has chosen. Now, even if all of you possessed immense strength, the star isn't big enough for everyone to push. Three of you can help me push, and the rest of you will have to find some other way to help us, but I'd like everyone to contribute."
Bear and Gauthak both step forward immediately.
"I don't think I'll be much help as anything other than raw strength in this challenge, Nuras."
"Me neither."
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Jethro will use his Guidance to give assistance to those pushing, but since this is going to be pushed, he will attempt to clear out chaff in the way and perhaps blast the ground to allow grooves to roll the star through with his spells.
Garadd, as a ranger, will be working on scouting ahead and working on finding a path of least resistance as well as anything that can assist in speeding up their travel.
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