the large minotaur would make his way out the door behind Aryn, flanking her as he crossed his thick hairy arms. "I wouldnt get too close... they bite you know" He would say with a snort as his eyes narrow and lock on the men.
The man smiles wide and says, "Oh I like it a lot. Beautiful creatures like this shouldn't belong to little girls and beasts of burden. How about I take em off you hands for you?" as he draws his crossbow. The men around draw theirs as you draw your weapons. There's a brief pause before Ironwing squawks and all hell breaks lose.
Smugglers: 15
Griffons: 21
The smugglers unleash a volley of crossbow bolts at each of you. Two bolts hit Aryn in the shoulder and leg while three hit Mucor. (holy crap they rolled well.)
Damage: Aryn- 9 Mucor- 20
Initiative Order: Group 1: Mucor & Smugglers Group 2: Aryn & Griffons
"Your corpses will feed my grove" the minotaur would say with a snarl as he points his staff to the cart in front of him and casts cloudkill. A wave of black and green spores would erupt from the fur of the minotaur and rise into the air before settling down on the wagon and those driving it. As the cloud settles on the bandits in the back, The minotaur would rush towards the man in the center of the road and send another smaller cloud of spores to choke the life from him.
******************** Action - Cloud kill (6th level)... con 16 or take 31 poison damage. Take half damage on success. Reaction - con 16 or take 8 necrotic damage or half on success
So cloud kill is 20 by 20 and it looks like I should probably be able to get all 8 bandits and the two horses on the cart in front of mucor? At least the 6 bandits on the back of the cart?
A small bead of greenish black energy escapes from Mucor's staff and flies west erupting into a large thick sphere of death than suffocates the life from 4 horses and 8 smugglers. The man in the center coughs up a bit of blood as the spores choke him but he shrugs off the effect and glares at the Minotaur now inches from him.
Aryn will grin and look to Calypso and Ironwing say, "Go after those two" and point southwest. Aryn will then take off sprinting northwest and leap into the air swords extended straight out as she attempts to drive her swords into each of the smugglers chests.
Aryn's swords pierce into the leather armor of the hooded men and knock each off their horses. The smugglers corpses hit the ground as Aryn lands between the two horses. The griffons fly forward and attack each of the smugglers to the south. Calypso rips off the head of one while Ironwing rips open the chest of the second with his claws.
Atks: SW: 1019 SE: 1420 Dmg: SW: 810 SE: 1211
The man lone man remaining in the middle stands and holds up his hands after watching his entire band be wiped out in the blink of an eye. “Wait, wait, wait, wait. We can work this out.”
The minotaur would extend his large hand and grab him around the neck... squeezing tightly and lifting him into the air. "You attacked us first friend" He would say with a snort as he waves his free hand and brings four of the former smugglers back from the dead as zombies and motions them to come close. "Tell me... what can you offer myself and my friend... If you had only injured me... I would be more inclided to let you live" He would say with a snort as the zombies close in on all sides... "But you hurt my friend here.. and no one hurts my friends... so you better speak quickly" Mucor would say with a deep growl... still holding him by his neck but loosening his grip enough for the man to speak.
(Using my reaction to summon four spore zombies... there is some flavor happening so I can retcon it since mucor isn't TECHNICALLY close enough to the bodies to use that ability.. Also... intimidation? With advantage since his friends are zombies and moving towards him like they want to eat him alive?)
The man squirms in horror as he watches his allies corpses rise and say nervously, “I.. I.. have a shipment we're transporting. You’re welcome to anything in it... I can tell you where our group meets, who our leader is. Whatever you want… I’m your man… he he.” He speaks quickly and frantically hoping anything he says will save him from his inevitable fate.
Aryn will calmly walk over to Calypso and Ironwing and move them back to their original places and tell them to stay. Then she will approach the man and say, "We'll take it all. What are you transporting, what was its destination? Where is your guild headquarters, how many leaders do you have and who are they?"
Mucor would continue to leave the man hoisted in the air as the zombies walk closer.. shuffling slowly across the road as blood and mold drip from their wounds. "I would answer her quickly... " He would say as he tilts his head to look at the oncoming undead. "Your friends look hungry"
"Okay, okay. I don't know what we're transporting. We don't ask questions we just move the goods when they tell us to. You're welcome to them. We were supposed to take them southeast to Arix. (a large city along the southern coast of the Azuven empire). He pauses for a moment as he looks towards the zombies then back at Mucor and Aryn Uhhh... We're part of the Golden company. The golden company is just a small thieves guild run by the three men, the two Hardy brothers and a third unknown partner. I've never seen the third guy before or heard his name. I just deal with the two brothers. We're based out of Jadena to the west. We meet every week on Saturday night in the bottom of a tavern called the Lucky Nugget. That's all I know i swear." He says sheepishly as the zombies approach closer and closer and he shuts his eyes awaiting pain.
Mucor would hold up his hand to stop the zombies. "You are coming with us... You are going to help us get rid of ALL of the remaining bandits... and then if you prove yourself to be useful.. we may have a job for you waiting at castle daybreak.... deal?" He would say with a snort before looking to Aryn for her opinion with a small shrug.
Aryn visibly eye rolls glad her brother isn't there to hear this idiot. She can only imagine his smug grin. "Yes... and yes so if you try to betray us we will feed you to Valeera, our dragon ally. We're taking this shipment back to castle daybreak. We'll discuss next steps regarding your guild with our group, but Mucor and I still have other business to attend to with some other bandits. Do you know anything about them?" Aryn withdraws the dagger and places it back in the leather sheath strapped to her leg. Aryn would then explain the flier and town that is dealing with bandits ravaging their town to see if it jogged Darin's memory.
Then turning to Mucor, Aryn will say, "Mucor, can you find the leader of this town, get our reward then take the griffons and keep an eye out overhead? I'll ride with Darin to make sure he doesn't get any ideas of fleeing and we'll go ahead to get a head start since we can't fly this cart back.... Also, there's one more thing we need to do." She walks into the tavern and yells, "It's safe to come out now." and will toss another gold coin on the table before exiting.
(about that... I had typed something about me putting the skeleton goblins in my bag of holding and when I went to post it on my phone it disappeared... then forgot to retype it on my PC lol :D... Might have to send a message on the old headset and ask herbert and valeera to take care of them..)
"Yeah, I can do that" Mucor would say with a nod. He would instruct the zombies to guard the griffons and return into the tavern. "Any of you know where to find the mayor? I need to collect a bounty before continuing to take care of the bandit infestation goin on in the nearby towns"He would say with a smile. Assuming he is told where to go, he would cast speak with animals and look to the griffons. "Once I collect our bounty, I will come back and we will follow behind Aryn from the sky" he would say before pointing to the nearby bodies. "Feel free to eat any of the dead in the meantime if you are hungry... Just try not to eat the pointy metal bits... I don't want you getting a belly ache." He would then turn and find the mayor. Once he had the money he would loot the bodies of anything of value and collect any salvageable weapons and armor before taking to the air with the griffons after Aryn.
Jinara would continue working with each of the griffons, training with them and working on aerial maneuvers and stealth flight patterns aiming to maximize their potency in combat. He would pull each one individually, taking into account personal schedules with their primary riders. Once per evening, Jinara and Doom Tail would fly away from the castle (invisible using a 1 sorcery point to twinned spell) for roughly an hour. While invisible, they would fly in different directions surveying the surrounding areas for activity, checking in on the neighboring Ashvale, to ensure they are ok, and providing the opportunity for Doom Tail to hunt and eat in nature hoping to keep his veracity keen.
(@Xtra: Would Jinara have noticed the griffons missing? Aryn and Mucor too, but since he was working with them daily, I feel like he would have questioned where they are. Just curious!)
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initiative 14
the large minotaur would make his way out the door behind Aryn, flanking her as he crossed his thick hairy arms. "I wouldnt get too close... they bite you know" He would say with a snort as his eyes narrow and lock on the men.
The man smiles wide and says, "Oh I like it a lot. Beautiful creatures like this shouldn't belong to little girls and beasts of burden. How about I take em off you hands for you?" as he draws his crossbow. The men around draw theirs as you draw your weapons. There's a brief pause before Ironwing squawks and all hell breaks lose.
Smugglers: 15
Griffons: 21
The smugglers unleash a volley of crossbow bolts at each of you. Two bolts hit Aryn in the shoulder and leg while three hit Mucor. (holy crap they rolled well.)
Damage: Aryn- 9 Mucor- 20
Initiative Order:
Group 1: Mucor & Smugglers
Group 2: Aryn & Griffons
Mucor!
updated map:
(Aryn is pissed and will have both of her swords out.)
"Your corpses will feed my grove" the minotaur would say with a snarl as he points his staff to the cart in front of him and casts cloudkill. A wave of black and green spores would erupt from the fur of the minotaur and rise into the air before settling down on the wagon and those driving it. As the cloud settles on the bandits in the back, The minotaur would rush towards the man in the center of the road and send another smaller cloud of spores to choke the life from him.
********************
Action - Cloud kill (6th level)... con 16 or take 31 poison damage. Take half damage on success.
Reaction - con 16 or take 8 necrotic damage or half on success
So cloud kill is 20 by 20 and it looks like I should probably be able to get all 8 bandits and the two horses on the cart in front of mucor? At least the 6 bandits on the back of the cart?
A small bead of greenish black energy escapes from Mucor's staff and flies west erupting into a large thick sphere of death than suffocates the life from 4 horses and 8 smugglers. The man in the center coughs up a bit of blood as the spores choke him but he shrugs off the effect and glares at the Minotaur now inches from him.
Aryn!
updated map:
Aryn will grin and look to Calypso and Ironwing say, "Go after those two" and point southwest. Aryn will then take off sprinting northwest and leap into the air swords extended straight out as she attempts to drive her swords into each of the smugglers chests.
Attack: (West) 13 (East) 15 Damage: W: 9 6 E: 4 6
Aryn's swords pierce into the leather armor of the hooded men and knock each off their horses. The smugglers corpses hit the ground as Aryn lands between the two horses. The griffons fly forward and attack each of the smugglers to the south. Calypso rips off the head of one while Ironwing rips open the chest of the second with his claws.
Atks: SW: 10 19 SE: 14 20 Dmg: SW: 8 10 SE: 12 11
The man lone man remaining in the middle stands and holds up his hands after watching his entire band be wiped out in the blink of an eye. “Wait, wait, wait, wait. We can work this out.”
(End of combat)
The minotaur would extend his large hand and grab him around the neck... squeezing tightly and lifting him into the air. "You attacked us first friend" He would say with a snort as he waves his free hand and brings four of the former smugglers back from the dead as zombies and motions them to come close. "Tell me... what can you offer myself and my friend... If you had only injured me... I would be more inclided to let you live" He would say with a snort as the zombies close in on all sides... "But you hurt my friend here.. and no one hurts my friends... so you better speak quickly" Mucor would say with a deep growl... still holding him by his neck but loosening his grip enough for the man to speak.
(Using my reaction to summon four spore zombies... there is some flavor happening so I can retcon it since mucor isn't TECHNICALLY close enough to the bodies to use that ability.. Also... intimidation? With advantage since his friends are zombies and moving towards him like they want to eat him alive?)
intimidation 18
(Damn Mucor! The dark side comes out! I love it!)
The man squirms in horror as he watches his allies corpses rise and say nervously, “I.. I.. have a shipment we're transporting. You’re welcome to anything in it... I can tell you where our group meets, who our leader is. Whatever you want… I’m your man… he he.” He speaks quickly and frantically hoping anything he says will save him from his inevitable fate.
(Hell ya Mucor!)
Aryn will calmly walk over to Calypso and Ironwing and move them back to their original places and tell them to stay. Then she will approach the man and say, "We'll take it all. What are you transporting, what was its destination? Where is your guild headquarters, how many leaders do you have and who are they?"
Mucor would continue to leave the man hoisted in the air as the zombies walk closer.. shuffling slowly across the road as blood and mold drip from their wounds. "I would answer her quickly... " He would say as he tilts his head to look at the oncoming undead. "Your friends look hungry"
"Okay, okay. I don't know what we're transporting. We don't ask questions we just move the goods when they tell us to. You're welcome to them. We were supposed to take them southeast to Arix. (a large city along the southern coast of the Azuven empire). He pauses for a moment as he looks towards the zombies then back at Mucor and Aryn Uhhh... We're part of the Golden company. The golden company is just a small thieves guild run by the three men, the two Hardy brothers and a third unknown partner. I've never seen the third guy before or heard his name. I just deal with the two brothers. We're based out of Jadena to the west. We meet every week on Saturday night in the bottom of a tavern called the Lucky Nugget. That's all I know i swear." He says sheepishly as the zombies approach closer and closer and he shuts his eyes awaiting pain.
Mucor would hold up his hand to stop the zombies. "You are coming with us... You are going to help us get rid of ALL of the remaining bandits... and then if you prove yourself to be useful.. we may have a job for you waiting at castle daybreak.... deal?" He would say with a snort before looking to Aryn for her opinion with a small shrug.
"I don't know." Aryn says as she pulls out a dagger and holds it to the man's throat. "How do we know he's not lying? What's your name?"
Insight check on his speech.: 20
(Ironically the skeletons in the grove are no longer under Mucor's control and are roaming about the castle)
Darin is telling the truth and is terrified.
"O...Okay... My name is Darin. Are you with the Lightbringers? Is it true one of you rides a dragon?" Darin says.
(What day of the week is it?)
Aryn visibly eye rolls glad her brother isn't there to hear this idiot. She can only imagine his smug grin. "Yes... and yes so if you try to betray us we will feed you to Valeera, our dragon ally. We're taking this shipment back to castle daybreak. We'll discuss next steps regarding your guild with our group, but Mucor and I still have other business to attend to with some other bandits. Do you know anything about them?" Aryn withdraws the dagger and places it back in the leather sheath strapped to her leg. Aryn would then explain the flier and town that is dealing with bandits ravaging their town to see if it jogged Darin's memory.
Then turning to Mucor, Aryn will say, "Mucor, can you find the leader of this town, get our reward then take the griffons and keep an eye out overhead? I'll ride with Darin to make sure he doesn't get any ideas of fleeing and we'll go ahead to get a head start since we can't fly this cart back.... Also, there's one more thing we need to do." She walks into the tavern and yells, "It's safe to come out now." and will toss another gold coin on the table before exiting.
(about that... I had typed something about me putting the skeleton goblins in my bag of holding and when I went to post it on my phone it disappeared... then forgot to retype it on my PC lol :D... Might have to send a message on the old headset and ask herbert and valeera to take care of them..)
"Yeah, I can do that" Mucor would say with a nod. He would instruct the zombies to guard the griffons and return into the tavern. "Any of you know where to find the mayor? I need to collect a bounty before continuing to take care of the bandit infestation goin on in the nearby towns"He would say with a smile. Assuming he is told where to go, he would cast speak with animals and look to the griffons. "Once I collect our bounty, I will come back and we will follow behind Aryn from the sky" he would say before pointing to the nearby bodies. "Feel free to eat any of the dead in the meantime if you are hungry... Just try not to eat the pointy metal bits... I don't want you getting a belly ache." He would then turn and find the mayor. Once he had the money he would loot the bodies of anything of value and collect any salvageable weapons and armor before taking to the air with the griffons after Aryn.
(@Xtra: Would Jinara have noticed the griffons missing? Aryn and Mucor too, but since he was working with them daily, I feel like he would have questioned where they are. Just curious!)