The Long Road - Game Thread

Quillary needs to make a CON save to maintain concentration.

(Stay more than 5' away from Pascal's little burning buddy.)

Drusk has taken a total of 14 damage, Jorin 12 damage, and Quillary 16.

Shadow Demon is still dead. The Revenant took 68 damage that round, total of 85 (below half health), and did not regenerate. SMound took 2 damage, total of 11 (lightly wounded).

The entire party can post, although Hildigrim and Drusk resolve first. The revenant is within 5' of everyone, so ranged attacks will get disadvantage from a foe being close by.

Quillary's Con Save vs DC 10 (or half of damage taken, whichever is higher, so, still 10): 20

Edit: Yay!

Quillary takes another hit and grimaces, but stands strong, the moonbeam never wavering. She moves it to follow the revenant.

Action: Move Moonbeam to follow the revenant. 9 radiant damage, or half on a DC 15 Con Save.

Notes: Moonbeam active for this round and eight more or concentration.

Hildigrim's eyes go wide as the revenant moves toward him. "Gah!" he says, firing an arrow point-blank at the creature.

+1 shortbow attack: 11; damage: 8 piercing damage (not at disadvantage due to flanking)

Sneak attack if appropriate: 8

"Quillary, hit it again with radiant damage!" he yells.

(OOC: I've never used flanking. That also means that none of you have to worry about it... I assume Volo swooped in to offset the disadvantage.)

Hildigrim misses the AC 13 revenant.

Drusk will move the Spiritual Weapon to attack the revenant, and then apply Sacred Flame.

• Attack: 15 Damage: 6  (just missed)
• Revenant DEX save vs. DC 14 or take 15 radiant: 4  (save, no damage... too bad those d20s weren't reversed)

(Jorin and Pascal still to go.)

Keep Rollin’!

18 fire damage vs DC 14 Dex to Senior Shambler! Meanwhile, he continues to extinguish flames.

Pascal yells out, “Listen, y’all, I can’t exactly tell what’s goin’ on in there. Lemme know when I’ve ran this thing down!”

Jorin tracks the Revenant's movement and seeing it endanger his smallest companion, flies into a serious of extra ferocious attacks!

• Action: Reckless Battleaxe attacks
  • First Attack: 19 Damage: 15
  • Second Attack: 27 Damage: 13
• Bonus Action: Reckless Moonblade Attack: 24 Damage: 9
• +2 of radiant damage on the first landing blow!

(I'm having Pascal temporarily slide into Hildigrim's space so he can look into the room, roll the flaming sphere, then move back to his original spot. He will keep doing that.)

Revenant CON save: 27, SMound DEX save: 18

Between Jorin's 3 hits and Quillary's Moonbeam, they do 48 damage to the revenant (133 cumulative). With the radiant damage keeping it from regenerating, the Revenant slumps to the ground, no longer active. (dead)

The Shambling Mound makes some surprising lambada moves to avoid the worst of the flaming sphere. It takes another 4 fire damage.

The Mound is still being blocked by Drusk, so it hammers at him twice. It then moves clockwise around Drusk, ending up next to Jorin.

• Attack1: 25 Damage: 17  (miss)
• Attack2: 17 Damage: 8  (hit)

(OOC: I've been waiting for Drusk to be "enveloped", but so far it hasn't hit twice in the same round.)

Drusk has taken a total of 27 damage (18 left), Jorin 12 damage, and Quillary 16.

Shadow Demon and Revenant are dead. The Shambling Mound has taken a total of 15 (lightly wounded).

The entire party can post, although Hildigrim and Drusk resolve first.

Oh you know Jorin is going to tear up that overgrown shrub!

• Action: Battleaxe attacks
  • First Attack: 23 Damage: 13
  • Second Attack: 18 Damage: 15
• Bonus Action: Moonblade Attack: 19 Damage: 13
• +4 of radiant damage on the first landing blow!
• Extra D20+10 in case I get advantage on the first attack from Hildi: 29

Quillary will move the moonbeam while telling Drusk, "Watch that rotting pile, Drusk!" and she winks at him, while moving around the outside of the room.

Move: She moves two squares to her left, to make room for others.
Action: Move Moonbeam to top left corner of shambling mound. 27 radiant damage, or half on a DC 15 Con Save.
Bonus Action: Cast Healing Word on Drusk, for 6 healing.

Notes: Moonbeam active for this round and seven more or concentration.

Drusk will cast Cure Wounds on himself (healing 7 points), and as a bonus action has the Spiritual Weapon attack the Mound.

• Attack: 26 Damage: 16  (hits)

All 3 of Jorin's attacks hit the AC 15 mound.

Mound CON save vs. Moonbeam: 19  (Saves, still takes 13 damage. Plants like light, but I guess there is a difference between a gentile glow and intense lunar microwaves.)

(Hildigrim and Pascal to go.)

As the revenant collapses, Hildigrim says, "Oh, no!" but doesn't elaborate. He squeezes by the moonbeam and moves two more squares to the left following Quillary and ending up in the square below Drusk. On his way over, he asks Volo to do yet another distracting flyby and looses an arrow at the shambling mound.

+1 shortbow attack: 22; damage: 8 piercing damage

Sneak attack if appropriate: 5

Lowering his bow, the halfling suggests to Pascal that he hit it with something hot!

(What it’s just a Reve- oh no...)

Pascal dispels the Flaming Sphere, with it’s grand 4 points of damage a round.

Instead, he releases the Slime Killer Beam, aka Ray of Frost, Attack: 13 Damage: 10 cold damage.

Oh. You are... kidding me...

Anyway, it’s speed is reduced by 10.

(OOC: Well... it is something that hit like a Revenant, but wasn't actually one. You don't have to worry about it coming back in a few days.)

Hildigrim hits the mound for 15 damage.

Shambling Mounds are resistant to fire and cold, so 2 damage... Pascal prefers fresh vegetables when he cooks, but normally he has more success blanching or freezing them when he needs to. (Like he says, still slowed down.)

• One more d20 roll for Pascal, to see if Hildigrim's help makes his spell a critical hit: 12

The mound moves 5' east to get out of the moonbeam, which is most of its movement. It will make 2 slam attacks at Jorin.

• Attack1: 12 Damage: 7  (miss, still no envelop)
• Attack2: 11 Damage: 19  (hit, halved by rage)

The party did 84 more damage to the Shambling Mound (total 151). With its body stiff from the ray of frost, it falls to the ground in slow motion, and stops moving.

(Combat is over.)

With a chance to relax, the party sees that most of the floor is covered with unusual magic circles. Along the outer walls are debris. Any bookshelves or tables have been trashed and smashed for a long time.

Now that it is quiet, except for the party talking to yourselves (to make sure everyone is okay), Vajra, Tinker, and Shinebright come downstairs. Tinker opens up a portable hole and starts taking out equipment.

The party is asked to go upstairs and rest for the next hour (short rest), and then return to assist with the casting of the ritual.

Before you head upstairs, Vajra asks for you to take away the shambling mound remains that are covering the magic circle. (She will take care of the "revenant" body.) Shinebright demands that you don't just take it upstairs, but it should be disposed of so that people approaching his platforms for business won't see it. (He obviously expects your group to haul it a mile away from his house. But that sounds tiring, and you don't work for him.)

Can I make a Nature check or something to see if Quillary knows more about shambling mounds than the average person? If so, here goes. Nature: 19

Edit: Gonna take that as a no.

"We should just dump this mess in the outhouse pit," Quillary says of the mound slop.

Taking Short Rest now. Taking 3 hit dice: 20

Edit: Wow.

Drusk will use a hit die: 9 and one more  3

Drusk suggests Jorin get the shoulders (and the bulk of the weight) since he has the mighty belt, Drusk take the legs, and the arms taken by Quillary and Pascal. Hildigrim can guide them up the stairs (mastermind abilities), and point out obstacles.

When the party is out of hearing range of Shinebright, Drusk replies to Quillary. "I was thinking of the outhouse pit as well. Shinebright might never be able to use it ever again, but that's his fault for letting the cellar get in that shape.

"All he requested was to get it out of sight from the path to his house. It occurs to me that instead of dragging this mess hundreds of yards into the wood," (grins evilly)," that his bedroom chamber does not have any windows."

Jorin laughs heartily, "Ha, that would be quite the surprise for Shinebright.  Llira would approve of such a joke?"

"Well, I favor the pit more than the bedroom, if only because this refuse will eventually rejoin the natural flow of nature this way." Quillary does not think the bedroom is the way to go.