Zed reaches for the dagger and speaks to Urgog from across the channel. "These spirits wont let us leave unless we sacrifice someone to them it seems. They've even provided us with their weapon of choice." He says as he spins the dagger in his hand. "It seems as though we may well be trapped here forever unless someone is slain."
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Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Eldon looks at Urgog and the rest of his companions "No, we won't sacrifice anything to this false idol. These unholy abominations won't have a say on anything we do." with that he will launch a flame of radiant energy at one of the chanting specters.
OOC: Casts sacred flame dex save 13 or 3 radiant damage
Eldon casts Sacred Flame onto the ethereal apparition but nothing seems to happen. The apparition continues floating and chanting as the radiant flame showers over it. The apparitions move through the air afterward, alternating their formation. They all now shout "Lorgoth the Decayer! We awaken thee!"
Suddenly, the water begins to ripple and the ground shakes violently. From the dark cave in the west wall, arises a large monstrosity and steps into the ritual chamber upon being called upon by the cultists. Lorgoth the Decayer slithers up to the dais and will assault those who failed to make the sacrifice.
After narrowly evading the monster's attacks Zed decides that he is better off at a range, having already endured multiple wounds since entering the house.
Zed disengages, and moves to the back left corner of the room, and uses Second Wind. He steadies his breathing and regains his focus for the battle ahead.
Zed evasively maneuver's away from Lorgoth the Decayer, seeing that this monstrosity is unlike anything he's encountered previously. He swiftly skulks through the murky water and take refuge in the corner of the ritual chamber while mending his wounds. Meanwhile, Urgog fierce tenacity fuels his anger as he violently strikes at Lorgoth the Decayer despite it's frightful presence. His hammer breaks upon Lorgoth's abdomen, chunks of refuse and muddy mound hurls from its body upon impact. Eldon and Cinna are stricken with fear from the arrival of Lorgoth and seem to be paralyzed as they remain motionless.
It now goes to Lorgoth the Decayer's turn.
The large mound glances over to see the helpless druid and cleric as they stand motionless. He gauges them as the weakest due to this, and lurks toward them. He peers down onto Cinna as he approaches the platform they're standing on, and raises his fists to slam her twice.
Multiattack onCinna First Attack: 18 Damage: 12
Second Attack: 12 Damage: 14
Upon slamming her, vines from his arms coil around Cinna, and viciously yanks her into his body. Lorgoth the Decayer engulfs Cinna, whom is now Grappled, Restrained, and Blinded. Cinna is unable to breathe while engulfed and will need to make a Constitution Saving Throw next round (DC: 14) or take 7 bludgening damage.
It now goes to the party.
Cinna needs to make the Con save. If she succeeds, then she may make a Strength check to escape the grapple.
Urgog roars as his hammer breaks and drops the handle. He pulls the glaive free and stalks towards the mass. Spinning the glaive above his head, he slashes low across the monster.
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Zed warns the others that he's bolting, and rushes through the murky water to approach the wooden wheel. He spins it, and he can hear the gears grinding roughly as they've not been used in quite some time. The portcullis raises from the water slowly as Zed spends this turn spinning the wheel to raise the gate. Urgog and Eldon work together in attacking Lorgoth the Decayer, but the Guiding Bolt seems to be simply absorbed by Lorgoth's body as he suffers no ill effects from it. Urgog rams his glaive into Lorgoth's body with his fierce prowess. Much to his surprise, Urgog sees that vines begin to coil and wrap around the glaive firmly as Lorgoth is impaled, and his glaive is now stuck inside Lorgoth. Urgog will need to make a strength check to yank the glaive free.
Unfortunately for Cinna, she failed the saving throw and now falls Unconscious while engulfed by Lorgoth. Cinna will need to begin making Death Saving Throws, and she's out of reach by everyone else.
It now goes to Lorgoth the Decayer.
As he's consuming Cinna, he sees the cleric in front of him, and will use his multi-attack to slam Eldon twice.
Multi-attack onEldon First Attack: 23 Damage: 18
Second Attack: 27 Damage: 31
Eldon's eyes widen as Lorgoth the Decayer's massive fists crashes down upon him. Lorgoth's might smashes Eldon into the platform with a thunderous thud that echoes throughout the ritual chamber. Urgog and Zed can see blood and bodily fluids explode from Eldon's body as he gets crushed to death.
(OOC): R.I.P. Eldon
It now goes to the party. Cinna will need to make a Death Saving Throw. If she doesn't post within 24 hours, that's an automatic failure. Since she's engulfed and can't breath, she'll take another 11 points of damage next round, resulting in a failure for her death saves. Urgog's glaive is stuck inside Lorgoth and will need to succeed on a Strength check to rip it out. Zed opened the portcullis and is free to flee if he desires.
Zeds eyes widen in horror as Eldon is crushed on the other end of the room. He winces and turns back to run through the narrow hall and up towards the stairs.
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Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Urgog watches Eldon go down and blinks. He growls low and turns, letting go of the glaive. He uses disengage and rushes to follow Zed through the gate.
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Urgog realizes that Lorgoth the Decayer is too overwhelming and he rushes after Zed as Zed is rushing back upstairs. The slippery slope behind the portcullis is difficult terrain, so Urgog doesn't get too far, while Zed is close to getting back up to the first level of the basement. Cinna fails the death save and takes damage, so she now has two failures. She can make another death save next round (and pray that it's a nat 20) or take 7 points of damage to join Eldon and Kestrell in the afterlife.
It's now Lorgoth the Decayer's turn.
Seeing that Eldon's body has been crushed, and he's consuming Cinna, he'll chase after Urgog. This large plant creature isn't able to move as fast. Lorgoth moves up to the portcullis, where the entrance becomes too narrow for a typical large creature to fit through. Fortunately for Lorgoth, his body is malleable and can be distorted to fit through this tight space. Urgog peers over his shoulder, down the slope he climbed through, to see that Lorgoth's in pursuit and that his large body is squeezing through the narrow space. Urgog is out of his reach however, and cannot be attacked.
It now goes to the party.
Will Zed and Urgog continue running? Is Cinna finally going to post? We'll see.
Zed reaches for the dagger and speaks to Urgog from across the channel. "These spirits wont let us leave unless we sacrifice someone to them it seems. They've even provided us with their weapon of choice." He says as he spins the dagger in his hand. "It seems as though we may well be trapped here forever unless someone is slain."
Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder
Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew
Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep
Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew
Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew
Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Urgog nods and looks at the others. "Anyone want to volunteer?" His eyes harden a bit and his hands shift on the hammer.
Urgog "One Eye" Borg - Level 3 Fighter/ Rogue - Bugbear - Ryno628 Curse of Strahd.
Andraste Nailo - Level 1 Shadar Kai Cleric - grave domain -
Mathiall Darksoul - level 12 Aasimar Druid/ Wizard - Storm King - Campaign completed
Eldon just looks at his companions "There will be no sacrifices here, especially not in honor of a false god like Strahd."
He just begins to look around as if inspecting his surroundings for some hint or some item that may help.
OOC:
perception check: 11
Campaigns:
Wildemount: The Felderwin Irregulars (2020) - Balassar Silverstone - Dragonborn Fighter (Rune Knight) Lv. 5 | Rise of TIamat - Aiwin Aralana - Wood Elf Fighter/Ranger (Arcane Archer/Gloom Stalker) Lv. 9
Eldon takes a look around and doesn't seem to find anything of note. The apparitions continue to chant "One Must Die!"
DM: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Urgog looks around slowly, "I do not think that we have a choice on one being sacrificed or not. "
Urgog "One Eye" Borg - Level 3 Fighter/ Rogue - Bugbear - Ryno628 Curse of Strahd.
Andraste Nailo - Level 1 Shadar Kai Cleric - grave domain -
Mathiall Darksoul - level 12 Aasimar Druid/ Wizard - Storm King - Campaign completed
Eldon looks at Urgog and the rest of his companions "No, we won't sacrifice anything to this false idol. These unholy abominations won't have a say on anything we do." with that he will launch a flame of radiant energy at one of the chanting specters.
OOC:
Casts sacred flame dex save 13 or 3 radiant damage
Campaigns:
Wildemount: The Felderwin Irregulars (2020) - Balassar Silverstone - Dragonborn Fighter (Rune Knight) Lv. 5 | Rise of TIamat - Aiwin Aralana - Wood Elf Fighter/Ranger (Arcane Archer/Gloom Stalker) Lv. 9
Eldon casts Sacred Flame onto the ethereal apparition but nothing seems to happen. The apparition continues floating and chanting as the radiant flame showers over it. The apparitions move through the air afterward, alternating their formation. They all now shout "Lorgoth the Decayer! We awaken thee!"
Suddenly, the water begins to ripple and the ground shakes violently. From the dark cave in the west wall, arises a large monstrosity and steps into the ritual chamber upon being called upon by the cultists. Lorgoth the Decayer slithers up to the dais and will assault those who failed to make the sacrifice.
Image of Lorgoth the Decayer
Side Initiative Roll:
Party: 2
Lorgoth: 17
C: Cinna
E: Eldon
U: Urgog
Z: Zed
L: Lorgoth the Decayer
Lorgoth slithers up to Urgog and Zed, and will use its multiattack to Slam each of them.
Attack on Urgog: 14
Damage: 10
Attack on Zed: 8
Damage: 12
Urgog and Zed were able to anticipate Lorgoth's attack and both evaded its attacks.
It now goes to the party. Everyone has 24 hours to post or your turn will be skipped.
DM: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
After narrowly evading the monster's attacks Zed decides that he is better off at a range, having already endured multiple wounds since entering the house.
Zed disengages, and moves to the back left corner of the room, and uses Second Wind. He steadies his breathing and regains his focus for the battle ahead.
Second Wind Healing: 7
Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder
Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew
Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep
Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew
Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew
Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Urgog growls as he dodges the things attack. Squaring his shoulders he swings the mighty war hammer overhanded at the mass.
Attack: 16
Damage: 7
Urgog "One Eye" Borg - Level 3 Fighter/ Rogue - Bugbear - Ryno628 Curse of Strahd.
Andraste Nailo - Level 1 Shadar Kai Cleric - grave domain -
Mathiall Darksoul - level 12 Aasimar Druid/ Wizard - Storm King - Campaign completed
Zed evasively maneuver's away from Lorgoth the Decayer, seeing that this monstrosity is unlike anything he's encountered previously. He swiftly skulks through the murky water and take refuge in the corner of the ritual chamber while mending his wounds. Meanwhile, Urgog fierce tenacity fuels his anger as he violently strikes at Lorgoth the Decayer despite it's frightful presence. His hammer breaks upon Lorgoth's abdomen, chunks of refuse and muddy mound hurls from its body upon impact. Eldon and Cinna are stricken with fear from the arrival of Lorgoth and seem to be paralyzed as they remain motionless.
It now goes to Lorgoth the Decayer's turn.
The large mound glances over to see the helpless druid and cleric as they stand motionless. He gauges them as the weakest due to this, and lurks toward them. He peers down onto Cinna as he approaches the platform they're standing on, and raises his fists to slam her twice.
Multiattack on Cinna
First Attack: 18
Damage: 12
Second Attack: 12
Damage: 14
Upon slamming her, vines from his arms coil around Cinna, and viciously yanks her into his body. Lorgoth the Decayer engulfs Cinna, whom is now Grappled, Restrained, and Blinded. Cinna is unable to breathe while engulfed and will need to make a Constitution Saving Throw next round (DC: 14) or take 7 bludgening damage.
It now goes to the party.
Cinna needs to make the Con save. If she succeeds, then she may make a Strength check to escape the grapple.
Everyone has 24 hours to post.
DM: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Eldon gathers himself as he begins to grasp his holy symbol chanting as he releases guiding bolt at the creature.
OOC:
guiding bolt
Attack: 13 Damage: 14
Campaigns:
Wildemount: The Felderwin Irregulars (2020) - Balassar Silverstone - Dragonborn Fighter (Rune Knight) Lv. 5 | Rise of TIamat - Aiwin Aralana - Wood Elf Fighter/Ranger (Arcane Archer/Gloom Stalker) Lv. 9
Urgog roars as his hammer breaks and drops the handle. He pulls the glaive free and stalks towards the mass. Spinning the glaive above his head, he slashes low across the monster.
Attack: 24
Damage: 8
Urgog "One Eye" Borg - Level 3 Fighter/ Rogue - Bugbear - Ryno628 Curse of Strahd.
Andraste Nailo - Level 1 Shadar Kai Cleric - grave domain -
Mathiall Darksoul - level 12 Aasimar Druid/ Wizard - Storm King - Campaign completed
Zed shivers at the sight of the monster.
"This looks bad guys, I'm getting out of here. Join me or die."
He then runs to the portcullis lever and tries to open the gate.
Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder
Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew
Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep
Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew
Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew
Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Zed warns the others that he's bolting, and rushes through the murky water to approach the wooden wheel. He spins it, and he can hear the gears grinding roughly as they've not been used in quite some time. The portcullis raises from the water slowly as Zed spends this turn spinning the wheel to raise the gate. Urgog and Eldon work together in attacking Lorgoth the Decayer, but the Guiding Bolt seems to be simply absorbed by Lorgoth's body as he suffers no ill effects from it. Urgog rams his glaive into Lorgoth's body with his fierce prowess. Much to his surprise, Urgog sees that vines begin to coil and wrap around the glaive firmly as Lorgoth is impaled, and his glaive is now stuck inside Lorgoth. Urgog will need to make a strength check to yank the glaive free.
Unfortunately for Cinna, she failed the saving throw and now falls Unconscious while engulfed by Lorgoth. Cinna will need to begin making Death Saving Throws, and she's out of reach by everyone else.
It now goes to Lorgoth the Decayer.
As he's consuming Cinna, he sees the cleric in front of him, and will use his multi-attack to slam Eldon twice.
Eldon's eyes widen as Lorgoth the Decayer's massive fists crashes down upon him. Lorgoth's might smashes Eldon into the platform with a thunderous thud that echoes throughout the ritual chamber. Urgog and Zed can see blood and bodily fluids explode from Eldon's body as he gets crushed to death.
(OOC): R.I.P. Eldon
It now goes to the party. Cinna will need to make a Death Saving Throw. If she doesn't post within 24 hours, that's an automatic failure. Since she's engulfed and can't breath, she'll take another 11 points of damage next round, resulting in a failure for her death saves. Urgog's glaive is stuck inside Lorgoth and will need to succeed on a Strength check to rip it out. Zed opened the portcullis and is free to flee if he desires.
DM: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zeds eyes widen in horror as Eldon is crushed on the other end of the room. He winces and turns back to run through the narrow hall and up towards the stairs.
Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder
Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew
Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep
Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew
Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew
Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Urgog watches Eldon go down and blinks. He growls low and turns, letting go of the glaive. He uses disengage and rushes to follow Zed through the gate.
Urgog "One Eye" Borg - Level 3 Fighter/ Rogue - Bugbear - Ryno628 Curse of Strahd.
Andraste Nailo - Level 1 Shadar Kai Cleric - grave domain -
Mathiall Darksoul - level 12 Aasimar Druid/ Wizard - Storm King - Campaign completed
Urgog realizes that Lorgoth the Decayer is too overwhelming and he rushes after Zed as Zed is rushing back upstairs. The slippery slope behind the portcullis is difficult terrain, so Urgog doesn't get too far, while Zed is close to getting back up to the first level of the basement. Cinna fails the death save and takes damage, so she now has two failures. She can make another death save next round (and pray that it's a nat 20) or take 7 points of damage to join Eldon and Kestrell in the afterlife.
It's now Lorgoth the Decayer's turn.
Seeing that Eldon's body has been crushed, and he's consuming Cinna, he'll chase after Urgog. This large plant creature isn't able to move as fast. Lorgoth moves up to the portcullis, where the entrance becomes too narrow for a typical large creature to fit through. Fortunately for Lorgoth, his body is malleable and can be distorted to fit through this tight space. Urgog peers over his shoulder, down the slope he climbed through, to see that Lorgoth's in pursuit and that his large body is squeezing through the narrow space. Urgog is out of his reach however, and cannot be attacked.
It now goes to the party.
Will Zed and Urgog continue running? Is Cinna finally going to post? We'll see.
DM: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zed continues to run up the stairs and fumbles for his torch as he approaches the unlit room above.
Shaxus - Lvl 8 Bard, College of Swords - Storm King's Thunder
Shanxus - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - One Piece Homebrew
Snaxus - Lvl 1 Rogue, Arcane Trickster - Heist of Waterdeep
Amelia - Lvl 8 Cleric, Order Domain - Lvl 4 Fighter, Champion - Ravnica Homebrew
Rha'EL - Lvl 3 Paladin, Oath of the Reaper - Tiamat Homebrew
Zed - Lvl 2 Fighter, Gunslinger - Curse of Strahd
Urgog growls, but scrambles up the slop and into the room behind Zed. "It's coming. We gotta move, NOW!."
Urgog "One Eye" Borg - Level 3 Fighter/ Rogue - Bugbear - Ryno628 Curse of Strahd.
Andraste Nailo - Level 1 Shadar Kai Cleric - grave domain -
Mathiall Darksoul - level 12 Aasimar Druid/ Wizard - Storm King - Campaign completed
Oh no! Going to catch up.
Edit: Sorry, wrong window. Meant to put that in the PM...
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