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As you approach the monolith, the ash shifts and forms into vague humanoid appearances, and Deme's fiend alarm starts telling him they're undead.
Mechanic: So basically, I'm just gonna roll init for everyone together to save time. This is a strategy used frequently in forum games, and while you guys are fairly quick on the draw, I'm going to do it here too so that I stay in the habit. Occasionally I may change this up slightly (such as "if you want to fight, add an init roll to your post), but most of the time I'll just roll initiative for everyone at the start of combat and then turn it over to you guys. Also, I do block init.
Whether by instinct or conscious surrender, Vusgaar lets out a throaty growl as parts of him shifted into a more bestial visage. Yet, as soon as the hair stopped growing, nails and fangs stopped lengthening, and bulk froze to just barely straining against his jumpsuit, a measure of calm returned to the shifter's expression. "First. Experiment. Remember. The Path." He uttered in deeper tone, and gestures to the closest one.
Whatever amounted to veins on the ash creature starts to blacken to the sound of a bell only it could hear...
Bonus Action: (Beasthide)Shifting, gaining 8 Temp HP and +1 AC.
Action: Vusgaar casts Call the Spirit, inflicting 2 necrotic damage on a failed Wisdom Save(DC 12).
Jenna took off her jacket in a swift motion, laying it on the ground, and sprinted up to the target Vusgaar attacked. Not exactly knowing what to expect, as she got within melee range, she raised her fists up like a tavern brawler ready to get into a beatdown and swung twice, a one two right and left hooks. (Action, then bonus action)
Right Hook Attack: 8 Damage: 4 Left Hook Attack: 8 Damage: 5
Jenna lands two hits since they have absolutely awful AC, puffs of ash emanating from the zashbie.
Jenna, make a DC 10 Con ST or gain disadvantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for the next minute (repeat save at end of each turn).
Aeydof the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Her hits connected, and spewed ash everywhere, not surprisingly. She saw the effect her fists had on the undead at the last minute as they vaporized from her punches and she turned her head to avoid ash getting on her.
CON save: 21
She was quick, a swift twist and not even a drop got on her.
Talaak hits the zashbie, but does not kill the full health monster.
Talaak, make a DC 10 Con ST or gain disadvantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for the next minute (repeat save at end of each turn).
"Weak, but not. Immunity assessed. Next experiment." Vusgaar whips out a combat knife, and after forming a sheathe about the blade using a free hand, the blade starts to glow blue. He immediately steps up to stab into the grounded one. From its wounds, a small gout of blue flame tries to leap onto the nearest zombie.
Action: Vusgaar Casts Blue Flame Blade Attack: 21 Damage: 7 plus adjacent Ashbie takes 2 fire damage.
Con Save in Discord: 11.
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When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Jenna flipped back up, dusting herself off, pretending nothing happened. Turning beet red, her face said otherwise. She walked casually over to her jacket, and put it back on.
Meiara walks over to Jenna and gives her a friendly pat on the back. "Don't be too embarrassed. You were able to defeat it, which was far more than I was able to do. I had tried to catch it with my spell, but it was too quick. Honestly, this was the first time I've ever used my magic for a fight. At least a real one, anyway. I hope that I will be able to be more use to all of you in the next fight."
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
"Thanks."Jenna smiled. "I'm sure you will. I was just warming up." she joked, smiling back, but you could tell she appreciated the kind word, and her eyes clearly had the confidence knowing next fight would be better. For both of them.
Meiara goes around the monolith, checking to see if there's anything of significance in the area and using her staff to poke through the ashes. I wish that someone told us that these were ash creatures. I wouldn't have gone barefoot if we had known what we'd be fighting."
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
As you approach the monolith, the ash shifts and forms into vague humanoid appearances, and Deme's fiend alarm starts telling him they're undead.
Mechanic: So basically, I'm just gonna roll init for everyone together to save time. This is a strategy used frequently in forum games, and while you guys are fairly quick on the draw, I'm going to do it here too so that I stay in the habit. Occasionally I may change this up slightly (such as "if you want to fight, add an init roll to your post), but most of the time I'll just roll initiative for everyone at the start of combat and then turn it over to you guys. Also, I do block init.
Zashbies Init: 11
Viira Init: 2
Meiara Init: 12
Deme Init: 5
Vusgaar Init: 22
Jenna Init: 14
Talaak Init: 10
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbies (2) 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Jenna, Vusgaar and Demetrios are up!
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Whether by instinct or conscious surrender, Vusgaar lets out a throaty growl as parts of him shifted into a more bestial visage. Yet, as soon as the hair stopped growing, nails and fangs stopped lengthening, and bulk froze to just barely straining against his jumpsuit, a measure of calm returned to the shifter's expression. "First. Experiment. Remember. The Path." He uttered in deeper tone, and gestures to the closest one.
Whatever amounted to veins on the ash creature starts to blacken to the sound of a bell only it could hear...
Bonus Action: (Beasthide)Shifting, gaining 8 Temp HP and +1 AC.
Action: Vusgaar casts Call the Spirit, inflicting 2 necrotic damage on a failed Wisdom Save(DC 12).
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Jenna took off her jacket in a swift motion, laying it on the ground, and sprinted up to the target Vusgaar attacked. Not exactly knowing what to expect, as she got within melee range, she raised her fists up like a tavern brawler ready to get into a beatdown and swung twice, a one two right and left hooks. (Action, then bonus action)
Right Hook Attack: 8 Damage: 4
Left Hook Attack: 8 Damage: 5
Oh, that's terrible.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbies (2) 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Zashbie ST: 11
The creature shrieks as it hears the bell in its ears.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbies (2) 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Jenna lands two hits since they have absolutely awful AC, puffs of ash emanating from the zashbie.
Jenna, make a DC 10 Con ST or gain disadvantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for the next minute (repeat save at end of each turn).
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbies (2) 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Demetrios is up.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
When Demetrios sees an opening he strikes with his blade, imbuing it with some magic goodness!
Attack: 24 Damage: 7
If it’s a hit and the creature moves willingly, it will take an addition 5 thunder damage!
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Her hits connected, and spewed ash everywhere, not surprisingly. She saw the effect her fists had on the undead at the last minute as they vaporized from her punches and she turned her head to avoid ash getting on her.
CON save: 21
She was quick, a swift twist and not even a drop got on her.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbies (2) 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
The zashbie takes an owie, and it's not very smart so just give it until its turn, which is...oh wait...right now...
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbies (2) 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
The zashbies move to attack, but the one Deme hit only had 4 hp, so it dies! The other one tries to slam Jenna.
Attack: 4 Damage: 3
...Holy hells. Well, it falls into the ash and is now prone.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Talaak is up.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Keeping her fists up, Jenna sidestepped the attack deftly with a smirk on her face.
Talaak, still carrying around a brazier, looks at the Zashbies with mild interest, swinging the silver object at the remaining one.
Attack: 8 Damage: 7
If the attack hits and the monster lives, he'll make a bonus action grapple.
Athletics: 14
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Talaak hits the zashbie, but does not kill the full health monster.
Talaak, make a DC 10 Con ST or gain disadvantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks for the next minute (repeat save at end of each turn).
Zashbie Athletics: 8
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Viira attacks the zashbie.
Attack: 10 Damage: 4
It takes another owie.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Meiara is up.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Meiara extends her staff at the Zashbie and suddenly a bonfire erupts under the creature.
DC 13 Dex Save or take 2 fire damage.
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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"Weak, but not. Immunity assessed. Next experiment." Vusgaar whips out a combat knife, and after forming a sheathe about the blade using a free hand, the blade starts to glow blue. He immediately steps up to stab into the grounded one. From its wounds, a small gout of blue flame tries to leap onto the nearest zombie.
Action: Vusgaar Casts Blue Flame Blade Attack: 21 Damage: 7 plus adjacent Ashbie takes 2 fire damage.
Con Save in Discord: 11.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Zashbie Dex ST: 15
The zashbie avoids the fire somehow.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
There's only one zashbie left, but it's not looking good after that. Also, no need to make a ST Oreo, it's already taken damage once.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
Jenna and Deme are up.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Jenna skirts over to the last zashbie and attempts to deliver a wicked roundhouse, spinning around to finish it off with another.
Jean Claude: 18 Damage: 7
Van Damme: 14 Damage: 6
Oh, Damme.
Jenna widely missed the second kick, but made an attempt to play it off by landing catlike at the end.
I meant to do that: 1
Smooth.
Initiative Order: Jenna 22, Vusgaar 19, Demetrios 18, Zashbie 17, Talaak 14, Viira 6, Meiara 4
The zashbie dies, right as Jenna slips and falls, going prone in the ash.
Out of initiative order.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Jenna flipped back up, dusting herself off, pretending nothing happened. Turning beet red, her face said otherwise. She walked casually over to her jacket, and put it back on.
Meiara walks over to Jenna and gives her a friendly pat on the back. "Don't be too embarrassed. You were able to defeat it, which was far more than I was able to do. I had tried to catch it with my spell, but it was too quick. Honestly, this was the first time I've ever used my magic for a fight. At least a real one, anyway. I hope that I will be able to be more use to all of you in the next fight."
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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"Thanks." Jenna smiled. "I'm sure you will. I was just warming up." she joked, smiling back, but you could tell she appreciated the kind word, and her eyes clearly had the confidence knowing next fight would be better. For both of them.
Meiara goes around the monolith, checking to see if there's anything of significance in the area and using her staff to poke through the ashes. I wish that someone told us that these were ash creatures. I wouldn't have gone barefoot if we had known what we'd be fighting."
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Viira wipes the ash off her blade. "Well, that was new."
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!