Seeing as the ogre is stronger than his brethren, Aurora opts to use another Eldritch Blast instead of trying to escape. Shooting it out of her feet at the ogre's crotch:
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Seeing that the Ogres aren't listening to him, Gregor decides to let actions speak and maneuvers to get directly behind the Ogre holding Aurora and attack his back.
Quietly, he hacks at the Ogre a few times, and after he's done getting some good blows in, suddenly yells "SURPRISE!"
(Greatsword - Swing 1 17 to hit, 14 damage, Swing 2 29 to hit, 13)
(OOC: I've somewhat seen a bit of Synthil's art, but have seen more in the link that you provided. In any case, whatever their reasoning, they're sure making it easy for Gregor to hit them while they're distracted.)
Aurora's eldritch blasts collide with each other and ricochet randomly. The second clips ogre 7's rear, causing him to howl in pain, and the first goes wild.
Ogre 4 rushes at Gregor and tries to shatter his skull. 8
Gregor hacks a few chunks out of ogre 7's back, accidentally severing the brute's spine. Ogre 7 falls on top of Aurora, quite thoroughly dead.
Ogres 8, 9, and 6 charge Gregor and swing at him. 19, 13, and 20
Two of them even manage to connect, dealing 27 damage.
1ogre and 2 dire wolves show up just in time to catch the end of Zane's spell.
"Confound these Ogre and their giant dogs!" Gregor gasps, doing his best to stay on his feet as multiple large clubs wing him and even solidly hit once in a while, with an almost unexpected wolf bite scratching his heel. Narrowing his eyes and clenching his teeth as he does his best to maintain focus, he notes that everyone else has successfully fled via the circle and does the same, quickly, but carefully dancing his way around Ogres and Dire Wolves to try and reach the circle.
Cunning Action: Disengage
Movement: Towards the Circle
Action: Dodge
(OOC: 15 hitpoints left. If I hadn't had him use his second wind, it would be 3. This is really cutting it close)
OOC: Zane, where do you want to go? There's the Club's teleportation circle, there's the one in your home, there's the one in the wizard's tower you stopped at on the way here, and there are some other random circles in random places.
Four ogres and a dire wolf follow you, only to be cut down by spell after spell from the Club's residents.
You are in a familiar marble hall. Tapestries line the walls, interspaced with stained glass windows. The ceiling boasts a magnificent painting of a team of adventurers fighting off a githyanki invasion. The current Head of the Club, an elderly human wizard, skinny, with a long white beard, long white robes, and a tall white hat, steps forward and addresses you. "It goes without saying that we knew you were coming, but it also goes without saying that we're going to say 'we knew you were coming', so I'll say it. We knew you were coming. Now, Theresa saw your report, and you know she gets such awful headaches if she sees something that doesn't happen, so go ahead and report."
(OOC: wait, is someone still carrying the unconscious dwarf? If he's with us as well, I will of course present him too)
"The initial reports were true, the elementals had departed from the settlement. We found a few of the locals who agreed to guide us to a crime scene. They got murdered by something inside the ground. We got a few glimpses of a xorn, but nothing else. A group of ogres had been hired to hit us and the last one alive guided us back to their village where supposedly someone in a black mask had hired them for this task. Whoever that was did not show up while we were there and without further leads we decided to report back."
Theresa, a human female who looks like she should be offering you milk and cookies, pipes up. "You forgot to explain those nasty ogres that followed you, dearies. And their little pet, too." She doesn't just look like she should be offering you milk and cookies, she sounds like she should be offering you milk and cookies.
OOC: Didn't you leave the dwarf outside the ogre village? No, of course not, because of the xorn. What on Earth did you do with him?
(OOC: I guess we forgot to take the uncoscious dwarf with us when we followed Burk. He was made invisible and we just forgot him. Everyone assuming someone else took him as we couldn't see each other or him.)
(OOC: He actually disappeared into thin air, as if he was teleported. Otherwise Gregor would've been carrying him. Sometime around the Ogre attack and the fly spell.)
Acrobatics to avoid getting proned: 6
Seeing as the ogre is stronger than his brethren, Aurora opts to use another Eldritch Blast instead of trying to escape. Shooting it out of her feet at the ogre's crotch:
10 to hit: 10 damage, 14 to hit: 12 damage
Seeing that the Ogres aren't listening to him, Gregor decides to let actions speak and maneuvers to get directly behind the Ogre holding Aurora and attack his back.
Quietly, he hacks at the Ogre a few times, and after he's done getting some good blows in, suddenly yells "SURPRISE!"
(Greatsword - Swing 1 17 to hit, 14 damage, Swing 2 29 to hit, 13)
(OOC: I've somewhat seen a bit of Synthil's art, but have seen more in the link that you provided. In any case, whatever their reasoning, they're sure making it easy for Gregor to hit them while they're distracted.)
Aurora's eldritch blasts collide with each other and ricochet randomly. The second clips ogre 7's rear, causing him to howl in pain, and the first goes wild.
Ogre 4 rushes at Gregor and tries to shatter his skull. 8
Gregor hacks a few chunks out of ogre 7's back, accidentally severing the brute's spine. Ogre 7 falls on top of Aurora, quite thoroughly dead.
Ogres 8, 9, and 6 charge Gregor and swing at him. 19, 13, and 20
Two of them even manage to connect, dealing 27 damage.
1 ogre and 2 dire wolves show up just in time to catch the end of Zane's spell.
Ogre 10 initiative: 0
Dire wolf 2 initiative: 8
Dire wolf 3 initiative: 17
Initiative order:
Zane (21)
Ketrey (19)
Dire wolf 3 (17)
Aurora (11)
Ogre 4 (9)
Gregor (8)
Dire wolf 2 (8)
Ogres 8 and 9 (5)
Ogres 6 and 10 (0)
Zane uses his action to finish casting teleportation circle.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -- allegedly Benjamin Franklin
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Ketrey runs straight up to the teleport and jumps in shouting "cannonball!!" Holding her action to see if any ogres or direwoves follow her through.
One of the ogres shouts something in Giant and dire wolf 3 leaps at Gregor, trying to sever his Achilles tendon. 17
6 damage. Gregor, roll a Strength saving throw.
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(Strength Save: 24)
Aurora crawls out from under the ogre's corpse. Seeing as Gregor manages to keep on his feet, she darts to the teleportation cirlce.
Ogre 4 takes another swing at Gregor. 23
7 damage.
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"Confound these Ogre and their giant dogs!" Gregor gasps, doing his best to stay on his feet as multiple large clubs wing him and even solidly hit once in a while, with an almost unexpected wolf bite scratching his heel. Narrowing his eyes and clenching his teeth as he does his best to maintain focus, he notes that everyone else has successfully fled via the circle and does the same, quickly, but carefully dancing his way around Ogres and Dire Wolves to try and reach the circle.
(OOC: 15 hitpoints left. If I hadn't had him use his second wind, it would be 3. This is really cutting it close)
OOC: Zane, where do you want to go? There's the Club's teleportation circle, there's the one in your home, there's the one in the wizard's tower you stopped at on the way here, and there are some other random circles in random places.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -- allegedly Benjamin Franklin
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OOC: To the Club.
Four ogres and a dire wolf follow you, only to be cut down by spell after spell from the Club's residents.
You are in a familiar marble hall. Tapestries line the walls, interspaced with stained glass windows. The ceiling boasts a magnificent painting of a team of adventurers fighting off a githyanki invasion. The current Head of the Club, an elderly human wizard, skinny, with a long white beard, long white robes, and a tall white hat, steps forward and addresses you. "It goes without saying that we knew you were coming, but it also goes without saying that we're going to say 'we knew you were coming', so I'll say it. We knew you were coming. Now, Theresa saw your report, and you know she gets such awful headaches if she sees something that doesn't happen, so go ahead and report."
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -- allegedly Benjamin Franklin
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(OOC: wait, is someone still carrying the unconscious dwarf? If he's with us as well, I will of course present him too)
"The initial reports were true, the elementals had departed from the settlement. We found a few of the locals who agreed to guide us to a crime scene. They got murdered by something inside the ground. We got a few glimpses of a xorn, but nothing else. A group of ogres had been hired to hit us and the last one alive guided us back to their village where supposedly someone in a black mask had hired them for this task. Whoever that was did not show up while we were there and without further leads we decided to report back."
Theresa, a human female who looks like she should be offering you milk and cookies, pipes up. "You forgot to explain those nasty ogres that followed you, dearies. And their little pet, too." She doesn't just look like she should be offering you milk and cookies, she sounds like she should be offering you milk and cookies.
OOC: Didn't you leave the dwarf outside the ogre village? No, of course not, because of the xorn. What on Earth did you do with him?
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" -- allegedly Benjamin Franklin
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(OOC: I guess we forgot to take the uncoscious dwarf with us when we followed Burk. He was made invisible and we just forgot him. Everyone assuming someone else took him as we couldn't see each other or him.)
(OOC: He actually disappeared into thin air, as if he was teleported. Otherwise Gregor would've been carrying him. Sometime around the Ogre attack and the fly spell.)
(OOC: right! I totally forgot)
OOC: I remember now! Aurora tried to cast banishment on him to protect him, but it went wrong. Thanks for reminding me, Arcel.
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(OOC: No problem. Also, before I post, are there any Ogre corpses or body parts still around, or were they all vaporized and such?)
OOC: Good question.
The various ogre . . . bits are being removed by unseen servants. Some of them have to be scraped off the floor--or the walls.
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