Bey watches in shock as two of her companions are brutally gorged and trampled almost instantly by this onslaught of mysterious, seemingly hellish creatures. She wonders what ever would have possessed them to think that it was a good idea to position themselves directly in the path of the charging herd and hopes that they’re ok.
“Get out of there!!” she yells at her other two party members as she steadies her bow. Instead of reaching for an arrow, though, Beyanna wraps her fingers around the dark crystal that hangs from a chain around her neck and utters a quick phrase of strange syllables, before pointing at the already injured bull that just gored Norge. Her bright green eyes begin to glow even more with a radiant, semi-translucent light. She then grabs an arrow from her quiver, takes aim and fires at that same bull.
Attack: 10 Damage: 10
Casting Hex as a bonus action. Hex necrotic damage if attack was successful: 5
Also, causing disadvantage on any strength rolls the bull may need to make.
(OOC: I will be nice and allow you to keep your Hex if you wish, Your attack alone would kill it)
Bey draws and arrow from her quiver and pulls back on her bow. As she takes a she takes a deep breath, she lets loose an arrow that flies silently through the chaotic scene and slams into the face of the bull. The diseased creature stumbles forward before collapsing with an arrow sticking from its bloody eye socket.
Total initiative order! Mitt Initiative 22 (Need a Con 12 Save or be poisoned) <--- up Trianna Initiative: 21 - unconscious Norge Initiative: 20 - unconscious Stench Kow Bull 19 - 5 damage Stench Kow2 18 Azure Initiative: 12 - unconscious Bey Initiative: 12 Stench Horse 12 Stench Kow7 - dead Stench Donkey 6 Stench Goat 2
Racing behind the cows, a rotting horse, Donkey, and goat race down the road as well. The horse charges straight down the center of the road and jumps over the corpses of the bulls and heads straight towards Tiriana!
Horse Hoof Trample against Tiriana Attack: 26 Damage: 13
As the large stinking draft horse closes in on the half elf, it raises its front hooves and slams them into her chest.. pushing her to the ground and stomping her as it continues its charge into town. A sickening crunch can be heard as her body goes limp unders the beasts hooves...
Next to the horse, an ear splitting scream from the donkey and goat can be heard as the goat continues around the mass of bodies on the ground to the east of the group while the Donky charges straight towards Mitt.
Donkey hoof attack! Attack: 9 Damage: 6
The donkey flails its hooves wildly towards the kobold but is unable to connect as the small creature easily steps out of the path of the beast.
(OOC: DAMN IT CRITS! We are at the top of the round, I will try to update the map quickly. We are back at the top of initiative and I need a con 12 save from Mitt or he is poisoned until the end of his next turn)
“NOOOO!!!!!” Bey screams in horror as she watches Tirana get kicked and stomped by the fiendish horse. Her blood boils with helplessness and anger at this gruesome turn of events. Just a few brief minutes ago, they were all sparring together, practicing their fighting skills and enjoying a quiet evening together. Now, Azure, Norge and Tirana lie broken and bleeding in the dirt, beneath this stampeding abomination.
Watching the other two fall was bad enough, but Tiriana... Beyanna’s eyes fill with tears as she watches the fallen half-elf... hoping for any sign of movement. Is there nothing safe in this world? Is there no one I can save from the forces of evil?
“Mith... Get out of the way!” she yells to the kobold as she looks for a way to help her fallen companions. Perhaps I can reach them when the herd passes... if it’s not too late.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
As the stampede passes Norge blinks in the dust. Slowly he uses his mace to support himself as he takes a deep breath and stands to his feet.
Second Wind: 9
Once per short rest, you can use a bonus action to regain 1d10 + 1 HP.
"Horns... bull... stench... ribs... ouch..." Norge mumbles to himself as he steps to the side and props himself up against a tree. "I'm going to make hamburger out of these animals."
(OOC: Per the PMs, using Second Wind will be my turn for this round.)
Mith manages to take a deep breath and resist the urge to vomit as he leaps into the air and drives his blades into the wretched donkey. Just like the bull, The animal staggers and collapses into the road and a stinking pile. The kobold is then able to quickly pull his blades from the carcass and rush over to Bey on the side of the road.
With no one blocking their path, the enraged and stinking creatures continue their charge towards the center of town and disappear into the fog. Two large cows and a donkey lay in the road and the ground is no longer shaking as the stampede gets farther away.
(OOC: Out of combat for now. If Azure doesn't get stabalized / healed soon he will need to make another death save. I posted in the OOC Chat that I would allow Tiriana to live with a lingering wound for a while because it was the first combat and a crit and dumb :D)
Norge staggers to his feet as the stinking animals continue on their path. Blood continues to drip from the hole in the center of his armor as the fog seemingly lifts enough to reveal the extend of the damage done in the blink of an eye. His shield and armor are dented and battered.. a hole the size of a lemon in the center of his chainmail reveals his bloody wound.
Azure is breathing but badly hurt as blood pours from an open wound in his face caused by his glowing shield. His shield and armor are battered but managed to protect him from the hooves of the creatures as they plowed past..
Tiriana is not moving. her body crumpled and broken in the middle of the road. A pool of blood is forming around her lifeless body. The sword she cared about so deeply is half covered in blood soaked dirt nearby.
Mith and Bey stand near the tree as the fog moves to reveal the carnage. They both can see that Azure is breathing and that Tiriana is not. They can hear the faint sound of hooves beating their way into town. Mith quickly races towards the fallen Genasi and is able to stabilize his friend. Wrapping part of his face in a strip of cloth and applying pressure.
As soon as the herd passes, Beyanna leaps forward and rushes to Tiriana’s side. With tears streaming down her face, she kneels down, reaches into her pack and pulls forth a small vial of bright red liquid. Then, placing one hand behind the girl’s neck, Bey lifts her head, up from the dirt, uncorks the vial with her teeth and carefully pours some of the potion into Tiriana’s mouth.
“Please... Wake up, child...” she says in a voice of desperation, as she cradles the girl’s broken body.
Beyanna pours some of the liquid into Tiriana's mouth.. the body shaking as Bey tries to calm herself and attempts to save her friend. The potion pools and drips down out of the corners of Tiriana's mouth and drips on to the dirt.. her eyes open and staring straight through Beyanna... her face losing color as the moments go by. Seconds feel like an eternity as the lifeless figure remains motionless in Beyanna's arms.
Norge rushes to Beyanna's side as she tries to revive Teriana. "Is it working? Is the potion making a difference?" Norge turns his head to see Mith helping Azure to his feet. "Mith! How bad is Azure!? I hate to ask it of him but is he in any condition to try and use his healing power on Teriana?"
Beyanna sobs uncontrollably as she watches the life slips away from her poor broken friend. She continues to cradle Tiriana’s limp form for a few minutes, pulling her up in a final, despondent embrace, before gently laying the girl back down on the ground and lightly brushing the dirt from her pale face.
She then looks up towards the sky and lets out a long, furious and terrifying yell, her green eyes beginning to glow again with an opaque light.
“Can I not save anyone that I love?! Do I not give you enough nightmares?!”
After a few moments, Bey calms down and the glow disappears from her eyes. She looks over to Norge, the tears now replaced by a cold expression of stern resolve.
”She is gone. She has been taken from us. How is Azure? How are you...? I have some healing liquid if it will help.”
"I'll be fine. Azure needs more help than I do. Please tend to him." Norge solemnly removes the cloak from his back and covers Tirana. "May she find peace in the next life."
Bey stands up and walks over to where Azure’s body lay half covered with dirt on the ground. As she did with Tiriana, but with a cool efficiency rather than hurried desperation, Bey lifts up the back of his head, brushes the dirt from his face and pours some of the reddish liquid into his mouth.
Azure coughs up blood and squints as he opens his eyes. A terrible pain in his head and he feels like the world is spinning. He blinks rapidly wiping blood from his eyes and looks up at Beyanna and Norge kneeling over him. "What... what happened? Did we stop them?" he asks looking around at the rest of the group and his eyes fall of Tiriana's lifeless body. "No..." he says in a soft whimper as tears begin to run down his cheeks. He sits up slowly and begins to crawl towards Tiriana.
Medicine: 18
(If Azure would recognize it based on his medicine check:)
When he touches her body he feels it beginning to turn cold and realizes she's gone. "Too soon." he murmurs to himself and will lift his hand to feel his head. "Is everyone else alright? Does anyone require healing?" he says taking deep breaths in between sentences trying to deal with the pain and emotional toll of what just occurred.
Bey watches in shock as two of her companions are brutally gorged and trampled almost instantly by this onslaught of mysterious, seemingly hellish creatures. She wonders what ever would have possessed them to think that it was a good idea to position themselves directly in the path of the charging herd and hopes that they’re ok.
“Get out of there!!” she yells at her other two party members as she steadies her bow. Instead of reaching for an arrow, though, Beyanna wraps her fingers around the dark crystal that hangs from a chain around her neck and utters a quick phrase of strange syllables, before pointing at the already injured bull that just gored Norge. Her bright green eyes begin to glow even more with a radiant, semi-translucent light. She then grabs an arrow from her quiver, takes aim and fires at that same bull.
Attack: 10 Damage: 10
Casting Hex as a bonus action. Hex necrotic damage if attack was successful: 5
Also, causing disadvantage on any strength rolls the bull may need to make.
(OOC: I will be nice and allow you to keep your Hex if you wish, Your attack alone would kill it)
Bey draws and arrow from her quiver and pulls back on her bow. As she takes a she takes a deep breath, she lets loose an arrow that flies silently through the chaotic scene and slams into the face of the bull. The diseased creature stumbles forward before collapsing with an arrow sticking from its bloody eye socket.
Total initiative order!
Mitt Initiative 22 (Need a Con 12 Save or be poisoned) <--- up
Trianna Initiative: 21 - unconscious
Norge Initiative: 20 - unconscious
Stench Kow Bull 19 - 5 damageStench Kow2 18
Azure Initiative: 12 - unconscious
Bey Initiative: 12
Stench Horse 12
Stench Kow 7 - deadStench Donkey 6
Stench Goat 2
Racing behind the cows, a rotting horse, Donkey, and goat race down the road as well. The horse charges straight down the center of the road and jumps over the corpses of the bulls and heads straight towards Tiriana!
Horse Hoof Trample against Tiriana Attack: 26 Damage: 13
As the large stinking draft horse closes in on the half elf, it raises its front hooves and slams them into her chest.. pushing her to the ground and stomping her as it continues its charge into town. A sickening crunch can be heard as her body goes limp unders the beasts hooves...
Next to the horse, an ear splitting scream from the donkey and goat can be heard as the goat continues around the mass of bodies on the ground to the east of the group while the Donky charges straight towards Mitt.
Donkey hoof attack! Attack: 9 Damage: 6
The donkey flails its hooves wildly towards the kobold but is unable to connect as the small creature easily steps out of the path of the beast.
(OOC: DAMN IT CRITS! We are at the top of the round, I will try to update the map quickly. We are back at the top of initiative and I need a con 12 save from Mitt or he is poisoned until the end of his next turn)
“NOOOO!!!!!” Bey screams in horror as she watches Tirana get kicked and stomped by the fiendish horse. Her blood boils with helplessness and anger at this gruesome turn of events. Just a few brief minutes ago, they were all sparring together, practicing their fighting skills and enjoying a quiet evening together. Now, Azure, Norge and Tirana lie broken and bleeding in the dirt, beneath this stampeding abomination.
Watching the other two fall was bad enough, but Tiriana... Beyanna’s eyes fill with tears as she watches the fallen half-elf... hoping for any sign of movement. Is there nothing safe in this world? Is there no one I can save from the forces of evil?
“Mith... Get out of the way!” she yells to the kobold as she looks for a way to help her fallen companions. Perhaps I can reach them when the herd passes... if it’s not too late.
Mith Con save 24
Suddenly finding himself standing facing the stampede all by himself Mith slashes at the SD
Attack: 12 Damage: 9
Attack: 25 Damage: 14
He then takes his chances and moves right to the tree.
As the stampede passes Norge blinks in the dust. Slowly he uses his mace to support himself as he takes a deep breath and stands to his feet.
Second Wind: 9
Once per short rest, you can use a bonus action to regain 1d10 + 1 HP.
"Horns... bull... stench... ribs... ouch..." Norge mumbles to himself as he steps to the side and props himself up against a tree. "I'm going to make hamburger out of these animals."
(OOC: Per the PMs, using Second Wind will be my turn for this round.)
Tiriana death save: 17Tiriana's blood continues to flow from her injuries. Her sword lay on the road, knocked over by the crazed creatures.Gang, I just realized. Tiriana has 6 hp. That means 13 damage is enough to instantly kill her. Like dead dead.
RIP Tiriana. She performed one action. Pretty sad, really.
Mith manages to take a deep breath and resist the urge to vomit as he leaps into the air and drives his blades into the wretched donkey. Just like the bull, The animal staggers and collapses into the road and a stinking pile. The kobold is then able to quickly pull his blades from the carcass and rush over to Bey on the side of the road.
With no one blocking their path, the enraged and stinking creatures continue their charge towards the center of town and disappear into the fog. Two large cows and a donkey lay in the road and the ground is no longer shaking as the stampede gets farther away.
(OOC: Out of combat for now. If Azure doesn't get stabalized / healed soon he will need to make another death save. I posted in the OOC Chat that I would allow Tiriana to live with a lingering wound for a while because it was the first combat and a crit and dumb :D)
Death Save: 3 (just in case)
After the rest of the animals pass by Mith runs back into the road and attempts to stabilize Azure.
Medicine 12
Norge staggers to his feet as the stinking animals continue on their path. Blood continues to drip from the hole in the center of his armor as the fog seemingly lifts enough to reveal the extend of the damage done in the blink of an eye. His shield and armor are dented and battered.. a hole the size of a lemon in the center of his chainmail reveals his bloody wound.
Azure is breathing but badly hurt as blood pours from an open wound in his face caused by his glowing shield. His shield and armor are battered but managed to protect him from the hooves of the creatures as they plowed past..
Tiriana is not moving. her body crumpled and broken in the middle of the road. A pool of blood is forming around her lifeless body. The sword she cared about so deeply is half covered in blood soaked dirt nearby.
Mith and Bey stand near the tree as the fog moves to reveal the carnage. They both can see that Azure is breathing and that Tiriana is not. They can hear the faint sound of hooves beating their way into town. Mith quickly races towards the fallen Genasi and is able to stabilize his friend. Wrapping part of his face in a strip of cloth and applying pressure.
As soon as the herd passes, Beyanna leaps forward and rushes to Tiriana’s side. With tears streaming down her face, she kneels down, reaches into her pack and pulls forth a small vial of bright red liquid. Then, placing one hand behind the girl’s neck, Bey lifts her head, up from the dirt, uncorks the vial with her teeth and carefully pours some of the potion into Tiriana’s mouth.
“Please... Wake up, child...” she says in a voice of desperation, as she cradles the girl’s broken body.
Beyanna pours some of the liquid into Tiriana's mouth.. the body shaking as Bey tries to calm herself and attempts to save her friend. The potion pools and drips down out of the corners of Tiriana's mouth and drips on to the dirt.. her eyes open and staring straight through Beyanna... her face losing color as the moments go by. Seconds feel like an eternity as the lifeless figure remains motionless in Beyanna's arms.
Norge rushes to Beyanna's side as she tries to revive Teriana. "Is it working? Is the potion making a difference?" Norge turns his head to see Mith helping Azure to his feet. "Mith! How bad is Azure!? I hate to ask it of him but is he in any condition to try and use his healing power on Teriana?"
Beyanna sobs uncontrollably as she watches the life slips away from her poor broken friend. She continues to cradle Tiriana’s limp form for a few minutes, pulling her up in a final, despondent embrace, before gently laying the girl back down on the ground and lightly brushing the dirt from her pale face.
She then looks up towards the sky and lets out a long, furious and terrifying yell, her green eyes beginning to glow again with an opaque light.
“Can I not save anyone that I love?! Do I not give you enough nightmares?!”
After a few moments, Bey calms down and the glow disappears from her eyes. She looks over to Norge, the tears now replaced by a cold expression of stern resolve.
”She is gone. She has been taken from us. How is Azure? How are you...? I have some healing liquid if it will help.”
"I'll be fine. Azure needs more help than I do. Please tend to him." Norge solemnly removes the cloak from his back and covers Tirana. "May she find peace in the next life."
Bey stands up and walks over to where Azure’s body lay half covered with dirt on the ground. As she did with Tiriana, but with a cool efficiency rather than hurried desperation, Bey lifts up the back of his head, brushes the dirt from his face and pours some of the reddish liquid into his mouth.
(OOC: So if it is half of the potion, then just roll like a normal healing potion and divide it by two)
Half healing potion: 2
OOC: Sorry, I guess I poured most of it on the ground. 😆
Mith answers back to the questions.
"I've stabilzed him so he's not going to die, but he is badly hurt."
Azure coughs up blood and squints as he opens his eyes. A terrible pain in his head and he feels like the world is spinning. He blinks rapidly wiping blood from his eyes and looks up at Beyanna and Norge kneeling over him. "What... what happened? Did we stop them?" he asks looking around at the rest of the group and his eyes fall of Tiriana's lifeless body. "No..." he says in a soft whimper as tears begin to run down his cheeks. He sits up slowly and begins to crawl towards Tiriana.
Medicine: 18
(If Azure would recognize it based on his medicine check:)
When he touches her body he feels it beginning to turn cold and realizes she's gone. "Too soon." he murmurs to himself and will lift his hand to feel his head. "Is everyone else alright? Does anyone require healing?" he says taking deep breaths in between sentences trying to deal with the pain and emotional toll of what just occurred.