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Active Characters: Ernos, Tiefling Warlock in Tests and Trials | Khond Stardancer,Centaur Rogue in The Forgotten Wish | Blumeria "Bolt" Sirgula,Dragonborn Fighter/Sorcerer in Forged In Chaos
Bolt spots a likely location, a low rise with the crumbled remains of a low wall providing at least some visual interruption from the easiest, most likely route that any reinforcements might take. You're able to approach from the backside, avoiding the scree of scattered stonework that spill down the rise. The wall that remains is only a couple feet high, so you'll have to stay prone in order to be out of view, but Grandpa directs some repositioning of the rubble that fell within to fill in some gaps and add an extra few inches to the wall in the places that the stone is able to be stacked up a bit.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
"yeah you and bolt rip them apart from the middle while we go from outside. Try to get some on a Faerie fire maybe to lit them up good"
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"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
Active Characters: Ernos, Tiefling Warlock in Tests and Trials | Khond Stardancer,Centaur Rogue in The Forgotten Wish | Blumeria "Bolt" Sirgula,Dragonborn Fighter/Sorcerer in Forged In Chaos
Gramps has Black next to him on high alert with Red on his shoulder.
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"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((Sorry, end of quarter crunch got to me, and I neglected to give you all a heads up. On spring break now, but at a conference. Will have forum time in the evenings, goal would be to get things moving back and a more regular pace here.))
A force is moving from the distant ruins, betrayed by the plume of fine dust. Having reached your ambush site, your own plume has long since drifted and settled, you can only hope that none among the opposition was able to get an accurate read on where you stopped if they noted your movement. As the group approaches, there are some similarities and some differences to the force you largely dispatched back at the remnants of the tower. There are still a multitude of the small, chittering ones, but there is no palanquin bearing a corpulent mage, nor looming hulks of muscle or those beings of many bladed appendages that felled Commander Storm.
Instead, the chittering herd is paced by a robed figure, perhaps a bit taller and more gaunt that is normal for humanoids, but not outside the proportions that are possible among the races you're more familiar with. A deep cowl is pulled forward, shrouding their face. There is a serpentine creature that wends its way along, there is a lot that looks wrong about it, but it's hard to make out details at this distance.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((And we are with 6, still? BB, Gramps, Bolt, Botted Bryn, Botted Keller and Botted Larry? +Black and Red of course))
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"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
"Alright, how about BB jump the littles ones indeed, Bolt, Keller and Larry focus on the Robed figure Bryn and I try to get as many of the other without hitting BB."
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"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
Gramps ensures he is ready to jump in, sitting on Black, keeping quiet.
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"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((You're on a low rise, behind a knee high wall of stone. BB would know that any movement runs the risk of stirring up dust that might indicate their presence.))
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Let's wait till they are close and than all rush in for hopefully some surprise attacks.
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"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war |Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
(Nobody else has any better options? Alright then.)
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Active Characters:
Ernos, Tiefling Warlock in Tests and Trials | Khond Stardancer, Centaur Rogue in The Forgotten Wish | Blumeria "Bolt" Sirgula, Dragonborn Fighter/Sorcerer in Forged In Chaos
((BB has got a plus 1 or something, Bolt is a better option by far!))
Bolt spots a likely location, a low rise with the crumbled remains of a low wall providing at least some visual interruption from the easiest, most likely route that any reinforcements might take. You're able to approach from the backside, avoiding the scree of scattered stonework that spill down the rise. The wall that remains is only a couple feet high, so you'll have to stay prone in order to be out of view, but Grandpa directs some repositioning of the rubble that fell within to fill in some gaps and add an extra few inches to the wall in the places that the stone is able to be stacked up a bit.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
BB nods approvingly,
"What do you want me to do Gramps? Straight into the middle of them when they show up?"
"yeah you and bolt rip them apart from the middle while we go from outside. Try to get some on a Faerie fire maybe to lit them up good"
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
"Good, fits me good. You just tap me when you are ready for the show to start."
He lays down behind the wall to hid and conserve his energy.
Bolt settles down, "Sounds good to me."
Active Characters:
Ernos, Tiefling Warlock in Tests and Trials | Khond Stardancer, Centaur Rogue in The Forgotten Wish | Blumeria "Bolt" Sirgula, Dragonborn Fighter/Sorcerer in Forged In Chaos
Gramps has Black next to him on high alert with Red on his shoulder.
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((Sorry, end of quarter crunch got to me, and I neglected to give you all a heads up. On spring break now, but at a conference. Will have forum time in the evenings, goal would be to get things moving back and a more regular pace here.))
A force is moving from the distant ruins, betrayed by the plume of fine dust. Having reached your ambush site, your own plume has long since drifted and settled, you can only hope that none among the opposition was able to get an accurate read on where you stopped if they noted your movement. As the group approaches, there are some similarities and some differences to the force you largely dispatched back at the remnants of the tower. There are still a multitude of the small, chittering ones, but there is no palanquin bearing a corpulent mage, nor looming hulks of muscle or those beings of many bladed appendages that felled Commander Storm.
Instead, the chittering herd is paced by a robed figure, perhaps a bit taller and more gaunt that is normal for humanoids, but not outside the proportions that are possible among the races you're more familiar with. A deep cowl is pulled forward, shrouding their face. There is a serpentine creature that wends its way along, there is a lot that looks wrong about it, but it's hard to make out details at this distance.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
((How many are in this force?)
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((Robey McGee, Snakey-thing, and two dozen of the chitterers, who seem to be keeping a bit of distance between themselves and the robed figure.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
((And we are with 6, still?
BB, Gramps, Bolt, Botted Bryn, Botted Keller and Botted Larry? +Black and Red of course))
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
BB offers,
"I can jump the little ones and do some booming while you all jump the snake fella and cloaky."
((Yes, that's the party at present.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
"Alright, how about BB jump the littles ones indeed, Bolt, Keller and Larry focus on the Robed figure Bryn and I try to get as many of the other without hitting BB."
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
"I can take hit, if you can get more of'm."
BB brags.
"You going to kick it off or should I jump out and start booming?"
((What's the terrain? Can BB work his way closer, or even better, on the otherside. Maybe army crawling over?))
Gramps ensures he is ready to jump in, sitting on Black, keeping quiet.
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((You're on a low rise, behind a knee high wall of stone. BB would know that any movement runs the risk of stirring up dust that might indicate their presence.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Let's wait till they are close and than all rush in for hopefully some surprise attacks.
"grandpa" Salkur, Gnome Arti/Sorc: Forged in Chaos | Pepin, Human Arti/Cleric: Goblin horde | Mixtli, Volc Genasi Arti: Champions of the Citadel | Erix Vadalitis, Human Druid: Rising from the last war | Smithy, Human Arti: Night Ravens: Black orchids for Biscotti | Tamphalic Aliprax, Dragonborn Wizard: Chronicles of the Accursed | Doc, Dwarven Cleric (2024): Adventure at Hope's End | Abathax, Tiefling Illriger: Hunt for the Balowang | Gorin Mestel, Human Arti: Descend into Avernus
((What if he spits as he goes to keep the dust ahead of him down...?)
BB nods,
"Ya...ya was better than my idea."