WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING
Ecko22, Eralynn22, Crystal17, Garmus17, Gargoyle2(16)(AC15/HP44)FF, Hellhound9(AC15/HP45)FF

Here's the save: 17 - NO!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING
Ecko22, Eralynn22, Crystal17, Garmus17, Gargoyle2(16)(AC15/HP44)FF, Hellhound9(AC15/HP45)FF

"Ya don't scare me ya mangy boil-brained mutt!"  Garmus yells, swinging his axe at the hellhound.

Attack: 14 Damage: 10

Attack: 26 Damage: 5

Maneuvers: Menacing Attack:  When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to frighten the target. You add the superiority die to the attack’s damage roll, and the target must make a Wisdom saving throw (DC 15). On a failed save, it is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING
Ecko22, Eralynn22, Crystal17, Garmus17, Gargoyle2(16)(AC15/HP44)FF, Hellhound9(AC15/HP27)FF

Save! 9 - The Hellhound advances no further! Eralynn hesitates, something is emerging from the tower! She looks at Crystal. The Medusa?!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING
Ecko22, Eralynn22, Crystal17, Garmus17, Gargoyle2(16)(AC15/HP44)FF, Hellhound9(AC15/HP27)FF

Gargoyle2 attacks Ecko!
Bite Attack: 8 Damage: 6
Claw Attack: 13 Damage: 3

The Hellhound disengages and backs up towards the tower. The hags emerge from it!

Emerging from the base of the tower on the ground floor is a trio of elven women. One looks like an athletic sun elf with copper hair who wears an ornate breastplate with a red fur mantle. One looks like a slender moon elf with smooth black hair and sparkling sapphire eyes. She looks very annoyed. The last woman is a wood elf who is blind. She wears a delicate white veil across her eyes.

"Stop this at once. Who are you?" the sun elf demands.

Morganna the Moon Elf: 2
Azirssa the Sun Elf: 21
Greensong the Wood Elf: 4

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING
Ecko22, Eralynn22, Crystal17, Garmus17, Gargoyle2(16)(AC15/HP44)FF, MorgannatheMoonElf(12)(AC17/HP82), AzirssatheSunElf(11)(AC17/HP82), Hellhound(9)(AC15/HP27)FF, GreensongtheWoodElf(2)(AC17/HP82)

Ecko swivels around and places his hands on hips in a no-nonsense form. He clicks his tongue - the ball of flame fizzles out as Ecko brings out a good-luck charm and throws two towards Garmus and Crystal, upcasting Protection from Evil and Good on himself, Garmus, and Crystal. 

(The protection grants several benefits. Creatures of those types have disadvantage on attack rolls against the target. The target also can't be charmed, frightened, or possessed by them. If the target is already charmed, frightened, or possessed by such a creature, the target has advantage on any new saving throw against the relevant effect.)

After that, he pleasantly swivels towards the hags and waves his hand. "Hey! Stopped, right, no attacks, got it," he nervously chuckles. "Okay - we were standing here and a bunch of scarecrows attacked, gargoyles joined in, everything really went up in flames - ahah, see my joke?" he squeaks and gestures to the blazed scarecrows. "I assume you're the managers? Really, 10/10 services and scenery, love this place. Keep it up. I would rate you guys five stars - the scarecrows jumping out at us lowers that, though. Really, that's the only thing stopping you from a perfect Hotel: Trivdrago rating..." he continues in a variety of voices, clearly nervous. 

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING
Ecko22, Eralynn22, Crystal17, Garmus17, Gargoyle2(16)(AC15/HP44)FF, MorgannatheMoonElf(12)(AC17/HP82), AzirssatheSunElf(11)(AC17/HP82), Hellhound(9)(AC15/HP27)FF, GreensongtheWoodElf(2)(AC17/HP82)

The "elves" ready attacks.

"Uch, stop your prattling. State your business or be gone." Morganna demands.

Eralynn hesitates, something is emerging from the tower! She looks at Crystal. The Medusa?!

"No dear, those.... I believe... are the hags.  Medusa is in the shrine behind us." she whispers to Eralynn.

Crystal watches as the chirping bird just seems to annoy the ole hag...elf...she decides to step in to see if she can help any... probably not, but it's always worth a try "Well, I came here for a massage" she starts "and that idiot of a desk clerk that you have sent me in to see Llmar.  'Go ahead and go in' is what he told me, so I did and I ended up interrupting this poor young lady" she gestures to Eralynn "I was embarrassed beyond belief and I'm sure she was as well...anyway, we went back to that idiot of a desk clerk and asked to see the manager at which point he turned into a cambion and attacked us!!  The shame of it!  Luckily these two here" she gestures to Echo and G "were right there and helped us out but.  They scared that jerk-off so bad that he flew away.  That's when we came around back to see if we could find the management of this establishment....that's when these..." she looks at G "what did you call them?  Oh, these straw-brained canker blossoms ATTACKED us for no reason at all!!  I came here to relax, not to be harassed by some straw-brained canker sore!! I personally want my money back!!  So, are you all the managers?  And if so, what are you going to do to correct this situation?"

Persuasive Crystal: 9 or NOT so persuasive as the dice have shown....

Garmus steps up.  "Ach!  Nevermind the her, she's always complainin'!  Can't ever make her happy."  He shakes his head.  "Now, as for our business, we came here on the recommendation of a friend and I must say, it is quite impressive here.  Even gave me some combat,  which is always enjoyable for a dwarf."  Garmus strokes his beard.  "We certainly didn't mean ta disrupt ya.  We'll just be headin' back to the main building to finish our spa day and be gettin' outta yer hair."

Deception roll if that's ok? 18

Insight: 12

"Fine. No more trouble, or we will end you." the sun elf says, and they all leave back to the tower. The gargoyle and hellhound disengage back into the tower as well. Combat is over. 

For now.

"I love the complimentary cookies!" Ecko cries and waves happily to the exiting hags. Whew. That could have gone badly. At least nobody should be charmed...that rules out any possibilities of trickery. Hags were tricky beings. 

After watching the hags flee, Ecko gathers the party and instructs them to head somewhere safe. He begins muttering- "I am low on spells. Spells are fun to use, you know? You saw how those scarecrows burned?" Ecko blinks and shakes his head and refocuses his darting eyes. "No tangents. Sorry. Okay. They seem fooled for now. Honestly? I'm scared of them. We should gather more support...I don't want to walk in there without a few more people. I want to ask Ilmar or the dryad if they know ways to cure petrification. Telling Ilmar we found Sylvarie will also help his spirits. Otherwise, we can rest. I have methods of protecting ourselves and alerting us if they attack while we're resting." 

Crystal blinks a few times in simple disbelief…. She looks over to G and then back at the tower door. ‘How….what the….today is not my day’ she thinks.

“Ummm OK” she simply replies to Echo

What the ****? How in the world did we survive that?

What the ****? How in the world did we survive that?

"Honestly, I have no idea!" Crystal replies still feeling a little butt-hurt that G was able to intimidate/persuade the hags while she failed miserably.  "Let's go talk to Llmar" she says as she winks to Eralynn "about de-petrifying Ysabell."  Changing the subject helped a bit as she turned and started back towards the massage are.  She looks back at Eralynn "You comming sweetie?"

Eralynn nodded, her cheeks turning red again. She followed Crystal.

As they arrive at the massage area she looks at Eralynn "You don't need to be nervous, he's cute and so are you!" Crystal knocks on the door and opens/enters should Llmar say to come in... if there is no answer, then she will open the door slowly announcing here presence "Llmar?  Are you here?"  she did NOT want an embarrassing repeat of last time.

As they arrive at the massage area she looks at Eralynn "You don't need to be nervous, he's cute and so are you!"
Eralynn turned even more red, smiling to herself. Aw. She was so sweet. And pretty.
"Llmar?  Are you here?" she did NOT want an embarrassing repeat of last time.
"Yes! Sorry about the mess." Ilmar was inside the southernmost room in AREA T7, wrapping up cleaning, shirtless - his dirty shirt on the massage table.
Eralynn gulped so loudly Crystal could hear it. She suddenly stood there, her focus gone. 

"Yes! Sorry about the mess." Ilmar was inside the southernmost room in AREA T7, wrapping up cleaning, shirtless - his dirty shirt on the massage table.
Eralynn gulped so loudly Crystal could hear it. She suddenly stood there, her focus gone. 

"Hey Llmar..." she starts but then sees him "Oh...ummm...WOW..." she regains her composure and focuses "sorry, if we could bother you for just a moment" she looks to Eralynn hearing her gulp "We, found Sylvarie.... but she's... how should I say this... a bit different, well, she's a Medusa but also fully aware of who she is and she remembers YOU!  Anyway, she unknowingly turned one of our friends to stone... we are just here to see if you know or have any way to reverse the affect - like a greater restoration spell or something."

Ilmar drops a small container of oil, just as he finishes cleaning, upon hearing the word of his old friend.

"You found Sylvarie?" he breathes, stunned.

Ecko immediately walks up to where the massage oils and lotions are kept and rearranges them in an absolutely random, nonsensical order. He gives an astute nod before turning towards Ilmar. “Correct. We have found her, though she is currently cursed by the hags to be a Medusa. We know how to break the curse - paintings the hags keep close hold the power. Destroy them and she will return as good as new. For that, though, we need all the support we can get - one of our friends is currently stone. Do you know of a solution to petrification? Is that covered in massage school? Either way, do you know of someone who does? It’s the best shot we have at restoring Sylvarie.”