(Bow is up. Zenodor is next, and Irraxan will now act right after your turn.)
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
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Bow takes aim at Chuul 2 for 3 quick shots:
Attack 1: 18 Damage: 19
Attack 2: 20 Damage: 18
BA Attack: 9 Damage: 21
When I damage it I will use brand of castigation; it will take 3 psychic damage each time it hits me or one of my friends within 5ft.
((At 6th level, whenever you damage a creature with your Crimson Rite feature, you can choose to sear an arcane brand of hemocraft magic into it (requires no action). You always know the direction to the branded creature, and each time the branded creature deals damage to you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you, the creature takes psychic damage equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 damage).
Your brand lasts until you dismiss it, or you apply a brand to another creature. Your brand counts as a spell for the purposes of dispel magic, and the spell level is equal to half of your blood hunter level (maximum of 9th level spell).
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.))
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Having teleported out of the Chuul's grasp thanks to Pinky, Z tries to increase the distance between himself and the nearest Chuul by moving upwards (flying speed from magic boots) as far as possible, at least 20ft upwards if there is space. If there is no room above to fly upwards, he will move awayas far as possible (so Chuul would at least trigger opportunity attack from the rest of the party if it follows). (Eldtrich blast has a 120ft range, so best to keep away from melee range)
Z then let loose bolts of Eldritch energy at the creature.
Bolt 1: Attack: 21 Damage: 10
Bolt 2: Attack: 25 Damage: 7
As a bonus action, Z uses Telekinetic Shove. DC15 on the Chuul, or it is pushed 5ft away in the opposite direction. So, with the original teleport of 15ft, Z's flying speed of 30ft, and potentially a 5ft shove, Z should now be a safe 45-50ft away from this Chuul. Not sure what the layout is, ideally this should be vertically if there is space in the cave. If not, in whichever direction puts Z furthest away from both this Chuul and its buddy.
Bow's well placed bolts from his hand crossbow fell Chuul 2 and it slumps lifeless to the ground.
Zenodor is freed from the grapple by teleportation and able to maneuver to a safe distance before firing some bolts of his own, these being Eldritch in nature. Both strike the remaining Chuul and it reels from the magical assault.
(Z can have Irraxan change it's action, or have it follow you with the darkness... post whichever you choose, or anything different it does.)
"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
(Z can have Irraxan change it's action, or have it follow you with the darkness... post whichever you choose, or anything different it does.)
I was sticking with separate Initiative for Irraxan for the duration of this encounter unless we want to change half-way through. so Irraxan still does:
Irraxan does not do anything interesting beyond staying near Z to share both with magical darkness.
... except that Zenodor who cast the Darkness failed his concentration, so the darkness has dissipated. Next time it's Irraxan's turn, Irraxan was goign to move to the nearest Chuul and provide Help action giving whoever next attacks it Advantage on the roll.
Irraxan is still naturally invisible - although I don't know how that work with creatures that can sense magic. They may be able to see Irraxan anyway.
"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
If the 1st attack hits Randall is Grappled and needs to make a DC 13 CON save or be Poisoned for 1 minute.
While Poisoned Randall is also Paralyzed and can make a save at the end of his turn to end the effect.
(Once the attacks and saves have been resolved, Randall is up.)
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
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Randall:
Even the powerful magic of Freedom of Movement cannot keep the creature's claw from impacting the priest, and Randall's body writhes in pain as the tentacled creature momentarily grips him.
Poison Save: 20
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Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
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Randall:
Yet fortune is with him again--or perhaps divine blessing--as Randall fights off whatever soporific effect the tentacles have and easily steps out of the grapple thanks to his active spell. Taking on a defensive stance ( Dodge ), Randall calls on holy power to manifest a spectral mace and smite the foe!
Randall uses the power granted him by the Morning Lord to slip free from the Chuul's clutching tentacles and summon a free floating spectral mace. The spectral mace swings in a sharp decisive arc driving the Chuul back a step to avoid the weapon's death blow.
(Petcan is up.)
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
For some reason it still shows the bonus fire damage as having the +4 but it hardly matters as the total of 7 piercing and 7 fire is 14 and that's enough to finish off the last Chuul.
The chamber you find yourselves in with the recently slain monsters now grows eerily silent with the noises from fighting no longer echoing off the walls. It is 60 feet long, and 40 feet wide, roughly as it is a natural cavern and not a perfect rectangle, with a ceiling 25 feet above your heads. There are 2 caves leading out besides the one you entered from. The large one straight ahead leads down even further, but another smaller cave to the left leads up.
The worn path in the stone you were following before is quite obvious and continues to the left and up leading into the smaller exit.
(You can take a moment to recover here and search before continuing on. Please include anything you think may be relevant in any posts before continuing on.)
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
Ok. Let's take a moment (short rest) before we carry on. If Pinky can be resummoned, maybe we sent the two familiars (Pinky, Irraxan) down the two paths to explore while the party takes a short break.
Zenodor is interested in where these creatures came from and what they were guarding or doing here. He suggests that they should explore the cave that goes deeper, rather than the one that goes up (presumably to the surface)
Also, Zenodor searches the bodies of the Chuuls (e.g. for marks, chain, other signs they were controlled, and the area they were in (e.g. for buried treasure).
Other than a few natural nicks and scars there are no signs that the Chuuls were ever leashed or harnessed in any way. No signs of buried treasure.
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
ooc: I guess Zenodor is rping this. I didn't see any quotation marks.
IC:
Tempe looks downwards then back at Z "I can summon my own familiar, for an hour but I can only see in its eyes a hundred feet.(like a normal familiar) Then I'll need a short rest. Irraxan will have to let us know if there is danger. and I'll have communicate with it when it gets back."
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Randall:
“I am good with a rest…It will give me time to bandage my wounds. Did anyone else notice that those creatures seemed to be attracted to magic?” observes Brother Randall.
Short Rest Spend HD: 17
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
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Bow didn't take much damage so uses the time that the others take a rest to investigate the cave exits -Any signs of other animal/monsters tracks in the exits- and to refill the clip of his crossbow with bolts.
Investigation: 21
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There are no tracks of anything coming or going that you can discern but the well worn trail suggests hundreds if not thousands of uses in order to create such a trail.
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
There are no tracks of anything coming or going that you can discern but the well worn trail suggests hundreds if not thousands of uses in order to create such a trail.
Does this worn trail go down each of the caves (the one we came in, and the other two) or only one?
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(Bow is up. Zenodor is next, and Irraxan will now act right after your turn.)
Bow takes aim at Chuul 2 for 3 quick shots:
Attack 1: 18 Damage: 19
Attack 2: 20 Damage: 18
BA Attack: 9 Damage: 21
When I damage it I will use brand of castigation; it will take 3 psychic damage each time it hits me or one of my friends within 5ft.
((At 6th level, whenever you damage a creature with your Crimson Rite feature, you can choose to sear an arcane brand of hemocraft magic into it (requires no action). You always know the direction to the branded creature, and each time the branded creature deals damage to you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you, the creature takes psychic damage equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1 damage).
Your brand lasts until you dismiss it, or you apply a brand to another creature. Your brand counts as a spell for the purposes of dispel magic, and the spell level is equal to half of your blood hunter level (maximum of 9th level spell).
Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.))
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Having teleported out of the Chuul's grasp thanks to Pinky, Z tries to increase the distance between himself and the nearest Chuul by moving upwards (flying speed from magic boots) as far as possible, at least 20ft upwards if there is space. If there is no room above to fly upwards, he will move awayas far as possible (so Chuul would at least trigger opportunity attack from the rest of the party if it follows). (Eldtrich blast has a 120ft range, so best to keep away from melee range)
Z then let loose bolts of Eldritch energy at the creature.
Bolt 1: Attack: 21 Damage: 10
Bolt 2: Attack: 25 Damage: 7
As a bonus action, Z uses Telekinetic Shove. DC15 on the Chuul, or it is pushed 5ft away in the opposite direction. So, with the original teleport of 15ft, Z's flying speed of 30ft, and potentially a 5ft shove, Z should now be a safe 45-50ft away from this Chuul. Not sure what the layout is, ideally this should be vertically if there is space in the cave. If not, in whichever direction puts Z furthest away from both this Chuul and its buddy.
Bow's well placed bolts from his hand crossbow fell Chuul 2 and it slumps lifeless to the ground.
Zenodor is freed from the grapple by teleportation and able to maneuver to a safe distance before firing some bolts of his own, these being Eldritch in nature. Both strike the remaining Chuul and it reels from the magical assault.
(Z can have Irraxan change it's action, or have it follow you with the darkness... post whichever you choose, or anything different it does.)
(Chuul 1 is the only monster that remains alive.)
I was sticking with separate Initiative for Irraxan for the duration of this encounter unless we want to change half-way through. so Irraxan still does:
... except that Zenodor who cast the Darkness failed his concentration, so the darkness has dissipated. Next time it's Irraxan's turn, Irraxan was goign to move to the nearest Chuul and provide Help action giving whoever next attacks it Advantage on the roll.
Irraxan is still naturally invisible - although I don't know how that work with creatures that can sense magic. They may be able to see Irraxan anyway.
Chuul 1 attacks Randall.
Attack: 20 Damage: 10
Attack: 13 Damage: 9
If the 1st attack hits Randall is Grappled and needs to make a DC 13 CON save or be Poisoned for 1 minute.
While Poisoned Randall is also Paralyzed and can make a save at the end of his turn to end the effect.
(Once the attacks and saves have been resolved, Randall is up.)
Randall:
Even the powerful magic of Freedom of Movement cannot keep the creature's claw from impacting the priest, and Randall's body writhes in pain as the tentacled creature momentarily grips him.
Poison Save: 20
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Randall:
Yet fortune is with him again--or perhaps divine blessing--as Randall fights off whatever soporific effect the tentacles have and easily steps out of the grapple thanks to his active spell. Taking on a defensive stance ( Dodge ), Randall calls on holy power to manifest a spectral mace and smite the foe!
Bonus Action: Spiritual Weapon : Attack: 22 Damage: 7
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Randall uses the power granted him by the Morning Lord to slip free from the Chuul's clutching tentacles and summon a free floating spectral mace. The spectral mace swings in a sharp decisive arc driving the Chuul back a step to avoid the weapon's death blow.
(Petcan is up.)
Petcan swings his rapier up and thrusts towards chuul 2, casting green flame blade
Attack: 19 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. + 7 fire damage + fire damage to chuul 1 if in range 10
(got the bonus fire damage sorted out this time I think)
Paladin - warforged - orange
For some reason it still shows the bonus fire damage as having the +4 but it hardly matters as the total of 7 piercing and 7 fire is 14 and that's enough to finish off the last Chuul.
The chamber you find yourselves in with the recently slain monsters now grows eerily silent with the noises from fighting no longer echoing off the walls. It is 60 feet long, and 40 feet wide, roughly as it is a natural cavern and not a perfect rectangle, with a ceiling 25 feet above your heads. There are 2 caves leading out besides the one you entered from. The large one straight ahead leads down even further, but another smaller cave to the left leads up.
The worn path in the stone you were following before is quite obvious and continues to the left and up leading into the smaller exit.
(You can take a moment to recover here and search before continuing on. Please include anything you think may be relevant in any posts before continuing on.)
Ok. Let's take a moment (short rest) before we carry on. If Pinky can be resummoned, maybe we sent the two familiars (Pinky, Irraxan) down the two paths to explore while the party takes a short break.
Zenodor is interested in where these creatures came from and what they were guarding or doing here. He suggests that they should explore the cave that goes deeper, rather than the one that goes up (presumably to the surface)
Also, Zenodor searches the bodies of the Chuuls (e.g. for marks, chain, other signs they were controlled, and the area they were in (e.g. for buried treasure).
Investigation 13
Other than a few natural nicks and scars there are no signs that the Chuuls were ever leashed or harnessed in any way. No signs of buried treasure.
ooc: I guess Zenodor is rping this. I didn't see any quotation marks.
IC:
Tempe looks downwards then back at Z "I can summon my own familiar, for an hour but I can only see in its eyes a hundred feet.(like a normal familiar) Then I'll need a short rest. Irraxan will have to let us know if there is danger. and I'll have communicate with it when it gets back."
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Reminder for myself. Work together or fail apart. Talk with each other when necessary. Describe how, where, if, your character moved.
The sign on the trail ahead reads "DONT FEED THE DRAGON!" "Working Together" Follow this link please
Randall:
“I am good with a rest…It will give me time to bandage my wounds. Did anyone else notice that those creatures seemed to be attracted to magic?” observes Brother Randall.
Short Rest Spend HD: 17
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Bow didn't take much damage so uses the time that the others take a rest to investigate the cave exits -Any signs of other animal/monsters tracks in the exits- and to refill the clip of his crossbow with bolts.
Investigation: 21
"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
There are no tracks of anything coming or going that you can discern but the well worn trail suggests hundreds if not thousands of uses in order to create such a trail.
Does this worn trail go down each of the caves (the one we came in, and the other two) or only one?