Stena stands watching as the kid runs and says after him,

"Where are ye going to run to? Back to slavery? Come with us and can be free of that, but we certainly aren't gonna make ye come with us if ye'd prefer slavery."

She'll wave to Sarith to not give chase if he was inclined to do so and will instead watch to see if the kid changes their mind. If not, she'll close her eyes for a few moments before turning and looking for Shuushar to follow after him.

Persuasion: 7

@Spider

@DM…

((On her turn…)) Lia will continue to try and shuffle, with Ploopp and the other KT, onwards towards the temple, and to gradually encourage that movement where at all possible, leaving their cloud of KT to be a slight buffer between the party and this water thing wherever possible too.

Although she’d gradually encourage movement in that general direction, until Derendil is safe, she would remain within range of him and the water elemental… and continue to hurl insults at the elemental until it dies or they can get away…

”I mean honestly! How much of the village’s ‘seed’ do you need to contain before you can’t even really call yourself a ‘water’ elemental any more?!…”.

Cast a spell action (vicious mockery): WIS save DC13 or take 4 (psychic damage) and have disadvantage on its next attack.

((nb: Derendil has bardic inspiration from last turn, 1d6)) 

Ploopp continues extoling the virtues of the Sea Mother as Derendil struggles inside, the elemental taking more damage, but trying to crush and drown the Prince.

Attack: 18 Damage: 20

Galingal moves along the edge of the square, making his way to where Stena, Sarith and Shuushar disappeared (Perception if needed to have marked that spot: 13  ). He'll keep within 60' of the elemental for now, but he won't get close to it. He's willing to keep fighting from a distance but he's not about to risk his own life for Derendil.

He again gestures at the watery, gamete-filled creature and whispers "maksaa kuolleita."

Casts Toll the Dead  WIS DC14 or takes 1  necrotic damage.

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@DM…((OOC: if you could set out the scene for us again that would be cool. It seems like we all might have the option to bypass this water creature if we press on towards the temple, is that right? Aside from Derendil being grappled, can we all proceed or is it blocking our way? Does it seem tethered to the water pool or would it persue? What are Ploopp’s retinue and bodyguards doing? Are they still protecting the party or have they all dispersed? Can Ploopp, the party and the school of KT around them simply drift onward and past towards the safety of the temple?))

 

((You came upon it in a 'square', though with KT architecture and city planning being what it is, that's a generous geometric term. You could certainly cut and run, as it seems that at least four of your number, along with the majority of the KTs in the square have done, fleeing down streets and alleys as the rain continues to fall. It seems connected to the pool, but has extended pseudopods of water out of it across the damp streets, if you wanted to know if it would pursue, trying to run would be the way to tested that. Ploopp is holding firm, with only a few of his most dedicated bodyguards, the school he picked up along the way has dispersed. If they party was still near him, they might be protecting the party, but if you dispersed, they are remaining near him. You could perhaps depart, possibly with Ploopp, should you convince him to let this elemental remain at large in the city, and leave Derendil to its tender mercies...))

WIS Save vs Mean Lia: 13
WIS Save vs Gal's Bells: 1

Jimjar sends a bolt at it.

Attack: 6 Damage: 14

Derendil thrashes about inside the watery creature.

Attack: 18 Damage: 6
Attack: 12 Damage: 4

Jimjar's bolt passes through harmlessly, and Derendil's first slash seems to have hurt it, but it's still up!

((What Stena is going to do depends on if the kid kept going or continued to run. If they run she is just going to follow Shuushar to the temple.))

The kid paused at the offer to help them escape slavery, but something about Stena's delivery wasn't all that persuasive, and they then turned and ducked out of sight. Shuushar sighs and waves for you to follow him.

Stena follows Shuushar with not another glance over her shoulder.

 In the heat of the moment, Thom would be frantically looking for the others, he'd likely would've seen Lia take off and might be cursing under his breath. If he did not see the child, that's cool. He sees Jimjar continue to shoot at the water creature, and for this particular moment, for whatever reason Thom just cannot leave Derendil. He takes another shot and yells out to Jimjar "Jimjar! The others took off for that kid, yeah?? Where'd they go? The temple yeah? What do we do? Can't leave the Prince in that thing, right??"

Thom also starts to backpedal a bit. He's thinking of bolting towards the last spot he saw the glimpse of Sarith and Shuushar run to.  But not just yet. 

Longbow: 8 Damage: 3

Jimjar shrugs. "He'd not leave you, I bet!"

Ploopp continues preaching, waving his hands about, perhaps catching some of your eyes and gesturing at the creature in an emphatic manner.

Elemental WIS: 6 or 12

The elemental continues trying to kill Derendil, who is thrashing and panicking.

Attack: 17 Damage: 13

Galingal takes in who's left in the square and still fighting. Stena, Sarith, Shuushar and Buppido all look to have fled. Lex isn't fighting because of the animate mushroom and Derendil doesn't look like he'll last long. Would be best to just put him out of his misery, Galingal thinks to himself.

Galingal takes a step towards the alley way that he's sure Stena and Sarith went down.There's no benefit to staying, but before he leaves, he catches sight of Lia and Thom still fighting, and notices that Jimjar has stayed. They could probably make it without one of them but not all three.

But with almost none of his power left, there's not much Galingal can do.

He again gestures at the elemental and whispers "maksaa kuolleita."

Casts Toll the Dead WIS DC14 or takes 1  necrotic damage.

Wis Save: 4

 Jimjar shoots another bolt. "This feels dumb, shooting water!"

Attack: 16 Damage: 10

Lia sees some of the party leave, but will stay, even in her weakened state, standing firm for now with Ploopp and Thom. She notices too, Galingal, lingering somewhere between staying and going, still keeping up their attacks…

She tries to stay out of range of the water elemental and continues to hurl insults at the creature…

”You know that’s not how the mating ritual is supposed to go right? And besides, that quagoth is a boy anyway……”.

Cast a spell action (vicious mockery): WIS save DC13 or take 3 (psychic damage) and have disadvantage on its next attack.

((nb: Derendil has bardic inspiration from before, 1d6)) 

WIS Save: 9

Derendil is nearly done for, and he's getting frantic, bellowing in anger underwater, the sound coming to you garbled as bubbles rise up through the elemental before he slashes out. Many of you have seen him in this state before, when he gives in to the fury of his quaggoth nature...

Attack: 18 Damage: 19
Attack: 13 Damage: 13

Bardic on anything close: 3

The elemental collapses, Derendil being unceremoniously dumped into the pool, where he emerges sputtering and snarling, his eyes flashing for other enemies to attack as he grips the edge of the pool to leap out... perhaps at Ploopp, or Jimjar... or one of you? At the moment, there seems little of elven prince about him...

((Thom's up.))

(Elemental is gone but still in combat because of Derendil’s rage, yes?)

((Still in turn order at least, yes.))