Thom thinks <I'm not going back in there either. LO! GET WITCHY ON THEM, YEAH?> and looses an arrow at the dodging quaggoth that Lex swung at and that Turvy just shot.
Longbow, disadvantage: 7 Damage: 5
@Spider, Thom asked Prince to watch that other door a few turns back and to stay down. He now thinks to him <Prince, you see anything coming that way? We might need you back across that bridge, yeah?>
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Thom fumbles his grip on the string and the arrow pops out, making it only just past the bow before toppling off the bridge.
((Wow, double nat 1s! Get those out of your system!))
Stena hits the lead quaggoth, which is looking more and more angered by the attacks.
Jimjar has a go, hoping he doesn't hit Lex from behind...
Attack: 11 Damage: 8
His cautious shot goes wide entirely.
The quaggoth bellows in Undercommon.
"SLAVES ESCAPING! THEY'VE TAKEN THE GUARD TOWER!"
It launches itself at Lex, clawing savagely at her. (With disadvantage on the first attack.))
Attack: 18 Damage: 4 > 2 Attack: 7 Damage: 8
The first blow hits, but Lex is able to shrug much off it off, and a bit startled by her not going down, it misses with the second. The other quaggoths move up behind it.
Topsy fires at the lead quaggoth.
Attack: 12 Damage: 3
<No one coming this way, yet at least. I'd face those beasts, but fear I cannot reach them with everyone on the bridge. For now I can keep watch?>
Io initiative: 9
Prince Initiative: 21
Io jolts into action, pushing past Eldeth to reach a cold hand past Lex from the top of the stairs and loose glittering shard of ice at the second quaggoth, babbling animatedly under her breath as she does.
Attack: 20 Damage: 1 Dex or: 4
Quaggoth Saves: 15, 19
The second quaggoth gets nicked by the ice, but the exploding blast of shards they both dodge. Ront's prone form gets riddled with ice, however. Io falls back a bit, crestfallen that her ice didn't do more.
Galingal turns his at the sound of yelling. It sounds like one of those quaggoths, he thinks to himself. That cannot bode well.
<If any are left in the jail, they need to get out now,> Galingal thinks. <Any without weapons should be in the guard post and grabbing weapons and ready to head to the waterfall.>
<Sarith! Hand me your arrow, yeah? I never miss twice.>
<Ahem, in a row.>
<Ahem, ahem, usually.>
<It's a poisoned bolt for a hand crossbow, too small for your bow, but that's a good idea, the guard's bolts are probably treated too! Might be more effective if they hit than the ones we got upstairs.>
Sarith kicks the case of bolts from the dead guard over towards Thom as he struggles his way into the chain mail.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Lia peeks back past her fellow cell mates again. She agonises over the choices in front of her, for a second. But, eventually, she decides just even hitting these damned creatures is most important right now…
Like before, she speaks a few arcane words in celestial and a 20ft cube lights up with purple faerie fire. She tries to cover all of thequaggoths (not Lex, and not the spider, just the quaggoths please).
((DEX save (DC13) or everyone gets advantage on attacks for 1 minute, and they shed dim light in a 10ft radius)).
And as always, she backs up 5ft, to where she was before.
Purple glowing dust settles down on the quaggoths and the down forms of Ront and the drow, outlining them all and the stairs in purple, except the farthest quaggoth, which shakes it off.
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Realizing that her sluggish blows are doing next to nothing, Lex squeezes herself between the wall and the nearest quaggoth as best as she can, then tries to use her shoulder as a battering ram to shove it off the ledge.
((Disadvantage from poison and advantage from rage cancel out. The quaggoth needs to make an athletics or acrobatics check higher than 14 or be shoved 5 feet to the left and presumably fall off the ledge))
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Thom clumsily thinks back to the group, particularity to Stena <uh, right! Just leave me room to come back and shoot, yeah?> and he will take a shot at the quaggoth who is hanging from the rail and then back up 20 west, to the position NW of the prince.
((Ugh, I swear I didn't touch anything! * Jimjar's was a 10 to hit both times, but it changed things for Lex and Stool. Originally was an 18 to hit her for 9 (reduced to 4), and a 16 which would hit Stool for enough to drop him. We'll go with that, since what's there now would drop Lex and he'd be in bad shape after that anyway. I have Lex at 2 currently.))
Topsy moves past her brother and grabs a few of the poisoned bolts before passing the rest of the case to him.
Attack: 5 Damage: 4
Her attempt misses badly, and she moves into the guard tower. Io moves to where Topsy just was on the bridge, and extends a hand, frost crackling around her fingers before lancing forth at the quaggoth.
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Lia moves forward again, to get a look at what’s going on. She sees the dead quaggoth. Good. She sees Lex looking rough, and hears talk of falling back.
In case the next quaggoth chooses to attack, Lia heckles that one too, in an attempt to distract it just enough to make it miss:“That’s right quaggoths! Line up, line up! Who’s next?…”.
((Cast a spell action (vicious mockery): WIS save (DC13) or take 2 (psychic damage) and have disadvantage on next attack)).
Once again, she ducks back to where she started, to keep the bridge as free as possible.
Feeling the blood pouring from her wounds, the limp myconid in her pouch, and hearing the panicked messages in her head, Lex knows she can't keep fighting. Giving the quaggoth in front of her a final shove with the flat of her blade to disorient it ((disengage)), she staggers backwards towards her friends, attempting to slip behind them and take a moment to recover.
((Move south, hopefully next to Stena or on the bridge, wherever is easiest and will provide her the most cover))
Thom thinks <I'm not going back in there either. LO! GET WITCHY ON THEM, YEAH?> and looses an arrow at the dodging quaggoth that Lex swung at and that Turvy just shot.
Longbow, disadvantage: 7 Damage: 5
@Spider, Thom asked Prince to watch that other door a few turns back and to stay down. He now thinks to him <Prince, you see anything coming that way? We might need you back across that bridge, yeah?>
Thom fumbles his grip on the string and the arrow pops out, making it only just past the bow before toppling off the bridge.
((Wow, double nat 1s! Get those out of your system!))
Stena hits the lead quaggoth, which is looking more and more angered by the attacks.
Jimjar has a go, hoping he doesn't hit Lex from behind...
Attack: 11 Damage: 8
His cautious shot goes wide entirely.
The quaggoth bellows in Undercommon.
"SLAVES ESCAPING! THEY'VE TAKEN THE GUARD TOWER!"
It launches itself at Lex, clawing savagely at her. (With disadvantage on the first attack.))
Attack: 18 Damage: 4 > 2
Attack: 7 Damage: 8
The first blow hits, but Lex is able to shrug much off it off, and a bit startled by her not going down, it misses with the second. The other quaggoths move up behind it.
Topsy fires at the lead quaggoth.
Attack: 12 Damage: 3
<No one coming this way, yet at least. I'd face those beasts, but fear I cannot reach them with everyone on the bridge. For now I can keep watch?>
Io initiative: 9
Prince Initiative: 21
Io jolts into action, pushing past Eldeth to reach a cold hand past Lex from the top of the stairs and loose glittering shard of ice at the second quaggoth, babbling animatedly under her breath as she does.
Attack: 20 Damage: 1
Dex or: 4
Quaggoth Saves: 15, 19
The second quaggoth gets nicked by the ice, but the exploding blast of shards they both dodge. Ront's prone form gets riddled with ice, however. Io falls back a bit, crestfallen that her ice didn't do more.
Lia > Lex > Turvy > Prince > Thom > Stena> Jimjar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io
Gear in the Armory:
Gear in the Guard Post
Gear to Escaping Slaves
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
Galingal turns his at the sound of yelling. It sounds like one of those quaggoths, he thinks to himself. That cannot bode well.
<If any are left in the jail, they need to get out now,> Galingal thinks. <Any without weapons should be in the guard post and grabbing weapons and ready to head to the waterfall.>
<Sarith! Hand me your arrow, yeah? I never miss twice.>
<Ahem, in a row.>
<Ahem, ahem, usually.>
<It's a poisoned bolt for a hand crossbow, too small for your bow, but that's a good idea, the guard's bolts are probably treated too! Might be more effective if they hit than the ones we got upstairs.>
Sarith kicks the case of bolts from the dead guard over towards Thom as he struggles his way into the chain mail.
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
Lia peeks back past her fellow cell mates again. She agonises over the choices in front of her, for a second. But, eventually, she decides just even hitting these damned creatures is most important right now…
Like before, she speaks a few arcane words in celestial and a 20ft cube lights up with purple faerie fire. She tries to cover all of the quaggoths (not Lex, and not the spider, just the quaggoths please).
((DEX save (DC13) or everyone gets advantage on attacks for 1 minute, and they shed dim light in a 10ft radius)).
And as always, she backs up 5ft, to where she was before.
((The other faerie fire fades)).
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
To Galingal, everyone else,
<The bridge is too clogged for anyone to get across it and into the guard house. People need to shoot and move!>
She glares at Thom the fumbler blocking the door.
Injured quaggoth: 4
Ice nicked quaggoth: 12
Uninjured quaggoth: 13
Purple glowing dust settles down on the quaggoths and the down forms of Ront and the drow, outlining them all and the stairs in purple, except the farthest quaggoth, which shakes it off.
Lex > Turvy > Prince > Thom > Stena> Jimjar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io > Lia >
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
Realizing that her sluggish blows are doing next to nothing, Lex squeezes herself between the wall and the nearest quaggoth as best as she can, then tries to use her shoulder as a battering ram to shove it off the ledge.
((Disadvantage from poison and advantage from rage cancel out. The quaggoth needs to make an athletics or acrobatics check higher than 14 or be shoved 5 feet to the left and presumably fall off the ledge))
Iris - Tiefling Cleric | Cassandra - Elf Warlock | Solace - Tiefling Monk | Tempest - Hexblood Monk | Lex - Fire Genasi Barbarian
Lilyn - Triton Ranger | Candor - Changeling Bard | Echo - Changeling Warlock/Bard | Rowan - Fairy Wizard
Athletics: 23 (8)
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
Lex heaves the quaggoth over the railing, where it scrabbles to grab hold.
Dex Save: 17 (14)
It manages to grab hold, but is dangling just above the webs.
While Lex was heaving it over, Stool tried to take a pop at it.
Attack: 20 Damage: 5
The quaggoth howls in fury at getting popped in the snoot, and it's eyes go wild and it begins slavering and snapping.
Turvy takes a shot at it!
Attack: 12 Damage: 7
Thom > Stena> Jimjar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io > Lia > Lex > Turvy > Prince >
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
Thom clumsily thinks back to the group, particularity to Stena <uh, right! Just leave me room to come back and shoot, yeah?> and he will take a shot at the quaggoth who is hanging from the rail and then back up 20 west, to the position NW of the prince.
Longbow, advantage: 10 Damage: 9
Move 20ft W.
Oh, to Sarith <AH! Right! Let the others know, yeah?>
Thom makes good use of the glowing purple on the quaggoth, and buries an arrow in its side.
Stena> Jimjar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io > Lia > Lex > Turvy > Prince > Thom >
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
Stena will take a shot at the dangling quaggy then take a step to the SE to allow the unarmed through.
Attack: 16 Damage: 8
Stena puts an arrow in the quaggoth, and it drops limp to the webs below.
Jimjar takes a shot at the quaggoth in front of Lex. <Sarith, have the twins pass those bolts down! That might be the difference!>
Attack: 21 Damage: 3
The quaggoth slashes at Lex, the first blow raking her arm, while the second one catches the myconid strapped to her chest.
Shuushar: 2
Buppido: 9
Sarith: 12
Attack: 15 Damage: 5 > 4
Attack: 24 Damage: 5 (hits Stool)
((Tried moving them to after the initiative, but think that will just reroll again?))
Topsy > Io > Lia > Sarith > Lex > Turvy > Buppido > Prince > Thom > Stena > Jimjar > Shuushar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth >
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
((Ugh, I swear I didn't touch anything! * Jimjar's was a 10 to hit both times, but it changed things for Lex and Stool. Originally was an 18 to hit her for 9 (reduced to 4), and a 16 which would hit Stool for enough to drop him. We'll go with that, since what's there now would drop Lex and he'd be in bad shape after that anyway. I have Lex at 2 currently.))
Topsy moves past her brother and grabs a few of the poisoned bolts before passing the rest of the case to him.
Attack: 5 Damage: 4
Her attempt misses badly, and she moves into the guard tower. Io moves to where Topsy just was on the bridge, and extends a hand, frost crackling around her fingers before lancing forth at the quaggoth.
Attack: 23 Damage: 2
<Lex, that'll slow him down, get out of there!>
Lia > Sarith > Lex > Turvy > Buppido > Prince > Thom > Sarith > Stena > Jimjar > Shuushar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io >
*Realized I did mess it up, as I put the attacks in above the initiatives I'd already rolled for. Oops.
Gear in the Armory:
Gear in the Guard Post
Gear to Escaping Slaves
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
Lia moves forward again, to get a look at what’s going on. She sees the dead quaggoth. Good. She sees Lex looking rough, and hears talk of falling back.
In case the next quaggoth chooses to attack, Lia heckles that one too, in an attempt to distract it just enough to make it miss:“That’s right quaggoths! Line up, line up! Who’s next?…”.
((Cast a spell action (vicious mockery): WIS save (DC13) or take 2 (psychic damage) and have disadvantage on next attack)).
Once again, she ducks back to where she started, to keep the bridge as free as possible.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Wisdom save: 6
The quaggoth shudders.
<I might need help getting out of this if we're going to make a run for it.... I'm not quite halfway in...>, Sarith gripes.
Lex > Turvy > Buppido > Prince > Thom > Sarith > Stena > Jimjar > Shuushar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io > Lia > Sarith >
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
Feeling the blood pouring from her wounds, the limp myconid in her pouch, and hearing the panicked messages in her head, Lex knows she can't keep fighting. Giving the quaggoth in front of her a final shove with the flat of her blade to disorient it ((disengage)), she staggers backwards towards her friends, attempting to slip behind them and take a moment to recover.
((Move south, hopefully next to Stena or on the bridge, wherever is easiest and will provide her the most cover))
Iris - Tiefling Cleric | Cassandra - Elf Warlock | Solace - Tiefling Monk | Tempest - Hexblood Monk | Lex - Fire Genasi Barbarian
Lilyn - Triton Ranger | Candor - Changeling Bard | Echo - Changeling Warlock/Bard | Rowan - Fairy Wizard
Lex is able to disengage and fall back behind Eldeth.
Turvy has a shot at the lead quaggoth, using one of the poisoned bolts.
Attack: 11 Damage: 5
Con Save: 16
<The poisoned bolts will work on the spiders, but not the quaggoth!>, Sarith informs the group.
Turvy mutters and moves into the guard tower with his sister. Buppido scampers onto the bridge on his way to the tower.
<I don't see any yet, but it sounds like our drow captors are rousing themselves to come investigate...>, the Prince warns.
Thom > Sarith > Stena > Jimjar > Shuushar > Ront > Giant Spider > Quaggoth > Topsy > Io > Lia > Sarith > Lex > Turvy > Buppido > Prince >
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