Galingal for once wishes he could feel the connection to the Queen but without his amulet he has to deal with this situation with one hand tied behind his back.
He changes his grip on the rapier and stabs at the stirges sucking his blood, stabbing at one and then the other.
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Stena shudders and blinks back the wave of lethargy and darkness from having a disturbing amount of blood removed from her. Her vision narrows to Eldeth and sound fades as she tries to take an unsteady step towards the downed dwarf but feels the unpleasant tug of the stirge in shoulder and is shocked back to the battle, the sounds and struggles washing over her.
Grabbing the creature's proboscis she attempts to hack it in two.
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Thom was slashing at the stirges on him but to no avail. As he looks down at his hands he sees them going white as the vast amount of blood loss takes over and he collapses.
He swirles in unconsciousness for a few moments, and then his subconscious hears Lia's words and some of the color comes back into his body, although he still realizes he has the two creatures trying to suck the life out of him once again.
Thom sends a desperate look of thanks over to Lia and yells "Madam LiaaaaaaaaaaAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!" and he tries again to continue to slash at the stirges on him, at least trying to get one off! He picks himself up and takes a carve.
Shortsword: 23 Damage: 3
@Spider, what is the actual action to try and just grab and pull one of the suckers off himself and then toss it?
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Shuushar fends the first one off, but the second one bites him. Stena is likewise bitten, and is feeling VERY unwell.
Lia is drained nearly to the point she passes out, and Derendil's last stirge has drunk its fill, detaching and moving to fly away. He bellows in rage and, and you've seen him when he goes feral before... he's tipped over that edge.
Attack: 24 Damage: 10
Stena slices free the one that had been feeding on her, but she's still got a new one to deal with.
Jimjar backs away from Derendil, making placating motions, calling out to him in Undercommon, "You've got them all, my Prince... You've got them."
He lifts the flap of Lex's pack and is making frantic motions at Stool.
Shuushar holds a stirge in one hand, and reaches over to prod Sarith with his other. "Hulp!"
Derendil tears savagely at the dead stirges around him, ripping them to shreds and hurling bloody bodies all over. His eyes shift towards Jimjar and he begins a slow stalk towards the gnome.
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Lia staggers slightly on her feet. The faint sparkling light in her eyes fades completely to pitch black. She stares blindly around, delirious from loss of blood, and she mutters incoherently to herself in a strange tongue ((abyssal)). She sways, as the last stirge on her bites and bites ((1hp left))…
She desperately uses her action to cast vicious mockery on the creature on her, uttering a harsh curse in the same demon tongue, ((WIS save DC13 or take 3 (psychic damage) and disadvantage on next attack)).
((what she does next though will depend a great deal on whether her stirge dies!… So I will wait for that to resolve…))
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Lia drops to one knee, blood soaking the front of her armour. She breathes a final plea, “Get this thi- thing off.. off… ..“. She thinks about healing herself with the last of her energy… She looks at all those who are down… Who would be the party’s best.. hope..?…
Her eyes flare bright again. Her fingers glow, but light also streaks from beneath her finger nails. What looks like cracks form, across the back of her hands, and light can be seen in the cracks, like her body is almost unable to hold itself together…
The last of her magic flows from her fingers as she points at Galingal and the light within her goes out…
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Galingal sees a flock of ravens poking, prodding and plucking at a body on the ground. He moves closer and pushes one of the ravens aside with his rapier to get a better look at the body. His own face stares back up at him. Before he can recoil, the body changes to a large single raven's eye. It stares, unblinking at Galingal.
He opens his mouth to speak, but before any sound comes out, everything glows white hot with brilliant light and he sits bolt upright, no longer in a vision state but in the midst of the battle with the stirges.
Galingal spares a moment to look around before jumping back into action.
He stabs awkwardly at the stirge still sucking blood from his body.
Rapier - Attack: 24 Damage: 10
As the stirge is gutted, spewing Galingal's own blood down his side, he looks over to see Thom, pale and unmoving but also a stirge still sucking on Lia, her skin paler than ever.
He moves quickly to her, stabbing with his rapier at the beast trying to drain her.
Second Attack - War Priest - Rapier - Attack: 21 Damage: 4
Galingal, you come to, healing light suffusing you, but realize you can't get to Lia. Shuushar, however, is right by you, and seems to have brought Sarith back up, but is getting mobbed by stirges.
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Sarith sands and tries to swipe one of the stirges out of the air.
Attack: 21 Damage: 3
A cloud of spores puff out of the backpack, encompassing Jimjar, Lex and Derendil. The Prince halts his snarling approach, shaking his head as his eyes clear, before watering as he sobs mightily.
Buppido has a bit more of mixed results, the first swing of his scimitar slashing Lia's neck, and while the second swing removes the stirge, Lia has slipped close to death as her blood leaks out. Buppido stands over her, arms slack at his side, mouth agape as he stares down at what he has done.
((Sorry Lia! No way that a nat 1 while trying to hack a stirge off of an ally doesn't have consequences!))
Thom gets a glimpse of hope when he cuts off one of the stirges, but as he does that he notices his flesh going white again and he fades to black and crashes to the ground once again.
Lia’s eyes go wide, she tries to speak, “Uh-shukk… … uh-sh’k… …”. She coughs blood and can’t catch her breath. Her hands go up to her throat, but never make it there. She crumples slowly, one arm at a time, one leg at a time, down to the cold ground.
Galingal for once wishes he could feel the connection to the Queen but without his amulet he has to deal with this situation with one hand tied behind his back.
He changes his grip on the rapier and stabs at the stirges sucking his blood, stabbing at one and then the other.
Action: Rapier - Attack: 6 Damage: 11
Bonus Action - War Priest - Rapier - Attack: 24 Damage: 7
Galingal removes one of the stirges on him.
Stool grabs for the one that Lex is holding.
Attack: 18 Damage: 7
Buppido comes to his senses, rolling and slashing at Lia's stirge.
Attack: 13 Damage: 6
Attack: 15 Damage: 1
There are the sounds of crunching coming from Lex's pack, and Buppido slices the stirge on Lia, but not soundly enough to kill it.
Thom > Stirges (11) > Stena > Eldeth > Jimjar > Shuushar > Derendil > || Stirges (22) > Lex > Lia > Galingal > Sarith > Stool > Buppy >
Currently being fed on:
Galingal (1)
Lia
Thom (2)
Derendil
Currently down:
Eldeth
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
Stena shudders and blinks back the wave of lethargy and darkness from having a disturbing amount of blood removed from her. Her vision narrows to Eldeth and sound fades as she tries to take an unsteady step towards the downed dwarf but feels the unpleasant tug of the stirge in shoulder and is shocked back to the battle, the sounds and struggles washing over her.
Grabbing the creature's proboscis she attempts to hack it in two.
Attack: 18 Damage: 4
Thom was slashing at the stirges on him but to no avail. As he looks down at his hands he sees them going white as the vast amount of blood loss takes over and he collapses.
He swirles in unconsciousness for a few moments, and then his subconscious hears Lia's words and some of the color comes back into his body, although he still realizes he has the two creatures trying to suck the life out of him once again.
Thom sends a desperate look of thanks over to Lia and yells "Madam LiaaaaaaaaaaAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!" and he tries again to continue to slash at the stirges on him, at least trying to get one off! He picks himself up and takes a carve.
Shortsword: 23 Damage: 3
@Spider, what is the actual action to try and just grab and pull one of the suckers off himself and then toss it?
((It's an action to detach one. No roll needed, but it can then try to re attach.))
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
((thank you!))
Thom slices one off of him, much to his relief, but he's still got a feeder.
Shuushar has one in hand, but two more attempt to land on him and bite.
Attack: 18 Damage: 6
Attack: 12 Damage: 6
Another attempts to bite Stena.
Attack: 17 Damage: 5
One each feed from Lia (6) and Derendil (4).
Stirges (11) > Stena > Eldeth > Jimjar > Shuushar > Derendil > || Stirges (22) > Lex > Lia > Galingal > Sarith > Stool > Buppy > Thom >
Currently being fed on:
Galingal (1)
Lia
Thom
Derendil
Currently down:
Eldeth
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
Shuushar fends the first one off, but the second one bites him. Stena is likewise bitten, and is feeling VERY unwell.
Lia is drained nearly to the point she passes out, and Derendil's last stirge has drunk its fill, detaching and moving to fly away. He bellows in rage and, and you've seen him when he goes feral before... he's tipped over that edge.
Attack: 24 Damage: 10
Stena slices free the one that had been feeding on her, but she's still got a new one to deal with.
Jimjar backs away from Derendil, making placating motions, calling out to him in Undercommon, "You've got them all, my Prince... You've got them."
He lifts the flap of Lex's pack and is making frantic motions at Stool.
Shuushar holds a stirge in one hand, and reaches over to prod Sarith with his other. "Hulp!"
Derendil tears savagely at the dead stirges around him, ripping them to shreds and hurling bloody bodies all over. His eyes shift towards Jimjar and he begins a slow stalk towards the gnome.
Stirges (22) > Lex > Lia > Galingal > Sarith > Stool > Buppy > Thom > Stirges (11) > Stena > Eldeth > Jimjar > Shuushar > Derendil > ||
Currently being fed on:
Galingal
Lia
Shuushar
Thom
Stena
Currently down:
Eldeth
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
The stirge on Galingal feeds, as does the one on Thom.
G: 6
T: 7
They both drop unconscious, the one on Thom having its fill and detaching and taking flight, bloated and bumbling about, drunk on his blood.
Lex steps in front of Jimjar, squaring off against the oncoming Derendil.
Lia > Galingal > Sarith > Stool > Buppy > Thom > Stirges (11) > Stena > Eldeth > Jimjar > Shuushar > Derendil > || Stirges (22) > Lex >
Currently being fed on:
Galingal
Lia
Shuushar
Stena
Currently down:
Eldeth
Galingal
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
Lia staggers slightly on her feet. The faint sparkling light in her eyes fades completely to pitch black. She stares blindly around, delirious from loss of blood, and she mutters incoherently to herself in a strange tongue ((abyssal)). She sways, as the last stirge on her bites and bites ((1hp left))…
She desperately uses her action to cast vicious mockery on the creature on her, uttering a harsh curse in the same demon tongue, ((WIS save DC13 or take 3 (psychic damage) and disadvantage on next attack)).
((what she does next though will depend a great deal on whether her stirge dies!… So I will wait for that to resolve…))
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
((what happened to Sarith on the lists? Is he still down?))
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
((Shuushar seems to have revived him, Sarith is still prone, but awake.))
WIS Save: 17
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 drops to one knee, blood soaking the front of her armour. She breathes a final plea, “Get this thi- thing off.. off… .. “. She thinks about healing herself with the last of her energy… She looks at all those who are down… Who would be the party’s best.. hope..?…
Her eyes flare bright again. Her fingers glow, but light also streaks from beneath her finger nails. What looks like cracks form, across the back of her hands, and light can be seen in the cracks, like her body is almost unable to hold itself together…
The last of her magic flows from her fingers as she points at Galingal and the light within her goes out…
Casting healing word on Galingal for 5hp.
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
Galingal sees a flock of ravens poking, prodding and plucking at a body on the ground. He moves closer and pushes one of the ravens aside with his rapier to get a better look at the body. His own face stares back up at him. Before he can recoil, the body changes to a large single raven's eye. It stares, unblinking at Galingal.
He opens his mouth to speak, but before any sound comes out, everything glows white hot with brilliant light and he sits bolt upright, no longer in a vision state but in the midst of the battle with the stirges.
Galingal spares a moment to look around before jumping back into action.
He stabs awkwardly at the stirge still sucking blood from his body.
Rapier - Attack: 24 Damage: 10
As the stirge is gutted, spewing Galingal's own blood down his side, he looks over to see Thom, pale and unmoving but also a stirge still sucking on Lia, her skin paler than ever.
He moves quickly to her, stabbing with his rapier at the beast trying to drain her.
Second Attack - War Priest - Rapier - Attack: 21 Damage: 4
Galingal, you come to, healing light suffusing you, but realize you can't get to Lia. Shuushar, however, is right by you, and seems to have brought Sarith back up, but is getting mobbed by stirges.
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
(That missed attack gets directed at one around Shuushar then)
Sarith sands and tries to swipe one of the stirges out of the air.
Attack: 21 Damage: 3
A cloud of spores puff out of the backpack, encompassing Jimjar, Lex and Derendil. The Prince halts his snarling approach, shaking his head as his eyes clear, before watering as he sobs mightily.
Buppido slashes at the one on Lia.
Attack: 21 Damage: 8
Attack: 23 Damage: 5
Buppy > Thom > Stirges (11) > Stena > Eldeth > Jimjar > Shuushar > Derendil > || Stirges (22) > Lex > Lia > Galingal > Sarith > Stool >
Currently being fed on:
Galingal
Lia
Shuushar
Stena
Currently down:
Eldeth
Galingal
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
Sarith clears one from above Shuushar's head.
Buppido has a bit more of mixed results, the first swing of his scimitar slashing Lia's neck, and while the second swing removes the stirge, Lia has slipped close to death as her blood leaks out. Buppido stands over her, arms slack at his side, mouth agape as he stares down at what he has done.
((Sorry Lia! No way that a nat 1 while trying to hack a stirge off of an ally doesn't have consequences!))
Thom (PM Death Save)> Stirges (11) > Stena > Eldeth > Jimjar > Shuushar > Derendil > || Stirges (22) > Lex > Lia > Galingal > Sarith > Stool > Buppy >
Currently being fed on:
Shuushar
Stena
Currently down:
Eldeth
Lia
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
Thom gets a glimpse of hope when he cuts off one of the stirges, but as he does that he notices his flesh going white again and he fades to black and crashes to the ground once again.
Lia’s eyes go wide, she tries to speak, “Uh-shukk… … uh-sh’k… …”. She coughs blood and can’t catch her breath. Her hands go up to her throat, but never make it there. She crumples slowly, one arm at a time, one leg at a time, down to the cold ground.
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