Stena will move back silently while trying to keep an eye on the fighting while readying her bow to attack... pending ((How many KTs are there? 5ish?))
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Shuushar recognizes his name, but otherwise looks at Galingal in confusion until someone is able to translate for him.
Galingal then vanishes and Lia backs aware carefully.
Lex gets pissed off and tears free her greatsword with a roar, her eyes wild as she dashes from the back of the party to get up in the unarmed one's face, screaming her challenge at him, and receiving only a fishy grin in response as he settles into a relaxed stance.
Eldeth unlimbers her hammer and swings at the one that failed to net her.
Attack: 20 Damage: 9
"Shuushy, Gal asked if we surrender as sacrifices, will they not attack? Though might be a bit late now... I bet we can take them!", Jimjar exclaims, darting forward to strike with his shortsword.
Attack: 6 Damage: 3 Attack: 22 Damage: 5
Sneak: 6
Stool waggles his tendrils excitedly from within Lex's backpack.
Buppido smiles grimly, advancing on the kuo-toa that threw a net at him.
Attack: 21 Damage: 4 Attack: 19 Damage: 1
Stena slips back among the zhurkwoods, fitting an arrow to her string.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
As Eldeth swings down, the kuo-toa interposes their shield, and her hammer squelches into the sticky surface. She struggles to pull it free (Strength: 11, DC 11), while Jimjar slips in and swords the creature once. Buppido connects on both scimitar swings, carving away at the fishfolk.
The six kuo-toa who threw their nets pull spears free start laying about them. They are swinging not to stab, but to subdue as they attack the party.
On Buppido, Attack: 22 Damage: 4 On Buppido, if down Shuushar, Attack: 16 Damage: 2 On Shuushar, if down Lex, Attack: 20 Damage: 4
On Eldeth, Attack: 13 Damage: 6 On Eldeth, if down, Jimjar, Attack: 21 Damage: 4 On Jimjar, Attack: 6 Damage: 6
There are a few fishy footsteps padding up rapidly from the water's edge as another pair of kuo toa draw close to the rear of the party.
Derendil eviscerates the first kuo toa he hits, snarling at the other one in unbridled fury.
The unarmed kuo-toa windmills an arm to the side, darting forward at Lex to strike, literally with lightning quickness as electrical energy crackles around them, striking with open hand, mouth and fist, a whirling maelstrom of danger.
Lia hears the sounds of battle round her. She hears bodies slump to the ground, to her left, and right.
She looks around:… Thom, down… Stena? where?… down… …
She can’t see Galingal. “Coward!…”, she spits through clenched teeth, as she looks around, out into the darkness, and a tear rolls down her cheek…
She looks back just in time, and screams as she sees Lex goes down, “NoooooooOOO!!…..”…
Is this her dream? The clawing things??!… Is this the end??…
For a moment, time seems to swim and slow.. Lia’s eyes roll back in her head to be replaced by nothing but black orbs… Or maybe it’s just the darkness..
She blinks once or twice and shakes her head. “Not like this…”, she pleads in celestial, to no answer. “It had to be this way”, she growls in abyssal. “Nooo!”, she screams again, and radiant light bursts from her lyre, cradled in crossed arms in front of her…
From behind her, the light shoots out, in ‘fingers of god’. It radiates out.. to her left and right sides… looking like wings of pure light in the darkness…
She opens her eyes again, and they seem to burn with the same, radiant, reflected light…
She steps forward to the lead-fishfolk standing over Lex, slowly, calmly, and then screams at it in abyssal, “THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO STAND DOWN!!!….”.
((OOC: Mostly flavour… But mechanically: she casts light on her instrument, moves up, then attempts to intimidate the head kuo-toa (in abyssal). Suspected fail… )).
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Thom jumps back when Stena gave him the stinkeye when he tried to hide with her, but was feeling confident that this couldn't be yet another group of who knows what attacking us. Boy was he wrong.
Thom takes that wet fishy smack to the head and it puts him down quick. The blow knocks him out standing, and so when he falls his head hits the ground first.
It's not pretty.
@Spider, I will roll a death save for when you need it to not hold up the game: 1
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Galingal, now removed from the melee mix and in the among the zhurkwood takes in the chaos. He could keep going and slip out of here now. But to where?
He suspects the group is going to be overwhelmed and if they are, will they be able to escape like they did the drow? They needed a bitter, jilted lover to make that happen. What are the chances they will get as lucky again?
If they're doomed to capture it would be easier if one of them was still free and could rescue the others. If he had time to meditate and rest he could help, but what can he do know but go down with the rest.
The last time he fought to the end and his entire unit was killed. This can go differently.
He does point a finger at the large kuo-toa that attacked Lex. In little more than a whisper he says "suna morții."
(Think Galingal is still 60' from the melee at this point and in range to cast Toll the Dead - DC14 Wis Save - fail takes 2 necrotic damage but if the kuo toa was already injured it takes 2 necrotic damage instead)
He then slips back into the zhurkwood, looking for darker shadows to stay hidden in, moving another 30' away.
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Galingal surrounds the kuo-toa leader with the ringing of a bell.
WIS Save: 18
Lia puts on a light display, and screams at them in a harsh, guttural language, their eyes going wide in surprise, but then a few of them lick their lips as if excited at what a good sacrifice she'll make!
Eldeth swings at the one she attacked before, getting a bit desperate now.
Attack: 24 Damage: 11
Jimjar similarly attacks the same kuo-toa, moving on if they drop it.
Attack: 8 Damage: 6 Attack: 21 Damage: 3 Sneak: 3
The pack on Lex' back rustles about as Stool struggles free.
Stena puts an arrow into the kuo-toa leader, his head whipping around to see where it was shot from.
The leader seems unaffected by the ringing of the bell, but Eldeth and Jimjar combine forces to drop one of the kuo-toa, the deep gnome's second attack at another one missing.
Three kuo-toa make for Lia, swinging spears to try to beat down the glowing bard.
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Two of them manage to hit Lia, staggering her, but she's still on her feet.
The two attacking Jimjar and Eldeth both miss, and Derendil savagely swipes the kuo-toa with one claw, but it interposes its sticky shield on the second swing.
STR Save: 12
The boss strikes at Stool, moving to finish Lia if he drops the myconid.
Derendil rips his paw free from the shield... taking the shield with it, flinging it out into the lake.
The unarmed kuo-toa chomps and punches Stool, dropping him, then slip over and swings a foot at Lia, but she evades it. Derendil is a bit farther away facing off against a lone kuo-toa and Galingal and Stena having scampered somewhere among the zhurkwoods, otherwise it's just Lia, Eldeth and Jimjar still up.
Is it just the two kuo-toa left? Were there more coming up from the lake still? Sorry, was under the impression that there were a lot more pouring up from the lake and they were being overwhelmed.
((By my count then, there are 7x? And 4x around Lia!))
Lia turns slowly on the spot, addressing all of the fishfolk around her, and she continues in abyssal, “I’m warning you!… We’ve had a REALLY bad day!!… .. BACK OFF or you’ll regret it!…”. She is clinging to life, delirious, just trying to monopolise the creatures’ attention and maybe confuse them. ((She takes the dodge action)).
As she revolves around, if she spots any of her allies still up near by, she calls, “Now!.. I’ve distracted them! Get them!…”. ((Giving them bardic inspiration)).
((Bardic Inspitation (+d6) info… ))
Bardic Inspiration:
Within 10 minutes, you can addd6 to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. It can be added after seeing the roll, but before knowing the outcome.
Alternatively, you can addd6 to the damage or healing done by a spell.
Stena will move back silently while trying to keep an eye on the fighting while readying her bow to attack... pending ((How many KTs are there? 5ish?))
Shuushar recognizes his name, but otherwise looks at Galingal in confusion until someone is able to translate for him.
Galingal then vanishes and Lia backs aware carefully.
Lex gets pissed off and tears free her greatsword with a roar, her eyes wild as she dashes from the back of the party to get up in the unarmed one's face, screaming her challenge at him, and receiving only a fishy grin in response as he settles into a relaxed stance.
Eldeth unlimbers her hammer and swings at the one that failed to net her.
Attack: 20 Damage: 9
"Shuushy, Gal asked if we surrender as sacrifices, will they not attack? Though might be a bit late now... I bet we can take them!", Jimjar exclaims, darting forward to strike with his shortsword.
Attack: 6 Damage: 3
Attack: 22 Damage: 5
Sneak: 6
Stool waggles his tendrils excitedly from within Lex's backpack.
Buppido smiles grimly, advancing on the kuo-toa that threw a net at him.
Attack: 21 Damage: 4
Attack: 19 Damage: 1
Stena slips back among the zhurkwoods, fitting an arrow to her string.
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
As Eldeth swings down, the kuo-toa interposes their shield, and her hammer squelches into the sticky surface. She struggles to pull it free (Strength: 11, DC 11), while Jimjar slips in and swords the creature once. Buppido connects on both scimitar swings, carving away at the fishfolk.
The six kuo-toa who threw their nets pull spears free start laying about them. They are swinging not to stab, but to subdue as they attack the party.
On Buppido, Attack: 22 Damage: 4
On Buppido, if down Shuushar, Attack: 16 Damage: 2
On Shuushar, if down Lex, Attack: 20 Damage: 4
On Eldeth, Attack: 13 Damage: 6
On Eldeth, if down, Jimjar, Attack: 21 Damage: 4
On Jimjar, Attack: 6 Damage: 6
There are a few fishy footsteps padding up rapidly from the water's edge as another pair of kuo toa draw close to the rear of the party.
Shuushar > Derendil > KT Boss > Galingal > Lia > Lex > Eldeth > Jimjar > Stool > Buppido > Stena > Sarith (netted and down) > KTs > Thom (down) >
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
Eldeth manages to wrench her hammer free.
Buppido goes down with a spearbutt to the temple, and Shuushar is summarily pummeled beneath two more kuo toa attacks.
Eldeth fends one off, but gets cracked by another, and Jimjar ducks the blow at him.
Derendil whirls to charge the two coming up from the rear, who give yelps of fear at the big quaggoth bearing down on them.
Attack: 23 Damage: 16
Attack: 18 Damage: 11
KT Boss > Galingal > Lia > Lex > Eldeth > Jimjar > Stool > Buppido (down) > Stena > Sarith (netted and down) > KTs > Thom (down) > Shuushar (down) > Derendil >
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
Derendil eviscerates the first kuo toa he hits, snarling at the other one in unbridled fury.
The unarmed kuo-toa windmills an arm to the side, darting forward at Lex to strike, literally with lightning quickness as electrical energy crackles around them, striking with open hand, mouth and fist, a whirling maelstrom of danger.
Hand Attack: 23 Damage: 6
Bite Attack: 21 Damage: 4
Fist Attack: 15 Damage: 10
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
A jab, a chomp, and a crackling backfist across the jaw and the angry genasi goes down, thudding to the dirt.
Galingal > Lia > Lex (down) > Eldeth > Jimjar > Stool > Buppido (down) > Stena > Sarith (netted and down) > KTs > Thom (down) > Shuushar (down) > Derendil > KT Boss >
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 hears the sounds of battle round her. She hears bodies slump to the ground, to her left, and right.
She looks around:… Thom, down… Stena? where?… down… …
She can’t see Galingal. “Coward!…”, she spits through clenched teeth, as she looks around, out into the darkness, and a tear rolls down her cheek…
She looks back just in time, and screams as she sees Lex goes down, “NoooooooOOO!!…..”…
Is this her dream? The clawing things??!… Is this the end??…
For a moment, time seems to swim and slow.. Lia’s eyes roll back in her head to be replaced by nothing but black orbs… Or maybe it’s just the darkness..
She blinks once or twice and shakes her head. “Not like this…”, she pleads in celestial, to no answer. “It had to be this way”, she growls in abyssal. “Nooo!”, she screams again, and radiant light bursts from her lyre, cradled in crossed arms in front of her…
From behind her, the light shoots out, in ‘fingers of god’. It radiates out.. to her left and right sides… looking like wings of pure light in the darkness…
She opens her eyes again, and they seem to burn with the same, radiant, reflected light…
She steps forward to the lead-fishfolk standing over Lex, slowly, calmly, and then screams at it in abyssal, “THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO STAND DOWN!!!….”.
Intimidation check (if needed): 7
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
((OOC: Mostly flavour… But mechanically: she casts light on her instrument, moves up, then attempts to intimidate the head kuo-toa (in abyssal). Suspected fail… )).
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
Stena grits her teeth, marks the KT boss with her ire (hunters mark), and fires on them.
Attack: 18 Damage: 11
Hunters mark on hit: 1
Thom jumps back when Stena gave him the stinkeye when he tried to hide with her, but was feeling confident that this couldn't be yet another group of who knows what attacking us. Boy was he wrong.
Thom takes that wet fishy smack to the head and it puts him down quick. The blow knocks him out standing, and so when he falls his head hits the ground first.
It's not pretty.
@Spider, I will roll a death save for when you need it to not hold up the game: 1
SHOOT I'm sorry, I forgot we do those in the PM!!!!
DAMN!
maybe I should reroll it in the PM. LOL.
Galingal, now removed from the melee mix and in the among the zhurkwood takes in the chaos. He could keep going and slip out of here now. But to where?
He suspects the group is going to be overwhelmed and if they are, will they be able to escape like they did the drow? They needed a bitter, jilted lover to make that happen. What are the chances they will get as lucky again?
If they're doomed to capture it would be easier if one of them was still free and could rescue the others. If he had time to meditate and rest he could help, but what can he do know but go down with the rest.
The last time he fought to the end and his entire unit was killed. This can go differently.
He does point a finger at the large kuo-toa that attacked Lex. In little more than a whisper he says "suna morții."
(Think Galingal is still 60' from the melee at this point and in range to cast Toll the Dead - DC14 Wis Save - fail takes 2 necrotic damage but if the kuo toa was already injured it takes 2 necrotic damage instead)
He then slips back into the zhurkwood, looking for darker shadows to stay hidden in, moving another 30' away.
Galingal surrounds the kuo-toa leader with the ringing of a bell.
WIS Save: 18
Lia puts on a light display, and screams at them in a harsh, guttural language, their eyes going wide in surprise, but then a few of them lick their lips as if excited at what a good sacrifice she'll make!
Eldeth swings at the one she attacked before, getting a bit desperate now.
Attack: 24 Damage: 11
Jimjar similarly attacks the same kuo-toa, moving on if they drop it.
Attack: 8 Damage: 6
Attack: 21 Damage: 3
Sneak: 3
The pack on Lex' back rustles about as Stool struggles free.
Stena puts an arrow into the kuo-toa leader, his head whipping around to see where it was shot from.
KTs > Thom (down) > Shuushar (down) > Derendil > KT Boss > Galingal > Lia > Lex (down) > Eldeth > Jimjar > Stool > Buppido (down) > Stena > Sarith (netted and down) >
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 leader seems unaffected by the ringing of the bell, but Eldeth and Jimjar combine forces to drop one of the kuo-toa, the deep gnome's second attack at another one missing.
Three kuo-toa make for Lia, swinging spears to try to beat down the glowing bard.
Attack: 14 Damage: 6
Attack: 14 Damage: 5
Attack: 9 Damage: 5
The one remaining squared off against Derendil cowers before his rage, while one each attack Jimjar and Eldeth.
Attack: 16 Damage: 4
Attack: 12 Damage: 7
Derendil swipes at the one before him.
Attack: 12 Damage: 15
Attack: 11 Damage: 18
KT Boss > Galingal > Lia > Lex (down) > Eldeth > Jimjar > Stool > Buppido (down) > Stena > Sarith (netted and down) > KTs > Thom (down) > Shuushar (down) > Derendil >
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
Two of them manage to hit Lia, staggering her, but she's still on her feet.
The two attacking Jimjar and Eldeth both miss, and Derendil savagely swipes the kuo-toa with one claw, but it interposes its sticky shield on the second swing.
STR Save: 12
The boss strikes at Stool, moving to finish Lia if he drops the myconid.
Bite Attack: 23 Damage: 5
Punch Attack: 14 Damage: 7
Kick Attack: 20 Damage: 12
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
Derendil rips his paw free from the shield... taking the shield with it, flinging it out into the lake.
The unarmed kuo-toa chomps and punches Stool, dropping him, then slip over and swings a foot at Lia, but she evades it. Derendil is a bit farther away facing off against a lone kuo-toa and Galingal and Stena having scampered somewhere among the zhurkwoods, otherwise it's just Lia, Eldeth and Jimjar still up.
Galingal > Lia > Lex (down) > Eldeth > Jimjar > Stool (down) > Buppido (down) > Stena > Sarith (netted and down) > KTs > Thom (down) > Shuushar (down) > Derendil > KT Boss >
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
Is it just the two kuo-toa left? Were there more coming up from the lake still? Sorry, was under the impression that there were a lot more pouring up from the lake and they were being overwhelmed.
((Only two came up from the lake, there were six plus the monk-like one lying in wait. Jimjar and Derendil have both dropped one, the rest remain.))
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
((By my count then, there are 7x? And 4x around Lia!))
Lia turns slowly on the spot, addressing all of the fishfolk around her, and she continues in abyssal, “I’m warning you!… We’ve had a REALLY bad day!!… .. BACK OFF or you’ll regret it!…”. She is clinging to life, delirious, just trying to monopolise the creatures’ attention and maybe confuse them. ((She takes the dodge action)).
As she revolves around, if she spots any of her allies still up near by, she calls, “Now!.. I’ve distracted them! Get them!…”. ((Giving them bardic inspiration)).
((Bardic Inspitation (+d6) info… ))
Bardic Inspiration:
Within 10 minutes, you can add d6 to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. It can be added after seeing the roll, but before knowing the outcome.
Alternatively, you can add d6 to the damage or healing done by a spell.
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
((Four on Lia (she certainly has them distracted!), two on Eldeth/Jimjar and one on Derendil. Who do you want to give bardic to?))
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