Sylvio glides forward 10 ft to flank the creature cornering Amadi. He swings his scimitar at the creatures back and follows up with a stab from his short sword.
22 Attack with the scimitar 10 Slashing damage 7 Thunder damage 12 Sneak attack damage the thunderous energy from the sword is transferred into the creature and it begins to emit a booming sound.
21 Attack with the short sword 5 piercing damage
After stabbing the creature he quickly backs off using some fancy footwork and retreats besides Bertha again keeping his weapons ready to be used against her if needed. “You-a stay right there-a.”
Noticing the pain in Sweeps’ voice, Sunny turns her keen eyes upon the genasi barbarian only to find that he is hurt and heavily so. She decides the best course of action is to provide support, but before turning her thoughts into action she is taken by a growing, familiar pain in her gut. Anticipating the damage she suffered but seconds ago, the tortle centers her mind and cast Absorb Elements just before feeling the taste of blood in her mouth and by sheer force she pushes down the burning sensation ailing her. Free of whatever it was, the ranger moves. Reacting to her first step the closest amalgamation of spirits his dried hand, but fails to reach the target.
Reaching Sweeps, the beastmaster rapidly start first-aid preparations and noticeably improves his situation. Soon after, Gabriel centers his attention upon the monstrosity watching the fight and unleashes a volley of energy against it. Two beams of energy, one of them imbued the radiant essence the aasimar carried in his soul. As the first ray strike, the crow-like entity bursts into dark feathers, destroyed. With no target the second attack disperses on the air.
At the same time Sylvio moves into first of the spectral figures to appear. Through his scimitar the rogue uses his Booming Blade again, hitting and encasing the undead in the echoing energy of the cantrip. Through gracious and precise moves the elf manages to land a second hit with his short sword. Neither attack had been completely effective, but together they inflicted so much damage that the specter before the elf seemed barely visible. Satisfied with that, the elf return to his initial position with a flourish, just to notice Gabriel destroying the ominous crow.
Certainly the adventurers must have thought that it seemed to easy, to defeat such large and threatening thing so fast. A thought echoed by the sound steel hitting stone in the distance and the familiar screech of the feathered apparition. From the depths of the room the abomination returned and moved in a straight line towards old Bertha. She was its last target and now furious it wanted her dead. In a moment the winged abomination graved its talons on the body of the elderly woman. A blood curling scream left her throat, filled with the most absolute despair.
As Bertha fell into unconsciousness her executioner descended its immense beak upon her belly, tearing skin, passing through fat and cutting through flesh to reach her entrails. Now covered in its victims blood the exanimate raised its head, gorging her viscera and starting to take flight. The last of the spectral figures to appear, as if inspired by the grotesque spectacle, reaches towards Sunny for she entered its range. Reaching the cadaveric hand, the cluster of damned souls touches her right arm, sending a wave of necrotic energy through her body.
Notes:
@Everyone, Bertha is dead and the Specter I is looking rough. @Jynne, Sunny succeeded in her Constitution Save (DC15). Roll the damage of her Absorb Elements.
@Althax, you can make an opportunity attack against the crow if you wish.
Seeing the reckless and vicious attacks against Bertha, Sylvio grins wickedly. “That-a *****, had-a it coming. Sylvio does not think-a this bird is attacking at random. It-a seems to have a singular hatred for-a Bertha. Maybe if we do not attack-a the bird, it will have-a no reason to attack us-a?”
He does not take the opening to attack that the bird left him in its reckless targeting of the old woman.
Continuing his relentless assault on the spectral creature before him Amadi again raises the warhammer high and brings it down onto the creature. He sees it must be nearly destroyed and he hopes to finish it off.
Attack: 18 Damage: 15
Once again the runes on the hammer glow red as the blow lands dealing extra damage.
I'm really not sure if it's my turn or not, but it looks like I go after Spectral I and III so consider this a prepost.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Notes: Initiative order in the spoiler below.
Spectral Figure I
Amadi
Sweeps
Spectral Figure II
Crow
Sunny
Gabriel
Sylvio
Spectral Figure III
Bertha (Dead)
As the crow entity flies away, spilling blood and viscera in the ground, Sylvio is presented with an opportunity to striking it with his blade. Instead, the elf shouts his thoughts about the possibility that Bertha had somehow caused the fury of the undead beast taking distance. Something that Amadi refutes, pointing how the poor woman had done nothing there.
On the other extremity of the battlefield, Sunny braves the wave of energy unleashed against her by the last amalgamation of souls to appear. The damage of this attack triggers the ranger’s Absorb Element spell, but the energy stored by her magic is completely unable to damage the enemy. She gathers that those spectral figures are immune to necrotic energy.
The first of the apparitions extend its arms towards the enlarged fighter but is once again deflected by his shield. Shadeflame then rises his weapon and once again descends it against the enemy that seems to almost dissipate against this last strike.
Notes:
@Everyone, the Specter I is looking really rough/translucent. @Jynne, Sunny notices the spectral figures are immune to necrotic damage. She may relay this information to the other characters.
@Gunner, it is now Sweeps turn.
DM rolling dice for no reason (as far as you know): 6
Sunnycalls out to the others, "Necrotic damage seems to have no affect on them. Although I'm not entirely surprised by this." Continuing with her previously advised actions minus the absorb elements
Sweeps murmurs his thanks to the Tortle as they risked themselves to provide aid to his wounds. Still gripping his maul in frustration at the impotence of his attacks, he watches as Gabriel first kills the crow, and then in surprise as it reappears and strikes down Bertha. Will the spectral figures reappear once destroyed as well? What is behind this? His eyes roll back in his head as he searches for the presence of magic that he is sure must be nearby to cause such a thing.
Action: Use Magic Awareness
As an action, you can open your awareness to the presence of concentrated magic. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any spell or magic item within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover. When you sense a spell, you learn which school of magic it belongs to.
Finding that, unsurprisingly, the humanoid apparitions are immune to necrotic energy, Sunny is fast to warn her companions. As she do, Sweeps focus on his senses - enhancing them with the mystic energy carried in his body, searching for any concentrated magic he could feel. The floor, the ceiling, the walls, even the light of the candles, it is all arcane in origin. It is all a single spell. But the strongest arcane presence in the room comes, no doubt, from the crow entity. It is not like it is covered by an enchantment but rather like it is in and by itself, an enchantment. Vile, cold, rotten and destructive.
Amidst the barbarian’s trance the second spectral figure to appear tries attacking him again. This time, though, Sweeps is fast to react, deflecting the touch of the enemy with his maul. It seems like the warrior is starting to grow accustomed with the offensive of the undead, a good omen drowned by a familiar and terrifying sound - the flying exanimate’s screech.
Vicious, the creature, if one could call it that, cast its eyes upon Sunny and once again the tortle feels a fever invading her body. Before she had time to try fighting against it, the monstrous crow dives in her direction filled with the same voracity it had when descended upon poor Bertha. Fast, strong, brutal, the feathered abomination sinks its talons on the ranger’s shoulders and neck. Ichor cut through the air as she falls bleeding to death.
Notes:
@Everyone, Sunny has reached 0 HP and the crow is upon her. @Jynne, make a Constitution Save (DC15) and a Death Save. @Gruba, it is now Gabriel's turn.
Seeing Sunny fall, Gabriel calls on the healing spirit of Lathander to save them. A divine glow descends on the fallen tortle and brings them back from the brink.
The flying aasimar then turns from compassion to rage, firing twin bolts at the spirit attacking Sunny from the south.
(Bonus Action - Healing Light for 11 healing on Sunny)
Action - eldritch blast at Spectre 3: Attack: 20 Damage: 3 and Attack: 24 Damage: 7 force damage. 5 extra radiant damage to the first hit (Radiant Soul).
Gabriel then flies 15ft south to inspect the room further (and may return to his original position if he sees nothing.
Sylvio watches as the crow attacks Sunny. “Ahhh, that-a bird must be dealt-a with.” Knowing there’s nothing he can do for Sunny, he instead rushes up towards the undead attacking Amadi, leaping into the air shouting “Go back-a to hell-a!” and bringing the thundering scimitar down on its back, landing low in a crouch before spinning around and lunging at the crow with the short sword and then rolling to the northwest where he has more room to maneuver.
17 Booming blade attack for 10 Slashing damage and 2 Thunder damage plus 13 sneak attack. Followed by a 17 short sword stab for 6 piercing damage.
“We are surrounded by magic here”Sweeps warns the group and shares what he has discovered “the walls, the entire room, all appear to be one spell. The crow most of all. I feel that it is the key. We must find a way to kill it where it will stay dead or to otherwise break the spell”
Gabriel watches almost in terror as Sunny body fall to the ground. In front of her the monstrous crow figure hangs in a low flight, fixated in the ranger’s body. It’s not hard to assume that the undead will gore her the same way it did with Bertha.
Uttering a prayer to Lathander the divine caster calls upon his celestial pact and project the light of Morninglord. Bathing in its healing power the tortle regains her senses and just in time to see the Bryte releases two bolts of energy against the last spectral figure until untouched by battle. With both his strikes hitting the mark, the winged adventurer’s mind wanders to the next question, where did the sound of steel into stone come from? With that in mind he moves further south, trying to find anything. He sees an iron gate protruding from the ground, the kind one would find in prison cells, open.
In the heat of battle, Sylvio advances against the first exanimate to appear, casting Booming Blade a third time. He cuts through the amalgamation of spirits that trembles and explode into wailing souls, each one uttering a curse. The elf follows his offensive by rolling to the crow-like entity and stabbing it with his short sword.
A new explosion, this time of dark feathers, take the air as the abomination is destroyed. A feeling of relief takes hold of the rogue, but it is short lived, for the blood curling screech of the monster cuts through the air. Fractions of second later Gabriel sees one of the entity’s wing appearing over the gate.
Sweeps shout his findings about the field of battle and the last ghostly figure to appear turns to Sunny. For a moment, a tense moment, it seemed like it was going to strike against her, but then it looks in the direction that Gabriel knows the crow is, and, instead, extend its arm against Sweeps. Once again the barbarian deflects the attack with his maul.
Notes:
@Everyone, anyone who can cast a spell of have proficiency in Arcane may roll an Arcana check (DC 12) @Gunner, advantage was rolled against Sweeps because he is currently flanked. @Paladin, it is now Amadi's turn.
DM rolling dice for no reason (as far as you know): 6
Sylvio glides forward 10 ft to flank the creature cornering Amadi. He swings his scimitar at the creatures back and follows up with a stab from his short sword.
22 Attack with the scimitar 10 Slashing damage 7 Thunder damage 12 Sneak attack damage the thunderous energy from the sword is transferred into the creature and it begins to emit a booming sound.
21 Attack with the short sword 5 piercing damage
After stabbing the creature he quickly backs off using some fancy footwork and retreats besides Bertha again keeping his weapons ready to be used against her if needed. “You-a stay right there-a.”
Noob
Rolling the Dice
Turn Start Damage (on Bertha): 2
Turn Start Damage (on Sunny): 2
Spectral Figure I Attack of Opportunity (against Sunny): 1 + 13
Damage (against Sunny, if applicable): 0 (1-1)
Monstrous Crow Attack 1: 25
Damage 1: 30
Monstrous Crow Attack 2: 31
Damage 2: 29
Spectral Figure III Attack (against Sunny): 23
Damage (against Sunny, if applicable): 14
Noticing the pain in Sweeps’ voice, Sunny turns her keen eyes upon the genasi barbarian only to find that he is hurt and heavily so. She decides the best course of action is to provide support, but before turning her thoughts into action she is taken by a growing, familiar pain in her gut. Anticipating the damage she suffered but seconds ago, the tortle centers her mind and cast Absorb Elements just before feeling the taste of blood in her mouth and by sheer force she pushes down the burning sensation ailing her. Free of whatever it was, the ranger moves. Reacting to her first step the closest amalgamation of spirits his dried hand, but fails to reach the target.
Reaching Sweeps, the beastmaster rapidly start first-aid preparations and noticeably improves his situation. Soon after, Gabriel centers his attention upon the monstrosity watching the fight and unleashes a volley of energy against it. Two beams of energy, one of them imbued the radiant essence the aasimar carried in his soul. As the first ray strike, the crow-like entity bursts into dark feathers, destroyed. With no target the second attack disperses on the air.
At the same time Sylvio moves into first of the spectral figures to appear. Through his scimitar the rogue uses his Booming Blade again, hitting and encasing the undead in the echoing energy of the cantrip. Through gracious and precise moves the elf manages to land a second hit with his short sword. Neither attack had been completely effective, but together they inflicted so much damage that the specter before the elf seemed barely visible. Satisfied with that, the elf return to his initial position with a flourish, just to notice Gabriel destroying the ominous crow.
Certainly the adventurers must have thought that it seemed to easy, to defeat such large and threatening thing so fast. A thought echoed by the sound steel hitting stone in the distance and the familiar screech of the feathered apparition. From the depths of the room the abomination returned and moved in a straight line towards old Bertha. She was its last target and now furious it wanted her dead. In a moment the winged abomination graved its talons on the body of the elderly woman. A blood curling scream left her throat, filled with the most absolute despair.
As Bertha fell into unconsciousness her executioner descended its immense beak upon her belly, tearing skin, passing through fat and cutting through flesh to reach her entrails. Now covered in its victims blood the exanimate raised its head, gorging her viscera and starting to take flight. The last of the spectral figures to appear, as if inspired by the grotesque spectacle, reaches towards Sunny for she entered its range. Reaching the cadaveric hand, the cluster of damned souls touches her right arm, sending a wave of necrotic energy through her body.
@Everyone, Bertha is dead and the Specter I is looking rough.
@Jynne, Sunny succeeded in her Constitution Save (DC15). Roll the damage of her Absorb Elements.
Seeing the reckless and vicious attacks against Bertha, Sylvio grins wickedly. “That-a *****, had-a it coming. Sylvio does not think-a this bird is attacking at random. It-a seems to have a singular hatred for-a Bertha. Maybe if we do not attack-a the bird, it will have-a no reason to attack us-a?”
He does not take the opening to attack that the bird left him in its reckless targeting of the old woman.
Noob
Engaged with the first spectral creature Amadi calls back to Sylvio.
"That poor woman didn't attack that monstrosity and yet it killed her."
Sunny's absorb elements damage 1
Sunny reaches out to Sweeps once more and uses cure wounds as a second level spell on him on her next move. 13
Continuing his relentless assault on the spectral creature before him Amadi again raises the warhammer high and brings it down onto the creature. He sees it must be nearly destroyed and he hopes to finish it off.
Attack: 18 Damage: 15
Once again the runes on the hammer glow red as the blow lands dealing extra damage.
I'm really not sure if it's my turn or not, but it looks like I go after Spectral I and III so consider this a prepost.
extra d6 for damage in the rolls
Rolling the Dice
Spectral Figure I Attack (against Amadi): 14
Damage (against Amadi, if applicable): 16
As the crow entity flies away, spilling blood and viscera in the ground, Sylvio is presented with an opportunity to striking it with his blade. Instead, the elf shouts his thoughts about the possibility that Bertha had somehow caused the fury of the undead beast taking distance. Something that Amadi refutes, pointing how the poor woman had done nothing there.
On the other extremity of the battlefield, Sunny braves the wave of energy unleashed against her by the last amalgamation of souls to appear. The damage of this attack triggers the ranger’s Absorb Element spell, but the energy stored by her magic is completely unable to damage the enemy. She gathers that those spectral figures are immune to necrotic energy.
The first of the apparitions extend its arms towards the enlarged fighter but is once again deflected by his shield. Shadeflame then rises his weapon and once again descends it against the enemy that seems to almost dissipate against this last strike.
@Everyone, the Specter I is looking really rough/translucent.
@Jynne, Sunny notices the spectral figures are immune to necrotic damage. She may relay this information to the other characters.
DM rolling dice for no reason (as far as you know): 6
Sunny calls out to the others, "Necrotic damage seems to have no affect on them. Although I'm not entirely surprised by this." Continuing with her previously advised actions minus the absorb elements
Sweeps murmurs his thanks to the Tortle as they risked themselves to provide aid to his wounds. Still gripping his maul in frustration at the impotence of his attacks, he watches as Gabriel first kills the crow, and then in surprise as it reappears and strikes down Bertha. Will the spectral figures reappear once destroyed as well? What is behind this? His eyes roll back in his head as he searches for the presence of magic that he is sure must be nearby to cause such a thing.
Action: Use Magic Awareness
As an action, you can open your awareness to the presence of concentrated magic. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any spell or magic item within 60 feet of you that isn’t behind total cover. When you sense a spell, you learn which school of magic it belongs to.
Rolling the Dice
Spectral Figure II Attack (against Sweeps): 17
Damage (against Sweeps, if applicable): 12
Monstrous Crow Attack (against Sunny): 18
Damage (against Sunny, if applicable): 23
Finding that, unsurprisingly, the humanoid apparitions are immune to necrotic energy, Sunny is fast to warn her companions. As she do, Sweeps focus on his senses - enhancing them with the mystic energy carried in his body, searching for any concentrated magic he could feel. The floor, the ceiling, the walls, even the light of the candles, it is all arcane in origin. It is all a single spell. But the strongest arcane presence in the room comes, no doubt, from the crow entity. It is not like it is covered by an enchantment but rather like it is in and by itself, an enchantment. Vile, cold, rotten and destructive.
Amidst the barbarian’s trance the second spectral figure to appear tries attacking him again. This time, though, Sweeps is fast to react, deflecting the touch of the enemy with his maul. It seems like the warrior is starting to grow accustomed with the offensive of the undead, a good omen drowned by a familiar and terrifying sound - the flying exanimate’s screech.
Vicious, the creature, if one could call it that, cast its eyes upon Sunny and once again the tortle feels a fever invading her body. Before she had time to try fighting against it, the monstrous crow dives in her direction filled with the same voracity it had when descended upon poor Bertha. Fast, strong, brutal, the feathered abomination sinks its talons on the ranger’s shoulders and neck. Ichor cut through the air as she falls bleeding to death.
@Everyone, Sunny has reached 0 HP and the crow is upon her.
@Jynne, make a Constitution Save (DC15) and a Death Save.
@Gruba, it is now Gabriel's turn.
Seeing Sunny fall, Gabriel calls on the healing spirit of Lathander to save them. A divine glow descends on the fallen tortle and brings them back from the brink.
The flying aasimar then turns from compassion to rage, firing twin bolts at the spirit attacking Sunny from the south.
(Bonus Action - Healing Light for 11 healing on Sunny)
Action - eldritch blast at Spectre 3: Attack: 20 Damage: 3 and Attack: 24 Damage: 7 force damage. 5 extra radiant damage to the first hit (Radiant Soul).
Gabriel then flies 15ft south to inspect the room further (and may return to his original position if he sees nothing.
Perception 18
Sunny's Constitution save attempt vs DC 15 15 Death Save 15
Sylvio watches as the crow attacks Sunny. “Ahhh, that-a bird must be dealt-a with.” Knowing there’s nothing he can do for Sunny, he instead rushes up towards the undead attacking Amadi, leaping into the air shouting “Go back-a to hell-a!” and bringing the thundering scimitar down on its back, landing low in a crouch before spinning around and lunging at the crow with the short sword and then rolling to the northwest where he has more room to maneuver.
17 Booming blade attack for 10 Slashing damage and 2 Thunder damage plus 13 sneak attack. Followed by a 17 short sword stab for 6 piercing damage.
Noob
“We are surrounded by magic here” Sweeps warns the group and shares what he has discovered “the walls, the entire room, all appear to be one spell. The crow most of all. I feel that it is the key. We must find a way to kill it where it will stay dead or to otherwise break the spell”
Rolling the Dice
Spectral Figure III Attack (against Sweeps): 10
Damage (against Sweeps, if applicable): 22
Gabriel watches almost in terror as Sunny body fall to the ground. In front of her the monstrous crow figure hangs in a low flight, fixated in the ranger’s body. It’s not hard to assume that the undead will gore her the same way it did with Bertha.
Uttering a prayer to Lathander the divine caster calls upon his celestial pact and project the light of Morninglord. Bathing in its healing power the tortle regains her senses and just in time to see the Bryte releases two bolts of energy against the last spectral figure until untouched by battle. With both his strikes hitting the mark, the winged adventurer’s mind wanders to the next question, where did the sound of steel into stone come from? With that in mind he moves further south, trying to find anything. He sees an iron gate protruding from the ground, the kind one would find in prison cells, open.
In the heat of battle, Sylvio advances against the first exanimate to appear, casting Booming Blade a third time. He cuts through the amalgamation of spirits that trembles and explode into wailing souls, each one uttering a curse. The elf follows his offensive by rolling to the crow-like entity and stabbing it with his short sword.
A new explosion, this time of dark feathers, take the air as the abomination is destroyed. A feeling of relief takes hold of the rogue, but it is short lived, for the blood curling screech of the monster cuts through the air. Fractions of second later Gabriel sees one of the entity’s wing appearing over the gate.
Sweeps shout his findings about the field of battle and the last ghostly figure to appear turns to Sunny. For a moment, a tense moment, it seemed like it was going to strike against her, but then it looks in the direction that Gabriel knows the crow is, and, instead, extend its arm against Sweeps. Once again the barbarian deflects the attack with his maul.
@Everyone, anyone who can cast a spell of have proficiency in Arcane may roll an Arcana check (DC 12)
@Gunner, advantage was rolled against Sweeps because he is currently flanked.
@Paladin, it is now Amadi's turn.
DM rolling dice for no reason (as far as you know): 6
Arcana for Gabriel (as a spellcaster) 16