Darwin follows the others trying to see if the way outside is clear and sees the two Orcs attack with their great axes and sees Agnar get wounded. Ida looked to be doing ok and so he reaches into the well of power the Stranger had given him and focusses it into his palm whilst saying some arcane words. A a beam of crackling energy flies towards the Orc that hit Agnar.
Action: Eldritch Blast - To Hit 15+5 = 20, Damage 10+3 = 13
The Orc sat at the left end of the table cries out as he is blinded.
The Orc engaged with Agnarr with the Axe still buried in it's chest is struck heavily in the chest, crumpling down and wrenching the ax free with a wholly unpleasant sound.
The blinded Orc stumbles from the table and trips, comically falling prone.
Ida has the battle-axe primed in her right hand and was lucky to avoid the swing. She uses the momentum from adjusting her angle and attempts to slam the battle-axe into the neck of the Orc which came for her.
The next Orc to rise from the table attempts to draw it's ax, stand, and swing the weapon in one fluid motion. Unfortunately, it completely fails in this objective, loses its balance and stumbles heavily against a wall for 2 damage.
The third rises and approaches Darwin and swings his weapon but misses.
The final orc at the table rises and charges Hamish, swinging. He makes solid contact, dealing 9 damage.
The Orc engaged with Ida attacks her again, but again cannot seem to break past her guard and armor.
Agnarr, freed from his fight with the Orc who first attacked him charges the blinded and down Orc. With a vicious growl he brings his axe down overhand aiming for it's head, splitting it like a woodcutter splits a log.
Hamish gasps in pain and the panic wells up inside of him instinctively. A puff of silver mist obscures him and he is suddenly standing back at the entrance of the pen. He looks a bit confused, then looks across the cavern at the orc who struck him. Hamish extends a hand and a roiling bolt flies across the room.
((Use Misty Step with bonus action. Casting chaos bolt, 17 to hit, 9 poison damage. 9 on Wild Magic Surge.))
((EDIT: Forgot surge roll for Color Spray, got a 10.))
Darwin ducks under the Orc’s attack and laughs at his aggressor.
“You don’t need a weapon you pea brained buffoon, your smell is enough to fell an army”, he taunts as he grasps his crystal and mutters a few more magic words. He delves into the well of power and curses the Orc in front of him.
"Little help here", he calls to the others.
Action: Vicious Mockery: DC13 Wis Save or Damage 2 and disadvantage on next attack. Bonus Action: Hex Disadvantage on Str checks.
The Orc who struck Hamish looks absolutely bemused as you vanish from right in front of him. Doubly so when he's struck by an Orb of poison. He cries out as the poison seeps into it's skin and begins to blister and aggravate the skin.
The Orc attacking Darwin snarls with rage at the insult, which it's kind of strange he even realizes he was just insulted.
Ida slides her battlaxe from the Orc's neck, and again swings with the mission of removing his head cleanly. Hamish being hurt and Darwin needing help has her focused on getting to them quickly. She loses her step though and misses her mark.
The Orc who stumbled into the wall recovers himself and charges Agnarr, slashing across his back with his ax.
The next Orc, who Darwin insulted swings savagely out of rage, and this time finds it's mark. 9 damage is dealt.
Hamish's foe is still very confused by the fact his target is no longer in front of him. Looking around, he sights Hamish again. He draws and launches a javelin across the cavern. The Javelin strikes you in the shoulder dealing 6 damage.
Ida's foe takes another swing and again misses.
Agnarr spins on his heel, swinging as his does, lopping the head from the Orc who just struck him and roaring in triumph.
A squirrel wanders into the cave. It's scampers over to Hamish. It places a paw on Hamish and you regain all your hit points. 'Not yet, young one.' you hear a voice say. No one else hears or notices the voice.
The squirrel scampers out.
The Orc fighting Darwin manages to strike him for 4 damage
The Orc who had thrown the spear at Hamish now rounds on Agnarr, seeing him behead his comrade and strikes him. Agnarr slips to a knee and blood runs from his mouth but he snarls his defiance.
The Orc attacking Ida is aggravated beyond words and swinging wildly, telegraphing his attacks, allowing her to easily dodge and parry with her training.
Agnarr pushes himself up from his knee, swinging his Ax upward, aiming for between the Orc's legs. The noise that emits from the Orc's mouth as the ax carves upward through it's body is meek and it collapses to the floor unmoving.
Hamish suddenly opened his eyes, shocked at the way his body felt. The pain was gone and he felt renewed. He watched the squirrel scamper away, when it turned to glance back at him before fleeing the cave. That squirrel just ... talked? Hamish pushes himself to his knees and takes in the scene before him. He pulls the sling he hid in his clothes and grabs a rock off the cavern floor, whipping it at the orc menacing Ida, but the shot flies wide.
Darwin takes another hit, again barely managing to maintain concentration on his spell.
Seeing the big orc in front of him he decides to punch it, what could go wrong with that? A lot it seemed as he misses completely and loses his balance. He scampers quickly back it his feet.
Ida catches Hamish moving and calms herself. She steadies her feet and puts every ounce of force she has into the swing and collides with the orc. His head immediately severs and bounces off the ground. She immediately turns to the orc attacking Darwin.
Ida feels as though she is surging with power in a way she's never felt. She feels Peter next to her, almost as though he's reached out and placed his hand on her arm. She's fought much better at other times, so she's unsure of what she suddenly feels so triumphant. They aren't even halfway through he plan. She looks to Hamish, who appears to be perfectly fine, and to Darwin who looks like he needs a long rest. Agnarr, who took the brunt of the punishment from the orcs looks to be exhausted. She moves toward Darwin, and places a hand on his shoulder and says "You're the strongest of anyone I've ever met." She focuses her will and feels some of it leave her hand and transfer to him. She then goes to Agnarr and leans in closely - "Let me see your shoulder, to see if I can help before the next Orc arrives." She places both hands on his shoulder before he can protest and focuses on his stories of the past few days and the quest he was on to help his father. She feels the good flow into him and even catches herself smiling for the first time in days.
She remembers Antonius. She quickly then turns toward Antonius's cell to free him.
Agnarr feels a lot of the damage to him knit itself back together as Ida heals him. He rolls his neck, savoring the satisfying pops as he pushes himself to his feet.
'Hamish, you still got that key?' he says, jerking his head towards the cell door of Antonius.
The Artificer is now standing at the gate holding the bars, 'Holy shit that was awesome!' he exclaims.
Darwin follows the others trying to see if the way outside is clear and sees the two Orcs attack with their great axes and sees Agnar get wounded. Ida looked to be doing ok and so he reaches into the well of power the Stranger had given him and focusses it into his palm whilst saying some arcane words. A a beam of crackling energy flies towards the Orc that hit Agnar.
Action: Eldritch Blast - To Hit 15+5 = 20, Damage 10+3 = 13
The Orc sat at the left end of the table cries out as he is blinded.
The Orc engaged with Agnarr with the Axe still buried in it's chest is struck heavily in the chest, crumpling down and wrenching the ax free with a wholly unpleasant sound.
The blinded Orc stumbles from the table and trips, comically falling prone.
Ida is the next to act.
Ida has the battle-axe primed in her right hand and was lucky to avoid the swing. She uses the momentum from adjusting her angle and attempts to slam the battle-axe into the neck of the Orc which came for her.
To Hit: 7+6 =13 Damage: 8
The next Orc to rise from the table attempts to draw it's ax, stand, and swing the weapon in one fluid motion. Unfortunately, it completely fails in this objective, loses its balance and stumbles heavily against a wall for 2 damage.
The third rises and approaches Darwin and swings his weapon but misses.
The final orc at the table rises and charges Hamish, swinging. He makes solid contact, dealing 9 damage.
The Orc engaged with Ida attacks her again, but again cannot seem to break past her guard and armor.
Agnarr, freed from his fight with the Orc who first attacked him charges the blinded and down Orc. With a vicious growl he brings his axe down overhand aiming for it's head, splitting it like a woodcutter splits a log.
It is Hamish, then Darwin, then Ida.
Hamish gasps in pain and the panic wells up inside of him instinctively. A puff of silver mist obscures him and he is suddenly standing back at the entrance of the pen. He looks a bit confused, then looks across the cavern at the orc who struck him. Hamish extends a hand and a roiling bolt flies across the room.
((Use Misty Step with bonus action. Casting chaos bolt, 17 to hit, 9 poison damage. 9 on Wild Magic Surge.))
((EDIT: Forgot surge roll for Color Spray, got a 10.))
Darwin ducks under the Orc’s attack and laughs at his aggressor.
“You don’t need a weapon you pea brained buffoon, your smell is enough to fell an army”, he taunts as he grasps his crystal and mutters a few more magic words. He delves into the well of power and curses the Orc in front of him.
"Little help here", he calls to the others.
Action: Vicious Mockery: DC13 Wis Save or Damage 2 and disadvantage on next attack.
Bonus Action: Hex Disadvantage on Str checks.
The Orc who struck Hamish looks absolutely bemused as you vanish from right in front of him. Doubly so when he's struck by an Orb of poison. He cries out as the poison seeps into it's skin and begins to blister and aggravate the skin.
The Orc attacking Darwin snarls with rage at the insult, which it's kind of strange he even realizes he was just insulted.
Ida slides her battlaxe from the Orc's neck, and again swings with the mission of removing his head cleanly. Hamish being hurt and Darwin needing help has her focused on getting to them quickly. She loses her step though and misses her mark.
To Hit: 12
The Orc who stumbled into the wall recovers himself and charges Agnarr, slashing across his back with his ax.
The next Orc, who Darwin insulted swings savagely out of rage, and this time finds it's mark. 9 damage is dealt.
Hamish's foe is still very confused by the fact his target is no longer in front of him. Looking around, he sights Hamish again. He draws and launches a javelin across the cavern. The Javelin strikes you in the shoulder dealing 6 damage.
Ida's foe takes another swing and again misses.
Agnarr spins on his heel, swinging as his does, lopping the head from the Orc who just struck him and roaring in triumph.
Hamish, then Darwin, then Ida once more.
The javelin rams into Hamish's shoulder who goes down hard, hitting the ground and not moving.
((Nat 1 on my Death Save ...))
Darwin reels from the blow he takes and struggles to maintain his concentration but just manages it.
He sees Hamish go down and just loses it, wildly firing an Eldritch Blast way wide of the mark.
Ida has a furious need to get to Hamish. She tries to ready herself but can't get her footing or her rhythm with her swing and again misses her mark.
To Hit: 7
A squirrel wanders into the cave. It's scampers over to Hamish. It places a paw on Hamish and you regain all your hit points. 'Not yet, young one.' you hear a voice say. No one else hears or notices the voice.
The squirrel scampers out.
The Orc fighting Darwin manages to strike him for 4 damage
The Orc who had thrown the spear at Hamish now rounds on Agnarr, seeing him behead his comrade and strikes him. Agnarr slips to a knee and blood runs from his mouth but he snarls his defiance.
The Orc attacking Ida is aggravated beyond words and swinging wildly, telegraphing his attacks, allowing her to easily dodge and parry with her training.
Agnarr pushes himself up from his knee, swinging his Ax upward, aiming for between the Orc's legs. The noise that emits from the Orc's mouth as the ax carves upward through it's body is meek and it collapses to the floor unmoving.
Back around to Hamish.
Hamish suddenly opened his eyes, shocked at the way his body felt. The pain was gone and he felt renewed. He watched the squirrel scamper away, when it turned to glance back at him before fleeing the cave. That squirrel just ... talked? Hamish pushes himself to his knees and takes in the scene before him. He pulls the sling he hid in his clothes and grabs a rock off the cavern floor, whipping it at the orc menacing Ida, but the shot flies wide.
Darwin takes another hit, again barely managing to maintain concentration on his spell.
Seeing the big orc in front of him he decides to punch it, what could go wrong with that? A lot it seemed as he misses completely and loses his balance. He scampers quickly back it his feet.
Action: Unarmed Strike 1+1=2
Ida catches Hamish moving and calms herself. She steadies her feet and puts every ounce of force she has into the swing and collides with the orc. His head immediately severs and bounces off the ground. She immediately turns to the orc attacking Darwin.
To Hit: 26 (Nat f*ing 20 + 6) Damage: 14
The last Orc swings for Darwin, but the small nimble Warlock ducks the strike.
Maybe he was distracted by the large Angry southern islander pacing towards him.
His head falls from his shoulders in a spray of gore and falls into Darwin's hands.
'****.' Agnarr sighs and slumps against the wall. His breathing is shallow and fast, and he spits blood.
Everyone, take level 3
Ida feels as though she is surging with power in a way she's never felt. She feels Peter next to her, almost as though he's reached out and placed his hand on her arm. She's fought much better at other times, so she's unsure of what she suddenly feels so triumphant. They aren't even halfway through he plan. She looks to Hamish, who appears to be perfectly fine, and to Darwin who looks like he needs a long rest. Agnarr, who took the brunt of the punishment from the orcs looks to be exhausted. She moves toward Darwin, and places a hand on his shoulder and says "You're the strongest of anyone I've ever met." She focuses her will and feels some of it leave her hand and transfer to him. She then goes to Agnarr and leans in closely - "Let me see your shoulder, to see if I can help before the next Orc arrives." She places both hands on his shoulder before he can protest and focuses on his stories of the past few days and the quest he was on to help his father. She feels the good flow into him and even catches herself smiling for the first time in days.
She remembers Antonius. She quickly then turns toward Antonius's cell to free him.
Darwin- Lay on Hands Pool: Regain 10 HP
Agnarr- Cure Wounds: 3+7=10 (2 Spell Slots)
Agnarr feels a lot of the damage to him knit itself back together as Ida heals him. He rolls his neck, savoring the satisfying pops as he pushes himself to his feet.
'Hamish, you still got that key?' he says, jerking his head towards the cell door of Antonius.
The Artificer is now standing at the gate holding the bars, 'Holy shit that was awesome!' he exclaims.
Darwin drops the Orcs head straight away and kicks it away from himself.
”Thanks Agnarr”, he says with relief.
As Ida heals him he starts to feel a lot better. He feels more powerful, the well inside of him somehow seeming to grow larger.
”Much obliged Ida, but I am certainly not the strongest, was almost useless back there”, he says and looks over at Hamish.
”What is Volen doing? She must have heard that racket”, he says as he looks towards the direction of her room as they saw it on the map.