Red Dead Annihilation: Campaign Thread

Mica and Nalomanterys connect on their ranges attacks, but the Ghoul targeted by Danica ducks the incoming vine attack.

The ghouls spread out and attack.  One is not able to reach Ran and Meili this round, slowed by Nalomanterys' chilling spell.  The rest:

Attacking Hew:  Claws:  Attack: 16 Damage: 5 On a hit, if the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Attacking Ran:  Claws:  Attack: 7 Slashing Damage: 5  On a hit, if the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Attacking Meili:  Claws:  Attack: 7 Slashing Damage: 10  On a hit, if the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Attacking Danica:  Claws:  Attack: 18 Slashing Damage: 8  On a hit, if the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Hew save: 14

[The W is the dead wight.  Somehow it jumped out of place on the map.]

Danica releases concentration on the Entangle spell.

1. Hew
2. Danica
3. Ghouls
4. Ran 
5. Meili
6. Mica
7. Nalomanterys

"Dead undead" is an oxymoron but whatever wight's conditions were he looked better this way. Though, Meili did not have much time to enjoy the view, new enemies finally arrived and in force. She tried to return another moving corps to the ground. Unfortunately, the reasonable suggestion to keep the distance was not for her.

Action: sword Attack: 22 Damage: 7

BA: Flurry of Blows: Attack: 19 Damage: 7
                                    Attack: 25 Damage: 5

Mica moves 15 feet closer to Ran and Meili, but takes Hew’s warning to heart and keeps some distance away from the ghouls.  Knocking another arrow, he aims and lets loose at the ghoul attacking Hew.

Attack: 23 Damage: 9 plus 5 damage from colossus slayer.

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When the ghoul swipes at Ran but misses, Ran takes advantage of its momentum to catch it off guard with one of his sword.

Then he squares himself and slashes out first with the sword in his right hand then the one in his left.

Reaction - Riposte - Attack: 8 Damage: 14  (including extra damage from riposte)

Action: Attack: 13 Damage: 7  

Bonus: Dual Wielder Attack: 17 Damage: 9  

(moving attacks to the next closest ghoul if dead)

Nalomanterys moves 30 ft right behind Meili. He grabs a dried chili pepper from his pouch and smooshes it in his fist. Wiping the chili paste on the side of Meili's neck, he chants "Glacies draconis!" and a pouch of icy blue liquid grows where the chili past was. "Aim at them" he points over her shoulder to the clump of ghouls in front of her "and breathe."

Bonus action: dragon's breath frost damage
action: dodge

edit: dropping concentration on longstrider. Concentrating on dragon's breath now.

[Three of the ghouls are badly wounded (Meili's, Ran's and Hew's).  The other two are unharmed.]

At the bend in the creek, where the bones and gore are piled, one of the palm trees uproots and falls over into the ravine.

"Finish them quickly!"  Hew continues his frenetic assault on the undead.  Even after all this time, it remains peculiar to see the one armed dwarf dancing with his rapier.

Attack: 22 Damage: 9

Attack: 11 Damage: 7

Danica holds her shield high and lashes out at the Ghoul attacking her with her scimitar.

Attack: 16 Damage: 6

Hew finishes off his Ghoul but is unable to do the same for Meili's.

The Ghouls, driven by a primal hunger that overrides self-preservation, continue to attack.

Ran:  Claws:  Attack: 23 Damage: 9

Meili 1:  Claws:  Attack: 13 Damage: 4

Meili 2:  Claws:  Attack: 20 Damage: 7

Danica:  Claws:  Attack: 24 Damage: 15

On a hit, if the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

1. Hew
2. Danica
3. Ghouls
4. Ran 
5. Meili
6. Mica
7. Nalomanterys

Ran Con Save: 17  (with advantage from Inspiration)

Ran almost pushes the ghouls claws to the side, but the creature still slips through and rakes his wrist. The cut stings but in addition Ran feels a cool, freezing feeling begin to creep into his blood. But before it gets far, he's able to shake off its affects and engage with the ghoul once more.

He slashes again and again at it.

Attack: 19 Damage: 7  

Bonus:  Attack: 9 Damage: 7  

Meili sneezed once from the hot smell of the spell component and watched in surprise as the icy cold mini-blizzard erupted from her mouth.

dragon's breath frost damage for 16, aiming at both ghouls in front of her if possible.

Ghoul B Save  14

Ghoul C Save  22

Ran cuts down his Ghoul, and pivots to strike the Ghoul between him and Meili.

No sooner does his blow land, than Meili belches forth a cloud of freezing air, catching both the nearby Ghouls.  When the cloud dissipates in the hot jungle sun, it reveals both Ghouls, frozen solid.  Immediately the undead begin to drip and sweat in the heat, but whatever unholy power animated them seems to be extinguished.

[Only the Ghoul threatening Danica remains.  It looks only lightly wounded.]

Nalomanterys looks pleased at the result of his spell. A thin smile cracks his lips and he balls up his fist in a celebratory gesture as he leaps across the small stream to the other side. He attempts to get a good view of what caused the tree to fall over, and call it out to his teammates.

Movement: about 20 ft northeast
Action: seek
perception: 9

Seeing the main group handling the ghouls in front of them pretty well, Mica turns his attention to the one facing Danica.  He shouts to the others “Mind the Cap’n, don’t let her get separated.” He pulls another arrow from his quiver and targets the remaining ghoul.

Attack: 6 Damage: 4 plus 2 colossus slayer damage. 

Mica's arrow thuds into the side of the last Ghoul, staggering it but not quite bringing it down.

Nalomanterys steps across the creek and tries to get a closer look at what is happening further down the ravine.

It looks like... a landslide?  No, that isn't right.  The ground isn't moving downhill.  It's more like creekbottom is swelling, like a boil about to burst.

And then it does.  Burst, that it.  Half the pile of bones and rotting meat sloughs and falls over, releasing a torrent of foul liquid into the creek.  But that isn't the end of the movement.  The rest of the pile rolls over... plants a foot... begins to stand....

A towering creature with putrid green flesh and exposed bones struggles to its feet.

It is gargantuan.  It swings its long leck left, then right, then it focuses its yellow eyes on the five of you.  It gathers in a deep breath and releases a trumpet sound, but the sound is cut short as a choking spray of ooze, ichor and green gas erupts from its nostrils.

???: 6

"Thard Harr's tattoos!  Fall back!" Hew cries in alarm.  He moves to Danica's Ghoul and tries to finish it off quickly.

Attack: 22 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Attack: 23 Damage: 10