[Danica, Guiding Bolt is still a spell, and I can't find any rules within the Circle of Stars domain that allows it to be cast in the same turn as another spell. So she can use the Bonus Action to cast Shield of Faith, but her action would have to be a Cantrip (or some other action, but not the casting of a spell). I'm not in a position to quote all the rules on this at the moment, but I think a quick online search will confirm this is the commonly accepted interpretation. In any case, the spell would have missed so it is mostly an academic question.
Also, terribly sorry about the pause. Things have been wild - and I'm not entirely certain that's about to change - but I have some time at last to move things again.]
Nalomanterysis able to get Ranback up and breathing again, but upstairs the two remaining Clay Gladiators continue to menace the others.
Near the pit, one turns its lifeless clay eyes upon Mica. But then it turns to look at the wounded Eligos and to Meili. It pivots on one foot and then leaps kitty-corner around Mica and to the other side of the pit.
Eligos moans in pain as the golem skewers him, falling unconscious again. Then the golem whirls and attacks Meili, trying to eliminate this little healer.
Spear Attack: 17 Piercing Damage: 10
Spear Attack: 19 Piercing Damage: 11
With Danicahaving moved into close quarters and blocking its ascent up the stairs, the other Golem stabs out at her repeatedly.
Spear Attack: 15 (Miss)
Spear Attack: 8 (Miss)
Spear Attack: 11 (Miss)
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
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Mica pivots and follows the Golem as it moves past Eligos to focus on Meili “Don’t walk away from me, you pile of mud”He strikes out with his hand axes one, two, three times, trying to draw its attention away from Meili. “Try to push it back into the pit!”
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Unfortunately, Meili was in no condition to push anyone anywhere. The first blow from the construct forced her to one knee and even if she saw the spear coming, there was no time to react. It pierced clean through her.
Now her lifeless remains were lying on the ground while the golem searched for another victim.
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Ran looks over at the wizard and nods his thanks.
"Cheers, mate," Ran says to Nalomanterys and then asks "Where is everyone?"
But then he hears the fighting from above.
"Stay behind me. These clay bastards mean business."
Knowing he can't take another hit, Ran heads up the stairs.
I think he's got enough movement to get up behind the golem Danica is fighting and flank it - if so, he'll attack from behind, slashing out twice with Gambit and once with his other longsword:
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The clay gladiator upstairs parries all but one of Mica'sstrikes. It now looks like it is barely held together, bits of clay clumping and falling off into inanimate piles on the floor, yet still the shape remains upright, spear and shield held high. It looks like another hit would be more than it could withstand.
On the stairs, Rancharges up behind the other Clay Gladiator. Gambit flashes in the dimly lit tunnel and the golem is unable to defend against both Ranand Danicaat the same time. With a flurry of cuts, Ranfells the gladiator. It crumbles into a pile of soft clay, it spear clattering to the floor and lying there, faintly shimmering.
[Danica and Nalomanerys are still up.]
Death Save: Eligos 5
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Danica holds fast against the onslaught of blows that the constructed warrior threw at her. But what made her start to buckle is hearing alarming moans and lack of sounds behind her. Sparing a glance over her shoulder as she holds her shield steady, the sailor feels her heart drop as she sees that Meili is on the floor, along with Eligos. Cursing in Elvish, Danica barely spares a glance to notice that the golem in front of her fell from Ran's attacks before her form begins to darken before bursting into starlight, constellations making up a pattern of a Chalice swirling around her torso. From there she darts to Meili's side and presses the hand of the arm her shield is strapped to to channel as much healing power as she could into the stalwart monk. Using whatever she had left over to send a breath of life over to Eligos. She remains protectively between Meili and the gladiator if at all possible, relying on her Shield of Faith. "C'mon lads, not time to lay down just yet."
Movement: To Meili's side, closer to the golem/Eligos (not sure where people are on the map now) Bonus Action: Wildshape Starry Form Chalice Action: 3rd Level Cure Wounds on Meili - Heals 36 Chalice effect on Eligos - Heals 6
Danica reinvigorates Meili, not just restoring her to consciousness, but healing the majority of her wounds. Eligos, too, gasps as he once again regains consciousness.
[Botting Nalomanterys...]
The wizard follows Ranback down the tunnel toward the stairs, seeing the last remaining clay golem menacing those upstairs. With a word and gesture, he fires a beam of cold from his fingertips, striking the Clay Gladiator in the chest.
Shimmering frost spreads out over the chest and limbs of the construct. It raises its spear as if to once again stab at Meili... and then its clay body shatters. All that is left is a ruined pile of cold clay and a faintly shimmering bronze spear.
[We are out of initiative, at last!]
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
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Meili stood up feeling very confused. What felt like a fleeting moment of unconsciousness had left her surprisingly refreshed - better than she’d been before the last golem’s attack. The girl got her bearing fast enough, though - it was not the first fight after all and the abilitites of everyone in the group were quite established.
“Thank you,” she said to Danika, offering a bow that was deeper than usual. “I wasn’t adequately prepared for that encounter.”
With the gratitude expressed, Meili with her newfound second and usual seriousness went straight to the point.
“It could have been just a training ground or a fighting arena. We can test that theory, but if our first skirmish went unnoticed, I am sure the next one will attract every snake man and Thayan wizard in the vicinity.”
Leaving the others to ponder over the potential treasures hidden in the room from which the golems had emerged, Meili now concentrated on reviving Eligos, trying to bring him back to consciousness.
Eligos, already restored to consciousness by Danicabut still bleeding badly from multiple wounds, does not turn down Meili'sadditional healing.
He breathes heavily. "I hope you all learned whatever lesson it was you were trying to teach yourselves fighting those golems. I assure you, from where I am sitting, this was not a constructive use of our blood, sweat and tears."
"I was too wrapped up in the struggle to make much note of the acoustics of this place." He looks to the open door leading out into the jungle ruins. "We may have been entirely too noisy here. If we are done, we should put some distance between ourselves and this place."
The golems destroyed, their shields crumbled into useless clay alongside their bodies. Only their spears remain. Looking around the upper chambers, you cannot help but notice four statues that look like stone replicas of the gladiators you just fought. They stand at attention, shield in hand, but where a spear would be, their other hands wait open and empty.
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Ran looks from the remaining spears to the empty hands and then to the rest of the group.
"Maybe I'm too knackered to think straight, but what do you figure the odds are that putting the spears in those empty hands will start the fighting all over again," Ran begins, pauses and then continues "Or rewards us for defeating those damn golems?"
He gathers up the four spears and looks at the statues.
"Going to suggest everyone else get over by the doors out of here," Ran says.
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Mica slumps against the wall breathing heavily as the last golem falls. “That was harder than it had to be, those things were tough.”He reaches down to the ground, drawing energy to tend to some of his wounds, before looking at the spears. “Odd that those would have been left when everything else, even the shields, melted away.” He looks up at Ran “What would they be guarding? I thought the Red Wizards already collected all of the cubes. They have already been here, but if the golems were still here, maybe that means they missed something.” He stands and moves towards the door as Ran collects the spears, helping Meili with Eligos. “Does anyone else need their wounds looked at?”
Meili glances at the others, assessing their condition. "I think we’re good… as much as we can be." She stepped closer to Ran and the statues, narrowing her eyes as she sized up their next potential challenge.
The stone figures were going to be tougher than clay. Her knuckles still ached from the previous battle, and the thought of another fight didn’t sit well. But something felt unfinished.
"If we’re about to go again, maybe we rest first? No?" She sighed. "All right, let's do it. But I’m no use on the back line, if we are fighting again I'll stay with you."
"Do we place the spears one at a time? Or all at once?"
"No thanks needed." Danica replies to Meili's sincere gratitude with a gentle hand on her bowed shoulder. "We're on the same crew. You'd do the same for me I know. I was just as surprised when that damnable thing started scaling the walls."
"You're more than knackered, I'll say." Danica commented looking over Ran and finding she didn't like how unfocused his eyes were as he gathered the spears. Meeting Mica's gaze, she goes over to the warrior and pats his shoulders in a friendly gesture as she tries to invigorate him just a bit. "Steady as she goes. And right you are Meili. As much as I'd love to let you remain the punching bag Ran, I think we should aim to do all four simultaneously. Let Meili and I take one each as well. Mica, would you lend us a hand with the fourth?"Assuming Mica obliges, she would then turn to Eligos and Nalomanterys and state, "You two bookish types wait out at the door a moment and keep eyes and ears out if you don't mind."
Before turning back to the four of those with spears. "Just in case this devolves into fighting again, we're not. So I'd like Meili furthest from the door since you're the quickest. Ran and Mica closest to the exit since they've already earned their beatings and I'll take the other spot." The elf shaped night sky gets into said position, fine that she was just as far away from the exit as Meili was. The sailor was still holding her Starry Form and had confidence that should it devolve into another bought, that she could either heal their wounds in a timely manner for escape or be deft enough to avoid being hurt.
Waiting a moment to listen to see if there were any alternative ideas or raised concerns, Danica would then raise the spear that she had grabbed in hand she stood in front of her statue and looked back at the other three of her crew. "Ready? ON three now. One....two...Three."Before placing the spear she had in the awaiting hands of the statue in front of her.
Ran receives a 2nd Level Cure Wounds and Heals for 21+4+8= 33 HP
The party position themselves, ready to flee if these statues should come to life and attack. The four spears are placed into the waiting stone hands...
... And the hands close around them with an audible 'clunk.'
There are more sounds. The statues do not move, but below and above there is the sound of moving chains, scraping stone. And then, in the pedestal near the mural, the small stone hatch near the top begins to slide open. It reveals a cube-shaped hiding place... empty.
Examination shows the inside of the hatch is marred and scraped, as though a tool - like a flat knife or perhaps a prybar - was jammed into the opening. Whatever was hidden here, is gone.
Eligos chuckles softly, holding his injured side. "Delightful. This has been productive, wouldn't you say?"
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PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM -(Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown *Red Dead Annihilation: ToA *Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Danica is hyper aware of every bead of sweat on her body as she listens with intense stillness to the sounds of scraping stone, eyes darting to where a hidden hatch opened to reveal....nothing. Jaw clenching for a moment, the elf took a breath and tried to suppress the sigh. At Eligos' comment, she gave a half shrug. "We'd already come this far. Would've been silly not to follow through and check. Now we know for sure."Despite her words, the cost still ate at her. They were all worn in one way or another, through wounds or expended magical energy. Nowhere was safe to rest that they had found though.
Rubbing at her face and pushing back errant brunette hairs that escaped her ponytail, Danica brings up, "The kobolds mentioned another shrine near this one, that was across water. Are we up to keeping our forward momentum and pushing through to that? Or take a breather now while nothing's actively trying to kill us?" She looks over each Seeker, doing her best to keep an open and calm expression, not wanting to sway them one way or another.
Ran starts laughing when he sees the empty chamber.
"Well played, mates," he calls down into the fighting pit below.
He listens to Danica and nods.
"If we run into anything as tough as those buggers downstairs, I'll be done for," Ran says "But I've got the energy if we still want to scout this next shrine out first. We can always come back here and have a rest."
Meili looked at the empty hiding place with a tired frown. "If by productive you mean we've just confirmed someone else beat us to it, then sure, it's been very productive."
She ran her fingers along the scraped edges inside the hatch. "Your colleagues, Eligos, didn’t care much for subtlety."
"The kobolds warned us that all cubes are taken. But sure, let's check another hiding place. Though I would rest first, who knows when we trigger another trap."
[Danica, Guiding Bolt is still a spell, and I can't find any rules within the Circle of Stars domain that allows it to be cast in the same turn as another spell. So she can use the Bonus Action to cast Shield of Faith, but her action would have to be a Cantrip (or some other action, but not the casting of a spell). I'm not in a position to quote all the rules on this at the moment, but I think a quick online search will confirm this is the commonly accepted interpretation. In any case, the spell would have missed so it is mostly an academic question.
Also, terribly sorry about the pause. Things have been wild - and I'm not entirely certain that's about to change - but I have some time at last to move things again.]
Nalomanterys is able to get Ran back up and breathing again, but upstairs the two remaining Clay Gladiators continue to menace the others.
Near the pit, one turns its lifeless clay eyes upon Mica. But then it turns to look at the wounded Eligos and to Meili. It pivots on one foot and then leaps kitty-corner around Mica and to the other side of the pit.
[Mica can take an AOO.]
It then closes on the prone Eligos.
Eligos moans in pain as the golem skewers him, falling unconscious again. Then the golem whirls and attacks Meili, trying to eliminate this little healer.
With Danica having moved into close quarters and blocking its ascent up the stairs, the other Golem stabs out at her repeatedly.
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Mica lashes out with his handaxe as the Golem leaps around him to strike at Eligos.
Attack: 21 Damage: 4.
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Mica pivots and follows the Golem as it moves past Eligos to focus on Meili “Don’t walk away from me, you pile of mud” He strikes out with his hand axes one, two, three times, trying to draw its attention away from Meili. “Try to push it back into the pit!”
Attack: 8 Damage: 9
Attack: 22 Damage: 6.
Bonus Action Attack: 25 Damage: 5.
Plus 2 colossus slayer damage and 4 favored foe.
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Unfortunately, Meili was in no condition to push anyone anywhere. The first blow from the construct forced her to one knee and even if she saw the spear coming, there was no time to react. It pierced clean through her.
Now her lifeless remains were lying on the ground while the golem searched for another victim.
First death save: 6
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Ran looks over at the wizard and nods his thanks.
"Cheers, mate," Ran says to Nalomanterys and then asks "Where is everyone?"
But then he hears the fighting from above.
"Stay behind me. These clay bastards mean business."
Knowing he can't take another hit, Ran heads up the stairs.
I think he's got enough movement to get up behind the golem Danica is fighting and flank it - if so, he'll attack from behind, slashing out twice with Gambit and once with his other longsword:
Gambit Attack 1 - Attack: 22 Damage: 11
Gambit Attack 2 - Attack: 27 Damage: 12
Longsword - Attack: 28 Damage: 19
The clay gladiator upstairs parries all but one of Mica's strikes. It now looks like it is barely held together, bits of clay clumping and falling off into inanimate piles on the floor, yet still the shape remains upright, spear and shield held high. It looks like another hit would be more than it could withstand.
On the stairs, Ran charges up behind the other Clay Gladiator. Gambit flashes in the dimly lit tunnel and the golem is unable to defend against both Ran and Danica at the same time. With a flurry of cuts, Ran fells the gladiator. It crumbles into a pile of soft clay, it spear clattering to the floor and lying there, faintly shimmering.
[Danica and Nalomanerys are still up.]
Death Save: Eligos 5
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Danica holds fast against the onslaught of blows that the constructed warrior threw at her. But what made her start to buckle is hearing alarming moans and lack of sounds behind her. Sparing a glance over her shoulder as she holds her shield steady, the sailor feels her heart drop as she sees that Meili is on the floor, along with Eligos. Cursing in Elvish, Danica barely spares a glance to notice that the golem in front of her fell from Ran's attacks before her form begins to darken before bursting into starlight, constellations making up a pattern of a Chalice swirling around her torso. From there she darts to Meili's side and presses the hand of the arm her shield is strapped to to channel as much healing power as she could into the stalwart monk. Using whatever she had left over to send a breath of life over to Eligos. She remains protectively between Meili and the gladiator if at all possible, relying on her Shield of Faith. "C'mon lads, not time to lay down just yet."
Movement: To Meili's side, closer to the golem/Eligos (not sure where people are on the map now)
Bonus Action: Wildshape Starry Form Chalice
Action: 3rd Level Cure Wounds on Meili - Heals 36
Chalice effect on Eligos - Heals 6
Nym Durnodel - Aspiring Heroes of Faerûn // Danica Amastacia - Red Dead Annihilation
Danica reinvigorates Meili, not just restoring her to consciousness, but healing the majority of her wounds. Eligos, too, gasps as he once again regains consciousness.
[Botting Nalomanterys...]
The wizard follows Ran back down the tunnel toward the stairs, seeing the last remaining clay golem menacing those upstairs. With a word and gesture, he fires a beam of cold from his fingertips, striking the Clay Gladiator in the chest.
ray of frost
Attack: 23 Cold Damage: 13
Shimmering frost spreads out over the chest and limbs of the construct. It raises its spear as if to once again stab at Meili... and then its clay body shatters. All that is left is a ruined pile of cold clay and a faintly shimmering bronze spear.
[We are out of initiative, at last!]
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Ran takes a couple of deep breaths.
"What was this then? Did we just set off a trap sets years ago or were they actually guarding something here." Ran says.
He looks warily back down the stairs.
"Do you think more of them will show up if we go back down there?"
Meili stood up feeling very confused. What felt like a fleeting moment of unconsciousness had left her surprisingly refreshed - better than she’d been before the last golem’s attack. The girl got her bearing fast enough, though - it was not the first fight after all and the abilitites of everyone in the group were quite established.
“Thank you,” she said to Danika, offering a bow that was deeper than usual. “I wasn’t adequately prepared for that encounter.”
With the gratitude expressed, Meili with her newfound second and usual seriousness went straight to the point.
“It could have been just a training ground or a fighting arena. We can test that theory, but if our first skirmish went unnoticed, I am sure the next one will attract every snake man and Thayan wizard in the vicinity.”
Leaving the others to ponder over the potential treasures hidden in the room from which the golems had emerged, Meili now concentrated on reviving Eligos, trying to bring him back to consciousness.
Hand of Healing: 6
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Eligos, already restored to consciousness by Danica but still bleeding badly from multiple wounds, does not turn down Meili's additional healing.
He breathes heavily. "I hope you all learned whatever lesson it was you were trying to teach yourselves fighting those golems. I assure you, from where I am sitting, this was not a constructive use of our blood, sweat and tears."
"I was too wrapped up in the struggle to make much note of the acoustics of this place." He looks to the open door leading out into the jungle ruins. "We may have been entirely too noisy here. If we are done, we should put some distance between ourselves and this place."
The golems destroyed, their shields crumbled into useless clay alongside their bodies. Only their spears remain. Looking around the upper chambers, you cannot help but notice four statues that look like stone replicas of the gladiators you just fought. They stand at attention, shield in hand, but where a spear would be, their other hands wait open and empty.
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Ran looks from the remaining spears to the empty hands and then to the rest of the group.
"Maybe I'm too knackered to think straight, but what do you figure the odds are that putting the spears in those empty hands will start the fighting all over again," Ran begins, pauses and then continues "Or rewards us for defeating those damn golems?"
He gathers up the four spears and looks at the statues.
"Going to suggest everyone else get over by the doors out of here," Ran says.
Mica slumps against the wall breathing heavily as the last golem falls. “That was harder than it had to be, those things were tough.” He reaches down to the ground, drawing energy to tend to some of his wounds, before looking at the spears. “Odd that those would have been left when everything else, even the shields, melted away.” He looks up at Ran “What would they be guarding? I thought the Red Wizards already collected all of the cubes. They have already been here, but if the golems were still here, maybe that means they missed something.” He stands and moves towards the door as Ran collects the spears, helping Meili with Eligos. “Does anyone else need their wounds looked at?”
Casts 2d level cure wounds on himself for 10 hp.
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Meili glances at the others, assessing their condition. "I think we’re good… as much as we can be." She stepped closer to Ran and the statues, narrowing her eyes as she sized up their next potential challenge.
The stone figures were going to be tougher than clay. Her knuckles still ached from the previous battle, and the thought of another fight didn’t sit well. But something felt unfinished.
"If we’re about to go again, maybe we rest first? No?" She sighed. "All right, let's do it. But I’m no use on the back line, if we are fighting again I'll stay with you."
"Do we place the spears one at a time? Or all at once?"
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"No thanks needed." Danica replies to Meili's sincere gratitude with a gentle hand on her bowed shoulder. "We're on the same crew. You'd do the same for me I know. I was just as surprised when that damnable thing started scaling the walls."
"You're more than knackered, I'll say." Danica commented looking over Ran and finding she didn't like how unfocused his eyes were as he gathered the spears. Meeting Mica's gaze, she goes over to the warrior and pats his shoulders in a friendly gesture as she tries to invigorate him just a bit. "Steady as she goes. And right you are Meili. As much as I'd love to let you remain the punching bag Ran, I think we should aim to do all four simultaneously. Let Meili and I take one each as well. Mica, would you lend us a hand with the fourth?" Assuming Mica obliges, she would then turn to Eligos and Nalomanterys and state, "You two bookish types wait out at the door a moment and keep eyes and ears out if you don't mind."
Before turning back to the four of those with spears. "Just in case this devolves into fighting again, we're not. So I'd like Meili furthest from the door since you're the quickest. Ran and Mica closest to the exit since they've already earned their beatings and I'll take the other spot." The elf shaped night sky gets into said position, fine that she was just as far away from the exit as Meili was. The sailor was still holding her Starry Form and had confidence that should it devolve into another bought, that she could either heal their wounds in a timely manner for escape or be deft enough to avoid being hurt.
Waiting a moment to listen to see if there were any alternative ideas or raised concerns, Danica would then raise the spear that she had grabbed in hand she stood in front of her statue and looked back at the other three of her crew. "Ready? ON three now. One....two...Three." Before placing the spear she had in the awaiting hands of the statue in front of her.
Ran receives a 2nd Level Cure Wounds and Heals for 21+4+8= 33 HP
Nym Durnodel - Aspiring Heroes of Faerûn // Danica Amastacia - Red Dead Annihilation
Ran nods his appreciation to Danica for the healing and goes where she directs, putting the spear on at the same time as the others.
The party position themselves, ready to flee if these statues should come to life and attack. The four spears are placed into the waiting stone hands...
... And the hands close around them with an audible 'clunk.'
There are more sounds. The statues do not move, but below and above there is the sound of moving chains, scraping stone. And then, in the pedestal near the mural, the small stone hatch near the top begins to slide open. It reveals a cube-shaped hiding place... empty.
Examination shows the inside of the hatch is marred and scraped, as though a tool - like a flat knife or perhaps a prybar - was jammed into the opening. Whatever was hidden here, is gone.
Eligos chuckles softly, holding his injured side. "Delightful. This has been productive, wouldn't you say?"
PC - Ethel - Human - Lvl 4 Necromancer - Undying Dragons * Serge Marshblade - Human - Lvl 5 Eldritch Knight - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
DM - (Homebrew) Heroes of Bardstown * Red Dead Annihilation: ToA * Where the Cold Winds Blow : DoIP * Covetous, Dragonish Thoughts: HotDQ * Red Wine, Black Rose: CoS * Greyhawk: Tides of War
Danica is hyper aware of every bead of sweat on her body as she listens with intense stillness to the sounds of scraping stone, eyes darting to where a hidden hatch opened to reveal....nothing. Jaw clenching for a moment, the elf took a breath and tried to suppress the sigh. At Eligos' comment, she gave a half shrug. "We'd already come this far. Would've been silly not to follow through and check. Now we know for sure." Despite her words, the cost still ate at her. They were all worn in one way or another, through wounds or expended magical energy. Nowhere was safe to rest that they had found though.
Rubbing at her face and pushing back errant brunette hairs that escaped her ponytail, Danica brings up, "The kobolds mentioned another shrine near this one, that was across water. Are we up to keeping our forward momentum and pushing through to that? Or take a breather now while nothing's actively trying to kill us?" She looks over each Seeker, doing her best to keep an open and calm expression, not wanting to sway them one way or another.
Nym Durnodel - Aspiring Heroes of Faerûn // Danica Amastacia - Red Dead Annihilation
Ran starts laughing when he sees the empty chamber.
"Well played, mates," he calls down into the fighting pit below.
He listens to Danica and nods.
"If we run into anything as tough as those buggers downstairs, I'll be done for," Ran says "But I've got the energy if we still want to scout this next shrine out first. We can always come back here and have a rest."
Meili looked at the empty hiding place with a tired frown. "If by productive you mean we've just confirmed someone else beat us to it, then sure, it's been very productive."
She ran her fingers along the scraped edges inside the hatch. "Your colleagues, Eligos, didn’t care much for subtlety."
"The kobolds warned us that all cubes are taken. But sure, let's check another hiding place. Though I would rest first, who knows when we trigger another trap."
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
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