Jumping on the bandwagon and joining in with Wards laughing, travin starts bellowing too, a proper belly laugh, nudging Johnathan travin points over to the awakened oak and yells out,
"hey,, haha, hey Johnathan, Travin thinks that one is a Hoary oak pfffffft, HOARY... OAK! heeeheeehee!
what is that? Some kind of morning woodhaHAha!
Hold on to to your nuts! Hahahaha!
You cans be cock sure that these are Acorn-y jokes, pfffaahahaha!"
Travin's giggles and belly laughs are laced with magic, directed toward deadfall, getting Johnathan in on the joke, Travin affords him bardic inspiration. The junk person starts his chainsaw whilst still chuckling, a massive smile in his face as he waits to see if the great tree beast falls.
Coughing and hacking from the spores the tree threw around Delphinium can barely move let alone act. The yellow cloud falls around them and their friends forcing Delph to take a moment to hack up the disruptive plant gunk. Unfortunately he can do very little beyond just coughing but he seems to clear it out of his system at the least.
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“Are you the ones responsible for this mess?” Adam says, anger dripping from his voice. “I’ve had about enough of this perversion of my forest. How about it is time for you to fall down and burn, eh? I’m gonna cut you up into kindling…” Adam pulls out his lightsaber and activates the orange light blade, and then he strikes the lead Treant, Deadfall.
Light saber strike 1 : Attack: 22 Damage: 14 slashing damage + 9 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
Light saber strike 2 : Attack: 29 Damage: 16 slashing damage + 6 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
Adam takes some deep breaths, then with a surge, attacks again, taking all of his anger out on Deadfall.
Light saber strike 3 : Attack: 21 Damage: 14 slashing damage + 11 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
Light saber strike 4 : Attack: 30 Damage: 20 slashing damage + 12 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
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A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Sparks fly and flames creep across Deadfall's legs as Adam carves many smoldering lines into the master Treant. Deadfall groans as he is savaged.
Three chunks of wood fall from his leg...and all three immediately morph into smaller versions of him, each complete with a wooden shield and club.
"The flesh is weak..." They mutter as they attack, all three swinging their clubs twice. One hits, but the others clang useless off armor or miss the fleet footed Adam...
Deadfall doesn't seem to pay attention after being slashed up. It returns its attention to Ward. It points the spindly finger again...and Ward finds his feet sinking into the ground beneath him as it becomes difficult terrain...
“Ooof!” Adam exhales as he is hit by the mini-treant. He grits his teeth. “I know, I know. But the spirit is willing!” he says back to them, holding up his shield and lightsaber in a defensive stance.
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Ward laughs even harder as his feet are covered in vines. “I am not of your domain you pile of kindling. Your bark is soft and weak, culled is what must be done to ye of failing mind and body.” Ward says then continuing to laugh
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P: The Traveling Ward: Natural Napalm Enthusiast. (AURYN: The Hunt For The Last Unicorn.)
Deadfall ignores the two blasts that go flying harmlessly past him into the forest. He instead focuses on Adam and lashes out at him with a thorned vine, but it misses, cracking the air near his body.
The Oak moves forward and slams both fists down, trying to drive Travin into the ground like a nail, but it misses, and the Junkman finds himself standing between to boulder sized fists in a cloud of dirt and debris tossed up by the impact...
Shaking off the brief paralysis, Shavaris calls forth her sister. Knocking Running Bird in the neck to get him into the fight, the two sisters then flank Deadfall as it focuses on Adam. Drawing out her blades, Sick and Twisted, Shavaris's hair turns the blood red as it did before and she attacks the tree, wondering if it bleeds...
Attack: 30 Damage: 8
Attack: 16 Damage: 10
Sneak Attack Damage (due to advantage): 6
Then using her action surge, Eloise attacks with the same weapons:
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Running Bird pulls his head out of the dirt with an audible 'pop' after being jerked into the fight by Shavaris. He runs towards the closest of the small trees attacking Adam. He kicks wildly at it...
Shavaris, Elise, and Running Bird's combined effort dislodges another piece of Deadfall, which immediately animates when it hits the ground.
The Treant spins with amazing speed, both his fists coming up. One clobbers Shavaris, while the other hits Running Bird, who topples through the air in a spray of feathers. The huge ostrich rolls and lands in a heap of neck and legs. Deadfall doesn't let up. He quickly chooses his target and goes after Running Bird, bringing one fist down with such force and accuracy that the big bird disappears beneath it with a sickening crunch...
Ward takes a second to map out what’s around him before shouting to the Dawn Guard. “Travin! Prep Ape Ward, time for 12 seconds, deployment 10 out eastbound!” Ward says, before transforming into a Giant Badger and beginning to burrow East.
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P: The Traveling Ward: Natural Napalm Enthusiast. (AURYN: The Hunt For The Last Unicorn.)
"The flesh is weak..." The burning hemlock mutters in return to Deadfall's cry. Flames roar through the dry limbs and needles, creating a barrier.
Deadfall pivots, watching as Ward burrows from beneath the burning bramble that had incarcerated him...and if a tree could smile, he smiles.
"Old druid, your time has come." Deadfall says, the first articulate thing he has said since the start of the battle. "No longer shall you guard the forests of Hyboria. Deadfall is now supreme. Your flesh is weak."
Deadfall holds out both hands toward Ward as he disappears into the ground and energy crackles along his fingers as the loose ground begins to fold back in around Ward...
As Deadfall sends the spell at Ward all of the coherent Giant BEAVERS turn towards Deadfall and move in. Surrounding him and beginning to gnaw at his bark and roots, with one biting through the bark armor and two more denting it.
(2 piercing damage, 15 bludgeoning, and 6 from the BEAVERS bonus against plantlife.)
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Johnathan watches as the party is starting to get surrounded by tree things at an alarming rate. F*** it. Johnathan’s arms begin to get coated in a white flame as he brings his hands together above his head. In the palms of his hands a small but bright ball of light forms. He shouts to the others. I’m sorry if this hits you, desperate times and all that. Get out of this quickly. He turns to deadfall and shoots the ball so that it falls above the tree monster. When the ball is set a bright light emits from it, causing this entente heatwave to wash over the area. A small streak of light rays emit from Johnathan and passes through Adam, causing some of his wounds to heal.
Bonus action: Healing light: 14 healing to Adam
Action: sickening radiance (con save dc 16. If succeed nothing happens, otherwise take 31 radiant damage. Deadfall would also take an extra 5 radiant damage due to radiant soul)
Having his hilarious jokes rebuffed, Travin isn't happy, but as Ward asks a favour of him, he does his best to comply, holding the polymorph spell until he sees Ward burst through the earth. "TRAVIN IS READY!"
Meanwhile Birt lumbers forward with a smile and a triumphant "BIRT WRENILS!" as he summons three balls of fire and hurls them toward Deadfall's little babies,
(16 to hit, 9 fire damage. 24 to hit, 9 fire damage. 23 to hit, 8 fire damage)
The flames hit one after the other moving to the next should one fall.
It takes a few moments for Delph to clear their lungs of whatever poisonous pollen that Deadfall threw at them. As he takes the time to do so the treant hits Running bird feriociously and it seems to the fairy like they are not moving anymore. Something in Delphinium seems to snap as this happens. Like it was a blasphemous act. A twitch in his eyes as they fill with anger and hate towards this guardian of the forest. He flies off in a flurry of anger bursting with power as a bright blue ball of angry fairy zooms from his position right at Deadfall who is currently fighting his friends.
The fairy flies right up to the Treant and yells at it "FLESH IS WEAK!?!? What's your excuse then!?"
Delphinium throws one giant punch at the big tree. A massive astral fist flying right at it. Tears on the fairy's face.
Fist Attack 1: 29 to hit Damage: 9
"WHERE WAS YOUR STRENGTH WHEN THE RABBITS NEEDED YOU!?!?"
He throws another fist at Deadfall. The fairy having an outlet for all their bottled up anger and rage at what has been done to this forest. each hit hitting harder and harder then the last as he forces his ki to slam against the barky hide of the tree-guardian.
Fist Attack 2: 17 to hit Damage: 15
"WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE TREE BEGAN TO CHANGE?!?"
Delphinium pulls upon their ki reserves to continually slam into the treant. A flurry of dozen of fists all flying at them. Using their flurry of blows feature to continue their assault. The fairy demanding answers of the giant oak tree that is supposed to be a guardian of this place and not it's executioner.
Fist Attack 3: 28 to hit Damage: 20
"WHY DIDN'T YOU PROTECT THE DEER, THE FOXES, THE MICE AND THE BETTLES!?!?"
Delphinium continues to slam into the tree until he gets it to answer. Another set of fists flying at Deadfall. The entire time Delphinium wondering why this animated tree wasn't changed to blood and flesh like the others yet now attacks his friends trying to kill them all. One question in his mind "Why!?!?"
Fist Attack 4: 29 to hit Damage: 22
"FLESH ISN'T WEAK! YOU FAILED THEM! WHY!?!?! WHY COULDN'T YOU SAVE AT LEAST ONE THING!?!?"
As angry as Delphinium is. They are not trying to kill the tree. They want answers. They want them badly. However, they are trying to seriously cripple the tree. Breaking as many branches as they can. Maiming their roots or whatever they have for legs or limbs. Each attack more vicious and insidious then the last as they try to reduce the treant to little more then a log able to answer questions.
The fairy doesn't seem to care that the light from Johnathan's spell is burning them. It sizzles and pops along their skin and wings but it doesn't slow down the fairy's onslaught of attacks on the treant.
Deadfall completely ignores Johnathan's efforts, while Birt's balls of fire burn one of the mini-Deadfalls badly. It seem adversely effected by the attack.
"The flesh is not exempt from the laws of nature!" Deadfall says as he tanks one strike after another from Delphinium. Another chunk falls from his body and joins the others below as a small squad of miniatures begins to form. "The flesh is part of nature, and must learn to bend to her will! She shall pick who lives and who dies. It is not for the Ward to decide for her. In this matter, I shall be her arbiter!"
He stumbles back, shaking his head. The beard of moss waggles in the wind as the tree visibly struggles to keep itself upright and mobile. It isn't stunned by Johnathan or Delphinium's combined efforts, but they've clearly done something to him.
Jumping on the bandwagon and joining in with Wards laughing, travin starts bellowing too, a proper belly laugh, nudging Johnathan travin points over to the awakened oak and yells out,
"hey,, haha, hey Johnathan, Travin thinks that one is a Hoary oak pfffffft, HOARY... OAK! heeeheeehee!
what is that? Some kind of morning wood haHAha!
Hold on to to your nuts! Hahahaha!
You cans be cock sure that these are Acorn-y jokes, pfffaahahaha!"
Travin's giggles and belly laughs are laced with magic, directed toward deadfall, getting Johnathan in on the joke, Travin affords him bardic inspiration. The junk person starts his chainsaw whilst still chuckling, a massive smile in his face as he waits to see if the great tree beast falls.
Coughing and hacking from the spores the tree threw around Delphinium can barely move let alone act. The yellow cloud falls around them and their friends forcing Delph to take a moment to hack up the disruptive plant gunk. Unfortunately he can do very little beyond just coughing but he seems to clear it out of his system at the least.
failed initial save
Save at end of turn success
“Are you the ones responsible for this mess?” Adam says, anger dripping from his voice. “I’ve had about enough of this perversion of my forest. How about it is time for you to fall down and burn, eh? I’m gonna cut you up into kindling…” Adam pulls out his lightsaber and activates the orange light blade, and then he strikes the lead Treant, Deadfall.
Light saber strike 1 : Attack: 22 Damage: 14 slashing damage + 9 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
Light saber strike 2 : Attack: 29 Damage: 16 slashing damage + 6 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
Adam takes some deep breaths, then with a surge, attacks again, taking all of his anger out on Deadfall.
Light saber strike 3 : Attack: 21 Damage: 14 slashing damage + 11 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
Light saber strike 4 : Attack: 30 Damage: 20 slashing damage + 12 radiant damage, hp reduced permanently by this amount until a long rest.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Sparks fly and flames creep across Deadfall's legs as Adam carves many smoldering lines into the master Treant. Deadfall groans as he is savaged.
Three chunks of wood fall from his leg...and all three immediately morph into smaller versions of him, each complete with a wooden shield and club.
"The flesh is weak..." They mutter as they attack, all three swinging their clubs twice. One hits, but the others clang useless off armor or miss the fleet footed Adam...
Deadfall doesn't seem to pay attention after being slashed up. It returns its attention to Ward. It points the spindly finger again...and Ward finds his feet sinking into the ground beneath him as it becomes difficult terrain...
Updated Post Order
Dungeon Master
Shavaris
Dungeon Master
Ward
Dungeon Master
Johnathan
Travin
Delphinium
Adam
Dungeon Master
Dageron
It is Dageron's turn!
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“Ooof!” Adam exhales as he is hit by the mini-treant. He grits his teeth. “I know, I know. But the spirit is willing!” he says back to them, holding up his shield and lightsaber in a defensive stance.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Ward laughs even harder as his feet are covered in vines. “I am not of your domain you pile of kindling. Your bark is soft and weak, culled is what must be done to ye of failing mind and body.” Ward says then continuing to laugh
P: The Traveling Ward: Natural Napalm Enthusiast. (AURYN: The Hunt For The Last Unicorn.)
DM:
(( Assuming Dageron isn't currently within threat range? ))
Dageron moves to a twenty foot distance further from the Treant, but still within sight range. He then attacks with all his spell power.
Attack 1: Guiding Bolt - 13 to hit (rolled 8, +5 from Saving Face) 20 damage
Attack 2: Guiding Bolt - 7 to hit, 14 damage
Bonus Action: none
Deadfall ignores the two blasts that go flying harmlessly past him into the forest. He instead focuses on Adam and lashes out at him with a thorned vine, but it misses, cracking the air near his body.
The Oak moves forward and slams both fists down, trying to drive Travin into the ground like a nail, but it misses, and the Junkman finds himself standing between to boulder sized fists in a cloud of dirt and debris tossed up by the impact...
Updated Post Order
Dungeon Master
Shavaris
Dungeon Master
Ward
Dungeon Master
Johnathan
Travin
Delphinium
Adam
Dungeon Master
Dageron
It is Shavaris's turn!
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Shaking off the brief paralysis, Shavaris calls forth her sister. Knocking Running Bird in the neck to get him into the fight, the two sisters then flank Deadfall as it focuses on Adam. Drawing out her blades, Sick and Twisted, Shavaris's hair turns the blood red as it did before and she attacks the tree, wondering if it bleeds...
Attack: 30 Damage: 8
Attack: 16 Damage: 10
Sneak Attack Damage (due to advantage): 6
Then using her action surge, Eloise attacks with the same weapons:
Attack: 22 Damage: 14
Attack: 19 Damage: 14
Running Bird pulls his head out of the dirt with an audible 'pop' after being jerked into the fight by Shavaris. He runs towards the closest of the small trees attacking Adam. He kicks wildly at it...
Attack: 23 Damage: 9
Attack: 22 Damage: 7
Attack: 25 Damage: 5
Shavaris, Elise, and Running Bird's combined effort dislodges another piece of Deadfall, which immediately animates when it hits the ground.
The Treant spins with amazing speed, both his fists coming up. One clobbers Shavaris, while the other hits Running Bird, who topples through the air in a spray of feathers. The huge ostrich rolls and lands in a heap of neck and legs. Deadfall doesn't let up. He quickly chooses his target and goes after Running Bird, bringing one fist down with such force and accuracy that the big bird disappears beneath it with a sickening crunch...
"THE FLESH IS WEAK!"
Updated Post Order
Dungeon Master
Shavaris
Dungeon Master
Ward
Dungeon Master
Johnathan
Travin
Delphinium
Adam
Dungeon Master
Dageron
It is Ward's turn!
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Ward takes a second to map out what’s around him before shouting to the Dawn Guard. “Travin! Prep Ape Ward, time for 12 seconds, deployment 10 out eastbound!” Ward says, before transforming into a Giant Badger and beginning to burrow East.
P: The Traveling Ward: Natural Napalm Enthusiast. (AURYN: The Hunt For The Last Unicorn.)
DM:
"The flesh is weak..." The burning hemlock mutters in return to Deadfall's cry. Flames roar through the dry limbs and needles, creating a barrier.
Deadfall pivots, watching as Ward burrows from beneath the burning bramble that had incarcerated him...and if a tree could smile, he smiles.
"Old druid, your time has come." Deadfall says, the first articulate thing he has said since the start of the battle. "No longer shall you guard the forests of Hyboria. Deadfall is now supreme. Your flesh is weak."
Deadfall holds out both hands toward Ward as he disappears into the ground and energy crackles along his fingers as the loose ground begins to fold back in around Ward...
Updated Post Order
Dungeon Master
Shavaris
Dungeon Master
Ward
Dungeon Master
Johnathan
Travin
Delphinium
Adam
Dungeon Master
Dageron
It is Johnathan's turn!
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As Deadfall sends the spell at Ward all of the coherent Giant BEAVERS turn towards Deadfall and move in. Surrounding him and beginning to gnaw at his bark and roots, with one biting through the bark armor and two more denting it.
(2 piercing damage, 15 bludgeoning, and 6 from the BEAVERS bonus against plantlife.)
P: The Traveling Ward: Natural Napalm Enthusiast. (AURYN: The Hunt For The Last Unicorn.)
DM:
Johnathan watches as the party is starting to get surrounded by tree things at an alarming rate. F*** it. Johnathan’s arms begin to get coated in a white flame as he brings his hands together above his head. In the palms of his hands a small but bright ball of light forms. He shouts to the others. I’m sorry if this hits you, desperate times and all that. Get out of this quickly. He turns to deadfall and shoots the ball so that it falls above the tree monster. When the ball is set a bright light emits from it, causing this entente heatwave to wash over the area. A small streak of light rays emit from Johnathan and passes through Adam, causing some of his wounds to heal.
Bonus action: Healing light: 14 healing to Adam
Action: sickening radiance (con save dc 16. If succeed nothing happens, otherwise take 31 radiant damage. Deadfall would also take an extra 5 radiant damage due to radiant soul)
(Also if you fail you suffer one level of exhaustion)
Having his hilarious jokes rebuffed, Travin isn't happy, but as Ward asks a favour of him, he does his best to comply, holding the polymorph spell until he sees Ward burst through the earth. "TRAVIN IS READY!"
Meanwhile Birt lumbers forward with a smile and a triumphant "BIRT WRENILS!" as he summons three balls of fire and hurls them toward Deadfall's little babies,
(16 to hit, 9 fire damage. 24 to hit, 9 fire damage. 23 to hit, 8 fire damage)
The flames hit one after the other moving to the next should one fall.
It takes a few moments for Delph to clear their lungs of whatever poisonous pollen that Deadfall threw at them. As he takes the time to do so the treant hits Running bird feriociously and it seems to the fairy like they are not moving anymore. Something in Delphinium seems to snap as this happens. Like it was a blasphemous act. A twitch in his eyes as they fill with anger and hate towards this guardian of the forest. He flies off in a flurry of anger bursting with power as a bright blue ball of angry fairy zooms from his position right at Deadfall who is currently fighting his friends.
The fairy flies right up to the Treant and yells at it "FLESH IS WEAK!?!? What's your excuse then!?"
Delphinium throws one giant punch at the big tree. A massive astral fist flying right at it. Tears on the fairy's face.
Fist Attack 1: 29 to hit Damage: 9
"WHERE WAS YOUR STRENGTH WHEN THE RABBITS NEEDED YOU!?!?"
He throws another fist at Deadfall. The fairy having an outlet for all their bottled up anger and rage at what has been done to this forest. each hit hitting harder and harder then the last as he forces his ki to slam against the barky hide of the tree-guardian.
Fist Attack 2: 17 to hit Damage: 15
"WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE TREE BEGAN TO CHANGE?!?"
Delphinium pulls upon their ki reserves to continually slam into the treant. A flurry of dozen of fists all flying at them. Using their flurry of blows feature to continue their assault. The fairy demanding answers of the giant oak tree that is supposed to be a guardian of this place and not it's executioner.
Fist Attack 3: 28 to hit Damage: 20
"WHY DIDN'T YOU PROTECT THE DEER, THE FOXES, THE MICE AND THE BETTLES!?!?"
Delphinium continues to slam into the tree until he gets it to answer. Another set of fists flying at Deadfall. The entire time Delphinium wondering why this animated tree wasn't changed to blood and flesh like the others yet now attacks his friends trying to kill them all. One question in his mind "Why!?!?"
Fist Attack 4: 29 to hit Damage: 22
"FLESH ISN'T WEAK! YOU FAILED THEM! WHY!?!?! WHY COULDN'T YOU SAVE AT LEAST ONE THING!?!?"
As angry as Delphinium is. They are not trying to kill the tree. They want answers. They want them badly. However, they are trying to seriously cripple the tree. Breaking as many branches as they can. Maiming their roots or whatever they have for legs or limbs. Each attack more vicious and insidious then the last as they try to reduce the treant to little more then a log able to answer questions.
The fairy doesn't seem to care that the light from Johnathan's spell is burning them. It sizzles and pops along their skin and wings but it doesn't slow down the fairy's onslaught of attacks on the treant.
Deadfall completely ignores Johnathan's efforts, while Birt's balls of fire burn one of the mini-Deadfalls badly. It seem adversely effected by the attack.
"The flesh is not exempt from the laws of nature!" Deadfall says as he tanks one strike after another from Delphinium. Another chunk falls from his body and joins the others below as a small squad of miniatures begins to form. "The flesh is part of nature, and must learn to bend to her will! She shall pick who lives and who dies. It is not for the Ward to decide for her. In this matter, I shall be her arbiter!"
He stumbles back, shaking his head. The beard of moss waggles in the wind as the tree visibly struggles to keep itself upright and mobile. It isn't stunned by Johnathan or Delphinium's combined efforts, but they've clearly done something to him.
Updated Post Order
Dungeon Master
Shavaris
Dungeon Master
Ward
Dungeon Master
Johnathan
Travin
Delphinium
Adam
Dungeon Master
Dageron
It is Adam's turn!
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