AURYN: Escape from New York

Shavaris struggles with what to do next.  The kobold that is coming at her isn't even in her field of vision as she sees the Harpy decimate the ringmaster.  The one she just seconds ago was about to do the same in her anger.  Made her feel a bit ashamed as all hell was breaking lose around them.  She debates heading for the Harpy herself, but remembers what Ward says and decides against it.  Thinking that the wizard may be their only chance, she decides to try and help the ass hole.

Kicking her elk into a dash to skirt the oncoming kobold and avoid an attack of opportunity, she dismounts about 10' from the mass of carnies and smacks the elk on the rump to get it out of there.  She then brings up her short bow, aiming at one of the kobolds attacking the wizard.

Attack: 8 Damage: 6

Bless for attack 4

Sneak attack if applicable  3

As Shavaris watches the arrow barely hit it's mark, a ghost materializes near Shavaris that looks similar to her and floats towards another of the kobolds that is attacking the wizard.  The spirit encompasses the creature and delivers 5 of necrotic damage.

The kobolds attacking the wizard are caught off guard as the arrow sinks deep into one and the ghost necrotizes another.  

One of the Thri-Kreen protecting the lioness lashes out at one of the Kobolds and punches a nasty hole in its guts before swinging for the harpy again but finding nothing but air as the lioness and the harpy twist and turn together.  

The flying kobold wheels around in the air and gives chase to Shavaris.

Delphinium was about to give chase to the not-harpy but it glared at Delphinium with such malice it gave pause to the tiny fairy.  The sense of danger, of prey falling into the claws of a massive predator, or warning.  The not-harpy gave Delphinium a sudden chill as they shuddered and tries to force the feeling away.  As they pause they notice Shavaris going I to the Frey qith the wizard, lioness and all of them.  As she does so a flying kobold seems to be giving chase.... right below Delphinium.  

The fairy dive bombs the kobold.  Their magic fists colliding down upon it to stop it chasing.  Delphinium's form is shaking from whatever effect the harpy gave it but that won't stop them from helping their friend.  Delphinium rains a set of blow against the flying kobold with the aim to knock them out but not kill.  As they do so they yell in their tiny voice "Don't attack my friends!  Bad kobold!"

Three blue fists of Astral energy streak out towards the flying kobold.  One hits it in the back then a second slams its side.  A third blue giant fairy fist was about to hit the kobold but Delphinium stops it as the fairy sees the kobold is unconscious.  So instead the third fist grabs them to lower them to the ground so they don't get hurt further.  As they lower them to the ground Delph says "Now take a nap and we will talk about it later."

Delphinium then looks towards the melee ahead with the harpy which terrified the tiny fairy a moment ago.  They take a moment to focus their thoughts and try to push through the primal fear.

The flying kobold goes down hard and comes to a skidding halt as the Fairy gives him the business.  

Meanwhile, the kobolds fighting the wizard are making headway.  The spear wielding kobold stabs the hell out of the wizard just before its friend fumbles in its cloak.  When Shavaris's arrow stick in its back, it drops a basket of centipedes on the ground, and a swarm of the vile things go everywhere.  

While this drama is panning out, the lioness is still struggling with the harpy, whose talons are still dug into her living flesh.  She screams, both hands holding on to the thing, and then shouts some unintelligible words between gasps...

...and the harpy disappears...

The lioness collapses to her knees for a moment, blood oozing from her face, her hands gripping the holes in her chest to try to staunch the bleeding.  One of the kobolds attacking the wizard peels off and screams something at the Leonin, then raises both hands.  Fire flies in three separate waves, bathing the lioness and leaving her smoking and badly hurt. Another kobold, called in for the attack, levels off a shot with a hand crossbow and shoots her in the chest.  She wobbles on her feet...

"If you don't want a stone in the skull I suggest you stop." Ward says, sending a Magic Stone towards the fire flinging Kobold, before turning to the Lioness. "Please tell me it's not coming back in one minute." As a bonus action using Balm Of The Summer Court, giving the Lioness 3 Temp HP and healing for 

Heal: 9

A Thri-Kreen dives for the fire flinging Kobold and attacks with its spear, missing with spectacular failure.

“Ironsides, come to me old boy!”  Kerwyn moves south staying away from the Thri-kreen, the Leonin and the now invisible Harpy.  He calls out to the Leonin, “We are trying to help you!  Where did the Harpy go?”   He flings his glaive again at another kobold, after it slices through the air it returns to his hand.

Thrown glaive :  Attack: 27 Damage: 17 

One of the Kobolds embroiled in the melee spins and tries to stab the lioness, but is unsuccessful at getting a clear opening.  A nearby Thri-Kreen swung its spear at it, missed, then repositioned and punched a hole clean through it.  The Kobold crumpled, dead.

It only took one lucky Kobold, however, to be the crux of the fight.  It came up behind the slowly recovering lioness and warped her over the back with a club.  She yelped before she could answer Kerwyn, and then, with her concentration down, the  very confused harpy reappeared before her...

Johnathan almost let’s out a sigh of relief after seeing the lioness make the creature disappear. Everything was finally going to be ok…. oh wait it’s back, never mind. Johnathan turns to the others, We have to find a way to restrain it, stop it from flying. He looks towards the lioness, seeing her fight for dear life. He didn’t agree with her business sense and wouldn’t want this for anyone, but she was very weak. He knows that she will be dealt with soon so he decides to turn his attention to a Kobald fighting the wizard and fires another beam of black flames.

To hit: 13+1. Damage: 10

Jihnathan's attack scorches the back of the Kobold attacking the wizard.  It turns and snears, and then the wizard, seeing his opportunity, holds one hand out and pleads.

"Please!  You must help us stop the harpy or it'll kill us all!"

The Kobolds are routed in confusion.  Some actually do go for the Harpy.  Two of the sturdier Kobold, fighting the wizard, are horrified by the blasphemy.

One Kobold shoots the harpy in its side while a Thri-Kreen uses the distraction to attack but with little effect.

 At Kerwyn's command, Ol Ironsides makes a run down one of the battles flanks and splits a Kobolds head like a nut, spraying pink mist from one of its flails.  Another Kobold's chest caves in.  A third gets its belly hooked on one of the flail spikes and it's guts spill on the ground.  The last catches a strike along side its head and collapses, it's nerves still thrashing its tail in its death throws. 

Another Thri-Kreen stabs the Harpy... And then it unleashes a torrent of poison gas that rolls through the crowd, choking down all of the Thri-Kreen and finishing off even more Kobolds.  One of Ol Ironsides tentacles withered and fell off. 

Then the wizard was screaming and flailing and covered in biting centipedes. 

Shavaris watches with increased horror as the carnage lays out right in front of her.  She watches as the wizard is now covered in small biting centipedes and the lioness is failing her fight with the harpy, if only it had stayed away.  She has a quick feeling of relief as whatever the harpy breathed out of its foul mouth did not reach her.  She decides that she is going to try and hinder the monster as much as she can.

She pulls out the bag that she used to capture Delph earlier today, and muses wow, how was that just a couple of hours ago?  Runs towards the creature, dodging three ugly kobolds as she dives into the mass bloodied fighters.  As she goes to spring up at the harpy, her foot slips in kobold guts and down she crashed, falling flat on her face in the mess.

One of the Thri-Kreen wraps it's arms around itself and staggers to the side before starting a series of short leaps to escape... 

The tiny fairy has big plans but maybe not big enough.  They rush towards the Harpy and when getting within 10 feet of it and within range of it they pivot around to get several other targets in mind.  Mainly the kobolds that have sided with it and the centipedes attacking the wizard.  Delph gets right in the middle of them and summons a mass of additional fists to slam into all the ones perpetuating the fight.  As he does this he yells "STOP KILLING EACH OTHER!!!" and slams each one of them with his spectral fists of rage.  Although not lethal in anyway the fairy is definitely aiming to knock out as many targets on one side as they can.  They Delphinium then turns to the Harpy and sends a set of fists to grapple it.  However, as they do colors swarm their vision from their sudden outburst and they temporarily can't even see the not-harpy as their fist go to grab it.  As their vision clears of purples, oranges and yellows they are not even sure if they caught it or not.  If not they will warn it "I will catch you and force you back in that cage if you don't stop!"

Delphinium's astral arms catch most of their intended targets, doing some minor damage, though the harpy is unaffected.  The harpy is just able to avoid the Fairy's attempt to grapple as Delphinium works to subdue it without further bloodshed.  

The Kobolds attacking the wizard finally finish the job.  The mean looking one stabs him twice with the spear; once in the stomach and once in the chest.  The wizard grabs for the spear, but then the other Kobold pulls a flask from its coat of many atrocities and throws it at the wizard, dissolving his face with a splash of acid.  Part of the centipedes are killed in the attack too, and they disperse when they hit the ground, but the Kobold doesn't seem to care.  They turn their attention to the lioness.  

Mommy Baba, seeing no choices left, lunges forward, one hand failing to gain purchase, but the other set of claws raking deep into the flesh of the harpy's stomach.  It screams as blood splatters the ground, and then the lioness takes another swing with the hand that missed and digs deeper into the cut.  The harpy screams in anger and pain, and one of its Kobold allies comes to its rescue, hosing Mommy Baba down with poison and putting an end to her.  The lioness collapses dead at the harpy's feet.  

Ward looks at the Harpy, realizing it probably isn't about to fly off. "Dammit" Ward says, casting Healing Word on the Wizard at second level as a bonus action, and then turning into a large Ape. "ah ah AHHHH" The Ape yells banging on its chest

The wizard gasps and claws at the air, too messed up to get up and be of any use as Ward revives him from near death.  His face is destroyed, his eyes gone from the acid attack.  He mouths something like 'what happened'.  

Another Thri-Kreen, seeing its opportunity, begins its hasty retreat, taking a huge leap to clear itself from the harpy.

Kerwyn moves forward close to Old Ironsides, he throws his glaive again at one of the kobolds and after he catches it he hunkers down behind Ironsides, planning to walk forward like he is walking behind a tank.  

Thrown glaive :  Attack: 27 Damage: 12 

The harpy, seeing its opportunity to finally get off the ground, takes flight.  It races past one of the Thri-Kreen with a beat of its powerful wings, its tail whipping out and slicing the shoulder of one of the Thri-Kreen.  The insect person grabs its shoulder and tries to hobble away, but the harypy was already circling, and then a cloud of poison rolled down over the Thri--Kreen.  The sliced one collapsed immediately and died.  Another collapsed next to it.  The remaining Thri-Kreen fled, nearly dead from the poison themselves.  The cloud of gas rolled across the battlefield and took the wizard down yet again, this time permanently.  

Delphinium and Shavaris were caught in the poison cloud. 

Johnathan looks over the monster. He notices the poison attack and shouts to the others, WE NEED TO SPREAD OUT, STOP IT FROM ATTACK US ALL AT ONCE. With that Johnathan moves south 30 feet. He looks up at the monster. He sees the bloodshed of the bug people, he sees Shavaris and Delphinium getting hurt badly. Johnathan gives a very concerned look. These were his friends and they didn’t do anything to the monster. I’m not gonna lose anymore friends to monsters. It’s had its chance, now it’s my turn. With that Johnathan pulls out his family wand and points at the creature. He channels magic and shouts, magicae telum, and 8 darts of magical energy flies out and goes towards to the monster. (Wand of magic missile, 6 charges used out of 7). When they hit he looks at the others, We need to stop this from killing the town. I’m sorry Ward.

Damage: 27