The sounds of digging have continued, but Ashley notices that there is another sound that seems to be coming not from the tunnel but from the ceiling above them, like something small tunneling or chewing its way past them.
(If Silas or Malachi make the 18 DC on their perception, they will also hear this)
Ashley instinctively reaches out to Malachi on her left and Silas on her right and grips their shoulders hard, looking up at the ceiling. She then lets go of Silas and points to the ceiling whispering, "Something is up there, tunneling, chewing, making their way past us?"
(Does the rat in the room pay Marion or Joren any mind?)
It darts forward into the room, looking to its right where Marion stands in wait. Once it sees her, it squeals a loud warning and turns to run back but stops as several voices speak out from behind the rubble at once, issuing orders. A large portion of the rubble collapses, widening the opening and more large rats begin to pour through.
(The scout rat seemed not to pick up any scent from Joren's echo, and though it has alerted the others of danger, it's uncertain how much detail it is able to communicate to the other rats or presumably its other handler. Marion's position may or may not be known to the others. She may also make a perception check to try to hear what commands were spoken, DC 15)
Frowning in frustration, Samir straightens and steps slightly to his left to clear his line of view. The components in his hand click together just before he hurls it towards the rockfall, where the liquid inside splashes out across the ground in front of the opening and across the rocks themselves, hopefully some getting inside as well to slow down the rats and their masters. He quickly steps back to his right, out of direct line of sight from the hole.
Move five feet to the left for clear line of sight, casting Grease at the front edge of the opening in the tunnel to get the opening, the area in front of it, and maybe a little on the other side, then stepping back to his left to where he started.
Seeing the rats appear brings back her nightmare all to readily and real. She sees herself back in the maze, the needles...needles...its almost too much and she starts to panic as she sees more poke their heads through the hole and she squeezes Malachi's shoulder even tighter. She takes a deep breath to help calm herself, then stands up from behind the table.
She bites her bottom lip hard, hard enough to draw blood, "By this curse misfortune will reign, your futures end, this is your bane."casting bane on the rat in the room and two she can see in the hole, she then runs to follow the noise in the ceiling but keeping her distance from the rats.
Joren feels a warmth suffusing his chest as he relaxes. He gives Marion and the rat alike a somewhat horrifying grin.
This is territory I am knowing. A fair fight and no exhaustion. Let us see what horrors this Marcus is having now. No easy meat are we, as he will soon be finding to his sorrow.
((I am assuming he has already switched places with his echo and is flanking the lead rat in the room, opposite Marion.))
Bonus action: Joren re-summons his echo, letting the old one disappear, and sends the new echo north to man the gap by north by the cave-in. Blocking the tunnel so the other rats have to get by the echo. Note: the echo is unaffected by the grease.
Action: Being very careful not to step on the grease, Joren swings his greatsword at the lead rat in the room, with advantage due to Marion flanking. See next post.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Malachi perception: 24
Malachi looks up as Ashley gestures to the ceiling with a whispered warning, but he can hear and see nothing overhead “Do you think they are tunneling behind us?” he whispers.
All questions are soon forgotten as the rats begin to pour through the opening in the tunnel. Malachi retreats toward the back of the room with Ashley, less concerned with the noise from above than with the rats entering the room. He reaches out and fills the mind of the lead rat with the fear of death as a ghostly hand claws at its eyes.
At Ashley's words, the hackles of the front three giant rats raise up in alarm, though they don't understand the curse they are experiencing.
Samir's contraption covers the rubble in grease and the three rats crawling through the already uneven terrain find footing impossible. They tumble to the ground on their backs, covered in the sticky grease.
The front rat turns to the table, alert, and dodges out of the way just as a crossbow bolt from Silas sails past it, clattering uselessly against the wall behind. Rearing up, it avoids a swipe from Malachi's spectral hand, and nearly gets out of the way of a big swing from Joren, but the sword cuts deeply into its thigh as it shrieks in pain.
As soon as the jig is up Marion does not hesitate, raising her sword in the air she chants: "Mzardi dana!", sheathing her weapon in energy before bringing it down sharply at the rat placed between herself and what is now Joren himself.
Attack Roll: Attack: 11 Damage: 11 with a potential 5 thunder damage if the target moves (assuming it hits of course!)
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Samir's hand dips into his bag once more, pulling out a disc-like object several inches across and with a bulging middle. Drawing back his arm, he throws the object like a throwing star, sending it whizzing down the corridor. It strikes the ground amidst the slippery rats, and immediately a jet of flame shoots up from the point of impact with a sustained whoosh of concentrated heat.
Cast Conjure Bonfire under the second closest rat, bypassing the one in melee with Marion and Joren. DC 14 Dex save for the rat in the space (and anyone who moves into it while it is active) or take 2 fire damage.
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The sounds of digging have continued, but Ashley notices that there is another sound that seems to be coming not from the tunnel but from the ceiling above them, like something small tunneling or chewing its way past them.
(If Silas or Malachi make the 18 DC on their perception, they will also hear this)
Silas perception 20
Ashley instinctively reaches out to Malachi on her left and Silas on her right and grips their shoulders hard, looking up at the ceiling. She then lets go of Silas and points to the ceiling whispering, "Something is up there, tunneling, chewing, making their way past us?"
(Does the rat in the room pay Marion or Joren any mind?)
Once the rat nears the entrance to the room it rears up on its hind legs, about chest height, and sniffs the air.
Perception: 14
It darts forward into the room, looking to its right where Marion stands in wait. Once it sees her, it squeals a loud warning and turns to run back but stops as several voices speak out from behind the rubble at once, issuing orders. A large portion of the rubble collapses, widening the opening and more large rats begin to pour through.
(The scout rat seemed not to pick up any scent from Joren's echo, and though it has alerted the others of danger, it's uncertain how much detail it is able to communicate to the other rats or presumably its other handler. Marion's position may or may not be known to the others. She may also make a perception check to try to hear what commands were spoken, DC 15)
Joren further Perception check (having switched position with echo) to hear commands spoken: 10
Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Barn(Paladin1): Damian_May's Ereworn Under the Shadow | Lyra(Warlock2/Bard4): VitusW's Silverwood Forest
Dyson/Eleo(Cleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(Druid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(Sorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(Fighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(Monk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(Cleric3/Sorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
"Damn, I was hoping that would work!"
Frowning in frustration, Samir straightens and steps slightly to his left to clear his line of view. The components in his hand click together just before he hurls it towards the rockfall, where the liquid inside splashes out across the ground in front of the opening and across the rocks themselves, hopefully some getting inside as well to slow down the rats and their masters. He quickly steps back to his right, out of direct line of sight from the hole.
Move five feet to the left for clear line of sight, casting Grease at the front edge of the opening in the tunnel to get the opening, the area in front of it, and maybe a little on the other side, then stepping back to his left to where he started.
Seeing the rats appear brings back her nightmare all to readily and real. She sees herself back in the maze, the needles...needles...its almost too much and she starts to panic as she sees more poke their heads through the hole and she squeezes Malachi's shoulder even tighter. She takes a deep breath to help calm herself, then stands up from behind the table.
She bites her bottom lip hard, hard enough to draw blood, "By this curse misfortune will reign, your futures end, this is your bane." casting bane on the rat in the room and two she can see in the hole, she then runs to follow the noise in the ceiling but keeping her distance from the rats.
Need CHA save of 12 from each rat
Marion perception round 2!: 6
Rat 1: 3
Rat 2: 7
Rat 3: 17
(Failures across the board)
With the first rat attempting to flee back to its counter parts Silas lets loose a bolt from his crossbow 8 for 3 damage, aiming at the scout rat.
He then looks up to where Ashley brings his attention, and watches her retreat slightly following something.
Joren feels a warmth suffusing his chest as he relaxes. He gives Marion and the rat alike a somewhat horrifying grin.
This is territory I am knowing. A fair fight and no exhaustion. Let us see what horrors this Marcus is having now. No easy meat are we, as he will soon be finding to his sorrow.
((I am assuming he has already switched places with his echo and is flanking the lead rat in the room, opposite Marion.))
Bonus action: Joren re-summons his echo, letting the old one disappear, and sends the new echo north to man the gap by north by the cave-in. Blocking the tunnel so the other rats have to get by the echo. Note: the echo is unaffected by the grease.
Action: Being very careful not to step on the grease, Joren swings his greatsword at the lead rat in the room, with advantage due to Marion flanking. See next post.
Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Barn(Paladin1): Damian_May's Ereworn Under the Shadow | Lyra(Warlock2/Bard4): VitusW's Silverwood Forest
Dyson/Eleo(Cleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(Druid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(Sorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(Fighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(Monk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(Cleric3/Sorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
Joren greatsword attack on lead rat in room:
Attack: 18 Damage: 10
Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Barn(Paladin1): Damian_May's Ereworn Under the Shadow | Lyra(Warlock2/Bard4): VitusW's Silverwood Forest
Dyson/Eleo(Cleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(Druid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(Sorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(Fighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(Monk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(Cleric3/Sorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
Malachi perception: 24
Malachi looks up as Ashley gestures to the ceiling with a whispered warning, but he can hear and see nothing overhead “Do you think they are tunneling behind us?” he whispers.
All questions are soon forgotten as the rats begin to pour through the opening in the tunnel. Malachi retreats toward the back of the room with Ashley, less concerned with the noise from above than with the rats entering the room. He reaches out and fills the mind of the lead rat with the fear of death as a ghostly hand claws at its eyes.
Attack: 24 Damage: 5 necrotic damage.
Initiative (when needed) 12.
At Ashley's words, the hackles of the front three giant rats raise up in alarm, though they don't understand the curse they are experiencing.
Samir's contraption covers the rubble in grease and the three rats crawling through the already uneven terrain find footing impossible. They tumble to the ground on their backs, covered in the sticky grease.
The front rat turns to the table, alert, and dodges out of the way just as a crossbow bolt from Silas sails past it, clattering uselessly against the wall behind. Rearing up, it avoids a swipe from Malachi's spectral hand, and nearly gets out of the way of a big swing from Joren, but the sword cuts deeply into its thigh as it shrieks in pain.
As soon as the jig is up Marion does not hesitate, raising her sword in the air she chants: "Mzardi dana!", sheathing her weapon in energy before bringing it down sharply at the rat placed between herself and what is now Joren himself.
Attack Roll: Attack: 11 Damage: 11 with a potential 5 thunder damage if the target moves (assuming it hits of course!)
Recoiling from Joren's attack, the rat spins out of the way in time to avoid the descending attack from Marion.
Samir's hand dips into his bag once more, pulling out a disc-like object several inches across and with a bulging middle. Drawing back his arm, he throws the object like a throwing star, sending it whizzing down the corridor. It strikes the ground amidst the slippery rats, and immediately a jet of flame shoots up from the point of impact with a sustained whoosh of concentrated heat.
Cast Conjure Bonfire under the second closest rat, bypassing the one in melee with Marion and Joren. DC 14 Dex save for the rat in the space (and anyone who moves into it while it is active) or take 2 fire damage.