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Joren tries peering through the hole in the cave-in to send his echo there but can't make out the enemies clearly. He is barely aware of his allies being attacked to the south, especially Ashley, but grimly sending mental encouragement their way for whatever that is worth...
He moves 5' diagonally northwest so Rat 1 is between him and Marion (and he is now in melee range, 5' south and east of Rats 3 and 4, north of Rat 1). Joren is going to try to do several things on this turn ((see subsequent posts)), but first is to attack Rat 1 with his greatsword from his own position with advantage, flanking (north-south) with Marion.
((Ok, I did NOT manipulate the roll above, but it re-rolled it anyway when I re-loaded the page! The original rolls were lower. 13 to hit and 8 damage only... jeez, DDB is frustrating sometimes... Let me know if that attack hits, and I will add Joren's likelyUnleash Incarnation andAction Surge.)).
Joren misses with his first swing and gnashes his teeth in frustration.
"MAY RAZMUS BE BUGGERING HIMSELF WITH MY GREATSWORD AND WIPING HIS ARSE WITH THE CORPSES OF THESE DAMNED RATS!"
Joren summons his echo 15' north with his bonus action and sends it 30' further north through the opening to stand next to the crossbowmen. He seems to move faster for a moment, using his Action Surge and both of his Unleash Incarnations. He attacks again from his position at advantage on Rat 1 due to flanking with Marion. His echo attacks whichever enemies past the cave-in that Joren can see. Attack on Rat 1 is lethal, attacks on crossbowmen are non-lethal, wanting to avoid any chance at more exploding corpses.
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Action surge attack from Joren's position on Rat 1: Attack: 23 Damage: 12
Unleash Incarnation 1, non-lethal, from echo's position on any crossbowman Joren can see that is still standing: Attack: 9 Damage: 11 Unleash Incarnation 2, non-lethal, from echo's position on any crossbowman Joren can see that is still standing: Attack: 26 Damage: 14
Assuming Joren's attack on Rat 1 finishes it off, Joren then moves into melee range with Rats 2 and 3 and squeezes northwest between them, staying in melee, but trying to accomplish 2 things:
1. Get within 30' of his echo so it persists. 2. Give Marion flanking next round if applicable.
After Joren's first strike misses, the rat rears up to hiss at him, but as it lunges to bite, Joren's back swing takes it's head clean off. At the same time, an alternate version of Joren behind the rubble swings at one of the crossbowmen. Startled and confused, the man stumbles back, avoiding the blow but bumping against the wall of the tunnel. With nowhere else to go, he isn't able to get out of the way of the Echo's impossible fast follow-up thrust. The colourless sword bites ribs and comes back bloodied.
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Motivated to escape the flames, and seeing Silas moving slightly slower, both rat swarms converge on him. (two Dex saves DC 13)
As Joren attempts to get past the two rats, getting within range of his echo, they circle around him and attack from opposite sides.
Attack: 23 - 1 Damage: 7 (double the 7 to 14 for the crit!)
Attack: 23 Damage: 10
At the same time, Joren can see a flurry of shadow and movement through the gap in the rubble as the enemies on the far side try to fend off the half-real half-dwarf suddenly in their midst. Then the opening is blocked by two more rats shoving themselves through the opening to join the fray, though they both scramble and struggle on the grease, losing their footing. As they move, some of the stone shifts and pins one of the rats' tails, eliciting a furious squeal of protest.
At some point during the struggle with the echo, there is a loud clang, followed by a low rumble as a decent chunk of the remaining blockage tumbles down, buffeting the unfortunate pinned rat (5 damage.)
Rocks tumble away to fully reveal the other side of the cave-in where the cause of the collapse can be immediately spotted. Another rat-headed man stands beside where Joren's echo had been, a pickaxe in its hands now firmly lodged in the rubble from a reckless swing gone wide. Another rat-man stands further back, wisps of Joren's shredded echo rising from its own pickaxe. Two regular men can be seen with crossbows in one hand and knives in the other, with rat-ear necklaces arounf their necks. One is still standing, while the other is leaning hard and inspecting the wound where he'd been stabbed. A third figure can be seen running off further down the tunnel. Presumably 'Lancet' off to warn others
Silas manages to fend off a decent number of the rats as they try to jump on him, but he feels a swarm of them crawling all over his body, biting wherever they find an opening. (19 HP - 13 AC + 2 = 8 damage piercing)
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Letting his focus on the first fire disc falter, Samir flicks another of the devices into the midst of the grease where he can just make out the rats struggling to escape. Hoping that the poor footing will prevent them from escaping the new danger, he activates the fire with a surge of will through its arcane sigils.
Conjure Bonfire underneath one of the rats slipping in the grease. DC 14 Dex or 4 fire damage.
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As Silas is bitten all over, a rage over takes him and he screams out in wholly unknown tongue, as he does a flash of hellish energy waves over the rats that inflicted damage upon the Goliath, his Firbolg form burning away under the swarm which takes 22 damage (of they fail the DC13 Dex save) from a Hellish Rebuke reaction.
The alien words coming from Silas's mouth make everyone's ears ring and eyes water as he is engulfed in a flash of purple-black flame. As quickly as the flames appear, they vanish. Ash drifts lazily through the air around him, the only evidence remaining of the rats that had been covering him moments prior.
Joren, enraged at being hit so hard, briefly considers sending his echo after this Lancet fellow, or to hit the wounded crossbowman again. But that will have to wait.
With a bonus action, he summons his echo and puts it right in front of Rats 5 and 6 in the Grease, just standing there trying to block attacks and advancement (with Sentinel feat if needed).
He attacks whichever of the forward Rats (3 or 4) he can get advantage on via flanking with Marion. Roll in next post.
Joren spins on the rat sinking its teeth into a joint in his armour, and he plunges his greatsword down through it's spine and nearly into the stone below. Its jaws release as it collapses limp at Joren's feet.
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“The necklaces!”Malachi calls, pointing them out to the others. “Break their control” Malachi locks eyes with the wounded man and uses his wounds to fill his mind with the fear of death as he conjures a skeletal hand grasping toward the man.
I should add that after attacking, Joren thinks better of continuing to try to provide flanking after getting hit hard last time. He uses his remaining movement to circle back around south of the remaining rat he is in melee with, keeping it between himself and the 2 other rats in the grease near his echo (not to mention the 2 rat-men and 2 crossbowmen past them). This may clear the way in case Marion wants to use another area spell like she did last time, he thinks.
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As the hellish Black and purple flash dissipates, Silas seems to grab some of the energy from himself and, eyes burning with an alien spectre, throw the vibrant spatial ripple through the air striking out at the secondary swarm Eldritch Blast13, Damage 2.
Silas then yells once more apparently in an attempt to keep focus on the magic flowing through him as it leaks out into the air around him visually displaying his weak grasp on control, "s-stay back!"he warns Ashley, a hesitation creeping in to his voice.
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Leaving her longsword on the ground behind her, Marion begins striding forward confidently to support Joren, raising her voice loudly as she moves while a warm blue light begins to grow around her left hand as she speaks:
"Fear not, warriors of the light; For our cause is righteous and just;
We draw weapons, not to sow woe and misery; But to protect the innocent and the vulnerable;
And thus, does Her divine light shine upon us; Protecting us from harm, and allaying our injuries;"
As she finishes, and comes alongside Joren, Marion places her hand on his shoulder as the energy that had built up flows into him and knitting some of his wounds. Unhitching her hand axe she stands ready to deal with the rest of the rats, shield raised and poised for the next round of blows.
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Ashley stares in wonder as Silas erupts in black and purple flame dissipating most of the swarm and heading his warning, She turns and notices that the real fight is in the tunnel.
She runs towards the collapse as far as she can avoiding the dead rats on her way. Seeing a shadow running down the tunnel away from them, her anger fuels her spell, the red energy encircling her, crackling. Lifting both her hands in front of her, flame erupts from her palms and blasts 30’ down the tunnel.
Joren tries peering through the hole in the cave-in to send his echo there but can't make out the enemies clearly. He is barely aware of his allies being attacked to the south, especially Ashley, but grimly sending mental encouragement their way for whatever that is worth...
He moves 5' diagonally northwest so Rat 1 is between him and Marion (and he is now in melee range, 5' south and east of Rats 3 and 4, north of Rat 1). Joren is going to try to do several things on this turn ((see subsequent posts)), but first is to attack Rat 1 with his greatsword from his own position with advantage, flanking (north-south) with Marion.
Attack: 25 Damage: 15
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
((Ok, I did NOT manipulate the roll above, but it re-rolled it anyway when I re-loaded the page! The original rolls were lower. 13 to hit and 8 damage only... jeez, DDB is frustrating sometimes... Let me know if that attack hits, and I will add Joren's likely Unleash Incarnation and Action Surge.)).
Joren misses with his first swing and gnashes his teeth in frustration.
"MAY RAZMUS BE BUGGERING HIMSELF WITH MY GREATSWORD AND WIPING HIS ARSE WITH THE CORPSES OF THESE DAMNED RATS!"
Joren summons his echo 15' north with his bonus action and sends it 30' further north through the opening to stand next to the crossbowmen. He seems to move faster for a moment, using his Action Surge and both of his Unleash Incarnations. He attacks again from his position at advantage on Rat 1 due to flanking with Marion. His echo attacks whichever enemies past the cave-in that Joren can see. Attack on Rat 1 is lethal, attacks on crossbowmen are non-lethal, wanting to avoid any chance at more exploding corpses.
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
Action surge attack from Joren's position on Rat 1: Attack: 23 Damage: 12
Unleash Incarnation 1, non-lethal, from echo's position on any crossbowman Joren can see that is still standing: Attack: 9 Damage: 11
Unleash Incarnation 2, non-lethal, from echo's position on any crossbowman Joren can see that is still standing: Attack: 26 Damage: 14
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
Assuming Joren's attack on Rat 1 finishes it off, Joren then moves into melee range with Rats 2 and 3 and squeezes northwest between them, staying in melee, but trying to accomplish 2 things:
1. Get within 30' of his echo so it persists.
2. Give Marion flanking next round if applicable.
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
After Joren's first strike misses, the rat rears up to hiss at him, but as it lunges to bite, Joren's back swing takes it's head clean off. At the same time, an alternate version of Joren behind the rubble swings at one of the crossbowmen. Startled and confused, the man stumbles back, avoiding the blow but bumping against the wall of the tunnel. With nowhere else to go, he isn't able to get out of the way of the Echo's impossible fast follow-up thrust. The colourless sword bites ribs and comes back bloodied.
Motivated to escape the flames, and seeing Silas moving slightly slower, both rat swarms converge on him. (two Dex saves DC 13)
As Joren attempts to get past the two rats, getting within range of his echo, they circle around him and attack from opposite sides.
Attack: 23 - 1 Damage: 7 (double the 7 to 14 for the crit!)
Attack: 23 Damage: 10
At the same time, Joren can see a flurry of shadow and movement through the gap in the rubble as the enemies on the far side try to fend off the half-real half-dwarf suddenly in their midst. Then the opening is blocked by two more rats shoving themselves through the opening to join the fray, though they both scramble and struggle on the grease, losing their footing. As they move, some of the stone shifts and pins one of the rats' tails, eliciting a furious squeal of protest.
At some point during the struggle with the echo, there is a loud clang, followed by a low rumble as a decent chunk of the remaining blockage tumbles down, buffeting the unfortunate pinned rat (5 damage.)
Rocks tumble away to fully reveal the other side of the cave-in where the cause of the collapse can be immediately spotted. Another rat-headed man stands beside where Joren's echo had been, a pickaxe in its hands now firmly lodged in the rubble from a reckless swing gone wide. Another rat-man stands further back, wisps of Joren's shredded echo rising from its own pickaxe. Two regular men can be seen with crossbows in one hand and knives in the other, with rat-ear necklaces arounf their necks. One is still standing, while the other is leaning hard and inspecting the wound where he'd been stabbed. A third figure can be seen running off further down the tunnel. Presumably 'Lancet' off to warn others
Attacks on the echo:
14
10
7
16
Dex Saves for the grease:
Rat 5: 21
Rat 6: 9
Silas' Dex saves
First, 19
Second, 6
Silas manages to fend off a decent number of the rats as they try to jump on him, but he feels a swarm of them crawling all over his body, biting wherever they find an opening. (19 HP - 13 AC + 2 = 8 damage piercing)
Letting his focus on the first fire disc falter, Samir flicks another of the devices into the midst of the grease where he can just make out the rats struggling to escape. Hoping that the poor footing will prevent them from escaping the new danger, he activates the fire with a surge of will through its arcane sigils.
Conjure Bonfire underneath one of the rats slipping in the grease. DC 14 Dex or 4 fire damage.
As Silas is bitten all over, a rage over takes him and he screams out in wholly unknown tongue, as he does a flash of hellish energy waves over the rats that inflicted damage upon the Goliath, his Firbolg form burning away under the swarm which takes 22 damage (of they fail the DC13 Dex save) from a Hellish Rebuke reaction.
Rat swarm dex save: 13
Rat 5 dex save: 17
The alien words coming from Silas's mouth make everyone's ears ring and eyes water as he is engulfed in a flash of purple-black flame. As quickly as the flames appear, they vanish. Ash drifts lazily through the air around him, the only evidence remaining of the rats that had been covering him moments prior.
Joren, enraged at being hit so hard, briefly considers sending his echo after this Lancet fellow, or to hit the wounded crossbowman again. But that will have to wait.
With a bonus action, he summons his echo and puts it right in front of Rats 5 and 6 in the Grease, just standing there trying to block attacks and advancement (with Sentinel feat if needed).
He attacks whichever of the forward Rats (3 or 4) he can get advantage on via flanking with Marion. Roll in 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's attack on Rat 3 or 4 with flanking advantage: Attack: 23 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
Joren spins on the rat sinking its teeth into a joint in his armour, and he plunges his greatsword down through it's spine and nearly into the stone below. Its jaws release as it collapses limp at Joren's feet.
“The necklaces!” Malachi calls, pointing them out to the others. “Break their control” Malachi locks eyes with the wounded man and uses his wounds to fill his mind with the fear of death as he conjures a skeletal hand grasping toward the man.
Attack: 22 Damage: 5 necrotic damage.
I should add that after attacking, Joren thinks better of continuing to try to provide flanking after getting hit hard last time. He uses his remaining movement to circle back around south of the remaining rat he is in melee with, keeping it between himself and the 2 other rats in the grease near his echo (not to mention the 2 rat-men and 2 crossbowmen past them). This may clear the way in case Marion wants to use another area spell like she did last time, he thinks.
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
As the hellish Black and purple flash dissipates, Silas seems to grab some of the energy from himself and, eyes burning with an alien spectre, throw the vibrant spatial ripple through the air striking out at the secondary swarm Eldritch Blast 13, Damage 2.
Silas then yells once more apparently in an attempt to keep focus on the magic flowing through him as it leaks out into the air around him visually displaying his weak grasp on control, "s-stay back!" he warns Ashley, a hesitation creeping in to his voice.
Leaving her longsword on the ground behind her, Marion begins striding forward confidently to support Joren, raising her voice loudly as she moves while a warm blue light begins to grow around her left hand as she speaks:
"Fear not, warriors of the light;
For our cause is righteous and just;
We draw weapons, not to sow woe and misery;
But to protect the innocent and the vulnerable;
And thus, does Her divine light shine upon us;
Protecting us from harm, and allaying our injuries;"
As she finishes, and comes alongside Joren, Marion places her hand on his shoulder as the energy that had built up flows into him and knitting some of his wounds. Unhitching her hand axe she stands ready to deal with the rest of the rats, shield raised and poised for the next round of blows.
Healing Joren for 9 hit points!
Ashley stares in wonder as Silas erupts in black and purple flame dissipating most of the swarm and heading his warning, She turns and notices that the real fight is in the tunnel.
She runs towards the collapse as far as she can avoiding the dead rats on her way. Seeing a shadow running down the tunnel away from them, her anger fuels her spell, the red energy encircling her, crackling. Lifting both her hands in front of her, flame erupts from her palms and blasts 30’ down the tunnel.
casts Aganazzar’s Scorcher
DEX save 12 or 12 fire damage