Matilda awakens, trying to make sense of Ben, Horatio, and a mud-covered Tiny standing over her. A dead redcap lay nearby, together with at least three more red toadstools that look disturbingly like the tops of more buried redcaps. Squirt hovers overhead agitatedly. "It dented me! The horrid thing dented me!" it cries. Pud and Will stand on the other side of the toadstool patch, drenched in swamp muck.
~~~
Meanwhile, Titaani opens the southern interior door of the kitchen with the help of her paring knife and her magic gloves.
Within is the circular chamber she had visited once before, with two more doors and a wood-carved staircase leading up. The walls are a dense tangle of tree roots and brambles, nestled among which are five animated portraits: Matilda with her cleaver; her little brother Wirrun, trapped in a bubble; and Matilta's mother, aunt, and father. Each portrait magically animates to create the impression that the subject is silently looking around and shifting uncomfortably.
"Where are you going, little figment?" asks Cradlefall, following Titaani from a distance.
Pud hobbles over to the group as Ben and Horatio rejoin the group.
“Hey guys, welcome baaac…” he pauses at the sight of Matilda. “…whoa are you…okay? Hang on a sec.”
Pud sheaths his knife and whips out some odd sorta multi-tool and waves it over Matilda like a wand. He casts healing word on her, healing Matilda for 8 hp.
“That’s a little better.” He turns his attention to Squirt. “Come ‘ere buddy. You did great!” He casts the cantrip mending on the brave little oil tin.
“Thank you for coming to rescue us, but some small bit of fortune from the Witchlight Carnival seemed to have beat you to it. When we awoke, our chains were inbound and the exit unlocked,” explains Ben.
Looking at the scene, Ben asks, “We seem to have the upper hand out here…Is the hag still active, or is there a way we might be able to capitalize on our current situation and eliminate her once and for all of she is unready?”
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
"Fire." Notes Horatio, nodding at the great turned over tree. "Let's not risk a fight with her in the open. Let's just light this madhouse up and watch it burn from the woodline - once we get Titaani out of there. I'm of the mind that we need to get a lot more organized instead of these haphazard run ins. If we had weapons, armor, and some time to properly plan we could probably end that hag with a quickness... and lots of fire."
"Hey, that's nice!" replies Squirt, gratefully, admiring its newly undented exterior. "We really took care of those brutes, didn't we?" adds the little oil can, brightly.
Titaani is nowhere to be seen. The door to the kitchen is fully closed. Tiny looks around anxiously.
”First things first..let’s get Titaani—did anyone see which way she went?” says Ben. “As to burning the whole place down, well, there might be other survivors and/or materiel such as armor or weapons you mentioned we should get first”, he adds, “And perhaps we can just burn the Hag in that oven or something instead.”
”Speaking of armor and weapons, has anyone seen Elkhorn?” he mentions, still hoping they can get more aid from him.
"Fair enough," responds Ben, taking his staff/stick and splatting one of the budding mushrooms. He then starts moving towards the kitchen door, not exactly sure what he is going to do once he gets there if it is locked.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Ben stick attack vs. toadstool: 25. Hit: 8 bludgeoning damage.
Squirming out of the dirt comes a half-formed redcap, outraged at being awakened early. "Too early!" it shrieks.
Roll initiative!
Redcap:2
~~~
Meanwhile, Titaani finds the textile mill upstairs open and its three huge looms abandoned. A door leads to the balcony, together with a moth-filled window, and another door leads to the cramped storeroom.
Titaani steps out onto the upper balcony, which overlooks the western gardens, away from the rest of the party. Directly below her, she can see Granny's wooden rocking horse, together with a tree that moves unnaturally in the still, windless twilight. To her left, she can see the pumpkin patch (no snakes are visible). Past that, she sees the row of screaming scarecrows, making a deafening racket. A half dozen tin soldiers race around, looking for intruders. There are no stairs or other exits from this empty balcony.
Cradlefall follows her into the textile mill. "Where are you going, little nightmare? Would you like a push?"
~~~
Meanwhile, the badly wounded, half-formed redcap prepares to slash up Pud with its shiny sickle, although Horatio may still try to intervene.
Matilda awakens, trying to make sense of Ben, Horatio, and a mud-covered Tiny standing over her. A dead redcap lay nearby, together with at least three more red toadstools that look disturbingly like the tops of more buried redcaps. Squirt hovers overhead agitatedly. "It dented me! The horrid thing dented me!" it cries. Pud and Will stand on the other side of the toadstool patch, drenched in swamp muck.
~~~
Meanwhile, Titaani opens the southern interior door of the kitchen with the help of her paring knife and her magic gloves.
Within is the circular chamber she had visited once before, with two more doors and a wood-carved staircase leading up. The walls are a dense tangle of tree roots and brambles, nestled among which are five animated portraits: Matilda with her cleaver; her little brother Wirrun, trapped in a bubble; and Matilta's mother, aunt, and father. Each portrait magically animates to create the impression that the subject is silently looking around and shifting uncomfortably.
"Where are you going, little figment?" asks Cradlefall, following Titaani from a distance.
" Where is Titaani?", Matilda said suddenly.
Pud hobbles over to the group as Ben and Horatio rejoin the group.
“Hey guys, welcome baaac…” he pauses at the sight of Matilda. “…whoa are you…okay? Hang on a sec.”
Pud sheaths his knife and whips out some odd sorta multi-tool and waves it over Matilda like a wand. He casts healing word on her, healing Matilda for 8 hp.
“That’s a little better.” He turns his attention to Squirt. “Come ‘ere buddy. You did great!” He casts the cantrip mending on the brave little oil tin.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Ben:
“Thank you for coming to rescue us, but some small bit of fortune from the Witchlight Carnival seemed to have beat you to it. When we awoke, our chains were inbound and the exit unlocked,” explains Ben.
Looking at the scene, Ben asks, “We seem to have the upper hand out here…Is the hag still active, or is there a way we might be able to capitalize on our current situation and eliminate her once and for all of she is unready?”
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
"Fire." Notes Horatio, nodding at the great turned over tree. "Let's not risk a fight with her in the open. Let's just light this madhouse up and watch it burn from the woodline - once we get Titaani out of there. I'm of the mind that we need to get a lot more organized instead of these haphazard run ins. If we had weapons, armor, and some time to properly plan we could probably end that hag with a quickness... and lots of fire."
"Hey, that's nice!" replies Squirt, gratefully, admiring its newly undented exterior. "We really took care of those brutes, didn't we?" adds the little oil can, brightly.
Titaani is nowhere to be seen. The door to the kitchen is fully closed. Tiny looks around anxiously.
Ben:
”First things first..let’s get Titaani—did anyone see which way she went?” says Ben. “As to burning the whole place down, well, there might be other survivors and/or materiel such as armor or weapons you mentioned we should get first”, he adds, “And perhaps we can just burn the Hag in that oven or something instead.”
”Speaking of armor and weapons, has anyone seen Elkhorn?” he mentions, still hoping they can get more aid from him.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Matilda levered herself off the ground, " She's looking for you two so she probably went inside."
" That dragon and the dead girl and Granny and other things are still in there."
She nodded thanks to Pud for healing her.
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Retrieving her weapons she looked at the red toadstolls, " We should destroy these so our escape isn't cut off...stupid toadstools."
Ben:
"Fair enough," responds Ben, taking his staff/stick and splatting one of the budding mushrooms. He then starts moving towards the kitchen door, not exactly sure what he is going to do once he gets there if it is locked.
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Titaani, still believing Ben and Horatio are imprisoned, glances around the room hurriedly before making her way upstairs.
Pronouns: She/her/her's
Currently playing as Titaani Leelathae in The Wild beyond the Witchlight
Ben stick attack vs. toadstool: 25. Hit: 8 bludgeoning damage.
Squirming out of the dirt comes a half-formed redcap, outraged at being awakened early. "Too early!" it shrieks.
Roll initiative!
Redcap: 2
~~~
Meanwhile, Titaani finds the textile mill upstairs open and its three huge looms abandoned. A door leads to the balcony, together with a moth-filled window, and another door leads to the cramped storeroom.
Matilda hewed into the toadstool thing.
Initiative: 18
Shortsword- Attack: 9 Damage: 8 if Sneak Attack from Ben 8
Handaxe BA Attack: 17 Damage: 6
Ben’s Initiative: 5
Shocked that the thing is already alive, Ben tries to smash it again, swinging two-handed with his staff.
Staff: Attack: 23 Damage: 5
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Ben:
(level 5, two attacks per action)
Staff: Attack: 24 Damage: 5
Gerrard Feldren - Human Noble in Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Initiative: 6
“oh no!” Pud reacts to the awakening of the nasty little shroom.
He grabs his walking stick off his back and hobbles into the fray. Smacks the Redcap on the noggin with a heavy thud!
Bonus action: cast shillelagh on his walking stick/club
Move: hobble into melee range with the Redcap
Action: 18 to hit for 11 (8+3) bludgeoning damage
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Before Ben (his back turned, heading toward the kitchen door) is able to realize what happened, Matilda and Pud dive in to attack the awakened redcap.
Matilda isn't able to find purchase on it, but Pud gets in a solid blow.
Horatio initiative: 21
Horatio may act next!
Titaani smiles at the moths and walks onto the balcony. She glances down curiously, hearing a commotion below.
Pronouns: She/her/her's
Currently playing as Titaani Leelathae in The Wild beyond the Witchlight
Titaani steps out onto the upper balcony, which overlooks the western gardens, away from the rest of the party. Directly below her, she can see Granny's wooden rocking horse, together with a tree that moves unnaturally in the still, windless twilight. To her left, she can see the pumpkin patch (no snakes are visible). Past that, she sees the row of screaming scarecrows, making a deafening racket. A half dozen tin soldiers race around, looking for intruders. There are no stairs or other exits from this empty balcony.
Cradlefall follows her into the textile mill. "Where are you going, little nightmare? Would you like a push?"
~~~
Meanwhile, the badly wounded, half-formed redcap prepares to slash up Pud with its shiny sickle, although Horatio may still try to intervene.
Horatio pounces on the ill-tempered fungii. "Play with me for awhile!" He yells with an angry tone.
Attack 1: Left Jab: 9 hit, 8 dmg
Attack 2: Right Hook: 25 hit, 5 dmg
BA: Shin Kick: (( Nat 1 )) 9 dmg