Crimson Sands of Time

(Sorry for the MIA) 

sam attacks the closest zombie 

attack 1 16 damage 9 slashing 5 cold 

attack 2 Nat 1 

bouns action sheild of faith on myself ac is now 19

sam has 108/122 hit points 

Piccolo plays her little instrument at Randy and Ethan's comments, but only Trisk seems to understand her musical melody

For Trisk

"No wait!... That's not quite right... I think some of these things happened in the past... Yes, then at the end there are images of us." Trisk calls out to his allies.

"I think she's trying to convey she's been imprisoned here for a very long time and many others have come and gone."

Trisk looks quickly around at what has become their battlefield with the mounds and undead. How many are left? We have killed some, right?

"And my name is Trisk but proper introductions can wait for now."

Tetrevess ✅️✅️✅️▶️

Picollo 21 ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

Ethan 20 ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

Triskellion 20 ✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

Samogri 19 ✅️✅️✅️▶️

Monsters 14 ✅️✅️✅️✅️⏸️

Randy 7 ✅️✅️✅️✅️⏸️

Randy destroys the skeleton. His ballista pushes the wight 5ft south, just beside a pillar as it crackles to life once again 

Some zombies, Trisk, Sam, Ethan, Tetrevess, also take 5 lightning damage. Picollo takes 1 (iirc)

The skeletons who have not been injured continue to snap bits from the plants and carry them to the baskets beside the door. Suffered with energy from the pillars, the broken plants instantly regrow. 

...

Picollo takes out two zombies. 

Trisk's magic scissors unerring the undead archers bow

<DA roll for previous bow attack 22

Sam moves to the nearest zombie, parting the thick foliage with his massive scaly claws, moving like a dinosaur through the dense jungle of overgrown crops. The zombie never has a chance as Sam emerges feom the greenery and takes him out.

Tetrevess and Sam both missed some so, if either wants to post actions, they've can.

<There's only one remaining hostile wight, unable to make ranged attacks, plus two turned zombies and some passive skeletons. 

With that in mind, to keep things moving, I'm posting his action>

The qught retaliates, attacking Sam longsword 19 for 6 slashing; life drain 15 for 4 necrotic & DC13 to resist reduced hp max.

Anyone can post action so we can keep things rolling.

(Piccolo takes two damage from the lightning, Trisk takes 2 additional damage from the lightning. )

"So they're things that have happened. There were people that came here but have fallen before us huh? Well then, I'd say it's time to break this chain!" Randy notices that the pillar are in fact doing something other than zapping his allies. Seeing this plus the fact that the plants are regrowing after they had been struck by the lightning, he has a hunch, but he wasn't sure if it would be approved by the rest; Either way... "Has anyone thought about smashing the pillars?" 

BA Ballista (At the skeleton closest to Ethan): 14 Damage: 14 Force and pushed back 5ft from him if it hits.

Fire Bolt at the pillar that's directly next to Trisk, wondering if it would do anything: 21, 20 Fire

Trisk will cast Chill Touch at the last remaining wight.

Attack: 16 Damage: 15 necrotic damage, and it can't regain hit points until the start of my next turn. Until then, the ghostly, skeletal hand clings to the target.

If you hit an undead target, it also has disadvantage on attack rolls against you until the end of your next turn.

"Once we finish off these last ones we should quickly leave this area. It might be easier than destroying the pillars."

Randy angers a skeleton in the midst of its tail, knocking it back 5ft. He then burns away some of the vines enteingimg a pillar of stone.

The remaining wight falls to the eery hand summoned by Trisk.

<Well, now there's one more hostile enemy, so does anyone want to take care of this skeleton?>

<anyone can post. I'm sure you csn take out a skeleton.  I'm interested in what you intend to do next, so really just whoever posts next can kill that skeleton. Just twll.me what you do next.>

“That everything now dead somewhat permanently”

”good” Sam says with a grin on his face 

“let’s look at the map to see where we are and figure out where would be a good idea to go to” 

<Do we have a map?>

DM

With unnatural speed and grace, the disheveled girl pulls a bandage from a small concealed pouch at her side, tends to Trisk, winks at him, then, like a squirrel, dashes down one column, where she hides, perhaps waiting to see what the party will do next. (She is very good at hiding)

(Cunning action: Fast hands, use object healing kit: 21 TRISK

(move to next pillar, (Second story work: Roguish archetype) climbs up, Hide: 19)

(ooc: do either, or both, of the doors have keyholes that we can look through... try to see some of what might be in each?)

"Hang on, a minute slow down!" Ethan calls out to Sam as he breaks the skeleton's entire body in half. "Getting out of here is one thing, but, if that girl over there has been trapped in this for years... shouldn't we at least find a way to release her from her... prison it seems, before we find a rest area? It wouldn't make sense to abandon this place alongside her. You think she's bound by some spell? I'm not risk using my last spell for nothing." He notices Randy trying to destroy a pillar only to do nothing to it. "Don't bother. You'll need something tougher than that if you want to crack open these stupid pillars. Unless if you're trying to cut off some energy supply or something..."

Ethan right now is very tempted to use Dispel Magic to hopefully free the girl from her invisible chains. But, fearing that he might also trigger something horrendous in the process, he decides to hold it off for now until everyone else has any other ideas.

Trisk holds up his hand, clearly displaying the new jewelry he wears.

"From all the visitors that have come before us, either none survived or were willing to accept this bracelet. With it, and the matching one she wears, I believe she is now freed from the pillar, or this room... whatever was holding her here."

Trisk strolls casually but purposefully to where Piccolo was last seen. Not that there is any further threat right now (except from the lightning pillars, perhaps?) and takes a protective stance nearby.

"Perhaps she needed a kindred spirit or someone who shared fey blood, I'm no expert on this but I do believe she is now free and able to leave with us. We should check those two doors quickly and try to get out of here before we get zapped to death by these enchanted pillars."

"Come out! Come out my little friend! None of us will harm you and the undead and mounds have been dealt with. It is finally time to leave this place."

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<Do we have a map?>

Yes.

DM

Does Piccolo know anything about the two doors and where they lead?

Nope. 

 Technically, Picollo is the only one who doesn't know what's on the other side of the door

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(ooc: do either, or both, of the doors have keyholes that we can look through... try to see some of what might be in each?)

Well, they're not locked with conventional keys, so it seems extremely unlikely.