Crimson Sands of Time

(Piccolo: Unless attacked by the bad guys....she helps in disrupting the black gate, she taps Trisk on the...waist (too short to reach higher), and points to the spar rock.

A quick few quite notes on her instrument

(an image of the spar rock, a key glowing after touching it).

(If attacked, she springs into action...and will attack on initiative 25)

Also, if not attacked, she will use her sharp eyes to search for any traps or secrets: 14 perception

(So long rest? Fair enough)

Following the long rest and the teleportation, Ethan was half-expecting some stupid monsters to slow their progress. Welp. At least they're not in the mood of an assault. "Alright, you guys know the drill, right? Casters... if they attack, distract them for us three. Also, don't engage. Keep watch on them so the keys can be attuned by someone... either Randy or another mobile guy. We've got some work to do!"

He then quietly heads to the contact stone alongside his brother and takes out the black key in secret so the attunement-to-disruption progress can begin, holding an attack in case the zombies decide to turn on him and Randy, despite his peaceful approach.

Stealth just in case if needed: 5

Zombies initiative = 11.

They attack on sight (but you manage to get the attunement from thr contact srone and disrupt the gate.)

Map incoming

Picollo and everyone else can see the sinkholes in the floor plainly. They're 5ft wide.

The zombies attack as one, in a ravenous swell of rotting flesh. (But they're really slow)

Piccolo moves up to 20 feet away from the closest Ogre Zombie, drawing two thorny daggers and tosses them: To hit: 25,    Damage: 10 magical piercing,  To hit (2): 14, damage: 10. She then uses cunning action to back up to a range of 50 feet.(North west wall)

"Well... Plan A failed... rip and tear! Now! Casters move to my rear quick!" Randy yells, concentrating all of his fire onto the nearest ogre zombie.

Fire Bolt: 21, 16 Fire

Ballista Attack: 20 Damage: 13

Welp... Plan A of quiet disruptions failed. Time to initiate the cleanup... He thinks, aiming at the most potent threat in the room right now before slotting the attuned key back into his pocket (If the first ogre dies from any of the attack beforehand, the second ogre is next)

Baseball 1: 13, Misses I assume

Baseball 2: 18, 12 Force, pushed back 10ft

Baseball 3: 18, 15 Force, pushed back another 10ft

(Bat and Chakram rolls in the log were mis-inputs by accident)

(Forgot to roll initiative; Non-nat 20)

Trisk's Initiative: 16 

Trisk will cast Chill Touch at one of the larger sized zombies.

Attack: 18 Damage: 18 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.

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Trisk's Initiative: 3 

Trisk will cast Chill Touch at one of the larger sized zombies.

Attack: 30 Damage: 34 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.

 (ooc: just quoting it before D&D Beyond flucks it up by saying the rolls are tampered with or something, lol)

Picollo lands two shots, her daggers sinking into the ogre's putrid flesh. Randy's attacks follow and the ogre bowls with pain and rage. Just then, he's hit by three glowing baseballs (not sure how much damage in all) pushing hom back 30ft.

At last, a spectral hand rushes toward the ogre, grasping its throat and choking the last but of unlike from its dead body.

It crashes to the floor with a dull thud.

<I think the chill touch was a crit, but it's moot. I used average damage for the first EB,  btw>

Picollo ✅️

Ethan ✅️

Randy ✅️

Trisk ✅️

Sam ▶️

Tetrevess ▶️

Sam and T are up.

(Followed by 8 or 9 zombies)

<just in case you missed it: you're all fresh off a long rest.>

https://www.owlbear.rodeo/room/V64TuMcUPJi8/TheAridCatch

The zombie hoard approaches. 2 attack Ethan, one attacks Sam, and another tries, but comically falls into the open pit before him, allowing space for the ogre zombie to close with the Primus Tyrannus.

The remaining zombies fill in behind them as one splits between Sam and Ethan to find Tetrevess.

ZxEthan 18 for 7 bludgeoning and 7 necrotic damage

Zx Ethan 24 for 7 bludgeoning and 7 necrotic damage

Zx Sam 8 for 7 bludgeoning and 7 necrotic damage

OZx Sam 13 for [roll] for 13 bludgeoning

Zx T 21 for 7 bludgeoning and 7 necrotic damage

These are greater zombies. Players are up.

(Harder to do in play by post but I'll try to make it work, (As a reaction from last round, just as the first zombie attacks Ethan, a very high pitched sound is heard from her flute, used to help distract it from hitting at the last moment: -8 to its 20 attack roll makes it a 14, which I believe is a miss for attack 1) Cutting 'words'

Piccolo again advances to within 20 feet, flinging one thorny dagger at Tetrevous zombie, and a second at the huge ogre zombie, while gaining a more effective sneak attack due to them being occupied by its foes. She then quickly dashes to the back of the room once again trying to avoid combat. (cunning action)

(To hit: 14, damage: 12 magical piercing to Zombie on Tetrevous)

Dagger 2: to hit: 22,   19  damage with sneak, on Ogre Zombie.)

Well uh, seeing that the zombies have made it to the centre, guess you know what Randy's gonna respond with in anger...

Fire Bolt: 19, 29 Fire

BA Attack: 17 Damage: 20, pushed back 5ft closer to the pit (25, 13)

(Both attacks are on the zombie who scored the 25 roll; If Piccolo's attacks kill beforehand, Randy will aim at the second ogre zombie that tried to attack Sam)

Bracing for the attacks to hit even though it doesn't, the Simic warrior gives a thumbs up at Piccolo before moving in to deal with the one that struck him in the chest... 

Reaction: He blocks the first attack with a precise parry with his weapon; If Piccolo's cutting words can be redirected onto the second attack instead, that would also be blocked.

And yes, he's gonna try and break his skull.

Strike 1: 22, 13 Bludgeon, 5 Necrotic

Strike 2: 27, 9 Bludgeon, 5 Necrotic

(Both attacks aimed on the one who could've hit if it wasn't for Piccolo's Cutting Words; If the attack above kill, Ethan will aim for the second one that tried to hit him instead)

Trisk will cast Chill Touch at the ogre zombie that everyone else is targeting.

Attack: 14 Damage: 11 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.

"Try and take down the big ones first unless someone has a way of hitting more than one of the smaller ones at a time."

After casting his spell Trisk will try to move as far away from where the zombies are but only if he is not in melee with any of them. (Don't want to take an AoO if I don't have to, lol.)

Sam will use turn undead “let you be under my control for now” 

As a bouns action sam will cast bless on the group from the prayer necklace he has