Crimson Sands of Time

Barely hanging on to his sanity, Ethan goes over to block and swing at the two wraiths without saying a word (Twice if he hadn't attacked the previous round); He can hear Randy's voice telling him to snap back to reality, but right now the pain is too much for him to say anything back, let alone respond to his pleas.

Strike 1 (Wraith 1): 14, 12 Total

Strike 2 (Wraith 2): 24, 18 Total

Strike 3 (Wraith 1): 30, 19 Total

Strike 4 (Wraith 2): 13, 17 total

BA Sentinel OA (The wraith that spooked Randy; If it dies beforehand ignore this): NAT 20, 17 Total Nevermind I saw that it died

How he attacks the wraiths after all of this chaos:

Ethan takes out both wraiths, clearing the room of hostile creatures.

Tetrevess teleports just past tbe threshold, whixh seems to hold the noxious cloud at bay, thereby avoid its effects. The Specter is shaken by the effects of the wizard's departure, but the malevolent vaporous apparition persists, undeterred from it's malicious intention. (Thunder resistance)

Specter Con save 14

The remaining specters attack the giant ape in the room full of noxious gas.

Specter: life drain  20 for 10 necrotic. DC 10 con sav or max hp reduced by damage taken

Gloamwing: bite 22 for 18 piercing and Claw 15 for 15 slashing

Nightveil Specter: scythe 12 for 11 slashing plus 13 psychic

Players are up

<Sorry, those all should have had advantage, due to stunned.>

So, the higher of

Specter: life drain 7 or 20 for 10 necrotic. DC 10 con sav or max hp reduced by damage taken

Gloamwing: bite 15  or 22 for 18 piercing and Claw 20 or 15 for 15 slashing

Nightveil Specter: scythe 19 or 12 for 11 slashing plus 13 psychic

(please post for Crimson Sands of Time campaign, thank you)

Giant Ape needs to make 3 CON saves for concentration, if any of them fail I will apply the attacks and damage that follow to Trisk (ie. if the 2nd attack causes the Ape to fail then the 3rd attack will be for Trisk, but if the 1st attack causes the Ape to fail then both the 2nd and 3rd attacks will be for Trisk etc.)

1st CON: 20 

2nd CON: 17 

3rd CON: 7 

Noted: Giant ape reverts to Trisk plus movement plus temp hp.

Players are still up. 

Eira reflects on her situation, "I've been trapped here for who knows hiw long. I think we should move on, but I'll follow whatever you had in mind," the wood elf declares. Suddenly she convulse and says contrary, in a darker, brooding tone: "Nonsense, these fools can rot with all the rest.  Especially that runt. Had she not escaped her bondage, the Thayans would have no need for us and we would never have been abused to the brink of death, or just a bit farther."

Once more, in the gentler tone of Eira, "No, these people saved me. I will lay down my life to see them succeed in stopping Szazz Tam and making him pay for what he did to me," she writhes as she strains to go on, "...to you to so many thousands of others."

<you're still in combat. There are two other doors. The two specters, one mounted on a gloamwing, are in the posion room. That stuff is still on the alter, btw.>

With longstrider in effect, piccolo runs forward tossing two daggers when she reaches range at Eiras foe.

19 and 30 to hit

Damage: 9,  damage with sneak: 15

she then uses her fast hands to heal the confused Eira

healer heals 5 plus Eiras max hit dice  

max hit dice. 

Seeing the situation unfold behind his back, Randy turns to Tetrevess: "HEY! You at the back! Get to safety!" He shouts. Once Tetrevess and Ethan reach the other side of the room, Randy will shut the door leading to that poison filled room before he takes a breather... And notices Ethan still in a berserker's mood with his eyes still glowing in pain. Turning back to Ethan, he grabs onto his arm. "HEY! Please! You can calm down now! It's over! Snap out of it!" Noticing the environment, if Ethan were to lose control now, he'd most likely turn on either one of the two wizards, who seems to be the most injured...

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Eira reflects on her situation, "I've been trapped here for who knows hiw long. I think we should move on, but I'll follow whatever you had in mind," the wood elf declares. Suddenly she convulse and says contrary, in a darker, brooding tone: "Nonsense, these fools can rot with all the rest.  Especially that runt. Had she not escaped her bondage, the Thayans would have no need for us and we would never have been abused to the brink of death, or just a bit farther."

Ince more, in the gentler tone of Eira, "No, these people saved me. I will lay down my life to see them succeed in stopping Szazz Tam and making him pay for what he did to me," she writhes as she strains to go on, "...to you to so many thousands of others."

Hearing that conversation even as Piccolo attempts to vaporize the inner demon inside the elf, Randy grits his teeth as the pressure almost unnerves him; Usually Ethan would be the one voicing these scenarios but now that he's in somewhat of a mental state, he raises his voice. "Enough! I've heard enough! Whoever that alternate is, get the hell out of her face! You want us to succeed in stopping that Sazzy Tam lich?! One: keep a distance from my brother Ethan until he has calmed down, and two: Either vaporize the upcoming enemies or we get the hell out of here! You must remember that I'm still holding the glyph keys... Un... Unless if you need me to throw one of them to you!" He raises his cannon and mounts his defense at the door in case the spectres try to barge in; In doing so he moves his max distance closer to where Piccolo, Trisk and Eira are standing though he does keep an eye on Ethan in case. Trigger: If they do try to attack, Randy will fire one Scorching Ray At each of them to stall whilst the rest decide on what to do. Either that or if Piccolo or anyone else close to the gate asks for the glyph key, Randy will throw one at them, hoping they'll catch it.

Shakily, the injured Simic Warrior does hear his brother's voice, but he's in so much pain he's unable to respond, let alone reach out, to reassure he's ok. He does stumble closer to Piccolo and Eira, but as moves his max distance towards them he finds that he's barely restraining his urge to attack them including his own brother; He's just barely hanging on to his consciousness... even if someone were to approach him to heal him, they'd be at risk of a sudden attack... Because for now, unsure of how to react in his current state, he holds his weakened stance towards the back door until someone is able to let Randy open the gate or do it themselves.

Trigger: Unless... if more spectres somehow get through. Then he'll switch targets and fire his baseballs at them... just this once.

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With longstrider in effect, piccolo runs forward tossing two daggers when she reaches range at Eiras foe.

19 and 30 to hit

Damage: 9,  damage with sneak: 15

she then uses her fast hands to heal the confused Eira

healer heals 5 plus Eiras max hit dice  

 

 

max hit dice. 

One of the Specters in the other room? Eira is talking to herself or with herself, or something. I just don't know feom this who it's targeting.

Also, I think you healed her to max hp last round, but i might be mistaken.

(Yes, I can’t heal her again, sorry).

whomever is her best target that she can eliminate this round if lucky. 

Just going to add an object interaction so Randy's post makes sense:

Randy closes the door, sealing the specters and posion gas in the room behind them as the two wizards make it out of the temple of plague. Just ad the doors shut tight, Picollo's dual daggers fly through the narrow Gao, striking the Specter of the dead Red Wizard, releasing the spirit to some outer plane, presumably. 

Eira, in tuens rages, her teeth bared, then sulks, apologizing in gasps, "sorry." "Grr-" "I -" "hrrruh" the elf dashes back rbe the table with the spent candles and grabs the amber tear drops. In the dark voice, the answers come pouring forth: "I was tbe chosen of Talon, Mistress of Disease. I was abducted by the Thayans and s7bjected to experiments, tortures, who knows? The result, I am not dead, and yet I am. A heresy. Trapped within this elven frame, a passenger to the torture wnduredd yet by tbe flesh that kives amd yet I can feel, see, hear, all.as if mynown bodybyet ached and never shall we die u til freed from this curse. Now it seems, the time is at hand. Death must he respected and these lich loving blasphemers must pay for what they have done. Tam and his closest subordinates' phylacteries are kept in tbe very vault Kazit Gul yet haunts.  If we can get to it, we can shut them all down and once more inject a healthy respect for death into this apostate nation."

Just then, you hear a voice. It comes from within your mind, clearly to those familiar with such, a sending spell. SYRANNA informs you "You have disrupted the gates. The path to the Phylactery Vault is clear. Return to gatehouse through any black gate. Time is of the essence."

Eira looks on, understanding something is happening to all of you and waiting to see how it plays out, not interrupting the communique.

The door remains shut. The room beyond, filled with poison gas and the final specter, mounted atop his gloamwing, raised from the dead Chosen of Yurtus, waits there. That room had a black gate. There is also another door to the south.

<players choice: two doors. One to the known conclusive end if the Doomvault, and another door to the unknown. What will it be?>

OOC: Are the players going to go to the gatehouse and speak with Syranna first?, If you take a short rest, she can heal a good amount at no cost to each of you )

The little girl listens to Eira. She understands her plight, her pain, and the tortures she endured. She has been trapped here, cursed by the lich for so long, she has lost track of time. Has it been years, centuries?Her curse, perhaps the cruelist of all. Stuck for all eternity to a pillar when her will could not be broken. Seeing so many selected for the experiments, finding the chosen to complete his evil pursuits. 

So many groups of heroes tried to venture through this terrible place. Most, hearts filled with greed and selfish intent. Hoping to gain forgotten treasures, or worse, power. So many have been captured and killed by the doomvaults inhabitants and traps. Could this strange assortment of heroes have different motives? Could they be the ones, or will he win again, and she returned to her place of imprisonment?

Piccolo dismisses her dark thoughts and smiles, sitting cross-legged, knowing that she will not be visiting Syranna. She had the distinct feeling that Syranna had ill intent for her.
She played a little happy tune, the merry sounds, so out of place in this dark and foreboding place and through it, she communicates with the group

For Trisk

Yes, go see Syranna. 

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