Crimson Sands of Time

Trisk Insight: 18 

"If all the doors lead to brick walls and just activate the gargoyles to attack we might as well go back and choose a different route."

Trisk offers this suggestion to his companions and begins to lead Piccolo and the others back the way they came.

"I mean sure. But... what about that fellow? Or should we just... wait... maybe he should tag along?" Ethan randomly says. Part of him is thinking that maybe he could use him for something else. Intel. Or Recon. Maybe gain some hidden info about this place or the Red Wizards entirely. Yeah. That's what he's here to obtain other than the lich's destruction.

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As you pass through the hallway with the temporarily disabled white gate, a wight stands in the garden among the crackling pillars. Noticing the disturbance, the wight turns and fires at the first creature to pass through the door, taking aim at Trisk from 70ft away.

24 for 6 piercing damage

Initiative 14

<if yours above that you can go first>

As they re-enter, Piccolo at Trisks side, she moves into the room 10ft and she plays a high pitched almost imperceptible sound (Vicious Mockery: Wis DC 21, 10 damage to the Wight

 (Piccolo initiative 26)

Trisk's Initiative: 16 

Trisk will cast Chill Touch at the wight.

Attack: 30 Damage: 24 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.

"Heads up everyone! More undead back in this room!" Trisk shouts a warning to the rest of his companions before they enter and are caught unawares.

Wight Wis save 11

Trisk's spell takes hold of rhe wight abd drains rhe life feom the life-draining creature. An ironic end for the monster.

<Where to then? You've got that door to the south or back to room 1 again.>

Let's try the door to the South.

A garden courtyard fit for a palace features walls of dark marble veined with gray. The ceiling of brass is supported on black marble pillars. Between the pillars, raised stone garden beds are filled with flowers and creeping vines in every color of the rainbow, their sweet scent hanging in the air.

Two dread warriors and eight robed zombies guard a red Wizard (who Vorja would immediately identify as "Thuria, who oversees the blood pens", if he accompanies you,) who sits beside a black dragon wyrmling, his personal pet.

As you arrive, the dragon has just killed a commoner and is picking apart the remains.

Thuria notices the intrusion instantly and addresses the small dragon, "Save room, my pet: dessert has just arrived."

Additional details:

Thuria’s Repose. The middle garden bed among the three southernmost beds is full of plants shaped like pieces of furniture. A circular shrub is a resting couch, an angular one is solid enough to use as a desk, and others nearby serve as small chairs.

Contact Stone. On the southern wall near Thuria’s place of repose is a circle of glowing glyphs

<is everyone coming with? Is that red dead wizard Vorja allowed to tag along (he does if he can)>

I was thinking we could just keep the old initiatives rather than rolling every single room, but I leave it up to you. It matters little.

<Map coming soon>

<sure, if no one kills the red wizard, I think he would join us, although my pc will be very impartial to him>

This is what I have from before. If you don't reroll, I'm assuming you're ok keeping this order.

Tetrevess 21

Picollo 21 

Ethan 20 

Samogri 19 

Triskellion 16

Monsters 15

Randy 7 

So, is the whole party in the room with Trisk and Picollo?   I'd yiu are, you're up, except Randy, unekss he wants reroll his initiative and beats 14. 

<Where the rest of the pcs?>

Piccolo pulls two thorn daggers from her wrist and tosses them at the zombie in front of her (disadvantage due to range. (If you allow it, Initiative 26, To hit 14 and 21 damage 12/12 piercing magical)

She then dashes back behind the wall of the last room, her prison which she knows all too well, to get out of line of sight of the red wizard and dragon. From the edge of the door frame, (She plays a tune, that sound very much like a warning,)  "Watch Out!, Dragon!"

"Crap! Close the door!" Ethan curses as he slams the southern door shut. He was already expecting something like these guys in the other section, but not this early! 

Seeing Piccolo fire  daggers at a zombie, Ethan decides to hold his action... for now. He's a little disorientated from the sudden encounter. "Get back! I'll keep them at bay! You guys focus on figuring out how to take them on whilst I stall them. Should we close the gate and take the glyph key?"

He holds his action for now. Whoever attacks first will receive three baseballs in the face.

Ethan's Initiative: I'll keep

(Ethan's in between Trisk and Piccolo and definitely in front of the Red Wizard... just in case)

Hearing the group go into a frenzy upon opening the southern door, Randy instinctively takes the glyph key with him and closes the gate before turning his attention to the next room. "Oh great! Another batch of enemies... plus a freaking dragon?! Wow good job you freaks!" 

Randy will Ready his action too, but if the zombie that Piccolo attacked is remaining, he'll fire the force ballista at it.

Attack: 13 Damage: 9 and pushed 5ft away from Piccolo

Trigger: If Trisk or Piccolo get attacked at melee range, he will launch a Fire Bolt at the first attacker.

Randy Initiative: 8

(Randy's positioned at the back behind everyone else, including the bloodied wizard)