As the spectral appendage lashes toward Solomon, his mind races in a panic as he grabs a fistful of gravel and hurls it. Lucky Feat: Enemy Reroll! 10 + whatever his mod is (can’t see on mobile). If that’s less than 16, it misses. If it’s more, then oh well.

In contrast to Tadriel's burning-red eyes, a pair of white orbs flash forth through the darkness. Talvus' voice booms out, "The Ascended will not return. His story is tragic, but his are dreams of madness and arrogance. He has corrupted the very people he led to prosperity." 

(Bonus: Gain Truesight, 30' radius. Attack: 27 for 15, 30 for 15)

Talvus' blade cleaves through the darkness. As the first swing comes in, Tadriel ducks and throws his arms high to catch the attack (Reaction: Imposing disadvantage, 32 still a hit). The defense is lacking against the brute force of the minotaur's assault.

Elon19, Solomon17, Tadriel(135)16, Talvus(262)14, Evelyn7, Rex4

“I can’t help but feel like we’re missing some context here! You’re throwing around a whole bunch of pronouns, Talvus!”

OOC: Oh hey, title drop... kinda. Neat!

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As the spectral appendage lashes toward Solomon, his mind races in a panic as he grabs a fistful of gravel and hurls it. Lucky Feat: Enemy Reroll! 10 + whatever his mod is (can’t see on mobile). If that’s less than 16, it misses. If it’s more, then oh well.

 (Yup, still a hit. Big bonus, relatively low dmg per hit)

With that, Evelyn and Rex are up to finish the round, then back to Elon and Solomon.

Elon19, Solomon17, Tadriel(105)16, Talvus(262)14, Evelyn7, Rex4

OOC: Ah, shame! Plus I can’t use shield cause I already used my reaction... I think?

Amidst the blind clashing, Talvus calls to Solomon, "I'll explain when we're not trying to fend off someone who can flay a shadow!"

“Who can- What!? What does that even mean!” Solomon returns his focus to the wraith, “Okay, guess we’ll learn on the fly. Immune to banishment and can flay shadows. Great...”

OOC: Whats Evelyn's distance from the group and massive ball of darkness?

About 65' total. Figured Tadriel walked out a ways, then stopped 40' short before going all spooky-ghosty. The 30' cloud is centered on the rest of the party when it dropped.

 OOC:Alright.

Using her bonus action to revert to genasi form, she'll move thirty feet closer to the darkness.

If she knows where Tadriel went in in the darkness can she attempt to cast Faerie Fire on him(Get him in the corner of the cube, trying to avoid allies if possible.)

If she doesn't know: She'll simply hold an attack for when she does see him.

Rex stumbles through the darkness in the direction he thinks the wraith is, moving 30'. If he gets clear of the darkness and has movement remaining he'll attack, otherwise he'll ready his action to attack the wraith if it closes to melee range with him.

 (Gotta to a little back-pedaling: 7, 16. Yep, the cloud of darkness holds.)

Evelyn cannot make out the form of Tadriel. She only knows that the group is clashing within the cloud.

Rex finds his way out of the black pit and finds (2) Elon staring at him. After a moment to reorient himself, he sees that he's facing the eastern gate in the distance.

Back to the top of initiative with Elon and Solomon! We also have a new contender: 11

Elon19, Solomon17, Tadriel(105)16, Talvus(262)14, Mystery(99)13, Evelyn7, Rex4

Before Solomon acts, he shouts to Talvus, “Talvus! How dangerous is this guy? Is he a serious threat? Because I have something that could take him out, but it’s pretty limited.”

There's a momentary grunt from Talvus before he responds, "By himself, I can handle him." A series of commands rise up from the street below as a large squad of soldiers rush from a nearby building. From a glance, there are at least 8 with crossbows and another six with blades and shields drawn. "They will be a bit trickier. I'd suggest a tactical fall-back to the objective!"

“Alright.” Solomon levels his wand toward the soldiers and casts Fireball at 3rd level for 32 fire damage! Then he’ll try to back up from Tadriel toward the objective.

Did Solomon move out of the darkness? May have to finangle some angle skew if he's shooting fireballs blind. Talvus can see due to a "special ability" that gives Truesight.

OOC: I did move out of the darkness on my last turn. However, I can move wherever you need me to :)

I'm all good with it, just didn't see the movement when I read it. Just need Elon's action(s) and I'll roll the saves.

“Take care of them, I will get the gate” and with that Elon turns and makes a dash for the gate again using his ki to improve his movement.

As Elon dashes away, while Solomon hurls a flaming bead which erupts violently upon the approaching soldiers. The front group with shields catch the majority of the blast and keep the archers protected from most of the damage. Their extensive training is immediately evident as the footmen move with fluid coordination and impose their shields between them and the blast. The archers quickly either backpedal or move in tight behind their shielded allies for cover.

(Rolled to see if & how many archers were affected, sadly none. DEX saves: 17, 8, 10, 5, 6, 10)

Despite their training, one of them couldn't raise his defense in time and was caught full-on (50% extra damage). The fire burns through armor and engulfs his adjacent ally, then rushes behind and incinerates the archer taking cover. For the few that held their defense perfectly, they brush off the conflagration mostly unscathed. (3 of 14 killed immediately. Melee have Shield Master, so those who saved took no damage)

Elon19, Solomon17, Tadriel(105)16, Soldiers11(258)15, Talvus(262)14, Mystery(99)13, Evelyn7, Rex4