Ezio looks towards the last man-eater and fires a bolt of flame hitting it, small flames race around the body of the creature and the Maneater shrieks in pain. (2 damage)
The black cat stands and shakes herself off after being spit out of the Maneater and Charges at the last maneater, she pounces at it repeatedly, smacking at its leaves and dashing away, back and forth. distracting the maneater.
As the third Man-Eater is cut down at her feet, Yellow turns and marches toward the last, raising her still-glowing sword above her head, She does a vicious slash across the body of the creature and a loud thunderous crack that can be heard 300' away. (17 damage, The creature is immune to prone so I'm not going to roll the save)
Feeling rather tapped of energy, Kaslo musters just enough strength to call down a Sacred Flame on the last Fly Trap off in the corner. The divine flames splash across the maneater harmlessly.
Kvothe grunts in satisfaction at his last shot. "That's better," he thinks. He aims and takes a shot at the Maneater that Ulcahne is distracting and hits it right in the head as the creature shrieks in pain. ( 11 damage)
Yellow feels compelled to walk closer to the Flytrap as it opens it's burning maw and acid begins to drip on the ground at Yellows feet.
Kvothe sees the final Venus Fly-trap stop moving and looks at the bodies of the strangers. "First things first" he admonishes himself as he sets about collecting his crossbow bolts. He constantly scans the jungle and the sky above as as he crosses the clearing to first of all the dead Killing Tree, followed up by the two Venus Fly-traps. He examines the four crossbow bolts that hit the Killing Tree and the Venus Fly-traps, and finds two that are useful, which he puts back into his bolt case. Whilst he is doing this, he thinks to himself "that cat of Ezio's was really useful at distracting the plants, might be a good idea to look at getting something like that myself". At some point in his wanders he says to Ezio, "that cat of your is good, what's its name?"
OOC - Kvothe fired five crossbow bolts, the one that missed went sailing off into the jungle, of the other four that hit he can retrieve two. I estimate it will take Kvothe 10 minutes to find all of the crossbow bolts that hit and determine which he can use again.
Determined to finish off these creatures that caused so much grief, Taggart takes careful aim and pulls the trigger on his crossbow as he watches the electrical bolt strike the Flytrap in the head killing it instantly.
Panwan sinks to the ground exhausted."We should rest. At least an hour, but if you guys would like to make camp here for the night we can do that as well even though we still have about five more hours of light we can travel by."
Inside the clearing are six bodies face down into the groun and Vyth.
Three of the bodies are wearing plate armor and you can clearly see massive dents and old dried up bloodstains on them.
One of the bodies had a longsword and from this angle, you can tell him to be an elf by his pointy ears.
The second warrior has a battleax by his side and a medium sized black colored shield that seems to soak in the sunlight. He has a full helmet on so you have no idea what race he is.
The third warrior has a Greatsword laying by his side, one hand still touching it. They each have large backpacks strapped to their backs.
The fourth person in the group is an elven female wearing green robes with a large slash across the back of her. Dried blood has soaked through the robes. An ivory colored wand is hanging from her belt. A small travelers pack lays next to her.
The fifth body is a female dressed in studded leather armor and in her hands is a beautifully crafted longbow a deep brownish color with symbols going up and down the upper and lower limbs. A quiver of 18 arrows is on the ground next to it. Strapped to her back is a shortsword.
The last body is laying on its back. You can tell it is a female because her clothes are shredded and you can see her naked flesh in spots. Her head looks almost severed from her body and lays at an awkward angle on the ground. Clutched in her hands is a golden symbol of a maze. She has a silver flail next to her body.
Ezio gestures with his hand and the black cat appears between them. "Her name is Ulcahne. She's not a cat, but a fey spirit in the form of one. Had I the materials I would give her a more useful form." At his words the cat's hackles raise and it pounces towards Ezio, but, with the power of the Bladesong still coursing through him, he pirouettes around the cat and sheathes his blade in one smooth motion, ending the movement facing the corpse of the mage.
Taking a few minutes, Ezio examines the wand strapped to her belt and figures it to be nothing but a regular arcane focus. He places it into a loop on the rope about his chest for a more thorough examination should there be time. Searching the body quickly to find the key to red leather book, he finds nothing in his haste.
Turning to Kvothe he says, "Problem Solver, I'm almost certain the key to that book I retrieved should be on this corpse somewhere, but I can't seem to find it. Perhaps it is in a secret pocket? You've proven to have sharp eyes, can you search this corpse for the key? It would be a more...elegant solution than opening the book with your hammer."
Looking to Panwan and the others, Ezio says, "I could use a short rest if only to give me time to examine the items in this clearing. I was able to retrieve two magic items in the brief time we were here before, so the time to examine each of the corpses and possibly identify any arcane items would be well used."
Rolls to inspect the wand and search the body happened in Discord.
"Well then, what is the nature of the problems you typically solve? You can't open locks or search bodies. Perhaps you are a gardener?" Ezio asks the man indicating the last man-eater the tiefling killed with a sardonic grin.
"It goes like this. You have a problem, you come to me and the problem goes away." Kvothe says. "By the way don't garden either! - but that Triffid ain't a problem no more" he finishes with.
"An assassin then, with particular scruples on searching corpses and a rather unsubtle approach to locks. Peculiar, but this jungle is a rather peculiar place, it seems." With that Ezio walks off towards the corpse of the archer, intent on the runed longbow it is clutching. Seeing Taggart examining the corpse, he looks over his shoulder.
Krav sighs with relief that the skirmish is over. He clips his barely used greataxe back onto his belt, then pulls out his waterskin and takes a drink as he listens to the exchange between Kvothe and Ezio. He nods when Ezio says they should take a short rest.
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"Ooof, that was quite the showdown"
Kaslo nods at the suggestion of taking a short rest "But I also agree with our guide; would should make hay while the sun shines and push onward after our short rest."
He looks to all the dead bodies "Now, what should we do with these unfortunate adventurers used to lure others like us to this clearing? Does anyone have a shovel so we might give them a final resting place?"
Seeing the woman (priest) with her head almost removed and most of her body exposed, Kaslo walks over to her. He notices the holy symbol she clutches in her hand and pry's it free to examine it.
Recognizing the symbol of Ubtao, Kaslo places the holy item back on her chest, and folds her arms across it. He will then remove his cloak and drape it over her scarred body.
As he begins to walks away, he glances at the silver flail on the ground, then bends down and picks it up. "Hey Ezio, you able to discern anything about this flail?"
Kaslo walks over to where everyone is sitting and joins them, and drinks some water.
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In silence, Yellow will search for her javelin she threw at the 2 o'clock Man-Eater.
Investigation: 13
In silence, besides the one with Ubtao's symbol in her hand, Yellow will search the unknown bodies for Ubtao's symbol.
Investigation: 11
In silence, Yellow will search the immediate area for stones. The perfect size is about the size of a small cantaloupe, but being in a hurry, she's not going to be overly particular. She needs seven.
Investigation: 18
Yellow is forfeiting her short rest to do these things and more. But I need to know the results of these investigations before I can continue.
In silence, Yellow will search for her javelin she threw at the 2 o'clock Man-Eater.
Investigation: 4: You can find the Javelin with a little bit of effort.
In silence, besides the one with Ubtao's symbol in her hand, Yellow will search the unknown bodies for Ubtao's symbol.
Investigation: 5 The Cleric had Ubtaos holy symbol cluthced in her hand. The three warriors has symbols as well. The Archer and Wizard didn't.
In silence, Yellow will search the immediate area for stones. The perfect size is about the size of a small cantaloupe, but being in a hurry, she's not going to be overly particular. She needs seven.
Investigation: 16 You eaisly find the stones you need to do this.
Yellow is forfeiting her short rest to do these things and more. But I need to know the results of these investigations before I can continue.
Feeling rather tapped of energy, Kaslo musters just enough strength to call down a Sacred Flame on the last Fly Trap off in the corner.
Target must make a dex save of 14. If it fails, target takes 1 radiant damage.Ezio looks towards the last man-eater and fires a bolt of flame hitting it, small flames race around the body of the creature and the Maneater shrieks in pain. (2 damage)
The black cat stands and shakes herself off after being spit out of the Maneater and Charges at the last maneater, she pounces at it repeatedly, smacking at its leaves and dashing away, back and forth. distracting the maneater.
As the third Man-Eater is cut down at her feet, Yellow turns and marches toward the last, raising her still-glowing sword above her head, She does a vicious slash across the body of the creature and a loud thunderous crack that can be heard 300' away. (17 damage, The creature is immune to prone so I'm not going to roll the save)
Feeling rather tapped of energy, Kaslo musters just enough strength to call down a Sacred Flame on the last Fly Trap off in the corner. The divine flames splash across the maneater harmlessly.
Kvothe grunts in satisfaction at his last shot. "That's better," he thinks. He aims and takes a shot at the Maneater that Ulcahne is distracting and hits it right in the head as the creature shrieks in pain. ( 11 damage)
Yellow feels compelled to walk closer to the Flytrap as it opens it's burning maw and acid begins to drip on the ground at Yellows feet.
Combat Order: Panwan, Krav, Ezio, Yellow, Kvothe, Kaslo, Taggart, Maneaters
Taggart is up
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Attack: 12 Damage: 7 +3 lightning damage
8 wisdom save
Taggart aims and fires at the last man eater
Rockcrusher lvl 2 Goliath Barbarian Horde of the Dragon Queen
Taggart lvl 6 Air Genasi Blood Hunter Tomb of Annihilation
Shadow lvl 3 variant feral tiefling rogue Shackled City
Determined to finish the encounter he uses his inspiration for advantage on his attack!
13 to hit
Rockcrusher lvl 2 Goliath Barbarian Horde of the Dragon Queen
Taggart lvl 6 Air Genasi Blood Hunter Tomb of Annihilation
Shadow lvl 3 variant feral tiefling rogue Shackled City
Kvothe sees the final Venus Fly-trap stop moving and looks at the bodies of the strangers. "First things first" he admonishes himself as he sets about collecting his crossbow bolts. He constantly scans the jungle and the sky above as as he crosses the clearing to first of all the dead Killing Tree, followed up by the two Venus Fly-traps. He examines the four crossbow bolts that hit the Killing Tree and the Venus Fly-traps, and finds two that are useful, which he puts back into his bolt case. Whilst he is doing this, he thinks to himself "that cat of Ezio's was really useful at distracting the plants, might be a good idea to look at getting something like that myself". At some point in his wanders he says to Ezio, "that cat of your is good, what's its name?"
OOC - Kvothe fired five crossbow bolts, the one that missed went sailing off into the jungle, of the other four that hit he can retrieve two. I estimate it will take Kvothe 10 minutes to find all of the crossbow bolts that hit and determine which he can use again.
DM - Stopping a god in his tracks
Taggart wants to start searching bodies of the fallen in the field, if one looked like it had a bow or crossbow he would start there.
Rockcrusher lvl 2 Goliath Barbarian Horde of the Dragon Queen
Taggart lvl 6 Air Genasi Blood Hunter Tomb of Annihilation
Shadow lvl 3 variant feral tiefling rogue Shackled City
Determined to finish off these creatures that caused so much grief, Taggart takes careful aim and pulls the trigger on his crossbow as he watches the electrical bolt strike the Flytrap in the head killing it instantly.
Panwan sinks to the ground exhausted."We should rest. At least an hour, but if you guys would like to make camp here for the night we can do that as well even though we still have about five more hours of light we can travel by."
OOC: everyone gets 240 XP.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Inside the clearing are six bodies face down into the groun and Vyth.
Three of the bodies are wearing plate armor and you can clearly see massive dents and old dried up bloodstains on them.
One of the bodies had a longsword and from this angle, you can tell him to be an elf by his pointy ears.
The second warrior has a battleax by his side and a medium sized black colored shield that seems to soak in the sunlight. He has a full helmet on so you have no idea what race he is.
The third warrior has a Greatsword laying by his side, one hand still touching it. They each have large backpacks strapped to their backs.
The fourth person in the group is an elven female wearing green robes with a large slash across the back of her. Dried blood has soaked through the robes. An ivory colored wand is hanging from her belt. A small travelers pack lays next to her.
The fifth body is a female dressed in studded leather armor and in her hands is a beautifully crafted longbow a deep brownish color with symbols going up and down the upper and lower limbs. A quiver of 18 arrows is on the ground next to it. Strapped to her back is a shortsword.
The last body is laying on its back. You can tell it is a female because her clothes are shredded and you can see her naked flesh in spots. Her head looks almost severed from her body and lays at an awkward angle on the ground. Clutched in her hands is a golden symbol of a maze. She has a silver flail next to her body.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Ezio gestures with his hand and the black cat appears between them. "Her name is Ulcahne. She's not a cat, but a fey spirit in the form of one. Had I the materials I would give her a more useful form." At his words the cat's hackles raise and it pounces towards Ezio, but, with the power of the Bladesong still coursing through him, he pirouettes around the cat and sheathes his blade in one smooth motion, ending the movement facing the corpse of the mage.
Taking a few minutes, Ezio examines the wand strapped to her belt and figures it to be nothing but a regular arcane focus. He places it into a loop on the rope about his chest for a more thorough examination should there be time. Searching the body quickly to find the key to red leather book, he finds nothing in his haste.
Turning to Kvothe he says, "Problem Solver, I'm almost certain the key to that book I retrieved should be on this corpse somewhere, but I can't seem to find it. Perhaps it is in a secret pocket? You've proven to have sharp eyes, can you search this corpse for the key? It would be a more...elegant solution than opening the book with your hammer."
Looking to Panwan and the others, Ezio says, "I could use a short rest if only to give me time to examine the items in this clearing. I was able to retrieve two magic items in the brief time we were here before, so the time to examine each of the corpses and possibly identify any arcane items would be well used."
Rolls to inspect the wand and search the body happened in Discord.
"Sorry - don't do body searches" Kvothe replies.
DM - Stopping a god in his tracks
"Well then, what is the nature of the problems you typically solve? You can't open locks or search bodies. Perhaps you are a gardener?" Ezio asks the man indicating the last man-eater the tiefling killed with a sardonic grin.
"It goes like this. You have a problem, you come to me and the problem goes away." Kvothe says. "By the way don't garden either! - but that Triffid ain't a problem no more" he finishes with.
DM - Stopping a god in his tracks
"An assassin then, with particular scruples on searching corpses and a rather unsubtle approach to locks. Peculiar, but this jungle is a rather peculiar place, it seems." With that Ezio walks off towards the corpse of the archer, intent on the runed longbow it is clutching. Seeing Taggart examining the corpse, he looks over his shoulder.
Kvothe just "grunts" thinking to himself "What does that pointy ears know about wet work - you only do what you have to do. No more!"
DM - Stopping a god in his tracks
Taggart goes to collect the long bow, arrows and search the body that has them
19 perception
Rockcrusher lvl 2 Goliath Barbarian Horde of the Dragon Queen
Taggart lvl 6 Air Genasi Blood Hunter Tomb of Annihilation
Shadow lvl 3 variant feral tiefling rogue Shackled City
Krav sighs with relief that the skirmish is over. He clips his barely used greataxe back onto his belt, then pulls out his waterskin and takes a drink as he listens to the exchange between Kvothe and Ezio. He nods when Ezio says they should take a short rest.
And that's all I have to say about that.
"Ooof, that was quite the showdown"
Kaslo nods at the suggestion of taking a short rest "But I also agree with our guide; would should make hay while the sun shines and push onward after our short rest."
He looks to all the dead bodies "Now, what should we do with these unfortunate adventurers used to lure others like us to this clearing? Does anyone have a shovel so we might give them a final resting place?"
Seeing the woman (priest) with her head almost removed and most of her body exposed, Kaslo walks over to her. He notices the holy symbol she clutches in her hand and pry's it free to examine it.
Religion 14
Recognizing the symbol of Ubtao, Kaslo places the holy item back on her chest, and folds her arms across it. He will then remove his cloak and drape it over her scarred body.
As he begins to walks away, he glances at the silver flail on the ground, then bends down and picks it up. "Hey Ezio, you able to discern anything about this flail?"
Kaslo walks over to where everyone is sitting and joins them, and drinks some water.
Using 2 hit dice to recover a bit: 13
In silence, Yellow will search for her javelin she threw at the 2 o'clock Man-Eater.
Investigation: 13
In silence, besides the one with Ubtao's symbol in her hand, Yellow will search the unknown bodies for Ubtao's symbol.
Investigation: 11
In silence, Yellow will search the immediate area for stones. The perfect size is about the size of a small cantaloupe, but being in a hurry, she's not going to be overly particular. She needs seven.
Investigation: 18
Yellow is forfeiting her short rest to do these things and more. But I need to know the results of these investigations before I can continue.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Krav can't help but wonder at the quality of the greatsword wielded by the third warrior. He makes his way over to the corpse and examines it.
Investigation: 14
And that's all I have to say about that.