Barty's "Lost Mine of Phandelver"

Argos runs up to Nemean and pulls the stirge off of him.

Nemean takes a swing at the Stirge as Argos pulls it off trying to finish off the last of the creatures.

Scimitar Attack: 25 Damage: 10

He staggers a bit on the back swing, and realizes he's become woozy from the loss of blood. He takes a deep breath and tries to regain his composure. 

Second Wind: 5

OOC: Not sure why its flagged for manipulated dice rolls? I initially missed that Argos pulled the Stirge off, and the original post didn't have Nemean making an attack, and instead he just used the action to remove the Stirge. However, once I realized the Stirge was already removed I edited and added the attack roll. Let me know if I need to reroll in a new post... but I would love to keep that crit if possible...

OOC: Welcome back Tarok! Hope you had fun while you were away.

Tarok stems the bleeding from Cinis's largest wound, and his breathing stabilizes. Argos yanks the stirge from Nemean's body while he takes a moment to recover.

Enemy Attack Rolls:

Persistently, the stirge dives right back at Nemean, and digs right into his neck, dealing 7 piercing damage.

Round 6 Order:
Stirge
Players <=====

Tracking:
One stirge remains, attached to Nemean.
Ammunition - Nemean (2 arrows)

Tarok, seeing that Cinis has recovered somewhat, rejoins the fray; attacking the remaining stirge with his greatsword.

Attack: 11 Damage: 10

Tarok strikes true, and the stirge erupts, spraying blood all over Nemean. The camp falls silent.

OOC: Each character receives 56 XP for defeating the stirges.

Nemean shrieks as Tarok's blade eviscerates the Stirge. Blood streams from his neck as the putrid proboscis is ripped out, coloring his once bright mane a deep crimson. He takes a few deep breaths and clutches the his wounds and then moves to check on Cinis "How is he doing? Going to be just fine, yeah? Do we need to use the healing potion?" Nemean holds up the vial that was given to them by the cleric. He looks at the remains of the creatures "That was close... those things came out of nowhere! Nearly tore us apart."

"That certainly was not the most fun I have had. We should at least have a good rest and perhaps wrap those wounds with bandages." Tarok says, sheathing his sword and moving over to Cinis to see what he can do to aid his recovery.

After applying some more first aid to Cinis, he awakes after a couple of hours, and the rest of the night passes quietly. The sun is out this morning, and you should reach the ruins of Conyberry by nightfall.

OOC: All but Cinis, who had his long rest interrupted for more than an hour, have received the benefits of a long rest. Same marching order?

Argos takes the lead again, occasionally stopping for a few minutes to assist Cinis. "We'll camp this nightfall at Conyberry. We can't deal with this banshee one man short."

OOC: Cinis, Nemean and Tarok?

"Agreed. Although I don't look forward to dealing with a banshee at all, it'd be wise to have our company at full strength. Have any of you been to Conyberry before? What can we expect at these ruins?" Tarok asks, following Argos in the marching order and keeping his eyes open for more trouble.

“Never been up to Conyberry, and I’m still hoping we won’t have to fight this Banshee, but still best to be at full strength just in case.”

"Yeah, hopefully we can avoid a fight, but we still need to be at full strength... just in case. In any case, I wouldn't mind some more goblin-slaying action."

"This time, you take last watch."

OOC: I'll assume Cinis and Nemean are occupying the back rank then.

DM Screen:

You march on and reach the edge of Conyberry by nightfall, setting up camp a short distance outside of town. The Triboar Trail runs right through the abandoned town, which was sacked by barbarians years ago and left in ruins. An old trail leads northwest into Neverwinter Wood.

OOC: Let's set the watch order for the night.

Nemean volunteers to take the first watch.

Argos will take the last watch.

OOC: Just need Cinis and Tarok's watch order and we can advance.

"Hold on, here. I'm still a bit wiped from the last fight. How about I take first watch so I can get some uninterrupted sleep, eh?" Cinis said to Nemean.

"I'm happy to take second or third watch, friends"