Ragmin and Fjorgin both unleash their battle cries as they bring their weapons down upon the skeletal snake. The blunt weapons find their mark and leave great cracks on the skull of the beast. The aid of the heavy weapons appearing to be very effective on this beast.

 The snake retaliates by attempting to bring its bony jaw down along Ragmin's midsection. The head is almost large enough to swallow down a dwarf whole!

 As it goes low with its bite, the tail end of the snake rips free of its fleshy confines, the tail emanating a dark aura lunges like a spear at Filtch.

Filtch takes the blow right in the midriff, clenching his teeth though his wild eye never leaving its mark

Con save: 9

Filtch feels a depth of darkness as the blow hits him, the power of the negative energy plane saps at him from the bone serpent's tail.

 "Quick, get the others!" The guard yells to the others as he unleashes another bolt from his light crossbow at the beast.

 The second guard rushes forward with a spear. "Come get some, you monstrous beast!"

 All the time this is going on, out of the corner of their eyes people can see that the merchant is still relieving himself in the bushes, apparently unaware of the goings on behind him.

(OOC: Oops, got mixed up the format I was typing. 6 necrotic damage)

Once again, it is the party's turn to act, feel free to make you actions. The spear and crossbow bolt appeared quite ineffective on this creature.

"Raaah! Be destroyed, snake!"

Fjorgin casts thunderous smite (STR save DC 13 or be pushed 10 feet and knocked prone) and whacks the snake again.

Attack: 12 Bludgeoning damage: 5 Thunder damage: 5

Fjorgin strikes the serpent with his hammer's fury, a shockwave of energy released on the strike.

The serpent resists the blow of thunderous energy, still upright and its attention turned to the paladin.

 There is a massive *KABOOM* as the smite strikes the skeleton of the snake. If anyone was still asleep at the camp, they definitely are not now. The merchant stumbles and falls into the bush he was just watering in shock from the sound wave that emanated barely 20 feet behind him.

Filtch, ceased every opportunity he can get, attempting to jam one of his blades between the vertebrae connecting the Snake's spear like tail to it long Skeletal form, even as the wicked appendage is Still lodged in his side sapping the energy from him. Then again, as the the serpent is rattled by Fajorgin's assault and turns it's attention toward the aasimar, Filtch grips each of his blades tightly bringing the tips together to form a upward "Λ" Crouching low then springing upward in a effort to drive both blades into the base of the fowl creature's Skull.

Short sword: Attack: 8 Damage: 9 

Short sword: Attack: 17 Damage: 14 

Action surge


Short sword: Attack: 15 Damage: 10 

Filtch dashes in with his flurry of blade strikes, the first scrapes away from the skeletal spine of the beast. It twists almost instinctively from the blow as his second and third strikes cut into the vertebrae of the snake's bones. The weapons cut through, apparently severing the serpent. However, when he looks at his handiwork, there is a shroud of energy still present, like a ligament made of eerie blackness, holding the body together still. However, it appears that the energies have finite capability, as there is strain within the necrotic energies.

 Liavyre sees the skeletal snake emerge from its skin and curses in Elvish at the sight of the evil monstrosity.

She notches an arrow and carefully takes her aim then looses another arrow.

Attack: 8 Damage: 4 piercing

(Colossus Slayer damage): 2

If the snake does not die, she use her bonus action to say "A hunter must hunt." marking it with Hunter's Mark

All of you see a blur of yellow, and suddenly Canary is jumping up to meet the head of the beast. Holding his short bow loosely in his left hand, he jabs at the head of the skelton twice with his right. 

Unarmed Hit 1: 15

Unarmed Hit 2: 26

Damadge 1: 7

Damadge 2: 7

Canary gracefully falls to the ground, body coiled in case he needs to make a quick move, because of the unarmed strikes he gets +2 AC for the turn.

In view of the unforeseen situation, Thea doesn't hesitate. Relying on approved methods, she strikes out with her flat hand to once again push against the air.

"After all, that weird type of magic cant't seem to equalize your intellectual inferiority." , she mumbles without paying much attention. 

Mind Thrust: INT save 15 - DMG 12

Ragmin shifting to the side to avoid the jaws of the snake. Steps up and swings his hammer

'For Pelor!"

attack:12: Damage8

Liavyre's arrow strikes into the skeletal snake's form, lodged into the side of its face as Canary unleshes a flurry of attacks with his hands and feet, using his weapon as support and ready to parry after his strikes crumble the previously targeted vertebrae, leaving thin strands of necrotic energy as its only way of holding its two parts together.

Thea reaches out with her innate talent, and sees that there is no mind to defend against her mind thrust.

 Ragmin launches forward with his hammer, bringing it down on the head of the serpent. However the energies appear to be dissipating as his hammer lands onto an immobile snake's skull, smashing it into powder.

 "What in the nine hells was that!?" The guard with the spear says, looking at the defeated snake. "Never seen a snake like that before."

People can see that others were rushing over to the group, only to find that the threat has been dealt with as the first rays of light appear on the horizon. It appears Pelor is pleased with your deeds this morning.

Liavyre retrieves one of her arrows, holds her longbow with her left hand and makes her way over to the merchant.

She draws one of her shortswords and cuts the thorns away with her right hand, freeing his robe. She sheaths it and says, "Always be on your guard. You were lucky this time."

Liavyre does a quick scan to see if there's any other dangers:

Perception 13

Walking to the group, she puts down her longbow with her pack, then takes out a sprig of mistletoe from her pack in her left hand, touches it with her right, and says, "Gâl." Ten berries suddenly grow from the mistletoe and fills her hands as she cups them.

 "Eat these if you are hurt, they will rejuvenate your body as well as fill your stomach."

(1 HP gained per Berry eaten)

She finds and plates them on a large green leaf and places them where anyone can grab however many they require. 

Retrieving her scale mail, bow, and pack, she dons them, finds fresh vines and leaves to imbed within the scales.

The merchant takes a few seconds to regain his composure, brushing his silk night gown to ensure none of the thorns had caused any tears. He then looks to Liavyre, "My thanks, miss." He says, looking fairly annoyed with the situation, but not going to push it. "Perhaps I should've hired you instead of those bumbling kids." He looks back to where the guards are investigating the snake corpse.

Looking at the snake's corpse, the skin and flesh of the snake have been shredded by the hundreds of ribs when its skeleton wrenched out. There is a large bloody pool with piles of dead snake lying there. The bones seem to crack beyond the damage that was dealt by the group with their weapons, as the smashed skull appears to almost turn to powder.

"By the light..." The guard with the crossbow says, wandering over. "What dark powers made it into Allhaven?"

The other guards are on high alert, some coming over to check on the party to see who is wounded and assist with first aid (unless healing spells or Lay on Hands wish to be used). The others keep on guard around the caravan to make sure nothing else is waiting for them.

Liavyre says to him in a polite tone, "Those bumbling kids performed their duty in protecting you as well as helping us. I wouldn't take their service for granted."

She says to no one in particular after scanning the area since everyone is on high alert, "I do not see anymore potential threats. Other than those bees again, probably from the commotion." She will move away from the bees if she's near them.

The guards also confirm they don't spot any other immediate threats.

Liavyre can tell that the bees should settle down after a few moments, assuming nobody goes close to their hive as they might see that as whomever agitated them in the first place.

Ragmin takes some berries to try them. muttering to himself, "need some good ale after killing something filled with darkness"

Ragmin wants to skin the snake if he can.

Thea decides to help the guards with their investigations. It takes her a lot of effort to hold back her curiosity, that you can tell.

"Mornin' gentlemen, any clues yet on what exactly might have caused us all that trouble?"