Heavy is the Head - Campaign thread

With her hands already on the hilt of her weapons, Saoirse seizes the opportunity to draw them both to be a little more ready for the battle. She winces slightly, but this time her rapier shines with bright light instead of the crackling lightning it displayed hours ago. "Watch out, Sha!", she exclaims.

Free action: dual wield.
Bonus action: Rite of the dawn on the rapier. She takes 1 damage.

The bearfrog's eyes flick to Saoirse before turning back to Sha-Gravis. It closes its gaping mouth, and claws at Sha instead, two powerful swipes from its powerful arms.

It strikes hard and true, huge gashes tearing into Sha's torso and arms. Some of the slime covering its skin slides down the claw, and drips into the deep, fresh wounds. Sha is still standing, but that attack nearly ended him.

Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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Hemlock sees the large frog-bear hybrid creature in vivid clarity thanks to the light now shed by Saoirse, swinging its huge clawed arms, and hears rather than sees the fact that they find flesh.

It is almost instinctive that his hand reaches out and a bolt of radiant energy explodes forth, just as his form begins to glow, the constellation of the Archer appearing in starlight across his body. As he does, an arrow of radiance flies forth towards the beast.

He thinks about stepping back, but those long arms look like they could catch him if he opens himself up to such a retaliation, and he needs to provide another target so it doesn't continue against Sha-Gravis, whom he knows is on the opposite side of the large beast.

Action: Cast Guiding Bolt using Star Map at beast - To Hit: 9+6=15, Damage: 1+2+3+4=10 [radiant] - if hits creature glows and next attack at advantage
Bonus Action: Luminous Arrow at beast - To Hit: 3+6=9, 6+4=10 [radiant] - if previous hits, advantage to hit roll - 8+6=14

The first powerful bolt slams into the bearfrog's moist back, and some slime boils away in the radiance. The bearfrog begins to glow, and it turns to face Hemlock, its eyes reflecting and almost transfixed by his glow. The luminous arrow hits the creature's skin at an angle, and seems to harmlessly reflect off of its protective mucous layer.

 Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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Sha’s arms rise his voice calls out, “Burn in radiance!” sacred flame drops from the sky…

Action spellcasting sacred flame Dex save 14 vs 7 radiant damage.  

The bearfrog looks up at the sourceless light that strikes it from above, and grunts in pain, before looking back towards glowing Hemlock.

Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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Saoirse charges at the monstrous creature and strikes twice at it, but to her frustration, both blades slide off its slimy body. It seems her combat skills are not at their finest today.

Rapier to hit: 1+6 = 7 / Dagger to hit: 7+6= 13

Lam takes a moment to enter the fight, caught by surprise and unsure what he is looking at. Then, his instincts kick in- this situation is closer to what his childhood was like. They must fight to stay alive- that’s the only important thing. As Lam gets himself back into a fighting stance, a magical butterfly appears from thin air and flies around the frogbear. Lam hardly notices- his focus has narrowed. He swings his greataxe, trying to hit the frogbear directly.

The thrust of the rapier did not take the slime into account, and her momentum carries her arm forward until her fingers just barely brush the mucous. It is immediately irritating to her skin. Make a DC14 con save or take 5 poison damage.

Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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She might have brushed the mucous, but luckily, the genasi removes her hand swiftly before she suffers any damage and fully registers how disgustingly awful it is. (CON ST: 19)

The greataxe sinks into the bearfrog's skin, and cuts deep enough to bathe in red blood. At the same time, a small spirit appears near the bearfrog, and the monster has the natural relex to simply swallow it (nat1 on dex check), taking 4 more damage as it explodes inside of its mouth. It tears its body away from the axe, and then the huge rear legs spring to their full length as it leaps (prompting AoO from Saoirse, Lam, and Sha) over Saoirse's head, landing 35 feet north of where it was a moment before. It turns, still focussed on Hemlock's starlight, and a long tongue lashes out from its mouth, in a lightning fast blur towards Hemlock. (13 to hit, 10 bludgeoning). If that is a hit, Hemlock must make a DC16 strength saving throw.

Success:

Failure: 

Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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Hemlock tries to bring his shield up to block the creature tongue, but is too slow, and he takes the hit square on.

Strength Save: 5

As the tongue retracts he tries to resist, but it is too strong, and he flies across the intervening space and into the creatures mouth. The smell is terrible, as is the feeling of the muscles of its oesophagus contracting trying to swallow him.

As the frogbear leaps away from her, Saoirse sinks the tip of her shining rapier inside its flesh. This time the weapon finds purchase, though the hit is not as powerful as the blood hunter would have wished for. (16 to hit, 5 piercing, 1 radiant)

Then, following the monster's movements, she watches wide eyed as it lunges for Hemlock. Wait, is it trying to ... oh, hells, no!

Lam takes another wild swing with his greataxe, but hits only open air as the frogbear catches much more air time than he thought it had been capable of. He seems to get more enraged as he follows the frogbear’s tongue and realizes that it’s got Hemlock in its mouth.

Hemlock wriggles around trying to work his way up and out of the foul mouth of the creature. He manages to get free, and even as he drips saliva he steps away reaches out and tries to send another luminous arrow down the beasts now empty throat.

Action: Acrobatics Check tom escape: 16+2=18
Movement: Backs away 15 feet back towards the others - beast gets AoO
Bonus Action: Luminous Arrow at beast - To Hit: 8+6=14

Sha charges at the behemoth bear-frog with alptraum seeking to wreck this creature.

Action Dash/move/charge attack critical for 23 damage.

(Feline agility if needed.)

Hemlock squeezes and rolls his way out of the creature's mouth, and manages to get to the ground with some semblance of grace. It gazes at you, mouth still open, and swipes a great paw to keep its prey from leaving it. 9 hit; 12 slashing + DC14 con save or 2 poison.

Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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Hemlock's luminous arrow glances off of the slime harmlessly, but Sha's furious charge and attack seems to take the bearfrog by complete surprise. It is not used to being hunted, only the opposite. Sha can feel and hear that through slime and layers of skin, Alptraum crashes against the bone of the monster's jaw, forcefully shutting its gaping mouth.

The frogbear is very clearly injured. (bloodied)

Initiative: Saoirse; Lam; Frogbear; Hemlock; Sha-Gravis

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Hemlock takes the crushing blow, but manages to resist the poison. As he is hit though, there is instant retribution as the draconic gemstone he carries erupts.

Con Save : 16+2=18

Reaction: Gift of Gem Dragon - Str 14 Save or take 9 [force] damage and be flung 10 feet away. On save 4 [force] damage.