Reed having already seen Lulu start to be carried off to the wasp nest in the sky knows immediately what the two Hellwasps are trying to do when they grab at him. The halfling is having none of that and squirms out of their clutches.
Acrobatics vs D (18+11) = 29; Acrobatics vs E (14+11) = 25.
Angrily they buzz around Reed, having been thwarted.
Taking up his glaive again, Wilfred jabs at D, hoping to push the creatures away from Reed. His first jab sinks in deep, the wasp in very bad shape. But the second attempt misses as the warrior is too eager to finish off the creature.
Reed takes another deep breath, holding himself still in Wilfred's shadow.
He draws his bow and lets an arrow fly at Wasp D, mentally crossing his fingers that it actually hits this time. If it does, he whispers to the ghosts of the dead swirling around to get in there and do some long term psychological damage to Wasp E.
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Short Bow at Wasp D (9, 15 + 9) = 24 to hit for (1 + 5 + 6 sneak attack) = 12 magical piercing.
Corlith steps away from the wasp next to him and then fires a pair of icy blasts, one at the one close to Reed and the other at the one closest to Ironmaiden. He ignores the one next to himself.
"Let's finish this off, we are obviously in the wrong place".
Movement: 5ft away from wasp C (blind or not, he will still move) Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp E - To Hit: 19+9=28, Damage: 5+2=7 [cold] - if hit, speed reduced by 10ft Bonus Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp B - To Hit: 4+9=13, Damage: 8+2=10 [cold] - if hit, speed reduced by 10ft Special: Armor of Agathys - approx 1 hour / 19HPs remaining Special: Bastion of Law - 2d8 remaining
"this appears to have stopped working" IronMaiden observes as they adjust the buzzing sound they are emanating and raise the volume even more. They fire off three honing charges from the side of their gauntlet striking out at wasp B and then rush toward them shield raised in preparation.
(Magic missile 1st level, auto hit 10force damage) "COME GET IT!" they shout but with a severe lack of emotion behind the words.
Reed pierces D and with family of ghosts, takes out wasp E. Corlith then sends his ray of frost at D, the wasp is now barely hanging on. His second attack misses.
After IM's missiles at B, it looks almost as bad as D as they hang there, scorched, in the air.
B decides to retaliate at IM and flys back at the suit of armor, but both of his attacks miss.
Wasp C saves against Virro's spell and it can see again.
Vitro’s Spiritual Weapon takes a swipe at Wasp D, looking to end it. Then he targets wasp B, sending a deathly green hand toward it to choke the life out of it.
Spiritual weapon to wasp D : 25 to hit, for 8 points of force damage.
Action : Casts ray of sickness at 2nd level toward Wasp B, 23 to hit, for 10 points of poison damage.
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A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Virro steps up and ends the lives of both giant pests, leaving Wasp C to remain.
Lulu spins around excitedly and starts heading back towards the group, but then realizes there is one left and stops, midair. She continues to dodge.
Roo fires off some more of his eldritch blasts.. but they both miss their mark now that the creature is no longer blinded.
Wilfred turns from the bodies of the wasps near Reed and himself, but cannot make it all the way to the wasp, so he uses his longbow again - his second arrow delivering a whole 3 piercing damage.
Reed smiles happily as the pesky, far, far too large wasps fall to the ground.
"Why couldn't they be big honey bees?" Reed muses. "Think of all that honey."
While he talks to himself he takes a deep breath again, steadies his body and mind and lets another arrow fly towards Wasp C. As the arrow leaves his bow, he waves away at the air around his head.
"Do you see anymore? No. So be quiet."
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Short bow (16, 9 + 9) = 25 to hit for (7+12) = 19 magical piercing
"Looks like we are coming to the end of the swarm", Corlith says, as he unleashes more icy blasts at the remaining wasp.
He then looks around to see if any more are incoming.
Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp C - To Hit: 4+9=13 - Miss Bonus Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp C - To Hit: 10+9=19, Damage: 8+1=9 [cold] - if hit, speed reduced by 10ft Special: Armor of Agathys - approx 1 hour / 19HPs remaining Special: Bastion of Law - 2d8 remaining
Reed sighs after the last one falls down. He brushes himself off, wincing when he accidentally touches where the giant wasps had stung and stabbed him.
"Let's not to that again," Reed says, glancing up at the big wasp's nest in the sky, making sure no more bad insects were coming their way.
He looks back to the devil (or was it demon) destroyer thing was and starts to make his way closer, hoping again that not being a devil or a demon will keep himself from being zapped.
IronMaiden winds down the buzzing noise they were making until it stops fully, they look down at the several gashes in their armour plating and then up at the others, "who needs healing? Lulu are you ok? Come down, I theorise that being airborne right now might make you a more vulnerable target." Whilst taking stock of the situation IM does spend some rest me looking off toward the unicorn, incapable of showing emotion across the metal visor but their body language suggests awe.
"I am fine", Corlith replies to Ironmaiden. "In fact, the protective magic on me should still work for almost an hour, so unless someone desperately needs to rest it would be good to keep moving".
He spots Reed moving towards the zapper, and decides to heed his own words and follow, just 10ft or so behind.
Special: Armor of Agathys - approx 1 hour / 19HPs remaining Special: Bastion of Law - 2d8 remaining
Lulu quickly returns as the party gathers back together, and heeding IronMaiden's advice, she lowers to chest height of most party members. She looks at Reed with concern.
As you all follow Reed towards the demon destroyer thing, the acrid wind howls across the blasted hellscape, kicking up clouds of ash and dust that dance like wraiths along the cracked red earth. Behind you, the twitching husks of slain hellwasps litter the ground—black ichor steaming where it touches Avernus’s cursed soil. Their distant hive looms to the west, a grotesque silhouette of congealed wax, bone and affixed angels, pulsing faintly with infernal life, but mercifully still.
Ahead, the Demon Zapper stands erect, suspending the radiant orb that encases the unicorn 50 feet in the air. As you get closer, you spy the divine form, ghostly and luminous, partially obscured by the holy light that glows from the orb that contains it.
The creature's golden mane billows in unseen wind, its hooves prancing through the air though they find no ground. Its eyes - bright and intelligent - fix on your approach. You watch it lower its head slightly, curious.. not hostile. A few tense moments pass.
Then, like a shooting star through the sky, a beam of radiant energy lances from the sphere away from the group into the distance - striking a lurking hellwasp to the north that had crept too close. The insect screams as it disintegrates in midair, but you feel no heat, no threat. The unicorn again turns it's attention back in your direction.
IronMaiden gives Lulu a nod agreeing to some unspoken communication on the approach.
As the group stop in front of the demon zapper, "we require information" IronMaiden calls out loudly to the unicorn whilst putting a firm and electrified hand on Reed's shoulder, filling that bad boy up with a whole 18hp of cure wounds goodness as he feels an electrical surge move uncomfortably towards his wounds.
IronMaiden is surprised and reacts with embarrassment at their forwardness, awkwardly turning their entire torso downward to address Reed, "apologies, I will note this for next time and ask before delivering assistance... In the unlikely case that you become unconscious or unable to give consent to such assistance, would you be able to give me precursory consent now?"
Reed having already seen Lulu start to be carried off to the wasp nest in the sky knows immediately what the two Hellwasps are trying to do when they grab at him. The halfling is having none of that and squirms out of their clutches.
Acrobatics vs D (18+11) = 29; Acrobatics vs E (14+11) = 25.
Angrily they buzz around Reed, having been thwarted.
Taking up his glaive again, Wilfred jabs at D, hoping to push the creatures away from Reed. His first jab sinks in deep, the wasp in very bad shape. But the second attempt misses as the warrior is too eager to finish off the creature.
Reed takes another deep breath, holding himself still in Wilfred's shadow.
He draws his bow and lets an arrow fly at Wasp D, mentally crossing his fingers that it actually hits this time. If it does, he whispers to the ghosts of the dead swirling around to get in there and do some long term psychological damage to Wasp E.
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Short Bow at Wasp D (
9, 15 + 9) = 24 to hit for (1 + 5 + 6 sneak attack) = 12 magical piercing.Wails from the Grave at Wasp E - 10 necrotic
Corlith steps away from the wasp next to him and then fires a pair of icy blasts, one at the one close to Reed and the other at the one closest to Ironmaiden. He ignores the one next to himself.
"Let's finish this off, we are obviously in the wrong place".
Movement: 5ft away from wasp C (blind or not, he will still move)
Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp E - To Hit: 19+9=28, Damage: 5+2=7 [cold] - if hit, speed reduced by 10ft
Bonus Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp B - To Hit: 4+9=13, Damage: 8+2=10 [cold] - if hit, speed reduced by 10ft
Special: Armor of Agathys - approx 1 hour / 19HPs remaining
Special: Bastion of Law - 2d8 remaining
"this appears to have stopped working" IronMaiden observes as they adjust the buzzing sound they are emanating and raise the volume even more. They fire off three honing charges from the side of their gauntlet striking out at wasp B and then rush toward them shield raised in preparation.
(Magic missile 1st level, auto hit 10force damage) "COME GET IT!" they shout but with a severe lack of emotion behind the words.
Reed pierces D and with family of ghosts, takes out wasp E. Corlith then sends his ray of frost at D, the wasp is now barely hanging on. His second attack misses.
After IM's missiles at B, it looks almost as bad as D as they hang there, scorched, in the air.
B decides to retaliate at IM and flys back at the suit of armor, but both of his attacks miss.
Wasp C saves against Virro's spell and it can see again.
Vitro’s Spiritual Weapon takes a swipe at Wasp D, looking to end it. Then he targets wasp B, sending a deathly green hand toward it to choke the life out of it.
Spiritual weapon to wasp D : 25 to hit, for 8 points of force damage.
Action : Casts ray of sickness at 2nd level toward Wasp B, 23 to hit, for 10 points of poison damage.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Virro steps up and ends the lives of both giant pests, leaving Wasp C to remain.
Lulu spins around excitedly and starts heading back towards the group, but then realizes there is one left and stops, midair. She continues to dodge.
Roo fires off some more of his eldritch blasts.. but they both miss their mark now that the creature is no longer blinded.
Wilfred turns from the bodies of the wasps near Reed and himself, but cannot make it all the way to the wasp, so he uses his longbow again - his second arrow delivering a whole 3 piercing damage.
Reed smiles happily as the pesky, far, far too large wasps fall to the ground.
"Why couldn't they be big honey bees?" Reed muses. "Think of all that honey."
While he talks to himself he takes a deep breath again, steadies his body and mind and lets another arrow fly towards Wasp C. As the arrow leaves his bow, he waves away at the air around his head.
"Do you see anymore? No. So be quiet."
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Short bow (16, 9 + 9) = 25 to hit for (7+12) = 19 magical piercing
"Looks like we are coming to the end of the swarm", Corlith says, as he unleashes more icy blasts at the remaining wasp.
He then looks around to see if any more are incoming.
Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp C - To Hit: 4+9=13 - Miss
Bonus Action: Ray of Frost at Hellwasp C - To Hit: 10+9=19, Damage: 8+1=9 [cold] - if hit, speed reduced by 10ft
Special: Armor of Agathys - approx 1 hour / 19HPs remaining
Special: Bastion of Law - 2d8 remaining
The wasp is stung by the arrow that flies from Reed's bow, but the icy blast from Corlith? He freezes in midair and sinks like a stone... dead.
Reed sighs after the last one falls down. He brushes himself off, wincing when he accidentally touches where the giant wasps had stung and stabbed him.
"Let's not to that again," Reed says, glancing up at the big wasp's nest in the sky, making sure no more bad insects were coming their way.
He looks back to the devil (or was it demon) destroyer thing was and starts to make his way closer, hoping again that not being a devil or a demon will keep himself from being zapped.
IronMaiden winds down the buzzing noise they were making until it stops fully, they look down at the several gashes in their armour plating and then up at the others, "who needs healing? Lulu are you ok? Come down, I theorise that being airborne right now might make you a more vulnerable target." Whilst taking stock of the situation IM does spend some rest me looking off toward the unicorn, incapable of showing emotion across the metal visor but their body language suggests awe.
"I am fine", Corlith replies to Ironmaiden. "In fact, the protective magic on me should still work for almost an hour, so unless someone desperately needs to rest it would be good to keep moving".
He spots Reed moving towards the zapper, and decides to heed his own words and follow, just 10ft or so behind.
Special: Armor of Agathys - approx 1 hour / 19HPs remaining
Special: Bastion of Law - 2d8 remaining
Lulu quickly returns as the party gathers back together, and heeding IronMaiden's advice, she lowers to chest height of most party members. She looks at Reed with concern.
As you all follow Reed towards the demon destroyer thing, the acrid wind howls across the blasted hellscape, kicking up clouds of ash and dust that dance like wraiths along the cracked red earth. Behind you, the twitching husks of slain hellwasps litter the ground—black ichor steaming where it touches Avernus’s cursed soil. Their distant hive looms to the west, a grotesque silhouette of congealed wax, bone and affixed angels, pulsing faintly with infernal life, but mercifully still.
Ahead, the Demon Zapper stands erect, suspending the radiant orb that encases the unicorn 50 feet in the air. As you get closer, you spy the divine form, ghostly and luminous, partially obscured by the holy light that glows from the orb that contains it.
The creature's golden mane billows in unseen wind, its hooves prancing through the air though they find no ground. Its eyes - bright and intelligent - fix on your approach. You watch it lower its head slightly, curious.. not hostile. A few tense moments pass.
Then, like a shooting star through the sky, a beam of radiant energy lances from the sphere away from the group into the distance - striking a lurking hellwasp to the north that had crept too close. The insect screams as it disintegrates in midair, but you feel no heat, no threat. The unicorn again turns it's attention back in your direction.
IronMaiden gives Lulu a nod agreeing to some unspoken communication on the approach.
As the group stop in front of the demon zapper, "we require information" IronMaiden calls out loudly to the unicorn whilst putting a firm and electrified hand on Reed's shoulder, filling that bad boy up with a whole 18hp of cure wounds goodness as he feels an electrical surge move uncomfortably towards his wounds.
"I guess that means we are welcome", Corlith says quietly after the wasp is obliterated. "Or at the least not unwelcome, yet".
He waits to see if the unicorn is capable of replying to Ironmaiden. Or if it choses to anyway.
Reed almost yelps when the energy flows from IM into his shoulder and through his wounds.
”That will wake you up. You should give a guy a warning first.”
But he still pats IM’s arm in thanks.
IronMaiden is surprised and reacts with embarrassment at their forwardness, awkwardly turning their entire torso downward to address Reed, "apologies, I will note this for next time and ask before delivering assistance... In the unlikely case that you become unconscious or unable to give consent to such assistance, would you be able to give me precursory consent now?"
"You got it, my lady, preconsent" Reed says with an exaggerated bow to IM.
He then looks up at the unicorn to see if it will respond to IMs question.
"Do you think the unicorn wants to be there or was put there?" Reed asks the group.