Reed stands, upside down, under the bridge and holds his hands out in an 'I don't have a clue' gesture.
While the others plan their assault, Reed walks along under the bridge to the other side, ready to quickly climb out and hit the devils from behind with a well placed arrow.
It will forever be remembered in the annals of hell's lore the day that the bridge in Elturel was taken by a giant chicken, a being calling himself a Gallus and wearing the armor of a religious zealot. He appeared out of thin air, towering above the fiends guarding the bridge, and began to lay the smacketh down.
"Buck!" Roo proclaims as he is bamphed from one position to the next, appearing in front of the bearded devil. For the first time in his life, he is bigger than one of his foes. He looks down on the bearded clucker before lunging forward, the Owl's Talon carving a swath in the air as Roo gets to work. The sword hits home with every ounce of Roo's link to Gallus behind it. Between the magically infused strike, the divine radiance behind it, and the follow up wave of thunder, some real damage is done, even as an extremely loud roll of thunder echoes from the Owl's Talon. "Surprise mothercluckers!"
Turn Summary
Movement: A wild Roo appears! Action- Attack w/ Booming Blade: Targeting Bearded Devil. 19 to hit. 3 thunder damage + 9 slashing damage + 1 slashing damage (from Enlarge) + 17 radiant damage (from Divine Smite) = 30 damage. The Bearded Devil is sheathed in booming energy that deals an extra 6 damage if it voluntarily moves more than 5 feet on its next term. That is, if it survives... Bonus Action- Thunderous Smite: Targeting Bearded Devil. 7 thunder damage. Bearded Devil must make a DC 15 Strength Save or be knocked 10 feet backwards and off the side of the bridge.
Virro sees Reed head off, spots him under the bridge and point at the runes, making a shrug of his shoulders. “Right. Off we go…”. Virro says a few words quietly and touches his glove, then follows after Reed, trying to be as quiet as the halfing, but not succeeding. He tries to make it under the bridge, so that he can look at the runes, interpret them, and hopefully activate any effect on the wording on the side of the bridge.
When Reed crawls under the bridge, he gets a good look at what is below them.. what is 500 feet below them into the soul-shattering waters of the River Styx. He also sees the battle raging below between the devils and demons. He then gets himself ready for what is coming next.
IronMaiden calls out his or rather Roo's mantra while Corth spins his spell and Virro tries to sneak off to the runes and say a prayer. Unfortunately, the runes stay quiet and the monsters atop of the bridge are now all keen to your location.
But not to the location of Reya and Roo as they are whisked off into the Vortex.
The giant chicken completely and utterly takes the bearded devil by surprise and withstands the walloping 37 (10 resisted) damage. As the Gallus attempts to knock him off the bridge, however he stands strong, whether it be his duty or knowing that if he falls it will be his death, it's anyones guess. The devil is now bloodied however.
"WOOOOOO!!!" Reya exclaims as she is first in one place, then suddenly thrown into the fray of it all and she is loving the thrill of it. Grinning from ear to ear, she slashes at the devil, trying to bring him down. Both of her sword slashes find purchase, but the fiend is resistant and still stands, blood now flowing from his wounds (17 damage resisted).
Spined devil D sees that the giant chicken and hellrider have passed his defenses. But all notices the rest of the group and wants to stand it's ground. It flings two of it's tail spines towards Reya, but they both go wide.
Corlith stands watching the enlarged Gallus take the fight to the fiends, along with Reya, for few moments before he realises that he really should help. Seeing the second of the bearded fiends as the next priority, he reaches out and into its mind, driving a psychic spike into it. He uses the power of his bracers to repeat the attack a second time.
He moves forward a little so he is able to help Reya and Roo should they need it, but is wary of losing concentration on the protection he has given them.
"Cover me, please", he requests of the others.
Action: Cast Mind Sliver at bearded fiend B - DC 17 Int Save or take 2+1=3 [psychic] damage and reduce next saving throw before end of Corlith's next turn by 1d4 Bonus Action: Use [Tooltip Not Found] to repeat cast Mind Sliver at bearded fiend B - DC 17 Int Save or take 3+6=9 [psychic] damage and reduce next saving throw before end of Corlith's next turn by 1d4 (if it failed the first save, it needs to reduce this one by 1d4) Movement: 20ft West Special: Concentration on Protection from evil and good on Roo and Reya - 3/100
IronMaiden sees Corlith targeting the nearest devil and decides to ignore the closer spined devil and instead compound upon Corlith's attack. The suit of armour runs forward 30ft arm raised and crackling with lightning, they launch a bolt directly at he bearded devil (17 to hit, 8 lightning damage) and then follow that up with an over arm launch of a javelin which Archie had lovingly provided on her last shopping outing. (8 to hit, 3 piercing) "Did you not hear me!?" They call out mockingly at the devils "I said that even your fat mothers will soon know the name of our fearless feathered friend, ROO'STOR!"
The mind sliver's find their purchase in the bearded devil B, and Iron Maiden's lightning bolt does as well. They all look at each other in confusion as they hear IM's mocking, but then bearded devil A focuses on the feathered friend.
He moves his beard in for the attack, but whether it's from all the beards Roo is wearing or not, it's attack goes wide. But the glaive follows and finds a chink in Fog'Horn's armor delivering 11 slashing damage. Roo needs to make a DC 12 CON save or succumb to an infernal wound.
Harkina tries to help the party out and taking out her longbow she fires off an arrow towards spined devil D, but it sticks in the side of the bridge.
Moving to flank the rooster, spined devil B tries to hit the dexterous bird, but even with that battle maneuver, his bite and fork miss.
Reed peeks over the side of the bridge, taking in everything and everyone quickly, but keeping his lower body behind the railing (partial cover?). He spots the one spiny-ugly coming up from behind Roo. Counting on the flamboyant Gallus to keep the devil's attention, Reed takes a breath, stills his body and lets an arrow fly. He's almost distracted by the sight of the battle happening beneath them but the still vibrating arrow in the side of the bridge catches his attention and brings him back to the battle.
After the arrow flies at the spined devil, he says "Time to earn your keep, freeloaders."
A moment later, the bearded devil locked in battle with Roo and Reya hears moaning, ghostly wails inside its head, grasping at his sanity.
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Shortbow at Spined Devil B (9+8)= 17 to hit for (5+5 + sneak attack of 3+2+6) = 21 piercing damage
Wails from the Grave at Bearded Devil A = (5+2) = 7 necrotic damage
It doesn't take Roo long to realize that he has a problem with the sword. Remembering the mace he'd found some time back in the Vanthampur's dungeon, he switches to it, trying to better results. He's not quite as good with it as he is with the Owl's Talon, but if he can just get the damage to stick a little better. The glowing mace comes arcing around wide as Roo tries to take the devil's head off with it, sheathing it in booming energy like it is some sort of magical baseball bat. When the attack hits, Roo backs off carefully, moving to engage Bearded Devil B while watching for incoming attacks...
Turn Summary
Movement: Move to Bearded Devil B Action- Booming Blade: 22 to hit, 5 bludgeoning damage (magical weapon) + 8 thunder damage = 13 damage total. Bearded Devil A takes an additional 1 damage if it moves more than 5 feet. Bonus Action- Disengage: Attacks of Opportunity against Roo have disadvantage.
When Roo changes weapons and let's the mace come down on Bearded devil A, the creature's head does indeed go flying, off the bridge. The rest of the body crumples.
Bearded devil B, showing no care for his fallen brethren, smiles as Roo enters his range. He attempts to hit the rooster with his beard and glaive, but both miss and his smile turns into a grimace.
Spined devil C sees that the bearded devil can't hit the rooster and tries himself. He also fails and cries out in frustration.
Virro runs up onto the bridge, with his movement he makes it to the square just to the southwest of the Ironmaiden. He points his right hand at the bearded devil B and the spined devil C, a ghostly, skeletal hand shoots out to both of them as he charges forward.
Chill touch to the bearded devil B : (Nat 20, crit!) 27 to hit, for 10 points of necrotic damage.
Chill touch to the spined devel C : 10 to hit, for 7 points of necrotic damage.
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The skeletal hand wraps around the bearded devil, bloodying him with the necrotic damage. The second one goes wide of the spined devil and he thrusts his little fork towards it as it floats by.
Spined devil A sidles up next to Reya and attempts to bite (miss) and stab her with his fork (miss) growling in a high-pitched anger he glowers.
Lulu comes flying in behind everyone else and attempts to ram spined devil B, jabbing him with her tusks with magical bludgeoning (5 damage)
Reya attacks spined devil A back and her attacks actually land, (14 damage, halved)
Spined devil B tries to retaliate against Lulu and also misses his attacks.
Now he is on the bridge Corlith doesn't advance further, simply keeping an eye on his companions. He sees Roo has been hurt, and sends a wave of healing energy to him.
"Have another crack at that big beard one, Roo!', he calls across, encouraging the Gallus to instantly attack again.
He then looks down to the runes on the bridge, seeing if he can make out a way to activate them.
Bonus Action: Cast Healing Word on Roo - 4+3=7 Hit Points. Voice of Authority - Can immediately use his reaction to make a melee weapon attack against Bearded Devil B Action: Try to activate runes Religion - 15+0=15 Special: Concentration on Protection from evil and good on Roo and Reya - 4/100
The ironmaiden takes a few steps forward so that they are within 10ft of the bearded devil and let's the lightning crackling around their hands arc between their gauntlets, toying with this energy IM whips it around and uses it like a lure latching onto the bearded devil and yanking it toward them.
(Dc16 strength check from bearded devil or be dragged 10ft in a straight line toward IM taking 14 lightning damage as the remainder of the arc pulses from the IronMaiden's metal body and strikes out at the devil)
Whether the devil is pulled toward IM or not they lash out with Archie's new handaxe (6 to hit) but swing wide not compensating for speed.
The bearded devil B is on it's last leg, after getting pummeled by Roo and then drug towards the IronMaiden resulting in the lightning damage, he don't look good.
Harkina attempts to fire off another arrow at spined devil D, but it goes wide.
Just as spined devil B starts to figure out his target, the bridge delivers radiant light that surrounds him, making him glow from within until he is nothing but dust.
Reed laughs when the bridge lights up and one of the devils vaporizes. "I knew those did something."
Without moving, he takes a breath and sights an arrow at the spiney ugly next to Roo.
Once the arrow hits he nods his head at the devil by Lulu, who quickly hears a cacophonous collection of whining and complaining from dead who have been following Reed around.
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Shortbow at Spined Devil C - (10, 6 + 8) = 18 to hit for (6 + sneak attack of 13) = 19 piercing
Plus Wails from the Grave at Spined Devil D - 5 necrotic damage
Roo bobs about and moves forward, smacking the Bearded Devil again with his Booming Blade mace, before moving across to square up with Spined Devil D.outting some distance between himself and the Bearded Devil as he tries to force it to move to attack...
Movement / Bonus Action Disengage: Move up to Bearded Devil, then 10 ft across bridge to face Spined Devil D
Booming Blade: 22 to hit, 6 Thunder damage + 4 bludgeoning (magical), 10 damage total
If Bearded Devil moves more than 5 feet takes an additional 8 damage
Reed stands, upside down, under the bridge and holds his hands out in an 'I don't have a clue' gesture.
While the others plan their assault, Reed walks along under the bridge to the other side, ready to quickly climb out and hit the devils from behind with a well placed arrow.
It will forever be remembered in the annals of hell's lore the day that the bridge in Elturel was taken by a giant chicken, a being calling himself a Gallus and wearing the armor of a religious zealot. He appeared out of thin air, towering above the fiends guarding the bridge, and began to lay the smacketh down.
"Buck!" Roo proclaims as he is bamphed from one position to the next, appearing in front of the bearded devil. For the first time in his life, he is bigger than one of his foes. He looks down on the bearded clucker before lunging forward, the Owl's Talon carving a swath in the air as Roo gets to work. The sword hits home with every ounce of Roo's link to Gallus behind it. Between the magically infused strike, the divine radiance behind it, and the follow up wave of thunder, some real damage is done, even as an extremely loud roll of thunder echoes from the Owl's Talon. "Surprise mothercluckers!"
Turn Summary
Movement: A wild Roo appears!
Action- Attack w/ Booming Blade: Targeting Bearded Devil. 19 to hit. 3 thunder damage + 9 slashing damage + 1 slashing damage (from Enlarge) + 17 radiant damage (from Divine Smite) = 30 damage. The Bearded Devil is sheathed in booming energy that deals an extra 6 damage if it voluntarily moves more than 5 feet on its next term. That is, if it survives...
Bonus Action- Thunderous Smite: Targeting Bearded Devil. 7 thunder damage. Bearded Devil must make a DC 15 Strength Save or be knocked 10 feet backwards and off the side of the bridge.
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Virro sees Reed head off, spots him under the bridge and point at the runes, making a shrug of his shoulders. “Right. Off we go…”. Virro says a few words quietly and touches his glove, then follows after Reed, trying to be as quiet as the halfing, but not succeeding. He tries to make it under the bridge, so that he can look at the runes, interpret them, and hopefully activate any effect on the wording on the side of the bridge.
Stealth (with guidance) : 15
Religion check on the runes on the bridge : 11
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
When Reed crawls under the bridge, he gets a good look at what is below them.. what is 500 feet below them into the soul-shattering waters of the River Styx. He also sees the battle raging below between the devils and demons. He then gets himself ready for what is coming next.
IronMaiden calls out his or rather Roo's mantra while Corth spins his spell and Virro tries to sneak off to the runes and say a prayer. Unfortunately, the runes stay quiet and the monsters atop of the bridge are now all keen to your location.
But not to the location of Reya and Roo as they are whisked off into the Vortex.
The giant chicken completely and utterly takes the bearded devil by surprise and withstands the walloping 37 (10 resisted) damage. As the Gallus attempts to knock him off the bridge, however he stands strong, whether it be his duty or knowing that if he falls it will be his death, it's anyones guess. The devil is now bloodied however.
"WOOOOOO!!!" Reya exclaims as she is first in one place, then suddenly thrown into the fray of it all and she is loving the thrill of it. Grinning from ear to ear, she slashes at the devil, trying to bring him down. Both of her sword slashes find purchase, but the fiend is resistant and still stands, blood now flowing from his wounds (17 damage resisted).
Spined devil D sees that the giant chicken and hellrider have passed his defenses. But all notices the rest of the group and wants to stand it's ground. It flings two of it's tail spines towards Reya, but they both go wide.
Corlith stands watching the enlarged Gallus take the fight to the fiends, along with Reya, for few moments before he realises that he really should help. Seeing the second of the bearded fiends as the next priority, he reaches out and into its mind, driving a psychic spike into it. He uses the power of his bracers to repeat the attack a second time.
He moves forward a little so he is able to help Reya and Roo should they need it, but is wary of losing concentration on the protection he has given them.
"Cover me, please", he requests of the others.
Action: Cast Mind Sliver at bearded fiend B - DC 17 Int Save or take 2+1=3 [psychic] damage and reduce next saving throw before end of Corlith's next turn by 1d4
Bonus Action: Use [Tooltip Not Found] to repeat cast Mind Sliver at bearded fiend B - DC 17 Int Save or take 3+6=9 [psychic] damage and reduce next saving throw before end of Corlith's next turn by 1d4 (if it failed the first save, it needs to reduce this one by 1d4)
Movement: 20ft West
Special: Concentration on Protection from evil and good on Roo and Reya - 3/100
IronMaiden sees Corlith targeting the nearest devil and decides to ignore the closer spined devil and instead compound upon Corlith's attack. The suit of armour runs forward 30ft arm raised and crackling with lightning, they launch a bolt directly at he bearded devil (17 to hit, 8 lightning damage) and then follow that up with an over arm launch of a javelin which Archie had lovingly provided on her last shopping outing. (8 to hit, 3 piercing) "Did you not hear me!?" They call out mockingly at the devils "I said that even your fat mothers will soon know the name of our fearless feathered friend, ROO'STOR!"
The mind sliver's find their purchase in the bearded devil B, and Iron Maiden's lightning bolt does as well. They all look at each other in confusion as they hear IM's mocking, but then bearded devil A focuses on the feathered friend.
He moves his beard in for the attack, but whether it's from all the beards Roo is wearing or not, it's attack goes wide. But the glaive follows and finds a chink in Fog'Horn's armor delivering 11 slashing damage. Roo needs to make a DC 12 CON save or succumb to an infernal wound.
Harkina tries to help the party out and taking out her longbow she fires off an arrow towards spined devil D, but it sticks in the side of the bridge.
Moving to flank the rooster, spined devil B tries to hit the dexterous bird, but even with that battle maneuver, his bite and fork miss.
Reed peeks over the side of the bridge, taking in everything and everyone quickly, but keeping his lower body behind the railing (partial cover?). He spots the one spiny-ugly coming up from behind Roo. Counting on the flamboyant Gallus to keep the devil's attention, Reed takes a breath, stills his body and lets an arrow fly. He's almost distracted by the sight of the battle happening beneath them but the still vibrating arrow in the side of the bridge catches his attention and brings him back to the battle.
After the arrow flies at the spined devil, he says "Time to earn your keep, freeloaders."
A moment later, the bearded devil locked in battle with Roo and Reya hears moaning, ghostly wails inside its head, grasping at his sanity.
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Shortbow at Spined Devil B (9+8)= 17 to hit for (5+5 + sneak attack of 3+2+6) = 21 piercing damage
Wails from the Grave at Bearded Devil A = (5+2) = 7 necrotic damage
It doesn't take Roo long to realize that he has a problem with the sword. Remembering the mace he'd found some time back in the Vanthampur's dungeon, he switches to it, trying to better results. He's not quite as good with it as he is with the Owl's Talon, but if he can just get the damage to stick a little better. The glowing mace comes arcing around wide as Roo tries to take the devil's head off with it, sheathing it in booming energy like it is some sort of magical baseball bat. When the attack hits, Roo backs off carefully, moving to engage Bearded Devil B while watching for incoming attacks...
Turn Summary
Movement: Move to Bearded Devil B
Action- Booming Blade: 22 to hit, 5 bludgeoning damage (magical weapon) + 8 thunder damage = 13 damage total. Bearded Devil A takes an additional 1 damage if it moves more than 5 feet.
Bonus Action- Disengage: Attacks of Opportunity against Roo have disadvantage.
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When Roo changes weapons and let's the mace come down on Bearded devil A, the creature's head does indeed go flying, off the bridge. The rest of the body crumples.
Bearded devil B, showing no care for his fallen brethren, smiles as Roo enters his range. He attempts to hit the rooster with his beard and glaive, but both miss and his smile turns into a grimace.
Spined devil C sees that the bearded devil can't hit the rooster and tries himself. He also fails and cries out in frustration.
Virro runs up onto the bridge, with his movement he makes it to the square just to the southwest of the Ironmaiden. He points his right hand at the bearded devil B and the spined devil C, a ghostly, skeletal hand shoots out to both of them as he charges forward.
Chill touch to the bearded devil B : (Nat 20, crit!) 27 to hit, for 10 points of necrotic damage.
Chill touch to the spined devel C : 10 to hit, for 7 points of necrotic damage.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
The skeletal hand wraps around the bearded devil, bloodying him with the necrotic damage. The second one goes wide of the spined devil and he thrusts his little fork towards it as it floats by.
Spined devil A sidles up next to Reya and attempts to bite (miss) and stab her with his fork (miss) growling in a high-pitched anger he glowers.
Lulu comes flying in behind everyone else and attempts to ram spined devil B, jabbing him with her tusks with magical bludgeoning (5 damage)
Reya attacks spined devil A back and her attacks actually land, (14 damage, halved)
Spined devil B tries to retaliate against Lulu and also misses his attacks.
Now he is on the bridge Corlith doesn't advance further, simply keeping an eye on his companions. He sees Roo has been hurt, and sends a wave of healing energy to him.
"Have another crack at that big beard one, Roo!', he calls across, encouraging the Gallus to instantly attack again.
He then looks down to the runes on the bridge, seeing if he can make out a way to activate them.
Bonus Action: Cast Healing Word on Roo - 4+3=7 Hit Points. Voice of Authority - Can immediately use his reaction to make a melee weapon attack against Bearded Devil B
Action: Try to activate runes
Religion - 15+0=15
Special: Concentration on Protection from evil and good on Roo and Reya - 4/100
As Corlith touches the runes and says the prayer to Torm, the runes light up, gold and bright.
The ironmaiden takes a few steps forward so that they are within 10ft of the bearded devil and let's the lightning crackling around their hands arc between their gauntlets, toying with this energy IM whips it around and uses it like a lure latching onto the bearded devil and yanking it toward them.
(Dc16 strength check from bearded devil or be dragged 10ft in a straight line toward IM taking 14 lightning damage as the remainder of the arc pulses from the IronMaiden's metal body and strikes out at the devil)
Whether the devil is pulled toward IM or not they lash out with Archie's new handaxe (6 to hit) but swing wide not compensating for speed.
Roo bobs about as Corlitch calls out to him, and then cackles before bringing his mace down on top of the Bearded Devil's head as hard as he can.
Turn Summary
Reaction- Attack w/ Mace: Targeting Bearded Devil B. 18 to hit, 9 bludgeoning damage (magical)
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The bearded devil B is on it's last leg, after getting pummeled by Roo and then drug towards the IronMaiden resulting in the lightning damage, he don't look good.
Harkina attempts to fire off another arrow at spined devil D, but it goes wide.
Just as spined devil B starts to figure out his target, the bridge delivers radiant light that surrounds him, making him glow from within until he is nothing but dust.
Reed laughs when the bridge lights up and one of the devils vaporizes. "I knew those did something."
Without moving, he takes a breath and sights an arrow at the spiney ugly next to Roo.
Once the arrow hits he nods his head at the devil by Lulu, who quickly hears a cacophonous collection of whining and complaining from dead who have been following Reed around.
Bonus Action - Steady Aim
Action - Shortbow at Spined Devil C - (10,
6+ 8) = 18 to hit for (6 + sneak attack of 13) = 19 piercingPlus Wails from the Grave at Spined Devil D - 5 necrotic damage
Roo bobs about and moves forward, smacking the Bearded Devil again with his Booming Blade mace, before moving across to square up with Spined Devil D.outting some distance between himself and the Bearded Devil as he tries to force it to move to attack...
Movement / Bonus Action Disengage: Move up to Bearded Devil, then 10 ft across bridge to face Spined Devil D
Booming Blade: 22 to hit, 6 Thunder damage + 4 bludgeoning (magical), 10 damage total
If Bearded Devil moves more than 5 feet takes an additional 8 damage
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