Lasciel pivots and strikes out with his whip once more. The imp is out of range of the physical whip but that hardly matters... As the whip moves it glows with an eldritch energy and as the sound of the whip cracks the energy breaks off and streams towards the imp.
Norril - You manage to bisect the Imp with your shortswords, both pieces disappearing in a puff of thick black smoke.
All - The last of the demons falls and Commander Emberstone shouts, "Regroup on me! We're going to end this!" You find yourself forming ranks with the survivors, noticing there are about half as many as before. Commander Emberstone leads you all up the steps of the temple where the doors hang agape. The demonic voice is silent; the only sounds you hear are the squelch of your boots, the ragged breaths of your comrades, and the continuous rainfall. A deep red glow casts dark shadows around the inside of the temple, coming from a pair of braziers that flank a stone altar. A simple runner lines the floor between rows of pews where sits the congregation. Commander Emberstone curses as he passes row after row of the dead, their skin, what remains of it, is full of festering boils, otherwise having sloughed off into rotting piles around them. Black veins and swarms of flies crawl across their bodies, some blanketed entirely. You hear retching and the splash of vomit coming from the soldiers behind you coupled with anxiously whispered prayers. Commander Emberstone stops a few paces short of the altar and shouts, "Show yourself demon! It is time to meet your end!" The demonic laughter erupts from seemingly everywhere once more, "You won't end me..." Followed by what sounds like a hoof stepping across stone floor. Another, and you just barely sense something moving in the darkness beyond. Lightning strikes outside and you see briefly a horned horror. A bipedal goat headed figure with a long spiked tail, covered in thick filthy fur. As the figure steps into the light, the voice changes, "will you, my love?" What steps into the light is the woman from the photograph. She wears the Emberheart Amulet, but her eyes are entirely black and black veins line her face. Commander Emberstone startles, "Jani...!" Reagaining his composure, he roars, "You dammed fiend! Release her and face us!" Janielle Emberstone chuckles, but with the voice of the demon, "If you insist..." Janielle's skin erupts in festering boils and a pair of horns sprouts from her head. Mangy, patchy fur covers one arm that ends in black claws, and one of her legs ends in a cloven hoof. Commander Emberstone reaches out toward Janielle and bellows, "NOOOOOO!" and an anguished cry as his shoulders slump. Looking down, he takes a few ragged breaths then you hear him mutter something under his breath before setting his shoulders and looking up to glare at the demonhost, "You will regret that, demon." Commander Emberstone turns to you all and shouts, "Slay the fiend!" and with a roar he charges forward with longsword raised.
Initiative Order:
Jowyn
Commander Emberstone
Demonhost
Lash
Cuervo
Kalhala
Norril
Jowyn is up! Followed by Commander Emberstone, then the demonhost. I will post a map later, but for now assume you are within 30ft of the demonhost.
"Out of dark, out of death deliver this man," Jowyn breathes as she calls upon her god for protection from evil and good for Commander Emberstone. Even as the prayer leaves her lips, Jowyn runs after Emberstone, her mace glowing faintly. She tries to keep the terror from her voice. "We are with you, Commander!"
Jowyn - Commander Emberstone is limned in a soft radiance that drives back the odious glow of the braziers. The demonhost hisses with arms raised, its tail lashing angrily.
Commander Emberstone takes advantage of the distraction and slashes the demonhost twice with his longsword, spattering the walls and altar with black blood.
The demonhost shrieks and the braziers erupt with renewed fury, causing plumes of thick, choking smoke to fill the temple. The smoke pools and gathers in areas, coalescing into more fleshy abominations that immediately attack the other soldiers. The demonhost strikes suddenly from out of the smoke with its tail, but Commander Emberstone knocks it aside with his sword.
Lash is up! Followed by Cuervo, Kalhala, then Norril.
The smoke from the braziers is causing the area around the demonhost to be obscured. Attacks made against it while it is in the smoke are made with DISADVANTAGE.
Lasciel doesn’t particularly want to move closer to this demon. Luckily he doesn’t have to. Once more Lasciel snaps his whip out towards the target, knowing full well the weapon cannot reach but using it as a way to snap off an Eldritch Bladt of energy towards the foe…
Eldritch Blast (at Disadvantage): 17 to hit, for a whopping 2 damage.
Lash - The eldritch energy threads the needle between Commander Emberstone's limbs and hits the demonhost with a sizzle, eliciting a growl.
Cuervo - The arrow flies into the smoke but instead of a pained hiss, you hear the shatter of glass as it misses its target and flies through the stained glass window behind it.
Kalhala - Even with the smoke, shadows, and flickering light all messing with your vision, you still manage to slash the demonhost. It squeals in pain and you see blood and maggots dripping from the wound. Now that you're up close, you see that what you thought were two separate individuals, are actually one. Janielle Emberstone is host to a demon that has corrupted her form and corrupts her further with every passing moment. Your horns knock the demonhost back into one of the braziers, toppling it and spilling burning coals across the floor. The carpet runner alights, flames quickly crawling up the length of it.
Norril is up! Followed by Jowyn, then Commander Emberstone.
Norril - The thick smoke in the back of the temple clouds your vision, causing you to miss the first attack, but you feel the second connect and hear a hiss from the demonhost.
I rolled your attacks again on your character sheet since the demonhost is in thick smoke and attacks made against it are at Disadvantage.
Jowyn is up! Followed by Commander Emberstone, then the demonhost.
Jowyn steps up to bolster Commander Emberstone's flank. The emblem of the Morninglord gleams in the haze. Jowyn says one last prayer of potency. "Out of dark, out of damnation, deliver this woman from her bonds!"
Jowyn casts protection from evil and good on Janielle Emberstone against fiends in hopes the woman will be able to wrest control from the demon.
Jowyn - The soft radiance fades from Commander Emberstone and alights upon the demonhost. It writhes and shrieks in anger, "NO! I will have her! I will be born into this world!" You see the demonic aspects of Janielle's countenance regress a bit as the demon struggles to maintain possession.
Commander Emberstone takes advantage of its distraction and slashes it with his longsword.
You all watch the demonhost flail about, gripping its head and snarling as the demonic features recede and expand, like waves lapping at the shore. With an angry howl, the demonhost appears to maintain its hold this round and turns its attention to Jowyn. "I will snuff out your light you little worm!" The barbed tail of the demonhost lashes out of the smoke, just barely missing Jowyn.
Lash adjusts his position to get the best angle he can without moving closer and cracks out his whip again, eldritch energy once more slivering down it's length and then snapping off the tip and flying towards the Demon.
Lasciel pivots and strikes out with his whip once more. The imp is out of range of the physical whip but that hardly matters... As the whip moves it glows with an eldritch energy and as the sound of the whip cracks the energy breaks off and streams towards the imp.
Eldritch Blast vs Imp: 11 to hit, 10 damage
Lash - The Imp's eyes go wide at the sight of the oncoming blast but manages to dip under it at the last second!
Norril is up! Followed by Imp B, then Cuervo.
Norill will move to Imp B and attack again with his pair of shortswords.
Action - Attack: 25 Damage: 9
Bonus Action - Attack: 11 Damage: 6
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Norril - You manage to bisect the Imp with your shortswords, both pieces disappearing in a puff of thick black smoke.
All - The last of the demons falls and Commander Emberstone shouts, "Regroup on me! We're going to end this!" You find yourself forming ranks with the survivors, noticing there are about half as many as before. Commander Emberstone leads you all up the steps of the temple where the doors hang agape. The demonic voice is silent; the only sounds you hear are the squelch of your boots, the ragged breaths of your comrades, and the continuous rainfall. A deep red glow casts dark shadows around the inside of the temple, coming from a pair of braziers that flank a stone altar. A simple runner lines the floor between rows of pews where sits the congregation. Commander Emberstone curses as he passes row after row of the dead, their skin, what remains of it, is full of festering boils, otherwise having sloughed off into rotting piles around them. Black veins and swarms of flies crawl across their bodies, some blanketed entirely. You hear retching and the splash of vomit coming from the soldiers behind you coupled with anxiously whispered prayers. Commander Emberstone stops a few paces short of the altar and shouts, "Show yourself demon! It is time to meet your end!" The demonic laughter erupts from seemingly everywhere once more, "You won't end me..." Followed by what sounds like a hoof stepping across stone floor. Another, and you just barely sense something moving in the darkness beyond. Lightning strikes outside and you see briefly a horned horror. A bipedal goat headed figure with a long spiked tail, covered in thick filthy fur. As the figure steps into the light, the voice changes, "will you, my love?" What steps into the light is the woman from the photograph. She wears the Emberheart Amulet, but her eyes are entirely black and black veins line her face. Commander Emberstone startles, "Jani...!" Reagaining his composure, he roars, "You dammed fiend! Release her and face us!" Janielle Emberstone chuckles, but with the voice of the demon, "If you insist..." Janielle's skin erupts in festering boils and a pair of horns sprouts from her head. Mangy, patchy fur covers one arm that ends in black claws, and one of her legs ends in a cloven hoof. Commander Emberstone reaches out toward Janielle and bellows, "NOOOOOO!" and an anguished cry as his shoulders slump. Looking down, he takes a few ragged breaths then you hear him mutter something under his breath before setting his shoulders and looking up to glare at the demonhost, "You will regret that, demon." Commander Emberstone turns to you all and shouts, "Slay the fiend!" and with a roar he charges forward with longsword raised.
Initiative Order:
Jowyn is up! Followed by Commander Emberstone, then the demonhost. I will post a map later, but for now assume you are within 30ft of the demonhost.
"Out of dark, out of death deliver this man," Jowyn breathes as she calls upon her god for protection from evil and good for Commander Emberstone. Even as the prayer leaves her lips, Jowyn runs after Emberstone, her mace glowing faintly. She tries to keep the terror from her voice. "We are with you, Commander!"
"You have my Blades Commander!" as Norill runs with the group.
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Jowyn - Commander Emberstone is limned in a soft radiance that drives back the odious glow of the braziers. The demonhost hisses with arms raised, its tail lashing angrily.
Commander Emberstone takes advantage of the distraction and slashes the demonhost twice with his longsword, spattering the walls and altar with black blood.
The demonhost shrieks and the braziers erupt with renewed fury, causing plumes of thick, choking smoke to fill the temple. The smoke pools and gathers in areas, coalescing into more fleshy abominations that immediately attack the other soldiers. The demonhost strikes suddenly from out of the smoke with its tail, but Commander Emberstone knocks it aside with his sword.
Lash is up! Followed by Cuervo, Kalhala, then Norril.
The smoke from the braziers is causing the area around the demonhost to be obscured. Attacks made against it while it is in the smoke are made with DISADVANTAGE.
Map:
Lasciel doesn’t particularly want to move closer to this demon. Luckily he doesn’t have to. Once more Lasciel snaps his whip out towards the target, knowing full well the weapon cannot reach but using it as a way to snap off an Eldritch Bladt of energy towards the foe…
Eldritch Blast (at Disadvantage): 17 to hit, for a whopping 2 damage.
Not one to wade into the action, Cuervo draws back her bow and lets an arrow fly at the demonhost, making sure she avoids the Commander.
Attack rolls (taking the lower of the two being Disadvantaged):
20
6
Damage (if hits): 6)
Sneak Attack: 2
Lash - The eldritch energy threads the needle between Commander Emberstone's limbs and hits the demonhost with a sizzle, eliciting a growl.
Cuervo - The arrow flies into the smoke but instead of a pained hiss, you hear the shatter of glass as it misses its target and flies through the stained glass window behind it.
Kalhala is up! Followed by Norril, then Jowyn.
Kalhala charges the demonhost, getting up right next to him and slashes out with his longsword.
Attack w/dis: 16 Damage if hit: 8
If he hits him, he will ram him as well to try and get the demonhost away from the woman, STR save of 14 or be pushed 10 feet.
Kalhala - Even with the smoke, shadows, and flickering light all messing with your vision, you still manage to slash the demonhost. It squeals in pain and you see blood and maggots dripping from the wound. Now that you're up close, you see that what you thought were two separate individuals, are actually one. Janielle Emberstone is host to a demon that has corrupted her form and corrupts her further with every passing moment. Your horns knock the demonhost back into one of the braziers, toppling it and spilling burning coals across the floor. The carpet runner alights, flames quickly crawling up the length of it.
Norril is up! Followed by Jowyn, then Commander Emberstone.
Map:
Norill will advance, mark him as Favored Foe and attack
Attack: 15 Damage: 5
Bonus Action - Attack: 22 Damage: 1
Favored Foe (if either hit, add this to damage) 2
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Norril - The thick smoke in the back of the temple clouds your vision, causing you to miss the first attack, but you feel the second connect and hear a hiss from the demonhost.
I rolled your attacks again on your character sheet since the demonhost is in thick smoke and attacks made against it are at Disadvantage.
Jowyn is up! Followed by Commander Emberstone, then the demonhost.
Map:
Jowyn steps up to bolster Commander Emberstone's flank. The emblem of the Morninglord gleams in the haze. Jowyn says one last prayer of potency. "Out of dark, out of damnation, deliver this woman from her bonds!"
Jowyn casts protection from evil and good on Janielle Emberstone against fiends in hopes the woman will be able to wrest control from the demon.
Jowyn - The soft radiance fades from Commander Emberstone and alights upon the demonhost. It writhes and shrieks in anger, "NO! I will have her! I will be born into this world!" You see the demonic aspects of Janielle's countenance regress a bit as the demon struggles to maintain possession.
Commander Emberstone takes advantage of its distraction and slashes it with his longsword.
You all watch the demonhost flail about, gripping its head and snarling as the demonic features recede and expand, like waves lapping at the shore. With an angry howl, the demonhost appears to maintain its hold this round and turns its attention to Jowyn. "I will snuff out your light you little worm!" The barbed tail of the demonhost lashes out of the smoke, just barely missing Jowyn.
Lash is up! Followed by Cuervo, then Kalhala.
Lash adjusts his position to get the best angle he can without moving closer and cracks out his whip again, eldritch energy once more slivering down it's length and then snapping off the tip and flying towards the Demon.
Eldritch Blast: 12
or 20to hit, 3 damageLash - The eldritch blast erupts forth into the smoky haze, causing swirls and whorls as it goes, but misses the demonhost.
Cuervo is up! Followed by Kalhala, then Norril.
Curevo let loose with another arrow.
Attack rolls (taking the lower of the two being Disadvantaged): 18 8
Damage (if hits): 6
Sneak Attack: 1
ooc: My two day trip ended up being four days...apologies
Cuervo - The arrow zips through the air toward the demonhost, but it manages to twist aside and dodge the attack.
Kalhala is up! Followed by Norril, then Jowyn.
Map: