Sighing Magnus thinks, Why today of all days do my powers seem to be failing me, no wonder the Soul sent me to this god forsaken post, though if I Sandra goes down maybe the undead will follow as well. Another green globe forms in his hand as he attempts to shoot Sandra once more.
Dev, quite spooked now, with blood streaming down his face and into his eyes— I.e., he’s under half his HP — turns to the ladder and the trap door. His musical illusion ends as he blows a quick tube on his pipes and a new illusion of an empty 5’ cube crate pops into existence over the trapdoor. He climbs up the ladder into the crate, which hopefully protects him from view of any dead on the ground floor which would otherwise see him.
Jaspers bolt catches Sandra in the chest as she yells at Liam and she pitches forward against the wall, her face pale and drawn as blood sheets down her side....obviously heavily wounded she refuses to fall.
Lokilia continues to focus on Sandra. She launches the second of her enchanted stones at her.
(Spell Attack: 17, Damage: 8)
Noticing Dev head up the ladder and seem to disappear into a box, she considers following, but she's not sure she fit in the small space with him. She remains at the base of the ladder, watching to seewhat unfolds.
Lokilia continues to focus on Sandra. She launches the second of her enchanted stones at her.
(Spell Attack: 17, Damage: 8)
Noticing Dev head up the ladder and seem to disappear into a box, she considers following, but she's not sure she fit in the small space with him. She remains at the base of the ladder, watching to seewhat unfolds.
Lokilias stone flies true and hits Sandra in the back of the head as she begins searching the wall as well, as the stone strikes her head goes forward sharply and into the stone wall dropping her to the ground, Liam drops down beside her laying a hand on her immediately, weeping.
The dead attacking Hook immediately stop moving and stand motionless, those at the walls still scratch at the rock trying to escape.
( We are....at least for the moment....out of Combat.)
“Walk away from her Liam or suffer the same fate.” Quinn will raise his blade to the back of Liam’s neck prepared to drive his blade through the man’s neck if he does not comply.
Normont rushes up, his pistol trained on the prone form of Sandra, not quite believing she is dead but his focus is more on what they were looking for. They must have had an escape plan.
As he moves and inspects the wall, the three undead continue to sizzle.
Investigation: 20+5=25 Concentration: tasha’s caustic brew - 3+3=6 acid damage (Will let DM roll the rest assuming the spell lasts another 48 seconds)
“Walk away from her Liam or suffer the same fate.” Quinn will raise his blade to the back of Liam’s neck prepared to drive his blade through the man’s neck if he does not comply.
Sata began stalking across the chamber towards Liam blades in hand her eyes fixed on Quinn, " Lets not be hasty. My Uncle dies and things here are going to get very tense again very quickly."
Normont rushes up, his pistol trained on the prone form of Sandra, not quite believing she is dead but his focus is more on what they were looking for. They must have had an escape plan.
As he moves and inspects the wall, the three undead continue to sizzle.
Investigation: 20+5=25 Concentration: tasha’s caustic brew - 3+3=6 acid damage (Will let DM roll the rest assuming the spell lasts another 48 seconds)
Looking closer Normont can see that she is still breathing, whatever Liam did must have stabilised her enough to bring her back from the brink of death.....she is however very, very unconcious.
Normont flicks his eyes over the wall and in seconds discovers a concealed lever, determining there are no traps on or around it he activates it revealing a long narrow tunnel cut through the rock.
Asoto begins following her sister over, channelling healing energies into herself as she moves, " Now, now Sata. I'm sure no one here wants any more bloodshed. Frankly all of us look more than a little worse for wear."
" I have a mutually beneficial proposal if your willing to hear it.", she spins slowly in place meeting the eyes of everyone in turn. " And we should decide relatively quickly as I'm not 100% sure what those dead will do once they are no longer frightened of my Deity."
"She appears to be unconscious, which is good. She gets to be tried for her crimes", Normont feeds back as he opens up the tunnel and looks back to Asoto.
He watches as she looks at everyone, wondering if Liam was included in this proposal, "As long as it doesn't involve those two getting away with this, I am listening", he replies motioning to Liam and Sandra.
The undead continue to sizzle as he maintains concentration on his acidic spray.
Seeing no easy way out and, after then peeking behind him back down the hatch and descending the ladder a few rungs and seeing that a detente of some kind has been reached with the company’s assailants in the cellar, Dev climbs halfway down the ladder so as to hear what is being said. He laces an arm through the rungs, having no desire to either face the dead above, or set foot once again below. The box illusion atop the ladder remains to discourage investigation of the hatch by wandering undead.
Magnus will move over to the unconscious Sandra and look to Sata, "Hope you don't mind." Then will carefully tie Sandra's hands up, making sure she can not move her fingers and place a covering over her mouth, making sure she can still breath through her nose. "Just want to make sure she is unable to cast or command the remaining undead. You mentioned something about a deal?"
Given the reprieve, Lokilia casts Goodberry. She'll quickly eat 7 of them before pausing. She glances first to Dev as he hangs from the ladder. "You want a couple? They'll help you heal."
Magnus will move over to the unconscious Sandra and look to Sata, "Hope you don't mind." Then will carefully tie Sandra's hands up, making sure she can not move her fingers and place a covering over her mouth, making sure she can still breath through her nose. "Just want to make sure she is unable to cast or command the remaining undead. You mentioned something about a deal?"
Hook made his way over as they talked nodding to everyone, " That was bracing, no?"
Sata acknowledged Magnus then turned to Asoto who spoke, " House Ocici owes you all a debt of gratitude for delivering our poor misguided Uncle to us and delivering him into our care where he can get proper, private, treatment for his emotional breakdown and subsequent loss of reason. We congratulate you on apprehending the foul murderer and necromancer Sandra Galador and uncovering her families links to unsavoury elements."
" We of House Ocici, now that we are aware of such links, will withdraw all business interests with the Galador Family immediately."
" My sister tells me that you were subcontracting through Hook, I do not believe you have been adequately compensated for your efforts. Would an additional 200 gold each be acceptable?"
" I apologise for the forwardness but I would remind you that I have directly saved the lives of yourself Magnus and.....Normont, was it?"
In response to Lokilia’s offer of Goodberries, Dev’s stomach audible gurgles. He looks innocently into Lokilia’s eyes for a long moment. Although by now he should know better, trust does not come easily. He at first expects her offer to be a trick. She’ll pull the berries away at the last second and pop them into her own mouth with a smirk as his stomach continues to growl in hunger, for the teen tiefling hasn’t eaten in almost 24 hours.
But after a moment, he forces himself to trust in his new friend, and slowly – to move to quickly would make his aching head dizzy in the extreme – he slowly lowers himself back into the cellar and takes the berries from Lokilia.
“Thank you,” he mumbles, sincerely. Watching the druid to be sure it really is all right, he takes the magical fruit and chews it as slowly as he can, to savor it. Dev is no stranger to making the most of a tiny meal.
“They’re really good,” he says, his eyes brightening, and the wounds on his brow and back of his head healing rapidly, though Dev still feels dizzy and weak. But it's nothing a good night’s rest won’t heal, he senses. (and heals 3HP!)
He is so diverted by the berries that he simply does not possess the presence of mind, in the moment, to process Sata's offer. The phrase "200 gold each" seems to catch and circle in his mind, but his mind's eye just watches it bounce back and forth like a tadpole trapped in a tidepool.
Quinn moves quickly across and strikes down one of the dead menacing Hook.
The remaining still hostile dead lunge at Hook but he manages to hold them off as they still burn from Normonts shot.
Sata and Asoto move back towards the ladder, Sata looking very concerned about her sisters injuries even as Asoto heals herself a little.
( Magnus and Dev are up.)
Sighing Magnus thinks, Why today of all days do my powers seem to be failing me, no wonder the Soul sent me to this god forsaken post, though if I Sandra goes down maybe the undead will follow as well. Another green globe forms in his hand as he attempts to shoot Sandra once more.
Eldritch Blast to hit: 10 (sigh) Damage: 10
Dev, quite spooked now, with blood streaming down his face and into his eyes— I.e., he’s under half his HP — turns to the ladder and the trap door. His musical illusion ends as he blows a quick tube on his pipes and a new illusion of an empty 5’ cube crate pops into existence over the trapdoor. He climbs up the ladder into the crate, which hopefully protects him from view of any dead on the ground floor which would otherwise see him.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
At the wall Liam appeared to be searching for something desperately.
Investigation- 9
Seemingly unable to locate whatever it was Sandra began berating him as he continued searching....
Jasper again fired his crossbow at Sandra.
Attack: 13 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
( Lokilia is up.)
Jaspers bolt catches Sandra in the chest as she yells at Liam and she pitches forward against the wall, her face pale and drawn as blood sheets down her side....obviously heavily wounded she refuses to fall.
Lokilia continues to focus on Sandra. She launches the second of her enchanted stones at her.
(Spell Attack: 17, Damage: 8)
Noticing Dev head up the ladder and seem to disappear into a box, she considers following, but she's not sure she fit in the small space with him. She remains at the base of the ladder, watching to seewhat unfolds.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Lokilias stone flies true and hits Sandra in the back of the head as she begins searching the wall as well, as the stone strikes her head goes forward sharply and into the stone wall dropping her to the ground, Liam drops down beside her laying a hand on her immediately, weeping.
The dead attacking Hook immediately stop moving and stand motionless, those at the walls still scratch at the rock trying to escape.
( We are....at least for the moment....out of Combat.)
“Walk away from her Liam or suffer the same fate.” Quinn will raise his blade to the back of Liam’s neck prepared to drive his blade through the man’s neck if he does not comply.
Normont rushes up, his pistol trained on the prone form of Sandra, not quite believing she is dead but his focus is more on what they were looking for. They must have had an escape plan.
As he moves and inspects the wall, the three undead continue to sizzle.
Investigation: 20+5=25
Concentration: tasha’s caustic brew - 3+3=6 acid damage (Will let DM roll the rest assuming the spell lasts another 48 seconds)
Sata began stalking across the chamber towards Liam blades in hand her eyes fixed on Quinn, " Lets not be hasty. My Uncle dies and things here are going to get very tense again very quickly."
Looking closer Normont can see that she is still breathing, whatever Liam did must have stabilised her enough to bring her back from the brink of death.....she is however very, very unconcious.
Normont flicks his eyes over the wall and in seconds discovers a concealed lever, determining there are no traps on or around it he activates it revealing a long narrow tunnel cut through the rock.
Asoto begins following her sister over, channelling healing energies into herself as she moves, " Now, now Sata. I'm sure no one here wants any more bloodshed. Frankly all of us look more than a little worse for wear."
" I have a mutually beneficial proposal if your willing to hear it.", she spins slowly in place meeting the eyes of everyone in turn. " And we should decide relatively quickly as I'm not 100% sure what those dead will do once they are no longer frightened of my Deity."
"She appears to be unconscious, which is good. She gets to be tried for her crimes", Normont feeds back as he opens up the tunnel and looks back to Asoto.
He watches as she looks at everyone, wondering if Liam was included in this proposal, "As long as it doesn't involve those two getting away with this, I am listening", he replies motioning to Liam and Sandra.
The undead continue to sizzle as he maintains concentration on his acidic spray.
(OOC: Dev is one level up. Have the dead there stopped moving as well?)
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
( No. Still wandering around.)
Seeing no easy way out and, after then peeking behind him back down the hatch and descending the ladder a few rungs and seeing that a detente of some kind has been reached with the company’s assailants in the cellar, Dev climbs halfway down the ladder so as to hear what is being said. He laces an arm through the rungs, having no desire to either face the dead above, or set foot once again below. The box illusion atop the ladder remains to discourage investigation of the hatch by wandering undead.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Quinn will not lower his blade until he hears the proposal. But he will not attack Liam unless provoked.
Magnus will move over to the unconscious Sandra and look to Sata, "Hope you don't mind." Then will carefully tie Sandra's hands up, making sure she can not move her fingers and place a covering over her mouth, making sure she can still breath through her nose. "Just want to make sure she is unable to cast or command the remaining undead. You mentioned something about a deal?"
Given the reprieve, Lokilia casts Goodberry. She'll quickly eat 7 of them before pausing. She glances first to Dev as he hangs from the ladder. "You want a couple? They'll help you heal."
In her hand are 3 more berries. (Heal 1 hp each)
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Hook made his way over as they talked nodding to everyone, " That was bracing, no?"
Sata acknowledged Magnus then turned to Asoto who spoke, " House Ocici owes you all a debt of gratitude for delivering our poor misguided Uncle to us and delivering him into our care where he can get proper, private, treatment for his emotional breakdown and subsequent loss of reason. We congratulate you on apprehending the foul murderer and necromancer Sandra Galador and uncovering her families links to unsavoury elements."
" We of House Ocici, now that we are aware of such links, will withdraw all business interests with the Galador Family immediately."
" My sister tells me that you were subcontracting through Hook, I do not believe you have been adequately compensated for your efforts. Would an additional 200 gold each be acceptable?"
" I apologise for the forwardness but I would remind you that I have directly saved the lives of yourself Magnus and.....Normont, was it?"
" Are we in agreement?"
In response to Lokilia’s offer of Goodberries, Dev’s stomach audible gurgles. He looks innocently into Lokilia’s eyes for a long moment. Although by now he should know better, trust does not come easily. He at first expects her offer to be a trick. She’ll pull the berries away at the last second and pop them into her own mouth with a smirk as his stomach continues to growl in hunger, for the teen tiefling hasn’t eaten in almost 24 hours.
But after a moment, he forces himself to trust in his new friend, and slowly – to move to quickly would make his aching head dizzy in the extreme – he slowly lowers himself back into the cellar and takes the berries from Lokilia.
“Thank you,” he mumbles, sincerely. Watching the druid to be sure it really is all right, he takes the magical fruit and chews it as slowly as he can, to savor it. Dev is no stranger to making the most of a tiny meal.
“They’re really good,” he says, his eyes brightening, and the wounds on his brow and back of his head healing rapidly, though Dev still feels dizzy and weak. But it's nothing a good night’s rest won’t heal, he senses. (and heals 3HP!)
He is so diverted by the berries that he simply does not possess the presence of mind, in the moment, to process Sata's offer. The phrase "200 gold each" seems to catch and circle in his mind, but his mind's eye just watches it bounce back and forth like a tadpole trapped in a tidepool.
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer