Normont underestimates the ferocity of the doppelgänger demon, taking two nasty hits and grunting in pain. He knows he cannot survive in a melee brawl like this one, and so ducks away and moves across to place himself behind Quinn and / or Lokilia, towards the stairs going up.
He then speaks to Amber in Gnomish, directing her into the air to attack the orcish woman, which she attempts to do. She takes flight but not before sending a blast of force at the Orc who has just freed herself from the webbing.
"They are strong, perhaps too strong. Perhaps make a stand on the stairs up?", he says to the others worriedly.
Normont
Action: Disengage Movement: 30ft to place himself behind Quinn / Lokilia so the enemy would have to go past one of them to get to him. Hopefully that means towards the stairs up! Bonus Action: Command Amber
Amber
Action: Force Strike on Dryden - To Hit: 10+4=14, Damage: 1+2=3 [force] Movement: 30ft up and away from danger
(OOC: I didn't want to take Bardic Inspiration for Amber so left it)
The toxic cloud continues to drift upwards, shifting slightly buffeted by the warm updraft, its drifting towards the stairway up....glancing below the winged red skinned creature flies up and jams its tail into the back of one of the skitter-climbing old people and the man screams inhumanly and tumbles down the shaft into the depths, The winged creature looks upward and seems to see Quinn, Normont and their combatants for the first time.
The older Dwendalian woman's head shoots up, " Zere they are above us! Ve must have past them, let them keep ze demons occupied. Ve must retrieve Udo and ze prize und retreat....."
(I think Lokilia was already further down than Normont, so perhaps he was 'behind' Quinn? Roll for Web: 3, doesn't reset)
Lokilia, in Giant Spider form, will try to move past the assailants, hoping to get near Normont and the way further up. She will use the walls and ceiling if necessary.
(If not possible she will advance to the closest of the enemies and attack.) (Giant Spider Bite: 16, Damage: 8 pirecing; STR Save DC 12 or take 8 poison damage)
Lokilia easily slips past the distracted creatures and joins Normont at the stairs.....
Below the Knight calls out, " Vill ve not be trapped here as well? Frau Mathilda?"
" Perhaps Jurgen but ve must reach Udo!! I have orders from ze Assembly!"
" Schnell zen!", the armoured man nodded and sent three darts heading towards the burned figures climbing towards the companions....each dart hit a different creature and all three tumbled from the inner structure dead to fall into the abyss below.....
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Though surprised at the speed of his attackers, Dev, in this moment, is fearless. His incisors show under his snarl-curled lips and his eyes crackle with yellow lightning in the darkness of his elven hood. “Look out, they’re fleet on their feet!,” he shouts to giant spider-Lokilia, smirking, as if spoiling a secret possessed by the shape-stealers, before he launches into the next chorus:
Well, they say the sky's the limit
And to me, that's really true, ah
But my friend, you have seen nothin'
Just wait 'til I get through
Because I'm bad, I'm bad, (Bad, bad, really, really bad)
Dev suddenly pirouettes between his attackers so that their backs are to the edge of the shaft. Then, with a furious riff on his pan-pipes, the bard summons a tidal wave surge of musical force, and his next chorus crushes into his not-parents, stealing the very air from their lungs.
Devs ' Mother' suddenly begins rocking backwards and forwards in place eyes open and upright but obviously in some sort of "dormant mode". It is the work of a moment to pitch her over the side with a shove......
( Note that I rolled HP for the critters rather than using standard so some are much squishier than others.)
(Okay, finishing up the round with a bonus action & reaction)
(No one claimed bardic inspiration last round. PbP’ers are so polite! Okay, I’ll just call it. Last turn, bardic inspiration for Quinn. This turn, Lokilia.)
When his fake mom pitches over into the open air, the cloaked tiefling takes her place on the edge of the brink, turns, extends his arms to either side and balances on tiptoes as his music diminishes to silence. He winks to his friends while gesturing with his head toward the open air. Then, as his remaining attacker no doubt advances to smash him, Dev tips backwards, reverse swan-diving into the darkness. (avoiding AoO I hope since the fall is not an active movement away from an enemy?)
The bard counts one beat, then activates Feather Fall (reaction). Now drifting down head first, Dev says to Mathilda and Jurgen as he passes them, upside down, “I think we’re on the same side.”
Looking straight ahead (i.e., down) and using darkvision to discern where the bottom might be, when he gets close Dev silently rotates and smoothly lands, feet first, in as good a hiding place as he can find (feather fall).
(That’s a long round. To summarize: Action: sleep spell. Bonus action: bardic inspiration. Reaction: feather fall. Interact with object: tip “mom” over the edge. Movement: back and forth about 15 or 20’. Talking & RP.)
The others watch as Dev disposes of one attacker and then dives into the void headed down with the warm rising wind on his face, the two Dwendalians and their devilish looking companion stare at him dumfounded as he passes and makes his comment.....below him as he falls he can hear someone he assumes is Udo wailing and screaming......the wind is warmer and as he glances at the different levels he passes he sees more and more banks of crystals and less screens and occasionally one of the slick grey-black forms crouched or standing swaying slightly....
"Dev, no!", he calls out, but doesn't have time to do anything more as Faux de Rolo follows him around Quinn. He manages to dodge its attacks, but has to deal with being in close quarters once again. At least Amber got some distance.
He tries his best to aim his pistol, and fire, whilst calling on Amber to strike out again on Faux de Rolo.
"Someone get this thing off me!", he calls out in frustration.
Normont
Action: Shoot Faux de Rolo with pistol (disadvantage as within 5 feet) - To Hit: (6, 5)+5=10 Bonus Action: Command Amber
Amber
Action: Force Strike on Faux de Rolo - To Hit: 20+4=24 (crit!), Damage: (4+4)+2=10 [force]
Quinns faux-tutor slips to the side and clubs at him with meaty fists, at the same time, faux-Rolo sees that Normont is headed for the stairs and charges after him...
Faux-Dad doesn't even register its partners fall and grabs for Devs face, its mouth opening unnaturally wide as it tries to bite him but he has already vanished over the edge out of sight....two more of the creatures...burned and smoking clamber weakly over the railing.
The cloud of poison is about to reach the stairs and cut off escape....
Amber blasts Faux-Rolo knocking him back on his feet and giving him further pause in his single minded pursuit...
The red skinned flying creature plucks another of the climbers from the wall and pitches them into the void to plummet past Devs slowly descending form...
Below Mathilda cast about for more targets then began descending towards where Udos voice was issuing from...she sent a blast of ice into a slick grey shape that blocked her path onwards...
Lokilia, still in Giant Spider form, is not sure what to do now. Dev has disappeared down into the bottom of this tower. But Normont had been trying to get out. 'We can't leave Dev, can we?' She decides to go after the faux-Rolo, hopefully giving Normont a chance to get away. Then with any luck she could follow. (Giant Spider Bite: 17, Damage: 6 piercing; CON Save DC 11 or take 11 poison damage.)
Lokilia leaps onto the back of ' Lord De Rolo' and sinks her fangs into his neck, the nobleman rears back with a screeching hiss then collapses forward onto the stairs transforming back into a slick-skinned grey black eyeless form with a wide rubbery mouth.
As Dev disappears out of sight below the Dwendalian knight leans over the side and calls out, "Auf Wiedersehen!"., to Dev.
Dev sees a red glow below him becoming brighter and warmer as he falls, soon the levels he passes no longer have screens or interfaces at all but are simply banks upon banks of crystals.......he sees one gantry below, a wild eyed old man sits upon it surrounded by three of the creatures who shift in and out of various forms as the man screams at them to leave him alone.....he is dirty and flush-faced and sweating profusely in the hot air rising from below but his screaming stops replaced by a look of utter confusion as Dev comes into view....
Looking straight ahead (i.e., down) and using darkvision to discern where the bottom might be, when he gets close Dev silently rotates and smoothly lands, feet first, in as good a hiding place as he can find (feather fall).
(This looks to Dev like a good place to land. Or maybe, a terrible place. Is there a hiding place Dev can land in, perhaps using his cloak as a glider surface to direct his fall out of the central core and onto the gantry or nearby? Would like to avoid shape-shifters and try to converse with, presumably, Ubo.)
Dev drops down on the opposite side of the gantry behind a crystal bank that is emitting a lot of heat, Udo seems to forget about him as soon as he is out of sight but the three creatures taunting Udo all crane their heads over to see what the old man was looking at but Dev is already out of sight.
( Thats basically just Movement. So you still have BA and Action.)
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Normont underestimates the ferocity of the doppelgänger demon, taking two nasty hits and grunting in pain. He knows he cannot survive in a melee brawl like this one, and so ducks away and moves across to place himself behind Quinn and / or Lokilia, towards the stairs going up.
He then speaks to Amber in Gnomish, directing her into the air to attack the orcish woman, which she attempts to do. She takes flight but not before sending a blast of force at the Orc who has just freed herself from the webbing.
"They are strong, perhaps too strong. Perhaps make a stand on the stairs up?", he says to the others worriedly.
Normont
Action: Disengage
Movement: 30ft to place himself behind Quinn / Lokilia so the enemy would have to go past one of them to get to him. Hopefully that means towards the stairs up!
Bonus Action: Command Amber
Amber
Action: Force Strike on Dryden - To Hit: 10+4=14, Damage: 1+2=3 [force]
Movement: 30ft up and away from danger
(OOC: I didn't want to take Bardic Inspiration for Amber so left it)
The toxic cloud continues to drift upwards, shifting slightly buffeted by the warm updraft, its drifting towards the stairway up....glancing below the winged red skinned creature flies up and jams its tail into the back of one of the skitter-climbing old people and the man screams inhumanly and tumbles down the shaft into the depths, The winged creature looks upward and seems to see Quinn, Normont and their combatants for the first time.
The older Dwendalian woman's head shoots up, " Zere they are above us! Ve must have past them, let them keep ze demons occupied. Ve must retrieve Udo and ze prize und retreat....."
( Lokilia is up)
(OOC: Did Amber hit?)
( Oops...Sorry, yes there was a hit.....it didn't seem to do much.)
(I think Lokilia was already further down than Normont, so perhaps he was 'behind' Quinn? Roll for Web: 3, doesn't reset)
Lokilia, in Giant Spider form, will try to move past the assailants, hoping to get near Normont and the way further up. She will use the walls and ceiling if necessary.
(If not possible she will advance to the closest of the enemies and attack.)
(Giant Spider Bite: 16, Damage: 8 pirecing; STR Save DC 12 or take 8 poison damage)
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
Lokilia easily slips past the distracted creatures and joins Normont at the stairs.....
Below the Knight calls out, " Vill ve not be trapped here as well? Frau Mathilda?"
" Perhaps Jurgen but ve must reach Udo!! I have orders from ze Assembly!"
" Schnell zen!", the armoured man nodded and sent three darts heading towards the burned figures climbing towards the companions....each dart hit a different creature and all three tumbled from the inner structure dead to fall into the abyss below.....
( Dev is up)
Though surprised at the speed of his attackers, Dev, in this moment, is fearless. His incisors show under his snarl-curled lips and his eyes crackle with yellow lightning in the darkness of his elven hood. “Look out, they’re fleet on their feet!,” he shouts to giant spider-Lokilia, smirking, as if spoiling a secret possessed by the shape-stealers, before he launches into the next chorus:
Well, they say the sky's the limit
And to me, that's really true, ah
But my friend, you have seen nothin'
Just wait 'til I get through
Because I'm bad, I'm bad, (Bad, bad, really, really bad)
Dev suddenly pirouettes between his attackers so that their backs are to the edge of the shaft. Then, with a furious riff on his pan-pipes, the bard summons a tidal wave surge of musical force, and his next chorus crushes into his not-parents, stealing the very air from their lungs.
(sleep: 20 HP)
(If a follow-up interact with object can send a sleeper over the edge, he does that.)
(I’d like to find out the result of this before completing my turn :)
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
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Devs ' Mother' suddenly begins rocking backwards and forwards in place eyes open and upright but obviously in some sort of "dormant mode". It is the work of a moment to pitch her over the side with a shove......
( Note that I rolled HP for the critters rather than using standard so some are much squishier than others.)
(Okay, finishing up the round with a bonus action & reaction)
(No one claimed bardic inspiration last round. PbP’ers are so polite! Okay, I’ll just call it. Last turn, bardic inspiration for Quinn. This turn, Lokilia.)
When his fake mom pitches over into the open air, the cloaked tiefling takes her place on the edge of the brink, turns, extends his arms to either side and balances on tiptoes as his music diminishes to silence. He winks to his friends while gesturing with his head toward the open air. Then, as his remaining attacker no doubt advances to smash him, Dev tips backwards, reverse swan-diving into the darkness. (avoiding AoO I hope since the fall is not an active movement away from an enemy?)
The bard counts one beat, then activates Feather Fall (reaction). Now drifting down head first, Dev says to Mathilda and Jurgen as he passes them, upside down, “I think we’re on the same side.”
Looking straight ahead (i.e., down) and using darkvision to discern where the bottom might be, when he gets close Dev silently rotates and smoothly lands, feet first, in as good a hiding place as he can find (feather fall).
(That’s a long round. To summarize: Action: sleep spell. Bonus action: bardic inspiration. Reaction: feather fall. Interact with object: tip “mom” over the edge. Movement: back and forth about 15 or 20’. Talking & RP.)
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
The others watch as Dev disposes of one attacker and then dives into the void headed down with the warm rising wind on his face, the two Dwendalians and their devilish looking companion stare at him dumfounded as he passes and makes his comment.....below him as he falls he can hear someone he assumes is Udo wailing and screaming......the wind is warmer and as he glances at the different levels he passes he sees more and more banks of crystals and less screens and occasionally one of the slick grey-black forms crouched or standing swaying slightly....
( Quinn is up)
(Sorry I have been out of town)
Quinn will take another swing at this imposter
Attack: 18
Damage: 6
Normont watches Dev freefall over the edge.
"Dev, no!", he calls out, but doesn't have time to do anything more as Faux de Rolo follows him around Quinn. He manages to dodge its attacks, but has to deal with being in close quarters once again. At least Amber got some distance.
He tries his best to aim his pistol, and fire, whilst calling on Amber to strike out again on Faux de Rolo.
"Someone get this thing off me!", he calls out in frustration.
Normont
Action: Shoot Faux de Rolo with pistol (disadvantage as within 5 feet) - To Hit: (
6, 5)+5=10Bonus Action: Command Amber
Amber
Action: Force Strike on Faux de Rolo - To Hit: 20+4=24 (crit!), Damage: (4+4)+2=10 [force]
Quinns faux-tutor slips to the side and clubs at him with meaty fists, at the same time, faux-Rolo sees that Normont is headed for the stairs and charges after him...
Faux-Dad doesn't even register its partners fall and grabs for Devs face, its mouth opening unnaturally wide as it tries to bite him but he has already vanished over the edge out of sight....two more of the creatures...burned and smoking clamber weakly over the railing.
The cloud of poison is about to reach the stairs and cut off escape....
Amber blasts Faux-Rolo knocking him back on his feet and giving him further pause in his single minded pursuit...
The red skinned flying creature plucks another of the climbers from the wall and pitches them into the void to plummet past Devs slowly descending form...
Below Mathilda cast about for more targets then began descending towards where Udos voice was issuing from...she sent a blast of ice into a slick grey shape that blocked her path onwards...
( Lokilia is up)
(Giant Spider Web re-charge: 3, no)
Lokilia, still in Giant Spider form, is not sure what to do now. Dev has disappeared down into the bottom of this tower. But Normont had been trying to get out. 'We can't leave Dev, can we?' She decides to go after the faux-Rolo, hopefully giving Normont a chance to get away. Then with any luck she could follow.
(Giant Spider Bite: 17, Damage: 6 piercing; CON Save DC 11 or take 11 poison damage.)
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
Lokilia leaps onto the back of ' Lord De Rolo' and sinks her fangs into his neck, the nobleman rears back with a screeching hiss then collapses forward onto the stairs transforming back into a slick-skinned grey black eyeless form with a wide rubbery mouth.
As Dev disappears out of sight below the Dwendalian knight leans over the side and calls out, "Auf Wiedersehen!"., to Dev.
Dev sees a red glow below him becoming brighter and warmer as he falls, soon the levels he passes no longer have screens or interfaces at all but are simply banks upon banks of crystals.......he sees one gantry below, a wild eyed old man sits upon it surrounded by three of the creatures who shift in and out of various forms as the man screams at them to leave him alone.....he is dirty and flush-faced and sweating profusely in the hot air rising from below but his screaming stops replaced by a look of utter confusion as Dev comes into view....
( Dev is up)
(copying from my last post):
Looking straight ahead (i.e., down) and using darkvision to discern where the bottom might be, when he gets close Dev silently rotates and smoothly lands, feet first, in as good a hiding place as he can find (feather fall).
(This looks to Dev like a good place to land. Or maybe, a terrible place. Is there a hiding place Dev can land in, perhaps using his cloak as a glider surface to direct his fall out of the central core and onto the gantry or nearby? Would like to avoid shape-shifters and try to converse with, presumably, Ubo.)
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
( Lets have a Stealth Check and an Acrobatics check....both currently DC 10.)
(Dev Acrobatics 10+1=11; Stealth (advantage): 14+2=16)
DM for Candlekeep Mysteries // Dev Hornd in Curious Critters // Eclipse Faraway in Gallows Dancer
Dev drops down on the opposite side of the gantry behind a crystal bank that is emitting a lot of heat, Udo seems to forget about him as soon as he is out of sight but the three creatures taunting Udo all crane their heads over to see what the old man was looking at but Dev is already out of sight.
( Thats basically just Movement. So you still have BA and Action.)