"Old human, there!" continues the starling to Aros in a series of excited peeps, fluttering its feathers in a general southerly direction. "New humans, there!" it tweets, indicating a southeast direction. "Dragon! Dragon! Dragon! There!" it peeps, fluttering its wings toward the stone tower (#U7) at the center of the village, atop a steep hill. Then it flies off with a sudden urgency.
The twin structures at U2 look like residences, not storefronts, although in a small village like this, it's often hard to tell one from the other.
Approaching the ruins, past the collapsed walls, piles of debris, and young scrubby shrubs growing within, Quinn spots two more of the humanoid-like plants, motionless like the others.
...At least initially. Then one slowly turns its "head" toward Quinn.
Quinn looks about the structure and as soon as he notices plant thing move, he drops his left hand down and opens his palm indicating for anyone following him to stop.
Quinn will backtrack and tell the others what he saw.
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Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
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With the quiet crackling of dried sticks, the two new plant creatures in the twin cottages (U2) begin to shamble forward toward Quinn. Their gait is aggressive; their woody claws look sharp.
Roll initiative!
Twig Blights: 2 (Anyone who rolls higher than this may go ahead and act.)
“It says the dragon is in the tower…” Aros trails off as the starling flees the area. He opens his mouth to continue, but is interrupted by the advancing plants.
Kimberley looked to Quinn and called a primal blessing of Selune down upon him. Then moved up next to him.
Action- On Quinn. Blessing of the Blood-Drenched Moon. For 10 minutes, the blessed creature has advantage on attack rolls against a target if at least one of the blessed creature’s allies is within 5 ft. of the target and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
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Before Bryony can react to the news of a possible dragon in the area, two of the humanoid plant creatures finally awaken and start lumbering toward them. "Uh oh," she exclaims.
Before the creatures can get any closer, she takes the caltrops out of her backpack and throws them on the ground in front of the creatures, hoping they'll be too dumb to avoid them. Then she unslings her short bow and unleashes an arrow to the plant creature on the right.
Action: Shortbow Attack: 16 Damage: 4
Bonus Action: Fast Hands -> Use an Object -> Caltrops
Bryony manage to skewer one right in its scrubby "head". It falls backward and becomes an inanimate pile of dead vines on the ground. (One down!)
The other is indeed too fixated on your demise to comprehend what the thrown caltrops might do. DC15 Dex Save (or take 1 hp damage and be slowed by 10): 13
It staggers right through the caltrops and slashes at Kimberley with its woody claws: Claws Melee Attack: 10. Hit: 4 piercing damage.
"Old human, there!" continues the starling to Aros in a series of excited peeps, fluttering its feathers in a general southerly direction. "New humans, there!" it tweets, indicating a southeast direction. "Dragon! Dragon! Dragon! There!" it peeps, fluttering its wings toward the stone tower (#U7) at the center of the village, atop a steep hill. Then it flies off with a sudden urgency.
The ruined village remains quiet. Very quiet.
At the mentioning of the dragon, Quinn looks back at Jurgen.
"Wonder if Jurgen's new friend, Draco is what the little bird was speakin' of.
This is definitely an interesting place. Shall we keep searching?"
Quinn looks towards structure U2 and walks over looking for any signs that this used to be Mirna's Alchemy shop.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
The twin structures at U2 look like residences, not storefronts, although in a small village like this, it's often hard to tell one from the other.
Approaching the ruins, past the collapsed walls, piles of debris, and young scrubby shrubs growing within, Quinn spots two more of the humanoid-like plants, motionless like the others.
...At least initially. Then one slowly turns its "head" toward Quinn.
Quinn looks about the structure and as soon as he notices plant thing move, he drops his left hand down and opens his palm indicating for anyone following him to stop.
Quinn will backtrack and tell the others what he saw.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
Kimberley looked across, " Dragon? Like....dragon? That's....not good."
" We should go."
With the quiet crackling of dried sticks, the two new plant creatures in the twin cottages (U2) begin to shamble forward toward Quinn. Their gait is aggressive; their woody claws look sharp.
Roll initiative!
Twig Blights: 2
(Anyone who rolls higher than this may go ahead and act.)
The first two near Kimberley remain motionless.
“No good, indeed.” Syzygy peers nervously at the sky for a dragon. .
initiative 5
“It says the dragon is in the tower…” Aros trails off as the starling flees the area. He opens his mouth to continue, but is interrupted by the advancing plants.
Initiative: 5
Kimberley looked worriedly at the sky but focused on the dead plant things.
Initiative- 6
Kimberley looked to Quinn and called a primal blessing of Selune down upon him. Then moved up next to him.
Action- On Quinn. Blessing of the Blood-Drenched Moon. For 10 minutes, the blessed creature has advantage on attack rolls against a target if at least one of the blessed creature’s allies is within 5 ft. of the target and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
Initiative: 18
Quinn continues slowly walking backwards as he draws his longbow.
"They've awakened!"
Quinn aims and lets loose a shot.
Action: ranged longbow attack. 14 to hit for 5 damage
Quinn then stows his longbow and readies himself with his shield and battleaxe.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Pud - lvl 7 Human Artificer - Alchemist (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight).
Quinn - lvl 4 Human Ranger - Hunter (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk)
( Advantage on that).
Unless Kimberley moves right up within melee range of the monsters, I don't think Quinn can have advantage quite yet...
( Yup, I had target as in target of the effect in my head. Oops.)
Slowly backing away, Quinn fires at one of the approaching stickoids, but his arrow flies right through a gap in its viney structure.
Bryony initiative: 23
From some 20-25' away, Bryony may act next!
√ Kimberly 18
√ Quinn 18 (blessed)
Bryony 16 ←
Blights 9
Aros 5
Syzygy 5
Jurgen 5
Before Bryony can react to the news of a possible dragon in the area, two of the humanoid plant creatures finally awaken and start lumbering toward them. "Uh oh," she exclaims.
Before the creatures can get any closer, she takes the caltrops out of her backpack and throws them on the ground in front of the creatures, hoping they'll be too dumb to avoid them. Then she unslings her short bow and unleashes an arrow to the plant creature on the right.
Action: Shortbow Attack: 16 Damage: 4
Bonus Action: Fast Hands -> Use an Object -> Caltrops
Extended Signature
Characters: Bryony Alderleaf (Phandelver and Below) ♦ Vesta Trevelyan (Vecna: Eve of Ruin) ♦ Ada Kendrick (Curse of Strahd) ♦ Gareth Blackwood (Dragon of Icespire Peak) ♦ Karys Velthune (Out of the Abyss) ♦ Surina Xarith (Simple, Heroic Adventure)
DM: Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Bryony manage to skewer one right in its scrubby "head". It falls backward and becomes an inanimate pile of dead vines on the ground. (One down!)
The other is indeed too fixated on your demise to comprehend what the thrown caltrops might do. DC15 Dex Save (or take 1 hp damage and be slowed by 10): 13
It staggers right through the caltrops and slashes at Kimberley with its woody claws:
Claws Melee Attack: 10. Hit: 4 piercing damage.
Aros, Syzygy, and Jurgen may act.
Seeing Byrony’s crossbow strike true, syzygy retrieves his own and fires it at the strange wooded creeper.
Attack: 14. Damage: 5
A familiar rage rose in Kimberleys eyes as she was scratched by the plant thing, " Fecker..."