This Ornate Zombie looks really beat now, but it manages to get back up and direct two attacks against Thelanis with the red tinged elven axe, while Zombies 2 and 3 continue their attacks on Amiz and Valar.
Ornate Zombie Axe 1 against Thelanis Attack: 12 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. Slashing
Zombie 2 Slam against Amiz Attack: 4 Damage: 4 Bludgeoning
Zombie 3 Slam against Valar Attack: 14 Damage: 5 Bludgeoning
As this is happening, you finally see what has been slowly making its way down form the chamber above. A Spectre of a hobgoblin woman, dressed in fine silks and makeup, floats down with a scream. Her hands are outstretched at the Paladin Valar as she yells in a ghostly wail, "Stay away from my husband, my life, the glorious Wrorak g'Ruek. You will not take him, he still must lead us to splendour, we will rule, the Movrak Empire will rise again." Valar feels the chill from the spectre as she tries to steal his life force:
Spectre Life Drain against Valar Attack: 18 Damage: 10 Necrotic and Valar must make a DC 10 CON Save or his hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken.
You all are up, Wrorak g"Ruek and his undead servitors are engages with you while this ghostly spectre attacks from behind. Alsen let's out a cry and casts Sacred Flame at the spectre, "You cannot take these ones! Not again!"
The Spectre makes a DC 12 DEX Save: 21 or takes 1 Radiant Damage
[[ With the failed save, Valar and Thelanis would have had advantage on their attacks. Kinda of curious if that'll turn Valar's attack into a hit or Thelanis' into a crit. ]]
As Wrorak gets up again, Draíocht lunges at him. Stay down! he thinks.
Bite @ Wrorak To-Hit: max(6,10) + 5 = 15 Damage: 3+4+3 = 10 piercing STR Save DC 13 or knocked prone on a hit.
Valar will turn and face the woman, "I shall end your undead misery, and send you on to the great beyond. You are not wanted here!" Attack: 18, damage 8
g'Ruek's DC 13 STR Save: 15 . He is looking really rough now, a couple of his limbs are barely hanging onto his body.
As Valar's sword hits the ghostly apparition, the blade seems to pass through slowly, and the wisps of her form knit back together. She screams in pain but it doesn't seem to be doing as much damage as intended. "You will know the pain I feel inside. Despite what those heathans have done to us, the clan of g'Ruek will rise again! Stronger for our undeath."
[[ Looking at it, why does it only say 1d8 for Cure Wounds on Valar's character sheet? Cure Wounds is 1d8+SPELLCASTING_MOD and Valar has a 16 CHA so it should be 1d8+3 I'd think. Is there something with the homebrew subclass that changed the spellcasting mod somehow? Since it seems like the Spell Attack and Spell Save DCs are also missing the +3 from his CHA mod. ]]
Draíocht once again strikes at g'Ruek with his jaws, snarling at the zombie bugbear.
Bite @ g'Ruek To-Hit: max(18,19) + 5 = 24 Damage: 5+6+3 = 14 piercing STR Save DC 13 or be knocked prone
Draíocht rips the head off the undead hobgoblin warlord and he falls to the ground. At that moment the Specter let's out an unbelievable high pitched scream that seems to tear directly into your brains, "NOOOOO!!!!!"
Amiz and Thelanis still up.
(OOC: As for Valar's character sheet I will leave that up to him for the moment. I have no problem with characters using homebrew content unless I notice it is significantly overpowered. I don't really notice if a character is less effective than usual. If Valar finds that he'd prefer to change his subclass he may do so with my blessing. I think the Devotion subclass in the Basic Rules would work narratively for Valar's character and is available for free. Obviously this subclass won't suffer from any weird glitches but ultimately the decision is up to Valar's player.)
[[ Looking at it, why does it only say 1d8 for Cure Wounds on Valar's character sheet? Cure Wounds is 1d8+SPELLCASTING_MOD and Valar has a 16 CHA so it should be 1d8+3 I'd think. Is there something with the homebrew subclass that changed the spellcasting mod somehow? Since it seems like the Spell Attack and Spell Save DCs are also missing the +3 from his CHA mod. ]]
Draíocht once again strikes at g'Ruek with his jaws, snarling at the zombie bugbear.
Bite @ g'Ruek To-Hit: max(18,19) + 5 = 24 Damage: 5+6+3 = 14 piercing STR Save DC 13 or be knocked prone
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Thelanis' magical blade slices into the Specter, the wound not closing this time but instead causing an even more high pitched and haunting scream. The necrotic damage from hex is not effective though. This creature's evil has become so complete that it has formed a bond with necrotic energy, leaving it impervious. The Zombie's continue on their target's, slamming at these to try to drop and eat them, while the specter screams, "There is on more hope for our clan, you have ruined us! The Eaters will have you, mark my words. You will know their wrath, as did the clan of g'Ruek." The Specter uses the Disengage action to pull away from Valar and Thelanis. She then flies 50ft down the hall forcing Alsen to jump out of the way, she heads towards the vertical mine shaft.
Zombie 2 against Amiz Attack: 4 Damage: 7 Bludgeoning
Zombie 3 against Valar Attack: 5 Damage: 4 Bludgeoning
You all are up, two zombies are in melee with you, while the specter quickly flies away down the tunnel.
Ornate Zombie STR Save: 22
This Ornate Zombie looks really beat now, but it manages to get back up and direct two attacks against Thelanis with the red tinged elven axe, while Zombies 2 and 3 continue their attacks on Amiz and Valar.
Ornate Zombie Axe 1 against Thelanis Attack: 12 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. Slashing
Ornate Zombie Axe 2 against Thelanis Attack: 18 Damage: 6 Slashing
Zombie 2 Slam against Amiz Attack: 4 Damage: 4 Bludgeoning
Zombie 3 Slam against Valar Attack: 14 Damage: 5 Bludgeoning
As this is happening, you finally see what has been slowly making its way down form the chamber above. A Spectre of a hobgoblin woman, dressed in fine silks and makeup, floats down with a scream. Her hands are outstretched at the Paladin Valar as she yells in a ghostly wail, "Stay away from my husband, my life, the glorious Wrorak g'Ruek. You will not take him, he still must lead us to splendour, we will rule, the Movrak Empire will rise again." Valar feels the chill from the spectre as she tries to steal his life force:
Spectre Life Drain against Valar Attack: 18 Damage: 10 Necrotic and Valar must make a DC 10 CON Save or his hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken.
You all are up, Wrorak g"Ruek and his undead servitors are engages with you while this ghostly spectre attacks from behind. Alsen let's out a cry and casts Sacred Flame at the spectre, "You cannot take these ones! Not again!"
The Spectre makes a DC 12 DEX Save: 21 or takes 1 Radiant Damage
[[ With the failed save, Valar and Thelanis would have had advantage on their attacks. Kinda of curious if that'll turn Valar's attack into a hit or Thelanis' into a crit. ]]
As Wrorak gets up again, Draíocht lunges at him. Stay down! he thinks.
Bite @ Wrorak
To-Hit: max(6,10) + 5 = 15
Damage: 3+4+3 = 10 piercing
STR Save DC 13 or knocked prone on a hit.
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Valar will turn and face the woman, "I shall end your undead misery, and send you on to the great beyond. You are not wanted here!" Attack: 18, damage 8
Thelanis, seeing Valar peel off to fight the spectre, doubles down on attacking her original target.
Attack: 11 Damage: 7 and 3 necrotic from hex.
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g'Ruek's DC 13 STR Save: 15 . He is looking really rough now, a couple of his limbs are barely hanging onto his body.
As Valar's sword hits the ghostly apparition, the blade seems to pass through slowly, and the wisps of her form knit back together. She screams in pain but it doesn't seem to be doing as much damage as intended. "You will know the pain I feel inside. Despite what those heathans have done to us, the clan of g'Ruek will rise again! Stronger for our undeath."
Amiz is still up, the zombies are all around you and the specter fights with Valar a little way away.
Amiz lashes out at the Zombie that just attacked him:
Axe against Zombie 2 Attack: 9 Damage: 13 Slashing Damage
The axe sinks into the zombie's shoulder but is not enough to fell the monster. Alsen casts Sacred Flame at the Specter again:
DC 12 DEX Save: 12 or 1 Radiant Damage.
The zombies continue against their targets, while the Specter Life Drains Valar:
g'Ruek Axe 1 against Thelanis Attack: 10 Damage: 8 Slashing
g'Ruek Axe 2 against Thelanis Attack: 5 Damage: 6 Slashing
Zombie 2 Slam against Amiz Attack: 13 Damage: 3 Bludgeoning
Zombie 3 Slam against Valar Attack: 21 Damage: 7 Bludgeoning
Specter Life Drain against Valar Attack: 13 Damage: 11 Necrotic
You're all up, and so are the undead, lashing and tearing at you.
Valar is going to have to use cure wounds on himself: 1
[[ Looking at it, why does it only say 1d8 for Cure Wounds on Valar's character sheet? Cure Wounds is 1d8+SPELLCASTING_MOD and Valar has a 16 CHA so it should be 1d8+3 I'd think. Is there something with the homebrew subclass that changed the spellcasting mod somehow? Since it seems like the Spell Attack and Spell Save DCs are also missing the +3 from his CHA mod. ]]
Draíocht once again strikes at g'Ruek with his jaws, snarling at the zombie bugbear.
Bite @ g'Ruek
To-Hit: max(18,19) + 5 = 24
Damage: 5+6+3 = 14 piercing
STR Save DC 13 or be knocked prone
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Draíocht rips the head off the undead hobgoblin warlord and he falls to the ground. At that moment the Specter let's out an unbelievable high pitched scream that seems to tear directly into your brains, "NOOOOO!!!!!"
Amiz and Thelanis still up.
(OOC: As for Valar's character sheet I will leave that up to him for the moment. I have no problem with characters using homebrew content unless I notice it is significantly overpowered. I don't really notice if a character is less effective than usual. If Valar finds that he'd prefer to change his subclass he may do so with my blessing. I think the Devotion subclass in the Basic Rules would work narratively for Valar's character and is available for free. Obviously this subclass won't suffer from any weird glitches but ultimately the decision is up to Valar's player.)
Amiz swings his axe
Battleaxe
Attack: 22 Damage: 12
Zombie 2 also goes down, DC 17 CON Save: 22 for it to stay down.
The Zombie stays on its feet, despite a crippling blow that would have felled most creatures.
Thelanis is up, two zombies fight on, while the Specter shrieks in rage while attacking Valar.
I'll add the 3, he rolled a 2
With g'Ruek down, Thelanis joins her melee friend in battle with the spectre, leaving Draiocht to gnaw on the decaying flesh.
She swings at the intangible foe, hoping the magic of her blade disrupts it, and that it proves not to resist dark forces as it is itself one.
[[ BA: update Hex to the spectre.
Longsword: Attack: 9 Damage: 7 slashing + 3 necrotic fro hex.]]
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Thelanis' magical blade slices into the Specter, the wound not closing this time but instead causing an even more high pitched and haunting scream. The necrotic damage from hex is not effective though. This creature's evil has become so complete that it has formed a bond with necrotic energy, leaving it impervious. The Zombie's continue on their target's, slamming at these to try to drop and eat them, while the specter screams, "There is on more hope for our clan, you have ruined us! The Eaters will have you, mark my words. You will know their wrath, as did the clan of g'Ruek." The Specter uses the Disengage action to pull away from Valar and Thelanis. She then flies 50ft down the hall forcing Alsen to jump out of the way, she heads towards the vertical mine shaft.
Zombie 2 against Amiz Attack: 4 Damage: 7 Bludgeoning
Zombie 3 against Valar Attack: 5 Damage: 4 Bludgeoning
You all are up, two zombies are in melee with you, while the specter quickly flies away down the tunnel.
Draíocht lunges at the zombie by Valar.
To-Hit: 20 for 6 piercing damage. (+7 on a Crit.)
STR 13 Save DC or knocked prone,
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Zombie DC 13 STR Save: 13
Zombie 3 is Prone, melee attacks against it have advantage while ranged attacks are ad disadvantage.
Amiz, Thelanis, and Valar still up.