Zeren recognizes the newly-arrived wereravens as deadlier foes than the rats. He charges the one closest to him, intent on slaughter.
"Just lie down and die, it'll be less painful that way!"
His blade cuts a deep wound into the wereraven's side, Zeren's fangs lengthening as he smells the blood pouring from the injury he's just inflicted. If he needs to heal himself he has no issue sinking his teeth into these monsters, he cares nothing about the taint within it.
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(past turns just for flavor: ) - Shayara was dissapointed by the contents of the chests, she had heard that there was ample Delerium in Drakkenheim and was hoping to get her hands on some. "Surely we arent the first to be accosted by these bandits?" However she didnt have time to ponder it long as the rats engulfed poor william... She turns toward the wizard and her eyes go dark, for an instant its as if a galaxy swirls in her iris. Then a rat is forcibly lifted from William hovering in the air a moment before being sent over the railing to the floor below.
As the Wereravens enter with their snarky comments Shayara can not resist a reply. "As a matter of fact I am quite the collector and i wouldn't mind a set of dice made from your bones." As she speaks she reaches once again into her pocket to collect her favorite set of dice and with a twist and a quick incantation they are orbiting her hand. She steps toward collete (enough to get into range) and sends one flying at the Wereraven closest to the cleric.
The spectral skulls go clamping onto the sides of the rats. A and B both get 'swallowed' whole, and by that, it meant they were burn inside out by the incinerating force of the magic missile. It burns like a mini-oven for each of them. Burnt rat for dinner! However, the rest of the swarm gets easily only slightly scalded as they ditch and dodge the incoming attacks.
It wasn't until the sound of a bell that throws them off their tracks. They hiss and scatter but it is no use. The sound of the bell is just too much for them to bear. It feels as if their lifeforce is sucked out of them and they crumple to the floor.
Wisdom Save for Swarm of Rats was 11 + 0 = 11 < 12 DC ---> They take 12 necrotic damage
Rats A and B are now Dead
Swarm of Rats too are also Dead
William gets 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 HP from the common (2d4 + 2) Potion of Healing. William is now at 10/11 HP
The wereravens are amused by your resiliency against the rats. Before the attacks on them, Z calls out to X, "Go get 'em!"
Wereraven X (Beginning: 100%)
(Action) Attack @Zeren with Talon nat 20 + 5 = 25 oh god > 18 AC A Hit. ---> Zeren takes 5 x 2 = 10 piercing damage ---> Zeren is now at -3/13 HP and is knocked unconscious
(Multiattack) Attack @Sparkles with Beak an 8 + 5 = 13 A Miss. ---> Sparkles takes no damage
End of Round: Takes 14 damage and is about 50% of HP
Wereraven Z (Beginning: 100%)
(Action) Attack @Shayara with Beak 13 + 5 = 18 > 14 AC A Hit. ---> Shayara takes 5 piercing damage ---> Shayara is now at 0/10 HP and is knocked unconscious
((Shayara should also roll a condition save from Lycanthorpy))
End of Round: Takes 9 damage and is about 75% of HP
Wereraven Y (Beginning: 100%)
seems to be busy downstairs...
The wereraven by Sparkles and Zeren's side looks confused when Sparkles misses, her quarterstaff instead hitting some boxes which fall over in a cascade behind him. He backs up but with an eager gleam in his eyes. X looks as though to leap when suddenly the bird-girl's claws strike him across his face and he squawks. Putting his own taloned hand up to his face, he tries to wipe the blood off. Then all of a sudden when Zeren charges, the wereraven does a double take between the attackers and the broken boxes.
It looks too late for him to run when the blade goes down his side. The wounds on his face had started to already heal up, but now this! He caws. The blood tricking down his pant leg as his makes his move to attack. Rushing to grab Zeren, he flicks the metal glove around his own talons, adding metal sharp tips of his already pointed claws. He goes in for the grab and strikes Zeren down across the wooden floor. With a monotone laugh, he steps upon his trophy and digs his taloned feet in.
Then as soon as he sees Sparkles draw near, he makes a snap at her with his beak. You can see just how much he loves his taunt.
"Collector, ay?" the wereraven clicks her teeth. "I will give you something to collect."
The dice gets to her first as that goes thumping against her head, she recoils from the shock of it. It leaves what appears to be a bump on her feathery skull. She growls.
She leans in to go take a bite at the one who thwarted her. Her beak goes sinking into flesh and you feel it sting. This is unlike any other bird bite you'd had before. Boy, does it hurt. Her smile widens with malice as the blood drips from her lips. Without a word, she just smiles maliciously over at Kolette.
"Last ones, ay brother?"She eyes the other wereraven. He nods. A wide smile appears on both their faces.
The one downstairs ignores you. You hear papers shuffling from downstairs.
((I'm going to do this thing that if you are knocked unconscious you don't have to do the death saves three times but only once so if you do get one death save then you come back next round. If you get a fail then you still need to keep going. Hopefully you don't get to three.))
Sparklesfeels her stomach churn as the wereraven's nipping beak just misses her. It seems that the other wereraven downstairs is occupied with something else rather than Starry, so that's fine, but she's concerned to see so many of her companions fall. She strikes again at wereraven nearest to her (X) with her usual martial routine. (Quarterstaff: 24 to hit, 4 bludgeoning damage on a hit, Unarmed strike: 21 to hit, 7 bludgeoning damage on a hit)
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The bandages on Williams face slowly turn a dark crimson as the they become saturated with his blood. Surveying the increasingly dire situation, sees two of his companions fall. Breathing heavily, the wounded undertaker moves towards Zeren and quickly pours the potion into the helmet of the fallen Soldier. Still clutching the empty bottle potion in one hand he points his bony wand towards Nearby feathered bandit (X) and Unleashes a blast of brown and green necrotic energy. After firing off his spell he scurys back away from the enemy, moving as far as he can towards the NW corner of the room.
Having returned from near-death thanks to the healing potion Zeren's bloodthirst takes over out of a combination anger, desperation, and feral hunger. He lunges at the wereraven in front of him, his fangs piercing the bird-monster's throat and drinking deeply of their blood.
The wereraven manages to shove Zeren off him and then watches in shock as Zeren's wounds close before his very eyes.
Zeren smiles, showing off his fangs as blood runs down his chin.
Shayara's Death Save: 1 critical fail --> still out for next round
Shayara's Constitution Save for wereraven lycanthrophy: 14 + 2 = 16
With a mouthful of splinters from Sparkles's hit to face, which he tried to cut short with his beak, wereraven (X) sputters and tries to wipe the wood fragments out his mouth when an uppercut sends him nearly dangling off the railing as he stumbles back. "Caw!" He grips onto the sides to get his bearings. He spits out the wood. As time heals all wounds, it certainly has only taken seconds for this lycanthrope. It looks like some injuries have faded.
Yet he gets shot in the face by necrotic energy. He feels his feathers sizzling. These wounds run deep as he clutches his chest. He feels his heart pounding.
William manages to get Zeren the potion in time ((+ 6 HP for Zeren)), since the body was left unattended now that the wereraven has been thrown off. Unfortunately for the wereraven, this has only left the dhampir more angrier and hungrier than before. Zeren sinks his teeth into the wereraven, draining him of his blood ((giving Zeren + 7 HP)). The wereraven cries out but it is too late. His body goes limp. But this was just a trick as he shoves the other man off. It is a lycanthrope vs. dhampir battle.
X clicks his tongue, holding onto the side of his neck which doesn't seem to be healing. This disturbs him deeply more so than the words. He stumbles, trying to get a bite out of that man to show him what he's done, but misses, his beak snapping the sides of his shoulder and tasting metal ((2 + 5 = 7 < 18 AC))
His feathers stick up, knowing he is nearly done for, he takes this moment to gather all his strength and bite-
Wereraven X (Beginning 75%)
Regenerate by 10 HP
(Action) Attack @Zeren with Beak 2 + 5 = 7 A Miss. ---> Zeren takes no damage
(Multiattack) Attack @Zeren with Beak 18 + 5 = 23 A Hit. ---> Zeren takes 5 piercing damage ---> Zeren is now at 8/13 HP ((ALSO ROLL CON SAVE TO AVOID THE CURSE SPREAD ))
End of Round: Takes 4 + 7 + 2 + 7 = 20 damage and is now at less than 25% of HP left
The fire singes Wereraven Z, she doesn't get to shriek. It burns oh how it burns. She throws her hands up to her face to avoid the blast but it hits her stomach instead and sends her back a few feet. She stretches out her wings at this and marches up, "Oh you'll pay-"
Swinging her scimitar, she sidesteps you. As she does her scimitar hits the ground instead of at your chest ((11 + 5 = 16 < 17 AC)). She attempts to pry it out the floorboards, but it gets stuck. Instead, she is uses her feet (guess you can say she is quick on her feet) and uses her talons to knock you to the ground ((16 + 5 = 21 > 17 AC)). Kolette falls and hits her head on the railing as she goes down.
Z jumps up and flexes her muscles, though is fear-stricken when Zeren emerges with blood in his mouth.
"Just like the books..." she says a bit dreamily soon afterward. Her brother looks at her. He just looks so tired.
Wereraven Z (Beginning: 75%)
(Action) Attack @Kolette with Scimitar 11 + 5 = 16 < 17 AC A Miss. ---> Kolette takes no damage
(Mulitattack) Attack @Kolette with Talons 16 + 5 = 21 > 17 AC A Hit. ---> Kolette takes 5 piercing damage ---> Kolette is now at -3/10 HP and is knocked unconscious
End of Round: Takes 5 damage and is now at 50% of HP
The vulture heeds William's words and goes soaring. It catches a breeze that takes it further than anticipated and is about halfway towards the caravan, which alerts Eren. "Hey, looks like someone be looking for you," they nudge the caravan and even peek inside, "the vulture's here."
The vulture lands on top of the wagon with ease. It squawks.
((I would say it would take 1 round for Syed to get the message/climb on top - 6 seconds- then another round for him to arrive so two more rounds before Syed can take his first action.))
Sparkles looks at the bruised and battered Wereraven (X) in front of her and says 'To scared to try and fight me, huh? Back off my friends and go burn in hell.' She then slams her quarterstaff straight into its chest to knock it back over the banister and down onto the lower floor (20 to hit, 7 bludgeoning damage on a hit) and then tries to strike them as they falls backwards (16 to hit, 4 bludgeoning damage on a hit) with a fist to the jaw.
[Hope it's okay that I strike it over the banister, I expect my attacks will kill it anyway so it's just flavour to make it a dramatic death, but if they do survive somehow you can ignore that flavour, or they can fall but then just fly straight back up again lol]
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The vulture lands near Syed and grunts loudly, motioning with his head and wings for the squirrel to hop on its back. If Syed does so it takes off as quickly as it can back towards the barn. If he refuses or chooses to ride his dog instead, he will lead them to the barn...
William grins as sparkles appears to finish off the nearby wereraven. Still breathing heavily and dripping blood, The undertaker moves west to get closer to his fallen companion while pointing his wand towards the bandit across the room (Z). After muttering a few words under his breath, he sends another burst of necrotic energy streaking from his wand.
Zeren's immune system easily fights off the werebeast's attempt to infect him and he makes his counterattack.
With blood in his mouth and fire in his heart Zeren's sword slices through the wereraven's head, splitting his skull in half and sending the corpse toppling to the ground.
Laughing triumphantly Zeren turns and begins moving towards the female wereraven.
"Surrender now or join him in death. Unlike me you only have one life to live."
Syed recognizes the vulture as William’s familiar, its presence immediately signaling trouble. His heart skips a beat as he watches the bird's urgent motions. For a moment, he hesitates, his instinct urging him to stay with Mellow and the supplies. But the sight of the vulture’s intense gaze convinces him otherwise. “Looks like I’m needed,” he mutters, grabbing a small set of tools and his trusty dagger. He had never been one for heights, but there was no time to waste. Steeling himself, he approaches the vulture and nods. “Alright, let’s make this quick.” With that, he braces himself as the vulture grips him with its talons, and he prepares for a swift and lofty ride back to the others, hoping he’ll arrive in time to make a difference.
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Shayara grasped her arm in agony as she fell to the ground. Extremely concerned about the bite she could focus on little else as she tended as best she could to the wound. resigned that there was little she could do about it she stood on weak legs arm bleeding profusely. "I am not dead yet you fowl beasts"
Her dice lay on the ground at her feet, but with a flick of her wrist one shoots toward the closest wereraven (x?)
[X is definitely dead already lol so I'd maybe go for Z since they're closer anyway, although it doesn't really matter either way since it doesn't look like you hit]
(Action) Attack @Wereraven X with Quarterstaff 20 A Hit. ---> Wereraven X takes 7 bludgeoning damage
(Bonus Action) Attack @Wereraven X with Unarmed Strike 16 A Hit. ---> Wereraven X takes 4 bludgeoning damage
End of Round: 5/10 HP + NEEDS CONSTITUTION SAVE DC 10
William (4/11 HP)
(Action) Attack @Wereraven Z with Chill Touch 7 A Miss. ---> Wereraven Z takes no damage
Zeren (8/13 HP)
Constitution Save: 22 > 10 DC ---> A Success --> Not infected with lycantrophy
(Action) Attack @Wereraven X with Longsword 26 A Hit. ---> Wereraven X takes piercing 13 + 6 = 19 damage ---> Wereraven X is now Dead
Syed (9/9 HP)
Riding on a vulture
Shayara (5/10 HP)
(Bonus Action) Attack @Wereraven Z with Magic Stone 6 A Miss. ---> Wereraven Z takes no damage
Kolette (was 0/10 HP) ---> From previous round's Reaction Kolette uses Surge of Vigor to gain 3 HP and is currently 3/10 HP
Wereraven X eyes Sparkles when she taunts, giving her too an exasperated expression before one of malice when he sees her come in for the attack. Sparkles comes down heavy with her quarterstaff, whacking the attacking bandit in the chest before promptly shoving him towards the banister. Splinters get to him first than the fist to the chin. The wood creaks even harder at the end of the second blow. "Caw!" the wereraven shouts right soon after, pushing himself off the railing but-
CRACK
the railing itself bursts open. You can see the whites of his eyes when his attempt to trying to grab one of the remaining posts only ends with his talons scraping nothing but an indent. His balance is thrown off and his foot slips. Even his talons are no match for gravity. He is sent flailing backwards, his only remaining hope: his wings. Large black wings spreads out before him. In that second, his beak curls up into an even wider smile. Yet... Zeren's sword slices into him. First the sword cuts through feathers then it cuts through flesh. Oh the horror in his eyes as he sees his right wing split in two. He blinks. He comes crashing to the floor, headfirst.
First comes the thump of his skull against wood, and second comes the crack of his neck (definitely not one for stretching). His body lays like a hill over his twisted neck then slumps over in almost a fetal position. Wing slowly recede into his back and skin soon replaces feathers. The skinny red-headed man left behind tells you there is no way for him to be coming back.
The wereraven (Y) down below startles at the sight of the dead body, several metallic things clink to the floor. "Holland?!" He looks up seconds after to see the broken banister. So too does wereraven (Z) cry out. "Wha- huh?"she sputters before letting out a war cry, "GAH!"
Wereraven Z (Beginning 50%)
Regenerate 10 HP
Fly 20 ft east and then 20 ft diagonally northeast towards William, Zeren, and Sparkles ---> Flyby prevents any opportunity attacks
(Action) Attack @Sparkles with Shove 7 < Sparkles's DEX: Acrobatics Save 12 + 3 = 15 A Fail. ---> Sparkles is not knocked prone.
(Mulitattack) Attack @Sparkles with Beak 17 + 4 = 21 > 15 AC A Hit. --> Sparkles takes 5 piercing damage ---> Sparkles is now at 5/10 HP and NEEDS TO ROLL A CONSTITUTION SAVE AGAINST LYCANTHROPHY
Wereraven Y (Beginning 100%)
(Object interaction) Scoop up all the gold he dropped and put it into his bag
Shapechange into Raven form (with the bag merging into his body)
Fly 50 ft out the barn ---> Flyby does not provoke opportunity attacks
Dash another 50 ft
Wereraven Z grits her teeth as she comes barreling forward. Her powerful wings takes her off the ground in mere miliseconds, hovering in front of Shayara and Kolette. She heads straight towards the trio who killed her brother. William, the undertaker, sends out a blast of necrotic energy, sickly green in color. Its magic swerves to the left and hits a wall instead of its intended target, hardly even grazing her wings at all while she's aiming for the bullseye.
Shayara too tries to take a swing at her. She sends her die hurtling into the air towards the feathery canonball. It strikes, hitting her right on the beak, but that does nothing to deter her, just bouncing right off.
"YOU!"she yells, spearing right through past Zeren, whom she looked like she was going to, ignoring his offer of mercy. Her shoulder slams the other bird-girl into the wall, but Sparkles manages to spring right off; the monk knew how to use momentum well. The wereraven screams, "I will rip you to shreds!"Her wings raise up, cloaking her and her opponent nearly in a shadowy shroud. "Even if it's the last thing I do," she pierces those words together to almost a drawl.
Her beak opens wide and she cuts deep into Sparkles's shoulder, drawing blood with every second clamping closer. It seems as if she wants to tear your arm off. Her eyes are wide and steely.
"DEAR FLAME! SALLY?!" the wereraven (Y) at the bottom squeaks. He gather ups all the gold pieces that he dropped and shoves them into a bag, mumbling "oh dear" every time. His entire chill demeanor just dropped. Soon enough in seconds, his body is engulfed in what looks to be shadow. He turns into a smaller looking version of himself, well, more like... just a bird.
The bird takes in a second to contemplate what to do then decides it. He is out the door in mere seconds
Syed, while riding on Herbert the vulture, spots a raven just on its way out the barn.
[My in-sheet roller isn't working, so I gotta leave everything up to the mercy of the forum dice, seems DND Beyond really is broken lmao]
Sparkles cries out in pain as Wereraven (Z) pierces her shoulder with its beak. She can feel the curse flowing through her, and can sense the radiance of her soul trying to fight against it, and her mind is filled with dark, evil thoughts that she fights against. All she can think is 'You're okay, you're fine, you're Sparkles, you'resparkly, you're shiny, you're...shiny? sparkly? trinkets? caw! caw! Agh! You must resist it!' (Con Save: 15 ) She then gives a shout and whacks the wereraven back with her quarterstaff, then tries to stomp on its head with her taloned feet, saying 'DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND TAINT ME YOU BEAST!' (Quarterstaff: 6 to hit, 8 bludgeoning damage on a hit. Unarmed strike: 19 to hit, 5 bludgeoning damage on a hit)
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Herbert looks out the window and quickly calls out to Herbert in his mind. "Herbert! One of the wereravens turned into a bird and flew out the window! Follow him and see if Syed can take care of them!"
Turning to face the last remaining enemy, William points his bone wand towards the creature and fires off another blast of necrotic energy towards the target. After sending the magic streaking towards the creature, he moves farther away from the beast, wanting to avoid its beak and talons...
movement - 30ft away from the raven Action - chill touch Attack: 11 Damage: 5
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Zeren recognizes the newly-arrived wereravens as deadlier foes than the rats. He charges the one closest to him, intent on slaughter.
"Just lie down and die, it'll be less painful that way!"
His blade cuts a deep wound into the wereraven's side, Zeren's fangs lengthening as he smells the blood pouring from the injury he's just inflicted. If he needs to heal himself he has no issue sinking his teeth into these monsters, he cares nothing about the taint within it.
(past turns just for flavor: ) - Shayara was dissapointed by the contents of the chests, she had heard that there was ample Delerium in Drakkenheim and was hoping to get her hands on some. "Surely we arent the first to be accosted by these bandits?" However she didnt have time to ponder it long as the rats engulfed poor william... She turns toward the wizard and her eyes go dark, for an instant its as if a galaxy swirls in her iris. Then a rat is forcibly lifted from William hovering in the air a moment before being sent over the railing to the floor below.
As the Wereravens enter with their snarky comments Shayara can not resist a reply. "As a matter of fact I am quite the collector and i wouldn't mind a set of dice made from your bones." As she speaks she reaches once again into her pocket to collect her favorite set of dice and with a twist and a quick incantation they are orbiting her hand. She steps toward collete (enough to get into range) and sends one flying at the Wereraven closest to the cleric.
Attack: 16 Damage: 9
The spectral skulls go clamping onto the sides of the rats. A and B both get 'swallowed' whole, and by that, it meant they were burn inside out by the incinerating force of the magic missile. It burns like a mini-oven for each of them. Burnt rat for dinner! However, the rest of the swarm gets easily only slightly scalded as they ditch and dodge the incoming attacks.
It wasn't until the sound of a bell that throws them off their tracks. They hiss and scatter but it is no use. The sound of the bell is just too much for them to bear. It feels as if their lifeforce is sucked out of them and they crumple to the floor.
The wereravens are amused by your resiliency against the rats. Before the attacks on them, Z calls out to X, "Go get 'em!"
The wereraven by Sparkles and Zeren's side looks confused when Sparkles misses, her quarterstaff instead hitting some boxes which fall over in a cascade behind him. He backs up but with an eager gleam in his eyes. X looks as though to leap when suddenly the bird-girl's claws strike him across his face and he squawks. Putting his own taloned hand up to his face, he tries to wipe the blood off. Then all of a sudden when Zeren charges, the wereraven does a double take between the attackers and the broken boxes.
It looks too late for him to run when the blade goes down his side. The wounds on his face had started to already heal up, but now this! He caws. The blood tricking down his pant leg as his makes his move to attack. Rushing to grab Zeren, he flicks the metal glove around his own talons, adding metal sharp tips of his already pointed claws. He goes in for the grab and strikes Zeren down across the wooden floor. With a monotone laugh, he steps upon his trophy and digs his taloned feet in.
Then as soon as he sees Sparkles draw near, he makes a snap at her with his beak. You can see just how much he loves his taunt.
"Collector, ay?" the wereraven clicks her teeth. "I will give you something to collect."
The dice gets to her first as that goes thumping against her head, she recoils from the shock of it. It leaves what appears to be a bump on her feathery skull. She growls.
She leans in to go take a bite at the one who thwarted her. Her beak goes sinking into flesh and you feel it sting. This is unlike any other bird bite you'd had before. Boy, does it hurt. Her smile widens with malice as the blood drips from her lips. Without a word, she just smiles maliciously over at Kolette.
"Last ones, ay brother?" She eyes the other wereraven. He nods. A wide smile appears on both their faces.
The one downstairs ignores you. You hear papers shuffling from downstairs.
((I'm going to do this thing that if you are knocked unconscious you don't have to do the death saves three times but only once so if you do get one death save then you come back next round. If you get a fail then you still need to keep going. Hopefully you don't get to three.))
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Sparkles feels her stomach churn as the wereraven's nipping beak just misses her. It seems that the other wereraven downstairs is occupied with something else rather than Starry, so that's fine, but she's concerned to see so many of her companions fall. She strikes again at wereraven nearest to her (X) with her usual martial routine. (Quarterstaff: 24 to hit, 4 bludgeoning damage on a hit, Unarmed strike: 21 to hit, 7 bludgeoning damage on a hit)
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The bandages on Williams face slowly turn a dark crimson as the they become saturated with his blood. Surveying the increasingly dire situation, sees two of his companions fall. Breathing heavily, the wounded undertaker moves towards Zeren and quickly pours the potion into the helmet of the fallen Soldier. Still clutching the empty bottle potion in one hand he points his bony wand towards Nearby feathered bandit (X) and Unleashes a blast of brown and green necrotic energy. After firing off his spell he scurys back away from the enemy, moving as far as he can towards the NW corner of the room.
Chill touch Attack: 23 Damage: 7
As he moves away from the enemy, he telepathically yells out to Herbert. "Go Get SYED! We need help!"
Williams familiar nods before flying off back towards the cart to alert their squirrel companion!
Kolette now free of the rats turns to Z, gestures with her hand and sends a lance of flame at him!
Fire Bolt Attack: 5 Damage: 7
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Having returned from near-death thanks to the healing potion Zeren's bloodthirst takes over out of a combination anger, desperation, and feral hunger. He lunges at the wereraven in front of him, his fangs piercing the bird-monster's throat and drinking deeply of their blood.
The wereraven manages to shove Zeren off him and then watches in shock as Zeren's wounds close before his very eyes.
Zeren smiles, showing off his fangs as blood runs down his chin.
"I'LL DRAIN YOU DRY!"
With a mouthful of splinters from Sparkles's hit to face, which he tried to cut short with his beak, wereraven (X) sputters and tries to wipe the wood fragments out his mouth when an uppercut sends him nearly dangling off the railing as he stumbles back. "Caw!" He grips onto the sides to get his bearings. He spits out the wood. As time heals all wounds, it certainly has only taken seconds for this lycanthrope. It looks like some injuries have faded.
Yet he gets shot in the face by necrotic energy. He feels his feathers sizzling. These wounds run deep as he clutches his chest. He feels his heart pounding.
William manages to get Zeren the potion in time ((+ 6 HP for Zeren)), since the body was left unattended now that the wereraven has been thrown off. Unfortunately for the wereraven, this has only left the dhampir more angrier and hungrier than before. Zeren sinks his teeth into the wereraven, draining him of his blood ((giving Zeren + 7 HP)). The wereraven cries out but it is too late. His body goes limp. But this was just a trick as he shoves the other man off. It is a lycanthrope vs. dhampir battle.
X clicks his tongue, holding onto the side of his neck which doesn't seem to be healing. This disturbs him deeply more so than the words. He stumbles, trying to get a bite out of that man to show him what he's done, but misses, his beak snapping the sides of his shoulder and tasting metal ((2 + 5 = 7 < 18 AC))
His feathers stick up, knowing he is nearly done for, he takes this moment to gather all his strength and bite-
The fire singes Wereraven Z, she doesn't get to shriek. It burns oh how it burns. She throws her hands up to her face to avoid the blast but it hits her stomach instead and sends her back a few feet. She stretches out her wings at this and marches up, "Oh you'll pay-"
Swinging her scimitar, she sidesteps you. As she does her scimitar hits the ground instead of at your chest ((11 + 5 = 16 < 17 AC)). She attempts to pry it out the floorboards, but it gets stuck. Instead, she is uses her feet (guess you can say she is quick on her feet) and uses her talons to knock you to the ground ((16 + 5 = 21 > 17 AC)). Kolette falls and hits her head on the railing as she goes down.
Z jumps up and flexes her muscles, though is fear-stricken when Zeren emerges with blood in his mouth.
"Just like the books..." she says a bit dreamily soon afterward. Her brother looks at her. He just looks so tired.
The vulture heeds William's words and goes soaring. It catches a breeze that takes it further than anticipated and is about halfway towards the caravan, which alerts Eren. "Hey, looks like someone be looking for you," they nudge the caravan and even peek inside, "the vulture's here."
The vulture lands on top of the wagon with ease. It squawks.
((I would say it would take 1 round for Syed to get the message/climb on top - 6 seconds- then another round for him to arrive so two more rounds before Syed can take his first action.))
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DM: Drakkenheim Mind and Matter + Blood Secrets + What's in the Here and Now;
Player: Dragonlance
Sparkles looks at the bruised and battered Wereraven (X) in front of her and says 'To scared to try and fight me, huh? Back off my friends and go burn in hell.' She then slams her quarterstaff straight into its chest to knock it back over the banister and down onto the lower floor (20 to hit, 7 bludgeoning damage on a hit) and then tries to strike them as they falls backwards (16 to hit, 4 bludgeoning damage on a hit) with a fist to the jaw.
[Hope it's okay that I strike it over the banister, I expect my attacks will kill it anyway so it's just flavour to make it a dramatic death, but if they do survive somehow you can ignore that flavour, or they can fall but then just fly straight back up again lol]
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
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The vulture lands near Syed and grunts loudly, motioning with his head and wings for the squirrel to hop on its back. If Syed does so it takes off as quickly as it can back towards the barn. If he refuses or chooses to ride his dog instead, he will lead them to the barn...
William grins as sparkles appears to finish off the nearby wereraven. Still breathing heavily and dripping blood, The undertaker moves west to get closer to his fallen companion while pointing his wand towards the bandit across the room (Z). After muttering a few words under his breath, he sends another burst of necrotic energy streaking from his wand.
Chill touch Attack: 18 Damage: 8
Zeren's immune system easily fights off the werebeast's attempt to infect him and he makes his counterattack.
With blood in his mouth and fire in his heart Zeren's sword slices through the wereraven's head, splitting his skull in half and sending the corpse toppling to the ground.
Laughing triumphantly Zeren turns and begins moving towards the female wereraven.
"Surrender now or join him in death. Unlike me you only have one life to live."
Syed recognizes the vulture as William’s familiar, its presence immediately signaling trouble. His heart skips a beat as he watches the bird's urgent motions. For a moment, he hesitates, his instinct urging him to stay with Mellow and the supplies. But the sight of the vulture’s intense gaze convinces him otherwise. “Looks like I’m needed,” he mutters, grabbing a small set of tools and his trusty dagger. He had never been one for heights, but there was no time to waste. Steeling himself, he approaches the vulture and nods. “Alright, let’s make this quick.” With that, he braces himself as the vulture grips him with its talons, and he prepares for a swift and lofty ride back to the others, hoping he’ll arrive in time to make a difference.
(Sorry I was sick these days and didn't post.)
Sorry, I'm beginning to enter a vacation period and while I will try to check-in at least daily, I cannot promise that I will always be able to do so. From September 1, I should be back to normal.
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Shayara grasped her arm in agony as she fell to the ground. Extremely concerned about the bite she could focus on little else as she tended as best she could to the wound. resigned that there was little she could do about it she stood on weak legs arm bleeding profusely. "I am not dead yet you fowl beasts"
Her dice lay on the ground at her feet, but with a flick of her wrist one shoots toward the closest wereraven (x?)
Attack: 6 Damage: 8
[X is definitely dead already lol so I'd maybe go for Z since they're closer anyway, although it doesn't really matter either way since it doesn't look like you hit]
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
Kolette groans and sits up, "Aww that hurt."
Surge of Vigor for 14 healing
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Wereraven X eyes Sparkles when she taunts, giving her too an exasperated expression before one of malice when he sees her come in for the attack. Sparkles comes down heavy with her quarterstaff, whacking the attacking bandit in the chest before promptly shoving him towards the banister. Splinters get to him first than the fist to the chin. The wood creaks even harder at the end of the second blow. "Caw!" the wereraven shouts right soon after, pushing himself off the railing but-
CRACK
the railing itself bursts open. You can see the whites of his eyes when his attempt to trying to grab one of the remaining posts only ends with his talons scraping nothing but an indent. His balance is thrown off and his foot slips. Even his talons are no match for gravity. He is sent flailing backwards, his only remaining hope: his wings. Large black wings spreads out before him. In that second, his beak curls up into an even wider smile. Yet... Zeren's sword slices into him. First the sword cuts through feathers then it cuts through flesh. Oh the horror in his eyes as he sees his right wing split in two. He blinks. He comes crashing to the floor, headfirst.
First comes the thump of his skull against wood, and second comes the crack of his neck (definitely not one for stretching). His body lays like a hill over his twisted neck then slumps over in almost a fetal position. Wing slowly recede into his back and skin soon replaces feathers. The skinny red-headed man left behind tells you there is no way for him to be coming back.
The wereraven (Y) down below startles at the sight of the dead body, several metallic things clink to the floor. "Holland?!" He looks up seconds after to see the broken banister. So too does wereraven (Z) cry out. "Wha- huh?" she sputters before letting out a war cry, "GAH!"
Wereraven Z grits her teeth as she comes barreling forward. Her powerful wings takes her off the ground in mere miliseconds, hovering in front of Shayara and Kolette. She heads straight towards the trio who killed her brother. William, the undertaker, sends out a blast of necrotic energy, sickly green in color. Its magic swerves to the left and hits a wall instead of its intended target, hardly even grazing her wings at all while she's aiming for the bullseye.
Shayara too tries to take a swing at her. She sends her die hurtling into the air towards the feathery canonball. It strikes, hitting her right on the beak, but that does nothing to deter her, just bouncing right off.
"YOU!" she yells, spearing right through past Zeren, whom she looked like she was going to, ignoring his offer of mercy. Her shoulder slams the other bird-girl into the wall, but Sparkles manages to spring right off; the monk knew how to use momentum well. The wereraven screams, "I will rip you to shreds!" Her wings raise up, cloaking her and her opponent nearly in a shadowy shroud. "Even if it's the last thing I do," she pierces those words together to almost a drawl.
Her beak opens wide and she cuts deep into Sparkles's shoulder, drawing blood with every second clamping closer. It seems as if she wants to tear your arm off. Her eyes are wide and steely.
"DEAR FLAME! SALLY?!" the wereraven (Y) at the bottom squeaks. He gather ups all the gold pieces that he dropped and shoves them into a bag, mumbling "oh dear" every time. His entire chill demeanor just dropped. Soon enough in seconds, his body is engulfed in what looks to be shadow. He turns into a smaller looking version of himself, well, more like... just a bird.
The bird takes in a second to contemplate what to do then decides it. He is out the door in mere seconds
Syed, while riding on Herbert the vulture, spots a raven just on its way out the barn.
<---- me irl slow reader, even slower writer easily jumpy thanks for being patient
DM: Drakkenheim Mind and Matter + Blood Secrets + What's in the Here and Now;
Player: Dragonlance
[My in-sheet roller isn't working, so I gotta leave everything up to the mercy of the forum dice, seems DND Beyond really is broken lmao]
Sparkles cries out in pain as Wereraven (Z) pierces her shoulder with its beak. She can feel the curse flowing through her, and can sense the radiance of her soul trying to fight against it, and her mind is filled with dark, evil thoughts that she fights against. All she can think is 'You're okay, you're fine, you're Sparkles, you're sparkly, you're shiny, you're...shiny? sparkly? trinkets? caw! caw! Agh! You must resist it!' (Con Save: 15 ) She then gives a shout and whacks the wereraven back with her quarterstaff, then tries to stomp on its head with her taloned feet, saying 'DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND TAINT ME YOU BEAST!' (Quarterstaff: 6 to hit, 8 bludgeoning damage on a hit. Unarmed strike: 19 to hit, 5 bludgeoning damage on a hit)
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
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Sparkles manages to fight off the curse and resist the dark temptations, though that mental distraction means her quarterstaff hit falls short.
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Borvnir Chelvnich: Black Dragonborn Barbarian: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Callow Sunken-Eyes: Goliath Arctic Druid: We Are Modron
DMing The 100 Dungeons of the Blood Archivist , The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
Herbert looks out the window and quickly calls out to Herbert in his mind. "Herbert! One of the wereravens turned into a bird and flew out the window! Follow him and see if Syed can take care of them!"
Turning to face the last remaining enemy, William points his bone wand towards the creature and fires off another blast of necrotic energy towards the target. After sending the magic streaking towards the creature, he moves farther away from the beast, wanting to avoid its beak and talons...
movement - 30ft away from the raven
Action - chill touch Attack: 11 Damage: 5