Kulloda swings his blade around in a sweeping arc as the first darkling approaches head on. When the attacker's blade fails to connect, Kulloda slashes hard.
(Reaction - Readied Attack - Godsbane 17 to hit for 10 slashing)
As he does, he feels the stab of a blade into his legs from behind, driving his fragile hold on his anger over the edge, pushing his rage to the surface.
(Initiative if needed - 6).
He then slashes down even harder on the one attacking him from behind, adjusting his position to allow he and Anachain to fight back to back.
(Bonus Action - Rage; Action - Godsbane - 25 to hit for 20 slashing including 2 rage and 2 necrotic from divine fury).
On the retrieval of his sword, he glances around the clearing looking for the other attackers who much be the ones throwing weapons (Perception: 8)
"Whoa now!" Anachain calls out even as she unleashes an Eldritch Blast at the first Darkling she sees attack Deniz.
Eldritch Blast: 17to hit for 5 damage
As Kulloda bursts into action swinging and stabbing and doing all the sword stuff at those attacking him and her, Anachain does he best to stay out of his way, at his back, but still focus on defending Deniz since he cannot defend himself. She blasts again, again at the Darkling south of Deniz...
Eldritch Blast: 19to hit for 2force damage...
Anachain then curses under her breath for having forgotten the wand she is carrying... though maybe it was best to not use it quite yet anyway.
Every attack from kulloda and anachain hit their mark, severely bloodying the darkling to the north of kulloda.
The one next to Deniz is also bloodied by the onslaught of blasts from Anachain.
The one to the south of kulloda collapses, dead. As it's body hits the ground a spark of illumination instantly becomes a bright fey flash and both Anachain and kulloda react to the blinding death of a darkling. (Dc 10 con save, become blinded until the end of your next turn on fail.)
Perception 22. Grimrin pops his head out of the bushes to the north and spots a hidden darkling to the south of Deniz, wanting the druid to complete the ritual as fast as possible but also aware that anachain has been doing a good job so far with the one in melee with Deniz, Grimrin elects to solve the next issue down the line. Drawing his bow and attacking from stealth, Grimrin fires off an arrow (15 to hit, 6 piercing and 11 sneak attack) the darkling still in hiding slumps down dead, unseen by anyone else in the group, or it would have been... It too flashes a bright fey light momentarily from it's body but no one is near enough to it to be effected. Grimrin encourages Deniz to continue, before ducking back down and hiding (bonus action)
Seeing that the time for stealth is over, Deniz instead resorts to trickery. He pauses his water-pouring efforts momentarily but doesn't let go of the jug. Then blowing on three fingers of his free hand, he shouts a word in Elvish... The shout comes from not one Deniz but from four identical Denizes, each holding a jug and each moving in identical twin to the other.
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Anachain quickly blinks several times to clear her eyes before what happened really sinks in and she allows a small grin to form on her face. Which is Deniz's face currently. Or a replica thereof, anyway. Perhaps we all should have been Deniz from the get go, then their attackers would have been really confused!
As three identical deniz' spring forth from the original the darkling in front of him looks confused. but attacks regardless! (22 to hit, 6 piercing) Kulloda and Anachain are uneffected by the flash and look on in horror as the felled Darkling in front of them twitches, the gaping wound left in it from Kulloda's Godsbane is knitting itself back together and it begins to rise, but not fast enough to attack again this turn. The bloodied Darkling still standing however does take a swipe at Kulloda attempting to climb the tall man stabbing as it does, (16 to hit, 5 piercing), Once again Anachain feels a stab in her side as another blade comes sailing towards her from an unseen assailant to the south (22 to hit, 9 piercing) these hidden ones are proving to be a nuisance!
Once again Anachain feels a stab in her side as another blade comes sailing towards her from an unseen assailant to the south (22 to hit, 9 piercing) these hidden ones are proving to be a nuisance!
Sensing the flying blade, Anachain reacts by quickly casting Silvery Barbs with a quick "By the void, may your aim betray you!"
((Darkling must re-roll attack and use the lower roll AND Kulloda has advantage on the next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw it makes within 1 minute.))
Despite the danger she herself is in, Anachain continues to try to focus on making things easier for Deniz. She figures once he completes the ritual the attacks are likely to end... Or so she hopes. As such she sends first adopts her Form of Dread - Her features turn gaunt, her complexion pale and deathly, her clothing turns to rags and mummy-like bandages which flow in an unfelt breeze. Or rather Deniz's features do, as she had looked like him before adopting this form... Then she sends a Chill Touch towards the Darkling just south of Deniz and is curious to see if it's effects will help keep a defeated Darkling down longer.
Reaction - Silvery Barbs Bonus Action - Form of Dread:
You gain temporary hit points equal to 1d10 + your warlock level. 7 Temp HP
Once during each of your turns, when you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can force it to make a Wisdom saving throw, and if the saving throw fails, the target is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
You are immune to the frightened condition.
Action - Chill Touch: 17 to hit for 4 Necrotic damage and it can't regain hit points until the start of your next turn. Movement - None
Kulloda bellows when he sees the 'dead' darkling begin to rise. "No. You stay dead."
His rage diminishes the effectiveness of the slash from the fighting darkling, to the point he almost doesn't notice it. Anachain's transformation distracts him and causes his lip to curl, emphasizing his tusks. But he nods his approval before slashing downwards at the darkling that just stabbed him.
Godsbane (19, 2 + 8) = 27 to hit, for (6+2 magical slashing + 7 necrotic from divine fury) = 15 damage
He yells down at the creature he just hit. "Stay dead."
One of the Deniz copies blinks out of existence in response to the darkling's attack, but the remaining three Denizes continue pouring water and chanting the words of the prayer, working their way unitedly around the circle.
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Anachain fells the darkling in the Denizes face and it explodes in light, each Deniz in mirrored reaction closes their eyes at the sight, but when opened again Deniz sees nothing. Still pushing on he continues, his mirrors in tow, using his feet to feel the stones in front of him he is able to keep up his pace and pour water out on the next 40ft of the circle, chanting all the way. (Nat 20 on his athletics to feel around and counter his blindness)
The darkling that attacked kulloda gets a godsbane to the neck and also falls down dead flashing bright light in kulloda and anachain's face, but this time Anachain is ready. Her dreadful face turned away and a quick hand raise to shield her face Anachain is able to still see, which is more than can be said for Kulloda. (Kulloda blind until the end of his next turn)
Grimrin moves sneakily from his position in the north east and attempts to follow Deniz whilst keeping to the shadows and half cover of the bushes. Using a bonus action to hide again he tries to perceive where the last hidden darkling is. (22 perception) He draws his bow and fires to the south west. (20 to hit w/ advantage from hidden, 15 piercing damage incl/ sneak)
With a flash of light signalling both position and state of the hidden darkling to the south west, Grimrin fells his foe.
Anachain watches as the darkling that had been filled in the first round raises fully and swiped out at kulloda who cannot see this attack coming at all. (12 to hit, 13 piercing)
The one just felles by kulloda begins its rise once more as does the one that flashed Deniz, but this knitting of their wounds takes time and they cannot act.
Grimrin doesn't realise that just on the other side of his hiding place another darkling has risen once more and it runs towards Deniz attacking loudly but still with advantage as Deniz is blind (20 to hit, 14 total piercing)
The darkling's attack this time doesn't cause one of the three Denizes to wink out of existence, but instead draws blood, hitting the real Deniz. The three remaining elf druids slip a brief nature invocation in between the lines of the prayer, healing the wound as much as possible while continuing to pour water.
Cure Wounds (1st level) for 9 hp Mirror Image: 2 duplicates remaining Current HP: 12/24
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"Behind and to the left," Anachain says to Kulloda. Or some other quick, instruction of where the darkling still alive and attacking them is which is more correct. (meh, I can't tell which way people are facing so *shrug*) From his grunts and her own having to blink through the spots the flashing caused she if guessing maybe the big guy needs some help knowing where their attackers are... For her part she takes a step away from Kulloda, though not the alive attacker, and continues to focus on helping Deniz. So moving out of the potentially hazardous wild swings of Kulloda but staying in melee with his target, she herself aims for the darkling next to their druid...
Action: Chill Touch vs Darkling - 15to hit for a whopping 1necrotic damage and if hit it can't regain hit points until the start of your next turn... Also, due to Form of Dread, if it hit they are frightened of Anachain until the end of her next turn. Bonus Action: none Movement: Rotates around the darkling so that it is sandwiched between Kulloda and her. I forget if this campaign is using flanking or not but if so then... Flank away!
Kulloda grunts his anger at being blinded but he's had enough sand thrown in his face over the years to not panic. He keeps moving about, which lets his blade slip between his own body and that of his unseen attacker, deflecting the blow away from doing any real harm.
When Anachain gives him directions to where the attack came from, Kulloda swings his blade around recklessly in a huge arc, low to the ground, seeking to rake up any darkling in its path.
Godsbane - Reckless Attack (counters disadvantage from being blind - attackers already had advantage from Kulloda being blind) - 12 to attack for 10 magical slashing + 3 necrotic (13 total) damage
As Deniz, now able to see, moves away from the darkling attacking him and continuing the ritual, the darkling takes a desperate swipe as an attack of opportunity arises (20 to hit, 7 piercing)
Anachain , repositioning herself summons the spectral skeletal hand of death upon the darkling that Deniz just left. The good news in that the spell lands perfectly, the bad news is that the lack of hard damage means it remains living, the other good news in that in it's state of fright it uses it's entire turn trying to get out of the sightlines of Anachain at all costs and dives into the treeline to the south east!
As the flash of light that blinded Kulloda wears off he looks down to the place where he recklessly swung his blade and sees the darkling still standing there unharmed, just as he thought as his blade felt like it met with no solid target, (miss)
Grimrin throws all caution to the wind and uses his action to dash across the circle, interposing himself between Deniz and the dead Darkling that he knows is somewhere nearby. "Anachain! are you able to keep them from healing when they are down? Kulloda could we get them in one place?"
The Darkling inbetween Anachain and Kulloda attacks the big guy! (11 to hit, 5 piercing) and the darkling behind him rises and attacks too! ( this time with flanking! 18 to hit, 15 total piercing)
The other two downed Darklings seems lightly slower to revive (rolled bad) but stir as their wounds keep knitting together.
Kulloda swings his blade around in a sweeping arc as the first darkling approaches head on. When the attacker's blade fails to connect, Kulloda slashes hard.
(Reaction - Readied Attack - Godsbane 17 to hit for 10 slashing)
As he does, he feels the stab of a blade into his legs from behind, driving his fragile hold on his anger over the edge, pushing his rage to the surface.
(Initiative if needed - 6).
He then slashes down even harder on the one attacking him from behind, adjusting his position to allow he and Anachain to fight back to back.
(Bonus Action - Rage; Action - Godsbane - 25 to hit for 20 slashing including 2 rage and 2 necrotic from divine fury).
On the retrieval of his sword, he glances around the clearing looking for the other attackers who much be the ones throwing weapons (Perception: 8)
"Whoa now!" Anachain calls out even as she unleashes an Eldritch Blast at the first Darkling she sees attack Deniz.
Eldritch Blast: 17 to hit for 5 damage
As Kulloda bursts into action swinging and stabbing and doing all the sword stuff at those attacking him and her, Anachain does he best to stay out of his way, at his back, but still focus on defending Deniz since he cannot defend himself. She blasts again, again at the Darkling south of Deniz...
Eldritch Blast: 19 to hit for 2 force damage...
Anachain then curses under her breath for having forgotten the wand she is carrying... though maybe it was best to not use it quite yet anyway.
Every attack from kulloda and anachain hit their mark, severely bloodying the darkling to the north of kulloda.
The one next to Deniz is also bloodied by the onslaught of blasts from Anachain.
The one to the south of kulloda collapses, dead. As it's body hits the ground a spark of illumination instantly becomes a bright fey flash and both Anachain and kulloda react to the blinding death of a darkling. (Dc 10 con save, become blinded until the end of your next turn on fail.)
Perception 22.
Grimrin pops his head out of the bushes to the north and spots a hidden darkling to the south of Deniz, wanting the druid to complete the ritual as fast as possible but also aware that anachain has been doing a good job so far with the one in melee with Deniz, Grimrin elects to solve the next issue down the line.
Drawing his bow and attacking from stealth, Grimrin fires off an arrow (15 to hit, 6 piercing and 11 sneak attack) the darkling still in hiding slumps down dead, unseen by anyone else in the group, or it would have been... It too flashes a bright fey light momentarily from it's body but no one is near enough to it to be effected. Grimrin encourages Deniz to continue, before ducking back down and hiding (bonus action)
Seeing that the time for stealth is over, Deniz instead resorts to trickery. He pauses his water-pouring efforts momentarily but doesn't let go of the jug. Then blowing on three fingers of his free hand, he shouts a word in Elvish... The shout comes from not one Deniz but from four identical Denizes, each holding a jug and each moving in identical twin to the other.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Anachain quickly blinks several times to clear her eyes before what happened really sinks in and she allows a small grin to form on her face. Which is Deniz's face currently. Or a replica thereof, anyway. Perhaps we all should have been Deniz from the get go, then their attackers would have been really confused!
As three identical deniz' spring forth from the original the darkling in front of him looks confused. but attacks regardless! (22 to hit, 6 piercing)
Kulloda and Anachain are uneffected by the flash and look on in horror as the felled Darkling in front of them twitches, the gaping wound left in it from Kulloda's Godsbane is knitting itself back together and it begins to rise, but not fast enough to attack again this turn. The bloodied Darkling still standing however does take a swipe at Kulloda attempting to climb the tall man stabbing as it does, (16 to hit, 5 piercing), Once again Anachain feels a stab in her side as another blade comes sailing towards her from an unseen assailant to the south (22 to hit, 9 piercing) these hidden ones are proving to be a nuisance!
Sensing the flying blade, Anachain reacts by quickly casting Silvery Barbs with a quick "By the void, may your aim betray you!"
((Darkling must re-roll attack and use the lower roll AND Kulloda has advantage on the next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw it makes within 1 minute.))
Despite the danger she herself is in, Anachain continues to try to focus on making things easier for Deniz. She figures once he completes the ritual the attacks are likely to end... Or so she hopes. As such she sends first adopts her Form of Dread - Her features turn gaunt, her complexion pale and deathly, her clothing turns to rags and mummy-like bandages which flow in an unfelt breeze. Or rather Deniz's features do, as she had looked like him before adopting this form... Then she sends a Chill Touch towards the Darkling just south of Deniz and is curious to see if it's effects will help keep a defeated Darkling down longer.
Reaction - Silvery Barbs
Bonus Action - Form of Dread:
Action - Chill Touch: 17 to hit for 4 Necrotic damage and it can't regain hit points until the start of your next turn.
Movement - None
Kulloda bellows when he sees the 'dead' darkling begin to rise. "No. You stay dead."
His rage diminishes the effectiveness of the slash from the fighting darkling, to the point he almost doesn't notice it. Anachain's transformation distracts him and causes his lip to curl, emphasizing his tusks. But he nods his approval before slashing downwards at the darkling that just stabbed him.
Godsbane (19,
2+ 8) = 27 to hit, for (6+2 magical slashing + 7 necrotic from divine fury) = 15 damageHe yells down at the creature he just hit. "Stay dead."
One of the Deniz copies blinks out of existence in response to the darkling's attack, but the remaining three Denizes continue pouring water and chanting the words of the prayer, working their way unitedly around the circle.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Anachain fells the darkling in the Denizes face and it explodes in light, each Deniz in mirrored reaction closes their eyes at the sight, but when opened again Deniz sees nothing. Still pushing on he continues, his mirrors in tow, using his feet to feel the stones in front of him he is able to keep up his pace and pour water out on the next 40ft of the circle, chanting all the way. (Nat 20 on his athletics to feel around and counter his blindness)
The darkling that attacked kulloda gets a godsbane to the neck and also falls down dead flashing bright light in kulloda and anachain's face, but this time Anachain is ready. Her dreadful face turned away and a quick hand raise to shield her face Anachain is able to still see, which is more than can be said for Kulloda. (Kulloda blind until the end of his next turn)
Grimrin moves sneakily from his position in the north east and attempts to follow Deniz whilst keeping to the shadows and half cover of the bushes. Using a bonus action to hide again he tries to perceive where the last hidden darkling is. (22 perception) He draws his bow and fires to the south west. (20 to hit w/ advantage from hidden, 15 piercing damage incl/ sneak)
With a flash of light signalling both position and state of the hidden darkling to the south west, Grimrin fells his foe.
Anachain watches as the darkling that had been filled in the first round raises fully and swiped out at kulloda who cannot see this attack coming at all. (12 to hit, 13 piercing)
The one just felles by kulloda begins its rise once more as does the one that flashed Deniz, but this knitting of their wounds takes time and they cannot act.
Grimrin doesn't realise that just on the other side of his hiding place another darkling has risen once more and it runs towards Deniz attacking loudly but still with advantage as Deniz is blind (20 to hit, 14 total piercing)
The darkling's attack this time doesn't cause one of the three Denizes to wink out of existence, but instead draws blood, hitting the real Deniz. The three remaining elf druids slip a brief nature invocation in between the lines of the prayer, healing the wound as much as possible while continuing to pour water.
Cure Wounds (1st level) for 9 hp
Mirror Image: 2 duplicates remaining
Current HP: 12/24
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
"Behind and to the left," Anachain says to Kulloda. Or some other quick, instruction of where the darkling still alive and attacking them is which is more correct. (meh, I can't tell which way people are facing so *shrug*) From his grunts and her own having to blink through the spots the flashing caused she if guessing maybe the big guy needs some help knowing where their attackers are... For her part she takes a step away from Kulloda, though not the alive attacker, and continues to focus on helping Deniz. So moving out of the potentially hazardous wild swings of Kulloda but staying in melee with his target, she herself aims for the darkling next to their druid...
Action: Chill Touch vs Darkling - 15 to hit for a whopping 1 necrotic damage and if hit it can't regain hit points until the start of your next turn... Also, due to Form of Dread, if it hit they are frightened of Anachain until the end of her next turn.
Bonus Action: none
Movement: Rotates around the darkling so that it is sandwiched between Kulloda and her. I forget if this campaign is using flanking or not but if so then... Flank away!
Kulloda grunts his anger at being blinded but he's had enough sand thrown in his face over the years to not panic. He keeps moving about, which lets his blade slip between his own body and that of his unseen attacker, deflecting the blow away from doing any real harm.
When Anachain gives him directions to where the attack came from, Kulloda swings his blade around recklessly in a huge arc, low to the ground, seeking to rake up any darkling in its path.
Godsbane - Reckless Attack (counters disadvantage from being blind - attackers already had advantage from Kulloda being blind) - 12 to attack for 10 magical slashing + 3 necrotic (13 total) damage
As Deniz, now able to see, moves away from the darkling attacking him and continuing the ritual, the darkling takes a desperate swipe as an attack of opportunity arises (20 to hit, 7 piercing)
Anachain , repositioning herself summons the spectral skeletal hand of death upon the darkling that Deniz just left. The good news in that the spell lands perfectly, the bad news is that the lack of hard damage means it remains living, the other good news in that in it's state of fright it uses it's entire turn trying to get out of the sightlines of Anachain at all costs and dives into the treeline to the south east!
As the flash of light that blinded Kulloda wears off he looks down to the place where he recklessly swung his blade and sees the darkling still standing there unharmed, just as he thought as his blade felt like it met with no solid target, (miss)
Grimrin throws all caution to the wind and uses his action to dash across the circle, interposing himself between Deniz and the dead Darkling that he knows is somewhere nearby. "Anachain! are you able to keep them from healing when they are down? Kulloda could we get them in one place?"
The Darkling inbetween Anachain and Kulloda attacks the big guy! (11 to hit, 5 piercing) and the darkling behind him rises and attacks too! ( this time with flanking! 18 to hit, 15 total piercing)
The other two downed Darklings seems lightly slower to revive (rolled bad) but stir as their wounds keep knitting together.