Landing softly on the ground, the dark elf witnesses Lev free the bound woman...then she lunges for the second black dagger. "NO! Don't touch that!" He yells at her, as he rushes to join the fray, though his warning is probably to late.
Lira is startled by the warning and pulls her hand away just in time, convinced by the genuine concern in the drow's voice. She draws her own shortsword instead.
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Lira's eyes narrow at the goblin's words. "I am...no servant of hers," she mutters, too quietly for the goblins to hear and somewhat delirious from blood loss. But then she realizes the goblin thinks she is Shareella somehow, and an idea forms. She allows a twisted smile to play on her lips as she steps forward slightly.
“Ah, perceptive aren't you? You are wise to recognize me in this form," she continues, her voice growing stronger, more confident. "And wiser still to consider running."She raises Needle slightly, letting the light catch the blade. "Because if you stay, I will claim every one of you as my slaves...Go,” she growls, her eyes narrowing again. “Tell the others what you saw! That Shareella has returned—and none of you are safe!”
(Do I still need an action? I thought freeing Lira was his surprise action and then the possible action/reaction I stated was his second...)
Lev forces himself to keep his eyes on the goblins even when the prisoner speaks up, "I meant them, not you." he says, realizing that she misunderstood his threat... maybe that's why none of them seem to be running.
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Seeing the chaotic situation unfolding below and hearing Vydar say 'jump' Zarbyn realizes there may not be enough time to shimmy down the rope so takes the proverbial 'leap of faith' and tries to aim his jump to land as close to the bound half-elf as possible.
Thinking there may too many to tackle all at once and witnessing the other attempts to intimidate the goblins Zarbyn hatches a hasty plan and blurts out a phrase that he hopes will both signal his allies and scare the goblins.
"Let's put a scare into them, I'm hungry for goblin blood!"
And Zarbyn will use his Mask of Many Faces invocation to assume the visage of a fanged, pale-skinned human hunched over the dead goblin priestess.
(ooc: Intimidation roll if needed: 17 )
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"A rightful place awaits you in the Realms Above, in the Land of the Great Light. Come in peace, and live beneath the sun again, where trees and flowers grow."
— The message of Eilistraee to all decent drow.
"Run thy sword across my chains, Silver Lady, that I may join your dance.”
The first group of goblins, thinking that the evil vampire Shareella has risen and summoned her Elvin warriors, breaks. They all run out the passage to the east. Then Zarbyn Drops down, assuming a scary visage indeed.
A second group of goblins pulls out weapons and attacks. The first (A) attacks Lira, not swayed by his companion's assessment and misses (11). This triggers Levs sentinal attack, and he takes a swing but misses the little guy.
The second goblin (B) attacks Lev: He is hit (19) and takes 5 damage.
Goblin (c) and (d) both attack Vydar but both miss the evasive elf.
Goblin (e, and g attack Zarbyn. Goblin f has second thoughts and runs out the south exit, he then jumps into a hole in the ground): Zarbyn is hit by one of the little guys (20 to hit, for 5 damage)
Amdaeng floats down from the top of the pyramid and hits goblin e with her sharp throwing dagger(near Zarbyn). He looks very close to death.
---------------->Iólinder , (third group of goblins fleeing on 3) then back to the top round 2: Lev, Vydar, Lira: can all declare actions
There are 6 goblins who have remained (one group is leaving at end of round. Many of the PCs are close to death as well including Lira and Lev.
As you begin to lose consciousness, you see a female priestess in a grey robe. She takes out a scale with two small plates, which begins to tip back and forth, weighing something. Then you hear her say, "you have not yet received justice for your brother's death, now is not yet your time to die." The image fades and you awake, you have 1 hp and can act, the amulet around your neck feels hot). Relentless Endurance
Iólinder once more felt the unbearable lightness of being affected by Vydar's feather fall spell. But before he could comment on it, the others had already jumped down into the opened up pyramid where goblins were reenacting the imagery Vydar had described of his dream. It begged the question: was what Vydar saw a premonition of this very moment? It was a question Iólinder had to shelve for later. There was still one alive person on the altar and the others, Lev in particular, were rushing down to save her. Leaving Iólinder with the obvious thing to do.
Despite everything going on, Iólinder still found the time for a small sigh as he hurriedly took a hold of the coil of rope hung on the side of his backpack. With deft, measured motions he secured one end of the rope to the top of the pyramid and threw the other end down into the inner chamber. Holding onto the rope for security, more to keep himself from floating away to far due to Vydar's spell effect than anything else, Iólinder slid down the rope towards his companions. The halted descent as well as the elevated position gave him a good survey of the battlefield below. Importantly, it told him that everyone, bar himself and from the looks of it Zarbyn, was not in the best shape to keep up the fight against the goblins. Iólinder had but a moment to make a literal life-of-death snap decision: who to heal first?
His eye fell on Lev. He was in the thick of it and teetering on the edge of death. If he were to go down, things would go south too fast, too hard. Iólinder's feet touched the ground. He let go of the rope, spun around and addressed Lev:'Would be a shame to die here, right? Let's not' His other hand was frantically reaching into his backpack. He knew he had some more potent healing stuff in there. Iólinder just hoped he could get it before the goblins got to him and his comrades.
Action: tying a rope to the top of the pyramid so we have a way back out. Movement: jumping down. Thanks, Vydar! Bonus action: Healing Word targeting Lev for 6 hit points.
Zarbyns strange visage, the blood faced sacrifice rising from the dead, the name Shareella, and elfs falling from the sky are too much some of the goblins. Another group of them run out the east exit and turn south. There are 6 goblins remaining, all in hand to hand combat. One (e) is in terrible shape.
top round 2:All PCs can declare actions (can change if needed), but at the top of the order Lev, Vydar, Lira
Lira's breath caught in her throat as she saw the elf who had just saved her from certain death, stagger under the weight of his injuries. For a split second, panic flared inside her—he can't go down, not now. Her green eyes darted toward the swarm of goblins closing in, and her grip tightened on the cursed amulet around her neck.
Suddenly, a cold surge rushed through her body, and before she could even process what was happening, a flash of icy blue light shot from her hand. A ray of frost streaked across the battlefield, but missed the goblin by a wide margin. Lira gasped, staring in shock at her outstretched hand. The amulet had changed her—given her some kind of power. But at what cost?
She didn’t have time to think about it. Her mind snapped back to the fight. Gritting her teeth against the pain of her own wounds, she reached for a dagger at her belt. Her fingers trembled slightly, but she steadied herself, focusing on the goblins ahead.
With a swift motion, she flung the blade at the same goblin, her aim sharper than ever. She wasn’t going to let these creatures take her or her new...allies down without a fight.
(OOC: I'm a little confused at why Lev dropped to 0... he had 16 so with 5 damage he's now at 11. Did I miss an attack against him? I've gone back over and over again trying to make sense of this but I'm still confused... For now I'll leave his HP at 11, until this is sorted out. Then I'll add Iolinder's healing.)
Lev mutters a curse as he misses the goblin, only to be stabbed by another attacker. Ugh, he's such an idiot for this. How can he stay focused when he's lost so much blood?
His vision fades, and he collapses to his knees, falling sideways and landing hard only to suddenly snap awake again. He gasps, pushing himself up and coughing blood only for the blood seeping from his wounds to subside. What was that? He heaves a breath, this... doesn't make sense he should be dead... right? He swallows, blinking and trying to focus before gripping the silver amulet on his neck.
When Iolinder addresses him, he feels the energy flow into him, soothing some of his injuries. He gives the cleric a firm nod in thanks, eyes distant yet fierce. "It's not my time to die." He breaths, still gripping the amulet in one hand while clasping the shaft of his glaive in the other. He heaves himself up, using the glaive for support before facing the enemy. He still looks terrible, but seems to have some newfound strength. "It's not my time to die." He says again, this time shakily, willing his hands not to tremble from shock and pain as he lets go of his amulet to use a two handed grip on his weapon.
Setting his jaw, he aims a swing at the nearest goblin.
Easily dodging the goblins attacks, a smug grin flashes across his face as the fight reminds him of his street fighting days (not that those are completely behind him), though that grin quickly vanishes as memories of that vision flash back through his mind. He's relieved that the woman heeded his warning, he wouldn't wish that kind of terror on anyone. He takes in the chaos around him. His comrades, including this new woman have taken advantage of the confusion, using the goblin's fear in their favor.
His breath catches when Lev suddenly falls to his knees. While Vydar still doesn't particularly like the man, he doesn't want to see him die either. Gritting his teeth, he continues his trajectory towards Lev and the stranger. Then Lev stands again. How did...? Not the time for questions. Those can be addressed later.
At this point he realizes that he's nearly run himself out of magic, no more big spells for him today. He grits his teeth. Oh well, he'd fared fine with minimal spells for years. Moving away from Iolinder as to not catch him in his spell, he kneels down and slaps his hand flat on the ground. A glowing red circle surrounds him and suddenly spectral blades materialize in midair slashing goblins c and d.
(Ooc I may have messed up so bear with me, but after lev got hit, the bigger kobold leader, he healed, then got hit again right after, we never took a short rest so I had his hp very low.)
Landing softly on the ground, the dark elf witnesses Lev free the bound woman...then she lunges for the second black dagger. "NO! Don't touch that!" He yells at her, as he rushes to join the fray, though his warning is probably to late.
(Lira does hear the warning about the dagger prior to her action)
Lira is startled by the warning and pulls her hand away just in time, convinced by the genuine concern in the drow's voice. She draws her own shortsword instead.
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
As the very wounded half elf rises near Lev and vydar, blood dripping from a wound to her head, her face covered in blood.
A goblin yells, his eyes wide with fear as he sees Lev, also covered in blood appear out of nowhere next to the woman and kill the head priest.
Then a third elf flys down , again splattered in blood and filth, from who knows where.
The goblin looks back at the woman, his main concern.
“It’s the vampire Shareella and her servants. I told you it was her, she rises from death to enslave us all!”
Lira's eyes narrow at the goblin's words. "I am...no servant of hers," she mutters, too quietly for the goblins to hear and somewhat delirious from blood loss. But then she realizes the goblin thinks she is Shareella somehow, and an idea forms. She allows a twisted smile to play on her lips as she steps forward slightly.
“Ah, perceptive aren't you? You are wise to recognize me in this form," she continues, her voice growing stronger, more confident. "And wiser still to consider running." She raises Needle slightly, letting the light catch the blade. "Because if you stay, I will claim every one of you as my slaves...Go,” she growls, her eyes narrowing again. “Tell the others what you saw! That Shareella has returned—and none of you are safe!”
Deception: Nat 20 +5
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
Intimidation: 9
...honestly that's what I expected lol
(Do I still need an action? I thought freeing Lira was his surprise action and then the possible action/reaction I stated was his second...)
Lev forces himself to keep his eyes on the goblins even when the prisoner speaks up, "I meant them, not you." he says, realizing that she misunderstood his threat... maybe that's why none of them seem to be running.
(See my three rolls on game log!, lev action was to free lira/ shareella, 7,9,7)
(I somehow didn't realize they thought Lira was Shareella -.-;; Editing her action to try to deceive the goblins.)
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
Seeing the chaotic situation unfolding below and hearing Vydar say 'jump' Zarbyn realizes there may not be enough time to shimmy down the rope so takes the proverbial 'leap of faith' and tries to aim his jump to land as close to the bound half-elf as possible.
Thinking there may too many to tackle all at once and witnessing the other attempts to intimidate the goblins Zarbyn hatches a hasty plan and blurts out a phrase that he hopes will both signal his allies and scare the goblins.
"Let's put a scare into them, I'm hungry for goblin blood!"
And Zarbyn will use his Mask of Many Faces invocation to assume the visage of a fanged, pale-skinned human hunched over the dead goblin priestess.
(ooc: Intimidation roll if needed: 17 )
The first group of goblins, thinking that the evil vampire Shareella has risen and summoned her Elvin warriors, breaks. They all run out the passage to the east. Then Zarbyn Drops down, assuming a scary visage indeed.
A second group of goblins pulls out weapons and attacks. The first (A) attacks Lira, not swayed by his companion's assessment and misses (11). This triggers Levs sentinal attack, and he takes a swing but misses the little guy.
The second goblin (B) attacks Lev: He is hit (19) and takes 5 damage.
Goblin (c) and (d) both attack Vydar but both miss the evasive elf.
Goblin (e, and g attack Zarbyn. Goblin f has second thoughts and runs out the south exit, he then jumps into a hole in the ground): Zarbyn is hit by one of the little guys (20 to hit, for 5 damage)
Amdaeng floats down from the top of the pyramid and hits goblin e with her sharp throwing dagger(near Zarbyn). He looks very close to death.
---------------->Iólinder , (third group of goblins fleeing on 3) then back to the top round 2: Lev, Vydar, Lira: can all declare actions
There are 6 goblins who have remained (one group is leaving at end of round. Many of the PCs are close to death as well including Lira and Lev.
Lev
As you begin to lose consciousness, you see a female priestess in a grey robe. She takes out a scale with two small plates, which begins to tip back and forth, weighing something. Then you hear her say, "you have not yet received justice for your brother's death, now is not yet your time to die." The image fades and you awake, you have 1 hp and can act, the amulet around your neck feels hot). Relentless Endurance
Iólinder once more felt the unbearable lightness of being affected by Vydar's feather fall spell. But before he could comment on it, the others had already jumped down into the opened up pyramid where goblins were reenacting the imagery Vydar had described of his dream. It begged the question: was what Vydar saw a premonition of this very moment? It was a question Iólinder had to shelve for later. There was still one alive person on the altar and the others, Lev in particular, were rushing down to save her. Leaving Iólinder with the obvious thing to do.
Despite everything going on, Iólinder still found the time for a small sigh as he hurriedly took a hold of the coil of rope hung on the side of his backpack. With deft, measured motions he secured one end of the rope to the top of the pyramid and threw the other end down into the inner chamber. Holding onto the rope for security, more to keep himself from floating away to far due to Vydar's spell effect than anything else, Iólinder slid down the rope towards his companions. The halted descent as well as the elevated position gave him a good survey of the battlefield below. Importantly, it told him that everyone, bar himself and from the looks of it Zarbyn, was not in the best shape to keep up the fight against the goblins. Iólinder had but a moment to make a literal life-of-death snap decision: who to heal first?
His eye fell on Lev. He was in the thick of it and teetering on the edge of death. If he were to go down, things would go south too fast, too hard. Iólinder's feet touched the ground. He let go of the rope, spun around and addressed Lev: 'Would be a shame to die here, right? Let's not'
His other hand was frantically reaching into his backpack. He knew he had some more potent healing stuff in there. Iólinder just hoped he could get it before the goblins got to him and his comrades.
Action: tying a rope to the top of the pyramid so we have a way back out.
Movement: jumping down. Thanks, Vydar!
Bonus action: Healing Word targeting Lev for 6 hit points.
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Zarbyns strange visage, the blood faced sacrifice rising from the dead, the name Shareella, and elfs falling from the sky are too much some of the goblins. Another group of them run out the east exit and turn south. There are 6 goblins remaining, all in hand to hand combat. One (e) is in terrible shape.
top round 2:All PCs can declare actions (can change if needed), but at the top of the order Lev, Vydar, Lira
Lira's breath caught in her throat as she saw the elf who had just saved her from certain death, stagger under the weight of his injuries. For a split second, panic flared inside her—he can't go down, not now. Her green eyes darted toward the swarm of goblins closing in, and her grip tightened on the cursed amulet around her neck.
Suddenly, a cold surge rushed through her body, and before she could even process what was happening, a flash of icy blue light shot from her hand. A ray of frost streaked across the battlefield, but missed the goblin by a wide margin. Lira gasped, staring in shock at her outstretched hand. The amulet had changed her—given her some kind of power. But at what cost?
She didn’t have time to think about it. Her mind snapped back to the fight. Gritting her teeth against the pain of her own wounds, she reached for a dagger at her belt. Her fingers trembled slightly, but she steadied herself, focusing on the goblins ahead.
With a swift motion, she flung the blade at the same goblin, her aim sharper than ever. She wasn’t going to let these creatures take her or her new...allies down without a fight.
Action: ray of frost at goblin a, to hit 6
Bonus action: dagger throw at goblin a, to hit nat 20, damage 2... + 6 sneak attack
| Joy - Hexblood Open Sea Paladin - Netherdeep | Kaelen - Shadar-kai Gloom Stalker Ranger - Old Keep | Lira - Half-elf Thief Rogue/Druid - Allansia | Arkon - Goliath Champion Fighter - Hardcore DiA | Teryn - High Elf Archfey Warlock - Runewarren | Zoveldra - Kalashtar Open Hand Monk - Eberron | Mavilius - Tiefling Bard - Golden Vault | Vannithos - Shadar-kai Astral Self Monk - Von Nichts Manor |
A goblin in the back yells, "It is her. She will turn us to ice!"
The goblin next to Lira finds a dagger through its neck, dying instantly. (a is dead, still have b, c, d, e(very injured) g),
(OOC: I'm a little confused at why Lev dropped to 0... he had 16 so with 5 damage he's now at 11. Did I miss an attack against him? I've gone back over and over again trying to make sense of this but I'm still confused... For now I'll leave his HP at 11, until this is sorted out. Then I'll add Iolinder's healing.)
Lev mutters a curse as he misses the goblin, only to be stabbed by another attacker. Ugh, he's such an idiot for this. How can he stay focused when he's lost so much blood?
His vision fades, and he collapses to his knees, falling sideways and landing hard only to suddenly snap awake again. He gasps, pushing himself up and coughing blood only for the blood seeping from his wounds to subside. What was that? He heaves a breath, this... doesn't make sense he should be dead... right? He swallows, blinking and trying to focus before gripping the silver amulet on his neck.
When Iolinder addresses him, he feels the energy flow into him, soothing some of his injuries. He gives the cleric a firm nod in thanks, eyes distant yet fierce. "It's not my time to die." He breaths, still gripping the amulet in one hand while clasping the shaft of his glaive in the other. He heaves himself up, using the glaive for support before facing the enemy. He still looks terrible, but seems to have some newfound strength. "It's not my time to die." He says again, this time shakily, willing his hands not to tremble from shock and pain as he lets go of his amulet to use a two handed grip on his weapon.
Setting his jaw, he aims a swing at the nearest goblin.
Attack: 16
Damage: 6
Easily dodging the goblins attacks, a smug grin flashes across his face as the fight reminds him of his street fighting days (not that those are completely behind him), though that grin quickly vanishes as memories of that vision flash back through his mind. He's relieved that the woman heeded his warning, he wouldn't wish that kind of terror on anyone. He takes in the chaos around him. His comrades, including this new woman have taken advantage of the confusion, using the goblin's fear in their favor.
His breath catches when Lev suddenly falls to his knees. While Vydar still doesn't particularly like the man, he doesn't want to see him die either. Gritting his teeth, he continues his trajectory towards Lev and the stranger. Then Lev stands again. How did...? Not the time for questions. Those can be addressed later.
At this point he realizes that he's nearly run himself out of magic, no more big spells for him today. He grits his teeth. Oh well, he'd fared fine with minimal spells for years. Moving away from Iolinder as to not catch him in his spell, he kneels down and slaps his hand flat on the ground. A glowing red circle surrounds him and suddenly spectral blades materialize in midair slashing goblins c and d.
Blade Burst: dex save 13 or take 6 force damage
(Ooc I may have messed up so bear with me, but after lev got hit, the bigger kobold leader, he healed, then got hit again right after, we never took a short rest so I had his hp very low.)
(I believe he used second wind to regain some hp?)