Esta finishes checking her gear, then straightens, her gaze steady but weary.
“We’re not thieves,” she says plainly, glancing toward Marduk (though those perceptive enough will witness a quick smirk as she remembers her chosen... hobbies...) “And we didn’t lose the automaton. Someone in Sigil sent us to find it—said it was important. Said it had gone missing and might be here. That’s all we were told.”
She looks toward the stairs again, jaw tightening. “I don’t trust them. Not fully. But they got us out of that morgue, and they gave us a direction. That’s more than we had before.”
Her eyes flick to Jessa. “If your magic can help us avoid whatever’s up there, good. But I’ll be honest—I don’t want to go back. That library’s cursed, or worse. I’d rather keep searching elsewhere.”
She does however, proceed to follow, her bow ready, as she sneaks in ready for what may happen if that thing catches their scent...
OOC: I am back from vacation so I apologize for not answering your questions! Sizzle would have but his player kind of forgets the exact reason why we are searching for the construct lol! it was a long vacation and I am catching up on a lot of things
(Haha welcome back! No worries! Shemeshka has promised to look into your situation while you find her missing modron.)
When you all get upstairs, you see now and then a hulking ugly figure in the room where others had died previously. The sense of something fiendish is strong there.
"Is that what killed your friends?" Jessa asks softly. "It is a fiend in there. If it is as dangerous as you all say, perhaps we avoid it. Odd though it just stays in there." She keeps a close eye on it for moment, then looks about the room. "Have you examined the other spaces? Or gone up above?" she asks, pointing at the ladder.
"Where are the bodies?..." Sizzle asks a little louder than anticipated... "there is no sign of a fight anywhere..." He adds before glancing back towards the newcomers.
"yes... I think that.must be the attacker...." The goblin replies to Jessa
Marduk gives a nonchalant shrug when Esta says they aren't thieves, clearly not ready to believe her or press the issue further. Instead he looks to the room above, hands still in his pockets as he follows the group.
His expression changes drastically when he sees the fiend, anger flaring in his eyes. He tenses as if debating on whether or not to attack the fiend, but then shuts his eyes and forces himself to look elsewhere. Strange that there are no bodies, but if that thing was really powerful enough to kill two of their companions one against this entire company... well best not to tangle with it. There are enough fiends in the world that are running amok, unchecked by the divine, what's one more to add to that list? He shakes his head, expression smoothing as he turns his attention back to his new 'companions'.
"Yes, how much of this tower have you searched already? And, if you don't mind telling, what exactly does this... thing you are looking for actually look like. Automaton is not much to go on."
"Ok..." Jessa says to Sizzle. "You aren't completely sure what killed your friends. And their bodies should be over there with the fiend, but we can't find them. Not strange at all." She doesn't bother waiting for any other answers to her questions. Keeping her attention on the fiend, she makes her way up the ladder.
Poking your head up at the next floor, this chamber is dominated by a sculpture of a gigantic, humanlike figure looming over a broad, circular table. A ladder to the north descends, while a ladder to the south climbs to the floor above.
Two four-armed, insectile creatures inspect the sculpture and table, trying to break them loose. As soon as your head appears they turn took at you and chitter fiendishly, and rush at you!
Combat started!The room is approxiamately 25'x25'.
(OOC - Behind the ladder going up, is there a wall? You describe the room as roughly 25'x25' but if that is a wall it is roughly 25'x20')
Jessa pulls herself up, landing in the space just to the west of the ladder next to one of the four-armed creatures (A). She swings her shield forward to protect herself as she casts Shield of Faith (Bonus Action - AC 20 now). She then draws her longsword to attack the creature she is standing next to. (Longsword Attack: 12, Damage: 13 slashing) (Longsword Attack: 19, Damage: 11 slashing) (Stasis Strike: if either attack does damage, additional 1 force damage, WIS Save DC 14 or be restrained until start of my next turn)
Sizzle is up the ladder next. Seeing the creatures rush their way, he circles around to line up a shot on both creatures. After turning a knob on his wand he lifts his weapon and fires a violent jet of bubbling green fluid words the creatures. The liquid hisses loudly as begins dissolving and eating away at any surface it touches...
ooc: Casing Tasha's Caustic Brew at second level. Dex14 save or take 14 acid damage[/roll]. they also take 4d4 damage at the start of their turn and every turn after that for a minute ute u less the scrape / wash the acid off
Esta doesn’t answer Jessa right away. Her eyes are fixed on the fiend, watching its movements with a hunter’s focus. When she finally speaks, her voice is low, edged with tension.
“That’s the one,” she says. “It struck fast. Brutal. We barely got out.” She glances toward the spot where Halila and Tyriel had fallen, her expression darkening. “And now they’re gone. No blood, no bodies. Just... gone.”
Her grip tightens on her bow as she steps toward the ladder, her voice sharpening. “I don’t like it. Whatever that thing is, it’s not just dangerous—it’s unnatural.” She starts climbing, keeping low and quiet, but as she reaches the next floor and sees the insectile creatures chittering and rushing forward, her instincts take over.
“Company!” she calls out, voice clipped and urgent.
Without hesitation, she darts to slide behind the nearest cover, attempting to hide out of sight of the charging creatures.
Cunning Action: Hide - (Stealth - 22)
Hoping to have hidden, she pulls her bow, taking careful aim and firing at the nearest one:
Attack: (Hidden - 17 to hit, Not Hidden - 8 to hit (critical miss)) Damage: (Hidden - 10 piercing, 13 sneak attack)
Esta finishes checking her gear, then straightens, her gaze steady but weary.
“We’re not thieves,” she says plainly, glancing toward Marduk (though those perceptive enough will witness a quick smirk as she remembers her chosen... hobbies...) “And we didn’t lose the automaton. Someone in Sigil sent us to find it—said it was important. Said it had gone missing and might be here. That’s all we were told.”
She looks toward the stairs again, jaw tightening. “I don’t trust them. Not fully. But they got us out of that morgue, and they gave us a direction. That’s more than we had before.”
Her eyes flick to Jessa. “If your magic can help us avoid whatever’s up there, good. But I’ll be honest—I don’t want to go back. That library’s cursed, or worse. I’d rather keep searching elsewhere.”
She does however, proceed to follow, her bow ready, as she sneaks in ready for what may happen if that thing catches their scent...
OOC: I am back from vacation so I apologize for not answering your questions! Sizzle would have but his player kind of forgets the exact reason why we are searching for the construct lol! it was a long vacation and I am catching up on a lot of things
Sizzle looks over the strange mechanical wand once more before following his companions up the stairs.
(Haha welcome back! No worries! Shemeshka has promised to look into your situation while you find her missing modron.)
When you all get upstairs, you see now and then a hulking ugly figure in the room where others had died previously. The sense of something fiendish is strong there.
ooc: are the bodies of our companions there?
(No, they have disappeared)
(Do I assume Jessa got nothing from her Divine Sense?)
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
(She does when the figure appears, the walls are too thick otherwise, but when the grotesque figure appears it is definitely fiendish!)
"Is that what killed your friends?" Jessa asks softly. "It is a fiend in there. If it is as dangerous as you all say, perhaps we avoid it. Odd though it just stays in there." She keeps a close eye on it for moment, then looks about the room. "Have you examined the other spaces? Or gone up above?" she asks, pointing at the ladder.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
"Where are the bodies?..." Sizzle asks a little louder than anticipated... "there is no sign of a fight anywhere..." He adds before glancing back towards the newcomers.
"yes... I think that.must be the attacker...." The goblin replies to Jessa
Marduk gives a nonchalant shrug when Esta says they aren't thieves, clearly not ready to believe her or press the issue further. Instead he looks to the room above, hands still in his pockets as he follows the group.
His expression changes drastically when he sees the fiend, anger flaring in his eyes. He tenses as if debating on whether or not to attack the fiend, but then shuts his eyes and forces himself to look elsewhere. Strange that there are no bodies, but if that thing was really powerful enough to kill two of their companions one against this entire company... well best not to tangle with it. There are enough fiends in the world that are running amok, unchecked by the divine, what's one more to add to that list? He shakes his head, expression smoothing as he turns his attention back to his new 'companions'.
"Yes, how much of this tower have you searched already? And, if you don't mind telling, what exactly does this... thing you are looking for actually look like. Automaton is not much to go on."
"Ok..." Jessa says to Sizzle. "You aren't completely sure what killed your friends. And their bodies should be over there with the fiend, but we can't find them. Not strange at all." She doesn't bother waiting for any other answers to her questions. Keeping her attention on the fiend, she makes her way up the ladder.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Poking your head up at the next floor, this chamber is dominated by a sculpture of a gigantic, humanlike figure looming over a broad, circular table. A ladder to the north descends, while a ladder to the south climbs to the floor above.
Two four-armed, insectile creatures inspect the sculpture and table, trying to break them loose. As soon as your head appears they turn took at you and chitter fiendishly, and rush at you!
Combat started! The room is approxiamately 25'x25'.
Party acts first!
Jessa
Sizzle
Marduk
Esta
Zakhar
Mezzoloths
(OOC - Behind the ladder going up, is there a wall? You describe the room as roughly 25'x25' but if that is a wall it is roughly 25'x20')
Jessa pulls herself up, landing in the space just to the west of the ladder next to one of the four-armed creatures (A). She swings her shield forward to protect herself as she casts Shield of Faith (Bonus Action - AC 20 now). She then draws her longsword to attack the creature she is standing next to.
(Longsword Attack: 12, Damage: 13 slashing)
(Longsword Attack: 19, Damage: 11 slashing)
(Stasis Strike: if either attack does damage, additional 1 force damage, WIS Save DC 14 or be restrained until start of my next turn)
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
(It is a wall currently sealing off whatever is behind it. Your character would not necessarily know there is something there.)
Sizzle is up the ladder next. Seeing the creatures rush their way, he circles around to line up a shot on both creatures. After turning a knob on his wand he lifts his weapon and fires a violent jet of bubbling green fluid words the creatures. The liquid hisses loudly as begins dissolving and eating away at any surface it touches...
ooc: Casing Tasha's Caustic Brew at second level. Dex14 save or take 14 acid damage[/roll]. they also take 4d4 damage at the start of their turn and every turn after that for a minute ute u less the scrape / wash the acid off
Esta doesn’t answer Jessa right away. Her eyes are fixed on the fiend, watching its movements with a hunter’s focus. When she finally speaks, her voice is low, edged with tension.
“That’s the one,” she says. “It struck fast. Brutal. We barely got out.” She glances toward the spot where Halila and Tyriel had fallen, her expression darkening. “And now they’re gone. No blood, no bodies. Just... gone.”
Her grip tightens on her bow as she steps toward the ladder, her voice sharpening. “I don’t like it. Whatever that thing is, it’s not just dangerous—it’s unnatural.” She starts climbing, keeping low and quiet, but as she reaches the next floor and sees the insectile creatures chittering and rushing forward, her instincts take over.
“Company!” she calls out, voice clipped and urgent.
Without hesitation, she darts to slide behind the nearest cover, attempting to hide out of sight of the charging creatures.
Cunning Action: Hide - (Stealth - 22)
Hoping to have hidden, she pulls her bow, taking careful aim and firing at the nearest one:
Attack: (Hidden - 17 to hit, Not Hidden - 8 to hit (critical miss))
Damage: (Hidden - 10 piercing, 13 sneak attack)
Wisdom save for A from Jessa: 3
Acid DEX save:
A: 1
B: 6