:facepalm:

Tristan:

Rushing into the room, Tristain hops down onto the table and gets adjacent to the remaining foe (Athletics if needed: 24).  He swings twice with his Crystal Longsword, unleashing a Shining Smite if one of his blows lands, though he aims to disable rather than kill.

Attack with Precise Strike:  Attack: 24 Damage: 21

Regular Attack:  Attack: 20 Damage: 15

Shining Smite Radiant Damage:  9  (Until the spell ends, the target sheds Bright Light in a 5-foot radius, attack rolls against it have Advantage, and it can’t benefit from the Invisible condition.)

(Also Sap applies = disadvantage on next attack, if an attack hits)

He then points out to Khessa, "There!  An opening!" giving her a chance to strike again with his Commanding Rally ability (and add d8 to the damage dealt if it hits)

The Teeth looks startled as Khessa appears right next to him using his own trick against him. Where in the 9 did you come fr-*oof* was all he got out until a massive maul hit him square in the chest. The next one catches him in shoulder, spinning him and knocking him off balance. He tries to stay standing: 5 4

And fails, landing on his stomach and looking very much worse for wear now. Perhaps Vecna will let him borrow some teeth?

Tristan soars into the room, his target now an easy one on the ground (feel free to revoke that precision strike). His attacks both strike through, glowing with power and leaving the Teeth groaning and glowing on the ground, looking like he's barely hanging in there.

Khessa may attack again, Ozus and Naero are up as well!

"Good one!" Khessa agrees, trying to exploit the opening. The blonde arcane warrior spins her maul in circle and brings the massive metal head down on the prone opponent...

Khessa's Maul Commanding Rally Attack: 18 Damage: 11 (bludgeoning) + 5 (commanding rally) = 16

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Khessa's Maul Commanding Rally Attack: 28 Damage: 20 (bludgeoning) + 12 (commanding rally) = 32

Lol! Good hit... Let's hope this knocked him out

Khessa's hit couldn't have hit more dead center mass. The Teeth's breath is totally taken away by the crushing maul swing, and there's probably some internal damage to worry about, but he is still alive, for now.

Khessa smiles proudly, seeing the Teeth collapse unconscious at her feet: "I love it when a plan comes together!"

The blonde arcane warrior moves her blue eyes to the two brave raiders who were in the room when that loud explosion sounded, and tries to understand, despite the distance, if they were seriously burned: "You guys okay? Apparently, the 'Teeth' knew how to bite..."

Naero 

DEX save 8

Larry sounds a bit sheepish, as it is hard to get a good look at his face within his helmet.  "His men fell like wheat during harvest, so I underestimated him and let him get the drop on me.  It was as painful as that sort of mistake usually is, but at least I'm still standing!"

[ooc]Down about 1/3 total HP.[/ooc]

Khessa's blue eyes move worriedly from her burned companion to those of the others... It is obvious that Larry needs healing... She remembers that she has a kit with her that can perhaps be of help, but she hopes that someone is able to do better... for example with a bit of healing magic!

The blonde arcane warrior in the meantime tries to put the prisoner in a condition where he cannot do any harm: she deprives him of any components for spells or focuses (objects that are well familiar to her) - and she also searches him, during the operation. She then ties his hands and feet with a hemp rope. Finally, she makes a sort of gag by tearing off part of his clothes and initially seems to want to gag him, but then she says to herself: "No, that way we can't interrogate him... I have to leave his mouth free. But I know very well that many spells require seeing the target... so I think I'll do that!" and she blindfolds him instead.

Tristan:

Checking on those scorched by the fireball, Tristan offers healing from the blessed Kiri Joleth to those who would like it.

(2d8+5 or 4d8+5 healing, pick which you want based on the damage you took).

Naero 

Sensing the incoming ball of flame, Naero jumps to the side. Unfortunately his focus on stunning the enemy causes his timing to be off. He catches the effect of the fireball as he jumps. 

Once the magical flame dissipates he turns to see what has become of their attacker. Crumpled in unconsciousness and tied up, he is satisfied the foe offers no immediate threat. "Well done" he congratulates his companions. At Tristan's offer of healing he takes the smaller of the two; "I received only minor damage. Thank you".

((Evasion allowed only half damage on the failed save))

Khessa is relieved... both that Tristan offers to heal Larry with the holy power of this 'Kiri Joleth', and that at least Naero was able to avoid the worst.

Once Larry feels better, the blonde arcane warrior suggests: "Let's take the prisoner out of this room... that way we're less likely to be interrupted in the middle of things. I suggest the cell where Sarcelle was held, which is the closest. Then we wake him and interrogate him". She unceremoniously lifts the prisoner onto one shoulder, if there's a bucket or a large container in the room, she grabs that too, then she starts to head off to the place she said (unless someone counter-proposes something else).

Before leaving the room, the tall adventuress sighs, looking at the bodies lying there, the blood spilled and the burn marks left by the explosion: "I would also have liked to hide the traces of what happened now... so as to keep our presence a secret for as long as possible... But even if we took the bodies away, I could at most clean the blood traces with magic... I would not be able to undo the damage that the explosion has done to the room. And seeing them, anyone who is not a total idiot will suspect that there was a fight here". She therefore believes it is better not to waste time trying to hide what cannot be hidden - and instead try to proceed quickly with the interrogation, so as to have a better chance of getting back into action before Vecna's forces can realize that intruders have penetrated their base.

Before Khessa can get up the stairs, the door on the west wall busts open as two more figures robed similarly to the Teeth run through. They both stop, staring around at the party, then blink out of sight, invisible.

Combat resumes! Larry is up first. (feel free to get that healing from Tristan first)

'Oh, that's just great!' Khessa thinks, wryly 'Oh, well... at least they shouldn't set off any more explosions... unless they want to fry the prisoner we took along with us'.

Ozus, who up to this point was lounging at the top of the stairs, laments how easily the group of cultists had fallen. "A shame. An interrogation will be simple enough, but a fight is where the real fun is.  One wishes to savor a kill, there's little sport in..." He perks up upon seeing the two others entering, a quiet hiss of excitement escaping him as they promptly vanish. "Mayhap We spoke to soon..."

"Healing is a like a good hot meal.  Never turn it down, because you don't know when you'll get the chance again. I'm afraid he caught me in the center of the blast, so I can use whatever healing your god will provide."  [ooc}The big one.  Max will overfill, but not by lots.  Being as close to full as possible might well come into play if this was only a lieutenant.[/ooc]

As the pair bursts in and vanishes, Larry curses in primordial.  "<Fire's Vapors!>  Now we've got to find this pair?"  As he complains, he performs the dummy check, heading to the opening where they came in and swinging wildly at the space they SHOULD have vacated.

Tristan:

Cure Wounds Level 2 for Larry:  30

(Note if you are within 10 feet of Tristan you get a +5 on saves)