Erik Soong's Call of the Netherdeep

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(OOC: The blessing we got from the drow working at the graveyard ... that's one such where we can declare it after our roll, right?)

 OOC: Yes, but you have to expend a Reaction to use it.

DM: Everyone got their moves in except Sky and Nivi. Nivi will be waiting until everyone else goes.

Also, Morgan, even if you ran your full speed, you are still well within the stink cloud. I gave you a quick snap of how far it goes and placed you at your full distance. If this changes anything for you, you can edit your post. 

*I didn't delete Shiv from the map yet but pretend it is gone. :p

Still a little stunned at this turn of events and her head ringing from the female demon's psychic claw, Nivi casually wipes the trickle of blood seeping from her ear with her off hand. Yet her face remains expressionless and her Tal'Dorei drawl unchanged as she stares the succubus down.

"Giving me a headache and bossy as hell... you sure you're not my sister?"

Feinting at the succubus, Nivi weaves deftly between her, Frekor, Sky, the vulture and the stinky demon, shanking the latter through the throat in passing.

"That's for Shiv."

Bonus Action:  Cunning Action - Disengage
Movement:  SW - W - NW - (Attack Action) - W (this last 5' W movement occurs only if the Bulezau survives and looks like its got plenty of juice left in the tank, to get out of melee range, otherwise if it is slain or looking on its last legs, then no, stay away from the wall, just N of Sky.)
Action:  Nivi casts Booming Blade at the Bulezau, attacking with her Rapier, at advantage due to Ylis' Silvery Barbs, 3d20s from Elven Accuracy.
Booming Blade with Rapier to hit:  22 + 2 from Morgan's Bless = 24
Booming Blade with Rapier damage:  8 (base) + 13 (sneak attack) = 21 piercing + 1 thunder from Booming Blade = 22 total
Vex Weapon Mastery - Nivi has advantage on her next attack roll against the Bulezau.
Booming Blade Secondary Damage:  10 thunder if the Bulezau moves voluntarily before the start of Nivi's next turn.

Nivi is still concentrating on Blade Ward for up to 4 more rounds.  She has several different reactions available and may use one of them.

Ylis is taken aback when the bird creature lands near her and tries to take a chunk out of her hide. Thank goodness she's so short and the attack went over her head!

She lets out a long breath and shakes her body. You see her skin become rough instead of fuzzy( Barkskin).

Then she tries to smack the bird in the face!

Attack: 21 Damage: 10 Radiant if it matters.

Sky grips his halberd and tries to focus on landing some proper hits, like the one he got in on the shadow demon.  He doesn't move from his current spot.

First, he watches as Nivi darts quickly around the bad guys, ending up nearby him.  He uses Lay on Hands on himself to heal 10 HP.

Now, he gets to work attacking the bulezau.  (Note: If the bulezau has died or dies during any part of this, Sky would turn his attacks on the demon at the doorway instead.)

Attack with halberd: 25 to hit (14+7+4 bless), for 9 damage.
Extra attack: 15 to hit (6+7+2 bless), for 6 damage if it hits.

(OOC: Need to know if the attack that poisoned me, which got a Silvery Barbs cast on it, misses or if it hit again and I'm still poisoned.)

DM: Sky, the reroll was a 7. It misses and you are not Poisoned.

Heroes Turn (Outcomes)

Randa
Randa is as fast as lightning and fires off an array of arrows at the werevulture in the doorway. 1, 2, 6 arrows pelt the creature, making it looks like a well-used pincushion at a sewing competition. Its mouth falls open. While they do some obvious and quite serious damage, they are so fast that the werevulture does not even feel the pain of the arrows entering its flesh. At least, not at first. It looks down at the shafts that appear as steam encased in glass, then they evaporate, leaving the open holes in the werevulture’s hide.

Morgan
Morgan finds himself surrounded, so does the wise thing and casts Bless on Frekor, Nivi, and Sky, then Misty Steps out of the room. He appears in the tunnel and, still within the stink that can only be matched by a comicon, he begins to flee east. He stumbles at the hall leading up back out of the sewer and sees that the cloud emanations have reached even here.

Frekor
Frekor turns on the lanky, fetid goat creature. He assaults it with a series of slashing and stabbing attacks that seem far more ferocious than might be expected for one of elven heritage. He doesn’t dance, he pummels with the blades. The savagery shocks the bulezau and coats the immediate area in blood. It manages to use its tail to force Frekor back, but not before its body is a ruin. The wounds bubble and froth from its own diseased body. It is Bloodied.

Nivi
Nivi shifts like a practiced acrobat between the succubus and Frekor, then behind the grappling bulezau. With its attention on Frekor’s vicious attacks, Nivi delivers one of her own. His back exposed, Nivi jams her rapier into it, between its shoulder blades. It lances straight through and darts out the front of its chest. It manages to look down at it before the blade is drawn back out and its body is wreathed in a thundering force of energy. It turns to regard Nivi as though she betrayed him in some way. It barely manages to stay on its feet, but it does not fall.

Sky
That is, until Sky swings his halberd at it. As the bulezau teeters on unsteady feet and prepares to attack with his devastating tail again, Sky swings his halberd at it like he's chopping a tree. The axe blade of the halberd bites deep into where its many vital organs would be with a single hack. The squelching, sucking sound made by Sky tugging his halberd out is followed immediately by a goat-like bleat as it falls to the ground and immediately begins to liquefy. The stinking cloud also dissipates and is no more.

Sky does not rest. He turns and swings his halberd in a single, fluid motion, hoping to get the vulture creature in an attack that is just as fatal. He does manage to hit it, but he misses it with the axe blade and instead, hits it with the weapon’s point. It scrapes the vulture on the back, leaving a scratch that runs with blood. The werevulture caws, but remains mostly focused on Ylis, whose skin begins to change.

Ylis
Ylis sees Sky stuck by the barbed tail of the bulezau and gasps in horror as his body immediately runs with festering boils and his flesh begins to rot as flies erupt from his mouth. Nope, that’s a future that Ylis just cannot tolerate. Her peek three seconds into the future is shaken from reality like an etch-a-sketch, an acquired talent from her nearly faded memories against a god who also used time as a weapon. The disruption is enough to cause the bulezau to be one step off beat, making his tail attack miss by inches. Then she begins to change. Her skin turns rough and knotted, like tree bark, and she swats the werevulture in the face with brilliant, radiant energy. It's beak cracks beneath the sundering! 

Enemy Turn

The shadow demon pours out from the wall and again winces against the pain of Sky’s bright light. It reconsiders attacking him and instead, attacks Nivi, who appears to be a much softer target.

It misses terribly, entirely incapable of seeing while so close to Sky’s halberd torch. It tries to shade itself from the blinding light and hisses in defiance.

The succubus watches as her companion had just gotten annihilated and looks to be reevaluating much in her life, but only briefly. She takes action, reaching out to Frekor with that same clawed hand of pure void.

Frekor: Critical hit: 27. 21 Psychic Damage.

She then looks at Sky, who delivered the killing blow on the bulezau. “Don’t let them hurt me. Kill that nasty man!” she shouts, pointing to Frekor.

Sky: Please roll a Charisma Saving Throw, DC 15, with Advantage because you are in combat. On failure, you are Charmed and you must attack Frekor as though he were your mortal enemy attacking your dearest friend. Not willing to see whether this succeeds, it leaps into the air and flies as fast as it can out of the room and down the hall.

DM: Opportunity Attacks from Frekor, Sky (if he passes the Save), and Ylis against the succubus.

The werevulture seems surprised fairly late after being damaged, its eyes focusing on Ylis as the cause. It lays into Ylis, clawing at her with its massive raptor claws again and again.

Ylis: 8 Attack on the first, 22 Attack on the second, for 15 Slashing Damage.

“YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!” The Berserker bellows. “BGAHFRAGALALAMAAAAAW!!!”

Seeing two flee before the berserker seems to have driven him to unspeakable levels of excitement. He shoves forward hard, pushing against Frekor with an elbow and then swinging his pronged flail at him recklessly three wild times, then moves around Frekor to get closer to his fleeing, helpless prey (Nivi).

Frekor: 17 Attack, 19 Attack, 11 Attack. 8 and 11 Bludgeoning Damage and please make two Constitution Saving Throws, DC 13, or be Poisoned until the end of the berserker’s next turn. Attacks against the berserker now have Advantage.

DM: Heroes, go!

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Enemy Turn

DM: Opportunity Attacks from Frekor, Sky (if he passes the Save), and Ylis against the succubus.

DM: 17 Attack, 19 Attack, 11 Attack. 8 and 11 Bludgeoning Damage and please make two Constitution Saving Throws, DC 13, or be Poisoned until the end of the berserker’s next turn. Attacks against the berserker now have Advantage.

DM: Heroes, go!

The mental stab Frekor felt in his mind wmade him miss the succubus with his scimitar. (Opportunity attack: to hit: 8,  Nat 1+7. Missed.)

Even though his mind was clouded by the succubus momentarily, he was able to se the creature leaving. Something he wouldn't let slide.

-Don't let that succubus get away!- said to his teammates that were outside the room.

(OOC: Frekor's constitution saves:  1ºsave: 12,   9+3.  Bless: 4.   Success.   2ºsave: 5,  2+3.  Bless: 2.  Failure.)

He then changes his target to the untouched Berserker that managed to hit him twice, with the second hit making him feel that something else entered his veins.

He gripped his shortsword and stabbed to monster. (First attack: to hit: 27,   20+7.  Advantage from the berserker+disadvantage from posion cancel each other out.   Damage: 13,  6+3+4. piercing damage. Usin Vex on next attack.)

With a swift motion, Frekor lifted his scimitar and plunged it downward towards the berserker. (Nick mastery:  1ºto hit: 9, 2+7.  Bless: 4.   Total: 13.  2ºto hit: 8,  1+7. Bless: 3. Total: 16. Possible damage: 6,  2+4. slashing damage.)

Withou pause, Frekor stabbed the berserker again. (Second attack: to hit: 20,  13+7.   Damage: 9, 5+4. piercing damage.)

Finally, he lifted his scimitar through the monster's body. (Bonus action: to hit: 24, 17+7.  Damage: 6,  2+4.)

All the damage dealt in one spot of the monster carved deeper in it's body. (Colossus slayer: 7.)

Sky: Please roll a Charisma Saving Throw, DC 15, with Advantage because you are in combat. On failure, you are Charmed and you must attack Frekor as though he were your mortal enemy attacking your dearest friend. Not willing to see whether this succeeds, it leaps into the air and flies as fast as it can out of the room and down the hall.

DM: Opportunity Attacks from Frekor, Sky (if he passes the Save), and Ylis against the succubus.

(Barely made the Charisma save with a 16, thank goodness for Advantage.)

Sky smirks and shakes his head.  "You're NOT as enticing as you think yourself to be," he says with a bit of venom, even though the Succubus is already fleeing.  "Coward."  (I'll forgo the Attack of Opportunity.)

Sky decides to focus on the shadow demon.  He stabs mightily with his halberd, but activates Channel Divinity a second time as part of his attack in order to make it Sacred Weapon shining with positive energy.  (Halberd gains an additional +2 and now deals Radiant damage, and it emits Bright Light in a 20' radius, which may already stack with the spell currently on the halberd.)

1st attack (vs. shadow demon): 17 to hit (6+9+2 bless), damage if hits: 12 radiant damage
IF it hits, Sky will use his free daily Divine Smite as a bonus action to deal additional damage on the shadow demon: additional 13 radiant damage

2nd attack (vs. shadow demon, unless it has gone down, then it'll be against the berserker): 27 to hit (17+9+1 bless) for 12 radiant damage.  (Used Savage Attacker to reroll weapon damage, but it was lower than 12.)

Out loud, in a voice he hopes is both commanding and instills confidence in Frekor, he says: "Frekor.  Step closer to me, that I might aid you."

(OOC: Sky still has his Reaction.)

Ylis opportunity attack!

"Where you going cluckcluck?!" Actually she knows that the succubus is probably running for help. Poop.

Whack!! Attack: 9 Damage: 13 Radiant

Ylis draws her spear and causes it to glow with the power of moonlight. Shillelagh

"Hyah!" she shouts and tries to stab the vulture creature.

Stab! Attack: 12 Damage: 15

Expending Heroic Inspiration if that is a miss.

Stab! Attack: 23 Damage: 12

Nivi shudders remembering what the succubus' abyssal psychic claw had felt like.  As it lashes out at Frekor, she reacts.  Not this time.

She mutters a word in Elvish and a jagged, pale silvery-green arc of energy flashes in front of the succubus, causing it to miss the elven ranger and creating an opening for Jacaranda outside.  "Turns out," Nivi somehow manages to grin without grinning.  "I can do it too, Killer Bunny."

Probably not as often as her, though, Nivi admits ruefully to herself, feeling her meager reserves of magic nearly depleted.  She turns her attention to the overbalanced barbarian chasing her that Frekor is slicing up at the moment.  "All right, big boy.  Quit shuffling your feet and come get me.  I'm right here."

Nivi feints and jams her rapier through the berserker's exposed kidney area, encasing him in a pale green thunderous glow.  Then pivots and steps away so she is out of melee range, taunting him to follow her and take the extra thunder damage.  (Finishing 5' E of Sky, 5' N of the werevulture.)

Bonus Action:  Cunning Action - Disengage

Action:  Booming Blade attack with Rapier on berserker, at advantage due to berserker's reckless attack, 3d20s thanks to Elven Accuracy.
Booming Blade with Rapier to hit:  21 + 3 from Bless = 24
Booming Blade with Rapier damage:  9 (base) + 12 (sneak attack) = 21 piercing + 3 thunder = 24 total
Vex Weapon Mastery:  Nivi's next attack against the berserker is at advantage (probably would be anyway).
Booming Blade Secondary Damage:  berserker takes 5 additional thunder damage if he moves voluntarily before Nivi's next turn.

Movement:  After attacking, Nivi steps 5' SE, just E of Sky and 10' S of the berserker, taunting him to follow and take the extra Booming Blade damage.

Nivi is still concentrating on Blade Ward for up to 3 more rounds.  She has several reactions available and may use one of them.

Interpreting the flow of battle Randa switched targets to the fleeing Succubi.

Attack: 15 Damage: 6 Magical Piercing ( Silvery Barbs)

Attack: 8 Damage: 5

Seeing the succubus escaping, Morgan runs just behind Ylis and takes a quick look inside the room.

He looks the succubus, he looks the room, he looks the succubus. She is too fast. He orders his familiar to chase after her, dashing west (60 ft... the slowest bat on the planet).
Morgan thinks that the element of surprise is gone anyway, and he decides it's better to help his companions with the immediate threat.

He casts a 2nd-level [spells]Chromatic Orb[(spells] (thunder damage) at the berserker (if the berserker is no more standing, any other standing enemy will do).

Attack: 14 (with advantage) or 13 (without advantage). If it misses, Mote of Possibility: 24.
Damage: 20 (thunder). The Orb does not leap to another target (and no Wild Magic Surge).

DM: Morgan and Ylis (your Mote of Possibility and Heroic Inspiration were not necessary. You may keep them)

The team pulls together as a unit. Frekor fillets the berserker with cut after cut. The succubus manages to slip past him, but for what damage he fails to deliver to her, he more than makes up for on the berserker. The berserker seems to not notice however, and babbles on unimpeded by the damage. Nivi does not attack as fast, but her patience rewards her well with an incredible attack that would have surely killed a human. Again her enemy is covered in a tight column of thundering energy and she slips away, drawing his attention as she had before. He is a ruin. There is not a single part of him not bleeding profusely.

Sky blesses his halberd and strikes at the shadow demon and finds that all his attacks are now quite lethal to the creature. He cuts it, sure, but his Smite and the blessed damage explode against its flesh, blasting away major sections of its body. It wavers and Sky uses the opportunity to jam his divine halberd through its head. Instantly, it fades into nothing. A bad dream dispelled as easily as waking.

Ylis uses blessings of her own. She notices that the vulture’s flesh begins to knit itself back together against. That is until she strikes it with her own radiant weapon. The attacks immediately arrest the healing process and the beak that had broken and hung off was just about to fix itself back into place when another of Ylis’ attacks cause it to swing away from the werevulture’s face again. It glares murder at Ylis, but its black, beady eyes now begin to follow the succubus down the hall, perhaps longingly and with the sting of regret for not following.

Randa fires her bow at the succubus and sure as the sunrise, she hits it… with her second attack anyway. The succubus had taken some evasive maneuvers on its escape and managed to dodge one of the arrows. The other causes her to cry out in pain, but does not stop her flight.

Morgan’s bat flies after her and Morgan steps into view from within the room. He eyes the wide-eyed berserker and throws his orb of thunder at it. The berserker yells, either in pain or in celebration-it is far too difficult to tell with such a frenzied creature. The creature clenches his teeth hard against the thunder attack. So hard, in fact, that all his teeth explode from the compressive force.

With a toothless smile, he regards Nivi. His insane intentions are clear. He leans in and steps forward in a mad dash at Nivi, then he breaches the column of thunder.

It explodes around him. Nivi, Frekor, Sky, and the werevulture are blasted with blood and bits of flesh. A partial skeleton clatters to the ground where there was once a berserker. It immediately begins to liquefy.

With the succubus passing out of sight, this leaves the werevulture alone, covered in the blood of his own companion. He sees that his options have diminished greatly. The span of a heartbeat passes and he holds his hands up in surrender.

DM: Combat has ended.

Nivi's pale green eyes scan the dissipating abyssal corpses all around her.  One too few.  She grimaces.

"The F*** was that?  If these Clasp bastards stand back up as demons every time we put one down... gonna be a long day for us, not gonna lie.  Long day until it turns into a real short one."  She glances flatly at the werevulture, taking Steady Aim and readying Booming Blade on the fiendish lycanthrope.

(Trigger for the readied action is the go-ahead from the party, or any move by the werevulture to attack, flee, shout or otherwise harm the party's goals.)

Her eyes clearly convey to her companions what she does not say aloud.  Please tell me we don't need to parlay with this shitbird.

Ylis tries to stab the vulture thing to put it out of her misery. "Nonono, we're done with the talking bit."

Stab! Attack: 16 Damage: 16

"I'd say we've listened to their arguments. Now it's our turn to politely explain."

Sorcerous Burst: attack 27, damage (6 + 8 + 7) = 21 (thunder).

Then, Morgan focuses on the bat-familiar to get a view on the succubus (if she remains in this plane).
The bat tries to be stealthy (familiar's stealth check: 19)

Jacaranda watches the succubus disappear into the distance, " Feck...........uh, we're going to have company soon."

She kept her bow aimed down that way expecting the worst....

Nivi shrugs philosophically and follows through with her readied action, driving into the werevulture's center of mass with Booming Blade.

Booming Blade with Rapier at advantage due to prior Steady Aim, 3d20s from Elven Accuracy:
Booming Blade with Rapier to hit:  24
Booming Blade with Rapier damage:  5 (base) + 11 (sneak attack) = 16 piercing + 2 thunder from Booming Blade = 18 total.
Vex Weapon Mastery:  advantage on next attack against werevulture.
Booming Blade secondary damage if the werevulture moves before Nivi's next turn:  11 thunder.

"Think you need to hit it again, Killer Bunny.  Or Tiny does.  Seemed like it only really got hurt with the shiny radiant lights.  Kinda like the shadow one."

Nivi looks out the door to where the succubus had fled and Jacaranda seems to be readying herself.  Then warily at the dissolving demon corpses.

"And since fighting more of these fools looks to be in our future, anyone got a plan to stop 'em from standing back up as demons after they're down?"