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Daewen immediately drops into a low, stable crouch, her motions silent as she assesses the sudden threat. She ignores her rapier, instead drawing her hand crossbow, recognizing that closing the distance through the churning ooze is too dangerous. She fixes her gaze on the enemy, her body coiled and ready to strike from range as soon as the initiative order permits.
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(OOC: In parallel with Yistral's move) The massive, repulsive form of the Adult Oblex draws Daewen's focus immediately. With silent efficiency, she brings her hand crossbow to bear, sighting down the tiny limbs. She finds a weak point in the green, globular mass and lets the tension of the string fly, firing a quarrel aimed straight at the mass of stolen faces.
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Yistral sends a bolt of fire towards the main oblex, which pierces straight through it and leaves the oozes inside to writhe and scream in pain as they're boiled from the heat. Daewen then shortly follows up with a pair of crossbow bolts that sink deep into the goo of the monster.
Two of the smaller oozes then swim through the sludge towards the party, the first of the slimes attempting to wrap itself tightly Eggo's shin and drain her memories.
Oblex Spawn 1: Moves 20 feet, Attacks Eggo with Pseudopod: 20 to hit, 7 bludgeoning damage plus 2 psychic damage on a hit. Oblex Spawn 2: Dash Action, moves 40 feet.
Xarkris is up!
Initiative (Difficult Terrain In Place) Yistral: 27 Daewen: 24 Oblex Spawn 1: 19 Oblex Spawn 2: 17 Xarkris: 14 <- Current Turn Adult Oblex: 12 (-29 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Mun: 9 Oblex Spawn 3: 6 Eggo: 5
Xarkris trudges thru the thick slime and rushes to the front to assist Eggo Lass. While moving, he is doing 2 things….eyeing each of the threats and activating the fire in his throat. Xarkris will move diagonally to his left 5’ and move south 10’. (I think he had enough movement to accomplish this task). This should put him shoulder-to-shoulder with Eggo Lass, to her left. The mighty Dragonborn opens his maw and sends a cone of flame at #2 and will also attempt to catch #1 in the blast. Each of the spawns take 7 points of fire damage unless they make a DEX SAVE DC 12 (3 points of fire damage if successful).
The adult oblex then rushes through the sludge to face Xarkris, and attempts to wrap a gooey tendril around both him and Eggo, before trying to steal Xarkris' memories to take as its own.
Adult Oblex: Moves 5 feet north-west, 15 feet north. Action: Multiattack: - Psuedopod against Xarkris: 21 to hit, 15 bludgeoning damage plus 9 psychic damage on a hit. - Psuedopod against Eggo: 9 to hit, 12 bludgeoning damage plus 3 psychic damage on a hit. - Eat Memories: Xarkris must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 18 (4d8) psychic damage and become memory drained until it finishes a short or long rest or until it benefits from the greater restoration or heal spell. While memory drained, Xarkris must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from his ability checks and attack rolls.
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The closest oblex is lucky enough to dip down into the cover of the sludge to avoid most of the heat, but the second spawn isn't. (Rolling for if Xarkris fails the save against Eat Memories since I forgot to change the default roll from the monster description: 10)
Mun is up!
Initiative (Difficult Terrain In Place) Yistral: 27 Daewen: 24 Oblex Spawn 1: 19 (-3 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Oblex Spawn 2: 17 (-7 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Xarkris: 14 Adult Oblex: 12 (-29 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Mun: 9 <- Current Turn Oblex Spawn 3: 6 Eggo: 5
((Greater Restoration, or Heal! Unpleasant curse))
This new place is flat, chaotic, unpleasant. Still, it is broad and open, and now the monsters have emerged, they are easy to pick out from the surrounding sludge.
Mun backs away 25 feet, and five feet over, as the opening blows are exchanged. She turns back as Xarkris’s flame gutters and sees where the Soup and its spawns have rushed.
“Know the chill and sorrow that your existence has caused, and be contrite,” she mutters as she casts Ice Knife, and spends one Lucky point.
Her tattoos flash a chilly blue and she focuses her spell on Oblex Spawn 2, so that the Adult Oblex and Spawn 1 are in the area of detonation.
Attack Roll against Spawn 2 (25). Damage Roll on hit: 4 piercing.
Adult Oblex, and Spawn 1 and 2 must all make a Dex save (DC 16) or take 13 cold damage.
((OOC: Shiverquill, I want to clarify something. I saw that the Adult Oblex hit Xarkris on the first pseudopod attack with a 21. Was the Adult Oblex attacking with DISADVANTAGE at the time, and if so, was the 21 TO HIT the lesser of the 2 rolls?)
If the first pseudopod attack does indeed hit, Xarkris will take the 24 points of damage. He did make his WISDOM Saving throw with a 21.
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[Yes, that was with disadvantage, very sorry for the unfortunate turn out! The higher roll was an 18 and the lower was 14, so with a +7 to hit it turned out so high!]
Xarkris resists the oozes' attempt to pilfer his memories, but does get struck quiet heavily by the blow from its pseudopod. Mun then summons a frosted dagger that pierces straight into the second oblex spawn, which then shatters into shards that burst out towards its allies.
Oblex Spawn 3 then spends its action to dash, moving 40 feet and ending up behind Xarkris to flank him, although its intended target seems to be Daewen.
All of the oozes are struck with the shards of ice, which easily slays the second oblex spawn, causing it to sink limply back into the sludge, and seems to put Oblex Spawn 1 on its last legs (if it had any), as it appears it's struggling to hold itself up and keep shape.
Eggo is up!
Initiative (Difficult Terrain In Place) Yistral: 27 Daewen: 24 Oblex Spawn 1: 19 (-16 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Xarkris: 14 (Flanked by Oblex Spawn 3 and the Adult Oblex) Adult Oblex: 12 (-42 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Mun: 9 Oblex Spawn 3: 6 Eggo: 5 <- Current Turn
Surrounded on all sides by both friend and foe Eggo Lass utters an Elvish incantation, disappearing in a cloud of mist. As she reappears she holds high her want and shouts, "Take this you slimy wretches!"
Bonus Action: Misty Step (SW, SW, SW, SW, W, W)
Action Eldritch Blast
Blast @ 1 To-Hit: nat-1
Blast @ 1 To-Hit: nat-20 //perfectly balanced, as all things should be Damage: 8+2+4 = 14 force
She then trudges through the muck to get closer to having a better angle on 3.
Eggo teleports herself out of the cluster of skirmishing occuring, obliterates the first Oblex Spawn with her second eldritch blast in a roar of arcane power, sending a wave of energy through the sludge, then moves herself closer to try and get herself a better angle for her next attack.
Yistral is up!
Initiative (Difficult Terrain In Place) Yistral: 27 <- Current Turn Daewen: 24 Xarkris: 14 (Flanked by Oblex Spawn 3 and the Adult Oblex) Adult Oblex: 12 (-42 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Mun: 9 Oblex Spawn 3: 6 Eggo: 5
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Daewen quickly stows her hand crossbow and pivots, withdraws her rapier, and dedicates her focus to the Oblex Spawn 3 that is closing on her flank.
Bonus Action: Hunter's Mark A cold, ethereal glow—not silver, but a stark white light from the Shadowfell—briefly outlines the form of the Oblex Spawn 3. Daewen has marked it for termination.
Rapier Attack #1: 22 Damage: 8 + 2 Hunters Mark force damage = 10 total damage
IF attack #1 hit- Rapier Vex Attack #2: 20 Damage: 5 + 4 Hunters Mark force damage = 9 total damage
IF attack #1 missed- Rapier Attack #2: 16 Damage: 9 + 6 Hunters Mark force damage = 15 total damage
Yistral sends another fire bolt at the towering wall of slime ahead of Xarkris, which pierces straight through, boiling the ooze from the inside. It reels back with a psionic scream, its hive formation splitting apart as dead lumps of goo drop from it down into the sludge below. However it doesn't seem quite dealt with yet, as it writhes and shudders itself back into a singular blob once more in an attempt to keep its structure, although it's half as tall as it was initially, and is still slowly bubbling with the heat of the spell that struck it.
Daewen then callously shreds the slime beside her to pieces without a second thought, the smooth, magically aided whip of her rapier splitting the measly creature into chunks of inanimate jelly left to tumble back into the soup of stars and dissolve. The lesser oblexes are now all slain, and now just the singular unified mass of slimes remains, although it seems on the brink of death.
Xarkris is up!
Initiative (Difficult Terrain In Place) Yistral: 27 Daewen: 24 Xarkris: 14 <- Current Turn Adult Oblex: 12 (-72 HP, Aversion to Fire activated (has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn)) Mun: 9 Eggo: 5
Daewen immediately drops into a low, stable crouch, her motions silent as she assesses the sudden threat. She ignores her rapier, instead drawing her hand crossbow, recognizing that closing the distance through the churning ooze is too dangerous. She fixes her gaze on the enemy, her body coiled and ready to strike from range as soon as the initiative order permits.
Daewen's initiative: 9
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
Mun swaps her initiative with Daewin (24 <—> 9).
(OOC: In parallel with Yistral's move) The massive, repulsive form of the Adult Oblex draws Daewen's focus immediately. With silent efficiency, she brings her hand crossbow to bear, sighting down the tiny limbs. She finds a weak point in the green, globular mass and lets the tension of the string fly, firing a quarrel aimed straight at the mass of stolen faces.
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
[I'll wait to see the result of Yistral's turn to add the effects of Daewen's turn onto the Adult Oblex! Yistral is up!]
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Attacks A with firebolt (20 to hit ) and 14 damage.
Yistral sends a bolt of fire towards the main oblex, which pierces straight through it and leaves the oozes inside to writhe and scream in pain as they're boiled from the heat. Daewen then shortly follows up with a pair of crossbow bolts that sink deep into the goo of the monster.
Two of the smaller oozes then swim through the sludge towards the party, the first of the slimes attempting to wrap itself tightly Eggo's shin and drain her memories.
Oblex Spawn 1: Moves 20 feet, Attacks Eggo with Pseudopod: 20 to hit, 7 bludgeoning damage plus 2 psychic damage on a hit.
Oblex Spawn 2: Dash Action, moves 40 feet.
Xarkris is up!
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Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
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Eggo grunts as the oblex strikes her and snarls. (You'll pay for that.) she telepaths to it, if it even knows a language.
[[ Self-notes"
1. took the 8 damage off so don't double-damage yourself later
2. use create bonfire ]]
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Silverwood Group 1 | Silverwood Group 2
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Xarkris trudges thru the thick slime and rushes to the front to assist Eggo Lass. While moving, he is doing 2 things….eyeing each of the threats and activating the fire in his throat.
Xarkris will move diagonally to his left 5’ and move south 10’. (I think he had enough movement to accomplish this task). This should put him shoulder-to-shoulder with Eggo Lass, to her left.
The mighty Dragonborn opens his maw and sends a cone of flame at #2 and will also attempt to catch #1 in the blast.
Each of the spawns take 7 points of fire damage unless they make a DEX SAVE DC 12 (3 points of fire damage if successful).
END TURN
Xarkris moves up next to Eggo Lass and attempts to engulf the oblexes in flames.
Oblex Spawn 1 Dex Save: 20
Oblex Spawn 2 Dex Save: 5
The adult oblex then rushes through the sludge to face Xarkris, and attempts to wrap a gooey tendril around both him and Eggo, before trying to steal Xarkris' memories to take as its own.
Adult Oblex: Moves 5 feet north-west, 15 feet north. Action: Multiattack:
- Psuedopod against Xarkris: 21 to hit, 15 bludgeoning damage plus 9 psychic damage on a hit.
- Psuedopod against Eggo: 9 to hit, 12 bludgeoning damage plus 3 psychic damage on a hit.
- Eat Memories: Xarkris must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 18 (4d8) psychic damage and become memory drained until it finishes a short or long rest or until it benefits from the greater restoration or heal spell. While memory drained, Xarkris must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from his ability checks and attack rolls.
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The closest oblex is lucky enough to dip down into the cover of the sludge to avoid most of the heat, but the second spawn isn't. (Rolling for if Xarkris fails the save against Eat Memories since I forgot to change the default roll from the monster description: 10)
Mun is up!
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Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
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((Greater Restoration, or Heal! Unpleasant curse))
This new place is flat, chaotic, unpleasant. Still, it is broad and open, and now the monsters have emerged, they are easy to pick out from the surrounding sludge.
Mun backs away 25 feet, and five feet over, as the opening blows are exchanged. She turns back as Xarkris’s flame gutters and sees where the Soup and its spawns have rushed.
“Know the chill and sorrow that your existence has caused, and be contrite,” she mutters as she casts Ice Knife, and spends one Lucky point.
Her tattoos flash a chilly blue and she focuses her spell on Oblex Spawn 2, so that the Adult Oblex and Spawn 1 are in the area of detonation.
Attack Roll against Spawn 2 (25). Damage Roll on hit: 4 piercing.
Adult Oblex, and Spawn 1 and 2 must all make a Dex save (DC 16) or take 13 cold damage.
((OOC: Shiverquill, I want to clarify something. I saw that the Adult Oblex hit Xarkris on the first pseudopod attack with a 21. Was the Adult Oblex attacking with DISADVANTAGE at the time, and if so, was the 21 TO HIT the lesser of the 2 rolls?)
If the first pseudopod attack does indeed hit, Xarkris will take the 24 points of damage. He did make his WISDOM Saving throw with a 21.
[Yes, that was with disadvantage, very sorry for the unfortunate turn out! The higher roll was an 18 and the lower was 14, so with a +7 to hit it turned out so high!]
Xarkris resists the oozes' attempt to pilfer his memories, but does get struck quiet heavily by the blow from its pseudopod. Mun then summons a frosted dagger that pierces straight into the second oblex spawn, which then shatters into shards that burst out towards its allies.
Oblex Spawn 1 Dex Save: 11
Oblex Spawn 2 Dex Save: 13
Adult Oblex Dex Save: 15
Oblex Spawn 3 then spends its action to dash, moving 40 feet and ending up behind Xarkris to flank him, although its intended target seems to be Daewen.
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Angus Ayrshire: Minotaur Celestial Sorcerer: Yawning Portal - Mad Mage
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All of the oozes are struck with the shards of ice, which easily slays the second oblex spawn, causing it to sink limply back into the sludge, and seems to put Oblex Spawn 1 on its last legs (if it had any), as it appears it's struggling to hold itself up and keep shape.
Eggo is up!
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Surrounded on all sides by both friend and foe Eggo Lass utters an Elvish incantation, disappearing in a cloud of mist. As she reappears she holds high her want and shouts, "Take this you slimy wretches!"
Bonus Action: Misty Step (SW, SW, SW, SW, W, W)
Action Eldritch Blast
Blast @ 1
To-Hit: nat-1
Blast @ 1
To-Hit: nat-20 //perfectly balanced, as all things should be
Damage: 8+2+4 = 14 force
She then trudges through the muck to get closer to having a better angle on 3.
Move: NW, NW, N
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Eggo teleports herself out of the cluster of skirmishing occuring, obliterates the first Oblex Spawn with her second eldritch blast in a roar of arcane power, sending a wave of energy through the sludge, then moves herself closer to try and get herself a better angle for her next attack.
Yistral is up!
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Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!
Yistral will fire bolt the adult : nat 20 (26 total) for 30 fire damage.
Daewen quickly stows her hand crossbow and pivots, withdraws her rapier, and dedicates her focus to the Oblex Spawn 3 that is closing on her flank.
Bonus Action: Hunter's Mark A cold, ethereal glow—not silver, but a stark white light from the Shadowfell—briefly outlines the form of the Oblex Spawn 3. Daewen has marked it for termination.
Rapier Vex Attack #2: 20 Damage: 5 + 4 Hunters Mark force damage = 9 total damage
Rapier Attack #2: 16 Damage: 9 + 6 Hunters Mark force damage = 15 total damage
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
((OOC: Shiverquill, before I decide what course of action I take on my turn, can I get an update, please?))
[Absolutely, sorry for the wait!]
Yistral sends another fire bolt at the towering wall of slime ahead of Xarkris, which pierces straight through, boiling the ooze from the inside. It reels back with a psionic scream, its hive formation splitting apart as dead lumps of goo drop from it down into the sludge below. However it doesn't seem quite dealt with yet, as it writhes and shudders itself back into a singular blob once more in an attempt to keep its structure, although it's half as tall as it was initially, and is still slowly bubbling with the heat of the spell that struck it.
Daewen then callously shreds the slime beside her to pieces without a second thought, the smooth, magically aided whip of her rapier splitting the measly creature into chunks of inanimate jelly left to tumble back into the soup of stars and dissolve. The lesser oblexes are now all slain, and now just the singular unified mass of slimes remains, although it seems on the brink of death.
Xarkris is up!
Xaul Lackluster: Half-Orc Fathomless Warlock: Warlock Dragon Heist
Pushover Gerilwitz: Tiefling Wizard: Acquisitions Incorporated
Sparkles: Aasimar Monk: Drakkenheim: What's In The Here And Now
Angus Ayrshire: Minotaur Celestial Sorcerer: Yawning Portal - Mad Mage
DMing A Land Of Bone And Oblivion, The Hunt for the Balowang and Surviving Tempest City!
Killer Queen has already extended this signature, though not by much!