Reverie misses with all 3 strikes, which the demon evaded with its agility or deflected off its leathery skin. (OoC: sorry about those rolls)

Froskan blasts the demon with 28 points of cold, followed by Iskander's two glaive strikes for 22 damage.

The demon is heavily wounded, but still up. As Trimyrai steps back, the demon bites at him. Attack: 15 Damage: 22  It bites deeply (almost maximum damage), and Trim loses another 2 CHA.

In horror at the damage and the weakening of his willpower, he buries an arrow into the demon's eye with his first arrow (11 damage), which is enough to kill it.

Combat over.

Seeing that Trimyrai is down to 16 HP, Jack will cast a 2nd-level Cure Wounds on him. Trim is healed 8 points (up to 24 hp).

Jack asks Trim if he would like more healing... On one hand, Jack would like to save his spell slots in case they are needed in later fights, and Trim is normally in the back of the fight (not hit that often). On the other hand, he wants Trim to stay healthy and alive.

(If Trimyrai wants to ask Jack or Reverie for more healing, or drink a potion, that's fine as long as it is before the next encounter.)

The party is just south of that central pillar of stone, for the map from post 3349. Froskan's magic lantern illuminates with bright light to 30', and dim light to 60'.

To the NE is a depression in the ground that the demon (and the ghouls) crawled from. There are 3 shield-sized stones in that area, that appear to be cemetery headstones.

The passage to the west continues further on. At the very edge of the lantern light is something that might be the entrance of another cavern.

Trimyrai drinks from a potion of healing.

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Trimyrai: (to Jack) "Thank you Jack. Those monsters roughed me up quite a bit."

Reverie hums as she looks in the west direction. "Should we go into another cavern's entrance?" A pause. "Is everyone all right by the way?"

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Reverie hums as she looks in the west direction. "Should we go into another cavern's entrance?" A pause. "Is everyone all right by the way?"

From the safe distance behind the group, Sallah will call out: "The next cavern is fine, but at some point, we want to examine that graveyard. The writing on the headstones might help identifying what people used to live this deep underground."

"I agree with Sallah, let's check out these headstones and then make our way to the next cavern." Isk says, and crosses the distance to the graveyard.  He holds his glaive ready in case anything else pops out of the hole.

"I agree," Froskan says, following Isk to the graveyard and examining the headstones (assuming nothing else attacks us first)

Trimyrai follows the group. Trying to keep his eyes peeled for any dangers.

(Nothing attacks you... yet.)

After reaching the headstones, you see that there are a dozen more graves, although with more ordinary headstones. The demon and the ghouls had dug up the graves and were feeding on the remnants.

There are fragments of a larger building, that used to be a lumber mill with a water wheel. Marion and Sallah said this place looks consistent with a wood elf settlement along a river, with the graveyard for elves that died 200-300 years ago. No idea how it ended up hundreds of yards underneath a city.

The three larger headstones belong to the hero Nimrod and his squires, who were being investigated by Egg Chen. (Post 3343 link ) You notice a ghostly but corporeal figure standing in the cavern where you were fighting the demon. He is wearing breastplate, a shield, with a long bow on his back and a longsword at his side. He looks bloodied, furious, and crazed. Isk's glaive sends out a warning as this figure draws its weapons and steps toward the party.

(It is 30' away. You have the weekend to roll initiative and decide if you want to be further away or closer to this enemy.)

Initiative: 18

(Trimyrai would be positioned away from the enemy if possible.) 

Initiative - 21

Reverie frowns as she stands before the party and ready for the fight. Though, she is wondering if he carries the important weapon.

Investigation - 10 (If it is possible)

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Investigation - 17 (If it is possible)

Sword Wraith Commander - "When a glory-obsessed warrior dies in battle without earning the honor it desperately sought, its valor-hungry spirit might haunt the battlefield as a sword wraith."

Initiative: 12

Isk will keep his current position.

Initiative: 14

Froskan remains hanging back behind the melee fighters

SWC (monster) init: 15, Jack init: 20

(OoC: Will try to do this with theater-of-the-mind instead of maps, but if you tell me you are getting confused, I'll make a map.)

Initiative order: Trimyrai, Reverie, Froskan, Iskander, (sword wraith commander), Jack

The Sword Wraith Commander is 25' from Reverie and Iskander. Jack is 5' further back (within 30' of the undead), and Froskan & Trimyrai are 5' back from Jack (35' away from undead).

(I will be doing Jack's actions, unless someone else would like to control him, in addition to your character. If you make suggestions to Jack, I will keep it in mind.)

Everyone can post their actions for round 1.

Trimyrai is going to start by talking to the Wraith.

Movement: No movement this turn.

Action: Dodge.

Bonus Action: Trimyrai: (to the Wraith) "Mr. Ghost, we didn't mean to disturb you, nor intend you no harm, but we will not let you hurt us or those we are hired to protect." (OOC: do i get a persuasion check?)

OoC - that's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see how it plays out

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Bonus Action: Trimyrai: (to the Wraith) "Mr. Ghost, we didn't mean to disturb you, nor intend you no harm, but we will not let you hurt us or those we are hired to protect." (OOC: do i get a persuasion check?)

(No for the check. But Trim will get the feeling that this thing is lashing out at anything nearby, even though your group wasn't responsible for whatever happened to it.

It hasn't said anything. Just growling in pain & hatred.)

Froskan readies a Frostbite, but waits to see if Trimyrai can reason with the wraith.

Action: Ready a frostbite (DC15 con or 7 damage and disadvantage on next attack) for if the wraith looks like it's about to attack.

Reverie stands on guard to see if Trimyrai's words could work on with the wraith. "Are you the hero named Nimrod?" She asked cautiously to see the wraith's reaction.