Necromancer's Delusion-Homebrew

(Nah, you can have some fun too)

Aryn will fly towards Torq and as he drops one bundle she'll drop the other.  "You're Welcome. Back to the front or do you want to tag team these bastards from behind?" she says in reply motioning to the large cluster of orcs to the east in the rear of the horde.  She turns Calypso that direction and will head towards it with all his remaining movement.

If Torq agrees she'll draw both her swords, tell Calypso to head back to the castle and use her cloak to cast Dimension Door to teleport the two of them in that little open nook of the far east cluster of orcs that kinda looks like an old school key.  ( 30-50 feet SW of the blue 200ft marker)

Army Group:  16

(Archers are still firing at will right?)

Torq is all about that!

(Archers are still going.)

Aryn and Torq combine forces in a semi-orchestrated blur of motion.  They pause only to release the two bundles that fall and impact the ground in a huge explosion that consumes the giants and zombies caught within.  Aryn & Torq are swept up 15 feet from the heat wave and pelted with bits of charred flesh and blood.  All that remains below is a large patch of scorched earth with small fires scattered about.  Torq throws his hammer into the floating collage of bodies and it explodes pushing orcs into one another and killing 6.  As Calypso turns north, Aryn and Torq disappear in a flash of blueish purple arcane energy and reappear on the ground surrounded by orcs.

The horde continues to pound against the front lines but is unable to make any headway despite being reinforced by the groups of zombies that slam into the shields of the army groups and hard wood of the awakened trees.  The last remaining giant tightly grips his last stone and hurls it in the direction of the front gate in a desperate attempt.  (double nat 19s on a disadvantage roll)  The boulder slams into the portcullis and buckles the iron and wood.  The horde roars in excitement as the defensive barrier falls.  The ballistas and archers respond with a hail of projectiles that pierce and impale through armor and flesh.  

Jinara then Gaelin & Mucor!

Map:  Daybreak

(OOC: did my wolves all die?)

Jinara will fly within 10 ft of his gravity radius. As he does so, he reaches down to his amulet and give it a twirl and as he does, a small flash emits from it. He begins casting Telekinesis (spending 1 SP for distant spell to double the range to 120 ft) on the ground beneath his Reverse Gravity (as thin and as wide as possible to move the entire reverse gravity). The flash remains as he concentrates on both spells. (Anyone looking in Jinara's direction) Unknowingly, Jinara's eyes flash bright gold as well as he begins rotating his hands in a circular motion (as if to make a whirlwind). As he does this, the soil and reverse gravity area begins to spin ever so slightly. He pushes the spells 30 ft NW while staying within 20 ft of its radius.

(I want this to be an invisible tornado, in essence. The thought here is that radius would act like a vacuum. The spinning is just thematic so people can see where the radius is while its moving. Maybe capturing some of the smoke from the trench fires or something to give it shape. If that is too much, let me know.)

Army roll: 9

(@Mucor- Oh ya. Sorry  I forgot to include that part.  They did take out an entire zombie battalion first though.  :)  )

(@Jinara- a 5th & 7th level together could probably accomplish that for a short period of time.  Let's say:  5  rounds.)

Gaelin will point to the nearest group of orcs and say, "Kill em." Then he'll cast Heal on Valeera healing her 70 hit points and tell his infantry to continue towards the western flank.

Army Group:  5  5

Mucor would stomp down hard causing the earth in front of him to explode as he cast erupting earth before sending spores to decay the remaining enemies. He would then dismiss the wall of fire and begin moving to the east.

dex 18 or take 7, half on success

also con 18 or take8

Mucor- Army group:  6 2               Army group total:   49

The earth below the floating horde begins to churn as Jinara's hands spin methodically.  A single drop of blood trickles down over his lip as he focuses on combining the spells.  The air begins to churn and spin slowly then quickens as the bodies caught within the reverse gravity field start to be pulled towards the center.  Bodies smash into one another being sent through Mucor's wall of fire, charred corpses exiting through.  Flaming oil and wood from the bonfires and trenches create a swirling mass of smoke and flame that roars and consumes as it begins to move northwest.  The horde watches helplessly on as it pulls in and picks up more bodies, aided by the reverse gravity and pummels the skeletons until nothing remains but fragments of bone.

The wall of fire disappears as Mucor slams his foot into the ground spreading spores and causing the ground beneath the zombies to erupt into the air.  Half a battalion is instantly buried in rubble while the other half succumbs to the necrotic spores that eat away at the rotten flesh.  The awakened trees and infantry on the west side crush the remaining nearby enemies and move to aid the east and center smashing skeletons and zombies as they make their way.  Valeera leaps into the air and flies southeast just a bit before releasing a jet of flame that consumes a battalion of orcs and sends more flame into the swirling vortex of death killing another half battalion of zombies. 

Aryn & Torq!  (Who got incredibly lucky rolls last time to avoid being hit by any of the orcs.  Never seen so many nat ones despite advantage on rolls.  I guess it was making up for the giant breaking the gate though.)

Map:  Daybreak

(Ha. ) 

Torq will telepathically say to Alexandria and Juliana, "Land just south of the closest orc group and wreak havoc.  Tell Bronze Claw to head back to safety.  We'll meet you in the middle." He'll look to Aryn and say, "Try to keep up." and point his axe to the east and expend a charge to create a cone of lightning then swing his hammer at an orc to the south.

• Axe:  DC 15 Dex or take:    29 
• Hammer Attack:   31
• Damage:  15   1
• Army Group:  6  2
• Crit:  8   4

(*grabs popcorn to watch Aryn’s reaction)

"We'll see." Aryn replies shortly.  Then she'll turn east and begin slashing her way through the nearby orcs and fueled by rage, action surge to continue cutting down enemies.

Attacks:   (1)  27    (2)  19    (3)  27    (4)  29    (5)  20   

Damage:  (1)  11   12 (2)  9  6   (3)  12   6 (4)  5  1   (5)  7   7 

Seven orcs are partially vaporized as the lightning arcs out from Torq's axe leaving behind smoldering hunks of flesh.  Torq wheels around and smashes through one orc's face and slams it into a second standing beside the first.  Aryn lacerates cleanly severing arteries with her swords as she methodically paces forward into the cluster of orcs.  A line of bodies mark the path of her destruction as she continues. Alexandria and Juliana land wielding their weapons and immediately begin to carve into the nearby orc battalions.  The weapons slice and cleave through the orc's hide armor as if it were as thin as parchment and they quickly dispatch 4 orcs each. The zombie and orcs battalions battle against the army groups and awakened trees.  One badly damaged tree rushes forward into a swarm of zombies and picks up over half the battalion with his large branches before sacrificing itself by rolling in the oil trench and leaping on the bonfire.  A huge pillar of flame and smoke rises into the air as the zombies and tree are consumed.  The archers and ballistas release a volley into the rear battalions leaving behind only three clusters of enemies.  One on the eastern flank, one surrounding Alexandria and Juliana and the last around Aryn and Torq.

Damage:    Aryn-   26    Torq-   31    Alexandria-  24    Juliana-   15

(Aryn- need your army group roll)

Jinara then Gaelin and Mucor!

Map:  Daybreak

Mucor army 4 3

Mucor would quickly transform into a large horned giant eagle before taking to the sky and screeching towards the werebear twins. Spores would swirl around him as he make his way towards them as fast as he could. 

Gaelin will move Valeera east as far as she can go.  While flying around the mini tornado, Gaelin will toss a fireball into the middle.

Fireball:  31

Army group:   5   2

Army Group:   16

Jinara maintains hold on the gravity. 

Army roll: 8

As Jinara continues to strain his mind maintaining the spell Gaelin tosses a small red bead into the center of the swirling mass.  The red erupts into flame sending body parts and debris flying out of the the twister.  Mucor transforms into a giant eagle and leaps into the air with two strong flaps of his wings and soars off towards the weretwins.  The army groups continue to press forward and surround the eastern flank who is snuffed out after a final concentrated volley from the archers.  Another detachment rushes to the aid of Mucor, Alexandria and Juliana who continue to carve their way through the horde.  Aryn and Torq continue their friendly competition smashing and slashing orcs that swarm around them.  The battle continues on for less than a minutes before all that remains of the horde is corpses and scattered body parts that litter the ground.  

(End of combat!)

The trenches and field to the south still burn in places despite the cold rain that continues to fall. You look around over the destruction and death and find that your armies fared rather well thanks to your quick thinking and defensive emplacements.  Still, no battle goes without taking losses. Mucor's D8 infantry, Torq's D4 cavalry, and Gaelin's D4 infantry each took substantial losses from the horde's assualt.  (Until you replenish the losses they no longer have a +1 modifier.) The air becomes calm, devoid of the sounds of battle and you feel you are safe once more but continue to be on your guard.  Some of the inhabitants begin to emerge from the keep and assist in clearing the dead.  The mason and carpenter immediately set to work on the gatehouse tower and portcullis with the help of Treebeard and the other awakened trees.  Another 10 minutes pass by and the rain shifts from sustained rainfall to drizzle then a dense mist that hangs low over the field.  A flash of blue arcane energy illuminates the inner courtyard and a mage from Traes appears with a bewildered look on his face as he sees the archers shift their aim towards him.  A tense second passes before they lower their weapons and he exhales deeply.  "Greetings friends.  Apologies for the delay.  Varian told me to wait until his incantation finished.  Are you ready to depart?"  His voice trails off as he asks the question, his gaze transfixed by the looks on the many faces and blood stains on everyone except Jinara.  "Wha...What happened here?"  he asks.

Map:  (Well done everyone.  I thought I might just have enough with the storm giant but you still got me.)

"We were attacked.  I think Daegon was trying to send us a message."  Gaelin says in a raspy voice with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.  He'll wait for everyone to gather nearby and use 5 charges of his staff to cast Mass Cure Wounds on anyone that needs healing including himself.  Healing:  18 Feeling slightly better Gaelin would continue.  "They just appeared out of no where.  Hundreds of them.  Like they all teleported here at once.  Are you aware of any such spell?"  he asks.

(Almost killed me.  I was down to 34 HP.)

Jinara wipes the blood from his nose and drops the spell holding aloft nothing but charred bones. From his angle, he sees the destruction and carnage in front of the keep. Saddened by the deaths of the soldiers but proud at the response that everyone offered in the battle. Following Gaelin and Valeera to the group, Jinara says "Agreed. I think he is listening to one of us and sent this attack to stop our return to Traes."