Necromancer's Delusion-Homebrew

Mucor will pull up and instruct Stonewing to buzz the tower. As he does so, he would have the griffon drop his last remaining bundle while also dumping out the remains of his bag of holding on the top of the tower!

18

(welp... alright...)

Torq and Alexandria drop their bundles that explode immediately torching zombies and skeletons in the inferno.  Mucor soars up towards the large pink Alexandrite crystal and as he reaches the top of the tower drops his last bundle and upends his bag of holding spewing out a stream of casks.  WHOMP!  The bundle explodes and cracks the base of the crystal.  pop, pop, popopopopopopop.  the casks of oil and alchemist fire explode causing additional damage as the flames heat the crystal weakening its structure further.  The three remaining beams of arcane energy flicker and dim into nothingness and the outline of the crystal glows impossibly bright through the flames and smoke.  

The upper half of the tower and air around the crystal seem to be sucked into the glowing mass that swirls and shrinks down into a spec of light.  There's a tense half second of silence as you all look up to see the beautiful spectacle of the tiny spark of light.  The shattered tower with an exposed Storm Giant standing bewildered.  There's a blinding bright flash and earth shattering BOOOOM!   

You feel an intense wave of heat and pressure rush over your bodies.  You each need to make a DC 20 dex save or take:  87 bludgeoning and 102  fire damage.  Half on success.   Your bodies are propelled away from the epicenter and your vision goes black for a moment as you impact the ground.  If you make the save you awake at the beginning of your turn and are prone.

(Ima be honest... while I was prepared for someone to drop a bundle on the crystal, I was not prepared for it to also be subject to a bundle and 500 additional lbs of explosives!  Can't make this stuff up.  If you fail you go unconscious.  Unfortunately all of the griffons are gone...  even if they successfully saved they'd be dead.)

(Wait what?!? Mucor! You just set off a nuke!)

• Dex Saves:  Blud is halved for the twins right?  
• Torq-   17             55+53        108
• Alexandria-   10       55+106      161
• Juliana-  6              55+106      161      

(@Xtra-  Are the twins dead or unconscious?  Also what?!?!? Are we still in initiative order?)

(Everyone stay calm... make your dex saves and I'll post follow up once everyone has rolled.   Weretwins are unconscious only the griffons are dead.)

(OOC well my thought was that if I blew up the tower... the bad guy couldn't use it for his evil plans.. and it might even kill him of he is inside.. but uhh... whoops.. my bad)

Mucor dex save. 17

(ooc I promise I wasnt trying to kill myself lol, I did have plans to try to somehow dump ALL of the bag of holdings contents on mr. teleport once he was anchored but uhh... I may not have thought my plan through. Sad thing is I had 171 hp basically at the time of the blast... so if I had made my save I could have stuck the landing and walked away looking badass.  )

(Mucor!  While I think your idea and intentions were good.......... you killed Calypso!  When I get you up you better hope Gaelin can revivify the griffons.)

Dex save:  21      and evasion= no damage.

Aryn leaps to her feet coughs up a bit of smoke and looks around frantically for Calypso, Gaelin and the others.  "Is there anyone else up?  If so try to gather everyone near the gate."  she says telepathically to the group. 

Perception:  33   (I see everything!)

(texting Gaelin to get on so he can post so I know what I need to do on my turn.)

(OOC: I could try to reincarnate the grffons.... I think I might have access to other types of Resurrection spells as well as a druid but I am not sure :P Also I don't think the twins take any damage from the bludgeoning.. only the fire damage)

(Holy crap!  You know, tomorrow this is gonna be awesome,  probably.  *fist bump* @ Mucor)

Dex: Gaelin-   13     Valeera-   6   (shes immune to fire damage.)

Gaelin is lying unconscious on the ground.  Valeera is fine.  She still has over 70 HP.

(depending on how the DM decides to continue.  I'll be away most of the day tomorrow so I might not be able to post until evening.)

Aryn will use her cloak to cast dimension door and appear next to Gaelin and she'll give him a healing potion healing him:  7

(@ Xtra-Should be my turn right?  All the others posted and we were back at the start of the round?)

(My eyes are so wide right now! 200 damage??!?!?!)

DeX 18

(Yup, same here.  Still reconciling it in my brain.  Will post aftermath tomorrow morning.  Going to make some notes and sleep on it.)

(OOC: I broke the DM and game)

(End of Combat.  Looking back on this, I laughed so hard once I figured out what I was going to write.  Mucor and others, thank you for keeping me on my toes.)

Aryn & Torq- Your hearing is completely blocked by a loud ringing that you can’t seem to remove. Your head aches from the constant ringing and you have to blink multiple times before your vision clears. The tower has collapsed into a large pile of rubble and the walls and defensive towers are all destroyed. Smoke and flame billow into the cold air turning the snow grey. Scattered fires burn and flicker along the ground while large stone and wood chunks lie scattered around you smoldering from the heat of the blast. Bodies and chunks of flesh pepper the landscape in all directions and the smell of charred flesh and melted metal fill your nostrils. The large pile of stone marking the original location of the gate rumbles. Stones are sent flying as Valeera’s huge form emerges from the rubble.

Aryn- You immediately spot the body of Calypso as his wing still rest on your chest still trying to protect you even in death. Your bodies lying crumpled under some wooden debris. You quickly get to your feet and begin looking around at the destruction. You reach out telepathically and hear Torq and Valeera’s replies but no others. To the northwest you see Gaelin’s limp body resting on the ground next to the broken wall. You release your spell and appear next to Gaelin. You pull out a potion and pour it into his mouth. His chest heaves deeply as he returns to consciousness and he coughs up a mixture of blackened blood and snot.

Torq- You shake your head and see the corpses of Bronze Claw and Night Dream to the south then see Alexandria and Juliana’s bodies laid on the ground covered in ash with bits of rock and wood covering them. You rush over, clear the debris from them and administer healing potions to them. They each cough up blood and are dazed and badly burned but alive.

Everyone- Gaelin begins giving out orders to Valeera and Torq, who can move the quickest to bring him the bodies of the griffons and group members. Aryn and the twins ride Valeera to Jinara and Mucor administering a healing potion to each of them before they assist them up.  As Jinara rises Aryn is nearly knocked over by Calypso who rubs his head and neck against her chest and shoulder lovingly before crouching to take Jinara to Gaelin. Mucor is air lifted by Bronze Claw after a dusty, bloody snot filled snort. Gaelin begins rapidly casting spell after spell reviving the griffons who aid in gathering their fallen brothers. Within a minute every Lightbringer is back to consciousness. You all walk to the top of the collapsed tower and sit looking over the scarred expanse around you. You are bruised, battered, cut and partially deaf but victorious?

(2 minutes have past since the explosion.  I've updated you character sheets to reflect damage and spells spent thus far.)

Mucor's Aftermath map:  (immediately following explosion.)

Aryn looks over at Mucor and says telepathically to the group, "Well, there's no way Daegon would've been prepared for that.  Nice work Mucor.  Maybe next time warn us that you're going to potentially kill us all next time."  she pauses for a moment then continues.  "Someone tell Varian we're done here so y'all can rest." she says as she pats the dirt and ash off her armor. 

Mucor would gasp and cough up blood and dirt and spore for a minute or so as smoke rolls off of his singed hair. The minotaur would eventually get up.. looking a bit like a hairless cat with horns and look to Aryn. "Sorry... everyone.." He would say breathlessly. "We... should search the rubble.." He would add as he sits on a large chunk of ogre. "We need... to be sure." Mucor would reply before pulling out a water skin and quickly consuming its contents. 

"It's okay Mucor.  There was no way to know that would happen.  It was a risk but I believe it paid off.  I doubt there will be anything left but I will aid you in your search.  Nearly half the tower vanished into that spot of light before the bottom half was destroyed."  Torq will say then begin picking up pieces of stone and wood to look for any signs of Daegon or valuables.

Perception:     23 

Aryn stands to her feet and walks over to Mucor and contemplates patting him on the shoulder but seeing his burnt flesh decides better of it.  She blows softly on his cheek and whispers, "It's okay ya big lug.  We made it out alive." and joins in the search.  

Perception:   30                     

Investigation:    15  

Mucor would give Aryn a small smile before shivering as she blows on his cheek. Looking at his thick arms, goosebumps that would have normally been hidden under a canapy of hair are visible across every inch of his skin. "Thanks.. " He would reply before standing up and leaning heavily upon his staff. After catching his breath, he would point his staff towards the stone rubble and cast conjure elemental, Summoning an earth elemental to rise from the scorched earth and rock. "Friend... I need you to help us dig through this rubble.. can you make sure there is nothing alive inside the remains of this tower?" The minotaur would ask of the earth elemental.

Gaelin will look around at all the death and shudder as Aryn speaks for the first time.  "I can't.  I can't reach Varian.  I'm all out of spells.  Mucor or Jinara will have to do it."  he says exhausted and tends to his wounds.  "Valeera, will you help them search?"  he says quietly as he lays back and closes his eyes to rest for a minute.

As the earth elemental went to work in the rubble, Mucor would turn and look to Gaelin. "Tell me... What you need friend" He would say with a pained smile. 

(OOC: I know Mucor has been healed but I am RPing him as still being pretty badly banged up and hurt. He was definitely the closest to the explosion)