Estellen will cast sleep centered on the priest. 22

Then, assuming it takes effect, he will walk over to the unconscious priest and give him a quick medical examination as well as try and determine whether or not he is the one who did the killings or if he was left alive to pass on some message. Medicine: 19. Investigation: 6

Temple: The priest slumps motionless for a second. Then he rises and looks straight at you Estellen. His eyes aren’t black, they’re not even pure darkness, but look like an infinite void of nothingness. His clothes, face, and hands are drenched in blood. In one hand he holds a large piece of glass. Fresh blood drips from his hand, likely caused by holding the glass.

Estellen raises one of his hands, trying to ward off the man?'s gaze, casting fire bolt. Attack: 15 Damage: 1

Shouting in Infernal, "Hell and hellfire! Burn to ash, foul demon!"

We are in a sort of initiative, so wait for Doc to do something first. (not made clear I know, but it's worth letting others post their responses before taking additional 'turns'.)

(Sure sure, I'm just suffering from a bit of cabin fever due to winter break)

(I know the feeling)

DOC

(I'm on PST my bad!)

Seeing Estellen tend to the priest, Doc will carefully move through the rest of the church to gauge whether anything else inside is...alive. Medicine: 18

(Nah it's just me being a bit overeager, also Estellen isn't really tending to the priest more like about to be consumed body and soul by the priest)

DOC

(Ahh! Well I believe my medicine check is within our unsaid "initiative order," so it should happen before Estellen's fire bolt, if I'm not mistaken. Regardless, I'll add a follow-up action to the fire bolt.)

Seeing Estellen struggling in a struggle, Doc moves into action, quickly casting Toll the Dead on the priest. DC 13 WisST or take 4/2 depending on whether Estellen missed/hit the priest with Fire Bolt.

(I wish I could draw so that I could show you guys what I'm imagining in my mind. Alas, all I can do is straight lines on lined paper.

Imagine a Tortle in the foreground of a picture neatly bandaging someone's arm while an aged elf is being sucked into some demon priest's eyes in the background)

Make a Charisma saving throw please Estellen.

(Estellen is many things but charasmatic is not one of them)

Cha Save: 5

(RIP)

15

Temple: Looking at the other bodies, they are clearly dead. Large cuts on their bodies and the amount of blood around them means that they could not be alive. The priest is clearly alive, but also seems very close to death at the same time.

The gaze between the priest and Estellen deepens, so much so that Estellen’s body goes stiff and he appears unable to move. ( paralyzed )

Seeing the priest as a threat, Doc casts a spell at him. He only winces slightly and his gaze is not broken, he appears to have suffered no harm from the spell.

Estellen tries to break free of the paralysis (Charisma save please. This will count as your whole ‘turn’ and will have come before Doc’s in case you wanted to say anything if you pass)

(Estellen CHA save > Doc toll the dead > priest goes again)

Cha Save: 15

(Freedom?)

yes! :)

Temple: Estellen manages to shake off the gaze of the priest, who also seems to physically recoil from it. For the first time so far, its face shows an expression, anger. He turns to face his most recent aggressor, Doc. and charges with the glass shard raised. 14 to hit and 2 damage if it hits.

The blow easily glances off of Doc's large shell.

As Estellen recovers he does...

Estellen recoils and leans on his staff, breathing heavily. "I think... a demon... tried to finger my soul... with that priest"

Estellen will bum rush the priest and cast shocking grasp and attempt to snag him with his left hand. If Estellen hits, he'll back off as far as he can but otherwise will not move. If the spell does enough damage to kill the priest, Estellen will knock him unconscious instead. Attack: 7 Damage: 5

(Hellfire, shadow realm here I come)

DOC

Watching the priest attempt to stab him with a piece of glass and hearing Estellen, Doc replies in his ever-patient voice, "Well...that wasn't a very...priestly thing to do."

Doc's first instinct is to take out his Warhammer, but he quickly thinks better of it. "Enough blood...has been shed...in this place. Must...reconsecrate...the land."

Doc will slowly motion his hand up toward the heavens, then swiftly bring his hand down to point at the priest, speaking with a fervor unheard by anyone thus far. "THE LIGHT OF JUSTICE COMPELS YOU TO LEAVE THIS HOLY PLACE, SPAWN OF THE ABYSS!"

Guiding Bolt Attack: 9 Radiant Damage: 9

(Damn. Was hoping that'd be much more epic. Hope there's room for me there in the shadow realm, too, Estellen)

[If the attack misses, Doc will say, "AND LET THAT BE A WARNING TO YOU, DEMON!"]

(The #1 rule of D&D is that the more you hype up an action the more likely you are to crit fail)