No Rest for the Dead in Avlor

Round 4:

Jarl (prone)
Celric  (5' up)
Brix (unconscious)
Flynt (prone)
Squiggles (concentrating on Bigby's Hand)
Balian (prone)
Shale (nauseous, round 3)
Lair
Aboleth (54 damage, 10' underwater)

CON save: 11

Jarl's going to get up from prone, and back up southwest as much as his movement will allow (which shouldn't be enough to provoke an attack of opportunity). Then he's going to cast Blight again. DC 16 CON save, 42 necrotic damage, or half on a save.

"Anybody got anything to give us some advantage?" Jarl sputters. "Shale? Celric?"

Also, since I'm not sure how Brix is doing on death saves, or how the resonator works, but if Brix loses 3 death saves and 'dies,' then Jarl will use his Fungal Infestation reaction.

Brix will begin making death saves on his next turn. He hasn't taken damage since going unconscious, just been pulled into the water, so he's currently 0 and 0. However, he is currently face down in the water and can't breathe, so he can't stabilize until he can breathe again. If someone would like to they can flip him over onto his back while within 5' of him using their object interaction, allowing him to breathe again and potentially stabilize if his death saves go well.

Jarl, you are nauseous like Shale. It doesn't affect you mechanically yet.

Aboleth CON save vs. Blight: 12

The aboleth lets out a psychic wail of pain that everyone but Squiggles can hear in their minds, as Jarl's spell continues to necrotize its flesh (42 damage).

It then lashes out with its tail in retaliation at Jarl (legendary action #1).

Attack: 23 Damage: 21

Ow. Does Jarl recognize the nausea at all, from what he knows about aboleths?

I think you rolled a pretty high knowledge check about aboleths at the beginning of the game, right?

(Would I be able to let go of the rope and get into melee range of the aboleth? If so I want to do that then hold my action to grapple him)

Jarl:

Celric: yeah, you could get in melee range by going to T11 and diving into the water, down 5'. You could just try to grapple it this turn; you wouldn't need to hold an action, unless you have a specific reason to delay. Just to be clear though, since this is often misunderstood: grappling someone only prevents them from moving (and allows you to drag them); it doesn't make it harder for them to attack or easier to hit (unless you have the grappler feat).

(Would I be able to let go of the rope and get into melee range of the aboleth? If so I want to do that then hold my action to grapple him)

OOC - Thanks for the roll earlier, even if it was rubbish!

Balian

The half-elf's cry of frustration is drowned out by the swirling water as he is sucked back into the pool for a second time.  A seasoned veteran of this swimming pool, he knows what will follow, and manages to twist to mitigate the inevitable tentacle strike (Reaction - Uncanny Dodge, 8 damage taken from the aboleth's attack).

CON save: 5

As he surfaces and get his bearings, Balian notices the motionless body of Brix floating next to him, face down.  "Too bad you can't breathe though your ass, because you can certainly talk out of it."  He flips the goblin over, and does his best to swim westwards and drag Brix to the edge of the pool.

Balian:

OOC - Amended, I'll be disengaging and dashing to move 2 squares with Brix.

Celric moves to t11 and shouts “Come here!” He reaches into the water and tries to grapple the aboleth. 

Athletics for grapple: 25

(ooc: I know I just want to take away his water cover for everyone)

Aboleth athletics check to contest grapple (can only succeed on a nat 20): 18

The aboleth's attempt to pull free of Celric's adrenaline-fueled grasp is futile, as it is held in place by the dragonborn cleric.

Brix death save: 3

Stuck in place, the aboleth glares up through the water at the unconscious Brix, who begins to convulse. Meanwhile, some of the aboleth's wounds begin to close (legendary action: Brix takes a failed death save and the aboleth regains 11 HP)

Flynt, Squiggles, (Balian), Shale

FYI: Celric didn't have enough movement left to actually surface the aboleth, so it still benefits from being underwater (e.g., resistance to fire).

(OOC: Will I have to let go of the rope to cast spells? Also, can I see the aboleth from where I am?)

Shale: V only spells are fine of course. Clerics can have their holy symbol mounted on a shield, so M and V/M spells are also fine; and since somatic components that are coupled with material components can be performed with the same hand, V/S/M or S/M are fine too. The only ones you couldn't do while holding onto the rope are S and V/S spells. Letting go of the rope is a free action. Re-wrapping it to ensure you aren't affected by the tides like you did last round would be an action, but I'll say you can just grab the rope using just your object interaction to grant advantage on a potential strength save. From where you're currently standing you can just see its head, but it would have 3/4 cover in the case of any attack roll.

Investiture of Flame turns out to not have been a very useful 6th level spell to pick, I'm seeing.