Jorin roars with delight as two foes fall and a third tucks tail and runs.  As Llira's holy light heals him, he says to Drusk, "You god and the eight alike bless us in this glorious combat!"

Hildigrim ducks and jumps to avoid the two attacks aimed at him, then turns toward HH7 to hopefully take it down. A quick mental command, and Volo flies down and circles the hook horror's horrific head to distract it, and the halfling takes aim as Volo flutters off to hide once more.

Rapier Attack: 24 Damage: 8

Off-hand dagger Attack: 24 Damage: 1

Sneak attack: 12

EDIT: Wow

(Zoinks! That was brutal for Hildi.)

HH1 will attack Quillary. (I get the impression she was feeling lonely, that none of the Hook Horrors were trying to kill her.)

• Attack: 21 Damage: 12  (miss)
• Attack: 12 Damage: 15  (miss)

HH2 slashes at Jorin (with advantage due to Reckless).

• Attack: 25 Damage: 11  (barely hits, reduced to 6 by rage)
• Attack: 22 Damage: 10  (miss)

Jorin, Pascal, and Quillary are up. (Then the remaining hook horrors.)

Jorin, Pascal, and Quillary are still up.

(OOC: Is anyone else seeing weird behavior with the Notifications for the past two weeks? Some posts seem to be missed entirely, or I don't get the notice until several hours have passed.)

(Oh shit, ya, i didn't get any notifications the last several days.  I even checked a couple times because i thought it was odd that you hadn't posted yet...should have just checked the thread itself)

Jorin charges headlong into HH1, swinging his blades, hoping to down the beast before leaping back onto HH2 with his remaining strikes!

• Movement: 10 ft northeast (next to drusk), taking the AoO from HH2
• Action:  Reckless battleaxe!
  • First Attack: 25 Damage: 12
  • Second Attack: 27 Damage: 12
• Bonus Action: Equally reckless moonblade! Attack: 29 Damage: 18
• +7 radiant damage to the first attack that lands
• If HH1 goes down, Jorin will move back to HH2 and direct the remaining attacks against it.

(Note - I don't think HH2 will get advantage on his AoO since Jorin isn't recklessly attacking until after he moves, but if that isn't the case, then he'll just hang out chop up HH2)

Quillary grins as one of them attacks her. She dodges one swipe and knocks the other aside with her shield, and swings her club at it on the return, her spores swarming it.

• Action: Swing magicked club at H1 with Adv from Great Tree. 19 to hit, for 9 magic bludgeoning damage
• Reaction: Spores swarm H1, and on the monster's turn, Con Save vs DC 15 or take 6 necrotic damage

Pascal is going to step out of the hooked horror’s range, provoking attacks from them, but he is going to fire off a Twinned Chromatic Orb at them! Attack: 19 Damage: 14 fire and Attack: 7 Damage: 17 fire!

Quillary swings her club, crushing the spine of HH1. (dead) She then sends a Spore swarm at HH2.

Jorin, seeing that HH1 is dead, vents his fury at HH2. His battleax strikes do 27 damage, but his sword is deflected.

Pascal takes 2 AoO from HH6 and HH7.

- Attack: 11 Damage: 15  (hit)
- Attack: 23 Damage: 10  (hit)

He then blasts each of them with fire orbs.

HH6 and HH7 direct their attacks at Hildigrim (since Pascal has stepped out of their melee range at the moment).

- Attack: 18 Damage: 12  (hit)
- Attack: 25 Damage: 13  (hit)
- Attack: 14 Damage: 8  (hit)
- Attack: 8 Damage: 10  (miss)

HH5 closes on Jorin and attacks with advantage! It has returned, and brought another hook horror (HH8) with it.

- Attack: 21 Damage: 9  (miss)
- Attack: 22 Damage: 13  (hit)

HH8 approaches Drusk and Quillary, but slows down, like it is caught in swamp mud. Quillary's Guardian of Nature prevents it from getting into melee range this round.

New round...

Drusk will use his last Channel Divinity to heal 4 members of the party to half-health. (Quillary is undamaged.)

He uses his BA to use Spiritual Weapon at HH2.
- Attack: 13 Damage: 8 (misses)

Status:
Drusk 26/52 HP, Hildigrim 32/64, Jorin 36/72, Pascal 29/58, Quillary full health (+ temp HP)
HH2 and HH6 have taken over 50 damage each, and are below half health. HH5 37 damage (moderately damaged), HH7 26 damage (above half). HH8 is undamaged.

Hildigrim is up. (Then HH2, then the remaining party members, then the last 4 hook horrors.)

This combat is awesome

Hildigrim successfully suppresses the rather unheroic squeak that threatened to escape his throat upon being pummeled repeatedly. Luckily, he soon feels Drusk's healing magic relieve some of the pain in his tiny battered body, and he takes a deep breath to calm his nerves. Taking a page from Pascal's book, the halfling decides he needs to get out of melee. He telepathically calls for Volo's aid and drops his blades before ducking and running while scooping up his bow. He jogs to the left and up, turns and fires an arrow at HH6 once he's 10 or 15 feet away, and then slips through Quillary's giant tree legs to stand just north of her. Volo flutters back up to hide within the rock wall once again.

Bonus: Disengage

Movement: 25 feet to behind Quillary

Action: +1 shortbow Attack w/ advantage: 20 Damage: 10

Sneak attack: 9

(OOC: For the map in post 4597, I'm moving Drusk 10' west and 5' north, to clog up the routes the hook horrors might take. Hildigrim is just north of Quillary's current position.)

Volo's fly-by causes HH6 to rear up. Hildigrim's arrow goes into its chest (19 total with sneak damage, 71 cumulative damage). The creature is still up, but looks very unsteady from its wounds.

HH2 moves 5' to the NE (in contact with Jorin and Quillary). CON save vs. Quillary spores: 4
(fails, taking 6 necrotic damage, 63 cumulative)

It makes two attacks on Jorin (with adv. due to reckless).

• Attack: 22 Damage: 12  (hit, 4 damage)
• Attack: 16 Damage: 6  (hit, 5 damage)

Jorin, Pascal, and Quillary are up. (Then HH5-HH8 go.)

Jorin appears lost in blood lust, roaring and howling as he continues to ferociously clobber all who stand before him!

• Movement:  Jorin laughs in the face of the horrors arrayed against him!
• Action:  Reckless battleaxe!  Directed at HH2!
  
  • First Attack: 24 Damage: 15
  • Second Attack: 28 Damage: 12
• Bonus Action: Reckless moonblade! Attack: 29 Damage: 17
• +8 radiant damage to the first attack that lands

As Hildi slips past her, Quillary will step up to the space in front of HH2 and HH6, and swing at the latter.

• Action: Swing magicked club at HH6 with Adv from Great Tree. 11 to hit, for 5 magic bludgeoning damage
• Reaction: Spores swarm HH6, and on the monster's turn, Con Save vs DC 15 or take 4 necrotic damage

Jorin hits HH2 with his first strike. It snarls at him, so Jorin snarls back, releasing  3 points of radiant damage. That extra flare of heat and light is enough to finish off HH2.
Jorin swings again at HH5 with his battleaxe and moonblade. (28 damage) He also moves 10' south, so HH8 can see up close what is coming for it.

Quillary's club does more damage than you would expect from its size. HH6 is crushed like a heavy tree fell on it.
With HH6 dead, she moves 5' east to get into melee range of HH7. (I assume she wants to keep it from attacking Pascal.)
(HH7 will go soon, so let's do the spore save now.) CON vs. DC 15: 14  (so close... 5 necrotic from the spores)

Pascal to go.
(Three hook horrors remain. HH5 and HH8 are next to Jorin. HH8 hasn't been damaged yet. HH7 is north of Pascal, but Quillary is in its way.)

Jorin shouts at Quillary as they advance on the ever decreasing number of horrors, "We move through our foes like wild fire through dry forest!"

Quillary, with a wooden mien and trailing grasping roots laughs throatily at that. “No, Jorin of the Bodt, the forest comes for them!”

Disembodied voice: Finish him!

Jorin: *snarls*

Hook horror: *dies*

(I will have Pascal aim a Fire Bolt at HH5, the most damaged hook horror.)

• Attack: 7 Damage: 10  (hit)

That is just over the amount needed. As Jorin is ready for the attacks from HH5, it is blasted by a Fire Bolt, falling over dead.

HH8 attacks Jorin (more Reckless advantage)

• Attack: 24 Damage: 10  (hit, rage reduced to 5 damage)
• Attack: 26 Damage: 20  (miss)

HH7 attacks the immaculate Quillary

• Attack: 24 Damage: 10  (miss)
• Attack: 11 Damage: 10  (hit)

New round...
Only HH7 (moderately damaged, near Quillary) and HH8 (undamaged, near Jorin) remain, the other 6 hook horrors are slain.

Drusk will use Sacred Flame on HH8, then his Spiritual Weapon.

• HH8 DEX save vs. DC 14, or take 10 radiant damage: 6  (3 damage, it barely notices)
• spiritual happy face Attack: 22 Damage: 10  (miss)

Hildigrim is up. After his turn resolves, Jorin, Pascal, and Quillary are up.