The Long Road of the Mage King (Game Thread)

(I forgot to mention Dog!)

Dog disappears into the red aura, surrounded by the familiar hues of the light blue portal. Nobody is immediately visible in this room, though he hears the distant bellow of the minotaur from which he escaped.

If there's no one there (perception 19) he'll immediately pop back into the blue and then in and out again, stopping when he sees them.

Gash ducks Dog and shouts, “One last shot!” Magic Missiles fire from his palm and hurl toward the Minotaur. 

10 force damage. 

If it doesn’t IMMEDIATELY drop Gash is out of there

The magic missiles slam into the crystal minotaur, causing significant cracks. But it doesn't fall. So Gash darts into the red aura, sending him to the light blue one. Meanwhile, Dog appears in the orange just in time to see his three comrades running in and disappearing, sending them to the red.

Stones, Bulwark, and Tock all appear to see a heavily damaged minotaur bellowing about 35 feet away from them to the north as they appear in the red aura room.

Gash will wait until his friends come through the portal

Tock approaches the minotaur with a crossbow bolt fired from his crossbow, then waits to see what happens next:

Attack: 16 Damage: 12

He then notices the body of Feytok and begins to immediately look around for the bodies of Dog and Gash as well.

Bulwark let's loose another javelin.

Reckless: 12 to hit, 9 damage.

Tock's bolt strikes the minotaur, cracking a large chunk off of its shoulder. Bulwark's javelin falls short, however. The minotaur looks as if it will fall apart any moment...

(Stones may go, then it is the golem's turn. Movement is all used up getting here, so only actions and bonus actions.)

(When does Dog arrive back there?)

(He will make it after the minotaur's turn.)

Stones sees the body and says “oh no!” He then rubs his blades together creating a screeching sound only slightly worse than the bagpipes and casts 

Dissonant Whispers at 1st level.  Wisdom save: 14

Damage: 11

WIS(14) check: 12

Stones' atonal melody wracks the minotaur in pain. It raises its head to roar and, instead, an intricate web of cracks ripples from its head to its knees. The crystal head and body shatter into a rain of sparkling shards, leaving only a pair of feet and shins standing amidst the rusty spikes in the passageway. Moments later, Dog appears in the red aura as well to see the minotaur is no more.

(Combat has, finally, ended!)

Tock leans against the wall and slides down to a sitting position. "I'm glad you're alive, Dog. I couldn't track you and was worried."

“Where’s Gash?”

Dog sees the broken construct and takes a deep breath as he looks at the two newcomers and Tock with a grateful nod. "Gash should be along behind me, we had to get out of here because I bit off a bit more than I could chew trying to get revenge and almost joined FeyTok. We teleported away just in time. I'm sorry Tock." He slumps down next to FeyTok. He places his giant palm on the genasi's forehead for a minute, talking to someone -- himself, FeyTok, it's not clear. He gently brushes down to close his eyes.

Looking up, he realizes again where he is and listens for roars and stomping. If he hears more, he'll recommend teleporting away. If he hears nothing, he'll recommend they just carefully walk through the maze on foot to try to get a sense of where things are, watching for more traps. Either way, he'll pick up and carry FeyTok as they go. 

Gash follows the series of portal jumps he and Dog had done before to meet back up with his friends.

There are no more sounds of crystal minotaurs. Only a final glowing shard remains of those foes. As with the plant monsters, however, there may be more dangers in the labyrinth.

Currently in or near the red aura. Let me know where you want to go. Roll perception or investigation checks if looking for traps or secrets.

Dog will move north to the next junction, and look down both hallways. Perception: 7

If others are moving with him, he'll take it slow and welcome their help it trying to find traps and secrets.

"What are we even trying to do here? Bulwark? Stones? Do you know what the trial is? How did you get here?" Dog asks, in somewhat of a fog. "We are here to find our friends, who were taken by a minotaur evidently affiliated with this place. We know nothing else. Now they have taken the life of a friend of mine. I will not forget this, but I need to find my friends, and that means, apparently, going through a trial. Is that just finding our way out of here? Defeating all foes in here? Solving a riddle? I've no time for games."

He stops short. "Gash. I'm a fool. We could have used the helm to send FeyTok far away from this place. How did I not think of it, with all the teleporting we've been doing in here?!"

Tock will heave himself up, "I'll help Gash look for traps, Dog. You are busy enough carrying Feytok"