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Panic, it turns out, is a curious thing. Cyndral had certainly been afraid of their Drow captors, but that was a known fear. He'd grown up under the cruelty of a Drow father, hearing stories of how horrible the rest of their kin could be. That was an evil he could explain, rationalize, view objectively and work his way around. But that sound, that wretched keening sound, sent chills through his core. Completely forgetting his current plan, every fiber of his body just wanted to be inside, sheltered, somewhere with walls and a door to close between himself and whatever the hell that was. Adrenaline and instinct sent him running into the priestess' chamber, bowling past his allies to do so. He pulled his shortsword along the way, and as he reached his destination, threw himself bodily behind the blade in a mad lunge at the priestess.
(OOC: Move to O14, stab the priestess, try not to cry.)
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Tobias broadcast to the entire group in range of wannabe escapees, "They are being attacked by some flying creatures! Let all our fighters know to come now!"
"Okay, priestess...!" The half-orc drops his shoulder and drives his shield into her back trying to knock her down, making it easier for Gnarls to strike her.
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Shishakli knows those creatures and wants to get the hell out of the open area. He quickly moves into the chamber and up against the wall at o12, moves his hand crossbow to his offhand, pulls out his short sword, and stabs at the priestess with it, thinking to the group "Get away from open areas! Those things are dangerous!"
Attack: 18 Damage: 6 ((if grappled with advantage: 14))
The sound coming from outside still resonates through Cyndral as he enters the tower and the surprise of seeing the giant spider catches him off guard as he swings at the Priestess and misses.
Tobias knows a small amount about the Drow religion. Mainly that their goddess is Lolth, also known as the queen of spiders. It is believed that her main goal is to cull the weak although some believe it is to simply have control over the dark elves and to stop them from having any other faiths.
Seeing the Priestess before him, Tobias attempts to push her to the ground, using mainly his right shoulder, he makes the charge, the chain shirt covering his arm acting a some extra protection as he slams into her and brings her to the ground.
with his sword drawn, Shishakli then swings at the now prone Priestess, slashing and creating a large gash across her open hand as she lifts it to protect herself.
Seeing the beasts breaking into the cavern, JimJar and Sarith begin to make their way back to the first guard tower.
As the blood seeps out of the Priestess’ hand, she lets out a blast of bright light towards the half Orc that just knocked her to the ground. The energy is blasted at Tobias as he ducks in time to avoid it.
El, upon seeing the spider, had frozen in fear. Then was shocked back into action by the Priestess' attack, putting the spider out of their mind El sighs, "Screw this."Completely abandoning any attempt to persuade her of their loyalty El readies their crossbow at the Priestess again.
Attack 7 (if her being prone give advantage 13) Damage 5
OoC: really gotta learn what the rules are for advantage. Also I keep finding every bug the is in the system, it's a curse.
El, close to the Priestess readies their shot. Seeing the spider out of the corner of their eye hesitates, which one should they go for first. With their finger on the release and the crossbow accidentally pointing off to the side, the crossbow fires and the bolt misses.
Verim hears the guards and the screams, the chill of screaming resonating through his mind, remembering his brothers at the temple, Verim winces, the sound of metal from inside the tower, he pauses and takes a deep breath.
”Sheerava let this place burn”
Verim will instruct Sheerava to find flint to set alight furniture in the tower, only if it’s empty with nothing valuable inside. Verim will run to the doorway of the spider turning his eyes purple and filling with Eldritch Energy will attack the priestess if possible.
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Verim instructs Sheerava but isn’t aware of what she is or isn’t doing. Seeing these winged beasts inside the cavern he runs into the shrine room, his eyes aglow as this purple energy bursts out of his hand, straight towards the Priestess who is hit face on by the spell. The room turns purple for a second and then, all that is left of the Priestess are her robes, mace and some sort of gooey substance on the floor where she was.
As it sees the Priestess get obliterated in front of its 8 eyes, the spider moves towards the person that cast the spell. With the purple light still dazzling it slightly, the spider lunges forwards to try and bite Verim who lifts his shield just in time as the spiders teeth make contact with it.
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Taken aback by the absolute gore of the now molten priestess, Gnarls pauses for a quick second before regaining focus and bearing down on the spider trying to get it's attention.
Main hand, shortsword: Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Off hand, shortsword: Attack: 3 Damage: 9
As a bonus action, gnarls will fly into a rage. "C'mere you filthy arachnid. Come play with ME"
Gnarls swings at the spider with both swords. The spiders legs move around, avoiding Gnarls’ attack before it’s eyes all focus on the halfling shouting at it, it’s fangs glisten and it’s mouth opens.
Outside there is a loud crash and more shouting, the droning, humming sounds still continue.
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Cyndral stumbles for a moment, not expecting his foe to explode before his face like that. After a single heartbeat that felt several minutes long, Gnarls' shouts bring him back to reality, and on instinct he ducks, dashing below the large spider statue to pop up on its far side. Trying to learn from his fumblings against the priestess, he carefully balances back before lunging out with his short blade, aiming for central mass rather than one of the more tender looking but narrow extremities.
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Tobias shields his eyes as the room flashes purple. When he returns his focus he sees the mess at his feet. "That'll do!"He gives the warlock a nod of approval. Then the half-orc carefully steps around the remains of the priestess, so has to kick his footing, and charges to the giant spider ready to strike with the metal pipe.
Tobias runs around the back of the statue and finds himself behind the real spider. With his piece of metal pipe he bashes the spider from behind. The spider lets out a small wail but continues to stand.
Panic, it turns out, is a curious thing. Cyndral had certainly been afraid of their Drow captors, but that was a known fear. He'd grown up under the cruelty of a Drow father, hearing stories of how horrible the rest of their kin could be. That was an evil he could explain, rationalize, view objectively and work his way around. But that sound, that wretched keening sound, sent chills through his core. Completely forgetting his current plan, every fiber of his body just wanted to be inside, sheltered, somewhere with walls and a door to close between himself and whatever the hell that was. Adrenaline and instinct sent him running into the priestess' chamber, bowling past his allies to do so. He pulled his shortsword along the way, and as he reached his destination, threw himself bodily behind the blade in a mad lunge at the priestess.
(OOC: Move to O14, stab the priestess, try not to cry.)
Shortsword Attack: 10
Damage: 7
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Tobias broadcast to the entire group in range of wannabe escapees, "They are being attacked by some flying creatures! Let all our fighters know to come now!"
"Okay, priestess...!" The half-orc drops his shoulder and drives his shield into her back trying to knock her down, making it easier for Gnarls to strike her.
Shove attack/Athletics, 17
(How much does Toby know about drow Religion 20)
Shishakli knows those creatures and wants to get the hell out of the open area. He quickly moves into the chamber and up against the wall at o12, moves his hand crossbow to his offhand, pulls out his short sword, and stabs at the priestess with it, thinking to the group "Get away from open areas! Those things are dangerous!"
Attack: 18 Damage: 6 ((if grappled with advantage: 14))
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Priestess Acrobatic Check 9
The sound coming from outside still resonates through Cyndral as he enters the tower and the surprise of seeing the giant spider catches him off guard as he swings at the Priestess and misses.
Tobias knows a small amount about the Drow religion. Mainly that their goddess is Lolth, also known as the queen of spiders. It is believed that her main goal is to cull the weak although some believe it is to simply have control over the dark elves and to stop them from having any other faiths.
Seeing the Priestess before him, Tobias attempts to push her to the ground, using mainly his right shoulder, he makes the charge, the chain shirt covering his arm acting a some extra protection as he slams into her and brings her to the ground.
with his sword drawn, Shishakli then swings at the now prone Priestess, slashing and creating a large gash across her open hand as she lifts it to protect herself.
Seeing the beasts breaking into the cavern, JimJar and Sarith begin to make their way back to the first guard tower.
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Priestess
Sacred flame against Tobias
Tobias’ Dex Saving Throw 6
Damage if hit 8 Radiant
As the blood seeps out of the Priestess’ hand, she lets out a blast of bright light towards the half Orc that just knocked her to the ground. The energy is blasted at Tobias as he ducks in time to avoid it.
Cyndral, Shishakli, Tobias, Group 2, Group 3
Priestess
El, Verim
Giant Spider
Gnarls, Group 1
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El, upon seeing the spider, had frozen in fear. Then was shocked back into action by the Priestess' attack, putting the spider out of their mind El sighs, "Screw this." Completely abandoning any attempt to persuade her of their loyalty El readies their crossbow at the Priestess again.
Attack 7 (if her being prone give advantage 13)
Damage 5
OoC: really gotta learn what the rules are for advantage. Also I keep finding every bug the is in the system, it's a curse.
El, close to the Priestess readies their shot. Seeing the spider out of the corner of their eye hesitates, which one should they go for first. With their finger on the release and the crossbow accidentally pointing off to the side, the crossbow fires and the bolt misses.
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Verim hears the guards and the screams, the chill of screaming resonating through his mind, remembering his brothers at the temple, Verim winces, the sound of metal from inside the tower, he pauses and takes a deep breath.
”Sheerava let this place burn”
Verim will instruct Sheerava to find flint to set alight furniture in the tower, only if it’s empty with nothing valuable inside. Verim will run to the doorway of the spider turning his eyes purple and filling with Eldritch Energy will attack the priestess if possible.
Performance Check 23
Eldritch Blast Attack: 25 Damage: 16
(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROLL HAXXXXXX)
OoC: Daaaaaammmmn, Verim coming in hot!
Verim instructs Sheerava but isn’t aware of what she is or isn’t doing. Seeing these winged beasts inside the cavern he runs into the shrine room, his eyes aglow as this purple energy bursts out of his hand, straight towards the Priestess who is hit face on by the spell. The room turns purple for a second and then, all that is left of the Priestess are her robes, mace and some sort of gooey substance on the floor where she was.
Giant Spider
Movement to M15
Bite Attack against Verim: 17
Damage 6
If Hit Verim must roll a DC11 CON Saving Throw
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As it sees the Priestess get obliterated in front of its 8 eyes, the spider moves towards the person that cast the spell. With the purple light still dazzling it slightly, the spider lunges forwards to try and bite Verim who lifts his shield just in time as the spiders teeth make contact with it.
Cyndral, Shishakli, Tobias, Group 2, Group 3
Priestess
El, Verim
Giant Spider
Gnarls, Group 1
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Taken aback by the absolute gore of the now molten priestess, Gnarls pauses for a quick second before regaining focus and bearing down on the spider trying to get it's attention.
Main hand, shortsword: Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Off hand, shortsword: Attack: 3 Damage: 9
As a bonus action, gnarls will fly into a rage. "C'mere you filthy arachnid. Come play with ME"
Intimidation: 7
Gnarls swings at the spider with both swords. The spiders legs move around, avoiding Gnarls’ attack before it’s eyes all focus on the halfling shouting at it, it’s fangs glisten and it’s mouth opens.
Outside there is a loud crash and more shouting, the droning, humming sounds still continue.
Cyndral, Shishakli, Tobias, Group 2, Group 3
Priestess
El, Verim
Giant Spider
Gnarls, Group 1
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Telepathically to anyone he can: "Gear or not we need to get out of here 5 minutes ago. Finish the spider asap!"
Cyndral stumbles for a moment, not expecting his foe to explode before his face like that. After a single heartbeat that felt several minutes long, Gnarls' shouts bring him back to reality, and on instinct he ducks, dashing below the large spider statue to pop up on its far side. Trying to learn from his fumblings against the priestess, he carefully balances back before lunging out with his short blade, aiming for central mass rather than one of the more tender looking but narrow extremities.
(Move to L14, stab with short sword)
Attack: 12
Damage: 8
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Cyndral ducks and weaves between the statue legs before sinking his sword into the body of the large spider.
Cyndral, Shishakli, Tobias, Group 2, Group 3
Priestess
El, Verim
Giant Spider
Gnarls, Group 1
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Tobias shields his eyes as the room flashes purple. When he returns his focus he sees the mess at his feet. "That'll do!" He gives the warlock a nod of approval. Then the half-orc carefully steps around the remains of the priestess, so has to kick his footing, and charges to the giant spider ready to strike with the metal pipe.
Attack: 21 Damage: 7
Tobias runs around the back of the statue and finds himself behind the real spider. With his piece of metal pipe he bashes the spider from behind. The spider lets out a small wail but continues to stand.
Cyndral, Shishakli, Tobias, Group 2, Group 3
Priestess
El, Verim
Giant Spider
Gnarls, Group 1
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Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Seeing the priestess drop, and the spider being surrounded by friends, Shishakli dashes back to M10 to shoot at the spider with his hand crossbow.
Attack: 18 Damage: 6
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