Wickerman becomes incensed at being ignored, but seeing the closest threats slain by the others(?), Wickerman lets out a battle gurgle as it flutters for all he's worth to the next closest Hunt Lord and mount on the back of Genieve's encouragement! And though he could of held at the river, he presses on even further until he's right in the face of a hunt lord, body blowing up like a balloon as he made ready to finish off a Hunt Lord with some fire spittle!
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"Don't worry, my darlings. The fire burns brightest as the sun sets."
A voice echoes from the trees to the south. Then a streak of red shoots across the sky and stops above the river, just northwest of the party. Hovering there about 30 feet above the river, they see a broad-shoulder, lithe, red-feathered Aarakocra donning red and orange robes:
His back faces the party as he focuses his attention on the mounted wights.
"SPARKY! Rapido! We require your aid."
The Aarakocra snaps his right hand as an explosion of red flames erupts in a 10ft sphere centered between the two mounted wights, just south of Wickerman. And then, from within the flames, the party see Sparky--an eagle made of pure flame:
Sparky squawks loudly back at the Aarakocra in acknowledgment. He flaps his wings as he awaits his next orders. Meanwhile, the Aarakocra turns back over his shoulder and sizes up his allies. He shoots Derrikoth a wink and says, "Chin up, my friend. There is fire within you yet." Then he turns back to Sparky and shouts: "Arriba! Let us burn these cold souls to cinders."
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Ah'brasar
MOVEMENT: see Roll20 (30ft off the ground)
ACTION: Wild Shape -- Summon Wildfire Spirit. DC15 Dex Save from the two wights, two skeleton horses, and Wickerman. On a fail, take 7 fire damage.
The spirit appears in an unoccupied space of your choice you can see within 30 feet of you. Each creature within 10 feet of the spirit (other than you)when it appears must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC or take 2d10 fire damage.
BONUS ACTION: Healing Word at 3rd Level on Derrikoth, using Enhanced Bond to increase the healing. 8 + 4 + 3
Whenever you cast a spell that deals fire damage or restores hit points while your wildfire spirit is summoned, roll a d8, and you gain a bonus to one roll of the spell equal to the number rolled.
MOVEMENT: will fly up until it is 30ft off the ground
In combat, the wildfire spirit shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. The only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take one of the actions in its stat block or to take the Dash, Disengage, Help, or Hide action.
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One of the two remaining hunt lords is felled by the sudden conflagration of fire and force damage, and the one left standing is surprised by the sudden arrival of this new fiery bird.
As Rasa's wildfire spirit rises into the air, the hunt lord and his horse both lash out defensively (opportunity attacks):
Life Drain Attack: 11 Damage: 6 necrotic
(If hit by the attack, must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken)
The remaining hunt lord lashes out with magic at the wildfire spirit, and spurs his steed to gallop into the forest, away from Noanar's Hold and away from you.
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Sparky CON Save: 12
The wildfire spirit squawks in pain as it rises upward, taking the hit from the life-draining attack. At his apex, he nimbly dodges one necrotic blast, but takes the full brunt of another. A bit worse for the wear but still holding strong.
"Not so fast, ugly."
The Aarakocra channels a small bead of red fire energy in his palm, and then clenches his hand in a fist. Suddenly, the same small bead appears in front of Sparky's beak. Sparky squawks again, and the bead shoots out towards the remaining hunt lord, and upon reaching the wight, explodes in a 20ft sphere of powerful fire energy.
"And un poco mas," he winks again at his new companions, "for good luck you see." Sparky spits a flaming seed at the nearest horse.
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Ah'brasar
ACTION: Fireball on the escaping lord. DC15 DEX save or take 34 + 5 (Enhanced Bond) fire damage on a failure, half as much on a success.
BONUS ACTION: Command Sparky to use his Flame Seed attack.
MOVEMENT: Will fly full 50ft in the direction of the escaping lord.
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Sparky
ACTION: Flame Seed. Attack: 6 Damage: 5 fire damage
The horse and rider nearly avoid getting roasted by the fireball. The surrounding woods, however, don't fare so well. The trees around the rider have ignited, their branches instantly withering in the heat.
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Caught off guard by the arrival of another, Wickerman's swallows half a built up wad of fire spit in surprise, and spews out the rest violently from a kick from the warhorse. "What in the ****?"Bruised and confused, Wickerman turns back to a scene of Nirzeg casually striding onto the scene, looking around at everything in confusion. Nirzeg pauses at the birdman, giving him a hard squint.
But hearing the mad gallop of the final Hunt Lord in the distance, he jerks his head in the direction, and huffs. "Nevermind. Questions later."He steps forward towards the river, but with every step, he becomes more and more incorporal until he phasing out of existence altogether. Reappearing well on the other side, he continues an almost casual pace forward, snapping his fingers until a spark of magic between causes a mote to catch at the tip of a finger.
"Zeek. Go help your brother."He says finger gunning the rider from a distance. As the mote explodes forward on a killing course, an abandoned flies closer to the remaining skeleton horse, and Wickerman holds his ground with a look of grim determination and smugness on his face!
Astra grabs Genevieve and both of them are gone as thunder cracks and they show up 90 feet closer to the hunt lord. She then spends her other action running, urging Genevieve to keep pace.
"Come on! We can still take this one out before he gets away!"
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Genny is mesmerized by the bird man who had come to their aid, only for her attention to be pulled away when Astra grabs her and gets them chasing after the remaining lord. With determination flaring at the back of her eyes, she raises her hands and fires two shots!
Attack: 25 Damage: 13 Attack: 9 Damage: 5
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Derrikoth reins Josephus in, making a face of disgust and spitting in the direction of the last hunt lord's corpse, "Less worthy foes, I never have fought. May you suffer unto eternity for your crimes."
He turns Josephus back to the others and heads their way.
Astra grabs Genevieve and takes a step back and with another loud boom, they're right back where they were before with the birdman. "Hello. And once again, thank you for coming to our aid. My name is Astra."
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Nirzeg snaps his fingers. "So close, yet so far."He said as the last fell not longer before his horse. Turning upon the only one to remain, the Githyanki calls for Wickerman to retreat as he approached, a hand outstretched towards as he tries to call upon the weave to bind its will to his own using what fledgling necromancers understanding of the arts. If need be in a desperate moment, he'll even go so far as to try and hop aboard it, continuing the process from a more domineering position.
Of the flames, the bird, and thensome -- all are driven to the corners of his mind as he focuses his all on the process. Though if all else fails, scoring it with flames of gehenna was always a last resort.... unless someone else decides to jump in.
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Wickerman becomes incensed at being ignored, but seeing the closest threats slain by the others(?), Wickerman lets out a battle gurgle as it flutters for all he's worth to the next closest Hunt Lord and mount on the back of Genieve's encouragement! And though he could of held at the river, he presses on even further until he's right in the face of a hunt lord, body blowing up like a balloon as he made ready to finish off a Hunt Lord with some fire spittle!
Reaction: To move 30ft from mantle of inspiration, Turn Movement to move another 30ft.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
"Don't worry, my darlings. The fire burns brightest as the sun sets."
A voice echoes from the trees to the south. Then a streak of red shoots across the sky and stops above the river, just northwest of the party. Hovering there about 30 feet above the river, they see a broad-shoulder, lithe, red-feathered Aarakocra donning red and orange robes:
His back faces the party as he focuses his attention on the mounted wights.
"SPARKY! Rapido! We require your aid."
The Aarakocra snaps his right hand as an explosion of red flames erupts in a 10ft sphere centered between the two mounted wights, just south of Wickerman. And then, from within the flames, the party see Sparky--an eagle made of pure flame:
Sparky squawks loudly back at the Aarakocra in acknowledgment. He flaps his wings as he awaits his next orders. Meanwhile, the Aarakocra turns back over his shoulder and sizes up his allies. He shoots Derrikoth a wink and says, "Chin up, my friend. There is fire within you yet." Then he turns back to Sparky and shouts: "Arriba! Let us burn these cold souls to cinders."
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Ah'brasar
MOVEMENT: see Roll20 (30ft off the ground)
ACTION: Wild Shape -- Summon Wildfire Spirit. DC15 Dex Save from the two wights, two skeleton horses, and Wickerman. On a fail, take 7 fire damage.
BONUS ACTION: Healing Word at 3rd Level on Derrikoth, using Enhanced Bond to increase the healing. 8 + 4 + 3
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Sparky
ACTION: automatically takes the Dodge Action.
MOVEMENT: will fly up until it is 30ft off the ground
Long live the PCs of the Past:
Puck of the Shivering Summit -- Tabaxi Bard, College of Lore -- Lyrel's Lost Mines of Phandelver
Alus -- High Elf Cleric of Valkur, Tempest Domain -- Yet Another Storm King's Thunder
Ah'brasar -- Aarakocra Druid, Circle of Wildfire -- Yet Another Storm King's Thunder
Furlong J. Rosewood -- Human Monk, Way of the Open Hand -- The Exploits of Misfit Company
DC 15 Dex Save against Genny's Hellish Rebuke: 19
DC 15 Dex Saves against wildfire spirit: 17, 4, 11, 22
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One of the two remaining hunt lords is felled by the sudden conflagration of fire and force damage, and the one left standing is surprised by the sudden arrival of this new fiery bird.
As Rasa's wildfire spirit rises into the air, the hunt lord and his horse both lash out defensively (opportunity attacks):
Life Drain Attack: 11 Damage: 6 necrotic
(If hit by the attack, must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken)
Kick Attack: 15 Damage: 11 bludgeoning
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The remaining hunt lord lashes out with magic at the wildfire spirit, and spurs his steed to gallop into the forest, away from Noanar's Hold and away from you.
Grave Bolt: 8 Damage: 5 necrotic
Grave Bolt: 25 Damage: 13 necrotic
The two remaining skeletal horses rear and kick...
Kicking Wickerman: 23 Damage: 12 bludgeoning
Kicking Astra: 12 Damage: 12 bludgeoning
// Players up! //
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"You better run!" Astra says to the fleeing hunt lord before taking a swipe at the warhorse that attacked her.
Attack: 15 Damage: 13
"Thank you for coming to our aid, whoever you are!"
The warhorse will also take 12 Thunder damage if it moves at all.
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The skeletal warhorse shatters apart with the thunderous force of Astra's magical strike.
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Sparky CON Save: 12
The wildfire spirit squawks in pain as it rises upward, taking the hit from the life-draining attack. At his apex, he nimbly dodges one necrotic blast, but takes the full brunt of another. A bit worse for the wear but still holding strong.
"Not so fast, ugly."
The Aarakocra channels a small bead of red fire energy in his palm, and then clenches his hand in a fist. Suddenly, the same small bead appears in front of Sparky's beak. Sparky squawks again, and the bead shoots out towards the remaining hunt lord, and upon reaching the wight, explodes in a 20ft sphere of powerful fire energy.
"And un poco mas," he winks again at his new companions, "for good luck you see." Sparky spits a flaming seed at the nearest horse.
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Ah'brasar
ACTION: Fireball on the escaping lord. DC15 DEX save or take 34 + 5 (Enhanced Bond) fire damage on a failure, half as much on a success.
BONUS ACTION: Command Sparky to use his Flame Seed attack.
MOVEMENT: Will fly full 50ft in the direction of the escaping lord.
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Sparky
ACTION: Flame Seed. Attack: 6 Damage: 5 fire damage
MOVEMENT: will follow Rasa 30ft.
Long live the PCs of the Past:
Puck of the Shivering Summit -- Tabaxi Bard, College of Lore -- Lyrel's Lost Mines of Phandelver
Alus -- High Elf Cleric of Valkur, Tempest Domain -- Yet Another Storm King's Thunder
Ah'brasar -- Aarakocra Druid, Circle of Wildfire -- Yet Another Storm King's Thunder
Furlong J. Rosewood -- Human Monk, Way of the Open Hand -- The Exploits of Misfit Company
Fireball Dex Saves: 19, 16
The horse and rider nearly avoid getting roasted by the fireball. The surrounding woods, however, don't fare so well. The trees around the rider have ignited, their branches instantly withering in the heat.
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Josephus fords the river, bringing Derrikoth close enough to launch a javelin at the hunt lord.
Attack: 7 Damage: 9
The javelin strikes a tree and just grazes the hunt lord, and he urges his skeletal steed on through the flaming forest.
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Caught off guard by the arrival of another, Wickerman's swallows half a built up wad of fire spit in surprise, and spews out the rest violently from a kick from the warhorse. "What in the ****?" Bruised and confused, Wickerman turns back to a scene of Nirzeg casually striding onto the scene, looking around at everything in confusion. Nirzeg pauses at the birdman, giving him a hard squint.
But hearing the mad gallop of the final Hunt Lord in the distance, he jerks his head in the direction, and huffs. "Nevermind. Questions later." He steps forward towards the river, but with every step, he becomes more and more incorporal until he phasing out of existence altogether. Reappearing well on the other side, he continues an almost casual pace forward, snapping his fingers until a spark of magic between causes a mote to catch at the tip of a finger.
"Zeek. Go help your brother." He says finger gunning the rider from a distance. As the mote explodes forward on a killing course, an abandoned flies closer to the remaining skeleton horse, and Wickerman holds his ground with a look of grim determination and smugness on his face!
Bonus Action: Nirzeg Phases 30ft north.
Movement: Full 30ft Northward.
Action: Nirzeg Casts Explosive Shot Attack: 12 Damage: 14 of Fire at the rider.
Wickermen's Action(w/o Command): Takes Defensive Maneuvers.
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Astra grabs Genevieve and both of them are gone as thunder cracks and they show up 90 feet closer to the hunt lord. She then spends her other action running, urging Genevieve to keep pace.
"Come on! We can still take this one out before he gets away!"
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Genny is mesmerized by the bird man who had come to their aid, only for her attention to be pulled away when Astra grabs her and gets them chasing after the remaining lord. With determination flaring at the back of her eyes, she raises her hands and fires two shots!
Attack: 25 Damage: 13
Attack: 9 Damage: 5
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Genevieve’s blasts catch the hunt lord in the back, annihilating a sizable portion of his torso. He falls off the horse skeleton, unmoving.
The horse wheels around and charges through the flames towards you!
// What do you do? //
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Astra tosses a pair of Eldritch blasts at the horse.
Attack: 19 Damage: 13
Attack: 14 Damage: 9
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The bolts of force strike the horse center mass and break it apart, scattering bones amidst the burning undergrowth.
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Derrikoth reins Josephus in, making a face of disgust and spitting in the direction of the last hunt lord's corpse, "Less worthy foes, I never have fought. May you suffer unto eternity for your crimes."
He turns Josephus back to the others and heads their way.
Astra grabs Genevieve and takes a step back and with another loud boom, they're right back where they were before with the birdman. "Hello. And once again, thank you for coming to our aid. My name is Astra."
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Nirzeg snaps his fingers. "So close, yet so far." He said as the last fell not longer before his horse. Turning upon the only one to remain, the Githyanki calls for Wickerman to retreat as he approached, a hand outstretched towards as he tries to call upon the weave to bind its will to his own using what fledgling necromancers understanding of the arts. If need be in a desperate moment, he'll even go so far as to try and hop aboard it, continuing the process from a more domineering position.
Of the flames, the bird, and thensome -- all are driven to the corners of his mind as he focuses his all on the process. Though if all else fails, scoring it with flames of gehenna was always a last resort.... unless someone else decides to jump in.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.