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The great frost giant meets the trio of stone giants, cleaving right and then left. His armor turns aside their attacks, splintering clubs as they strike. The frost giant laughs, a booming bark that seems...much too cheerful for his current situation.
One stone giant falls to the great axe, leaving only two for the frost giant to deal with. Thankfully, he does not fall on Derrikoth. The frost giant seems to know what he's doing, and directs his swings so as to fell the stone giants in particular directions.
The 13 remaining barbarians continue their assault on you, drawing a bit closer and firing their shortbows at the airborne Rasa...
Lydia and Swiper are swarmed by a total of 8 barbarians, who have dropped their bows and drawn clubs. Both Lydia and swiper are surrounded by 4 barbarians each.
Then, the barbarians near Nirzeg rush towards him, weakened, but compelled by the shaman who utters a hex on Nirzeg, sapping his strength (Nirzeg has disadvantage on Strength checks). The shaman cackles, and you notice blood on her teeth.
The barbarians all stow their shortbows and draw clubs, except the shaman, who fires her shortbow at Nirzeg.
"Don't worry my friend!" She says to Swiper. The power of Kord will blow them away in seconds!" Lydia throws out her arms and casts Thunderwave at third level, channeling the power of the divine to maximize the spell. A deafening thundercrack goes off as two of the barbarians turn into a red mist while the other two are blown away, necks broken by the intense force of the spell. "See?!" She exclaims. "Half of them are already dead!"
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Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
As Derrikoth tries to fight against the stone giants, the frost giant looks down at him. "Little one! Here, take your strikes," he bellows in Common. He grabs hold of one of the stone giants, helping Derrikoth with his next attack.
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Although weakened, it is more the last shot from the shaman flashing by an arm that stops Githyanki from patting down lingering embers. "Hmph! I should've aimed for the head. Next time. But first." He states as he marches his way forward to the throng. Whether the guardians were close, or he had march forth, a hand is snapped forward, palm facing outward and shouts, "Embrace the Flames of Gehenna!", releasing a short wave of blackfire to be released and engulf many a barbarian alike.
Zeek has any the meantime long since gotten some altitude to wait for the next opportunity.
Movement: 25ft closer(if needed).
Action: Cast (2nd level)Gehenna Palm(Dex 14) for 8 fire damage, save for half at Barbarians guarding shaman plus Shaman.
Swiper switches out his crossbow for his rapier and dagger, muttering under his breath, "Bah, humbug." Using Lydia's words to fuel his resolve, he strikes out at the closes barbarian!
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Rasa dodges most of the arrows, but taking one to the shoulder in the process.
Concentration check (DC10): 16
He maintains concentration on the Healing Spirit, which he uses a Bonus Action to move 30ft in the direction of Derrikoth and Harshnag (into Derri's space if possible)
He then launches another salvo of fire beams at the barbarians firing on him with his Action.
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Rasa takes down three of his attackers in three fiery blasts, then lands behind cover, prompting the remaining two barbarians to rush at him, hand axes out for chopping.
The barbarians that had been surrounding Swiper, seeing Lydia use her magic to take out all four of their compatriots, rush heedlessly at the cleric, abandoning their original kenku target!! (Swiper may react with an opportunity attack, which she does...)
Swiper guts one of the fleeing barbarians with her rapier, opening his bowels.
The shaman, seeing that she is the only one left of her cadre, howls in rage and calls forth smoky, wolflike spirits, which flit about her with red eyes and yellow fangs. She rushes at Nirzeg, and the spirit beasts tear at him...
Nirzeg please make a DC 12 Wisdom Saving Throw, taking 14 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
Meanwhile, Rasa's healing spirit makes it to just the other side of the stone giants (meaning Derrikoth will have to maneuver around them to get into its space for healing).
The armored frost giant, seizing an opportunity, smacks one of the giants in the nose with his elbow and tackles the other to the ground, prone!
"Aim for the neck, little one!" Bellows the giant, his helmeted head about the same height as Derrikoth's entire body. He holds the stone giant down for anyone to strike at. The other stone giant takes a swing with his already splintered club, which hits, but only seems to piss off the frost giant as it splinters further.
Only one of those attacks hit Lydia, who is hardly bothered by the feeble strike. "Ha! That didn't hurt at all! But this will!" She fires off a second level Thunderwave.
11 Thunder damage. DC15 Con Save for half.
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"Mierda" squawks the birdman as the barbarians step up into his face. "I hate this part." First he will use his bonus action to move the healing spirit again, this time into Derri's space. Then, anyone near Sparky will see the fiery eagle vanish as Rasa's form begins to shift and grow into that of a Black Bear, using his action to wild shape. Bearasa let's out a harrowing ROOOOOOOAR as he stands his ground in front of the barbarians.
(@Away: Somewhat belatedly, forgot about Grim Harvest, which would restore 4 Hp to Nirz.)
Wis Save vs Spirits(DC 12): 14.
Nirzeg only just finishes draining the 'last breathe' of his victims when the assault by spirits leaves him on the backfoot, pointlessly trying to parry their assault. Sensing his end is near, the Githyanki gives Zeek one final mental order to regroup with Derrikoth, as he himself step in to meet the madwoman, blade vibrating from as much magic as it was deadly intent!
As soon as the strike lands home, the Githyanki again clasp at his neck, sending a voice modulating charge. A word later in that same, strange tongue, and he his wounds began to lightly mend once more.
Movement: To Melee with Spirit Lady.
Action: Cast (Cantrip)Thunder Cleaver - Attack: 25 Damage: 13 of magical slashing and thunder damage to entrails lady and must make DC 10 Con Save(if conc.). If hit and target moves, they take an additional 11 thunder damage.
Bonus Action(if able to save vs Spirits initially): Cast (1st level)Healing Word on self, restoring 6 HP.
Despite his misses prior, he strikes true at one of the barbarians who tries to attack Lydia, and feeling invigorated at the hit, he tries again on one of them attacking her!
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Lydia rushes back 40 feet towards entrails woman to get a chance to fire off a guiding bolt.Attack: 12 Damage: 11Swiper does the same, firing his crossbow at herAttack: 16 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Lydia gets 40 feet closer to her pursuers and fires a Guiding Bolt at one of them.
Attack: 8 Damage: 15
Swiper does the same and fires his crossbow.
Attack: 18 Damage: 8
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Derrikoth sighs as he sees
Harshnaga mysterious frost giant join the fray, "This whole world is turning upside down. This is utter chaos."He draws his own longsword and charges into melee with the stone giants, yet again.
Attack: 15 Damage: 6
Attack: 10 Damage: 8
Lydia's bolt scintillates into the gloaming of oncoming night, hitting one of the pursuing barbarians and killing him instantly.
Swiper's crossbow bolt also takes down one of their many barbarian pursuers, leaving 13 more.
Derrikoth tries to get into the fray, but it's difficult to find purchase with so many giant feet scuffling about.
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The great frost giant meets the trio of stone giants, cleaving right and then left. His armor turns aside their attacks, splintering clubs as they strike. The frost giant laughs, a booming bark that seems...much too cheerful for his current situation.
The 13 remaining barbarians continue their assault on you, drawing a bit closer and firing their shortbows at the airborne Rasa...
Attack: 16 Damage: 2 piercing
Attack: 13 Damage: 7 piercing
Attack: 23 Damage: 4 piercing
Attack: 4 Damage: 3 piercing
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"Don't worry my friend!" She says to Swiper. The power of Kord will blow them away in seconds!" Lydia throws out her arms and casts Thunderwave at third level, channeling the power of the divine to maximize the spell. A deafening thundercrack goes off as two of the barbarians turn into a red mist while the other two are blown away, necks broken by the intense force of the spell. "See?!" She exclaims. "Half of them are already dead!"
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As Derrikoth tries to fight against the stone giants, the frost giant looks down at him. "Little one! Here, take your strikes," he bellows in Common. He grabs hold of one of the stone giants, helping Derrikoth with his next attack.
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Derrikoth scowls, half from the shame of being helped by a giant, half from the disgrace of needing it. He still stabs the stone giants, however.
Attack: 18 Damage: 11
Attack: 18 Damage: 10
Although weakened, it is more the last shot from the shaman flashing by an arm that stops Githyanki from patting down lingering embers. "Hmph! I should've aimed for the head. Next time. But first." He states as he marches his way forward to the throng. Whether the guardians were close, or he had march forth, a hand is snapped forward, palm facing outward and shouts, "Embrace the Flames of Gehenna!", releasing a short wave of blackfire to be released and engulf many a barbarian alike.
Zeek has any the meantime long since gotten some altitude to wait for the next opportunity.
Movement: 25ft closer(if needed).
Action: Cast (2nd level)Gehenna Palm(Dex 14) for 8 fire damage, save for half at Barbarians guarding shaman plus Shaman.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Swiper switches out his crossbow for his rapier and dagger, muttering under his breath, "Bah, humbug." Using Lydia's words to fuel his resolve, he strikes out at the closes barbarian!
Rapier Action: Attack: 27 Damage: 15
Dagguh Bonus Action: Attack: 20 Damage: 8
Sneak (if applicable): 13
(I'm gonna kick my own ass instead)
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Derrikoth lands a solid blow on the stone giant's foot. "Hmm...that won't do," says the armored frost giant. "HA HA HA!"
One of the barbarians manages to take a desperate swipe at Nirzeg as he positions himself to take out his assailants...
Attack: 19 Damage: 2 bludgeoning
Of course, in short order, Nirzeg torches the four barbarians who were mobbing him, though the flames don't reach quite as far as the shaman.
Swiper, momentarily surrounded, isn't quite able to get his blades into the proper position for striking.
// Rasa is up! //
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Rasa dodges most of the arrows, but taking one to the shoulder in the process.
Concentration check (DC10): 16
He maintains concentration on the Healing Spirit, which he uses a Bonus Action to move 30ft in the direction of Derrikoth and Harshnag (into Derri's space if possible)
He then launches another salvo of fire beams at the barbarians firing on him with his Action.
Scorching Ray
Ray 1 -- Attack: 23 Damage: 9
Ray 2 -- Attack: 25 Damage: 7
Ray 3 -- Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Enhanced bond -- 4 to be added to the damage of Ray 2
Will Move to take cover from the arrows.
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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
Rasa takes down three of his attackers in three fiery blasts, then lands behind cover, prompting the remaining two barbarians to rush at him, hand axes out for chopping.
Attack: 16 Damage: 6 slashing
Attack: 20 Damage: 6 slashing
The barbarians that had been surrounding Swiper, seeing Lydia use her magic to take out all four of their compatriots, rush heedlessly at the cleric, abandoning their original kenku target!! (Swiper may react with an opportunity attack, which she does...)
Swiper guts one of the fleeing barbarians with her rapier, opening his bowels.
The remaining three attack Lydia, clubs in hand.
Attack: 13 Damage: 4 bludgeoning
Attack: 6 Damage: 7 bludgeoning
Attack: 19 Damage: 3 bludgeoning
The shaman, seeing that she is the only one left of her cadre, howls in rage and calls forth smoky, wolflike spirits, which flit about her with red eyes and yellow fangs. She rushes at Nirzeg, and the spirit beasts tear at him...
Nirzeg please make a DC 12 Wisdom Saving Throw, taking 14 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.
Meanwhile, Rasa's healing spirit makes it to just the other side of the stone giants (meaning Derrikoth will have to maneuver around them to get into its space for healing).
The armored frost giant, seizing an opportunity, smacks one of the giants in the nose with his elbow and tackles the other to the ground, prone!
"Aim for the neck, little one!" Bellows the giant, his helmeted head about the same height as Derrikoth's entire body. He holds the stone giant down for anyone to strike at. The other stone giant takes a swing with his already splintered club, which hits, but only seems to piss off the frost giant as it splinters further.
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Only one of those attacks hit Lydia, who is hardly bothered by the feeble strike. "Ha! That didn't hurt at all! But this will!" She fires off a second level Thunderwave.
11 Thunder damage. DC15 Con Save for half.
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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CON Save for Healing Spirit (DC10): 12
"Mierda" squawks the birdman as the barbarians step up into his face. "I hate this part." First he will use his bonus action to move the healing spirit again, this time into Derri's space. Then, anyone near Sparky will see the fiery eagle vanish as Rasa's form begins to shift and grow into that of a Black Bear, using his action to wild shape. Bearasa let's out a harrowing ROOOOOOOAR as he stands his ground in front of the barbarians.
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
(@Away: Somewhat belatedly, forgot about Grim Harvest, which would restore 4 Hp to Nirz.)
Wis Save vs Spirits(DC 12): 14.
Nirzeg only just finishes draining the 'last breathe' of his victims when the assault by spirits leaves him on the backfoot, pointlessly trying to parry their assault. Sensing his end is near, the Githyanki gives Zeek one final mental order to regroup with Derrikoth, as he himself step in to meet the madwoman, blade vibrating from as much magic as it was deadly intent!
As soon as the strike lands home, the Githyanki again clasp at his neck, sending a voice modulating charge. A word later in that same, strange tongue, and he his wounds began to lightly mend once more.
Movement: To Melee with Spirit Lady.
Action: Cast (Cantrip)Thunder Cleaver - Attack: 25 Damage: 13 of magical slashing and thunder damage to entrails lady and must make DC 10 Con Save(if conc.).
If hit and target moves, they take an additional 11 thunder damage.
Bonus Action(if able to save vs Spirits initially): Cast (1st level)Healing Word on self, restoring 6 HP.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Despite his misses prior, he strikes true at one of the barbarians who tries to attack Lydia, and feeling invigorated at the hit, he tries again on one of them attacking her!
Rapierrrr Action: Attack: 26 Damage: 9
Daggerrr Bonus Action: Attack: 27 Damage: 12
Sneaky birdy: 10
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Swiper and Lydia mop up the barbarians near them, leaving only the two attacking Rasa.
The shaman near Nirzeg takes a shallow strike across the abdomen, and tries hard to concentrate on her spell... 14
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Derrikoth brings his sword down on the prone giant before moving over to the healing spirit.
Attack: 23 Damage: 11
Attack: 23 Damage: 8
Heals: 4
The shaman tries a last-ditch effort to kill Nirzeg. In heavily accented Commom, she spits the words, “Die, mage!”
Taking her short spear in hand, she thrusts it towards Nirzeg as the spirits around her nip at his heels.
Attack: 21 Damage: 2 piercing
Spirit Guardians Damage (DC 12 Wis Save for half): 15
The two remaining barbarians look shocked by Rasa’s transformation, and back up, seeming momentarily confused as to what to do.
// Players up! //
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