Rise of Tiamat (2021-22)

The first attack slices across Bazavur's bare torso, deep and across existing wounds.  It's finally too much, and the dragonborn drops unconscious and bleeding out.

The second attack is redirected at Jalt, doing 5 points of slashing damage.

Bazavur's Death Save:  5

Tangle and Soar are up.

Tangle turns her sword on the lizardfolk she wounded earlier, slashing at it.

Bonus Action: Steady Aim
Move: zero, for Steady Aim
Action: Attack LF11 with +1 sabre, with Advantage from Steady Aim and Sneak Attack damage from Advantage. 26 to hit, for 14

Reaction: reserved for Uncanny Dodge

LF11 dies.

Soar is up.

Seeing Soar rounding the corner, Tangle growls, "I have this, but one is still missing!"

Soar nearly rushes forward to hit LF13 with Talon, but pauses on Tangle's greeting. The elf certainly could handle herself. "Missing? Which way?" she responds, and fires off an eldritch blast at each remaining target, hoping to get lucky. 

EB to LF13: Attack: 25 Damage: 6
EB to P1: Attack: 16 Damage: 10

If she is directed down the stairs, she'll go down there, but otherwise she'll listen for any other movement or watch for anything. 

Soar's first bolt of energy hits, the second misses.  

Round Nineteen:
LF13
Jalt
Pureblood 1
Tangle, Bazavur and Soar

LF13 attacks Tangle again:

Club Attack: 12 Damage: 8
Shield Attack: 12 Damage: 8

One little hit.  Barely a scratch.

Jalt is up.

Jalt remembering the words that breathed back life into him, knees down by Bazavur and rests his hand on him and casts Spare the Dying. He then raises his shield to cover both of them.

Bazavur stabilises, no longer bleeding out but still unconscious.

The pureblood yuan-ti sneers, and speaks in draconic.  This one is precious to you, abomination? It is my gift to Merrshaulk then!

And attacks the unconscious Bazavur:

Attack: 21 Damage: 2 plus an extra 4 for a critical hit.
Attack: 21 Damage: 2 plus an extra 4 for a critical hit.

On the first hit, the unconscious Bazavur takes two failed death saves.  The scimitar plunges through his body, and the yuan-ti pulls back in satisfaction. Bazavur gives a last, gurgling breath, and then dies.

The yuan-ti, seemingly overcome with religious zealotry, plunges the scimitar in once again, further brutalising the body, and then turns to Jalt and laughs.

Tangle and Soar are up.

(Eep!)

"I don't know!" she snarls at Soar, and slashes at the remaining Lizardfolk. 

Bonus Action: Insightful Fighting on LF13, Insight 23 vs its Deception
Action: Slash at LF13. 16 to hit, for 8 piercing damage. If IF hit, add 13 piercing.
Move: if LF 13 does not die, she stays where she is, but if LF 13 dies, she will snag her bow off the ground in one hand and race towards the passageway, heading north (up) towards the yuan-ti

Reaction: reserved for Uncanny Dodge

Soar races back to the pureblood, screaming in rage opposite Jalt and a truly fallen Bazavur.

Talon up, flashing.

Attack: 21 Damage: 14 and if flanking: 20
Extra Attack: 16 Damage: 15 and if flanking: 14

Smite on a hit:8

LF13 Deception:  15

Tangle, you manage to bring the last lizardfolk of this group down with an extremely well-aimed stab.

Soar, you reach the yuan-ti, though you aren't able to flank with Jalt.  You deal a devastating blow with your first attack, but the creature is just clinging to life.  Your second attack misses badly.

Round Twenty:
Jalt
Pureblood 1
Tangle, Bazavur and Soar

Jalt is up.

Jalt looks down at the fallen Bazavur and then back to the Pureblood and smiles back at him. The only abomination here is you, foul creature Jalt says as he lunges forward swinging the Staff of Healing Attack: 21 Damage: 8    invoking War Priest (final time) he swings again Attack: 23 Damage: 8

Jalt's first blow knocks the yuan-ti off their feet.  They fall to the ground, and do not move.

You know that a single lizardfolk has escaped deeper into the complex, and there are likely more lurking there.  But with no enemies in sight, combat comes to an end, unless you wish to make pursuit immediately.

With the flickering ethereal presence of the guardian of faith not quite looking on, Jalt and Soar stand and look down upon the body of the fallen Bazavur.

What would you like to do?

Tangle takes in the scene before her, and their dead companion. She glares at Jalt, then pivots to face the other way, scanning the hallway for enemies. She sheathes her sabre and draws an arrow, nocking it to her bow. "One escaped, and has surely warned any others. None of these we have encountered seems to be leaders, so we should expect there are more fights ahead."

She takes a deep breath, steadying herself. (Second Wind for 7 more hp)

"I can continue, they are likely still somewhat disorganized, but..." she glances back, "It may be that we need to take a moment."

(OOC > I think a long rest is probably in order, but I don't know if we should go all the way back to the surface, or just cross the damn bridge again and barricade that side.)

Jalt returns back to Bazavur, drops his shield and staff.. placing one hand on his holy symbol and other hand on Bazavur, Jalt says Breathe life into your son, great Bahamut. He reaches into his pouch and produces a diamond worth 300 gp and places it in his hand again over Bazavur, clenches his fist and says... For your glory

Jalt casts Revivify 

Jalt, you feel Bahamut's presence flow into you; it's quite a contrast in this forsaken home of vicious snake-people, but very comforting.  The magic passes through into Bazavur, and your fellow dragonborn takes a hesitant breath, then a deeper one, then opens his eyes.  He looks confused, but slowly clambers to his feet.  You're not certain he fully understands what has just happened.

Save your energy brother Jalt says as he lends Bazavur a hand. You had the wind knocked out of you.

“It wasn’t your time, Bazavur. Thank you, Jalt. That was a lot closer than it should have been. Nearly lost both of you. We have to do better. I know we can do better. Tangle, do you hear anything? What’s down that corridor to the, I think, East? We need to lick our wounds, at least for a while. I’d rather not chance the bridge again, so maybe there’s an empty room down there we can hole up in. But they might force the issue if that missing one got away, and come calling,” Soar says.

She puts 10hp of lay on hands into both Bazavur and Jalt. And then listens and keeps watch toward the unexplored areas of the place.