Grunda outright smashes the Leader's face with her hammer...he falls to the ground headless, in a big pile of gore!
Meanwhile, an Ice knife darts from Edeleth's hand, straight to one of the mutating hyenas at the center of the pile. It sticks to it, then explodes in ice shards. Since they haven't yet FULLY transformed, they still have the hit points of a Hyena, and therefore 5 of them (center one and four adjacent) get torn apart from the icy explosion! (Whether they pass their save for half damage or not).
As the guard gets ready to try and stabb Roscoe, a crossbow bolt suddenly gets stuck through his neck.
He turns back and, for a slight second, can see Rosri reloading his crossbow, then disappear in the shadows again...
The lava pool at the center of the sacrificial room starts to rumble loudly...
As the guard turns toward Rosri, Roscoe takes the distraction to recklessly swings his battleaxe into the same location the crossbow bolt hit the guard.
Zyman is still engaged in his internal battle. "SHUT UP! He's dead, what more do you want?!" Afraid to lose all control if facing the creatures, he tears his eyes away and goes back into the small room with the villagers and children, trying to look after their needs.
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Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
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Roscoe feels the ground below him start to rumble as the room grows hot. He turns to see the magma rushing toward him and darts toward the exit the fastest he can go. "RUN!," he shouts wildly.
Athletics: 17
Note sure if Danger Sense would help Roscoe here or not.
Danger SensePHB, pg. 48
You have advantage on DEX saving throws against effects that you can see while not blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.
As Edeleth flees, he reflects that, after all, there ARE parts of nature he does not particularly like. Acrobatics: 9
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Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) WoodElf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2 Last Tree StandingTabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1 Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Rosri can’t really make out what Roscoe is yelling but he has been frightened so many times that he knows those feelings like the back off his hand. And then he sees the magma shooting from the other room... as stones and stalagmites start to fall from the ceiling Rosri stands petrified.
<Why now?! For the love of Elhona why now! We just rescued all those people!>
OOC: As this is part of Rosris personality, he won’t run unless someone gets him out of this state or picks him up D: please pick him up..
in case you want me to toll anyway acrobatics with disadvantage: 12
Rosri can’t really make out what Roscoe is yelling but he has been frightened so many times that he knows those feelings like the back off his hand. And then he sees the magma shooting from the other room... as stones and stalagmites start to fall from the ceiling Rosri stands petrified.
<Why now?! For the love of Elhona why now! We just rescued all those people!>
OOC: As this is part of Rosris personality, he won’t run unless someone gets him out of this state or picks him up D: please pick him up..
in case you want me to toll anyway acrobatics with disadvantage: 12
OOC: Since Rosri was hanging back in the shadows, we should all pass him on our way out, and someone should certainly be able to grab him. Under the current circumstances, Edeleth is probably not your best choice for someone to carry you out! :O But if nobody else does, he would definitely grab Rosri's arm and try to drag him along.
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Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) WoodElf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2 Last Tree StandingTabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1 Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
As Rosri is being yanked away by the giant woman he is released from the clutches of fear. He is still holding his crossbow with one hand and he grabs hold of her arm as hard as he can with the other one and hopes that she is strong enough to carry him.
Zyman is clutching his head, his own mind telling him to run, but the voice inside of him tempting with another possibility. “Yeah, you can save us?! Alright, show me what you got! What good would I be to you if I was dead anyway?”
Zyman tries to negotiate with the voice inside his head for another solution, seeing as they’d definitely be too slow to escape:
Persuasion: 24
I assumed advantage, given as the voice inside Zyman is tempting him already...
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Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
As the lava bursts out of every crack in the walls and ceiling, gushing down the tunnels, Grunda grabs Rosri (who froze in fear) one-handed, barely in time before the molten rock engulfs him, and sprints out of the Mine, followed closely by Roscoe, Pebbles and the Oakfields Villagers.
Meanwhile, back inside, Edeleth trips and falls! As the lava is about to submerge him, and the whole Mountain is about to explode, Zyman suddenly bursts into a dark vortex of Shadows! His eyes revulse, and start radiating green energy. He floats up in the air, and extends his hands. A massive explosion of dark energy engulfs the entire Mine, and Edeleth loses sight of Zyman, bathed in darkness that even his Elven eyes cannot see through.
The same darkness bursts out of the Mountain, and engulfs the rest of the Party....
A few agonizing minutes go by, during which none of you can tell wither you are dead or alive. But the shadows eventually thin out, unveiling a dark and twisted landscape...it looks as if the area had completely died for hundreds of years...their are no colors, and everything is either black, white or grey.
The Volcano is quiet, however...no signs of eruption whatsoever. Everyone is still alive! Edeleth, as the shadows roll back, you find yourself outside the mine entrance, which is now collapsed...
Zyman walks out of the shadows, back to his normal self...still not too sure what just happened to him....
Deciding that some secrets need to be shared with the party, and not really wanting to start with the voice in his head, he searches for the dwarven letter they had found a day before, hoping to use it both as a fragment of reality from what had occurred before the eruption, and as a means to move any potential conversation away from the dreary landscape of his mind and soul's design.
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
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Edeleth staggers, looking for the rest of the party in confusion. He had been about to be fried in lava, so he supposes he has no legitimate complaint, but...this strange reality fills him with horror. Even in the deepest winter, he could usually sense the life around him: dormant trees, hibernating animals, hunters and prey hiding from each other in suspense, the furtive lives of tiny beasts beneath the snow. But not now.
Before anything else happens (and to see if it still works) he casts Cure Wounds on himself. (healing 10 ) Then he looks around for the rest of the party. If he can see them, and if his spells work here, Grunda probably could use a heal as well... (If so, healing 9 )
If he doesn't see them (or after healing Grunda) he is going to attempt to commune with this strange version of nature and try to get a better understanding of what this place is.
(Perception? 15 Not sure what skill to roll. )
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Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) WoodElf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2 Last Tree StandingTabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1 Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Roscoe looks around in confusion. He is relieved to see that the others made it out safely. "What they was doing in there wasn't right. With those hyenas?"Roscoe just shakes his head. "Abominations," he mutters in disgust. He wipes his battleaxe clean of the blood and looks at the nature that has been destroyed. "What happened? Where'd the trees and grass go?" Anger begins to swell in Roscoe as the nature splendor around him has been desecrated. He takes a moment to listen for the sounds of wildlife hoping that all life hasn't been destroyed in the area.
Out of nowhere Rosri starts to laugh. It is a terrible laugh out of panic and relief. Despite everything that just went down, the only thing that comes to mind is that he lost more arrows. They almost lost their life on multiple occasions tonight, and the only thing he can think of is those damn arrows.
"hehe.. heheh.. hehehehahahhah, I can't seem to stop thinking that I lost more arrows tonight. Dumb right?!" he is sitting on his knees in the snow and hugging his arms tight to his body. "Those were the arrows Master Loker gave me when I set out on my journey and so far I've only lost about 2-3 arrows and in two nights I have lost seven of them. He'd would definitely scold me if he were here."
Roscoe nods at Grunda. Taking a moment to rest sin't a bad idea. He couldn't help but to feel saddened simply be being surrounded by the death and decay of nature. He was generally a pretty lighthearted hafling. He tried to shake the dread and moved over to check on the families that were to be offered as demon food. "Yous okay? Need anything?," he says as he looks them over.
Grunda outright smashes the Leader's face with her hammer...he falls to the ground headless, in a big pile of gore!
Meanwhile, an Ice knife darts from Edeleth's hand, straight to one of the mutating hyenas at the center of the pile. It sticks to it, then explodes in ice shards. Since they haven't yet FULLY transformed, they still have the hit points of a Hyena, and therefore 5 of them (center one and four adjacent) get torn apart from the icy explosion! (Whether they pass their save for half damage or not).
As the guard gets ready to try and stabb Roscoe, a crossbow bolt suddenly gets stuck through his neck.
He turns back and, for a slight second, can see Rosri reloading his crossbow, then disappear in the shadows again...
The lava pool at the center of the sacrificial room starts to rumble loudly...
Zyman and Roscoe you may take your turn!
As the guard turns toward Rosri, Roscoe takes the distraction to recklessly swings his battleaxe into the same location the crossbow bolt hit the guard.
Attack: 24 Damage: 15
Zyman is still engaged in his internal battle. "SHUT UP! He's dead, what more do you want?!" Afraid to lose all control if facing the creatures, he tears his eyes away and goes back into the small room with the villagers and children, trying to look after their needs.
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
Right as Rosri's crossbow bolt hits the Guard in the throat, Roscoe immediately chops him in half.
As Zyman is checking on the Villagers, the Lava pool in the other room errupts into a 30 feet high Geyser!
The last two mutating Hyenas are immediately submerged in liquid hot Magma, and die a horrible death...
The Mine starts filling with Lava at a very quick pace, and crumbling apart! Taren shouts "The Damn Volcano's errupting! Everybody run!"
EVERYBODY ROLL A TEAM ATHLETICS/ACROBATICS DC 15 TO GET OUT OF THE MINE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, OR TAKE 15 FIRE DAMAGE!
Roscoe feels the ground below him start to rumble as the room grows hot. He turns to see the magma rushing toward him and darts toward the exit the fastest he can go. "RUN!," he shouts wildly.
Athletics: 17
Note sure if Danger Sense would help Roscoe here or not.
You have advantage on DEX saving throws against effects that you can see while not blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.
As Edeleth flees, he reflects that, after all, there ARE parts of nature he does not particularly like. Acrobatics: 9
Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) Wood Elf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2
Last Tree Standing Tabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1
Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive
Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth
Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Rosri can’t really make out what Roscoe is yelling but he has been frightened so many times that he knows those feelings like the back off his hand. And then he sees the magma shooting from the other room... as stones and stalagmites start to fall from the ceiling Rosri stands petrified.
<Why now?! For the love of Elhona why now! We just rescued all those people!>
OOC: As this is part of Rosris personality, he won’t run unless someone gets him out of this state or picks him up D: please pick him up..
in case you want me to toll anyway acrobatics with disadvantage: 12
OOC: Since Rosri was hanging back in the shadows, we should all pass him on our way out, and someone should certainly be able to grab him. Under the current circumstances, Edeleth is probably not your best choice for someone to carry you out! :O But if nobody else does, he would definitely grab Rosri's arm and try to drag him along.
Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) Wood Elf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2
Last Tree Standing Tabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1
Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive
Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth
Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Grunda turns and starts running. She sees Rosri frozen and grabs him on the way out.
Athletics: 20
Coriana - Company of the Grey Chain
Wagner - Dragon Heist: Bards.
DM - The Old Keep
As Rosri is being yanked away by the giant woman he is released from the clutches of fear. He is still holding his crossbow with one hand and he grabs hold of her arm as hard as he can with the other one and hopes that she is strong enough to carry him.
That's 2 successes and 2 fails...Zyman's roll will now determine the fate of the Party...no pressure...
Zyman is clutching his head, his own mind telling him to run, but the voice inside of him tempting with another possibility. “Yeah, you can save us?! Alright, show me what you got! What good would I be to you if I was dead anyway?”
Zyman tries to negotiate with the voice inside his head for another solution, seeing as they’d definitely be too slow to escape:
Persuasion: 24
I assumed advantage, given as the voice inside Zyman is tempting him already...
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
As the lava bursts out of every crack in the walls and ceiling, gushing down the tunnels, Grunda grabs Rosri (who froze in fear) one-handed, barely in time before the molten rock engulfs him, and sprints out of the Mine, followed closely by Roscoe, Pebbles and the Oakfields Villagers.
Meanwhile, back inside, Edeleth trips and falls! As the lava is about to submerge him, and the whole Mountain is about to explode, Zyman suddenly bursts into a dark vortex of Shadows! His eyes revulse, and start radiating green energy. He floats up in the air, and extends his hands. A massive explosion of dark energy engulfs the entire Mine, and Edeleth loses sight of Zyman, bathed in darkness that even his Elven eyes cannot see through.
The same darkness bursts out of the Mountain, and engulfs the rest of the Party....
A few agonizing minutes go by, during which none of you can tell wither you are dead or alive. But the shadows eventually thin out, unveiling a dark and twisted landscape...it looks as if the area had completely died for hundreds of years...their are no colors, and everything is either black, white or grey.
The Volcano is quiet, however...no signs of eruption whatsoever. Everyone is still alive! Edeleth, as the shadows roll back, you find yourself outside the mine entrance, which is now collapsed...
Zyman walks out of the shadows, back to his normal self...still not too sure what just happened to him....
Deciding that some secrets need to be shared with the party, and not really wanting to start with the voice in his head, he searches for the dwarven letter they had found a day before, hoping to use it both as a fragment of reality from what had occurred before the eruption, and as a means to move any potential conversation away from the dreary landscape of his mind and soul's design.
OOC: Is the letter still there?
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
Edeleth staggers, looking for the rest of the party in confusion. He had been about to be fried in lava, so he supposes he has no legitimate complaint, but...this strange reality fills him with horror. Even in the deepest winter, he could usually sense the life around him: dormant trees, hibernating animals, hunters and prey hiding from each other in suspense, the furtive lives of tiny beasts beneath the snow. But not now.
Before anything else happens (and to see if it still works) he casts Cure Wounds on himself. (healing 10 ) Then he looks around for the rest of the party. If he can see them, and if his spells work here, Grunda probably could use a heal as well... (If so, healing 9 )
If he doesn't see them (or after healing Grunda) he is going to attempt to commune with this strange version of nature and try to get a better understanding of what this place is.
(Perception? 15 Not sure what skill to roll. )
Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) Wood Elf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2
Last Tree Standing Tabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1
Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive
Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth
Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Roscoe looks around in confusion. He is relieved to see that the others made it out safely. "What they was doing in there wasn't right. With those hyenas?" Roscoe just shakes his head. "Abominations," he mutters in disgust. He wipes his battleaxe clean of the blood and looks at the nature that has been destroyed. "What happened? Where'd the trees and grass go?" Anger begins to swell in Roscoe as the nature splendor around him has been desecrated. He takes a moment to listen for the sounds of wildlife hoping that all life hasn't been destroyed in the area.
Out of nowhere Rosri starts to laugh. It is a terrible laugh out of panic and relief. Despite everything that just went down, the only thing that comes to mind is that he lost more arrows. They almost lost their life on multiple occasions tonight, and the only thing he can think of is those damn arrows.
"hehe.. heheh.. hehehehahahhah, I can't seem to stop thinking that I lost more arrows tonight. Dumb right?!" he is sitting on his knees in the snow and hugging his arms tight to his body. "Those were the arrows Master Loker gave me when I set out on my journey and so far I've only lost about 2-3 arrows and in two nights I have lost seven of them. He'd would definitely scold me if he were here."
"Oh wow, this doesn't feel right." says Grunda. "I say we take a while to catch our breath and figure out what is happening."
Coriana - Company of the Grey Chain
Wagner - Dragon Heist: Bards.
DM - The Old Keep
Roscoe nods at Grunda. Taking a moment to rest sin't a bad idea. He couldn't help but to feel saddened simply be being surrounded by the death and decay of nature. He was generally a pretty lighthearted hafling. He tried to shake the dread and moved over to check on the families that were to be offered as demon food. "Yous okay? Need anything?," he says as he looks them over.