As Nemeia slumbers, she has dreams of working in the shop with her father. She always loved these dreams. She pictured him before he took the craft as intensely as he had prior to her leaving. They were both having fun and that's what she missed most. The design they were working on was unlike anything she'd ever seen and the complexity was far beyond what she would be able to do given her skill level. That didn't matter though because in the dream, her father was guiding her through the process. The small errors that were made would quickly get pointed out as she spun her tools around in her fingers. She could feel the sweat dripping down her face as she worked in the shop.
Something metallic scraped across her face leaving a streak of oil in its wake. She then felt the large feet press into her as she tried to shake from her sleep. When she woke, she stared into the mechanical eyes of a mountain cat. It's large teeth dripped with thinned oil and its metal tongue swiped across her face again. Nemeia half in shock that the dream creation came to be shoved it away from her as the sounds of the inn came into focus. Was that screaming? THAT WAS SCREAMING!
She jumped out of bed and wrestled with donning her armor.
As some of you start making your way outside, you see off in the distance several shapes moving in the shadows of the pre-dawn. It's difficult to see what these creatures are, but you can see strange bulbous bodies moving about with spears in their hands, fighting guards and towns folk alike, grabbing anything they can steal as they move about. But not just move, they also leap about as they maneuver around any defenders, leaping great distances beyond what you would imagine. This appears to be a raid, but at the moment you have no idea who's invading.
[skill]Perception[skill] checks if you want to try to notice more details.
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Nemeia is most likely the last to exit the inn as her armor takes a bit of time to get into. She follows the sounds of the screams and tries to see what's causing them. She draws her crossbow and calls for Cali to be by her side. Scanning what she can see, she prepares herself what may be coming.
If Nemeia sees something nearing a citizen, she'll move within range of her crossbow and let a shot loose at the threat.
Soradoesn't wait to see what these things are. If they're attacking the town then there's no time to waste. She rushes forward, drawing her swords, and gets ready to fight off the invaders.
As Nemeia rushes out of the Inn, her goggles - whether by luck or circumstance - are perfectly calibrated the the current meager light, bringing into sharp focus the target of her current concerns. She immediately sees these distant creatures are clearly frog-like in nature. They have enough humanoid features to be wearing simple hide and leather armors, and they wield crude but effective spears with obvious skill that speaks to their constant use. However their faces are clearly frog and toad like, their legs are thick and long, allowing them to take great strides and even greater leaps. They seem to be moving through the entire town, breaking into homes and shops where they can, grabbing all manner of items. They seem to be focused on food primarily but they have no problems picking up whatever items might seem useful before leaping away. There are a large number of them everywhere you look, with any that are not stealing food serving to distract the town's guards by attacking and harassing them. It's easy enough for you to find one harassing a citizen of the town within range of your crossbow.
Sora sees none of these details as she rushes forward. As the human gets closer to the center of town several of these frog people take notice and move to intercept her. Only once they move closer to Sora would she start to see the frog-like nature of these invaders.
Since we have people attacking now, we're going into initiative, I will say you will all have time to get outside the inn if you want to post any actions that you took on the way out. Your turn will start with everyone already outside. Combat Start! :D
Cold floor of her cell was all 9 would dream about, apart from of course the whip and all of the other hardships that she had in her life only about a week ago. She was always a light sleeper. Well, ever since her life shifted. She sprung on her bed, looking around for signs of violence and sources of shouting. Right after hearing a bang in the door, she hurries to wear her armour and coat, covering her head with the hood and cloth, grabbing her whip and shield. She hurries downstaira with the others, preparing to face whatever lies beyond the tavern door. As morning air sharply enters her lungs, she whispers a quick prayer to her Lady, examening all of the chaos. She turns to the closest collective of guards and shouts at them, “Don’t let them steal anything! We’ll make do with these here, you block the town and protect the folk!”, she observes to see if any of the frog people are clustered together.
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Sora rushes forward, swords drawn and without hesitation. She tries to move close enough to get two of these toad creatures within range of her blades, otherwise she'll focus her attacks on just the one. Her attacks now noticeably more vicious and brutal then they were just yesterday.
Sora's blades arc through the air as she launches herself forward, the first blade driving just under the toad creatures neck before it had a chance to truly react. Blood gushes from the wound as it lets loose a weak gurgling croaking sound. Its body not even hitting the floor before Sora's next swing arcs viciously towards her next target. But this one is a bit more prepared and just barely manages to avoid the sting of the blade that would have surely killed it if not for the crude vine wrapped shield braced against its arm.
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Witt has mostly pleasant dreams, of family, playing in fields of wheat, and his strangely recurring dream of a large brown rabbit holding a pink umbrella over its head and singing a nursery rhyme. He's had the dream from time to time and has no idea if it's supposed to mean anything; he's asked the rabbit on occasion too, and it knows no more than he.
He awakes to sounds of turmoil, and peeks through the windows: Perception8
Oh, well, goodness, he says, flustered as he grabs his stuff and rushes out of the room, in search of his friends in case they need his help.
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Witt draws his shortbow and shoots at the frog person in melee with Sora, the one she didn't kill that is:
Attack: 21 Damage: 10
I, um, oh! Frog people! Giant frogs! Like the goblins said. He stays near the inn, keen to avoid being surrounded and also to protect the people at the inn without the skill to defend themselves.
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Witt's arrow flies true and manages to strike the Frog person in question, the hit is solid and painful, causing the creature to shriek in pain. It clutches at the wound with an arrow sticking out of it, but it manages to remain standing.
"Frog People" turn:
Annoyed, the wounded creature maneuvers around Sora. One of his friends moves up as well as they attempt to flank the human. The third frog creature let's out a loud croaking scream that sounds like he might be calling for reinforcements. This one moves up closer to the others as it tosses a spear into the group.
On Sora: First Attack: 23 Damage: 11 Second Attack: 23 Damage: 7
On 9: Spear Attack: 8 Damage: 5
The creatures attack Sora wildly but only manage to scratch her with their spears. The third one tossing its spear which flies wildly and misses the group entirely to the point that you have no idea who it was aiming at.
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Moira
Taking in the attack and worried about more spear attacks Moira sticks with what has been working for her so far. Pointing her wand at the creature Witt injured "Xirtatnac. Sicigam Enoitaripsni!" then she moves back as far as she can and tries to find cover if she can.
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9 rushes within 10 feet of th frog that hurled the spear, cracking her whip at their big eyes with Booming Blade. Attack: 22 Damage: 8 and thunder if they move: 8
After 9 will speak to the nearby ravens, as a bonus action she casts Spiritual Weapon at the closest surviving frog, that takes the shape of a the flock of ravenous ravens, pecking down at the frog Attack: 15 Damage: 9
The shadows slide across the dark ground in the still night, clinging onto the injured frog creature. However Moira's blast of magic streaks past it, missing as it's easily able to dodge the attack. You move back and behind the cover of some small trees without issue, however.
A loud thunderous wave rings out across the battlefield as boom of 9's whip is felt hard by the toad creature. Then like a call to Lady Death herself, the darkness nearby seems to coalesce into one raven then another and another. Soon a massive flock of ravens descended into the battlefield. The toad that 9 had attacked was still struggling with the ringing that ravaged his entire body then suddenly it found itself surrounded by a vicious murder of ravens pecking at his flesh and tearing him apart. The creature screamed in terrified pain as, true to their flock name, the murder of ravens murdered the toad creature.
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Nemeia moves forward a bit before she lets the bolt fly from her crossbow toward the frogman attacking the civilian. Nemeia then points at the frogman attacking Sora and says, "Attack!"
Crossbow attack: Attack: 17 Damage: 14
Cali runs snarls as she bounds 40 feet toward the enemy and attempts to bite into its flesh.
Nemeia locks onto the frog creature using her goggles and lines up a shot with her crossbow. The magical bolt flies directly at her target off in the far distance, and before it even realized the threat, the creature drops dead to the ground, saving the towns person who manages to make their escape.
Then at her command, the large clockwork panther next to her runs forward, leaping through the air at the target her master pointed at. The creature manages to leap out of the way without much trouble, unfortunately. But already Nemeia can start seeing numerous potential future improvements as a result of this first field test.
Though the creature was able to move away from Cali's attacks, Nemeia smiles with pride at her work. Cali snarls at the creature before it, ready to pounce.
FYI in case the creature survives and attacks Sora
REACTION) Defensive Pounce. The iron defender imposes disadvantage on the attack roll of one creature it can see that is within 5 feet of it, provided the attack roll is against a creature other than the iron defender.
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Sorawas surprised by the sudden appearance of this clockwork creature, but she didn't spend too much time thinking on it. It was more important to focus on the battle ahead of them. Quickly she would take a step to the side to get out of her flanked position then start wailing on these toad people. First she would focus down on the uninjured one, as she guessed that the other creature probably wouldn't last much longer anyway. Though if the first one went down easy enough she would make sure to finish it off quickly as well.
Main Attack: 16 Damage: 13
Bonus Attack: 21 Damage: 14
If the first one is dead, since I doubt I hit the second one, I'll use my remaining movement to position myself to flank that guy with Cali
Once again Sora's brutal attack lands hard and digs her sword in deep into the previously healthy frog creature. As she pulls her sword away it's guts spill out freely from the thick gash across its belly before it falls over. Sora continues her momentum with another vicious swing, this time to the other injured creature, but once again it proved more skilled at defending itself as it just barely manages to avoid the blow with the careful placement of its shield. The creature looks like it's in terrible shape however, and is now desperately trying to survive.
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As Nemeia slumbers, she has dreams of working in the shop with her father. She always loved these dreams. She pictured him before he took the craft as intensely as he had prior to her leaving. They were both having fun and that's what she missed most. The design they were working on was unlike anything she'd ever seen and the complexity was far beyond what she would be able to do given her skill level. That didn't matter though because in the dream, her father was guiding her through the process. The small errors that were made would quickly get pointed out as she spun her tools around in her fingers. She could feel the sweat dripping down her face as she worked in the shop.
Something metallic scraped across her face leaving a streak of oil in its wake. She then felt the large feet press into her as she tried to shake from her sleep. When she woke, she stared into the mechanical eyes of a mountain cat. It's large teeth dripped with thinned oil and its metal tongue swiped across her face again. Nemeia half in shock that the dream creation came to be shoved it away from her as the sounds of the inn came into focus. Was that screaming? THAT WAS SCREAMING!
She jumped out of bed and wrestled with donning her armor.
As some of you start making your way outside, you see off in the distance several shapes moving in the shadows of the pre-dawn. It's difficult to see what these creatures are, but you can see strange bulbous bodies moving about with spears in their hands, fighting guards and towns folk alike, grabbing anything they can steal as they move about. But not just move, they also leap about as they maneuver around any defenders, leaping great distances beyond what you would imagine. This appears to be a raid, but at the moment you have no idea who's invading.
[skill]Perception[skill] checks if you want to try to notice more details.
Sylnache Ashrain - 7th Sojourn
Nemeia is most likely the last to exit the inn as her armor takes a bit of time to get into. She follows the sounds of the screams and tries to see what's causing them. She draws her crossbow and calls for Cali to be by her side. Scanning what she can see, she prepares herself what may be coming.
If Nemeia sees something nearing a citizen, she'll move within range of her crossbow and let a shot loose at the threat.
9
Sora doesn't wait to see what these things are. If they're attacking the town then there's no time to waste. She rushes forward, drawing her swords, and gets ready to fight off the invaders.
As Nemeia rushes out of the Inn, her goggles - whether by luck or circumstance - are perfectly calibrated the the current meager light, bringing into sharp focus the target of her current concerns. She immediately sees these distant creatures are clearly frog-like in nature. They have enough humanoid features to be wearing simple hide and leather armors, and they wield crude but effective spears with obvious skill that speaks to their constant use. However their faces are clearly frog and toad like, their legs are thick and long, allowing them to take great strides and even greater leaps. They seem to be moving through the entire town, breaking into homes and shops where they can, grabbing all manner of items. They seem to be focused on food primarily but they have no problems picking up whatever items might seem useful before leaping away. There are a large number of them everywhere you look, with any that are not stealing food serving to distract the town's guards by attacking and harassing them. It's easy enough for you to find one harassing a citizen of the town within range of your crossbow.
Sora sees none of these details as she rushes forward. As the human gets closer to the center of town several of these frog people take notice and move to intercept her. Only once they move closer to Sora would she start to see the frog-like nature of these invaders.
Since we have people attacking now, we're going into initiative, I will say you will all have time to get outside the inn if you want to post any actions that you took on the way out. Your turn will start with everyone already outside.
Combat Start! :D
Initiative:
9 - 13
Moira - 15
Nemeia - 8
Sora - 23
Witt - 22
Sylnache Ashrain - 7th Sojourn
Cold floor of her cell was all 9 would dream about, apart from of course the whip and all of the other hardships that she had in her life only about a week ago. She was always a light sleeper. Well, ever since her life shifted. She sprung on her bed, looking around for signs of violence and sources of shouting. Right after hearing a bang in the door, she hurries to wear her armour and coat, covering her head with the hood and cloth, grabbing her whip and shield. She hurries downstaira with the others, preparing to face whatever lies beyond the tavern door. As morning air sharply enters her lungs, she whispers a quick prayer to her Lady, examening all of the chaos. She turns to the closest collective of guards and shouts at them, “Don’t let them steal anything! We’ll make do with these here, you block the town and protect the folk!”, she observes to see if any of the frog people are clustered together.
Sora rushes forward, swords drawn and without hesitation. She tries to move close enough to get two of these toad creatures within range of her blades, otherwise she'll focus her attacks on just the one. Her attacks now noticeably more vicious and brutal then they were just yesterday.
Main Attack: 16 Damage: 12
Bonus Attack: 17 Damage: 13
Sora's blades arc through the air as she launches herself forward, the first blade driving just under the toad creatures neck before it had a chance to truly react. Blood gushes from the wound as it lets loose a weak gurgling croaking sound. Its body not even hitting the floor before Sora's next swing arcs viciously towards her next target. But this one is a bit more prepared and just barely manages to avoid the sting of the blade that would have surely killed it if not for the crude vine wrapped shield braced against its arm.
Witt is next
Sylnache Ashrain - 7th Sojourn
Witt has mostly pleasant dreams, of family, playing in fields of wheat, and his strangely recurring dream of a large brown rabbit holding a pink umbrella over its head and singing a nursery rhyme. He's had the dream from time to time and has no idea if it's supposed to mean anything; he's asked the rabbit on occasion too, and it knows no more than he.
He awakes to sounds of turmoil, and peeks through the windows: Perception 8
Oh, well, goodness, he says, flustered as he grabs his stuff and rushes out of the room, in search of his friends in case they need his help.
Witt draws his shortbow and shoots at the frog person in melee with Sora, the one she didn't kill that is:
Attack: 21 Damage: 10
I, um, oh! Frog people! Giant frogs! Like the goblins said. He stays near the inn, keen to avoid being surrounded and also to protect the people at the inn without the skill to defend themselves.
Witt's arrow flies true and manages to strike the Frog person in question, the hit is solid and painful, causing the creature to shriek in pain. It clutches at the wound with an arrow sticking out of it, but it manages to remain standing.
"Frog People" turn:
Annoyed, the wounded creature maneuvers around Sora. One of his friends moves up as well as they attempt to flank the human. The third frog creature let's out a loud croaking scream that sounds like he might be calling for reinforcements. This one moves up closer to the others as it tosses a spear into the group.
On Sora:
First Attack: 23 Damage: 11
Second Attack: 23 Damage: 7
On 9:
Spear Attack: 8 Damage: 5
The creatures attack Sora wildly but only manage to scratch her with their spears. The third one tossing its spear which flies wildly and misses the group entirely to the point that you have no idea who it was aiming at.
Moira's Turn
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Moira
Taking in the attack and worried about more spear attacks Moira sticks with what has been working for her so far. Pointing her wand at the creature Witt injured "Xirtatnac. Sicigam Enoitaripsni!" then she moves back as far as she can and tries to find cover if she can.
Hexing strength checks.
Attack: 8 Damage: 8force 4necrotic
9 rushes within 10 feet of th frog that hurled the spear, cracking her whip at their big eyes with Booming Blade. Attack: 22 Damage: 8 and thunder if they move: 8
After 9 will speak to the nearby ravens, as a bonus action she casts Spiritual Weapon at the closest surviving frog, that takes the shape of a the flock of ravenous ravens, pecking down at the frog Attack: 15 Damage: 9
The shadows slide across the dark ground in the still night, clinging onto the injured frog creature. However Moira's blast of magic streaks past it, missing as it's easily able to dodge the attack. You move back and behind the cover of some small trees without issue, however.
9's Turn
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A loud thunderous wave rings out across the battlefield as boom of 9's whip is felt hard by the toad creature. Then like a call to Lady Death herself, the darkness nearby seems to coalesce into one raven then another and another. Soon a massive flock of ravens descended into the battlefield. The toad that 9 had attacked was still struggling with the ringing that ravaged his entire body then suddenly it found itself surrounded by a vicious murder of ravens pecking at his flesh and tearing him apart. The creature screamed in terrified pain as, true to their flock name, the murder of ravens murdered the toad creature.
Nemeia's Turn
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Nemeia moves forward a bit before she lets the bolt fly from her crossbow toward the frogman attacking the civilian. Nemeia then points at the frogman attacking Sora and says, "Attack!"
Crossbow attack: Attack: 17 Damage: 14
Cali runs snarls as she bounds 40 feet toward the enemy and attempts to bite into its flesh.
Attack: 15 Damage: 9
Nemeia locks onto the frog creature using her goggles and lines up a shot with her crossbow. The magical bolt flies directly at her target off in the far distance, and before it even realized the threat, the creature drops dead to the ground, saving the towns person who manages to make their escape.
Then at her command, the large clockwork panther next to her runs forward, leaping through the air at the target her master pointed at. The creature manages to leap out of the way without much trouble, unfortunately. But already Nemeia can start seeing numerous potential future improvements as a result of this first field test.
Sora's Turn
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Though the creature was able to move away from Cali's attacks, Nemeia smiles with pride at her work. Cali snarls at the creature before it, ready to pounce.
FYI in case the creature survives and attacks Sora
REACTION) Defensive Pounce. The iron defender imposes disadvantage on the attack roll of one creature it can see that is within 5 feet of it, provided the attack roll is against a creature other than the iron defender.
Sora was surprised by the sudden appearance of this clockwork creature, but she didn't spend too much time thinking on it. It was more important to focus on the battle ahead of them. Quickly she would take a step to the side to get out of her flanked position then start wailing on these toad people. First she would focus down on the uninjured one, as she guessed that the other creature probably wouldn't last much longer anyway. Though if the first one went down easy enough she would make sure to finish it off quickly as well.
Main Attack: 16 Damage: 13
Bonus Attack: 21 Damage: 14
If the first one is dead, since I doubt I hit the second one, I'll use my remaining movement to position myself to flank that guy with Cali
Once again Sora's brutal attack lands hard and digs her sword in deep into the previously healthy frog creature. As she pulls her sword away it's guts spill out freely from the thick gash across its belly before it falls over. Sora continues her momentum with another vicious swing, this time to the other injured creature, but once again it proved more skilled at defending itself as it just barely manages to avoid the blow with the careful placement of its shield. The creature looks like it's in terrible shape however, and is now desperately trying to survive.
Witt's Turn
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