Zack couldn't help but laugh at Claire's response, completely unaware of the snakes condition. Yeah, I musta just been more tired than I thought. Needed a few warmup strikes.. get the blood flowing! he says  after the hags attack misses by dint of the energy surrounding him. If claire had been paying attention, she may have noticed zack wasn't using any words to cast any of his spells, they seemed flash.. much like a model of a circuit displaying how energy moves from a core, to a certain line. And that line seems to have a corresponding color that was there just before the flash of silver thrumming energy formed into the shield that made Zacks body glow momentarily.

As Claire's attack knocks the hag down he shrugs, and looks down at the horribly ugly creature, saying as he lifted the blade for a decapitating strike once more... Just think.... the blade began to move.. Instead of dying tonight you coulda been held in my arms... Thundering energy whirred around the blade again.

Nadia really needs to remember the initiative order takes out a another pair of arrows, irritated that the snake man is only just now looking near death. She only hopes that her next arrow connects so she can help with the hag somehow.

(If the first arrow hits and the snake man dies, Nadia will move closer to the hag. If not, she'll shoot off the second arrow at the snake. Not sure if I can get close enough to attack the hag with my sword :c)

Action 1 - Attack: 10 Damage: 8
Action 2 - Attack: 8 Damage: 6
Hunters Mark - 3, 5
Slayers Prey - 3

(oh for ****s sake)

Rollo just keeps swinging at the snake if it's still up or runs over to slash the hag in the back if it's fallen. 

Attack: 20 Damage: 12

Somehow, against the DMs expectations  both Nadia and Rollo manage to miss the snake man, giving him another chance to take someone with him. But first the hag gets stabbed in the back by Zacks blade causing a magical shimmer to appear around body. Now unable to retreat the hag is forced to double down on her attack. The hag stands up and immediately attempts to claw at Zacks throat but the same flash of magical energy stops her claws from rending flesh. (Burned another shield on the assumption you don't wish to take 18 damage. In the future I'm going to ask you to advise if you would use sheild on a hit so I don't feel like I'm burning all your spell slots)

 The snake man in his weakend state attempts to slash and bite at Rollo but simply can't keep up with or strike the man hard enough. At this point the snake creature starts looking around for possible escape routes.

Party is up.

Claire see’s Rollo and the snake man wearily trading missing blows.  Worried that his step is lacking some pep, Claire takes a deep breath and braces herself.  “Divine Light, pass from thy to another, carrying my breath of life.”  Claire then grits her teeth painfully as a shimmer of golden light seems to tug out of her chest, traveling to Rollo and surrounding him with warm radiance for a moment.

After taking a moment too collect herself, she points at the snake man, and directs the spear to attack for, hopefully, the last time.  “I grow weary of this,” she states tiredly as she flicks her wrist.

Claire take 17 necrotic damage and Rollo gains 34 hit points from Life Transference.

After healing Rollow, and hurting herself in the process, Claire mentally commands the spear to attack once more. The spear exits the snake mans body and immediately lunges towards its neck, skewering it completely. The snake man twitches violently for a few seconds before going limp and falling off the spear and into the muck.

Zack triggered his barrier shield,  Zack dropped his sword for a moment, directly in front of the hag, hoping to distract her as his fist punched towards the ground. Earthen-yellow energy coursed from his shoulders, through his right arm, as his fist met the ground - and as it did, the earth exploded beneath her feet as a shockwave erupted in front of him, tossing up detritus and mucky water. Immediately after, and just before the blade hits the ground, Zack summons his blade back to his hands.

Zack casts Earth Tremor (lvl 2 slot) directly in front of him with the hag at the center. DC 13 Dex.

Nadia had no idea what it was that made her miss her shots the way she did. If anything, Rollo’s miss made her feel better, and as she loads up another shot, Claire finishes off the snake man with ease. With a relieved sigh, Nadia moves to get the hag in her line of sight before shooting off a few arrows!

Action 1 - Attack: 17 Damage: 8
Action 2 - Attack: 15 Damage: 6
BA - Moving Hunters Mark onto the hag - 6, 6

Rollo is entirely full of rage at this point. If the hag is still up he charges her and takes a slash. If not he just hacks at the body of the snake thing.

Attack: 23 Damage: 10

The ground shakes and causes the hag to loose her balance sending her ass first into the mud. She tries to get up but before she can an arrow strikes her right between the eyes. The hag starts to go limp before Rollo burries his axe into her chest sending back ino the mud. Neither the snake nor the hag move and after a few moments it would seem the fight is over.

Claire sighs heavily, relieved, and dismisses her Spiritual Weapon.  She hops down from her mount and approaches the others, going first to Zack.  “By my divine word, channel light into this body.”  As she casts Cure Wounds on Zack, she looks to Rollo.  “How are you feeling, dear Rollo?”

Action: Cast Cure Wounds 2nd level 16

Rollo runs over and hits the snake with his axe a few more times before he seemingly calms. "Take that ya bastard. Well, I'm feeling much better now. Mostly just annoyed at my own performance. I've made a mockery of Tyr having fought so poorly." He stoops to pick up his greataxe and rejoins the others.

“Nothing worthy of self-fagel... falgle... flaa... ahem... Nothing worthy of self-flagellation, my friend.  You kept the critter off my back.  While I can’t speak for Tyr, I at least will thank you for that.“

Claire then looks over at the archer.  “Miss Nadia, how are your wounds?  I’m almost done with Mr. Zachary, here.”

Zacks wounds close, though the blood remains and he breathes, letting out the tensed air, to refill his lungs with a normal breath.  Then, he looks the bloody hags body over, as well as the snake man-thing before saying Thank you Claire.. though I think you overhealed me a bit.. I wasn't that hurt.  Heh. We should do a cursory search of their bodies and if nothing else, take any weapons they had. They may not sell for much but they will sell for somethin' and that's how I've gotten by comfortably. Besides, you never know what some random thing will have on it. I'll check the hag. he says before doing just that, he didn't explore much, checked any likely spots, such as the neck for a necklace or a pocket, if she was wearing clothing at all. And once it was done, and if no one else had, he'd make sure to collect the snake's weapons before everyone would head back to camp. However, before that, as he heard Claire speak of Nadia and wounds, he'd look at her, curious if she had even taken any damage, since at the time he was distracted And sorry guys, for gettin tricked like that. But.. I always try to give a situation the benefit of the doubt... and sometimes it.. burns me. You OK Sweetheart?

Seeing the hag fall after her last shot causes Nadia to finally release a tense breath. She stows away her bow as she rejoins the others just as Claire begins to heal Rollo's wounds. She plucks out whatever arrows could still be of use, planning to give them a good cleaning prior to setting them in her quiver where they belong. At the clerics query, the elf's ears perk up, turning to meet her gaze. 

"Oh? Yeah, I'm good," She nods, taking a quick look over herself. Just a few pecks from the birds, but otherwise still healthy enough. It was a blessing being a long range fighter, but also a curse as, if you pose threatening enough, enemies will close distance fast. Or in her case... "Stupid birds came outta no where though. Be careful if you stand next to trees here. Never know what you'll piss off." She gives a mirthful chuckle, then looks to Zack. "Yep! Not as healthy as I could be, but, nothing a little rest won't fix!" 

At the suggestion of searching the bodies, Nadia pokes through the snake mans body to see if he had anything of use on him.

Investigation (if needed): 14

Claire is content to let the others do the searching, but she does respond to Zack, shooting a glance over at Rollo as well.  "The two of you are fond of apologizing, no?"  She chuckles but it seems a bit forced; the fight really took the wind out of her and she hasn't quite recovered yet.  "We survived, and my light shines on for another day.  This is good!"  She nods, agreeing with herself, and begins walking back to her horse.  "Besides, there's nothing wrong with giving strangers the benefit of the doubt.  I certainly wouldn't have expected you to skewer that woman without cause."

Claire mounts her horse, and then waits there for the others to finish searching the bodies.

You search the bodies but don't find a whole lot of value. The snake man has his scimitar which is in fair condition but is otherwise normal. Near by hidden behind the tree it seems the snake had a bow and some arrows hidden too. The bow isn't anything special but Nadia can fill up on arrows of she chooses.

The hag has a pouch of 70 gold in one pocket. Further searching reveals a second pouch containing several human teeth.

Zack just shrugs and laugh it off. Well, if you don't mind then I suppose it's O.K. But still, glad we came out of that relatively unscathed. But looks like I'm gonna have to repair my armor again. Glad that Giant Wizard taught me how to use this... he says looking at all the damage that one little hag could cause.. maybe chain-mail wasn't the best, but atleast it repaired easily. Either way, I'll get used to you eventually if we stick together long enough. And maybe you'll be demanding I apologize in the future, eh?  he says, clearly trying to lighten the mood, since Claire was less-than-committal in her humor. 

Once the search had been completed, he emptied the teeth out in the swamp, but kept the sack containing them. No sense in wasting something with a use.. Then, after counting it out, he handed the pouch to Rollo, saying There, a little bit to whet your whistle. Split it between you both however.  Either way, lets get back to camp and get some rest. Once there, he'd spend a little time casting Mending on his armor to repair the damage the hag had caused, giving Nadia another chance to see the muscle that was normally hidden beneath it, as well as the fresh blood that Claire had significantly overhealed. Zack seemed unconcerned about it though. And after spending that time repairing, settling down to finish their nights rest.