Dragon of Icespire Peak ***CLOSED***

Vaxis grumbles something about the resilience of orcs. He draws his mace and attacks the prone target!

(Mace Attack (Advantage): 21, 6 bludgeoning damage)

(Garbage Roll to force the thing to work correctly: 1)

Ando offers a grim smile as the orc splits in two, while he rushes into the next room. He grunts in surprise as the two orcs descend the stairs. "Lady of the Forest preserve me!" he shouts then swings his longsword at the first one down the stairs (Orc E).

Longsword Attack: Attack: 10 Damage: 6

Divine Smite: 2

ORC 2
Wisdom Save 17 vs. DC 13, (toll the dead, Tabesha’l)

ORC 3
The sight of the pair of elves fuels this orc rage - he lobs a javelin at Tabesha’l and then rushes up to her:
Javelin: 11 vs. AC 15 (Tabesha’l), dealing 4 piercing damage on a hit.

ORC (E) - DEAD
Ando snaps the tip of his blade through the air and a moment later the orc’s midsection parts and his entrails spill out onto the floor

ORC (F)
Seeing his tribemate eviscerated by Ando, this orc [action]shove;dives[/roll] feet first at the paladin from halfway up the stairs:
Shove: 16 vs. Ando 7
(OOC: if orc fails shove, he lands prone at Ando’s feet. If he succeeds, Ando is knocked prone.)

ORC 1
The orc’s face absorbed the full weight of Vaxis’ mace, but it failed to put him down permanently. The orc stands and attempts to push Vaxis to the ground.
Shove: 6 vs. Vaxis 6

ORC 2
Seeing that assistance has arrived, the orc moves toward Connak (OOC: Tabesha’l is granted an AoO) and attacks with his axe.
Greataxe: 19 vs. AC 15 (Connak), dealing 10 slashing damage on a hit.

ORC (B)
The orc presses the attack on the cleric with his axe, hoping to decapitate him:
Greataxe: 16 vs. AC 18 (Vaxis), dealing 4 slashing damage on a hit.

ORC (D)
With a firm grasp on Minsys, the orc throws a hard jab into the barbarian’s midsection.
Punch: 18 vs. AC 14 (Minsys), dealing 4 bludgeoning damage on a hit.

Misses takes the punch and drops the maul.  "No time fir punch'n," he says as he draws out a handaxe and takes a swing.  

Attack: 12 Damage: 8

Minsys’ handaxe bounces harmlessly off the orc’s thick hide armor

As the orc that just fought her turns aside to rush towards her wood elf companion, the mage redoubles her efforts: her face creases in concentration as she maintains her bell curse, and focuses it on the inside of that thick orcish skull. From the corner of her vision she can see a new attacker throwing a javelin in her direction. Swiveling on herself gracefully, she raises her staff as the orc's projectile swishes by her side, releasing an arc of crackling blue light that lances towards its target.

** Re-casts Toll the Dead on Orc #2 (AoO, same DC 13 Wis) for 7 , then releases Witch Bolt on Orc #3 Attack: 25 Damage: 18 **

Connak disengages (bonus action), moves back as far as he can (35 ft.) from the one chasing him and shoots the orc threatening Tabesha'l...

Longbow Attack: 25 Damage: 23

ORC 2 - Wisdom Save: 9 vs. DC 13 (Tabesha’l: [spell]toll the dead[/roll])

ORC 3 - Connak’s arrow erupts from the orc’s throat, showering Tabesha’l with gouts of dark blood being pumped out by the orc’s rage-fueled heart.

ORC (F) - Ando swings his blade in uppercut fashion, opening up the orc from his groin to his gullet. The smell of orc entrails accumulating around him fills the air with a stench that is becoming difficult to inhale without gagging. (Ando: CON Save: 7 vs. DC 10 - if save fails, Ando becomes poisoned for 1 round and must spend his action retching.)

Vaxis stands and takes a couple steps back, lining the orcs up. His nostrils flare, and his eyes go bloodshot. He inhales....and exhales a billowing cloud of sub-zero frost all over the orcs!

(Orcs 1 and B get AoOs, and then are targetted. Con save DC 12, 7 cold damage, save for half)

As Vaxis struggles to his feet, the orcs pour their rage and violence out on him:
ORC 1 - Greataxe (AoO): 11 vs. AC 18 (Vaxis), dealing 9
ORC (B) - Greataxe (AoO): 9 vs. AC 18 (Vaxis), dealing 12

The dragonborn’s icy blast engulfs the orcs and coats most of the room in a thin layer of frost:
ORC 1 - Constitution Save: 11 vs. DC 12 (Breath Weapon)
ORC (B) - Constitution Save: 6 vs. DC 12 (Breath Weapon)

(END OF ROUND)

Vaxis’ icy blast does little to stop his assailants, and they again take turns trying to fell the dragonborn as if he were a giant redwood:
ORC 1 - Greataxe: 25 vs. AC 18 (Vaxis), dealing 21
ORC (B) - Greataxe: 12 vs. AC 18 (Vaxis), dealing 11

On the other hand, the front hall of Kalazorn’s farmhouse is beginning to look as if orc bodies were fed directly through a saw mill. In the scuffle with Minsys, the one remaining orc manages to grab a javelin and thrust it at barbarian’s midsection:
ORC (D) - Javelin: 10 vs. AC 14 (Minsys), dealing 4

(DM’s EDIT: Vaxis would have fallen below 0 HP after ORC 1’s greataxe attack at the beginning of the new round, therefore the attack by ORC (B) would not have been necessary. After seeing Vaxis fall, both orcs proceed to the front hall to assist the remaining orc with Minsys and Ando.)

Minsys grunts at the point pierces his skin but he clenches his muscles taunt stopping the implement from going further.  He drops his free hand down to his waist and grabs a second handaxe.  Now with one in each hand he brings this both around trying to release the orc's head from its body.

Rage, does that drop the 5 to 2 or 3 damage?  

Action: handaxe Attack: 22 Damage: 7

bonus action: Handaxe Attack: 12 Damage: 6

The clanging of axes on chainmail is followed by the sound of a large body crashing to the floor in the dining room. A moment later, another orc appears at Minsys’ back!

At the same time, great wails of pain can be heard coming from beneath the house...Minsys and Ando can hear this clearly. Tabesha’l and Connak hear it as well, but they are not able to identify the noise as coming from under the house, only from somewhere within.

Tabesha'l gives a small cry of surprise and shock as the front of her robes is splattered with black orcish blood. She turns to Connak with an inscrutable expression, an equal mix of gratitude for the wood elf's timely shot probably having saved her life, and utter horror at the state of her attire. Adjusting her hat upon her head, she mumbles a few arcane words under her breath, before tightening her grip on her staff and hurrying towards the nearest window. Once there, she will carefully risk a peak into the inside of the building.

** Casts Prestidigitation to clean herself up ( with Arcana roll to use her hat 8 ), then moves 4 squares towards the west near the first window into the southern wall. She will lean and look / listen in. Investigation to identify the source of the wails of pain: 11 . **

(Death Saving Throw: 13)

Looking through the window, Tabesha’l can see the figure of an orc filling the doorway on the north side of the room. Beyond him, she catches glimpses here and there of a shirtless green-skinned figure who is seemingly the target of the orc’s aggression. Far to the left, she can just barely pick out a set of chainmail-clad legs and a shiny, silver tail...and neither are moving...

Tabesha’l again hears screams of pain, a little clearer this time than before. The wails seem to be passing through several layers of structure which leads her to believe that its source is deep within the house, perhaps even underneath it.

As Ando rushes past, the orc swings his axe sidelong at full force hoping to take his head off in one clean strike:
ORC 1 - Greataxe (AoO): 20 vs. AC 18 (Ando), dealing 4 slashing damage on a hit.

Hearing the screams from inside the house and seeing the outside threat taken care of, Connak will move (and bonus action dash) to get up onto the porch and open the door.  (This should reveal orc D facing off with Minsys)  Connak will shoot orc D ...

Longbow Attack: 8 Damage: 14

Junk dice roll to force the forum to work!  2

ORC 1 is shocked as Ando runs past him as if he were not even there...insulted that he was ignored in combat, the orc turns and chases after Ando intent on showing him some orcish manners:
Greataxe: 18 vs. AC 18 (Ando), dealing 14 slashing damage on a hit.

ORC B snatches out a javelin and rams it in the direction of Minsys’ kidney:
Javelin: 10 vs. AC 14 (Minsys), dealing 9 piercing damage on a hit.

ORC D attempts to [action]shove;wrestle[/roll] Minsys to the ground making him an easier target for his cohort to stab:
Shove: Strength (Athletics) 4 vs. Minsys 24

As Connak moves closer to the front side of the house, the sound of screams become much clearer and seem to be coming from the below the cellar doors on the north side of the house.