The Exploits of Misfit Company

Stella makes it to the skull and starts inspecting it to see if there will be any kind of alarm set off if she picks it up.

Inves: 19

I don't know what you rolled, but there is no alarm hooked to the skull.

Alys, Bixby, Kasha, Obsidian, Vastra, Yvan: As Stella grabs the skull from the pedestal, her body tightens up for a moment, before falling to the floor with a thud. She doesn't cry out as she falls, nor does she make any attempt to catch herself or get up. Those of you with a Passive Perception above 15 notice her chest rising and falling, which at least gives you the assurance that she isn't dead. But before you can go investigate what happened to Stella, the dragon wakes up, stirred by the sound of her body hitting the floor. It is very quickly able to put two and two together and gets ready to attack.

Garathyr:20
Vastra:7

Stella: As you touch the skull, you suddenly feel your consciousness being ripped from your body and being pulled into the skull by an incredibly powerful force. You're just able to see your body fall to the floor, with a vacant look on your face before being fully pulled into the world of the skull. The world of the skull is a featureless white expanse that feels like it's trying to pull at you. It is almost empty, save for an elven woman that looks like an older version of Alys and looks like she's been heavily exerting herself. "Who are you?" 

Stella looks around, hand drifting to the hilts of her blades, though she relaxes slightly as she sees the woman. "My name's Stella. Are you...Alys's mother?"

Bixnitiative: 17.

Bixby clicked his tongue as he shifted stances so that his shield more predominately protected him. "So much for the delicate approach."

It takes much willpower for Yvan to hold back running to get to Stella, but with the dragon now awakened, he just needs to hope the rogue would be alright.

Ah shit, here we go again: 21

As soon as Alys’ eyes fell on the crystalline skull, everything faded away. It was almost as if time froze. Her palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms heavy. She felt like she was going to vomit already, it was not a yeti. She’s nervous, but on the surface she looks stunned but steady. 

Droppin’ initiative: 15 but won’t forgetti,
Hoodini’s ready: 14 

Stella got knocked down and the room grows so loud. Alys opens her mouth, but the words won’t come out. She’s choking now. What? How? 

"Welp." Kasha said, getting out Obsidian's goggles. "Guess we're gonna die." She kneeled down and started putting them on the cat. "At least we'll look cool getting the crap kicked out of us. Don't you think?" she asked. Obsidian looked up at her with the goggles on. He looked quite comical. She thought for a moment. "Are you sure you can see with those things on? They look uncomfortable." Obsidian nodded a somewhat affirmative. "Ok. Well, it's for all the blood and fluids, you know. Otherwise, I know you can see."

Obsidian meowed. Kasha smiled and snorted. "Oh, you're just being mushy. You know I can't..like.." Obsidian meowed again. Kasha stopped smiling and stared at him for a few moments. "What?" Obsidian looked back at the dragon and back to Kasha. He nuzzled her and made one more sound. "Ok.." Kasha said, confused, and concerned. She put it aside and stood. They were ready.

Initiative: 14

Stella: "Yes. Are you one of her friends?"

Stella nods. "Yeah. We came here looking for you, actually."

Yvan(21),Garathyr(20)(550),Obsidian(19),Bixby(17),Alys(15),Kasha(14),Hoodini(14),Vastra(7)

Yvan knew this fight wouldn't be easy, and now, without Stella, it would prove to be quite the challenge for them. He only hopes that Stella could possibly return to her body... somehow. Without wasting more time, Yvan pushes forward and enters a rage!

BA - Rage - Wild surge: 5

(well thats useless)

The goliath then strikes out against the Garathyr!

Action 1 - Attack: 23 Damage: 17 + 3 Ice damage
Action 2 - Attack: 16 Damage: 18 + 7 Ice damage

Yvan(21),Garathyr(20)(530),Obsidian(19),Bixby(17),Alys(15),Kasha(14),Hoodini(14),Vastra(7)

Garathyr opens his mouth and assaults you with a blast of psychic energy

Yvan, Bixby, Alys, Kasha, and Vastra must make a DC18 Wisdom Save to take half of 56

Vastra:20

Yvan(21),Garathyr(20)(530),Obsidian(19),Bixby(17),Alys(15),Kasha(14),Hoodini(14),Vastra(7)

Vastra casts Polymorph to make Kasha the Kashasaurus.

Well this is some shit: 16

Obsidian helps Kashasaurus and will do so for the remainder of this battle!

Wis save: 16 

Alys would clap her hands over her ears as she’d feel the threatening psychic pressure against consciousness. Tunnel vision began to close in and she felt herself about to crumple to the floor.

No! I can do better...

The elf would stagger, barely able to keep herself up. She absolutely gained a splitting headache, but not enough to hold back a crazy idea. Rubbing her forehead, Alys would soon open her eyes. They had clouded over completely. She’d send a telepathic message to B. You wouldn’t happen to have a spare bag of holding?

Looking up at the dragon, Alys’ face would harden with resolve. They needed to get to Stella. The blonde would push her glasses back up the bridge of her nose. “Pressing pause on this rat race.”

Casting after Kashaurus attacks: Polymorph Garathyr into a rat
Portent use: 14 for him to fail 

Kashasaurus charged and attacked Garathyr!

Bite: Attack: 14 Damage: 21
Tail: Attack: 25 Damage: 21

Yvan(21),Garathyr(20)(505),Obsidian(19),Bixby(17),Alys(15),Kasha(14),Hoodini(14),Vastra(7)

(Assuming that Hoodini is going to help Yvan)

Garathyr uses his first legendary resistance to turn that failed save into a pass.

Then he uses a legendary action to try and bite Yvan

Attack: 31 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Yvan(21),Garathyr(20)(505),Obsidian(19),Bixby(17),Alys(15),Kasha(14),Hoodini(14),Vastra(7)

Scratch that.

Silly naive Alys.

Bix's Save(DC 18): 15.

Bixby nearly outright blacksout from the blast as it nearly tears the changling apart. Only through the grace of forethought did the man remain standing, if shakily so, but clearly not for much longer. As powerful as the pain and disorientation that followed it is one feeling missing after that sharpens his focus, sending a jolt of panic that left him clutching at his head and staring wide-eyed at the ground.

'... Not... exactly... What... intended?' He sent back to Alys, just barely able to retain he focus to respond. Looking to the dragon, and then to the arena at large, Bixby staggered off the side, hoping to at least limit who might be caught in the next blast if any as he pulled out a flask. Muttering some command in deep speech, a weird liquid begins to burble out, prompting him to quickly down its contents. Almost immediately he felt the pain fade away and is replaced by feelings of extreme wellness. Though the logical side disagreed with such, the newfound invigoration was harder to ignore.

Movement: 30ft off to the side, of others.

Action: Cast (5th level)False Vigor on self, gaining 27 Temp HP.