Pizazz's Ravenloft and Beyond

The door was closing and Mordekai was marching towards the dangerous foe. "I will follow the tiefling and fight Rahadin," declared dwarf and moved after Mordekai to the tower.

Ray of Frost Attack: 14 Damage: 8

S7 Attack: 6 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
S8 Attack: 17 Damage: 11
S9 Attack: 15 Damage: 9
S10 Attack: 20 Damage: 8

As the doors close Meepo would move to join Mordekai as he moves towards the tower. His skeletons rattling along with him.

Ezz looks around, and then with bugged out eyes glares at Ulthan...."Are you insane? How is clinging to a cliff hundreds of feet up, better then being up there?"  She begins clambering up the cliff face.  18.  Eventually she pulls herself up over the edge, and lays for a moment on her back breathing heavily....her blood staining the ground around her. 

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Mordekai, you are 20 feet from the door of the tower.  Inside, you see a wooden staircase that switches back and forth....that rises up the 90 feet to the top of the curtain wall above.

Meepo, you are 30 feet from the door to the tower.

Samanthan, you are 40 feet.

Ketch, you're by the front door to castle Ravenloft...suddenly alone as your troupe has been rushing across the courtyard to the far side.  Through the large hole in the door you see Strahd walking very casually in your direction.

You may all take your turns. 

[ Round 15:  Ulthan : 24, Strahd : 20, Rahadin: 18, Samanthan: 17, Ketch : 11, Ezz : 9, Mordekai : 7, Meepo : 7, Dragons : 7 ]

Ulthan heals himself while hanging on the rope muttering to himself "hrmpfh save yourself next time hrmpfh" as he starts climbing up but at most 3 feet away from ledge so as to not be seen. Cure2 5. Athletics 15 climbing on rock, with aid of rope.

((How far will Strahd be from Ketch at the start of Ketch’s turn?))

Strahd is 30 feet from Ketch at the start of Ketch's turn.

     Ketch mutters a quick prayer to Gruumsh and summons Spirit Guardians to encircle him once more.  Then he lists his shield which is painted with the Eye of Gruumsh and points it towards Strahd... Another prayer is uttered, this one louder and with much more vehemence. Ketch channels the divinity of Gruumsh first through himself, then through the Eye painted upon his shield, and he attempts to Turn Undead.  

Each undead that can see or hear you within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any damage.

A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can’t willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can’t take reactions. For its action, it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If there’s nowhere to move, the creature can use the Dodge action.

(Btw, does Ketch remember about the Ring of Regeneration? It was tuned to heal more often, right?)

"I should go first," insisted the dwarf, "he will try to kill me, while you could use the moment to kill him." After sharing that piece of wisdom, the dwarf raised around him divine shield ( Shield of Faith AC22 )and rushed to the stares (and up?) in search of Rahadin (dash for 60ft)

((Sure, 2hp per round, if I recall.  Though annoying to do round by round so figure if I get close I’ll go back and count rounds...))

Meepo follows the others to the tower, readying a ray of frost if he spots any hostile enemies.

Mordekai gives Lionel a slightly odd look as he hears him state the blindingly obvious as though it's tactics genius. He allows the dwarf to take the lead and follows. 

Strahd turn save : 17

Strahd hisses as Ketch raises his shield....a glaringly bright shimmer of holy energy casting itself through the hole in the door shines across him.  He raises his hands....hissing in frustration....and then...in a blur....he moves backwards, opening some doors enough to allow himself to run through....and is gone from Ketch's site. 

Meanwhile, Lionel rushes forward, charging in through the tower door, and begins running up the stairs.  It switches back and forth about 7 times to reach the top. By the time he's done running Lionel has made it up the first two flights this round.  Rahadin is there, peering down from a flight above, and throws two darts at Lionel.  Attack: 16 Damage: 8 + 6 Attack: 16 Damage: 9 + 6

Mordekai comes running up behind Lionel, also using his full turn to keep up....seeing Rahadin only after getting up this far. 

Meepo, while holding his spell and concentrating....can't keep up to the other two who are running....and just makes it to the entrance of the tower this round...and can't see any enemies. 

After throwing his darts, Rahadin turns and rushes up the tower stairs, up the last flight of stairs and to the very top of the tower. (full move, 60 feet). Because of the switch back stairs in here, you can't see him or target him with spells, just hear him running up the wooden structure.

Ezz gets up, leaning against the wall with a bloody hand...and looks around....seeing Ketch far across the courtyard and everyone else rushing into the tower...with Ulthan climbing back up behind her.  She pulls a vial out of her bag and swallows it down. 15 healed.

Everyone's action. 

[ Round 16:  Ulthan : 24, Strahd : 20, Rahadin: 18, Samanthan: 17, Ketch : 11, Ezz : 9, Mordekai : 7, Meepo : 7, Dragons : 7 ]

     “We’ve less than two minutes, “ Ketch hollers in his best booming voice.  “Strahd is running, but he’ll be back!”

      ((I figured turned and leaving for a minute, surely back faster since he’ll have already opened doors or whatever...)) 

     Ketch then turns from the castle and starts looking after his companions. He also is examine the tower for the elf... the windows, doors and roof... though not sure if he’d be able to see at this angle.  If he could he’d Eldritch Blast but otherwise just rush after his fellows.

He's actually too far away.  It's over 100 feet across the courtyard, and Rahadin is nearly 90 feet up after his turn...so Ketch rushes across the courtyard. 

((Well that too!  But he can be seen atop?  Still rushing that way either way...))

Mordekai will move his 30ft up the stairs, and look out for Rahadin. Can he see him yet, or is he still too far up?

You begin rushing up the stairs...but after 30 feet, he's still over 50 feet above you, so you'll need to keep running......

Ketch can see Rahadin zip past a couple of times through windows open in the tower...he figures he's near the top of the wall at this point.

Ulthan YOLOs by throwing the grappling hook to the other side of the moat trying to catch it on the bridge lip. He'll go down the wall a bit to have a less violent passage to the other side. Attack roll 13. Athletics 25.

Ulthan swings across the chasm, his grapple hooked firmly on a chunk of the far towers that juts out a bit from the wall.  This lets him swing a bit and not just swing directly into the cliff..  5 bludgeoning damage from the swing.  He pulls himself up and is now on the far side from the castle.  He sees Ezz run around the corner towards the tower the rest of the group is running into. 

Mordekai will keep running, dash another 30ft.