Pizazz's Ravenloft and Beyond

Mordekai's strange little spirit friend doesn't answer. He sort of 'slimes' his way across the floor after Mordekai, but it constantly twitching and shivering violently the whole way. 

Meepo, climbs down from his phantom steed to properly place the hole on the wall of the stairway.  As the final lip seals the hole opens and there's the sound of crashing as skeletons and equipment all tumble to the 'bottom' of the hole.  Unharmed, the skeletons all stand up, and shuffle out of the round hole in the wall onto the giant stairway.  As the last one, rattling slightly, emerges Meepo pulls the fabric from the wall. The fabric goes instantly black again and he folds it up, tucking it into a pocket, and then climbs back onto his steed.

That done, the small flying cat flaps and bobs awkwardly through the air. As it enters the space of the landing, before it can even land, there's a bright flash. The magic field is gone, but it has been replaced by two large blobs of water that sit on the ground, swaying back and forth awkwardly, and a have dozen icy flying demons!!  

Water Elementals : 8 

Mephits : 6

All of you can take your action!

(Round 7: Ulthan 22, Spirit 1: 16, Mordekai 15, Ketch 14, Meepo: 14, Lionel 13, Spirit 2: 13, Elementals : 10, Mephits: 3)

(Conditions:  Mordekai : Exhaustion 2, Ketch : Exhaustion 1, Mordekai conc Calm Emotions (7/10), Meepo conc Wall of Force)

Mordekai targets the closest Mephit with his Eldritch Blasts:

Attack: 30 Damage: 6

Attack: 16 Damage: 15

Edit: extra d10 Damage from crit: 6

Lionel was not ready for a sudden attack, but thanks to Ketch, felt protected enough and could allow himself to simply use divine powers:

Action: Crusader’s Mantle

BA: Channel Divinity: Vow of Enmity  (You can choose a creature you can see within 10 ft. of you and gain advantage on attack rolls against it for 1 minute or until it drops to 0 HP or falls unconscious.)

Also, there are no Celestials or Demons around, and the only undead are Meepo's.

Who does Lionel target with his Vow of Enmity? 

One of the icy mephits explodes into shards of ice as two rays from Mordekai strike it.

The closest water elemental, sorry.

Ketch will cast Sanctuary on Meepo as a bonus action and then move to the nearest creature and swing his axe at it.

Battleaxe Attack: 21 Damage: 10

Meepo casts fireball
DC 16 Dex save for half, or take 30 fire damage.

he will try to target all of the enemies without hitting any companions, so likely targetting the far end of the landing.

Skeleton shortbow attacks...
1 ... to hit: 23 Damage: 7
2 ... to hit: 20 Damage: 7
3 ... to hit: 24 Damage: 7
4 ... to hit: 21 Damage: 7
5 ... to hit: 24 Damage: 11
6 ... to hit: 23 Damage: 10
7 ... to hit: 10 Damage: 7
8 ... to hit: 22 Damage: 11
9 ... to hit: 6 Damage: 7
10 ... to hit: 5 Damage: 7
11 ... to hit: 16 Damage: 6
12 ... to hit: 16 Damage: 6
13 ... to hit: 6 Damage: 11
14 ... to hit: 6 Damage: 8
15 ... to hit: 15 Damage: 11
16 ... to hit: 13 Damage: 6
17 ... to hit: 19 Damage: 7

Ketch leaps up and crashes his axe into the nearest Mephit.  The axe slams into the creature with a crunch.  And then the entire hallway is filled with fire as Meepo unleashes a blast of flame the fills the whole landing and beyond.  The flames come roiling towards Ketch, engulfing the Mephit in front of him and then evaporating in a wall of stinging heat just as it reaches him.  The Ice Mephit explodes into bits in the fiery explosion. 

Ketch : DC 10 Dex save or take 2 slashing damage from shards of ice from the exploding Mephit. Half damage on a save. 

All of the other Mephit's explode into shards of ice as the fire destroys them. 

Steam sprays from the two elementals as the fire broils around them.  They're left looking slightly smaller than before.

Arrows rain down into the two remaining elementals.  They splash into the elemental creatures, some slashing right through. They seem to have some effect on the things that are now filled with floating arrows, but not their regular damage. 

Ulthan?  

(Every arrow attack is supposed to have 1d4 radiant damage in addition to regular)

Ketch Dex Save: 12
…

Ulthan was in slight shock over seeing mephits, his most dreaded enemy. Then he finally snaps out of it and starts shooting as fast as he can into them.
Attack: 7 Damage: 21
Attack: 7 Damage: 23
Since a 1, rerolling last damage due to feat. 18

30 

The glowing arrows from all of the skeletons tear into the two elementals, doing more bit more damage to the two huge swirling masses of water.

3

One of Ulthan's arrows miss, but the other, glowing as well, hits an elemental, sending a spray of water away. The things seems to be moving more erratically as if whatever force of will is keeping the water together is starting grow weak.

But then both creatures rush forward, water spraying all around as the two creatures engulf people in their roiling bodies of water.

The first one swells forward and engulfs Lionel and a skeleton.  DC 15 Strength save. Failure take 16 bludgeoning damage, and you're grappled and restrained, and can't breath.

The second one swells forward and engulfs Ketch and another skeleton. DC 15 Strength save. Failure take 18 bludgeoning damage, and you're grappled and restrained, and can't breath.

Everyone's action again. 2 Elementals left.

Ketch Str save: 17
…

Mordekai looks to the water elemental that's looking weakest and sends his next Eldritch Blasts its way. 

Attack: 28 Damage: 9

Attack: 20 Damage: 13

Then he'll send some Bardic Inspiration (d8 to be used in the next 10 minutes on an attack roll, ability check or saving throw) Lionel's way as a bonus action. 

Ketch, moistened and annoyed, will swing his Giant Slayer Axe once, twice and a third time! Ge targets first the elemental around him and if anything is left the other…

Action Attack: 15 Damage: 7

Action Surge Attack: 17 Damage: 13

War Priest bonus action Attack: 29 Damage: 17

Skeleton saves: 16 and 13 Not sure the breathing is an issue for them though...

Meepo casts magic missiles at either of the water elementals: Force damage: 11

Lionel Str save: 29.

(Is this the elemental marked with Vow of Enmity?)

Leaving droplets to fly all over the place, Lionel shook off the annoying elemental and attacked:

Attack1: 29 Damage: 8 + 3

Attack2: 16 Damage: 11 + 1

Plus 17 and 15 Smite if hits

Ketch and Lionel both squirm out of the water's grasp, swinging blades at the two elementals. 

S1 save: 8 S2 save: 17 

Both the skeletons are suspended in the thrashing fluid, but a moment later they both elementals lose structure as the combined strikes from Ketch and Lionel destroy one, then the other.  The skeletons are left, slightly damaged and with some broken bones, but otherwise intact.  Water pours down the stairs, pushing with it a layer of dust. 

You glance back at the "calmed" spirit. Your fight did not break the spell...it must not have considered these creatures allies....or Mordekai's hold in it is just strong. You quickly proceed down the stairs and around the corner, out of site of the thing before the spell ends. Mordekai's little creature is stuck, like a 2 dimensional thing, to his pant leg as they descend. 

As you follow the stairs as they curve around and descend into a basement, you see a high-vaulted room full of equipment similar to what you saw in Zikran’s abandoned laboratory. A bed, a chair, and a table sized for a person of human stature occupy one corner of the room. Stone tables arranged about the chamber are covered with half-finished machines, and a large dais built into the far side of the room holds a cannon mounted on a swivel. A dull blue glow emanates from the inside of the cannon’s barrel.

In the middle of the room is a glimmering white crystal, eight feet tall and four feet wide. It pulses with arcane and elemental energy, filling the room with whipping winds and biting cold. Standing next to the crystal is a water genasi with turquoise skin and blue robes. He is guarded by a water elemental and an air elemental.

Zikran speaks to the party, "That's far enough. Be wary, if you go further you will set off more of my traps. Who are you, and why do you come here?" 

Mordekai is genuinely struck momentarily by the wonder contained in this basement. Quickly recovering, he bows deeply and says, "Zikran, I presume? We came across an old rival of yours. A pitiful and, in our opinion, somewhat jealous fellow. We overheard him talking to his companions about having trapped your home. Mostly out of a dislike for him, and assuming that any enemy of such a wretch must be a decent fellow, we sought to undo his machinations. When we found what we now presume to be your old home, he had indeed trapped it. With a dragon, no less! We dealt with the dragon and came to seek you out. We had thought to ask a reward for our assistance, although I now suspect you're indifferent to our efforts in redeeming your old abode. But maybe you have an interest in rewarding those who spited your old enemy?"

He hops back and forth on his feet like a child, and waves around the strange wand in his hand, "Indeed! Indeed, I can not even remember having a rival worth mentioning. A dragon you say!  Well, good for you, I'm sure it's hoard was more than enough reward for your effort. I could care less. As you can see behind me, I work on a masterpiece of magic and power!  Soon I will lift this giant stronghold to the sky, where I will float above my enemies, flying free, able to cast down death and destruction from the safety of my skyborne hold! Perhaps even, it will withstand the storms, and let the storm power fill it with energy so that it can lash itself to the sky through the black storms!  Imagine such a feat!  Well, I say, soon it shall be reality, most amazing!  But....I really do have much work to do, and do not really like visitors poking about, so, if there's nothing else then, off you go. You've already cost me a lot of time and effort to rebuild my warding on the stairs!"