Pizazz's Ravenloft and Beyond

Ketch clambers to his feet with the shadow clawing at him.  He takes a couple steps towards Lionel, enough that he thinks his magic can reach...and yells at his lazy ally to get up!

Lionel receives 10 hp's. 

Then he swings his axe at the shadowy creature, ripping through the thing and sending bits of shadow spraying away...though it's still alive. 

Mordekai is up.

 Round 6:  Meepo 23 | GE4 21 | GE3 17 | Ketch 14 | Mordekai 12 | GE1 12 | Lionel 9 | GE2 9 | Ulthan 6 

Mordekai will switch Hex to the shadow demon and send a pair of Eldritch Blasts at it (he'll move out a little from the cliff if needed to get line of sight)

Attack: 15 Damage: 8 + 6 Hex 

Attack: 22 Damage: 9 + 2 Hex 

Mordekai re-appears near the cliff face, and unleashes two of his magical blasts, the 2nd strikes the shadow creature. 

The visible elf hears the crack of energy and looks back, spying his prey...

Lionel's action!

The prey came to the Elf4 by himself. Lionel ran to the murderous creature and tried to cut it down:

Attack E4: Attack: 18 Damage: 11 + 8 if hit

Attack: 17 Damage: 9 + 7 if hit

Lionel leapt to his feet and just notices the top of the elf's head over the large block of stone. He charged the elf, leaping onto the stone and swinging down, once wide and then slashing a a second time for a horrid wound.  The elf stumbled back with a gasp. 

A lightning bolt erupts from the invisible elf near Ketch, the lightning tearing through Ketch. DC 14 Dex save 26 lightning damage.  The invisible elf moves closer to Mordekai.

Ulthan, your action. The giant doesn't seem to have followed you.  You can't spot it anymore through the trees. 

Cure wounds on myself, and move 30 at an angle but back towards the group. cure 20

DC 14 Dex Save: 24
Save or no, Ketch is down again…

lol and typical that on an unneeded roll, THAT is where he gets a nat20…

Meepo is up!

Meepo's skeletons either try to escape the tentacles (3 still in them) or rain arrows down on the shadow demon...
SK1 .... escape tentacles check: 9
SK2 .... escape tentacles check: 5
SK3 .... escape tentacles check: 4

Sk7 ... attack to hit: 16 Damage: 10
Sk8 ... attack to hit: 13 Damage: 9
Sk9 ... attack to hit: 23 Damage: 8
Sk10 ... attack to hit: 20 Damage: 9
Sk11 ... attack to hit: 15 Damage: 8
Sk12 ... attack to hit: 10 Damage: 11
Sk13 ... attack to hit: 8 Damage: 8
Sk14 ... attack to hit: 23 Damage: 9
Sk15 ... attack to hit: 18 Damage: 12
Sk16 ... attack to hit: 15 Damage: 8
Sk17 ... attack to hit: 14 Damage: 9

The big skeleton tries to move so he can get a shot at the invisible mage...
Grave Bolt (Skeletal Only). Ranged Spell Attack: 20 to hit, range 150 ft., one target. Hit: 14 necrotic damage.
Grave Bolt (Skeletal Only). Ranged Spell Attack: 19 to hit, range 150 ft., one target. Hit: 12 necrotic damage.

Zombie1 attacks the giant he is riding on...
To hit: 11 Damage: 7
Zombie2 does nothing, as the giant he was told to attack was vanquished. (Meepo is not in sight of the battlefield, so likely wouldn't know this.)

Meepo takes the dodge action. He is watching to make sure that giant that ran off doesn't sneak up on him though.

Oh, woops, I forgot, the three skeletons in the tentacles take 8 damage at the start of their turn (doubled since its bludgeoning).  Plus one of them was already destroyed by the lightning bolt, so, two more crumble as the tentacles crush the bones. 

(3 destroyed, 5 damaged)

Then they rain arrows down on the shadow demon by Ketch.  The arrows seem to to minimal damage, but the sheer number of them seem to take their toll and the shadowy demon evaporates as the last arrow passes through him. 

The larger skeleton attempts to get an angle on the visible, elf, but isn't able to, the elf having moved specifically to ensure they can't move and fire at him.  Though, with his full movement, gets into a good position to fire at him from another angle. 

Meepo glances around. The giant that ran off is on the far side of the cliffs and quite a ways a way, so he's confident he's safe from him, but he stays alert and cautious regardless. 

The drow elf near Lionel glances around displeased, and open his palm towards Lionel. A crackling blast of lightning tears out from his palm, streaking through Lionel and 4 skeletons.  (2 already damaged, 2 new)  DC 14 Dex save : 29 lightning damage, save for half. 

Lionel collapses in a smoking, crackling heap once again.  The elf then scampers 30 feet away, taking full cover once again from the eastern side of the battle and working his way slightly closer to Mordekai. 

Ketch opens his eyes to the world, staring up at the grey sky above. The sound of lightning blasting and arrows whistling greet his conscious once again ears.  Happily, there are no giants or shadow creatures standing over if anymore.

(Mordekai, because of the angles, you have a shot at the visible elf wizard if you like.)

Mordekai, your action.

 Round 7:  Meepo 23 | GE4 21 | GE3 17 | Ketch 14 | Mordekai 12 | GE1 12 | Lionel 9 | GE2 9 | Ulthan 6  

(Ok, I have no skeletons left in the tentacles now, according to my notes now, with the 2 that were just destroyed there, and the rest having escaped the tentacles. Let me know if I have that incorrectly.)
the two injured skeletons will be destroyed, regardless if they save or not vs the lightning, so not rolling those.

sk10 ... dex save: 10
sk10 ... dex save: 10

Should have been 11 and 12 for those skeletons, as you said it was 2 uninjured ones.

So we have 7 skeletons destroyed so far, 5 skeletons that are injured, and 5 uninjured skeletons.

Mordekai will move to ensure that he's within 60ft of Lionel (I think he probably already is, actually?), but will also try to keep his distance from the visible elf.  He casts his usual Eldritch Blasts at the elf:

Attack: 13 Damage: 8

Attack: 19 Damage: 9

Then as a Bonus Action he'll cast Healing Word (5th level) on Lionel, for 19.

Lionel's eyes open once again. The dark black shapes of cawing birds pass by overhead in the grey sky. The leaves are most of the way from green to red, the season clearly fall. He blinks a bit, wiping dirt from his face. The stark smell of ozone and burnt flesh greet him and his entire body is in pain. Muscles twitch at random and a thin spire of smoke slowly rises from him. His sword is on the ground next to him.  He hears the sound of battle and pushes himself up, glancing around.  The elf is nowhere to be seen, though skeletons are spread all throughout the forest to his right, scanning about for targets. Mordekai's sixty feet to his left, his hand outstretched in Lionel's direction. clearly responsible for the soothing feeling that is replacing a lot of the pain in his body.  He grabs his sword from the grassy, leaf covered ground and prepares to stand. 

Lionel's turn.

The chirping sound of Meepo's skeletons was quite soothing indeed. Lionel nodded gratefully to Mordekai and looked around searching for the target for the next round of yoyo. Perception: 12

Cure Wounds 8 on himself

Nearby Mordekai he hears the crunching of the invisible elf approaching. He unleashes a blast of lightning at Mordekai.  DC 14 Dex save : 31 damage, save for half. 

Everyone sees a bright flash of energy zig zag through the air, leaving a jagged black outline on their vision as the thunderous boom echoes yet again through the forest. 

Meanwhile, the last remaining giant comes running back into the clearing from the north east. He glances around, a dull troubled look on its face as it sees only dead folks most around....and calls out. The elf responds in a waspish voice. He moves that way, but as he walks past he sees the Half-orc on the ground, grunting and looking about to stand up. 

Attack on Ketch: 24 Damage: 19

Attack on Ketch: 22 Damage: 15

He then strolls past a few feet headed in Mordekai's direction, but glances over at the numerous skeletal archers that have appeared in the forest and are perking up at his arrival. 

If you understand Fey: 

Ulthan, Meepo, you're up.

(Ulthan, you're an addition round behind the giant. One full direct move will bring you back to within view of the clearing.)

DC14 DEX save: 14

(What are the chances of Quinn understanding what was said and translating it in Mordekai's ear?

Following their orders still, the skeletons continue to spread out. At this point I would say there shouldn't be a single skeleton within 30 feet of another and hitting more than one with a lightning bolt should be very hard, unless it is targetting only skeletons, then 2 would likely be a possibility. Seeing the giant return, the ten immediately turn their arrows towards the huge form and let loose...

skeleton attacks...
SK1 ... to hit: 14 Damage: 10 SK7 ... to hit: 8 Damage: 7 SK8 ... to hit: 23 Damage: 10 Sk9 ... to hit: 14 Damage: 12 SK10 ... to hit: 18 Damage: 12 Sk13 ... to hit: 8 Damage: 10 SK14 ... to hit: 9 Damage: 11 SK15 ... to hit: 18 Damage: 12 SK16 ... to hit: 10 Damage: 8 SK17 ... to hit: 17 Damage: 8

The big skeleton sends two blasts at the giant as well...
Grave bolt to hit: 22 Damage: 13
Grave bolt to hit: 17 Damage: 12


With the return of a giant, the 2nd zombie moves over to attack,w hile the one still riding on the giant's back does likewise...
Z1 to hit: 5 Damage: 7
Z2 to hit: 10 Damage: 7


Is anything visible to Meepo if he peeks out from around the edge of his cover? Is there somewhere within 90 feet he can get full cover, but also have a better vantage of the fight?

Ulthan will move quickly through the forest, hoping to still be far enough from the giant to not be assaulted but see what's going on in the clearing.