Dreams Into Journey

Lia casts shield to deflect the attacks once again.

She then strikes at the fishm an again, hoping to take one of the two down.

dagger Attack: 18 Damage: 3

bonus action dagger Attack: 10 Damage: 3

Knowing herself to be more well-defended thanks to her shield and armor, Valentia tries to help Lia out by casting Sacred Flame at the creature right on her face. (The one at L10)

DC 14 dex save or take 8 Radiant damage.

Reactions:

Jororic swats away the spear with his axe (no damage), while Lia defends herself magically (no damage).

Turns

Smallfry threads his arrow between Lia and the shambling humanoid, and into the fishman in front of her. Losing blood quickly, it slumps to the ground (13 piercing damage and dead)

Jororic brings both of his axes into his fishy foe. It loses a lot of blood, but is still standing (16 slashing damage).

Lia plants one of her daggers deep into her remaining assailant's ribs, bit it catches her other strike (8 piercing damage).

Humanoid Dex save [DC14]: 5

Valentia invokes a large bout of holy flame, which lands on the unsuspecting creature (8 radiant damage)

End round 3

Begin round 4

Map:

 Oswin can take his turn.

Oswin will again order SD to take the first shot at the surrounded creature before striking it.

SD: Attack: 19 Damage: 10
Oswin: Attack: 23 Damage: 6

Oswin and his robotic companion again strike the monster simultaneously. After the concussive blast pushed it into Oswin's spear, the creature slumps to the ground and falls into the nearby tidepools, dying it with its blood (10 force and 6 piercing damage and dead).

Enemy turn

The fishman takes a quick look around and gives a smirk before striking at Jororic again.

Spear vs Jororic Attack: 20 Damage: 7

The spear finds another gap in Jororic's armor and goes deep into his flesh (7 piercing damage).

The remaining shambling, dripping creature strikes at both Lia and Valentia

Unarmed vs Lia Attack: 12 Damage: 3

Unarmed vs Valentia Attack: 20 Damage: 5

Bite vs Valentia Attack: 24 Damage: 5

The first attack lacked a lot of power and amounted to a slight slap to Lia (3 bludgeoning damage).

The second and third attacks both land solidly on Valentia, with a smack on the side of the head followed by bite that is felt through her armor (5 bludgeoning and 5 piercing damage).

Smallfry, Jororic, Lia and Valentia can take their turns.

Moving to L14 to take a shot at Drippy McShambleton at M11.

Shortbow sneak attack: Attack: 12 Damage: 10

Lia wields her daggers at the remaining foe...

Attack: 5 Damage: 3

Attack: 9 Damage: 3

Valentia maintains the same attack pattern, her inability with her mace and lack of strength to continue using strong spells meant Sacred Flame was the most reliable option right now.

DC 14 dex save or take 1 Radiant Damage.

Reaction parry attack: 9 (last one!)

On his turn, continues to attack fillet o fish (he will move into position against one of the others if his opponent drops)

Attack 1: 8 Damage: 7

Attack 2: 12 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

 edit: he'll use second wind 9

Smallfry, with the skill of an expert sniper, whizzes an arrow right past Lia and into the now ex-humanoid (19 piercing damage and dead).

After mitigating most of the attack (reduced to 3 damage received). Jororic then finishes off his (and the final) opponent by hacking off an arm before decapitating it (20 slashing damage and dead). He then takes a breath to keep his composure (12 hp healed).

You are out of initiative!

As soon as the final enemy falls, all of the bodies turn into a number of small luminous orbs. Two from each fish monster and four from each of the humanoids. Voices are heard from the orbs.

"Whoo-hoo! That was a lot of fun!"

"We lost. What are you so happy for...?"

"You see...? That attitude right there? That's why everyone doesn't think you're a good sport. Just take the L."

"Was there supposed to be that many?"

"That's a problem? There's been a lot of groups  of somas lately."

Valentia spends the first few minutes confused, trying to process what they said. A small question escapes as she thinks out loud. "What does an 'L' mean? And are they calling this a sport? What a weird vocabulary..." By the moment she's done with the self-questioning, she turns her attention to her companions.

Smallfry calls out to the orbs. 

"Uh... you guys seem weirdly polite for people who just tried to murder us unprovoked?"

"Huh? Whoa, wait! You are actually here?!" One of them exclaims in surprise.

"Ooh... Then it's a good thing we lost, then. That would've been awkward."

"Sorry about that. We thought you were some somas."

"How do you tell someone who is actually here from someone who is not truly here?"  Lia asked the orbs.  "It might be a good thing to learn some way to do so, as it would have been more than unfortunate if we had lost that fight..."

"Honestly? We don't..." One of them says while bobbing in a way that could be interpreted as a shrug. "Every time we figments encounter someone from the other world, they are somas. So there's not a lot to compare."

"Well, one point comparison," Another says contemplatively, "But it just at the end of whatever was going on during their visit. Namely, they just disappear. I guess that when they wake up? But that still isn't a solution."

"Wait... What are those glowing in you bags?" It says as it hovers near Valentia's and Lia's satchels.

Lia pulls whatever it is out and holds it up.  "This?" She asks.  "What do you know of it?"

Lia takes out her amulet, which is now glowing with a clear, white light.

"What the..." Another says, seemingly astounded. "I thought there were no dreamstones left. The Overseers saw to that."

"What do you mean?" Nessarian asks.

"The damnable wyrm Scerfozar created them to have access to the power of the Wyrdrealm. After it was killed, the Overseers searched out and destroyed them."

"What do they do?"  Lia asks, looking closer at the amulet in her hand.

"It highly depends on how you want to use them." It bobs, "As they are now, they are capable of enhancing your talents or covering for a weakness."

"Take yourself as an example. You used arcane magic in the fight. The are records of magic users withstanding attacks that would've killed seasoned warriors. or even casting the strongest of spells more times than is expected."

"There are even accounts of them being used to enhance weaponry and armor. I don't have an idea how that was achieved."