Dreams Into Journey

Alden turns and opens his palm toward the seemingly-unwavering armor.

Three magical darts fly out of his hand and converge on it. But very much like Lia's spectral dagger, they do not affect it at all (immune to force damage).

End round 5

Begin round 6

Initiative order:

 Map:

 Lia and Gulgus can post their turns

Gulgus

Gulgus gives the Jackal and Giant Hyena a head nod toward the remaining Metal Wolf.  The Jackal moves to I20 where both creatures attempt bites...

Giant Hyena Bite Attack: 21
Piercing Damage: 9
(Advantage Flanking)

Jackal Bite Attack: 15
Piercing Damage: 2
(Advantage Pack Tactics)

While they do so Gulgus pulls a third fuzzy object from the bag and throws it where he hurled the Jackal originally.  It lands and becomes...

Tan Bag of Tricks: 1

...a Weasel!

After grumbling a few vulgarities at the disappointing weasel, Gulgus then looks toward Alden and yells, "Tikh kola!" casting Healing Word on him.

Heal: 7

(How/when would I post something like the Giant Hyena's Rampage ability or me moving towards Alden if the metal wolf happened to die on a turn?)

(You could make actions conditional. I've seen it done and have done it, myself.)

Lia disengages from the armor and climbes up into the construct she had been standing near when all of this started.  She looks aorund inside to see if anything inside would be useful.

Conditional Moves taken if Metal Wolf dies: 

1. Gulgus moves to M16.
2. Giant Hyena moves to M14.

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Lia disengages from the armor and climbes up into the construct she had been standing near when all of this started.  She looks aorund inside to see if anything inside would be useful.

 (SD should have shoved the armor out of melee, so you shouldn't need to disengage if you wanted to do something else.)

(Yes, the armor was pushed away from Lia. Considering the circumstance, I will allow Lia to change her action on this turn if DragonDenn so chooses)

Lia still climbs up into the construct. I will wait till you tell me what she sees as to what her actual action is to be.

With the armor at a comfortable enough distance, Lia clambers on top of the Harrier and takes a look at it from on top. She sees two seats inside of it, in-line with the slender body of the craft. She has seen many sorts of ships and boats in Waterdeep, so she is very familiar on how they are typically controlled. This however, is on another level entirely. It is a dizzying amount of switches, levers, buttons and gauges (To begin to make any sense of it, roll Arcana).

Lia casts guidance on herself as she tries to make sense of the controls.

Arcana check: 8 plus guidance of 3

She will also use Lucky, so she can pick the best of the two rolls: 19 Plus guidance from above.

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Lia casts guidance on herself as she tries to make sense of the controls.

Arcana check: 8 plus guidance of 3

She will also use Lucky, so she can pick the best of the two rolls: 19 Plus guidance from above.

  so a total of 22 on the arcana check with lucky...

At first, Lia is overwhelmed by the complexity of the vehicle's controls. But after running a little magic through its structure, she gains a much more profound, if still incomplete, comprehension. Also, as unintended consequence, she partially activates it.

The HARRIER is indeed a flying machine intended for combat. The tubes attached to the underside of its wings are connected to a series of internal crystals that channel and amplify magical attacks (mechanically, they increase the damage dice by one size, d4 -> d6 -> d8 -> d10 -> d12). She is able to discern which apparatus does which, but the know-how to operate it in-flight will take some more time. 

She also notices a not-so-small number for flashing red lights, which likely indicate a need for some overdue maintenance.

As Lia was analyzing the machine, Gulgus' personal war with the remaining wolf-like construct is still raging. He tries to fill out his miniature menagerie with some more animal auxiliaries. His luck-of-the-draw with his bag for the day continues to be questionable as a weasels unfolds itself, as the jackal and hyena attack the still-pristine iron defender. The jackal nips at the construct, distracting it for just lone enough fo the hyena's crushing jaws to clamp hard on the machina (13 piercing damage).

Gulgus then utters some enchanted words that close some of Alden's more grave wounds (7 points healed)

Armor is next

Armor's turn

After recovering from reeling from a volley of attacks, it is now appearing less intact and stable on its own feet (as far as they can be called), tries to move toward the sorceress now on top of the larger construct, but its movement in that direction is arrested, so it aims its hand and launches a bolt each at the two attacked it last. Its aim at Lia doesn't seem as encumbered as it was when it swung its sword at her.

Hand bolt vs Owsin Attack: 6 Damage: 6

Hand bolt vs Lia Attack: 15 Damage: 5

The first of its bolts is seriously mis-aimed and hits the floor about ten feet to Oswin's side (miss), but the other one enters Lia shoulder (5 piercing damage)

Oswin is next

SD attempts to deflect the attack on Lia. (Reaction Deflect Attack, disadvantage on that attack.)

Oswin closes the distance to the armor and stabs at it as SD moves around to flank it, preparing to dodge attacks.

Attack: 20 Damage: 6

Armor DA: 6 (No change, still a regular hit)

Oswin's creation tries its best to distract the construct, but it only prevents if from striking a vital part of Lia's body.

Oswin then rushes up and runs it through with his spear, clean through its chest plate (9 piercing damage).

Metal wolf is next.

Lia casts shield

Lia's reaction

With some quick thinking on her part, Lia throws up a short-lived barrier thet makes the bolt skip off and fly off into the distance. Until it hits a wall far behind her.

Metal wolf's turn

Surrounded by so many, it is having trouble choosing one target.

It finally settles on Gulgus and snaps a him.

Bite Attack: 6 Damage: 4

Gulgus is caught by surprise as the robot clamps shut on his shoulder (6 piercing damage).

Alden can take his turn.

Reminder of Alden's turn