Dreams Into Journey

"This is new," Renata says, as she feels the physical change to her lower half. She slogs around a bit to get a feeling of the movement, intrigued, rather than frustrated, by the invertebrate formation of her new legs. She focuses her gaze at the flickering signals in front of her, her hands reaches up, circling in the air and extracts three bullets of arcane energy, that shoot right into the wavering collection.

Magic missile: 11 

Players' turns

Lia is first to act by bringing out her old standard, a spectral dagger, which swings at the loud, chaotic mass. Due to its chaotic nature, the dagger was narrowly unable to make contact with it (miss).

She follows up with a thin, chilling blast. While it appears to just go through it, the aberration's movements became noticeably slower (3 cold damage already halved by resistance)

Renata files her predicament as odd and quickly gets to the task at hand by launching several inerrant magical blasts into the anomaly, causing its form to alternatly flash black and white with each hit (11 force damage).

Monster's turn

The strange thing creeps forward (it now occupies E-4, E-5, F-4 and F5). With it so close to Kysdiane, it is almost impossible for him to hear anything around him (he is effectively deafened.) Its edges then start getting jagged, but its makes no new noise. But whatever it's doing, a ringing starts building in everyone's minds.

Roll INT save DC 14. A failed roll will cause 5 psychic damage and next attack roll will take a 1d4 penalty.

Gulgus, Avia and Kydiane can post their turns.

INT save: 3

EDIT: do we roll it or is it just Kysdiane?

(Everyone rolls)

Kysdiane touches his emblem as the creature advances and draws on the power of his oath to attempt to resist the ringing in his mind.

Intelligence Save: 16

Managing to resist the effect, Kysdiane touches the emblem on his shoulder once more and releases a blast of positive magical energy. A faint red glow now surrounds Kysdiane, Lia, Renata, Avia, and Gulgus and they feel some level of protection from this creature's mental attacks. He also focuses and diverts some of the energy to his flail. Imbued with divine energy, his flail also begins to emanate a slightly red glow. Deciding that his position should be to defend his friends, Kysdiane stays in melee with this creature to prevent it from going after any of his new allies.

Lia int save: 13

Using lucky feat... 12

If still fails, then use blessed by the gods: 3

Avia looks at her teeth clattering on the floor. "Oh. Well I knew it was going to happen eventually. I just, didn't think it would happen so suddenly!" 

She commands her Dire Wolf to go to D4 and attack the Static. Then she takes out her light crossbow and fires.

Bonus action: Commanding the Dire Wolf to go to E5 and attack the Static. Attack: 17 Damage: 9. 

Free Action: Taking out her crossbow

Action: Attacking with the Crossbow. Attack: 6 Damage: 3

Int save: 15

(OOC: Even though I crit the damage was still very low...)

Gulgus

Gulgus, after noticing the looks given him by the NPCs, seems a little disconcerted.  "Ye know how ye hair gets around static..." he says trying to clarify his previous statement.

Intelligence Save: 16

Gulgus hurls his Produce Flame at the nearest Living Static (E-5) as he backs up a bit (to E-9).
Ranged Spell Attack: 15
Fire Damage: 7

The Giant Hyena moves forward (to E-6) and attempts to bite at the threatening static in front of it (E-5).
Melee Attack: 18
Piercing Damage: 10

Likewise, the Jackal creeps up (F-6) and uses it's pack tactics to snap at the mysterious foe (E-5).
Melee Attack: 13
Piercing Damage: 2

The Weasel comes out from the hood of Gulgus' cloak perches on his shoulder and makes a high-pitched squeaking sound as a response to the threat.

Resolving saves:

(Avia also needed to roll intelligence save - not that it'll matter for that crit. No biggie, I''ll roll)

Avia INT save: 25

Gulgus, Kysdiane, Avia and Lia easily

Disregard, that last part, I didn't see that last part on the post.

shake off the ringing in their minds. But for Renata, the ringing gets much more intense to the point of a bad headache (5 psychic damage and 1d4 penalty on next attack roll).

Players' turns

 Gulgus and his mini-menagerie go on the attack. His first throws his source of light at it, which goes right is side before dissapating. He is sure he did something to it. His hyena and jackal then close in to bite at it. They hyena is able not nab a bit of it before it slips out of its mouth while the jackal is unable to even graze it (8 fire and piercing damage, halved by resistance to fire and nonmagical physical attacks).

Now seeing what the aberration is capable of, Kysdiane calls upon his holy powers to better shield his companions' minds.

Avia sends her own counjured creature to strike at the chaotic mass whule striking at it with a bolt. Her animal companion evidently distracts it with its jaws (miss) enough for the bolt to graze it (2 piercing damage, halved by resistance to nonmagical physical attacks).

Back to top of initiative.

Initiative round 2:

Initiative order:

Battle map:

 Lia and Renata can post their turns.

The loud, disorienting screeching pierces through Renata's mind that leaves her in pain. She pulls out her staff of the python and throws it on the ground. Even though the ringing in her ears has blocked out any noise, she speaks out "Vatra!", the staff turns into a giant constrictor snake. 

With Renata's bonus action, she casts misty step on herself, her figure dissipates in a puff of silver smoke, and appears behind Lia at C7. As the giant snake crawls up around the moving static and tries to constrict it.

Giant Constrictor Snake: Constrict. Attack: 19 Damage: 10 If hits, the target is grappled (escape DC 16). 

(OOC: I know in the description, the snake is supposed to have its own initiative, but I figure it's easier if it just takes its turn after Renata's. Let me know if you want me to roll initiative for the snake.)

Lia's spiritual dagger strikes again...
Attack: 24 Damage: 4

She then casts ray of frost
Attack: 12 Damage: 3

(@ WhiteByakko, yeah, that makes more sense rather than adding more to what would've been an already-bloated initiative list.)

Players' turn

Staying where she is, Lia continues her magical assault. Her mace manages a grazing blow (4 force damage) as she launches another icy ray at it. Only for the thing's warping surface to inadvertently move out of the spell's path(miss).

As this was happening, Renata adds to the ever-expanding zoo by turning her staff into a serpent. It manages to coil itself around the cacophonous mass and constrict. Some of its seems to come through some of the pythons knots (5 squeezing damage - seriously why would it be bludgeoning? - halved by resistance to nonmagical attacks). Shortly after, Renata teleports away to give her ears some reprieve.

Monster's turn

DM screen:

Almost heedless of the large snake around it, an electric buildup is seen arcing around it until it launches three jolts of electricity to

DM Screen:

Avia, Renata, and Kysdiane.

Static shock vs. Avia Attack: 7 Damage: 7

Static shock vs.Renata Attack: 13 Damage: 3

Static shock vs. Kysdiane Attack: 18 Damage: 5

Nat 1 save: 1 (woof!)

As it tries to strike Avia, an audible POP is heard, as if something had overloaded inside of it (Critical miss). (Until end of its next turn, its attack rolls suffer a -4 penalty. As such results for the next two are 9 and 14). Following this, it then attempts to send electricity towards Renata and Kysdiane. Whatever happened to it, caused the shot to Renata to go unexpectedly wide (miss) and while the other makes contact with Kysdiane, and it didn't have the power to get through his armor (miss).

Gulgus, Avia and Kysdiane can post their turns.

Avia notices her crossbow attack not effecting the static as well as it should be so she tries attacking it with a acid splash. She takes out a Lemon imbues it with energy, then squirts it at the static. She then commands her wolf to attack the Static. 

Acid splash: The static must make a DC 13 dex save or take 5 acid damage.

dire wolf: Attack: 11 Damage: 8. If this hits the Static must make a DC 13 strength saving throw, or be knocked prone.

(OOC: Wow. 17 damage!)

Gulgus

(Map Adjustment: Last round Gulgus moved back to E-9)

Gulgus looks over at his shoulder and tells the Weasel, "Spare me tha caustic comments...this static be ear-splittin' enough!"  He once again casts Produce Flame and hurls it at the static.
Ranged Spell Attack: 23
Fire Damage: 3

The Giant Hyena again attempts to bite at the static in front of it (E-5).
Melee Attack: 21
Piercing Damage: 14

The Jackal also repeats using it's pack tactics to chomp at the electrical charge (E-5).
Melee Attack: 14
Piercing Damage: 0

Kysdiane strikes out with his newly powered flail to strike out at the static and firmly plants himself in the ground to solidify his position.

Gulgus generates and throws another tongue of flame at the mass, he notices again, it was only somewhat effective. His large hyena is able to bite down on even more of its mass, similarly with some of its mass seemingly unaffected. His jackal is finally able to land its fist strike of its existence only to just hang from it (8 fire and piercing damage, already halved by resistance).

Reflex save: 8

The static cluster was not quick enough to dodge the blob of acid which pops on the inside of it, some of the acid drips out. As this happens, her dire wolf also bite down on the eldritch being. It clamps down and savagely thrashes (10 acid and piercing damage).

Disregard:

The dire wolf almost manages to drag the mass of static to the floor, but it manages to stay inches above the floor (immune prone condition).

Kysdiane uses this opportunity to bring down the head of his flail, charged with magic and holy light. It makes solid contact with it, causing it to flash for a moment.

End of initiative round 2

Initiative round 2:

Initiative order:

Battle map:

 Lia and Renata can post their turns.

Seeing the static struggle against her snake, Renata directs toll the dead at it. DC 15 WIS save for 7 necrotic damage.

She then casts spiritual weapon, and in front of her, generates a huge floating encyclopedia with a faint glow of light. Renata waves her hand and the giant encyclopedia smacks down at the static. Attack: 17 Damage: 13

The giant constrictor snake, using its positional advantage, bites down the wavering signal that has been constricted. Attack (advantage because the static is restrained?): 25 Damage: 11

Lia has her spiritual dagger strike again...
Attack: 12 Damage: 8

She then sends another blast of cold in...
Attack: 17 Damage: 4