Fortune’s Founders:An Eberron Tale

3 - bless added to Jax’s attack

Jax aims his gun, as the glow of energy whizzes through the air, it hits a thick chunk of armor over the coronal area of the the queen’s head and bounces off to ricochet.

Virnen’s arrow strikes true as it sinks into the thorax of the beast.  Is screeches as it takes flight an begins to fly forward.  It’s not fast enough to reach the group as they are precariously clumped together in a tight tunnel.

It releases a puff of pink smoke into the air, you see the misty substance waft and wisp down through some of the tunnels where 3 large bees erupt into the chamber about twenty feet away.  They lookto protect their queen.

Groups initiative - the four of you are clumped together still in a tunnel some thirty feet above the air while the queen is flying up to you about 30 feet away.  Other bees are filling the area,  Two from the left and one from the right.  They are twenty feet in either direction from you.

Tara immediately moves to the right. "Spread out, don't give her a large target!" She growls out a single word in Draconic, "Knowledge," and the sound of a dragon's roar sounds in the queen's ears.

DC 13 Wis ST or 7 necrotic damage.

"We need to contain them!" Virnen shouts. He whispers in Elvish under his breath and casts Hunter's Mark on the queen before firing another arrow at her.

Attack: 25 Damage: 9

Bless bonus to attack: 4

HM Bonus Damage: 6

Spread out.  Right.  Yeah.  Each direction looks extremely unappealing to Lucky, so he attempts to clear himself a path, by pointing a finger at the two bees on the left and casting Sleep upon them:  23 hoping to catch at least one, maybe both.  Look, you guys have definitely got this, and he gives a bardic inspiration to Jax this time. 

Then he heads toward the hopefully now slumbering bees, twenty feet to the left, and attempts to block any more from entering that way.

Jax would stand his ground, not moving an inch as he fires off round after round towards the approaching enemy. The red light of his lens would be solid and focused on the approaching queen.

Attack: 18 Damage: 12 plus bardic inspiration! 1 on the attack roll

Queen Bee Wis vs Tara: 17

Tara’s dragon roar echoes throughout the cave, as the magical sound bombards the charging queen, she shakes it off on her flight.  Tara darts to the right, running towards the lone drone bee.

 Lucky peels off to the left, casting his spell, both of the two drone bees, collapse kid flight as they fall asleep on the ground.

A haze of green energy shrouds the queen is marked by Virnen.  His arrow streaks through the air and sends he reeling as it pierces right under her pincer maw.  Blue blood begins to trickle out of the wound.

As she recovers from the arrow a burst of energy strikes the other side where the equivalent of her shoulder would be.  Now screeching out in pain, she looks to strike out against the ones who have hurt her.

(Jax gets the feeling that he would’ve been successful even without the extra courage granted by Lucky.)

The beastly insect lunges forward with pincers extended in an attempt to bite Jax.

Attack: 10 Damage: 4

On a hit, Jax is grappled within the maw of the queen.

She simultaneously snaps her body forward to plunge the stinger into Virnen.

Attack: 16 Damage: 8

On a hit, Virnen Is required a DC 12 con check.  On failure take 9 poison damage, on success take half.

The lone drone be attempts to sting Tara as she runs towards it. 

Attack: 9 Damage: 1

on a hit, con save DC 10 or take 5 poison damage.

Seemingly daunted by fighting the group, the insects are unable to land a single blow much to the DM’s chagrin.  Party’s initiative.  Both Jax and Virnen are now within melee of the queen. Tara is within melee of the drone, Lucky is off to the side next to two sleeping bees. Zzzzzzzz

Partys initiative 

Virnen sees the deadly stinger of the queen hurtling towards him and he rolls out of the way at the last second.

It worked?  It worked!  exclaims Lucky, before clamping his hand over his mouth, in case he wakes the sleeping bees.  It worked, he says again, muffled through his hand.  He turns, and heads back towards... no good options.  The queen is monstrous, but the drone is too far away to reach.  Come on, let's do this, he says to steel his nerves, and he draws his rapier and charges to attack the queen:

Attack: 25 Damage: 13

He's about to shout in excitement at the very lucky hit when he remembers to bring his hand up to cover his mouth.  Woo-hoo! he exclaims, though it sounds more like wughumphhh.

Tara is not particularly happy about being in melee with the drone, and turns her dragon roar on it.

DC 13 Wis ST or 7 necrotic damage.

Virnen draws his twin short swords and slashes twice at the queen bee in front of him.

Attack: 19 Damage: 5

HM Bonus Damage: 6

Attack: 7 Damage: 10

HM Bonus Damage: 1

Feeling Lucky's songs swell within him, Virnen adds more power to his second strike.

(Manipulated rolls because the second attack should have been as a bonus action two weapon fighting with no modifier).

Bardic Inspiration on Second Attack: 4

With the queen within melee range, Jax would quickly holster his rebver as a long thin blade slides put from his wrist. The warforged would then thrust the armblade hard towards the underbelly of the queen 

Attack: 11 Damage: 10

Drone bee Wisdom save: 18

The bee is barely keeping flight from the vicious beating it has received.  Hovering erratically, it looks to focus its attempts it taking the group out before flying away to get distance.  It takes both attacks at Virnen, in its final act of desperation.

The queen swings its head around with its pincers in an attempt to bite Virnen.

Attack: 12 Damage: 10

On a hit, Virnen is grappled within the maw of the queen.

She curls her body around Virnen to stab the stinger into Virnen.

Attack: 20 Damage: 7

On a hit, Virnen Is required a DC 12 con check.  On failure take 6 poison damage, on success take half.

She will the fly straight into the air, Both Lucky, Jax,  and Virnen get attacks of opportunity.

The remaining drone continues its attack in Tara.

Attack: 11 Damage: 1

on a hit, con save DC 10 or take 5 poison damage.

As she attempts to flee the Queen starts releasing more pheromones in the purple clouds.  6 more drones show up from the tunnels on the sides. (Split evenly)

Virnen slips out of the queen's deadly embrace and as she flies upwards in retreat, he drives his blade towards her thorax. "Just die already..."

Attack: 7 Damage: 8

HM Bonus Damage: 1

As the queen flies off, he would quickly stab once more with the long thin blade protruding from his wrist.

Attack: 18 Damage: 5