Meanwhile, in the Westwoods...

"Certainly," replied Elwin, as he had his owl perch on another large tree. (( Roll: 14 ))

Once perched, he made use of his Winged Boots to dismount and float over toward Del. "Shall I go down closer to investigate?" he asked. "Or do you have another plan?"

I'm asking the tree Del answers If it knows how to get closer to Blackthorn we'll go there. Otherwise, we'll land and search from the ground. Lord Mindartis said something about moving plants, so we might have to fight.

The tree tells Del that the warrior went between the fallen trees.  And it warns you, "Watch out for that tree over there...it's not from here."

When Raven gets low enough, she notices two dead threes that have fallen together to form a natural arch...it seem strangely familiar.

Mindartis flies down, but doesn't attempt to land his owl in a tree, just close enough to communicate. "So what's the plan?"

“If we can get people out I can take care of a large number of everything in a single spell. I assume we don’t want to burn anything but I could do that as well if needed.” 

(( Where is the not-from-here tree compared to the arch? ))

Del points out the tree that we were warned about and that "a warrior" went between the fallen trees. He'll have the 3 unridden owls (now that E is travelling by boot) go down first an clear a space for us to land, attacking if anything is in the area in front of the natural arch, then the rest of us can land as desired. Then the other 5 can support us, attacking the bad tree if it acts bad. Seems like it might be landing into combat, so be careful. And also careful of the native trees, Ziia wouldn't like us to damage them

Owls Initiative 19

Del's Initiative 9

The tree you were warned about is a big, dead-looking tree right next to the arch.  Clumps of vines surround it, and there are hollows and cracks that you just possibly might interpret as a face, of you were staring at it for a while. It looks damaged, as if someone has recently been hacking at it with an axe...or a sword.

As the three owls descended to clear a space, Elwin watched carefully, waiting to see if anything attacked. He decided to take another defensive posture too, just in case.

"Eisrüstung," he spoke in a low tone, motioning with his spear to summon a protective layer of misty frost onto his person.

(( Elwin casts Armor of Agathys at level 3 while watching. ))

As the owls approach the arch, the three clumps of vines move toward them, taking humanoid form, and the tree turns to watch.

Initiative: Vine blights:   19   Tree Blight: 8  Prince L for when needed: 13

(Due to the Nat 20, I am going to give the blights the lead over the owls...anyone else who plans to take part in round one should roll initiative.  There are only two unridden owls, BTW, you have the prince with you.)

"Malicious foliage," spat Elwin. "How unseemly!"

(( Initiative for when needed: 17 ))

Quentin Initiative: 13

Initiative: 19

Mindartis gets ready to soar down and join combat. "This looks like it could get ugly real fast... be careful!"

The three owls go whap whap whap all in sequence at the same vine blight (unless one of them kills it then the following one(s) move to the next)

Claw 6 if hit damage is 6
Claw 10 if hit damage is 6
Claw 7 if hit damage is 10

They continue away to circle around again (flyby - does not provoke opportunity attacks)

((edit, sorry, this is on their turn after vines act, but I think no one is in reach until owls fly down?))

((I think the other owls do not get to attack until dismounted and free to act on their own))

((there are 3 unridden - E is flying with his boot see post 2365 ))

As soon as Raven hears where her father has been taken, she is moving.  She would fly her owl as close to it as she can, then jump down to continue on foot.  (assuming owl can't fly through arch.)

Initiative: 15

Okay, initiative order is:  Vine blights: then the entire party: then the tree blight.

As the owls swoop down, the vine c=blights lash out with their creepy creepers, each at a different owl.

Blight 1 Attack: 20 Damage: 16

Blight 1 Attack: 20 Damage: 4

Blight 1 Attack: 6 Damage: 4

Owl 2 and 3 are grappled: they can still attack, but only the blight that is grappling them...

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The three owls go whap whap whap all in sequence at the same vine blight (unless one of them kills it then the following one(s) move to the next)

Claw 19 if hit damage is 8
Claw 18 if hit damage is 9
Claw 18 if hit damage is 13

 Owl 1 and Owl 2 will attack Blight 2: Owl 3 will attack Blight 3.  All owls and blights are still alive: the rest of the party may attack.

Bonus Action: Rage

Wild Surge: Plant life temporarily grows around you: until your rage ends, the ground within 10 feet of you is difficult terrain.

3

Action:

Reckless Attacks:
Greatsword Attack 1: 28 Damage: 16

Greatsword Attack 2: 14 Damage: 15

all attacks made on Mindartis are made with advantage

Mindartis swoops down and gets off his owl, charging at the tree. Roaring out, he slashes at the tree with reckless abandon.

 ((Mindartis dismounts and chops a chunk of bark off the tree: that means there is now another owl free to attack: Del can roll for it, or I can, whichever.))

OOC: Could I hit all the vine blights and the trees with a 30 foot cone?

Del will land at the far end of the clearing but no more than 60 feet away, and release owl D to attack next turn 

He casts [Tooltip Not Found] at VB3 (holding owl 3) DC15 INT save or 11 psychic and -1d4 from its next save

((I'm keeping track of the owls as 1, 2, 3, D, L, M, Q, R by who was flying them at the start of combat - if you want to root E was riding #3))