Adanmar’s arrows strike true! The first arrow hits the head of the blade and sends it spinning to George’s feet. If you’d like, you can send the second arrow toward the heart.

Meanwhile, Strahd looks on from the peak of the staircase. The shadows cover his form, save for one single point of blood-red light. He sweeps his arm forward as he sends the light drifting toward you all like a leaf on the wind. The realization of dread hits you all in the moment that the light touches the ground and detonates into a corona of blood-stained flame for 28 fire damage! Viorela, George, and Elwarith must all make Dexterity saving throws for half damage, (V21, G13, E12) Only Viorela, who’s mind is laser-focused on the devil manages to avoid the explosion.

With that, a newly-charred Elwarith is up!

Elwarith will stop drop and roll to put out the flames - and while on the ground - he'll fire two more arrows at the heart.

[Gulthias Longbow: 11 Damage: 11]
[Gulthias Longbow: 22 Damage: 10]

The first arrow goes wide as the pain of the burns throws you off. However, the second arrow strikes true as the heart releases another wailing set of beats. The rhythm of the halberds is thrown off as one streaks toward you, Attack: 21 Damage: 11 slashing damage! Elwarith goes down.

Davmorn is going to use 15 feet of movement to stand up, dash 30 ft, and cast Spare the Dying on Elwarith. He is now stabilized!

(OOC - oof I need to get outta here or my shadow won't have anyone to come hunt down)

George is up! He may do what he wanted last turn if he’d like!

George grabs hold of the floating blade, (which literally cannot resist George’s attack), and hurls it across the field toward the heart! While one gets the feeling that the blade should not fly through the air so far, or strike so hard, it is at the very least pretty cool! The heart pangs again, as another halberd flies toward George, Attack: 4 Damage: 11 slashing! However, it firmly stabs itself into the wall next to him, and is considered Grappled by the wall.

With that, the Heart now takes its action, the familiar pulse of energy courses through the staircase as it races toward you! Adanmar, Davmorn, George, and Viorela must all make a Dex Save: 29, 6, 22, and 4.

With everyone passing except for Davmorn, who, tending after Elwarith, “Aye, he’ll be ok. Anyone else need heali-“ is cut off once more by a section of the wall hitting him in the same place as last time! He falls to the floor, taking 12 Bludgeoning damage.

Viorela is up once more! The Count looks down upon you from his perch, a mere 140 feet away! Elwarith is still unconscious, but stable

Viorela will move to Elwarith, keeping an eye on Strahd as she runs. She leans down and touches the assassin on the shoulder, "You can't die just yet." Her hands glow with a silver light that surges through Elwarith's body, causing him to regain his senses. (Lay On Hands: 20 HP) Once she is done, she will use the rest of her movement to get closer to Strahd.

With that, Elwarith’s lungs fill with air once more as adrenaline fills his body. Adanmar, you’re up. It is still 170 feet further until you reach Strahd.

Adanmar Windblood 

Seeing that Elwarith is taken cared by Viorela and the tumbling dwarf, the Revenant moves further onto the stairs, climbing up, unfortunately, the damned Lord, too far for the steel of the Sunsword, so he aims at the other big target, the moaning Heart..

((Attack 1: 24 + 4 Bless | Damage: 17 and Attack: 23 4 Bless !Damage: 10

As the first arrow strike into the heart, cracks begin to spiderweb throughout the crystal. When the second arrow strikes the gem, the cracks grow deeper as the light pulses once more, detonating into a rain of blood! The red light of the room dies as the cold light of the moon and the sunlight of Adanmar’s blade illuminates the tower. The halberds fall from the peak and scatter at the bottom of the tower. Strahd looks down on you all, his voice once again filling the tower, “My love... my castle... my tree... and now my heart... I brought you wretches to this land for mild entertainment, but I now see exactly how much of a waste of time this was.” Strahd raises a hand as the shadows in front of him bubble and swell, and from it bursts forth 2 swarms of rats that begin running down the stairwell toward you all. However, they are still 30 feet from you after they have dashed.

With that, Elwarith is up. Strahd is 140 feet away from you, while the rats are 30 feet away.

((OOC: Are we stuck here?))

(OOC: oh no - I didn't realize we were waiting on me....)

Elwarith will get to his feet on the steps looking up at the vampire lord.  He will then draw forth another pair of arrows and send them towards Strahd and follow Adanmar up the stairs.

[Gulthias Longbow: 21 Damage: 8]
[Gulthias Longbow: 16 Damage: 6]

(if those hit he would like to spend two charges from the bow using its Vampiric strike ability to regain those 14 hp)

[Wis save: 2]
[Wis save: 17]

(OOC - oh shit.....do you want me to roll those? hehe)

Both arrows careen into the count’s flesh as the blood is forcibly pulled from him and absorbed into your flesh. It’s around then that the vampiric-infused drug trip starts (65, and 23, for 2 minutes) As you ingest the blood, the world twirls and spins around you. Colors fill the room as the voices take on a warbled affect. For the next 4 minutes, you are stunned and will do whatever anyone tells him or her to do that isn’t obviously self-destructive. You are high as a kite right now.

Davmorn meanwhile, will once again get up off the ground, 15 feet of movement, dash, and cast a 2nd level Spiritual Weapon as a massive warhammer appears in the air and slams down on one of the rat swarms, Attack: 20 Damage: 13 force damage. In one swing, half of the rats are annihilated!

George is up! Strahd is within one last dash.

4 minutes is an eternity at 6 seconds a round - you got this team!

Thankfully, Davmorn has Lesser Restoration. You aren’t out yet!

George find Sky Voice say George go.  George Dash.