Jovial Jungle Jaunt (ToA)

In the next room with the large snake statue, the yuan-ti pureblood appears and fires his shortbow at Lemon. The arrow slices a line across the side of the thick dwarf's neck (2 piercing and 3 poison damage).

He motions to a hiding snake monstrosity that tears out from around the corner. It leaps over the basilisks and lays into Boosey while his attwntion is turned away. The creature bites down on the gnome's elbow (5 damage) then hits him hard in the chest, knocking him around (7 damage) before following up with a thin slice on his neck (4 damage) as it tries to bury the bard under itself.

Both basilisks manage to bite into Lemon (7 piercing and 2 poison) and Allister (5 peircing and 12 poison). Their poisonous teeth pierce through their boots causing them to howl out in pain. The creatures are tough and show little signs of wear.

Trying to blink away the stars from the mild concussion she suffered in the triceratops' blow, Nenne's glance swims over the battlefield. As the blurry forms of her friends start to sharpen, she sees the basilisks for the first time and feels her blood run cold. 

"Don't look at those beasts!" she yells, averting her gaze immediately. "Fair Judge, shield our eyes!" In response to her petition, more red energy shimmers into existence before settling on the entire party and dissipating. (ooc: 3rd level Bless. Everyone except Eku is affected.) 

The avatar of Kelemvor swings down yet again on the basilisk beneath it. Attack: 22 Damage: 11

Lemon starts to swing his club, but his body stiffens. The dwarven druid can't seem to complete the motion with his club arm. He does manage to pop a berry into his mouth and his face and shield turn into a smile before his entire body turns to porous stone from head to toe.

Alynoa's eyes roll back and turn to black as words of an eldritch being pour from her. The basilisks disappear into a large, inky blackness. That void is full of whispers and slurping noises. As her eyes roll back she gasps out, "Don't go in there, and be ready for them to come out. It will hurt them and keep that pureblood away." (Casting hunger of hadar to fill a 20ft radius sphere starting at I believe f12, so that it just gets the basilisks and not the party. That area is now difficult terrain and at the start and end of any creature's turn who is in the darkness they take 2d6 damage, cold if they start in there, and acid if they end.) 

The three horned lizard flees the cave entirely.

Eku runs forward and reaches towards the cave ceiling. A white light gathers in her hand as she calls out words of power. Once the light is finished gathering, she throws it at Boosey. She yells after the light, "Storyteller, you are warded from harm if you do not cause it!" She continues her hand motion to draw an arrow, firing into the center of the snake monster's chest.

Allister has taken minor hits so far, but they start to add up. He grabs a flask, downs the content in one gulp, and some of the wounds close immediately. Looking slightly better, he attacks the last remaining yuan-ti in sight. His movements are more sluggish than at the start of the fight, but his first attack still punches solidly through his opponentˋs shoulder. He manages to sneak his second attack past its defense to open a small gash on its thigh.

Having kept his eyes on the floor and suffered for it, the gnome quickly casts healing word on himself, closing up a few of his wounds.  Risking a glance towards Lemon he looks over just in time to see the Dwarf turn to stone.  Shouting to Allister in front of him he says “we have to get back from here, before we are over run!” 

He disengages from the snake monster attacking him,  braves the archer in the passageway and leaps over the corpses back to the other side of the grate. 

The archer's bow is aimed and ready at the gnome, but the shot never comes.

Nenne braves a glance at the combat and sees the basilisks and the room beyond enveloped in inky darkness. Quickly sizing up the situation, she closes her eyes and grasps her holy symbol, whispering to her deity, "Judge our foes as you see fit, Fair One." In response to her unwavering faith, the avatar of Kelemvor emerges from the darkness and strikes down at the yuan-ti in front of Allister. (28 to hit, 6 damage)

Eyes still closed and trusting wholly in her god, Nenne raises her mace toward the blackness and a jet of red energy bursts forth from it - disappearing into the black. (Guiding Bolt: 21 to hit, 18 radiant damage). 

Alynoa runs up to the snake monster and swings twice, her first cut chopping the creature's head off and her second flying over it's head. She then turns to everyone and says, "I can hold my patorn's hunger up for a while still. Do we want to have me lead us down that other tunnel? I am still able to fight."

Eku fires an arrow blindly into the inky darkness that covers the south passage.She then casts the same spell as before pointing it at Allister this time. The sensation is warm and tingly. She calls out to him, "Get out of there while you are warded."

„Where do we go? Next room or outside? We might not get another chance to get back inside. Down the corridor are at least three yuan-ti, but also a door down on the left side of the tunnel.“

“We cannot leave this place until the Basilisks have been dealt with,” the gnome shouts. “Lemon is in mortal danger as long as they are alive. I will explain later, but you must trust me on this. We have to destroy them or Lemon is dead!”  With that he sends a crossbow bolt into the inky blackness, hoping to hit one of the creatures.  “I still have the horn, but everyone should be clear of me before I use it.”

Nenne swaps her mace for her crossbow and shifts to get a clearer shot of the black, firing blindly into it (Bless: 2 plus Attack: 7 Damage: 8). The spiritual weapon disappears back into the void and lashes out at the nearest basilisk (Bless: 4 plus Attack: 11 Damage: 4).

She backs up to G1 and says worriedly to Boosey, "Can you use that without damaging Lemon? I can't restore him if he is in pieces. He would revive in pieces and die a gruesome, excruciating death."

 Eku takes aim into the roiling black sphere. Her arrow fires into it and she makes a motion of victory. She calls back to the party as she retreats, "Both basilisks are dead!"

Allister grabs the grates and puts them over the pit. „Everyone, close on the the doors. We have to get some cover when that black inferno comes down.“

Boosey nods at Allister and starts to pull the left door shut. “We make a stand here, whatever comes out of that blackness.  I will not abandon Lemon to the basilisks.  They have magic that can devour their victims, turning the stone back to flesh.  We leave he gets eaten!”

Tense moments go by as the party closes one of the gates and braces for whatever might come next. After a time, the magic in the south passage ends and the spiritual weapon fades away. The side passage stays empty, but more enemies make themselves known down the long hallway. Rounding the corner are a multitude of enemies. Two yuan-ti that appear human in shape, but have snake-like eyes and serpents for arms make the first appearance. Each arm ends in a snapping, fanged mouth. Three more female yuan-ti follow them - these have the lower torso of a large serpent, their legs replaced by a scaly mass that slithers across the ground. And behind them a forth one like the females, save this one is wrapped in bloody bandages, marking him as a carrier of the Death Curse. He is bigger and taller than the rest. When he spots the party, he utters a word and his longsword ignites in flame. Behind these enemies are several more of the monstrous snake-like beings that litter the floor in front of the gates.

Allisterˋs jaw drops several inches. He regains his wits quickly and grabs Boosey. „We have to leave NOW. They won’t kill Lemon, they need to find out what he knows. We have to get the cubes and come back for him.“ He turns to the rest of the group. „We have to get out of here.“ Allister starts walking to the exit. 

Alynoa turns and looks back and forth from the enemies and her new allies. Growling she turns and tries to close the doors as she turns to run away.