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((Pretty sure it isn't over yet, give Paladin a chance ;))

 (Maybe there is still hope :) )

(I don’t think we are done yet. Hang in there Areus!!!)

The first sensation that you remember is falling, tumbling through the darkness into an abyss of twinkling stars and violet clouds. Are you awake? Are you dreaming? As you slowly regain your faculties, your form stabilizes into a ghostly reflection of your body, a golden thread trailing away from you into nothingness.

You were certain that you should have been headed for the Underworld, the place of final rewards and endless suffering. Yet you are not. You float in an endless violet skyscape dotted with distant stars. Monsters wrought from shadow and starlight stalk the vast expanse, and occasionally glimmers of the mortal world flicker in and out of sight like half-remembered dreams. The scale and size of the vastness around you leaves you feeling very small.

You find that you can move simply by thinking about moving. This ability is governed by your empathy and sensitivity to supernatural forces, though distance does not mean the same thing in Nyx as it does in the waking world. In combat, a creature’s walking speed is 3 times its Wisdom score.

As you adjust to not having been slain you realize you have the 3 fragments you had found earlier though Areus is no longer attuned to his as he passed it to Saya in a bid to outrun a god.

You find all of your equipment, weapons and armor are still with you.

As you look around you see that Tisto is much larger than he was in the mortal realm. Being Nyxborn Tisto is now size Large

Saya is trying to get her bearings, and gives Areus’ fragment back to him. “Are we dead??” Asks Saya to no one in particular.

Without saying anything else, the Centaur closes her eyes to concentrate on a new found ability. She tries to expand her senses to see if she can detect any portal nearby.

Areus checks his surroundings being very surprised to be still somehow alive "Are we dead?" the hoplite shakes his head "No, we are not dead, we are in Nyx. How is it possible?"
"We still have the fragments, but we have to find a way to return to the mortal realm as our quest is still far from being finished."
He just now notices Tisto being larger than before "Tisto you are a Nyxborn, right? Do you know the way back?"

Soren shakes his head in disbelief "What are the chances? Nonexistant? Someone wants us alive."
He struggles to get his bearings in this strange place, but eventually finds that if he focuses on the place he wants to move to, he can travel at around the same speed as he did in the real world. "Now how the hell do we get out of here? And why is Tisto so big?"

Tisto sits up and looks around “so this is what being dead looks like!  Where are the virgins eager to cater to my every whim and the party to end all parties? He then looks at his now much larger body and says “well I didn’t expect this!” In response to Areas’ request “Do you know the way back?" and never one to be at loss for words he says sure and starts heading off.

Tisto's direction check for DM

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Callaphe looks around disoriented for a brief moment before realizing that a. she wasn't dead and b. they were floating in the Nyx. "One would assume these threads lead somewhere," she says.

"Maybe one fragment is here in the Nyx?" says Areus trying to adjust himself to the strange environment. Seeing that he too, like Soren, is able to move at the same speed as before, he takes the White Fragment that Saya just gave him and offers it to Soren "I feel that this may be more useful in your hands."

He waits for a couple of minutes to allow the others to further adjust themselves to Nyx before saying "Shall we check where those will take us?" The hoplite points at the golden threads and starts walking as soon as the others are ready.

Soren accepts the fragment, stowing it away so he can attune to it later. "They seem to be taking us somewhere, I agree that we should follow them." 
Soren thinks quietly to himself for a few minutes before he speaks again "Wait a second, can we die here? Are we already dead, and if so, can we die twice?"

Saya takes the Red Fragment and gives to Callaphe. “This should aid you.” The Centaur is still trying to get her bearings.

Callaphe nods and takes the fragment, scanning their surroundings to see if all the threads are going the same way.

You have just begun to get adjusted to your surroundings as you experience movement by thought.  You gather together and hand out the three fragments of the mask that you do have and the strangeness of time working differently in the Nyx those that hold a mask find themselves attuned to them. 

You just begin to see if the golden strands that run behind you lead anywhere when the peace of the night sky is disrupted by an otherworldly scuttling. The lights whirl and dim, as all around you eight legged phantasms drop towards you from above and below, fangs laced with iridescent venom. They are coloured in the same hazy, translucent purple of the space around you yet they are also dotted with starlight. They begin to crawl around, over and under you in an unsettling manner. You quickly realize that there are 5 of them.

Initiative - Areus 17, Callaphe 11, Saya 12, Soren 3, Tisto 18, Spiders 20

They all move to attack, each one of them trying to bite one of you

vs Areus - Attack: 16 Damage: 7 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 14 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 

vs Callaphe - Attack: 13 Damage: 9 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 15 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 

vs Saya - Attack: 17 Damage: 7 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 14 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 

vs Soren - Attack: 18 Damage: 5 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 20 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 

vs Tisto  - Attack: 19 Damage: 6 piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 21 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 

Only the spider attacking Callaphe is successful in its attack

Callaphe roll a CON Saving throw

Tisto is up

Spiders, Tisto (41/41), Areus (75/75), Saya (55/55), Callaphe (52/52), Soren (58/58)

Seeing a spider about to sink its fangs into Callaphe, Tisto starts chanting -

“Little Callaphe sat on ass eating her curds and whey
Down came a big spider but the giant Satyr yelled out boo and scared the critter away”

Reaction: Use of Cutting Words to reduce its attack by 1.
(OOC: I know technically not before seeing the result but don’t think that works in PbP)

Tisto then turns and faces the spiders attacking the party summoning three balls of the warbling chaos fire that is his trademark attack as well as drawing on his now enhanced powers starts chanting –

“Ipsy wispy spider climbed the water spout
Down came the satyr’s magic fire and wiped the spiders out!”

Action cast Chaos Bolt twinned at the spider attacking him and one other - Attack: 27 Damage: 0 2 and 3 doing 7 points of  damage - doubled for critical

Wild magic roll = 18

Bonus Action cast Chaos Bolt quickened at the spider attacking him -  Attack: 20 Damage: 0 3 and 7  doing fire damage

Wild magic roll = 16

Con Save: 7

Callaphe winces as the spider bites into her, before holding her hand out in front of her. A fiery blade forms in her hand, which she swings at the creature.

Bonus Action: Cast Flame Blade

Action: Flame Blade Attack (I'm assuming since it says melee spell attack i don't get the extra attack from the fragment)
Attack: 11 Damage: 6

"Let's not find that out Soren!" replies Areus to Soren's question as the spiders attack the group. The Akroan hoplite places his shield as the creature attempts to bite him managing to briefly stop the creature. "My turn now!" Areus adjusts the grip on his shield and smashes it on the spider's face hoping to topple it out. As the shield swings back, Areus thrusts forward twice with his spear aiming for a soft spot in the creature's carapace.

Bonus Action: Shield bash to knock the spider prone Athletics 18

Action: Spear Attack: 10 Damage: 9  (Advantage roll in case the spider is prone 22)
              Spear Attack: 13 Damage: 10  (Advantage roll in case the spider is prone 10

Soren grins "Watch out, leave some for me"

8 5 2

STR Save 18