Vetis takes a deep breath, eyes deeply troubled. "I suppose we had better go say hello," she murmurs, slowly moving out of the tunnel and towards the chamber.
The enormous roc eyes you with a prehistoric tenacity as you approach. Impossibly, the temperature drops even further in here, and the entire area is now foggy. Next to her is a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down. Protruding from her feathery owl’s head is a pair of curved goat horns. A cloak and cowl made of pristine white snow conceals much of her tripartite form, which her worshipers refer to as the Cold Crone.
As you get nearer, you release you are in the presence of an avatar of the Frostmaiden. She takes but just a moment to size you all up, then, passes judgement upon you all. Her voice echoes in your minds.
"IT IS TIME FOR YOU, MY DEVOTED, TO PROVE YOUR LOYALTY TO ME. HERE. A GIFT OF WHAT IS TO COME."she says to Vetis. With a casual wave of her clawed hand, a magical explosion hits Vetis and sends her reeling backwards against the icy floor, skidding a few meters away from where she was. You feel a surge of divine power wash over you, transforming you, changing you - and you like it. You are capable now of doing things you never could, and the only persistent thought in your head is the destruction of these heretics.
"COME, ISKRA. LET US DEPART AND CAST MY SPELL - ANOTHER DAY OF DARKNESS FOR THIS LAND."
Vellynne gasps. "So that's what she's doing! She's casting a spell every night that's causing this darkness!"And with that, Auril the Frostmaiden mounts the giant roc, and flies to the sky, leaving you all with a much bigger problem.
Aeydof the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm /ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
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Vetis wasn't quite sure what she was expecting. More threats? An ultimatum? She was prepared to trade cautious words with the Frostmaiden again, when suddenly...the winds in the back of her mind swelled. Even as she slipped out of the tunnel, before Auril spoke aloud, the goddess sent a simple message to the tiefling's mind.
Choose.
Vetis's eyes flickered across the others, her mind thinking to the world she had explored so far. When placed against the wintry cold of her goddess, she saw. She understood. There was such beauty in this world, but it was destined to wither and die and fall. When looking at such beauty, who would not want to preserve it? To freeze it in ice forever so that it would never wither away.
And yet.
Perhaps it was that very temporariness that granted such beauty.
Perhaps it was the very fact that it was destined to fall that made the world so precious.
Perhaps it was only when facing death that one could only truly find life.
Vetis chose.
But it didn't matter.
Wrong choice.
The explosion struck her, and the winds howled all the louder, drowning out her thoughts and will. The tiefling let out a raw scream, the winds in her mind manifesting themselves around her. She locks eyes with Percy for a bare moment, forcing the last of her free will into five words, knowing the warlock won't hesitate to end her, and grateful for his ruthlessness. "Don't let them hold back." And then she is drowned in snow, in ice, in frost, in winter.
The tiefling is concealed from view by a howling tornado of snow, a blizzard of precise proportions. When the snow finally clears, Vetis is almost unrecognizable. Her body is surrounded by a spinning nimbus of icy particles. Her horns have transformed into pure ice, and encircle her head almost like a crown. Her silvery eyes have turned the pure white of ice, and her once grey hair is now the pure black of a midwinter night. The symbol of the Frostmaiden is emblazoned upon her head, a snowflake that looks to be made of coldly glowing snow. A long blade of pure blue ice from the deepest glacier is held in each of her hands. Lines of ice track along her face in a complex and unknowable pattern, and she radiates cold and majesty. Her gaze holds none of the complicated emotion that has been present in her eyes, and sweeps over you all with cold dismissal, as if you are nothing more than inconveniences to be swept aside. Her voice is as warm as the deepest waters of the Sea of Moving Ice, and it rings with power and contempt. "WHAT A FOOL I WAS, TO HOPE FOR YOU. I WISH TO JOIN MY MISTRESS, AND YOU ARE SLOWING ME DOWN. COME, LET US BRING THIS SAD CHARADE TO AN END!" She smiles cruelly and lifts her blades, snow and ice spinning around her.
I found a cool picture for general sense! This, although rather than a crescent moon, she has the snowflake symbol of the Frostmaiden on her forehead:
MINI BOSS BATTLE: VETIS THE FROSTMISTRESS Kaz24, Lucas21, Percy18, Vetis15(AC13/HP300), Kai13, Sobek10
Books, I will allow you to place in the lineup where you want your legendaries. You have control of combat. Feel free to copy and paste the lineup as you see fit. Good luck everyone. You're gonna need it.
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Lucas narrows his eyes, and sees the change to Vetis, however, recalling his life debt to her, bites his lip. Steeling his will, he quickly draws his bow and rushes to the side, moving away from the group in the case of the AoEs involving the weather. While he moves, he'll cast Hunter's Mark before firing.
Not putting two-and-two together about what's going on (because he's so stupid), Shrek none the less catches on quickly when he suddenly sees everyone readying to attack the new chilly princess who just transformed. So, deciding to crack open a frosty cold one (...see what I did there?), he Rages and goes in for the attack on UberVetis right next to Lucas-
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Kaz shakes their head, “Vetis...I wish there were a non violent way to get through to you. Hopefully you will forgive us. We can’t let Auril maintain such an imbalance to nature.” Kaz’s eyes glow brilliant white, shifting to fiery red as the Druid brings their hands up, raising a fire elemental in the form of a fiery panther (SUMMON ELEMENTAL).
the fire panther rushes forward and attacks Vetis.
Attack 1: Attack: 15 Damage: 11
Attack 2: Attack: 14 Damage: 17
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Corinne Hemlock: Dhampir courtesan and dusk huntress Kraig Bronzeaxe: Dwarven archaeologist and guerilla archer
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Percival takes position in front of Vellynne and the book, since they're what they're here for.
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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Vetis takes a deep breath, eyes deeply troubled. "I suppose we had better go say hello," she murmurs, slowly moving out of the tunnel and towards the chamber.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Lucas opts to follow Vetis to a degree, walking up with her to the door, but staying back.
The enormous roc eyes you with a prehistoric tenacity as you approach. Impossibly, the temperature drops even further in here, and the entire area is now foggy. Next to her is a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down. Protruding from her feathery owl’s head is a pair of curved goat horns. A cloak and cowl made of pristine white snow conceals much of her tripartite form, which her worshipers refer to as the Cold Crone.
As you get nearer, you release you are in the presence of an avatar of the Frostmaiden. She takes but just a moment to size you all up, then, passes judgement upon you all. Her voice echoes in your minds.
"IT IS TIME FOR YOU, MY DEVOTED, TO PROVE YOUR LOYALTY TO ME. HERE. A GIFT OF WHAT IS TO COME." she says to Vetis. With a casual wave of her clawed hand, a magical explosion hits Vetis and sends her reeling backwards against the icy floor, skidding a few meters away from where she was. You feel a surge of divine power wash over you, transforming you, changing you - and you like it. You are capable now of doing things you never could, and the only persistent thought in your head is the destruction of these heretics.
"COME, ISKRA. LET US DEPART AND CAST MY SPELL - ANOTHER DAY OF DARKNESS FOR THIS LAND."
Vellynne gasps. "So that's what she's doing! She's casting a spell every night that's causing this darkness!" And with that, Auril the Frostmaiden mounts the giant roc, and flies to the sky, leaving you all with a much bigger problem.
Roll for initiative.
"Called it."
Percival:18
Xenophon: Topaz Dragonborn Fighter (ixi's Dragon of Icespire Peak)
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‘Don’t let her use you like this!’
Init: 19
Init: 21
Initty: 13
Aeyd of the Dragons || Wood Elf / Way of the Ascendant Dragon Monk
Demetrios Zalaoras || Protector Aasimar / Paladin of Torm
Hawke || Kalashtar / Circle of the Moon Druid
Morticia || Half-Aasimar Rogue
Yvan || Goliath / Path of the Wild Soul Barbarian | Paladin of Helm
/ᐠ。ꞈ。ᐟ\
Vetis wasn't quite sure what she was expecting. More threats? An ultimatum? She was prepared to trade cautious words with the Frostmaiden again, when suddenly...the winds in the back of her mind swelled. Even as she slipped out of the tunnel, before Auril spoke aloud, the goddess sent a simple message to the tiefling's mind.
Choose.
Vetis's eyes flickered across the others, her mind thinking to the world she had explored so far. When placed against the wintry cold of her goddess, she saw. She understood. There was such beauty in this world, but it was destined to wither and die and fall. When looking at such beauty, who would not want to preserve it? To freeze it in ice forever so that it would never wither away.
And yet.
Perhaps it was that very temporariness that granted such beauty.
Perhaps it was the very fact that it was destined to fall that made the world so precious.
Perhaps it was only when facing death that one could only truly find life.
Vetis chose.
But it didn't matter.
Wrong choice.
The explosion struck her, and the winds howled all the louder, drowning out her thoughts and will. The tiefling let out a raw scream, the winds in her mind manifesting themselves around her. She locks eyes with Percy for a bare moment, forcing the last of her free will into five words, knowing the warlock won't hesitate to end her, and grateful for his ruthlessness. "Don't let them hold back." And then she is drowned in snow, in ice, in frost, in winter.
The tiefling is concealed from view by a howling tornado of snow, a blizzard of precise proportions. When the snow finally clears, Vetis is almost unrecognizable. Her body is surrounded by a spinning nimbus of icy particles. Her horns have transformed into pure ice, and encircle her head almost like a crown. Her silvery eyes have turned the pure white of ice, and her once grey hair is now the pure black of a midwinter night. The symbol of the Frostmaiden is emblazoned upon her head, a snowflake that looks to be made of coldly glowing snow. A long blade of pure blue ice from the deepest glacier is held in each of her hands. Lines of ice track along her face in a complex and unknowable pattern, and she radiates cold and majesty. Her gaze holds none of the complicated emotion that has been present in her eyes, and sweeps over you all with cold dismissal, as if you are nothing more than inconveniences to be swept aside. Her voice is as warm as the deepest waters of the Sea of Moving Ice, and it rings with power and contempt. "WHAT A FOOL I WAS, TO HOPE FOR YOU. I WISH TO JOIN MY MISTRESS, AND YOU ARE SLOWING ME DOWN. COME, LET US BRING THIS SAD CHARADE TO AN END!" She smiles cruelly and lifts her blades, snow and ice spinning around her.
I found a cool picture for general sense! This, although rather than a crescent moon, she has the snowflake symbol of the Frostmaiden on her forehead:
Vetis init: 9
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
MINI BOSS BATTLE: VETIS THE FROSTMISTRESS
Kaz24, Lucas21, Percy18, Vetis15(AC13/HP300), Kai13, Sobek10
Books, I will allow you to place in the lineup where you want your legendaries. You have control of combat. Feel free to copy and paste the lineup as you see fit. Good luck everyone. You're gonna need it.
Kaznitiative: 24
Corinne Hemlock: Dhampir courtesan and dusk huntress
Kraig Bronzeaxe: Dwarven archaeologist and guerilla archer
Just waiting on Shrek.
Shrekitive: 19
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
MINI BOSS BATTLE: VETIS THE FROSTMISTRESS
Kaz24, Lucas21, Shrek19, Percy18, Vetis15(AC13/HP300), Kai13, Sobek10
Legendary Action Placement:
Kaz24, Lucas 21, Shrek19, LegAc1, Percy18, LegAc2, Vetis15 (AC 16/HP300), Kai, LegAc3, Sobek10
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Lucas narrows his eyes, and sees the change to Vetis, however, recalling his life debt to her, bites his lip. Steeling his will, he quickly draws his bow and rushes to the side, moving away from the group in the case of the AoEs involving the weather. While he moves, he'll cast Hunter's Mark before firing.
Sharpshooter Attack: 13 Damage: 21 + (HM) 4
Sharpshooter Attack: 13 Damage: 22 + (HM) 3 + (CH) 5
One hit! Kaz and Shrek are up! (Look, I can do it too!)
Kaz24, Lucas 21, Shrek19, LegAc1, Percy18, LegAc2, Vetis15 (AC 16/HP279), Kai, LegAc3, Sobek10
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Not putting two-and-two together about what's going on (because he's so stupid), Shrek none the less catches on quickly when he suddenly sees everyone readying to attack the new chilly princess who just transformed. So, deciding to crack open a frosty cold one (...see what I did there?), he Rages and goes in for the attack on UberVetis right next to Lucas-
Last to know and first to be blamed...
As a free action, can I regret my life choices?
Shrek hits twice!
Kaz24, Lucas 21, Shrek19, LegAc1, Percy18, LegAc2, Vetis15 (AC 16/HP257), Kai, LegAc3, Sobek10
Kaz is up.
Stella Diamant, Human Rogue 17 (Swashbuckler), The Exploits of Misfit Company
Kat, Medtech, Cyberpunk: Red
Shi, Changeling Bard 4 (College of Spirits), Tyrant's Grasp
Dani, Human Artificer 9 (Armorer), Skulls and Starships
DM, Project Point (Teams Scimitar and Longsword)
Everything Else!
Kaz shakes their head, “Vetis...I wish there were a non violent way to get through to you. Hopefully you will forgive us. We can’t let Auril maintain such an imbalance to nature.” Kaz’s eyes glow brilliant white, shifting to fiery red as the Druid brings their hands up, raising a fire elemental in the form of a fiery panther (SUMMON ELEMENTAL).
the fire panther rushes forward and attacks Vetis.
Attack 1: Attack: 15 Damage: 11
Attack 2: Attack: 14 Damage: 17
Corinne Hemlock: Dhampir courtesan and dusk huntress
Kraig Bronzeaxe: Dwarven archaeologist and guerilla archer