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"Oh good, you're home," Fi'Finella says cheerfully and gives the drow a wave. "Am I ever glad to see you! You were having such a nice little conversation with everyone back at their place and POOF! You vanished without even a goodbye! We were all so, so worried about you. I just HAD to come and make sure you were ok. You are ok, aren't you?"
Fi'Finella fluttered down to stand atop one of the fine elven chairs or coaches as she spoke, doing her best to look over both the drow that had visited as well as the others. (Perception: 16 )
Up top, Fianna says "Toc, you're brilliant! And here Mirica thought you would never solve..." before suddenly breaking off.
She turns to Nezuj. "Too late," she says. "Already been noticed. Seems they were waiting for us."
Fianna distractedly gives the rest a run down of what is going on. Perhaps a bit easier and quickly via the telepathic link? But her main attention is on Fi'Finella both to keep track of what is going on and to be ready to *poof* her out of existence the moment there seems like there may be violence.
The warriors seems to listen for a few moments....staying silent for a second or two after she's done, and then nods solemnly, "Yes well, please, follow me and I will show you to the Verdant Cloud so that may speak with her." He seems to pause for a few moments....as if waiting, and then turns and begins walking away. One of the drow turns quickly and runs away down the passage past the other warrior. The other three remain, their hands on weapons, though they seem less concerned about Fi'Finella and more concerned about the general room, expecting more people to appear. They take cover, and pull out hand crossbows, pulling out poisoned darts and placing them on their weapons. The warrior who is leading her away seems unconcerned with the Drow behavior, almost as if he can't even see them.
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Fi'Finella doesn't just follow but flies over and (at least attempts to) land upon the warrior's shoulder. "Lead the way!"
Fianna reveals this all to the others. "We can wait and see if Verdant Cloud will talk to us through Fi'Finella," she suggests. "Or we can go see what the drow waiting for us do... Personally I say wait and see."
The warrior doesn't attempt to dodge or avoid Fi'Finella at all. She attempts to land on his shoulder and goes right through him, executing a maneuver to avoid slamming into the ground. The warrior stops walking, and turns back the way they came from. His back is now to Fi'Finella. He motions down the next stairs and says back to the air, as if someone was standing there, "You may continue this way to Verdant Cloud." He then stands silently, waiting, standing just to the side. One of the drow is following Fi'Finella now....his hand crossbow at the ready. He seems as if he's intending to follow her.
From here Fi'Finella can see another stairway winding down to a lower part of this large cave. Then there is a fifteen foot wide passage leading to the right, up some stairs, and otherwise straight on, it goes through fifteen foot narrower section and opens up into a large room behind, though it's too dark to make out much. However, she does hear a fairly loud sound of rushing water.....and the air has a lot of moisture in it. The stone ground seems a bit slick.
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"Waiting," agreed Mirica. She was not afraid of the battle and wanted - as much as Chen - for "dragon business" to be over with, but Nuzej was right, if they got the chance to properly prepare, they better use it. "Let's see how old the Verdant Cloud is. We are safe - for now - from her poison, and her frightening presence would not affect us either, but this is, of course, only a small part of her arsenal."
(to backtrack just a touch, did the imp notice any frescoes or artworks in the first chamber that looked like perhaps they were an exit?)
Fianna continues describing all to the others, if need be. The mind link may be enough to share it in and of itself? But she will make note of how the guide/intruder is still an illusion and the other drow do not seem to notice it....
Fi’Finella will do her best to note all the details of the path and the walls and such, specially trying to spot anything that could be an exit, be it magical or mundane. She also turns to the drow who is following and waves. “So what’s this then? You live here? You get a lot of visitors?” She also starts to hover closer to him, hoping to touch his shoulder or something without being aggressive. Trying to determine if he too is an illusion.
There is indeed a fresco in the first room, a tiled floor with the pattern of an elven city.
Fianna quickly uses her telepathic link to keep a running commentary for everyone. The drow DO seem to see the illusion, their eyes darted to it when it appeared, but they seem to not pay much attention to it.
Fi'Finella turns to the drow who is following and asks her question. The drow stares at the imp with an unhappy look on it's face...tracking the Imp's movement across the room. As she gets within ten feet the drow raises it's crossbow at her....as if to warn her to stay back... *TWANG*... nope, he was just aiming.
So much for planning and scouting! But Mirica would not let Fianna to face four drow alone. She walked to the fresco and repeated unfamiliar words "Beris Hobas Ir Belegthul" (with touching the fresco if it needed)
Nuzej looks at Toc and the remaining group. “Are we going? We have to go, right?” He’s already stepping forward, casting mage armor on himself and preparing to say the words and touch the thing and do the deed...
This group Russel has found seemed pretty confident the dragon was in this direction. Seeing them teleport, Russel repeats the phrase and joins the battle. After all, there wasn’t anything said against killing the dragon....
Fianna appears in the room she's already seen through Fi'Finella's eyes. A drow warrior crouched behind a corner of a couch fires a crossbow bolt at her the moment she appears.
Attack: 18 Damage: 4
Fianna's turn!
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Outside, everyone rushes for the fresco, slamming their hands onto the chipped tiles and repeating the phrase. Toc is right there too.
Toc: 25. Toc casts Detect Magic as he moves to the fresco.
[Round 1: outside of cave: Everyone can take 1 action in addition to moving to the portal and triggering the teleportation. For example, Nuzej is casting Mage Armor on himself.]
When we get to the 2nd round, everyone will be in the cave an initiative will look like this:
Can our Round 1 action be after the teleportation? If so, Chen will collect one more fuzzy ball from the bag of tricks and then toss it when he arrives in the cave.
Bag of Tricks: 4 Be afraid. Be very afraid. It's a Goat
EDIT: ...and use a bonus action to command it to attack the drow?
Fianna cares not about the Drow immediately in this area despite having to sidestep the crossbow bolt.She only cares about the one that killed her familiar, for the moment anyway.
If that Drow is within sight (unclear how far Fi’Finella was escorted before being shot down) Fianna casts Hex on them and then follows it up with Eldritch Blast with all three blasts targeted at them.
If that Drow is not within sight, Fianna merely casts Eldritch Blast and sends one blast at each of the three Drow in the immediate area while stalking off down the path that Fi'Finella was lead looking for that one specific one.
Attack: 33 Damage: 18
Attack: 21 Damage: 13
Attack: 30 Damage: 19
((Damage is -4, -5 and -5 if blasts against random Drow in room as Hex wasn't used...))
Indeed, the drow that shot Fi'Finella is right there at the mouth of the room....having not gone too far at all. The three blasts lash out and slam into him, sending him sprawling onto his back...though still alive.
He gets up, and scrambles over the lip into the upper portion of the room as Fianna strides purposely towards him. The other drow here leaps forward....a short sword in his hand....he attempts to cast a spell.... (Fianna, attempt to stop him? Arcana check to determine spell prior to deciding.)
Attack: 13 Damage: 10. Attack: 21 Damage: 8.
Toc appears in the room with a ripple. Seeing a warrior at Fianna he leaps forward, his feet moving with his agile pattern, his rapier whisping from its sheath...green fire lighting along it... Attack: 13 Damage: 8 + 12 fire. Attack: 14 Damage: 9. Attack: 27 Damage: 6. Toc strikes the Drow true, two slashes sending blood flying, flame rippling across its body.
The drow still crouched sees this new target appear and drops his crossbow, his own short sword leaping free of its holder as he lunges at Toc. Attack: 14 Damage: 10. Attack: 23 Damage: 10. His blades catch nothing but air.
+16 addition fire on the critical hit.
Mirica, Chen, Russel, Fianna, and Nujez can all go.
"Oh good, you're home," Fi'Finella says cheerfully and gives the drow a wave. "Am I ever glad to see you! You were having such a nice little conversation with everyone back at their place and POOF! You vanished without even a goodbye! We were all so, so worried about you. I just HAD to come and make sure you were ok. You are ok, aren't you?"
Fi'Finella fluttered down to stand atop one of the fine elven chairs or coaches as she spoke, doing her best to look over both the drow that had visited as well as the others. (Perception: 16 )
Up top, Fianna says "Toc, you're brilliant! And here Mirica thought you would never solve..." before suddenly breaking off.
She turns to Nezuj. "Too late," she says. "Already been noticed. Seems they were waiting for us."
Fianna distractedly gives the rest a run down of what is going on. Perhaps a bit easier and quickly via the telepathic link? But her main attention is on Fi'Finella both to keep track of what is going on and to be ready to *poof* her out of existence the moment there seems like there may be violence.
The warriors seems to listen for a few moments....staying silent for a second or two after she's done, and then nods solemnly, "Yes well, please, follow me and I will show you to the Verdant Cloud so that may speak with her." He seems to pause for a few moments....as if waiting, and then turns and begins walking away. One of the drow turns quickly and runs away down the passage past the other warrior. The other three remain, their hands on weapons, though they seem less concerned about Fi'Finella and more concerned about the general room, expecting more people to appear. They take cover, and pull out hand crossbows, pulling out poisoned darts and placing them on their weapons. The warrior who is leading her away seems unconcerned with the Drow behavior, almost as if he can't even see them.
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Fi'Finella doesn't just follow but flies over and (at least attempts to) land upon the warrior's shoulder. "Lead the way!"
Fianna reveals this all to the others. "We can wait and see if Verdant Cloud will talk to us through Fi'Finella," she suggests. "Or we can go see what the drow waiting for us do... Personally I say wait and see."
The warrior doesn't attempt to dodge or avoid Fi'Finella at all. She attempts to land on his shoulder and goes right through him, executing a maneuver to avoid slamming into the ground. The warrior stops walking, and turns back the way they came from. His back is now to Fi'Finella. He motions down the next stairs and says back to the air, as if someone was standing there, "You may continue this way to Verdant Cloud." He then stands silently, waiting, standing just to the side. One of the drow is following Fi'Finella now....his hand crossbow at the ready. He seems as if he's intending to follow her.
From here Fi'Finella can see another stairway winding down to a lower part of this large cave. Then there is a fifteen foot wide passage leading to the right, up some stairs, and otherwise straight on, it goes through fifteen foot narrower section and opens up into a large room behind, though it's too dark to make out much. However, she does hear a fairly loud sound of rushing water.....and the air has a lot of moisture in it. The stone ground seems a bit slick.
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"Waiting," agreed Mirica. She was not afraid of the battle and wanted - as much as Chen - for "dragon business" to be over with, but Nuzej was right, if they got the chance to properly prepare, they better use it. "Let's see how old the Verdant Cloud is. We are safe - for now - from her poison, and her frightening presence would not affect us either, but this is, of course, only a small part of her arsenal."
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(to backtrack just a touch, did the imp notice any frescoes or artworks in the first chamber that looked like perhaps they were an exit?)
Fianna continues describing all to the others, if need be. The mind link may be enough to share it in and of itself? But she will make note of how the guide/intruder is still an illusion and the other drow do not seem to notice it....
Fi’Finella will do her best to note all the details of the path and the walls and such, specially trying to spot anything that could be an exit, be it magical or mundane.
She also turns to the drow who is following and waves. “So what’s this then? You live here? You get a lot of visitors?” She also starts to hover closer to him, hoping to touch his shoulder or something without being aggressive. Trying to determine if he too is an illusion.
There is indeed a fresco in the first room, a tiled floor with the pattern of an elven city.
Fianna quickly uses her telepathic link to keep a running commentary for everyone. The drow DO seem to see the illusion, their eyes darted to it when it appeared, but they seem to not pay much attention to it.
Fi'Finella turns to the drow who is following and asks her question. The drow stares at the imp with an unhappy look on it's face...tracking the Imp's movement across the room. As she gets within ten feet the drow raises it's crossbow at her....as if to warn her to stay back... *TWANG*... nope, he was just aiming.
Attack: 18 Damage: 7. DC 13 CON Save vs poison.
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((lol, who knew surprise rounds were so easy to get...))
"They've killed Fi'Finella," Fianna advises the others. "I guess if they didn't want to talk after all."
Fianna then walks up to the fresco, places her hand upon it, and says "Shall we repay the favor?"
"Beris Hobas Ir Belegthul"
So much for planning and scouting! But Mirica would not let Fianna to face four drow alone. She walked to the fresco and repeated unfamiliar words "Beris Hobas Ir Belegthul" (with touching the fresco if it needed)
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(Fianna, roll initiative, since no one is surprised. Initiative is rolled when you appear on the other side of the teleporter...)
Drow in entry chamber:
Drow 1: 7
Drow 2: 19
Drow 3: 6
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Oh...
Fianna Initiative: 15
Nuzej looks at Toc and the remaining group. “Are we going? We have to go, right?” He’s already stepping forward, casting mage armor on himself and preparing to say the words and touch the thing and do the deed...
Chen Initiative: 19
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
This group Russel has found seemed pretty confident the dragon was in this direction. Seeing them teleport, Russel repeats the phrase and joins the battle. After all, there wasn’t anything said against killing the dragon....
Initiative:17
Fianna appears in the room she's already seen through Fi'Finella's eyes. A drow warrior crouched behind a corner of a couch fires a crossbow bolt at her the moment she appears.
Attack: 18 Damage: 4
Fianna's turn!
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Outside, everyone rushes for the fresco, slamming their hands onto the chipped tiles and repeating the phrase. Toc is right there too.
Toc: 25. Toc casts Detect Magic as he moves to the fresco.
[Round 1: inside cave : Drow 1: 22, Fianna: 15, Drow 3: 11, Drow 2: 7 ]
[Round 1: outside of cave: Everyone can take 1 action in addition to moving to the portal and triggering the teleportation. For example, Nuzej is casting Mage Armor on himself.]
When we get to the 2nd round, everyone will be in the cave an initiative will look like this:
[Round 2: Toc: 25, Drow1: 22, Chen: 19, Russel: 17, Fianna: 15, Drow3: 11, Drow2: 7]. (Nuzej and Mirica TBD).
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Can our Round 1 action be after the teleportation? If so, Chen will collect one more fuzzy ball from the bag of tricks and then toss it when he arrives in the cave.
Bag of Tricks: 4 Be afraid. Be very afraid. It's a Goat
EDIT: ...and use a bonus action to command it to attack the drow?
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Mirica Initiative: 19
(Everyone - except absent Fianna - are Blessed)
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Fianna cares not about the Drow immediately in this area despite having to sidestep the crossbow bolt. She only cares about the one that killed her familiar, for the moment anyway.
If that Drow is within sight (unclear how far Fi’Finella was escorted before being shot down) Fianna casts Hex on them and then follows it up with Eldritch Blast with all three blasts targeted at them.
If that Drow is not within sight, Fianna merely casts Eldritch Blast and sends one blast at each of the three Drow in the immediate area while stalking off down the path that Fi'Finella was lead looking for that one specific one.
Attack: 33 Damage: 18
Attack: 21 Damage: 13
Attack: 30 Damage: 19
((Damage is -4, -5 and -5 if blasts against random Drow in room as Hex wasn't used...))
Nuzej initiative: 6
Indeed, the drow that shot Fi'Finella is right there at the mouth of the room....having not gone too far at all. The three blasts lash out and slam into him, sending him sprawling onto his back...though still alive.
He gets up, and scrambles over the lip into the upper portion of the room as Fianna strides purposely towards him. The other drow here leaps forward....a short sword in his hand....he attempts to cast a spell.... (Fianna, attempt to stop him? Arcana check to determine spell prior to deciding.)
Attack: 13 Damage: 10. Attack: 21 Damage: 8.
Toc appears in the room with a ripple. Seeing a warrior at Fianna he leaps forward, his feet moving with his agile pattern, his rapier whisping from its sheath...green fire lighting along it... Attack: 13 Damage: 8 + 12 fire. Attack: 14 Damage: 9. Attack: 27 Damage: 6. Toc strikes the Drow true, two slashes sending blood flying, flame rippling across its body.
The drow still crouched sees this new target appear and drops his crossbow, his own short sword leaping free of its holder as he lunges at Toc. Attack: 14 Damage: 10. Attack: 23 Damage: 10. His blades catch nothing but air.
+16 addition fire on the critical hit.
Mirica, Chen, Russel, Fianna, and Nujez can all go.
[Round 2: Toc: 25, Drow1: 22, Mirica,Chen: 19, Russel: 17, Fianna: 15, Nujez: 14, Drow3: 11, Drow2: 7].
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