Nimue will go deep in the mine surrounded by rock and wait out the Dragon. Since the Dragon will struggle to burrow through rock, it is highly unlikely that it will even be able to reach this deep in the mine to cause a cave in.
Seeing their only other escape probably gone. Leovold retreats deep into the cave with Nimue and hopes the Dragon leaves to chase Don Jon or give up and go after another meal.
" Don Jon seems to have left us for dead." Leovold whispers, but honestly I think he is probably not going to survive the hour if the dragon decides to give chase. I don't know what possessed him to flee into the open."
The party feels more rumbling, followed by a large roar. Within that roar is a Draconic voice that says in Common: "LET THE SECRET DIE WITH YOU, TRAPPED IN THESE DARK TUNNELS." Crashing sounds can be heard at the entrance of the cave.
”I’d much rather fight outside where I can see than die to a bunch of rocks falling on me.”
Dusty twirls his mace.
”We’re not match for a dragon but I’m not going to just sit here and die. Maybe we can take its eye before it takes our lives. A battle worthy of Tempus!”
"Well the Dragon is too strong for us currently so I say we rest and fully recover. But first I need to summon Magis back."
Nimue will then trance for 4 hours and spend the remaining time looking around the mine, special attention to the area on the East side that leads outside.
OOC if the group agrees to long rest I will start the resummoning ritual.
After waking Leo will go see if he can find whatever was in the dirt earlier and check the dead dwarven bodies for digging implements. If he find any he will begin digging at whichever entrance seems less caved in.
While the group is still long resting and after successfully summoning Magis back, Nimue moves to the eastern entrance and inspects the collapsed rock. Although the passage has caved in, she looks and sees tiny cracks. Nimue thinks to herself and says out loud to herself "Well let us see if this works..." She casts gaseous form on herself and tries to pass through the rubble and find a way outside.
Leovold digs through the dirt pile and finds 10 fist-sized chunks of gold ore and a pair of goggles of night.
Goggles of Night Wondrous Item, uncommon While wearing these dark lenses, you have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, wearing the goggles increases its range by 60 feet.
The dead dwarves are carrying pick axes and shovels.
Nimue successfully traverses through the tunnel and finds herself outside on the opposite entrance to the mine.
Nimue, while still in gaseous form, will move back into the cave. She will then short rest until everyone is awake. When everyone is awakeshe will tell the group of her solution. Nimue then becomes frustrated when she finds out that not everyone can become shadow fog.
She proposes that she will transform Dusty into gas first, then herself to go to the other side. She will then have to wait one hour to rest and resummon Numquam. Then she will cast through Magis to turn Leo into a gas cloud and have him come through. Once Leo is through, she will dismiss Magis into a pocket dimension and summon him back on the other side of the cave in.
Ooc: this would leave me with one spell slot until the next rest and would take at least 1 hour and a few minutes.
Leo seems relieved when Nimue comes back and explains her plan. " Certainly sounds worth trying, and at worst it will be faster than digging this away You sure you can do it?."
Nimue uses her newly acquired ability to transport the heroes out of the cave. They traverse around the cave, and find Don-Jon’s wagon. One horse is severely mutilated, and the other three are missing. Blood streaks along the ground make it appear as if one was dragged away by something large. The three slowly traverse along the Triboar Trail in the darkness, though none of them are impeded by the darkness. They arrive at Phandalin a few hours before dawn. After some light knocking on the inn door, they are invited in by a sleepy Toblen Stonehill.
“Good morning, Sir Leovold.” Korvis greets his master at daybreak. “Thank goodness you are safe. Sightings of the dragon around the mine were reported, and I was soon prepared to traverse to the mines myself if you had not returned today. The citizens of Phandalin have prepared hastily to move towards Axeholm. We will assist in escorting them there.”
...
Linen Graywind leads the line of several wagons, filled with baggage and supply crates. “It’s about a one day trek to the abandoned fortress. We are glad to have your help on the way there.” she says, drawing her giant mace as the wagons start to move forward.
It approaches noon, when a roar can be heard from the hills. “OGRES APPROACHING!”
Two ogres charge towards the line of wagons! "Kill these brutes. Should be simple enough for you, right? I will defend the wagons!" yells Linene.
Leovold is happy with the progress the village has made towards moving to safer territory while they have been gone, but is worrying about Korvis coming out after in him when his thoughts are interrupted by the ogre attack. " Yes, we will handle this."
Leovold charges up to the first Ogre and creates an echo where it might be able to attack the second one if it moves if he can. Otherwise, he will make one on the other side of the ogre he charged.
Three Flaming Unicorns appear and protect Dusty in a 15 foot diameter.
Since this is the first time the Ogres have entered this area they fall victim to the Spirit Guardians. If they start their turn within 15 feet they fall victim again.
They must make a Wisdom Save of 14 or take 16 radiant damage on a failed save. Half as much on success.
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Nimue will go deep in the mine surrounded by rock and wait out the Dragon. Since the Dragon will struggle to burrow through rock, it is highly unlikely that it will even be able to reach this deep in the mine to cause a cave in.
Seeing their only other escape probably gone. Leovold retreats deep into the cave with Nimue and hopes the Dragon leaves to chase Don Jon or give up and go after another meal.
" Don Jon seems to have left us for dead." Leovold whispers, but honestly I think he is probably not going to survive the hour if the dragon decides to give chase. I don't know what possessed him to flee into the open."
The party feels more rumbling, followed by a large roar. Within that roar is a Draconic voice that says in Common: "LET THE SECRET DIE WITH YOU, TRAPPED IN THESE DARK TUNNELS." Crashing sounds can be heard at the entrance of the cave.
"Well that isn't good. Sounds like we may have to move a whole bunch of rocks again. Better than being dead though."
Dusty gets his shield and mace out.
”I’d much rather fight outside where I can see than die to a bunch of rocks falling on me.”
Dusty twirls his mace.
”We’re not match for a dragon but I’m not going to just sit here and die. Maybe we can take its eye before it takes our lives. A battle worthy of Tempus!”
"Well the Dragon is too strong for us currently so I say we rest and fully recover. But first I need to summon Magis back."
Nimue will then trance for 4 hours and spend the remaining time looking around the mine, special attention to the area on the East side that leads outside.
OOC if the group agrees to long rest I will start the resummoning ritual.
Leovold will accompany Nimue to make sure he doesn't lose her, but he has to rest longer so she gets 4 hours without him.
Dusty charges towards the entrance, but finds that it has caved in before he can make it outside. He rejoins his allies further back in the cave.
The party long rests in the cave.
Nimue inspects the eastern tunnel. The opening is narrow and appears to be partially caved in.
After waking Leo will go see if he can find whatever was in the dirt earlier and check the dead dwarven bodies for digging implements. If he find any he will begin digging at whichever entrance seems less caved in.
While the group is still long resting and after successfully summoning Magis back, Nimue moves to the eastern entrance and inspects the collapsed rock. Although the passage has caved in, she looks and sees tiny cracks. Nimue thinks to herself and says out loud to herself "Well let us see if this works..." She casts gaseous form on herself and tries to pass through the rubble and find a way outside.
Leovold looks over at Dusty annoyed as Nimue turns into gas and disappears. " Well, I guess it is just us then." He punches a wall in frustration.
Leovold digs through the dirt pile and finds 10 fist-sized chunks of gold ore and a pair of goggles of night.
Goggles of Night
Wondrous Item, uncommon
While wearing these dark lenses, you have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, wearing the goggles increases its range by 60 feet.
The dead dwarves are carrying pick axes and shovels.
Nimue successfully traverses through the tunnel and finds herself outside on the opposite entrance to the mine.
Leovold will toss the goggles to Dusty. "These might help you out my friend."
Nimue, while still in gaseous form, will move back into the cave. She will then short rest until everyone is awake. When everyone is awakeshe will tell the group of her solution. Nimue then becomes frustrated when she finds out that not everyone can become shadow fog.
She proposes that she will transform Dusty into gas first, then herself to go to the other side. She will then have to wait one hour to rest and resummon Numquam. Then she will cast through Magis to turn Leo into a gas cloud and have him come through. Once Leo is through, she will dismiss Magis into a pocket dimension and summon him back on the other side of the cave in.
Ooc: this would leave me with one spell slot until the next rest and would take at least 1 hour and a few minutes.
Leo seems relieved when Nimue comes back and explains her plan. " Certainly sounds worth trying, and at worst it will be faster than digging this away You sure you can do it?."
Dusty looks at himself...
”You’re going to turn Dusty into... Gas?!”
Dusty gathers his things.
”Well I guess let’s do it.”
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Nimue uses her newly acquired ability to transport the heroes out of the cave. They traverse around the cave, and find Don-Jon’s wagon. One horse is severely mutilated, and the other three are missing. Blood streaks along the ground make it appear as if one was dragged away by something large. The three slowly traverse along the Triboar Trail in the darkness, though none of them are impeded by the darkness. They arrive at Phandalin a few hours before dawn. After some light knocking on the inn door, they are invited in by a sleepy Toblen Stonehill.
“Good morning, Sir Leovold.” Korvis greets his master at daybreak. “Thank goodness you are safe. Sightings of the dragon around the mine were reported, and I was soon prepared to traverse to the mines myself if you had not returned today. The citizens of Phandalin have prepared hastily to move towards Axeholm. We will assist in escorting them there.”
...
Linen Graywind leads the line of several wagons, filled with baggage and supply crates. “It’s about a one day trek to the abandoned fortress. We are glad to have your help on the way there.” she says, drawing her giant mace as the wagons start to move forward.
It approaches noon, when a roar can be heard from the hills. “OGRES APPROACHING!”
Two ogres charge towards the line of wagons! "Kill these brutes. Should be simple enough for you, right? I will defend the wagons!" yells Linene.
Initiative:
Leovold: 15
Facebreaker: 14
Dusty: 10
Nimue: 7
Numquam: 17
Magis: 4
Enemy: 9
Combat order:
Leovold and Dusty can move!
Leovold is happy with the progress the village has made towards moving to safer territory while they have been gone, but is worrying about Korvis coming out after in him when his thoughts are interrupted by the ogre attack. " Yes, we will handle this."
Leovold charges up to the first Ogre and creates an echo where it might be able to attack the second one if it moves if he can. Otherwise, he will make one on the other side of the ogre he charged.
Attack: 28 Damage: 13
Attack: 16 Damage: 10
Reaction
Attack: 24 Damage: 10
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Dusty charges in between the two Ogres.
Dusty will cast Spirit Guardians
Three Flaming Unicorns appear and protect Dusty in a 15 foot diameter.
Since this is the first time the Ogres have entered this area they fall victim to the Spirit Guardians. If they start their turn within 15 feet they fall victim again.
They must make a Wisdom Save of 14 or take 16 radiant damage on a failed save. Half as much on success.