Storm King's Thunder

//OOC unfortunately, I'm done for the night... Catch up with you all in the morning. //

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Sevari cast minor illusion in the shape of a stirge hoping to scare the bats... 

Angel stares at his rock and thinks a little bit. 

"You're right. The Light of Lathander is a beacon. A beacon of hope for the villagers and a beacon of fear for the enemies."

Angel says with a smile. He will then tuck the rock into his pocket to dim the light a little bit. 

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Looking at the bats.... "The hell with this...."

Firebolt.... Attack: 17 Damage: 4

//Sounds like a plan.

As you progress a bit further, you see the prone form of Beedo, quivering on the ground with his hands over his head, below where the bats are flying.

"The bats are agitated, quiet everyone." Marav tries to stealth up and he is gonna cover Beedo with his own body, whispering to Beedo, "Keep quiet. The bats are just scared."

//Marav takes the 1point of damage I assume?//

Stealth: 5

Sevari moves/recasts minor illusion of the stirge so that the party and Beedo are in the safe zone. 

"I'm thinking the Stirge might not calm the bats down. They are gonna keep swarming if we keep them agitated."

"Maybe,or they're just generally agitated... But they're avoiding the area around it and us... Do you have another plan you'd like to try?" Sevari asks.

Ink looks up and casts a similar minor illusion attempting to increase the area of safety. 

"They didn't go nuts until we started fighting. Not sure what to do, but putting a predator among them doesn't seem to be working either. Anyone else have an idea?"

// btw no damage... Per DM as long as we stayed close to each other, there's a sphere of safety //

//I think we need to not agitate them. They need to calm down and go back into the rafters. Not sure how to do that though. A fireball would do it too but would probably kill the villagers. :) Or maybe we could lead them away into another cavern?//

The bats are beginning to thin out at this point. They might be returning to wherever they came from. Visibility is now about 10 feet, and the screaming and shrieking is subsiding just slightly.

"The bats are thining out. Let us go find the villagers before the Ogre gets to them."

"Ogre went down a different tunnel. We hurt him pretty good. Let's see if we can't find the villagers."

//As it clears out Marav wants to go forward and see if we can't find who is there.//

"We should take care to be extra quiet... The bats won't hide our footfalls any longer...," whispers Ink.

"Agreed," says Sevari, "and we should be looking for any traps along the way. They may have something in place should prisoners escape." 

"so you did go to help the Villagers, we took out one of the ogres and a few of the others but we need to get these people out of here fast!"

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// Map is updated //

Entering the space, you see quite the sight. Over two dozen humans, halflings, and other races are all huddled together on ledges that surround this circular tiered cavern. At the bottom of the cavern is a hole into which the bats are flying by the droves.

Peering around, those of you with darkvision recognize Morak the dwarf Innkeeper and Hiral the priest, who is sobbing on the lap of a middle aged halfling woman.

Angel will immediately try and get to his friend Hiral.

"Hiral. Are you all right? What happened to the village?"