Storm King's Thunder

Perception: 18
Perception: 17 //If disadvantage, I can see at night//

"You know us, making friends everywhere we go." He looks toward Ink. "Told you we should have killed those damn ravens! Maybe I can talk them out of fighting."

Don subtly shifts his shape. His ears flatten he gains a couple inches in height and about 30 pounds of muscle, he now appears to be a human version of himself, heavily muscled with a scar on his cheek a patch over his eye.

(Don should be on the airship with Flint—Ink, Matrix, and Crownsguard are catching up on the ground)

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Do they appear to be the giant crows from the other site?

 You may make a Wisdom (Perception) check with disadvantage for low lighting.

 Scanning: 4

Crownsguard and Don are distracted by the rays of sun that momentarily obscure their vision. 

" ah do'na  know lass." Perception (disadvantage): 18

Ink scuffs Quill's feathers then says, "Just another moment girl - I need to see." He sends her back up for just a few moments.

/ Ink through Quill ... Perception  7 

Flint recognizes the eight giant ravens, and they are all now bearing human riders. They are getting closer, and flying at top speed directly for the airship.

"Maybe ye  should set 'er  down lass, might be we c'n talk our way outta this, unless ye  think ye  c'n outrun 'em?"

Then to those on the ground "RIDERS COMIN' LADS, LOOK SHARP!"

“No way we can outrun them, and we’d have to leave your friends behind anyway,” says Delsephine. “Man the guns!”

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Ink scuffs Quill's feathers then says, "Just another moment girl - I need to see." He sends her back up for just a few moments.

/ Ink through Quill ... Perception  7 

 Quill can easily see the ravens and riders. The humans all appear to be wearing hide adorned with black feathers, and carrying a variety of wicked looking weapons. One of them is pointing directly at you and saying something to the others.

Ink points back at the rider that pointing at them and tells the group, "I think they're after the ring on my finger."

"Well, let's hope they're open to negotiations - they may not like what I have to say."

When the pointing barbarian is about 150 feet away, Ink let's loose a FIREBALL centered on that pointing barbarian.

/  All creatures within 20 feet of the pointing barbarian take 35 fire damage, DEX Save 15 for half.

Ink will then cast message at the pointing barbarian, assuming he survived, if not then any other surviving barbarian, when they are in range, and state firmly, "Truce or there will be more fire."

If he survived Don will cast Eldritch Blast if they still look hostile. At the same one that ink aimed at. 

Attack: 8 Dmg: 2

Attack: 26 Dmg: 7

Crownsguard will climb to where he can use the harpoon guns!

Perception Check... (rolling twice in case)... 5, 21

Flint looks on in shock as the fireball erupts around the lead rider and waits to see what develops. 

Ink’s fireball erupts dramatically in the distance, taking out the surprised lead raven in the conflagration! Bits of burning bird and rider fall from the sky as the rest of the flock veer off and fan out in reaction...

Don’s magic blast burns through the air where the giant raven was just turned to slag // I’m assuming you think they look hostile; but I can’t make that judgement for you ;) //

(Is anyone else taking an action?)

(Matrix and Crownsguard are climbing the 50’ ladders, which require a total of 100’ of movement unless you have an innate climbing speed)

Dontontion glares at whoever looks to be in charge or close enough. He glares stiffly at the raven rider.

When they get into range you hear nothing but he hears a deep gravelly booming voice inside his own head, "Leave my emissaries be, I sent them to retrieve my ring. You saw what a warning shot did, do not anger me or my emissaries, leave now."

Performance: 13

Don subtly shifts his shape. His ears flatten he gains a couple inches in height and about 30 pounds of muscle, he now appears to be a human version of himself, heavily muscled with a scar on his cheek a patch over his eye

Flint assumes a defensive stance (dodging) for now.

Now coming in at varying vectors, all the raven riders begin pelting Ink with arrows from 80 feet in the air above.

Two of them wind up close to the airship as they do so, and “hear” Don’s telepathic message. They are distracted in such a way that they do not fire their vows, but rather look round, arrows nocked, for the source of the mysterious voice. 

Bow Attack: 26 Damage: 9 piercing

Bow Attack: 13 Damage: 4 piercing

Bow Attack: 8 Damage: 9 piercing

Bow Attack: 12 Damage: 9 piercing

"Protect the emissary!!" Don screams out, his face pure abject fear. "What are you doing? Are you trying to get him to kill us all? Can't you see?" Dontontion addresses the attackers.

Performance: 19