Errona fires high into the sky. Despite her accuracy, the arrow loses power in the air and clinks off of the dragon's armor.
Eight long hours have passed during the adventurer's night trek from Termalaine to Dougan's Hole. In that time, the Oathbow makes time for a new target.
Sharpshooter Roc Shallows draws his breath before whispering something into his companion weapon. He fires twice at the massive creature in the sky. One of the projectiles hits metal, just as the Elven rogue's did. The second, however, strikes true for 18 damage!
The armored dragon roars, then inhales deeply from the sky.
Rubble from nearby flaming buildings falls onto nearby villagers, pining them to the ground!
Vellynne quickly assesses the situation before dragging a nearby woman behind a building. "I'm not sure how much experience you have with dragons...!" she shouts from cover.
Lumen, unable to abandon a needy soul, tries to help the nearest trapped villager. a23 follows suit, then rushing into the nearby alley. Errona takes cover behind the building as well.
Separating himself from his allies, Roc expends all of his energy in attempt to bring the dragon down. All four arrows hit their mark. The last two explode on their target, bursting into flames at the belly of the beast. (101 damage, 119 total)
The dragon swallows its breath in agony, roaring in pain. It assesses the situation for a brief moment, before flying away from the town in retreat.
Vellynne's eyes widen at the spectacle. "Now those are the skills I was seeking..." she mutters.
Suddenly, the familiar howl of a friend is heard. Mr. Fluffers runs into town chased by a large grey dwarf! "The duergar have followed...!" Vellynne shouts.
Roc switches his attention to the new foe. His first arrow misses, but his second lands for 18 damage! a23, seeing Mr. Fluffers in danger, immediately rushes into the fray before Errona can even react. His slashes deal 21 damage, quickly finishing off the foe! Mr. Fluffers pants in relief.
Additional duergar can be seen in the distance, retreating in the same direction of the dragon.
Combat has ended. Please award yourselves with 2,000 xp!
Lumen tends to the injured in the middle of the flaming town.
Villagers express their distraught: "What is going on!?" "What ever shall we do!" "That...that was a dragon, right!?"
Vellynne walks back out into the open. "You've just saved this town from being completely leveled." She puts her hand to her chin. "The dragon may have not gotten far yet...but these people also need help."
What will the heroes do?
(ooc: The party will be in danger of exhaustion if they do not long rest soon.)
a23 finds a frayed scrap of paper with words written in a language that he does not understand.
The party decides to long rest in town.
Vellynne assists the citizens in putting out the remaining fires along with her kobold minions.
When the adventurers awake, they are greeted with thankful villagers: "You saved us!" "I've never seen such sharpshooting before!" "First a dragon...and now a living machine? Oh, I'm not sure if I'm actually alive or in the afterlife!"
Vellyne approaches the group after awhile. "Neither the dragon nor the duergar appear to be returning. Shall we investigate further or continue to Dzaan's tower? It is not far from here."
"Impressive. How is it that you came to understand the language of the Underdark? ... Some information is missing, but one could deduce that this is a path of travel. It would also be logical that the dragon may retreat to repair itself..."
“Try to find a weak spot in its armor!” Roc cries.
(Movement) Roc will move 30 feet to the west of the rest of the group.
(Special) “Swift defeat to my enemies” says Roc as he activates his oathbow making the dragon his sworn enemy.
Roc fires two shots at the dragon.
Attack: 25 Damage: 5
Attack: 16 Damage: 7
plus oathkeeper damage:
1st 13
2nd 12
Errona will nock an arrow and fire it at the dragon.
Attack 20 13 16
Damage: 20
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Errona fires high into the sky. Despite her accuracy, the arrow loses power in the air and clinks off of the dragon's armor.
Eight long hours have passed during the adventurer's night trek from Termalaine to Dougan's Hole. In that time, the Oathbow makes time for a new target.
Sharpshooter Roc Shallows draws his breath before whispering something into his companion weapon. He fires twice at the massive creature in the sky. One of the projectiles hits metal, just as the Elven rogue's did. The second, however, strikes true for 18 damage!
The armored dragon roars, then inhales deeply from the sky.
Rubble from nearby flaming buildings falls onto nearby villagers, pining them to the ground!
Vellynne quickly assesses the situation before dragging a nearby woman behind a building. "I'm not sure how much experience you have with dragons...!" she shouts from cover.
Everyone may post.
a23 runs a series of calculations and knows he must act fast.
“i advise we take cover. immediately.”
he grabs the nearest villager and sprints to shelter in the alley between two buildings
Roc stares in awe at the destruction.
Roc will move another 30 feet away from the party.
"Hey! Over here, Dragon!"
(Special) Action Surge
Roc will fire 4 arrows at the dragon.
Attack: 29 Damage: 31
Attack: 21 Damage: 22
Attack: 22 Damage: 23
Attack: 28 Damage: 21
(Special) If the arrows hit Roc will make two of them explode in bursting arrows:
Immediately after the arrow hits a creature, the target and all other creatures within 10 ft. of it take 2d6 force damage each.
Errona disappointed in her bows lack of strength looks for any civilians she can grab quickly, she then follows a23 into the alley.
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Lumen action:
4
4
Lumen, unable to abandon a needy soul, tries to help the nearest trapped villager.
a23 follows suit, then rushing into the nearby alley.
Errona takes cover behind the building as well.
Separating himself from his allies, Roc expends all of his energy in attempt to bring the dragon down. All four arrows hit their mark. The last two explode on their target, bursting into flames at the belly of the beast. (101 damage, 119 total)
The dragon swallows its breath in agony, roaring in pain.
It assesses the situation for a brief moment, before flying away from the town in retreat.
Vellynne's eyes widen at the spectacle. "Now those are the skills I was seeking..." she mutters.
Suddenly, the familiar howl of a friend is heard. Mr. Fluffers runs into town chased by a large grey dwarf!
"The duergar have followed...!" Vellynne shouts.
Everyone may post.
Roc lets out a sigh of disbelief at the Dragon fleeing.
He quickly asses the situation and sets his aim on the duergar. He will fire at the closest one twice with Sharpshooter.
"The dragon has fleed! Take down the dwarfs!"
Attack: 12 Damage: 20
Attack: 18 Damage: 18
mr fluffers and the dwarf catch a23s eye. immediately, he jumps to mr fluffers aid recklessly charging the duergar
Attack: 23 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
Attack: 28 Damage: 15
*reckless-rage: 1/10
Roc switches his attention to the new foe. His first arrow misses, but his second lands for 18 damage!
a23, seeing Mr. Fluffers in danger, immediately rushes into the fray before Errona can even react. His slashes deal 21 damage, quickly finishing off the foe!
Mr. Fluffers pants in relief.
Additional duergar can be seen in the distance, retreating in the same direction of the dragon.
Combat has ended. Please award yourselves with 2,000 xp!
Lumen tends to the injured in the middle of the flaming town.
Villagers express their distraught:
"What is going on!?"
"What ever shall we do!"
"That...that was a dragon, right!?"
Vellynne walks back out into the open. "You've just saved this town from being completely leveled." She puts her hand to her chin. "The dragon may have not gotten far yet...but these people also need help."
What will the heroes do?
(ooc: The party will be in danger of exhaustion if they do not long rest soon.)
the the green lazer dissipates as a23 stows his weapon.
”it is rarely advisable to allow your target to flee. however circumstances of this scenario suggest we may be at risk of over extending our reach.”
a23 searches the duergar corpse
investigation: 5
Roc stows his bow still in disbelief as he approaches the group.
"The only thing keeping my eyelids open right now is the adrenaline from seeing a Dragon in person like that."
Roc sighs...
"I cannot believe the arrows found their mark past that armor."
Roc looks to others.
"We should rest here tonight. I'm sure the villagers would welcome our presence in case danger returns."
a23 stares at roc in disbelief
“i have never witnessed such deadly precision from a human. i imagine tew can say theyve single handedly defended a city from a dragon”
Roc grimaces.
"From what I've heard of Dragons they sometimes have quite the ego... This may be coming back for revenge."
“yes. you are now without a doubt on that dragons kill list.”
a23 takes a large sidestep away from roc
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a23 finds a frayed scrap of paper with words written in a language that he does not understand.
The party decides to long rest in town.
Vellynne assists the citizens in putting out the remaining fires along with her kobold minions.
When the adventurers awake, they are greeted with thankful villagers:
"You saved us!"
"I've never seen such sharpshooting before!"
"First a dragon...and now a living machine? Oh, I'm not sure if I'm actually alive or in the afterlife!"
Vellyne approaches the group after awhile. "Neither the dragon nor the duergar appear to be returning. Shall we investigate further or continue to Dzaan's tower? It is not far from here."
It is currently early in the afternoon.
a23 presents the note to vellyne and the party
”i acquired this amongst the duergars possessions after he was slain but i am unable to decipher its meaning. perhaps it may be of interest to you.”
Errona whispers to a23 "It says
Dougans Hole
Goodness
East
Dragon
Repair"
She then looks away awkwardly.
“i see. youre mastery of language skills are quite impressive”
a23 turns to vellyne
”does this translation hold any significance to you”
"Impressive. How is it that you came to understand the language of the Underdark? ... Some information is missing, but one could deduce that this is a path of travel. It would also be logical that the dragon may retreat to repair itself..."
Icewind Dale map:
Vellynne awaits the heroes' decision.