One of Azaka's arrows sticks into the hag. (-5) The other one flies wide.
Eku's teeth sink deep into the Nanny! (-8) and she immediately falls to the ground, unconscious! Eku's poison affected her and flows through her sickly cold veins.
"Alright. She's out. While part of me wants to wake her and make her feel pain as the people of Mbala have suffered, perhaps we should just end her life and be done with her and this place. What do you all think?"
Gotur is up, although if he does not attack the monkeys, and no one else does next round, they will all fly away.
If someone might want to interact with them somehow, please feel free. Actually, it could only be Alton, Phillip, Evo or Azaka since they are ahead of the monkeys. Azaka would not interact with them.
Evo's guardians, female angels glowing with play blue light in the noon day light, dance around him as he turns his attention from the downed hag to Eku.
Alton slowly plods from the shadows still holding the dagger as it drips with poison. He holds it over the unconscious hag, and quietly speaks.
”I’m not sure how much longer this poison will last... If you would like, Eku, I can finish her off, but if we do it should be done quickly.” He then looks over to the couatl, continuing. “And I also understand if you yourself would like to deal the final blow. It is your choice”
(Assuming we are out of combat for the time being.)
Gotur is a bit surprised, having been ready to call forth a storm and lightning. When the hag goes down, he turns to the monkeys. They're so cute! And seem to be natural creatures, though strange. Fascinating, and worth study...
He conjures goodberries and tosses them towards the monkeys.
Animal Handling: 21
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Seeing Nanny Pu’pu go down under the onslaught from the party, Phillip almost feels sorry for her…
He quickly stows his bow and hops down from the tree he was in. He walks, warily, over towards the crumpled looking form on the ground, with Eku looming over it.
Suddenly, he thinks there must be some trick at play. He stands still listening for anything approaching, and looking around the village and the tree lines, and towards the ominous looking cistern…
Perception: 14 (+3 if this still counts as jungle)
((Aside from that, if we’re still in initiative, he will just dodge this turn, having moved up as close to Nanny as his 25ft speed will allow))
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Ok, let's play this out in game real-time as there are a few things going on here. We will keep the current initiative rolls if needed again, but in this moment we are not in actual combat. You can act freely, but I will still explain each moment and how it all plays out in sequence of posting.
I fixed Evo's spirit guardians icons on the map!
Eku looks at Evo"You are right. I shall now finish what I came here to do."
She then looks to Alton, "Let's do it together."and she will once again bite into the motionless hag, taking advantage of the Nanny's unconscious state.
Bite: 25 Damage: 6 auto crit if hit due to hag unconscious and Eku being 5 ft. Extra damage 5
(results to be posted in next post. I won't roll the Nanny's CON save as she's already poisoned. There's no extra damage for the actual poison)
Alton, will you still continue the killing of the hag? If so, you can now describe and roll your attack, with advantage, and it crits if you hit so please add those dice in case.
Gotur, at the same time as the Couatl bites into the hag, you get a bit closer and toss the berries over near the monkeys. 3 of them come over and start to pick at and eat the berries. They seem quite happy about this, and start to chitter happily as they eat the berries. They smile at you as well as they chow down and don't seem to be bothered as Eku bites the hag again.
Phillip, you move closer to the hag and Eku and everyone else, and then take a good listen and look around. Azaka does the same (roll in OOC). She also doesn't have a good feeling about this. "Phillip, something doesn't seem right. This all was... too easy." Here is what you both seem to learn about your surroundings with the roll of 14 and 10:
The Nanny's hut seems to be empty.
You notice 3 graves to the east of the hut, and you think you can see a foot sticking out of one of the graves.
The cistern opening is 15 feet in diameter, and the shaft drops 15 feet to scummy, black water. The lip and walls of the cistern are brick-lined. The water is so murky that it’s heavily obscured.
You also notice what is an obvious pterafolk nest in a small cave just west of the party's location (this is not on map.)
What would you all like to do in this moment? Will everyone continue to do their own thing as Eku (and Alton?) continue the slaughter of the unconscious Nanny?
As Azaka speaks, it confirms Phillip’s own suspicions. He draws his bow again and rotates on the spot, noticing all the strange things listed above. With an arrow nocked, and with the bowstring drawn tight, he calls to Eku, “Miss E’Ku?! Uh huh?… Have you ‘got this’? Hmm?…. Can you,… fffff-P’inish her??!…”.
Phillip turns slowly on the spot again, calling out to the party all the strange things he’s seen as he turns…
“I don’t like the look of that cistern!… … Mr G’Tur?! Please… watch yourself! Step away? Uh huh, uh huh?……”.
“Pterafolk nest?… In the small cave… Just west…”.
”Nanny's hut?… Seems empty...”.
“Three graves?… Is that a fffff-, huh….. a Ffffffff-P’oot…. sticking out?…”
“Everybody…. Be on your guard!! Yep yep yep…”.
((Phillip will ready a bow attack, in case anything hostile presents itself)).
Gotur keeps an eye on the monkeys, just in case they turn hostile, but is no longer giving them his full attention, occasionally glancing about warily with Phillip's warning.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Evo, yes the flying monkeys crunching on the berries is distracting you. They are just too cute to not look at.
((oops, yes made a small error. I overlooked that the hag would've regained consciousness with Eku's second bite as it takes damage, and therefore should've rolled a CON save to see if it stays KO, but this is all washed because Alton has killed the hag. I assume he would've attacked her immediately after Eku did, giving the hag no opportunity to do anything as she was slowly regaining consciousness.
Alton does exactly as he describes the moment she starts to regain consciousness. His weapon sinks deep into her chest cavity. Also, the CON save for Alton's poison is not required as the initial stab with the damage kills her.
So the hag is now dead. Eku nods in approval of what Alton just did.
Eku says "People of Mbala. I hope you can now all rest in peace." and she says to you all "Friends. Thank you for aiding me in my quest. I shall not forget this moment and I feel we've done some good ridding the beautiful lands of Chult from this evildoer. Perhaps we shall continue to rid the jungle of evil as we continue our journey to the ULTIMATE evil it would seem. Whatever that might be."
Nothing hostile at the moment seems to be presenting itself, Phillip.
Gotur, the monkeys look cuter than ever as they are finishing up their snack you created for them. If you don't give anymore or do anything else, they will fly away in a few moments after eating the berries.
Eku would cast detect magic, and from the current map she scans around and gets no pings. "Hmmmm... nothing, but I can't confirm if the magic reaches all the way down the cistern."Eku says.
Azaka also notices the foot sticking out of the grave and says to Phillip. "I bet you the Nanny gave whatever is in there that awful burial."
What might be next? Does anyone want to further investigate and/or search around for anything else which is mentioned in the larger post above? Or, are we done at Mbala?
In Phillip’s mind, the job here is done. And if Eku is satisfied, then he sees that as them having fulfilled their side of the bargain with her. He is pleased.
He has no interest in investigating anything and just maintains a central position and keeps watch while the others (and Eku) do what they need to do to wrap up here.
He’s not in any rush, and will actively help if asked, but he feels his main job here is ‘lookout’, and getting them all back down safely when they are ready.
He keeps his bow out and scans the surroundings, and the sky, for dangers.
Evo, please make an investigation check as you approach the graves, and let me know exactly what you are doing when you talked about getting them properly buried. Investigation with advantage due to Alton's help as he approaches the graves with you.
Eku would also follow the two of you, but she is paying more attention to the dead hag and what just happened and how she feels a sense of satisfaction with destroying this evil.
Phillip is staying back as described in the central location, bow drawn, and Azaka does the same thing. She says to Phillip"I can't wait until we get off this rock and back to the ground." and she smiles at the grung.
Gotur, the monkeys now fly away, finished with the berries.
When the monkeys fly off, Phillip instinctively does a little surprised commando-roll, a few feet in the opposite direction, and comes up levelling his bow (nocked with two arrows at once) towards the retreating creatures…
After a second of making sure, he relaxes slightly. And he laughs at Azaka’s comment about wanting to get back down. “Yes! yep yep yep…. I’ll feel more at ease when we’re back down in the jungle proper! Uh huh…. I fffff-P’eel a little exposed up here! Ha! Yep, uh huh!…”.
He also calls out to the party, “Do we have any way to completely ‘destroy’ this? Hmmm?”. He indicated the body of Nanny Pu’pu. “I don’t want to be ffffff-P’ighting the undead version tomorrow!! Nuh-huh, nope nope nope!… Any ideas? Uh huh?.….”.
Phillip, Azaka responds "I mean... we could burn her body."
Eku pipes in "Phillip. You raise a good point. The people of Mbala likely would not want this rotten hag corpse left here on their sacred grounds. Even if she remains dead. Hmmmmm perhaps she might be good food for the pterafolks over in that nest? I could toss her body in the nest. Those birds cannot harm me. Or do you think she even deserves that fate?"
While this conversation is going on, over by the graves Evo, you notice the same foot sticking out. Alton, you see it too. There isn't enough loose soil around the graves to be able to just cover the foot up. Besides, as you and Alton are now right beside the graves, you can see that there is another foot sticking out of one of the other graves, but you can only see half of it.
As for excavating them a bit and knocking over the hut and put it on them and burn it all - the hut isn't super sturdy, so if you want to do all of this, it would be possible. Please confirm generally how you want to go about all of this.
Alton, would you help Evo with all of this as well?
If it is discussed with Eku and Azaka, they would be onside with Evo's plan.
One of Azaka's arrows sticks into the hag. (-5) The other one flies wide.
Eku's teeth sink deep into the Nanny! (-8) and she immediately falls to the ground, unconscious! Eku's poison affected her and flows through her sickly cold veins.
The Nanny is poisoned for 24 hours. She is also unconscious.
"Alright. She's out. While part of me wants to wake her and make her feel pain as the people of Mbala have suffered, perhaps we should just end her life and be done with her and this place. What do you all think?"
Gotur is up, although if he does not attack the monkeys, and no one else does next round, they will all fly away.
If someone might want to interact with them somehow, please feel free. Actually, it could only be Alton, Phillip, Evo or Azaka since they are ahead of the monkeys. Azaka would not interact with them.
What's next?
Alton, Phillip, Evo, Azaka, Nanny Pu'pu (KO), Monkeys (will fly away), Eku, Gotur
Evo's guardians, female angels glowing with play blue light in the noon day light, dance around him as he turns his attention from the downed hag to Eku.
"This is ye quest Eku. Do as ye think is best."
Alton slowly plods from the shadows still holding the dagger as it drips with poison. He holds it over the unconscious hag, and quietly speaks.
”I’m not sure how much longer this poison will last... If you would like, Eku, I can finish her off, but if we do it should be done quickly.” He then looks over to the couatl, continuing. “And I also understand if you yourself would like to deal the final blow. It is your choice”
(Assuming we are out of combat for the time being.)
Alton Thorngage- (Klein’s One Shot String Adventure)
Holden Stonefist-(A Tale of Mercenaries)
Fenrick Wolfsbane- (Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden)
DMing-Ctleath13’s Lost Mines of Phandelver and Ctleath13’s Out of the Abyss
Gotur is a bit surprised, having been ready to call forth a storm and lightning. When the hag goes down, he turns to the monkeys. They're so cute! And seem to be natural creatures, though strange. Fascinating, and worth study...
He conjures goodberries and tosses them towards the monkeys.
Animal Handling: 21
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Seeing Nanny Pu’pu go down under the onslaught from the party, Phillip almost feels sorry for her…
He quickly stows his bow and hops down from the tree he was in. He walks, warily, over towards the crumpled looking form on the ground, with Eku looming over it.
Suddenly, he thinks there must be some trick at play. He stands still listening for anything approaching, and looking around the village and the tree lines, and towards the ominous looking cistern…
Perception: 14 (+3 if this still counts as jungle)
((Aside from that, if we’re still in initiative, he will just dodge this turn, having moved up as close to Nanny as his 25ft speed will allow))
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Ok, let's play this out in game real-time as there are a few things going on here. We will keep the current initiative rolls if needed again, but in this moment we are not in actual combat. You can act freely, but I will still explain each moment and how it all plays out in sequence of posting.
I fixed Evo's spirit guardians icons on the map!
Eku looks at Evo "You are right. I shall now finish what I came here to do."
She then looks to Alton, "Let's do it together." and she will once again bite into the motionless hag, taking advantage of the Nanny's unconscious state.
Bite: 25 Damage: 6 auto crit if hit due to hag unconscious and Eku being 5 ft. Extra damage 5
(results to be posted in next post. I won't roll the Nanny's CON save as she's already poisoned. There's no extra damage for the actual poison)
Alton, will you still continue the killing of the hag? If so, you can now describe and roll your attack, with advantage, and it crits if you hit so please add those dice in case.
Gotur, at the same time as the Couatl bites into the hag, you get a bit closer and toss the berries over near the monkeys. 3 of them come over and start to pick at and eat the berries. They seem quite happy about this, and start to chitter happily as they eat the berries. They smile at you as well as they chow down and don't seem to be bothered as Eku bites the hag again.
Phillip, you move closer to the hag and Eku and everyone else, and then take a good listen and look around. Azaka does the same (roll in OOC). She also doesn't have a good feeling about this. "Phillip, something doesn't seem right. This all was... too easy." Here is what you both seem to learn about your surroundings with the roll of 14 and 10:
The Nanny's hut seems to be empty.
You notice 3 graves to the east of the hut, and you think you can see a foot sticking out of one of the graves.
The cistern opening is 15 feet in diameter, and the shaft drops 15 feet to scummy, black water. The lip and walls of the cistern are brick-lined. The water is so murky that it’s heavily obscured.
You also notice what is an obvious pterafolk nest in a small cave just west of the party's location (this is not on map.)
What would you all like to do in this moment? Will everyone continue to do their own thing as Eku (and Alton?) continue the slaughter of the unconscious Nanny?
Map is updated.
*Eku's bite hits (-15).
Hag is still alive.
I will let everyone digest the new post above, and then Eku will continue to bite if the hag is still alive if Alton attacks, and no one stops her.
Evo watches the attacks and then turns his attention away to see if there anything else approaching now that most of the monkeys have departed.
Perception: 8
The crunching beside him is pretty distracting though...
Alton brandishes the still dripping dagger, plunging it down into the hags chest as she begins to stir from being unconscious.
Attack: 27 Damage: 6
Sneak Attack (Already doubled for crit): 22
Extra dagger crit damage: 2
Poison Damage: 10
For a total of 31 magical piercing damage + 6 poison damage (half if succeed on a DC 15 con save)
Alton Thorngage- (Klein’s One Shot String Adventure)
Holden Stonefist-(A Tale of Mercenaries)
Fenrick Wolfsbane- (Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden)
DMing-Ctleath13’s Lost Mines of Phandelver and Ctleath13’s Out of the Abyss
As Azaka speaks, it confirms Phillip’s own suspicions. He draws his bow again and rotates on the spot, noticing all the strange things listed above. With an arrow nocked, and with the bowstring drawn tight, he calls to Eku, “Miss E’Ku?! Uh huh?… Have you ‘got this’? Hmm?…. Can you,… fffff-P’inish her??!…”.
Phillip turns slowly on the spot again, calling out to the party all the strange things he’s seen as he turns…
“I don’t like the look of that cistern!… … Mr G’Tur?! Please… watch yourself! Step away? Uh huh, uh huh?……”.
“Pterafolk nest?… In the small cave… Just west…”.
”Nanny's hut?… Seems empty...”.
“Three graves?… Is that a fffff-, huh….. a Ffffffff-P’oot…. sticking out?…”
“Everybody…. Be on your guard!! Yep yep yep…”.
((Phillip will ready a bow attack, in case anything hostile presents itself)).
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Gotur keeps an eye on the monkeys, just in case they turn hostile, but is no longer giving them his full attention, occasionally glancing about warily with Phillip's warning.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Evo, yes the flying monkeys crunching on the berries is distracting you. They are just too cute to not look at.
((oops, yes made a small error. I overlooked that the hag would've regained consciousness with Eku's second bite as it takes damage, and therefore should've rolled a CON save to see if it stays KO, but this is all washed because Alton has killed the hag. I assume he would've attacked her immediately after Eku did, giving the hag no opportunity to do anything as she was slowly regaining consciousness.
Alton does exactly as he describes the moment she starts to regain consciousness. His weapon sinks deep into her chest cavity. Also, the CON save for Alton's poison is not required as the initial stab with the damage kills her.
So the hag is now dead. Eku nods in approval of what Alton just did.
Eku says "People of Mbala. I hope you can now all rest in peace." and she says to you all "Friends. Thank you for aiding me in my quest. I shall not forget this moment and I feel we've done some good ridding the beautiful lands of Chult from this evildoer. Perhaps we shall continue to rid the jungle of evil as we continue our journey to the ULTIMATE evil it would seem. Whatever that might be."
Nothing hostile at the moment seems to be presenting itself, Phillip.
Gotur, the monkeys look cuter than ever as they are finishing up their snack you created for them. If you don't give anymore or do anything else, they will fly away in a few moments after eating the berries.
Eku would cast detect magic, and from the current map she scans around and gets no pings. "Hmmmm... nothing, but I can't confirm if the magic reaches all the way down the cistern." Eku says.
Azaka also notices the foot sticking out of the grave and says to Phillip. "I bet you the Nanny gave whatever is in there that awful burial."
What might be next? Does anyone want to further investigate and/or search around for anything else which is mentioned in the larger post above? Or, are we done at Mbala?
Evo just stands and lets the spirit guardians flit around, rubbing his sweaty beard.
"Aye'm glad that is done and was relatively painless for her."
He will then walk over to the graves to see about getting them properly buried.
In Phillip’s mind, the job here is done. And if Eku is satisfied, then he sees that as them having fulfilled their side of the bargain with her. He is pleased.
He has no interest in investigating anything and just maintains a central position and keeps watch while the others (and Eku) do what they need to do to wrap up here.
He’s not in any rush, and will actively help if asked, but he feels his main job here is ‘lookout’, and getting them all back down safely when they are ready.
He keeps his bow out and scans the surroundings, and the sky, for dangers.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Alton can help out anyone making checks as well as he listlessly wanders the ruins of the ruins.
Alton Thorngage- (Klein’s One Shot String Adventure)
Holden Stonefist-(A Tale of Mercenaries)
Fenrick Wolfsbane- (Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden)
DMing-Ctleath13’s Lost Mines of Phandelver and Ctleath13’s Out of the Abyss
Evo, please make an investigation check as you approach the graves, and let me know exactly what you are doing when you talked about getting them properly buried. Investigation with advantage due to Alton's help as he approaches the graves with you.
Eku would also follow the two of you, but she is paying more attention to the dead hag and what just happened and how she feels a sense of satisfaction with destroying this evil.
Phillip is staying back as described in the central location, bow drawn, and Azaka does the same thing. She says to Phillip "I can't wait until we get off this rock and back to the ground." and she smiles at the grung.
Gotur, the monkeys now fly away, finished with the berries.
Map is updated with new positioning.
When the monkeys fly off, Phillip instinctively does a little surprised commando-roll, a few feet in the opposite direction, and comes up levelling his bow (nocked with two arrows at once) towards the retreating creatures…
After a second of making sure, he relaxes slightly. And he laughs at Azaka’s comment about wanting to get back down. “Yes! yep yep yep…. I’ll feel more at ease when we’re back down in the jungle proper! Uh huh…. I fffff-P’eel a little exposed up here! Ha! Yep, uh huh!…”.
He also calls out to the party, “Do we have any way to completely ‘destroy’ this? Hmmm?”. He indicated the body of Nanny Pu’pu. “I don’t want to be ffffff-P’ighting the undead version tomorrow!! Nuh-huh, nope nope nope!… Any ideas? Uh huh?.….”.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Investigation:13
As Evo approaches the bodies he is mostly looking if there is a way to pile more dirt on the bodies so they are no poking out.
Failing that he is wondering if he could excavate them a bit and knock the hut over on them and burn the whole mess.
Phillip, Azaka responds "I mean... we could burn her body."
Eku pipes in "Phillip. You raise a good point. The people of Mbala likely would not want this rotten hag corpse left here on their sacred grounds. Even if she remains dead. Hmmmmm perhaps she might be good food for the pterafolks over in that nest? I could toss her body in the nest. Those birds cannot harm me. Or do you think she even deserves that fate?"
While this conversation is going on, over by the graves Evo, you notice the same foot sticking out. Alton, you see it too. There isn't enough loose soil around the graves to be able to just cover the foot up. Besides, as you and Alton are now right beside the graves, you can see that there is another foot sticking out of one of the other graves, but you can only see half of it.
As for excavating them a bit and knocking over the hut and put it on them and burn it all - the hut isn't super sturdy, so if you want to do all of this, it would be possible. Please confirm generally how you want to go about all of this.
Alton, would you help Evo with all of this as well?
If it is discussed with Eku and Azaka, they would be onside with Evo's plan.
Is Gotur up for the hag roast as well?
Evo going at this pretty straight forward, hammer to the side of the hut until the hut falls in the right direction on the corpses.