Luther grins at Ufeza's encouragement, then grimaces as the ghouls reach melee range and fall upon himself and Thariv. Dropping his longbow, the soldier draws his rapier and tries to take down his own assailant.

Attack: 15 Damage: 10 piercing

Thariv flinches at the ghoul's undead touch, trying to fight off the effects of its chilling touch. 

Con Save 21

The hardy half-elf fights off the debilitating effects of the ghoul's touch, but finds himself at much closer quarters than he would like.  He commands the tentacle to strike his assailant, then lets loose a clap of booming thunder, hoping to injure the foul undead further. He opts to hold his ground for now.

Bonus Tentacle of the Deep Attack: 24 Damage: 1 Slow by 10 on a hit, cold damage
Thunderclap cantrip Con Save DC 14 or take 3 thunder damage 

Luther finishes the damaged ghoul that came too close to him while Thariv shakes off the undead's influence over him.

Con save against thunderclap: 17

The skeletons move again, lashing against Zephyra and Ufeza.
Attack: 7 Damage: 6 against Zephyra
Attack: 7 Damage: 7 against Ufeza

Initiative order:
24 Luther
21 Thariv (7)
20 Two Skeletons (6) (6)
12 Ufeza
  8 One Ghoul, in melee with Thariv
  5 Zephyra (8)

Zephyra Ufeza goes next.

Ufeza ducks the skeleton's attack then smoothly draws his rapier and attacks in one smooth, slicing motion:

Attack: 19 Damage: 11

Ufeza expertly slices what little kept the skeleton in place, making it fall into pieces at his feet. The last ghoul groans at the lod thunderclap sound and tries to retaliate biting at Thariv.
Attack: 16 Damage: 10

Initiative order:
24 Luther
21 Thariv (17)
20 One Skeleton (6)
12 Ufeza
  8 One Ghoul, in melee with Thariv
  5 Zephyra (8)

Zephyra goes next (sorry for almost skipping Ufeza)

Zephyra casts healing word on Thariv 7 then swings again with her enhanced Quarterstaff at the skeleton in front of her.  

Quarterstaff attack Attack: 25 Damage: 12  

The last skeleton dodges Zephyra's blow and prepares to retaliate.

Initiative order:
24 Luther
21 Thariv (13)
20 One Skeleton (6)
12 Ufeza
  8 One Ghoul, in melee with Thariv
  5 Zephyra (8)

Luther goes next.

"We have them, let's finish this!" bellows Luther as he lunges to attack the last ghoul.

Rapier Attack: 13 Damage: 8 piercing

Luther's rapier finds the ghoul, but the damage is not enough to take down the undead.

Initiative order:
24 Luther
21 Thariv (13)
20 One Skeleton (6)
12 Ufeza
  8 One Ghoul (8), in melee with Thariv
  5 Zephyra (8)

Thariv goes next, then the skeleton.

Thariv is not thrilled to be at close quarters with the foul undead, as he instinctively knows it will be hard to summon his magic powers with the nasty thing in his face. So, he opts for the old-fashioned way, whipping his dagger from its scabbard and takes a lunging thrust at the ghoul. 

Attack: 18 Damage: 5 

Thariv's dagger fails to find the ghoul. On the other side of the fight, the last skeleton lunges at Zephyra again.
Attack: 11 Damage: 5

Initiative order:
24 Luther
21 Thariv (13)
20 One Skeleton (6)
12 Ufeza
  8 One Ghoul (8), in melee with Thariv
  5 Zephyra (15)

Ufeza goes next, then the ghoul.

Ufeza spots an opening as the skeleton attacks Zephyra and slashes his rapier.

Attack: 21 Damage: 12

(If the skeleton falls as a result of the attack, Ufeza moves next to Thariv, blocking it from potentially reaching Zephyra.)

Feeling the attack from the Skeleton hit home, Zephyra intensifies her focus and swings again with the still enchanted quarterstaff at the skeleton.

Quarterstaff attack with shillelagh still active Attack: 25 Damage: 11  

Note: if skeleton has been defeated by her turn, add movement to get to melee with Ghoul and attack that target instead. 

The rapier finds a weak spot on the skeleton's spine, making it fall to the ground into a pile of dusty bones. Ufeza moves to block the last ghoul's movement and the undead lunges at the new target.
Attack: 15 Damage: 7

But the bard is not that wasy to hit and avoids the damage.

Ignoring Ufeza's precation to protect her, Zephyra squeezes between Luther and Thariv to give the last undead a solid blow in the head that takes it out of combat for good.

OOC: combat is over.

"Well, that was interesting. I wonder if these bags of bones can tell us anything." Ufeza says and he sheaths his rapier and digs through the remains of the undead.

Investigation roll: 19

As Ufeza pokes expertly through the (re)dead bodies, Luther - who was about to haul Zephyra behind him to safety - stares at the human with his mouth hanging open: "That was...brave...and selfless.  Thank you Zephyra, I will try to repay the debt next time we face danger"

Unsure of what else to say or do, and still stunned by the lethality of the attack as by the gesture, he turns to Thariv and says "Watch what you do with that dagger, sailor.  The pointy ends can be really sharp on some of them"

He winks and pats the warlock on the shoulder, checking him for wounds at the same time: "That magic of yours is lethal though; you OK mate?"

Thariv grimaces slightly as he sheathes his still impeccably clean dagger. 

"Been better my friend," he says to Luther. "Been better." ((Thariv is at 14/31))

"If this fight was educational in any way, I now know to never make Zephyra mad when she has her club," Ufeza says as he examines the crushed skull of the ghoul the druid dispatched so excellently.

From the clothes he was wearing, Ufeza can tell that one of the ghouls was an elven noble. The fallen corpse is wearing a thick silver torque with intricate bone engravings that just proclaims "I have money to spare" to anyone that looks at it. He also has a pouch holding 30gp and a potion of healing. Another of the ghouls is a fallen cleric, wearing a rusted holy symbol around her neck depicting a tree of life symbol – the heraldic symbol of their faith surrounding the tree.