At the mention of Lorg's name Malkus could see a visible pause in the lead orc here. "You from new ally village. My name Morgath. Hard to know who ally sometimes. We will not keep you longer. Must keep scouting." From there Morgath gestures to the other three and they turn to start leaving back into the darkness.

"Well met, Morgath. [Language unknown: At sa oreil ti ntiiouich manur lat ent sonantlatintshe.]"

Malkus removes his hand from his weapon, and remains standing a moment longer. Once they are out of sight, he takes his spot by the fire once again.

Morgath nods sharply then turns and disappears with his troop back into the darkness. Malkus retakes his position next to the fire and continues to remain vigilant. Time once again passes and all goes peacefully with only the occasional ambient sounds of the Rimewood. Soon it is the end of another watch and Malkus goes to wake up Wightvane. Wightvane settles into his watch and patiently waits for any hostile sign while Sai becomes more conscious of his surroundings. With both of them on watch nothing comes and after a while it comes time for the final watch of the night. Brohm is awoken to take his turn for watch as Sai takes the opportunity to copy some spells from his friend's spellbook. As the dawn soon approaches so too does movement catch the eye of Brohm and Sai.

Sai looks between the creatures and back to Brohm. He pulls a small piece of wire from a pouch on his belt, his lips moving but no sound being produced.

Brohm carefully, and quietly slings his shield onto his arm, and shifts a javelin into his hand.  His gravelly voice replies to Sai, in a whisper of his own.
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Sai carefully puts down Alban's spellbook and picks up his bow, following Brohm's lead.

With Brohm and Sai lying in wait, they watched for what the spiders would do next. A moment passed for what seemed like forever then more movement could be noticed. The spiders were slowly inching toward the group and towards the dome. It isn't long, however, before Brohm and Sai start to notice the dome fade. A long rest (and the watch) had been completed, but that also meant that so too did the spell.

Roll me initiative please.

Brohm rose up, casting his javelin at one of the spiders.  Shoot the one I attacked!". He belows in his gravelly voice at Sai, loud enough that it should wake the others.


05:20, Today: Brohm of Clan Stonehelm rolled 1 using 1d6 with rolls of 1.  Sneak attack. (If applicable).

05:17, Today: Brohm of Clan Stonehelm rolled 6 using 1d6+4 with rolls of 2.  Javelin damage.

05:17, Today: Brohm of Clan Stonehelm rolled 22 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 16.  Javelin attack.

05:16, Today: Brohm of Clan Stonehelm rolled 11 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 9.  Initiative.


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Initiative: 4, rolled 2 dice in case there would be disadvantage, but low was first anyway
21:03, Today: Wightvane rolled 4,11 using d20+3,d20+3.  Initiative.

With the dome fading, Sai's bow creaks as he draws his arrow.

09:25, Today: Sai Nightbreeze rolled 14 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 9.  Initiative.

Once the spiders are within 30ft a wailing sound of alarm starts coming from a dagger near ALban's bedroll and wakes him up instantly.  "What the bloody hell is going on?!?!"  Alban growls at the air, scrambling out his bedroll, and scans the immediate area for any threats.  Seeing Brohm and Sai attacking something beyond the dome Alban shouts sarcasticly at the rest of his companions, "Wake up, everyone!  It appears we have guests for breakfast! Shall we welcome them?!?!""

Alban grabs his broom to get a better view from above the battlefield, gathers his magical energy about himself, and starts his spellcasting.....


OCC:

Depending on what round Alban can start casting spells and where and how many spiders there are Alban will either cast a minor illusion on himself for cover and protection, cast a fireball if there are a group of spiders together clear of the others, and/or cast a magic missile spell to hit any spider already damaged.

18:46, Today: Alban rolled 17 using 2d20+1, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 16,15.  initiative roll(Advantage) Weapon of Warning.


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Malkus is startled awake by the hubbub.

20:18, Today: Malkus rolled 16 using 1d20+1 ((15)). Initiative

Sai go ahead and post your action for round 1 seeing as how only you, Brohm, and Alban are awake for round 1.
Everyone else you can choose to wait until I post for the spiders or you may post your round 2 actions and I will do my best to execute them.

Map is as follows:

E = Enemy
T = Trees
Character Initials for placement.

Wightvane quickly tried to blink the sleep from his eyes as the commotion was raised.

Action: wake up

As Sai increases tension on his bow, his minute owl suddenly flies out like an arrow herself, harrying one of the spiders before looping around and taking cover among the trees. Sai sees his opening and looses an arrow.

Familiar using Help to give advantage.
Familiar moving to L03 to perch somewhere up high.

Shortbow Attack on E1 (22 to hit, 12 piercing damage).

Not moving.

If I'm attacked, I'll use Shield as a reaction if it helps avoid a hit.

08:08, Today: Sai Nightbreeze rolled 22 using 2d20+7, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 12,15.  Shortbow Attack (w/ Advantage).
08:14, Today: Sai Nightbreeze rolled 6,6 using 1d6+5,2d6 with rolls of 1,5,1.  Shortbow Damage (w/ sneak).

Alban tracks the orange ball of fire as it races towards its target; a roaring crackling sound.  When it reaches the far spider an explosion is hear as blast of fire radiates outward from the impact.

Nodding in satisfaction Alban laughingly comments; pointing at the direction of the spell effect for emphasis, "That was worth every gold coin!"

He then climbs on his broomstick into the air to get a better view of the battlefield.  Whisper soars with him and flies towards the spider attacking Brohm to provide aid. Alban focuses his energy and lets fly three bolts of energy at that spider...



Round 1 action: cast fireball spell at spider(E1)
18:26, Today: Alban rolled 30 using 8d6.  fireball damage.

Round 2 action: cast magic missile at spider(H15) if spider(E1) is not dead already.

18:29, Today: Alban rolled 4 using 1d4+1 with rolls of 3.  magic missile  spell damage.

18:29, Today: Alban rolled 4 using 1d4+1 with rolls of 3.  magic missile  spell damage.

18:29, Today: Alban rolled 4 using 1d4+1 with rolls of 3.  magic missile  spell damage.

Whisper, Alban's owl familiar, provides the aid action to attackers; giving them advantage on their attacks.

Round 1
Alban sends forth a crackling ball of fire at one of the two spiders he sees. It strikes true incinerating the spider in nothing, but ash. Then Alban takes to the sky on his broom.
Alban casts fireball at Enemy 1 dealing it critical damage. Enemy 1 is dead!

With one spider down more come popping out of the snow. 4 more to be exact and they all seem to be surrounding the group at different distances.

Enemy 1 is dead.

Enemy 2 quickly crawls forward towards Malkus. It goes in for a bite, but misses terribly catching only frigid air.
Enemy 2 moves to H10 and attempts to attack Malkus to no avail.

Enemy 3 races across the ground after Sai Nightbreeze. The spider goes to bite almost directly into Sai Nightbreeze's side, but it's stopped just short by an invisible barrier of some sort.
Enemy 3 moves from D1 to I6. Enemy 3 strikes at Sai Nightbreeze, but before its teeth can sink in Sai Nightbreeze reacts with Shield avoiding the attack altogether.

Enemy 4 scurries to flank Sai Nightbreeze. It goes for a bite as well, but misses entirely.
Enemy 4 moves from O6 to J7.

Enemy 5 charges thru the trees and heads straight for Brohm of Clan Stonehelm. The dwarf hears a hard chomp as the spider bites at the air near him.
Enemy 5 moves from B13 to E10.

Enemy 6 rushes towards Sai Nightbreeze and takes a bite at him. Sai Nightbreeze easily dodges the spider's jaws.
Enemy 6 moves from M11 to J8.

Sai Nightbreeze sees the spiders swarming around him and acts quick drawing his arrow back. With the aid of his familiar Sai Nightbreeze releases the arrow a dead shot into the forehead (and likely brain) of the spider in front of him. Enemy 3 slumps to the ground in its place.
Sai Nightbreeze attacks Enemy 3 dealing it 12 damage. Enemy 3 is dead!

Brohm of Clan Stonehelm jabs his javelin into the thorax of the spider who approached him. It sinks in for only a moment before the spider bats it away.
Brohm of Clan Stonehelm attacks Enemy 5 dealing it 6 damage. The spider looks scratched up from where it was hit, but is still standing.
End of Round 1

Map is as follows:

E = Enemy
T = Trees
Character Initials for placement.

Initiative Order	#
Azucondie	26
Alban	17
Malkus	16
Enemies
Sai Nightbreeze	14
Brohm of Clan Stonehelm	11
Wightvane	4

Round 2 actions please if you haven't already posted them. If you are not before the spiders and would like to wait to see what they do you may do so. Everyone should be awake for round 2.

<I'll defer until after the enemies go, so I know what I'm looking at>

I'll wait as well.

Malkus intones a prayer to Helm, and is robed in the glory and might of his patron. His skin and armor appear to glow, and the air around him shimmers as if heated by a flame.

Channel Divinity: Conquering Presence. All spiders that I can see within 30' need to pass a DC 14 WIS Save or be afraid freightened for an entire minute. They can, of course, attempt to save again at the ends of their turns.

I'll also draw my sword.
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Brohm draws his battleaxe, swinging the bearded blade in a deadly arc.  The sharp edge slamming into the spider.


11:53, Today: Brohm of Clan Stonehelm rolled 9 using 1d8+6 with rolls of 3.  Battleaxe damage.

11:53, Today: Brohm of Clan Stonehelm rolled 24 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 18.  Battleaxe attack.

Azu tapped Malkus on the shoulder, "Pardon, clown coming through." She was awake now and ready to "play." She scrambled past friend and foe alike, until she was in a good position.

Movement - as far east as possible, even taking an AoO if necessary

As she moved she called out, "Anyone who is near my position behind Malkus had better move west, I'm about to make a boom boom." Once in position she pointed trying to catch both E4 and E6 without hurting her friends. She will center on herself if necessary. "You've been...THUNDERSTRUCK!"

Action - Cast Thunderwave @ L2 as specified above
DC 13 Con save or 13 damage and pushed 10'
Save = 1/2 damage and no push
09:44, Today: Azucondie rolled 13 using 3d8.  Thunder Damage.

Round 2
Azucondie moves past her comrades and manage to avoid getting too close to the spiders as she heads eastward. She then turns back and faces the spiders closest to her yelling, "You've been...THUNDERSTRUCK!" as a loud force erupts from her body. The sound can be heard echoing in the distance. The two spiders are blown toward Malkus, but as they land no movement can be seen from them.
Azucondie moves to M7 and casts Thunderwave catching Enemy 4 and Enemy 6 in the blast. Both spiders fail their saves and are dealt 13 damage each. Both Enemy 4 and Enemy 6 are dead!

Alban shoots off 3 missiles from his hands aimed at the spider nearest Brohm of Clan Stonehelm. They hit the spider dead on and the spider falls to the ground no longer moving.
Alban casts magic missile and deals a total of 12 damage to Enemy 5.

Malkus starts to glow as he says a prayer to Helm. The air itself seems to shimmer as if heated by flame.
Malkus casts Conquering Presence to the remaining spider. The spider make its save however.

Enemy 1 is dead.

Enemy 2 looks around for a moment then turns around and starts to run away.
Enemy 2 uses its action to disengage and moves south 10 feet off the map.

Enemy 3 is dead.

Enemy 4 is dead.

Enemy 5 is dead.

Enemy 6 is dead.

Map is as follows:

E = Enemy
T = Trees
Character Initials for placement.
Al = Alban
Az = Azucondie

Initiative Order	#
Azucondie	26
Alban	17
Malkus	16
Enemies
Sai Nightbreeze	14
Brohm of Clan Stonehelm	11
Wightvane	4

Not terribly concerned with a fleeing spider, Wightvane fired off a blast of eldrtich energy to hurt or kill it if he could, but without much conviction behind it.

Action: cast EB, hit AC 11 for 3 Force

22:00, Today: Wightvane rolled 11,3 using d20+5,d10.  Eldritch Blast.

Sai looks around, mildly surprised at the plethora of corpses surrounding him. He lets off an arrow at the fleeing spider, but being a bit disoriented from the sound of the blast, his shot goes wide and strikes a tree.

Shortbow Attack (9 to hit).

23:59, Today: Sai Nightbreeze rolled 9 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 2.  Shortbow Attack.