Making no attempt to hide, Victor casts light on his shield before walking into the darkness, Defender at the ready.

With a wicked smile, Nemeia moves along with Victor's shield flank and points her sword at one of the orcs as she shouts in orcish.

"Dez nak alnej liga agh zemarpak poor excuse ro ij fighter!"


Bonus action: Compelled Duel

She watches warily as the two warriors advance on the Orc position at the other side of the room. She's not going to enter the room herself just yet... in case there's a trap or hidden Orcs or something. She has no qualms about assisting her allies, but she also wants an escape route in case those two fall. Anything that can take them out would probably make mincemeat of her!

She's casts a sidelong glance at Vane to see if he's of a like mind, then does her best to scan the rest of the room.

Vane catches Kessife's look and nods in assent, making a general gesture of spellcasting.

He doesn't say anything, though, so as not to further alert the waiting Orcs.

Having partially crossed the room, Nemeia is just within the range of her spell to affect the Orc. Since she can't see any difference between the two Orcs, it doesn't matter to her which one comes out to play.

The Orc she targets shakes his head for a moment, then springs to his feet and charges forward at Nemeia.

He doesn't say anything in reply, just roars an incoherent battle cry.

Since Nemeia is expecting the attack, she has initiative for a moment, and can attack the charging Orc.


A moment later, the other Orc also springs to his feet and charges after his buddy directly at Victor.

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The Paladin was ready when the orc left its defensible position and charged. That spell came in handy if the enemy used cover tied to hide in the shadows. With her Dark Vision, they could not use that trick.

With almost a bored sigh, Nemeia swung her sword at the charging enemy.

 11:29, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 11 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 7.  Attack roll to hit charging orc.

11:31, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 3 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 1.  Damage roll if hit.

The charge makes the Orc a bit more dangerous with damage at the expense of making it a bit more vulnerable to being hit. Thus, Nemeia hits it though just barely. The damage is minimal, so it attacks back.

15:12, Today: StarMaster rolled 16 (+2 for charge),10 using 1d20+5,1d12+3 ((11,7)).

It just barely misses hitting Nemeia.
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Nyssia, from the darkness of the passage, quickly takes note, and removing her hand crossbow, takes aim at the Orc attacking Nemeia, firing.

To the group, nothing is seen until the crossbow flies out, and a voice calls out. "C'mon - You'll miss all the fun!" The small form steps out and winks at the group.

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<OOC: Action - Fires hand crossbow

Nyssia rolled 12 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 8.  attack - Hand Crossbow.
Nyssia rolled 5 using 1d6+2 with rolls of 3.  damage - crossbow.(If hits)

Bonus Action - None>

Neither of the Orcs appear to be seriously injured, but neither do the two allies. Nyssia sees that Vane and Kessife are still at the other opening into the room.

Then Ulrik goes charging past her, pauses for a moment, and resumes his charge through  the third opening which is on the left.

Whatever his reason for thinking there were more Orcs down that way was, it turns out to be true! The hallway only goes for about 20 feet before he bursts into another room... full of Orcs!

There are three on the left waiting against the wall and three more on the right waiting against that wall, plus three in front of him. And apparently a Human prisoner whose hands are bound and his feet hobbled, and he's trying to fight the two Orcs that were guarding him.

In his focus, he barely notices the loot-covered shelves and chests in the room, even after he runs into a small fancy table in the middle of the room and knocks the loot off of it onto the floor.

One of those items was a talisman, about 4 inches in diameter, made of lapis lazuli, carved with a seven-pointed star and hanging from a wooden triangular support.

As the table topples over and scatters the goblets and jewelry that were on it, the talisman crashes to the floor... and breaks in half! There's a sudden flash of bright blue light and then there's two more people suddenly in the room!

Star of the Morning lands lightly on his feet and looks around.
Well, this is something new. And look, my favorite scratching posts are sitting around waiting for my claws
He moves to the closest Orc and proceeds to sharpen his claws!

In Draconic: Come here little orcs and let me sharpen my claws!

The very loud sound of purring begins to echo in the room

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15:54, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 19 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 14.  unarmed strike.
15:56, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 4 using 1d4+3 with rolls of 1.  bonus attack damage, if it hits.

15:55, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 4 using 1d4+3 with rolls of 1.  initial damage if it hits.
15:55, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 25 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 20. -- bonus unarmed strike

The cords bit into Biff's wrists as he had tried to break free and was a little surprised at the quality of their restraints I guess they have experience tying strong humanoids, though.

Biff quickly kicks the dagger away (free object interaction) and then attempts to headbutt the orc again, but manages to only flail about, restrained as he is.

15:40, Today: Biff rolled 10 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 3.  head butt.

Manaen was a very large, black-tinted, shelled tortle that looked more like a half-dragon. Every surface of him that should look like a smooth rounded turtle that could be a wise old man; was instead sharp, angry-looking, and had the texture of rough coal. As angry as he looked the tortle just looked around. "Right, so I was paid adventure for a healing potion. Delightful."

He flicked out his hand and pulled free a fuzzy black sword walking forward and striking at the first orc colored thing he could just barely see. Missing horridly

Nyssia watched as Ulrik and Lureene went past without a thought of the other group. "Hey....what about....Oh, bloody hells"

She rushes after the others, a scowl o n her face, her Crossbow now away she held a dagger in her hand.

She looks as the Talasman breaks and two more figures come to be and attack the orcs. "Why not." she shrugs, and turns around, concern on her eyes. "Ware behind....More of them" she says as she then looks at the one in the corner, whispering as her eyes glow a purple color.

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<OOC: Movement - After the others...destined to save their asses

Action - Disonate whisper on orc X6

Nyssia rolled 7 using 3d6 with rolls of 1,3,3.  Disonate whisper.

Wisdom save 13 or takes 7 psychic damage and use reaction to move as far from me as possible. Save and takes 3 psychic damage.

 Bonus Action- None>


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OOC: Is everyone confused? I know I was getting confused, and I know what's going on (so he says...).

While I could have hand drawn a map for my benefit, it wouldn't have helped anyone else, so I made up a map. It's under Game Map 5.

X = an Orc
OC = Orc Chief

B = Biff
M = Manaen
S = Star of the Morning
U = Ulrik
L = Lureene
N = Nyssia

Hope that helps everyone.
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Star of Morning is a tall, humanoid cat.  And he is so happy at the moment, his claws haven't had a this much exercise in a long time.

OOC: When Star appeared and saw all the orcs, he would have headed to the nearest one -- X2

He notices all the non-orcs in the room

Hello fellow adventurers.  My name is Star of the Morning, but I'm afraid a more proper introduction will have to wait till after we deal with these ugly orcs.

happy to go after x1

That does seem rather a lot to chew, thought Lureene.

"Words blessed by the Lady Firehair", the beautiful, redheaded priestess responded to Star of the Morning. "And more blessings besides! Let the Lady's spirits come to our aid!"

In response to her invocation, Lureene was surrounded by beautiful angelic spirits of transluscent light. She wasted no time moving to back Nyssia up, worried that the lone gnome would get overwhelmed by the six orcs at the back of the room, and positioned herself so the spirits would cut off the way past her and towards the rest of the group as much as possible.

Cast Spirit Guardians, designating everyone in our party to be unaffected, including the new adventurers and those who aren't there in case they show up. The spirits flit to a distance of fifteen feet from me, halve the movement of orcs in its area, and if they enter the area or start their turn there, they take 3d8 radiant damage (Wisdom save DC 16 to halve).

Was it overconfidence or the wintery spell from earlier that made her last attack so poor? Maybe it was a little of both. It took way too much of her skill to evade the orc's attack. The Paladin could now hear the sounds of more orcs and other voices behind her. There were two other party members in the rear but she was not sure they could hold. She should have stayed back to protect the rear flank since the enemy could attack from all sides.

It was time to try to end this fight quickly.

"I will end the enemy that lays before me." She intones softly before lashing out with her longsword at the orc once again.

Vow of Enmity. Advantage for 1 min or until target is at 0.  Bonus action. Channel Divinity

08:27, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 13 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 9.  Attack on orc

08:34, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 5 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 3.  Longsword Damage.

Hellish Rebuke: Reaction action.

08:32, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 8 using 2d10 with rolls of 2,6.  Hellish Rebuke damage.
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In his eagerness for battle, Ulrik was not only oblivious to the lurking Orcs around both corners, but he crashed into the little table and knocked the items on it to the floor. His tunnel vision saw only the prisoner and the two Orcs that had been guarding him. One of the Orcs looked a bit stunned, so Ulrik focused on the other one.

As he rushed past, he dropped his dagger into the prisoner's bound hands, and then proceeded to attack the Orc (X2).

11:39, Today: Ulrik Donnarsson rolled 14,9 using 1d20+6,1d10+4 ((8,5)).

Should be a hit, but won't kill it... unless it's already injured. Maybe?

And then there's the flash of light and two more people suddenly appear in the room. He's momentarily concerned that they are more enemies, but quickly realizes that they aren't Orcs, and then they start attacking the Orcs, too!

"Don't know what brings you here, Strangers, but anyone pounding on Orcs is welcome!" he calls out... just to make sure they know he's an ally.

Waiting back by the entry way to the Weapons Room, Vane spots the other team suddenly run into the room from a side entrance, but then they dash through the far opening.

"So much for their help!" he mutters to himself as he steps into the room and off to the left so that he can clearly see the Orc Victor is fighting... and the Orc can see him.

"Hey, Orc! You ugly pusillanimous pile of pigshit! Take THIS!" he yells out at the Orc when he sees he's caught its attention while casting Vicious Mockery at him. WIS save or take 3 pts of psychic damage and have disadvantage on his turn.

She had a modicum of confidence in the newcomer's ability to deal with the lone Orc, Kessife was just a little bit tired of feeling useless when it came to battle. Without having taken a rest since the Big Battle, most of her spells were spent.

She'd probably live (or not!) to regret it, but she cast Misty Step and appeared  behind the Orc Nemeia was attacking.

"YO!" she called out just to distract the Orc a bit.

After casting the challenge spell at Orc #10, Nemeia prepares to meet his charge. She just barely manages to hit the Orc for 3 points of damage. Despite its charging attack, it doesn't hit her this round.


As the one Orc charged forward to attack Nemeia due to her challenge, the other one quickly follows suit to attack Victor. Victor's first attack misses Orc #9 while the Orc's attack also misses Victor.


Having stepped into the Weapons Room to help her allies, Nyssia attacks Orc #9 with her hand crossbow. She hits for 5 pts of damage. After that, she follows after Ulrik and Lureene when they run through the opening at the far end of the room.


Suddenly materializing in the middle of the room in a bright flash of blue light, Star of the Morning quickly assesses the situation and attacks Orc #2 with a pair of unarmed strikes.


Still hobbled and bound, Biff tries to attack Orc #2 as well, but misses as he's at a Disadantage.


Also appearing in the flash of light and seeing what's going on, Manaen attacks Orc #1 He pretty much gets a free shot as Biff's head butt has stunned the Orc and it hasn't quite recovered yet. The shadow-blade attack deals enough extra psychic damage to kill the Orc. It's the first Orc in the room to go down!


Nyssia casts Dissonate Whispers spell on Orc #6. Unfortunately, he manages to make his save, probably do to all the distractions going on around him. He takes only 3 points of damage.


Lureene, having chased after Ulrik and finding her and her allies nearly surrounded by Orcs, casts Spirit Guardians spell. Orcs #5 and #6 are within the area of effect while Orcs #4 and #7 are just on the edge of it.

13:59, Today: StarMaster rolled 9,6,3,5,16,20,9,2 using 3d8,1d20,3d8,1d20,3d8,1d20,3d8,1d20.

Only #4 manages to avoid most of the damage. The others aren't killed by the Spirits, though.


Nemeia attacks again, hits, but not even the Hellish Rebuke is enough to finish the Orc this round.

Perhaps the nature of the damage fires up the Orc's own fury, for his retaliatory attack just barely manages to hit her for 9 points of damage.

14:14, Today: StarMaster rolled 19,9 using 1d20+6,1d10+4 ((13,5)).


Ulrik charged straight into the room and attack the first Orc (#2) that he encountered. This time he hits, and the 9 points of damage he does is enough to kill the Orc.


Vane is able to attacks Orc #9 with his spell. The Orc fails his Save, takes 3 points of damage, and is at a Disadvantage during his turn.


Kessife took a Misty Step to just behind the Orc that Nemeia is fighting (#10). She's not quite able to attack and probably wouldn't have hit anyway. On the other hand, she just might have created a distraction.


Orc #9 attacks Victor... and misses.

Orc #10 attacks Nemeia again... and misses.

14:31, Today: StarMaster rolled 13,12,8,12 using 1d20+6,1d10+4,1d20+6,1d10+4 ((7,8,2,8)).

Having survived Lureene's spell, only Orcs #5 and #6 are in position to attack back.

#6 goes after Nyssia because she hurt him with her spell. He hits for 6 points of damage.

#5 moves into melee with Lureene, swings his great axe, and also manages to hit... for 9 points of damage.

14:33, Today: StarMaster rolled 18,6,20,9 using 1d20+6,1d10+4,1d20+6,1d10+4 ((12,2,14,5)).

Pretty much having been ignored because he was still lurking in the shadows, the Orc Chief finally manages to gather his wits about him from all the strange things that haven't gone quite the way he'd been expecting, he steps forward towards the nearest threat and attack Manaen.

14:44, Today: StarMaster rolled 21,16 using 1d20+8,1d10+6 ((13,10)).

He hits Manaen for 16 points of damage! Ouch!

If he ran they would beat the ever-living hell out of him. If he stayed they would beat the tar out of him. So the only thing Manaen could do was fight and hope someone would pick him up before he died. Whoever that someone was, it was all strangers at this point! So he swung on the orc chief and swung wide. (Fairly sure he has more than a 11 ac.)

"HA! Take that, you wretched little creatures!" Ulrik shouts in victory as he kills the Orc he was attacking.

He then looks around and sees the Human off to his left getting beat on pretty badly by what appears to be the Orc chief.

"I got this! Take a break while I deal with the stupid Orc chief! HA! He has to be stupid to have come here!"

It only takes a step or two to reach the Orc chief, and Ulrik swings his battle axe at him.

17:25, Today: Ulrik Donnarsson rolled 20,14 using 1d20+6,1d10+4 ((14,10)).

It ain't gonna kill the Orc chief, but I'm pretty sure I hit him! If not, we're in deep doo-doo!