Nyssia, focused on the orc's behind the group, began a low whispering song, looking at the three orcs, feeling the magic of dread wash forward, she readied her hand crossbow.

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 <OOC: Action - Cast Bane at X6, X7 and X8

Charisma save dc 13 or must roll a d4 and minus from rolls for Attacks or saving throws

Bonus Action - None>

The orc standing before Star of the Morning is still standing, so requires more attention.  Star of the Morning resumes sharpening his claws upon the hide of the orc.

My claws require more sharpening it seems!

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21:28, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 17 using 1d20+5 ((12)).
21:29, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 7 using 1d4+3 ((4)).

If the orc dies, I will move to the next closest orc (#1) to make my bonus attack

21:29, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 24 using 1d20+5 ((19)).
21:30, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 6 using 1d4+3 ((3)).

Biff hastily cuts his bonds with the dagger, nicking himself in the process, not that he notices.

Seeing the nearby orcs quickly fall to the onslaught of adventurers, he steps over to the Orc Chief despite assurances from the newcomer that he has the chief covered.

Action: Unarmed Attack
Attack: 15
Damage: 12

If that hit lands, Biff gets a grapple check as a bonus action

Grapple check: 26

If the grapple happens, and if Biff has at least 10' of movement left, he drags the chief 5' away from the others, so they can step up if they want, or back off.

Pending some of these results, I may edit in some RP.

"Aaah" cries out Lureene, from the solid hit given to her by the orc, but she easily maintains her concentration on her spell. She was mildly surprised that the orcs had chanced going deeper into the gaggle of angelic spirits, but it was sound -- if they couldn't end the spell, then then she could easily pace them to force them to remain in.

"Lady's wrath be upon you", she cried, and swung her mace at the orc who struck her.

OOC: 22:44, Today: Lureene Raventree rolled 23 using 2d20+3, keeping the highest dice only with rolls of 20,6.  Concentration check (advantage due to Warcaster).

Spirit Guardians will still be up so any orcs that start their turn or enter the area of effect will take the same damage as before, with the same saves.


22:47, Today: Lureene Raventree rolled 20,5 using d20+6,d6+3 ((14,2)).

Nemeia gritted her teeth from the pain. She could not take more hits like that. More sounds of battle could be heard behind her and that was disturbing. The sooner this fight ended, the better. Then the blond haired tiefling just appeared behind the orc she was fighting. Brave but foolish. Now there was no way to protect her.

With new determination, the Paladin slashed at the orc again.

Vow of Enmity still active for advantage.

08:30, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 10 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 6.  Attack roll at orc.

08:31, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 16 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 12.  Advantage attack roll at orc.


08:32, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 8 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 6.  Damage Longsword on orc.

Victor swung his Defender twice at the Orc who charged him, though his focus was more on defense than dealing damage.

Sorry for the inactivity lately. Been having major connectivity issues.

Action: Attack twice, hitting AC 11 for 13 damage, and AC 8 for 9 damage.

14:37, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 8,9 using 1d20+6,1d8+5 with rolls of 2,4.

14:37, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 11,13 using 1d20+6,1d8+5 with rolls of 5,8.  Defender attack, damage (+3 bonus set to AC).

OOC: I've been working on this post for about an hour now... Unfortunately, I have to go out now and can't finish it, so I'll have to finish it later tonight.


In the Treasure Room, Biff head butted Orc #1 and stunned him. He then tried to attack Orc #2 but missed. Still tied up, it wasn't until Ulrik dropped a dagger into Biff's hand that he was able to cut himself loose. He immediately moved to attack the Orc Chief. The Orc Chief is already in combat with Ulrik and Manaen. Biff makes an unarmed attack against the Orc Chief with the intent of grappling him. He might have been successful if the Chief wasn't already in combat. Instead, his attack just misses.


Out in the Weapons Room, Kessife had taken a misty step to get behind the Orc that Nemeia was fighting. She had no chance to attack now, but simply called out to the Orc to distract it. Whether or not it had any effect, she couldn't be sure, but Nemeia attacked the Orc again and hit it!


Not fully understanding the nature of Lureene's spell, the two uninjured Orcs still within the spell's effect continue to attack, while the other two back away... or they would if there was anywhere for them to go. The best they can do is move into the corner. Orc #4, the one that hit Lureene, takes a bit more damage this round from the spell, and her mace attack finishes him off.


Manaen attacked the Orc in the back left of the room, the one that was stunned by Biff's head butt. His shadow-blade attack hits the Orc and kills it. Unfortunately, that brought the Orc Chief's attention, and the Chief attack and hit Manaen. As Ulrik and then Biff moved up to attack the Chief, Manaen also attacks him... but misses.


Back out in the Weapons Room, Nemeia's challenge had prompted the Orc #10 to leave his place of partial concealment and charge her. She'd hit him for some minor damage, he swung back and missed, she swung again and missed, and the Orc also swung back and hit her. That was when her Hellish Rebuke came into play. It wasn't enough to kill it, though, so she attacked with her longsword. This time she hit, and killed the Orc.


After dashing into the Weapons Room and seeing Victor in battle with an Orc, Nyssia fired her hand crossbow at the Orc and hit him. She then ran after Ulrik into the Treasure Room. Having dashed into the room, she nearly missed the Orcs that lying in wait just inside the opening. Catching sight of them at the last minute, she turned and cast Dissonant Whisper at Orc #6. It wasn't enough to kill him.

02:27, Today: StarMaster rolled 20,4,10,1,10,2 using 1d20,1d4,1d20,1d4,1d20,1d4 ((20,4,10,1,10,2)).

Orc #6 attacked back and hit her as a response to Lureene's spell. Nyssia then started a whispering song, Bane, targeting Orcs #6, #7 and #8. Whether she was aware of Lureene's spell still being in play or not, she left herself open to Orc #6's attack. As soon as he started it, though, Lureene's Spirit Guardians spell took affect and the damage it dealt to the Orc was enough to kill it.


Star of the Morning had attacked the Orc in the back right of the room. Ulrik had got there first because she was teleported in after he broke the talisman on the table. Her first attack finishes it off. She then turns her attention elsewhere... to Orc #8 in the front corner, moving forward to melee range. Her two attacks don't quite finish it off, but he's hurting. He attacks back, but misses.


Ulrik had charged into the room, knocked over a little display table in the middle causing the talisman on it to fall to the floor and break, and then attack the Orc in the back right of the room. His first attack didn't kill it, but Star's attack did kill it. He then turned his attention to the Orc Chief and rushed to Manaen's aid. Ulrik's attack hits and does significant damage, though not enough to kill the Chief.


Back out in the Weapons Room, Vane cast a spell at the Orc who was attacking Victor, and managed to do 3 points of damage and put the Orc at a disadvantage. He then tried to move around the melee to get into a better position to attack the Orc from the flank... if he needed to.


Also back out in the Weapons Room, Orc #9 was prompted to charge after his comrade, Orc #10, and attack Victor. He missed. Victor attacked back and missed. The Orc attacked again and also missed.

Victor tried once more with a double attack, but both miss. Due to Vane's spell, the Orc is at a disadvantage and misses when he attacks back.

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At the end of the round, Orc #10 out in the Weapons Room is dead, but #9 is still doing a battle dance with Victor. #10 is pretty much surrounded by Victor, Vane, Nemeia, and Kessife.

In the Treasure Room, Orcs #1, #2, #5 and #6 are dead.

The Orc Chief is being attacked by Biff, Manaen and Ulrik.

Orcs #3 and #4 are in the front left corner avoiding Lureene's spell. #3 hasn't been touched yet.

Orcs #7 and #8 are in the front right corner avoiding Lureene's spell, though Star of the Morning is attacking #8.

It's now clear that the Orcs are fighting a bit harder to impress their Chief.
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The edge of the longsword finally sliced through the orc's shoddy armor on its left side, moving through flesh. The momentum of the blade shattered ribs and stopped halfway into the lung. The orc's eyes grew wide in shock and let out a guttural wheeze as it fell to its knees. With practiced ease, Nemeia wrenched the blade savagely out before the orc's weight would take the sword out of her hand as it finished its journey to the ground.

She was panting hard. The wounds from the spell and the orc's strong attack really affected her. Nemeia wished she could heal herself right now, but it looked like Victor was mainly fighting defensively with the other orc. Was it his tactic to keep it busy while she fought her orc? She hated not knowing the new companions. What were their strength or weaknesses? There was no way to plan a battle and it hampered her greatly.

There was nothing that could be done about it now but try to survive and win.

"May the heat of my vengeance engulf your wicked soul!"

Bonus action: Cast Searing Smite

08:42, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 21 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 17.  Searing Smite attack on Victor's orc.

08:45, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 6 using 1d6 with rolls of 6.  Searing smite fire damage.

08:46, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 8 using 1d8+2 with rolls of 6.  Longsword Damage on Victor's orc.

Seeing Nemeia get wounded, Victor decided it best to finish things quickly, he slashed twice with his Defender, letting the enchantment aid his offense.

OOC: If Nemeia kills the orc in front of Victor, he'll try to find another to swing at.

12:22, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 18,15 using 1d20+9,1d8+8 with rolls of 9,7.  Defender attack, damage (+0 bonus set to AC).

12:20, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 17,13 using 1d20+9,1d8+8 with rolls of 8,5.  Defender attack, damage (+0 bonus set to AC).

Biff gives a primal scream in frustration, and throws a haymaker at the chief.

Attack: 16
Damage: 10

The wild punch lands, and Biff immediately pivots and grabs the chief in a powerful grapple.

Bonus action: grapple
Athletics check with adv for rage: 27 (crit)

Mana swung again with that shadow, his off arm hanging limp as he was not at all, in any way, doing well. He looked like a ball of hurt and angry if ever a turtle man looked like a ball of hurt an angry.

But people are fighting and he wasnt going to make them stand alone.


18:43, Today: Manaen rolled 8 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 2.  Advantage.

18:43, Today: Manaen rolled 14 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 8.  Attack grand pooh bah.


18:52, Today: Manaen rolled 2 using 2d8 with rolls of 1,1.  psychic damage.

Nyssia looked at the orc's and decided she needed to thin the herd a little. Narrowing her eyes at one, she spoke in almost a whisper, meanacing - but it was the magic connected to it that drove a spike into the enemy's mind

"Never piss off a gnome!"

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<OOC: Action - Casts Disonate Whisper, Second level

Nyssia rolled 18 using 4d6 with rolls of 2,6,4,6.  disonate whisper damage.

Wisdom save DC 13 or take 18 psychic damage and must spendb it's reaction to get as far away as possible

Bonus Action - None>

With the Orcs avoiding her spell (those that hadn't been killed by it, that is), Lureene had achieved the tactical advantage she was looking for. At the same time, she was a little constrained. Victor and company were fighting in the other room, but she could hardly go that way and help, bringing the spell with her and in so doing leave an opening for the orcs to surround her teammates.

The most urgent, then, was to deal with the Orc Chief, so that the group would be free to deal with the remaining Orcs. She had to hope the others in the weapons room were doing fine, or at least would be able to retreat to the protection of her spirit guardians.

She turned towards the chief. "Lady Firehair's light scour you from this world!" she called, and fiery radiance came from the ceiling down upon the orc's head.

Casting Sacred Flame. As I am 5th level, the Orc must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 16) or take a piddly 4 damage.

23:36, Today: Lureene Raventree rolled 4 using 2d8 with rolls of 3,1.  Sacred Flame damage.

Nemeia's spell wouldn't have been quite enough to finish off Victor's Orc, but it had already been hurt by Nyssia's hand crossbow shot. The searing strike kills the Orc.

Having acted just a split second before Victor, Victor doesn't bother hitting the Orc as it crumbles to the floor. Instead, he quickly looks around for another Orc. There are none left in the Weapons Room, but there's clearly battle going on in the next room.

Victor can run in there and still attack one of the Orcs there. The element of surprise that they were hoping for is way past gone, so Victor's quick assessment is to go to the left and attack Orc #4. His first attack kills it, and he is able to direct his second attack to Orc #3 because it was backed into the corner with its buddy. The hit isn't quite enough to take it out.


Biff's attack with a haymaker punch hits the Orc Chief, and his second attempt to grapple the Orc Chief is successful, but there's no where to really drag him since all the others are ganging up on him, too. However, the grapple effectively eliminates his Dexterity bonus to AC and that lowers it just enough for Manaen to hit it for 2 points of psychic damage.


Nyssia casts Dissonant Whisper again, this time at Orc #7 (because Victor's attacking #s 3 & 4 in one corner and Star of the Morning is attacking #8 in the other corner. The damage is overkill since that Orc has already been injured. The spell kills it. Even as the Orc falls, she realizes that the 'herd' she was attempting to thin was mostly the rest of her group by now.


By the time Lureene finds a target, there's only one Orc still standing beside the Orc Chief who's in battle with Biff, Ulrik and Manaen. That's the Orc in the corner that Victor is fighting. Her spell is just enough to kill it.


All that's left now is Orc #8 fighting Star of the Morning, and the Orc Chief.

Biff tightens his grip on the Orc Chief and flexes his sizable muscles, and smiles as he inflicts some minor damage to the chief. He then attempts to sweep the orc's legs and Shove him to the ground.

*unarmed fighting style: inflict 1d4 damage on grapple opponent*
Biff rolled 2 using 1d4 with rolls of 2.  grapple damage (unarmed fighting).

Action: *shove*
Biff rolled 23 using 2d20+7, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 12,16.  shove attack (athletics w/ adv for rage).

Note: if shove is successful, orc should be attacked with advantage for being prone

Victor moves to attack the next target, once again opting for full offense.

Action: Attack the orc #8 if its still alive, otherwise, orc chieftain.
Attack 1: Hits AC 25 for 10 damage,
Attack 2: Hits AC 21 for 10 damage (23 if advantage applies)

16:37, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 21,10 using 1d20+9,1d8+8 with rolls of 12,2.

16:37, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 25,10 using 1d20+9,1d8+8 with rolls of 16,2.  Defender attack, damage (+0 bonus set to AC).
16:59, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 23 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 14.  advantage for attack 2.

16:59, Today: Victor Harkness rolled 23 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 14.  advantage for attack 1.

Charred orc did not smell very good. It had hardly hit the ground before Victor was already running off to the fight behind them. The sounds of battle had lessened somewhat so it might be almost over, and their side was winning. If the orcs were winning, they would be much louder in their victory.

With no enemy in her sight, she had a chance to recover. Placing a hand on her most grievous injury, Nemeia mumbled a few words. A soothing and warm sensation enveloped the wound and the pain subsided to a dull ache.

It was not much, but at least there was less of a chance of going down with the next hit she took. With weapon and shield in hand, Nemeia strode purposely towards the sounds of the fighting, making sure not rush in blindly and keeping an eye out for other hidden dangers.

OOC
Cast Cure Wounds on self
07:34, Today: Nemeia Sorrow rolled 7 using 1d8+4 with rolls of 3.  Cure Wounds.

The sounds of battle start to quiet around Star of Morning and he realizes that he still has much to learn if he wants to ever achieve his goals.  He redoubles his effort to take out the orc in front of him.

OOC
Full out attack against orc #8

09:15, Today: Star of the Morning rolled 24,6,24,5 using 1d20+5,1d4+3,1d20+5,1d4+3 ((19,3,19,2)).

With a wounded limb Mana twisted his wrist and kept trying to get that cloudy beam into the ribs of the orc leader.

13:01, Today: Manaen rolled 17 using 4d8 with rolls of 6,3,6,2.  Psychic damage.

12:59, Today: Manaen rolled 26 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 20.  Advantage.

12:59, Today: Manaen rolled 23 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 17.  To hit.

With only one enemy left, Nyssia slows her pace down, loading her hand crossbow and begins to cover their backs, searching for any hidden enemies or doors

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<OOC: Lots of people attacking the poor, lonely orc, i'll let them have their fun

Nyssia rolled 12 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 6.  investigation check.>

With only two orcs left and well-engaged, there seemed to be little chance of the party being outflanked. Thus the importance of Lureene's own positioning had dropped sharply and she felt ready to move away from her position. The situation seemed now well in hand, and she needed to make sure her compatriots, old and new, were going to survive the battle.

The tiefling who walked into the room along with Victor seemed injured, but as Lureene watched, she healed herself with a spell. The priestess was glad for it, because the Tortle seemed in a particularly bad way. The priestess swiftly padded to a position behind him, away from the Orc's reach.

She kissed her own hand, then laid it on the Tortle. "Lady Firehair bring you succor and healing, valiant one", she said, and her hand glowed golden with the power of her goddess.

OOC: Cast Cure Wounds on Manaen.

18:31, Today: Lureene Raventree rolled 9 using 1d8+8 with rolls of 1.  Cure Wounds.

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The dual attack of Victor's tremendous swings and Star of the Morning's hit, Orc #8 is pretty much splattered all over the wall, floor and ceiling!

Likewise, Biff's damage and Manaen's psychic damage to the Orc Chief finish him off.


Although battle was still (barely) going on, Nemeia's cure spell on herself works at maximum because she was no longer in combat so she was able to concentrate on spell better. She gets 12 HP back.

While Manaen was still in battle, by the time Lureene reaches him, he's managed to kill the Orc chief! Even as the prone chief dies, Lureene realizes that the battle is over, and she is able to concentrate on it without splitting her attention between the spell and defense.


With the battle nearly over anyway, Nyssia begins investigating the room. There are the two sets of shelves against both side walls which are full of 'treasure/loot', and the upturned table in the middles of the room with the broken talisman on the floor.

While there appears to be no other way out, she's surprised to discover that the middle section of the right-hand shelves conceals a secret door. She'd have to clear a few items off the shelf to keep them from falling and breaking, but the section folds down to provide access to the secret door in the wall.

Nyssia sets to work in looking at the treasure on the shelves and the table, sorting the worthwhile in a pile. She then goes to the secret door and opens it. "Can anyone see if any of that is magical in nature - such items can be useful."

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<Plan is to sort the items into treasure...then open the door>

Biff, still in the throes of rage, grabs the Orc Chief head and jaw and yanks his jaw downward with a loud *crack*. He looks around, breathing heavily, then exhales deeply and relaxes.

Seeing the others eyeing the treasure, Biff walks over and grabs his personal pack, "This is my pack from when they got me."

He proceeds to check the Chief's possessions.

Well, now that all that excitement is finished, allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Star of the Morning.  I am currently on a quest to discover all I can about unarmed combat.  It appears that my lord has plans for me since I seem to have appeared here quite unexpectedly.  I look forward to more fun with you all, my new found friends!