"...Shit. These are Death Dogs! Everyone bitten, you have most likely already caught the disease they carry. And it's no common cold either. I say we run," Gerbo relays what he remembered of the two-headed beasts. He then moves 15 feet forward to send a fast prayer at Karon: "Under duress, Faith is our Shield." He then backs away 10 feet, does a few gestures towards his left, and a dears death rattle can be heard from the same direction.

Movement: 15 feet forward (To be within 60 feet of Karon).
Bonus action: Shield of Faith to Karon (+2 AC for 10 mins).
Movement: 10 feet backwards.
Action: Minor Illusion 30 feet to his left (sound of a dears death rattle)
(Hoping to trick at least some of the Dogs away from us to ease our escape)

Karon can feel a strange warmth coming over him as Gerbo shouts something about disease-ridden dogs. The strange fellow does make a good point about retreating. Too bad the dogs would quickly run them down. "You got a plan for that? These bastards can run us all down," he shous back at the gnome, too busy trying to keep multiple snapping dog-mouths from ripping his throat out to checking the surroundings and trying to formulate a plan for some sort of a retreat.

OOC: Just incidental talking

“A solid plan, we can outthink these beasts.”

Volani called to Lucien, his words carrying weight. He then turned to the dogs with a deep resonant tone.

“Foolish cur, we’ll chop you into stew.”

His owl familiar continued to swoop down, harassing and distracting Lathan’s target.

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Move - stay close to the others
Action - cast vicious mockery. Dog in melee must make a DC 13 WIS save or take 1 damage and have disadvantage on next attack.
Bonus - bardic inspiration to Lucien, add a d6 to a roll in the next ten minutes

Familiar- help action for Lathan. Advantage on next attack
11:00, Today: Volani O'Tamu rolled 1 using 1d4.  Vicious mockery.

Arixos releases a blast of ice breath at the dogs, dropping one of them and injuring a couple more. The rest of the dogs close in on the party. Lathan is bitten again by one of the dogs; he retaliates, stabbing the dog twice with two quick jabs of his shortsword. Karon, with assistance from Lucien's familiar, delivers a powerful blow to the back of one of the dogs with his pick, nearly ripping the dog in half. Terminax unleashes his fire breath on the dogs, carefully aiming to catch them all in the blast. Rissa's eldritch blast misses its target but her healing light provides some healing aid to Arixos.

Next round.

Dog 1: dying
Dog 2 (Arixos): injured (-8 hp)
Dog 3 (Karon): badly injured (-35 hp)
Dog 4 (Lathan): injured (-27 hp)
Dog 5 (Arixos): injured (-8 hp)
Dog 6 (Karon): slightly injured (-5 hp)
Dog 7 (Lathan): injured (-10 hp)
Dog 8: slightly injured (-5 hp)

Seeing the two dragonborn breath first ice and then fire on the two-headed dogs, Karon begins to think that perhaps they won't all die to the creatures. Not yet anyway. With his pick stuck in the back of the dog he was fighting he now has his longsword in his hand, swinging wildly at the creatures without connecting any solid blows. “Scram, you hear?” he shouts at the dogs. “Git, you mangy curs,” he shouts, hoping the ones still burning from the fiery breath of his companion might break and flee, now that they see that the group of travelers is far from defenseless.

OOC: Karon attacks the wounded dog he’s been fighting, unless someone kills it before it’s Karon’s turn, in which case he’ll attack some other dog. I rolled a second D20 just in case Lucien’s owl is still feeling brave, but the result was even worse. Karon misses his attack either way.

14:46, Today: Karon rolled 8,8 using 1d20+5,1d8+3 with rolls of 3,5.  Attack and damage against wounded hound.
14:47, Today: Karon rolled 7 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 2.  Second attack roll, in case Karon gets an advantage.

Seeing Lathan be bitten again by the dogs as Karon strikes a mighty blow, Lucien decides to leave the gravely injured dog to the half-orc and refocuses his efforts on downing the animal harrying his fellow wood elf. A sharp whistle redirects the owl above to dive at the more badly injured of the two beasts attacking Lathan and grab one of four ears in its sharp talons before once again flying up and out of reach. At almost the same instant, an arrow from Lucien's bow lodges itself in the dog's throat.

Familiar Action: Perform Help action against Dog 4.
Familiar Move: Dive in and out of engaged range with the dog using Flyby.
Action: Attack against Dog 4 hits AC 19 for 18 damage.

Lucien Nailo rolled 19 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 14,13. Attack w/ advantage.
Lucien Nailo rolled 9,9 using 2d6,1d8+3 with rolls of 5,4,6.  Damage.

Terminax too moves in with his sword, but frowns as he stumbles moving forward.

Lathan is grateful for Lucien's assistance. He turns his focus to the other dog attacking him, stabbing at it twice.

Attack 1 (on Dog 7): Hits AC 12 for 16 damage. Attack 2: Hits AC 11 for 5 damage.

15:52, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 8 using 1d8.  Colossus Slayer bonus.
15:52, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 5 using 1d6+2.  Damage.
15:52, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 8 using 1d6+2.  Damage.
15:51, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 11 using 1d20+4.  Attack.
15:51, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 12 using 1d20+4.  Attack.

Arixos swings his sword again, slicing down towards the dog closest to him.

22:48, Today: Arixos Darmaaren rolled 11,6 using 1d20+4,1d8+4.  Longsword Attack.
Hitting on 11 for 6 damage.

The radiant light within her orb of power has all but died, but the dark purple eldritch power still glows from within.  She barks out a laugh in that sensuous double speech of hers, and it flares once in her hand, black glyphs of power encircling it as she casts.

"Menil Katharis."
"Menil Katharis."

Matching runes of shadow and arcane power settle around one of the wounded dogs.

"Irkigaar."
"Irkigaar."


And another streak of buzzing power strikes it solidly in the flank.


Bonus action to cast Hex, action to cast Eldritch Blast, Movement to reposition so that I stay away from the dogs.


09:32, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 24 using 1d20+5.  Attack.

09:32, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 1 using 1d6.  Hex.  (necrotic damage, disadvantage to STR checks)

09:32, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 8 using 1d10.  Eldritch Blast.

Volani continued his barrage of insults on the dogs. His familiar swooped again, assisting the elf fighting for his life.

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Move - none
Action - cast vicious mockery on dog 8. DC 13 Wis save or take 3 psychic damage and disadvantage on next attack.

Familiar - Help action and flyby to give Lathan advantage on next attack
20:39, Today: Volani O'Tamu rolled 3 using 1d4.  Vicious mockery .

The others don't seem to be running, but the dogs do seem to start dying. And Karon rises a good point, the dogs are probably fast, or can at least run longer then them. No alternative then but to fight. Lets see, the wisest thing to do would probably be to help Karon. So Gerbo shoots once again with his crossbow, aiming at one of the dogs attacking Karon.

Attacking Dog 3, hits AC 16, does 10 damage.
23:40, Today: Gerbo rolled 16,10 using d20+4,d8+2.  Attack with crossbow.

Arixos swings at one of the dogs near him but misses; the dog sinks its teeth into the dragonborn, bypassing his armor. Volani's vicious mockery doesn't seem to distract its target. Despite the shield of faith protecting him, Karon is bitten by one of the dogs again. He swipes at it with his sword but misses. One of the dogs attacking Lathan bites him twice, once with each head. Lucien's arrow finds its mark, piercing both throats of the dog that bit Lathan, dropping it. Lathan turns to the other dog near him, stabbing it twice (thanks in part to the assistance of Volani's familiar). Gerbo fires a bolt at one of the dogs in front of Karon, killing it. Terminax moves in to melee range but fails to hit his target. Rissa's eldritch blast hits one of the dogs attacking Arixos.

Next round.

Dog 1: dying
Dog 2 (Arixos): injured (-17 hp); hex
Dog 3: dying
Dog 4: dying
Dog 5 (Arixos): injured (-8 hp)
Dog 6 (Karon): slightly injured (-5 hp)
Dog 7 (Lathan): severely injured (-31 hp)
Dog 8 (Terminax): slightly injured (-5 hp)
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Rissa's next bit of spellcraft went wide, striking the dirt at the dog's feet.

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14:44, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 6 using 1d20+5.  Eldritch Blast.

Arixos grits his teeth through the pain of the dog biting him, letting out a roar as he swung down at the dog biting him. "These things are dying, lets help speed it up for the rest of them!" He shouted to the rest of his allies as he sees some of the dogs falling.

22:48, Today: Arixos Darmaaren rolled 3 using 1d10+1.  Second Wind. 3HP healing.
22:50, Today: Arixos Darmaaren rolled 7,7 using 1d20+4,1d8+4.  Longsword Attack.
Wow. Dice Roller. Not sure if I can swear in this game, but there's a verb I can think of that would easily describe what dice roller just did to me.

Karon screams savagely when one of the seemingly endless number of heads gets past his shield, ripping into his throat. The chain coif blunts the attack, but the sharp teeth penetrate through the armor, drawing blood from his throat. The massive half-orc is pushed down to one knee by the weight of the dog before he can get the edge of his shield to push against the beast's throat causing it to let go of Karon's neck. He can feel his blows slowing down and his vision become blurry, and realizes he doesn't have long left in this world unless those dogs are put down, and fast.

He forces himself to his feet again, roaring a battlecry. "Run little guy," he shouts, seemingly randomly, not really sure if Gerbo understands, not focused enough to make any sense. "I'll hold them off, Lucien, you have to run," he shouts, his thoughts as scattered as his words, but the sentiment is clear as he feels the fight will soon be lost.

The dog comes in for another attack, but the half-orc is ready for him and swings at the beast with his sword, slicing deep into the flank of the dog. "Die you bastard, die!" he shouts at it, feeling his strength leaving him.

OOC: Karon is determined to go down swinging. Not like he can outrun the dogs, after all! He attacks dog number 6 and hits AC 15 even with the disadvantage. The damage is 10 slashing.

22:05, Today: Karon rolled 15 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only.  Attack with disadvantage on doggy number 6.
22:05, Today: Karon rolled 10 using 1d8+3.  Damage for attack on dog 6.

Terminax sees the Half-Or get bit, and it seems to distract him as he swings once again at the snarling beasts.

OOC: Dude, like... I can't hit jack.

Lathan is in really bad shape but he knows the dogs are hurting, too. He figures if they can quickly take out a couple more the dogs, they have a chance of survival. He fights through the pain, stabbing viciously at the dog in front of him with his shortswords.

Attack 1 (Dog 7): Hits AC 17 for 11 hp. Attack 2 (Dog 7, or if Dog 7 is dead, whichever dog is closest): Hits AC 24 for 10 hp.

20:32, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 3 using 1d8.  Colossus Slayer bonus.
20:31, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 10 using 2d6+2.  Damage (critical).
20:31, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 8 using 1d6+2.  Damage.
20:30, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 24 using 1d20+4.  Attack.
20:30, Today: Lathan Swiftstrider rolled 17 using 1d20+4.  Attack.

From a considerable distance, Lucien lets fly a fresh arrow at the beast that has nearly managed to take down Karon just as his owl dives in to try and distract the animal anew. He elects to ignore the warrior's opinion that he should abandon the fight not least because the creatures are finally beginning to fall.

Familiar Action: Perform Help action against Dog 6.
Familiar Move: Dive in and out of engaged range with the dog using Flyby.
Action: Attack against Dog 6 hits AC 16 for 17 damage.

Lucien Nailo rolled 21 using 2d20+5 with rolls of 5,11. Attack w/ advantage. Forgot to tell it to drop, but that's 16 to hit.
Lucien Nailo rolled 9,8 using 2d6,1d8+3 with rolls of 6,3,5.  Damage.

As the first dog attacking Karon goes down, Gerbo shoots at the next one.

Attacking Dog 6, hits AC 14, does 5 damage.
14:37, Today: Gerbo rolled 14,5 using d20+4,d8+2.  Attack with crossbow.

Now looking somewhat desperate, as his new companions began to be seriously injured, Volani kept up his stream of magically infused insults. The chultan swiveled his head from side to side, his magic at the ready in case any fell from their injuries.

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Move - none
Action - cast vicious mockery on dog 8. DC 13 wis save or 4 psychic damage and disadvantage on next attack.
Bonus - I’ll cast healing word if one of my companions is knocked unconscious (6 healing of cast)

Familiar - help action on Terminax’s target with flyby attack

09:43, Today: Volani O'Tamu rolled 6 using 1d4+3.  Potential healing word.
09:42, Today: Volani O'Tamu rolled 4 using 1d4.  Vicious mockery.

Arixos attempts to bring his sword down on one of the dogs attacking him but, perhaps due to his injuries, misses badly. The dog bites Arixos with one of its mouths, dropping the dragonborn. Volani sees Arixos fall and calls out a healing word reviving his comrade. Volani's vicious mockery distracts the dog attacking Terminax, and his familiar works on further distracting it; the distractions pay off and Terminax slashes the dog with his longsword while avoiding getting hit himself. Lucien, assisted by his familiar, hits the dog attacking Karon, leaving a serious wound in its side. Karon cuts deep into the dog, wounding it even further, and Gerbo shoots it with his crossbow; the dog barely remains standing. Lathan cuts down the dog in front of him, then turns and finishes off Karon's opponent.

Next round.

Dog 1: dying
Dog 2 (Arixos): injured (-17 hp); hex
Dog 3: dying
Dog 4: dying
Dog 5 (Arixos): injured (-8 hp)
Dog 6: dying
Dog 7: dying
Dog 8 (Terminax): injured (-22 hp)
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Terminax barely bats an eye at narrowly averting death, and follows up with another swing at the attacking hound heads.

Even seeing double, Karon is still in the fight. He can feel his blood tricking down from the wound on his neck, but he ignores it. The pain is just a remainder that he isn't dead yet. He swings his sword madly at the dogs, as if trying to use up what remains of his strength before falling to the onslaught. Again his sword connects with the hound, inflicting a deep wound on the beast.

OOC: Karon keeps up the attack despite being poisoned and having a disadvantage on his rolls. He attacks the same dog, and hits AC 14 and does 7 damage.

16:17, Today: Karon rolled 14 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 11,9.  Attack with disad
16:20, Today: Karon rolled 7 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 4.  Damage on dog 6.vantage on doggy number 6.


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Another orb of twisting purple shadow buzzed angrily past the death dog that Arixos was fighting, barely skimming the beast's shoulder before skittering off into the distance.

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10:33, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 13 using 1d20+5.  EB.

10:58, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 1 using 1d6.  Necrotic damage.

10:58, Today: Rissa Twiceborn rolled 2 using 1d10.  Force damage.