(IC) 2: Search for the Seals
Combat - Round 3
Gar is able to shake off the effects of the creature’s song and quickly sends a firebolt slamming into the skeleton above, reducing it nothing more than a pile of bones. Some of the bones teeter on the edge of the battlement, eventually falling off and rain down into the pit next to Infused.
Thorn, entranced by the captivating song, works her way around the raised earthen wall that Sand constructed, moving towards the alluring song of the bird creature from high above.
Giltris, in a show of heroism only found in story books, starts climbing up the wall before disappearing and reappearing next to the bird creature, who looks both confused and shocked at the sudden appearance of the armor-clad warrior. Not long after, Giltris slams into the bird creature, both careening off the edge; the creature’s wings flap in protest, but the weight of the armor and the half-elf within, are too much for them, their efforts futile. Giltris, manages to maneuver herself just enough so that both him and the creature crush the skeleton below them. When Giltris stands up, she can see some of the skeleton’s bones piercing the bird creature at odd angles, but the creature still seems to hang on to life, even after a swift jab of Giltris’ sword lays deep into her. The wind knocked out of her, the harpy’s song ceases and frees Thorn from her reverie.
Seeing some of the heroes pour out of the defenses, the skeletons and zombie like creatures’ surge forward, surrounding Sand, Thorn, and Althaea quickly.
The two skeletons target Althaea with their swords, both making it past her defenses, but one who couldn’t make it past Alaric. Just as the skeleton’s blade was about to slam down into Althaea’s left shoulder, Alaric’s blade met and deflected it. However, the other skeleton’s sword, too far for Alaric to parry it, digs deep into Althaea’s side.
From up and behind Alaric, the skeletal crossbowman lets loose a bolt that finds purchase in Alaric’s back, who recoils from the unexpected blow; his mindset too focused on keeping Althaea alive.
The two remaining skeletal crossbowmen on the southern wall now focused their attention where there was a loud crash, shooting at Giltris, but both bolts harmlessly deflecting off her armor.
Infused, in a moment of reflection, was able to shake off the harpy’s song, but was currently lost in a much deeper hole than the one Sand had dug.
The harpy on the southern wall, seeing what became of her sister, quickly put some distance between her and half-elven warrior, so she would not meet the same fate, though it didn’t stop her from starting a song of her own.
Sand, allured by the harpy’s song, stumbles into his own pit and as the song stops and he is snapped back into reality, he is left wondering how he got there.
Alaric quickly targets and dispatches a skeleton that had just run up to him and Althaea, hearing her words about the potential to save the non-skeletal creatures.
It was then, that a large shadow from above blocked the little sun making its way through the thick clouds and onto the courtyard. With amazing alacrity, a large green dragon missing pockets of flesh from its body, sees an opportunity with the heroes massed by the front gate and speeds down, releasing a powerful poisonous gas in the mass of heroes.
Gar finishes off a skeletal crossbowman.
Althaea takes 8 points of damage.
Alaric blocks 9 damage from another skeleton, using his reaction.
Alaric kills a skeleton warrior.
Harpy A takes 35 points of damage and is currently prone.
Giltris kills a skeletal crossbowman.
Harpy B sings an alluring song: Wisdom saving throw needed by everyone.
Green Dragon breath weapon: 45 poison damage. 22 if saved. 11 if both saved and resistant.
Due to initiative of the monsters, since most of you are taking additional damage, you can repeat the Wisdom saving throw for the Harpy’s song. (DC: 14)
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