Akyra looks at the area, and nods, moving right towards the door and corner, she looks at the others. "Someone watch the door." she whispered

Nods and watches the door for her.

Khorth moved up and hissed as he looked left and right, before pointing with his sword tooth to the right, going there shield first.

Bow in hand, Ariadne moved to about halfway between Akyra and Lady Chlora, working to cover them both

With the clutch sisters holding back slightly, to watch the nearby doors and southern stairwell, the other three made their way north toward the western hallway.

In the middle of that dusty hallway floated the luminous, wispy form of a female elf, its face wreathed in a tangle of gossamer hair, its body clad in spectral rags that flutter around it. The apparition’s face becomes a mask of rage as it screams, “Get out of my house!”

Akyra turned the corner and paused, the wraith in the hallway screaming she slammed her staff on the ground.

She held her hand out the sound of the woman's cries were cut short as silence echoed throughout the room. "We don't have long - prepare!"

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<OOC: Casts silence on the enemy>

The last powerful attack spell Ariadne had left was Thunderwave, and she suspected that one wouldn't pair well with silence, so she fired her magical bow at the creature


OOC:


11:11, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 9 using 1d6+6.  Damage .

11:11, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 17 using 1d20+6.  Bow shot
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The hunter of undead snarled of hatred as he saw the creature and he charged... and wiffed on his attack.

the dice roller strikes again...

Today: Khorth rolled 9 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 5.  init.

Today: Khorth rolled 11,12 using 1d20+6,1d8+6 with rolls of 5,6.  attack damage. –

Calls up a chromatic orb of lightning hurling it but misses.

Suddenly, a fight was underway, and the hallway erupted in chaos as both parties took action.

Ariadne chose to keep hold of her magical reserves and settled for using the dryad bow instead. She knocked and arrow and let loose. The arrow passed through the banshee's body as easily as it did the air between them, but still the Banshee jerked as though she had felt it. (Banshee takes 9 damage)

Khorth would not stand the presence of undead, as the Mother demanded. The spectral woman was incredibly agile, however, and the swiftness of her dodge was impressive to say the least. (miss)

Lady Chlora called lighting from the prismatic gem in her hands, but the bolt was drawn to a metal sconce in the wall that ground the current harmlessly. (miss)

Akyra called on Bahamut to help in the most vital way she could think to do so; asking that He command all sound to cease around the elven spirit.

The Banshee turned to her right to call out...only no sound could pierce the Dragonlord's spell. What was certainly intended to a be a scream of rage appeared to come from the specter's undying mouth before she turned to swipe at Khorth. Every the agile lizardfellow, the paladin managed to avoid the corrupted touch. (miss) Her face twisted in anger once more, and she flew through the nearby door.
22:19, Today: Psynister rolled 8,12 using d20+4,3d6+2.  Corrupting Touch, Necrotic.

Zhalis rushed forward to assist, but the distance was great, and by the time she was near enough to do something, the Banshee could no longer be seen.

Round 2 - Fight!

I can't upload the map from work, but Khorth is north of that middle door, which is where the Banshee fled, Zhalis is 15 feet east of him. Chlora/Akyra/Ariadne are all in the northeast corner of the hallway where Akyra/Ariadne were before.

Ariadne ran to the doorway, bow out
OOC:  if i can fire, let me know,  please

Akyra watched as the banshee went through the door and disappeared, and grimaced. She dismissed the silence as she did. "We need to be careful - my silence spell is limited and i can only hold her off so long. If we want to attack her, we must as one, else we should be very careful.'

She followed towards the door and waited for everyone's opinion

Khorth hissed its disappointment at seeing it's prey flee without even touching it. "The screaming death is dangeroooous, we need toooo put it doooown tooooo rejooooin the Mother. We shoooould ambush it, Darkscales, can yooooou doooo that magic again?
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Moves closer to the door.

Akyra looked at her lizardfolk friend and nodded. "We need to keep it in one spot. I can silence it, even hurt it with bahamut's magic, but we need to be quick and surround it - it can move through walls and escape."

She made for the door, and with Khorth at her side, nodded and was ready to attack once again.

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<OOC: Holding action - cast silence again on the banshee>

Ariadne rushed forward to the door that the banshee had fled through, an arrow knocked and ready to fire as soon as she could see it. (Attack action readied. Door is currently closed, so no target yet.)

Khorth tried to let out a disappointed hiss and speaak, but Akyra's spell consumed all manner of sound.

Lady Chlora moved closer, following Ariadne's lead in preparing an attack.

Akyra let the silencing spell drop, and prepared to cast it again. As the silence was lifted though, the banshee's voice could be heard from inside the room, "-em, now!"

Khorth opened the door and Akyra summoned the consuming silence once more just as the others all unleashed attacks of their own at the waiting banshee - Ariadne, Chlora, Khorth - you can all make your attack actions for Round 2. Akyra, hold off until round 3, unless you don't want to cast Silence again in Round 2.

The Banshee... (action TBD)

Zhalis... (action TBD)

I took some liberties with movement, and intended actions based on things that you all wrote. We need to finish the readied actions for round 2, then I'll ask for actions for Round 3.

Round 2 - PAUSED

Ariadne lined up a shot and fired her bow



22:08, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 11 using 1d6+6.  Damage .

22:08, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 23 using 1d20+6.  Bow shot

The palladin's bloodlust simply made him forget basic combat principles

Today: Khorth rolled 9,7 using 1d20+6,1d8+6 with rolls of 3,1.  attack damage .
Here we go again.... I need two levels in barb for reckless attack with this guy!

<OOC: Sorry i took so long - i thought i posted!>

The blue skinned dragonborn concentrated on the spell, determine that the banshee's greatest weapon - her voice was the one thing she could fight against right now. Staff in hand she looked at the others and nodded, pointing at the wraith.

They needed to destroy her quickly.

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<OOC Concentrating on Silence spell

Action and bonus actions will be posted after Banshee's turn>

Ariadne let loose an arrow that flew dangerously close to perfection. The arrow pierced the spectral body of the banshee, and though it caused no visible would to the transparent body, the woman certainly reacted as though it had. (11 damage to the banshee)

Khorth fought with a beastial bloodlust, but he would see no blood fall from this foe. (miss)

Lady Chlora moved in for better line of sight.

Akyra maintained her silencing spell, hoping to protect the group from a deathly scream.

The Banshee reached out to run a hand along Khorth's neck. The paladin could feel a crackling sensation of death playing out along the scales of his neck, but none pierced through to make contact with the life force with. (miss)
19:57, Today: Psynister rolled 10,12 using d20+4,3d6+2.  Corrupting Touch, Necrotic

Though the banshee had managed only the briefest of moments to shout in between Akyra's castings of the spell, it seemed that brief moment was enough for others to hear her. Nearby doors flew open and the stench of death filled the hallway as more dwarven ghouls spilled out. Four pushed out into the hallway to the west, and more than half a dozen spilled out of the door to the east, as a wave of undead crashed into the group.

Alone on the west side, Zhalis met multiple ghouls by herself. Both of the ghouls on Zhalis landed blows against the armored warrior, and claws dug into flesh with a burning pain. (Zhalis is hit twice, for 16 damage. Saved against both paralysis effects.)
20:13, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Zhalis, rolled 19 using 1d20+5.
20:12, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Zhalis, rolled 24 using 1d20+5.  Con 10 vs Paralyze
20:11, Today: Psynister rolled 19,8 using d20+4,2d4+2.
20:11, Today: Psynister rolled 22,8 using d20+4,2d4+2.  Claw, Con DC 10 vs Paralyze.

Meanwhile Akyra, Ariadne, and Lady Chlora faced a much larger group coming for them. One clawed at Akyra, unable to penetrate the cleric's armor (miss). Another clawed at Ariadne, it too unable to land a damaging blow as the elven druid-archer dodged away (miss). The third ghoul that could reach the group did not bother with claws, however. Instead it lunged at Lady Chlora with rotted, jagged teeth, sinking into the flesh of her forearm. (Chlora is bit for 8 piercing damage)
20:14, Today: Psynister rolled 22,8 using d20+2,2d6+2.  Bite.
20:14, Today: Psynister rolled 8,6 using d20+4,2d4+2.  Claw, Con DC 10 vs Paralyze.
20:14, Today: Psynister rolled 10,10 using d20+4,2d4+2.  Claw, Con DC 10 vs Paralyze.

Zhalis called upon Leviathan to summon a tentacle to swipe at the banshee; no luck. She drew her sword and swung at one of the ghouls who sought to end her life; no luck. The warlock was fighting as only Khorth had done before. (miss, miss)
20:22, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Zhalis, rolled 11,8 using d20+5,d8+3.  Sword.
20:21, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Zhalis, rolled 6,11,1 using d20+5,d8+3,d6.  Tentacle  Hex.

Round 3 - just in case I didn't say it before, or it wasn't already apparent - welcome to the boss fight! Do not hold back.





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Ariadne desperately cast a spell to push the creatures back.

OOC:  20:44, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 4 using 2d8.  Thunderwave
Con save or pushed back 10 feet (also half damage)

Hearing the sounds of the ghouls assailing his huntsmates, the lizard folk hunter snarled at the banshee and struck true, the green glow of the power strike illuminating the room.

Strike hits 24, for 13 magical damage, lets add a smite to the mix... 9 radiant extra for 22 total damage.

Today: Khorth rolled 9 using 2d8 with rolls of 2,7.  smite. – 9

22:37, Today: Khorth rolled 24,13 using 1d20+6,1d8+6 with rolls of 18,7.  rapier attack damage

Akyra had her focus on the silencing spell, she barely realized they were surrounded by the dead until the smell almost overwhelmed her. She looked around and centered herself to the group, and held her medallion up.

The air crackled with power as her eyes went white, then a bright light exploded out from her with the sound of a thunderclap.

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Initiative	Akyra rolled 11 using 1d20+1.  iniative
Movement	Center herself within the undead/group
Action	Turn Undead.
	Wisdom save dc 14 or be turned
Bonus Action	None
Reaction	None

Tries to cast a spell failing hard.

Ariadne reflexively responded to the ghouls by sending a clap of thunderous energy at the ghouls. The blast was powerful, and the rotting dwarves were not prepared for it. (four ghouls fail, one succeeds.) - (Akyra takes 4 Thunder damage and is also pushed 10 feet) (Akyra fails her Concentration on Silence)
23:14, Today: Psynister, for the NPC Ghouls, rolled 6,6,11,5,20 using d20,d20,d20,d20,d20.  Con Saves.
23:15, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Akyra Clethtinthiallor, rolled 4 using 1d20+2.  Con Save.

Khorth heard the sounds of the ghouls assailing his huntsmates, the lizard folk hunter snarled at the banshee and struck true, the green glow of the power strike illuminating the room. (22 damage to the Banshee) That's when the realization hit him - he could hear ghouls behind him... The protective silence spell had been broken.

Lady Chlora fought off the ghouls with magic of her own, but it failed her in her time of need. Was it concern for her clutch-sister, who was quickly being surrounded by the ghoulish dwarves? There was no way to tell, but something had certainly thrown her off that time. (miss)

Akyra was already summoning the rage of a storm herself, and a burst range out from her as well. Only this time, it wasn't damaging, but the fear of the effect of dragon-fear that washed over the ghouls. (3 ghouls save, all others fail) All around them, ghouls fled from the display of Bahamut's power. Akyra you can all include an Opportunity Attack in your next post.
23:20, Today: Psynister, for the NPC Ghouls, rolled 15,12,17,17,13,1 using d20,d20,d20,d20,d20,d20.  Wis Saves.
23:39, Today: Psynister, for the NPC Ghouls, rolled 13,7,5,5,12 using d20,d20,d20,d20,d20.  Wis Saves.

The Banshee reeled from Khorth's strike, letting out a scream as the holy magic of the Mother lit into her. Her own scream, and the noise of the ghouls, revealed that changed situation to her as well. The scream amplified at her realization, and a piercing wail filled with such a profound sense of sadness, pain, loss, and desperation sank into those that heard it, leaving them to feel those same emotions that kept this woman's spirit bound to this place so many years after her own passing.

Khorth dropped his dragontooth blade, then slumped to the ground. One from a race of beings who viewed death as little more than a new source of meat, or bones for tools, knew heartache and sorrow, and died of a broken heart.

Ariadne felt the realities of nature's full cycle of life. The pain of loss was not often discussed in the teachings, but rather methods of how to avoid it, or how to gain an alternative perspective so that you looked at positives more than negatives. None of that helped in the face of such raw and powerful emotion, felt as though it had come for ones own heart.

Zhalis felt the cold, crushing darkness of the Leviathan's depths embrace her. Her senses spared no attention for the real world, and she never felt a thing as she too fell dead to the dusty floor.

Lady Chlora clung to life longer than the others, only by a moment, but when those moments were your last, every one was infinitely valuable. She saw weapons falling from her companions' hands, and watched as they slowly went to the ground as though being lowered by the softest and gentlest of hands. Emotions were foreign to the yuan-ti, and what she felt she could not name. It felt as though she had been turned to stone and bits and pieces of her where being crushed by a powerful hand she could not see. Her imaginings of becoming like a medusa herself gave her what she imagined it felt like when a mirror were to be turned on her, causing herself to petrify and her statue then destroyed. As the world began to shift in her perspective, walls going up and floor coming up to join her, perhaps she did feel an emo--

The banshee's wail brought death to Khorth, Zhalis, Chlora, and Ariadne. Akyra was the only one outside of the deadly effect of the banshee's wail, yet even she had heard it, and the sounds of her companions falling to the ground in a clatter of weapons and armor, and dull thuds.

The ghouls rushed to flee from Akyra's presence, in all directions - save for three of them. Three who happened to be standing right next to her. Those who fled to from Zhalis's position had gone through the southern doorway that they had came through previously. Those near Akyra and the others fled either east or south. But those three who stayed, they became even more intently focused on Akyra. Claws swiped, found purchase on scales and flesh, and a paralyzing necrosis settled into her muscles.  (Akyra takes 10 damage and is Paralyzed)
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sour...conditions#Paralyzed

Round 5

Akyra railed in her mind, calling out in her to the Dragonfather for aid, as no sound could escape her paralyzed lips. Ghouls still continued to flee from her holy presence, save for those three. The angle she'd fallen gave her no sight of the banshee or her companions, to know for certain what had happened to each of them. The only view she had was the pale and rotten flesh of dwarven ghoul feet and ankles as their mouths began to taste of her then-living flesh. It was a cold, hopeless end that none had foreseen. (Akyra is critically hit twice due to paralysis, for 39 damage)
10:27, Today: Psynister, for the NPC Ghouls, rolled 4,19,17,11,10,25,11,16,22 using d20+2,d20+2,4d6+2,d20+2,d20+2,4d6+2,d20+2,d20+2,4d6+2.  Bite.

All characters have died.