Summoning up more acid she hurls it at another two ghouls that are close together.


Save DC 13


08:18, Today: Lady Chlora rolled 6 using 1d6.  Acid Damage.

Ariadne called down a radiant beam of the Mother's purest moonlight, and nothing happened...for about two seconds. Dirt and stone began to glow with a bright, white light, and then a forceful beam shot out to the floor, burning its way through the undead with an audible sizzling and olfactory repulsion. All three of the ghouls recoiled, but one barely clung to the last shred of unlife. (Ghouls 2 & 4 take 15 damage, Ghoul 3 succeeds and takes 8)

Khorth roared again, and sank the dragon's tooth rapier through the ghoul's chest. As he severed the creature's anchor to life, the dwarven ghoul fell face-first into the still-burning beam of radiant energy and the process of disintegration began in earnest. (Ghoul 3 is dead)

Ghoul 2 screamed out at Khorth, twin tones of resonant bass and squealing pig. Claws flashed out toward him once again, but not to scratch. Instead, they reached for straps and objects, looking for leverage to pull Khorth off balance. (Grapple fails)
19:37, Today: Psynister, for the NPC Ghouls, rolled 6 using 1d20+1.  Grapple
22:23, Yesterday: Secret Roll: Khorth rolled 18 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 15.  acrobatic.

Ghoul 3 is dead.

Ghoul 4 fought the other for a hold on Khorth, both fighting to pull him away from the group and into the room where they could surround him. Had Khorth been a man wearing heavy metallic armor he might have gone down, but this lizardfolk's tail and natural sense of balance was more than their equal. (Grapple fails)
19:07, Today: Psynister, for the NPC Ghouls, rolled 12 using 1d20+1.  Grapple

Ghoul 5 let its hunger for flesh overwhelm its desire for tactics, and its broken teeth sought purchase on Khorth's flesh. It went for his arm, but caught a mouth full of flailing shield instead, knocking its head away. (miss)
19:12, Today: Psynister rolled 3,12 using d20+2,2d6+2.  Bite

Akyra reached out to place a hand on Khorth and prayed a draconic prayer, "Bahamut - hear my will. Heal this champion so he can smite the evil within this place.". A silver-white light flowed from the staff, through the priestess, and into the Mother's champion, refreshing him in the process. (Khorth regains 12 hp)

Zhalis lined up a shot that flew behind Akyra's head and slammed into that of the ghoul behind her. The top half of the dwarven ghoul's head flew clear off, splattering against the far wall as the ghoul dropped to the floor. (Ghoul 4 is dead)
19:16, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Zhalis, rolled 6,2 using d10,d6.  Crit Damage.
19:16, Today: Psynister, on behalf of Zhalis, rolled 25,9,3 using d20+5,d10+3,d6.  Eldritch Blast  Hex.

Lady Chlora sent her signature blob of acid flying toward the ghouls. One managed to dodge, but the other caught it square in the chest, burning through flesh and bone alike, and the dwarf found rest at last. (Ghoul 2 fails and dies, the other succeeds)

Round 3!

Not wanting to exhaust all her magic, despite a fairly good reason, Ariadne took aim at the closest ghoul and fired her bow

OOC:19:55, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 22 using 1d20+6.  Bow shot.
19:55, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 12 using 1d6+6.  Damage .

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Seeing them try to drag Khorth off she drops down and holds onto Khorth's tail holding tight to aid him in any attempts to avoid getting pulled away by the ghouls.

"It's me Khorth, I have your back, err tail."


Aid action to keep Khorth from being dragged off.

With three of the undead monsters dead, the paladin had more breathing room, and was glad for his low center of gravity when they had failed to bring him down. Bloodlust raging in his body, he slashed at the closest ghoul, the awkward angle because the the grapple attempt resulting in only a glancing blow, but the serrated edge of the tooth still ripping quite a bit of rotting flesh.

Today: Khorth rolled 22,7 using 1d20+6,1d8+6 with rolls of 16,1.  rapier attack+damage.

Akyra was satisfied that the fight was going their way, despite them teaming up on Khorth. The priestess had white, crackling eyes as she looked at the undead. she held her hand up, and a bolt of crackling energy flew from her hand, missing the undead beast.

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<OOC: Action - cast guiding bolt (1st level)

Akyra Clethtinthiallor rolled 9 using 1d20+6.  attack - guiding bolt.

DAMN!

Bonus action - none>

Ariadne loosed an arrow that would have dropped fighting man, but the ghoul fought on still. (Ghoul 6 takes 12 damage) The druid's moonbeam spell continued to burn with radiant fire, searing away ghoul flesh. (Ghoul 6 takes 5 radiant)

Khorth caught the same ghoul with only a glancing blow, but it was a blow that still caused damage to the creature's failing body, and one that sent it more fully into Ariadne's moonfire. With their combined efforts, another of the ghouls was vanquished. (Ghoul 6 is dead)

Ghoul 5 clawed at Khorth, landing a glancing blow of its own, but one that living targets had to fend off. (Khorth takes 5 damage, and must make a Con DC 10 save or become paralyzed).
03:46, Today: Psynister rolled 19,5 using d20+4,2d4+2.  Claw, Con DC 10 vs Paralyze.

Ghoul 6 is dead.

Akyra raised her hand up, and a bolt of crackling energy flew from her hand, missing the undead creature and bursting on impact with stone debris instead. (miss)

Zhalis raised a fist and shot a blast of eldritch energy that clearly rocked the foul creature, but not enough to dissuade it. (Ghoul 5 takes 19 damage)

Lady Chlora helped to steady Khorth, against the ghoul's attempts to grapple him away from the others. (Khorth, you can use this as Advantage on your attack next round if you like, or on an opposed check if the ghoul should attempt another grapple)

Round 4!


You can refer to the previous map. The only change is that the lower of the two ghouls is now dead.

This time, the paladin felt the full force of the paralyzing venom and stopped moving mid swing, his body refusing to obey the orders of his raging mind.

The dice roller does it again...

 Today: Khorth rolled 7,15,9 using 1d20+4,1d20+6,1d8+6 with rolls of 3,9,3.  con save, rapier attack.

Seeing the powerful Paladin taken by the undead venom, Ariadne gasped angrily and shot at the last ghoul as quickly as possible.
Too quickly, as it turned out

OOC:

14:09, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 8 using 1d20+6.  Bow shot


It seems like the dice role is sharing the love
 

13:20, Today: Lady Chlora rolled 7 using 1d20+5.  Firebolt.

all I can do is agree with Ariadne and Khorth

Akyra saw the drop of the ghoul, seeing one left, she again pulled into her new connection of magic, and held a hand out. A blast of electrical energy, mirrored in her eyes, travelled down her arm and fired at the beast, the chaotic energy missing the undead and striking the wall

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<OOC: Action - Cast Lightning blast

Akyra Clethtinthiallor rolled 11 using 1d20+6.  Attack - Lightning blast.

....it seems this whole round is cursed.>

Despite their best efforts at an offense, the ghoul was no easy mark for any of them.

The ghoul tried to take advantage of Khorth's paralyzed form as best it could, ignoring the rest of the party as it tried to bite and claw through the paladin's scaled hide. Ghouls had bad teeth that were often in enough disrepair to pose a serious threat to fleshy races, but dwarven teeth had not evolved to pierce lizard scales. Even unable to defend himself as he was, the dwarven ghoul could not penetrate Nature's warrior. (miss)
09:30, Today: Psynister rolled 13,8,8 using d20+2,2d6+2,d20+2.  Bite.

The curse lives on! Round 5

Gritting her teeth, Ariadne lined up a shot, trying to ignore all the outside distractions.   She learned to do so from her mentor, to shut out bad weather, glaring sunshine, or even the rapid approach of an angry animal or person.

Focusing, she took her shot

OOC:

16:02, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 10 using 1d6+6.  Damage .

16:02, Today: Ariadne Greenthorn rolled 16 using 1d20+6.  Bow shot

With a final shot for Ariadne, the last of the dwarven ghouls fell to the ground, returned to the rest it has been denied for so long.

Combat is over!

"Khorth are you alright? Does this wear off ?" She asks the others seeing that their scaled companion has become statuelike.

Akyra came upto the still form of Khorth, and with staff in hand, placed her hand on his shoulder.

Warmth flowed through the woman to Khorth, and he felt the venom's effects wane.

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<OOC: Uses staff of healing to cast Lesser restoration (Remove paralysis)>

With a whistled sigh, Khorth started breathing again, the paralysis removed by the magic of the staff. Nodding his thanks to the dragonborn, he kicked the ghoul that had affected him before venturing further, making sure there was no more threats.

Having a look around the room that the ghouls had inhabited, you find that this chamber was once a shrine, as evidenced by wall carvings that depict dwarves carrying censers and observing religious rites. However, the eastern section of the room has collapsed, filling the area with rubble. Gnawed bones scattered among the debris are the remains of a number of dwarves. The stench of death and decay is strongest here, clearly the source of the smell you had detected while coming through the collapse-tunnel.

Within the rubble, Khorth finds a platinum amulet on a thin but sturdy golden chain, depicting the symbol of Moradin, the dwarven god of creation. There is also an overturned anvil and a hammer, common in shrines of Moradin. Beneath the anvil, Akyra spotted a steel coffer weighing some five pounds. The inside was mostly full of silt, but a potion vial of red liquid also rested inside.

A stairwell in the southwestern corner lead to an upper level.

While the others searched the area, Ariadne moved to the stairway to scout

Ariadne made her way up the stairs, scouting head for the group.

Ari returned to report
"There's a hallway up there, with a couple of doors and more stairs.  No sign of opposition, at least yet"

Follows Ariadne and looks around.

Akyra looked around the shrine, now desecrated by the undead and closed her eyes in a silent prayer.

"We will restore this place to it's former glory, for gundren, the dwarves and their gods." She began looking around then looked at the others. "We look upstairs, then backtrack back and try another door."

She started making her way upstairs

Ariadne followed Akyra up the stairs

As everyone moves up the stairway, they see exactly what Ariadne had described - two doors, another stairwell, and a continuation of the hallway to the west.