With everyone back in the bodies they belong to, you return to the Arcane Chambers, passing the petrified victims and their quadrone guardian that waves goodbye as you leave, thankful that no one did anything stupid. Or so it would seem. No one speaks modrone, so it's hard to tell what he was saying.
26a
A fancy door indicates elvish craftsmanship. These chambers are much older than the dwarf-hewn chambers that surround them, as evidenced by the crumbling walls, the slanted floors, and the thin streams of dust pouring down through cracks in the sagging ceiling.

A dozen elven sarcophagi arranged about this dusty room have been reduced to rubble.

Time and neglect have all but destroyed wall carvings that depict elves mounted on elk, parading through a forest as the seasons change around them.

PERCEPTION DC20 to spot the secret door to 26b.

As soon as the door closes behind you two owlbears emerge from their nest that was obscured by sarcophagi debris.

"WHOOOOOOOT? RAAAAAAAAAWR!"

They charge at you, desperate for a meal. Anything will do, even that small lizardy fella.

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Players Go First
Owlbears AC13 HP70
1
2

After the awkward but also curiously exciting aftermath of the body-swap mishap with Travic, Andromeda was glad to distract herself in appreciation of ancient elvish architecture.  The druidess looked about  the crumbling chamber and said, "A shame to see such a majestic structure fallen into ruin, but I'm sure--EEP!"  She actually jumped in terrified surprise at the bellowing hoot-roar that heralded the arrival of a decidedly unfriendly pair of great beasts!

Staggering back from the danger, Andromeda quickly conjured a cloud of tiny twinkling stars that swirled about the massive beasts and tried to cling onto feathers and fur, highlighting them as excellent targets.  She then drew a hand back and began to glow herself, taking on the cosmic form of an archer constellation wielding a bow of starlight.  The starry druidess drew back a shining arrow like a mythical figure... then sent her radiant projectile sailing way over the owlbear's head!

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• Perception 11 misses the secret door
• Cast Faerie Fire In a 20ft cube to catch both owlbears!  DC 15 Dex save or be glowing, grant advantage, and no invisibility.  Concentration, 1 minute.
• As a bonus action, expend a Wild Shape to take Starry Form: Archer and make an attack!  Advantage doesn't help because my highest roll was a 10, lols :(
• Move to the back of our formation

In reply to Andromeda (msg # 2):

Telric fails to notice any secret door, but he does move in front of Andromeda. Once everyone has chosen to either retreat or stand and fight, he creates the illusion of a stone wall between them and the owlbears.

OOC-delaying until all the players act, then moving back to block for Andromeda and using silent image to make a stone wall. If owlbears want to get past it, dc 16 int save.

Rolled a total of 5 on my perception check.
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Devan couldn't notice the door as he was laser focused on the owlbears,"Hmph, guess we'll have a fight in our hands." he says, taking a stance of a boxer. He goes for two fast jabs, they all missed. But it was a distraction for an uppercut, which crooked the monster's beak somewhat.

09:00, Today: Devan Crier rolled 14 using 1d20+2.  Perception Check.
Action: Punches
09:01, Today: Devan Crier rolled 9 using 1d20+8.  Unarmed Strike.
09:01, Today: Devan Crier rolled 9 using 1d20+8.  Unarmed Strike.
Bonus Action: Punch
09:02, Today: Devan Crier rolled 23 using 1d20+8.  Unarmed Strike.
09:03, Today: Devan Crier rolled 11 using 1d6+5.  Dmg

Onyxclaw entered the room, still confused by Travic and Andromeda's behavior. When they entered and the owlbears charged, Onyxclaw screeched in fear, holding a hand out, a line of acid came from his glove at the right most owlbear, hissing as it hit the ground and anything else it hit

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<OOC: Onyxclaw rolled 10 using 1d20+6.  perception check.

Action - Cast Caustic Brew

Onyxclaw rolled 2 using 2d4.  caustic brew damage.

Dex save dc 14 or takes 1 acid damage until acid is scraped off.

Bonus Action - None


...and yes, i rolled two 1's!>

DM tries hard to channel his inner Jhank:

"Owlbears!!!!" Jhank hissed and dive rolls left, smashing into a few clay pots that the owlbears somehow hadn't smashed already. Now they were smashed.

Waiting for the perfect moment to strike, she dive rolls toward the owlbear and slashes with her dagger.

Hit with a sneak attack for 14.

Both owlbears begin glowing from Andromeda's spell.

Owlbear 1 rubs it's beak from Devan's uppercut, "HOOOT" it makes a bruce lee gesture, then swipes its claw at him. hits 20ac for 18 slashing

Owlbear 2 notices Travic's wall. A wall that was not there earlier. Just like the pots situation, this wall needs to be reduced to rubble. The Owlbear runs at it and swipes at the wall, intending to break it down to debris, but the wall stays put. This enrages the owlbear, it continues swiping through the air at the illusion, having now clue what the hell is going on. "HOooooooot?????"

ROUND 2
Owlbears AC13 HP70 FAERIE FIRE ON BOTH
1 hp-26 caustic brew
2 super confused with unbreakable wall

In reply to DM (msg # 7):

Seeing how one of the creatures was blocked by the illusion of the stone wall, Travic focused on the other. Using the new wand, held in his ring hand, he blasted the wounded Owlbear twice. After all, to Travic and his friends, the wall was transparent.

Ooc: hits wounded owlbear twice for a total of 24 damage. Maintaining concentration on illusion.

15:03, Today: Travic Televentor rolled 11 using 1d10+6.  Eb 2 with wand.

15:03, Today: Travic Televentor rolled 13 using 1d10+9.  Eb 1 with wand and ring bonus.

15:02, Today: Travic Televentor rolled 20 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Eb 2. Should be a 21 with the wand.

15:01, Today: Travic Televentor rolled 26 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Eb 1. Should be a 27 with the wand.
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Andromeda watched the owlbear's claw swipe at Devan and tried to tweak the threads of fate just enough to alter the outcome, but alas.  The shady reporter was doomed to be swatted to death by a sparkling, quadripedal owl-monster.

Travic's illusory wall seemed to befuddle the beast, for which the druidess was profoundly grateful.  She wanted to mention how clever it was, but decided against it since the sound of her voice might give away the trick!  Instead, she launched a ray of burning starlight at the wounded beast followed by a celestial bowshot that struck home in the monster's glittering, feathery hide.

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• Use Cosmic Omen: Woe as a reaction on the attack against Devan, penalizing it by 2, which will still hit.
• Sacred Flame on the damaged owlbear, DC 15 Dex save or take 13 radiant damage
• Bonus action Starry Form attack hits 17 AC for 6 radiant damage
• Still concentrating on Faerie Fire (9 rounds remaining).  Everyone remember to roll all of your attacks at advantage!

11:42, Today: Andromeda rolled 6 using 1d8+4.  Starry archer damage.
11:41, Today: Andromeda rolled 17 using 2d20+7, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 10,4.  Starry Archer attack (advantage).
11:40, Today: Andromeda rolled 13 using 2d8.  Sacred Flame.
11:06, Today: Andromeda rolled 2 using 1d6.  Cosmic Omen: WOE!

"Gah, so... you are a black belt master eh, I've heard tells of many combatants such as you. Doesn't matter now for I have become stronger than you could ever imagine." Devan says to the owl, he takes a deep breath and slowly raises his fists. Thanks to Andromeda's spell, the flames help him pinpoint many of the owlbear's weakpoint and vitals. He strikes at one with precision that would paralyzed a man, and then he sends a swarm of fists to the monster. Hitting all points and vitals at once.

Action: Stunning Strike DC 13 Punch
06:24, Today: Devan Crier rolled 20 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Flurry Of Blow .
06:29, Today: Devan Crier rolled 7 using 1d6+5.  Dmg
Extra Attack
06:27, Today: Devan Crier rolled 27 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Flurry of Blows.
06:30, Today: Devan Crier rolled 9 using 1d6+5.  Dmg

Bonus Action:
06:28, Today: Devan Crier rolled 26 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Flurry of Blows.
06:30, Today: Devan Crier rolled 6 using 1d6+5.  Dmg.

06:28, Today: Devan Crier rolled 23 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Flurry of Blows.
06:30, Today: Devan Crier rolled 6 using 1d6+5.  Dmg.

Onyxclaw saw the use of illusion and smiled as the owlbear was confused by the wall. Like the others, h focused on the one attacking Devan. He pulled the small hand crossbow out, and taking aim, fired at the beast.

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<OOC: Action - Attackk with Hand Crossbow

Onyxclaw rolled 11 using 1d20+6.  attack - hand crossbow.
Onyxclaw rolled 14 using 1d20+6.  attack - hand crossbow.

Onyxclaw rolled 5 using 1d6+3.  damage - hand crossbow (If hit).

Bonus Action - None>

DM

Jhank rolls behind the beast because everyone knows that's where you get the backstabs.

Slicey slicey.

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sneak attack for 15, I feel like that damage should be higher but that's what's on the sheet. Remind me to throw in some +1 daggers for loot sometime.

Owlbear 1 goes down.

Owlbear 2 roars at the immortal wall and turns toward those that killed her mate. Jhank's timing on the dive roll could use work, as the beast swipes her hard.

Jhank takes 20 slashing. Jhank's ac is 17, so if Andro wanted to try another woe thingy your odds are 50/50 again. HP 47/67

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ROUND 3
owlbear ac13 hp 70
1 dead
2 healthy

In reply to DM (msg # 13):

Even as the beast turns and slashes, two more blasts erupt from the wall. The second one hitting the creature squarely in the head.

Top-two hits, second one a crit. Total of 41 damage.

It has 30 hp left.

Onyxclaw watched as the owlbear swiped his reptilian friend, and reloading and quickly firing again, the bolt thudding into the owlbear.

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<OOC: Action - Attack with crossbow


Onyxclaw rolled 11 using 1d20+6.  Attack - hand crossbow .
Onyxclaw rolled 17 using 1d20+6.  Attack - hand crossbow .

Onyxclaw rolled 9 using 1d6+3.  Damage - hand crossbow.>

Devan didn't let up, he charged toward the next owlbear and let out a stream of punches. Blow after blow after blow, he didn't skip a beat and connected his hits, then he ended it with a finishing blow. A blow so strong that it broke it's back and neck at the same time,"Phew, that was rather an excursion. Now where to?" he asked the others.

Action: Punch
07:45, Today: Devan Crier rolled 14 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Unarmed Attack 1.
07:48, Today: Devan Crier rolled 10 using 1d6+5.  Dmg 1.

Extra Attack
07:47, Today: Devan Crier rolled 23 using 1d20+8.  Attack 2.
07:48, Today: Devan Crier rolled 10 using 1d6+5.  Dmg 2.

Bonus Action: Punch
07:49, Today: Devan Crier rolled 27 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Attack 3.
07:49, Today: Devan Crier rolled 6 using 1d6+5.  Dmg.

Flurry of Blows
07:50, Today: Devan Crier rolled 26 using 2d20+8, dropping the lowest dice only.  Final Blow.
07:50, Today: Devan Crier rolled 7 using 1d6+5.  Damage

Final use of Cosmic Omen: Woe successfully deflects that hit against Jhank!:

• 17:12, Today: Andromeda rolled 6 using 1d6.  Cosmic Omen: Woe.

The second hulking beast fell to Devan's furious fists, and the druidess in twinkling celestial form lowered her starlight bow and said, "Oh my.  Well done, my friends."  She walked around to the other side of the illusory wall to get a better look at it, then turned to Travic to say with a smile, "A clever misdirection with the illusory wall, Travic.  I am glad that beast never puzzled its way through to crush us!"

Andromeda carefully stepped around the massive corpses and turned her attentions to the crumbled elven sarcophagi, which brought back her frown.  "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, it's a shame to see this grand resting place in such a state.  I wonder how the elves came to have a mausoleum in a dwarven structure?"

After taking some notes in her travel journal, the starry druidess turned to the exit and said, "Shall we proceed, if all are ready?"

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I think Jhank is our last chance at that DC 20 Perception check to find the secret door at 26b!  Otherwise, let's carry on to 26c.

In reply to Andromeda (msg # 18):

"Ah, but you forgot to mention the reason all our blows struck true. Thanks to your glowing body spell, you insured our victory!" He gave her a formal bow, and gestured. Suddenly flowers bloom around her feet, spelling out the words 'Lady of Victory.' They quickly fade away, also being illusionary.

"Some of us are injured. Should we rest in a safe haven, or are we prepared to go on?" He asked the others.

OOC-would it be metagaming to use gudience on Jhank?
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Devan breathes in, then out, the large gashing claw wound dissipates as he calmly use his breathing exercises,"Ahh, that feels better. Alright, let's proceed onward. Not much else to do here anyway." he says, feeling a grand spring in his step as he walks,"Sides, I'm not that injured, I can go for at least ten more rounds of combat like that. So let's go."

Used Wholeness of Body to gain 24 HP

Andromeda saw the flowery title and looked bashful, but also a bit pleased.  She protested, "The guiding stars would have been of little use without skillful allies to take advantage.  That's teamwork!"  The druidess who still glowed in the archer constellation made a perfunctory effort to brush away the flowers herself before Travic dispelled the illusion.  She smiled and added, "If I'm the Lady of Victory then you're the Lord of Trickery!  On account of the clever illusions, that is."

Devan demonstrated a remarkable capacity for self-healing, which seemed to settle the question of whether a rest was needed.  Andromeda declared, "Very well, then.  Onward we go."

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OOC: moving on to 26b... unless Jhank finds the secret door, then we check that out first ;P