Round 6
The ice bolt explodes behind Talus showering him with shards of ice, slicing into his arms and legs.
Clutching his arm, Talus crouches a bit and runs towards the corner, trying to get out of the Druid's line of sight, stopping just before the area of darkness.
Once he's moved enough, he concentrates inwardly ,calling upon his mystical ability to heal his wounds.
Round 7
Talus ventures into the darkness, but first he blinks rapidly, repeating the mnemonic that triggers his ability to see with out light.
Running into the darkness, he seeks out the Druid, running up the stairs and through the doorway...
If he finds him, he attacks! Imbuing his spear with psionic power, he attempt to skewer the evil Druid...
Talus runs for cover and heals himself!
Valen struggles against the entangling vines.
Round 7
Gail flails at the Vine Blight, and then her magical weapon smashes the thing to bits.
Malthorn moves into the area of darkness and blindly flails around with his Shillelagh. He manages to strike something though!
Evil Druid backs away from Valen and hurls more fire hitting Valen for
Other Evil Druid does the same, now that Talus is hidden hitting Valen for
Vine Blights (2)
Talus gains Blindsight, and moves to engage the Other Evil Druid! Talus attacks from the Area of Darkness (and not that it matters in this case but he has Advantage) and he stabs the Other Evil Druid!
Valen
Round 8
Gail
Malthorn
Evil Druid
Other Evil Druid
Vine Blights (2)
Talus
Valen
Round 7 Valen
A visibly frustrated Valen seethes as the vines continue to hold him tight despite his best efforts to escape their grasp; while the druids take turns taking pot shots at him.
Round 8 Malthorn
Feeling the crunch of something on the other end of his staff, a satisfied grin come across Malthorn's face for any that can see. Stepping to the right searching for an opening in the darkness he finds the upper balcony running towards the middle stairway.
Taking aim at the druid in the lower corner, he sends a blast trying to draw some of the heat from Valen down below.
Gail felt Malthorn move away, and she could hear another blight ahead. She blundered her way forward and tried to smash it with her hammer, but the darkness wasn't helping!
Her hammer however had no such impediment and it smashes into the blight with a loud ringing strike!
Valen struggles against the vines but they prove too difficult to resist.
Round 8
Gail waits for Malthorn to move and then she blindly moves forward and swings her hammer. She misses, but her magical hammer hits!
Malthorn moves off and blasts the Druid on the ground floor!
Evil Druid sends a spell at Malthorn in return! but the spell misses. Malthorn takes damage from the exploding ice shard.
Other Evil Druid attacks Talus with an arm that turns into a claw! but he misses.
Vine Blights (1) attacks Gail with Grasping Vine +4 hitting Critically for and Gail knocked unconscious!
Talus
Valen
Round 9
Gail
Malthorn
Evil Druid
Other Evil Druid
Vine Blights (2)
Talus
Valen
Gail falls to the floor in a heap, and fights for survival!
Between the hits he's taken, and the entangling vines, and the frustration of both together the paladin seems to be fighting a fight that he can no longer win. "Silvanus, why hast thou forsaken me in this land of foul creatures, ruled by the devil himself?"
Ducking as the ice shard breaks against the wall behind him, the bits lacerating him anywhere his bare skin shows forth, Malthorn concentrates on the druid below. Yet a disturbance above does catch his eye. "Beware something comes!" He calls out to the others, unaware as yet the thud in the darkness was Gail.
Round 8
Talus takes a glance up a the rafters, noting the raven's agitation, but more pressing matters occupied his mind, namely the hand-claw that the Druid swung at his head.
Once again focusing his mind on enhancing his weapons, Talus sends focused energy down into his spear, striking out of the darkness!
Talus attacks his foe with lethal intentions, but misses. (ac16)
Valen struggles once more against the Entangling Vines.
Round 9
Gail +1
Malthorn blasts the Evil Druid on the ground floor.
Evil Druid returns the Favor hitting Malthorn for
Other Evil Druid claws at Talus! hitting the Mystic for
Vine Blight attacks Talus with Grasping Vines hitting him for Talus collapses unconscious.
Raven Swarm descends upon the Vine Blight
Talus
Valen
Round 10
Gail
Malthorn
Evil Druid
Other Evil Druid
Vine Blights 1
Talus
Valen
Valen struggles with the vines entangling him once more, aware that both Gail and Talus have fallen while he has been held helpless.
still held fast...
", do not forsake your servant!" Straining against the vines until the veins show forth from his arms and neck.
hearing the satisfying snap of the vines. Valen moves forward to the ground floor druid trying to complicate her casting abilities.
Above on the balcony, Malthorn turns as Talus is felled by the druid on that level, finally noticing that Gail has not made a sound recently. Well this isn't going well Leveling his staff at Talus's foe,
Gail floats in a formless dream, everything is shadow. Although she is well hidden, she knows with certainty that something is stalking her.
Talus
Valen gets free from the Vines!
Round 10
Gail +2 begins getting better.
Malthorn blasts a Druid
Evil Druid snarls at Valen and attacks him with a flaming scimitar miss.
Other Evil Druid sends a return present to Malthorn but that attack misses and Malthorn ignores the icy shards that spray around him.
The Raven swarm descends upon the Vine Blight once more, pecking and harassing it. (forgot last round)
Vine Blight attacks the Raven swarm, smashing ravens and hurling some to the ground.
Talus
Valen
Round 11
Gail +2
Malthorn
Evil Druid
Other Evil Druid
Raven Swarm
Vine Blights
Talus
Valen
Valen ducks inside the flaming scimitar, now feeling at home with the flame so near in the heat of battle, returning the druid's swing with a thrust of his own.
The druid's still around causing trouble and his friends laid low for the moment Malthorn concentrates all of his ire and focuses on the druid across the balcony from him. Staff outstretched, 3 rays of flame seek out the Druid.
Valen stabs the Evil Druid in the heart, slaying her. Malthorn, his fiery anger ignited, points at the Other Evil Druid and his spell scorches big holes in the man. The Raven Swarm continues to peck and caw and peck some more at the Vine Blight. Eventually the thing collapses to the ground.
Combat Over.
Moaning groggily, Gail tests out the damage, and everything hurt. Swaying, she staggers to her feet, and mumbles "Oooof what happened?!"
Looking at the others, she admits, "I'm spent."
As the druid fall to the ground and a bit of a respite is given, Malthorn whispers the incantation for his shield hp, before moving to check on the others.
"Come Valen, Gail and Talus could use our help." he calls out to the paladin below. Reaching Gail first and then moving on to check on Talus as Gail is sitting up beseeching the Oak Father so she must be somewhat OK. "Talus are you OK, can you get up?"
Talus groans as he sits up from where he'd been knocked down by the walking vines
Shaking his head, he rubs his temples, then rises to one knee and looks about.
"You alright, Gail?" he asks his friend, before checking the nearby Druid to make sure he was truly departed.
He calls down to Malthorn, "A bit battered ,but alive."
The Druid nearest to Talus is carrying a strange looking staff the wood looks just like that of the Blights.
Still wobbly, Gail took a breath to reply and shuddered in pain, " Ooof just about Talus. Seems we both took quite the beating there. I suppose we'd better bar the doors, don't want more of those twig things getting in."
Gail goes and bars the door before returning to look at the strange staff. She breathes, "Well isn't that odd, what do we do with it?"
"I think I'll just keep mine thank you." Malthorn says holding up his own staff. "Do you think there are more than two of them in here? I could use a bit of a rest, and I'm sure you two could as well."
Valen moves up from the lower level to join the others after removing anything useful from the druid below.
Gail cannot ascertain the magic of the Staff. She can however determine that it has magical properties.
Valen takes the staff from Gail and inspects it for a moment
before handing it back.
"I've had about enough of vines and twigs, perhaps we should take a short rest and then finish clearing the Winery."
Malthorn
" I can watch out for you guys while you regain your strength, why don't we settle in one of the rooms, where they can only approach us from one direction."
Talus rolls his neck, nodding, "A short respite would be appreciated... he says, rollong the twiggy staff around in his hands.
Vampiric Strike. The staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff. On a hit, it deals damage as a normal quarterstaff, and you can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt by the weapon. Each time a charge is spent, red blood oozes from the staff's pores.
Ray of Enfeeblement: You can point the staff at a target and cast Ray of Enfeeblement on that Target as per the spell The DC to resist is 13 and this takes 3 charges from the staff.
Blight Bane. While you are attuned to the staff, blights and other evil plant creatures don't regard you as hostile unless you harm them.
You guys can take a short rest if you want, let me know where.
Malthorn and Valen who'd moved around the upper balcony to check on Gail and Talus, check the room on the end and then usher the others inside. Malthorn will rest against the doorframe watching the two floors best he can. Also keeping an eye on the murder of crows....they fought against the vine blights and for that he was happy for their help.
"Let's rest here for the moment, then we'll clear the remainder of the winery."
A little unsteadily, Gail follows Malthorn into the room. Feeling exhausted, she leans against a wall for a few minutes before breaking out her first aid kit...
Malthorn, Gail, Valen and Talus enter the room
In this chamber are a desk, a chair, a tall wooden cabinet, and a strange contraption that takes up most of the northern end of the room.
Nothing untoward happens...except that it gets quiet outside.
"Nice press, likely where the labels were made."
Once everyone is rested, Malthorn moves out from the doorway looking for anything moving, above or below.
Before Malthorn leaves the room, Gail suggests, "Lets try working clockwise round this top level?"
A bit more noisily Gail follows him out of the door and stops to listen. Not hearing anything she suggests, "Lets try this first door here."
Talus sits down beside Gail and rests his head against the wall, closing his eyes he draws himself down into the meditative trance taught by his Order, resting but aware.
Rested, he rises , helping Gail to her feet, then rolls his shoulders and smiles at Gail's suggestion, "Once more unto adventure!" he intones gravely, but with a twinkle in his eye.
He follows Gail closely, lest any suprise catch her unaware.
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hp 25/27 total Malthorn will also call upon Fiendish Vigor to return the shielding protecting him. bonus hp
hp 27/36hp
Starting Hp 27hp base + 8hp fiendish vigor = 35 total
Round 1 -9hp from evil Druid = 26 hp,
Round 4 cast fiendish vigor +5 temp hp
Round 6 -9hp from vine blight
round 9 -2hp from evil druid
Post CombatFiendish vigor +6
Post short restExpend 1 HD +5 and re-establish fiendish vigor +6 for total of 25/27hp and 6 bonus
Will try to do better with keeping up with them.
Currently
Malthorn and Valen join Gail and Talus checking out each of the room.
At the end of a long rest, a character regains all lost
hit points. The character also regains spent Hit Dice, up
to a number of dice equal to half of the character’s total
number of them (minimum of one die). For example, if a
character has eight Hit Dice, he or she can regain four
spent Hit Dice upon finishing a long rest.
A character can’t benefit from more than one long rest
in a 24-hour period
Malthorn and Talus head out of the Printing Press and don't spot anything untoward in the hallway in either direction.
Gail checks the two rooms
Two pairs of bunk beds occupy this room. Against the west wall rest four identical footlockers.
and the final room on the hallway
This room contains a rectangular table surrounded by eight chairs, an L-shaped cupboard, and a floor-to-ceiling closet pantry. Next to the pantry is a small iron stove.
Gail checks the cupboard and the pantry, if there's nothing of interest in there, she'll try the door that leads to the bedroom. Softly she tells tells the others, "This all seems to be pretty normal, I wonder where those druids where holed up."
Malthorn follows Gail into the bedroom, Valen remaining at the door guarding both from druids outside the room and Gail's modesty within.
"Well, seems we chose poorly when we rested, leaned up against a wooden wall next to a printing press, when just a few doors away from a soft place to lay our heads."
Talus smiles, "If I lay down in that bed, I'd be there for days, Mal." he jokes, but his eyes are sharp and alert as a new room lay ahead.
The cupboard and pantry are filled with foodstuffs and crockery/cookware.
Gail and the heroes enter the next room
This room contains a four-poster bed, its headboard carved in the likeness of a giant raven. A soft black rug covers the floor between the bed and the door. In the corners of the south wall stand two slender wardrobes with a tapestry of a church hanging on the wall between them. Beneath the tapestry sits a handsomely carved rocking cradle. To the north, under a window, is a plain desk and chair. Other furnishings include a wooden chest and a freestanding mirror in a wooden frame.
"I understand completely Talus, perhaps if we clear the winery some rest will be possible, but I for one would rather go home. Wherever that is from here."
With nothing found above "Floors clear, let s take the stairs below."
Valen will lead the way below
Gail spends a moment looking at the church, wondering if it represented an actual church with a particular a religion.
She'll follow Malthorn downstairs after.
Gail sees the same strange Lathander-like iconography she has come to know as the Morninglord. However, this tapestry has ravens sewn into several key areas, as if trying to make a connection between the Morninglord and ravenkind.
Malthorn leads the Heroes down the stone staircase into what looks like a barrel storage area
Rows of new barrels fill this room. A narrow stone staircase spirals upward in the southwest corner.
Malthorn and Valen move to investigate the main floor of the winery, searching from the northern wall rooms across to the southern wall. If the floor is clear thy will move down the steps.