Aishe, frustrated, drops her boarding pike, draws her shortbow, and fires an arrow at the wounded gargoyle.
Calling for the blessing of healing Jack lets loos again.
Regain 2hp
Natalie joins the fray with an offensive Fireball, attempting to hit 3 enemies at once within its blast radius.
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Charles speints with the agility of a cheetah as he leaps into the air and thrusts Zul into the rock hard gargoyle. Zul splits the gargoyle in two and it falls to the ground.
Jack fires off another volley and only manages to land a single arrow against the green gargoyle. Jacks wounds begin to mend themselves.
Aishe curses, drawing her shortbow and fires a magical arrow into the wounded gargoyle.
The fireball catches a pair of the gargoyles, scorching their rock!
The gargoyles retaliate with their bows as they focus on Natalie and Jack.
Arrows clatter all over the room as Jack and Natalie are riddled with holes.
Inspire Courage +2
Aishe (41/66; 3 MI)
Natalie (27/65)
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Gargoyle Scouts (Orange slow 7 rnds remaining)(Green -56)(Red -28)
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Charles (58/84)
Jack (14/66)
With a grunt of frustration, Charles goes after Green, trying the same 'jumping charge' attack.
Taking a deep breath Jack tries again.
Aishe continues firing, trying her best to mimic Jack's effective barrage.
Natalie winces at the arrows bounce off her sphere, before Shifting out of her EFS, unleashing another Fireball, and then Dimensional Sliding back into her EFS, protected once again.
Just putting this here so I know my resources atm after this round
0x 4th level spells (after the immediate action EFS last round)
3x 3rd level spells
5x 2nd level spells
5x 1st level spells
Arcane Reservoir Points: 6
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Quite effective with his speed Charles darts across the room and slams Zul into another gargoyle, shattering it.
Jack lines up his bow and sends three arrows into the red gargoyle. Each one chips through its defenses and sends it crashing to the ground.
Aishe is also able to connect with a single arrow to the orange gargoyle while Natalie sends another fireball, this time south catching orange and purple.
As the dust settles the gargoyles redirect their efforts against Charles, Natalie and Jack.
Arrows clatter harmlessly off of Natalie's emergency sphere as Jack takes another in his back.
Inspire Courage +2
Aishe (41/66; 3 MI)
Natalie (27/65; Emergency Force Sphere)
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Gargoyle Scouts (Orange -36; slow 6 rnds remaining) (Purple -13)
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Charles (58/84; Protection from arrows)
Jack (1/66)
With a roar of frustration, Charles tosses Zul at yellow...
...then moves to retrieve Zul when it clatters to the ground.
Aishe, seeing Jack almost down, finishes her song, healing the captains, moves over to Jack and casts another spell to heal him further.
Determined to handle the remaining forces, Natalie seeks to delay further attacks. Casting Aqueous Orb at her target (Purple).
Feeling close succumb to his wounds, Jack quickly casts invisibility on himself.
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Charles hurls his trident at the yellow gargoyle. The spear cleaves into tearing away a good portion of it's stone leg. Jack decides to turn invisible as he nearly collapses to the ground.
Aishe abruptly finishes her song sending out a small wave of healing as she tends to Jack's wounds.
The purple gargoyle leaps swoops out of the orbs path as it appears as Natalie casts from the safety of her sphere.
The two southern gargoyles circle about, trying to find a weak spot in Natalie's sphere.
The single arrow sends a crack shivering through the invisible sphere.
The northern gargoyle swoops past Charles as it bites at the large man.
Inspire Courage +2- 2 rounds left
Aishe (46/66; 3 MI)
Natalie (32/65; Emergency Force Sphere -15)
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Gargoyle Scouts (Orange -36; slow 5 rnds remaining) (Purple -13) (Yellow -33)
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Charles (60/84; Protection from arrows)
Jack (23/66; invisible)
With a grunt of surprise that the gargoyle actually managed to bite him, Charles takes a stab at the gargoyle as it flies past.
He then chases after it.
Using a charge from his wand Jack heals himself.
Safe behind her Barrier, Natalie just moves her Orb around the battlefield, rolling it back over purple, and then the orange gargoyle to sow disruption
Aishe begins singing and firing once more.
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Charles misses the gargoyle as it swoops past but manages to catch up to it at the far end of the cavern. Leaping into the air Charles slams Zul into it's back. jack continues to mend his more grievous wounds.
Aishe takes aim at Charles' target and and sends an arrow right into the massive crack radiating across its body. The gargoyle splits open and falls to the ground.
The aqueous orb hovers through the air as it drags across the remaining two gargoyles.
The gargoyles are battered by the orb as the purple gargoyle is drug away beside the orange gargoyle.
The gargoyles, defeated look to escape. The orange gargoyle flies out the door and into the sky above the complex while the purple gargoyle looks to escape the orb.
Escaping the orb the gargoyle also manages to escape with it's life.
Aishe (46/66)
Natalie (32/65)
Charles (60/84)
Jack (37/66; invisible)
Uh, entangled and the slow condition should be imposing penalties on those saving throws. Are you sure both of them escape? Just checking since I have no idea what their base reflex saving throws are.
Huffing and puffing Jack removes his spell. "That was not nice. Well good guys won, bad guys lost!"
He then casts detect magic.
Aishe looks the team over. "Well, if this is the sort of reception we can expect, probably best to heal up and make camp; once we recover our spells, we can continue."
Charles nods.
"I agree, that was painful. I think we should press on a little bit longer - perhaps explore some of the central buildings? That way, we have a smaller, more defensible area, in case we are ambushed during the night."
Charles also makes a point of searching the bodies for anything of value.
With a nod of satisfaction, Charles moves on to one of the central buildings.
Aishe follows.
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The sharp tang of woodsmoke fills this building, where a giant
fire pit set with roasting spits takes up the northern half of the
room, positioned just below an open hole in the roof. This building served as a traders’ hall for ancient
Sumitha. A recent earthquake collapsed most of the roof.
Two cyclopes labor here, readying the fire pit and preparing a massive pot of stew as they make the most of the tribe’s few remaining food supplies. The cyclopes defend their food against anyone who enters. Though they put up a fierce fight it is nothing compared to the rage and fury of your group as you catch them off guard.
Charles decides that trying a different room would be a better idea.
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Smashed tables and chairs, all sized for giants, lie scattered about this building’s single, large room. In the heyday of ancient Ghol-
Gan, Sumitha hosted travelers from a variety of cultures, most coming to visit the Eye of Serenity. In exchange, the cyclopes charged a hefty sum, establishing an arbiter here to act as money changer.
Long forgotten among the detritus of Sumitha’s ruin, several
ancient coins from vanished empires can be found scattered about the room. All told, they’re worth a total of 2,500 gp to various collectors.
Luckily this also looks to be a good room to fortify and be able to get a nights rest.
"Right then. This one looks like it is abandoned. Let's make camp."
Aishe agrees and begins preparations to do so.
Using his wands he offers to heal Charles full, lest they need a peak condition for the nights frivolities!
After a tense night, Charles opts to inspect the building next door in the morning.
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The night is indeed tense as the sounds of many cyclops wander the area. Though the night proves to be restless, the group still finds enough time to be able to recollect spells lost and bandage wounds from the gargoyles just a few hours prior.
With the morning sun Charles sets out to explore more of the structures. The architecture of this building is markedly different from others in the valley—it appears to have been built for human-sized occupants.
Charles looks puzzled.
"Why would they have had humans here?"
With a shrug, he investigates the interior of the building.
Aishe shrugs as well, following Charles in.
With a shrug, Charles moves over to the next building.
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A large brass door provides access to this ruined hall, though an additional hole gapes in the northeast wall. Inside, much of the roof has long since collapsed and a garden of vegetation has taken root.
The cyclopes once maintained order from this ancient courthouse. Now, the building lies empty, overgrown with plant life. One of the trees inside bears a strange olive-like fruit, harvested by Ishtoreth’s tribe for sustenance. Several more root vegetables, herbs, and medicinal plants grow among the wild grass and shrubbery underfoot.
Charles wrinkles his nose.
"Let's see if we can avoid eating here..."
He then moves on to the next set of double doors.
With a hiss of frustration, Charles tries his luck at the next set of double doors along the wall.
"What a huge pile of goo. Well on the other hand, I did not expect a castle stuffed with willing virgins and coated in gold and peanut butter! Well thinking of it Joy of the tropes, coconut butter mmmh. A well."
Charles shrugs.
"'Tis annoying, but there is not much we can do about it, at present. Local property values must be fairly rubbish, though..."
With a sigh, he moves to investigate the round structure in the middle of the 'yard'.