Lets take a stand here then.
The party looks at each other. So many enemies, so little time, but they've survived hell before....or was this it?
Galador quicly makes his way through each of the remaining rooms. Descriptions below.
Barrel Maker's Workshop
Strips of iron and wood lie in neat piles on the floor of this workshop, the walls are line with tools. Two worktables stand against the east wall.
Glassblower's Workshop
A dirty window in the south wall allows dim light to enter this room. Wine bottles are manufactured here, as evidenced by the tools lying about, the wooden rack full of freshly blown glass bottles along the south wall, the hearth built into the southwest corner, and the barrel of sand standing next to it. A staircase descends underground, and between it and the rack of bottles stands a barred door.
You all wait for the enemy to arrive, the abrasive pounding on the blockaded doors echoing through the room.
Thwack! Thwack! THWACK! CRASH!
Casdin moves to the center of the area and prepares to support whoever needs it. Before the entry fails, Casdin will cast Beacon of Hope and say "Stay close. I'll keep you alive until I run out of power!"
Sheva positions herself between two doors and readies herself to meet the creatures head-on.
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The party hears a high-pitched shriek as Galador suddenly discovers the main front door. This is quickly followed by a round of truly impressive swearing. -That- is then followed by the sound of a MIGHTY CRASH as wooden rack full of freshly blown glass bottles is dragged a bit nearer to the front door and then tipped over, either accidentally or on purpose.
Galador goes back to the main area and takes up a position just inside the door. " Victor, takes up arms next to me and we'll double-team them as they come in.
Vasilios! Please keep an orbit around the house. Let us know when there's a break in!"
"Are you sure? Okay."
Vasilios casts Fly and flies up the stairs to have an aerial visual.
Initiative Order: Vasillios, Victor, Razz, Sheva, Galador, Casdin, Blights
"Here they come! Hold the doors!"
From the protection of the stairs, Vasilios throws some bolts of fire trying to cut down their numbers before they engage.
[Scorching Ray #1]
[Scorching Ray #2]
[Scorching Ray #3]
"I'll take that as my cue."
Sheva runs to the door on the left and conjures a large mass of infernal flame just outside the door into the mass of blights.
"W̛͘i̴̴̡ţ̨̛h ̧t̵́he͘͠ ̴f̶i͝͞r̛͟e̵̡͢ ̵͝f̢́҉r̶ò̵m͡ ͠t̵h͘͠e̵͘͘ f̶͜í̡̀ŗe̛wòr͏k͘s̴͠ up̵͞ ̶͢͞a̡͘͡b̷o҉̵ve̵͟͞͠"
Victor will stand by the door and attack them as they enter!
Melee Attack #1 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
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Melee Attack #2 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
Raz resorts to his longsword to hack away at the creatures that make their way through.
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Yell out when you're injured! I'll try to magic you back to health.
Vasillios is quick to the task and cast Scorching ray, each beam splitting off and hitting a needle blight. One burns up immediately while the other two shamble on through severely injured.
Victor is able to cut down two blights as they try to step through the door, each swing of his blade rendering them sundered completely.
Razz has less luck, but still manages to give a helping hand to his comrade Galador.
Then Sheva channels her eldritch power, a burning ball forming in her hands...
Twelve are immediately incinerated, as are the two that were previously injured by Vasillios. The other six are barely being held together, but shamble on.
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And the blights move forward.
[Sheva]
[Galador]
[Victor]
Players up!
You hear footsteps coming from behind you inside the house, something beyond the walls and doors, moving.
While able to avoid the needles, the claws of the nature beast clice open Victor and he grunts in pain.
Victor swings back at his foe, seeking to bring him down before he runs Victor's shirt!
Melee Attack #1 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
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Melee Attack #2 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
Sheva's Fireball was tremendously effective, and her companions now try to finish off the remaining creatures. Vasilios invokes the power of fire and tries to incinerate one of them.
Sheva tries to ignore the pain from the needles and slashes at the two blights in front of her with her pact blade.
Casdin moves over and heals Galador.
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Galdor breathes heavily as his blood flows freely, and he knows not how long he can endure, though he determines to sell his life at a dear cost.
Then yellow light suffuses his form, cast from Casdin's knowing grip. Galador stands as though infused with energy form a flowing volcano of power. He twists his blade in his hands and gazes balefully at the onrushing hoard.
"Alright you dogs. Let's try that again, shall we?
Get ready. Lets go!"
"May Oghma's light lead us to victory!" Shouts Casdin.
Victor recovers quickly and retaliates by bisecting another blight in half, though his second blow is just barely parried off a blight's hard wooden exterior.
Vasillios shoots a smaller flame, but its enough to re-ignite the embers of Sheva's catastrophic attack and turn another blight to cinders.
Sheva finishes off another blight with a swift swipe of her blade, but her second strike lacks follow through and she is thrown back on the defensive as the needle blight's counter.
Galador's strength proves too much for a blight and is turned to charred kindling. His second strike is a bit off though, missing the second opponent.
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A sudden wood on wood pounding can be heard, and the door to the east bursts open as seven more needle blights scuttle into the room.
The other needle blights attack their nearest targets!
[Sheva]
[Galador]
[Victor]
"There are more!" Of course, Vasilios is aware that his companions also noticed, but the frustration and fear appear reflected in his shout. Suddenly, something in his mind snaps, and all he can see are his hands strangling his poor cousin...
Casdin will toss a healing word into Victor before moving over and casting Cure Wounds on Sheva.
Sheva nods in thanks to Casdin for the healing as she continues to focus through the pain and the realization that she's covered in her own blood.
"I'll see if I can clear this entrance and maybe give us some breathing room. Or an exit."
She turns back to the blights at the western entrance and using her remaining magic she summons forth another fireball and hurls it out into their midst.
"M̴͘͝y̴̡͢ ̴̛͜F̛́a̸̕c̀e̶͟ ̴̷i͏n͝ ̡̡̢t͢he̢ ͘͡͞f̀i̴r̡̕e̷ my̷̸͡ ̸͠f͜a̴̶͞i̵͠th̀͜ ͏̸̨ín̵҉ ͢͏t̢͠h̢͠e͝҉ ̀f҉̸i̶̸r͞e͝"
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Galdor's heart catches in his throat as he sees Sheva rent asunder by a flurry of attacks. He resolves to take the fight to the enemy with more vigor!
The deadly thorns glance harmlessly from Galador hauberk of STEEL and the beast that engages him claws uselessly at his thick shield. "Ha! You have no skill, fair beast! Indeed, I don't think you ever saw THIS coming!"
With that Galador twists and turns and ripostes at the creature's failed attack!
Then the battlemaster continues his onslaught, his blade weaving a web of STEEL before him!
Victor grunts as he takes more damage with a half nod towards the cleric to thank him non-verbally for the assist, Victor continues to press at the foes.
Melee Attack #1 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
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Melee Attack #2 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
Damage
Vasillios is quick to act on the new wave of anemies as he spins around and fires of varied volley of magic, taking out two needle blights instantly.
Casdin never rests, his eyes moving from comrade to comrade, taking note of the slightest injury, the minute nicks, whatever harm that he can undo. He spies his chance, and quickly unleashes healing on Victor and Sheva, keeping them up and in the fight.
Sheva gives her thanks for the healing assist and summons a very familiar spell. She unleashes another fireball that completely decimates the needle blights in front of the house.
[ooc]Repurposing attack, to continue[/b]
Galador throws himself to aid Victor as Sheva has impressively cleared the swarm they were dealing with. His first attack splits a blight in half while the second damages another badly.
At the same time, Victor destroys another blight in a single blow, and then finishes the damaged one Galador had hit earlier. The two of you stand side by side, grinning at each other, seeing a fellow warrior at work.
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The needle blights move mindlessly forward to attack the nearest targets.
[Casdin]
[Vasillios]
The once overwhelming swarm had been quite cleaned up, but the fight continues!
"This is why I hate druids!" shouts Casdin as the creature hits him.
"Fine, that's just fine." he says and then intones his powerful area healing magic.
Once he has dispensed with healing, he will cast Control Flames to kill any fires that were started by the fireballs.
Victor smiles as his wounds are healed from afar, "No matter what they say about you back home Casdin, you're a good egg!"
As one good turn deserves another, Victor charges the blight threatening Casdin,
Melee Attack #1 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
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Melee Attack #2 - Longsword
Melee Damage - Longsword
Victor's sword does not match his intentions as he simply cannot hold it together fumbling with the blade, "Damn tree sap..."
Sheva feels better after Casdin's healing and seeing the destruction wrought by the fireball. She runs forward and fires a pair of eldritch blasts at the two blights by the stairs.
"Keep fighting! We've almost got them cleared out!"
After checking out, Vasilios decides the situation is quite under control so he spends only a minor power to end one of the needles.
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Galador grins mirthlessly as he stalks forward toward the last few monsters.
He chuckles, a low, guttural sound escaping his throat and he spins his sword about. "Hahaha. Now for the last. But do not worry, little ones. Your masters shall sleep with you, O, soon enough."
He chops down and wades into them, pushing his way to the front of the battleline, eager to have done with the 1st act.
While Victor stumbles with his blade, the powerful presence of Sheva is felt as she fires off two more blasts of eldritch energy, each one vaporising a needle blight.
Vasillios attempts follow up, but his fire bolt narrowly misses a needle blight that's rushing forward.
Galador rushes to his comrades aid, and is able to end another enemy.
With their forces decimated, the remaining needle blights are quickly dealt with, and the party has a moment to catch their breath as they brush twigs off their clothing, amid all the scratches Casdin has not been able to tend to.
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Victor grins and turns red at his last stumble.
"Well, not all combats are pretty and some are downright ugly.
I am well thanks to you Casdin but we may wish to take a rest before these Druids assault us again. In the meantime, some of us should more thoroughly explore this place. I suppose I should not have expected Druids, even evil ones, to have their lair in a house or any other sort of building!"
"We should definitely catch our breath before another wave arrives." Sheva adds, wiping away blood and picking out needles from her skin and armor.
She leans against a wall and slowly slides down to the floor.
"I badly need to recharge my magics. That took a lot out of me. But damn, it felt good!" she grins wickedly.
The group rests up, making sure injuries aren't too severe. Amid the broken branches and bodies of the blights, you look ways to continue your exploration. There's the door to the right where the ssecond group of needle blights burst into your surprise, then there is the staircase in the middle of the room, as well as the spiral staircase in the corner.
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"Alright, guys, what shall we do now? I say let's have a look at that broken door, where they came in. Then we won't need to fear a flank attack while we're looking elsewhere."
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Galador nods. "Aye. That was a fair job, that's a fact. Nay, Casdin, thy arts gave me succor when needed, and my METAL did see me through the rest of the way. Of course, there was little danger, as our sweet Sheva seems to have given them little chance to harm us!
Indeed, Sheva, since you left so few for us to gain honor from, take thy rest, and fortune send that all such hordes might meet so swift an end by thy hand.
Since I have little need or use for rest, I'll lead us also search the place. Not only should we ensure that there are no more ugly surprises, but methinks that if a few jars of sweet wine were to go missing, none could call it worse than collateral damage."
He follows that with a wink and a boyish grin full of trouble as he first heads up the second stair, followed by searches of the rest of the place.
He makes a mental note though, for a winery, he can't remember coming across any actual wine.