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Marzela runs across the room to finish off the last cultist with a mighty blow. About to fire her bow at the downed man, Lily last minute pivots to fire at the naga. However, she pivots slightly too much and the arrow bounces harmlessly off the wall.
Carrakas snarls in annoyance when the spell hits him, feeling the drain as the extra strength Finnrick gave him almost entirely fades away. "Spell-slinging coward" he grumbles, as he gathers up his energy again and sends another whip shot through the doorway.
His body seems to overcompensate from his strength changes, though, and the shot falls short, causing another grunt of annoyance, this time at himself.
Jaed waits to see if the Naga gets in the room with them.
The naga gives a hissing laugh. Though if that's in response to Carrakas' insult or simply the whip strike that bounced harmlessly off of its thick hide is unclear.
Finnrick the cat edges slightly closer to the wizard and headbutts her leg, trying to nudge her aim closer to the naga.
Seeing Carrakas as still the most obvious threat in the room, the naga points at him. However, it's too focused on watching his whip and messes up a few of the gestures, causing the spell to fizzle out.
Since she still doesn't want to get between the Naga and Carrakas, and she doesn't see anyone that needs immediate healing, Marzela goes to listen at the next door.
Carrakas pauses for a moment, taking in the whole situation, and takes a different strategy - he takes a small step forward and closes the door . He then prepares to close it again if needed .
To the others, he says "We should get into a better position to swamp him if he comes in"
Or just block the door and go stop the cultists? Although fighting on two fronts is likely a bad idea... we'll have to deal with the Naga eventually. What position do you suggest?
Carrakas shrugs. "Either we all get out of the line of sight of the door and wait for him to come into the room, or we get into a place where we can all hit him through the door. Or we just keep the door closed long enough that his cowardly nature kicks in and he slinks off to hide." This last part he intentionally says slightly louder than the rest, and is said with a grin.
"If we have to fight it, I can try to blind it with a spell," says Lily. "I don't have much left beyond that."
How tall are the ceilings and the naga?
"We'll have to fight that thing on our way out so just let it in and let's have some fun."
Jaed moves next to the door and prepares to attack if the Naga gets in the room this round.
An air elemental appears 15 feet in the air above Carraks and the air begins to swirl the whirlwind picks up speed and moves over the Naga before touching down behind it.
AC 17 Does Not Provoke AOO in whirlwind form
Meanwhile Finnrick brushes Lily's leg and casts guidance again
So the elemental chills harmlessly above Carrakas and thanks to the guidance that Finnrick casts, Lily is able to persuade him that the door is indeed closed.
Marzela continues to listen through the North door while waiting to see if the Naga will enter.
Carrakas steps forward and closes the door. As the rest of the group chats, the door opens, only for Carrakas to immediately close it again. There's a brief pause and the naga opens the door once again, looking slightly confused.
Bored of waiting for the Naga to get into the room Jaed tries to hit it even if his positioning is not the best.
Carrakas gathers energy and blade rushes to the other side of the Naga.
Marzela doesn't do anything differently unless the naga enters.
"I can't use my glitterdust spell while people are that close," says Lily. She raises her bow and tries for her alternative mode of attack.
2: 3 used
1: 3 used
Jaed swings his swords, but both blows bounce harmlessly off of the creature's thick hide. Lily's arrow doesn't even manage to get that far, bouncing harmlessly off the wall in her attempt not to hit her allies.
Millsy rushes around and attempts to bite the creature as the elemental attempts to slam in to it, but like their two bipedal companions, they make no headway. Frustrated, Finnrick head butts against Lily's leg again in an attempt to adjust it.
As Marzela waits towards the back of the room, Carrakas dashes to the other side of the creature, managing to break the group's bad luck and landing a strong blow. Blinking, the naga turns to where Carrakas has no positioned himself, smiling as it closes the door behind him.
Marzela doesn't have any spell to open the door and can't get to it, so she just stays where she is, hoping that Carrakas hasn't doomed himself.
"This is getting ridiculous," the rogue says as he opens the door again.
"Hold on, big guy, the cavalry's here." He then tries to move to the other room while avoiding the Naga.
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Carrakas jumps at the Naga's distraction as it aims, and tries to ram it with his shield.
The rays of fire scorch him, though not as bad as they might have otherwise . The tiefling just smiles.
"Welcome back to the party" he says with a nod at Jaed's entrance. Then he gathers in his power and sends his whip toward the beast.
2: 3 used
1: 4 used
As Marzela continues to wait, Jaed opens the door and just barely manages to squeeze past the large creature to wind up on the other side. The sudden influx of color is just enough to distract Carrakas from both of his blows, as they beat harmlessly off of the naga's hide.
Still in the room, the rest of the group tries to hit the naga through the small doorway, but to no avail.
The naga for its part, once again closes the door.
Much to the naga's displeasure, it seems this was even less effective against the tiefling than the first spell.
Marzela rolls her eyes, walks over to the door, and opens it.
Finnrick has no idea what is going on and just wants his air elemental to whilwind through the naga and begin attacking it from the other side, but the door keeps closing and the elemental hasn't gone out.
"Would you stop playing with the door, please?"
The rogue takes a step South to make room in case someone else wants to join the party and then attacks.
Grunting in annoyance as the magical bolts slam home, Carrakas gets a determined look on his face. He gathers in his energy, and sends his whip in toward the sorcerer.
3: 1 used
2: 3 used
1: 4 used
The naga grunts as Carrakas lands yet another solid blow. It completely ignores Jaed's futile swinging. Meanwhile Lily shoots again at the snake creature, continuing to miss horribly. The air elemental turns in to a whirlwind and flies to the other side of the naga. Seeing an opening, Millsy moves in to a less awkward position and continues to attack the creature, finally managing to land a claw attack.
Now looking very battered and bruised, the naga makes a few more arcane gestures, appearing to shift location slightly.
*twang*
Marzela prepares her action to open the door again if someone closes it.
Jaed seizes the opportunity when the air elemental moves to the opposite side of the Naga and attacks again.
Frowning as the Naga seems to shift, instead of immediately beginning another attack, Carrakas pauses for a few seconds, closing his eyes ever so briefly. The ground underneath him shakes ever so slightly.
Smiling slightly, Carrakas forms his older trusty earthen blade and takes a swing at the Naga.
3: 1 used
2: 3 used
1: 4 used
Luck does not seem to be with the group as everybody strikes out. Lily's shot once again goes wide. Jaed's first strike looks like it should hit, but bounces off of an invisible barrier . This confuses him for his second blow, which the naga easily dodges. Carrakas correctly discerns the snake-creature's position, but isn't able to get through its thick hide. Determinedly, Millsy steps up managing to sink her teeth in to the creature. With a smirk, she continues to claw at it but gets over cocky and misses twice.
Now very badly hurt and surrounded, the naga gives out a growl and begins frantically gesturing. Before pointing at Jaed. There's a loud CRACK as lightning shoots from its fingertips at the rogue.
Marzela holds her action, waiting to see if the naga dies so she can get to Jaed who just got blasted with lightning. She can't tell from here how hurt he is, but worries that it could be bad.
Even the Naga is really close to Jaed, the rogue was already expecting something kind of attack when the creature started gesturing so he can easily dodge the lightning.
"You'll need better tricks than that," he says just before counterattacking.
Carrakas again sends his mental energies down into the earth, trusting it to guide his strikes.
He then forms his blade again and takes another swing.
Lily waits with her bow drawn as she sees Jaed and Carrakas going into their slice-and-dice routine.
Jaed continues to swing uselessly at the naga. The creature begins to cast again, but as the rest of the group waits with baited breath, Carrakas swings once again, his blow striking true. The naga's head is sliced off and the body slumps lifelessly to the ground.
Lily lets out a tense breath and slips her arrow back into its quiver, then carefully fetches her other arrows from about the room. Once finished she checks for magical items on the cultists and the naga.
Seeing that Jaed looks a lot better than expected, Marzela waits until her allies are all in sight again, and uses her last channel of the day to heal everyone up, excluding the bad guys that they fought.
Then she assists Lily in looting the bodies of their enemies before they move on.
"Thank you, Marzela. You're very kind and considerate."
Marzela chuckles and smiles.
That's kind of you to say. I am trying to be that, but I always worry that I am one step away from being a bad person. I was a pathological liar when I was a kid, and I sometimes think that my ring is all that is keeping me honest, even now. I think it is the whole being born Aasimar thing... people want to believe you, and they almost always will, even if you spout nonsense.
"Good girl Millsy" Finnrick says now sitting crossed legged where moments ago was a cat. "Even without my direction you seemed formidable, shame about that air elemental, how drastically ineffective." Rising to his feet Finnrick stretches in a most feline way and makes his way over to the door.
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Lily says to Marzela, "Tell me about it. I know what it's like to feel like you don't fit in."
"Really, I appreciate the care you have shown for us all."
"You don't look like a pathological liar, Marzela. Trust me, I've met a bunch of those."
While the others are busy looting the cultists Jaed checks the door for traps.