Galinndan looks...
...directly into the medusa's eyes.
They are the last thing he sees before he sees no more.
Suddenly, the Elf fighting alongside Kar starts to move slower, his skin acquiring a greyish tone. "No!" the Paladin shouts. "Fight on!" he goes on screaming, shaking his companion in an attempt to make his body react and move. "Stay with us!"
Cyrus blunders and tumbles his way past friends and enemies alike seeking to close in on the medusa.
Galinndan hears...
...and then is deafened.
Galinndan turns to stone before the eyes of his allies, unable to help them fend off the statues!
Myras' heart sinks a bit when he hears Kar's cries. He knows what must have happened around the corner. The valiant warrior Galinndan had rushed headlong into his own petrification. Longing to sing an ode to honor the still-warm elven statue, Myras knows the fight must continue until they had accomplished their mission.
"Do not lose heart! Fight on to banish Ogremoch's Bane!"
Frustrated by the statues that seem to keep coming, Odak lshes our at the new target that moved to attack him.
Odak, not knowing the fight with the Medusa to be done or the fate of Gal, simply fights on to survive. He does cast a glance as Cyrus speeds past him to assist Boomtop and decides to keep this statue from being able to flank them.
Kargoroth strikes a blow while Rankle and Myras manage to trick the medusa into turning herself into stone! Unfortunately, it is not in time to save the brave elf, Galinndan, who also petrifies before your eyes. Odak strikes a hard blow as well but it has no effect!
One of the statues strikes at Odak then moves and hits Cyrus. The rest swarm Kargoroth, bringing the mighty warrior to the ground and then moving on to attack Myras!
”Bah!” easily controlling his blade Odak feels the urge to head butt the statue. (It would probably have more effect.) Instead, he again tries to crumble the statue ahead of him using earth magic.
Just barely able to keep the lights up in spite of the wound he's endured, Myras disengages and cries out a word of encouragement to the fallen paladin. Upon seeing the statue of Gallindan next to the stone statue of the medusa, he shouts "She's taken Galinndan but we've tricked her, too! She's petrified!", rushing westward to escape the fray.
Evocation
Level: 1
Casting time: 1 Bonus Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
A creature of your choice that you can see within range regains hit points equal to 1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier.
This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.
At higher level
When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st.
Hearing Myras' voice the gnome sticks his eyes up slowly over the mirror, "We did it!? It worked!?" He hops a little before hearing the sad news about Galinndan. "Oh. Oh no no no."
He disengages and runs where he thinks the newest addition to the statues are and sees the paladin fallen on the floor. "Just hold on a minute! Or less! Hopefully less!"
He twists his wrist quickly and a small dart flies out at an astonishing pace striking the paladin with a small extract of his healing elixir before putting the mirror away.
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Cyrus rips off his sack and growls at the offending statue before plunging headlong into battle.
Odak crumbles off a massive chunk from the statue in front of him, nearly destroying it with one small spell! Cyrus manages one decent strike, also tearing off much of a statue. The statue between Odak and Cyrus is nearly destroyed but manages to lash out regardless, striking Cyrus once (6 dam) and Odak once (8 dam). Another statue moves to attack Rankle but Galinndan's statue stands in the way and the animated stone creature misses. Two others move to close the distance with Myras.
The blow from the statue hits Odak hard but his ties to earth still protected him and mitigate much of the statues blow.
Realizing the need for his blade to be over, the shadow axe dissolves into a whisp of smoke and Odak draws his axe made of iron and wood. ”So ye ain’t scared of Smokey. How d’ya like this!”
Odak smashes the statue to bits!
You hear something moving to the northwest and you hear something else moving to the southeast.
The professor straps his shield on and slams his hand against it. "Well now old-- erm new buddy we will get you right as rain... Soon!"
He had no idea how true the statement was but he was determined to find a solution.
Kargaroth may briefly see a short, shadowy blur emerge from the southeast, then bank left and keep running.
Odak and Myras have longer to see this blur resolve into a cloaked figure, one who rushes up to the nearest statue and strikes it bare-fisted!
The figure keeps striking out with blinding speed!
As the figure delivers blows, it suddenly speaks up in Blindgenstone-accented undercommon:
"Be ye the adventurers aiding the city against the oozes!?"
Kar opens his eyes again. He's recovered! Well, a bit. Battle cries and clanking sounds fill his perception... the Medusa! Then he remembers, the statues...
He quickly stands back up, picking his sword. Closes in to the first moving statue on sight and attacks, willing to deliver a swift crushing blow that ends all this mayhem.
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Frightened by the pursuing statues but too proud to admit it, Myras disguises his shriek as a battle cry. He lets out another battle cry when the cloaked figure rushes toward him and is relieved to see it attack the statue. "The enemy of my enemy, I suppose..." he mutters as he jabs at the statue with his rapier.
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A strange deep gnome runs into your midst and strikes a statue twice, nearly destroying it! Odak strikes a solid blow while Kargoroth obliterates a statue in one blow as he leaps back to consciousness. But Cyrus bleeds out on the stone floor. More animated statues appear from the west to replace their fallen comrades! This battle seems terrible indeed but the aid from the deep gnome will help. The new reinforcement gets battered about somewhat, however, as recompense for joining the fray (14 damage after doubling) while Odak and Myras manage the attacks directed at them.
You hear a low, malevolent chuckling and see a cloud stir up out of the dust on the stone floor in front of you.
This is Ogremoch's bane! You must dispel it back to its plane with the scroll Kargoroth carries! It is the reason these statues fight!
The gnome feels the dust rise up beneath his feet, it wouldn't really be long for it to get to his nose due to his short stature and he let out a quick cough before seeing the dust not just move, but stir and come to life in front of him.
He wasn't quite sure what it was but knew it was nothing good. Nothing good indeed.
"Um fellas there seems to be ah--" Ach--- "Dustcloud rising from the stone here and---" Choo! "And it doesn't seem to be natural! Not at all! You know if I wasn't getting assaulted from all fronts this would be an exciting time to make notes you know!"
The professor stepped upward and saw his fallen ally, "Oh notes can wait Cyrus just a second!" And with a final flick of his wrist his last bit of energy left his magical reserve as another dart flew toward the unconscious Cyrus.
In range of the unknown gas cloud he supports Cyrus with a small contraption; a tiny little jack-in-the box filled with valuable tools to assist him.
When the big dust cloud appears, Kar immediately throws himself to melee, as his religious code states he must always fight the biggest enemy. He quickly invokes some otherworldly help and strikes as true as he's allowed to, hoping for a quick end (in his favour, of course).
16 to hit
From your unfortunate history, you know this cloud is an evil from the elemental plane of earth. It possesses the statues and will slowly begin painfully turning you all into rock if not sent back to its own plane by Kargoroth with the scroll of dispel evil you obtained in Blingdenstone.
The newly-arrived gnome continues, now circling while pummeling his stony foes.
The hairs standing up on the back of his thick rock encrusted neck. Odak recognizes the presence of this evil being. It was the same that took his squad and left him disabled many years ago. This was the evil that they had come to face.
”This is it Kar, read the blasted scroll!” Odak then raises his shield defensively hoping to bide his time his mail the Paladin has done the work.
Unburdened by a code of honor, Myras strikes out at the same staute the strange deep gnome is attacking, hoping to get in a good jab.
"What are you guys dillydallying about with back there?" He shouts, indignant. "These hulking slabs of stone have got me surrounded!" He then mumbles something under his breath and his eyes glow dimly very briefly.
Kargoroth swings his sword into the cloud but his blade simply passes through without a noticeable effect. The newly-arrived gnome, however, punches out hard at these statues, destroying one and nearly bringing another to its knees but the statue keeps its stony feet! Cyrus misses with his rapier and the statues lash out again! Odak dodges a pair of blows while Myras deflects one arm with his rapier but takes the other blow full in the shoulder (7 dam). Wagic ducks under one swinging arm but then is kicked by a statue (6 dam).
The cloud washes over both Rankle and Kargoroth. Small, stony protrusions begin to erupt painfully from their skin!
Waagic rolls with the blow but he knows that he can only take so many more injuries. He does not hold back his own strikes, hoping to finish off another statue or two!
Once told this is the creature they came here for, Kar nods, grinding his teeth to endure the assault. When he finally finds an opening, he quickly gets the scroll and reads it, letting the remains drop while he watches what happens next.
The cloud refuses to be sent back to its plane but rumbles low in anger.
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He manages to stop the gas from breaking his focus with the box he handed to Cyrus.
"Ack!" Trying to pat himself down he tries to fight within the gas, "This here is sharp! I warn you you should really consider going back to wherever you came!"
Rankle swipes his dagger through the cloud but doesn't seem to have an effect on the cloud.
Cyrus regains consciousness and stumbles back toward the group, before lashing out once more.