Heightened by tension and his horror at what has happened to the altar of his god, Leo's senses alert him to the presence of something behind the drapery. Somethings.
Heightened by tension and his horror at what has happened to the altar of his god, Leo's senses alert him to the presence of something behind the drapery. Somethings.
"You better take cover Snaggletooth, we've got company and there's more than a couple..." Leo tells the kobold making sure the others can hear him too.
Cronin delays until after Leo.
Fairwind moves to investigate.
Leo
Cronin
Snaggletooth
Brujo
Perigia
Leo whips off the raiments off of the altar and whatevers on it to the ground to clear the altar's surface.
"Come out servants of Shar, Kelemvor sent me to have a word with you on this act of desecration!" Leo divinely challenges those waiting behind the curtain.
"Come out servants of Shar, Kelemvor sent me to have a word with you on this act of desecration!" Leo divinely challenges those waiting behind the curtain.
Cronin casts Sanctuary on Leo. "Leo, you are protected!"
Caine strides up the room to provide cover for Cronin.
Snaggletooth furtively inches alongside Cronin. "I will help protect you."
Ever impetuous, Brujo runs to the middle of the chapel. As he does so, a dagger flies out from the curtain and misses Commander Caine. You all see that this is a living version of the things you've been warned about. It's a creeper and it's not alone. Cronin's nightmare has just arrived.
Two more daggers follow, aimed at Leo and Cronin. All the weapons rattle on the floor. Snaggletooth eyes them eagerly.
Fairwind strides to the curtain and yanks it swiftly to the ground. Three creepers are revealed in all their glory, shadowy figures, who crouch low, muttering indistinguishably at each other.
Commander Caine charges towards Creeper 2, bringing his greatsword round in a wide arc and just missing the creature. Charge v Creeper 2 (1d20 11=16, 1d10 4=5).
With a hiss, is ducks away, risking an opportunity attack from the warlord before stabbing viciously at him with a dagger.
Creeper 2 against Caine (1d20 11=21, 1d4 4=8) + 1d6=2.
Using the same trick, Creeper 1 circles around Fairwind and jabs at her.
Creeper 1 v Fairwind (1d20 11=31, 1d4 4=8, 1d6=3).
Creeper 3 doesn't even bother to circle, it just slinks towards Leo and stabs at him.
Creeper 3 v Leo (1d20 11=21, 1d4 4=7, 1d6=2).
Cronin points at the creeper attacking Fairwind. "Kneel before the light of Selune!" as his holy symbol blazes.
Fairwind strides to the curtain and yanks it swiftly to the ground. Three creepers are revealed in all their glory, shadowy figures, who crouch low, muttering indistinguishably at each other.
Commander Caine charges towards Creeper 2, bringing his greatsword round in a wide arc and just missing the creature.
With a hiss, is ducks away, risking an opportunity attack from the warlord before stabbing viciously at him with a dagger.
Using the same trick, Creeper 1 circles around Fairwind and jabs at her.
Creeper 3 doesn't even bother to circle, it just slinks towards Leo and stabs at him.
In reply Leo glares back.
"Behold creature of shadow, Kelemvor's might!" Leo hisses back as he unleashes a holy strike on the fiend.
"Shadows fear the light and these are Shar's creatures!" Leo calls over.
To DM:
"Not so fast, creep!"
Fairwind slides an attack past Creeper 1's guard and Cronin's divine power drives the creature to its knees. Leo's provocative challenge brings the heads of Creepers 2 and 3 around to face him, hissing.
Snaggletooth darts across the room and jabs viciously at the fallen Creeper with Fairwind's pilfered dagger. "Nasty, nasty, sneaky creeper things," he announces, punctuating his blow with kicks before darting away again.
Snaggle v Creeper 1 (1d20 8=26, 1d4 2=6)
Cronin
You realise that although the dark ones have no special vulnerabilities, their main danger comes from their use of their shadowy presence to grant themselves combat advantage. You remember dreadful stories of creepers exploding on death into a volley of darkness, afflicting all surrounding creatures.
Stepping forward, Brujo lets loose an arc of lightning from his hand
Snaggletooth looks thoughtful as Perigia fires a new variant on her favourite cold spells past his nose. The prone Creeper covers with ice and suffers horribly, but Creeper 2 hisses and ducks aside, clearly regarding incoming ice as less of a menace than the looming figure of Commander Caine.
On my turn
Caine hacks at C2.
Leo continues to cut loose on his foe with another holy strike.
Cut and Run against C1 1d20+8=20, 1d8+3=7 Second attack against C2 1d20+8=11, 1d6+3=6 forgot to add +2 for flaniking but still that must be a miss.
Fairwind slashes elegantly before tumbling to stab another creeper. Or attempt to.
Fairwind's antics damage the already wounded, immobilised and dazed Creeper 1 as she dances across the floor. Creeper 2 is able to dodge however and turns in time to take a swift blow from Commander Caine. Risking the opportunity attack, the Creeper slips behind the warlord and readies itself as Creeper 3 pulls its dark robes up over its face, and sidles to provide flanking.
Creeper 2 attacks the Commander and strikes true.
Creeper 2 attacks Caine (1d20 11=21, 1d4 4 1d6=12)
Creeper 3 is less ept and misses, his dagger hissing past the Commander's arm in a vicious downward strike.
Leo shifts sideways and cuts a nasty wound in Creeper 3, bloodying it further.
Cronin moves up and reveals a new power granted by his goddess, his holy symbol putting forth a blast of white that, while failing to burn the dark creepers, but inspires Caine to new strengths.
Divine Glow vs Ref vs C2, C3 (1d20+6=9, 1d20+6=12, 1d8+5=10)
Realising his newly gifted powers may take a little adjusting to, Cronin contents himself with aiding his ally.
Taking advantage of Creeper 1's immobility, Snaggletooth darts in again and stabs feebly at the cloaked figure, before shifting back out of the way again.
Snaggletooth v Creeper 1 (1d20 8=23, 1d4 1=2)
"Greetings", Brujo appears out of nowhere and swings at the creeper.
Brujo's sudden appearance startles Creeper 2. For a fleeting instant, the creature looks at the door, but something about that seems to frighten it even more than a teleporting moon elf and a looming warlord. Perhaps puzzled by the creeper's reaction, Brujo's blow just misses.
Perigia's aim is better and she slams force energy firmly into the prone form of Creeper 1.
1d20+8=25, 1d8=4
1d20+8=22, 1d6=5
"I ain't forgotten about ya!" she says as she leaps back to defend Snaggletooth from the first creeper.
Who she is referring to is in doubt...
Fairwind bounds lightly towards the prone creeper and swiftly dispatches it. As it falls, the body explodes in a fountain of pure darkness, blinding the ranger.
Caine attacks C3.
The Commander strikes true, but the creeper doesn't fall. Hissing, it takes advantage of a flanking opportunity and misses. Creeper 2 also fails to get in a blow against the worthy warlord.
Both creepers sidle around the companions, looking for openings. As Creeper 2 eases past Brujo, the wily swordmage sees his opportunity and tries to slide his blade under the creature's defences.