Seeker's 5e Reign of Winter (Inactive)

Game Master seekerofshadowlight

Jack moves past vic to randomly strike at the doll, screaming something about demon possession. He thrusts threw the doll, scatting some of the straw used to stuff its cloth body. He tries to knock the chair over as well but does not get a good it and it barely wobbles.

A child like voice can be heard to scream "No! Mine!" As the girl you saw before simply appears behind Jack and strikes at him, he eyes aglow with an unnatural color of blue. He hand passes though jack and he screams and feels as if his very soul is on fire. He feels so very weak.

INt:
Everyone but vic
The child
Vic

The layout is vic and Jack are in the house, the elf is running scared though the woods as no one went after him and everyone else is outside

Barl stands in the clearing looking around the edge of the woods, trying to spot where Arannis took off to. He jumps, startled by the voice of the little girl yelling, then his blood runs cold hearing Jacks scream.
"What the hell is going on up there? Don't you know that you aren't supposed to get into trouble without me?!" Barl will make his way toward the tree house. If he gets there with enough movement, he'll try to climb. Athletics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Crap, I meant to say I would go after Arannis. Guess I forgot to. Is it too late to say I would do that?

"Aaaaaaaaa—" *deep breath* "—aaaahhhh!!!!"

Crap, I meant to say I would go after Arannis. Guess I forgot to. Is it too late to say I would do that?

Ha, I intended to do the same, but real life had other ideas.

Ditto ><

Round 1, Sneak Att, Cunning Action

Vic moves in quickly for a sneak attack on whatever it was that attacked Jack. He just as quickly disengages an returns to just inside the entrance.

Rapier Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Rapier Dam: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (2) = 11

Doubting she could catch the fleeing elf, Kat follows Barl towards the house.

I am fine with you guys going after them and Vic and Jack scouting ahead. As I have been slow to update, I a gonna give jack another day to get his actions in.

Kat and Barl run back toward the house, barl barreling up the ladder. Inside the small home he sees a single chair, a doll on the floor and the girl standing before both Vic and Jack. "You are not supposed to be here!" She screams as she strikes at Vic. Her small arm seems to pass though vic, almost sizing his heart in pain as it passes though him. Her very touch leaves him with chills and a feeling of weakness -8 hp to vic

Vic recovers a bit and strikes at the phantom child,his attack seems to do little, although she does seem to flinch in pain from his strike

INT round 1
Jack

Round 2:
Everyone but Vic
The girl
Vic

"Arannis, wait! I can help you!" Tursk calls out as he runs after his fellow cleric.

Vic yells in pain...

Help! We are under attack!

I use a short sword and a dagger as offhand to attack the phantom. hit: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (4) = 9
hit: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (9) = 14
dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 2
sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 5 if other allies of mine are next to it.

Kat enters the house and, seeing the two men engaged with the girl who apparently hurt vic fairly badly, unleashes an eldritch blast. "Hey! Leave them alone!"

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 131d10 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Jack - are you still standing? What damage, if any have you taken. It should be marked in your tag line.

sorry, I forgot to mark it, I'm at 1 Hp

Is the little girl visible at all?

Sorry busy couple of days, meant to up date sooner. We have a few people in this tiny hut. And yes, the girl can be seen.

Trusk finds the wayward elf panting and hiding behind a tree. As he is trying to clam him down they hear the yell from Vic about an attack.

Inside the tiny Hut, vic and Jack are in pain, there is very little room in the hut and Barl stands in the door. Kat, on the ladder below him however has a good view from between his legs and fires off an icy bolt juts a bit too close to him manhood for comfort. The girl seems to grunt a bit with the hit.

The girl strikes at Kat, but she gets out of the way just in time.

Round 2:
Jack and Barl can go if they wish

Round 3
Everyone but Vic
The girl
Vic

Fun fact: Protection from evil and good: Doesn't simply cure mind effects anymore. It does however provide advantage on additional saving throws. So no idea if this will work, but...

"Be at peace, Arannis. Your mind has been clouded with fear that is not your own. Let me help you clear it."

Tursk approaches Arannis, places his hand on his shoulder and casts a spell to protect him from evil influences.

in round two I will 2 handed strike again hit short sword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
offhand dagger: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12 dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 4
sneak attack: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Round 2, Sneak Att, Cunning Action

Vic again moves in quickly for a sneak attack, and he again, just as quickly, disengages an returns to just inside the entrance.

Rapier Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Rapier Dam: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 3 + (3) = 12

So does Tursk help me? Should I be rolling something?

I would imagine that you get the save at the end of each turn, Arrannis, and now you may have the benefits of Protection from Evil on the saving throw.

[Round 3]

Glaring in anger after the girl tried to attack her, Kat unleashes another blast!

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d10 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Seeing the fighting escalate, Barl jumps in.
"Aw crap, can't we promise to just leave creepy little kids alone from now on?"
Barl swings Ulga down in an arc at the spectral child.
"Stupid ghost kid!!"
Ulga: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 4) + 3 = 13

I'll allow anew save

With a screech the girl vanishes. You are unsure if you "Killed" her or she has fled.

WIS: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Arannis stops, his breath coming in labored heaves as he recovers from his running and screaming. "Thank you, Tursk," he says. After a brief pause, he gets a slightly embarrassed expression and asks, "Was that magic? Please tell me it was magic. It was magic, right?"

With the apparition gone, Barl quickly looks around; "Uuum I think it left. Let's get out of here!" With that, Barl double times it down the ladder.

Int (arcana): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

"Yeah. Sure," Tursk says not completely sure one way or another but wanting to spare Arannis' feelings regardless.

Vic looks quickly around the small interior for anything of value, including potential secret compartments.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

I told you this house was evil. We should loot it and get out of here.

Nothing seems to be in the house other than the chair and doll. However, the feeling of unease hangs around long after the child has gone. Outside Tursk and Arannis near the hut the

Is everyone safe in there?" Tursk calls to the hut as he approaches.

Aye, we are. We need to be moving on, but Jack and I are pretty beat up.

Vic exits the house and awaits everyone else to gather before continuing onward.

Tursk frowns, but says, "Very well then."

I'll use channel divinity to heal Jack up to HP 7/15. And then I suggest a short rest. I'd rather not blow all my healing if I don't need to.

Arannis approaches the group, looking both shaken and embarrassed. "Um, hi. What'd I miss?"

Only more curses Arannis, only more curses.

If we can get group consensus, a short rest would be fine by me at this point.

"Yeah, let's catch a breather. Somewhere far away.." Barl looks suspiciously at tree house and backs away a bit.

Short rest then continuing on works for me.

HD: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Vic finds a spot nearby with the others and doses with his Bow in his hand.

hit dice: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

You guys wish to take a short rest here, or away from the hut and the ever present sense of dread and unease?

Probably away from the dread and unease, or so I would vote. :)

Kat stops with the others, but for some reason doesn't feel all that tired. Perhaps it was because she had not been hurt like some of the others. Instead, she paces back and forth, back and forth. Occasionally she looks at Jack, but then shakes her head and resumes her pacing. Well, the girl was off anyway, like he said. Still didn't seem that dangerous though. We did attack her first.

Tursk finds a place away from the hut for the heroes to rest.

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

While moving along, his hands turn into fists. He is very angry at what happened earlier.

Once the party sets up whatever camp they manage to cobble together, Barl takes a seat in a nearby tree branch. After a minute of sensing tension, he decides to speak up.

"Hey everyone.." The big man scratches his head almost nervously. "I was thinking, I like a good scrap as much as the next guy, but let's make sure they are actual enemies before we attack them next time, alright?"

"Agreed," Arannis says, nodding to Barl while glancing warily at Jack.

That was my plan all along. I was scouting ahead to determine stregths and weaknesses.

Yeah, Jack takes his short rest away from the hut.

You take your rest some distance away from the hut, off the trail a bit. Tursk finds you a good spot, hidden a bit in the trees. The temperature starts to drop with the evening getting near and snow has started to fall.

Rested, you keep going down the trail. It continues though ever narrowing passages and starts to descend into a snow covered icy valley. The snow is now well past your knees and you notice odd patterns of lines scratched into the fresh snow. Among the lines reads in common "Turn back before the winter devours you"

If anyone rolled HD for healing, do so in the other thread

Mine is rolled above - recovered 8 HP, using one HD.

"Somehow, I don't think that's a friendly warning. Everyone be on the lookout."