Esperanza strides out in front of the troop, glaive held at the ready to hold back the tide.
Thorek does the same, preferring to conserve his magic.
With drilled speed and raised shields, the phalanx troopers manage to evade the brunt of Daria's firepower.
Lily fires an arrow directly into the air staring at the crowd unsure if it did anything.
Lily's arrow sinks heavily into the shield held aloft by one of the troops in the heart of the formation, but it does no harm to the hobgoblin himself.
The phalanx soldiers lift their shields apart and march forward; the first two ranks draw shortbows and loose a thick volley of arrows at the party once their formation pauses its advance.
As the phalanx marches up the pier Thorek marches back, voice low in a battle chant and dorn-dergar spinning in his hands.
Seeing how little damage her spell did, Daria sighs and wildshapes into a large air elemental, then moves stealthily under the docks and into the water, sliding forward just under the surface of the water.
Lily is looks around and kind of sighs deciding to go invisible so she can help her allies without provoking the unruly mob.
Reeling from the arrow volley, Esperanza nonetheless charges forward with a battle cry on her lips, cutting a number of the troops down with one graceful swing of her glaive.
Esperanza's glaive slices through the phalanx's front rank, felling several troops with a single stroke. Their bodies either drop to the stone pier or roll into the river.
Their response comes in the form of a forest of spears. They aim not just at Esperanza's torso, but her legs in particular, as they try to upend their foe and make her easier to trample down.
Determined that the courageous tiefling knight should not face the an Ironfang platoon alone, Thorek advances with grim determination and sweeps his dorn-dergar in a devastating arc that shatters spears, shields, and bone with uncaring brutality.
Daria in Large Air Elemental form breaks the water's surface in the form of an enormous waterspout! She moves quickly over the legion troops in the form of a 40 foot high whirlwind!
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Lily is going to carefully move up while invisible and cast invisibility against Esperanza ensuring that she can make a quick escape without getting hurt.
Thorek's powerful swing smashes into the front rank bearing down on Esperanza and sends nearly a half dozen hobgoblin infantry crashing into the river.
As Daria passes overhead, the troopers hunker down and square their stances to avoid being whipped into the air or tossed into the water. This leave an opening for Lily to slide forward and use her magic to render Esperanza invisible to their sight, giving her a reprieve from their ranks.
Esperanza, unseen thanks to Lily, quickly rises to her feet and slips behind Thorek and Lily to catch her breath.
The phalanx troops lock their shields together then thrust their spears towards Thorek's legs.
Daria/Whirlwind continues to slide through and among the troops, spending 40 feet of movement just generating cyclone havoc, touching down in multiple places towards the back of the troop. Where she touches down, boards of the pier, spraying water, and debris fly about, making visibility difficult and potentially disrupting the troop's coordination.
With her last 20 feet of movement, Daria rises above the troop (and out of their reach) to cast a spell, crackling words of divine power ripping through the whirlwind and resulting in a lightning strike straight down at the hapless legion forces!
Despite their defensive formation, the hobgoblins lose a few more troopers as Daria's lightning crashes down through the maelstrom she creates around them.
Lily without many options at her disposal casts a spell to help her stay in the fight.
Though the Ironfang troops made three blows for every one of his own, Thorek's were far more telling as he settles into a devastating rhythm of swing and counter-swing.
The first swing of Thorek's dorn-dergar sends nearly a full dozen hobgoblin troopers crashing into the river. The remaining troops hold their shields firm and deflect his second swing, though.
The phalanx appears to be running low on both soldiers and morale.
It may take only one more good attack to send them fleeing back to their landing boats.
Esperanza surges back into the melee, returning to visibility with a powerful, but clumsy slash from her glaive.
Esperanza's powerful strike leaves a deep, sweeping furrow across the front rank's shields, but it does not find flesh.
The hobgoblins reflexively thrust their spears at the newly reappeared Esperanza. They cause some glancing injuries, but they fail to knock her off her feet this time.
Daria calls another bolt of lightning down into the squad and then rampages through their midst, trying to toss them into the air by the handfull.
Punctuating every blow with an exultant shout praising Angradd, Thorek continues to hammer at the rapidly thinning ranks of the Ironfangs.
Daria's spells and Thorek's swings are finally enough to break the morale of the Hobgoblin troops at the riverfront. The enemy soldiers remaining on the pier make a disorganized retreat back to their boats.
Under Lily's direction, the dockside defenders maintain their resolve and make a counterattack, driving the other few landing forces back into the river. Thus, the surprise amphibious assault is repelled and the docks district is saved.
10 smoke sticks
10 doses of fire ward gel
5 potions of Cure Moderate Wounds
2 Potions of Remove Blindness/Deafness
3 Potions of Remove Disease
A quick examination reveals that this is a Ring of Protection +3
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The battle has raged for hours through the night, but dawn is finally approaching.
A runner arrives to bring you the latest updates from the battlements. The hobgoblin regiments are pulling back, likely to dig in and wait out the daylight before resuming their attack. However, the Legion forces are wheeling up a set of ballistas from the rear ranks.
Daria continues to call down lightning on the remaining groups as they arrive, spinning through their ranks as a raging whirlwind of destruction!
Daria finds the Ring of Protection +3 and offers it to one of the front line party members.
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Fresh from her aerial combat success, Daria speeds over to the rejoin the group. Shaping back into her elven form, she heals any of their wounds with her healer’s kit expertise and herbalist poultices (can roll it if needed). She asks, ”What’s next?
With the river assault repelled, Thorek turns and hustles with the other back through Longshadow, his eyes lingering on the noncombatants and the rapidly filling medical stations. When they reach the walls, he scowls at the Ironfang lines.
"Aye, figured they'd be brining up the artillery soon--we burned one camp but they've still got the edge there. This is what the buckets of sand and water are for. Tell folks to keep their heads on a swivel--their attacks haven't been the most coordinated so far, but they may try something daring under cover of the artillery."
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You arrive back at the front lines as volleys of flaming arrows and pitch-bearing ballista bolts sail over the battlements and crash upon the streets, walls, and roofs of the town. However, one ballista bolt carries an especially dire payload.
You have just a few moments to notice a pair of large red gemstones lashed to the ballista bolt before it crashes into an inn. The gems explode into huge conflagrations, and vaguely humanoid shapes emerge from the flames.
As fire spreads between buildings and along the streets, a pair of huge fire elementals begin rampaging through the neighborhood.
"Clever bastards," Thorek growls as he sprints down the street towards the inn.
”Oh my!” exclaims Daria as she prepares to join the fight.
"Oooo boy this is getting rough."
The raging elementals smash their limbs through nearby walls, spreading flames across the buildings.
Daria reaches out to her friends and taps them as she casts a spell, then she draws her scimitar as she strides towards the foes.
"Fire? Fire holds no fear for a sworn son of Angradd. Come, spirit, let us test ourselves against one another!"
Lily tries to attack the closest elemental with the ensuing shots going wild.
Lily's arrows are just a little too off center. They hit the corona of flame around the elemental, burning to ashes without causing appreciable damage.
Esperanza hustles at double time, circling around one of the buildings yet untouched by fire.
She aims to pincer the first elemental between herself and Thorek.
The giant fiery elemental creatures, as yet heedless of the party's approach, continue to smash at nearby buildings, spreading burning wood, scorched stone, and other cinders across the streets.
Realizing she is not going to be of much use against beings of fire, Daria moves closer to one of the buildings on fire and summons a downpour of water on it in an attempt to protect the building (20 gallons of water using Create Water).
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As he draws nearer to the first elemental Thorek lunges into a sudden charge, utilizing the long chain on his dern-dergar to hopefully keep his distance from the fire spirit.
The elemental swipes at Thorek with its broad, fiery arm as the warpriest closes the distance. However, Thorek gives better than he gets and delivers a potent hit that strikes at the core of the elemental beast.
Lily moves up cautiously sending an arrow directly into the elemental hoping it does some damage.
Lily's arrow does some damage to the elemental before burning away. Meanwhile, Esperanza slides around the building abutting the battleground and moves to pincer the elemental between herself and Thorek.
The elemental swings at Esperanza, but she manages to parry his burning arm then deliver an especially devastating attack with a spinning flourish.
The second elemental rushes from around the burning tavern to join the fray.
Inspired by his comrade's deadly grace, Thorek slams his dorn-dergar into the fire-spirit with less grace but no less brutal efficiency.
Sorry about the delay my dad had to go to the hospital and is getting open heart surgery today. I've been really distracted these past few days.
Lily unleashes another arrow to the enemy as she cautiously moves up.
Lily and Thorek both deal considerable damage to the elemental, which appears to be losing cohesion of its flaming body.
Daria's downpour of water contains the spread of the flames among the buildings to the south. While one small home has already been engulfed, her magic has protected the two nearby buildings from catching fire.
”Alright Flopsy, Now!” calls Daria as she summons more water over the flames, now focusing on the ones to her east. She sets up a fine mist that sizzles as it contacts the closest Fire elemental, but does no damage until…
In swoops Gaius from the southeast, grasping a small scaly object of some kind. From his outstretched hand, a cone of billowing clouds and freezing cold rolls out over burning building and fire elemental alike, accompanied by a Draconic roar!