Arctorus’ tightens his grip on his axe, and his eyes seem to glow with an inner fire as he glares at the floating skull with froth forming along his jaw. His muscles and veins bulge as the blood rage overcomes him again!
”I. SAID. STOP! RRRAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!”
He swings his axe in a powerful upward arc at the floating skull, channeling his inner draconic strength!
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Arabeth gives chase to the fleeing lizard folk carrying the child.
With two of the three enemies he is facing down, Torod shifts the Flaming Sphere to the last lizard.
He also attacks.
Wyandare (Scimitar +2 feybane):
Wyandare confirm crit (Scimitar +2 feybane):
Asta defensively casts a spell on Arctorus.
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Feeling his rage burn within himself again Arctorus swings his mighty axe at the flaming skull striking it hard his weapon bites deep, but not enough to extinguish its life force.
Seraph attacks again with the same missing result. The floating skull is just too fast at dodging her blow.
Arabeth Shouts in Celestial as she moves to intercept the lizardfolk carrying the child. He hiss back in draconic language.
Torod redirects the burning sphere to the lizard facing him. The Monitor lizard can’t jump out of the way as it gets burn by the fire. Then Torod brings Wyandare down on the lizard wounding it severely.
Chuffy bites the Green Blood Caiman again leaving a nasty bite wound, but it is not enough to kill it.
Possible Critical
Again Asta successfully casts a healing spell defensively, curing several wounds on Arctorus.
The lantern archon uses Aid on Arctorus, granting him temporary hit points, then winks out of existence as the magic that summoned it expires.
Three lizardfolk braves continue to attack Arctorus, blue hits with his spear as does the green one. Purple misses.
The flaming skull rages in pain as its light dims from Arctorus’ attack, and then it screeches ”No you can not have the boy his fear is too delicious!” It withdraws flying straight to the lizardfolk and Tig. Only Arctorus with his superior reach can swing at the skull as it moves, but it fails to connect. Seeing the flaming skull Tig starts to scream again in terror ”Nooo. Get it away! AAAaaaAAAaaa..” The Flaming Skull seems to feed on the boy’s fear as its glow streathen and it heals some of its wound.
to hit
The green entangled blood Caiman attacks Chuffy missing with both attacks.
one blue monitor lizards attack Torod its jaws snapping on only air as it misses. Then collapses from it’s wounds.
The helpful lizardfolk moves up to attacks the orange lizardfolk near Seraph missing its target.
The orange lizardfolk attacks Seraph missing with both attacks.
(Entangled -2 att -4 dex)
Blue dashed
to hit
to hit
Purple dashed
to hit
to hit
Green dashed
to hit
to hit
Flaming Skull vs none
[]dice=shock touch attack]1d20+18[/dice] to hit
[]dice=electric damage]2d8+2[/dice]
Green Blood Caiman vs Chuffy
to hit
plus grab
to hit
plus grab
Blue Monitor lizard vs Torod
to hit
plus grab and poison onset 1 minute Fort DC14
Red circle lizardfolk vs Orange lizardfolk
to hit
Orange lizardfolk vs Seraph
to hit
to hit
Asta: (9 temp HP) 27 dam
Torod:
Flaming sphere (DC15 duration 3-1=2)
Arabeth: 34 dam
Seraph: 9 dam
Arctorus: (8-8=0 temp HP) 45-9+6 = 42 dam; (Shield +4ac 5 min);
Lizardfolks:
Flaming Skull: +26-5 = 21 dam
Green Blood Caiman: 11+10 = 21 dam
Blue Monitor Lizard: +10+12 + 1 = 23 ** dying **
Arctorus continues to lash out at the nearest lizardmen that are attacking him, taking a step towards the flaming skull as he does.
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Arabeth simply tries to hug the boy. She tries to sheild him, even spreadung her wings to cover him physically from the flaming skull's influence.
Torod has the Flaming Sphere go after the blood caiman while he takes a step back and sheaths his sword.
Thanks for botting Chuffy.
Chuffy keeps at the blood caiman. Eventually, it will fall.
Chuffy Bite:
Asta starts chanting again, casting her second summoning spell.
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Arctorus lashes out a the nearest lizardman killing it with one blow and steps over it’s corps.
Seraph slashes the lizardfolk next to her, also dropping it with one shot.
Arabeth attempt to cast magical protection from evil on Tig, but the ancestral spirit strikes her with electrical damage dropping her.
to hit
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Unless you see another discrepancy I missed?
Torod directs the flaming sphere at the blood caiman just as Chuffy bites and kills it.
Unthreatened by any foes, Asta begins a summoning spell.
Two lizardfolk braves continue to attack Arctorus, but both miss.
The flaming skull screams at the lizardfolk ”The boy fear is mine I will not give him up!” It shocks the lizardfolk cousin it to collapse to the ground dying. A bound Tig drop the ground still screaming in fear ”AAAAAAaaaaaaaa..AAa”
The skull feeds on the death and fear as more of its color returns to it as healing.
The helpful lizardfolk seeing the skull and boy races around the mud huts to help.
(Entangled -2 att -4 dex)
Purple dashed
to hit
to hit
Green dashed
to hit
to hit
Flaming Skull vs purple lizardfolk
to hit
Red circle lizardfolk vs Orange lizardfolk
to hit
Asta: (9 temp HP) 27 dam
Torod:
Flaming sphere (DC15 duration 2-1=1)
Arabeth: 34 25 +18 = 43 dam *** Dying ***
Seraph: 9 dam
Arctorus: 42 dam; (Shield +4ac 5 min);
Lizardfolks:
Flaming Skull: 21-5 = 16 dam
Green Blood Caiman: 21 + 12 = 33 dam *** Dead ***
Blue Dash Lizardfolk: +29 dam *** Dead ***
Orange Lizardfolk: +15 dam ** dying **
purple Lizardfolk: +11 dam ** dying **
*Thunk* (X_X)
Leak, leak, leak...
Arctorus cleaves his axe at another lizardfolk, stepping towards the direction the skull flew off towards.
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Seraph uses a bit of healing magic on Arctorus, moving towards the flaming skull as well.
Asta concludes her spell, and another lantern archon appears - at the far range of her spell. Seeing the whisp molesting Arabeth and the boy, it immediately flies in for the attack.
"If anyone was hiding the power to cast Magic Missile, use it on the wisp!" Asta shouts before she casts a spell on herself and follows after Arctorus.
Torod runs to the aid of Arabeth and the boy.
The opposing creature finally falls. Chuffy next goes after the lizard folk.
Chuffy Bite:
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Arabeth breathing is ragged as she goes deeper into shock.
Arctorus cleaves his axe at another lizardfolk brave taking him out, then climbs over the mud hut trying to follow the skull.
Seraph moves up and heals some of Arctorus’ wounds.
Asta concludes her summoning bring back the Lantern archon, then she cast false life on herself.
The Archon Lantern fires to light beams at the flaming skull, but both miss.
Torod runs to aid Arabeth and the boy.
The flaming sphere goes poof and vanishes.
Chuffy turns his attention to last remaining lizardfolk brave giving him a lovely bite wound, but not enough to drop him.
The green lizardfolk brave attacks Chuffy but misses with both his attacks.
The flaming skull moves to defend his prise and readies to attack.
Tig still bound hand and foot continues to screaming in fear ”AAAAAAaaaaaaaa..AAa”
The skull feeds on the death and fear as more of its color returns to it as healing.
The helpful lizardfolk charges the skull ”You are not our ancestor, begone!”
The skull shocks the red lizardfolk as it swings and misses the flying skull.
(Entangled -2 att -4 dex)
Green dashed
to hit
to hit
Flaming Skull vs Red lizardfolk
to hit
Red circle lizardfolk vs Orange lizardfolk
to hit
Asta: (14 temp HP) 27 dam
Archon Lantern: (5-1= 4 rounds)
Torod:
Arabeth: 43 + 1 = 44 dam *** Dying ***
Seraph: 9 dam
Arctorus: 42-8 = 34 dam; (Shield +4ac 5 min);
Red circle lizardfolk: +6 dam
Green dashed lizardfolk: +12 dam
Flaming Skull: 16-5 = 11 dam
Seraph heals the heavily wounded Arctorus once more before following him along towards the skull. Arctorus, still enraged, lumbers over the hit and towards the skull.
Torod runs to Arabeth sliding the last several feet to cast a curative spell on her.
Concentration
Grrr! Chuffy bite.
Chuffy Bite:
If the lizarfolk goes down, Chuffy will go to help Torod.
The lantern archon swoops in to cast Aid on Arabeth.
Asta jogs along to keep up with Arctorus, pausing only to provide Seraph with a healing hex.
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Seraph heals more of Arctorus’ wounds as the pair move towards the flaming skull.
Torod runs to Arabeth to casting a healing spell on her. The Skull shocks Torod as he moves past.
Arabeth takes a breath and wakes up feeling not dead yet.
Chuffy bites the last remaining lizardfolk brave taking him down, then rushes to catch up with Torod.
Asta jogs to keep up with Arctorus and heals Seraph long the way.
The Lantern Archon swoops in casting Aid on Arabeth.
The flaming skull moves forward to attack Arctorus, but misses for some twist of fate
As it raves ”Soon this land will flow with fear and death! In two moons the troll king will gather his army and wash over your people in a tide of red! I and my kind will feast over your deaths!”
Tig still bound hand and foot continues to screaming in fear ”AAAAAAaaaaaaaa..AAa”
The helpful lizardfolk takes another swipe at the flaming skull but misses.
(Entangled -2 att -4 dex)
Flaming Skull AoO vs Torod move through threatened area.
to hit
Flaming Skull vs Arctorus
to hit
Red circle lizardfolk vs skull
to hit
Asta: (14 temp HP) 27 dam
Archon Lantern: (4-1= 3 rounds)
Torod: +6 dam
Arabeth: (6 temp HP) 44-10 = 34 dam
Seraph: 9-12 = 0 dam
Arctorus: 34-6 = 28 dam; (Shield +4ac 5 min);
Red circle lizardfolk: +6 dam
Flaming Skull: 16-5 = 11 dam
Torod tells a reawakened Arabeth. "Get him out of hear. Remind him of how brave he's been the last few days.
He takes a step back and draws his bow to fire at the skull.
Comp Longbow, mw mighty +2: tiger aspect
Chuffy runs over to stand protectively over Tyg. If he can, Chuffy will take a bite at the skull.
Chuffy Bite: bull aspect
Arctorus takes another swing at the thing, the shadowy version of his axe following suit. Both seem to miss the nimble wisp.
While the others keep the wisp occupied, Asta tries to sneak in and give Arabeth a healing hex.
"Take heart, Tig," she whispers to the child. "Your parents sent us. We'll get you out of here!"
Meanwhile, the lantern archon flanks the wisp with whoever's available and fires...!
Seraph, seeing the others pile on the wisp, moves into flanking position and swings her greatsword at the horrible thing! This time, she foregoes a chance to hit harder in an effort just to hit...!
Arabeth scrambles to her feet and tries to help free Tibefore moving away with the boy.
She also tries again to protect Tig from any evil influences from the skull.
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Torod tells Arabetht to get Tig out of there, then he shifts back and fires an arrow at the skull missing it as it easily doges the attack.
Chuffy runs over to guard tig snapping at the skull ineffectively.
Arctorus swings his axe at the spirit skull, but misses badly.
Asta tries to sneak past the flaming skull to heal Arabeth, but is attacked by the skull as she moves by getting shocked. She tries to calm Tig with words.
The Lantern Archon moves to flank and makes ranged attacks next to the skull, missing it both times.
Seraph moves up swinging at the flaming skull missing as well.
Not understanding Torod’s words Arabeth scrambles to her feet and cast protection from evil on Tig.
Tig freed and being protected stops screaming, his fear subsides into more of a general frightened condition, but he feels safer with all the heroic people protecting him.
The flaming skull laughs ”Ha Ha Ha, foolish mortals. Thank you for the delicious feast for fear and death today. I look forward to feasting on your deaths soon when the troll king rips you limb from limb. Enjoy your short life, for we will meet again soon!” It winks out vanishing from sight.
The helpful lizardfolk shakes his claw at the air speaking in draconic ”You are no ancestor of ours, you are evil incarnate.”
Flaming Skull AoO vs Asta move through threatened area.
to hit
Asta: (14-16=-2 temp HP) 27+2 = 29 dam
Archon Lantern: (3-1= 2 rounds)
Torod: +6 dam
Arabeth: (6 temp HP) 34-12 = 22 dam
Seraph:
Arctorus: 28 dam; (Shield +4ac 5 min);
Red circle lizardfolk: +6 dam
Flaming Skull: 16-5 = 11 dam
Asta curses the wisp, then grants healing to first Arabeth, next the Lizardman.
That thing has actually beaten us. Let it go.
Arabeth moves about the group casting healing and 'Lesser Restoration' to those who ned it. She extends such courtesy and good will towards the lizard folk who only moments ago were fighting them.
Arctorus calms down when the wisp vanishes, and leans on his axe wearily, looking at the remaining lizard men. ”Are you done fighting?”
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After the flaming skull vanishes, Asta starts to heal those she can, speaking to the lizardfolk offering unite against common enemies.
The helpful lizardfolk, looks around at the carnage, replying in his draconic tongue ”We are a shadow of our former selves.”
Arctorus looks around for any foes, but finds none.
Arabeth moves about the group healing those she can.
Arctorus calms down leans on his axe asking if the lizardfolk are done fighting.
The helpful lizardfolk looks ashamed as he replies, ”The false spirit duped our chief and brough ruin upon my tribe, there are few enough left to care for the dead. There is no fighting left here.”
Tig calms down after you untie him ”Gosh, thank you, thank you that skull threatened me, my family. It ordered the lizards to put me in a pit of ells tied up, it was awful. Thank you for saving me. First I was captured by a troll and escaped, then hid from a giant, and ran from a dragon. I though the hermit was going to help be but he traded me to the lizardfolk for a brace of rabbits. Can I go home now Maw and Paw are probably worried sick. Am I in trouble?”
You don’t have any problems resting and return home from here. The lizardfolk are no longer a threat.
"Let us at least help these people bury their dead," Asta says, "or whatever else it is they do."
She addresses the Lizardman:
To Tig, she says: "What your mother and father say to you is between you and them, and we are not going to interfere with that. But you are clearly a quick and clever lad, and you will probably have quite the future. Lord Torod here thinks you might make a good Outrider one day -- or we might have a different kind of job for you, come the day, provided you study hard, train hard, and apply yourself. How does that sound?"
Arctorus looks around at the broken lizardfolk tribe once his breath is recovered. They weren’t too terribly unlike him. More snakey than dragony. But they both had scales, fangs, and claws.
”Queen. The tribe is broken. They cannot survive out here alone. Not enough of them. Let them come back to town with us. I can protect them,” Arctorus says as he steps over to the lizard king’s body and picks up his trident. He looks the weapon over and tests it’s heft.
"I will make the offer, but they may not accept."
Arctorus tried speaking the language for the first time.
He did not know why...but it seemed natural to him.
Arabeth helps however she can to assuage the ills of both her companions and the Lizard-folk tribe.
She's quite willing to pitch in and help with any manual labour that ensues.
Tig calms down after you untie him ”Gosh, thank you, thank you that skull threatened me, my family. It ordered the lizards to put me in a pit of ells tied up, it was awful. Thank you for saving me. First I was captured by a troll and escaped, then hid from a giant, and ran from a dragon. I though the hermit was going to help be but he traded me to the lizardfolk for a brace of rabbits. Can I go home now Maw and Paw are probably worried sick. Am I in trouble?”
[b]"No, young man. You are a marvel. Your bravery and skill has allowed the kingdom to make new allies. You survived where lesser men would have failed. Queen Asta and her council can use folk with your ability. I want to offer you a place with the Outriders. You'd be a junior member until you come of age and you will be expected to learn and follow directions, and I won't make it easy for you, but you would be doing a great service to your country and for your people. If you agree, I'll even talk to your folks about all this."
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Asta offers to help take care of the lizardfolk dead.
Red lizardfolk, nods looking around speaking in Draconic ”There is too much meat here for those of us left, much will spoil before thoses of use left can eat. It is your right as victors to partake of the feat of the dead.”
She also speaks with Tig suggesting he could become an Outrider one day.
Arctorus looks at the remaining 5 lizardfolk and asks Asta if they can take them back with them. Sorting through the battlefield Arctorus find the chiefs items
+1 Keen Trident,
+1 leather armor,
potion of cure serious wounds, and
2 told armbands worth 100gp each.
The three lizard King’s consorts bodies each wore several items of jewelry worth 1000gp for each consort (3000gp total).
In the lizard King’s hut you find the follow:
Coral crown embedded with lapis lazuli worth 500gp
A malachite statuette of a serpentine dragon worth 200gp
Various furs worth a total of 300gp
And 575gp in coins.
In the North mud hut you find offerings made to the ancestor spirit containing.
A masterwork cold iron longspear
A Tree feather token,
A ring of swimming,
Animal skins worth a total of 100gp,
3 citrines worth 50gp each
And 119 in assorted coins.
Asta makes an offer to the remaining lizardfolk to join the kingdom.
Arctorus speaks in broken draconic urging the lizardfolk to join.
Red lizardfolk thinks about it for a moment before speaking to Arctorus in draconic, ”You defeated our chief in one to one combat. We are but a few workers, but You are our new chief we will do as you command.” The 5 remaining lizardfolk bow to Arctorus as a sign of there fealty.
Arabeth helps where she can.
Torod speaks with Tig praising his bravery and skill at surviving and offers to make him a junior Outrider.
Tig looks likes he is about to cry out of pride ”Yes sir, I will do my best!”
Asta looks at the lizardfolk pledging fealty to Arctorus, and gives a quiet nod.
"Arctorus, a moment," she says. "If you are to be the leader of a people, then it is no longer appropriate to keep you as a squire. If you are willing, I shall hereby bestow upon you the title of Knight of my kingdom. The Island to which you wish to transplant your new subjects would be your first piece of land, whereupon you will be expected to maintain law and order. We realise the title and its duties may yet be unfamiliar to you, but you can learn on the job, and you will still be a free citizen of the kingdom.
How say you? Do you wish to take upon you the privileges and obligations of the knighthood, as well as the leadership of these unhomed people?"
Arctorus looked at the bowing lizardfolk with a confused look. Then Asta pulls him aside and starts using a lot of confusing words. ”What is an eye land? And what does night time have to do with it? You and your friends took me in, I will do as you ask.”
He looks to Seraph, then back to Asta and asks ”Will I still serve Seraph?”
"This small plot of land inside the river is an example of an island. As is the land where the tower is where we first met. A knight is a warrior who does good deeds for their queen and country. They defend the weak, protect the land, and serve as examples of goodness and honor."