Selia finishes her spell, summoning eagles who glow with light, and attack the ghoul.
Eagle 1:
Eagle 2:
Eagle 3:
Selia, what's the duration on your summoning?
Foxglove Manor Caverns - Round 2
Nich and Ned both engage the remaining ghoul; while Ned's strike misses, Nich delivers a powerful blow.
With a transcendent glow, three eagles appear, flapping with furious strength over the combatants. Together, the screaming birds nip and tear the ghoul to pieces.
Rounding a corner from the shadowed recesses of the western wall, you can make out two more ghouls approaching. Strings of drool unspool from their fanged mouths.
"Eh, the guards are dead now ... guess that means more meat for us, right?"
"They got birds in here, by thunder! Never ate birds before."
Beyond the ghouls, you can make out a crashing sound, like stones slamming against one another and one of them cracking. "I know you're inside there, Aldern. Your punishment cannot be postponed any further."
NOTE - if you wish, Lleidr can delay to move & attack one of the new ghouls in this round, but your place in initiative order will be after they go for the rest of this encounter. Selia also get actions for herself, which can happen in this round.
Can I turn the melee attack roll I made earlier into a ranged attack against one of the new ghouls? If so, just add +1 to the hit and damage rolls. Or if you want me to roll again, I will. But no, Lleidr's not moving to engage in melee until someone more fighter-y is there first. In fact, before he throws the FoE, Lleidr will move back a square or two behind Nich and Ned.
Sure that's fine. Selia, do you wish to act in Round 2, after the monsters or do we proceed to Round 3?
Selia asks the eagles to direct their attacks at the new threat, and then waits for Round 3.
Ned will suggest quitely, "Hey Nich, tak a step back and we can block the passage two abreast. Make them come at us one at a time." More loudly,"Yep. Theres' a whole meat buffet here. come and get it"
OK, Lleidr has used his attack in Round 2 to strike a ghoul and then stepped east 2 squares.
In Round 3, I'll update the map with 5' steps for Ned & Nich, who will ready for an attack.
I need actions for Nich, Selia & Lleidr for Round 3, but it sounds like you guys are going to Ready an action, as well as have the eagles attack.
Nicholae will step back as directed by Ned and stand 2 abreast to block the corridor.
The ghouls are simply going to charge your line. Go ahead and give me your attack rolls, and i'll post another update.
Lleidr will cast Magic Missile at one of the ghouls.
auto-hit
Nicholae for
Selia loads her crossbow and shoots at the lead ghoul.
Eagle 1:
Eagle 2:
Eagle 3:
One of the eagles rolled a 20 - thats a possible crit
So, we need Ned's combat actions and Selia to confirm a critical. BTW, it's going to be difficult to shoot a target on the other side of Ned & Nich.
Still waiting on Ned. I wasn't clear the other day and didn't point out earlier that I need Ned's attack & damage roll, too.
Probably senility.
Foxglove Manor Caverns, Round 3
The ravenous ghouls slam into your readied weapons. Ned easily fells the first opponent. Nich's blade and Lleidr's arcane power wound another.
The eagles rip into the wounded ghoul, destroying him as well as a third one that was approaching. (NOTE - this begins round #4) A fourth ghoul, the only one left standing, tears at the hovering birds and hitting one with his claws.
The pounding on stone continues with increasing wretched cries of Iesha. It sounds like the stone is cracking and beginning to yield. The rhythmic breathing sound is continues as well, is closer now, and has a wet, sloshing quality to it.
"Do you think her making all that noise has drawn something's attention?"
Lleidr will cast Magic Missile again, this time at the last ghoul.
auto-hit
"Um, does anyone know if we're below sea level down here?"
despite his misgivings he'll move forward and slash at the remaing ghoul.
The last ghoul is destroyed. Where to next?
West after Iesha?
After Iesha and quickly - no telling what that revenent may stir up.
"Agreed!"
Selia asks the eagles to scout ahead for what little time they have remaining.
The cramped tunnel opens into a vertiginous gulf here, a cathedral-like cavern with a roof arching thirty feet overhead and dropping into a sloshing pool of foamy seawater fifty feet below. A steep stone ledge winds down to these surging depths, its slope glistening with moisture and mold. A stone door stands in the northwestern wall about halfway down the slope.
Directly ahead, you can make out Iesha pounding on the crumbling stone door. To your left, you see into another passage leading into a room with a floor paved in bone fragments.
Several undead monsters in the corporal form of goblins are cowering in Iesha's presence, until they turn their eyes on you.
NOTE - by my estimation, we have 2 rounds left with the eagles.
Initiative
Lleidr
Undead goblins
Selia, Ned, Nich (yes, I did both rolls)
Lleidr will step up into the room behind the eagles, enhance the FoE with Arcane Strike, and throw it at the closest undead goblin.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'd rather let the goblin zombies charge up the slimy ramp to us than slide down it to them! Goblin zombies? Gobies? Zoblins?"
Ned will ready an atack against the first zoblin to get within range
OK, but you can't ready until it's your turn to act; the goblins in this encounter get to go before you.
That's a possible crit, yeah?
(if confirmed)
Ned should take a 5ft step sideways and we can form a kill zone with a shared open square between us.
Sounds good, will do.
Save it to after your attack otherwise it screws with your readied action
Foxglove Manor Caverns, Round 1
Lleidr has to enter the room to fling the Fang of Elyrium, but the weapon misses its target.
The closest undead goblin lurches at a rapid clip towards the party, and bites Lleidr for 7 hp dmg (I need 2 Fort saves please, plus I need everyone except for Selia to give me a seperate Fort save due to the awful stench produced by this undead). The remaining undead immediately clamber up the steep slope.
Ned beheads Lleidr's assailant and then slides over a few feet, closing the tunnel.
I need actions for the eagles, Selia, and Nich, and that'll conclude this round. NOTE - I assumed the eagles are out of reach of the undead and are about 10' in the air. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the eagles get to stick around this round and next, but then go away after round 2.
I don't think I was clear before. The breathing sound you heard when you first entered these caverns is in fact coming from the surging and sloshing waters at the bottom of this large room.
hp: 22
Please apply Hagfish Hopeful +2 vs disease and poison as appropriate.
Selia casts Bless , while the eagles attack the closest undead.
Eagle 1:
Eagle 2:
Eagle 3:
The cleric waits and strikes out at any creature in reach.
for
I forgot .. I'm gonna need a Fort save on each eagle.
Foxglove Manor Caverns, Round 1 continued
NOTE - Nich, I"m going to assume you're doing a 5' step in order to be positioned to strike out at an opponent.
The ghasts exude such a noxious corrupt odor that Ned, Lleidr and two of the eagles are sickened. In addition, Lleidr is paralyzed from the ghast's attack.
The eagles make the walls echo with their raucous cries, but their talons and beaks all miss their target.
Ned's opponent is dismembered and the ghast falls off the path's ledge.
Round 2
A ghast clambers up the slope and eyes Lleidr's helpless form with a flickering tongue and grasping fingers. Ignoring nearby armed challengers, the ghast takes a 5' step SW and goes after he halfling. Claws and teeth bite deep (7 hp dmg).
The next ghast lopes up the path, and takes a swipe at an eagle (4 hp dmg), on its way towards the party. The last undead climbs up and stands next to his brother.
Iesha continues to rend the stone door on the opposite side of this colossal room.