[D&D 5e] Wrath of the Righteous ala Fabian (take 2) (Inactive)

Game Master Fabian Benavente

As the cultists flowed past him like water, Damon was able to protect himself from their strikes this time. Then one ended up sandwiched between himself and Hallvardr.

Smiling his thanks at the companions who healed him, the young paladin indicated the flanked enemy and said, "This one's yours, Hallvardr, if you can beat Kokam to the attack!", continuing to concentrate on the enemy in the doorway (Cultist 2).

Radiance Attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (14) + 6 + (1) = 21
Radiance Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Kokam only had a moment to savor the victory over the cultist, when the tieflings surged through Damon's bulwark.

Her spear was slow in rising from the still body of the cultist, failing to block a nearby tiefling's attack. Scowling at the sudden pain of a long scratch down her arm, she realized she'd sport yet another visible scar, a trophy of their exploits and victories.

She settled herself amid the close quarters tumult and struck back at the tiefling...

Attack, spear, two-handed, bless: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (20) + 6 + (2) = 28 Crit!
Damage: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

Attack, openhand, bonus, bless: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (4) + 6 + (1) = 11
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

...her spear thrust quickly forward, catching the tiefling full in the shoulder, perceptibly lifting his frame up from the ground. A hasty block with the flat of his sword prevented Kokam's kick from doing any lasting damage.

Flanking 1d20 + 5 + 1d4 ⇒ (11) + 5 + (1) = 17 or 1d20 + 5 + 1d4 ⇒ (20) + 5 + (3) = 28

Well well well... tango crits

2d8 + 4 ⇒ (1, 7) + 4 = 12

As kokam's spear lifted the demon spawned creature from its feet Death Wand raced down to split its skull!

Hallvardr killed the twitching corpse away and moved to Damon's side.

Yes!, he roared in exaltation, Lets finish this!

Kicked... kicked the corpse away.

"Come on horns. Will no one fight the little guy." Roscoe goaded the teiflings hoping to pull some attacks off Damon. He calls down sacred fire on one of the fiend spawn.

Sacred Flame DC 13 DEX targeting # 1 unless he is dead, 3 if he is till up. Otherwise just bringing em down.: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Stella joined the others in the fray trying to support them with both her frost & healing magic.

Action: Frostbite: DC14 CON Save or it takes 1d6 ⇒ 4 Cold Damage & has disadvantage on it's next weapon attack. (Tiefling #2 if its still alive or Tiefling 3 if it died)
Bonus Action: Healing Spirit to Kokam & Heal 1d6 ⇒ 1 (Charge 5/5?) (I think Stella has used Healing Spirit 5 times but let me know if I've miscounted)

OOC: no time to recap tonight so this will have to wait until tomorrow...

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Turn 175 - Horns for the Little Guy

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Continuing to hold the line, Damon attacked the tiefling cultist in the doorway (#2) while fending off the others as best he could. Slashing at the cultist before him, the young paladin glanced to his left and quipped in feigned surprise, "You're not dead yet?"

Radiance Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Add Bless if it is still active: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Radiance Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

How tough are these guys? Sheeesh

A little nonplussed at the survival of his foe, he raised his shield high as a feint then stabbed low...

1d20 + 5 + 1d4 ⇒ (15) + 5 + (1) = 21 or 1d20 + 5 + 1d4 ⇒ (9) + 5 + (2) = 16 for

1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Not one of his finer blows, it did not bite deep.

Concentration Check DC 10: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Bless Fails.

Roscoe looked at his hand seeing the blood from the wound given him. The moment cost him and the spell of blessing failed. He grit his teeth and attempted to return a strike against the Tiefling that had attacked him.

Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
CRIT Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 4) + 3 = 15

Stepping in close to his foe Roscoe sent his rapier up at high angle finding a gap in the half fiend's armor. With a grimace he brought his shield hand in and pushed the pommel of his sword up even higher and deeper into the flesh of the tiefling.

See, e-dice? That's how a crit should look... you been doing Kokam and I dirty...

Going to act assuming Hal & Kokam killed Tiefling #1 & Attack Tieflng #3. If that's not the case then she'll attack #1

Stella watch as her butterfly spirit faded from view, the last of its healing magic expired as it sat on Kokam's shoulder. Knowing that the group could not keep fighting forever, Stella continued to support the others with her magic, hoping to finish the fight and find a place to rest quickly.

Action: Frostbite: DC14 CON Save or it takes 1d6 ⇒ 4 Cold Damage & has disadvantage on it's next weapon attack.

If #1 is still up...

Amazed at the tiefling's staying power, Kokam attacks hoping to put him down once and for all...

Otherwise ,she'll move to stand beside Roscoe and attack #3

Finally, the nearby tiefling fell, and Kokam moved along the wall to engage the tiefling on Damon's right...

Attack, spear, two-handed, bless: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (13) + 6 + (1) = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Attack, open hand, bonus, bless: 1d20 + 6 + 1d4 ⇒ (9) + 6 + (3) = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Both spear and kick hit, but the lucky tiefling doesn't feel the full brunt of Kokam's strength and agility, glancing blows only fall on the demon-worshipper.

Turn 176 - Tough Guards

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Roscoe pulled his rapier free from his last hit and looks for the right opportunity. He moves steadily catlike his shield up moving around the tiefling that was next to he and Damon. Giving room for he others to move in. His patience paid off as his rapier needled into the cultists back just above the belt line but exited the poor thing's chest.

Rapier: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25Wow
Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 4) + 3 = 12

With the odds finally shifting into their favor, Damon wound up to deliver a powerful blow at the uninjured cultist in the doorway. Instead, he turned to his right an thrust directly at the wounded cultist in the hallway while blocking the other cultist with his shield!

After completing his attack, Damon followed his shield into the room and circled around the uninjured cultist, providing a flank for any of his allies that decided to move to his previous position.

Radiance Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Radiance Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Hallvardr moves into the gap.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 for 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 3) + 4 = 15

And with a mighty swing decapitates the ugly bastard.

"Let's take the last one alive for information!" Stella called out to the others as she fired another searing blast of fire at the tiefling warrior.

Attack (Produce Flames): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage (Produce Flames): 1d8 ⇒ 1
Non-lethal damage if possible

Turn 177 - Critical Hits

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Breathing heavily, Damon said, "Sorry, Stella, it happened too fast to take a prisoner, but it looks like the information is in this room here."

Wiping off his bloodied blade on the last cultist killed, Damon sheathed Radiance and pulled out his healing potion, quaffing it in one swift motion. Headed into the room to the north, he looked at the papers and asks, "Does anyone want to carefully examine the papers as they sit, or should we just grab what looks important and keep moving?"

Replacing his healing potion with one from the party storage (1 of the 2 regular healing potions), Damon consulted the map drawn by the curator and added, "Looks like the next steps up are in the room to the southwest...But we can't take much more of this. Should we push on, or risk a short rest?"

Healing: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 = 6

This room is treasure beyond compare... if we didn't have an objective? I would say we should clear the room and take it back immediately. I don't think we have time to rest... we need to secure the building or risk failure. The ritual of corruption may be completed, the Wardstone moved or those key to the ritual escaping to try again later... if we can heal with potions, well and good... but we need to move and move hard!

"I'm not so sure." Stella began as she looked around at all the information plastered around the room. "We've just been in 3 intense battles back to back and we have no idea who or what's lurking on the top floor (or what it even looks like). I'd rather risk the chance and rest, even if we're interrupted, so that we can make our final charge near full strength rather than rush while we're all exhausted."

"I've one more healing left. Beyond that I can burn, stone, and stab."

Damon considered carefully what Stella and Hallvardr had to say, then prayed briefly to Iomedae. Coming to a decision, he suggested to the others, "The fight against the demons rests on a razor's edge, and should we engage a strong enemy while we are tired, we may well be defeated. However, if we wait, the corruption of the Wardstone may be completed before we can stop it, and those pledged to our cause outside may be overrun trying to keep the demons from returning to their headquarters. I say we use up our healing potions and push through to the top floor now."

"If this is our fate, so be it," Damon said determinedly looking at each one of his companions in turn. "If we must die to spare thousands from a corrupted Wardstone explosion I will do so gladly...though I would prefer to live." he finished as his gaze lingered a bit longer on the last of his companions, the Iomedaen monk.

Not sure who has the magic item we are supposed to use on the Wardstone to destroy it--not in our list in the items section. If people agree to move on, I suggest we use at least the next two regular healing potions and Damon will expend his remaining 10 hp of lay on hands to top people off.

OOC: short rest or no short rest?

If no short rest then where will you go? Look at the maps and tell me which door.

I need further input to move things along.

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OOC: Damon has made his opinion known--he would prefer to not rest, use healing potions, and head to the door that opens to the room with the stairwell going up. That should be the door to the southwest of their current location assuming the map from the curator is good. Hallvardr wants to move on, Stella wants to rest, Kokam and Roscoe have yet to weigh in.

"In any event, let's grab the intel before we move on," offered Damon as they came to a (hopefully) quick decision.

Hallvardr starts grabbing anything that may show enemy positions, plans or movements.

Decide the approach Damon, I'll pick over this lot... if someone wants to grab anything that will help.

Stella sighed but gave a nod of agreement to the Paladin's words. She knew both choices were risky, but, she was a crusader now she supposed, and that meant being completely willing to charge ahead and sacrifice her life for the greater good. And while she was not inherently fearful of death, the realization that these might be her final moments, here with her newly discovered friends, hit her harder than she expected it to. "So be it." she began more formally than normal in an attempt to keep he emotions in check. "If we're going to move, let's be quick about it then. Prepare and grab what you need from here and let's be off. I'll monitor the hallway for any activity."

Turning away from the others towards the hallway, she took a deep breath as she began to scan the area before sadly Desna, 'Please let us all stay alive through all this. I rather like them...'

Perception check (with guidance) to check for any activity in the hallway
Perception: 1d20 + 4 + 1d4 ⇒ (8) + 4 + (3) = 15

Stella's got the Wardstone destroyer. Also while I'm super curious about what's in the other rooms of the fort, if we're charging straight for the wardstone then I say we head to door that'll get us there the fastest (the one SW of our current location)

Pass me a potion!, the Viking says as he grabs books, maps and parchment and stuffs it into his pack and pouches.

2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 = 8

Stella can heal 2 people before we move out: One with cure wounds to heal 1d8 + 4, another with the extra healing from Starry Form for an additional 1d8 +4.
That'll leave her with 1 1st, 1 2nd & 1 final use of Guiding Bolt for the rest of the fort

Returning Stella's grim nod, Damon said, "Be ready to act quickly. We may only get one chance."

Handing Roscoe the last regular healing potion, Damon moved over to Kokam and rested a hand on her shoulder, infusing her with the divine warmth of Iomedae's healing (8 points to get her to full unless Stella beats him to it--Damon could use a Cure Wounds himself yet).

When the others are ready, Damon moved to the southwest door which was indicated on their map to lead to the steps up. Looking back at his friends, he smiled and opened the door, ready to face whatever was beyond.

Kokam looked at the tremendous array of documents on the table with dismay, as the other debated the next moves.

She blinked at the realization that the Demon-worshipers must have infiltrator the Crusaders at every level to have ammassed such a trove of intelligence.

Then , she felt eyes on her and looked up to find Damon's gaze upon her. She begins to gather up the documents and maps, commenting, "Our comforts are a secondary concern to finding the Wardstone...I say we press on..."

As Damon rests his hand on her shoulder, the warmth of Iomedea's regard flowing into her, she places her hand over his and squeezes gently.

Then at the door, she stand near to Damon, takes a deep breath then nods to her friend that she was ready...

Cure Wounds (Roscoe): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Starry Form Extra Healing (Damon): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Cure Wounds on Damon(using a Inspiration to reroll): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 that's better!

Once the group was ready to move out, Stella lightly touched both the Paladin's and Cleric's shoulders, giving each them a bit of healing magic energy to get them through whatever dangers were most certainly about to attack them next.

@Fabian, how much longer will Stella's Starry Form last? It's duration is 10mins

Turn 178 - Onwards!

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After the quick search for a key, Damon turned to Roscoe and said, "No time to be shy this time, oh reluctant picker of locks. Have at it and let us move forward quickly," with a wry smile.

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Stella will wait to act until the door is (un)successfully unlocked

Out of hard if inspiration but does anyone have guidance?

Oh I do! Stella will give guidance to Roscoe

OOC: Ok, I'm going to go play some racquetball, but I really would like to move this along later tonight...

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Roscoe, we need you! Come help us!

Despite Stella's guidance, Roscoe was not able to get the damned lock to open. He almost broke one of his fine tools to no avail. The door was stuck...

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Roscoe open locks: 1d20 + 5 + 1d4 ⇒ (4) + 5 + (1) = 10

DC 20 STR to bust it open, one PC can give another PC advantage on the roll...

I suppose you could all try.

Give me a good description of your method and I'll lower the DC.

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Kokam watched with interest as Rosco attempted to open the lock, nodding with sympathy as he cursed his failure, "It was a good try, Roscoe."

She looked at the door, "It's very sturdy..." , then she looked to the others, "Do we have any tools..."

Thinking through his equipment, Damon couldn't come up with anything useful. Considering their options, he said, "Perhaps we can find a lever of some kind nearby--maybe in the planning room we just left. Stella can give us her blessing, and we can work together to wedge this door open--what do you think, Kokam?"

(Help action, Guidance, and an Athletics check?)

"Maybe there's a key in another part of this floor?" Stella asked the others. "We don't know for sure that the people above are waiting for us to charge through the door. Opening the door by force again would give away any hope of us having some sort of advantage again."

Speaking quietly, Damon responded, "Yes, but we could also provoke another battle in so doing," as he looked through the map room for something to use as a lever.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Speaking quietly, Damon responded, "Yes, but we could also provoke another battle in so doing," as he looked through the map room for something to use as a lever.

[dice=Perception]1d20+2

OOC: I'll let you guys use a discarded polearm from the Baphomet cultists as a lever.

bust door open DC is now 18

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Preparing to open the door with the improvised lever and help from Kokam and/or Hallvardr, Damon asked Stella, "If you feel strongly about searching elsewhere, let us be quick. If not, please bestow us guidance that we may open this door quickly and cleanly."

Preparing to open the door with the improvised lever and help from Kokam and/or Hallvardr, Damon asked Stella, "If you feel strongly about searching elsewhere, let us be quick. If not, please bestow us guidance that we may open this door quickly and cleanly."

"I am probably just overthinking this," Stella replied. "Let's keep moving and finish this."

She then touched Damon lightly on the shoulder imparting, what she hoped, was some of Desna's luck upon him.