Darius will pick up his scythe and move over to the vok. Swift action will smite the vok
Salvatore is going to grab the CL5 Magic Missile Wand and then move his hand to almost slice open reality and roll into it, then he rolls out of the same tear 15ft from Walmir.
Pyro feels great shame in disappointing his leader yet again. While Darius gets back into the action.
Salvatore collects his special wands and gets away from the angry bird.
Dwayne (the vrock) flaps over towards Salvatore, and in a hissing, raspy voice. "No escape coward!"
Round 15
Bless, Flagbearer, Naturalist
Salvatore 11/41, prone
Tak 55/55
WalMir 18/43
Darius 56/68, armor is broken(-4AC)
Pyro 37/69
Vrock, -57, mirror5
Tak continues his oratory... and uncharacteristically draws a long sword and then moves up to the vrock.
"Alright this is getting out of hand..."
Blasty blast
Attack of opportunity
Darius will then charge ans attempt to Slash the vrok
Salvatore will use Consume Spell and spend 1 of his 1st level spells to get an Arcane Point. Then Salvatore will wave at the creature and smile, Come and get me, if you can! Then he will tear a whole in reality and roll into it again and appear 15ft behind Tak and Pyro.
Then Salvatore will use his last Arcane Surge to cast Burst of Radiance at the Vrock.
WalMir calls upon his last healing blessing, but the tank is running dry. Tak drops his shield and pulls out a long sword, approaching the large bird.
Pyro loses his focus against the magical absorbing bird, and fails to damage the creature again. Darius swings twice.
"Miserable maggots. All of you shall die
He turns his head towards the direction of the one waving about the holy symbol and tries to attack.
Round 16
Bless, Flagbearer, Naturalist
Salvatore 17/41, prone
Tak 55/55
WalMir 12/43
Darius 62/68, armor is broken(-4AC)
Pyro 43/69
Vrock, -69, mirror3, blind1
Tak swings his +1 Evil Bane longsword at the vrock.
Then spends a mythic point for a surprise strike.
He maintains his oratory and steps once to the side.
Salvatore is going to stand up and then will cast Boneshaker at the Vrock.
Pyro will take a step to the left and try to land a blast at the creature.
Darius will attack the Vrock.
Salvatore loses his spell, leaving the threads of magic slipping away from his grasp. Pyro continues his hot streak.
Darius however, takes advantage of the distraction from everything that has been happening and lands a heavy blow, bringing the creature down.
As the group watches, the demon quickly bleeds out and is no longer a threat.
The ominous purple glow is still emanating from the southeastern room.
Salvatore 17/41
Tak 55/55
WalMir 12/43
Darius 62/68, armor is broken(-4AC)
Pyro 43/69
Salvatore will move closer to the glow without going into the room to try tonsee what is going on.
Tak will hang back with Sal and try to ID what's going on after picking up his shield and putting his sword away.
finally those foul creatures are banished to hell
Darius posture will relax and he will walk up to Pyro and throw his arm around him FLAME ON eh!? More like fizzle out HAHA dats OK der buddy we will get em next time eh?
Darius will look towards the glowing light
oh dat just be lookin a bit out of place eh? What ya suppose dat be Sally boy?
I don't remember seeing you doing very well either Mr. Whiff it haha
Taking a looking into the glowing room, Salvatore immediately recognizes the light for what it is. A Rift. A tear that connects the Abyss to the material plane.
Salvatore will try to look at it to find out if there is a way to close the rift.
Those gathered looking at the rift know that to close this breach would take magic.
Ok so I am unable to close this Rift but Walmir should be able to close this but after today I am pretty sure we will have to rest. I do not want to continue until this is closed. I think we should rest then Walmir can close this with Dispel Magic. Does that sound good to everyone?
We should probably should report back to the convoy first but then we can camp nearby. They wake up, take care of the rift then continue on our way.
When we reporting back to the convoy we will make sure we tell everyone that the evil here is vanquished and will be finally taken care of first thing in the morning and will check up with the morale of the people.
Darius will agree with checking in with the army
Returning to the knights, you do notice that the skies are much, much clearer than they were earlier. The buzzing of the vescavor has died down as have their numbers. There are no remains, so surely they have moved on to a new location, but at least the path is clear and safe to travel on.
Spending the evening recovering there are grumblings from some of the troops that odd things keep happening. Items will shift or move on their own or even worse, sometimes are damaged with no one around.
A few soldiers even confide in the group that there have been strange dreams haunting them at night. Ever since the eyeball rain. Soldiers will wake up exhausted here and there.
Focusing back in, the evening seems otherwise uneventful, and morning dawns soon enough. With time and a few well spoken words of power, the group is able to seal the rift and block this point of access from the Abyss into the material plane.
On returning, the knights have the camp packed and are ready to move, which as it turns out is not a very long expedition. The city rises into view after just a couple miles of marching. So, a new encampment is established and folks are itching for a fight now that Drezen is right in front of them.
The leaders convene.
Sosiel shakes his head. "We will need to do everything we can to retrieve the Sword of Valor quickly. Hopefully they have not figured out that is our target, but I worry that if they are so brazen as to let us spot them before escaping, they may be trying to bait us into poor positioning. We will need to try to get a lay of the land and plan our next moves carefully."
Anevia and Aron both offer up their services to scout inside the city. Irabeth is clearly nervous about the prospect of sending them, but waits for input from the others assembled.
We can take up that task. Try to get the lay of the land and get more details about everything going on in the town. Anevia and Aron maybe its best for you to stay with the rest to make sure everyone is protected. If we need you we will call for you. What do you think everyone?
Aron frowns slightly.
"You do know that is one of my main jobs here. I've been doing it for you this whole time, it's not like I'm not untrained lout. And Anevia here, she's been pulling her weight too."
He gestures towards the others gathered there.
"You think they are better at being unseen than us?"
I never said that we were any better than you. I was just suggesting that we take it this time since you have been doing it this whole time. There is no need to accuse anyone of anything.
Sorry forgive me. Yes it would be best suited for you all to scout, would be way better than us. I just at least wanted to offer. I definitely trust you both in getting the job done.
Aron and Anevia brighten at the news.
"Well then, we'll get started right away."
The pair of scouts start to formulate an approach to how best to check out this demon infested city.
About half a day passes and they return with news.
Anevia reports back about two large forces. One in the southbank region, the other on the west end in the cemetary.
"Those in the southbank are mostly tieflings and humans. A lot are wearing heavy armor. Looks like a lot of captured crusader gear. Could be a good boon to take that back from them. At the cemetery, lots and lots of ghouls. Excessively so I would think. There also was something else out there, it was hard to really get a good look at it. Was just a sort of floating darkness near one of the vaults."
Aron gives his bit of info next.
"There are two bridges in the city. One has already been destroyed, the other, the Ahari Bridge is still in tact. If we can secure it, it'll give us some tactical options for the knights to be able to move about in the city. Outside of that, the citadel is directly north of that bridge. It was buttoned up pretty tightly, so I couldn't get any info on what's inside it, but there are seven watchtowers surrounding it. Each one has just a few guards and a catapult. If we can eliminate those guards, that will take some of the pressure off when we siege the citadel."
Finally the pair relay the last bit.
"The area to the northwest is called Paradise Hill. It looks like it used to be mostly for warehouses and food stores. Currently there are plenty of demons (goat-headed and muscle bound) stationed there using the buildings as a prison for captured crusaders."
In my opinion the Southbank would be great to have the gear, but getting the prisoners back ate very important. What are your guys opinions?
ah dis not really my thing so I'm gonna let ol'
Sara take dis one
Darius eyes will shift white and posture will stiffen
Salvatore your assessment is in line with my own. I believe the more equipped our soldiers are the better we can take this area. Though there is something dangerous going on at the cemetery I believe lives are most sacred to save. I believe we should take the Southbank, then the bridge then paradise hill. After each victory we will reconvene assess and set forth our next strike.
Darius posture will loosen and eyes shift back
whew doggie that guy loves his battle plans... Darius will look around the group well battle tomorrow who wants to blow off a little steam....any takers?
That sounds like a great plan to me. What are you thinking Tak?
"Good morning friends! It is a fine day to work in the service of Iomedae! Who is ready to right wrongs and crush evil?"
we been doing dat for a bit now. What's your name good lookin?
"Its me, Wally, Walton Martion. Though you've all been calling me Walmir since we met. I've grown my beard out more fully so its easy to see how you wouldn't recognize me."
Good morning Walton, I think it's a fine day to crush evil!
Now Walmir has a personality change, will have to keep an eye out and see if what is going on with Darius is contagious.
"Now I may be a simple country preacher but it seems to me that we ought to bring the army around and sort of flush out the demon army from the city. Once that's settled we can then focus our attention on the smaller targets while the holy host army keeps the demon army at bay and guards our backs."
Marching into the city, the knights engage battle at Southbank with two different enemy forces. One is a group of cultists while the other is composed mostly of tieflings.
With the knights and enemy on the field, the fighting is fast and fierce. The knights deal damage to some cultists, while the tieflings launch arrows at the heroic warriors. As the groups close into melee range, the paladins turn their attention to the tieflings, and quickly scatter them with holy power. As the day progresses, the cultists try to rally, but the knights are too strong and easily defeat the remaining forces.
For the victory here, you are able to salvage some equipment and supplies. This improves the masterwork armor of the army to magical armor. (DV increases by +1 plus 15 units of food)
The next day, the army marches across the city to the cemetary. Once there, the ghouls try to swarm over the holy warriors, but their powerful connection to Iomedae is too much and the ghouls are destroyed.
Day three in Drezen dawns, and the knights are gearing up to face their toughest challenge. The army of schir keeping watch over prisoners in the city. The battle rages over six days, with each side finding some struggles in their communication channels, as well as a few decisive victories. Eventually, the knights are able to utilize their ability to tend to their own wounds, while the schir slowly dwindle down due to attrition.
With the success in Paradise Hill, the knights have freed a group of prisoners. They vow to assist in any way they can. (you can use this army to either heal the knights OR to make a second, weaker, army)
Among their number, Salvatore immediately recognizes one of them as his lost sister, Serafina!
With the larger challenges accomplished, the leaders convene to discuss the clearing of the skirmish sites the scouts reported.