Maybe ot birned his eue brows off.
Thanks, priest! What was yer name, again?
@Rodalas, you are after the Duergar.
Climbing gingerly over all of the fallen debris in the Mead Hall, Mell moves 30 feet , coming to a stop just behind Avendryl.
would the terrain inside the Mead Hall be considered difficult after the attack?
Baldrick moves toward the lake while Turq and Mell reposition.
Seeing the bleak outlook of this attack on Good Mead, the dark dwarf turns invisible and begins to run back into town. The reason you know which way he runs though is because his footsteps in snow betray him.
Oh no you don't! Umikh takes off after him, following the tracks.
The eladrin will step out and fire, hopefully catching the gray dwarf in the ribs
rolling twice with disadvantage
P if he hits
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Gideon moves forward casting as he goes and tries to calculate where the dwarves movement takes him, before casting "Fairie Fire" on his retreating form.
Fairie Fire
Range/Area:
60ft./20ft.
Components:
V
Duration:
Concentration, up to 1 minute
Attack/Save:
DEX 14
Source:
PHB, pg. 239
Each object in a 20-foot cube within range is outlined in blue, green, or violet light (your choice). Any creature in the area when the spell is cast is also outlined in light if it fails a Dexterity saving throw. For the duration, objects and affected creatures shed dim light in a 10-foot radius.
Any attack roll against an affected creature or object has advantage if the attacker can see it, and the affected creature or object can't benefit from being invisible.
Umikh runs up to where he believes the creature to be and Rodalas send an arrow directly over the dwarf’s head. The dark dwarf falls to ground becoming visible.
Baldrick rushes out onto the of the Red Waters in chase of the fallen dragon.
hooray
Mell calls out, "Let's check over the bodies for clues and valuables."
She herself follows Baldrick and heads for the fallen dragon. Once she finds it, she will inspect it for any kind of clue about its nature, or any valuables that can be foraged from its corpse.
Fascinated by the dragon, Baldrick goes over the body, trying to think how it came to be -- is this the same sort of creature as the corrupted animals we've seen in the past?
As he did with the wolves, eagles, etc., Baldrick will also try to collect some intact pieces of chardalyn
Avendryl follows the dwarven sorcerer and the druid to the body of the fallen dragon.
"Interesting..." he says, looking at the strange crystalline draconic form.
The eladrin will remain behind trying to help survivors or exhume the bodies of the dead.
The dark dwarves did a surprising amount of damage in the short time that the attack took place. Several bodies are found dead in the more concealed areas of Good Mead, all with wounds consistent with the duergar weapons.
On the two corpses, you find a total of 20 gold coins and 10 silver. Nether one seems to be carrying anything to identify themselves though.
Over at the dragon, the party finds quite a mess and caution seems in order as you come upon the dragon’s crash site. You are quite a distance from shore and the pieces of the dragon have punctured the ice in various places. Broken chardalyn is scattered everywhere while the intact parts of the dragon are broken and also littering the ice. The skeletal frame of the creature seems to be made up of iron and you can see it exposed in many places.
As far as your knowledge of magic, some of you discuss the site and determine that only magic could have kept this constructs form together and allow it to fly. This is definitely not like the corrupted animals. This dragon was constructed.
Mell, for skinning purposes, the only thing on the creature resembling leather were the rubber like material of the wings. You are more than welcome to harvest this material and perhaps find a use for it another time.
Baldrick mutters under his breath
"Do you suppose, if they made one of these, maybe there are more? I think we're going to have to stop these beardless before the Ten Towns suffers any more damage."
If Umikh were standing next to Baldrick, he would totally agree. And when it comes up later he will concur that our next move should be to hunt down these beardless. He will repeat what the dead duergar said, that This is only the beginning. The people of this land will serve and bow to my king. We gotta find this "king".
Mell will harvest the material from the fake dragon's wings.
She also finds herself agreeing with Baldrick. "Aye, I agree. Whatever these Duergar are up to, they need to be stopped."
The once cheerful and joyful eladrin, even though he is sprngy and green, will be weeping as he helps to bury people, especially young people or the children's pets.
Mell will harvest the material from the fake dragon's wings.
She also finds herself agreeing with Baldrick. "Aye, I agree. Whatever these Duergar are up to, they need to be stopped."
"Mellaina, I don't really believe in taking trophies, but do you think we should bring back a large-ish piece of the dragon (maybe its head?) so the townsfolk know this problem has been dealt with. At least, for now..."
Turq makes his way back to the group, Before the snows blow them over, maybe we can find out what direction they came up from, eh?
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"Might be good to have some proof," Mell agrees. "And we could always dispose of it later. Unfortunately, all I have is a dagger, which I'm not sure is going to be enough to cut through the neck."
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Gideon joins Rodalas in caring for the wounded, and giving last rites to those who have escaped the mortal coil.
The creature died before Gideon needed to expend the spell.
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Using multiple implements between the hammer, axes, and even a little minor magic here and there, the group manages to sever the creatures head and drag it back to the shore of Good Mead. The darkness of night has settled by this time, but fires have been lit all over town. Luckily, the weather has been favorable and cleared up some.
Olivessa meets you at the shores, blood staining her clothes but she seems unharmed. ”Ye got the bastard! Good. These folk didn’t need this. It’s hard enough dealing with no sun, last thing we need is dragons knocking down houses and dwarves killin people in the streets.” She turns and looks back at the town shaking her head. ”We’re in yer debt once again… you truely are the heroes of Good Mead.” she pauses for a moment… ”What is it you all want to be called anyway? Nowa yer chance, otherwise yer stuck with whatever I call ya.”
As for tracks, Khitt and Khat do a perimeter sweep of the small town and manage to find two sets of dwarven tracks entering from the south.
Some of you clean up the dragon parts while others assist the Good Meadians in cleaning up the damage and wounded. A few hours pass when refugees from the settlement south of Good Mead come into town with a story of utter destruction. The dragon had attacked the smallest town in Ten Towns and from all accounts, there isn’t much left.
Olivessa does her best to welcome the refugees and after constructing a make shift wall to cover the hole in the mead hall, sets them up in the mead hall proper for lodgings.
The next morning after a “long rest” the party is preparing to head south. Unfortunately, Khitt is not able to join you. ”I’m heading to Easthaven, somebody needs to warn them that there may be more of these things coming. They can spread word to the other settlements. After that, I’ll try to catch up with you.“
Any last minute provision can be acquired in Good Mead before leaving.
A storm rolled through over night and wiped much of the evidence of yesterdays attack away. Unfortunately, it also whipped the dwarves tracks heading south away as well. Rodalas is pretty confident though that they can get the group back to where, along with Khitt, they had spotted the dragon in the sky. That will hopefully get you close.
Traveling south for only an hour or so, you come across the remains of Dougan’s Hole. The storm dropping snow over the ruins paints a stark picture of a place that could have been toppled years ago even though it was only yesterday. The only things standing intact are the standing stones that can be seen a short distance away. Like strange motionless observers of the destruction that had occurred here. The stories they could tell of what the’ e seen over the centuries in which they’ve stood.