"The bowl has stopped draining the souls, but not for long!"
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Stay safe out there on the frontlines Triss! :o
Ducking and sidestepping the attacking raven, Cavell whirled around to find the teleporting mage, briefly afraid he had fled. He grimaced in pain and determination as the acid burned into his right arm and shoulder. "Feng might be the next element to die, we have to end this now!" He shouts over the melee to the others. Foregoing rallying himself or others, he focuses on taking Amberglow down quickly, his stomach turning at the thought of Feng just dropping dead somewhere when the bowl changes to acid. "We lose no others, or we all die together!"
"Worry about Amberglow!" Cavell responds to Frostheight as he pulls aside from the watery sphere.
Cavell ignores the invisible bird, saving his reflexes for if Brunden tries to flee. He strikes out with his blades, continuing to harass the spellcaster.
Hah! No I just put the higher in ooc tags. Glad it's handy
Adrien moves from H9 to L5 (20'), still seeing through the ethereal plane, and strikes invisibly once more.
He spares a glance up at Frostheight, tempted to make an 'afraid of heights?' remark, but realizes he probably can't hear him through the water anyway. "Swamp ruffians? You should at least know who's foiling your plans. We're the Bogsharks!" He then strafes around to N4 (10') and ends his turn.
Adrien activates Cursed Sight as a Bonus Action and searches the room for anything hidden.
He'll also move over to H9.
Cavell stabs at his back, then slashes across it as he whirls around the old man invisibly. Sapphire's sabre hisses through the air towards its hated foe.
After attacking, he uses his Bonus Action to Hide and moves silently around him, backing away to F3. He glanced towards the stairs, mentally counting.
After Trissae casts her spell on him, Cavell disappears ahead, down the staircase and into the basement. He hugs the wall, creeping closer as he draws his longbow (waiting until Trissae catches up if we're not in round-by-round speed yet). Once he has sight on The Limping Man he'll draw a teleport arrow and fire.
If that hits and he teleports over there... He drops his bow and draws Sapphire's Sabre and Trollsplitter, one in each hand, and attacks!
And then uses Action Surge to attack twice more!
Haha jfc, maybe? Let's try XD
Cavell finally sheathes his swords, looking at Marr. After a moment of thinking, he turns to Trissae, "Your silence trick...bad for mages? I think we'll need it."
Cavell will sneak ahead once Frostheight shows them the way, action will depend on what he sees in the cellar.
Level 9 (Fighter 6, Rogue 3)
"If he's the only one here, then he is Brundon, and he's the cause of all of this. What's the quickest way to the cellar? We're going to stop him, and we're not waiting for you to think over your loyalties. So help us if you want to save Yartar, or keep out of our way, Frostheight." Cavell looks to Marr, "You coming?" His blades are still drawn, ready.
He turns his arm one way then the other, looking at the odd wound. "Seems she's getting more insistent. No hard feelings, Frostheight? You can come out, I'm only interested in stopping Brundon and stopping this madness," He says in the direction of the disembodied voice.
Cavell shakes his head, trying to clear it as he gradually returns to reality. "What happened...was that Sapphire?" he winces and looks down at his wounds.
Cavell's Dream: Young Adrien looks at the shadowy blood-raining door, then back at Grellik, "Right, easy choice then isn't it?" He steps to Grellik's side and turns to his father. "I never was a Mareschal, it just took you disowning me for me to realize that. So thank you, and f@+& off," he sets a hand on Grellik's shoulder.
Cavell's Head: Adrien Mareschal stares in shock at the implausibly familiar bugbear in their mansion. He stands frozen and confused. "I..." When his mother starts grappling with Grellik he tries to run over past his father and help separate the two of them.
"Stop, what's going on? Who are you?" His young voice cracks a little.
Daaaaaaaaaaaad
Someone let a monster into the manor, da fuq, and it talks
I don't thiiink Cavell got a turn round 2? But I'm not sure how much it matters with the whole dream parallel thing? Just thought I'd mention it.
Should I continue with the flashback? Different memory?
Adrien's Dream: Adrien is cowed and downtrodden. And a little shocked. The only good thing about nobles was their honor. They were supposed to keep their word, protect the weak, serve the people, and settle their differences with a fair duel. He'd felt like it was a noble deed he did, defending someone defenseless, and doing it through a (mostly) traditional duel. Sure, his opponent didn't realize it was between nobles, but it was nonetheless. He almost thought father would be proud, or impressed. "It was a fair fight," Adrien Mareschal managed to respond, sullenly. "Do you even know who you killed? That was a Bronn! We're RUINED, our family is RUINED," his father shouts, knocking everything off a nearby table, sending expensive silver clattering. He turns to his wife, "Lord Bronn will have us living in the streets if they don't just execute us outright for some made up charge." Adrien stood motionless, red-faced and frozen, his cheek still stinging from the slap. His father turned his attention back to him again, but this time there were tears in his eyes, having realized what must be done. "Idiot, senseless defiant idiot. I told you to keep your head down, listen to your tutors, and enjoy your easy life. If you really hate being in this family so much, then maybe you'll get your wish." "What are you saying..." his mother asked quietly, shocked. "We don't have a choice."
Adrien would be f#+~ed too. Half his health gone in 1 bite, restrained, and dead next turn if he couldn't escape the grapple. Even if he did, that would only delay death for 1 more bite. Terrifying.
JFC, NOM'd. Trex is no joke.
Does Adrien get use of any Battle Maneuvers in this fight? He normally has Parry/Riposte for any time an enemy hits or misses him.
Adrien's Flashback: "Watch me, Father," young Adrien snarls as he struggles to not be embarrassed by his tutor.
"You and every nobleman, think you're untouchable, think you can get away with anything. Think you're so f*&*ing important? You're nobody, just like the rest of us," he parries the young man's sword aside again, spitefully, then presses the offensive, attacking rapidly. "If you surrender I'll f!~!ing kill you anyway, so you'd better fight, coward!" It sounded pretty cool and fierce in Adrien's teenage mind, the words only a little slurred.
The Cursed Swordsman: Adrien clenches his jaw in frustration as his strikes fail and his father taunts him, pressing his assault with renewed fury.
Spoiler: Adrien picks up his rapier off the ground. "It's not fair, it's cheating. You have more reach," the young man complained. Gavrick smirked. "So you can't beat me? You give up? Are you going to ask mommy and daddy for a different instructor then, someone you could beat?" He spreads his arms in challenge. The young Mareschal predictably turns red in the face and rushes at him. Gavrick trips him and puts him on his back, pointing the training sword down at Adrien's neck. "Why did you lose? Think. Imagine it in your head, exactly what happened. Slowly." Adrien rolls aside and stands, pointing his rapier and dagger at Gavrick again. "You don't fight fair," he spits, angry. "This is supposed to be sword training, you can't trip me!" Gavrick raises his sword and steps forward once, twice. "So you prefer if my arms were shorter? Perhaps I should fight on my knees, as well?" He steps forward again and slashes, testing Adrien's defense. "Perhaps you should make a list of what you require in order to beat someone, we'll bend to your requests, m'lord, maybe you'd prefer to be the only one holding a sword, as well?" Adrien parried a couple of the blows but is quickly overwhelmed, knocked on his back and a sword pointed at his throat again. "Why did you lose?"
Hah nice! Thought that looked familiar, just 4 years ago..
Farlyse portrait choice is ~fire~
Cavell slips quietly into the shadows of the room, behind whatever obstacles/furniture he can move between to stay unseen and watch what unfolds...
"They already know we're coming, but why not," Cavell smirks and follows suit.
"Splotz, be careful. Don't die for those a$$!&!~s," he calls out to the cleric before going into the mansion.
Cavell gives the strange monster that is Trissae uneasy glances, as if checking to see if it's still on their side. "Just a reminder, Brundon can teleport, and use that deflective spell I've seen you use a few times Grellik," he says as he surveys their options. "Where to, boss?"
Cavell breaks into a sprint towards the house, jumping the downed dazers--
--all the way across the street and almost right in front of the doors to the house.
Cavell holds a duelist's stance, both blades pointed forward as the elemental crumbles between him and Grellik, and looks down at Ozz's prone form. "My heroes," he smirks. He then stares in shock over Grellik's shoulder toward the front gates,"What in all Hells is that..."
Trissae-nasaurus Rex, I'm dead XD
He then moves 55' away
Cavell sheathes his bow and draws Trollsplitter, then
2) If the elemental chased me: Movement to get within melee, Attack twice and Bonus Action attack. Any leftover movement to back away again.
"Wipe the dirt out your eyes, I was doing fine! Now I have to save you two," Cavell shouts over the melee, dancing with the elemental and trying to wear it down.
"DAMN it Ozz. Always trying to help, aren't you!?" Cavell holds his bow in his offhand and draws Sapphire's Sabre, then Dashes in as his bonus action (via Cunning Action), attacking twice with the sabre in one hand.
He then moves 55' away, avoiding any retaliation via his Rakish Audacity.
Cavell fires twice more.
He shouts again, "Stay there and be target practice then, hah!" As he backs up 10 feet.
Interesting. I realized I didn't even need to hide to get sneak attack, because 'no enemy but my target was within 5 feet of me', my Swashbuckler ability. And confirmed that's the wording in the SCAG. BUT I then checked Xanathar's to see if it's the same, and they added: "and you are within 5 feet of your target" condition to the ability. I think I'll update to Xanathar's version, it makes more sense.
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