The warrior attacks his nearest foe.
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Aethorduil quickly cuts down one of the gamblers near him, but is disturbed by the sounds of movement behind him. The cultists in the previous room were beginning to make their way into the fray.
Still standing, the three remaining hobgoblins targeted by Emenius's Thunderwave, move to strike at the priest, but only one manages to land a strike.
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Holding her position, surrounded by the bodies of slain gamblers, Baheera calls out to Emenius, hoping to target the enemies in the room beyond as they charge out after the wizard.
"Emenius, clear the doorway!!"
Darius commands his spectral flail to move toward Emenius while he himself moves to a more protected position, but fortunately for Emenius, the weapon is too slow to reach him.
Cayde clears the door as well, saying to Emenius, "Get behind me--I'll protect you for as long as I can."
Bleeding heavily himself, Cayde readies his sword, planning to slash the first foe that gets adjacent to him.
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Emenius happily complies getting the eff out of the way. He limps away into the corner to lean against the wall.
He issues a prayer to reinvigorate his replacement warden at the door.
Tekumbray scrambles into cover and hiding behind the overturned dice table. Once in position, the gnome readies an arrow to release at the first hobgoblin to poke his ugly head through the doorway.
He moves to cut down the nearby gambler and then joins the group:
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He risks the attack of opportunity.
Emenius gets out of harm's way and heals a small amount of Cayde's wounds. Tek fires off a shot at one of the hobgoblins, but misses badly. On the other side of the room, Aethorduil swings just as wildly at the remaining gambler while moving to group up with his companions.
As her allies clear the way, Baheera sends another blast of raw eldritch power thundering through the doorway, striking the first of the hobgoblins about to come through.
Baheera's blast slams into the chest of one of hobgoblins, dropping it to the ground.
Hobgoblins come out of the chamber, charging towards Emenius and Cayde. Cayde cuts one down before it can strike, but a second arrives landing a minor blow on the barbarian. Two hobgoblins reach Emenius, but both miss the well armored priest.
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Looking over her shoulder to see more enemies swarming into the room, Baheera turns to greet the new onslaught of warriors, taking a step forward and bringing her hands up in front of her, eyes roiling with the power of storms as she unleashes another blast of thunder that rolls over her enemies, rattling them to the bone.
Baheera's thunderwave washes over two of the hobgoblins, killing one and badly wounding the other.
The spectral flail floats into the room, closing in on Emenius, but not reaching the priest. Darius strides to the doorway, unleashes a guiding bolt at Baheera, and ducks back behind the doorway. The radiant bolt, slams hard into the warlock, knocking the wind out of her and outlining her in a faint glowing light.
Cayde rounds on hobgoblin number 5, lashing out at it with his royal fullblade. If he manages to take it down, he moves over to help Emenius by threatening hobgoblin number 6.
Cayde's strike cuts down the hobgoblin nearest him as he moves to engage another.
With the threatening hobgoblin down, Emenius moves to the doorway and attempts to sleep Darius. Then, he continues moving to the other corner to lean in.
Tekumbray tries to stick to the shadows and then snap off a deadly shot at the dread priest Darius.
The elf holds the door, hoping to keep gamblers and worse off his allies.
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Emenius attempts to put the vile priest to sleep, but the spell is ineffective. Aethorduil cuts down the last of the gamblers and waits for the incoming cultists.
Tekumbray springs out from his hidden position and fires, sinking an arrow deep into Darius's leg.
Cultists flood into the chamber from the north, two reaching Baheera and stabbing at the warlock with daggers, flailing away chaoticly and ultimately uselessly.
The remaining hobgoblin desperately hacks at Cayde, in hopes of dropping the fierce warrior but is unable to penetrate the elf's defenses.
Grievously wounded by the bolt of light that sears her flesh, and attacked by swarming cultists with more right on their heels, Baheera takes swift desperate action, touching her fingers to the lamp at her hip and exercising an expression of will as she vanishes in a swirl of roiling cloudlike smoke that gets sucked into the lamp as it falls to the floor.
al'Adhaa swoops down, grabbing the lamp and vanishing.
Darius steps back into the doorway, directing the spectral flail to strike at Cayde while sending a radiant bolt at Aethorduil. In the foul priest's haste to get back into cover, both of his strikes miss their targets.
Moving to the side to trap the last hobgoblin soldier in between himself and Tekumbray, Cayde swings his mighty sword at the hapless creature!
The elf fires off three glowing missiles at Darius then moves to stand next to Darius to hem in that hobgoblin.
Aggravated that Darius was not asleep, Emenius limps to the doorway for line of signt. With a wave of his fingers and bark of trigger word, he sends a bolt of fire at that the enemy.
Grabbing his short blade, Tek takes steps a bit to his right. Feints back to his left and then jabs his sword forward in an attempt to catch the enemy in the hamstring.
Cayde hacks at the remaining hobgoblin, but fails to get by the creature's armor. Trying to take advantage of the distraction, Tek tries to stab at the same but also fails to land a meaningful blow.
Emenius lurches to the doorway and hurls a bolt of flame toward Darius, but in his haste to return to cover misses the dread priest.
Finally, Aethorduil comes forward into the doorway and targets Darius with three darts of magical force, each slams home, wounding the priest.
Dagger wielding cultists continue to rush the party, one stabbing at each of Cayde and Aethorduil and three attempting to end Emenius, but none of the cultists seem particularly adept at combat.
The lone remaining hobgoblin stabs at Cayde again, and again misses the barbarian.
Baheera holds up in her lamp, seeking respite from the massive damage she had taken.
Darius falls back deeper into his chambers while directing the spectral flail to strike at and crash heavily into Aethorduil's flank. The sound of a deathly gong fills the room, as Darius points at Aethorduil, seeking the death of the elf.
Staying on the hobgoblin’s flank, Cayde strikes again with his Royal fullblade!
Cursing as his blade slips along the hobgoblins armor, the gnome slides further to his right as he parries and feints looking for a weakness in the creatures heavy armor.
There. Right there! Mari shouts in his ear. Along the waist, below his right arm. His eyes flick toward the spot and sure enough a buckle had broken. The break created an opening nearly an inch wide right at the creatures waist. Moving quickly, Tek initiates a quick flurry of sweeping attacks to twist the hobgoblin around just a few inches. Then with lightning quickness he jabs his sword deep into the gap.
As the blow lands, ghosts begin to wriggle and roil around the gnome. Their mourning calls fill the air. For a moment Tekumbray freezes with fear, but then realizes they call out for more blood, more souls to join their ranks. Quickly, Tek points toward the priest Darius and the spirits momentarily surround the enemy.
Emenius sees the end is nigh, but he focuses a Thunderwave on three of the cultists to save his companions, since he cannot clear the three around himself.
Following the twin attacks from Darius, Aethorduil falls to the ground.
Cayde swings his blade again, but fails to land the blow against the hobgoblin. The swing is enough of a distraction for Tekumbray to slide his shortsword between the joints of the hobgoblin's armor, killing the creature instantly. After the strike, Tek quickly points toward the priest, surrounding Darius with the spirits of the angry dead.
With the cultists flooding in, Emenius desperately unleashes a thunderwave, sending three cultists to their doom.
Cultists continue to attack the remaining party, two at each of Cayde and Tekumbray and three stabbing at Emenius. Cayde manages to avoid the wild daggers swipes, but Tek is cut into heavily and two daggers find their marks in Emenius's back.
Lamp in hands, al'Adhaa flies over to Darius, appearing after stinging at him.
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Darius manages to avoid the sting. The priest turns his attention to the imp in front of him, swinging his flail at the little devil while his spectral flail swings at Tek.
Tek quickly ducks, avoiding the spectral weapon, but Darius lands the most meager of blows on the imp.
“Anyone with healing, get that cleric functional,” growls Cayde as the tide of battle turns against them. Ignoring the gamblers, he strides over to the enemy priest and says, “You’re starting to irritate me…” as he takes a massive swing at their tormentor’s neck!
Tekumbray looks around worriedly.
It's just you, the big fella, and the imp with a bottle. Mary whispers in his ear. Guess we'll be getting a chance to get together in the after life a bit sooner than later, eh? The ghosts assessment of the situation did nothing for the gnome's dwindling confidence. Bleeding and seemingly surrounded by foes, he quickly catalogues his equipment and comes up with an unfavorable assessment.
"Dammit!" He shouts at the barbarian while stabbing at the nearest cultist. "I'm a rogue not a priest. I haven't got any way to staunch their wounds."
Taking just a moment, the gnome gestures quickly and from where the body of Gorn lays, the priest's voice suddenly emerges. "Next time you should make sure I'm dead brother." The voice of the fallen possessed priest rises from the corpse. "Give me a moment and I'll gut you like the filthy betraying worm you are."
Hoping the deception distracts the enemy long enough for one on them to either kill him or save the others.
As Cayde rushes in to strike at Darius, the two cultists near his slash at him with their daggers, both cutting into the Barbarian's flesh
Cultists surround Tekumbray and others chase Cayde into Darius's chambers. One cultist's blade finds the gnome and another's finds Cayde.
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seeing disaster all around, al'Adhaa once again vanishes, flying straight up to the ceiling, lamp in hand.
Seeing Baheera's imp grab the lamp and disappear and all of his other companions either dead or dying, Tekumbray stabs through the heart of one of the cultists and scurries away from the fray.
Tekumbray's illusion proves enough of a distraction for Darius to cry out in rage and fear, drawing his cultists to him, giving Tek and the invisible al'Adhaa flee for their lives.