Standing on top of the nearby bench, the small halfling sorceror yells at the top of her lungs, "Everyone get in the temple! Quickly!"
Intimidate check
Initiative is still an 11...
Initiative:
Despite himself, Thediar breaks into aslight grin, and hisa sparkle comes into his eyes. A wedding is welcome reward for a life of daring, but the daring itself, ah, now that's what makes a day worth living!
Now, let's see. A bee swarm. He thinks back to that corrupt temple mound of Callista the company fought last autumn ...
If there's an area we want the swarm to avoid, like an otherwise-unprotected entrance to a building where a great many people are, then Thediar will cast wind wall to limit the bees' movement.
If that's not an obvious choice, he'll channel negative energy into the heart of the swarm, using Selective Channeling to avoid killing the wedding party.
Damage:, Will save, DC 18, for half.
Unsure where the frightened guests are to take shelter, Thediar channels the power of shadow at the enraged swarm.
Janus yells "GET INTO THE TEMPLE PEOPLE! GET INSIDE!" but they are too frightened to take heed. Even as the ranger is positioning himself, he is improvising a flaming oil weapon.
Strangely, it is the diminutive Lilia who catches everyone's attention. From her perch on a bench, the she yells at the top of her lungs, "Everyone get in the temple! Quickly!"
Sarek tries to detect the taint of evil among the frenzied creatures, but finds none.
Round 2 begins
Dozens of guest make for the open doors of the chapel. The bee swarm instinctively follows.
If Lilia casts Scorching Ray, attack rolls are as follows:
Ray One
Damage Ray one
Ray Two
Damage Ray Two
Cursing to himself, Janus works furiously with the cloth and oil. "come on, come on, come on!" he mutters as he tries to set the oil aflame.
Seeing that the bees are paying no attention to him, Sarek charges towards them....waiving his flail and yelling the entire time until he is standing next to the swarm.
Cursing to herself, Lilia sees the throng of people were blocking any line of sight she might have to the swarm. She jumps down from the bench and moves toward the gazebo, trying to remove as much interference as possible from the equation.
This seems like the right time for a wind wall, allowing the wedding guests sanctuary in the temple, but preventing the bee swarm from following.
Thediar looks around at the edges of the park. Swarms like this are either magical or just an element of nature. Given the ... precise timing of this attack, Thediar is guessing that it's a magical attack, directed by someone. And if that's the case, the swarm's master might decide to be within line of sight, either to direct the swarm tactically, or to get personal satisfaction from the chaos. So, Thediar is looking around.
The bee swarm tries to follow the fleeing crowd into the chapel but is briskly repulsed by Thediar's wall of wind. Confused, it stays where it is for the time being. Thediar looks but cannot see the cowardly culprit, who is either hiding or not nearby.
With sword, cloth and oil, Janus improvises a torch. The bees wizzing about stay clear away from the ranger and his flaming brand.
Lilia vaults over the benches and through the legs of running guests. Now she has a much more direct vantage point to the swarm.
Heedless of his own safety, the brave Sarek charges the swarm, yelling and swinging his flail.
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With a grim face, Janus surveis the wedding grounds. Taking in the battle field, trying to discern if someone should be in dire need. Thinking along the same lines as Thediar, Janus wonders where the swarm came from and what could have riled them so.
perception
Seeing Sarek rushing into danger, he knows he must act quickly. Janus bends down and grabs a pinch og dirt, rubbing it on his boots he feel the power of the earth make his feet lighter. With that familiar feeling of danger in his bely he rushes to Sareks side hoping to stave off the swarm before it overwhelms him.
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Sarek tries to look past the swarm to see if all of the wedding goers are safely inside the chapel. I better keep this up, so the bees don't follow them inside the chapel., he thinks.
Swinging his flail around over his head, he gives a mighty shout and smashes it into the heart of the swarm.
"Hey guys, you're in my way!" Lilia yells as the paladin and ranger stride directly into her line of sight. Although partially obscured, she could see enough of the swarm to take a shot at it with her spell. She says a couple of magic words and two blasts of flame shoot toward the swarm from her fingers.
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During the third round, Thediar asks Gozreh for another open gate to the Negative Plane, tothe place where life-energies do when a person dies. O Gozreh, collapse these insects' natural life spans, and wither this swarm of age, I pray you.
How's the wedding official, the one stung by the bees, doing? How's the wedding party reacting?
Thediar intones : "O Gozreh, collapse these insects' natural life spans, and wither this swarm of age, I pray you". Again, negative energy assails the swarm. Thousands of little bees fall to the ground, lifeless.
The swarm lashes out at the nearest creature, which happens to be Sarek.
-Miss
Janus carefully surveys the battlefield. Many of the guests have made it into the chapel and are waiting for a few more to arrive before shutting the doors. Others have sought refuge in the shallow waters of the creek. To the south, one group has even collapsed the pavilion on themselves for shelter.
Janus spots three short figures hiding in the bushes behind the gazebo.
Lilia sends two blasts of arcane fire unerringly into the swarm. Great gouts of burning insects are torn from the assemblage. The swarm dissolves and is no more. The remaining bees scatter, returning to the forest.
Sarek watches the bees scatter into the wind. He looks around for anything that might have been controlling the bees.
The paladin does not see anyone or anything that could have summoned the swarm.
"Is everyone okay?" Lilia asks, moving up toward to wedding goers in the temple. "Did anyone get worse than a minor sting?"
"Is everyone okay?" Lilia asks, moving up toward to wedding goers in the temple. "Did anyone get worse than a minor sting?"
"I think we're alright, praise Sherlyn" replies the priestess, her elegant face now swollen by bee stings.
The gnomes that Janus calls to emerge from the bushes, to reveal that they are not gnomes at all!
The murderous-looking humanoids curse Janus in an alien tongue, then begin to physically enlarge to fully twice their height.
A shrill, hateful voice booms from overhead. But there is nothing but air above.
“Fools! You shall rue the day you shunned my pallid condition and laughed at my losses! Know your doom has come! When Queen Rhoswen arrives, all will perish—you will choke upon her mist, die by her thorns, and fall before her armies! May you forever suffer the curses of the Fellnight fey! And I, Tenzekil shall have his revenge on you all!”
A wall of thorns spring up around the heroes, surrounding them and the townsfolk in the chapel. At the same time, the pale giants move forward, heedless of the barrier.
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Please roll initiative and state your intended actions (assume that the spriggans are going to emerge from the thorn wall.) Round 1 of a new battle begins.
Sarek watches with amazement as the creatures grow in size. He sets his feat as he draws his falchion and whispers a short prayer to Iomedae.
Attack 1:
Damage 1:
Confirm crit 1:
Critical damage 1:
Attack 2:
Damage 2:
Confirm crit 2:
Critical damage 2:
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Lilia looks around after hearing the projecting voices of the creatures, and sees them growing to at least twice their size. "Keep everyone inside," she quickly whispers to the priestess. "And ask Shelyn for some help if you have the time."
Initiative
She turns to the rest of her group and begins an incantation familiar to her old friends. Everyone in the group feels a renewed vigor and quickness.
The swarm lashes out at the nearest creature, which happens to be Sarek.Attack 1d20 + 5: (7) + 5 = 12 -Miss
The murderous-looking humanoids curse Janus in an alien tongue, then begin to physically enlarge to fully twice their height.A shrill, hateful voice booms from overhead. But there is nothing but air above.
“Fools! You shall rue the day you shunned my pallid condition and laughed at my losses! Know your doom has come! When Queen Rhoswen arrives, all will perish—you will choke upon her mist, die by her thorns, and fall before her armies! May you forever suffer the curses of the Fellnight fey! And I, Tenzekil shall have his revenge on you all!”
A wall of thorns spring up around the heroes, surrounding them and the townsfolk in the chapel. At the same time, the pale giants move forward, heedless of the barrier.
1) Does Thediar recognize the alien tongue?
2) Or who "Queen Rhoswen" might be?3) Or "fellnight fey"?
I hadn't selected spells for Thediar yet. Does he currently have wall of thorns prepared, and could he use it to counterspell?
1) Does Thediar recognize the alien tongue?
2) Or who "Queen Rhoswen" might be?
3) Or "fellnight fey"?I hadn't selected spells for Thediar yet. Does he currently have wall of thorns prepared, and could he use it to counterspell?
Thediar does indeed counter the wall of thorns.
In Sylvan:
"Sorry, big boys. It's not that easy to drop a thorn hedge on a servant of Gozreh."
In Common:
"Tenzekil? Seriously? Why aren't you dead by now?"
Fellnight spriggan:
24 Janus
19 Sarek (readied action, will occur after spriggan advance.)
17 Thediar
12 Lilia
10 Spriggan
Janus takes a good look at the enemy and recognizes them as spriggan, a fell folk among the fey. Their white pallor is not natural to the spriggan, nor is the webwork of thorned branches sprouting from their flesh. This he tells to his comrades as he prepares to aim his bow.
Thediar finally notices the gnome known as Tenzekil, almost hidden among the bushes behind the spriggans. Thediar sees that Tenzekil is weaving a spell and recognizes the hand-motions belonging to the wall of thorns conjuration. Tenzekil launches into a counterspell. The thorns turn into dust even as they rise out of the ground.
"Keep everyone inside," Lilia quickly whispers to the priestess. "And ask Shelyn for some help if you have the time."
She turns to her comrades, casts a spell of haste, and everyone experiences heightened speed and reflexes.
The lead spriggan stomps towards Sarek. The paladin is not intimidated and swings twice, bringing the creature crashing down. As it dies it shrinks, reverting to its small size.
A spriggan trailing behind is enraged at his leader's fall. He attempts to hew down Sarek with a battle axe.
- MISS
The third spriggan stays where he is and casts a spell of entanglement, turning the ground itself into an enemy.
Round 2 begins
The light green area is the area of the entangle spell. This area is now difficult terrain.
Go ahead and roll your saves for the previous round as well as state your actions for this round.
Within seconds Janus' mark falls. The spriggan's final stunned expression suggests that it did not expect to die.
Reflex save
Ducking and dodging the vines that were collecting at her feet, Lilia tries to remove herself from the area of the spell to see if she would have a better vantage point from the air.
Perception
Sarek rips away the vines with ease and attacks the creature in front of him with his falchion.
Attack 1:
Damage 1:
Attack 2:
Damage 2:
Attack 3 (haste attack):
Damage 3 (haste attack):
Sarek's flashing blade slashes the final spriggan into so many chunks of bloody flesh.
Rising above the chaotic grove, Lilia spots a large crow burst through the forest canopy. It races off into the west.
Lilia had learned long ago to not fly off chasing things by herself. She spends another round searching the area, then returns to the ground to check on everyone's health, and to tell the ranger what she had seen. She had learned to trust his advice on animal behavior.
Perception
Slowly, cautiously, the wedding guests emerge from their places of hiding. Virtually everyone has suffered at least a few bee-stings, and it is just about now that those stings begin to truly itch and burn. Here and there, the few bees that still linger are mercilessly chased down and swatted by angry townsfolk. Children cry as they are led home by their grumpy parents.
Elyin emerges with Kailah from the forest. His wedding finery is bloodied and he carries one of the strangely-fashioned battle axes the spriggans wielded.
"I'm sorry I wasn't around to help," Elyin says. "I was trying to get Kailah out of here when we got ambushed. I had to fight bare-handed, which isn't as fun as it sounds. It's a lucky thing you were here to protect the guests, otherwise somebody would really have gotten hurt."
Lilia:
Janus: all the arrows you shot are undamaged and you may retrieve them for further use.
Lilia lands and trots over to talk to Elyin and her friends. "Something strange is definitely happening. I saw a crow hightailing it out of here heading west. Any idea what might be in that direction, Elyin? Also, you had better either get everyone out of here really quickly, or keep them all here together, because some sort of mist appears to be enveloping the land from every direction. I've never seen anything like it."
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