Since Celebeth hasn't immediately spotted the wisp, she focuses instead on dealing with some of the trouble spots in the way. She draws her thornblade and steps back up to engage the lizardfolk.
Krezzik continues the drumbeat of his raging song.
Rhiannon presses her attack, her initial strike, wildly off as she turns to see Vesket skewering one of his former vassals. Re-focusing, she takes advantage of the false sense of security her opponent experiences, dropping her point of her weapon before lunging forward in a devastating rising thrust that practically lifts the enemy lizardfolk off the ground.
Kalaman will attack the lizard that is trying to split the attention of rhiannon, hoping to make it so she doesn't have to watch her back,
And with another savage slice of his large, black sword, cuts down another lizardfolk, the blade seeming to pulse in satisfaction as the life leaves the disloyal creature.
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Kalaman slices another lizardman warrior in half.
Azen keeps moving towards the shaman's hut, but when she sees the terrifying alligator thing, she swings wide, wondering if she should shoot it or try sneaking by it way to the left. How well could those things smell? She wasn't sure. When had she last showered... Uh, well it was a long trip, so she wasn't sure how much she smelled at this point. If it was bad though, surely Celebeth would have told her, right? ... Right?!?
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Rhiannon's first strike fails to hit her target, but the second lands with deadly accuracy, skewering another lizardman warrior.
Garethane continues to stealthfully skirt the wall, waiting for the wisp to join the fray.
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Tove moves in behind Celebeth and looses another arrow, this time toward the closest Blood Caiman.
Vesket and his soldiers move further in. With two of the warriors teaming up to drop the warrior just struck by Tove's arrow.
The Lizard-King stabs at one of the monitor lizards with his trident, but fails to land the blow. Savagely, the king continues on, literally taking a bite out of the monitor.
The monitor lizards swarm the king at the behest of their handler, who too strikes at his former leader, but only the monitor that had been bitten by Vesket is able to return the favor.
The lumbering blood caiman moves toward Rhiannon, savagely biting down on the warrior-woman's leg, just barely missing a major artery.
Celebeth keeps stabbing. Not her best work.
Krezzik's drumbeat continues.
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Kalaman takes a step forward to swing at the giant lizard attacking the party's fighter, hoping to help dispatch it as quickly as the others had been dispatched.
And lands a heavy blow against the giant lizard
Azen moves up to what at least used to be the Shaman's hut, and moves the curtain slightly to look inside.
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Letting out a scream of pain and rage, Rhiannon drives her blade down into the giant lizard tearing into her leg, the pain and the creature's violent thrashing throwing her second strike way off.
Keeping an eye out for the Wisp to start attacking the party, Garethane double moves up to the southernmost hut, staying in stealth.
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Tove keeps her bow trained on the closest Blood Caiman, loosing another arrow.
Vesket stabs at monitor lizard that had the audacity to bite him, skewering the beast with a single strike of his trident. With one dispatched, the king strikes at a second lizard, badly wounding it as well. Two of the king's warriors strike at the master of the monitor lizards, with only one landing a meaningful blow. The other two warriors take on the blood caiman, trying to free up the Councilors of Elkmark to deal with their goal, the will-o-wisp - who has yet to be seen on this field of battle. Unfortunately, they are not able to dissuade the caiman from trying to make a meal of Rhiannon, as the creature savagely bites and tears at Rhiannon's flesh again.
The monitor lizards continue to bite at the lizard king but cannot seem to penetrate Vesket's scaley hide. Meanwhile the lizard's handler swings and misses one of Vesket's warriors.
Celebeth misses again.
Krezzik keeps beating his drums.
Rhiannon angrily continues attacking the caiman tearing into her.
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Tove moves in behind Rhiannon and lays her hand over the bloody wounds left by the caiman.
Realizing that the shaman and his pet will o the wisp have probably moved into Vesket's old lodgings, she moves around the back of the compound, trying to circle back.
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The elf, thinking that it's just about time for the Wisp to make its move, stealthfully places himself (single move) where he can see the battle at the gate and readies a "hunter's eye" to be cast on the Wisp as soon as it makes itself seen with an attack.
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Rhiannon rants as the battle rages on.
Kalaman will take a 5' step up to attack the giant lizard attacking rhiannon,
And lands another solid blow against the creature, hoping to finally put it down to deal with the real, as of yet unseen, threat of the wisp
The combined might of Rhiannon's and Kalaman's attacks strike down the blood caiman while Vesket and his warriors finish off the monitor lizards and their handler.
All is quiet for a few moments before the shaman emerges from the central hut.
"My brothers you have returned! There is still time to turn from the traitor, Vesket!" the shaman yells before sheer wall of flame appears, cutting through Vesket and in front of Kalaman. Tendrils of fire reach out from the wall, shaped into skulls screaming in agony, battering Vesket, Kalaman, Rhiannon, Tove, and Krezzik.
(successful reflex save halves this)
(successful will save negates this)
Celebeth lets out a low growl of frustration and bolts northwest across the compound to catch up with her sister.
Rhiannon lets out a groan of pain and disorientation, as the flames attack her body and mind. Stepping out of the reach of the fiery tendrils, the stalwart warrior quickly retrieves a potion, downing it as she locks her sights on the shaman.
Tove grunts as she manages to avoid the worst of the flames, calling on her God to soften the blow against herself and her comrades.
Not seeing the will o the wisp yet to back him up, but seeing the corrupt shaman, and her sister looking for her, Azen steps in beside her and whispers
I'm right here. Be careful, there is one of those big crocs just northwest of here. I'm going to step around the side of the tent and cast glitterdust on the Shaman right now, and if the will o the wisp is close, then I'll get that too. Not certain I'll get it though... it might still be in the tent.
Then she proceeds to cast Glitterdust
Azen becomes visible (if glitterdust counts as an attack).
Kalaman, seemingly slow of mind and body, dodges nothing, and takes the full brunt of the magical flames
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The absence of the wisp frustrates the hunter, but the entrance of the shaman gives him a new quarry. Switching his focus to dexterity, he draws his bow and takes aim, but holds his shot, ready to disrupt the next spell of the shaman.
Maintaining stealth
Should the shaman attempt to cast:
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A flash of glitter surrounds the shaman, coating the lizardman in the substance, but alas there is no sign of the Will-o-wisp.
Vesket and his warriors rush the shaman, raining down strikes on the traitorous priest, with Vesket delivering a killing blow - Vesket roars as he drives his trident through the unfortunate creature's chest and lifts his body high into the air, suspended on the tri-pointed weapon.
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As Vesket and his warrior bring brutal justice to the traitorous shaman, Rhiannon quickly advances to take a position between the sisters, preparing to face the massive blood caiman.
Azen approaches the hut the shaman had come from, worried about going in to see if the will o the wisp was there, but ... someone had to do it. She squared her shoulders and moved through the entrance, ready to cast her spell again if she could tell where it was.
Tove cheers as she repositions beside Vesket and his men, keeping and eye on Rhiannon as she waits for the next stage of the fight to kick off.
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Impressed by the wrath expressed by Vesket, Garethane stays his hand. Focusing back on stealth, he moves slightly to the west, freeing a hand and keeping in overwatch for the emergence of the wisp.
Ready to cast Hunter's Eye should the wisp emerge.
Kalaman will move up to be near the rest of the party to avoid being caught by his lonesome.
The remaining blood caiman rushes toward Rhiannon, Kalaman, and Celeste, but spends too much time lumbering toward them to make a strike.
Meanwhile, Azen now inside the central hut sees three more warriors, but still no sign of the Will-o-Wisp.
Vesket steps in front of his warriors and yells for Shishtak to come face him, but still no sign of the Wisp.
Celebeth grumbles as she tries to leap and bounce off the fence to get to the other side of the blood caiman but just winds up falling into its jaws.
The shaman is dead. Vesket may show mercy to you if you lay down your weapons.
While they are thinking about it, she steps to look into the other part of the tent.
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Tove moves up and takes aim at the remaining Blood Caiman, loosing an arrow at the creature’s open maw.
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Garethane remains silent and immobile, not really wanting to draw the attention of the lizardfolk or the wisp. He remains ready to cast Hunter's Eye the moment the wisp shows itself.