In Character: The Barge

[LDDragon]

Kelia is slashed by the scimitar, but luckily her armor prevents the dagger from doing any damage.

Narrowing her eyes, she attempts to stab Menthelius again, directing her swarm to move him over the water.

 

 

OOC

Character sheet for Kelia Tyrinsong

 

 

 

 

1st level Spell slots 2 remaining out of 3.

 

Move to Menthelius.

Standard action attack Menthelius with one of her shortswords, Sinwen has the other one.

Free action if she hits, direct swarm to move Menthelius 15 ft horizontally, strength save DC 12, if he fails he is moved, hopefully over the water so that he drops in.

 

 

 

Edited March 15 by LDDragon (see edit history)

[Acromos]

Sinwen sings a few words of encouragement to bolster Krgh'âahn's chances to resist the drow magic. The also attacks the caster with her scimitar, but misses terribly.

Oro fires his bow again, but makes a similarly wide berth around the target.

Blueblood, in much more convincing fashion, lashes out with her whip, and hits the already wounded spellcaster, who slumps over, dead or dying, and no longer able to assist in rowing. The other drow, seeing the chance of escape slip away, and not liking the chances of a final victory, drops his weapons and holds up his hands in surrender.

Panorin lands a telling blow with another blast of eldritch energy, staggering the elf scout.

Kelia, also eager to see the elf fall, strikes with shortsword, connecting and inflicting yet another telling blow.

Menthelius is visibly bloodied, while the caster remains only mildly wounded - and that most likely from the previous fight.

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The drow caster mumbles more words of malign arcanery, and covers an area in glittery, purplish flames that shines without burning - then draws strands of shadow from around himself to form a strange, shimmering black blade. (Faerie Fire, Dex save vs. 16 for Kelia and Sinwen).

Menthelius snarls in spiteful anger, and lashes out against Kelia once more. Sinking both blades into her soft, tender flesh, he whisper's 'DIE', right in her ear.

Edited March 20 by Acromos (see edit history)

[Gris]

 

Sinwen Ravenhair

Half-Elf Bard, College of Valour Lvl 4 | HP: 24/24 | AC: 13 | Init: +3 | PP: 12 | Speed: 9 metres
Coins 0 GP 0 SP | Rapier A:+5 D:1d8+3 T:finesse
 

Spells: lvl1: 1/4, lvl2: 0/3

 

Sinwen ducks to evade the glowing light emanating from the dark elf. She recognizes the spell for what it is - fairie fire. Unwilling to become a target lit up like a Yule tree, she lashes out with all the magical might she has got left and chants scathingly:

"I felt a scratching in my arse,
I stopped and wondered what it was,
I farted loud,
and you came out."
 

oocdissonant whispers: even a failed save will force a concentration roll, a success will make the caster flee and give me a free stab at the drow.

[LDDragon]

Kelia gasps as she is hit twice by her opponent, succumbing to the poison, she fall unconscious, lit by the faerie fire.

 

 

OOC

Character sheet for Kelia Tyrinsong

 

 

 

 

1st level Spell slots 2 remaining out of 3.

 

Unconscious, at 0 hp.

Faerie fired, so attacks against her have advantage.

Poisoned for 1 minute.

1 successful death save, 0 failures.

 

 

Edited March 21 by LDDragon (see edit history)

[Worm_that_Walks]

𝓞𝓻𝓸 Human Shadow Monk 4 | HP: 27/27 | AC: 15 | Init: +3 | PP: 16 | Speed: 50 ft | DV: 120 ft Coins 0 GP 0 SP | Unarmed Strike A:+5 D:1d4+3 T:Bludgeoning Ki Save 13 | Ki Pool □□□□ | Flurry of Blows ■ | Step of the Wind ■ | Darkness ■■ Oh no, that person who gave me free stuff is going to die. Quickly, I must shoot that drow that stabbed her, or my Karma will be in shambles. OOCAttack Menthelius with Longbow

[DarkAngel]

 

ms. 'Blueblood' Pirate, Rogue, Swashbuckler, Duelist, Criminal...
Young adult 5'11 female human variant fighter, CN eldritch knight 4 ..action surge.. (0)
init +3 ..mage armor.. (AC 16, HP 25... 28) second wind..(0) heal 1d10+4 condition.. normal, mobileMobile

You are exceptionally speedy and agile. You gain the following benefits:

Your speed increases by 10 feet.

When you use the Dash action, difficult terrain doesn't cost you extra movement on that turn.

When you make a melee attack against a creature, you don't provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for the rest of the turn, whether you hit or not. ..base move..40'
human traits... AthleteAthlete
You have undergone extensive physical training to gain the following benefits:

Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

When you are prone, standing up uses only 5 feet of your movement.

Climbing doesn't cost you extra movement.

You can make a running long jump or a running high jump after moving only 5 feet on foot, rather than 10 feet., Stealth+5 ...prev.. Pirate ..skills.. Athletics+4, Perception+3, Acrobatics+5, Intimidation+1.

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stats.. STR 15, DEX 16, CON 10, INT 14, WIS 12, CHA 8 ..saves.. STR +4, CON +2 ..spells.. INT ..prof.. +2
heroic... Mobile, Duelist (fs) ..eldritch knight.. Bonded weapons (whip..dagger) ..cantrips.. blade ward, shocking grasp (kiss)
spell... Casting +4, Save DC 12 ..known.. mage armor, shield, protection from good / evil, thunderwave ..slots (3)

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*ROWBOAT*

There were two drow in the rowboat, one seemed to succumb to her whip, and the other surrendered.

ms. Blueblood begins by taking the Drow's weapon belt. She kept her eyes on the Drow who had surrendered, she didn't care if he wanted to jump overboard... she drops her whip and draws the longest drow blade.

... "Nice sword... what else do you have for me... in return for your life... your cloak and boots !"

Blueblood was still feeling psychotic... it was that time in the battle when time was becoming valuable... and she wanted the Drow's cloak and boots before they got wet... she was ok with chaining him to something and whipping him later... or duelling with him to entertain the crew... or she could just shock him with lightning energy now.

OoC -- Actions

main hand: Whip
off hand: -- empty

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Actions (init 16)

• move - pickup weapons belt,
  Free Drop whip
  object interaction - draw katana, drop weapons belt
• Readied - Adv. Attack ... Cast shocking grasp vs Drow in metal armor
  if Drow try's anything hasty or displeases ms. Blueblood
• immediate - force armor AC 13 + 3 Dex = AC 16

mechanics

Whip +5 (1d4+5)
Drow Sword, +5 (1d8+5) if Dex weapon

@Acromos not sure of the Drow Sword stats ... can you confirm dam dice, and if a finesse or light weapon

 

Edited March 23 by DarkAngel (see edit history)

[Dorik]

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Panorin Warlock of Lumia

AC: 15 | Hp:10 /25 Speed: 30 ft. Level: 4 

https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/?id=2872388

Pact with Patron: Archfey Verenestra.
Pact Boon: Pact of the Chain (Find familiar spell is learnt) summon a pseudodragon.
Eldritch Invocation: Agonizing blast Charisma modifier added to the damage eldritch blast does on a hit.

Armour of shadows: Able to cast mage armour at will; without expending spell slot or material components.

PACT DETAILS: His tongue is an unnatural blue colour; he must announce the name of his Patron Verenestra every time an invocation is used or risk displeasure with her.

---

 

The fight seems no where near over; although not in melee combat yet sees his allies having issues with Menthelius. Targeting him this time invoking his patron for good luck to shine; hurtling another crackling Eldritch bolt of energy.

[Acromos]

The caster - Ryn-Theiil - and Menthelius both resist Sinwen's Faerie Fire, then Ryn misses his save against Dissonant Whispers, taking damage from that and Sinwen's attack of opportunity. He manages to keep concentration on his spell as he flees to the far end of the barge.

Kelia, currently down and possibly dying, struggles a small step closer to life.

Oro places an arrow solidly in the chest of Menthelius, adding to his substantial wounds.

Blueblood engages in a bit of discussion with the last remaining drow and the stern of the barge - who in turn hands over his weapons, and starts taking off his cloak and boots (also, they're shortsword and longsword analogs. They're nice, high quality, and statwise unremarkable.)

Panorin blasts Menthelius, sadly missing and blasting a chunk out of the bulwark of the barge.

Note: Ryn makes his Concentration check, but since he's cast Shadow Blade (a concentration spell), he's clearly no longer concentrating on Faerie Fire.

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Recovering his wits, Ryn moves back into range, and uses his Shadow Blade to chop at Sinwen.

Menthelius likewise turns his hateful gaze on the poor bard, all but foaming at the mouth, seethes: You're next! However, his dagger - until now dripping with venom - seems to have spent it's charge.

Then, from the roof of the tunnel, a raspy goblin voice calls out:

You always were way too impressed with yourself, Menthelhans. Now, I finally get to loot your corpse!

At this, two small bolts twang out of the darkness above, as Izzak the guide finally decides to join in (OOC: Frankly, I needed Victor to tank this fight, but he seems to no longer be around).

Edited March 26 by Acromos (see edit history)

[DarkAngel]

 

ms. 'Blueblood' Pirate, Rogue, Swashbuckler, Duelist, Criminal...
Young adult 5'11 female human variant fighter, CN eldritch knight 4 ..action surge.. (0)
init +3 ..mage armor.. (AC 16, HP 25... 28) second wind..(0) heal 1d10+4 condition.. normal, mobileMobile

You are exceptionally speedy and agile. You gain the following benefits:

Your speed increases by 10 feet.

When you use the Dash action, difficult terrain doesn't cost you extra movement on that turn.

When you make a melee attack against a creature, you don't provoke opportunity attacks from that creature for the rest of the turn, whether you hit or not. ..base move..40'
human traits... AthleteAthlete
You have undergone extensive physical training to gain the following benefits:

Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

When you are prone, standing up uses only 5 feet of your movement.

Climbing doesn't cost you extra movement.

You can make a running long jump or a running high jump after moving only 5 feet on foot, rather than 10 feet., Stealth+5 ...prev.. Pirate ..skills.. Athletics+4, Perception+3, Acrobatics+5, Intimidation+1.

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stats.. STR 15, DEX 16, CON 10, INT 14, WIS 12, CHA 8 ..saves.. STR +4, CON +2 ..spells.. INT ..prof.. +2
heroic... Mobile, Duelist (fs) ..eldritch knight.. Bonded weapons (whip..dagger) ..cantrips.. blade ward, shocking grasp (kiss)
spell... Casting +4, Save DC 12 ..known.. mage armor, shield, protection from good / evil, thunderwave ..slots (3)

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*ROWBOAT*

The drow blade felt good in her hand, ms. Blueblood decided right then and there she was going to bond with one of these drow swords. Her gaze lingered over to the dead drow wizard, she was looking for a hand crossbow and a boltcase.

When the drow was decloaked and of bare feet, ms. Blueblood adressed her captive.

"Right... your life hangs on a thread... choose your next actions wisely and you may yet get to eat dinner later..."

Blueblood took a moment to listen to the battle going on in the drow ship nearby, she wanted to be over there and take on the drow deadbeat leader. It was sounding rather gruesome thus far...

"Tell me your name and submit to me as your Mistress, for you to love, honour and obey... and admit you need a good whipping... which I shall consider later..."

This was going to be fun, after the drow submits to her to become ms. Blueblood's slave, she was considering making him use his drow tongue to clean her new elf boots. But there was no time for that... If he doesn't submit... well you only get one chance with ms. Blueblood, she'll end him with a powerful two handed lop off with the head.

A less pschotic thought entered her head... march the prisoner onto the Drow boat and demand the terms of surrender of the Ship to ms. Blueblood !

Yes, that sounded grand !

"...ok ...now I'm going to march you up to the Ship... no sudden moves... understand?"

ms. Bueblood covers him with her sword while using the drow as a dark elf sized shield, they pause as Mentheius comes into view. Her sword raises dramatically until the point covers the drow slaves neck.

"... Ok, my name is Captain Blueblood and it's time to discuss surrender ... enough death for one day... How about your life and a rowboat, and we'll take your ship...?" she was of course talking to Menthelius... any other living drow would become her slaves to whip as she saw fit.

OoC -- Actions

main hand: Drow Katana
off hand: -- empty

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Actions (init 16)

• move - close enough to cover Drow with her drow katana, move onto Drow barge with Drow prisoner / slave.
• action - intimidate Drow to submit to her to keep on her good side... see below. (Adv Intimidation crit rolled 21)
• ready AoO vs unarmed - coup-de-grace if drow refuses to submit to her... lopping off head... but changes mind at the last minute as a more grandiose plan comes to mind... then decides to stab him in the neck if he makes any sudden moves once aboard the Drow barge..
• immediate - force armor AC 13 + 3 Dex = AC 16

mechanics

Whip +5 (1d4+5)
Drow katana, +4 (1d8+4) versatile 2h (1d10+4)
Drow wakazashi +5 (1d6+5)

climb aboard Drow ship with prisoner to face Methelius... and offers him terms of surrender.

 

Edited March 31 by DarkAngel (see edit history)

[LDDragon]

Kelia lies where she fell, unconscious.

 

 

OOC

Character sheet for Kelia Tyrinsong

 

 

 

 

1st level Spell slots 2 remaining out of 3.

 

Unconscious, at 0 hp.

Faerie fired, so attacks against her have advantage.

Poisoned for 1 minute.

2 successful death saves, 0 failures.

 

 

Edited March 29 by LDDragon (see edit history)

[Worm_that_Walks]

𝓞𝓻𝓸 Human Shadow Monk 4 | HP: 27/27 | AC: 15 | Init: +3 | PP: 16 | Speed: 50 ft | DV: 120 ft Coins 0 GP 0 SP | Unarmed Strike A:+5 D:1d4+3 T:Bludgeoning Ki Save 13 | Ki Pool □□□□ | Flurry of Blows ■ | Step of the Wind ■ | Darkness ■■ I have to shoot that drow again. He didn't die the first time. OOCAttack Menthelius with Longbow

[Gris]

 

Sinwen Ravenhair

Half-Elf Bard, College of Valour Lvl 4 | HP: 24/24 | AC: 13 | Init: +3 | PP: 12 | Speed: 9 metres
Coins 0 GP 0 SP | Rapier A:+5 D:1d8+3 T:finesse
 

Spells: lvl1: 0/4, lvl2: 0/3

 

Sinwen heals Kelia.

Edited March 30 by Gris (see edit history)

[Dorik]

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Panorin Warlock of Lumia

AC: 15 | Hp:10 /25 Speed: 30 ft. Level: 4 

https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/?id=2872388

Pact with Patron: Archfey Verenestra.
Pact Boon: Pact of the Chain (Find familiar spell is learnt) summon a pseudodragon.
Eldritch Invocation: Agonizing blast Charisma modifier added to the damage eldritch blast does on a hit.

Armour of shadows: Able to cast mage armour at will; without expending spell slot or material components.

PACT DETAILS: His tongue is an unnatural blue colour; he must announce the name of his Patron Verenestra every time an invocation is used or risk displeasure with her.

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Panorin notices that the Drow caster Ryn-Theiil  was trying to now flee towards the back of the barge. "You are the thorn in every body's side," he yells. Then, casts another crackling agonising eldritch blast spearing towards him.

[LDDragon]

Kelia stands up, grabbing the short sword she dropped when she passed out. Gesturing at Menthelius, she marks him as her quarry, then attempts to hit him with the shortsword, and send her swarm to peck at him.

 

Grateful for the healing, it occurs to her she probably would have been better off healing either herself or someone else. Ah well, life is risky.

OOC

Character sheet for Kelia Tyrinsong

 

HP 8/32

1st level remaining Spell slots 1/3.

 

15ft movement ie half move to stand up.
Free object interaction grab short sword.
Bonus action cast hunters mark

Standard action attack Menthelius.

Free action extra 1d6 damage if she hits.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1 by LDDragon (see edit history)

[Acromos]

** Intermezzo! **

 

For a moment, the fighting lulls as Blueblood marches her prisoner onto the deck of the barge, and calls out to Menthelius. Blueblood demands surrender, and Menthelius gives her a look of such utter contempt as to beggar belief.

You cannot be serious. I am going to kill all of you, dump your corpses in the river, and make my way home the spoils of war. And even if that weren't the case, chosing surrender over death to such maggots as you would be a stain I could never escape. Adressing the prisoner instead of Blueblood, he adds (in undercommon): A stain I shall help you evade, 'brother'! And then he whips out one of their infamous hand crossbows, and shoots the prisoner in the eye. The poor drow collapses, dead or dying, on the deck of the barge.

 

** Intermezzo ends! **

 

I think we should take this out of initiative, in part because it's a chance to show Menthelius for the bastard he is, and also because it makes sense that the fighting stops for a moment while Blueblood and Menthelius talk. It does mean, that it gives everyone a round to do something that isn't combat - heal, buff, reposition.

Then, this:

After his little display, Menthelius turns to Sinwen:

You're undoing valuable work, wench. It seems I'll have to kill you first. 

And then, without ceremony and fanfare, he japs both his blades into the soft, vulnerable flesh. For his part, Ryn-Theiil charges Oro with his dangerous looking shadowy blade. Giving Sinwen a chance of an attack of opportunity, provided she has a weapon in hand.

And again, from somewhere in the darkness above the fight, Izzak fires his hand crossbows at Menthelius. It's clear that for all his spite and bluster, Menthelius cannot keep fighting for a whole lot longer. Izzak giggles.

Edited April 3 by Acromos (see edit history)