Chapter Eight: Castle in the Clouds

[Shadeus]

Aubryn Grace

AC: 21 | Hit Points: 105/105 | Passive Perception: 14 | Init: +0

Second Wind: 1/1 | Action Surge: 1/1 | Unwavering Mark: 5/5 | Precise Strike: 2/3 | Rallying Command: 2/3 | Warding Maneuver: 4/4

Skills+8 Athletics
+0 Acrobatics
+0 Sleight of Hand
+0 Stealth
-1 Arcana
-1 History
-1 Investigation
-1 Nature
-1 Religion
+2 A. Handling
+5 Insight
+2 Medicine
+5 Perception
+5 Survival
+0 Deception
+0 Intimidation
+0 Performance
+0 Persuasion | SavesStrength: +8
Dexterity: +0
Constitution: +7
Intelligence: -1
Wisdom: +5
Charisma: +0 | FeaturesLanguages: Common Solamic, Dragonic

Class Features:
- Fighting Style: DuelingWhen you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
- Second WindYou have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.
- Action SurgeStarting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.
- Born in the SaddleStarting at 3rd level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you're not incapacitated.

Finally, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
- Unwavering MarkStarting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them for harming others. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can mark the creature until the end of your next turn. This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or you die, or if someone else marks the creature.

While it is within 5 feet of you, a creature marked by you has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn't target you.

In addition, if a creature marked by you deals damage to anyone other than you, you can make a special melee weapon attack against the marked creature as a bonus action on your next turn. You have advantage on the attack roll, and if it hits, the attack's weapon deals extra damage to the target equal to half your fighter level.

Regardless of the number of creatures you mark, you can make this special attack a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
- Warding ManeuverAt 7th level, you learn to fend off strikes directed at you, your mount, or other creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you're wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number rolled to the target's AC against that attack. If the attack still hits, the target has resistance against the attack's damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Background Feature: Squire of SolamniaYour training in the ways of the Knights of Solamnia grants you these benefits:
- Mount Up. Mounting or dismounting costs you only 5 feet of movement.

- Precise Strike. Once per turn, when you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can cause the attack roll to have advantage. If the attack hits, you roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this benefit a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, but a use is expended only if the attack hits. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest..

Feats: SentinelYou have mastered techniques to take advantage of every drop in any enemy's guard, gaining the following benefits:
- When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
- Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.
- When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature., Resilient (Wis)Choose one ability score. You gain the following benefits:
- Increase the chosen ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You gain proficiency in saving throws using the chosen ability., Resilient (Wis)You are a Knight of Solamnia aligned with the Order of the Crown, a group that extols the virtues of cooperation, loyalty, and obedience. You excel in group combat and gain these benefits:
- Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.

- Commanding Rally. As a bonus action, you can command one ally within 30 feet of yourself to attack. If that ally can see or hear you, they can immediately make one weapon attack as a reaction. If the attack hits, the ally can roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.











 

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Aubryn frowns at Alura's words. She says, "So you are saying we should torture her by leaving her alive by leaving her in disgrace? That is cruel and unfitting of a Knight of Solomnia. I do not seek anything 'worse' than a quick death. I was looking for a merciful way to keep her from leading these cultists or coming back to kill us later. I will not have it on my conscience."

She moves to kill the bound half-dragon unless stopped.

As they move to the next chamber, Aubryn nods at the storeroom. She says, "I don't think we need to search the storeroom. Let's keep going."

She points to the room in the corner (room 12) to head towards next.

Tabletop

I don't need this to be a thing, but the way Alura described it is we are almost punishing Rezmir more by keeping her alive. Like disfiguring someone so she can live each day in humiliation. That's just cruel, and there's no chance a knight would go along with that. Killing them would be a mercy. If Alura insists on keeping Rezmir alive, I'm not going to argue. But she will knock her unconscious. The sleep spell doesn't last long enough and she might wake up and raise a fuss.

 

[rauhric]

Alura Sajon LG Human Wizard [8]

HP 45 | AC 13/16 | Init +3 | Perception 19 | Investigation 23

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Alura tells her companions, "Then lets kill her, but we do it in front of everyone. No more hiding and skulking around. We walk her out in the courtyard we were just in and call everyone's attention to Rezmir's defeat and behead her in front of all witnesses. That is more honorable of us than ending of her life here like we are Assassins." She would not budge on this issue: either they leave her humiliated and defeat but alive, or they take her out in the courtyard in front of the entire cult and end her life mercifully with a beheading.

 

OoC

Thanks for the magic item, I will mark it on my character sheet.

I understand your all's concerns and I was just looking for a way to maximize our defeat of Rezmir as the cult leader. If she lost face with the Dark Queen and the cultist then maybe that would be a boon for us as we continue to move throughout the castle. We gain nothing here if we don't make an example out of her. Either we humiliate her or we kill her in the open to show our strength and power. Because of our small numbers we need some from of psychological advantage in dealing with this cults large numbers. They need to fear us or getting out alive is going to be even harder than when we walked into this place.

 

Edited April 13 by rauhric (see edit history)

[Papa Bear]

Niles Gilderbrandt

Level 8 Arcane Mystic (Character Sheet)

AC: 16 | HP: 59 | Spell Save DC: 16 | Spell Slots: 1st Level: 4 of 4 | 2nd Level: 2 of 3 | 3rd Level: 2 of 3 | 4th Level: 2 of 2

Spell Attack Bonus: +8 | Bonus Spells Available: Hex: Yes | Invisibility: no | Misty Step: Yes | Ray of Sickness: Yes

Initiative: +3   Passive Perception: 14 | Channel Divinity: Yes

 

"That seems like a good way to get us all dead." Niles says. "If we think we can take on the whole castle, I hat was the point of how we did things?"

[Neopopulas]

AC: 15Base: 10 + (MA: 13+ ) Dexterity: +1 Staff: +1 | HP: 54/54 Str -1 | Dex +1 | Con +3 | Int +7 | Wis +2 | Cha +0

Callista Ambers

Abilities: Transmute Spell (2/2), Spell Sniper | Ring of Spell StoringContains: [Level 3] Animate Dead [Level 2] Scorching Ray, Wand of BindingRegains 1d6+1 charges at dawn [5] Hold Monster [2] Hold Person (7/7), Staff of Defense+1 AC. Regains 1d6+4 charges at dawn [1] Mage Armour [2] Shield (10/10)
Spells; DC: 16. Attack +8. Spells Prepared 13 | Cantrips: Prestidigitation, Toll the Dead, Fire Bolt, Create Bonfire, Mage Hand, Mending, Eldritch Blast
Level 1 [▣ ▣ ▣ ▣] Magic Missile, Burning Hands	Level 2 [▣ ▣ ▢] Scorching Ray, Earthern Grasp, Crown of Madness
Level 3 [▣ ▢ ▢] Animate Dead, Fireball, Slow, Counterspell, Summon Shadowspawn	Level 4 [▣ ▢] Blight, Wall of Fire, Conjure Minor Elementals

"I must say, sister. I do like this colour on you.." She has the good graces not to be smiling when she says it "And though Niles has a point, i believe you may have a better one."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanics

 

Attacks	Actions
Attack Target To-Hit Damage Effects	• •

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Zombie A HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie B HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie C HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1

 

 

[Shadeus]

Aubryn Grace

AC: 21 | Hit Points: 105/105 | Passive Perception: 14 | Init: +0

Second Wind: 1/1 | Action Surge: 1/1 | Unwavering Mark: 5/5 | Precise Strike: 2/3 | Rallying Command: 2/3 | Warding Maneuver: 4/4

Skills+8 Athletics
+0 Acrobatics
+0 Sleight of Hand
+0 Stealth
-1 Arcana
-1 History
-1 Investigation
-1 Nature
-1 Religion
+2 A. Handling
+5 Insight
+2 Medicine
+5 Perception
+5 Survival
+0 Deception
+0 Intimidation
+0 Performance
+0 Persuasion | SavesStrength: +8
Dexterity: +0
Constitution: +7
Intelligence: -1
Wisdom: +5
Charisma: +0 | FeaturesLanguages: Common Solamic, Dragonic

Class Features:
- Fighting Style: DuelingWhen you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
- Second WindYou have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.
- Action SurgeStarting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.
- Born in the SaddleStarting at 3rd level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you're not incapacitated.

Finally, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
- Unwavering MarkStarting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them for harming others. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can mark the creature until the end of your next turn. This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or you die, or if someone else marks the creature.

While it is within 5 feet of you, a creature marked by you has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn't target you.

In addition, if a creature marked by you deals damage to anyone other than you, you can make a special melee weapon attack against the marked creature as a bonus action on your next turn. You have advantage on the attack roll, and if it hits, the attack's weapon deals extra damage to the target equal to half your fighter level.

Regardless of the number of creatures you mark, you can make this special attack a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
- Warding ManeuverAt 7th level, you learn to fend off strikes directed at you, your mount, or other creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you're wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number rolled to the target's AC against that attack. If the attack still hits, the target has resistance against the attack's damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Background Feature: Squire of SolamniaYour training in the ways of the Knights of Solamnia grants you these benefits:
- Mount Up. Mounting or dismounting costs you only 5 feet of movement.

- Precise Strike. Once per turn, when you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can cause the attack roll to have advantage. If the attack hits, you roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this benefit a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, but a use is expended only if the attack hits. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest..

Feats: SentinelYou have mastered techniques to take advantage of every drop in any enemy's guard, gaining the following benefits:
- When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
- Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.
- When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature., Resilient (Wis)Choose one ability score. You gain the following benefits:
- Increase the chosen ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You gain proficiency in saving throws using the chosen ability., Resilient (Wis)You are a Knight of Solamnia aligned with the Order of the Crown, a group that extols the virtues of cooperation, loyalty, and obedience. You excel in group combat and gain these benefits:
- Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.

- Commanding Rally. As a bonus action, you can command one ally within 30 feet of yourself to attack. If that ally can see or hear you, they can immediately make one weapon attack as a reaction. If the attack hits, the ally can roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.











 

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Aubryn blinks startled at the bold and likely foolish gesture of a public execution. Quiet for a moment, she then says, "I cannot condone a public execution. It feels like a good way to get ourselves killed. If you insist on doing things this way, we will leave her alive and humiliated. But I am knocking her unconscious as I know the sleep magic won't last forever."

Tabletop

 

 

[rauhric]

Alura Sajon LG Human Wizard [8]

HP 45 | AC 13/16 | Init +3 | Perception 19 | Investigation 23

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Alura breaths deeply and lets the air out of her lungs slowly as if she is seeking to center herself once more. She feels her hot energy and roiling slowly underneath her skin like it is about to explode ... one of these days. Locking eyes with Aubryn, but addressing all the companions she says, "Thank you." It is a small victory that seemed to matter to her at this moment.

After Aubryn knocks out Rezmir Alura goes one step further and ties her mouth shut. Using some rope she cuts off a portion and ties it around Rezmir's snout nice and tight and makes sure to tie it behind her horns. That way if she wanted to force the rope to break using raw force in her jaws she would need to break her horns as well.

 

OoC

Alura wants to gag her with some rope and tie if off behind her horns so whatever strain she makes to rip the gag it will not allow her to speak unless she manages to rip off her horns as well.

I am assuming we are also tying up her hands and feet behind her back as well? No need to make it easy for her to escape.

 

 

Edited April 16 by rauhric (see edit history)

[rauhric]

Alura Sajon LG Human Wizard [8]

HP 45 | AC 13/16 | Init +3 | Perception 19 | Investigation 23

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Alura makes sure Rezmir is securely tied up and asks, "Where too now?" There are a few other rooms here to search, so how should they continue?

 

OoC

We have another 3 rooms to search here, where to?

 

Edited April 21 by rauhric (see edit history)

[Shadeus]

Aubryn Grace

AC: 21 | Hit Points: 105/105 | Passive Perception: 14 | Init: +0

Second Wind: 1/1 | Action Surge: 1/1 | Unwavering Mark: 5/5 | Precise Strike: 2/3 | Rallying Command: 2/3 | Warding Maneuver: 4/4

Skills+8 Athletics
+0 Acrobatics
+0 Sleight of Hand
+0 Stealth
-1 Arcana
-1 History
-1 Investigation
-1 Nature
-1 Religion
+2 A. Handling
+5 Insight
+2 Medicine
+5 Perception
+5 Survival
+0 Deception
+0 Intimidation
+0 Performance
+0 Persuasion | SavesStrength: +8
Dexterity: +0
Constitution: +7
Intelligence: -1
Wisdom: +5
Charisma: +0 | FeaturesLanguages: Common Solamic, Dragonic

Class Features:
- Fighting Style: DuelingWhen you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
- Second WindYou have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.
- Action SurgeStarting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.
- Born in the SaddleStarting at 3rd level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you're not incapacitated.

Finally, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
- Unwavering MarkStarting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them for harming others. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can mark the creature until the end of your next turn. This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or you die, or if someone else marks the creature.

While it is within 5 feet of you, a creature marked by you has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn't target you.

In addition, if a creature marked by you deals damage to anyone other than you, you can make a special melee weapon attack against the marked creature as a bonus action on your next turn. You have advantage on the attack roll, and if it hits, the attack's weapon deals extra damage to the target equal to half your fighter level.

Regardless of the number of creatures you mark, you can make this special attack a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
- Warding ManeuverAt 7th level, you learn to fend off strikes directed at you, your mount, or other creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you're wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number rolled to the target's AC against that attack. If the attack still hits, the target has resistance against the attack's damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Background Feature: Squire of SolamniaYour training in the ways of the Knights of Solamnia grants you these benefits:
- Mount Up. Mounting or dismounting costs you only 5 feet of movement.

- Precise Strike. Once per turn, when you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can cause the attack roll to have advantage. If the attack hits, you roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this benefit a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, but a use is expended only if the attack hits. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest..

Feats: SentinelYou have mastered techniques to take advantage of every drop in any enemy's guard, gaining the following benefits:
- When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
- Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.
- When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature., Resilient (Wis)Choose one ability score. You gain the following benefits:
- Increase the chosen ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You gain proficiency in saving throws using the chosen ability., Resilient (Wis)You are a Knight of Solamnia aligned with the Order of the Crown, a group that extols the virtues of cooperation, loyalty, and obedience. You excel in group combat and gain these benefits:
- Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.

- Commanding Rally. As a bonus action, you can command one ally within 30 feet of yourself to attack. If that ally can see or hear you, they can immediately make one weapon attack as a reaction. If the attack hits, the ally can roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.











 

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Aubryn says, "We keep going counterclockwise. So head towards the room in the corner next. We focus on taking out the cultists and finding that treasure."

Tabletop

Aubryn is suggesting room 12 next and then keep going. We need to figure out how to get the treasure. Hopefully someone here knows.

 

[Neopopulas]

AC: 15Base: 10 + (MA: 13+ ) Dexterity: +1 Staff: +1 | HP: 54/54 Str -1 | Dex +1 | Con +3 | Int +7 | Wis +2 | Cha +0

Callista Ambers

Abilities: Transmute Spell (2/2), Spell Sniper | Ring of Spell StoringContains: [Level 3] Animate Dead [Level 2] Scorching Ray, Wand of BindingRegains 1d6+1 charges at dawn [5] Hold Monster [2] Hold Person (7/7), Staff of Defense+1 AC. Regains 1d6+4 charges at dawn [1] Mage Armour [2] Shield (10/10)
Spells; DC: 16. Attack +8. Spells Prepared 13 | Cantrips: Prestidigitation, Toll the Dead, Fire Bolt, Create Bonfire, Mage Hand, Mending, Eldritch Blast
Level 1 [▣ ▣ ▣ ▣] Magic Missile, Burning Hands	Level 2 [▣ ▣ ▢] Scorching Ray, Earthern Grasp, Crown of Madness
Level 3 [▣ ▢ ▢] Animate Dead, Fireball, Slow, Counterspell, Summon Shadowspawn	Level 4 [▣ ▢] Blight, Wall of Fire, Conjure Minor Elementals

"So far so good, lead on brave knight.."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanics

 

Attacks	Actions
Attack Target To-Hit Damage Effects	• •

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Zombie A HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie B HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie C HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1

 

 

[codexgigas]

Palast, 31st of Gildember, Morning

Moon Magic White Robes receive a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and spell save DCs. Solinari (17+1)--High Sanction, 7 days to Waning Lunitari (17+1)--Waning, 1 days to Waning Nuitari (5)--Waxing, 2 days to High Sanction

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You open the next door. Each of you is unprepared for what you find.

Hundreds of horse skulls are nailed to the ceiling and cover it entirely. Thick carpets cover the floor, and desks, chairs, and lecterns are everywhere, some covered with books and scrolls, others with potion vials, bits of meat and fur, and other things. Four hulking gargoyles stand frozen in the room. In the center of the room, a elderly human stands with his back to you. He is speaking to a large, floor-length oval mirror. In the mirror, you see the wavy image of Azbara Jos, the Black Robed Wizard of High Sorcery you encountered on the caravan to Solanthus. The background behind Azbara is an indistinct room, which could be anywhere.

As you cross the threshold, Azbara Jos' eyes instantly narrow. He holds up a hand, which stops the other man from speaking further. "Callista," he says, his voice distorted by the magic allowing him to communicate across the distance from where ever he is at the moment, "you weren't supposed to be here yet. This is terribly inconvenient."

The other man turns to you. His grey robes are covered in symbols of the Knights of Neraka. "Oh, these are the busy-bodies Azbara warned me about. I hope you aren't going to resort to violence." Blue sparks crackle between his fingers as he mentions violence. "It's terribly inadvisable."

Tabletop

You are in Area 12.

Map

[Neopopulas]

AC: 15Base: 10 + (MA: 13+ ) Dexterity: +1 Staff: +1 | HP: 54/54 Str -1 | Dex +1 | Con +3 | Int +7 | Wis +2 | Cha +0

Callista Ambers

Abilities: Transmute Spell (2/2), Spell Sniper | Ring of Spell StoringContains: [Level 3] Animate Dead [Level 2] Scorching Ray, Wand of BindingRegains 1d6+1 charges at dawn [5] Hold Monster [2] Hold Person (7/7), Staff of Defense+1 AC. Regains 1d6+4 charges at dawn [1] Mage Armour [2] Shield (10/10)
Spells; DC: 16. Attack +8. Spells Prepared 13 | Cantrips: Prestidigitation, Toll the Dead, Fire Bolt, Create Bonfire, Mage Hand, Mending, Eldritch Blast
Level 1 [▣ ▣ ▣ ▣] Magic Missile, Burning Hands	Level 2 [▣ ▣ ▢] Scorching Ray, Earthern Grasp, Crown of Madness
Level 3 [▣ ▢ ▢] Animate Dead, Fireball, Slow, Counterspell, Summon Shadowspawn	Level 4 [▣ ▢] Blight, Wall of Fire, Conjure Minor Elementals

Callista doesn't enter the room - she's notably never in the front of the group either, preferring to stay in the middle, along with her 'assistants' but she does lean a little to look around Aubryn, hands up and shrugging in a 'what can you do' sort of way "So sorry to inconvenience you, but unfortunately, we are sort of on a bit of a schedule. You understand, i'm sure."

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanics

 

Attacks	Actions
Attack Target To-Hit Damage Effects	• •

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Zombie A HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie B HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie C HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1

 

 

[Papa Bear]

Niles Gilderbrandt

Level 8 Arcane Mystic (Character Sheet)

AC: 16 | HP: 59 | Spell Save DC: 16 | Spell Slots: 1st Level: 4 of 4 | 2nd Level: 2 of 3 | 3rd Level: 2 of 3 | 4th Level: 2 of 2

Spell Attack Bonus: +8 | Bonus Spells Available: Hex: Yes | Invisibility: no | Misty Step: Yes | Ray of Sickness: Yes

Initiative: +3   Passive Perception: 14 | Channel Divinity: Yes

 

Niles furrows his brow... he was shocked to see the 'decor' of the room, but even more shocked at his companion being on speaking terms with one from this place... he was really rather confused having only been a part of the group for a short time since he had been rescued by them. Now... what was he to do? To think? He figured he best keep his mouth shut. Not knowing and speaking out made one a fool.

[rauhric]

Alura Sajon LG Human Wizard [8]

HP 45 | AC 13/16 | Init +3 | Perception 19 | Investigation 23

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Alura moves in closer to whispers in Calista's ear, "How do you want to handle this? I think you should take the lead in negotiating with this man." Alura felt that this encounter could really be a fight they might not walk away from. She is going to give this room a good quick inspection to understand better its purpose of design and this man's role in it.

 

 

OoC

OK, so this looks like a tough fight. Negotiations might be the best strategy here.

Doing an Arcana check to get clues about room decor.

 

Edited April 23 by rauhric (see edit history)

[Neopopulas]

AC: 15Base: 10 + (MA: 13+ ) Dexterity: +1 Staff: +1 | HP: 54/54 Str -1 | Dex +1 | Con +3 | Int +7 | Wis +2 | Cha +0

Callista Ambers

Abilities: Transmute Spell (2/2), Spell Sniper | Ring of Spell StoringContains: [Level 3] Animate Dead [Level 2] Scorching Ray, Wand of BindingRegains 1d6+1 charges at dawn [5] Hold Monster [2] Hold Person (7/7), Staff of Defense+1 AC. Regains 1d6+4 charges at dawn [1] Mage Armour [2] Shield (10/10)
Spells; DC: 16. Attack +8. Spells Prepared 13 | Cantrips: Prestidigitation, Toll the Dead, Fire Bolt, Create Bonfire, Mage Hand, Mending, Eldritch Blast
Level 1 [▣ ▣ ▣ ▣] Magic Missile, Burning Hands	Level 2 [▣ ▣ ▢] Scorching Ray, Earthern Grasp, Crown of Madness
Level 3 [▣ ▢ ▢] Animate Dead, Fireball, Slow, Counterspell, Summon Shadowspawn	Level 4 [▣ ▢] Blight, Wall of Fire, Conjure Minor Elementals

As an aside, Callista murmurs "Oh, we're negotiating..?" There is a small shrug as she steps around Aubryn "Violence is such a petty response. We don't need to worry about that." she turns her attention to the image of Azbara "Apologies for arriving a little too early, we managed to avoid being side-tracked too much."

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanics

 

Attacks	Actions
Attack Target To-Hit Damage Effects	• •

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Zombie A HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie B HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1	Zombie C HP: 30 AC: 8 Attack: +7 Damage: 1d6+1

 

 

[Shadeus]

Aubryn Grace

AC: 21 | Hit Points: 105/105 | Passive Perception: 14 | Init: +0

Second Wind: 1/1 | Action Surge: 1/1 | Unwavering Mark: 5/5 | Precise Strike: 2/3 | Rallying Command: 2/3 | Warding Maneuver: 4/4

Skills+8 Athletics
+0 Acrobatics
+0 Sleight of Hand
+0 Stealth
-1 Arcana
-1 History
-1 Investigation
-1 Nature
-1 Religion
+2 A. Handling
+5 Insight
+2 Medicine
+5 Perception
+5 Survival
+0 Deception
+0 Intimidation
+0 Performance
+0 Persuasion | SavesStrength: +8
Dexterity: +0
Constitution: +7
Intelligence: -1
Wisdom: +5
Charisma: +0 | FeaturesLanguages: Common Solamic, Dragonic

Class Features:
- Fighting Style: DuelingWhen you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
- Second WindYou have a limited well of stamina that you can draw on to protect yourself from harm. On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again.
- Action SurgeStarting at 2nd level, you can push yourself beyond your normal limits for a moment. On your turn, you can take one additional action.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can use it again. Starting at 17th level, you can use it twice before a rest, but only once on the same turn.
- Born in the SaddleStarting at 3rd level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You have advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off your mount. If you fall off your mount and descend no more than 10 feet, you can land on your feet if you're not incapacitated.

Finally, mounting or dismounting a creature costs you only 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.
- Unwavering MarkStarting at 3rd level, you can menace your foes, foiling their attacks and punishing them for harming others. When you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can mark the creature until the end of your next turn. This effect ends early if you are incapacitated or you die, or if someone else marks the creature.

While it is within 5 feet of you, a creature marked by you has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn't target you.

In addition, if a creature marked by you deals damage to anyone other than you, you can make a special melee weapon attack against the marked creature as a bonus action on your next turn. You have advantage on the attack roll, and if it hits, the attack's weapon deals extra damage to the target equal to half your fighter level.

Regardless of the number of creatures you mark, you can make this special attack a number of times equal to your Strength modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.
- Warding ManeuverAt 7th level, you learn to fend off strikes directed at you, your mount, or other creatures nearby. If you or a creature you can see within 5 feet of you is hit by an attack, you can roll 1d8 as a reaction if you're wielding a melee weapon or a shield. Roll the die, and add the number rolled to the target's AC against that attack. If the attack still hits, the target has resistance against the attack's damage.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses of it when you finish a long rest.

Background Feature: Squire of SolamniaYour training in the ways of the Knights of Solamnia grants you these benefits:
- Mount Up. Mounting or dismounting costs you only 5 feet of movement.

- Precise Strike. Once per turn, when you make a weapon attack roll against a creature, you can cause the attack roll to have advantage. If the attack hits, you roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this benefit a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, but a use is expended only if the attack hits. You regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest..

Feats: SentinelYou have mastered techniques to take advantage of every drop in any enemy's guard, gaining the following benefits:
- When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn.
- Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach.
- When a creature within 5 feet of you makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature., Resilient (Wis)Choose one ability score. You gain the following benefits:
- Increase the chosen ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- You gain proficiency in saving throws using the chosen ability., Resilient (Wis)You are a Knight of Solamnia aligned with the Order of the Crown, a group that extols the virtues of cooperation, loyalty, and obedience. You excel in group combat and gain these benefits:
- Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution by 1, to a maximum of 20.

- Commanding Rally. As a bonus action, you can command one ally within 30 feet of yourself to attack. If that ally can see or hear you, they can immediately make one weapon attack as a reaction. If the attack hits, the ally can roll a d8 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the attack's damage roll. You can use this bonus action a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.











 

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Aubryn takes in the room and its strange, ritualistic environment. As this encounter turns more to banter, the knight grips her sword in frustration. She says, "This foolish 'knight' needs to tell us where to find the treasure horde on the castle, or I'm afraid we will need to keep being busy-bodies. Any other conversation seems pointless to me. And not telling us would be...inadvisable."

The knight is prepared for the wizard to look to attack and she is ready to strike him down. She doesn't like the enchanted mirror and looks around for a means to cover it.

Tabletop

We can't be sure how difficult the fight will be. Assuming Cole is still with us, he does great damage at range...as long as Aubryn can hold off the melee folks. I do agree that four gargoyles and this wizard might be a tough fight. The wizard is far more dangerous than any gargoyle though.

 

Edited April 23 by Shadeus (see edit history)