story Durlag’s Tower

[Djacob91]

  

Theren waved the webs away, no need to leave them there with the last of the tanarukks dead. Putting his wand away, he glanced towards the others with a grin. "Well, that should be it for the two 'boar faced creatures walking on two legs'. And a beholder too, well sort of a beholder. Although, I'm actually worried about the two tanarukks." He added, waving towards the demon thing in particular. "The stories I have heard imply that someone transforms someone else into such things. Which implies that someone else set them here as guards. Which could imply that some of the Baron's forces might have beaten us here. Some kind of vanguard force to start searching or securing the tower before he gets here with his main force."

Actions/OOC

Concentration:

Conditions:

HP: 54/67

Statblock

Theren, Half Elf Bard, 11

Str 8 (-1)
Dex 16 (3)
Con 12 (1)
Int 19 (4)Base: 10 (0)
Wis 14 (2)
Cha 18 (4)
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Jack of all Trades Bonus: +2

 

INIT: +5
AC: 15
HD: 11/11d8
HP: 67/67; TEMP: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 20

 

Darkvision (60ft)
By Popular Demand
Fey Ancestry
Bardic Inspiration d10 4/4
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest: d10
Cutting Words
Expertise
Countercharm
Magical Secrets
Lucky: 3/3
DM Inspiration: 1/only

Hartkiller's Lucky: 3/only

 

Rapier Piercing, Finesse +7 1d8+3
Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +7 d4+3
Wand of Web: 6/7 charges; DC15

Seer's Scroll of Teleportation: 1/1

Spell Slots

LVL 1: 4/4
LVL 2: 3/3
LVL 3: 3/3
LVL 4: 3/3
LVL 5: 1/2
LVL 6: 1/1
LVL 7: 0/0
LVL 8: 0/0
LVL 9: 0/0

Spells Known

LVL 0: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Mending
LVL 1: Bane, Cure Wounds, Dissonant Whispers, Healing Word
LVL 2: Heat Metal, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration
LVL 3: Aura of Vitality, Counterspell, Major Image, Slow, Summon Fey, Tongues
LVL 4: Dimension Door
LVL 5: Circle of Power, Synaptic Static
LVL 6: Mass Suggestion

[omegoku]

Eireann III

High Elf Swashbuckler 
HP: 84/84 HD: 11d8/11d8 AC: 17 Speed: 30ft

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +0, Dex +9, Con +2, Int +8, Wis -1, Cha +3
Skills: Athletics +8, Acrobatics +9, Deception +7, History +8, Intimidate +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +11, Perception +7, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13

Attacks and Features

o Rapier (Gift of Fire) Piercing, Finesse +10 1d8+5 d6 Fire
o Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +9 1d4+5
o Shortbow Piercing, Two-handed (80/320) Ammo +9 1d6+7

DarkvisionYou can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. However, you can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.[ TranceElves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

ExpertiseAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. (Stealth, Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception) Sneak Attack (6d6)Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 5d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.[/ooc] Cunning ActionStarting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Fancy FootworkWhen you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to land a strike and then slip away without reprisal.
During your turn, if you make a melee attack against a creature, that creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. Rakish AudacityStarting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into
battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier.
You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. 
Thieves CantDuring your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.[ Uncanny DodgeStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. EvasionBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. PanacheAt 9th level, your charm becomes extraordinarily beguiling. As an action, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by a creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. The creature must be able to hear you, and the two of you must share a language.
If you succeed on the check and the creature is hostile to you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make opportunity attacks against targets other than you. This effect lasts for 1 minute, until one of your companions attacks the target or affects it with a spell, or until you and the target are more than 60 feet apart.
If you succeed on the check and the creature isn’t hostile to you, it is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed, it regards you as a friendly acquaintance. This effect ends immediately if you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Steady AimAs a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can
use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn. Reliable TalentBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Feat : SkilledYou gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. (Nature, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand) 

Magic

Cantrip Known  Booming BladeEvocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, M (a weapon)
Duration: 1 round
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. 
On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves before then, it immediately takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.
This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Equipment 

Consumable (10) 

Potion of Healing A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or administering a potion takes an action  *2  Potion of Greater Healingregain 4d4 + 4 hit points  Potion of Superior Healingregain 8d4 + 8  hit points  Potion of Fire Giant StrengthWhen you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 25 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score

Common (5)

Uncommon+ (6)

Bracers of ArcheryWondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the longbow and shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls on ranged attacks made with such weapons. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
These bracers are bulky with hexagon designs along them that do not match any common racial or family styling.
In addition, the hexagons turn blue in the cold or a warm orange in heat. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as -20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Headband of Intellect Requires Attunement
Your Intelligence score is 19 while you wear this headband. It has no Effect on you if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher without it  Cloak of DisplacementWondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the start of your next turn. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
This cloak is made of the pelt of a smooth, blackfurred creature. A bone toggle fastens the cloak around its wearer’s neck. Close examination of the gold-embroidered hem reveals a poem that reads (in Common): “Six men in pain; six men rent. Blood, it falls like rain; broken bodies bent. Six men plead; and six men cry; Tearing arm and leg, six men die." 
Ring of Shooting StarRing, very rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring in dim light or darkness, you can cast dancing lights and light from the ring at will. Casting either spell from the ring requires an action. The ring has 6 charges for the following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring. Ball Lightning. You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually. Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. The spheres last as long as you concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell), up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. As a bonus action, you can move each sphere up to 30 feet, but no farther than 120 feet away from you. When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of a sphere, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes lightning damage based on the number of spheres you created. Spheres Lightning Damage 4 2d4 3 2d6 2 5d4 1 4d12 Shooting Stars. You can expend 1 to 3 charges as an action. For every charge you expend, you launch a glowing mote of light from the ring at a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature within a 15-foot cube originating from that point is showered in sparks and must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one Charges 6/6
Wand of Lightning BoltsRequires Attunement by a Spellcaster This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed. Charges 7/7

Eireann lowered his bow and ran his hand through his hair.

"Good shot, no? I impressed myself with that one. I will look around while you deal with any broken bones or lost fingers."

With that, he moved up to where the enemies had come from and began to search for anything of interest.

 

 

 

 

 

[Sylas]

Vall Nailo
True Neutral, Male Drow Druid

Character Sheet

Vall Nailo
Drow Druid 12 True Neutral

AC 14 HP 77 Speed 30ft

Str 10 (+0) Dex +16 (+3) Con 12 (+1) Int 12 (+1) Wis 19 (+4) Cha 10 (+0)

Attacks
Wooden Staff* +4 1d6+0/B
Sling +6 1d4+3/B

Darkvision 120'

Fey Ancestry - Advantage on saving throws against being charmed, immune to magical sleep.

Trance - Semiconscious meditation for 4 hours replaces 8 hours sleeping.

Sunlight Sensitivity - Disadvantage on attack and Wisdom (Perception) that rely on sight when you or target is in direct sunlight.

Drow Magic - Know Dancing Lights cantrip, Faerie Fire once per day at 3rd level, and Darkness once per day at 5th level (Charisma).

Spellcasting
--Ritual Casting

Wanderer - Can always recall terrain/features of interest. Can forage for self + 5 if land has food.

Wild Shape - Can use a Bonus Action to shapeshift into a beast you have seen before. Lasts 1/2 Druid Levels in hours, usable 2 times per rest.

Druid Circle - Circle of the Moon
--Combat Wild Shape - May Wild Shape as a Bonus Action, while in Wild Shape may expend spell slots to heal 1d8 per level of slot.
--Elemental Wild Shape - Expend both uses of Wild Shape to become an elemental.

Observant - Increase Wisdom by 1, gain +5 on Passive Perception and Passive Investigation checks.

Telepathic - Increase Wisdom by 1, telepathically communicate one way to any creature within 60 feet using known language; cast Detect Thoughts once, further castings using 2nd level slots or higher.

 

Val's flames gleefully crawl back up the hillside into the remains of the building, althouigh they seem to hunker down somewhat, and he does a rather good job of not lighting the place on fire, if he did say so himself. He steps into the large firepit in attempts to keep himself... controlled.

Crunch

Passive perception of 23.

 

[Poor_Knight]

Bloodaxe collects his trophies while Eireann searches around the forge. The nilbogs that Lajal has summoned sidle over next to him, awaiting their instructions.

The forge in this building has not been lit in many years. Vall changes this when he enters the forge in elemental form. Eaireann finds the holy symbols proclaiming faith in Moradin have fallen to the floor. These stylized hammers are scattered across the room, now damaged. However, one of them is encrusted with gems and could be worth a fair amount of gold (250gp). 

 

How do you proceed?

OOC

Holy symbols? Intelligence (Investigation) check: (assumes you handle and examine the symbols)

DC 17

You realize that the holy symbols have a small peg and a divot on one side, as if they were designed to be attached to something.

 

 

[cheezal]

Bloodaxe having gained his trophies heads in to see what the others have discovered, seeing the symbols of his faith lying around the floor,he is lost for words.

"This must've been a place of worship! now befallen"" seeing the gem encrusted Holy Symbol of Moradin,he is transfixed and offers to purchase it off the party.

He looks around the room now,investigation both the symbols and the hammers.

Edited June 5, 2023 by cheezal (see edit history)

[Djacob91]

  

Theren followed the others into the workshop. Looking around, he spotted Vall in the forge, pausing a moment before saying, "You know, I could forge a really good joke here, but I actually have a semi serious question. Would it be improper to ask a druid in such a form to assist in crafting a steel sword? I mean, I know most druids avoid using iron as rule, but a sword 'forged in living flame' would be such a great image for a story. Probably something with sword choosing its wielder who has to save the world or be the rightful heir..." He added, his voice trailing off as he contemplated his little plot line. With his wandering thoughts, he wandered off into the next room, giving Bloodaxe a look at his offer of buying the symbol. He gave a shrug at the thought, it was not like they had not made more than enough money in their travels that they had to scrounge for it. "I am fine with you taking it if you want. I would have suggested finding an appropriate dwarven clan regardless. They would be more likely to appreciate these symbols more than an art collector, or a jeweler."

Actions/OOC

Concentration:

Conditions:

HP: 54/67

Statblock

Theren, Half Elf Bard, 11

Str 8 (-1)
Dex 16 (3)
Con 12 (1)
Int 19 (4)Base: 10 (0)
Wis 14 (2)
Cha 18 (4)
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Jack of all Trades Bonus: +2

 

INIT: +5
AC: 15
HD: 11/11d8
HP: 67/67; TEMP: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 20

 

Darkvision (60ft)
By Popular Demand
Fey Ancestry
Bardic Inspiration d10 4/4
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest: d10
Cutting Words
Expertise
Countercharm
Magical Secrets
Lucky: 3/3
DM Inspiration: 1/only

Hartkiller's Lucky: 3/only

 

Rapier Piercing, Finesse +7 1d8+3
Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +7 d4+3
Wand of Web: 6/7 charges; DC15

Seer's Scroll of Teleportation: 1/1

Spell Slots

LVL 1: 4/4
LVL 2: 3/3
LVL 3: 3/3
LVL 4: 3/3
LVL 5: 1/2
LVL 6: 1/1
LVL 7: 0/0
LVL 8: 0/0
LVL 9: 0/0

Spells Known

LVL 0: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Mending
LVL 1: Bane, Cure Wounds, Dissonant Whispers, Healing Word
LVL 2: Heat Metal, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration
LVL 3: Aura of Vitality, Counterspell, Major Image, Slow, Summon Fey, Tongues
LVL 4: Dimension Door
LVL 5: Circle of Power, Synaptic Static
LVL 6: Mass Suggestion

[cheezal]

Bloodaxe considers Theren words...." Agreed! if the original clan that this belonged to still exists,i would endeavour to find them and return it,it would be only fitting".

[8w_gremlin]

Lajal
LN, Male Tortle Druid 10th
AC 20 disadvantage | HP 83/83 | THP 0 | Init +0 | Speed 30' | Perception +7
Conditions: none| Concentration: nothing | Wildshape: 2 | Totem: 1/1
Log | Sheet

Lajal looks around at the ruins, "It looked like this was a strong place of stone, and iron, a holy place, one that would need to be consecrated again to purge the taint"  turning to the Nilbog "would you help us search the place until your time upon our realm is done?" he asks, knowing he could compel them to obay, such was the magic at his command, but he prefered things made their own choices as much as possible



 

OOC, Mechanics

 

 

Nilbog stats

Nilbog

Small Fey (Goblinoid), Typically Chaotic Neutral

 

Armor Class 13 (leather armor)

Hit Points 7 (2d6) + 4 (mighty summoner) = 11

Speed 30 ft.

 

STR

8 (-1)

DEX

14 (+2)

CON

10 (+0)

INT

10 (+0)

WIS

8 (-1)

CHA

15 (+2)

 

Skills Stealth +6

Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 9

Languages Common, Goblin

Challenge 1 (200 XP)

 

Proficiency Bonus +2

 

Nilbogism. Any creature that attempts to damage the nilbog must first succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or be charmed until the end of the creature’s next turn. A creature charmed in this way must use its action praising the nilbog.

The nilbog can’t regain hit points, including through magical healing, except through its Reversal of Fortune reaction.

Actions

Fool’s Scepter. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage.

Mocking Word. The nilbog targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or take 5 (2d4) psychic damage and have disadvantage on its next attack roll before the end of its next turn.

Spellcasting. The nilbog casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):

At will: mage hand, Tasha’s hideous laughter

Bonus Actions

Nimble Escape. The nilbog takes the Disengage or Hide action.

Reactions

Reversal of Fortune. In response to another creature dealing damage to the nilbog, the nilbog reduces the damage to 0 and regains 3 (1d6) hit points.

[omegoku]

Eireann III

High Elf Swashbuckler 
HP: 84/84 HD: 11d8/11d8 AC: 17 Speed: 30ft

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +0, Dex +9, Con +2, Int +8, Wis -1, Cha +3
Skills: Athletics +8, Acrobatics +9, Deception +7, History +8, Intimidate +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +11, Perception +7, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13

Attacks and Features

o Rapier (Gift of Fire) Piercing, Finesse +10 1d8+5 d6 Fire
o Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +9 1d4+5
o Shortbow Piercing, Two-handed (80/320) Ammo +9 1d6+7

DarkvisionYou can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. However, you can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.[ TranceElves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

ExpertiseAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. (Stealth, Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception) Sneak Attack (6d6)Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 5d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.[/ooc] Cunning ActionStarting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Fancy FootworkWhen you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to land a strike and then slip away without reprisal.
During your turn, if you make a melee attack against a creature, that creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. Rakish AudacityStarting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into
battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier.
You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. 
Thieves CantDuring your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.[ Uncanny DodgeStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. EvasionBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. PanacheAt 9th level, your charm becomes extraordinarily beguiling. As an action, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by a creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. The creature must be able to hear you, and the two of you must share a language.
If you succeed on the check and the creature is hostile to you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make opportunity attacks against targets other than you. This effect lasts for 1 minute, until one of your companions attacks the target or affects it with a spell, or until you and the target are more than 60 feet apart.
If you succeed on the check and the creature isn’t hostile to you, it is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed, it regards you as a friendly acquaintance. This effect ends immediately if you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Steady AimAs a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can
use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn. Reliable TalentBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Feat : SkilledYou gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. (Nature, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand) 

Magic

Cantrip Known  Booming BladeEvocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, M (a weapon)
Duration: 1 round
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. 
On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves before then, it immediately takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.
This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Equipment 

Consumable (10) 

Potion of Healing A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or administering a potion takes an action  *2  Potion of Greater Healingregain 4d4 + 4 hit points  Potion of Superior Healingregain 8d4 + 8  hit points  Potion of Fire Giant StrengthWhen you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 25 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score

Common (5)

Uncommon+ (6)

Bracers of ArcheryWondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the longbow and shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls on ranged attacks made with such weapons. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
These bracers are bulky with hexagon designs along them that do not match any common racial or family styling.
In addition, the hexagons turn blue in the cold or a warm orange in heat. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as -20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Headband of Intellect Requires Attunement
Your Intelligence score is 19 while you wear this headband. It has no Effect on you if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher without it  Cloak of DisplacementWondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the start of your next turn. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
This cloak is made of the pelt of a smooth, blackfurred creature. A bone toggle fastens the cloak around its wearer’s neck. Close examination of the gold-embroidered hem reveals a poem that reads (in Common): “Six men in pain; six men rent. Blood, it falls like rain; broken bodies bent. Six men plead; and six men cry; Tearing arm and leg, six men die." 
Ring of Shooting StarRing, very rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring in dim light or darkness, you can cast dancing lights and light from the ring at will. Casting either spell from the ring requires an action. The ring has 6 charges for the following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring. Ball Lightning. You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually. Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. The spheres last as long as you concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell), up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. As a bonus action, you can move each sphere up to 30 feet, but no farther than 120 feet away from you. When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of a sphere, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes lightning damage based on the number of spheres you created. Spheres Lightning Damage 4 2d4 3 2d6 2 5d4 1 4d12 Shooting Stars. You can expend 1 to 3 charges as an action. For every charge you expend, you launch a glowing mote of light from the ring at a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature within a 15-foot cube originating from that point is showered in sparks and must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one Charges 6/6
Wand of Lightning BoltsRequires Attunement by a Spellcaster This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed. Charges 7/7

Eireann checked the walls of the forge, to see if there was any place where the holy symbols could be restored.

"Perhaps if we place the symbols back where they belong, the dwarf god will smile on our mission?"

If he found a likely place, he would replace the hammer symbols there. If not, he would let Bloodaxe collect them.

 

 

 

 

 

[Poor_Knight]

The nilbogs nod to Lajal and cartwheel around the forge as they join in the search and Bloodaxe collects the bejeweled holy symbol. His further investigation does not bring to light anything else, these are simply holy symbols of Moradin, many of them damaged.

Eireann and the nilbogs find hooks and niches about the forge where the holy symbols were displayed. There seems to be many of these, more that the actual number of holy symbols to be found, suggesting that some of the holy symbols are missing. You can spend some time replacing the symbols back into places of honor.

 

How do you proceed?

Edited June 13, 2023 by Poor_Knight (see edit history)

[Dmitri_Ravenoff]

  

Character Sheet

 

"I don't know much about gods and the like, but I don't see it helping us to take such relics. Maybe we should put then back?"

Duncan carefully navigates into the forge avoiding Val-emental. He looks around to see if there is anything flammable that could be placed into the forge.

"I wonder if it would please the gods to have a fire in the pit again?"

Abilities and FeatsFighting style: Duelist:
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other Weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to Damage Rolls with that weapon.

Shield Master:
- If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield.
- If you aren’t incapacitated, you can add your shield’s AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other harmful effect that targets only you.
- If you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you can use your reaction to take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, interposing your shield between yourself and the source of the effect.

Sentinel:
- Whenever you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, its speed drops to 0 for the rest of the turn. This stops any movement they may have been taking.
- Creatures within your reach provoke opportunity attacks even if they took the Disengage action.
- When a creature within your reach 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.

Toughness: Gain +2 HP/ Level

Second Wind: On Your Turn, you can use a Bonus Action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level. You must finish a short or Long Rest before you can use it again.

Action Surge: On Your Turn, you can take one additional action on top of your regular action and a possible Bonus Action. You must finish a short or Long Rest before you can use it again.

Extra Attack: Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this class.

Sneak Attack: Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.

Indominable: (one use): Beginning at 9th level you can reroll a saving throw that you fail. You must take the result of the new roll. You must finish a long rest to use this feature again.


Battlemaster: Superior Dice - You start with 4 superior dies. They are 1d10 and you use one whenever you use a maneuver. You regain then all when you finish a short or long rest.

Maneuvers:
Maneuvering Attack: When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to maneuver one of your comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and you choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you. That creature can use its reaction to move up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your attack.

Riposte: When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die to make a melee weapon attack against the creature. If you hit, you add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Parry: When another creature damages you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die to reduce the damage by the number you roll on your superiority die + your Dexterity modifier.

Menacing Attack: When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to frighten the target. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Commander's Strike
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks and use a bonus action to direct one of your companions to strike. When you do so, choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you and expend one superiority die. That creature can immediately use its reaction to make one weapon attack, adding the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Character sheet referenceDuncan Tallheart

Human (Variant) Fighter 10/ Rogue 1
Max HP: 113

Str 18, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 9

AC 19 (17 without shield) Mithril Splint Mail + Shield

Primary Attack: Rapier +9 [1d8+7]

Ranged Attack: Javelin +8 [1d6+6] - Crossbow [1d8+1]

Bonus Actions: Shove (Shield Mastery) +12 Athletics (opposed by either Athletics or Acrobatics)

Trained Skills: Athletics: (+12), Stealth (+5), History (+3), Animal Handling (+6), Perception (+6), Survival (+10)

CURRENT HP: 91/113

Superiority Dice: 4/4

[omegoku]

Eireann III

High Elf Swashbuckler 
HP: 84/84 HD: 11d8/11d8 AC: 17 Speed: 30ft

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +0, Dex +9, Con +2, Int +8, Wis -1, Cha +3
Skills: Athletics +8, Acrobatics +9, Deception +7, History +8, Intimidate +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +11, Perception +7, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13

Attacks and Features

o Rapier (Gift of Fire) Piercing, Finesse +10 1d8+5 d6 Fire
o Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +9 1d4+5
o Shortbow Piercing, Two-handed (80/320) Ammo +9 1d6+7

DarkvisionYou can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. However, you can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.[ TranceElves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

ExpertiseAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. (Stealth, Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception) Sneak Attack (6d6)Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 5d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon. You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.[/ooc] Cunning ActionStarting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Fancy FootworkWhen you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to land a strike and then slip away without reprisal.
During your turn, if you make a melee attack against a creature, that creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. Rakish AudacityStarting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into
battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier.
You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. 
Thieves CantDuring your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation. Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages. It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.[ Uncanny DodgeStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. EvasionBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. PanacheAt 9th level, your charm becomes extraordinarily beguiling. As an action, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by a creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. The creature must be able to hear you, and the two of you must share a language.
If you succeed on the check and the creature is hostile to you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make opportunity attacks against targets other than you. This effect lasts for 1 minute, until one of your companions attacks the target or affects it with a spell, or until you and the target are more than 60 feet apart.
If you succeed on the check and the creature isn’t hostile to you, it is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed, it regards you as a friendly acquaintance. This effect ends immediately if you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Steady AimAs a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can
use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn. Reliable TalentBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Feat : SkilledYou gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. (Nature, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand) 

Magic

Cantrip Known  Booming BladeEvocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, M (a weapon)
Duration: 1 round
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. 
On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves before then, it immediately takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.
This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Equipment 

Consumable (10) 

Potion of Healing A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or administering a potion takes an action  *2  Potion of Greater Healingregain 4d4 + 4 hit points  Potion of Superior Healingregain 8d4 + 8  hit points  Potion of Fire Giant StrengthWhen you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 25 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score

Common (5)

Uncommon+ (6)

Bracers of ArcheryWondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the longbow and shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls on ranged attacks made with such weapons. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
These bracers are bulky with hexagon designs along them that do not match any common racial or family styling.
In addition, the hexagons turn blue in the cold or a warm orange in heat. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as -20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Headband of Intellect Requires Attunement
Your Intelligence score is 19 while you wear this headband. It has no Effect on you if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher without it  Cloak of DisplacementWondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the start of your next turn. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
This cloak is made of the pelt of a smooth, blackfurred creature. A bone toggle fastens the cloak around its wearer’s neck. Close examination of the gold-embroidered hem reveals a poem that reads (in Common): “Six men in pain; six men rent. Blood, it falls like rain; broken bodies bent. Six men plead; and six men cry; Tearing arm and leg, six men die." 
Ring of Shooting StarRing, very rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring in dim light or darkness, you can cast dancing lights and light from the ring at will. Casting either spell from the ring requires an action. The ring has 6 charges for the following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring. Ball Lightning. You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually. Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. The spheres last as long as you concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell), up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. As a bonus action, you can move each sphere up to 30 feet, but no farther than 120 feet away from you. When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of a sphere, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes lightning damage based on the number of spheres you created. Spheres Lightning Damage 4 2d4 3 2d6 2 5d4 1 4d12 Shooting Stars. You can expend 1 to 3 charges as an action. For every charge you expend, you launch a glowing mote of light from the ring at a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature within a 15-foot cube originating from that point is showered in sparks and must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one Charges 6/6
Wand of Lightning BoltsRequires Attunement by a Spellcaster This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed. Charges 7/7

Eireann spent a few minutes hanging the symbols back in place. If they found more later, they could return them here.

"Lets not forget our mission? I am going to continue to the next building, scout that area and I will return in a few minutes. Be ready to move by then"

With that he headed back outside and snuck north, towards the next ruin. (next ruin clockwise around the tower)

 

 

 

 

 

[Sylas]

Vall Nailo
True Neutral, Male Drow Druid

Character Sheet

Vall Nailo
Drow Druid 12 True Neutral

AC 14 HP 77 Speed 30ft

Str 10 (+0) Dex +16 (+3) Con 12 (+1) Int 12 (+1) Wis 19 (+4) Cha 10 (+0)

Attacks
Wooden Staff* +4 1d6+0/B
Sling +6 1d4+3/B

Darkvision 120'

Fey Ancestry - Advantage on saving throws against being charmed, immune to magical sleep.

Trance - Semiconscious meditation for 4 hours replaces 8 hours sleeping.

Sunlight Sensitivity - Disadvantage on attack and Wisdom (Perception) that rely on sight when you or target is in direct sunlight.

Drow Magic - Know Dancing Lights cantrip, Faerie Fire once per day at 3rd level, and Darkness once per day at 5th level (Charisma).

Spellcasting
--Ritual Casting

Wanderer - Can always recall terrain/features of interest. Can forage for self + 5 if land has food.

Wild Shape - Can use a Bonus Action to shapeshift into a beast you have seen before. Lasts 1/2 Druid Levels in hours, usable 2 times per rest.

Druid Circle - Circle of the Moon
--Combat Wild Shape - May Wild Shape as a Bonus Action, while in Wild Shape may expend spell slots to heal 1d8 per level of slot.
--Elemental Wild Shape - Expend both uses of Wild Shape to become an elemental.

Observant - Increase Wisdom by 1, gain +5 on Passive Perception and Passive Investigation checks.

Telepathic - Increase Wisdom by 1, telepathically communicate one way to any creature within 60 feet using known language; cast Detect Thoughts once, further castings using 2nd level slots or higher.

 

It was hard to tell, but it did appear as if Flame-Val blinked a few times when Duncan spoke of putting a fire in the forge.

 

A few moments after Eireann skulked out, he looked around to see if there was still a supply of coal for the forge. He rather wondered what it would taste like to this elemental form.

Crunch

 

[cheezal]

Bloodaxe stood guard awaiting Eireann's return.

[Djacob91]

  

  

Theren gave Eireann a nod as the high elf slipped back out of the forge. Having him take a look would be helpful, and give the rest of them a moment of peace. Noticing the few extra spots for symbols, Theren looked around the forge, trying to see if any of the missing holy symbols had fallen down and been missed in the first glance.

Actions/OOC

Concentration:

Conditions:

HP: 54/67

Statblock

Theren, Half Elf Bard, 11

Str 8 (-1)
Dex 16 (3)
Con 12 (1)
Int 19 (4)Base: 10 (0)
Wis 14 (2)
Cha 18 (4)
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Jack of all Trades Bonus: +2

 

INIT: +5
AC: 15
HD: 11/11d8
HP: 67/67; TEMP: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 20

 

Darkvision (60ft)
By Popular Demand
Fey Ancestry
Bardic Inspiration d10 4/4
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest: d10
Cutting Words
Expertise
Countercharm
Magical Secrets
Lucky: 3/3
DM Inspiration: 1/only

Hartkiller's Lucky: 3/only

 

Rapier Piercing, Finesse +7 1d8+3
Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +7 d4+3
Wand of Web: 6/7 charges; DC15

Seer's Scroll of Teleportation: 1/1

Spell Slots

LVL 1: 4/4
LVL 2: 3/3
LVL 3: 3/3
LVL 4: 3/3
LVL 5: 1/2
LVL 6: 1/1
LVL 7: 0/0
LVL 8: 0/0
LVL 9: 0/0

Spells Known

LVL 0: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Mending
LVL 1: Bane, Cure Wounds, Dissonant Whispers, Healing Word
LVL 2: Heat Metal, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration
LVL 3: Aura of Vitality, Counterspell, Major Image, Slow, Summon Fey, Tongues
LVL 4: Dimension Door
LVL 5: Circle of Power, Synaptic Static
LVL 6: Mass Suggestion