.The battle wears on under the cold night sky. With every weapon that strikes true, new blood splatters to stain the mess of frozen slush and shattered earth. Torchlight dances to the song of war as men, women, and monsters struggle, casting shadows the flit and flicker over the battleground. Some die to weapons: swords, axes, spears.
Others die to forces much, much worse.
All about Caballus, the killing red fog of enslaved orc spirits corrupts the flesh of Targos' defenders. Alalla can only watch as a handful of those faithful militia around her choke and die in the awful mist (Al takes 26 necrotic damage, and a handful of militia perish). Try as she might to fight back against spirits and priest, she finds that her strikes have no weight behind them.
Still, the opening granted by taking away Caballus' shield is just what her companions need. Four arrows fly through the swirling veil of spirits to pierce deeply into the war priest. Even this mighty orog feels the weight of that pain, and his spell ensnaring the dead orcs is broken.
A small flash of purple light comes from one of the arrows, and Caballus snarls a command. Two orogs break off from the engagement to sprint towards Zenithral, their muscled legs covering the ground frightfully quick. Despite Zenithral's fine armor, one swing grazes his thigh (Zen takes 9 damage, and he has two orogs engaging him).
The arrows from Zenithral and Vincent are not the only ones zipping through the night air. The goblins within the ogre forts gleefully fire a volley of flaming arrows over the walls. Most of these miss their mark, but several fly true (Zen takes 13 piercing and 7 fire, Ras takes 6 piercing and 1 fire, militia takes 13).
Lord Ulbrec rallies the militia and another orog falls to Targos spears (mikitia takes 13 damage). These few militia soldiers remaining are either the strongest or luckiest. Even with the dead piled around them, their faces are set in grim determination.
Outside the walls, the frost giant's corpse stirs. It's cold fingers grasp the haft of its enormous axe once more, and slams the weapon into one of the nearby ogres, then the blue behemoth falls to rest once more. As monsters all about reel in shock, Ug makes his move. Wounded ankle notwithstanding, the barbarian lays another of the ogres low.
Unfortunately, Ug's position is now revealed, as is the presence of an enemy thought gone. A large boulder crusted with ice smashes into the goliath's shoulder as the frost giant previously affected by Vincent's fear spell returns (after resistance, Ug takes 13 bludgeoning damage).
War Priest Caballus turns a baleful eye on the archers who dared to attack him. He throws his spectral axe at Vincent while also summoning rebuking flames upon Zenithral (Vince takes 9 force damage, Zen takes 31 fire). Then he turns and with his free hand grabs Alalla's wrist mid-swing. The flames of her sword flicker and dim as he squeezes, painting the priest's face a dull purple. "Daughter of Gruumsh... Did you really think they would follow you? A mewling mongrel, too soft to take command, too weak to bring us glory." His touch sends a wave of crippling magic through her arm (Al takes 54 necrotic damage). "In the name of Gruumsh, I end the traitorous rumors and whispers tonight!"
Rolls
Orogs vs Al (4 attacks) - (4d20+6)
(128167) + 6 = 49
Dmg to Al - (1d12+4)
(3) + 4 = 7
Orogs vs Zen (4 attacks) - (4d20+6)
(54195) + 6 = 39
Dmg to Zen - (1d12+4)
(5) + 4 = 9
Orogs vs Ulbrec (2 attacks) - (2d20+6)
(45) + 6 = 15
Orogs vs militia (4 attacks) - (4d20+6)
(51693) + 6 = 39
Dmg to militia - (1d12+4)
(9) + 4 = 13
Caballus spirit weapon vs Vince - (1d20+7)
(12) + 7 = 19
Dmg to Vince - (2d8+3)
(51) + 3 = 9
Goblins vs Ras (3 attacks) - (3d20+4)
(17612) + 4 = 39
Dmg to Ras (piercing, fire) - (1d6+2, 1d6)
1d6+2 : (4) + 2 = 6
1d6 : (1) = 1
Goblins vs Vince (3 attacks) - (3d20+4)
(1194) + 4 = 28
Goblins vs Zen (2 attacks) - (2d20+4)
(820) + 4 = 32
Dmg to Zen (piercing, fire) - (1d6+8, 1d6+6)
1d6+8 : (5) + 8 = 13
1d6+6 : (1) + 6 = 7
Goblins vs Ulbrec (2 attacks) - (2d20+4)
(212) + 4 = 18
Goblins vs Militia (2 attacks) - (2d20+4)
(142) + 4 = 20
Dmg to militia (piercing, fire) - (1d6+2, 1d6)
1d6+2 : (6) + 2 = 8
1d6 : (5) = 5
Ogre 2 vs Ug - (1d20+6)
(7) + 6 = 13
Who gets attacked by boulder? - (1d8)
(2) = 2
Boulder vs Ug - (1d20+9)
(12) + 9 = 21
Dmg to Ug - (4d10+6)
(7274) + 6 = 26
Al opportunity attack vs orog (disadv) - (1d20+6, 1d20+6)
1d20+6 : (3) + 6 = 9
1d20+6 : (6) + 6 = 12
Ulbrec vs orogs (2 attacks) - (1d20+6, 1d20+6)
1d20+6 : (16) + 6 = 22
1d20+6 : (14) + 6 = 20
Ulbrec dmg to orogs - (2d8+12)
(57) + 12 = 24
Militia dmg to orogs - (4d6+6)
(6116) + 6 = 20
Caballus level 5 Inflict Wounds vs Al - (1d20+7)
(16) + 7 = 23
Necrotic dmg to Al - (7d10)
(397781010) = 54
Spirit guardians necrotic dmg - (4d8)
(8774) = 26
Caballus Charisma save DC 15 - (1d20+3)
(14) + 3 = 17
Caballus Con saves (3 DC 10, 1 DC 11) - (1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d20+6, 1d20+6)
1d20+6 : (19) + 6 = 25
1d20+6 : (2) + 6 = 8
1d20+6 : (4) + 6 = 10
1d20+6 : (15) + 6 = 21
Zen Dex save DC 15 - (1d20+3)
(4) + 3 = 7
Fire dmg to zen - (4d10)
(89104) = 31