Gameplay - The Dragon Who Took Too Little

Hehsh misses his attack, his orb vanishing in the water.

Ruby lands her staff and elbow attacks, but misses with the luck, but this disables the merrow attacking her.Are you moving after your attacks?

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Hasan and Barbara notice that the water is churning harder. Something energetic is happening below.

Hehsh will continually retreat to the surface. "Come with me! If we can get out of the water, I can just electify the area."

"Looks like the current's picking up. Do think its them?" Hasan asks to the Barbara.

"Please wait until I'm out!" With a plan in place Ruby retreats with Hehsh, swimming up and away.

You scramble through the tunnel and up to the surface, and are climbing up out of the water when the merrow catch up, stabbing with their harpoons. Additional merrow spill out through the narrow tunnel and spread out, preparing to attack.

You both take 7 damage.

Everybody is up. (Hasan and Barbara are VERY aware of the battle that has spilled into the sunlit world.

Hehsh, kicking backwards onto the bank, fires his last spell at the merrow that just stabbed him, and the creature screams, falling backwards into the deep.

"Help us! Now!" Ruby shouts out, wanting to smack the others for staying above water. That'll have to wait however, and so Ruby dives back down and swims toward her assailant to deliver a furious beat-down.

Ruby beats another merrow into unconsciousness.

That's up to you. I described that you're scrambling onto the bank.

K. Hehsh is on the bank. He's waiting on Ruby to leave the water and then he is going to engage in some electric boogaloo.

With another foe bested, Ruby does just that, not wanting to be barbecued.

LIGHTNING BREATH THAT WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The creatures spasm violently and then become immobile, slowly floating to the surface and then downstream, caught by the small currents in the eddy pool above the river peoples cave. They do not appear to be breathing.

Combat is over.

Consciously NOT talking to Hasan, Hehsh turns to Ruby. "Wow, that was a close one huh?"

Shortly after the battle, more faces appear in the river, but these are elven, though obviously adapted to watery environments. One of them (with a thin wire crown on his forehead) pulls himself onto the shore and bows, one hand on their heart. "You came to our aid without asking first for payment. We are in your debt, and yes, dear pixie, we will join the war effort."

Their healers tend to your wounds, restoring you to full health.

MystWynd returns the bow to the river prince, and suggests that everyone meet at the pass in 24 hours. He congratulates you on completing the recruitment drive and says he needs to confer with the desert and bird people, but will meet you back at the overlook where you saw the enemy camp.

Everyone can advance to level 3.

"Why thank you." Ruby does a small bow of her own. "It was certainly a team effort, just as the upcoming rescue will be no doubt." Ruby isn't trying to be overly sassy, but feels Hasan has earned some ribbing for this whole debacle.

Hehsh, who is trying to be sassy, replies "Oh yes. We ALL worked very hard to make this happen. It was real touch and go there for a minute. WE could have died."