OOC:
MUST listen to
Ug's theme song while reading this post.
Malavon spits in disgust as one of his golems proves slow to respond and his remaining drow allies freeze in place.
"I hardly need them... Behold the might of a true mage!" He shoves his hands forward, conjuring heat so intense that the air itself seems to catch fire. A fiery cloud forms around the remaining gnomes and the party's front rank (
Erevain passes and takes 22, and after resistance Al and Reo take 22).
[ +- ] Incendiary Cloud
A swirling cloud of smoke shot through with white-hot embers appears in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point within range. The cloud spreads around corners and is heavily obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a wind of moderate or greater speed (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it.
When the cloud appears, each creature in it must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 10d8 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature must also make this saving throw when it enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there.
The cloud moves 10 feet directly away from you in a direction that you choose at the start of each of your turns.
Screams mix with the sizzling of flesh as more of the slaves are brutally slain. Ug has only a moment to react before the incendiary cloud rolls over him and his mother, but the goliath dives to protect his mother. He wraps her in his arms and gives her a hug like only an oversized son can give his tiny mother.
Malavon cries out in rage as the cloud persists, every ounce of his hate and loathing fueling the devastating spell.
"How does it feel to know as you die that nothing you've done matters?!"
Supernatural ice forms over goliath and gnome in response to the heat, but as the fire cloud bears down more fully Ug is forced to channel all of his being into keeping his mother safe (
Ug takes 45 fire damage). As the flames bite at his back, Nancy stays safely encased in a cocoon of ice - and in her son's arms.
Despite the pain, Ug feels something deep within his heart shift - something that for too long had been out of place is set suddenly, perfectly, right (
Ug gains 1 Hero Point, a d6 that he can add to any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check that he makes).
Still, this fight is not over, by any means. The golem before Ug flares with engraved runes as the flames bathe it, and it seems to draw strength from the fire (
Golem 1 is healed 22 points).
