Round Four
The power of
Lunea throbs once more, the thrilling moonlight filling the party with a sense of warm summer nights in the open air...despite the reality that everyone is fighting savage monsters deep in the sewer.
Elowin sinks a shaft into the
Rust Monster, dealing 11 damage. Just like before, as it strikes, the arrowhead is destroyed, crumbling into rust. Her spiritual sickle misses. As
Lunea's light suffuses her, at the end of her turn,
Elowin has temporary HP.
Spinning his staff, Morik swings it up and over his head, bringing it down on the Rust Monster's head. The
Rust Monster takes 9 bludgeoning damage. The glory of the moon fills the dwarf; as his turn ends,
Morik has temporary HP.
Adran looses an energy bolt at the
Rust Monster, and this time the magic projectile spat out of the weapon strikes true. The
Rust Monster takes 8 piercing damage. The moonlight fills the artificer with the sense of his childhood and the wonder of discovering ancient secrets in disassembling a construct at night. Thus, at the end of his turn,
Adran has temporary HP.
Growling and snarling,
Ishi launches another javelin and it crits, skewering the
Rust Monster for 6 piercing damage. The Rust Monster shudders and dies as the javelin's head dissolves into rust. The moonlight gives him peace in his triumph. At the end of his turn,
Ishi has temporary HP.
Eozindra stops herself from stabbing the dying creature as even in death it is a hazard to ferrous metals and could dissolve her blade into rust. Soon enough, time and vermin will do their job and the corpse will return to inert organic material that won't destroy metallic belongings...but for now, everyone gives it a wide berth. The romantic moonlight fills her heart with song, and as her turns ends,
Eozindra has temporary HP.
Wide-eyed at her close call,
Elysia catches her breath, relieved. The light of the moon is a comfort like an older sister telling funny stories in the dark. As her turn ends,
Elysia has temporary HP.
OOC:
Note 1: When you already have temporary HP and then get more, you get to choose whether to keep the existing amount or replace it with the new amount. So if you had 8 temporary HP from before and didn't lose any in the combat, you'd probably want to keep the 8 rather than choosing to replace them with the 5 from this turn. But if you had 8 and took more than 3 damage, then you'd want to take the 5. The temp HP remain until your next long rest, so make sure to note them on your character sheets.
Note 2: While it didn't damage anyone itself, the Rust Monster's effects have been felt: every arrow and javelin that hit the Rust Monster is lost, and Adran's scale mail armor is now AC12. However, any missiles that
missed the Rust Monster are slimed but usable.
The encounter with the ravenous creatures has ended in another
victory! It's too early in the day to take another long rest (PCs can only take 1 long rest per day).
OOC:
As you are all considering whether to continue immediately, search, rest, and/or cast some spells, I'd like each of you to
roll 1d20 without any modifiers, like I've done here.
