ROUND TEN
(this was preceded by round nine, followed by round eleven)
In the depths of the endless void,
Ishi is chilled (
Ishi takes 9 cold damage), and rushes around the corner to confront the
Lord Mayor's Men when/if they return that way. He emerges into heat and light again, seeing part of an east-west hallway lined with columns, some of which have lit lanterns. Not far away, he sees a wounded archer (Lord Mayor's Man two) facing away from him.
OOC:
@forkbeard - Given that you were so close to the edge of the spell, even with the Difficult terrain, you still have 5' of movement remaining. You can have Ishi step forward and attack if you wish, or just end his turn there without drawing attention to himself (and possibly preparing an attack). reaches down into himself and summons the familiar fury once again. Ishi enters rage, and prepares an attack for when an enemy steps into range.
The
Lord Mayor's Men, meanwhile, are talking amongst themselves. Did they hear their boss just now?
"What was that?"
"That was me. I stubbed my toe on Lheri here..."
"No, no, no...I think it was the Boss!"
"The BOSS??!"
"Yeah, listen - he's talking to someone!"
"Uh...how can you tell?"
"You have a point. But let's go see!"
"Yeah, we don't want to not be there when he wants us!"
Both
Ishi and
Morik can hear the sound of boots running.
"Come on, lads! We don't want to keep the boss waitin'!" Lord Mayor's Men Five and Eight dash to cover the distance of the hallway, and they come into view, pulling up short when they see Ishi. They shout in surprise.
"Oy! Who are you?! What's that black stuff?!?!!"
Having used their Cunning Actions to Dash, they could still attack...but they're unsure of who
Ishi is, so their hand crossbows hang loosely in their hands, not
quite aimed at the barbarian.
Ishi looks daggers at them, the cords standing out on his neck as his rage builds, but none of them have come within his reach yet.
Elowin is likewise chilled (
Elowin takes 5 cold damage), and pushed through the tentacle-filled darkness to find a place to breathe in the corner of the room. With her darkvision, she can see a bit of the room. The writhing black surface undulating in front of her face curves up in a vast dome in front of her, but it is lower that the dome of the roof by 10'. The dwarves, elves, halflings, and humans depicted in the dome still frolic in their frescoes above, belying the seriousness of the situation.
Lunea's soothing touch reassures
Elowin that the stars she saw in the depths of the darkness had nothing to do with Her.
I am still with you,
Lunea seems to say, and Elowin responds:
O Great Luna, Mother of the Night Sky,
You who watch over the earth in silence,
Your face, ever-changing, yet constant.
By your light, we walk the sacred path.
We call upon you now, in this hour of need,
To drive away the darkness that poisons the land,
To cleanse the shadow that hides from the sun.
Let your light purify all that is foul.
In your name, O Moon Mother,
We banish the cold darkness and restore the light.
So let it be.
The goddess' will pulses forth from her beloved vessel.
Elowin, Morik, Adran, Mara, and Eozindra all now have 9 temporary HP.
[ +- ] The Great Room, early in round ten
,
Six, and
Nine are a little slower on the uptake. They don't hear the
Lord Mayor berating
Eozindra in the distance, but they
do hear their fellow robbers, and so when they run, these three robbers Dash after them. They pull up short in the hallway in front of
Ishi, too.
"Yeh, who're yoo?" The one closest to our hero growls, gesturing with his mace in
Ishi's face, wafting the smell of stale sweat at him. They do not attack this round...but
Lord Mayor's Man Six has stepped close enough for
Ishi to unleash his anger.
"I AM YOUR DOOM!" Ishi yells, his axe lashing out.
Lord Mayor's Man Six flinches back, just barely dodging the blow.
"Eek!" the robber squeals, then coughs to cover the sound, acting as if he wasn't frightened, adding gruffly.
"Looks like this one wants to tussle!"[ +- ] Round ten, three more robbers appear
freezes in the empty void.
Morik takes 9 cold damage. Eschewing the voices he hears close by,
Morik plunges through the freezing darkness toward where he saw the
Lord Mayor himself. He comes up against
Adran shivering in the darkness, and he can smell
Eozindra in front of him, too. He manages to avoid the grasping tentacles in the darkness.
Lord Mayor's Man Two whirls around, his jaw agape at the sight of
Ishi behind him. He's never seen
Ishi before, but he was expecting that the intruders were where he'd left them: back in the
Library.
"Where did YOU come from?" he wonders, as he draws his bow back to his cheek and releases the arrow. Then he pulls, nocks, draws, and releases again. The first arrow hits, the second misses.
Ishi takes 2 damage (reduced from 4 by
Rage).
Lord Mayor's Men Four and
Seven, furthest away from this room, have to dash to get back into view. The begin to nock arrows, but they're out of actions for this turn.
Her lungs freezing,
Elysia takes 7 cold damage. In the dark, she hears more and more voices of the enemy. Not particularly wanting to rush toward the spellcaster, she pushes through the void (using her
Cunning Action to
Dash), emerging from the darkness at
Ishi's side. Immediately assessing the situation, she lunges with her rapier at
Lord Mayor's Man Six. He grunts as her blade digs into him;
Lord Mayor's Man Six takes 11 damage.
Face to face with the fallen noble,
Eozindra begins to exhort,
"Please, sir! Let us speak calmly. I know we can resolve this peaceably..." but the
Lord Mayor interjects, his own dialogue continuing:
"We told her to kneel, didn't we, Dweller?"
"We did indeed."
"If she won't kneel, then she must FALL!"
The
Lord Mayor puts forth his hand and a gust of toxic fumes jets forth. The poison sprays in
Eozindra's face.
Eozindra takes 7 poison damage. She continues her plea,
"I beg you, release us from this darkness and let us discuss as the gentlefolk I know we both are," casting
Charm Person on the
Lord Mayor as she does so. He resists the pull of the magic, saying
"But the darkness...the darkness is so beautiful."
At the beginning of their turns,
Adran and
Mara try to withstand the chill of the depths of space.
Adran takes 8 cold damage.
Mara takes 5 cold damage.
[ +- ] The battle in the Great Room, near the end of round ten
Rebuffed by the unexpectedly burly resistance of the
Lord Mayor,
Adran ends up back in the darkness, but he blindly avoids being grasped by the unseen acidic tentacles in the void between the stars.
Mara scuttles forward, and ends its turn once again by
Adran's side. The tentacles grab it, however, and
Mara takes 9 acid damage.[ +- ] Great Room at the end of round ten
20 - Ishi (20/35)
18 - Lord Mayor's Men Five and Eight
15 - Elowin (12/24, 9 temp HP) Twilight
13 - Lord Mayor's Men Three, Six, and Nine
10 - Morik (Bear 34/34, Dwarf 13/33)
10 - Lord Mayor's Men Two, Four, and Seven
8 - Elysia (16/24)
3 - Lord Mayor
1 - Eozindra (12/15, 2 temp HP)
1 - Adran (22/26, 1 temp HP)
1 - Mara (7/20)
