Chapter 2.1b: Search Party (Hochoch)

Round two
(this was preceded by round one, followed by round three)Despite having two other monsters near him trying to kill him, Manthis bravely attempts to distract Undead Five from its attack on Arya. The various blows from the others throws off his aim, and Undead Five is able to evade the greatsword.

Rosemary's shout of "GET BACK!" is followed up by a furious series of swings with the heavy paddle at Undead One, but none of them connect with the eerily-gliding corpse.

Undead One attacks Rosemary. The falchion bites deep into the little barbarian.
Rosemary takes 3 slashing damage (reduced by Rage from 7).
On the other side, Undead Two attacks Rosemary, stabbing the dagger into Rosemary.
Rosemary takes 2 piercing damage (reduced by Rage from 4).
Undead Three chooses its target between Arya and Manthis. It focuses on Manthis. The club flicks out and over the warrior's greatsword before he can block it, hitting him between the eyes with a blow that makes his head ring.
Manthis takes 6 bludgeoning damage (4 plus the 2 crit damage).
Undead Four attacks Manthis. Dazed by the blow to his head, Manthis is unable to dodge the stabbing short sword, which plunges up into his armpit.
Manthis takes 7 piercing damage and collapses, dying.
Undead Five attacks Arya, its staff twirling silently in its decaying hands. One ends bats her warhammer aside just enough for the other end to swing around and smack her hard in the side.
Arya takes 3 bludgeoning damage.Arya retaliates against Undead Five, striking back with the warhammer so hard it passes through its head. Something about the damage exceeds the ability of the animating magic to keep it together, and the headless corpse falls.
Undead Five takes 20 bludgeoning damage and falls inert (destroyed). The air was thick with the stench of decay and blood. One undead had fallen, but at a terrible cost. Arya saw that she and Rosemary were battered and bleeding, and Manthis lay dying. "Run!" Arya shrieked, her voice cracking. "It's hopeless! We have to survive to warn the nearest town!" She bolted, her feet pounding against the earth as she fled past Jonel.

Horrified and in pain with blood pouring from the gash in his chest, Jonel murmurs the words over his cupped hands to cast Fog Cloud. Mist billows out from his hands and envelops the campsite. Unseen, the sorcerer moves away, finding the cliff face by touch and putting his back to it. Everything within the fog is heavily obscured, which means that there is no line of sight and all sight-based attacks in the fog will have DISADV.

@KidEnnui - let me know if I have to position of the cloud right or wrong from what you intended. I will adjust it if it's wrong.

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20 - Manthis (0/11) DYING
9 - Rosemary (3/13) Raging
9 - Undead One (-16) Two, Three, Four, Five
6 - Arya (7/10)
1 - Jonel (2/7)

Round two continued...Undead One attacks Rosemary. The falchion bites deep into the little barbarian.
Rosemary takes 3 slashing damage (reduced by Rage from 7).
On the other side, Undead Two attacks Rosemary, stabbing the dagger into Rosemary.
Rosemary takes 2 piercing damage (reduced by Rage from 4).
Undead Three chooses its target between Arya and Manthis. It focuses on Manthis. The club flicks out and over the warrior's greatsword before he can block it, hitting him between the eyes with a blow that makes his head ring.
Manthis takes 6 bludgeoning damage (4 plus the 2 crit damage).
Undead Four attacks Manthis. Dazed by the blow to his head, Manthis is unable to dodge the stabbing short sword, which plunges up into his armpit.
Manthis takes 7 piercing damage and collapses, dying.
Undead Five attacks Arya, its staff twirling silently in its decaying hands. One ends bats her warhammer aside just enough for the other end to swing around and smack her hard in the side.
Arya takes 3 bludgeoning damage.

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20 - Manthis (0/11) DYING
9 - Rosemary (3/13) Raging
9 - Undead One (-16) Two, Three, Four, Five (-8)
6 - Arya (7/10)
1 - Jonel (2/7)

WIP...

Arya hp 7/10

Attack five for 20 dmg?

Round two continued...

Arya retaliates against Undead Five, striking back with the warhammer so hard it passes through its head. Something about the damage exceeds the ability of the animating magic to keep it together, and the headless corpse falls.
Undead Five takes 20 bludgeoning damage and falls inert (dead again).

Round two continued...

Rosemary's shout of "GET BACK!" is followed up by a furious series of swings with the heavy paddle, but none of them connect with the eerily-gliding corpse.Arya destroys undead five.

Horrified and in pain with blood pouring from the gash in his chest, Jonel murmurs the words over his cupped hands to cast Fog Cloud. Mist billows out from his hands and envelops the campsite. Unseen, the sorcerer moves away, finding the cliff face by touch and putting his back to it. Everything within the fog is heavily obscured, which means that there is no line of sight and all sight-based attacks in the fog will have DISADV.

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20 - Manthis (0/11) DYING
9 - Rosemary (3/13) Raging
9 - Undead One (-16) Two, Three, Four, Five
6 - Arya (7/10)
1 - Jonel (2/7)

@DireHalfling - I'm sorry for the confusion! After stepping behind Rosemary, Jonel was next to the fire. Then he cast the spell, and moved north of the center as you described; that brings him up against the cliff face. But that may be my misinterpreting what you wrote:
Does "Bottom of the Fog Cloud" mean the lowest point of the sphere, so that the center of the cloud is over his head, like in this picture (this is what I took you to mean):or does "Bottom of the Fog Cloud" mean the southernmost edge of the sphere, so that the bulk of the cloud is a hemisphere to the north, like in this picture:Let me know which you meant, and I will correct/adjust the record accordingly.

Also, if you thought he was against the cliff face, where do you want him to go? Up the cliff, or northeast along the cliff?

The air was thick with the stench of decay and blood. One undead had fallen, but at a terrible cost. Arya and Rosemary were battered and bleeding, and Mantis lay dying. "Run!" Arya shrieked, her voice cracking. "It's hopeless! We have to survive to warn the nearest town!" She bolted, her feet pounding against the earth as she disappeared through the fog cloud.

After destroying Undead Five, Arya runs past Jonel. Undead Three does not use its reaction to attack her as she leaves.

Then Jonel casts his Fog Cloud.

That's the end of round two.

Round three
(this was preceded by round two, followed by round four)
Manthis writhes, bleeding, on the ground.
Manthis has one failed death save.

"Why won't you die... uhh... again?" the barbarian baker cries, swinging her paddle at unseen enemies in the fog. Rosemary blindly steps to the north, and Undead Four, unable to perceive the movement, does not use its reaction to attack. It is unnerving for the heroes, moving in the thick fog, knowing that the completely silent undead are in there with them...somewhere. Confident that the blinding fog will conceal her even if she makes noise. Rosemary faces the approximate direction where she last saw Jonel and, remembering that Arya was the only one to introduce herself to the man, calls out to the newcomer "Follow Mother Arkon. I'll get Mantis." Enveloped by the fog, Undead One strikes out blindly in a random direction.
It savagely slashes the fog directly south of it...right where Undead Two stands! Unfortunately, it misses!
Undead Two, unaware that it was just attacked and standing at the very edge of the fog, chooses a direction to enter the cloud (there are four possible directions. 1 is west, moving clockwise). Moving directly towards Rosemary, it stabs with its dagger at the barbarian when it feels resistance! Rosemary is stabbed, her rage reduces the damage, but it is still enough to drop her in her tracks!
Rosemary takes 3 damage (reduced by Rage from 6) and falls, dying. Jonel hears the meaty slice and the thud as something heavy falls to the ground nearby.
Undead Three enters the fog in a random direction (there are three directions: 1 is northwest, moving clockwise), moving 10' to the northwest. It bumps into the cliff face and attacks it savagely with its club. Jonel can hear the thwacking of wood on stone nearby.
Undead Four moves north toward the fog, and then chooses a random direction just as Undead Three did before it (3 possible directions, NW is 1, moving clockwise). Running into Undead One, Undead Four blindly attacks with its short sword. The sword catches Undead One unawares!
Undead One takes 5 piercing damage and is destroyed!Arya calls upon Pelor's might and shines his light in the darkness. But it does little to soothe her panic, as she's all alone. Moving cautiously around the fog bank, she screams into the night, hoping the living will hear her and somehow the undead won't: "Follow my voice! We can't defeat them now! We have to retreat, regroup, and fight another day, with reinforcements!" To her horror, she sees two things: the decayed, moldy boots of one of the undead half-seen in the mist (Arya can see a little bit of Undead Two, though it cannot see her), and her stalwart companion of many days, Manthis, dying just a few paces from her. He's clearly in desperate need of healing or at least stabilization.

Hearing Arya's voice, Jonel creeps cautiously through the fog toward her...and his toes bump up against Rosemary, writhing at his feet. He cannot see who it is, but he can tell it is one of the living women, as she is still audibly breathing. It's probably the one who was protecting him, and told him to follow 'Mother Arkon.'Jonel retrieves Rosemary's dying body, first dragging, then, when he emerges from the fog and sees her condition, picking her up in his arms. He staggers over to Arya, whereupon he, too, sees Manthis in a similar state. The dying warrior is brightly illuminated in the light of Pelor's shining from Arya's shield.

There is still a clash and clang of weapons from within the fog. The night air is chill on Arya's exposed skin, and the halfling's hot blood soaking into Jonel's robe does not show up on the black fabric, but it does begin to cool.

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20 - Manthis (0/11) Dying one failure
9 - Rosemary (0/13) Dying
9- Corpse One Two Three Four Five
6 - Arya (7/10)
1 - Jonel (2/7) concentrating

Rosemary screams. "Why won't you die... uhh... again?"