Chapter One: The Iron Sphere of Sthombo

The party wins initiative. You can all take an action, except for Felor who already went. Remember it'll take 2 rounds to move within melee range.

As she traces strange and otherworldly symbols with her hands Tzipporah whispers a word long forgot word. With a sickly tearing sound a green blast burst forth from her fingers at one of the attackers in the bush.
"Take one of them alive!"

The grave/tree is behind you, then ahead is the ruined village, then the bushes.

OOC: Can Vad see either of the men from his current position?

You can see two of them, the third is still concealed.

sorry i isn't post yesterday guys,

Carillion will run toward the blackberry bushes, hefting his bellhammer above his head. (25 feet)

When he gets as close as he is able be will slam the hammer's pommel onto the ground, and a deafening clang blasts toward the bushes

(Thunderwave, 15 foot cone, directed on the bushes. Target(s) must make a con saving throw, DC 12 or take 2d8 Thunder damage and be pushed 10 feet. Successful save they take half damage and are not pushed.)

(Additionally, any unsecured items in th zone are also pushed, possibly removing the leaves from the bushes removing the enemy's cover?)

Carillion will need another round to get in range to Thunderwave the bushes.

The flare of Tzipporah's Eldritch Blast burning one ambusher's coat gives Leth an obvious target. He puts an arrow in the wounded man's belly; this one will fight no more.

The two unhurt assailants return fire.

Tzipporah cries out when the arrow finds its mark on her. Scowling in hatred at her foe, she dips her fingers into her component pouch. Tzipporah retrieves two small tarts and a feather. Crumbling the tarts as she waves the feather in front of her; she whispers a strange and blasphemous word.
Tzipporah casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter on the unengaged foe.

Seeing his first try at attacking had little chance of succeeding, Carillion sprints forward and slams his hammer on the ground again, trying to blast the leaves off the bushes, and the consciousness from the attackers.


thunderwave again, DC 12 con saving throw. Half damage on a save.

Frekki runs to the bushes, swinging her greatsword over her head and bringing it down on one of the attackers' bodies.

Geez, 1's for days!

I'm on the verge of filing a bug report about the RNG ;)

At Tzipporah's dark utterance, the other visible ambusher starts to gibber and cackle in a loud, unsettling way, but only for a moment: the deranged laughter goes abruptly silent when Leth's arrow pierces his throat.

As Carillion unleashes his Thunderwave the bushes shudder violently, berries burst and leaves and branches go flying. You hear a sound of impact and a grunt of pain from behind the thicket.