The ringing of bells in his ears continues to eat away at Kronryn's strength, but the drow's haughtiness is not all bravado - even in the face of the turning tides and beastly claws, he stands strong. The spider's many legs grip the wall fiercely, resisting Faedryl's unseen attempts to knock it loose. "The prisoners are loose!" he shouts, trying to get the attention of the quaggoth on the other side of the waterfall. Whether his words made it through the roaring water is unclear. Taking blade in hand, he delivers another brutal attack to Derendil, who perseveres through wild rage.
Striding up past Jimjar, Shuushar reaches out and lays a webbed hand upon Topsy's back. Burbling healing incantations in Deep Speech bring about a soft glow that mends the claw marks the quaggoth left upon her. She mutters a quiet thanks that he may not have even heard over the clanging metal and snarls.
Buppido senses weakness in the quaggoth Sarith struck, and shifts his stance to plunge his shiv into its exposed side. It opens up like a cask of ale, bleeding upon the ground and staggering from the loss. But its balance is recovered in time to avoid Buppido trying to dig his fingers into the wound and pry it open further. A gleaming red playing card sails past between both of them, sticking into the quaggoth's side. It explodes like a small bomb, leaving yet another brutal wound. The beast looks woozy, struggling not to fall over. But there is a vicious gleam in its eyes, born of brutal spite.
Spoiler: Sarith
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Sarith is aware that quaggoth are especially dangerous when near death. Like a cornered rat, they will respond with vicious force, and have been known to overpower their attacker in the blink of an eye.
As the fighting continues, the demons thankfully take little interest in the mortals clawing at one another. The chasme continue their vicious chase against the fleeing vrock, their buzzing and shrieks moving away and making the bridge safer to cross, without the risk of unconsciousness from a demonic sickness.
Spoiler: Combat Log
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Faedryl casts Toll the Dead on Kronryn for 2 damage, but the spider resists her shove.
Shuushar casts Cure Wounds on Topsy, healing her for 6.
Buppido stabs Sarith's Quaggoth for an 18 damage sneak attack, but misses his offhand unarmed strike. It is badly wounded, but still up.
Kronryn hits Derendil for 10 damage, halved to 5 by Rage.
Jimjar uses Cartomancy on Sarith's Quaggoth, dealing an 11 damage Blades suit sneak attack. The Quaggoth will take 2 damage on its next turn.
It is Borthan's turn!
Spoiler: Initiative Order
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Brutus - 21
Duskryn - 21
Buppido - 20
Drow Elites - 20
Jimjar - 19
Borthan - 18
Topsy - 15
Mr. Spide - 15
Quaggoth - 12
Nilvae - 11
Derendil - 11
Sarith - 10
Stool - 10
Drow Warriors - 10
Asha - 10
Ilvara - 8
Shoor - 8
Ront - 7
Giant Spiders - 6
Turvy - 4
Faedryl - 3
Shuushar - 2
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