The Captain steps from the hand onto the deck of the tender and claps Servius on the shoulder. "Good man. I knew you understood me." She draws her bow once more and fires two shots into the air elemental.
Meanwhile... The shatter strikes the spotlight and it crazes, spraying glass and hot coal into the audience. The thunder itself strikes down several of the attendants pointing it. One of the fallen slaves collapses against the capstan and the spotlight swings wildly, away from the tender.
Meanwhile... Nibum's grapnels shoot up and drag down two of the pit masters, throwing them into the pit with the purple worm. The worm, unconstrained by the priest and ravenous, lunges and gulps one of them down immediately. The other it strikes with its poisonous stinger, but the pitmaster is immune. Rumble dodges the attacks of the pit master he has engaged and returns to the tender.
Merr Vrael in the storm serpent form descends on the deck of the tender and engulfs everyone standing there. She unleashes a barrage of vortex winds... but everyone stands strong and weathers the storm. She shrieks frustration and dives under the door into the tender, an icy wind under the door. Everyone on the deck strikes as the wind as it passes, but it's not enough to destroy the elemental.
Within the cabin, she engulfs Ttharg and Fork; despite the whirling winds, Fork keeps his head and reactivates the tender's invisibility and steps on the gas. The tender shoots up 120 feet, blasting past the couatls. Three of them feel you passing and lash out, trying to constrict the ship, but all fail.
The tender, invisible, blasts away into a clear blue sky. One pit master leaps into the pit and strikes the purple worm with his cudgel, banishing it back to the dungeons and spilling the swallowed priest and pit master onto the sand. The others up on the wall hurl balls of flame, igniting the remaining lanterns, and the slaves search the sky for you fruitlessly.
If it weren't for the angry druid in the tender, you'd be home and dry.
Spoiler: Summary
Show
ACTIONS:
Nibum's Grasping Vine throws Pitmaster 2 and Pitmaster 3 into the Pit. They each take 7 falling damage and are prone.
The Captain attacks Merr Vrael in air elemental form with her bow. Both attacks hit, doing 16 damage, plus 3 cold from Rumble's reaction. She uses her bonus action to inspire Servius.
Ttharg's Shatter spell kills some of the malison slaves manning the spotlight outright. One of them falls on the capstan and swings it away from the tender. (Nat 20 luck check)
The Purple Worm attacks (at advantage) and swallows Pitmaster 2. He takes 18 damage. It attacks Pitmaster 3 with its stinger (at advantage) and he takes 21 piercing damage, but is immune to the poison. The swallowed Priest takes 24 more damage.
Merr Vrael descends and engulfs the group on the deck. She uses her Air Elemental Whirlwind ability, but everyone (Servius, Captain Magyar, Nibum, Triceratool) make the DC 13 saving throw. No one is thrown off the deck, but everyone takes 8 bludgeoning damage. She moves into the tender, taking opportunity attacks. She takes 13 damage from the Captain; 5 damage from Servius; 7 damage from Nibum; 8 from Triceratool. Within the tender, she engulfs Ttharg and Fork. She uses a bonus action and a 5th level spell slot to heal 28 hp.
Rumble moves 30 feet back to the deck of the tender; the pitmaster's opportunity attack misses. Fork uses his action to restore invisibility. He moves 60 feet and then bonus action moves another 60, escaping the stadium.
Pitmaster 1 moves to the purple worm and hits it with his cudgel. It is banished back to the dungeon. 3 other pitmasters light 3 more lanterns, but they cannot find the tender against a Stealth of 38. With nothing better to do, the couatls attack the hand, doing 8 damage.
DAMAGE:
Servius - 8 dmg
Nibum - 8 dmg
Captain Magyar - 8 dmg
Triceratool - 8 dmg
Hand - 8 dmg
Merr Vrael - (27 dmg) 45 dmg
Malison Priest - 49 dmg
Pitmaster 1 - 7 dmg
Pitmaster 2 - 25 dmg
Pitmaster 3 - 28 dmg
INITIATIVE:
20 - Merr Vrael
19 - Fork / Tender
18 - Pitmasters & Priest & Couatls
12 - Servius
11 - Nibum
8 - Captain Magyar
4 - Ttharg
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