Keosenes And His Troubles [IC]

[JNAProductions]

OOC Thread

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Haun is a moderate town. It's situated south of a larger city, but has a burgeoning set of mages. The most notable being Keosenes, known for his experiments and research.

His laboratory was formerly a hut, on the outskirts of town. It's now closer to an underground bunker, partially due to Keosenes needing a layer of earth between him and stray ley lines, partially due to the residents of Haun telling him "Keep this stuff contained or you're going to get people killed." This is where you find yourselves now, just outside the entrance.

[Benoojian]

Horace rapped firmly at the door, "Keosenes, some in the village said you needed help with some 'elemental beasties'. We are here to assist however we can." This wasn't precisely the sort of job Horace had in mind, but letting his experiments run free through the town wasn't exactly chivalrous either now was it?

[JNAProductions]

There's a muffled "Coming!" followed by a few crashing sounds. It's an uncomfortably long time before the door opens, revealing a thin man with bright, curious eyes. "Ah, hello!" he says. "I am Keosenes-you are?"

[Lioslaith]

Squeaks, as they had taken to calling him, leaned around the others to get a look at who was speaking.

[Auranghzeb]

Traveling around with Dragon and Shell as he mockingly called them, had been interesting. Their heightened sense of honor and worth was intriguing to Yrkoon. But at least they were better conversationist than Squeaks.

Upon seeing the curious looking man Yrkoon makes formal introductions:

We are but a group of adventurers, a colorful one, looking for sustenance by way of odd jobs. We were directed to this establishment.

[JNAProductions]

"Ah, right, right! Well, everything is-" he starts, before there's a loud thud from somewhere inside. "Not going the best at the moment. Er, come in, please-but keep your wits about you."

He leads you in, where the rooms are lit by some sort of crystal inlay. There are no windows, you notice, as he leads you down some stairs. "I was experimenting with some elemental reagents, and, well, things got out of hand. There's some things loose-little prankster spirits bonded with the reagents. So be careful."

As he warns you, you hear a faint muttering, and he slumps over to the ground, snoring. The rest of you soon feel magic wash over you, dropping to the ground in a peaceful slumber, with only Squeaks left standing.

Spoiler: OOC

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Roll initiative!

Your foes succeeded on their Stealth against your Passive Perceptions, and they used Sleep to get to you. That being said, Squeaks doesn't sleep.
Good luck!

Foes: (5d20)[3][20][2][12][9](46) +2 each
Isthen: (1d20+0)[9]
Horace: (1d20+0)[6]
Yrkoon: (1d20+3)[20]
Squeaks: (1d20+2)[15]

Order is:

Foe 1
Yrkoon
Squeaks
Foe 2
Foe 3
Isthen
Horace
Foe 4
Foe 5

New IC in a moment for Foe 1.

[JNAProductions]

A small dust spirit pops out from its hiding spot, and attempts to claw the sole standing member of the party.

Spoiler: Attack

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(1d20+4)[14]
(1d4+2)[3] Slashing damage.

[Doggie_arf]

Isthen Gemwing always took care of his appearance.

What was inside mattered more, of course, but people always judged by first impressions. And as a devotee of the Goddess of Wisdom, was it not wise for him to put his best foot forward? How could he lead by example if he didn't look like a leader?

That was why his vestments were clean and his armor and scales polished, and that was no easy task after days of travel. But the extra effort was worthwhile if it made the townsfolk of Haun view them more favorably.

...well, his clothes weren't so pristine now that he was snoozing on the dusty floor of Keosenes' basement. Some days just weren't auspicious at all.

[Lioslaith]

Dodging the attack, Squeaks spends his turn kicking his companions awake. "Awaken! Now is no time for a nap, we are beset!"

Squeaks takes a few more steps forward and grows to a large size, his body transforming itself.

[JNAProductions]

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You can use an action to awaken someone. I'm fine with awakening people in init order, so Isthen is up next! You are prone, but otherwise unharmed.

Two more of the spirits float down from their roost above, targeting Squeaks.

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(1d20+4)[6]
(1d4+2)[5]

(1d20+4)[14]
(1d4+2)[6]

[Doggie_arf]

Isthen woke up as Squeaks shook him, finding himself lying on dust and surrounded by...more dust.

"Buh? What-what treachery is - wake up, Sir Horace, we are surrounded!"

Coughing up what felt like a lungful of dust, the cleric of Athena pushed himself upright and smacked the snoozing knight on the shell.

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Half movement to stand, action to shake Horace awake.

[JNAProductions]

Two more spirits make themselves known. One of them blasts a gout of choking, blinding dust at your assemblage, while the other takes a swipe at the newly standing Isthen. The first one, intent on dealing with Squeaks, tries its luck again.

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DC 10 Dexterity save from everyone! Blinded for one minute if you fail, repeat save at the end of your turn if you failed the first time.
If you're knocked out, you autofail, because you're unconscious. Which is just Yrkoon, I believe, and Keosenes. This DOES wake you up, at least. :)

Squeaks' Save: (1d20+2)[13]
Isthen's Save(1d20+0)[12]
Horace's Save(1d20+0)[15]

Attack on Isthen:
(1d20+4)[8]
(1d20+4)[10] Advantage if Isthen fails the save
(1d4+2)[4]

Attack on Squeaks:
(1d20+4)[15]
(1d20+4)[18] Advantage if Squeaks fails the save
(1d4+2)[5]

[Benoojian]

Horace rolls straight into combat as he is awakened, humming a melody that resonates in his hammer and makes green flames leap around the weapon before he strikes.

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Half movement to stand, activate Bladesong as bonus action, move to nearest pair of Spirits and Green Flame Blade them

(1d20+6)[26] Attack
(1d8+4)[9] Bludgeoning damage on spirit 1
5 Fire Damage on spirit 2 if attack hits
AC is now 23 for 1 minute among other Bladesong bonuses

[JNAProductions]

The spirit that Horace targets directly explodes into a shower of dust, some of it landing in Horace's face.
The other nearby spirit takes a nasty jolt of fire, but is still up and about.

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DC 10 Con save. (1d20+3)[13] to avoid being blinded for one minute, save at the end of your turn to shake it off.

Yrkoon is up next!

[Auranghzeb]

Yrkoon

Yrkoon awakes with a shock and his vision completely blurried and obscured. He stretches his hand and tries to clean his eyes to no effect. He tries to set himself in a defensive position while his vision clears.

Spoiler: OoC

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can't really do much, mostly because I didn't pick any spells I could use while blinded... rolling the save (1d20+3)[22] With advantage from Spell resistance (1d20+3)[7]

[JNAProductions]

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Squeaks is up next.
And this is not a spell-so no advantage. But your initial roll passed anyway.

[Lioslaith]

Seeing his companions rally Squeaks takes aim at one of the dust mites

(1d20+6)[7]
(1d8+4)[12]
(1d6)[1]

[JNAProductions]

Spoiler: Init Order

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Foe 1
Yrkoon
Squeaks
Foe 2
Foe 3
Isthen
Horace
Foe 4 [-10]
Foe 5

Squeaks' attack goes wide, and they retaliate with a mischievous giggle.

Spoiler: OOC

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(1d20+4)[8]
(1d4+2)[6]

(1d20+4)[7]
(1d4+2)[3]

[Doggie_arf]

Isthen coughed as he shielded his face from another gout of dust - the creatures seemed to love throwing it around, and he dearly wished they would stop. At least they weren't that good at actually hitting anyone - thank Athena for small mercies.

Setting himself behind his shield, the cleric murmured a prayer to his goddess, and a brief flare of divine energy erupted around himself, Squeaks and Horace.

"Now - strike again!" he commanded, and the energy pulsed across Horace a second time, lending further vigor to the tortle knight to finish off his foe.

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Casting bless on self, Squeaks and Horace.

As part of same action, using Voice of Authority on one target of the spell - Horace may spend his reaction to make a weapon attack on one target Isthen can see (Foe 4).

Slots remaining: 1st: 3; 2nd: 2

[Benoojian]

Horace follows the tactician's order swinging at the damaged foe. Then, regardless of the result, he strides over to the pair accosting Squeaks and takes a magical swing at them as well, "The creature seemed to take extra damage from my fire."

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Reaction (1d20+6)[22] warhammer foe 4
(1d8+4)[12] bludgeoning
Move (possibly taking AoO if foe 4 didn't die)
Action Green Flame Blade on Foe 2 and 3 (1d20+6)[9]
(1d8+4)[10] bludgeoning on foe 2 and 5 fire on foe 3 on a hit

[JNAProductions]

Spoiler: Init Order

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Foe 1
Yrkoon
Squeaks
Foe 2
Foe 3
Isthen
Horace
Foe 4
Foe 5

Keosenes, who's rolled away from the battle and is trying to clear his eyes, says "They're not that durable, but they won't stop till their bodies are smashed. I can bind them once that happens."

True to his words, the spirits keep assailing you, one of them going for Horace this time.

Spoiler: OOC

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(1d20+4)[6]
(1d4+2)[4]

[Auranghzeb]

Finally able to see their opponents, Yrkoon hissess in anger and irritation, he focuses his arcane energy on the enemies unleashing a barrage of magic missiles. Then he prepares his crossbow.

Spoiler: OoC

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2 missiles to foe 1, 1 missile to any other foe alive. (2d4+2)[9] and (1d4+1)[5]

[Lioslaith]

Squeaks targets the closest dust sprite to him.

Spoiler: Rolls

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(1d20+6)[18]
(1d8+4)[5] plus (1d6)[2]

Action Surge on a different one if it hits, same one if it doesn't
(1d20+6)[25]
(1d8+4)[10] plus (1d6)[1]

[JNAProductions]

Squeaks' blows take down another one. The spirits, unmoored by physical worries, continue their assault, even as they're winnowed down.

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Foe 1
Yrkoon
Squeaks
Foe 2
Foe 3
Isthen
Horace

(1d20+4)[18]
(1d4+2)[5]

Targeting Squeaks again.

[Doggie_arf]

Much of the dust had cleared, but those pesky creatures were still mobile.

Turning his head so he wouldn't get anything in his lungs, Isthen inhaled sharply, before stepping forward and exhaling a blast of sound at the remaining spirits.

Spoiler: OOC

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Expending 1 use of Breath Weapon (1 use left).

(1d10)[5] thunder damage (Dex DC 13 halves).

[JNAProductions]

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Quick note-if you know how many saves need to be rolled, roll an unmodified d20 for each save.
I'll add the mods as needed.

(2d20)[1][15](16)+2 each.

Neither spirit is taken down by the blast, but they're injured.

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Foe 1 [-5]
Yrkoon
Squeaks
Foe 3 [-3]
Isthen
Horace

[Benoojian]

Horace hums a note in the direction of the more injured sprite, one that will chime and echo until it explodes in the creature's mind.

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Toll The Dead: DC 15 Wisdom save Foe 1

(1d12)[6] necrotic damage on a fail

[JNAProductions]

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As a reminder, just roll a straight d20 with any saves.

(1d20)[5] In this case, they don't have a Wis bonus anyway.

The spirit snarls and disengages, flitting up to the ceiling and vanishing into the rafters.

[Auranghzeb]

Yrkoon

Irritated, Yrkoon points at the remaining enemy and the sound of a dolorous bell fills the air while necrotic energy flies towards the enemy.

Spoiler: OoC

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Toll the Dead wis save (1d20)[3] vs 14 or take (1d12)[6]
Move action slap Keosenes Awake

[Lioslaith]

Squeaks attacks another foe

Spoiler: Attacks

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(1d20+6)[22]
(1d8+4)[8]
plus (1d6)[4]