A Faerie Affair - IC IV: Dragon with Butterfly Wings

[Ninja_Prawn]

Violet's levitate spell pulls a faerie free. He coughs and splutters, but manages to say "thank you, ma'am" to the petal.

Seeing Astra trying to pull at a vine, he summons the last reserves of his strength and tries to help her. Astra, please make a Strength check with advantage. The DC to break the grapple is 15.

"Hrng, come on!" He strains. "Stay with us Cal, we'll get you out of there!"

Spoiler: Death saves for the two remaining faereis

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(1d20)[1]
(1d20)[4]

That doesn't look good!

[Archmage1]

With only two faeries left to save, and time running out, Violet rushes over to the trapped Faerie that Astra wasn't helping. Seeing them not moving, her eyes go wide with worry, and she tries to help the faerie slip free, using her Cittern in an effort to stop the vine from tightening the mean hug further.

Spoiler: OOC

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Hopefully, she can aim more for a dexterity based escape, rather than a strength based one?
(1d20+4)[21] (Dex based Athletics. If it must be strength based, apply a -6 to it.
If she gets advantage as well?
(1d20+4)[5]

[WindStruck]

Spoiler: ooc

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heh, some big advantage I have...

(1d20-3)[14] (1d20-3)[7]

As Astra struggles with the vines she says, "Cmon everyone, help! Don't just sit there like snickerdoodles!"

[Ninja_Prawn]

There isn't really any way for Violet to benefit from her Dexterity here, but the extra leverage from the neck of her instrument is just enough to pry one faerie free (you see she's wearing a name-badge that identifies her as 'Sandy Lemonboots'). Astra, meanwhile, puts her back into it and almost overcomes the vine's grip, but can't quite pull Cal out of there.

Inspired by your efforts, the Special department faeries try their hands... Archibald and Keit begin hacking at the vines. They don't do much damage, but it creates an opportunity for Bruno to swoop in and rescue the trapped faerie. He succeeds, but isn't able to avoid a spiteful swipe from the plant creature as he tries to carry Cal out of their reach. Bruno and Cal tumble to the ground, both now unconscious!

Mimsie and Tuck rush over, attempting to provide medical help. Their skills aren't up to the task though, so now you have three casualties on your hands.

[WindStruck]

Astra flies over to try and heal the downed Faerie who was being strangled just a second ago, and now was hit by the plant!

Spoiler: ooc

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medicine: (1d20+5)[11]

[Archmage1]

As her last, desperate heave gets the slightly squished faerie free, Violet quickly hugs her to help her feel better, before she darts towards the last stuck faerie(Still carrying Sandy), just as Astra, Archibald, Keit, and Bruno manage to free Cal! A clear look of relief forms on her face, but it soon turns to horror as the mean plant takes one last spiteful act of revenge, and whacks Bruno and Cal.

If Sandy wakes up, Violet quickly provides more hugs, trying to help the formerly trapped faerie, and Bruno recover.

If Sandy doesn't wake up, Violet carefully flits over to a safe tree, and puts her down on a branch, before she darts back to the fallen to provide more hugs.

Spoiler

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Hugs, in this case, are Cure Wounds.
(1d8+3)[4] Sandy
(1d8+3)[7] Cal
(1d8+3)[11] Bruno

[Majin]

Spoiler: Kor

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Kor nodded to Hans, then prepared the form in his mind, a large brown bear. When the fearies seemed ready and they'd marched long enough to reach a more open area, Kor also cast a protective spell on himself. Right after that, he prepared to transform into a bear and roar, which he figured would be as good a sign as any.

Spoiler: OOC

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Kor casts Barkskin on himself, then Wildshapes into a bear if possible without the combat starting.

Initiative: (d20+3)[22]

[Ninja_Prawn]

Spoiler: Astra & Violet

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Astra's medical skills are better than Tuck and Mimsie's: despite being under a lot of pressure, she is able to stabilise Cal. He'll be laid up for a while with all these wounds, but at least he'll live. Violet can then cure Sandy and Bruno (she doesn't need to expend a spell slot on Cal if she doesn't want to), her magical hugs restoring them firmly to consciousness.

Archibald instucts the newly-conscious faeries to fly up into the trees for safety. It looks like everyone is going to be okay, and there aren't any signs yet that Kor's party has engaged any drow yet. After a minute or so, the faerie who responded to Astra's shout for help returns with a squad of armsmen, who proceed to attack the vines. By sword and spell, they hack the plant monsters down to size, forcing them back underground and eliminating the danger.

Spoiler: Kor

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As you move into the open area, you can feel the eyes of the drow on you. They're quiet and careful, thinking that you don't know they're there, so they try to sneak up on you slowly... and are totally caught off guard when you spring into action!

Hans and the gunners take up their positions as five drow warriors hurriedly put up their guards.

Spoiler: Initiative rolls

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Gunner faeries: (1d20+3)[22]
Hans: (1d20+3)[21]
Drow A: (1d20+2)[7]
Drow B: (1d20+2)[17]
Drow C: (1d20+2)[4]
Drow D: (1d20+2)[17]
Drow E: (1d20+2)[22]

So that means Kor can go first. The order will be:

Initiative:
22.2 Kor
22.1 Gunners
22 Drow E
21 Hans
17 All other drow

Kor's loud bear roar is surely audible to Astra and Violet. He sounds a ways off though, having put a bit of distance between his team and the others in his effort to lead the drow into a trap.

[Archmage1]

Spoiler: Violet & Astra

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Violet doesn't hesitate to hug Cal(And heal him), glad that he was ok, but before she can speak, she sees more faeries coming in, and chopping the poor Assassin vines into pieces. She frowns, looking saddened by the passing of the huggable plants, but before she can speak, she hears a bear roaring in the distance, and her sadness is swiftly broken by concern.
"Mr. Bear!" Without another word, she starts to flit in the direction of the roar, hoping to be able to save her friend.

[WindStruck]

Spoiler: Astra

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"Oh, thank goodness everyone got out of that alright!" Astra exclaims.

But before she has much of a chance to calm down and situate herself, there is a roar in the distance. It.. sounded kind of like a bear? And then Violet was off instantly!

"V-violet! Where are you going? Wait!"

[Archmage1]

Spoiler: Violet&Astra

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For a brief moment, Violet pauses as Astra calls out, and she spins about(And a couple of extra times, as she kills her momentum. "Mr. Bear might be in trouble!"
And then she's off once more.

[Majin]

Spoiler: Kor

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Korialstrasz, Bear HP 34/34, Kor HP: 32/32
AC: 16, PPerception: 17, Spell Save: 15, Concentrating on: Barkskin, Wildshaped as Black Bear

Happy about the effect his surprise attack was having on the Drow, Kor continued his charge, rushing the closest enemy with a whirlwind of teeth and claws.

Spoiler: OOC

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Bite: (d20+3)[21]
Damage: (d6+2)[3]

Claws: (d20+3)[22]
Damage: (2d4+2)[8]

[Ninja_Prawn]

Spoiler: Kor

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Kor's claws tear into drow A, dealing severe wounds. Meanwhile, the gunners on his back swing the blunderbuss around and discharge a hail of shot into drow B, penetrating her mail and inflicting 10 damage.

Drow E manages to collect her senses enough to send up a signal: she casts dancing lights to create a spinning red orb in the sky above you.

Next up, Hans gains some height in the centre of the clearing and draws a bead on drow B, finishing her off with a blast from his wand that's good for 5 damage.

Drow A, clutching his wounded stomach with one hand, has a black bear in his face, so he doesn't really have time to think of anything clever. He will attempt to stab at Kor with a shortsword: (1d210+4)[91]. The attack does not pierce Kor's barkskin.

Drow C and D are the last to react, clearly surprised to see cutting-edge human technology in a place like this. You hear them snap a few words to each other in what must be Undercommon. It sounds a lot like the Elvish you know, but the words are unfamiliar and too few in number for you to make much sense of them. The next thing that happens is less of a mystery: drow C speaks the incantation for faerie fire, and you feel the spell start to crawl over your fur.

I'll make the save for you, if that's okay: Dex (1d20)[10]. That's a failure. Kor is highlighted in shimmering light.
The gunners succeed on their save.

Finally, drow D fires their hand crossbow at Kor: (1d210+4)[137]
In case they have advantage: (1d210+4)[37]. The bolt hits for 4 damage! Kor will need to make a Constitution save against poison.

(hopefully) Back to Kor for the start of round 2!

Spoiler: Violet & Astra

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"Perhaps the lass is onto something," Archibald says to Astra. "Where there's danger, there's also glory!"

"At the very least, we shouldn't let her go off on her own," adds Keit in a drier tone.

Violet hears a distinct and unnatural sound, as if someone had trapped a thunderclap in tiny box. Even flying at top speed, there is a lot of ground to cover. It'll take you a good couple of rounds to reach the source of the sounds.

[Archmage1]

Spoiler: Violet

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Violet continues flying towards the source of Mr. Bear's growl, and the strange, thunder like sounds, desperately hoping that everyone was ok, even as her imagination conjured up horrible images of what could be happening to Mr. Bear.

[WindStruck]

Spoiler: Astra

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Astra looks back at Archibald. "I.. I guess so!"

She takes off after Violet and the others!

[Majin]

Spoiler: Kor

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Kor recognized the spell, but avoiding the glittery light as a bear wasn't as easy. It was fun being one now and then, but this reminded him dragons really were superior.

Then he roared as he felt the bolt graze him, and while the injury was small, he suddenly felt weaker. Not enough to fall down, but certainly weaker. Annoyed and enraged, he kept attacking the same drow whose sword had deflected from his hardened skin.

Spoiler: OOC

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Attack drow A. If he dies, attack another nearest drow.

Bite: (d20+3)[21]
Disadvantage: (d20+3)[4]
Damage: (d6+2)[5]

Claws: (d20+3)[14]
Disadvantage: (d20+3)[14]
Damage: (2d4+2)[8]

[Ninja_Prawn]

Round 2
Unfortunately, Kor does not hit the target this time. The gunners, however, target drow E, killing her instantly and ending her attempts to signal for help. You can't hear any sign that the signal was acknowledged; no more drow seem to be closing in on you.

Hans takes a shot at drow A, whom you are currently tangling with, but he also misses.

Fortunate to still be in the fight, drow A tries again with his sword:
Attack: (1d20+4)[8]
Advantage: (1d20+4)[10]
Damage: (1d6+2)[4] piercing

While drow C and D try to take advantage of the faerie fire, shooting at you with their crossbows:
Attack: (1d20+4)[12]
Advantage: (1d20+4)[7]
Damage: (1d6+2)[6] piercing

Attack: (1d20+4)[16]
Advantage: (1d20+4)[16]
Damage: (1d6+2)[3] piercing

Only one of the attacks hits, despite the advantageous conditions. Kor's bear form is certainly demonstrating its durability!

There's no need to save against the poison again if they hit. You can't get any more poisoned than you already are!

[Majin]

Korialstrasz, Bear HP 23/34, Kor HP: 32/32
AC: 11, PPerception: 17, Spell Save: 15, Concentrating on: -, Wildshaped as Black Bear, Condition: Poisoned

Kor made an annoyed grunt as one of the drow's bolts hits him hard enough to make him lose concentration of his spell. Although it wasn't nearly enough to make him lose the bear form, and he took his ire out on the nearest drow, trying to maul him like the bear he was.

Spoiler: OOC

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Attack drow A

Bite: (d20+3)[19]
Disadvantage: (d20+3)[16]
Damage: (d6+2)[3]

Claws: (d20+3)[14]
Disadvantage: (d20+3)[20]
Damage: (2d4+2)[7]

[Ninja_Prawn]

Although the poison is slowing down his relexes, Kor manages to land a glancing blow on his prey. It's enough to finish off the elf, and the situation looks even better after the gunners bring down another drow. Hans misses again, leaving drow D alone to respond.

The drow takes a parting shot at Hans, before turning tail... it looks like they're trying to escape from the clearing!
Attack: (1d20+4)[5]
Damage: (1d6+2)[5]

The bolt comes nowhere near to hitting the tiny target.

Astra, Violet and their companions are getting closer now - close enough to influence proceedings if they wish (i.e. around 120 feet away from Kor). The one surviving drow is another 60 feet further away, and retreating.

[Majin]

Without access to his spells, Kor could only charge forward and let the gunner faeries on his back take another shot. He roared after the escaping elf, not wanting to let a prey get away.

Spoiler: OOC

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Use full action to catch up with the escaping drow.

[Archmage1]

Violet continues frantically flying towards Mr. Bear as the roars of agony continue sounding from her friend.

[WindStruck]

Likewise, Astra is right behind Violet, though not sure what she's coming upon just yet!

[Ninja_Prawn]

At such point-blank range, the gunners can't miss. One last, thunderous roar from their blunderbuss makes short work of the drow, who tumbles to the ground, landing in a thick clump of brambles.

Astra, Violet and their comrades arrive in time to hear Hans say to his charges: "good work everyone, they never stood a chance. That was just a small scouting party though, and we made an awful lot of noise. I'm sure there must be more coming for us now."

[WindStruck]

"Oh yes, that's true!" Astra chimes in.

"Even we heard the ruckus and came over here!"

[Archmage1]

Despite the thunderous, strange roars of the faeries, and their words, Violet's flight ends only in the fur of Mr. Bear as she hugs him. Her blinking eyes clear away her tears of happiness as she realizes that he is mostly ok, and that she got there in time. It takes her another few seconds before the differences between Mr. Bear and this bear sink in, and she responds to her own confusion by re-hugging the strange bear, before she flits around to his head, looking a bit guilty. "I'm sorry! I thought you were Mr. Bear, but you're not, and I don't know who you are but you're ok, right?"

[Majin]

Kor was little surprised by Violet's reaction, and had no idea who this Mr. Bear was or that she even knew bears. He gave the petal a puzzled look and shook his head, looking around. It seemed the fight was over, so he relaxed a little. Kor then looked at Hans and Astra, hoping they might clear the situation up. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure if Violet knew he could be a bear.

Kor felt a little wobbly, though not so much he was going to pass out. Had there been something in those arrows? He turned his head to sniff at the wound, making an annoyed grunt. Then he looked at Astra and Violet, and made a coughing sound, which came across a bit more intimidating than he intended.

[WindStruck]

Come to think of it, Astra wasn't sure if Kor had ever turned into another animal before either. But he had, hadn't he?

"Um. Is that you, Kor? Are you okay?" She flies closer to inspect the wound.

Spoiler: ooc

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medicine to diagnose and/or treat? (1d20+5)[20]

[Archmage1]

Violet flits back slightly as the new bear coughs, and then looks confused at Astra's question.

[Majin]

Kor shook his head affirmatively at the mention of his name, then from side to side when Astra asked if he was ok. He let her inspect the wound, though he did look around for a drow bolt, trying to at one of them with his nose.

[Archmage1]

Taking in the cough, and the injury, Violet quickly reaches the conclusion that maybe he ate some mean mushrooms, and promptly flits forward, and hugs him better.

(Casting Lesser Restoration to cure Poison)