Out of the Abyss IC

[RandomWombat]

Derendil's Stand

With a vicious strike, Derendil swats away the blade with which the drow tries to parry, slashing past his face and leaving a bloody mark across his forehead. "Ngh!" grunting in pain, and tipping his head to the side to keep blood from running into his eyes, the elite collects himself and brings his guard back up.

Saving Private Borthan

An arrow flies out from behind the veil in the wall, striking Jimjar in the chest. There is a glimmer of light that deflects the arrow, sending it skidding against the stone. But a thin line of blood is left trailed along Jimjar's chest where it slid past.

The Sisters' Battle

The scout next to Turvy takes advantage of his focus on Alaulure to jump back against the prefab barricade and bound off, loosing an arrow back over his comrade's shoulder as he flies. The fancy maneuver sticks Turvy, who yelps and grabs at the wound.

Those Left Behind

Slotting one of the tonfas into a holster at her side, the drow girl pulls out a small brown seed and sets it between her teeth. Shuushar makes an attempt to swat it out of her hand with the butt of his spear, but he is too slow. As she cracks the shell, her body glows and then pulls inwards with a 'pop' sound, leaving only empty space.

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Derendil strikes the Drow Elite for 10 damage, just managing to sneak past its Parry.

Drow Scout A shoots at Jimjar, hitting for a 11 damage sneak attack. His temp hp eats most of it.
Drow Scout B shoots at Turvy, hitting for a 14 damage sneak attack.
Alaufaen flees using a Flaxae Seed. This provokes from Shuushar, who misses.

Nilvae, Stool and Eyegore are up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12
Alaufaen - 11

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[Spore]

Nilvae | Eye-Gore Half-Elf Warlock | Lamp Blighter AC: 13 HP: 16/23| AC 13 HP: 12/12 PP: 12 PIv: 11 PIs: 12 San: 7 (-1) | PP: 11 PIv: 10 PIs: 13 Conditions: fearful | Beast Speech Concentration: Bless (Derendil, Ront, Stool) Nilvae breaks out into song, voicing her patron's most enchanting melodies to strengthen her allies. The effect on Stool and Derendil, both creatures in tune with nature is apparent, but oddly enough the fleeting melody also affects Ront. With little else to do, Nilvae pelts the Babau with her magic stones like a fey-infused hooligan. Eyegore slightly moves to cover Ront in his protective darkness. Spoiler Show (1d20+6)[10] (1d6+3)[8]

Stool Myconid Druid AC: 15 (bucket armor + pot lid) HP: 21/28 PP: 15 PIv: 9 PIs: 13 San: 12 Conditions: Symbiotic Entity (12 tHP), Bless (from Nilvae), Halo of Spores (remember!) Concentration: Shillelagh Stool assails his opponent yet again, with staff and poison. A cloud of spores exudes from the tiny mushroom, violently trying to push itself into the lungs of its enemy. Spoiler Show (1d20+5)[19] (1d8+3)[8] plus (1d6)[1] Halo (2d4)[7] vs DC 13 Con

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

Darkness falls over the frontlines, though the Babau's piercing red gaze looks none the cloudier as it flicks its eyes to Nilvae's rock and subtly shifts its head out of the way. The Babau winds back and tries to kick up the butt of its spear at Faedryl in an uppercut, but she sees the move coming and twists out of the way.

A lancing look is shot at Ront, and the orc flexes his hands, as if fighting off numbness.

Derendil's Stand

Though the darkness has not availed muchly against the Babau, it causes Derendil's foes to squint against the magical dark. The other quaggoth lunges forward, a lack of telling depth making a potentially deadly claw slash miss Derendil's throat by inches instead. However, its other claw finds purchase on his side, leaving a painful scratch.

Secret Stool

The enemy had been lucky, so far. But now Stool swings in and the drow's blade is too slow to block. It impacts his chest, knocking the wind out of him and forcing him to take a gulp of air. Choking, carnivorous spores settle in his throat and he falls forward onto the ground, coughs wracking his body.

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Nilvae tosses a stone at Babau, missing.
Eyegore shuffles up.
Stool hits for 9 damage and his Spores will do 7. Drow Warrior B's luck finally runs out, and he is KO'd.

Quaggoth's crit is prevented by Disadvantage from Darkness, but its second attack hits for 4 after Rage reduction.
Babau misses Faedryl, and Ront saves against its Enfeebling Gaze.

Faedryl and Sarith are up, and Borthan gets another death save.

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12
Alaufaen - 11

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[purepolarpanzer]

Borthan Zuek Half-Drow Ranger AC: 16 HP: 0/29 PP: 14 PIv: 9 PIs: 14 Sanity:12 Conditions: Concentrating on: 3 of 3 d10 HD. Death Saves- 1 pass Borthan remains unconcious.

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Death save (1d20)[17]

[Amnestic]

Faedryl Melad Drow Hexblade/Evoker AC: 17 HP: 16/22 PP: 12 PIv: 14 PIs: 12 Sanity: 11 (10) Conditions: Selfish Concentrating: -- Either her sister was dumb enough to steal from Mother Dearest, or, perhaps, she was investing more into this takedown operation than Faedryl had originally bargained for. It didn't matter - what mattered was adequately dealing with the problem. "You had your chance Lulu." Whatever the truth, giving up pursuit and letting her leave would be folly. She bursts from the darkness in pursuit of her sister, curving around the tent's side with the gnomes to give chase even as she calls a spell ready to unleash against whatever she saw there.

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Bonus Action: TK Shove the drow beside Turvy (1d20)[5]+StrMod vs DC14 or be shoved 5' back into the wall, for (1d4)[1] damage.
Move: As map. Probably provoking an OA from the Babau.
Action: If she can see her sister after moving, she'll cast magic missile for (1d4+3)[7]*3=21 Force damage.

If she can't see her sister, she'll cast Create Bonfire beneath the feet of the drow two spaces south of Drow Warrior A. They're not labelled, sorry. (1d20)[20]+DexMod vs. DC14 or take (1d8)[5] fire damage.

Sarith Kzerkarit Drow Fighter/Rogue AC: 16 HP: 23/23 PP: 14 PIv: 11 PIs: 10 Sanity: 8 Conditions: -- Concentrating: Even from inside the tent Sarith can hear enough to understand what's happening. The important foe was getting away, and if they let them go, then all his work here - the potshots, the poison bolts - would all be wasted. And they'd have to deal with further ambushes down the (literal and figurative) road. He didn't particularly want to deal with that, he bursts from the tent, leaving the demon alone and follows suit, loosing his crossbow at the keyest target he can lay his eyes on.

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Bonus Action: Hide, using the tent as cover. (1d20+6)[26]
Move: As Map.
Action: Fire a drow poison bolt from his hand crossbow at Alaulure if he can see her, Drow Warrior A if not: (1d20+8)[28] Advantage on successful hide: (1d20+8)[23] Damage: (1d6+4)[9] + (1d6)[4] Sneak Attack + 8 damage from discord from crit.
Save vs. Poison: (1d20)[4]+ConMod.

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

The warrior next to Turvy finds himself shoved as if from nowhere, knocking his shoulder against the portable barricade.

Faedryl tries to slip past the Babau, but the demon is too quick. Spinning around, it strikes her upside the head with the haft of its spear, sending her senses reeling for a moment. Then she can feel a tightening around her, stopping her from moving forward. Spectral chains have again erupted from the demon's weapon, this time ensnaring her. Like serpents coiled around her limbs. Ront takes advantage of the Babau being between them and uses his skull gauntlet to sock it in the square of the back. More acid splashes against Ront's face from the Babau's slimy skin, stinging and burning his cheek.

As Faedryl vainly tries to bring flames up beneath the agile scout, she can feel spectral fingers crawling into her thoughts and attempting to muddy the spell. While Faedryl manages in the end, the drow sidesteps the flames deftly.

With the Babau occupied, Sarith springs from the tent. Beyond the two drow in his way is only a wall, but his killer instinct takes over. Alaulure went somewhere. They came from somewhere. Leveling his crossbow, he trusts his gut and fires directly into the wall. The cry of a female drow and the clatter of an armored figure falling to the ground announce his success, and the Babau's head flashes towards him with a furious hiss.

Throwing himself away from the staggered warrior, Turvy flattens up against part of the barricade and flings a freezing ray back at his foe. Ice begins to form on the drow warrior's body, and Turvy follows up by placing two fingers to his temple. A thread-thin bolt of purple light flashes between his forehead and the drow, and the warrior's eyes roll back in his head, falling unconscious.

"Nice work, keep it up," his sister compliments, running past Sarith to jab her dagger at the scout dancing around Faedryl's fire. A glancing contact sets off a small sonic pop that causes the drow to cry out as concussive force bombards his shins.

Saving Private Borthan

"Shuu, a buddy needs help up here," after debating trying to give first aid, Jimjar calls out to their healer and then runs into the phantasmal wall the scout had fled through.

Stepping out of the darkness and assessing the situation, Shuushar closes his eyes and folds his hands together. A pulse of life energy reverberates through those nearby who are most wounded, and Borthan feels himself awaken. Faedryl and Derendil likewise feel some strength returning to their flagging bodies.

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Faedryl TK shoves Drow Warrior A, dealing 1 damage and knocking him away from Turvy.
Faedryl runs past, provoking an attack from the Babau. She is struck for 9 damage and becomes Restrained, stopping her in her tracks. While Restrained by the spectral chains, casting or maintaining spells requires a DC 13 Concentration check, or the spell is lost.
Faedryl passes a Concentration check to cast Create Bonfire, but Drow Scout B (who now has his nametag on) avoids it.
Sarith breezes past and pops Alaulure for a 21 damage sneak attack, KOing her even if she didn't fail her poison save.

Turvy hits Drow Warrior with Ray of Frost for 7 damage, and follows with a 5 damage Mind Thrust that KOs.
Topsy uses Help on Turvy's next attack as a bonus action.
Topsy stabs Drow Scout B for 5 damage.
Jimjar misses Drow Scout A with a crossbow shot. He uses Lucky to redo that and hits for 4, but the drow passes his save against poison.
Dr. Donk remains near Nilvae, using Dodge.
Shuushar uses Channel Divinity to Preserve Life. Borthan is healed for 6, Derendil for 5, and Faedryl for 4.
Ront clobbers Babau for 7 damage, but takes 7 back from the acid.

The future has changed: it is now Borthan's turn, as he is awake again, but Prone.

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12
Alaufaen - 11

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[purepolarpanzer]

Borthan Zuek Half-Drow Ranger AC: 16 HP: 6/29 PP: 14 PIv: 9 PIs: 14 Sanity:12 Conditions: Concentrating on: 3 of 3 d10 HD. Death Saves- 2 pass Borthan's eyes open, then look around. He was heavily wounded, but he was conscious. Without getting up, he reached into an improvised sheath along his leg, got his recently acquired wand, and preformed the well practiced maneuver to activate it, touching his leg. Vigor swept into his body, and he felt as though he could go a few more punches, at least. Borthan stowed the wand, picked up his battle axes, and moved to follow Jimjar, meaning to have words with the scout who had been shooting him in the back.

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False life wand, go- (1d4+4)[5] Temp HP. 1/2 charges remaining. Pick up the weapons, use half move speed to stand up, move to follow Jimjar.

[RandomWombat]

Secret Stool

The cry of the warrior as he falls draws attention away from Derendil's stand against the quaggoth and elite. A second warrior steps around the corner from deeper in the cavern, loading a new bolt into his hand crossbow. Leveling it, he fires a bolt that pierces through Stool's swarm of spores and deflates him back to his original size.

Saving Private Borthan

Dragging himself from the ground, Borthan limps towards the false wall from whence the arrows that struck him down came. As the wand does its work, the arrows are pushed out of him by growths of soft, grey fungal flesh that swell to fill and staunch his wounds. It is a strange feeling. But it helps.

As he peers into the tunnel, he can see Jimjar and the scout in a face off with their respective bows.

Derendil's Stand

Bolstered by Shuushar's restorative magic, Derendil is able to raise his arm and turn aside the blade of the elite drow, suffering a scrape along his tough hide arm but nothing worse.

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Borthan picks himself up and gives himself a pick-me-up for 5 temp hp.

Drow Elite strikes Derendil for 4 damage, after reduction.
Alaulure passes her first death save.
Drow Warrior A passes his first death save.
Drow Warrior B fails his first death save. Starting his turn in Stool's spore aura deals another failed death save.
Drow Warrior C shoots Stool for 8 damage, popping his Spores. He passes his save against Drow Poison.

Derendil is up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[purepolarpanzer]

Prince Derendil Quaggoth Barbarian/Abjurer AC: 17 HP: 17/26 PP: 10 PIv: 12 PIs: 10 Sanity 10 Conditions: Mage Armor (8 hrs), Arcane Ward (0hp/8hp) Concentrating on: Derendil continues to vent his rage against the quaggoth who menaces him, attempting to claw it to death.

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(1d20+5)[20] to hit and (1d6+5)[9] damage.

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

Tossing his bow aside now that he's backed into a corner, the scout draws his own dagger. Spinning it into a reverse grip, he and Topsy flick their blades back and forth in a close quarters knife fight, the drow landing a cut to her free hand as she's forced to deflect the foe's knife from her vitals.

Saving Private Borthan

A quick shot from the scout down the tunnel flashes past Jimjar, scraping along his arm before he can get out of the way. "Our luck's turning, Bort. Wanna lend me a hand?" the jovial gnome asks, still well enough to offer a lighthearted word, as he draws another bolt to load his weapon.

Derendil's Stand

Lashing out, Derendil lands a brutal claw swipe across the other quaggoth's chest, causing the beast-man to howl.

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Didn't open Discord so I made the dice rolls in roll20.
Derendil strikes Quaggoth for a cool 9 damage. He had Advantage from the magical Darkness, and a Bless spell, but neither proved necessary.

Drow Scout A shoots Jimjar for 6 damage.
Drow Scout B moves out of the bonfire and drops his bow, drawing a dagger instead. He hits Topsy for 5 damage.

Nilvae, Stool and Eyegore are up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

Teeth bared in a savage grimace, the babau abandons its stance and springs towards the fake wall, dragging Faedryl behind him as the spectral chains tether her to his spear. His back is left exposed, but he moves too swiftly for Ront or Topsy to get a hit in before he is gone.

Blazing a trail straight through the fire, he sticks his spear into the ground next to him and squats down partway through the illusory wall. Faedryl lets the flames die away before they burn her. She can hear the sound of a bottle uncorking from the other side.

"Augh! My hair!" Alaulure's voice can be heard, a hiss of pain.

"It will heal," dismissing her complaint, the Babau turns to face Faedryl, looming over her as he plucks his spear back out of the ground. But his murderous gaze is set over her shoulder, upon Sarith.

Derendil's Stand

Swooping in past Derendil's shoulder, Eyegore grabs at the enemy quaggoth's face, just missing its eyes and leaving tiny gouges along its brow. The little sprite giggles gleefully as he swoops back out of the creature's grasp, underneath a swiping claw.

As it leans out of the tent to reach after the blighter, the quaggoth is met with a stone pelting it in the face. Enraged, the beast shoves its way past Derendil and lunges into the darkness in the direction of Eyegore, sniffing at the air and tracing the scent of its own blood on the sprite's claws. One palm makes contact, and Eyegore swishes through the air, recovering from the impact.

Secret Stool

Puffing up again like a bloated balloon of fungal flesh, Stool waddles menacingly towards the next drow in line.

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Eyegore gouges Quaggoth for 4 damage, then moves back to where he was, the Quag's AoO missing. The save vs Blinded is passed, however.
Nilvae hits Quaggoth with a Magic Stone for 7 damage.
Stool reactivates his Spore Form.

Quaggoth moves out of the tent to slash at Eyegore, missing once due to Darkness and hitting once for 3 damage, post-reduction.
Babau moves, his magic spear dragging Faedryl behind him into her bonfire, provoking opportunity attacks from Ront, Faedryl, Sarith and Topsy in the process. Ront and Turvy both miss. The bonfire deals 4 damage to it, however. Faedryl drops it before she gets toasted.
Babau uses a Healing Potion on Alaulure for 10 healing. However, Babau acid deals 8 of that back as damage.

Faedryl, Sarith and Borthan are up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[Amnestic]

Faedryl Melad Drow Hexblade/Evoker AC: 17 HP: 16/22 PP: 12 PIv: 14 PIs: 12 Sanity: 11 (10) Conditions: Selfish Concentrating: -- The demon's 'loyalty' was foolish, but perhaps it just didn't want to see the abyss once more. It didn't matter. Enwrapped as she is by the chains she reaches forward with her free hand, holding it as close as possible to the demon. No ornate drawing this time, no elegant incantation or magic circle. She instead simply focuses her magic into a single blast of power from her hand right at its face, looking to force it back and to stomp upon her 'beloved' sister.

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Move: None.
Action: She can't see Lulu through the wall, so Magic Missile the babau. Sadly no hexblade curse boost. 6 force damage (rolled from discord)
Bonus Action: TK Shove the Babaue into Lulu. (1d20)[20]+StrMod vs DC14 or be shoved 5' back. Go trample your master. Damage if relevant? (1d4)[2] (1d4)[2]

Sarith Kzerkarit Drow Fighter/Rogue AC: 16 HP: 23/23 PP: 14 PIv: 11 PIs: 10 Sanity: 8 Conditions: -- Concentrating: There was too much going on in melee for Sarith to find any gaps. His crossbow sways for a moment as he tries to pick past the throng, but decides better, and tosses the weapon aside as he sprints forward shortsword in hand. He deftly slides past the gnome, the drow, and Faedryl with the grace of one trained in doing so, lashing out through the illusionwall at the now-healed leader of the drow.

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Bonus Action: Cunning Action: Dash.
Move: As Map, though if he can get past the illusory wall all the better.
Action: Attack Alaulure, with advantage since she's prone. 14 and 11 from Discord. Damage: (1d6+4)[6]+(1d6)[4] Sneak Attack

[purepolarpanzer]

Borthan Zuek Half-Drow Ranger AC: 16 HP: 6/29 PP: 14 PIv: 9 PIs: 14 Sanity:12 Conditions: Concentrating on: 3 of 3 d10 HD. Borthan picked up speed, and by the time he reached the drow scout he was a howling wild man swinging battle axes to cleave his foe in two.

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Two to hit rolls- (1d20+5)[23] and (1d20+5)[25] to hit, (1d8+3)[6] and (1d8+3)[11] damage, with (1d8)[6] in case of a crit.

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

A flash of psionics and magic fails to topple Faedryl's opponent over, but knocks the babau off balance long enough to give Sarith the opening he needs to slip past and through the illusory wall. Beyond it is an excavated tunnel, leading to their secret ambush positions.

He thrusts his blade forward, where Alaulure is lying on her back trying to use the wall to get up. The side of her head has an acid burn sizzling in her hair, and a trail of red potion is dribbling down her chin. Even in her addled state, she's able to raise her rapier and fence away Sarith's weapon, but she's too visibly worn down to wield her tongue to insult him over it.

Pulling herself from the ground, Alaulure grabs a small seed from her belt pouch and sets it between her teeth. The opening gives Sarith a chance to strike - but his strike comes too slow. There is a suction sound as Alaulure seems to distort into a single point in space, where she cracks the seed between her teeth, and vanishes.

Derendil's Stand

With the other quaggoth now distracted, Derendil is able to afford more attention to the elite warrior. Two lunges from his shortsword both fail to connect.

Secret Stool

Coughing on the cloud of spores, the drow covers his mouth with one arm and, with the other, lands a deadly stab on Stool. One which does not pierce down to his core.

In the Walls

The two battle axes rip into the scout, who falls at Borthan's feet, unconscious from the shock of the likely lethal injuries.

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Faedryl casts Magic Missile on the Babau for 6 damage.
Sarith Dashes past, and attacks Alaulure, but misses in spite of her Prone state.
Borthan hits Drow Scout A for 6, then a 17 crit, downing him.

Drow Elite attacks Derendil twice, missing both.
Alaulure stands, and uses a magic seed, which provokes from Sarith. Unfortunately, he rolls a 1, and she vanishes.
Drow Warrior takes 3 damage from Stool's spores, then hits Stool for 8 damage.

Derendil is up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[purepolarpanzer]

Prince Derendil Quaggoth Barbarian/Abjurer AC: 17 HP: 17/26 PP: 10 PIv: 12 PIs: 10 Sanity 10 Conditions: Mage Armor (8 hrs), Arcane Ward (0hp/8hp) Concentrating on: Derendil slashes and tears at the elite, trying to get blows in past it's defenses.

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(1d20+5)[15] to hit and (1d6+5)[8] damage.

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

Drawing his shortsword, the scout now finding himself in the heat of the melee takes a swipe at Faedryl. Though she is too chained up to defend herself properly, his weapon strikes her chain shirt which absorbs and disperses the impact, doing its job and keeping her blood on the inside.

Derendil's Stand

Time seems to slow down between the two combatants as Derendil's claw nears the elf's face. Leaning back, the drow makes a swipe with the flat of his blade, deflecting the claw with mere inches to spare before his nose would have been shaved off.

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Derendil attacks the Drow Elite. After Bless is a hit, forcing him to use his reaction to Parry it.

Drow Scout B makes an attack at Faedryl, but she evades it despite Advantage from her Restraints.

Nilvae, Stool and Eyegore are up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[Spore]

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Nilvae | Eye-Gore Half-Elf Warlock | Lamp Blighter AC: 13 HP: 23/23| AC 13 HP: 9/12 PP: 12 PIv: 11 PIs: 12 San: 7 (-1) | PP: 11 PIv: 10 PIs: 13 Conditions: fearful | Beast Speech Concentration: - As her gaze pierces the darkness, Nilvae sees the wizard cornered. In yet another incredibly stupid move, she teleports in and unleashes a calvalcade of fey nonsense. You see Nilvae pulling down the pants of a brown-haired man, in her left hand a tiny wire cutter. Her smile is gleeful. You blink, and in the next vision you see a dismembered thing that once was a man surrounded by a swarm of squirrels. Each of those cute critters has blood around its mouth and buck teeth, as they indulge in eating the corpse. Eyegore protests, but ultimatively decides to 'duel' the quaggoth for now. Spoiler Show Misty Step in; use Fey Presence to frighten everyone. I advice not to use attack rolls if you fail the check. DC 14 Wis save or be frightened. (1d20+5)[7] (1d4+3)[5] DC 13 dex or be blinded.

Stool Myconid Druid AC: 15 (bucket armor + pot lid) HP: 16/28 PP: 15 PIv: 9 PIs: 13 San: 12 Conditions: Symbiotic Entity (6 tHP) Concentration: - Stool continues his fight with the two drow in the hidden bowels of the tunnel system. Spoiler Show (1d20+5)[6] (1d8+3)[8] + (1d4)[1] + (1d6)[5]

[RandomWombat]

Versus the Babau

Flashing into Alaulure's tent, Nilvae peeks out underneath the fabric and conjures a series of startling fey illusions to baffle their foes. The drow and babau are startled, while Faedryl - also caught in the illusion - picks out the oddities for what they are.

"Fey trickery," the babau snarls, casting a look all around it. The demon locks eyes with Sarith, and sniffs, then displays a haunting grin. "I would remember your face. But you will die without my help, elf." It does not elaborate on its ominous prediction. Pulling away, the demon drags Faedryl behind him, making a run for the west gate of the camp. As it passes by, Topsy lands a strike on the side of the demon which causes a rippling boom. For once, the wound has a visible effect on it, the fleeing demon clutching its side as it flees with their drow companion in tow.

Derendil's Stand

Lashing out at the quaggoth in the darkness, Eyegore has to swerve out of the way to avoid being swatted away from its face.

Secret Stool

A swipe of Stool's club goes wide, as the drow backsteps out of the way.

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Nilvae Misty Steps into the tent and uses Fey Presence, Frightening Drow Scout B and Babau.
Eyegore attacks Quaggoth, but misses.
Stool attacks Drow Warrior C, but misses.

Quaggoth misses Eyegore twice, due to Disadvantage.
Babau Dashes, opening the west gate and fleeing out. It eats an AoO from Topsy's arcane-enhanced dagger that deals 10 damage. Sarith may also make an AoO if he wishes.

Faedryl, Sarith and Borthan are up!

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Alaulure - 14
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

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Borthan Zuek Half-Drow Ranger AC: 16 HP: 6/29 PP: 14 PIv: 9 PIs: 14 Sanity:12 Conditions: Concentrating on: 3 of 3 d10 HD. Death Saves- 2 pass Borthan takes a moment to put the drow out of it's misery, then turns to Jimjar. "I'll disguise as him. You go out there as my prisoner. We try to get the jump on the mean looking drow. What are our odds?" He gives a weak grin, body bleeding badly, then reached into his gear and removed the simple wand he'd been given, ready to enhance his durability.

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Use two attacks to put the drow out of it's misery. Move back to Jimjar. Draw the wand of false life. Hatch a hairbrained scheme.

[Amnestic]

Faedryl Melad Drow Hexblade/Evoker AC: 17 HP: 11/22 PP: 12 PIv: 14 PIs: 12 Sanity: 11 (10) Conditions: Selfish Concentrating: -- There was no use arguing with demons, and this slave of her sister wouldn't listen no matter how eloquent her words, so she doesn't bother, instead trying to force the monster away from her with first a shove, and then another blast of her magic - the last she had in reserves, for now at least.

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Bonus Action: TK Shove the Babau, potentially breaking the restrain if it works like that? (1d20)[8]+StrMod vs DC14.
Move: If it does shove and does break the restrain, she'll move away (after the sneak attack shot)
Action: Last Magic Missile (1d4+1)[5]*3=15 force damage

Sarith Kzerkarit Drow Fighter/Rogue AC: 16 HP: 23/23 PP: 14 PIv: 11 PIs: 10 Sanity: 8 Conditions: -- Concentrating: Sarith tuts quietly when the burned Melad vanishes, but takes some solace in the fact that she would be suffering worse than if she'd simply died. He very much doubts the matron mothers would look kindly upon this utter failure of an ambush that she was forced to flee from with her tail tucked between her legs. No, death here would have been a mercy for her, one she should have accepted instead of prolonging the pain. Slaying their demon pet would only add to that, and the others seemed to have the situation well enough in hand, so absent his initial prey he moves after Faedryl, trading his blade for his heavy crossbow. It was a quick shot, no time to prepare, but a landed blow would hurt just the same no matter how much time he took on it.

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Bonus Action: Cunning Action: Disengage.
Move: As Map.
Action: Fire a heavy crossbow bolt at the Babau. (1d20+8)[23] Damage: (1d10+6)[14]+(1d6)[4]

[RandomWombat]

On the Run

Dragged behind the demon by its magical bindings, Faedryl attempts to shove it away, or blast it with magic. But the bindings cause a searing pain in the back of her head when she tries to call upon her magic, causing her to lose focus and the spell to dissolve back into the Weave. Sarith's shot comes from behind, sailing over her and striking the demon in the back.

The babau reaches back with one arm to snap off the bolt, looking for somewhere to drag his prey. Twisting to the side, it avoids a crackling blue freeze ray from Turvy's attempt to slow it down.

In the Camp

Reaching down, Topsy grabs a second dagger from the fallen drow warrior, taking a pair of swipes at the panicked and cornered scout. But he jerks around both strikes, hands trembling and feet moving faster than he can think.


With Nilvae nowhere in sight, her donkey brays and bucks around in a panic. Stumbling into the quaggoth in the dark, it flails its hooves at the hulking beast, clobbering it in the side.

From beside him, Derendil feels a non-hostile touch, and healing magic floods into him, leaving him feeling vigorous and refreshed. "Stay stromg, my frenbd. I musd helb the odders!" the fishman's nasally voice announces as he shuffles towards the other end of camp. A larger figure takes his place, equally as large as Derendil.

With a war cry, Ront slams a skull-encased fist into the elite drow soldier's face, knocking him back and leaving a trail of blood running from his nose. The drow regains his composure in time to duck around an arm slam coming at him from the side.

Bearing a look of wounded pride, the elite attempts to flee, pushing out through the side of the tent flap and risking leaving his back open. Derendil and Ront both strike him as he flees, and he crawl-runs back to his feet.

Secret Stool

Another blow of the shortsword clatters off of Stool's bucket helmet, leaving a nick on its surface. The drow coughs and hacks on the cloud of spores, standing weakly now.

In the Walls

"You know I'm always down for a gambit," Jimjar looks back at Borthan with a grin, then peeks out of the illusory wall to take stock of the battle. "That 'blighter's darkness is still everywhere. I can't tell if we're winning, but I can still hear fighting- oh, he's running this way."

Raising his hand crossbow, Jimjar takes a shot from the inside of the hidden alcove. The arrow pierces the drow's leg, and he takes a few more steps before slumping to the ground. "Got 'im. He's out cold, Bort."

Spoiler: Combat Log

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Faedryl's Shove is resisted. She attempts to cast Magic Missile, but the spell fizzles out and is lost to the Soul Snare.
Sarith shoots the Babau for a 9 damage sneak attack, after Resistance.
Borthan executes Drow Scout A.

Turvy casts Ray of Frost at the Babau, but misses.
Topsy grabs a second dagger and attacks Drow Scout B twice, but misses.
Jimjar Readies an action to poisoned shot anything approaching the hidden alcove.
Dr. Donk attacks Quaggoth twice, hitting with an 'offhand' hoof for 2 damage.
Shuushar casts Cure Wounds, healing Derendil for 11.
Ront attacks Drow Elite twice, hitting once for 8 damage.

Drow Elite attempts to flee. He gets hit for 10 and 9 from Ront and Derendil, then runs into Jimjar's overwatch. He takes 5 more damage and fully fails to resist the poison, passing out.
Drow Warrior C takes 8 damage from the Halo of Spores, and misses his attack on Stool. He is nearly down from the passive damage aura.

Derendil is up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

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Prince Derendil Quaggoth Barbarian/Abjurer AC: 17 HP: 20/26 PP: 10 PIv: 12 PIs: 10 Sanity 10 Conditions: Mage Armor (8 hrs), Arcane Ward (0hp/8hp) Concentrating on: Derendil, watching the drow elite fall unconscious and the other quaggoth fall to donkey kicks, feels the rush of battle leave him even as Shushar's healing magic sealed his wounds. Derendil blinked, got a hold of himself, and bumbled his way after Faedryl, still dazed from his homicidal inclinations.

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Move and Dash.

[RandomWombat]

In the Camp

Leaving the quaggoth behind in the dark, Derendil rushes away to the aid of Faedryl. A nick of its claw catches him on his way out, but nothing he can't take.

He passes by Topsy, who deflects a panicked blow from her opponent with her bracer.

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Derendil Dashes away, taking a 3 damage AoO after Resistance.

Drow Scout B misses Topsy.

Nilvae, Eyegore and Stool are up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[RandomWombat]

On the Run

Glaring back at its pursuers, the babau winds up and backhands Faedryl, sending her keeling to the ground with a nasty stripe of red, irritated skin from the brief contact with its acid. The demon leans forward over her body, slumped in the spectral chains like a cradle, and points at the rest of the group with a crooked finger.

"Hold! Strike me down now, and my corpse will fall upon her, burning her with my acid, making your efforts pointless. And I will simply take a month's vacation to the Abyss before returning to wreak bloody vengeance on the survivors..." the demon threatens, its face a mixture of desperate and furious as it is forced to beg and negotiate. "You have victory today, but the Melad comes with me. If you want her back safely, come to Arravann."

In the Camp

Stepping out of the tent, Nilvae produces another enchanted pebble from her pocket and hurls it over Topsy, striking the drow scout in the chest and causing him to grunt in pain.

The quaggoth lost in the dark has to shield his eyes from Eyegore's titular gouging claws, receiving raking scratches down his arms. With a snarl, the quaggoth swings both arms in a wide sweep that flings Eyegore several feet away into the hard stone, where he puffs into a cloud of black ash, vanishing back to the feywild... for now.

Secret Stool

In his coughing fit, the drow cannot muster the strength to resist as Stool delivers an uppercut right between the legs, sending the poor elf falling over sideways and opening up the path. The inside of this hidden tunnel seems to be a drow supply cache, with several boxes stacked around. Stool waddles towards the one-way illusory wall, see-through on this side, where the continued sounds of fighting are coming from.

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Nilvae casts Magic Stone, clonking Drow Scout for 5 damage.
Eyegore gouges Quaggoth for 4 damage.
Stool smacks Drow Warrior C for 13 damage and a KO.

Quaggoth strikes Eyegore for 4 damage, banishing the sprite.
Babau knocks Faedryl out with a non-lethal hit for 12 damage, then moves over her to use his own corpse as a threat.

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[Amnestic]

Faedryl Melad Drow Hexblade/Evoker AC: 17 HP: 0/22 PP: 12 PIv: 14 PIs: 12 Sanity: 11 (10) Conditions: Selfish Concentrating: -- Faedryl is unconscious.

Sarith Kzerkarit Drow Fighter/Rogue AC: 16 HP: 23/23 PP: 14 PIv: 11 PIs: 10 Sanity: 8 Conditions: -- Concentrating: There were so many holes in the demon's plan Sarith didn't know where to start, and perhaps he didn't need to. That he hadn't simply killed Faedryl and instead wanted to leave with her said he wanted her alive, at least. Small chance of him finishing her off if a 'vacation' indeed was what he looked forward to in the hells, and no real surprise that the other Melads wanted Faedryl alive, for now at least. "Counteroffer: Start running and maybe you outrun my crossbow." With a distinct lack of visible care for Faedryl's safety, he draws another bolt and releases it with the telltale k-thunk of the powerful weapon.

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Bonus Action: None.
Move: As Map.
Action: Fire a heavy crossbow bolt at the Babau. (1d20+8)[12] Damage: (1d10+4)[10]. No sneak attack because Faedryl's unconscious.

[RandomWombat]

On the Run

With fiendish alacrity, the babau spots the bolt coming in the dark and twitches to the side, out of the way. It sails past, far out of view and skitters along the stone out in the black. Turvy follows the others' lead and fires a bolt of ice magic that goes wide, failing to predict the demon's dodge. "Shouldn't be surprised your kind would care nothing for a captive, even a female," despite its mocking tone, there is clear panic in the babau's voice, the demon scrambling to buy time with banter so it can come up with something else.

In the Camp

Taking up the longbow and quiver from the felled scout, Borthan moves forward to the end of the tunnel, preparing to go out into the fray once more - what is left of it. His wounds still ache, a dull reminder of mortality.

Jimjar sneaks out of the hidden alcove, loading up a new bolt and bringing it to bear. He sends an unexpected bolt straight into the back of the quaggoth, locked in a brawl with Nilvae's panicked donkey, which yowls with feral fury. The quaggoth is still up, and has the frenzied eyes of a cornered animal. In the midst of its last stand, Ront unceremoniously knocks it on the back of the head, and it slumps over like a sack of concrete.

Rolling his shoulders, the orc trudges towards the next fight.


On the other side of the camp, Topsy manages to land a glancing blow against the scout, who is barely clinging to consciousness in the face of mounting blood loss. Shuushar passes by with a quick blessing, his touch making the gnome girl flinch as if expected an attack from behind. But instead a thin barrier shields her on the fishman's way out of the gates.

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Sarith misses the Babau with a heavy bolt.
Borthan gets bow, and moves towards the tunnel exit.

Turvy misses badly with another Ray of Frost.
Topsy misses one attack, but lands an offhand on Drow Scout B for 2.
Jimjar bonus action Hides, then pops Quaggoth with a 14 damage Sneak Attack.
Dr. Donk bonks Quaggoth for 4 damage, just shy of a KO.
Shuushar casts Vigor on Topsy, giving her 5 thp.
Ront hits the Quaggoth for 8 damage, finally taking it down and leaving it dying.

Two Drow Warriors stabilize, but insodoing no longer have a chance to get back up.

Derendil is up!

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool/Familiars - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

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Prince Derendil Quaggoth Barbarian/Abjurer AC: 17 HP: 17/26 PP: 10 PIv: 12 PIs: 10 Sanity 10 Conditions: Mage Armor (8 hrs), Arcane Ward (0hp/8hp) Concentrating on: Derendil stomps after the demon and Faedryl, reaching for it's wand. It flicks it at the two of them, and drowsiness sinks like a fog over them, attempting to knock out the demon. Then Derendil rushes forward and attempts to get Faedryl away from the sizzling acid.

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Not sure if this thing can be put to sleep, but we'll see. It affects (5d8)[28] HP, and it should ignore Faedryl since she's already "sleeping." Move up to the two of them, and if the demon is KO'ed Derendil will attempt to extricate Faedryl.

[RandomWombat]

On the Run

The quaggoth prince's spell takes hold, catching the demon by surprise. Any plots brewing in its head dissolve into oblivion as it falls over. Acting quickly, Derendil snatches up the spear, which allows him to shift Faedryl easily out of the way of the collapsed babau. Dragging her with the magical chains, she feels almost weightless.

The weapon is still attached to the babau's vambrace by another chain, but that will not be a problem for long.

In the Camp

Taking his shortsword in both hands, the drow thrusts forwards in a blow that would have shoved it through Topsy's torso, had Shuushar's magic barrier not sent it skidding to the side as it shattered, leaving a much less mortal slice behind.

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Discord is down at the moment, so I rolled in roll20.

Derendil casts Sleep, knocking out the Babau. Applied his use object action to pick up the spear, the easiest way to move Faedryl.

Drow Scout B hits Topsy for a maximum 9 damage, but she stays up thanks to Shuushar's cantrip.

Nilvae and Stool are up! Since the Babau and Quaggoth are both unconscious, Sarith and Borthan can act as well.

Spoiler: Initiative

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Borthan - 22

Drow Elite - 21
Drow Warriors - 14

Derendil - 12

Drow Scouts - 12

Nilvae/Stool - 10.5

Quaggoth - 9
Babau - 9

Turvy - 8
Topsy - Delayed
Faedryl/Sarith - 7.5
Jimjar - 6
Mr. Spide/Dr. Donk - 6
Shuushar - 6
Ront - 4

[purepolarpanzer]

Borthan Zuek Half-Drow Ranger AC: 16 HP: 6/29 PP: 14 PIv: 9 PIs: 14 Sanity:12 Conditions: Concentrating on: 3 of 3 d10 HD. 5 Temp HP Borthan moves back into the chamber where most of the fighting occurred and continued his grim work. He saw two dead drow and one dying drow, and after a few swings of his axes he meant to leave three dead drow in his wake.

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Rolling to hit the drow elite twice with advantage. (1d20+5)[8] or (1d20+5)[7] to hit, and (1d8+3)[7] damage. Second attack (1d20+5)[19] or (1d20+5)[23] to hit, and (1d8+3)[6] damage. (1d8)[6] in case of a crit. Object interaction to kick his blades away just in case he gets up after this and kills Bort.

[Amnestic]

Faedryl Melad Drow Hexblade/Evoker AC: 17 HP: 0/22 PP: 12 PIv: 14 PIs: 12 Sanity: 11 (10) Conditions: Selfish Concentrating: -- Faedryl is unconscious.

Sarith Kzerkarit Drow Fighter/Rogue AC: 16 HP: 23/23 PP: 14 PIv: 11 PIs: 10 Sanity: 8 Conditions: -- Concentrating: Though his first shot misses, Sarith raises his heavy crossbow again for another shot, but when Derendil's spell wraps the demon in sleep and Faedryl is dragged away, there's no need. The creature would be down for the better part of a minute if it was anything like he'd seen before. While he'd like to finish off the demon, the sounds of fighting continued elsewhere which meant his personal brand of extreme skill, efficiency and general drow supremacy would be needed. He leaves his crossbow to one side, and leaves the demon to Derendil's preparations, instead moving to recover his hand crossbow. There was at least one foe still standing, so he quickly draws back a poisoned bolt and looses it at the man, before streaming past back to the tent to conceal himself and ready a better shot.

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Bonus Action: Cunning Action: Dash.
Object Interaction: Recover his hand crossbow
Move: Into position to shoot at Drow Scout B, then into the tent for hiding purposes.
Action: Fire a poison bolt at Drow Scout B. (1d20+8)[15] Damage: (1d6+4)[10]+(1d6)[5]
Con save vs. Poison: (1d20)[7]+mods