Round 4 Summary
The second helmed horror falls to Dieter's cunning blade, and then the air in the hallway begins to tingle with electricity as Davaeorn's spell intensifies.
Purple starlight shines from the eyes of Stella's conjured constellation, revealing truth and dispelling falsehood. As she ducks into the small bedroom, Stella's gratified to see the three Davaeorns succumb to her spell (Mirror Image is dispelled). However, the real Davaeorn does not appear.
Then blinding lightning tears through the corridor, shattering stone and igniting the costly rugs. Some of the companions, having sought cover, manage to avoid the brunt of it (Dieter and Stella take 13 lightning dmg, or Stella takes 6 if she casts Absorb Elements). Runeson seems frozen in place, however, until Koveras manhandles the paladin into a side passage (Runeson takes 13 lightning dmg). The crackling evocation strikes the half-orc full on, hurling him a dozen feet back down the hallway to land sprawling alongside Aldous, who similarly failed to escape the spell (Koveras and Aldous each take 27 lightning damage). Koveras, tough warrior that he is, gets to his feet with smoke rising from his broad shoulders, and he gives Aldous a hand up as well. The young noble grits his teeth in pain, but seems surprisingly fine for having just been struck by lightning.
Aiwe, busy working her own magic, reacts too slowly to the lightning. She dives for the small bedroom near the lift, but is slammed into a wall by the crackling bolt (Aiwe takes 27 lightning dmg). The tough young bard refuses to stay down, however, and continues casting her silence spell.
Seeking cover and a better understanding of the battlefield, Dieter slips into a parlor of sorts just as Davaeorn releases his lightning bolt. He barely enters the room when a magical glyph appears on a rug in the middle of the room. A trap! It glows an arctic blue, then explodes outward in a ring of frost, rolling over Dieter and sapping the warmth from his body (Dieter takes 26 cold dmg). As quickly as it appeared the frost ring dissipates, and shivering Dieter sees a second hallway leading out of the parlor. It appears to slant back towards where Davaeorn cast his lightning spell.
After being pushed into a small study by Koveras, Runeson quickly finds his bearings. The study is opposite the parlor Dieter entered, and Runeson sees the young fighter get frosted over by the arcane trap in that room. But another movement catches Runeson's eye - a third helmed horror animates within the study! The construct's sword bursts into flame.
Clever Stella, peering down the long hallway now marred by scorched walls and singed rugs, notes that though the three Davaeorns are dispelled, there is the briefest shifting flicker of light folded in on itself - a person cloaked by some kind of invisibility? She fires a radiant arrow at the disturbance, and at the last moment a shining blue barrier pops into place to deflect the projectile (Shield spell). The barrier disappears, and in the confusion Stella loses detection of the invisible wizard.
Aiwe's magical silence once again falls into place, this time enveloping the far end of the hallway. If Davaeorn is still there, invisible, he will have a hard time casting more spells.
Seeing his friends hurt, and hurting plenty himself, Aldous Silvershield runs up to the edge of the silence spell. It's still strange to see him run - and with that one frog leg, no less! He thrusts forward both hands and releases a powerful stream of fire into the next room. It flares silently, but all around can feel its heat. The young noble holds the pose and the spell for a long moment, and the stone walls begin to glow a molten red (Invisible Davaeorn passes the save but still takes 10 fire dmg... and fails his save for concentration). And then, silently in the intense heat, Davaeorn's spell of greater invisibility is devoured by the flames, and the wizard appears for all to see.
He doesn't look happy.
Rolls
HH2 vs Dieter - (1d20+8)
(8) + 8 = 16
HH2 vs Dieter again - (1d20+8)
(10) + 8 = 18
Dieter dex save DC 16 - (1d20+3)
(2) + 3 = 5
Cold dmg to Dieter - (5d8)
(63872) = 26
Stella starry archer form attack disadv - (1d20+7)
(13) + 7 = 20
Dieter dex save DC 16 vs lightning bolt (adv) - (2d20+3)
(317) + 3 = 23
Runeson dex save DC 16 vs lightning bolt (adv) - (2d20+2)
(171) + 2 = 20
Koveras dex save DC 16 vs lightning bolt (adv) - (2d20+1)
(108) + 1 = 19
Aiwe dex save DC 16 vs lightning bolt (adv) - (2d20+2)
(13) + 2 = 6
Stella dex save DC 16 vs lightning bolt (adv) - (2d20+2)
(1410) + 2 = 26
Aldous dex save DC 16 vs lightning bolt (adv) - (2d20)
(76) = 13
Lightning bolt dmg - (8d6)
(45135414) = 27
Davaeorn Dex save vs Aganazzar's Scorcher (adv) - (1d20+2, 1d20+2)
1d20+2 : (8) + 2 = 10
1d20+2 : (18) + 2 = 20
fire dmg - (3d8)
(488) = 20
Davaeorn concentration - (1d20+5)
(4) + 5 = 9
