Round two
(this is preceded by round one, followed by round three)
Ember grips her rapier tightly, preparing to meet the rushing
wolf.
Meanwhile, around the corner on the west side of the compound,
Wolf 1 charges at the heroes...opting to leap at
Myrtha. The warrior woman easily sidesteps the canine, shoving its body aside with her hip as it leaps.
Wolf2, meanwhile, has covered the distance to
Ember in two bounds. As it leaps at her,
Ember's rapier sinks into its flesh.
Wolf2 takes 5 piercing damage.
Ember takes 5 piercing damage and collapses, dying!
"Wow!" Unaware of this drama happening out of his sight,
Ferranzo calls out, mocking
Wolf1.
"Look how shabby your coat is. And you fight like a pup. No wonder you’re not a pack leader!"
Wolf1 takes 1 psychic damage and dies of shame!
With the immediate danger of the wolf out of the way,
Chase relaxes a bit and tries to set the record straight.
"We are not murders good sir. We are sent to root out the corruption in Orlane coming from this temple." Watch 1 shakes his head and barks a laugh.
"Root out the corruption? I've got to admit, when we called you murderers, I never thought you'd be dumb enough to come back and kill again. This makes it so much easier!"
Behind
Chase, up on the wall,
Morton calls out:
"A wolf took Ember down!" So saying, he opens himself up to the power of the
Fiend once more, letting the hellfire rip through him and generate a concussive blast that narrowly misses
Wolf2.
Aanbo steps protectively up to
Ember's side, hoping to distract the
wolf from savaging the young woman's body. His initial strike with the staff does little damage but does get its attention; his follow-up kick to the head snaps its jaws together.
Wolf2 takes 3 bludgeoning damage!
[ +- ] The Temple Courtyard, middle of round 2
(Remember that each square is 10' on a side)
(Myrtha's turn will go here)
Not liking the sound of
Watch1's banter,
Arya hustles north on the top of the wall.
"Easier? Easier?!" She calls upon
Pelor, who sends a gleaming, glittering column of radiance down at the watchman.
"What about this is easy for you?"
Watch1 takes 2 radiant damage!
Lyrel murmurs the long-practiced arcane words. Extending her hand, a beam of bluish-white lances out toward
Watch1...but the distance is too great, and the beam fades before it can reach the villain.
"We show that you attacked the Temple, we're heroes and you're monsters," Watch1 snarls, jogging around the corner and flinging his spear up at
Arya on the wall. The spear takes
Arya in the neck.
Arya takes 4 piercing damage and falls backwards off the wall, dying!
Arya plummets to the ground, failing her first death save!
Watch2 sets his spear grimly as he watches
Aanbo beat his
wolf.
The door opens and
three more watchmen emerge, carrying a spear in each hand.
"You should have seen it - I just got knocked one of them off the wall!" Watch1 boasts.
Watch3 hands him a spear.
"I'll believe it when I see it, Parl." Watch 4 and
Watch 5 Dash to get further out the door, preparing to throw spears at
Chase and
Myrtha next round.
"Careful - it looks like they brought their whole gang!"
The water in the air condenses on
Eugenios' skin as he continues chanting the arcane syllables. That water then freezes, forming another 'glove' of transparent ice, which flies off toward
Wolf2.
Wolf2 takes 5 necrotic damage and dies!
[ +- ] Temple Courtyard, end of round two
The wall on the left is 20' tall (so only Morton can see dying Arya). Chase and Myrtha cannot see that Ember is also dying (though they've heard it). Each square on the map is 10 feet.
23 - Ember (0/12) Dying
18 - Wolf1 Dead, Wolf 2 Dead
16 - Ferranzo (8/8)
16 - Chase (17/17)
15 - Morton (9/9) 20' up on the wall
15 - Aanbo (19/27) Bardic Inspiration
14 - Myrtha (29/30)
14 - Arya (0/19) Dying one failure
13- Lyrel (7/13)
5 - Watch 1 (-2), Watch 2, Watch 3, Watch 4, Watch 5
4 - Eugenios (8/8)
From his position, watching Morton can see all that is happening. He calls "A wolf took Ember down!" and he follows that up with the casting of Eldritch Blast at that wolf (2). He holds his viewing position and doesn't head down.
