Session 59 - 1/26/2024 - Chapter 2 - The Undead and Some Really Bad Decisions
DM : Lasarian
Party: Baiz - Dour Warmfury - Mountain Dwarf Fighter/Champion - Mason's and Smith's Tools - Hollow Person Hiatus
Talo - Easeis - Human - Sorcerer/Spell Void - Dice Set and Thieves' Tools
Stel - Eilo - Fairy - Warlock/Celestial - Flute
Rox - Kismet of the Woods - Wood Elf Druid/Circle of the Land (Forest) - Herbalism Kit - Hollow Person Hiatus
Khaie - Magar - Grey Elf Wizard/School of Evocation - Herbalism Kit
Ojike - Quiropsius - Amethyst Gem Dragonborn Fighter/Psi Warrior - Bagpipes
Kor - Koram Orchammer - Hill Dwarf Cleric/Life Domain - Mason's, Cartographer's and Smith's Tools - Herbalism Kit
606 CY - Wealsun 4th - 11:15
Start session as the battle continues against the undead.
The giant hyena stalks over next to Koram and tears into the only remaining zombie close to the cleric. Magar's owl dives past the same zombie before flying a bit further into the cave behind the collapsed wall. Sprinkles follows Magar's familiar into the cave and dives at another zombie a bit further away to the east. Quiro moves up by to also flank Koram, completely blocking the collapsed opening, but cannot see through the darkness within. The fatigued dragonborn forgetting that he could light up his crystal blade to see. He peers ahead ready to swing in anything appears within striking distance. Easeis steps up behind the companions blocking the opening and casts hypnotic pattern to a cluster of undead to the SE, 6 of them stopping in place, reaching up at the swirling colors of the spell. Eilo flies up just above the giant hyena, hexes the zombie to the east distracted by Sprinkles, and eldritch blasts. Both beams of force smashing into the zombie, collapsing it to the floor as the fairy calls for Sprinkles. Koram recites a quick prayer and the spirits of ancient dwarven warriors swirl up from the floor around the cleric. Magar fire bolts the zombie facing the giant hyena, as the zombie flinches from the flames, the spirit guardians focus on the undead as well, radiant energy destroying the opponent. Several other undead begin to appear from the darkness to the south. The giant hyena heads east at the next undead near the east wall of the cave, biting another with its vice-like jaws. Even more undead appear from the south heading towards the hyena and the companions blocking the collapsed wall. Magar's owl flies past the closest undead to the south, the zombie's head slowly turning to follow the distracting familiar. Sprinkles returns to Eilo as directed, diving past one of the zombies previously turned and shambling near the north wall. Easeis sees more undead flooding up the hallway to the south. Realizing there must be another break in the wall that the group cannot see, he yells for everyone to fall back so the group isn't getting attacked on two fronts. He then lands a ray of frost on the nearest zombie in the tunnel, chilling and slowing its movement. Quiro moves from his position to the center of the hallway just south of the collapsed east wall trying to plug the new avenue of approach, ready to dodge any incoming attacks from the darkness. Two skeletons move up from the south both stabbing the giant hyena with short swords. Eilo casts Celestial Rainbow Explosion, the radiant ball of light surrounding the undead caught in the hypnotic pattern as well as the giant hyena. Several of the undead are instantly destroyed by the radiant magic, but unfortunately, the giant hyena also pops out of existence. Koram repeats Easeis's warning about the additional undead in the tunnel, casts toll the dead on the chilled zombie in the tunnel, and takes a couple of steps back NW, his spirit guardians now swirling to cover both the wall collapse and the tunnel. A larger more powerful looking skeleton moves up to Quiro from the south in the tunnel, swinging twice at the dragonborn, who manages to dodge the first swing, but is caught by the second backhand slash. A larger and stronger zombie also approaches Quiro from the tunnel and slams the fighter with its club-like arms. Magar sees that there are many more undead clustered further down the south hallway, and targets them with a shatter spell. A sphere of thunderous sound explodes among the enemies, five of the six targeted undead slammed to the walls and floor by the concussive blast. Easeis uses peer into the weave and learns the shatter spell as Magar casts it. Additional undead continue to appear and advance. Magar's owl does a flyby on the zombie swatting aimlessly at Eilo, the fairy too far above for it to reach, and then the familiar flies back to Magar. Sprinkles flies in a loop awaiting more instructions. Easeis casts his recently learned shatter spell just south of Quiro in the tunnel, and two more undead are slammed to the ground. Quiro swings twice at the tough skeleton to his south, landing one light slash, he surges with annoyance and lands two more solid hits and a small spike of psychic energy on the last strike. The dragonborn then takes a deep breath, his wounds seeming a bit less painful. Eilo flies up closer to the ceiling, about 20' up, directing her first eldritch blast beam at the zombie just distracted by Magar's owl, blasting a hole in it and dropping it to the floor. The warlock then hexes a second undead in the cave, blasting it with her second force beam, and drops her second target as well. Koram hits the tough skeleton with a guiding bolt and the spirit guardians also hammer into it with more radiant damage just before the undead attacks Quiro, missing twice. The greater zombie stubbornly ignores most of the spirits hitting it, but still only manages to land one hit on the dragonborn fighter. Magar points and a fire bolt streaks out, narrowly missing the large skeleton facing Quiro. Another zombie moves up from the south clipping the dragonborn with a swing of its decomposing arm. Magar's owl dives at the large skeleton facing Quiro, and heads back north a bit, then Sprinkles does the same to the greater zombie. Easeis takes advantage of both the tough undead being distracted, twinning chromatic orb and landing solid hits on both enemies. Quiro, beginning to look like the fight is taking its toll, swings twice at the skeleton facing him, but neither swing lands. Eilo shifts her hex to the greater skeleton and her first eldritch blast beam hits and scatters the skeleton's bones. The warlock shifts her second beam of force at the greater zombie, but she narrowly misses. Koram tolls the dead on the greater zombie, but it appears unaffected. More undead are getting closer from the tunnel to the south. The spirit guardians once again swirl about the greater zombie inflicting more radiant damage as the undead swings its arms twice at Quiro, the glowing spirits dragging at it just enough that it misses both times. Magar blasts the closest regular zombie with a fire bolt and as the smoking undead pulls its arm back to swing at Quiro, it is swamped by radiant spirits, the undead struggling as it falls the floor. Magar's owl zips past the greater zombie's head, while Sprinkles flies south down the tunnel, sees many more undead headed north, before zipping into another break in the wall to the east. Easeis throws another chromatic orb at the greater zombie, but it flies wide, striking the wall. He then calls on the last of his sorcerous energy to focus enough magical power for one more spell. Quiropsius slashes at the greater zombie twice, landing two solid cuts, but the tough undead opponent keeps coming. The undead continue to advance from the south. An arrow streaks out of the darkness in the tunnel to the south, passing right through Quiro's shoulder in a spray of blood. Eilo says something about the rest of the group having things under control in the hall and vanishes as she misty steps SE into the cave behind the collapsed wall. Then, she flies further south and enters the hallway from a second break in the eastern wall, spotting many more undead clustered in the tunnel, she immediately flies back a few feet and unleashes another celestial rainbow explosion. The radiant blast takes out several more undead. Koram, unaffected by the sudden darkness left by Eilo's departure, hits the greater zombie with toll the dead, necrotic energy washing over the enemy as it is also hit by the radiant energy of the spirit guardians. The powerful zombie is still standing and unlike the dwarf, Quiro has no darkvision and can no longer see anything with Eilo's light gone. The enemy can see just fine and Quiro takes two brutal hits from the strong undead, knocking the dragonborn unconscious. Magar, seeing Quiro drop and wanting to damage the undead and return light to the tunnel in case Quiro is revived, casts a flaming sphere and rams it into the greater zombie from behind, the burning undead falling to the floor before slowly beginning to move again. A wight steps from behind a corner and grazes Eilo with a shot from its bow before ducking back. Magar's owl flies down at the zombie on the floor before it has a chance to get up trying to distract it. Sprinkles flies into the tunnel, diving at at another greater zombie to the south, before zipping back through the collapsed wall. Easeis uses the last of his magical energy to cast one last shatter, causing light damage to his targets, but none fall. Quiro is down and bleeding a bit, but does not seem to be closer to actually dying. A zombie from the south advances up the tunnel and stops right next to the flaming sphere, it dead flesh scorching right before the spirit guardians overwhelm it. Two more arrows zip towards Eilo, one missing and the other tearing a gash across the fairy's leg. Eilo moves into the hallway, and seeing Quiro down, she focuses a bit of healing light on the dragonborn, returning him to consciousness. She then lands two eldritch blast beams on the greater zombie that Sprinkles distracted, but it just continues forward. Koram tolls the dead on the approaching second greater zombie, then moves forward hoping to support Eilo and block the hall with the spirit guardians, making sure the downed greater zombie is still in the area of effect. The cleric realizes his mistake as the southern greater zombie advances into melee range, slamming both its arms at the dwarf. One hit is stopped by Koram's armor, but the other smashes into him, losing concentration, and the spirit guardians fade away. Another regular zombie also moves up and slams its arm into the cleric. The downed greater zombie, now free of the spirit guardians because of Koram's tactical blunder, stands, bashing Quiro back to the floor, dazed, and then advances on Easeis, thankfully missing the sorcerer. Magar casts another fire bolt at the greater zombie that attacked Easeis, but the bolt flies past, flames splashing against the wall. The wizard then rolls his flaming sphere north to slam into the greater zombie, burning it from behind. The wight steps around the corner again and grazes Eilo with two more arrows. Another regular zombie advances from the south and flails its arms at Koram, but misses. Magar's owl does a flyby on the regular zombie west of Koram, then flutters back north. Eilo's owl dives at the wight with the bow, and it waves its arm at the familiar in annoyance. Easeis casts minor illusion superimposing the image of a 5' square stone block right over the spot where Koram is standing in an attempt to confuse the undead surrounding the cleric. Quiro's bleeding is not slowing after his latest trip to the floor, and the fighter looks battered. Another arrow streaks in clipping Eilo before she zips back north through the cave behind the wall to emerge near Quiro's unconscious form and a surrounded dwarf. She targets the distracted zombie and hits it with both beams of her eldritch blast, but it remains standing. Koram, hoping the illusion from Easeis has fooled the undead around him, steps back north holding his shield in place to deflect any possible incoming strikes. The two regular zombies appear confused by the illusionary stone and don't see the dwarf moving away. The greater zombie is not fooled however, trying to slam the retreating cleric, but its swing glances off the dwarf's shield. Once Koram reaches Quiro, he again summons spirit guardians and stands facing the undead to the south, telling Eilo to try and get Quiro up so we can fall back. The greater zombie steps forward swinging both its arms overhand at the cleric, one arm hammering into Koram, almost knocking him senseless, and the other luckily glances off the dwarf's armor. One of the other regular zombies, seeing the activity to the north, walks past the illusion of the stone block and swings its arm at Koram, missing. Magar rolls his flaming sphere around behind the greater zombie just south of Koram, scorching it and then fire bolts the regular zombie west of Koram, dropping it to the floor, smoldering, but then it twitches and begins to rise again.
As always, please see Discord In-Character channel for additional discussion.
End Session 59 top of round 9 against the undead with the party looking REALLY rough.
Easeis - 18,333, Eilo - 17,536, Magar - 15,946, Quiropsius - 12,770, Koram - 22,551
