The dragon's tail knocked Arthua prone. He found a platinum coin in his hand as he stood. "Little good this will do me right now." He peeked over his shoulder to see if there was a way out. He ducked immediately after he fired an arrow.

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STR Save, DC 15, Failed and is Prone.
rolled 10 using 1d20 with rolls of 10.  STR Save
Move: Half movement to stand from prone.
Action: Attack dragon with shortbow, Missed!
rolled 14,9 using 1d20+5,1d6+3 with rolls of 9,6.  ATK/DAM

Bonus Action: Hide

Perception to look for an exit: rolled 10 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 5.  Perception

Run where? Glynnelis looked back to the door that was at that very moment being battered by undead assailants. Neither they nor the dragon would listen to reason, but at least the dragon could be killed. He invoked another sacred flame.

DC 13 Dex save or it takes 3 radiant damage.
Glynnelis Huntinghawk rolled 3 using 1d8 with rolls of 3.  Sacred flame.

Talia flinched as the acid flowed past her form and growled. The anger coursing through her was an undercurrent to the serene knowledge that flowed in through some other connection. AS in the previous battle, knowledge of what to do came unbidden an, in her trance, she followed it unconsciously.

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Save: Talia Alden rolled 19 using 2d20+2, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 17,3.
   This leaves Talia on 4. Who's the party healbot!?!

Move action: AC95 if possible, AC96 if not. No more single file!
Bonus Action: none
Attack: Normal Attack = miss

Talia Alden rolled 12 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 7.  Attack.

"Blast and damnation. I can't heal you safely there, Talia! He's so ugly he'd swing at my pretty face for sure!" Shalimar steps up into the book chamber so that if need be the group can shut the door to block out the undead.

Move Action: AI-96
Bonus Action: Healing Word Talia for 6
Action: Vicious Mockery the Dragon again for 3 and disadvantage if it fails Wisdom DC 13
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Reacting more by instinct that conscious thought, Alyssa drew and loosed her arrow wide and high before ducking out of sight.

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OOC: 09:27, Today: Alyssa Tealeaf rolled 11,7 using 1d20+5,1d6+3 with rolls of 6,4.  shortbow, dragon AC: 17.

Not that was anymore effective than my inaction...

The dragon tries to shield itself again from Yry's ice magic but a well-timed attack by Orila and Talia box it in and it takes the ice blast right to the snout.

Arthua misses with his bow and scans the chamber but the only exits are either the secret corridor they were using or through the water about 100' to the west where there looks to be another tunnel. Given the open nature of the cavern and the exposed nature of crossing the water it seemed likely that trying to flee that way would leave the dragon free to fly around and spew acid down from the air throughout their entire retreat.

Alyssa musters up her courage to fire but misses her mark.

Talia swings around to avoid giving the dragon another clean shot even as she feels the acid burning her skin. The pain is almost enough to cut through her barbarian rage but she maintains her focus and continues her attack but the dragon is both strong and agile, either dodging attacks entirely or using its scales to deflect the attack.

Orila brings her maul down cracking and bruising more scales.

Shalimar's healing word taps the last of his magic but does alleviate some of the burning Talia is facing with a face full of acid. His vicious words however once again fail to land.

The dragon snaps its jaws at Orila but with a face full of frost she is able to dodge the attack.

Glynellis brings down more fire but the dragon jumps back and the holy flames just scorch copper and silver coins instead of dragon scales.

Round 2

The dragon raises its roar again and this time clouds of mosquitos and flies raise up from the murky swampy waters creating a large swarm over the water. While they are just buzzing around for now it looks like it would be quite nasty to end up in the middle of that swarm.


*Rage: Advantage on STR rolls, +2 Damage, Resistant to physical damage


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Arthua snuck out from behind cover to fire a shot at the dragon. He smiled as the arrow struck deep. He shouted, "There's a swarm of things out over of the water." Then he tried to hide behind his cover again.

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Action: Attack Dragon w/shortbow. HITS w/Crit 20. 11 Damage and 6 Sneak Attack Damage. 17 TOTAL.
rolled 25,9 using 1d20+5,1d6+3 with rolls of 20,6.  ATK/DAM.
rolled 2 using 1d6 with rolls of 2.  Crit damage.
rolled 6 using 2d6 with rolls of 1,5.  Crit sneak attack damage.

Bonus: Hide, Stealth
rolled 12 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 5.  Stealth</orange>
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Seeing Orila going toe-to-toe with the dragon Alyssa felt her misses were even more of a waste. With a deep breath the halfling hurried down the corridor to reach Orila and to share some of her healing spells.

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OOC: Move to AE-96, cast Cure Wounds on Orila

16:41, Today: Alyssa Tealeaf rolled 9 using 1d8+1 with rolls of 8.  cure wounds on Orila.

While the sight of a dragon hopping away from his sacred flame was slightly amusing, it was not going to forestall his imminent death, so he switched to bow and arrow only to receive a still-poorer result.

Glynnelis Huntinghawk rolled 6 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 1.  Attack.

"More things?" Shalimar sighed at the news from the rogue, Orila, hit this Gods dang dragon into next week already. We'll deal with it then! Right now it's just in the way!"

Bonus action Bardic Inspiration (1d6 on a D20 roll) to Orila. Normal action Vicious Mockery again.
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When Yry pops back out from around the corner again, she hopes to find a dead dragon, but at least it seemed they were having an effect. She summons more frost to harry the dragon before disappearing around the corner once more.

_ _❆ Yry Sweetwater ❆ the sorcerer ii______ ___ _ __ _
 hp ███████░░░ hd ♡♡
 ac {15} [13 d. resilience + 2 dex] p.per {13} p.inv {10} p.ins {13}
 sorcery points ❆❆ spell slots ❆❆❆
 {move to AK.97}
 {frostbite dragon, con save dc 13 or take 4 cold and disadvantage on next attack}
 {move back to AJ.99}
 {20:31, Today: Yry Sweetwater rolled 4 using 1d6 with rolls of 4.  frostbite con dc 13.}

Reeling, Talia felt a surge of warmth run through her system and grinned back at her ally. Life was still likely to be rough for the moment. And the memories were still there, voices guiding her actions. Gripping her weapon firmly, Talia set her feet and swung the weapon, trusting her strange instincts. It left her wide open, but even as she felt the attack land, she knew it to be a telling blow.

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Move Action: nada
Bonus Action: nada
Attack Action: Reckless Attack. Crit! Yay! 14, rerolled manually as I didn't see the Crit house rule at first.


12:32, Today: Talia Alden rolled 8 using 2d10+5 with rolls of 2,1.  damage.
12:40, Today: Talia Alden rolled 7 using 1d10 with rolls of 7.  reroll crit damage.
12:32, Today: Talia Alden rolled 25 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 20,13.  attack.

Encouraged by the healing magic she felt flowing through her from Alyssa’s touch, Orila attacked again, swinging her maul to smash heavily into the dragon’s flank once more...

OOC: 9 HP healing.... thanks Alyssa!    Current HP = 14/22
            Action — attack dragon
05:18, Today: Orila rolled 24 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 19.  Mail Attack (AC 17). Hit!
05:19, Today: Orila rolled 9 using 2d6+3 with rolls of 5,1.  Maul damage.
05:20, Today: Orila rolled 6 using 1d6 with rolls of 6.  Great Weapon Fighting re-roll.
            (with rollls of 5, 6) 14 bludgeoning damage to dragon

Yry fires her ice but the dragon spits out a glob of acid and catches it in the air melting it with its own magical effect.

Arthua gets an arrow in at the soft spot under a wing. The dragon snarls in anger, lashing out with its tail and wings to cause everyone else to jump back. It looks back at Arthua and glares at him with one large green eye.

Alyssa runs up and drops some much needed healing on Orila.

Talia hits her halbred blade down on a section of scale weakened by Talia and scores a savage hit finally drawing blood from the dragon.

Orila lands another hit with her maul at the same spot and this time she smashes her hammer deep into the side of the dragon crushing several important organs and sending blood and viscera squishing out around the edge.

Shalimar's words finally land on the distracted dragon and it winces in pain, slowing down a bit. It turns back and quick as lightning lets loose another gob of acid this time catching Orila and Alyssa in a line and burning them both.

OOC: 18 acid damage. 9 if you make the DC 11 dex save. I decided to use the disadvantage from Vicious Mockery on the damage dice instead...

Glynnelis drops more holy flame and once again the dragon dodges out of the way.

Round 3

The dragon gives a roar and the cloud of insects fly down where Arthua is hiding. No amount of stealth is enough to hide the cloud of stinging blood-sucking insects that swarm around him. Within seconds Arthua grows dizzy and falls unconscious from pain and poison.

OOC: Enough damage to put you to zero. Start making your death saves...


*Rage: Advantage on STR rolls, +2 Damage, Resistant to physical damage
*Inspired: +1d6 to a single d20 roll


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The swarm attacked from every direction. Arthua tried to shake it off. He screamed in terror and pain before he fell.

Talia watches as Arthua falls, but there is nothing she can do for him. Her instincts are to continue; her minds screams to finish the fight if she can. Still, her eyes seek out an ally to warn. A part of her wars with the other, save Arthua now if possible or finish the fight and hope they survived a few more seconds. She thrust the haldberd this time hoping to pierce the scales and the softened inside within. She only focused harder when the halberd found purchase even as she prayed it was enough.

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Move: none
Bonus: none
Action: Reckless Attack. Hit AC20 for 14 damage.

10:32, Today: Talia Alden rolled 14 using 1d10+5 with rolls of 9.  damage.
10:32, Today: Talia Alden rolled 20 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 1,15.  reckless attack.

Orila dodged the worst of the dragon's acid breath, but the movement cost the goliath on her return attack. Off balance, her swing missed the dragon entirely...

OOC: 23:19, Today: Orila rolled 13 using 1d20-1 with rolls of 14.  Dex save (DC 11) Success!
       (9 acid damage, current HP = 6/22)
   Action: maul attack
23:20, Today: Orila rolled 6 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 1.  Maul attack (AC 17). Miss!

Glynnelis continued firing at the dragon. It pained him to see Arthua fall, but there was nothing he could for the rogue now.


08:46, Today: Glynnelis Huntinghawk rolled 4 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 1.  damage.

08:45, Today: Glynnelis Huntinghawk rolled 15 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 10.  attack

Just a moment too late Alyssa saw the dragon draw back to spray its acid once more. Flinging herself to the side, the halfling was still able to dodge most of the acid but still felt its burn.

Alyssa drew on the forces of nature once more. This time the spell propeled her out from behind Orila at great speed. Once at the shoreline Alyssa turned and with uncanny accuracy hit the dragon with enough force that one could almost see the air move away from the impact.

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OOC: 19:51, Today: Alyssa Tealeaf rolled 13 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 8.  acid, dex save dc11.
Bonus: Cast Zephyr Strike
Move: AE,97 to Z,101
Attack: Hit AC 24 (advantage) for 14 damage (8 piercing, 6 force)

19:58, Today: Alyssa Tealeaf rolled 14 using 1d6+3+1d8 with rolls of 5,6.  shorrtbow damage +force damage.
19:56, Today: Alyssa Tealeaf rolled 24 using 2d20+5, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 19,13.  shortbow, dragon AC 17 (advantage).

Against all expectations, it is Alyssa with her bow that deals the final blow to the dragon. With a shudder it collapses onto its pile of gold. The swarm of insects is still roiling around and it doesn't look like Arthua is going to survive much longer inside the stinging mass of insects...

OOC: Re-do your actions to take into account the dragon dying on Alyssa's turn.

The swarm was relentless. Arthua's life hung in the balance.

OOC: Okay, Alyssa went before Orila did on the Init table, so I'm assuming that means I get to re-do Orila's action...

Orila paused only a moment to see if the dragon's fall was some kind of trick before she noted that Arthua was still in dire straights with the swarm. Dropping her pack, she fetched her rope and tied one end around herself, tossing the other to Talia. "Pull us out when I grab him!" Then she raced into the midst of the deadly insects, intent on just grabbing ahold of the rogue before she too succumbed to the swarm...

OOC: I don't know what kind rolls are needed or even how many actions, etc. that is, but that's about the best I can come up with for rescue plan. Please let me know if I need to edit anything.

Glynnelis already had an arrow nocked and ready when Alyssa felled the dragon. He gaped in astonishment, having expected to be killed by a spray of acid only seconds before. He was not much less surprised to see it was young Alyssa who killed the beast. Young Alyssa, who had been so reluctant to draw a weapon back in Ashford.

But this was no time for nostalgia, for Arthua lay on the brink of death. The elf did not know what good it would do, but he already had the arrow readied, so he loosed it into the heart of the swarm.

08:46, Today: Glynnelis Huntinghawk rolled 4 using 1d8+3 with rolls of 1.  damage.

08:45, Today: Glynnelis Huntinghawk rolled 15 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 10.  attack

Shalimar eyes the door being battered on by undead and notes the situation in the battle room is far more under control, so he motions to the freed prisoners, "Be ready to run into here there's a smaller room we can secure against the undead. Don't go too far in though."

As Orila runs into the swarm he calls out, "What are you doing? Even if you pull him out they can just follow you!"

Thoughts roil around in the bard's head,Gods dang it. I'm out of healing and have no offensive magic that would work on bugs. You can't insult near mindless bugs! They're too dumb. Wait... they're dumb bugs!

He springs into action, weaving an illusory sound of the natural enemy of a swarm of bugs: a flock of birds.

Free Action: Call out to freed prisoners.
Move: From my Actual position in AI to AD-98
Action: Prestidigitation to create the sound of a flock of hungry squawking birds, positioned to theoretically scare the dumb things away from the group.

Redirecting my ACtion:

Seeing the dragon fall to the precision of the archer's arrow, Talia's first thought was to release the trance she used to summon the instincts. However, those very instincts prevents that thought fully forming and her eyes moved to the entrance to the cave. Then to the gold. Then to the swarm. Gritting her teeth, she felt the frustration of seeing a comrade dying and knowing her skills could not prevent it. Instead, she moved toward then entrance and reiterated Shalimar's instructions, "Yes, quickly, get to safety." Talia was ready to face the zombies should they break through and protect these people.