5e Adventure By Me. Yeah. II

[Gluteus_Maximus]

...And since two of the NPCs got the first two places in the initiative, doublepost.

Rashad fires an arrow at the Necromancer. Another crack appears in the skull.
(1d20+5)[14] hit: (1d8+3)[4] crit: (1d8)[7]
Jutta charges in with her sword to stick out the eye of one of the cultists. KILL
(1d20+4)[19] hit: (1d10+2)[12] crit: (1d10)[6]

[Jrpergande78]

Daar moves towards the closest person and attacks with her mace, followed by two more attacks using martial arts.

Spoiler: mace/flurry of Blows

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Flurry of Blows: 1 ki point to make two additional unarmed strikes
Atks [roll]1d20+4.[/roll] Mace hit :(1d8+2)[3] (1d20+4)[7] (1d20+4)[15] Martial Arts: (1d4+2)[6] (1d4+2)[6]

[Sicarius Victis]

Arkhen Hexes the necromancer, before attempting to perform her part in turning him into a pincushion.

Spoiler: OoC

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(1d20+2)[6]
(1d10+13)[18]
(1d6)[4]

[Gluteus_Maximus]

Ornug attacks a cultist, because he doesn't have a ranged attack.
(1d20+5)[9] hit: (1d8+3)[5] crit: (1d8)[6]

[mgshamster]

[ooc]Haha! Awesome description, GM!

Angels! Demon! Help me capture this mage and I'll set you free! Zanan says as he takes an attack at a random minion.

Bonus Action Rage 1/10 rounds

Attack
(1d20+5)[12]
Reckless (1d20+5)[25]
(1d12+5)[9]

[mgshamster]

Axe crit!

(2d12)[19]

[Gluteus_Maximus]

Zanan's axe utterly annihilates a cultist.

The closest cultists (6) turn and attack Jutta, Ornug, and Zanan (2 ea.) with their scimitars. There are 13 of them left.
Jutta's
(1d20+3)[6] hit: (1d6+1)[2] crit: (1d6)[4]
(1d20+3)[12] hit: (1d6+1)[2] crit: (1d6)[5]
Ornug's
(1d20+3)[19] hit: (1d6+1)[3] crit: (1d6)[2]
(1d20+3)[6] hit: (1d6+1)[6] crit: (1d6)[3]
Zanan's
(1d20+3)[15] hit: (1d6+1)[6] crit: (1d6)[1]
(1d20+3)[21] hit: (1d6+1)[2] crit: (1d6)[2]
Two of the cultists run over to the minotaur skeleton's cave and use keys to open the lock. In a few seconds, it'll charge straight for Jutta, Ornug, and Zanan.
Another two cultists run over to the zombies' cage and unlock it, saying "kill and eat the intruders".
Two of the cult fanatics, the ones with staffs, flank the Necromancer, while the others start down the stairs and cast Sacred Flame on Ornug and Zanan.
Ornug's Dex save: (1d20+1)[17] to avoid (1d8)[2] radiant
Zanan's Dex save: (1d20+3)[9] to avoid (1d8)[7] radiant
The two cult fanatics still with the Necromancer fire magical rays out of their staffs: Six Scorching rays. One hits each of Zanan, Zuzu, Ornug, Arkhen, Daar, and Altiui. (These are attack rolls).
Zanan: (1d20+4)[12] hit: (2d6)[6] fire damage.
Zuzu: (1d20+4)[8] hit: (2d6)[5] fire damage.
Ornug: (1d20+4)[7] hit: (2d6)[5] fire damage.
Arkhen: (1d20+4)[9] hit: (2d6)[9] fire damage.
Daar: (1d20+4)[18] hit: (2d6)[8] fire damage.
Altiui: (1d20+4)[13] hit: (2d6)[10] fire damage.
The Necromancer kneels next to the body of the dead Beholder, dripping the blood from his wrists into its slack mouth as he opens his palms upward.
The two flumphs continue telepathically talking to everyone in the room.
There's an old saying. "Never summon an angel to a party". I'm sure you can guess why.
Ghouls, Undead Stoats, Banshees, Ghosts. Some parties are a lot less lively with an undead host.

[Zergrinch]

"You missed!" Zuzu crows out as he easily dodges the flames shot out by the necromancer's lackeys.

Taking stock of the situation, the boy decides to distract the necromancer from whatever he is doing - mental resistance notwithstanding - before he manages to do foul, unnatural things with the dead beholder!

Spoiler

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Necromancer must succeed on DC15 INT save (1d20)[19] or take (1d10+2)[8] damage.

After firing off his attack, the boy ducks behind the door, out of sight from all the enemies.

[2D8HP]

"Ossian"Ox", Half-Elf Fighter/Rogue (Swashbuckler) AC:17 (Studded leather, and shield), HP:25/12, Init:+6, Speed:30ft. Passive Perception:15

(Crossbow bolt to Wizard!)

Attack:(d20+8)[15]
Damage:(d8+4)[9]
Sneak Attack:(2d6)[7]

[Gluteus_Maximus]

Zuzu's attack fails.
Ox's bolt seems to hit him in his head, and blood flows. The skull on his neck shatters to pieces.

Also,

Initiative!
Altiui (1d20+1)[9]
Arkhen (1d20+3)[12]
Daar (1d20+2)[16]
Enemies (1d20+1)[10]
Jutta (1d20+4)[19]
Ornug (1d20+1)[11]
Ox (1d20+6)[9]
Rashad (1d20+3)[23]
Zanan (1d20+3)[11]
Zuzu (1d20+3)[9]
Order: Rashad -> Jutta -> Daar -> Arkhen -> Ornug/Zanan -> Enemies -> Altiui/Ox/Zuzu
As requested, here's the initiative again. Altiui is the only one left.

[Zergrinch]

HE'S TRYING TO REANIMATE THE BEHOLDER. STOP HIM!

Zuzu is suddenly taken aback as he realizes what the Flumphs really are. He attempts psionic communications.

Wait. You guys are telepathic? You don't seem like bad guys -- why are you helping him?

[Gluteus_Maximus]

They pay you no mind. They continue:

Always invite a fiend to a surprise party. After it's over, you have his heart, you have his body, you have the components that body provides, and you have any magic items that fiend possessed.
The cost is worth it. Believe me. Paralyzing touch, improved intelligence, no pesky skin holding your might in. Not to mention that no one expects any good from you if you're a Lich. Do whatever.

[Zergrinch]

So that's the game they want to play?

Zuzu starts psionically blasting a nursery rhyme at the Flumphs!

[Gluteus_Maximus]

Aberrations are quite the sight to behold. Where are they from? Where are they to go? Why do they have such powerful innate magic and SECRETS behind them?
Aberration zombies are very powerful. So powerful that even the strongest magical means cannot create them. But take four souls, rife with strife, tear them apart, until they have no life; Cut your wrist with a knife,
Bond your soul with the beholder's body, you lowlife- Up! Up! That's the SECRET to behold.

When they say "SECRET" you feel a little twinge of pain. Not enough to be called "1 damage" but still pain.

[Jrpergande78]

Upon hearing Zuzu's warning, Daar decides to take a different approach to the current problem. She casts sacred flame onto the Necromancer and follow up with flurry of Blows.

Spoiler: ooc

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Flurry of Blows: 1 ki point to make two additional unarmed strikes
(1d20+4)[14] (1d20+4)[21]Martial Arts:(1d4+2)[4](1d4+2)[3]
Sacred Flame: Flame-like radiance descends on a creature that you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8 radiant damage. The target gains no benefit from cover for this saving throw.

[Zergrinch]

In pain, Zuzu continues his psionic communication.

I will not cut my wrist with knife!
I will not sacrifice my life!
I will not bond my soul to that!
I won't do it, no matter what!

We will beat up this evil man!
We will destroy his stupid plan!
We will ensure his full defeat!
So none of this he will repeat!

The secret can just go to hell!
The world needs not such foul a spell!

[Gluteus_Maximus]

You're outnumbered! Outmatched! Outlived!
Reinforcements will come in a jiff!
When you should be dead and lying on the floor
Whose head will be standing in front of that door, tall as you?
Yours!
They wander through the night,
Killing innocents in their plight.
Where is their shining knight, bright with light?
You're as high up in heaven with a kite
And you'll fall from quite a height
If you're so crazy to think your light bright knight
Here to smite
Your pursuers for what's right
You might
Consider to cite the site
Where the necromancer Steve Your-Name-Here Dwight
Turned your knight
Into an downright, bullfight, offwhite, offwight
Turn on your nightlight,
ZOMBIE!

[Zergrinch]

" Attack, while I distract them," Zuzu hisses out to companions. To the lizardfolk in particular, really.

After which the mystic continues in his effort to persuade the flumphs.


Though odds be grim; our numbers few
We will not yield to one as you!
Who only seek the evil path
To decimate all life with wrath!

We may yet die, that much is true,
And turned to shambling zombies too.
But we fight onward just the same.
So history recalls our names!

Our cause is just, our path is sure,
With heads held high, we will endure!
If hope is lost, we'll find some more.
And fight till evil's shown the door!

In brightest day, in blackest night,
All evil creatures we will fight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware our strength to do what's right!

[Gluteus_Maximus]

Whether you be psion or prion or any walk of life, name one
You won't stand up to us
It doesn't matter if you're a mage or one who goes into a rage,
Next to us, you're making a little fuss

If you're a warlock or a pirate coming into dock,
You might think we'd gawk. NO!
If you think you'll give us a shock and cook us in a wok,
Knock knock. NO!

If you're a powerful monk, always taking the top bunk,
And you think you can take us you're blind. drunk.
Seriously, those weapons and fists and armor of yours are heaps of junk,
So allow me to step in, give your tongue twists, pitchfork you like a farmer: you're a little punk.


Floating eyes, in the air,
Where're their legs? Are they there?
They buzz around just like flies,
But they're not as easy to kill, believe me, it's been tried.

Against one of a large size
It's only a matter of time until one of you dies
So have a few good cries and make an excellent disguise:
It'll take a good one to pass by these spies.

If you and a beholder were allies
You might get a hit in, edgewise
But too bad, we had the better compromise,
So it's you WE'LL baptize.

You might resize, revise, devise some plan
To, before sunrise, get us wetting outside the bedpan
But we atomize, brutalize, burglarize, naturalize, man,
You'd better visualize that there'll be no prize, and apologize, throw in the can,
Or surmise that your size, likewise your demise, is as long as a hummingbird's wingspan.

[Sicarius Victis]

You boast about your allies, of numbers great and small.
And yet about yourself, there is nought to say at all.
For when fighting any foe, even just an ant small,
Your use is still outmatched by that of a 1'-tall wall.

So why would you boast, when there's nothing to be proud about?
You couldn't win a fight against a crippled, drunken lout.
So come, fight us, join us in a friendly bout,
The only reward you'll get is a simple, pathetic rout.

'Tis true, we do not have a shining knight,
'Tis also true that we don't need one to fight.
And when you face us, you'll be crying for a light,
'Cause we're the monsters that go bump in the night.

Yeah we're your demons, your nightmares, we're everything you'll come to fear,
We're monsters, we're warriors, we're deadly fighters without peer.
We'll tie you up, weigh you down, and toss you off the pier,
There's no point in running, we'll find and kill you far or near.

If you stand in our way, well, you'll see how well you fare,
We'll kick you to the ground, all your weaknesses laid bare.
We'll get our hands on you and asunder we will tear,
So come on and do your best, fight us if you dare.

[Zergrinch]

Zuzu is starting to get alarmed at the escalation of hostility, and tries to calm things down.

Why must you do this? You aren’t dead.
Why let fel magic rear its head?
There is no need to cause bloodshed.
Or help the evil ones to spread.

Why don’t you see that he’s now crazed?
How can you both remain so blasé?
Don’t let this world be set ablaze.
I beg of you – rethink your ways!

What do you gain from this foul deed?
What kind of contract was agreed?
It’s clear he needs you, to succeed.
Oh please, think twice, ‘fore you proceed!

[Gluteus_Maximus]

A blast through your mind, a 'Flayer
But there is no one to be your savior
Every time you won't be protected
Righteousness will always be deflected
Raving claws, four legs, a Chuul
Awe is the state you are in, your brain will soon be drool
Terrible tentacles, big beak, a Grell
In no time, you'll be in the coffin, hearing a knell
Overpowered, unyielding, floating eyes
No one will be stopping them lest they be shrunk pint-size
So be wary when you see them, they are
ABERRATIONS!


Living bodies, they're so fragile
Zombies may not be so agile
But living creatures, they need to breathe
Zombies have no need for that, food, or sleep
They're nothing but body, weapon, and gravestone
And Humans don't have their backbone!
Zombie wizards, gators, bears
Heck, you can even zombify fish, my ear hears
They move at peak capability
Humans have lack of stability
Humans have prejudice, bias, and greed
But for these things a Zombie has no need
So! Join today, become a Zombie!
You can make it into a hobby!

[Sicarius Victis]

You speak of dangers meant to scare us, yet they only make us bolder,
You think we'll be scared by threats of those ancient and older,
But I'll fire a shot where it's hot and it'll be clear that the air will grow colder,
You'll find my arrow is a beauty, to be found in the eye of the Beholder.

You think we're afraid of the undead,
You think we'll stop and lose our heads
But we will not hesitate to fight and smite any wight in the night or in the light until the heights burn bright with our fires blazing for all that's right!

[Ramsus]

Altiui Frilled Lizardfolk Circle of Dreams Druid Concentrating on: Flaming Sphere (0/10 turns) Altiui rolls her eyes at all the poetry and weirdness. She's dealt with enough of that with the fey. She knows better than to get involved if she doesn't have to. She settles for trying to ruin the Necromancer's work by summoning forth a blazing sphere of fire atop the beholder corpse. Spoiler Show Casting Flaming Sphere on top of the beholder corpse. Using bonus action to have it slam into the Necromancer. Any creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of the sphere must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. The creature takes 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Necromancer has to make save vs (2d6)[10] fire damage immediately from the bonus action attack from it. I don't know how many HP a beholder corpse would have. So I guess we'll see how well this works.

[Gluteus_Maximus]

Round 1 summary
Rashad's arrow hits the necromancer, but it only seems to damage his skull necklace.
Jutta decapitates a cultist.
Daar's mace attack misses the cultist.
Arkhen's arrow misses.
Ornug's hammer attack misses.
Zanan's axe utterly annihilates a cultist.

Six cultists attack Jutta, Zanan, and Ornug, 2 each. Jutta takes no hits, Ornug takes 1 hit, and Zanan takes 1 hit.
Two cultists open the Minotaur Skeleton's cage, and another two open the 5 zombies' cage.
Two cult fanatics cast Sacred Flame on Ornug and Zanan, hitting Zanan and missing Ornug.
The other two cult fanatics fire six Scorching Rays out of their staffs; Only Daar suffers the effects of one of the rays.
The necromancer starts casting a ritual to animate the beholder corpse.

Ox's bolt hits the necromancer in the head, but the only effect it seems to have is that one of the skulls shatters.
Zuzu's mind attack fails.
Altiui's flaming sphere slams into the necromancer; One of his red-glowing skulls stops glowing, and he is unharmed.

Top of the round; Rashad and Jutta's actions.
Rashad turns to fire an arrow at the minotaur skeleton. (1d20+5)[12] hit: (1d8+3)[8] crit: (1d8)[8] Hit
Jutta continues to attack the cultists. (1d20+4)[19] hit: (1d10+2)[12] crit: (1d8)[6] Near-Kill

Daar's attack damages a cultist, but doesn't kill it.
Initiative!
Altiui (1d20+1)[9]
Arkhen (1d20+3)[12]
Daar (1d20+2)[16]
Enemies (1d20+1)[10]
Jutta (1d20+4)[19]
Ornug (1d20+1)[11]
Ox (1d20+6)[9]
Rashad (1d20+3)[23]
Zanan (1d20+3)[11]
Zuzu (1d20+3)[9]
Order: Rashad -> Jutta -> Daar -> Arkhen -> Ornug/Zanan -> Enemies -> Altiui/Ox/Zuzu
Those left are Arkhen, Ornug, Zanan, the Enemies, and the "rolled a 9" crew.

[2D8HP]

"Ossian"Ox", Half-Elf Fighter/Rogue (Swashbuckler) AC:17 (Studded leather, and shield), HP:25/12, Init:+6, Speed:30ft. Passive Perception:15

(Crossbow bolt to enemy that's closest to a comrade!)


Attack: (d20+8)[21]]
Damage: (d8+4)[8]
Sneak Attack: (2d6)[3]

[Sicarius Victis]

Arkhen will continue assaulting the mage.

Spoiler: OoC

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(1d20+2)[13]
(1d10+13)[23]
(1d6)[3]

[Gluteus_Maximus]

One of the blue skulls stops glowing and cracks when Arkhen's arrow hits.
Ornug attacks a cultist.
(1d20+5)[16] hit: (1d8+3)[5] crit: (1d8)[5]

[Zergrinch]

Why do you praise the zombies so?
They cannot think. They do not know
What time it is, or where they go
All they can do is slam a foe.

You want to live a life so plain?
No love, no heart. No mind, no brain?
No fun, no play, I say, no way!
I'll take my fleshy life any day!

You want someone to take control?
And take command on your own soul?
Won't freedom be preferable?
Enslavement's not acceptable!

[mgshamster]

Ignoring the meddling cultists, Zanan charges at the necromancer, swinging his axe at the evil mage.

Action
(1d20+5)[9]
Reckless (1d20+5)[11]
(1d12+5)[9]

Bonus action
(1d20+5)[10]
Reckless (1d20+5)[12]
(1d12+5)[17]

Rage: 2/10

Edit: If any of my hits could kill the mage, Zanan will choose to knock him unconscious instead.