Endur's Return to TOEE part 3

[Endur]

Kelashein calls out in a voice loud enough that even the party members can hear, "Now that I am the Ultimate Mistress and Commandress of the Outer Fane, we will celebrate my ascenion! We will butcher these treacherous elven followers of Varachan, roast them, and have them for our meal!"

She laughes uncontrollably. The Gnolls, Ogres, and Trolls seem delighted by the idea of gray elven meat. Some of the human warriors look like they are getting sick in their stomach.



There are at least two ways around the feasting cultists (room 44). There was another exit from the Dragon's Den, that the party has not yet tried. Presumably that exit goes East and North around the volcano and passes by the Water Door and the Earth door and numerous rooms the party has not yet explored. Alternatively, Lenya's Flee the Scene might have the range to take the party out of the volcanic wall of the outer fane into the inner cone of the volcano around the Black Tower of the Inner Fane.

 

[Xael]

"A few of those, and maybe something better.", Lylamwyn responds to Lenya. "So do we just burst in and kill them? I can probably clear many of the soldiers, but we need to kill the priestress fast.", Lylamwyn asks. "I could always go by myself while invisible to break havoc, if you prefer to stay safe and guard here."

If he gets a positive answer, he'll cast Greater Invisibility on himself. He ponders whether he could get more people with Cone of Cold or Fireball.

OOC: How big is the room, where are the cultists, soldiers and the priestress, etc. misc stuff.

Lylamwyn's combat plan:
1) Go in while invisible.
2) Cast Evard's Black Tentacles at the priestress/cultists (stay away to avoid possible Invisibility Purge).
3) If they're trapped, start killing stuff with other area effect spells or block main escape route (if there is such a thing) or dangerous enemies with Web.

 

[Endur]

The Feasting Hall (room 44) is 80' long by 50' wide. The party is hiding below the south end of the hall. There are three exits, a 20' wide corridor to the north, a 30' wide corridor to the south, and a door on the west wall.

(Two fireballs (from Kerwyn & Lylamwyn) could catch all of the feasting participants. A cone of cold could catch a lot of pariticapants if placed carefully by an invisible Lylamwyn).

 

[Endur]

Prep Spells:
Lylamwyn: Greater Invis on self, gives Fireball to Kerwyn, moves into position
Torn casts Bulls Strength on Raner and casts Prayer on whole party
Belaver shapeshifts into a Brown Bear and summons a Dire Weasel

Surprise Round: (prayer on all PCs + neshi)
21: Kerwyn casts Fireball at the Trolls and other Feasters (DC 19, dmg 46, Troll 15+4=19 -23, 17+4=21 -23, 15+4=19 -23, 10+4=14 -46, Ogres 1+ dead, 4+ dead, Gnolls: 4 dead, Human Warriors: 16 dead)
20: Lylamwyn (Greater Invisible) casts Evard's Black Tentacles on head table and surrounding area (+18 grapple check, Priestess 13+18 vs. 3+ grappled, Dwarf cultist 7+18 vs. 9+10 grappled, Human cultist 3+18 vs. 8+5 grappled, Trog cultist 6+18 vs. 5+ grappled, Goblin cultist 11+18 vs. 16+18 not grappled, 13 of 14 human cultists not hit by fireball are grappled)
20: Raner (Bulls Strength) moves forward
14: Toriah
12: Belaver (Brown Bear form) casts Poison and holds it
12: Neshi waits
12: Dire Weasel waits
7: Lenya moves forward using Flee the Scene
7: Torn moves forward to target the head table

 

[Thanee]

Once the fireballs start flying, Lenya will move into a position from where she can see the priestess (but not too close to the troglodyte) and try to interrupt any spellcasting attempts or similar activation of powers by her with a readied noxious chain (hitting whoever seems appropriate as secondary targets).

 

[Manzanita]

Torn frowns. She would prefer to avoid the confrontation. But if the others are set on attack, she will participate fully.

Torn will wait until any surprise has been accomplished. Then she will burst in and cast flame strike on the lead table. After that, she will cast divine Holy smite, blade barrier (to defend the party's casters, or prevent enemy escape, depending upon their actions), MS V, then MS IV, then searing light.

As buffers, she'll cast prayer, and bulls strength on Raner.

 

[Xael]

Prep: Fireball for Kerwyn, Greater Invisibility at Lylamwyn.

Surprise Round: Evard's Black Tentacles at priestress/cultists/other badasses.

Round 1: Kill as many people as possible with Cone of Cold or Fireball.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Prep round: summon a dire weasel
Surprise round: cast Poison, holding the charge
1st round: as a brown bear, delay and countercharge anyone who breaks from the room towards the casters.

 

[Endur]

Lylamwyn's arcane spells wreck havoc in the feasting hall. At least twenty cultists were slain by the fireball Lylamwyn lent to Kerwyn and other twenty cultists were grappled by the Evard's Black Tentacles.

Round 1: (Prayer on all PCs + neshi)
21: Kerwyn
20: Evard's Black Tentacles (damages all of the cultists it holds except for the Trog cultist for d6+4 dmg)
20: Lylamwyn (Greater Invisible) casts Cone of Cold on cultists (dmg 39 DC21 Troll 18+4=22 pass -19, 1+ fail -39, 14+ fail -39, 3+ -39, 8 human cultists are slain)
20: Raner (Bulls Strength) delays
14: Toriah
12: Belaver (Brown Bear form, holding poison) delays and will countercharge incoming enemies
12: Neshi delays
12: Dire weasel delays
8: Cultists: Three surviving Trolls get up from the table and head towards Belaver, Torn and company. Cultists at the head table vanish from sight of everyone except Kerwyn and Lenya. Goblin cultist flees to the north out of the tentacled area. 12 surviving ungrappled human warriors pray to the Gods and flee in every direction. Grappled cultists attempt to escape, but fail except for one human cultist and the Dwarf cultist (invisible). One human cultist at the feast table assumes the hybrid form of a were-rat.
8: Raner (Bulls Strength) charges and drops two incoming trolls (PA5 4+11+5+2+1-5=hit, dmg 24; cleave 8+ hits, dmg 22)
8: Belaver charges the incoming Trolls (Belaver 19+ hit, DC19 poison 8+11 pass, dmg 15)
8: Neshi charges a Troll (Neshi 12+ hit, dmg 10)
8: Dire Weasel bites a Troll (Dire Weasel 4+11+2=17 hit, dmg 7, Troll AOO 16+ hit, dmg 10) and attaches to the troll
7: Lenya moves 30' and sends a Noxious Chain of Eldritch Blast at the high priestess. Lenya would have preferred to time her blast to interfere with a spell, but there are too many tentacles in the way for Lenya to be able to see clearly to interfere with spell casting. (19+ touch attack hits, random miss chance 1-2 hits priestess 2 hits priestess, dmg 13, priestess fort save 9+ fails nauseous, human cultist 11+ hit, random miss chance 1-2 hits 5 hits tentacles, trog cultist 18+ hit, 1-2 random miss chance 2 hits, dmg 5, fort save 14+ not nauseated)
7: Torn moves and casts Flame Strike on the head table (dmg 29, dc17 priestess 15+ fails -29, human cultist 10+ fails -29, Trog cultist 13+ fails -29, 2 grappled human cultists slain)

 

[Endur]

The cultists continue to receive much worse than they deal out.

Round 2: (Prayer on all PCs + neshi)
21: Kerwyn
20: Evard's Black Tentacles (damages all of the cultists it holds for d6+4 dmg except for trog, many of the human warriors have stopped resisting and are being crushed to death)
20: Lylamwyn (Greater Invisible) casts Web on the northern archway through which all enemies are trying to flee

14: Toriah
8: 4 Trolls (-23 fire -53,-23 fire -64, -23 fire -41 weasel attached, -46 fire -34; all trolls down)
8: Goblin cultist grabs hands with the dwarf cultist and they both vanish from everyone's sight
8: thirteen fleeing human warriors flee in every direction, some get tangled in the web
8: High priestess (invisible, grappled, nauseated, -44)
8: were-rat cultist at feast table (grappled, invisible, -33)
8: Human cultist near feast table (grappled, invisible, -15)
8: Trog cultist near feast table (grappled, invisible, -34)
20: Raner (Bulls Strength) continues to shred trolls
8: Belaver(-11, Brown Bear form) continues to shred trolls
8: Neshi
8: Dire Weasel (-10) drains blood from a Troll (-2 con)
7: Lenya casts Noxious Chain of Eldritch Blast on the Trog, Priestess, and Wererat Cultist
7: Torn casts Holy Smite on the area around the Feast Table