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Old Aug 2nd, 2022, 04:14 AM
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Lost in contemplation, Polly instinctively moved through the swamp without making a sound, her feet finding dry spots of land to walk on rather than squelching in the mud, and deftly avoiding the dead branches littering the ground. She wsa woken from her meditative state, however, when she heard the voice of a woman ahead, calling out for aid. Gesturing to her companions, she bid them to follow quietly, hoping to glean what all the commotion was about before committing to any one plan.

Unfortunately, that was when her companions decided to rush forward, sword and spell ready as they charged into the fray. 'Cegilune's spit,' Polly cursed, exasperated. 'Didn't the situation with the vampire yesterday teach you anything? We need to-' but they were away, her whispered pleas falling on deaf ears.

'Fine,' Polly grumbled, grasping her staff tightly before turning to Ismark, Ireena, Lucien and the mules. 'You guys stay back, stay hidden. I really don't want a repeat of yesterday.' With a heavy sigh, the monk ran after the others, hoping this wasn't another trap set by the inhabitants of this dark land.

'Hey, puppy!' she called out, running towards the wolves even as a bright white light appeared in her hands. 'Go fetch!' she called out, hurling the bolt of light towards the nearest wolf in hopes of getting its attention. The light spiraled hopelessly off course- light was meant to dispell the darkness, but the darkness in Barovia was everywhere, and the light overextended by trying to purge all shadows at once. Well, Polly thought, grabbing her staff. 'At least it got the wolf's attention.'


 
 
 
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Mara was doing very little thinking as she followed the others down the trail, and was in fact doing a very mediocre job of watching their backs. She wasn’t too worried since anyone coming after them from behind would have to go through her first, and she had been feeling much better of late about her own abilities.

The commotion from the front of the group brought her back into focus on the road ahead, and she took a deep breath to ready herself. Her arms rested over the haft of the halberd, which in turn rested over her shoulders, which was perhaps not the best carrying position to be at the ready, or to avoid face-planting if she tripped, but it was reasonably comfortable. Polly began directing people, and Mara began Surprise round - Dashmoving towards the danger ahead as she brought her weapon down to the ready.


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double-hit his wolf with poor damage rollsBarry, all 4 wolves are currently entangledHalas, and successful with his cantrip as he closed rangeJhorn all ran forward to cast successful spells. While not causing too much damage, they created enough of a distraction for Marrybeth to launch her chaos spell for some pretty significant damage. Polly missed everything, as did Ismark and whom I moved myself - he shot at DW2 through the tree and missed because of the additional cover and then went into hiding. He sent his owl familiar to distract DW3 for Ireena's bowshot.Aender. Mara, coming from the rear, closed significant distance in the hopes of bringing her glaive to bear and Ireena nailed a wolf nicely with her bowshot. Lucian slid to the ground and gathered the reigns of both mules, attempting to hold them in place.
OOCAll who beat or matched a 13 initiative may go again before the wolves. Map notes: any square more than half-covered in rock is difficult terrain, as is the low tree to the right of the rock for everyone except Aender and Halas. The same tree is also providing DW1 and DW2 partial cover from any ranged attacks coming at them from that direction. Wolves are numbered clockwise beginning with DW1 at 3 o'clock and ending with DW7 at 11 o'clock - this will quickly become confusing when they start to move, so try to specify target by position if you've lost track. Also, I moved Jhorn in Tableplop under the assumption that Grouchy was stuck with his phone - I know it's hard with the phone, sorry about that. Anyone who needs me to move them, just let me know in the ooc portion of your post. JaredSyn can roll Aender's initiative in the dice thread to see if he can go before the wolves, unless he continues to keep everyone waiting.
 

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Barry was sure they'd make light work of the wolves, but best he stayed back to keep close to Lucian...just in case more came through.
He motioned with his hand for the bastard sword to attack...but the heavy blade caught the rock and gave the wolf ample time to dodge. Hopefully the cleric's cantrip would land better.


 


 

 
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The wolves to Beth’s right stopped moving as they became entangled in some tall weeds that had magically sprouted from the ground.

Pleased that her first spell landed so well, she looked around quickly to find the next nearest wolf to keep it at bay.

The one on her left was creeping up the boulder almost in her blind spot, his neighbor was also too close for comfort. Shift her feet so she wouldn’t fall off the rock either, casting fire bolt with twinned spell (1 sorcery pt)two balls of flames leapt to Beth’s hand, fire- fire bolt“fozhre!”

 


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His first missed shot had allowed Aender to remain unnoticed as he snuck a little closer and loaded another quarrel into the hand crossbow. Taking careful aim, he let fly - the bolt entered the creature just behind its rib cage and travelled through its viscera to DW1 is deadend skewering the beast's heart.

 


 

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Once the initial surprise of the party's arrival had been spent, only a few had the wherewithal to get another aggression in before the dire wolves responded. Merrybeth badly singed DW1the wolf to her left, which was finished by Aender's crossbow from hiding. DW2The wolf next to that one got spooked as it endured a second radiant blast from Barry the same time it saw its packmate fall dead. It turned tail and began fleeing the scene. Apparently, when not being dominated by a vampire, these dangerous creatures were less likely to fight to the death. DW3The southernmost wolf, Ireena's arrow still protruding from its flank, looked ready to vent its anger on someone. Ireena's second shot missed the beast as it charged towards the closest enemy. Polly's eyes widen as she realizes that she's the beast's target, setting herself to deliver her own brand of punishment as DW3 couldn't quite reach Polly with its 40ft movementthe dire wolf is nearly upon her.

Two of the four entangled wolves managed to using their actionbreak free and scrambled up the rock to engage Marybeth, ready to use their pack tacticsteamwork to savage her.






 
OOCEveryone can go now. If you need your marker moved in Tableplop, let me know in the OOC section of your next game post. Aender's owl familiar is distracting DW5, if anyone can use that.

@tomplum and Grouchy: please copy/paste your placeholder posts below (deleting the placeholder line), and make any necessary adjustments due to map updates (Jhorn has been moved back and will need to move again, if Halas moves his 25ft ahead, the only wolf in range of vicious mockery is DW3). Then delete the placeholder post after you have the new one in place. I know the sad, sad dice rolls will red-border, but I already know why so it's fine.

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His spell had worked and the ground under some of the wolves had reached up to grasp and restrain those canines caught in the exploding plant life. That left the other three as the more dangerous foes. Halas took a few steps forward and called out to one of the wolves that its life was soon to be forfeit if it continued this foolish endeavor.





 



 

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Stomping ahead, Mara closed with the nearest of the great beasts as she gripped her weapon tight in hand. Assessing the timing of animals and monsters was trickier than judging a humanoid opponent, but she did her best not to be caught off-guard as she Halberd attack, 21 to hit, 14 damageswung her halberd to meet it. Satisfied with the first attack, she stepped back as the beast lunged towards her and snapped the tail end of the haft Bonus Attack, 15 to hit, 8 damageupside its head to further drive home her point.

Taking her eyes off the wolf in front of her, she looked up to the stranger trapped atop the rock and called out, "If you can get down from there you'd best be heading towards us, before those wolves get up there."


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Moving up next to Polly, Jhorn targets Southernmost wolf the wolf directly in his sights with another blast of necrotic energy. The blast strikes the wolf in the leg, causing only a minor injury, but Jhorn is hoping to draw it in alone so he can close with it with his axe and finish the job.




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“Keep them off my back and I’ll try,” the Sorcerer shouted back at the halberd wielding half-orc.
The wolves to her left had been dealt with now back to the rest of the pack that was making progress up the boulder.

Waiting a moment for the two that had scrambled free of the magic vines to get close, too close in Beth’s opinion, before slamming a boot down on the top of the boulder. A Thunderwave 2nd level. Need Con save from the 2 DW closest to Beth. Fail: 3d8 thunder damage plus pushed 10 ft back. success: half damage, not pushed backthunderous crack emanated from her boot heel.

“Back off!” she shouted. Not wait to see if the wolves were moved by the force of her thunderwave she scrambled/slide off the boulder heading towards her miraculous rescuers.

 


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Barry shifted the spiritual weapon closer to the wolves while waiting for more to come at them. I'll be ready for ya...


 


 

 
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Polly's hands went to her ears, a deafening burst of sound originating atop the rock reverberating through her body. Grunting at the sensation, she looked up to see the supposed damsel in distress conjure a magical assault potent enough to take care of one wolf- but not the other. The animal, either wild with grief or panicking at the inexplicable noise, snapped its jaws at the woman as she retreated. Even from this distance, the Hexblood could tell it was a painful bite- the woman would not last long, alone on the rock.

'Take care of that one, will you?' she called out to Mara, indicating the lone wolf running up to them. Then she was off, running towards the large rock. Centering herself, she shut out distractions from the world around her- the noise, the battle, the screams of pain and anger and the howling and snarling of the wolves. Everything fell away as Polly regarded the stone, taking in every detail, every shadow, every slick patch of moss. By the time the monk had reached the uneven rock, she was familiar with its every ridge, edge and handhold. Utterly serene, Polly ran up the rock without missing a single step, making the jagged rock look like little more than a simple stairway.

When she arrived at the top, however, Polly's serenity was gone. Drawing her staff from her back, she let out a vicious cry and jumped towards the remaining wolf, her weapon striking towards its skull. To hit: 25
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It impacted with a heavy thud, eliciting a yelp from the wolf as it was sent backwards. 'Stay behind me!' Polly called back to the sorcerous lady, readying her staff for the next wolf who might try and come at them.


 
 
 
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Aender remained in his concealment as the wolf battle began, he knew he had little in the way of magic to use against the creatures so stuck to tried and true methods. Remaining stealthy he moves ten feet closer and aims his crossbow releasing a bolt in hopes of at least injuring the beast further.

 


 
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Halas let loose his DW3 has disadvantage on next attacktaunt and Jhorn his spell, both to minimal effect. Mara double-smacks the wolf in front of her, nearly putting it down. Marybeth's Thunderwave damaged both the wolves engaging her, but pushed only one of them away. The other managed a 14 damage from the OAferocious bite on the woman's calf as she turned and scrambled down the backside of the boulder. Barry released his spell against Mara's opponent, again nearly dropping it.

The dire wolf taking all the punishment finally realizes why it saw its packmate fleeing and turns tail to do the same, allowing Mara the opportunity for a free swipe. The two wolves still entangled using their actionmanage to break free, scrambles atop the boulder next to Polly while the other runs the southern route, pausing as it sees its second fleeing packmate cut down by mara. The one already standing on high bites at the Hexblood and misses.

Ismark runs forward past Mara and greets the DW4incoming wolf with a pair of arrows from his longbow to the face. Ireena runs even farther ahead and plants her own arrow just behind the beast's ribcage. Already undecided in its continued charge, the dire wolf turns tail to escape as well.

Three wolves atop the boulder haven't witnessed the decisive defeat of their brethren. They look at the Hexborn monk with slavering jowls, ready to overwhelm the young woman with a concerted attack.





 
OOCI need an OA from Mara at the beginning of her next post to see if she hits (and drops) DW3 that just ran in addition to her whole new turn. The wolf markers are getting mixed up now. Beginning from 11 o'clock going counter-clockwise, we've got DW7, 6, 5, 2 (the farthest east fleeing wolf), 3 (next farthest east escapee unless Mara hits her OA), DW4 was running east but checked itself as it saw its 2nd packmate fleeing passed it.

I feel like I'm forgetting something, as I'm doing this post in 2 parts. If someone notices something I didn't address, please bring it to my attention.

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