{"id":2994,"date":"2021-03-10T20:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/?page_id=2994"},"modified":"2021-12-02T03:56:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T03:56:40","slug":"adventure-notes-the-adventurers-37","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-37","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Notes \u2013 The Adventurers 37"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Want to help? Consider becoming a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/kneurth\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Patreon.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/adrian-silverstrength-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Silverstrength (Human Paladin)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/morsus-firebeard-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Morsus Firebeard (Hill Dwarf Cleric)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/sephrenia\" target=\"_blank\">Sephrenia&nbsp;(High Elf Cleric)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/ragnaroc-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Ragnaroc (Aasimar Warlock)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/don-kannin-origin\" target=\"_blank\">Don Kannin (Half-Elf Ranger)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/characters\/the-adventurers-characters\/korra-origin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Korra (Air Genasi Rogue)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Connected Adventures:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-14\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 14<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-15\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 15<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-16\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 16<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-17\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 17<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-18\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 18<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-19\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 19<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-11-20\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-20\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 20<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 21<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-22\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 22<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-23\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 23<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-24\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 24<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-25\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 25<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-26\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 26<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-27\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 27<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-28\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 28<\/a>&nbsp;,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-29\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 29<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-30\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 30<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 31<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-32\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 32<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-33\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 33<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-34\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 34<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-35\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 35<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-36\" target=\"_blank\">Adventure 36<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The party continues tracking down the Drow that are hunting the Darklings<\/li><li>They&#8217;d reached a cave where upon getting closer &#8211; two large statues of Driders turned out to be gargoyles and attacked the party<\/li><li>Upon defeating the gargoyles, the party looked into the cavern &#8211; knowing they were going in the right direction<\/li><li>When the party enters the cavern &#8211; they can see a small fire up ahead and hear the sound of running water throughout the cavern<\/li><li>Morsus sends in his bat to explore ahead of them &#8211; and it detects Piercers &#8211; as it&#8217;s final action as a Piercer drops upon the bat, killing it (and upsetting the Piercer since it&#8217;s a familiar which simply vanishes upon death, preventing the Piercer from getting any nutritional value out of the Piercer)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3001\" width=\"562\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png 840w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-294x300.png 294w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-768x783.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The party moves up to the unattended campfire<\/li><li>Morsus moves closer to the left cavern &#8211; knowing that something here had killed his bat familiar<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3005\" width=\"579\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1.png 601w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-300x223.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-1-403x300.png 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adrian looks around the camp for footprints but the low Perception roll only reveals that there is a <em>lot<\/em> of foot traffic here &#8211; and he can&#8217;t tell which ones are new and which ones are old<\/li><li>Morsus examines the left passage and notices that there&#8217;s an abundance of small dead animals that range from bats, mice, rats, and other small cave dwelling animals that dwell in the Shadow Realm<\/li><li>Having encountered Piercers before &#8211; Morsus is confident that there&#8217;s Piercers there &#8211; but they&#8217;re too indistinguishable from the stone to be able to spot which ones are Piercers and which ones are legitimate stalactites.<\/li><li>Adrian picks up a rock that Morsus cast&#8217;s <em>Light<\/em> on and throws it in the direction where the bat perished; and the rock lands next to the stream; but still nothing happens &#8211; until the light shows the Piercer that had originally tried to drop and consume Morsus&#8217; bat &#8211; was slowly climbing back up the wall<\/li><li>Seeing the large, healthy colony of Piercers, the party (except for Ragnaroc &#8211; <em>Critical Fail for Ragnaroc<\/em>) deduces that there may also be a Roper near by &#8211; since Ropers are the evolution\/mature version of Piercers &#8211; and the party vividly recalls their first encounter with a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-21-30\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-28\" target=\"_blank\">Roper in the Shadow Realm<\/a><ul><li><em>Note: This is actually kind of perfect that on their Nature Roll, Ragnaroc was the only one not to know about Ropers &#8211; as he was not present during the Roper encounter and I had his character being &#8220;Catatonic&#8221; muttering the name &#8220;Belaros&#8221; which makes sense why he wouldn&#8217;t recall anything about Ropers!<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Sephrenia explains to Ragnaroc what had happened to her and Korra the last time they&#8217;d encountered a Roper<\/li><li>Morsus decides he will summon an <em>Unseen Servant<\/em> which will take 10 minutes to summon; and recommends the party take shots at the (potential) Piercers since they&#8217;re difficult to determine from actual stalactites<ul><li>Sephrenia is able to hit some with her longbow<\/li><li>However, Ragnaroc rolls a <em>Critical Fail<\/em> which then hits Morsus for some minor damage but also interrupts his spell casting (he had a chance to hit the only two people in front of him and the roll determined Morsus)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Adrian and Ragnaroc avoid something &#8211; but Don does not &#8211; and begins glowing purple<\/li><li>Then two arrows strike Don for damage as they look around to see where it&#8217;s coming from and a Drider makes its presence known<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3015\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-3.png 535w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-3-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>And then the second drider makes its presence known &#8211; which makes sense &#8211; one cast the faerie fire; the other launched the arrow attacks!<\/li><li>The two shots (one of them a <em>Natural 20!<\/em>) are enough to knock Don down<\/li><li>Due to being struck by one of Ragnaroc&#8217;s spells &#8211; Morsus is paying attention and leaps to his feet to take action! (<em>Natural 20 on Initiative!)<\/em><\/li><li>Morsus casts <em>Healing Word<\/em> on Don &#8211; raising him back up into a positive health number, allowing him to slowly stand on his turn<\/li><li>And uses his second action (from the Natural 20 &#8211; House Rule) &#8211; to <em>Ready<\/em> a <em>Toll of the Dead<\/em> as soon as one of the Driders takes damage<\/li><li>Korra fires an arrow at the top Drider &#8211; and misses<\/li><li>Unfortunately, the others also miss the Drider&#8217;s so the <em>Toll of the Dead<\/em> spell is never triggered for Morsus<\/li><li>Back at the top of Initiative, Morsus casts <em>Faerie Fire<\/em> on the Driders; however, one saves with a 19 and the other <em>Natural 20!<\/em><\/li><li>Adrian swings at one &#8211; and hits &#8211; however, his second attack misses &#8211; <em>Critical Fail<\/em> &#8211; throwing his sword into the rocks! (We all know how that went just <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/adventure-notes\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-31-40\/adventure-notes-the-adventurers-36\" target=\"_blank\">not too long ago<\/a>!)<\/li><li>The Drider responds in kind by inflicting considerable damage on Adrian<\/li><li>Adrian casts <em>Shield of Faith<\/em> then uses <em>Disengage<\/em> so that he can get near his sword to pick up next round<\/li><li>The first Drider moves forward to attack Adrian &#8211; misses the first time, the <em>Critical Fail<\/em> on it&#8217;s second attack &#8211; striking itself for damage, in its fury to take down Adrian<\/li><li>The second Drider sees Don standing &#8211; fires two shots since he still has <em>Faerie Fire<\/em> on him and takes Don down again<\/li><li>Sephrenia does <em>Preserve Life Channel Divinity<\/em> &#8211; pouring 25 health of pure energy into Don&#8217;s still body &#8211; bringing him up enough to be breathing again<\/li><li>The Drider that had been shooting at Don now realizes that Sephrenia keeps healing and turns her attention onto Sephrenia &#8211; firing two shots &#8211; one misses, but the second finds its mark (<em>At least Don gets to survive longer than a round this initiative, right?)<\/em> which bloodies Sephrenia!<\/li><li>Ragnaroc fires Eldritch Blast at the one that is bloodied (attacking Adrian) and delivers a killing blow<\/li><li>He fires his next Eldritch Blast at the second one<\/li><li>Morsus fires off a <em>Toll the Dead<\/em> at that one &#8211; and does significant damage<\/li><li>Don &#8211; finally standing &#8211; immediately quaffs a healing potion getting a significant amount of health back<\/li><li>Don then drops his Hunter&#8217;s Mark on the remaining Drider &#8211; and then whispers the command to the bow to mark the Drider as his enemy (which will increase the damage applied if hit!)<\/li><li>His first shot misses; but the second hits &#8211; and it&#8217;s enough to shake the Drider&#8217;s concentration so that <em>Faerie Fire<\/em> is no longer lighting up Don<\/li><li>Korra fires at the Drider with her crossbow and misses<\/li><li>Adrian runs &#8211; picks up his sword and rushes back to the Drider landing a <em>Critical Hit<\/em> followed by a <em>Smite<\/em> &#8211; leaving the Drider wobbling (1 HP left!)<\/li><li>Adrian makes his second attack&#8230; <em>and misses. Sigh.<\/em><\/li><li>Ragnaroc fires off an Eldritch Blast, killing the Drider<\/li><li>Sephrenia casts <em>Prayer of Healing<\/em> restoring health to everyone<\/li><li>Morsus decides to <em>Ritual Cast<\/em> the <em>Unseen Servant<\/em> spell and this time it&#8217;s not interrupted<\/li><li>The party spends some time shooting and dealing with the Piercers, before deciding to go the other way<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"342\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3032\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-4.png 546w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-4-300x188.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-4-479x300.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Morsus manages to pick up on a faint, wet, blood trail that &#8211; as he looks &#8211; seems to continue on the other side of the river<\/li><li>He checks the depth of the river &#8211; which is flowing fairly strongly &#8211; and estimates it to be about a foot deep<\/li><li>Morsus says that they can probably jump across<\/li><li>Korra does so easily <em>(Natural 20!)<\/em> and everyone else makes it across &#8211; except Sephrenia and Ragnaroc who both slip and fall backwards as they land on the other side, falling back into the river<\/li><li>Both of them find themselves attacked by Quipper fish and quickly get out of the water after taking some damage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3034\" width=\"447\" height=\"547\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Join the frenzy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The party gets to the other side and picks up the blood trail &#8211; Ragnaroc moves ahead and peers into the cavern stealthfully and spots three Drow around a campfire and three tents participating in what appears to be a ritual of some kind<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3036\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6.png 634w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-300x237.png 300w, http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-6-380x300.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The party is able to do a sneak attack round<\/li><li>Morsus drops Faerie Fire on two of them; but one of them hears the spell just in time to step out of the way<\/li><li>Sephrenia fires her bow and hits one of the ones illuminated by Faerie Fire and follow up by summoning her Spiritual Weapon<\/li><li>Ragnaroc throws out an Eldritch Blast that strikes one as well<\/li><li>Adrian fires a crossbow, focusing fire on the same one and hits it with enough damage to take it exactly to 0, rendering it unconscious<\/li><li>Korra fires her crossbow &#8211; and despite the <em>Faerie Fire<\/em> &#8211; she misses!<\/li><li>The first Drow cultist now realizing their under attack &#8211; shouts to the others &#8211; then slits his own wrists and bleeds it into a pot in front of him and chants something &#8211; and something in the tent begins to stir!<\/li><li>Morsus moves up to try and get a better look at the tent &#8211; and can see white eyes &#8211; and flesh as dark as night inside the tent from where he is<\/li><li>He casts <em>Toll the Dead<\/em> on the remaining one who had <em>Faerie Fire<\/em> on it, and manages to kill him<\/li><li>Sephrenia also moves up &#8211; fires her arrow &#8211; and hits one of the Drow cultists; her Spiritual Hammer, however, misses<\/li><li>Ragnaroc hits him twice with Eldritch Blast, leaving him barely standing (yet again, left at 1 HP)<\/li><li>Adrian fires his crossbow and manages to hit &#8211; hitting him for 4 points &#8211; killing him<\/li><li>However, before the Drow Cultist dies, he shouts, &#8220;Kaz&#8217;larah&#8221; &#8211; which in Elven, which Sephrenia understands, translates to &#8220;Silk of Death.&#8221;<\/li><li>And just then &#8211; an all too familiar figure emerges from the tent&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tawmis.com\/kneurth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3043\" width=\"456\" height=\"559\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The Silk of Death Himself, Doomsilk&#8230; alive?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sephrenia can immediately tell that this isn&#8217;t &#8220;Doomsilk&#8221; &#8211; but rather an animated corpse of Doomsilk &#8211; undead in nature &#8211; the cultists had raised him using Necromancy!<\/li><li>Don immediately fires two shots with his energy bow, striking him twice with radiant damage (which seems to do a little extra to this disheveled Doomsilk)<\/li><li>Doomsilk &#8211; through the gaping hole in his throat &#8211; manages to unleash <em>Witch Bolt<\/em> which connects to Sephrenia and deals some damage to her &#8211; but keeps her connected through the spell to apply damage as long as she remains within 30&#8242; of Doomsilk<\/li><li>Morsus attempts to <em>Toll The Dead<\/em> on this undead Doomsilk, but it appears to have no effect (Necrotic Immunity)<\/li><li>Sephrenia steps further back to break the <em>Witch Bolt<\/em> connection and unleashes <em>Guiding Bolt<\/em> which strikes for massive damage<\/li><li>Thankfully the <em>Guiding Bolt<\/em> because it hit allows the next attack to be at Advantage, which works out for Ragnaroc &#8211; because he&#8217;d rolled a <em>Natural 1 (Critical Fail!)<\/em> that got turned into a 12 which at least misses everyone, including Undead Doomsilk<\/li><li>However, Ragnaroc&#8217;s second Eldritch Blasts <em>still<\/em> manages to <em>Critical Fail (Natural 1!)<\/em> striking Sephrenia for 5 damage!<\/li><li>Adrian draws his two handed sword &#8211; casts <em>Protection from Good and Evil<\/em> on himself and moves up 30&#8242; closer to Undead Doomsilk<\/li><li>On Undead Doomsilk&#8217;s turn &#8211; Adrian fails to make a Constitution Savings Throw and becomes poisoned (Disadvantage on all attacks) due to the musky odor that Undead Doomsilk is emitted<\/li><li>Undead Doomsilk then extends long black talons from his fingers and attempts to rake Adrian in the face, but Adrian&#8217;s spell protects him (Disadvantaging Undead Doomsilk)<\/li><li>Undead Doomsilk then tries to bite Adrian, but the spell protects him again (preventing a Natural 20 from hitting him!)<\/li><li>Morsus sees Adrian engaged with Undead Doomsilk and stops moving forward &#8211; and actually takes some steps backwards &#8211; but then realizes that he has no attack cantrips he can uses and proceeds to move forward, giving Don the help action<\/li><li>Sephrenica tries Sacred Flame, but Undead Doomsilk is able to dodge it<\/li><li>However, he is not able to dodge the Spiritual Hammer Sephrenia slams against the side of his undead head<\/li><li>With advantage being given to him by Morsus, Don fires a Sharpshooter shot &#8211; and deals more than enough damage to put Undead Doomsilk down<\/li><li>However, upon his death <em>(yet again)<\/em> &#8211; his body explodes, inflicting 13 damage &#8211; only ones in range are Adrian who takes half due to a successful Dexterity Save, however Morsus takes the full brunt of the explosion<\/li><li>Undead Doomsilk&#8217;s body is incinerated, assuring that he will <em>not<\/em> be coming back &#8230; anytime&#8230; soon&#8230;?<\/li><li>The party searches the tents and bodies (and exploded remains of Undead Doomsilk) and find some gold and minor things<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fun Note: I had no intention of bring back Doomsilk as an undead character &#8211; however, the last session everyone pointed out &#8220;no body means he&#8217;s not dead&#8221; &#8211; and I thought, &#8220;That&#8217;s true &#8211; and it also robs the players of that satisfaction of knowing for sure he&#8217;s dead &#8211; and since I had no future plans for him &#8211; an idea brewed in my head, that since these Drow are clearly practicing dark necromancy from tomes they got from the adventurers they&#8217;d enslaved &#8211; as mentioned by Doomsilk previously &#8211; that it would be a good opportunity to not only show they&#8217;re clearly involved in Necromancy &#8211; but also give the players an opportunity to definitively see Doomsilk destroyed.<\/em> <em>So no matter what cavern they would have gone in &#8211; Doomsilk&#8217;s undead body would have been risen for the party to destroy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to help? 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