Returning Xeelie rolled the top initiative and went first. She wanted to charge into the fight but didn’t want to get in TerStegan’s way. So, she did Recall Knowledge on Owb. It has no weaknesses or resistances. It looked undead but she didn’t think it was undead. She then moved next to TerStegan and shut the door between it and us. Owb did stuff and things but didn’t open the door. Clarisa had no targets so she moved into the room. And then pulled out her Force Barrage wand and cast Shield. Another monster did stuff and things we couldn’t see. TerStegan eyed an unexplored door and rolled Orc Lore on the eggs. He thought they looked like lunch. He cast Hymn of Healing on himself and then stepped out of the line. Another pud came in the room from the door near the eggs. It charged TerStegan and hit for 8 points. He made his poison save. Oakwood moved around it to get flanking and hit for 16. And then sustained the Roots, doing 24 for a crit fail. And then healed TerStegan and Clarisa for 12. Another pud ran in the same door and did a double slice on Oakwood. One hit for 11. Owb then opened the door and stepped in. A pud used its held action to attack Xeelie but missed. Owb hit Xeelie for 19 some of which was cold. Lastly, Padli entered by the eggs and cast a spell on Xeelie. She crit saved that. Some sort of mental attack. It then cast Shield.
Xeelie attacked Owb since she had it identified. She made the flat check from the Obscuring Mist and hit for 22. And then missed. She then id’ed their caster and raised her shield. The same no weaknesses as the last guy. The pud moved in and did a double slice on Briscoe. That hit for 12. And he missed the poison save. 1 point of damage but it would linger. Dulac moved into view at the original door. It let loose a cloud of vampiric mist. (Yes, another area to keep track of.) Oakwood crit saved. Xeelie saved. TerStegan used Orc luck but still failed. And one pud failed. That was 23 points. And another source of concealment. The pud dropped and exploded. That was 15 points of fire but resisted by various things. Dulac finished by missing Xeelie because her shield was up. Clarisa cast Dragon Claws on a pud but it had quite a few temp hit points. And then Owb used a reaction to be missed completely. Briscoe cast Flourishing Flora on a pud and Owb. That killed the pud but Owb only took 3. But the first exploded. That did 20 but most saved. Briscoe then moved and did DV on TerStegan for 47 points. And then saved against the poison. TerStegan moved to the caster and sustained his Hymn. He started by demoralizing it. And then hit for 23 points. Oakwood sustained and did 6 to Owb and healed 3 of us for 3. And then missed twice. The pud missed Oakwood twice and then stepped out of the death mist. Owb missed Clarisa three times. The caster cast a spell that TerStegan missed his OA but then used a HP to hit for 17. It went invisible and then crit TerStegan. That was 24 points. It stayed invisible and cast Shield.
Xeelie moved next to the caster and raised her lantern. That moved it to just concealed. She then attacked and missed. Dulac sustained the mist and despite their efforts, Oakwood, Briscoe, Xeelie and TerStegan were still in the area. All saved except Oakwood who crit saved. Half of 8. It then moved into the room and cast a spell on Clarisa. A DC30 Fort save which she made for half of 31. Clarisa stepped and cast Laughter on Dulac who saved. No reactions. Briscoe moved out of the vampiric mist and then cast Tempest Surge on the pud. He could see through the mist since it was weather based. That did 19 points. TerStegan cast Bless on himself. And then hit the caster for 24. And then attacked again with Haste and missed. Oakwood sustained the Roots but only did 6. A couple of us got 3. He then moved out of the vampiric mist and crit the last pud. That killed it because of the weakness. And it exploded. That was 19. Oakwood rolled a 1 and took 30 and Xeelie took 9 and became blooded. Owb fired at TerStegan and missed. And then hit for 10 plus 1d8 persistent cold. And he saved against something. The caster Tumbled Through TerStegan but he got 23 points on it as it went by. And it got out the first door. It then cast an AOE Bane in front of the door. Plus a Shield.
Xeelie ran down the hallway and found sleeping quarters beyond an open door. She cast Life Boost on herself. She checked the other door but found it locked for free. So, she moved back up but didn’t quite enter the fighting room. Dulac moved to the south end of the room and cast a spell getting Oakwood, Briscoe and Clarisa. All crit failed. All used HPs. Two saved and Oakwood still failed. That did 25 or half that. And Frightened 2 or 1. And then moved south again and hit TerStegan with a 3. That did 24. At least his mist went away, replaced by this death whirlwind. Clarisa used the wand and did some Magic Missiles on Dulac. That did 47. Briscoe cast Needle Darts on Dulac and missed. And then missed with a trident. TerStegan Demoralized Dulac and then hit for 14. And then hit again for 26. Oakwood sustained the Roots. That did 6 to 2 of them and 3 to some of us. He then moved near them and did BFM for 18 on himself. Owb missed Oakwood and then hit for 6. Plus, the persistent damage. At least he took 10 fire first. The caster was now invisible again because it was out of the lantern light. He took 10 fire. It cast something on Oakwood but somehow, he made a Will save. And then cast another spell on him and somehow, he made another Will save. So, he was Slowed but not Paralyzed. It then sustained its Bane and Oakwood finally missed that Will save.
Xeelie weaved through traffic and got near the caster. It became visible. She cast Sure Strike and hit the caster for 28. Dulac took 10 fire and cast a spell. TerStegan reacted and did 23. He then critically failed a Will save but used a HP to succeed which became a crit success. As its reaction for being hit, it did a Blood Vendetta but TerStegan crit saved again. It then hit with its war flail for 22. And sustained its Whirlwind and moved it a bit. Another Will save. Clarisa crit failed, Briscoe failed and Oakwood crit saved. And took 56, 28 and none respectively. That took Clarisa out. Briscoe cast a Heal spell getting all of us and all of them. That did 17. TerStegan still had flanking on Dulac so he kept attacking him. He hit for 22 and then missed twice. And then cast Sheild. Oakwood sustained his Roots and did 6 to one and gave 3 to 4 of us. And then did Hunt Prey on the caster. And then missed. And then took cold damage. Owb forced Oakwood to make a Fort save which he crit saved. (I think some of these crit saves were because they were incapacitation spells.) And then did the same to TerStegan. And then hit Xeelie for 5 plus the persistent. The caster hit Xeelie for 13. And then cast Blindness on Oakwood but missed the targeting flat check.
Xeelie broke out the Flurry of Flowers power of her Rajani sword. 3 agile attacks for 2 actions. She missed on the first attack and used a hero point. She hit the caster for 34. She then hit Dulac for 22. And then missed Owb. And used her Barrow’s Edge power to heal herself half the damage dealt so 17. Clarisa was stunned and prone and frightened 2. She tried to do a TK Projectile but missed. Dulac took 10 fire. It made Xeelie save against the Bane which she did. It hit Xeelie for 18. It then sustained the Whirlwind and forced more Will saves. Clarisa crit failed, Briscoe failed and Oakwood crit saved. Another 28 which doubled knocked her out again. It then cast a new spell. TerStegan crit (with Wade rolling) on his OA and did 45 and killed it. Briscoe moved out of the room and did DV on himself for 52. And then shot the caster with a Tempest and missed the flat check. TerStegan delayed in hopes Oakwood would get out of his way. Oakwood sustained the Roots for 5 and 2. And then hit the caster but missed the flat check. And then moved around to make room for TerStegan. TerStegan reentered and moved to Owb. He crit for 52. He then hit again for 20. That killed it. And then stepped up to engage the caster. TerStegan had to save against the Bane area. He failed. It took 10 fire. It closed the door however that was a manipulate action. It was hit by 0 by TerStegan. That did 16 points. We heard an explosion on the other side of the door.
It was late by that point so Wade storyboarded our quick exit. The eggs were simply Chuul eggs although I don’t know how they harvest them. We searched the rooms behind already opened doors but didn’t open anything new. One had an iron strongbox which we didn’t open yet. The caster’s room had a pouch and potion of +10 speed for one hour. All the puds had were a bunch of poisons. And we ran away to fight another day.
