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DM

The giant feels the pinprick of force energy, and mostly ignores it, although any little bit helps...

Aubric

The cleric had been confident earlier when several attacks had hit the giant, but the last few attacks seemed to do either little damage, or were targeted at something other than the giant.

The party needed the triton back, and this called for prayer. He stepped out just far enough to get within range of Arus, and sought the help of his deity in defeating the giant.

Channel Divinity: Preserve Life

As an action, you can restore 35 HP. Choose any creatures within 30 ft. of you, and divide those hit points among them. This feature can restore a creature to no more than half of its hit point maximum. You can’t use this feature on an undead or a construct.

OOC: Max 30 hp to Arus, remaining 5 hp to Pavel

As he returns to his original hiding place, he commands the swirling mass of vines to prick at the giant again.

Spiritual Weapon

As a bonus action on your turn, you can move the weapon up to 20 feet and repeat the attack against a creature within 5 feet of it.

Aubric Spiritual weapon
AquaDyne rolled 1d20+7,1d8+4 and got 14, 10

Unfortunately, the vines are ineffective.

Things are looking grim for the party, and unless Bern, Arus, or Davroar's Swarm of Bats can quickly dispatch this giant, it's likely some folks will get hurt.

<Bern>

He wastes no time and fires again, adding his Hunter's Mark this time

[[ Bern shoot giant MikeD rolled d20+9,d8+4,d20+9,d8+4 and got 21, 11, 21, 11 ]]

[[ hunter's mark Bern Hunter's Mark MikeD rolled d6,d6 and got 2, 1 ]]

DM

Bern's shots both strike true. The giant starts to wobble.... it's clearly getting hit hard enough that the next blow might kill it.

OOC note: The giant is down to single digit HP.

But she calls forth a bit of magic to help... if she can just hold out a few seconds and attack again....

Ignara

Faint blue flames encircle the giant and she looks a wee bit healthier.

The giant can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below.

Hearthflames. The giant gains 10 temporary hit points.

Arus

In the shifting, volcanic light of the cave the triton hadn't seen the killing blow. He hadn't seen the magic that healed him either but suddenly he was on his side, coughing and with the huge feet of a fire giant too close to his head.

Jumping to his feet and looking up, Arus scowls at the swarms of black shadows surrounding the giant. No matter. Sword in hand and backed by the blessings of righteous gods, the paladin lunges into attack.

His broad blade slices at the insides of the giant's thighs....

[Two hits with a 1st-level Divine Smite for a total of 20 slashing damage, 4 radiant.]

DM

Arus's blow is near-fatal to the giant.

Near.

Thanks to the added protection of her blue hearthflames, she's clinging to life, barely.

And she knows that the tiniest bite from one of those bats would kill her.

Ignara is not going to die to the bite of a bat.

Oh, she may die, but she's going to make whoever executes the coup de grâce hurt in the process.

She releases Pavel and Arus, and a geyser of flame erupts below her feet, melting the icicles that Pavel had created, and starting to launch her toward the north.

The giant can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below.

Flameburst Leap. The giant leaps up to 20 ft., propelled by a geyser of flame. A creature that hits the giant with an attack of opportunity provoked by this movement takes 2d10 fire damage.

Ignara Flameburst Leap
AquaDyne rolled 2d10 and got 6

Emphasis on "staring to."

Pavel, Arus, and the bats have an opportunity to get one last blow in... at the price of a small burn wound.

Pavel

Still miffed at feeling like a squeeze ball. Takes the chance and strikes out with his sword.

Pavel Opportunity Attack
Miales rolled 1d20+6 and got 13

Uh.... <checks rules>. ... <dammit>

Yes, when she released you and Arus from grapple you are now once again flanking her.

So to sum up: One melee attack, at advantage, you may use superiority dice (or any other relevant feature) if the description says "make a weapon attack roll", and you have a bless die as well.

Arus

Fire blooms around Arus but the giant must die. He will brave whatever flames to end this threat. His sword cuts again.

[That should be a hit for a total of 11 slashing and 9 radiant damage.]

DM

Sindar's most recent cast left him standing on the bridge with a clear view of the fire giant and the epic conclusion to the battle.

In the heart of the cavern, the fire giant's desperate roar echoed like a dying thunderstorm as the collective damage dealt from the entire party brought her to the brink of death. With a final, defiant heave, she released her grasp on Pavel and Arus, her immense form swaying as she summoned a geyser of flame beneath her feet. The searing heat began to melt the ice formations that had kept her trapped, steam billowing and hissing, but her escape was not to be.

With the fire giant's grip loosened, Pavel and Arus seized their moment, re-energized by Davroar and Aubric's healing.

The triton struck first. With a powerful thrust, he drove his weapon deep into the giant’s heart, a strike as swift and inevitable as a tidal wave. The fire giant's eyes widened in shock, the geyser beneath her faltering. Flames sputtered and died, leaving nothing but a steaming puddle of water that quickly cooled the cavern's air.

Pavel was right behind Arus. But as he raised his blade, he realized his strike was unneeded. The giant had already begun to fall, her life extinguished by Arus’s deadly blow. The cavern itself seemed to hold its breath as the giant's enormous adamantine staff slipped from her grasp. It crashed to the ground with a deafening clang, the sound ricocheting off the stone walls and reverberating through the chamber like the final toll of a bell. The giant’s colossal form slumped and then fell, shaking the very ground upon which they stood.

(OOC - OK, did Davroar or anyone say anything to the group about the noises they heard from the Northwest passage earlier?)

Zhu

She breathes a sigh of relief. Looking around she looks for a way to climb up from the chasm she is in and to check to see if everyone is alright. "Where is Kriv?" She asks when she can't see the Dragonborn. Climbing up to the top she looks at the Giant's body. "We need to find him, and then somebody help me search the Giant, and then we should go check on those noises Davroar heard earlier."

Kriv's repeated uses of Thunderwave, audible out to 300ft

The sound of the dragonborn noble's magically enhanced roaring easily reached far enough into the cave to give some indication of where he might be and what he might be doing, even over the clamour of battle.

(OOC - OK, looks from the map like Sindar and Davroar are closest and would definitely know.)

Pavel

Pavel looks around for his other sword. Finding it he nearly drops it again. The heat still present.

"Some of those lava flying things are still alive. Was that him causing those thunder claps?" He asks as he starts trotting to tge entrance to find and help Kriv.

Sindar

"I believe Kriv is out towards the front of the cave," he calls to his companions.

(For reference, the entire map is 200ft top to bottom. Even those furthest away likely have a pretty good idea.)

(OOC - If the Troll is still around we should question it rather than kill it. But, yes, we should check to see.)

Zindra
The giant fell and so she shifted her Hunter's Mark to the troll that was moving away. She already knew that her arrows alone could not kill it but they would slow it down. So she moved forward and took aim.
Zindra Fires 2 arrows at troll who is now marked
Neptune rolled 1d20+8,1d20+8,1d8+3,1d8+3,1d6 and got 13, 18, 10, 11, 2

OOC: We need the swarm of bats to move before Zindra. Dugan? Any instructions?

Davroar

He will send two swarms of bats to chase the troll, and instruct the rest of the bats to fly over to the cave entrance and attack the fiery mephits.