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DM

Davroar's bats fly off to do his tasking, although they don't make it far enough to have any impact yet.

Zindra didn't even need her Hunter's Mark to inflict fatal (?) damage to the fleeing troll, knocking it unconscious. For now.

Ignara has an appointment with Surtur.

The remaining four mephits still alive have nothing better to do than harass Kriv, and they do so. The one who had previously been heating Kriv's armor breathes fire on him again, while the others surround him for a melee attack.

Claws: Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft ., one creature. Hit: 1d4 + 1 slashing damage plus 1d4 fire damage.

Fire Breath (Recharge 6): The mephit exhales a 15-foot cone of fire. Each creature in that area must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

MM4,MM4a,MM4c,MM5 Fire Breath recharge
AquaDyne rolled 1d6,1d6,1d6,1d6 and got 4, 6, 3, 1

MM4 Claws
AquaDyne rolled 1d20+3,1d20+3,1d4+1,1d4 and got 7, 17, 4, 1

MM4a Fire Breath
AquaDyne rolled 2d6 and got 6

MM4c Claws
AquaDyne rolled 1d20+3,1d4+1,1d4 and got 8, 3, 1

MM5 Claws
AquaDyne rolled 1d20+3,1d20+3,1d4+1,1d4 and got 23, 8, 3, 2

Kriv

Still under the benefit of his shield, Kriv had nothing but contempt for the elemental creatures. Indeed, he treated the one that breathed fire upon him with an unflinching, unblinking look of unmitigated boredom as the flames washed near-harmlessly over him.

Kriv Dexterity saving throw
AJ rolled 1d20+1 and got 16

Still, one of them got the best possible angle of attack, leaving Kriv lightly scratched.

[OOC: Still waiting on Davroar's turn if we're still planning on fighting things. If you want to switch to RP and suspend initiative, let me know. You may deny Kriv the opportunity to swat the mosquitos buzzing him, but I don't think he cares. IC at least. ]

[[Well ... if we are voting, I am willing to wait another day or three for him to 'get back'.]]

[OOC: I am patient, take the time you need and or want.]

[OOC I'm easy ]

Davroar

He will start heading towards where Kriv is still fighting to see if he can help in anyway.

Kriv

The Dragonborn dropped the staff momentarily for a couple of two-handed maul swings, then retrieved it.


Drop Glassstaff
Kriv Attack MM4 with maul, GWM -5
AJ rolled 1d20+2 and got 7
Kriv Extra Attack MM4 with maul, GWM -5
AJ rolled 1d20+2 and got 3
Bonus action weapon bond retrieve glassstaff

DM

The mephits laugh at Kriv's feeble swings.

They haven't yet met Davroar's bats.

Inside the cave, the unconscious troll wakes up, says "I'm not dead yet!" in the giant language, uses half his movement to stand up from his prone position, and the other half to run away, and the dash action to keep running away, north off the map into the unknown northern reaches of the cave.

Initiative Order
Zhu 26
Pavel 22
Jaliera 20
Sindar 19
Aubric 18
Bern 16
Arus 14
Swarms of Bats 14
Zindra 13
Ignara 12
Mephits 11
Davroar 10
Kriv 5
Trolls 2

Zhu

Well, with the Troll having fled now and it being too dangerous to run after it into the unknown alone, she shrugs. Questioning it would have helped but that option seems to be gone. However, Davroar did mention noises he heard from the Northwest passage and so Zhu moves in that direction, this time being a bit more careful to look for anything unusual along the way.

Pavel

Pavel continues to run to the entrance hoping to find Kriv there. Guessing that Kriv is still fighting with the lava creatures since the pommel to his sword is still hot. As he rounds the corner he sees two of the creatures. He was about to cast Rime's binding Ice again when he thinks better of it realizing that Kriv would be effected too. Instead he casts Snilloc's Snowball Swarm on MM5


Pavel Snowball Swarm Damage
Miales rolled 3d6 and got 11

Jaliera

Seeing Zhu moving away as the threats around them seem to have disappeared, she decides to follow her as backup, reacalling Whisper and letting her settle back on her shoulder.

DM

[Note: Assuming Pavel targets a point that can get both MM4c and MM5 within 5 feet but exclude Kriv]

MM4c,MM5 Dex save vs. snowball
AquaDyne rolled 1d20+1,1d20+1 and got 16, 9

Mephits are vulnerable to cold damage which doubles it. MM4c saves, halving damage back to 11, MM5 fails, takes 22 damage.

The mephit to Kriv's northwest [MM4c] adeptly dodges some of the snowballs, but enough hit to seriously injure it (6 hp left).

The mephit to Kriv's northeast [MM5] is pummelled by the snowballs. Having already been injured it didn't even take that much to kill it, causing it to explode, mixing bits of flying lava with the snowballs for a spectacular effect.

While Kriv is safe from the snowballs, he does get hit by some of the exploding lava.

Death Burst: When the mephit dies, it explodes in a burst of lava. Each creature within 5 ft. of it must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

MM5 Death Burst damage
AquaDyne rolled 2d6 and got 8

Not only does the mephit explode, it also ceases to concentrate on heating Pavel's sword.

DM

Since it appears you're letting the troll hide somewhere, there's not much point in maintaining initiative unless you all really want to finish the mephit cleanup. 4a and 4c will disappear if 4 dies or in 4 more turns regardless, and Kriv seems to not really care about the heat damage.

I'll leave this thread open if anyone wants to make mephits explode for RP effect, otherwise I'll start a new RP thread for the creature in the hidden passageway.