Episode 398 - Two Steps Forward, Several Demons Attack

I feel like everywhere here is dangerous and honestly most things want to fight us. Kinda a bummer that the Abyss doesn’t have a more chill vibe.

## **Story**

### Long Story

Having finally defeated the gross slime monster, the Tower of Grey are now hanging out in this hallway. It's long and dark, and also scary, so Toby creates a red dragon scale dome around them for safety. But there's still the issue of how dark it is, and they don't know what's ahead. Could Skud send his BattleBot down the hall, on fire, to light it up? No, because it's a *Spiritual Weapon*, and can't be lit aflame. Could Rowan shoot a flaming arrow down? Maybe, if she didn't accidentally hit the dome, instead. What about Lahni, she's fast. Yes! She runs down, invisible, and fast as all hell. Soon, she comes around a bend, and hears movement beyond it. Nothing else for it, but to keep going and check it out. Besides, it's probably nothing too dangerous, right?

Well, there are three demons beyond, with giant, crab-like pincers, and also arms, for grabbing. They are Glabrezu, and they look pissed. Not only that, but there's also two big, boar/ape-like demons with wings. They also look mean, and are the Nalfeshnee. But the leader of the pack? He's the Belor, and his big, beefy, and has giant bat wings. He notices Lahni, who decides to cut and run back to the others. She tells them of the demons, but they don't have to wait too long before said demons come abounding around the corner, looking for a tussle.

During the battle, Toby does something that's a little confusing. I think what happens is he removes the dome that's surrounding them, and creates a wall down the hall between the two parties. I'm pretty sure that's what happens. Lahni focuses on the Belor, and eventually, along with Rowan's magical arrows, they are able to take the creature down! This would be a good thing, except for the fact that the Belor explodes when it dies! So, it does that. It explodes.

### Short

The party finds themselves in a long, dark hallway. Lahni runs up ahead to see what there is to see-see-see. And what there is to see-see-see is a group of scary demons! They follow Lahni back to the group, where they proceed to attack! After a lenghty battle, Lahni is able to kill the leader demon, which explodes in a ball of fire!

## **Trivia**

* Nika is way into this Belor. He should sign up for her OnlyFams...

## **In This Episode...**

### **Cast and Player Characters**

* Michael DiMauro - *Dungeon Master*
* Tim Lanning - Toby Treacletart
* Jennifer Cheek - Rowan Grey
* Mike Bachmann - Skud Derringer
* Nika Howard - Lahnik "Lahni" Caplain

### **Non-Player Characters**

* Bucky
* Eckhart Dayhammer

### **Locations**

* The Abyss
	+ The Slime Pits

### **Quest Log Updates**

* [On-Hold] - Stop Tiamat!
* [Active] - Destroy The Orb!
	+ [Active] - Find the final missing piece
		- [Active] - Investigate The Slime Pits of The Abyss
		- [Active] - Find/Rescue Adira Harper, Aludra Wyrmsbane, and Jaela
	+ [Back-burner][Toby] - Deal (or no deal) with Vecna
* [Side-line][Boris] - Restore the used Planar Crystals that power The *BTS*
* [On-Hold] - Return to Catherine Beanlord's graveyard in The Elemental Plane of Earth get the body of Tuck Frump
* [Active][Jaeludra] - Investigate the Great Colosseum in Caer

### **Quotes**

* **"I know a thing or two about walking into a trap and getting burnt alive. Hmmm..."** ~ *Toby Treacletart*

* **"I'm gonna say it, it's my favorite thing to say: Fiends are just friends without... R... Are you ready to make new friends?!?!"** ~ *Nika Howard*

## **Rolls**

* **Recap**
	+ Tim - 17 - roll-off - 4
	+ Nika - 13
	+ Bachmann {d12} - 6
	+ **Jennifer - 17 - roll-off - 6**

* Everyone rolls *Perception* in the hallway
	+ **Toby** - 14
		- Notices nothing
	+ **Rowan** - 14
		- Notices nothing
	+ **Lahni** - 25
		- Notices the mushrooms are charred
	+ **Skud** - 20
		- Notices the mushrooms are charred

* **Lahni** rolls *Survival* to learn about the charred mushrooms
	+ 15 - something burned them, like there's a trap about (also, she doesn't think they're poisonous)

* **Rowan** rolls to shoot an arrow down the hallway
	+ Nat1 - She doesn't make it out of the dome

* **Lahni** rolls *Perception* to run ahead and see what lies there
	+ 24 - 300 ft down, she sees a corner, and there's movement around it

* Everyone rolls *Perception* with advantage
	+ **Toby** - 13
		- Sees that there are demons coming for them
	+ **Rowan** - 22
		- Sees that there are demons coming for them
	+ **Lahni** - 14
		- Sees nothing

* **Toby** rolls *Arcana* to see what the creatures are coming for them
	+ 15 - The big one is a Belor, the others are Nalfeshnee, and Glabrezu

* **Rowan** makes a *History* check to see what damage they should do against the demons
	+ 10 - They are immune to poison, the Belor is immune to fire

*Combat Begins vs demons*

* *Initiative*
	+ **Lahni** - 22
	+ **Glabrezu 1**
	+ **Toby** - 19
	+ **Rowan** - 18
	+ **Nalfeshnee 1**
	+ **Skud** - 14
	+ **Belor**
	+ **Glabrezu 2**
	+ **Eckhart**
	+ **Glabrezu 3**
	+ **Bucky**
	+ **Nalfeshnee 2**

*Round One*

* **Lahni**
	+ Monk Punch vs Belor {x4} - 28, 21, 23, 22
		- Hit, Hit, Hit, Hit - 52 damage
			* Also gets burned for 10 damage per hit - ~~40~~ 20 damage (resistant to fire damage)

* **Glabrezu 1**
	+ Moves forward

* **Toby**
	+ Shifts the dome around them to seal off most of it
	+ Sets up to move the wall down the hall to stop the bad guys

* **Rowan**
	+ Uses *Hail of Thorns*, Ranged Attack vs Belor - 31
		- Hit - 43 damage, and Belor and Glabrezu 1 must make a DEX Saving Throw
			* Glabrezu 1 - 19
				+ Success - 21 damage
			* Belor - rolled bad
				+ Fail - 43 damage
	+ Ranged Attack vs Belor - 27
		- Hit - 19 damage

* **Nalfeshnee 1**
	+ Moves forward

* **Skud**
	+ Sends out the BattleBot
	+ Casts *Chromatic Ord* (cold damage) vs Glabrezu 1 - 30
		- Hit - ~~58~~ 29 cold damage {resistant to cold}

* **Belor**
	+ Flies foreward

* **Glabrezu 2**
	+ Moves forward

* **Eckhart**
	+ Ranged Attack vs Glabrezu 1 (javelins) {x2}
		- Hit, Hit - 17 damage

* **Glabrezu 3**
	+ Moves forward

* **Bucky**
	+ Ranged Attack (handaxes) {x3}
		- Hit, Miss, Hit - 20 damage

* **Nalfeshnee 2**
	+ Moves forward

*Round Two*

* **Lahni**
	+ Monk Punch Attack {x4} vs Belor - 18, Nat20, Nat20, 24
		- Miss, Hit, Hit, Hit - 60 Bludgeoning damage, ~~25~~ ~~12~~ 6 Lightning damage {resistant to Lightning, also dodged}
		- Also uses the Lahni's secret recipe, requiring Belor to make a DEX check
			* Nat20 - Success
			* Lahni gets to roll a d20 to see if time will stop - 3
				+ Time doesn't stop
			* Lahni gets to roll a d20 to see if time will stop - 6
				+ Time doesn't stop

* **Glabrezu 1**
	+ Dashes forward

* **Toby**
	+ Casts *Magic Missile* (at 5th level) vs Glabrezu 1
		- Automatic Hit - 26 Force damage

* **Rowan**
	+ Casts *Hail of Thorns* (at 3rd level) on Glabrezu 1 - 28
		- Hit - 47 damage - *Kills it*
	+ Ranged Attack vs Glabrezu 2 - 29
		- Hit - 23 damage

* **Nalfeshnee 1**
	+ Dashes forward

* **Skud**
	+ Sends BattleBot at Belor - 14
		- Miss
	+ Casts *Chromatic Ord* (Thunder damage) vs Glabrezu 2 - 29
		- Hit - 32 Thunder damage

* **Belor**
	+ Teleports right up to them!

* **Glabrezu 2**
	+ Dashes forward

* **Eckhart**
	+ Slash Attack vs Belor {x2}
		- Hit, Hit - 30 damage
		- Takes 10 Fire famage from Belor

* **Glabrezu 3**
	+ Dashes forward

* **Bucky**
	+ Handaxe Attack vs Belor {x3}
		- Hit, Hit, Hit - 32 damage
		- Takes 15 Fire damage

* **Nalfeshnee 2**
	+ Moves forward

*Round Three*

* **Lahni**
	+ Monk Punch Attack {x4} vs Belor - 30, 24, ?, 27
		- Hit, Hit, Miss, Hit - 48 Bludgeoning damage - *Kills it*
			* Belor explodes, requiring DC 20 DEX Saving Throws from everyone
				+ Lahni - 22
					- Succeed - no damage
				+ Skud - 8
					- Fails - 70 Fire damage
				+ Rowan - 15
					- Fails - 70 Fire damage
				+ Toby - 17
					- Fails - 70 Fire damage
				+ Bucky - ?
					- Fails - 70 Fire damage
				+ Eckhart - ?
					- Fails - 70 Fire damage

*Episode Ends*