Night of the Horde of the Undead #MagnusGetsAClueByFour - July 29, 2022

 - Osiris starts running to the boarding house with Tiff under her arm and everyone else follows suit

- As they approach they see a creature pounding on the door of the Curlywit Boarding House, so Osiris tries to cast Sacred Flame, but it fizzles out 

- The creature turns around and sees them, and it's one of the humbacked zombies that explode

- It roars and more zombies appear, two of the spider-zombies on the roof and five halfling-sized ones

BATTLE AT THE BOARDING HOUSE

- Halfling-Sized Zombie-Purple runs up to Rusty and claws his thigh for 5 slashing and 8 poison dmg

- HSZ-Blue runs up to Osiris and misses her with his claws

- Spider-Zombie-Blue spits webbing at Raiàn, but misses

- HSZ-Red runs toward the gourp

- Tiff casts Enlarge on Lyrielle

- SZ-Red spits at Tiff but misses

- HumpBacked Zombie lumbers up to Osiris and punches her for 9 bludgeoning and 10 necrotic dmg, but it misses on the second hit

- HSZ-Orange runs up to Lyrielle and misses

- Raiàn moves forward 5' and casts Burning Hands on HSZ-Red (12 fire dmg), HBZ (12 fire dmg), and HSZ-Blue (6 fire dmg)

- Lyrielle misses HSZ-Purple with her stick

- HSZ-Green  runs up to flank Tiff with the HBZ for 5 slashing and 2 poison dmg 

- Osiris casts Turn Undead on all but the Spider Zombies, HSZ-Purple, Red, and Orange are overcome by radiant light and they dissolve into dust then she moves to flank HSZ-Green with Tiff, HBZ punches at her but misses (Fortune's Favor for the win!) and HSZ-Blue claws her for 6 slashing and 2 poison dmg

- Rusty Rages and then moves to the spot Osiris vacated and then slices into it with his greatsword for 13 slashing dmg then misses 

- HSZ-Blue misses Rusty

-SZ-Blue spits at Tiff for 8 acid dmg and she is stuck in web and Restrained

- Tiff casts Cure Wounds on herself for 10 HP

- SZ-Red spits at Raiàn for 14 acid dmg and she is stuck in web and Restrained

- HBZ punches Tiff for 5 bludgeoning and 11 necrotic dmg and then misses

- Raiàn breaks out of the web holding her down

- Lyrielle dashes over to flank both HBZ and HSZ-Blue and she thwacks HSZ-Blue into paste then she misses HBZ

- HSZ-Green misses Tiff

- Osiris smacks HSZ-Green for 8 bludgeoning and 1 radiant dmg with her warhammer, then she casts Healing Word on Theophania for 10 HP then she moves up next to Tiff

- Rusty moves to flank HSZ-Green and slices it in half then he moves back to HBZ and misses his twice

- The window of the boarding house opens and and a ball of fire is aimed at SZ-Blue and both it and SZ-Red take some fire dmg

- There is shouting at Magnus not to burn the building down

- SZ-Blue spits at Lyrielle for 14 acid dmg and she is Restrained

- Tiff struggles with the webbing

- SZ-Red spits at Rusty and misses

- HBZ punches Tiff for 6 bludgeoning and 5 necrotic dmg then punches her again for 15 bludgeoning and 15 necrotic dmg and she passes out in a pile of web

- Raiàn casts Wither and Bloom on HBZ and it takes 1 necrotic dmg and Tiff gets 9 HP then she sprints under the eave of the boarding house to get cover from the spitting zombies

- Lyrielle smacks HBZ for 11 bludgeoning and then she misses punching it and then she kicks it for 11 bludgeoning dmg

- Osiris picks up Theophania and drags her away from HBZ (which swipes at her but misses) until Tiff is propped against the building across the way from the boarding house, then she casts Healing Word on Tiff for 8 HP

- Rusty moves to flank HBZ with Lyrielle and then slices into it for 21 slashing dmg and then again for 23 slashing dmg

- SZ-Blue spits at Rusty for 7 acid dmg

- Tiff shoots SZ-Red for 9 piercing dmg

- SZ-Red misses Osiris

- HBZ misses Lyrielle twice

- Raiàn breathes lightning on SZ-R for 16 lightning dmg

- Lyrielle thwacks HBZ for 19 bludgeoning dmg and then she punches it for 9 bludgeoning dmg and then kicks it for another 9 bludgeoning dmg and it explodes with necrotic energy and Rusty and Lyrielle both take 8 necrotic dmg

- Osiris casts Moonbeam centered on SZ-Blue for 8 radiant dmg then she moves towards the boarding house and then Misty Steps the rest of the way under the eave for some cover from the spitters

- Rusty breaks out of the webbing Restraining him and runs toward some rain barrels sitting next to the boarding house

- SZ-Blue takes 7 radiant from the Moonbeam and then crosses of the peak of the roof and spits at Rusty but misses

- Theophania shoots SZ-Red for 3 piercing dmg

- SZ-Red spits at Rusty for 8 acid dmg and he is Restrained

- Raiàn casts Magic Missile on the spitters for 8 force dmg on SZ-Blue and 14 on SZ-Red and then she ducks back under the eaves 

- Lyrielle breaks out of the webbing Restraining her then she runs towards the boarding house

- Osiris moves the Moonbeam back onto SZ-Blue and it takes 9 radiant dmg then she casts Healing Word on Lyrielle for 9 HP

- Rusty breaks out of the web again then runs over to the rain barrel then climbs onto the roof

- SZ-Blue takes 9 radiant dmg from the Moonbeam, then steps over to Rusty and claws him for 9 slashing dmg then claws him again for 9 slashing dmg 

- Theophania misses

- SZ-Red runs through the Moonbeam and takes 14 radiant dmg as he moves to flank Rusty and then claws him for 14 slashing dmg the again for 8 slashing dmg

- Raiàn casts Magic Missile again for 15 force dmg on SZ-Red and 5 force dmg on SZ-Blue

- Lyrielle also uses the rain barrel to climb onto the roof next to Rusty then she thwacks SZ-Blue for 12 bludgeoning dmg then she punches it for 9 bludgeoning dmg

- Osiris moves her Moonbeam around off of and onto SZ-Blue again and it is incinerated by radiant light then she moves it onto SZ-Red then she ducks back under the eaves of the house

- Rusty turns around to SZ-Red and misses, then he swings again and also misses

- Tiff misses

- SZ-Red takes 6 radiant dmg from Moonbeam then misses Rusty then claws him for 8 slashing dmg

- Raiàn casts Magic Missile on SZ-Red for 10 force dmg and 

END OF BATTLE

- Osiris cuts Tiff out of the webbing trapping her

- Callie is standing by the door holding a rolling pin

- She is upset to hear about the fire spell 

- Everyone runs into the building, Lyrielle jumping down and running through the front door with her friends

- Rusty checks the roof and stomps out any remaining embers from Magnus's fire spell, then he smashes through the window that Magnus locked and barred

- Rusty then tells Magnus not to use fire spells on flammable buildings

- Rusty then boards up Magnus's window against further zombie incursions

- Raiàn makes a point of saying that there were a bunch of halfling zombies and she might have been friends with some of them and then apologizes

- Theophania posts up in a window and snipes zombies in the streets

- There is discussion with Magnus about what spells he knows, and he is given permission to use fire spells on zombies that are a sufficient distance from the surrounding buildings

- Callie and Magnus are the only other two in the building, so Osiris gives Callie her shortbow and her arrows

- Callie is very bad at the bow, so Osiris takes that back and gives her a dagger

- Osiris then waits by the door to Turn Undead again if another horde shows up

- Time is spent securing the ground and second floors

- They then decide to use Tiff's Skywrite to declare the building sanctuary for the living 

- They settle in for the night and get a short rest while watching for the undead or survivors 

- 3,000 XP ea for 39,290 XP total ea.

Did We Just Cause Night of the Undead? - July 22, 2022

 - Half-way through the group's long rest the altar starts glowing faintly

- Theophania makes breakfast which is oatmeal made on a tiny oil burner with dried fruit and brown sugar and then dried beef sticks

- Then Tiff packs away all her things in her Bag of Holding

- They then discuss order of operations

- Theophania goes up and ritually casts Identify through her goggle on the tendrils, which starts growing over her finger and hand a few minutes into the casting time

- The tendrils were created by a necromantic ritual, and it's taking some kind of magical energy from the alter and diffusing it out into the world

- Tiff's finger and hand look like they had started to decay, but only a skin deep hurt. Her hand still functions okay

- Osiris casts Dispel Magic on the abjuration aura protecting the altar and the aura disappears with a small pop

- She tosses a small pebble and it hits the altar

- Now that the protection spell is gone, Theophania casts Detect Magic as ritual through her goggles and there is an aura of conjuration and necromantic magic on the altar whereas the tendrils just have necromantic energies

- With the additional information, Osiris casts Dispel Magic again, this time at the altar focusing on the conjuration element of its magic, which vanishes with a puff of air

- Tiff can see that the energy is no longer flowing through the tendrils

- Osiris casts Dispel Magic on the altar again this time, but it doesn't work this time

- She tries again this time with small, but more directed energy, and the glow gets dimmer and smaller until it collapses in on itself and then explodes outward in a wave of necromantic energy

- Osiris starts beating on the altar with her warhammer and the top cracks

- Rusty gets out his portable ram and tries to hit the altar, but he can't get a good angle on it because it's so low, so he takes Tiff's tiny Light Hammer, and managed to break a chunk of one of the corners off

- Osiris then hands Rusty her warhammer and he manages to break it in half pretty quickly

- Under the altar is a skull with a weird darkness in its eyes and mouth

- Osiris notes that the skull is not undead

- Theophania identifies (with an arcana check not the spell) that it is a magic source where magic from another plane of existence, like the Shadowfell maybe since it's obviously necromantic magics

- Osiris tries poking the skull with her hammer, but the skull doesn't move and the darkness starts to creep up the haft of her hammer

- Tiff casts Magic weapon on the hammer and Osiris swings it down on the skull, which explodes leaving a pool of inky darkness that starts creeping across the room

- Everyone backs up to avoid the blackness touching them and Osiris casts Moonbeam and it cancels out the blackness where it's touching it, but it's like sopping up water pooling under a gushing pipe that's still gushing

- The pool of blackness stops expanding when it's about 30' across

- There is a narrow walk-way around the edge of the room, but not much more left

- Osiris asks Tiff for a jar, so Tiff pulls like five sample jars from her BoH

- Osiris takes one and scoops up a sample of the inkiness, but it whips out and withers her hands pretty badly

- Rusty slashes the darkness with his greatsword and there are ripples through the "pool" and when he pulls the sword out the ichor sticks to the metal and the seems to disappear into it

- They are quickly running out of ideas and options, but they don't want to leave the pool of darkness unattended.

- Leaving only half party to guard would just get them killed, so they take the sample Osiris collected and a chunk of the altar which she convinces Tiff to put in the bag of holding

- They make their way back to the city level as quickly as possible and it's now around midnight

- Osiris takes a deep breath of what she thinks should be her first breath of fresh air in over 24 hours, but she smells the stench of decay

- Lyrielle hears a groan and then a disturbing giggle from the same direction that Osiris smells death

- Osiris starts walking that direction and sees two halfling-sized figures run past, but they don't look right

- They turn to look at Osiris and they are clearly undead

- She looks around and she sees several more in addition to those two

- She returns to the group and they convince her to send a message to someone (Rowan Amblecrown) at the Temple to meet them here while they kill the undead roaming the streets "Emergency. please come to the Curlywhit Boarding house immediately. Undead everywhere. Open necromantic portal underground. We need backup and more clerics. Help. Please."

- She receives the response, "Many neighborhoods overrun with undead. We are holding the temple. City guard doing its best to protect people. Do what you can; survive until morning."

- Osiris immediately orders everyone to fall back to the Boarding House, picks up Tiff, and starts running

- 2,000 XP ea for 36,290 XP total ea.

Something About Butt Stuff Because Tangents, Also Osiris Heals a Lot - July 15, 2022

 BATTLE AT THE ALTAR

- Shadow Creature (1) bites Rusty for 22 slashing dmg and 7 necrotic dmg and then claws him for 22 slashing dmg 

- Osiris runs forward out of the Hut and it pops like a bubble, and she casts Aura of Vitality and gives Rusty 6 HP

- Rusty wakes up on the ground and manages to shake off the paralysis

- Raiàn casts Wither and Bloom on SC1 and Rusty giving 15 necrotic dmg (not as effective as hoped) to the enemy and gives Rusty 11 HP then she runs forward a bit and then Misty Steps to flank with Rusty

- Lyrielle rushes with her Step of the Wind to SC2 but then misses him with her quarterstaff

- Theophania steps up to the nearest tendril, pulls out her handaxe, and tries to chop it, but it gets stuck ineffectually, she gives it a quick look and decides a poison spell next won't be useful

- SC2 misses Lyrielle with its claws and then bites her for 14 slashing dmg and 7 necrotic dmg

- SC1 claws Rusty for 12 slashing dmg and then misses biting him

- Osiris gives Rusty 15 HP with the Aura and then heals him some more with Cure Wounds for 21 more HP after stepping forward to touch his ankle

- Rusty stands up, RAGES, but misses with his greatsword then slices into SC1 for 10 slashing dmg

- Raiàn withstands the horrible smell of the creature then breaths 10 lightning dmg cutting through both the remaining tendrils

- Lyrielle misses with her quarterstaff then she uses Patient Defense she breaths in some of the stench of the SC2 and becomes Poisoned for 1 turn

- Theophania shoots SC1 with her repeating shot crossbow for 6 piercing dmg

- SC2 claws Lyrielle for 14 slashing dmg and then misses biting her

- SC1 Disengages and runs up a tunnel and Hides

- Osiris gives Rusty 13 HP and then moves towards Lyrielle then she casts Sacred Flame on SC2, but it dodges

- Rusty moves in the same direction as SC1, then throws a hand axe in that direction missing

- Raiàn moves to see the creature squaring off with Lyrielle and then hits it with Magic Missile for 24 force dmg

- Lyrielle fully resists the smell of the creature smacks SC2 for 5 bludgeoning dmg then she takes another Patient Defense Stance

- Theophania casts Faerie Fire in the hallway in front of Rusty but if the creature is there, it is unaffected

- SC2 claws Lyrielle for 13 slashing dmg and shakes off the Poison effect, then he bites her for 10 slashing and 9 necrotic dmg

- SC1 runs out of the darkness up to Theophania and claws her 14 slashing dmg and then 6 slashing and 6 necrotic dmg

- Osiris heals Lyrielle for 17 HP then she moves back towards Theophania and casts Sacred Flame on SC1 then moves back to exactly where she was

- Rusty moves to flank SC1 with Tiff and then slices into it for 16 slashing dmg and then hits again for 10 slashing

- Raiàn casts Wither and Bloom on SC2 and Lyrielle for 5 necrotic dmg and heals Lyrielle for 11 HP

- Lyrielle stands up, Disengages, and runs back around the corner

- Tiff casts Cure Wounds on herself for 6 HP

- SC2 Hides in the shadows from Raiàn, but Osiris can still see him, but  then he runs forward and attacks Raiàn hitting her with his claw for 9 slashing dmg and she is Paralyzed, and then it bites her for 17 slashing dmg and 16 necrotic dmg

- SC1 claws Theophania for 12 slashing then bites her for 15 slashing and 8 necrotic dmg

- Osiris heals Tiff for 17 HP then casts Sacred Flame on SC2 for 9 radiant dmg

- Rusty slices into SC1 for 21 slashing dmg killing SC1 and it dissipates into nothing but a lingering odor then he rushes towards the other enemy

- Raiàn casts Magic Missile for 14 force dmg killing SC2 with a blue glitter tornado

- Rusty finds the handaxe he threw earlier

- Osiris briefly explores the five other tunnels not finding much difference between any of them even compared to the tunnel they entered through (the sixth tunnel)

- Theophania examines the tendrils coming off the altar, and the ones that are still attached to the altar look the same while the the detached parts are slowly looking less vital but they are also wiggling around trying to reconnect with the other parts

- Osiris casts Sacred Flame on the detached ends of the tendrils to cauterize their ends and burns them back far enough that they stop moving

- Tiff then moves to examining the spell on the altar and can determine that spell has a teleportation or banishment properties to it

- Then they head 40-50' up the "way out" tunnel where Osiris recasts Leomund's Tiny Hut and they start to settle in

- 2,200 XP total ea for 34,290 XP total ea.