Hard to Bard - beasts dogs flowers oh my

Day 4 of 5 (at current pace probably 7 1/2)

The band trek onwards towards the Temple, guided by Bianca

The Band has grown with the three Knights Bors, Gawain, and Ector joining them on their Queens quest to kill the assassins that killed the King's Consort Gerald.

Bors is still in the cart as is still so exhausted he cannot move.

Gawain and Ector are only able to move at half speed

Knights Bors, Gawain and Ector
Medium Human, Lawful Good
Bors, Gawain and Ector are human fighters (Champion Knights).
Armor Class 21
Hit Points 44
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
15 (+2)
INT
13 (+1)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
9 (-1)

Skills Animal Handling (+3), Athletics (+7), History (+4), Persuasion (+2)
Senses Passive Perception 10
Languages Common, Elvish, Halfling
Proficiency Bonus +3





Hit Dice. 5x (1d10+2)

Defensive Fighting Style. While wearing armour you gain +1 bonus to AC

Position of Privilege. Thanks to your noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.

Actions

Number of Attacks. 2

Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:  (2d6 + 4) slashing damage

Critical Hits. 19-20

Bonus Action. Second Wind. Regain 1d10 +5 HPs (use once/rest)

Action. Action Surge. Take an extra action (use once/rest)


A small dog with sandy brown hair appears out of thin air 20 feet ahead of the band. The creature is wounded and panting.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I’ll Blink to Tomorrow

Before the band can react, two panther-like monstrosities with tentacles protruding from their shoulders burst through the underbrush and charge the dog.


The band jump into action and attack the displacer beasts, protecting the dog.

The dog teleports behind the Band.

The lead displacer beast lets off Physic Lances at the band (well mainly Lemmog and Ekam).

The knights slowly get into the action.

The band despatch one of the displacer beasts, and then concentrate their efforts on the lead displacer beast.

In its final breath the final displacer beast lets out a physic scream that fells all the knights and Hydrica.

Heironymo jumps into action to try and save the closest person, only to realise that he has no abilities to heal.

Lemmog heals Hydrica

Ekam heals the knights

Lemmog goes to heal the dog, but it is scared and wary of the big orc

Hydrica calms the dog and speaks to it via its mind, getting it to trust Lemmog who heals it.

Hydrica tries to have deep and meaningful conversations with the dog, but gets short simple anwers only, but does find out that the dogs pack is gone.

The blink dog now considers the band its new pack, and accompanies them as a warrior sidekick. 

Medium Fey, Lawful Good
A Blink dog takes its name from its ability to blink in and out of existence, a talent it uses to aid its attacks and avoid harm.
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 22
Speed 40 ft.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
17 (+3)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
11 (+0)

Skills Perception +3, Stealth +5
Senses Passive Perception 13
Languages Blink Dog , understands Sylvan but can't speak it
Proficiency Bonus +2

Keen Hearing and Smell. The dog has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:  (1d6 + 1) piercing damage.

Teleport (Recharge 4–6). The dog magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 40 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Before or after teleporting, the dog can make one bite attack.

Blink to Tomorrow. This blink dog has a limited capacity to travel forward and backward through time. When it uses its teleport ability, after choosing a space to teleport, roll 1d4:

  • On a 1 or a 2, the blink dog does not appear in the space instantly, instead appearing 1 or 2 rounds later, matching the dice roll. If the space is occupied when the blink dog reappears, it instead appears in the nearest unoccupied space of its choice.
  • On a 3, the teleport works as normal.
  • On a 4, the blink dog's future self appears in the space and immediately takes a new turn, including rolling for the teleport's recharge. Afterwards, the blink dog's present self may move and make a bite attack if it did not do so before taking the teleport action, then it disappears.

Singing Flowers

Joyful singing as from a choir wafts through the air from a field full of deep scarlet flowers.
However, the field seems empty of any person or animal.
Ekam and Lemmog enter the field, and as they enter the singing stops.
When they both leave the singing starts again.
Heironymo picks one of the deep scarlet flowers and it stops singing, but Heironymo now wears the flower in his headband as the band head onwards.

Princes in Agony

The normal chirping of birds and buzzing of insects is interrupted by a sudden and exaggerated wailing.

Two handsome men are shouting to each other about the agony they must endure and dramatically ripping open their expensive silk shirts.

Prince Dashing and Prince Charming

Prince Dashing, regales the band of some beautiful white steed they saw from afar in the woods, it was so white it seemed to glow in the sunlight.

Prince Dashing begs them for help in obtaining this wonderous steed, as it is such agony it is not mine.

Lemmog runs off and dispels his own wolf and summons a wonderous white stead, that he then leads to the two princes who adore it, thats what I said, now

One produces jewelry from his pocket, and thats some bread, now

Worth 40 Gold that he gives to Lemmog and thank them profusely as the band head on

Fairy Circle

In a clear area, fist-size red and purple toadstools have grown in an almost perfect circle, four feet across.

Heironymo with Gawain and Ector enter the circle.

Heironymo feels no effect

Gawain Instantly Misty Steps to a random location
Ector suffers the effect of Cause Fear for 10 minutes

Gawain and Ector then get Bors and bring him into the circle

Heironymo renters the circle bending down to pick a toadstool

Bors and Heironymo fall into a deep Sleep, cannot be woken by an action 1 hour

Gawain starts flying (lasts 1 hour)

Ector gains an Enhance Ability (Eagle’s Splendor) 1 day (Eagle's Splendor. The target has advantage on Charisma checks.)

Lemmog tries to lasso Bors and pulls him out of the circle, then tries and fails with Heironymo

So Lemmog then tries to pick up Heironymo from outside of the circle, but then instantly goes invisible

Heironymo is being carried by an invisible Lemmog, and looks like an animated corpse, which startles Ekam, who eldridge blasts him (with a huge amount of damage).

After this the band move one from the circle and go for a long rest for the night.

Day 5 of 6 1/2

With Bors in the cart as due to exhaustion he is only able to move at half speed
Gawain and Ector are finally able to move at normal speed.
The Band can finally travel at normal speed

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