Chuth tries to jerk herself out of the way of Poljen's weapon, but is unable to do so, and the once proud dragoness dies mewling.
The remaining elves are swiftly cut down now that plenty of hands are available to help. Seven small bodies lie still, having breathed their last. One had succumbed to blood loss, torn up by the thorny hedge that had caught him so shortly after he had been freed, another five asphyxiated, whether from chlorine gas or the noose, the last appears to have succumbed to the prince's cold spell.
Of those still among the living, many are in poor shape, breathing problems are common, a few are badly cut and bruised.
When thoughts turn to loot, most of Chuth's horde is right where it was last seen, piled up along the back wall, and partially hidden by the scaffold. The more valuable items appear to have been removed however.
Neronvain's two handed courtblade appears to be enchanted, as are his robes and a circlet on his brow.
Out of Character: If interested in harvesting dragon parts for practical use, the 3.5e books Draconomicon and Dragon Magazine #332 have some interesting ideas.
Edited: daishain on 6th Aug, 2018 - 2:26pm
Poljen shrugs. "I will be of little use in searching for treasure, if it is well-hidden. But I am confident I can swim out of this hole. Unless someone can reach Poppo with magical means, I will go out and signal him we are safe. I can meet him at a landing point and tell him what has occurred. Then we can get reinforcements." He pauses, then says to one of the children, "Do any of you feel up to a long swim beneath the water? I suspect that some of your kin will be scouting this area. It would be good if one of you can tell them the tale." Lastly he walks up to Lawrance and hands him the last coins from his pouch. "50 gold. Now, at least until we divide up any treasure found, I am flat broke! Ha!"
Out of Character: : Daishain, I don't know if the ability to breathe underwater is still active, though I doubt it. If he needs a CON Save or something, please let me know. Poljen can also lay down a rope as he swims out that folks can use, until we disarm all the traps back to the cavern entrance. By the way, someone will have to go kill that last zombie elf-child there, yeah? If none of the kids are up to the swim, I would love for some elven scouts to approach him once he is outside…
Mari shakes her head as she shrinks to her normal stature. She looks around wide eyed." We won. We did it." She looks at Perry." It's okay Perry. I.... That was a strange experience. Hard to ...
.explain...." She runs to the children to check on them with a confused look on her face. After helping them she will see about harvesting any poison from Chuth with her poisoners kit.
Lia calls out in triumph as Chuth falls. She feels the oath bow grow cold as the sworn enemy is no more. Slinging the bow on her back, she deactivates the cube. Lia then flies over to the scaffolding. She helps with the children to free as many as possible. Her amulet glows brightly from time to time as she asks Sune to heal their wounds. As she depletes her healing energy she kneels down by the dead children. Lia feels drained of energy and broken emotionally. Tears run down her cheeks at the sight of the elven corpses.
Specific Action: Lia will use mass cure wounds and her four level one slots remaining to use healing word. She will try to heal the most gravely wounded children to help them be able to move on their own. She will use healing word on one of the dead children in the hope that it isn't too late. If the child revives she will use mass healing word on the other deceased children. If this isn't possible then she will heal the living children.
I rolled for Mari to attempt to harvest poison from Chuth.
Perry nods in agreement with Velon as he teases that the dragon was much smaller than previous ones the Blaze has fought. Perry thinks to himself, "Yes of course, the Blaze has certainly slain hundreds, nay thousands, of more powerful dragons than that!" After he realizes that it was just a joke, Perry laughs and smiles wide, "Yes indeed, we sure showed her! That's the power of music and friendship!" Then, he gets slapped on the back and almost falls forward on his face.
"Ow."
He coughs, clears his throat, then continues, "Anyway, I'm going to start poking around this place and gathering all the items to go through later at the castle with the wizards," he says as he points to his Bag of Holding. Perry approaches the treasure mound and yells, "HEY CAN SOMEONE HELP ME LOOK THROUGH ALL THIS CRAP?!" He begins shoveling all the gold and items into the magic bag for transport. He grabs the three items off of Neronvain and throws them inside too. He also goes and inspects the bedroom for any items of interest.
Once the loot situation in the immediate area has been taken care of, Perry asks Zarra for help, "Hey Zarra, can you use your skills and help me harvest some of her green scales? I have a fashionable piece of equipment that I'd like to put together eventually." He will aid Zarra in this task.
"Do we want to take his body back to his father?" Perry asks the group regarding Neronvain. "We should probably tell King Melondrake what happened here."
Out of Character: I'm going to roll Perception with advantage (Sentinel Shield) to keep an eye out for any potential magic items in the dragon hoard as I shovel everything into the magic bag to look through back at the castle. I'm also keeping a Google Doc on my end with a list of everything we find and will make a large QA post later with everything in it. Thomas, Perry is providing Zarra with the Help action for advantage on the Survival check to harvest scales and any other parts off Chuth. As usual, if anyone else is dealing with looking for loot in either the bedroom or the main hoard, then Perry will assist them as well for advantage.
Once Morgaine sees the dragon go down, she just stares at her; not knowing what to say for this was her first encounter with a dragon. She was so focused on making sure she didn't get away, she practically blocked out everything else. But hearing the others members of the group speak about the children, brings her out the somewhat trance she was in and she goes helps in what way she can. She will also offer to go for a swim to let the castle know the Blaze has once again slain a dragon and survived.
After Tazskan see's that Lia has ministered healing to the remaining elves, he will assist in searching the area.
But first, Tazskan, will begin harvesting some hide from the dragon.
Collecting enough, to make a cloak out of dragon hide.
Assisting Zarra, and anyone else.
Gaining advantage from Perry, with survival, and perception checks.
Wiping sweat and blood from his face, Lawrance heaves a sigh of relief when the dragoness finally goes down. Unable and unwilling to deliver the final blow himself, he none the less watches as Poljen decapitates her. As the dust and battle list fades from everyone he mentally states "And another evil is left to rot in the world. Good job, everyone! Glad this didn't result in any permanent harm!" Checking himself over to any wounds still bleeding, he then moves over to the still form, checking her body carefully, wary of poison in her blood, He examines the pregnant belly, trying to determine the progress of gestation for this hybrid creature inside.
Specific Action: Arcana +8, Nature+4, Investigation+8 - whatever works.
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Spending the needed time, he casts Detect magic to see what remaining goods are of serious value and points them out quickly to the group. A thought occurs and he carefully checks the dead Prince's body for anything that could be the key to a Secret Chest spell. While the detection still runs, he tries to discover the traps on the armoire and anything else of interest. He then creates and Disk of magical force to help carry the remains and loot.
"Those items we saw earlier - Give me some time and I'll see if I can find them. They can't have hidden them too far from here."
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When Poljen settles his bet, Lawrance grins and says "I only wish I had anticipated her masquerade before she struck. It might have prevented any intimate nightmares you'll have."
SA - Arcana and detect magic to disarm any traps, Floating Disk ritual to carry stuff.
Edited: Gknightbc on 7th Aug, 2018 - 2:29am
Velon encourages everyone to stay focused on the tasks at hand so they can properly search the place, gather all loot and dragon parts, and get all of the elves to the castle before they move on.
He will kneel over the fallen elves for a few moments and say a few private words for them to Bahamut. He gives Lia a glance, knowing she is hurting, and whispers "I'm sorry this had to be the price." He adds "Perhaps their King will see fit to aid us in bringing them back if we bring them there."
Eventually Velon moves on and provides Perry with the aid he requested in searching and collecting the treasure hoard. "Perry, will you help me search the rest of this place as well?" Thinking it still unwise to wander such a place alone, Velon will recruit someone else if not Perry and walk the caverns looking for any hidden spaces and with Detect Magic active, using both of his remaining slots if necessary to conduct a thorough search.