I made a small correction in my actions.

Found it and.... Updated

Will update tomorrow morning, sorry.
Promise.

(It's okay. :-) )

4 turns left to escape.

** TURN 16 **

Western tunnel:

58 - Tanea - Halfling Shaman you cast Dispel Magic on Gertrude *rolls dice* success, Gertrude spits in your direction "Halfling runt!".
Bone dagger in one hand, healing potion the other, you move over to Cassandra who is slumped dazed by a toadstool. The rats have emerged from the trees and are nudging Cassandra, trying to awaken her.
You cast Dispel Magic on Cassandra, nothing happens. Two of the rats move behind you and gently push you towards the stricken witch.
Cassandra struggles to open her eyes as you approach *rolls dice* you pull her behind the toadstool and help her drink the healing potion.
You cast summon Ice Elemental and order it to pick up Shin's and the painting and to carry him to safety in the trees.

25 - BenKii - Human Warrior you shout "Everyone! Get to cover!" while handing Tanea you Tricorder which has your comm badge tied to it. *rolls dice* You fire your phaser at a giant toadstool to the left of the Hag *rolls dice* vapourising a large chunk if it.
*rolls dice* The Hag looks to the mushroom then back to you, assessing you as a threat.
You attempt to bargain with Gertrude, you offer her the phaser for safe passage for you and your companions. *rolls dice* Gertrude licks her lips while looking at the weapon in your hand.
She drools "Maybe I take the... thing.. then put yous in a nice big pot and cook yous for me evenfeast?" She starts cackling *rolls dice* distracted from Tanea's actions behind you.

4 - Strigon - Drow Necromancer you cast Death Armour on yourself and levitate away from the Hag. *rolls dice* You cast Summon Undead *rolls dice* a Bone Knight rises next to Gertrude and attacks *rolls dice* it strikes a might blow to Gertrudes right arm *rolls dice* but only draws a trickle of blood.

74 - Yeenwi - Drow Necromancer you look around for any of the trinkets that had been mentioned *rolls dice* but the Witch was either lying to you or has them secreted away somewhere.
*rolls dice* You move quickly away from the Hag into the trees. *rolls dice* Seeing the others move away from the Hag you cast Wail Of The Banshee at her. *rolls dice* There is an ear-splitting keening in the air *rolls dice* despite Gertrudes magical resistances she is forced to her knees, hands clasping her ears as blood trickles between her fingers. You cast Gaze of Contempt *rolls dice* and feel her struggle against your will.

38 - Roy Jenks - Half-Orc Battemage you cast Magic Shield on yourself and then Reflect Spells. *rolls dice* You quickly move away into the trees to where Yeenwi is.

25 - BenKii - Human Warrior *rolls dice* You shout "Here, catch!" and throw Gertrude the overloaded phaser *rolls dice* she can't even turn to face you struggle as she does against Yeenwi's spells, the phaser bounces of her and lands to her side. *rolls dice* You dive behind the cauldron.

*rolls dice* There is a massive explosion, when you all peer back to Gertrude you see her sprawled on her back, most of her right leg and part of her right arm missing. *rolls dice* She is gazing up into the trees, covered in blood.

Cassandra whispers to Tanea "Now little one, it is time."

25 - BenKii - Human Warrior earns the achievement *Thinking Outside The Box*

74 - Yeenwi - Drow Necromancer earns the achievement *Will Power*

(Yeah! Cue the victory music!)

(But the battle isn't over yet. Now Tanea has to stab the Hag to kill her for good. The rest of us should focus on protecting her and making sure the Hag doesn't get off any spells. Just because the Hag is critically wounded doesn't mean she still can't act.)

What I am thinking of doing right now but would like to get advice from teammates-

I Strigon thinks of casting drain life force and fire magic missiles towards the witch to completely paralyze her destroy whatever defences she has left.


Any teammate want me to do things differently then let me know.

(Sounds good. Kick the witch while she's down as the saying goes. :D)

(I don't think anything we do will actually kill her. Tanea can only do that. By casting your spells, it should stagger and paralyze the Hag further.)

(edit: the only thing that worries me minorly is your "Drain Life Force" spell. I'm paranoid that the Hag will find someway to reverse the spell and steal your own life force healing herself.)

I Strigon, drow necromancer, take cover behind the trees then I shoot magic missiles from my wand towards the witch, and then I control the undead to physically attack her as much as the undead can.

The undead shall attack the witch until Tanea comes close to the witch to stab her, then i shall order the undead to stop attacking the witch.

(Hmm. I did more thinking and am wondering, if that bone dagger was made out of that large beast in the burned picture with the Gold Dragon. Could that have been the remains of a dragon? I really hope Cassandra isn't a Hag too. -Yes, nothing happened, but it could have been just a failed dice roll.-
I also just read on reddit something about a "coven necklace". I hope that's not what Tanea is wearing right now. But it was just this one thread and I couldn't find any other information about such a thing anywhere else. So, not sure what to think about this.)

(Maybe Doc will explain some things after the game is done and how they are connected, if they are connected. I would be interested to get to know more "background" of things. Maybe others too?)

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Tanea, Halfling Shaman (female)
BenKii shouts at us to get to cover and hands me ... something, saying it will make a noise when it's time to attack Gertrude. I put it away, swallow hard and pull one of my healing potions out. The bone dagger in my other hand feels ... strange in my hand. Like an intruder. I consider just dropping it to the ground. The urge to do so is strong, but ... they protected me, it is my turn to try and protect them. I think of Loradan as I cast "Dispel Magic" on Gertrude, she calls me names, then I turn around and walk towards where Cassandra lies by the toadstool. That's what he used when the other one, that took Roosevelt with her, shrieked in response, wasn't it? Where are Loradan and the others now? And Roosevelt? Where are the other two Hags? With them? The questions come to an end, when I near Cassandra. The rats have returned and are seemingly trying to wake her up. I hold my breath and cast "Dispel Magic" on her too. Nothing happens. I feel ... numb. I was expecting relief, but it doesn't come. Two of the rats decide I'm too slow for their liking, trying to get me to Cassandra faster. I'm not sure, but I think one of them is the one that nudged my leg earlier. I hear Gertrude saying something about cooking BenKii or all of us in a big pot as I pull Cassandra behind the toadstool. Suddenly there is an ear-splitting keening in the air. I feel that somewhat familiar coldness return to my bones and am glad to see the Ice Elemental (Or is it a different one? I can't tell.) appear near Shins. I ask him to pick Shins up and bring him to safety in the trees, which he does, taking the painting with him too. Maybe I can ask the Ice Elemental about things, when ... this is over? If I survive, that is. I help Cassandra drink the healing potion and there is an explosion. When I peek around the toadstool Gertrude is sprawled on her back, most of her right leg and part of her right arm missing. She seems to be gazing up into the trees, covered in blood. I can't help but feel pity and a deep sadness, which turns into dread as Cassandra whispers: "Now little one, it is time."
I think of my companions, those still with me and those who left, and of Origi. Then I think about those other two Hags who might be on their way here. It is time for a decision ...

Tanea, Halfling Shaman (female)
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58 - FlockeSchnee - Tanea - Halfling Shaman
1. Tanea says a little prayer for whichever creature this bone belonged to and asks the spirits to help this one's spirit find rest, should it require help to find rest.
2. Then Tanea walks over to Gertrude from Gertrudes right side while praying to Yondalla in silence, asking her for guidance and for courage to protect the ones she came to hold dear in this unexpected journey just as they have been protecting her.
3. When Tanea gets within 3 feet of Gertrude she casts "Sleep" on her (twice if necessary), she hopes that her studies about biology and anatomy (from when her sister Sanna was very sick) can be of use in locating the Hags heart and stabbing it, which she will then do swiftly, but "gently".
EDIT: Tanea will try to stab Gertrude in the heart even if "Sleep" doesn't work. (It will just be more messy then "gentle" I guess, if successful at all.)
4. If Tanea doesn't wind up dead/transformed somehow and she can still act:
She says a prayer for the dead Hag and (just remembering the bones in the other Hags prison cell) also says a prayer for all those others who may have died within these walls, whoever they were, and asks the spirits to help those spirits find rest, should they (still) require help finding rest.
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Starting equipment: Staff, 2x heal potion; 1 potion used.
SINCE TURN 10:
19 spell casts available; 4 spell casts used, 15 remaining;
new equipment: bone dagger
Summoned Ice Elemental on Turn 16

Something doesn't "feel" right.

Roy is going to glance around the room, at the painting, and up in the ceiling. If he doesn't notice anything, he's going to focus his attention on Cassandra.

Web or Fireball spell is readied to be cast.

(So you have/Roy has suspicions now? I always thought something weird was going on here. But I don't know anything about this kind of roleplaying and/or Dungeons and Dragons.)

(Personally, I believe that was "too easy". So I still suspect Cassandra (or someone else we don't know about yet) to have something up her sleeve or something else unknown to us going on, but Tanea is focused on Gertrude now. Tanea also never saw that painting before it burned up, so she doesn't know about the dragon and the bones of that large beast.)

Well, the telepathy that was done earlier could be the result of a magical spell, however the fact that Cassandra is able to do it without any sort of casting visible could mean that it's psionic. Cassandra immediately knew who BenKii was, and does not seem to be surprised/awed at all about technology. Most DnD worlds (and I'm not sure if we're in one of the standard ones), the creatures that tend to have psionic powers are evil.

She could very well be what she says she is, but all our attention is being focused in one particular direction - towards the hag. That leaves us open to attack from every other side by something else.

(Interesting. I just assumed some telepathy might not be spell-bound but genetical, but didn't question whether that could be the case for elves. -Because I know nothing about DnD.-)
(Thank you ZyloxDragon/Roy for watching out for other dangers then. :-) )

(Thank you at sasuke/Strigon for watching out for other dangers before too. :-) )

(I'm a little worried where all of this will lead. But I'm very curious too.)

Did you actually have a phaser? How did you acquire it?

(btw why does it have to be Tanea, can't anyone else take the dagger and try it? ;))