Temeral shoots off like a harpoon, swimming with the same skill as a Dimernesti thanks to his magic ring. He maneuvers around the dragon, though, stopping just short of its field of dragonfear unknowingly as he draws his sais and prepares to attack.
Jerrard completes his spell, and suddenly three more illusionary Jerrards appear around him, making it difficult to determine which one is the real Jerrard.
Seera swims up to the dragon and hesitates. "No, I won't be intimidated!" she says, and swallows before praying to her deity. " Abbuku the Fisher, hear our plea!" she calls, her eyes glowing with an eerie blue light. "Grant us your strength against this monster that would threaten our children!" A wave of warmth spreads through anyone within sixty feet of her, but sadly the Dimernesti are too spread apart to make the most of the spell.
Furthermore, the spell does little to help the rookie warriors among the Shoal Elves. One by one, they swim toward the dragon, are affected by the dragonfear, and then immediately turn and flee at full speed, never looking back. "No, stop!" their leader calls. "You must stand and fight!" Alas, only the more veteran warriors are able to control their fear enough to stay.
Those that do remain, however, are largely ineffective. Not one of them is able to pierce the dragon's hide, save Qwendeel. The mage, who stays far enough from the dragon to avoid its dragonfear aura, blasts three magical missiles at it.
After Locky casts her spell of protection on Imani, the desert princess moves along the ocean floor in a circular path, much like Temeral. She moves as easily as she does on land, due to her magical ring.
The dragon laughs in derision as he watches most of the Dimernesti flee. "Where are you going, my little fish?" he asks. "Will you not fight? Haha!" He swings at one Dimernesti, who is able to just in time swim out of the way. The dragon then turns his attention to the leader. "You have broken our contract, elf! For that, I will devour your children as soon as I finish with you!" He swipes at the leader, slicing into the elf's flesh like it was tissue paper. Before the elf can recover, the dragon then bites him, nearly severing him in half.
"BREEGAN!" Seera calls out in terror.
"Save him, Seera!" another Dimernesti calls out. "I'll hold him off!"
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Initiative
Jerrard (
1d10+2): 8
Locky (
1d10+4): 12
Imani (
1d10+3): 13
Temeral (
1d10+2): 5
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 01 (
1d10+7): 13
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 02 (
1d10+7): 12
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 03 (
1d10+7): 17
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 04 (
1d10+7): 14
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 05 (
1d10+7): 16
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 06 (
1d10+7): 16
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 07 (
1d10+7): 11
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 08 (
1d10+7): 16
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 09 (
1d10+7): 9
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 10 (
1d10+7): 10
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 11 (
1d10+7): 11
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 12 (
1d10+7): 12
Dimernesti Fighter (2nd level) (
1d10+7): 16
Dimernesti Fighter (3rd level) 01 (
1d10+7): 12
Dimernesti Fighter (3rd level) 02 (
1d10+7): 10
Dimernesti Fighter (4th level) (
1d10+7): 10
Dimernesti Leader (
1d10+7): 10
Qwendeel (
1d10+1): 10
Seera (
1d10+6): 9
Amphi Dragon (
1d10+12): 13
Round 1!
Temeral swims 105 feet toward the dragon.
Jerrard casts
Mirror Image on himself, creating (
1d4+1): 3 images of himself.
Seera swims 45 feet closer to the dragon and must save vs. dragonfear (
1d20+3): 6, fail. She suffers a -2 to hit and damage. She then casts
Prayer. The spell must bypass the dragon's magic resistance (
1d100): 93, pass. The dragon now suffers a -1 to hit, damage and saves. Dimernesti Leader, Seera, Temeral, Dimernesti Fighter (2nd level), Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 02, Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 04, Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 07, Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 10, and Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 11 receive +1 to hit, damage and saves.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 09 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 10 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (3rd level) 02 swims 60 feet closer and must save vs. dragonfear (
1d20+3): 9, fail. She suffers a -2 to hit and damage. She then attacks with her trident (+1) while stricken (-2) (
1d20-1): 2, miss.
Dimernesti Fighter (4th level) swims 20 feet north and must save vs. dragonfear (
1d20+3): 22, pass. She is not stricken. She then attacks the dragon's tail with her trident (+1) (
1d20+1): 12, miss.
Dimernesti Leader swims 35 feet straight at the dragon and must save vs. dragonfear (
1d20+4): 23, pass. He is not stricken. He then attacks while under
Prayer (+1) with his trident (+1) (
1d20+2): 5, miss.
Qwendeel casts
Magic Missile at the dragon. The spell must bypass its magic resistance (
1d100): 31, pass. The 3 missiles do (
3d4+3): 9 damage.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 07 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 11 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Locky casts
Protection from Evil on Imani, granting her a -2 to AC against any evil attacks and +2 saves to any evil spells.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 02 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 12 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (3rd level) 01 swims 35 feet and must save vs. dragonfear (1d20+3): 4, fail. He is stricken and suffers -2 to hit and damage. He then attacks the dragon with his trident (+1) while stricken (-2) (
1d20-1): 15, bare miss.
Imani moves 120 feet around the dragon.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 01 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Amphi Dragon attacks Dimernesti Fighter (3rd level) 02 with his left paw while under the
Prayer (-1) (
1d20-1): 3, miss. It then attacks Dimernesti Leader with his right paw while under the
Prayer (-1) (
1d20-1): 6, hit for (
1d8+4): 8 damage. He then bites at Dimernesti Leader while under the
Prayer (-1) (
1d20-1): 17, hit for (
2d10+4): 20 damage.
Dimernesti Leader falls.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 04 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 05 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 06 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 08 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
Dimernesti Fighter (2nd level) swims 15 feet south and must save vs. dragonfear (
1d20+4): 13, fail. He suffers a -2 to hit and damage. He then attacks the dragon with his trident (+1) while stricken (-2) and under a
Prayer (+1) (
1d20): 11, miss.
Dimernesti Fighter (0th level) 03 is automatically panicked at the sight of the dragon and swims away in terror.
(OOC: This took me several hours to type out. Whew. Actions and Initiative for Round 2?)