Tiamat's Awakening (D&D 5e Based Homebrew)

[Cashdash25]

Valric's staff clattered to the ground as he stepped forward, drawing his blade and striking the snake in front of him. The slash cut into the beast, splattering its blood across the cave wall. "Finally some fun lads." He called out as the scent of blood filled the air.

 

[Naxtaroth]

Urreek moved back, the constrictor in front of him lashing out and clamping down on his leg as he flew away. Urreek was able to pull away, but the snake had made quite the gash on the Aarakocra's thigh. If anyone could read the snake's thoughts, it would probably be thinking something along the lines of "Such succulent meat on that one." However, the serpent's thoughts would be cut short by an arrow whizzing by it, the scales taking most of the damage, but the arrow sinking in just enough to be an annoyance. It hissed at the airborne bird man, who upon closer look would appear to be bleeding out. The two attacks from the constrictor had opened up enough wounds that his feathers were beginning to be stained with crimson and his flight pattern faltered a bit as he tried to remain conscious.

 

[Grimsvald]

The skin on LeviCi's arms turned to shimmering blue scales as soon as combat reared its ugly head. Finally his anger had a valid target. This was an opportunity to vent that he would not let go to waste. A black color quickly rushed up from his finger tips to his elbows. Just for a moment his arms looked sickly and rotting beneath the black.


A large skeleton hand reaches out to the snake from the darkness. The origin of this hand, beyond the elbow, is unclear. Its touch is cold as the grave and echoes a feeling of sickness. With any luck this cantrip would will the creature one step closer to its grave.


LeviCi slowly walked backwards towards the cave wall, while keeping his eyes on the enemy. He hoped that having a stone wall at his back would give him one less direction to worry about. If the sorcerer managed to move 15ft without feeling a wall behind him, he would stop in fear of falling off an unseen cliff.

 

[The Nameless One]

As soon as the light was shed on the constrictor snakes, Sadim knew that there wasn't time to plan for an attack. He grabbed the loaded crossbow strapped to his leather armor and hidden below the cloak and looked at the snake coming towards Senya, the closest to him. In a quick and somewhat dexterous tumble, he rolled south east to get the cleric out of his line of sight while he took out the crossbow.


Without time to carefully aim, he fired quickly and instinctively, hitting the snake out of sheer luck. The bolt flew straight into the serpent's body, tearing apart the muscle and lodging on its long liver.

 

[Naxtaroth]

As the rogue and sorcerer acted, the sorcerer just slightly quicker on the draw, a bolt and bone hand found purchase on two of the serpents, who hissed in anger. The bolt sunk into the snake's skin just beside the arrow that the Aarakocra had fired. However, the bolt found its way deeper, doing a bit more damage and causing the snake to look like it was in rough shape. It was by no means dead, but appeared to be going into self preservation mode as it realized how hurt it was. The sorcer then backed up, the snake in front of him lashing out between the bony fingers that now held it. The creature, not being of undead origin, was still able to attack with ease, however the sorcerer was a split second too fast, throwing up a shield spell to block the creatures attack and preventing quite a harsh bite.

 

[Naxtaroth]

Senya, being too close to the snake, released the bowstring a bit too early, the arrow not having enough force behind it to actually pierce the snake's flesh. It clattered to the ground, the constrictor rearing back and hissing as it slithered around the cleric before striking in for an attack. Senya, however, watched as the snake moved, dodging to the side as it lunged forward. Though she chose to wield her bow instead of holding her shield aloft, the snake's strike was too predictable and an easy dodge.


The other two snakes quickly closed in on LeviCi and Valric. The first slithered in the opening that the one attacking Senya had left, cornering LeviCi before attempting to strike out. However, once again, the scaled skin of the magic wielder was enough to deflect the creature's teeth. However, Valric was not so lucky with his opponent. The constrictor moved with surprising speed, making a circle around the Drow before coiling around him. Its head appeared over Valric's shoulder, giving a menacing hiss as it began flexing, crushing the man within its grasp.

 

[Cashdash25]

Valric gasped as the air was pushed from his lungs by the force of the snake's attack, gritting his teethe he snatched at the beast's scaly hide and wrenched himself free, shoving the creature away. Acting quickly he traded his scimitar for his wand, calling upon his magic he willed himself into the creature's mind, the beast wavered for a moment, uncertainty in it's bestial eyes, but with a shake of its head its eyes cleared.


"Fuck." Valric muttered under his breath as he steeled himself for the next attack.

 

[Blaire Wisteria]

Urreek was just extra pissed now. How could he have let himself get hit? Like he was so cool just yesterday and now he's getting destroyed by a measly snake. Urreek would have none of that, he needed to avenge his lost pride.Quickly, feeling a little faint from the blood loss, he nocked another arrow and sent it flying at the bastard. The arrow flew true and struck the snake, this time the arrow dug in deeper.

 

[Grimsvald]

LeviCi's blue scales turned black again and he reached out towards his foe. A large skeletal hand clawed at the snake from nowhere, but swung short. The enemies slithering form was unpredictable to him.


The sorcerer could not blame his miscalculation on the darkness or the distractions. He simply hadn't fought such a foe before. His inexperience is his downfall, but he would not let that last. He cautiously stepped 5 ft backwards from the snake that struck at him and prepared to defend himself. However, his back hit wall and he was only able to put a few inches more distance between him and the creature.


His eyes studied the enemy and tried to learn its habits. He wanted to understand these creatures and how they moved. LeviCi pulled a dagger from his coat and brandished it before him. "Come at me..." he growled.

 

[The Nameless One]

Holding his almost crouching position, Sadim quickly picked up another bolt and fired it at the same snake before it could attack Senya again. His shot didn't penetrate as much as the last, yet the previous wound caught up with it, making the constrictor snake coil writhe as it succumbed in front of her.


He smiled, pleased with himself after dealing the fatal blow, he knew that it would help him gain the cleric's trust (if only slightly). He looked back, facing Urreek, seeing his wounds. It was surprising for him seeing that the same person who tossed him through a door yesterday could fail so easy against snakes. The 'Eagle beats snake' thought he had before the battle was challenged by the situation, so he'd love to bring it up later.