How many HP does a naga have?  You don't know.  You have done a combined total of close to 50 points of damage to it.  Approximately.  When it slithered off it did look injured.  But also not as close to death as Fenris.  You can't really be sure beyond that.  Or, at least, that is what Soledad, Uthal and Gerdar would say as they were the ones who could see it as it moved off.  

Just read your post - yeah, I don't think I'd have him hunting unless he needed to do so.  Owlin can certainly hunt but even then would be inclined to cook their food.  And he eats a lot of what other humanoids would eat.

But . . . I think he would tend to sleep in a tree.  They usually have houses high in the trees and while travelling he owuldn't have the house part, but would still prefer to be off the ground when possible.  At least that is how I'd do it.  Remember, there is no info on this so I'm making it all up as we go.

A for the post - in any fight Azax's preferred strategy would be to take to the air.  He has an advantage there and can get out of range of enemy melee weapons.  I'm asuming an owl can take to the air in a forest, but how high could he get and see the lizardfolk?  What limits do you want to put on him in this setting?

Fenris, not even aware that his new companions had finally arrived on the scene, ached all over from the naga’s spell.  Barely hanging on he jumped forward and again lashed out at the creature with his green flaming blade.  He struck true this time and saw blood fountain from the wound even as green flame burned the creature.  (-15hp, nice rolls!)  But his second dagger again skittered off of the creature’s scales.  Knowing how close he was to collapse he used his cunning action and dashed past the creature into the dark tunnel beyond.  The going was tricky because rock and dust littered the floor as he went.  (Dex check to not fall made) the tunnel curved a bit as he went.  Forty feet past the creature he could see that 20’ in front of him (dust thinning a bit) the tunnel came to a dead end. 

               Uthal took a step forward to get a good view of the creature in front of him and cast frost bite on it and was pleased to see a frosty coating cover the creature making a stark contrast to the green flame Fenris had hit it with.  (-6hp and disadvantage on next weapon attack.) He looked for Fenris to try and pull him back to safety, but the half-elf was nowhere to be seen having already fled the other direction. 

               Gerdar also charged forward.  He put his hunter’s mark on the creature and lashed out with his great axe.  His blade sunk into the creature, and he felt his mark do its work.  (-11hp)  The creature jerked back in obvious pain. 

               Meanwhile Soledad moved forward and reached the edge of the rubble pile just as Gerdar’s axe did it’s work. She saw the snaky creature jerk back in pain.  The naga then moved backwards into the swirling dust.  Gerdar took another wipe at it as it retreated (Attack of opportunity – missed).  The creature disappeared in to the dust in the same direction Fenris had just run. 

               Thaoran followed the others across the rubble field. 

Overview

Currently nobody can see the naga.  Fenris ran past it down the tunnel and finds himself in a dead end.  (Not literally, you hope.)  Uthal, Gerdar and Soledad are now past the collapsed ceiling while Thaoran is 1/3 of the way across.  You can hear it creak occasionally indicating that more collapses could happen, but none are currently occurring.  Presumably there is about 50’-60’ between Fenris and the rest of the group but you can’t see much because of the dust. 

I'm going to go with very humanlike.  He is definitely not a vegetarian, but otherwise he eats like a human.  And does other stuff mostly like a human.  

Sorry, missed your previous post and didn't know you were waiting on us.  

I'd assume that we'd split things 50/50 unless Legion says otherwise.  If there are special things like magic items we will need to decide on those.  Right now I think the only thing like that is the mirrors - but two mirrors and two of us.  It would allow us to communicate over a bit of distance.  Seems like a no-brainer that we each carry one.  

And then move out and keep thing moving.

Two posts.  I want to post by late Sunday.

You are within 5-10' of Fenris.  You could reach him with just a bit of movement and pull him back.  But can the naga see him?  Your not sure.  Presumably if it can see Fenris it would see you pull him back. If it can't see him it wouldn't be able to see you either.  

Uthal is also about 5' or so from Gerdar - you are roughly side by side with a bit of a gap between.  He could hear you if you wanted to speak to him.  The tunnel is filled with rubble and dust but isn't really loud now that the rocks have stopped falling.  There is the occaisonal rock movement sound but otherwise things are fairly quiet.  So would the naga hear?  It is probably around 15' in front of you.  Visibility is about 10' but you can see its outline because it is quite large.  Would a naga hear from there?  Interesting question.  What is your best guess?  (FYI - a perception check of 6 is not going to help you figure that out either.)

Everything in the middle between the lines of xs is filled with rubble.  You don't know how far down the other tunnel the rubble extends as none of you has gone that way.  Soledad can not yet see the naga.  The air is still filled with dust - everywhere.  It will likely take at least several minutes to disipate, probably more.  As there are 10 combat rounds in a minute - that is a long time.

Nope.  Thaoran is on the far side of the rubble and can only see about 10' in any direction.  He would have to move forward like the others to do anything.

The battle, if there was a battle, was a difficult one for the party so far.  All they could do was to try and climb through the rubble.  Uthal, Gerdar and Soledad moved forward slowly though the dust and rubble, Soledad doing so under the cover of an invisibility spell.  Thaoran stayed back on the other side of the dust, unable to know what was happening. 

               As Gerdar and Uthal crawled forward the rubble they moved over seemed to vary in depth from around 2’ to boulders and piles over four feet.   They reached the far edge and the rubble seemed to spill into the far tunnel, but the dust continued to hang in the air making visibility very limited.  But it wasn’t hard to see that their newfound friend, Fenris, was still alive for the moment.  They saw him slip back from further up the tunnel and hunker down near the edge of the rocks they were climbing over, clearly attempting to hide.  But no sooner had he claimed his spot than the naga reared up out of the dust in front of him and hissed out a spell.  Whatever it was, Fenris clearly felt the pain as he seemed be drained of vitality and all but collapsed in front of them.  From what you can tell he remains conscious – but only barely.  The snakey beast had a few wounds making you think that Fenris must have done some damage to it.  You can see the large beast but you are not sure if it is aware of your presence yet or not. 

Overview

I will attempt to get a map up shortly but you shouldn’t need it to post.

Gerdar and Uthal are now close enough to engage the naga if they wish.

Soledad is about 2/3 of the ay across – about where Uthal and Gerdar were last turn. 

Fenris is very badly injured.

Thaoran still on the far side of the rubble.

*Fenris can now post here and doesn't need to do it via private message.

We have three posts.

Just checking - your not waiting on us, are you?

I'm fine with the coinage thing.  Just expect ot have to explain that a lot.  I remember gold, silver, etc.   Draconia and Leich?  Not so much.  So just be warned that I won't get it quickly.

I'm fine with the coinage thing.  Just expect ot have to explain that a lot.  I remember gold, silver, etc.   Draconia and Leich?  Not so much.  So just be warned that I won't get it quickly.

Dragon Soul - You really have no way of knowing if it worked.  You threw it and it clanged a bit.  But since you can't see the naga you don't know if it reacted.  Everything beyond the wall of dust is a great unknown to those of you on this side of it - or in it.

The group attempted to take action against the naga but the swirling dust and pile of rock in the way made it difficult.  Thaoran sought to distract the naga from attacking Fenris and, moving forward to the edge of the collapsed ceiling, threw his rapier forward into the dust.  He didn’t know exactly how far it would go or what it might hit, but if he was lucky perhaps it would distract the creature.  When thrown the rapier seemed to fly a ways forward before he heard it clatter off of several different obstruction.  How far had it gone?  Maybe as far as 20’?  It was hard to tell in the dust.  Pausing to calculate the distance Thaoran waited a moment to summon the blade back to his hand.

               Soledad cast invisibility on herself to allow a stealthy approach to the enemy.  When he did her dancing lights also disappeared.  (You can only concentrate on one spell at a time.)  Moving through the rocks was difficult terrain but she made her way forward, almost bumping into Uthal who clearly didn’t see her.  At least she knew her spell was working. 

               Uthal, unaware that Soledad was near at hand, was also moving forward.  He didn’t need to be the size of a rat to move forward, but that didn’t mean that being big made it easy.  He moved forward cautiously, unsure if he should be more worried about the ceiling or the serpent creature in front of him somewhere.  As he moved forward he thought that he heard some noise from ahead.  Was that movement?  The sound of a blade?  It was impossible to tell. 

               Around the group the dust slowly settled to the tunnel floor but the process was slow enough that it hadn’t yet made any difference in the visibility – which remained no more than 10’

Overview

Uthal  and Gerdar are probably ½ to 2/3 of the way across the rubble area.  You really can’t tell since you don’t know how far forward the rubble went.

Soledad is probably ¼ to 1/3 of the way.

Thaoran and Hornet (If he is still with us) are both still on the far side of the rubble.

Fenris will again be getting his information in a private message. 

I was about to post when I realized that I hadn't heard from Gerdar.  (Or Hornet, but that has been longer.)  Will post Wednesday or maybe earlier if I get a post.

Uthal - as you move forward you realize that you could cross the collapsed area in your large shape - at least the portion you can see/feel right now.  Further in, of course, who knows.  Yes, the human would be slowed.  But rats also have a movement of 20'  It would be a bit faster than large Uthal, but not by a lot.  

New post coming tonight or tomorrow.  Get your post in if you intend to do so. 

Set up camp, I suppose as Azax needs a rest.  As an Owlin he in't worried about nighttime, but even an owl has to sleep.

Speeking of sleep . . . does Legion need to sleep?  And does he have darkvision?  

I believe everyone is level 4.

Dragon-Soul:  Yes, you could do that.  On any given turn you get an action, an item interaction and possibly a bonus action or reaction.  Those last two need to have something allows you to get them.  You also get to move.

In this case I would consider throwing your rapier to be an item interaction.  This means you would still have your main action if there was something else you wanted to do. FYI - throwing the rapier would be your action if you were trying to hit something with it (The sort off thing that needed a to-hit roll.) because it would be an attack.  But, just lobbing it forward?  That is just an item interaction.  Calling it back to you using the bond is a bonus action.  So item interaction it out and then bonus action it back.  That works perfectly.  And as I said, you'd still have your movement and an action left if you want them.

Most of what you can see right now is just dust, but yes, there are some boulders forward of you that you could easily duck behind.  And, as you seem to understand, you really don't know where you are throwing the rapier because of the dust.  Just forward somewhere.  But that works.  

Lets get some posts going . . . 

One more thing - Azax would speak to Legion with the orc there in something other than common if possible.  Azax knows Common, Orc and Elvish.  By any chance does Legion know elvish?  If so, that is what Azax would have used in that last post when talking in front of the little orc.  

And when they leave he will explain to Legion everything the orc said.  

Azax glanced up at Legion when he spoke.  "He said some of his people had been attacking to the east - as far as Eventari, which he mentioned as an elf city.  He clarified surface elves, not drow.  He didn't say anythig else about them."  He then looked back at the little orc.  "If you know anything else, now is the time to spill your guts to make sure we don't do it for you."  

He waited to see if the little creature had anything else to say giving him his best predatory bird look.  (Intimidation would be the D&D roll.)

When the orc was finished he again looked to Legion.  "He has had his say.  He seems to have been honest as far as I can tell.  We should get moving again and I can tell you about it on the way.  In the mean time, while I'm not fond of the idea of leaving an orc alive, I'm also not keen on killing something that has done what we asked.  So I'll tie him up off the road - loosely so that he can get out after a bit of struggle.  That way he should be there long enough to give us a good headstart."

(Assuming Legion agrees as he did in the Q&A)

Azax then turned back to the orc and explained the plan.  "If you aren't stupid you will be able to get free.  But wait 30 minutes after we leave before attempting anything.  If we see you again - near here or elewhere else, we won't leave you in one piece again.  So you want to make sure we are long gone before you do anything.  We already know you are good at hiding and cowering.  Now is the time to practice those skills."

With that Azax took the orc a hundred feet or so off the road and tied him up losely.  The idea was the creature would be able to wiggle out of his bonds, but not too quickly.  He did not leave it any weapons.  

But isn't the mission to get the antidote?  I think the antidote is in the fortress.  So we end up going into the fortress anyway, don't we?  Or did I miss something?  

Either way, I think we go there looking for the antidote and see what we see.  It may be possible to get this other thing and it may not.  But the mission comes first.  I don't Azax would argue with that.