Lucius Cypher

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Both horse and rider were decapitated from your attack, their magically animated remains clattered to dust on the ground. Even the skull you had smashed off vaporized before it hit the ground. The only thing left behind was the skeletons equipment, which wasn’t much. The tattered remains of its chainlink armor, it’s spear, and a shortsword it had on its hip.

Pylia ignored these things and went over to you, digging through her bag before taking out a small white berry. “Hear, eat this and hold still.” She took out a satchel from her bad containing some basic first aid equipment, bandages and such. “Let’s be quick take off your top, or at least the part where you got stabbed. I don’t trust that spear wasn’t soiled in some poison or carrying disease.”

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Most excellent. Your first attack will kill the rider, so I’ll allow the unarmed strike to aim for the warhorse who is as good as dead as well. Feel free to jazz up your post with this info. I’m going to bed, so I’ll post an update on the morrow.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

The horse buckled and bones broke as your staff crushed its legs, causing the beast to lurch forward as one of its legs snapped clean off. Against a living beast this would have been a death blow, but such things aren’t as critical for the undead. Still it was a considerable amount of damage. Not only that but right after the blow, your strike failed to connect with the rider’s skull, but at the same time the rider’s own attempt to stab at you also fails as it had to both defend itself from your attack as well as try to balance itself from the horse’s injury.

Meanwhile Pylia bursted forth from the brush, having gotten to a somewhat more advantageous position to flank the skeletal monster with you. She had her shield raised in a defensive position in order to better defend herself as she distracted the skeleton for you. “Quick Sylvia, finish him off while his attention is on me!”

Rolls

Skeleton Spear Attack = 3

Skeleton Warhorse does nothing this round. One of its legs has been shattered, lowering movement speed and weakening its hooves attack.

Pylia moves into melee with the skeleton monsters and uses a help action to give Sylvia advantage on her next attack vs the rider.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

In a flash you moved Pylia out of the way, who was surprised you wasted your time saving her instead of going after the skeleton. But the plan worked, and Pylia was pushed into the thick brush while the skeleton started galloping towards you! Despite being undead both rider and mount worked in skilled tandem. The warrior’s spear thrusts forward, slicing deep into your shoulder. If this creature still had muscles, it could have put more weight behind the blow. And before you could even retaliate, the horse reared it’s legs up and disengaged, taking itself and the rider safely away.

Pylia, who had been caught off guard by your actions, got out from the brush and snarled. “Don’t waste time with me! Kill that dastard!” Pointing her torch at the skeleton Pylia began to speak another incantation, this time however her words and tone sounded much different than when she usually casted spells. ^Summon Holy Fire!^ At these words Pylia summoned forth a white divine flame that pierced through the night like a bolt of lightning, however the Skelton and it’s horse managed to narrowly avoid getting struck. “Dammit!” Pylia moves through the brush with some difficulty since she isn’t hacking away at it, but at least knew to use the woods for cover.

Rolls

Skeleton Spear Attack = 16
Skeleton Spear Damage = 5

Skeleton Warhorse moves 30, disengages, then finishes moving 30.

Pylia casted Sacred Flame onto the skeleton with a dex DC 13.
Skeleton Dex Save = 15

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

If you mean if you can move Pylia in order to get pass her, you can do that without taking any actions. However if you mean to like, physically push Pylia away as if to ensure the skeleton warrior can’t get to her, yes that will take up your action to either shove or do something of that effect. Talking is a free action of course.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Nice, with your init this is the turn order:

Sylvia
Skeleton Warrior
Pylia

So you got the first move! You fortunately managed to roll just high enough (10) from your perception to hear the galloping, so you’re not surprised.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

“Let’s be careful then. Could be anything-“ And just as she says this, storming out from the darkness and right towards the two women, a ghastly sight to behold: a skeletal warrior mounted upon an equally undead skeletal warhorse! He came quickly with precious few seconds to spare for the two traveling women, his gruesome spear lowered and poised to impale one of the two and make them join him in undeath.

Roll for Initiative!

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

You hear something, but you can’t make out the details. All you know for certain is that it’s further down the road, but it’s too dark for you to see even with the torchlight.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

“It burns a little at first, but it’s harmless. Really the heat just lets me know it’s working.” With their torches lit the two would travel for a bit longer, going down the river until they reached a shallow end they could walk across. Pylia continued to clear away at the underbrush with her knife when you asking your question. “Well, usually during the day worse things around are beasts. Wolves and such, hungry for meals and easy prey. A lone traveler is certainly appealing to a wolf pack. But at night even the beasts seek shelter as the undead rise.”

Many more minutes would pass before finally, they would reach a dirt road. There didn’t seem to be anyone else here as Pylia started walking down the road. “Zombies, skeletons, and even spirits. The souls of the damned who dies ages ago, who are forced to relive their tragedy at night. This only happens in places where great suffering occurred, and frankly the world has always suffered from one thing or another. Even worse when necromancer are enslaving the dead to do their bidding.”

Further down the road and Pylia stops. She gets down onto one knee as lowers her torch, listening carefully. “Wait. Do you hear that?”

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

“Hah, I wish. The entire concept of kings and their gods... Ugh, I hate it. But that’s another discussion for another time.” Pylia shook the water from her hands as you took out your torch. “That ought to work. Let me light it up.” Teaching out Pylia grasped the tip of the torch, the end you’re suppose to light, and spoke a quick chant. {Creation Fire.} Pylia’s hand lit aflame, yet she didn’t seem to be in pain as she ignited the torch, illuminating the nearby area. She shook her hand afterwards to dismiss the flame.

Pylia took out her own torch and used your flame to ignite it, holding the torch with her shield hand. “We’ve walked for about an hour now, if we’re lucky we might make it in the next hour. Stay sharp.”