The water is too dark in the pool to see anything that lies beneath from the surface. The pool looks fairly deep in the middle, but lowers to just a few feet in the stream that leads northeast. The ceiling lowers to 2 to 3 feet above the stream, which forms a passage just big enough to wade through.
"Standing here will not help us whatsoever, and the water is clearly not transparent enough to see anything in, so, unless you want to wade through and check what may be within it, I suggest we move to the stairs. As a wise Aarakocra once said, If there is nothing for you over here, you should be over there". Says Tochi, and walks towards the stairs.
Nemean takes out his scimitars and slowly walks up to the waters edge. The curious Tabaxi peers into the dark water and will try to stir it just a bit with his weapon.
if nothing happens he will make his way towards the stairs and join the Aarakocra.
The dark waters simply swirl beneath Nemean's scimitar.
The stairs lead to an intersection of tunnels. Ahead of you lies a closed stone door, fitted with iron handles and hinges. The passage to the right is partially excavated, and the tunnel continues to another set of stairs that ascends to the north.
Nemean stares at the inky depths for a few long moments before he slowly walks away. He keeps his scimitars ready as they move into the narrow stairwell. He looks at the door leading east and then turns to his companions and nods his head
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Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
Nemean moves toward the door, but Tochi is walking toward the stairway to the north, which soon leads to a fork. The tunnel continues to the left, and another stairway descends to the right.
Another boom resounds, as loud as you've heard since entering the mine.
The stairway descends to a large cavern. A wide rift fills the eastern half of the cavern. A stream pours out of the west wall, then tumbles down into the rift. Several ropes are secured to iron stakes along the western edge of the rift, leading down to the chasm floor. A passage to the north leads out of this cavern.
A bugbear and a male drow are at the top of the rift, peering down to the chasm floor below. Tochi's lantern throws shadows throughout the room, alerting their attention. "We have company!" the drow shouts, charging at the aarakocra while the bugbear reaches for his morningstar.
Initiative:
Nemean: 15 Roland: 17 Tochi: 18 Average: 16.67
Bugbear: 5 Drow: 16 Average: 10.5
Sildar: 12
Round 1 Order: Players <===== Sildar Enemies
Placement: The drow is 25 feet away. The bugbear is 35 feet away.
"We have been discovered, so let us make them regret this discovery!" Shouts Tochi and rushes to attack the nearest enemy, the drow, using the flurry of blows and attempting to deal as much damage as possible.
Nemean built into action and charges across the room right for the bugbear. His long and graceful strides quickly close distance with his for, and he strikes out with both of his blades.
OOC: Assuming that Roland is attacking the drow since he didn't specify.
Nemean had his bow out last, but for the sake of not holding us up (since this post is already delayed) I'll allow that he switched his weapons after the fight with the ochre jelly.
DM Screen:
56 22
Morningstar vs. Nemean: 18 Slam vs. Tochi: 17 Slam vs. Tochi: 12
Longsword vs. Drow: 12 Longsword vs. Drow: 12
Tochi charges down the drow before it can take any further action. He rakes talons across the drow's chest and takes 7 bludgeoning damage as the dark elf responds with his own fists, planting a heavy hit into the aarakocra's solar plexus. Roland approaches behind Tochi's run, striking to throw the drow off balance, but Sildar, not expecting the move, is forced to pull his own strikes back.
Nemean is a blur of motion, blitzing past this combat. His feet splashing across the stream, he slices twice into the bugbear's side and leg before the brute bats him away with his morningstar, dealing 13 piercing damage, reduced by 5 as Nemean softens some of the blow with a scimitar.
One after the other, shapes appear from the darkness below. Two bugbears crest the ledge from the ropes below, ready to assist their companions.
Round 2 Order: Players <===== Sildar Enemies
Placement: Roland, Tochi, and Sildar are engaged in melee combat with the drow. Nemean is engaged in melee combat with the first bugbear, 10 feet away. Two more bugbears are 20 feet away from Nemean and 10 feet away from the others.
Tracking: Nemean, Roland, Tochi and Sildar have all taken light damage.
The water is too dark in the pool to see anything that lies beneath from the surface. The pool looks fairly deep in the middle, but lowers to just a few feet in the stream that leads northeast. The ceiling lowers to 2 to 3 feet above the stream, which forms a passage just big enough to wade through.
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"Standing here will not help us whatsoever, and the water is clearly not transparent enough to see anything in, so, unless you want to wade through and check what may be within it, I suggest we move to the stairs. As a wise Aarakocra once said, If there is nothing for you over here, you should be over there". Says Tochi, and walks towards the stairs.
Nemean takes out his scimitars and slowly walks up to the waters edge. The curious Tabaxi peers into the dark water and will try to stir it just a bit with his weapon.
if nothing happens he will make his way towards the stairs and join the Aarakocra.
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
Roland follows along with the other two, uninterested in swimming for leisure at this time.
Roland Drask: Human Rogue - Lost Mine of Phandelver
The dark waters simply swirl beneath Nemean's scimitar.
The stairs lead to an intersection of tunnels. Ahead of you lies a closed stone door, fitted with iron handles and hinges. The passage to the right is partially excavated, and the tunnel continues to another set of stairs that ascends to the north.
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Nemean stares at the inky depths for a few long moments before he slowly walks away. He keeps his scimitars ready as they move into the narrow stairwell. He looks at the door leading east and then turns to his companions and nods his head
.
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
"Well, this place is ominous and foreboding... My templemates would have loved it..." Says Tochi, and goes up the second flight of stairs as well.
Roland follows the others, his swords drawn and trying to travel as cautiously and as inconspicuously as possible.
Stealth: 18
Roland Drask: Human Rogue - Lost Mine of Phandelver
Nemean moves toward the door, but Tochi is walking toward the stairway to the north, which soon leads to a fork. The tunnel continues to the left, and another stairway descends to the right.
Another boom resounds, as loud as you've heard since entering the mine.
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"What in the primordial fury was that?!" Tochi mutters, and attempts to find out what direction the sound came from:
Perception: 17
The sound is coming from your right as you approach the intersection, past the descending stairway.
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"Whatever this sound is, it cannot be good to leave it un-investigated", says Tochi and motions towards the stairway "We should go that way".
The stairway descends to a large cavern. A wide rift fills the eastern half of the cavern. A stream pours out of the west wall, then tumbles down into the rift. Several ropes are secured to iron stakes along the western edge of the rift, leading down to the chasm floor. A passage to the north leads out of this cavern.
A bugbear and a male drow are at the top of the rift, peering down to the chasm floor below. Tochi's lantern throws shadows throughout the room, alerting their attention. "We have company!" the drow shouts, charging at the aarakocra while the bugbear reaches for his morningstar.
Initiative:
Nemean: 15
Roland: 17
Tochi: 18
Average: 16.67
Bugbear: 5
Drow: 16
Average: 10.5
Sildar: 12
Round 1 Order:
Players <=====
Sildar
Enemies
Placement:
The drow is 25 feet away.
The bugbear is 35 feet away.
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Roland rushes down the stairs, swords in hand and comes to Tochi's side to fight with him.
Attack: 8 Damage: 10
Second Attack: 18 Damage: 2
Sneak Attack: 7
Roland Drask: Human Rogue - Lost Mine of Phandelver
"We have been discovered, so let us make them regret this discovery!" Shouts Tochi and rushes to attack the nearest enemy, the drow, using the flurry of blows and attempting to deal as much damage as possible.
Staff attack - 11, Staff Damage - 8
Claw attack One - 21, Claw attack one Damage - 5
Claw attack Two - 14, Claw attack two Damage - 8
Nemean built into action and charges across the room right for the bugbear. His long and graceful strides quickly close distance with his for, and he strikes out with both of his blades.
Scimitar Attack 1: 25 Damage: 10
Scimitar Attack 2: 22 Damage: 5
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
OOC: Assuming that Roland is attacking the drow since he didn't specify.
Nemean had his bow out last, but for the sake of not holding us up (since this post is already delayed) I'll allow that he switched his weapons after the fight with the ochre jelly.
DM Screen:
56
22
Morningstar vs. Nemean: 18
Slam vs. Tochi: 17
Slam vs. Tochi: 12
Longsword vs. Drow: 12
Longsword vs. Drow: 12
Tochi charges down the drow before it can take any further action. He rakes talons across the drow's chest and takes 7 bludgeoning damage as the dark elf responds with his own fists, planting a heavy hit into the aarakocra's solar plexus. Roland approaches behind Tochi's run, striking to throw the drow off balance, but Sildar, not expecting the move, is forced to pull his own strikes back.
Nemean is a blur of motion, blitzing past this combat. His feet splashing across the stream, he slices twice into the bugbear's side and leg before the brute bats him away with his morningstar, dealing 13 piercing damage, reduced by 5 as Nemean softens some of the blow with a scimitar.
One after the other, shapes appear from the darkness below. Two bugbears crest the ledge from the ropes below, ready to assist their companions.
Round 2 Order:
Players <=====
Sildar
Enemies
Placement:
Roland, Tochi, and Sildar are engaged in melee combat with the drow.
Nemean is engaged in melee combat with the first bugbear, 10 feet away.
Two more bugbears are 20 feet away from Nemean and 10 feet away from the others.
Tracking:
Nemean, Roland, Tochi and Sildar have all taken light damage.
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"I regret the need to end your life, but you must pay for those of our friends!" Shouts Tochi, and attacks with the staff and talons anew:
Staff attack - 10, Staff Damage - 7
Claw attack - 23, Claw attack Damage - 8
(Nemean armed himself with his Scimitars when they entered the narrow stairwell which is in posts #1950 and #1953)
Nemean sees the Bugbear readying his attack and does his best to deflect the blow with a skillful parry.
12
He then lunges back at his opponent again with both blades.
Scimitar Attack 1: 12 Damage: 5
Scimitar Attack 2: 12 Damage: 9
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
OOC: Whoops. I missed that whole page somehow. That's what I get for rushing out a post at 2 AM.
Once Roland has taken his action, I'll resolve this round and advance.
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