No, I said the location of the location of the circle, which is New Basin, in the Royal Library.. I myself would go to find out, but--
The door bursts open and 5 humanoids storm into the library. They each wear masks; 4 of the masks are blank, but the one in front has a black stripe down his mask. The rest of their bodies are obscured by black robes, and the leader shouts: "Take the ones the acolyte wanted!". He himself shoots a beam of orange light, but before it does anything the Scribe grunts in concentration and the orange beam disappears.
Group stealth roll (for faceless determining surprise): 20 (didn't manipulate btw)
Roll initiative.
History -> 6 Initiative -> 3
Listening to the Scribe, Norr's eyebrows climb almost to his brow. He had had no idea that the involvement of the Summer Court was so profound in this land, nor that the Queen of Air and Darkness had her eyes turned here also. Of course, he had wandered into this place because the paths of the Fey were tangled and knotted like two trees woven together, but he'd never imagined it was anything other than a natural phenomenon. It seems has placed himself far closer to the interests of the Fey than he realised or wanted.
So deep in thought is Norr that he completely disregards the whispered voices he hears. When the masked figures burst in, for a moment he almost thinks that they are after the Scribe, rather than himself and his new friends. As the chaos erupts around him, he is a moment behind in standing and assessing the danger.
(Bad rolls! Natural 1! I hope this doesn't become a theme for Norr!)
Should I start combat immediately because the party is surprised, and let everyone who hasn't rolled initiative yet roll initiative later, or just wait for everyone to roll initiative?
Should I start combat immediately because the party is surprised, and let everyone who hasn't rolled initiative yet roll initiative later, or just wait for everyone to roll initiative?
(For thinking, while we wait, may I ask: 1) How far away from us all and the Scribe are these assailants? 2) Is the Library a smaller library or are we and the assailants in the middle of towering shelves of flammable books? [thinking about pushing the stacks over, considering how surprised we've been, just for some breathing room, or running somewhere with less books and more stone if anyone starts lobbing fire around])
Edit: (Yeah, got to wait for Cas and Brix. Cas with that plus 4 initiative coming through with the clutch, I hope! Does Casrian get advantage or anything, if he could hear their whispers and understand them?)
The library is rather large, but all of the bookshelves appear to be attached to both the ceiling and the floor; more like a wall with a place for books than something you could push over. You guys are more or less 60 feet away from the entrance.
(For thinking, while we wait, may I ask: 1) How far away from us all and the Scribe are these assailants? 2) Is the Library a smaller library or are we and the assailants in the middle of towering shelves of flammable books? [thinking about pushing the stacks over, considering how surprised we've been, just for some breathing room, or running somewhere with less books and more stone if anyone starts lobbing fire around])
Edit: (Yeah, got to wait for Cas and Brix. Cas with that plus 4 initiative coming through with the clutch, I hope! Does Casrian get advantage or anything, if he could hear their whispers and understand them?)
History -> 6 Initiative -> 3
Listening to the Scribe, Norr's eyebrows climb almost to his brow. He had had no idea that the involvement of the Summer Court was so profound in this land, nor that the Queen of Air and Darkness had her eyes turned here also. Of course, he had wandered into this place because the paths of the Fey were tangled and knotted like two trees woven together, but he'd never imagined it was anything other than a natural phenomenon. It seems has placed himself far closer to the interests of the Fey than he realised or wanted.
So deep in thought is Norr that he completely disregards the whispered voices he hears. When the masked figures burst in, for a moment he almost thinks that they are after the Scribe, rather than himself and his new friends. As the chaos erupts around him, he is a moment behind in standing and assessing the danger.
(Bad rolls! Natural 1! I hope this doesn't become a theme for Norr!)
In the game log initiative 9
got it.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
oof. Bad rolls indeed.
for your history check, this information is completely new to you.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
Should I start combat immediately because the party is surprised, and let everyone who hasn't rolled initiative yet roll initiative later, or just wait for everyone to roll initiative?
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
I'd probably wait for everyone
Sure ig.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
(For thinking, while we wait, may I ask: 1) How far away from us all and the Scribe are these assailants? 2) Is the Library a smaller library or are we and the assailants in the middle of towering shelves of flammable books? [thinking about pushing the stacks over, considering how surprised we've been, just for some breathing room, or running somewhere with less books and more stone if anyone starts lobbing fire around])
Edit: (Yeah, got to wait for Cas and Brix. Cas with that plus 4 initiative coming through with the clutch, I hope! Does Casrian get advantage or anything, if he could hear their whispers and understand them?)
well, you are all surprised.
The library is rather large, but all of the bookshelves appear to be attached to both the ceiling and the floor; more like a wall with a place for books than something you could push over. You guys are more or less 60 feet away from the entrance.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
The books are flammable, but the Scribe probably wouldn't like it if you burned the library down.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
6 (OOC just wanting to know if the dice roller is screwy)
...
maybe don't use forum die roller
it's... seriously messed up.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
ok, yeah, actually, casrian not surprised.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
I edited without changing anything and it showed 1d20 not 4d4+3
mare you talkin skill checks too?
weird
still shows 4d4, for me.
DMing:
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Playing:
None sadly.
Optimization Guides:
Literally Too Angry to Die - A Guide to Optimizing a Barbarian
This one says 3 to me, then when hovering over it says 10 for 8+2 on 1d 20.
Well sh** that’s weird personally don’t care what rolls come up just don’t want to not be trusted.
that 3 was also a 1d20 roll
Casrian Initiative: 13 (big oof, fellas)
If anything, that is the best roll out of us so far, lol.
(I'm thinking this would've made more sense if we had had our five firewaters before this combat, haha. Maybe it's the monster hangovers.)