The arena: Monster killers.

Right! Next day you walk through the portal, accompanied by your new companion Ben and with any of your other pets (except the griffin it’s not yet old enough) that you wish to bring. 

You’re in a stone hall 15 ft wide that continues further than you can see, as a hundred feet or so away it fades into blackness. However, 30 ft away from you are a flaming skeleton, a gas spore, and a geologist named Gash. 

After a moment you notice, 30 ft behind them, four gazers (the regular one, but updated and legacy, and both of their familiar variants.)

roll initiative!

48% chance 59

Ini: 14. 

(The roll was a 16 first but then became 'Dice roll not available...', so I had to edit.)

Yoku initiative 15

Count initiative: 3

Dolrik Initiative: 20

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You’re in a stone hall 15 ft wide that continues further than you can see, as a hundred feet or so away it fades into blackness.

 Dolrik is a Twilight cleric with 300’ of darkvision. Though admittedly, he’s freaking out at what looks like a beholder in the foreground and four more beyond that … !

It says with a dc 15 nature check we can see if we believe that it is a beholder. Nadir 10

Dolrik’s never seen a beholder before, only tales of floating balls with eyes. That shoot rays.  Terrifying.

Dolrik Nature check: 10

(Oh right. Dolrik can see 300 ft then)

(do we want to roll initiative for Ben or treat him like we have the pets abd just have him go on Yoku’s turn? Up to you, I’m fine with either.)

With an average initiative of 17 for you guys and 11 for the enemies, you are up first!

Nadir send her horse into a gallop towards the spore and tries to grab it

Athletics: 6

Yey….

If that’s unsuccessful, she action surges and tries again:

7

That’s one slippery plant… well, we’ll see if it rolls even more poorly than that. If not the horse will disengage and nadir returns to her frontline. If yes she’ll drag it 15 feet closer to the gazers, and dash back to the frontline.

Yoku moves forward to be 75 feet from the first gazer, casts hunter's mark as a bonus action,

first gazer, longbow, hunter's mark Attack: 25 Damage: 14 

Moving up behind Yoku is Ben, the First-Year Student, plucked from Strixhaven University, and wearing an Amulet of Shield, he's 80 feet away from the second gazer

second gazer, light crossbow Attack: Attack: 11 Damage: 7 

Dolrik casts Bless on Count, Nadir, Yoku and himself. (Saving throws may be as important as attack rolls!)

He holds his ground this round as he watches the others advance.

Rawrer dutifully remains at Dolrik’s side Distracting the first incoming attack, should there be one.

(They’re 60 ft away to start with

you just can’t see past the 100 ft without darkvision. )

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(Oh right. Dolrik can see 300 ft then)

(do we want to roll initiative for Ben or treat him like we have the pets abd just have him go on Yoku’s turn? Up to you, I’m fine with either.)

 Since he has the ability "eager to be here" with advantage to initiative, I think he should get something for it. Perhaps advantage for Yuko but no or half modifier and count as one initiative roll?

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That’s one slippery plant… well, we’ll see if it rolls even more poorly than that. If not the horse will disengage and nadir returns to her frontline. If yes she’ll drag it 15 feet closer to the gazers, and dash back to the frontline.

the idea is that we could blow up the plant with a ranged attack if the grappling worked and moving the plant to a place with all enemies at 15 feet distance. Of course the low rolls don’t help but it’s not very strong nor very dexterous, being a plant and all, so there’s a chance for that to work. 45% chance no less, and even 40% with the first roll.