[[OOC: Thanks! Tyek should be huge-size, and Vrox should already be farther from the group. I'll post an updated image once I'm back to my laptop later tonight.]]
If it's looking like a fight, I hope that most of our group is smart enough to scatter. We can't hold a melee "line" against multiple dragons, and we don't want to be in a position where all 3 dragons can hit us with their breath weapons at the same time if we can help it. Tyekanik's position looks about right, but remember that Demiurgic Colossus means that he can choose to grow to huge size while raging. Based on Khessa's new position, I've shaded in where I think Tyek would be. Once it started looking like a fight, Vrox moved away from the group: "Use all of his movement" to "move to the side of the party" and hide. He has 80-ft of movement, so depending on where he started, I think that he'd be another 30-ft to 40-ft to the southeast. (He's trying to move perpendicular to to the line between Tyek and the red dragon. Then again, since has Absorb Elements, maybe he should have preferred the red dragon's fire to whatever breath weapon the shadow dragon has.)
Edited to add updated map with Khessa, Clarac, and Vrox moved and Tyek's huge-sized token (the red circle):
Update: Oops! I just realize that I forgot to erase Clarac's former position. The Clarac in between the troll and Tyek is where @mamoduck said she'd be.
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[[OOC: Before the battle starts, does Vrox know anything about these types of dragons? That wold help him prioritize targets. In game mechanic terms, it would be useful for him to know
Any damage resistances or immunities they have.
What damage type their breath weapons do.
Any other effects their breath weapons have (e.g., imposing conditions, like frightened or poisoned)
I'm guessing that it's a Nature check, and I guess I'll make one for each dragon:
Tell me your exact positions based on this map, the Troll is Bhklow and the Knight is Sir Ulath. Once you tell me your positions, then we'll look at initiative
[[OOC: I think that we've adjusted everyone's "initial" position, and we were just waiting for you to tell us the initiative order. I don't remember whether you prefer to roll initiative for everyone or have us roll it. Just in case...]]
Tell me your exact positions based on this map, the Troll is Bhklow and the Knight is Sir Ulath. Once you tell me your positions, then we'll look at initiative
[[OOC: I think that we've adjusted everyone's "initial" position, and we were just waiting for you to tell us the initiative order. I don't remember whether you prefer to roll initiative for everyone or have us roll it. Just in case...]]
As the dragons advance on you, their frightful presence is negated, you assume by the Troll Gods to keep it an even fight.
The Red advances and attacks Tyek with a bite and two swipes of its claws: attack 23, damage 15 piercing +9 fire=24, attack 17 (miss), attack 21, damage 16
The Greater Death attacks Bhklow with a bite and 2 claw: attack 13 (miss), attack 17 (miss), attack 26, damage 12
The Young Red Shadow uses its turn to keep moving around your right flank, attempting to get into a better position.
Khessa focuses on the majestic undead, the Death Dragon, knowing that if she can wear down the monster's resistances, Master Akkron might just... get the better of it! She winks briefly at her lich friend, then points her staff of power, trying to paralyze the monster!
[[ OOC: Khessa uses 5 charges of her Staff of Power to cast Hold Monster on the Death Dragon.
The Death Dragon can avoid paralysis with a DC 19 Wisdom Saving Throw... Or by using up one of its Legendary Resistances, if that fails. ]]
While wielding Annam's Greataxe, Tyek is immune to being frightened anyway. The speed of the dragons' charge surprises him, but Tyek isn't called the "angry giant" for nothing. He shrugs off the red dragon's attacks, laughingly saying, "You'll have to do better than that little salamander." Knowing that he can resist the red dragon's fire longer than he can the dark power of the other two dragons, he ignore the red for now to focus on the others.
With his great (15') reach, Tyek reaches out with one hand and picks up a large rock near the bonfire and hurls it at the death dragon. Then he crouches as though he's about to spring on the red dragon and instead throws himself recklessly at the shadow dragon.
Movement: With his long reach, Tyek can hopefully reach the shadow dragon without leaving the red dragon's reach. If he can do it without leaving the red dragon's reach, he'll move around the red dragon to position himself so that he's in melee with both the red and shadow dragons. (If they're at least 15' away from each other, he'll move so that he's actually between those two dragons.) Action: Two Reckless Attacks on the Shadow Dragon with Annam's Greataxe as his Elemental Cleaver (thunder) + Chromatic Infusion (acid) Attack 1: 32, Damage: 29 (magical thunder) + 21 (force) + 2 (acid) = 52 (total) Attack 2: 29, Damage: 29 (magical thunder) + 21 (force) + 3 (acid) = 53 (total) Bonus Action: Stone throw at the Greater Death Dragon (from Keenness of the Stone Giant) Attack Greater Death Dragon: 22 (disadvantage on ranged attack since the red dragon is within 5 ft.) On a hit, the rock deals damage: 6 (force), and the greater death dragon must succeed on a DC 22 STR saving throw or be knocked prone. Free Action: Talking. Item interaction - picking up a rock.
Because of Reckless Attack, all attacks against Tyek have advantage until the start of his next turn.
Sensing that a fight was likely, Vrox used the moments before the troll gods demanded a fight between the party and the dragons to slip away and hide. With multiple dragons (!) attacking the party, Vrox knows that he must focus on taking down one dragon as quickly as possible. He knows that the shadow dragon's connection to the Shadowfell will help it resist many types of damage, even from Tyek's massive greataxe, but his bow's radiant damage should still be effective. He decides to focus on that dragon first. It's also the smallest of the three and hopefully weakest. Vrox casts a spell, using his fey magic to help him fire his bow preternaturally fast.
[[OOC: I assume that Vrox is starting as a hidden opponent since his Stealth check was 37.]]
Bonus Action: Cast spell (LVL 5 slot) Swift Quiver on his mundane quiver This round and as a Bonus Action until the spell ends, Vrox can make two additional attacks with his bow. Action: Two attacks with Dragon's Wrath Longbow (150/600), targeting different opponents plus two more attacks with Swift Quiver. Target the shadow dragon with all 4 attacks. First attack is with advantage because Vrox was hidden at the start of the round. Attack 1: 32 Damage: 11 (magical piercing) + 9 (radiant) = 20 (total) Attack 2: 23 Damage: 16 (magical piercing) + 11 (radiant) = 27 (total) Attack 3: 33 Damage: 15 (magical piercing) + 10 (radiant) = 25 (total) Attack 4: 28 Damage: 13 (magical piercing) + 15 (radiant) = 28 (total) The first hit does an additional 4 (psychic), or if it was a critical hit, 6 (psychic) Movement: After he fires his bow, Vrox moves in an arc, counter-clockwise around the dragons. He tries to maintain the same distance from the shadow dragon but move around to flank it so that it cannot easily target him and Tyek at the same time.
[[OOC: @aaggie - Assuming that the shadow dragon is not in bright light and that all of Tyek's and Vrox's attacks hit, I think that they'd do 144 total damage. (For a a change, Vrox did more damage than Tyek this round.) Here's the math on the resisted and non-resisted damage types:
Clarac never feels fear, so she doesn't notice that the dragons are less fearsome than normal.
Also focusing on the Greater Death Dragon, Clarac decides what she should do based on the result of Khessa's spell. If the Greater Death Dragon is not paralyzed, Clarac raises her holy symbol and recites a prayer, attempting to Turn it. Even if the dragon doesn't flee, she hopes she can at least wear it down.
On the other hand, if it is paralyzed, Clarac instead thrusts her sword at it, ready to smite it into oblivion.
OOC:
Action: Turn the Unholy --> Greater Death Dragon must make a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or be Turned
I won't roll the attack Clarac would have made if the dragon were paralyzed, but just in case that happens and she would auto-crit, she would use banishing smite, divine smite, and eldritch smite on her first attack for 2(1d8 magical slashing + 2d10 + 6d8 radiant + 5d10 + 3d8 force) + 12 magical slashing damage, then only divine smite on her second attack for 2(1d8 magical slashing + 2d10 + 6d8 radiant) + 12 magical slashing damage (assuming she hits both times). I hope I got these numbers and rules correct.
Khessa focuses on the majestic undead, the Death Dragon, knowing that if she can wear down the monster's resistances, Master Akkron might just... get the better of it! She winks briefly at her lich friend, then points her staff of power, trying to paralyze the monster!
[[ OOC: Khessa uses 5 charges of her Staff of Power to cast Hold Monster on the Death Dragon.
The Death Dragon can avoid paralysis with a DC 19 Wisdom Saving Throw... Or by using up one of its Legendary Resistances, if that fails. ]]
Khessa focuses on the majestic undead, the Death Dragon, knowing that if she can wear down the monster's resistances, Master Akkron might just... get the better of it! She winks briefly at her lich friend, then points her staff of power, trying to paralyze the monster!
[[ OOC: Khessa uses 5 charges of her Staff of Power to cast Hold Monster on the Death Dragon.
The Death Dragon can avoid paralysis with a DC 19 Wisdom Saving Throw... Or by using up one of its Legendary Resistances, if that fails. ]]
Save 9
The dragon freezes in place, a dumbfounded look upon its face
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From what I stated, I expect Khessa to be located approximately here (where the arrow points)
Clarac is two spaces north and one square east compared to her token's location on the map, leaving her about 30 ft. from the death dragon.
[[OOC: Thanks! Tyek should be huge-size, and Vrox should already be farther from the group. I'll post an updated image once I'm back to my laptop later tonight.]]
If it's looking like a fight, I hope that most of our group is smart enough to scatter. We can't hold a melee "line" against multiple dragons, and we don't want to be in a position where all 3 dragons can hit us with their breath weapons at the same time if we can help it. Tyekanik's position looks about right, but remember that Demiurgic Colossus means that he can choose to grow to huge size while raging. Based on Khessa's new position, I've shaded in where I think Tyek would be. Once it started looking like a fight, Vrox moved away from the group: "Use all of his movement" to "move to the side of the party" and hide. He has 80-ft of movement, so depending on where he started, I think that he'd be another 30-ft to 40-ft to the southeast. (He's trying to move perpendicular to to the line between Tyek and the red dragon. Then again, since has Absorb Elements, maybe he should have preferred the red dragon's fire to whatever breath weapon the shadow dragon has.)
Edited to add updated map with Khessa, Clarac, and Vrox moved and Tyek's huge-sized token (the red circle):
Update: Oops! I just realize that I forgot to erase Clarac's former position. The Clarac in between the troll and Tyek is where @mamoduck said she'd be.
[[OOC: Before the battle starts, does Vrox know anything about these types of dragons? That wold help him prioritize targets. In game mechanic terms, it would be useful for him to know
I'm guessing that it's a Nature check, and I guess I'll make one for each dragon:
]]
[[OOC: I think that we've adjusted everyone's "initial" position, and we were just waiting for you to tell us the initiative order. I don't remember whether you prefer to roll initiative for everyone or have us roll it. Just in case...]]
Vrox - Initiative: 18
Tyekanik - Initiative: 22
Khessa's Initiative: 9
Red: 20
Akkron initiative: 5... (sigh)
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Clarac initiative: 12
As the dragons advance on you, their frightful presence is negated, you assume by the Troll Gods to keep it an even fight.
The Red advances and attacks Tyek with a bite and two swipes of its claws: attack 23, damage 15 piercing +9 fire=24, attack 17 (miss), attack 21, damage 16
The Greater Death attacks Bhklow with a bite and 2 claw: attack 13 (miss), attack 17 (miss), attack 26, damage 12
The Young Red Shadow uses its turn to keep moving around your right flank, attempting to get into a better position.
Your turn
Round 1
Khessa focuses on the majestic undead, the Death Dragon, knowing that if she can wear down the monster's resistances, Master Akkron might just... get the better of it! She winks briefly at her lich friend, then points her staff of power, trying to paralyze the monster!
[[ OOC: Khessa uses 5 charges of her Staff of Power to cast Hold Monster on the Death Dragon.
The Death Dragon can avoid paralysis with a DC 19 Wisdom Saving Throw... Or by using up one of its Legendary Resistances, if that fails. ]]
On the dragon's turn, Tyekanik uses his reaction on Stone's Endurance to reduce the damage by .
Damage: 15/2 (piercing) + 9 (fire) + 16/2 (slashing) - 17 (Stone's Endurance) = 1 (total)
(Oops: A little mistake in the final macro. Total damage = 7 + 9 + 8 - 17 = 7.)
Tyekanik: Round 1
While wielding Annam's Greataxe, Tyek is immune to being frightened anyway. The speed of the dragons' charge surprises him, but Tyek isn't called the "angry giant" for nothing. He shrugs off the red dragon's attacks, laughingly saying, "You'll have to do better than that little salamander." Knowing that he can resist the red dragon's fire longer than he can the dark power of the other two dragons, he ignore the red for now to focus on the others.
With his great (15') reach, Tyek reaches out with one hand and picks up a large rock near the bonfire and hurls it at the death dragon. Then he crouches as though he's about to spring on the red dragon and instead throws himself recklessly at the shadow dragon.
Movement: With his long reach, Tyek can hopefully reach the shadow dragon without leaving the red dragon's reach. If he can do it without leaving the red dragon's reach, he'll move around the red dragon to position himself so that he's in melee with both the red and shadow dragons. (If they're at least 15' away from each other, he'll move so that he's actually between those two dragons.)
Action: Two Reckless Attacks on the Shadow Dragon with Annam's Greataxe as his Elemental Cleaver (thunder) + Chromatic Infusion (acid)
Attack 1: 32, Damage: 29 (magical thunder) + 21 (force) + 2 (acid) = 52 (total)
Attack 2: 29, Damage: 29 (magical thunder) + 21 (force) + 3 (acid) = 53 (total)
Bonus Action: Stone throw at the Greater Death Dragon (from Keenness of the Stone Giant)
Attack Greater Death Dragon: 22 (disadvantage on ranged attack since the red dragon is within 5 ft.)
On a hit, the rock deals damage: 6 (force), and the greater death dragon must succeed on a DC 22 STR saving throw or be knocked prone.
Free Action: Talking. Item interaction - picking up a rock.
Because of Reckless Attack, all attacks against Tyek have advantage until the start of his next turn.
Chromatic infusion: round 6 of 10.
Vrox: Round 1
Sensing that a fight was likely, Vrox used the moments before the troll gods demanded a fight between the party and the dragons to slip away and hide. With multiple dragons (!) attacking the party, Vrox knows that he must focus on taking down one dragon as quickly as possible. He knows that the shadow dragon's connection to the Shadowfell will help it resist many types of damage, even from Tyek's massive greataxe, but his bow's radiant damage should still be effective. He decides to focus on that dragon first. It's also the smallest of the three and hopefully weakest. Vrox casts a spell, using his fey magic to help him fire his bow preternaturally fast.
[[OOC: I assume that Vrox is starting as a hidden opponent since his Stealth check was 37.]]
Bonus Action: Cast spell (LVL 5 slot) Swift Quiver on his mundane quiver
This round and as a Bonus Action until the spell ends, Vrox can make two additional attacks with his bow.
Action: Two attacks with Dragon's Wrath Longbow (150/600), targeting different opponents plus two more attacks with Swift Quiver.
Target the shadow dragon with all 4 attacks. First attack is with advantage because Vrox was hidden at the start of the round.
Attack 1: 32 Damage: 11 (magical piercing) + 9 (radiant) = 20 (total)
Attack 2: 23 Damage: 16 (magical piercing) + 11 (radiant) = 27 (total)
Attack 3: 33 Damage: 15 (magical piercing) + 10 (radiant) = 25 (total)
Attack 4: 28 Damage: 13 (magical piercing) + 15 (radiant) = 28 (total)
The first hit does an additional 4 (psychic), or if it was a critical hit, 6 (psychic)
Movement: After he fires his bow, Vrox moves in an arc, counter-clockwise around the dragons. He tries to maintain the same distance from the shadow dragon but move around to flank it so that it cannot easily target him and Tyek at the same time.
Concentration: Swift Quiver round 1 of 10
[[OOC: @aaggie - Assuming that the shadow dragon is not in bright light and that all of Tyek's and Vrox's attacks hit, I think that they'd do 144 total damage. (For a a change, Vrox did more damage than Tyek this round.) Here's the math on the resisted and non-resisted damage types:
30/2 (magical thunder) + 25 (force) + 3/2 (acid) +
31/2 (magical thunder) + 11 (force) + 4/2 (acid) +
11/2 (magical piercing) + 9 (radiant) + 4 (psychic) +
16/2 (magical piercing) + 11 (radiant) +
15/2 (magical piercing) + 10 (radiant) +
13/2 (magical piercing) + 15 (radiant)
= 15 + 25 + 1 + 15 + 11 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 4 + 8 + 11 + 7 + 10 + 6 + 15
= 144 (total)
]]
Clarac never feels fear, so she doesn't notice that the dragons are less fearsome than normal.
Also focusing on the Greater Death Dragon, Clarac decides what she should do based on the result of Khessa's spell. If the Greater Death Dragon is not paralyzed, Clarac raises her holy symbol and recites a prayer, attempting to Turn it. Even if the dragon doesn't flee, she hopes she can at least wear it down.
On the other hand, if it is paralyzed, Clarac instead thrusts her sword at it, ready to smite it into oblivion.
OOC:
Action: Turn the Unholy --> Greater Death Dragon must make a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or be Turned
I won't roll the attack Clarac would have made if the dragon were paralyzed, but just in case that happens and she would auto-crit, she would use banishing smite, divine smite, and eldritch smite on her first attack for 2(1d8 magical slashing + 2d10 + 6d8 radiant + 5d10 + 3d8 force) + 12 magical slashing damage, then only divine smite on her second attack for 2(1d8 magical slashing + 2d10 + 6d8 radiant) + 12 magical slashing damage (assuming she hits both times). I hope I got these numbers and rules correct.
Save 9
The dragon freezes in place, a dumbfounded look upon its face