With a 5 on the die, Thun restores 7 of Threla's hp!
Then... it is the time of the Beast. It runs first to Thun and guts her, scales giving way to viscera that spills over the sand. Chakka chirs in what may be genuine anger, even from a Thri-Kreen. It then turns again on Threla, biting twice. (Also, it totally should have had its reaction last turn, its Rampage is a bonus action not a reaction, but that's my mistake so we won't ret-con.)
Both strikes land, first dealing 11piercing damage, and then 10piercing damage. Threla drops and will make her first death save on her next turn. She must make two more Constitution Saving throws.
The beast howls, and the flesh gnawer attacking Evelyn seems spurred into action, slicing at Evelyn and cutting through her mage armor for 6 piercing damage.
Seeing that his weapon cannot pierce the beast's hide and he lacks any ranged weapon, Thomir attempts to grapple it. With a natural 1, the beast fails to fight the grip of his thick arms, and he pulls it back and away from the group.
With the beast held, Fefir may finally act, and he moves in on the remaining flesh gnawer, striking at it twice with his mace. Both hits land, but unfortunately do almost no damage at all.
Olan makes a perfect strike at the beast and...... it does nothing, doesn't even slow it down. he decides to switch target and get out of the way of the careering wagon heading towards him.
His fancy footwork takes him along the second wagon to help Evelyn. He executes a perfectly formed lunge with his rapier at the thing attacking Evelyn.
Attack: 18 Damage: 6
Sneak attack 10
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Cunning Green-moss - Tiefling Barbarian Haj i Rae - Human Gloom Stalker Olan Fargrove - Elf Swashbuckler
Qal Joharge - Human Monk Nyli Bemblade - Gnome Thief
Olan darts forward with his rapier, and the thing seems to entirely ignore his attack, not even looking at him as the blade pierces into its neck. Then, he withdraws, and it falls limp, the weight of the rapier the only thing keeping its legs from buckling. Its stare is wide-eyed and glassy, dead from a single blow.
Kirna pushes the dead gnoll's body out of the way and hides behind the cart. She fails to evade the sharp gaze of the hunters, though, but still shoots up at them with her hand crossbow. She then falls prone, giving disadvantage on ranged attacks against her, as the bolt hits home.
Unable to reach the beastly gnoll with their movement, Chakka instead moves to Olan and touches his rapier. The weapon has that same shimmering air around it, as the Thri-Kreen psionically casts magic weapon. They then with their lower arms draw two triple-pointed throwing wedges carved from some sort of crystalline material, and throw them at the already injured gnoll hunter. The gnoll comes out of the assault bloodied, but alive.
Evelyn and Veldruk, go!
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Evelyn pops up out of her crouching position in order to scan the battlefield. If she has line of sight on the gnoll attacking Thomir, she forms the Weave into a Fire Bolt and launches it straight at the creature.
Veldruk knew he should have felt frustration. Battle companions were killed while he remained untouched, his swinged his blade but his attacks did not land. The last strike was so close to hitting its target… Yet he felt nothing but calm. Time seemed to slow before his thoughts. He took notice of the position of the archers, his allies, both fallen and standing, and the enemies in melee in the space of a single step. Past and future almost melted in the instant. The fever of battle, the drow recognized from his soldiering days.
Whispering arcane words he advanced against the larger gnoll that then towered over Thomir. He willed the Weave to bend and break, to reform over his steel as thunder, and it did. The longsword was encased in thundering energy, incarnating the rudimentary spell cast through it – Booming Blade. With the shield raised on his left, his right arm extended in a single thrust and the tip of his weapon tore through fur and skin, biting the flesh of the monster and sheathed the enemy with the magic it carried.
Veldruk hoped this would draw attention away from the dwarf and the bleeding. It was dangerous, he knew, but he should avoid mortal damage with the help of Shield.
Notes: Finaly a hit! Veldruk moves to the big gnoll and casts Booming Blade (melee attack 18 to hit, 9 slicing damage). I tried roling the thunder damage preemptively but somehow the roller gave a 0 (how this is possible in a dice I have no idea). All rolls made in the campaign log.
One of the normal gnolls shoots down at Chakka, missing miserably. The one nearest Nodjeim draws a spear and thrusts, but the monk expertly deflects the blow.
The injured gnoll hunter up on the cliff fires twice at Kirna, landing two hits. The next one looses two more arrows, but they miss so horribly it's unclear who they were aimed for. Finally, the one that tumbled down the cliff stands up and goes after Telvoril, running him through with a spear, ripping it out, and hurling the spear at Thomir. It then rushes in and latches its teeth around his neck.
Nodjeim, you're up. Threla succeeds a death save (I just rolled it on your sheet as an unarmed attack, since that has +0).
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Nodjeim cocks his head to one side to study the gnoll in front of him for a fraction of a second then he steps forward, his left hand flashing out quickly towards the creature. But it is just a distraction. While the gnoll worries about the left hand, Nodjeim pivots his stance, shifts his weight and his right hand slams out towards the back of the gnoll in an attempt to shove it right off the cliff.
Shove Attack: 24 - gnoll can contest with acrobatics or athletics...
Assuming that gnoll is shoved off the cliff, Nodjeim runs further north along it until engaged with the next enemy and will introduce himself with a flying kick to it's face.
BA Unarmed Strike: 14to hit for 10 damage...
((If first gnoll not knocked off cliff then they get the BA attack and Nodjeim stays in place to finish them next round.))
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We're doing one small murder-y thing for a bigger, better reason. The ends justify the means.
The gnoll sails off of the cliff, landing on the ground severely injured, but also still alive. The gnoll hunter Nodjeim connects with certainly doesn't expect him to move with such speed, and buckles under his kick, spitting up blood as it snarls in return.
The beastly gnoll, grappled and on its last legs, turns to its grappler and bites and slashes. The teeth connect, and the dwarf grunts, but stands firm.
Understanding that the gnoll can't be slain by ordinary arms, Thomir turns to the gnoll at his back and strikes with his axe, but fails to connect.
Fefir repositions and aims a crossbow at the gnoll Thomir just missed, landing a square hit and taking it down.
The horses that were already startled start to move toward the cliffside, though they seem to calm a little bit as they approach the cliff itself, their fear of falling beating their panic. The one at the front, however, starts forward and begins to run away.
Olan, you're up!
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Since Olan will assumedly be going for the Beast, I'll take the actions of Chakka and Kirna now, since neither has access to magical weaponry at the moment.
Kirna again attempts to hide and shoot at the gnoll Nodjeim is engaged with. She lands the hit, and the gnoll crumples and tips over the cliffside. She moves up and falls prone to inflict disadvantage.
Chakka slings two more stars at the gnolls on the cliffside. (I realize I should have been rolling with disadvantage, since the gnolls are more than 30 feet away.) He misses with both blades.
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
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Seeing his rapier shimmering with power Olan charges the Beast hoping that he can do some damage this time. He steps in close, his fantastically coloured jacket swirling around him, adopts a fencing stance and strikes!
Attack: 8 Damage: 8
Sneak attack 7
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Cunning Green-moss - Tiefling Barbarian Haj i Rae - Human Gloom Stalker Olan Fargrove - Elf Swashbuckler
Qal Joharge - Human Monk Nyli Bemblade - Gnome Thief
Veldruk could hear a gnoll falling while he pulled his blade from his adversary. At least he assumed it was a gnoll, given the animal whimper that followed the fall. His eyes remained focused on the beast in front of him. Part of him wished Thomir would have let go of the enemy when it sank its fangs on the dwarf’s flesh. That way there would be a chance of the creature moving and his rudimentary spell could inflict harm upon it. Alas, the white bearded man hold his ground. A feat impressive enough to garner the dark elf’s respect. Not that it means much, the warlock said with the voice of his mind.
If the monster kept its attacks the second Steelhorn was sure to fall. I need to hit it. It was wounded enough that some decent damage could turn its attention from attacking the grappler to simply escaping the grapple. Better yet if I could kill it. But he had no hopes of that. The world had taught him to expect the worst of everything, always. Fast and methodical Veldruk extended his arm in another thrust. The sword tore through flesh and muscle and is it did its master could not help but question if he should insist for the man to disengage.
Notes: Veldruk makes a melee attack (17 to hit, 8 slashi9ng damage). His player hopes that someday he can roll over a 10.
The beastly gnoll catches the blade in its shoulder, and Veldruk's weapon cuts into it like it would any other gnoll. It's clear after this second strike that the drow does indeed wield some form of magical weapon. It looks like it's on its last legs.
Evelyn!
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
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There is no time to mourn the fallen. Evelyn does her best to focus only on the horrible beasts attacking them right now. To let her mind wander to anything else would mean certain death. She focuses on the huge, ravening Beast that still has not gone down, even after taking a multitude of hits. She summons the energy for another blast of fire, straight at the Beast.
Attack: 18 Damage: 2
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Characters: Bryony Alderleaf - Lvl. 3 Halfling Rogue (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk) ♦ Evelyn Drake - Lvl. 3 Human Wizard (Rule of Change) ♦ Aranea Kendrick - Lvl. 4 Human Warlock (Where the Cold Winds Blow) ♦ Elsenia Vesper - Lvl. 2 Shadar-kai Druid (Strixhaven)
The monster barely dodges the bolt of fire, snarling.
The gnolls on the cliff close in on Nodjeim, while the one sent below attacks Thomir. One gnoll lands a hit on Nodjeim, dealing 7 piercing damage with a spear, while the one below catches Thomir off guard, bloodying him.
Nodjeim, your turn to respond! Threla succeeds another death save.
OOC: thats actually an extra 2 of healing since I forgot to account that is was second level and only rolled 1 d4 the first time
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With a 5 on the die, Thun restores 7 of Threla's hp!
Then... it is the time of the Beast. It runs first to Thun and guts her, scales giving way to viscera that spills over the sand. Chakka chirs in what may be genuine anger, even from a Thri-Kreen. It then turns again on Threla, biting twice. (Also, it totally should have had its reaction last turn, its Rampage is a bonus action not a reaction, but that's my mistake so we won't ret-con.)
Both strikes land, first dealing 11 piercing damage, and then 10 piercing damage. Threla drops and will make her first death save on her next turn. She must make two more Constitution Saving throws.
The beast howls, and the flesh gnawer attacking Evelyn seems spurred into action, slicing at Evelyn and cutting through her mage armor for 6 piercing damage.
Seeing that his weapon cannot pierce the beast's hide and he lacks any ranged weapon, Thomir attempts to grapple it. With a natural 1, the beast fails to fight the grip of his thick arms, and he pulls it back and away from the group.
With the beast held, Fefir may finally act, and he moves in on the remaining flesh gnawer, striking at it twice with his mace. Both hits land, but unfortunately do almost no damage at all.
Olan is up!
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Olan makes a perfect strike at the beast and...... it does nothing, doesn't even slow it down. he decides to switch target and get out of the way of the careering wagon heading towards him.
His fancy footwork takes him along the second wagon to help Evelyn. He executes a perfectly formed lunge with his rapier at the thing attacking Evelyn.
Attack: 18 Damage: 6
Sneak attack 10
Cunning Green-moss - Tiefling Barbarian Haj i Rae - Human Gloom Stalker Olan Fargrove - Elf Swashbuckler
Qal Joharge - Human Monk Nyli Bemblade - Gnome Thief
Olan darts forward with his rapier, and the thing seems to entirely ignore his attack, not even looking at him as the blade pierces into its neck. Then, he withdraws, and it falls limp, the weight of the rapier the only thing keeping its legs from buckling. Its stare is wide-eyed and glassy, dead from a single blow.
Kirna pushes the dead gnoll's body out of the way and hides behind the cart. She fails to evade the sharp gaze of the hunters, though, but still shoots up at them with her hand crossbow. She then falls prone, giving disadvantage on ranged attacks against her, as the bolt hits home.
Unable to reach the beastly gnoll with their movement, Chakka instead moves to Olan and touches his rapier. The weapon has that same shimmering air around it, as the Thri-Kreen psionically casts magic weapon. They then with their lower arms draw two triple-pointed throwing wedges carved from some sort of crystalline material, and throw them at the already injured gnoll hunter. The gnoll comes out of the assault bloodied, but alive.
Evelyn and Veldruk, go!
Current map:
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Con Save 1: 15
Con Save 2: 10
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Evelyn pops up out of her crouching position in order to scan the battlefield. If she has line of sight on the gnoll attacking Thomir, she forms the Weave into a Fire Bolt and launches it straight at the creature.
Attack: 18 Damage: 2
Characters: Bryony Alderleaf - Lvl. 3 Halfling Rogue (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk) ♦ Evelyn Drake - Lvl. 3 Human Wizard (Rule of Change) ♦ Aranea Kendrick - Lvl. 4 Human Warlock (Where the Cold Winds Blow) ♦ Elsenia Vesper - Lvl. 2 Shadar-kai Druid (Strixhaven)
DMing: Curse of Strahd
The bolt splashes against the beast's hide, singing it greatly.
Veldruk, go!
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Veldruk knew he should have felt frustration. Battle companions were killed while he remained untouched, his swinged his blade but his attacks did not land. The last strike was so close to hitting its target… Yet he felt nothing but calm. Time seemed to slow before his thoughts. He took notice of the position of the archers, his allies, both fallen and standing, and the enemies in melee in the space of a single step. Past and future almost melted in the instant. The fever of battle, the drow recognized from his soldiering days.
Whispering arcane words he advanced against the larger gnoll that then towered over Thomir. He willed the Weave to bend and break, to reform over his steel as thunder, and it did. The longsword was encased in thundering energy, incarnating the rudimentary spell cast through it – Booming Blade. With the shield raised on his left, his right arm extended in a single thrust and the tip of his weapon tore through fur and skin, biting the flesh of the monster and sheathed the enemy with the magic it carried.
Veldruk hoped this would draw attention away from the dwarf and the bleeding. It was dangerous, he knew, but he should avoid mortal damage with the help of Shield.
Notes: Finaly a hit! Veldruk moves to the big gnoll and casts Booming Blade (melee attack 18 to hit, 9 slicing damage). I tried roling the thunder damage preemptively but somehow the roller gave a 0 (how this is possible in a dice I have no idea). All rolls made in the campaign log.
One of the normal gnolls shoots down at Chakka, missing miserably. The one nearest Nodjeim draws a spear and thrusts, but the monk expertly deflects the blow.
The injured gnoll hunter up on the cliff fires twice at Kirna, landing two hits. The next one looses two more arrows, but they miss so horribly it's unclear who they were aimed for. Finally, the one that tumbled down the cliff stands up and goes after Telvoril, running him through with a spear, ripping it out, and hurling the spear at Thomir. It then rushes in and latches its teeth around his neck.
Nodjeim, you're up. Threla succeeds a death save (I just rolled it on your sheet as an unarmed attack, since that has +0).
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
OOC: yay! A success!
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Nodjeim cocks his head to one side to study the gnoll in front of him for a fraction of a second then he steps forward, his left hand flashing out quickly towards the creature. But it is just a distraction. While the gnoll worries about the left hand, Nodjeim pivots his stance, shifts his weight and his right hand slams out towards the back of the gnoll in an attempt to shove it right off the cliff.
Shove Attack: 24 - gnoll can contest with acrobatics or athletics...
Assuming that gnoll is shoved off the cliff, Nodjeim runs further north along it until engaged with the next enemy and will introduce himself with a flying kick to it's face.
BA Unarmed Strike: 14 to hit for 10 damage...
((If first gnoll not knocked off cliff then they get the BA attack and Nodjeim stays in place to finish them next round.))
We're doing one small murder-y thing for a bigger, better reason. The ends justify the means.
-- Eleanor Shellstrop
The gnoll sails off of the cliff, landing on the ground severely injured, but also still alive. The gnoll hunter Nodjeim connects with certainly doesn't expect him to move with such speed, and buckles under his kick, spitting up blood as it snarls in return.
The beastly gnoll, grappled and on its last legs, turns to its grappler and bites and slashes. The teeth connect, and the dwarf grunts, but stands firm.
Understanding that the gnoll can't be slain by ordinary arms, Thomir turns to the gnoll at his back and strikes with his axe, but fails to connect.
Fefir repositions and aims a crossbow at the gnoll Thomir just missed, landing a square hit and taking it down.
The horses that were already startled start to move toward the cliffside, though they seem to calm a little bit as they approach the cliff itself, their fear of falling beating their panic. The one at the front, however, starts forward and begins to run away.
Olan, you're up!
Current Map:
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Since Olan will assumedly be going for the Beast, I'll take the actions of Chakka and Kirna now, since neither has access to magical weaponry at the moment.
Kirna again attempts to hide and shoot at the gnoll Nodjeim is engaged with. She lands the hit, and the gnoll crumples and tips over the cliffside. She moves up and falls prone to inflict disadvantage.
Chakka slings two more stars at the gnolls on the cliffside. (I realize I should have been rolling with disadvantage, since the gnolls are more than 30 feet away.) He misses with both blades.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Seeing his rapier shimmering with power Olan charges the Beast hoping that he can do some damage this time. He steps in close, his fantastically coloured jacket swirling around him, adopts a fencing stance and strikes!
Attack: 8 Damage: 8
Sneak attack 7
Cunning Green-moss - Tiefling Barbarian Haj i Rae - Human Gloom Stalker Olan Fargrove - Elf Swashbuckler
Qal Joharge - Human Monk Nyli Bemblade - Gnome Thief
Unfortunately, despite being surrounded, the Beast swats Olan's enchanted blade aside.
Evelyn and Veldruk, you're up!
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Veldruk could hear a gnoll falling while he pulled his blade from his adversary. At least he assumed it was a gnoll, given the animal whimper that followed the fall. His eyes remained focused on the beast in front of him. Part of him wished Thomir would have let go of the enemy when it sank its fangs on the dwarf’s flesh. That way there would be a chance of the creature moving and his rudimentary spell could inflict harm upon it. Alas, the white bearded man hold his ground. A feat impressive enough to garner the dark elf’s respect. Not that it means much, the warlock said with the voice of his mind.
If the monster kept its attacks the second Steelhorn was sure to fall. I need to hit it. It was wounded enough that some decent damage could turn its attention from attacking the grappler to simply escaping the grapple. Better yet if I could kill it. But he had no hopes of that. The world had taught him to expect the worst of everything, always. Fast and methodical Veldruk extended his arm in another thrust. The sword tore through flesh and muscle and is it did its master could not help but question if he should insist for the man to disengage.
Notes: Veldruk makes a melee attack (17 to hit, 8 slashi9ng damage). His player hopes that someday he can roll over a 10.
The beastly gnoll catches the blade in its shoulder, and Veldruk's weapon cuts into it like it would any other gnoll. It's clear after this second strike that the drow does indeed wield some form of magical weapon. It looks like it's on its last legs.
Evelyn!
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
There is no time to mourn the fallen. Evelyn does her best to focus only on the horrible beasts attacking them right now. To let her mind wander to anything else would mean certain death. She focuses on the huge, ravening Beast that still has not gone down, even after taking a multitude of hits. She summons the energy for another blast of fire, straight at the Beast.
Attack: 18 Damage: 2
Characters: Bryony Alderleaf - Lvl. 3 Halfling Rogue (Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk) ♦ Evelyn Drake - Lvl. 3 Human Wizard (Rule of Change) ♦ Aranea Kendrick - Lvl. 4 Human Warlock (Where the Cold Winds Blow) ♦ Elsenia Vesper - Lvl. 2 Shadar-kai Druid (Strixhaven)
DMing: Curse of Strahd
The monster barely dodges the bolt of fire, snarling.
The gnolls on the cliff close in on Nodjeim, while the one sent below attacks Thomir. One gnoll lands a hit on Nodjeim, dealing 7 piercing damage with a spear, while the one below catches Thomir off guard, bloodying him.
Nodjeim, your turn to respond! Threla succeeds another death save.
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."