Crush will let out an angry roar when seeing Buddy pummeled, but knows better than to intervene. As the question is asked, The orc would look around before pointing his axe towards...
(So who I assume I am picking between Aria, Usul, and Sen? Also, Are we level 3? I am still level 2 lol)
Sen frowns, and casts Minor Illusion; his fingers trace intricate designs in the air, and he holds a small piece of wool in his other hand. Quietly, so the group can hear but so it doesn't travel far, Ma's voice is heard to say, My dear child, where have you been?
It's not subtle,he comments, waving his hand vaguely to refer to the need to gesture for the spell. But I suppose it could work, in some circumstances. I can also make myself look like Pa, if that works better.
(We're level three, which means Sen has Invisibility and will use it to run if Crush even looks at him.)
(Yes, ideally you would pick someone from the party, though it is Crush so who knows. I thought that twist would be good so there isn't an NPC fighting in a major battle right now, and it would piss Crush off. Also yes, everyone should be level 3. If any of our absent players somehow find this time to come back and appear in the Tooth for an Endgame style final battle then they should also be level 3.)
The two guards begin pounding on Buddy. Gracious tries to run to his friend's aid, but is clotheslined by another guard and taken down.
A second light appears over the party, and the voice says "AND HIS NEW PARTNER..." One of the people in the shadows steps forward on the balcony. It is the older human man that you spoke to in the room at the Crawling Spider. The heavily armored man next to him gives the party a satisfied, devilish smile.
Who is Crush going to choose to replace Buddy?
( Just when I was getting ready for the Buddy/Crush cop show )
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Crush would look up and point his axe towards Aria. "You kill good" he would say as his back heaves up and down even harder.... pure rage flowing though his veins now that buddy has been taking out of the fight.
Crush gestures for Aria to join him, who is currently in the image of Mother and, with assistance from Sen, is speaking up to Anna Kelver in the balcony. Seeing this, Anna's eyes go wide.
(Please please please tell me that Aria-as-Mother walks into the pit with Crush...)
Aria tries to make eye contact with Anna as she realizes that Crush has chosen her as his partner. She nods in her direction and raises her cloak back up as she turns to join Crush in the pit. Her hands drop to her side as she feels and makes sure her 2 short swords are unobstructed. The dagger which the group received after the ill-timed explosion, she places in her boot. She lets out an inaudible sigh and now looks to Sen and Usul. “If this doesn’t get her full attention, I’m not sure what will.” She makes her way to the pit
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As Crush gets a closer look at Aria, his rage would subside for a moment... long enough for him to quickly look her up and down and grunt "Hope fight better than look" he would say before the anger flared back up in his eyes and he began slamming the backs of his handaxes together with loud clanks and thuds. After a few slams he would begin stomping his feet against the ground, causing his armor to rattle and his boot to thump in a rythm that like that of wardrums... "Crush rip out ribs! Shove into eyes!" He would shout as he continued his beating and stomping, working himself up into a frenzy.
Good luck, says Sen hesitantly, fighting the urge to flee. I...um... guess Crush knows what he's doing? He sits and looks up to see if Anna and those around her are paying attention to Aria, to the fight, or to anything else. Perception15
Seb and Regrim are taken aback when they see "Mother" climbing into the pit to be Crush's partner, and then start laughing and pointing at her, taunting the crowd about how easy it's going to be to kill this old woman.
In the balcony, Anna is stunned to see Mother -- or someone who looks like Mother -- entering the fight. She thought she heard her voice a moment ago. She brings her hand up over her mouth to try to hide her gasp. A second hand in an armored gauntlet reaches over and grabs her by the bicep.
Seeing the brothers start laughing, Usul knows this is a chance to apply a bit more magical influence to it, and casts Tasha’s Hideous Laughter ((WIS 13 save)) on the uglier brother.
initiative24
He then tries to sneak back into the crowd to watch those up in the balcony.
Initiative order: Usul Aria Sebastian Stonetooth Sen Crush Regrim Stonetooth
People on the balcony are holding for now and are not in the initiative order.
Regrim makes his wisdom save and Usul's spell fails. Usul is able to hide in the crowd, invisible to everyone. (The perception check would count as another action here so unless you want to use it in the next round, I'm not going to adjudicate it now.)
The Stonetooth Brothers are happy to target Aria-as-Mother at this point, because not only did this old woman actually shoot arrows at them, Sebastian swings only one of his swords at Aria, testing her ability while playing to the crowd.
Attack: 13 Damage: 9
Sen and then Crush are up.
(Just a note, I am going to have a super busy week and I didn't finish the campaign by now like I hoped I would, so we're in a rough spot. I'll be on as much as I can tomorrow to try to finish this up if we're able to. But otherwise, I'm not sure how much time I'm going to have to get on. We'll find out I guess.)
Sen, still seated at the table, casts minor illusion to create a sound audible to the Stonetooth brothers in the pit; it's the noise of a crowd jeering and shouting insults at them, along the lines of 'The Stonetooths suck!' and 'Mama Stonetooth hugs trees' because Sen isn't very creative with his insults. He otherwise tries to attract as little attention as possible.
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Crush would quickly run towards Sebastian with his axes drawn. His feet thumping loudly with every quick heave footstep. The orc would leap into the air before swinging his axes frantically towards the dwarf.
Crush will let out an angry roar when seeing Buddy pummeled, but knows better than to intervene. As the question is asked, The orc would look around before pointing his axe towards...
(So who I assume I am picking between Aria, Usul, and Sen? Also, Are we level 3? I am still level 2 lol)
Sen frowns, and casts Minor Illusion; his fingers trace intricate designs in the air, and he holds a small piece of wool in his other hand. Quietly, so the group can hear but so it doesn't travel far, Ma's voice is heard to say, My dear child, where have you been?
It's not subtle, he comments, waving his hand vaguely to refer to the need to gesture for the spell. But I suppose it could work, in some circumstances. I can also make myself look like Pa, if that works better.
(We're level three, which means Sen has Invisibility and will use it to run if Crush even looks at him.)
(Yes, ideally you would pick someone from the party, though it is Crush so who knows. I thought that twist would be good so there isn't an NPC fighting in a major battle right now, and it would piss Crush off. Also yes, everyone should be level 3. If any of our absent players somehow find this time to come back and appear in the Tooth for an Endgame style final battle then they should also be level 3.)
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Crush would look up and point his axe towards Aria. "You kill good" he would say as his back heaves up and down even harder.... pure rage flowing though his veins now that buddy has been taking out of the fight.
Crush gestures for Aria to join him, who is currently in the image of Mother and, with assistance from Sen, is speaking up to Anna Kelver in the balcony. Seeing this, Anna's eyes go wide.
(Please please please tell me that Aria-as-Mother walks into the pit with Crush...)
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Aria tries to make eye contact with Anna as she realizes that Crush has chosen her as his partner. She nods in her direction and raises her cloak back up as she turns to join Crush in the pit. Her hands drop to her side as she feels and makes sure her 2 short swords are unobstructed. The dagger which the group received after the ill-timed explosion, she places in her boot. She lets out an inaudible sigh and now looks to Sen and Usul. “If this doesn’t get her full attention, I’m not sure what will.” She makes her way to the pit
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
As Crush gets a closer look at Aria, his rage would subside for a moment... long enough for him to quickly look her up and down and grunt "Hope fight better than look" he would say before the anger flared back up in his eyes and he began slamming the backs of his handaxes together with loud clanks and thuds. After a few slams he would begin stomping his feet against the ground, causing his armor to rattle and his boot to thump in a rythm that like that of wardrums... "Crush rip out ribs! Shove into eyes!" He would shout as he continued his beating and stomping, working himself up into a frenzy.
Good luck, says Sen hesitantly, fighting the urge to flee. I...um... guess Crush knows what he's doing? He sits and looks up to see if Anna and those around her are paying attention to Aria, to the fight, or to anything else. Perception 15
Seb and Regrim are taken aback when they see "Mother" climbing into the pit to be Crush's partner, and then start laughing and pointing at her, taunting the crowd about how easy it's going to be to kill this old woman.
In the balcony, Anna is stunned to see Mother -- or someone who looks like Mother -- entering the fight. She thought she heard her voice a moment ago. She brings her hand up over her mouth to try to hide her gasp. A second hand in an armored gauntlet reaches over and grabs her by the bicep.
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Sen's initiative: 14
INITIATIVE: 22
(Awww yeah)
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Crush initiative! 9
Seeing the brothers start laughing, Usul knows this is a chance to apply a bit more magical influence to it, and casts Tasha’s Hideous Laughter ((WIS 13 save)) on the uglier brother.
initiative 24
He then tries to sneak back into the crowd to watch those up in the balcony.
stealth 24; perception 21
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Initiative order:
Usul
Aria
Sebastian Stonetooth
Sen
Crush
Regrim Stonetooth
People on the balcony are holding for now and are not in the initiative order.
Regrim makes his wisdom save and Usul's spell fails. Usul is able to hide in the crowd, invisible to everyone.
(The perception check would count as another action here so unless you want to use it in the next round, I'm not going to adjudicate it now.)
Aria is up.
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Using bonus action first, Aria will cast Hunter’s Mark on Sebastian Stonetooth.
She then grabs BULLSEYE and lets loose an arrow towards him... Attack: 10 Damage: 10
Due to her Dread Ambusher feature... she loads another arrow up and lets it fly towards him again... Attack: 13 Damage: 7
After the second arrow flies, Aria will move 40 ft away from the Stonetooth Brothers and stand in a defensive position with bow and arrow up.
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Both arrows miss their mark.
The Stonetooth Brothers are happy to target Aria-as-Mother at this point, because not only did this old woman actually shoot arrows at them,
Sebastian swings only one of his swords at Aria, testing her ability while playing to the crowd.
Attack: 13 Damage: 9
Sen and then Crush are up.
(Just a note, I am going to have a super busy week and I didn't finish the campaign by now like I hoped I would, so we're in a rough spot. I'll be on as much as I can tomorrow to try to finish this up if we're able to. But otherwise, I'm not sure how much time I'm going to have to get on. We'll find out I guess.)
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Sebastian's attack missed
Hoard of the Dragon Queen - Jalt Rhogar - Dragonborn Cleric (9)
"Ive heard it both ways."
Sen, still seated at the table, casts minor illusion to create a sound audible to the Stonetooth brothers in the pit; it's the noise of a crowd jeering and shouting insults at them, along the lines of 'The Stonetooths suck!' and 'Mama Stonetooth hugs trees' because Sen isn't very creative with his insults. He otherwise tries to attract as little attention as possible.
Crush would quickly run towards Sebastian with his axes drawn. His feet thumping loudly with every quick heave footstep. The orc would leap into the air before swinging his axes frantically towards the dwarf.
Attack: 18 Damage: 6
Bonus action Attack: 15 Damage: 6
Action surge Attack: 14 Damage: 8
(So because of being a champion, the 19 is a crit for me.. rolling an additional d6 1... so 9 damage probably)