Jorin roars in delight as he sees the broken armored Myrmidon before him taking such punishment during the last round!  He continues his assault on the creature.

• Action: Battleaxe!
  • First Attack: 13 Damage: 12
  • Second Attack: 18 Damage: 12
• Bonus Action: Moonblade Attack: 15 Damage: 12
• + 2 radiant damage to the first blow that connects!

Between Jorin and Drusk's attacks, the cracked Myrmidon crumbles into a pile of hot metal, which is rusting away in flames in front of your eyes.

(Jorin did overkill with his 1st attack & the Moonblade. He has the option of moving next to either the full-strength plate-armor Myrmidon or Jacobson, and using his 2nd Attack for 12 damage against that target.)

The (weakened) cracked Myrmidon is off the board. Hildigrim, Pascal, and Quillary to go.

All Pascal has is fire and cold spells!

Alright, Second Level Chromatic Orb against Jacobson!

Attack: 7 Damage: 15 Acid damage! ... *sobs*

Wait! Right! Faerie Fire! 18 yess

Quillary looks to Jorin as he yells at her, and she frowns, then growls, then she screams as her spores explode around her in a swirling cloud. When they settle, her face is mottled and blackened as if by soot, and her familiar feral grin is back. She slams her club into her head with some force, and pushes past Pascal.

Action: Wild Shape to call her Symbiotic Entity, so 24 temp hp and various damage bonuses.
Bonus Action: Cast Shillelagh on her club.
Move: Past Pascal to the square just north of him.

Faerie Fire lasts for this and nine more rounds, or Concentration.

Hildigrim utters a quiet, "One vanquished," as he shifts to aim at the other minion. Volo also switches to the new target, distracting it as the halfling fires another arrow. Following the arrow, Hildi suggests a way Jorin's attacks may be more effective verses the same target.

+1 shortbow attack: 23; damage: 11 piercing damage

Sneak attack if appropriate: 5

Bonus: help Jorin vs. the "full-strength plate-armor Myrmidon"

(Let's have Jorin move next to both Jacobson and the Myrmidon. Since Hildigrim provided help against the M, that's where Jorin's 2nd attack will go.

Jorin hits the AC 18 plate armor, but let's see if he can crit: 21  Nope, but still does 12 damage.)

Pascal's acid orb smacks Jacobson in the chest for 15 damage.

Does the Myrmidon get to do a Fiery Strike again? (recharge on a 6: 3 ) It makes 3 scimitar slashes at Drusk.

• A1: 16 Damage: 8  (hit)
• A2: 13 Damage: 6  (miss)
• A3: 24 Damage: 7  (miss.. that armor must be too tight)

Jacobson casts a Fireball, for 21 fire damage. He laughs as the blast goes off, since he and the elemental are immune to fire. DEX save vs. DC 14 for the party.

• The cellar is small. Volo gets caught in the blast, and is gone for the rest of combat.
• Drusk: 14  passes, takes 12 more damage, at 20 HP
• Hildigrim: 17  passes, now at 20 HP
• Jorin:  20  passes, now at 45 HP
• Pascal:  15  fails - the fire lover takes 25 damage, is at 19 HP
• Quillary: 17  passes, temporary hit points now at 12 (does *not* need to check concentration)

Start of Round 3

The remaining Myrmidon has taken 28 damage from Jorin and Hildigrim. Jacobson has taken 21 total from Pascal. (Both are well over half health.)

(You noticed that Jacobson did not have to roll for Concentration on his Flame Shield. "Wreathed in Flame. For the flamewrath, the warm version of the fire shield spell has a duration of “until dispelled.” ")

The party damage totals were mentioned in the last post.

Party is up. (Sorry, Volo is gone for now.) To-hit rolls vs. Jacobson have advantage from Faerie Fire.

Drusk is worried that another Fireball is coming. He will cast a 1st level Cure Wounds on himself (14 healed), then use the Spiritual Weapon on Jacobson, since it can't be harmed by the Flame Shield.  (He plans to use Channel Divinity next round to heal our group.)

• Attack: 23 Damage: 11  (hit for max damage)

Hildigrim closes his eyes and ducks instinctively as the fireball explodes. "No!" he says, looking up at where Volo had been. "Volo!" He narrows his eyes at Jacobson and aims at the human. "Owl killer!" After firing an arrow at Jacobson, he offers helpful advice to Jorin on attacking him instead of the Myrmidon.

+1 shortbow attack: 27; damage: 6 piercing damage

Sneak attack if appropriate: 4

Quillary steps up to the Myrmidon, shield first, swinging her cudgel at it with a laugh.

Move: One square north (assume that's a symbol on the ground, not a crate or something).
Action: Attack with magic cudgel, 27 to hit, for 18 magical bludgeoning damage plus 4 poison damage
Reaction: Halo of spores on Jacobson (10 ft range), Con Save vs DC 15 or 9 necrotic damage.

Symbiotic Entity Wild Shape for this and 59 more rounds, or 12 more temp hp
Faerie Fire for this and eight more rounds or Concentration
Shillelagh for this and nine more rounds

OOC > That's my girl, get over your fears!

Pascal’s front portion of clothes are completely seared away. He gives a little cough, “Oh. That’s what that feels like.”

Chromatic Orb at second level once more toward Jacobson!

Attack: 22 Damage: 23 acid damage!

”Acid don’t feel too nice, does it, mon amie! A whole different kind o’ burn!”

Jacobson CON save vs. DC 15 spores: 21  Fails!

Jorin left to go. Faerie Fire gives him advantage vs. Jacobson on all attacks, if he is willing to face the burning of the Fire Shield. (Jacobson had a lot of HP, but all those hits and rolls for 53 damage before Jorin acts are making it real interesting.)

Jorin smiles at Quillary's and turns to Jacobson, "Into the fire, a second glorious death!"

He goes full ham on Jacobson, fire shield be damned!

• Action: Battleaxe!
  • First Attack: 28 Damage: 17
  • Second Attack: 21 Damage: 13
• Bonus Action: Moonblade Attack: 29 Damage: 21
• + 4 radiant damage to the first blow that connects!

edit: gods damned those damage rolls!

Quote from Guiltysparc >>

edit: gods damned those damage rolls!

(You got the 3 hits, but as you guessed, doing minimum damage isn't enough.)

Jorin hits Jacobson 3 times, but each hit exposes him to 9 points of fire damage. That fire causes Jorin to lose focus, so he only does 31 damage on those strikes.

Jacobson took 84 damage that round (!) for a total of 105 damage... Flamewraths have 105 hp... Jacobson crumbles to the ground, the flames starting to consume his body. For the little time he has left, he remains conscious, but no longer has the energy to fight or cast spells.

(If you rolled another "1" on that 2nd attack instead of a "2", it wouldn't have been enough. Or if Jorin missed once. Or if I rolled one higher on his CON save vs. the spores. Or if Pascal didn't have advantage last round... That was a team effort.)

HOWEVER, the Myrmidon is still active and attacking. (Does Fiery Strikes recharge? 4  nope) It will attack Jorin 3 times.

• A1: 20 Damage: 5  hit for 2
• A2: 19 Damage: 9  hit for 4
• A3: 12 Damage: 7  miss

Start of Round 4

The remaining Myrmidon was hit by Quillary for 22 damage, for a total of 50. (It has 67 HP left.) It is the only active foe left.

The party avoided eating another Fireball. Current HP levels: Drusk 34, Hildigrim 20, Jorin 12, Pascal 19, Quillary 33+12 temp

Party is up. (You are going to win combat, but I'm guessing you want to have the fun of bashing the fire-in-a-can... We will go another round, and you can decide to keep going or end it after this round.)

Drusk will use Channel Divinity to do some group healing (30 points, up to half max). Pascal gets 6 (25 total) and Jorin gets 20 (32 total). Then Drusk will use a bonus action for the Spiritual Weapon vs. Myrmidon (AC 18).

• Attack: 16 Damage: 4  misses

Pascal will begin walking toward Jacobson and releases another 2nd level Chromatic Orb at the Myrmidon!

Attack: 16 Damage: 16 acid damage!

Beans.

Seeing Jacobson go down, Hildigrim's temporary blood lust dissipates. He rushes over to the human's side and crouches down. "Jacobson," he says over the din of battle, "by what matter have you been transported to this location? Or have you been confined to the orb fragment since that final skirmish?"

Jacobson is absorbed in his own thoughts, mumbling repeatedly what he was saying earlier, "Why? Against all odds, my magic saves me in the orb, but now I die without finding the reason Ravia betrayed me? Why did she betray me?"

Quillary is taking out her fear and frustration on the Myrmidon, grunting and screaming and pounding on it, barely noticing that Jacobson is down.

Move: Nowhere.
Action: Pound with magic cudgel, 22 to hit, for 10 magical bludgeoning damage plus 6 poison damage
Reaction: Halo of spores on the Myrmidon, Con Save vs DC 15 or 7 necrotic damage.

Symbiotic Entity Wild Shape for this and 58 more rounds, or 12 more temp hp
Faerie Fire for this and 7 more rounds or Concentration (if even needed, since Jacobson is down)
Shillelagh for this and 8 more rounds

Let me know if he's still alive on Hildi's next turn.