Gnarls runs forwards, changing his target at the last minute. His focus has been on the captain and changing to the other bandit so quickly made him less prepared for the swing. He goes wide with his attack as the bandit begins a muffled laugh beneath his mask.
Verim fits in a rage as he runs out from his hiding spot and runs towards B3 at space Q9. Verim readies his sword and shield, his heart beating faster and his light getting brighter.
Hex Weapon - Attack: 20 Damage: 8
”You won’t take me like my dearest!” Verim shouts into the bandits face, glowing globules of spit hit his face.
Verim runs with his newly formed snake hilted sword in front of him, he runs straight for the bandit to his right that has just shot a bolt towards Tobias. While he runs, Verim looks over at the bandit captain and mutters 3 words in Celestial. The captains eyes begin to glow slightly as Verims Hexblade's Curse (Can't find a suitable tooltip) takes hold. Aiming for the bandits throat Verim jabs the blade at his foe, not quite striking his throat but instead piercing his shoulder.
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El shrugs off the ineffectiveness of their spell, giving Shishakli a wink. "Worth a shot." After seeing Tobias' and Verim's powerful retaliations El feels confident that the group can handle the threat. They jog out to the cave drawing their hand-axes (R15) and with an "Oi! Worm food!" El lobs both axes at the bandit leader.
Attack 1: 14 Damage: 3
Attack 2: 8 Damage: 1
OoC: If throwing from R15 puts Tobias at risk then El will move to Q15 instead.
(OOC - It wouldn’t put Tobias at risk but the captain would have half cover)
El runs forwards, both hand-axes at the ready, they can’t quite get a good enough aim at their target from behind Tobias and so they edge slightly closer before throwing their axes. The first one flies through the air with a slight spin, the axe head glimmering slightly as it moves through the air and manages to hit the captains left arm. The second act does exactly the same, heading for his right arm, the axe over rotates and instead of the sharp edge of the axe hitting, the handle makes contact instead as the axe bumps into him and lands on the floor.
Having seen Gnarls run forwards and take a swing at him, the bandit draws his own blade, dropping his crossbow to the floor. He swings at Gnarls who lifts his own sword just in time, there is a moment where both swords are pushing on one another and the bandit stares into the rage filled eyes of the halfling.
In retaliation to a sword being plunged into his arm, the bandit close to Verim also drops his crossbow, switching it out for a curved blade. Rather than aiming high, he instead goes for Verims left leg. He has just enough reach to catch the skin and draw a small bit of blood.
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Unable to get a good enough shot, Shishakli runs forwards 25ft. Just enough so that he can see the bandit captain between Tobias and the stalagmite. He takes aim and fires, his arrow veers off slightly to the right and hits the large pointed rock formation, shattering on impact.
Feeling surrounded, the captain grits his teeth and swings at the 3 people stood around him. He swipes at Tobias’ right leg with his scimitar first, spinning in an almost circular motion to then try and hit Cyndral and Gnarls who both manage to jump backwards out of the way.
Verim aims once more for the throat of the man in front of him, this time plunging his blade straight through his gullet. Clutching at the open wound, the bandit falls to the ground, gasping for air.
The light fades from Cyndral's eyes as he tightens his grip on his short sword. A hundred lessons at the hand of his father and the brigands who raised him chided in the back of his mind, mocking his slim frame and pointing out that only precision could aid his sword arm, he'd never have the strength for wild whirling swings like this bandit. Timing his strike with his return step, Cyndral comes in a hair's breadth after his dodge, a adder-cold thrust aiming for what he hoped was a gap in the man's ribs.
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Before the Bandit Captain had attacked, Tobis’ Flames licked up CON ST 10
Dealing 1 Fire Damage as the flames rise up the legs of the captain.
Cyndrals thoughts of his father and his people, thoughts of how far he has come cloud his mind, he makes the strike but with these distractions in his head, doesn’t manage to cut into his target.
(Manipulated roll because the damage and CON ST merged, hadn’t put them on separate lines. The CON Save was 10 and so I added the damage afterwards. Tobias will need to make a concentration check)
El draws their longsword, holding it in both hands, and takes a few quick steps in before driving the blade straight at the Bandits' leader, hoping to make use of the group's overwhelming numbers.
El gets a bit of a run up before squeezing in and tries to hit the Bandit Captain. The captain uses reaction - Parry to increase his AC by 2 points. He lifts his scimitar and stops El’s blade from hitting.
Realizing the source of the real threat, Gnarls shifts his focus to the Captain. Risking exposing his back to Bandit 1, Gnarls pivots to his right, slashing across at the Captain, and freeing his 2nd shortsword from it's sheath and attempting to stab up and find an open spot in his foe's armor.
"You are determined." Tobias shakes his head as the leader continues to fight. He looks down at the wounds he has sustained. "NOT today!"The blood slows a bit coming from his injuries as they are cauterized with radiant energy. He then swings his mace again at the highwayman.
With both swords now in his hands, from the low angle, Gnarls sees a gap in the bottom of the captains chest plate, he plunges both swords up, narrowly missing the heart and lungs of the now heavily bleeding leader. He looks over at Tobias as the radiant light begins to heal the half Orc, distracted by the magic, he doesn’t have enough time to avoid the flaming mace that is then thrust upon him, right below his chest.
Bandit 1
Scimitar Attack Against Gnarls: 15 Damage: 2
Seeing Gnarls’ swords entering his leader, the bandit that is stood next to the halfling attempts to strike. Gnarls manages to pull his blades out of the captain just in time to stop the scimitar, holding them to form an X with the scimitar in the middle, the bandit pushes down harder and the tip of the blade just manages to nick Gnarls. Due to Gnarls’ rage, he only takes have of the damage.
Shishakli takes a deep breath and tries to steady himself after his last shot went so far off target, and again aims towards the bandit captain being surrounded by his compatriots.
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Shishakli releases his arrow and it flies towards the captain, sinking into a gap between the metal chest plate and leather arm guards. He lets out a small cry but continues to stand. Tobias’ flames flare once more CON ST 8
He avoids taking 1 Fire Damage.
Badly hurt, the captain looks over at his companion nearest to him and does a forwards dive into the same position before making his way further into the cave, clutching his chest as he moves.
Gnarls runs forwards, changing his target at the last minute. His focus has been on the captain and changing to the other bandit so quickly made him less prepared for the swing. He goes wide with his attack as the bandit begins a muffled laugh beneath his mask.
Round 2
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias, Verim, El
Bandit 1, Bandit 2, Bandit 3
Shishakli
Bandit Captain
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Verim fits in a rage as he runs out from his hiding spot and runs towards B3 at space Q9. Verim readies his sword and shield, his heart beating faster and his light getting brighter.
Hex Weapon - Attack: 20 Damage: 8
”You won’t take me like my dearest!” Verim shouts into the bandits face, glowing globules of spit hit his face.
Bonus Action
Hexblades Curse - Bandit Captain
Verim runs with his newly formed snake hilted sword in front of him, he runs straight for the bandit to his right that has just shot a bolt towards Tobias. While he runs, Verim looks over at the bandit captain and mutters 3 words in Celestial. The captains eyes begin to glow slightly as Verims Hexblade's Curse (Can't find a suitable tooltip) takes hold. Aiming for the bandits throat Verim jabs the blade at his foe, not quite striking his throat but instead piercing his shoulder.
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Round 2
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias, Verim, El
Bandit 1, Bandit 2, Bandit 3 (B)
Shishakli
Bandit Captain
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
El shrugs off the ineffectiveness of their spell, giving Shishakli a wink. "Worth a shot." After seeing Tobias' and Verim's powerful retaliations El feels confident that the group can handle the threat. They jog out to the cave drawing their hand-axes (R15) and with an "Oi! Worm food!" El lobs both axes at the bandit leader.
Attack 1: 14
Damage: 3
Attack 2: 8
Damage: 1
OoC: If throwing from R15 puts Tobias at risk then El will move to Q15 instead.
(OOC - It wouldn’t put Tobias at risk but the captain would have half cover)
El runs forwards, both hand-axes at the ready, they can’t quite get a good enough aim at their target from behind Tobias and so they edge slightly closer before throwing their axes. The first one flies through the air with a slight spin, the axe head glimmering slightly as it moves through the air and manages to hit the captains left arm. The second act does exactly the same, heading for his right arm, the axe over rotates and instead of the sharp edge of the axe hitting, the handle makes contact instead as the axe bumps into him and lands on the floor.
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Bandit 1
Scimitar Attack Against Gnarls: 11 Damage: 5
Bandit 3
Scimitar Attack Against Verim: 22 Damage: 2
Having seen Gnarls run forwards and take a swing at him, the bandit draws his own blade, dropping his crossbow to the floor. He swings at Gnarls who lifts his own sword just in time, there is a moment where both swords are pushing on one another and the bandit stares into the rage filled eyes of the halfling.
In retaliation to a sword being plunged into his arm, the bandit close to Verim also drops his crossbow, switching it out for a curved blade. Rather than aiming high, he instead goes for Verims left leg. He has just enough reach to catch the skin and draw a small bit of blood.
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Round 2
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias, Verim, El
Bandit 1, Bandit 3 (B)
Shishakli
Bandit Captain
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Shishakli moves up just enough to get the best shot possible at A1 and takes another shot with his shortbow at him
Attack: 8 Damage: 5
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Unable to get a good enough shot, Shishakli runs forwards 25ft. Just enough so that he can see the bandit captain between Tobias and the stalagmite. He takes aim and fires, his arrow veers off slightly to the right and hits the large pointed rock formation, shattering on impact.
Bandit Captain
Multiattack
Scimitar Attack Against Tobias: 10 Damage: 7
Scimitar Attack Against Cyndral: 16 Damage: 8
Dagger Attack Against Gnarls : 22 Damage: 7
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Feeling surrounded, the captain grits his teeth and swings at the 3 people stood around him. He swipes at Tobias’ right leg with his scimitar first, spinning in an almost circular motion to then try and hit Cyndral and Gnarls who both manage to jump backwards out of the way.
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Round 3
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias (B), Verim, El
Bandit 1, Bandit 3 (B)
Shishakli
Bandit Captain
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Verim once again strikes forward with his sword, feeling small drops of blood on his leg drip onto the floor and soaking into his robe.
Hex Weapon
Attack: 22 Damage: 4
In Celestial as Verim strikes forward
”Tel co teck”
Verim aims once more for the throat of the man in front of him, this time plunging his blade straight through his gullet. Clutching at the open wound, the bandit falls to the ground, gasping for air.
Round 3
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias (B), Verim, El
Bandit 1, Bandit 3 (B)
Shishakli
Bandit Captain
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
The light fades from Cyndral's eyes as he tightens his grip on his short sword. A hundred lessons at the hand of his father and the brigands who raised him chided in the back of his mind, mocking his slim frame and pointing out that only precision could aid his sword arm, he'd never have the strength for wild whirling swings like this bandit. Timing his strike with his return step, Cyndral comes in a hair's breadth after his dodge, a adder-cold thrust aiming for what he hoped was a gap in the man's ribs.
Short Sword attack: 11 Damage: 5
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Before the Bandit Captain had attacked, Tobis’ Flames licked up CON ST 10
Dealing 1 Fire Damage as the flames rise up the legs of the captain.
Cyndrals thoughts of his father and his people, thoughts of how far he has come cloud his mind, he makes the strike but with these distractions in his head, doesn’t manage to cut into his target.
(Manipulated roll because the damage and CON ST merged, hadn’t put them on separate lines. The CON Save was 10 and so I added the damage afterwards. Tobias will need to make a concentration check)
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
El draws their longsword, holding it in both hands, and takes a few quick steps in before driving the blade straight at the Bandits' leader, hoping to make use of the group's overwhelming numbers.
Attack: 15
Damage: 10
El gets a bit of a run up before squeezing in and tries to hit the Bandit Captain. The captain uses reaction - Parry to increase his AC by 2 points. He lifts his scimitar and stops El’s blade from hitting.
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Round 3
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias (B), Verim, El
Bandit 1
Shishakli
Bandit Captain
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Realizing the source of the real threat, Gnarls shifts his focus to the Captain. Risking exposing his back to Bandit 1, Gnarls pivots to his right, slashing across at the Captain, and freeing his 2nd shortsword from it's sheath and attempting to stab up and find an open spot in his foe's armor.
Main: Attack: 15 Damage: 8
Off: Attack: 23 Damage: 6
ConST 21
"You are determined." Tobias shakes his head as the leader continues to fight. He looks down at the wounds he has sustained. "NOT today!" The blood slows a bit coming from his injuries as they are cauterized with radiant energy. He then swings his mace again at the highwayman.
BA: Healing Word, 6
Attack: 24 Damage: 9
With both swords now in his hands, from the low angle, Gnarls sees a gap in the bottom of the captains chest plate, he plunges both swords up, narrowly missing the heart and lungs of the now heavily bleeding leader. He looks over at Tobias as the radiant light begins to heal the half Orc, distracted by the magic, he doesn’t have enough time to avoid the flaming mace that is then thrust upon him, right below his chest.
Bandit 1
Scimitar Attack Against Gnarls: 15 Damage: 2
Seeing Gnarls’ swords entering his leader, the bandit that is stood next to the halfling attempts to strike. Gnarls manages to pull his blades out of the captain just in time to stop the scimitar, holding them to form an X with the scimitar in the middle, the bandit pushes down harder and the tip of the blade just manages to nick Gnarls. Due to Gnarls’ rage, he only takes have of the damage.
Round 3
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias, Verim, El
Bandit 1
Shishakli
Bandit Captain (B)
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance
Shishakli takes a deep breath and tries to steady himself after his last shot went so far off target, and again aims towards the bandit captain being surrounded by his compatriots.
Attack: 25 Damage: 8
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Shishakli releases his arrow and it flies towards the captain, sinking into a gap between the metal chest plate and leather arm guards. He lets out a small cry but continues to stand. Tobias’ flames flare once more CON ST 8
He avoids taking 1 Fire Damage.
Badly hurt, the captain looks over at his companion nearest to him and does a forwards dive into the same position before making his way further into the cave, clutching his chest as he moves.
Action - Disengage
Movement to M7 via N12
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Round 4
Gnarls, Cyndral, Tobias, Verim, El
Bandit 1
Shishakli
Bandit Captain (B)
Dungeon Master - PBP Lost Mine Of Phandelver (Closed)
Dungeon Master - PBP Out Of The Abyss (Closed)
Dungeon Master - The Chronicles Of Dantia (Home Game)
Forbi & Dorbi - Deep Gnome - Fighter/Rogue - PBP Into The Fire
Vosdred Ironeye - Hill Dwarf - Fighter/Wizard - PBP Game of the Last Chance