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Great! So Vedui, when you see this go ahead and roll initiative to see where you fit in the surprise round, but for the moment, here's the situation.
Dorloran (Red Robe Guy) Began moving toward rat man and asking to take a closer look at him, but before anybody else realizes what's happening, Jormund senses danger and leaps at the man and puts him in a chokehold with his shield arm (normally you can't grapple with both hands occupied, but for a nat 20 I'll make an exception).
Meanwhile, Bryn and Vedui, seeing more red and green-robed figures encircling the group, decided to act and eliminate the threat using the element of surprise. Bryn staggers one of the green figures holding a crossbow with two daggers through the back, and they lurch forward, barely upright.
Meanwhile, for the rest of you, a seemingly calm exchange with an uptight bureaucrat suddenly exploded into chaos with Jormund attacking the red-robed man. Then you hear a cry of pain behind you, and see Bryn and Vedui engaged with 4 combatants who seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
Doloran, arrested by the mailed hand of Jormund, will let out a cry of rage and suddenly, his eyes put out a dark gray mist, and his book transforms into a gray scythe made of smoke and shadow. He takes 2 swings at you Jormund, Attack: 15 Damage: 3 Attack: 18 Damage: 11. Then he cries out in rage and projects a shadow sycthe toward the musician and striks at him with a spiritual weapon. Attack: 21 Damage: 3 He shouts to his men. "Kill them all! No mercy! Let their deaths be a lesson for us all!"
(normally you can't grapple with both hands occupied, but for a nat 20 I'll make an exception).
((ooc that's why Jormund clipped his hammer to his chest, that's where he holsters it normally, all so his right hand would be free to grapple... so he's currently grappling with shield arm and empty, mailed hand.))
Jormund holds the red robe up to present him as a target to the others, pulling him slightly back from the rat man, while at the same time bludgeoning him with his mailed forehead and the fist side of his shield.
Attack unarmed: 18, if it hits Damage:3
If the red robe uses an action to attempt to break grapple, Athletics (STR)6
To the party near the rat man he yells, "Ye've got to hurt him, break his concentration or his spells'll cut ye!"
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Jared
Jared stays calm and collected up until the point of Jormund's action. Jared will draw his Rapier in his right hand and strike at the Dorloran. Hit: 9 If his strike is successful Jared will do 5 points of damage to Dorloran and another 1 of damage from his sneak attack since Jormund is grappling with the Dorloran. As a bonus action Jared will attack with his dagger he draws in his Dagger in his left hand and strikes at the Dorloran. Hit: 21 Doing 5 points of damage to the Dorloran.
(OCC: must be slipping all over the trash heap cause I know I hit nothing! :)
(I cannot explain in-game why Ann wasn't looking for danger while they were traveling, but it is what it is. That's what happens when I'm slower than the game's current pace.)
Ann Initiative:19
Sorry I didn't give enough time to act pertuie. A peek behind the screen, I had asked for passive perception checks from everyone, which I compared to stealth for the bad guys. So you were looking, they were just very sneaky!
(normally you can't grapple with both hands occupied, but for a nat 20 I'll make an exception).
((ooc that's why Jormund clipped his hammer to his chest, that's where he holsters it normally, all so his right hand would be free to grapple... so he's currently grappling with shield arm and empty, mailed hand.))
Awesome! I missed that part, thanks for the clarification!
Approaches one of the crossbowmen with his spear, and will attempt thrust center mass followed by a roundhouse kick.....not saying a word and getting right down to business
Approaches one of the crossbowmen with his spear, and will attempt thrust center mass followed by a roundhouse kick.....not saying a word and getting right down to business
spear 20 Damage: 9
kick Attack: 7 Damage: 6
Vedui, your initiative didn't save. That was a surprise round attack, so you can go again before the enemy does if your initiative is over 7. The crossbowman you attacked is still standing, but badly hurt.
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Rowan jumps, startled by the sudden influx of movement. Jormund is tackling the red-robed man, and there's shouts coming from behind her, and now the man has a weapon? She hears Jormund yell something about breaking the man's concentration and decides to focus on that. Extending her wand in their direction, she releases three streaks of light that arc around the dwarf and strike the robed man.
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Ann is caught completely by surprise the moment she notices they're surrounded. Deciding that she should be worried more about lowering their numbers instead of taking down their leader, Ann looks around for which enemy from those around the group has been hurt.
She jumps from her horse and heads directly towards the weakened enemy she decided to attack. She draws her rapier as she's walking, and with a plunge, she tries to drop them unconscious by not hitting any vital organs.
Ann is caught completely by surprise the moment she notices they're surrounded. Deciding that she should be worried more about lowering their numbers instead of taking down their leader, Ann looks around for which enemy from those around the group has been hurt.
She jumps from her horse and heads directly towards the weakened enemy she decided to attack. She draws her rapier as she's walking, and with a plunge, she tries to drop them unconscious by not hitting any vital organs.
Attack:18Damage:7 Piercing
Ann, so you are going after the wounded crossbowman?
Ann, so you are going after the wounded crossbowman?
(That's exactly the plan. Now, there are 2 of them that were harmed. One by Vedui and one by Bryn. I guess Ann would go for the closest one of the two.)
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PC round 1.
Bryn in a flurry of blood and steel tears one of the green-robed assassin's into ribbons, then closes with one of the other combatants dressed in red.
Vedui nearly guts another crossbowman whom Ann then disables with a surgical strike, knocking both crossbowmen out of the flight early.
Jared tries to help his ally Jormund deal with the red-robed man in his grasp, but both miss their mark.
However, with arcane grace, Rowan weaves magical darts into existence and flings them through the chest of the enemy leader.
Quinry, driven by the lust for battle and finally armed with his trusty blade, will let loose a battle cry and close with the 2nd red-robed monk, dealing him a devastating blow. (If you intended to attack the leader, let me know)
End PC round 1
Begin NPC round 1
Still struggling against the weight of Jormund's steel grasp, Doloranwill curse and say "This town is full of crooked merchants and would be heros! Why did you bumbling fools have to interfere with our lovely experiment? Now you'll pay! will strike out at Jormund once more Attack: 20 Damage: 9 and also swipe at Jared with this sycthe to drive him back. Attack: 23 Damage: 5. Then he'll focus the attack of his spiritual weapon on the musician Attack: 17 Damage: 4.
After wild misses against Jormund and Jared, the spectral scythe projected at the musician finds its target, and strikes clean through his belly, dropping him to the ground. Despite the sounds of deadly struggle you still notice end of the lively pipe music, and see the instrument fall limply from his hands. Almost immediately, you sense a change in the demeanor of the rat swarm, as if they had been awoken from a trance. You get the sense that these once peaceful rats are peaceful no more, as they begin to chitter and scratch in irritation and growing frenzy.
Red-Mook 1:Attacks Bryn, the nearest enemy. You notice that she carries no weapons, but instead uses her fists to strike with lightning speed. Attack 1: 8 Damage: 4
Attack 2: 12 Damage: 5
Red-Mook 2:Attacks Quinry in a desperate defense Attack 1: 9 Damage: 7
Attack 2: 14 Damage: 5
Rats: No actions his turn, but growing in irritation
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Jared
Jared slips and stumbles here and there. "Blasted boots." he exclaims as an excuse for his missing a held man and strikes out again. Rapier: 18 Doing 9 points of damage if his Rapier hits its mark.
Jared will also strike with his dagger, 17, doing 4 points of damage if it hits.
Use the commando attack where Bryn takes care of Crossbow 1 and Vedui takes care of Crossbow 2.
Oriovar - Wood Elf Cleric (1) - Sword Coast Campaign
Roy Quigley - Human Artificer (1) - Karrion's Spelljammer Academy Starboard
Great! So Vedui, when you see this go ahead and roll initiative to see where you fit in the surprise round, but for the moment, here's the situation.
Dorloran (Red Robe Guy) Began moving toward rat man and asking to take a closer look at him, but before anybody else realizes what's happening, Jormund senses danger and leaps at the man and puts him in a chokehold with his shield arm (normally you can't grapple with both hands occupied, but for a nat 20 I'll make an exception).
Meanwhile, Bryn and Vedui, seeing more red and green-robed figures encircling the group, decided to act and eliminate the threat using the element of surprise. Bryn staggers one of the green figures holding a crossbow with two daggers through the back, and they lurch forward, barely upright.
Meanwhile, for the rest of you, a seemingly calm exchange with an uptight bureaucrat suddenly exploded into chaos with Jormund attacking the red-robed man. Then you hear a cry of pain behind you, and see Bryn and Vedui engaged with 4 combatants who seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
Doloran, arrested by the mailed hand of Jormund, will let out a cry of rage and suddenly, his eyes put out a dark gray mist, and his book transforms into a gray scythe made of smoke and shadow. He takes 2 swings at you Jormund, Attack: 15 Damage: 3 Attack: 18 Damage: 11. Then he cries out in rage and projects a shadow sycthe toward the musician and striks at him with a spiritual weapon. Attack: 21 Damage: 3 He shouts to his men. "Kill them all! No mercy! Let their deaths be a lesson for us all!"
Map Concept:
Carrion Hill Approach
Damage Talley:
Rat Man: 14 + 1 + 6 = 21
Quinry : 2
Crossbowmen 1: 10
End Surprise Round. (Vedui may add an attack to the surprise round if he wishes)
Begin Round 1.a PCs. (Everyone above initiative 7, including Jormund Bryn and Vedui.)
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
(Assuming Vedui is taking care of Crossbow 2)
If Crossbow 1 is dead or no longer a threat to the group Bryn dashes to attack the nearest red robed guest Otherwise he finishes off Crossbow 1.
Dagger 1 Attack: 16 Damage: 5
Dagger 2 Attack: 15 Damage: 4
Oriovar - Wood Elf Cleric (1) - Sword Coast Campaign
Roy Quigley - Human Artificer (1) - Karrion's Spelljammer Academy Starboard
Jormund
((ooc that's why Jormund clipped his hammer to his chest, that's where he holsters it normally, all so his right hand would be free to grapple... so he's currently grappling with shield arm and empty, mailed hand.))
Jormund holds the red robe up to present him as a target to the others, pulling him slightly back from the rat man, while at the same time bludgeoning him with his mailed forehead and the fist side of his shield.
Attack unarmed: 18, if it hits Damage: 3
If the red robe uses an action to attempt to break grapple, Athletics (STR) 6
To the party near the rat man he yells, "Ye've got to hurt him, break his concentration or his spells'll cut ye!"
Jormund Edgebeveller in Amphail Adventures
Jared
Jared stays calm and collected up until the point of Jormund's action. Jared will draw his Rapier in his right hand and strike at the Dorloran.
Hit: 9
If his strike is successful Jared will do 5 points of damage to Dorloran and another 1 of damage from his sneak attack since Jormund is grappling with the Dorloran.
As a bonus action Jared will attack with his dagger he draws in his Dagger in his left hand and strikes at the Dorloran.
Hit: 21
Doing 5 points of damage to the Dorloran.
(OCC: must be slipping all over the trash heap cause I know I hit nothing! :)
Sorry I didn't give enough time to act pertuie. A peek behind the screen, I had asked for passive perception checks from everyone, which I compared to stealth for the bad guys. So you were looking, they were just very sneaky!
Awesome! I missed that part, thanks for the clarification!
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
Crossbow 1 is down with the second hit. Do you want to close with the next red robe even without an attack this round?
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
Yes, as I’m betting their focus is not on Bryn or Vedui and Bryn can do another commando attack.
Oriovar - Wood Elf Cleric (1) - Sword Coast Campaign
Roy Quigley - Human Artificer (1) - Karrion's Spelljammer Academy Starboard
That's fine. They do know you're there because their buddy shouted out before your second round of attacks however, so no advantage
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
Vedui
initiative
Approaches one of the crossbowmen with his spear, and will attempt thrust center mass followed by a roundhouse kick.....not saying a word and getting right down to business
spear 20 Damage: 9
kick Attack: 7 Damage: 6
Vedui, your initiative didn't save. That was a surprise round attack, so you can go again before the enemy does if your initiative is over 7. The crossbowman you attacked is still standing, but badly hurt.
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
Rowan jumps, startled by the sudden influx of movement. Jormund is tackling the red-robed man, and there's shouts coming from behind her, and now the man has a weapon? She hears Jormund yell something about breaking the man's concentration and decides to focus on that. Extending her wand in their direction, she releases three streaks of light that arc around the dwarf and strike the robed man.
(Magic missile for 13 damage)
Meanwhile, Enya is clinging to Jormund's back for dear life...
Iris - Tiefling Cleric | Cassandra - Elf Warlock | Solace - Tiefling Monk | Tempest - Hexblood Monk | Lex - Fire Genasi Barbarian
Lilyn - Triton Ranger | Candor - Changeling Bard | Echo - Changeling Warlock/Bard | Rowan - Fairy Wizard
Ann is caught completely by surprise the moment she notices they're surrounded. Deciding that she should be worried more about lowering their numbers instead of taking down their leader, Ann looks around for which enemy from those around the group has been hurt.
She jumps from her horse and heads directly towards the weakened enemy she decided to attack. She draws her rapier as she's walking, and with a plunge, she tries to drop them unconscious by not hitting any vital organs.
Attack: 18 Damage: 7 Piercing
(She/Her)
Velmine - Tiefling, Rogue (9), Swashbuckler - Dead in Thay
Riris Swiftwhistle - Halfling, Bard (4), College of Swords - Lost Mines of Phandelver
Rellahne Vanderboren - Half-Elf, Wizard (4), School of Abjuration - The Shackled City
Ann Hidrizo - Human, Fighter (2) - Amphail Adventures
Sha - Firbolg, Cleric (3), Twilight Domain - Hunt for the Wish Dragon
initiative: 14 ((sorry for the wait!)
I am an average mathematics enjoyer.
>Extended Signature<
Ann, so you are going after the wounded crossbowman?
Not a problem, feel free to take a turn!
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
(That's exactly the plan. Now, there are 2 of them that were harmed. One by Vedui and one by Bryn. I guess Ann would go for the closest one of the two.)
(She/Her)
Velmine - Tiefling, Rogue (9), Swashbuckler - Dead in Thay
Riris Swiftwhistle - Halfling, Bard (4), College of Swords - Lost Mines of Phandelver
Rellahne Vanderboren - Half-Elf, Wizard (4), School of Abjuration - The Shackled City
Ann Hidrizo - Human, Fighter (2) - Amphail Adventures
Sha - Firbolg, Cleric (3), Twilight Domain - Hunt for the Wish Dragon
Quinrt enters rage, than charges into melee, slashing upwards with his scimitar
Attack: 22 Damage: 8
(I'm rolling amazing this campaign so far :) )
I am an average mathematics enjoyer.
>Extended Signature<
Melee with the leader, or one of the other baddies?
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
PC round 1.
Bryn in a flurry of blood and steel tears one of the green-robed assassin's into ribbons, then closes with one of the other combatants dressed in red.
Vedui nearly guts another crossbowman whom Ann then disables with a surgical strike, knocking both crossbowmen out of the flight early.
Jared tries to help his ally Jormund deal with the red-robed man in his grasp, but both miss their mark.
However, with arcane grace, Rowan weaves magical darts into existence and flings them through the chest of the enemy leader.
Quinry, driven by the lust for battle and finally armed with his trusty blade, will let loose a battle cry and close with the 2nd red-robed monk, dealing him a devastating blow. (If you intended to attack the leader, let me know)
End PC round 1
Begin NPC round 1
Still struggling against the weight of Jormund's steel grasp, Doloran will curse and say "This town is full of crooked merchants and would be heros! Why did you bumbling fools have to interfere with our lovely experiment? Now you'll pay! will strike out at Jormund once more Attack: 20 Damage: 9 and also swipe at Jared with this sycthe to drive him back. Attack: 23 Damage: 5. Then he'll focus the attack of his spiritual weapon on the musician Attack: 17 Damage: 4.
After wild misses against Jormund and Jared, the spectral scythe projected at the musician finds its target, and strikes clean through his belly, dropping him to the ground. Despite the sounds of deadly struggle you still notice end of the lively pipe music, and see the instrument fall limply from his hands. Almost immediately, you sense a change in the demeanor of the rat swarm, as if they had been awoken from a trance. You get the sense that these once peaceful rats are peaceful no more, as they begin to chitter and scratch in irritation and growing frenzy.
Red-Mook 1: Attacks Bryn, the nearest enemy. You notice that she carries no weapons, but instead uses her fists to strike with lightning speed. Attack 1: 8 Damage: 4
Attack 2: 12 Damage: 5
Red-Mook 2: Attacks Quinry in a desperate defense Attack 1: 9 Damage: 7
Attack 2: 14 Damage: 5
Rats: No actions his turn, but growing in irritation
Rat/Man: Down, death save 17
Damage Talley:
Crossbowmen 1 & 2 : Unconcious or dead.
Rat Man: Unconcious.
Rat Swarms 1-4: 0
Red Mook 2 : 12
Red Mook 1 : 0
Doloran: 9
Quniry : 2 +
53 = 5End NPC round 1
Begin PC round 2
Lenalia BrightSong Bard Sorcerer in Coliseum of Conquest
DM For Amphail Adventures
Jared
Jared slips and stumbles here and there. "Blasted boots." he exclaims as an excuse for his missing a held man and strikes out again.
Rapier: 18
Doing 9 points of damage if his Rapier hits its mark.
Jared will also strike with his dagger, 17, doing 4 points of damage if it hits.