((Gramps is up first! Can I give each of you an NPC to make decisions for? I can handle the rolling and such if you like, but input on tactics would be welcome. I'll try to get a map mockup, but clump of skitterers and the serpent have passed, robed one is surrounded by skitterers in the back.))

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12
Bryn: 8
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2

((BB will take the Robed One. He will immediately blast his comrades.

Otherwise, BB will take Larry. Larry, if I recall correctly, is helping gang up on the Serpent thing.))

Gramps,on Black, moves forward and immediately casts Tasha's caustic brew on as many enemies as possible (30ft line 5ft wide) DC16 dex save. Covered in acid on fail 6d4 dmg on start of turn. Ordering Red to fire from afar.

Red's attack: to hit 9; nvm^^

((Oh, BB's taking the robed one?  Alright, Bolt will head for the swarm, then))

Bolt runs for the middle-ground, aiming to position herself between the swarm and the robed one.  From there, she exhales a bolt of lightning into the crowd.

Breath Weapon (30' line, DC13 dex save, half damage on success): 17

((I'm not against each of us taking a second character to lessen your work, though I don't really know anything about the NPCs))

((Nah, BB is after the skitters. The Robed one bit was a joke about me taking over the Robed one npc. Wasn't a great joke, sorry for the confusion.))

Larry moves in and engages the Robed one, if possible.

((Larry is a monk, right? Can he step of wind into melee?))

((I clearly ran out of time to get this mapped up, so rather than delay until I do, we'll theater of the mind it in the meantime... Gramps is prioritizing as many as possible, is he wanting to make sure to hit either of the non-skitterers in that? He won't be able to get both, but will be able to hit either the serpent or robed one and at least 4 skitterers. With Larry's monk stuff, and coming down off a hill, I'd say Larry can leap over the perimeter of skitterers to engage the robed one directly. As far as the NPCs, Larry is Draconic Disciple Monk5/WM Sorcerer2, Keller is Soulknife Rogue 4, WM Sorcerer 4, and Bryn I think may have been Assassin Rogue 4, WM Sorcerer 4, but if you don't want to go any deeper than prioritizing target's that's fine.))

((Lets say serpent and 4 skitterers for gramps.))

Black leaps over the low wall, Grandpa on their back as the elder of the company hurls a long stream of acid at the long serpentine creature and the skitterers that surround it.

Serpent DEX: 6
Skitterer: 19
Skitterer: 18
Skitterer: 12
Skitterer: 11

Larry follows suit, but leaping over the low wall and powering towards the robed one and its skittering attendants, leaping high and landing, as he does, unleashing a flaming punch that bursts forward, flames sweeping over the crowd.

((One Unarmed Strike, exchanging the second from extra attack to do Breath of the Dragon and unleash a cone of flame.))

Attack: 13 Damage: 10

Robed One DEX: 5
Skitterer: 7
Skitterer: 7
Skitterer: 17
Skitterer: 19

Take 8 fire on a fail, DC 13, half on success.

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12
Bryn: 8
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2

Up close, the babbling shrieks of the skitterers give Larry a bit of pause... 

((Disadvantage on strike: 22 to hit))

But he still connects.

The serpent thing and one of the skitterers are covered in acid, the others avoiding it, while the Robed one and one of the skitterers near it are wreathed in flames, the others only licked by them.

((Grandpa upcast for 6d4 acid? Go ahead and roll that, Serpent will go ahead, since that won't be enough to kill it.))

The serpent like creature,  having been hit by Grandpa's acid, shifts its attention to him.... literally. It becomes amorphous, and a pair of heads emerge from the back end while the original head becomes tail like. The mouths of both heads open, and hooked tongues lash out, one at Grandpa, one at Black.

Tongue attack on Grandpa: 26 to hit
Tongue attack on Black: 26 to hit

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12 <-------<<
Bryn: 8
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7 (-22)
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2 (-10/-5/-5/-5/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? || ?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? )

Or it would... if it wasn't surprised... Grandpa catches a glimpse of a possible future that would have resulted in him and Black being dragged down the slope to be gnawed upon. He shivers slightly.

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12
Bryn: 8 <-------<<
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7 (-22)
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2 (-10/-5/-5/-5/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? || ?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? )

Quote from Spiderwrangler >>

 

((Grandpa upcast for 6d4 acid? Go ahead and roll that, Serpent will go ahead, since that won't be enough to kill it.))

 

Rolled: 10dmg

((Not sure what Bryn can do, bit difficult without the sheet))

Keller: Attacks with his psychic blades from where he is

Attack: 21 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

BA: Attack: 26 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Sneak on first hit: 5

Quote from Secretfool >>

((Not sure what Bryn can do, bit difficult without the sheet))

Keller: Attacks with his psychic blades from where he is

Attack: 22 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

BA: Attack: 17 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Sneak on first hit: 11

 dmg rolled on sheet: 5+5=10 and 2+5=7

((Agreed. Not sure how I want to handle not having the sheet, may just build a simplified sheet and more fully shift him to an NPC. Who do you want Keller to attack? Someone can pick targets for Bryn too, think he alternated between spells and crossbow?))

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12 (-10 adided)
Bryn: 8 <-------<<
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7 (-22)
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2 (-10/-5/-5/-5/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? || -10 acided/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? )

Quote from Spiderwrangler >>

((Agreed. Not sure how I want to handle not having the sheet, may just build a simplified sheet and more fully shift him to an NPC. Who do you want Keller to attack? Someone can pick targets for Bryn too, think he alternated between spells and crossbow?))

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12 (-10 adided)
Bryn: 8 <-------<<
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7 (-22)
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2 (-10/-5/-5/-5/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? || -10 acided/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? )

 Whoops sorry let's go for Robed One. And Bryn on Skitterers

Keller hurls a flurry of psionic blades at the robed one, the blades slicing deeply.

Bryn draws down with his crossbow on one of the uninjured skitterers, taking advantage of their confusion.

Attack: 25 Damage: 9

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12 (-10 adided)
Bryn: 8 <-------<<
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7 (-50)
BB: 5
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2 (-10/-5/-5/-5/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? || -10 acided/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? )

((Also does 4d6 sneak attack damage on the crit, so that's plenty to kill one outright.))

Gramps: 18
Larry: 12
Serpent Thing: 12 (-10 adided)
Bryn: 8 
Keller: 8
Robed One: 7 (-50)
BB: 5<-------<<
Bolt: 2
Skitterers: 2 (-10/-5/-5/-5/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? || -10 acided/?/X/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/?/? )

BB charges in with a roar and explodes with magic to make a wave of thunder, trying to hit the most skitters/robed guy/snake guy.

Thunder damage: 15 (dc 12 con save)

He will then action surge and use the maul to slam the nearest skitters.

Attack 1: 14 to hit Damage: 11

Attack 2: 11 to hit Damage: 4

((Larry is in melee with Robes, so able to get a cleaner shot at the serpent thing and its skitterers... and help Gramps out by taking some of the heat off. :P ))

BB charges in with a blast and smashes.

Serpent Thing CON: 16
Skit CONs: 12, 6, 2, 3