Fargoth waits until one of the heavily armoured orogs comes into view, and aims for an exposed bit of flesh, before moving further round the central rock, in order to hide from as many of their foes as possible (about half three if the room is a clock).
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Brevig meets the half-ogre's advance on the stairway, divine runes spinning protectively around him in a shimmering shield, and shouting over his shoulder, "Donir, I sometimes believe it easier to lead an army than to fight in a small team..." The paladin twists and smashes the ogre's axe up and away with his kite shield, then lunges closer, entangling its leading hamstring with his morning star and pulling back to knock it off balance and rip its flesh with the sharp edges.
Movement: until face-to face with half-ogre if not already.
Attack action / Attack #1: morning star 15 damage11
If this is a miss, use one luck die to re-roll to attack: 12
If this is a hit, then divine smite 2nd level (additional damage): 19
"For example," the assimar continues, catching Donir's eye for a brief second, "didn't I say we should be concerned about secret doors and allowing ourselves to be surrounded?" Brevig's second attack feints up into the half-ogre's face, then with massive force the paladin's shield slams down onto the monster's same wounded leg, followed by another morning star strike to its weapon arm.
Attack action / Attack #2: morning star 9 damage5
If this is a miss, use one luck die to re-roll to attack: 18
If this is a hit, then divine smite 2nd level (additional damage): 8
"Of course, there are benefits to the current plan too."
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Gwin surveys the scene, yelling out to the party, It looks like you're doing just fine without my blessing and my trigger finger is getting itchy. Turning her attention to the stone column she calls out to Patrin, Hullooooo, my warlock friend! It looks like your dance card is a little full. Mind if I cut in?
Gwin raises a hand as sparks crackle from her finger tips. Seek your target fast and true the wee cleric utters as streaks of lightning fire in the direction of Orc 6.
Patrin's mixed blast of flame and radiance overwhelms the two orcs and leaves the half-ogre reeling. The giant obstinately continues to lumber forward, apparently seeking out Donir. A moment later Patrin finds himself alone atop the column of granite, for Gwin's spell has slain the orc who dared to take the higher ground.
Fargoth's arrow bites deep into one of the rushing orogs (1), andDonir's flaming fist punishes the other (2).
Meanwhile on the stairwell, Brevig's morningstar and shield bring a quick end to the first half-ogre.
Round 2 concludes
The secret passageway seems to be the main route of attack for the Hi-Thoror. Three additional orogs rush into the room, and they are followed by another orc--a female wielding no weapon, only eerily long claws. She glares at Patrin, muttering the words to an incantation. A moment later the room is filled with light and energy as the orc sends her own guiding bolt at the dragonborn...
As the Orogs' weapons glide off of his armour, not even leaving a scratch, Donir does not relent, launching an additional flame-powered punch while his homunculus provides covering fire.
Attack: 29 Damage: 12
Green-Flame Blade: 12
Homunculus Attack: 22 Damage: 5
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"I suppose you're right, Donir," shouts Brevig over his shoulder as he looks up the stairs at the approaching half-ogre. He doesn't spare the orc beside him a glance, loosening up his shoulders a bit and his morning star rips in a wide arc to his right,
...smashing the orc into a spin directly in front of him, then backhanding it into the wall where celestial fire glows outward from the orc's solar plexus, exploding from its open mouth and eyes. Brevig's eyes have been locked with the half-ogre's throughout this exchange. The aasimar beckons the creature closer with one curled finger.
The orog's dismay at its failure to strike Donir is short-lived, for the artificer's next blow causes the orog to collapse, lifeless, on the floor. Donir's homunculus, therefore, directs and lands its attack at the remaining orog threat.
Brevig dispatches the lone orc on the stairs and turns his focus upon the approaching half-ogre.
(Orog 2 has been slain. Orc 9 has been slain. Orog 1 is wounded. Half-ogre 2 is seriously wounded. All other foes are unharmed. Actions for Patrin, Fargoth, and Gwin remain)
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Fargoth again waits for another orog (3) to lumber into view, loosing his arrow the moment its ugly face presents itself, before retreating close to Donir's position. He nods in response to Patrin's cry, but says nothing in reply, not really being one for quips mid-battle.
Attack: 27 Damage: 27
Moving to about 7 o'clock, to the join of the room and the corridor. Assuming stealth isn't really an option at this point.
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Gwin hears Patrin's alert and she scrambles atop the stone to get a better view. Espying the spellcasting monster, Gwin once again raises a hand with fingers sparking. As she utters the same incantation as before, flashes of light streak toward the female orc.
As soon as the last sparks of light fizzle from the clerics fingers, Gwin immediately utters a quick prayer, palms upraised to the sky, Blade of Tyr, steady and true, find your mark and pierce it through. A momentary sound, like the clashing of steel, rings throughout the room while a sword magically appears mid-air above Orog 4's head. Gwin raises her right fist as if holding the weapon in place and then, with a snap of her fingers, Tyr's sword plunges downward toward the creature's skull.
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The female orc is struck three times in quick succession by Patrinand Gwin; the damage of the attacks is severe but insufficient to remove her from the battle. Gwin's spectral blade gashes one of the orogs (4) as it continues its mad rush into the battle, and Fargoth drops another enemy (orog 1) with a well-placed arrow.
Round 3 concludes
The Hi-Thoror continue to flood the room. Brevigspies two more orcs (15, 16) at the top of the stairwell, and through the secret door comes an orc (14) and two additional orogs (6,7). The female orc barks a few commands, causing three orogs to clamber atop the column of granite and the half-ogre (2) to retreat. She then disappears into the darkness of the secret passageway.
On the stairway, the half-ogre grins and swings at the paladin...
Greataxe attack: 18 | 13 slashing damage, if successful
Atop the granite in the center of the room, three orog axes slice through the air, two toward the dragonborn and one at the cleric...
Greataxe attack 1 (orog 4): 20 | 8 slashing damage to Patrin, if successful
Greataxe attack 2 (orog 4): 17 | 12 slashing damage to Patrin, if successful
Greataxe attack 1 (orog 5): 11 | 14 slashing damage to Patrin, if successful
Greataxe attack 2 (orog 5): 9 | 11 slashing damage to Patrin, if successful
Greataxe attack 1 (orog 3): 10 | 13 slashing damage to Gwin, if successful
Greataxe attack 2 (orog 3): 9 | 15 slashing damage to Gwin, if successful
On the floor of the main room, two orogs and and an orc rush toward Donir and Fargoth...
(All players may act, in any order. The female orc is wounded but left the battle. Half-ogre 2 is severely wounded but retreating. Orog 4 is slightly wounded. Gwin's spiritual weapon is marked with the white circle)
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Patrin unleashes his silver and gold blasts against the badly injured half-ogre before it can escape...
Attack: 24 Damage: 12
Attack: 18 Damage: 9
Following this, he quickly places a hand on the worst of his injuries, and the gentler side of his divine powers is evidenced as his wounds begin to heal as a gentle golden glow envelops him.
Breviggets to work. He leaps up, repelling off the stairway wall, and whipping his morning star toward the creature's neck, lands the spiked spheres and drags the beast down as the paladin lands heavily. The aasimar deflects the creature's great axe blow easily on his shield, then whips the morning star down again over and behind the creature's other shoulder, raking the sharp points back toward him with a firm tug and rotating his opponent off-balance as the Watcher's divine runes continue to spin defensively around him.
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Donir begins charging the orogs and the orc, winding his timepiece as he does. Suddenly, he begins to move much quicker, and while his short legs would ordinarily be unable to carry him all the way, he moves with such celerity that he has to skid to a stop to avoid barreling right through them. He strikes out with another flame-powered punch, hitting an orog and letting the flame leap to the orc. His homunculus fires a bolt of force at the orc as well, hopefully taking it down.
(Casting haste, moving with double speed at orcs, and using extra action to punch. I believe this should work to give me the additional action in the turn I cast the spell, let me know if I'm wrong.)
Attack: 14 Damage: 10
Fire Damage: 12
Homunculus Attack: 25 Damage: 7
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"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
The half-ogre's retreat falls short by a few feet as Patrin's spell drops the giant as it enters the secret passageway. From the stairway, the other half-ogre looses a deafening growl as Brevig's morningstar tears into the monster's flesh. Donir's fist smashes into the orog (6), while the nearby orc (14) is met with both fire and force.
(Actions for Gwinand Fargoth remain. Orogs 4 and 6 are wounded. Orc 14 is seriously wounded. Half-ogre 2 is slain. Half-ogre 3 is severely wounded.)
Gwin feels Orog 3's greataxe cut into her flesh and barely avoids the second slash. Eyes blazing she lets out a brief yelp.
Turning to her attacker, the air is filled with the sound of a deep, clanging bell. With three brief flicks of her wrist toward Orog 3 Gwin unleashes her spell:
Toll the Dead DC WIS 16. If successful, necrotic damage 24
Seeing Patrin surrounded the cleric shouts out to him, I've got your back! With her upraised fist propelling Tyr's sword, Gwin unleashes it's holy fury onto Orog 4.
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Fargoth circles the room away from Donir, and takes aim at the orog locked in battle with Gwin (3), firing when he gets a clear shot. He then presses himself against the wall, hoping that his cloak will mask his presence from those in the vicinity
The orog (3), already weakened and unsteadied by the cleric's necromancy, tumbles violently off the granite column after the rogue's arrow deals the death blow. Nearby, Gwin's spiritual weapon slices orog 4 for a second time, and Fargothseemingly vanishes into the shadows.
Round 4 concludes
On the stairs, Brevig continues his single-handed assault, but two more foes have closed in on the paladin...
Greataxe attack (half-ogre): 17 | 10 slashing damage, if successful
In the main room, the female orc again appears. She is not alone, however; a massive orc is with her. Donning adamantine chain mail and wielding a shield in one hand and a peculiarly-shaped shortsword in his right, the brute strides into the room and emits an eerie battle cry. You have little doubt that this is Kridash, feared war chief of the Hi-Thoror and wielder of Dhamab.
The Hi-Thoror near Kridash immediately throw themselves into battle with greater zeal and ferocity. The two orogs atop the granite column swing away at Patrin...
NOTE: The war chief's battle cry eliminates the disadvantage on their attacks
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'I'll want this half-ogre out of the way,'thinks Brevig, and focuses on the brute, rushing it with his shield and coming in low at its right calf with his morning star, then pulling back and, with a quick tight arc, directing a second blow at its head.
Morning star Attacks
#1 26 / damage 11
#1 17 / damage 8
He pulls on divine power which discharges as his morning star makes contact, overwhelming the creature's dark soul.
Uses one luck die to reroll the miss: 10
And a 1st-level Divine Smite to hopefully finish it off: 12 additional damage to one of the attacks which hits
Fargoth waits until one of the heavily armoured orogs comes into view, and aims for an exposed bit of flesh, before moving further round the central rock, in order to hide from as many of their foes as possible (about half three if the room is a clock).
Attack: 24
Damage: 22
Stealth: 26
Brevig meets the half-ogre's advance on the stairway, divine runes spinning protectively around him in a shimmering shield, and shouting over his shoulder, "Donir, I sometimes believe it easier to lead an army than to fight in a small team..." The paladin twists and smashes the ogre's axe up and away with his kite shield, then lunges closer, entangling its leading hamstring with his morning star and pulling back to knock it off balance and rip its flesh with the sharp edges.
Status: continue concentration on shield of faith
Movement: until face-to face with half-ogre if not already.
Attack action / Attack #1: morning star 15 damage11
If this is a miss, use one luck die to re-roll to attack: 12
If this is a hit, then divine smite 2nd level (additional damage): 19
"For example," the assimar continues, catching Donir's eye for a brief second, "didn't I say we should be concerned about secret doors and allowing ourselves to be surrounded?" Brevig's second attack feints up into the half-ogre's face, then with massive force the paladin's shield slams down onto the monster's same wounded leg, followed by another morning star strike to its weapon arm.
Attack action / Attack #2: morning star 9 damage5
If this is a miss, use one luck die to re-roll to attack: 18
If this is a hit, then divine smite 2nd level (additional damage): 8
"Of course, there are benefits to the current plan too."
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"Feh, secret doors or not, I'd say we're doing quite well, yes?"
Donir rushes the Orogs, striking at one with a burning fist, which explodes in a burst of searing flame upon impact.
Attack: 24 Damage: 10
Green-Flame Blade: 12
Homunculus Attack: 25 Damage: 8
"In fact, they've really only saved my little legs the trouble of walking over to them!"
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
Gwin surveys the scene, yelling out to the party, It looks like you're doing just fine without my blessing and my trigger finger is getting itchy. Turning her attention to the stone column she calls out to Patrin, Hullooooo, my warlock friend! It looks like your dance card is a little full. Mind if I cut in?
Gwin raises a hand as sparks crackle from her finger tips. Seek your target fast and true the wee cleric utters as streaks of lightning fire in the direction of Orc 6.
Guiding Bolt: 11 If successful, radiant damage: 19
‘The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.’ - Buffy Summers
DC 17 DEX saves vs Patrin's Flame Strike
Patrin's mixed blast of flame and radiance overwhelms the two orcs and leaves the half-ogre reeling. The giant obstinately continues to lumber forward, apparently seeking out Donir. A moment later Patrin finds himself alone atop the column of granite, for Gwin's spell has slain the orc who dared to take the higher ground.
Fargoth's arrow bites deep into one of the rushing orogs (1), and Donir's flaming fist punishes the other (2).
Meanwhile on the stairwell, Brevig's morningstar and shield bring a quick end to the first half-ogre.
Round 2 concludes
The secret passageway seems to be the main route of attack for the Hi-Thoror. Three additional orogs rush into the room, and they are followed by another orc--a female wielding no weapon, only eerily long claws. She glares at Patrin, muttering the words to an incantation. A moment later the room is filled with light and energy as the orc sends her own guiding bolt at the dragonborn...
The first two orogs (1 and 2) to enter the room have finally reached an enemy; they swing mercilessly at Donir...
And on the stairs, a lone orc swings its greataxe at Brevig...
Melee attack: 24 | 10 slashing damage, if successful
(All players may act in any order. Gwin's blessing is no longer in effect)
As the Orogs' weapons glide off of his armour, not even leaving a scratch, Donir does not relent, launching an additional flame-powered punch while his homunculus provides covering fire.
Attack: 29 Damage: 12
Green-Flame Blade: 12
Homunculus Attack: 22 Damage: 5
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
"I suppose you're right, Donir," shouts Brevig over his shoulder as he looks up the stairs at the approaching half-ogre. He doesn't spare the orc beside him a glance, loosening up his shoulders a bit and his morning star rips in a wide arc to his right,
Attack Action / Attack #1: 18 / 6 damage
Attack #2 Attack Action / Attack #1: 25 / 8 damage
"...They're almost defeated already."
Added Divine Smite 1st level damage: 7
...smashing the orc into a spin directly in front of him, then backhanding it into the wall where celestial fire glows outward from the orc's solar plexus, exploding from its open mouth and eyes. Brevig's eyes have been locked with the half-ogre's throughout this exchange. The aasimar beckons the creature closer with one curled finger.
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The orog's dismay at its failure to strike Donir is short-lived, for the artificer's next blow causes the orog to collapse, lifeless, on the floor. Donir's homunculus, therefore, directs and lands its attack at the remaining orog threat.
Brevig dispatches the lone orc on the stairs and turns his focus upon the approaching half-ogre.
(Orog 2 has been slain. Orc 9 has been slain. Orog 1 is wounded. Half-ogre 2 is seriously wounded. All other foes are unharmed. Actions for Patrin, Fargoth, and Gwin remain)
Recognising the greater threat, Patrin returns the female orc’s ranged fire with two gold and silver coruscating bolts of force...
’They have a caster!’ he shouts to warn the rest of the group..
2 Eldritch Blasts, dealing force damage...
Attack: 28 Damage: 10
Attack: 23 Damage: 14
Fargoth again waits for another orog (3) to lumber into view, loosing his arrow the moment its ugly face presents itself, before retreating close to Donir's position. He nods in response to Patrin's cry, but says nothing in reply, not really being one for quips mid-battle.
Attack: 27
Damage: 27
Moving to about 7 o'clock, to the join of the room and the corridor. Assuming stealth isn't really an option at this point.
Gwin hears Patrin's alert and she scrambles atop the stone to get a better view. Espying the spellcasting monster, Gwin once again raises a hand with fingers sparking. As she utters the same incantation as before, flashes of light streak toward the female orc.
Guiding Bolt: 25 If successful, radiant damage: 18
As soon as the last sparks of light fizzle from the clerics fingers, Gwin immediately utters a quick prayer, palms upraised to the sky, Blade of Tyr, steady and true, find your mark and pierce it through. A momentary sound, like the clashing of steel, rings throughout the room while a sword magically appears mid-air above Orog 4's head. Gwin raises her right fist as if holding the weapon in place and then, with a snap of her fingers, Tyr's sword plunges downward toward the creature's skull.
Spiritual Weapon: 21 If successful, force damage: 9
(@DM: My spiritual weapon damage should be 8, not 12. See my post in OOC thread.)
‘The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.’ - Buffy Summers
The female orc is struck three times in quick succession by Patrin and Gwin; the damage of the attacks is severe but insufficient to remove her from the battle. Gwin's spectral blade gashes one of the orogs (4) as it continues its mad rush into the battle, and Fargoth drops another enemy (orog 1) with a well-placed arrow.
Round 3 concludes
The Hi-Thoror continue to flood the room. Brevig spies two more orcs (15, 16) at the top of the stairwell, and through the secret door comes an orc (14) and two additional orogs (6,7). The female orc barks a few commands, causing three orogs to clamber atop the column of granite and the half-ogre (2) to retreat. She then disappears into the darkness of the secret passageway.
On the stairway, the half-ogre grins and swings at the paladin...
Atop the granite in the center of the room, three orog axes slice through the air, two toward the dragonborn and one at the cleric...
On the floor of the main room, two orogs and and an orc rush toward Donir and Fargoth...
(All players may act, in any order. The female orc is wounded but left the battle. Half-ogre 2 is severely wounded but retreating. Orog 4 is slightly wounded. Gwin's spiritual weapon is marked with the white circle)
Patrin unleashes his silver and gold blasts against the badly injured half-ogre before it can escape...
Attack: 24 Damage: 12
Attack: 18 Damage: 9
Following this, he quickly places a hand on the worst of his injuries, and the gentler side of his divine powers is evidenced as his wounds begin to heal as a gentle golden glow envelops him.
Patrin’s healing light restores 13hp...
Brevig gets to work. He leaps up, repelling off the stairway wall, and whipping his morning star toward the creature's neck, lands the spiked spheres and drags the beast down as the paladin lands heavily. The aasimar deflects the creature's great axe blow easily on his shield, then whips the morning star down again over and behind the creature's other shoulder, raking the sharp points back toward him with a firm tug and rotating his opponent off-balance as the Watcher's divine runes continue to spin defensively around him.
Action: Morning star attacks
Attack #1 23 damage 8
Attack #2 13 damage 9
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Donir begins charging the orogs and the orc, winding his timepiece as he does. Suddenly, he begins to move much quicker, and while his short legs would ordinarily be unable to carry him all the way, he moves with such celerity that he has to skid to a stop to avoid barreling right through them. He strikes out with another flame-powered punch, hitting an orog and letting the flame leap to the orc. His homunculus fires a bolt of force at the orc as well, hopefully taking it down.
(Casting haste, moving with double speed at orcs, and using extra action to punch. I believe this should work to give me the additional action in the turn I cast the spell, let me know if I'm wrong.)
Attack: 14 Damage: 10
Fire Damage: 12
Homunculus Attack: 25 Damage: 7
"Ignorance is bliss, and you look absolutely miserable."
The half-ogre's retreat falls short by a few feet as Patrin's spell drops the giant as it enters the secret passageway. From the stairway, the other half-ogre looses a deafening growl as Brevig's morningstar tears into the monster's flesh. Donir's fist smashes into the orog (6), while the nearby orc (14) is met with both fire and force.
(Actions for Gwin and Fargoth remain. Orogs 4 and 6 are wounded. Orc 14 is seriously wounded. Half-ogre 2 is slain. Half-ogre 3 is severely wounded.)
Gwin feels Orog 3's greataxe cut into her flesh and barely avoids the second slash. Eyes blazing she lets out a brief yelp.
Turning to her attacker, the air is filled with the sound of a deep, clanging bell. With three brief flicks of her wrist toward Orog 3 Gwin unleashes her spell:
Toll the Dead DC WIS 16. If successful, necrotic damage 24
Seeing Patrin surrounded the cleric shouts out to him, I've got your back! With her upraised fist propelling Tyr's sword, Gwin unleashes it's holy fury onto Orog 4.
Spiritual Weapon: 27 If successful, force damage: 5
‘The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.’ - Buffy Summers
Fargoth circles the room away from Donir, and takes aim at the orog locked in battle with Gwin (3), firing when he gets a clear shot. He then presses himself against the wall, hoping that his cloak will mask his presence from those in the vicinity
Attack: 20
Damage: 29
Stealth: 32
The orog (3), already weakened and unsteadied by the cleric's necromancy, tumbles violently off the granite column after the rogue's arrow deals the death blow. Nearby, Gwin's spiritual weapon slices orog 4 for a second time, and Fargoth seemingly vanishes into the shadows.
Round 4 concludes
On the stairs, Brevig continues his single-handed assault, but two more foes have closed in on the paladin...
In the main room, the female orc again appears. She is not alone, however; a massive orc is with her. Donning adamantine chain mail and wielding a shield in one hand and a peculiarly-shaped shortsword in his right, the brute strides into the room and emits an eerie battle cry. You have little doubt that this is Kridash, feared war chief of the Hi-Thoror and wielder of Dhamab.
The Hi-Thoror near Kridash immediately throw themselves into battle with greater zeal and ferocity. The two orogs atop the granite column swing away at Patrin...
NOTE: The war chief's battle cry eliminates the disadvantage on their attacks
The two orogs and the orc near Donir unleash the fury of their blades on the artificer...
(All players may act, in any order. The wounded Hi-Thoror are orc 14, the female orc 13, orog 4, and the half-ogre on the stairs)
'I'll want this half-ogre out of the way,' thinks Brevig, and focuses on the brute, rushing it with his shield and coming in low at its right calf with his morning star, then pulling back and, with a quick tight arc, directing a second blow at its head.
Morning star Attacks
#1 26 / damage 11
#1 17 / damage 8
He pulls on divine power which discharges as his morning star makes contact, overwhelming the creature's dark soul.
Uses one luck die to reroll the miss: 10
And a 1st-level Divine Smite to hopefully finish it off: 12 additional damage to one of the attacks which hits
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