As Barrel watches the shadow get destroyed he grins for a second before he looks around the room at his new friends. He makes his way towards Hildi, giving a wide birth of the group fighting next to him.
The rhythmic drumming filling Flow's ears, he feels strangely inspired.
"Tempus, give me strength!" he says firmly.
He stabs at the closest shadow.
Attack: 20 Damage: 11
OOC: If that doesn't kill the shadow, Flow uses "War Priest" for a bonus action attack against the same shadow. Otherwise, ignore this spoiler:
Attack: 12 Damage: 8
Flow heaves his trident, now imbued with Tempos' might, in an explosive attack toward the Shadow. The trident makes purchase, cutting right through the featureless visage on the creature's face. Flow feels his blade cutting into the shade, but notices after the initial contact, the shadow turns somewhat incorporeal, causing Flow's blade to pass through it quite quickly. The Shadow took less damage than Flow would expect from such a heavy attack.
Flow's attack does, however, "knock the face off" of the creature. The faceless Shadow recoils with a hideous shriek, seething like black smoke from the inside as it tries to reform it's face. After a moment of trying, the visage resurfaces from inside of the Shadow, but the face is now disfigured and ghoulish (bloodied - badly injured).
As Carrow and Flow clash with the closest Shadow in battle, it recoils from the light of Carrow's torch, screeching loudly at Carrow. After Flow's devastating attack, the Shadow uses it's ethereal nature to slip between the cracks of a large stack of crates and out of sight.
[blue] Shadow takes a disengage action, then uses it's movement. Hide as a bonus action = Stealth8 **Everyone make an opposed perception check please!**
The Shadow in the temple with Hildi hisses at light of the torch, lashing out at Hildi with it's twisted black hand. The Shadow immediately swirls around Hildi and out of the the alcove, into the dark corner near the well.
[red] Shadow attacks Hildi Attack = Attack: 15 Damage: 10 (necrotic) **Hildi you can make an Attack of Opportunity against the [red] Shadow as it flees from your torchlight.**
Bran and Hildi can still make out the shape of the Shadow, floating in the darkness beyond the piles of refuse, through the slats in the stacked crates.
Ignoring the blue coins in the fountain for now, Bran attempts to light up his wand again, and illuminate the corner where one of the shadows(red) fled to.
Bran yells out "The other one is hiding behind the boxes!", and points to where he saw the other shadow(blue) retreat to.
[ooc] DM, assuming my light spell works this time, I will move close enough to the shadow (red) by the well, to illuminate it, while trying to keep out of melee range.
Attack of opportunity (after wielding battleaxe): 13 Damage (one handed since I'm holding the torch in the other): 5 slashing damage
Bonus action: Second Wind (can't find a tooltip that works for this): 7
Hildi will run "south" into the main chamber, standing in the square "above" Carrow. Should I move my marker myself?
Action: Perception: 11
EDIT: I went ahead and moved him. The lighting effects are so cool!
[DM] Please narrate what your character does so I can make sense of the rolls! Not quite sure what some of these mean? Did you walk over to the shadow to use that action surge? Then disengage to over near Carrow?
*EDIT* Just realized you said second wind not action surge. lol. Please do try to narrate though! Thanks!
[DM] Also, everyone else except for Hildi makes their perception check as a free action, since they saw the Shadow flee. Hildi's was an active Perception check, everyone else is making an opposed roll to the Shadow's hide action.
Hildi slashes the Shadow across the back as it retreats from the room, but he too notices that when his axe makes purchase, it passes right through the ethereal form, causing less damage than he would expect.
Ok, let me elaborate. I'm still not sure how much you want us to narrate and how much you'd like to narrate. Because the attack didn't land, I'm guessing the shadow's hand either glanced off his armor or Hildi was able to dodge. As that's happening, he's grabbing his battleaxe. As the shadow "flies off," Hildi will quickly swing his axe at the shadow. As the shadow exits the chapel, Hildigrim will feel a surge of determination (adrenaline) fill him, renewing his strength and easing his aches and pains (Second Wind heals him). He then takes off running after the shadow, joining Carrow and Flow, and looking around the room for danger and anyone he can help protect.
Ignoring the blue coins in the fountain for now, Bran attempts to light up his wand again, and illuminate the corner where one of the shadows(red) fled to.
Bran yells out "The other one is hiding behind the boxes!", and points to where he saw the other shadow(blue) retreat to.
[ooc] DM, assuming my light spell works this time, I will move close enough to the shadow (red) by the well, to illuminate it, while trying to keep out of melee range.
This time Bran's light spell seems to work, though it sputters wildly for a moment and the fades to a somewhat dimmer light than the spell normally produces. The Shadow hisses at Bran's light as it backs up against the corner behind the well.
Ok, let me elaborate. I'm still not sure how much you want us to narrate and how much you'd like to narrate. Because the attack didn't land, I'm guessing the shadow's hand either glanced off his armor or Hildi was able to dodge. As that's happening, he's grabbing his battleaxe. As the shadow "flies off," Hildi will quickly swing his axe at the shadow. As the shadow exits the chapel, Hildigrim will feel a surge of determination (adrenaline) fill him, renewing his strength and easing his aches and pains (Second Wind heals him). He then takes off running after the shadow, joining Carrow and Flow, and looking around the room for danger and anyone he can help protect.
This is perfect! A description like this works just fine. I want to narrate what your character is doing as little as possible. That's up to you! Just narrate everything up until the point of, "I make an attack with my trident".
Bran and Hildi can still make out the shape of the Shadow, floating in the darkness beyond the piles of refuse, through the slats in the stacked crates.
Carrow saw where the shadow retreated, even though it's end point was totally shrouded in darkness, he could see where the Shadow's movement stopped, behind the crates near the stairs.
Carrow's quarterstaff attack lands squarely on the Shadow's face, making full physical contact. The damage causes the Shade to turn completely corporeal, now just a ratty black cloak that falls to the floor in a heap (dead).
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Barrel sees one of the shadow creatures in the corner of the room and sneers. "Even the shadows don't want you, creature. I see you cowering before me." vicious mockery2 psychic damage (I hate this thing, It was originally a 4 but while I was editing I erased the back bracket. Once I put it back on it rerolled. I cast vicious mockery on the dice roller) Save vs DC 14 Wisdom.
Barrel runs towards Hildi, keeping Flow and Hildi between himself and the last Shadow.
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Barrel sees one of the shadow creatures in the corner of the room and sneers. "Even the shadows don't want you, creature. I see you cowering before me." vicious mockery2 psychic damage (I hate this thing, It was originally a 4 but while I was editing I erased the back bracket. Once I put it back on it rerolled. I cast vicious mockery on the dice roller) Save vs DC 14 Wisdom.
Barrel runs towards Hildi, keeping Flow and Hildi between himself and the last Shadow.
As Barrel watches the shadow get destroyed he grins for a second before he looks around the room at his new friends. He makes his way towards Hildi, giving a wide birth of the group fighting next to him.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
Flow heaves his trident, now imbued with Tempos' might, in an explosive attack toward the Shadow. The trident makes purchase, cutting right through the featureless visage on the creature's face. Flow feels his blade cutting into the shade, but notices after the initial contact, the shadow turns somewhat incorporeal, causing Flow's blade to pass through it quite quickly. The Shadow took less damage than Flow would expect from such a heavy attack.
Round 1:
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As Carrow and Flow clash with the closest Shadow in battle, it recoils from the light of Carrow's torch, screeching loudly at Carrow. After Flow's devastating attack, the Shadow uses it's ethereal nature to slip between the cracks of a large stack of crates and out of sight.
[blue] Shadow takes a disengage action, then uses it's movement.
Hide as a bonus action = Stealth 8
**Everyone make an opposed perception check please!**
The Shadow in the temple with Hildi hisses at light of the torch, lashing out at Hildi with it's twisted black hand. The Shadow immediately swirls around Hildi and out of the the alcove, into the dark corner near the well.
[red] Shadow attacks Hildi
Attack = Attack: 15 Damage: 10 (necrotic)
**Hildi you can make an Attack of Opportunity against the [red] Shadow as it flees from your torchlight.**
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Bran's perception check on the hiding shadow: 15
Round 1:
Hildi's Turn
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Bran and Hildi can still make out the shape of the Shadow, floating in the darkness beyond the piles of refuse, through the slats in the stacked crates.
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OOC: Phew! Just below Hildi's armor class (16).
Attack of opportunity (after wielding battleaxe): 13 Damage (one handed since I'm holding the torch in the other): 5 slashing damage
Bonus action: Second Wind (can't find a tooltip that works for this): 7
Hildi will run "south" into the main chamber, standing in the square "above" Carrow. Should I move my marker myself?
Action: Perception: 11
EDIT: I went ahead and moved him. The lighting effects are so cool!
Ignoring the blue coins in the fountain for now, Bran attempts to light up his wand again, and illuminate the corner where one of the shadows(red) fled to.
Bran yells out "The other one is hiding behind the boxes!", and points to where he saw the other shadow(blue) retreat to.
[ooc] DM, assuming my light spell works this time, I will move close enough to the shadow (red) by the well, to illuminate it, while trying to keep out of melee range.
Round 1:
Bran's turn
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Ok, let me elaborate. I'm still not sure how much you want us to narrate and how much you'd like to narrate. Because the attack didn't land, I'm guessing the shadow's hand either glanced off his armor or Hildi was able to dodge. As that's happening, he's grabbing his battleaxe. As the shadow "flies off," Hildi will quickly swing his axe at the shadow. As the shadow exits the chapel, Hildigrim will feel a surge of determination (adrenaline) fill him, renewing his strength and easing his aches and pains (Second Wind heals him). He then takes off running after the shadow, joining Carrow and Flow, and looking around the room for danger and anyone he can help protect.
This time Bran's light spell seems to work, though it sputters wildly for a moment and the fades to a somewhat dimmer light than the spell normally produces. The Shadow hisses at Bran's light as it backs up against the corner behind the well.
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Perception: 17
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Round 2:
Carrow's Turn
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OOC: I'm not sure if you need this, but
Perception: 25
And that's all I have to say about that.
Carrow pursues the shadow beast as it attempts to make its retreat, swinging his staff towards its head then wheeling around with a roundhouse kick.
Quarterstaff Attack: 8 Damage: 6 bludgeoning
Unarmed Attack: 6 Damage: 5 bludgeoning
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Verdan Schmidt - Lvl 2 Half-Elf Bard | Grithik - Lvl 5 Deep Gnome Warlock (Celestial)
Carrow's quarterstaff attack lands squarely on the Shadow's face, making full physical contact. The damage causes the Shade to turn completely corporeal, now just a ratty black cloak that falls to the floor in a heap (dead).
Round 2:
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Barrel sees one of the shadow creatures in the corner of the room and sneers. "Even the shadows don't want you, creature. I see you cowering before me." vicious mockery 2 psychic damage (I hate this thing, It was originally a 4 but while I was editing I erased the back bracket. Once I put it back on it rerolled. I cast vicious mockery on the dice roller) Save vs DC 14 Wisdom.
Barrel runs towards Hildi, keeping Flow and Hildi between himself and the last Shadow.
DM Tomb of Annihilation X2
DM Curse of Strahd
Redleaf Moutain Dwarf Circle of land(Moutain) Druid
[red] Shadow Wisdom Save 1 vs. DC14
The Shadow seems unaffected by Barrel's cantrip.
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