Crimson Sands of Time

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(Would Angus' shield of faith (duration 10 min) still be in effect from the previous battle, or has too much time passed?)

 I asked 3 kids how long it would take to paint a door on the side of a building.  The shortest duration response I heard was ten minutes. 

 Uodate: this ruling question had really been vrcong me.  I like to think if these things as conversational, but I think the best option here is to roll dice.  2 minutes for combat and post combat activities plus 3d8 minutes for the door 🚪 🎨 🖌.  Should tell us if SoF is in effect.

Time from start of combat with magen: 14 minutes.

Angus takes 24 damage

First CON Save 26

Second CON Save 19

(What does chaos plague do again?)

Chaos phage: While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6) every 24 hours. If the disease reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target instantly transforms into a red slaad or, if it has the ability to cast spells of 3rd level or higher, a green slaad. Only a wish spell can reverse the transformation.

So, Akame and Angus are still up?

(Is it a disease? If so, Angus is immune to disease.  If not, what level of healing spell would be needed to cure it?)

Angus will cast blinding smite as a bonus action, followed by two swifts strikes with his longsword.  (If either hits, it does an additional 9 radiant damage, and the slaad must make a DC 16 CON save or be blinded. )

First Longsword Attack: 12 Damage: 15 magical slashing + 1 radiant

Second Longsword Attack: 18 Damage: 10 magical slashing + 8 radiant

The slaad deflects Angus' first slash with the bony claws that protrude from the back of his hand,  but Angus uses the momentum to slash the soft underbelly of the beast.

Dac16 Con vs magical effect 22

Feeling the slaad's cut burning beneath spot its's claw punched into Angus' armor, he feels flesh surrounding the wound begin to sear and a sharp pain shoots through the paladin.  A moment passes and he feels relief as the swelling subsides and the pain abates.

Sparks fly as Angus" sword hits the creature, drawing for a thick, dark purple fluid.  Reeling, the slaad churches at its eyes, but soon rises, squares up to the paladin and roars a gurgling croak into Angus' face.

Akame is up 

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Disease: any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state.

Source: WHO

(Formally, the phage is the vector. Turning into a slaad is the disease, symptoms also include loss of max HP)

( LOL.  I was just asking if the paladin's immunity to disease came into play here.  So, the inabiity to heal, and the daily loss of max hp is affecting him, then? and what level of healing spell would be needed to get him back to normal?)

https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/dungeons-dragons-discussion/rules-game-mechanics/42309-paladins-and-magic-disease

Here someone posts the opinion that the paladin ability to cure disease with laying on hands can cure the phage:

https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/74169/if-a-character-affected-by-the-blue-slaads-chaos-phage-disease-has-it-cured-bef

<Lay on hands shouldn't work*.  Lesser restoration should (raw).  Paladin immunity should (raw).  I said it doesn't affect Angus due to a class feature, but he still knows tbe danger so he can tell the others and it's not meta.>

My view:

<good designer: "check it out: I made this cool new monster whose attacks cause a gradual transformation, so the players feel a sense of urgency to get through the dungeon quickly as the situation gets progressively worse, creating a dread intensity in the game."

other designer: "I made this 2nd level spell that undoes that thing you made.">

 *LoH does work, RAW.  I just think it's silly you can spend an action and a few HP to cure a disease, personally. Like, how does this improve the game?  This is all just a small diversion here, this isn't a major plot point t or anything, I just think it's kind of lame that the DM who ever wants to use any effect called a disease has to make a fiat to overrule an ability PCs are explicitly endowed with by rhe rules.  

Anyhow, Akame is up.

Bump.

<you guys want me to bot Akame or should we scrub the combat with the slaad and continue exploring?>

Um, bot, I suppose? I dunno...

bot I guess... at least for this round, if the fight continues they might be able to make their next turn if it goes that long

it's been over 48 hours (2 days)?... hope everything is ok

Bot ok-

Akame cast Hold Monster on the slaad. DC 20 WIS save or be paralyzed.