Crimson Sands of Time

Misty Step to the left of that hole with the 2 glowing green eyes, just below Sam's token somewhere.

"Hurry! Sam needs help!"

<Looks ok?> 

Samogri 21 ✅️✅️ (death saves)

Oli 17 ✅️✅️

Monster 16 ✅️▶️

Alistar 15 ✅️✅️

Randy 12 ✅️✅️

Chadderlay 7 ✅️✅️

Ethan 6 ✅️✅️

Tetrevess 5 ✅️✅️

tetrevess BA launches a bolt from his crown of stars at the troll, with a natural 20 to hit, for 34 damage.  through the manifest mind, he is aware sam is down.   he activates his wings of flying and flies 60’ towards Sam, hoping to be in time to help his friend.

The troll succumbs to the stellar strike, it's poison blood spraying the water elemental as it collapses in the hallway.

Tetrevess flies into the cistern, joining Chadderlay and an unconscious Sam.

Alistar and Oli are up.

On initiative 20

Still holding out for Alistar and Oli... but I think I'm going to post monster actions soon.

The Dracolich emerges from the submerged tunnel, revealing its necrotic form to the pair of wizard within its lair.  (Frightful presence)

It bites and claws ar Chadderlay, grabbing at the scribes wizard with a bony claw (grapple Str: [roll]1d20+6]/roll]) attempting to pin Tetrevess beneath the surface (choking rules - the tunnel is horizontal beneath tbe floor then emerges at a distant point above ground,  but the space just beneat the water near the entrance is 5ft.) .

Bite. 23 for 18 piercing damage plus 5 poison.

Claw. 21 for 14 slashing damage.

Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dracolich's choice that is within 120 feet of the dracolich and aware of it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the dracolich's Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

(Save against FP required for Randy, Oli, Tetrevess and Chadderlay)

PC s are up 

Try that again.  grapple Str: 17

tetrevess wisdom save vs fear 23 in log.

but tetrevess attempts to dodge the clawed hand of the dracolich and is unsuccessful (4 acrobatics in log) 

tetrevess hits the dracolich with a star from his crown, doing 19 points of radiant damage, then casts a radiant thunder step - DC 22 con save or 14 Radiant damage 

he teleports near Sam’s body, and will ready a potion of healing.

(we have water breathing up, if it matters)

<Nah, it's more the weight of a dragon on the wizard's thorax than the water.  It takes 40 rounds to drown by RAW.>

Teleport how? Thunderstep? With a range of a point you can see, that pretty much means the bottom of an underwater tunnel under a dragon's foot.

Prepared Spells 

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WIZARD

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Prepared Spells(25)

 

Fire Bolt(Cantrip)

 

Mind Sliver(Cantrip)

 

Minor Illusion(Cantrip)

 

Prestidigitation(Cantrip)

 

Shape Water(Cantrip)

 

Absorb Elements(1st)

 

False Life(1st)

 

Mage Armor(1st)

 

Shield(1st)

 

Invisibility(2nd)

 

Mirror Image(2nd)

 

See Invisibility(2nd)

 

Counterspell(3rd)

 

Dispel Magic(3rd)

 

Fireball(3rd)

 

Major Image(3rd)

 

Thunder Step(3rd)

 

Tongues(3rd)

 

Hold Monster(5th)

 

Teleportation Circle(5th)

 

Chain Lightning(6th)

 

Disintegrate(6th)

 

Mass Suggestion(6th)

 

Crown of Stars(7th)

 

Plane Shift(7th)

 Con save 23

yes-  thunderstep.  level 4 slot-  rolled from my sheet  (can i see up in the air above the pit?)

"Because the water here is so murky, it is difficult to notice precisely where the submerged tunnel is."

"...acidic fog that permeates the room."

But ok, yes, T can see the ceiling of the cistern.

Teleoprting there does result in an AoE rhat catches Sam and Chadderlay, as well as the dracolich.

Then gravity ...would cause Tetrevss to "...fall in and be submerged 5 feet. Falling in does no damage, but getting out does require a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check." 

<Unless feather fall, etc.>

Chad's STR save vs. DC 15: 4 

Chad's WIS save vs. DC 18: 13 

Chad will cast Bigby's Hand and use the Forceful Hand option to attempt to push the dracolich 30 feet down the tunnel and away from us, if successful this will break it's grapple hold on Tetrevess.

It has to make a STR vs. STR check:

Bigby's Hand's STR check: 25 

WIS Save: Randy automatically fails if it's DC 19 or over since his Wisdom is -2

"Damn it! We're too late! The dragon's transformed into his undead monstrosity!" Randy shivers in fear as his shoulder almost drop his cannon to the very ground. "Hey uh, brother? Another two people have already charged straight into the endless horror of... um... crap... Anyways... stay behind me, bunny boy! I'll maintain a defensive stance for as long as I can until they're in the clear!"

Action: 1st Level Cure Wounds on Oli, who regains an extra 9 hp

Ballista Attack (Disadvantage): (14,16) + 8 = 22 to hit, 14 Force

"What?! Where did you- oh great..." Ethan groans as soon as the wizard teleports out of his sight unexpectedly. He races back into the room to check on the three that have remained mostly intact 

"Hey! You three! Change of plans: Do those guys a favour and... uh..." Ethan snaps with a fed-up tone at Randy, Alistar and Oli as he... glances down at their already shuddering faces before turning towards the massive dracolich that was already towering over Chad and Tetrevess and grits his teeth in mental agony. "Sigh... You guys stand back. I'll deal with this. Also, check to see if there's a weak spot on him if you can." He breathes in a deflated tone as he slowly approaches the dracolich to attempt to save the two battling it. And this is why we never tackle a dragon by ourselves  head-on... I'm glad my best friend Rixian isn't here to see this. Besides, there has to be a weakness to this right?

WIS Save as he approaches the undead dragon's line of sight: 20

Action: Although he's gotten fed up of it already, you know what cantrip he's going to blast at the dragon's claw that's grappling Chad; Either that or to draw the damage onto himself and buy his teammates some time to heal or fall back. And also, he uses he max walking distance for the round (I'm not sure where on the map he ends up then but he should be in front of Randy and Oli if so)

BA: Clasps his hands together as he mutters some eldritch words and unleashes his Hexblade's Curse (Once per short rest, as a bonus action, the dracolich is cursed for 1 minute; Ethan gains an extra +5 to damage, scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20, and regains 18 HP if it dies.)

Baseball 1: 19 to hit, 12 Force + 5 necrotic and 5 from Hexblade's curse

Baseball 2: 27 to hit, 12 Force + 10 from necrotic and Hexblade's curse

Baseball 3: 26 hit, 9 force + 10 from above

(I completely forgot about Repelling blast; Every eldritch blast baseball hit means a creature is pushed 10 feet away)

(the thunderstep  was to eacape the grapple.  Tetrevess is still able to fly, but if he senses going up is bad, he will go down instead)

Randdy's force ballista strikes the dragon square in its center, blasting away a piece of its ribcage, revealing clearly the remnants of a human cultist recently swallowed whole.

!!! Two posts possibly contradict each other. Chadderlay is first in initiative, but PCs can change order at will, no issue.  But, if Bigby's Hand wins the Str contest, then there is no target for Ethan's baseballs, which would also knock the dragon back.  Even if I switch the order, it's unclear that Chadderlay would still want to use Bigby's Hand if the dracolich is already moved.  The baseballs would knock the dracolich back 20ft against the wall of the cistern. !!!

Questions I asked myself about mechanics:

 <waiting to see if Chadderlay wants to proceed with this plan before I roll Str for the Dracolich>

re: thuderstep, Chadderlay would possibly need to roll conc. to maintain Bigby's Hand. (did not realize fly was on. >concentration checks?<)

<can't post map this moment, but it was updated last night.>