In search of fame, wealth, glory, or even just a place to call home, four heroes journey into the Elsir Vale. This dangerous frontier has tested many an adventurer, but as the movement of monsters and hobgoblin alike seem to become coordinated and attacks against travelers appear less random, could our heroes have found themselves in a war?
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
I will make every attempt to post once a day, but in a multiplayer game, it can be hard. I will do my best to keep things rolling, but I am a reactive DM. I will tell you the state of the world and you will do things and I will react. If things in the thread stay quiet, the world stays paused. Players must have the drive to make things happen! Players must be clear and specific in what they want to do! It's good to speak in character about what you want to do, but I need definitive action to do any follow up posting. So for example, 4 characters standing around going "I wonder what's in this room" does not indicate to me that I will open the room and put you in there. What will help me is "I wonder what's in this room? We all speak to each other. Okay, I am checking the door for traps and if safe, I will open the door."
Inspiration is pooled and its held as a party resource. Whenever the party or a member of the party accomplishes a minor or major goal, the pool gains 1 point of inspiration. Anyone may use a point of inspiration after they see their result. You can spend any number of points on skill checks, thus making them over and over. However, you must indicate in your post that if you fail you want to use inspiration -- that way I can tell you to reroll. Depending on circumstances, I will make the rolls for you if it will move things along. Example of minor goal: get the NPC to tell me what I want to know, example of major goal: killed the guy who killed my dad.
If a character wants to help another character out, that is possible, but the character doing the HELP action must justify how whatever they do helps in roleplay. You do not need to wait for me to verify if the advantage applies. But if you guys do weird things or nonsensical things to try to justify, I reserve the right to revoke this privilege.
If you think a skill check is warranted, you may roll it. There is a chance I will ignore the skill check and resolve as I see fit -- for example if I decide you have an auto-success or an auto-failure. I will let you know when I overrule your roll attempt.
Combat:
Inspiration cannot be used in combat.
In combat, creatures whose turns happen one after another will go at the same time. What does this mean? If Minsc rolls a 15 in initiative and his ally Boo rolls a 12 and there are no enemies or uncontrolled NPCs taking a turn between them, then Minsc and Boo may post in any order. They may also coordinate and intermix their actions, bonus actions, and movement. So if the players wanted, Boo could run up to an enemy and use the HELP action. Minsc can use the ATTACK action. Boo can follow up by drinking a potion. Essentially, you share your turn with your allies and controlled NPCs. Enemies will not function in this way and will take their turns in the order of what was rolled. However, I reserve the right to group like-enemies together in big combats.
The following actions are now just bonus actions: Hide, Shove, Dip (as in dipping your weapon in fire or acid or something to deal extra damage potentially), Drink a Potion. If somehow this ends up being an issue for some classes (such as a major boon to a class is hide as a bonus action, see: rogue, we can cross that bridge when we get there)
Administering a potion to another creature requires an action, and in the case of your usual everyday healing potions, you can throw healing potions up to 15 feet with 100% accuracy, no check needed.
Roleplaying: (not really rules but letting you know the vibe)
Please use third person perspective. Tense doesn't matter to me.
You are free to embellish environments to a certain extent such as looking at portraits, stating colors on walls, or other "window dressing" type things. Anything substantial would need to be asked for. You are free to roleplay with each other as well, but try not to have me come online to see 20+ messages!
No sexual violence or violence against children. Mostly for my own sanity. If you have limits feel free to let me know, such as you don't like spiders, you don't like gorey details, etc.
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
/---About 2 PM, The Twenty-fifth of Ches, 1491 DR, The Witchwood--/
17 - Jorr 15 - Valeria & Mae & Kiersa & Iravon 0 - Many Headed Beast (-60 HP)
The onslaught from our heroes, brimming with magical energy as well as martial prowess has felled not one, but two heads of this many headed beast! As it's second head goes limp, dead, the other three heads roar with fury. It reaches out to attack --
Kiersa - 24, 11 piercing damage. (Ignore whatever the creature did before, I applied Iravon's protection disadvantage to this attack -- assuming that is fine.)
Mae - First Attack: 24, 10 piercing damage. Second Attack: 28, 11 piercing damage.
It becomes clear to Iravon his attempt to command this beast to face him and only him has fallen on deaf ears. In fact, the many headed beast seems to have its eyes fixated on Valeria as it postures and moves to strike her.
Kiersa and Iravon, read the spoiler:
You can tell that next turn, every single head will strike at Valeria! This creature, a hydra you figure, has incredible reach. Even from where Valeria is flying, if the creature climbs up the bridge, it will be able to reach her. And, perhaps fairly importantly, if any of you don't take care when moving out of its reach, it will attack you with one of its 3 heads.
Jorr, the old man takes a pop shot at the creature with his trusty crossbow: 21, 7 piercing damage. "I ain't seen this god d--- beast 'fore. Beshaba's teets, these d--- gobbos bring naught but misery."
Notes for this combat, if you move away, even if you are at least 10 ft away from the hydra, without disengaging, it will attack you. If you are moving away without disengaging, please include it's attack of opportunity on you in the bottom of the post so we can see how far you get really. Formula is d20 + 8, d10 + 5 damage.
The hydra will do this 3 times before it runs out of opportunity attacks.
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
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Seeing Mae fall to the creature's attacks, Kiersa tries to strike back with increased vigor. (Using Action Surge for one additional action, which she uses to Attack in addition to her normal Attack.) (Longsword Attack: 19 Damage: 14) (Longsword Attack: 9 Damage: 7) (Longsword Attack: 14 Damage: 13) (Longsword Attack: 28 Damage: 16)
"We need to keep this thing back! It's going after Valeria!" Kiersa shouts.
His words doing nothing to distracted the creature, Iravon bellows "Valeria! Get away! Fly up!" He could only hope she took his instructions and followed them in time, or this would end in disaster. The bard had already been felled, he prayed not mortally - although his oath was to Valeria it would still be his failure if Maevla was killed.
Moving to her still body, which is breathing increasingly shallow breaths, he prays to Bargrivyek, "This human is an honourable warrior, in her own way. Don't let her courage lead to her death here, to the jaws of a mindless beast." Placing one hand on her chest and one on her forehead, he releases almost all of his healing energy into her. Always hold something back, just in case.
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"NOO, MAE!"Valeria calls out from above, seeing the rows of razor sharp teeth of the many-headed monstrosity tear into her brave bard companion. Hearing her other companions warnings, she hesitates, but as Kiersa bravely throws herself at the hydra, blade flashing, and Iravon seemingly trying to save Mae, Valeria reluctantly ascends further up (to about 50 feet above the causeway now) carried by her winged boots. She then again calls upon the divine powers of her goddess, uttering celestial words while making a quick pattern in the air with the fingers of one of her slender hands, the other hand touching her amulet to send another fiery star from the skies, roaring down to blossom with a low roar into an explosion of flame engulfing the three remaining snake-like heads in a divine inferno.
(Cast flavored Fireball 33 Dex save 15 for half damage, centered to catch the three remaining heads if possible.)
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
(Dex Saving, 12.)
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
(Kiersa, roll a bonus damage for that crit if you didn't already.)
From Kiersa's singlehanded onslaught, she cleaves a head from the creature! (You may post an embellishment of this, such as jumping on it's neck and slashing.)
Mae is back up. She may take a Bonus Action and Movement this turn.
Valeria's fiery rain burns up another head to a crisp.
There is but one head left.
(Waiting for Mae before I continue.)
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
Mae groaned and coughed after the healing power coursed through her, a heavy pulse of energy bringing some life back to her and making some of her more grievous wounds close up. She looked about in a bit of a daze as her companions rushed back into battle against the many-headed best, still reeling a bit from that initial assault. She got to her feet and took her time acclimating to the scene and trying not to be sick. She gave Iravon a small smile of thanks and a half wave at Valeria in the sky. She then began disengaging herself from the beast for a moment and moved down the bridge a ways.
Iravon clasps Mae by the hand and helps her to her feet. He doesn't return her smile, instead looking her in the eyes and saying gently but firmly. "Stand, and fight." He then turns back towards the monster and readies himself again for battle.
(Sorry Mae, I think you misunderstood my update to your request, yes you can have your full action. I'll accept you as having disengaged and moving away as far as possible.)
The hydra sees that Valeria the source of it's ire is out of range permanently. It howls in anguish and deftly begins to retreat back into the murky waters. It makes it to the center of the river and submerges about 5 ft.
(It has disengaged and moved away. It is submerged in the river and has resistance to fire damage while in the waters. By all appearances, it seems to be running away.)
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
Jorr is holding his action to shoot if it shows it's head. Otherwise it's all your turns. :3
If you decide to let the hydra go, the combat ends.
(Not at a PC so I can't update the battlemap)
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
Breathing a deep sigh of relief as the hydra withdraws to the murky depths, Valeria scans the waters for it's return, ready to use her divine magic to finish it. (Ready action Sacred flame until we decide to let it go)
"Any way we can finish this?" She calls down to the others. "How long to the keep would you say Jorr?" She calls over to their guide.
Mae turns in time to see the monster begin to slide back into the water and sigh a little, still breathing a bit labored from her brush with death. She looks up at Valeria and then the others and just shakes her head.
"Give 'er take half an hour. Granted this thing leaves us be..." Jorr responds.
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd[Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player] Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale Ru's Current Status
"We cannot let it get away!" insists Iravon. "It will see this causeway as part of its territory, and a prime feeding ground. If you wish to travel to and from your keep regularly, Valeria, this thing will haunt your every journey. Finish it now while we have the chance!"
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Kiersa hesitated for a moment as the creature seemed to retreat. Hearing both Valeria and Iravon suggest continuing, she jumps into the water and hurries after it. She slashes at the creature in the water. (It looks like 2 ft. deep? She will use her 30 ft movement and then hopefully attack if that gets her close enough. Obviously ignore the attack rolls if not close enough.)
(Longsword Attack: 17 Damage: 14; additional Attack roll if Disadvantage: 25) (Longsword Attack: 19 Damage: 9; additional Attack roll if Disadvantage: 10)
Mae will sigh a little and take a few steps back towards where the creature was trying to slither off to, and in a rather irritated but still quite sing-song type voice, mock the retreating entity. "Really! Hitting on me that much and then running away? You're worse than the toads I meet after my performances!"
In search of fame, wealth, glory, or even just a place to call home, four heroes journey into the Elsir Vale. This dangerous frontier has tested many an adventurer, but as the movement of monsters and hobgoblin alike seem to become coordinated and attacks against travelers appear less random, could our heroes have found themselves in a war?
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Dramatis Personae
Iravon (Hobgoblin Paladin) portrayed by EMIW
Kiersa Wildrock (Human Fighter) portrayed by Culuril
Maevla (Aasimar Bard) portrayed by Gnomesftw
Valeria Moonstar (Human Sorcerer) portrayed by Oberon99
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DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Maps
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Homerules
General:
Combat:
Roleplaying: (not really rules but letting you know the vibe)
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
/---About 2 PM, The Twenty-fifth of Ches, 1491 DR, The Witchwood--/
17 - Jorr
15 - Valeria & Mae & Kiersa & Iravon
0 - Many Headed Beast (-60 HP)
The onslaught from our heroes, brimming with magical energy as well as martial prowess has felled not one, but two heads of this many headed beast! As it's second head goes limp, dead, the other three heads roar with fury. It reaches out to attack --
Kiersa - 24, 11 piercing damage. (Ignore whatever the creature did before, I applied Iravon's protection disadvantage to this attack -- assuming that is fine.)
Mae - First Attack: 24, 10 piercing damage. Second Attack: 28, 11 piercing damage.
It becomes clear to Iravon his attempt to command this beast to face him and only him has fallen on deaf ears. In fact, the many headed beast seems to have its eyes fixated on Valeria as it postures and moves to strike her.
Kiersa and Iravon, read the spoiler:
You can tell that next turn, every single head will strike at Valeria! This creature, a hydra you figure, has incredible reach. Even from where Valeria is flying, if the creature climbs up the bridge, it will be able to reach her. And, perhaps fairly importantly, if any of you don't take care when moving out of its reach, it will attack you with one of its 3 heads.
Jorr, the old man takes a pop shot at the creature with his trusty crossbow: 21, 7 piercing damage. "I ain't seen this god d--- beast 'fore. Beshaba's teets, these d--- gobbos bring naught but misery."
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Mae's extra crit damage = 10
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Seeing Mae fall to the creature's attacks, Kiersa tries to strike back with increased vigor. (Using Action Surge for one additional action, which she uses to Attack in addition to her normal Attack.)
(Longsword Attack: 19 Damage: 14)
(Longsword Attack: 9 Damage: 7)
(Longsword Attack: 14 Damage: 13)
(Longsword Attack: 28 Damage: 16)
"We need to keep this thing back! It's going after Valeria!" Kiersa shouts.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
His words doing nothing to distracted the creature, Iravon bellows "Valeria! Get away! Fly up!" He could only hope she took his instructions and followed them in time, or this would end in disaster. The bard had already been felled, he prayed not mortally - although his oath was to Valeria it would still be his failure if Maevla was killed.
Moving to her still body, which is breathing increasingly shallow breaths, he prays to Bargrivyek, "This human is an honourable warrior, in her own way. Don't let her courage lead to her death here, to the jaws of a mindless beast." Placing one hand on her chest and one on her forehead, he releases almost all of his healing energy into her. Always hold something back, just in case.
Lay On Hands: 20hp to Mae
DM - Storm King's Thunder
DM - Torosevia (WIP homebrew world)
Kelytha Meliamne - Matti Silverstorm - Silver - Star-Setting-In-The-East - Tor Baltos
"NOO, MAE!" Valeria calls out from above, seeing the rows of razor sharp teeth of the many-headed monstrosity tear into her brave bard companion. Hearing her other companions warnings, she hesitates, but as Kiersa bravely throws herself at the hydra, blade flashing, and Iravon seemingly trying to save Mae, Valeria reluctantly ascends further up (to about 50 feet above the causeway now) carried by her winged boots. She then again calls upon the divine powers of her goddess, uttering celestial words while making a quick pattern in the air with the fingers of one of her slender hands, the other hand touching her amulet to send another fiery star from the skies, roaring down to blossom with a low roar into an explosion of flame engulfing the three remaining snake-like heads in a divine inferno.
(Cast flavored Fireball 33 Dex save 15 for half damage, centered to catch the three remaining heads if possible.)
(Dex Saving, 12.)
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
(Kiersa, roll a bonus damage for that crit if you didn't already.)
From Kiersa's singlehanded onslaught, she cleaves a head from the creature! (You may post an embellishment of this, such as jumping on it's neck and slashing.)
Mae is back up. She may take a Bonus Action and Movement this turn.
Valeria's fiery rain burns up another head to a crisp.
There is but one head left.
(Waiting for Mae before I continue.)
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Mae groaned and coughed after the healing power coursed through her, a heavy pulse of energy bringing some life back to her and making some of her more grievous wounds close up. She looked about in a bit of a daze as her companions rushed back into battle against the many-headed best, still reeling a bit from that initial assault. She got to her feet and took her time acclimating to the scene and trying not to be sick. She gave Iravon a small smile of thanks and a half wave at Valeria in the sky. She then began disengaging herself from the beast for a moment and moved down the bridge a ways.
Iravon clasps Mae by the hand and helps her to her feet. He doesn't return her smile, instead looking her in the eyes and saying gently but firmly. "Stand, and fight." He then turns back towards the monster and readies himself again for battle.
DM - Storm King's Thunder
DM - Torosevia (WIP homebrew world)
Kelytha Meliamne - Matti Silverstorm - Silver - Star-Setting-In-The-East - Tor Baltos
17 - Jorr
15 - Valeria & Mae & Kiersa & Iravon
0 - Many Headed Beast (-138 HP)
(Sorry Mae, I think you misunderstood my update to your request, yes you can have your full action. I'll accept you as having disengaged and moving away as far as possible.)
The hydra sees that Valeria the source of it's ire is out of range permanently. It howls in anguish and deftly begins to retreat back into the murky waters. It makes it to the center of the river and submerges about 5 ft.
(It has disengaged and moved away. It is submerged in the river and has resistance to fire damage while in the waters. By all appearances, it seems to be running away.)
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Jorr is holding his action to shoot if it shows it's head. Otherwise it's all your turns. :3
If you decide to let the hydra go, the combat ends.
(Not at a PC so I can't update the battlemap)
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
Breathing a deep sigh of relief as the hydra withdraws to the murky depths, Valeria scans the waters for it's return, ready to use her divine magic to finish it.
(Ready action Sacred flame until we decide to let it go)
"Any way we can finish this?" She calls down to the others. "How long to the keep would you say Jorr?" She calls over to their guide.
Mae turns in time to see the monster begin to slide back into the water and sigh a little, still breathing a bit labored from her brush with death. She looks up at Valeria and then the others and just shakes her head.
"Give 'er take half an hour. Granted this thing leaves us be..." Jorr responds.
DM: Adventures in Phandalin [Khessa], The Dread of Strahd [Darya], Dragons of Stormwreck Isle [Rook], Baldur's Gate Mysteries [4-Player]
Player: Oona in MO's Icewind Dale
Ru's Current Status
"We cannot let it get away!" insists Iravon. "It will see this causeway as part of its territory, and a prime feeding ground. If you wish to travel to and from your keep regularly, Valeria, this thing will haunt your every journey. Finish it now while we have the chance!"
DM - Storm King's Thunder
DM - Torosevia (WIP homebrew world)
Kelytha Meliamne - Matti Silverstorm - Silver - Star-Setting-In-The-East - Tor Baltos
Kiersa hesitated for a moment as the creature seemed to retreat. Hearing both Valeria and Iravon suggest continuing, she jumps into the water and hurries after it. She slashes at the creature in the water. (It looks like 2 ft. deep? She will use her 30 ft movement and then hopefully attack if that gets her close enough. Obviously ignore the attack rolls if not close enough.)
(Longsword Attack: 17 Damage: 14; additional Attack roll if Disadvantage: 25)
(Longsword Attack: 19 Damage: 9; additional Attack roll if Disadvantage: 10)
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Liivi Orav, Barbarian || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Roxana Raincrest, Rogue || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Mae will sigh a little and take a few steps back towards where the creature was trying to slither off to, and in a rather irritated but still quite sing-song type voice, mock the retreating entity. "Really! Hitting on me that much and then running away? You're worse than the toads I meet after my performances!"
(Casting: vicious mockery for 5 necrotic damage)
(if we've moved on it's fine just ignore)