OOC: sorry for the delay, holiday weekend and all

Jacob has Bread and Butter out and ready, braced to jump in.

(in case it's needed before I can get back here, Initiative: 18)

Penelope reaches out with her Mage Hand and attempts to discreetly drag the valve away from the fighting apes.  She manages to move the part to the edge of the fighting area before one of the apes realizes it’s missing. The Ape turns and follows the path created in the debris by the valve, and the end of the path it sees Penelope and her Mage Hand. It lets out a savage howl that causes all the smaller apes to scatter. The second large Ape also lets out an angry howl as it turns toward Penelope and Stone.

Everyone roll Initiative.

Natasha Initiative: 13 -1 = 12

(My mistake, used the wrong modifier.)

 Stone Init. = 9

OOC: Sorry everyone. For some reason I wasn't getting notifications from this game. This happenings sometime so thanks for letting me know with messages.

Initiative:11

(It’s cool ShyVideoGamer 👍)

Apes Initiative: 4

 INITIATIVE ORDER

 Jacob, you start.

I can't make it all the way up to the apes with my normal movement, so I'll close the distance and hold my attack until they are within range, pulling up into the space just behind Stone. When one gets within range, use this attack as a reaction: Attack: 10 Damage: 7

Okay, you’re all set Jacob.

Natasha, your turn.

(Natasha tries to use the trees as cover to catch the closest Ape by surprise with her Bow.)

Attack: 16 Damage: 9 + 6

(Stiffkick80, I don’t think your attack counts as a sneak attack since the Apes are aware of you, you don’t have advantage on the attack, and none of the group is 5ft from the Ape. Let me know if you have reason to believe otherwise. Good roll though.)

Natasha’s arrow deftly finds its mark in the first Ape’s shoulder. The Ape lets out a howl of pain and anger. (Ape 1 is the top Ape on the map)

(Is Natasha staying where she is on the map or is she moving closer to the battle?) 

That’s fair. Natasha’s staying far away from the action.

Okay, Penelope’s up.

Penelope will cast Ice Knife, flinging a deadly shard of ice at Ape 1.

Attack: 6 Damage: 9

Hit or miss the ice shard explodes and both Apes need to make a Dex Save. DC.13. or take 4 cold damage.

Penelope’s jagged ice knife flies through the air and misses the first Ape. Before the apes can do anything, the ice knife explodes into deadly shards of ice. The apes duck to try to avoid the ice shrapnel. 

Ape 1: 12

Ape 2: 18

The second Ape is able to avoid the shrapnel, but the first Ape is peppered with ice shards. 

Ape 1 is looking close to death, but Ape 2 is still full strength. 

Stone, it’s your turn. 

Stone runs to the valve yelling at the Apes,

"We represent the proper owner of that valve and have come to retrieve it. Leave the valve on the ground and walk away and no harm will come to you."

When he gets to the valve he stands over it defensively, brings his sword over his head and slashes down at Ape 1.

Hit = 19    Damage = 7

Stone’s blade slices through the Ape’s shoulder and into his torso, killing the first Ape. The remaining Ape swings its two massive fists at Stone;

Attack 1: 6

Attack 2: 18

Damage 1: 6

Damage 2: 5

 Both fists harmlessly land on Stone’s shield.

(Stone is standing over the valve)

Jacob, it’s back to you.

Jacob busts through, grunting and swinging at the last standing ape with both blades: 

Bread: Attack: 18 Damage: 6

Butter: Attack: 19 Damage: 2

Jacob wields Bread and Butter with great skill, slashing the remaining Ape twice across it’s chest. The creature is in great pain, but it only seems to make the Ape angrier.

Natasha, you’re up.