The arena: Monster killers.

Quote from cyreon >>

I found the section: 

Instant Death

Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.

I think if Rawrer got temporary HP after being revived (which I think he should have because all our turns end at the same time), he should have avoided instant death because he had 1 HP and should have gotten at least 6 temporary HP, which left at most 19 damage remaining after he fell unconscious and that wouldn't be enough to kill him with max HP of 22.

I have been expanding on this to make it more clear.

Quote from PlotArmored >>

Quote from cyreon >>

I found the section: 

Instant Death

Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.

I think if Rawrer got temporary HP after being revived (which I think he should have), he should have avoided instant death. 

 DM? How you wanna play this?

 Ooh good point.

It makes sense to me. Rawrer is not quite dead yet!

Quote from cyreon >>

Ah I see. So the rule is that if you get to zero hp and the amount of the attack's original damage is larger than your total max hp, then you die outright?

I thought the remaining damage - after he was brought to 0 - would need to be equal or larger than the max hp (which would have been 26-1-6=19<22). 

 You’re correct, it’s the remaining damage. 

That’s a good argument! So it comes down to when does End of Turn logically happen:

At the end of Dolrik’s turn

or

At the end of the team’s turn.

Cool, cool.

So, he’s only “mostly dead”.

End of round 10 death saving throw: 9

End of round 11 death saving throw for the puppy: 12

Quote from PlotArmored >>

That’s a good argument! So it comes down to when does End of Turn logically happen:

At the end of Dolrik’s turn

or

At the end of the team’s turn.

 The answer to that question is Yes.

Technically you’re all going at the same time, so

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Well I thought we were going to be in for more of a drag, shouldn't have wasted the channel divinity. Oh well.

Casting Hunters Mark as a BA then [spell]Green-Flame Blade[spell] the elephant:

Attack: 2 plus 24 Damage: 7 plus 5 fire damage plus 1 from mark.

 

 Hits! 

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Nadir calls back her horse mounts and tries to protect Dolrik from the Dancing Flame and attacks it with her Wackystick in addition to the Fiendish Orc. 

Orc: 3 plus Attack: 25 Damage: 14
Flame: Orc: 1 plus Attack: 31 Damage: 15

temp HP: 8

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Trying to negate the crit to the Orc (if not the Wackystick explodes): 23

 Both hit!

The flame claws at Nadir, Not managing to damage her. 

The elephant impales Count with a nat 20 for 22 damage. 

The expert stabs Yoku with a 24 to hit for 9 damage. 

The orc shouts a battle cry and swings its axe at Nadir, glancing off her shield. You guys are up! Round 11. 

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(Rawrer’s Max HP was 22. Temporary hp doesn’t increase maximum hp the way the Aid spell does. Neither Dolrik nor Rawrer had their max hp increased. See above.)

With tears in his eyes, Dolrik casts Bless at 2nd level to re-up the benefits for:

Ben

Count

Nadir

Yoku

EoT thp: 

HP: 14/49+8 or 6

(Round 11 Bless 1/10, Twilight Sanctuary 10/10, See invisible 10/10)

Wild Surge: 12

 I guess I did this out of order. So please insert now.

Nadir forgot last turn's Wild magic (DC 2 assuming count didn't roll a nat 1): 16

Nadir continues to tackle the dancing flame and the orc but now with her spear,

flame: 1 plus Attack: 18 Damage: 8
orc: 2 plus Attack: 23 Damage: 7

temp hp: 8 or 10

wild magic dc3: 12

note that the flame is resistant against Nadir's damage.

I guess I forgot wild surge last round: 9 DC 1

Con ST : 3 plus 19

Sir Spitz will disengage from the elephant and move close enough for Count to cast [spell]Healing Word[/roll] on Rawrer (no need to leave the pup in suspense!)

8 Healing

Then Sir Spitz will ride back to the elephant and Count will take a swing of the sword after Green-Flame Blade:

Attack: 1 plus 7 Damage: 5 plus 2 fire plus 3 from Mark

Too far for temp hp

Wild surge: 4

EoT (round 11) thp for Rawrer: 11

Yoku takes 9 damage (again) from the Expert and attempts a concertation Constitution Save DC 10 vs 4+7+2

Using a bonus action to either move the hunter's mark to the Fiendish Orc or to recast the spell, Yoku fires two arrows at the Orc, the first with advantage plus disadvantage due to silvery barbs and the second at disadvantage, due to melee with the Expert.

Yoku attack 1: 3+3+10, damage 6+1+7
Yoku attack 2: 3+17+10, damage 5+4+7
Add (+1d8) 6 on the first attack that hits

Ben casts magic missile from a scroll on the Orc 12

HP Y//B: 54+(0/8)/60 // 30+(1/8/42, arrows 16/40, Ben's Scrolls 2/5

Wild Magic Surge: DC 5 vs 13

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Quote from PlotArmored >>

(Rawrer’s Max HP was 22. Temporary hp doesn’t increase maximum hp the way the Aid spell does. Neither Dolrik nor Rawrer had their max hp increased. See above.)

With tears in his eyes, Dolrik casts Bless at 2nd level to re-up the benefits for:

Ben

Count

Nadir

Yoku

EoT thp: 

HP: 14/49+8 or 6

(Round 11 Bless 1/10, Twilight Sanctuary 10/10, See invisible 10/10)

Wild Surge: 12

 I guess I did this out of order. So please insert now.

 Indeed. 

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Nadir continues to tackle the dancing flame and the orc but now with her spear,

flame: 1 plus Attack: 18 Damage: 8
orc: 2 plus Attack: 23 Damage: 7

temp hp: 8 or 10

wild magic dc3: 12

 Both hit! 

Quote from Engineered_Beard >>

Sir Spitz will disengage from the elephant and move close enough for Count to cast [spell]Healing Word[/roll] on Rawrer (no need to leave the pup in suspense!)

5 Healing

Then Sir Spitz will ride back to the elephant and Count will take a swing of the sword after Green-Flame Blade:

Attack: 1 plus 12 Damage: 4 plus 1 fire plus 5 from Mark

Too far for temp hp

Wild surge: 7

 This just manages to hit as well. 

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Yoku takes 9 damage (again) from the Expert and attempts a concertation Constitution Save DC 10 vs 2+8+2

Using a bonus action to either move the hunter's mark to the Fiendish Orc or to recast the spell, Yoku fires two arrows at the Orc, the first with advantage plus disadvantage due to silvery barbs and the second at disadvantage, due to melee with the Expert.

Yoku attack 1: 1+16+10, damage 8+5+7
Yoku attack 2: 2+2+10, damage 1+6+7
Add (+1d8) 6 on the first attack that hits

Ben casts magic missile from a scroll on the Orc 12

HP Y//B: 54+(0/10)/60 // 30+(1/8/42, arrows 16/40, Ben's Scrolls 2/5

Wild Magic Surge: DC 5 vs 10

 

 Your first hits, but the second doesn’t quite. The orc is looking wounded. 

The flame claws at Nadir once more, still unsuccessful. 

The elephant attempts to gore Count, but doesn’t quite manage it. 

The expert stabs Yoku again, this time hitting with a crit for 11 damage. 

The orc attempts to chop Nadir once more but is unable to penetrate her armor. You guys are up! Round 12, twilight ends this round. 

Nadir keeps at it against Flame and Orc,

flame: 3 plus Attack: 16 Damage: 5
orc: 1 plus Attack: 17 Damage: 8

temp HP: 10 or 10

Wild magic dc6: 18

Dolrik will Channel Divinity again with the Twilight Sanctuary.

Rawrer will distract.

EoT thp: 

HP (D//R) 14/49+8 or 8 // 5/22+11

(Round 12 Bless 2/10, Twilight Sanctuary 1/10)

Wild Surge: 3 vs DC 6