Berry glances over his cover, while fingering for a javelin that is attached to his pack, and estimates the distance to the goblin that he hit before. Then Kiselina passes and takes position next to Nosam and brings more light with him. It appears they are finally pressing the goblins into a corner. Let’s press the advantage, he decides and jumps around the stone that protected him, running towards the goblin and slashing at him with his scimitar. Should that not be enough, he’ll also draw his shortsword and stab with it, too, but he’d prefer not to. If the goblin falls (by Berry or otherwise), Berry jumps north onto the lake where he takes flight and searches for cover behind the stalagmite of the eastern lake. There he hopes to have a good view onto the staircase should light arrive there eventually.

Move: V7>W7>X8>Y9>attacks>Z8>Z7 (lake surface level)
Action: Attack with Scimitar: hit 10 for 6 damage
Bonus: Draw Shortsword and Attack: hit 18 for 2 damage
Free: Perception: 15 and 11 (two rolls in case of disadvantage)
OOC: I noticed that my indication of distance travelled in each step was confused with altitude, so I decided not to include distances any longer and only add altitude information (when appropriate)

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Berry glances over his cover, while fingering for a javelin that is attached to his pack, and estimates the distance to the goblin that he hit before. Then Kiselina passes and takes position next to Nosam and brings more light with him. It appears they are finally pressing the goblins into a corner. Let’s press the advantage, he decides and jumps around the stone that protected him, running towards the goblin and slashing at him with his scimitar. Should that not be enough, he’ll also draw his shortsword and stab with it, too, but he’d prefer not to. If the goblin falls (by Berry or otherwise), Berry jumps north onto the lake where he takes flight and searches for cover behind the stalagmite of the eastern lake. There he hopes to have a good view onto the staircase should light arrive there eventually.

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Move: V7>W7>X8>Y9>attacks>Z8>Z7 (lake surface level)
Action: Attack with Scimitar: hit 10 for 6 damage
Bonus: Draw Shortsword and Attack: hit 18 for 2 damage
Free: Perception: 15 and 11 (two rolls in case of disadvantage)
OOC: I noticed that my indication of distance travelled in each step was confused with altitude, so I decided not to include distances any longer and only add altitude information (when appropriate)

 (OOC: Berry does not slay the goblin. If he continues moving he faces an attack of opportunity. Remain at Y9 or continue moving to Z7?)

Daphyra holds the torch in one hand and her shield in the other. Hearing from Vidruth that the goblins are planning on sending another flood through, she presses against the wall behind them (still at U8 but will move to U7 if there is a better spot there) and tries to find a ledge or niche to fix the torch to the wall so she is able to use her hand to cast a spell. If she can't, next turn she will drop the torch. "Does anyone have a free hand for this torch?" she calls in a muted tone to her teammates. 

Action: look for a niche for the torch (perception 22) and put it in the niche.

Bonus: none

Movement: to U7

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Berry glances over his cover, while fingering for a javelin that is attached to his pack, and estimates the distance to the goblin that he hit before. Then Kiselina passes and takes position next to Nosam and brings more light with him. It appears they are finally pressing the goblins into a corner. Let’s press the advantage, he decides and jumps around the stone that protected him, running towards the goblin and slashing at him with his scimitar. Should that not be enough, he’ll also draw his shortsword and stab with it, too, but he’d prefer not to. If the goblin falls (by Berry or otherwise), Berry jumps north onto the lake where he takes flight and searches for cover behind the stalagmite of the eastern lake. There he hopes to have a good view onto the staircase should light arrive there eventually.

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Move: V7>W7>X8>Y9>attacks>Z8>Z7 (lake surface level)
Action: Attack with Scimitar: hit 10 for 6 damage
Bonus: Draw Shortsword and Attack: hit 18 for 2 damage
Free: Perception: 15 and 11 (two rolls in case of disadvantage)
OOC: I noticed that my indication of distance travelled in each step was confused with altitude, so I decided not to include distances any longer and only add altitude information (when appropriate)

 (OOC: Berry does not slay the goblin. If he continues moving he faces an attack of opportunity. Remain at Y9 or continue moving to Z7?)

 (OOC: @Cyreon in chat: "he takes the risk of an attack of opportunity, but then also dives behind the stalagmite (holding his breath if he must.)")

G11 attack of opportunity vs Berry 8 to hit / 5 slashing damage.

Round 5 Results (cont’d.)

Kiselina (Action) Dodge / (Move) U5>U6>>V7>>V8>W9 

Berry Move: V7>W7>X8>Y9>attacks>Z8>Z7 (lake surface level) / Action: Attack with Scimitar: hit 10 for 6 damage / Bonus: Draw Shortsword and Attack: hit 18 for 2 damage / Free: Perception: 15 and 11 (two rolls in case of disadvantage)

Daphyra Action: look for a niche for the torch (perception 22) and put it in the niche. Movement: to U7 if there is a better spot there.

Kiselina advances into the pool chamber.

Goblin 11 has landed and rolled after the prior two attacks by the time Berry rushes the creature. The fairy’s scimitar slices air over the goblin’s head, missing. Berry draws his shortsword, and the two exchange blows. The scimitar connects, slicing a line down the goblin’s sword arm, but the goblin’s blade beats back Berry’s and slices across his abdomen, leaving a deep gash (for 6HP slashing damage). The goblin still stands when Berry flies away to take cover in the eastern pool. From this position but without direct light, only the entrance to the southern chamber is visible, dimly lit.

Berry also notices that just beside him, in the eastern pool, is another sluice gate. A few strikes from a hammer could loosen the pin holding it shut and send a torrent of spring water rushing down the creek passage, just like before.

Daphyra spots a place to set a torch in the wall and sets it there.

Enemies

Goblin 10 advances far enough down across the bridge and down the hallway to see Daphyra’s back. He fires an arrow at her then retreats back across the bridge to hide in the darkness once again.

N.B.: Daphyra gains ½ cover from the cavern walls, so add +2 to her AC.

G10 attacks Daphyra 14 to hit / 8 piercing damage.

Goblin 11 strikes at the nearest foe, Kiselina, with its short sword before beating a hasty retreat into the south chamber.

G11 attacks Kiselina 18 to hit / 4 slashing damage.

The archers G13 & G14 fire arrows at Berry as they retreat into darkness. Berry is peeking out so he does not have full cover. However, he enjoys ¾ cover in the water and behind the stalagmite, so add +5 to his AC against these attacks.

G13 attacks Berry 23 to hit / 8 piercing damage.

G14 attacks Berry 18 to hit / 5 piercing damage.

At the end of the round, no enemies are in sight. G10, G13 and G14 are hiding. G11 is not in line of sight.

You are now situated like so:

Please post actions for Round 6 in any order.

Frustrated by his subpar results from fighting that goblin, Berry flees into the water body while holding his wound. He dived as deep as he could into the water but something must have given him away and one of the goblin arrows found its mark driving deep into his flesh. Shifting into unconsciousness, the sigh he lets out transforms into muted bubbles as he bobs to the surface face down. His motionless body is dragged against the flood gate by the slight current in the lake. 

Death save: 14

The Paladin may have been cut or perhaps the stalagmite provided enough cover, either way he still acts. 
Kiselina moves up to 15’ to get a better view on the southern chamber without provoking an attack of opportunity from the goblin (G11). After determining what he can see (perception: 9), he then drops the torch (maybe near the top of the stairs hoping to illuminate more the the southern chamber) and draws a javelin to attack. (Priority of targets are; a different goblin if detected or G11 if it is all he can find.)

He then returns behind the cover of the stalagmite with his remaining 15’ of movement. He will alert the group of what he’s seen in the southern chamber.

(Free Action) talking as above
(Action) Attack; To Hit: 15, Damage: 5  
(Move) as above  
(Bonus) n/a
(Reaction) n/a

Daphyra holds back a yelp of surprise as a goblin arrow thwacks into the wall next to her head. She sees Berry go down into the water and heads across to him (Y7). She grabs him to turn him over so he can breathe as she casts Spare the Dying on him to stabilise him. 

Action: Turns Berry and casts Spare the Dying (I'm hoping this is possible in one turn, otherwise she will turn him face up with this turn to stop him drowning and then use the next turn to cast the cantrip)

Bonus action: none

Movement: to Y7 (I think there is enough movement to get this far, but if needed she will use a rabbit hop feature to get over the difficult terrain of the water to reach Berry)

Nosam observes Kiselina advancing ahead to scout the situation and holds for now. Once he knows what to expect he will advance in tandem with Kiselina and try to finish them off. 

Movement- None

Action- Dodge (if needed)

seeing that daphyra seems to have berry handled, and there arent any visible target, vidruth breathes a quick sigh of releif, then gets back to being ready to fight "cover me" he whispers to nosam, marten, and kiselina, as he moves by them, getting a good angle to cast, finding it he grins sadistically, and claps his hand together with a simple phrase "the air breaks"

move to x10

cast thunderwave, targetting squares x/y/z 11/12/13

constitution save DC 13 from anything in that area, taking 10 thunder damage and being pushed ten feet away from me on a failure, or taking 5 damage and not being pushed on a success

Round 6 Results (partial)

Berry: Death save: 14

Kiselina: Kiselina moves up to 15’... without provoking an attack of opportunity from the goblin (G11). After determining what he can see (perception: 9), he then drops the torch… and draws a javelin to attack. (... G11 if it is all he can find.)

Daphyra: Movement to Y7, casts Spare the Dying

Nosam: dodge

Vidruth: move to x10

Berry’s giant’s heart beats vigorously despite the terrible wound he has received.

Kiselina moves to the southern stairs, drops a torch and draws his javelin. Unable to spot either of the archers, he throws with such force that the javelin drives straight through Goblin 11’s shield, impaling the evil creature through its belly, and it is lifted off its feet to fall on its back, the javelin’s haft pointing up to the rough ceiling.

Daphyra springs up to the wall holding in the eastern pool, and balancing on the foot-wide surface, pulls Berry around and implores Bastet to save his life. The goddess responds immediately, more forcefully than expected, and Berry regains 5HP.

Nosam holds in place, ready to dodge enemy attacks.
Vidruth moves to X10, but sees no enemies.

You are now situated like so:

Vidruth may complete his turn, and Marten may post.

Round 6: Marten

Marten feels frustrated when his shot doesn't land.  Normally, he would simply let his frustration go: you can't be one with the target if you're thinking about your previous shot.  But since he wasn't able to take down the goblin, Berry ended up with a nasty wound.  Then Kiselina moves forward, followed by Vidruth.  Marten wonders why everyone is in such a hurry to expose themselves to the enemy now that they've finally got the whole group into a pretty good and defensible position.   

Once Kiselina throws the torch, Marten decides that they really need a moment to reposition and make sure that Berry is OK. Besides, Marten feels uncomfortable with the unguarded passage to the bridge at his back. 

As Kiselina returns, Marten says, "Kis'a, squat down so that I can get into yer pack."  The he slips between Nosam and Kiselina, reaching into the dragonborn's pack for one of the flasks of lantern oil.  ("It's not like we have a lantern anyway," he reasons.)  He tells the two fighters, "I'll try t' buy us some time to regroup."  Carrying the flask in his right hand and his bow in his left, he follows Vidruth toward the steps. Marten looks past the torch and up the stairs to see whether he can spot any goblins. Perception 17

Then Vidruth's spell goes off.  Marten is so startled by the clap of thunder that he nearly drops the flask. His ears still ringing, he opens the flask and moves right up the steps, bent almost double to keep his head low so that he's not an easy target for any archers in the chamber.  (Thankfully, goblins are short!)  He puts one foot on the steps and leans forward at an angle to splash oil as high up the steps as he can.  He pours some of it on the lower steps, and before he's done, he makes sure to splash some of the oil right up to the flame of the torch to light it all on fire. 

As soon as the flames start to catch, he moves past the stairs and into the shadows at the east end of the chamber.  He drops the empty flask as he moves.

Movement: 30' of movement V9 >> W8 (diff terrain, Kiselina) > X9 > Y10 (pauses here for action) > Z10 > a10
Action: [Tooltip Not Found], spreading a flask of oil at Y11
Free Action: Talking, interacting with 1 object (getting a flask of oil from Kiselina's backpack)

sticking with the spell, he moved rapidly and cast the spell where he assumed the would be, and martens already acted based on it

Round 6 Results (cont’d.)

Vidruth cast thunderwave, targetting squares x/y/z 11/12/13

Marten follows Vidruth toward the stepsV9 >> W8 (diff terrain, Kiselina) > X9 > Y10 (pauses here for action) > Z10 > a10 / getting a flask of oil from Kiselina's backpack / looks up the stairs../ Perception 17; / spreading a flask of oil at Y11

Vidruth draws thunderous energy to him then sends it crashing into the landing above the southern stairs. There is a sound of goblin screams, and of a wolf yelping in pain, and the clatter of goblin armor and weapons skidding against stone, and then laughter from an unseen source — the bigger, growling voice Berry heard before he was blindsided. Vidruth knows that sound. It’s a bugbear. 

Marten succeeds in pouring oil on the stairs, and by spreading oil to the torchflame, igniting the oil and creating a temporary wall of fire, which will last 2 rounds. During the first round, anything which ends its turn within 5' of the flame will suffer 1HP flame damage. Peeking through the flames into the southern room, the rogue sees what has become of the archers (G13 & G14), their bodies crushed and twisted in terrible contortions after their bones have been pulverized within their bodies. He also spies a line of crates, barrels, rugs, and other bric-a-brac against the far wall of the southern chamber. Behind these objects, he spots two more goblin archers trying to hide. They seem not to notice that their bows are poking up above the level of the boxes.

You are now situated like so:

Please post for Round 7

Round 7: Marten (pending...)

Marten glances toward the eastern pool and is happy to see that Berry seems to be alive.  He wonders whether Mistress Daphyra feels annoyed at having to jump into the water to save Berry's life (again!).

Marten puts his right hand up next to the left side of his mouth to try to screen some of the sound from making it into the chamber south of them.  He speaks in a regular tone, not whispering, but not shouting: "Nice job, Vidruth.  It looks like ye finished at least two o' 'em and injured a wolf.  But I don' see the wolf or Berry's big friend.  "N' there mi' be other goblins lurkin' about."  As he says this last bit, he holds up his bow with his left hand and wiggles it back and forth.  If anyone is looking, he's clearly visible in the light cast by the burning oil.  Then he holds up his right hand with 2 fingers showing, and still holding up the those fingers, he pivots and points with those two fingers straight south.  Finally, he makes a gesture up-and-over with his right hand like it's jumping over an invisible fence.  "Tha' fire won' last long.  Anyone got a plan?"

(OOC: before I finish Marten's round 7 action, I need to clarify this description:

Behind these objects, he spots two more goblin archers trying to hide. They seem not to notice that their bows are poking up above the level of the boxes.

Does that mean that the goblins currently have total cover, but they're not "hidden" from Marten since he spotted the tops of their bows?  Or does it mean that they only have partial cover at the moment?  The description sounded more like the former than the latter.

I'll edit this post with Marten's action once I get that answer.

Update: the remainder of Marten's round 7 action is described in post #489.)

Berry gasped for air after Daphyra worked her magic and coughed violently. "Thanks, that's the second time," he states between fits. "Perhaps I was a cat before I became a fairy and I still have some of my nine lives left. Well, two less already. Let's hope the cat was smarter than me and saved a few more," he jokes with a broad smile. Carefully, he climbs out of the pool and settles down, leaning against the stalagmite between Vidruth and Kiselina, to address his wounds. 

Move: to W9/W10
Action: care for wounds, take a breath and get his bearings
Bonus: None

Daphyra stares at Berry, amazed that the spell had such a huge effect! "Wow! That was unexpected. I'm glad you're awake!"

She makes sure he can get up and out of the water, before heading down towards the area Marten has set alight. She gets ready to cast Toll the Dead as soon as she sees a goblin.

Action (held until she sees a goblin within range): Toll the Dead (WIS DC13 or 2 damage if not already damaged, 9 damage if already damaged)

Bonus action none

Movement: to a9

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Round 7: Marten (pending...)

Marten glances toward the eastern pool and is happy to see that Berry seems to be alive.  He wonders whether Mistress Daphyra feels annoyed at having to jump into the water to save Berry's life (again!).

Marten puts his right hand up next to the left side of his mouth to try to screen some of the sound from making it into the chamber south of them.  He speaks in a regular tone, not whispering, but not shouting: "Nice job, Vidruth.  It looks like ye finished at least two o' 'em and injured a wolf.  But I don' see the wolf or Berry's big friend.  "N' there mi' be other goblins lurkin' about."  As he says this last bit, he holds up his bow with his left hand and wiggles it back and forth.  If anyone is looking, he's clearly visible in the light cast by the burning oil.  Then he holds up his right hand with 2 fingers showing, and still holding up the those fingers, he pivots and points with those two fingers straight south.  Finally, he makes a gesture up-and-over with his right hand like it's jumping over an invisible fence.  "Tha' fire won' last long.  Anyone got a plan?"

(OOC: before I finish Marten's round 7 action, I need to clarify this description:

Behind these objects, he spots two more goblin archers trying to hide. They seem not to notice that their bows are poking up above the level of the boxes.

Does that mean that the goblins currently have total cover, but they're not "hidden" from Marten since he spotted the tops of their bows?  Or does it mean that they only have partial cover at the moment?  The description sounded more like the former than the latter.

I'll edit this post with Marten's action once I get that answer.)

TBD

Movement: TBD
Action: TBD
Free Action: Talking

 

 (OOC: At the moment when Marten looked into the chamber, which was brief, he saw, with his 19 perception roll, the hiding place of two goblins protected by 3/4 cover. No one else in the party saw them. The goblins subsequently had their turns.)

Kiselina takes a knee granting Martin access to his pack for the oil. He thinks to himself, “It’s only equipment after all, meant to be used.” He watches as the wizard does his magic and hears the goblins’ cries. “There’s a few less now”, he considers. He watches as the rogue sets the stairs ablaze and wonders how best to position himself for the next encounter.

He moves to watch the bridge tunnel, aware that there may be more goblins approaching from that side. As he readies another javelin, he peers into the shadows up the tunnel where the light from the torch fades out. (perception: 11)

“I don’t have a plan Master Marten, but I’m pretty sure we will have to go get them after the fire burns out. I feel like they aren’t going to come to us.”

(Free Action) talking as above  
(Action) Ready Attack  
(Move) T9 for LOS up the bridge tunnel.  
(Bonus) n/a    
(Reaction) Attack hostile if presented

Nosam moves ahead towards the flames (X9) and chimes in, "I agree, Kiselina, these lil' buggers keep scurrying away every chance they get. Do we need to keep an eye on that bridge back there? I'm happy to cover either side of the group, just let me know." 

Perception- passive 10 (rolled a 3)

Movement- Staying near group, advancing to X9

Action- Dodge (if needed)