When the enemy ship is within 120’ of the Rogues respite, Kragen will bequeath Tyrs blessing on Hoid, Gneuman, Chadwick and himself. Taking his Holy Water and gesticulating vigorously at the his compatriots and the ship.
The neogi ship catches up to the Rogue's Respite and it forelimbs grab hold to secure itself to your ship. From the bottom of the main body of the ship opens a clamshell door to reveal the bottom deck of the neogi ship. There are two ballistae there, but they have no crew working them. Instead you see a tremendous insectoid looking bipedal creature with huge mandibles and claws that immediately begins to scramble onto the deck of your ship. Accompanying this creature is a black Dragonborn warrior in chain mail wielding a glaive, several tiny spider like creatures with what appears to be an eels neck and head, a larger spider like creature, a yuan-ti wearing leather armor armed with a scimitar, dagger and short bow and finally a red skinned humanoid wearing a deep orange robe carrying a staff. All move to board your ship and take offensive actions.
Chadwick uses his readied action to fire a bow shot at the umber hulk, To hit = 17. The arrow is blocked by the heavy chitinous plate of the creature's body. (( You get a reaction for this, not a full attack. So, only a single shot. ))
Starker's Fireball flies into the hold of the neogi ship and detonates with devastating effect. All inside are affected in some way. Three of the smaller spider creatures are killed outright. The umber hulk takes damage along with the other humanoids. You can see that the ballistae are now burning as well as other items in the hold.
Mallinora follows up with her bow, attacking the umber hulk. To hit = 20 and 18 for 12 and 7 piercing damage. Both arrows find home.
The black Dragonborn warrior exits the hold, angry. He moves and uses his breath weapon on Hoid, Kragen and Gneuman, DC 14 DEX save or take 7 acid damage. All three save for 3 damage. (( Lowest roll was a 19! )) He then moves to close in on Hoid, attacking with his glaive.
Mallinora cries out after this attack, "BANDEK!!!, THAT IS BANDEK!!! He is my friend. Please do not kill him!!!, PLEASE!!!"
Chadwick uses his readied action to fire a bow shot at the umber hulk, To hit = 17. The arrow is blocked by the heavy chitinous plate of the creature's body. (( You get a reaction for this, not a full attack. So, only a single shot. ))
Initiative begins.
Starker to act.
After my initial posting I updated it to include the bless for a 20 to hit (5 dam no HM).
”Starker, well done fireball! However, I don’t believe that dealing out death and destruction is sufficient to be in the thick of it. In my opinion being in the thick of it requires imminent bodily harm from hostile adversaries. Your remote location, although effective for your skill set, precludes you from being in the thick of it. Nonetheless, I would entertain any counter argument you might offer, particularly in view of your more scholarly outlook.”
Trolkarl plinks at the umber hulk on his turn. The spider creature in the hold of the ship pulls out a potion and consumes it, then finds cover.
The umber hulk exits the mind spider and attacks hold with claw attacks and its mandibles. All miss.
Gohumbee is below decks. You see no action occur from him.
The yuan-ti stays within the hold of the ship, firing his short bow at Hoid. To hit = 25, for 9 piercing damage plus an additional 11 sneak attack damage. 17 total after 3HP damage reduction.
The robed thrall exits the ship, "Ullric!," Mallinora hisses. Ullric then casts a spell targeting Kragen, DC 15 CHA save is successful with a 15. Kragen feels as though he is being sent somewhere, like a cage, but resists the effects.
(( Rolled a 3 for Gneuman for Bless bonus. Last strike now a hit. Please do these with your posts so we don't need to keep going back and changing things. ))
"If you two boys don't start getting along I'm gonna tie your belts together and make you milk goats like mammy Martha used to do to us back in the village."
You are unsure who mammy Martha is, but given the large chunks of chitinous plate Chadwick proceeds to hack off the umber hulk and some very un-paladin like muttering you guess there is some built up resentment.
As a bonus action Chadwick casts Vow of Enmity for advantage, then moves up to engage the Umber Hulk.
Attack one-To hit: nat 20 Dam: 17 + 23 (Divine smite cast at 2nd level and doubled)
When the enemy ship is within 120’ of the Rogues respite, Kragen will bequeath Tyrs blessing on Hoid, Gneuman, Chadwick and himself. Taking his Holy Water and gesticulating vigorously at the his compatriots and the ship.
The neogi ship catches up to the Rogue's Respite and it forelimbs grab hold to secure itself to your ship. From the bottom of the main body of the ship opens a clamshell door to reveal the bottom deck of the neogi ship. There are two ballistae there, but they have no crew working them. Instead you see a tremendous insectoid looking bipedal creature with huge mandibles and claws that immediately begins to scramble onto the deck of your ship. Accompanying this creature is a black Dragonborn warrior in chain mail wielding a glaive, several tiny spider like creatures with what appears to be an eels neck and head, a larger spider like creature, a yuan-ti wearing leather armor armed with a scimitar, dagger and short bow and finally a red skinned humanoid wearing a deep orange robe carrying a staff. All move to board your ship and take offensive actions.
Chadwick has a readied action with his bow.
Chadwick to act.
Targeting the umber hulk
To hit: 17,13 (with bless 20, 16)
Dam: 5,9
If he gets a bonus action as well he would cast hunters mark first (assuming the umber hulk is within 60').
HM:3,2
-edited to added bless rolls-
Chadwick uses his readied action to fire a bow shot at the umber hulk, To hit = 17. The arrow is blocked by the heavy chitinous plate of the creature's body. (( You get a reaction for this, not a full attack. So, only a single shot. ))
Initiative begins.
Starker to act.
If I am right on LOS and range(assume that the staircases on quarterdeck and main deck are the same), Fireball behind Juv Neogi2
29 fire damage, halved on Dex DC 15 save for all within 20’ radius. Flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried start burning.
if I am wrong about LOS snd range, then if can move to get LOS and range, cast FB as above then retreat as far back on quarterdeck as possible.
if no way to get FB off, please advise and Starker will do something else a very intelligent wizard would do, TBD.
Starker's Fireball flies into the hold of the neogi ship and detonates with devastating effect. All inside are affected in some way. Three of the smaller spider creatures are killed outright. The umber hulk takes damage along with the other humanoids. You can see that the ballistae are now burning as well as other items in the hold.
Mallinora follows up with her bow, attacking the umber hulk. To hit = 20 and 18 for 12 and 7 piercing damage. Both arrows find home.
The black Dragonborn warrior exits the hold, angry. He moves and uses his breath weapon on Hoid, Kragen and Gneuman, DC 14 DEX save or take 7 acid damage. All three save for 3 damage. (( Lowest roll was a 19! )) He then moves to close in on Hoid, attacking with his glaive.
Mallinora cries out after this attack, "BANDEK!!!, THAT IS BANDEK!!! He is my friend. Please do not kill him!!!, PLEASE!!!"
Trolkarl to act.
Starker:”That ‘thick’ enough for you, Hoid?!? Should I have waded in with my quarterstaff instead?” He is not smiling when he screams that.
After my initial posting I updated it to include the bless for a 20 to hit (5 dam no HM).
Sorry about that
Trolkarl will Eldritch Blast the umber hulk.
19,14 - 2 force damage from the 19
Moving 15' forward between Mallinora and the crew at the 'north' stairs.
Hoid uses a free action to converse with Starker.
”Starker, well done fireball! However, I don’t believe that dealing out death and destruction is sufficient to be in the thick of it. In my opinion being in the thick of it requires imminent bodily harm from hostile adversaries. Your remote location, although effective for your skill set, precludes you from being in the thick of it. Nonetheless, I would entertain any counter argument you might offer, particularly in view of your more scholarly outlook.”
((Chadwick's arrow amended as a hit.))
Trolkarl plinks at the umber hulk on his turn. The spider creature in the hold of the ship pulls out a potion and consumes it, then finds cover.
The umber hulk exits the mind spider and attacks hold with claw attacks and its mandibles. All miss.
Gohumbee is below decks. You see no action occur from him.
The yuan-ti stays within the hold of the ship, firing his short bow at Hoid. To hit = 25, for 9 piercing damage plus an additional 11 sneak attack damage. 17 total after 3HP damage reduction.
The robed thrall exits the ship, "Ullric!," Mallinora hisses. Ullric then casts a spell targeting Kragen, DC 15 CHA save is successful with a 15. Kragen feels as though he is being sent somewhere, like a cage, but resists the effects.
Gneuman to act.
Gneuman leaps into action, closing the distance with thrall 14.
He strikes at the evil nasty with his Vicious Spear: to hit 22. Damage: 7.
Gneuman then goes in for a second, spinning attack with said spear: missing (9)
His final Gnome-Fu attack is a Dim Mock strike to the thralls chest: 14 to hit (8 damage if successful).
Gneuman’s first strike lands against the Dragonborn. The others are deflected by his armor.
Chadwick to act.
Don’t forget your Bless advantage. May make a difference on the Dim Mock attack?
(( Rolled a 3 for Gneuman for Bless bonus. Last strike now a hit. Please do these with your posts so we don't need to keep going back and changing things. ))
Chadwick to act
"If you two boys don't start getting along I'm gonna tie your belts together and make you milk goats like mammy Martha used to do to us back in the village."
You are unsure who mammy Martha is, but given the large chunks of chitinous plate Chadwick proceeds to hack off the umber hulk and some very un-paladin like muttering you guess there is some built up resentment.
As a bonus action Chadwick casts Vow of Enmity for advantage, then moves up to engage the Umber Hulk.
Attack one-To hit: nat 20 Dam: 17 + 23 (Divine smite cast at 2nd level and doubled)
Attack two-To hit:25, dam: 11
Total 51
Chadwick weighs into strike at the umber hulk and.....just stands there staring off into space.
Hoid to act.
Can Hoid jump to any of the squares on the other ship marked with a blue X?
Forgot about Bless. What is the bonus roll again?
Yes. Reaction from Thrall1 is likely.