With Hadrianleading your small group, you hook south of the tree in the center of the loop to avoid being seen by whoever is ransacking the northern home. From that vantage point, you're able to see down the western road. A group of raiders - 4 humans and 2 kobolds move in and out of home on the road's north side. Even as far as it is, you can see them fairly clearly due to the light thrown off by the other home set ablaze across from it.
The nobleman instead leads you northwest, behind the houses. At one point he silently calls for you all to stop, and to take cover from behind some crates. His gaze is glued to the outer perimeter of a walled off manor to the northwest. Eventually, a squad of 3 robed figures and blue-scaled drake emerge from the darkness, into the light of another burning home just south of the manor. They round the corner of the wall, making their way west. Once they've disappeared again, you move forward once more.
You cut south between a pair of flaming buildings, the heat singeing your skin as you move quickly through the alleyway. At the road, you stop briefly to allow another group of raiders (6 kobolds and another one of those blue-scaled drakes) to pass. You hurry across the rode, moving along the west wall of Leosin's home. You hear screams up ahead.
As you spill out of the final alleyway, you emerge to find a group of 7 kobolds slowly surrounding and advancing on the woman and her son. Mary has a shaky hold on a shortsword in one hand (Evelynwould recognize as the one which Leosin had hanging on the wall), while her other clutches Andy's shoulder, keeping him behind her as they slowly back away. The scaly humanoids yip excitedly as they advance on the mother and son, making quick feints then backing off to laugh excitedly.
The home behind you to the west, and on the eastern side of this small loop of homes are currently ablaze, casting the entire area in bright light.
Roll initiative, if you manage to meet or beat a 22go ahead and take your turn.
The kobolds don't seem to notice your presence until it's too late - a few near the back turn on their heels, barking out short words of warning to their allies in draconic.
Rox darts out from behind Hadrianwith his scimitar, slashing at the nearest kobold(E) (melee attack to hit:8). The wiry kobold dodges the attack, and your goblin ally darts backwards, hiding behind the nobleman again.
The blade of his longsword flashes an iridescent red as he presses the flat of it to his forehead, speaking words of borrowed knowledge. Despite the heat of the burning building at his back, he feels a chill as a frosty layer of ice spreads across his skin.
Without care for whatever attacks he might incur he moves through a gap between two of the scaled humanoids(A & D), advancing on the kobold that intends to circle around Mary. His sword arcs through the air. Entirely too high, as if he were unaccustomed to fighting such small opponents.
Bonus Action:Armor of Agathys Movement: 5 NE -> 5 E -> 5 NE - 10 E Action: Longsword (7 to hit, natural 1)
Both of the kobolds stab at Hadrianas he passes between them. The first drives the point of its dagger into his thigh (Melee attack:22 to hit, 3 piercing damage), letting out a yelp as frost quickly envelops the blade, surging up its arm and chest and burning the skin with frostbite. His friend does not seem to care about the possible retaliation, also stabbing forward with his dagger. It stabs at the joint of his knee(Melee attack:24 to hit (critical), 6 piercing damage), breaking through the icy armor. Even as shards of ice fly off, cutting through its face and neck, its own blade drives deep into the nobleman's leg.
Both kobolds (A), (D) take 5 cold damage. The retaliation from Hadrian's spell leaves them just barely standing.
The kobold (E) steps aside as the primal claws rake through the air. Having dodged two of your party's attempts on its life now, it stamps its feet in a little dance, tail whipping back and forth as it barks out a laugh.
Hadrian Another dagger pierces Hadrian's armor as the kobold (B) whose head he'd just tried to lop off retaliates, stabbing into the man's abdomen(Melee attack:22 to hit, 4 piercing damage). His companion(C) turns their attention from Mary, trying to catch the nobleman in the side(Melee attack:7 to hit).
Evelyn The druid quickly finds herself surrounded as two of the creatures (F) and (G), peel away from Mary and Andy to help deal with the new threats. Nearly simultaneously stab up at the elvish woman with their daggers. Melee attack:24 to hit(critical), 7 piercing damage Melee attack:19 to hit, 4 piercing damage
(A) - 5 damage taken this combat (D) - 5 damage taken this combat
On the way through the village, Aimon's pale elven skin pales even further at the sight of blue-scaled drakes. Surely they can't... he thinks nervously to himself.
Any concerns he held about the colour of the drakes were tossed from his mind, however, when they finally reached their destination and were confronted with a gang of yipping kobolds readying their blades against a woman and her child.
His new companions leap heroically into the fight before he can even gather his thoughts. Run!screams the pragmatic part of his mind, but he ignores it in favour of searching deeper, dipping into the deep well of power that had been roused in him by the forbidden goblet. He feels the power course through him, drawing it into his hand as a ball of lightning forms between his curled fingers. He flicks his wrist and sends it flying into one of the kobolds covered in frost, the lightning coursing across the creature's small frame.
Bonus Action: Innate Sorcery Action: Sorcerous Burst at (D). Attack (advantage from Innate Sorcery): 23. Damage: 6 lightning.
Already close to death from the frost creeping through its wounds, the kobold (D) nearly bursts as Aimon's spell strikes it, sending lightning coursing through its body. The burnt form collapses to the ground where it stood.
Orange from distant reflected firelight limns Xarian's hazel eyes as he draws his greatsword. Bringing up the rear, he steps ahead towards the closest kobold flanking Evelyn and brings his blade down in an overhand chop. Green fire seems to leap from the target to their ally just past them.
"Laugh it up, little lizards. It's not going to last. At least not for you seven tonight." Strangely, Xari's stutter seems to be in remission.
Movement: Xari steps E - SE - SE, finishing just east of Kobold F and just north of Kobold E.
The kobold(F) is cleaved in two as Xarian's greatsword chops through between its shoulder and neck. Its companion(E) is licked by the green flame that arcs off the blade, singing their torso. A pair of the scaly humanoids(A),(E) take turns trying to stab the giant looming above them, but they simply can't get their blades into the gaps of his armor.
While Andy cowers behind his mother, Mary bravely tries to raise the sword in an awkward slash at one of the kobolds. The blade slices through nothing but air.
Rox meets a similar failure as he slips the kobold(A) trying in vain to bring down Xarian, slashing at and missing (C).
Despite the numerous wounds he's taken already, the nobleman continues on. The longsword flashes an iridescent red again as he resummons the icy shield around him. The weapon twirls in his heads, and he stabs downward at the kobold(B) he'd failed to kill before.
Bonus Action: armor of agathys Action: Longsword (12 to hit), (5 slashing)
Bleeding from being stabbed not once, but twice puts Evelyn into a state approaching rage. This time her canines extend, sharpening as she tries to grab the kobold (E) in front of her to bite into its throat.
The kobold(B) dances to the side as Hadriantries to thrust his sword through it, yipping elatedly. It responds by trying to stab him in the gut(Melee attack:15 to hit, 5 piercing damage), only to be met with the armor of ice that protects him. Again it shatters, sending shards of deadly ice flying in the face of the kobold.
As Rox's sword flashes in front of its vision, the other kobold(C) retaliates by charging the goblin, stabbing him in the shoulder(Melee attack:23 to hit, 4 piercing damage).
Evelyntears out the throat of the kobold(E) weakened by Xarian'sgreen flames. Another kobold(G) rushes to take its place, thrusting its dagger through a small gap in the large fighter's armor(Melee attack:24 to hit (critical), 5 piercing damage).
Aimon is simultaneously shocked and bolstered by the way his magic brought the wild kobol down, but he does not have time to consider consequences as the lizard-like creatures keep viciously attacking his companions.
Seeing Hadrian having taken a number of hits and still facing more of the kobolds, Aimon pulls together another swirling mass of crackling energy and sends it to the farthest kobold.
Attack: Sorcerous Burst at (B). Attack: 18. Damage: 5 lightning.
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Stealth: 20
Evelyn falls into step behind Hadrian [Stealth: 16], more than happy to let someone else be the first to walk into trouble.
Rox Stealth: 24
With Hadrian leading your small group, you hook south of the tree in the center of the loop to avoid being seen by whoever is ransacking the northern home. From that vantage point, you're able to see down the western road. A group of raiders - 4 humans and 2 kobolds move in and out of home on the road's north side. Even as far as it is, you can see them fairly clearly due to the light thrown off by the other home set ablaze across from it.
The nobleman instead leads you northwest, behind the houses. At one point he silently calls for you all to stop, and to take cover from behind some crates. His gaze is glued to the outer perimeter of a walled off manor to the northwest. Eventually, a squad of 3 robed figures and blue-scaled drake emerge from the darkness, into the light of another burning home just south of the manor. They round the corner of the wall, making their way west. Once they've disappeared again, you move forward once more.
You cut south between a pair of flaming buildings, the heat singeing your skin as you move quickly through the alleyway. At the road, you stop briefly to allow another group of raiders (6 kobolds and another one of those blue-scaled drakes) to pass. You hurry across the rode, moving along the west wall of Leosin's home. You hear screams up ahead.
As you spill out of the final alleyway, you emerge to find a group of 7 kobolds slowly surrounding and advancing on the woman and her son. Mary has a shaky hold on a shortsword in one hand (Evelyn would recognize as the one which Leosin had hanging on the wall), while her other clutches Andy's shoulder, keeping him behind her as they slowly back away. The scaly humanoids yip excitedly as they advance on the mother and son, making quick feints then backing off to laugh excitedly.
The home behind you to the west, and on the eastern side of this small loop of homes are currently ablaze, casting the entire area in bright light.
Roll initiative, if you manage to meet or beat a 22 go ahead and take your turn.
Xarian's Initiative: 5 (Natural 1)
Which makes sense as he is bringing up the rear.
Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Xarian(Fighter2): NioNSwiper's Tyranny of Dragons
Dyson/Eleo(TwilightCleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(ShepherdDruid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(WildMagicSorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(EchoKnightFighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(MercyMonk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(NatureCleric3/DivineSoulSorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
Aimon Initiative: 5
Hadrian Initiative: 18
[Initiative]: 16
The kobolds don't seem to notice your presence until it's too late - a few near the back turn on their heels, barking out short words of warning to their allies in draconic.
Rox darts out from behind Hadrian with his scimitar, slashing at the nearest kobold(E) (melee attack to hit: 8). The wiry kobold dodges the attack, and your goblin ally darts backwards, hiding behind the nobleman again.
Hadrian and Eve! Map is unchanged.
The blade of his longsword flashes an iridescent red as he presses the flat of it to his forehead, speaking words of borrowed knowledge. Despite the heat of the burning building at his back, he feels a chill as a frosty layer of ice spreads across his skin.
Without care for whatever attacks he might incur he moves through a gap between two of the scaled humanoids(A & D), advancing on the kobold that intends to circle around Mary. His sword arcs through the air. Entirely too high, as if he were unaccustomed to fighting such small opponents.
Bonus Action: Armor of Agathys
Movement: 5 NE -> 5 E -> 5 NE - 10 E
Action: Longsword (7 to hit, natural 1)
Both of the kobolds stab at Hadrian as he passes between them. The first drives the point of its dagger into his thigh (Melee attack: 22 to hit, 3 piercing damage), letting out a yelp as frost quickly envelops the blade, surging up its arm and chest and burning the skin with frostbite. His friend does not seem to care about the possible retaliation, also stabbing forward with his dagger. It stabs at the joint of his knee(Melee attack: 24 to hit (critical), 6 piercing damage), breaking through the icy armor. Even as shards of ice fly off, cutting through its face and neck, its own blade drives deep into the nobleman's leg.
Both kobolds (A), (D) take 5 cold damage. The retaliation from Hadrian's spell leaves them just barely standing.
Eve, just you now.
As she had done before, the nails on her right hand sharpen as she steps forward, slashing down on the kobold in front of her.
[Movement]: 10 E
[Action]: Primal Savagery To Hit: 11, Damage: 10 acid
The kobold (E) steps aside as the primal claws rake through the air. Having dodged two of your party's attempts on its life now, it stamps its feet in a little dance, tail whipping back and forth as it barks out a laugh.
Hadrian
Another dagger pierces Hadrian's armor as the kobold (B) whose head he'd just tried to lop off retaliates, stabbing into the man's abdomen(Melee attack: 22 to hit, 4 piercing damage). His companion(C) turns their attention from Mary, trying to catch the nobleman in the side(Melee attack: 7 to hit).
Evelyn
The druid quickly finds herself surrounded as two of the creatures (F) and (G), peel away from Mary and Andy to help deal with the new threats. Nearly simultaneously stab up at the elvish woman with their daggers.
Melee attack: 24 to hit(critical), 7 piercing damage
Melee attack: 19 to hit, 4 piercing damage
(A) - 5 damage taken this combat
(D) - 5 damage taken this combat
Xarian and Aimon, time to save your friends!
On the way through the village, Aimon's pale elven skin pales even further at the sight of blue-scaled drakes. Surely they can't... he thinks nervously to himself.
Any concerns he held about the colour of the drakes were tossed from his mind, however, when they finally reached their destination and were confronted with a gang of yipping kobolds readying their blades against a woman and her child.
His new companions leap heroically into the fight before he can even gather his thoughts. Run! screams the pragmatic part of his mind, but he ignores it in favour of searching deeper, dipping into the deep well of power that had been roused in him by the forbidden goblet. He feels the power course through him, drawing it into his hand as a ball of lightning forms between his curled fingers. He flicks his wrist and sends it flying into one of the kobolds covered in frost, the lightning coursing across the creature's small frame.
Bonus Action: Innate Sorcery
Action: Sorcerous Burst at (D). Attack (advantage from Innate Sorcery): 23. Damage: 6 lightning.
Already close to death from the frost creeping through its wounds, the kobold (D) nearly bursts as Aimon's spell strikes it, sending lightning coursing through its body. The burnt form collapses to the ground where it stood.
Xarian!
Orange from distant reflected firelight limns Xarian's hazel eyes as he draws his greatsword. Bringing up the rear, he steps ahead towards the closest kobold flanking Evelyn and brings his blade down in an overhand chop. Green fire seems to leap from the target to their ally just past them.
"Laugh it up, little lizards. It's not going to last. At least not for you seven tonight." Strangely, Xari's stutter seems to be in remission.
Movement: Xari steps E - SE - SE, finishing just east of Kobold F and just north of Kobold E.
Action: Xari attacks Kobold F with Green Flame Blade using his Greatsword. The flames leap to Kobold E on a hit.
Green Flame Blade with Greatsword to hit Kobold F: 18
Green Flame Blade with Greatsword damage to Kobold F: 9 (slashing)
Green Flame Blade secondary damage on a hit to adjacent Kobold E: 4 (fire)
Greatsword Graze Weapon Mastery: on a miss, the target (Kobold F) still takes damage: 4 (slashing)
Bonus Action: None
Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Xarian(Fighter2): NioNSwiper's Tyranny of Dragons
Dyson/Eleo(TwilightCleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(ShepherdDruid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(WildMagicSorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(EchoKnightFighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(MercyMonk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(NatureCleric3/DivineSoulSorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
The kobold(F) is cleaved in two as Xarian's greatsword chops through between its shoulder and neck. Its companion(E) is licked by the green flame that arcs off the blade, singing their torso. A pair of the scaly humanoids(A),(E) take turns trying to stab the giant looming above them, but they simply can't get their blades into the gaps of his armor.
While Andy cowers behind his mother, Mary bravely tries to raise the sword in an awkward slash at one of the kobolds. The blade slices through nothing but air.
Rox meets a similar failure as he slips the kobold(A) trying in vain to bring down Xarian, slashing at and missing (C).
Hadrian, Eve, onwards!
(A) has taken 5 damage
(E) has taken 4 damage.
Despite the numerous wounds he's taken already, the nobleman continues on. The longsword flashes an iridescent red again as he resummons the icy shield around him. The weapon twirls in his heads, and he stabs downward at the kobold(B) he'd failed to kill before.
Bonus Action: armor of agathys
Action: Longsword (12 to hit), (5 slashing)
Bleeding from being stabbed not once, but twice puts Evelyn into a state approaching rage. This time her canines extend, sharpening as she tries to grab the kobold (E) in front of her to bite into its throat.
[Action]: Primal Savagery To Hit: 14, Damage: 6 acid
The kobold(B) dances to the side as Hadrian tries to thrust his sword through it, yipping elatedly. It responds by trying to stab him in the gut(Melee attack: 15 to hit, 5 piercing damage), only to be met with the armor of ice that protects him. Again it shatters, sending shards of deadly ice flying in the face of the kobold.
As Rox's sword flashes in front of its vision, the other kobold(C) retaliates by charging the goblin, stabbing him in the shoulder(Melee attack: 23 to hit, 4 piercing damage).
Evelyn tears out the throat of the kobold(E) weakened by Xarian's green flames. Another kobold(G) rushes to take its place, thrusting its dagger through a small gap in the large fighter's armor(Melee attack: 24 to hit (critical), 5 piercing damage).
Xarian and Aimon!
(A) has taken 5 damage.
(B) has taken 5 damage.
Rox has 6 hit points.
Aimon is simultaneously shocked and bolstered by the way his magic brought the wild kobol down, but he does not have time to consider consequences as the lizard-like creatures keep viciously attacking his companions.
Seeing Hadrian having taken a number of hits and still facing more of the kobolds, Aimon pulls together another swirling mass of crackling energy and sends it to the farthest kobold.
Attack: Sorcerous Burst at (B). Attack: 18. Damage: 5 lightning.