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The ruffian leader holds up his powerful hand as Randa nocks an arrow. "Careful little lady. Think it through. This doesn't have to be bloody. You are surrounded."

With a shriek of metal, Entropy unsheaths her londsword. "All I am surrounded by is fear, and dead men!" She barks.

 OOC: Love that!

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The ruffian leader holds up his powerful hand as Randa nocks an arrow. "Careful little lady. Think it through. This doesn't have to be bloody. You are surrounded."

With a shriek of metal, Entropy unsheaths her londsword. "All I am surrounded by is fear, and dead men!" She barks.

 OOC: Love that!

 OOC: I wish I could claim credit for it, but it is an absolutely METAL line from Darth Vader, the ultimate badass himself. I read that when it came out years ago and I still think of it once in a while.

Ylis glares at the man who had the audacity to attack Rumble. That mother clucker is gonna pay!

But not right now.

OOC: Action dependent on Randa targeted Bandit E/F as they are the farthest.

She looks across the field and  mutters a prayer to the Moonweaver as she casts Moonbeam. A hum fills the air above Bandit L and a pale ray slaps to the ground engulfing L and K. DC 14 CON save vs 10 damage, save for half.

Then yellow fur erupts from her body as she takes the form of a white eared lion with a turtle shell necklace. She roars in rage at the bandits standing before her!

Sacha shoves her spear into the shoulder of the leader. He snarls, foul smelling spittle flies from his mouth to Sacha’s face as he screams. The spear is pulled free and she twirls it overhead to make room from the bandits, then lunges recklessly at one of them. She skewers him right in the middle. Blood explodes out of his back. He stares at Sacha with wide, accusing eyes. Then his vision grows unfocused after a second and he falls.

DM: Morgan, Sacha already killed Bandit I, so I am just going to pin the attack to Bandit H, since it was right next to I and they have the same stat block.

Morgan’s swirling chromatic orbs splashes in the face of one bandit, engulfing her head in magical napalm. She tries to scream but as she breathes in, the liquid fire spills down her throat, completely ruining the incredibly delicate vocal cords. She falls to the ground, clawing at her face but the flames will not come off. After a few agonizing moments, she stops moving as the fire consumes her head.

Morgan then conjures a blazing fire beneath the two who attacked him. One deftly bounces out of the way, the other gets a bit of a hot foot. Neither seem amused by the attempt.

Randa’s arrow hums with power as she fires. The arrow goes wide however and sails past the enemies where it impacts someplace in the distance, where it bursts harmlessly.

DM: Ylis, tell me if you would rather do something different since you anchored your action to Randa’s. For now, assuming it stays the same.

The Moonbeam crashes down on the two ruffians howl and throw their hands up to shield their faces as their entire bodies burst into flames. They collapse in a heap, the heat is so intense to them, their blood boils and they simply die.

DM: Waiting for the all clear for Ylis before I move on with the enemies turn.

Good Good

There is a moment of confusion among the outlaws before the leader shouts his orders.

"They got casters! Crossbows! The one in the wagon and the bunny!"

He then pulls out a strange device of metal. It looks almost exactly like a crossbow itself, but it lacks the cocking stirrup, limb, and string. He levels it at Morgan and snarls. "Over a bag o gold..."

DM: Pistol Attacks 9, 8. (WOW!!!!!)

Sacha is far too threatening, swinging around her spear. It forces the leader to dodge parry with his sword, which makes his aim with his pistol extremely sloppy. Two thunder cracks ring out, one striking the wagon, blowing the railing into splinters just off target from Morgan. The other zings by him. Morgan can hear the scream of the bullet pass by his head, a ripple of air knocking his hat off-kilter.

Rumble comes down onto four legs, but not before he batters at the bandit that had cut open his chest. The hooves rain down, crushing the man's chest, making a wet splintering sound and sending him to the dirt (8 Bludgeoning Damage). The man rises back to his feet and clutches at his chest. He seems to have difficulty breathing, but is still standing.

Behind you, you hear Ayo and her team engage their enemies. Shouts and the clash of metal, the sound of flesh being rent, and at least one person laughing fill your ears.

Bandit M fires at Morgan with his crossbow.

DM: Attack 17, Piercing Damage 8.

The bolt sticks in Morgan's belly with a 'CHULK' sound. Bandit J readies his crossbow at Morgan as well.

DM: Attack 7.

But the still burning allies literally piled up next to him has caused his hands to quake noticeably, causing the bolt to impact the dirt near Randa's feet.

"Ain't worth it, boss! I still got life ta live!" The bandit (A) that had cut Rumble and received a battered chest for the attack turns and runs.

Another man with a crossbow fires at Morgan, but he is unskilled and actually ends up targeting Randa.

DM: Attack 14.

Randa can see the unskilled shot from a mile away and actually snatches the bolt right out of the air, tossing it aside like one might dispose of an old newspaper.

Bandits C, D, E, and F all toward Ylis.

DM: C's Attack nat 20, Piercing Damage 15. D's Attack 5, E's Attack 8, F's Attack 17, Piercing Damage 8.

Ylis swats one bolt away with her spear, dodges another, but one pins her leg to the wagon and the other strikes her dead center in the chest.

Bandit B strikes out at Sacha with her sword, but finds that the blade can only do superficial damage, Sacha's hide becoming suddenly highly resistant to the blade.

DM: B's Attack 21, Slashing Damage 3, reduced to 1.

Bandits O and N hack at Morgan unskillfully with their scimitars.

DM: O's Attack 17, Slashing Damage 6. N's Attack 14, Slashing Damage 3.

Total Round Damage:

Morgan: 17

Randa:

Sacha: 1

Ylis: 23 O_O

DM: Ylis, are you still up? Forgot to change your token, my bad. Team heroes, go go go!

Sachs’s reach is 15 feet while her tattoo is active. Does she get an opportunity attack on Bandit A? 

Opportunity Attack: Attack: 25 Damage: 16

Nonlethal damage if it hits. Sachs’s spear extends up into the air as the green tendrils increase her reach. These tendrils thrust her spear forward, almost like an atlatl, but she doesn’t let go of the spear. Sacha is aiming for his leg. 

Morgan gets 5 THP

Sacha is caught up in the heat of the battle. She smiles and begins to laugh. 

She reckless attacks again, thrusting her spear forward at the captain, and then ramming the butt of the spear into bandit B. 

Stab attack: Attack: 18 Damage: 14

Pole strike: Attack: 19 Damage: 12

Just a reminder to apply Sap if these attacks hit

As she stabs at the captain, she stares him in the eyes. 

“I wouldn’t worry about the spellcasters. It’s not the bunny or the mage that’s gonna kill you. It’s me.”

Intimidation: 37

Oops. That's not how advantage works. 

Intimidation 2.0: 14

Morgan steadies himself, blood still dripping from his wound. The heat of the bonfire flickers in his dark, star-filled eyes.

"Not yet…" he growls, forcing his focus back through the pain. (Constitution saving throw with advantage from Tides of Chaos: 12 — he maintains concentration)

The spectral flames surge higher, licking at the air as Bandits O and N stumble in the heat (DC 15 Dex; each takes 2 fire damage 🤦).

Morgan turns toward the bandit captain, a feral grin spreading across his face.
"As they say: where once stood a man, now stands... a roasted chicken."

With that, he raises the diamond again — it hums, alive with crackling energy — and releases a second-level Chromatic Orb of blazing fire.

(Attack: 22 to hit; 29 fire damage (5+8+8+8), it bounces!)

The fiery sphere slams into the captain, then ricochets wildly, bursting toward Bandit N (20 to hit; 21 fire damage 1+6+8+6, it bounces again) and again toward Bandit O (25 to hit; 13 fire damage). Each impact leaves trails of molten embers spiraling through the air.

Morgan lowers his hand slowly, breathing hard as the battlefield glows red around him.

(Normal Wild Magic Surge check: 6 — nope)
(But the direct roll from Tides of Chaos on the Wild Magic table: 39 — “You turn into a potted plant until the start of your next turn.” 🪴)

The diamond drops from his hand and lands beside a neat, leafy little potted fern — its red leaves suspiciously familiar, swaying slightly in the heat of the flames.

(OOC: I could reroll the Wild Magic table with heroic inspiration. But, I'm sorry, this is too funny...)

Randa cursed her aim and sighted again on a bandit hoping to take out their three companions with the next burst.

( Aiming at E. Burst should hit CDEF.)

Attack: 15 Damage: 12 Piercing  + 8 Force to all within a 10' of where the arrow hit.

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Sachs’s reach is 15 feet while her tattoo is active. Does she get an opportunity attack on Bandit A? 

 Absolutely

Lion form and Horizonback amulet keeps Ylis alive!

Concentration Check Dice rolls not yet available for this section.

(OOC: I didn't have the messages with Sacha's splendid attacks when I wrote my message. Maybe I took too long to write... If the bandit captain and bandit B are already dead, the first Morgan's attack would have been for bandit M.)

Edit: I had also edited my previous post to add the rolls for the two Concentration checks that I had forgotten: (21 and 17, , respectively). But that part of the post has also disappeared (not that was really important)

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Lion form and Horizonback amulet keeps Ylis alive!

Concentration Check Dice rolls not yet available for this section.

 Concentration Check 12

Ylion lets out a yelp of pain when the bolt pierced her neck, even the turle magic couldn't deflect that shot! But the other one which would have taken her in the shoulder was shunted aside.

She seems to be pawing at the air but she is actually directing the beam of moonlight across the battlefield. It leaves a path of scorched dirt and flesh in its wake.

DC 14 CON save vs 13 radiant damage, save for half.

Then she saunters over to the bandit leader.

OOC: Oh dear. (Looks at deadly path of spell)