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Isk shakes his head and clears for the fog from his mind.  With the guard still up after taking the walloping Isk dishes out before, he points a finger and dark coils of purple smoke begin to snake up the guards legs.  "I don't know what you are, but I'm going to end you here."

• Bonus Action: Hexblade's Curse on the guard creature (+3 dmg to attacks, crit on 19 or 20, +11hp when it dies)
• Action: Glaive attacks!
  • First Attack 17 + 4 Damage: 18 + 3 necrotic damage
  • Second Attack 27 + 1 Damage: 10 + 5 necrotic damage

 those damage rolls though :(

edit: seems like the first attack rolled two dice as if it was a crit...?

  Don't forget about your reaction attack from Brin's second use of Voice of Authority...

((lesser restoration on Reverie to remove paralysis. Bonus action attack on the guard: Attack: 26 Damage: 9) 

Knowing that Reverie could heal herself if only she could move, Ana decided to repeat her action and cast the spell to purge Reverie's paralysis. Laying her hand on her friend briefly, she cast a spell and said loudly "Focus on that blue monster. It regenerates, try to disable it somehow." Since her arrow did nothing to it, she shfted her gaze on the guard who had taken a lot of damage and sent a luminous arrow at him.

 Trimyrai will take out his longbow and fire two shots at one of the slaads.

Attack 1: 24

Damage 1(if it hits): 11

Attack 2: 20

Damage 2(if it hits): 12

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Isk shakes his head and clears for the fog from his mind.  With the guard still up after taking the walloping Isk dishes out before, he points a finger and dark coils of purple smoke begin to snake up the guards legs.  "I don't know what you are, but I'm going to end you here."

• Bonus Action: Hexblade's Curse on the guard creature (+3 dmg to attacks, crit on 19 or 20, +11hp when it dies)
• Action: Glaive attacks!
  • First Attack 17 + 4 Damage: 18 + 3 necrotic damage
  • Second Attack 27 + 1 Damage: 10 + 5 necrotic damage

 those damage rolls though :(

edit: seems like the first attack rolled two dice as if it was a crit...?

  Don't forget about your reaction attack from Brin's second use of Voice of Authority...

 Oh, i missed that!

Reaction attack! 15 Damage: 19 + 6 necrotic damage

 +4 to the hit roll

edit: oh wow, max damage!

Brin's spell (Aid) increases the maximum HP for himself, Iskander, and Reverie for the next 8 hours (no concentration needed).  That also heals Reverie up to 29 HP.

Reverie is unable to act that round, but Ana removes the paralysis so she won't be helpless to slaad attacks.

Trimyrai sends 2 arrows at the slaad. The first deflects off the tough hide of the toad-creature, but the second impacts for 12 damage.

Iskander strikes the guard twice (28 damage combined), and Ana's astrological arrow blasts the same guard for 16 damage. Despite its body being split open from collarbone down to the ribs, the guard still stands impassively in front of Isk... Brin's voice calls out menacingly to Iskander: "Finish him!" (Iskander resists the urge to scream out "mortal kombat!") One more glaive strike (25 damage) finally gets a response from the guard. All 4 guards at the same time have a brief expression of surprise, then slump to the ground as pools of grey sludge.

The blue slaad rips out Trim's arrow and snaps it in half. Most of the damage regenerates (10 HP worth).

It growls in anger after seeing the 4 guards dissolve into puddles. It moves away from Reverie, to attack Iskander 3 times.
(OOC: Sorry, those first 3 attacks were rolled with advantage, so that was a mistake.)

• bite Attack: 22 Damage: 8
• claw1 Attack: 28 Damage: 19
• claw2 Attack: 23 Damage: 11
• bite Attack: 14 Damage: 12  (hits)
• claw1 Attack: 9 Damage: 13  (misses)
• claw2 Attack: 14 Damage: 13  (hits)

Iskander was hit twice for 28 damage. He is down to 39 HP. (Brin's aid has raised his maximum HP.)
Reverie is at 29 HP.

The blue slaad has taken 2 damage (post-regeneration).

Reverie can use her reaction to get an Attack of Opportunity on the slaad, when it moved to Iskander.

New round. Entire party is up. (No one is paralyzed. All guards are gone. Only foe is the Blue Slaad.) 

Isk speaks in celestial, bringing forth a phantasmal force of whatever thing the Slaad fears most.  Illusory images of that thing swirl around the Slaad in a most menacing manner.

• Bonus Action: Transfer Hex to the Slaad, cursing its strength
• Action: Phantasmal Killer : DC 15 wisdom save vs becoming frightened
  • If it fails, it can make another DC 15 wisdom save at the end of its turn to the end the effect.  If it fails that, it takes 31 psychic damage

If Brin hits me up with the commanding strike again...

• Reaction Attack:

• Glaive Attack: 25 Damage: 8 + 4 necrotic damage

   

(Sorry, no chance to do another Voice of Authority, as I would have to cast another concentration spell to do so and I'd like to stay concentrating on Bless for now.)

Brin casts Tasha's Mind Whip instead, targetting the slod. DC 17 Int save for half damage and no other affects, otherwise take 10 damage and suffer the other affects of the spell.

((guiding bolt with her Star Map: Attack: 19 Damage: 12 radiant damage and next attack has advantage if it hits. Bonus action attack with advantage: Attack: 7 Damage: 8 ))

Ana raised her Star Map aloft briefly and one of the stars depicted on it seemed to detach and streak toward the creature, followed shortly by an arrow also seemingly made of starlight.

Edit: forgot advantage on the BA attack. Reroll: 24 for attack

(Have been gone through the hectic days phew, and I am back! I will keep it up next time! ;-;)

Reverie grunts and then uses her scimitar as an attack of opportunity when the salad moves to Iskander.

Attack, Scimitar of Speed - 25 Damage - 8

Reverie is unable to chop the "salad" with her AoO. (OOC: my spell checker does the same thing when I type "slaad".)

 Ana's guiding bolt slams into the creature. Her starry arrow strikes the same spot as the bolt. (total damage of 20 radiant)

Like many other creatures from the Outer Planes, Blue Slaads have Magic Resistance (advantage on saves).
WIS save vs. DC 15 for Isk's spell: 17  (fail)
INT save vs. DC 17 for Brin's spell: 3  (fail)

Being a hideous blue otherworldly gorilla-toad creature is impressive in physical combat, but its dull intellect makes it vulnerable to spells.
It takes 10 psychic damage, is frightened, and has other spell effects that will happen during its turn.

(If Reverie wants to use spell slots for Divine Smite for any successful hits, please mention it.)
(The slaad does not have a reaction this turn. If Iskander wants to move away, he can.)

Reverie and Trimyrai are still up this round.

(Oh man my spell worked!)

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(Oh man my spell worked!)

(For Isk:
Before I forget, please roll a CON save vs. DC 15. No noticeable effects on a fail.
Due to the Mind Whip, the slaad does not have a reaction. On its turn, it can only do one of move, action, or bonus action

Is Isk staying 5' away from the slaad? He still has the option of using his movement this turn.)

Trimyrai will fire two more arrows at the slaad.

Attack 1: 17

Damage 1(if it hits): 10

Attack 2: 22

Damage 2(if it hits): 9

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(Oh man my spell worked!)

(For Isk:
Before I forget, please roll a CON save vs. DC 15. No noticeable effects on a fail.
Due to the Mind Whip, the slaad does not have a reaction. On its turn, it can only do one of move, action, or bonus action

Is Isk staying 5' away from the slaad? He still has the option of using his movement this turn.)

Con Save: 11

If Isk can take a step back without taking a shot from the slaad, putting him 10 ft away, then he would totally do so.

Who's up next?

(I'll have Reverie make 3 attacks for her turn. If there are any critical hits, I'll throw in a Divine Smite.)

Reverie uses her Action and Bonus Action to attack 3 times with her scimitar. She will then take a few steps back from the Mind Whipped slaad.

• Attack1: 21 Damage: 6  (hit)
• Attack2: 18 Damage: 8  (hit)
• Attack3: 24 Damage: 11  (hit)

Both of Trimyrai's arrows hit, for 28 damage. (His first arrow was a critical.)

The blue slaad's skin bubbles and warps, regenerating 10 HP. The slaad decides to Dodge during its turn, as it cannot move and attack, due to the Mind Whip.
WIS save for Isk's spell DC 15: 10  (fails)

Despite this Limbo creature's resistance to magic, it remains frightened by Isk's spell, and takes 23 psychic damage.

New round...

The slaad is below half health. Even with its regeneration, it took almost 100 damage that round.

The effects of Mind Whip have ended, but the slaad is still affected by Phantasmal Killer, so it has Disadvantage on any attacks.
Since it is Dodging, any attacks against the slaad will have Disadvantage.

Everyone in the party can post their actions.

(I wonder what a slaad's nightmares are...)

Isk will pepper the slaad with another flurry of strikes from his glaive (with disadvantage for dodging)

• First Attack: 20 Damage: 11 + 1 necrotic damage
• Second Attack: 10 Damage: 7 + 5 necrotic damage

Brin again casts Tasha's Mind Whip DC 17 Int save. Damage is 11