Necromancer's Delusion-Homebrew

Gabriel mutters an incantation and ready(ies) a Guiding Bolt.

(Mucor and Onyx will get a Ready'd action that you each will have to state in your initiative roll or you do not get a readied action)

A split second after Yera shhh's Grunting 5 orcs and a cultist charge out from the northern part of the opening and begin to make their way towards you.

Updated map:

Orcs & Cultist:   7

Roll Initiative!

"How bout you all let me run ahead to draw their attention, then you can follow in behind me." Onyx suggests, eager to get things started 

(Nuts)

Initiative: 16

Initiative: 15

Quentin's finger immediately presses the trigger mechanism on his hand crossbow, sending his readied bolt streaking for the first Orc to round the corner into sight.

Attack: 9 Damage: 8

His shot fired, the archer will ready another bolt in his weapon and prepare for the on-coming horde.

Initiative Roll: 22

(you can hold a Dash as your readied action.)

(Yes! Let's do that. )

As the first orc comes into view Yera releases her shot, after which she holster's her crossbow and draws her sword and shield.

Melee Weapon Attack: 7 Damage: 6

Initiative 5

Yera and Quentin's bolts narrowly miss their targets and clang off the cave wall far behind their intended targets.  Onyx dashes forward and is now 5 feet in front of Mucor.  

Mucor initiative! 8

Mucor's readied action will be to dash towards the nearest enemy and then gore them with his horns.

(Also has it been 10 minutes since our last fight.. because if not I can keep using my beast shape ability which would be nice..)

Attack: 9 Damage: 8 plus 4poison damage if it has been less than 10 minutes since last combat

(Grunting initiative?) 

(Oh yea[grunting]  It has only been 3 minutes since the fight)

Grunting:    23

Grunting frustrated at the fall and noise readies an arrow and releases it at the last orc to appear.

Attack:  26    Damage:    6  Crit:    8

Mucor rushes forward and stabs the closest orc with his horn piercing the orcs side and rips out a chunk of flesh.

Initiative order:  

Group 1: Yera & Quentin

Group 2: Onyx & Gabriel  (You can post your held action with your turn)

Group 3: Mucor

Group 4: Orcs, Cultist & Grunting

Updated map:  

 Group 1 Yera and Quentin!

Seeing Mucor charge into the fray, the rogue snaps into action as well, determined not to let his friend rush into battle alone. Quentin's booted feet pound the tunnel floor as he swiftly sprints forward, sliding deftly to a halt about five feet to the northwest of Onyx.

25' of movement used to reach the square direct NW of Onyx.

Bringing his crossbow up, Quentin steadies his weapon and takes a calm, slow breath to zero in his aim. The archer waits until he is presented with an opening around the Minotaur's frame, and when the unmistakable sheen of Orc flesh presents itself in the flickering torchlight, Quentin immediately presses his trigger and sends a bolt flying toward his target.

Attack on the Orc that Mucor charged: 21 Damage: 15

The rogue quickly reloads a bolt and fires again, doubling down on his attempt to bring the Orc to an untimely demise.

Bonus Action; Crossbow Expert Attack on same Orc: 8 Damage: 8

His shots spent, Quentin quickly back-peddles another five feet, trying to give himself as much space between him and his enemies as possible.

Ending turn in the square directly north of Onyx.

Having already put away her crossbow, Yera rushes to the front lines with a dash going a full 50 feet and ending her turn two squares east of Mucor.

(I'm so far away :(

(Did anyone else have Godsmack jump in their heads when reading Eremis' post lol?)

Gabriel looses his Guiding Bolt into an undamaged orc, Attack: 18 Damage: 16, and follows it up with a bolt from his neglected crossbow. Attack: 15 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.. He then sprints after his companions, crossing himself and holding his shield out in front to block any oncoming attacks.

(Snake bites enter my veins? 🤣