Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Frozen Sick
D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Basic Rules (2014)
Sign in to view your library & saved favorites.
Sign in- Marketplace
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer CreaturesFrozen SickD&D Beyond Basic RulesBasic Rules (2014)Sign in to view your library & saved favorites.
Sign in
Strix, the lead bugbear looks interested. Make a Deception check.
Freeze frame : [ray liotta] right then, we knew Strix was getting whacked. That's how fast it happens in a dungeon.
Deception 17
Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
The bugbear grins. New Redbrand? You bring good news. Happy to get out of here and have some fun bashing stupid peasants. Hey lads, come on. Then he says something in Goblin, which you don't understand. The other bugbears laugh and the three exit the room, heading up the stairs. The fainted goblin remains fully fainted upon the floor, forgotten by his former tormentors.
Dek will drop the ball bearings on the stairs, use his now free hand to make the “burn it down” finger gesture to Vaz, and then take a two handed grip on Talon.
Okay, let's roll initiative. The bugbears were fooled successfully by Strix, so will be surprised (and unable to act) in the first combat round. Dekhan you'll need to throw the ball bearings as your action during that round, unless you want to do something else.
Initiative: 8
Bullocks
Published Subclasses
14
14
Initiative: 8
Initiative 11
Init 21
Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
Varinth will wait till the first Bugbear is at the top of the stairs and then shoot a Fire Bolt at the top step with the oil. He will use his Inspiration as he doesn't want this to miss.
Fire Bolt 8
Damage : 7
OOC: I'm a little confused as to how initiative works in an ambush as one thing happens after another so I'm just dropping this as my "Kicking things off" post.
It would be a little tricky to wait until the first Bugbear moves, as they won't move or take any action during the first combat round, so you will probably waste your first round doing nothing. I would suggest that, now you've rolled, your best option is just to cast your Fire Bolt spell in the first round, even though you'll only hit two bugbears. But you have other options too.
I believe there are caltrops on every other step, right?
I get ya. Scratch that post. When I'm up I have another plan.
(Shit I rolled high, but I need to do nothing so they go up the stairs. And it'll be natural 1s from here on out. Booooooo. I should teabag the goblin if only to maintain a functional action economy)
Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
Initiative 9
Lightfoot luck reroll 22
So I'll hold my action but be ready with the shortbow at the door C6 for someone else to open it.
Yes to caltrops on every other step. Soon be ball bearings too.
Arguably, I should have had the first bugbear hit the first step, take damage from the caltrops, no longer be surprised, and trigger initiative then. But I felt that Strix's deception deserved a better outcome, so effectively you have a free round to hit on them before they can react. I think it makes sense, given how eager the bugbears were to get out and start brutalising the villagers. So yeah, let the ball bearings fly...
Varinth will wait for Dekhan to throw the ball bearings, he will then duck into F9, say Good Morrow! and with thumbs touching and fingers spread in the Bugbears direction will cast;
Burning Hands FLOOSH! Damage: 8 Half on Dex save and hopefully set the stairs alight.
He will then duck back to G10
Varinth, please roll a d20 Wild Magic check.
Wild Check 18