The Xanathar Guild has cornered the courier in the 25-by-20-foot family room, and the characters enter in the 20-by-15-foot kitchen. The dilapidated furniture provides difficult terrain in sections marked on the map.

• H ("Hobbie") - hobgoblin in plate armor, who threatened the drow earlier, war priest of Loviatar
• S ("Sneaky") - duergar in studded leather, short swords in each hand, looks around furtively
• B ("Bugman") - big bugbear in black studded leather and shield with a yellow bug painted on it, wielding a spear.
• R ("Raven") - smaller bugbear in splint armor painted yellow and red. He notices the party approaching from the south. "Holy busy-bodies! Don't mess with Xanathar business."

Initiative order:  Pascal, (Bugman, Sneaky,) Hildigrim, Jorin,  Drusk, Quillary, (Raven, Hobbie)

Pascal goes first. (Then the foes Bugman and Sneaky.)

Pascal quickly snaps his fingers, “Hold up!”

Pascal casts a Twinned Hold Person on both Bugman and Sneaky!
DC 14 Wisdom Save!

WIS saves - Bugman: 11  Sneaky: 1

(Does Pascal stay where he is?)

Pascal will dive behind a table, “WELL THAT DIDN’T WORK!”

(At the moment, Pascal was blocking the entrance with everyone behind him, so I figured he would want to get out of the way.)

Pascal moves 5' to the west, and ducks behind the table.

• Bugman moves NE to the courier ("C") and takes 3 spear pokes at the courier (who is dodging): 13, 8, 24  (hits once for 11 damage)
• Sneaky moves next to the courier (south of the drow, west of Bugman) and takes 3 swings: 19, 10, 25  (hits once for 21, which includes sneak damage)

(Yeah, NPCs get to do more attacks than the Player's Handbook would suggest.)

The courier is still up, but can't take another round like that.

The rest of the party is up. (You can post whenever you want, but it happens in initiative order.)

Arriving last, and still behind everyone, Quillary will look for a target, preferably one that has already been wounded, and will bring down a beam of ethereal moonlight onto them.

Move: Into the house, until she can see an enemy.
Action: Cast Moonbeam with a 3rd level slot on the area containing that person. "When a creature enters the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there," it takes 17 radiant damage, or half with a Con Save vs DC 15.

Notes: Moonbeam will last this round and 9 more, or concentration.

As Pascal jumps out of the way, Hildigrim — almost without thinking — casts sleep, aiming for the left side of the doorway to the family room. As the magic is taking effect, he moves just inside the washroom to the right to hide.

Action: sleep on corner behind and between R & B on the map above. This should get everyone in the family room except the courier. As I see it, though, it will also get Pascal — hit points: 17

Movement: to empty square in washroom

Bonus: hide, stealth: 20

EDIT: Facepalm. Hey, DM, now that I'm thinking about this, do any of the NPCs have less than 40 hp (which is the maximum I can roll casting sleep at 1st level)? You can answer this after the battle.

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EDIT: Facepalm. Hey, DM, now that I'm thinking about this, do any of the NPCs have less than 40 hp (which is the maximum I can roll casting sleep at 1st level)? You can answer this after the battle.

(OOC: You can change your mind to do something different, if you want. Or say that you hold your Sleep spell until after everyone else goes, in case an enemy takes some damage.

Don't think of them as bugbears and hobgoblins from the MM, but as fighter/rogue/cleric NPCs that are as tough as your party, that happen to be a different race than human. You can tell that even the weakest foe has more than 40 hp.)

No, Hildigrim's still learning how to be an adventurer. It's OK if the spell falls flat. With those rolls, it would have been hard pressed to work anyway.

Ok, I think Jorin's 40' of movement can get him into melee range of Bugman by getting to the square formerly occupied by Sneaky

• Movement - To the square formerly occupied by Sneaky
• Bonus Action - Everyday I'm RAGIN'
• Action - Battleaxe bashing
  • First Attack: 27 Damage: 10
  • Second Attack: 29 Damage: 13
  • +3 radiant damage to the first hit

Jorin's first attack would have hit, but Bugman uses his Reaction to Parry (add +3 AC for one melee attack), and deflects the battleaxe. Jorin's second strike is successful for 20 damage (slashing+radiant).

Drusk will move north and cast Spirit Guardians.

Quillary's Moonbeam could normally affect more than one of the enemy, but Jorin is standing at the spot she wants. She puts it east of Jorin, to get Bugman.

Raven & Hobbie move to attack Drusk (to break his concentration). SG WIS save vs. DC 14, 19 halved if saved - Raven: 4, Hobbie: 23

Raven attacks with a longsword and a shortsword. Attack: 22 Damage: 5  and  Attack: 19 Damage: 6

Hobbie will cast Silence so that it affects the kitchen, but not the living room.

Initiative order: Pascal, (Bugman, Sneaky,) Hildigrim, Jorin, Drusk, Quillary, (Raven, Hobbie)

Everyone in the kitchen is affected by Hobbie's Silence spell.

Bugman was hit once for 20 damage, Hobbie for 8, and Raven for 17. (Bugman will be affected by the Moonbeam on his turn.)

Party HP levels (checking if my notes are right): Drusk (39/52), Hildigrim (55/64), Jorin (63/72), Pascal (45/58), Quillary (32/45).

Pascal is up.

Is Pascal in the Kitchen silence, I can’t quite tell?

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Is Pascal in the Kitchen silence, I can’t quite tell?

Silence is a 20' radius, so everyone in the kitchen is affected. (Jorin is outside the kitchen.) It ends just south of Hobbie (blocking the entrance into the living room).

OOC > While we're answering questions, are the walls sturdy looking, or flimsy looking? :)

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OOC > While we're answering questions, are the walls sturdy looking, or flimsy looking? :)

(OOC: Abandoned house of unknown age, hmm... I'll say DC 15 Athletics (or some similar skill) to try to run, (try to hide,) break on through to the other side.

You could probably exit the kitchen to the south, go along the exterior, and enter the living room from the west, but that will require a Dash to get it done in a round.)

OOC > Just considering my (Wild Shape) options. Gotta stick with the Moonbeam for now.

(Pascal is up at the start of round 2.)

Whoops! Yes, thank you.

I will now post! Let’s see here...

Pascal, in the silence, reaches into his bag and pulls out a red and orange potion. He pulls out the stopper, toasts the air, and downs it.

With his new FIRE BREATH, Pascal can shoot a stream of flame at a target in 30 ft. He will do so at Hobbie, 13 fire damage vs DEX 13 for half.

*checks watch*