Morph looks up at the ceiling, working out where he belives Rethan would be sleeping, and then casts a spell, again mouthing seemingly silent words,while pointing up at the ceiling.
"Rethan! Wake, we are being robbed! Wake Mal as well, the rest of us are downstairs!"
As the spell only allows a whisper, it sounds harsh and forceful, like a loud whisper, but still only a whisper.
Turning back to the view outside, Morph speaks to himself,
"I hope that is enough to wake him."
Morph moves outside, trying to get within 60ft of the Cab, behind and to the right of Titus.
Action: Cast Message at Rethan, through the floor.
Move: up to 30 ft to try and get within 60ft of the Cab, behind and to the right of Titus.
Rethanjolts awake, hearing the last part of Morph'smessage in his mind. (He is 60 feet from the entrance to the manor. Morphis right outside the door.)
Rethan'sinitiative: 10
(Rethanwill go at the same time as Laniel, after the fiends go.)
The bearded devil strikes at Tituswith its living beard.
Beard Attack: 21 Damage: 5
Then it shoves Titus, trying to knock him prone.
Athletics: 12 vs. Titus STR: 19
But Titus resists, braced against the shove.
The imps, visible only to Titus still fly over to aid the bearded devil. Imp 3 takes the stone and flies back towards the cab. Imp 2 attacks Tituswith its tail sting.
Sting Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Imp 2 flies south and then southeast, ending across the street from Morph.
Malcan join the fight after Laniel'sturn and is also 60 feet from exiting the Manor.
Lanielbursts out into the street past Morph. He reaches down deep to push himself further (spending 1 Ki to dash as a bonus action.) He punches at Imp 1 (which is now visible).
Unarmed Attack: 9 Damage: 6
(Titus, Morph, and Malcan all go. Mal is 60 feet from exiting the Manor. Rethanis 45 feet from exiting the manor.)
Morph moves forward towards Titus and taking hold of his crystal focus, begins to uttering arcane words.
As Moph finishes his spell, an illusion of another dragonborn paladin, similar, but different to Titus, appears to walk out from behind the Cab.
The illusionary dragonborn, complete with shield and sword, drawn and ready to fight, walks around the south side of the Cab, towards the Imp with the stone.
The illusion sets itself between the Imp and the passenger compartment of the Cab. Trying to look threatening, to make the Impthink twice about approaching.
Move: Move to a position south east of Titus, with one 5ft square between us. Or, if needed for the distance of Silent Image, move closer, trying to stay out of melee with any combatants.
Action: Cast Silent Image: Creating an Illusion of another dragonborn, very similar to Titus, but it's scales are green in colour. The illusion come around the south west corner of the Cab, and positions itself between the Imp(3) and the passenger compartment. The illusion has a swords and shield, like Titus, and seems ready to fight.
Morph'sillusion is incredibly convincing and, for a moment, the imp pulls up short, squinting its eyes at the newcomer. It is clearly prepared to sting the illusion, but it looks back over its shoulder and sees Morphstanding behind Titusholding his focus, attention on the cab.
The old tiefling in the cab also looks startled at the appearance of the new player. "Where did he come from?" the passenger says. He also looks over his shoulder at Morphand smiles. "Oh, crafty," he says. "Give it here, imp." He reaches out of the cab window towards the imp.
Titus squares up with the Bearded Devil, he locks eyes and throws all of his weight behind his shield as he slams into the devil attempting to knock him to the ground.
He then lets out a fierce roar and brings his axe down upon his foe.
(If Titus is able to connect with the strike, he will use his last spell slot to use divine smite on the hit. Rolling 3d8 since this is a fiend.)
Divine Smite: 13
Divine SmitePHB85
When you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal 2d8 extra radiant damage to the target plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st (max 5d8) and plus 1d8 against undead or fiends (max 6d8 total).
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Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
This time Titus'sthrust is too much for the devil and it falls flat on its back. His battleaxe follows swiftly taking advantage of the prone fiend, dealing a brutal hit. The devil is tough, however, and snarls back at the paladin.
It stands and attacks with its spiny, tentacled beard, followed by a swipe from its glaive.
Beard Attack: 11 Damage: 6
Glaive Attack: 10 Damage: 8
Imp (3) flies through Morph'sillusion and hands the stone to the passenger, who taps on the door of the cab to signal the driver. However, the driver is transfixed by Titusand completely ignores the passenger cursing at him.
Imp (1) attempts to sting Lanielwith its tail.
Sting Attack against Laniel: 13 Damage: 7
And Imp (2) reveals its position by attack Morphwith its own stinging tail.
Sting Attack against Morph: 15 Damage: 7
Morphis stung by the imp, taking an additional 11 damage unless passing a CON (11) check (Morph'sCON check: 18), in which case it is halved (in this case, it is halved, rounding down to 5 poison damage.)
Lanielstrikes at the imp (1) in front of him three times in rapid succession, drawing upon his Ki to deliver the blows.
Unarmed Attack: 9 Damage: 5
Unarmed Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Unarmed Attack: 7 Damage: 8
Only one of the punches hits the little fiend, but it might be enough to knock it prone. (Imp DEX check: 16) Sadly, it is not and it continues to hover in front of Laniel, screeching at him.
Rethanand Mal race downstairs to see imps and a bearded devil in combat with Laniel, Titus, and Morph. A hire cab sits waiting just beyond the battle, led by two draft horses. In just this moment, the passenger of the hire cab, seeing the driver unwilling to budge the cab forward, hops out of the cab and climbs up on top. He shoves the driver to the ground and then cracks the reins to urge the horses forward.
The dragonborn thrust his shield at the imp, who springs off of it like trampoline, flipping in the air with a cackle of glee. This is enough to throw the little fiend out of range, causing Titusto miss on his swing.
Mal pauses at the door, taking in the chaotic scene . Seeing an opportunity, but bereft of most of his magical abilities, he sprints along the edge of the combat, keeping just out of range of the imp's potential attacks. With his last few feet of movement, he stutters to a stop somewhere near the Driver and on the north side of the cab. His rapier gleams with a sharp edge as he prepares to engage, or at least distract, the new cab driver.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
The bearded devil lunges at Tituswith his beard and his glaive both. Meanwhile, Lanielfends off an attack from the nearest imp (1), as does Morph(Imp 2). Mal, entering the battle, positions himself close enough to draw attention from the remaining imp (3)
Beard Attack against Titus: 18 Damage: 8
Glaive Attack against Titus: 22 Damage: 6
String Attack against Laniel: 13 Damage: 6
Sting Attack against Morph: 18 Damage: 6
Sting Attack against Mal: 24 Damage: 4
Additional effects and damage:
CON(12) check for Titus: 6 (Tituscannot gain any HP for the next minute.)
CON(11) check for Laniel: 12. Suffer 10 on a failure or half on a success.
Morph looks up at the ceiling, working out where he belives Rethan would be sleeping, and then casts a spell, again mouthing seemingly silent words,while pointing up at the ceiling.
"Rethan! Wake, we are being robbed! Wake Mal as well, the rest of us are downstairs!"
As the spell only allows a whisper, it sounds harsh and forceful, like a loud whisper, but still only a whisper.
Turning back to the view outside, Morph speaks to himself,
"I hope that is enough to wake him."
Morph moves outside, trying to get within 60ft of the Cab, behind and to the right of Titus.
Action: Cast Message at Rethan, through the floor.
Move: up to 30 ft to try and get within 60ft of the Cab, behind and to the right of Titus.
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
DM shield:
13
Rethan jolts awake, hearing the last part of Morph's message in his mind. (He is 60 feet from the entrance to the manor. Morph is right outside the door.)
Rethan's initiative: 10
(Rethan will go at the same time as Laniel, after the fiends go.)
The bearded devil strikes at Titus with its living beard.
Beard Attack: 21 Damage: 5
Then it shoves Titus, trying to knock him prone.
Athletics: 12 vs. Titus STR: 19
But Titus resists, braced against the shove.
The imps, visible only to Titus still fly over to aid the bearded devil. Imp 3 takes the stone and flies back towards the cab. Imp 2 attacks Titus with its tail sting.
Sting Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Imp 2 flies south and then southeast, ending across the street from Morph.
(Laniel and Rethan are next.)
I forgot the Champion's Challenge checks
Driver WIS saving throw: 2
Bearded devil WIS saving throw: 6
Both are bound to stay within 30 ft of Titus.
Return jumps out of bed and runs to wake up Mal (assuming I can reach, then if any movement remains head towards the door).
Mal is roused and can enter the fray.
Mal's initiative: 17
Mal can join the fight after Laniel's turn and is also 60 feet from exiting the Manor.
Laniel bursts out into the street past Morph. He reaches down deep to push himself further (spending 1 Ki to dash as a bonus action.) He punches at Imp 1 (which is now visible).
Unarmed Attack: 9 Damage: 6
(Titus, Morph, and Mal can all go. Mal is 60 feet from exiting the Manor. Rethan is 45 feet from exiting the manor.)
Mal will dash down to the entrance of the Manor, curious to see what all the ruckus is about.
Morph moves forward towards Titus and taking hold of his crystal focus, begins to uttering arcane words.
As Moph finishes his spell, an illusion of another dragonborn paladin, similar, but different to Titus, appears to walk out from behind the Cab.
The illusionary dragonborn, complete with shield and sword, drawn and ready to fight, walks around the south side of the Cab, towards the Imp with the stone.
The illusion sets itself between the Imp and the passenger compartment of the Cab. Trying to look threatening, to make the Imp think twice about approaching.
Move: Move to a position south east of Titus, with one 5ft square between us. Or, if needed for the distance of Silent Image, move closer, trying to stay out of melee with any combatants.
Action: Cast Silent Image: Creating an Illusion of another dragonborn, very similar to Titus, but it's scales are green in colour. The illusion come around the south west corner of the Cab, and positions itself between the Imp(3) and the passenger compartment. The illusion has a swords and shield, like Titus, and seems ready to fight.
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
DM Shield:
20 vs. 21 and 20
Oh, wow. hell of a contest there.
Initiative for passenger: 19
Morph's illusion is incredibly convincing and, for a moment, the imp pulls up short, squinting its eyes at the newcomer. It is clearly prepared to sting the illusion, but it looks back over its shoulder and sees Morph standing behind Titus holding his focus, attention on the cab.
The old tiefling in the cab also looks startled at the appearance of the new player. "Where did he come from?" the passenger says. He also looks over his shoulder at Morph and smiles. "Oh, crafty," he says. "Give it here, imp." He reaches out of the cab window towards the imp.
(Titus is up.)
Titus squares up with the Bearded Devil, he locks eyes and throws all of his weight behind his shield as he slams into the devil attempting to knock him to the ground.
He then lets out a fierce roar and brings his axe down upon his foe.
Athletics 15
Battleaxe Attack : 14 Damage: 7
Battleaxe (If target is prone): 18 Damage: 5
(If Titus is able to connect with the strike, he will use his last spell slot to use divine smite on the hit. Rolling 3d8 since this is a fiend.)
Divine Smite: 13
Divine SmitePHB85
When you hit with a melee weapon attack, you can expend one spell slot to deal 2d8 extra radiant damage to the target plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st (max 5d8) and plus 1d8 against undead or fiends (max 6d8 total).
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
DM shield:
Bearded devil STR check: 11
This time Titus's thrust is too much for the devil and it falls flat on its back. His battleaxe follows swiftly taking advantage of the prone fiend, dealing a brutal hit. The devil is tough, however, and snarls back at the paladin.
It stands and attacks with its spiny, tentacled beard, followed by a swipe from its glaive.
Beard Attack: 11 Damage: 6
Glaive Attack: 10 Damage: 8
Imp (3) flies through Morph's illusion and hands the stone to the passenger, who taps on the door of the cab to signal the driver. However, the driver is transfixed by Titus and completely ignores the passenger cursing at him.
Imp (1) attempts to sting Laniel with its tail.
Sting Attack against Laniel: 13 Damage: 7
And Imp (2) reveals its position by attack Morph with its own stinging tail.
Sting Attack against Morph: 15 Damage: 7
Morph is stung by the imp, taking an additional 11 damage unless passing a CON (11) check (Morph's CON check: 18), in which case it is halved (in this case, it is halved, rounding down to 5 poison damage.)
Laniel strikes at the imp (1) in front of him three times in rapid succession, drawing upon his Ki to deliver the blows.
Unarmed Attack: 9 Damage: 5
Unarmed Attack: 15 Damage: 7
Unarmed Attack: 7 Damage: 8
Only one of the punches hits the little fiend, but it might be enough to knock it prone. (Imp DEX check: 16) Sadly, it is not and it continues to hover in front of Laniel, screeching at him.
(Rethan is up next!)
Rethan and Mal race downstairs to see imps and a bearded devil in combat with Laniel, Titus, and Morph. A hire cab sits waiting just beyond the battle, led by two draft horses. In just this moment, the passenger of the hire cab, seeing the driver unwilling to budge the cab forward, hops out of the cab and climbs up on top. He shoves the driver to the ground and then cracks the reins to urge the horses forward.
(Titus, Morph, and Mal are up next.)
Titus growls at the devil, but turns to the imp facing Laniel, and swats it with his shield, and attempts to finish it with a strike from his axe.
Athletics 20
Battleaxe Attack : 7 Damage: 8
Battleaxe (If target is prone): 18 Damage: 8
Seeing Mal and Rethan emerge from the house, he points to the cab and bellows out “The tiefling! He has the stone!”
Vercinius Thrax: Lizardfolk Cleric - Hoard of the Dragon Queen
L’Ouverture Zinn: Kobold Sorcerer - Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Titus Vorenus: Dragonborn Paladin - Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Nemean Goldenmane: Tabaxi Fighter - Lost Mine of Phandelver (Retired)
Imp (1) DEX check: 21
The dragonborn thrust his shield at the imp, who springs off of it like trampoline, flipping in the air with a cackle of glee. This is enough to throw the little fiend out of range, causing Titus to miss on his swing.
(What rotten luck! Mal and Morph are up next.)
Morph almost keels over from the poisoned sting.
"Ahh, some, ah...we can't...let him get...away."
Morph waves his hand in the direction of the Imp that stung him, muttering arcane words through gritted teeth.
As he finishes, a small column of divine fire descends upon the Imp.
Action: Cast Sacred Flame at Imp(2): DC13: Dex Save or take: 8 radiant damage.
David Gearlock | Human | Artificer | Revenge Heist
Knox | Warforged | Cleric | Shadowthorn's Out of the Abyss
Imp (2) DEX check: 17
Morph catches the imp by surprise and wounds it terribly with the magical flame.
(Mal is up.)
(Sorry for hte absence. Had a father/son retreat over the weekend, then was really busy yesterday)
Mal pauses at the door, taking in the chaotic scene . Seeing an opportunity, but bereft of most of his magical abilities, he sprints along the edge of the combat, keeping just out of range of the imp's potential attacks. With his last few feet of movement, he stutters to a stop somewhere near the Driver and on the north side of the cab. His rapier gleams with a sharp edge as he prepares to engage, or at least distract, the new cab driver.
The bearded devil lunges at Titus with his beard and his glaive both. Meanwhile, Laniel fends off an attack from the nearest imp (1), as does Morph (Imp 2). Mal, entering the battle, positions himself close enough to draw attention from the remaining imp (3)
Beard Attack against Titus: 18 Damage: 8
Glaive Attack against Titus: 22 Damage: 6
String Attack against Laniel: 13 Damage: 6
Sting Attack against Morph: 18 Damage: 6
Sting Attack against Mal: 24 Damage: 4
Additional effects and damage:
CON(12) check for Titus: 6 (Titus cannot gain any HP for the next minute.)
CON(11) check for Laniel: 12. Suffer 10 on a failure or half on a success.
(Laniel and Rethan are up next)