The Long Road of the Mage King (Game Thread)

(Dog and Stones can add additional d4 to their attack rolls and saving throws. Not that Dog needed it, but still)

If this is in any order then before Dog gets to the Minotaur Stones wants to throw the candle he was holding at the Minotaurs feet and then cast Pyrotechnics using the fireworks option. 

“I’ve been waiting ever since I found this book for this moment.”

Gash move to 11 and hurls a freaking fireball at it!

29 dex save dc 13

Gash throw the fireball before his friends went any further. 

Crystal Minotaur CON(14) check: 19

Crystal Minotaur DEX(13) check: 11

 The dazzling display of fireworks lights up the room but the minotaur seems to be unaffected by the blinding lights. It does serve as a sufficient distraction, however, as Gash's fireball follows immediately on the heels of Stones' fireworks and lands with full force on the chest of the crystal statue.

Dog and Feytok charge down the short hall together towards the minotaur. Feytok swings his ax twice in a frenzied rage (activated during his bonus action).

Greataxe Attack: 25 Damage: 28

Greataxe Attack: 16 Damage: 16

Both blows land, the first one hitting with such force that it breaks off crystalline shards that fly into Feytok's face, causing 13 damage.

Dog then lands two rapid blows against the crystal minotaur, leaving the creature severely damage before it can step close enough to swing one.

However, in response to the noise and interlopers into their room, two humanoid forms rise up from the pool of water, seemingly made of the water itself.

(Bulwark can take his round 1 actions! Also, holy smokes, you all did nearly 100 damage in the first round!)

Just to move things along, Bulwark moves to 19 and throws his javelin at the crystal minotaur.

Attack:  26 Damage:  15

The minotaur swings its greataxe at Feytok and then tries to gore him.

Greataxe Attack:  13 Damage:  22

Horns Attack:  15 Damage:  10

WE1 around Dog and Feytok, trying to overwhelm them both with a suffocating wrap around them.

STR(15) check for Dog: 7

STR(15) check for Feytok: 22

Both Feytok and Dog are pushed into space 14 but manage to fight off the elemental's grapple.

WE2 moves next to Feytok and attempts two slam attacks.

Slam Attack:  11 Damage:  14

Slam Attack:  14 Damage:  19

(Everyone may take their round 2 actions.)

“Dog, gotta go fast.”

Gash pulls some licorice root from his component pouch chews it up and throws the wad at Dog’s back, it splats and Dog now gains the benefits of haste

Gash then move around the corner to 5

Stones sheaths his scimitar and pulls out his daggers and begins juggling them. He then begins flicking his hand out like he’s throwing them, and even though the same daggers continue their pattern more seem to appear with each flick that fly toward the Minotaur until the square he is in is filled with a [spell]Cloud of Daggers[/spell] from the spell he casts. 

Spell damage: 11

Tock goes a step up the stairs and shoots his crossbow at the thing that seemed to attack Feytok (WE2) :

Attack: 26 Damage: 12, add 3 to attack from Bless.

"Try splitting it in half top to bottom Dog!" (advantage on next attack roll against WE1) 

Tock's bolt rips through the water being and it trills a shriek in response, turning its fluid features in his direction.

On his turn, Bulwark will ready another javelin, gaze focusing on the Crystal Minotaur, and recklessly lets the weapon loose.

16 to hit [Adv. due to Reckless Attack] 6 for damage.

Feytok's eyes flicker with fire as his rage at being pushed away from the crystal minotaur spills out of him.

He attacks recklessly with his greataxe, slashing through the watery body of WE1 three times in a frenzy.

Greataxe Attack: 19 Damage: 5

Greataxe Attack: 14 Damage: 6

Greataxe Attack: 21 Damage: 7

(Dog is up!)

Dog reacts with a start to the haste spell, turning back to Gash with a thanks and forward to the watery beings with blinding speed. He spares a quick glance to the bashed up FeyTok next to him. "Not now, not with water and giant crystal tchotchkes, by fiery genasi friend!" His warhammer moves incredibly fast, attempting to turn WE1 into a puddle and if successful, he steps forward to make his remaining attacks to the minotaur.

Attack with advantage thanks to Tock's help: Attack: 16 (plus 1 for Bless) Damage: 8 

Extra Attack: 20 (plus 1 for Bless) Damage: 9 

Hasted attack with green flame blade, with the 2 fire damage going to the watery guy next to WE1: Attack: 12 (plus 4 for Bless) Damage: 11 

Dog will also use his action surge to attack/extra attack again:

Attack: 11 (plus 3 for Bless) Damage: 11 

Extra Attack: 10 (plus 2 for Bless) Damage: 11 

EDIT: I think the not-so-bad damage total of 60 in the above is actually supposed to be 7 points fewer, because the dice code appears to have read the Bless d4 rolls as a critical hit in the hasted action and the first attack in the action surge, and thus doubled the damage rolls, yielding another 3 and then 4 in the totals. So 53 total. Not bad, Dog. In the future I'll tack on the bless roll at the end of everything, even though it's a bit less clear, to avoid this.

The Crystal Minotaur, blocked from advancing by the water elementals, lets loose a deafening bellow.

WE1 (recharge - 5), reeling from Dog's flurry of strikes, attempts payback with two powerful slam attacks against the goliath.

Slam Attack against Dog: 20 Damage: 15

Slam Attack against Dog: 12 Damage: 7

WE2 attempts to strangle Dog and Feytok like a watery tentacle wrapping around the both of them.

Dog STR(15) check: 23

Feytok STR(15) check: 22

Dog and Feytok both resist the elemental's crushing grip and escape to 13.

(Everyone may take their round 3 actions.)

Seeing Dog beset again and again by water elementals and and the crystal minotaur, Stones worries they will sap his strength and shouts to Inspire him: “When the horn of battle blows, then be like the bear; stiffen the sinews, and disguise fair nature with hard...favored...rage!”

Dog gains an inspiration die (1d8). For 10 minutes, he can add it to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. This can be added after seeing the roll, but before knowing the outcome.

(That's a bonus action. Care to take an action as well?)

Bulwark again readies javelins, this time one in each hand, and lets them both sail at once toward the Minotaur.

23 to hit, 5 for damage.

Action Surge: 13 to hit, 6 for damage.

Tock takes a shot at WE2:

Attack: 26 Damage: 24 (+3 to attack for Bless)

And then backs off to 8.

Seeing Bulwark still attack the minotaur he says, "Aim for the neck!"

(Next attack roll by Bulwark against the minotaur is with advantage)

Gash tries to weave a larger than normal Fire Bolt past Dog and Feytok and the water elementals to the Minotaur.

Attack: 13 Damage: 8

Dog is too fast, thanks to the haste spell, for the slam attack to land. Frustrated at the shifting cast of characters in front of him, he pivots around W2 into 22, swinging again, three times, at W1, trying to finish the job before it can attack again.

Attack: 22 Damage: 11 plus 2 from bless

Extra Attack: 13 Damage: 11 plus 3 from bless

Hasted Attack: 24 Damage: 6 plus 2 from bless

(If he can make the hasted attack a green flame blade attack again, this time on W2, he will, with 2 damage) 

Stones looks through his juggling pattern at WE2 and adds “this creature is nothing more than stagnant, tepid water; weaker than 5 day old tea” and casts

Vicious Mockery

Damage: 5