The Long Road of the Mage King (Game Thread)

Cloud of Daggers damages the Crystal Minotaur for 6 HP.

Both of Bulwark's javelins strike hard against the crystal Minotaur, chipping off small chunks of the creature. Gash's blast of fire explodes on the chest of the construct and it roars as it falls to the ground and shatters.

Meanwhile, Tock fires a bolt through WE2, causing it to pulse and ripple with something like anger. Dog swings his hammer in a blur at WE1, smashing the water into a mist with each strike.

Feytok breathlessly swings three times, striking at WE1 until it is dead, then turning to WE2.

Greataxe Attack: 8 Damage: 11 (Strikes WE1 for half damage)

Greataxe Attack: 11 Damage: 6 (Strikes WE1 for half damage, killing it!) The elemental shatters into a thousand droplets, hissing like steam as it dies.

Greataxe Attack: 25 Damage: 13 (Strikes WE2 for half damage.)

WE2 (recharge - 1) attacks (2) Feytok with its first slam attack and (2) Dog with its second.

Slam Attack against Feytok: 20 Damage: 12

Slam Attack against Dog: 22 Damage: 12

(Everyone may take their round 4 action.)

Feytok, ragged and bloodied, swings with the same fury as before, striking at the remaining water elemental 3 times.

Greataxe Attack: 20 Damage: 5 

Greataxe Attack: 24 Damage: 5 

Greataxe Attack: 25 Damage: 19

Gash is no dummy, he closes the fire in his fist and pulls out his crossbow and fires a bolt at the last water elemental standing.

Attack: 22 Damage: 4

(Haste AC boost is +2, right? So that just misses with my base AC of 20?)

(Also can Dog zip between the wall and WE2 to get to the top of 13/14 to flank it with FeyTok? Or move past FeyTok clockwise around WE2 so that he stays in melee to get to the same spot? I don't want to abuse flanking but if it's there Dog would totally go for it.)

(Yeah, AC boost is +2 for Haste)

Dog went between the wall and WE2 last time in my mind, so no problem.

Dog loops around to flank the water elemental and attacks again in a flurry with his warhammer. He wanted to hit things, and this dungeon is providing, and there's a grim smile creeping over his face. As his hammer whizzes around, he says to the elemental: "we are just here for our friends, kidnapped by the minotaurs. We have no quarrel with you, but you tried to attack us. Stand down and stop trying to drown us, and maybe we can talk and work together."

If he gets any interested or friendly response, he'll hold his action for the situation going south. If not, and Dog's not expecting much, he'll attack again:

Attack: 19 Damage: 8 +3 to hit from bless

Extra Attack: 24 Damage: 11 +2 to hit from bless

Hasted Attack: 27 Damage: 7 +4 to hit from bless

If that doesn't finish it off, Bulwark will throw another javelin. 11 to hit 9 for damage.

If Dog's onslaught does indeed fell it, Bulwark will pause for a moment before saying, "I reccomend we take a short break.", and then going to scavenge for any recovered javelins.
(Investigation 22, if pertinent.)

Dog's whirlwind of strikes indeed turns much of the elemental into mist, but it somehow still holds its form, rearing back up to fight. Bulwark's javelin falls wide.

(Tock and Stones are up!)

If the elemental is still there Stones will throw a dagger.

Attack: 13 +2 bless Damage: 5

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Tock shoots his crossbow into it as well:

Attack: 15 Damage: 16 (+ 4 to atack for bless) 

Stones' dagger and Tock's bolt pierce the elemental, causing precious water to drain from it. But it still holds its shape, slamming against Feytok (1) and then (1) Dog.

Slam Attack against Feytok: 19 Damage: 14

Slam Attack against Dog: 9 Damage: 11

The blow is enough to knock Feytok to the ground, unconscious.

(everyone may take their round 5 turns.

"Hmph, I've heard of hard water, but this is ridiculous."

With that, Stones throws another dagger, then with his bonus action throws his third.

Attack 1:9

Damage: 4

Attack 2:11

Damage:4

Stones' daggers finish the creature as it no longer finds the strength to hold together and splashes to the ground with a hiss.

Feytok death save: 10

(Combat has ended)

Dog uses his reaction in that last round to cast shield and avoid the slam attack.

He is immediately at FeyTok's side asking someone to heal him and if no one can immediately do so, pulling out a healing potion and feeding it to him.

Gash uses shape water to create a tiny looking water man, “LOOK DOG ANOTHER ONE!”

Dog looks at Gash and says, "that's not healing."

Tock sees Feytok fall and is aghast, "Oh no. No no no. Mystra help him!" And this plea of help heals Feytok for 7 (casting Healing Word)

Feytok coughs and awakens. He groans and smiles. "Not dead yet," he says.

Bulwark, while recovering all of his javelins (he finds all of them), notices a glowing white shard in the middle of the shattered remains of the crystal golem.