The Long Road of the Mage King (Game Thread)

The crystal construct rounds the corner and attempts to gore the giant warforged. Before he does, Bulwark's maul smashes into the crystal and sprays shards of crystal into his chest, causing 12 damage. Then it charges him with its horns.

Gore Attack: 15 Damage: 12

He then swings his greataxe at Bulwark.

Greataxe Attack: 27 Damage: 15

Bulwark crumples into a heap at the brutal swing.

(Map hasn't changed much but will post it a bit later.)

(Dog and Feytok go next.)

(Dog, looking at the minotaur, would be able to tell if conjuring a wall of force, 5 feet high, would stop it from attacking if he put the wall between the party and it, right? I'm guessing it's way too tall and the axe way too long. But if I don't have the size right, let me know!)

Otherwise, Dog will move to 17 and try to get between Bulwark and the threat. Feeling slow, he'll attack with warhammer again:

Attack: 24 Damage: 13

Extra Attack: 25 Damage: 10

"If this golem doesn't go down quick, we'll want to think about teleporting. Can Bulwark de-biggen? He's heavier now. Or can we knock this into the pool?"

(A wall would probably slow it down but  not stop it, since it is a good 10 feet tall. Bulwark is at 26 and the minotaur is just south of him. Moving to 17 doesn't put you in reach unless you throw your hammer.)

Feytok will move to 16 and throw his greataxe as an improvised weapon.

Thrown Greataxe Attack:  15 Damage: 5

The ax returns to Feytok's hands with a satisfying slap

(Will wait for Dog to reconsider his turn and then we'll move on to the next round.).

(Can Dog make it one more square to close to melee? Never sure what diagonal moves count as on these maps. If he can't make it to melee at all, he will move a bit north, use the spell catapult to pick up a loose stone on the stair behind the Minotaur and cause it to speed in the direction of the pool, with the goal to try to knock it into the pool, and then move the rest of his movement clockwise around the pool.)

(Diagonal does shorten distance. Let me check.)

(Yeah, Dog can make it to the Minotaur. Want to do that and apply your attacks above?)

Yes let's do that!

Dog's hammer smashes against the Minotaur twice, causing visible cracks.

(Tock, Gash, and Stones can go in any order. Bulwark should make his death save after they go but can really roll whenever is convenient.)

From his pack Stones pulls out from his pack his Bagpipes and casts Dissonant Whispers.

Damage:10

(Double critted -_-)

Death Save: 6

Gash will take his whole movement toward bulwark.

As he’s running he casts scorching ray at the Minotaur. 

Beam 1: 17 Damage: 4

Beam 2: 6 Damage: 7

Beam 3: 13 Damage: 8

”I’ve got him Dog just kill that thing!”

Stone's song sounds awful but it is enough to wrack the crystal construct with pain. This leaves the creature open for Gash to strike it with every beam of its scorching ray. The goblin arrives at Bulwark lying at the edge of the pool.

(Tock is up!)

Tock does his usual:

Attack: 15 Damage: 22

And giving Dog advantage on his next attack roll against this thing. 

"I'm doing my best, before it kills me!" Dog says through gritted teeth, bracing for the construct's riposte. 

Tock's bolt crack's a significant shard off of the creature before it attempts to gore Dog and slash at him with its crystal axe.

Gore Attack: 19 Damage: 6

Greataxe Attack: 14 Damage: 20

(Dog and Feytok are up!)

Dog hits again as the golem's horns score a hit on his shoulder and the greataxe clatters to the ground:

Attack: 20 Damage: 8

Extra Attack: 14 Damage: 7

[mobile didn't add the +5 damage to those rolls, so add that on, as well as the +8 to hit - not sure why, because I did add it!]

(Taking the hit, as my reaction can I cast the force cantrip to get the construct to drop the greataxe? It's one of the functions of the spell, in addition to the momentary +1 AC boost I've used before.)

DEX(13) check: 18

The minotaur's greataxe clatters to the floor as Feytok charges in behind Dog, slashing with his own greataxe three times.

Attack: 18 Damage: 16

Attack: 19 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.

Attack: 25 Damage: 14

The creature falls backwards and shatters on the floor leaving behind only a glowing shard like Bulwark found.

(Combat has ended but there is still no time to rest. Clomping sounds and a distant roar reveal that more crystal minotaurs stalk the party...)

Gash takes the moment to force feed his new friend a goodberry

“Can we handle more Minotaurs? I’m no coward, but discretion may be the better part of valor right now.”