Did Thistle hit once or twice?

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Rivon jumps out of cover, brandishing a shiny, but rarely seen rapier, and slashes at the Ooze. Rivon slices a small piece of the Ooze off, and notices that his rapier is still as shiny as it was before. He then tries to run behind Three to hide.

Ooze Opportunity attack: 20 Damage: 41 Acid damage.

Rivon drops to the ground right in front of Three.

The Ooze slams Rivon, a blow that SHOULD have knocked him out completely.  However, the halfling is quick on his feet and manages to stay upright.

Uncanny Dodge

When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you.

He does, however, cry out in pain.

Undaunted, and now getting angry at the situation, he pops around the other side of Three and takes another stab at the Ooze.  (I'm assuming the 15 stealth was a success, but if not, take the first to-hit number here.)

Rapier +1 attack + Sneak Attack with advantage from hiding:
Attack: 28 Magical Piercing Damage: 23

Bless bonus to hit: 1

He then carefully disengages (cunning action) from the ooze and moves 15 feet behind Three.

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Did Thistle hit once or twice?

 Thistle hit twice.

Rivon pops back up from being knocked on the ground to hide behind Three. He then slips to the other side of Three and with a scowl on his face stabs as hard as he can at the Ooze. Rivon's rapier slices through the Ooze as it quivers and then explodes. I need Rivon and Thistle to give me a DEX Save DC 15 or take 29 acid damage, or half on a save.

[This is going to hurt!] Dex Save: 8

Thistle hand the sword back to Three "Thanks, that was really useful. Can we go back to town now?"

Rivon Dex Save: 10

(OOC Bierp looks down his character sheet to find Evasion, only to realize he's only level 5, dammit!)

Oops, plus Bless: 4

The smile of his triumph is quickly replaced by the terror of the exploding ooze.  Rivon, for once not quick enough, takes the blast squarely and collapses in a heap.

Three never accepts the blade. Not initially. In fact, she called out, "Mr. Riverz!", prior to then rushing for the halfling's side. "No, no, no, no! This isn't--shoot, where is it?!" She complains while rummaging in her backpack. Eventually pulling out a potion, she'd quickly uncork it with her teeth and set about feeding him its contents... unless Taman or Durlan beats her to the punch. Only once she sees him begin to come to that she breathes a sigh of relief.

"Whoo... Thank goodness! Why'ja go and keep doin' that? L-like, I know it kept eating arrows, but still!" She groused, torn between glaring and worrying over the halfling.

---> Using Potion of Greater Healing, if noone else heals Rivon: 14 HP.

(OOC - This reaction brought to you by Three not seeing anyone else go down before. But, I could be wrong. Also, isn't Thistle down to, or had resistance to acid?)

 

(OOC - This reaction brought to you by Three not seeing anyone else go down before. But, I could be wrong. Also, isn't Thistle down to, or had resistance to acid?)

 He has 15hp left.

With the splattering of the Ooze and a downed compatriot. The battle is finally over. three, in a worried fit, rushes over to Rivon and force feeds him a Potion. Thistle grumbles something about going back to town. Rivon, after falling unconscious awakens after being fed the potion, with a gasp and stares at Three, who is now leaning over him watching intently and breathing a sigh of relief in Rivon's face.

Rivon coughs a few times.  "What the heck?  It blowed up real good!"

He thanks Three, thoroughly glad to be alive.  "I could use a minute."  (Short rest to spend a few hit die would be good.)

(I'm guessing nobody will get the "Blowed up real good" reference, but extra credit if you recognize that without doing a search.)  

"A short breather would be appreciated." Taman agrees. He will recover a spent spellslot during this short rest.

"I'm all for a breather down here, but also beginning to question the wisdom of venturing further... If that little Ooze could fight off all of us and do this" Durlan gestures to the more injured members of the group before continuing. "Then what chance have we against a Dragon!"

If we are taking a short rest Thistle will spend 4 HD to recover 43 hp

Hit die: 8

Hit die: 2

Hit die: 2

Hit die: 5

(Rivon is back to full health.)

"Dragon's don't explode, we'll be fine!  Let's get going, before it gets dark."

Rivon looks around the perpetually dark cave, hesitates a bit, but decides to leave it at that.

You guys take a Short Rest. Heal up a bit. Look around and see that the is a tunnel leading south and hear the rushing of water coming from somewhere beyond the tunnel.

An uncertain Three just quietly watched the back and forth, and grew only the more tense with every point made against pressing on in the deep. As it slowly dawned on her that the group was somewhat split -- Durlan and Thistle urging retreat and Rivon and Taman, the former perhaps more eager than the later to continue -- Three winces, then looks thoughtfully at the ground. If given a few moments to think the words "is this a test too?" is muttered by the chimera.

After another moment, she takes a steadying breath and just... start heading down the southern tunnel, presuming in the end one side won't change their mind.

"We are here now, and have dealt with the ooze, so let us continue." Taman says, glancing around at the others as Three starts out. He nods and follows after her.

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You guys take a Short Rest. Heal up a bit. Look around and see that the is a tunnel leading south and hear the rushing of water coming from somewhere beyond the tunnel.

Durlan pulls out his flute and begins playing a somber tune during the rest, infused with healing magics to aid the recovery of his companions. 1 additional points of healing to anyone that used any hit dice this short rest.

AS you continue down the southern tunnel, the sound of rushing water gets louder. As you exit the tunnel, The passage continues on to the West for about 20 feet before stopping at a 5-foot stream of fast moving water; this is also where the rushing water sound comes from, as the stream continues down another cavern back to the North. To the Southeast about 25-feet from the tunnel is a stone bridge that crosses a 15-foot wide stream of rushing water, heading to the West. This stream is feeding the smaller stream heading North, but also continues further to the West.