The Phandalin Chronicles

Chip would nod to Kazri and while listening to the others discuss what could have happened to the victims.. The brass scaled dragonborn would approach the cabin. As he gets to the to the door.. he would hold his sword in his hand and place his ear to the wood before slowly trying to open the entrance to the cabin. 

Krom recalls the Ankheg that you fought when you were first headed to Phandalin a couple weeks ago.  When Krom mentions this Kazri recalls the strange conversation she had a with a boar on the way to Falcon's Lodge and how it said to stay out of the woods and that there were Ankheg's in the forest.  She is certain now that the boar was likely an anchorite in boar shape.

As you walk through the center area between the 2 sets of tents you feel the ground tremble and at 4 separate spots surrounding you large Ankhegs begin to come out of the ground.

Ready and wary for trouble you get to act first in combat, in any order.

"I sometimes HATE it when I'm wrong." He grimly smiled, as his gaze bounced back and forth from one Ankheg to the next. Resolving himself in the next moment, Rhogar sucks in a deep breathe, visibly expanding chest to its limit. But as he did, its as if the light and color in the space before he became distorted for a moment. Then as if to release that light, his maw began to rapidly glow with an unearthly power. One he immediately unleashes, having whipped his head about to face his target, and with a final stomp, exhaled a destructive wave of divine power.

Before the light of which has even dimmed soon after, he then whips back around and races to engage an Ankheg on an opposing side from its left, staff in hand and raised defensively for the moment. "You face a Nimbatuul now, earth crab!" He bellows a little too joyfully along the way.

Bonus Action: Convert 2 Sorcery Points into a 1st level spell.

Action: Cast (1st spell)Guiding Bolt - Attack: 9 Damage: 14 of Radiant to Ankheg closest to Kazri's side.

Movement: To the immediate north of Ankheg on the far right.

“Chip and Chill. Go south west, try to stay as far away from these creatures as possible!!” Kazri shouts and then casts Shield of Faith.

Kazri engages the Ankheg that was hit by Rhogar, and hit it with Nature's Grasp. (I am assuming the South one)

Attack1: 20 Damage: 10

Attack2: 19 Damage: 11

"Ankhegs! You were right Rhogar. Let's crush those over-sized bugs!", Krom, warhammer in hand, moves north towards the cart in front of him eyeing the two Ankhegs on both sides. "This should be far enough" says the dwarf chanting an hymn of conjuration (Spirit Guardians). An etheral legion of dwarves come into existance in a radius of 15 feet from Krom and starts attacking the two Ankhegs.

Action: Cast Spirit Guardians 15 DC 14 Wis for half damage (All the party is uneffected by the damage and the halved speed effect)

Movement: To 5ft or 10ft to the cart located north of Krom in order to get 2 Ankhegs in the spell 15ft radius

With feline ability Chill sprints for the tents to the north and attempts to hide behind one of them. Hoping the creatures focus their attention on the others he then fires his crossbow at the northern creature.

Stealth 15

Attack: 12 Damage: 8

Chip would turn and sigh before pulling out his pan flute and holding it to his lips while pointing his sword towards the eastern bug. "Bad bugs! bad bugs! What'cha gunna do?! What'cha gunna do when we step on you?" He would sing into his pan flute while casting dissonant whispers while also granting a mantle of inspiration to his companions.

Wis 16 or take 17 and run away... half damage and don't run away on success.

Rekuberk grunts and before his sword as he moves to the creature nearest him, moving to bring his blade down towards the creature twice.

Attack 1: Attack: 9 Damage: 9

Attack 2: Attack: 26 Damage: 12

(So is it just me or has anyone else seen that in a lot of games that dice generator is rolling 5 or below consistently for the last several days? This has been happening a lot to me and other people I am playing with in various campaigns...)

(Haven’t noticed, but I did rolled a five on my second attack.)

Rhogar sends a beam of light into the ankheg on the east which is closest to Kazri and light washes over it.  Rhogar then moves just north of the west ankheg.

Kazri, seeing the opportunity, attacks the same (Advantage roll 13) and she smashes her flail into the creature which breaks the carapace but her followup blow bounces harmlessly off.

Krom conjures his spirit guardians and moves to draw 2 of the ankhegs into range.  The east and north ankhegs (Wis Save 10, 10) screams as the pain the radiant energy covers them.

Chill has his own plans and instead of moving SW he heads N to hide among the tents.  He fires at an ankheg but his bolt flies high and he misses.

Chip starts to play his pan flute (Wis Save 11) and the ankheg to the west is able to stand its ground.

Rekuburk attacks the south ankheg but his blows are ineffective against the natural armor of the ankheg.

The west ankheg tries to bite Kazri Attack: 20 Damage: 12 slashing + 2 acid

The north ankheg tries to bite Krom Attack: 14 Damage: 13 slashing + 3 acid

The east ankheg tries to bite Rhogar Attack: 9 Damage: 7 slashing + 4 acid

The south ankheg tries to bite Rekuburk Attack: 19 Damage: 11 slashing + 1 acid

But none of the attacks hit and the fight goes on

Players are up 

West Ankheg (36), North Ankheg (15), East Ankheg (?), South Ankheg (?) 

Krom's spiritual guardians keep attacking both Ankhegs while the dwarf swings his blessed warhammer into the carapace of the nearest monster.

Spirit guardians damage : 12 Wis DC 14 for half damage

Warhammer : Attack: 27 Damage: 14

Kazri, still keeping up her Shield of Faith, will continue engaging the west Ankheg.

Attack1: 26 Damage: 11

Attack2: 19 Damage: 9

Rhogar just narrowly gets his staff up in time to parry bite, and comes back around crying out "Ignis!" as he brings the then blue-flame engulfed, ivory-toned staff in for an overhead smash down into its face plate. "You will have to do much better than that, earth crab!" He laughs as he spun his staff back into a defensive posture, and await the inevitable reprisal.

Action: Cast (Cantrip)Blue Flame Burst - (Two-Handing - Staff)Attack: 13 Damage: 11 of bludgeoning and fire damage to eastern Ankheg.

Future Reaction:

 (@DM: If the above attack roll would be a miss, expending Rhogar's Favored by the Gods to add 7 to the hit.)

(@DarthDrizzt: Not that I've noticed so far.)

Rekuberk will continue his attack on the one that had tried to hit him, growling at the fact his strikes had done nothing.

Attack 1: Attack: 26 Damage: 9

Attack 2: Attack: 20 Damage: 9

 Extra Die for Attack 1 Crit: 5

(Now the site is going to make me look crazy. I am playing in another campaign with a barbarian and have used reckless attack six times and out of those six attacks my highest roll before adding anything was a 6...

Chill watches from the cover of the tents and fires at the south ankheg.

Attack: 22 Damage: 16

and he continues to hide among the tents.

Stealth 25

Krom continues his attack while his spirit guardians continue to protect him Wis Save 21 as he slams his hammer into the ankheg.

Kazri misses once but them hits the ankheg with her flail crushing its armor and killing it.

Rhogar slams his staff into the ankheg as flames burst from it.

Rekuburk hits twice as his blade cuts huge slashes in the ankheg in front of him, but its the bolt from Chill's crossbow that finishes it off.

Chip is up

North Ankheg (36), East Ankheg (18)

Chip would step backwards a bit, positioning himself in the center of the assault. He would quickly turn and whisper once more into his pan flute as he casts dissonant whispers once more on the eastern bug

Wis 16 or take 4 and run away... half damage and don't run away on success.

Wisdom save 18

Chip is able to hurt the ankheg but not much.

The north ankheg tries to bite Krom Attack: 9 Damage: 14 slashing + 5 acid

The east ankheg tries to bite Rhogar Attack: 25 Damage: 16 slashing + 4 acid

Krom bats the bite away with his magic shield but Rhogar takes the hit.

If subject to acid damage of 6 or more, expending a 2nd level spell slot for Devour Energy, gaining resistance to triggering damage

Rhogar reacts and absorbs half the damage done by the acid.

Players are up.

North Ankheg (36), East Ankheg (20)

“Two down. Two more to go.” Kazri mutters. She attacks the North Ankheg.

Attack1: 19 Damage: 5

Attack2: 18 Damage: 14