Engelian Adventures

Try to grapple with Will keeping Blackie out of reach.

Unadjusted roll:

16

His arm smarting from the blow of Will's club, Guilliame attempts to grapple his opponent.

[OOC: Guilliame's Grapple roll: 16+3 = 19; Will's attempt to avoid being grappled: 10 ]

Grabbing his assailant's arms, Guilliame pulls Will around so that he is between Guilliame and the second attacker.

[OOC: Will is now effectively giving Guilliame +2 to his Armour Class (AC) as cover against attacks, which means Guilliame now has an AC of 16.]

Blacky runs in and attempts to hit Guilliame with his own club, which Guilliame notices is a simple piece of firewood.

[OOC: Blacky's Attack Roll: 14 This would have been a hit except for the cover Will is providing Guilliame.]

But Guilliame manages to swing Will around causing Blacky to miss with his blow as he only just manages to miss hitting his friend.

[OOC: Round #2

Will: 20
Guilliame: 13
Blacky: 2

]

[OOC: Will attempts to break free of Guilliame's grapple (Str check versus Guilliame's Str (Athletics): 12 versus 23 ]

Will struggles in Guilliame's grasp, but it is like he is being held in a vice and he is going nowhere.

[OOC: It is now, Guilliame's move.]

Continue to try to hold grip on Will while using him as a shield while shouting "Help!"

Quote from Guilliame >>

Continue to try to hold grip on Will while using him as a shield while shouting "Help!"

[OOC: As Will failed to break free, Guilliame's grapple from the previous round is still in effect. This means he still has his Action, Move and any relevant Bonus Action to use this round. He could use his Action to either attack Will or elect to Dodge making any attack against you at Disadvantage. What would Guilliame like to do?]

Dodge in addition to continuing grapple.

Keeping Will's body between himself and Blacky, Guilliame shouts for help.

[OOC: Blacky tries once more to hit Guilliame: 23 ]

Using unexpected skill, Blacky strikes Guilliame a savage blow, which he swings away from enough to avoid taking full damage

[OOC: A Critical Hit doing 4 damage. Fortunately, almost minimum damage. I have adjusted Guilliame's character sheet.]

Blacky laughs and says, "Take that you bastard. Now, let my friend go."

[OOC: Unknown person's attack: 2 ]

Suddenly, a large cobblestone flies past Guilliame's head, and way too late he hears a voice cry out, "Duck!"

[OOC: Round #3

Will: 20
Guilliame: 13
Blacky: 2
Unknown Combatant: 1

]

Will takes advantage of Guilliame's distraction and tries to break free again.

[OOC: Contested Skill check Will's Strength versus Guilliame's Strength (Athletics): 20 versus 4 ]

He succeeds and tries to run away.

[OOC: Guilliame can have an Attack of opportunity against Will if he wants, but can only do a normal attack with his fists, not try to renew the grapple.]

Try to strike Will. (+3 I think)

11

Quote from Guilliame >>

Try to strike Will. (+3 I think)

23

[OOC: Correct. And it is a critical, which means you should normally roll your damage dice twice, but in this case Guilliame doesn't have a weapon in hand so it only doubles your ability score component of the damage (i.e., 4 points of damage).]

[OOC: Round #3

Will: 20
Guilliame: 13
Blacky: 2
Unknown Combatant: 1

]

As Will tries to move away, Guilliame swings at him catching him with a mighty blow to the back. 

Staggered, Will moves away out of range, leaving Guilliame to contend with Blacky.

[OOC: It is now Guilliame's turn in Round #3. FYI: Drawing a weapon is considered a free action and can be done in combat without penalty; Casting a spell that requires a to-hit roll while in melee combat is done at Disadvantage, however, with other spells this is normally not a problem as long as they have a casting time of 1 Action. Moving away from Blacky would attract an Attack of Opportunity from him on Guilliame as it did when Will broke away. ]

Cast a Prestidigitation spell with a bright light right in front of Blackie's eyes. Try tododge any incoming blows if that is possible.

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Cast a Prestidigitation spell with a bright light right in front of Blackie's eyes. Try tododge any incoming blows if that is possible.

[OOC: Dodging is an Action; it gives attackers Disadvantage to their attacks. Using the Prestidigitation cantrip would also be an Action, so Guilliame can't do both unless he wants to use his 2nd level Action Surge feat to gain a second Action for this round, which I would think there are possibly better uses for (see below). He could try the Prestidigitation trick and hope that the bright light puts Black off.

Note: I didn't mention it before, but there is also the Disengage action available, which would then allow Guilliame to use his Move action to get away from Blacky without giving him an Attack of Opportunity. However, this would not stop Blacky chasing after Guilliame and attacking him in his turn. For this reason, Disengage is normally used by characters with superior movement skills. On the other hand, Guilliame could Disengage, Move away and then use Action Surge to cast a one Action casting time spell without being at disadvantage.]

Disengage, Move away and then use Action Surge to cast a one Action casting time spell without being at disadvantage - use for prestidigitation spell as described.

 Guilliame fakes a move as if to attack Blacky but instead disengages and backs away towards the apple seller's wagon. He then mutters a quick incantation and throws up his hands causing a shower of bright sparks to appear in front of Blacky's eyes.

[Unknown Combatant #2's Attack roll: 11 ]

Blacky throws up one hand to protect his eyes and while he is doing so an apple bounces off his arm. Blinking furiously, he looks around and then starts checking to see if he is on fire, patting himself down with his free hand. [OOC: And using up his Action to do so.]

He then starts edging away from Guilliame, still blinking furiously, while shouting, "You won't get away with this. This is our turf."

"No it isn't," says the apple seller, moving forward and throwing a rock at Blacky.

[Apple seller's roll to hit: 14 Damage (Sharpshooter): 11 ]

The rock catches Blacky fair in the temple and the man stumbles and almost falls.

There is a murmuring in the crowd now and a few calls matching that of the apple seller objecting to Blacky's claim that this market is theirs. Closer to hand, Guilliame sees the young street urchin who tried to extort him for money fetching another apple out of the apple seller's wagon.

[OOC: Round #4

Will: 20
Guilliame: 13
Unknown Combatant #2: 11
Blacky: 2
Apple seller: 1

]

Will looks around and see some of the nearby stall keepers shaking their fists at himself and Blacky, while others are bringing out an assortment of makeshift weapons.

At this, his determination falters and he turns and begins running away.

[OOC: It is now Guilliame's turn.]

Try a Charm person on Blacky.

Quote from Guilliame >>

Try a Charm person on Blacky.

[OOC: If you read the spell description, which you can see if you click on the spell's name on Guilliame's D&D Beyond character sheet (or otherwise here), you will see that Blacky would be making his saving throw against the spell at Advantage because he is currently in combat with you and the others. This makes it likely he would succeed, so do you still want to do this?]

In that case no. Concentrate on dodging his attack.

Having successfully put some distance between Blacky and himself, Guilliame prepares to dodge if the man tries to attack him again.

[OOC: Unknown Combatant #2's attack roll: 13 A hit, doing 1 point of damage.]

A thrown apple suddenly hits Blacky in the face, splitting with the force of the throw.

"Take that," shouts the street urchin, reaching for another apple.

"That's the spirit, boy!" shouts a woman stallholder, holding a tomato threateningly in their hand. 

Then she points at Blacky and says, "Get. We don't want your type round here any more."

Blacky looks around and realises he is now the centre of attention of an angry crowd. Snarling, he angrily throws the piece of firewood in his hand at Guilliame.

[OOC: Blacky's roll to hit (at Disadvantage): 5 ]

His throw is wide, but he doesn't wait round to see it hit, as he turns and runs through a gap in the surrounding people to the sound of jeers.

"Stop him," yells the urchin. "Turn him into a frog or something."

[We are now out of combat unless Guilliame wants to give chase.]

If Guilliame can cast a Charm person before Blacky is outside 30ft then do so. Otherwise run after him. 

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If Guilliame can cast a Charm person before Blacky is outside 30ft then do so. Otherwise run after him. 

[OOC: Guilliame moved away from Blacky and now he has running. However, he is not running directly away from Guilliame, so Guilliame can cut corners and get within 30'. However, Blacky will still get his saving throw at Advantage.]

Guilliame charges after Blacky as he runs away through the crowded farmer's market. Because of people slowing him down, Guilliame is able to get within 30' of Blacky.

[OOC: Blacky's Saving throw against Guilliame's Charm Person spell (vs DC 12): 11 ]

"You won't get me, magus," shouts Blacky, as he begins forcing his way through a crowd that is desperately trying to get out of his way.

[OOC: It is Guilliame's turn. He has one more spell slot and can have one more chance to cast Charm Person, if you want him to. But Blacky will still have Advantage.]

Leave him go. Make sure that Will and Blacky are running away. If they aren't coming back then have a look around for the street urchin.

Will disappeared into the crowd some time ago and Blacky is running off in the direction of the river where they take the tree trunks out of the river.

Guilliame heads back towards where the apple seller has his wagon but can see no sign of the young boy.

[OOC: I have added 50 experience points to Guilliame's character sheet for this encounter.]