"Nadariel, I admire your eagerness. But don't worry, we can make good impression out there on the battlefield," Boofa says, trying to ease the half-elf's anxiety. "Yes Jilrana, I am ready."
The last group rushed over by the gate just as Captain August was heading their direction. Accompanying him was a burly dwarf with two shaved streaks in his had leaving a center line, and then two by his ears, of rust colored hair. Typically, he'd be found with a thick leather apron and a forging hammer in his hand but today, he wore his uniform as well. Everyone, just called him Sir RS. Also joining them was a gnomish woman. None of the recruits knew much about her as she disappeared for days at a time, then would show back up, sleep and need and disappear again.
Stopping near the gate, he signals for it to be opened and shouts a short command for everyone to follow. In short, military fashion, the six teams group up and then head out in a line. What they find upon leaving is that the area outside has been roped off in a large rectangle and a simple table with parchment, quills and three chairs are set up along one side. Turning to the groups the Captain says, "Here you will spar, and here we will take note on your efforts. What we want to see is what you have learned, what you still need to learn and your ability to adapt and overcome. We have a healer on stand by for injuries and while your blades are blunted, outright disregard for your opponents will not be tolerated, that said, don't go easy on eachother. Now, first up will be..." he says and reaches into a box and pulls out two slips of paper. "Group 2 verses Group 4." He points to one side of the field each as he says the names. "Arrange yourselves as you wish, when you hear the whistle, feel free to start."
Lining up to the left of side of the field are a male human donning a sword and shield, a halfling with a short sword, a dwarf with a crossbow, an Elf with glass orb in his fist and a gnome with crazy orange hair. The human moves in front of the others with the dwarf next to him, the other three standing behind them. The human takes his sword and bangs it twice against his shield and shouts, "Ou Rah."
You may post your actions/reactions to the situation and arrange yourselves how you want at the other end of the field. For ease of numbers we will say that you are 100 feet from each other. When you're ready, just post a character statement that they are ready or lets do this so something similar and I'll get this moving. Trial by fire guys and gals :).
After seeing group 2 lined up and ready to fight, Boofa readies up, lifting his blunted greataxe with both hands. "Are you all ready, or shall we plan our attack a little more?" Boofa says to his party. He is clearly thirsting for battle, but decides to wait on the party to come up with a plan of attack if they deem necessary.
Jilrana eyes the opponents carefully, noting how they set up and how each of them is preparing for the bout. "Boofa, can you hold those two in front off? Dor, anyone else with healing, come in as his support. I will try to stay close as well. Everyone that can, focus on their back line. The Halfling looks quick, he might throw a wrench in any positioning, but the Elf and Gnome look the most dangerous. "If anybody else needs some magical protection, let me know. I can burn one more after protecting myself, but then I will be out of healing for this match." Her giddy excitement has turned more serious, and with a few arcane words and symbols traced in the air she summons some extra protection for herself.
When the plans are made, she unslings her crossbow and moves off to the side, setting her feet about forty feet from Boofa.
Mechanics:
Pre-combat: Casting Mage Armor on myself. If anyone is interested I can cast it on one more, but as mentioned I'll be out of spells after that.
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Elisha will move to within 90' of the Elf & Gnome. He is preparing the [spell[sleep[/spell] spell. he wants to make sure they are the main ones on the edge of the 20' radius
Edit: Elisha will not be concerned about the Elf- an Elf cant be put to sleep magically so he will have to be taken out by other means. So he will center the spell to affect as many as possible.
"Alright, I'll take the Human and the Dwarf up front. We can do this,I'll make sure to not get in the way of your spell, Elisha," Boofa adjusts his stance, ready to charge whenever the captain blows the whistle.
Just before Boofa gets his words out a shrill whistle eminates from the captain. The other group, having discussed prior to battle, moved forward. The human, who you now recognize as Chadwick, moves forward with his shield up and sword at the ready. The dwarf, recognized as Bull, lets a bolt loose from his crossbow and moves up the field with Chadwick. The three behind stay close but as the Elf and gnome move forward they let out a deep yawn and their movements become slow and each takes a step and slump to a kneeling position and then gently lay down. Just before hitting the ground the Elf snaps himself free of the magic and lags only a few feet behind The halfling by this point had already moved up with the others before realizing the others hadn't followed as close.
They rolled a higher initiative than your group so went first. They all moved 30 feet up putting them Chadwick and Bull 70 feet from you, the other three 75. One attack made by Bull before moving forward. Its outside his regular range so he gets disadvantage, he should have moved first and then fired, amature mistake. Chadwick is in a defensive stance so all attacks are at a disadvantage against him.
Light crossbow attack against Boofa
Attack: 16 Damage: 5
Attack still hits for 5 damage
Templer's action triggered as he had prepared it in advance and as a reaction to a specific condition. Good play. Group's turn including a normal turn from Templer.
I assume Boofa will advance in a more or less straight line west. I will follow him for 15’ and then cast Create bonfire (Dex save 13 or 5 fire damage) on the Elf. At that point i will go straight south for the rest of my mvs, ending up just over 20’ SE of Boofa and more then 60’ away from the enemy group.
Halting his movement, Dur drops to a single knee and lifts the shield in his left hand to cover the majority of his body. He readies himself for any incoming crossbow or other ranged attack. He then places his hammer on the ground and raises his right hand towards Boofa to cast Healing Word
3
"Thuldor!"
I'll use my action to Ready for any incoming ranged attacks with my shield. @Mat_Yuren, thank you for reminding me!
Action: Ready, shield up and expecting ranged attacks
Jilrana smiles as the opponents run forward. "Mistake." she mumbles to herself, seeing each of them move into a range where she can catch them without much trouble. She takes a knee, carefully takes aim, and with an audible thunk the quarrel flies forward in the direction of the Elf who is already standing in a blazing bonfire. Upon seeing her group move forward she follows, making sure to stay to the side and behind Boofa, while doing her best to keep the distance of about forty feet between them.
Mechanics:
Turn: Action: Light Crossbow at the Elf: Attack: 18 Damage: 9 Move: Forward in a straight line, should keep me at 40 or 45ft apart from Boofa, unless he takes a double move. Bonus: -
Edit: Oof, those moments when you roll an attack that would down yourself in a single blow. Level 1 is scary. And @Silvercoins, you still have an action in your turn if I'm not mistaken. HW is a bonus action. Use Dodge if nothing else ;)
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Boofa moves forward, his large reducing the distance with large strides. He holds his weapon ready to deflect bolt or blade that comes his direction. Dor stops, shield up in his way to protect him and casts a spell healing Boofa's current wounds. Nadariel moves forward as well and weaves a spell causing the very ground to erupt below the Elf. He tries to avoid the flame but his attention was focused elsewhere and burn marks show upon his exposed skin. Nadariel waits just long enough for his spell to trigger and then splits off from the main group putting distance between them and himself. Jilrana drops to a knee to steady herself and takes aim at the elf. Despite being behind the man with a shield, the elf takes the blunted sparring bolt to the shoulder. He spins with the force but is knocked off his feet, and falls outside the burning ground he'd been standing on.
Chadwick looks over at Bull gives a quick nod and yells "CHARGE" and rushes forward with rapid speed. He covers the 40 feet in an instant and crashes into Boofa. Like a mountain, Boofa remains surefooted and stops the man in his tracks, much to Chadwick's surprise. Bull loads a crossbow and follows as quickly as he can after Chadwick. He lets out another shot, this time at Jilrana. His hustle, causing the bolt to fly wide. He tosses out a short curse and puts the crossbow on his belt hook and draws his two shortswords. The halfling, nimble as can be, rushes up behind Chadwick and then jumps into the air and tosses two daggers, both at Boofa, over the head of Chadwick. Both daggers find their mark into Boofa's rock like body
Dex save: 21
Attack: 7 Damage: 13
Attack at Jilrana: Attack: 19 Damage: 5
Dagger 1 at Boofa: Attack: Attack: 22 Damage: 7
Dagger 2 at Boofa Attack: 17 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. 2
Boofa taks a total of 11 damage, a brutal round but he's still standing.
Next is up the group. It's 5 on three standing and one sleeping. Odds are looking in your favor right now.
"Nadariel, I admire your eagerness. But don't worry, we can make good impression out there on the battlefield," Boofa says, trying to ease the half-elf's anxiety. "Yes Jilrana, I am ready."
The last group rushed over by the gate just as Captain August was heading their direction. Accompanying him was a burly dwarf with two shaved streaks in his had leaving a center line, and then two by his ears, of rust colored hair. Typically, he'd be found with a thick leather apron and a forging hammer in his hand but today, he wore his uniform as well. Everyone, just called him Sir RS. Also joining them was a gnomish woman. None of the recruits knew much about her as she disappeared for days at a time, then would show back up, sleep and need and disappear again.
Stopping near the gate, he signals for it to be opened and shouts a short command for everyone to follow. In short, military fashion, the six teams group up and then head out in a line. What they find upon leaving is that the area outside has been roped off in a large rectangle and a simple table with parchment, quills and three chairs are set up along one side. Turning to the groups the Captain says, "Here you will spar, and here we will take note on your efforts. What we want to see is what you have learned, what you still need to learn and your ability to adapt and overcome. We have a healer on stand by for injuries and while your blades are blunted, outright disregard for your opponents will not be tolerated, that said, don't go easy on eachother. Now, first up will be..." he says and reaches into a box and pulls out two slips of paper. "Group 2 verses Group 4." He points to one side of the field each as he says the names. "Arrange yourselves as you wish, when you hear the whistle, feel free to start."
Lining up to the left of side of the field are a male human donning a sword and shield, a halfling with a short sword, a dwarf with a crossbow, an Elf with glass orb in his fist and a gnome with crazy orange hair. The human moves in front of the others with the dwarf next to him, the other three standing behind them. The human takes his sword and bangs it twice against his shield and shouts, "Ou Rah."
You may post your actions/reactions to the situation and arrange yourselves how you want at the other end of the field. For ease of numbers we will say that you are 100 feet from each other. When you're ready, just post a character statement that they are ready or lets do this so something similar and I'll get this moving. Trial by fire guys and gals :).
After seeing group 2 lined up and ready to fight, Boofa readies up, lifting his blunted greataxe with both hands. "Are you all ready, or shall we plan our attack a little more?" Boofa says to his party. He is clearly thirsting for battle, but decides to wait on the party to come up with a plan of attack if they deem necessary.
Dor's face is that of both determination and patience, readying to cast Thaumaturgy [Sound Effect: Deep Thunder Rumble], he states:
"I'm ready with hammer and healing. If anyone wants to be the shotcaller, now's the time."
He then takes a brief look at his teammates before standing side by side Boofa with a smile.
Elisha will hang toward the back and say: I'm ready while keeping an eye on the Elf
I hang back, behind Boofa, i am ready.
”I have no way to attack anyone on that distance. They need to be at least within 60 feet.”
Attack: [roll]3d20dl2+6[/roll] Damage: [roll](if([roll:-1:critical], =0, 1d8, 2{1d8}.expand()))+4[/roll] Sneakattack: [roll](if([roll:-2:critical], =0, 2d6, 2{2d6}.expand()))[/roll]Jilrana eyes the opponents carefully, noting how they set up and how each of them is preparing for the bout. "Boofa, can you hold those two in front off? Dor, anyone else with healing, come in as his support. I will try to stay close as well. Everyone that can, focus on their back line. The Halfling looks quick, he might throw a wrench in any positioning, but the Elf and Gnome look the most dangerous.
"If anybody else needs some magical protection, let me know. I can burn one more after protecting myself, but then I will be out of healing for this match."
Her giddy excitement has turned more serious, and with a few arcane words and symbols traced in the air she summons some extra protection for herself.
When the plans are made, she unslings her crossbow and moves off to the side, setting her feet about forty feet from Boofa.
Mechanics:
Pre-combat: Casting Mage Armor on myself.
If anyone is interested I can cast it on one more, but as mentioned I'll be out of spells after that.
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" Can anyone of you cast sleep on the Gnome and the Elf?"
Attack: [roll]3d20dl2+6[/roll] Damage: [roll](if([roll:-1:critical], =0, 1d8, 2{1d8}.expand()))+4[/roll] Sneakattack: [roll](if([roll:-2:critical], =0, 2d6, 2{2d6}.expand()))[/roll]With his eyes locked on the opponents, Dor calls over his shoulder:
"I can Command one to be still, but if I do, I won't be able to Heal more than once."
Sizing up the distance, Dor also lowers his hand that was preparing Thaumaturgy, grabbing his shield instead.
How close are the Gnome & Elf to each other? (I know they are 100' away) Also, how close are the group bunched up?
The group is bunched up. Two in front next to each other, three right behind all next to each other.
Elisha will move to within 90' of the Elf & Gnome. He is preparing the [spell[sleep[/spell] spell. he wants to make sure they are the main ones on the edge of the 20' radius
Edit: Elisha will not be concerned about the Elf- an Elf cant be put to sleep magically so he will have to be taken out by other means. So he will center the spell to affect as many as possible.
34 HP affected
"Alright, I'll take the Human and the Dwarf up front. We can do this, I'll make sure to not get in the way of your spell, Elisha," Boofa adjusts his stance, ready to charge whenever the captain blows the whistle.
Just before Boofa gets his words out a shrill whistle eminates from the captain. The other group, having discussed prior to battle, moved forward. The human, who you now recognize as Chadwick, moves forward with his shield up and sword at the ready. The dwarf, recognized as Bull, lets a bolt loose from his crossbow and moves up the field with Chadwick. The three behind stay close but as the Elf and gnome move forward they let out a deep yawn and their movements become slow and each takes a step and slump to a kneeling position and then gently lay down. Just before hitting the ground the Elf snaps himself free of the magic and lags only a few feet behind The halfling by this point had already moved up with the others before realizing the others hadn't followed as close.
They rolled a higher initiative than your group so went first. They all moved 30 feet up putting them Chadwick and Bull 70 feet from you, the other three 75. One attack made by Bull before moving forward. Its outside his regular range so he gets disadvantage, he should have moved first and then fired, amature mistake. Chadwick is in a defensive stance so all attacks are at a disadvantage against him.
Light crossbow attack against Boofa
Attack: 16 Damage: 5
Attack still hits for 5 damage
Templer's action triggered as he had prepared it in advance and as a reaction to a specific condition. Good play. Group's turn including a normal turn from Templer.
Health tracking:
Boofa: -5 HP
Elisha will cast the previous mentioned sleep the 20' radius centered on the group affecting 25 HP
I assume Boofa will advance in a more or less straight line west. I will follow him for 15’ and then cast Create bonfire (Dex save 13 or 5 fire damage) on the Elf. At that point i will go straight south for the rest of my mvs, ending up just over 20’ SE of Boofa and more then 60’ away from the enemy group.
Attack: [roll]3d20dl2+6[/roll] Damage: [roll](if([roll:-1:critical], =0, 1d8, 2{1d8}.expand()))+4[/roll] Sneakattack: [roll](if([roll:-2:critical], =0, 2d6, 2{2d6}.expand()))[/roll]Halting his movement, Dur drops to a single knee and lifts the shield in his left hand to cover the majority of his body. He readies himself for any incoming crossbow or other ranged attack. He then places his hammer on the ground and raises his right hand towards Boofa to cast Healing Word
3
"Thuldor!"
I'll use my action to Ready for any incoming ranged attacks with my shield. @Mat_Yuren, thank you for reminding me!
Action: Ready, shield up and expecting ranged attacks
Move: No movement
Bonus Action: Healing Word, on Boofa
Jilrana smiles as the opponents run forward. "Mistake." she mumbles to herself, seeing each of them move into a range where she can catch them without much trouble. She takes a knee, carefully takes aim, and with an audible thunk the quarrel flies forward in the direction of the Elf who is already standing in a blazing bonfire. Upon seeing her group move forward she follows, making sure to stay to the side and behind Boofa, while doing her best to keep the distance of about forty feet between them.
Mechanics:
Turn:
Action: Light Crossbow at the Elf: Attack: 18 Damage: 9
Move: Forward in a straight line, should keep me at 40 or 45ft apart from Boofa, unless he takes a double move.
Bonus: -
Edit: Oof, those moments when you roll an attack that would down yourself in a single blow. Level 1 is scary.
And @Silvercoins, you still have an action in your turn if I'm not mistaken. HW is a bonus action. Use Dodge if nothing else ;)
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ESC! | 10|33|5~
Boofa moves 30' toward the Chadwick and Bull, now 40' from them. Boofa turns his head back to Dor, nodding as a silent thank you for the healing word.
Boofa moves forward, his large reducing the distance with large strides. He holds his weapon ready to deflect bolt or blade that comes his direction. Dor stops, shield up in his way to protect him and casts a spell healing Boofa's current wounds. Nadariel moves forward as well and weaves a spell causing the very ground to erupt below the Elf. He tries to avoid the flame but his attention was focused elsewhere and burn marks show upon his exposed skin. Nadariel waits just long enough for his spell to trigger and then splits off from the main group putting distance between them and himself. Jilrana drops to a knee to steady herself and takes aim at the elf. Despite being behind the man with a shield, the elf takes the blunted sparring bolt to the shoulder. He spins with the force but is knocked off his feet, and falls outside the burning ground he'd been standing on.
Chadwick looks over at Bull gives a quick nod and yells "CHARGE" and rushes forward with rapid speed. He covers the 40 feet in an instant and crashes into Boofa. Like a mountain, Boofa remains surefooted and stops the man in his tracks, much to Chadwick's surprise. Bull loads a crossbow and follows as quickly as he can after Chadwick. He lets out another shot, this time at Jilrana. His hustle, causing the bolt to fly wide. He tosses out a short curse and puts the crossbow on his belt hook and draws his two shortswords. The halfling, nimble as can be, rushes up behind Chadwick and then jumps into the air and tosses two daggers, both at Boofa, over the head of Chadwick. Both daggers find their mark into Boofa's rock like body
Dex save: 21
Attack: 7 Damage: 13
Attack at Jilrana: Attack: 19 Damage: 5
Dagger 1 at Boofa: Attack: Attack: 22 Damage: 7
Dagger 2 at Boofa Attack: 17 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. 2
Boofa taks a total of 11 damage, a brutal round but he's still standing.
Next is up the group. It's 5 on three standing and one sleeping. Odds are looking in your favor right now.