Though small and looking quite insignificant, the place is related to the current events:
Ages ago, Idyllglen was threatened by gnoll tribes. As the gnolls raided the town, Solndor Brightstar, a cleric of Lathander, led the people in prayer to his god for aid. Lathander was moved by the people’s bravery and sent the angel Zariel to defeat the gnolls. After driving off the gnolls, the people erected a statue of Zariel to honor her. (You can actually see the statue right in front of the Temple, the one that demon is assaulting now)
Generations later, the gnolls returned to Idyllglen, this time with demons in their ranks and the Gnoll Lord Yeenoghu himself leading the war band. Zariel and the Hellriders came to the Idyllglen’s aid, but not before the town was mostly destroyed.
The demon that is trying to get into the Temple is not Yeenoghu, but if the Gnoll Lord is anywhere around - it's a scary thought. The Beast of Butchery (his other name) wants nothing more than slaughter and senseless destruction. Yeenoghu takes pleasure in causing fear before death, and he sows sorrow and despair through destroying beloved things. He doesn’t parlay; to meet him is to do battle with him — unless he becomes bored.
Due to the map size I have to switch to just symbols (hope it's readable). Red squares attacking you - gnolls, those to the right - dretches, big red circle - Giant Hyena.
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As fast as the attackers were, you managed to adapt to the changing environment even fasted and were ready for the battle. After battling demons, mere gnolls looked like nothing, but they had numbers on their side.
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Ordrag wasn't really sure what was going on. There had been the sword and some lady and now they were here. He was sure no time had passed but he felt refreshed. Had he slept and not remembered? Was he still asleep? Well there was no time to think about it - there were more enemies to fight. Ordrag decided to start with the big guy.
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"Sure ya dun wanna trade spots luv?" Fran would offer to shuffle places with Polly so the tiefling wasn't directly exposed to the gnolls attacks. The artificer was willing to be a protective barrier until she could safely take higher into the air.
As the Battle Smith loaded her crossbow, cocked it and fired her shots, she'd do her best to explain what was going on. It was Fran after all. So they all got a run down. It was short, to the point, factual information. But they got it.
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"Is this one of those memory thing?" Adray asks and then sighs. "No choice but to Take Them Down." Adray calls out to the others. He has every confidence that they are able to.
Adray decides to start with the smaller ones to his left and get them out of the way. Nothong is more annoying than the minions distracting them from the bigger threat.
Starting at 1 and moving to 2 if downed. 2 attacks +2 for flurry
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The big Hyena for all it's scary might was too big of a target for Ordrag to miss, and by far not as sturdy as any demon he fought before. In fact, with one attack the warrior decimated the beast and ... another beast - Gnoll 3, plus heavy wounded Gnoll 4.
Fran finished number four in her turn, while Brutus tried to catch a hold of Gnoll 1's leg (surprisingly - unsuccessfully). Adray rectified it, though, putting 1 out of it's misery and wounding 2 quite badly. Due to their stubbornness or stupidity but the gnoll did not run. It tried to poke Adray with the spear instead:
gnoll vs Adray Attack: 8 Damage: 7
while number 5 and 6 attacked Mooncolor: Attack: 12 Damage: 3 and Attack: 8 Damage: 9
killing it on spot.
All what was left is the gnoll 6 near Polly and wounded number 2 near Adray.
Polly, Choir!
The last one managed to drew blood. The Unicorn healed it's wound (12) but it proved one thing - dream or not, but apparently the weapon was very real and could kill.
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"Happy to get out of the way," Polly says to Fran, taking flight.
Polly moved up then above the sixth gnoll, looking down from above and saying "Boed i'r chwyth hwn eich taro'n farw!" and thrusting her left hand at the creature, casting Eldritch Blast - Now, for the first time, three (THREE!) crackling, sizzling, purplish beams of energy shots out of seemingly nowhere and struck out at the lone gnoll.
Attack: 22 Damage: 9
Attack: 15 Damage: 8
Attack: 25 Damage: 10
OwImp merely looked on from his backpack perch and laughed at the measles gnolls and Sade rude things about their lame attempt at being dangerous...
The gnolls were indeed laughable - the last one died to Polly's bolts of energy. But six stinking demons (you recognized them) ahead still prevailed and tried to claw out the human from under the cart.
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Polly first casts Magic Stone on three stones so OwImp will have some ammunition going forward.
Next Polly says, in a bit of a singsong tone, "Codwch a dawnsiwch, does dim amser i orffwys ..." and five spectral, purplish threads of power weave out from the fingertips of her left hand and stretch out to the corpses of five of the gnolls. They rise. Undead, they rise. Zombie gnolls ready to do Polly's bidding...Then, with Polly flying about 15 feet above and 20 feet behind them, they start advancing on the demons... ((Yay, get to use me new spell! Danse Macabre ))
((Re: Initiative - The demons are some distance away so if it holds or not, I assume Polly could find time to do her to spells before engagement occurs.))
Fran History: 21
Fran Initiative: 23
just an unstable unicorn.
Ordrag Initiative: 21
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Idyllglen's History:
Though small and looking quite insignificant, the place is related to the current events:
The demon that is trying to get into the Temple is not Yeenoghu, but if the Gnoll Lord is anywhere around - it's a scary thought. The Beast of Butchery (his other name) wants nothing more than slaughter and senseless destruction. Yeenoghu takes pleasure in causing fear before death, and he sows sorrow and despair through destroying beloved things. He doesn’t parlay; to meet him is to do battle with him — unless he becomes bored.
Due to the map size I have to switch to just symbols (hope it's readable). Red squares attacking you - gnolls, those to the right - dretches, big red circle - Giant Hyena.
NB! 1 square is 10ft (!)
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Choir: Initiative 6, Religion 9
Choir gapes at the sudden change of venue in confusion and bafflement...
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Last Tree Standing Tabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1
Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive
Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth
Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Adray iniative 17 + 2
History 13
((So Gnolls and giant hyena are right upon us. Dretches are the group about 150 ft away...))
((Exactly. And it seems Fran is the only one knowing what is going on))
Gnolls: 9 Hyena: 11 Mooncolor: 14
Initiative order: Fran Brutus Ordrag Adray Hyena Gnolls (x6) Polly Mooncolor Choir
As fast as the attackers were, you managed to adapt to the changing environment even fasted and were ready for the battle. After battling demons, mere gnolls looked like nothing, but they had numbers on their side.
Round 1
Fran Brutus Ordrag Adray
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Ordrag wasn't really sure what was going on. There had been the sword and some lady and now they were here. He was sure no time had passed but he felt refreshed. Had he slept and not remembered? Was he still asleep? Well there was no time to think about it - there were more enemies to fight. Ordrag decided to start with the big guy.
Action: Attack/Longsword.
Attack#1: 24 Damage: 10 slashing.
Attack#2: 15
Damage: 10 slashing.Attack#3: 14 Damage: 14 slashing.
Bonus Action: TWF/Warhammer.
Attack: 12 Damage: 6 bludgeoning.
Savage reroll for Longsword #2: Damage: 12 slashing
(Might as well do an Action Surge...)
Action: Attack/Longsword.
Attack#1: 28 Damage: 8 slashing.
Attack#2: 19 Damage: 9 slashing.
Attack#3: 30 Damage: 18 slashing.
(All attacks directed at the large hyena. If he goes down, then move on to hyena 3 and 4)
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
"Sure ya dun wanna trade spots luv?" Fran would offer to shuffle places with Polly so the tiefling wasn't directly exposed to the gnolls attacks. The artificer was willing to be a protective barrier until she could safely take higher into the air.
As the Battle Smith loaded her crossbow, cocked it and fired her shots, she'd do her best to explain what was going on. It was Fran after all. So they all got a run down. It was short, to the point, factual information. But they got it.
Enemy 3:
Attack 1: 25 Damage: 12
Attack 2: 23 Damage: 6
Fran would command Brutus to attack the target in front of him.
Enemy 1:
Brutus force empowered rend: Bonus action: 21 Damage: 11
just an unstable unicorn.
"Is this one of those memory thing?" Adray asks and then sighs. "No choice but to Take Them Down." Adray calls out to the others. He has every confidence that they are able to.
Adray decides to start with the smaller ones to his left and get them out of the way. Nothong is more annoying than the minions distracting them from the bigger threat.
Starting at 1 and moving to 2 if downed. 2 attacks +2 for flurry
Attack: 10 Damage: 8
Attack: 16 Damage: 6
Attack: 24 Damage: 9
Attack: 26 Damage: 11
The big Hyena for all it's scary might was too big of a target for Ordrag to miss, and by far not as sturdy as any demon he fought before. In fact, with one attack the warrior decimated the beast and ... another beast - Gnoll 3, plus heavy wounded Gnoll 4.
Fran finished number four in her turn, while Brutus tried to catch a hold of Gnoll 1's leg (surprisingly - unsuccessfully). Adray rectified it, though, putting 1 out of it's misery and wounding 2 quite badly. Due to their stubbornness or stupidity but the gnoll did not run. It tried to poke Adray with the spear instead:
gnoll vs Adray Attack: 8 Damage: 7
while number 5 and 6 attacked Mooncolor: Attack: 12 Damage: 3 and Attack: 8 Damage: 9
killing it on spot.
All what was left is the gnoll 6 near Polly and wounded number 2 near Adray.
Polly, Choir!
The last one managed to drew blood. The Unicorn healed it's wound (12) but it proved one thing - dream or not, but apparently the weapon was very real and could kill.
Mooncolor in turn attacked gnoll 5:
Attack: 25 Damage: 9
Attack: 24 Damage: 6
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Choir attempts to finish off #2 with a blast of Sacred Flame. ( 13 damage, Dex Save DC17 to avoid. )
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Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive
Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth
Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Save: 3
Already wounded gnoll went down. It was up to Polly now to kill the last attacker.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
"Happy to get out of the way," Polly says to Fran, taking flight.
Polly moved up then above the sixth gnoll, looking down from above and saying "Boed i'r chwyth hwn eich taro'n farw!" and thrusting her left hand at the creature, casting Eldritch Blast - Now, for the first time, three (THREE!) crackling, sizzling, purplish beams of energy shots out of seemingly nowhere and struck out at the lone gnoll.
Attack: 22 Damage: 9
Attack: 15 Damage: 8
Attack: 25 Damage: 10
OwImp merely looked on from his backpack perch and laughed at the measles gnolls and Sade rude things about their lame attempt at being dangerous...
The gnolls were indeed laughable - the last one died to Polly's bolts of energy. But six stinking demons (you recognized them) ahead still prevailed and tried to claw out the human from under the cart.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
(Previous initiative still applies, I assume.)
Edeleth Treesong (Aldalire) Wood Elf Druid lvl 8 Talaveroth Sub 2
Last Tree Standing Tabaxi Ranger, Chef and Hoardsperson lvl 5, Company of the Dragon Team 1
Choir Kenku Cleric, Tempest Domain, lvl 11, Descent Into Avernus Test Drive
Poinki Goblin Paladin, Redemption, lvl 5, Tales from Talaveroth
Lyrika Nyx Satyr Bard lvl 1, The Six Kingdoms of Talia
Polly first casts Magic Stone on three stones so OwImp will have some ammunition going forward.
Next Polly says, in a bit of a singsong tone, "Codwch a dawnsiwch, does dim amser i orffwys ..." and five spectral, purplish threads of power weave out from the fingertips of her left hand and stretch out to the corpses of five of the gnolls. They rise. Undead, they rise. Zombie gnolls ready to do Polly's bidding...Then, with Polly flying about 15 feet above and 20 feet behind them, they start advancing on the demons... ((Yay, get to use me new spell! Danse Macabre ))
((Re: Initiative - The demons are some distance away so if it holds or not, I assume Polly could find time to do her to spells before engagement occurs.))
Here we can go group vs group. Demons are busy - no surprise round, but party goes first.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Fran would press forward to try to get within range of the demons that surround the cart. She had limited range here, so she'd do her best.
Attack 1: 25 Damage: 7
Attack 2: 19 Damage: 11
DA:
Attack 1: 10 Damage: 10
Attack 2: 22 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
(Attack at DA for over 80ft even if she moves her full movement of 30ft)
Brutus would advance with her.
just an unstable unicorn.
Polly is ready to throw some Eldritch Blasts whenever the party is ready... They have good range :)
Eldritch Blast Attack: 14 Damage: 5
Eldritch Blast Attack: 14 Damage: 10
Eldritch Blast Attack: 14 Damage: 9
All three blasts on a single target not yet attacked.