Another Dragon at Icespire Peak - IC Thread

Fire blasts the pack leader (dex save: 11), the other wererats cover their eyes in front of the new light source.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth
15 Lia
12 Lothlién
  9 Three Wererats
  9 Rhok
  9 (unseen) Giant rats
  6 Zeleen (22)

Lothlién goes next.

Lothlién creates an Ice Knife out of thin air and throws it. If there's anyone near each other, he's aiming for that, trying to damage as many foes as he can. Otherwise, he'll aim for Zeleen

Ice knife attack: 8; damage: 3 + 9 to the target and each creature within 5 feet that fails a DC 13 DEX save

Two wererats are close enough to Zeleen to get in the blast (DEX saves, Zeleen: 5, others: 5, 17).

The guards caught in the blast move forward, putting some distance between them and the flaming sphere. The first one reaches Rhok and tries to bite him (Attack: 18 Damage: 6) and hit him with a shortsword (Attack: 9 Damage: 5).

Seeing the entrance blocked by their companion, the other two cry for help and take aim with hand crossbows to shoot at Xarroth (Attack: 21 Damage: 8) and Lothlién (Attack: 9 Damage: 5).

You hear voices replying to them and see two more humanoid figures arrive from the northern part of the room.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth
15 Lia
12 Lothlién
  9 Five Wererats (9)
  9 Rhok (4)
  9 (unseen) Giant rats
  6 Zeleen (25)

It's Rhok's turn now. Since you were bitten, please make a Constitution saving throw.

OOC: I forgot to roll Don-Jon's initiative: 11

Also, I'm copying the damage from the previous fight here.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (5)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién
  9 Five Wererats (9)
  9 Rhok (10)
  9 (unseen) Giant rats
  6 Zeleen (25)
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (5)

Constitution saving throw:  15 

Rhok grimaces from the bite, as an action casts hunters mark on Zeleen, looses a bolt towards Zeleen as well

Attack:  Attack:  13 Damage: 7 

Colossus slayer damage since Zeleen's below max hp:  5 

Hunters mark damage:   3

Rhok's crossbow bolt flies through the crowd, hitting Zeleen's neck. The pack leader collapses with a gasp.

Four giant rats run over Zeleen's body, sniffing everything, and dash in your direction. They end their movement among your group.

Don-Jon stabs the frontmost giant rat, a dagger in each hand, stabbing three times.
Attack: 19 Damage: 1
Attack: 17 Damage: 2
Attack: 7 Damage: 4

The rat manages to squirm out of the way, avoiding the last stab, but still takes two hits.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (5)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién
  9 Five Wererats (9)
  9 Rhok (10)
  9 Four Giant rats (3)
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (5)

And we are back to Xarroth.

Xarroth dislikes how close the rats are and outstretches his arm and whispers the spell in Draconic that has an eeriely piercing echo. Shadow form and solidify a corporeal tip in his golden scaled claws then swipe at the nearest rat!

Bonus Action: Shadow Blade (Concentration)
Action: Attacking Giant Rat
Weapon Melee Attack: 12 Damage: 6 (psychic)

Xarroth's swing cuts the nearest rat cleanly in half. The other rats shift uneasy at the weird blade the dragonborn holds.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (5)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién
  9 Five Wererats (9)
  9 Rhok (10)
  9 Three Giant rats (3)
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (5)

Lia goes next.

OOC: @Loaniss, you forgot the +2 (from DEX) to damage on the attack (sage advice link).

Lia moves the sphere to hit one of the other wererats.

DC 13 dex save for half, or take 11 fire.

She then shoots one of the giant rats with her crossbow...

Attack: 8 Damage: 11

Dex save first: 15

Fire zings one of the wererats. The smoke from the hit makes him look more menacing as he growls. The bolt hits the ground, the giant rats make a small target to hit.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (5)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién
  9 Five Wererats (9) (5)
  9 Rhok (10)
  9 Three Giant rats (3)
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (5)

Lothlién goes next.

Lothlién will use Ice Knife again if there's a way to hit multiple enemies and avoid hitting any friends. If that's not the case, he'll use fire bolt instead.

(Since the rolls are the same, I'll roll only once; the only difference will be the second part of the ice knife damage. I'm also rolling a scond attack in case I'm in disadvantage by beeing too close to my target)

Attack: 14 or 7; damage: 4 + 4 for the Ice knife (DC 13 DEX save for half)

There are three wererats close together, the two that used hand crossbows and one of the two that rushed to get there. Let's see how they save: 21, 5, 6.

One wererat gets the full ice blast from the explosion, the others only get smaller ice shards, enough to make them angrier.

The warrior in front of Rhok swings his sword again (Attack: 14 Damage: 5) and tries to repeat the bite (Attack: 11 Damage: 4).The four that are further away reload their hand crossbows and take aim at the magic users.
Attack: 16 Damage: 4 against Lothlién
Attack: 5 Damage: 3 against Lothlién
Attack: 14 Damage: 8 against Xarroth
Attack: 17 Damage: 4 against Lia

Two bolts hit the walls, the other two find Lothlién and Xarroth.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (9)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién (8)
  9 Five Wererats (9, in melee with Rhok) (9) (4) (8)
  9 Rhok (16)
  9 Three Giant rats (3, in melee with Don-Jon)
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (5)

It's Rhok's turn now, since you were bitten again, you'll have to roll a CON saving throw, those fangs are nasty.

We also need concentration checks from Rhok (Hunter's Mark) and Xarroth (Shadow Blade).

((Ow! 😫))

Xarroth reels in from the attack, snarling with flashes of flame exuding from this mouth. With a savage roar light under his scales flairs to life briefly, two more translucent spheres shoot from the dragonborn's claw, burst into flame and sails towards the wererats!

Concentration check for Shadow Blade:  6 - The spell fades. ((Lame rolls all-round!))

Chromatic Orb (1st Level)
Meta Magic - Twinned
Orb #1 - Spell Ranged Attack: 14 Damage: 5 (fire)
Orb #2 - Spell Ranged Attack: 11 Damage: 5 (fire)

CON saving throw:   15 

Concentration check:  19 

Rhok turns his attention to the wererat biting him "Chew on this!"  and fires his crossbow at it.

As a bonus action (if it's still up) he'll move hunters mark to the wererat he's attacking

attack:  Attack:  24 Damage: 7  

Colosuss slayer damage: 2

Hunters mark damage if its still active:  1  

Rhok's concentration breaks, the Hunter's Mark is no longer in effect. The bolt hits the wererat, he looks bloodied and angry.

The remaining giant rats try to bite anyone close to them.
Attack: 21 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll. against Don-Jon.
Attack: 11 Damage: 5 against Lia.
Attack: 11 Damage: 6 against Don-Jon.

Don-Jon retaliates with his twin daggers "die you infested varmint!"
Attack: 3 Damage: 1
Attack: 5 Damage: 4
Attack: 19 Damage: 4

Lia manages to move her feet out of the rat's fangs. Meanwhile, Don-Jon stabs the giant rat that bit him twice, then turns and finishes the next one over with two quick jabs.

Xarroth fires two orbs at the wererats, the first impacts the rat engaged with Rhok, making it recoil. The second one hits a support beam on the ceiling, making some dust fall over the combat area.

OOC: you forgot a d8 for Chromatic Orb, it's 3d8 damage, I'll add it here: 6.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (9)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién (8)
  9 Five Wererats (29, in melee with Rhok) (9) (4) (8)
  9 Rhok (16)
  9 One Giant rat
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (13)

Lia goes next.

Lia rams her flaming sphere into the group of wererats that are gathered togethered.  She then tries to hit one of the giant rants with a ray of cold.

DC 13 dex save for half, or take 3 fire.

Any that do not move before their next turn takes an extra 6 fire, same dex save for half.

ray of frost

Attack: 7 Damage: 6 (rolled with disadvantage due to ranged attack in melee.)

Let's see the saves first: 12, 22, 15.

Lia's sphere hits the wererat group, zinging their whiskers. The last giant rat manages to avoid the frost ray.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (9)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién (8)
  9 Five Wererats (29, in melee with Rhok) (13) (6) (10)
  9 Rhok (16)
  9 One Giant rat
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (13)

It's Lothlién's turn now.

"these things can take much more than I thought" Lothlién thinks, and then he creates three rays of flames, flinging one of them into the Wererat in melee with rock, and the other two rays at the one that took most damage after that (the 13 one)

Scorching ray attacks: 25 19 17; damages: 3 10 9

Lothlién's flame rays fly true. The first one hits the wererat that bit Rhok twice, making it finally fall down. The other two hit one of the wererats using hand crossbows, making him roar in anger.

The four remaining wererats retreat a few steps to avoid Lia's Flaming Sphere and shoot their crossbows at random.
Attack: 17 Damage: 8 against Lia.
Attack: 18 Damage: 7 against Lothlién.
Attack: 23 Damage: 6 against Xarroth.
Attack: 18 Damage: 7 against Don-Jon.

Half the bolts hit the walls, the remaining two impact Lothlién and Don-Jon.

Initiative order
20 Xarroth (9)
15 Lia
12 Lothlién (11)
  9 Four Wererats (24) (6) (10)
  9 Rhok (16)
  9 One Giant rat
  2 Don-Jon Raskin (19)

Rhok is up next.

Rhok yells "Good shot Loth!"  and takes aim at the closest Wererat to him and loses a bolt

Crossbow attack:  Attack: 12 Damage: 5  

Colossus slayer if the wererat has already taken damage:   1