Another Dragon at Icespire Peak - IC Thread

Xarroth lets out a low, rumbling growl and sides against the wall...

Stealth check: 18

Rhok readies his crossbow towards the door...

You open the door to a mess of papers and broken furniture. In the mess of splinters and broken planks you recognize drawers and the remains of what must have been a desk and a chair. "This should be the overseer's office" remarks Don-Jon "but those cursed varmints already looted everything!"

Finding nothing of value in the mess, you continue east on the previous tunnel until you reach the east facing door at the end. Preparing as usual, you open the door, making a creaking sound on its iron hinges.

Startled by the noise, a large monster drops from the ceiling 10 feet from the door. It looks like an oversized caterpillar, with a bunch of tentacles swarming around its mouth. Sabastian hoots and flaps his wings, recognizing the beast from his previous exploration on the entrance that you didn't check near the graveyard outside. Xarroth recognizes the beast as a Carrion Crawler and remembers that it poisons its victims before eating them.

Time to roll for initiative! Those that had readied attacks are free to take a shot before combat starts.

Monster initiative: 21
Don-Jon initiative: 10

OOC: Updated map. You are at a three way intersection. To the east is the open door and the monster. To the south is a tunnel that you have not covered, but connects to the area between the miner's hiding place and Zeleen's room. You came from the west.

Lothlién's initiative: 20

As soon as the monster drops, Lothlién launches his readied Firebolt

Attack: 16; damage: 4

Lia initiative: 9

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Lia initiative: 9

 

 Lia just calls for the group to close the door.  She has no readied action.

Rhok initiate: 4

Attack from readied crossbow:  Attack: 13 Damage: 7 

((Xarroth remains hidden? 😀))

Xarroth stifles a cry out at the sudden appearance of such a foul creature. Trying to ignore the burden of fatigue, he prepares for combat...

Initiative Roll: 10
No readied actions

Lothlién's firebolt hits the ceiling spot from where the monster dropped, missing the beast. Rhok's bolt hits true, making it screech.

The crawler slithers towards the door and retaliates with its tentacles against the one closer to door (Lia by my understanding)
Attack: 15 Damage: 4

Lia, please make a DC13 Constitution saving throw against poison. In case of failure you will be poisoned and paralyzed for 1 minute.

The tentacles have a 10 feet range, you are not in melee with the monster.

Initiative order:
16 Carrion Crawler (5)
13 Xarroth (20)
11 Rhok (20)
  9 Lia (3)
  7 Lothlién (17)
  1 Don-Jon (19)

Xarroth goes next. Feel free to post you actions in advance, I'll resolve them in initiative order afterwards.

OOC: I copied the damage from the previous fight, please correct me if it doesn't add up.

Lothlién will use his last spell slot to Catapult anything (preferably a big piece of rock) from the room into the monster

DC 13 Dex or take 14 damage

Lia con save: 15

Rhok will keep his distance form the monster, and fire another crossbow bolt at it

Crossbow attack:  Attack: 25 Damage: 7 

Colossus Slayer damage add-on:  2 

With an outreach of his claw, a streak of white-blue fires out from Xarroth's claw towards the crawler!

Ranged Spell Attack: 20 Damage: 1 (cold)

Xarroth's icy beam hits the monster, doing little damage and slowing it down. Rhok's bolt misses it's target, flying deep into the tunnel. Lia is paralyzed by the Carrion's venom.

Dex save against cataput: 17

The moster evades the rock, clinging to the left side of the tunnel.

Don-Jon swings his sling and lunges a rock at the Crawler.
Attack: 11 Damage: 2

A stone hits the monster, taking one of its tentacles out.

Initiative order:
16 Carrion Crawler (14, slowed by Ray of Frost)
13 Xarroth (20)
11 Rhok (20)
  9 Lia (3)
  7 Lothlién (17)
  1 Don-Jon (19)

OOC: Lia gets to repeat the DC 13 Constitution saving throw against poison at the end of her turns, ending the poisoning on a success. The monster's turn goes after the save.

Rhok will maintain distance between him and the monster, and loose another bolt at it

Crossbow:  Attack: 19 Damage: 10 

Colossus slayer add on damage:  1 

Xarroth moves back a little (20ft.) and fires another beam of ice white-blue at the creature!

Ray of Frost
Ranged Spell Attack: 15 Damage: 2

Lia con save: 6

Lia snaps out of the vemon's effects. The carrion crawler moves forward, swinging its tentacles at Lia and trying to bite her.
Tentacles: Attack: 26 Damage: 6
Bite: Attack: 17 Damage: 9

As the monster's brain try to understand how it missed both attacks, Xarroth's frost ray hits it. The monster recoils at the cold, making Rhok's bolt miss by just a few inches.

Initiative order:
16 Carrion Crawler (16, slowed by Ray of Frost)
13 Xarroth (20)
11 Rhok (20)
  9 Lia (3)
  7 Lothlién (17)
  1 Don-Jon (19)

Lia goes next.

With most of his energy gone, Lothlién will try to attack with his firebolt

Attack: 18; damage: 7