The Wildemount Irregulars (2020)

Alton nods, "I think so too. Do you think it is bandits, or something else?" He watches the trees to see if he can catch a glimpse of what might be lurking in them.

Perception: 10

Alton, from where you currently are, you can't see anything more than you've already detected.

Silent unhooks a handaxe from his belt. Could be bandits, could be some kid lookin' for berries, or with our luck could be more berserk birds. Way I see it, we can hit 'em with one o' these (he brandishes the handaxe) or we can give a good yell, give 'em an opportunity to come out if they don't mean us no harm. You got any brighter ideas? 

Alton readies his hand cross bow, "I've heard a story about some guards that spotted an ambush before. The guards just waited them out until the bandits got bored and came out on their own. Of course I don't think we have the time to really wait around for them to come out." He looks at the trees that caught their attention before giving Silent a wink and saying pretty loudly, "Hey Rincewind, I'm sure I saw something moving in those trees ahead. Why don't you toss a few fireballs at them? With the luck we've been having on this trip it is probably more of those perytons." 

Deception: 10

Alton, as you raise your voice, there is an answering roar which only Balassar would understand, as it is in giant:  Attack!

Roll initiative please.

Silent swears. Wish I could throw some fireballs around right about now. 

Initiative 19  

Alton shrugs, "Well that kind of worked." He turns to the caravan behind them and yells, "Get everyone back and to safety. Sounds like something big is coming for us." 

Initiative: 16

12 18 14

Round One:
Silent
Alton
Balassar

Silent is up.  You... don't really see anything, though you heard a voice coming from where the tree is on the ridge on the map.

Silent rushes up the ridge (running in a straight line up on the map as far as he can go) and holds his handaxe above his head. Show yourself! 

He is going to Ready an attack with the handaxe if a hostile creature appears from the tree and makes an attack against him or any of the other members of the caravan. If a creature appears and does not seem to mean any immediate harm, he won't make the attack. 

Silent, you race north, jumping a little to make the higher ground, and you see behind the tree a giant, mostly naked but holding a huge branch that serves as a weapon:



It is fifty feet from you, but has not yet attacked.

You hear the pounding of huge feet running, but not from this giant; something is approaching at a great speed from the east.  You, and also Alton and Balassar, see another hill giant, club raised to attack, dashing towards you all.  The rest of the caravan seems to be hanging back, not keen to get up close to such a dangerous foe, though you do see shortbows and crossbows being readied.

Updated Round One:
Silent
Giant 2
Alton
Balassar
Giant 1

Alton is up.

Alton will see the two giants, "Oh, well this isn't good." He will focus on the one in the road and move closer to it, getting within 30 feet of the giant. Once in range he says to the giant, "What do you call it when an kenku get angry? A vicious mockery," casting Tasha’s Hideous Laughter.

Movement: Moves within 30 feet of Giant2.
Action: Casts Tasha’s Hideous Laughter at Giant2, DC 14 Wis save.

Giant 2's WIS save: 19

(Aw man...)

Alton, your spell seems to confuse the giant momentarily, but they seem not to understand it or find it funny.

Balassar uses a bonus action to grow to twice his normal size before moving to attack.  He's not able to get in melee range of Giant 2, so he draws his crossbow, fires a bolt, then drops it and gets his scimitar ready:

Attack: 10 Damage: 7

You can tell it's not his favourite weapon; the shot goes massively wide.

Giant 1 stomps out of the bushes towards Silent, but stops, grins, picks up a large rock from nearby and throws it:

Attack: 26 Damage: 20

Silent, the rock comes at you much faster than you expected, and you don't manage to dodge it.  The giant laughs, apparently finding this very funny, and it stays where it is, looking for another rock it seems.

There's a volley of crossbow bolts and arrows from the guards, as they shoot towards Giant 2:

Attack: 9 Damage: 7
Attack: 15 Damage: 4
Attack: 23 Damage: 9
Attack: 17 Damage: 7
Attack: 21 Damage: 3
Attack: 5 Damage: 2

Two arrows and one bolt find their target, but the massive giants pays them no more attention than a mosquito bite.

Round Two:
Silent
Giant 2
Alton
Balassar
Giant 1
Guards

Silent is up.

(OOC: One attack took out almost half of Silent's HP boys, we may be in some trouble...)

Dazed from the impact, Silent slowly wipes blood from his forehead. He cranes his neck to look up at the giant, turns around to look back at the caravan, then turns back to the giant again and swears loudly. Nine hells...

He breaks into a run towards the giant, drawing his greatsword. Once adjacent to it, he'll summon his Echo. He then uses his Action Surge to take two Attack actions against the brute, and burns two uses of Unleash Incarnation to have the Echo make two attacks of its own. All four slashes are aimed at the giant's bulbous gut.  

Silent's first Attack 23 Damage: 14    
Silent's second Attack 18 Damage: 15    

Echo's first Attack 11 Damage: 11    
Echo's second Attack 19 Damage: 12    

It's a whirlwind of half-orc fury and skill as both Silent and the duplicate Silent lay into this giant;  the creature manages to deflect a single blow, but Silent's massive sword - or its illusory double - cut into this giant three times.  It roars in surprise.

Giant 2 is definitely more interested in the large dragonborn that has just appeared, and with its branch swinging in the air, runs up to attack Balassar twice:

Attack: 19 Damage: 13
Attack: 10 Damage: 28

A glancing blow, deflected by Balassar's shield, and then a huge swing dodged by the surprisingly nimble fighter.  The giant looks confused, but Balassar is unscathed.

Alton is up.

Alton darts behind Balassar and moves to put himself between Balassar and Silent, while staying out of either giant's reach. As he runs behind Balassar, Alton will fire a bolt from his hand crossbow at the giant. "That is for not laughing a my joke." When he is close enough to Silent, Alton will say, "I'll see your nine hells and raise you one heal." 

Movement: Left 10 feet and up 20 feet
Action: Fires a crossbow bolt at Giant 2, Attack: 15 Damage: 11 Piercing
Bonus Action: Casts Healing Word at 2nd level on Silent, healing him for 9

Alton darts back, finding a position where he can see both Silent and Balassar.  The crossbow is on target, and Giant 2 seems to be noticing the damage he's taking now.

Silent, you are healed for 9 points.

Balassar slashes with his scimitar:

Attack: 16 Damage: 6 plus 2 from Giant's Might.

As the weapon strikes, you see a red burning rune of fire on the blade flash, and the giant takes an extra 5 fire damage.

Giant's STR saving throw:  23

Flames whip out from the giant's own burns, trying to entangle and restrain it, but they sputter and fade away into nothing.

Giant 1 will attack Silent, as he's facing in that direction, with his greatclub/branch:

Attack: 23 Damage: 18
Attack: 11 Damage: 15

First one goes wide, second strike hits Silent in the shoulder, almost knocking him down.  It really hurts.  Like, a lot.

There's another volley of missiles at Giant 2:

Attack: 12 Damage: 5
Attack: 4 Damage: 7
Attack: 12 Damage: 7
Attack: 20 Damage: 8
Attack: 19 Damage: 8
Attack: 8 Damage: 6

Giant 2 is looking pretty beat up, but Giant 1 is still looking tough.

Round Three:
Silent
Giant 2
Alton
Balassar
Giant 1
Guards

Silent is up.

Silent buckles under the blow, teeth gritted to prevent a cry of pain, and answers with his own uppercut, once again Unleashing Incarnation to have the Echo do the same. 

Silent's Attack 17 Damage: 13      
Echo's Attack 13 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.  

Pulling back from the swings he attempts to dig deep for a Second Wind, healing 9 hit points.