"We have not seen the dragon - the drow that told us about dragon's interest in you said he is here too. But even if he is not, his spies might be around. Do you take precautions from invisible creatures, when you send or receive messages? If you are dealing with demons and devils that might be a good habit".
"Anyway, you did get attention of one of the dragon here - Viridianantallax, to be specific."Mirica repeated the explanation about dragon family and their goals (now including elimination of humans beginning with 22 regiment). "As you see, that can be quite tough battle."
“I think perhaps we are getting a bit paranoid,” Fianna says with a smile. “Even myself. Talk of spies and traitors and such, it pulls at our darkest fears and we almost want to believe it... but such things are so seldom true.”
Fianna moves through the people gathered as she talks. First to Mirica, touching her lightly upon the arm, then over to Coons and looking at him earnestly. She gets to the edge of the gathered and is facing them all...
“The forces they have amassed? Why would the need to spy upon the likes of us,” Fianna asks. “Surely we are no threat...”
Being at the edge of the group, and under-ish the invisible interloper, Fianna turns in a flourish and casts a Lightning Bolt up into the sky, aimed to hit the branch the spy is perching upon and anything above it.
((I’m assuming the get advantage on their save...))
Everyone crouches instinctively and shies away as the blast of bright blue electrical energy rips a jagged line up into the air. 232720 The branch of the tree is sheered clean off and tumbles through the air landing heavily on the ground...trailing smoke. The scents of ozone, evergreen, and ash mix in the air. The loud crack of the lightning is still in everyone's ears. You see a thin trail of smoke coming from the end of the shattered tree branch, the air around it swirling all about.
But no creature appears despite the blast.
Toc though has cast a spell, his eyes glowing faintly blue for a moment, then looking up, he makes a quick motion and a massive hand appears floating in the air. It mimics the motion of his own hand and he reaches forth into the air and grabs at something. T 11 Q 0
The hand grabs and squeezes, and Toc says out loud, "It's a Quasit. I've got it." The hand seems to clench shut spasmically. And Toc swears in elven. "It's gone. Likely back to its master."
One of the soldiers turns to the one with purple eyes, "I TOLD YOU I felt we were being followed! Invisible crap is YOUR JOB!" Sergeant Coons puts a hand up, "Take a break Miles. We've been overloading Silver for weeks and you know it." SilverMark makes a crude gesture at Miles, "Guess you figured out finally I'm not perfect, good for you." The one with a broken lute on his back says in a hush undertone, "They know where we are."
As if his words had summoned something, the tops of the trees shake and sway as something very large flies past their tops, over three hundred feet up.
We're entering initiative now. Everyone let me know what your first action is. (and please roll init)
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Fianna initiative : 5
FinFin initiative if desperate: 19
FinFin will slalom though the trees and book it away from the crowd! They’ll stay in the thick of the foliage so as to try to stay hidden but mainly they are looking to get out of area of effect range!
Fianna Looks about wildly, trying to figure out what is coming, and prepares Eldritch Blast and holds it until she sees a foe within range. She’ll send each blast at a different target if many come at once otherwise someone or something will get all three.
(combat attacks difficult to do on phone, I’ll either do once home or feel free to roll them for me?)
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Initative: 20
Loane draws both of her blades, striding as close to the edge of the clearing as she can (with 40 movement), and holds an attack with her shortsword until a foe comes through the trees.
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Initiative: 10
Jahren suddenly disappears, or at least his illusory double does as he ceases concentrating on his previous spell. He figures many may not even have noticed as most are focused on whatever just flew overhead. He certainly thought one guess was a good one, Viridianantallax.
Appearing from his original hiding spot, the elf would stride towards the center of the group, sneaking glances up at the top of the trees and beyond. As he moved to join the others he would begin to calmly hum and then sing an elven melody used to steady warriors as they brace for war. It is slightly deeper than much of the light, almost angelic music others may have heard from elves. Those with a keen eye for elven or fey magic may almost even see thin, silvery wisps of the magic spread from the bard to the ears of those around him as he attempts to steady their nerves and ready their minds for the fight to come.
Activating Countercharm to bolster the group a little in the face of dragon fear effect, etc. (you and any friendly creatures within 30 ft. that can hear you gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed.)
Both of Loane's blades make a metallic hiss as the emerge from her sheaths as she backs towards the edge of the clearing. Toc also backs away towards a clearing, vanishing out of site. FinFin dashes through the upper branches to get away from the clearing. Jahren walks to the center of the group and begins his strumming. You feel a magical tension filling the space.
Sergeant Coon draws his well used tarnished longsword and starts barking orders, "Squad, spread out, call your targets. Delta-five when we know the direction. AND DAMMIT DON'T CLUMP UP!" His squad begins spreading out.
No one spots any enemies yet. (waiting for Chen, but the first round has passed. Loane, Jahren, you can both take another action.)
Here's a map. The squares are 10' squares. Let me know if you'd like to adjust your position at all. Note, the forest floor here is bushy with tonnes of cover, but not so much that it impedes movement. So, everyone has light concealment, and there is no difficult terrain (except the pond). In this map, 22nd hasn't spread out yet, but they are about to.
Watching the squad and his party members spread out, Jahren knows his countercharm cannot reach many of them. He gives up on this precaution, pulls out his carpet and hops on. Soaring up towards the treetops the bard hopes to get a glimpse of what they are dealing with before ducking back below tree cover again if the enemy is near so that he doesn't become lunch. As he speeds upward, the bard pulls upon more fey magic to protect himself with Sanctuary as he can do no good towards helping his new friends if he is swallowed by a dragon before any true battle even begins.
Action: Pull out carpet and hop on, if that's OK per the DM
Bonus Action: Sanctuary
Movement: 80ft of flying or whatever is left after the effort of hopping onto the carpet
*Counterspell* at the ready for any significant spell cast at Jahren or his allies
Chen instinctively draws his hammer when he feels the massive creature fly overhead. The blood starts pumping and he looks for a more advantageous position. Leaving the initial meeting point, he scans for the tallest, sturdiest tree nearby, places his foot on the trunk, steps so that his body becomes perpendicular to the tree, and then walks up the bole of the tree.
First round: Chen will move and Dash 20-40' north, then the remainder up the tree.
Second round: Move further up the tree trying to get a view both of the terrain below and of the enemies nearby.
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How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Loane moves to try and find a patch of bushes to duck behind (Cunning Action: Hide), to watch the clearing. She keeps her rapier low behind her, and her shortsword still ready to strike.
Stealth: 18
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The group hears the approach of a number of enemies crashing through the trees from the east.
Note: You can see 150 feet in the forest max. Anything beyond 150 feet has total cover.
Anything from 100 - 150 feet has three quarters cover and a +5 to AC.
Anything from 30 - 100 feet has partial cover and a +2 to AC.
Several voices from the 22nd squad, maybe 80 feet from the clearing start shouting out short communication, "ORCS! 100 FEET, 12 OCLOCK!" You hear the exchange of crossbow twangs as weapons are fired and arrows begin slicing through the forest, and landing with the dull thud of bolts slamming into wood.
Toc shouts out, invisible, "What's our move here folks? Stand and fight, or not?"
Sergeant Coon glances over at Mirica, "We don't plan to stay here, it's not a great spot. Fighting a retreating battle in this forest won't be fun, but it'll be better than getting stuck and wiped out. If that dragon decided to join the battle it could be over quick. We'll contact you later if we get separated." His men already seem to know they're withdrawing, as you see them all moving west.
Chen, standing sideways on a tree, with his cloak and hair hanging down at an odd angle glances to the east. He sees the sign of motion across the whole western side of the forest.
Jahren, you move upwards on your carpet. As you break the tree canopy you spot a large green dragon circling. He cranes his neck, and spots you. 16. It's 250 feet away but it banks hard and with two powerful shrugs of its wings its rocketing towards you, now only 90 feet away. You feel a chill of fear run down your spine, but it's tempered by your countercharm. DC 16 Wisdom save w/ advantage please.
The dragon is above the canopy of the trees, so only Jahren can see it.
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Chen doesn't mind taking on a small horde of orcs, but orcs and a dragon might be a challenge. He figures the human soldiers can take care of themselves, but wants to ensure his companions are safe. Assuming they are also going to retreat west, he will wait in the tree for the others to move, and be ready to bring up the rear. Meanwhile, he will 'lay down' against the bole of the tree and do his best to hide his bulk on the opposite side from the approaching orcs. Stealth: 23
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How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Mirica cared more about allies than enemies. So far it looked the only option was to run. She could think of a couple ways to disappear in the woods, but needed to know the direction and be sure the others have means to run. She waited.
Sergeant Coon raises an eyebrow. “A green dragon? Nobody said anything about a green dragon.”
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
"We have not seen the dragon - the drow that told us about dragon's interest in you said he is here too. But even if he is not, his spies might be around. Do you take precautions from invisible creatures, when you send or receive messages? If you are dealing with demons and devils that might be a good habit".
"Anyway, you did get attention of one of the dragon here - Viridianantallax, to be specific." Mirica repeated the explanation about dragon family and their goals (now including elimination of humans beginning with 22 regiment). "As you see, that can be quite tough battle."
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((Oops))
“I think perhaps we are getting a bit paranoid,” Fianna says with a smile. “Even myself. Talk of spies and traitors and such, it pulls at our darkest fears and we almost want to believe it... but such things are so seldom true.”
Fianna moves through the people gathered as she talks. First to Mirica, touching her lightly upon the arm, then over to Coons and looking at him earnestly. She gets to the edge of the gathered and is facing them all...
“The forces they have amassed? Why would the need to spy upon the likes of us,” Fianna asks. “Surely we are no threat...”
Being at the edge of the group, and under-ish the invisible interloper, Fianna turns in a flourish and casts a Lightning Bolt up into the sky, aimed to hit the branch the spy is perching upon and anything above it.
((I’m assuming the get advantage on their save...))
Mirica looked Fianna into eye and slowly added: "Yeees, it was just a random thought. Let's not be too paranoid."
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Everyone crouches instinctively and shies away as the blast of bright blue electrical energy rips a jagged line up into the air. 23 27 20 The branch of the tree is sheered clean off and tumbles through the air landing heavily on the ground...trailing smoke. The scents of ozone, evergreen, and ash mix in the air. The loud crack of the lightning is still in everyone's ears. You see a thin trail of smoke coming from the end of the shattered tree branch, the air around it swirling all about.
But no creature appears despite the blast.
Toc though has cast a spell, his eyes glowing faintly blue for a moment, then looking up, he makes a quick motion and a massive hand appears floating in the air. It mimics the motion of his own hand and he reaches forth into the air and grabs at something. T 11 Q 0
The hand grabs and squeezes, and Toc says out loud, "It's a Quasit. I've got it." The hand seems to clench shut spasmically. And Toc swears in elven. "It's gone. Likely back to its master."
One of the soldiers turns to the one with purple eyes, "I TOLD YOU I felt we were being followed! Invisible crap is YOUR JOB!" Sergeant Coons puts a hand up, "Take a break Miles. We've been overloading Silver for weeks and you know it." SilverMark makes a crude gesture at Miles, "Guess you figured out finally I'm not perfect, good for you." The one with a broken lute on his back says in a hush undertone, "They know where we are."
As if his words had summoned something, the tops of the trees shake and sway as something very large flies past their tops, over three hundred feet up.
We're entering initiative now. Everyone let me know what your first action is. (and please roll init)
22nd squad : 1
enemy 1 : 13
enemy 2 : 7
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Class.
Fianna initiative : 5
FinFin initiative if desperate: 19
FinFin will slalom though the trees and book it away from the crowd! They’ll stay in the thick of the foliage so as to try to stay hidden but mainly they are looking to get out of area of effect range!
Fianna Looks about wildly, trying to figure out what is coming, and prepares Eldritch Blast and holds it until she sees a foe within range. She’ll send each blast at a different target if many come at once otherwise someone or something will get all three.
(combat attacks difficult to do on phone, I’ll either do once home or feel free to roll them for me?)
Beam 1 Attack: 34 Damage: 16
Beam 2 Attack: 23 Damage: 7
Beam 3 Attack: 16 Damage: 11
Mirica Initiative 5
Bonus action - Shifting
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Initative: 20
Loane draws both of her blades, striding as close to the edge of the clearing as she can (with 40 movement), and holds an attack with her shortsword until a foe comes through the trees.
The ever growing document of character concepts can never be too long, can it?
Initiative: 10
Jahren suddenly disappears, or at least his illusory double does as he ceases concentrating on his previous spell. He figures many may not even have noticed as most are focused on whatever just flew overhead. He certainly thought one guess was a good one, Viridianantallax.
Appearing from his original hiding spot, the elf would stride towards the center of the group, sneaking glances up at the top of the trees and beyond. As he moved to join the others he would begin to calmly hum and then sing an elven melody used to steady warriors as they brace for war. It is slightly deeper than much of the light, almost angelic music others may have heard from elves. Those with a keen eye for elven or fey magic may almost even see thin, silvery wisps of the magic spread from the bard to the ears of those around him as he attempts to steady their nerves and ready their minds for the fight to come.
Activating Countercharm to bolster the group a little in the face of dragon fear effect, etc. (you and any friendly creatures within 30 ft. that can hear you gain advantage on saving throws against being frightened or charmed.)
Initiative Order:
Loane, Jahren, Enemy1, Mirica, Enemy2, Fianna, 22nd. (Chen TBD).
Both of Loane's blades make a metallic hiss as the emerge from her sheaths as she backs towards the edge of the clearing. Toc also backs away towards a clearing, vanishing out of site. FinFin dashes through the upper branches to get away from the clearing. Jahren walks to the center of the group and begins his strumming. You feel a magical tension filling the space.
Sergeant Coon draws his well used tarnished longsword and starts barking orders, "Squad, spread out, call your targets. Delta-five when we know the direction. AND DAMMIT DON'T CLUMP UP!" His squad begins spreading out.
No one spots any enemies yet. (waiting for Chen, but the first round has passed. Loane, Jahren, you can both take another action.)
Here's a map. The squares are 10' squares. Let me know if you'd like to adjust your position at all. Note, the forest floor here is bushy with tonnes of cover, but not so much that it impedes movement. So, everyone has light concealment, and there is no difficult terrain (except the pond). In this map, 22nd hasn't spread out yet, but they are about to.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Watching the squad and his party members spread out, Jahren knows his countercharm cannot reach many of them. He gives up on this precaution, pulls out his carpet and hops on. Soaring up towards the treetops the bard hopes to get a glimpse of what they are dealing with before ducking back below tree cover again if the enemy is near so that he doesn't become lunch. As he speeds upward, the bard pulls upon more fey magic to protect himself with Sanctuary as he can do no good towards helping his new friends if he is swallowed by a dragon before any true battle even begins.
Action: Pull out carpet and hop on, if that's OK per the DM
Bonus Action: Sanctuary
Movement: 80ft of flying or whatever is left after the effort of hopping onto the carpet
*Counterspell* at the ready for any significant spell cast at Jahren or his allies
Chen Initiative:
11,15(Is SinSin still with us?)
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
YES HE IS!! (quickly adds SinSin to the map). He goes at 9. Chen, what's your first round action, and your second round action?
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Chen instinctively draws his hammer when he feels the massive creature fly overhead. The blood starts pumping and he looks for a more advantageous position. Leaving the initial meeting point, he scans for the tallest, sturdiest tree nearby, places his foot on the trunk, steps so that his body becomes perpendicular to the tree, and then walks up the bole of the tree.
First round: Chen will move and Dash 20-40' north, then the remainder up the tree.
Second round: Move further up the tree trying to get a view both of the terrain below and of the enemies nearby.
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Loane moves to try and find a patch of bushes to duck behind (Cunning Action: Hide), to watch the clearing. She keeps her rapier low behind her, and her shortsword still ready to strike.
Stealth: 18
The ever growing document of character concepts can never be too long, can it?
The group hears the approach of a number of enemies crashing through the trees from the east.
Note: You can see 150 feet in the forest max. Anything beyond 150 feet has total cover.
Anything from 100 - 150 feet has three quarters cover and a +5 to AC.
Anything from 30 - 100 feet has partial cover and a +2 to AC.
Several voices from the 22nd squad, maybe 80 feet from the clearing start shouting out short communication, "ORCS! 100 FEET, 12 OCLOCK!" You hear the exchange of crossbow twangs as weapons are fired and arrows begin slicing through the forest, and landing with the dull thud of bolts slamming into wood.
Toc shouts out, invisible, "What's our move here folks? Stand and fight, or not?"
Sergeant Coon glances over at Mirica, "We don't plan to stay here, it's not a great spot. Fighting a retreating battle in this forest won't be fun, but it'll be better than getting stuck and wiped out. If that dragon decided to join the battle it could be over quick. We'll contact you later if we get separated." His men already seem to know they're withdrawing, as you see them all moving west.
Chen, standing sideways on a tree, with his cloak and hair hanging down at an odd angle glances to the east. He sees the sign of motion across the whole western side of the forest.
Jahren, you move upwards on your carpet. As you break the tree canopy you spot a large green dragon circling. He cranes his neck, and spots you. 16. It's 250 feet away but it banks hard and with two powerful shrugs of its wings its rocketing towards you, now only 90 feet away. You feel a chill of fear run down your spine, but it's tempered by your countercharm. DC 16 Wisdom save w/ advantage please.
The dragon is above the canopy of the trees, so only Jahren can see it.
Everyone can take their next action.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Chen doesn't mind taking on a small horde of orcs, but orcs and a dragon might be a challenge. He figures the human soldiers can take care of themselves, but wants to ensure his companions are safe. Assuming they are also going to retreat west, he will wait in the tree for the others to move, and be ready to bring up the rear. Meanwhile, he will 'lay down' against the bole of the tree and do his best to hide his bulk on the opposite side from the approaching orcs. Stealth: 23
How does a red dragon blow out the candles on its birthday cake?
Mirica cared more about allies than enemies. So far it looked the only option was to run. She could think of a couple ways to disappear in the woods, but needed to know the direction and be sure the others have means to run. She waited.
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