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Yevele will attack the nearest kobold swinging her long sword two-handed: Attack: 8 Damage: 4
Bless added to the attack roll: 4
For her bonus action, she will spend 1 ki point to take patient defense. All attacks against her are at disadvantage for the next round.
OOC Can Yevele use her reaction and use deflect missiles to try and deflect the dropped rock? If so, she would reduce the damage by 13 points. If she catches it, the monk will not throw it back, but, simply drop it on the ground.
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Smoke flinches a moment as he sees the group of kobolds attack his friends. Hesitating a moment and glancing at his own wounds that only stopped bleeding recently.
His face moves to a more determined look and he rushes forward drawing a second dagger into his hands. Smoke makes no attempt to move silently and makes sure everyone sees him moving, trying to distract some away from his allies.
Looking towards the ledge Smoke slings a dagger towards the nearest kobold on it and quickly twists his body to get into position to throw another dagger towards the ledge.
Movement: 30ft movement getting into range (20ft)of the kobolds on the ledge, trying to get close to Yevele and Rogram as well but staying out of melee range of the kobolds they are engaged with. Action: Throwing a dagger at the nearest kobold on the ledge, Attack: 22 Damage: 6 Bonus action: Another dagger thrown at the other kobold on the ledge, Attack: 25 Damage: 2
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Karib sees Yevele beleaguered once more, and calls upon Gond for aid. He holds his ground, trying to maintain cover from their slings, as a streak of light flies from his hand to the flying kobold that is attacking Yevele from above.
Does Rogram get an opportunity attack against the winged kobold when it took to the air? If so, here're some rolls: Attack: 8 + Bless: 1 Damage: 10
Rogram scowls as the rocks throw him off balance and render his swing worthless. Readjusting his footing and raising his shield a little higher, he tries again, swinging to hit just one of the two nearby kobolds.
OOC: Rogram can indeed use an opportunity attack. Some rough attack rolls in this combat...
Yevele can indeed use Deflect Missiles. HP adjusted to reflect the reduced damage.
Ignore that manipulation bug as usual (I'm wondering if it's my browser doing it, may try switching). The only die that gets re-rolled every time I edit this post is the final damage roll against Smoke, which was a 5 on the first roll.
DM Screen:
1 6 4 3
4/8 2/5
Dagger vs. Yevele (Advantage-Pack Tactics, Disadvantage-Dodge): 23Damage: 4 Oops, DM Forgot Bane: 1 Dagger vs. Rogram (Advantage-Pack Tactics, -Bane): 20Damage: 4 Sling vs. Smoke: 21Damage: 6
Karib marks his entrance to combat with emphasis; a sharp whistling sound ends in a shower of kobold body parts, the bolt connecting directly with the flying kobold and shattering its form. The sound turns to the panicked screeching of the remaining kobolds, one of which falls backwards with Smoke's first dagger in its neck, grasping feebly at it in its final moments. The tabaxi's second dagger slices open the arm of the other kobold on the ledge, even as it slings a rock back and strikes him.
Nearer to the center of the room, Rogram and Yevele dance cautiously around the remaining pair of kobolds. Rogram is nearly cut by a dagger again, having trouble maneuvering his longsword around the small creatures. Yevele almost takes the head off of one's shoulders, but it rolls beneath the blade at the last moment.
Placement: Two kobolds are engaged with Yevele and Rogram in melee combat, 10 feet away from Smoke and 30 feet away from Karib. One kobold is along the upper ledge, 20 feet away from Yevele and Rogram, 30 feet away from Smoke, and 50 feet away from Karib.
Health: One kobold in melee combat is wounded. The kobold further back on the ledge is wounded.
Yevele is wounded. Rogram is lightly wounded. Smoke is lightly wounded.
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A little of his pent-up anger diminishes with the gruesome death of one of his tormentors, and Karib turns his anger towards the other attacking Yevele. Flames seems to descend from the sky, surrounding it briefly. He then tries to return to whatever cover he has.
Sacred Flame: DC 14 DEX save, or take 1 radiant damage.
Seeing his first dagger hit its mark Smoke grins but it is short lived as suddenly body parts of the winged kobold come raining down and Smoke quickly glances at the new companion. His gaze is quickly disrupted by rock catching him off guard.
With Rogram and Yevele fighting 2 kobolds Smoke feels confident they can handle it and assesses the ledge, bending through his knees a moment he takes of in a sprint quickly lauching himself against the wall to climb up to the ledge where the lone slingshotting kobold is at. After climbing to the ledge Smoke takes out his rapier taking a step towards the kobold with a horizontal swipe of his blade.
Movement: 30ft up to the ledge where the lone kobold is (if it is further to climb he will use feline agility to reach the kobold). Action: Rapier Attack: 14 Damage: 9 Concentration: Still on bane for 2 kobolds
OOC: There actually is no climbing needed for Smoke. I'm realizing the use of the word "ledge" probably implies an image that the kobolds are above you, but it's actually level with the party. The "ledge" is the upper area of the room, where the combat currently is, which drops off sharply 10 feet into the pit below.
Yevele, feeling slightly frustrated at her failures to finish off this kobold, takes a deep breath and concentrates on using her ki to control her swing and finish off the little beast, swinging her sword two-handed: Attack: 8 Damage: 6
Plus bless added to her attack: 2
If the kobold is still alive, she will use her bonus action to kick it: Attack: 22 Damage: 6
OOC DirtyDog, don't forget to add Bless to your roll
Rolling backward to avoid Karib's sacred flame, the kobold blinks wildly as it adjusts to the sudden light. Yevele steps past the flame and swings her sword headlong at the wily creature, expecting its reaction to duck and roll again to the side, where she kicks out into its jaw, cracking its neck. Rogram, frustrated, finally ends the other kobold with sheer force, hacking into the center of its chest. A tabaxi shadow darts past the fallen bodies. The final kobold, further along the ledge, trembles as it loads a new rock into its sling. The pouch of rocks tumbles to the ground as Smoke's rapier enters the creature's heart.
OOC: Each character has received 37 XP for defeating the kobolds and their winged companion.
Area Description:
The short, wide passage leads into a lengthy room divided into two sections. The upper part of the chamber wraps around the walls to the left, and a set of stairs ascends further into the cavern midway through this wall. The upper and lower areas of the room are separated by a sharp 10-foot ledge. Wooden stairs descend at the right end of the ledge. A stout cage made of iron bars surrounds these steps to a height of 10 feet, ending in a closed gate at the bottom. A key hangs on a peg at the top of the steps. The area below is heavily shadowed.
A rack along the southwest wall holds many implements: long poles with lassos at the end; leashes and collars; sharp prods; mock weapons made of wood; human-sized dummies with ridiculous expressions painted on their faces.
Karib walks over to the peg and picks up the key, examining it briefly, then winces and looks down into the darkness, past the gate. "Don't fancy going down there. At least, not without a better look from up here."
Picking up a rock, he cups it in his hands and utters a brief prayer to Gond. Light gathers around his hands and seems to cling to the rock, as the light from his staff dies. He throws the rock into the darkness, trying to assess the depth as well as what else might lie below.
OOC: I appreciate the blessing, Ereshion. Sorry I kept forgetting. I know that's frustrating for the buffer.
Rogram's shoulders rise and fall a few more times as he works to calm his anger. He wipes his blade on the kobold and rolls his head on his neck before joining Karib at the edge. The half-dwarf watches the light drop for a second before turning back to Smoke. "You said something about a nursery." He turns to look into the darkness again. "Are we sure we want to go down there?" He looks up at the big human. "Is it possible my father's down there?" he asks, grasping at some reason to keep going.
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Karib shakes his head, "Doubt it. He's with the main group for whatever reason. Down there..." he gestures down the stairs, "...is probably whatever I was intended to feed. Unfinished business, as they say: Anything that the half-dragons value is best destroyed or captured. Nothing good will come of whatever it is, if it is left to them."
As the last of the kobolds goes down Smoke will search the remains of the kobolds for his daggers (of theirs to replace the 2 he used).
While doing so he looks up at Rogram Yes, the kobolds. They said the uhm ..he looks at Karib a moment.. hairless one escaped. And to defend the nursery. This must be it.
As he finishes his search he looks down the ledge making sure he doesnt get to close, trying to see if he can spot anything with his darkvision or with Karibs lighted stone going down there.
Could they really have hatchlings?he asks more to himself than the others. Karib is right, i think he was supposed to feed whatever is down there.
Lurking among the shadows and columns of rock in the pit are three draconic creatures. Resembling horned dragons without wings, these drakes ripple with muscle. Two are curled up against the stone pillars, their long and wide tails wrapped around their heads. The third stretches, gazing curiously up at the ledge before walking along the back of the pit wall.
ooc What does Smoke know about these creatures using his Dragon Scholar background, and how do they compare in size to the green ones that were in the attack of Greenest (first encountered here) would they be similar pet like drakes and are these just hatchlings from the nursery?
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For Smoke:
INT: 5
You recognize that these are different from the drakes you saw in Greenest, and much bigger. The green drakes in Greenest were thinner and lither, where these drakes have very stocky limbs. While almost certainly related to dragons in some way, they are not themselves dragons.
For Karib:
You know the cultists refer to them as "guard drakes". The only time you have seen them is standing guard with Rezmir's elite warriors outside of her command tent in the main camp area.
Yevele will attack the nearest kobold swinging her long sword two-handed: Attack: 8 Damage: 4
Bless added to the attack roll: 4
For her bonus action, she will spend 1 ki point to take patient defense. All attacks against her are at disadvantage for the next round.
OOC Can Yevele use her reaction and use deflect missiles to try and deflect the dropped rock? If so, she would reduce the damage by 13 points. If she catches it, the monk will not throw it back, but, simply drop it on the ground.
Smoke flinches a moment as he sees the group of kobolds attack his friends. Hesitating a moment and glancing at his own wounds that only stopped bleeding recently.
His face moves to a more determined look and he rushes forward drawing a second dagger into his hands. Smoke makes no attempt to move silently and makes sure everyone sees him moving, trying to distract some away from his allies.
Looking towards the ledge Smoke slings a dagger towards the nearest kobold on it and quickly twists his body to get into position to throw another dagger towards the ledge.
Karib sees Yevele beleaguered once more, and calls upon Gond for aid. He holds his ground, trying to maintain cover from their slings, as a streak of light flies from his hand to the flying kobold that is attacking Yevele from above.
[spell[Guiding Bolt[/spell]: 17 Damage: 8 (bless 4)
Does Rogram get an opportunity attack against the winged kobold when it took to the air? If so, here're some rolls: Attack: 8 + Bless: 1 Damage: 10
Rogram scowls as the rocks throw him off balance and render his swing worthless. Readjusting his footing and raising his shield a little higher, he tries again, swinging to hit just one of the two nearby kobolds.
Attack: 7 + Bless: 1 Damage: 9
OOC: Rogram can indeed use an opportunity attack. Some rough attack rolls in this combat...
Yevele can indeed use Deflect Missiles. HP adjusted to reflect the reduced damage.
Ignore that manipulation bug as usual (I'm wondering if it's my browser doing it, may try switching). The only die that gets re-rolled every time I edit this post is the final damage roll against Smoke, which was a 5 on the first roll.
DM Screen:
1
6
4
3
4/8
2/5
Dagger vs. Yevele (Advantage-Pack Tactics, Disadvantage-Dodge): 23
Damage: 4Oops, DM Forgot Bane: 1
Dagger vs. Rogram (Advantage-Pack Tactics, -Bane): 20 Damage: 4
Sling vs. Smoke: 21 Damage: 6
Karib marks his entrance to combat with emphasis; a sharp whistling sound ends in a shower of kobold body parts, the bolt connecting directly with the flying kobold and shattering its form. The sound turns to the panicked screeching of the remaining kobolds, one of which falls backwards with Smoke's first dagger in its neck, grasping feebly at it in its final moments. The tabaxi's second dagger slices open the arm of the other kobold on the ledge, even as it slings a rock back and strikes him.
Nearer to the center of the room, Rogram and Yevele dance cautiously around the remaining pair of kobolds. Rogram is nearly cut by a dagger again, having trouble maneuvering his longsword around the small creatures. Yevele almost takes the head off of one's shoulders, but it rolls beneath the blade at the last moment.
Active Effects:
Bane (2 kobolds) - Smoke, 48 seconds
Bless (Karib, Rogram, Yevele) - Karib, 48 seconds
Round 3 Order:
Players <=====
Kobolds
Placement:
Two kobolds are engaged with Yevele and Rogram in melee combat, 10 feet away from Smoke and 30 feet away from Karib.
One kobold is along the upper ledge, 20 feet away from Yevele and Rogram, 30 feet away from Smoke, and 50 feet away from Karib.
Health:
One kobold in melee combat is wounded.
The kobold further back on the ledge is wounded.
Yevele is wounded.
Rogram is lightly wounded.
Smoke is lightly wounded.
Ammunition:
Smoke has used 2 daggers.
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OOC: Rolling Smoke's concentration roll here so the previous post's rolls don't get any more messed up:
Smoke Concentration: 18
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A little of his pent-up anger diminishes with the gruesome death of one of his tormentors, and Karib turns his anger towards the other attacking Yevele. Flames seems to descend from the sky, surrounding it briefly. He then tries to return to whatever cover he has.
Sacred Flame: DC 14 DEX save, or take 1 radiant damage.
Seeing his first dagger hit its mark Smoke grins but it is short lived as suddenly body parts of the winged kobold come raining down and Smoke quickly glances at the new companion. His gaze is quickly disrupted by rock catching him off guard.
With Rogram and Yevele fighting 2 kobolds Smoke feels confident they can handle it and assesses the ledge, bending through his knees a moment he takes of in a sprint quickly lauching himself against the wall to climb up to the ledge where the lone slingshotting kobold is at.
After climbing to the ledge Smoke takes out his rapier taking a step towards the kobold with a horizontal swipe of his blade.
OOC: There actually is no climbing needed for Smoke. I'm realizing the use of the word "ledge" probably implies an image that the kobolds are above you, but it's actually level with the party. The "ledge" is the upper area of the room, where the combat currently is, which drops off sharply 10 feet into the pit below.
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Blast these things! Why won't they stand still?! Rogram swings his sword again, trying to end the creature before him.
Attack: 13 Damage: 12
Yevele, feeling slightly frustrated at her failures to finish off this kobold, takes a deep breath and concentrates on using her ki to control her swing and finish off the little beast, swinging her sword two-handed: Attack: 8 Damage: 6
Plus bless added to her attack: 2
If the kobold is still alive, she will use her bonus action to kick it: Attack: 22 Damage: 6
OOC DirtyDog, don't forget to add Bless to your roll
Kobold DEX Save: 14
DM Screen:
10
Rolling backward to avoid Karib's sacred flame, the kobold blinks wildly as it adjusts to the sudden light. Yevele steps past the flame and swings her sword headlong at the wily creature, expecting its reaction to duck and roll again to the side, where she kicks out into its jaw, cracking its neck. Rogram, frustrated, finally ends the other kobold with sheer force, hacking into the center of its chest. A tabaxi shadow darts past the fallen bodies. The final kobold, further along the ledge, trembles as it loads a new rock into its sling. The pouch of rocks tumbles to the ground as Smoke's rapier enters the creature's heart.
OOC: Each character has received 37 XP for defeating the kobolds and their winged companion.
Area Description:
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Karib walks over to the peg and picks up the key, examining it briefly, then winces and looks down into the darkness, past the gate. "Don't fancy going down there. At least, not without a better look from up here."
Picking up a rock, he cups it in his hands and utters a brief prayer to Gond. Light gathers around his hands and seems to cling to the rock, as the light from his staff dies. He throws the rock into the darkness, trying to assess the depth as well as what else might lie below.
OOC: I appreciate the blessing, Ereshion. Sorry I kept forgetting. I know that's frustrating for the buffer.
Rogram's shoulders rise and fall a few more times as he works to calm his anger. He wipes his blade on the kobold and rolls his head on his neck before joining Karib at the edge. The half-dwarf watches the light drop for a second before turning back to Smoke. "You said something about a nursery." He turns to look into the darkness again. "Are we sure we want to go down there?" He looks up at the big human. "Is it possible my father's down there?" he asks, grasping at some reason to keep going.
@DirtyDog: No problem! Keeping track of what another player did several days ago is one of the challenges of PbP. It's also easily fixed.
Karib shakes his head, "Doubt it. He's with the main group for whatever reason. Down there..." he gestures down the stairs, "...is probably whatever I was intended to feed. Unfinished business, as they say: Anything that the half-dragons value is best destroyed or captured. Nothing good will come of whatever it is, if it is left to them."
As the last of the kobolds goes down Smoke will search the remains of the kobolds for his daggers (of theirs to replace the 2 he used).
While doing so he looks up at Rogram Yes, the kobolds. They said the uhm .. he looks at Karib a moment.. hairless one escaped. And to defend the nursery. This must be it.
As he finishes his search he looks down the ledge making sure he doesnt get to close, trying to see if he can spot anything with his darkvision or with Karibs lighted stone going down there.
Could they really have hatchlings? he asks more to himself than the others. Karib is right, i think he was supposed to feed whatever is down there.
Group Perception:
Lurking among the shadows and columns of rock in the pit are three draconic creatures. Resembling horned dragons without wings, these drakes ripple with muscle. Two are curled up against the stone pillars, their long and wide tails wrapped around their heads. The third stretches, gazing curiously up at the ledge before walking along the back of the pit wall.
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(( Ditto: Does Karib know anything of these creatures? ))
For Smoke:
INT: 5
You recognize that these are different from the drakes you saw in Greenest, and much bigger. The green drakes in Greenest were thinner and lither, where these drakes have very stocky limbs. While almost certainly related to dragons in some way, they are not themselves dragons.
For Karib:
You know the cultists refer to them as "guard drakes". The only time you have seen them is standing guard with Rezmir's elite warriors outside of her command tent in the main camp area.
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