Robwin: No moment from the bodies. Your familiar confirms telepathically that they're dead. The nearest one to you is still about a hundred feet away. You're about halfway between the south and north of the house beside a bricked in fireplace that appears to rise up both stories of the house.
TT: You're, incredibly quiet, even with the heavy armor. You're near the house between Rinn and Robwin.
Rinn: By stretching your full hight, you peek in the bottom of the west facing Southern window. You see two Orcs looking out the south facing western window. It seems they heard and are watching Eli and Blaire. They don't seem to have noticed anyone else yet.
Rinn ducks down and tries to garner the others' attention and puts his finger to his lips for quiet, then points at the window before turning back to the group to cast a minor illusion with a small image of the two orcs in front of the group.
Robwin nods at Rinn. He gets Lia the Owl to fly around the building once at a fair distance away (30ft?), just peering into any windows as she goes, counting orcs, upstairs and downstairs, just any she can see and report back...
Robwin will report numbers to the party by holding up fingers.
Robwin: Lia the Owlreports the two Orcs in this first room which looks roughly like a kitchen, now heading for the front door, just past the front door on the east is a dinning room, maybe, seems to have at least two Orcs, the upper floor seems to have a large common room nearest you, no Orcs seen and at least five rooms Lia can see in that have at least one Orc in each. Quickly counting that is at least nine Orcs.
Butterskull Ranch ((Robwin and Lia only know the sections with exterior windows. Rinn only knows the ground level kitchen room.))
The Ranch side 1 square = 50 feet / The Ranch house side 1 square = 5 feet.
Rinn, Robwin, TT - You hear the front door bang open and the Orcs starting to speak loudly at Eli and Blaire.
Eli and Blaire are about twenty feet in front of the front door.
Everyone roll initiative. Rinn, Robwin, TT, Wolfsong and Ikki get a "Surprise" round before the two Orcs, Eli or Blaire take any action.
Robwin stands where he is and mutters something in ancient elvish. As the arcane words leave his lips, he brings his right hand up and flames spring to life in his palm. He narrows his eyes, extends his arm, and a small bolt of pure flame streaks out towards the same Orc TT attacked...
Action: cast fire bolt at Orc: Attack: 10 Damage: 6
Lia flies up 30ft and tries to keep out of the way. She takes the dodge action.
((OOC: doh, sorry... DNDbeyond messed this one up sorry... my fire bolt rolls were originally Attack = 10, Damage = 6 , I think (so probably a complete miss). Robwin’s initiative might have been 14... sorry....... I was trying to add Lia’s initiative and some flavour text... doh ... Fixed thanks to advice from @DirtyDogP. Thank you!!))
Robwin stands where he is and mutters something in ancient elvish. As the arcane words leave his lips, he brings his right hand up and flames spring to life in his palm. He narrows his eyes, extends his arm, and a small bolt of pure flame streaks out towards the same Orc TT attacked...
Action: cast fire bolt at Orc: Attack: 23 Damage: 4
Lia the Owl flies up 30ft and tries to keep out of the way. She takes the dodge action.
((OOC: doh, sorry... DNDbeyond messed this one up sorry... my fire bolt rolls were originally Attack = 10, Damage = 6 , I think (so probably a complete miss). Robwin’s initiative might have been 14... sorry....... I was trying to add Lia’s initiative and some flavour text... doh))
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
OOC: Everyone should remember that you cannot add new rolls above rolls that have already been posted. If you need to add rolls by editing a previously-posted post, add them after all existing rolls. The DM should be able to work with the out-of-sequence rolls if you explain what happened. Grwobert, if you know what messed things up was Lia's initiative, you should be able to edit the post again and remove that roll to get back the original roll results. Then, put Lia's initiative roll at the bottom of the edited post (or at least after your firebolt rolls). Or just create a new post all together with Lia's initiative.
Ikki furrows his brow at the party's attack-first response, but decides any good orc is a dead orc, and so engages the creatures.
Ikki closes to melee range (runs if they are no more than 35 feet away; flies if they are 40–50 feet away) on the closest orc. With his spear, he jabs at the creature. He then kicks at it with one of his clawed feet.
((OOC: ooh! @DirtyDogP is that right?! Omg that might change my life! I’m going to try and set that post right then... wish me luck!... I’ll try... Thanks!!!))
[edit]... it worked!! All original rolls restored! Thanks thanks thanks!!
TT's bolt hits a porch wood pillar startling the Orc nearest it to turn as Rinn's arrow sinks into his shoulder and Ikki slams into his stomach. ((Orc1 -8hp))
Robwin's spell goes wide. Orc2 draws her weapon as does Blaire and Eli.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
((OOC: I think this is Robwin’s first real combat in this game aside from the dragon. I can’t remember whether we can all post actions any time or whether you prefer us to drop a post in in initiative order. Please let me know. Sorry if I’m posting out of turn, but hopefully a simple one to put in place if need be! But I’ll be offline in a bit so wanted to post something. Hope that’s ok)).
Robwin is frustrated at having missed... So he resorts to an old favourite that won’t miss!...
He moves away from the orcs a little (ending up maybe 40ft from the nearest one). And aims to stand in a space away from any of his party members for now, if possible.
Once in position, he adopts a low stance much like a monk: his feet spread, knees bent. He mutters a few arcane phrases as he swirls his arms wide before bringing his wrists together at his hip. He spreads his fingers a little and three pinpricks of light glow there and seem to grow, gradually, in his palms, as he focuses, and draws in energy. When the spinning points of light are glowing fiercely, he thrusts his palms forwards, bracing his stance against his back foot, and three darts of energy shoot unerringly into the chest of the Orc that Rinn already hit...
Action: casting magic missile at the damaged orc, and hitting automatically for 12 force damage.
On Lia’s turn, she will simply fly to stay exactly 30ft above Robwin and take the dodge action.
Rinn leaves the bodies to everyone else. He sneaks up towards the window to peek in (Stealth: 24 and Perception: 6).
Robwin: No moment from the bodies. Your familiar confirms telepathically that they're dead. The nearest one to you is still about a hundred feet away. You're about halfway between the south and north of the house beside a bricked in fireplace that appears to rise up both stories of the house.
TT: You're, incredibly quiet, even with the heavy armor. You're near the house between Rinn and Robwin.
Rinn: By stretching your full hight, you peek in the bottom of the west facing Southern window. You see two Orcs looking out the south facing western window. It seems they heard and are watching Eli and Blaire. They don't seem to have noticed anyone else yet.
Rinn ducks down and tries to garner the others' attention and puts his finger to his lips for quiet, then points at the window before turning back to the group to cast a minor illusion with a small image of the two orcs in front of the group.
Robwin nods at Rinn. He gets Lia the Owl to fly around the building once at a fair distance away (30ft?), just peering into any windows as she goes, counting orcs, upstairs and downstairs, just any she can see and report back...
Robwin will report numbers to the party by holding up fingers.
((very rough numbers I know))
Lia’s stealth: 10 (passive 18 with adv)
Lia’s perception: 23
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Seeing Rinn and Robwin signaling us TT will move quietly up to the house, keeping towards the back of the group.
Robwin: Lia the Owl reports the two Orcs in this first room which looks roughly like a kitchen, now heading for the front door, just past the front door on the east is a dinning room, maybe, seems to have at least two Orcs, the upper floor seems to have a large common room nearest you, no Orcs seen and at least five rooms Lia can see in that have at least one Orc in each. Quickly counting that is at least nine Orcs.
Butterskull Ranch ((Robwin and Lia only know the sections with exterior windows. Rinn only knows the ground level kitchen room.))
The Ranch side 1 square = 50 feet / The Ranch house side 1 square = 5 feet.
Rinn, Robwin, TT - You hear the front door bang open and the Orcs starting to speak loudly at Eli and Blaire.
Eli and Blaire are about twenty feet in front of the front door.
Everyone roll initiative. Rinn, Robwin, TT, Wolfsong and Ikki get a "Surprise" round before the two Orcs, Eli or Blaire take any action.
Initiative:
orc1 5
orc2 4
Eli 10
Blaire 10
Initiative 10
TT will move back 10 ft from the group and she will use her crossbow to shoot at the first Orc out of the door. Attack: 8 Damage: 7
Rinn's Initiative: 18
Ikki's initiative: 5
Wolfsong Initiative: 18
Rinn, Robwin, Wolfsong and Ikki as TT fires her crossbow what do you do? ((One "surprise round" action))
Initiative:
Rinn: 19, Wolfsong: 18, [Robwin: 14,] TT: 10, Eli: 10, Blaire: 10, Ikki: 5, orc1 5, orc2 4
round 1: Eli, Blaire, orc1, orc2 suprised (no action)
Robwin’s initiative: 14
((Lia’s initiative removed to fix post))
Robwin stands where he is and mutters something in ancient elvish. As the arcane words leave his lips, he brings his right hand up and flames spring to life in his palm. He narrows his eyes, extends his arm, and a small bolt of pure flame streaks out towards the same Orc TT attacked...
Action: cast fire bolt at Orc: Attack: 10 Damage: 6
Lia the Owl’s initiative: 10
Lia flies up 30ft and tries to keep out of the way. She takes the dodge action.
((OOC: doh, sorry... DNDbeyond messed this one up sorry... my fire bolt rolls were originally Attack = 10, Damage = 6 , I think (so probably a complete miss). Robwin’s initiative might have been 14... sorry....... I was trying to add Lia’s initiative and some flavour text... doh... Fixed thanks to advice from @DirtyDogP. Thank you!!))GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
((Quirks happen; No worries!))
OOC: Everyone should remember that you cannot add new rolls above rolls that have already been posted. If you need to add rolls by editing a previously-posted post, add them after all existing rolls. The DM should be able to work with the out-of-sequence rolls if you explain what happened. Grwobert, if you know what messed things up was Lia's initiative, you should be able to edit the post again and remove that roll to get back the original roll results. Then, put Lia's initiative roll at the bottom of the edited post (or at least after your firebolt rolls). Or just create a new post all together with Lia's initiative.
Ikki furrows his brow at the party's attack-first response, but decides any good orc is a dead orc, and so engages the creatures.
Ikki closes to melee range (runs if they are no more than 35 feet away; flies if they are 40–50 feet away) on the closest orc. With his spear, he jabs at the creature. He then kicks at it with one of his clawed feet.
Two-handed spear attack: 10, damage: 8 piercing damage
Bonus unarmed strike attack: 21, damage: 7 slashing damage
((OOC: ooh! @DirtyDogP is that right?! Omg that might change my life! I’m going to try and set that post right then... wish me luck!... I’ll try... Thanks!!!))
[edit]... it worked!! All original rolls restored! Thanks thanks thanks!!
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
Rinn sees that TT brings up the crossbow to fire and he quickly grabs out his shortbow to fire a shot from his hiding spot.
Shortbow Attack: 21 Damage: 7
After he fires off his shot, Rinn moves away from the house, keeping the party and the front door in sight (angling to keep distance from both).
TT's bolt hits a porch wood pillar startling the Orc nearest it to turn as Rinn's arrow sinks into his shoulder and Ikki slams into his stomach. ((Orc1 -8hp))
Robwin's spell goes wide. Orc2 draws her weapon as does Blaire and Eli.
(( Round 2 and Wolfsong still has a R1 Action))
Initiative:
Rinn: 19, Wolfsong: 18, [Robwin: 14,] TT: 10, Eli: 10, Blaire: 10, Ikki: 5, orc1 5, orc2 4
((OOC: I think this is Robwin’s first real combat in this game aside from the dragon. I can’t remember whether we can all post actions any time or whether you prefer us to drop a post in in initiative order. Please let me know. Sorry if I’m posting out of turn, but hopefully a simple one to put in place if need be! But I’ll be offline in a bit so wanted to post something. Hope that’s ok)).
Robwin is frustrated at having missed... So he resorts to an old favourite that won’t miss!...
He moves away from the orcs a little (ending up maybe 40ft from the nearest one). And aims to stand in a space away from any of his party members for now, if possible.
Once in position, he adopts a low stance much like a monk: his feet spread, knees bent. He mutters a few arcane phrases as he swirls his arms wide before bringing his wrists together at his hip. He spreads his fingers a little and three pinpricks of light glow there and seem to grow, gradually, in his palms, as he focuses, and draws in energy. When the spinning points of light are glowing fiercely, he thrusts his palms forwards, bracing his stance against his back foot, and three darts of energy shoot unerringly into the chest of the Orc that Rinn already hit...
Action: casting magic missile at the damaged orc, and hitting automatically for 12 force damage.
On Lia’s turn, she will simply fly to stay exactly 30ft above Robwin and take the dodge action.
GILLAIN OF ATHKATLA - Human Paladin - Into the Mists PHILLIP THE GRUNG - Grung Eldritch Knight - Tomb of Annihilation
ROBWIN WINDROBE - High Elf Wizard - Dragon of Icespire Peak EVE DARKSHORE - Tiefling Warlock - Rime of the Frost Maiden
ASH OF THE FIRE - Tabaxi Rogue - Ghosts of Marshswamp LIA STARBORN - Aasimar Bard - Out of the Abyss
((Sorry, things got complicated irl so haven't had a chance to sit down and get a full post done. This will be Wolfsong's round1 actions))
Seeing the group attack the orcs Wolfsong will draw one of his javelins while moving and once within range will throw it at the uninjured orc.
Attack: 13 Damage: 4