Storm King's Thunder

Flint takes time to pray to the various members of the Mordinsamman for divine healing and invigoration. Over a period of ten minutes, you all feel the life begin to return to your weary bodies. 

9 healing

After this brief respite, the four freed dwarven prisoners lead you west to a tunnel, which opens into a huge, very hot area. Clanging and rattling assaults your ears, and the oppressive heat assaults the rest of your senses. This area is incredibly hot, and you feel as if you spent long in here, you might pass out from heat exhaustion. A rusted iron gantry clings to the north, west, and south walls 50 feet above the floor of the main foundry, which echoes with the sound of clanging metal, rattling chains, whooshing bellows, and bubbling molten iron. The ceiling looms 40 feet above the gantry. Cable towers support the bucket chain that runs near the path of the gantry.

You don't get much time to look before you notice a pair of fat ogres lumbering towards you. 

// Everyone roll initiative! You have but moments to react. Anyone who rolls higher than 8 can act immediately, and gains the benefit of being hidden for the first round. //

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(smh)

Flint'nitiative: 11

Initiative: 18

Don's rapier appears in his hand as if by magic and he attacks the nearest ogre with his rapier now glowing in an eerie green flame.

Attack: 26 Damage: 12
Attack (if advantage): 17
Green Flame Blade: 7
Green Flame Blade (2nd target): 3
Sneak Attack: 14

Don then disengages and moves back out of melee range.

Matrix retrieves his hat while Flint is working his magic. As the group starts following the dwarves and the heat gets more intense he grumbles "to hell with this damnable heat!" and pulls off his burnt shirt, stuffing it into his pack. you can see that even with the recent healing he still has a lot of fresh burns, on top of old burn scars that cover his back, shoulders, and parts of his upper arms.

initiative 8

Matrix will put his back to the wall in the direction of the ogres with thunder dragon drawn, and waits for someone else to engage. once the ogres attack, or get damaged he will shoot twice at the attacker or wounded depending on the trigger.

13 for 12

24 for 13

Crownsguard plants the flaming sword (name pending) and levels the giant slaying blade. Somewhere, JC has a big dumb grin on his face.

Initiative: 16 don’t forget your +4 to initiative, everyone!

If I can reach I’ll attack.

Crownsguard will step towards the ogres, “Greetings, Large Creatures, please stand aside. Thank you.”

 Ink steps forward, but stays well behind the front line attackers made up by his friends. 

Quill, however, makes a beeline for the head of the ogre attacked by Matrix. The owl pulls up out of reach with a flyby, but in doing so pulls the ogres eyes up distracting it. (Help action) 

When the ogre lowers its eyes, it is just in time to see the two arrows that Ink launched at it! 

// Longbow Attack at Adv: 26 Piercing Damage: 8

// Longbow Attack: 14 Piercing Damage: 8

// Initiative 9 

Flint follows closely behind Crownsguard and heaves his mighty hammer at the furthest ogre. As it leaves his hand, lightning suffuses the hammer, crackling and sending sparks as it flies towards the brute.

Attack: 26 Damage: 11 bludgeoning plus 4 lightning

Crownsguard swings for the fences!

Giantslayer: Attack: 20 Damage: 12 slashing + 8 giant damage + prone vs DC 15 STR save

And again!

Attack: 10 (or 10 if advantage from prone) Damage: 13 slashing + 10 giant damage + prone vs DC 15 STR save

Well then. 
BUT OH BABY that damage is sweet.

The first ogre goes down with Crownsguard's first attack, hardly able to defend itself against your brutal assault. He sinks to the floor of the iron gantry, blood seeping from his wounds.

The second one is hit with Ink's two arrows, then Flint's thrown hammer. The arrows sink into its meaty skin, and he roars in surprise and rage. He charges towards Crownsguard, a gigantic hooked pole in its hands. 

Attack: 24 Damage: 20

Across the room, through the immense heat waves, you see two more ogres take notice of you, in addition to a young fire giant. The giant wears armor, unlike the ogres, and is currently dangling a dwarf over the edge of the gantry. Down below, from your vantage point, you can just make out the gigantic forges, perhaps 50 feet below where the young giant is standing. And you can make out at least two fire giants, who are manning those forges.

The ogres run off in your direction. 

(Forgot to say, players up!)

Ink directs Quill ahead, she scours the face of the standing ogre before completing her flyby and pulling out of reach (help action).

Ink runs up behind Crownsguard, stowing his bow as he does, and taps the metal warrior on the shoulder, saying, "I hope your gears can keep up with this boost of HASTE! 

Crownsguard easily parries the blow!

Crownsguard tilts his head, “My gears are quite strong, Ink, why do you as- Output Efficiency: 200%.”

There’s a flash of silver light as Crownsguard’s blade swings toward the Ogre’s head, Attack: 26 Damage: 9 slashing damage. There’s the audible hiss of gears overheating as the blade suddenly stops, “Recalculating.”

Attack: 23 Damage: 11 slashing damage oh dear + 19 giant damage and DC 15 save vs prone!

If he dies, Crownsguard peels off at high speed toward the Ogres at 120 feet! Otherwise, he attacks the ogre again.

Crownsguard spills a surprising amount of the ogre's blood. The ogre falls forward, and his hooked pole goes over the side of the gantry, clattering down among the furnaces and fire giants 50 feet below.  

Don casts two eldritch blasts at the ogre on the left.

Blast 1: 18 Damage: Unable to parse dice roll.
Blast 2: 23 Damage: 11
Sneak Attack: 15

(Forgot to update the map, both nearby ogres are dead as of Crownsguard’s attack)

Don will dash forward and ready his blasts.

After reloading Matrix will join don in the running forward and getting his shots ready.

There is a general commotion on the floor fifty feet below you. Several fire giants who are tending the forges are trying to figure out what is happening, and calling out to the other giants. You can catch glimpses of them through the regular holes in the iron gantry, and you are sure that eventually they will discern you as well (if they haven’t already).

The ogres advance, but are still under half cover. Soon they will round the corner and be in straight line of sight.

// The gantry you are on, which wraps around the north, west, and south sides of the room, provides 3/4 cover to you and 1/2 cover to larger creatures. Players up!! //

// Let's get this thing back on track! Players are up, and the map is ready for you on Roll20. Check the Discord server for links to the map if you need them. As a reminder, the squares are 10 feet. //

//HOLY COW BACK IN GEAR! Alright! Time to shake the rust off my metallic rear!//

Crownsguard dashes up to the Ogre!