Chilling Adventures in the North

(Order, Bjorn, Qinfaren, Creatures, Ricky, Bán)

Seeing the creatures flying down at them, Bjorn fires an arrow at one of them.

(Attack: 23 Damage: 4)

Qinfaren looks over at the giant elk and say "Get ready. Those flying beasts are not our friends. We have to fight them."

He then turns and prepares himself as well. He steps closer to Bjorn so that he can angle himself to take in the creatures if they swoop down closer. Qinfaren runs his fingers along the mistletoe of his staff and whispers to himself. Energy crackles along the staff but holds itself in check for now.

Action: Ready a spell - Thunderwave at 3rd level. Triggered once the creatures get within 15' - if he can hold it until both would be within 15' of Qinfaren and Bjorn he will hold it until the last moment when the creatures are the closest to the ground. If not, just which ever one gets close. DC15 Con Save or take 8  thunder damage, and pushed back straight close to the ground 10'

Bonus Action: Directs giant elk to ready a charge to plow into one of the creatures if it gets pushed down by Qinfaren's spell. Charge+Ram = Attack: 10 Damage: 14  (additional charge damage included)

Bjorn's arrow flies through the air and strikes the creature he targets. This same creature swoops down to attack Bjorn.

As it flies closer, Qinfaren unleashes his prepared Thunderwave.

(Con save: 13)

The creature withstands the blast of the spell and continues to attack Bjorn. First, it attempts to gore Bjorn before attacking him with its talons.

(Gore: 16 Damage: 8
Talons: 20 Damage: 8
If hit, Dive Attack 5)

The creature then flies away avoiding being struck by Bjorn.

The second creature swoops down to attack Qinfaren, using the same attack pattern as the first.

(Gore: 11 Damage: 10
Talons: 11 Damage: 8
If hit, Dive Attack 9)

Does flying away open them to oppose oat racks?

(If these are perytons, no. That's one of their special features. They swoop down and attack as they flyby with no AoO)

(As Qinfaren said.)

Ricky is going to get near Bjorn and prepare to grapple the next one that comes close

     Bàn moves into position and then… holds his attack.  Bàn readies and holds a Booming Blade attack, coordinating with Ricky enough to ensure they target different creatures.  Bàn is counting on the creature moving, it getting held in place would minimize his attack…

Held Whip Attack: 22 to hit, 4 slashing damage PLUS 8 thunder damage if the creature moves…

(held til creature moves within 5’ of Bàn… )

(Oops, sorry, Ricky and Bàn are surprised. So it's now Bjorn's turn, Qinfaren then creatures and then these two turns from Ricky and Bàn.)

The peryton attacks Bjorn and he recoils from the damage. Then he takes a moment to summon Blue to his side.

"Looks like these creatures are going to be more difficult than I thought. Blue, prepare to bite the creature when it swoops down low again."

"Fighting them in the open is not a good idea," Qinfaren says, while blood pours down from the wounds he sustained in the first attack. He looks around for where the closest tree line is or hills or cliff faces are, anything that will limit the creatures ability to attack from the air.

Qinfaren taps his staff on the ground and energy hums around the edges. He then gets ready to strike one of the flying creatures if it flies at him again.

But if he sees trees or jagged rocks, etc within 30', he'll make for those and turn and wait there.

Bonus action: Casts Shillelagh  

Action: Ready an attack with shillelagh: Attack: 15 Damage: 7  (magical bludgeoning).

Move: 30' if towards trees/rocks/etc.

(Order, Bjorn, Qinfaren, Creatures, Ricky, Bán)

Qinfaren takes a moment to search the surrounding area but finds nothing to use as cover. Instead he casts Shillelagh and readies his attack an waits.

The first of the two perytons swoops down to attack Bjorn once more. As it draws closer, Blue bites the peryton.

(Attack: 18 Damage: 6 piercing damage + 2 ice damage.)

The peryton is looking weaker now but is still alive. Ricky then attempts to grapple the creature.

(Ricky athletics: 12 vs Peryton athletics: 17)

Ricky grabs the peryton but it pulls itself free from his grasp.

The peryton continues in its attack on Bjorn.

(Gore: 7 Damage: 8
Talons: 6 Damage: 8)

The second peryton swoops down to target Qinfaren once more. As it draws closer Qinfaren strikes the peryton with his staff striking the creature.

Then as the second peryton moves close to attack Qinfaren, it draws closer to Bàn who unleashes his booming blade. The whip strikes the peryton doing minor damage.

The creature then attacks to Qinfaren.

(Gore: 10 Damage: 10
Talons: 21 Damage: 7)

Both creature's then return to the air, with the second peryton being struck by the boomingblade.

Seeing the creature's return to the air, Bjorn fires another arrow at the peryton, this time infused with cold damage from Blue.

(Attack: 14 Damage: 5 piercing damage + 5 cold damage.)

(Qinfaren't turn.)

Qinfaren's able to turn to the side, avoiding collision with the peryton. But in doing so, he exposes his side to the creatures talons that rip deeply into the druid. He staggers, nearly going down to his knees.

He takes a breath, readies himself for the next attack and directs the giant elk to do the same, and to keep doing so until the flying creatures are gone.

Qinfaren readied attack: Attack: 13 Damage: 8  (magical bludgeoning)

Giant Elk readied attack: Attack: 8 Damage: 10  

(Order, Bjorn, Qinfaren, Creatures, Ricky, Bán)

The first peryton swoops back down to attack Bjorn. As it draws close, Blue bites it again.

(Attack: 6 Damage: 6 piercing damage + 2 cold damage.)

(Claws: 9 Damage: 6 piercing damage.
Attack: 16 Damage: 7 piercing damage.)

The second peryton flies down to attack Qinfaren again. He it draws closer, Qinfaren swings but misses and the elk misses too.

(Claws: 11 Damage: 10 piercing damage.
Attack: 8 Damage: 8 piercing damage.)

Ricky will try again to wait and grab a peryton when it comes close

     Bàn also continues with the same tactic, readying and holding a Booming Blade whip attack for once one of these things come within 5’ of him…

Readied Whip Attack:  7 to hit…  (not bothering with rest of rolls since I suspect that misses…)

(Order, Bjorn, Qinfaren, Creatures, Ricky, Bán)

Ricky readies himself for the next time the creatures swoop down.

Whilst Bàn readies himself to unleash a Booming Blade whip attack the next time they fly closer.

Bjorn fires an arrow at the same peryton, with Blue infusing the arrow.

(Attack: 18 Damage: 4 piercing damage + 3 cold damage.)

"Get ready to bite when they draw near."

Qinfaren, bleeding heavily, realizes these creatures are able to attack with impunity. With no where to get shelter, they’re at the mercy of hoping to get a bit in when they fly by.

He braces himself and gets ready to try and grapple one of the creatures when they come close enough.

While he waits he casts Healing Word on himself.

The Giant Elk continues to attack if one of the creatures comes close.

Action- Ready a grapple: Athletics 16  
Bonus Action: Healing Word 7  

Giant Elk readied attack: Attack: 25 Damage: 10  

The arrow from Bjorn's bow strikes the first of the peryton. It is looking much weaker than before.

The creature flies down to attack Bjorn, as it draws closer, Blue tries to bite the creature.

(Attack: 15 Damage: 1 piercing damage + 2 cold damage.)

Blue bites the creature with his sharp fangs ripping into the peryton and killing it.

The second peryton tries to fly down to attack Qinfaren.

As it draws close, the giant elk strikes at the peryton.

Then the creature draws close to Ricky, who manages to grapple and restrain the creature preventing it from attacking Qinfaren and escaping.

Qinfaren steps forward to the creature that Ricky has grappled and restrained and swings his magically charged staff at its head. He directs the Giant Elk to hit it again too but to back up 20' feet first before it does so it can charge the creature.

Action: Shillelagh - Attack: 14 Damage: 13  

Bonus Action: Directing Elk to attack directly and keep attacking - Attack: 21 Damage: 9  plus Ram Damage of 5   

If the Giant Elk connects with the attack, the creature needs to succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Ricky's grip squeezes on the beast's bones for 3 before he pummels it once

Attack: 25 Damage: 5