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To say that was unexpected was to say nothing. Ola was not ready to that fight! And she suspected others were not to - Uragum did not even had time to bind his wounds. But all she could do now is fight nevertheless.
Attack on the zombie: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 18 Damage: 3
"Auril's Kiss!" Sylyra curses, deflecting the slung rock with his shield. He knew there were more attackers. "Cowards!" he yells, more frustrated that his moonbeam trap didn't do as much damage as it could have if they had joined the earlier skirmish. Yelling a third time in Druidic, he calls forth a cloud of blue sparkles just on the other side of his front-line comrades to encompass the knight, hopefully whatever is the source of the footsteps, and the zombie if he can manage to get all three.
Arnald, glad to not be in the front this time, nocks an arrow and fires at the woman knight. He expends a superiority die to make it a disarming attack.
Disarming Attack
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Uragum tries to stay back and way from the fighting the armored guard at the moment. Though seeing the Kobolds tossing rocks he figures he can do one better. Taking a moment, he summons a dagger made of ice and throws it at the kobolds and watches it explode.
Move: move enough to toss ice knife and then move away, if this would not cause an AoO.
Action: ice knife: Attack: 11 Damage: 2 + bless for attack 3, if there is advantage from fairie fire here is another attack roll 14
It then explodes doing 6 cold damage, DC 13 strength save for 1/2
sorry not sure why I said strength save, its a dex save
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"Dammit! What are you people doing here?!" Hex shouts in frustration as the man gets away and attempts to question the knight at she shoots an arrow at the zombie fighting Ola.
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DM Screen:
47 9 25 5 2
4/22 1/4 3/6
16
Knight DEX Save: 7 Zombie DEX Save: 9 Longbow vs. Knight: 22 Kobold DEX Save: 3 Kobold DEX Save: 10 Longbow vs. Zombie (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 24 or 18 16101222
Greatsword vs. Arnald: 7 Greatsword vs. Arnald: 24 Sling vs. Sylyra (+Leadership): 23 Sling vs. Uragum (+Leadership): 22 Scimitar vs. Hex: 11
Zombie WIS Save: 15 Slam vs. Ola: 23Damage: 7
The zombie presses through its wounds, ignoring Hex's arrow and Ola's blade as it grabs ahold of Ola's arm. It suddenly shrinks back, however, when Cassyt shouts once more, "No longer!" Still holding the symbol of Kelemvor's skeletal arm aloft, a bright radiance floods through the room. The zombie scrambles backward, emitting a shrieking fright as it shambles away from the acolyte, providing a perfect opening for Ola to carve her blade across its back. The wound seems to shake the effect of Cassyt's holy symbol, turning the zombie's attention back to the fight at hand.
Uragum throws a shard of ice between the pair of kobolds. The shard's imminent explosion causes them to dive and roll away to opposite sides, coming up torn and bloodied from icy shrapnel.
Sylyra encompasses the knight and zombie in a blue light, as well as an invisible humanoid form approaching beside them. The knight calls out, "Take down their mages and archers! Eliminate their advantage!" She crosses her gauntlets in front of her face, allowing her fine plate armor to deflect Arnald's incoming arrow, then charges the archers alongside her invisible companion. Arnald ducks frantically beneath the swings of the massive sword she wields. Seeing the outline of her companion, Hex is not surprised when he charges with his blade and appears in view, revealing a young human man wearing leather armor and wielding a scimitar.
Sylyra and Uragum duck beneath another volley of stones from the kobolds. The stones collide with the far wall of the room and explode into a burst of gas.
Round 2 Order: Enemies Cassyt Players <=====
Placement: The zombie is engaged in melee combat with Ola. The knight is engaged in melee combat with Arnald. The cultist is engaged in melee combat with Hex. Two kobolds are 45 feet away, and 15 feet apart from one another.
Health: One kobold is grievously wounded. One kobold is wounded. The zombie is wounded.
Uragum is badly wounded. Ola is lightly wounded. Sylyra is lightly wounded.
Ammunition: Arnald has used 1 arrow. Hex has used 1 arrow.
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"'Mage'?" Sylyra repeats indignantly. "Do you see a spellbook in my hand?" He lifts his empty hand, and a dancing flame appears above the palm. He tosses it at the invisible man engaged with Hex as he moves to stay out of danger.
OOC: I'm hesitant to bot two players during a big battle, so giving some more time for Hex and Arnald to take their turns for round 2.
I realized in editing the previous post to take Ola's opportunity attack into account that the zombie actually should not have moved at all, since the players act immediately after Cassyt. I did still edit to include the opportunity attack, however, since that was my slip-up...in trying to narrate a whole round smoothly, I confused the order in my own brain.
Arnald will disengage as an action and move back as far from the knight as he can and still be in the room. If that leaves him less than 30 feet from the knight he'll put up his bow and draw his rapier.
OOC: Question about superiority die. If the attack misses does it still cost a die?
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OOC: Most maneuvers (if not all) say that the superiority dice are only applied if an attack hits.
Ola's attack, Uragum's witch bolt, and Sylyra's produce flame should all be at advantage due to faerie fire (to further clarify, the cultist is no longer invisible because he attacked). Rolling advantage below (bless isn't included below because Ola and Uragum's attacks hit regardless, basically just seeing if they are crits w/ advantage)...
DM Screen:
5/14 32/43 4/22 3/6
Longsword vs. Cultist (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 18 or 14 Witch Bolt vs. Knight (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 19 or 15 Produce Flame vs. Cultist (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 10 or 26
Scimitar vs. Hex (Opportunity Attack): 11 Greatsword vs. Uragum: 10 Greatsword vs. Uragum: 18 Sling vs. Uragum: 15Damage (-Stone's Endurance): -10 Sling vs. Uragum: 15Damage: 4 OOC: Forgot to add leadership dice to the kobold and cultist attack rolls, but wouldn't have changed any of them anyway. OOC: Since Stone's Endurance says "reduce damage dealt" and not "when an attack hits", I'll apply it to the second hit that would have taken Uragum down, and not the first hit. Uragum Concentration: 21
Kobold DEX Save: 12Damage: 4
Hex tumbles beneath the swinging sword of her opponent; he grimaces as Ola carves into his back, then Sylyra's flame and Hex's arrow meet at the same time, dropping the man dead to the ground. The knight charges toward the retreating Arnald, but is stopped in her tracks by a forceful line of lightning. Uragum sends the energy coursing through her armor. She pushes slowly through it toward the goliath, but her arms simply will not obey her commands. Unable to do more than hold on to her sword, she shouts back to the kobolds, teeth chattering, "T-t-take this b-b-bast-t-ard!"
The kobolds oblige, directing their next volley toward Uragum. The stones rocket off of his side and temple, but the goliath pushes past the blood that runs down his face like a mask and keeps his lightning pouring into the woman facing him down. One of the kobolds screeches as Cassyt pours divine light upon it, and soon lies unmoving.
Round 3 Order: Enemies Cassyt Players <=====
Placement: Arnald, Hex, and Sylyra are 30 feet behind Ola. The knight is engaged in melee combat with Uragum, 10 feet behind Ola. The zombie is 40 feet away from Ola. The kobold is 45 feet away from Ola.
Health: The zombie is gravely wounded. The kobold is wounded. The knight is lightly wounded.
Uragum is gravely wounded. Ola is lightly wounded. Sylyra is lightly wounded.
Ammunition: Arnald has used 1 arrow. Hex has used 2 arrows.
At least one crazy attacker was dead, that gave some hope and Ola turned to the knight hacking into Uragum's defences. One step towards the fighters - and another sword attack. (Use advantage for the FF?)
Attack on the knight: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 20 Damage: 7
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Sylyra drops his shield and steps forward. He grasps his staff in both hands and speaks a familiar short phrase in Druidic. Ghostly green flames spread along the length of the weapon as small motes of light fall from the mistletoe tied to the end. With a grunt through gritted teeth, he swings the staff at the glowing knight.
OOC: Note that doffing a shield takes a full action. I know that's just flavor here because a shillelagh weapon is 1d8 regardless of whether it's one-handed or two-handed, but I wanted to mention it just in case that comes up in the future.
Uragum stares down at the knight. His head throbs, his blood is flowing and there is a hard choice to be made. While he is connected to with the magic and it would be a simple matter to pump more energy out to do damage, he knows that if he doesn't kill her with it, he'll likely be struck down.
With a growl of frustration he brings up his staff to his to a defensive posture, drops his spell and makes a tactical retreat to prevent his death.
Action: disengage, this will allow him to retreat without an AoO. Unfortunately, it means he has to drop the witchblot spell.
Move: retreat 30 feet back and to any place that might give him cover or even outside the room and around side of the door frame if possible.
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OOC: Botting Arnald for this round with a longbow attack.
DM Screen:
20/43 1/22 3/6
Zombie CON Save: 8 Longbow vs. Knight: 15Damage: 11
Sling vs. Ola (Advantage-Pack Tactics, +Leadership): 22Damage: 3 Greatsword vs. Ola: 23 Greatsword vs. Ola: 7Damage: 6
When Hex's arrow slams into the back of the zombie's neck across the room, it turns back toward the battle. With a hateful look in its eyes, it quickly shambles toward Ola, closing in as she tangles with the knight. The knight catches her blade with a gauntlet, accepting the hit in order to pull the paladin off balance, slamming out with the greatsword and bashing her across the face and creating a crimson mask. Uragum pulls back from the close quarters under cover from Arnald's arrow, which smashes into the knight's armor as she twists around Sylyra's strike. "Get her out of my way!" the knight shouts to the kobold, who launches a stone into Ola's side a moment later.
Cassyt moves alongside Uragum with her holy symbol still in hand and whispers, "I am going to ward you. This should keep her attention away from you,". She mutters an incantation, and a slight glow surrounds the goliath before dissipating.
Round 4 Order: Enemies Cassyt Players <=====
Placement: Arnald and Hex are 30 feet behind Ola. Uragum is 15 feet behind Ola, under cover around a corner. The knight is engaged in melee combat with Ola and Sylyra. The zombie is engaged in melee combat with Ola. The kobold is 30 feet away from Ola and Sylyra.
Health: The zombie is grievously wounded. The kobold is wounded. The knight is wounded.
Uragum is gravely wounded. Ola is gravely wounded. Sylyra is lightly wounded.
Ammunition: Hex has used 3 arrows. Arnald has used 2 arrows.
Ola felt her life being drained with every hit - and yet, it was as the knight said, she stood between that monster and the of the group, she could not run and leave others to the mercy of of necromancers. Even if it was her last battle, the paladin intended to die fighting.
Attack on the knight: Attack: 1 (from Bless) + 16 Damage: 7
(With assumption that FF and Bless are still active)
(And again, if the knight was leaving Ola's reach - did she get Attack of Opportunity? If so, here: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 17 Damage: 3 )
To say that was unexpected was to say nothing. Ola was not ready to that fight! And she suspected others were not to - Uragum did not even had time to bind his wounds. But all she could do now is fight nevertheless.
Attack on the zombie: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 18 Damage: 3
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"Auril's Kiss!" Sylyra curses, deflecting the slung rock with his shield. He knew there were more attackers. "Cowards!" he yells, more frustrated that his moonbeam trap didn't do as much damage as it could have if they had joined the earlier skirmish. Yelling a third time in Druidic, he calls forth a cloud of blue sparkles just on the other side of his front-line comrades to encompass the knight, hopefully whatever is the source of the footsteps, and the zombie if he can manage to get all three.
Action: faerie fire
Movement: none
Bonus: none
Arnald, glad to not be in the front this time, nocks an arrow and fires at the woman knight. He expends a superiority die to make it a disarming attack.
Disarming Attack
When you hit with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to add it to the damage and to disarm the target if it fails a STR saving throw (DC 14).
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Uragum tries to stay back and way from the fighting the armored guard at the moment. Though seeing the Kobolds tossing rocks he figures he can do one better. Taking a moment, he summons a dagger made of ice and throws it at the kobolds and watches it explode.
Move: move enough to toss ice knife and then move away, if this would not cause an AoO.
Action: ice knife: Attack: 11 Damage: 2 + bless for attack 3, if there is advantage from fairie fire here is another attack roll 14
It then explodes doing 6 cold damage, DC 13 strength save for 1/2
sorry not sure why I said strength save, its a dex save
"Dammit! What are you people doing here?!" Hex shouts in frustration as the man gets away and attempts to question the knight at she shoots an arrow at the zombie fighting Ola.
Longbow Attack: 20 Damage: 4
DM Screen:
47
9
25
5
2
4/22
1/4
3/6
16
Knight DEX Save: 7
Zombie DEX Save: 9
Longbow vs. Knight: 22
Kobold DEX Save: 3
Kobold DEX Save: 10
Longbow vs. Zombie (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 24 or 18
16 10 1222Greatsword vs. Arnald: 7
Greatsword vs. Arnald: 24
Sling vs. Sylyra (+Leadership): 23
Sling vs. Uragum (+Leadership): 22
Scimitar vs. Hex: 11
Zombie WIS Save: 15
Slam vs. Ola: 23 Damage: 7
The zombie presses through its wounds, ignoring Hex's arrow and Ola's blade as it grabs ahold of Ola's arm. It suddenly shrinks back, however, when Cassyt shouts once more, "No longer!" Still holding the symbol of Kelemvor's skeletal arm aloft, a bright radiance floods through the room. The zombie scrambles backward, emitting a shrieking fright as it shambles away from the acolyte, providing a perfect opening for Ola to carve her blade across its back. The wound seems to shake the effect of Cassyt's holy symbol, turning the zombie's attention back to the fight at hand.
Uragum throws a shard of ice between the pair of kobolds. The shard's imminent explosion causes them to dive and roll away to opposite sides, coming up torn and bloodied from icy shrapnel.
Sylyra encompasses the knight and zombie in a blue light, as well as an invisible humanoid form approaching beside them. The knight calls out, "Take down their mages and archers! Eliminate their advantage!" She crosses her gauntlets in front of her face, allowing her fine plate armor to deflect Arnald's incoming arrow, then charges the archers alongside her invisible companion. Arnald ducks frantically beneath the swings of the massive sword she wields. Seeing the outline of her companion, Hex is not surprised when he charges with his blade and appears in view, revealing a young human man wearing leather armor and wielding a scimitar.
Sylyra and Uragum duck beneath another volley of stones from the kobolds. The stones collide with the far wall of the room and explode into a burst of gas.
Round 2 Order:
Enemies
Cassyt
Players <=====
Placement:
The zombie is engaged in melee combat with Ola.
The knight is engaged in melee combat with Arnald.
The cultist is engaged in melee combat with Hex.
Two kobolds are 45 feet away, and 15 feet apart from one another.
Health:
One kobold is grievously wounded.
One kobold is wounded.
The zombie is wounded.
Uragum is badly wounded.
Ola is lightly wounded.
Sylyra is lightly wounded.
Ammunition:
Arnald has used 1 arrow.
Hex has used 1 arrow.
OOC: Hex, Ola, and Uragum are blessed.
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OOC: If zombie runs away from Ola, does she get Attack of Opportunity? If so, here: AoO on the zombie: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 15 Damage: 7 )
Since Zombie run away, Ola tried to attract cultist's attention to let Hex get her distance:
Attack on the cultist: Attack: 4 (from Bless) + 14 Damage: 8
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Uragum wills lightning into his hand. and moves do he's 20 feet away from the knight (if possible) and releases the bolt at the knight.
Ooc trying a spell I've had little luck with, witchbolt
Attack 6 + bless 4
Damage 3
"'Mage'?" Sylyra repeats indignantly. "Do you see a spellbook in my hand?" He lifts his empty hand, and a dancing flame appears above the palm. He tosses it at the invisible man engaged with Hex as he moves to stay out of danger.
Action: produce flame: Attack: 16 Damage: 1
Bonus: none
Movement: move away from the action to keep from being engaged in melee
OOC: I'm hesitant to bot two players during a big battle, so giving some more time for Hex and Arnald to take their turns for round 2.
I realized in editing the previous post to take Ola's opportunity attack into account that the zombie actually should not have moved at all, since the players act immediately after Cassyt. I did still edit to include the opportunity attack, however, since that was my slip-up...in trying to narrate a whole round smoothly, I confused the order in my own brain.
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(OOC: Ahhh, sorry for the wait!)
As the man approaches and attacks, Hex disengages and rolls away from the man before taking a shot at him."You're too damn close."
Movement: If possible, Hex will move 30ft away and out of the room but in a spot where she can still see most of the action.
Longbow Attack (With Bless and Adv): 22 Damage: 8
OOC: Apologies for the wait
Arnald will disengage as an action and move back as far from the knight as he can and still be in the room. If that leaves him less than 30 feet from the knight he'll put up his bow and draw his rapier.
OOC: Question about superiority die. If the attack misses does it still cost a die?
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OOC: Most maneuvers (if not all) say that the superiority dice are only applied if an attack hits.
Ola's attack, Uragum's witch bolt, and Sylyra's produce flame should all be at advantage due to faerie fire (to further clarify, the cultist is no longer invisible because he attacked). Rolling advantage below (bless isn't included below because Ola and Uragum's attacks hit regardless, basically just seeing if they are crits w/ advantage)...
DM Screen:
5/14
32/43
4/22
3/6
Longsword vs. Cultist (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 18 or 14
Witch Bolt vs. Knight (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 19 or 15
Produce Flame vs. Cultist (Advantage-Faerie Fire): Higher of 10 or 26
Scimitar vs. Hex (Opportunity Attack): 11
Greatsword vs. Uragum: 10
Greatsword vs. Uragum: 18
Sling vs. Uragum: 15 Damage (-Stone's Endurance): -10
Sling vs. Uragum: 15 Damage: 4
OOC: Forgot to add leadership dice to the kobold and cultist attack rolls, but wouldn't have changed any of them anyway.
OOC: Since Stone's Endurance says "reduce damage dealt" and not "when an attack hits", I'll apply it to the second hit that would have taken Uragum down, and not the first hit.
Uragum Concentration: 21
Kobold DEX Save: 12 Damage: 4
Hex tumbles beneath the swinging sword of her opponent; he grimaces as Ola carves into his back, then Sylyra's flame and Hex's arrow meet at the same time, dropping the man dead to the ground. The knight charges toward the retreating Arnald, but is stopped in her tracks by a forceful line of lightning. Uragum sends the energy coursing through her armor. She pushes slowly through it toward the goliath, but her arms simply will not obey her commands. Unable to do more than hold on to her sword, she shouts back to the kobolds, teeth chattering, "T-t-take this b-b-bast-t-ard!"
The kobolds oblige, directing their next volley toward Uragum. The stones rocket off of his side and temple, but the goliath pushes past the blood that runs down his face like a mask and keeps his lightning pouring into the woman facing him down. One of the kobolds screeches as Cassyt pours divine light upon it, and soon lies unmoving.
Round 3 Order:
Enemies
Cassyt
Players <=====
Placement:
Arnald, Hex, and Sylyra are 30 feet behind Ola.
The knight is engaged in melee combat with Uragum, 10 feet behind Ola.
The zombie is 40 feet away from Ola.
The kobold is 45 feet away from Ola.
Health:
The zombie is gravely wounded.
The kobold is wounded.
The knight is lightly wounded.
Uragum is gravely wounded.
Ola is lightly wounded.
Sylyra is lightly wounded.
Ammunition:
Arnald has used 1 arrow.
Hex has used 2 arrows.
OOC: Hex, Ola, and Uragum are blessed.
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At least one crazy attacker was dead, that gave some hope and Ola turned to the knight hacking into Uragum's defences. One step towards the fighters - and another sword attack. (Use advantage for the FF?)
Attack on the knight: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 20 Damage: 7
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Sylyra drops his shield and steps forward. He grasps his staff in both hands and speaks a familiar short phrase in Druidic. Ghostly green flames spread along the length of the weapon as small motes of light fall from the mistletoe tied to the end. With a grunt through gritted teeth, he swings the staff at the glowing knight.
Bonus: shillelagh
Attack: 13 Damage: 6 magical bludgeoning
OOC: Note that doffing a shield takes a full action. I know that's just flavor here because a shillelagh weapon is 1d8 regardless of whether it's one-handed or two-handed, but I wanted to mention it just in case that comes up in the future.
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As the others dealt with the knight, Hex turned her attention to the less dangerous enemies and takes a shot at the zombie, hoping to strike it down.
Longbow Attack (With Bless and Adv): 16 Damage: 8
Uragum stares down at the knight. His head throbs, his blood is flowing and there is a hard choice to be made. While he is connected to with the magic and it would be a simple matter to pump more energy out to do damage, he knows that if he doesn't kill her with it, he'll likely be struck down.
With a growl of frustration he brings up his staff to his to a defensive posture, drops his spell and makes a tactical retreat to prevent his death.
Action: disengage, this will allow him to retreat without an AoO. Unfortunately, it means he has to drop the witchblot spell.
Move: retreat 30 feet back and to any place that might give him cover or even outside the room and around side of the door frame if possible.
OOC: Botting Arnald for this round with a longbow attack.
DM Screen:
20/43
1/22
3/6
Zombie CON Save: 8
Longbow vs. Knight: 15 Damage: 11
Sling vs. Ola (Advantage-Pack Tactics, +Leadership): 22 Damage: 3
Greatsword vs. Ola: 23
Greatsword vs. Ola: 7 Damage: 6
When Hex's arrow slams into the back of the zombie's neck across the room, it turns back toward the battle. With a hateful look in its eyes, it quickly shambles toward Ola, closing in as she tangles with the knight. The knight catches her blade with a gauntlet, accepting the hit in order to pull the paladin off balance, slamming out with the greatsword and bashing her across the face and creating a crimson mask. Uragum pulls back from the close quarters under cover from Arnald's arrow, which smashes into the knight's armor as she twists around Sylyra's strike. "Get her out of my way!" the knight shouts to the kobold, who launches a stone into Ola's side a moment later.
Cassyt moves alongside Uragum with her holy symbol still in hand and whispers, "I am going to ward you. This should keep her attention away from you,". She mutters an incantation, and a slight glow surrounds the goliath before dissipating.
Round 4 Order:
Enemies
Cassyt
Players <=====
Placement:
Arnald and Hex are 30 feet behind Ola.
Uragum is 15 feet behind Ola, under cover around a corner.
The knight is engaged in melee combat with Ola and Sylyra.
The zombie is engaged in melee combat with Ola.
The kobold is 30 feet away from Ola and Sylyra.
Health:
The zombie is grievously wounded.
The kobold is wounded.
The knight is wounded.
Uragum is gravely wounded.
Ola is gravely wounded.
Sylyra is lightly wounded.
Ammunition:
Hex has used 3 arrows.
Arnald has used 2 arrows.
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Ola felt her life being drained with every hit - and yet, it was as the knight said, she stood between that monster and the of the group, she could not run and leave others to the mercy of of necromancers. Even if it was her last battle, the paladin intended to die fighting.
Attack on the knight: Attack: 1 (from Bless) + 16 Damage: 7
(With assumption that FF and Bless are still active)
(And again, if the knight was leaving Ola's reach - did she get Attack of Opportunity? If so, here: Attack: 2 (from Bless) + 17 Damage: 3 )
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