So the troll's 15 save is a fail as per Ben's new roll (which wasn't actually rolled because technically any roll will do the trick. That roll would've happened beginning of round 2).
So, the troll is still under Ben's magic!
Bimz, Ess and Aryte hold position, all still unseen.
Ben re-ups the minus (8 - this will be used for the enemies abound save this round). He also tries to mock the unaffected troll. It hears your voice, but does not see you, nor is affected by your words. Mockery fail. Ben does NOT wave the others to attack. I would say even with the magic Ben is still unseen as it was just words and they are too busy worrying about each other.
Ash and Korrik hold action, unseen.
The troll under Ben's magic takes its attacks. All three of the attacks miss. (I had pre-rolled (hahaha) this if you look back in the roll thread. It's the one with attacks of 12, 8 and 10. I never used that roll in rounds 1 or 2.)
The other troll again retaliates. Both of the claws dig deep into the first troll! (-25).
They are killing each other and really screaming at each other now. Blood is flying and you can see it splat through the light of the fire as it sizzles when it hits the flames.
((OOC: Sorry I hadn’t really been keeping track of the map… during the fight, Ash probably would have tried to get to the tree in front of Ess? For cover and to remain hidden. If possible))
((**I have retro added the 10HP to the trolls for rounds 2, 3 and 4 the current round.))
Ben, you speak your words to the other troll and it hears you and is SO confused. (-6)
Ben gives the word to attack after the trolls take their turn. So it'll only be Bimz, Ess and Aryte in this round who get those orders.
Ash moves up to the tree in front of Ess. She is unseen as she watches the trolls thrash each other.
Korrik moves ahead as described and calls forth the bush illusion. Korrik is unseen. The trolls are paying no attention to what's going on around them. They are fighting for their lives.
Trolls are up. Anyone really looking at them now would notice that some of the bite and claw marks that were just bleeding out seem to close shut and you can now see that the trolls wounds seem to be healing in real time as the fight continues and they continue to argue and bite and claw at each other.
Troll 1 connects with everything, and Troll 2 manages to get both claws in.
Troll 1 fails the INT and remains under Ben's magic.
Even with the regeneration of the trolls wounds happening before your eyes, you can see that the troll 2 is really looking bad and is still bleeding quite badly.
Bimz holds his position in the tree to the east of Ben.
Ess who is unseen lets an arrow loose which he had been aiming and just waiting for the word to shoot. He aims for the uncontrolled troll as per Ben's instructions. From where Ess is located, there's no way the trolls will see him take the shot given what is going down, so Ess will remain unseen after his shot. His arrow sticks in the back of the uncontrolled troll, and it barely feels it because it's so engaged with it's 'friend'.
Aryte scoots up to the next small tree, still unseen. She shouts to the party, now realising that you all might actually not know how to kill the troll after all. "FIRE! Must burn them! Only way" (she doesn't know about the acid piece. She only has experience killing them with fire.) So she holds action now behind that small tree. For now. If she goes any closer without attacking she will have to make a stealth roll.
The trolls maybe heard Aryte yell, but in the moment I don't think they'd look around to see. Not yet, anyway.
((I will also usually add the damages from the roll thread in here, but since I wasn't doing the +10's, I'm just not going to bother this time. I am confident I have the correct totals though in my tracker I use.))
Ben, again the uncontrolled troll hears your words and they seem to bother the creature. (-5)
At this point, the troll now starts to look around since you've used the spell a few times, and since you're pointing to the troll for everyone to see, you'd be standing up by now and so I think both of the trolls are now aware of your presence Ben.
Ash, given where you're located and the fact that you'll always have the minimum of 21, you will definitely remain unseen even after you shoot. The troll will have half cover since there's 2 trees between you and it, but your crossbow bolt still nails it. Ash, you assume the troll is dead given the bolt goes right through the trolls head. It starts to fall to the ground....... (-22)
Korrik, seeing Ash's crossbow bolt go through the uncontrolled troll's head and seeing it start to fall to the ground, would your attacks now go toward the one that is still standing? Or would you try to do something else in this moment?
Just want to pause here for that clarification as it's going to be important. The trolls are going to regenerate the 10 hp and the one that Ash seemingly put down is going to pop back up - UNLESS Korrik does something else now seeing that Ash has in the moment fallen that one. Hope that makes sense and is not opening the door for meta actions.
Also if Korrik does attack the troll 1, it'll need to make the INT save so I think we need to pause here.
((I think given that the fire instructions were communicated as he was making his approach, if target number one went down that Korrik would switch to target number two.))
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
((Very true, although Korrik did mention about rolling the troll in the fire, and so I wanted to give that opportunity to him as the body starts to fall to the ground (like the moment before it gets the 10 regen.) instead of assuming that he'd just attack the other troll.))
Korrik, you see Ash's bolt enter and exit the south trolls head and it starts to fall to the ground as you enter the fray and land your staff strikes as well as your well placed kick to the north (controlled) troll. (-17)
The trolls are up. The south one that Ash shot hits the ground and then immediately pops back up, dark blood spurting from the crossbow bolt hole and starts to look around. (+10) The north one's wounds close some more (+10) and it is still under the effects of Ben's magic.
The controlled north troll continues to attack the other south troll even after being attacked by Korrik. It lets out a loud yell and tries to first claw and then boot the south troll into the fire. All of this happens, and the troll is shredded up (-22) and then kicked into the campfire, now burning up as its flesh sizzles (-6). The troll isn't moving and is just burning in the fire and is essentially burning dead.
Bimz holds his position in the tree.
Ess yells out "FIRE?! Naaaaa bros, fork that! I'll keep shooting!" and he takes another shot with his bow to the remaining troll. He's unseen, but won't be after this shot. The arrow goes wide.
Aryte bursts forth from behind the tree, yelling out something in draconic, and dashes up beside the standing troll. She then yells to everyone "YES! Push into fire!" she has no other actions left due to her dashing.
As soon as she’s fired, she springs forward, stowing her crossbow as she runs forward (free action). She also uses her Fast Hands rogue ability to draw one of her daggers with her bonus action, as she gets closer…
If she can, she’ll also use Feline Agility to double her speed for this turn, so she can aaaalmost close the gap between her and the Troll (ending around 15ft away please), ready to draw her other dagger and move into melee, if need be, next turn...
((Eek!! Extra sneak crit dice (boom!): For an extra 15 damage! ))
Ben, your infernal words seem to really get to the troll. It holds its head in agony (-13) and then tries to immediately run away from you to the north using its reaction. (I will adjust map if need be)
If I am correct, this will provoke attacks of opportunity from both Korrik and Aryte. These would happen beforeAsh's attack.
If that is correct, Korrik please go ahead, and I will make Aryte's in the dice roller.
Ash, depending on the results of the attacks of opportunities you can then change your turn, if you wish.
((OOC: I think the Troll movement takes it out of short-range, for Ash’s crossbow, meaning disadvantage for range… but advantage due to hidden (which makes it a flat roll, I think). Alternatively, if she moves forward into range, she doesn’t have disadvantage due to range, but also doesn’t have advantage due to hidden (so a flat roll again). So I think it doesn’t matter too much what she does! If I’ve worked that out correctly, is there anything we can use from my rolls or should I just roll again, once, for a flat roll? If there’s nothing we can use from my rolls, I’ll just post something new based on the new events. Thanks))
continuing round 2 ->
So the troll's 15 save is a fail as per Ben's new roll (which wasn't actually rolled because technically any roll will do the trick. That roll would've happened beginning of round 2).
So, the troll is still under Ben's magic!
Bimz, Ess and Aryte hold position, all still unseen.
Round 3: Ben, Ash, Korrik, Trolls, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
Ben re-ups the minus (8 - this will be used for the enemies abound save this round). He also tries to mock the unaffected troll. It hears your voice, but does not see you, nor is affected by your words. Mockery fail. Ben does NOT wave the others to attack. I would say even with the magic Ben is still unseen as it was just words and they are too busy worrying about each other.
Ash and Korrik hold action, unseen.
The troll under Ben's magic takes its attacks. All three of the attacks miss. (I had pre-rolled (hahaha) this if you look back in the roll thread. It's the one with attacks of 12, 8 and 10. I never used that roll in rounds 1 or 2.)
The other troll again retaliates. Both of the claws dig deep into the first troll! (-25).
They are killing each other and really screaming at each other now. Blood is flying and you can see it splat through the light of the fire as it sizzles when it hits the flames.
Bimz, Ess, Aryte all hold action.
Round 4: Ben, Ash, Korrik, Trolls, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
Ben, you're up! Do you have any of the 'minus' rolls left? I will pause here in case you want to order the attack and/or do something else.
Ash and Korrik will be up after that. Everyone is still unseen by the trolls.
Ben re-ups the minus for the last time: -4
"Hideous and stupid. Lucky you."
Then tries with vicious mockery again on the other troll.
"You going to let that happen to you? What a weakling."
Mockery damage: 6
He will raise hand to give a signal as soon as the trolls have taken their turn to attack the uncontrolled troll!
(DC 15 intelligence and then wisdom for those.)
Korrik will move up to behind the bush on the other side if the downed log calling up a dense shadow bush to help him hide within.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
((OOC: Sorry I hadn’t really been keeping track of the map… during the fight, Ash probably would have tried to get to the tree in front of Ess? For cover and to remain hidden. If possible))
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
Round 4: Ben, Ash, Korrik, Trolls, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
((**I have retro added the 10HP to the trolls for rounds 2, 3 and 4 the current round.))
Ben, you speak your words to the other troll and it hears you and is SO confused. (-6)
Ben gives the word to attack after the trolls take their turn. So it'll only be Bimz, Ess and Aryte in this round who get those orders.
Ash moves up to the tree in front of Ess. She is unseen as she watches the trolls thrash each other.
Korrik moves ahead as described and calls forth the bush illusion. Korrik is unseen. The trolls are paying no attention to what's going on around them. They are fighting for their lives.
Trolls are up. Anyone really looking at them now would notice that some of the bite and claw marks that were just bleeding out seem to close shut and you can now see that the trolls wounds seem to be healing in real time as the fight continues and they continue to argue and bite and claw at each other.
Troll 1 connects with everything, and Troll 2 manages to get both claws in.
Troll 1 fails the INT and remains under Ben's magic.
Even with the regeneration of the trolls wounds happening before your eyes, you can see that the troll 2 is really looking bad and is still bleeding quite badly.
Bimz holds his position in the tree to the east of Ben.
Ess who is unseen lets an arrow loose which he had been aiming and just waiting for the word to shoot. He aims for the uncontrolled troll as per Ben's instructions. From where Ess is located, there's no way the trolls will see him take the shot given what is going down, so Ess will remain unseen after his shot. His arrow sticks in the back of the uncontrolled troll, and it barely feels it because it's so engaged with it's 'friend'.
Aryte scoots up to the next small tree, still unseen. She shouts to the party, now realising that you all might actually not know how to kill the troll after all. "FIRE! Must burn them! Only way" (she doesn't know about the acid piece. She only has experience killing them with fire.) So she holds action now behind that small tree. For now. If she goes any closer without attacking she will have to make a stealth roll.
The trolls maybe heard Aryte yell, but in the moment I don't think they'd look around to see. Not yet, anyway.
Round 5: Ben, Ash, Korrik, Troll, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
Ben is up!
Map is updated! Apologies for that hiccup!!
((I will also usually add the damages from the roll thread in here, but since I wasn't doing the +10's, I'm just not going to bother this time. I am confident I have the correct totals though in my tracker I use.))
Ben points to the uncontrolled one for everyone to see and, not wanting it to run away, simply calls,
"Unbelievable, you're going to lose to a tiny little troll like that?"
Vicious mockery DC 15 wisdom save: 6
"Fire? That would have been good to know!", Korrik grumbles before bursting out of his cover and closing on the uncontrolled troll.
Staff Attack: 11 Damage: 10
Staff Attack: 19 Damage: 10
Kick Attack: 19 Damage: 8
"Anyone got fire, or we gotta roll 'em in theirs?"
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Ash thinks about lighting a torch, but maybe not quite yet. And there is fire nearby already…
For now, she fires from hidden ((if you need a bonus action roll to remain hidden let me know (minimum 21 though!).))…
Attack (crossbow, light): Attack: 26 Damage: 5 (piercing damage)
…if it hits, take an extra 13 sneak attack damage.
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
Ben wonders if he will get the opportunity to see a halfling be eaten by a troll in the near future.
He adds,
"I can't do fire. Be the problem solvers I trust you to be!
Ben, again the uncontrolled troll hears your words and they seem to bother the creature. (-5)
At this point, the troll now starts to look around since you've used the spell a few times, and since you're pointing to the troll for everyone to see, you'd be standing up by now and so I think both of the trolls are now aware of your presence Ben.
Ash, given where you're located and the fact that you'll always have the minimum of 21, you will definitely remain unseen even after you shoot. The troll will have half cover since there's 2 trees between you and it, but your crossbow bolt still nails it. Ash, you assume the troll is dead given the bolt goes right through the trolls head. It starts to fall to the ground....... (-22)
Korrik, seeing Ash's crossbow bolt go through the uncontrolled troll's head and seeing it start to fall to the ground, would your attacks now go toward the one that is still standing? Or would you try to do something else in this moment?
Just want to pause here for that clarification as it's going to be important. The trolls are going to regenerate the 10 hp and the one that Ash seemingly put down is going to pop back up - UNLESS Korrik does something else now seeing that Ash has in the moment fallen that one. Hope that makes sense and is not opening the door for meta actions.
Also if Korrik does attack the troll 1, it'll need to make the INT save so I think we need to pause here.
Let me know Korrik!
Round 5: Ben, Ash, Korrik, Trolls, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
((I think given that the fire instructions were communicated as he was making his approach, if target number one went down that Korrik would switch to target number two.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
((Very true, although Korrik did mention about rolling the troll in the fire, and so I wanted to give that opportunity to him as the body starts to fall to the ground (like the moment before it gets the 10 regen.) instead of assuming that he'd just attack the other troll.))
Post likely coming later this morning!
Korrik, you see Ash's bolt enter and exit the south trolls head and it starts to fall to the ground as you enter the fray and land your staff strikes as well as your well placed kick to the north (controlled) troll. (-17)
The trolls are up. The south one that Ash shot hits the ground and then immediately pops back up, dark blood spurting from the crossbow bolt hole and starts to look around. (+10) The north one's wounds close some more (+10) and it is still under the effects of Ben's magic.
The controlled north troll continues to attack the other south troll even after being attacked by Korrik. It lets out a loud yell and tries to first claw and then boot the south troll into the fire. All of this happens, and the troll is shredded up (-22) and then kicked into the campfire, now burning up as its flesh sizzles (-6). The troll isn't moving and is just burning in the fire and is essentially burning dead.
Bimz holds his position in the tree.
Ess yells out "FIRE?! Naaaaa bros, fork that! I'll keep shooting!" and he takes another shot with his bow to the remaining troll. He's unseen, but won't be after this shot. The arrow goes wide.
Aryte bursts forth from behind the tree, yelling out something in draconic, and dashes up beside the standing troll. She then yells to everyone "YES! Push into fire!" she has no other actions left due to her dashing.
Round 6: Ben, Ash, Korrik, Troll, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
Ben is up! Ash and Korrik could also queue up their turns.
((one troll remains. The other one will die once its turn cycles in this round))
Map is updated.
The spell having run it's course, Ben drops concentration on it.
He stays where he is and, lacking anything better, tries for a dissonant whispers (Wis save DC 15): 13
Saying in general infernal:
"You killed your best friend! How could you..."
Ash shoots once more from her spot hidden in the tree…
Attack (crossbow, light): Attack: 25 Damage: 5 (piercing damage)
…if it hits, take an extra 12 sneak attack damage.
As soon as she’s fired, she springs forward, stowing her crossbow as she runs forward (free action). She also uses her Fast Hands rogue ability to draw one of her daggers with her bonus action, as she gets closer…
If she can, she’ll also use Feline Agility to double her speed for this turn, so she can aaaalmost close the gap between her and the Troll (ending around 15ft away please), ready to draw her other dagger and move into melee, if need be, next turn...
((Eek!! Extra sneak crit dice (boom!): For an extra 15 damage! ))
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
((I'll let those resolve before I post for Korrik.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Ben, your infernal words seem to really get to the troll. It holds its head in agony (-13) and then tries to immediately run away from you to the north using its reaction. (I will adjust map if need be)
If I am correct, this will provoke attacks of opportunity from both Korrik and Aryte. These would happen before Ash's attack.
If that is correct, Korrik please go ahead, and I will make Aryte's in the dice roller.
Ash, depending on the results of the attacks of opportunities you can then change your turn, if you wish.
Ben, Ash, Korrik, Troll, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
Attack: 23 Damage: 7
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Korrik, your staff? misses as does Aryte's morningstar as the troll runs away the 30 ft. Both attacks of opportunity miss.
Ash, let me know what you want to now do on your turn. The rolls you've already made are still ok as long as you're in range!
Korrik, you could also post your turn.
Map is updated.
Ben, Ash, Korrik, Troll, Bimz, Ess, Aryte
@DM…
((OOC: I think the Troll movement takes it out of short-range, for Ash’s crossbow, meaning disadvantage for range… but advantage due to hidden (which makes it a flat roll, I think). Alternatively, if she moves forward into range, she doesn’t have disadvantage due to range, but also doesn’t have advantage due to hidden (so a flat roll again). So I think it doesn’t matter too much what she does! If I’ve worked that out correctly, is there anything we can use from my rolls or should I just roll again, once, for a flat roll? If there’s nothing we can use from my rolls, I’ll just post something new based on the new events. 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