Like, I understand that a 5-foot climb is a big climb to a li’l Hin, but is it more of a hop to a charging lava boar considering the jumping rules? Like, does it look like it would have to clamber up each 5-foot shelf, or would it be two pounces and it’s on her?

Ilyara moved over behind Tommary, clasping her symbol of the Traveler and tapping that divine spark to share her Blessing for a moment, quieting Tommary's feet and slipping eyes off of him.  "If we're gonna do this, we'd best be about it," she said quietly, hand hovering near Rilia's grip but not actually drawing the weapon anywhere the monstrous barbeque pig could see it.

{Blessing of the Trickster, Tommary has advantage on Stealth for one hour.}

OOC: Ilyara coming too?  Want to check off the right spell slot.

OOC: if you cast it, she will come.

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OOC: 30 feet lateral and 10 feet vertical.

 OOC: I meant along the Hex in a straight charge:

Would a standard 30-foot move close that distance without dashing and potentially lock Toots in melee?

 OOC: Changing elevation up would cost extra so...40 feet but you don't know yet how fast the thing can move. Most creatures could Dash then put you into opportunity attack range if you move away.

Tommary knows Ily's magic is somehow called upon, and there's probably some system of trading favors with the Traveller at play.  Tommary's mojo is all about working things out in scripts in the vaults and rehearsal,  like this next one, he figured it out when some promoter wanted to do a Hall of Mirror Battle Royale.  Amidst all the combatants shattering through actual and reflective opponents, Tommary learned a lot about light. After the match, and some rested bones, he worked angling himself in just a way that light just misses him and no see him, and with a pat to Ilyra to set her at the right angle, presto, no see her either.  And away they go, off to protontorpedo.

invisibility cast third level.  Tommary's gonna creep as far an angle keeping maximum distance between himself and Toots and moreso Tyler Vail.  Getting to the orb the most round about (away from the fireside chat) way as possible.  stealth 31

Not sure if the terrain may necessitate some technical climbing, but if so, athletics 15

OOC: I’m out of quarantine and feeling much better, but we have family visiting somewhat unexpectedly, so it may be a day or two before I can really participate. 

While Tommary and Ilraya try to be sneaky, the lava boar gets more agitated with the invader in it space. It paws the ground and moves closer to Toots, growling and snorting a challenge.

*INTRUDER! *

“…and then we all poured as much healing magic as we could into Santa,’but he got super cold and icy anyway….” Toots will cautiously back up a few feet towards the doorway.

The lava boar sees Toots retreat , lowers its head and makes ready to charge.

ROLL INITIATIVE!

Elyona 17

Lava Boar 19

Tommary initiative: 19

OOC: Aww… crap. That’s what I was afraid would happen. (Initiative: 24)

Presuming that👆24 will put Toots at the top of the initiative order, she will cast mage armor on herself as her action and run back through the doorway with her move, preferably behind Ely. Hopefully the doorway will prevent the Large lava lost from getting to her and Elyona. If the boar does get through the doorway, hopefully Ely will have no problem laying the smacketh downeth. 

OOC: wouldn't disengage get you back there without incurring a lava load dropped on your back from Tyler?  EDIT: never mind, spell cast, got it,

OOC: It is possible that Ilyara will roll higher but probably not change Toots' action.

Tommary's ready his action, presuming Tyler Vail pursues Toots, Tommary will use Tyler's crossing of the North/South row of hexes in line with him as a trigger to use all available movement to travel the bridge to get as close to the orb as possible.  

Not sure if needed on turn for turn now that we're in combat, but if I do.  Stealth 16 and Athletics 13 

Note: per his Scout skirmisher feature, it looks like if Tyler Vail stops their movement within 5' of Tommary, Tommary can move half of his movement rate without triggering an AoO as part of his reaction, I don't know if that can't be done in line with his readied action anyway.  I don't think it would negate the freedom from AoO but not sure whether 15' normal movement would get added to his base movement capacity like a blade flourish or not.

Pretty sure OAs need a "target you can see".

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 OOC: Tommary doesn't know whether Tyler Vail is simply animated by the greater sentience of this chamber of living lava, whose tremorsense is well aware of his trespass over its basalt.  I mean he's trying to heist protontorpedo who knows what security this ultimate lava lamps set up has going on in it.

Tommary dances and twirls, parkours off the ascending walls, dodges random spatters of lava, does a 360 spin like an ice skater, and makes it closer to the floating ball. Would have been cool to see, but he's invisible.

Ilyara, you are up!