[OOC] D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I eagerly await the moment of truth, this I will not lie about.

[Hekazu]

@Lucius Cypher@The Harbinger of Ferocity@Gordian Nought@Ryonara@Norschtalen

Well, Orchid was not exactly in 30 feet range of the dragon, but he would have hit even on a disadvantaged strike so... Yeah. In any case, we are back in business!

Oh, and in case anyone wants to know, if the dragon had recharged it's breath weapon, it would have unleashed it on Parum in full force mocking him. Blue dragons are vain creatures.

[Lucius Cypher]

@HekazuYuuuussss

Hypothetically speaking, what should I roll to try to brace for falling damage? Acrobatics makes the most sense, but I feel with athletisism I could try to tuck and roll into prone rather than land on my feet.

[Hekazu]

@Lucius Cypher
Landing has no rolls associated. One either takes damage and falls prone, or does not and stays upright. I'll be rolling for the falling damage, but the formula is 1d6 bludgeoning damage for each 10ft fallen which caps at 20d6.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I cannot say I am surprised that the dragon did feel legitimately angered, @Hekazu. That maneuver was a bold move on @Ryonara's part, but thus far, quite a few characters have undertaken bold actions. On a related note to that, I am assuming it is @Lucius Cypher's quasi-turn?

[Hekazu]

@The Harbinger of Ferocity
That would be the natural continuation of this, him checking whether he hits the ground (which he will in one turn if he does not hold) or flies off with Lennithon.

So indeed @Lucius Cypher, do your thing!

[Lucius Cypher]

Cool, give me a moment to work something up.

Edit: It's a short one, but there we go. For better or for worse Orchid fell before he could go much higher, so he fell more or less fifty feet below the dragon once it made it's first big gust. He's still raging, so if he does land hard he'll only take half the bludgeoning damage. It may save his life! Also if the damage would still be enough to knock him below 12 but not kill him outright, he'll use his Relentless Endurance.

[Hekazu]

Now, unless anyone wants to continue shooting after your glorious and vastly superior adversary Lennithon^*, tell me. Otherwise we can break away from Initiative order.
I also found a spoiler free map of greenest! Should we pin it somewhere, or...?


* In no way has Lennithon demanded this praise, for I did it on my own for he truly is the greatest. _{please don't lightning breath me...}

[Lucius Cypher]

@Hekazu

You should paste it on the first post of the OoC with some basic info about Greenest like "This farming village is known for its truffle crops and once was the home of Sir Pecs Flexington, muscle wizard" or something.

[Hekazu]

@Hekazu

You should paste it on the first post of the OoC with some basic info about Greenest like "This farming village is known for its truffle crops and once was the home of Sir Pecs Flexington, muscle wizard" or something.

@Lucius Cypher

Speaking of muscle wizards, the first game I ever DM'd had a Sorcerer whose source of magic was his oiled muscles. He was a tiefling that had adopted a virtue name for something they were going to achieve... and that name was no more, no less than Swaglord Yoloking. He is still my favourite Wild Magic sorcerer to this day.

Now about the actual subject, I could do what you suggested. Soon^TM anyway, right now is not exactly a good moment to start picking the most important pieces of the history of Greenest.

[Lucius Cypher]

Nonsense. What you should do is have one of the soldiers go up to Orchid (he should still be up at 4 Hp since he's only take half bludgeoning from falling) and tell Orchid that he has never seen anything like what he did since Sir Pecs Flexington used her arcane swole to hold down a tornado en route to the village, using her buldging biceps and some of her wizardry to wrestle the natural disaster into submission.

And that is why Orchid has a level in Wizard.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I admit I am impressed Orchid survived, thankful at that, but what a whirlwind of unexpected events this has been in one encounter. If no one posts by this evening, I certainly will. As for pinning the map, I would say either in the initial post, or in hider beneath the now cleared initiative order.

[Hekazu]

@Lucius Cypher@The Harbinger of Ferocity@Norschtalen@Gordian Nought@Ryonara
The map of Greenest has been added onto the Characters tab.

[Norschtalen]

Sorry for being offline for so long everyone! Someone stole my computer but I managed to get it back today. It's very late right now but I'll try and post tomorrow.

[Hekazu]

Sorry for being offline for so long everyone! Someone stole my computer but I managed to get it back today. It's very late right now but I'll try and post tomorrow.

@Norschtalen

Computer thieves on the loose? I hate to hear that such a thing happened to you, but I'm glad you got it back.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I would say that's a reasonable excuse for not being around as much as you would in the norm, @Norschtalen.

[Hekazu]

@Gordian Nought Though I recognise that you haven't been online on the site for five days (or perhaps because I indeed noticed that) I would like to request a prompt reply at your earliest convenience.

In any case, I do believe we who are present should keep some activity up: Governor Nighthill will be calling for you soon, but he needs to gather his thoughts first.

[Lucius Cypher]

I like this idea. "Dragon Hunting". Dunno if that's the direction we were suppose to go but I totes welcome it.

[Gordian Nought]

Apologies, to all, for the distracted absence and negligence. I recently had an unexpected death in the family. Between the necessary familial obligations and work deadlines, I will likely generate a post on the morrow.

[Gordian Nought]

Torus now returns to the brim of reality. Or rather fantasy, I should say.