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

[Hekazu]

@Norschtalen - Shortsword misses I am afraid, but your dagger does find momentary purchase in his upper back before he shunts you off him. Another wound is added to the mix. Target remains standing, but is ever weaker.

Next up, Orchid @Lucius Cypher.

[Hekazu]

Well, that attack does it. Combat will be adjourned. Would you like me to post a death description or splatter yourself in the amount of gore you were looking for @Lucius Cypher?

(I will note that his strike was at Orchid's chest, rather than neck. So it's not as much "returning the favour" as you might think.)

[Lucius Cypher]

Ah sorry, I always assumed crits are headshots. You can go ahead and narrate how it’s done.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

It appears all of the characters have survived, battered and broken surely, buy alive. This in mind, I will see about drafting something this evening to come or at least by tomorrow in response. I am pleasantly surprised we did not actually lose anyone, hanging on a thread as a number of our characters were and are.

[Hekazu]

Bit of a warning, I won't be around for a few days as I'm going to spend a few days away from connections and/or wall sockets to draw electricity from.

[Lucius Cypher]

Shame, but understandable. We’ll keep the dream alive while you’re gone!

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

When one is available, do let us know if Cyanwrath has anything on him of interest, even if it is just his weapons and armor, @Hekazu.

[Hekazu]

I'll address that once I have a moment to delve into the sourcebooks. Am expecting that to be tomorrow!

[Zverda]

@Hekazu I did a Medicine roll for Torus in case he could use his medicinal know how to maybe help Parum.

[Hekazu]

@The Harbinger of Ferocity - Cyanwrath has no notable items on him other than the splint mail he is wearing, one that is fitted for a half-dragon of his size (category remains medium), the somewhat ornate greatsword he was using when he fought Brannor and a pair of spears he never made use of on his back. Suppose if there was something else he'd left it behind.

Nobody asked separately, but all of the goons he had with him also came with just their weapons and armour (a greataxe and hide armour each), plus that one lantern that's still lit on #2's belt. No extra oil here though.

@Zverda - Since Torus has neither a Healer's Kit, nor the feat to restore hit points with one, I don't think rolling a raw medicine check will benefit you here. He does know that Parum could be better, but that she is still capable of fighting. Could conjure forth more goodberries for what that is worth. I believe you still have spell slots remaining.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

Unfortunate but to be expected, @Hekazu, I did not imagine these men and their dragon leader to carry all that much on them. Brannor will leave the few articles as is and where they lay, seeing nothing of interest or use in them in his eyes, @Norschtalen.

[Hekazu]

Orchid is starting to look like this guy


Anyone else got anything to say?

[Lucius Cypher]

Hell yeah man, I wanna carry enough weapons that I could use them as armor!

That reminds me of a very gimmick and silly build in Pathfinder where you could potentially have some crazy AC thanks to having an abundance of enchanted weapons, due to the wording of an ability that basically said “add +1 AC for every different magical weapon (so two magic longswords would just be +1, but a magic longsword and battleaxe is +2) that is not ammunition in your possession”, so people had these crazy dumb ideas of just being walking armories and using spells to enchant the weapons to have like, 30+ AC on type of fullplates and shields. Naturally this got errata’d.

In any case I got nothing else to add.

[Hekazu]

Welp, not much seems to be happening. And days are just ticking on by.

[Lucius Cypher]

I think we were waiting for you, @Hekazu.

[Hekazu]

I think we were waiting for you, @Hekazu.

@Lucius Cypher

You hadn't moved anywhere before the latest post though, so I didn't have much to contribute

I'll try to get back to you people soon, in the next two days should be the most likely window.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

If nothing comes in the next couple of days I will make a minor addition to the new scene. Hopefully someone else will post before then lest it just perpetuate this cycle ongoing.

[Lucius Cypher]

Would it be possible to take Cyanwrath’s armor and make it functionally a breastplate? I figured that’d be as simple as just taking said chest part of the armor, leaving off the extra bits like grieves, pouldrons, etc.

[Hekazu]

Would it be possible to take Cyanwrath’s armor and make it functionally a breastplate? I figured that’d be as simple as just taking said chest part of the armor, leaving off the extra bits like grieves, pouldrons, etc.

@Lucius Cypher

Maybe? It'll take you a fair bit longer than the time you have in the dungeon though, and some knowledge in Smith's Tools for that refitting. You'll save in materials though. Taking "just" the chest part isn't really cutting it since it doesn't provide the same kind of flexibility, given the structure of a splint mail. Should be possible in the longer run though.

[Lucius Cypher]

Hmm. I'll consider it when we're on our way out. Be posting either today or tomorrow.