[OOC] (D&D 5E) The Tyranny of Dragons, Part 1; Hoard of the Dragon Queen

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Tangletail Oh, nothing, really. But you will need to make a wisdom saving throw. I will tell you, you need to get a 15 to succeed, or else suffer the Frightened condition (unable to move towards the dragon, DsAdv on Attacks/Abilities while you can see the dragon).

So that everyone is notified; @Vertigo@DTHar@DrakeEricsen@Eleven... it's time to roll Initiative.

You now have a number of choices to make. The following events will happen;

• Cassandra will stand up. In one round, she will reach the city. Vaal, if you are frightened, you will make two additional saving throws. If not, you can interact with Cassandra as you wish - follow her, get her to stop, flee, and so on.
• Sebastian will order the rest of you into action - this it is your choice whether or not to obey (it will cause a reaction post). Lucian, Sebastian's horse, is currently without a rider. In this time of need, two of you (any of the five of you, regardless of size) will be able to mount the horse. A player can nominate Sebastian or themselves. Whoever is on Lucian will reach the city in two rounds.
• Sylvanna will reach the party in one round. It will take an Animal Handling check to soothe her. Again, two riders can mount and will reach the city in two rounds (reaching the city in the third round).
• The remaining person will have to run. They will reach the city in the fourth round, not including Magdar - who in heavy armour and at 25 speed, will reach the city in the fifth round.
• This is an encounter. I'm having you guys roll initiative now to save time.

Oh, also, this'll be in the Characters tab so you can find it again, but if you guys wouldn't mind using this format while we're in Initiative, I'd be grateful.

Combat format

[h3]Character’s Turn | Init: Z[/h3]
[b]HP[/b]Current/Maximum + Temporary, if any | Status: if any

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[hider=Turn Summary]Action
Bonus action[/hider]

[Tangletail]

19 for Wisdom Save

20 for init Edit: Its an 18. Just noticed I added my Bonus to it

[Vertigo]

Oohh, action time!

For now, here's this 4 (nat 1) for initiative.

Also, Mahz is not around and definitely would not be checking each @ mention even if he was. Try to post a delete request here, @Tangletail

[CollectorOfMyst]

You also can't edit a tag in. It only notifies you if you are tagged in the initial post.

[Eleven]

lol I shouldn't have been surprised that there's a dragon, with the title and all, but still :O

@CollectorOfMyst Got 13 for initiative.

[Tangletail]

lol I shouldn't have been surprised that there's a dragon, with the title and all, but still :O

@CollectorOfMyst Got 13 for initiative.

@Eleven

I just hope we don't have to fight it. Blues be no joke @_@

[CollectorOfMyst]

I just hope we don't have to fight it. Blues be no joke @_@

@Tangletail

No comment.

[DTHar]

Mine is 14

[Tangletail]

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No comment.

@CollectorOfMyst

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NERVOUS KOBOLD NOISES

[CollectorOfMyst]

So what do you guys want to do? What's your plan?

[Tangletail]

So what do you guys want to do? What's your plan?

@CollectorOfMyst

Vaal's trying to get Cassandra out of sight in case anyone heard the Mare screaming like a banshy. I wouldn't mind waiting for the other's to catch up. Buuuut I'm probably not sticking around in the same place if I get swarmed. Squishy Kobold be squishy. Less he works that magic tongue, and my luck with diplomacy on this forum is abysmal. Even with high bonuses.

[Eleven]

Okay, so we want to reach the city as fast as possible, yeah? So slowest (Magdar) should be one of the riders.

Does Rhaeyla having Animal Handling as a skill give her some bonus when doing the check? Because then she would try soothing Sylvanna, and would probably ride her unless someone else wants to. She'd be fine with being the one to run.

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Eleven Proficiency in Animal Handling adds your proficiency bonus when making a roll, in simple terms. At level 1, that's +2. It increases as your character level increases (not your class level).

Animal Handling is a wisdom skill, so you would roll 1d20 + your wisdom modifier +2.

[CollectorOfMyst]

So... who's still around?

[Eleven]

Here! :D Was just waiting for the others' say in what we should do.

[Tangletail]

I am

[Vertigo]

Yep, also here! Wanted to let Eleven post first.

As for what Caw would do, though he's scared out of his wits, he's used to following orders - so he will definitely heed Sebastian's words. He'd likely go with whomever moves first, most likely riding with them since he's very poor on foot.

[Tangletail]

Yep, also here! Wanted to let Eleven post first.

As for what Caw would do, though he's scared out of his wits, he's used to following orders - so he will definitely heed Sebastian's words. He'd likely go with whomever moves first, most likely riding with them since he's very poor on foot.

@Vertigo

How well can he ride though?

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Tangletail You can assume at this moment that everyone can ride the horse well enough. It's a riding horse - it has been trained for stuff like this.

[Vertigo]

@Tangletail Well enough, considering I was thinking less holding the reigns and riding to battle, more clinging onto whomever sits in front of him for dear life.