Hekazu

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I, too, would like to ask you to link your rolls, even though you ran them by me in private discourse @Gordian Nought. Advantage was accounted for.

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It is now Brannor's turn @The Harbinger of Ferocity. As we've established about object interactions, you may indeed drop your sword and equip your bow if that is within your interests.

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Wrong tab, that one. I'll drop in some flavour text to compensate.

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The insult reached the ears of the glowing rider who had just recently lost his sword to a running cleric, but the man did not let it bother him much, if at all. A statement came back to Parum, biting at the weak point of the quip: "Renthisjic wer ir svaust enelic shafaer prekitr itrewic di laraeki! Vur ti tangis shafaer jacioniv kurjh!" Despite all that, it was very much clear that the Bard's worries were well founded. The rider was tugging on the reins of the horse, preparing to withdraw.

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"Renthisjic wer ir svaust enelic shafaer prekitr itrewic di laraeki! Vur ti tangis shafaer jacioniv kurjh!" stands for "Says the one who relies on stealing of weapons! And not even on her own!"

@Ryonara The Dragonclaw succeeds in the Wisdom Save (22).

It is now Torus's turn @Gordian Nought.

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@Lucius Cypher If you would like to cut the reins apart, certainly. Otherwise he is likely to stay on.

@Norschtalen You have acquired yourself a scimitar.

It is now Parum's turn @Ryonara.

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@Hekazu
Yeet. And since I’m Recklessly Attacking now, I got a 17/14. If the 17 hits, Orchid is swingig for an awesome 11 slashing.

@Lucius Cypher

That will score a hit and take them down. Map will be updated to reflect this after the next turn. Technically speaking Reckless Attack's benefit is only in effect on your own turn (it does not last the whole round like its drawback does, sadly), but the first roll connects either way.

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Fair enough, though I should let you know Orchid is going to pop his Reckless Endrance when he gets taken down the first time. If the cultist doesn’t strike at Orchid a second time, he’ll try to take a slash at the dragon claw as his AoP.

@Lucius Cypher

That is fair. You are free to roll.

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The sudden change to the champion, their newfound bestial shape specifically, was too much for the horses of the cult. Not trained to endure such stress, they bolted in many directions, with only one exception, that being one of the Dragonclaws managing to keep his under control. The man bit his teeth together as he yanked on the reins, guiding his vulnerable flesh away from the strike of the roaring barbarian, and though the strike found purchase, it merely wounded the man instead of opening him up for death. But with the powerful move of the half-orc came the consequences. A reckless strike gave an opening for punishment, and the cultist whose rank was above the rabble already cut down by the heretics was more than ready to exploit it.

The scimitar of the rider cleaved a bleeding wound into the side of the barbarian too simple to understand greatness, and even in the simpleton's rage it was enough to cull the herd of these nonbelievers. More would follow in due time, the Dragonclaw knew, and brought their blade down once more, now upon the ursine form of the druid. The steel found purchase once again, whittling down on the defences of the heretics, but by then even the one consumed by the fervour of battle would notice the urgent need to regroup.

The two riders both took off onto the path the prisoner snatching adventurers were obviously planning to take, and though the horses of them both were deft and knew how to preserve themselves, the riders were less prepared. While the one further away took back control of his mount, the aggressive one barely avoided the swinging claws of the bear, ready to pay back for the harm caused upon their companion. For now, they would only strike empty air, however.

"For Tiamat's glory!" the two still remaining riders called out their battle cry as they prepared for another assault, now from the front.

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The horses of the now deceased cultists continue running away from Brannor, ending outside current battlemap boundaries.

Dragonclaw #1 makes two attacks, one against Orchid and one against Torus.

• The roll against Orchid came up as 13 17, which beats the raging one's AC. The damage, empowered by the Fanatic Advantage feature as it was, came up as 15 in its raw form. Even with resistance, this should knock Orchid unconscious.
• The second attack was aimed at Torus, and the to hit roll came up as 15. Given it beat the Brown Bear form's AC, it dealt 9 slashing damage.

These attacks were followed by the Dragonclaw ordering their horse to Disengage, denying Opportunity Attacks against the mount, but not the rider. He then proceeded to move for the full 60 feet.

Torus took the Opportunity Attack the retreating rider prompted, though he regrettably missed with a roll of 13.

Dragonclaw #2 uses their action to successfully regain control of their horse (Animal Handling check was passed with a 16) and orders it to Dash, reaching Kyra.

In conclusion, Orchid is down @Lucius Cypher. It is now Kyra's turn @Norschtalen.

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I cannot allow that, @Lucius Cypher. If you roll with advantage, you have used something to gain the advantage. Scouting it beforehand like that is abusing the system, I find. In case of disadvantage, I can factor that in myself or ask you to provide the second roll. Were it not for the fact that you can pop advantage whenever you want, I might be willing to look past this, but since you have the at-will ability, it cannot stand. I hope you understand.

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@Lucius Cypher Looking at your dice log, it seems you have rolled your attack roll twice. I will take it you forgot to mention using Reckless Attack, so I'll factor it in on the turn of the two Dragonclaws. Anyhow, time to get to posting.

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Its Statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form.

That was the area of issue I came across when I read the ability from the character sheet over again, @Hekazu.

@The Harbinger of Ferocity

As far as I can gather, that is included thanks to the Animal form indeed being Large. But since the Hybrid form seems to remain Medium, I suppose there is no change to be made?