Hekazu

D&D 5e - Hoard of the Dragon Queen

@The Harbinger of Ferocity

The pillar could be in the way, but considering how allied fighters are only difficult terrain, diagonals come with no added cost and the high flying kobold is too far to get an opportunity attack, it looks like to me he could make the movement by going around the right side too. Reaching said square is thus entirely possible.

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Your impressions are correct @The Harbinger of Ferocity.

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I have a friend who has very similar luck with cantrips as you are having right now. Dice just don't seem to like mocking people. It'll even out in due time, I'm sure.

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The Winged Kobold makes its save at 15, I am afraid @Ryonara.

Next up would be Ashkar Brannor @The Harbinger of Ferocity.

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@Hekazu

Small question, there should be a small check point of sorts when going from the lower levels to higher ones, right?

Armed guards that definitely won't like Croaks & etc? XD

@13org

Sounds about right. Nobody on the lowest (1st) level really, 'cause there ain't a soul who would accept such a job. They'd get shot for existing on the "trash level". Any levels further than that and there might actually be people. Second to third might still pass with his reputation, but on the third the guards might be less welcoming, even demanding a repeated check on entry or something like that. 2nd level would probably just have the guards, but the higher you go the more toys they'll have to keep law and order with.

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Kyra kept an eye out for enemies leaving the cloud of fog, but was not blinded to her other surroundings either. One of those that had dived down low was on the return, with a rather hefty rock in its clawed hands. That wouldn't do. A single shot pierced the creature's head, it soon being relieved of its burden. Back down it went, where it belonged. And as luck would have it, the stone had not hit solid floor, rather thunking itself away in the sea of mushrooms. That was the first threat down. But then they began to pour forth from the fog.

The first to arrive met a cruel surprise laid out by the druid. The flight was well overshot, its aim having been at his old location. The predator on its path bounced only a short distance into the air and nabbed the annoyance between his jaws, ripping off wing, arm and leg, not to mention a hefty chunk from the side to boot. The giant hyena spat the pieces out with a snicker, preparing to see if it could do anything about the rest. Its moves were too slow for such a thing however, and it could just barely avoid a rock falling down, crashing against the floor next to it. The predator's eyes were turned upward, and the beast grinned at its new acquired target. Only to let another pass by in the haste.

A dagger gleamed in the faint light coming in from the outside, the kobold on crash course with Orchid. The scimitar was too slow as the critter spun around the man on the opposite side, slicing a nasty wound to the half-orc's side before spinning around back to the front, the beating of its wings rising dust from the cavern floor. It shrieked a nonverbal threat, though a quick look at the situation at hand clearly had the creature contemplating an escape. This hadn't gone quite as had been planned.

Mechanics&Rolls

Kyra hits, and downs a flying enemy. Torus takes an opportunity attack against one and also lands it with a roll of 23, dealing 10 damage, which is lethal. Two down this turn, three in total, leaving two more in flight.

The remaining kobolds have yet to retreat, instead finishing the attacks they had set into. One attempts to drop a rock onto Torus, but misses with a roll of 9. Another flies at Orchid and attempts to hit him with a dagger, landing a critical hit against the half-orc with advantage granted from him having attacked recklessly (the lower roll having been 13). This attack deals to him 11 piercing damage. @Lucius Cypher



Next up, Parum @Ryonara.

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Target is slain, @Lucius Cypher.

It is now Kyra's turn @Norschtalen. With enemies outside of the fog and in view dealt with, it is still possible to aim for the latest known location of either high flying enemy, in which case your hiding advantage is spent to not gain disadvantage from the target being out of sight. It is also possible to remain in hiding, of course. If you do, please provide the advantaged attack rolls and the damage roll beforehand.

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I don't have any ways of mitigating the damage, but if Orchid passes an acrobatics check could he at least land on his feet?

@Lucius Cypher

There is no mention of such option in the official rules and I'm not feeling like writing a separate homebrew rule for this, so I shall be going on with RAW on this matter.

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Other combatants are difficult terrain. But it is feasible to assume that you might take the "free" diagonals to avoid going through occupied spaces, so said leap would be possible. If you do, remember that you will be taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage from the fall and landing prone, unless you have a way to mitigate that damage to zero @Lucius Cypher.

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Torus saw the situation before him and cracked his worn knuckles, feeling for the power of nature that he knew coursed within his veins. A regrettably familiar sensation kept calling for him to use the might in the most aggressive manner he could rely upon, to bring forth an explosion of noise and a ripping gale, much like in the many seafaring combats the intruding spirit he had thought gone by the blessing of the village priest not all that long ago at all. But he knew better than to follow the voice blindly. Useful as taking down the brunt of the opposition might be, it would reveal them for the entirety of this cave. While it was still early on in and they could run away, it wasn't what they were looking for at all. So there had to be another option. One that still relied on memories of water and weather, but in much less destructive manner.

The druid stepped forth, waving his hand to summon forth a cloud of fog, one that covered a great deal of the area to the left of him. He'd already seen Brannor let loose his arrow, so enveloping the warrior of the wilds in the cloud would be much lesser a problem than inconveniencing the pink haired Cleric's shot at the lone enemy left outside the suddenly appearing visual obscuration. But a distraction was not all he could be for the party. As he strode forward, the man fell again on all fours, the presence of man slipping away as fur and bestial wrath pushed forth. The enemy was weak. The choice of form was feral and lean over the usual hulking brute, Torus adopting the shape of a Giant Hyaena and diving halfway into the cloud, ready to gnaw at any hostile creature to try and flee its shroud.

Mechanics&Rolls

Torus casts Fog Cloud and Wild Shapes into a Giant Hyaena. He now has 45 HP and other statistics belonging to the creature whose form he took. He also takes up the position shown on the map, looking forward to making opportunity attacks on any winged kobolds that might try to rush past him.

It is now Orchid's turn, @Lucius Cypher.