Tyranny of Dragons - Chapter 1 - The Grass is Greenest.... Literally Anywhere Else

[Zergrinch]

The halfling is disappointed with the lack of edible spoils from the man. After cutting out the patch of tattoo for use as a souvenir which he stuffs in his increasingly-bloody pack, Zack hands the scimitar to little Dona, saying "Here you go, little one. Something to protect your family!"

The fat halfling then scans the horizon for some more of these brigands they can ambush.

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Perception: (1d20+6)[9]

[Gastronomie]

"...Damn...more of the weaklings? I don't fancy blooding my own hands..." Shard mutters, and calls over to the others, "Hey, could someone there cut off one of those kobolds' heads and pass it over to me?"

He then adds, "If there's any more of them that we bump into, I say we don't kill them - just hold them captive so we can ask questions later. And if we can initimidate them into surrendering, that's the best solution, isn't it?"

Spoiler: OOC

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Should we later bump into kobolds, Shard will use the "Intimidation" skill using the severed head, perhaps adding some "Prestidigitation" and "Control Flames" shenanigans to make him look threatening. Also, related to that - smashbro, will you rule that this applies to interaction with Kobolds? The Dragon Ancestor ability of the Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer:

...Whenever you make a Charisma check when interacting with dragons, your proficiency bonus is doubled if it
applies to the check.

Since Kobolds fear dragons, and Shard is (sorta) a dragon, I believe it would be logical for his attempts of intimidation to work pretty effectively - how do you think?
Also, if we are to threaten the Kobolds, could someone use the Help action on Shard to give me advantage? If that's allowed.

[smashbro]

OOC stuff:

Yes, your draconic ancestor will apply against the Kobolds, even if they do not quite know why they are scared of you.

Other players can use the Help action as long as they add something new to the threat. So having someone else's character add in "What he said" won't do anything. But if they make an additional threat or do something new to help, then yes.

[smashbro]

OOC: Checking back guys... going to sneak past the final group or confront them?

[Zergrinch]

Need more cloaks.

And a prisoner or two to interrogate.

Attack 'em, I say!

[Gastronomie]

Spoiler: OOC

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Intimidate them into surrendering, capture them, and later ask them questions in a verrrrry friendly manner.

[Zergrinch]

Ehh, you only need a mouth to answer.

You don't need those two arms, those two legs. The other leg...

[Estralita]

Glory tugged on her new cloak ( the fanciest of fancy cloaks) squinted towards the next group, trying to get a better look at who they were, and what kind of composition they had. She held her bow in resting position, but ready to draw and fire at the first sound of trouble.

Spoiler: OOC

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Perception check:
(d20+2)[10]

[smashbro]

OOC: So sorry for the lack of posting, been super busy/distracted lately. Transitioning between jobs/moving soon, so I'm not as available as I would like to be. Ideally I'll have more time to post in the near future.



The group you see ahead of you is four cloaked figures, chasing after a badly injured Dwarf.

The enemies have not seen you yet: you can try to sneak closer (currently around 90 feet away) or begin to attack immediately.

[Zergrinch]

Zack lets out a scowl; he is sadly out of range for any of his druidic magic to reliably hit. He looks at the rest of the party, but readies himself to freeze the first opponent to come within range.

[Estralita]

Glory frowned at the attackers, and let loose an arrow. Maybe they would look for someone who could fight back.

Spoiler: Attack!

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Sneak Attack? Either way, hitting a random cloak.
(d20+5)[17]
(d8+3)[4]
(d6)[6]

[Fishybugs]

Drake sees the cloaked figures chasing after the dwarf and sprints in that direction, longsword at the ready.

Spoiler: Run, run, run

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Move toward the dwarves, then take the dash action to move closer.

[Gastronomie]

EDIT: NVM, info-based it makes no sense anymore.

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[smashbro]

Zack readies his magic, as an arrow whizzes past his face. Glory's shot plants itself in the head of one of the cloaked figures.

The figure crumples to the ground, dead, and their companions turn to see the group.


OOC: @Gastronomie Sorry, I should have been clearer the cloaked figures - they are all medium sized and therefore not Kobolds (and there are none in the immediate area). In character you would have seen this so if you would like to do something different let me know or confirm your actions.



Turn order:
Shard - 1 round before combat starts

Nuadha [22]
Plain Robes 2 [19]
Tor [15]
Plain Robes 1 [13]
Glory [12]
Drake [11]
Plain Robes 3 [9]
Fancy Robes [8]
Shard [6]
Zack [5]
Injured Dwarf [5]

Spoiler: Rolls

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Drake [roll0]
Tor [roll1]
Nuadha [roll2]
Shard [roll3]
Glory [roll4]
Zack [roll5]

Injured Dwarf [roll6]
Injured Dwarf [roll7]

Fancy Robes [roll8]
Plain Robes 1 [roll9]
Plain Robes 2 [roll10]
Plain Robes 3 [roll11]

[Daracaex]

This time, Nuadha didn't mind the straight-forward approach. If it distracted the dwarf's pursuers, making noise was the right thing to do. He advanced on the robed figures, ready to attack to wound, not to kill. Preferably, they could take the fancier-robed one alive for questioning.

Spoiler: Mechanics

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Move toward the robed figures, then charge if in range, or ready an action to charge if/when one of them comes in range.

Attack (rapier): (1d20+5)[8]
Damage: (1d8+5)[7] piercing

[Estralita]

Glory didn't hesitate, pulling another arrow and shooting at the same cloaked figure that Nuadha attacked.

Spoiler: OOC

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Sneak Attack!
(d20+5)[8]
(d8+3)[6]
(d6)[1]

[smashbro]

Nuadha rushes forward to meet one of the cloaked figures, who turns and makes to attack him. As Nuadha's attack misses the cloaked man...

his spear finds a home through Nuadha's armor. The man's eyes light up and an excited grin crosses his face.

Spoiler: Rolls

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(1d20+3)[20]

(1d6+1)[5]

OOC: Tor is up next.

[smashbro]

OOC: Waiting just one more day, then moving on to the NPC and Glory.

[Zergrinch]

Next time, you may want to consider group initiative instead of individual initiative. It becomes rather slow if a PC must post, then the DM updates, then another PC posts...

[Gastronomie]

"Oh damn, more of'em?" Shard mutters, and points a finger at the cloaked men. He whispers in Draconic, and two streaks of flame shoot outward, straight towards the enemies.

Spoiler: Attacks

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Turn 1:
Attack Roll: (1d20+4)[14]
Damage: (1d10)[8]
Critical: (1d10)[3]

Attack Roll: (1d20+4)[7]
Damage: (1d10)[1]
Critical: (1d10)[2]

[smashbro]

(Tor passes turn)

The next cloaked figure also charges Nuadha, grunting as she thrusts her spear at the warrior. The spear misses it's target wide.

However Glory's arrow also flies past its target, landing firmly in the ground.

OOC: Drake's turn

Spoiler: Rolls

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(1d20+3)[8]
(1d6+1)[2]

[Fishybugs]

Drake rushes to Nuadha's aid, swinging at the cloaked figure with his longsword.

Spoiler: OOC

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Attack: (d20+6)[22] for [roll]/d8+4[/roll] damage and (d8)[1] more if it crits

[smashbro]

Drake charges with his longsword to help Nuadha, slicing at one of the robed figures and connecting. THough the enemy is still standing, you can see a bloodstain growing larger through the robes.

Spoiler: Drake's damage

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(1d8+4)[7]

The figure in the more elaborate robes raises their arm gracefully... brandishing a club. They run toward the melee, swinging at Drake... and missing completely.

Spoiler: Fancy Rolls

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(1d20+2)[9]
(1d4)[2]

Shard, meanwhile, shoots flames toward the melee, the first attack successfully burning, and dropping, one of the plain robed figures. The second flame misses, causing both the elaborate robed fighter and Nuasha to quickly dodge out of the way.





OOC: Zack's turn.


Nuadha [22]
Plain Robes 2 [19]
Tor [15]
Plain Robes 1 [13]
Glory [12]
Drake [11]
Plain Robes 3 [9]
Fancy Robes [8]
Shard [6]
Zack [5]
Injured Dwarf [5]

[Zergrinch]

Zack's prepared spell triggers as Fancy McFancyface rushes towards the uptight soldier. Before the elaborate-robed man can recover his bearings, the halfling thrusts out a thorny whip to shred him and pull him closer!

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Reaction (happens before start of Zack's turn): Frostbite vs. first opponent to come within range (Elaborate Robe). Target must pass a DC14 CON save (1d20)[13] or take (1d6)[1] cold damage and have disadvantage on their next weapon attack roll.


Action: Thorn Whip vs. nearest opponent (Elaborate Robe). (1d20+6)[17] vs. AC. On hit, (1d6)[1] piercing damage and pull target 10 feet closer. Lucky reroll if 1: (1d20+6)[23]. Critical hit: (1d6)[4].

[Daracaex]

Nudha shakes off the blow, then watches Zack pull out his thorn whip against the better-dressed of the cultists. "Try to take that one alive!" he calls, then suits actions to words and attempts to hit the fancy-robed cultist across the back of the head with the flat of his blade to knock him out after he is pulled toward Zack (provided Fancy-Robes is still in melee range after the pull). Otherwise, he would simply try to disable the man here instead.

Spoiler: OOC

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Now that allies are adjacent to his enemies, sneak attack for (1d20+5)[22] vs AC and doing (1d8+5)[8]+(1d6)[5] nonlethal damage.

[Gastronomie]

"...That one seems like their boss, eh?" Shard shoots another ray of flame at the man with the FANCY robes.

Spoiler: Fire Bolt

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Attack Roll: (1d20+4)[13]
Damage: (1d10)[5]
Critical: (1d10)[5]

[Zergrinch]

"Kid, what part of 'Try to take that one alive!' don't you understand?" the halfling telepathically berates the young sorcerer. "He can't talk if you roast him to death!".

[Gastronomie]

"Who do you think I am? No one in the world is better than me at manipulating flame," Shard muses. "Look, wait and see, it'll hit him so wonderfully that he'd both lose his willpower and still somehow stay alive."

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If his AC is really low.

[Daracaex]

Spoiler: OOC

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If Shard even gets the opportunity. He's really far down in initiative and the rest of us might take Mr Fancycakes down first.

[smashbro]

As the person in the Fancier robes misses, they notice their cold shoulder and turn to see Zack's thorn whip, wrapping around their body.

The robed figure is pulled toward Zack but along the way passes Nuadha. The fancy robed figure is knocked out cold, limply being dragged toward Zack.


The remaining guard, standing in the center of your party... drops his spear and runs. Opposite direction, as fast as he can.


OOC: Combat is over, if anyone would like to pursue the fleeing person, feel free. Everyone can safely get an attack off (and I can confirm that Shard's attack will hit as they run). Everyone has the chance for a ranged attack or movement and melee.

The cloaked figure is knocked out, and you can find the following loot among the bodies:

• 1 Club
• Fancy Robes
• Plain Robes
• Bloody Plain Robes
• 3 Spears
• 2 gp on each of the Plain Robes, 5 gp on the Fancy Robe

Take your time to loot/speak amongst yourselves. There is nothing more between your party and the keep. Will post more description tomorrow.


IC: The red headed Dwarf lets out a sigh and stands up as best he can. "I'd like to offer thanks for the help, but tha' won't matter at'll unless we can make it inside the Keep."