[OOC] Expedition to Castle Ravenloft

[dangelo]

Druid spawns resists grapple - unlike Sir Theo, he's not proficient in Athletics (1d20+3)[12]

[truemane]

Retain Grapple (w/Advantage): (1d20+12)[25], (1d20+12)[13]

[Dr.Samurai]

Asha OA vs Wizard Spawn
(1d20+11)[21] + [roll] 1d4[/roll] Attack Roll
(1d8+7)[14] Thunder Damage

[dangelo]

Treasure:

Mace of Terror

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This magic weapon has 3 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror. Each creature of your choice in a 30-foot radius extending from you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you for 1 minute. While it is frightened in this way, a creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it can't willingly move to a space within 30 feet of you. It also can't take reactions. For its action it can use only the Dash action or try to escape from an effect that prevents it from moving. If it has nowhere it can move, the creature can use the Dodge action. At the end of each of its turns, a creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.

The mace regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn.

Icon of Ravenloft

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While within 30 feet of the icon, a creature is under the effect of a Protection from Evil and Good spell against fiends and undead. Only a creature attuned to the icon can use its other properties.

Augury. You can use an action to cast an Augury spell from the icon, with no material components required. Once used, this property can't be used again until the next dawn.

Bane of the Undead. You can use the icon as a holy symbol while using the Turn Undead or Turn the Unholy feature. If you do so, increase the save DC by 2.

Cure Wounds. While holding the icon, you can take an action to heal one creature that you can see within 30 feet of you. The target regains 3d8 + 3 hit points, unless it is an undead, a construct, or a fiend. Once used, this property can't be used again until the next dawn.

[TaiLiu]

Perception checks…

For top straight stairs: (1d20+10)[21] or (1d20+10)[17].

For bottom spiral stairs: (1d20+10)[21] or (1d20+10)[16].

[truemane]

Just in case:

Investigation: (1d20+1)[17]
Perception: (1d20+5)[15]

[truemane]

In anticipation of intransigent ingress: (1d20)[15], (1d20)[2]

[dangelo]

I believe anyone carrying a light source must stay 40 ft away from Yikkol so she can scout stealthily - I believe Herbert was keeping his shield aglow? You might want to keep him closer to the frontline tho

[The Commander]

Zinro plans to be glued to Herbert, so rolling a Stealth check seems a little bit redundant given the light.

[TaiLiu]

I believe anyone carrying a light source must stay 40 ft away from Yikkol so she can scout stealthily - I believe Herbert was keeping his shield aglow? You might want to keep him closer to the frontline tho

Is that a warning? Are we about to be attacked? O.O

[The Commander]

Is that a warning? Are we about to be attacked? O.O

I think that's an assumption we should always make.

[TaiLiu]

I think that's an assumption we should always make.

[truemane]

Perception: (1d20+6)[21]
Stealth: (1d20+7)[26]

[The Commander]

Already rolled Perception ahead of time when we descended into the catacombs (it's in the IC post immediately before the DM's description). I guess I'll roll Stealth as well; since the party seems to be rolling for it: (1d20+2)[18]

[The Commander]

Ceiling looks to be about 10ft high from the image, but is that accurate? Or is it 15ft? Etc? Do the bats cover the entire ceiling as far as we can see, or just a section of it?

[dangelo]

Ceiling is 15 ft tall
And yes, there's an excessive amount of bats here. They will form several swarms if they're spooked.

Hoped that answered your questions!

[The Commander]

Got it, thanks!

[TaiLiu]

I moved Yikkol's token a lil bit ahead. In reality, she's constantly moving and has begun systematically scanning for names. She starts in the upper left side of the room and searches until there's nothing left to look for.

[TaiLiu]

Woot woot! Initiative time.

Yikkol's Init: (1d20+4)[9]. Another poor showing by the Rogue.

EDIT: For everyone's convenience, here is the battlemap.

[Waistcoatwill]

Initiative with advantage (1d20+5)[12] or (1d20+5)[19]

[The Commander]

Zinro Perception: (1d20+5)[7]
Zinro Initiative: (1d20+2)[17]

As a reminder, Dot is still attached to Yikkol's leg.

[The Commander]

Initiative for Dot: (1d20+2)[6]

Although if we're taking our actions as we post, maybe it's not strictly necessary to roll for her as well?

[Dr.Samurai]

Asha's Initiative, with Advantage: (1d20+2)[7], (1d20+2)[20]
Perception: (1d20+6)[13]

[The Commander]

Rolling behalf of Herbert, Initiative: (1d20-1)[4]
Perception: (1d20+8)[15]

[dangelo]

Zombie initiative: (1d20-1)[9]
Barovians initiative: (1d20)[10]

Getting home to set everything up

[truemane]

Rue initiative, with Advantage: (1d20+3)[17], (1d20+3)[4].

[dangelo]

For this fight specifically, I would like us to experiment with regular individual initiative. @The Commander and @Waistcoatwill, your companions may act immediately before or after you (though I believe Bori has mostly controlled his mount rather than acted independently of it (as I believe is usually the case with low INT animals)). Stakes aren't super high, so it's a good opportunity to see how it goes. Plus, surprise is a key factor in this encounter and doing group initiative would really diminish the challenge. Let's get right into it!

Asha 20
Bori 19
Zinro 17
Rue 17
Barovians 10
Yikkol 9
Zombies 9
Herbert 4

bold are enemies, italic are surprised towards the zombie

Not sure if Bori is surprised or not. If not, then he goes first. If yes, then Rue.

[Waistcoatwill]

Sorry, wasn't sure if everyone needed to roll perception.

Rolled with advantage (1d20+5)[14] or (1d20+5)[22]

[Dr.Samurai]

Asha Persuasion vs Frightened Barovians (Disadvantage on roll)

(1d20-1)[15], (1d20-1)[18]

[dangelo]

Made the light source indicators more subtle in Owlbear, thin lines instead of opaque circles (orange for the lantern, cyan for pelor's white light), thought it was clogging up the vision too much. Let's leave the filled circles for spells and other effects.