Privateers of Lssthp II [IC]

[J-H]

Servius Calventius Pamphilius Yuan-ti Evoker AC: 13 / 16 (Mage Armor) HP: 27/27 PPer: 11 PInv: 17 PIst: 11 Conditions: -- Concentrating:

"There's a bullywug over there, past the ruins. He might know something. At the very least, if he can tell us what areas he was not attacked and eaten in, we know where to not bother searching."
Servius looks down in disdain at the mud and muck. He can glide across it easily enough without sinking in like a biped, thanks to his reduced ground pressure. He'll have to clean his tail later, though. At least there don't seem to be thorns or sharp rocks sticking out of the ground. Those are the worst.

[zylodrizzt]

Sulking and generally not paying attention thinking about if he completed repairs or not or what is being ruined upon the ship. Actually looking around now. What? where? When? How can you tell? once he's able to see anything he readies for battle.

Nibum twists a portion of triceratools horn lifts his hand to his mouth and whispers ward in goblin. (He cast warding bond on triceratool). He then hands a potion to minicliff and fetcher. Then he readies to cast heroism (2nd level) at the first sign of a fight. Lets get this over with

[Dirty]

"There's a bullywug over there, past the ruins. He might know something. At the very least, if he can tell us what areas he was not attacked and eaten in, we know where to not bother searching."

Fork nods along and points out that the cache has been disturbed, along with the omnious spots of water.

He scans the area for Slaad activity. Now that he knows what he's looking for he keeps alert for tracks, unusual broken branches and the like..

[TriciaOso]

Fork nods along and points out that the cache has been disturbed, along with the omnious spots of water.

He scans the area for Slaad activity. Now that he knows what he's looking for he keeps alert for tracks, unusual broken branches and the like..

Ignoring the prints of caiman, salamander hounds and swamp-drakes, you find the footprints of three creatures. All three are heavy and have the amphibious feet of bullywugs or grung, with the occasional imprint of front paws; two large creatures and one medium, all with large claws. The large ones disappear fairly quickly into the muck of the swamp after shambling away from the disturbed caches, while the medium feet pad away across the islands, in the same direction of the bullywug under the trees. It looks far too light for the footprints, though.

Your keen eyes pick up not only the still patches of water flanking the island with the bullywug, but pierce the murk to make out slimy blue and red hides lurking under the water.

The little bullywug hunter continues jabbing his spear randomly into the muck, singing a nonsense song in burbling frogspeak.

[zylodrizzt]

While sending up minicliff to get a diffrent view nibum explains Listen close i dont have the time to waste repeating myself. Slaadi are chaotic beasts they wont coordinate much. They resist nearly all elemental magic and heal amazingly quick so strike hard and fast. I hope you've come prepared with something else mainly weapons will be the best option. They have a good sense if smell and a fight with them might make you sick for a while. They are intellegent enough and will speak in your mind tho probably nothing too important. This will be a tough fight. he whispers as he looks through mini cliffs eyes.

He resolves himself in his mind. He may not live through this but what he's accomplished on that ship will. Maybe he could do enough to ensure the younglings around him now can carry out the captains orders. Lets make the captain proud he says quietly to everyone.

[The Commander]

Ttharg Krixkrux

"Thank ye for the tactical analysis, lad." Ttharg says sincerely. "I have prayers o' restoration prepared for today, but be warned I only have so many. Mind ye, if this creature resists Thunder an' Lightning that's a few o' me spells that won't do much for us. Me eyesight isn't what it used to be, it seems, so I'll follow ye lead."

(Ttharg will continue to have his Warhammer and Shield out)

[Dirty]

Fork explained his outlook on the situation and his idea to the team and if he doesn't get any objections he gets busy.

Fork moved carefully so that he'd have a good sight on the bullywug. He checked if his crew was ready and then whispered the magic to the winds, to be carried to the creature.

"Quick. Run to the building. Danger. Go.. now!"

He readied his crossbow and waited for the bullywug to respond. Hopefully it would follow his instructions and the two lurkers would show themselves but it was all a gamble.. too late now anyways.

[zylodrizzt]

Nibum reacted quickly to the message finally activating two magnetized stones attaching one to triceratool and himself. heroism he says activating the devices with a twist. He then rides triceratool about 10ft in front of fork. He commands his familiar to hover over his shoulders. He then prepares to strike anything hostile that comes within short range of his thrown spear along with triceratool but within melee. He commands minicliff to distract (help action) anything hostile that triceratool strikes at.

steady now. Stay behind me.

[J-H]

Servius Calventius Pamphilius Yuan-ti Evoker AC: 13 / 16 (Mage Armor) HP: 27/27 PPer: 11 PInv: 17 PIst: 11 Conditions: -- Concentrating:

Servius follows Fork south to the other island. He still doesn't see anything, so maybe it's just swamp gas. In case it's not, he holds a minor spell ready to slow down the frog creature.

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Readied Frostbite, range 60'. On a failed DC 15 Con save, the target takes (2d6)[8] cold damage and has disadvantage on its next weapon attack roll before the end of its turn.

[The Commander]

Ttharg Krixkrux

Following Fork's advice, Ttharg ran across the island they were on and hopped over to the island with the huts. He pushed on to the hut's edge and quickly muttered a prayer for a weapon from Bahamut's armoury. In an instant, a slightly glowing blue flail appears in the air next to him, awaiting his command.

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Move + Dash to be next to the hut.
Bonus Action to cast Spiritual Weapon and have it appear next to me

[TriciaOso]

The bullywug under the tree's head jerks up when at Fork's message; it shrieks, gibbers, and runs straight towards Fork instead of towards the hut, waving its spear over its head. (It splashes through the muddy water without losing any speed, a benefit of its huge flapping feet.)

Spoiler: Fork, you hear a response to the message in your mind

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--no desire for anything, and chaos is always order and the sea rise, it is not a sea, and not from the land and the--

Spoiler: Passive Perception 7+

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There is something strange about the bullywug's spear; it is not the crude stick-with-flint you might have expected, but instead something well-crafted, more like a halberd. The head is the strangest thing, as if two spear tips were welded together and bent back to almost touch.

Spoiler: Passive Insight 17+

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There is something crazed about the bullywug; it looks hostile, not scared.

To either side of the island, the red and blue creatures Fork glimpsed poke their heads out and growl, but there is just time for Fork and Servius to react before they move.

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ACTIONS:
Bullywug moves and dashes directly west. Responds to the message.

DAMAGE:
No damage yet.

INITIATIVE:
21 - Bullywug
18 - Fork
15 - Servius (no action, waits for enemies to close)
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum

[Dirty]

A bit annoyed at the bullywug not following his instructions, Fork was quick to forgive. He figured the backwater hillbilly creature was confused. Understandable, really. Fork shook off the ravings of the bullywug, they made no sense to him and as far as he was concerned the bullywug was daydreaming just moments ago anyways. Fork figured the bullywug would see reason the moment he'd clock the Slaadi.

Besides, Fork's main focus was on the creatures lurking behind. That's where the danger was. Fork focussed his senses on the Red Slaad emerging from the water. He linked his senses completely to the creature. When he felt he was in the zone, Fork aimed his crossbow and took a deep breath. A moment later he fired.

Hunters mark and attack with heavy crossbow: (14 to hit, 15 damage)

[TriciaOso]

As the creatures emerge more fully from the water and lumber forward, their appearance becomes more clear. You can see as they waddle towards you that neither of the corpses have fully transformed into slaad yet; their metamorphosis in the caches was interrupted, and the huge froggy forms have burst sloppily from the corpses. The blue slaad has one leg too small for its frame, limping behind, and the red slaad still drags a lizardfolk's tail behind it.

As soon as they begin to move, Fork successfully puts a crossbow bolt in the red slaad's hide, followed closely by a scattering of ice from Servius's spell and the flight of Nibum's spear.

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ACTIONS:
Fork's attack hits; readied action spear attack from Nibum hits; Red Slaad saves against Frostbite from Servius.
Move and dash action from Slaadi to approach.

DAMAGE:
21 damage to the Red Slaad.

INITIATIVE:
21 - Bullywug
18 - Fork
15 - Servius (no action, waits for enemies to close)
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum

[zylodrizzt]

Nibum screwdriver spear is highly versatile. As soon as he was able to he took aim and hit a switch. With a loud click the head of the spear flew off lodging itself in the malformed creature. In the next moment minicliff went to distract the creature by flying around in its face and sounding a loud noise while it was distracted triceratool charges attempting to knock the creature to the ground. Nearing the creature nibum hits the switch again as it flies back into place. Once he is into melee with the creature he pulls a trigger that begins to spin the head of the screwdriver like a drill as he plunges it in once again. Minicliff then returns to where it started next to fetcher that does its best not to get hurt.

(2hits 7 piercing 6 piercing)

get behind me wet skin

[The Commander]

Ttharg Krixkrux

As the creatures emerge and begin bearing down on the party, Ttharg charges up to the Blue Slaad and swings his Warhammer at it.

With a sharp click of his tongue, the Spiritual Weapon also moves in and swings against it.

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Move up to the Blue Slaad.
Main Action Attack with Warhammer. (Not sure if I would be getting Advantage for Flanking with the Bullywug, so I rolled twice, but first roll was better.) 17 to hit for 4 Bludgeoning Damage.
Bonus Action to direct Spiritual Weapon up to the Blue Slaad and attack. 24 to hit for 7 Force Damage.

[Dirty]

As the spiritual weapon takes form, the Drake instinctively blows on it. A cold stream of icy air infuses the weapon and a glittering layer of frost covers it, then shatteres as it strikes.

(Drake reaction, to add 6 cold damage to the hit.)

[TriciaOso]

The bullywug hops back and forth from one big flapping foot to the other, then stabs its spear at the side of triceratool with a shriek; Nibum dives in the way and takes the blow instead. You can now all 'hear' it ranting telepathically:

--nothing, and then something destroys, nothing to infinity, and chaos ceases, spirit dissolves and chaos ensues, matter, dance and spirit do not arise from one nature alone, but from the chaos of Spirit--

He drives the spear in again and screams in distorted, archaic Draconic, "¡I wOnT gO bAcK iN tHaT bOoK!" Scintillating chaotic energy sprays from the conjunction of the two points of the spear like an arc welder, and tears into the construct, rending its Order-infused metal hide.

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ACTIONS:
Bullywug attacks Triceratool with the Dilemma, but Nibum redirects and Triceratool imposes disadvantage. Still hits, for 10 damage. Nibum takes 10 force damage, reduced to 7 by his temp hp.
Bullywug attacks Triceratool again, and hits for 7 damage. The magical weapon does double damage to constructs, but Triceratool has resistance via Warding Bond, so Triceratool takes 7 damage (reduced to 4 by his temp hp) and Nibum absorbs 7 over the Warding Bond.

DAMAGE:
21 damage to the Red Slaad.
30 damage to the Blue Slaad
4 damage to Triceratool
14 damage to Nibum

INITIATIVE:
21 - Bullywug
18 - Fork
15 - Servius
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum

[Dirty]

Surprised and annoyed with himself Fork cursed loudly when he saw the bullywug tear into the triceratool.

He called out. "Rumble! Attack!"

Upon hearing it's name the drake perked up and jumped into flight. He closed in between the Red Slaad and Fork and started clawing and biting before he'd even landed. He was excited though, with all the commotion and ended up scratching in thin air instead. Almost landed on his tail too but managed to find footing, albeit less than gracefully.

Fork noticed the clumsy landing and threw a sharp whistle to capture Rumble's attention. Fork shot a bolt at the Red Slaad and Rumble didn't miss a beat as he breathed another stream of ice through the trajectory of the bolt.

The iced bolt struck home and exploded in shards of icy death.

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(Attack: crossbow 21 to hit for 22 damage)
(Bonus action: Have Rumble attack, 1 to hit. Reaction spent on infusing Forks bolt)

[J-H]

Servius Calventius Pamphilius Yuan-ti Evoker AC: 13 / 16 (Mage Armor) HP: 27/27 PPer: 11 PInv: 17 PIst: 11 Conditions: -- Concentrating:

Servius looked at the hulking, frog-like brutes. He does not want to get too close to them. If only... well, the bullywug with the magic weapon at least seems to be able to understand him. "The big Slaadi behind you wants to put you back in the book! You should kill it, now! It's more important than anything else!" he yells, with an undertone of magic in his words directed at the bullywug.

If he feels like his spell took effect, he'll tell the others "Leave the bullywug alone."

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Suggestion, Wisdom save DC 15 or follow reasonable courses of action. If any of us damage it, the spell ends.
Bullywug Wis save (1d20)[11]+??
Also move 2 square left and 1 down

[TriciaOso]

Both of the bulky half-transformed slaad seem to regenerate before your eyes, growing taller and stronger. The blue slaad bellows and slashes at Nibum twice with his claws, but both attacks bounce off the kobold's armor. It tries to bite him as well, but the half-finished transformation of its head means it can't even manage to bite down properly.

The red slaad makes a mighty leap over the scrum and lands in front of Fork, biting down viciously. Its first claw attack falls to hit, though, and the other arm flails but doesn't make an effective attack.

The bullywug turns and jabbers in an incomprehensible language at the blue slaad, waiving his spear.

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ACTIONS:
Bullywug fails his save and believes the suggestion.
Blue Slaad attacks Nibum, two misses.
Red Slaad hops over the scrum and attacks Fork, one hit and one miss. 8 piercing damage to Fork.
Concentration check for Fork (passed)
Red and Blue both regenerate.

DAMAGE:
11 damage to the Red Slaad.
20 damage to the Blue Slaad
4 damage to Triceratool, +3 temp hp
14 damage to Nibum, +3 temp hp
8 damage to Fork.

INITIATIVE:
21 - Bullywug
18 - Fork
15 - Servius
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum

[The Commander]

Ttharg Krixkrux

"IF YE BE BLEEDIN' OUT AN' NEED A LICK O' HEALING, JUST CALL OUT!" Ttharg bellows as he sees his crew mates start to take some hits.

He moves around the Blue Slaad's flank. The bullywug may not have helped him hit the Slaad, but Nibum and his construct should. Once in position, he swings his Warhammer again and directs his Spiritual Weapon to do the same.

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Move into a Flanking position with Nibum/Triceratool.
Main Action Attack with Warhammer against the Blue Slaad with Advantage for Flanking: Critical Hit for 15 Bludgeoning Damage
Bonus Action direct the Spiritual Weapon to Attack the Blue Slaad: 9 to Hit for 10 Force Damage

[zylodrizzt]

Nibum growls out BUT THAT SCALELESS SON OF A NEWT TRIED TO DESTROY TRICERATOOL! but he listens and takes his frustration out on the blue slaad even more. He stabs into it and pulls the trigger for the drill once more (2 strikes 20 dmg altogether). Triceratool and minicliff tag team the blue slaad once more and once more fail to effect.

[TriciaOso]

As magical paranoia takes root, the bullywug looks wildly between his foes and his supposed allies. His telepathic ranting rises to a scream--

--are all rich in every way, but your portion will increase in me, until my seed i WoNt Go BaCk I wOnT gO bAcK--

And he slams down the butt of his spear. Flame erupts and engulfs everyone but Servius, whose last movement took him just out of range.

The bullywug's own flesh is consumed in the fire, but as it burns away the true form of another slaad is revealed. This one is smaller, the size of Servius or Ttharg, and has a rough, pitted and grey hide. The two other slaads look bewildered and betrayed. Much of the detritus of their humanoid forms has burned away, and the underlying and unfinished, malformed slaad forms are, if anything, more disgusting than the shambling half-transformed corpses. They don't look like they can take much more damage.

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ACTIONS
The 'bullywug' unleashes a fireball, DC 14, doing 36 damage on a failure and 18 on a save.
Nibum saves for half damage, reduced to 15 by temp hp. Makes the concentration save.
Triceratool saves, no damage because of Mounted Combatant
Minicliff saves for 18 damage. Destroyed.
Fetcher saves, with evasion, for 0 damage.
Fork fails for 36 damage. This knocks him unconscious.
Rumble saves for 18 damage.
Ttharg saves for 18 damage.
Red Slaad fails and takes 36 damage.
Blue Slaad fails and takes 36 damage.
'Bullywug' succeeds and takes 18. It is 'killed' instantly (11 hp) and carries over 7 damage to its true form, halved to 3 by fire resistance.

TOTAL DAMAGE SO FAR:
49 damage to the Red Slaad.
56 damage to the Blue Slaad
4 damage to Triceratool, +3 temp hp
29 damage to Nibum
18 damage to Ttharg
3 damage to Grey Slaad
Minicliff is destroyed
Fork is unconscious.

INITIATIVE:
21 - Bullywug
18 - Fork
15 - Servius
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum

[Dirty]

The explosion blast and heat rocked the scene. It was loud. Peoples ears were ringing moments after, and then their hearing got assaulted once more. As loud, or perhaps even louder, the shriek of Rumble pierced the air when the mystical bond between Fork and Rumble got severed. It was a desperate shriek. Full of anguish. The young drake didn't need to look behind to see the unconscious body of Fork laying in the muck. The drake reacted with a fierce bloodlust, a type of hatred unmatched as it clawed into the blue Slaad next to it.

Fork: Death save(18)
Drake: (15 to hit for 5 damage)

[TriciaOso]

Spoiler: F'rrkkk

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When the Five Gods divided the sunlit world between them, the white dragon god journeyed to the west, the land of the giants, the endless plains and skytouch peaks. He brought them war and law, the discipline of the Ordning. They called him Tempus.

It's cold here. Snow blows, obscuring a crystal sky. The sky is full of stars, endless stars, but three are massive and unmistakeable. These stars burn fitfully, forming a line, flaring up and almost guttering out.

F'rrkkk is used to being small; he hatched in the clutch of a dragon and grew to manhood among dragonborn. The hunter is larger than large; the knife in his hand is a mountain. He is skinning a beast, and the beast is bigger than him by far.

Quod capio, teneo, he rumbles in Draconic. What I kill, I keep.

One star dims, then firms, burning constantly and unfailingly.

The tiny drake rips the throat from the blue slaad, and it sinks to the ground gasping fruitlessly.

[J-H]

Servius Calventius Pamphilius Yuan-ti Evoker AC: 13 / 16 (Mage Armor) HP: 27/27 PPer: 11 PInv: 17 PIst: 11 Conditions: -- Concentrating: --

Servius is taken aback at the explosion, but also glad he didn't stand near it. The grey one, a spellcaster... trusting the others to take down the badly injured red creature, Servius points at the grey Slaad. Four magical darts fly unerringly from his finger to strike it. Servius watches it carefully to see if it will use magic again. If so, he will attempt to disrupt it as it weaves its spell.

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Magic Missile (1d4+1)[4] x 4 at 2nd level.

Will Counterspell the Grey slaad if it attempts to spellcast.

[TriciaOso]

The Blue Slaad sinks to the ground, decaying rapidly into a pile of sludge. The charred remains of the grung it was once was are more recognizable. The Red Slaad, on the other hand, heals and seems to firm up, shedding the last remains of the lizardfolk host it gestated within.

Spoiler: Passive Investigation 15+

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As the last shreds of the lizardfolk fall, something drops from within its coat -- a heavily-bound book.

It lumbers forward, standing over Fork's fallen body, and attacks Servius three times. It is shockingly clumsy, and the snakefolk wizard is able to dodge its bite and first claw attack. The second claw attack, however, lands solidly.

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ACTIONS
Red slaad regenerates 10 hp. Bite (misses), claw attack (misses), claw attack (hits). 10 damage (unless Servius chooses to shield).

TOTAL DAMAGE SO FAR:
39 damage to the Red Slaad.
19 damage to Grey Slaad
Blue Slaad is dead.

4 damage to Triceratool, +3 temp hp
29 damage to Nibum, +3 temp
18 damage to Ttharg
10 damage to Servius.
Minicliff is destroyed
Fork is unconscious.

INITIATIVE:
21 - Bullywug
18 - Fork
15 - Servius
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum

[The Commander]

Ttharg Krixkrux

Ttharg turns away from the explosion and shields himself as best as possible against the raging inferno.

As it subsides, he quickly pats down any parts of his clothing that caught fire and assesses the damage to the crew with a practised eye. He sees Fork on the ground, charred, but not burnt to a crisp. He is too far for Ttharg to use his medical kit or hands of healing, so instead Ttharg speaks words of healing power to him. "O' the call o' the sea is mighty strong, it calls to ye and it calls to me!"

Ttharg then begins to wade into the swamp water proper, to close with the new Slaad. He is forced to leave his Spiritual Weapon behind for a moment, but swings at the new Slaad with his Warhammer.

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Bonus Action to cast Healing Word (1st Level) at Fork. He heals 5 damage.
Move Action to close with the Grey Slaad, including Difficult Terrain.
Main Action to Attack the Grey Slaad with Warhammer: 16 to hit for 6 Bludgeoning Damage.

[zylodrizzt]

Being a paranoid old crotchety kobold sometimes has its advantages such as knowing when to get out of the way... kinda... can't completely avoid an explosion right in your face. He's just glad triceratool and fetcher managed unharmed but minicliff sinks in flames to the ground. This makes nibum completely insane he wheels around triceratool (opposite and flanking with ttharg) and stabs hard into the Grey slaad. Once he scores a hit he presses the switch that would launch the head of the spear off to plunge it even more deeply into the beast. HOW DARE YOU WART SKINNED LOOSE TONGUED CHAOS CRAP! ILL KILL YOU! triceratool can't manage a hit with the wild thrashing on his back

He directs fetcher behind fork still holding the potion ready at a moments notice to give him the potion darting away from danger

[TriciaOso]

F'rrkkk, you open your eyes lying on the mucky swamp ground. Lying in the mud inches from your face is a heavy tome that reeks of ozone, fresh and sharp among the stink of the swamp and the reek of slaad. The battered red slaad is standing over both you and the book, snarling in the face of Servius.

You see the true face of gray slaad for the first time, still holding the scintillating spear known as the Dilemma even in this form. It is pinned between Ttharg and Nibum, who are both battering at it with their weapons. It seems to completely ignore Ttharg's warhammer, but Nibum's spear digs into it twice.

But even as it raises the Dilemma to take its own attacks, its wounds begin to close. Still hellbent on the construct, but realizing it won't be able to destroy it while Nibum still draws breath, it brings the polearm down on the ancient kobold. The burning edge of pure chaotic energy rips through Nibum once, despite Triceratool's attempt to dodge. On the second blow it clashes against the kobold's rusty shield, still bearing the crest of the disgraced Negniter family.

The gray slaad roars with frustration, then whips around to try and take a bite out of Ttharg, catching the cleric offguard. It chomps down its bit of dragonborn flesh and then sneers in its antique Draconic:

"¿yOu StInK oF lAw LeSs ThAn ThEm... bUt MuSt KeEp yOu GuEsSiNg, YeS?"

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ACTIONS
Fork is back up with 5 hp.
Gray Slaad takes 20 damage from Nibum, none from Ttharg.
At the start of his turn Gray Slaad regenerates 10 hp.
Two Dilemma attacks on Nibum. Disadvantage on the first one (26, 24) due to Triceratool reaction; still hits for 12; reduced by temp hp to 9.
Misses on the second one.
Bite attack on Ttharg hits for 6 damage.

TOTAL DAMAGE SO FAR:
39 damage to the Red Slaad.
29 damage to Grey Slaad
Blue Slaad is dead.

4 damage to Triceratool, +3 temp hp
18 damage to Rumble
38 damage to Nibum
24 damage to Ttharg
39 damage to Fork
10 damage to Servius.
Minicliff is destroyed


INITIATIVE:
21 - Gray Slaad
18 - Fork
15 - Servius
10 - Red Slaad
10 - Blue Slaad
10 - Ttharg
3 - Nibum