D&D 5E (IC) Scourge of Daggerford

[Kobold Stew]

Tommi glares round as the rats approach. It's all happening so fast.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Chaos erupted in the tight cavern. Everything seemed to happen both shockingly fast and yet grindingly slow as the front-liners pushed forward and the others fell back. Tommi and Vairar killed two of the larger rats, while many many more skittered down from the north in an echoey cacophony.

A great wall of clambering oversized rats, ravenous and rabid, flowed like a wave, pouring out of the tunnel. It threatened to overwhelm the dwarves, who stoically stood their ground. Lionel let out a shocked yelp and hightailed it downstream. Even Titus pulled back - ostensibly to cover Escella - but he had a grim, disgusted expression on his face.

Escella, having wounded the rat that Tommi had finished off, shot another eldritch bolt over Titus' shoulder at a rat that came out of the nearby hole in the wall. The then moved behind a rocky pillar, only to arrive behind Lunn who was throwing an axe toward the wave of rats. It leaped on the big fellow's back, and bit deep into his shoulder.

Just before the wave of rats crested over the dwarves and Vairar, Morgan threw a strand of spider's web that burst into the tunnel, filling it with sticky webbing. Rats were caught in it, but many of them wiggled and struggled their way through, and they swarmed over the front line all the same. They bit, scratched, and chewed at the dwarves and Vairar, who struggled to hold their ground.

OOC: Escella did 10 to Rat2 & Tommi finished it off. Variar killed Rat4; Titus dodged; Lionel ran; Lunn missed & took 6 damage; RatSwarm did 9 each to Grottur & Helgrim, and 14 to Vairar. The rats attack "recklessly", so you can have advantage on attacks against them next round.

Spoiler: Rolls

Rat3 vs Lunn
Bite: 2D20.HIGH(1)+5 = [16, 12]+5 = 21 for 1D6+3 = [3]+3 = 6
RatSwarm dc15 DEX save vs Morgan's Web
Save: 1D20+2 = [18]+2 = 20
RatSwarm
Bite vs Helgrim: 2D20.HIGH(1)+5 = [17, 2]+5 = 22 for 2D6+3 = [1, 5]+3 = 9
Bite vs Grottur: 2D20.HIGH(1)+5 = [16, 10]+5 = 21 for 2D6+3 = [2, 4]+3 = 9
Bite vs Vairar: 2D20.HIGH(1)+5 = [20, 12]+5 = 25 crit for 4D6+3 = [3, 3, 3, 2]+3 = 14

 

[FitzTheRuke]

GM: Encounter: Rats!

Spoiler: Map

(General Features) Difficult Terrain: Water; Visibility: Mixed (torches. light spells); Cover: Walls Spells: Light (Oh-Six)

Spoiler: Allies

Name * AC * HP * Hit Dice * PasPrc * Spells * (Notes)
(PCs)
Escella AC14 HP 33/33 HD 3/6 PP18 SSdc13 1/4 1/3 0/2 SP 5/5 C:ER
Lionel AC16 HP 51/51 HD 6/6 PP14
Lunn AC18* HP 8/71 HD 3/6 PP14* RGdc15 1/3 MA 3/3 BM 3/3
Morgan AC12(15) HP 25/32 HD 6/6 PP11 PI17 SSdc15 3/4 2/3 3/3 AW 10/16
Tommi AC14 HP 23/39 HD 6/6 PP17
Vairar AC18*(20*) HP 23/45 HD 4/6 PP13* SSdc14 4/4 1/3 2/3
(NPCs)
Oh-Six AC13(18) HP 22/22 HD 4/4 PP15(20)* SSdc13 1/3 fly60'
Grottur AC13 HP 7/19 HD 0/3 PP13*
Helgrim AC19 HP 47/58 HD 3/6 PP11*
Titus AC17/19* HP 58/58 HD 6/6 PP9 2W 3/3 AS 1/1

Spoiler: Enemies

Name * AC * HP * PP * (Notes)
(BGs)
RageRat AC12 HP12ea PP11*
-RR1 dead; RR2 0/12; RR3 12/12; RR4 0/12;
RageRatSwarm AC12 HP 53/53 PP11*

GM: Begin Round Two