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<blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids" data-source="post: 8016338" data-attributes="member: 6776411"><p><u>The Adventures of Fap Longwood #29 (Tyranny of Dragons)</u></p><p></p><p>This isn’t the parties’ first dragon fight, but while Venomfang was an adolescent, the specimen descending on Greenest is fully grown and scary as fudge. Fap fails his WIS save to resist the dragon’s fearsome presence and cowers behind the battlements beside Governor Nighthill. Fap masters his terror long enough to take a shot at the dragon, but his hands are shaking so violently that he misses by miles.</p><p></p><p>Since Horatio can’t reach the dragon while it’s airborne, he dedicates his turn to aiding Fap overcome his fear. Meanwhile, Mara prepares to cast <em>Lightning Bolt</em> from a scroll – then suddenly remembers they are fighting a <em>blue</em> dragon and puts it away, shaking her head ruefully. Silly wizard. She casts <em>Firebolt</em> instead, which does 2d10 damage now that she is level 5 – or it would have done, if she had hit, which she did not. Brian casts <em>Guiding Bolt</em> (at third level) and also misses. The dragon vomits lightning all over the walls, killing one man outright and wounding six more.</p><p></p><p>Emboldened by the support of his friends, Fap places a <em>Hunters Mark</em> on the dragon and inflicts modest damage. With Horatio’s aid, he recovers from the Frightened condition. The dragon lands atop the battlements, claws digging deep gouges in the stone walls of the keep. The party are divided, Fap and Horatio on one side of the dragon, Brian and Mara on the other. Mara experiences an unpleasant sensation of deja-vu as the dragon snaps her up in its jaws. That’s the second time something awful has tried to eat her! Horatio bull-rushes the dragon and is targeted with a tail swipe that bats him off the wall! He flies through the air and splashes down in the stream beneath the keep, unconscious and dying!</p><p>Mara picks herself up, leaning heavily on the battlements. Fresh blood stains her ravaged robe.</p><p></p><p><strong>“You need to go!”</strong> Brian shouts over his shoulder.</p><p></p><p><strong>“I can’t leave you!”</strong> Mara protests.</p><p></p><p><strong>“Just go! We’ll be fine! Go help Horatio!”</strong></p><p></p><p>Mara misty-steps to safety. She finds Horatio floating in the stream and forces a potion of greater healing down the dwarf’s throat. Brian tries to cast <em>Blindness</em> on the dragon, but it resists. The dragon retaliates with two claw attacks, driving Brian back and demolishing more of the wall. Fap shoots the beast in the flank and Brian slaps it with <em>Inflict Wounds</em>. Having been reduced from 225 to 128 hp, the dragon takes wing and breaths lightning over the battlements to cover its retreat. Fap dodges the worst of it (but still takes half damage), whereas Brian is hit for a massive 66 damage and is only 3 hp away from perma-death! Fap digs frantically through the fallen rubble to find and stabilise the dying cleric.</p><p>Seeing their draconic ally routed, the rest of the Dragon Cult cut their losses and quit Greenest also, retreating to the north with their stolen plunder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mikeawmids, post: 8016338, member: 6776411"] [U]The Adventures of Fap Longwood #29 (Tyranny of Dragons)[/U] This isn’t the parties’ first dragon fight, but while Venomfang was an adolescent, the specimen descending on Greenest is fully grown and scary as fudge. Fap fails his WIS save to resist the dragon’s fearsome presence and cowers behind the battlements beside Governor Nighthill. Fap masters his terror long enough to take a shot at the dragon, but his hands are shaking so violently that he misses by miles. Since Horatio can’t reach the dragon while it’s airborne, he dedicates his turn to aiding Fap overcome his fear. Meanwhile, Mara prepares to cast [I]Lightning Bolt[/I] from a scroll – then suddenly remembers they are fighting a [I]blue[/I] dragon and puts it away, shaking her head ruefully. Silly wizard. She casts [I]Firebolt[/I] instead, which does 2d10 damage now that she is level 5 – or it would have done, if she had hit, which she did not. Brian casts [I]Guiding Bolt[/I] (at third level) and also misses. The dragon vomits lightning all over the walls, killing one man outright and wounding six more. Emboldened by the support of his friends, Fap places a [I]Hunters Mark[/I] on the dragon and inflicts modest damage. With Horatio’s aid, he recovers from the Frightened condition. The dragon lands atop the battlements, claws digging deep gouges in the stone walls of the keep. The party are divided, Fap and Horatio on one side of the dragon, Brian and Mara on the other. Mara experiences an unpleasant sensation of deja-vu as the dragon snaps her up in its jaws. That’s the second time something awful has tried to eat her! Horatio bull-rushes the dragon and is targeted with a tail swipe that bats him off the wall! He flies through the air and splashes down in the stream beneath the keep, unconscious and dying! Mara picks herself up, leaning heavily on the battlements. Fresh blood stains her ravaged robe. [B]“You need to go!”[/B] Brian shouts over his shoulder. [B]“I can’t leave you!”[/B] Mara protests. [B]“Just go! We’ll be fine! Go help Horatio!”[/B] Mara misty-steps to safety. She finds Horatio floating in the stream and forces a potion of greater healing down the dwarf’s throat. Brian tries to cast [I]Blindness[/I] on the dragon, but it resists. The dragon retaliates with two claw attacks, driving Brian back and demolishing more of the wall. Fap shoots the beast in the flank and Brian slaps it with [I]Inflict Wounds[/I]. Having been reduced from 225 to 128 hp, the dragon takes wing and breaths lightning over the battlements to cover its retreat. Fap dodges the worst of it (but still takes half damage), whereas Brian is hit for a massive 66 damage and is only 3 hp away from perma-death! Fap digs frantically through the fallen rubble to find and stabilise the dying cleric. Seeing their draconic ally routed, the rest of the Dragon Cult cut their losses and quit Greenest also, retreating to the north with their stolen plunder. [/QUOTE]
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