Rise of Tiamat - Intro

[Skarsgard]

Ashur nods to Ana and darts to the right, glaive leveled and the unnatural creature. With a primal snarl he in-cants a spell, as he points the head of the glaive at the creature and as it is released he launches his attack.

The spell allowed him insights into his foe, and showed him vulnerable spots he may have otherwise missed.

He uses Bannor's distraction of the creature to stab at it. Keeping it at bay with the length of the spear.

Spoiler: Rolls

Casting Hunters Mark as a bonus action.

Two attacks, hitting AC 22 and 18


_: 1D20+ 7 = [15]+7 = 22
1D20+ 7 = [11]+7 = 18


For 8 and 18 damage respectively. Note: Extra d6 is from hunters mark.

Damage: 1D10+1D6+4 = [2]+[2]+4 = 8
1D10+1D6+4 = [9]+[5]+4 = 18


Now, if the first attack hit. Then it takes an extra d8 damage from colossus slayer

Colossus: 1D8 = [3] = 3


Sorry its a bit mathy.

 

[jmucchiello]

As Ashur charges straight at the creature, Ana pops out to the left and levels her bow at the creature attempting to circle around as far as she can and still get her shots off.

The first shot misses (AC: 9) and the second one strikes true (AC: 18 for 11 piercing damage). She then stows her bow and gets to close in with her sword.

OOC: Rolls are in prior post by me action fire bow twice interaction action is to stow the bow.

 

[Envisioner]

OOC: I'm aware what the rules say about a monk making unarmed strikes. I'm also aware that the rules say nothing about what happens when the monk makes a completely unnecessary Acrobatics roll because he wants to stunt-jump over the monster, and then fails that roll. (He had inspiration, he could have succeeded if it was that important to him.) They also say nothing about what's involved in hanging onto a monster's back so that it doesn't throw you on the ground; my ruling is that he can do this at the cost of one of his attacks, which is a better deal than if he fell prone and had disadvantage on all four attacks.

Ana's arrow doesn't even merit a flinch from the creature; it draws a trickle of blood but that's all. Ashur, however, makes a decent impact on the beast, scoring two deep furrows into the chimera's hide, and then causing a small jet of blood to fountain out of the intersection point, as the action of the monster's own muscles tears its wound a little deeper.

OOC: The chimera is down 55 HP thus far.

Having barely noticed Ana's attack, and currently unable to get at Ashur, the Chimera orients entirely on Ashur with its attacks, rearing up part-way and then raking down with its mighty forepaws. The ranger's quick reflexes carry him largely clear of the blow; his armor squeals as the claws scratch across it, but he remains unharmed.

However, as he's dodging the more obvious attack, the hunter's peripheral vision falters for a single crucial second, and the flexible neck of his asymmetrical foe seizes the opportunity. The dragon head darts past his left ear and behind him; teeth halfway between a serpent's and a shark's fasten themselves into his right shoulder, cruelly tearing away a fist-sized chunk of his flesh, which the beast greedily swallows.

OOC: Back to you guys, starting with Bannor.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Skarsgard]

Ashur cries out as the serpentine head bypasses his defences. That had caught his unaware and the pain almost made him loose focus on his spell.

The mark remained and showed him where to strike and to strike deep. Arching his back he thrust at the monstrosity hoping to break it's hold on him.

Spoiler: rolls

Concentration passed.

Concentrate : 1D20+5 = [10]+5 = 15


Attacks and damage a.c. 16 and 19 for a damage of 19 and 23 respectively

Attack and damage: 1D20+7 = [9]+7 = 16
1D10+1D6+4= [9]+[6]+4= 19
1D20+7 = [10]+7 = 17
1D10+1D6+4+1D8 = [10]+[3]+4+[6] = 23

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[mips42]

Dumos grunts noncommittally at the sight of the apparently unreachable temple. "What have you done in your attempts to reach those inside?"

 

[Envisioner]

Ashur

OOC: I seem to have left the house without my PHB this morning, but I thought I remembered the DC of the concentration check being based on the amount of damage taken, so how does a 15 pass when you were hit for 20? Forgive me if I'm mistaken, I'm just trying to relearn the rules of a game I haven't played in a while.

Bannor

OOC: You still get one or two more attacks if you want them; I said you lost one attack, not "all but" one. I'm a little unclear whether you usually punch three times or four, but this time you can do two or three.

The chimera hisses snakily as Bannor's knee corkscrews into its wounded side before he leaps clear. The elegance he sought a moment before no longer eludes him, as he lands on one foot in a perfect "crane style" stance just beside the monstrosity, and remains ready to strike again.

OOC: By default, a chimera has 114 hit points; this one is badly injured and half-starved, so I intended it to have significantly less than the maximum, but I never got around to actually mathing out exactly how much less. Assuming Ashur is indeed still concentrating on his spell, the 42 damage he just did, combined with the 54 previous to that, and Bannor's 6 just now, totals 102. This should probably be enough to take him out, but given the rules confusion, I'll say he has 1 hit point left, which either Bannor or Analiese will get to deprive him of. Unless it turns out that the Hunter's Mark did indeed go down, in which case we'll have to recalculate, and it might take both of them to beat the beast. Meanwhile, in case she ends up having nothing else to do by the time she gets her turn, Ana can give me an Intelligence-based Perception roll to notice something unusual, even amid the chaos of combat.

The chimera shrieks in anguish and probably a bit of unaccustomed fear; it already had to maim itself to escape captivity, and it expected one easy victim rather than two dynamoes of violence (plus an archer which it has barely noticed). As it begins to back away sidelong, still too hungry to outright abandon its intended meal and the victim that it has already tasted, both men see an orange glow beginning to shine out from between its slightly-parted jaws.

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Dumos & Robyn

Garwyn maintains his nonchalant pose, leaning against the invisible barrier, and says in answer to Dumos, "Well, we've tried just about everything we could think of," and then promptly falls over backward upon the flagstones of the courtyard. "Except that (ow)," he adds, while creakily getting back up and dusting himself off. "(ow) Never thought to (ow) try doing that. Looks like somebody in there just got the all-clear memo, or else your arrival was expected. I'd better get back to my post, give Qwynny and the various clerics my regards."

 

[jmucchiello]

OOC: Concentration is 1/2 damage taken, minimum 10. In this case DC is 10 either way. But Ana will still take her action if you like.

Ana rushes forward. Her rapier sings from its sheath as she stabs into the beast twice.

OOC: Attacks on Chimera: 1D20+7 = [18]+7 = 25; 1D8+4 = [5]+4 = 9 1D20+7 = [10]+7 = 17; 1D8+4 = [8]+4 = 12

 

[Envisioner]

OOC: Ana's Perception roll?

Ana's rapier strikes the chimera's harness and slides off, vibrations painfully reverberating up her arm. She tries another stab, but the blade lodges between two scales and bends severely before finally sliding free.

OOC: Waiting to confirm whether Bannor is going to make further attacks.

 

[jmucchiello]

OOC: Perception: 1D20+5 = [18]+5 = 23 To my knowledge, Chimera's are not immune to piercing damage