A Candlekeep Mystery (IC)

[Kobold Stew]

(CJ will dash, and hopefully the fumble can be forgotten for round two).

 

[FitzTheRuke]

(CJ will dash, and hopefully the fumble can be forgotten for round two).

OOC: Sure. Crock Jon dashes through the moss while unfurling (& untangling) his net.

 

[Steve Gorak]

Ethan doesn’t want to touch the ooze, but he doesn’t retreat so the creature won’t target one of his companions. He instead moves into a fully defensive stance as he instead implores Sehanine to strike it.

OOC: move: none Action: dodge Bonus action, cast spiritual weapon (level 2 slot): attack 20, force damage 12

 

[Neurotic]

OOC: Why is Cairn not at full HP? Did I forget something? Round: hit the dessert twice for 21 HP total

Cairn moves forward and as he gets close he calls out to Ethian
"Move back, Ethian-leader. The guard should take the creatures like this."

Invoking a rumbling long-drawn word, he takes more of the stones around him into his body, towering over Ethian. He slams his fists together and then downward into the creature with two earth-shaking slams.

"It, the black mass, is slow. May not be danger, why are we, the group, attacking it?"

Spoiler: Actions

Move: AL30
Bonus: become large (giant's might) taking AK30-AL31
Action: neurotic: D20 + 6#cairnmaulattack → 16(10 + 6)#Cairn maul attack
neurotic: 2D6 + 4 + D6#cairnmaulattackdamage → 12( (3 +3) + 4 + 2)#Cairn maul attack damage
neurotic: D20 + 6#cairnmaulattackactionsurge → 20(14 + 6)#Cairn maul attack action surge
neurotic: 2D6 + 4#cairnmaulactionsurgedamage → 9( (1 +4) + 4)#Cairn maul action surge damage

 

[DEFCON 1]

"What in the?!?--" Hawthorne exclaims, as the black mass rises up. He immediately reaches for his crossbow and locks in a bolt while moving into the chamber and ducking behind one of the pillars to hide. [Move to AQ29]

As the action of combat goes on through the chamber, he takes a second or two in hopes of his location being forgotten before popping out to fire his crossbow at the mass. It finds purchase and causes a slight puncture to it.

OOC: Crossbow attack roll with Advantage due to Hidden: [4][6]+4=6+4=10 Hit Crossbow damage: [3]+2=5 piercing damage

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Having taken a walloping, the black amorphous creature slithered back into the darkness under the tree roots. In trying to see where it was going, Ethian noticed a tunnel hidden in the shadows and tangled roots to the right.

OOC: Nearly killed it, so it disengages & retreats.

Spoiler: Map

GM: Either End Combat or Begin Round 2 (up to you)

 

[Kobold Stew]

Crock Jon watches the black ooze disentangle itself from his net, leaving it dry and lying on the ground. He'd been foolish to try. He picks it up and wraps it again around him.

"What can I do for yuh, suh?"

 

[Leatherhead]

"Did we win?" Argenti asks with a bit of confusion.

 

[Neurotic]

Cairn forces his bulk through the foliage and slams his hands into the retreating slime.
"The black thing attacked. It can do so again. When we, the explorers, cannot afford it to. Protect the boss. Protect the leader."

Spoiler: Actions

Move: AH31-AI32
Action:
neurotic: D20 + 6#cairnmaulattack → 17(11 + 6)#Cairn maul attack
neurotic: 3D6 + 4#cairnmauldamage → 16( (6 +5 +1) + 4)#Cairn maul damage

 

[Steve Gorak]

Cairn forces his bulk through the foliage and slams his hands into the retreating slime.
"The black thing attacked. It can do so again. When we, the explorers, cannot afford it to. Protect the boss. Protect the leader."

Ethian Nods, and channels divine energy towards the creature and directs the spiritual weapon to strike at it too.

OOC: Action: cast sacred flame. DC 14 dex save or 1 radiant damage bonus action, attack with spiritual weapon, attack 18, force damage: 11 move none