D&D 5E How We Beat the HD, HotDQ, Spoilers

[KarinsDad]

Just to see if my character would have won.

lvl 2 AC 19 +5 1d8+5 Heavy Armor Master for the DR and I have 20 hp

I won 1 out of 5 if I didn't have my clerics buffing me. It was almost 2 out of 5, I got the 1/2 dragon to 1.

I wonder how well you would do without HAM. Also, did you take the +1 AC fighting style?

Not all PCs have that feat, in fact, not all PCs that duel have heavy armor.

I'm kind of curious on this. 7.5 average damage would mean about 7 or so hits on the HD to take him out. That's a lot of rounds. Since he can attack twice per round, I would think that (without HAM) he would only need about 3 or 4 hits (4 rounds max shy of terrible rolls) to take out a PC with about 20 hit points. HAM is pretty powerful.

 

[shamsael]

Our barbarian accepted the challenge. But lost initiative, and was chopped down in the first round (crit, then regular hit).

If he could have raged, that would have helped. But that's why the init roll is so important.

The rest of the party rushed out and healed him. And the defeat made the second encounter that much sweeter.

Good encounter.

PS to shamsael: The Dueling style has two requirements: "wielding a melee weapon in one hand" (that's your rapier), and "no other weapons" (a shield is not a weapon). So yes, you get the +2 damage. No group insistence required.

I still think, aesthetically and narratively, the free left hand makes sense for the character.

 

[Wrathamon]

No I dont have the +1 ac but I have splint mail.

Oh I think i wouldnt have won at all. It always came down to me having 1 hit to live to get that extra round in to even defeat him.

(also this wasnt a very scientific test it was me just rolling dice rollers and seeing what happened)