(IC) Against the Giants PBP Group 1

[FitzTheRuke]

GM: Encounter: Bugbear Barracks

Spoiler: Map

(General Features) Difficult Terrain: Crates; Visibility: Dim (Braziers); Cover: Crates & Pillars

Spoiler: Allies

Name * AC * HP * Hit Dice * PasPrc * Spells (Etc) * (Notes)
(PCs)
Bible AC19* HP 79/85 THP 0/8 HD 3/9 PP16 AS 1/1 2W 1/1 Ind 1/1
Eoghan AC15 HP 74/75 THP 8/8 HD 3/9 PP19 SSdc17 0/4 0/3 1/3 2/3 1/1 BI 5/5
Jack AC17 HP 66/66 THP 8/8 HD 9/9 PP20 LK 2/3
Quinn AC17* HP 60/62 THP 8/8 HD 9/9 PP19 SSdc18 2/4 1/3 1/3 2/3 0/1 WS 1/2 GB 0/4 CO 2/4 ET 1/1 DS 1/1 H 1/1 MS 0/1 Ba 1/1
Tenibor AC13(16) HP 56/56 THP 8/8 HD 7/9 PP16* SSdc16 2/4 0/3 1/3 2/3 1/1 WoMM 4/7 LK 2/3
Valda AC19* HP 64/83 THP 0/8 HD 8/9 PP15 AS 1/1 2W 1/1 RNdc15 3/3 GM 3/4 RS 3/4 Ind 1/1
(NPCs)

Spoiler: Enemies

Name * AC * HP * PP * (Notes)
(BGs)
Bugbear Captain AC17 HP0/65 PP11* (dead)
Bugbear Guards AC16 HP27ea PP10*
-BBG1 27/27; BBG2 16/27;
Bugbears AC16 HP29ea PP10*
-BB1 29/29; BB2 29/29; BB3 6/29; BB4 29/29;
-BB5 6/29; BB6 29/29; BB7 6/29; BB8 29/29

GM: End Round One; Begin Round Two

 

[Hriston]

Bible watches appalled as the bugbears scatter in every direction and shooting a glance back at the druid exclaims, "You *&% call this containmenk?"

She then turns on the bugbear fleeing up the stairs behind her and tries her best to cut it down.

OOC: Longsword, +1, attack: 1D20+10 = [5]+10 = 15 Longsword, +1, attack: 1D20+10 = [19]+10 = 29 Critical damage: 2D8+8 = [8, 3]+8 = 19

 

[Lidgar]

OOC: @FitzTheRuke is it reasonable to assume Jack would have noticed that a couple of bugbears ended up on the other side of the wall?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

@FitzTheRuke is it reasonable to assume Jack would have noticed that a couple of bugbears ended up on the other side of the wall?

OOC: Yeah, I mean, it's probably not the clearest line-of-sight through the wall of fire, but I suspect that the flames wave about and are transparent enough to see through. Nothing suggests its opaque, anyway. Bugbears are taking cover all over the place, so counting them might be difficult. But if you want to have noticed them, sure.

 

[Lidgar]

“Well ain’t this a right fine pickle,” Jack muttered. Then, adding through the mindlink, ~Big ugly and a couple o’ apes through the north doors. Off to take out another bugbear.~

Shielding his eyes, Jack leapt through the wall of flames toward one of the smoldering bugbears. He then took aim and fired.

OOC: Jack uses a bonus action to disengage. He then moves to CS50. I assume the hot side of the wall is to the north/east. DC 18 Dex Save: 1D20+9 = [18]+9 = 27 (Evasion, no damage) Attack BB7 with light crossbow: 1D20+10 = [8]+10 = 18 1D8+6 = [8]+6 = 14

 

[Blue]

Eoghan sighed. He had hoped to keep this in reserve, but with so many targets it looked like the time. He dropped the gong hammer to his feat and tossed a handful of arrows into the air - doubly questionable since he carried no bow. The illusionary fire winked out as he focused instead on a singing a low series of wordless notes that seemed to generate their own harmonics. The arrows steadied themselves in the air, and then sped towards the bugbear close to the gong. We watched them pierce the bugbear, then stepped over the new corpse and hid behind the column.

OOC: Casting Animate Objects on 10 tiny objects. Here's my only 5th level slot. Each has 20 HPs and is AC 18, has +8 to attack for d4+4 damage. Have to drop Concentration on the minor illusion of fire to do so. They are attacking BB2. Ten Animated arrows: 1D20+8 = [6]+8 = 14, 1D4+4 = [4]+4 = 8 1D20+8 = [5]+8 = 13, 1D4+4 = [1]+4 = 5 1D20+8 = [20]+8 = 28, 1D4+4 = [2]+4 = 6 1D20+8 = [15]+8 = 23, 1D4+4 = [4]+4 = 8 1D20+8 = [14]+8 = 22, 1D4+4 = [4]+4 = 8 1D20+8 = [15]+8 = 23, 1D4+4 = [1]+4 = 5 1D20+8 = [3]+8 = 11, 1D4+4 = [4]+4 = 8 1D20+8 = [15]+8 = 23, 1D4+4 = [3]+4 = 7 1D20+8 = [11]+8 = 19, 1D4+4 = [4]+4 = 8 1D20+8 = [16]+8 = 24, 1D4+4 = [4]+4 = 8 Arrow 3 crit. Crit damage on Animate Arrow 3: 1D4 = [4] = 4 For convenience, damage to AC 16 would be 44. He moves to DB55, behind the column.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

After turning the bugbear guard into a pincushion, Eoghan's arrow swarm tore themselves back out of the corpse and lifted into the air in a fiendish-looking mass. They hovered there quivering, as if they were eager to be sent toward a second target.

Bible spun around on the stairs and thrust her sword into the bugbear's groin. He was terribly injured, but still took a weak swing at the former sailor, which she ducked.

Jack ducked past a bugbear that was about to engage him in close combat, and dove through the wall of fire. He had timed it just right and he came through unscathed. He fired his crossbow at the bugbear there who was heading for the western gong, and the bugbear fell dead on the ground before reaching his destination.

OOC: In fact, if you like @Blue, half of the arrows could be sent through the gap and damage BB6 (BBG2 will have died after the first 4 attacks). BB1 missed Bible, who did 19. Jack killed BB7.

 

[Shadowedeyes]

OOC: Sorry about the delay of response. Quick question, how high are the ceilings in this area?

 

[Blue]

OOC: In fact, if you like @Blue, half of the arrows could be sent through the gap and damage BB6 (BBG2 will have died after the first 4 attacks). BB1 missed Bible, who did 19. Jack killed BB7. If you're okay with that then sure.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Sorry about the delay of response. Quick question, how high are the ceilings in this area?

OOC: Really quite high. The four pillars support buttresses that raise the ceiling in a pyramid that is 30 ft tall at its point, directly above the crates in the center. The outside walls are 20 ft. tall, but many of the doors (including the exit of the stairs) are around 10 ft. tall. (the stairwell is just over 15 ft. tall, but most giants would still have to duck going up/down. They have to stoop very far to get through the doors.)