D&D 5E (IC) Fitz's Folly

[Ancalagon]

Rodrigo, as soon as he saw the undead, glanced at the druid, who was already casting. Of course he would attack the dead. Well it was time to keep their end of the bargain. He rushed forward to form a front line with the Paladin.

"Hold Sir Chrysagon, the druid is up to some artifice - let our archers hit them from afar, we will stand here" With that, he drew his blades.

Action: Move towards Chrysagon to form a front line. If possible, ready an action to attack first undead coming in range.

Looking over his shoulder, he added to the others:

"Stand behind us, we will hold them back" He trusted the others would lengthen the line or shoot, according to the best of their abilities.

Spoiler: minisheet

Rodrigo Di Castalone, Human Fighter (battlemaster, criminal(spy)), level 4
HP: 36/36, Hit dice: 4/4
AC: 18
Passive Perception 14
Rapier: +6 to hit, 1d8+6 dmg
Main Gauche (if used main-handed and not to parry) +6 to hit, 1d4+4 or +6 dmg
Crossbow: +6 to hit, 1d8+4 dmg, range 80/320
Darts: +6 to hit, 1d4+4 dmg, range 20/60
Saves: Str: +3, Dex: +4, Con: +4, Int: +1, Wis: +2, Cha: 0
Superiority dice: 4/4, Action surge: free, Second wind: free
Maneuvres: Riposte, Parry, Trip (DC 14)
Potions of healing remaining: 2

 

[Ancalagon]

Qawasha took a step forward, his face contorted in anger and anguish. This could not stand!

Although he wanted desperately to help the Ape now, he knew he had to delay the other undeads to let the archers of the group do their work. He raised his hands and inked the wild powers of the jungle:

Action: Cast entangle. Target is the group of undead behind the ape (the ones not engaged, not the one on the ape's back). Effect: 20 foot square is difficult terrain. "A creature in the area when you cast the spell must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the entangling plants until the spell ends. A creature restrained by the plants can use its action to make a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a success, it frees itself. " Spell DC is 12.

Spoiler: minisheet

Qawasha, level 4 druid
Armor Class 11 (16 With Barkskin)
Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5), hit dice = ?
Skills Medicine +4, Nature +3, Perception +4
Senses Passive Perception 14
Saves = ?
STR 10 (+0) DEX 12 (+1) CON 13 (+1) INT 12 (+1) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 11 (+0)
Languages Common, Chultan, and Druidic
Spellcasting. The druid is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following druid spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, produce flame, shillelagh
1st level (4 slots): entangle, longstrider, speak with animals, thunderwave (3/4)
2nd level (3 slots): animal messenger, barkskin (3/3)
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit (+4 to hit with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage, 4 (1d8) bludgeoning damage if wielded with two hands, or 6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage with shillelagh.

OOC: Who's playing Weed?

 

[Fradak]

"I hope he got something powerful. I would rather not find myself in the place of the gorilla."

 

[Ancalagon]

"Neither would I. A fireball would be nice right about now. My father fought besides battlemages. Spoke highly of them, but some were... careless. They didn't last long"

 

[Kobold Stew]

OOC: Sorry, @Ancalagon ; I'm Weed. Do you have a suggestion?

 

[KahlessNestor]

Chult
Morning
Round 1

“More undead,” Dellrak muttered. He moved through the jungle toward the ape, pulling out his crossbow as he went. Best to get those ghouls off the ape, and maybe the thing would help them. At the very least, it could run off. Dellrak sighted his crossbow and fired, putting a little magic into it.

OOC: 19 points of goodberries available.

Spoiler: Dellrak Actions

Save:
Move: To P12
Free Object Interaction: Draw crossbow
Action: Heavy Crossbow attack nearest ghoul on ape
Heavy Crossbow Planar Ally: 1D20+5 = [12]+5 = 17
1D10+1D8+1 = [10]+[1]+1 = 12
Bonus Action: Planar Warrior
Reaction: Opportunity Attack
Conditions:
Concentration:
Inspiration:

Spoiler: Mini Stats

Dellrak Character Sheet
Initiative: +1
Perception: +4
Speed: 25
AC: 15
HP: 40/40 HD: 4/4d10+2

Bolts: 18
Bolts used: 1
Arrows: 19
Arrows used:

Detect Portal (1/R): Within 1 mile
Planar Warrior: As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The next time you hit that creature on this turn with a weapon attack, all damage dealt by the attack becomes force damage, and the creature takes an extra 1d8 force damage from the attack. When you reach 11th level in this class, the extra damage increases to 2d8.
Primeval Awareness (action and spell slot): For one minute per level of spell slot, detect within 1 mile (6 in favored terrain) aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead. This feature doesn’t reveal the creatures’ location or number.

Spells
1) 3/3 Protection from Evil/Good (Horizon Walker), Jump, Goodberry, Longstrider

Spoiler: Party

Rodrigo Di Castalone - male human fighter
Miss Imogen - female samurai, party member, Zhentarim
Chrysagon - male aasimar paladin, Order of the Gauntlet, Kelemvor
Harb - male human monk
Myrral - Tabaxi bard?
Qawasha (NPC) - Chultan druid
Kupalue (Weed, NPC) - vegepygmy

 

[Neurotic]

OOC: Goodberries for both ghouls and the gorilla - minor damage to the ghouls, but they feel fool of food and minor healing and the beast feels full too.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Everyone

The Sticks and their allies spread out, with Rodrigo and Chrysagon forming a front line while Kasqa and Hup'lo found a spot to both hide and to stash the supplies they were carrying. Miss Imogen and Weed moved northward, where the vegepygmy disappeared into the underbrush and the archer took aim at one of the ghouls on the gorilla's back. Just as she let her arrow fly, the ape lunged forward, taking the ghoul with it, and her arrow went off into the jungle, never to be seen again.

Myrral ran up a tree, which bounced softly under his weight. From that vantage, he cast a spell which caused one of the ghouls to jump off of the gorilla's back and to run away as fast as it could. Grrol and Brapp stood their ground behind the front line, and Brapp shot an arrow into one of the ghouls while Grrol's arrow whizzed past the gorilla's nose. The ape could clearly not tell friend from foe, and it hurled itself forward, heading straight for Rodrigo and Chrysagon.

Qawasha, in his outrage, raised his staff and caused the jungle to writhe with grasping vines, catching three of the ghouls that were chasing the gorilla. Two of them broke free, but one was wrapped tight as it clawed and chewed at the vines, trying in vain to get out.

Dellrak had also moved north, and found that the gorilla ran right past him. He put a quarrel into one of the ghouls on the ape's back, and turned to find a ghoul bursting out of the jungle right in front of him.

As Ukee disappeared under a fern, Harb fired an arrow into the same ghoul on the gorilla's back as the others had before him. It now had two arrows and a quarrel sticking out of its back, but still, it held onto the gorilla, tearing at the flesh of the ape's back with long, fiendish black claws. The ape bellowed and as it came barrelling toward the Stick's front line, it rolled. The ghouls were thrown off, and an enormous foot came smashing into Chrysagon as the ape came back up onto its feet.

GM: Damage Taken: (BGs) GL1 13 (Myrral's Whispers); GST1 8 & 5 (Brapp & Harb's Arrows) & 12 (Dellrak's Quarrel); (PCs) Chrysagon 27 (Ape foot stomp); (NPCs) None Spoiler: Notes GL1 Wisdom Save vs Myrral's Whispers Save: 1D20 = [2] = 2 GL3, GST2, GL4 Strength Saves vs Qawasha's Entangle Save: 1D20+1 = [6]+1 = 7; 1D20+3 = [15]+3 = 18; 1D20+1 = [2]+1 = 3 GL3, GL4 Strength Saves (as an Action) vs Qawasha's Entangle Save: 1D20+1 = [9]+1 = 10; 1D20+1 = [15]+1 = 16 Kasqa & Hup'lo Stealth Skill: 1D20+1 = [12]+1 = 13; 1D20+1 = [6]+1 = 7 Ukee & Weed Stealth Skill: 1D20+2 = [18]+2 = 20; 2D20.HIGH(1)+4 = [8, 2]+4 = 12 GST1 & GL2 claws vs Ape Claw: 1D20+5 = [6]+5 = 11; 2D6+3 = [4, 1]+3 = 8; 1D20+4 = [9]+4 = 13; 2D4+2 = [2, 1]+2 = 5 Ape Con saves vs various ghoul troubles Save: 1D20+4 = [18]+4 = 22; 1D20+4 = [10]+4 = 14; 1D20+4 = [19]+4 = 23 Ape vs GST1 & GL2 (Contested Athletics to throw them off) Athletics: 1D20+9 = [16]+9 = 25; 1D20+1 = [2]+1 = 3; 1D20+2 = [1]+2 = 3 Ape vs Chrysagon Kick: 1D20+9 = [12]+9 = 21; 3D10+6 = [4, 9, 8]+6 = 27

 

[FitzTheRuke]

GM: Encounter: The Sticks vs Ghouls vs a Giant Gorilla in the Chultan Jungle Spoiler: Map of Chultan Jungle Locations: (BGs) Ape (N16Q19); Ghast1 (Q14); GST2 (W9); Ghoul1 (AG4); GL2 (S15); GL3 (Z5); GL4 (Z8); GL5 (R12); (PCs) Chrysagon (L17); Dellrak (P12); Imogen (C6); Harb (J18); Myrral (M14); Rodrigo (L18); (NPCs) Braapp (K16); Grrol (I17); Hup'Lo (D20); Kasqa (D19); Qawasha (I8); Weed (C9); Ukee (F12) Spoiler: Allies Name * AC * HP * Hit Dice * PasPrc * Spells * (Notes) (PCs) Chrysagon AC18* HP 9/36 HD 4/4 PP10* SS 3/3 CD 1/1 (Res Nec&Rad) Dellrak AC15 HP 40/40 HD 4/4 PP14* SS 3/3 (Res Poison) Harb AC15 HP 27/27 HD 4/4 PP14 KI 4/4 Imogen AC16 HP 31/31 THP 0/5 HD 4/4 PP12 SS 2/2 Myrral (Dew) AC14 HP 26/26 HD 4/4 PP14* SS 4/4 3/3 Ins 3/3 Rodrigo AC18* HP 36/36 HD 4/4 PP14 SD 4/4 (NPCs) Braapp (Climbing Vine) AC14 HP 33/33 HD 6/6 PP13* Grrol (Rockmoss) AC14 HP 33/33 HD 6/6 PP13* Hup'Lo AC12 HP 6/16 HD 3/3 PP12* Kasqa AC13 HP 17/17 HD 3/3 PP11 (Hidden 13) Qawasha AC11(16) HP 27/27 HD 5/5 PP14 SS 4/4 3/3 Kupalue (Weed) AC13 HP 9/9 HD 2/2 PP12* (Hidden 12) Ukee AC12 HP 3/3 HD 1/1 PP13 (Hidden 20) Spoiler: Enemies Name * Damage Taken * (Notes) Giant Ape 32 Ghast1 25; Ghast2 0; Ghoul1 13; Ghoul2 0; Ghoul3 0 (Restrained); Ghoul4 0; Ghoul5 0; End Round One; Begin Round Two

 

[Neurotic]

OOC: Wasted round and resources. Sorry all.

Myrral let out some purring noise, but due to all the crashing and screams it wasn't heard. What was heard was his call to his companions in Tabaxi language.
"Keep shooting! Kill them all!"
Unfortunately for all involved, enraged gorilla heard a jaguar cry, fairly loud, fairly close and just behind it. Perfect ambush and the ape brain reacted accordingly.

Animal Handling on the gorilla 1d20+1+1d6=[1]+1+[4]=6