D&D 5E (IC) (OneShot) JustinCase's Within The Circle

JustinCase

the magical equivalent to the number zero
James moves quickly as he shoots a bolt from his hand crossbow across the pit, but although his aim was good, the creature was on the move and was gone from the spot James had shot at.

Gorir rushes up the pathway, a warcry bellowing through the night, and the muckdweller before him looks up at the charging dwarf with fear in its little eyes. The creature darts to the side just as the mighty warhammer comes down, and Gorir hits nothing but air.

Thadius moves out of cover and onto the path, his morningstar coming down towards the closest creature but missing as the elusive reptile moves quickly to avoid being hit.

Traubon, not moving from his spot down the path, conjures forth a bolt of flame and it flies to one of the muckdwellers, scorching its head and burning away scaly flesh. With a shriek, the creature falls to the ground, unmoving as smoke wafts up from its blackened form.

Magdalena attempts to stop everyone from attacking and places herself between the dwarfs and two of the reptiles, trying to convey the message of peace as another bolt from James' hand crossbow flies over the pit, almost hitting the furthest muckdweller.

A cacophony of voices erupts from the reptilians, only barely understandable by Magdalena.

"Goblin spies!"

"Listen not!"

"No attack big ones!"

"Bwaaaah!"

"Run!"


Their actions as diverse as their outcries, there seems to be no order to the muckdwellers. One tries to escape to the river, moving over a small hill and out of sight, while two others attempt to gang up on Thadius, biting at his arms and legs. Moving away his leg, the first one snaps its jaws just inches from the tiefling's limb, while the other manages to sink its teeth into the arm Thadius lifted in defense.

The muckdweller that was attacked by Gorir makes a strange gurgling sound, moves his jaws as if chewing on something, then spits out a stream of water at the dwarfs eyes.

The last creature stands transfixed, torn between wanting to believe Magdalena but also staring at the unmoving, smoking corpse just a few feet away.

OOC:
Thadius takes 2 points of damage.

Muckdweller 1 attacks Thadius: [roll0], damage [roll1]
Muckdweller 2 moves to G7, attacks Thadius: [roll2], damage [roll3]
Muckdweller 3 is dead
Muckdweller 4 squirts jet of water to Gorir. Please make a DC13 dexterity saving throw to avoid being blinded for 1 round
Muckdweller 5 hesitates and does not take actions
Muckdweller 6 runs to J13, trying to flee

[sblock=Stats]
James AC15 8/8
Gorir AC18 11/11
Thadius AC15 12/14
Traubon AC16 9/9
Magdalena AC16 12/12
Muckdweller 1 AC16 1/1
Muckdweller 2 AC16 1/1
Muckdweller 3 AC16 0/1 deceased
Muckdweller 4 AC16 1/1
Muckdweller 5 AC16 1/1
Muckdweller 6 AC16 1/1[/sblock]
[sblock=Map] map - wrong ambush round 2 (1).png[/sblock]
 
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TallIan

Explorer
Gorir,

Gorir hears Magdalena's cries not to attack too late, he'd already swung at the creature. It spit back in Gorir's face blinding him. Trying to correct his mistake, Gorir drops his hammer and swings out blindly trying to catch the muckdweller in a bear hug, giving Gorir time to calm the situation.

[SBLOCK=Actions and Rolls]
DEX save : 1D20+0 = [7]+0 = 7


Gorir grapple check: 2D20.LOW(1)+4 = [7, 5]+4 = 9

[/SBLOCK]

[SBLOCK=Mini Stats]
AC: 18 (Chain and Shield)
Initiative: +0
HP: 11/11 HD: 1/1d10

Offense:
Warhammer: +4 5ft 1d8+2S
ShortSword: +4 5ft 1d6+2P
Light Crossbow: +2 80/320ft 1d8P

Warpriest 3/3 per long rest

SPELLS: Cantrips
Guidance; Sacred Flame; Spare the Dying
level 1: 2/2
Bless; Command; Healing Word; Sanctuary[/SBLOCK]
 

KahlessNestor

Adventurer
Thistle
Evening

OOC: Heh. I don’t know why, but I find the child’s crayon map amusing :)


“I said stop fighting!” Magdalena demanded, both in Common and Draconic. She grabbed at one of the muckdwellers on Thadius to pull it off of him.

[sblock=Actions]
Move: If successful at the grapple, she will reposition #1 at J7 and keep hold of him.
Action: Grapple attempt #1
Athletics: 1D20+5 = [13]+5 = 18
Bonus Action:
Reaction:
Concentration:
Conditions:
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[sblock=Ministats]
Inspirations:
AC: 16 (chainmail)
HP: 12/12 HD: 1/1d10
Divine Sense (3/LR)
Lay on Hands 5/5

Prepared Spells:

Spell Slots Remaining/Total
[/sblock]

[sblock=Notes]
Need to buy torches.
[/sblock]
 

eayres33

Explorer
Traubon looks confused as Magdalena tries stop the fighting, but he nodded his head from a distance. “We mean you no harm little ones, . . . well besides the harm I did to that poor fella,” he said as he pointed towards the muckdweller he had killed.

OOC:

Traubon will move to K9 and ready a firebolt, and fire it at the first muckdweller to attack an ally.
Readied FB attack: 1D20+4 = [8]+4 = 12

 

JustinCase

the magical equivalent to the number zero
OOC: Still waiting on the actions of James and Thadius, but I'm making the saves for the muckdwellers Magdalena and Gorir attempt to grapple.
Gorir's muckdweller (#4), Acrobatics check: [roll0]
Magdalena's muckdweller (#1), Acrobatics check: [roll1]


Flailing about without seeing anything, Gorir does not manage to get a hold of the muckdweller that was in front of him a moment ago.

Magdalena is more successful as she grabs the creature that was attacking Thadius and holds it up in the air. It stops moving immediately and looks up at her with big, frightened eyes.
 


EarlyBird

Explorer
"What are you doing?" Thadius asks the pious priestess. "We are not here to take prisoners! Or make friends!"

OOC: Action: Dodge
 
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KahlessNestor

Adventurer
Thistle
Evening

Magdalena glared back at Thadius. “They are here for the goblins, too,” she said. “If we do not need to fight them, then why take the risk of injury before the real fight? We have already killed one.”

She kept hold of the lizard creature she had grabbed, though not roughly.

“We do not wish to harm you!” she said again in Draconic.

[sblock=Actions]
Move:
Action:
Bonus Action:
Reaction:
Concentration:
Conditions:
[/sblock]

[sblock=Ministats]
Inspirations:
AC: 16 (chainmail)
HP: 12/12 HD: 1/1d10
Divine Sense (3/LR)
Lay on Hands 5/5

Prepared Spells:

Spell Slots Remaining/Total
[/sblock]

[sblock=Notes]
Need to buy torches.
[/sblock]
 

JustinCase

the magical equivalent to the number zero
As if finally catching on, all the reptilian creatures stop fighting. Remaining cautious, however, they try to keep some distance from their clearly superior opponents.

"Harm not us?" the muckdweller held up by Magdalena asks tentatively, staying completely still as it looks at her with fright.

Its companion, the one that had just bitten Thadius, is crouching low as if expecting an attack from the tiefling any second, keeping its eyes on him while hissing angrily, "Spies of goblins!"

The other two muckdwellers huddle together, and the indecisive one now seems to make up its mind and in their strange Draconic accent starts rambling. "No goblins! Big ones help lizards home return, goblins gone run, big ones goblins beat! Lizards home yes! Goblins filthy gone, lizards food and shinies? Or big ones shinies! Help lizards?"

OOC: Dropping out of initiative, post at your leisure.
 

KahlessNestor

Adventurer
Thistle
Evening

“No, we are not here to harm you,” Magdalena said again in Draconic. “You startled us. I am sorry.” She put down the lizard she held. “What can you tell us about the goblins?” she asked them.

Magdalena crouched down next to the fallen muckdweller, looking to see if she might still be able to save him.

Medicine: 1D20+1 = [8]+1 = 9

OOC: If it’s possible, she will use a point from Lay on Hands to bring him back.


[sblock=Actions]
Move:
Action:
Bonus Action:
Reaction:
Concentration:
Conditions:
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[sblock=Ministats]
Inspirations:
AC: 16 (chainmail)
HP: 12/12 HD: 1/1d10
Divine Sense (3/LR)
Lay on Hands 5/5

Prepared Spells:

Spell Slots Remaining/Total
[/sblock]

[sblock=Notes]
Need to buy torches.
[/sblock]
 

JustinCase

the magical equivalent to the number zero
As Magdalena studies the fallen muckdweller, she realizes there is little left of its head. The magical fire has eaten through its tiny skull and burned away the inside. The damage is too much for anyone to bring it back to life with healing magic.

OOC: It took 8 damage from the firebolt, while it only had 1 hp. From the Open5e: "Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum." So it was dead on impact, not just unconscious.


"Startled us, big ones too!" the big-eyed muckdweller that Magdalena had held aloft just moments ago, said in hushed tones. Big Eyes dares to take a step closer as the paladin studies its fallen comrade.

The talkative one responds immediately. "Goblins home stealers! Bully and steal! Food and shinies bring to lizard home tomorrow. Lizards steal and bully goblins! Tomorrow!"

It takes a few moments for the awkward grammar to make sense, but then Magdalena realizes that the muckdwellers were planning to ambush goblins tomorrow, probably Belig after he's collected the bounty from Thistle. The creatures also blame the goblins for flushing them out of their former home.

OOC: For clarity, I'm going to give the muckdwellers nicknames. There's Big Eyes (#1), Biter (#2), Spitter (#4), Chatty (#5) and Runner (#6).
 

KahlessNestor

Adventurer
Thistle
Evening

Magdalena said a quick prayer to Helm to watch the muckdweller’s soul on its journey to the Fugue Plane and on to wherever its final rest was. She looked back up at Big Eyes.

“We are here for this goblin, too. We are supposed to meet him tomorrow to give tribute. I intend to capture him, perhaps kill him. If you would like to help us, you may. Perhaps without their leader, your warriors might be able to drive away the goblins from you homes,” she told them.

She looked up at her companions and explained in Common, “The goblins have driven them from their homes. They were setting a trap for Belig after our meet. I have invited them to aid us in our goblin hunt.”

Turning back to the muckdwellers, she said in Draconic, “I am sorry for what happened to your friend.”

[sblock=Actions]
Move:
Action:
Bonus Action:
Reaction:
Concentration:
Conditions:
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[sblock=Ministats]
Inspirations:
AC: 16 (chainmail)
HP: 12/12 HD: 1/1d10
Divine Sense (3/LR)
Lay on Hands 5/5

Prepared Spells:

Spell Slots Remaining/Total
[/sblock]

[sblock=Notes]
Need to buy torches.
[/sblock]
 

EarlyBird

Explorer
Thadius looks at the ruined boot the murkdweller's teeth had made. He grunts and throws up his hands. "You and your new pets can do whatever you wish to the goblins. But we still have our true mission to be about, and about it we should be."

OOC: Thadius is neither smart nor wise, anyone else want to ask where they murk-dwellers former home was?
 

KahlessNestor

Adventurer
Thistle
Evening

“Where is this home the goblins drove you out of?” Magdalena asked the muckdwellers. It would be a good idea to know where to find the goblins if the deal with Belig didn’t go as planned. “Perhaps we may be able to drive them out. It is the least we could do for your friend. But after we finish our business.”

[sblock=Actions]
Move:
Action:
Bonus Action:
Reaction:
Concentration:
Conditions:
[/sblock]

[sblock=Ministats]
Inspirations:
AC: 16 (chainmail)
HP: 12/12 HD: 1/1d10
Divine Sense (3/LR)
Lay on Hands 5/5

Prepared Spells:

Spell Slots Remaining/Total
[/sblock]

[sblock=Notes]
Need to buy torches.
[/sblock]
 


eayres33

Explorer
Traubon picked up a small rock as Magdalena talked to the little muckdwellers. He felt bad about the one he had killed, the pitiful little things didn’t know what they were getting into, but things died when you went into the battle that was the way it worked.

Traubon skipped the rock across the ground to his right away from everyone else, just because it was the way it worked doesn’t mean he had to like it. “We should bury the body, or burn it. Whatever is their custom.”
 

JustinCase

the magical equivalent to the number zero
Chatty points a clawed little finger in a generally northern direction. "Goblins in home there! Lizard home, big hill home. Gods home made, lizards gift. Goblins stole home!"

The muckdweller describes a place built into a hill, partially collapsed but mostly intact, with several rooms including a kitchen, storeroom, bedrooms and a library. It sounds as if the creature is describing the depot Baron Wildhurst has tasked you to explore, and the shortlived reptiles are convinced it was made by godlike creatures several generations ago.

As you prod Chatty and the others, they describe the place in some detail. Eventually you are able to figure out the general layout of the place.

OOC: depot crude map.png

The corridor at the bottom has collapsed. The first chamber upon entrance from the north is the kitchen, the next room with the large rectangle used to be the muckdweller's dining room with a huge table. The other rooms were used as bedrooms, storerooms and the chamber that connects both to the room with four doors and the easternmost room, used to be a library with books the lizards never read.

Of course, the muckdwellers only know what the place looked like when they were in charge. If you want to know specifics about the rooms or stuff to find therein, ask and I'll describe what the creatures know.
 

KahlessNestor

Adventurer
Thistle
Evening

Magdalena blinked in surprise at what the muckdwellers were telling her.

“I think they live in the place we’re meant to explore anyway,” she translated to the others.

Magdalena talked more with the muckdwellers and then started drawing out in the dirt what they were saying. There was some back and forth as Chatty made corrections, but soon they had a functional layout of the place, and she explained which rooms were what, at least as they were when the muckdwellers were there.

“So it seems by the will of the gods our paths align,” she told the others. “To the north.”

[sblock=Actions]
Move:
Action:
Bonus Action:
Reaction:
Concentration:
Conditions:
[/sblock]

[sblock=Ministats]
Inspirations:
AC: 16 (chainmail)
HP: 12/12 HD: 1/1d10
Divine Sense (3/LR)
Lay on Hands 5/5

Prepared Spells:

Spell Slots Remaining/Total
[/sblock]

[sblock=Notes]
Need to buy torches.
[/sblock]
 


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