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Post by harknail on Mar 29, 2015 21:01:51 GMT -5
Elir is going for #7. Elir takes out another dart " open wide!" The dart flings out of his hand at rapid speed. Almost as if he were following Elir's instructions the Kobold stood there slack jawed as the dart approached. But at the last moment he shielded his face by throwing up an arm, so he got the dart stuck in his arm instead. OOC: Attack hit, but wasn't fatal. Map (updates as positions change) |
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Post by harknail on Mar 30, 2015 0:46:48 GMT -5
Beth raises her shield to deflect a stone and turns to Hurick. "Sir! If it's the same to you, I think we'll have better luck fighting them in close quarters. I'm going in!"She draws her warhammer and charges toward #5, then veers to the right, dancing at the edge of the kobold's reach and around behind it. As she runs by, she aims a blow at the kobold's center of mass. If the kobold survives the attack, she'll use a bonus action while she's in square H5 to shove it with her shield, knocking it into the trench, and then move to E4, where she threatens both #6 and #8. If #5 dies, she'll go to E3 instead, and she'll use the shove against #8, shoving it into the wall. (I'm not sure what shoving someone into a wall does exactly, but it seems like it would be uncomfortable.) (5e fun fact: You only provoke an opportunity attack when you leave a foe's reach, not when you move within it. You can skirt around them all you like as long as you don't try to disengage. Not that it matters if they're only wielding slings, but still.)#6 and #8 now have disadvantage on their ranged attacks while Beth is threatening them, and will open themselves up to an attack if they try to leave her reach before firing. If they switch to melee attacks, it means they're targeting Beth instead of a squishier teammate, so mission accomplished either way. This move also sets up a sneak attack for Lincoln. As Beth passes the first kobold, she crushes its chest with single blow of her warhammer. Leaving that one to collapse and die, she moves between two others and tries pushing one into the wall behind it. Not wanting to be a kobold pancake, the kobold ducks down and to the side under her shield. OOC: Quite right about opportunity attacks, moving around foes to get flanking is much easier now. And quite right that both #6 and #8 will have problems targeting others with Beth there. And with her AC, they'll also have problems targeting Beth with their daggers (if they live that long) even with advantage from flanking her
OOC: If you haven't noticed, not all the kobolds have the same HP. Some have more will to live then others. Giving them all average HP is an option I could have used, but I decided to make them different, so that occasionally one can survive the first blow. |
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Post by hatguy on Mar 30, 2015 1:15:39 GMT -5
Lincoln Sees an excellent opportunity to fire, as two of the kobolds seem to be very preoccupied. Lincoln takes a few steps into the room to get a clear shot, and fires at kobold number 8.
F_qgjmx0p_1-20 +5 = 25 (crit success!)
Damage: p_1-6 + p_1-6+p_1-6 +3 = 14 damage (2d6 for crit + 1d6 sneak attack)
Lincoln then moves to D8, taking advantage of his small size to move through the squares of his allies with no penalty.
"That was a pretty good shot, wouldn't you say?"1-20�1-6�1-6�1-6
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Post by hatguy on Mar 30, 2015 1:18:53 GMT -5
So how does combat work after the first round? Is it just "anything within reason goes" or is it something else?
Also, are you running flanking rules harknail? I believe that flanking does not exist anymore in the RAW, but I wanted to double check.
Flanking is still in the RAW, specifically it's in the DM's guide as a optional rule when playing with a grid. I'm using a grid (as you may have noticed), so I'll be using the flanking rule as well. Flanking grants advantage on the attack. |
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Post by harknail on Mar 30, 2015 1:36:50 GMT -5
Lincoln Sees an excellent opportunity to fire, as two of the kobolds seem to be very preoccupied. Lincoln takes a few steps into the room to get a clear shot, and fires at kobold number 8. Lincoln then moves to D8, taking advantage of his small size to move through the squares of his allies with no penalty. " That was a pretty good shot, wouldn't you say?" Lincoln takes advantage of the kobolds attention on Beth's shield to put an arrow in one ear and out the other. That kobold also collapses as Lincoln then retreats behind the larger members of the team. OOC: You missed a die of damage, sneak attack damage is also doubled on crits in 5th Ed. And as you did correctly, the ability modifier is NOT doubled (unlike 3rd Ed).
OOC: Actually you still have the normal penalty (difficult terrain) to move though squares occupied by medium targets. It's just that unlike anyone else you can move through the squares of medium enemies (the classic dart between the legs maneuver). It didn't matter in this case as you still easily reached D8 as intended. |
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Post by at on Mar 30, 2015 3:56:33 GMT -5
Bishop moves forward to throw more light into the room, taking a potshot at the last isolated kobold. Between a fear of hitting his own allies and the need to hold his shield up however the shot goes well wide.
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Post by falconis on Mar 30, 2015 10:56:50 GMT -5
Aegis moves forward 18 feet, until he is right behind Lincoln, not wanting to get his face shot off as he focuses on the group ahead of him, aiming his crossbow, and firing at one of the Kobolds ( 7 ) making sure to aim carefully as he fires at the creature. 1kCOlNJbp_1-20+3. Obviously missing, he groaned as he looked to the bow and sighed, "This is why I tend to rely on magic, but unless I get orders specifically to start using it..." he said to himself, hoping that his miss wasn't spotted by the enemy.1-20
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Post by harknail on Mar 30, 2015 11:45:57 GMT -5
Map updated for Bishop's and Aegis's movement (both did indeed miss). Moving forward 3 squares is 15 feet, not 18 feet, but maybe Aegis detoured to the side for a clear shot before hiding behind others (a good place for wizards).
Tag Hurick, Kamon DO, and Shen Nalon
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Post by bashman on Mar 30, 2015 11:52:54 GMT -5
Change of Plans for me, Joe since there is no need to open the portcullis at the moment. Hurick is going to move to B6 and hit Kobold 7. If it drops, he continues his movement to E4. This will not incur OA because he will not *leave* the threatened square of Kobold 6. It also cuts Kobold 6's avenue of escape off as Beth and Hurick form a sort of a wall. He then will shout: "TO ME, Soldiers!"
If the attack on Kobold 7 fails, he will end his movement at B6 so someone without reach can close in.
Here's the Attack Roll: Y6HVvt_jp_1d20+6
And here's the Damage: p_1d10+4
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Post by bashman on Mar 30, 2015 11:59:07 GMT -5
Aegis moves forward 18 feet, until he is right behind Lincoln, not wanting to get his face shot off as he focuses on the group ahead of him, aiming his crossbow, and firing at one of the Kobolds ( 7 ) making sure to aim carefully as he fires at the creature. 1kCOlNJbp_1-20+3. Obviously missing, he groaned as he looked to the bow and sighed, "This is why I tend to rely on magic, but unless I get orders specifically to start using it..." he said to himself, hoping that his miss wasn't spotted by the enemy. |
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Post by harknail on Mar 30, 2015 12:07:23 GMT -5
Change of Plans for me, Joe since there is no need to open the portcullis at the moment. Hurick is going to move to B6 and hit Kobold 7. If it drops, he continues his movement to E4. This will not incur OA because he will not *leave* the threatened square of Kobold 6. It also cuts Kobold 6's avenue of escape off as Beth and Hurick form a sort of a wall. He then will shout: "TO ME, Soldiers!" Hurick's halberd sinks deep into the side of the kobold. Heroic shakes the kobold off his weapon and advances over it's dead body to stand next to Beth. |
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Post by bashman on Mar 30, 2015 14:07:06 GMT -5
Hurick: "TO ME, SOLDIERS! SURROUND HIM!"
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Post by bashman on Mar 30, 2015 14:10:09 GMT -5
Hurick: "TO ME, SOLDIERS! SURROUND HIM! Also, does anybody here speak Draconic?" |
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Post by at on Mar 30, 2015 14:37:31 GMT -5
Bishop shouts out, "ware the room to the north!"
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Post by kawaylon1 on Mar 30, 2015 15:13:58 GMT -5
Kamon-DO will advance to stay with the party.
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Post by harknail on Mar 30, 2015 15:29:21 GMT -5
Kamon-DO will advance to stay with the party. |
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Post by kawaylon1 on Mar 31, 2015 4:36:34 GMT -5
When I get into range I fire on the kobold. i6|WdqEk1-20 +7 to attack.
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Post by kawaylon1 on Mar 31, 2015 4:41:05 GMT -5
Forgot +3 to damage from dex
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Post by harknail on Mar 31, 2015 14:01:18 GMT -5
The bolt from Kamon-DO's crossbow strikes the kobold in the left shoulder. He reaches up to try pulling it out, but slumps to the ground before he was able to do so.
Combat over. Everyone gets 25 XP.
An educational first encounter for me. Besides learning more of the rules, I learned that 4 kobolds at a time are not much of a challenge, but one person in front presenting themselves as a target can get very hurt very quickly. If I hadn't decided that they weren't organized enough to all shot at the nearest target, Lincoln would have been down to 3 HP. If the other 4 had come out the first round, Lincoln would have very likely been at 0 HP before he got a chance to do anything.
Expect to see more kobolds at once in the next encounter, so set up your marching order accordingly. But meanwhile, you can examine the current room.
[tag all]
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Post by kawaylon1 on Mar 31, 2015 15:23:08 GMT -5
Search bodies
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