[5e AL] Boltsmelter's Book [Completed!] (Inactive)

Game Master mishima

She grimaces her little dwarf face, apparently not interested and on her last shred of patience "You cannot invade our home and steal our relics and then expect us...help a lot of people? Have you asked him who his fence is? Murssvayas. A drow magician of the vile House Dhuurniv...!"

In the shock of silence you turn to look at Boltsmelter, who seems to shrug his shoulders and grin a little grin that seems to say Daaaat's meeee!" when suddenly a huge glob of white bird s#*~ splatters all over his face from above.

There is another absolutely confused, wtf moment as the dwarves look at each speechless and to you all before you hear a mad *CAAAAACAAAAW*!!!!!! and a giant monster with a bird beak and great hooks perhaps 4 feet long on both forelimbs drops from the ceiling above, and an army of robed figures leaps from the cliffs above to destroy you all!

"Forge-Knights! Assemble!" Kalda cries as they set up a defensive line and become surrounded.

Big ass battle here, careful. Will take me a bit to setup, dont trust map just yet let me roll init first

edit: Alright, map all set. Yellow are the dwarves, blue is Boltsmelter, green are the robed figures that look like stone genasi.

Also, the things on the side of the map are ledges that go up, with elevation indicated.

Round 1:
Elandil, Cole <--UP
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Surrounded, you also notice one of the stone genasi seems more menacing than the others, adorned with the same stone plate you encountered above...

Elandil is glad he is wrapped in shadow with the sudden appearance of more enemies. His honor gets the better of his fear though as he emerges chanting words of magic. As he finishes, motes of light begin to form on some of the stone warriors and one of the horrors.

Cast fairy fire DC 13 dex. See map for targeting. No move, I'm not eager to get into melee...

Waiting to see what, if any enemies are affected by Fairy Fire before declaring target for attack.

Hook Horror Dex vs Elandil: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Genasi A vs Elandil: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Genasi B vs Elandil: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Genasi C vs Elandil: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Hairline cracks in reality form across their skin as an ancient fire glows from within...Marked affected with blue tint on map

Round 1

Cole steps 10 feet to his left and attacks the stone Genasi up against the wall with both swords.

LS Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
LS Dam: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
SS Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
SS Dam: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Map note, the circular blue regions near the party are stone columns and not water puddles or anything.

The hook horror steps forward screeching and swings its long, bloody hook into Abrel...

Hook Horror Attack Abrel: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Dmg to Abrel: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 = 11 piercing
Hook Horror Attack Abrel, Multi: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

...snagging the knight in his stomach.

The Genasi swarm the party with sharp purple crystalline weapons...

Genasi Attack El: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Genasi Attack Davin: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Genasi Attack Furgis: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Dmg to Furgis: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Genasi Attack Abrel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Genasi Attack Cole: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Armored Genasi Attack Abrel: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Armored Genasi Attack Abrel: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Furgis, still somewhat blinded from the splatter of droppings from earlier, doesn't see the blade catch him from the side "...ach...what am I payin ye for!"

Round 1:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal <--UP
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Don't worry Abrel, you have them right where you want them! All around you...

Just what I was thinking! Are any of my friends among the mess of enemies? Can I get away with a thunderwave without hitting one of them?

Yep, they are begging for aoe. You can easily get 3 (2 genasi and the hook horror) without any friends with that spell. If you risked an AoO you could get 4 (another genasi).

I think I'll take the AoO...

Abrel steps to the side and calls upon the thunder!

thunderwave Con save DC 12: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7

Second Wind: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Genasi AoO vs Abrel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Dmg to Abrel: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

The genasi relentless pursues Abrel as he scuttles to the northeast, slashing across his arm just as a burst of sonic energy is unleashed from the war mage...

Genasi Con vs Abrel: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Genasi Con vs Abrel: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Genasi Con vs Abrel: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Hook Horror Con vs Abrel: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Somehow their stony physiologies seem to dampen the burst, however the stone plated knight takes the energy in full force, flying across the cavern.

SKnight-7,GA-3,GB-3,GC-3

Round 1:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal <--UP
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Taking a few steps back into the narrower passage, Shaldinari taps the power on her fae patron and allies. Matching her mood at having to defend Boltsmelter yet again, but this time while trapped deep underground, the tiny creatures that appear are much more malevolent looking. The tiny unseelie fae with their spiked armored, tattooed limbs and tusked jaws are in stark contrast to the sleep fae conjured previously. But the effect is similar as they swoop down over the genasi and cover them with a black ash like substance that causes those touched to fall into a deep sleep.

Casting Sleep: 5d8 ⇒ (8, 3, 3, 3, 8) = 25

Spell is centered on the hook horror, so it should potentially get red, orange, orange, and green.

Suddenly their front line drops to the ground, snoring gently...

I will mark unconscious with a black border, you got 3

With the way clear, Davin has a clear shot at the hooked horror before them.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
crit: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Action Surge
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Davin's arrow penetrate the scales and feathers of the aberration, and once again it wildly screeches, echoing throughout the chamber.

At a glance and by the sound of things, the dwarves are not doing so well. You could spend an action to get more info there

Round 1:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal
Forgeknights
Bhoors <--UP

El and Cole may act as well to start round 2

Round 2
Intending to keep the enemies away from Shaldinari, Elandil holds his ground and strikes out with his scimitar.

scimitar: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Round 1

Bhoors calls out to the lead dwarf. "Truce until Stony bunch cult is pacified. Then we can resolve our issue?"

Bhoors sings about lights in the forest.

Casts Faerie Fire. 20 foot cube; Green, black, and red genasi along with the Hook Horror.

g vs b: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
r vs b: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
blk vs b: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
hook vs b: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Bhoors' magics tear across the cavern in a display of flashing rainbow lights, then fade like twilight, the bird creature "Squawk?" swatting away the small motes of energy. sorry, they all saved

Elandil's scimtar slashes into the stone genasi's flesh, which seems to bleed like anything else, leaving him a terrible wound.

Round 2:
Elandil, Cole <--UP
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal
Forgeknights
Bhoors

"Alright, truce until the birdies are roasted! Arrrg!" she screams back before executing some kind of whirlwind attack.

You're not sorry;)

two castings of fairy fire on 8 targets and only 2 affected... I think infinity has something against us having advantage.

How dare you try and take advantage of some helpless underdark denizens. Shame.

Round 2

Cole again attacks the one before him.

LS Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
LS Dam: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
SS Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
SS Dam: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Furgis takes the opportunity of the fallen, sleeping genasi to move back behind Shal, keeping an eye on the book all the while.

Cole meanwhile puts all his strength into a double strike against the genasi before him, his longblade skitters off the nearby column but his short sword slashes it across the face just as it pulls back, grimacing in anger as the blood slowly creeps across his mouth. It immediately retaliates...

Attack Cole: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

...but likewise finds the snug alley between the wall and the stalagmite hard to fight within.

Elandil's quarry likewise tries to break the party's flank...

Attack El: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Dmg to El: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

...and El feels a cold stone gash across his stomach.

The hook horror waddles forth like a penguin over the sleeping genasi and slashes out at Davin...

Hook vs Davin: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Hook vs Davin, Multi: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Dmg to Davin: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 = 14

Finally, the stone guard sees an opening and rushes forward to attack Shal...

Attack Shal: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Attack Shal, Multi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Dmg to Shal: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Across the room, you notice another dwarf fall in battle, getting slashes across the throat as it spills the guts of one of the genasi...

Round 2:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal <--UP
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Attack Eldritch Blast - Repelling: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 8 +10 foot knockback

Snarling at her attacker, Shaldinari sends a blast of eldritch energy straight for his chest hoping the blast will drive him back as well as break a few bones.

Shal hears the whisper of the rustling twilight leaves of the Feywild as a hole is bored through the genasi's chest nearly a half foot in diameter. He crashes back into the hook horror who, agitated, slices him clean in half...showering deathspray all over his sleeping allies.

Round 2:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal <--UP
Forgeknights
Bhoors

About this same time, you hear and feel the earth begin to tremor and quake...

Abrel takes up his blade in two hands striking down hard on the hook horror!

longsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Action surge

longsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14
damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Abrel's first attack cleaves through the hollow ribs of the avian aberration and it shrieks in pain, it turns and swats away the second attack angrily.

Round 2:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal <--UP
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Can you still attack if you make a disengage action to move away from an enemy?

Disengage is an action. Unless, you have your action surge left...

Davin, important note if you are planning to step away. The hook horror has a 10 ft reach, which your character has seen in action. The disadvantage to archers only applies within 5 feet. So in other words, if you are just trying to avoid the disadvantage to your shots, you can simply move 5 ft within its reach and not take AoO.

Oh, ok...I will do that then!

Moving a short step within the creatures reach, Davin fires his arrow right at the monster point-blank

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Davin's shot connects just as there is small explosion behind in the dwarf melee: a great ball of light resembling a sharp crescent moon formed of molten steel surrounds the paladin and releases tremendous energy...she falls but the blast seems to take the hook horror engaging their group with her...quite the sacrifice. At a glance it looks like only 2 of the dwarves are still standing against the swarming rock men.

And the rumbling of the earth is getting stronger and stronger...

Round 2:
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal
Forgeknights
Bhoors <--UP

Bhoors up, toplisters please hold off this time

Nature: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Something is coming! Something big, something burrowing!

"If that book has any vicious combat abilities that can stop weird rock people might be time to actually read it."

Bhoors shifts between Abrel and Cole to give Cole. He strikes out with his rapier toward the genasi engaged with Abrel.

Bhoors even in the heat of battle still manages to make coming to help and healing a dig against his new rival. "Keep your guard up and watch your footing, you're bleeding everywhere."

Rapier attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Healing Word Abrel: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Yes, sir! Abrel seems to straighten up, and faces off with the hook horror before him!

Profile updated! Thanks, Bhoors!

Bhoors, that hits, roll damage please.

I'll just roll to keep it going, think its an auto kill anyways

Bhoors Dmg to Genasi: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Bhoors sidesteps over to Cole and with a precision thrust, grinning all the while, the genasi slumps over on the slimy cave wall, dead.

The rumbling reaches a crescendo and the hell that has broken loose ratchets up by a factor of 1000. The eastern wall is sundered and explodes in a shower of pebbles and dust and bursting forth is an aberration with an unusually heavy body and the large, powerful mouth sitting atop its head. Its three long arms are each tipped with sharp talons, and its three large, stone-lidded eyes see in all directions.

It is ridden by another stone genasi who dismounts and joins the fray. The creature itself, perhaps sensing the gems that adorn it, go straight for Shal and Boltsmelter's Book...

Shal, the creature tries to take the book from you and burrow away. Make an athletics or acrobatics like an opposed grapple

Book Snatch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Where are we in initiative, I want a crack at it.

This is a scripted thing that popped in at the beginning of round 3. You can go ahead Cole but the results of Shal's opposed check might make a retcon necessary later.

Round 3:
Xorn
Elandil, Cole <--UP
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Trying to reach for a healing potion Shaldinari lets loose a string of curses and dives aside as the wall behind her explodes and the creature grabs for the book. More by instinct than by plan, she ducks from the creature and rolls to get behind Abrel, Bhoors and Cole.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

HP: 5/15

The xorn snarls from his top-hole, somehow you get the feeling it isn't giving up...

Round 3:
Xorn
Elandil, Cole <--UP
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal
Forgeknights
Bhoors

Round 3, Sneak Attack

Cole moves 10 feet northwest and engages the new beast with both swords.

LS Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
LS Dam: 1d8 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 3 + (5) = 12
SS Att: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
SS Dam: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Round 3

Still attempting to lay low the Genasi in front of him, Elandil strikes with his sword again.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Belated Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Cole finds the rocky corpuscules that make up the strange creature's flesh quite difficult to penetrate, his blades just sliding here and there. Elandil has less problems with his quarry, slashing across its eyes to blind him before thrusting through the soft stomach to kill.

The injured hook horror continues its assault against Abrel, at this point more or less just in a mad rage...

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Attack, Multi: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

...but his attacks are easily parried by the trained knight.

The last genasi on your side, the rider of the xorn, doesn't take his eyes off the book either, and shoves Boltsmelter out of the way getting to Shal, bringing his dark sword against her throat....

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

...but the lithe elf manages to hold onto the prize.

Boltsmelter yells "Bah, yer gonna get killed ye daft witch, gimme that!" and tries to snatch the book himself!

Book Snatch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

Another opposed roll please Shal if you wish to keep hold of it

Round 3:
Xorn
Elandil, Cole
Stone Genasi, Hook Horrors
Abrel, Davin, Shal <--UP
Forgeknights
Bhoors