Mostly Tales of Yawning Portal with a few other modules (Inactive)

Game Master DoubleGold

Hold on fellows. How much do we know about these kobolds? They seem very disinterested in answering my questions. Tell me sir, what do you know of their dragon? And have you seen and any other adventurers pass by here? We are looking for them. Perhaps we can strike a deal if you are willing. We have no interest in your war, we just want out friends back.

Well, you help us or you die, we take your treasure, or you can split the treasure of the kobolds that you kill for us. Adventures, not that we have seen, but me I rarely leave this room. Their dragon is the goblins enemy.

isn't this the only way down and through the dungeon. Would he have had to have seen them? Should I check if he is lieing?

Why do the goblins hate the dragon so much? Couldn't they just leave and end this war?

Check about his possible lie.
insight: 1d20 ⇒ 18

This is the only way down, and he did say he rarely leaves this room, but he didn't say never, but he doubts it is possible someone slipped past him while he in another room from only a few minutes. Down here the rooms do eventually split off in multiple directions. It is possible he was in say room A where it does split into multiple directions while they went to room B. Or that the heroes never made it this far into the dungeon and were kidnapped and taken to another dungeon, many possibilities exist FYI.

He is not lying as far as Zakan can tell, he has not seen them.
We goblins hate the dragon so much, cause it serves the kobolds, and we hate the kobolds

Three will secure whatever healing potions people don't want to carry and stash them in his belt. What is the Hobgoblin armed with?

Can I roll something to learn about the Hellhounds?

arcana or religion since they are fiends.

Alright, no I assume is the answer for most of you, the bugbear is 25 feet south of you all and the two hell hounds are 25 feet east of you all

init: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (7) = 7 Three
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (10) = 12 Elaith
init: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (10) = 13 Zakan
init: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (15) = 15 Yolanda
init: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (16) = 16 Nileera
init: 1 + 1d20 ⇒ 1 + (12) = 13 all enemies (I took the highest init, which was the hell hound)

Yolanda, Nileera and Zakan are up

Arcana: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Religion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Yolanda moves right towards the bugbear and swings her hammer, ignoring the hound for the moment.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Zakan steps up on the bug bear seeing as the discussion has ended.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Attack 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Sneak Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Hell hounds are fiendish lawful evil creatures that understand infernal, are immune to fire, can breath fire in a 15 foot cone on average every 3 rounds, or bite and can move 50 feet per round. Also they are large sized

Yolanda and Zakan step and put some good damage on the bear. That 14 does miss Zakan bounces off his shield the first time but the 2nd stab finds a weak spot and strikes through.

Nileera will step to the hell hounds and swing her sword hit: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (4) = 8 dmg: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 but misses badly
The hellhound will breath fire on Nileera dmg: 6d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 5, 6, 2, 4) = 23
dex: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (9) = 9 and she is down

The other hellhound moves up to three and Elaith and breathe fire dmg: 6d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 4, 5, 3) = 24 dex save 12 for half
and the bugbear will swing at Yolanda hit: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (19) = 23
dmg: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 = 9

Round 1 Elaith and Three are up, as well as round 2, Yolanda, Nileera and Zakan are up.

Dex DC 12: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Just 4 more damage and I would be dead from the massive damage. What have we learned? Don't mess with hellhounds.

Dex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Death Save: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Yolanda steps towards Three and prays for healing.

Cure Wounds: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Zakan continues to cut into the bug bear.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Attack 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

And the bugbear falls down
Nileera is up make a death save

Even with Yolanda's healing, Three is still unconscious.

down 16 out of 15 max

There are no negative HP in 5e.

Yes, no negative HP in 5e, Three is conscious

NM then. Three will stand and attack the Hellhound.

Unarmed Attack Roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage Roll: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Bonus Action Unarmed Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage Roll: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

nileera death roll: 1d20 ⇒ 11
The dogs try to bite Yolanda
bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
bite: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (3) = 8
they have pact tactics
bite 1 advantage: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (4) = 9
bite 2 advantage: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (11) = 16
Yolanda takes dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Then three hits a dog twice for 10 damage.
Elaith, Yolana, Nileera and Zakan are up

I'm beginning to doubt those adventurers came down here at all, seeing as no one has seen them. And what a Hassel all this is. Zakan sighs and steps up on a hell hound.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Attack 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Yolanda took exactly 17 dmg, if I've calculated right. She's down.
So Nileera, Yolanda, Elaith are down and Zakan and Tree are standing.
Right, DM?

Death Save: 1d20 ⇒ 7 1 fail/0 successes

yolanda took 9 and 5 for 14 dmg.
Zakan strikes a hellhound once for 5 dmg.

botting Yolanda and Nileera hit: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (13) = 18 dmg: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 as Yolanda strikes a Hellhound
and Nileera death save death: 1d20 ⇒ 14 19 dmg on that thing One hellhound being hurt and its master dead, it yelps and runs away and the other follows.

The hellhounds disengage and run 50 feet.
all heroes go Hellhounds are 50 feet from you all, you one round before they run away from you and disappear, from your sight.
one is hurt at 19 dmg

Sorry...my bad...I thought I posted, but obviously I did not!

Yolanda speaks the sacred words to her spell and a bolt of golden light leaps from her hand to strike at the retreating hound.

Guiding Bolt: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 4, 3) = 14

The next attack roll made against this target before the end of your next turn has advantage, thanks to the mystical dim light glittering on the target until then.

Do I get an attack of opportunity since I was engaged with them or did they use some sort of withdraw action?

Death Save: 1d20 ⇒ 5 2 fails/0 successes

Three will move to stabilize Elaith.

Medicine: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Do I get an attack of opportunity since I was engaged with them or did they use some sort of withdraw action?

They disengaged. But you have a round to kill the hell hounds before they possibly alert something.

Zakan rushes forward in a blur and strikes out at the hell hounds as they flee. He goes to hit one attack on each hound.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Attack 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Bonus action to dash double my speed from rogue ability

by the way, attacking with your offhand item is a bonus action, so that means you would be taking two bonus action which you can't do
Zakan hits one hellhound hard
These hellhound will doublemove from Zakan, even though it knows it will provoke, it doesn't want you catching up to it as it moves 100 feet. obviously, you can chase it down, move, move and shoot, it would gain 40 feet on you each time, but you would be too far ahead of your party. I'm just going to say you down one of the two as they both provoke
One hellhound left Does anyone wish to chase it down and fall into its trap? Or you can go back up stairs to the kobold room and rest short or you can try long, or continue forward without chasing down anything.

Was I able to stabilize Elaith?

Yolanda goes to the fallen Elaith and casts a healing spell over the wounded wizard.

Cure Wounds: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Zakan returns to the rest of the party and helps up his downed comrades.

They're too fast for me, let's regroup and prepare for the coming trials.

Zakan returns to the rest of the party and helps up his downed comrades.

They're too fast for me, let's regroup and prepare for the coming trials.

Does this mean you are all staying in this room?

The heroes wait 5 minutes, nothing happens, 10 minutes and still nothing entering the room, what do you all do?
At three, a dc 10 heal check is all that is needed to stabilize someone, for future reference

Elaith coughs and stands up. "Thanks. Mental note: do not get close to those hounds."

After 10 minutes of waiting. "Nothing. Let's go further, I guess?"

After continuing to go forward about another 100 feet or so, you can go right or left. Hellhounds you saw went left.

Zakan stands still and sniffs the air. If the hounds went left, those to the left may be alerted to our presences. They might fall in behind us and trap us in the hallway. I will take a look ahead.

Zakan heads left to take a look.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 3
Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

"I was going to say that if the hounds went left, we should go right, but... Your words make sense."

"My master told me once 'leave not a foe at your back, as he will be at your throat before you can turn.' He was a morbid old man, be not often wrong."

"I would agree. I would hate to see that doggie show up when we are in another battle!"

Can't believe you guys are itching to fight off the hellhound and fall into its trap, even though you nearly died that fight.
Heroes follow the hellhound to the left to an empty room then round a small 10 foot round hallway. 20 feet in front of the heroes is 4 skeletons with greatswords, formed 2 by 2, and no shirts and behind them is the hellhound.

initThree: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (13) = 13
initElaith: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (17) = 19
initZakan: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (4) = 7
initYolanda: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (7) = 7
init nileera: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (13) = 13
init hellhound and skeletons: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (7) = 9

Elaith conjures three glowing arrows, directing them into the hellhound.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) + 3 = 9

Three move skirt around the skeletons to get to the hellhound.

I will spend a Ki point for 20' extra movement if needed.

Short Sword Attack Roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Damage Roll: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Bonus Action Unarmed Strike Attack Roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage Roll: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

I use my portent 14 to change Three's first attack. That makes it 19.

Yolanda moves in and strikes at the skeletons as well.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9