5E Adventure's in Midgard – North (Reaver's Spring)

Game Master Tareth

Let’s short rest. Luthael can heal any missing HP after that

Cheers

Weren't we in the middle of a long rest?

Basically the plan:

Step 1: Get the guy drunk. Complete
Step 2: Get the guy stoned. In progress
Step 3: Get him to promise an exorbitant reward for helping. To come

Ingryd is stealing his mead reciepw

So how did you get run out of town?

Someone stole something.

Ah so the rogue--

No, it was the barbarian.

Wait. What? What did the Barbarian steal?

A mead recipe.

Mead?!

No, the recipe. She got the brewer blind drunk and got him to share his recipe book.

(Let Gunnar know how much coin that was… don’t have an exact count for number of refugees).

Remember Ingryd has 400gp in her cleavage

I think there's only a dozen or so. Make it 120 to 150 gp?

I think I've kept the number of villagers right around a dozen since you left the manor house, so lets go with 120gp.

We've had a long rest since our last fight, right?

Yes, you've had a long rest.

Classic dwarf move. Releasing gas right at the entrance to the dragon's lair.

Sorry, it will be another hour and some change before I can post.

No worries. Take what time you need.

How far from the drake to main group? Or at least line of sight?

It is 75 feet to the bottom of the cavern. Scramsax is 15' above that, the drake is also 15' above and coming at Scramsax from along the wall. So 60' away from those at the top. Visibility is very limited due to the steam and darkness. (Mostly the steam since I think everyone has some form of enhanced vision.) All attacks beyond 30' are at disadvantage or do not have line of sight. You can make a DC20 Perception check to get momentary LOS and/or eliminate the disadvantage for one turn.

If my last post is too obscure, its about leaf identification by their features (as if Scram is an expert). I (player and physical, not biological, scientist) was always horrible at that with the conservationist's little guide books...

Gunnar: Sorry, I thought I had written that into a post somewhere along the way, but now I can't find it. So here you go, the cavern opening is approximately 70' long and 40' wide. Depth is 75'. Overall shape is Kind of a jagged oval but with the two ends coming more to a point than rounded.

Just saw Scramsax dropped. Can Luthael replace his Spiritual weapon with Healing Word

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

If yes besides healing, can Scramsax act on this round to not lose his action and move to get away?

Thanks

Gunnar: Sorry, I thought I had written that into a post somewhere along the way, but now I can't find it. So here you go, the cavern opening is approximately 70' long and 40' wide. Depth is 75'. Overall shape is Kind of a jagged oval but with the two ends coming more to a point than rounded.

So, there is the “cavern” and what seemed like an entrance to the place where the creatures are coming out.

As written: “A shadow looms in the entrance. The elongated image of a creature moves forward until a scaled, white head emerges through the opening. Its nostrils flare seemingly unfazed by the stench of the pool itself as it glances around the opening.“

Gunnar is planning to ready an action to cast Wall of Stone over the “opening” mentioned above. The idea is that as the dragon hurtles forward to join the battle, it is instead walled in at the opening and hits a stone wall. This only works if the opening that they are coming through is somewhat smaller than the entire size of the cavern at our ground level.

Gunnar: Just to clarify, the quoted passage and description is from when Scramsax had climbed down to the bottom of the main cave. The cavern opening described is about 75' down below the entrance at the surface. That describes the drake appearing down below. Only Scramsax really saw and then she raced back up the rope to the top where the rest of you were waiting. This was at the same time you and the other discovered the second drake in the trees.

Now, the four drakes just emerged from the upper opening in the ground (more like a well or crack in the earth). You could attempt to block the upper opening, but the 'wall' would need to be bigger than the opening otherwise it will just fall down into the pool below. (This could still be effective in blocking the lower opening, but right now nobody has line of sight down below because of the drakes.)

The 'lower' opening is smaller. About 50' x 40'.

Luthael: Sure, I'll let you replace SW with HW. To get Scramsax back on her feet. And since it looks like she didn't take any other actions this round, she can take a move action to clear the area and find cover.

Yes I was sort of also wondering about that last round. These fart-frost attacks bypass all of rogue's usual defenses so yeah, she really needs to gtfo if possible.

Can Scram get an estimate of range on the unusual breath attack? If evasion is impossible, perhaps she can at least stay out of range. Will get beyond that range, if so, using bonus dash if needed.

Would like to steer clear of the blast zone, in other words.

If Gunnar can use his Inspiration to reroll the number of berserkers, he would like to…

Number of Berserkers: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 2 = 8

Gunnar: Sure you can use your inspiration for that.

Scramsax: It is a 40' cone, so you should be able to Dash to a safe distance without any trouble.

Gunnar: How would you like to direct the berserkers? 2 on each drake? 4 on 2 drakes? Some other combination? There are currently 4 enemies visible and attacking.

Hmm...

Gunnar is balancing concentrating fire against the drakes versus clumping up to make a tempting target for breath weapons. Let's say the Berserkers are glory hounds and uninterested in sharing credit for the kill with party members. They will split up and attack the two newly-arrived drakes that are further back and currently unengaged.

Berserkers on unengaged drake 1: 1d8 ⇒ 1
Remainder of Berserkers on other unengaged drake (7).

I expect they will attack recklessly --> Berserkers

What's the distances between people? I want to understand what's aoe is optimal with a dragon coming.

Like fireball, how many can he get?
Like burning hands?
Like his dawn of radiance?

thanks

Sorry folks for being radio silent the past day or so. Some issues sleeping have wiped me out. I'll try to get a post in over the weekend.

Raseri, no problem. Hope you get some rest.

All, my wife had eye surgery today so I likely won't get a post up until tomorrow or Sunday.

Lutheal: They have spread out along the length of the cavern opening which is about 75 feet. For a fireball, I would roll a d3 to see how many you can get, something like burning hands would be a d2. Also those who are engaged would likely be affected as well by an AOE.

Hmm. I’ll have to redo my post if my companions would be affected.

Can Luthael thread a wall of fire to affect many and not affect melee companions?

Eye surgery I understand the feeling. Hope she recovers soon.

Oof, praying for a swift recovery. My eyes water a bit just thinking about that.

Worst thing ever having wife in hospital.

Thanks all for the good thoughts. Her surgery (cataract removal and a canaloplasty) went well and she's home resting comfortably.

All I can say is this getting old thing sucks. But the fact that modern medicine can remove the lens from a persons eye and replace it with a bit of plastic and also basically roto-rooter the eye's drainage canal to treat glaucoma is pretty amazing. It's completely anxiety producing and yes, definitely makes ones eyes water just thinking about it. But still, it's amazing.

Glad the wife is doing well. Sorry. Missed that news earlier

Oof. Yeah eye surgeries. Luckily mine was at age 2, but it is one of my first memories. Super terrifying. But at least I got my name in a medical journal.

Still not a fan of hospitals and eye doctors. I hope for a speedy recovery!!!

Yeah eye surgery has been the most pain I've ever felt. Couldn't do lasik to correct my vision, so I had lens put in my eyes. I was awake with local anesthetic, but it was painful when they pushed into my eyes while I had to stare constantly forward.

And my dad has had two cornea transplants, so I'm sure I've got that to look forward to.

Wish her all the best!

Glad to hear the good news. There's a reason I wear glasses and not contacts, though. :P

Also, looks like I may take longer to get back into the saddle than I thought. Bot me if needed. I'll try to catch up over the next week or so, but it may be after that when I start posting again.

Thanks for your patience. I'm dealing with some stuff that I've been neglecting and while I'm making progress, it's not exactly quick to change your habits.

No worries. Thanks for letting us know and I hope all works out well.

All: I will try and bump things forward tomorrow.

@adam sorry to hear it.

Hopefully its more surmountable than the orchard of poison ivy taking over my back yard. You know, that problem I was definitely going to take care of. 3 years ago.

Hey all, work has had a minor flare up this week. Such is the 'balance of life' maintained as my spouse heals and feels better, work surges forward with a series of time consuming irritations. Sorry for the delay, but I probably won't be able to get to an update until tomorrow.

No complaints here, weirdly busy week for me as well. Thanks for the message.

No worries. I've been trying to focus on developing better habits and getting some stuff that I've been neglecting done around the house. Progress has been a bit slower than I'd like, but I am making progress. That said, I'll be another week before I start catching back up.

:)

If it makes a difference in your calculations, DM, Gunnar did order the berserkers into the fog cloud to deal with the last drake.

I assume the dragon avoided the wall of fire. Is there any tactical reason to maintain the wall now that the dragon is beyond it?

Edit. It doesn't look like you rolled the dragon's save vs Luthael's readied Sacred Flame rolled in post.

thanks

Gunnar: Got it. I must have missed that. Give that, then I think we can call the last drake dead just prior to the dragon's arrival. No one would know for certain because of the fog. Then most of the berserkers run with the dragon's arrival.

Thanks!

”Into the fog cloud, Warriors of Valhalla, to the aid of your brother in arms!” commands Gunnar as the other drakes fall. With the dragon arrival imminent, he hopes that being away from the fog cloud himself and his companions being somewhat scattered will lessen the tactical impact of the inevitable Draconic Breath Weapon.

Moving to be away from his companions enough to make targeting from the dragon breath difficult, Gunnar prepares his mightiest spell, intending to cast it just in time to block the torrent of death nearly upon them!

(Readied Action to cast Wall of Stone directly in front of the Dragon as it looses its breath weapon. Intent is to shape it to block line of effect to as many of his allies as possible. If we get lucky it crashes into the wall afterwards!)

Gunnar was hoping the berserkers might be busy in the fog cloud with the drake and not be too affected by the dragon’s arrival, but even just the sound of such a creature must be terrifying.

If all but one fail their saves, they will mostly be a non-factor anyway, in the fog cloud or not. Gunnar is going to try a nature check to see what he knows about this dragon before he goes…

[the hag] even considered herself Queen of the Meadowcourt although that title rightly belonged to her sister

"We've met Duchess Dawnflower of the Meadowcourt, Cousin to Queen Lelliana Thorntree Endiamon and Foster Sister to Sarastra Imperial Princess at the Court in Thorn. I think she is the older sister of Sarastra, the goddess of night and magic. In fact, we've saved her from eternal slumber. So, anything is possible."

Just noting this here...need to dig some more sometime this weekend.

Ingrys wants to kill the hag.

If we go for it here is my post I was working on.

Ingrys wants to kill the hag.

If we go for it here is my post I was working on.
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