The grass is always Greenest....

Titus' save:


Roll(1d20)+1:
17,+1
Total:18

whit10 wrote:Titus' save:


Roll(1d20)+1:
17,+1
Total:18

Titus is able to suppress the tide of fear. He has the heart of a warrior!

lol... either that or he's too dumb to be afraid.

Gorlug Burguk
AC: 18
HP: 12
Hit Dice: 1d10

Speed: 30
Passive Perception: 11

Lay on hands 5

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +3" :

4 + 3 = 7

“I didn’t think it was... real.”

Gorlug readies a javelin in case it swoops down at us.

navyik wrote:

“I didn’t think it was... real.”

Gorlug readies a javelin in case it swoops down at us.

Gorlug draws a javelin, but his hand is shaking badly. Luckily all of the peasants are too afraid to notice.

Clyde WIS save: Result of the throw of dice "1d20" : 16 + 4 = 20.

Clyde comes from a long line of stubborn-minded dwarf folk that don't scare easily.


About a minute passes in the stream, though it feels more like an hour.  The villagers alternate between cowering and searching the sky for death's return.  The priestess makes a weak effort to calm her flock, though she is clearly terrified herself.  Death does not visit this hour.

Titus and Clyde note that the dragon made a low circle around the top of the keep before blasting it with lightning. In the flash of light, they are pretty sure they saw a few bodies fall from the parapet.  

Once the Fear passes, the party continues down the stream and around the village. The villagers are silently grateful for the cover of night.

Soon, Titus spots what looks like a large storm drain up ahead.  It dumps into the stream from the direction of the Keep.

"this will smell wonderful"

he points it out to everyone

Despite having vague visions what might be flying beasts from a long ago memory sticking in the recesses of his emotions, Moon holds a fist up to stop the group, holds a finger to his lips as he moves up ahead to get a look inside the drainage pipe to assess.

Stealth roll to move ahead unseen
1d20 (2) + 5 = 7 (he stumbles as he can't quite get the dragon memories out of his head, then he cringes as others might or might not see)

Perception roll to look through drainage pipe
1d20 (19) + 4 = 23

Embarrassed(like when a cat mis-judges a leap onto the counter, bounces back to the ground and walks away), he moves back to report what he sees. Clutz!

DM: what is the time frame of LoS on dragon? Seems like he flies over town for a blast or two at the keep, then out of sight (over the horizon?), only to return minutes later?

Clyde maintains a grim face as he walks along with the terrified townsfolk. The rookie cleric of Helm at least realizes the appearance of bravery is sometimes as important as having the actual heart of bravery.

He strokes his beard when they find the tunnel. "Perhaps this is a secret way into the keep?"

“Good people, the gods teach that true bravery is to feel fear and do what is necessary in spite of fear. Raiders and dragons and dark tunnels are real fears. But we must do the next thing that is required.”

Moon tries to creep forward but his foot slips on a wet river rock. In the darkeness, and given the raid, it goes unnoticed by the villagers. Moon reports back that the tunnel is wet and dark, but empty as far as he can see. He does find a locked iron gate just a few feet inside. Moon wonders why someone would lock a sewer drain.... perhaps Clyde is onto something?

Clyde is correct - the dragon swoops over a random part of town, spreading its Fear. It takes a pass at the Keep and blasts it with lightning before swooping up and out of sight. If Clyde had to guess, it returns every couple minutes.

The tunnel doesn't smell nearly as bad as Titus expected. It doesn't smell good, but the flow is minimal currently.

Gorlug gives the villagers a pep-talk. They seem willing to follow him into the unknown.


Would anyone like to try a lock pick (dex + thieves tool prof if you have it) or a str check to break it?
if you don't have actual thieves tools, it will be at disadvantage with improvised tools.

‘I’m not sure about that lock, but maybe I could finagle it if no one else has a more professional approach “

Titus can probably smash it with his hammer if needed.

Quain stand quietly to the side, in a shadow.

is the door made of wood, GM? If so -

"Stand back, I can burn through the door". Quain will spam Fire bolt cantrips at the wooden door until it fails.

If not, she stands by

Chris wrote: He does find a locked iron gate just a few feet inside.  

if nobody took the wonderful background Criminal, I guess it is up to Titus ....

Titus has that background but he doesn't have any tools... just a crowbar?

whit10 wrote:Titus has that background but he doesn't have any tools... just a crowbar?

I always thought the background came with the tools, huh, guess I was wrong


Go ahead and make a STR + Prof (thieves tools) for the crowbar. It is a tool when used to break to a lock, imo.

It will break the lock, so it won't be reusable again, but better than trying to break an iron gate with a warhammer

Roll(1d20)+5:
9,+5
Total:14

ick... man, my dice have gone cold lately

whit10 wrote:Roll(1d20)+5:
9,+5
Total:14

ick... man, my dice have gone cold lately

That is actually enough!


Years of corrosion and neglect have rusted the lock. Even if correctly "picked" with Thieves Tools, it will usually be rusted shut.

Titus braces his foot on the iron gate and pulls hard. There is a loud CRACK as the old lock breaks into many rusty pieces. Titus' effort also seems to have dislodged the iron gate itself.

It is clear that none of the raiders, nor anyone else, have passed this way for a long time.


Going in? marching order? any other Actions?

Titus can go first if no one else volunteers....

"By all means..."


Quain will pull rear security

Moon looks at Titus and smiles and whispers, "Nice work." Walks through with the others and moves to the front with his garb on.

As he gets to the end of tunnel, Moon wants to check if the coast is clear

Perception check
Perception +4
1d20 (2) + 4 = 6

Sees nothing, "Coast is clear"

Gorlug watches and waits for the whole group to filter in before closing the gate and guarding the rear. First to danger and last to safety as he was taught.

Quain will allow Gorlug to usurp the rear security position and walk 2nd to last

Titus will fall in behind Moon

MAS wrote:Quain will allow Gorlug to usurp the rear security position and walk 2nd to last

Sorry Matt. I even saw it but then forgot it before I posted...

thank you all for sorting that out in character!

The tunnel is actually 10 ft wide, so everyone wins  

Moon + Titus
priestess
villagers
Quain + Gorlug


Clyde?



The party enters the dank sewers.  The flow is low, not much more than a moving puddle under your boots.  It is dark inside the tunnels.  It was nighttime outside, so there isn't even any light coming in from the outside.  

Moon, Gorlug and Quain have 60ft of Darkvision, which treats darkness as Dim light.  

Dim light, also called shadows, creates a lightly obscured area. An area of dim light is usually a boundary between a source of bright light, such as a torch, and surrounding darkness. The soft light of twilight and dawn also counts as dim light. A particularly brilliant full moon might bathe the land in dim light.

lightly obscured =  In a lightly obscured area, such as dim light, patchy fog, or moderate foliage, creatures have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

For everyone else, you are effectively BLINDED in the tunnel due to the darkness.

A heavily obscured area—such as Darkness, opaque fog, or dense foliage—blocks vision entirely. A creature effectively suffers from the Blinded condition (see Conditions ) when trying to see something in that area.

Blinded

   A blinded creature can’t see and automatically fails any ability check that requires sight.
   Attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature’s Attack rolls have disadvantage.



I am providing the map because some members can partially see in the Dim light.  For everyone else, you cannot see your hand in front of your face.  




The tunnel goes straight ahead for the 60ft that Moon can see.  It appears as if it widens about 20 ft ahead.

The villagers huddle in tight. Each one puts a hand on the shoulder in front of them, forming a trembling chain.

"don't suppose any of you magic types could help a fella out here?"

Moon pulls out his tinderbox and 3 torches, lights them and hands one to Titus. “Here you go buddy,, no magic necessary”. He looks back to priestess (hands one to her) and hands one to a villager, “is that a little better? Pass the last one back.”

if none of the magic using folk cast a spell, Titus will take the torch...

Clyde is a mountain dwarf and last I heard, mountain dwarves have darkvision 60'.

Clyde walks behind the priestess and ahead of the villagers.

He picks up a pebble or stone and casts Light spell on it. Then he tosses the lit pebble into the center of the room ahead.

*If there aren't any stones, Clyde casts Light on a gold coin and hands it to Titus.

Light
cantrip evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V M (A firefly or phosphorescent moss)
Duration: 1 hour
Classes: Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard
You touch one object that is no larger than 10 feet in any dimension. Until the spell ends, the object sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. The light can be colored as you like. Completely covering the object with something opaque blocks the light. The spell ends if you cast it again or dismiss it as an action.
If you target an object held or worn by a hostile creature, that creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw to avoid the spell.

The light is colored red so as to be less harsh on the eyes of the villagers (no mechanical effect).

Okay then!

Moon hands out torches.  The villagers are more content with a source of both light and heat.   Basic needs bring comfort in distressing times.  They settle down, but the calm only lasts for a moment.  Clyde enchants a small stone with Helm's divine presence and chucks it ahead into the clearing.  It gives off a warm red light, much like Helm's forges.  

However, it also disturbs 2 swarms of rats that nest in the alcove!




They squeal and chitter in alarm.    (they are just regular swarms of rats, I don't know why the image has big brains on some of them, lol)


map update




Roll Initiative!

Gorlug Burguk
AC: 18
HP: 12
Hit Dice: 1d10

Speed: 30
Passive Perception: 11

Lay on hands 5


initiative

Result of the throw of dice "1d20" :

17

Titus' initiative:

Roll(1d20)+2:
5,+2
Total:7

Moon's Initiative:

(19) + 3 = 22

AC: 15
HP: 9
HIT DICE: 1d8 +1
INITIATIVE: +3
SPEED: 30ft.
PROFICIENCY BONUS +2

Init

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +3" :

7 + 3 = 10

Initiative so far

22 Moon
17 Gorlug
11 RATS!
10 Quain
7 Titus

Clyde initiative: Result of the throw of dice "1d20" : 6.


Clyde "Stonewall" Ungartheim
AC: 18 (w/out shield: 16)
HP: 10
HD: 1d8
Passive Perception: 12
Speed: 25'
Initiative: 0
Stealth: 0 (Disadvantage)
Spell Save DC: 12
Spell Attack: +4
SPELLS
Spell Slots Used 1/2, Bless, Cure Wounds
Prepared Spells: 1)Healing Word, 2)Guiding Bolt 3)Detect Magic
Bonus Spells: *Bless, *Cure Wounds
Cantrips: Sacred Flame, Guidance, Light[/quote]

Chris wrote:Initiative so far

22   Moon
17   Gorlug
11   RATS!
10   Quain
6     Clyde
7     Titus

there is no surprise because the light revealed the rat swarms

Moon is first

Moon turns to Titus, "use that torch on them!"

He then sweeps with his quarterstaff,

1d20(13) + 5 = 18

Damage
1d8(4) + 3 = 7 damage

Sweeps back

1d20(19) + 5 = 24

DAmage

1d4(2) + 3 = 5 damage

Moon is about 30 ft away from the nearest swarm of rats. Does he want to move forward and engage the closest enemy?

he can keep those rolls

Oh! Yes!

Moon rounds the corner on the vermin and does his own version of Miyagi-do  Sweep on, sweep off.
However, Moon finds hitting a swarm to be more difficult as the tiny creatures are constantly moving.




Initiative so far

22   Moon
17   Gorlug
11   RATS!   (by Moon -5)
      RATS!  
10   Quain
6     Clyde
7     Titus


Gorlug is up!

Gorlug Burguk
AC: 18
HP: 12
Hit Dice: 1d10

Speed: 30
Passive Perception: 11

Lay on hands 5

Gorlug dashes to the edge of the light on the right. He knows he can suffer the swarms better than the villagers can.

sorry for the delay, last weekend before school and family fishing trip today, yesterday was skate park and homemade ice cream stand

@chris How dare you have a family? Have fun!

Gorlug elbows and jostles his way through the throng of villagers.  He barely makes it to the edge of the light, just time for the RATS! to envelop him and Moon.  The swarm can and must occupy the same space as their targets.   Dozens of tiny claws and fangs rip at the 2 heroes....

Both swarms fail to penetrate the armor of Gorlog or the swift defenses of Moon.  

Chris wrote:

Initiative

22   Moon
17   Gorlug
11   RATS!   (by Moon -5)
      RATS!  
10   Quain
6     Clyde
7     Titus

Quain is up!