Chapter 2: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.

Ghost Dex save: 6 + 5 = 11; failed.

"Death From Above!"


Ghost
AC 18 (studded leather combat suit)
Hp 79/96
Temp HP: 0
Remaining HD: 8d10
Initiative +5
Action Surge: 1
Fighting Spirit: 1/3
Condition: Ronin

Chris wrote:
Menkaure is up

it's been a day and a half, please take your action or Menkaure is going to pass for this round

oops, didn't see that it was his turn

move to Q-10, target the spider bot at H-8 with Fire Bolt

Roll(1d20)+6:
14,+6
Total:20


If that hits,

Roll(2d10)+0:
3,8,+0
Total:11

Menkaure will also draw his sword

AC: 17
Initiative: +3
Movement: 30’
HP: 88
Prof. Bonus: +3

Menkuare repositions himself near Mime who now enjoys his aura of protection.  The firebolt singes the Spider bot (previously unharmed).  
Spiders I-6 and J-8 are both injured but functional

Chris wrote:Initiative

Mime 22  
Ghost 21  
Mask 14
Spider bots 14
Menkaure 12
Goggles\Robot 8
Asuran cops + golems 6
civilians 3

Goggles uses the nearby Golem as cover from Mime and shreds the cop at H-12

Cop C-10 fires at Goggles but misses
Cop H-9 struggles in vain to get the spider bot off his head
L-6 hits Mask with his baton, but Mask is only annoyed

enemy golem G-3 attacks Cop L-6 and knocks him down with a charge
golem J-7 engages enemy golem to protect cop L-6
golem J-13 attacks Goggles with a punch attack, 1 hit, 1 miss

the civilians continue to scatter, but 2 decide to hide behind Menkaure and Mime.  maybe they sense Menkaure's aura?  

map is updated



top of the round!

Mime is up
Ghost on deck

Chris wrote:

top of the round!

Mime is up
Ghost on deck

I know we are all getting geared up for Rob's game, but waiting on Alan

4 days....

Shit. Sorry I missed this. Must've been logged out. I will post shortly.

Mime
AC 17
Cloak of Displacement:
Attackers are disadvantaged to Attack Mime
Hp 96/96

Initiative +3 (Advantage)
Mime's party is never surprised

Passive Perception: 15(18 in the city)



Mime moves to M-15 drawing a second laser pistol.

"You're about to have a real problem if you don't listen to me about the spider droids..."

As a bonus action he casts hunters mark on the spider bot  at I-17.
Mime fires twice

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +8" :

4 + 8 = 12
Damage
Result of the throw of dice "2d6 +3" :

5 + 5 + 3 = 13 radiant

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +8" :

12 + 8 = 20
Damage
Result of the throw of dice "2d6 +3" :

6 + 6 + 3 = 15 radiant

If the spider bot doesn't drop, mime will use action Surge to shoot it twice more.

no worries, it happens all the time


Mime advances and lays a double dose of laser beams into his marked target. The blasts seem to find particularly vulnerable spots.

I-17 spider bot is killed in the middle of his hostile takeover of the Golem's brain.


Ghost is up

Ghost moves to Q-8. Lets loose with his SMG at Mask, spraying him with hot lead.
1st attack) 15 + 11 = 26; hit) 1 + 6 = 7P
2nd) 10 + 11 = 21; hit) 9 + 6 = 15P

Go Action Surge, 2 more attacks.
1) 7 + 11 = 18; hit) 4 + 6 = 10P
2) 19 + 11 = 30; hit) 8 + 6 = 14P

Ghost
AC 18 (studded leather combat suit)
Hp 79/96
Temp HP: 0
Remaining HD: 8d10
Initiative +5
Action Surge: 0
Fighting Spirit: 1/3
Condition: Ronin

Ghost rips into Mask who seems surprised at the amount of fire he is taking.  

Chris wrote:Initiative

Mime 22  
Ghost 21  
Mask 14
Spider bots 14
Menkaure 12
Goggles\Robot 8
Asuran cops + golems 6
civilians 3

Mask decides that this fight is not worth his life.  He targets his orbital laser for maximum casualties - the 2 civilians and Menkaure!  

DC14 Dex save for 1/2 damage

Roll(4d8)+0:
4,5,5,7,+0
Total:21 electric

even with Mime's help, the 2 civies are burnt to ashes by the orbital laser blast!

Mask bravely runs away (to J-4) and yells to the converted golem K-5 "get them, you fool!"

Spider bot H-8 finishes converting the asuran cop and moves on to J-13 golem, the other spider begins conversion on golem K-7

map is updated



Menkaure needs a Dex save vs orbital laser, then he is up

You wrote that Mime was targeted, (who is not near any civilians), and then asked Menkaure for the save. I assume "Mime" was the typ-o and Josh needs to save.

navyik wrote:You wrote that Mime was targeted, (who is not near any civilians), and then asked Menkaure for the save.  I assume "Mime" was the typ-o and Josh needs to save.

indeed, my bad. Menkaure is target, not Mime.

Dex Save:

Roll(1d20)+3:
19,+3
Total:22


Menkaure's action:

Menkaure lets his combat instincts take over "For Ra!"

Bonus action, cast Ensnaring Strike (2nd level slot)

Move to K-4 using Burst of Speed

Attack twice - Mask

Roll(1d20)+9:
15,+9
Total:24

Roll(1d20)+9:
11,+9
Total:20

Damage for 1st attack -
Roll(2d6)+6:
4,5,+6
Total:15

Damage from 2nd attack - (if it hits)
Roll(2d6)+6:
2,4,+6
Total:12

Ensnaring Strike - 2d6 damage plus Str. Save or he his restrained until the spell ends
Spell DC: 14
bonus damage:
Roll(2d6)+0:
2,2,+0
Total:4

Menkaure is finished. I will update his stat block depending on what happened with that Dex. Save he had to make

Chris wrote:
DC14 Dex save for 1/2 damage

Roll(4d8)+0:
4,5,5,7,+0
Total:21 electric

Menkaure takes 1/2 damage.  I guess he doesn't like being blasted by an orbital laser either?  Menkaure conjures  an impressive burst of speed and damage to the fleeing villain, which frankly caught the GM by surprise too  

Mask goes down on Menkaure's blade, his Ensaring strike restraining only a corpse now.  

Chris wrote:Initiative

Mime 22  
Ghost 21  
Mask 14
Spider bots 14
Menkaure 12
Goggles\Robot 8
Asuran cops + golems 6
civilians 3

The golem near Menkaure, as previously ordered slams him with a metallic fist dealing 9 damage.

Goggles\Robot charges Mime and swings his two bladed arms.  One miss due to displacement and one hit for 11 damage.

cops H9 and D10 fire at each other but both miss

golem J-13 is having his mind wiped and can't act
golem I-18 moves to K-17 to attack the blade-wielding robot but he misses with his slam attack

the remaining civies scatter except for the one at S-3 who is watching the carnage with some interest


map is updated



Mime is up

Mime
AC 17
Cloak of Displacement:
Attackers are disadvantaged to Attack Mime
Hp 96/85

Initiative +3 (Advantage)
Mime's party is never surprised

Passive Perception: 15(18 in the city)

Spells
1) 4 ✓✓✓
2) 2 ✓

Mime does not fluster.  His delivery is clinical.  "I don't understand your objection to a course of action that is clearly calculable to be in your best interests."

As a bonus action, mime sets his Hunter's mark on the spider bot closest to him.

Result of the throw of dice "1d20 +8" :

15 + 8 = 23

Damage:
Result of the throw of dice "2d6 +3" :

4 + 5 + 3 = 12 radiant

His second shot is clearly a miss.  I rolled a 1.

"Clearly the spider droids are the biggest threat."

the one remaining standing asuran cop is too busy being shot at to listen to Mime's well-argued thesis. the other just got plowed by one of his own golems. his large ears are ringing from the impact as he struggles up from the ground.

Mime tags the spider bot nearest him.  NIce job with the feat to avoid disadvantage penalty when adjacent to an enemy.

Ghost is up

Chris wrote:Ghost is up

Are you allowing orthogonal movement at 5 ft. increments? Can Ghost make it to K-12 in at max movement (30') to melee attack the spider at J-12?

Robyo wrote:

Chris wrote:Ghost is up

Are you allowing orthogonal movement at 5 ft. increments? Can Ghost make it to K-12 in at max movement (30') to melee attack the spider at J-12?

I prefer hex maps for that reason, but ended up being square. What movement are you using for D&D?

we might as well be consistent.

Chris wrote:

Robyo wrote:

Chris wrote:Ghost is up

Are you allowing orthogonal movement at 5 ft. increments? Can Ghost make it to K-12 in at max movement (30') to melee attack the spider at J-12?

I prefer hex maps for that reason, but ended up being square.  What movement are you using for D&D?  

we might as well be consistent.

Diagonal movement is 5'. There is an option though, in DMG to do it more like PF does.

I am fine with keeping it simple and consistent. I think that means Ghost can reach his target

Ghost moves across to K-12. As he does, he lets the SMG drop, it hangs from a harness across his shoulder. He draws his katana and makes two attacks at the spider bot. Use Fighting Spirit (Adv on attks).

1) 17, 4... 17 + 9 = 26; hit) 1 + 6 = 7R.
2) 16, 9... 16 + 9 = 25; hit) 2 + 6 = 8R.


Ghost
AC 18 (studded leather combat suit)
Hp 79/96
Temp HP: 0
Remaining HD: 8d10
Initiative +5
Action Surge: 0
Fighting Spirit: 0/3
Condition: Ronin

Ghost dices the spider bot into tiny pieces!  It fails to complete it's mind-wipe data-transfer with the golem.

Chris wrote:Initiative

Mime 22
Ghost 21
Mask 14
Spider bots 14
Menkaure 12
Goggles\Robot 8
Asuran cops + golems 6
civilians 3

Mask is dead.  

The 1 remaining spider bot, finished it's MWDT and jumps over to Menkaure.  It jumps onto the big cat's head and uses mini laser to drill through his skull.

Menkaure needs to make an INT save DC 12

map is updated



Menkaure is up, but needs to make his save first.  If he succeeds, you can move, if he fails, then I need to make another roll first.

Int save:

Roll(1d20)+0:
15,+0
Total:15

Menkaure will just use his sword (yes, to 'hit himself') and strike at the bot (hope this works)

Roll(1d20)+9:
9,+9
Total:18

Damage (if that hit)

Roll(2d6)+6:
2,6,+6
Total:14

whit10 wrote:Int save:

Roll(1d20)+0:
15,+0
Total:15

Menkaure will just use his sword (yes, to 'hit himself') and strike at the bot (hope this works)

Roll(1d20)+9:
9,+9
Total:18

Damage (if that hit)

Roll(2d6)+6:
2,6,+6
Total:14

Menkaure makes his save, so the spider bot is climbing on him, but not actually engaged with his mind attack. If it was a dagger, I would be fine with it, but given the size of the sword, I think the attack would be at Disadvantage. Please roll 1 more time and take the lower of the 2 rolls. if you miss the spider bot, you might hit yourself

Roll(1d20)+9:
18,+9
Total:27

Menkaure carely impales the spider bot climbing on his head.

at 8, Goggles\Robot realizes that he is on the losing side of this exchange.  He steps away from Mime, who doesn't have a melee weapon out for AoO.

Wut-chut-chut



His robotic exoskeleton transforms again from the large clawed appearance to a VTOL-drone (reskinned druid again).  He flies away at top speed.  Everyone gets 1 action to shoot at him, if you want, if you have a ranged weapon in hand.  casting a ranged spell is also fine.  1 action


The asuran cops stun and immobilize their 1 converted officer.  The converted Golems slump over into low power mode without an active controller (spider or Mask).

combat will end, after we see if you can stop Goggles from escaping or not

Menkaure will fire a Ray of Frost at it.

Roll(1d20)+6:
19,+6
Total:25

Damage (if that hits)

Roll(2d8)+0:
8,6,+0
Total:14

If it hits, the target's movement is reduced by 10' as well.

Done

that hits!

the drone's gyro's freeze up a bit

Ray of frost slows movement to 10'.  How high up is the goggles drone?

Can mime get high enough to make a leap to grab ahold of the goggles drone?

"Officer, he's getting away.  If your golem can throw me, I might be able to catch him."

Do the rules say you can't make a grapple attack as AoO?

Ghost's SMG is slung over his shoulder. He had already grabbed his katana. If he is unable to switch weapons, that's fine. If you'll allow it, then Ghost is happy to fire a parting burst.

navyik wrote:Ray of frost slows movement to 10'.  How high up is the goggles drone?

Can mime get high enough to make a leap to grab ahold of the goggles drone?

"Officer, he's getting away.  If your golem can throw me, I might be able to catch him."

Do the rules say you can't make a grapple attack as AoO?

Generally, no, unless you are a monk or can make unarmed attacks as "armed" attacks.

I wanted to double check 5e, since my mind generally thinks in PF....

O p p o r t u n i t y A t t a c k s
In a fight, everyone is constantly watching for enemies
to drop their guard. You can rarely move heedlessly past
your foes without putting yourself in danger; doing so
provokes an opportunity attack.
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile
creature that you can see moves out o f your reach. To
make the opportunity attack, you use your reaction
to make one melee attack against the provoking creature. The attack interrupts the provoking creature’s
movement, occurring right before the creature
leaves your reach.
You can avoid provoking an opportunity attack by
taking the Disengage action. You also don’t provoke an
opportunity attack when you teleport or when someone
or something moves you without using your movement,
action, or reaction. For example, you don’t provoke an
opportunity attack if an explosion hurls you out o f a foe’s
reach or if gravity causes you to fall past an enemy.


G r a p p l in g
When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it,
you can use the Attack action to make a special melee
attack, a grapple. If you’re able to make multiple attacks
with the Attack action, this attack replaces one o f them.
The target o f your grapple must be no more than one
size larger than you, and it must be within your reach.
Using at least one free hand,[u] you try to seize the target
by making a grapple check, a Strength (Athletics)
check contested by the target’s Strength (Athletics) or
Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (the target chooses the
ability to use).

since Mime had 2 pistols out, he can't attempt a grapple here

Mime
AC 17
Cloak of Displacement:
Attackers are disadvantaged to Attack Mime
Hp 96/85

Initiative +3 (Advantage)
Mime's party is never surprised

Passive Perception: 15(18 in the city)

Are there any swoops or flying cars around? If not, then Mime will set his Hunter's mark on goggles shoot twice

Rolling "1d20 +8" 2 times to attack

1: 8 + 8 = 16
2: 11 + 8 = 19

Damage

Rolling "2d6 +3" 2 times

1: 6 + 3 + 3 = 12
2: 6 + 6 + 3 = 15

navyik wrote:Mime
AC 17
Cloak of Displacement:
Attackers are disadvantaged to Attack Mime
Hp 96/85

Initiative +3 (Advantage)
Mime's party is never surprised

Passive Perception: 15(18 in the city)

Are there any swoops or flying cars around?  If not, then Mime will set his Hunter's mark on goggles shoot twice

Rolling "1d20 +8" 2 times to attack

1: 8 + 8 = 16
2: 11 + 8 = 19

Damage

Rolling "2d6 +3" 2 times

1: 6 + 3 + 3 = 12
2: 6 + 6 + 3 = 15

Mime doesn't see any swoops, so he opens fire

navyik wrote:

As a bonus action, mime sets his Hunter's mark on the spider bot closest to him.

Mime already used his Bonus action this turn.  You only get 1 bonus action per turn and this is already kind of an "extra bonus action" to shoot while departing.... nonetheless, Mime tags Goggles twice and his drone form spirals into a nearby shop, exploding on impact.  Nice job!  you guys did some fast damage there  

Combat is over.



The Asuran cops detain their converted office.  One of them approaches the party, "Thank you for your help, citizens.  (he nods at Mime) You were most accurate in your assessment of the spider bots.  Tell me, how did you know about this threat?"

The party notices the 1 civilian that didn't flee.  He was watching from the back of a kiosk.  He appears to be an older Asuran. (not holding a gun)



He is still watching....

Menkaure will approach him, with a smile.

"Excuse me friend, may we speak?"

whit10 wrote:Menkaure will approach him, with a smile.

"Excuse me friend, may we speak?"

he shakes his head, "fools....."  and motions Menkaure away from the cops

As inconspicuous as a giant tiger can be... Menkaure will follow him

"The suspect with the mask pushed a button on his gauntlet moments before your evidence collection droids deviated from their program and attacked your golems. I suspect it was signal jamming technology coupled with a corruption virus. I think if you check his wrist you may find some compatible hardware. I would advise using a closed circuit computer system to examine it. If that virus gets into your mainframe or internet you will have a really big problem."

Ghost will be keeping his position somewhere between Menkaure and Mime, ready for anything. He is looking stern.

Robyo wrote:Ghost will be keeping his position somewhere between Menkaure and Mime, ready for anything. He is looking stern.

Ghost keeps watch

whit10 wrote:As inconspicuous as a giant tiger can be... Menkaure will follow him

Cion, the crusty old asuran engineer tells Menkaure, "these bozo cops don't know what they're facing.  that gauntlet was just a remote control, not the main antenna itself.  there must be a master control relay somewhere around here.  if we can examine the gauntlet, I might be able to triangulate it's position....."

before he can finish that thought......

navyik wrote:"The suspect with the mask pushed a button on his gauntlet moments before your evidence collection droids deviated from their program and attacked your golems.  I suspect it was signal jamming technology coupled with a corruption virus.  I think if you check his wrist you may find some compatible hardware.  I would advise using a closed circuit computer system to examine it.  If that virus gets into your mainframe or internet you will have a really big problem."

one of the cops, a younger one named Blidd, takes off his helmet and begins taking notes of Mime's statements.  he appears to understand the techinical nuances.



the officer in charge, who initially questioned Mime, scoffs at his suggestions, "Thank you, we'll handle our own investigation."  He stomps off towards the body of Mask.  He takes out an evidence container to collect the gauntlet.  As he pulls it off Mask's arm, it explodes brilliantly, killing the Sargent and destroying 2 nearby golems.  No other civies or cops are injured.

Emergency alarms sound in the marketplace from the explosion.




Blidd, now the highest ranking officer on the scene, looks at Mime, "You guys better clear out, unless you want to be detained for questioning.  I know you weren't involved and were just trying to help.  Get lost before I have to do more paperwork."




The old engineer Cion shakes his head as to say, "I told you so".  He turns to leave, so as to avoid questioning himself, "I might, MIGHT, be able to trace the signal from my lab.  If you are interested, follow me."

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REWARD:  for helping the Asuran police, the party gains FAVOR with the asuran police, especially the new young sargent Blidd (battlefield promotion), who is now considered an ALLY for all.


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the party has some choices here....

1) continue on your main quest.  head toward the border of Asuran city and Sky Maze, probably rest

2)  follow Cion to his lab, stay in Floating City, and try to help find the master control tower to help the Asurans (earning more local favor, contacts, allies, possible clues to connection with Gith)

3) anything else you want

I suggest we follow this good man and lay low for a minute while we get information

Mime hands Blidd a business card with the number 1 on it and the name Yoshi.

"Call me. We should meet soon. Suffice it to say that we are colleagues."

When Blidd looks up from the card Mime and his friends have disappeared.

Follow the old guy.

2 votes to stay on the side quest of helping Cion and Asurans

@Rob?

Chris wrote:2 votes to stay on the side quest of helping Cion and Asurans

@Rob?

Ghost will follow Mime and Menkaure.