Group 1, Episode 1: Greenest in Flames

[Gerrin]

Tannaris Vethykos

Tannaris tries to spot the fleeing family in the chaos of the town.

Perception roll [1d20+2] = 3+2 = 5

[Monsieur Rose]

Rumble

Rumble is experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions. "Linan! It's great to see you. What is going on?" He fords the stream with a little difficulty, and sees the chaos on the other side. "Where are Cuth and the kids?"

Perception: [1d20+2] = 4+2 = 6

"I can't see them anywhere! Linan! Would the shopkeepers leave, or would they stay to protect the shop? Whose shop is that now?"

Rumble nods to Strega and yells. "If anyone wants a ride, now's the time. I'm going to cause a distraction!" He urges Daisy forward along the path, up towards the four-way intersection and into the red group there. "Time for some roadkill, Daisy!" He shouts and hurls words at the kobolds he passes.

[drpete]

Oskar joins Rumble, moving along beside the wagon (if he can keep up).

He also keeps an eye out for the father and children, who he suspects may be cutting across the field...

Perception: [1d20+5] = 12+5 = 17

On looking out at the castle, he tries to figure out how well the castle is faring as a defense against the dragon... is the dragon's breath destroying the keep, or doing relatively superficial damage?

Investigation: [1d20+4] = 16+4 = 20 (Advantage? [1d20+4] = 13+4 = 17)

[Gerrin]

Tannaris Vethykos

Tannaris sheathes one sword, keeping a hand free for spell casting. He waits to see the reaction of the looters as the wagon goes past them.
If they look to attack the wagon, Tannaris will engage them from distance.

[Rex]

Strega

Perception to locate the father and children.

Perception [1d20+4] = 14+4 = 18

[ravenn4544]

Bren notices a lurking figure running rampant in the building ahead and will throw a fire bolt to protect the villagers house from ruin.

Fire Bolt [1d20+5] = 11+5 = 16

Fire Bolt Damage [1d10] = 5

Initiative [1d20+2] = 19+2 = 21


Ooc: from what I can tell from viewing on my phone is there is a bad guy just northeast of the blue circle of the party. That’s his intended target.

[drpete]

That's a group of nine kobolds, I think.... are we wanting to fight all of the kobolds along the path? (That's ok, but wasn't the direction we were headed...)

Maybe 50-feet off to your right, a similar sized group of kobolds to the ones you just faced appear to be breaking into a shop that has been barricaded.

[Ahlmzhad]

Quaalxor

Sensing mass indecision takes off to the right to try and shield the escaping locals, and distract the looters as well. He will strike out at an angle towards the castle like the man and children he is following, and will then turn towards the road once he's gotten about 30 feet east of the houses being looted.

[dmw71]

To the Keep
"Let's move to the right, so we're between the looters and the keep," Quaalxor says, suggesting the group continue up the road towards the intersection, where the two groups of local townsfolk are seen, both heading in the direction of the keep. "Do you want to be heroes...?" Oskar asks, following the dwarf's line of thinking; taking a moment to glance at the keep itself, and its condition, and noting that, while the dragon blasts are causing more than just cosmetic damage, the keep itself is solidly built and still very structurally sound.

Before the group is able to act on a direction, Bren notices the looters attempting to impose their will upon the locals in the nearest building, and tosses a mote of fire in the direction of the nearest raider -- a kobold -- which elicits a pained yelp, followed by the collapse of the creature.

The rest of the raiders -- maybe two handfuls -- hear the cry of their fallen member, then turn and spot the group.

Further back in the group order, at the same time, Tannaris grips a piece of cured leather and begins rubbing it between his thumb and index finger, while gesturing with his free hand and uttering some arcane phrases resulting in the elvish fighting mage being washed over in a light blue glow; now protected by his Mage Armor.

"Linan! It's great to see you!" Rumble says, excited to have run into his former taker, and relieved the group arrived when they did and were in a position to save her. Favor repaid? "Where are Cuth and the kids?" Linan, squeezes the barbarians arm, appreciatively. "I sent them to the keep. Cuth is hurt, but I'm sure he'll make it there."

Cuth and the children are spotted, safely approaching the keep entrance!

Strega, looking to remotely bestow some healing upon the injured husband, assesses the distance and determines they're far out of range.


"If anyone wants a ride, now's the time!" Rumble cries, urging Daisy forward along the path, up towards the four-way intersection. "Time for some roadkill, Daisy!"

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The wagon is spurned into motion! Those on the wagon, which include at least Rumble and Linan, race up the dirt path past the first building to the right, and approach the second. Anyone not on the wagon, but attempting to follow, are trailing directly behind it.

The raiders that were harassing the first shop, after being targeted by Bren, appear to have abandoned their efforts at gaining access to the wooden structure and have taken up chase against the group.

The wagon approaches the second building on the right, still being taunted by a group of raiders. This group of attackers divert their attention just long enough to spot the groups of traffic coming up behind them, but haven't tipped off what their plans are... yet.

Further ahead, on the ground, the groups of villages spotted previously are heading to the keep, and are being chased by groups of looters and rioters.


Overhead, the massive blue dragon continues to hover in position, at least a hundred feet above ground, surveying the situation.



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Okay, I split the current group into two -- the original blue circle, plus a new yellow circle which represents Daisy and the wagon. Anyone who's not on the wagon trails slightly behind, as Daisy moves faster than anyone else on foot.


It is possible for the wagon and convoy to attempt to rush to the intersection and by-pass both sets of raiders on the right. There is not guarantee of success, however.

So, here is what I'll need:

• Let's get new initiative rolls;
• Confirmation of whether you're on the wagon (let's say it can hold three more), or on foot behind/next to it.
• Any actions and movement.
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• Also, please try to make only one post after each update. You're welcome to edit your initial post to provide more details or modify your request (in response to future posts made), at least up until I start to organize all the collected actions and begin working on the next update.

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Date: 08 Kythorn 1489
Time: 21:04

• Sunrise: 05:56
• Sunset: 21:03

Moon: Half
Temperature

• Low: 57°
• High: 73°

Conditions

• Precipitation: None
• Wind: Still

Light Sources

• None

Known Conditions

• Dim Lighting

Spells in Effect:

• Caster: Gerrin, Spell: Mage Armor, Target: Self, Expires: 08 Kythorn @ 5:04

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Character Status

• drpete | Oskar Loderr | Dwarf (Mountain) | Rogue (2) | Alignment: Lawful Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 20 | AC: 13 | SP: 25' | Initiative: +2 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 15
    • Investigation: 14
    • Insight: 13
    Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Thieves' Cant
    Spells: None
    
    Features:
    • Dwarven Resilience
      • You have advantage on saves against poison and resistance against poison damage.
    • Stonecunning:
      • Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
    • Tool Proficiency
      • Mason's Tools
    • 1st: Expertise: (Perception, Thieves' Tools)
      • Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
    • 1st: Sneak Attack (1d6)
      • Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
      • You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
    • 1st: Thieves’ Cant
      • During your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation.
      • Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages.
      • It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
      • In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.
    • 2nd: Cunning Action
      • You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Clan Crafter (Dwarf)
    • Feature: Respect of the Stout Folk
      • As well respected as clan crafters are among outsiders, no one esteems them quite so highly as dwarves do. You always have free room and board in any place where shield dwarves or gold dwarves dwell, and the individuals in such a settlement might vie among themselves to determine who can offer you (and possibly your compatriots) the finest accommodations and assistance.
• ravenn4544 | Brenzavur Fyrebrand | Dragonborn (Brass) | Sorcerer (2) | Alignment: Lawful Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d6) | HP: 18 | AC: 15 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +2 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: No | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 9
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 11
    Languages: Common, Draconic
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +3
    • Save DC: 13
    • Slots: 3
      • 1st: 2, 1
      • 2nd: --
    Spells Known: 3
    • 1st: Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Magic Missile
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 4 ( Fire Bolt, Light, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation )
    
    Features:
    • Damage Resistance (Fire)
    • 1st: Spellcasting
    • 1st: Sorcerous Origin (Draconic Bloodline)
      • Origin Features:
        • 1st:
          • Draconic Ancestry (Brass)
            • Breath Weapon: 1 ( DC: 12 | AoE: 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) | Damage: 2d6 ( Half on successful save) | Recovery: Short )
          • Draconic Resilience
            • As magic flows through your body, it causes physical traits of your dragon ancestors to emerge. At 1st level, your hit point maximum increases by 1 and increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this class.
            • Additionally, parts of your skin are covered by a thin sheen of dragon-like scales. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC equals 13 + your Dexterity modifier.
        • 6th: --
        • 14th: --
        • 18th: --
    • 2nd: Font of Magic
      • Sorcery Points: 2
        • Recovery: Long
    • Flexible Casting
      • You can use your sorcery points to gain additional spell slots, or sacrifice spell slots to gain additional sorcery points.
        ---
      • Creating Spell Slots
        • You can transform unexpended sorcery points into one spell slot as a bonus action on your turn.
        • Any spell slot you create with this feature vanishes when you finish a long rest.
      • Converting a Spell Slot to Sorcery Points
        • As a bonus action on your turn, you can expend one spell slot and gain a number of sorcery points equal to the slot’s level.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Acolyte
    • Feature: Shelter of the Faithful
      • You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you must provide any material components needed for spells.
• Rex | Strega "the Pale" | Half-Orc | Druid (2) | Alignment: Neutral Good | Gender: Female | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 19 | AC: 15 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +2 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 14
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 12
    Languages: Common, Draconic, Druidic, Orc
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +4
    • Save DC: 12
    • Slots: 3
      • 1st: 3
      • 2nd: --
    Spells Known: 4 (Wisdom modifier + Druid level)
    • 1st: Cure Wounds, Detect Magic, Faerie Fire, Healing Word
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 2 ( Druidcraft, Produce Flame )
    
    Features:
    • Relentless Endurance
      • When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead.
        Recovery: Long
    • Savage Attacks:
      • When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
    • 1st: Spellcasting
    • 1st: Druidic
      • You know Druidic, the secret language of druids.
      • You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages.
      • You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message.
      • Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
    • 2nd: Wild Shape: 2
      • Recovery: Short
      • Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before.
      • Your druid level determines the beasts you can transform into:
        Beast Shapes (Forest )
        • 2nd
          • Max. CR: 1/4
          • Limitations: No flying or swimming speed
          • Example: Wolf
        • 4th
          • Max. CR: 1/2
          • Limitations: No flying speed
          • Example: Crocodile
        • 8th:
          • Max. CR: 1
          • Limitations: --
          • Example: Giant Eagle
        While you are transformed, the following rules apply:
        • Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature’s bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can’t use them.
        • When you transform, you assume the beast’s hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. For example, if you take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren’t knocked unconscious.
        • You can’t cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn’t break your concentration on a spell you’ve already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you’ve already cast.
        • You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can’t use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.
        • You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature’s shape and size. Your equipment doesn’t change size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can’t wear must either fall to the ground or merge with it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you leave the form.
    • 2nd: Druid Circle (Circle of Dreams)
      • Circle of Dreams Features
        • 2nd: Balm of the Summer Court
          • Fey Energy Pool (d6): 2 (Druid Level)
          • As a bonus action, you can choose one creature you can see within 120 feet of you and spend a number of those dice equal to half your druid level or less.
          • Roll the spent dice and add them together.
          • The target regains a number of hit points equal to the total.
          • The target also gains 1 temporary hit point per die spent.
            Recovery: Long
        • 6th: --
        • 10th: --
        • 14th: --
    Background: Hermit
    • Feature: Discovery (Details)
      • The quiet seclusion of your extended hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who or consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society.
• Gerrin | Tannaris Vethykos | Elf (High) | Fighter (1), Wizard (1) | Alignment: Chaotic Good | Gender: Male | HD: 1 (1d10), 1 (1d6) | HP: 20 | AC: 13 (Mage Armor: 16) | SP: 30' | Initiative: +3 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 12
    • Investigation: 15
    • Insight: 12
    Languages: Common, Elvish, Giant, Orc
    
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +3
    • Save DC: 13
    • Slots: 2
      • 1st: 2, 1
      • 2nd: --
    Spellbook:
    • 1st: Burning Hands, Charm Person, Find Familiar, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Witch Bolt
    • 2nd: --
    Prepared Spells: 4 (Intelligence modifier + Wizard level)
    • 1st: Charm Person, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Witch Bolt
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 3+1 ( Fire Bolt, Ray of Frost, True Strike )
    • Elf: Booming Blade
    Features:
    • Fey Ancestry
      • You have advantage on saves against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
    • Trance
      • You don't need to sleep, but meditate semiconsciously for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
    • Fighter 1st: Fighting Style: Two-Weapon Fighting
      • When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack
    • Fighter 1st: Second Wind:
      • On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.
        Recovery: Short
    • Fighter 2nd: --
    • Wizard 1st: Spellcasting
    • Wizard 1st: Arcane Recovery
      • Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover.
      • The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher.
    • Wizard 2nd: --
    Background: Far Traveler
    • Feature:
      • Your accent, mannerisms, figures of speech, and perhaps even your appearance all mark you as foreign. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland.
        
        You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and peopl
• Monsieur Rose | Rumbling "Rumble" Mountain | Tabaxi | Barbarian (2) | Alignment: Chaotic Neutral | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d12) | HP: 24 | AC: 17 | SP: 30' (Climb: 20') | Initiative: +3 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 12
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 10
    Languages: Common, Giant
    Spells: None
    Features:
    • Feline Agility: 1
      • When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn.
        Recovery: Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.
    • Cat’s Claws
      • You have a climbing speed of 20 ft.
      • You deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier (1d4-1).
    • 1st: Rage: 2
      • On your turn, you can enter a rage as a bonus action.
      • While raging, you gain the following benefits if you aren’t wearing heavy armor:
        • You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
        • When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll that increases as you gain levels as a barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the Barbarian table.
        • You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
        • If you are able to cast spells, you can’t cast them or concentrate on them while raging.
      • Your rage lasts for 1 minute.
      • It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then.
      • You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action.
        Recovery: Long
    • 1st: Unarmored Defense
      • While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier.
      • You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
    • 2nd: Reckless Attack
      • When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly.
      • Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.
    • 2nd: Danger Sense
      • You gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby aren’t as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger.
      • You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells.
      • To gain this benefit, you can’t be blinded , deafened, or incapacitated.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Gladiator
    • Feature: By Popular Demand
      • You can always find a place to perform in any place that features combat for entertainment — perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a liking to you.
  • Daisy | Draft Horse | AC: 10 | HP: 22 | SP: 40'
    • STR: 18 (+4), DEX: 10 (0), CON: 12 (+1), INT: 2 (-4), WIS: 11 (0), CHA: 7 (-2)
    • Passive Perception: 10 | Attack (Hooves): +6 to hit (5-foot reach), 2d4+4 (bludgeoning)
• Ahlmzhad | Quaalxor | Dwarf (Mountain) | Fighter (2) | Alignment: Lawful Neutral | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d10) | HP: 20 | AC: 16 | SP: 25' | Initiative: +1 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 11
    • Investigation: 10
    • Insight: 13
    Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarvish
    
    Spells: None
    
    Features:
    • Dwarven Resilience
      • You have advantage on saves against poison and resistance against poison damage.
    • Stonecunning:
      • Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
    • Tool Proficiency
      • Smith's Tools
    • 1st: Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting
      • When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2.
      • The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.
    • 1st: Second Wind: 1
      • On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.
        Recovery: Long
    • 2nd: Action Surge: 1
      • On your turn, you can take one additional action.
        Recovery: Short
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant
    • Feature: Guild Membership
      • As an established and respected member of a guild, you can rely on certain benefits that membership provides. Your fellow guild members will provide you with lodging and food if necessary, and pay for your funeral if needed. In some cities and towns, a guildhall offers a central place to meet other members of your profession, which can be a good place to meet potential patrons, allies, or hirelings.
        
        Guilds often wield tremendous political power. If you are accused of a crime, your guild will support you if a good case can be made for your innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild’s coffers.
        
        You must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must make up back dues to remain in the guild’s good graces.

Rolls

• None.

[Rex]

Strega

Strega is in the group trailing the wagon. She intends to continue to follow it. She will toss Produce Flame at the nearest bad guy (all Kobolds?).

Initiative [1d20+2] = 9+2 = 11
Produce Flame [1d20+4] = 12+4 = 16 to hit [1d8] = 1 damage

[drpete]

Oskar

Oskar jogs along beside the wagon, trying unsuccessfully to keep himself hidden. As he runs, he draws his rapier, ready to take on any raiders that approach the wagon.

Init [1d20+2] = 7+2 = 9
Hide [1d20+4] = 1+4 = 5

Using dash to try to keep pace with the wagon, on the far side from the kobolds (to get cover?) and hide to try to stay out of sight of the kobolds, as he draws his rapier.

[Monsieur Rose]

Rumble

Rumble stays on the wagon. "Look, Linan! Cuth is almost at the keep. Now let's get these others there as well."

Initiative: [1d20+3] = 4+3 = 7

Rumble tries to push past the second group of raiders, or through them, and reach the group of raiders harassing the townsfolk.

[Gerrin]

Tannaris Vethykos

Tannaris is jogging behind the wagon.
He'll do his best to keep within a reasonable distance and try not to get left behind.
If any of the raiders look like they are going to attack the wagon or approach him, he will use fire bolt.

Initiative [1d20+3] = 15+3 = 18

If needed
Fire bolt spell [1d20+5] = 4+5 = 9
Fire bolt damage [1d10] = 8

[Ahlmzhad]

Quaalxor

Moving forward axe at the ready.

Initiative: [1d20+1] = 8+1 = 9


To Hit: [1d20+5] = 15+5 = 20

Damage: [1d12+3] = 8+3 = 11

[ravenn4544]

Bren watches the kobolds peel off and follow. When they are close enough he will bring his hands together and shout "Brennende hender!" and engulf a group of them in a sheet of flame!

cast burning hands

Initiative [1d20+2] = 10+2 = 12
Burning Hands [3d6] = 8

[dmw71]

Initiative Order

• (Note: The following order will be used until the keep is reached.)

• 18: Tannaris
• 12: Bren
• 11: Strega
• 9: Oskar, Quaalxor
• 7: Rumble

To the Keep
Rumble continues to pilot the wagon, with everyone except Linan trailing behind, doing their best to keep up. Daisy nearly reaches the clear intersection and begins to slow in order to perform the right-hand turn as directed by its barbarian driver. "Look, Linan! Cuth is almost at the keep!" Rumble shares, pointing off in that direction. "Now, let's get these others there as well."

Almost all the action is to the right -- towards the keep -- as the three groups of townies continue down its path. A larger group of those chasing them moments earlier breaks off its pursuit, seemingly having lost interest, and wanders off further north into town. A second group of the raiders continues to give chase and harass the fleeing locals, while two other groups of bandits have made it their mission of catching up with the group -- but appear unlikely to be able to do so, unless the group slows to allow them, or confronts them.

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The will of the pursuing looters appears to weaken when they realize the ranged, magical capabilities of the party members on foot they're chasing. Tannaris sends a mote of flame at those trailing behind the group, but his efforts to keep pace cause his aim to be slightly off. Then Bren sends a wave of flames, engulfing them all in flames! The pursuit ends as the scorched raiders peel off and begin to pull back, doing their best to extinguish the flammable material and clothing still showing the occasional spark. Strega, for good measure, hurls a flame at the nearest raider before it drops out of range, and the combination of heat-based attacks causes it to keel over, screaming as it writhes in pain, before it ultimately succumbs to its injuries and falls silent, and dead.

Despite the angry mob backing off, Oskar and Quaalxor bring their weapons to hand as the group prepares to make the right-hand turn.


Clash!

Another streak of lightning fills the darkening sky as the dragon, which circles around to the other side of the stronghold, sends another breath weapon leveled at the keep.



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Okay, the two groups behind the blue circle have given up chase. There's still one more group, chasing the three groups of locals, on the path to the right.


Actions?

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Date: 08 Kythorn 1489
Time: 21:05

• Sunrise: 05:56
• Sunset: 21:03

Moon: Half
Temperature

• Low: 57°
• High: 73°

Conditions

• Precipitation: None
• Wind: Still

Light Sources

• None

Known Conditions

• Dim Lighting

Spells in Effect:

• Caster: Gerrin, Spell: Mage Armor, Target: Self, Expires: 08 Kythorn @ 5:04

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Character Status

• drpete | Oskar Loderr | Dwarf (Mountain) | Rogue (2) | Alignment: Lawful Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 20 | AC: 13 | SP: 25' | Initiative: +2 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 15
    • Investigation: 14
    • Insight: 13
    Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Thieves' Cant
    Spells: None
    
    Features:
    • Dwarven Resilience
      • You have advantage on saves against poison and resistance against poison damage.
    • Stonecunning:
      • Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
    • Tool Proficiency
      • Mason's Tools
    • 1st: Expertise: (Perception, Thieves' Tools)
      • Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
    • 1st: Sneak Attack (1d6)
      • Once per turn, you can deal an extra 1d6 damage to one creature you hit with an attack if you have advantage on the attack roll. The attack must use a finesse or a ranged weapon.
      • You don’t need advantage on the attack roll if another enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy isn’t incapacitated, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
    • 1st: Thieves’ Cant
      • During your rogue training you learned thieves’ cant, a secret mix of dialect, jargon, and code that allows you to hide messages in seemingly normal conversation.
      • Only another creature that knows thieves’ cant understands such messages.
      • It takes four times longer to convey such a message than it does to speak the same idea plainly.
      • In addition, you understand a set of secret signs and symbols used to convey short, simple messages, such as whether an area is dangerous or the territory of a thieves’ guild, whether loot is nearby, or whether the people in an area are easy marks or will provide a safe house for thieves on the run.
    • 2nd: Cunning Action
      • You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Clan Crafter (Dwarf)
    • Feature: Respect of the Stout Folk
      • As well respected as clan crafters are among outsiders, no one esteems them quite so highly as dwarves do. You always have free room and board in any place where shield dwarves or gold dwarves dwell, and the individuals in such a settlement might vie among themselves to determine who can offer you (and possibly your compatriots) the finest accommodations and assistance.
• ravenn4544 | Brenzavur Fyrebrand | Dragonborn (Brass) | Sorcerer (2) | Alignment: Lawful Good | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d6) | HP: 18 | AC: 15 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +2 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: No | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 9
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 11
    Languages: Common, Draconic
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +3
    • Save DC: 13
    • Slots: 3, 2
      • 1st: 2, 1
      • 2nd: --
    Spells Known: 3
    • 1st: Burning Hands, Chromatic Orb, Magic Missile
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 4 ( Fire Bolt, Light, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation )
    
    Features:
    • Damage Resistance (Fire)
    • 1st: Spellcasting
    • 1st: Sorcerous Origin (Draconic Bloodline)
      • Origin Features:
        • 1st:
          • Draconic Ancestry (Brass)
            • Breath Weapon: 1 ( DC: 12 | AoE: 5 by 30 ft. line (Dex. save) | Damage: 2d6 ( Half on successful save) | Recovery: Short )
          • Draconic Resilience
            • As magic flows through your body, it causes physical traits of your dragon ancestors to emerge. At 1st level, your hit point maximum increases by 1 and increases by 1 again whenever you gain a level in this class.
            • Additionally, parts of your skin are covered by a thin sheen of dragon-like scales. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC equals 13 + your Dexterity modifier.
        • 6th: --
        • 14th: --
        • 18th: --
    • 2nd: Font of Magic
      • Sorcery Points: 2
        • Recovery: Long
    • Flexible Casting
      • You can use your sorcery points to gain additional spell slots, or sacrifice spell slots to gain additional sorcery points.
        ---
      • Creating Spell Slots
        • You can transform unexpended sorcery points into one spell slot as a bonus action on your turn.
        • Any spell slot you create with this feature vanishes when you finish a long rest.
      • Converting a Spell Slot to Sorcery Points
        • As a bonus action on your turn, you can expend one spell slot and gain a number of sorcery points equal to the slot’s level.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Acolyte
    • Feature: Shelter of the Faithful
      • You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you must provide any material components needed for spells.
• Rex | Strega "the Pale" | Half-Orc | Druid (2) | Alignment: Neutral Good | Gender: Female | HD: 2 (1d8) | HP: 19 | AC: 15 | SP: 30' | Initiative: +2 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 14
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 12
    Languages: Common, Draconic, Druidic, Orc
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +4
    • Save DC: 12
    • Slots: 3
      • 1st: 3
      • 2nd: --
    Spells Known: 4 (Wisdom modifier + Druid level)
    • 1st: Cure Wounds, Detect Magic, Faerie Fire, Healing Word
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 2 ( Druidcraft, Produce Flame )
    
    Features:
    • Relentless Endurance
      • When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead.
        Recovery: Long
    • Savage Attacks:
      • When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
    • 1st: Spellcasting
    • 1st: Druidic
      • You know Druidic, the secret language of druids.
      • You can speak the language and use it to leave hidden messages.
      • You and others who know this language automatically spot such a message.
      • Others spot the message’s presence with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check but can’t decipher it without magic.
    • 2nd: Wild Shape: 2
      • Recovery: Short
      • Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of a beast that you have seen before.
      • Your druid level determines the beasts you can transform into:
        Beast Shapes (Forest )
        • 2nd
          • Max. CR: 1/4
          • Limitations: No flying or swimming speed
          • Example: Wolf
        • 4th
          • Max. CR: 1/2
          • Limitations: No flying speed
          • Example: Crocodile
        • 8th:
          • Max. CR: 1
          • Limitations: --
          • Example: Giant Eagle
        While you are transformed, the following rules apply:
        • Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but you retain your alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the creature. If the creature has the same proficiency as you and the bonus in its stat block is higher than yours, use the creature’s bonus instead of yours. If the creature has any legendary or lair actions, you can’t use them.
        • When you transform, you assume the beast’s hit points and Hit Dice. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the number of hit points you had before you transformed. However, if you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. For example, if you take 10 damage in animal form and have only 1 hit point left, you revert and take 9 damage. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you aren’t knocked unconscious.
        • You can’t cast spells, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your beast form. Transforming doesn’t break your concentration on a spell you’ve already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell, such as call lightning, that you’ve already cast.
        • You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can’t use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.
        • You choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it is practical for the new form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the creature’s shape and size. Your equipment doesn’t change size or shape to match the new form, and any equipment that the new form can’t wear must either fall to the ground or merge with it. Equipment that merges with the form has no effect until you leave the form.
    • 2nd: Druid Circle (Circle of Dreams)
      • Circle of Dreams Features
        • 2nd: Balm of the Summer Court
          • Fey Energy Pool (d6): 2 (Druid Level)
          • As a bonus action, you can choose one creature you can see within 120 feet of you and spend a number of those dice equal to half your druid level or less.
          • Roll the spent dice and add them together.
          • The target regains a number of hit points equal to the total.
          • The target also gains 1 temporary hit point per die spent.
            Recovery: Long
        • 6th: --
        • 10th: --
        • 14th: --
    Background: Hermit
    • Feature: Discovery (Details)
      • The quiet seclusion of your extended hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who or consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society.
• Gerrin | Tannaris Vethykos | Elf (High) | Fighter (1), Wizard (1) | Alignment: Chaotic Good | Gender: Male | HD: 1 (1d10), 1 (1d6) | HP: 20 | AC: 13 (Mage Armor: 16) | SP: 30' | Initiative: +3 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 12
    • Investigation: 15
    • Insight: 12
    Languages: Common, Elvish, Giant, Orc
    
    Spells
    • Spell Attack: +3
    • Save DC: 13
    • Slots: 2
      • 1st: 2, 1
      • 2nd: --
    Spellbook:
    • 1st: Burning Hands, Charm Person, Find Familiar, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Witch Bolt
    • 2nd: --
    Prepared Spells: 4 (Intelligence modifier + Wizard level)
    • 1st: Charm Person, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Witch Bolt
    • 2nd: --
    Cantrips Known: 3+1 ( Fire Bolt, Ray of Frost, True Strike )
    • Elf: Booming Blade
    Features:
    • Fey Ancestry
      • You have advantage on saves against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
    • Trance
      • You don't need to sleep, but meditate semiconsciously for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
    • Fighter 1st: Fighting Style: Two-Weapon Fighting
      • When you engage in two-weapon fighting, you can add your ability modifier to the damage of the second attack
    • Fighter 1st: Second Wind:
      • On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.
        Recovery: Short
    • Fighter 2nd: --
    • Wizard 1st: Spellcasting
    • Wizard 1st: Arcane Recovery
      • Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover.
      • The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your wizard level (rounded up), and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher.
    • Wizard 2nd: --
    Background: Far Traveler
    • Feature:
      • Your accent, mannerisms, figures of speech, and perhaps even your appearance all mark you as foreign. Curious glances are directed your way wherever you go, which can be a nuisance, but you also gain the friendly interest of scholars and others intrigued by far-off lands, to say nothing of everyday folk who are eager to hear stories of your homeland.
        
        You can parley this attention into access to people and places you might not otherwise have, for you and your traveling companions. Noble lords, scholars, and merchant princes, to name a few, might be interested in hearing about your distant homeland and peopl
• Monsieur Rose | Rumbling "Rumble" Mountain | Tabaxi | Barbarian (2) | Alignment: Chaotic Neutral | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d12) | HP: 24 | AC: 17 | SP: 30' (Climb: 20') | Initiative: +3 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 12
    • Investigation: 9
    • Insight: 10
    Languages: Common, Giant
    Spells: None
    Features:
    • Feline Agility: 1
      • When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn.
        Recovery: Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.
    • Cat’s Claws
      • You have a climbing speed of 20 ft.
      • You deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier (1d4-1).
    • 1st: Rage: 2
      • On your turn, you can enter a rage as a bonus action.
      • While raging, you gain the following benefits if you aren’t wearing heavy armor:
        • You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
        • When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll that increases as you gain levels as a barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the Barbarian table.
        • You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
        • If you are able to cast spells, you can’t cast them or concentrate on them while raging.
      • Your rage lasts for 1 minute.
      • It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then.
      • You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action.
        Recovery: Long
    • 1st: Unarmored Defense
      • While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier.
      • You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
    • 2nd: Reckless Attack
      • When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly.
      • Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.
    • 2nd: Danger Sense
      • You gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby aren’t as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger.
      • You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells.
      • To gain this benefit, you can’t be blinded , deafened, or incapacitated.
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Gladiator
    • Feature: By Popular Demand
      • You can always find a place to perform in any place that features combat for entertainment — perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a liking to you.
  • Daisy | Draft Horse | AC: 10 | HP: 22 | SP: 40'
    • STR: 18 (+4), DEX: 10 (0), CON: 12 (+1), INT: 2 (-4), WIS: 11 (0), CHA: 7 (-2)
    • Passive Perception: 10 | Attack (Hooves): +6 to hit (5-foot reach), 2d4+4 (bludgeoning)
• Ahlmzhad | Quaalxor | Dwarf (Mountain) | Fighter (2) | Alignment: Lawful Neutral | Gender: Male | HD: 2 (1d10) | HP: 20 | AC: 16 | SP: 25' | Initiative: +1 | Proficiency Bonus: +2 | Darkvision: Yes | Inspiration: Yes
  • Passive Senses
    • Perception: 11
    • Investigation: 10
    • Insight: 13
    Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarvish
    
    Spells: None
    
    Features:
    • Dwarven Resilience
      • You have advantage on saves against poison and resistance against poison damage.
    • Stonecunning:
      • Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin of stonework, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
    • Tool Proficiency
      • Smith's Tools
    • 1st: Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting
      • When you roll a 1 or 2 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon that you are wielding with two hands, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if the new roll is a 1 or a 2.
      • The weapon must have the two-handed or versatile property for you to gain this benefit.
    • 1st: Second Wind: 1
      • On your turn, you can use a bonus action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level.
        Recovery: Long
    • 2nd: Action Surge: 1
      • On your turn, you can take one additional action.
        Recovery: Short
    • 3rd: --
    Background: Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant
    • Feature: Guild Membership
      • As an established and respected member of a guild, you can rely on certain benefits that membership provides. Your fellow guild members will provide you with lodging and food if necessary, and pay for your funeral if needed. In some cities and towns, a guildhall offers a central place to meet other members of your profession, which can be a good place to meet potential patrons, allies, or hirelings.
        
        Guilds often wield tremendous political power. If you are accused of a crime, your guild will support you if a good case can be made for your innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild’s coffers.
        
        You must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must make up back dues to remain in the guild’s good graces.

Rolls

• Kobolds vs Burning Hands (13): [1d20+2] = 16+2 = 18 -- success

[ravenn4544]

Bren shifts his focus to the front and the chase to the keep. He rapidly glances between the kobolds ahead the mighty dragon overhead.. When the kobolds are in range he will throw a firebolt at the first straggler.

Fire Bolt [1d20+5] = 5+5 = 10
Fire Bolt Damage [1d10] = 8

[Rex]

Strega

Strega continues her run behind the wagon, targeting any Kobold that comes within range.

Produce Flame [1d20+4] = 18+4 = 22 to hit [1d8] = 3 damage

[drpete]

Oskar

Running along beside the wagon, Oskar growls an underwhelming Dwarven war cry, hoping to scare off and scatter the kobolds.

"Yahhhhhhhhh!"

Should they come into range of a kobold, he'll try to get alongside Quaalxor to get his sneak attack, and attack it with his Rapier.

Intimidation: [1d20-1] = 7-1 = 6
Intimidate (2nd roll) [1d20-1] = 17-1 = 16
Rapier [1d20+4] = 8+4 = 12 Damage: [1d8+2] = 1+2 = 3
Sneak Attack Extra: [1d6] = 2

Dash bonus action to keep up with the wagon, and trying to intimidate. I'm not sure if these kind of social things count as actions or not.
If so, then Oskar wouldn't get this attack.

2nd intimidation roll is from aid by Rumble

[Gerrin]

Tannaris Vethykos

Tannaris keeps up with the wagon and watches the group of raiders as they approach.
If it looks like combat will occur, he will throw another fire bolt as they get closer

Fire bolt spell [1d20+5] = 15+5 = 20
Fire bolt damage [1d10] = 5