[Play-by-Post] Tales from Fourtower Bridge

[Kalarion]

Spoiler

I read it as aiding any check, but I may have been wrong.

 

[Catacombs]

Thanks for the correction, Kalarion. I use Syncthing between two machines, and the syncing probably gave me an old version of the map. I've resolved the issue. The new map in this post is the correct one.

Battle Log
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Thomas: He blasted the two wolves with Color Spray, both wolves are blind.

Madrey: She quickly healed herself to full health.

Jess: She reloads her crossbow and fires it at Wolf 1 but misses entirely.

Wolf 4: It sprints toward Brytter and Mumbles.

Order
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Kilur
Wolf 2
Mumbles
Bodyguard 2
Wolf 1
Hunter
Thomas
Mardrey
Jess
Wolf 3
Brytter <- current turn

Brytter

Roll your next action at disadvantage from being startled by Mumbles

Colonel (You're next soon, GrafvonMoltke)

Battle map
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[ERYFKRAD]

I have at the nearest wolf.

 

[Catacombs]

Battle Log
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Brytter: The barbarian swings his greatsword at the Wolf, the blade making a deep gash into the creature and doing 9 points of damage.

Order
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Kilur
Wolf 2
Mumbles
Bodyguard 2
Wolf 1
Hunter
Thomas
Mardrey
Jess
Wolf 3
Brytter
Colonel <- current turn

Battle map
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[Nortar]

Oh shit. If Kulir does not trust Jess, is he considered flanked?

 

[Catacombs]

Oh shit. If Kulir does not trust Jess, is he considered flanked?

Yes, if she decides to attack. I'll leave that up to her

I'll make a move for Grav tonight if we don't hear from him.

 

[Catacombs]

Battle Log
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Colonel: He swings his shortsword at Wolf 3 but misses.

Wolf 3: Angered at The Colonel's attack, the creature bites at him but, amazingly, also misses.

Order
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Kilur <-- current turn
Wolf 2
Mumbles
Bodyguard 2
Wolf 1
Hunter
Thomas
Mardrey
Jess
Wolf 4
Brytter
Colonel
Wolf 3


Battle map
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[Nortar]

And so all his running put the dwarf between the rock and the hard place.
The prudent course of action was to retreat and shoot from afar, but Kilur's had enough of galloping around like a bloody racing pony.

The dorf let his crossbow fall and whipped out the sword he spend half he evening sharpening.

- Leg-go, lass! - He yelled over shoulder to Yessenia. - Together!

Spoiler

1. Free action to drop the crossbow.
2. Move (paired with drawing the shortsword) 1 square to the right, so B2 would be between Kilur and H.
3. Ready action to attack right after Jess (if she would do that) to gain sneak attack bonus.

To save the time, I'll make attack rolls, just disregard them, if the guide backstab the dorfie instead.

 

[Catacombs]

Battle Log
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Kilur: The dwarf dropped his crossbow and pulled out his shortsword, the sharp blade ringing from scraping against his scabbard.

Wolf 2: Sensing an enemy behind it, the wolf turns and bites at Thomas, doing 4 points of damage.


Order
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Kilur
Wolf 2
Mumbles <-- current turn
Bodyguard 2
Wolf 1
Hunter
Thomas
Mardrey
Jess
Wolf 4
Brytter
Colonel
Wolf 3


Battle map
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[Catacombs]

You're up vazha

 

[ERYFKRAD]

You're up vazha

Spoiler

Bro I swear if you screaming in my ear again Imma tell all your hood you is white.

 

[Nortar]

You're up vazha

Spoiler

Bro I swear if you screaming in my ear again Imma tell all your hood you is white.

Spoiler

If Mumbles was trying to get you into Rage, it seems to be working!

 

[vazha]

Lemme sur-waaaay the situation,
spread death and damnaaation, yoo.

Whatever C is I smash it big time, two handed style. An' givin inspirashun to the shortie, as he is no doubt in awe of my battle prowess and overall charizzzmah!
Indeeedz. An awe-inspiring 10, unless I have advantage somehow, in which case its 25.

 

[Nortar]

Whatever C is I smash it big time, two handed style.

Spoiler

It must be Tom's cat-familiar.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Lemme sur-waaaay the situation,
spread death and damnaaation, yoo.

Whatever C is I smash it big time, two handed style. An' givin inspirashun to the shortie, as he is no doubt in awe of my battle prowess and overall charizzzmah!
Indeeedz. An awe-inspiring 10, unless I have advantage somehow, in which case its 25.

Spoiler

C is probably the Colonel you numpty.

 

[vazha]

I smash the colonel then! (hopefully will miss)

It's all Catacombs fault, he isnt telling us enough battle info.

are W-s the wolves? what's a H?

 

[Nortar]

C'mon, guys. Combat is the heart of the game!

Spoiler

We're all battlefags here, right?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

C'mon, guys. Combat is the heart of the game!

Spoiler

We're all battlefags here, right?

Spoiler

What is the point of throwing a little misinfo if you're gonna debunk me at the first go.

 

[Catacombs]

It's all Catacombs fault, he isnt telling us enough battle info.

Really? I thought I've been pretty clear on who's who on the map. I am always available to answer questions.

The turn summaries have the full name of relevant creatures on the battlefield. The cat isn't attacking, so it's not on the turn order. Regarding "c", Thomas (Kalarion) mentioned moving his familiar next to Brytter earlier in the battle, and it's been there ever since.

I get trolling Brytter, but there's nothing to gain attacking the familiar.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I get trolling Brytter, but there's nothing to gain attacking the familiar.

Spoiler

It's a cat, probably evil eye'd us all already anyway.

 

[vazha]

Then I will opt for another action. I will flank the person brytter is facing, rather, I ll creep up on him as close as possible from behind and...

If you thought I d use this maneuver to attack with advantage, think again.

"YO MOMMA SO BIG SHE PROC COLOSSUS SLAYER!" - Mumbles gently whispers in bandits ear.
*vicious mockery ensues*

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Then I will opt for another action. I will flank the person brytter is facing, rather, I ll creep up on him as close as possible from behind and...

If you thought I d use this maneuver to attack with advantage, think again.

"YO MOMMA SO BIG SHE PROC COLOSSUS SLAYER!" - Mumbles gently whispers in bandits ear.
*vicious mockery ensues*

Spoiler

Now you've gone and upset the wolf.

 

[Catacombs]

Battle Log
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Mumbles: The half-orc shouted obscenities at the wolf. And while the animal didn't understand Common, the tone rang familiar within the beast, dealing 2 points of mental damage.

Bodyguard 2: The bodyguard swung his sword at Kilur and missed completely.

Wolf 1: The wolf bites at Mardrey but missed.

Hunter: The hunter fired an arrow at Brytter, hitting the barbarian and doing 4 points of piercing damage.

Bodyguard 1: Mumbles noticed something moving about 50 feet away. He squinted and saw another bodyguard, hiding within among the trees. He called out the creature. Meanwhile, Bodyguard 1 fired an arrow at the half-orc, missing completely.


Order
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Kilur
Wolf 2
Mumbles
Bodyguard 2
Wolf 1
Hunter
Bodyguard 1
Thomas <-- current turn
Mardrey
Jess
Wolf 4
Brytter
Colonel
Wolf 3


Battle map
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[Kalarion]

Thomas bellowed with pain as his leg was savaged by the wolf's bite. He whirled his staff sidewise and turned to bring the full force of his body to bear with his countering blow.

Spoiler

Only 2 hp left! F me. Well, no guts no glory. Rolling with advantage:

Hot damn!

"Might be time to... come back with the others... lass," Thomas gasped as he limped toward the fire.

Spoiler

I move as indicated after attacking the wolf.

If I didn't kill it... well at least it's still blind and will roll with disadvantage. Hopefully Thomas has learned a valuable lesson about melee combat (hint: he hasn't)

PS: Is there a quick and easy way to resize images so they're not half the screen's size? The battle map is a bear full-sized :D.

PPS: How do I do an advantage/disadvantage roll in roll20?

 

[Catacombs]

Battle Log
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Thomas: The wizard brought down his quarterstaff onto the wolf, dealing a fatal blow.

Order
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Kilur
Mumbles
Bodyguard 2
Wolf 1
Hunter
Bodyguard 1
Thomas
Mardrey <-- current turn
Jess
Wolf 4
Brytter
Colonel
Wolf 3


Battle map
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PS: Is there a quick and easy way to resize images so they're not half the screen's size? The battle map is a bear full-sized :D.

I save the images at 700px wide. If that's too big, I can start saving them at 400px.

PPS: How do I do an advantage/disadvantage roll in roll20?

In Roll20, I set it so when Thomas attacks, you're given a prompt to roll the attack at advantage or at disadvantage. You can adjust this setting by going to your character sheet > clicking on the gear, next to CORE|BIO|SPELLS > click on roll queries