Wizard of the Coat

I'm just looking at the narrative of what happened. The steam mephit didn't seem to give orders or anything like that, but he showed up and acted a lot smarter than the other two. He's the one nearest us on the map (as far as I can tell). He came in, checked outside the door, and then started looking along the South wall for us.

I'll take the cute little halfing rogue!

As I understand the rules, for our first round, attacking from invisibility gives us advantage, which will counter the disadvantage from the smoke. So why don't we all make a ranged attack for the first round. Maybe we can down the thing in one round, before it can give warning or commands (it seems like the leader) to the other mephits?

I'm here! Looking for the pregen PCs (rogue, ranger, wizard?) so I can choose between them, but I'm having difficulty finding them. Or are we picking a class and then you build the pregen PC? Doh! Never mind, I guess I missed the links in the email you sent. It's all good now.

I was going to post this in the IC, but Copper is too paranoid at the moment to whisper while a mephit is scouting our position as if looking for us. Anyway, Copper asked the King specifically about what Drift proposed, a party split in which some PCs fight the mephits while the others use the forge to fix the axel. He shot it down, saying the forge work would take too long.

As much as I'd like to see the layout for the rest of the building, if we're going to fight them, I'd rather we fight in this front room, with the exit in sight. Also, I suspect that the closer we get to the forges, the smokier it will get. Good for sneaking, bad for fighting.  

Copper - Upbeat Urchin of Mirabar (Human Arcane Trickster) AC 13/16with Mage Armor  | HP 24/24 | Init +3 | P Perception 13 (Pooka 15 smell) | Spells 1/2 (1st) | Inspiration 1/1 | Darts 4/4 | Arrows 20/20 | CP 12 SP 5 GP 5 Copper, who'd been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the current situation and a bit scared, was happy to have something to say about Drift's plan. She wasn't sure that whispering was such a good idea with one of the mephits actively looking for them in the smoke, so she decided to do something about it before speaking. Mentally reaching for the arcane link that bound her to Pooka, she tugged, drawing the fey spirit back into this cold, twisted world, causing the mouse to appear beneath the middle of the table that lay between the alerted mephit and her friends. At her mental command, the mouse raced westward across the stone floor, pausing to turn up and squeak in fright at the nearby mephit before scurrying behind the crates along the southern wall. Copper watched the mephit and held her breath. And crossed her fingers. And offered a quick prayer to all the now dead gods of trickery. And then another quick prayer to all the now dead gods of luck. Hopefully, the suspicious mephit would take her familiar to be the sources of whatever he'd sensed or thought he'd sensed along the southern wall. And abandon his search. And go back to where ever he came from. Mechanics Main Hand: knife Off Hand: empty Status Effects: none Active Spells: Mage Armor (8 hrs) Actions: Summon familiar from extra dimensional space. famliar appears two squares north of Drift, beneath the table. Bonus Action: Stealth (Hide) Move: follow Mara and the others Manipulate:  Famiar Action: Dash one square west (free action squeak at mephit) then two more squares west, then one square south. Move: one more square south, then--moving behind the crates, three squares west (unless moving behind the crates requires a squeeze, in which case the mouse moves one square west). Statblock Female Human (Varient) Rogue (Arcane Trickster) 3 Languages Common, Sylvan, Thieves' Cant Background Urchin Background Feature City SecretsYou know the secret patterns and flow to cities and can find passages through the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you are not in combat, you (and companions you lead) can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your speed would normally allow. StrSave -1 Athletics -1 8 DexSave +5* Acrobatics +5 | Sleight of Hand +7 (E) | Stealth +5 16 ConSave +2 No skills associated. 14 IntSave +3 Arcana +3 | History +1 | Investigation +3 | Nature +1 | Religion +1 13 WisSave +3 Animal Handling +1 | Insight +1 | Medicine +1 | Perception +3 | Survival +1 12 ChaSave +0 Deception +5 (E) | Intimidation +1 | Performance +1 | Persuasion +1 12 ProficiencyTools: Thieves tools (+5 Pick Locks*), herbalism kit Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords Armors: Light Bonus +2 Saving Throws Dex, Int Speed 30 (60 w/Cunning Action Dash) Actions Booming BladeEvocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (5-foot radius) Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: 1 round You brandish the weapon used in the spell's casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects and then becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves 5 feet or more before then, the target takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends. This spell's damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target on a hit, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8 and 3d8) and again at 17th level (3d8 and 4d8). Scimitar +5 to hit for (1d6+3) slashing damage. | finesse, light Small Knife +5 to hit for (1d4+3) piercing damage. | finesse, light, thrown (20/60) Dart +5 to hit for (1d4+3) piercing damage. | finesse, thrown (20/60) Shortbow +5 to hit for (1d6+3) piercing damage | ammunition (80/120), two-handed Bonus Actions Small Knife +5 to hit for (1d4+3) piercing/slashing damage. | finesse, light Cunning ActionStarting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. 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. (Dash, Disengage, Hide, Mage Hand LegerdemainStarting at 3rd level, when you cast mage hand, you can make the spectral hand invisible, and you can perform the following additional tasks with it: >You can stow one object the hand is holding in a container worn or carried by another creature. >You can retrieve an object in a container worn or carried by another creature. >You can use thieves' tools to pick locks and disarm traps at range. You can perform one of these tasks without being noticed by a creature if you succeed on a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested by the creature's Wisdom (Perception) check. In addition, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to control the hand.) Reactions Opportunity Attack (with additional Sneak Attack) Spell Save DC: 11 | Spell Attack Mod: +3 Cantrips Booming BladeEvocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (5-foot radius) Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: 1 round You brandish the weapon used in the spell's casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects and then becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves 5 feet or more before then, the target takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends. This spell's damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target on a hit, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8 and 3d8) and again at 17th level (3d8 and 4d8). | Mage HandConjuration cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again. You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it. The hand can't attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds. | MessageTransmutation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (a short piece of copper wire) Duration: 1 round You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear. You can cast this spell through solid objects if you are familiar with the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence, 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood blocks the spell. The spell doesn't have to follow a straight line and can travel freely around corners or through openings. | Minor IllusionIllusion cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S, M (a bit of fleece) Duration: 1 minute You create a sound or an image of an object within range that lasts for the duration. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as an action or cast this spell again. If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends. If you create an image of an object—such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest—it must be no larger than a 5-foot cube. The image can't create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. If a creature uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature. | PrestidigitationTransmutation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S Duration: Up to 1 hour This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range: >You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor. >You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire. >You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot. >You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour. >You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. >You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.  Spells Disguise Self1st-level illusion Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 hour You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends or until you use your action to dismiss it. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you. The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing or would feel your head and hair. If you use this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand of someone who reaches out to touch you would bump into you while it was seemingly still in midair. To discern that you are disguised, a creature can use its action to inspect your appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. | Find FamiliarCasting Time: 1 hour Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier) Duration: Instantaneous You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast. Additional animal form choices may be available at the DM's discretion. Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. A familiar can't attack, but it can take other actions as normal. When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell again. As an action, you can temporarily dismiss the familiar to a pocket dimension. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. Whenever the familiar drops to 0 hit points or disappears into the pocket dimension, it leaves behind in its space anything it was wearing or carrying. While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses. You can't have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you already have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list. Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature. Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll. | Mage Armor1st-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of cured leather) Duration: 8 hours You touch a willing creature who isn't wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target's base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action. | Sleep1st-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of fine sand, rose petals, or a cricket) Duration: 1 minute This spell sends creatures into a magical slumber. Roll 5d8; the total is how many hit points of creatures this spell can affect. Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring unconscious creatures). Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points, each creature affected by this spell falls unconscious until the spell ends, the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper awake. Subtract each creature's hit points from the total before moving on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. A creature's hit points must be equal to or less than the remaining total for that creature to be affected. Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren't affected by this spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, roll an additional 2d8 for each slot level above 1st.  

Copper - Upbeat Urchin of Mirabar (Human Arcane Trickster) AC 13/16with Mage Armor  | HP 24/24 | Init +3 | P Perception 13 (Pooka 15 smell) | Spells 1/2 (1st) | Inspiration 1/1 | Darts 4/4 | Arrows 20/20 | CP 12 SP 5 GP 5 Copper nodded her response to Mara, indicating her intent to join the scouting party. Before entering, she wove a simple arcane pattern with the tip of her knife blade, crafting the matrix that would hold her illusion. As she wove, she looked up to the stonework that supported the roof high above the doors, imagining what things would look like if a portion of the stonework fell and slammed the doors open. Fixing the mental image in her mind, she secured it to the arcane pattern of her cantrip. And there is was: a five foot long, cracked but intact, chunk of stonework, similar to that above the doors at the top of the front wall, straddled the threshold where the two front doors met. Satisfied with the illusion, Copper ghosted into the smokey room after Mara and the others. Just passed the threshold, she crouched behind her illusion. Mechanics Main Hand: knife Off Hand: empty Status Effects: none Active Spells: Mage Armor (8 hrs) Actions: Cast minor illusion Bonus Action: Stealth (Hide) Move: 15 feet straight into the room Manipulate:  Statblock Female Human (Varient) Rogue (Arcane Trickster) 3 Languages Common, Sylvan, Thieves' Cant Background Urchin Background Feature City SecretsYou know the secret patterns and flow to cities and can find passages through the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you are not in combat, you (and companions you lead) can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your speed would normally allow. StrSave -1 Athletics -1 8 DexSave +5* Acrobatics +5 | Sleight of Hand +7 (E) | Stealth +5 16 ConSave +2 No skills associated. 14 IntSave +3 Arcana +3 | History +1 | Investigation +3 | Nature +1 | Religion +1 13 WisSave +3 Animal Handling +1 | Insight +1 | Medicine +1 | Perception +3 | Survival +1 12 ChaSave +0 Deception +5 (E) | Intimidation +1 | Performance +1 | Persuasion +1 12 ProficiencyTools: Thieves tools (+5 Pick Locks*), herbalism kit Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords Armors: Light Bonus +2 Saving Throws Dex, Int Speed 30 (60 w/Cunning Action Dash) Actions Booming BladeEvocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (5-foot radius) Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: 1 round You brandish the weapon used in the spell's casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects and then becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves 5 feet or more before then, the target takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends. This spell's damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target on a hit, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8 and 3d8) and again at 17th level (3d8 and 4d8). Scimitar +5 to hit for (1d6+3) slashing damage. | finesse, light Small Knife +5 to hit for (1d4+3) piercing damage. | finesse, light, thrown (20/60) Dart +5 to hit for (1d4+3) piercing damage. | finesse, thrown (20/60) Shortbow +5 to hit for (1d6+3) piercing damage | ammunition (80/120), two-handed Bonus Actions Small Knife +5 to hit for (1d4+3) piercing/slashing damage. | finesse, light Cunning ActionStarting at 2nd level, your quick thinking and agility allow you to move and act quickly. 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. (Dash, Disengage, Hide, Mage Hand LegerdemainStarting at 3rd level, when you cast mage hand, you can make the spectral hand invisible, and you can perform the following additional tasks with it: >You can stow one object the hand is holding in a container worn or carried by another creature. >You can retrieve an object in a container worn or carried by another creature. >You can use thieves' tools to pick locks and disarm traps at range. You can perform one of these tasks without being noticed by a creature if you succeed on a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check contested by the creature's Wisdom (Perception) check. In addition, you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to control the hand.) Reactions Opportunity Attack (with additional Sneak Attack) Spell Save DC: 11 | Spell Attack Mod: +3 Cantrips Booming BladeEvocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (5-foot radius) Components: S, M (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp) Duration: 1 round You brandish the weapon used in the spell's casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects and then becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves 5 feet or more before then, the target takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends. This spell's damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target on a hit, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8 and 3d8) and again at 17th level (3d8 and 4d8). | Mage HandConjuration cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again. You can use your action to control the hand. You can use the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it. The hand can't attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds. | MessageTransmutation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (a short piece of copper wire) Duration: 1 round You point your finger toward a creature within range and whisper a message. The target (and only the target) hears the message and can reply in a whisper that only you can hear. You can cast this spell through solid objects if you are familiar with the target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence, 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood blocks the spell. The spell doesn't have to follow a straight line and can travel freely around corners or through openings. | Minor IllusionIllusion cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: S, M (a bit of fleece) Duration: 1 minute You create a sound or an image of an object within range that lasts for the duration. The illusion also ends if you dismiss it as an action or cast this spell again. If you create a sound, its volume can range from a whisper to a scream. It can be your voice, someone else's voice, a lion's roar, a beating of drums, or any other sound you choose. The sound continues unabated throughout the duration, or you can make discrete sounds at different times before the spell ends. If you create an image of an object—such as a chair, muddy footprints, or a small chest—it must be no larger than a 5-foot cube. The image can't create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. If a creature uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature. | PrestidigitationTransmutation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S Duration: Up to 1 hour This spell is a minor magical trick that novice spellcasters use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range: >You create an instantaneous, harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint musical notes, or an odd odor. >You instantaneously light or snuff out a candle, a torch, or a small campfire. >You instantaneously clean or soil an object no larger than 1 cubic foot. >You chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 cubic foot of nonliving material for 1 hour. >You make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. >You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand and that lasts until the end of your next turn. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.  Spells Disguise Self1st-level illusion Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 1 hour You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends or until you use your action to dismiss it. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you. The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing or would feel your head and hair. If you use this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand of someone who reaches out to touch you would bump into you while it was seemingly still in midair. To discern that you are disguised, a creature can use its action to inspect your appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. | Find FamiliarCasting Time: 1 hour Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (10 gp worth of charcoal, incense, and herbs that must be consumed by fire in a brass brazier) Duration: Instantaneous You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse, spider, or weasel. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a celestial, fey, or fiend (your choice) instead of a beast. Additional animal form choices may be available at the DM's discretion. Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn. A familiar can't attack, but it can take other actions as normal. When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell again. As an action, you can temporarily dismiss the familiar to a pocket dimension. Alternatively, you can dismiss it forever. As an action while it is temporarily dismissed, you can cause it to reappear in any unoccupied space within 30 feet of you. Whenever the familiar drops to 0 hit points or disappears into the pocket dimension, it leaves behind in its space anything it was wearing or carrying. While your familiar is within 100 feet of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. Additionally, as an action, you can see through your familiar's eyes and hear what it hears until the start of your next turn, gaining the benefits of any special senses that the familiar has. During this time, you are deaf and blind with regard to your own senses. You can't have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you already have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new form. Choose one of the forms from the above list. Your familiar transforms into the chosen creature. Finally, when you cast a spell with a range of touch, your familiar can deliver the spell as if it had cast the spell. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must use its reaction to deliver the spell when you cast it. If the spell requires an attack roll, you use your attack modifier for the roll. | Mage Armor1st-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a piece of cured leather) Duration: 8 hours You touch a willing creature who isn't wearing armor, and a protective magical force surrounds it until the spell ends. The target's base AC becomes 13 + its Dexterity modifier. The spell ends if the target dons armor or if you dismiss the spell as an action. | Sleep1st-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of fine sand, rose petals, or a cricket) Duration: 1 minute This spell sends creatures into a magical slumber. Roll 5d8; the total is how many hit points of creatures this spell can affect. Creatures within 20 feet of a point you choose within range are affected in ascending order of their current hit points (ignoring unconscious creatures). Starting with the creature that has the lowest current hit points, each creature affected by this spell falls unconscious until the spell ends, the sleeper takes damage, or someone uses an action to shake or slap the sleeper awake. Subtract each creature's hit points from the total before moving on to the creature with the next lowest hit points. A creature's hit points must be equal to or less than the remaining total for that creature to be affected. Undead and creatures immune to being charmed aren't affected by this spell. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, roll an additional 2d8 for each slot level above 1st.

Sorry everyone, I had a big deadline involving a meeting this morning. Will post ASAP.

I'm still here. I'm just going to wait for Gralhruk to posts Mara's move (or confirm that Mara is not moving into the room) before I post my action.

@bwatford I had an idea to cast a minor illusion to explain why the door banged open. Specifically, a visual illusion of what would look like a five foot long chunk of the stonework at the top of the front wall above the door fell down lengthwise, smashed on the ground right in front of the door, crashing into the door as it fell, slamming it open. So it would be a five foot long chunk of stonework similar to what's above the door at the top of the front of the building, and it would straddle the threshold where the two front doors meet. Would that work as a believable illusion--as far as Copper can tell based on her observation of the front of the building?

OK, so Mara needs to move into the room so we can post our movement (and Stealth checks) without leaving the 30 foot radius.

Thanks!

The rules for the Hide action have always confused me. So... can we do this? Is there enough concealment from the smoke in the room for us to Hide? Or are you assuming that we'll move to--and hide under--the tables during the surprise round? I'm pretty sure Mara, Drift, and Copper can reach the tables in one Move (in Copper's case, a Move and a Bonus Action Move) and take the Hide action. Is that the plan?

Actually, I'm remembering that the mephits are hassling everyone--goblins included. So the pass without trace plan would be better. But we still need a plan to take out the mephits that doesn't rely heavily upon ranged attacks or melee attacks or fire damage. Is that even possible? I'm stumped.