story Durlag’s Tower

[Dmitri_Ravenoff]

    

Duncan Tallheart

Character Sheet

Finally having an opponent who wasn't floating away, and finally wanted to face him, Duncan kept lashing out at the hovering wisp with his sword, hoping to put an end to one opponent.

 

Abilities and FeatsFighting style: Duelist:
When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other Weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to Damage Rolls with that weapon.

Shield Master:
- If you take the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to try to shove a creature within 5 feet of you with your shield.
- If you aren’t incapacitated, you can add your shield’s AC bonus to any Dexterity saving throw you make against a spell or other harmful effect that targets only you.
- If you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you can use your reaction to take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, interposing your shield between yourself and the source of the effect.

Sentinel:
- Whenever you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, its speed drops to 0 for the rest of the turn. This stops any movement they may have been taking.
- Creatures within your reach provoke opportunity attacks even if they took the Disengage action.
- When a creature within your reach makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature.

Toughness: Gain +2 HP/ Level

Second Wind: On Your Turn, you can use a Bonus Action to regain hit points equal to 1d10 + your fighter level. You must finish a short or Long Rest before you can use it again.

Action Surge: On Your Turn, you can take one additional action on top of your regular action and a possible Bonus Action. You must finish a short or Long Rest before you can use it again.

Extra Attack: Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. The number of attacks increases to three when you reach 11th level in this class and to four when you reach 20th level in this class.

Sneak Attack: Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. 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.

Indominable: (one use): Beginning at 9th level you can reroll a saving throw that you fail. You must take the result of the new roll. You must finish a long rest to use this feature again.


Battlemaster: Superior Dice - You start with 4 superior dies. They are 1d10 and you use one whenever you use a maneuver. You regain then all when you finish a short or long rest.

Maneuvers:
Maneuvering Attack: When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to maneuver one of your comrades into a more advantageous position. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and you choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you. That creature can use its reaction to move up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks from the target of your attack.

Riposte: When a creature misses you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die to make a melee weapon attack against the creature. If you hit, you add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Parry: When another creature damages you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction and expend one superiority die to reduce the damage by the number you roll on your superiority die + your Dexterity modifier.

Menacing Attack: When you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can expend one superiority die to attempt to frighten the target. You add the superiority die to the attack's damage roll, and the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Commander's Strike
When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can forgo one of your attacks and use a bonus action to direct one of your companions to strike. When you do so, choose a friendly creature who can see or hear you and expend one superiority die. That creature can immediately use its reaction to make one weapon attack, adding the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

Character sheet referenceDuncan Tallheart

Human (Variant) Fighter 10/ Rogue 1
Max HP: 113

Str 18, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 9

AC 19 (17 without shield) Mithril Splint Mail + Shield

Primary Attack: Rapier +9 [1d8+7]

Ranged Attack: Javelin +8 [1d6+6] - Crossbow [1d8+1]

Bonus Actions: Shove (Shield Mastery) +12 Athletics (opposed by either Athletics or Acrobatics)

Trained Skills: Athletics: (+12), Stealth (+5), History (+3), Animal Handling (+6), Perception (+6), Survival (+10)

 

CURRENT HP: 113/113

Superiority Dice: 4/4

 

[Poor_Knight]

Durlag's Wooded Copse

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Illumination: Exterior - Bright; Weather: Light Winds

Map Notes: The marshy ground is Difficult Terrain. The Single Trees provide 1/2 Cover. The Tree clusters provide 3/4 Cover.

Vall slams the stalker that flies away from him, searing it a little more.

Lajal mends the wounds of Duncan and his narwhal spirit extends the healing to all of you. Bloodaxe hurls a mote of fire at the stalker above Duncan and it vanishes in a gust of wind. Then he slogs through the water to engage another stalker and strikes with his axe. Eirrean sends an arrow into the stalker Bloodaxe engaged and his arrow sends another back to the realm of air. Theren casts a web spell from his wand and tries to trap the las stalker. Vall moves towards the last stalker and slams the stalker twice. Duncan wades through the water to get approach the last foe.

The stalker is not caught in Theren's web and flies at the bard. It tries to slam bard but is unable to connect.

Round 5: PC (all, any order)

OOC

Vallemental (reaction): opportunity attack at S3, 9 dmg; 
Lajal: move; cast cure wounds at Duncan, +12hp; everyone receives +10hp
Bloodaxe: cast firebolt at S3, 14 dmg DEAD; move; battleaxe at S2, 7 dmg;
Eireann: steady aim; shortbow at S2, 10dmg DEAD;
Theren: cast web around S1;
Vallemental: move (burning webs); slam at S3, 9dmg; slam at S3, 10dmg;
Duncan: move; dash
S3: DC 15 Dex save, success; move; slam Theren, miss; slam Theren, miss;

Vall can take another OA

 

 

Edited January 9 by Poor_Knight (see edit history)

[cheezal]

 

Bloodaxe seeing Theren under attack by some unseen force moves forward 10ft to stand besides Theren and blindly swings three times at the space in front of Theren in the hope of hitting and killing their relentless foes.

Hill Dwarf Fighter Eldritch Knight  13
HP: 186/186 , AC : 20 ,HD: 13d8/13d8 ,Initiative: +2   Speed: ft,

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +9, Dex +2, Con +10, Int +4, Wis +2, Cha -1
Skills: Acrobatics +2, Animal Handling +2, Arcana +4, Athletics +8,Deception -1, History +4,

Insight +2, Intimidate +4, Investigate +4, Medicine +2,Nature +4, Perception +7,

Performance -1,Persuasion -1,Religion +4,Sleight of Hand +2, Stealth +2,Survival +2

Attacks and Features

Magic

 

Edited February 2 by cheezal (see edit history)

[omegoku]

Eireann III

High Elf Swashbuckler 11
HP: 79/84 HD: 11d8/11d8 AC: 17 Speed: 30ft

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +0, Dex +9, Con +2, Int +8, Wis -1, Cha +3
Skills: Athletics +8, Acrobatics +9, Deception +7, History +8, Intimidate +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +11, Perception +7, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13

Attacks and Features

o Rapier (Gift of Fire) Piercing, Finesse +10 1d8+5 d6 Fire
o Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +9 1d4+5
o Shortbow Piercing, Two-handed (80/320) Ammo +9 1d6+7

DarkvisionYou can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. However, you can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.[ TranceElves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

ExpertiseAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. (Stealth, Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception) Sneak Attack (6d6)Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 5d6 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.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.[/ooc] 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. Fancy FootworkWhen you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to land a strike and then slip away without reprisal.
During your turn, if you make a melee attack against a creature, that creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. Rakish AudacityStarting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into
battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier.
You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. 
Thieves CantDuring 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.[ Uncanny DodgeStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. EvasionBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. PanacheAt 9th level, your charm becomes extraordinarily beguiling. As an action, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by a creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. The creature must be able to hear you, and the two of you must share a language.
If you succeed on the check and the creature is hostile to you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make opportunity attacks against targets other than you. This effect lasts for 1 minute, until one of your companions attacks the target or affects it with a spell, or until you and the target are more than 60 feet apart.
If you succeed on the check and the creature isn’t hostile to you, it is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed, it regards you as a friendly acquaintance. This effect ends immediately if you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Steady AimAs a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can
use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn. Reliable TalentBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Feat : SkilledYou gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. (Nature, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand) 

Magic

Cantrip Known  Booming BladeEvocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, M (a weapon)
Duration: 1 round
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. 
On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves before then, it immediately takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.
This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Equipment 

Consumable (10) 

Potion of Healing A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or administering a potion takes an action  *2  Potion of Greater Healingregain 4d4 + 4 hit points  Potion of Superior Healingregain 8d4 + 8  hit points  Potion of Fire Giant StrengthWhen you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 25 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score

Common (5)

Uncommon+ (6)

Bracers of ArcheryWondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the longbow and shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls on ranged attacks made with such weapons. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
These bracers are bulky with hexagon designs along them that do not match any common racial or family styling.
In addition, the hexagons turn blue in the cold or a warm orange in heat. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as -20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Headband of Intellect Requires Attunement
Your Intelligence score is 19 while you wear this headband. It has no Effect on you if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher without it  Cloak of DisplacementWondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the start of your next turn. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
This cloak is made of the pelt of a smooth, blackfurred creature. A bone toggle fastens the cloak around its wearer’s neck. Close examination of the gold-embroidered hem reveals a poem that reads (in Common): “Six men in pain; six men rent. Blood, it falls like rain; broken bodies bent. Six men plead; and six men cry; Tearing arm and leg, six men die." 
Ring of Shooting StarRing, very rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring in dim light or darkness, you can cast dancing lights and light from the ring at will. Casting either spell from the ring requires an action. The ring has 6 charges for the following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring. Ball Lightning. You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually. Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. The spheres last as long as you concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell), up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. As a bonus action, you can move each sphere up to 30 feet, but no farther than 120 feet away from you. When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of a sphere, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes lightning damage based on the number of spheres you created. Spheres Lightning Damage 4 2d4 3 2d6 2 5d4 1 4d12 Shooting Stars. You can expend 1 to 3 charges as an action. For every charge you expend, you launch a glowing mote of light from the ring at a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature within a 15-foot cube originating from that point is showered in sparks and must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one Charges 6/6
Wand of Lightning BoltsRequires Attunement by a Spellcaster This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed. Charges 7/7

Eireann is eager to finish this combat, he drew his rapier, keeping his bow in his other hand. He stepped up to the invisible creature and attempted to drive the blade into it. Sparks of Eldritch power coursed along the blade as he drove it into the airy creature.

 

Reaction: Uncanny Dodge if attacked, or AoO if the creature moves away

Move: 5ft up

Bonus: None

Action: Attack with Rapier, using Booming Blade

 

 

[Sylas]

Vall Nailo

 

True Neutral, Male Drow Druid

Character Sheet

Vall Nailo
Drow Druid 12 True Neutral

AC 14 HP 77 Speed 30ft

Str 10 (+0) Dex +16 (+3) Con 12 (+1) Int 12 (+1) Wis 19 (+4) Cha 10 (+0)

Attacks
Wooden Staff* +4 1d6+0/B
Sling +6 1d4+3/B

Darkvision 120'

Fey Ancestry - Advantage on saving throws against being charmed, immune to magical sleep.

Trance - Semiconscious meditation for 4 hours replaces 8 hours sleeping.

Sunlight Sensitivity - Disadvantage on attack and Wisdom (Perception) that rely on sight when you or target is in direct sunlight.

Drow Magic - Know Dancing Lights cantrip, Faerie Fire once per day at 3rd level, and Darkness once per day at 5th level (Charisma).

Spellcasting
--Ritual Casting

Wanderer - Can always recall terrain/features of interest. Can forage for self + 5 if land has food.

Wild Shape - Can use a Bonus Action to shapeshift into a beast you have seen before. Lasts 1/2 Druid Levels in hours, usable 2 times per rest.

Druid Circle - Circle of the Moon
--Combat Wild Shape - May Wild Shape as a Bonus Action, while in Wild Shape may expend spell slots to heal 1d8 per level of slot.
--Elemental Wild Shape - Expend both uses of Wild Shape to become an elemental.

Observant - Increase Wisdom by 1, gain +5 on Passive Perception and Passive Investigation checks.

Telepathic - Increase Wisdom by 1, telepathically communicate one way to any creature within 60 feet using known language; cast Detect Thoughts once, further castings using 2nd level slots or higher.Vallefocusess on those unseen, somewhat annoyed with himself that he hadn't sensed them before.

 

Vall paused as the presence disappeared, flaming arms flail for a moment before he tried to follow.

Crunch

I don't think he actually gets an attack of oppertunity here, since it's invisible (normal burning not actually affecting invisibility). I mean technically they shouldn't even know what square it's in (actually, since it attacked, I guess they *do* know, but they still suffer disadvantage because they can't see it, right?). But they do know (well, think/hope) it should still be on fire.

Vall moves to follow, but doesn't get close enough to hit because he doesn't want to immolate teammates.

[Dmitri_Ravenoff]

(OoC 1: Unable to get things to copy over and can't get into my MW on my computer ATM, so this will have to do)

 

Duncan moves gingerly to try and encircle one of the apparitions. (Move 2 spaces west, one space diagonal south-west)

 

He stabs forth with his rapier attempting to sever its link to this mortal coil.

 

(OOC 2: sorry for the messy Dice roll. 😞)

Edited January 12 by Dmitri_Ravenoff (see edit history)

[Djacob91]

Theren swapped his want to this other hand, drawing his own rapier free. It had been a while since he had used it, but he still knew which end was the pointy end. Besides, things were getting a bit crowded for flashy spell work. "Well, I hope this thing is still as sharp as my wit." He pondered aloud as he stabbed out with it.

Actions/OOC

Standard: I'll stab the thing with my rapier.

Move Action:

Concentration: Dropping Concentration

Conditions:

HP: 36/67

Statblock

Theren, Half Elf Bard, 11

Str 8 (-1)
Dex 16 (3)
Con 12 (1)
Int 19 (4)Base: 10 (0)
Wis 14 (2)
Cha 18 (4)
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Jack of all Trades Bonus: +2

 

INIT: +5
AC: 15
HD: 11/11d8
HP: 67/67; TEMP: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 20

 

Darkvision (60ft)
By Popular Demand
Fey Ancestry
Bardic Inspiration d10 4/4
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest: d10
Cutting Words
Expertise
Countercharm
Magical Secrets
Lucky: 2/3
DM Inspiration: 1/only

Hartkiller's Lucky: 3/only

 

Rapier Piercing, Finesse +7 1d8+3
Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +7 d4+3
Wand of Web: 5/7 charges; DC15

Seer's Scroll of Teleportation: 1/1

Spell Slots

LVL 1: 4/4
LVL 2: 3/3
LVL 3: 2/3
LVL 4: 3/3
LVL 5: 1/2
LVL 6: 1/1
LVL 7: 0/0
LVL 8: 0/0
LVL 9: 0/0

Spells Known

LVL 0: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Mending
LVL 1: Bane, Cure Wounds, Dissonant Whispers, Healing Word
LVL 2: Heat Metal, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration
LVL 3: Aura of Vitality, Counterspell, Major Image, Slow, Summon Fey, Tongues
LVL 4: Dimension Door
LVL 5: Circle of Power, Synaptic Static
LVL 6: Mass Suggestion

[Poor_Knight]

Durlag's Wooded Copse

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Illumination: Exterior - Bright; Weather: Light Winds

Map Notes: The marshy ground is Difficult Terrain. The Single Trees provide 1/2 Cover. The Tree clusters provide 3/4 Cover.

You descend upon the final stalker en masse and render it low with a series of attacks. The elvish voice is heard screeching in defiance and then goes silent.

How do you proceed?

 

[omegoku]

Eireann III

High Elf Swashbuckler 11
HP: 79/84 HD: 11d8/11d8 AC: 17 Speed: 30ft

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +0, Dex +9, Con +2, Int +8, Wis -1, Cha +3
Skills: Athletics +8, Acrobatics +9, Deception +7, History +8, Intimidate +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +11, Perception +7, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13

Attacks and Features

o Rapier (Gift of Fire) Piercing, Finesse +10 1d8+5 d6 Fire
o Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +9 1d4+5
o Shortbow Piercing, Two-handed (80/320) Ammo +9 1d6+7

DarkvisionYou can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. However, you can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.[ TranceElves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

ExpertiseAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. (Stealth, Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception) Sneak Attack (6d6)Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 5d6 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.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.[/ooc] 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. Fancy FootworkWhen you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to land a strike and then slip away without reprisal.
During your turn, if you make a melee attack against a creature, that creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. Rakish AudacityStarting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into
battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier.
You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. 
Thieves CantDuring 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.[ Uncanny DodgeStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. EvasionBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. PanacheAt 9th level, your charm becomes extraordinarily beguiling. As an action, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by a creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. The creature must be able to hear you, and the two of you must share a language.
If you succeed on the check and the creature is hostile to you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make opportunity attacks against targets other than you. This effect lasts for 1 minute, until one of your companions attacks the target or affects it with a spell, or until you and the target are more than 60 feet apart.
If you succeed on the check and the creature isn’t hostile to you, it is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed, it regards you as a friendly acquaintance. This effect ends immediately if you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Steady AimAs a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can
use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn. Reliable TalentBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Feat : SkilledYou gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. (Nature, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand) 

Magic

Cantrip Known  Booming BladeEvocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, M (a weapon)
Duration: 1 round
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. 
On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves before then, it immediately takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.
This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Equipment 

Consumable (10) 

Potion of Healing A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or administering a potion takes an action  *2  Potion of Greater Healingregain 4d4 + 4 hit points  Potion of Superior Healingregain 8d4 + 8  hit points  Potion of Fire Giant StrengthWhen you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 25 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score

Common (5)

Uncommon+ (6)

Bracers of ArcheryWondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the longbow and shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls on ranged attacks made with such weapons. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
These bracers are bulky with hexagon designs along them that do not match any common racial or family styling.
In addition, the hexagons turn blue in the cold or a warm orange in heat. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as -20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Headband of Intellect Requires Attunement
Your Intelligence score is 19 while you wear this headband. It has no Effect on you if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher without it  Cloak of DisplacementWondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the start of your next turn. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
This cloak is made of the pelt of a smooth, blackfurred creature. A bone toggle fastens the cloak around its wearer’s neck. Close examination of the gold-embroidered hem reveals a poem that reads (in Common): “Six men in pain; six men rent. Blood, it falls like rain; broken bodies bent. Six men plead; and six men cry; Tearing arm and leg, six men die." 
Ring of Shooting StarRing, very rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring in dim light or darkness, you can cast dancing lights and light from the ring at will. Casting either spell from the ring requires an action. The ring has 6 charges for the following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring. Ball Lightning. You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually. Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. The spheres last as long as you concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell), up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. As a bonus action, you can move each sphere up to 30 feet, but no farther than 120 feet away from you. When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of a sphere, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes lightning damage based on the number of spheres you created. Spheres Lightning Damage 4 2d4 3 2d6 2 5d4 1 4d12 Shooting Stars. You can expend 1 to 3 charges as an action. For every charge you expend, you launch a glowing mote of light from the ring at a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature within a 15-foot cube originating from that point is showered in sparks and must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one Charges 6/6
Wand of Lightning BoltsRequires Attunement by a Spellcaster This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed. Charges 7/7

Eireann slides his blade back into its resting place and takes a breath. He scans the area for the source of the voice but he doesn't expect much success.

"We could chase this elusive annoyance all night and not catch them, I say we make for the tower and get inside before anyone else arrives."

 

 

[cheezal]

"Part of me agree's whole heartedly with you,but the soldier in me,wouldn't like to leave a threat potentially behind us to follow"

he yells out to the surrounding woods.

"Come! and face us! To talk or do battle and let us be done with this one way or another"

Edited February 29 by cheezal (see edit history)

[Djacob91]

Theren nodded his head in thought before adding, "This elven person seems to care more about the forest than anything else. If we leave, they might leave us alone. And we do have a towering responsibility looming over us." He added, his voice trailing off as he turned towards the tower in question.

Actions/OOC

Standard: I'll stab the thing with my rapier.

Move Action:

Concentration: Dropping Concentration

Conditions:

HP: 36/67

Statblock

Theren, Half Elf Bard, 11

Str 8 (-1)
Dex 16 (3)
Con 12 (1)
Int 19 (4)Base: 10 (0)
Wis 14 (2)
Cha 18 (4)
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Jack of all Trades Bonus: +2

 

INIT: +5
AC: 15
HD: 11/11d8
HP: 67/67; TEMP: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 20

 

Darkvision (60ft)
By Popular Demand
Fey Ancestry
Bardic Inspiration d10 4/4
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest: d10
Cutting Words
Expertise
Countercharm
Magical Secrets
Lucky: 2/3
DM Inspiration: 1/only

Hartkiller's Lucky: 3/only

 

Rapier Piercing, Finesse +7 1d8+3
Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +7 d4+3
Wand of Web: 5/7 charges; DC15

Seer's Scroll of Teleportation: 1/1

Spell Slots

LVL 1: 4/4
LVL 2: 3/3
LVL 3: 2/3
LVL 4: 3/3
LVL 5: 1/2
LVL 6: 1/1
LVL 7: 0/0
LVL 8: 0/0
LVL 9: 0/0

Spells Known

LVL 0: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Mending
LVL 1: Bane, Cure Wounds, Dissonant Whispers, Healing Word
LVL 2: Heat Metal, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration
LVL 3: Aura of Vitality, Counterspell, Major Image, Slow, Summon Fey, Tongues
LVL 4: Dimension Door
LVL 5: Circle of Power, Synaptic Static
LVL 6: Mass Suggestion

[Poor_Knight]

Durlag's Wooded Copse

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Illumination: Exterior - Bright; Weather: Light Winds

Map Notes: The marshy ground is Difficult Terrain. The Single Trees provide 1/2 Cover. The Tree clusters provide 3/4 Cover.

It it clear to all of you that the speaker you heard is not playing with a full tarot deck. Whoever they are, their mind is not right.

 

[omegoku]

Eireann III

High Elf Swashbuckler 11
HP: 79/84 HD: 11d8/11d8 AC: 17 Speed: 30ft

Proficiency: +4 Saving Throws: Str +0, Dex +9, Con +2, Int +8, Wis -1, Cha +3
Skills: Athletics +8, Acrobatics +9, Deception +7, History +8, Intimidate +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +11, Perception +7, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13

Attacks and Features

o Rapier (Gift of Fire) Piercing, Finesse +10 1d8+5 d6 Fire
o Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +9 1d4+5
o Shortbow Piercing, Two-handed (80/320) Ammo +9 1d6+7

DarkvisionYou can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. However, you can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.[ TranceElves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. Fey AncestryYou have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

ExpertiseAt 1st level, choose two of your skill proficiencies, or one of your skill proficiencies and your proficiency with thieves’ tools. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make that uses either of the chosen proficiencies.
At 6th level, you can choose two more of your proficiencies (in skills or with thieves’ tools) to gain this benefit. (Stealth, Athletics, Acrobatics, Perception) Sneak Attack (6d6)Beginning at 1st level, you know how to strike subtly and exploit a foe’s distraction. Once per turn, you can deal an extra 5d6 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.
The amount of the extra damage increases as you gain levels in this class, as shown in the Sneak Attack column of the Rogue table.[/ooc] 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. Fancy FootworkWhen you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you learn how to land a strike and then slip away without reprisal.
During your turn, if you make a melee attack against a creature, that creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. Rakish AudacityStarting at 3rd level, your confidence propels you into
battle. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Charisma modifier.
You also gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need advantage on the attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you. 
Thieves CantDuring 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.[ Uncanny DodgeStarting at 5th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack’s damage against you. EvasionBeginning at 7th level, you can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain area effects, such as a red dragon’s fiery breath or an ice storm spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving
throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail. PanacheAt 9th level, your charm becomes extraordinarily beguiling. As an action, you can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by a creature’s Wisdom (Insight) check. The creature must be able to hear you, and the two of you must share a language.
If you succeed on the check and the creature is hostile to you, it has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you and can’t make opportunity attacks against targets other than you. This effect lasts for 1 minute, until one of your companions attacks the target or affects it with a spell, or until you and the target are more than 60 feet apart.
If you succeed on the check and the creature isn’t hostile to you, it is charmed by you for 1 minute. While charmed, it regards you as a friendly acquaintance. This effect ends immediately if you or your companions do anything harmful to it. Steady AimAs a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can
use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn. Reliable TalentBy 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Feat : SkilledYou gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. (Nature, Intimidate, Sleight of Hand) 

Magic

Cantrip Known  Booming BladeEvocation cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: V, M (a weapon)
Duration: 1 round
As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails. 
On a hit, the target suffers the attack's normal effects, and it becomes sheathed in booming energy until the start of your next turn. If the target willingly moves before then, it immediately takes 1d8 thunder damage, and the spell ends.
This spell's damage increases when you reach higher levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 thunder damage to the target, and the damage the target takes for moving increases to 2d8. Both damage rolls increase by 1d8 at 11th level and 17th level.

Equipment 

Consumable (10) 

Potion of Healing A character who drinks the magical red fluid in this vial regains 2d4 + 2 hit points. Drinking or administering a potion takes an action  *2  Potion of Greater Healingregain 4d4 + 4 hit points  Potion of Superior Healingregain 8d4 + 8  hit points  Potion of Fire Giant StrengthWhen you drink this potion, your Strength score changes to 25 for 1 hour. The potion has no effect on you if your Strength is equal to or greater than that score

Common (5)

Uncommon+ (6)

Bracers of ArcheryWondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
While wearing these bracers, you have proficiency with the longbow and shortbow, and you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls on ranged attacks made with such weapons. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master's Guide.
These bracers are bulky with hexagon designs along them that do not match any common racial or family styling.
In addition, the hexagons turn blue in the cold or a warm orange in heat. The bearer suffers no harm in temperatures as cold as -20 degrees Fahrenheit or as warm as 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  Headband of Intellect Requires Attunement
Your Intelligence score is 19 while you wear this headband. It has no Effect on you if your Intelligence is already 19 or higher without it  Cloak of DisplacementWondrous Item, rare (requires attunement)
While you wear this cloak, it projects an illusion that makes you appear to be standing in a place near your actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against you. If you take damage, the property ceases to function until the start of your next turn. This property is suppressed while you are incapacitated, restrained, or otherwise unable to move. This item can be found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
This cloak is made of the pelt of a smooth, blackfurred creature. A bone toggle fastens the cloak around its wearer’s neck. Close examination of the gold-embroidered hem reveals a poem that reads (in Common): “Six men in pain; six men rent. Blood, it falls like rain; broken bodies bent. Six men plead; and six men cry; Tearing arm and leg, six men die." 
Ring of Shooting StarRing, very rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring in dim light or darkness, you can cast dancing lights and light from the ring at will. Casting either spell from the ring requires an action. The ring has 6 charges for the following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring. Ball Lightning. You can expend 2 charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually. Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space you can see within 120 feet of you. The spheres last as long as you concentrate (as if concentrating on a spell), up to 1 minute. Each sphere sheds dim light in a 30-foot radius. As a bonus action, you can move each sphere up to 30 feet, but no farther than 120 feet away from you. When a creature other than you comes within 5 feet of a sphere, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes lightning damage based on the number of spheres you created. Spheres Lightning Damage 4 2d4 3 2d6 2 5d4 1 4d12 Shooting Stars. You can expend 1 to 3 charges as an action. For every charge you expend, you launch a glowing mote of light from the ring at a point you can see within 60 feet of you. Each creature within a 15-foot cube originating from that point is showered in sparks and must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 5d4 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one Charges 6/6
Wand of Lightning BoltsRequires Attunement by a Spellcaster This wand has 7 Charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its Charges to cast the Lightning Bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended Charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed. Charges 7/7

Eireann shrugs

"If you want to try chasing him, be my guest. But I am going to the tower. If they want to fight us, it would be better to be out of this copse where they are good at hiding, if nothing else."

He began walking towards the tower, but he kept his weapons to hand, and his eyes and ears alert for the wound be attacker.

 

Edited January 22 by omegoku (see edit history)

[cheezal]

Bloodaxe replies..

"And if attacked in the tower,we put ourselves in a magical death trap!"

Edited January 24 by cheezal (see edit history)

[Djacob91]

  

Theren gave a shrug as he gave a quick glance around. "I mean, if we know a good way of finding a person hiding in the woods, I'm not against finding this person per say. But, if it means maybe she attacks us from behind in the tower, or we waste a bunch of time and Rajiram advanced elements catch up and definitely attack us in the tower, I'm perfectly fine leaving her to her crazy lady in the woods motif. I mean, there are plenty of children's tales that start out not too differently then this place seems."

Actions/OOC

Standard: I'll stab the thing with my rapier.

Move Action:

Concentration: Dropping Concentration

Conditions:

HP: 36/67

Statblock

Theren, Half Elf Bard, 11

Str 8 (-1)
Dex 16 (3)
Con 12 (1)
Int 19 (4)Base: 10 (0)
Wis 14 (2)
Cha 18 (4)
Proficiency Bonus: +4
Jack of all Trades Bonus: +2

 

INIT: +5
AC: 15
HD: 11/11d8
HP: 67/67; TEMP: 0
Speed: 30 ft
Passive Perception: 20

 

Darkvision (60ft)
By Popular Demand
Fey Ancestry
Bardic Inspiration d10 4/4
Jack of All Trades
Song of Rest: d10
Cutting Words
Expertise
Countercharm
Magical Secrets
Lucky: 2/3
DM Inspiration: 1/only

Hartkiller's Lucky: 3/only

 

Rapier Piercing, Finesse +7 1d8+3
Dagger Piercing, Finesse, Thrown(20/60) +7 d4+3
Wand of Web: 5/7 charges; DC15

Seer's Scroll of Teleportation: 1/1

Spell Slots

LVL 1: 4/4
LVL 2: 3/3
LVL 3: 2/3
LVL 4: 3/3
LVL 5: 1/2
LVL 6: 1/1
LVL 7: 0/0
LVL 8: 0/0
LVL 9: 0/0

Spells Known

LVL 0: Vicious Mockery, Minor Illusion, Prestidigitation, Mending
LVL 1: Bane, Cure Wounds, Dissonant Whispers, Healing Word
LVL 2: Heat Metal, Invisibility, Lesser Restoration
LVL 3: Aura of Vitality, Counterspell, Major Image, Slow, Summon Fey, Tongues
LVL 4: Dimension Door
LVL 5: Circle of Power, Synaptic Static
LVL 6: Mass Suggestion