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Post by Hraken on Dec 9, 2014 20:49:56 GMT -6
OOC: The female shaman casts and plants burst from the ground around Hrakens limbs. (dc14 athletics to break free) The panther is entangled in the weeds. "You killed my husband, children, and grandchildren Fang of Brindol. You will die this day and with the new moon the Red Hand will be reborn." Is that a homebrew of the entangle spell or something different? If I make that athletics check am I free, or is there still 20ft of dense brush? (I think if we are in mountains, I'm still not impeded, but I might take damage; I'll have to read the spell again) Im just trying to get a complete grasp on how to interact with the spell, and what my options are. |
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Post by Sithramir on Dec 9, 2014 21:25:52 GMT -6
Rangers get advantage on saving throws against things like entangle but not until 8th level.
It just occurred to me that they didn't use web on Hraken so ignore me questions since I was thinking web.
Malik will want to charge the goblin to get closer to the shaman but wasn't sure if there would be movement from others before hand since it may change where all enemies are and he doesn't want to leave the casters too open yet.
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Post by Art Teach on Dec 9, 2014 22:04:16 GMT -6
The injured goblins is 60ft north of Hraken and he went head first off his dead wolf. The Shaman still has his wolf.
The Shaman cast Entangle
Grasping weeds and vines sprout from the ground in a
20-foot square starting from a point within range. For
the duration, these plants turn the ground in the area
into difficult terrain.
A creature in the area when you cast the spell must
succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained
by the entangling plants until the spell ends. A creature
restrained by the plants can use its action to make
a Strength check against your spell save DC. On a
success, it frees itself.
When the spell ends, the conjured plants wilt away.
So the plants are forming around you if you don't make you Str saving throw it is a Dc 14 Athletics check to break free.
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Post by Art Teach on Dec 9, 2014 22:38:07 GMT -6
Paelius moves near Izzy and spots the spiderriders. He calls out and three magic missiles strike the rider. The goblin falls off the back of the first spider dead before it hits the forest floor below.
Blackarrow (?) then everything is out of range for Fargrim. The wolf rider is crawling up and stumbling forward on foot. Then Izzy and finally Malik can charge the shaman if she still stands.
Hraken, Oloric, 4 Spider Goblins, 1 Shaman on Wolf, Paelius, Blackarrow, Fargrim, 1 Wolf Rider on foot 8, Izzy, Malik
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Post by blackarrow on Dec 10, 2014 4:12:17 GMT -6
An arrow sails out across the path over the heads of all the goblins involved. Perhaps it was meant to strike a goblin. Perhaps a wolf. Maybe even a spider. Alas, the world will never know, since it was so off target that any of the above could have been the intended prey. Blackarrow has decided that he doesn't like firing from horseback, and if anybody asks, it was absolutely the horse's fault, not his own random surge of incompetency.
Attack Roll: 11. Wow, over half of my rolls this fight have been under 5. Looks like there's going to be a lot of arrows flying off into that moat...
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Post by Issarian Lockwood on Dec 10, 2014 7:27:53 GMT -6
"I'm tellin' ya, man, fighting from horseback ain't natural!" Izzy runs forward [using his bonus Cunning Action to Dash 60 feet, to 15 feet behind Hraken] and fires his hand crossbow at the Shaman. [Attack roll total: 15, which hits, I believe, for 5 damage.]
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Post by Sithramir on Dec 10, 2014 7:28:13 GMT -6
So was Hraken close enough that Malik, Oloric, etc were hit with Entangle also? I think he moves 40' and said he moved full movement towards the wagon so would have put us all within a 20' square but that wasn't clear. If so, Malik failed his Str saving throw (Total=13). He would use his action to break free with Athletics and succeed (Total=24). He would move the warhorse up 30' or so within charge range of the Shaman next round.
Oloric also fails his str saving throw (Total=2).
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Post by Hraken on Dec 10, 2014 9:53:34 GMT -6
The thick vines begin to tighten around his legs. With a loud roar he twists his body, sending branches and leaves in all directions. Turning to face the shaman, he fires his crossbow at the shaman. Mechanics: 17 against the vines. Crossbow attack roll was a 1+8, so 9. Critical failure, lol, so I'll let you describe what happens with it... You're not the only one making bad rolls Blackarrow. I think this bridge is cursed.
.... So was Hraken close enough that Malik, Oloric, etc were hit with Entangle also? I think he moves 40' and said he moved full movement towards the wagon so would have put us all within a 20' square but that wasn't clear. Hraken may not have been able to run the full distance. I'm sure Stephen would have mentioned if you were also hit. Rangers get advantage on saving throws against things like entangle but not until 8th level. If you were referring to my comment about not being impeded, I was referencing the Favored Terrain ability, which just means I can move through difficult terrain while in favored terrain (mountains in my case). So yes, I do not have any advantage against the the saves themselves. |
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Post by Art Teach on Dec 10, 2014 12:02:22 GMT -6
Only Hraken was close enough but the vines do make a hazard for any closing on the shaman. The ranger bursts out of the vines limbs with a fury spins his crossbow up at the Shaman and drops it right into the vines. DC14 to pull crossbow out of the thick vine.
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Post by Art Teach on Dec 10, 2014 12:08:58 GMT -6
Izzy hits the shaman right after her speech with a crossbow bolt.
She curses and swears he will be the second to die.
Malik charges through the vines Connan plowing through as if they don't exist and they close to 30 before the shaman and her wolf. Malik sees the swarm of bats is swooping toward him. He remembers the third rule of adventuring "Swooping is bad."
Oloric stays clear of the vines south of them.
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Post by Sithramir on Dec 10, 2014 12:30:59 GMT -6
Lands stride is that ability that allows free movement through difficult terrain at 8th and never works against magical terrain or spells (only the saving throw). Terrain impedement at 1st level is only if traveling more than an hour . One of the big things I hate about the Ranger in 5E. Read the hide in plain sight that's a horrible power now too.
Edit: Just saw Stephen already responded.
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Post by Sithramir on Dec 10, 2014 12:44:59 GMT -6
Izzy hits the shaman right after her speech with a crossbow bolt. She curses and swears he will be the second to die. Malik charges through the vines Connan plowing through as if they don't exist and they close to 30 before the shaman and her wolf. Malik sees the swarm of bats is swooping toward him. He remembers the third rule of adventuring "Swooping is bad." Oloric stays clear of the vines south of them. Now that it's clear to me (Was on phone and thought Hraken ran to us and then we were all in the vines). Is that goblin still there between us and the shaman? If so Malik would attack him and then finish his horse's movement after it's death. [OOC: I rolled a 21 attack for 10 damage on that goblin. Whether he's alive or not, Malik would throw his second axe at 30' at the shaman with disadvantage (he wouldn't throw both). 24 and 26 (there's the good rolls!) to hit him for 10 damage trying to disrupt his spellcasting. Rolled max damage on both rolls and insanely high d20'! woot] |
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Post by Hraken on Dec 10, 2014 13:06:02 GMT -6
Terrain impedement at 1st level is only if traveling more than an hour . One of the big things I hate about the Ranger in 5E. Read the hide in plain sight that's a horrible power now too. I see what you mean about it being more for travelling. I didn't catch that it was triggered only after travelling for an hour. We've been travelling for more than an hour, but we are not exactly travelling now, this is more specific moment, so I see your point, and it makes sense. |
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Post by Issarian Lockwood on Dec 10, 2014 13:39:13 GMT -6
[OOC note: if somebody could get into melee with (or even just within 5 feet of) the shaman, that'd be really handy for my next shot...aaaasuming I actually hit, that is. (ahem)]
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Post by Sithramir on Dec 10, 2014 18:56:53 GMT -6
OOC: Malik is on his way there but I'm sensing spider goblins and "swooping" bats might ruin those plans heh.
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The female shaman casts and plants burst from the ground around Hrakens limbs. (dc14 athletics to break free) The panther is entangled in the weeds. "You killed my husband, children, and grandchildren Fang of Brindol. You will die this day and with the new moon the Red Hand will be reborn."Is that a homebrew of the entangle spell or something different? If I make that athletics check am I free, or is there still 20ft of dense brush? (I think if we are in mountains, I'm still not impeded, but I might take damage; I'll have to read the spell again) Im just trying to get a complete grasp on how to interact with the spell, and what my options are.
