Hekazu

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@The Harbinger of Ferocity A constant 6 to damage? Wow, you are wrecking people!

I guess I'll just have to pick all utility because pretty much anything I could do in combat will just be overshadowed by you other guys. A quick look through the statlines of our Fighter and Paladin told me that they are better than poor Travok in literally every attribute. Did you people have luck of the gods or what? We'll, Devil's Sight is a legitimate option... perhaps eyes of the Rune Keeper... I could just go for everything with eyes in them, be the joke character every party needs.

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@VKAllen Eldritch Blast, which I keep using for attacking.

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I may have got myself into a dead end with the Eldritch Blast as it seems I now have to have Travok yell C'Thun thrice in rising volume every time he uses it. It turned out the cantrip has a vocal component, you see

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While Travok had originally attempted to defend himself, the feebleness of the man's attack in combination with his apologies made him think the man was not really attempting to hurt him. "I bleed only for my god, weak man. I hope this is worth spilling the essence of life from my veins", Travok muttered in an ice cold tone before turning to face the rest of the fight.

This whole fight was a mess. Why did it even have to start in the first place? He couldn't understand the hostility the dragonborn had shown, but perhaps he'd get the chance to ask the fellow about it. Now though, the important thing was to survive until that point. It seemed as if one of the guards tried to approach the door... he'd need to do something about it.

He held the gemstone before him, pointing it at the guard looking to fight against the big human from his cell. This cellmate apparently had had a similar idea of stopping him, as Travok was quite sure he had been standing in that row with others just a moment ago. Hopefully he could dodge well in case of a miss...

"C'Thun. C'Thun! C'Thun!" he once more called out for his patron, this time leaving less time between the shouts. The crackling blast of purple energy erupted from his focus and flew towards the guardsman.

Rolls

A 13 to hit this time. I might have a chance!
As for the damage, rolled the maximum (that being 10).

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@EruditeAssassin There was no call for a Dex save. Against attacks, you compare their strike value to your armour class, losing ties. Now that you have lower AC than the attack roll, you will take the damage.

On the other hand, when you attack you win ties, so you can think meeting the armour class is the aim of the attacker. Dex saves are rolled when the DM calls for a Dex save (as with all saves, really), for example against the spell Burning Hands the saving throw is made. Another example could be falling rocks. I hope I have been of assistance.

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The site sure has been unstable today. Hope we get to continue our combat, wouldn't like to miss a whole day.

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Well, Travok seems to have found his trigger, as he will attempt to defend himself with the cantrip. He won't be taking the hit voluntarily, but the attack roll will easily hit. I'll subtract the lost hit point. Oh, and in case the man was close enough to Travok to cause disadvantage, the alternative roll resulted in another nine (9) so there's that.

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Travok heard the thrown rock colliding with the floor and quite literally jumped. He had to be glad the gemstone was as big as it was or he could've risked swallowing it in his surprise. He spat it out into his hand and pushed it back behind his beard, ready to be brought out quickly in case something bad was going on.

And boy if it wasn't already a royal mess by the time he had stopped assessing the situation and it was about time to act. The dragonborn kept throwing rocks, the bigger human and the elf were visibly ready for a fight and the guards were preparing for a fight as well. Travok was unsure what to do.

Seriously, what on earth were these guys doing, starting an open riot as soon as they got out of their chains? There could well still be people on the other side of the door to reinforce these ranks! He backed off a few steps and looked at the smaller human cellmate that had told Travok to stick with him. Perhaps he knew what to do in this situation? Travok so badly wanted to ask him "what do I do?", but he couldn't risk doing it out loud...

Little did he know, his will to ask it alone had already carried the message to this man. His encounter with the slumberer had in turn ended the slumber of his mind, letting him project thoughts to others. And indeed, the frail man would hear this question ring within his head, evidently not one of his own thoughts.

Travok grasped his Arcane focus firmly, preparing to utilise his patron's power to fire at any guard that he would have a proper line of sight to (or the best alternative anyway) if this other man showed any signs of wanting to join the combat.

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So the fight was on then? Travok brought out the focus from hiding, now for the first time brandishing the stone resembling the dreaded eye in front of the guards. He did his best to make sure it wouldn't slip from his hands thanks to it's saliva coating, so he couldn't hold it quite as dramatically as he'd liked, but this would have to do.
"C'Thun," he said and the gem emanated a slight pulse of brighter colour from it's centre.
"C'Thun!" Travok now yelled, and a concentration of magical force began gathering in front of the stripe, giving it the illusion of slightly moving.
"C'Thun!" he bellowed even louder, and released the ray of crackling, purple energy towards his target.

Rolls

9 to hit with the Eldritch blast. Aw.
It could've been 4 damage, too! Well, not the biggest loss.

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I see, I see.

Well, I've stayed up way too long just to see whether I'd get to post before going to sleep. Good night people!

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@The Harbinger of Ferocity Hm, okay. I guess.