Lucius Cypher

D&D 5e - Asembia: Untitled Roles

I probably should've asked before I posted, but I was under the impression we're all in our own cells. Hence why the DM said our cells were "oddly spacious" and didn't describe if we individually see one another, to probably detonate that more of us could've been put into individual cells, but for some reason we all have one to ourselves.

Maybe. @Expolar Could you clarify?

D&D 5e - Asembia: Untitled Roles

When traveling, it’s always important to be aware of your surroundings. The war between the Veteris Empire and the Novus Alliance brought many things, both innovations and disasters. Many people were raised up from their lowly stations by profiteering off of the war while many more were turned to the dark side due to the death and destruction that follows any mass conflict. Orchid thought she knew this and was ready for it, but her naivety was shown that night when she kept watch, and fell afoul with the ambush. There was much she could have done to avoid that mess, but now was not the time to regret what could-have, and focus on what she needs to do.

When Orchid was fully awaken the first thing she noticed was her lack of equipment. She was stripped down to only her plain clothes, no weapons, armor, or other supplies. The rest were awoken as well, and one was loudly threatening harm for those who captured them. Orchid agreed: whoever captured them will certainly be sorry. Or dead. "Hey Angus, you ain't gunna kill much with your bare hands. Take this until you find your sword." Orchid summoned her Glaive to her hand, tossing it over to Angus so he would have a weapon. Orchid would join him later once she figured some things out.

First Orchid needed to assess the current situation. She has been captured in a cell, along with Angus and the other members of the caravan she was guarding. While Angus can no doubt force his way through the doors, they would need more help if they planned to fight their way out of whatever dungeon they're in. First they should try and free the others, and than figure out how to properly liberate themselves from this disaster. Orchcid had an idea how to escape that doesn’t rely solely on brute force though shell resort to it if push comes to shove. She goes to her cell door and examined the lock, trying to get a look inside. “Hope these locks are cheap...” Once she gets a decent idea of the internal workings of the lock, Orchid would use her Prestidigitation spell to create a skeleton key and try to open it. If the first key doesn’t work, she’ll just keep changing types of keys until one opens, but hopefully she guessed right the first time.

Rolls and Information

Percpetion - 21

Overlord: Momento Mori

@Enkryption

And the best part is that for some reason their titan forms still aren’t capable, as long as they’re mass produced Bone Daddy can assimilate them into a singular, vastly more powerful version, becoming a Titian Monstrosity which Butterfly would call “Emergence Psyki”.

D&D 5e - Asembia: Untitled Roles

The only thing off the top of my head is how open are you to the idea of using different abilities for certain skills? For example, using strength for intimidation checks, dexterity for athletic checks, etc etc. Also do you utilize passive perception/investigation?

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

A crack, break, and crunch. Two kobolds were instantly dispatched by your blows, with the last kick causing the kobold to fall onto his knees. He recovered quickly however and lunged right at you, planning to stick his blade into your chest before Yorik found the strength within himself to intercept the kobold, smashing him into the ground with his flail. He maintained the momentum and turned towards the last kobold as well, smashing into the little beast's arm with his weapon. The creature however was still alive despite the damage and stabbed Yorik right in the gut. "Yorik no!" Pylia commanded her sword to skewer the kobold, just as Shortfang finally dispatched the last kobold as well. Thanks to Dinah's timely distraction, she was able to make the kobold miss his attack just as he turned to flee, and gave Shortfang the opening to knock out the other kobold.

Pylia checked on Yorik who was bleeding from multiple wounds. "Those blades were poisoned but it doesn't seem to have any lingering effects. Stay with me Yorik..." Pylia heals some of the orcs wounds as he looks down to his gut. The kobold's blade didn't manage to cut him though, instead it had gotten caught on his belt. "Goddamn, dat kobold nearly got me pant's!" He chuckled heartily as Pylia just sternly glared at him. Buddy went over to Shortfang who was wounded and bleeding against the wall. He used his powers on Shortfang to heal him up a bit as well. "These kobolds... Sewer Dragons. Ones who left." He looks at the blade in his hand before tossing it away. "That one sleeps. We talk to him." He points at the last kobold he had knocked out. Unlike the others who had notable lethal wounds, this kobold only had a blackened eye.

And shortly after he says this, a loud thumping noise could be heard in the room. Dinah spots it quickly and meows nearby, and the noise seems to be coming from a large box. Something was underneath.

Rolls and Info

Sylvia (20/27) = 17
Yorik (1/32) = 10
Kobolds (A: Dead) (B: Dead) (C: Dead) (D: Dead) (E: Dead) (F: Dead) (G: Dead) (H: Dead) (I: KO) (J: Dead) = 9
Pylia (31/31) = 8
Shortfang (5/36) | Syfr (1/1) = 7
Buddy (40/40) = 4

Kobold D and Kobold E are defeated!

Yorik's Flail Vs Kobold F = 24/15
Flail Damage = 6
Yorik's Flail vs Kobold G = 14/16
Flail Damage = 4

Kobold G Shortsword vs Yorik = 17

Kobold I Shortsword vs Shortfang = 8

Shortfang Attack of Opportunity vs Kobold I = 9/17
Shortsword Damage = 10

Kobold I is defeated!

Pylia's Sword of Defiance vs Kobold G = 24
Defiance Damage = 8

Kobold G is defeated!

Combat is over!

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

I do have sheets for them, but I generally don't update them during posting. But I ought to for cases like these.

Overlord: Momento Mori

@Archmage MC

I'd totally be down for that, because the issue with Bone Daddy's big boner is that it requires a lot of souls for upkeep, making it highly impractical for long term use. If the others could somehow figure out a way to reduce or remove the upkeep cost, Bone Daddy would love to cooperate with them.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Man you know what's tough about running a long-term game like this? Remembering how many spellslots I've used. I got no idea how much healing has been doing. Anyways almost done with a post.

D&D 5e - Asembia: Untitled Roles

Massive damage is a variant rule, but I do agree that's probably a good measurement to determine what might cause an injury. After all crits can still roll low, but taking 48 points of damaged when your max HP is 60 is not going to leave you looking pretty. Not to mention things that can cause massive damage is slightly rarer than just a bunch of weak attacks getting lucky with a nat 20.

Also instant death is basically if you take more than double your HP in damage. For example if I only have 20 HP and take 40, that's instant death. And that's also still a variant rule.

D&D 5e - Asembia: Untitled Roles

I wouldn't be against an injury table as long as it's not simply "You got down to 0 you get an injury". Maybe something more like if you go down to zero because of a critical hit or something. Though I also haven't really found any injury tables that aren't too ridiculous since for some reason everyone has anywhere from a 10-20% chance of dismemberment.

I'm not against collective initiative. In my experience it does feel more fluid to let players go in a group. That being said, it can be especially painful when the enemy or sufficiently large mob acts in a unified group. But that's just the power of teamwork.