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I'll be doing the racap tomorrow, just letting you all know I should be available.

YEAH BABY!

>>5664976
>>5665171
We're so fucking back.

I'm betting 50 catbux on OP posting before Mog.

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Previously...
>A ton of shopping occurred.
>The meeting with Lanesboro which actually turned out to be Swift.
>Polymorph Magic
>Entering the deep dark forest.
>And Owlbears.
Will our heroes survive? We're about to find out as soon as the Owlbears make their move.

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>>5665220
>The Fire grows bigger.
>The Owlbears stare at you.
>Screeching softly.
>Ready to strike for you they all try to stare you down.
>The one on the left seems to have trouble staring at Mog.
>It soon switched it's focus on the other two.
>They soon slowly walk to the right avoiding the bright light and approach the prey in the more darkened area.
Kinny it is your turn.

>>5665228
Okay, so since we have time before Mog hops in, I'm going to ask a couple of technical questions:
>If I hide on this turn and then attack on this same turn, will the attack reveal me to the owlbears?
>If I throw the lightning dagger at the closest of the owlbears, will the lightning strike at the copper shield instead? Asking for the current map situation exclusively.
If anything is unclear, just ask

>>5665242
>If I hide on this turn and then attack on this same turn, will the attack reveal me to the owlbears?
Did this once with my own DM and he said yes, I would be revealed once I attack on the same turn.
>If I throw the lightning dagger at the closest of the owlbears, will the lightning strike at the copper shield instead? Asking for the current map situation exclusively.
If it hits your opponent then I say you are good and you hit only the owlbears, although if you miss then it might hit Mog.

>>5665243
Okaay, and is the metal container like a regular shipping container? I was wondering if I can throw one of the daggers and then hop on it and use it as a hiding spot... although it looks like owlbears are taller than shipping containers o-0

>>5665257
They are Large Monstrosities but they are probably the same size as Ursus. Maybe a tiny bit bigger.

>>5665262
Ursus is like 7.5ft. That makes them about the height of a shipping container, could work.
But what about the metal shipping container on the map? Is it a shipping container or just some metal box?

>>5665269
Yes. Made mostly out of steel.

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Rolled 18 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5665228
"Ah shit, he brought friends and family!" Kinny cursed on the current state of affairs. He couldn't do much here that wouldn't start a fire or potentially endanger Mog's or his own fabulous fur. Thinking quickly, Kinny pulled out one of his old, perfectly unassuming daggers and threw it behind the closest owlbear's back, as to distract him and give his companions some advantage. The rogue then skittered to the huge metal container and clawed his way on the top of it, assuming a pancaked position to hide himself from the prying eyes of the grotesque predators.
>Rolling Dex to throw regular dagger (1/2) behind the owlbear to avert its attention from the group. Ideally also get the others' attention
This is a ~45ft throw, assuming one tile=5ft
>Moving next to the shipping container, climbing on top of it
11+(8*2)ft
>Cunning Action to Hide

>>5665289
Roll for damage.

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>>5665293
Damage? On a distraction throw?

>>5665296
You did end up hitting the one owlbear near your target.

Rolled 1 (1d4)

>>5665298
Understandable, sorry for questioning.
>1d4, Piercing

>>5665302
I can imagine this was an equivalent of stepping on lego. Except it's a dagger that stabbed it in a kidney and caused a thundering squeak.

I'm here.

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>>5665289
>The electric dagger hit the ground slashing the owlbear on it's way.
>The dagger then bursts into a small ball of bright electricity,
>Hitting the owlbear and causing him to flinch from the bright light.
>It may have done little damage but it caught him off guard.
>Causing him to flail around as well.
Ursus it is your turn.

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>>5665308
my brother in christ

>>5665210
I was actually here 38 minutes before Ursus posted during some late night browsing but I figured he wouldn't be around for another 5 hours. So I just went back to sleep.

>>5665228
Ah, I see, they are adverse to bright light. Standing near the fire is actually good for us, or at least being backlit by it. Throwing some flame daggers would also be advantageous I think. Not like we live in this forest anyways.

>>5665309
Forgive me I am very off today.

>>5665309
To be fair, he was probably confused on why you thought throwing a regular dagger would distract the owlbears when they already sense prey. It isn't like throwing a rock near an NPC from around a corner in a video game. Though good rolls solve all issues and you rolled well, so I dunno?

Ursus?

>>5665171
Your turn.

>>5665312
Eh, it's just that I have no idea how to communicate my actions any more clearly. But then againm I also know how it is to have mind slip over details.
>>5665313
I treat it like video game for the purpose of keeping my sanity and getting some enjoyment out of it. And if you're gonna go into details about senses and what not...
>turns in D&D take a few seconds of real time
A sudden noise from the bushes as metal hits the stone could distract those glorified mice-grinders for those few seconds, giving you a turn of opening.

>>5665321
True. Though in 2nd edition I think turns were a minute long each.

Maybe Ursus had something come up, or maybe he was posting just before sleeping or something. He should be around eventually, he usually is around this time give or take an hour or two. We know he knows the new thread is up and the session is today.

>>5665308
>>5665318
>>5665332
Maybe we should let Mog take his turn first? That way it will be faster.
Sorry for stalling, btw. It took longer than expected to collect my shit. Void bless the actually good D&D turn tutorial that actually saved me time.

>>5665336
We'll say Ursus' action came before Mog's

>>5665332
Mog go ahead and make a turn real quick,

Rolled 12 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5665338
Mog understood immediately. Their mad dog stares, averted gazes when they tried to glance his way. It wasn't his intimidating majesty, it was the flames. Best keep the flames close, but not too close.

It was tempting to fling a flame dagger their way, scare them off. But no, they weren't packed tight enough to be worth it and they'd just be back another night if they weren't finished here.

Prying a javelin free of his pack, the paladin hurled the steel shaft high into the air, the projectile arcing down towards the left-most owlbear, a rabid howl invoking the Goddesses' wrath following it from Mog's throat.

>Move 20 feet north so I'm in range for a javelin without disadvantage.
>Throw a javelin at the left-most owlbear. Use lucky if it is a miss, Divine Smite as well. (Roll)
>Move 10 feet south

>>5665347
You hit roll for damage.

>>5665347
Ursus readies his blade for when the avians crash into us

Rolled 2 + 4 (1d6 + 4)

>>5665338
>>5665347
>Rolling javelin damage first before divine smite damage.

Rolled 4, 1 = 5 (2d8)

>>5665349
>Divine Smite damage

>>5665350
It's your turn buddy, you don't have to wait for them to charge into us.

>>5665350
Go ahead and do your turn Ursus,

Rolled 14 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5665354
Nice
Ursus raises up with his axe using his Frame as a fulcrum he chops forward

Rolled 6 + 1 (1d6 + 1)

>>5665359
Damage

>>5665359
Roll for damage.

Rolled 4 + 1 (1d4 + 1)

>>5665360

Huh max damage for a non critical nice 12 damage in total 4 frost 6 piercing

>>5665359
You're using your ax? Or did you mean the war hatchet which is d8+strength. You also have Frostbane with 1d6 physical +1d4 frost damage and freeze on crits. Not trying to backseat game, just wanted to remind you in case you forgot.

>>5665360
>>5665364
Very nice. Ah, I see you are using Frostbane.

>>5665361
>>5665360
>>5665369
The roles are weird when they roll so I have to do em separately btw the extra 2 damage comes from my own strength

>>5665372
No, I understand that different die sizes have to be rolled separately. I meant >>5665359 says you use your axe, so I got confused. It's all clear now. Lets hope the owlbears are pushovers, we are fairly tanky with our AC, but our health pool isn't that high.

>>5665376
If we have too we will cycle between each other depending on how badly we are damaged

Rolled 15 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5665350
>>5665359
>>5665360
>>5665364
>Ursus charged forward to the owl to the left and began to swing his the Frostbane at the mighty owlbear.
>Using his strength he was able to 12 damage to the owlbear, damaging it good.

>>5665347
>>5665351
>>5665352
>Mog soon followed.
>Throwing his Javelin at the owlbear with the blessing of his Moon Goddesses'.
>Doing 11 damage to the beast as the javelin stick into it.
Mog immediately moved back a bit.

>This owlbear is now fucking pissed.
>The owlbear on the left soon makes its strike and try to hit Ursus with it's mighty claws.
Rolling for hit,

>>5665376
Not sure what's the confusion about, but Frostbane was never determined to be a sword or an axe for all this time. I have found some guy's fan content, where it was an axe. So that's what I drew on the image from last thread.

>>5665382
Hit roll damage

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Rolled 7, 3 + 5 = 15 (2d8 + 5)

>>5665382
forgot pic.
>The owlbear managed to deal a blow to the bear.
>Hitting him with its mighty paw.

>>5665386
I’m now down to one be aware

>>5665386
Ursus is not a health tank

>>5665390
You have 10 health potions

>>5665381
If we can get them to focus on only one of us at a time then yeah, that'd be a good idea.

>>5665383
I vaguely remember it being called a sword in some prior thread, but I could be mistaken. The frostbane in this game probably has no relation to any number of other fantasy weapons called frostbane in any number of other franchises or OC works.

>>5665386
They have multi-attack claws + bite if I recall correctly. This is why I was worried about our health, we have the AC but not the HP to tank them.

>>5665389
>>5665393
Yep

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Rolled 18, 2 + 7 = 27 (2d20 + 7)

>>5665386
>The Flames grow bigger.
>The most further south owlbear soon starts traveling more south.
>As it tries to go after Kinny.
>The other owlbear soon tries helping it's injured partner by helping it fight the bear using it's strong beak.
>But as soon as it sees the bright light it starts panicking.
>Feeling as though it's eyes are suddenly having trouble seeing.
>Still it tries to bite the injured bear.

>>5665393
Only using one attack. You guys are still level 2, going to make it a bit easier on you.
Rolling with disadvantage to hit.

>>5665392
We can't afford to hold back, this should be a moderately challenging fight. Each one has 59 HP, easily manageable when it is 3vs1 but with 3 on the field it will probably take a full turn or more if we each focus them down one by one. Meanwhile they can potentially kill each one of us in 1 turn. I'd use your thrown lightning daggers if I were you, just be careful not to strike one near me, lest you fry me.

>>5665397
Miss
Thanks

>>5665399
>The Owlbear misses.
>Thankfully eating nothing but air as it continues to blindly bite.
Kinny it is your turn.

>>5665395
If your worried about dying then next turn you should drink a health potion and back up near the fire, they seem to hate the light. With the health from the potion you should be able to tank an opportunity attack. If they gang up on you and KO you then I can revive you with my Lay on Hands ability so that you can run/fight afterwards.

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>>5665393
I searched all posts that mentioned Frostbane and didn't see it being referred to as anything. In my mind it was also a sword, but I went looking for source material, which I found none of. Instead there was a third-party page I found for Frostbane that looked great and like it was taken straight out of D&D book so I went with it.
>>5665398
You have your OWN lightning daggers, why not use them? And I was really just waiting for you to throw the shield away.

>>5665402
Action surge /second wind is the plan

>>5665397
Okay.

>>5665404
Ah, I see a fanwork. Well, it is a common fantasy weapon name.

I probably will use them if Ursus backs off and we start a ranged fight by skirmishing near the fire. If not, then I need the AC if I go up to fight alongside Ursus or heal him.

>>5665406
Ah, okay, good, I forgot you were a Fighter. We should be gucci then.

>>5665410
Don’t forget I took setinal feat

>>5665413
They touch you I get a free opportunity to strike

>>5665413
>>5665414
In that case I have a plan. I'll throw my shield away temporarily and move nearby but not next to you and start throwing lightning daggers at them. If they move away from you to get to me then you'll hit them and prevent them from leaving that space.

>>5665397
Are you still doing the owlbear's turn or is it Kinny's turn now?

>>5665418
It’s kinny’s turn

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Rolled 18, 16 + 6 = 40 (2d20 + 6)

>>5665397
"Ah fuck, I'm so gonna regret this." Kinny looked at the situation on the battlefield and decided to focus on the single beak-headed goliath near him. He withdrew a lightning dagger, aimed it at the owlbear to his right and threw it with all his tiny might, before jumping off of the metal container and repositioning.
>Throwing LIGHTNING Dagger at the owlbear to the right. Rolling Dex with advantage from hiding
>Moving north
>Cunning action to hide behind a barrel

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>>5665418
YESH

>>5665421
FANTASTIC

>>5665421
You hit roll for damage.

Rolled 1, 1 = 2 (2d4)

>>5665421
Rolling Piercing + Lightning, wait for 1d6 from Sneak Attack

Rolled 3 (1d6)

>>5665428
Amazing rolls

Rolled 4, 3, 1 = 8 (3d4)

>>5665428
>>5665429
WAIT FUCK I'M RETARDED, 3 more for lightning.

>>5665421
>>5665428
>>5665429
>>5665430
A total of 13 damage

>>5665421
"H-hey!? Wha'dya think your doin' you little rascal?" Mog exclaimed.

Kinny, the feline fiend, the showoff, running circles around him and between his legs. What a smug little daredevil he was. And...he disappeared behind the oil barrel. Not what Mog would've done if he were a cat, that's for sure. The fire was spreading towards it and Mog didn't want to be nearly as close as Kinny was to it when it caught fire.

>>5665419
Your turn again

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>>5665428
>>5665429
>>5665421
>This owl bear seems really tough at the moment.
>Mostly due to the fact it's literally tanking hits.
>Must be an alpha.
>Though it does not matter what rank it is now.
>The lightning you crackled on to it now makes this fucker blind as a bat.
>As it now swings its strong arms blindly into the air.
Ursus it is your turn.

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d10 + 2)

>>5665433
Ok
Rolling for second wind

Rolled 5, 14 = 19 (2d20)

>>5665436
Going for two hits on the already hit one
Add a plus 4

Rolled 5 + 1 (1d6 + 1)

>>5665442
Add 2 for strength damage

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5665444
+the piercing damage

>>5665437
Ursus strikes the the owl bear again focusing on taking one opponent at a time

>>5665432
>>5665430
Should have waited. Sorry for being stupid like that as well.
>That Owlbear is now in immense pain.

>>5665437
>>5665442
>>5665444
>>5665446
>Ursus used his skill to recover a bit of of health.
>It helped a bit.
>He then goes for the fucker that slashed him.
>Though he had trouble lifting the Frostbane with the first hit, he was able to get the second hit.
>Doing ten damage on the injured beast.
>Not dead yet but getting close.
Mog it is your turn.

>>5665448thats the end of my turn

Rolled 2 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5665453
"Later Kinny, I don't wanna be around when that oil barrel goes up in flames. I'm tossing my shield, feel free to use your lightning daggers." Mog said by way of goodbye.

The grass rushed by beneath his feet as he sprint forward for a flanking position where the assailants would be easy to hit without hitting Ursus.

As he dashed around the tree he came up upon the screeching beast's back. Now was the time. He tossed his shield. Then, with care he took one of the explosive lightning daggers out and aimed for the wounded hybrid.

>Move 5 feet northeast, 15 feet east, 5 feet northeast, then finally 5 feet north.
>Toss my copper shield 20 feet east.
>Throw a lightning dagger at the already injured owlbear fighting Ursus. (Roll) Will use lucky if I miss.

Rolled 1 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5665465
>Rerolling with Lucky.

>>5665465
Hiss hiss
>>5665468
Keke

Rolled 4, 1, 4, 4, 2 = 15 (5d4)

>>5665468
That is EVEN worse. I can only presume it explodes or I somehow hit Ursus or that it starts a forest fire. This is why I use javelins and not daggers, lmao. Wolves weren't meant to be rogues.

>Rolling for damage.

>>5665473
Oh no...and the damage rolls are good too.

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>>5665468
Oh no

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>>5665465
>>5665468
>Mog tries throwing the knife like his nimble cat friend does...
>Only to drop it on the floor by accident.
Mog... make a dex save. Take half damage if you succeed beating a 16.

>>5665465
>>5665468
>>5665477
"You're holding it the wrong way you i- OH NO NO NO"

Rolled 20 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5665477
Will use lucky if I fail, since this KOs me if I fail.

>>5665481
YO

>>5665476
>>5665478
>>5665477
>>5665481
Our worries were for naught, NAT 20 BABY! Not bad for an old wolf with a bum leg. Clearly the lightning all goes to ground and I am relatively unharmed, save for my ego and some paw burns.

>>5665485
>fumbles and drops the EMP dagger
>panic settles in, just sits down on the dagger, eyes closed, paws crossed
>the immense might blocks the electricity from ever seeing the light
this is NOT how you dodge
what in the FUCK

>>5665489
What is with today

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Rolled 1 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5665481
I'll give you something for that crit.
>The aura around you as you saw your dagger drop only formed two words.
>"Oh Fuck!"
>Somehow with his bum leg Mog managed to immediately hop his way out of the field of Lightning,
>Jumping to the nearest owlbear and kicking him in the field itself.
>Taking all the 15 lightning damage for you instead.
>Blinding it further in the process.

It is the owlbears' turn.
>The one close to Mog and Ursus begins to swipe at Mog.
Rolling to see if I hit.

>>5665492
Sorry for being slow.

>>5665489
>Whistles distractingly nonchalantly, hoping nobody notices that mistake.
>My sheer strength pushes the electrons back into the earth, averting catastrophe.
>Wolf flex. Praise the Moon!

>>5665492
It exists. Tomorrow, we're gonna be stardust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGU7_VEqhL8

>>5665494
Setinal activates
When a creature 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.

>>5665494
LMAO, guess the owlbear I kicked into the dagger isn't the only one that is blind, with rolls like that he may as well be as blind as the other two.

>>5665492
I think you get a sentinel hit because the owlbear attacked me instead of you.

>>5665500
>>5665494
>The owlbear fucking fails.
>Instead leaving itself prone on the ground.
Ursus roll only for damage, it does double.

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Rolled 9 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5665500
You should keep your eyes on me roars the bear
>>5665502
YESH

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>5665504

Rolled 4 + 4 (1d6 + 4)

>>5665505

>>5665500
"Nobody beats my dog unless it's fucking me" -Ursus

>>5665507
>>5665510
In total 12*2 =24

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Rolled 5, 18 = 23 (2d20)

>>5665505
>>5665507
>>5665510
>>5665513
>Ursus destroys the owlbear after giving out his mighty roar.
>Splitting the monstrous beast in half with his frostbane.
>Removing another threat from the battlefield.
>Soon you notice it getting a bit hotter.
>Too hot.
>You then notice the Barrel of the black oil catching fire.
Everyone make a Dex Save.
Pray you get a 16.
+1 for the Owlbears.

>>5665513
>>5665511
Kinny's turn then? Since the Owlbear's turn just ended in failure? Or do they still have moves that haven't been processed yet?

Rolled 10 - 3 (1d20 - 3)

>>5665516
I’m not built for dex at all

Rolled 5 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5665516
Oh fuck. This is why I moved away! I thought I'd be far enough away...

>Rolling dex, will use lucky if I fail.

Rolled 1 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5665516
Me too?
>>5665518
Ursus is built for food and violence.

Rolled 13 - 2 (1d20 - 2)

>>5665516
>Rerolling with lucky, my last usage I think.

uhhhhhhh

>>5665520
You're right next to it, of course you too silly. Guess it's your turn for the sudden crit fail, with how things are going everyone is gonna crit fail at least once this battle and trip over themselves.

>>5665518
Neither of us are, we're clumsy unlike Kinny most of the time.

>>5665521
Nevermind, I checked, this is my 2nd usage actually, I still have one left.

>>5665518
>>5665519
>>5665521
>>5665520
>>5665516
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFLFbvtb4M

Rolled 17 + 6 (1d20 + 6)

>>5665516
>>5665520
>>5665529
I reroll with Lucky.
>>5665525
Oh fuck I skimmed over that post because I thought it was for the fucking Owlbear Christmas Ultra Combo Attack or something. FML.

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>>5665529
Let’s see if bears can fly

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>>5665531
Just ask russian astronauts, really.

>>5665532
Cosmonauts* technically.

Post an explosion, Mog.

>>5665534
Brave spessmen of the communist union.

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Rolled 7, 1 = 8 (2d10)

>>5665530
>>5665520
Kinny let's start with you first.
>Kinny soon notices something burning.
>He turns around to see the oil tank has caught on fire.
>Why he chose to stand next the oil tank was anyone's guess,
>Unfortunately for him he barely had time to react.
>Still it was best for him to at least try.
>He immediately begins to run a few good only for the barrel to explode right behind him.
>Sending him a few feet North.
>The poor kitty soon lands on the ground.
Kinny you receive half the damage from the explosion

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>>5665535
FIIIIIINNNE

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>>5665531

>>5665542
>>5665538
Kinnymeister's turn now? And same damage for all of us? Even if we were further away and behind a tree?

One can only hope to avoid as much damage as possible when you are level 2 and a stiff breeze can knock anyone over

>>5665542
>>5665547
>>5665549
"...aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
With landing gear fully deployed, Kinny crashlanded succesfully and then proceeded to cartwheel through the dirt for a couple meters before finally coming to a stop.
Do I have to waste an action to get up or something, lmao.
>>5665550
I wonder if Einstein is still alive...

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>>5665549
Ooooh, maple leaves, yep, we're definitely in Canada all right.

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Rolled 6, 6, 5 = 17 (3d6)

>>5665542
>>5665518
>>5665519
>>5665521
>Meanwhile three other figures were not too fond of what was about to happen to them either.
>As the barrel explodes, shrapnel begins to be thrown everywhere.
>The metal shards heads towards most everyone.
>They start slashing the hell out of you.
Kinny and the far away owlbear take half and the rest of you and an owlbear take the full damage.

>The last owlbear soon start to get his vision back.
>He sees there is too much light and begins to run the hell out of there.

>>5665552
"T-ten point landing Kinnster." Mog said in between hacking out his lungs from all the smog and tar in the air.

Getting up is movement, not an action I think, so no you're fine, I think it just takes half your movement to get up. Einstein is in your pocket so he might be fine, if not then a quick sip of a healing potion or my healing will bring him back up as long as we do it soon.

>>5665555
Ursus is down as sharpnel shreds the rest of his health pool and he in response collapses

>>5665555
I'm pretty sure that straight up kills the entire party.

>>5665563
Don’t forget the npc’s

>>5665563
>>5665555
Well, no, actually, Kinny taking half of both the explosion and shrapnel is actually still up, because he has 15 HP, same as me. So I and Ursus go down, Kinny is still up. Plus the hirelings and Maggie could still save us hypothetically.

Yeah, okay, we're fine.

>>5665566
Yeah, I remembered, I just meant us. We're fine.

>>5665555
>Owlbear runs away.

Noooooo, my precious XP packet.

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>>5665559
Do I roll death saves or do I wait for someone to resuscitate

>>5665566
>>5665552
We are in danger if that owlbear that didn't flee is still alive though, it may be blinded and panicked for a bit, but Kinny will have to watch out if he wants to revive us. Honestly might be worth popping an invisibility potion just to be safe while healing us.

>>5665549
>>5665553
Oh fuck this actually made me laugh.
>>5665557
"THankS." Kinny murmured through the dirt and scratched his burned ass. Damn, were his ears RINGING now. Fucking barrels. "Einstein, hang onto something, we're almost done here!"
>>5665563
I will survive with 2-3HP
>>5665568
...yes.
>>5665569
"GET that motherfucker, Mog!"

>>5665572
Should be Kinny's turn, I think we roll death saves on our turn. At least one of us should get revived by Kinny this turn hopefully.

>>5665574
...wait-what potion? Also who should revive who, who's dead, what is what? What.

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>>5665552
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUTe2ndjRew

>>5665559
>>5665563
>>5665568
>Your vision is now blurry everyone's head is now hurting.
>You clearly were not expecting this to happen.
>Soon you feel as if you're all about to pass out...
>Still there is one other owlbear that's still next to you.
>Still standing.
>Bad thing to happen.
>You see it limping.
>Slowly approaching you.
>Only able to move about 5 feet due to it's injury.

Kinny it is your turn.

>>5665575
>>5665555
There was a snap-hiss of supersonic shrapnel and a soft 'whumpf' as it impacted. Mog wasn't sure if he'd been hit at first. Then he felt it, it felt like he'd been punched, then a sharp pain from the middle of the numb area. He kept moving.

"Yeah, I'm on it Kinny, back me u-oouh..." Mog started to say as he turned to run after the cowardly freak of nature. Then his vision started swimming and his balance left him. He remembered the sight of maple leaves as his vision whirled like waves and he fell sideways into unconsciousness.

Is ANYONE still alive? If not, I'm leaving with my money and starting a new life.

>>5665580
I bought 4 invisibility potions (they do exactly what it says on the tin) and gave one to you and Ursus. It does what it says. Ursus and I are unconscious from the shrapnel >>5665555 here, 17 damage to us. The owlbear is still alive and gonna finish us off. We need you to revive us with healing potions. Because the owlbear is still alive, I posited that it would be wise to pop the invis potion so that you aren't killed by the owlbear and then heal us. Maybe also call for Maggie before you do, just in case it KOs you, that way we have a backup plan where the NPC saves us.

Though, to be fair, QM did say here >>5665494 that it was blinded further than it already was. So if it attacks anyone it should have disadvantage at the very least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s
>literally me as I quietly leave everyone and make my way away from Canada

>>5665583
Death saves

>>5665595
kek

It's your turn buddy. Game over if you do actually leave for real though.

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>5665599
Dang it didn’t roll
Attempt 2

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5665583
>>5665599
I'll roll my first one, since Kinny can only revive one of us this turn.

If he revives me though then I can revive you with my own healing. Likewise if he heals you then you can feed me a potion.

>Death save, 1st of 3.

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>>5665604
:o

>>5665604
HOLY SHIT, you get back up. Nat 20 on death saves mean you revive, yes?

>>5665604
That's going to get you up with 3 HP once Kinny does his turn.

>>5665605
You get one Death Save.

>>5665606
I get in between the bear and mog

>>5665609
? Are you just noting that I succeed on my death save or are you saying that you have a houserule where we only get 1 deathsave instead of 3?

>>5665614
I meant you get 1 on Death Save.
First Success. Probably should have word that better.

>>5665617
Yes word

>>5665595
You still here Kinny? Or did you actually leave IC for real lmao?

>>5665622
I'm leaving, yeah. Cya all. *checks the bag for coin*

>>5665624
lmao.

>>5665612
Up to you to feed me a potion buddy.

>>5665583
"-it fuck shit fuck SHIT" mumbled Kinny as he struggled to move remove his face from the sand. "FUCK." He had to MOVE. Once he skittered over to his companions, he noticed the bear was still conscious, but Mog wasn't so lucky... and the threat was still looming over them both.
>Get up for half movement
>Make my way over to my shrapneled subordinates
>Pop the Health Potion and fill Mog with it
>Yell at the owl bear "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GAWKING AT YOU PIECE OF BIRD SHIT" to get his attention
>Dodge next attack the owlbear makes (disadvantage+contesting dex roll)
This would be... move, interaction, speech and action.

>>5665624
okay Ursus it's your go.

>>5665627
Is the owl bear still coming our way? If not feed potion to mog

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>>5665627
If it’s still coming my way roar at it with frost bane and rage

>>5665628
Kinny is already do it, and yes that Owlbear is still near you.

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>>5665625
>>5665627

Rolled 16 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>5665629
I’m not a barbarian of course so I make a swing at it

>>5665635
Roll for damage.

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>5665635

>>5665627
>>5665628
He was joking. If he really wanted to leave he would've left me for dead back in the vault when he was the only one alive aside from Bobby. Though I did think he was gonna do something else aside from give me a potion after his jokes about leaving. Your turn either way Ursus.

Rolled 3 + 2 (1d4 + 2)

>>5665637

>>5665640
8 points of damage

>>5665639
What else could I do? I thought you 2 were done for and I couldn't possibly attack the owlbear (it would do approximately fuck all and cause me to get slapped back into skyrim) so I decided to buy time.

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>>5665634
Smug cat...

>>5665635
If only unnatural 20s slowed since the nat 20 is a freeze.

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>>5665645

>>5665635
>>5665638
>>5665640
>>5665629
>>5665642
>With a bit of strength you have Ursus had left, Ursus takes the Frostbane and delivers a blow to the fowl monster.
>The beast then looks down at you, face to face.
>Muzzle to Muzzle as you both stare down at each other.
>The bigger beast's glowing large yellow eyes staring at you unblinkingly.
>Then suddenly...
>The life in it's eyes' begins to fade away.
>It slumps over to your shoulder.
>Then dies as the last of its blood drops to the floor.
>It seems you are all safe now.
You all gained 2100 EXP.

>>5665644
It is fine, I wanted the potion. I just thought you had something else in mind after joking about leaving. Taking the question seriously though, if Ursus was still down hypothetically, then you could do as I mentioned and pop a invis potion and then heal us. Alternatively you could go get Maggie. If you wanted to fight the owlbear then you could climb a tree and throw daggers at it. You could also try and lure it away with some food or something. Since this is a TTRPG you have lots of options that can't be done in a more restrictive format like a video game.

>>5665650
Ursus is a pin cushion right now with many bits of metal shrapnel poking out,
Ursus collapses bleeding out still

>>5665651
If I used action/interaction to use one potion and then deliver the second one, then I would have nothing left to distract that piece of shit from attacking one of you. I actually started off by writing that I use the invis potion, but changed it completely once I realized that.

>>5665653
I’m not sore and to be honest it would have fit right with your character so no hard feelings

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>>5665649
D'aaaaaww

>>5665650
Sound and sight came back to Mog just as the heavy impact of the owlbear hitting the forest floor sounded out.

Drawing his sword in alarm he stood up, only to come face to butt with Ursus. Looking around he took in the situation, then sheathed his sword.

Doing a full circle he saw Kinny prancing about with a bottle in paw. He walked over to give him a lick or two.

"Thanks for the save buddy, again." He said, somewhat bashfully. That was twice now he owed Kinny his life

Think we should stop for today? Or keep going I’ve got some things

Rolled 2, 1 + 4 = 7 (2d4 + 4)

>>5665653
Unlike in older edition of DnD, 5e uses weird rules called death saves. We roll a flat d20 and if it is 10 or above we get a success, below and we get a fail. Nat 20 revives us, getting three successes means we are stable and not dying but unconscious, three fails means we die. If the owlbear attacked one of us then it would merely give us two fails on a death saving throw instead of outright killing us, with multiattack it could outright kill us, but it was probably still blinded, so it would have disadvantage. Like I said though, your action was fine, I actually prefer it. No worries.

>>5665652
Seeing Ursus collapse Mog went over right away and lay a gentle paw on his forehead. Pale moonlight emanated from his paw and his ministrations took hold. Threads of light knitted the bear champion's wounds back together, slowly but surely.

>Lay on Hands Ursus for 10 HP.
>Rolling my HP recovered from healing potion

>>5665673
We can keep going, I've still got time, and it is about 3 hours before we usually stop.

Gimme like 30 minutes, I need to finish something real quick.
>>5665652
>>5665665
"It's alright, just.." Kinny endured the licking. "Right. I need to check up on something and you should check up on Ursus, he's barely breathing. And don't forget to get your shield back." The cat ignored his own bruises and looked inside his backpack, stashing the empty bottle for later and looking for one small mouse.
>>5665650
"Einstein? Are you alright?" Kinny asked the pocket resident.
>>5665673
I'd prefer we continue, just to get as much done as we can (that last thread was extremely slow), but that said, you don't have to stay for the entire session if you have to go. Me and Mog will make sure you don't miss out on anything important.

>>5665674
Slowly rising shapely as bits of metal shrapnel push out and bone fractures knit together Ursus caught bloody as some of the damaged bits of organs that where healed flemly ejected out of his mouth and a few bear moans of pain as he slowly gets fully up

>>5665683
What happened?

>>5665684
What caused that explosion and can we please not repeat

>>5665650
>>5665673
>>5665653
Holy shit, I just did the math, we are level 4 now. We straight up skipped through level 3 up to level 4. At the end of session 3 we had 750 XP, with 2100 XP from this battle we are now level 4 since the threshold for that is 2800.

>>5665681
Btw thank you mog
And thank your goddess

>>5665687
I refuse.
I will level up after today's thread so I have chance to look through everything at my pace. Anything I should know as a rogue though?
>>5665689
you replied to me lol

>>5665691
It appears that Ursus is still shell shocked

>>5665692
Will need to leave have to do a milk run

>>5665652
>>5665665
>>5665674
>>5665683
>>5665684
"I- I'm okay... I may have puked a bit in your bag though. Sorry."
>Once the group defeated the pack of Owlbears, Bobby was the first to arrive back.
>She stared ay the chaos in front of her.
"Holy fuckballs! Holy FUCKING SHIT! What the fuck happened?! We were keeping Maggie away from this shit and expected you guys just to be okay afterwards! What the FUCK happened to all of you?!"
>Before any of you could answer.
>You were all suddenly surrounded by spears.
>All wielded by animals, mostly foxes, wolves, and deer bucks, with brightly glowing moss being used as tribal body paint all over their fur.
"You have destroyed a lot of our forest good friends."
>The deer simply replied.
"It seems you have a lot to answer for. But for now. You rest."
>Suddenly rose petals fill the air.
>You all feel very sleepy.
>Soon you all collapse.

>>5665698
I need your input here: >>5665681

>>5665681
"Way ahead of you"

>>5665684
>>5665685
"You collapsed, that's what happened, guess the explosion took you out...wait, no, I heard two thumps...no, you collapsed after the owlbear, except you were between me and the...ah, I see. You have my heartfelt thanks for protecting me." Mog explained, pausing to look over his shoulder nervously at the still flaming wreck before continuing, "As for the explosion, I think Kinny set a fire with his flame daggers near the start of the fight with the first owlbear, it eventually made its way over to the oil barrel and the rest is history."

Making sure not to forget his belongings he limped over to his copper shield and put it back in its place.

>reequip copper shield.

>>5665689
"No problem, I'll relay your thanks to her."

>>5665700
On whether we should continue? Well we did make around 200 posts. Plus the put to sleep thing was going to be used as a to be continued. Plus a chance for all of you fully heal up for the next session. But would you all like to continue? Because personally I am fine with stopping for today and letting all of you level up.

>>5665707
Nah, on Einstein.

>>5665691
No worries, usually leveling up is done after the session proper is over, otherwise we'd be wasting play time. Only thing to know is your subclass selection, personally I don't think Thief subclass is very good, I'd either pick Assassin or the Arcane Trickster subclass for magic. The Assassin's features have a peculiar way they work that people often misunderstand, I'll explain it later when we aren't still playing.

>>5665697
Take care.

>>5665698
"Owlbears happened. Would've been fine if the oil barrel hadn't exploded. One got away, shame, could've used the meat." Mog patiently explained.

Before he could explain further animals came frolicking out of the woodwork. A provocative accusation later and some magic tree-hugging druid like El-Reed was always whining about was throwing rose petals at him. Sleep tugged at Mog's eyes.

Do we get a roll to resist? Normally spells like this can be resisted, yes?

>>5665700
I think the person saying they puked in your bag is Einstein.

>>5665707
I am on a milk run so my phone may die

>>5665707
Would prefer to continue. Ursus should be back in a bit. We have plenty of healing potions and there is the short/long rest system that would've let us heal anyways without suddenly being instantly KOed.

>>5665698
>>5665711
Though, I suppose we wouldn't get to resist if it was the sleep spell. But then they wouldn't be able to move us without waking us, plus not all of us would be in the 20 feet range in all likelihood, and we probably have more HP than can be successfully put to sleep. But I guess I'm being pedantic, could just be a story beat spell, or multiple castings of sleep or some other spell I guess.

>>5665709
>>5665698
Einstein said he was fine he just puked.

>>5665711
Usually Sleep is done by rolling 5d8 (more d8s added with higher spell slots) and it representing HP. Putting to sleep creatures in the area within the number rolled by lowest to highest. But you guys are very weak at the moment and I would rather you all not use all the potions you just got.

>>5665720
Fair enough, like I said, even if the caster didn't get all of us, they could just do multiple castings.

In the future though I personally would be against being suddenly snuck up upon without any chance of noticing them, or being ambushed and knocked out without rolling initiative or getting to resist. Regardless of the benign intent, it is annoying as a player to have control taken away from us and it feels like railroading or "railroading" at the best of times. Particularly when these NPCs seem like they are gonna be mad at us and demand apologizes and explanations and reparations, egotistical players chafe harshly at such things, even humble players do at the best of times and I'm certainly not one of those most of the time. We would've been able to recover with a short/long rest anyways, no potions needed. No matter though, what's done is done.

>>5665691
Anyways, as I was gonna explain earlier the assassinate feature says "Starting at 3rd level, you are at your deadliest when you get the drop on your enemies. You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn in the combat yet. In addition, any hit you score against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit."

Many new players or even veteran players mistake this or deliberately houserule this to mean that; among other interpretations, you have surprise on anyone who can't see you thus allowing you to cunning action hide constantly and then get advantage on anyone who you act before in initiative each turn and that you automatically crit anyone who is surprised. There are other interpretations like some people thinking you get auto-crits on anyone you have advantage on and other such misunderstandings.

It actual ability has been clarified by the devs to be SIGNIFICANTLY worse than these fan interpretations, not to mention the plain text doesn't lend itself to those explanations anyways even if it isn't very clear. First, surprise isn't a very clear condition like in prior editions aside from a small section on page 189/190. You can only get surprise on the start of the first turn if you succeed a stealth check and beat their perception. Thus you only get those auto-crits ONE time at the start of the battle, and you have to still hit. FURTHERMORE, the advantage only applies to creatures who haven't taken ANY turn at all in the battle, not people you act before each round, but those who haven't taken a turn at all in the battle. Meaning you have to beat them in initiative AND only get the advantage at the start of the battle.

Assassinate is the core feature of the Assassin subclass, go figure. It's something players want to love, but rules as written it sucks. The bonus proficiencies with disguise and poison kits is neat though, the later features regarding disguise are meh, Thief is likewise meh but okay for mobility. We'll have to get QMs word for if he is willing to use a more generous interpretation of the feature if you choose it. >>5665720

Personally I think taking Arcane Trickster is the best option.

>>5665698
>Einstein
"Oh... Ew. Next fight you're staying on the ground." Kinny murmured, making a mental note to clean the mess up asap.
>Bobby
"We're fiiineee." Said the cat, being the least beat-up and bled-out from the group.
>The hippies
"Oh ffucking great.." The cat sighed, exhausted. Sleepy. Falling over, even.
>>5665711
>>5665720
Right. The puking was inconclusive, I'm dumb.
>>5665732
I will absolutely burn these tribals with their forest if given a chance. How dare they fucking 'arrest' us after they've seen us get almost murdered by the monsters they themselves did nothing to eradicate? And shouldn't they be more concerned with putting out THE FIRE? They just sent half a forest to stop EIGHT of us, 5 of which are small animals, but they couldn't move a fucking explosive barrel out of the forest or kill/tame owlbears? Me, Kinny and I think that the correct course of action here is to enact the gameplay of Ultrakill upon these savages.

>>5665750
they called the owl bears their guardians
We just killed their gaurd birds so f&$?!ck em

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>>5665743
>You have advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn in the combat yet
Yeah, it says no turn in combat, not action per turn. Only a dumbfuck could misread this. But then again I'm a dumbfuck and still can read it.
>Surprise
Well, that is clearly different than "advantage" and therefore its own status... and google straight up says it can only happen at the start of the combat. Idk how can anyone get this wrong, lmao.
Man, what a load of shit. No wonder people play custom rules instead.
>>5665754
Oh ffs why can't I read patiently. Well, if you take that into account, it only makes it worse. They aren't just dumb hippies, but actual braindead npcs who would sit on their ass while we got slaughtered by their iron golems. But now, that we emerge victorious, they pop their ostrich heads out of the sand and come at us with backhanded tricks while mumbling something about crimes. *cracks knuckles*

>>5665754
Oh fuck, they did, honestly fuck these guys. (well they called them friends, but same difference) Yeah, far as I'm concerned we owe these guys nothing.

Or Mog might be a bit contrite about the fire, but they kinda interrupted us before we could do anything about it, I was gonna start putting it out afterwards. Even if I took Oath of the Ancients, as I said, I was aiming for a muddier version of it and IC his beliefs have little to do with individual acts of destruction regarding nature where souls aren't involved, more of a big picture kinda thing in regards to nature, but there's no industry around to provoke any kind of anger of that sort of thing.

>>5665750
Yeah, it'll take a bit of convincing before Mog is chill with these folks, even if they are possibly enemies of the apes.

>>5665707
I think I'm gonna put my Ability Score Improvement from level 4 into CON, so I retroactively gain 2 max HP. I'm also gonna take the default HP improvements instead of rolling, so plus 6 HP for both my level ups. Thought about doing a split of 1 into STR and 1 into WIS, but I think I'll do that next ASI. Not sure on my Oath yet, a tossup between Oath of the Ancients and Oath of Vengeance.

>>5665762
Houses rules are usually for the best. Though to be fair, 5e and to a degree 4e are imho the worst editions, for a whole host of reasons I won't get into ranting about.

I already hate these guys, El-Reed was right, Druids suck.

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>>5665765
What does the Ability Score Improvement refer to?
I kinda feel bummed out on a rogue flavor-wise (nothing dramatic, just feels meh). Magic users sound like they have lots of fun stuff baked into mechanics. Maybe I can get something interesting going on with those 3 bottles I have. Probably not but worth a try.
>>5665769
Damn, where can I subscribe for your D&D rants? I would soak them in like a sponge in the middle of a desert.
Mystery of droods. Mystery of El-Reed. Fucking El-Reed. WHERE ARE YOU, YOU FREAK?

>>5665707
>>5665720
QM?

>>5665798
Ability Score Improvement refers to your Attributes. So stuff like, strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma.

Most of my ranting would be the same milquetoast rants that every veteran DnD fan is familiar with about how 4e wasn't as balanced as its fans say it is and about how it is too boardgamey, or how 5e has been out for however many years and still lacks a so called "splatsplosion" and thus how ever many years on we still lack anywhere near the customization we had in 3e/3.5e or Pathfinder and how phoned in and lacking it is in mechanical depth and just how well it is thought out in compared to 3e or even 2e. (a cursed but unique edition) For real though if you are serious then I don't have any socials to follow online, so unless you want to add me on discord or get my email then I'll keep my rants to myself unless something happens to force it out in-thread.

>>5665707
QM? Did something come up, or did Ursus taking a milk run make you think we wanted to stop for the day?

>>5665816
Guess QM thought Ursus would be gone all day or something came up.

I guess I'll see you all next session, whether that is next Tuesday or earlier. If any of you want to discuss leveling up or wants to roll for their HP then I'll check the thread every once in a while throughout the week.

>>5665824
I think QM passed out. He wasn't ready for the hippie content.
I would add you on discord, but there is this thing about "not meeting your heroes" and I think it applies to cats, too. I think. Maybe.

>>5665847
I think he would say if he was leaving, he always does. Guess it was something urgent.
>>5665754
Goodnight erryone
>>5665720
And just in case QM checks tomorrow: I'm free for this thursday.

>>5665848
True, though cats are an exception in my book, it is always lovely to meet a cat. One should consider themselves lucky to be worthy of basking in the presence of such a divine being.

>>5665852
Probably.

G'night.

>>5665720
I too am available this Thursday, though Ursus may not be as he wasn't previously.

Sorry friends.
I had to take care of a problem with the water heater. Family was complaining about the hot water not working so had to find the problem and fix it. Turns out it wasn't the water heater itself, it was the breaker. The switch flew out on it. Easy fix from there on afterwards. Sorry again for the lack of posts. Just to let you know, I will be available on Thursday.

>>5665888
No worries, real life takes precedence, glad to hear it wasn't an emergency. I'm sure your family is glad to have such a reliable handyman around. See you Thursday then.

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>5665893
Oh man, the magic item skill of Thief sounds nice. But the whole subclass too reliant on mechanics we don't ever use so it's useless.
Assin is meh. Very meh. Horribly meh.
I'm eyeing the Arcane Trickster, but holy shit that is a LOT of fucking spells to go through and I'm not sure how to even weave the magic into Kinny. He shares my knowledge of magic, which is to say he knows nothing and will probably ignore all the somatic and bad-touch components needed to cast anything.
tl;dr: Should I pick trickster for the sole purpose of summoning acid in the hippies' leader's face?

>>5666287
It sounds good, but the magic item skill is too reliant on "mother may I"-esque logic, as while I may be misremembering I don't think magic items and their restrictions are particularly well defined in 5e, you'd be reliant on asking the QM "can I do this?" constantly.

I'd still go with Arcane Trickster, yeah. My recommendation is just read the spells at your own pace and only read the ones relevant to you. Just try and read and remember or write down a spell each day instead of all at once until you can get a vaguely accurate recollection of what each spell does by heart. Or just write them all down in some easily accessible way instead of spread out through the spell list like they are in the manual.

As for the magic mechanics, my suggestion is to read about actual stuff relevant to using them, stuff like understanding how they can be interrupted, the Concentration rules, the stuff like "this spell has a diameter of X, or this spreads like a wedge or comes out as a cone or cylinder, etc".

All you need to know about components is "who gives a shit, either I have it or I don't" you tell the QM "I buy components for all my spells while in town" essentially each time you are in town, for rare and expensive components then it is relevant to keep track of how many you buy and have and how much it'll cost you. For components that can be easily scavenged then it may be worth noting which components are like that and then occasionally doing that when we are in relevant terrain, but that is for later when you actually remember what components are used for what spell, otherwise don't worry about it.

There's probably some presumed carry over assumptions the 5e devs made regarding magic mechanics between editions that they just assume veteran players know and will explain and then proceeded to not state that those are actual rules in this edition anywhere in the book, but that practically always happens, so don't worry about it, if it isn't in the book then who cares.

>Picking Trickster just for acid splash.

Personally I'd focus more on the utility spells, spell damage is nothing to write home about until 2nd and 3rd level spells and even then utility spells are more useful even in 5e. I haven't read the Arcane Trickster spell list, so I can't do recommendations, but you don't get 2nd level spells until 7th level and 3rd level spells until level 13, so don't focus on damage because you won't get those for a while and things like invisibility, spider climb and web or Jump or some levitation spell, or Grease or other utility spells are more useful at those levels anyways. (Though being a rogue the trickster spell list is probably focused on illusion/enchantment spells instead, which are still very useful. Also most of the spells I mentioned are 2nd level spells I think.) You already do plenty of damage owing to your cat racial ability and QM being over generous with magic items this early on anyways.

>>5666670
When choosing class/spells I'm really only worried about the fact that this isn't standard D&D game and a lot of more nuanced, or tied-in-with-mechanics spells will not even find application here. Hell, even throwing a knife for distraction was apparently too much, so why bother with anything but damage?
>You already do plenty of damage owing to your cat racial ability
I dunno, I feel like I do no damage compared to Ursus/Mog. Marking for Death only works once a day. Keep in mind we face enemies with lots of HP and damage.

I am here for the day as long as I can be. Anything seem to be the problem? Need any help?

>>5667026
Also Kinny, whatever path you choose in the end I do hope it is one that you will enjoy.

>>5667085
Thank you sifu.

>>5667092
Are there any other problems you and your comrades have?

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>>5667094
Those goddamn forest hippies.

>>5667095
Don't worry... you might kill some soon.

Will start us up in about 18 minutes.
Give everyone time to wake up.

>time to make the sheet
*sigh*

Just to make sure I get everything:
>roll two hit dice (or add default HP values for 2 levels)
>assign Arcane Trickster subclass
>>assign cantrips/spells appropriate to the subclass
>update the sneak attack on the sheet (extra dice)
>assign ability score improvement
...anything else?

>>5667118
You are correct on all fronts.

>>5665765
>>5667122
What's the default HP value for rogues again? I don't think it's a thing in the book, but I know Mog mentioned it and I just want to know.

>>5667123
1d8 + your constitution.
If you roll below five, just take the five.

Rolled 5, 5 + 0 = 10 (2d8 + 0)

>>5667127
>1d8
I asked about default, aka alternative to rolling hit dice. But I suppose it's just 5 then. Rollan hit dice.

Yes, of course. How could've I expected to roll anything else but two 5s? Makes perfect sense. It's always like this? It is.
*frustrated meowling*

>>5667127
Oh and for Ursus and Mog it's 1d10 (or 6) + Constitution.

>>5667118
also proficiency bonus "improvement", but that's not applicable at 4th level for me

>>5667137
No, fourth level Rogue still has a +2 to proficiency bonus. Same with Fighter, and Paladin.

I love how picking the Arcane Trickster and improving my intelligence by 2 will turn Kinny into something he wasn't at all. How do I even attempt to make this seem to have any sense at all, lmao.

>When you finally come to, you hear the noise of an annoyed fox growling.
>Banging the walls of what you can assume is your prison.
>As your mind starts to clear up a bit more you can finally hear a voice very familiar to you.
>It's Jenkins'.
"You Forest Guardian bitches! Let us out of here! You can't just lock us all in here and act like you are high and mighty!"
>The fox continues to scratch the walls.
>As if trying to dig his way out.
>Soon you see the room around you.
>You were expecting a dark dungeon.
>But instead you are stuck inside a cave, with a pool of clean water inside.
>Some bowls of fresh fruits and fish on the floor.
>Bobby's men now currently eating some fish.
>And strange enough, an open entrance.
>An open entrance Jenkins is constantly clawing at.
>Easy to assume it is blocked by some barrier.

Kinny, Mog, Ursus.
What do you plan to do?

>>5667152
"Oh for Mog's goddesses' sake." Kinny murmured through his magical hangover and plopped his face into the pool of water to wake himself. It was not pleasant at all, but it worked very well. The cat then turned his attention to the fat cats under Bobby's command, and then to the red-furred cat herself. "You sure those fish aren't poisoned or something?" He addressed the first thing he could think of.

>>5666670
>>5667152
Is +4 arcana good enough for spellcasting, or should I invest ability improvement into Intelligence to raise it to +5?

>>5667156
Well your spellcasting goes with intelligence in general.

>>5667155
>As you placed head in the warm pool of you water, you notice it feels soothing and relaxing.
>You would say you feel rejuvenated if you weren't so mad at the fucking hippies.
>You also notice something else.
>You don't see Bobby or Maggie anywhere.
>Jenkins then looked at his smart feline companion.
"The fucking Forest Guardians took the gals over to another prison. Meanwhile we're stuck in this cave with those two fuckers eating all the fish. No I don't know if they are poisoned, couldn't check because these two fucks were eating all the fish! The only thing I have been trying to do is figure out a way out of here. Only no luck there either."

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>>5666670
Also Mog, I have a question since you helped me make the character sheet in the first place. I seem to have DEX and INT score of 4, but when it comes to the Ability Score window, I have those two marked for some reason? That, and the DEX in Ability Score window has value of 6, while the INT keeps its value of 4.
I have no idea what's going on, what the fuck?

>>5667165
That is kind of strange.

Rolled 13 + 7 (1d20 + 7)

>>5667164
Kinny sighed. He didn't sign up for this shit. Eventually the cogs in his head started turning and he made an alarmed face and rushed to the mule-cats. "Stop eating those fish you hungry morons! Those scoundrels let owlbears beat the shit out of us, put us to sleep, locked us up, took your fucking boss and our human fuck knows where and you think they are feeding you free of charge out of the kindness of their hearts? They're using you as lab rats!"
>Rolling deception to scare the chonkers from the fish
I really just wanna test my +7
>>5667166
Well, if you can tell me what those checkmarks are for, I could fix my mistake. Whatever it might be.

>>5667165
>>5667167
Well those checkmarks should be for your saving throws.
Your saving throws do get a plus two due to your proficiency. What I find strange is that your Intelligence is still +4 instead of +6 just like your dexterity. Your intelligence is also 18+1 so it should be a saving throw of 4 plus your proficiency (which is +2) so it should also be +6.

>>5667167
>The two chonkers soon stopped and started to spit the fish out of their mouths.
"It was so delicious as well."
>One of them comments.
>Still the fear of being poisoned out did their love for good food.
>Leaving the somewhat empty bowl of fish free to look at.
What do you do now Kinny?

Rolled 19 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>5667172
With the chonky cats being dealt with, Kinny decided to check the party's state after the magic-induced coma. He made his way over to sleeping Mog and Ursus and began to check them for wounds, as well as himself.
>Rolling Medicine to see if we recovered any of out health
Oooh, those are /saving throws/. Fuck. Thanks for correcting me, please ignore the fact I've been rolling 6 dex for a while now. I think I'll be spending my ability score improvement on Dex and Int to get them both to 5.

>>5667176
+1 to both would be a smart thing to do. Especially if you get two extra points out of it.

>You see that the very injured bear was now barely injured.
>Most of his wombs were now magically healed.
>Sure he still had the injuries he got from the shrapnel, but to fair getting all that metal out is a very dangerous process.
>Still he looked fully healed.
>Same with Mog.
>Checking yourself Kinny, you were still in fact covered in soot from the explosion that sent you flying a few feet.
>No wait that's just your normal fur color.
>Still it's amazing that you were able to move just fine.
>For prisoners, you were all taken care of very well.
>Which you are not sure if it is a huge red flag or not.

Rolled 8 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>5667178
Idk how would I get two extra points from it.
Red flag? Hmm, it's a red flag to their security, Kinny deduced. He then tried to wake his companions up, but after failling with Mog, the cat didn't even bother with the massive bear. He instead walked up to Jenkins and the barrier. "Have you been banging at this 'door' for long, Jenkins? Got any idea what might open it?" Kinny prodded the agitated red fox before starting his own investigation into the nature of the barrier that kept them from leaving.
>Rolling Arcana to figure out the mechanism of the magical barrier
(5 from 5 arcana, I will post the sheet when I get spells in order)
>Most of his wombs U-Ursus?

>>5667183
>Jenkins scoffs in annoyance from the barrier.
"I have tried digging under it, banging it, and even tried persuading it. Nothing seems to work."
>The red fox continues to bang as the invisible barrier.
"Bloody fucker won't open!"
>Kinny then notices something.
>The barrier looks as if it's only blocking physical damage.
>Seems like the bastards that put that spell on there, only assumes you are all non-magic users.
>Well they were right to assume that mostly.
>You guys don't seem to have any magic on you.
>Except maybe your items.
>Which unfortunately you don't have on you.
>These guys seem hospitable but they aren't stupid.
>They were smart to take your weapons away.
>Still if only you could break a barrier like that.
What do you wish to do?

I'm waiting for someone else to wake up at this point and poking at the spell list.
>all those fucking spells
this is literal hell
this is what hell looks like
I hate this

>>5667206
Might have a site that might help you out.
If I remember correctly, Rogues can only learn Wizard spells. So set the filter up to Wizard.
https://www.aidedd.org/dnd-filters/spells-5e.php

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>>5667210
That sure helps, but I think I'm going to skip the process of choosing the spells for now. I'm just not confident in what to take and I likely won't be using any magic today anyway. That being said, I do have Mage Hand by default.

>>5667191
"Hmmm..." Kinny remembered his conversation with the jeweler and Mog about Diamonds being used for resurrections and figured they could be magical. With that in mind, the cat set his backpack on the ground and began rummaging through it to find the gem and try to put it through the barrier.