It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Taryon Darrington, a human artificer . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, With a high-level Hold Monster, he paralyzes Zahra, Kash, and both their mounts, sending them plummeting back over the side of the tower. As Vecna's wounds again begin to seal, he telekinetically raises the central platform of the broken tower.
DM: 36, all righty. All right, he's going to use his third, or sorry, his final legendary action for this round to cast Firebolt at you, Scanlan.
Player: I cannot protect against that. I have no Counterspell that reaches him. Right?
DM: At this moment, no. That is an eight plus 16, that is a 24 to hit.
Player: That hits.
DM: All right. You suffer 23 points of fire damage.
Player: Great.
DM: All righty. So at the end of Vax's turn, that brings us to the 20 initiative count. At this point in time--
