The old knight attacked recklessly, it had been so long since the last time he touched the living. This one was different, looking at her soul, she was a blazing column of light compared to the motes and cinders of other would be trespassers. He had hoped to disarm her with flattery but she had reversed his ploy. Attacks that should have bit into her instead slid off a glowing sheen of protection magic and as he went to grab her sword arm, she shifted and thrust heartily into his own chest. His armor buckled and he was bathed from the inside out in righteous flame and he knew he was done for.<br/><br/>He let out a sigh of ash as he felt his arms and weapons were beginning to be too heavy to lift. "You... are very good at this. I never had a chance." Medea would see that his tabard and armor begin to flake off and be carried on some unfelt wind, as if he were burning away and the left over ash and cinder couldn't hold together. "However, take heed... What dwells within this tomb is not like me. The master is a deviant sort and with an ancient cunning that has served him well from the forgotten past, be careful you do not become part of his collection as well..." With the last of his strength he saluted Medea and disintegrated, "I hope to remember you as I sleep... Medea of Waterdeep."<br/><br/>And she was alone again in the tunnel. There was a slight rumbling as if a tremor started deep within the earth, but after several tense minutes, nothing else happened. The light from the outside had started to hang low from late afternoon. The double doors awaited her at the south end of the tunnel.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC Combat results</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">For those reading along, we did bulk rolls for combat in PMs, so that we didn't spend an entire week waiting for each other to respond.<br/>Initiative is important because it meant the winner could see what their opponent was going to do first and then plan accordingly.<br/>I'm not going to rules lawyer things differently if I get PM'd that I made a mistake with the math, either. <br/><br/>Here are the results:<br/><br/><strong>Initiative</strong><br/>Medea 10<br/>Midnight 8<br/><br/><strong>Turn 1.</strong><br/><strong>Medea</strong> spends 2 Sorcery Points to Quicken a 1st level Protection from Evil and Good as a Bonus Action. Bonfire snuffs out.<br/>--For 10minutes undead have disadvantage on attack rolls against her, and she cannot be charmed, frightened or possessed by them.<br/><br/>Media attacks with her Flametongue Sword At 2017-10-13 02:09:21, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 1d20k1a8 Result: 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108865) Hits vs AC 18.<br/>At 2017-10-13 02:12:59, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 2d8k1a8 Result: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108866) (actually 21, forgot I had 'keep highest' left enabled) Base damage<br/>At 2017-10-13 02:14:41, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 2d6 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108867) Flametongue damage<br/>At 2017-10-13 02:15:41, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 3d8 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108868) Smite damage from burning another 1st level slot, with a bonus d8 since the target is undead.<br/>Damage is 7+5 from sword+str, 5 from flametongue, 6+3 from green flame+cha, 10 from smite, equals 36 damage, with a mix of magical slashing, fire and radiant.<br/><br/><strong>Midnight</strong> Multiattacks vs. Medea AC 21. First Swing is the bastard Sword, Second is a Life Drain<br/>At 2017-10-12 17:33:42, NotoriusBEN (uid: 9931) rolls: 2d20a4 Result: 32 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108852)<br/>Result: 10, 18 reroll disadvantage 14<br/>Total: 14, 22 reroll disadvantage 18<br/>MISS!<br/><br/><strong>Turn 2.</strong><br/><strong>Medea</strong> At 2017-10-13 02:17:00, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 1d20a8 Result: 11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108869)<br/>MISS!<br/><br/><strong>Midnight</strong> Multiattacks vs. Medea AC 21. First Swing is a bastard sword. Second is a Life Drain<br/>At 2017-10-12 18:06:24, NotoriusBEN (uid: 9931) rolls: 1d10a4 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108856)<br/>Result: 17 reroll disadvantage 2, 14,<br/>Total: 21 reroll disadvantage 6, 18<br/>MISS!<br/><br/><strong>Turn 3.</strong><br/><strong>Medea</strong> crits Midnight and he explodes.<br/>At 2017-10-13 02:17:16, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 1d20a8 Result: 28 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108870) CRITICAL HIT!<br/>Crit! Hoo boy. Medea's going to blow her sole 4th level spell slot for Smite since she crit anyway.<br/>At 2017-10-13 02:24:53, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 16d8a8 Result: 93 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108871) Greenflame and Smite damage<br/>At 2017-10-13 02:25:36, Medea (uid: 60671) rolls: 4d6 Result: 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=108872)That's, uh, a lot of damage. <br/>@shmone, you added an extra 2d8 from the green flame if there was someone else, but regardless, you still exploded Midnight. And while yes, that is a bonkers amount of damage, you expended a 4th level spell on a crit, so you deserve the damage.<br/>I haven't used this meme in ten years, but back in WoW, before the first expansion, paladins and shamans were faction specific, and paladins had all the group buffs. <strong>"Welcome to Alliance Raiding. aka easy mode."</strong><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div></div></div>