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[Aleshe]

I need a diagram, draw us the play coach!

[Kashtan]

this round:
Alice goes east
Helga goes northYulya moves behind AshleyCat moves to east border of fog

if bandits take the bait an follow Helga the Bigglesworths follow south of the bandits next round
the ideal outcome is to lure them toward us and surround them. but i doubt theyre this dumb.

[Alice]

Looks good - if they take the bait and don't wonder why the tracking signal remains stationary before moving towards them and then away. But I agree we need to lure them closer. Cat and me could reach them right now but it would cost me my bonus attack. And Yulya is out of attack range.

[Alice]

To make it clear I use Shape Self as action and dash as bonus action.
Will you let me use Shape Self and don my gear in one action?
Also does using dash impede stealth?

[Aleshe]

There is a little more leniency in round 0.

Dashing while attempting stealth will cause the roll to have disadvantage.

[Alice]

What happens when Cat dashes with her armor? Double disadvantage?

Well shit, so much for the plan. We learn that verbal components are verbal. Should have attacked them straight on

"concentrate fire, don't hold back."

Uh, can we?
I thought it's basically pitch black. Can we even shoot them and if with what penalty?
Yulya's Sacred Flame states that it can only be used on a creature she can see.

[Aleshe]

Asvantage/Disadvantage does not stack. In a separate run, we allowed only a +2 bonus and those will stack. Wheras I explained earlier that advantag/disadvantage is something like +/-5

>verbiage

[Ashley] it's a figure of speech, I mean, all go for one, the weakest one is Bandit 4

[Joy the DM] As Ashley saw their stats and you all don't want to know as a rule, I'd follow her intuition.

>verbal

I allowed that all visual spell cues were blocked by the fog including light flashes but their rolls and the direction of sound gave away your location to be at the tent that they already knew was there. At least one of them must have some kind of enhanced sight or they hunted you and scouted while it was still light or saw the embers of the fire. Remember that a fire will cause creatures of intelligence 7 or less to stay away and those of greater than 7 to be attracted to the fire if they have ill intent.

>should have attacked them straight on

In this case, they would have heard you coming as they did hear you.

[Alice]

Excuse me, but that didn't answer my main questions and they're kinda important as to what we will do.

Can Yulya attack them with Sacred Flame even though she cannot see them?
If Cat and me shoot at their direction relayed by Ashley, what penalty do we get?
How close do we have to get to see them with darkvision?

[Aleshe]

Sacred flame definitely wouldn't work as it concentrates on a spot.

In this case, given the distance and angle, you would have less than a 10% chance of getting a chance to hit.

[Τamamo]

Haha looks like not doing anything was the best decision!
Sorry for not posting again!

But that doesn't look good! So no shooting and if Yulya can't attack with Sacred Flame it's just Cat and Alice for close combat. If we charge in there we will probably get killed. Alice for sure. Yulya should at least cast Bane on them. Wait no, you also need to see the target. Well this sucks. I don't really have an idea other than Leroy Jenkins and that didn't work so good last time. And not even that works. We are currently all out of range. So we need to get closer but stay out of their attack range.
I don't like this at all.  Since they heard us we should all change our positions.

As I see it we can't attack at all this turn. Helga and Mrs. Bigglesworth should flank and attack #4.

But we should think this over before we act!

[Aleshe]

Isn't there any spell that makes people visible? Like Light or something? Do you need to see the target to light it? Can we treat them like a pebble and light 'em up?

After that, just frickin' get up there and light a torch lol, they're not going to pew pew with a short bow if they have elvish swords are they? Okay, so I got word from Joy that they're three humans and a half-orc leader Bandit #1 is the brute with the maul, Bandit #2 is a deadly female with high stats, Bandit #3 is average, and #4 is the weakest, but they're all still tough, so that's why we need to concentrate on lowering their numbers and outnumber them. Also, these are not "bandits", those low lifes with low health, they're NPCs with classes but based on what they're doing and how pathetic they were with Helga, they might not have many tricks up their sleeves so mostly just fighters. Totally need to bane them, I should probably do something other than another summon with one of my MP... nope, not till level 3, I get a huge upgrade then, but for now, Ashley panther will be out soon, I'm going to probably summon Olga next turn, then one of them again when I transform.

I have a feeling Summer will have something up her sleeve too, but we got to be careful or we'll be at a huge disadvantage.

I also realized that they can never TPK us if I'm not stupid because Ashley Panther can disengage and hide both on the same turn and she's way faster than humans and half-orcs. However, Ashley Panther can't stabilize anyone. Also, I have two MP, one in a focus and 1 extra that will transform me, so we got to be super perfect with our decisions. We've gotten through worse though so come on RNG gods or we could just run, we'd lose the tent but we don't really need a tent to sleep.

[Aleshe]

Now that Joy says everything Alice says is anti-canon, I can tell you all that Summer is being played by Ulla now. But just because she's a hybrid dragon in our version doesn't mean she's a dragon dragon in this version. And the fact that Ulla is actually in the world as a separate person as well, Summer and Ulla are not the same person in any way.

[Joy] except if they are.

[Ashley] except that Ulla doesn't know cantrips in our version so they're not the same person. And Freya will know that they're different people too.

[Joy] unless she's lying to protect Ulla.

[Ashley] whatever idc

[Kashtan]

yeah i already wanted to bring up LIGHT but those guys are damn far away. you realize light cantrip needs touch yes? Yulya cant light them up unless she walks there and touches them. she can only throw a small object. rules state you can only throw an object 20ft or 60ft with disadvantage. the better firebombs have 60ft throwing range per Joys rulebook so i went with that. should we make a str+dex based formula for throwing?
so i calculated the min distance. LIGHT gives 20ft bright light and 40ft dim light. with a 60ft throwing range Yulya needs to move 30ft sw and it barely works.
but then what? theyre all out of range for Yulyas spells. sacred flame has 60ft and bane only 30ft. no chance. Cat and Alice could shoot them with their bows but thats it. theyll extinguish the light next turn by covering it unless theyre retarded and the fun starts again.
i dont understand how torches would help here except making us a target. do they continue burning if we throw them?

[Alice]

I was thinking, Yulya could cast Light on Cat's arrow if she's out of throwing range.
Ok, so this would work with a pebble but you're right, no chance to attack this turn. I suggest Cat and me shoot the weakest, then move closer. I agree Ashley should summon Lynxes and then transform.

I'm also not too happy about giving all their stats. We shouldn't know that much or can Ashley literally see everyone's stats even through her summons?

[Kashtan]

alright lets do thisYulya will throw her pebbleAlice and Cat shoot #4 and advanceHelga an mrs b also attack #4