Campaign #1 - Somewhere on the Sword Coast

[Alice]

Ashley  cast summon as far south as she could and sent her after Alice.

Preparing to climb the wall, Alice is statled by Beatrice's buzzing
Ashley dammit! What's your wasp doing here?

Alice sees and hears the ballista torn from its mounting with a loud cracking sound but she can't tell from her position what did it.

Alice looks up in confusion
The hell was that? An orc boss?



Alice dives back under ths snow and decides to retreat through the tunnel she dug back to the others to find out what's going on
[Can I move at half-speed or 60ft through tunnels I just made instead of 1/4 speed while digging through fresh snow?]

[Wofl]

[I moved Alice as much as I thought she could go not knowing her exact original path.]



[The enemy's whereabouts is outside your knowledge at this time.]

[Elevation map]



[The colors go blue, aqua, green and yellow-green, each one is roughly 5ft higher.]

[Τamamo]

Cat listens to Ashley's report and at first all looks good. But then...

You all look in horror as the bald head of a giant beast emerges, followed by two very large arms and he pulls the ballista off the top of the wall, equipping it like a crossbow, he tries to aim it at Beatrice and you can just make out a shrill yell and he turns his head back toward his side of the wall. He then climbs down.

Cat is more fascinated than scared by the huge beast
Nyaa a Troll Nya? With a Ballista Nya? What's with this place Nya?


 

Yulya slaps her own cheeks with her palms to regain focus
For now we should stay hidden and prepare an ambush!
Cat you should go further South and hide then attack the beast from behind while it is busy chasing Alice. Ashley and me will stay here for ranged attacks and support.

Cat moves 30ft SW and hides behind the tree but stays within 30ft of Yulya within range of Emboldening Bond

[Yulya]

Seeing Alice return Yulya casts EMBOLDENING BOND on Alice and Cat.
Do not engage that beast too far from here or I cannot assist you! Ideally we would lure it here. And be on the lookout. We do not want to be the ones getting surprised and ambushed. We need to find out where they are!



[Can I cast Emboldening Bond on people I cannot see? Alice is still under the snow. And all snow counts as difficult terrain right?]

[Alice]

Alice looks out of the snow and spots the others. After receiving EMBOLDENING BOND and learning about the huge monster approaching, she moves under the snow again and 30ft W

[Wofl]

"This is where having loud summons is pretty dumb, I'm going to have to summon someone but who? I have a lot more mana now so that's going to make things a lot easier at least." Ashley holds her move until after she can see a target, "sending the girls after a troll alone is pretty wasteful." She moves West as far as she can this turn.

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[Can I cast Emboldening Bond on people I cannot see? Alice is still under the snow. And all snow counts as difficult terrain right?]

It doesn't say you must see them. https://dnd5e.wikidot.com/cleric:peace Yes the white snow parts are difficult terrain, the orange/brown parts aren't.

Yulya Casts Embolding bond on Alice and Cat.

Alice moves 30ft West

[I will let you determine how far you can go on a turn for now.]

Cat moves [DASH] 30ft Southwest

A sound unlike anything you've ever heard pierces the air, the troll with a ballista has been spotted and you're not ready for this. He looks Northeast toward where the buzzy thing was spotted.


 
[Hardmode activated, good luck.]

Another figure appears on the palisade wall with a rather nasty looking crossbow, he places it on the sharp pillars to steady it. <<And scans for a target.>>



"Enemy spotted. Oh damn he's big... Yulya, should I summon Nixie?"