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[Wofl]

Interesting question - can I take the ballista from the troll? I guess it's too heavy.
Also how far SW do I have to move so I can shoot the beastmaster while having full cover?

The ballista is 500lbs. Vanilla: you can drag up to 15x your strength score and lift up to 30x but then can't move. In our game you take your maximum (180 lbs) that's the maximum weight something can be for you to drag it the speed at that weight would be 10ft or 1mph, then to lift it (something like tilting it up, not dead lift) you could double that 360lbs.

To get LOS on the Beastmaster, you will almost surely have LOS to the man on the wall.

[Kashtan]

oof it was late yesterday and now that i read Yulyas post we should have been more clear. she was meant to target the beastmaster not the troll with Toll the Dead thats why se said to wait after Alices and Cats attack.  whatever. we will get him this turn. situation doesnt look good though. Yulyas afraid of running into their trap if we pursue them.

an idea: if Cat can wait for Nixie and Olga to rid her of the wolves she can attack the beastmaster. Yulya will cast a last Double Toll the Dead on him. Alice can tackle the female bandit. she should be in reach.

edit
Yulya realized shes got no los to the beastmaster but tupper is smart and knows she can fly with Heavenly Wings. Also deals +2 radiant dmg. how tall are the trees? can Yulya get somewhere with her 30ft flying speed where she can see the beastmaster? then she will use her ring of quick casting to deal 2xToll the Dead +2 radiant damage frpm her celestial transformation. That should be enough. I hope.

[Wofl]

The trees, as described previously, are twice as tall as they are wide at minimum. If you want to be more specific, imagine a cone made from a revolved 2:1 triangle.

[Alice]

We 3D&D now!
You work that out, I'll stay quiet on trigonometry before I say anything stupid.

Let's take a step back and analyze the situation. I agree with Yulya that splitting up and going after them is deadly. Our strength is unity.
.)Nixie and Olga attack the wolves.
.)If they down them, Cat and me will go after the female bandit and flank her.
.)Yulya casts Toll the Dead Holocaust on the beastmaster if she can fly somewhere to see him.
Ideally we down everyone but the 2 male bandits.

If a wolf survives, Cat has to deal with him. Then she should go into the tree to avoid attacks
I will move out and shoot another poisoned arrow at the beastmaster before retreating into the tree.

[Τamamo]

That sounds better than my initial impression of the situation. Manageable even!
One alternative would be that Cat wipes out the wolves with 3 attacks of her claws and Nixie and Olga tackle a bandit. Alice should wait if Yulya downs the beastmaster, if not shoot an arrow at him.
What's Ashley's opinion? Who should deal with the wolves? The summons or Cat?

Cat will use Live Giving Force on Nixie this turn, Alice has a lot already.

[Wofl]

I'll boost them this turn and we'd like to attack the beastmaster but if he does windwall again then they'll get wiped out so we'll go after the wolves then the others, Cat needs to get that beastmaster.

[Τamamo]

Gotcha!
Let's do this!

The order is summons, Yulya, Cat, Alice

[Wofl]

Okay, I'll let Ashley go then you can all go.

[Kashtan]

im not gonna make a 3d model in blender to check  where is a line of sight to the beastmaster but we realized Yuyla cant make it even when flying bc the trees are too tall. but she has Misty Step. even without considering diagonals and going block-wise thats enough. teleport 30ft into the air and fly 30ft southwest. i assume the small bush sw of the large tree is 10 ft across so 20ft tall.  being 30 ft in the air Yulya must have a los to the beastmaster 10 ft away. i also assume the girl bandit shouldnt be able to see her.



by doing that Yulya loses Silvery Barbs. she can only use one of those 2 spells. gotta finish this and retreat and rest.

[Alice]

Excellent!
I already forgot Yulya can both fly and teleport. That's a huge asset together with her massive dmg output. She's often underestimated but from her stats alone she's probably the most powerful character of all of us.

Let's see how the beastmaster handles this. I hope we can take down at least one bandit this round. If Yulya manages to kill the beastmaster and I punch out the wofl, I will move N of the female bandit and Cat S so we can flank her. Thi hould be possible bc of my 10ft long reach. I don't remember why exactly I have that but it says so in my stats.
REACH: LONG 10 FT

[Wofl]

I'm going to have to call you on reach:

"Astral Self: Monks of this subclass can spend 1 ki point to increase the reach of their unarmed strikes by 5 feet."

Spear only has 5ft reach as well.

Please justify your 10ft reach in some way for use in combat, for picking things up or stretching I'll allow it, but for attack, I'm questioning it.

[Wofl]

Actually, I don't need help, the bigglesworths can take this troll, hopefully! I can summon them both, they'll have flanking and likely won't miss, or I can even bring Nixie back, she'll have her action surge... can she use me for flanking?

[Joy the DM] "creatures incapable of attacking cannot by used to establish flanking."

[Ashley] I'll do some calcs then tp decide what's best.

[Wofl]

Actually, I don't need help, the bigglesworths can take this troll, hopefully! I can summon them both, they'll have flanking and likely won't miss, or I can even bring Nixie back, she'll have her action surge... can she use me for flanking?

[Joy the DM] "creatures incapable of attacking cannot by used to establish flanking."

[Ashley] I'll do some calcs then to decide what's best.

[Τamamo]

Oh no, they got away and the troll is back! I'd summon the Bigglesworths for flanking.
Cat can't help, only Yulya can attack him! Cat will tackle the wolves and hopefully down two.
Ashley should go first to see if her summons can take down the troll and if Olga can kill one wolf. Then we will deal with the rest.