You enter the dark room, and the smell of old meat hits you immediately. The sound of clinking chains meets your ears, and in the darkness, you can see what appears to be large hunks of meat hanging from the hooks, suspended from the ceiling
[For the sake of simplicity - we'll say that the Init will be Butcher, PC1, 2, 3, 4? Butcher opens the encounter with his hook]
As you look around the room, you hear a gurgling voice; "Mmmrrr... Fresh Meat!" And footsteps, and the sound of a chain dragging over the stone floor announces the presence of a beast. As you watch, a hulking demon, that looks like it has been sewn together, emerges from the darkness - in one hand, another meat hook, like the ones hanging from the ceiling, and a huge cleaver. Before you can blink, the beast roars and flings the hook in your direction!
One of my players has complained several times that True Strike is a useless spell. The effect of True Strike is:
On your next turn, you gain advantage on your first attack roll against the target, provided that this spell hasn't ended.
His argument is that casting True Strike takes your ac...
You have all entered in the middle of one side of the room, the Butcher is 40 ft across from you, on the opposite side of the room. The fighter is now over there with im
Brakt watches as Greg is flung across the room, and takes a moment to prepare himself, as he draws forth his Halberd. Move: Draw Halberd. Action: Cast Heroism. At the start of each turn, Brakt gains +2 temporary HP for 10 rounds.
come at me, you oaf... he says under his breath, secretly hoping the opposite
Wellard, seeing an opportunity, will cast Catapult... Is there anything that's loose around us? like a good size rock or some chains? or a hook? or a brazier?
Greg picked himself up off the ground, and grabbed his Rapier, taking a moment to gather his composure. Move: Stand. Action:Pick up Rapier, Bonus: Second Wind
the way CHARGE is currently working, with a large 10ft-wide line, you can hit 2 people at any given time. This should bump up the butcher to CR3, which I was gonna suggest you do anyway
this is really interesting when I see mechanics work differently than expected XD