Weekly Gaming Summary #65 (07/10/2021)

A Thank You For Playing today's Dungeons & Dragons 5 th  Edition game of 07/10/2021 - From 10:00 am EDT, until 2:00 pm EDT, and our 75th Gaming Session, goes out to:   Barbarian – Human - Marcuria Violezi -  Connor D. Rogue – High Elf - Roqar -  Roxxifarius War Priest – Human – Juan Denero –  Buddy-D   Wizard (Sage/Scribe) – Drow Elf – Rolo -  Daniel M. Wizard (War Mage) – High Elf – Dia Xiloscient -  Elizabeth K.     Whom Could Not Make It Today!   Monk – Elf – Farren Nidanas -  Bahrrenn Drakke Warlock (HexBlade) – Thyus - Human - Malekeith – Left game due to scheduling conflict     Game Summary for Saturday (07/10/2021):   Opening Scene: Day 45: August 5th, 7:30 pm   The adventurers are in the hills of Wyvern Tor, inside a cave fighting Orcs from the Many Arrows Tribe and a Cyclops they befriended, but couldn’t stand the smell of so they gave him his own cavern.   Combat Round #05:   Thyus fires a Mind Sliver spell at Unojo the Cyclops and missed!   Marcuria, swings her warhammer (two-handed) at Orc #07 and missed!   Dia, bounces the flaming sphere off Unojo dealing 4 fire damage after he makes a dexterity saving throw rolling 19 needing ≥ 15!   Orc tosses a javelin at marcuria and hits for 3 piercing damage instead of 5 due to rage ability!   Roqar, slashed Unojo the Cyclops with the magiacal +1 Talon long sword, dealing 13 damage, gutting and defeating him!   Avery, moves to get into a better position.   Orc #07, swings his great axe at Marcuria and missed!   Juan, moves up the smelly passage that Unojo the Cyclops came from and noticed the floor is covered with mud, excrement and the raw remains of consumed animals. Leaned against the walls are halft a dozen clubs, diligently ordered by size. There is no other passage leading off this cavern so it does not loop around.   Orc #09, tossed a javelin at Marcuria and missed!   Rolo, casts the Fire Bolt at Orc #07, dealing 15 fire damage and defeating him!     2 nd Attacks / Bonus Actions for Round #05:   Dia, uses the hat of Wizardry to cast a Control Flame cantrip and an intelligence check of 19 shows she is able to do so. So a 5 ft section of the palisade gate is now flame free!   Rogqar, moves closer to the gate.     Combat Round #06:   Thyus, moves up to the palisade gate.   Marcuria, pounds Orc #09 for 11 bludgeoning damage with the warhammer (two-handed)!   Dia, climbs over the palisade gate to see it has a log bar across it and lifts it off!   Orc #10, swings his great axe and missed Marcuria!   Rogar, moves through the opened palisade gate and somersaults over the second one, with an acrobatics roll of 18, to land near Marcuria!   Juan, comes back around from the cyclop’s cave to re-join the others!   Avery, moves her way up, through the gate.   Orc #09, swings his great axe and missed Marcuria!   Rolo, runs up to the opened gate!       2 nd Attacks / Bonus Actions for Round #06:   Marcuria, whips her tail at Orc #09, striking for 12 + 2 rage damage, defeating him!   Dia, climbs over the second gate and removes the log bar to open it!   Roqar, slashed Orc #10 with the +1 Talon long sword for 6 damage!     Combat Round #07:   Thyus moves to get into position.   Marcuria, pounds Orc #10 with the warhammer, dealing 8 bludgeoning damage, defeating him!   End of Combat!   Rolo goes over to Unojo the Cyclops and finds nothing of value upon him. As Rolo was doing that Juan goes to quickly rummage through the Cyclops straw bedding and didn’t find anything.   The party then decides to head up a north east passage  with Marcuria in the lead. Just as she is about to breach from the passage and into a cavern area, (the area the bulk of the Orcs sleep in), four javelins come flying at her! Two of the javelins graze her for 15 hit points of damage!   Initiative rolls are made and Combat Round #01 Beings:   Dia, casts the Flaming Sphere spell, sending it into two Orcs whom failed their dexterity saving throws, taking the full 9 fire damage! Orc #16, tossed a javelin at Marcuria, missing her!   Juan, fires his light crossbow, the bolt hitting Orc #17 for 8 damage!   Orc #23, tossed a javelin at Juan and missed!   Orc #22, also tossed a javelin at Juan an missed!   Avery, praying to her deity, casts Healing Word upon Marcuria, healing back 9 hit points!   Orc #20, stays back for now.   Nebrug Death Render, (the Leader), stays back for now.   Rolo, casts the Fireball spell aimed at the northern side of the cavern which has a 20 ft high ceiling. It deals out 32 hit points of damage, killing all of the Orcs on that side of the cavern, (Nebrug and Orcs #11 to #17)!   Orc #19,  swings his great axe, missing Juan!   Thyus, jabs Orc #19, with the spear (two-handed), dealing 10 damage!   Marcuria, activates her Rage ability and creates a carapace, which hardens her skin giving +2 to armor class!   Roqar, slashed Orc #19 with her magical +1 Talon long sword, dealing 14 damage and defeating him!   Orc #24, tossed a javelin at Roqar, missing her!   Orc #18,  slashed Roqar with the great axe for 12 damage! Roqar used Uncanny dodge to half the damage to 6!     2 nd Attacks / Bonus Actions for Round #01:   Juan, praying to Bhaal cast, Healing Word upon Marcuria, healing 6 hit points!   Marcuria, pounds Orc #21 with the warhammer (two-handed) for 14 bludgeoning damage, defeating him!

3 rd Attacks / Bonus Actions for Round #01:   Juan, fires the light crossbow, hitting Orc #18 for  8 damage! (I think this should not have been rolled unless the Healing Word spell was a bonus action!)   Marcuria, pounds Orc #22 with the warhammer (two-handed) for 11 bludgeoning damage!     Combat Round #02:   Dia, moves the Flaming Sphere into Orc #22 and #23 dealing 11 damage, both are defeated!   Juan, fires the light crossbow, hitting Orc #18 for 5 damage!   Avery, casts the Vicious Mockery spell upon Orc #20, who fails his wisdom saving throw rolling an 11 needing ≥ 15, taking 5 psychic damage!   Orc #20, swings his great axe, missing Avery!   Rolo, fires three Magic Missiles at Orc #18 and another Orc, dealing 2 total force damage to #18 defeating him and 6 force damage to the other one!   Thyus, rams his spear (two-handed) into Orc #20, dealing 5 damage!   Marcuria, pounds Orc #24 for 10 damage, defeating him!   Roqar, slashed Orc #20 with the +1 Talon long sword for 9 damage, defeating him!   End Of Combat!   As the party quickly loots the bodies and cavern area, amid the smell of burning flesh and straw, grime and sweat, they note the floor is cluttered with odds and end, empty wooden jugs and rubbish, and nothing of any value.   The adventurers head up a north passage, just west, off the Orc sleeping cavern and come to a new cavern area.   The floor of this room has been kept unusually clean, although you note signs of frequent passage. In the middle of the cave is an altar made of massed rocks. At its base is a severed head belonging to an elf (Will Ferrell’s). On top of the altar, lying on a straw mattress, is a black  opal the size of an orc’s fist. The gem has a white and irregular spot in the center, similar to a distorted pupil. Also in the room are Zholl the Orc Priest and seven orc adepts, who are aiming to protect the altar. Roqar says, “Give us the gem before we kill you”! Zholl says in Orcish, “What do you want here! You are imposing upon Grummsh”! Jaun, repeats what he said in Common. Zholl says now in Common, “No one touches the Eye of Gruumsh”! Roqar says, “Gruumsh, (spits on the ground), I bet it will buy me a few good drinks in Neverwinter”. Marcuria says, “You wanna die for your beliefs, just keep rambling, orcs… really out of patience for your crap, the lot of you…” Juan says, “I want to buy a lady for the night and some strong ale… and a piece of pie, (with the money from the stone).” Zholl says, “You come here looking for women?! If we die, we die in glory for Gruumsh”! Rolo says, “So be it”! Roqar says, “Lemme make this easy for you, give me the gem and leave or don’t and lose it and die”. Juan says, “You tell them Roqar”. Zholl says, “I cannot let you take a sacred relic”! Roqar says, “I guess we have to take it from you then”. Roqar says, “ going to love selling that Eye of Gruumsh to the highest bidder”. Zholl grimaces and commands his men to attack! Initiative Rolls are made and Combat Round #01 begins: Dia, casts the Web Spell, ensnaring two of the 4 intended Orcs! Avery, casts the Enhance Ability spell upon Juan to give him Bear’s Endurance, gaining 9 temporary hit points and advantage on constitution checks! Rolo, casts a Fire Bolt at Orc #26 but it missed as he dodged! Orc #28 is stuck in the webbing! Orc #30, moves around the area affected by the web spell to go after the adventurers! Orc #29, is stuck in the webbing! Orc #26, tossed a javelin at Avery and hits for 7 damage! Marcuria, pounds Orc #30 with the warhammer (two-handed) for 13 damage, cracking some bone! Having entered the zone where Zholl’s Spirit Guardians spell was activate around him prior to the party’s arrival both Marcuria took 5 damage from a fiendish spirit after a failed wisdom save of 8 needing ≥ 15! Juan, using a small parchment with a bit of holy text written on it, cast Shield of Faith upon Marcuria , which last up to 10 minutes when concentrating, a shimmer field appears around her granting a +2 bonus to her armor class which is now 19. Thyus, casts the Mind Sliver spell upon Zholl who rolls a 17 on the Intelligence saving throw needing ≥ 15 so it has no effect upon him as he shakes it off! Roqar, takes 12 necrotic damage from Zholl’s Spirit Guardians spell after failing her wisdom saving throw rolling a 3 needing ≥ 15! An Orc moves out of the webbing at half speed! Marcuria gets an attack of opportunity on him and deals 10 bludgeoning damage with the warhammer (two-handed) on a successful hit! Orc #25, moves around the area affected by the web spell to attack the adventurers! An Orc moves out of the webbing at half speed! Orc #31, moves around the webbing to the east side like the others!   2 nd Attacks / Bonus Actions for Round #01: Dia moves the Flaming Sphere into an Orc dealing 8 damage after a failed dexterity saving throw of 5 needing ≥ 15! Zholl makes a constitution saving throw rolling 13 needing ≥ 10 and maintains the known Spirit Guardians spell! Marcuria, pounds Orc #30 for 14 damage with the warhammer (two-handed), defeating him! Juan, fires the light crossbow and missed Orc #27!   Combat Round #02: Dia, rolls the Flaming Sphere into the two Orcs again, dealing 10 fire damage to both as one rolled a 12 the other a 7 on dexterity saves needing ≥ 15! Zholl, makes another constitution saving throw rolling a 19 needing ≥ 10 and maintains the Spirit Guardians spell. Avery, casts Silence spell upon Zholl, whom fails his wisdom saving throw rolling an 8 needing ≥ 15 and is thus silenced in a 20 ft radius around him! Rolo, fires Magic Missiles spell upon Zhol and Orc #26,  the first force missile strikes Zholl for 2 damage defeating him, the next two hit Orc #26 for 7 damage, defeating him! Orc #28 and #29 are stuck in the webbing! Marcuria pounds Orc #27 with the warhammer (two-handed) dealing 10 bludgeoning damage, defeating him! Juan, just missed Orc #31 with the magical +1 Lightbringer mace (which isn’t glowing because no undead are around)! Thyus, jabs Orc #31 with the spear (two-handed) dealing 6 damage! Roqar, dashes around the webbing! Orc #25, slashed Roqar with the great axe for 5 damage after she used her uncanny dodge ability to half the damage! Orc #31, slashed Roqar with the great axe for 6 damage!

2 nd Attacks / Bonus Actions for Round #02: Dia, casts the Ray of Frost at Orc #28, hitting for 14 cold damage! Marcuria, pounds Orc #31 with the warhammer (two-handed), for 11 damage, defeating him! Roqar, slashed Orc #25 with the +1 Talon long sword for 12 damage!   Combat Round #03: Dia, casts the Ray of Frost at Orc #28 dealing 13 cold damage and defeats him! Avery, fires the hand crossbow, dealing 5 damage with the walloping bolt, defeating him! Rolo, casts the Fire Bolt at Orc #29 dealing 13 fire damage, + 2 extra from buring webbing, defeating him! As the webbing burns away, the Will Farrell elf head also burns away! End of Combat! After the flames die down Roqar helps herself to the onyx gem, which looks like an eye with an irregular pupil,  upon the stone pile altar to the dismay of some of the other adventurers. Avery says, “Roqar, put that down! We don’t know if it’s dangerous”! Rolo, tries to Detect Magic upon the onyx but no auras emanate from it! The adventurers now hear the clanging of metal upon metal coming from the north west passage off the altar room! The party decides to forgo exploring into the caves any farther and retreat back outside and set up a camp using Leomond’s Tiny Hut spell to protect them during the 1 st and 3 rd of 4 watch shifts we have wandering encounters and the first one will be 6 Orcs!   And this ends the gaming session for the day, until next time!   It is now August 5th (Day 45) at 8:15 pm.     The Adventurers’ Experience Points Earned This Session:   Unojo the Cyclops: Challenge Level 6: 2,300 XP   Nabrug Death Render (Orc Leader): Challenge Level 4: 1,100 XP   Zholl the Orc Cleric: Challenge Level 5 : 1,800 XP   Orcs (24): Challenge Level ½ : 100 * 24 = 700 XP      Total: 7,600  XP 1,400 / 6 = 1,266.66  XP per Adventurer   ----------   Grand Total Experience Points:   Everyone is at 12,890,76 XP    Level 6 now reached at 14,000 XP     Loot Found This Session: Eye of Gruumsh Black onyx with irregular shaped pupil value according to Roqar is 150 gp     Number of Sessions for current Adventure Module: 75 th Session for “Lost Mines of Phandelver / Dragon of Icespire Peak” 07/10/2021   [1st Session start was 08/15/2019]