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Kriv cautiously advances, watchful.

(OOC - Nep - Just a reminder that Zhu has a readied action.)

[[ I am assuming that my 'checking the area for threats' and all would have taken my 'action' <shrug> ]]

[[ Yeah ... ... which was "3) Single move (15'), cautiously, no dex save needed, Ready your bow." ... which is what I was going for <shrug> ]]

DM

There are moments of silence. The odd dripping sound from condensation, the footsteps of the advancing heroes, the flickering of the flaming sphere are the only sounds in that moment.

Arus glances into the pool which was home to the muck-dwelling monster. Surely it had gotten it's tentacles around many others in the past. An otyugh must eat and they have a hearty appetite. A few seconds of glancing about had only revealed that the one pool was one of many and that there were narrow side passages in it's lair. Examining that would take more than a minute or two.

While Arus was focused on the monster he had just slain, Zhu was the one that saw something just on the other side of the flaming sphere. It was a webbed hand and the top of a head that peered up from the sewer water on the other side of the walkway where the sphere rested. Clearly the humanoid was lying in wait.

Sindar had his eyes peeled and it was fortunate that his lineage gave him darkvision. The humans, and Kriv, did not have that he had to know that they had to rely on him, Arus and Zhu in situations like this. Jaliera had Whisper but she was moving and could not see through the owl's eyes while on the move.

It was a ripple in the water, far beyond the flaming sphere, at the far end of the sewers, almost at the end of his vision. Something was in the water there. It had not poked it's head up. It had tried to stay hidden, but Sindar was sure it was there.

ooc: Zhu can act on her readied action. The target has 75% cover.
Sindar cannot take an action - he took a double move and cannot. He can communicate.

Note to you all about this since it was discussed in the OOC thread. This was a "passive perception" check. The rolls for these two sightings were 14 and 12 - stealth rolls. Zhu spotted the "12" because she has a +3 to perception, meaning the Kuo-tao needed a 14 to stealth. That's why she didn't see what Sindar saw. Sindar has +6 to perception which means he notices those who whose stealth roll is 16 or less.

That far away target is 100 feet away from Sindar, submerged in the water, but you know where.

Note that after Zhu's "reaction", if the kuo-tao she noticed survives, it will complete it's move for it's turn by ducking back, out of sight, in the sewer water and will likely move from there.

The following is Sindar's view. Only Zhu's readied action is triggered. Then we're back up to the top, which happens to be Zhu's turn again.

Zhu

She's been waiting for one of the sneaky Kuo-toa to show itself. As soon as one does, she fires her readied Bolt of Fire.

Fire Bolt
Range: 120 feet
Melee Spell Attack: 28 to hit (Crit!)
Range 120 feet
Crit: 22 +8 = 30 Fire Damage

DM
It's difficult for Zhu to see the results of her blast, but experience tells her that it struck the target and since it's head was the only thing other than it's hands that were a target, if the fire bolt hit, it would likely have blown the creature's head off.

OOC: Jaliera is up (just in time for Gypsy's return!)

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BTW, I did the math. The shortest route for Jaliera to get to Davroar (without magic), running, throwing caution to the wind, will take 3 rounds even if she tried to jump over the 10' wide sewage canals.

(OOC - I thought it was Zhu's turn again? I only did the readied action. I just moved her up. If no targets visible she will ready another Fire Bolt.)

Jaliera

She is always a little cautious and Zhu has just shown her that enemies are still around. She will keep her bow ready and Whisper on the look out. She moves up just behind Kriv. If she can hide, she will.

Jaliera Hide
Gypsy rolled 1d20+10 and got 21

Davroar

With only hearing voices and no friendly faces showing, he begins to suspect that whatever lured him to be attacked by that tentacled creature is doing it again. For now he will continue to be ready to ram someone or something with his flames.

[OOC Why a double move if she is only moving 30'? ]

OK.. dex save coming up!

Ooops

Jaliera Dex save
Gypsy rolled 1d20+7 and got 9

DM

In her haste Jaliera slips and falls on the slick surface and falls prone.


Jaliera How many 5 ft move before she slips
Neptune rolled 1d6 and got 6

This means she completed her move but fell prone. You rolled a 2 on the die. Note that rolling a 1 would be the same failing the save by 5 or more. Her slip would have ended her up in the sludge.

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Being Prone
Combatants often find themselves lying on the ground, either because they are knocked down or because they throw themselves down. In the game, they are Prone.

You can drop prone without using any of your speed. Standing up takes more effort; doing so costs an amount of Movement equal to half your speed.
For example, if your speed is 30 feet, you must spend 15 feet of Movement to stand up. You can’t stand up if you don’t have enough Movement left or if your speed is 0.

To move while prone, you must crawl or use magic such as teleportation. Every foot of Movement while crawling costs 1 extra foot. Crawling 1 foot in Difficult Terrain, therefore, costs 3 feet of Movement.

As far as being ready to fire an arrow, sure, I'll allow it.

OK Sindar goes. Bern follows.

OOC: Pande is on the injured list with a concussion so I simply moved Sindar forward with a double move. Bern is up.

Sindar (ghosted)
The half elf calls out the motion he saw and moves up carefully towards it.

<Bern>

He continues to move slowly and carefully towards the well while continuing to watch for new 'threats', his bow at the ready.

Kriv advanced, recalled the Glasstaff to hand with a thought, and hurled it to the edge of present illumination again, a couple of paces in front of Zhu.

Kriv light the way (+3 if proficiency counts)
AJ rolled 1d20+1 and got 17
Glasstaff recalled as a bonus action and relocated as before.