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It depends on the weapon/attack being used.

Neptune, is there a previous attack I missed?

Oosith the aboleth Attacks Davroar the snake with 3 tentacle attacks (no disadvantage because of effective flanking)
Neptune rolled 1d20+9,2d6+5,1d20+9,2d6+5,1d20+9,2d6+5 and got 20, 13, 23, 17, 25, 11

Oosith 3 tentacles attacks totals 13+17+11 = 41

Your latest update shows Davroar's snake form at 54 HP, that would leave his snake form at 13 HP

So if Oosith attacks Davroar again with its tail for 18, then yes he would revert back but would only have suffered 5 points to his human form.

Also, can Davroar cast another Summon Animals spell while the giant crabs from the first one are still active (but probably not for long )?

I had him at 40 to start. Maybe I double-dipped-damage? I'm doing FTF today so I may not have time but I'll do an accounting before we move forward.

I had 40 - 41 and took off 1 point off of his human form.

No you may not summon additional animals. It's a concentration spell and only one may be active at a time.

Dugan - Of course you can dismiss the remaining Crabs at any time (takes no Action to do) and Summon a new set of Animals. It becomes a cost benefit analysis. Once there are so few Crabs left, its probably not worth maintaining concentration for just 1 or 2 as opposed to creating a whole new set with full HPs.

AJ - Very nice attack sequence!

Hi Dugan,
I did my audit. The status I posted missed a legendary attack. I also fixed the current HP for Davroar in human form. It starts with this post with updated HUMAN hps.. Davroar had 40 current HP before transforming.

After this, he changed into a snake. He took 3 points of damage to the snake in this post. leaving the snake 54 current HPs.

What I didn't do is post a status after the legendary action taken by Oosith after you squeezed him (critically) here: in this post with a tail attack did 14 points of damage. That brought his down to 40. The 41 damage then dropped his form. 1 point is transfered to his human form leaving him 39 HP. It then added a legendary action tail-whip for 18 points leaving him 21 in human form, which is where we're at.

As Zeim stated, it may be advantageous for Davroar to drink his potion but he has a good CON bonus so he's alright for now.

And AJ, what a great turn! Killed KTM and did 25 points on Oosith!

Thanks for the update, Neptune. Just trying to keep Davroar alive here as long as possible

The 25 points was the bonus action hit, the 27 damage was also at Oosith.

Yeah I thought I read it as 52 points on Oosith?

Oh oh. My boo-boos.
I made two.
I messed up and missed the 27 points but the 25 points were on a miss. So they almost wash.

Davroar goes for the leftover crabs.

All good, I suspected 14 might not be enough.

Obviously this is Nep's call, but this was interesting enough for me to look up.

According to Xanathar's guide page 87, looks like you could, at a slight angle, actually get an effective 10-foot-wide beam.

But if you target exactly down a row or diagonal you can do exactly what it looks like you intended.

And the DMG, page 251. Although it's talking circular, the key word is "covers at least half a square". A line down the middle would cover exactly half a square which does fall into the "at least" category.

"Choose an intersection of squares or hexes as the point of origin of an area of effect, then follow its rules as normal. If an area of effect is circular and covers at least half a square, it affects that square."

I'd probably go with the same rules as for movement, though

Geezzz ... let the DM decide how it all works out <gd&r lmao>

So, two things here. First, I'm fine with the chatter - any chatter in OOC. Aquadyne is a co-DM so I'm fine with his posts here. Most of what his posts are about is him learning some of the nuances of D&D so that he can run a game. His posts are not decisions at this time. The way they land on me is "This is how I would rule. What do you think Nep?" So I'm fine with that.

That brings me to the second point. How wide is a lightning bolt? It's 5' wide. So the idea of the 10' wide or the 1-inch beam are out. Zeim and I actually had a face-to-face discussion with Jeremy Crawford at Gencon about this exact question, in a slightly different form. Shapes of spells sometimes touch a fraction of a grid square. Obviously Oosith would be a direct line target and because Sindar and Bern are "adjacent" I would rule that it's impossible, in a 2-dimensional grid to avoid either. What Jeremy Crawford suggested is that those in "partially hit squares" should have advantage on their saves. (Do you remember that Zeim?).

But now the water is 10' over the walkway. I certainly think that Zhu can avoid hitting both party members but it would be from an "altitude". Of course, that takes KT5 out of the path of the LB since he's battling both. So I rule that he cannot get both KT5 and Oosith and avoid Sindar and Bern. He can choose to attack Oosith without putting party members at risk.

And hey, aren't we all glad that lightning bolt doesn't rebound like it did in AD&D. We might be pulling out our protractors and calculating refraction factors

You'll note my two posts landed on both options which basically means I gave up.

I see Nep has made his decision, which had a 50% chance of being mine.

OK. I will move her slightly differently in that case in Roll20 and just go for Oosith.

Moved to OOC
Zeim said...

What makes you think that? It is not with advantage.

Based on the second roll ... doesn't matter :-/

At one point I thought Bern's condition was described as being "Dominated. Looking at the Dominate spell says: ...... .....

OK, but on further research, if an Aboleth's 'Enslave' is not the same as 'Dominate', then perhaps no. It appeared the same at first glance, but now looking deeper they might be different.

MikeD - Extra rolls is up to Nep. I have to say, Bern is rolling like cr*p for Saves.

I enjoy Aqua's input. It's like reading 13th Age, where Heinsoo and Tweet discuss the rules they've designed. Inspirational, I think.

And MikeD's rolling is always spiky. You wait, as soon as Bern recovers he'll fire off two crits in one round and annihilate the BBEG.

I can only hope <weg>

..as long as he doesn't roll the crits against us.....

Dugan, btw, when you summon more Animals having one of them hit Bern with small damage attacks until he breaks free of the Aboleth would probably be a good idea. In fact, if Bern gets a new save "every time he takes damage" it might even pay to have multiple small attacks directed his way so he can get one roll of 14+......

I used the reflective element of lightning bolt so darn many times... I loved it!

Be thankful that we are allowing the lightning bolt to spread out and hit everything connected to the water.

Yeah, "dominate" and "enslave" are not the same.

And no, we are "not" spreading the lightning bolt or rebounding it. Sheesh. LOL

Considering Dissonant Whispers at the foe right next to Sindar. But what about casting a spell with him so close is there a risk?

If Sindar steps back a square, that provokes an opportunity attack correct?

In short he can heal himself for a little bit, or he can potentially kill the foe. I think offense is better at the moment.

If I don't posts quick enough, you now have his action, just want to do it in the best way possible.