Behind the Scenes: Day 19 Dice Rolls

The Show-runner

So, with really only 2 delvers back in the hotel really capable of running a delve, I figured I’d bring back the one shot Harper built for Skye (back from Day 15). After going through all the rolls, it’s kind of a mistake (both of them cleared the scenario with barely any damage to show for it). Mattie can one-shot the regular cum rags on a crit (and, since she gets base double advantage on all of her handgun shots, she crits more often than not). When she misses the crit, bonus action disengage means she never has to deal with the melee range penalty, which means, except for the boss fight, everything is over in a round or two, with Mattie rarely taking a hit. Aelene’s armor is such that only a full success from the boss cum rag can actually deal any damage, so it doesn’t matter that her regular double-bladed scimitar deals so little damage; in fact, I didn’t bother to roll out the regular fights for Aelene once I saw that particular problem (it was annoying that the boss fight was encounter 15 of 15 when I rolled for them, too). Hopefully the boss fights are entertaining?

Curse of the Cum Rags:

Scenario: 20 Cum Rags, with 1 Greater Cum Rag as a boss.

10 Cum Rags are alone, tormenting a victim

8 Cum Rags are paired up, patrolling

Boss scenario is 2 cum rags and 1 Greater Cum Rag

Strategy:

Aelene is going to kill as she encounters enemies. Random rolling encounters (1 or 2 – boss fight, 3-10 – paired fight, 11+ solo fight). Remove numbers as Aelene succeeds in clearing encounters.

Mattie is going to try to clear all the solo cum rags, then the pairs, then the boss.

Mattie’s Run:

Prep:

Sneak around to locate targets (9 on stealth check. Horny [disadvantage on libido checks].)

Strip out of armor for initial encounters

Cannon set to Lust Ballista to start

Encounter 1:

Mattie: 15 to hit, Cum Rag ded

Encounter 2:

Mattie: 12 to hit, HP left: 6, Lust Ballista shot, 13 to hit. Cum Rag ded

Encounter 3:

Round 1: Mattie: 11 to hit, HP left: 6, Lust Ballista shot, 12 to hit, HP left: 2, cum rag counters both miss

Round 2: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 13 to hit, ded

Encounter 4:

Mattie: 14 to hit, Cum Rag ded

Encounter 5:

Mattie: 12 to hit, HP left: 6, Lust Ballista shot, 14 to hit, Cum Rag ded

Encounter 6:

Mattie: 14 to hit, Cum Rag ded

Encounter 7:

Mattie: 11 to hit, HP left: 6, Lust Ballista shot, 15 to hit, Cum Rag ded

Encounter 8:

Mattie: 15 to hit, ded

Encounter 9:

Mattie: 15 to hit, ded

Encounter 10:

Round 1: Mattie: 7 to hit, HP left: 11, Lust Ballista shot, 11, HP left: 5, cum rag counters both miss

Round 2: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 16 to hit, Cum rag ded

Phase 2 prep:

Reequip armor

Cannon reassembled for Protector

Encounter 11:

Round 1: Mattie: 14 to hit, Cum Rag A ded, Protector activates. Temp HP: 5, other cum rag counters, both miss.

Round 2: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 13 to hit, Cum Rag B ded

Encounter 12:

Round 1: Mattie: 14 to hit, Cum Rag A ded, bonus action dodge, both attacks from B miss

Round 2: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 15 to hit, Cum Rag B ded

Encounter 13:

Round 1: Mattie: 16 to hit, Cum Rag A ded, bonus action dodge, 1 counter hits, Temp HP down to 3

Round 2: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 13 to hit, ded

Encounter 14:

Round 1: Mattie: 14 to hit, Cum Rag A ded, bonus action dodge, both counter attacks miss

Round 2: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 14 to hit, ded

Encounter 15 (Boss Fight):

Round 1:

Mattie: 12 to hit, Cum Rag A HP left: 6. bonus action dodge

Greater Cum Rag: Charge! Crit Fail, slips and falls prone

Cum Rags: 4 swings, 1 hit, Temp HP left: 1

Round 2:

Mattie: Cast Shatter, SP left: 8, 14 on positioning (gets all 3), Cum Rag A ded, Cum Rag B HP left: 3, GCR HP left: 36, bonus action dodge

Greater Cum Rag: half movement spent to get up, throw guy’s corpse, Crit Fail again, falls prone, stuck underneath dead victim.

Cum Rag: 2 swings, 1 partial success, armor absorbs damage

Round 3:

Mattie: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 15 to hit, Cum Rag B ded.

GCR: movement spent getting up and out from under corpse, attempt to toss ‘em again, lands short.

Round 4:

Mattie: Catapult a dead cum rag at GCR, SP left: 7, 11 to position, fails to dodge, GCR HP left: 24, bonus action dodge.

GCR: Charge! 9 to hit, Mattie HP left: 55

Round 5:

Mattie: Bonus action disengage, Scorching Ray, SP left: 5, 11, 10, and 10 to hit, GCR HP left: 3.

GCR: Triple whack, 9, 10, 9 to hit, reaction Shield, SP left: 4, Mattie HP left: 54

Round 6:

Mattie: bonus action disengage, step back, fire, 11 to hit, ded

Result:

Mattie clears the scenario

Aelene’s Run:

Using Mundane DBS until Boss Fight

Encounter 1: 4 (removes 3, too): 2 cum rags

Aelene: Bonus action: Reflection on B, triple hit on A, 10, 12, and 9 to hit, CR A HP left: 10

CR A: 1 partial hit, just realized that the regular cum rags cannot overcome her armor, just going to assume that she can slowly handle these guys at this point without taking damage. Going to roll encounters until the boss fight shows up.

Encounter 2: 6 (removes 5, too): 2 ded cum rags

Encounter 3: 9 (removes 10, too): 2 more ded cum rags

Encounter 4: 16, ded cum rag

Encounter 5: 11, ded cum rag

Encounter 6: 20, ded cum rag

Encounter 7: 12, ded cum rag

Encounter 8: 19, ded cum rag

Encounter 9: 15, ded cum rag

Encounter 10: 17, ded cum rag

Encounter 11: 13, ded cum rag

Encounter 12: 8 (removes 7, too): 2 more ded cum rags

Encounter 13: 18, ded cum rag

Encounter 14: 14, ded cum rag

Encounter 15: the remaining one, Boss Fight

Round 1:

Aelene: Bonus action, switch to Vorpal (reg size), triple attack, 7, 12, and 12 to hit, GCR HP left: 30

GCR: attempt to Charge!, Attack of Opportunity, 10 to hit, charge attempt fails due to movement drop from sentinel, GCR HP left: 25, triple whack instead, one attack crits, just remembered that her armor ignores bonus crit damage, okay, the GCR can only hurt her with charge or the prone stomp, 6 on int check for the GCR to figure it out, fail.

Cum Rags: attacks don’t matter.

Round 2:

Aelene: Bonus action, reflection on one of the little ones, triple attack on GCR, 12, 11, and 8 to hit, GCR HP left: 13, Action Surge, triple attack, 10, 9, 11 to hit, GCR HP left: 1, Unleash Reflection, crit!, ded cum rag.

GCR: triple whack, attacks don’t matter, now realizes that reg attacks can’t work

Cum Rag: 10 on intelligence save, not going to run away, attacks don’t matter

Round 3:

Aelene: move reflection to attack other little one, 10, 12, 12 to hit, ded little cum rag

GCR: Attempt to Charge!, crit fail on attack of opportunity, weapon swaps early, 10 to hit, Aelene knocked prone, Aelene HP left: 85

Round 4:

Aelene: attempt to stand up, GCR goes for the stomp as a reaction, 9 to hit, armor absorbs damage, bonus action, switch to reg DBS, triple attack, 13, 12, and third hit doesn’t matter.

Result:

Aelene clears the scenario

For the date group, I didn’t do any dice rolls until we got to the volcano problem, an abandoned Fire Giant Dreadnought too deranged to deal with.

Here is the stat block we are working with:

Fire Giant Dreadnought (Level 14 monster)

Damage Immunities: fire, lava

HP: 190

Armor: 3

Dual Shields: The giant carries 2 shields, each contributing 1 armor. The giant must drop or stow a shield to throw magma.

Multiattack: Fire Giant makes two shield attacks

Fireshield: Melee Weapon Attack. +2 to hit.

• Full Success: 8 bludgeoning damage, 4 fire damage, and 4 piercing damage
• Partial success: half damage OR give a chance to free dodge as a “double or nothin’”
• Fail: miss

Throw Magma: Ranged Attack. +2 to hit.

• Full Success: 12 bludgeoning damage, 9 lava damage, and the target must succeed in a dexterity saving throw of be knocked prone and crushed under said chunk of magma. Failed targets take an additional 12 lava damage at the start of their turn.
• Partial success: 6 bludgeoning damage OR give a chance to free dodge as a “double or nothin’”
• Fail: miss

Shield Charge: The giant moves 30 feet in a straight line and can move through the space of any creature sized Large or smaller. Each creature moved through in this way is targeted by a Fireshield attack. On a Full Success, the target must fully succeed on a Strength saving throw or be pushed along for the rest of the giant’s movement. On a Fail, the target is knocked prone, taking an additional 6 bludgeoning damage (or 12 bludgeoning damage, if already knocked prone).

Initial Notes:

Harper: Swapped out several spells from her usual prep list to try to avoid melee range (diving suit issues). Ring recharged with Fire Shield. Held Action: Irresistible Dance. SP left: 48

Tina: Cast Mage Armor, Upcast Fly to 4th level before the fight, targeting Harper and herself. SP left: 35. Key thresholds for Boink n Bonk: 34 (25% spent), 23 (50% spent), 8 (75% spent). Numbers in rounds may not reflect this super well, as her SP pool is split between normal (40) and pact SP (6).

Round 1:

Harper: 13 on Dance positioning, Giant gets disadvantage on first recovery roll. Giant dancing

Scarlet: double slash, then flurry of blows. Ki left: 11, 9 and 10 on slash, 14 and 8 on kicks. Pulse of Pain on crit. Giant HP left: 178, 8 and 7 on counter, Scarlet HP left: 64

Josie: Bonus action: bloodlust, BL left: 3, Triple slash, 10, 13, 12 on hit, Both collar charges and a tat charge on the crit, Giant HP left: 120, disadvantage on attacks until Josie’s next round. 7 and 4 on counter, Josie HP left: 102

Tina: Heightened Guiding Bolt, Upcast to 4th Level, SP left: 28, 11 to hit, Crit Fail on dodge, dropped a shield, Giant HP left: 108, chunk some magma (triple disadvantage), 9 to hit, 7 to dodge, Tina HP left: 74, 10 to maintain concentration

Giant: Fail to break from Dance

Round 2:

Scarlet: Pining Strike, then flurry of blows, Ki left: 10, 15 on pining strike, foot pinned (another source of disadvantage), Giant HP left: 104, flurry kicks 10 and 7 to hit, pulse on full success hit, Giant HP left: 92, 6 on counter (other shield hit used to pick up shield)

Josie: Triple strike, 10, 15, 8 to hit, fury tat charge on crit, Giant HP left: 54, both counters miss

Harper: Mind Sliver, SP left: 47, 9 to save, Giant HP left: 48, Quickened Chromatic Orb (Cold), Upcast to 6th level, SP left: 39, 13 to hit, Giant HP left: 6, 8 on throw magma, Harper HP left: 82, dance drops.

Tina: zip to the giant’s nose. Bonk! 9 to hit. Quest complete. Giant HP left: 5, attempt to nom Tina as a counter, crit fail, bit lip real hard instead, Giant HP left: 4.

Round 3:

Scarlet: keep kicking ‘til Giant is dead, 8, 6, 5, 7 to hit, Ki left: 9, Pulse of Pain on partial success, Giant HP left: 2. counters miss.

Josie: Triple slash, 15, 13, 12 to hit, giant very ded.