Ugh  Forgot about that.  He can forego the off-hand dagger attack for a Cunning Action/Disengage.

Everyone is currently benefitting from the Bless spell that Jenna cast prior to this encounter.

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This message was last edited by the GM at 01:14, Wed 11 Apr 2018.

Hey guys, Andy's not coming back- at least, not anytime soon. I haven't heard from him since August. At that time, he was having some health problems and couldn't keep up. I suggested a hiatus until he was back in posting shape. It's been radio silence ever since. I hope that he's OK.

We have to decide what to do with Amaldaris. I've never played a monk before. His powers are pretty complex (see msg #80 for a great example). I simply don't have the time to figure them all out and run him as a true party NPC (like Gronk) in all his Ki-powered glory.

So, what would y'all like me to do with Amaldaris?

I could run him as a vanilla NPC "veteran" (what I do with other, supporting NPCs like Zima), but that would deprive everyone of his cool monk abilities.

The PCs could send him on an errand. That way, if Andy ever comes back, we could re-intro his character.

We could kill him off (my first instict, simply for the sake of drama).

We could offer him to another player. I've been thinking of inviting my childhood friend to join but I don't know if he has the time or interest to play (especially a PC someone else created). Perhaps one of you knows someone who could step in and fill Amaldaris' slippers?

I'm open to suggestions.

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I'm actually fine with him either being killed off or sent to do something else.  The character doesn't quite seem to "fit" with the others, although maybe that's just the monk powers talking.

I’ve no objection to killing him off.

Or, alternatively, you have him get cut off from the rest of the party inadvertently. Maybe he’s in the lead and walks through a doorway at which point an immovable piece of stone slides into place separating him from us. Or maybe he falls through some sort of portal into another dimension, maybe one where we’re all really evil – Corros has a beard, Nic shows off his biceps, Jenna shows off her midriff, you get my drift. Actually that would probably be a really cool game but I digress...

That way you’d be writing him out in such a way that should Andy ever come back to regular gaming he’d have the option of picking him up again.

Now I kind of want to see the Star Trek Mirror Universe Jenna and Corros...

Did Corros use a counterspell slot or did the Drow’s spell fail on its own?

It failed on its own so Corros' didn't lose a slot.

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Jenna has 1 x Level  4 and 3 x Level 2 spell slots left. I don't want to be stingy but I'd rather cast 2 x 2 than 1 x 4 dependent on how much healing Rae wants for Gronk.

If the party spends an hour interrogating the drow prisoner, those not involved in the interrogation- like Gronk- can count that time as a short rest, spending hit dice to recover HP. This way, Jenna won't have to spend more spell slots for healing. I don't want to speak for Teg, but Nic (and Amaldaris) only lost 5HP, so he may be OK with this proposal too.

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I don't have a strong opinion on this either way so if you want to use the healing spells that's fine but obviously I then won't have them to use later when a rest might not be an option.

I vote for holding onto the spell slots.

Agreed.

Amaldaris speaks Drow.

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I am run over with trial prep and freelance work tonight but holy shit that was an awesome reintroduction.  I'm still giggling.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:56, Mon 07 May 2018.

What questions would y'all like to ask the prisoner?

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Hey man, what's that on your forehead?

Jenna's got Revivify and a spare slot to cast it if you want to bring the Drow back to life. Let me know.

Can those of us with some Insight get appropriate checks to determine if A was telling the truth?

Jenna and Ulfgar both sense a degree of deception.

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Rae, would History / Religion checks give Jenna anything on this?

As to Corros' IC question, yes. As to the phenomenon itself, probably not, but it's worth a shot. I'll roll and see if she gleans anything.

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So, how would you guys like to handle the current scenario? I really don't mind if you want to engage in table-talk here, if a situation seems too clunky, or would take too long, to hash out IC. You guys are good at avoiding blatant metagaming. As always, if you have any questions for the DM, ask away.

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This message was last edited by the GM at 01:43, Thu 07 June 2018.

Is there any terrain that might allow Nic and the now-expendable elf to get into position to take these guys out quietly?  Sentry neutralization seems to be a running theme in your games lately.  ;)