Spark kept himself ready for the battle ahead, not in the front line, but close to render assistance and intercept if need be.

Start at I27
Initiative: 15
21:18, Today: Spark rolled 15 using 1d20+1.  Initiative

Walter had crept closer to Carmen, standing next to her and keeping still, almost like a shy boy next to his idol. As the doors came open, he would look to shoot some finger guns at the enemy.

Start at next to Carmen
Action: Ready/cast Eldricht Blast for an enemy in range - AC 15 for 4 dmg
Initiative: 7
21:21, Today: Walter rolled 7 using 1d20+2.  Initiative.
21:22, Today: Walter rolled 15,4 using 1d20+5,1d10.  EB at Hobgoblins.

Izayah got himself ready. He saved the potion for the moment and stood back behind the people lining up, or rather the people behind them since a few people stepped about five feet from the door. He would move forward once he launched his first attack.

He started humming a song he'd once heard, and quietly sang part of the the lyrics in his twangy voice as he waited, holding the spell, "Eeeeev'ry roooose has it's thooorrn..."

OOC: Forgot to check a box, lol. Initiative 19.
Position J-29.
He will cast Hail of Thorns (2nd level, lasts up to 1 minute of concentration), but then ready to loose the arrow once he can see and target at least two adjacent enemies clearly.
Critical hit with the arrow for 21 dmg.
Then they and anyone within 5ft make a Dex save DC 12 or take 11 dmg (half on a save).

12:45, Today: Izayah Hamadrell rolled 23 using 2d20+3.  Initiative.
13:00, Today: Izayah Hamadrell rolled 27,11,11,12 using d20+7,d8+4,2d10,d20+7 with rolls of 20,7,4,7,5.  Longbow attack/damage, hail of thorns damage, 2nd d20 in case adv)
13:02, Today: Izayah Hamadrell rolled 16 using 1d8+8 with rolls of 8.  Critical hit damage (and the +2 I forgot on the first one).
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Starting position: H 26
Move:  My move speed is 60, so I can get to G 15 no problem.
Action: Bite E2, hit on a 25 for 8 piercing

If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

17:15, Today: Lukas Verbannt rolled 19 using 1d20+3.  Initiative.
17:21, Today: Lukas Verbannt rolled 25 using 1d20+6.  Bite
17:21, Today: Lukas Verbannt rolled 8 using 2d6+3. 
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02:07, Today: Azucondie rolled 27 using 1d20+9.  Initiative
Beginning J27

Jenouise had been ready. The moment the door opened she cast Fairie Fire on the nice clusyer of enemies.

Reaction- cast FF. Centeted pn J15

Next she insulted one of the cluster.

Action cast Vicious Mockery on Enemy E19.
02:20, Today: Azucondie rolled 3 using 1d4.  VM damage

Then she scurried out of the way.

Move to D27
End of Turn.
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03:43, Today: Malkus rolled 12 using 1d20+1 ((11)). Initiative

Dread Start at L27:M28, so at the front while hopefully not blocking friendly visibility with her big, furry rump.

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04:13, Today: Tusk Bristleback rolled 12 using 1d20+2 ((10)). Initiative

Starting position: G26

-> Once Lukas moves to attack, I intend to fill in behind him to plug the gap at I26 on my actual turn

The giant bear pushed through the throng, trying to get somewhere near the front. He was no great warrior, but his tough hide and heavy armour made him hard to hit and he wanted to play his part.

He found a sturdy bit of wall to press his back against, ready to surge into the chamber once the doors were opened. He held hammer and shield ready, his eyes focused on the heavy doors.

Golun Fearstorm
Initiative - 17
AC - 21 (23 with Shield of Faith for 10 minutes, active since round 10)
HP - 20 / 20
Spells slots remaining - lvl1 - 2

Move - to M26
Readied Action - As soon as the door opens I will Channel Divinity: Twilight Sanctuary (radius 30ft). If you are in this radius see effect below, you can choose Temp HP or remove effect as appropriate).

Twilight Sanctuary: You can use your Channel Divinity to refresh your allies with soothing twilight. As an action, you present your holy symbol, and a sphere of twilight emanates from you. The sphere is centered on you, has a 30-foot radius, and is filled with dim light. The sphere moves with you, and it lasts for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die. Whenever a creature (including you) ends its turn in the sphere, you can grant that creature one of these benefits:
• You grant it 1d6+2 temporary HP.
• You end one effect on it causing it to be charmed or frightened.

15:51, Today: Golun Fearstorm rolled 17 using 2d20, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 17,10.  Initiative (with Vigilant Blessing Adv).

16:36, Today: Elisar Moonraven rolled 11 using 1d20+2.  Initiative.

The man stands at the back of everyone else, very much not wanting to be at the forefront and garner attacks. He knows that the others here seem to be hardy warriors and capable magic-users, or at least that is the impression he has received thus far.

His own showing has been meager to laughable during the two fights and he hopes to change that and be more useful. But alas, he let out a sigh as his first eldritch blast fires off in to empty space once more.

Starting Position: I-30.

Divok stays with the main group towards the rear. Depending on the size of the gates, he may even change into a wolf to allow better entry into the fort.

Victor secures his shield and takes up a vanguard position, mentally prepares himself for the wave of attacks likely to strike him upon their breach of the doors. Recalling the pain of the manticore barbs, he reassures himself that  Olianthus's shadow mantle will help ward him from some of the damage.

OOC: Start in K27
Concentration: Bless on Malkus, Tiria and Self {+1d4 to attack rolls and saving throws}
HP: 31/31 | THP: 8 | AC: 19 | Spd: 30ft. | Lay On Hands 15/15 | Divine Sense 4/4 | Pal S1 2/3 | |War {1} 0/1 | Sear 1/1 | Pearl of Power {3} 1/1 | Chan Div 1/1 | Form of Dread 1/2 | Resist Fire | Immune Disease + Frightened | Conc: Bless 1 minute |
08:28, Today: Victor Iusticia rolled 18 using 1d20.  Initiative.

Tiria stands shoulder to shoulder with Izayah, giving him a grin that might be intended as reassuring but manages to come off as slightly manic.

"May your aim be true Izayah Hamadrell. Hopefully I can disrupt their mage's concentration and force them to restart casting from the beginning."

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OOC:
Start in K29
Assuming still bladesinging? If time is up will restart on her turn.
HP: 24/24 | THP: 0 | AC: 14 18| Spd: 35ft. 45ft.| Arcane Recovery {2} 1/1 | S1 0/4 | S2 2/3 | Adv vs Charm | Immune Sleep | Bladesong 1/2 |
08:33, Today: Tiria Nailo rolled 7 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 4.  Initiative.
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As soon as the doors are opened, Azu causes a pink light to envelop a cube-shaped area including most of the hobgoblins nearest the doors. Oddly, only two of them (E9 and E12) react! One dodges the illusory flames, the other becomes outlined in pink light.
Carmen keeps her distance (She's in the imaginary row 33, behind the middle square of darkness,) firing eldritch blasts at the hobgoblin that dodged the light. Both of her blasts miss, and also pass harmlessly through the enemies behind and to either side of the target.
One of the hobgoblins moved from the middle of the group, and swung his greatsword at Lukas, missing twice.
Lukas bit back, hitting the hobgoblin and pulling him down!
Qitris took up a defensive stance.
Izayah fires a hail of thorns at the group of hobgoblins to his right. He critically hits with the arrow, but it dodges most of the thorns that follow. The thorns harmlessly pass through the other nearby hobgoblins, who don't react!

OOC: With the revelation that most of the enemies are illusions, and since most of the characters in this phase are waiting to determine their actions, I'm gonna stop here, and give Guyver, Victor, Golun and Spark a chance to post new actions.


Initiative:
18 Guyver, Victor
17 Golun
15 Spark
13 Enemy group 2
12 Nutcracker, Tusk, Malkus
11 Elisar, Divok
7 Walter, Ten, Tiria
4 Sovok, Enemy group 3
27 Azucondie
21 Carmen
20 Enemy group 1
19 Lukas, Qitris, Izayah


Ix means enemy confirmed to be an illusion. They provide no cover for enemies behind them.
E9 has taken 8 damage and is prone.
E12 has taken 26 damage and is outlined in pink light, granting advantage to attackers



%= throne
&= statue (just two huge statues, not 18 medium sized ones
#= wall
0= door (open, or missing the door entirely)
?= creatures you can hear but not see
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Seeing that the majority of the foes in front of him are magical fakes, the tiefling paladin charges forward with the warcry, "For the Rimewood!"

His glowing yellow eyes are set on Largath as he advances, a clear challenge to the hobgoblin as he passes amid the illusory images.

OOC:
Move + Dash 60 feet to K15
Concentration: Bless on Malkus, Tiria and Self {+1d4 to attack rolls and saving throws}
HP: 31/31 | THP: 8 | AC: 19 | Spd: 30ft. | Lay On Hands 15/15 | Divine Sense 4/4 | Pal S1 2/3 | |War {1} 0/1 | Sear 1/1 | Pearl of Power {3} 1/1 | Chan Div 1/1 | Form of Dread 1/2 | Resist Fire | Immune Disease + Frightened | Conc: Bless 1 minute |

Golun advanced towards Largath, ignoring the prone hobgoblin for now and allowing others to finish it off. As he moved he completed his prayer to Selune, and a pool of soft twilight surrounded him, following him as he advanced. He fixed his eyes on Largath and the hobgoblin wizard, determined to play his part in ending their reign of terror.

Golun Fearstorm
Initiative - 17
AC - 21 (23 with Shield of Faith for 10 minutes, active since round 10)
HP - 20 / 20 (+3 temp HP)
Spells slots remaining - lvl1 - 2

Move - to K22
Action - Use Channel Divinity: Twilight Sanctuary (radius 30ft). If you are in this radius you can choose Temp HP (1d6+2) or remove Charm or Fear effect as appropriate.

11:30, Today: Golun Fearstorm rolled 3 using 1d6+2.  Gain Temp HP.

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Guyver's red eyes narrowed when the large force of goblins thankfully appeared to be largely an illusion. This changed the situation considerably.
Guyver ran up into the throne room and splayed his wood-and-metal fingers, firing off another round of blue light missiles, this time at Largath, who appeared to be the main attraction. "First blood, come at me!", he shouted.

Moves to k20
Fires off Magic Missiles
Guyver rolled 2 using 1d4+1.  magic missile.
Guyver rolled 2 using 1d4+1.  magic missile.
Guyver rolled 4 using 1d4+1.  magic missile.

- rolled 13 using 1d20+3.  Initiative.
I'll wait to you insert me into the initiative order before making an action post
Please place Santio at  H28
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- rolled 18 using 1d20.
I'll wait to you insert me into the initiative order before making an action post.
Please place Donella at  L28

Spark followed his companions into the fray, shield held ready for an attack. Seeing that several of the enemy forces took on the tell-tale sheen of being illusionary brought a measure of relief to the warforged.

Move: N15
Action: Dash
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Guyver moved forward and as he did, the prone hobgoblin swung his sword and missed. Then the warforged opened his hand and fired out more blue-light missiles as he shouted out a challenge.
Victor dashes forth, collapsing the illusions he passes through.
Donella fires her wrist-mounted flame launcher at the caster in the back, scorching him, but not breaking his concentration.
Golun moves ahead, and dim light emanates from him.
Spark dashed past the hobgoblin guards, toward the caster.
Santio tries to slash and stomp the prone hobgoblin, but misses.
Largath charges into the fray, right next to Victor.
The hobgoblin caster (E20) continues to concentrate on activating the magic stone.
The illusory hobgoblins vanish, and with unnatural speed, two unarmored female hobgoblins (E21 and E22) dash out from behind the pillars and each unleash a flurry of punches and kicks at Victor, hitting AC 19 for 5 damage, AC 19 for 5 damage and AC 23 for 5 damage. They then
<Purple>disengage, and run back for the cover of the pillars!</Purple>

Nutcracker, Tusk, Malkus, Elisar, Divok, Walter, Ten, Tiria, and Sovok, you're up!






Initiative:
12 Nutcracker, Tusk, Malkus
11 Elisar, Divok
7 Walter, Ten, Tiria
4 Sovok, Enemy group 3
27 Azucondie
21 Carmen
20 Enemy group 1
19 Lukas, Qitris, Izayah
18 Guyver, Victor, Donella
17 Golun
15 Spark
13 Santio, Enemy group 2


Largath (E1) has taken 8 damage
E9 has taken 8 damage and is prone
E12 has taken 26 damage and is outlined in pink light, granting advantage to attackers
E20 has taken 8 damage.



'= Twilight sanctuary (dim light, if you end your turn there you gain 1d6+2 temp HP or you can
  end one charm or fear effect on yourself.
%= throne
&= statue (just two huge statues, not 18 medium sized ones
#= wall
0= door (open, or missing the door entirely)
?= creatures you can hear but not see

Upon realizing that the hobgoblin 'army' is illusory, Dread races forwards with her allies. She carefully slips past those in front of her, and closes in on the hobgoblin leader.

As she closes on the leader, Malkus raises a gauntlet into the air and yells "[Language unknown: Oninnt ted mend!]" A glowing gauntlet of Helm appears next to the mage and attempts to slap it.

Glaring at the hobgoblin chieftain in front of him, Malkus shouts down to his enemy. "[Language unknown:  Ilson ersndeive o roplat vir cecaar, wilatipreons! ]"

Malkus cuts down savagely at the hobgoblin warlord, his blade glowing with wrath. He follows it up with a backhanded slash.

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Malkus: HP: 34/41 | THP: 6 | AC: 18 (Attackers have disadvantage) | Spd: 30ft. | LoH 10/25 | Channel Divinity 0/1 | Spell Save DC: 15 | P1 2/4 | P2 0/2 |
Dread: HP: 26/26 | THP: 3 | AC: 13 (Attackers have disadvantage) | Spd: 50ft. |


Dread Action: Dash

Dread Move to I15:J16


Malkus Bonus Action: Cast Spiritual Weapon at K4, attacking E20
04:16, Today: Malkus rolled 10,4,8 using d20+7,d4,1d8+4 ((3,4,4)). Hits AC 14 for 8 damage.


Malkus Action: Attack E1
04:19, Today: Malkus rolled 25,1,5 using d20+6,d4,2d6+3 ((19,1,1,1)). Hits AC 26 for 5 damage

Divine Smite 04:21, Today: Malkus rolled 5 using 2d8 ((2,3)). 5 Radiant damage

Attack E1, second attack
04:23, Today: Malkus rolled 15,3,13 using d20+6,d4,2d6+3 ((9,3,6,4)). I'll also use Guided Strike. Hits AC 28 for 13 damage

Divine Smite 04:27, Today: Malkus rolled 9 using 2d8 ((5,4)). 9 Radiant damage


Blessed (Malkus) until Round 22

04:28, Today: Malkus rolled 6 using 1d6+2 ((4)). Malkus' temp HPS

04:29, Today: Malkus rolled 3 using 1d6+2 ((1)). Dread's temp HPS

Tiria moves forward and conjures the same swirling yellow tetrahedrons around her wrist as before, four this time, and lets them fly towards the hobgoblin spellcaster in the hope of disrupting its spell.

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OOC:
Move to H21
Action: Cast Magic Missile at 2nd level and directing all missiles towards the enemy caster E20. Assuming no Shield or Counterspell, these automatically hit for 4,5,5 and 4 force damage (18 total) and force four DC10 concentration checks if they are concentrating.
Ending turn within 30 feet of Golun Fearstorm so benefiting from 6 THP.
HP: 24/24 | THP: 6 | AC: 14 18| Spd: 35ft. 45ft.| Arcane Recovery {2} 1/1 | S1 0/4 | S2 1/3 | Adv vs Charm | Immune Sleep | Bladesong 1/2 |
20:38, Today: Tiria Nailo rolled 6 using 1d6+2.  Twilight Sanctury THP.
20:38, Today: Tiria Nailo rolled 4,5,5,4 using 1d4+1,1d4+1,1d4+1,1d4+1.  Magic Missile!

Tusk sees that the nearest hobgoblin is otherwise engaged against overwhelming odds, and so rushes past it and into the room.

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HP: 26/28 | THP: 3 | AC: 19 | Spd: 30ft. | Shifting 0/1 | Action Surge 1/1 | Second Wind 1/1 | Superiority Save DC: 13 | Superiority 4/4 | Inspiration



Move: H20

Action: Dash (sorry, fam, couldn't get to it with an action left anyhow -- we're a bit clustered)

Bonus Action:

07:06, Today: Tusk Bristleback rolled 3 using 1d6+2 ((1)). Temp HPs

Shifting lasts until Round 22.

The man stays where he is, not really wanting to get in the thick of things. And so long as he can see, really, he can target, so it should be fine. He mentally tells himself that he really needs to do better, to show his worth, so this town won't reject him.

He makes a gesture with his staff and utters an arcane phrase once more, "Eldritch blast!", then pointing his staff towards the hobgoblin casting some sort of spell or trying to enact some sort of ritual. A purple and black bolt of energy flies out.